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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-10-25, Page 7PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE FOR TEE BEGINNER WITH SHEEP Common Sense Boiled Down and Practical Pointers Told Plainly From Experience .By W. H. Underwood. I leave maintaineel a flock of good sheep on my farm for a good many years and have alwaye found them very profitable. Why more of these animals are not raised, is something 1 can hardly understand. There are many reasons for raising slieep. First, Is the money that can be obtained or the wool and mutton. It is need- less to say that there is a big demand for these products and every indica., tion points to a big demand far many years to come. This class of animal should be maintained to aid in keeping down weed life. When weeds are young and sappy, eheep are in a sense in. satiable devourers of the same. There are but few kinds of weeas that they will not trhu dowa and consume and turn into good mutton if they have acmes to the same at a comparatively early stage in the growth of the weeds. When other pasture is not over abundant, this cropping down of weeds wit be more complete than, under other conditions. They are equally ravenous aiso for the seeds of weeds. When these have been form- ed and even when mature and con- sumed by the sheep, they are so fine- ly ground that they do not grow when dropped upon the ground. proverb has arisen that the sheep has L golden hoof. 1 Sheep are docile and easily cared for. elost of the care they need is re- I (mired when other farm operations are slack. The returns from sheep are quick and many, profits made prin- cipally from pasture, with a little cow centrated feed to finish up on; a very entail amount as compared with the grain feed necessary to finish other farm animals for the market. In starting a flock of sheep, some I advocate the purchase of pure bred I animals, such as a bunch of ewe lambs. This means a heavy outlay at 1 the beginning, with not much income during the first year. A ewe should be two years old before she drops her first Iamb. Thus the only source of income front the ewe lamb is her wool clip, which should pay for her keel). For the man who has heel no exper- ience in raising sheep, and who wants to start a fleck at small expense, I consider that a better method thau buying pure-breds would be to buy the so-called old ewe which have been discarded from the flocks of sheet) men, Such ewes can lie obtained at the city markets at a very reasonable price. .• baeked lam straight from where hie neck couples onto his shoulders eight back to his tail is what should be re - (mired, and, in addition, a round bar- rel or well sprung rib, especially full over the heart girth. The present day etyllsh ram does not need a neck. If I eould get one with his heed coupled onto his shoulders I would not mind th3 neck, he will be able to get head down to graze. A short legged ram is desirable, and if the animal is well down to the ground on a good set of strong legs, It Is just as much in his favor. The nearer the ram is to a good mutton carcass the better, Ile should have and will have, it strong, broad head, broad and wrinkled nose when he is equipped as previously de. scribed. The above described sheep will an- swer for the ram, be he of the mutton breed or fine wool breed. The cover- ing or wool feature should. be just as good as one can get it. 1( 18 desirable to get a fleece on the ram with tho longest growth of staple or wool fibre possable, and as dense and com- pact on his skin and of as fine qual- ity as possible, It is hard to get length, density, flawless of fibre, free- ness from yellow, gummy, discolored oil, all in the same animal, but nits 1 This picture taken in one of the northern sections of Ontario show a flock of "animals with the golden hoof," such as one does not see in the older sections as a rule. SHEEP GRAZE EVERYWHDRE. SELECTING THE EWES. Sheep should be kept to consume 1 When a ewe attains the age of five years many people consider her to be the waste products. On every farm these waste products abound more or undesirable. Such a ewe, if a geed less. They abound not only in the breeder, will not appear so nice to the form of weeds, but in the form of grasses of various kinds. These are eye of the visitor as the ewe two or three years of age, but if her udder found in quantities in the grain fields is in a geed condition thero is no ! reason why she should pot be prolia after the grain has been harvested. They are found in the highways be- able from a breeding standpoint until side the farm, and they are found she is eight years old. She is the kind along fence borders, whatsoever may of an animal I would want to start be the build of these. The sheep that with, if 1 had had no experience in • raising sheep and wanted to start a are given 'access to them will virtu- ! flock. In selecting such ewes, those ally clean up everything and in good , which show good breeding and have form, and the food thus eaten would good fleeces should be obtained. Care must be taken to secure animals free from scab, mange and like diseases. Though these diseases may be con - otherwise be wasted, at least in large .measure. Sheep adapt themselves to waste places, and adapt waste places to themselves. They will graze to the trolled, it is much better never to no very bottom of the deep ditches. They troduce them onto the farm, since the will graze to the very summit of steep hills and crop the succulent tufts of grasses that grow where other animals fear to tread. Thus through the helpful agency of sheep many a stony or hilly farm which otherwise would largely exist as "dead" pro - buildings, yards and pastures semi' become infested, and there must be a continual war waged with parasites. In addition to seeing that they are free from diseases, the beginner should ascertain that the animals Sheep are eZeadily increasing in popu larity in Eastern Canada, and deserv- edly so. This illustration shows a type of sheep fold in use by our neighbors across the line and some of the sheep belonging to it. tave full mouths. More than one be- ginner has been fooled by buying al- most toothless ewes. Obviously such cannot be thrifty. The tendency on the part of begin- ners is to buy a good many sheep and are in this condition when they are In This is not good policy. I don't think any one should Mart with more than 15 or 20 ewes, There is a good deal for a beginner to learn about growing ellen, and experience can be bought much more cheaply with a small than with a large flock. One may find that he does not like sheep. This being so, he had better not try to grow thein, for in all probability he will not give aunt the attention they need. With only a few ewes to start with, a large flock can noon be grown. The flock ought to double itself every year, and thie increase will be about all the av- erage beginner win be in position to handle well for a few year. USE PURE-BRED PAM, Atte rthe ewes have boon seettred, one can well afford to pay it good price for a good ram. It is impossible to get a ram of too high quality. The better the quality in the ram, the bet- ter the quality one will get in his pro- dnee. '111's is true regardleve of the quality of the ewes, In the seleetion of the ram choose for constitutiOn, vigor and masculine characteristice geherally. It is always desirable to avoid certain physical defects, su et as what is, Commonly called a bad back, as; back el the thouldere, or cheep' withered, eteeP rimmed, narrow Otter the Leart girth and flat ribbed. All these melesirable elvIraktvristies go with the poor baelrea ran A broad perty is utilized and conducted in pro- I fitable channels. Sheep should be raised to supply meat for the household. Mutton is one of our hest meats, and on my farm we have it When desired, Many farmers are prone to confine their meat diet to salt pork, and largely for the reason that in this form meat is most easily kept. Where sheep are kept upon the farm one may have fresh meat and of a delicious character by killing and dressing occasionally a mutton from ids flock. With a good place to keep stick meat, such as an apartment in an ice house, it can be enjoyed in Warm weather. But even le the ale soca of such a plate one may par- take of elicit food during much of the year, that is, during all portions of the year wheti the weather its cool enough to enable him to keep such meat in geed condition. In this way intich of the meat utay be grown to Meet the needs of the farnt, from pro - duets which would otherwise be wasa Sheep ought to be raisea because of the influence whicle they exert upon iertinty. No class of animal raisea on the feign will equal nein in the fav- orable hinder:to nuts exerted. This Arises :kg 1/0M the Malty available conditirei in wbich dropplege reach the :olio zecond, from the stattered eeriditiort eshich they reach the lead, and third, from the genera' die- tribation rif the droppings all over the land. IA thls. Way sheep leave the land rieher in available fertility Wheit they graze upon it than it was when the peeing began. Thue it is nett the BOMB BRUGES DOCKS, British Naval Planes Did Much Damage. can be approximated by keeping all the desirable features of fleece and carcass in mind when selecting the ram. These qualities are More or less transm7ss1b1e to the offspring and, therefore should be considered care- fully in selecting a ram for breeding purpose... No eiade ram BMWSbe selected There can be no real improvement secured from the use of D. grade in any kind of a breedeig veuture that worth telking about. The pure b.ed sire is .1,6 only kohl that should ee used. I would never use a ram lamb for breeding. My reason for (hie is that a lamb makes its best growth in its first year, and if it is used for breeding before it is a year old, its growth and full development is eat- urally hindered. Lambs sired by a ram iamb are not nearly so large as those sired by an older ram, and tney do not always do well and make geed grow: The ram should have the very best of %are during the 'breeding season It is important to keep this animal in gem" flesh, strong and vigorous. Ile should be provided wah a ration such as a Attie grain, eis, cloyer ue al- eafa nae, and a coa.eistent variety that will cueourage an appetite and yet ieuiperete to avoll founder or over. teeding. A. good way of being sure that the ewes are bred as fast as la.ey come In season is to dust the be y of the ra.m with ochre and turn him le with Oa flock a eliort time night 'ill morning. He will find. the ewes ;n season; serve them and leave a little ochre on their bodies, by whieh they can be detected and removed from the rest of the flock as fast as bred. The ram should be turned in with thein again after 14 days or so in order that he may catch any that may have come in season again. ' The aim should be to have the ewes el good condition at the time for mating. It is an easier matter to lay flesh on a ewe before she is preg- nant than subsequently, when a por. tion of the feed is used in developing the unborn lamb. I do not mean that the ewes should be fat, but in good flesh or breeding condition. They are in good condition ween they are good flesh, but lack the fat to make them fit for the shambles. Oats and bran fed night and morning, and the enamels allowed to run outaide dur- eng tbe day with access to some good clover or alfalfa. hay, will produce splendid results, Turnips and other roots are very beneficial to the breed- ing flock in the fall, and also during the winter, as they help to counter- act the binding tendency of grain feeds and provide succulence. The next fall, after the ewes have dropped their lambs, some culling out should be done. Those ewes which are the oldest and least prolific, should be separated from the rest of the flock and fattened for the market. A num- ber of the best ewe lambs should be selected to replace the old ewes which have been discarded, thus see eeting the foundation for the future breeding flock. If this mettle(' is fo1. lowed up, in a few years all the old ewes will be replaced by younger ones of batter type and breeding. By get - ling a new sire every two years an ex- cellent flock can be built tip from a small outlay of money. If after a few yore of experience with grades one desires to establish a pure bred flock, a few Melee mere bred ewes may be (aided to the original nook, The by proper care and selection the pure breds may be increased from year to year and the grades discarded. --The Canadian Countryman. London, Oct. al.—Br/teat naval plans dropped large quantities bombs on the Eug,e1 aerodrome and the tiocke at Bruges, in B0101111, on Friday night, coercing a fire in the German estublishinents. The text of a British Admiralty statement saga. "On the night of the 19th of Octo- tier and the morning ot the 20th boin.bing raids by naval aircraft were carried out on the Bruges doges and the Engel aerodrome. A fire is re- ported to nave broken out. Large quantities of explosives were dropped. All our machines returned," The port of Ostend, Belgium, which is a subinarine bates of the Germans or. the North Sea, has been bom- barded from the sea, the German War Office annouuced to -day. Bousee in the town were damaged. ••••-•••••••• MUST STAND TRIAL, Greek Ex -Cabinet, Pro -Hun, Reported Against. Le.nalon, Cable.—A despatch from Athens to the Exchange Telegraph Com. pany says that the investigation com- mittee's report commitsall the members of Former Premier Lambros' Cabinet to the High Court, with the single exception of Professor Hellopoulos, who was Min- ister of Justice. The accusations are that the Cabinet members uttmpted to provoke wax with the Entente Allies, and fomented the events of December, 1016 of the report in the Chtunber of Deputies was net for to -day. • • co EX -KING IN PERIL. Constantine's Old Wounds Re -open. Paris, Cable.—.A. Zurich desnatch to the Matin says the old wound of form- er :King Constantino of Greece has re- opened, and that an oneration was Per- formed at the Sauerbruch Clinic in Zu- rich 'yesterday. His condition is said to be most grave. Two operations were performed on Constantine in 1915, the first not having resulted in healing of the wound. and l'or a time his life was despaired of. Reports were current at the time that he had been stabbed, but they were denied, and it was said he was suffering from pleurisy. .•••••••--- •••••••-••••••••• DEADLY FUMES. New York Tenement Dwell- ers Tast War Perils. Nev Yonlc, Report—Virtually every occupant of a forty -family apartxnent Mouse, infamy • rest:lents of adjoining' dwellings and several flamen and Dance - men were overcome by ammonia fumes here last night when an ammonia tank exploded in the basement of the build- ing. One man ls missing and the con- dition of those overcome is reported to be critical. After the explosion, a negro elevator attendant carried tenants to the roof until he was overcome. Firemen and Policemen were rescued by their com- rades. Even ambulance physicians were overcome. FOUND POISON GAS REMEDY. New York report: Sir Berkeley Moynihan, K.C.B., senior surgeon of the British Army Medical Corps, ar- rived at an Atlantic port on a British liner yesterday to attend the Clinical Congress on Surgery, which opens in Chicago on Monday. Sir Berkeley, who has a world-wide reputation on abdominal surgery, said the allies had found a remedy for the latest poison gas used by the 'Germans. This gas was colorless, has an oder like mustard and is remarkably pen- etrating. When the gas touches open wounds it poisons the blood. The ef- fect of the gas has, however. been neutralized by the discovery of an antidote. DRIVING HUNS IN 1 AFRICA Heavy Fighting With Foe's Rear Guard. Wrens Good Insect Eaters. The AN ren, according to A. A. Saun- ders of Norfolk, Conn., is a valuable and intereating bird. It has a cheerful song, and during the summer Months it sings almost incessantly. Be toed Belgians and British Both Advancing. RUSS FLEET COULD NOT UNITE FCR BATTLE AGAINST HUNS (Petrograd. cable: The entire third ena fourth squadrons of the Cerman high sem fleet, and ProbeblY also the fifth eattadron, participated in the operations in the Gulf of Riga, according to 411 official etatement front the Ritselan Admiralty to-niglet. The three squadrons comprise two- thirds of the German fleet. Among the unite was the battle cruiser Unitise, of 22.635 tone, and SeVel'al sublime. Ines. Petrograd cable: The Russian 13altic tleet in its entleeter amid not face the Germans in (bit Gull of Riga without abandoning the reseensibilite for the defense of the Gulf of Fin- land. -according to Count Kapnist, of the Russian Admiralty. "The Germans.' ha old. "effectea landing operations on Oesel blend with twelve transports escorted by 12 battleships of all types, five crnisere, an enormous number of auxiliaries. and thirty destroyers. lt was hoes - Bible for our entire Baltic fleet to meet the enemy without abandoning responsibility fer the protection of the Gulf of Finland." Tim count cited the battle of Jutland as a precedent for the impossibility nf using submarines to attack. He added that the Germans are using the same troops that took Oesel Island to eitack Dago Island, thus showing that the Germans were carrying 'out their operations with a minimum force. STORY OF THE BATTLE. Petrograd . cable: The Russian 'Ministry of ,Marine has Issued the following detailed statement regarding the naval battle Wednesday iit the Gulf of Riga: "Teeeday night an enemy nuadron of twenty ships penetrated the Oulf of Riga, and at 9 o'clock the next morning was discovered making ltd way through the clrannels south of 'Moon Sound. The squadron included two battleships of the Koenig type. Our detachmenai under Admiral Bak- hireff, who hoisted his flag on the cruiser Bayou, accompanied by the battleehipe Grjdanin and Slava. steamed from the eaetern part of Moon Island to engage the enemy, Preceded by torpedo boat patrols, which withdrew 'nefore the enemy. -- "At 9.30 o'cloek the enemy ()pence fire on our torpedo boats, and our detachment, issuing from the chan- nel, took up battle formation in a rad- ius between the Werden and Weilane lighthouses, near .leloon 'eland, While approaching the enemy the cruiser Be. yan was attaokea unsucceesierily be a hostile eubenarine. "At 10.30 our detachment engaged the euernY squadron. The fire of the hostile dreadneughts was directed from a dietance often bevond the range of our old type yeesels. .A.t noon, itt view of the enemy's OupertorItY, and the appearance of new ermine warshice. Admiral Bakhireff ordered the detachment to retire into the in- terior .ot Moon Sound. Our ehip e then turned northward, and withdrew from the fighting, "The battleship Slava, the last of the line, and which had been, damaged severely under the water line, finally sank by the head, and foundered in the deep entrance of Moon Sound. The re- mainder of the squadron entered this channel, Part of the enemy squadron began to fire on the 'Moon and Werder batteries and silenced and destroyed them, Our vessels suffered some dam= age. After shelling the batteries the enemy entered the southern part of the Kuiwest roadstead, "During these movements the cruiser Admiral Malearoff and some gunboats and destroyers in Inner eloon Sound protected the channel and the mouth of Kasear bay, between the Islands of Dago, Oesel and eloon. lame of these ships remained throughout Tuesday night near the coast of 'Oesel Island, and repeatedly attempted to make their way into the eastern portion of Kas- sar bay." The rest of the statement is a repe- tition of the official statement issued to -day, in which it was announced that two trawlers bad been sunk by the Russian fire and that two enemy tor- pedo boats had been sunk by striking mines in the Moon Sound region Thursday. It adds, however, that, a German torpedo boat, escorting the main squadrons ran into a Russian mine and sank 112•101••=1111:7=1===i•Z• COSTLY RAIDS FOR THE ENEMY AM SERVICE London, Oct. 21.—Hea.vy fighteng is going on between British and Teuton forces in German East Africa. The British War Office announced to -day that the mission station of Nyangao was occupied by the British on Oct. 17, after which the battle was resumed to the weat or that place. The British force sustained considerable casualties and the German losses also were severe. The text of the statement follows: "Our right column after advancing southward from the Mbemkuru val- ley occupied Rupondo on Oct. 11 and established iteelf at the Lukeledi mis- sion on Oct. 17, the enemy withdrawing to the eastward. • "The main body of the enemy re- treating from Mbemkuru valley, cov- ered by a strong rearguard, succeeded in making its way to Mahlwa, four miles southwest of Nyangao. The enemy rearguard, closely followed, was driven from its successive defen- sive positions. "On Oct. 15 an attack on the enemy's positions at Mpama was conimenced, the German force being; driven 011 Nyangao. "On the 17th an enveloping move - meta around the mission station re- sulted ite severe fighting, but by night. fall Nyangao had been occupied. The next day more severe fighting com. mended to the west of Nyangao arid still is proceeding. The British este*, alties were considerable, and the enemy's levees OW were severe. "tn the Malienge area Belgian cote limns advanced southward and are in touch with the British advaneing from the west. "In the Lusvegti valley the British are engaged at Itingoli, 48 miles south. southeast of Mahenge, with a strong enemy detaehment which had Mpoitaae." is largely insects. A pair of Wren 'will work from 'daylight to dark dur- ing long June (lays gathering cato- palate and other hatenful insects to feed thole young, I have known them Visit the nest with lieseete On 0.31. avmage Of three timel itt five min - tithe. The litinther of !needs destroy- ed by a pair Of wrens and their young in a seae011 IS enerfuontes-Tree Talk. LAUNCHING AT COLLINGWOOD. CollingWood, Report—The Collingwood Shipbuilding Company, Ltd., thiS morn- ing at 11 o'clock successfully launched witheut any fornittlItlea theell tanit steatner Telaralite which It Is building for the, International Petroleurn Ce., of Toronto. 'Me vevsel is intended tor °ton servite excluaively, and ia of the following eibeensione: Length, MO feet; breadth. 43 feet 9 ht.; depth, ise feet. moulded, The` ell Duniring 0.1,110.0nlent Li of 1)1» mot elaborete kind of design to hendie the cargo 'hiist hi the mot expel - It is known that British. eirplanee, were up ru cOrtsiderable Walethers %lur- ing the rata, and Writer:3 in the Morn- ing newspapers hint thee this had much (0 do with tile driving of the Zeppellits to France, where tite French genners and a,viatora—whose WW1 le praised wee:My—Were able to deal with them by dayliglit. Nevertheless, it Is contended that an explanation is nee to the public, end ought to be given, preferably in Parliament. The King and Queen peal a, surpriae visit yesteraity afternoon to one of the bombed dlstricts of London, and talk. 0d for two houra with victims. Spoke- iug to a local clergyman, the Klan etad: "I wish people wtio are against re- taliation could see this wreckage," ALL HUN AIRSHIPS SEORETle KNOWN. American Training Camp in France, Oct. 2L—A number of Araerican army efficers to -day inspected the (lemur] Zeppelin L-49, brought down intaei by French aviators Saturday. The machinery and instruments of the .air- ship were undamaged, the first in- stance ef Re land since the beginning of the war, All tne German airelaip secrete are now known. Berlin officially admits the loss of four Zeppelins of the squad- ron which raided England Friday night. The official statement, however, fails to announce the save arrival home of the other mem- bers of the contingent. Berlin claims that several English cities and ports were attacked with "special success," including, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Hull. In Flanders the artillery activity continues to be violent, while Briltish airmen have been busy raiding German airdromes and other military points behind the German lines. Hundreds of bombs have been dropped on the airdromes and railway stations at Roulers, Cour- trai, Ingelmunster and Gontrode, and on German billets. On Sunday British aviators made a raid into Germany and bombed with excellent results a foundry and railway junction ten miles north of Saarbrucken, northeast of Metz. Nine German ma. chines were downed. by the British aviators and four others were driven down out of control. British naval fliers got six more Ger- man planes on Sunday. Emperor William returns to Berlin to -day and among his en- gagements are political conferences with Prince von Bulow and Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the former imperial chancellors. Prince von Bulow has been mentioned as the probable successor of Dr. Michaelis, whose position as Cha,neellor, reeenit reports from Ger- many have indicated, is most insecure. A RAID INTO GERMANY. return our bombing machines were attacked by enemy aircraft, two of which were shot down completely out of control. Our bombere returned safe - London, Oct. 22,—British airmen carried out numerous attacks on Ger- man airdromes in Belgium and on im- portant objectives near Sababrucken, northeast of Metz. Saturday and Sun- day. The official statement on avia- tion activities says that nine German machines were brought down and that four others were driven out of control. The statement reads: "In spite of very misty weather a further attack into Germany was car- ried out by our airplanes this after- noon. A foundry and railway station ten miles north of Saarbrucken were bombed, with over a ton of bombs. Very good results were observed. Bursts were seen on the foundry and on the station, where a big explosion occurred. Many hostile scouts at- tacked the .bombing squadron over the objectives, and four were driven down out of control. We took photographs. All our machines returned safely ex- cept one." "Saturday the weather was very fine, but a thick haze prevented obser- vation for artillery. During the day we carried, out bombing operations vigorously. A total of 238 bombs were dropped on the enemy's air- dromes at Gontrode and Routers. on the Cortemarck station. and on hostile billets and hutments. One airdrorne at Routers wile bombed from a loW height. One bomb was seen to hit and blow to pieces a German machine on the ground. while another fell through the centre ef a hangar. The enemy's personnel and machines on the ground then were attacked with machine-gun fire from our airplanes. During this bombing attaek our scouts operated in the neighborhood, bringing down seven Gernian machihes, which trashed in full view of their airdrome. "At night the enemy's eireironies Were again attacked. A ten of bombs was dropped on the Ingelmtmater air- drome and railway station, and on the airdrome at Courtrai. At One of thete a direct hit wae obtained Upon a hos- tile machine erideaVoring to leave the ground. "In the eotirse et the day a total of nine German machines Were deserted and four others were driven down out of eontrol. Three of our machinee are Missing." NAVAL PLIERS BUSY, Too. London, Oct 22.—Six German air - Malice were brought. down yesterday by British nasal Airmen, sear; a state. Mont. front the Admiralty to -day. The anormiteellieet follows: "At a,berit noon Yeoterday raide were Merle by navel eareraft on 1110- iE400114m and Holittleve airdromee. The jjjj flfth ellhoutbs aapearea to buret ateuratelY. s..-rl,etitctle(7. t liteietollinlywood ly. "During offensive and reconnais- sance patrol's, five of our souks en- . gaged.• (about twelve hostile iseoute. two of the latter being deGtroyed and driven down completely out of con- trol. One of our pilots is missing." A.DMITS FOUR ZEiPS. GONE. DUTCH SHIP AFIRE. Big Freighter in Trouble in New York Harbor. (By Times Special Wire.) New York, Oct. 22.—The Dutch steamship Ysseldijk, of 6,800 tons gross, caught fire to -day in the Hud- son River, off Hoboken, N. J. A large part of the firefighting apparatus of Hoboken was summoned to the water- front. The vessel is one of the largest in Holland's freight service and is owned by the Holland -American Line. It is one of the fleet of Scandinavian and Dutch ships tied up at various American ports, pending Federal in- quiry to determine the destination of the cargoes under the American Em- bargo Act. The flames, in a hold in which can- ned fruits and vegetables were stored, were quickly brought under controLbut It was discovered that the fire had eat- en its way through a bulkhead into the bunker coal and the firemen faced the prospect of a long fight, hampered by gas fumes. The ship lies a consider- able distance off shore. Amsterdam. Ca. 21.—The lose of four Zeppeline is admitted in au &- Nese etatement received here from Berlin. An airs -hip squadron, the state- ment says, attaeked London, Manches- ter. Birmingham, Notthigham, Derby. Lowestoft, Hull, Grimsby and Nor. Cell, England "with special suceee." Tbe statement reads: "On the night of Oct. 19-29 a naval airship squadron, under Captain Bar- on Prettsch von Buttler-Bradenfels at- tacked with special success London. Manchester, Birmingham, Notting- ham, Derby, Lowestoft, Hull, Grims- by, Norwich and Mapaleton (Middle- ton?). On the return journey, owing to an adverse wind and dense anise four airships, uuder Captains Stab. bort, Cone, Hansger and Schwander Passed over the .lerench battle zone, where, according to French news. they were shot down or forced to land. No details regarding the fate of the vessels or their crews are avai1. anle at present." KING FAVORS RETALIATION. Logdon, Ott. 22.--Wthile admitting the existence of widespread popular dissatisfaotion over the apparent im- punity with which Zeppelins; raided England Friday night, a Majority of the morning newspapenc take a more sober view than that opposed by Lite Saturday and Sunday papers. The story of the raid is still rather obscure, and no official explanation has been given of the absence et' gun - lire in the London district or of the escape of tho raiders tram Emden ,It It is assumed, however, by thoughtful writers, that the directors of the de- fensive system adopted a policy dictat- ed by .circumetances, and acted with due vigilance ate enterprise. While the raiders were not attacked by gunfire in London, they were bom- barded considerably elsewhere, and there is reason to believe that one Was So draeagea that it left England un- der imperfect control, It is saggestcd that the authorities had Onsiderable grourals for believing that the 2eps peline would be Unable to fled tendon owing to darkdoe and the height at width they Were travelling, and the tiring of guns lteta the flitehing 01 Mrchlighte Would ebly have reVealle LaflkChipbuliding Co, Mr Old Sang) Both during the raids and on their the target, ITALIAN CRISIS. Socialists Bitter Over Pre- mier's Statement. - RUSS FLEET ESCAPES HUN. Berlin Admits Those in Moon Sound .Are Gone. Rome, Oct. 21.--s-There was a stormy session of the Parliament last night, in which the Socialists violently at- tacked the Government and the eau. guinary repreesioa cf the Turin riots, which they attributed to the shortage of bread due to the Government neg- lect. The number of victims -at Turin was stated to be 47. The Chamber was thrown into an uproar when Premier Bissolati accused the Socialists of fomenting disorders, and said they de- served to be shot. The Premier's de claration that the Cabinet assumed the entire responsibility for the necessary repression in turn was not greeted with the approbation that was expect- ed. The resignation of the Cabinet is regarded as inevitable. German Forces Proceed With Advance. Berlin, Oct. 21. --German tomes have Occupied the Ieland o Schildau, be- tween Moon Island ad the Fathonia mainly'''. Dago 4,41an4 is entirely In the hands of the Germans, who have captured several ilundred Russians, Tbe Russian naval forces which re- tiree behind Moon Sound after an ene. gagernent last week with a German squadron in the Galt of Riga, ineve left Moon Sound, and are sailing in a northerly direction, it is officially an. flounced by the German War Office, The text of the official statement says: "Tee 'eland o Schildau. which is situated between Moon. Island and the mainland, has been occupied by us, "Dago Island is entirely in our hands. "The Russian naval forces have lett Moon Sound, and are sailing in a northerly direction. They have aban- doned the wreck of the battleship Slava, and also four vessels which had run ashore. "From the Russo -Roumanian land front there was nothing of insportance to report." TO DESTROY NAVAL FORCES, ARTIFICIAL LEGS NEEDED. New York, Oct. 22—Among the pas- sengers who arrived Saturday at an Ttlantic port from Spain, on a Span- ish liner, was Frederick Voss, a re- presentative of the association for trade with America of the department for the manufacture of artificial limbs at Geneva, Switzerland. He said that the hospitals on France are full of maimed soldiers needing wooden legs. RUSS SUBMARINE BM BEAT WORK Sunk Transport and Fought a Dreadnought. Bottled Up Fleet Free, and Guarding Sound. Saturday's Russian report said: "Baltic Sea: Lnder pressure of su- perior enemy never forces, we have been compelled to abandon Southern Moon Sound. Moon Island thus came under the direct fire of the enemy ships from the Gulf of Riga and also from Kassar Bay, and we were com- pletely deprived of the possibility of defending Moon Island, and therefore decided that no useful purpose would be served b yattempting to hold it. "The evacuation of the island was begun under very difficult conditions, as it was all the time subjected to a cross fire front the enemy's ships. Our destroyers, trawlers and auxiliary ships engaged them. "During the day our trawlers discov- ered mine fields sown by enemy sub- marines with the obvious intention of closing to our ships the entrance to the Gudf of Riga from Moon Sound. These operations, co-ordinated with the landing of detachments on Dago Is- land, show unmistakably the desire of the enemy at all costs to destroy our navl forces defending this region. "All yesterday mist and rain veiled and hampered our patrol and aerial scouting for the purpose of observing the movements of the enemy's fleet. "On the various fronts there were fusilades and scouting." Petrograd, Oct. 21.—All Russian naval units, except observation ele- ments, have succeeded in getting out of Moon Sound without losses, and are protecting the northern entrance to the sottnd, the Marine Department announces in an official statement. In the operations in Gulf of Riga a Rus- sian submarine sank one German transport, and is believed to have damaged, if not sunk, a German dreadnought, at which two torpedoes Nivnerpearfti:red. The commuication reads "Despite the difficult conditions and the enemy's measures to prevent our sortie from Moon Sound, we suc- ceeded, without lose and in perfect order, in evacuating not only the bulk of our military forces, but also the whole of the naval installation in Moon Sound, notably the transports and smaller craft. 'We left the whole of the aban- doned base and the adjoining region in a condition rendering it entirely unserviceable for military pitrposes, Our naval forces are protecting the north entrance of Moon Sound against fresh attacks. "During operations in the Gulf of Riga one of our subnaltrines met an enemy squadron consisting of four dreadnoughts of the Markgraf type (vessels built in 1914, of 26,293 tons and carrying a coMplement of 1,- 150 Men), cruisers and a large nutn- ber of torpedo boats. It fired two tor- pedoes at the leading dreadnought, but, being shelled by seaplanes and riddled with shot, was obliged to sub- merge without noting results, The detonatiou of a torpedohowever, was heard, and, proceeding some distance, ad then rising, elouds of smoke were seen through the periscope of the subrnarine. A large transport, eseott. ed by torpedo boats, mule for the submarine. The submarine returned to the attack and sank one of the transports with a torpedo," The new position of the Russian eequa•dron probably Will cesnipel the 'Germans te give battle if they wish to enter the Galt of Finland by golhg through the sound between Dago Is- land and the Coast of gatheiiia. ttnielolalnk. Any iYou tift cati Another a d. Make good qttite ••• RUSSIAN PEACE PLAN OUTLINED By Council of Workmen's and ,Soldiers' Delegates. Instructions to Agents to Paris Conference. Petrograd, Oct, 21.—The Russian peace programme, as drawn up by the Central Executive Committee of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates, in the form of instructions to M, Skobeleff, ex -Minister of Labor, its delegate to the Paris conference, consists of fifteen articles covering the whole ground from Panama to Persia. The programme of the Central Execu- tive Committee follows: 'First—Evacuation by the Germans of Russia and autonomy of Poland, Lithuania and the Lettish Provinces. "Second—Autonomy of Turkish Ar- menia. "Third—Solution of the Alsace- Lorraine question by a plebiscite, the voting being arranged by local civil authorities after the removal of all the troops by both belligerents. "Fourth—Restoration to Belgium of her ancient frontiers and compensa- tion for her losses for an interna- tional fund. "Fifth—Restoration of Serbia and Montenegro with similar compensa- tion. Serbia to have access to the Adri- atic. Bosnia and Herzegovina to be autonomous. "Sixth—Disputed Balkan districts to receive provisional autonomy followed by a plebiscite. "Seventh—Roumania to be restored her old frontiers on condition that she grant Dobrudja autonomy and grant equal rights to Jews. 'Eighth—Autonomy for the Italian Provincee of Austria to be followed by a plebiscite. "Ninth—Restitution of all colonies to Germany. 'Tenth—Re-establishment of Greece and Persia. 'Eleventh—Neutralization of all straits leading to the inner seas and also the Suez Canal. Freedom of navi- gation for merchant ships. Abolition of the right to torpedo merchant ships in war time. "Twelfth—All belligerents to re- nounce war contributions or indemni- ties in any form, but the money spent on the maintenance of prisoners and all contributions levied during the war to be returned." "Thirteehth — Commercial treaties not to be based on the peace treaty, in 'which the country may act pendently with respect to its com- mercial policy, but all countries to en. gage to renOunce an econonlic bloeitade after the war. "Vourteenth—The conditions ot peace should be settled bya peace congress consistitt; of 'delegates elected by the people and confirmed by Parliament. Diplonlatists 'Meat engage not to conclude secret treaties which hereby tire declared tentrary to the rights of the peeple and OW sequently void. leifteenth—Graaual disarmament by land and sea and the establishmetit Of an non -Military system." The inetthetions to M. StrObeleff end by recommending him to seek to re. Move all Obstaeles to the Meeting let the Stockholm Conference and to se- cure the greeting tit ,pstespotts.* Wigg—In the old &eye 01 surgery the doctors used to bleed ittnatt for every aliment. Wage...Yes, atid neW they bled hint Whether he bee any. thing the mita. with him Or not.