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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1916-03-02, Page 2OW ciro 471( LE3 LESSoN X. !RA Mareh 5, 191C. 1 a loud outery 111 eepressing their &- Mend, The martyr preyed with a loud voice, for ids pereecuters and murilere firs. Lay not this sin to their charge-- ine prayer wail etriltingly like that -IJesus who said on the (wee, "kWh - forgive them; for they know not a t they do" (Luke 23, 34). Fell e...m----Tae verb. here used is the •ean, as that lit the paesage, "The whielt dent" (Matt. 27. 52); and of them it le said that they Uwe After the crucifixion of Carla, Stephen Wait still alive, though hie body was in the embrace of death, III. Saul, the perseentor (3: 1-2). 1. And Saul wile conneating unto ins (teethe -Tam words belong properly at the end of the preceding tempter. Saul of Tarsus felt toward Stephen lIS did hie murderers. He wee bitter m hie persecution Of the followers of .brits. A great Persecutioile The fieririt t: at pursued Stephen to hi$ death fumed upon the whole Cbristtan com- minty. Scattered al/read-The en - lir i body of Chrietiaue, except the aeostles, was drIven out of Jerusalem. The twelve replanted there in spite of the persecution, for their work wae not yet finished. .2. Devout men -Men devoted to God tun to the cauee of Cbristianity. Carried Stephen to his buricil-The traditional place of Ids Stoning is near the eate, callea in memory of him St, Stephertee, in the cast wall of - Jerusalem, 3, Ma& aayoc of the chureit-nSaul was comdolma to stamp out Christianity, He was tborcugh in his efforts, for he search- : ti every house ad imprisoned all the a Lowers of Jesus he eould find. lie tees a, man tif -culture, and wee, there - ewe, in connection with las furl yas lietred toward Christianity, a powertel m.poser of the new faith. He threw let° Ids mission his whole streng,th, and expected to see the new religion swept from the earth. He did not yet realize the odds that were against bim, and it was not long befere he acknowledged himself conquered, Questions. -What wee the occasion of the address of Stephen which is recorded in Acts 7? Give an outline of the address, How did it affect the Jen\ ish council? Describe, Stephen's trial. What did he say about heaven? How was .he Put to death? Remelt Ole last utterances of Stephen. How •'s Saul introduced to us? From what elatives was Saul working? What .1. alities were prominent In bis char- aeter? (ampere Stephen wlili Saul PRACTICAL SURVEY. Topic, -An Historical Crisis. L Confirmed Jewish obduracy. IL Defined. Christian actleity • I. Confirmed Jewish obduracy. Stephen was, a man of approved wis- dom, able to discern thiags thee die- ter while rejecting pernicious' error. He had the °purge of deep conviction. He was free from Jewish prejudice. He had spiritual conceptions of God and bis worship, His view of Jesus and his mieSioil rested on the whole past history of the nation a nation called to a spiritual destiny in the purposes •e' Goa. His address was advancing to t I appeal to faith on the basis of the eew outpouring at the Holy Spirit, whica it was broken off by the riot which ensiied. in that hour of trial mid danger he summed up testimonies to the truth of his doctrine from the pages of holy scripture. He could not retract what he had spoken according to the oracles of God. He urged that God'direct spiritual dealings with men always had been strintly hide - Pendent of fdem or ritual or temple. He declared that the Jews under every succeeding form, of divine revelation had resisted God's spirit, that it had been their national failing to cling to ;resent and material things wben- seer God called them to higher spir- dual good. He implied that the .Tews e lio rejected Christ were turning away from the meaning of *God'a revelation to Moses. As he traced the history of his nation view after view oeened up before him of the pervers- ity, bigotry and wilful opposition' to truth which had characterized them at every period, and as teen putting the finishing stroke upon their sin, He called attention to the fact that Moses, who had brought Israel out of Egypt, e as he who predicted the coming of, Christ, the rejection of whom was the flattened sin of the Jewish people, zitephen had a well-defined plan. He ecught to gain attention and soften the hearts Of his opponents. His de- fence was logical, clear and forcible, It was faithful, consistent and unan- swerable. He wholly forgot himself in his intense eagerness to expound to the council the formative principles feud leistorical career of the kingdom Of God. He gave a remarkable explan- ation of accepted facts. His forecast swept away at once all the privileges and profits connected with the relig- ious position of Jerusalem and thus destroyed the political prospect of the Jewish people. He finished his dis- course with that vigorous denuncia- tion which led to his death. The truth laden with rebakes and personal appli- tenon eould not be gainsaid. 11, Defined Christitta actevitY. To hie ' devoted servant, God vouchsafed an exeentintial manifeetation of him- self, an eetraordinary peoof of his divine favor and assurance of support. As the fury of the peraecutoes in- creaeed, so did the ecstasy of the mar- tyr, He forgot hie surrounding, and coated to think how unsympathetie an audience he had. Ho exhibited the content attitude of ids soul, The in- ward likeness to Chrtst which was manifest in the life of Stephen was atm conspicuous in his death: We eharacter, his attainment% and trle. ;math were explieitly e.seribed to the Oily Spirit. While hie cmemats reshed epee. 11101, Stephen was privileged to ii.hcid his beloved Master at the right ; and of God. Never was his faith to :Wong or his vision so unclouded. The eerthly' high priest sat before lam as judge witr fury on nis eonntenance mid condemned him. The beavenly High Priest stood as his advocate with the rather, ready to receive him In fulfilment of his promise, That sight, changed all things to Stenben. His last conscious effort wa$ praeer. At bis death, by eihOWIY13 eluth ;eve for 1118 proseentoen Steph in revealen heti full his mind and heart were of the thought of his Saviour ead boW (Utility he had drank of his Spirit. la Stephen we have a pattera of faith, are example of unshaken constanee .,.n. ,,hlaienee to God, of pious resignolion no, forgiveness. Stephen' martreciont vent an argument for Christianity. It centirmed his teaching that the cruci- fied Jecuis was risen, living, eaalted, glorified and divine. It marked it great erisio In the history of the now faith. The 'Sanhedrin bad determlnea Io perseeute and, it possible,- deetrey the Nazarene tied. Stephen'i death Wile the Menai of a general enthreale Against therm H. war in reality, ill the orderfug of God's, providence, the favorable inotrient for the; tenumenee- atent of Inlialonary work. 'Mt Of the seeming disaster Catne enlargement. tr. It. 4. The Death of Stephen. -Acts 7; 1-8; 3 - COMMENTARY. --1. Steplien's de- fense before the eituntedrin (7; 1-53). It woe eharged by the council thet Stephen Dad spoken blaspliereous words against the temple and the law, and when lie was aeked it the charges were tette, be began the task of prov- ing their falsity, He addressed the Sanhedrin most respectfully, saying, "Men, brethren, and. fathers," thus identifaing hileself with the Jew iih people. He traced the 'history of tac nation front the call of Abrithaen the time et the prophets. He Blume that the Lord had led His people in al, their journeying% and had Maga them his wt11. Inetead ot speaking blasphemously of Moses and the law and of the temple, he showed that God was through them working out his great plan of redemption. After glVing an outline of Jewish history, he de- clared that Lie hearers were not at- tentive to the voice of God and were far from obeying his law. As their fathers bad persecuted the prophets who bad prophesied of the coming en Christ, so they had rejected him when he appeared and had put him to death His address showed that he was mit afraid to tell the truth that was need- ed by his hearers, even if it was meet distasteful to them. They had come far Mort of observing God's law. As we read the addresses of Peter, the fence Stephen made and the argument of Paul, we are struck with the har- mony in matter and plan in all these discourses. There is a setting forth of fhe history of God's choaea people and the proof from the scriptures of the inessialiship of Jesus. H. The martyrdom of Stephen (7; 54-60). 54. These things -That the Jews had not kept the law. and were andity of putting to death the Jutt One. Cut to the heart -The word used here indicates the cutting made by a saw.. The JaWs were irritatel to the point of desperatiou. Gne,sh:e. on hill), with their teeth -Their auee: was apparently beyond control. Tit a gnashed their teeth as if they wert. angry wild beasts, Stephen lied calm- ly and fearlessly, yet in love, told them the truth, but they had firmly set themselves against it. 55. He - Stephen. Being full of the Holy Ghost -This declaration had hardly been, made more than once regarding Stephen. He was appointed one , of the seven. helpers after it bad been decided that men full of the Holy (ihost must be ebosen, and in 6; 5 it is expressly stated that he was "a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost," Looked. up steadfastly into heaven. -- In the midst of the violent expression of hatred of the angry company the man of God was calm and looked in- tently- upward. •His spiritual vision was clear and he was granted a view into heaven. Saw the glory of God -- Stephen saw the brightness of the di- vine glory that constitutee wake is: named the Shekinah in Jewish phrase- ology. "The martyr, like Moses, was for the moment permitted to see God face to face, even before quitting his veil ot flesh. He was filled with the Holy Spirit, and 'thereby the eyes of of his own spirit were so quickened tbat no material object and no dis- tance could prevent him from behotd- ing, as through an opening heaven, the very presence of the Ancient of DaYs. He who in the first clause of his special affirms in effect that Abraham beheld the glory of God now beholds that glory himself!"-Whedon. Jeeus standing on the right hand of Cod- dle saw him who was crucified for the salvation of men exalted to the right hand of tbe Father, 'infinitely and eternally exalted and glorified. 66. 'Behold, I nee the heavens opened -The fury of his oPposers did not interrupt his communion with heaven, and he was ready to testify as to what he saw. The enraged eompany saw a calm, fearless and humble follower of Jesus, but he, from his high, spiritual plane, triumphantly looked to heeven. The' object which the Jews sought was far different from • the one whichwas sought by Stephen. He was, fear- lessly and devotedly seeking to show .the people Jesus Christ, the only way of salvation. He was laboring Ler their good. The Jews were eeeking to hold up the ,decaying systeni oe Judaism. They- Saw a lone preacher condemned to die; he saw an opened heaven and the glorified Saviour, 57. They cried out -The . Jevdsh Wagers had listened to Stephen's re- cital of their national history with in- terest but when he came to preach -Jesus to them, declaring their respon- sibility for His eencifixion mid saying that He was exalted to a place at the right hand of God, their anger and hatred overleaped an bounds, and the great Jewish council became a tumul- tuoue mob. Stopped their. ears- ro that they would not hear what they considered as blasphemy. Ran upon him-Eagereto denounce and kill him. 58. Cast him out of the city -Accord- ing to the Levitical mW executions must take place outside die camp, hence the walls of Jerusalem corres- ponded to the limits of the ancient Israelitish camp, Stoned him- This was the Jewieh mode of exeeution. The trial and condemnation of Steph- en proceeded in an irregular manner. There was the Partial semblance of a trial, for the prisoner wee given a bearing after the false witnesses Lea ghien their testimony; but when he deelared the truth about jesue, the eouriell broke up with a demand ar his exeeutiOn. The Sanhedrin had no right to inflict the death penalty, hut at this time the civil 'authority was largely ineffective and the .cemtell took matters in their own hande from time to time. The witnesses -The law pro- vided that there Must be at least two witnesees to the mate act. In ease of conviction of a eapital offense the witneeses 111051 be the -executioners. Laid down their elothee-The wit- nesses threw off their outer garments In order to have. greater freedom of motion in hurling the atones upon the victim. Saul -This is our first intro - Action to the zealoua jew who later became the great apostle of Christ to the Gentilea, He wen then in favor of the plan of putting Chrifitians to death. 49. Calling upon God -While • the .Iftwo were unjustly and unlawfully Putting Stephen to death, he Wft3 praying the Lord' Jesus to receive his sairit. The first Christian Martyr used Much the same language in 'death as did his Master in hie final utterance upon the ernes (Luke 23. 46). The orayer in this verfte and the one in tho verse following are both addresed t� Jesus as Goit. 60. Ile kneeled down - Stephen plaeed hi:Itself in the atti- tude of earliest implieation. Cried with 0. lond 1'01 1O8( who would have Stephen put to death had Itiaile TORONTO MARKETS FARMERS' MARKET. Apple,, bit. - el, 11 .140 3 00 0 00 notatoes, bag •.4 444 t• • 1. • 1 Da 210 algae, new4a1(1, doz. ..0 35 0 38 Butter, good to cheice .... 0 30. 0 35 Spring eliteltelie, ...... 30 0. 35 Siring, mickens, 0 et 0 23 Vogl, dressed, lb. .. 0 13 0 20 EtteltS. SPrIng, lb. ... D 20 0 23 Geese, lb, 0 18 0 20 Turkeys, lb- .. 0 eo 0 30 alaiciene-WeIGLIeSALE. Beef, forequarters, MAI." * 50 $10 60 Do., hindquarter*. .. 13 00 14 Oti DO., choice /31(10S .. ..-. 11 00 11 75 common, ewi. veats, connuon, .. 7 50 9 00 10 00 00 Do. prime . 12 00 14 00 Shop"hogs 12-00 13 25 3)0., heavy...........3000 et 00 poring lambs .6* tat 1.0 el. 18 50 19 GO ht Mutton, lig.... 11 00 1.4 00 SUGAR MARKET. Local vrhalesale quotation on Canadian retitled sugar, Toronto (IC111,017,1... In bags. Per lb. Royal Acadia. granulated .. 100 lbs. 6.71c M LAM granulated 100 lbs. 0,81e Redpath granulated 100 lbs, U.Ste St. Lawrence granulate'd .. 100 lbs. 0.810 Dominion granulated . 100 lbs. 6.71c St. Lawrence Beaver 100 ues. 0,76c 13Iue Star ... „. . . .., 100 lbs. 0.76c Lantic brilliant yendw.. 100 lbs. 6.41c St. Lawrence .goldert yeilds.v 100 lbs. 6.4te Redpath yellow ... .. 100 lbs. 6.41c Acadia yelleW 100 lbs. 1121e 20-10. bags .„. lfle over granulated bags 10.1b. bags . ,.,15e over granulated bags aod 5 lb. rincitagee, 30e over gran. bags. LIVE STOCK, Export cettle. choice.. .... 7 00 7 75 Butcher cattle, choice 7 25 7 GO do. do. medium .........6 75 7 00 do, do. common.. . 6 00 -6 50 Butcher cows. choice .. 6 60 6 75 do. do. medium 0 00 70 00. do. canners „. 3 GO 4 00 do bull .." . 4 25 7 DO reeding eteers 6 50 6 85 Stockers. tholco . 625 6 60 do. light -. •. -.• • 373 00 Milkere, choice, eatht ., 60 00 100 00 Springers .•• ..... 60 00 100 00 Sheen. ewes 00 9 00 Bucks and culie 5 00 0 60 Lambs . „ , . • 10 50 12 50 Hogs, fed and \vat'ered. ..- 9 50 Calves . „. 7 00 12 00 HIDES.SKINS, Vv'OQL. ETC. BEEFHIDES-CIty Butcher Hides green flat 18 1.2c per lb. Country Hides green 16 to 16e per lb, flat cured, 16 1-2 to 17 1-2e ner lb. Part cured, 16 to 17e per lb. CALPSKINS.-CIty skins green, net, 100 per lb. Cotintry cured, 18c to 19c per .01 Part cured, 17 to 18e Per 10. Dea- cons, or Hob Cate according to condition and take off 90c to 31.35 each. HORSEHIDES-City takes off 54,50 to 56.00. Country take off No. 1. 54.00 to 54.75. No. 2 53,00 to 53.75. SHEEPSKINS. -City Sheepskins 51.75 to 52.71 Country Sheepskin 86c to 52.75. TA.LLOW-City rendered solid In bar- rels. 7 1-2. Country stock, solid In bar - Kis. No, 1 7 1-4c. No. 2 6 to 61-4. Cake No 1, 7 1-2 to 7 3-40, No. 2, 0 1-2 to 6 3-40, HORSE HAIR. -Farmer Pedlar Stock 37 to •I0e per lb. WOOL -Washed fleece wool as to qual- ity 43 to 460 per 10, Washed rejections (burry, cotton, ehaffy, etc.) 35 to 37e: Unwashed fleece wool as to quality 81 to 150. - Northwestern unwashed according to Quality., 23 to 33c.-Hallam's Weekly Market Report, OTHER. MARKETS WINNIPEG CRAIN OPTIONS: Wheat- Open. High, Low. Close. 1 18 1 1S, 1 121, 1.12% July 1 17 1 17 1 124 1 1914 MOavats.-- .........06274 Q431 July. ... .. .. 0 424 0.424 0 41Y4 0 414,1 Flax- ,4 0 41 0 41 I t • I May , 2 0934 2 09% 2 0714 2 09 MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN MARKET. Minneapolls.-Wheat, May, 51.10 3-4 to 51.11 1-2; July, 51,10; No. 1 hard, 51.15 1-8; No. 1 Northern, 51.1 3-8 to 5.14 6-8; No. 2 Northern, 51.08 -8 to 5.2 14. Corn, No 3 yellow, 75 1-2 to 76 1-2e. Oats, No. 3 white, 40 3-4 to 41c. Flour. 10e lower; fancy patents, 56.60; first clears, 54,90, Shipments, 560,972 barrels, 13ran, 519.00 to 520,00. DULUTH GRAIN MARKET. Duluth. -Wheat, No, 1 hard, 51.14; No. 1 Northern, 51.12 to $1.14; No. 2 Northern, $1.09 te $1.11; May, 51.12; July, 51.12. Lin- seed, cash, $2.24 3-4; May, 52.26 3-4; July, $2.26 ' OhICAGO LIVE STOCK, Market firm. Steers, native . , 7 00 9 GO Stockers and fee.clees .. 5 70 7 75 Cows and heifers .. 30 8 So Calves .. ,.„, 50 125 Hogs, reecin. ts 56,000. 'Market strong. • Light ... .. • 8 15 8 70 Mixed 4 35 8 75 Hea.v:v .... 8 20 880 Rough ... 8 30 8 45 Pigs......7 00 790 Bulk of sales . . 8 55 70 Sheen. receipts 16,600. Market steady. Sheep 8 00 8 50 Lambs, native ..............1) 25 11 35 BUFFALO' LAVE' STOOK, East Buffalo, N.Y., Despatch -Cattle receipts 2,500 head; fairly active, prime steers 8.50 to 8,75; shipping 6.75 to 8.40; butchers 6.50 to 8.25; heifera. 6,00 to 7.75; cows 3.75 to 7.00; bulls 4.7e. to 7.24 fresh cows and springers, active and steady,. 1110 to 95ls5. 1..eceints 1,200 head; active and steady 4.00 to 12.50. Hoge. receipts 12,000 head; active; heavy and mixed 9.25; yorkers 9.00 to 9.25; pigs 810.5061°0.8.75; roughs 8.00 to 8.25; stags 5.00 Sheen and lambs, receipts 8,400 heacl; active; lambs 8.00 to 12.00, a few at 12.10, yearfings 6.50 to 10,50; wethers 8.75 to 9.25; ewes 4.00 to 8.50, sheep, mixed, 8.50 to 8.75. AIONTBEAL LIVE STOCK. Rutelier steers, best 57.50 to 57.75; good 57.15 to 57.40; fair 56.76 to 57; inedium 5617 to 56,50; rough 55.66 to 55.90. Butcher bulls, best 55.50 to 57.25; Medium 55.50 to 50.25; Canners $4 to 54,65. Butchor cows best 56.75; good 56.25; common 55.23 to 56; canners $3.50 to 54.65. Receipts. "Sten, 6 1-2 to 6.34; lambs 10 1-4 to 12, nlefoegiDs!sse715. ects 10 to 10.60, rough and mix- ed lots $9.25 to $9.75; common 9. Sows 7.50 to 57.75. Receipts 11.50. Calves, milk fed, 9 to 11; grass fed 4. 1-2 to 5 1-2, Receipts 100, .LIVIIRPUOL PRODUCE. • Wheat, snot easy. No, 2 hard, winter gulf -las, 3d. No. 2 Red Western winter -13s, 60. Corn, spot steady. American Mixed, new -11s. 30. Fiour, winter patents -40s, Gd. Hens in London (PacIfie Coast) -•-14, 15s, to Lo, 16s, " • Beef, extra India. tnees-150s. Pork. prime Mess, western -115s. Hams, short cut, 14 to 16 lbs. -80s. 701;13tteon. Cumberland cut, 26 to 30 lbs.- ShOrt ribs, 16 to 24 lbs. -71e. Clear bellies, 14 to 16 1bs.-84e. Long clear midice, light, 28 to 24 lbs. - 75e. Long clear middles, heavy, 35 to 40 Ibsen 76s. Short clear backs, 16 to 20 lbs, -72s. Shoulders, square, 11 to 13 lbs.. -44s. Lard. prime western, In tierces, "new - 585, 60; old -50s, 00. American, refitted -01s. Butter, finest U. S. in. 56 lbs, hos:es- te:4. eti, Chew, Cenatlien, finest white, new... - 07e. Celored-99s, Australian lit London -50s. Turpentine, 8p1r1ts-48s. lir elm e0ttun0h-20s. Petroleum. refined -1.G 1-4d. Lined 011-474, C..ettott Seed 011, hull refined, e1ot,-47s, TO VOTE IN DECEMBER, Regina, Iseb. 27. -The women of Saskateliewan will Lave an opportuni- ty to exercise their franchise before their Manitoba sisters, 'fly an Mend- ment to the Salee of lidtiOr aft, WI/1th Was given a second reading on Fri- day,' the referenduM as to whether the dispensary- eystem shall centitini, or whether there shalt be total pro- hibition, will be voted en in December of thia year, and the women will be allowed,to vote oet it. Originally the date of the referendum wag fixed for December, 1919, but it is in recogni. tion Of the Weeping temperanee sen- timent that the ditto has been fixed for three yeare earlier. The Ono lime a feliate always feels like putting 1111'11801f out to oblige a of St. Tetwretiert eoastwise trade. At friend is when he Is in jail. the (aid of tlie it. Lawrence) season 40 DIED WHEN LINER MAWR WAS BLOWN UP ....P.m.".11,•11.4•••••1. Tragedy Occurred Just Off Dover Coast ----Canadian Ship Destroyed. OTHER VICTIMS Many Vessels Sunk Either by Mine or Torpedo at Week -End. Dover; Feb, 27.- The steamsbip Maloja, a 12,431 -ton meet, belonging Lo the Peninsular and Oriental Lino, Struck a mine aua sank within hald an hour two miles off Dover to -day, More tban 40 persone were drowned or killed as a result of the accident, Tito Maloja left Tilbury only yes. terday for Bombay with mails, 110 peenengers of all classee aboard, end a crew numbering about 200, most of thou Lascars. The steamer ' bad just passed Ad- miralty pier at Dover, ad was op. posite Shakespeare CM% -when an ex- plosion shook aer trent end to end, Sae listed immediately to port, High seas were running, and the captain, realizing .that great damage had been done to the artee-part of his veseel, tried to elm her ashore, but the en- gine -room was swampe(1 and the ship became unmanageable. • Tho plight of the vessel was ob- served, and dozens of craft went •at full spee(1 to her rescuse. One of them, the British tanker Empress of Fort. William, of 2,181 tone, etruck another mine. and sank nearby. BOATS ALL READY. Aboard the Maloja everything pos- sible was done to get the passengers and crew off. All the boats had al- ready been swung out before she struck, as a precaution against ac- cident, ana all those aboard bad suf- ficient time to put oxt lifebelts, etruction in the use of which had been given the previous evening. Boat after boat and a number of rafts were sent away, but several per- sons leaped into the water and were indeed up by the surrounding eraft. It was at, first thought that all had been saved, but later bodies were waehed aebore, and their number was gradually added to during tliG day. Owing to the fact that Dover is Ur - (ler strict military law it wae possible to obtain only meagre details from those rescued. The captain said that both passengers and crew behaved splendily. The passengers were for the most part British officials in the Indian ser- vice; the most Prominent being Judge Oldfield, or the Indian High Court. Only' one 'of the crew of the Em- prese of Port William was drowned, 33 BODIES LANDED. Up to midnight the bodies landed from the Maloje include 18 men, 11 women and four children, n addition to 11 Lamers. Among the dead are Mrs. McLeod, wife of Gen.. McLeod. It was about 10.30 in the morning that the disaster occurred. The Maloja was steaming down the Channel, chil- dren playing on the deck and most of the passengers carrying life belts in their bands. Suddenly a terrific ex - Plosion blew in the side of tbe eecond saloon and twenty minutes later the Maloja, sank. Add beforo. she went t�- the bottoM the vessel turned turtle and for a :few seconds eile keel was visible above the surface. Aceording to eyewitnesses there Inas a second, explosion and while under the water, the vessel right - td herself, the meets became visible, and then she went doeM. The captain and officers stuck by the ship to the lest. Though all were saved, not one of them left the ship in the boats; they were all picked up out of the water, ALL KEPT CALM. The captain from the bridge direct- ed the lowering of the beats and called on everybody to' keep calm, and everybody kept calm wonderfully, for' the Keene immediately after the ex- plosion Was One sufficiently terrify- ing to cause a panic. Several children were blown to pieces, and the deck was covered - with wreckage and wounded, but there were noesigne, of a panic, Only a. few boats coula be lowered, and the heavy boats made the resette work difficult. The majority Of thoee saved were on rafts, of which the ship carried a large number. Most of the women and children lost their lives owing to the fact that one boet already la the water drifeed under another which was being lowered and eapsieed. The captain remained on the bridge until thrown into the Water by the last lurch of the ehip. Moat of the survivors were exhaust- ed upon reaching shore. At least two children are among those who were drowned. The crew numbered 'about 200. The Peninsular and Oriental Line steamship Maloja was an Australian mail boat and a sister ship of the.Per- sia, Which was torpedoed and sunk off the Island of Crete, December 30 last, with the lose of 336 lives, a he Malone was last reported as having arrived at Marseilles Jtoluary 31, bound for London from Sydney, N.S.W. The steamship was 350 feet long, 62 feet beam end 24 feet deep. She was built at flatfeet in 1011. In February of 1913, it was reported that the aleloat, on. entering the English Channel with 400 passengers ort board was ordered tit stop by all unknown armed merehantinan. the mail boat is said to have ignored the order and made for Plymouth, where- upon the merchantman fired five shella at her, although they all fell .short. The Empress of Port William was owned by the Canada, Steamship Lines, Limitedeand wee built at (-astir-on-Tyne, 'by Swan, Hunter and Riebardsmi, in 1908 for the Canadian Lake trade, She was 250 feet long, 43 beet heam,0 and 20 feet moulded &Wiz, with it eargo capacity 'Of 3,400 tone. The Minter had been con- tinuously employed in the 'Upper Lake feed, ore end grain trade, but last eummer wag engaged in the Gttif fate Wan fitted ant for the Britian coafftWise trade and left Montreal for Meneheeter late in NoVelliber, and has aim been ellipleyed between the 'Crated Kingdom and Continental ports on time otarter. She was cola - Mantled by Captain W. D. Shepherii,of Aberdeen, Scotlrind, ena her thiet engineer was J. linden, of Montreal, There were no other Canadiatie in. the crow. FRENCH STEAMER LOST. The NorWeglan steanter Borgsten tis arriVed tit Hartlepool, and r.4.. Ported the resculi on Friday, in the North Sea of five Membere of the crew of the French steainer TrIgnee. Twenty-one members of the erew, the pilot and neer French passengers are missing and are believed to bave liceu lost. The survivors were clinging to an upturned lifeboat when foand. They reported that two violent explosions split the ship into three sectione, Tbe French steamer Trip= was O vessel of 3,447 tons, Sho was lest reported at Bina, England, MANY OTHER- VESSELS SUNK. The British steanter Suevier, from New York, January 11, for Havre, has been aba1100/1e0 afire at sea, ac- cording to a deePatch to Mead% from inishtrabull, Ireland, All the mem- bers of the crew are reported to have been taken off by another steamer, The mail Steamer Mecklenburg, of the Zeelend Line, ran on a mine while o11 a voyage from Tilbury to Flushing, The vessel was lost. Of- ficials of the line state that tho pas- sengers and crew and the mails were saved. The steamship Birgit has been sunk. Seventeen survivors pave been landed. There are three small steamers of the name of the Birgit, according to shipping records, two Swedish and one Norwegian. The largest of the three Is 220 feet long and of 1,117 gross tonnage. This ves- sel flies the Swedish flag. The Wilson, liner Dido, 4,769 tons,, was sunk _Saturday Morning The cap- tain and two of the crew were land- ed by a Belgian steamer. The Dido carried a crew of twenty-nine men, and it is feared there has been con- siderable loss of life. The British steamer Pastnet, 2,227 tens, has been sunk, The crew were saved. NO REVERSE AT DURO() Rome, via Paris, Feb. 28. -The ova- euation of the Port of Durazzo. in Al- bania, is said by the Italian press to have been in o,ccordanee with plans long prepared, as it had served its pur- pose as a base forrescuing the re- mainder of the Serbian army. Italian military efforts on that eide of the Adriatic it is declared, be now directed to the safguarding of Av- lona, the port which lies about 80 miles south of Durazzo, and which has a strategic value of the greatest im- portance. TO THE FRONT. Sir Sam Going When the Session is Ended. Ottawa, Feb, 27. -Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia, Will be at the battlefront with the Canadian overseas forces V the end of May oe the beginning of June next. air Sam Will probably be accom- Pained by Capt. Harold Daly, son of Hon, T. M. Daly, of Winnipeg, and Capt. dolin Bassett, of the parlitanen-' Cary 'trees gallery, both of whom are attached at present to the headquar- ters staff of the Militia. Department. It is understood that the conting trip of Gen. Hughes is being made at the express invitation of the British Government. ,rhe eaanadian Minister, who declined to make any statement for publication when interviewed to - eight, • will probably spend some months with„ -the troops in the field, and rumor has it that he may, itt least for a time take active tiommand of the Canadian forges, It will be remem- bered that .when Gen. Hughes spoke some time ago at Massey Hall, Toronto, he expressed the earnest deeire to tave some personal part with his men ou the field of battle, It is believed that the formal pass- ports for General ).-Teollcs • and Ins staff are likely on the way, and that all arrangements are being made to enable him to leave as teem at the week or the parliantentaty eeesion, is er: • LEFT CANADA. 1••••••••••••••••••••••••••,* • Prof. Reithdorf Says Poli- ticians Drove Him Out. Loadon, Out., Feb, 27. -Prof. In V. Reithdorf, the former German officer, nho addressed hundrede of patriotic meetings throughout Ontario, writes to the leoncion Advertiser from. Scran- ton, Pa., saying that he has left Cattala, and that he was iiracticallY driven out of the country boemise of the objection ot certitio Canadian poll - Wane to his activities among" their constituente. He declares that he has In Ms possession a letter written by e Canadian public Man to a Germane American friend in whieh apology is offered for the writer's apparent loy- alty in Canada. Ile announces his intentioo of making this letter pubilo Inter. Prof, Ileithdort adds that he v,ras refueecl permission to aerve in the Cancallan army. • PIRACY TO START. Huns Will Not Delay Their - Campaign of Murder. Berlin, Feb, 27. -No authoritative announcement is aVallable here con- eerning the report that Germany will postpone the putting into effect her announced Intention to alai( armed Merchantmen Without warning. The Matter is said to be still under ad - According to the North Gerittan Ga - Mae 'ae. that the German au- thorftice would deviate front their plans with regard to the sinking of anted enemy Mereliantmen are un- founded. "An energetie Mullin of our glib - Marine war acearding to the principleS laid down ill the Metilormidt1In will be- gin at the stated tittle," says the news. paper, winch is the seml•offielal Ger- man Government organ. 13,000 TURKS I TAKEN BY RUSSI In the Strukgle Around Erz- erum-323 Heavy Guns, Czar's Troops Have the Ot- toman: Troops in Tight Fix. e Petrograd, Feb, e7. -The capture of 235 °fame, 1e,753 men and 323 guna In the operatlons about Erzerum WLtS announced in the official statement from the Russian War Offtee to -day. The pursuit of the Turkish army coae' Games, and the Russians bave occupied the village of Aschkata, 50 miles west 00 Erzerum on the roact to Trebizona. The statement follows: "Caucasus front: The result 000310 Breen= operations was attained with relatively insignificant louses consid- ering the great StleeeS4 we achieved, "We took Kremer 235 Turkislt offi- cers and 12,753 men and captured. eine flags and 323 guns, beside Olden in Erzerum a Turkis1t fortrees of the firet class, with largo depots ot arms, mu- nitions, supplies and signaling and telegraph and telephone apparatus." The resistance which the Turkied forces retreating front Erzerum were offering to the advancing Russians ap- parently has frittered out on account of the general 4a017 of ammunition and supplies. Unable to defend points of natural advantage, they are continu- ing their precipitate flight into the fastnesses of Asia Minor. The loss of Ishplr, which wee an im- portant Munition and food depot serv- ing the right wing, the Turkish coast troops, and the left wing of the Erze- rum Aimee, further crippled the power of Turkish resistance, It also cut off main road communication between larzerum and Trebizond. This means that the Turkish troops which are re- treating from Erzerum aeon Trebizond can nOw only reach the coast through a difficult mountain district, where they will be within eeriking distance of the Russian Black Sea fleet, whose bombardment of the Armenian littoral continues. The Turkish coast arnek, Ildtewise cut off, is now in a precarious posi- tion, with the possibility of a Rus- sian attack in its rear. Military ex- perts agree that it is only a matter of a few days before the whole dietrict formerly occupied by the Turkish left flank will become untenable. The capture of Ishpir is pointed to as an example of the energy with which the Russians are continuing their snccessful pursuit of the retreat- ing Turks. .* *a GERMAN CLAIMS ON WEST FRONT Berlin, Feb. 28, via Sayville. -The capture of Navarin Farm, in the Champagne, was announced b the Wan Office to -day. Frencli position on both _ sides of Navarin farm, over a front, of about 1,600 yards were taken. It is said over 1,000 men and nine machine guns were captured. In the Verdun region fresh French reserves were -exhausted in, fruitte•ss efforts against Fort Douttumont, The Germans advanedd their lines further toward Bras and Vacherauville, and made ,fresh gains in the Woeuvre. 1( 39 said that all French troops have been driven from the Meuse pen- insula, • 4 - M. VENIZELOS. Early Return to Chamber May Change Greek Policy Athens, Feb, 26, :via Paris, Feb. 27, 10.25 a. na-(Delayed)-Barefoot and ragged women in large numbers, many with babies in arms, preceeded from the gearters of the working classes yesterday to Pctrliament, stop- ped ingoing Deputies, and pleaded that the Chamber relieve the dietrese caused by mobilization of the men and non-payment ot allowance to their families. There was no disorder. Sev- eral, of the Deputies, moved by the pitiful clemonstration, addreesed the women, promising relief, Little has been done by Parlianient thus far in the present sessien, ' The members have been engaged princi. pally in recriminations, the disputes giving rise to frequent duels. At- teillins are being made to discredit the administration of former Premier Venizelose The acceptance by the for- mer Premier of the candidacy for a' seat in the Chamber from Mitylene gives added significance to discussion in Parliament. The- election of M. Vdnizelos is virtually assured, and there is much discussien of a, possible alteration of Greece's attitude, Leaves of absence for soldiers, ht. augueatar last month are gradually bribe:Mg about dennibilization. The Greek troops which were stationed in Macedonia and Theesaly are beat withdrawn to old Greece, facilitating the rehire of soldiers with needy Lam - Mee in time for the spring seeding. - FAMILIES TOO. Russian Emigrants Now in America May Call Them, New York, Feb. 28. --The Rambo Government bas granted permiesion to the wives and 'children of men who Mute to America before the war to leave Reale and join their relativee In America, says Leon Sanders, Pre- sident of the Hebrew Sheltering and Innnigrant Society of A1nerica. The news eame in a message front Isidore Hershefield, a lawyer who was seen by the society to give relief to the Jewish war sufferers in Poland and Galicia. The meneitge Was forwarded bLsA.mbassador -Gerard at Berlin to Secretary of State Lansing in Wash- ington, who trantnnitted it to Mr, San - The soeiete had been trying for a long time to obtain this permieeion. Mr. Sanders Paid there were mann Ituesian Jewit who etune to Amerlea before the war and who now have the mettne to oupport their families here, bet Who had been unable to bring them over because heretofore the 'Rus- sian GOverniment would not permit them to leave. • AIRMEN BUSY Ally Aviators Do Good, Work Against Germans, Parte, Feb. 27. -Allied airmen ha ve attacked and destroyed (110 rail- awt4}3 Ise33(711V,r0it w'cor(1ing to (3m Ilatit 1e110 13dge, ea the region, of Verdun Militant Nevem in a monoplane brought down by the fire of a, mitrailleuse two Germun aeroplanes paturday, brings the number of enemy planes brought down by this pilot up to five, Tito twomachines fell within the French lines, Two of the aviators were killed and two. were Innen prisoners. A Frenelz air squadron, composed of nine bombarding aeroplanes, threw 144 bauths ou the Metz le Sabine rail- way station, Another equadron bom- beetled, the enemy establishmente .at Chamblee, northwest et Pont -a MOUS- Bea. WILL SINK THE MERCHANTMEN Washington, Fob. 28. - Germany's response to the request of the United States for ASSUrtutees regarding the conduet ot submarine warfare in the future is in the banns of Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, who was prepared to present it to Secretary Lansing to -day. The re- ply is in the form of instructions to the Ambassador and will not be put into the form of it note -melees the Secretary desires. The Ambassadorat instructions were to inform the United States that as- surance, regarding the future &menet of Teutonic submarines, given in the Lusitania and Arable cases, still are binding, but that they apply only to merchantmen, of it peaceful charader. Germany contends that British mer- chantmen, armed ostensibly POT de- fence, carry guns for the special pur- pose or. attacking_ German submare Ines, and .show themselves not to be peacefuland able to destruction. To support this claim the Berne. Foreign Office sends a list of a score of inci- clouts where British merehent ships have attacked submarines. The instruction' calls attention to the claim et Germany that despite assurances of Great Britain that her merchaatmen armed for defence "will never fire unless first fired upon, and that they will never at- tack any vessel," British ships are prepared and instructed, not only to resist, but to attack. Germany claims that her new policy toward armed ships 'squares with internatipnal law, inasmuch as British merchantmen violate the' law as interpreted by the United States. Germany realizes that, should it sink an armed ship, upon it will rest the burden of proof regarding the guns, but contends that upon the Government owning the ship would fall the burden of proof regarding the non-offenelve character of armament. The Ambassador was instructed to call attention to the fact that French shires are not armed, that British ships entering American pore; are not armed, and that consequently the Berlin Government considers remote chances of difficultieswith the Ina. Ited States es a result of this new. policy of sinking all armed. enemy merchant ships, beginning to -morrow midnight, The G-ernum Government takes the position that the arming of merchant ships for defence in it tradition rather than a rule of international law. Ger- man officials conteudathey find .no- where in the international code any specific authority for arming ships, and that the practice is from cus- tom rather than rule.. Germany is ilepreRelated tot taking the position that there are shine on the seas which, in theory, are armed onlyfor defensive imrposes, but that, for all practical purposes such armament is offensive when a, submarine is colt- . cern e d. STILL GAINING, GERMAN CLAIM Berlin, Feb. 27, 7 P. in., via London, Feb. 28, 2.30 p. Ile -Attempts by the French to retake the fortress of Doe- tumont have uot only failed, but the German advance on Verdun continues steadily accordiing to the reports from thefruit, In rapid. succession Louvemont, Champ Neuyille, Cote de Tatou and Hardintmoet have been stormed, and the Germans, with 15,000 French pre. toners in their hands, now stand less than 'five miles from the centre 'Of Verden. As the advance tower& Verdun cm - Unties, the western movement in the plain of the Woevre is going on apace, the Germans steadily pushing tine lerene.h bath towards their base at Cote Lorraine, • SHOT BIG JEFF Confession .as to Slaying of Former Ha,miltonia,n, Springfield, Mass., Feb.e28.-Joseph Raymond, no home, no oecupation, confessed to tbe police this Morning that he 'shot "Big jar -McCarthy in Montreal, on November 9th. He de- clares the shooting was done in self - defame. The police have notified Monetarresala Ygo "Dig Jeff" McCarthy was o eigarmaker In Hamilton. He had been a resident of Montreal many years before he Was shot down last fall. Ile lived for six days after be- ing shot, but would riot tell who did the shooting. DETROIT NURSES WOULD eNLISt 'Windsor, Peb. 27.--A dozen pretty Detroit young women, all claiming to be well wheeled in nursing, came over to Windsor yesterday and tried to enlist as Red Cross nurses with the American Legion. 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