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1 HE OTTAWA GERMANS OFFER BILLION GOLD FOR REPARATIONS TO ALLIES Such An Off cr Entirely Out of Question, Says Lloyd NoUieCont- ngCon ferenee if Jlivls is OnryProposat LONDON, March J. Osrmany, tbreogb bar delegate to th coo- wfth Am UIe MM. toony reparatloa osara of appro! 000.009 fold ronrks. or oit I7.0,0OO,vs, It ana understood Outbid th nbrna that after Dr. BUaoaei the (Kmu Foreign Minister, had ahed his ttatemant nponUoM le the eonlsreee.

Mr. Hoyd George. Ik Brltleb Prime Mlalster. replied hi evMtanc that nnJete the fJermaae km eometblng mor to thaa appeared la Dr. Siaioaa' tatomeat, tber waa a seed of ntlaal th trtyaa a mj.

i.i. Anuria laid tb fjermea forelga Minister! tho wrltiaa proposal aro of th. out generet character a the explanation of (hem. It tan worth toll for a to read them. "Too have a complete Uek or aomprehansloa of tb position of th AMI and of jroar Own position.

We will discos among oaro.lv our reply aad give It to you tomorrow at OlTB O'clock." WbB th Ocrma.no toft tk bob-. frn they appeared to greatlr depressed. Mr. Word Goon aad M. Brland were smiling they aa from (ho conferva chamber.

Th British Prim Minister opened the conference by saying th Allld M.MUil.thrM Md aaaembled to telv th Oerman' reply to tho decteloa of th Pari conference. Th German rarl(a Mlolotor waa tha lva th ioor. Two nrrltttoi "ropnIUo. -Dr. Birnoaa aald th Oarawn bad BTpar4 two written propoaMoaa aaoat cartfully aftar procouna nuaj of Otrmanr a roaoarom aad poast bllltlaa.

Thar had oa an.d In hla work to tho momant of hlr departure fra Berlin, th OcrawB ronica MlnJaur dceland. and thr(or had aot bn abla to eonmunloat thalr propoaiUoa la ad- tm'V Dr. Slnwaa than, la tract, aald armnjr -would pay- attr kUlloa aiarka, mbiMt to tka' arloua dla. oouw and reduction aad tha nan paid. A haaty axamlnatlon tht IT ranch dalaiailoa of th n- wrlttani prop.aata of th Oonnana IndtcataM that altar lb reduction Oarmank woald par about thirty billion aiarka (Advloaa to tha official elraloa Waahlnitra today aald ha Otrhnaay had aubaalttad to th AUI4 Jtaparaaono-- Coaamlaaloa a Uat of naraUoa payniaata aiad up to Janparr II but.

aawaauac to aoid aiarka, or ap-srozlmatajy, Promui Brland aald that th propoaalalwar oo drawn that they amounted) to aa offer that If tb AlUao wbuld advaaoa Oermany money On favorable terma, then Oermany would pay them. Tb Oarmeaa apparently nrur that If the capital rum about 0.9,-marka ware ukea now, It would amount to about marke In 41 reara at I per oenL ThvdlHoullrK howarer, It I point-. ed out la Allied quarter, I for Oar-i- many to marka wltkoat tho AlUee doing It lanely for them, which the Alllea tecard aa wholly oaaeoeptabla. s. Babiect to Tw, (Vmdlrloe.

The German propraabv waa learned, were made eubjeet to two eondltlonat i iret That the pleblaclt la Cp-1 per Slleeta ahould reault la taTor of eooad That Oarmany ahoald bar reatered to her free commercial prtvUocaa, throhout Ur world. While Dr. aimea waa making hk) Matemant, premier JBrland waa oketckln on a pad of paper before l' Mm. He rw a oarlcature at hlm-. oalf.

with lone- hair and beny trouaera. and wrote nader lt "The Bretoa Ueienlng with cnrloe-y to what the Boche bare te aay." at. Brland paee.il th drawing to Mr. Llord Oeorge. who omlled and aaid: "Fron the way thing are going.

In another It mlautea we ehall bar to pay." Af For Total OeHlgatlowa. Among thJ moat Important point i hi tb propueala adeaaoed by Dr. atmone were Jile Inoleteaee that the toul capital Bum of Oermaay'a obli- gallon be definitely, fixed, and hie teureaanuuea- that Oermaay waa expected to reach her maximum capacity to pay la Hi, when the Oermamr propoae another arrangement ehall be entered Into for pay-: meat of the rebwlnder within Je iT I biom riM the 'dlfllcaloaa rendered the acceptaaca of the Part reparation propeeal were due to the fundamental oantrtverCT InrolTlng, aa th. ae aide, rauring Oermany'a effec tie prodacta her la order to at- law bar to meet her and ea the other, the preventing of Oerman competition becoming menace to other nations. Brrioaa Maaaca, The Paew propoeala, continue th Oermaa apokeaman, eontem-- plated the payment of annuities of marka gold, aad all were agreed that the only manner la which tale amount coold be paid waa by a aurplua of exports The Oermaa' experts had declared.

however, that In order to meet th.ee aaaultiea the Oermaa export would have to four tlmea aa great aa the aantfutre, aad the forcing BP of the Oermaa export trade to this nan re, ho aald, would constitute aer.eua moo ape to tb root of I Dr. Bimon reference to the pro-poeed export tax of It 1-1 per oeaL waa that It mast either be paid by the eooauaaar, If the price could be forced up, or by Oermaa Indeotry, which would thereby bo weakened la ta power to eompete. The result would be that, the exports weald flecllne Th Oerman Ooeernmeat, declared Dr. almona, believed the Pari anal were baaed on a too haaty aeneeetlea on the condition of Oer ajian Indnatry. Oermany waa bow ai te export, he pointed out.

pane of the favorable exchatie-d ggt and the low coat of production. I On rage two. ONLY THIRTY MARKS AS SUM May SeaeRuiir Mining District LONDON, Mar. 1 The JIorouiK Poat dtclarea to-day "We ought to sit on Oflmany'i head nntil France it dgain firat elase Europ-an power." The newspaper foreshadowed the plan lor joint invat ion of Germ any which Marshal Foch and Mr. Lloyd Oeorge are anp-poxed to hare diMiused at Cheqnerg Court It waa de clared the- plan contemplated the aeienre of the Huhr mining' diatrict.

Marshal Fooh preaided at "a meeting of expert at French yeaterday.at whloh there waa a diaouasion of plana to be followed, SEIZE750 CASES QGIIT TRUCKS Mu Male BiTHanl ef Wet Ceotis mCMI Track at WinJeor. CONSTABLE OFFERED BIG BRIBE TO KEEP QUIET Ob Refaeinf He Wu Hr4- taffed aad Drirea Out hi CoBBtrj. "WINDSOR. Onu aureh 1. Sevan hundred and fifty caaea of Uuor and eight motor trucka, estimated to be worth close to ffet.Ooo, were seised by the police yesterday at tbo Canadian Faeino track her following aa aaancceaarul attempt by a gang ot II men to unload a ear of whiskey which bad come In only aa bear earlier, consigned to netl-tloua Individuate.

Owcred Big The ma had' Jee comniexced unloading the ear wboa oonatable WUllam Allan, of the local tore, came along aad being anapletona that all waa aot tight, adored mea to cease work. Instead of do ing so, ona of the liquor agents according to the story re is tea oy in officer, offered blm 1.0 eaeh to "torget It." The money, bow-ever, proved no temptation, and whea Allan tried to enforce hie order he waa eelsed. handcuffed with his own handcuff, and thrown Into aa automobile, which aped away toward Sandwich. Escaped Proaa Auto. Allan ears ha escaped by diving from the auto to to a enow bank, from whence he crawled a mile to a telephone and oent in the alarm.

Officers reached the depot In time to eelxa three-oonrtere of the thousand esse eonelgament of whiskey, aa well aa the Beet ef truoke which waa walling rush the shipment to a place-of aafety. None of tho rum trafficker were appreheaded. all making thelr eecape before the arrival ot the men from headquarters. The aelsure la one of the largest ever made bare. UQU03 COMMISSION FOX QUEBEC NXSIED Hob.

Geo. Star it Chirmta tk New Bd. QUEBEC, March Tho Quebec Uqaor Commlaaloa waa appointed thai afternoon at a special meeting ot the Prortnclal Cablaot, presided over by Premier Taechereao, tbo mcmbera ot tb eommkMloa being tb following: Oeorge Mmard, M.L.C rco-ebr. man, Hon. H.

0. Carroll; commie-alone rs, Meoara. K. Droula, Sir WUllam B. BUrert and Mr.

A. L. Caroa. The Ron. Oeorge Slmard.

chairman of the commission, haa represented the Repentlgny Division la the Legislative Council el no ltl. having been In politic tor a number of years previous to that. He le Interested In several phlnan-throplcal organisations. Including 'lie Boidiera- Employment Bureau. Hon.

H. Carroll, whose appointment to the commission was st no traced a tew weeka age, a former Judge of the Court Ap-pett kr. N. Droula hi a forwerr mayor of Cue bee and one of the most eue-eaeTuI business men In thai city, a director ot several financial hat! rations, air William B. tavert, Montreal, hs director of the apaniaa Rreor PUp and Paper Company.

Mr. A. Caron. Montreal, la prudent of the Technical School ot Montreal and haa bees interested a sport far several yeare, beeng tbe lead of the Auto Club of REWRTS OF REVOLUTION A AT KOSCOW rERSiST XOKrON. March 1.

-Uoyd'a agent Ravel, Hie capital of Ks-thonla. Wat a cable message Monday, witch rvu reeelved today, reading: OFUUORAI "It la mported and we attach eome rrelh te the report that a revolution haa broken out la Petre-grad aad Masco i ''v LARGE BUILDING I SOLD TO CHURCH R. Canerati Ottawa Archtliocete lsrcaatM Moaa NatioBak for (54,100. MAT BE FOR USE OF ALL CATHOLICS OF OTTAWA Stradiiral da-fet Will Made to ModeTaire Bailduif. The Monument National balldinc Dalhoaale aad Oeorge ttreeU, tor maay years tb liome" aad rallytnc point ot srreapb-Canadlaa elllaoaa aad oTgaalietfoa of Ottawa.

bag beta parcbasod by the Bontaa Catholic Corporation ot tbe Archdlccm ot Ottawa. The Durcbase Brio wag tUjOOO, aad th parch as are alaa to take poaiattlon at tbe building tmmo-dietary. aiay Bo I AH CMIsoMoa. Tha purchase ot the. building followed a deoauoa on tho part ot the Roman Catholla Church authorltle to.

establish a parochial hall. Although nothing definite aa to th purposes for which the building will eventually be available, a report le current that the Monument Kalionale may yet become aa la-otltuUoa for all CathoUoa la Ottawa. Far noma time the autherUle at tho Archleplaoopal Palace had been contemplating th construction of a parochial hau ea the Basilica property, between at, Patrick atreet and Oulguea avenue. Plana tor the construction of such a ball had been outlined, hut the coat of the undertaking -waa deemed rather heavy. Decsded to raiihase.

After going over th Monument Natlonale building and flndlng out that structural ohangca that would modernise the interior ot tho building aad provide more apace could be effected, the church authorities decided to purchaee. Tha deal waa out through by Mr. IX Choouette, a former member ot the court of Revision, and Mr. Ar thur Charbonneau, a former resident of this city, and bow. a real estate broker In Montreal.

The archdio cese waa represented by Monslgneur j. Lsbeao, chancellor, and th owner by Mr, V. Vincent. K.C., true. tee.

Waa Heavily Ma-terae4. The Monument Natlonale building waa constructed in 1104 with funds secured from the sale of shares to Fraeich-Caaadlaa oltlaaaa. raruur a few years, the building was operated suae ess fully, but faulty nan-ssvameBt fosMWed by the werTelt- la th bulidlaf being heavily mortgaged, aad Anally put up tor ale. The building la reported to have been mortgaged for does to Ita fuel value. A mortgage for ill.

was held by Alliance Natlonale Mu tual Insurance Boclety, or Montreal, aad another mortgage for tit. by the Roman Catholla Corporation ef Ottawa, There were aieo a num During the peat year reports bad been current that tbe ftt. Brlgid'a Toung Men' Asec elation and the Ottawa Trade and Labor Council were both considering parchaatng the building. Mr. J.

U. Vincent le hi Montrail today, attending to details Inddeat to the transfer ot the property. SHOT AND KILLED mm FRIEND i Huuitr CUcaieTina KiSte! teABartBbtBt, CHtCAOO, March 1. Herbert P. Slegler, manager of a tiro company branch office bore, waa shot aad almost Instantly kilted early today by Mra Isabella Cora Orthweln, for- Serly the wife of a wealthy Bt ula oilman, la her apartment in North Shore reslde-tial ojuartera.

Tha are aald to have been friende since Mra Orthweln obtained a di vorce tram her Buaoaaa six year ago. Police aald Mra. Orthweln told them that a ouarret started last night whea, the twe met at aa amusement garden, each In the company of others, aevenu aoure itr. aha told the police, dealer appeared at her apartment and de manded admission, ana reiusea to let -Mm la, she aald. and be forced open the door.

When hla actions became threatening, etie aald, ah ran to ber bedroom, obtained a revolver Zetglsr had given ber for protection, and shot him twice through the cheat. Mrs. Orthweln waa bald at a police etatlon pending aa Inveatlga-tlon ot ber atory. READY TO BUILD RURAL UNES IF OVEN CRANT I LONDON, March vested rights ot the mualcipe.il tie ahould be aa sacred to tbo Legislature as th vested rights of private corporations." aald air Adam Beck yesterday, addrassiag tbe Rotary Clnb, referring to tho proposal of the Government to Impose a tea of It per horsepower on all power sold by the Hydre-B'ertMa Power Com-mission of OntarPx "Why ahouTd the municipalities who have built up tlria great enterprise be penalised to build other UneoT Let the Oovernment make a direct grant of mil-lion dollars enly, and wo will build or 7t mllee of rural Una every year." i rTVE MIXES OF BAGGAGE STOLEN FR03I CARDIAL IXDOW. Msec I.

rtro pi rasa af Cardhaal ftoaraea ha gac who eoieei bei a nun Laao ieena and Milaa, says a spsicb rraaa tho awter cv to ska Dally Malt Tlx- Hsllaa rbrtlwtW laBslVil iWBasfWuhsNl ft alhlwgBplf' for the) anJeatag awUclca, at HMNotPaiaFwTf Part Fif ty Ye LONDON. March 5u-Th') Leieeeter Daily Poet, tha only morning paper in that oily, he euspended publication. It proprietor declare that their paper ha not paid in fifty yearn. They refuard to join the other pti'-f paper in raiting the prit to three half-pense. They, deolare that whea the of newtprint fall the bwS.

paper buine will beeeme. profitable. a HAS BEET. CLE! OFPRESDin. FOR 25 YEA ReT.

Gunlle Recat'yet I ty CMsjgtuUtioM of Tkoee texdaif TeeUy'a Keet' KUOTERS rIqUISTII) aid fRomanc.1 r. SeKcee of ReeremdaBi EJ td to Be of Vital Imaortn to CaBada. Ottawa Preabytary eoauntnded tb cause of rohlbltloa to all mln-latsrs la a reaelntloa passed at tnelr meetloc In ooalmera Church ths) morning. MlnaUera were argently roaueeted to give the referee urn loyal support, and to put before their congrsgetlone. ProhfuKlen waa declared to be of oupreni Importance to the welfare of the Do-minion.

Th meeting waa hugely Rer. R. Gamble received bearty congratulations from tho moderator. Rav, R. B.

Whyte, and other mlnlatera, on having Si Tears aa clerk of tbe Presbyter 3 A presentation waa mad to Mr. Gamble this afternoon. Bev.t P. W. MahaBy aa) R.

J. A. Pue-Ollchrlat reported on Sabbath School aad Re. Orr snaet on home lesions. At tbe afternoon seaelon eontrols-slonars were appointed to be General Aaaembly In To roots in June.

FOUR BIELECTIONS BRITALV THIS Coalitioji CaadTdaU ia Wi Fifbi lajsred By RowtSet. LONDON, March by-elscUono will be bald, thl week, polling taking place In Woolwich on Wednesday, In Dudley on Thursday, la Klrkealdy on Friday, and In Panlatone on Saturday. Sir Arthur Griffith Boecawen, tbe new Minister ot Agriculture, who hsa endured much heckling on account of the embargo against Canadian cattle, chiefly through the Dally Express, haa modified hlo attitude to some oxunt. To a deputation representing the meat trades which waited upon him, the minister admitted that the price of English mes.t was extraordinarily high, and Promised to brine- the matter he- tho Cabinet. Tbe election campaign In Woolwich baa been marked by muck rowdylem.

Captain Oee, V.C., tbe ooalltion candidate, waa Injured la an outbreak of ruffianism last weak, but last night ho resumed hie platform campaign, escorted by naa-dred of crippled ea-eervlee mea. One of the mala polnte of- the ooalltion candidate's canvas la that be will keep tho Woolwich Arsenal In operation as a peace-time establishment. Ia Woolwich, Dudley and Kirkcaldy tiiere le a straight right be-tweea the ooalltion and the Labor-He, aad tha Labor propheta deolare their candidates have a good shanoe la Woolwich and Dudley. Ia Penlstons there are twe Liberal la the field, one representing the coalition Liberals and the other the Independent Liberals, with a Labor candidate Intervening. TO BUILD SUMMER HOTEL FACING ON MEACH LAIE Mr.

Bt. H. Blanche, of Ottawa, announced yesterday ehat be win erect a summer bowl on property he own at Meach Lake. He has acres and th hotel will face directly on the lake. It win be called Donnaeana Inn.

will be twe storeys with etsoco exterior and ac commodate It to guests. Provision wilt be mad for extensions It required. toe butchkiui arnusUt. MONTREAL, March 1. Pita hundred batcher, the employe of th Da vies Parkins Company, the Canadian packing Company and Montreal abattoirs struck this morning for wage taereaeee and ahorter hours.

The strike paralysed pe ra tio na at tbe Montreal cattle maisl keta DENIES THAT SPRACKLIN INVITED I TO JOIN THESOCIAVSERVICE DEPl Rer. Dr. Cmwb Seyt laterriew Sfok sf Sobm AdoreeeM TORONTO. March 1 Re. Da R.

D. Chows. Oenaral auperth Undent of th. Methodist Church Caaada, last Bight Issued a denial ot an laterriew wtiicb appeared la a deapatck from Sarnla yesterday wltt refereuea to Dr. Cbewe and Rer.

J. O. Spracklln. of Sandwich, Ont, formsr license Inenestor, "I did net stste that Rav. J.

O. L. Spracklln would loin the Soclali Service Department of the Method let Church, either temporarily or any other sense," aald Dr. Chown. "I did net ask blm to Jola thatl NEW EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC MAY OR JUNE! Sir Eraeet Sa-ddetos aad Hit "arty Plaa to Bt Away Two Team.

CANADIAN GOVT HAS NO COrMCTION WITH TRIP Nbbwr ef ILuda Wfl Be Ex- slored, the Party Geiaf it By Baffia'i Bay. OMRWriANIA. Maroh 1. Sir Brnatl aheckleton. the Antarctle explorer, will leave In May or June en a new polar expedition to the Arctic, He will take with blm a dossn men.

ehisRy those who aooom panted him on formes) expedltlonav and be contemplate' being away for about two yeare. The Norweglaa whaling 00s paca I baa been purchased In this city tor the expedition, aad la all probability ah will first proceed to Hud-eon'a Bay, where lit dogo will be token on board. Thence tbe expedl. Hon will proceed by way ot lismn's Bay which will be reached. It le hoped, by the end of July, provided the Ice condition aro favorable-through Lancaster Sound to Axel Heloerg's Land.

Prom there etr Ernest Intend to explore the Islands eastward to Parry Island, this being tbe mala objeol of tb expedition. 11 was officially stated te The Journal today that vhe Canadian Oovernment haa no connection with the expedition referred to In the foregoing despatch. When Sir Ernest ahaeuletoa waa la Ottawa recently he had aa Interview with the Prime Minuter and member 01 tne Oovernment reanectlng the poaaibll- Ity of the Dominion Interesting Itself ananolally In aa expedition tor exploration purposes en the islands eastward of the Parry Islanda Tbe matter waa taken Into consideration but no decision baa been reached. "So far aa the Canadian. Oovernment I concerned," waa th Oovernment' official statement today.

"tho announcement from Chrlatianla ia, to aay the least, prematura." ALLIED REPLY TO S. NOTE ISJIELIVERED Tom el DexvMat Entirely frle-tPry Sayt Refect PARIS, march The reply 'of the Ooartcll of the Vaalrae ef Natloop ur tbo. United stato aato aa tb mandates quest lea was delivered to th waited State embassy bar at LI o'clock thst atterneon. Tho only denalt Information a to th contents ef Ike Bote la that Ita tone le paxtioularly trleadly aad that Ita general tenor to aa invitation to the United Saatea to continue the conversation. A representative of the council Conferred with United Suttee A keasedor Walls os phi afternoon to whether there would be any ob-ieetloa to baying tbe not made pub ic nere PASSED RESOLUTION OF THANKS TO ORANGE ORDER TORONTO.

March A reeo-Intiea of vhanke to the Orange Order for Sieving carried Che Dae-patn-Tremhlay marriage ease to the Privy Council at a cost of about 10.I0 waa paaaed at a meeting of the Method nu Ministerial tloa at this city yesUrday. CARUSO HAS ANOTHER eftfl taaiemj Alllti 1 sTMeaaat eUeuii urutAuuni NEW YORK. Maroh Caruso, who nearly died recently from a heart attack following pleurisy, today underwent a third operation tor removal of pa from the pleural cavity. Hla physician announced be bow waa resting com-fortakly. A bulletin Issued at the hotel, where the tenor la etopplng.

read! "Mr. Caruso baa had a second alight re-eollecUoa of pea la the Bank, erhwb haa been suuf.se fully evacuated. Me la resting comfort ably." la explanation of th word flank. It was aald that the term referred to a section of tbo pleural cavity low ea she aide. The operation doe not maaa thai Mr.

Caruso baa suffered another relapse. It waa stated, bat on the contrary It waa decided upon aa tha best course to expedite hi recovery. DRAW FOR CCP OAktn LONDON. March 1. The following at the result of tho draw for tho os pond round ot Northern Union Rugby eup games to bo played ea March It en the grouada pt th ret named team; Hadderaaeld vn.

Oldham. Bromley vs. Halifax. St. Helens vs.

WldBSaV Salford on, Leoda Broughtoa vs. Rochdale. Letxh or York Hull or Warrington. Bradford vs. awinton.

Faatherstone vs. Dewebury. 1 Tn a Scottish Leaarue name todar. nam lit on defeated Albioa by 4 to I. CredHed to Hom Wa Wreshj-w-l 17 pracum at uiwty.

department, nor bad aatbority te mexe suen a Dr. Chown further stated (hat tie bad admitted at Sarnla that Mr. Ipracklia might deliver soma ad. drosses in ceaaostloB with the Coming referendum campaign, but that matter bad not been arraaged. "There wee bo reference to the event weilch brought hi (Spraek-lia's) enforcement work fa connection wltk the O.T.A.

le aa abrupt clses." esld fr. Chewa. "I feel certain that throughout Mr. Snrack- Un played the pan of a maa. aad 'I look upon th whole sffsir with very deep, aad sincere regret," HAT ATTRACTED SOCIETY WOMEN AT FASHION SHOW FOR HOSPITAL FUND IfF ejMV'-.

1 lerrev I iV i' ''e 1 rm i' ,1 1 1 1 1 ibafW-rra. VsjiaJliJ Jte "7 Tkaa blark toSeta Mllaa draw hat, whh green oacrk-h tcaihcnl mna tho froea. auractrd mark atineUan a a faeliloa ahaw gtrew nrvatlr b. New York aoefc-ty wo. wen to aid a taad for a rcoocMtrwctioa hospital tn Prance.

UNITED STATES' TRADE WITH EUROPE IS STILL UNSETTLED Trade TigBTCt That Refer to Recent Trade ReactioB Caaetdiaat Seem to be Boyinf Now Mors Heavily ia the I Hone Markets. WASHINGTON, March 1 Exports frem tha Blatea to Canada during ths month or Jaaaary ameuntid to ftt, ltl, aa compared with Kl.ttt.- during the previous month, according to a trade review Issued today by the United Blatee Department of Commerce. Imports from Canada totalled aa agalnet In December, 112. EXCURSION RATES RESTOREDJN SLIMMER Aaother Pre-War Cutora le Be Bronfht Back. Although no eiBrlal Information baa a yet reached the meal pas senger ages is, -spec htl aummer hall dap rate will be restored at least by the Canadian Pacific Railway, commencing June 1, when a reduction of some li per cent, on the regular rata will ha granted on aps-elal occasions.

a despatch to thl street waa eant out from Toronto thie morning. If the reduction le granted aa expected, the elianae will mark aaother step toward a return ot prewar conditions. Prior to ths war, epeclal excursion rats prevailed en all railways, but the demand for rolling stock for ths trsnsport of troops end supplies waa so great, all special rates were discontinued. Mr. A.

L. Bauve. of ths C. P. apeaklng of the report, said that while no Information had been received concerning it.

It might have emanated from a meeting of the Eastern Canada Paassnger Associa tion. It the reduction Is established on the Canadian Pacino, other Canadian railway will 1 turally follow suit. MAY VOTE AT ONCE nu uriir iiirimnrirp nin mwmLM If Not Debate Andrew WS Be Proloafed. Unlsm th Oovernment sum-marlly dlsmuaea th euxgeation that Parliament can adjourn until autumn for the taking of the census and the framing of a rsdlstrlbutlsn Dili, one aeoaie on the nodreee win be prolonged by the Campbell amendment to the King amendment proposing such a recess. Tka Introduction of thie proposal yesterday throw the debate opea to all members.

Dr. Michael Clark, of Red Deer, anil opea tha day With his Bret speech of the assslon and It la ex pected that he will be followed by Han. 1. A. Colder.

If the Minister ot Immigration in forms the House that the census cannot pooaibly be oonypleted. In time tor a fall session bt Parliament the Campbell amendment may be put to a vote at once. In which case it would be almost certainly defeated, no definite eupport for It having taken ahane In the House Only three members have ehown aa iacllnauoa so far to support 11. ASKS UNITED STATES TO BE REPRESENTED March I. The af too Ijeagoe of Na-lie reply to the Varies) Hw sited atatee to eend a i.pieomtatlve to the seil BwvHJng eg tbe evmarll to bo bead In April, waa learned here shle attar- nncsi.

The reply waa cabled to -Waehwurtnw br tbe Vatteol sCNOUSH RACK BaTTTUta LONDON, March 1. Betting ea the leneolnshtre 'Handicap to run on March 1. the opening event 01 ine net racing season in Kng-land. follows: Ugly Duoklkw. 1-1: Corneaek aad Poltaba, -li Valen tine vox.

Earn, 1-T; Clarion Klfterlon, tl-t. Bsttin on the Brand National Steeplechase today, waa: Kamoo Beag. Old Tay Bridge. le-; Tur key Buxaard and Balirboaxaa. ltt- Daybora and the Bore, 10-.

Th Orand National takea place ea Marek 1. 1 iv" 1 VV iat Exports of IHO.IIg.tdO to Great Britain compare with of the month The Imports -wsrs compared with The review ebowed a a harp falling oft In United tatea Irdde with Europe tn January aa eompared with December a reduction In the volume of trade with South America. FORTIN GETS YEAR ON THEFT CHARGES Attiviti Had Rasfed Over Period of Trrs Yeart. Aldaae Portia, Aylmer, pleaded guilty In Police Court this morning en two charges ot tnsft aad was sentenced by Magistrate Aekwith on sack charge to one yeara im prisonment, sentences la run 01 eurrently. Th complainant were A.

1. rreiman aad the Daly Company, Limited. forlin'e room were' found to contain a largo quantity ot stolen wearing apparel, The thefts ranged over a period ef Ave yeera. ovsr 11,00 werth of goods waa recovered oy ute ponce. QUESTION ON TREATMENT OF MEDICAL MISSION Tomorrow C.

O. Power, Quebec South, will ask In aha Commons If aay repreaeutatlea haa been made to tha Oovernment with reference to the mission of Lieut. -CoL Burnhsm In Montenegro, and it the Government le aware that tbla Canadian ameer waa foreed to eub-mlt to treatment dletlnotlr eon. trary to that prseoHbed by the rules of Inlernatlooal courtesy at she handa ef the Serbian Ooverameat through Ita repress 11 la lives. He also aefee If It Is she Inten tion 01 tne oovernment to Intervene on behalf af eh la Canadian Medical Mission order that It may be permuted to carry out th work for which It waa Intended, namely trie relief ef the nhsusands of tee asset rtck.n Inhabitant of Central Eur ope general, gag Montenegro in particular.

SCOUT QUARTERMASTER j' RESIGNS HIS POSITION Mr. John A. MaoCacken. Dominion Quartermaster of tb Canadian Oenaral Council, Boy Bsom Association, has resigneoL his nasi, tloa and will make an extended visit to relative In New York and uh. Southern Unltsd Statee.

He will eea-e weaBoeaay.ior Montreal. Mr. MaoCrackea being Cabmaeter of ths sirsi won tao rack, at. Andrew's, snd Assistant Scout Master of the fourteenth Oltawaav which gars an entertainment last evening In his honor, will be the guest of honor at a supper at seves e'eloek thie even ing in at, Andrew' Sunday School nail, an membera and ex-mem bers of tbe Pourteenth Troop and vuus nrc inn tea to attcBd tne supper. An announcement aa to Mr.

MaeCraeksn' successor will be made at tn aupaer. AISTRAL1A WON, SYDNEY, N.S.W., Marok 1 Australia won the flnh ana last cricket test match Yrom Inglsnd tod as- by sine wickets. 'raw ON P. a aTTKAJaER. BALTIMORB, March t-rir whlck broke oat on tbe United State Shlpplag Board steamship East Chicago today, badly damaged the vassal and Its gsasral cargo, valued at was aald to have sees virtually rained by water.

A broken all feed pip caused tka khue. The Beet cblc.ro wad to have ailed today for Belfast aad Olae-gew. SHIP MOVKMrN-vw, DUBLIN, res. II. Arrived Lord Antrim (British).

SC John. N.B. LONDON. res. II.

Arrived: Burmese Prince British), Nsw York, via Halifax. FATAL. b. 15. Steam er Beel.

St. John. -1. BT. Jtlll.v, 1.

r-rivedl Steamer -m Prince, New York. Sailed: at. riayxowaa. i LIVELY SEVEN WEEKS' FIGHT IS Bta Side Art Liakf Up For Battle Royal ea ths Prohi-bitioa Ittae. "DRYS- ARE CONFIDENT THAT THET WILL WW OUT Victory For Temperance Force Will Mean That Imports tio it ForbiddeB.

TORONTO, March 1. Ser, weeks from today John Barlsyeora aa a legalised Import and "oham- pton" of the "underground route" to the United States la to know his; fate In ths Province of Ontario. On April It the electors of Ontario vets on a eueetlon submitted under the Canada Temperance Act and John', futurt will be decided on the anawsr lit en to the qu.itlon on the ballot: "Shall the-importation sad the bringing of Intoxicating liquor Into the province be forbidden" What It Will Mraa. If a majority of those voting mark Yea" on their ballots on Anrtl li lt will, on proclamation by the Oar-eroor -General, ho Illegal lor any person to: 'Import or bring Into the nrev. mee aay liquor for beverage purposes.

To agree with any person so to do. or, "Te con rer any such liauor sreu through the province to another place unleea by a common csrrlee. aad thea tha container must not be opened within the Claim I Will Be ESecUv. Thl law of itself would not sre- vsnl "abort olrcultlmr" but a victory for the "drya" would bring Into force an Ontarii provincial act known aa the "Handy Taw" which in. temperance aavocatea eiaim would put an end to thie phase of th liquor question.

N. Y. CENTRAL TRAIN HAD RIfiHTflF WAV While M. R. SifBab Were Set to Stop PORTER, March t.

by Indiana state officials and offluere of the Michigan Central and New York Central Railroads wsre continued today to determine' the cause ef the wreck bar Sunday fatal to paseengera on ths' seat bound Michigan Central train. Both Toa-crmati Jouepb Cook and I Operator Charles Whitehead In sisted that New fork Central: train wsa given the right of way. and that the Michigan Central trgi-k algnals Wore est tn atop that train, as ths signala aloave remain at "stop" until a train approaches, they eald. New York Central officials declared the fact that the New York Central train did not leav the rails proved lhat the clear signal had been given that train, and pointed out lhat, la mechanically Impossible to give both trains a clear signal. OPEN FOURTH DIRECTION FINDING STATION ON COAST The Department of the Naval Service announces tha official opening of It fourth direction flndlng radio-telegraph station at PL John, N.BV Tbe completion ot this etatlon establishes ths fourth link In ins cn.in 01 nnaing eis-tions erected by the Naval Department on the Atlantio Coast, extending from Cap Race to the Bay ef Pundy.

The new station Is situated at Red Heed. 1 THE WEATHER THIS 1-IOM It5 TAlE: Dominioa Mcteerolofical Service. Toronto, Merck 1. Fort- tarts Partly cloodV aad Biild today aad ea Wcdactday. The dlsturhanro which Wua near tbe Connecticut yeuertU.

vnomins has moved -noiihetatsi-i to the Oull ee St. LawreA-e. cau-. lug anow in Quebec and ts alih rain In the Maritime pnuiuro. Ths weather ie new rlou.ir ami mild la nearly all part of tji tw-mlnloB.

The Journal stann-'-- i eter at noon realetr-r KlAHtr-8 Ml 1 Motoelwltsch. the rlenlat. will i.v eurleK Tuee--. let, J-lckcui.