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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-5-11, Page 2CERIK A Y 1LL WARN VESSELSI BRITISH `,.:ME Makes Concession to United States --President Wilson Undecided as to Acceptzaiic,e. A despatch from Berlin says: Ger- many concedes fully President Wil- son's contention that in the future no merchant vessel, whether freighter or passenger Iiner, shall be sunk without warning, either within or without the war zone around the Brit- ish Isles, unless they offer resistance or attempt to escape. President Wil- son already had conceded the right of submarines to sink ships under such conditions. Here is the clause wherein the Ger- man ;government makes this conces- sion: "The German government notifies the government of the United States that German naval forces have receiv- ed the following order: "In accord- ance with the general principles of visit :inti search, and the destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and withoutthe area declared a naval war zone, shall not be sunk witho•.:t warning and without saving human lives unless the ship attempts to escape, or offer resistance." Germany's adherence to this policy, however, is made conditional upon the success of etiorts it urges the United States to make to fore Great Britain to "preserve fully the prin- ciples of international law." "Should the steps taken by the gov- ernmentof the United States (to force England to alter her conduct of war) not attain the oAaject it desires, to have the laws of humanity followed by all belligerent nations, the Ger- ; man government would then be facing a new situation in which it must 1•e - serve to itself complete liberty of de-' vision," concludes the note. President Wilson Considering. A despatch from Washington says: Though President Wilson is reserving ; decision until he receives the officlal text, there are many indications that' the German reply to the United States note will avert the danger of an im- mediate diplomatic break. The Ger- man note, though unsatisfactory in . ' more ways than one, apparently meets 1 the President's basic demand that I Germany "immediately declare and effect an abandonment of present ; methods of submarine warfare." GERMANY iS STARVING. Danish Pastor Predicts Revolution In the Kaiser's Empire, "Germany, facing starvation, is staking her all on the battle of Verdun. Failure to win it will mean revolt on the part of the people and the ending of the war, no matter what the cost. Therefore the blood of Teutonic legions is being poured out like water in the struggles around Dead Man's Rill and other critical points, while the people behind remain in iguorance of the losses and feel the victory is near- ing. " This is the view of the Rev. Anton Bast. pastor of the Jerusalem Church at Copenhagen. Denmark, and editor of the lighthouse, who is in Chicago. "The Danish people feel a great sor- row for the German masses because of conditions in the empire," he said re- cently. "Reports have reached me, for instance, that the average weight of the school children has fallen off four or five pounds because of underfeeding, Germany has maintained herself large - e. imports from neutral countries, principally Denmark and Sweden. \c„v their surplus is virtually all gone and their own inhabitants are subsist- ing on imports from America." COMPULSION MEASURE TO INCLUDE IRELAND. New Military Service Bill Will Except None of the British Isles. A despatch from London says: The military service bill, making con- scription general, has been amended to include Irelend, acco:ding to the Exchange Telegraph. Another amend- ment provides immunity for Irish who took part in the uprising if they en- list. Ireland was excluded from the original errirtien measure. ac - 37,017 COLONIALS HELD BY THE ENEMY. A despatch from London says: Figures on the number of British col- onial troops who are prisoners in the hands of the various belligerents be- came available on Friday. According to these figures they total 37,047, the Germans holding 27,800 such prison- ers, the Turks 9,796, the Bulgarians 449 and the Austrians only 2. TO MOVE CLOCK AHEAD IN GREAT BRITAIN. A despatch from London says: The Daily Mail learns that the Cabinet has been converted to the proposition of moving the clock ahead in order to "save daylight." The adoption of the measure is considered practically cer- tain and will become a fact on May 13th. Riots in Berlin, Shops Plundered. A despatch from Berlin says: A mob withered in Charlottenburg dur- ing Thr rsday night and swept through the streets, plundering and smashing signs and windows of a number of butter and meat shops, including the municipal meat shop. "You are getting very bald, sir." said the barber. "You yourself," re- torted the customer, "are hot free from a number of defects that I could mention if I cared to become person- a!" I FOOD SCARCE IN BELGIUM. German Officers Fat While Brussels Is Starving. A despatch from Paris says: "The Brussels population is almost starv- ing that the German officers may feed abundantly," says Le Journal des De - bats Brussels correspondent. "Ela- borately uniformed, monocled officers stroll the streets and flood the re- staurants from noon to late in the evening, where their gastronomic feats are an insult to the misery around. The establishments they pre- fer commandeer for their benefit thousands of kilos of flour, meat, fruit and vegetables, which causes a yet more abnormal rise in prices for the public. The small bourgeoisier and working classes suffer terribly. Po- tatoes cannot be bought and meat, butter and fats are far too dear for them. The worst sufferers are wo- men and children, who fill the hospit- al:, exhausted by privations." 1 EXTORTION IN GERMANY. IRise in Prices of Necessaries of Life Brings Bitter Attack. i Ci(rni�re`s (11 ig'bW fhe •r` r'�` were Surrca,r,r, at' Kurtd t >A'1 Male itajAt� Fahan .,a5 ed 4. al Ora .�� do i�Z di%di .�~ ,o •-? .. t' : 8mlll •t ) $ = �'ol�e2S chi r....fdead fr(k.1i z e' Tr& let ",,.GALWAY ,o MAf�Y ;>; 00srCoe1 y i t•1 • .. Co • Scale oF Milan a , 4 - - f . •. • • ., ., • !See ou®uN WEEKLY WAR SUMMARY. This has been one of the most eventful weeks of the war, Saturday G en. Townshend fearing starvation was forced to surrender to the Turks at Kut -el -Amara, after a stubborn resistance lasting 143 days? A relief ex- pedition had met with serious reverses about twenty miles below the Kut a few days previous and the day be- fore the surrender a ship laden with supplies was grounded just four miles east of the city on the Tigris. These adverse circumstances, together with the impoverished condition of Townshend's forces, caused the gallant com- mander to surrender. On Sunday "Provisional President" Pearse of the "Irish Republic" issued a proclamation advising the sur- render of all the rebels in Ireland, which sounded the death knell of a revolutionary government that had lived only 120 hours, Patrick Pearse, "Provisional President of Ireland," James Connolly, "Commandant General of the Irish Forces," and Thomas Macdonagh, signatories to the Republican proclamation, were taken prisoners, and shot Wednesday morning. Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, resigned his post, as an outcome of the uprising. On the French front at Verdun the Germans have kept up a continuous violent bombardments and attacks. During the early part of the week the French won by storm a mile of trenches, thus getting a firm hold on this front, The Germans brought up heavy reinforcements to stop the French drive, but as the military experts put it, Gen. Petain had struck the psychological moment for advancing and as a result the French situation at Verdun is very largely under the control of the French. Heavy bombardments have been prevalent on both sides. The French have been able to hold their own positions by forming a curtain of fire directly ahead of their lines thus preventing any dangerous advances of the enemy. .' Berlin admitted on Thursday that the French had gained a foothold in one of the German outposts, south of Dead Man Hill, and the Paris statement gave a glowing account of the advance at this point attended with great success and even to the point of consolidation. This advance was preceded by a terrific hail of artillery shot. "At one point two Germans came forward and surrendered in the midst of our fire," the report says. "They were the last survivors of the trench." • Enemy Zeppelin made short: visits to the British east;coast. On Tuesday night five enemy aircraft made a flight over the north-east coast of England and the south-east coast of Scotland. The British official state- ment said that the raid resulted in 36 casualties and 100 bombs were dropped. The Berlin statement made much of the attack, saying that the airmen had dropped bombs with success on several industrial centres, the forti- fied port of Hartlepool, and on railroads. The statement also admitted losing the Zeppelin L 20 which the Brit- ish reported as wrecked off the coast of Norway, Thursday morning. Another raid on Wednesday resulted in one man being killed and several houses damaged. This attack was over Deal in Kent county on the east coast of the North Sea. A despatch from Berlin says: Eu- gene Zimmerman, General Director r - of the Loka'1 Anzieger, publishes in LAST MESSAGE his paper a strong attack on "extor- tionists" in provisions. He declares , g i :that they are conducting "the dirtiest business ever done," and criticizes sharply the incomplete measures of i -- the State's organization. Herr Zim- : merman's article follows a number of similar attacks in the last few days,' in which "the unjustifiable and shock- ing increased prices of the necessaries TENSIEND of life" were pointed out, as well as "the material damage they do to Ger- mans and the false ideas of starvation and of ecenomic weakness they awake abroad." 1 }PLACE PROHIBITION ON ILLINOIS STOCK. • Foot and ?♦loath Disease Outbreak Necessitates Restrictions. A despatch from Ottawa says: Fol- lowing an outbreak of the foot and mouth disease in Illinois the Depart- ment of Agriculture has prohibited the importation of cattle, sheep, swine and goats from that state. Horses may be brought in under special per- mits, and regulations are provided governing imports of animal products and poultry. Healthy cattle from Illinois may be transported through Canada subject to specified conditions i as to cars, etc. • HOW THE CROWN PRINCE HATES FRENCH PEOPLE. A despatch from Paris says: Henri de Regnier, one of the forty immortals of the French Academy, on Wednes- day told the following incident as an 1 example of German's hatred for France: "The army of the Crown Prince, fighting around Verdun, re- - sent a cradle to the Crown Princess bearing the inscription: 'The . wood with which this cradle is made is stained with French blood.'" -BRITISH LINER PM -BOAT BY GUNFIRE 1N BAY OF BISCAY Three Hours Latter Secon J Submarine Fired Torpedo at the Liner, but Missed by a Few Feet. A despatch from London Rays. The British liner Clan Mac.;'adyen has ar- rived in Gravesend from Africa some- • what damaged by the gunfire of two German submarines. The steamer re- turned the fire, and it was believed ort board that one of the .•,ubmarinc • was ' The steamer reports that the first, attack on her was made in the Bay of Biscay, when a submarine fired sixty .hots at her at a range of fifty yards. • The steamer • immediately brought her big gun into action, and hit the submarine several times, and, it is believed, destroyed it, '.three hours later another submar- utc fired a torpedo, hut missed th Clan Macl'"ay+len by a few feet, Everything Humanly Possible Was Done to Hold Out. A despatch from London says: In the House of Lords on Thursday Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the Secretary for War, warmly euolgized General Townshend and the defenders of Kut - el -Amara, and read General Towns- hend's last despatch, which is as fol- lows: "We are pleased to know that we have done our duty and recognize that our situation is one of the for- tunes of war. We thank you, General Gorringe (commander of the British relief army), and all ranks of the Tigris force, for the great efforbs you have made to save us." Lord Kitchener said he was glad of the opportunity to pay tribute to Gen- eral Townshend and his troops, "whose dogged determination and splendid courage had earned for them so honorable a record." • LIGHT YIELD OF STRAW. There Is Nothing Serious in the Seed- ' ing Situation. 1 A despatch from Guelph says: Prof. Zavitz, head of the Field Husbandry Department at the Ontario Agricul- tural College, is not of the opinion that anything that could be termed ,a "serious" situation has yet been created by the wet weather interfer- ' ing with the seeding operations. "Re- ports show that there has been little seeding done yet. In the college plots . we have not yet put in spring wheat, barley or mixed grains, although a start has been made. In the last twenty years- I can remember only one season like this," stated Mr. Za- vitz, "and I suppose we can look for similar results this year. We shall probably have a light yield of straw, although there should be an average erop of grain of good quality." Pro- fessor Zavitz added that fall wheat, hay and clover were in splendid condi- tion and growing very rapidly. PRISONERS OF WAR TO BE EXCHANGED, A despatch, from London says: An agreement hasbeen reached between Germany and Great Britain for the transfer to Switzerland' of wounded prisoners nn both sides, according to an official announcement matte on Tuesday. i DISARM EVERY MAN IN IRELAND IS THE INTI DEMAND Di�1AND Lord Derby's Name Mentioned in Connection With Impending Changes in the Government of Ireland. A despatch from London says: The rebary for Ireland, following the ex- ample of his superior, Augustine Bir- rell. Sir Robert Chalmers, former early date to disarm every man in Ire- temporarGovernorilyof Ceylon, will succeed him lanai. The paperadds that the Na- Parliamentary representatives asso- tionalists are quite willing that they ciate Lord Derby, the Recruiting Min- shou]d be disarmed, provided that the ister, with the impending changes in Government does likewise with the the government of Ireland. Ulster volunteers. "The demand," The Daily Express says that Sir says the Daily Mail, "is likely to raise Roger Casement has expressed a wish a difficult issue in Irish politics." • that Sir Edward Carson defend him. Sir Mathew Nathan has resigned It is not likely that Sir Edward, the as Under-Secretary to the Chief Sec- leader of loyal Ulster, will accept. Nationalists, according to the Daily Mail, will press the Government at an EXPECT THAT THE WAR WILL END THIS YEAR. �p icatin stron belief that the war IN A• FORTNIGHT g a g is beginning to draw to . a close, Lloyd's on Thursday posted new in- surance rates, wagering only 1 to 3 that the war will not end before De- cember 31, 1916. For several weeks the rate of insuranceto guarantee against loss if the war is over by the end of the year has been steadily ad- vancing until it is now almost pro- hibitive. TRY CASEMENT A despatch from London says: In - TO BE INTERNED UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER. A despatch from London says: Your correspondent was given to under- stand by an authoritative source on Thursday that most of the Irish rebel prisoners, except the ringleaders, will not be tried by court-martial, but will be interned for• the remainder of the war. - Penalty Likely to be Death -Insanity Theory Not Taken • Seriously. A despatch from London says: An article in The Express of Thursday declares on good authority that the trial of Sir Roger Casement, now im- prisoned on the charge of high treason for inciting revolt in Ireland, has been definitely set within the next . fort- night, It will be held in London. The article continues to the effect that Sir Roger's fate will be determined by a tribunal consisting of a jury and a Commission of either three or five Judges. Opinion here is practically unanimous that the penalty will be death. The insanity theory is not held seriously. SOLDIERS SHOT DOWN PEOPLE IN THE STREETS OF BUDAPEST Thousands or Socialists and Women Paraded Shouting : Give us Peace 1 Give us Bread 1" • A despatch fromLondon says:. Serious rioting took place in Buda- pest 0Ti Sunday, recerdinl, to a Cen- tral News despatch from The Hague, It is said that a thousand Socialistiit land women assembled i4 front of the Burgomaster's house shouting, "Make I Peace " "Give us food," Fifteen of the crowd were killed when the lion- recently circulated that Bulgaria was FOR EVERY SPORT ANA; H` IECREATiON Sold by all doodSloe Dealers Worn Bar'praminraemnber of the rataiily oaise. .=tom.. Markets of the World Breadstuff,. Toronto, May 9,---Prianitoba wheat - No. 1 ,Northern, 31.27• No, 2, $1,243; Ne.3; $1.203, on track ISay ports,• Manitoba, oats -.-No. 2 OW., 510; No. 3 C.W., 62c; extra No. 1 feed, 520; No. 1 feed, 51c, on track Bay ports. American oorn-No, 3 "allow, S7c. on track Toronto. Canadian oorn-Feed,, 75 to 77c, nomi- nal on track `Toronto. Ontario oats -No, 8 white, 453 to 463c; oolnntercial 443 to 463o, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1. commercial, 31.03 to $1.05; No. 2 do.. $1,01 to 31,03; do., No. 8 980, to $1.00; feed wheat, 86 to. SSo, according to freights outside. Peas -No, 2, $1..60; according to satn- ple, $1.20 to $1,50, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting barley, 64 to 65o; feed barley, 60 to 03c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -69 to 700. according to freights outside. Rye --No, 1 commercial, 90 to 91e; re- jected according to sample, 86 to 880, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents,,..in Jute bags, $0,60; second .patents, in jute bags, $6.00; strong bakers', in jute bags $5,50, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $4,30 to $4.40, on track Toronto - to; 54.85 to 34,45, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment, Millfeed car lots, delivered Montreal freights -Bran, per ton, 324; shorts, per ton, 326; middlings, per ton, 326 to $27; good feed ]lour, per bag, 31.60 to 1.70. Country Produce. Butter --Fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 280; inferior, 240; creamers' sprints, 32 to 340; inferior, 30 to 81c, Eggs -New laid, 23 to 24c; do„ in car- tons, 24 to 25c. Beans -$A to $4.60, the latter for handpickoil* Cheeso-Large, 193 'to 196c;, twins, 193 to 20c, for new cheese; old,'%203 to 203c, • :maple syrup -$1.40 to 31.50 per Im- perial gallon. Honey -Prices in 10 to 00-1b. tins, 133 to 14o. Combs -No, 1, $2.75 to 33; No. 2. 32.25 to 32.40. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 24 to 26c; fowls, 19 to 20e; ducks, 24 to 25e; tur- keys, 250, Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario, 31.80 to 31.90 per bag, on track, Provisions. I3acon, long clear, 18 to 1830, per lb, in case lots. Hams -Medium, 23 to 24c; do.. heavy, 20 to 21c; rolls, 18 to 19c; breakfast bacon, 24 to 26e; backs, plain, 26 to 27c; boneless backs, 29 to 30c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 16 to 163c, and pails, 163 to 17c; compound, 133 to 143e. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, May 9, -Cash :-Wheat- in, Wheat- No.erthein, $1.18#: No. 2, do., 31.153 No. 8, do., $1,1.16; No, 4, $1'.083; No. 6. 31.003; No. 6, 933c. Oats -No, 2 C.W., 47c; No. 3, do., 45c; extra No. 1 feed, 45c; No. 1 feed, 431c: No. 2, do„ 43c. Barley -No. 3, 653c; No. 4,, 613c: rejectedV.C„ $1, 793;, 57c;. feedNo, 67c.2,C.'W., Flax-No.$1,763. 1 N, -' Montreal Markets. Montreal, May 9, -Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 88 to S9c. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, 543c; Canadian Western, No. 8, 53c; extra No. 1 feed, 63c; No, 2 local white, 513c; No. 3 local white, 5030; No. 4 local white, 493c. Barley, man, feed, GS to 72c; malting, 74 to 75c. Flour, Man, Spring wheatpatents, firsts, 36.60; seconds, 36.10: strong bakers', 35,90; Winter patents choice, 36.00; 1traight rollers, $6,30 to 35.40; do., bags, 2.45 to 32,60. Rolled oats, barrels, 6.10 to $6,20; do., bags, 90 lbs. $2.40 to 32.45, Bran,24; Shorts, 326. Middlings, 328 to 330. Mouillle, 330 to 35. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 20,50 to 321.00. Cheese, finest west- erns, 183 to 19e; finest easterns, 18 to 13ic, Butter, choicest creamery, 293 to 80e; seconds 283 to 29c. Eggs, fresh, 25c; selected, 27e, No. 2 stock, 23 to 24e. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 31.70 to 31.723. *United States Markets. 31.2213ntop31.213;hJuly, 31.20 htot$1,20i; No. 1 hard, 31.28; No. 1 northern, 31,28 to 31.253; No. 2 yellow, 773c. to 7833e. Oats -No. 3 white, 431c. to 439c. FIour -lanchanged; shipments, 58,717 barrels, Bran -$15' to 19.50. Duluth, May 9, -Wheat -No, 1 hard, 31.223; No. 1 northern, 31,213 to $1.223;. No. 2 northern, 31.183 to $1.193. Live Stook. Markets. Toronto, May 9. -Heavy choice steers, 38.00 to 39.15; handy choice steers, 38.50 to $8.75; butchers', good $8.25 to $8.60; do., medium, 37.90 to 38.25; do., common, $7.00 to $7,90; butchers' cmvs, choice, $6.75 to $7,76; do., good. $6,50 to $6.75; do., medium, $6,00 to 36.50; do., common, $5.50 to $6.00; butchers' bulls, choice, 37.25 to $7.80; do., good, $6.50 to 37.25: do., bologna, 55.25 to 36.00; feeders, 000 to 1.000 lbs. 37.60 to 38.50; do., bulls, $5.50 to $6.00; stockers, choice. 800 to 900 lbs., $7.25 to $8,00; do., good, 700 to 800 lbs„ $6.50 to $7.25; do., medium, 050 to 700 lbs.. 36.00 to 36.50; do., common, light, 55.60 to6,00; cutters. 54.76 to 35.60; canners, $ 4.00 to $4.75; milkers, choice, each $75.00 to 3105,00; do med- ium to geed $60.00 to $75,00; springers, 360,00 to $105,00; calves, veal, good to choice, 38.00 to 510.00; do„ medlutn, $0.00 to 38.00; do., common, 34.50 to $6,00; do., grass 54.75 to $a.25; Bob, calves, each 32.00 to 57.00; lambs, cwt„ $10.00 to $13.00: spring lambs, each $5.00 to 510.00; sheep, ewes, light, $9.00 to 310 00' do., heavy and bucks, $3,00 to 50,00; do., culls, 34.00 to 55,50 hogs, weighed off oars, $11.00 to 12.00; do., f o.b acountryepohit.s, $11.1.5 to �11 25; do., heavy and light, .50e. less: do., sows $2,50 loss, Montreal, May 9, -Sales of choice cat' - tie were macre at $8.76 to $9.00, lower grades $6.76; , butchers' cows, $6.25 to 88.00; hulls from $7,00 to $8,25 pet• cwt. detected lilts of hogs $12,00 to $12.26 per. cwt., weighed otr cars. Choice cares '11 to 8e, and the lower grades at 5 to 630 per lb. Spring lambs •from 56.00 to $8.00 each, as to s ze anct duality, DENIES ATTEMPTS ARE ' MADE TO SECURE PEACE, A despatch from Berlin says: A Semi-official telegram from Sofia characterizes as untrue the reports jved garrison fired. Two hundred ors attempting .,,to arrange a separate [rests were made, peace, SCIENCE HAS SAVED MANY - GERMANS TYPHOID DRIVEN OUT -CHOL- ERA ALMOST BANISHED. Bacteriologists and Hygienists Guard Troops From Menaeing Plagues, How the application of modern . . scientific methods to army sanitatiott. has reduced the deaths. from contag. ions diseases and lockjaw practically to zero among the Kaiser's tre,ops described in detail in an address de,, livered recently in Bochum, an 'int portant centre of the iron and steel I, industry of Prussia, by Professor Martin Kirchner, one of the highest} medical officials in the German gots ernment, and reported in the German - press as follows: "The assignment of bacteriologists and hygienists to the army and illi. installation of apparatus for steriliz- ing the water and disinfecting wag- ons, as well as the use of the modes, field kitchen, accounts for the fao ; that, although we have been menace. with plagues on every side, our mil s tary and civil population has remain- ed practically exempt. "When the war broke out there was a dangerous type of dysentery in Bel, gium, typhoid fever was widespread in France, cholera raged in Russia, especially in Podolia and Volhynia and there was talk of an outbreak or the plague. Is it not, in view of these dangers, a brilliant achievement who we cin truthfully affirm that so fat in this war only six Germans have died from smallpox? That is the re- sult of the vaccination of all the sol- diers before they go to the front. Losses in 1870. "In the war in Southwest Afric vaccination against typhoid was tried for the first time and, although the ret sults were satisfying they were not so favorable as to render the vaccina• tion of the civil population advisable, Now we have used no less than 29,00Q quarts of anti -typhoid vaccine. And the result? "1'n the war of 1870 we lost no fewer than 8,000 men through typhoid fever, When the present war began many of our soldiers fell ill from typhoid, but as soon as the general vaccination wait carried out the number of those affect:- ed ffect-ed began bo drop with remarkable rapidity, and since last January we have had hardly a case of typho With this experience as a baso, it .t'- intended, with the arrival of peace, to have the civil population generally vaccinated against typhoid. "Cholera was brought from Russia into Austria and things did not look very cheerful in the Austrian hospit- als. Consequently we were menaced by a great danger from the East to avoid which all out troops on the east- ern front- were vaccinated against cholera. Comparatively few cases of cholera developed among the German forces in the field. The civil popula- tion has remained almost exempt, as only forty-one cases of cholera have been discovered in all Germany. Spotted Fever Almost Wiped Out. "Considerable anxiety was - caused at the beginning of the war by'the ap- pearance of spotted fever in several prison camps where Russians were .quartered. But as a result _ of the measures adopted this epidemic, for- merly `regarded as beyond control, has been almost completely wiped. out. "The' eight great disinfecting sta- tions, in which 96,000 men can be cleansed and clad in new clothing in four hours, constructed by our mili- tary authorities on the eastern fron- tier, have shown themselves of es- pecial value. "It should also be mentioned that because of our sanitary arrangements, the number, of persons affected by in- flammation of the lungs and tuber culosis is no larger than in time of peace. "Because of the aseptic breatment of the wounded the rate of recovery among them has been remarkably high. Ninety of every hundred wounded men roturn,to the front com- pletely cured. • "Early in the war a great number of young men perished from lockjaw. So we are using vaccine against that disease. Althdugh the effects of the anti-tentanus 'serum discovered by Behring are not so striking as in the case of the diphtheria serum of the same scientist, as its use will not save those already stricken, the die,T. ease can be prevented by its timely application. - Brazilian Pests, In certain parts of' Brazil rats are a great nuisance. The common cat does not .thrive for some unaccount- able reason, but is -replaced by a spec les of small boa -constrictor tiie gibola. The snakes are not venomous, They 'sleep In the house, generally .tak- ing up their position at the foot of the stairs, When nightfall approaches they begin to wake up, and during the night tlseygri3'Wif'tly about the promises, oolong d cit ratd, It . s Maime . that. they are so easily domesticated that if moved from one house to another, they invariably return to the house whence they have been taken. Mother --"You disobedient boy! I've • a good mind to Whip .you." Willie "Well, .ma, there's nothing so easy to 'change es a woman's mind, 3'ot know." •