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“'arships Carry Seaplane-510 Bomb Schcswig Hol- stein Base-â€"â€"Two German Patrol Ships Sunk. BRITISH NAVAL RAED A“ glespafgh “from. ‘Londo‘n GregtVfifitain, gave .her first efl answé‘r’ 'on'ASaturday morning u mun air raids. A squadron o senplancs, conveyed by light cr z1riil“(1est1'03‘ers,'crossed {he Noi‘! and \vventstraighvt to the home answe‘r’mx Saturday morning to Lier- mun air raids. A squadron of live senplancs, conveyed by light cruisers ariil‘destroyers, crossed the Noi‘tli Sea aml \vventsti‘aighvt to the home of the Gemmfi“planes which have frequentâ€" ly visited_ the English coast of late. They httank’ed the German airship sheds in Schleswig‘, east of the Island (if 'S'ylt‘. ' They" ware m’ét,‘"h‘owever.‘by an goti'ective anti-aircraft defence, while tl’ieizc crmvuys were'éngéged by German patrol boats. [A battle royal, both inxthe air and sea, ‘outside the harbm'uof Sylt, ensued; Only two of BREEESH BLOW IN VHLLA DEFEATED BY ENEMY EUGOUES CARRANZA’S MEN Successffil Raids Against German‘Sm-om] Dead and wounded Bandits Trenches in La Bassee ‘. were Left‘ on the ' Region. ' . ' Field. A dosp’atch from London‘says: Sir Johh'flzlig ‘reporfiy‘ fha‘t‘the British carried out two succ’eséful raids against. the German trenches about Gommecourt and the Bethuneâ€"La Bas- sec roads. Three‘dugouts filled with thohmiemy were bombed and blown in.u'1‘he'.‘Germans sprang a mine to the north of' Aims and two mines north-east of “Neuve Chapelle, caus- ing slight démage to the British trenches. ‘A grenade attack to the north of Arl‘as was repulsed. The German forces which gained a foothold on the smallhill of Hau- cOui‘b'a little Over .halffa mile south- west of Meilancourt, on the west side of the Meuse‘oh Wednesday,' have not yet attempted to increase their gains, an¢5the pFrenichl'stillfl hold part-pf the hill. '“ ‘ ' ,.,;IÂ¥.h9re._ . ms]. U110. ‘ .i nfa.n..tnuaqt.i911 . .on ‘the‘Verdun front“Wednesday‘night'o-r Thlnjsday. “Wednesday night the Ger- ma‘fiiflgeeveiéed the "intensity V of» theig- §omba§gd§ment tiptflie w‘ést ofILt'he rii’rer, W ' ":h'sighvheenzotueépecialg violéhc’e- as suppof‘t‘ to theii‘ infihtry‘ éttack, but continued without lessening ofin- tensity'the bombardment on the east- ern bank of the river. In the Woevre the cannonade‘was intermittent. I On Thursday heavy artillery fire \vas resumed, on the western bank of the Meuse, in the Malancourt region, and on the front between Bethincourt- Le Mogte.AHomme-CunlieÂ¥es, while to the eaét‘bf the rivfer‘K and‘ in” the Woevre the firing increased in vio- lence. BIG GERMAN STEAMER ' DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS A“ despatch frém London Says: The] sinkihg'by a Russian'Warship of the{ ste‘a’mship Esperanza ofi‘ Kali Akra, in 'the Black Sea} ofl’ the Roumanian coast is reported in a Reuter despatch ‘ filed at Bucharest on Sunday. The Esperanza, a 7,000-ton vessel flying} the German flag: is said to have been loaded with foodstuffs‘for Constan-l tinople. The crew was captured by the Russians. The despatch also re- ports the sinking .of a score of small sailing ships with cargoes of food. A (lespatch from London says: Twenty pers"0ns.,‘11a\-'e been killed in an explosion imflye Preussen colliery, near MilcllowibzéiSilesia, says a des- patch to the Cexit‘ral News from Am- EXPLOSION K ILLS sterdam. Bill Effective Without Vote of Electors, But Prpvis-{ ion Made for Referendum at End of, War. ' “‘Vfilnlesaleâ€"lli'llgklsts will be licensed; ; Heavy fines ranging up to $1,000 to sell in wholesale quantifies for'and sentences up to eight months are Icientific and machanical purposes, up- proxided‘ for infractions of the law. ONTARIO GOVERNMENT Main Features of the Bill. Prohibition will go into effect in Septemberâ€"probably on September 15 â€"-by direct legislation. All licenses, with a few exceptions, will be extended after May lst until date fixed, upon payment of nominal fee of $5 or $10. Refiereiidilm will he taken afteixxval~ and d‘COIISidel‘ablé time after return of soldiers. New Ontario T91gp¢mce~fict folâ€" lows Manitoba Actixdéfie foi‘ iuc'or- goration of improvement-s ~t~aken from ntarlo License Act. IN GERM AN COLL] ERY 0N : FOE AEREAL SEEDS Gel IVS 1V( PROEHBETION MEASEJRE the Briti others, i brought cial state cial statements. Storm; vuiled, and m the com: ing naval engagement, strbyer -Medusa collic' destroyer Laverock. ’I believed to have been crew are safe. The Gm part, lost. two__ armed Braunschwoig and the believed to have been lost, but hm crew are safe. The Germans, on their part, loste two; armed.tr21wlers, the Braunschweig and the Otto Rudolph. During the engagement four Ger- man torpedo boats were cut off by a number of British destroyers, but eventually succeeded invmaking their ‘esca'pe, says a Idespavtch to the Central News from Copenhagen. v A despatch from El Paso, Texas, says: Villa was attacked and defeatâ€" ed-on Thursday‘night at Santa Gerâ€" trudes by Carranza troops, according to 'a despatch received by General Gavira in Jliarez. General Gavira said he had received authentic infor- mation that after the skirmish at Santa ..Clara earlier .in the day ‘where Col. Cano’s command had defeated Villatt‘he bandit ,chlieftain was purâ€" Sued__ana " a‘gain attacked: date. ,1. Thursâ€" day night at Santa Gertrudes and again was defeated. Villa left sever- al dead anddwounded bandits on the field, and Gen.,Ga-vi1‘a says one hun- dred horses were baptul‘ed from him byjthe Carranzistas. From Santa Gertrudes Villa fled to El 050, where he was reported to be reorganizing his forces. Santa Gertrudes is a ranch settlement in the Guerrero... disâ€" ‘trict not far from Namiqfip‘a“. " ' A despatcn Irom hunuuu mus. grams to the War Office from eral Smuts, Commander of the B forces in German East Africa, cate that they'German forces Wer loged from defensive positions c Lumi River and the Kitovo hil operations from Mai‘ch 7 to 12. retreated to positions in the forest along the R'uwulliver. ‘1 On March 19' there was bush ing in the vicinity of’Ka‘he, the ( stubbornly resisting. On the 2 British force occupied Arusha1 lodging the enemy. . At Dussing the enemy atl during the night, but Was-driv with severe losses. In the meanl strong mounted force traversin [him To DRIVE 11. 6;! BURWTO AAAA‘H § EN FIRE AT HALIFAX} Wild Scramble of Sixty Inmates of A despatch from Halifax, N.S., says: yEom-l Italians and two Russians were burned to death; and an Italian woman and a Russian were badly in- jured in‘a fire early sunday morning that completely destroyed the buildâ€" ing on Pleasant Street formerly own- ed by the Canadian Bioécope Company and for the past year rented by an Armenian, A.‘ Dombalagian, as a boarding house. The place went up like a‘torch. The cause will probably never be known. 7 ITALIAN COMMANDER ARRIVES IN LONDON Receives Great Reception from Pub- lic of British Capital. _ A despatch from London says: Gen- eral Count Cadorna, chief of the Ital- ianttgeneral 5tafl’,. wheleft Italy... .to att‘én‘d "the military 'ana"pnlitiea1‘ "cont fergnge of the Entente,‘ nations at Pai'isié’iirived imLéSfiddn on Wednes- day from the French capital. Gen. Cadorna was met at the station by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British War Secretary. An immense throng of people, English and Italian, greeted Gen. Cadorna enthusiastically. unnecessary bloodshed “may result, and the relations between ,the two republics may ‘be very much ems barrassed." ‘ ' ' ' President Wilson expresses the lliope- that T'thé (if. the United States will be on their guard against "crediting storifi'cdrhiiig from the borderfahnd'iie entre'at's tlie editors of newspapers that they “make it a mat- ter of patriotism and conscience to test the source and authority of every report they receive from that quart-er.” ' .1. on productiimgf affidavit ésfio use to whiclylliqiidrlwlll be devg‘ted.’~' : Retafljlicen’s'eg will be issz per- mitting sale to individuals fipon 'a Retail-,ilicerfsieg. will be per- mitting. 8318 3:0“ individuals upon ’a doctor’s prescriptidh,;and to a doctor not more than a iJin’c‘Lat a time or a veterinary not more than :tlwo gallons at a time. ‘ ' uv n nun“ Ontario License Board will be re-iBritish Navy Gels German Underseas constituted with membership of three,} A5 Fast 38 They «Are Made. and charged with administration of A despatch from Washington says: new laws. “ '“"“ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ” ‘ One hundred and twenty-seven sub- ”; Bill; not to interfere with importa- marines have been captured by the timfiviiquoraior private-use er-keep- l British-navy since the outbreak of the 4: Bill; not to interfere with imports timfiéiquom {or private-use or- keep ing it in the home. House as Flames Spread. retu Th e. M 11: to the of: y weather p1 tlle an M} the zdusa is This purpose the President pledges himself to‘defeat, bathe warns the people of the countrythat if the cam- paign is permitted to‘eontinue “Very "serious condition 'may be ‘created, unnecessary ‘ bloodshed j *may; result, and the relations bet-ween '.the two republics may 7be very much“ em- barrassed.” ' r ' ' President Wilson expresses the be that Ttlie' 313W1é156fmfl1e1 IUnit‘ed States will be on their guard against “fiéditing stei'yilbériil'iig from the border? ahdl‘i’e entreet's'tlie editors of newspapers that they “make it a mat- ter of patriotism and conscience to ,, L1. -_.:L-- at rcate that‘they'Germa‘n forces Were dis- ]oged fto'm‘ defensng positions on the Lumi River'rand the‘Kitovo hills by operations frorn March 7 to 12.’ They retreated to positions in the thick forest along'the Ruwuiiiver. w ' if On March 19' there was ‘blish fight- ing in the vicinity o‘f’Kfihe, the ener'ny stubbornly resisting. On the 20th a British force occupied Arusha, dis- lodging the enemy. , , At Dussing the enemy attacked during the night, but 'Was driven ofl’ with severe losses. In the meantime a strong mounted force traversing the BRETESH PRQfiRESS CQNTlNflES IN GERMAN EAST AFRECA A despatch from London says: Tele- grams to the Walf Offiqe from Gen- eral' Smuts, éon1mhnder of ‘the Briti$h Arusha Has Been Occupied and the Enemy Driven From His Line on the Ruwu Rivsr. PLOT T0 DREVE 11.3. ENGINEER KELLEB T0 INTERVENTHGN; ilNTRAlN CQLLESEO‘N Pres. Wilson Appeals-to .1 A despatch from Washington says: President Wilson appealed to the country on Saturday-flight for' aid in thwarting a conspiracy which he de- clares has be‘ehprg‘ani’ied to plunge the United States into war with Mexico. In a formal statement issued at the White House'th'e President'char'ges that a campaign of falsehood is beâ€" ing carried on through the newsâ€" papers of the couhtry f‘for the ‘pur- pose of ‘bringing about intervention in the interestyof certain American owners of Mexican property.” LATESTVPEACE TERMS - CREDI’I‘ED T0 KAISER war, according to information from the British :Admiralt'y’ "which has reached the United States coast guard officers. ATHERING IN THE SERBS Aid in Thwarting This Move. DEFENDERS 0F VERDUN. .Country .togToronto Flyer From Chicago Dashed ' I This L Into Freight at Port E Credit. bush; country seized: the Kahe_.1‘aii- ‘ wai'y' station and, many houses,‘ Th force then occupied a hill to the south-east of Kéhe.‘ This threat Iagainst our retreat decided the enemy ‘toi-‘hold On throughout March 21 with Ia Eview to further retirement under cofiie’r of darkness. H _ TFurther reifif-ér'eéfflents‘? reached. him during operations: The Brit- ishginflicted heavy losses, but the Gef- maps resisted obstihutely. :-At night thei'entire Ruwu line was evacuated by the enemy, who .retired south- wards,-:1eéving~C-a fouréinch gun be- longing to the cruiser Koenigsberg. The‘b‘fiéfafibfis‘afé‘zftsntimingrf'r '~ Ear-1 Kitchener telegraphed con- g-J-itp‘ldgigffis ’fdgvgpnéifh ‘fiyfiuts fészlubis Brilliant ‘sucCeSE. ‘5 v: C V 1’.‘ Z r A despatch from Torohto‘saysz The Tqi‘orm Flags! free.Chiceggefirihursz da'yfni-gh't crashedf irith x'a-f {rough freight about “a mile past Per Credit station. The engine of bhe,passenger train dashed into the caboosefi'bfjthe freight train, cutting throughouthe caboose. The impact offithqgcollision was so great that‘the locomotive was thrown over on its side amidst the wreckage of the splintered ear. The wreck claimed two victims, The}; are: Harvey Overend, engineer'o‘f the Chicago Flyer, instantly killed; James Anderson, fireman of the Flyer; criti- cally injured. The wreck occurred on the main line of the Grand, Elfin}: Railway? At the timeziafc, thg»_\v1;eck the Flyer was running Iit’a’lhi‘ghi‘rate of speed. As this train is one-'ftthe through connections between Chicago and' Toronto; the line 'i's‘sup‘pos‘ed to be clear for its passage. PL.\.\' A despatch from Bralitford says: An organization ta quistt ratified farmers to assist arms? duirinlg' the coming Summer Will”be?e'ffe‘cted here this week. Brantford has a large population of retired farmers and many of them are still able to work. Those not fit for hard work will, by their practical experiencelad- equater supervise 1the Boy Scouts and Students. ‘ A despatch from Paris says: Liquid fire has been the means by Which the Germans gained rthgur- 'ons'fllrof trenches mentioheflfié. t ofiiéi‘g communications, says the Journal Des Debats, and the 3531'}; C03? of the Chamber'6 uties ’ J quiring into methods for the protec- tion ofi thqurench troops against such fire attacks and the use of a similar weapon in reprisal. “One can easily understand,” says FRENCH TO USE LIQUED FIRE Superiority of This Terrible Arm Over the Bayonet Has B:en Exemplified at Verdun. 1‘0 MOBOLIZE RETIRED FARMERS INREPRISAH, 0N GERMANS Liquid RUSSlAN DRIVE fiAiNS EB! FGRCE Desperate In four dayS"..fighting"thefl‘Russiafit itpok» over 1,4065 pI-Jisbne'i‘fis' 3am}. caps Waived: lama/chine guns, 26 field m0t2_ Wars; 10 trench mortars, two mini- ;'throwers, axhowitzer, anfii’” rloads igrenades, bombs and shefl fl; .i Recapture. of the impdf’cant railway ‘city of ViIna from the Germans is on?» Lof the chief objectives of the great ldr’ivo which has been commenced ithe Russians. Vilna lies in the cenftfle ’01: 3_netw0rk of; railrbgds, 'md its logs .ch-mdife'a serinfls blo‘ifl‘to Field Muff; Lshal vpn Hindenburg. ., r désfiiltcli from London saystffThe Russian offensive in the Dvins'k ifégio‘n is rapidlj'r‘ devolopiryg, a desperate battle is raging to the southward of Dvinsk, according to the Perograd official report, while notth-west of Lake Vargunck General Kuropakin's forces. afterrhaviug repulsed several gqyglt‘gx‘K-agt‘géksfi are advancing. Very vidlént “an” ibfif‘é‘y‘fim‘f‘mfifmffiék place all of Wednesday night: in the region -novth-of~the. -town.of‘W.idsyl.and north-westward of Lake Sekly. De- spite the_ heavy German‘fire, the Rus- sian‘ troops” -by a- gta'bngi‘l forward drivelforced all the adversary’s lines and bafflea‘des in the; sggtq§>of.01ip‘a andl repulsed countelnii'tt'a’clis. Raiding parties‘which ad passed the; Dviria captured .an enemy machineJ-‘g'tm in the Jacogstadt sectiqn. ‘ ‘ Altho‘ugh st1~ogig1y1fle§¢ndédt afid thickly surrounded by wire entaglé: ments, the' Germans were dislodged from the woods inglith'g vicinity of BTizn'ik’ hind MokritZZL “”‘ " ” ' .» ‘ [A Start 1113; Alres‘dyyzlfieen‘lviade in :Qfiuebec With T03;- {_ r A despatcliy'frbmrrfflttawa says: The Military Hospitals Commission an- nounces there. arenowvlfioo men, in- mates and. mmfiientséini-fihfi Véiioqé. convalescent homes.‘ ' Steps are be? ing taken to p’roVicfe‘ti‘aining in these homes, and Mr. T. B. Kidner, the vocational secretary, has just retm‘nw ed from. Quebec,‘ where ,he ‘made ar- ‘rangements for the installation of an equipment». for. elementary ,vocatigllal 1training in the Savard Parks Con- ..Hzalescent, Home..l,fl‘hisl home ljs,’ ' sated, the. cie§ ‘ofr IQaébec; wise , I ‘ number: "of ' local ladies li‘ 'vé‘ "tafiéh great interest in toy-making as an occupation-for convalescent soldiers. » These; ladies have procured from the Lord‘WRoberts Memorial Workshops .in London a large and valuable col- ;lection of models of toys,*etc., pro- ducts ofthis' well-known institution ‘for disabled soldiers and sailors. These Hmodels will be placed at thrv disposal ,7 of the .men in the home who will re- m produceltéhem audit is hOped will also 1design typical Canadian toys on sim- :ilar lines. Preparations were also made fppxthejerstalflishnfint classes ‘inhgeneralflsubjects in the hoine. This ‘ 'policy will be followed throughout the ‘ , Dominion. n M n MSABLED SMDEERS _ WELL BE TRAINEE) RUSSIA CONSERVING f‘A" d’éSpatch‘ffifufl‘Lgfidofi 'sgysl: The RuSsiaij' Minister. of: ’Agfifiéulfifiye will shortly introduce a bill in the Duma El‘ohibiting throughout Russia the illingfloj; live :stog'k on; Tueg‘lifi's and 'Thursdaisiingffiging I eifimber of Seattle lighgt z'ima’y- «be ‘ slaughtered on other dfiys, says a Reuter despatch from Petrog‘rad. The bill will proâ€" vide for prohibition upon the sale of all kinds of meat in markets, restaur- ants and hotels on Wednesdays and Ffidays and for-ihe closing of butcher shops 'on those. days. Dvinsk the nev this ter bearing wntness." The newspaper gag has every means at ‘h paying the Germans ir and therefore should e Even though it may expose 'w' ‘5 1: ‘ danger of Sh! strike it, on the other_han<i ififlflfigfifinfifl Regionâ€"M hny' Prisoners Battle is Raging in the HER MEAT SUPPLIES Taken arm 'ing repulsed 11‘e,advancing ls APR}; 1 15?an L81. dis‘po's'al fo 1 their own coil mploy them. the eriorit man eath )ne