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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-01-25, Page 7BiriCADIER MACD LAW MET DEATH Coraraander of 1st Brigade at Toronto Camp Crushed by Engine at Station. BACKED INTO CROWD Another Man Fatally Injur. ed, Three Seriously Hurt ----Three Arrests. ,Toronto, Jan. 22.-Coloeel William Campbell enacdet Lid, brigidier of the ist Brigade at the Heine:. •e. CantP, "a crush'ed te death last night be neath the wheels of an engine which backed into a large crowd of people who gathered at the Union Station to witness the departure of an Army Service Corps draft for an egstern Petnt. Four other spectators were ia- jured, one of whom Is not expected to recover, white a score of others were stank by the locomotive, but were fortunately hurled clear of the tracks end escaped with a few bruises and Minor hurts. The accident is said to have been due to the severe gale and snowstorm which raged over the city during the day, Driven by a strong wind the snow swept aoross the railway tracks, comaletely •covering the rails, and the crowds thronging the station plat - forme gathered across the tracks, be- lieving that they were standing on. tite platfarms. While the engineer rang his bell is the locomotive ap- proached, the cheers of the specta- tors as they bade good-bye to. their friends in ithaki and the swirl of the wind prevented them from receiving., any warniug ef the impending dan- ger. The. easualty list is as follows: DEAD: Col.' William Campbell Macdonald, crushed beneath the engine, leg and thigh amputated, FATAL -1,Y INJURED, Fraek Lewarne, 87 Perth avenue, tracker. at Station "A" Postoffice. mangled beneath the brakebeanas of the engine, and seeetering severe. M- istime' injuries, Removed to General Hospital, where no hope is held out. for his recovery. INJURED. Isaac Brock Lucas, son of Hon. I. B, Lucas, •PeovIncial Attorney -General, 273 Russell Hill Road, suffering from bad bruises and severe shock. M. A, Jenkins, 1073a Bathurst street suffering from a. bad fracture of the left arm and a number of. bad bruis- es, Bennie Cameron, 13 Tecumseh street, injured head and badly cut arm. Following the accident a hurried in- vestigation was made by Acting De- teetive Walter McConnell, of No, 1 police division, which resulted in the crew beng taken from the engine and placed under arrest on a charge of manslaughter. At midnight a third. arrest was made, when the man ate leged to have given the signal for the engine to run through the station was taken into -custody on a stinilar charge. The arrests made are: John Ross, engineer, 216 Pearson avenue. Charles learner, Sarnia, Ont. Patrick .1, Hickey, 1025 Bathurst street, railway signaler, The tragedy marked the departure of the troop train from the station 'shortly after 9 o'clock. To facilitate handling the crowds the troop train was run over the main freight tracks, just beyond No. 6 passenger track. As the train pulled slowly from the ata - tion towards the east the crowds ran along in the now, cheering and wav- ing handkerchiefs, Col. Macdonald, accompanied by the staff cif • No. 1 Division, stood in the centre of track No. 6, urounded by a • concourse of shouting people, when without any warning engine No. n5, running light, backed into the crowd, The ealonel was struck by the pilot, and the im- pact of the blow made him stagger forward a .couple of feet. Then he pitched head forward on the snow, di- rectly in front of the oncoming engine and disappeared beneath the heavy wheels, Before Col,Macdonaldwas struck the...leconeetitate ran down Frank. Le - :treacle, tvao, ttneeascioue of all danger. 'waswevine, a last 'farewell to hie son as the `troop -train dicrappeared. He likewite.fell in front of the engine and was carried beneath the brakebeams. In the meantime the engine was cleaving it way through the crowds, eoattering people to the right and the left, aud tiarowireg them into a mess etruggling humanity on either side. Several received painful Injuries, while many others had' narrow escapee from intent death, rescuing hands pulling theta froth -certain death not a mend toe" soon, Cerried along bY the mount:item of it owa weight the ertgine ran feller 10 yarde Wier the two men beneath tee truckbefore it eauld be brought to a atop, tn. its wake it left a panic- etrieken crowd who ran up and down the Platform, shrieking and ertang, while oven' of the injured lay un- cenecions on the snove, Several of thoheadquartere staff, including Capt. William B. McPherson, attached to No. 1 Division, who had a narrow es- cape tram eerie:els inntry, metered or- der after considerable diffleulty, and the injured 'were carried into a eta- tiea waiting -room, where they re- ceived medical attention. In the meantime attempts were Made te eXtrieate the two men froni beneath the trucke of the engiat, Both were wedged so tightly, however, thet it we3 found impeesible to, withdraw them, end it Waie neceesazy to send to the Verde for a wrecking gang, mite latter evidently eueeeedeel in jack- up the engine, sufficiently to per- mit the withdrawel of bath Men. Puny taree-quartem of an hour elapsed be- fore the rc-mue cauld be made end when the body of Col. Maclonald was withdrawn he Wae, �und te have sue- turebed to itls injurtee, Lersarnct was withdrawn in an unconrcious Candi- tiOn and was immediately ruched to the General Hospital in a waiting po. Hee antbulance, with a deetee ttt at. tendance. III.; injurien are so mere, however, that, frota the firet rot hoot wag held 'Mit for Ide reentry, 'bode of Col. Macdonald wee found 01 be 'faerfully mangled, a leg end thigh being completely stevered from the body by the wacele. The late Brigatiler-General MOP daunt Was Oae Ise tae leading Mena - rum Mete Of the DelnilliCaa baeing beea engaged lit illettranee worle ter neurly 40 nen. He was born in Tot route in 1856, hie father having been a Weil Ituown wholesale drygoode merchant. At 24 Walt= 0.110,0011- ald took up inept= work, aecepting a poet with the Confederate/a Life Aresociation, lits connection with the compauy continued until his death, leie services becoming of increasing luiportanee from year to year until he was appointed general manager, In, 1910 be was elected president of the Toronto Ineuranee Institute, The late brigadier's cennection with the militia dated back to 1878, whoa lie entered the Queeees Owa Renee. He was promoted through successive grades to captain and adjuthert, In 1892, in the organization of the 48t1x Highlanders, he •becetne a major of that regiment. Eight years later he wae named as it% commanding offloor. 13rig, Macdonald saw active servlee a few years after he joined the Queen?e Own. He served in the Northwest Re- bellion in 1885 and Wee preetent at the relief of Battleford and took pert in the operations agalnet Blet. Chief 13ear's band. 44. LEASE GREEK MERCHANT SHIPS Britain Will Charter Ati Suitable Vessels. Removal of Royalist Troops is Proceeding. Athens, Jan. 20. -The peritel of 15 days, during which the transfer of Greek forces to the Peloponnesus mu.st take place, began to -day, The con- ditions •imposed bY the Alliese is so complete that any question ot attack upon Gen, Sarrail's army is unrealiz- able. Only 3,000 troops will be per- mitted in tho north isthmus of Cor- inth. Every gun, even machine guns, will be removed. If the Government continues to comply with the transfer of the troops with good will the slack- ening of the blockade anti the return of the Allied Ministers to their Lega- tions may be expected in a week's time. All Greek shipowners have been in- formed that the British Government intends to caarter all suitable Greek steamere, leaving a sufficieut number ,to ply to countries for nece,ssities. Some newspapers are quick to lament the seizure of Greece's commercial fleet, and different versions of the in- tended contract are published, but that which is understood to be correct reveals the terms are advantageous, England will pay 300 a ton per month, the tonnage calculated on the weight of the ship loaded. They are insured by the British Government from 430 to 440 per eon, the rate 'varying with the age of the steamer. The vessels will bechartered for the duration of the war and six months after and make ain't voyages as the Government desires. If the owners are unwilling to accept the agreement the ships will be commandeered at the rate' of 7s per ton. In •case of acceptance even .sheald war break out between Greece and the Allies the contract will con- tinue, and unaltered profits paid the ownen through the Ship Owners' As - notation of London. The Piraeus ship owners showed no dislike to the bargain. • 46 LET INTERNED MI 8 ESCAPE Brazil Permits 100 German Sailors to Leave. Some Boats, Thought Vic- tims, Are Safe. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 21, --The Min- ister of Marine has received' a tele- gram from the captain of the port of Pernambuco confirming the previously reported. declaration of the com- mander of the Braziliart steamer Mar- aneao that he had encountered two catgo 'vessels, accompanied br two auxiliggy ships, belived to be Ger- itteesaall flying theelemericau. flag. The -Brazilian Government, in addl. :eon to sending out the 'Coast defeece ship Decelpro to guard the northern mast of Brazil, has decided to des- patch the tout cruiser RIO Grende do Sul, which will cruise betweeo Port Natal and Fernando de Noronha Islond and keep cloae wateli on the cc -est in these waters. The two yes- sti1e. will leave for the north TtIesday. The Rio de Janeiro newepaper A Ncticia says that about a hundred sailora from the German gunboat leber, interned at Bahia, are reported to bave embarked on the awedieh etearner St. Croix, which left Rio de Janeiro four days ago, And is sail to have met the German raider oil the high seas for the purpose of putting these men aboard. Thee° :Jailors had been interned on Cobras Island, in the Ray of Rio de Janeiro, for more than a year. A representative of this newspaper Insrected the German deer:ter Hohen- staufen ineltio deeeneir0 harbor and eccittree that the eessel was taking on rrovisions and water and had cicala up. The Holtenetaufen and an- other German steamee the CaprOca, aceording to A Neticia, have made pieparation to put to sea. Reporte have been received here that Manifestations in favor Of the Germans took place On board the St anish steamer Leo XIII. when the %tort: of the raidet betame known, A ntuiLer of the passengers aboard protested, Arrival of the Royal Mall liner Drina at Rio de /ewer° eltreinifted ono of the largest steamers tram the list of the suppoeed -victims of the comineree destroyer. e 'The British rammer Vanublan, of *HMCO tons. for wbotte safety niuch =elate Inte been felt, has arrived safely at Mina. - • : lumen IN MBXICAN OULM, ' Mee= City, Report,-Inelstent ruinore came tuft Vera Cruz that the ortmui eromnelee raider I COW ine.the (Mir et' eitedeo, rt is eit.eeeted hi Vora Crux. the repOrtft mil that the raider will make an 'effort to cut off the oil ship/ • eri route teem the Tempter, firiele for Iluttionet There confirrns.tieri of the rumen* hero. PLAN YOUR CROPS. FOR 1917, NOW Don't be Miele(' into Growing Grain Clops at the Expense of Roughage-----Renlember War Prices Silage and Roots. Are Worth $6.60 per Ton for Feeding Purposes • --Follow a Definite Rotation. It ix a geed thing to plan thing eheeetteeterewarnea es forearmed, as the .saying goes -and now that work Ls gattng elaek, it will be both .pleasurable and profitable to opera' some of the long winter erenings planning out eext season's work. By giving one's work a little thought and figuring out how is the best Way to go about things, one can usually eee where mistakes have been made and bow they Can be remedied in the re- ture. The first thing to do in planning for next season's crop is to decile to have a definite rotation -and stiolt to it, Too many farmers do not have a 'systematic rotation, They grow the crops which are the ettsem •tials of any rotation, that is, hotcl crops and clover or some other le- gueninous crop, but the rotation is not systematic, with the restult that some fields are more fertile than others and some fields have scaree- ly •a weed in them, while others' are "chuck full" of them. It it looks certain next pring that the war will last for at least another year, many men will he tempted to put in wheat and other grains, where normally they would put in roots or Corn for fodder, If it man has (tale a few toree to feed he is perhaps justified 1A (lobar; this, but it he is in the live stock business et all ex- tensively he would he most foolish to grow grain at the expense of corn for silage and roots. Tho amount of roots grown should be onle enough to supply the pigs, atilt enough corn should be grown to allow each full grown animal at least 15 or 20 pounds of silage ;per day, With wheat selling for about $1,50 per ,bualiel and oats selling for about 60 cents per bushel, as they are at the present time, silage has a feeding value of e5.50 per ton. Suppose we get 80 bushels of wheat per acre, At $1.50 per bushel that means we get 545 from an acre. Say A cot e' us $14 per acre to produce the wheat, this means that we make 531 per acre. SILAGE CORN WORTH $60 ACRE This- looks pretty good business. But consider the other side of the question, Suppose we can. get 12 tons of silage from an acre, whioh is not at all a large -yield. A ton of silage when wheat is selling Sor $e,30 bushel is worth in round figures $5 per ton. That means that we grow $60 worth of corn for silage per acre, Subtraoting 518 for the ant of pro- duction, we see that w make $42 per are, That is $42 from an acre of corn for silage as compared with 531 when wheat is grown. Some may object that we do net really make $42 from the silage corn, for we do not sell it, but compared with bran, feed corn and feed barley, and other feeding stuffs that we buta this is 'what it is worth, and if we did not grow it we would have to buy more of these expensive grains. With cattle selling for 510 per cwt. lambs for 512.25 per cwt., and hogs for $12 per cwt„ cheese at 25c pound and better at 44 cents per pound, it should not take one long to decide that growing crone to feed to animate is just as profitable as growing thera to feed to Munn 'beings. It Is hard to emphasize too strong- ly the ImPeetance of growing legum- Inous °reps such as red Clover, alsike clever, alfalfa, and sweet clover. Sweet cloyer bee really neiv got past the evperlinental stage, and if one has got some land which is run clown and will not grow red lever; it will he well to try some sweet clover, If the lane is at all acid, however, the eweet lover will, not catch Any bet- ter than the red clover, so that an aPPlication of lime to correet the acidity ehould be. given the fall be- fore the clover is sown. Clover Belling for $12 per ton is the cheapest feed eve have, Par every dollar spent on clover nay at this price we get 51,52 worth of nutrients as compared with only $0.82 wortle in bran at $32 per ton and e0.86 worth in oat straw at 59 Per tom One pound of alfalfa hay has practically the same feeding value as one pound of oats. Not only do clover end alfalfa make Bret class feed for cattle, but they make first-class feeds for the soil at the same time, Through the work of the little nodule bacteria that they have on their roots they enrich the soil with that most importaut sell eonstituent-nitrogen. The four es- sential elements of fertility are nitro- gen, phospaoric acid, potash and litne. In some English experiments, when a four-year rotation of roots, barley, clover and wheat was used, and none of the manure made from the tlover or roots returned to the sail, and the only fertilizing treatment It re, calved was a regular application of fertilizer containing phosphoric acid, potash and lime, but no nitrogen, it was found that after sixty year the amount of, nitrogen in the sell was preetically the 'same as when the experhnents were started, The average yields of crops dur- ing the sixty years of the experiments were: wheat 35.1 'bushels, clover 2.3 tons, roots 9.3 tons and barley 44,5 bushels per acre. When it is nensembered that a '35- bushe1 crop of wheat removes about 50 lbs. of nitrogen per acre from the soil it will be seen what it marvel. - toes effect clover has • in renewing the nitrogea supply of the soil. Just what kind ot rotation to adopt will depend on one's sylstem of farm - Ing, whether one has a large number of animals to feed, and also on the fertility of the soil and its freedom or otherwise from weeds. ie the soil is poor and full ot weeds, a short rotation Islay be used and it le- guminous crop may take its piece. The following rotations are given, as suggestions and, of course may be altered to suit one's particular conditions. Th re e -year Rotation -First year, hoed crop. For corn apply manure in the winter or early spring at the rate 01 15 tons per acre and plow hallow before planttng, time, turning under both clover and manure. For roots othreeyliaonude speou,tsld have been plowed the Seeend year, grain, Seed dowel with 10 lbe, red clover 2 lbs. aletke,, 0 the. alfalfa, and 6" lbs, timothy per acre. Third Year, lover hay or pasture, The seoond erep might he need far °ed' 'letitis rotation la Well suited where dairy farming Is practised on it large number et cattle are fed dureng the winter, as it supplies a large amount of roughage, It is better gutted for heavy than for light soils. Four-year Rotation-aeirst year, 'toed •crop. Apply manure at the rate of 211 tons Per acre during previous fall or early in the sprIng. Second year, grain. Seed down with ten pounds rea °clover and 10 ate, timothy per acre. Taird year, clover hay, The esc- ort(' crop may be used for seed. Fourth year, timothy hay or. past tura Plow the field shallow early in the fall, and cultivate from tirae to time to germinate and kill the weeds. Just before the freeze up ridge the land in preparation for the hoed prop the fob- lolTvihnigs ryoetaartion is very satisfactory in every way and is the one that would probably suit mot mixed. farmers. It provides abundance of hay for the stook;- and the land is pastured nice In four years. Five-year Rotatien-FIrst year, - hoed crop. Second year grain. Seed down with red...clover and timothy as in four-year rotation. Third year. clover hay. Top dress la the elefall with 'barnyard manure avail - ib . Fourth year, arnothy hay ' or pas- ture, Plow hallow in 'fall, cultivate and ridge up last 'thing in preaara- tion for the grain crop the following year. Fifth year, grain. Seed down with 10 lbs, of clover per acre to be plow- ed under for green manure the fol- lowing spring, when the hoed crop is corn, This rotation will be favored 'be those who wish to grow ta relatively large amount of grain, but still vista to maintain the fertility of the soil by carrying some live stock to make manure .and by the growing of clover. Slx-year Rotation -First year, hoed crow Give a iteavy application of barnyard manure, Second year, grain. Seed. down with the following •mixture: red elov- er, 6 lbs.; alsike 3 lbs.; orchard grass, 3 lbs.; . meadow fescue, 3 lbs.; tim- othy, 3 lbs,; making a total of 18 lbs. per acre. Third year, hay, Fourth, fifth and sixth years, pas- ture. This rotation is especially suitable where land is cheap and labor scarce. -CANADIAN COUNTRYMAN. DISASTER TO THE TEUTONS7_ London. cable.—The Russo -Rou- manian troops are continuing theit attacks along the western Moldavian front, but without marked success Berlin reports to -day that attacke against height positions held by the Austro -German forms north of the Sushitza Valley were repulsed evitla heavy lessee to the enemy. In the valleys Of the Trotus and Oituz the town of Ona.ana the vil- lage of Berdaneehti, on the lateral railroad 'behind the Russian front in southwestern Moldavia were heavily bombarded yeeterclay by the Ger- mane, apparently for the purpose of interrupting transportatioh. According to the Wireless Freese Petrograd reports that "disaster has overtakeh the Austro -German erne - les." The despatch adde that the Danube bridges have been carried away by flooda. There is confirmation for neither of theee reports in the of- ficial cemmunications of to -day from Petrograd or Berlin. 110,000 STARVE ABOUT EMMA Rome Cable.a--Information has been received by the Congregation of the Propaganda, the Fide Vatica states, that 110,000 people died of hunger in Mount Lebanon distriet of Syria, At Beirut the starving fall in the argots and are carted away. The Pope hag. sent a large sum of money to. the Amestolie Delegate at Conetan- tinople for distribution in Syria. AWES FIRM IRF GREECE Taking No Chances With Treacherous Ruler. Blockade Stands Till All Terms Are V, let. Athens Cable—On iny return yes- terday from the provinces, where the general With is to see all the diffa cuities satisflotorily solved, I foetid the situation Was greatly improved. The release of the Impel:toned Voni- zeliets is it very Important step, They were set at liberty in the course of the night by direct order of the Min - later of Justice, and tlte act aroused 00 opposition, nor have they beet molested in an Way. This Mime evi- dence of much °alum public feeling, and other steps Will be taken to carry Out to the fun the dementia without disturbante. The (Meeting of indemnity for per - song with had been intpriened Will be settled by te Weed C•onnulealott eating 'in ettalebOration With the Ital. fan Minister, Composed of British, French and Italians, that Commission will probably begia work today, No- thing definite is yet settled regarding control, but the Government hopes these will not he so severe as they were before Decenther 1. 1:-. great difficulty, it. is believed, evil be met with in adjusting this matter. The blockade is not yet rataed, and will be maintained until all demands are fully carried out. .In addition there will be no exten- sion of the time fixed by the allies in the ultimatum for • carrying out the demands. On both. oft 'these points .the allies stand firm. Ml. in- quiries lead me to believe all mat- ters will be definitely regulated with- itt the course of the next nine or ten dam Entente officials who are to admin- ister the allied control in Greece hate reached this city. The arrivals com- prise a British military mission head- ed by General Philipps and an Italian mission headed by the ex -•Chief ot the Italian mission, formerly charged With the reorganization of the Greek police. • BLUE 0111100K FACES RUM Gulf Between Government urid Duma Distinct, Newspapers Take a Gloomy Viewpoint. Petrograd reale, via Leaden Cable. 20e -Tae Imperial Meese further pest, Pening the conveniug at the lama anti the Imperial Cooled' has provided nether intermission it the Ruesian politiev.I situation, fa *which it is "toped that some means win be .aiecovered of harmonizing the policies ot tile Gov - eminent and the legislative chambers. The steady gement:ie. of Ministerial changes and the events which have taken place since November, when the Dein last met, have done littIe to bring about the desired understanding. On the other hand, the gulf eehiele separatee the Government and the Diana is very clearly dallied, It beeame obvious that ameeting of the Dumati un'ter the aresent elreune- Metals would only :terve to sharpen the conflict, and preolpitate it fiaal rupture between the two pareies, Pre - Mier Golitzine explains the apparent contradiction between ins .reeent tete tern= regarding eaoperatten with the legislative departments And ' the ukase postponing their reassembling by it statement that he antler -0e* mated the length of time lietieSearY to term the Governinenaprogramme, and that ,it 13 eseeittial for the Govern, ntent to become fully Acquainted with the details of the sittiation before the Dente mete, The nowspapero indulge in pasha- istie ronanent on the situation. The koch says: "The work of the impertril Cannel' Cold the Dunia fe being moro antemore energetteally peralyzed," The 13Ouree Gazette say: te "Rumors about adjourflicat are 11 OW 'I Mined. It le Minn:Wary te Oathow mien the preeent Moment is, end of what grave itnport lit an adjettrnMent even for 4 ellert retied." SHORT I EMS OF THE NEWS OF -THE DAY Amedee Bollee, French "Father . of Automobil- ism," is Dead. DUTCH BREAD MOS Canadian Cattle Breeders Protest Against Oleo - 'margarine. • • ...........0.4.W•••••••,,arsUM*.lialowor 41M.1.15.101 Friday was the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilford...1 Ingersoll. 'Col. Alexander Marshall Hay, presi- dent of the McIntyre -Porcupine Mines, died at Haileybury. 'Deceased Was 60 years Of age. Wm. Fraser, who for many years owned and conducted the Fraser House, Fraser Heights, at Port Stan- ley, died Friday in Detroit, aged 85 years. /etude° sen., the inventor, known in France as "the father of antomobilie,m," is dead. M. Bellee was the builder of it steam Car, vfhich be first operated in 1873. Mr. Ed. "Pollard, chairman of the Petrolea Hydro -Electric Commission, andan ex -Mayor of the town, died of pneumenie, in his 66th year. lie was hi the hardware buslaess, rAvid N:a4itone ize e eiotttnlis,omosttown's patelite p The large fish and ice hone, with tontetits, owned by 0, Vanorder and Charles 'Moulton, ot Port Theme% Were destroyed by fire, The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is $12,000, partially covered by hien. alma A deputation representing the 'Cattle Breeden' Associatien of Canada evait• ed on the Minister of Agriculture to protest against the proposal to allow oleomargarine Us be Inverted and sold in Canada. Harry a", 11411, an M, C. 11, brake - Man, who resided in •Lynbetret, suburb of St. Thema, was instant:It, killedeat Fargo, Mr. Hall stepped in front of a passenger train and was inetahtly killed, it hae been deeided to intreduee ctirds to regulate tlie dietribution of bread itt - Holland. Generally the roteessariee of ilfe Mite increased 11). Itellaild between 50 and 60 per oent, The Britieh steamer Torttveod, car- rying it cargo worth $700,000, was smabarined and sunk on her votnge starting frent New York en Christmas day, according to advices reeetived itt New, Yak by the Frenth Line, Whin elt tredethe *mei. ee nee:Iva-they objected to the ap- ponettnetit of an Ameerleatt vAtit it aerman name tis superintendent, etbteut twenty entploeees of the Wayne 011 & Tank Co. walked out tit, Wood- stock and deellued to resume work mikes he is removed.. Gee. Clarkson, aged 74, passed away suddenly at Woodstock, He had lived there for over forty years, ana was engaged in the planing mill and con - trading businesa for steam Ile tterved in the City Council and on the Board oe Education for some Years. e Mr. John Taylor, one of Bellevilleht pronelnena •and much -respecter citie sots, died from All attaels 01 pliele• mole. Deceased was born in Nap- o= 8leyears ago, lie was for some years deputy sheriff of Menage comity, and for it feW Years Was post- nmetcr of the city. The very sudden death by beart trouble of John Aitcheson occurred late Friday afternoott at, hie residence on the Northern road, leen Winthrop. Tim family had left for Sea,fortla and tlie deceased had aSS1Sted in hitching up the team. before starting. When the family returnee they found inni leingematbe floor of the 'canon demi, Helmet ben putting la the iime roe Pairing some elarp,etts. • Deceased was 73 Yeara of age. • • NO CHANGES ON WESTERN FRONT ,11.••••••••••••i•limmoign London Caible. The recent visit to London of Gen, Nevelle for a con- ference with the War Cabinet and Field Marna' Haig ,and the fact that Gen. Nivelle is partly of Eaglieh ex- traction, AS hie mother belonged to a prominent English family, ha e been seized upon by pasty to spread rum- ors. The rumors Isecame so insistent to -day that they induced the British authorities to issue the followieg of- ficial denial: "The Prese Bureau is authorized to state that there is absolutely no truth in the suggestions that any changes are contemplated in the present ar- rangements as to the relations be- tween the. French and British com- mands on the western front. The sub. ject has aot even been diecussed." 0.4.,••••• DEATH ?OR Lay th. ugfritlu New York Report.—The Tribune this raorning published the following special cable: Havre, Jan. 19. -(By Fred. B. Pit- ney) -Thirty Belgians have been con- demned te death by the German ,mili- tary governmetn - at Liege, because they sought to math Holland and join the Belgian army, Veer others, who have not yet reached the age ot seventeen, have been eentenced to fifteen years in Prison. Notice of the sentence has been posted broadcast throughout Bel- giurn by order of Governor-General von Biasing. KILL BOY SCOUTS. Huns Threatened Itouunan,- ian Body as Guerillas. London, Jan. 22. -The Crown Prince of Rouraania, and Premier Bratiano have arrived at Petrograd for a con- ference with the Russian authorities on important questions in connection lath the Roumanian situation, accord- ing to a Petrograd despatch to the Times. The despatch says that tens of thousands of Roumantaa refugees centinue to pour into Besearabia and the adjoining provinces. Among them are 12,000 Roumanlan Boy Scouts, whom, the correspondent says, the Germans threatened to treat as me- ttles. Some refugees have arrived at Petrograd. TO SAVE MEM ON THE MS Londcm Cable.—(New York Tri- bune cable) -A Ministerial conferenee of the highest importance was held yesterday to consider the queotion et man power for the army as well as for natter:lei industriee. As a result there will probably be a modification of the plan to withdraw large 'forces from agrioultural pursuits, of which there has been severe criticism on ev- ery aide. Though the army needs more men, the increased eubmerine activities of the enemy raeeessitates the greatest concentration of men on the farms. SUB, VICTIMS. Several Steamers Sunk by Undersea Raiders. London, Ian. 21. -The sinking of four steamers, one of British and three of neutral registry, was announced last night by Lloyd's. The 13ritisher was the steamer Neilsen, Court, of 2,152 tons net. The Itylral steatners sunk Were the darahyb_ 1,887 net tons, end .110 Nerwegians Maritta 01 Glorgo, 988 Imes tens, and Asp 1,100 tong not. A despatch from Madrid Says the N'or- wegiatt steamer Gaea, 1,002 gross 'Was haS been torpedoed. The crews of the Norwegian steamer Gaea, previously reported front Madrid as having been torpedoed, han been land- ed, ;according to it Lioyd'a report. MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSIO4 London Cable.—The foliowing of- ficial communication was testted "Tho Ministry et Munitions regret to announce that an expiation deellk, red this evening, at it munitions fac- tory io the neighborhood of London. is feared that the enplottion Was attended by it considerable lOret of life and ot (tentage to property." • CANADA A GOOD .CUSTOteiffFt. Washington, Ttleort:*--Canadia,n lin- f)'iitci'S are purchasing, in the fleeted Itingdont, as theme in titathalea mettle petite to -?ay' by. the Bureau of Jeoreign and Demeetie commerce. This anintry's spies to Canada in the Wit fiscal Yeer were valued at $810,000,000 againat PO Pt died bv •" , 000,(00. Tho tnited Kingdom eentIntiert to be the largest purclaiser of Cenadian products. PRIZE SHIP TAKEN INTO' GERMAN PORT British Meamer Yarrowdale ilad 469 Prisoners' y Raider, ANOTHER PIRATE 1.•,•,•••••••,,••••,,, The St. Theodore, 0a,pture, Now Assisting the First In Atlantic, BOMA Cable says -The British etctuner Yarrowdale wee brought tato linter on Dec, 31 as •a Oriee by a prize crew of sixteen men, gays an official statement issued to -Ideate She carried 469, prisoners, the crew, of steamers captured by a Gentian aux- iliary cruirier in tae Atlantic -Ocean. The prisonera on the Yarrowdale were from one Norwegian and seven, British vessels. The cargoes of the captured vessels, the statement adds, coasisted principally of war materials Lor Um Entente alliee, and foodstuffs. Tines of the vessels sunk were armed British merchantmen. The, bringing in of the Yarrowdale, the statement continues, had been kola secret for military reasons, but in view of the staternent of the Brit - telt Admiralty on Jan. 17, it was da• elder' to make the now paella The prize crew of the Yarrowdale was connnanded by. Deputy Officer Bade- witz. The British steamer Yarrowdale was last reported in shipping registers as having sailed from New York Dec. 4 and arrifing at Havre "prior to Jan. 3." The etee.mer has been mentioned in the reports from the British Admir- -alty es among overdue vessels cap- tured by the German raiderin the South Atlantic Ocean, and as having been sent away by the raider with 400 men of the crews of sunken ves- sels, who were to be lan.dacl. Unoffi- cial despatches from Rio Janeiro atso said the Yarrowditle bad been need by the raider to land members, of crows of ships sunk by the raider. A despatch from Rio Janeiro Thurs- day night said a report had Leen received there that the Yarrowdale arrived Jan, 16 at SELO Vleenti (St. Vincent), Cape Verde 'Islands, a Por- tuguese possession eff the West African cease, but there has been no cchfirmation• of this despatch. SEARCHING FOR CORSAIR. Buends Ayres„ Iteport.---ifteen ceuisers andarmed ships are now searching the Southern Atiantm for the German .raider, According to re- ports received here, roue more Brit- ish cruisers have left. Pert Stanley, Falkland Islands, according to news- papers here, to aid in the march. The Uruguayan Government has despatched,a warship to ,gnard the Uruguayan coast. against possible neu- trality violations. ST. THEODORE A RAIDER.... -Washington Reporte---eDespatches to the State Department late to•day from Rio de Janeiro said it was •stated there that the steamer 3t, Theedore, captured by the German raider in the. South Atlantic, armed with two guns, and manned by a German crew, was cruising as an auxiliary to tile raider. SCOUTING IN STEAMSHIP LANE. New York Report.—Warning to sitipping of the Entente allies that the captured British merchantman St. Theodore had been armed by the Ger- mans and Was scouting in the steam- ship lane, was flashed to•night by wireless by a British cruiser of Sandy Hock. -4 I WE•LLAND WOULD BE A CITY. • Welland, Report -The Town Council last night instructed the Town Solieitor to proceed with the bill for presentation to the Legislature next month to have Welland incorporated as a city, taking in the section of Crowland townshin, bounded on the sOuth by Main street, Ontario road and the canal. This rnove Is favored by the department at Toronto, ow,ng• to conditions itt that section, witioh it is thought will be Improved un- der city government. LIQUID EGGS FROM C•HINA. ,London, Cable. -Ag it result of the War tho Times "in a review of poultry industry says an important development has taken place, namely, in the impor- tation of dried liquid aggS mainly froin China, In 1913 none were recorded, while last year the declared values were £1,393,- 141, Prior to the war these went chief- ly to Germany where they 'were used by confectioners and pastry cooks. The dried eggs are remarkably good, and contain no preservatives. Liquid eggs in considerable quantities were cendemnecl and destroyed. The question of their use dentmnds enquiry. SHELLED BY A SUB. Portland, aMine, Report -Officers of the British steatner .Palm Branch, which has arrived here from Cardiff, via New York, reported to -day that a submarine fired 50 shots at the vessel while in the English. Channel in November. Ten or twelve shots took effect they said, one passing entirely through the ship, above the water -line. The steamship escaped by suddenly changing her course. It returned to Cardiff for repairs, and the officers said they learned that the sub- marine later Vas captured or sank. B0 y FATALLY INJURED. •Port Itopit, Itepore-Nicholas km, the devee-year-o1a son of Mr. Thom- as McMullen, of the township of Clarke, while playing with his cousin, Lawrence Savory, in tho stable, was fatally in - Aired, *when young saworr attempted to demonstrate how Ms tnield pitthed hay. The prong.,Of the fork struck the Me Mul.eit lad in the forehead just above the eye. Ire died a, i.ew hours later without.regainIng conaelousness. • • • NO MEATLESS DAYS IN BRITAIN. London, Cable, -The TIITIOS says: "We unOerstand that for the iberesent at all events. the *idea of a. meatless day has been abandoned. Lord DeVOilitOrt will endeavor to secure reduced consuMption of meat by means ether than the iniposi- Oen of restrictions rdiffieult to enforce." TO END COAL SHORTAGE, eeetellIngton, Report,-Drastio lions designed to relieve the shortage in coal ears and help bring about a lower. Ing of present high•prlees of coal wore prenerneld to -day by the interstate Coin. coerce Commission. Tim regulations reclaims return to or. iginai owners of all coal cars as fast as unloaded, emit trivet the railroads ten days to devise methods LL, et.t:rivfng tflo Shortage in other tYlteS Or ear& The eoranassic,n's order altio requires railrecido to aririlY the ant teen- lations to refrigerator, heater,. vettliate ed and inettlated eor.4. There aro SOMa Wila bear grudge even to those wit° bo theln good. 1810 COMMANDS NOT FOR OUR MEN Oanadian Officers Can Moe Only So Far, 18 Claim Two Years' Service) Proved Ability, of No Avail. London, Jan. 21.-A letter in the Tililea over the signature of "Ctvinen," says: "Tile lot (ianadiati Division sailed for /evince in FebraarY, 1915, and theretore bas been in, the tout line for two years. It contained Canadiaa militia officers serving nt brigadiergenerals, who have •exhibited cc urage, shill and judgment to a marked degree, particularly that capacity of • ineaSuring the unknown, which is the quality of a tree soldier. Yet however rapidly the ladder of rroraotion has been cline= in the Imperial army, not a single One of Beate brigadiers has received more titaix one step in rank as a reward for two years of hard and distin- geished service. "Let us look at the other side of the picture. There has been froin the start in the Canadian corps a sprink- ling of Imperial 'officers. whose ser- vices have been of the utmost value, but the moment a vacancy has occur - led in any of the high positione thee o ceceunte p appointed lahaodtliteefalth r regulaer gaf place, T r has been h Canadian militia officer feels this state of .affairs is both a bar to his career and a reflection neon his capacity. After two years af war in euccession to his previous service he must °ether be fit to holki these posts or by nature incapable. At the same time, it appears to him that to be. long to a Canadian corps is a final disqualification for that Tepid pr -e Motion which he sees falling to his contemporariest in the imperial army, So far shalt thou go and no farther SeenIS to him written over the portals of war, for all ,who do not .possess the cachet of a staff college t Is there not a good deal of justice in this com- plaint? I am not itt any way criticis- ing the appointment of Gen, Byng to the Canadian corps. He is of tried reputation and great skill, and no selection could have been more happy, but if an Imperial officer may com- mand Canadian corps, is there to be no hope for the Canadian officer ever commanding an Imperial, or is he to be confined forever to a one-sided, water -tight compartment? "Of the experience of Australia and New Zealand in this matter I cannot speak, and of the Canadian position I have only general knowledge, but that knowledge seems to be enough. This is not a matter for the Canadian Gov- errment. To ask them to intervene -would, for reasons which will be ob- vious, place them in an odious posi- tion and one no patriot would ask them to occupy. The appeal lies to the generosity and common-sense of justice of the Imperial authorities." 6 A NEW BRITISH DAYLIGHT RAID Heavy Damage Done in the Sector Near Loos Where • Canadian Troops Are Supposed to Be. London, Jan. 21. -The report 'from British headquarters in France issued to -night reads: "A successful daylight raid Wari made this morning against enemy trenches southeast of Loos. Dugouta full of Germans were bombed and de- stroyed. Many casualties were In - Piloted on the enemy at small cost to ourselves. We .Seeured some prison. "s"W" e also entered the enemy's lines last night north of Neuve Chapelle. "The enemy's artillery was active at intervals during the day in the neighborhood cf Rancourt and Serro and also in the Ypres sector. We ef- fectively bombarded the enemy posi- tions in St. Pierre Vaast wood and the neighborhood of Gommecourt, Aras and Armentieres." The official statement on the cam- paign in France, as issued Saturday night from British headquarters reads: "We culled out a successful raid last night, east of St. Mei. There was considerable artillery activity during the day' on both shies, particularly on the line north of the Somme. "We dispersed enemy working par- ties northeast net Neave Chapelle and carried out .effeeatee bombardment of the enemy's poets in the neighborhood of the La Baseee Canal and southeast of Bois•Grenier," FRENCH REPORT, Paris, Jan. 20. -The official com- munication issued by the War Office Saturday night reads: "In the region south of Lassigny artillery fighting coaDnued this morn - :rig quite violently. A surprise attack by the enemy directea agahist on of our trenches fatiedt„. •,Northwest oC aoissons an attack launched againat the enemy lines in the eector of Vin - gm enabled us to bring back prison - ors "In Alsace there was an encounter between patrols hi the geotor of Burn - ballot. A strong German receanalit- ence, which attempted to Melt our lines in the region tOtithwest of Alt - 'Ueda Was repulsed." 04* BODY IN BURNED SHACK, Cobottrg, Reporte-arha bedy of Noah, Dann was found In the ruins ;if 4 tilled in which he lived on the south side ef the Trent River, in the northern pert of Northumberland' Comity, after the build- ing was destroyed by fire, Neighbors who saw the fire were able to discern the body' of the man, lying In bed, it is veld, wth a rifle in ids arm, but owing to the fierceness of the wire were unable to enter the tlwelling. FIGHT P'Ort HERO'S WIDOW. Toronto, roport.-The Aseoelated /CM of the Canadian lexpeditionary Verees bets derided to launch art appeal against oflitrit b Juranititgbt eeIeetlyy In nulsahug the netioMrs. Lancaster to collect $1,000 itteuranee held by her late Minium:1, who was Meta hi tattier,, le the applicetion for insure twee he AttlY10a Toronto as his settee of residence, whereas he actually 11'0%4 is. few yards ontede the boundary ef the ety. The itatociatiort fa& that It it sturdy teeettleed /soffit, and the widen' dihoutild not be deprived ef the mettle