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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1914-10-22, Page 5DON'T think of the Edison Phonograph just as a reproducer of topical songs or band selections. Its great value as a home entertainer is its versatility. Take the present popularity of dancing. With an EDISON is your home, you may have a delightful dance as often as you like) with music that a millionaire could not improve. You can have all the latest danbes—Waltz Hesitation, One Step, Maxixe, Three Step, Boston—played by the finest bands and orchestras, with the tempo set by the masters of dancing so that you get the exact rhythm. Or—if you prefer the regular waltzes and two-steps, you may choose from many when you have the Edison. Or—you may have a night at the opera—a vaudeville or musical comedy evening—and on Sundays, enjoy "the hymns that live" as sung by soul inspiring quartettes. 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Ings and Boat?in the Harbor Tooted Whistlea Wildly Details of .ho landing' of the Can- adian forces at Plymouth were per- mitted by the censor to be cabled on Friday last. The despatches describe .he unbounded enthusiasm of the people of the great port as the great transports eame to anchor in tho har- bor. The ships' rigging and decks wore masses of khaki -clad figures t.nd the company of each ship appeared ii1 the happiest of spirits. Little Steamboats, dwarfed ahnost into in- significance beside these groat levia- thans, passed about in every direction :tl)d added to the din of welcome with sirens and hooters. As the small passenger steamers passed those on the boats wavea and cheered to the smiling faces high above them, who acknowledged the greeting in true British fashion. One of the ships had on board some of the Kitties regi- ments, and as each of the ships pas- sed along the skirl of the bagpipes came over the water and the men cheered to the echo the inhabitants of the three towns. Men with megaphones shouted words of welcome, in response to cries of "Are we downhearted?" Across the stretch of water canoe such negative replies as startled even the sturdy and lusty folic of Devon. On the approach of the Canadians the men working in the Government dockyards dropped their tools and ceased their labors to greet them, whilst even the men of Lord Kit- chener's army, training near the sea- front, stopped their drill and shouted lustily. Strathcona's Iforse came in for a gratifying reception, They could be distinguished by the special banner displayed out of the liner's bridge. While on board the transports there was a pretty regular routine for the men and they were delighted to land. Everybody turned out at half -past five. There was daily drill, especially In the way of physical exercises, and the men were qu.ck to devise methods for keeping fit and trim. Boxing bouts were a great feature. The men of one company challenged others in a tug-of-war. Every transport was a teetotal ship. The Canadians are now camped on Salisbury Plains, living under canvas. A spy was arrested on one of the troop ships during the voyage. He was a private in a Montreal regiment, spoke several . languages, and was supposed to be a native of Holland. The man aroused suspicion by the way he kept inquiring about the dis- positions of certain Canadian regi- ments, and the brigade commander ordered hie arrest. A code and State letter were found in the supposed "spy's" clothing, who was turned over to the authorities on reaching shore. There were two burials at sea der. ing the voyage. One man died, and the other succumbed after a rescue. The name of either is not yet known. WHAT CANADA WILL DO . Contingents of 10,000 Men to Leave For Front at Interva:s That a force of 30,000 men will be kept continuously in training in Can. ada, and that contingents of 10,000 each will be despatched to the front at regular intervals, is the gist of an announcement made by the Govern ment Sunday night. This outlines the whole plan gorern- ing the rendering of aid by Canada to the Mother Country in the present crisis, and will not be changed un- less the War Office so advise.;. The first 10,000 men will likely be sent 'in December, r.nd further instalments of the same amount will be despatched' at regular intervals until the War Office advises discontinuance. The place of each contingent of 10,000 sent to the front will be taken by another similar body of Inca enrolled for training, so that there .will always be 30.000 men under arms in the Dominion. ITALIAN MINISTER DEAD Foreign Secretary's '• Death May Have Bearing on Italy's Attitude The Italian Foreign Minister, Mar- quis Antonio di San Giuliano died last Friday. He was taken ill a month ago with an affection of the heart, and his death had been expected hourly. - The illness of the Foreign Secre- tary attracted international attention because of its possible bearing on the attitude of the Italian Government toward the war. The Marquis is un. derstood to have been friendly to Germany, and opposed to the demon• strations that occurred in several parts of Italy in sympathy, with the allies, but more particularly in a spirit of hostility toward Austria. MOTHER SUPERIOR ROSARY HILL NOME Tells How Vino! Restores Strength and Vitality to the Weak, Worn -Out Ones in Her Charge. Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, N.Y' —"I havebeen at work among the sick and poor for nearly eighteen years, and whenever 1 have used Vinol for run- down, weak or emaciated patients, they have been visibly benefited by it. One patient, a young woman, was so weak and ill she could hardly creep to my door for aid, and was leaning on a friend's arm. I supplied Vinol to her liberally and in a month when she returned to thank me I hardly recognized her. She was strong, her color charming and her Cheeks rounded ou't These words are uttered from my heart, in order that more people may know about Vinol, as there is nothing makes me happier in the world than to relieve the sick."— Mother M.'ALi''IinNSA LATIIROP, O. S.D., Hawthorne,N.Y. Such disinterested and neliable testi• mony should convince everyone of the merits of Vinol, our delicious coc1 liver and iron tonic to build up health and strength for all weakened and nervous conditions, whether caused from over- work, evorrey orchronic coughs and colds. If Vinol hills to benefit we return your money. ,I. Wt MoitlattON, WInjlwrite ALLIES ARE VICTORS IN SEVERAL FIGHTS Germans Prevented From Seizing Channel Ports—British and French Recapture Towns The Qillcial Press Bureau at Lon. don issued the following announce- ment Sunday night: "The IL& tisk troops have made good progress during the last few days. In the northern area the allies have driven the enemy back more than $0 miles," The allied armies have prevented the Germans from advancing along the coast and hrvo defeated their ob- ject oi' seizing the French channel ports. Dunkirk is surrounded by a vast territory, which is easil r inundated,. and open country, where cavalry and infantry can operate with facility, while,there is no opportunity to bring big guns into effective play. Military movements are progressing with much more rapidity in the north of France than when the allies were forced to advance foot by foot with the aid of pick and shovel in order to push the Germans back from their strongly -entrenched positions along the Rivers Soarpe, Somme, Oise and Aisne. The official communication .issued by the French War Office Sunday night said: "During the course of last night two violent attacks were attempted by the Germans to the north and east,of Saint Die (in the Vosges, southeast of Nancy), These were repulsed with serious losses to the enemy. "The French army in Belgium has vigorously repulsed several attacks by the Germans, delivered against points of passage on the River Yser (which empties into the North Sea at Nieu- port). "On our left wing, to the north of the canal of La Bases, the allied troops have occupied the ftront ex- tending from Givenchy through lilies to Fromelles, and have recaptured Armentieres." ; ANOTHER CRUISER SUNK BY TORPEDO German Submarine Succeeded in Sink- ing H.M.Si Hawke With Heavy Loss of Life The British cruiser Hawke, launch- ed in 1891, was sunk by a torpedo from a German submarine in the nor- thern waters of the North Sea last Thursday. Of her crew, which may have numbered as many as 544, only 73 survivors have been reported, in- cluding a lieutenant -commander and three warrant officers. The Theseus, a sister cruiser of the Hawke, also was attacked by the submarine but escaped undamaged, the torpedo in this case going wide of its mark. The survivors reported by the Ad- miralty are Lieut. -Commander Robert R. Rosenman, Boatswain Sydney Aus- tin, Gunner James Dennis, Acting , gunner Harry Evitt and 69 members I of the crew. Rosoman and twentye men were saved by a raft, the others! being picked up by a trawler and landed at Aberdeen. Among the miss- ing are Captain M. P. Williams, Com- mander B. A. Pratt Barlow and eight naval cadets. One of the rescued non-commission- ed officers, Boatswain Sydney Austin, of the Hawke, bears a charmed life. Twice he has touched shoulders with death. He was a boatswain of the Hogue's crew when that cruiser was torpedoed on Sept. 22. IIe jumped into the sea that day and kept aboat until his good luck took him into a trawler. With the Hawke his grim experience was repeated as nearly as could be possible. So that within three weeks virtually he has twice escaped with remnants of crews de- stroyed by the Germans. MURDER AT NIAGARA FALLS Young Italian's Body Found in Cave— Had Seel Beaten to Death Wedged in a cave of boulders at the Canadian Maid of the Mist land- ing, the mutilated body of Michael Franco, an Italian, of Niagara Falls, Ont., was found on Friday by John Scott. Beside the body was found a blood-stained oar, all indications pointing to a dastardly murder, the victim having been ,slashed and bat- tered to death. Apparently the vic- tiree had been lured into the cave, when a terrifilc life -and -death strug- gle was enacted, as a pool of blood had congealed on the stones of the floor of the cave. Tne man was thirty-two years of age, unmarried and particularly handsome. He was very well dressed in his best clothes. function. as if they had been put on for some Hartley Sent up For Trial Private Frank Hartley was com- mitted for trial at St. Catharines on a charge of murdering Private Theo- dore Burgoyne of tho 19th Regiment. Hartley had no counsel and made no statement. He will be tried at the Spring Assizes. A sergeant, two corporals and five privates, who de- sire to go to the front with the next overseas contingent, would welcome an earlier trial if possible. Spies Arrested in Paris Five German spies masquerading as Red Cross aides were captured in Paris last Friday. For some weeks the party had been autonlobiling in the rear of the French lines furnished with forged papers, but when they attempted to enter Paris - they wero arrested because unprovided with a pass signed by General Gal:Beni. Two bombs, soverai rifles, Cartridges, maps and rketclies were found hidden in the automobile. An unknown Man leaped from the upper steel arch bridge et Niagara Falls on Friday and was lost. Norfolk County Council has voted $15,000 to the Imperial aid fund. A lady's comment- 'Tastes better—goes farther.' ISLES ea °pis food tea °' CENSORSHIP NECESSARY Britons Merely Unaccustomed to Having News Supply Abridged Perhaps one of the most striking things about the war has been the veli of secrecy thrown over tire oper- ntions oY the campaign, thanks to official censorship and the co-oper- ation of the press. In no country has the silence been more significant or more useful than in Great Britain, The British public is more thaa most communities in the world, jeal- ous of the least infringement upon the liberties of the press and has grown up to rely absolutely upon the press for its daily news, The fact must be borne in mind that the British Iempire has not been engaged in a great European war for such a great number of years that the public is unaccustomed to restrictions on the news supplicd,to it by the press. Undoubtedly the numerous small wars in which Great Britain has been engaged since the Crimean campaign are in some quarters responsible for the impatience manifested in certain quarters over the strict censorship. While Britain was engaged in cam- paigns against Afghans, Abyssinians, Afridis, Burmans, Ashaatis, Maoris or Soudanese there was no object in closely censoring news, even that transmitted from the front by news- paper correspondents. The enemy Rad no facilities for getting any . se- ful intelligence which might have published back from the points of publication in time to be of use, and if they had obtained it, its value from a military point of view would have been more or less limited. The situation in the present war is very different from that which existed during any of the small wars of the past century. The ei,emy is one es- pecially alive to the value of military intelligence, one that has reaped in- estimable benefits from its possession in the past campaigns; and that by the establishment and careful main. tenance, regardless of expense, of elaborate intelligence and spy sys- tems in every corner of the world, has equipped itself to promptly gather in every scrap of news cal- culated to be of direct military value. It is a well known and universally admitted axiom that the success of a nation which appeals to arms de- pends for a great extent upon the concealment of its plans and their operations. 'On the other hand, ample and ac- curate information about the enemy is the best guarantee for success and an absolute essential to security, Napoleon said that a general who was ignorant of the enemy's doings and intentions was ignorant of his pro- fession. THE SWISS PRESIDENT Not an Overwhelmingly Important Figure in the Mountain Republic There is one highly civilized coun- try in which not one person in four could give the .ruler's name. That country is Switzerland. Swit- zerland recently elected a new Presi- dent, but his appointment passed practically unnoticed, even 'n Switzer- land itself. One reason why the President is almost unknown either by name or by sight is that he is not a public figure at all. He has no privileges as President and no official uniform—not I even of the army. Switzerland has a fresh President every year. He has no personal authority as President, and is prac- tically only the Speaker of Switzer- land's unassuming little Parliament. It is recorded that at a meeting of Swiss business men no one could re- call the name of the President. The waiter was asked. He happened to know, because the President was his uncle. His name is Arthur Hoffman. Fire Insuranoe in Canada There are only twenty-one Canadian fire companies reporting to the Domin. ion Government which are Canadian in the true sense that they are owned by Canadian shareholders. There are twenty-four British companies and thirty-one American and foreign Com. parties. TURK SHOT TWO BRITONS Member of Parliament and Brother Victims of Fanatic His Noel Buxton, member of the British Parliament for North Norfolk, and his brother, Charles Roden Buxton, who had been in Bulgaria to confer with Bb1garian politicians regarding Bulgy garia's attitude toward the European war, were both shot by a young Turk, Pachel Hassan. The, Buxtons were travelling in an automobile with a son of M. Guechoff, former Bulgarian Premier, to attend the funeral of the King of Roumania, when Pachel fired four shots at the Harty. One of the Buxtons was shot through the lung. The other was only slightly wounded. The assassin was arrested. Both mon aro expected to recover but it is not known which has the wound in the lung, Morris, Following is the report of 8. S No, 10. Morris, Exam. in Arith , Spell , Corn,, Geog. and Readinv, Total 450. Sr. 40.—Mary Miller 390 Jr, 4th — Hat vey Robertson 354, Adtson Fraser 8.17, Hazel Robb 824, 8r, 3rd,—Rettia 'Falvey 395, Elva Ramsay 378, Christie Forrest 300 Jr, 3 d —Verna Johnston total 900, Sr, 2nd.—Spar ling Johnston 357, Margaret Miller. Jr, 2n0.—Gertie Robertson 382, Gordon Moffatt 330, Jai et Miller 300. PF. 2nd,—Margaret McDougall 888, Jessie messer 372, Hairy Robb 357, Laura Fraser 357, Greta Eckmier 348, Duncan McD.:ug- alt 388, fe Johnston 319, Pt. 2nd (b) Total 450. Mabel Job neton 427, George Car ter 270. Pt. 1.-1+lorence Eckmier, Csmeron Miller, Campbell Robertson, Willie Peacock, Clarence Johnston, Stanley Moffatt, B; Moses, Teacher. BRITISH DESTROYERS SINK FUOR GERMANS Cruiser Undaunted Led Battle Which Lasted But Few Minutes— British Loss Slight A British "mosquito fleet" sank four German destrevers off the coast of Holland Saterd?y a'ternoon, swiftly avenging the .t,:e of the light cruiser Hawke. The Admiralty announces that the British casualties were one officer and four men wounded, The damage to the Brtish destroyers was slight. There are 31 survivors from the. Ger- man destroyers, all of whom are prisoners of war: The fast, new light cruiser Un- daunted, with the destroyers Loyal, Legion, Lennox and Lance, the fleet commanded by Lieut. -Commander George Seymour, were attacked by the German destroyer fleet while • on patrol duty off the estuary of the River Ems. The battle which follow- ed was short and fierce. The six-inch and four -inch guns of the Undaunted riddled the German destroyers, and the British destroyers completed the destruction. Apparent- ly the engagement lasted only a few minutes. BOERS PROVING LOYALTY Veterans Flocking to Botha's Stan- dard to Put Dowh Rebellion As a result of Col, Maritz's rebel- lion in the northwest of the Cape provinces, General Louis Botha, Pre- mier of the Union of South Africa and commander of the troops of the Union, is taking the field earlier than he originally intended to do. General Botha is placing himself at the head of several strong Dutch commandos, organized on the old burgher lines, which are affiliated with regiments trained by the Union defence force. Commandants, field cornets and burghers who served under General Botha in the South African war are rallying to his call, irrespective of their political feeling, to fight beside the British in defence of the Empire. This fact has had a marked effect on waverers, who are now flocking to General Botha's standard. One despatch says that Colonel Brits, the officer appointed to take over the command of the rebel Maritz, has engaged a part of Maritz's force at Raledraai and taken eighty prison- ers. FLOCKING TO ENGLAND Wounded and H omeless Belgians Cross Channel In Thousands The last of the Belgian wounded, who total 13,000, have now reached England, and the flow of refugees also has come to an end, except for some who are coming from Holland and French ports. No satisfactory arrangement has been made for the return to their homes of those Bel- gians who crossed the frontier into Holland, although the Germans con- tinue to try to induce then to do so. There are many Antwerp refugees ameng the crowds at Dover. When some of these were csked if they would be willing to return to Antwerp in case arrangements for their re- patriation can he completed with the 'German Government, they declared emphatically that they never would return so long as the Germans were in possession. Twelve Hundred Officers Lost An official record shows that since the beginning of the war Great Brit- ain's casualties in officers amounts to 1,203, of whom 230 were killed, 625 were wounded and 203 are missing. Murray Hendrle Killed Murray Hendrie of Valley Ranch, brother of Lieutenant -Governor Hon. drie of Ontario, is dead at High River, Alta., following fatal injuries sustain. cd when thrown from his wagon in a runaway aceident. 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