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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-3-30, Page 6PROGRESS i - T SH CONTINUES IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA Arusha Has Been Occupied and the Enemy Driven Fr m._t-iis Line on the Ruwu River. Aedespatch from Loudon says: Tele- grams to the War Office -from Gene teal ',atntat4$, eumnzander of the British fume; e; in tlertnan East Afriea, indi- cate that the German force: we,'e dis- lclgeci from defensive positions on the Lurgi River and the Kitovo hal; by opernt•ions from March 7 to 12. They retreated to positions in the thick forest along the Ruwu River. On Mar•eh 19 there was bush fight- ing in the vicinity of Kahe, the enemy stubbornly resisting. On the 20th a British force occupied Aru,eha, dis- lodging the enemy. At Dossing the enemy attacked during the night, but was driven off with severe losses. In the meantime a strong mounted force traversing the bush country seized the Kahe rail- way station and many houses. The force then occupied a hill to the south-east of Kahe. This threat against our retreat'decided the enemy to hold on throughout March 21 with a view to further retirement under cover of darkness. j Further reinforcements reached him during operations. The Brit- `, ish inflicted heavy losses; but the Ger- ; mans resisted obstinately. At night tho entire Ruwu line was evacuated by the enemy, who retired south- wards, leaving a four -inch gun be- longing to the cruiser Koenigsberg. • The operations are continuing. Earl Kitchener telegraphed eon- gratulations to General Smuts for his brilliant success. BRITISH BLOW IN NEMY DUGOUTS Suec•ssful Raids Against German Trenches in La Bassee Region. A despatch from London says: Sir Johu Haig reports that the British earried out two successful raids again,_t filo German trenches about Grim t c:3urt and tate Bethune -La Bas - see roads. Three dugouts filled with the enemy were bombed and blown in. The Germans sprang a nine to the nert'h of Arras and two mines nr:rtil-ttst of Neuve Chapelle, caus- ing ,light damage to the British trent•?:; s. A grenade attach to the nnz'il of Arras was repulsed. The Ge man forces which gained a fc ;ethohl On the small hill cf Haus (Isere a liftie over half a mile south- R'eet. o' Mal:Ineaurt, on the west side of the nieu+e .:,n Wednesday, have not yet :ltt:•moted to increase, their gains, an.: lne i's•; : eh Mill ho:d part of the hill. it hc•.. - t; es ro infantry getien aI the Verner front Wednesday right or Th e : l e r. *,V ocinesday night the Ger- mans d •:•;:na ej the intensity of their boa . Ireent to the west of the river, whieh heel Inen of especial violence as a seeeert to their infantry attack, but continued without lessening of in- teneity th ; bombardment on the east- ern bunk et the river. In the Woevre the cunnonade was intermittent. On Thursday heavy artillery fire was r:r umed on the western bank of the ineu a, in the Malancourt region, and ot: the Teem between Bethincou_•t- Le Movie Ii• inme-Cumieres, while to the east of the river and in the Woevre' the firing increased in vio- lence. FARMERS WILL CROP REDUCED ACREAGE Wages Are High and They Expect, Trouble in Securing Help. A despalich from Winnipeg says:', Many of the farmers of Manitoba, who cannot sure sufficient help, have de- tided to put in a smaller acreage,! Wagee will be beyond the reach oft a large percentage of the fa risers, f The help to be expected from the sol- diers will not be as extensive as an-; ticipated. Quite a number of men have been drifting into the cit;; from woods, camp and other place,, bat the farmers, not knowing when the seed- ing will.: -.tart, have been unwilling to secure these men at once and the re- sult is that•they are being snapped•up; by contractors. EXPLOSION KILLS 12 IN GERMAN COLLIERY' A despatch from London say:. Twenty persons have been killed in an explosion in the Preussen colliery,; near Mlchowitz, Silesia, says a des- patch to the Central News from Am-' sterdam. TURCO-BULGARIAN PEACE MISSION REACHES ROME t A Central News Despatch to Lon- don from Berne says that two Turkish' and two Bulgarian agents have arriv-e ed there to start peace negotiations. The Bulgarians requested :safe eon-; i duet, and will proceed to Rome. t VILLA DEFEATED BY CARRANZA'S MEN Several Dead and Wounded Bandit Were Left on the Field. A despatch from El Paso, Texas says: Villa was attacked and defeat ed on Thursday night at Santa Ger trudes by Carranza troops, according to a deepateh received by Genera Gavira in Juarez, General Gavira said he had received authentic infor- mation that after the skirmish at Santa Clara earlier in the day there Col. Cano's command had defeated Villa, the bandit chieftain was pur- sue+l and again attacked late Thurs- day night at Santa Gertrudes and again was defeated. Villa left sever- al dead and wounded bandits on the field, and Gen. Gavira says one hun- dred horses were captured from him by the Carranzistas. From Santa Gertrudes Villa fled to El Oso, where he was reported to be reorganizing his forces. Santa Gertrudes is a ranch settlement in the Guerrero di-- ts :et not far from Namiquipa. R(4t'M ANIAN GRAIN IIOUGIIT BY GERMANY. A despatch from Berlin says It is seri-officially announced that con- tracts have been executed between the official grain -buying associations of Germany and Austro-Hungary and the Roumaniangrain commis- sion export comae. sion for 100,000 car loads of corn and all the wheat, barley and legumes available for export, estimated at forty thousand carloads. An agree- ment has also been reached, accord- ing to the announcement, whereby Roumania is to receive certain goods from the central powers. An effort will be made to make commerce mu- tually as nearly normal as possible, it is added. SOME WAR ODDITIES. Soldir:s sAllow- ance Asks For Incre• • a c of Increase A.tt- 0 ance When Triplets Arrive. London -Private Willit.m Tunks, of the Leicestershire Regiment, now in France, has a:eked for an increased war allowance due to the arrival of teiplets in his home. Folke ;tone, England - Mise. Ruth Roberts, 103 year of age, remembers when her father and three brothers fought at 'Waterloo. She is one of a family of twenty-two and never has married, smoked, drank or used snuff. London -Lieut. Edward P. Mulock, who died at Neuve Chapelle, made his Will on a sheet of note -book par cr, leaving $75.000 to a chorus girl whose weekly earnings totalled $7.50. • SCORES OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN EMPLOYED A despatch from London says: Da-' vid Lloyd George, Minister of Muni - ions, speaking in the House of Com- mons on Wednesday, said that scores of thousands of women are now at work in the munition plants. Their participation in this labor, he said, Iracl resulted in an enormous increase n the output of the plants replacing he men who were in the army. FRENCH is"O USE LIQUID FIRE IN REPRISAL ON GERMANS Superiority of This Terrible Arm Over the Bayonet rias Been Exemplified at Verdun. A despatch from Paris says: Liquid fire has been the means by which the Germans gained the portions of trenches mentioned in recent official communications, says the Journal Des! D,ebats, and the Military Committee I of the Chamber of Deputies is en- f ruining into meth ds for bhe protec- tion of the French troops against suck I Are attacks and the use of a similar Weapon in reprisal. "One can • easily understand," says the newspaper, "the superiority of this terrible arm over the bayonet. Even though it may expose the man who carries it to the danger of death in case a fragment of shell should strike it, on the other hand, it gives bo an attack the power and cruelty to which our communications are r` bean witness," g wt ss. The newspaper adds that France has every •means at her disposal for paying the Germans in their own coin and therefore should employ thorn. I • 1 'tip=•>.-_.�.�.: �....;.,�:,�.,�.:.:����•. a� ... C,' j, 741 eS PETTY OFFICER IN RiGGING OF A TORPEDOED STEAMER. Recently a small British steamer was torpedoed near the Egyptian const b3 0, German 1" boat. the ]-ribs previously inviting tribesmen to witness the sinking from the hills in the vicinity, so that they might gest a good idea or modern barbarism and be correspondingly impressed. The I.ricture shows Petty Otfiecr Johnston in 1h.' rigging. Subsequently the tribesmen were completely rout r l by General Lukiu's column. - if i ` .'w est westerns, 18r.i to 19c; do., east - of en, ern., 18?_. to 1816c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 83 to 34e; seconds, 30 to - 32e. Eggs -Fresh, 28 to 29c. Puta- Breadstuff s. Toronto, Mar. 28. -Manitoba wheat, new crop -No. 1 Northern'$1.081d; No. 2, $1.05%; No. $1,03%, iIl store, Fort William. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 4211e; No. 3 C.W., 40?:ic; extra No. 1 f'eod, 40?:,e; No. 1 feed, 39 Se c, in store, Korb William. American corn --No. 3 yellow, 78e, American corn -No. 3 yellow, 78, on track Toronto. Canadian corn -Feed, 68 to 70c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 42 to 43e; commercial, 41 to 42e, according. to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 winter, per car Iot, $1 to $1.02; No. 1 commercial, 96 to 98c; No. 2 do., 04 to 96c; No. 3 do., 91 to 92c: feed wheat, 85 to 88c, according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, $1.50; according to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to freights outside. • Barley -Malting barley, 62 to 64e; feed barley, 59 to 62c, eccording to freights outside. Buckwheat -G8 to 69c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial, 86 to 87c; rejected, ecto] : according t0 sample, 83 to 85c, accor•cling to freights outside. Manitoba flour -Myst patents, in jute bags, $6.50; second patents, in jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute bags. $5.80, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $1.05 to $4.20, on track, To- ronto; $4.15 to $4.20, bulk seaboard, prompt :shipment. ?'.lillfeerl, car lots, delivered Mont - veal freights --Bran, per ton, $24; short:. par ton, $26; middlings, per ton. :r27; gond feed flour, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70. Country Produce. Butter --Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c; in- ferior, 23 to 25c_; creamery prints, 34 to 36e; solids. 32 to 34e. Eggs -New -laid, 28 to 29c; do., in cartons, 30 to 31c. Honey -In 10 to 60 -Ib. tins, 13 to 14e. Combe ---No. 1, $2.75 to $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40. Beans -84.10 to $4.40, the latter for hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls, 15 to 16e; ducks, 17 to 20c; geese, 18 to 20c; turkeys, 23 to 25c. Cheese -Large, 19e; twins, 19'/.c. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios, $1.65 to $1.70, and New Brunswicks at $1.75 per bag, on track. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 16'4 to 161ne per lb., in case lots. Hams -Medium, 20 to 21c; do., heavy, 15 to 17c; rolls, 17 to 171,xc; breakfast bacon, 21 to 240; backs, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless backs, 28 to 29c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 13'34 to 14e, and pails, 141/ac; compound, 12%, to 13?ic. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Mar. 28.-0abs-Cana- clian Western, No. 2, 52 to 521/ac; do., No. 8, 50 to 501/zc; extra No. 1 feed, 50 to 501/xe; No. 2 local white, 48 to 481/ac; No. 3 do,, 47 to 4714e; No. 4 do., 46 to 46i/ac. Barley -Manitoba teed, 66 to 67c; malting, 75 to 77c, Flour -Manitoba spring wheat pat - tents, firsts, $6.60; do., seconds, $6.10 strong bakers', $5.90; winter wheat patents, choice, $6,10; straight roll- ers, $5.50 to $5,60; do. in bags, 2,5 to $2, 65. RolIeci oa s --Barrels, , 5,05; bag of 90 lbs., $2.86. Mill- -Bran$28 to 24 sedshort' $ l s, $25 to $28 middlings, $27 to $80; mouil- lie, $80 t $88, Hay -No. 2, per ton, car ots, $20 to $20,50. Cheese --];+'in. toes -Per bag, car lots, $1.70. 'Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Mar. 28. -Cash wheat: -t No. 1 Northern, $1.08; No. 2 North- ern, $1.051s1; No. 3 Northern, $1.0254; No. 4, 99Vec; No. 5, 90i c; . No. 6. 82eec; feed, 771izc. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 42c; No. 3 C.W., 40e; extra No. 1 feed, 40c; No. 1 feed, 381,ic; No. 2 feed, 880. Barley -No. 3, 59c; I No. 4, 54c; rejected, 511/2e; feed, 51?'sc. Flax -No. 1 N.W.G., $1.94; No. 2 C.W., $1.91. 4 United States Markets. IMinneapolis, Mar. 28. -Wheat-' May, $1.101,n; July, $1.10%; No. 1 hard, $1.15ee; No. 1 Northern, $1.11 to $1.131- . Corn --No. 3 yellow, 75 to 7Gc. Oats -No. 3 white, 39ee to :401f•c. Flour -Ten cents higher;' fancy patents, $6.20; first clears, $4.50; other grades unchanged; ship-, monts, 50,103 barrels. Bran -$17.50, to $18. 50. Duluth, Mar. 28. -Wheat -No. 1 I hard, $1.1'3 y:, ; No. 1 Northern, $1.10% to $1.1O%; No. 2 Northern, 1$1.05Se to $1.00ix. Markets. Stock Toronto, Mar. 28. -Choice heavy steers, $8 to ;8.35; butcher steers, choice, $7.75 to $7.00; do., good, $7.30 to $7.50; do., medium, $7 to $7.25; do., common, $6.25 to $0.75; heifers, good to choice, $7.25 to $7.85; do., medium, :;6.50 to $6.75; butcher cows, choice, $6. 50 to $7; do., good, $5.75 to $6.50; butcher bulls, choice, $6,50 to $7.25; do., good bulls, $5.50 to $6; do., medium, $5 bo 85.50; do., rough bologna. $4.40 to $4.50; feed- ers, 900 to 1,000 lbs., $6.40 to $6.80; do., bulls, $4.50 to $5.50; stockers, 700 to 800 lbs„ $6 to $6.50;. do., med- ium, 650 to. 750 lbs., $5.75 to $6; do., light, 500 to 650 lbs., $5 to $5.50; canners, $4 to $4.25; cutters, $4.50 to $4.75; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $85; springers, $60 to $85; calves, veal, choice, $11 to $12.550; do., med- ium, $7 to $8; do., common, $5.50 to $6; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $13.50; culled lambs, $7 to $7.25; spring' lambs, each, $7 to $10; ewes, light, $7.50 to $9; sheep, heavy, and bucks, $6.50 to $8; hogs, fed and watered, $10.35; do., f.o.b., $9.90; do., weigh- ed off cars, $10.35. Montreal, Mar. 28. -Butcher steers,; choice, $8 to $8.25; good, $7.50 to; $7.75; fairly good, $7 to $7.25; •fair, $G.50 to $6.75; medium, $6 to $6.25; butchers' steers, common, $5.50 to $5.75; canners, $4.25 to $5; cows, choice, $6.75 to $7; good, $6.25 to:. $6.50; medium, $5.75 to $6; common, :1 $5.25 to $5.50; bulls, choice, $7 to $7.25; good, $6.50 to $6.75; medium, $6 to $6.25; milch cows, choice, each, $80 to $85; medium, each, $70 to $75. Hogs, selects, $11 to $11.50; roughs, 1 and mixed, $10.25 to $10.75; com- • ONTARIO �GO'�ERI�IVIENT PROHIBITION MEASURE 13111 Effective Without Vote of Electors, But Provis. ion Made for Referendum at End of War. Main Features (if the Bill. Prohibition will go into effect in September -probably on September' 15 -by direct legislation, All licenses, with a few exceptions, will be extended after May 1st until date fixed, upon payment of.nominal fee of $5 or $10. Referendum will be taken after war and a considerable time after return of soldiers, New Ontario Temperance Act fol- lows Manitoba Act except for incor- poration of improvements taken from Ontario License Act, Wholesale druggists will be licensed to sell in wholesale quantities for scientific and mechanical purposes, up-' on production of affidavit as to utse to which liquor will be devoted. Retail licenses will be issued per- rnitting sale to individuals upon a doctor's prescription, and to a doctor not more than a pint at a time or a veterinary not more dean two gallons at a time, Ontario License Board will be re- constituted with membership of three, and charged with administration of new laws. Bill not to interfere with importa tion of liquors for private use or keep- ing it in the •home. Heavy fines ranging ftp to $1,000 and sentences up to eight months ape provided for infractions of the law, ENGINEER • KILLED SABL D LIE From the Middle West NOTES OF INTEREST FROM TIER BANKS ANI) BRAES. What Is Going On in t1zc fiig;hlands - and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. The fire department: in Lethbridge will shor•t'iy be equipped with a motor - driven pump. At crooked Lake, Big River, there are two logging camps each employ- ing 200 to 250 men. The largest period of unbroken coin, for 52 years has been experienced this winter in the north-west. Saskatchewan has 6117,000 horses, 385,000 cows, 573,000 other cattle, 192,000 sheep, 329,000 swine, and over 5,000,000 poultry, The fox farming industry bids fair to become one of the most lucra- tive and interesting businesses of the province of Alberta. The University of Alberta has sent 107 of its students and 8 of its staff • to the war during 1915. There were ILL BE RAINED 883 men and 6i0 women enrolled. In saskatoon the other day a num- _� her of young men who have not en. A Start Ras lilready Been ",lade in listed, received each a white feather Toronto Flyer I`.rom Chicago Dashed Into Freight at Port IN TIS COLLISION. Credit. i A despatch f Ottawas: The Quebec With Toy - Malting. Albert office show a slight improve - in the mail, with a -recruiting circu- lar. The customs returns at the Prince A despatch from Toronto says: The Toronto Flyer from Chicago on Thurs- day night crashed into a through freight about a mile past Port Credit station. The engine of the passenger train dashed into the caboose of the freight train, cutting through the caboose. '.['he impact of the collision was so great that the locomotive was thrown over on its side amidst the wreckage of the splintered car. The wreck claimed , two victims. They are: Harvey Overend, engineer of the Chicago Flyer, instantly killed; James Anderson, fireman of the Flyer, criti- cally injured. The wreck occurred on the main line of the Grand Trunk Railway. At the time of the wreck the Flyer was running at a high rate of speed. As this train is one of the through connections between Chicago and Toronto, the line is supposed to be clear for its passage, LATEST PEACE TERMS CREDITED TO KAISER A despatch from Paris says: It is reported here that the Berlin banker, Herr von Bleischroeder, has' informed German -American bankers that the c from say Military Hospitals Commission an- , pounces there are now 1,300 men, in- mates and out-patients in the various convalescent homes. Steps are be- ing taken to provide training in these home., and Mr. T. 13. Kidner, the: vocational secretary, has just return ed from Quebec, where he made ar'- I rangements for the installation of an equipment for elementary vocational training in the Savard Parks Con valescent Horne. This home is sit- uated in the city of Quebec, where a number of local ',tidies have taken! great interest in toy -making as all! occupation for conealeseent soldiers.' These ladies have procured from the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops in London a large and valuable eel- lection of models of toys, etc., pro -1 ducts of this well-known . institution for disabled soldiers and sailors. These' models will be placed at the disposal of the men in tho home who will re- produce produce then and it is hoped will also design typical Canadian toys on sim- ilar lines. Preparations were also made for the establishment of classes; in general subject: in the home. This policy will be followed throughout the Kaiser is prepared to discuss peace, on the basis of the cession of Alsace- Lorraine to France in exchange for -, e DRIVE N GATS VR � one of her colonies, such as Made- , - gascar; Russia to have Constaninople, with a protectorate over Turkey in! exchange for Poland, which Germany' and Austria would divide. No war' indemnity is mentioned in the al- leged proposals. ITALIAN COMMANDER ARRIVES IN LONDON Receives Great Reception from Pub - lie of British Capital. A despatch from London says: Gen- eral Count Cadorna, chief of the Ital- ian general staff, who left Italy to attend the military and political con- ference of the Entente nations at Paris arrived hi London on Wednes- day from the French capital. Gen. Cadorna was -tet at the station by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British War Secretary. An immense throng of people, English and Italian, greeted Gen. Cadorna enthusiastically. RUSSIA CONSERVING I:IERM;iMEAT SUPPLIES A despatch from London says: The Russian Minister of Agriculture will ehortiy introduce a bill in the Duma prohibiting throughout Russia the! killing of live stock on Tuesdays and Thursdays and fining the number of cattle that may be slaughtered on other days, says a Reuter despatch; from Petrograd. The bill will pro -I vide for prohibition upon the sale of: all kinds of meat in markets, restaur-: ants tend hotels on Wednesdays and Fridays and for the closing of butcher shops on those days. BIG GERMAN i1TEAME b • P DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS A despatch from London says: The sinking by a Russian warship of the steamship Esperanza off Kali Akre, n the Black Sea, off the Roumanian coast is reported in a Reuter despatch filed at Bucharest on Sunday. The Esperanza, • a 7,000 -ton vessel .flying t he German flag is said to have been oaded with foodstuffs for Constan- rnent for the month just closed, be- ing $3,436.93 again: t $`2,884.78 for February last year. Educating young -ten and women for agricultural pursuits at the Mani- toba Agricultural College costs the province $1,150 each, in addition to sums by the students. Winnipeg bank clearings continue to reflect much greater commercial activity than at the same season either in 1915 or 1914, the increases being 88,000,000 and almost $'9,000,000 respectively. Word has been received in Vic- toria that forty of the mechanical transport section which went over to England from Victoria some months ago, will. shortly see service in British East Africa. At Lethbridge, brief liberty was enjoyed by a German interned pris- oner named Tannin who escaped from the detention camp at the fair grounds wit week and was re -captured in the south country. Flour prices in, Calgary have been reduced again because of the falling wheat quotations. This time the re- duction is fifteen cents per sack, or 20 cents per barrel, making the barrel price to the retailer $6.40, and the price per sack $3.20. During the fine weather prevailing last week, the farmers in the Coal - burst district were able to proceed with seecliag operations, and one farmer reported plowing all week. Tie stubble on many farms was burned If during the week. The assessed value of Saskatoon roperty for 1916 is $37,200,000. The _. o Desperate Battle is Raging in the n Dvinsk Region -Many Prisoners e Taken S ity's estimated revenue this year is = ;075,000. The demand for houses in askatoon is growing, good modern ouses being at a premium, which is effected hi advancing rents. It is anticipated that the Great ekes will open for navigation eer- ier this season than usual, when i assured the lake activity s s reat Ct Y P in moving the immense grain rops of 'Western Canada which have een amassing at Fort William during he winter. • A despatch from London says: The' h Russian offensive in the Dvinsk region r its rapidly developing, a desperate battle is raging to the southward of : L Dvinsk, according to the Perogi•ad 1 g official report, while north-west of n / Lake Vargunek General Kuropakin's • forces, after having repulsed several b counter-attacks, are advancing. Very ; violent hand-to-hand fighting took t place all of Wednesday night in .the region north of the town of Widsy and north-westward of Lake Sekly. De- spite the heavy German fire, the Rus - sign troops by a strong forward drive forced all the adversary's lines !and berrncades in the sector of Olipa and repulsed counter-attacks. Raiding { parties which ad passed the Dvina captured an enemy machine gun in the Jaeogstadt section. Although strongly defended. and thickly surrounded by , wire entagle- mertts, the (=etmans tivere drslodg;ecl from the woods in the vicinity, of Bliznik and Mokritz. In four days' fighting the Ruesiens took over 1,400 prisoners and cap- tured 18 machine guns, 26 field mor- tars, 10 trench mortars, two mine - throwers, a howitzer, and carloads of grenades, bombs and shells. • Recapture of the important railway city of Vilna from the Germans is one of the chief objectives of the great drive which has hen commenced by the Russians. Vilna lies in the centre of a network of railroads, and its loss would 'Le a serious blow to Field Mar- shal von Hindenburg. GATHERING IN THE SERBS. British Navy Gets German Underseas As Fast as They Are Made. A despatch from Washington says; One hundred and twenty-seven sub- marines have been captured by the British navy since the outbreak of the war, according to information from the., British Admiralty which has reached the Unitech States coast guard officers, mon, $10; sows, $7.75 to $8. Sheep, 6 to 8c; lambs, 9 to 12c. Calves, milk - fed, 6 to Oc. •I+ 41,500 DRAW PENSIONS AS,.SOLDIERS' WIDOWS A despatch from London says; The number of widows of British soldiers who have so far been reported to Army Council is 41,500, according to William Hayes Fisher, Parliamentary Secretary of the local Government Board, in a speech to the House of Commons committee on the war pen- sions bill on Thursday. The widows of sailors, Mr. Fisher added, aggre- gated about 8,000. tinople. The crew was captured by the Russians. The despatch also re- ports the sinking of a score of small sailing ships with cargoes of food. PLAN TO 1110B0L17E- RETIRED FARMERS A despatch from Brantford says:: An organization to enlist retired farmers to assist on farms during the coming Summer will be effected here this week. Brantford has a large population of retired farmers and many of them are still able to work, Thoso not fit for hard work will, by their practical experience, ad- equately supervise the BoyScouts and Students. 1.. d.iiiiiiiiithoduer. • INLAND DEVENUE RECEIPTS INCREASE A despatch from Ottawa sayst In- land revenue receipts for the month of k"ehruary totalled $2,134,200,, in- eluding $224,470, derived from the war tax. The February receipts last year wake $1,916,822. SUBMARINE OIL LINES. How Ships Are Loaded at the fort of Tuxpam, Mexico. Many of the most productive oil wells in the State of Vera Cruz, Mexico, are situated near the part of Tuxpam. For some distance freed the shore the water there ie so shal- low that few of the large oil steam- ers can get into port. The oil com- panies hit upon 'the idea of ittyiug submarine pipe lines to points where the largest oil tankers can be con- veniently moored for loading in any state of the tide and weather. There are now five of these great iron pipes in duplicate. They are from six to eight inches in diameter, and four of them are nearly a mile long. They terminate in forty-three feet of wa- ter, where it is so deep that the waves have no effect on them. When they were laid - divers fastened to the end of each 120 feet of flexible hose. When not in use, the free end of the hose is closed and allowed to lie on the sea bottom, where its position is marked by a small buoy attached to the hose by a stout chain.- When the • tank steamers arrive,. they moor themselves to the permanent buoys near by, take up the marked buoy with a derrick, raise the flexible hose to the deck of the ship, and attach it to the tank openings. By means of a signal code, the captains of the ships notify the pumping station on . shore, in which are the valves that control the flow of oil through the pipe line. Generally speaking, it tastes about twenty-four hours to load one of the large fifteen -thousand -ton tankers, which means that the pipes deliver 4,875 barrels of oil an hour. • In One Gulp. Wife -That dreadful Mr. Boose in- vited you to take a drink, did he? X should think you'd have felt insulted. Husban-I• did; but I thought it best . to- swallow the insult. - 1.. ee r j tan/ •