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-TIM jailer and his leageeltele made
no delay in tualsinf impr. declaration
Of their faith in Christ and receiving
the seal of entrance into the Christ- '
Ian stunt. 34. Set Meet before them
-it wile Q. wonderful night, both. for
the apostles and the jailer's how- ,
ecid. The jailer fed the apostles and
a :wipe as it lie could not do enough
tor .them.
V. The apostlee dlemiesed (vs. 35-
10). By Morning the magietrates were
k eonvinced that Paul aud $ilao had
been unjustly dealt with, and ordered
their release. Paul declared that he
ana Silas were Romeo citizens and
their rights had been seriously violat-
ed. He objeetee tobeing diernissed
secretly and demanded that the mag-
letratce Mew them as publicly as
they had iininesonee them. The office
era were glad to nimble themselves
mit beg the. apostles to leave the city.
Paul and .Silas went to the home el
Lydia and comforted the saints befeee
leaving Philippi.
Questi0118.--Where is Philip*? How
lid Paul Come to be there? Wato was
with Paul at this time? WIty were he
end Silas arrcstee? 'What did the mag-
kstrates command? What was the Ro-
man custom as to beating? What le
meant by the inner prison? The
stocks How did Paul and Silas spend
ilia time? What occurred at midnight?
Wire did Paul ineist qn a public re-
lease? 'Why did the magistrates fear?
Went did they do? -
The Philippian Jailer. ---Acts 16; 16-4e
COMMENTARY -I. An evil spirit
Cant out (vS. 16•18). Evil spirits un-
dertook to testify of JONES during his
earthly ministry (Mark 1;24; 5;7),
an he was unwilling Hutt the declar-
ation of his elessialsbet sbold be
made by -demons, so he east them out.
The demon-poseessed girl in Philippi
undertook to deciave the reliability of
the apostles as religious teachers, and
Paul, in the name of -Christ, com-
manded the evil spirit to nate out of
ilea 'The aftestles Were unwilliug te
have such witness barite to their Mite'
elon. The young woman was cure
of her malady, and this was the pet:a-
eon of a bitter outbreak agaiust the
apostles. She was a ecireeress, pre-
tending to foretell future events and
to give advice regarding mysteries.
II. Paul ana Silas imprisoned (vs.
19-24). 10. Hope of their gains was
gone -The young woman was e. slave
mid ber masters were receiving
money for her utterances, Ween they
found net she haa lest the spirit of
tended prophecies, or oracles, and
divination, tney knew that they could
receive no more money for her pre-
tended prophecies, or oracles, and
they were enraged. Drew them into
the marketplace unto the rulers -It
was the custom for the complainants
to drag the defendants before the
magistrates. The market -place was
the great place of assembly and was
where the magistrates held court.
"Rulers" is the general term for au-
thorities. 20. 'erouble our city -1t
was difficult for the masters to bring
a charge against the apostles tor
ruining their business, hence they ac-
cused them, as Jews, ot bringing
trouble and contusion upon the city
by their.new teachings. 21. Not law-
ful for us to receive -The ePostles
were preaching the gospel of Christ,
and this' they had a right • to do if
- they did not interfere with the relig-
ion of the Romans. 22. The multitude
rose up -This accusation had the de-
sired effect and the people were ar-
oused to join with the masters of the
sorceress in opeosition to the apost-
les. Rent oft their clothes -The
magistrates stripped off the garments
from Paul and Silas and gave oraers
to the officers to beat them. 23. Laid
many stripes Mein them -The Italian
lictors who beat the apostles were
armed with rods and used them upon
the bare bodies of their victims. 24.
Having received such a charge -The
charge was to keep the apostles se-
curely imprisoned. There musthave.
been a fear that Paul and Silas might
escape unless a strict guard was
maintained. The inner prison -They
were pestilential cells, damp and cold,
from which the light was excluded,
and where .the chains rusted on the
limbof the prisuners.-Howson. Feet
fast in the stocks -The feet of the
apostles were placed in heavy wood-
en frames so securely that they could
not move them.
III, The Prison Opened. (vs. 25-23).
25. Paul and Silas prayed, and sang
praises -The situation the apostles
were in was not conducive to sleep,
even if they were disposed to rest;
but they doubtless chose to spend the
time in prayer and song. They praised
God for his great :mercy to them and
for the privilege of suffering for
Jesus' sake. The tense of the verbs in
this sentence is the imperfect, which
indicates that they kept praying and
singing praises to God. The prisoners
heard them -It Is safe to say that no
such sounds were ever before heard
In the jail at Phillip'. 26. and sudden-
ly there was .a great earthquake -
While Paul and Silas were praying
and singing with loud voices, the place
was shaken with an earthquake. Dur-
ing the service that followed Peter's
miraculous release Irom prison some
time before this, the plate was shak-
en where the Christians were assem-
bled (Acts 4:21). Immediately all the
doors were opened bands were
loosed. In the presence of God's paw-
er, strict orders to keep prisoners se-
curely, inner prisons, stocks and
guards were unavailing. The Almighty
set °tee of his many agencies into
action and his servants were set free.
Go e employed one of the most power-
ful agencies in nature to do dentate
work that night. Prison doors were
opened, stocks were unfastened, and
no one was injured, 27 -Would have
killed himself -The jailer was respon-
sible for keeping the prisoners corn-
raitted to his are, and if they es-
caped, his punishment was death, Ile
saw the prison doors open and con-
cluded that the prisoners had escaped,
hence his purpose to take his own
life. 28. Paul tried with a loud voice, -
In the dim light the jailer eould not
see Lhe prisoners, but Paul could see
him, and saw what he was about to
do. Ja the place where Paul and Silas
then were it was dark, but the jailer
was outside where some light fell
upon him. Paul was in earnest in
warning the jailer not to injure him-
self, assuring him that no prisoner
had escaped.
IV. The jailer converted (vs. 29-30.)
29. Called for a light -The Greek has
lights, 'The jailer was in haste to see
the condition of things in the prisoa.
Trembling -The jailer at once recog-
nises that God has testified for these
men as hie own ministers and mes-
sengers by the terrible shaking he
has given the prison. He recognizes
his own guilt in being the instrument
of the magistrates in violating the
Paaredness of their persona -Who -
don. Fell down before Paul ant Si-
las -An act of fear and reverence. 30.
Brought them out -The jailer brought
Paul and Silas either into the court
of the prison or into his own apart-
ment. He had no fear now that they
would escapje. Sirs -Lords. The
jailer addressed his prisoners as his
superiors. What nrust I do to be sav-
ed -The jailer was not asking how to
be saved from Punishment for allow-
ing his prisoners to eseepe, for they
were all in custody still; but he Was
asking about the salvation of hie
soul. He was moved by the Spirit
and by the influenee of the apostles
to realize his sinfulnees and his need
of salvation. 31. Relieve on the Lord
Jesus, Christ -This included the ae-
ceptance of Jesus tie his Saviour, and
complete surrender to him. It meaut
the giving up of paganisin even it'
the midst of pagan influences. Then
shalt be saved -Saved front sin and
pleeed In the way of final salvation.
,And thy house -All would be saved
on the same conditions. 32. Simko...
the word of the Lord -Paul and Slim
preaehed the gospel te the jailer and
his hominoid in the night and Medd
the marvelous results of the earth -
(make. 8e. Washed their stripen-
The jailer tried to make alnelidS for
the severe treatment tbe itPontles had
reeeived at the handof the people
PRACTICAL SURVEY,
Topic.--Apostolle ministry defined.
I, Ily the statement ot a slave girl.
II. By an overruling Providence.
III. By a converted Roman jailer.
RUSSIANS AGAIN HOLDING
1. By the etatement of a slave girl.
This lesson presents a remarkable ex-
ample of the champions of faith and
falsehood and the characteristics of
each. The apostles appear as men ot
transparent integrity, living for one
object, the preeentation of truth to
men for their preseut and eternal
good. The mestere of the slave girl
represent self-interest in arms against
the truth. The message of the apos-
tles was directly antagonistic to pag-
atiism and idolatry, and they were
right in guarding it against all peril-
ous emaciation. Paul had to dissect -
ate the conjurer from Christianity to
Prevent the gospel from being regard-
ed at Phiiippi as another form of di-
vination. Paul was grieved to see a
human being the victim of demoniacal
power; to see the malignant design
with which her testimony was given
and to see the sordid motives of the
masters of the girl. Paul did not act
ream impulse, but upon the principle
of compassion for the girl. Her own -
ere ared nothing for her benefit. TbeY
eared not how. her nature was degrad-
ed if only their mercenary desires
were satisfied. eeilien their profits
were gone their anger knew no
bounds, The statement of the slave
girl was truth. Paul wished her to
experience the benefits of that truth.
When the kingdom of Christ was
brought into contest with the kingdom
of Satan it revealed its victorious
might. The weapons of falsehood, tite
root of oppositiop to truth, were no
longer effective.
II. By an overruling Providence.
•Tire.magistrates of Philippi hastily
adopted the opinions of the clamor-
ous multitude. This was the first time
/Zeman law was invoked against
Christians. While his servants suffer-
ed in silence, God conducted their af-
fairs. By his permission of their af-
:Motion God made ready for the Met
ingathering of souls among the heath-
en of Europe. The apostles knew they
were not imprisoned by chance or ac-
cident, but were under the wise -con-
trol ot the eternal Father. They were
not moved from their steadfastness.
Abounding jay en suffering for Christ
overflowed. Only heroes of highest
type could have prayed in such a
place. Their fervent devotion was stt-
pelior to physical dIscomforts. The
consciousness of -having done right
was a sustaining power. The results
were extraordinarily great, proofs of
tho divine presence, an illustration of
the divine power, a sign or the divine
indignation, a symbol of the divine
gcodness.
IIT, 13y a converted Roman jailer.
The conversion of the Philippian jail-
er was a glorious consummation of the
persecution, He had rightly connect-
ed the earthquake with God and the
presence of his. servants. The super-
natural aspeet of things aroused his
conscience, and smote him with a
sense of guilt and alarm. His question
implied a sense of perit and a sense
of necessity of individual effort. He
asked the most 'weighty question et',
man can ask or that God in His mercy
can answer. Tt was the great cry of
the human soul. Simplieity and im-
mediacy characterized Paul's answer.
It was from the sleep of sin that the
jailer was called. He was ignorant
of the ground of a sinner's hope. He
looked to something he might himself
do rather than what might be divinely
done for him. Following emotion
came the necessary instruction. What
the marvelous event could not do wee
done by the gospel. Paul's "we are all
here" exactly met the occasion. The
apostles were there with the prayer of
love ready to prevent the jailer from
self - destruction and to direct him
to true safety. As soon as faith enter-
ed the jailer's heart it was manifest
in a deed of kindness. Paul had not
forgotten the epititual interests of the
jailer in his own spiritual uplift, The
jailer did not forget the spiritual
needs of tlie apostles in his new-found
deliverance, Instead ot the sudden
end hopeless death the jailer received
the gift of temporal and spiritual life.
That Philippian Jail was the first in
Petrone to contain a mercy -seat .A
eemplete evangelistic service was eon-
thietee, consisting of prayer, praise,
preaching and conversions. This was
Hie beginning of the Christian Churn
itt lenrope. T. rt. A.
INOT TourBDOED,
Kitchener Death Ship Not
VOLHYNIAN TRIANGLE FORTS 111'4"-R21111 SUb'
Mew York ItoPort.--A cable to
World from Aberdeen, Scotland, says:
the
Dash of Czar's Armies Against the Teutons
Has Taken 108,000 Men
Great Supplies of Guns, Too -Lemberg Again
in Great Danger.
4.••••••••••••••,....11,12111
Petregrad, June 11.-1Jnehecited in village of Scianka. In the village of
their mighty rush agaluet the Awe POiolt Mote we seized a large artillery'
trians, the Russians are sweeping for-
ward in Volhynia and 'Galicia. In the
latter sector, atter capturing Bunacza,
the important railway town on the
west bank of the lower Striate re-
garded as the strategical gateway to
Bukowina, and smashing the enemy
lines along the Stripa and Dniester,
General Brusiloff's troops are moving
on the Gnita Lipae 12 miles west Of
tlie Moto, Lipa at Potok, and aro se-
riously threatening Lemberg, At sev-
eral points the Auetriaus' defence has
ertunpled .completely mid their retreat
has become almost a rout.
DUBNO AND ROVNO TAKEN.
The town and fortress of Dubno, 25
miles from the Galician frontier, fell
Into the hands of the Russians to -day.
Witit it the Czar's forces are again in
the possession of the Vothynian fort-
ress triangle, .consisting of Luta, Dub -
no and Rovno.
Dubno, which had been in the hands
of the Austrians educe September 7
last, lies an the Rovuo-Brody-Lemberg
railway, and is about 82 miles from
the Galician capital,
So powerful was the Russian onrush
on Dubno that the Attackers swept
westward a.p,parently without meeting
any resistance, for to -night's official
Petrograd statement reports them as
having crossed the Ikwa River and
swept as far westward as Demidowka,
and taken possession ot the road from
Mlynow to Berestsechme The town
of Demidowlat is 25 miles duo west
of Dubno. Thus the Russians have
in Voihyula alone pushed the Austro-
Hungarian lines back 22 miles.
Simultaneously with the drive in
Voihynia the extreme left wing of the
Russian southern army forced the
Austro -Hungarians to withdraw their
whole line in. North-east Bukowina,
and advanced to within only 10 miles
of its capital, Czernowitz. The Aus-
trian War Office admits the with-
drawal of the lines in north-eastern
Bukowina,
IRISEMAC].
Nationalists Meet in Dublin
To -day to Decide.
Now York RePort.-A despateh to
the ttun from London says:
The Irish Nationallet party will
hold a meeting m DubIttt to -day to
discuss the euggestion for it settle.
ment of the Irish question.
The Dublin correspondent of the
Daily News predicte that important
developntents will result from that
meeting, and affirmspositively that
'ationallsts will reject any terms
ng the torthern countlee front
operation of the Herne Rule
any other means than the
vo e of the eleetore or than counties.
They eay that the ttbrms given in the
newepapere as the suggeoted baste of
negotiations give away more than
wee ;imposed two yeare ago.
4•40. -
The rote Is not itlwave to the nwitt
hut it is just as well to keep up with Deceatz, and, developing the offensive
our running expouses, along the 'Integer Inver, earried the
park and large quantities of retells,
10400 PRISONERS.
"The fierce attacks of our Untie
are throwing into our bands thousands
upou thousands of prisoners and booty
of an kinds, the exact estimation of
which is as yet impossible.
"During Friday's fightlug wo cap-
tured 97 officers, 5,500 men and 11
guns, malting the total up to the
present 1,240 officers, about 71,000
men, 94 guns, 167 machine guns, 53
bombmortars awl a largo quentity ot
other war material.
"During Saturday's fighting we took
as prisoners one genetal, 409 officers
and 25.,100 -soldiers. We also captured
39 guus, 13 machine guns and 5 bomb
throwers. Thist makes the total tho-
pities in the recent operations one
(wee 1,449 officers and more than.
106,000 soldiers, and 124 guns, 1e0 ma-
chine guns and 53 ;tomb throwers.
"In. a single sector on the enemy
front we captured 2t seachlights, 2
convoys, 29 field kitchens, 47 trains of
machine guns, 12,001) pooch of barbed
wire la pood is equivalent to 30
pounds), 10,000 concrete planks, 7,000,-
000 cubes of concrete, 10,000 pods of
coal, enormous depots of ammunition
snit quantities of arms and other
tuaterial.
'In another sector we captured
30,000 rifle cartridges, 300 boxes of
machine gun cartridges, 200 boxes of
band grenaaes, 1,000 useable rifles, 4
machine guns, 2 range finders and a
Norton portabo pump for the extrac-
tion of drinking water.
"The capture of euch enormous war
materials prepared by the enemy for
various operatious affords proof of
how opportune was, our coup against
the enemy,"
GERMANS DRIVEN BACK.
"Among the various episodes may
be noted the plucky struggle of our
young formations near Rojitche, oxt
the Stet. near Lutsk. Here the Ger-
mans attempted to render assistance
to the Austrians, but by our infantry
attack, deliveted tinder cover of heavy
artillery, they were dislodged from Ito
town, losing over 2,000 prisoners, two
gun and some machine guns. Our
ti oops pursued the retreating Germans,
"Our forces operating in the region
of Dubno (one of the fortresses com-
prising the Volhynian triangle) cap-
tured the town and fort and are on
the enemy's heels. Some Russian
detachments crossing the Ikwa River
have developed their offensive. A
Part of the Russians occupied the
region of the ville.ge of Damidovka,
on the Mylnoff-Berestetcho road,
forcing the enemy at his Afyineff
point of support to surrender. Be-
sides dislodging the enemy from his
principal position north of the Boutch-
atche we made many prisoners there,
including the staff of an Austrian bat-
talion, and also took a great quantity
of arms.
"We overthrew the enemy on the
Stripa. Near Ossovitzie. north of
Boutehatche, one of our regiments
captured a complete battery of four 10 -
centimetre mortars.
"Despite the enemy's desperate re-
sistance, his violent flank and cur-
tain fire, together with the explosion
of mines, General Tenitsky's troops
captured an enemy position south of
Dobronovtze, 20 versts northeast of
Czernowitz (Bute:twine). In this re-
gion alone we took as prisoners one
general, 347 officers and 18,000 men,
and captured ten glans, and at the
time this report is despatched, prison-
ers are still coining in.
"Southeast of Zale Szczyky by an
energetic coup we overthrew the en-
emy, who retreated. The enemy bleW
up the Yourkoutz railway statiou.
Turkoman cavalry charged the re-
treating enemy and turned his retreat
into a disorderly rout.
"In attempts to save the situation
the enemy at many places made furi-
ous .counter-attacks, Among others
at dawn Saturday in the region of
Semki, east bf Kolki, numerically ate
perior enemy forces attacked our ad-
voefeed elements, and under cover of
a concentration of their fire forced
them baek over the•Styr. But the
same day we arrested all ulterior de-
velopments of this'
offence.
"The enemy is heisting with enee-
Jai desperation in the region of Tor-
govitsy, on the Styr, south of Lutsk,
where he is fighting with sanguinary
fury.
"rhe total results of' the violent
attacks of our troops, carried out
from the 4th to tne 10th without giv-
ing the enemy a moment's respite,
place in strong relief the fact that
they have forced the enemy's organ-
ized lines on the vast front rrom the
wooded region of eottthwest Russia to
(he Roumanian frontier."
HINDENBURG HITS BACK.
In .Volltynia the Russians have cross-
ed the Styr, above and below Lutsk
and are swiftly pushing westward,
fighting with the enemy rear -guards.
North-east of Tarnopol the Austrians
are offering stiffer resistance, and the
Russians, fighting under great diffi-
culties on account of the topography
of the country and the natural de-
fences of the enemy, are being forced
to slow down their progress. The
Austro -Hungarians on their part began
the first important counter -movements
during the last 24 hours. Making a
sudden stand after being driven over
the River Styr to the north ot Lutsk,
they turned on the Russians with the
aid ot German detachments rudhea to
tlieir help by von Hindenburg, drove
the Muscovite troops back over the
Styr and took 1,508 prisoners, includ-
ing eight officers. Petrograd admits
this reverse, but adds that the Aus-
trian counter -offensive in this region
has been halted.
AN IMMENSE HAUL.
In the fighting Saturday and yes-
terday, on tho front of Volhynia anct
Galicia, says the official statement
issued here to -day, the ktussians took
506 officers and 40,500 men. They
also captured 30 guns and an enor-
mous quantity of booty. .
The statement adds that the army
of Gen. Teehitsky alone, operating in
the direction of Czernowitz, BlikoWi-
na, overwhelmed the Austro -Hungar-
ians and took 18,000 prisoners.
Since tee pregent Russian offensive
was started the Czar's troops have
taken a,bout 108,000 prisoners.
Many German prisoners were am-
ong those taken in the last tsvo days'
fighting. From these it .was learned
that the Germans bad sent several de
visions from further north.
The Germans aro continuing their
activity in, the" Smorgon region with
added vigor, evidently for the purpose
of masking the movement of these
troops:, The German troops Witleh
al-
ready have been rushed to the support
of the Austrians are from the Vilna
and Lida sectors.
Russian military authorities aro
quoted as giving expression to tee
feeling that they have little appretten-
sion that the Germans will be able
to spare suffieient troops materially
to assist the Austrians, as General
Kuropatkin's tunas on the Dvinsia
Riga front are in too great strength
to warrant any weakening of that
line.
With the arrival of the Rlissiatie at
the Ziota. Lipa, Lemberg is becoming
more seriously threatened. It is only
a step from the Zlota Lipa to Ilttlicz,
which in the campaigns of last year
was always regarded as the key to the
defence of Lemburg.
The Petrograd official stories of the
fighting, as eontained in the cohltitta
nications of Saturday and Senday
make interesting reading.
"Our offensive in Voihynia, Galicia
and tiukowina obtained fresh suc-
cesses yesterday. The enemy Mettles'
continue to suffer enormous losses in
prisoners alone," says the War Office
reports.
"Proops under (lateral Bruesiloff,
fighting with enemy rear -guards,
-have crossed the River Styr above the
below Lutsk. The forme which eross.
ed the river are pursuing the enemy,
who is endeavoring to hold 'his posi-
tion in the rear.
"In Galicia, northeast et Tarnopol,
in the regions of Gliatiki and Tin:Aware
heavy fighting is peoeseding for the
posseselon of heights Nyhiell nave
'changed heeds several timet.
Pelgian armored motor, tars are
lending moat wieful assistance to our
troops.
"The piercing of the many front in
the region of the Stripa has resulted
in our occupation of a fortified post -
eon on the east bank of the river.
Al dawn today our troops mitered
With the survivors nosv here of the
lost truiser Hampshire, on whieit
Lord Kitchener and all his staff wont
dawn, export opinion is as much in
the dark as ever as to the cause of
the wurship'e sinking, ()pinions dif-
fer as to whether the tiantpshire
struek a reef or was destroyed by on
internal explosion, whether of her
boilers or magazinee.
The torpedo theory is now entirely
discredited, according to the general
view iu navy circles, although offi-
cers are reticent in discussing the
matter. Investigation to establish
the possibility of a reef being respon-
sible may soon begin, if it is not al.
ready under way.
The survivors offer little hope of
further rescues.
ALLIES TO 1VIOVE.
Rome Expects Drive in West
to Follow Russ Offensive.
llonte, June 12. --As a result of the Ilus.
talon pres6ure is eXtieCted to deevetts0 in
which was bailed with joy, the Aus-
trian pressure is expected to decdease In
the Trentino, especiall yaince the mem-
bers of the Rusalan delegation here are
now convinced that the Russian offensive
IS ti lwelutle to a gerterui of fmsive or
the allies along the western front.
Meanwhile tIt Itailan resl?ttutee in
the Trentitus, eattecially sine° the mem-
Mount Cengio Is it mero local suceene.
and does not open an outlet to invasion':
shire tbe immediate positions; of the
valley of Astico form a batrier Width the
Austrians are powerless to overcome,
cfneclelly since It has failed to drive
away the Italians dominating the lateral
pesitions.
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Violet -Adele is suelib g !economi-
cal little body! La nose -Air,. yes!
Shell trudge for utiles front one law
oCitce to another to save $10 on it
divoreel-lioston (Robe.
-
"Ile who heeltates is lost," quoted
the -Mee Guy. "Yes, When he isn't
found out," added the Simple Mug.
IRISH PLAN OF
LLOYD GEORGE
Included Overseas Domin-
ions in Final Settlement.
••••••
Nationalist Conference Sat-
urday Herd Proposals.
GERMAN LOSS
IN SEA FIGHT
STILL GROWS
.1••••••
Six Great Warships and Sev-
enteen Destroyers Did
Not Return.
THE aTFRIESLAND,
Big Battleship, Also Gone -
The Warspite's Captain
On the Fight,
Dublin, June 114 --An ()Metal report
issued by the Nationalist party con-
cerning its recent meeting gives the
history of the situation resulting from
Premier Asquith's visit to Ireland and
the appointment of David Lloyd
George to negotiate a settlement or
the differences between the Irish fac-
tions.
The statement says Premier Aequith
returned from Ireland profoundly con-
vinced that the castle government was
completely broken down, and that he
made no attempt to set it up again by
the appointment of either a Lord -
Lieutenant or a Chief Secretary for
Ireland. It gives the proposals of !dr.
Lloyd George, formulated on his o.wn
responeibility as a result of his con-
sultations with all the parties, which
may be regarded se the Government's
proposals, The proposals were:
"First, to bring the Home Rule Act
into -immediate operation; second, to
introduce forthwith an amending bill
as a strictly war emergency act; third,
that during the interim the Irish mem-
bers were to remain in Westminster
in their full numbers; fourth, that
during the war emergency period the
six Ulster counties should remain un-
der the Imperial Government; fifth,
that immediately after the war an 1111.
Aerial tonference of representativee ot
all dominions be held to consider the
future government of the Empire, in -
eluding the government of Ireland;
and, sixth, that following this conter-
ence and in the interval provided by
the War Emergency Act ,a. permanent
settling of all great outstanding pro-
blems would be proceeded with."
The foregoing proposals were set
out briefly in a speech at the Nation-
alist meeting by John Redmond, who
added (hat no conference had yet been
held between the opposing parties,
each side submitting proposals to its
own supporters.
HUNS FOILED
ABOUT VERDUN
,
Later Attacks by the Ger
mans Were All Repulsed.
London, June 10.--A despatch from
Ymetuliu from neuter's says the crew
of a trawler taken into Cuxhaven, who
wore later released, assert that they
learned that six great warships and
seventeen destroyers did not return
from the Jutland battle.
Enemy Troops From Bal-
kans Brought In.
The sailors say that one of the war-
ships mentioned as lost was the bat-
tleehip Ostfriesland, of 22,440 tons.
Details of the atruggle of the British
dreadnought Warsplte, which ran
among the German warships wlien
her steering gear tailed to act, and
received a tremendous pounding at
close range, while her Own huge guns
did terrible execution among the en-
emy, were related to -day by Captain
E. M. Phillpotts, who commanded the
dreadnought during the Jutland battle.
This dreadnought, which German
official statements have insisted was
sunk in the actin, came safely beck
to port, despite the Mose range fight,
in which, at one time, she was the tar-
get of six German warships.
Captain Phillpotts related to the
King at Buckingbam Palace to -day
the details of the battle,
In proof of the statement of the
British Admiralty that the dread-
nought Warspite arrived safely la
port after the North Sea battle, the
commander of the Warspite himself
has received an Associated Press cor-
respondent and descrieed his vessel's
"miraculous escape" from the colleen-
trated German fire.
"I am still comtnaader of the great-
est battleshi,p in Me world, and my
men are as fine as Nelson's blue-
jackets," said this officer, Captain E.
M. Phillpotts, The captain granted
the interview on his return from
Buckingham Palace, where he told
King George the story of his part in
the great naval battle.
Captain Phillpotts was very inn
est, and minimized his own part
the battle, but he was full of praise
for his men and what Ile termed the
amazing powers of resistance of bis
ship.
"I am not surprised that there have
been reports that the Wars,pite was
sunk," he said, "as from our position
between our tleet and the German
battleships our escape from such a
fate was simply miraculous. Several
times we disappeared froth sight in
the smoke and spray. Even some of
our own officers on other ships be-
lieved the gallant battleship had sunk.
We left the fighting line we disap-
peared hi a complete veil.of spray.
"The division of battleships of which
the Warspite was one was with the
battle -cruisers. We were practically
engaged as soon as they were, but
the Warspite did not fire until a few
minutes after the others had been in
action, as I was not satisfied with the
range at first.
"We soon knew we were up against
the whole German battle fleet, but it
was our business t'o enga.ge them as
'fully as possible until Admiral Sellicoe
could eome up.
"You ask me what results I saw
that our fire' had on the Germans, but
It is quite impossible to give a defi-
nite reply, as the captain of one of a
row of battleshies about 500 yards
apart, steaming in battle line, must
keep an eye on the ship to make ne-
cessary swerves. The flag -captain has
some chance to see with some degree
of accuracy what damage has been
done to the enemy, but the others are
too busy keeping their places in line
and doing the damage to keep a glass
to the eye to see what he is suffering.
"However, I saw that we registered
hit atter hit, enough to eonvince me
that the Germans got a hiding \violin
will keep them in port for many
months to come."
Paris, June 11. -Three German in-
fantry attacks against the French
trenches on Hill 304 and the positions
east of that elevation. In the Verdun
sector were completely checked Sat-
urday night by the French troops,
says the official statement issued at
the War Department. Two German
detachments penetrated the French
advaliced trenches in the forest of
Apremont, southeast of St. Michel,
the statement adds, but were later
ejected. Reviewing the situation
from June 4 to June 70, the communi-
cation says:
"The eSction, commenced june 1 on
a front of five kilometres, from Thiene
mont farm to the village of Datnioup,
inclusive, was continued with ex-
treme violence during the whole
week from the 4th to the 10th. Mpre
than six divisions of Germans were
engaged, two et which were newly
brought up, one from the Balkans.
"On the night of June 3-4 and the
day of June 4 the enemy sought to
flank Fort Vaux by the south, He
was stopped by our trenches south of
the tort, and was driven back on two
occasions by counter-attacks on the
battery dr Damian, Where he had
succeeded in penetrating, lie entered
also the village of Damioup, which
lie hela at the end. Several el:Melte
wete stopped by our fire north ot ort
Vaux on tlee eastern outskirts of
Fumin wood.
"On. the fifth of June we repulsed
two debouching attiteks, one at Dent-
in% the nether northeast ot lent
Vaux.
"On Stitte 1 it* violent offenelve
against our trenehes at the ap-
Preaches to Fort Vaux failed. The
same day, the .fort inself, in which
desperate fighting had - been tarried
on front June 2, fell into the handa or
the enmity,
"On Sun 8 the enemy renewed nis
asSaulte throughout the day from
north ot Thiaumont term to the Vatitt
ravine and- succeeded in oretipying
several of our troneltoa in the neigh-
borhood of the farm and near. the
Collette woad.
"On the left bank of the Mouse at-
tacks on 11111 304 were repulsed -on
.tutte 4. In the night of .Tun o 2-9, and
especially in the day of the 1$1114 or'
which the enemy imule several itt-
tempts with the employment of bomb
throwers."...
Meier -Canal, 'French 16oitint'efitter
ef Port Vim, recently eatituren Illy
the Gerniens, bee boon taken to %biz,
Germany, whore he will be holdoete 5.
Prisoner of war. aceertiteg to an •Am-
$1terdem deenetele Thr. rrown Petnee
nerlitlittel the French defender to keep
Ids Mord.
TORONTO MARKETS
F4MICRt4 144RKDIT.
Potatoes, bag, 1 70
Eggs, now.laiti, doz. u 27
Imiter, neat VI 00.1C0 „ 0 2s
tlaelcene, dressed, lb. 0 27
Fowl, dressed, lb. 0 22
1!4NATV1toi.,148ALR.
Reef, forequarters, cwt. $11. 00
Do.„ hindquarters, cwt. 10 00
Do., choice sides, cwt. „ 1200
Do., common, cwt. .. 12 00
Veals, common, ewt. 7 59
De., prime .. 14 00
Shop hogs ... ,. 14 50
Du., heavy ...... „, ... 1200
Do., heavr 10 50
uttun, light ,14 00
SUGAR MARKET.
Sugars arc quoted as follows:
noYal Acadia, granulated, 100 lbs... 28 10
Lasalle, granulated, 100 lbs. ..., 26
Itedeatn, granulated, 100 lbs. .. .. 8 20
St, Lawrence, geltnalated, 100 11)8.8 20
St, Leeerenee, 33eaver, 100 lbs.......5 21
Lautte, brilliant yellow, 10 Olbs. .... 86
Pt, Lawrence, goldeit yellow, 100 lbs. 7 140
purk lf.0 lbs. 7 00
10 -lb. bags, 10e over granulated bags,
20-11). bags. 16c over granulated bags.
2and nee. packages, 30e over granulated
bags.
latn.)s „. ..• •.. ... 20 00
1 DO
0 MI
4 30
sti
s 110
$12 00
17 50
14 50
1300
9 50
10 00
10 00
13 50
13 50
21 00
16 00
LIVE STOCK.
Trade in cattle was steady, with prices
unchanged. Hogs were a little strong -
31'.
Fxpert eattle, choice.. .. 9 25 0 GO
Butcher cattle, choice.... 8 70 915
Go, do, medium.. 8 25 S 75
do. do. common .. .
flateher Cows, choice .... 50
do. do. medium 7 00
do. do. canners .. 4 60
do bulls 0 00
Feeding steers .....13 00
Stockers, choice .. 7 GO
do. light ... 7 00 7 50
Milkers, choice, each .. .. 75 00 100 00
Springers . 75 00 100 00
Sheep, ewes .............9 50 12 00
!Waits andculls 6 50 8 GO
Tat.mbs „. . • 3.0 00 13 50
Irogs, fed and 'watered 10 50
Calves ,.. 7 50 12 50
OTHER MARKETS
4 • •
CHILDREN FREE.
May be Excluded From
Amusement Tax.
••••••••• me**
Toronto, Report. -It if; not likCAY that
the juveniles win pay mach longer the
amusement tax. Somo weeks ago rep-
resentations were made that the children
might be exempt from giving their "mite"
ems tt ts stated, tot good authority, that
the Ontario Government has decided, if
prectleable, to aceede to what was soma
mated, and allow children into the
amusement placea without n tax, Thia
eoneesedon would neeessItate some
t.lainge in the maeltinery, but it is net
believed there will be much trouble in
this respect.
HUNTER FATALLY SHOT,
13erlin, Ont., June J. --e& fetal remittent
111 V!ittroville, four miles eolith
of tltlii city, +Atilt renulted In the death
er John Itelefski. aged 20 years, whose
parents resale on Strange Street here,
tie bad been employed tiliS Week ill as -
tasting In the tweetioit of a. new OHO Ott
Otto farm of A, Lewle, In that village,
anti last evening he aceompanied several
villagers on 0 hunt for ground hogs.
'While earrying rio gen with the trigger
t pea, he ttecidentally atruck the Wea-
pon, and the rharge was eXoloded.
•
AUSTRIANS HELD.
Italians Continue to Prevent
Advance by Enemy.
London, Cable. -The Italians; to the
south and south -.east of Trent Continue
to keep the Australians from further ad-
vances. South and southwest of Aster°
attacks; by the Austrians amnia Ital-
ian positions were entirely repented, rte.
Venting to Rome, while along the La -
Karina valley concentrations 61. Ant:Arlene
wete dispersed by the Italian batteries.
North-west of Trent in the (haler re.
glen the Italians have attacked luta
captured several points, of vantage from
the Ailetrrillana, and further south in the
Chineso valley have repulsed .kostrian
uffenaive.
A telegraph cable 4,000 miles long
and 'costing $5,000,000 will be laid utt-
nor the wan front Aden to, Ilona
Kong.
s 40
7 35
6 50
8 50
8 70
Wellington MutusI 1
Eire Ins. Co,
lilltabItshed 1440.
Head QM., Ofalliglf, ONT.
litike taken On ell edaeieli Of Weltirt
ahle preperty on the Gosh or torentiMn
1100 IMAM,
ow, onzaaw, AWN 3475DOON
Frsaidant Stereiart
41101.1111 4 004044,
Agents, MOON Of18.1
Dudley Holmes
IIARSISTER. 1501.10ITOR, WTO.
Innol Mtreir 010014 Whlilberno
Vaustone
sokarkorrot Ano 40.4017436.
gosoi. to too at 16w4.4 row,
04044.4m,
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WINNIPEG OPTIONS.
Wheat- Open. High. Low. Close.
July ..... ....1 1111, 1 1214 1 10W4, 1 la%
Oet, .„ -„ 1 0814 1. 087i 1 OM 1 07att
Dec. 1 07% 1 08 1 OVA 1 0014
OatEt-
Atty., 0 451,4 0 461A 0 46111 0 4574
Oct. • 0 40Mt 0 4174 0 40e4 0 41
Flax -
July .. 1 CPA 1 62 1 GO% 0 GO%
Oct. ..... 1 69
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN MARKET.
Minneapolis. -Wheat -July, 21.10 3-4;
,September, $1,10 3-8; No. 1 hard, $1.17 1-4;
No. 1 Northern, 3110 3-4 to 31.13 3-4; No.
2 do, 31.07 1-4 to $1.11 2-4. Corn -No. 3
yellow, 72 to 73c, Oats -No. 3 white, 88
to 33 1-20. Flour unchanged ;shipments,
29,451 bbls. Rran-$18.00 to 319.00.
DULUTH GRAIN MARKET.
Duluth'. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 31.13; No.
1 Northern, 21.12; No, 2 Northern, 21.06 1-2
to 31.09 1-2. Linseed, $1,82 1-4; July 31,23
1-4 asked; September, 31.82 1-4 asked.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK,
Mthur 3. Irwin
110.0.•
Door a Dental Outer/ et the
07$114111.1 C011oga and Motintiata ot
Dental Surgery of Ontario.
Mee In Maodonald 11119.h,
GeHsRi.0S8
D.D.S., .L.D.11.1
Honor Graduate of the Sopa College
Rental, Burgeons of Ontario, Honor
Oradu*te of *University of Toronto,
Faculty of Dentistry.
Office Over H. E. lard & CO.'s Store
W. R. Hamble.
15,80., M.D., C.M.
Speolal attention paid to diseases
of I'Voraen it lid Children, having
taken postgraduate work in Sur -
Sur, Bacteriology and Scientifio
Medicine.
oak* in the Kerr residence, be. ;
tween tho Queen's Hotel and the
Baptist Ohurch,
an business given careful attention.
Phone 54. 0, Box 118
Cattle, receipts 300.
Market steady.
Native beef steers - 8 00 11 39
Stockers and feeders „ 6 00 8 90
Cows and heifers .... 3 90 9 85
'Calves. 8 50 11 85
Hogs, rece)ts 12,000.
Market unsettled.
Light 8 SO 0 45
Mixed ... ..... ,900 906
Heavy . ..... 9 00 9 00
Rough ..... 9 00 015
pigs • ..... 685 985
radk siAes 0 30 9 00
Sheep, receipts 6,000.
Market weak.
Wethers 7 00 8 25
Springers. 8 23 31 25
Lambs, nattye 7 75 10 35
BUFFALO LIVE STOCK.
East Buffalo, Despatch -Cattle receipts
steady.
Yeats, receipts 50; active, 34.50 to 212,00.
Hogs, receipts 1,500; active; heavy and
mixed 20.75 to 39.80; yorkers $9.35 to
39.75; pigs 39 to 39.25; roughs 38.25 to 33.40;
stags $6 to 37.
Sheep and iambs, receipts GOO; active
and unchanged.
MONTREAL LIVE STOCK.
Butchers' steers, choice, $9 to 29.10; med-
ium $8.30 to 38.511; common 27.80 to 37.90;
buns, choice 37 to 38.10,• fair to good $6.05
t.• $7; medium 35.05 to 36.40; cows, choice,
37 to 37.75; fair to good 35.06 to 40.40;
canners and cutters $3,76 to 34.75.
Sheep, light, 37 to 38; spring latnbs 35 to
33 each.
Calves., choice, 39 to 210; ineditun 37 to
28.
Hogs, selects $11.25 to 31,50; heavies and
sows 39.25 to 29.50,
Receipts (Beat End Market) -Cattle
200; hogs GOO; calves 1,100.
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LIVERPOOL PRODUCE,
Wheat, sPot steady.
No. 1 Manitoba -108, M.
No. 2 Manitobw-10s, 78. .
No. 3 Manitoba -10s, 48.
No. 1 Northern epring-10s, 3d,
No. 2 red western 1 tinter -10s, 3d.
Corn, spot easier. .
American mixed, new -98, 116.
Flour, winter patents -475.
Hops in London (Pacific Coast) -24, 15s
to 15, 15s.
Hams, short cut, 14 to 16 lbs. -83s.
Bacon, Cumberland cut, 26 to 30 lbs. -
778.
Short ribs, 16 to 24 lbs. -83s.
Clear bellies, 14 to 16 lbs. -2,5s,
Long clear middles, light, 23 to 34 lbs. -
848.
Long clear middles, heavy, 35 to 40 lbs. -
82a.
Short clear backs, 16 to 20 lbs. -79s.
Shoulders, square, 11 to 13 lbs. -04S.
Lard, twice pwestern, in tierces, new -
73s; old -74s.
American, re1!ined-76s.
American, refined in boxes -73s.
Cheese, Canatlin, finest white, new -
975.
Colored, now -97s.
Australian in London-fis, 3ti.
Turpentine, spirlts-448, 3d.
Resin, common -20e.
Petroleum, refiried-ls, 1 1-4d.
Linseed 0il-41s, 68.
Cetton Seed 011. bull refined, spot -
455,
THE OAIVIPANIA.
Old Ounarder, Now a War-
ship, Saved Warrior Crew
London One of the shine
engaged In the North Sea battle was
the old Cunard liner Campania, wicket
acted as a. seaplane ehip. When the
erniser Warrior was hard pressed by
the German Alpe and unable to move
the Campania pushed herself between
,the German ships to the aid of the
Warrior, She throw a hawser aboard
and towed the 'Warrior for ten hours,
when the .ernieer Milk, 'The Cam-
pania was Uwe the means of saving
the crew of the Warrior.
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CANADA IN IT.
Invited to Allies' Economic
Conference at Paris.
Ottawa, Ont., Iteporte-Canada, will he
tepresented et the leconolnie 'Conference
of the allies by Sir George Foster, Min-
leter of Trade and Conttneree, who loft
New York ten days lige and 19 new
duo 111 England. The confereitce will be
held abilut the middle of June in Paris.
Early •In May the Imperial Government
transtwatted to Sir Robert Borden an
levitation to bd present at this important
gt.thering, but the Prime Minister was
r.revented front aecepting by the stenon,. of
the Opposition in prolonging the sea-
s:on, rt itt still regarded as probable that
44I1' Robert maY visit Great Britain, and
tossibly France, tltis Summer, but not
till late In the season.
1"Pruth entailed to earth Will Oen
aguin" Is n saying that shouldn't be
too good to be true.
Robt. C. Redmond
M.R.O.S. (Eng.)
(1.4ond.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
(Dr. Chisholm's old stand),
CHIROPRACTIC
Chiropractic removes the cause of
practically all disease's. It matters not
'what part of the body is affeeted, it
00.ebe reaehed through the nerve
ealitree in the spinal eoluran, by ed.
Omni of oubluxated vertebrae,
O�fl*1tat1On free.
tRS L A. rox, c.
Graduate Chiropractor.
sortrts Physicians' Aro
on of Canada.
DR. R 1 STEWART
Graduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontari.) College of Physicians and
.Surgeons.
OFFICE ENTRANCE:
SECOND DOOR NORTH OF
zURBRIGG'S PHOTO STUDIO,
JOSEPHINE ST. PRONE 29
OSTEOPATMC PHYSICIAN
. DR. F. A. PARKER.
- Osteqptl1y builds vitality and
st1tgt21. A.dInstment of the opine and
other tissues is gently soured, there-
Ildisease.
removing the predispooing causes
Bloo4 pressure and other examine.-
tiOns made. 'Valises iseleatifloallY tit -
ted.
optics OVER CHRISTIE'S STORE.
genre -Tuesday's and Fridays, 0 tt..tm.
0 0 p.td.i Wednesdaye, 0 to 1.1 LID.
Other days by appointment. •
'
(Under tlevernment inspection).
Pleasantly situated, !beautifully fur-
nished. Open to all regularly licensed
physicians. Rates for patients (which
include board and. nursing) -$4.90 to
05,00 per week, according to location
of room. For further information -
Address MISS L. MATHEWS,
Superintendent,
Box 223, WIngham, Ont.
1 SELL
Town arid Farm properties. Call and
see my list and get my prices. I have
sortie excellent values,
J G. STEWART
WINGHAhl,
Pitons 184, Office In Town Hall.
T. R. Bennett, J. P.
AUCTIONEER
Dates Arranged at the Advance Office,
Pure-31re4 Stook Sala a Specialty
Sale. Occluded anywhere In Ontario.
PHONE 81, WINGHAM, ONT,
W. Elmore Mahood'
OONTRAC:TOR AND BUILDER.
Estimate" end plans ftlitillhed 011
teQUOItt. Sillefaetion guaranteed.
WINGHAM, ONT. BOX 835.
John F. Grove
Issuer Of
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