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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-11-2, Page 2C rc umstantiaj Evidence zt"Fact is, father, I paid him back a' clear a debt. Asked Steve to oblige sovereign I'd borrowed. You've got' until ,pay-day. Said he hadn't it. on BRi Daman ARE, to apologise." him, but would be pleased when he t "You:" got back from town: No good to me. The squire's fists came down on the ""While he was out of the office I desk with a- thud, while he stared at found the drawer. Seemed an easy DRINKING LESS '' her as if she had suddenly gone de- thing. Thought •1 could slip. it back Mr. Robert Jinx was in a temper- 4 xi -witted. when Steve stumped up, before the THE POLICE' REPORTS SHOW AN As he stamped about M his study "You! Do you know what you are guv. missed it, Asked old Steve to IMPROVEMENT.. waiting for the dinner -gong be 1e- saying?" he roared. change me a sov, just before he sprint - viewed the situation. Steven Collier, "My monthly allowance has such a ed for the train.He got the Sydney his agent,was coming to dinner, and i way of melting, and I haven't forgot- Mint; and that explains it, He had sent a little note ahead, asking; ten the last time I approached you wouldn't give me away. But what I for a private chat. Jinx suspected between pay-days," she laughed, want to know is, why the dickens you tbat both his wife and Betty knew of I say, you people,, d'ye know 'you're had to butt in, Bet?" the request. 9 keeping us?" "Steve looked like losing his din- But he had determined that Betty Bob Jinx, a. reckless young fellow, ner," confessed Betty demurely.. "No Treating" Is the Feature of the Prohibitory Rules Enforced. It is now possible to form some no - `contact with the industrial life of the nation—agrees that the controls adopted have been marked in their. effect on the public health, and in- dustrial output of the nation, GERMAN EMPIRE LOSES HOPE,. Food Shortage and Prolongation War Depresses People. of The London Times prints a narra- tiveof conditions in Germany by an educated woman of German birth, re- cently allowed to join her husband in England, who says that the food shortage in Germany is not really or agent not f his a ent, Collier was F shot out the protest from the ball, It "And something else," bantered tion of the results of the measure serious in the country, but that in the capable enough, he had to admit that; e tailed off into a whistle as he flung Bob. adopted in the British Isles to pre -cities and towns the problem grows butt hewas a younger son, with his. open l‘Not ' the door and noted the signs of Not at all,�, she laughed, "As it vent excessive alcoholism from re- more difficult. � own way to make. Betty, with her; " disturbance, happens, this has probably prejudiced timing the national efficiency in the "Life there is very hard," she face and her figure, was going to; "What's the shindy?" he inquired.J� the case in his favor, don't you prosecution of the war. At the out- writes. "The very poor and. many in' marry a title,and give them all a lift. "Oh, nothing of much consequence, think?" break of the war an effort was made better circumstances have been coin - That had been his idea from the day returned the girl, with an ironic "Bet you they stroll in arm in arm," to accelerate the Progressive redue- gelled to draw on their savings, There he had given up brewing and bought laugh. "Dad has simply charged laughed the scamp, as he dropped on tion of the number of licensed ven-, is some jealousy in the towns because Steven, here, with being a thief." the piano -stool, and proceeded to _ dors of alcoholic liquors, by an the country population gets better rattle off "The Wedding Glide." amendment to an old law of. 190d. By and more varied food, The performance was interrupted the end of 1914,, however, the number "If rations are further reduced, I do. the estate. "Where was the fellow's note?" The muttered exclamation left the squire's lips as he jerked open a drawer. For some seconds he stood "Rot!" ejaculated the graceless Bob. "Come on and feed." Again the tale was told by the feria teas magnate. PATROLLING IS DANGEROUS SPORT THE WORK CAN ONLY BE CAR-, MED OUT AT NIGHT. Sometimes a Scout Officer Gets Mixed Up With Exasperating Results. Patrolling plays a prominent part in trench warfare. The sporting in- stinct peculiar to nearly every Briton causes him to undertake this danger- ous work with unbounded enthusiasm. Indeed, so seriously do some divisions apply themselves to it that they would he grievously offended if ane spoke of the ground separating their own tren- ches and the hostile ones as "No Ulan's Land." They regard it as their own particular territory. by the opening of the door. of "saloons" had been reduced by not know what the poor people will Owing to the proximity of the op- !" into"I veinhe said, with a grin. only 623, leaving Great Britain and do, Those with little money get bare -posing trenches patrolling can only staring ,it, a s if he doubted his 'The coins were in that drawer tent "Chorus repeated fortissimo!".Lon- Ireland still 111,000 licenses, to which. le enough to eat 'When hen 1 left be carried out at night, and when eyesight; then slowly he placed hes pounds," persisted Mr. Jinx. ""They don Ansv.:ers. must be added about 9,000 clubs, Germany there was no general alarm very dark great difficulty is experi- fingers in his waistcoat pocket and vanished." ,,. many of which existed chiefly for al- over the war, although everybody was enced in preserving a right sense of some e g dr v out old. The scamp 'coolly held out his hand * cohol c purposes, 1lieanwhile eonvic eager for peace, It was never believ- direction. The trenches twist and At sight of the coins his expression ;for the coin, A PARADISE FOR ANIMALS,. flews for public drunkenness had act- ed in the early drys that the war turn sodeceptively that when certain changed from amazement back to i ""You really think Steven would ^^-- ually increased, especially among would go bite its third year. The landmarks are invisible it is very easy g anger, Here was matter for explan-i take your :beastly money, guv'nar? Ignore 1►I .� '► depressing ef- an Because Natives loo Not women. dragging war and the food shortage to lose one's bearings (says a writer atton His hand went out to the elec-;,This is unworthy! Old Steve? Good Kali or Eat Tliezn, It vias not till it was seen that a together are having a in, the London Daily Mail). On such tris. bell -push. a low,!" Pierre Lati, in his book on "India,,,' further imposition of excise tax up- feet, occasions it is well-nigh impossible to 'When he Collier arrives show him s " I tell you he was the last man' repeatedly de e fearlessness an the trade would merely meet with ""The belief that Germany cannot be distinguish the enemy's lines from our P y scrib s the in.herei" he ordered. " "began Betsy, ,,,violent opposition without accom- defeated is not yet seriously shaken,. own, "He has just come, sir,,, returned I should than!. so, Ready -witted of animals in that country, . He neither ss plishfng the. desired result, that the but there is no longer any real enthu Consults His Compass, the butler, j i Bob had sized up the situation. ""Aa uri room was never closed, neither central liquor control. board was es- ! siasm. for the advertised victories. The ' strode into the xoom a matter of tact, guv., I gave Betty a during the day nor the night, andInformation of a certain nature Steven Colliers the bards of the air made their home tablished to apply the amendment ta, pe°pie are getting suspicious, The with a smile on his fresh -colored, couple of goys. this p.111. --been owing the Defense of the Realm Act, of Jutland battle and the entry of iii being required about the enemy's for some little time. We both seem with me; Sparrows walked on they 19 1915 wh,cn, empowered the mania produced a gloomy ,affect, for trench an officer volunteers to scout goad -looking face. mats that covered the floor without M "Shut that door!"' commanded the : to have been discharging our debts."even heedingm resence and little squire. "You were working here this F ""Yous" y presence, morning after I left." ; "Old Steve knows you kick up no csame in taoterna inquiring urns. "'Until twelve -thirty," Steven re-; end of a row if it came to you that , a n v r e f Tied frankly.;; either Bet or 1 had been obliged to Lure; and one morning I saw the cows perched on the corner of my p "And sinc?" ; borrow, There you. have the explan- d mosquito net ""I caught the two o'clock train to . ation!" Describing the enchanted wood of ointment with You! Do you know what you'rei Landon a keep an appOodeypore, where are wild boars Merryweather." ef `aThe la i manke/Ts and a number of birds, "When 1 left here this morning The lad shrugged his shoulders, there were ten sovereigns in this "We may have incorrect ideas of flights rots he f turtle doves Flocs s of droves e orb drawer," said the squire slowly. common property in our family,"hep " says:p "They've vanished;" said; "hut the second generation is peacocks strut up and down among "Is that so?" i sound enough on honor." the dead trees, running with out Steven was not smiling now, ; Again the opening of the door cut stretched tails, the wondrous sheen "Amongst them was an Australian into the outburst. of which leaks like a spirit of green coin, rare enough to be remarkable," "Now, what in the world is the and incandescent meta]. AU these "le8; matter with you all?" The pertly, animals are free and unrestrained, "Look at this!" The squire held a jolly-Iooking lady came into the room yet their demeanor is not that of coin in his fingers. "Grimes, the sta- with her two hands upheld. "Bob, wild animals and birds, for in these tion -master, gave it me in change for didn't I tell you? Why, Roberti" lands, where they are never slain a note this evening." Her gaze had been held by the pur- "That's Sydney Mint right enough, pie visage of her frenzied lord, You think it's the same coin?" "It's just as well you've arrived, "The coincidence struck me as mater," drawled the scamp. "The strange. Grimes told me it was ten- guv'nor has given old Steve the kick- dered in payment of a fare to -day— out!" by you!„ "Steve is a thief!" put in Betty. "You think---" "Pinched ten pounds from that Steven started forward at the im- drawer this mornin'—among 'em, plication, to pull himself up short as this," added Bob. "The guv, gets in the people of Brahma do not eat any - if shot, while gradually the color died change from Grimes this evening. thing that has ever lived. "In the in his face, and a curious look came Grimes tells him Steve tendered that Place of such exhibitions we see into his eyes. identical coin for a ticket this after- heaps of roses plucked from their "Well?" The tone was harsher noon." stems, which are used in the making still. "Will you explain how you got "Steve won't explain," Betty inter- of essences, or simply to be woven the coin?" jected. "I cannot." "And the worthy magistrate says The older man's face was purple he's guilty," Bob threw in. with wrath. "He doesn't believe that I gave "Very well," he snapped; "you will 'Steve a sovereign this afternoon," hand me your keys, and get out of • stated Betty, this as quick as you can. I've no uses "And he won't have it that I paid for an infernal rogue!" s Bet two pounds I'd borrowed," as - His outburst was cut short by the' serted Bob. "Not likely, is it? Old T.. ; +hofl" by xnan, the idea of flight does not animate them as it does at home." hours between 12 and 2.30 p.m., and age was done in London. The more This respect for animal life is not 6 and 9 or 9.80 p.m. the week round, intelligent Germans, however, now confined to the Buddhists or Jains, practically the hours coinciding with discount what they read in the news the sentiment is of much more an- the midday and evening meals. papers about the raids. They are con - tient origin. Pierre Loti tells us that 3 Forbidding the sale of liquor to winced that the British do not always the horrors of death and slaughter, be taken off the premises, entirely on admit everything and feel that the the sickening display of carcasses of Saturday and Sunday and after the German reports of the damage done animals are nowhere to be seen, for government to control the sale of the people had been told continually liquor in all districts where muni-' that Rumania would join the winning tions are manufactured, troops sta- side. tioned or in transit. The first duty "People in Germany realize that the of the board was to define such. Somme is worse than any previous areas, and by a process of trial and battle and what they hear Irian .son- has endeavored to keep in the right direction, after .a time he begins to the position. Going down on all fours he creeps cautiously along, frequently skirt- ing shell -holes which he is now able to locate with his hands, Though he error they gradually extended their fliers home on leave makes thein very boundaries, until by the end of Feb- anxious. The soldiers speak of the ruary, 1916, some 30,000,000 of the terror caused by the British artillery population of the islands had begun and also say that the English and to live under the new restrictions. Restrictions on Traffic. The restrictions imposed are: French flying men give thein no rest. A German officer was even permitted to say in a German newspaper 'flesh and blood cannot stand the bombard - 1. Limiting the sale of spirituous ments of the allied batteries much liquors to two and a half hours, 12 to longer:" 2.30 p.m., on (five days of the week and The narrator was in Germany when prohibiting it entirely on Saturday the Zeppelin was brought down at and Sunday. Ouffley. She heard little discussion 2. Limiting the sale of malt li- about it and says that it was firmly quors and wines to the five or six believed in Germany that great dam- suddenf ' doorand the:Steve into necklaces." HIGH PRICES IN ITALY. Many Food Staples Dearer Than in France or England. The high cost of living and partic- ularly the price of 'coal is becoming a subject of grave concern in Italy as opening o the "What nonsense are you talking?" another war winter approaches. Due entrance of Miss Betty, a delight to gasped the lady. `'Robert, what is it to continued excessive freight rates behold. all about?" by sea many staple food articles are At the sight of the mottled face of Agaiii the angry man told his story dearer in. Italy than either France or her sire and Steven's strained expres- of the missing money, of Grimes' England. Despite a .special treaty cion, the laughter died in her roguish ? story and Steve's silence, and then of with England for • cheaper freight eyes. She guessed that dad, who was the tacit confessions of both Betty rates to be obtained by the loaning of invariably bad-tempered after his and Bob. But at the finish, he drop- ships, sugar is selling at 20 cents a turn to the Bench, had evidently an-± ped into a chair with his mouth still pound and can be bought only in small ticipated the talk which should have' quantities for household consumption come after the coffee and cigars.! opn. Thee wife of his bosom was laugh- rom day to day. Coffee sells at 50 Steve had palpably been warned off; . into 70 cents a pound, according to but she would soon alter that. 1 "What a to-do about nothing!" she' grade. Though Italy is a heavy pro - "Quite tragic!" she said, in her us -;said. "I needed some ready cash to ducer of wines, a table wine that once nal airy manner. "You mustn't take " sold at six cents a quart now sells for him i seriously, Steven. He's always pay a „• '� bearish while waiting for the gong, You' 14 cents and is inferior to the old There it is now! He'll be perfectly "The mystified man jumped up six -cent grade. Beer is sold at 14 from his chair as if he had found a cents a quart, milk at 10 cents. Good The squire happy presently." bent pin. puffed out his' cheeks at " This was too much. First Betty butter is 55 cents a pound. Coal that before Cie war sold at the flippancy. I had led him to think that she had tak- $10 per ton now sells at $50 and the "Come on, Steven, she went on, en the missing money. Then Bob had slipping her hand through his arm. y gone a step further and insinuated "For once you shall take me in in i that he had "borrowed" it to pay a style." ; small debt to Betty. "One moment!" Her father threw! And now his wife- came forward dustrial uses this winter. out a clenched fist. "Collier will not! calmly, and suggested that she was line; I don't choose to sit down with .the culprit. It was beyond him. a thief!" rAt last he regained sufficient self - "Thief!" Betty swung round and! control to splutter: faced hint with flashing eyes. "Are I ""You, Maria — you took this you quite mad, father, or can't You imoney ?" ' see that this gentleman is Steven Col- I "The drawer was opportunely not Her?" flocked," returned the lady cheerfully. The storm burst at that. In a few' The gaze of the squire travelled Great Britain in the sense that they drunkenness, which was 1,301 m 1914,' other European countries a strict line sentences she had the facts. from one smiling face to another, un- were ever ceded by treaty or acquired had fallen to 1,077 during the first , is drawn between spirits on'the one "I've given hint the chance to ex- til it finally rested on that of Steven: by conquest. They were simply trans- half of 1915,, and to 603 during the ' hand and beer and wine on the other, plain," raged the irate autocrat. "Ask { "I owe you an apology," he jerked felted by Denmark to Scotland in first eight weeks. of 1916. For the ! no limit whatever being placed on the him; perhaps he will answer you!" ' out savagely. "But, hang it, sir, you 1468, in pledge for the payment of the whole -of England and Ireland thea amount of the latter to be bought at Wide-eyed, the gal gazed from the i will admit the circumstantial evi- dowry of the Princess of Dennmark, average of 2,034 for 1914 had fallen ! any time. Scotch whiskey, although coin in her hand to the set, white face ; dence---" who was married to James III., King to 940 by March, 1916. In Scotland. of her companion. i "Say no niore, sir, I beg," said of Scotland. In the deed, of transfer, the average of 1,434 for 1915 had be - "You think—you think that Steven! Steven. - which is still' in existence, it is spe- , come 794 by the same date..., woul- take Ohy it's _.. _ shall something you don't .. mentioned t,--- Denmark ellen _ But the board does not where from 30 to 45 cents, but Swe- she cried. i come to dinner," laughed the squires have the right to redeem them,et any than a relative significance to such den and her sister States of the north "The coin was with the rest. It was lady. "Steven, your mane, . future time by paying the original , figures, realizing that they are merely `are exceedinglyprosperous just now. presented by him." { * * * * amount of the,dovary with interest. to indicative of'a tendency, rather than The Swedish Government does not `"Infatiiot sl" . she repeated. `"Tell , "I believe you wished alittle—er— date. I conclusive as to the efficacy of thefeel 'it is called upon to look after the him so, Steven." • , chat?" observed the squire ah hour There is no likelihood, however, that various phases of control that have welfare of foreigners so far as drink Her hand; went out again to rest later. Denmark will ever attempt her right been applied" more or less tentatively, is concerned.. I] on theproduction h ash from • redemption, dbecause sixt thousandPrcn. of on the young man's arm. He made Graceless Bob flicked the of Y and always first and foremost for spe- a foreign passport the visitor cang et any amount of spirit' he desires, bot- tled 'or otherwise. price may go higher as winter comes. Last winter it was $30 to $40 . per ton. Italy hopes to import 750,000 tons from the United States for in - THE ORKNEYS IN PAWN. spirits in bottles is under . Govern - Were Transferred by De ark to As to the general result of all the ment regulation. Each adult -wishing Scotland in 1468. above methods of control the board to buy spirits must provide himself has called attention to the following with a book. In this all purchases middle of the afternoon on other days. This last applies only to saloons; "liquor stores" may sell for "off" con- sumption in accordance with rules 1 and 2, 4. Absolute prohibition of treat- ing; this is enforced even in the bona fide clubs. by the raiders are often only surmise, LIQUOR TRAFFIC CUT DOWN. Scandinavian Countries Restricting Sale of Intoxicants. In company with the nations at war 5. Extension of all the above melts - the neutral states of Scandinavia ures to clubs generally, in order to have made some effort recently to re- make impossible evasion of the law ( strict the liquor traffic. It may be by the mushroom variety of such °added, however, that the regulations institutions. so far in effect cannot be classed as 6. Forbidding the sale of spirits, in any sense oppressive. less than 25 per cent. under proof' The greatest restriction enforced is and allowing the dealer to dilute in Norway, where spirits • may be to 50 per cent. under if he wishes. 1 bought only on Tuesdays, Wednes- •Temperance Restaurants. days, Thursdays and Fridays, and then only within specified hours, The board has established a large which vary slightly in different see - number of temperance restaurants tions of the country. Beer, ales and convenient for munition workers, light wines, including champagne, and bas encouraged the saloons in may be bought at almost any time. establishing facilities for the sale of,The consumption of the latter has eatables and non-alcoholic beverages, materially increased since Norway's by allowing them to sell these during' war time prosperity set in. the hours prohibited for strong ; In Denmark the effort to restrict drink. But it is by pushing the drinking has not progressed very far. establishment of canteens in the fae- � It has been decreed, however, that in tories themselves that the board ' rural communities all drinking places has done most to establish the habit I must close at 11 p.m., while in Copen- of rational refreshment among the working classes. The board is empowered to ac- quire either temporary or permanent possession of any saloon in the area under its control, and it has been deemed advisable to do this in the case of about fifty. Compensation is usually arrived at by amicable agree- no liquors can be sold except with ment with the licensee. This system food. In Gothenburg and other com- hagen the closing hour has been placed at 1 a.m. In Sweden there is quite a strict control over bottled spirits, with more or less complicated regulations as to restaurants and cafes, the saloon in the American sense being unknown. Between the hours of 12 and 3 p.m. has been found less efficacious than the establishment of industrial can- teens. Drunkenness on Decrease. munities the drink cannot exceed a certain percentage of the price spent for food. The sale of whiskey, gin and other The Orkney Islands, says Pearson's figures. In London and vicinity the are entered and no one is allowed Magazine, do not really belong to daily . average of convictions for more than one quart a week. As in expensive, is coming into greater pop- ularity every day among the drinking classes. A Scotch and soda costs any - no move. For some seconds she re- his cigar and lifted himself. florins, the original amount of the cific and immediate war purposes. As mained staring at his unsmiling face; ' "Leave you to it," he said: dowry, plus compound interest ' for to what has been accomplished in this then, with a little forced` laugh, she "Mother, you're a real brick!" he 448 years, would amount to perhaps .a particular direction the testimony of turned to lier father. ' jerked out, as he strode into the draw- ; million pounds, and that is a bit more the Admiralty, the Army, the Council, Her quick wits had divined that, if ing-room..: ; than the islands are worth. the Board of Trade, the commission.- Steven otnmission-Steven could riot ex,.'1"in, there was "Why ,lid you do xL . ?" she ,asked,' •1'- ers of police in 'various districts tomologlet, of St. John, suggests a good reason for his „r:, ce. • with a tenderly reproachful look. We haven't much use for misers, throughout the country, and of the now work for Boy Scouts -that of re- " "'Positively r • ' far better to freeze nmoving caterpillars I cannot allow' Steven's loyalty to ,. osatat�ely had to have some... oof but at is o to medical profession and manu£acturers v g infesting the'or- put him in a false position," ;,1a,; said. to -day," he stated. "Promised to your money* than burn it. generally—in fact, all those in close namental trees. Mr. Wm. McIntosh, Provincial En - wonder whether he has pat lost his bearings and decides to consult his compass. He is saved the trouble, however, by a Verey light, rocketing some distance down the line, which shows the faint outline of a trench about fifty yards ahead. Not a sound comes from the trench, and the fleeting glimpse which the flicker of a far -away flare gives him shows no movement either. If only he can get through the wire unseen he believes he can Brawl unheardup to the parapet. "Halts Hands Up!" Desperate though the undertaking is, he grips his revolver and crawls to the wire. With difficulty ho wriggles under the outer strands and creeps forward inch by inch, With every movement forward his hopes rise higher. Then his quick ear de- tects a movement in the trench, fol- lowed immediately by a gruff chal- lenge. "Halt! Hands upl" The wire prevents him lifting his arms, but, able to use his tongue, he pronounces a certainword—as only a Britoncan—with such extraordin- ary gusto that it probably saves his life. With natural exasperation he forces his way through the remaining wire and enters his own trench. "One should always—er—ereep un- der one's own wire when—er—re- turning from a patrol," he remarks naively to his men. "It's—er—good practice." BRITAIN BUILDS NEW SHIPS. Unusual activity to Meet the "After War" Competition. The shipping trade of Great Britain, while suffering considerable losses from German submarines, is never- theless quietly strengthening itself by means of various financial amalgama- tions of interests to meet the "after war" competition, and by means of fresh tonnage construction, despite the huge increase in cost of material and labor. The investing public also is showing its belief in the future of British shipping by absorbing all sorts of shipping shares privately and on the• stock exchanges. The recent move by the Admiralty in giving certain shipbuilding firms freedom to proceed with construction of mercantile vessels has led to : or- ders being freely placed in practically all the yards of Great Britain, most of which now have work on'hand for the next two years. Overhaul and re- pair work is particularly brisk on the Clyde, the Tyne and in certain South • Wales yard ; several new vessels are •completing and fitting out which were ordered as far back as early in 1914, while several large oil tankers have recently been put in hand. The new shipbuilding project at Chepstowe for constructing standard- ized vessels is well under way, and the yards are expected to be com- menced in the near future. Engin- eering firms have also been .attracted to the district, which is experiencing' a sharp rise in land values. e. Not Many Checks in France. In France the checking. • system so well known in this country is 'hardly used at all. Practically all transac- tions are settled by pass'i'ng Bank notes from hand to hand•. N'ov the Banque die France is urging a more general use of checks: Trouble is never particul ar about hitting below the belt.