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_‘ Pr March 8.~Rains of last fe w days soaked through the clay Soil, SOf the Woevre district to a great dep th, rendering difficult the movement; artilléry‘ and preventing explosions of shells. Our troops have consoliâ€" ied the ess made on previous days, We maintained all our adâ€" ‘vance in m of gounter attacks of extraordinary viol:nce at Lespatâ€" '.-’}f ecially .the last German coun ter attack ‘was carried out by. a . rgâ€" iment and a half and was repulsed. The cnemy sustained enormous bss.. The corpses of their men covered the field, and 300 men who mop \ itarily. were able ‘to advance from the German positions were mowed| @own by our machine guns. Not one of them escaped. MMAN ATTAGKS ARE REPELLED â€" BYBRITISH TROOPS AND TRENGHES _ â€" _ ARELEFTCROKED WITH GORPSES _ In the wood at Ailly we captured new trenches and repelled two counter attacks as already. reported.. We @lso secured six machine guns and two trench mortars. _ _The enemy ceased his counter attacks after midâ€"day. this sectioniof the front. + . _ (Canadian Press Service.) _ ‘Berlin, April 9.â€"The official statement says:â€" \ _ The Belgians again have been.driven out of the demolished hamlet â€" of ‘ Dre} hten, on the Yser Canal, leaving a number of prisoners, _/ We have again bombarded Rheims with incendiary shells in retaliation f‘;fi‘ fio bombardment of villages in the rear of our lines. £ Nts nhfl several trenches north of Beausejour last night, and two counâ€" .Aer cks, during which in the Argonne Forest the French employed _ asâ€" phyxiating bombs, which failed. _ _ . Battles between Moselle and Meuse continue with increased fierceness, , The French suffered the heaviest losses, but were again completely unsucâ€" â€" sessful in their attacks.. 3 f eA perman 0_ + GERMANS ADMIT BOMBAROING * RHREIMS WITH INCENDIARY SHELLS m : .o (Ganadian Press Sarvice.) _ < Paris, April 9.â€"This afternoon‘s statement saysâ€" , «. The British troops repelled during the nights of ‘April 7th and 8th a Cerman attack. We left unoccupied in teeth of the enemy German trenches at Sparges, which we completely choked with corpses, and we repelled at the close ‘of the day counter attacks made by the enemy,. S oc beifiraiiiidintiaifhat s rdannt _ _ _In the plain of the Woevre, they also unsuccessfully attacked. â€" During ‘the morning and evening they continually brought up new forces for _ the ‘ tion of Meuse Hill near Combres, to attack from the forest of Seâ€" v , north of St. Mihilbronte down b efore our entanglements. "~. In the forest of Ailley we are progressing slowly. \ _A French advance to the west of Apremont frontier, and the French k to the west of Fliery died out under our fire, but to the north and the of this place they led to a bitter hand to hand fight, in which eur troops gained the upper hand and drove the enemy back. "fi ie fact that Waterloo‘s tax rate m higher this year than in yoring city of Berlin, Watâ€" ‘s being. 254 mills and in Berlin ,| 24} gnills, has load some. people that the two places should % Y-fi:& sfiig gq:: and district to the:â€"eastâ€"of. ts, in Spite ol a y Dag ,] t gains between the Meuse and the l(q-'alla,_ in their irety, while at the same time we. are <proceeding to ike hirther progress, 3 j : ‘In Brule Forest we capt ured a" German trench, at : same time taking a large number of,: prisonersâ€".on In Belgium the day was marked | by. «artillery© en b6EGTS IT I§ TIME T0 6ET AVY RATNS HAVE MADE MOVEMENT OF ARTILLERY AND EXPLOSION â€"â€"â€"OFSHELLS DIFFIGULT INWOEVRE m'me is now ripe for the two + _. get â€" together,. I always C t;t when: Waterloo‘s tax er than Berlin‘s . they w,' said a prominent Busiâ€" f . $&o a Chronicleâ€"Telegraph this morning. " m&tl that Berlin‘s asâ€" be , and â€"Wate pa woufl Still ‘ pay â€" as if _ they _ were. unitâ€" ® business . _man said he ) _ Waterloo blocks, were asâ€" ‘. as high, if not highar w "ot esns "ane viaiting rele k Te Twinâ€"City. Te AJ that the two places A1 TO6ETHER T0 MAKE MORE This afternoon‘s official ~statement i Tokio, April ‘12.â€" The _ Steamer , Minnesota, plying between Seattle and &J-pau, went aground last night . off | Iwajima, near: the: entrance . to an |infand sea. The passengers . and !crow were saved. Assistance has {been asked for. * STEAMER GOES AGROUND ON JAPANESE COAST FAREWELL SERMON DELIVERED AT * _ _ALMA S8T. CHURCK Interesting services were heid in the Aluma 3€. U.g.C:....‘.‘.. ho :2’1’:;.“‘ which were largely attended py memâ€" bers and friends of the congregations> Re#. A.F.Stoltz, who has been: theâ€" faithful gutor during the year,, deliv=> ered his Tarewell sermon, â€" in which‘ he referred to the pieasant associaâ€" tions of the torm. He leaves in a few days for Whitby â€" where he has purâ€" chased a fruit farm. In the evening Bishop E.L.Wood, o: Alma, Mich.,déâ€" livered an eloquent discourse from the text, Rev. 14: 6, "And 1 saw ano‘ ber angel fiy in the midest of heaven,hayâ€" ing the overfasting gospel to preach ,-to them that dwell on the earth and ‘to every nation, and kindred, and tongue and people,‘‘. d (Canadian Press.) i basd Deserted by sister ships. of >‘ the German<raiding fleet, _Commander Thierichens toâ€"nightâ€" determined* not to tare his vessel out to certain" deâ€" stecction ‘at the hands of‘the British ;‘u..'g:nq‘fi-. Vs., Appil T.â€"The Career German uxflht! cruis z‘:u ?gm_rum as a sea; 16 f “v',, P Â¥1p;> f o eaap eemomere ena u~w"m."mf i of herâ€" guns wil} be removed ‘and het enâ€" wines will ‘te staled. A United Stat. es gucrd will be mounted sover fer.â€" ’ ... He<Expected Help. . _ ds s ons ies "ham the hostile fieet which laid in m him. When these failed to come and ‘}t last day of the tinm: allowed him in in port ‘drew near the end, te cated to Collector of Cusâ€" *oms Hamilton his desire to iftern. l-"‘ncn's no tso infruitlessly eacâ€" Â¥iGcing the ship ani the lives of the Crew,"" he said. cruisers lying: off the Virginia‘ Capes ‘‘Coliector of Cistoms <Hamilton Boarded the Ejtel shortly after . 7 ‘6‘cloct ‘toâ€"night with an â€"imperative hotice from â€"the Washington\Go~etnâ€" ment ‘that the "time for his stay in this ‘port â€" would expire at midnight 1toâ€"mfiht, and that . he must leave ‘Atibrican: waters by 4 0‘clock on the horaing of ‘April 8. Before the colâ€" lector could deliver the messabe Comâ€" ‘marder Thierichens handed to him the [Writh‘h ‘announcement of his decision. #1 ‘‘The ‘text of was as follows ‘Tin‘orm you that I intend . to inâ€" tern steamship Prinz Eitel Friedrich. .New . York,« April 12.â€"A Tribune report from Lonâ€" don says Britain has ‘laid down "a battleship which will mark a change in naval construction,. .â€" surpass i ng that marked by the first dreadnought. The new monâ€" ster will have a length of 800 feet, speed of forty knots and carry fifteenâ€"inch guns. ~Galt, April 11.â€"In his ninetyâ€"sevâ€" enth year, Nicholas Grenfell Kinsâ€" man, Galt‘s oldest resident, died at ‘his hoime last nicht. His health had ibeen good during the past winter, but afall down the cellar steps sustained 'Iut’Wedmuhy proved too great a shock for so old a person to survive. BRAITAIN LAYS JOWA IMMENSE NEW BATTLESHIP He was born in St.Day, Cornwall, England. ‘In 1844 he went to Mexico ks an engincer in the silver mines, but in 1858 came to Canada and took up his home in Galt. In Mexico he had made a fortune and was able to live in rotirement for the rest of his days. Heé ‘was always ‘a staunch Reformer, his only Conservative vote being at ‘the time of ‘the reciprocity issue, In religion he was a Methodist, TA a1 interview a couple of years ago ‘ Mtr. Kinsman attriputed _ his longevity to am otservance of the e,; ‘early to bed and early to rise," ‘and complete asstinence from tobacco I. intoxicating. lizuors. His wife and larxe family survive. RENOVATING POSTâ€"OFFICE 4 Th\nnflun pos:office and | government buildings are being resovated, which byil}, allow . mare18pace. for : the »growâ€" ing city‘s business, :and»> alsoâ€"Bfighton _ A portion of the custom ‘ business: }la:gnl removed to the Auditorium block,â€" and duting the past couple of months the gas inspector‘s office was removedâ€"from the first to the second floor. The space previously occupied l,by the gas inspector‘s office is now ‘in use by the postoffice. h it un | MINARD‘S . LINIMENT RELILEV ‘ES. NEURALGIA, 3 , Decorators are also busy papering the first fNat. > f The British bave tr®at:d the Ger man prigoners very humanely, accord ing to an American‘s report. N. G. KINSMAN DIED AT AGE OF 96. * Ub The Written Backdown (Canadign Press.) the captain‘s letter BUILDING Fried ""This léarét has been ‘placed in my hands,*" 'j?id‘fib‘, *"bearing the publiâ€" cation stimp®>~ of the ‘Federal Press Agency _ of the â€" Conservative ‘party, Slater strvet, Ottawa. I will rzfil it to the House : : °* . ; ‘Ldutier cand; Quebec.*" * aan‘t ui . um ons td . 7 a o iN qhared ;-wsérm deâ€". â€" ‘ever .in AWIJWM --“m,_? first, to " stump.Quebec."‘ _ Well,, the . Empire. was in perilâ€"the... greatest peril it. has ever faced. ~Did he stump Quebec 2. Did . he call for Frenchâ€"Canadian rectuits? Not a bit of it. His lins . were sealed in so far asâ€"any, appeal t: his fellowâ€"countrymen . was . conâ€" cerned. ,’;lw? Because . Laurier, now as ever, cares not a‘ whit for the Empire. Vote Conservaâ€" tive for Borden backs Britain." "It is very seldom, if ever," proâ€" | ceeded : Sir Wilfrid, "that I trouble the House with any criticism or conâ€" ) clusions which may ‘be reached . conâ€" ] cerning myself, my opinions, words : and actions, â€" either of ‘omission or ycommission, but the statements conâ€" "tained herein are so absolutely conâ€" trary to the facts that I feel myself justified in calling the attention _ of | the House and the country to them." P hal‘ C on . Lh‘ . Te uon m.ww, 9 s . While in ‘PatliamentSir Robert ‘Borâ€" den bas: ~repeatediy pald tribute to the hearty ‘coâ€"operation and assistâ€" ance of > Sir Wilfrid ‘in the developâ€" thent and nr‘lz‘ing out ol Canada‘s war program, ‘Sir George Foster waxed uht-‘t over ‘the *‘justificaâ€" tion of public life, in Canada," made manifest â€" by the truce and the ‘patâ€" riotic unanimity ‘which .characterized the earnest ub of the leading men ot both ‘political parties for the cause of Britain, the Federal Press Agency For the second time in over forty years of â€" Parliamentary, .experience, Sir‘ â€"Wilirid rose, when the House met this ~ morning, toâ€"speak to < a matter of personal privilege. _ ‘The Liberal leader <has made it a «life rule to ignoré the mahy personal and political criticismis which from time to time fall to the lot of the public man.. It was only because the docuâ€" ment to which he toâ€"day directed atâ€" tention‘ bore the official imprimature of the political party : of. the Governâ€" ment, and was.issued at a time when all Canada was eagerly and earnestly giving its best in sacrifice and . serâ€" vice in the common cause of Empire, that he felt it incumbent to _ speak out. e : ELECTION ©ILITERATUREIS8 .. of the _ Conservative party at Ottaâ€" wa, of which ~the Premietâ€"is the tiâ€" tular head. and Hon,. Robert â€" Rogers the manager, has" been busy, â€" night and ‘day,â€"turning out campaign pamâ€" phliets andâ€"literature seeking to coin the tragedy of: Britain‘s great war into petty political advantage. "wummm;m-whw.tm Said, Cared Not a Whit for the Empire, M Speaking with considerable feeling, the Liberal Chicf alluded to the part he had deemed himself privileged to perform in assisting Frenchâ€"Canadian posed Dr. Michael Clark. enlistment. He had only to call as j tuhnll gw::n'nltllt)toh %ndtl::“ ll:.k‘;"el: $ a witness _ the Postmasterâ€"General, s report, UE 0 D | % Hon. T. Chase Casgrain. . Toâ€"gether :’R“"f: in "m““;’ elmhggmt.nt l___â€"â€"_â€" they had attended and spoken at joint‘:..ll:lnmco".oth m’.m“ : > s t . Montreal held for _ the | y D | mmmumequipmtemancetmemces meetings in. N troops in the Carpathians, as she apâ€" * : express _ purpose. of urging Frenchâ€" | parently bas that of the Austroâ€"Hunâ€" Meet me at Canadians to enlist. _ Mr. Casgrain | garian armies.. Hungary at least will was â€" not. then a Minister of the| be ready to bring the war to an end | â€" ZARG # Crown, but on the occasion repreâ€" | as far as she is concerned.. . . “».“‘.. s sented the â€" Government. Later _ on '.!'loaever. ‘:Mntlwlrn: &uo som: 4 2EL Sir Wilfrid had embraced the opporâ€" go 0 ey reac ‘ tunity to address the Mont?.l Re. | the Plains o: H\Innry,tl::‘ the Ausâ€" 4 | f form Club along the same lines. "ob." m“':?'.' &"’i" fls o .""‘ °"? NK "MNY â€" HEAnT IS.vERY MUCH o m<our of" the mouataie Pheo y i C southérn slopes Of~ the mountains h 7 IN THE FIGHT," added Sir . Wil~\ havye been stromgly fortified, and . ’lnd, amid cheers, "THE FIGHT INâ€"| troops are being poured into the reâ€" WHICH BRITAIN IS ENGAGED. I| gion in dispute.. It is said there are } wOULD EAGERLY HAVE DOREinow twentyâ€"four Austrian and six â€" IMORE IF MORE WERE NEEDED. | 2::':‘.:.;?‘!:‘!' '-'02; ::‘l;l '6.:: 5“" ’ & f He was glad to have the testimony m m ay. E 1 4A | of the Prime Minister and the Minisâ€" Otll'uth:rloth-r hand, the Russians are | > A7 4 ter of Militia that Frenchâ€"Canadians | ® nging up reserven, and. AC *=" a £2FL x k > cording to the Austrian report of Jast | . |, M had nobly, answered theâ€"appeals made | night, they are attacking without any i . {Renowed cheers.). ... . R 1 life. mmedi N : for setvice. [Renow > P m’:‘:qm osg.of, bumap Hiféâ€", ... Frenchâ€"Canaiians Earl 'Rsfiffifl q|| .2 doost ~fausded sinpd Fis Nivei YÂ¥ oatdt fg ~“Wflcmhm'hm FOR®Y | :mase Only this morning. he had. received |i ** LITTLE ONES, _ owolb=} . 2 .i mo es t @) i "a 18t0r ~stating sthat ~Frenchâ€"€anadâ€"~ oiz on > Net~ fans were still crowding the recrnltâ€"l Mrs. Sidhey Dalby, Audley, Ont.» id tek ing offices, and thatâ€"many more we | writes ; "I have used Baby‘s Own yig N > * m offering their services aan were roâ€"|Tablets for the past twelve months f onl \e quired. Concluding, Sit Wilfrid statâ€"\and . have found â€" them an excellent "Center of business o ed he felt it just to those he repreâ€"\medicine for my little girl." Thous sented in allâ€"parts of Canada, as|ands of other mothers say the same ; well as : to himself, to characterize |thingâ€"once & mothéer has wused the Al the leaflet as "A FALSEHOOD|Tablets she would use nothing eise.| . , 200" Rooms, Priv AND MALICIOUS LIBEL AND|They are pleagant to take ; the reâ€" 200 Rooms, Priv SLANDER." sult is sure, and above all they are 1 m Priv As their leader took ‘his seat the | guaranteed by a government analyst K Priv |Liberals cheered him. to be absolately free from injurious NP cAE Abtaihe Mr. Speaker Sproule interposed to|drugs. ‘The Tablets are sold by medâ€" Â¥p N state that, wml: nct‘lh m‘::ar was |icine dealers ;;‘ .Bt mail at 25 cents | ° â€"| perhaps not one sf y within the‘a box from . Williams‘. Mediâ€" Two Floorsâ€"Agents‘ pale of ParNarhentary, privilege, he cineâ€"Co., Brackville, Ont, . Bample Roome Spoke in Conservative Company Laurier Calls a Halt The Lying Leafiet tw * peÂ¥ENDPED BY BORDRN attention to the publication‘ in to characterize it."‘ * e n’%lfl- I ‘a " atteation, FPeLso aily, be bad had no knowledge of 1 or its contents. @ Itrid Laurie however, the Premier conti was feted. Last '.\m“m&_ had working _ six! mdhy.ud%:mutg on !:‘mm of fl:' sician, a. promiâ€" € Ontario, an: organ of tu"m: party, had commentâ€" ed, regarding . appeals.for Canadian enlistment,. that ‘‘not. ong word | has fallen from the lazy lips of Sir Roâ€" bert Borden."‘ ns ‘Arl > â€"*‘This was in a newspaper," h“f «Yes,"" responded theâ€" Premiet. "It was in a newspaper. Later on, when I had hadâ€"the opportunity to make addresses which did not contain one controversial. word, the same organs which ‘had oh:r?ad me with holding my peace charged . me with conductâ€" ing a political campaign." Russians Prepare For Descent on Hupgarian Plaing.: » READY FOR SWOOP IN CONTROL OFâ€" MOUNTAINS Seventyâ€"Five â€" Miles â€" of . the «Chief Range of the Carpathians Are In _ the Hands of the Russtan Forees and â€" Austroâ€"Cerman .. Troops Are: Striving toâ€" Check: Invaâ€" sionâ€"Peace Talk Revived. : LONDON, April 10. â€"â€" With the capture of the whole of the;principal chain of~the Carpathian mountains for a length of u]a miles, with the exception of a bill south.of. Voliameâ€" kova, announcéed last night, the Rusâ€" sian front now .extends from Regheâ€" tovy to Volossate. Thisiisâ€"a gain of about twenty miles in a few days. in order:to ‘delay‘ the: Russian advance Austrian and German forces deliverâ€" ed a number of counterâ€"attacks, but these were repulsed and the Russians were able to occupy more territory; ‘They took 1,200 prisoners in one day. Actions of . secondary importance have taken place on the front west of the Niemen river.~ Therest of the operations were marked by no imâ€" portant events, the Russian War Ofâ€" fice said in a communique last night. The Russian success in the Carâ€" pathian mountains, where the Musâ€" covites now control virtually all the important. passe@@and ‘are preparing: for a descent of the southern slopes upon the plains of Hungary, have reâ€" vived unofficial talk of separate peace for Austriaâ€"Hungary and seemingly increasing activity on the part of the interventionists in Italy for their eona:..ry to take up arms on the side of allies and secure territory which they have failed to get in the negotiations through Germany with Austria. ® The Russian newspapers scom conâ€" vinced that Hungary, if not the whole of the dual monarchy, is ready to seek peace, and it is said that Emâ€" peror Francis Joseph has requested Pope Benedict to intervene in his beâ€" half. . Excep: in Italy, the neutral country most directly interested in this question, little credence is ‘given this report, although the ogll.bn is expressed in inilitary circles that if Russia sucteeds in overcoming the joint resistance of the Austroâ€"German troops in the Carpathians, as she apâ€" However, the Russians bave some way to go as yet before they reach the plains of Hungary, &nd the Ausâ€" troâ€"German forces are placing every obstacle in their way. ‘The whole southérn slopes Of~ the mountains have been stromgly fortified, and troops are being poured into the reâ€" gion in dispute.. It is said there are now twentyâ€"four Austrian and six German army corps facing the Rusâ€" sians and that more are on the way. On the other hand, the Russians are still bringing up reserves, and, acâ€" cording to the Austrian report of Jast night, they are attacking without any regard Jor,the losg.of, bumap lifé... ... ure expected to write. Mogents have n‘-_%&:&u At the Pront. vnnfl fact 1 nts have ning since , It is dec the s will not be Tow .* g ‘railroader;" . NCB m uu“{afilflr"" 16 burp, hl’h' 3 Hotel Cecil, r«fiqfi > IQ* Kingston + pen ty and depcrted u‘thvx“ States side. He has reached his home in Evâ€" ecton and hes writter tack to variâ€" \oua friends in London. > f Judgwent was: given for the plainâ€" fouo aasmetralty of Bm ac of m T geon Falls : axainst . the Imperial Land Comoany and 9‘:“'!. “m being Jor amount taxes tmc and ?O‘ia’ #nd a gart of the taxâ€" es of 1911, amounting to over . $7,000. Municipality Wine. Center ol business on Grand *Oireus Park. . 'l'nls? odward car, get of at â€"Adams Avenue\.& » _ ({y<~ aÂ¥, . ABSOLUTEL Y multrmo& "* us & â€" ) 200" Rooms, Private Bath, $1.50 Single, $250° i ;” ' 200 Rooms, Private Bath, 2.00 Single, Up. j 1 ms, Private Bath, * $2.50 Single, ; 4.00 * ' &m Private Bath, 8.00 to 5.00 . 450 Up Doupk ALL ABSOLUTELY QUI&M®» »~>> The Bell Telephone Co. 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Telephone first! â€"Try to figure out where the Long Distance Telephone can save you precious time! of Canada. «Detroit, |Michi can be reduced anywhere from HOTEL FTULHER ;t;."m‘%‘ thate mentiars co 2 toâ€"day, bringing the total ~ torâ€"‘ the ‘cicht dayg Sundgy has been in Paterâ€" |mon, close to $1,00 s.!:“:_% person â€" who ‘ jammed the taberuae 'meiote"tbe end: of the unm the atmy‘ e was very lonomuhhfip( in t 'w% tday himself tors ol his ‘and his y > is DTb /6A ‘.-H o es o t 3 4 Save Probnarome d : Obs ‘have: brokenssome c 1 am rahagmed to : tell F I am porty I was & ginnet,. 1 will #0 n# mote. . L repent.‘ How many : #1 stand up. with me*" .0 a». ;. /~}0.} <the J Dealers®" i of ‘the United ®*ates has‘ $6650,000. i its and they bate set $100,000, (I leatn ~on the best . authorâ€" itr, to fight me,"> was the startiing statâ€"ment made py Sunday during the evening discourse, y collar was wilted py ‘berspiration Now :Unique Cafes ami ; Cabaret Exeliente |