HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1915-10-28, Page 2KING CALLS UPON HIS PEOFLI
TO COME FORWARD FOR BRITAIN
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?Royal` Manifesto Asks for More and Yet More Nen
to Volunteer to. Secure Victory for Empire
A despatch from London says:
King George has issued an appeal to
his subjects to come forward volu;n
tarily and aid Great Britain in her
alight against the Germanic 'allies. The
message follows:
"To ray people: At this grave mo-
ment in the struggle between my peo-
ple and a highly organized enemy,
who has transgressed the laws of na-
tions and changed the ordinance that
binds civilized Europe together, I ap-
peal to you.
"I rejoice in my Empire's effort,
fortstlhe-ss fffrsea zfiro shrdludluu
and I feel pride in the voluntary re-
sponse from my subjects all over the
World who have sacrificed home and
fortune and life .itself inorder that
another may not inherit the free Em-
pire which their ancestors and mine
have built. I ask you to make good
these sacrifices.
"The end is not in sight. More men,
and yet more, are wanted to keep my
armies in the field, and through them
to secure victory and an enduring
peace. In ancient days the darkest
moment has ever produced in men of
our 'race the sternest resolve. I ask
you, men of. all classes, to come for-
ward. voluntarily and take your share
in these fights.
"In freely responding to my appeal
you will be giving your support to
our brothers who for long months
have nobly upheld Great Britain's
past traditions and the glory of her
awns."
THOUSANDS ARE STARVING
IN LEADING GERMAN CITES
Riots of Daily Occurrence as a Result of Shortage
and Ever -Increasing Price of Food Products
A despatch from New York says:
In spite of the official assurance of
the German Government that it is
able to cope with all problems grow-
ing out of a shortage of food supplies,
neutral travellers returning from
Germany is most serious, and that
while the raiser's armies are fighting
the leading powers of Europe, the
Germans 'at home are experiencing
very bitter suffering as a result of
the ever-increasing price of food pro-.
ducts. The shortage in necessary
articles of diet is acutely felt, accor-
ding to these travellers, throughout
the empire, and riots of grave pro-
portions are occurring in the leading
cities.
These statements are borne out by
the German newspapers, which have
been permitted to publish accounts of
the scenes in the markets.
The food shortage is not confined to
Berlin. According to the Tageblatt,.
the commissariat arrangements to
supply the German troops at Galli-
poli have broken down hopelessly.
SCORES PERISHED
IN FACTORY WRECK
Accidental Dropping of a Grenade
Caused Great Explosion in
Paris.
A despatch from Paris says: Fifty-
two persons are reported to have been
killed in an explosion in a factory in
the Rue De Tolbiac, while one hun-
dred or more were injured.
Many of the victims were women
workers in the factory which was
wrecked, as were buildings in the
vicinity.
President Poincare and Minister of
the Interior Malvy, who were imme-
diately informed of the disaster, visit-
ed the scene and gave directions to
the rescuing forces.
An auto truck was being loaded
when workmen accidentally dropped
zone grenade, causing an explosion,
which was followed by two others in
quick succession.
The explosion destroyed not only
the main factory and other buildings
connected with it, but everything
within a radius of 100 yards, and
damaged buildings 500 yards distant.
The explosion was followed by fire,
but the flames were soon extinguish-
ed.
Of the 41 bodies recovered 31 are
those of women. Forty injured per-
sons were treated at the emergency
hospital which was quickly installed
at the scene. Twenty others were
removed to another hospital. It was
said that the injured would exceed
100 in number.
A report that the explosion was the
result of the work of spies was abso-
lutely denied.
WILL LICENSE WOMEN
AS 'BUS CONDUCTORS
A despatch from London says: In
order to release men of military age.
in London it was announced at the
Pollee' Department that hereafter
licenses would be issued to women to
work as omnibus and street car con-
ductors.
FRENCH ARTILLERY PREVENTS
ASSES TENEMY
LING OF � HE
Germans Planned an Attack in Force in Belgium
But Were Stopped by Allied Guns
A despatch from Paris says; The
"Germans attempted an attack against
the French lines east and south-west
of Givenchy,, but were repulsed. An-
other attempt was made by them with
no more success in the valley of the
Sotiehez stream. Friday they pre-
pared for an onslaught in the envi-
rons of Lombaertzyde, Belgium, with
the usual preliminary artillery fire.
On this occasion the Freneh artillery
dispersed the enemy before he had
completed the assembling of his
troops for the attack.
In a protracted artillery duel in
Champagne the French guns succeed-
ed in silencing a very violent cannon-
ade directed against the French lines
in the vicinity of Tahure, Massiges,
La Harazee and Le Four de Paris.
Efficient work of the French guns
also is noted in repressing German
artillery attacks' to the east of the
Butte de 112esnil and in the vicinity
of Ville sur-Tourbe.
The German aviation grounds at
Ounal, between the Argonne and the
Meuse, have been, bombarded by a
French aeroplane squadron.
BLANKETED THE FRENCH LINES
WITH THEIR
SUFFOCATING GASES
But Enemy Was Driven, With Frightful Losses,
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A despatch from Paris says;: The
German infantry attack on the
French lines between the Butte -de-
Tir and Prunay, east of Rheims, for
which preparation was made with a
very violent bombardment, was made
Friday. Suffocating gases were used
in great quantities, so that they fairly
blanketed the French lines. Three at-
tacks of remarkable violence were
made by the enemy, but ail were com-
pletely stopped in ,front of the barbed
wire entanglements protecting the
:French trenches by the French artil-
lery and machine guns.
The front attacked has a length of
roughly five miles and was the scene
of a previous failure of the Germans
in their attempt to cut through the
;new French lines in Champagne. The
artillery preparations were unusually
thorough and the gas blanket was ex-
ceptionally dense, but the French
guns and machine guns concentrated
their fire on the advancing Germans
so effectively that one after another
each of the attacks spent itself before
wire cutting eould be carried out, and
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THE WEEK'S HAPPENINGS IN THE WAR AREAS.
The above map shows the war developments of the past week. Determined German attacks against the
French lines near Rheims have been sorry and' costly failures. Elsewhere on the Western front there has
been little activity. It is reported that the Italian armies have begun a general advance with a view to
relieving the pressure against the Serbians by drawing Austrian troops to the Italian front. The Serbs are
heroically contesting every foot of territory against the Austro -German advance. The Bulgarians have met
with some success, and the Serbian army appears to be practically 'cut off from reinforcements and supplies.
The French expeditionary force in the Balkans is operating against the Bulgarian armies. The British have.
effected a landing at Enos and may invade Bulgaria from this point. Cyprus has been offered to Greece
as an inducement to join the Entente Allies, and pressure is otherwise being brought to bear, as` it is hazar-
dous for the Allies expeditionary forces to run the risk of being cut off from their base at Saloniki by a
possible enemy, Greece must declare herself. The Germans are close to Riga, the Russian Baltic port, but
this gain is offset by Russian successes at several .points on the Eastern front, notably in the centre of the
line.
The Leading Markets THIRTY GERMAN STEAMERS SUNK
BY BRITISH IN THE BALTIC
Breadstuffs.
Totonto, Oct. 26. -Manitoba wheat
-New crop -No. 1 Northern, $1.091/2.;
No. 2 Northern, $1.074, on track lake
ports, immediate shipment.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 52c, all
rail, delivered Ontario points.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, 72e,
on track lake ports.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 72c,
on track Toronto.
Ontario oats -New crop -No. 2
white, 39 to 40c; No. 3 white, 37 to
39e; commercial oats, 35 to 37c,. ac-
cording to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, 93 to 95e; wheat slightly
tough, 87 to 91c; sprouted or smutty,
70 to 85c, according to samples and
freights outside.
Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots,
$1.60 to $1.80, according to freights
outside.
Barley -Good malting barley, 53 to
56e; feed barley, 40 to 48e, according
to freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 78c,
according to freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial rye, 80c;
No. 2, nominal 87c; tough rye, 70 to
75c, ,according to samples and freights
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in
jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in
jute bags, $5.05, Toronto.
Ontario flour -New, Winter, $3.60
to $4, according to sample, seaboard
or Toronto freights in bags, for
prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots -delivered Mont-
real freights. Bran, $22 per ton;
shorts, $24 per ton; middlings, $25
per ton; good feed flour, $1.50 per
bag.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 28c; in-
ferior, 22 to 23e;. creamery prints, 32
to 33c; do., solids, 30 to 3124.
Eggs -Storage, 30 to 31c per doz-
en; selects, 32 to 33c; new -laid, 36 to
37c, case lots.
Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10
to 1114; do., retail, 124 to 15c;
combs (wholesale), per dozen, No. 1,
$2.40; No. 2, 11.50 to $2.
Poultry -Chickens, 15 to 17c; fowls,
13 to 14c; ducklings, 15 to 17c; geese,
16 to 18c; turkeys, 20 to 22c.
Cheese -Large, 16c; twins, 1614.
Potatoes -The market is strong,
with car lots quoted at $1.10 to
$1.15 per bag, on track.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear, 14 to 14%c per
lb. in case lots. hams -Medium, 184
to 19c; do,, heavy, 144 to 15c; rolls,
15 to 154c; breakfast bacon 20 to
23c; 'backs, plain, 23 to 24c; Toneless
backs, 25 to 25%c.
Lard -The market is easier; pure
lard, tubs, 121/4 to 13e; do., pails, 14
to 141/4e; compound, tubs, 11c; do.,
pails, 1114.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, Oct. 26. -Oats -No. 2
local white, 470; No. 3 local white;
46c; No. 4 local white, 45c. Barley--
Malting,
arley-halting, 66% to 67c. Flour -Mani-
toba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
, 5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers',
5 5 Winterpatents, .7.intehotce .'5.60•,
c
straight rollers, .$4,9.0 to $5; do., bags,
$2.30 to $2,40. Rolled oats -131)1s.,
$5,15 to. $5.20; do., hags, 90 lbs.,
$2,45 to $2.50. Bran, $22. Shorts,
25. Middlings, $80 to $31, Mouillie,
30 to $83. Hay-No;'2,.per> ton, $17
tc . $7.8. Cheese -Finest westerns,
158/d, to 16e; finest easterns, 15 to
16%e. Butter -Choicest creamery,
323 to 33e' seconds, 82 to 321%e,
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fres
l s �S 40e' selected,
gg , r 32c; No.
1 stock, 284 No. 2 stock, 25c. Pota-
toes -Per bag," car lots:, 95e to .1.10,
Dressed hogs --Abattoir kr
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le
d $1.3,T6'5
Submarine Campaign is Evidently on a Very Ex-
tensive Scale -German hypocrisy.
A despatch from London says: The
daily report shows that the submarine
campaign undertaken' by the British
navy in the Baltic is on a very exten-
sive scale, although complete details
are lacking owing to the fact that the
submarines are acting under the or;
ders of the Russian Admiralty.
The sole facts published here are
from Petrograd. It is known that
over 30 German ships have been at-
tacked by British submarines since
the operations began and the number
is increasing daily. The work, which
is being carried out by only a few
submarines, has had remarkable re-
sults, comparing favorably, according
to naval experts, with the work of
the entire German flotilla in the same
space of time.
The campaign is : causing intense
anger in Germany. A peculiar fea-
ture of the outburst in the press is
the complaint that it is a violation of
rules of international law.
short mess, bbls:, 35 to 45 pieces, $28
to $28.50; Canada short-cut back,
bbls., 45 to 55 piece's, $27 to $27.50.
Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs.,
1014.c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c;
pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12 to 124c;
pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13 to
134c.
ing from $3 to $4.25 per cwt. Lambs;
Ontario stock, sold at $8 to $8.25 and
Quebec at $7.50 to $7.75, while sheep,
brought from $4.25 to $5.25 per cwt.
Milk -fed stock, 8 to 9c and grass-fed,
4 to '7c per lb. Hogs, selected Iots,
$9.25 to $9.75 per cwt. weighed off
cars.
United States Markets. RUSSIANS GAIN'
Minneapolis, Oct. 26. -Wheat --Na.
1 hard, $1.04%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.00% to $1.03%; No. 2 Northern,
97% to $1.00%; December, 97e; May,
$1.011/4: Corn -No. 3 yellow, 69 to
70c. Oats -No. 3 white, 334 to 34c.
Flour declined; fancy patents, $6.45;
first clears, $4.85; second, clears, $3.
Bran $19.
r .iluth, Oct. ' 26. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, $1.034; No. 1 Northern,
$1.024; No. 2 Northern, 9814; Mon-
tana, No. 2 hard, 994c; December,
c; May, $1.014. Linseed -
Cash,
$1.883/4 to $1.8914; December,
$1.824; May, $1.8714.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Oct.. 26.-Best"
6: Best. heavy
steers,
$8.20 to $8.60; good heavy
steers,
$ $8.15; butchers' cattle,
choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good,
$7.10 to $7.50; dd.,.medium, $6,50 to
$7; do., common, $5 to $5.40; butch-
ers' bulls, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do.,
good bulls, $5.75 to $6; do., rough
bulls, $4.75 to $5.25;; butchers' cows,
choice, $6.45 to $6.75 do., good, $6
to $6.25; do., medium, $5.25 to $5.75;
do., common, $4.50 to $5; feeders,
good, $6.50 to $6,75 stockers, 700 to
900 lbs., $6.25 to $6.50; canners and
cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, choice,
each, $65 to $100; do., common and
medium, each, $35 to $50; springers,
$50 to $95; light ewes, $5.25 to $6.50;
sheep, heavy, $4.25 to $4.75; doe,
bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs,
$7 to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $8.60
to. $8.90; calves, medium . to choice,
$7.25 to $10.75; hogs, off ears, $9.65
to $9.90; do., fed and watered, $9.50;
do., f.o.b., $9.15.
Montreal, Oct. 26. -Sales of choice
steers were made at $7.25 to $7.50,
good at '$6.75 to $7, and the lower
grades from that down to $4,50 to
$5, while butchers' cows brought from
$4.50 to $6.50, and bulls from $4.50
to $6.25, per cwt. The trade in Can-
fling stook was active at prices rang -
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NEW SUCCESSES
They Deliver Fierce Strokes on Ger-
, Centre and in
Galicia.
A despatch from London says: The
Russian, s, taking.advantage of the .re-
moval of Gentian troops from other
pointson the front to reinforce Field
Marshal von Hindenburgfor his drive
at Riga, which seems ` to have been
checked, have been deliveringsome
fierce strokes at the German centre
on the Styr and in Galicia. In all
these they have had at • least initial
successes. •
The latest offensive by the Russians
was assumed north of Tarnopol,
where the carrying of'A:ustro-German
positions gave the Russian soldiers
nearly 8,000 prisoners, twe howitzers,
and a number of machine guns. These
prisoners, added to those taken near
Baranovichi the day before, make a
total of over 14,000 Austrians and
Germans captured in two days.
PROTEST FROM SWISS .
IS LODGED IN BERLIN
A'despatch from Berne says: The
Swiss Government has instructed its
Embassy at Berlin to lodge an ener-
getic protest against the new viola-
tion of 'Swiss territory by German
aviators. The protest is occasioned
by the act of an aviator in dropping
eight bombs over Chat= de Wends,
causing the injury of four persons
and considerable damage to property.
Switzerland demands compensation
and the punishment of the aviator,
Alzes Plae� �m
� Limit on Gree
Ce
A despatch from ttdrne says: The
,Entente allies are threatening to take
reprisals against GreeceUnless foo
r-
mal
assurances are riveby Greece
r:ee e
given
before the expiration of a short time
limit that she will not intervene in
favor ofAustro-Hungary, s i -
Hungary, Getrnairy
and Turkey in any case, If these as-
surances are th..
satisfactory, en
y
Greece, and Roumania as well, are to
be allowed to choose their own time
foe intervention.
SHOT TO DEATH
AS ENVOYS PLED
Execution of English Nurse at Brus-
sels Causes Worldwide
Horror,
A despatch from London says; The
world will road with indignation and
horror the details of the putting to
death by the Germans of Miss Edith
Cavell, an English woman and head
of a training school in Brussels, for
helping English, French and Belgian
soldiers to escape from Belgium, The
full report of the cireunistances of the
condemnation and execution made by
Brand Whitlock, the American Minis-
ter at Brussels, to Walter H. Page,
the American Ambassador at Lon-
don, has been issued by the British
Government, and tells of the greatest
fight for a woman's life that was ever
fought, and of unavailing efforts of
nobles and neutrals to combat the cal-
lous secret cunning of the Germans.
There are 17 documents in the cor-
respondence, covering in all 320 type-
written pages.
Pled With Governor.
How the secretary of the American
Legation, Hugh S. Gibson, sought out
the German. Governor, von der Lanck-
en, late at night before the execution,
and, with the Spanish Minister, plead-
ed with the Governor and the Ger-
man officer5'for the English woman's
life, is graphically related in a mem-
orandum from Mr. Gibson, This doe.
ument makes reference to an appar-
ent lack of good faith on the part of
the German authorities in failing to
keep their promises to inform the
American Minister fullyof the trial
and sentence.
Minister Whitlock telegraphed to
Ambassador Page on the 12th: "Miss
Cavell sentenced yesterday and exe-
cuted at 2 o'clock this morning, de-
spite our best efforts, continued until
the last moment"
Kept Facts Back.
Secretary Gibson's report says that
Conrad, an officialof the German
civil branch, gave positive assurances.
on the llth that the American Lega-
tion would be fully informed of the
developments- in the case, and con-
tinues.
"Despite these assurances, we made
repeated enquiries in the course of
the day, the last one being at 6.20
p.m. Mr. Conrad then 'stated that
sentence had not been pronounced,
and specifically'rnewed his previous
assurances that he would not fail to
inform us as soon as there was any
news.
"At 8,30 it was learned from an
outside source that sentence had been
passed in the course of the afternoon,
before the last conversation with Mr.
Conrad, and that execution would
take place during the night."
AT THE MERCY
OF.
ALLIED FLEET
Bulgaria's Naval Weakness on the
Sea . Makes Her an Easy
Prey.
A despatch from London says: Of
peculiar interest at present is the
' following article by the naval corres-
pondent of the London Times:-
The news from Paris of prepara-
tions for an immediate landing ' of
Franco -British troops in Macedonia,
and from Salonica that Russian naval
forces have already appeared off Var-
ina, should be a' convincing indication
to Bulgaria that the killed powers are
prepared to, follow up the warning
'from Petrograd by prompt naval and
military action. The first phase of
any such action is bound to be, naval
4n its character, and will afford a fur
ther demonstration of the value of sea
power. The geographical position of
Bulgaria makes her particularly vul-
nerable to., attack from oversea.
Moreover, the water communica-
tions to her coasts, both in the Aegean
and the Black Sea, areat the present
time, and will he, whatever happens,
controlled by the fleets of the allies.
However formidable she may prove
from a military point of view her
naval force is practieaIly negligible,
and would be quite unable to prevent
a landing on her shores. •
The only' harbor of importance
which Bulgaria possesses in Mace-
donia is Dedeaghatch, which has been
several times visited by our ships
since the operations began in the Dar-
danelles. This place; where the Bul-
garians landed in the opening stages
of the first Balkan war, is connected
by rail both with Salonica and Con-
stantinople through Adrianople; It is
unlikely that there will be any great
difficulty in occupying it.
It is, however, in the Black Sea that
the Bulgarian coast presents many
points on which a descent might be
Made with advantage. Neither Varna
nor Bargee has fortifications of a
modern, formidable character, as far
as is known, and little trouble should
be found in disposing of the few tor-
pedo craft. Our Russian allies have
asserted their mastery in the Black
Sea in sue
S h a way. that this should
ACROSS THE BORDER
WHAT IS GOING ON OVER IN
`1'111 S'I`ATTES.
Latest Happenings in Big Bepublio
Condensed rot I8usy
Readers,
Oklahoma City expects completion
of Oklahoma's new capitol in 1917.
Dallas, Tex„ is to have a new Post-.
office building within two' years.
Brooklyn, N.Y., finds auto thieves
specialize p ize in Stealing expensive cars
Leach Cross, boxer, offered $8,9,00.'"
for some property being sold itie`tV
York.
St. Paul's three brewe�.e's employ
1,700 persons, and pay oti $1,300,000
yearly in wages.
Milton London, aged 91, of Linden,
N.J., is candidate for justice of the
peace in Elizabeth.
Philadelphia's public charges last
year cost the city $822,817.95 in the
single item of coal.
Three clerks in New York natural-
ization bureau were dismissed for
taking tips from aliens.
Seattle street railway demands reg-
ulation of jitneys because they are
severely cutting profits.
The loss of weight in cattle from
the August fly pest in Kansas cost
the beef men $2,000,000.
for loss of his left arm in a plane
ing mill at Woodside, L.I., John Roe
mer was awarded $10,000.
A Are department school is con•
nected with the west side branch oi
the Y.M.C.A. in New York.
Barney Himmelstein, aged 32, has
been sent to Sing Sing for life from
Brooklyn as an habitual criminal.,
Herbert L. Flynn, $10 -a -week el
for New York City, y, got
away wi
$2,800 jury pay from one office.
Hit by the auto of Arthur Hetzel-
wood, of Cornwall, N.Y., Ruth.. Fink
asked first "Is my skirt soiled?"
Offered a lift in an auto during a
storm, John Whitehead was held up.
and robbed therein at Cleveland.
John Hornung, cashier of the Dres-
den National Bank, near Zanesville,
0., is short •$74,892, and out on bond.
Peter Pacha, 'aged 15, arrested in
New York on suspicion, had 500 mov-
ing picture theatre tickets on his per-
son.
James Ruddy of Perth Amboy, N.J.,
lost his ticket from Elizabeth and was
killed while walking the tracks home:
Chas. Ahearn, trick cyclist, went
from Cincinnati to New York to go to •
jail for non-payment of alimony to
his wife.
Sebe Teblow, ranch cook, gathered
$15,000 worth of pearls from mussels
in the Concho. River, Texas, in one
afternoon.
Inspectors' seeking bombs on the
Rotterdam at Hoboken found two
German • stowaways anxious to fight
the allies.
John H. Wyeth, manufacturing
chemist, New York, died of paralysis
at Chicago, while autoing across the
continent.
LEADERS THAT DON'T LEAD.
History Finds Cases Where they
Were Deposed.
Napoleon III. believed, perhaps with.
justice, that his crown rested on his
emulation of the military feats of the
great Emperor, blit his soldiers found -
Inn out, and when he announced that
he was going to the Crimea to pet.
himself at ,the head of the allied
forces the oldiers intimated plainly
that•they did not want him, The end
came just before Sedan, when he an-
nounced that he had handed over the
command of his marshals and should
serve 4n future asa common soldier,.
Francis Joseph wisely allowed others
to bear the shame of . the .abortive:
campaigns of his_ earlier . years : by
keeping a good deal out of the lime-
light, and Victor Emmanuel without '
a Garibaldi might have waited long
for the"accomplishment.,of his .ambi-
tions. In the present war it is gen-
erally said that the Kaiser ..has long
ceased to exercise more than a nom-
inal control over military operations,
and it is even whispered that Hinden-
burg retains his great command is
spite of the royal desire to get rid oi
es man of inconvenient frankness.
WIFE OF FORMER 'M.k�.,
'A GERMAN, ARRESTED
A despatch, from London says: A
sensation has been caused_' "'iii the
North Country, says the Evening
News, by the arrest of the wife of.
William J. D. Burnyeat, who wee a
Member of Parliament for White-
haven from 1906 to .1910e Mrs. Burn-
yeat is a German,' the daughter of
Col. Retzlaff, of Berlin. The couple
own a fine house on the Irish Sea
coast near Whitehaven, which recent-
ly was raided by a German submar-
ine. It was alleged at the time that:.;
the submarine was guided by signals
from the coast.
Calcutta Helps War.
Calcutta residents, says a' Daily
Mail 'correspondent, have over-suli
scribed a stun of £75,000 required to
place a convoy of 50 motor ambu•
lances and a contingent • of motor-
cycles at the disposal of the War Of.
present no ,difiieulty, and they have .flee.
also o a m ed sufficienticie
nt
tannage for
Don't Worry if you • are
:love; eve will come to life a
the transport of an expeditionary
force.•
dead ill'
tin.