HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1919-8-28, Page 6BRIFISli FORCES WAR .E()3
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Empire's War Effort Brought
7,130,280 From :Mother
Ccuitr,y and Colonies.
A despatch from Lotalen eeyea--
The repot: the War Ca!eiret foe.
191S summer...7.es :AS jakMil the Em-
pire's war effort:
The strength of the Nov.' re army
reserve and territerint kso" .s1 0.11 ttl:
foerth ef August, 1914, wae Tae.eeel
Britain has s'nze re.eeeitea 4.k.a.`a.ne
re,en. With other enlisemeehe in tile
United Korn ami Cana.: . the tetal
wilteenleezenents in the ;vele Ern-
piro were 7,130,2,Y.1). The iiter ee:
enlistments for races rae chr thee
white, ine:uding over 1,250,000 from
India, were 1,524,1$7, giving' a grami
total for all razes of the Empire cf
8X54,407.
In addition to these, Chinese and
other labor units were raised for
service Solorai, Egypt and 11leso-e
pc‘tarx!a.
CMADLNHAY
WANTED BY BRITAINi,
old Country Can Absorb All
Dominion fins For Export.
A despatch from London say —A
grave shortage of the British hay,
crop has resulted in many urgent en-
quiree being placed with Canadianf
tre le representatives here for ettp-
plies of Canadian hay. If Canada has:
any hay for export she can sell ok
of it over here.
The Governraeut spokesman stated
in Parliament that the authorities!
were watching. the hay situation care-
fully, and that if prices rose to an.
unroaeenuble level they would con-;
eider the advieehility of fixing maxi-
mum priees. The Government would,
net. however. eontrol the distribeatoni
ef the ye.„.r's hay erap.
AN TROOPS
L 4 MEXICANS
Surrounded the Bandits in a
Blockhouse in the
Mountains.
A deepatch from Marfa, Tex.,
ears:- -Four Mexican bandits were
kiled hy American troops in Mexico
Thereday. Captain Leonard Matlock,
'who- arrived here by airplane reported.
They were surrounded in a block-
hettee that the Mexicans had con-
strueted in a mountain pass. The
ban,iite fought (ksperately when they
tend they were teapped, and two
teFea:e.el. When the American troops
approaehed the bleekhoeee with the
timentien of .e.earehng ..t the Mexi-
can:: opere.d fire from portheles.
WIIITMORE'S ESTIMAT
OFWESTERN. ('flops
Forecasts 88,000,000 Bushels ef
Wheat For Sask., in Man.,
21. in Alta.
• A despatch from Reerina, Sask.,
say.:—A. E. Whitmore of Regina, a
close student of crep conditions for
many years, made a forecast that
Saekatchewan will have S8.890,000
bushels cf wheat this year.
The Manitoaa. -crop he places at
.43).1e5,e09 and the Alberta erop at
21,e51,000.
The yield in Saskatchewan, het
'estimates at ten bushels; for Mani-
toba fifteen, and for Alberta six. He
has issued forecasts of the same
nature for a number of years, and
they have been remarkaiely accurate.
Last year, for instance, he estimated
20,000,000 bushels higher than others
made at the same thne, and was with-,
in 3,000,000 of the final Government
report.
FRENCII AIRPLANE GOLIATH
IS GIVEN UP AS LOST
A despatch from Paris says:—The
French airplane Goliath, which has
not been seen since it left Mogador,
Morocco, for Dakar last week, gener-
ally was given up as Lost ,in aviation
circles. The Farman Company, build -
era of the airplane which carried
'eight passengers, was still without
news of the machine.
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GREAT BRITAIN'S HIGH PLACE I N Ti-. ALLIED ROLL OF HONOR: THE TESTIMONY OF FIGURES.
The figures elven above (taken from an article in the June riumber of "The
Round Table" I may be left to speak for themselves. Those who study them
carefully will see that this country holds a splendid record of militaxy ef-
fort during the war. Discussing the limitations of statistical testimony,
the writer says: "It is impossible, for instance, to measure the extent to
which the military effort of the United Kingdom was handicapped by the
necessity of snaking munitions for the .Allies, assisting their finances, main-
taining the command of the sea, and keeping up the oversea carrying trade
against the terrible toll exacted by the submarine. It is equally impos-
sible to assess the magnificent moral effort by which France held four-
fifths of the Western Front until our new armies came to her aid, or that
which enabled Belgium to rise superior to the first annihilating shack of
the waves of the German advance. More imponderable even than these
is the force of instinct and of vision which tent the splendid Dominion con-
tingents across thousands of leagues of sea." The total of 5,704,416 United
Kingdom enlistineuts excludes the Navy, Merchant Service, and auxiliary
home services. --(Copyrighted in U.S.A. and Canada).
OVER 1.1.0.) DiyORCES i
i their wives have been unfaithful. The
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THE FIRST FOUNTAIN PEN.
SOUGHT iN MANITOBA cost ofobtaining a divorce is from necessarily expensive. In 1848 Mal-
e ' lat substituted iridium as a point for
Invention of a Frenchman is Still in his pens, At the same time he pro -
Use in Paris. vided a reservoir for the ink, This
The Majority of Applica.r.ts Are I
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Returned Soldiers. LliVED FOR TWO HOURS
AFTER BLOWING OUT BRAINS
A despatch from Winnipeg rays: 2-h
An announcement made at the law] A despatch from South Porcupine
courts Thursday states that there are says:—Charles Morton Penny, who
more than eleven hundred divorce ap- lived with his wife and family on a
Plications filed for hearing when the farm near Golden City, was found in
Court of King's Bench opens for the a dying condition in bed having shot
fall sittings, September 15. Six himself through the head, blowing out
judges will be occupied hearing the his brains. He died two hours after
cases. In the majority of eases,the being discovered. Penny was an Eng-.
divorce applications are being
made lishrnan. He has been despondent
by soldiers, who have returned to find lately.
$200 up, according to lawyers.
MR Ji<4t. CALLED r eoue,
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A foentain pen made in 1864 is still
in use in Paris. It was .patentecl that idea of storing ink. in the handle.
IVIallat's fountain pen differs oy
same year by Jean Benoit Mallet, an slightly from our modern ones. It WEIS
engineee. and the firm that still ea,rself-filline„ but the flow of ink was re -
ries on the business founded by him gelated by a little turn -screw on the
asserts that this was the first foun- side. This, howaver, was soon given
twin pen ever made. • I% as it became clogged.
Mallet was the inventor of the. gold est would be interesting to know
pen with the ruby point, perhaps the what was the date of the earliest
easiest writing and most durable nib patent on a fountain pen in America
ever put on the market. But it is or England.
was the germ from which grew the
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Tidings From scotiand
Sir Lees Knowles, brother-in-la.w of
Lord Strathspey, has received the
Territorial Decoratiou.
Bergh G. S. Adams, Seaforths,
awarded the Distinguished Conduct
Medal, is a native of Brofa.
One of Glasgow's hest known ship.
owners passed away recently in the
person of William Robertson,
Baron Bailie J. A. Poison, Bonet
Bridge, has given £50 to the local
Fallen Heroes' Memorial Fund,
The Order of the British Empire
has been conferred on Provost D. S.
Shaw, Fort William, Inverness,
The Croix de Guerre has been
awarded to Sergi.. Charles Raffan,
D.C.M., of the Rh Gordon Highlanders.
The Regent Place U. F. Church,
Craigpark, 1)ennistpun, recently held
their centenary celebration services.
The experiment of carrying parcels
by special tram cars in Glasgow has
failed, owing to lack of public sup.
port.
Mr. Macpherson, who has been fiP'
painted Chief Inspector of Scotland
Yard, is a native of Duinan Bridge,
Morayshire.
A. Mackie, M.A., master of =the.
Matics and science at 'rain Academy,
has been aPpointed rector of that in.
stitution.
The death is announced at Dingwall
of; John Munro, who conducted a bake
business at Dingwall for nearly fifty
years.
A tablet has been erected in the
West End School, Elgin, in memory
of the 117 old scholars who were.
killed in the war.
Lord Lovat has arranged to sell his
estates at Stronolairg. Corriegarth,
Glendoe and Killin, coinprising 50,650
acres.
The Prenth Government has award,
ed the Croix de Guerra with palms to
Sergt. R. Valentine, Seaforths, Los- "
slemouth,
Mae A. R. Munro, awarded the Ter-
ritorial Decoration, is a brother of the
Rt. Hon. Robert Munro, Secretary for
Scotland,
Sergt. Robert Logic, Scottish Rifles,
a ho has been awarded the D.C.M., is
a son of the late Jamea Logie, Port
Gordon.
The death took place recently at the
Preston Royal Infirmary of Nurse
Jeannie Gibson, daughter of the late
Bailie Gibson, Elgin.
The Croix de Chevalier has been
conferred on Capt. J. D. Laurie, D.S.O.,
nephew.of Sir Claude V. E. Laurie,
formerly of Fairburn.
Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie has under
, consideration the extension of her
, Seaforth tweed industry for the bene-
flt of disabled soldiers end sailors.
I The death took place recently at
, Ramey Gardens, Edinburgh, of .Mex.
Mackenzie, M.A., for many years
head master of Larchfleld, Helens -
burgh,
SUFFICIENT PUNISHMENT.
Amusing Story Told by Britisher in
Occupled Germany.
Under British adminls.tration in oc.
cupied Germany a great deal of re,
spoesibility falls on the burgomaster,
When his authority breaks down or
when there are breaches of the reps
lotions, a military court tries the
cases and imposes lines of various
amounts. There are a good many
cases of theft and of food smuggling.
One amusing case of theft in which
the punishment fitted the crime came
under any notice, says Bishop Prod
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sham in the Cornhill Magazine. A
sapper complained to his commanding
officer that a parcel of his that had
lately arrived from England had been
opened, and that some cakes and a
bottle of sugar-coated cascara pills
had been removed.
The owner of the billet, a stout
baker, was promptly interrogated. He
denied with tears all knowledge ol
the theft. His wife, also in tears, at
Brined her innocence. The five chil-
dren howled out their innocence of all
matter connected with the parcel.
(Then some' one remembered that a
tow -headed small boy, a neighbor's
sone had beau in the house. When
they asked him if he kilo* anything
about the matter, lie acknowledged
that he had eaten the cakes, big a.nd
little. Did he know anything about
the medicine? No, lie had seen. no
medicine, but a little bottle of confec-
tions he had seen and also eaten. Had
he eaten all? Yes, he had all con, '
sumed—and he was not feeling well!
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