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The Exeter Times, 1919-8-28, Page 6..S Fa 8,654,4E1'7 i "iropirc's War Effort Brought 7,130,280 • From Mother •Country and Colonies. A ole:3pateli fiVin London why s The repot of the War Cabinet for 1.918\anima s.es as fellows the Em pire'e wan effort: The strength of the reveler army Veserve and teeritoeli1.fL w e on the 'fourth. of August, rw,514. D ritain has since recruited a t1Ot>,l ee • even. With other enlistment in til': 'United Kingdom ami Canada he total "white enlietmonts in the v.imle Ern - Tire were 7,180,280, The figures of enlistments for races other than 'White, including over 1,20,000 from India, were 1,624,lii't, giving a grand total for all races of the Empire of 8,664,407. In addition to these, Chinese ' a}nd ether labor units were raised for Service ,in Saloniki, Egypt and Meso- potamia. W ,W HAY WANTED BY BRITAIN Old Country Can Absorb All Dominion Has For Export. A despatch from London says:—A grave shortage of the British hey crop has resulted in many urgent en- quiries being placed with Canadian' trade representatives here for sup-` plies of Canadian hay. If Canada has any hay for export she can sell all sof it over here. The Government spokesman stated in Parliament that the authorities Were watching the hay situation care- fully, and that if prices' rose to an unreasonable level they would con- sider the advisability of fixing maxi- mum prices. The Government would not, however, control the distribution of the year's hay crop. KN TROOPS ELL 4 MEXICANS Surrounded the Bandits in a Bloc! house in the Mountains. A despatch from Marfa, Tex., says:—Four Mexican bandits were killed by American troops in Mexico Thursday, Captain Leonard Matlock, who arrived hire by airplane reported. They were surrounded in a block- house that the Mexicans had con- structed in a mountain pass. The bandits fought desperately when they found they were trappe,i d and two es;.aped. When the American troops approached the blockhouse with the intention of ,searching it the Mexi- cans opened fire from portholes. WHITMORE'S ESTIMATE OF WESTERN CROPS Forecasts 88,000,000 Bushels of Wheat For Sask., 43 in Man., 21 in Alta. A despatch from Regina, Sask., says:—A. E. Whitmore of Regina, a close student of crop conditions 2or many years, made a forecast that Saekatehewan will have SS,S30,000 bushels of wheat this year. The Manitoba crop he places at 43,05,000 and the Alberta crop at 21,951,6C0. The yield in Saskatchewan, he estimates at ten bushels; for Mani- toba fifteen, and for Alberta six. Ha has issued forecasts of the same nature for a number of years, and thE.y have been remarkably accurate. Last year, for instance, he estimated 20,0000,000 bushels higher than others made at the same time, and was with- in 3,000,000 of the final Government report. FRENCH AIRPLANE GOLIATH IS GIVEN UP AS LOST A despatch from Paris says:—The French airplane Goliath, which has not been seen since it left :Mogador, Morocco, for Dakar last week, gener-' ally was given up as lost in aviation circles. The Farman Company, build- ers of the airplane which carried eight passengers, was still without news of the machine. F ',I Fi' ii'i4•i d ALLIES iNT tS.@ESr'IN.7{ STATISTIC t L C`Y,?yiPAA rI ONS (PROM THE ILLUSTRATED I, O:NDON NEWS, UNLI 23, 1018), ii v a ewe . t\.ee C•Q'?J<L.��u. .55 ti eeenan e ae t' et13< x „:,y<.„aS.:::fa:fo$.....: :yti. \;;w,ia....V:.:, Yst \x. 4`.:'i•?11 k:: :: ':: SG\\'\. \v„\ii Y.\i,�.�>,:.yYi:4: `:v`��1�?.l`.:.,:��:'.eUeleeee t rive e stv ass ear li ee xtw s.. • a ;KLA u :a • Qi *a <=>t fit:••'. s•„? :ii;Y a hi.W lh*121 ,f GREAT BRITAIN'S HIGH PLACE I N THE ALLIED The figsres given above (taken from an article in the June number of "The Round Table”) may be left to speak for themselves. These who study them carefully will see that this country holds a splendid record of military ef- fort during the war. Discussing the limitations of statistical testimony, the writer says: "It is impossible, for instance, to measure the extent' to which the military effort of the United Kingdom was handicapped by "the necessity of making munitions for the Allies, assisting their finances, main- teining the comment of the sea, and keeping up the oversee carrying trade :h heatteege ROLL OF HONOR: THE TESTIMONY 'OF FIGUiiES. against the terrible toll exacted by the submarine. It is equally impes• sible to assess the magnificent moral effort by which France held four- fifths of the Weeteru Front until our new armies came to her aid, or that which enabled Belgium to i4e superior to the first annihilating shock of the waves of the German advance.. More imponderable even than these "is the force of instinct and of vision which sent the splendid Dominion con- tingents across thousands of leagues of sea,” The total of 5,704,415 United Kingdom enlistments excludes the Navy, Merchant Service, and auxiliary home services. ---(Copyrighted in U.S.A. and Canada). a_..:. ---`• ^.s... .,^:..::..7 ..s,e: r....,..•.:,>-.r�..,^'•>^'.... .-x.- ". - =.52 �—aces.._.."-.,a..;.e. .rte' - - r-nc - �._.....�s•......... ........ __._.._._. ..J..-mlniarrste. 1 OVER 1,1n0( o V' rrES [ their wives have been unfaithful. The THE FIRST FOUNTAIN PEN. s(LGHT I M i:-teaEoB icost Of OOiaili'.:1g a divorce', is from! $200 up, according to lawyers. Tze- Majority of Applicants Are �RII�. (r•a sly. �, Returned SSeldier . A despatch from Winnipeg; says:— An announten'cr-t ma'..e at the Taw courts Th•_rsriat trots:; that there are more than eleven hundred di :•orce ap- plications filed for hearing when the Court of King's Bench opens for the j fall sittings, September 15. Six judges will he cei ul:ied hearing the eases. In .the majority of cases, the divorce applications are being made rs �vh have returned t 1' i • LIVED FOR TWC) HOURS AFTER BLOWING OUT'BRAINS A despatch from South Porcupine ays:—'Charles Morton Penny, who lived with his wife and family on a farm near Golden City, was found in a dying condition in bed, having shot himself through the head, blowing out his brains. He died two hours after being discovered. Penny was an Eng- lishman. He has been despondent by soluse o a slid lately. Invention of a Frenchman is Still in Use in Paris, A fountain pen made in 1804 is still in use in Paris. It was patented that sauce yeau• by Jean Be:hoit Mallet, an engineer, and the firm that still car- ries on the business founded by him asserts that this was the first foun- t to fn pen ever made. Mallet was tile,,inventor of the gold pen with the ruby point, perhaps the easiest writing and most durable nib Iever put on the market. But it is necessarily expensive. In 1543 Mal- let substituted iridium as a point for his pens. At the same time he pro- vided a reservoir for the ink. This was the germ from which grew the idea of storing ink in the handle. Mallet's fountain pen differs ;lily slightly from. our modern ones. It was self -filling; but the flow of ink Was re- gulated by a little, turn -screw on the side. This, however, was soon given up, as it became clogged It would he interesting to know what was the date of the earliest patent on a fountain pen in America or England. :mac a :'rs ,i 424, l "L' Vii, ' TN I gs From c ot1an Sir Lees Knowles, brother-in-law of Lord Strathspey, has received tire. Territorial Decoration.. Sore. 0, S. Adams, Seaforthe1 awarded the Distinguished Conduct Iledail, is a native of Brora, . One of Glasgow's best known ship- owners- paecod -away recently tn, th.e person of William Robertson. Baron Bailie J. A, Poison,- Boner Bridge, has given £50 to the local Fallen Heroes' Moniorial Fund. The 'Order of the British Empire has been conferred on Provost' D. S. Shaw, Fort William, Inverness, The Croix do Guerre has been awarded to Sergt. Charles Rafran, D.C,M., of the 6th Gordon HigIhlanders. The Regent Place U. F, Church, Craigpark, Dennistoun,• recently held their centenary celebration services. The experiment of carrying parcels by special tram cars in Glasgow has failed, owing to lack of public sup- port. Mr, Macpherson, who has been ap- pointed Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, is a native of Dutnan Bridge, Morayshire, - A, Mackie, 1Vf.A,, master of mathe- matics and science at Tain Academy, has been appointed rector of that . in- stitution. The death is announced at Dingwall of John Munro, who conducted a baker business at Dingwall for, nearly fifty years. • A tablet has been erected in the West End School, Elgin, hr memory of the 117 olct'rscllolars who were killed in the war. Lord Levet has arranged to sell his estates at Stronel(tirg, Corriegartli, Glendoe and Millin, comprising 50,650 .acres. The French. Government has award- ed the Croix de Guerre with palms to Sergt. R. Valentine, Seaforths, Los- siemouth. Maj. A. R. Munro, awarded the Ter- - rttorial Decoration, is a brother of the Rt. Hon. Robert Mupro, Secretary ?or Scotland. Sergt. Robert Logia, Scottish Rifles, i-.lio has been awarded. the D.C.M„ is a son of the late James Logic, Port Gordon. The death took place recently at the Preston Royal Infirmary of Nurse Jeannie Gibson, daughter of the late I:ailie Gibson, Elgin. The Croix ..sle Chevalier has been conferred on Capt. J. D. Laurie, D.S.O., nephew of Sir Claude V. E. Laurie, formerly of Fairburn, Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie has under consideration the extension of her Seaforth tweed industry for the bene- fit of disabled soldiers and sailors. The death took place recently at Ramsey Gardens, Edinburgh, of Alex. iVI.A , for Mackenzie, o many years head master of Larchfield, Helens= burgh. SUFFICIENT PUNISHMENT. Amusing Story Told by Britisher in • Occupied Germany. Under British administration in oc- cupied Germany a great deal of re- sponaibility falls on the burgomaster. When his authority breaks down or when there are breaches of the regu- lations, a military court tries the cases and imposes fines .- f various amounts. There are a good ninny cases of theft and of food smuggling. One amusing case of theft in which the punishment fitted the crime came under my notice, says Bishop Frod- sham in the Cornhill Magazine. A sapper complained to his commanding officer that a parcel of his that had lately arrived from England had been opened, and that some cakes and a bottle of sugar-coated cascara pills bad been removed. The owner of the billet, a stout baker, was promptly interrogated. He denied with tears all knowledge of the theft. His wife, also in tears, af- firmed her innocence. The five chil- dren howled out their innocence of all matter connected with the parcel. Then some one remembered that a tow -headed small boy, a neighbor's son, had been in the house, When they asked him if he knew anything about the matter, he acknowledged that he had eaten the cakes, big and little. Did he know anything about the medicine? No, he had seen no medicine, but a little bottle of confec- tions he had seen and also eaten. IIad he eaten all? Yes, he had all con- sumed—azl lie was not feeling well! Fr9,.n1 Erin's Grail Isle �t•" A' Town Tenants' League has bceli formed at Kilkeel., County Down, t4 protect themselves against rent raid= ing, c' Lord Shaftesbury addressed a large• ly attended meeting in Lolfast in sup- port of the Comrades of the Great War Movement, The machinery of the Southerse&er non'spaper, Slsibbereon, seized by the military ahthorlties in August last, has been returned to the owners, At a meeting of the Discharged Sol- diers and Sailors, hold in Galway, it was decided to ask the Government to establish ct mechanical training centre at Galway, A farm consisting of 55 Irish acres, sittiated at Milehousc, Enniscorthy, sold recently for $18,400. William Doyle, a sheep driver, was lined £1 at the Dray Seesions for driving sheep with sore foot. The Earl of Meath has substantial- ly increased the wages of all the men and boys on his Kilruddery estate. The Youghal Guardians have ap- pointed Dr. M. Lynch to act tempor- arily for Dr. Foley. as medical officer, The death took place recently at "The Frolic," Nehagh, of Mrs. Mc. Keane, mother of Lieut. IdeKeane, M,C. Judge Law -Smith, at the Linterhic Assizesr Marded Mrs. Walshe and costs for the death of her line - band from a fall at the Limerick Bond©1 Stores. The Military Cross has been award• ed to Lieut. C. H. Ricketts, grandson of the late T. W. Humphries, Donagh- more House, Castlefin. The Thurles Urban Council have a scheme on hand to provide electric lighting for that town at a cost of $85,000. Mr. Shanly; of Carrick -on -Shannon, lost his son, two brothers, sister -in. leiw and nephew in one week, death being caused by influenza. The Government has under con. sideration a recommendation n�, i'te Irish Advisory Committee, a 1=s"til• ling -a -week State assistance for the blind. Owing to trade depression, fhe Power Loom Manufacture: s' • As•:;l lcia- tion have decided on e 30 -hour week in all weaving factories, THE WRITER'S REWARD. More Fame Than Fortune Gaineci by ' Literary Work. i That the late; Amelia E. Barr, auth- oress of sixty successful novels, left an estate of only y 655 iutlioates some• thing of the vicissitudes of the literary profession. A novel may ani.dy repay the publisher ah:d then fall lint as to - its demand, leaving the writer of it but slight returns for the time and labor spent on it. Many prolific authors have had similar experience and they wrote so many books, perhaps not throurb speer love of writing, whites always produces the best results, but simply as a matter of routine and necessity. In a sense they might have boon called the slaves of the pen, which sone• times reward its users beyond thein deserts and at others with the cupri• ciousnens of Which literature fusni le • es livioso ninny examples, gives there but scant daily -bread. A mere beginner in literature or in journalism to -clay can frequently earn Much more than Edgar Allen Poe,, for instance, earned at a. time SriiCit ho was turning out masterpieces of literature in prose and verse. flet while fortune is fickle and capriciouscapriciousand- bestows her rewards i ermently without much reference to marit, fame is more just. The world lcee es little or nothing and cares lass for tan publishers and editorial man _ tea who grudgingly gave Poe a mere pit tanco for work which time has stomp• ed immortal. They looked down upon him as an erratic scribbler and prob• ably thought they were tm e atint ,i:n liberally, and now the kludoit"tig that falls to them is silence and ob. Evn.en Griswold, a man important in the literary history of his time, is now known chiefly from his collection of the iiro-se and poetry of his day and,, for his antagonism and injustice tc Poe. - I A Golden Nc:v:spaper. The, London Daily Mail has win led a special "Peace Number" in gold. which forms a la Ating, bountiful and historic souvenir of the tremendous events of the Met five years. It con tains 'a complete record of the world crisis and its solution, from the signa. trims of the femm:, "scrap of paper" to a photograph of the actual eignIeg of P - Practicaleace.ly imperishable with its golden "ink" and,„,Iterfect' paper, this Ileac() Number will be a' thing to pass on to the next generation, ta shoe; what manner of men made, fought; • and settled the Great War. A list of famous contributors in ciudes'the names of: Viscount North cliffe, -Mr, Joseph Conrad, Colones. 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William Doyle, a sheep driver, was lined £1 at the Dray Seesions for driving sheep with sore foot. The Earl of Meath has substantial- ly increased the wages of all the men and boys on his Kilruddery estate. The Youghal Guardians have ap- pointed Dr. M. Lynch to act tempor- arily for Dr. Foley. as medical officer, The death took place recently at "The Frolic," Nehagh, of Mrs. Mc. Keane, mother of Lieut. IdeKeane, M,C. Judge Law -Smith, at the Linterhic Assizesr Marded Mrs. Walshe and costs for the death of her line - band from a fall at the Limerick Bond©1 Stores. The Military Cross has been award• ed to Lieut. C. H. Ricketts, grandson of the late T. W. Humphries, Donagh- more House, Castlefin. The Thurles Urban Council have a scheme on hand to provide electric lighting for that town at a cost of $85,000. Mr. Shanly; of Carrick -on -Shannon, lost his son, two brothers, sister -in. leiw and nephew in one week, death being caused by influenza. The Government has under con. sideration a recommendation n�, i'te Irish Advisory Committee, a 1=s"til• ling -a -week State assistance for the blind. Owing to trade depression, fhe Power Loom Manufacture: s' • As•:;l lcia- tion have decided on e 30 -hour week in all weaving factories, THE WRITER'S REWARD. More Fame Than Fortune Gaineci by ' Literary Work. i That the late; Amelia E. Barr, auth- oress of sixty successful novels, left an estate of only y 655 iutlioates some• thing of the vicissitudes of the literary profession. A novel may ani.dy repay the publisher ah:d then fall lint as to - its demand, leaving the writer of it but slight returns for the time and labor spent on it. Many prolific authors have had similar experience and they wrote so many books, perhaps not throurb speer love of writing, whites always produces the best results, but simply as a matter of routine and necessity. In a sense they might have boon called the slaves of the pen, which sone• times reward its users beyond thein deserts and at others with the cupri• ciousnens of Which literature fusni le • es livioso ninny examples, gives there but scant daily -bread. A mere beginner in literature or in journalism to -clay can frequently earn Much more than Edgar Allen Poe,, for instance, earned at a. time SriiCit ho was turning out masterpieces of literature in prose and verse. flet while fortune is fickle and capriciouscapriciousand- bestows her rewards i ermently without much reference to marit, fame is more just. The world lcee es little or nothing and cares lass for tan publishers and editorial man _ tea who grudgingly gave Poe a mere pit tanco for work which time has stomp• ed immortal. They looked down upon him as an erratic scribbler and prob• ably thought they were tm e atint ,i:n liberally, and now the kludoit"tig that falls to them is silence and ob. Evn.en Griswold, a man important in the literary history of his time, is now known chiefly from his collection of the iiro-se and poetry of his day and,, for his antagonism and injustice tc Poe. - I A Golden Nc:v:spaper. The, London Daily Mail has win led a special "Peace Number" in gold. which forms a la Ating, bountiful and historic souvenir of the tremendous events of the Met five years. It con tains 'a complete record of the world crisis and its solution, from the signa. trims of the femm:, "scrap of paper" to a photograph of the actual eignIeg of P - Practicaleace.ly imperishable with its golden "ink" and,„,Iterfect' paper, this Ileac() Number will be a' thing to pass on to the next generation, ta shoe; what manner of men made, fought; • and settled the Great War. A list of famous contributors in ciudes'the names of: Viscount North cliffe, -Mr, Joseph Conrad, Colones. John Buchan, Viscountess Rhondda, "George A, Birmingham" (Capon Dian nay); Sir A Canon Doyle, the Countess of Dudley, Sir A. Pinero, and the BM.slh, op of Birmingham. The price is 25 cents, or post fres anywhere in the world 40 cents. Or. cloys should be sent to "Golden Num bee, Carmelite House, London, Fl, C, 4,''