HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1916-5-25, Page 2ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM
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Premie Asquith to Frame a Proposal to Lay Before the
British Cabinet.
A despatch :troth Dablin says
Premier Asquith has reached the eon
elusion from impressions gathere(
(luring hie Irish visit that the old for
of goverilinert` in Ireland has had it
day. The Associated Press learn
from sources in closest touch with the
Premier that Mr. Asquith's converse
tions and conferences have convinced
him th t i.1iu future government nnut
he cn.l::cted on an. entirely different
rys tem.
ThPrimeMinister has taken care
to learn the ideas and views of many
per,,on,e other than those in puiely of-
: ficial circles, and these persons have
-1 offered greatly varied suggestions.
1 None of these, it is believed, Cana be
m adopted in its entirety, but it is
s thought they might be welded to -
s gether to form a proposal to lay be -
fare the Cabinet.
His Belfast visit gave a good hint
` to the Premier that the Ulsterites
it
would not accept a direct proposal iin-
plying home rule. But It is believed
that they might be induced to enter
into a concerted plan which could pos-
sibly be arranged to meet their most
serious objections.
F` rc rE2 thew Middle West
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAES,
k3C Is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld..
Scotia.
Lee: Me_3,thur, Prince Alba..t.:% died
sta7t1..nly it a cafe.
The Government may drain low
lands cf Winnipeg,
A Red Cross tag day in Leth-
bridge recently netted $900,
All Alberta school teachers are re-
quired to take the oath of allegiance
ntlW.
llu.. Fmnieum, of Des Moines,
Ioi� a. committed suicide in Winnipeg.
rte. J. S . Serymgeour, one of Win-
ni;:,e( 'inert cricketers, has been
kill ilzaction.
Deputy -Mayor McArthur's $10,000
home, was completely destroyed by
fire at Edmonton.
•
("tat. James Morrison, of Company
3, C.A.S.C„ of Winnipeg, has been
awerde;i the military cross.
Cet:•,`, C. W. Hodges, of Calgary
City's Engineering Department, has
been wounded a second time.
While in barracks, Lance -Corp. J.
C. Fryer. 100th Battalion, Winnipeg,
dropped dead of heart disease.
Brit <h Colombia Indians are com-
plaining about violation of their na-
tive right= by B. C. Government.
• Fire wiped out half the business
section of Bentley, Alta., recently.
The loss is estimated at $16,000.
W. H. McVicar, manager of the
Union. Bank, Moose Jaw, accidentally
shot himself, dying in a few minutes.
Culler• will have another manu-
factory. Vancouver men intend to
build automobile threshing machines.
B. t Coffin, principal of Calgary
Normal School, is new President of
the Edueational Association of Al-
berta.
Falling off the pilot of an engine,
Harold Thompson, brakeman on the
G.T.P., has instantly killed at Mel-
ville, Sask. •
Action against the G.T.P. for $30,-
000
30;000 over the death of Clifford Milne,
Edmonton, has been dismissed by
the court.
E. Itiey, a bachelor farmer of bum-
mer, was found dead in his barn; the
body hanging half -way out of his
buggy.
Lieut. C. H. Collinson, a well-known
MacLeod rancher, has been placed in
command of the fist Battery at King-
ston.
Lan". e -Corporal George Ocidy, a riot-
ed lacrosse player of New Westmin-
ster; died of pneumonia in Folke-
stone Hospital, England.
SAVE THE POTATO CROP.
Neglect of Treatment Causes Heavy
.Annual Loss.
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From 1905 to 131, the average an-
nuel yield of potatoes in Canada was
78,405,000 bushels, constituting one
of our important field crops.. The an •
-
nual yield, however, is greatly lessen-
ed by the ravages of diseases and in -
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.Elie Biel gl,tt(1 French populace situ bloi.sums on. liat•trdan soldiers who hail travelled thousands of
miles to fight on the 'Western from;. ',L`1ie photograph, depicts a scone la Maeseiiie,3 on the recent a:ri
rival of the Czar's troops
sects. The season of 1915 was admit- >T
tedly one of the worst in years for i LLA ,� BAR ,
late blight, and the Botanical Divi-
sion of the Central Experimental
Farm observes that, in one small
province of Canada, the loss from
this disease amounted to about 2,-
000,000 bushels, not including loss in Sea is Now Ice Free and Activity on Part of Underwater Craft
storage. is Renewed.
Potato diseases may be controlled
in different ways; some by spraying,
some by seed treatment and some by
seed selection. For early and late A despatch from London says: A ing a cargo of 2,000 tons. Her cap-
tain was ordered on board th�e/, sub
marine with the ship's a ergs, and
SUN (-THREE GERMAN � N SHIPS
blight and for flea beetles, Bordeaux
mixture is very effective. By adding
poison to this mixture the Colorado
potato beetle is also kept in check.
Numerous experiments have been
made which demonstrate clearly the
practical value of spraying with
Bordeaux mixture. At the Vermont
Agriculture Experiment Stabion ex-
periments have been conducted for
many years. Over a period of eight-
een years the yield on the sprayed
area averaged 271 bushels per acre,
:while the unsprayed gave only 159 o
bushels per acre for the same period.', The Ln„�iga Markets.
The lowest gain from spraying was I +pS liC Markets
26 per cent., while the average was
92 per cent. This evidence should be Breadstuffs.
large number of Russian and British
submarines are operating in the east-
ern and southern portions of the Bal-
tic 'Sea, which is now ice -free.
The German steamer Hera, 4,750
tons, was sunk, on Thursday morning
off Landsort, in the Baltic. Reports
conflict as to whether a British or
Russian submarine sank the vessel.
The Hera left Stockholm on Tuesday
to take iron ore to Oxloesund, carry -
sufficient to convince every farmer
that it pays to spray. It does not
cost much and is not so troublesome
as many imagine. If you have not
full directions at hand, write ,now to
the nearest Experimental Farm or
the Central Farm; at Ottawa and you
`will receive complete instructions re-
garding making and applying. Bor-
deaux mixture.-F.C.N. in Conserva-
tion.
SUMMER KITCHENS.
Danger From Stoves Without Safe
and Proper Chimneys.
A sequence of the annual spring
housecleaning period in the home
is the exodus of cooking stoves and
ranges to the summer kitchens. This
removal involves a considerable fire
risk. The summer kitchen naturally
suggests a building of more or less
flimsy construction, usually a frame
lean-to without a proper chimney.
Too often a stovepipe through wall or
roof serves as a smoke outlet, without
even protection of the surrounding
woodwork.
The same care should be exercis-
ed with stoves and ranges in summer
as in winter. Woodwork should be
protected by sheet metal, with at
least two inches of air space between
tee the metal and woodwork. Sheet metal
should also be placed under the stove,
projecting sufficiently to overcome
the danger from live coals falling upon
the floor.
Proper and safe chimneys should
be provided, and, where necessary for
pipes to go through frame partitions
metal thimbles, provided with ventil-
ated air spaces, should be used. •
Insurance companies will not know-
ingly accept as a risk any building in
which stove -pipes issue through roof
or sidewalls. Should such a condition
he established and a fire occur' from
this cause, the companies are not
called upon to pay the loss, the policy
being void. It is therefore of the
utmost importance to provide safe
equipment t for stoves in summer
mmer
kitchens.
Ole BILL PASSES
IN BRITISH COMMONS.
A despatch from London says: The
compulsion bill-'assecl its third read-
ing in the House of Commons on Tues-
day by a vote of 250 to 35.
The compulsion bill was introduced
by Premier Asquith in the House of
Commons on May 2 last. It becomes
effective a month after ibs passage.
The Government is authorized by the '
rneasui'e to eall to the colors all males, '
whether married or single, between
the ages of eighteen and forty-one.
The bill also provides for the estab-
lishment of an army reserve for in-
dustrial vrork, to which the
Govern
-
mentmaY assign as many men as in-
dustrial
'conditions demand.
CAMPS OF
EGYENEMY PT
PT
DESTROYED BY AUSTRALIANS
Succ
ssful Enterprise Carried Out Against the 'furies
I ayoud and Mageibra. '
A despatch from London says: The.
following official communication con..
corning the operations in. Egypt was
made public Thursday night:
"The general officer commanding-,
in -chief in Egypt reports a success-
ful enterprise against ainst the at,
p g enemy
Baioud and Mageibra, which was
g
;tarried out by a column of ,Atustra-
Tian and New Zealand mounted troops
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Toronto, May 23. -Manitoba wheat -
No. 1 Northern, $1.26; No. 2, 31.243; No.
3, $1.183, on track, Bay ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.\V., 534c; No.
3. de., 519c; extra No. 1 feed, 615c; No.
1 reed, 504c, on track, Bay ports
American corn -No. 3 yellow, 83c, on
track, Toronto.
Canadian corn -Feed, 76 to 7le, -izami:-
nal, on track, Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 4Sc, outside
Ontario wheat -No.. 1 commercial
31.05 to $1.00; No. 2, do., 31.03 to 31.04
No. 3, do.. 31 to 31.01; feed wheat, 92 to
93c, according to freights outside,
Peas -No. 2, $1.70; according to sam-
ple, 31.25 to 31.50, according to freights
outside.
Barley -Malting, 65 to 66c; feed 63 to
64c, according to freights outside.
Buckwheat -70 to 71c, according •to
freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 93 to 94o, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute
bags, 30.70; second patents, in Jute bags
36.20; strong bakers`, in lute bags, $6.
Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, 34.50 to $4.60„in bags, on track,
Toronto; 34.55 to $4.66, in bulk, seaboard,
prompt shipment,
Millfeed-Car lots. delivered Montreal
freights -Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per
ton, $26;'middlings;-per ton. 326 to $27;
good feed. flour, per bag, 31.70 to $1.75.
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Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 50-9,o 27c;
inferior, 23 to 24c; creamery prints, 29
to 31c; inferior, 28 to 29c.
Eggs -New -laid, 22 to 23c; do,, in car-
tons, 23 to 24c.
Beans --24 to 34.50, the latter for hand- •
picked.
Cheese -Large, 193 to 193c; twins,
193 to 20c, for new cheese: old, 203 to
203c,
Iriaple syrup -$1.40 to $1.50 per Imp-
erial gallon,
Honey -Prices in 10 to 60 -Ib, tins, 133
to 14c. Combs -No. 1, $2.75 to 53; No.
2, 32.35 to 32.40,
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 24 to 26c;
fowls, 1.9 to 20c; ducks, 24 to 25c; tur- I
keys, 25c.
Potatoes -Ontario $1,60 to $1.70, and
New ltrunswicks' 'at $1.80 to $1.85 per
bag.
Provisions.
Bacon ,long clear. 183c. per lb. Haths
-medium, 233 to 243c; do., heavy, 205
tobacon.1320; rolls. 19 to 1930; breakf3toast
243 to 263c; backs,' plain, 26
273c; boneless back, 293 to 303c•.
Lard -Pure lard, tierces. 173c, and
pails, 173c; compound, 132 to 149c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, May 5323. -Oats -Canadian
Western, No, 5, ic; do., No. 3, 535c;
extra No, 1. Emil, 503c; No, 2local white,
523c; No. 3, do., 513c; No. 4, do.. 505e.
Barley -Manitoba feed, 68 to 72c; malt-
wheatl to ,5o, FlourManitoba Spring
patents, firsts, 36.80; do„ seconds,
$6,30: strong bakers', $510; Winter
patents, choice, 36: straight callers• $5,30
64 ; o in bags,
to O, d b 32.45 to .2.
g0.
SS 6
polled oats Barrels, $5.26 to $66.60; barr
0f 90 Ihs, 32,60 to $2,60, Millfeed-
Bran, 324; shorts, $26; middlings, $28 to
330; motiillie, 380 to $35. Hay -No,
2, per ton, • car lots, 320.60 to 321..50.
Cheese -finest westerns, 105 to 193c;
d easterns, o., ca to ns, 13$ to 1.94c. Butter -
choicest creamery. 29 to 29301 seconds,
28 to '235c. Eggs -Fresh, 25c; select-
ed, 27c; No. ] stock, 240; No. 2, do . 23c.
Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, 31.70 to
31.75.
Winnipeg Grain.
ytrinnlpeg, May 23. -Cash quotations:
-Wheat-No. 1 Not thein, $1.182; No, 2,
at Northern, 31.163; No. 3 Northern, 37.133;
No 4, 31.098 No. 5, 31.012 No. 6, 9390;
feed 592c. Oats- No, •2 CW., 473a;
No 8 C.W 46c; extra No. 1 feed, 463c;.
No, 1. feed, 455o; No, 8 feed 443c, Bar-
ley -No. 3, 082c; No. 4. 61c; .t`e1eoted.
1VIay 16. The enemy made no resist-
ance and fled at once, pursued by us.
The very great heat and the had go-
ing over the deep sand made
possible for the pursuit to be carried
very far.
"Thirty-six camels, quantity a q ,of
y
Turkish ammunition and one Turkish t
soldier were at captured Ba: oud
p y s and $
the enemy camp there was entirely
y
destroyed."
53c; 'feed, 58c, Flax -No. 1 ',AV:(",,
81.703; No. 2 C,W. 31.073,
United'Steted Markets.
Minneapolis, May 23. -,-Wheat, nrny,'
1,203;. ,ru1, 31.:03; No, 1 hard, 31.273
No, 1 Northern, $1.2.1k co - $1,243; leo, 2
Northern, 31,173 to $1.216, (.otn•,--No,
3 yellow . 703 to 78c. Y (hits -No. ;3
white, 4,.} to 423o. IIour unchanged.
Shiomeni:s, 46,502` barrels. tlran, 31.0.00
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o 310.50.
S
i'tiluth. 11 t y .`l,3,- \t hntrl' -•-Vn. 1 hitrrT,
1.222: No. 1 northern, 31.21:1: to $1.22.3;
Nts. 2 Northern, 31,183' Co $1.193, lin-
seed (rttCllr 31,285; May, $1.943; :Tutt',
il,'003,
paper ,
made prisoner. 'Sufficient time was
given the crew to leave the ship. Al
though the weather was rough, all on
board were saved.
The sinking of two other German
steamships by a submarine, believed
to be a Russian, is reported in a Reu-
ter despatch from Stockholm. The
steamships were the Kolga, Hamburg
for Stockholm, and the Bianca, '
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, May 23. -Choice heavy steers,
$9.25 to $9.50; butchers' cattle, choice
$9.00 to $9,25; do., good, $3.75 to $5,85,
do., medium, $S.25 to $S.40; do., common
$7.60 to $7.75; butchers' bulls, choice
$7.75 to 38.26; do„ good bulls, 57.26 to
THAT HORROR OF SERPENTS.
Not Instinctive With the Human Race
a Scientist Asserts.
Once who has seen young children
playing with snakes, even with rattle-
snakes, may well be skeptical about
an instinctive horror of serpents, says
Junius Henderson, in. Science.
Mothers in some regions have
found it advisable to deliberately
teach their children to fear snakes in
order to prevent thein from handling
the dangerous species. In other cases
the fear probably comes from asso
_ dation with those who had acquired
the serpent horror. On the other
hand, there are many boys and men
and some women, who seem to be
quite devoid of any such horror. The
argument that one "'ttnexpectedly
brought into close proximity to any
kind of snake "is suddenly seized
with a panic of horror and fear" has
very little weight, because it is not
universally s5, and the -same is usual-
ly the case when one is brought sud-
denly into close proximity with al-
: most any kind of an aniinal. Does
woman's proverbial fear of a mouse
' indicate an instinct engendered by
ancestral residence in a region where
such small animals were dangerous?
Many beginners in biology exhibit
as much horror of a worm or a cater-
pillar, in proportion to ibs size, as of
a serpent. •
$7,50 do., rough bulls, $4.75 to $6.25;
butchers' cows, choice, $7,75 to $3,10;
do., good 37;25 to $'7.50; do., common,
$6,25 to 55.75; stockers, 700 to 550 lbs.,
$0.76 to 37.75; stockers, 700 to 850 lbs.,
950 to 1,000 lbs, 98.25 to $5.60; canners
and cutters, 33.75 to 34.75; milkers,
choice. each, $7o:00 to 3100.00; do„ coni.
and med.. eac . $40.00 to 360.00; spring-
ers, 350,00 ' to 3100.00; light ewes, 35,50
to 310.10; sheep, heavy, $6.00 to 37.50;
yearlings, $11.00 to $13 00; lambs, choice
$11.00 to $13.50; spring lambs, $6,00 to
$12.00;calyes, good to. choice, 39,60 to
$10.75; do.. medium, 57.25 to 38.50; hogs,
fed and watered, 311.35 to $11.40; do„
weighed off cars, 311.60 to $11.65; do„
f.o.b.. 310,66 to 310.75.
Montreal, May 23. -Butchers' steers,
choice, 38,75 to 39.25; medium, $7.50 to
38.50; common to fair, 37 to 38; bulls,
choice, 37 to 38; fair tb good, $6.70 to
37; medium, 35.50 to 39.50; common, 35;
cows, choice, 36.76 to 37.50; fair to good,
35.50 to 36.60; canners •'nd cutters, 33.75
to 34.50, Sheep, light, 83c to 9c; lambs,
spring, $5 to 38 each, Calves, choice,
to 9cc; medium, 63c. to 73c, Hogs
selects, 512 to 312.25 hearys and sows,
$10 to 310.25. _
ASK DOMINION
O PREMIERS
TO SETTLE IRISH TROUBLE.
• A despatch from London says: One
of the suggestions for dealing with
the Irish problem which has gained
many supporters in the past few days
is for the appointment of a Commis-
sion to arrange a settlement, the mem-
bers of which will include Premier
Borden of Canada, Premier Hughes of
Australia, and' Peeemier Botha of
South Africa. Discussing this pro-
posal The Chronicle says editorially:
"The settlement of the Irish question
is not only a matter of great moment,
but also a condition precedent to any
scheme of Imperial federation. There
is thus a double reason for the co-
operation of the Dominion Premiers."
FOES OF COMPULSION --..
FINED IN LONDON
Members of No Conscription Fellow-
ship Punished by Court.
A despatch from', London says:
Eight members of the National Com
inittee of the. NO Conscription Fellow-
ship were arraigned in the Mansion
House Police Court on Wednesday
under the .defence of the realm act in
connection with the publication of a
pamphlet demanding ng
ther
repeal 1 of the
compulsory military p ,y m 1 tart' service act. This
pamphlet affirmed the determination
of the committee to resist the act,
saying: "We cannot assist in a war
which to us is wrong, which the peo-
ples do not seek, which will be impos-
sible only when men who so believe
remain steadfast to their convictions."
Each defendant was fined the maxi-
mum penalty, $500, with $50 costs.
PRITAIN'S NEW BEER
ONLY KEEPS ONE DAY.
A despatch from London says: The
Daily Mail says that the non-alcoholic
beer recently approved by the Gov-
ernment has been pub on sale in sev-
eral London saloons and has met
with astonishing demand during the
hours when the sale of a.leoholie
drinks is prohibited, One saloon drew
forty gallons of the new beer. before
11 o'clock on Thursday moaning. The
trouble is, the Daily Mail adds, that
the beer won't keep and the supply
PP Jr
must be macre fresh daily,
ALLIES TAKE STEPS TO
FEED THE POLES.
.A. despatch from London says:
Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War
Trade and Blockade, in an interview
on Wednesday night announces that.
the allitis have taken steps to feed the
Belgians, Poles and Serbs. "It is un-
questionably the duty of Germany to
do this," said he, "but as it has been
neglected, the allies have undertaken
steps, although the task is not obli-
gatory on their parb. The German
militarists will regard contemptuously
the allies' proceedings, but the latter
are not prepared, even for military
reasons, to see the Poles se.arved to
death by the Germans. • We hear of
women and children perishing by the
wholesale, and even of grown men
dropping dead of hunger in the
streets."
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POPE ASKS GERMANY
TO STOP U-BOAT WAR.
forPPy
ful
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FAIL TO BREAK .
VERDllik LINE
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
NOTBS„Op' INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAES.
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What is Gain. On In the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
Scottish miners have had their
wages increased by (3 cents per day.
Lord Eglinton has just taken in
hand a scheme for the formation of
a local volunteer corps in Ayrshire.
By the recent death of Mr. Wm,
Drummond, Carstairs has lost one of,
its oldest and most respected iuihekit-
ants.
All the bowling clubs in the Clack-
mannanshire County have agreed not
to play matches during' the coming
season.
The amount collected in Troon to
the end of March on behalf of the Na-
tional County Relief Funds was over
$18,875.
The death is announced of Mr.
John Berwick, a• well-known Duni-
'•x • the 62.
Germane ,*. f1•iesshire t�,lmer, at age of
ci S Make ,g
Another ,
xr z A„
tempt xt on Hill 304 years.
Alexander Thomson, a +.miner, who.
• Front. resided at Aucheuiharvvie Cottage,
Steventston, was accidentally killed
at Ardeer colliery.
Damage estimated at $5,000 was
caused by an outbreak. of fire in
Abernethy School. The work shop
and cookery rooms being •gutted.
Sergeant J. M. Walker, Gordon
Highlanders, formerly a postman at
Buckie, has been awarded the D,C.Ms
for distinguished service on the field.
Dr. Hodgson has resigned• the
principalship of the Theological
1 Ha11 of the Scottish Congregational
Union which he has occupied for 22
years.
During the month of March there
were*eover 1,200 soldiers and sailors
supplied with tea and buns at the
Red Cross tea stall at Bonar Bridge
station.
Pollokshaws Campbell Library,
which has been completely reorgan-
ized, was formally opened by Baillie
Hutchinson. The library now contains
4,000 volumes.
The Rev. J. Spoor, of the Tranent •
Primitive Methodist Church, has been
appointed military chaplain to the
troops of his denomination in the Tra-
nent district.
A despatch from Paris says; An-
other attempt was made by the Ger-
mans on Thursday afternoon to break
through the French line on the Bois
d'Avocourt-Hill 304 front, on the west
bank of the Meuse. The French
trenches were subjected. to the usual
violent preparatory bombardment be-
fore the German infantry left its
trenches, but the moment the attack
was launched the French fire -curtain
was thrown out and the mibrailleusee.
were brought into action, cheeking
the Germans, apparently with heavy
losses before they had reached the
French positions. The German artil-
lery is still continuing its bombard-
ment in this sector, indicating a prob-
ability that further attacks are to be
launched. The French guns are re-
plying.
37,000 TURK PRISONERS
TAKEN BY RUSSIANS.
A despatch from London says:
More than 37,000 Turkish troops have
been captured by the. advancing forces
of Grand'Duke Nicholas inAsiaMinor
during the last three weeks. The
Russians have also captured vast
quantities of munitions, which had
been sent from German factories and
conveyed to the Ottoman front by pro-
digious effort. On every hand the
Russian troops as they advance find
evidence of Turkish cruelty. The Ot-
toman soldiers are massacring all
Christians. Whole villages are left
in flames as the Turks fall back. The
Russians soldiers are feeding thous-
ands of refugees, sharing their daily
rations with starving women and chil-
dren.
OFFERS 6,000 PORTABLE HOUSES
('creat Aid for French and Belgian
Refugees.
A despatch from Paris says: Frank
J. Gould has taken the first practical
step toward helping the homeless war
sufferers by ordering 6,000 portable
houses, which are about to arrive from
the United States and will b given to
French and Belgian refugees whose
hones were destroyed by gunfire.
The Gri de Paris declares that "more
charity is dispensed in Frank Jay
Gould's chateau than anywhere else in
France," and that "no war sufferer is
ever refused help, though hundreds
call.."
BRITISH PENSION
SCHEME ANNOUNCED.
A despatch from London says: A
scheme of war pensions was announ-
ed in the Commons on Wednesday by
William, Hayes Fisher, Parliamentary
Under-Secretary for the Local Gov-
ernment Board. It - provides for
grants of $620 yearly to married and
unmarried men called to the colors
where financial hardships result. This
is irrespective of the allowances al-
ready given soldiers' wives. It was
announced that the assistance would
be extended to include rents, insur-
ance premiums, taxes, loans, and in-
terest installments.
A despatch from. London says: Sir c
Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary,
announced in the House of Commons
on Thursday that the Government had
been informed by Sir Henry Howard,
British Minister at the Vatican, that
representations have been made to
Germany by the Vatican with a view
to'inducing Germany to abandon sub-
marine warfare.
•N
MANITOBA ACREAGE
IN WHEAT REDUCED.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
The wheat acreage in Manitoba is five
per cent. less than last year, accord-
ingthe estimateof
J H. Evans,
vans, o
Acting Deputy Minister of Agricul-
ture. Ir
Alberta Crops Look (load.
A. despatch from Calgary says;
THE OFFICER'S LOOKING -GLASS.
What Kind of Officers a Battalion "•' ,
By Its Appearance.
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pp
"The company or the battalion is
the best looking -glass of its officers.
In the company and the battalion you
see the image of the officers -you see
yourselves. When you note a com-
pany on the march -slack -looking,
miserable, dirty, slow, and almost
sulky in coming to attention, with
half a dozen stragglers creeping on
behind, end the officers and N.C.O.'s
taking no notice you can tell at once
that these are bad officers, and that
no discipline and no energy exist
there," said a senior officer to a school
of;youngofficers "somewhere in
France," and reported by the London
Times.
"On the contrary, when you see 0
company marching well closed-up-
inpn with heads erect ((ven though
covered with mud of tits:rhes), and
quick and energetic In the movements
as they come to, the salute -•- these
show good officers and a well -dis-
ciplined company . . . When your.
take your men into action, eithcf•
ordinary trench warfare or in a 1 51
attack, all this discipline will cepa
you and your men themselves a
thousandfold.
"Keep up your own energy and
that. of your men, and maintain the
offensive spirit most carefully .
To. do this, don't overlook the fact
that one of your chief duties is -to be
always thinking. You have got
brains; don't forget to use them.
That is what you are an officer for.
You must always be thinking.
How can you make the trench (or
your position wherever it is) more
secure or more comfortable .for the
men? Or hew can you attack the
enemy? Or inflict some blow or lose
on him? As soon as the thought has
entered your head, put it into execu-
tion; issue the necessary orders, and
see them energetically carried out.
Thus you will keep up the spirit of:. Vis'
energy and of the • offensive which
re of such immense iMportance.
All'ener is born of thought;
gy
therefore remember that to, think is
one of your great duties. ' " ,
Ib
Reports received here from all parts a
f the province e declare that despite
the lateness of the season everything
romises a splendid crop
y and carry out these p n
SON OF ciples, and put the knowledge ,
LADITFENDER have Ui
when. youreturni to our battali0 .
ADEN INTO CUSTODY
Do not rloo thp06 fact that
AKEN you must possess (and: show
that you possess) decision and reso-
lution inorder to instil discipline
into your men ---merely to insist on
obedience, smartness, ' and compli-
ance with all orders is not sufficient.
"Do not forget that the then are
your comrades; and do not overlook
the fact that the British soldier has
a great soul, and can and does ap-
preciate what courage, honor, patriot-
ism, and self-sacrifice mean. .
"Talk to on your men often these
1
great qualities, both in lectures and
to individuals personally, You will
always find a ready response,..which
will one day stand you in good stead;
and, what is more important still,
will stand England and the Empire in
good stead."
T
Tried to Induce Aberdare Miners to Strike if Rebel Leader
• Connolly Was Executed.
qes
A. despatch from London says:,
James White, son of the late Field
Marshal, and formerly a captain in
the army, was remanded to custody
at Aberdare cin Wednesday on the
charge of making statoments y
� likely bo
cause disaffection and prejudice in
connection with recruiting.
The prosecution describes White as
a "dangerous character,' and claimed
that it was able to prove that he
went to Aberdare to induce miners t
strike if John Connolly, the rebel lead-
er,
o
was executed. Documents
found in
the possession of the prisoner proved
it is charged, that he,tin
was consorting
g
with the enemies of Great Britain.
White has figured previously in eon-
nection with the agitation carried
_ on
by dim Larkin, who organized g elle
street carr strike of 1913,