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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-3-14, Page 3rte,. One of the quickly constructed huts in Halifax, which has housing capacity for six separate families. Markets of the World lireadetltfs Toronto Mar, 12—Manitoba wheat— No. 1 Northern $2,231; No. 2, do., $2,802' No, 3, do„ 52.175; No. 4 wheat,- 52400, in store Fort William, including 230 tax, Manitoba oats—No, 2 C,W„ 991c; No. 3 C.W., 961e; extra No, 1 feed, 061c;. No. 1 recd, 929c; in store. Fort William. American corn—No. 3 yellow,. kiln dried, $2.06, track Toronto, Ontario oats—No, 2 white, 99e to $1; No. 3 white, 08 to 59e, ao0ording to fr2.lghts outside, _ Ontario wheat—No, 2'. Winter, per ear lot, 52.22; basis in store Montreal. Peas—No. 2, 53.70 - to $3.80,according to freights outside. Barley—Malting, 51,78 to 51.76, ac- cording to freights outside. ' Buckwheat -52,78 to $1.80, according to freights outside. Bye —No, 2, 52,85, accordingto freights outside: • Manitoba flour—War quality, $11.10, new liege, Toronto. Ontario flour—War quality, $10.70, new .bags,- Toronto and Montreal freights, prompt shipment Millfeed—Car lots—Delivered Mont- real freights, bags included:- Bran, per ton, 235; shorts, per ton, 540.. Ear—No. 1, per ton, $17 to 518; .`-mixed, $14 to $16, track Toronto. Straw—Car lots, nee ton, 88.80. to $9, track Toronto. Country Produce—Wholesale Butter--Creamery,-solids, per lb., 47 to°^4730; prints, per lb:, 472 to 98.2; dairy, per 10„ 30 to ,88e. Biggs—New laid, 41 to 92e, Poultry—Dressed, chickens. 26 to 230; fowl, 25 to 270; ducks, 23 to 24c; geese, 21 to 22e; turkeys, 20 to 85e. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prloes: Cheese—New, large, 28 to 234o; twins, 281 to 231e; early cheese, 253 to 260; large twin. 26 to 261o. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 410; creamery prints, 61 to 82c; solids, 49 to 50e. lrgg'9—New laid, 40 to 470; .new laid in cartons, 42 to 50c; No. 1 storage, 4d to 42c. Dressed poultry -11111c -fed chickens, 85 to 37e; fowl, 30 to 33c; turkeys, 40 to 46e. Live poultry—Turkeys, 80c; chickens, Ib., 26 to 28e; hens, 80 to 33e.- Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bush., 58.25 to 58,50; imp. hand-picked, Bur- ma 'or Indian, 50.60 to 86,75; Japan, 58 to $9.25; Limas, 19 .to 200. Provisions—Wholesale Smoked meats—hams, medium, 34 to 86c; do, heavy, 28. to 30e; cocked, 45 bear rolls, 23 to 30e; breakfast acon, 40 to 42c; backs, plain, 42 to -43e; boneless, 95 to 46e, • Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 28 to 29e; 'clear bellies, 27 to 28c. Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 290 to 30c; tubs, 291 to 301; pails, 20 to 308c; com- Sound tierces,. 268 t0 20c; tubs, 252 to - 201c;. pails, 26 to 262c. Montreal Markets Montreal, Mar. 1.2-0ats—Canadian Western, No. 3, $1.11; extra No, 3. feed, $1,11, No. 2 local white, $1.10• No. 3 local, whtte, 51.06;. No. 4 local white, 51.05. Flour -New standard Spring wheat. grade, 811.10 to $11.20. Rolled 90_ lbs., - $5,60. Bran, $$35. Shorts., $40. Middlings. $48 to $60. MoulllIe, $60 to .$02, lay --No. 2, per • ton, car lots, 817._ winiitpeg c+ratu *winnipeg. Mar. 12—Cash prices— • qSats—No. 2 C,W„ 8910; No. 8 C.W., 961e; extra No. 1 feed, 9610; No, 1 feed, 920o; No. 2 feed, S820. Barley- - No. 3, 51.87; No. 4, 51.82; rejected, 11,63; feed, -51.60. Flax.—No. 1 N.W.C„ 8.839; No, 2 C,W., $3.752; No. 3 C.W„ 8,61. . United States Markets Minneapolis, Mar. 12—Corn—No, 8 yellow, $1.80 to 51.85. - Oats, --,-No. 3 white, 921 to 931c. Flora•—Icarload lots. standard, 59.70 a barrel In 88 -pound cotton sacks, Bran—$32.98. • Duluth, Mar. 12—Linseed—$4.11 to $4.23; arrive, $4.11; May, $4,11 bid; July,54.081 bid; October, $8.70 asked, Live Stook Markets Toronto,' Afar, 12.—Extra choice heavy steers, $11.76 to 512;. do., good heavy, $11.86 to $11,69; butchers' cattle. choice, $11.26 to 511.50; do., good, 510,60 to 511, ,medium $10 to $10.25; do., con. mon, $e to 59.26; butchers' bulls, choice, tL ,_ $10 to 510.50; do., go0d bulls, 59 to 9.25; do., medium bulls, $7.86 to $8.60; o t rough bulls, 56.60 to $7; butchers' cows,` choice, $10 to $10.50; do„ good, 58 76 to $9; do., medium, $8 to $8.50; stockers, 57,50 to 58.60; feeders, $9 to 510; canners and cutters, $0 to $6.50; milkers, good to choice, 590 to 5140; do., corn, and med., 566 to 280; Springers, $90 to. $140; light ewes, $19.50 to $14,60; sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.20; yearlings, calves,75 tgood2to6cholaoe .5516 to $17 519.25; hogs. fed and -watered, $19.76; do„ weighed off ears, $20; do„ f.o.b., 518.75. g Montreal, Mar, 12—Canners' cattle, $6,60 to 56 per 100 pounds: milk -fed calves, '$12 to 516; sheep, $11. to 518; Iambs, 514 to 516; - choice soleot hogs; E - off ears, „$19,60 to $20 per 100 pounds, Is Knowledge Golden? A- university president was com- plaining' about the worship of wealth that has seemed to characterize the twentieth century, "A young man," he said, "asked rale Which was the more estimable, riches. or brains. "'Brains,' said I, o£ course, but it sometimes seeing as if in these times U. S. TRANSPORTS -. MOVING ON TIME Transportation Facilities For Gen. Pershing's Arniy • Are Satisfactory. A despatch from 'Washington says: Troops and supplies for General Pershing's forces now are moving to France on schedule time, it was learn- ed on Thursday' on high authority. While figures may not be published, it was stated positively that transport- ation requirements of the army are being met by the Shipping Board, and the immediate situation as to ships, was described as satisfactory. In view of this assurance that the United States will be able to main- tain its place as a fighting unit on the.. battle front, reports from' the Western front aro being scanned more eagerly than ever by officers here for the first signs of the 1918 campaign. It is felt strongly that the opening of major operations in what President Wilson has predicted -will prove the -decisive year of the great war will not be much longer de- layed. • FINLAND REPUBLIC SIGNS PEACE TREATY WITH GERMANY. A despatch from Amsterdam says: Offieial announcen'lent was made in Berlin on Thursday of the signing of a peace treaty between Germany and Finland, and . also of trade and ship- ping agreements and a supplementary protocol. Finland, by the conditions of the treaty, agrees to cede no'territory nor grant territorial ights to any foreign power without the previous consent of Germany, who -undertakes to exert herself to secure the recognition of Finland's independence by all the pow- ers'. The fortifications of the Aland Islands will be removed. One of the surest methods of reliev- ing pain is to use hot moist applica- tions. The articles needed for this treatment are: Hot water, pieces of soft flannel twice the size of the area to be covered, a protector which may be made of folds of flannel, or better, of cotton batting quilted between lay- ers of cheese -cloth, and some kind Of a wringer. The flannel is wrung out by placing it in the centre of a towel and twisting the ends of the latter in opposite directions. This device can beimproved upon by making a henrin either end of the towel and running sticks through. the hems. By twist- ing the sticks in opposite directions the flannel can be wrung very dry. To apply, cover the painful part with the protector, Then remove flannel from the wringer, teat it with the back of the hand, and, if it is not too hot, place it under the protector and put it down slowly to avoid' burning the patient. Change these applica- tions every few minutes; do not al- low them to become cool. GERMAN TREATY WITH RUMANIA NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL AB0'QT JOOIN BULL AND TITS PT;OPLIC Province of Dobrudja as Far as Danube is Ceded to Central Powers. A despatch from Amsterdam says: A preliminary peace treaty between Rumania and the Central powers has been signed, says a despatch from Bucharest. Under the terms of the preliminary peace agreement Rumania cedes the province of Dobrudja as far as the Danube to the Central powers. Ru- mania also undertakes to further the transport of Teutonic troops through Moldavia and Bessarabia to Odessa An official German statement .?aid Rumania had accepted the conditions of the Germans for an armistice. Ap- parently the signing of a preliminary treaty followed almost immediately, A despatch from London says: The drastic terms imposed by Germany upon Rumania, it is contended here, not only definitely takes her out of the war, but places her geographically at the economic mercy of the en- emy. All pretence of "no annexa- tions, no indemnities," is openly aban- doned in the clause requiring "recti- fication of the Austro-Hungarian fron- tier," which involves the loss of the valuable oil fields. The cession of Dubrudja, not to Bulgaria,. but to the Central Powers, suggests that there is a conflict in the Quadruple Alliance over the division of the booty from the spoliation of Rumania. GERMANS - WATCH CREW DROWN Norwegian Ship Sunk—Six Sur- vivors Rescued. - A despatch from London says: The Norwegian steamer Bayne, of 1,150 tons gross, has been torpedoed without warning. She sank in less than one minute. The crew of 18 had no time to launch a boat and jumped into the sea. Thecaptain and five. survivors *ere landed Monday night. With five companions, Capt. Her- mansen spent a terrible night on a raft, exposed to intense cold. They Occurrences ht the .Lund That Reigns Supreme In the Commer. Bel World., The King's .doe sent to Mayor of Kingston, was cooked for the wounded. soldiers, A new Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation has been opened at Southamp- ton by the Americans. William Ohambere a Badingham farmer, was fined £20 at Framlington for not thatching a wheat stack. The Science Museum at South Ken- sington has been reopened after being closed for nearly two years, Mrs. W, L. Wainwright has been presented with a portrait of her sister Nurse Cavell, by the Princess Victoria. Twenty-five Eastbourne school cad- ets worked three, thousand hours in Kent harvest fields and earned £45. To clear the debt on the Blackburn Royal Infirmary, Mrs. R. A. Yerburgh, Woodford Park, Blackburn, has .given $3,d0. Am0elio Allegreti, an ice cream man-. ufacturer of Newcastle, was fined £10 for an infraction of the Sugar Restric- tion Order. ^ Major W. 0. Ritchie, formerly of the South Wales Borderers, has been appointed secretary to the Comrades of the Great War. Captain John Lothe, of a Norwegian steamer, has been awarded a piece of silver plate by the Board of Trade for reselling. the crew of a British steamer. The Mayor of Ramsgate has issued a proclamation asking for volunteers to make air raid dugouts for the pro- tection of women and children. The premises in Richmond terrace, Whitehall, formerly occupied by the Coal Controller, have been taken over by the Ministry of Munitions. A coroner of Manchester says that the increase in burning fatalities is due to mothers leavingtheir children in order to wait in food queues. The sum of nearly 584 was raised for the funds of St. Dunstan's Hospi- tal for Blinded Soldiers and Sailors by carol singers of Ashtead, Surrey. About 800 Russians who have failed to return to Russia are being' sought for by the British military authori- ties. Herbert Sweet, a Gravesend butcher, was fined £10 for charging a poor woman sixpence too much for a scrag of mutton, HAIR -BREADTH ESCAPE OF U-BOAT PREPARED TO CRUSH U-BOAT MENACE Feeling of Optimism Prevails in Official Circles. A despatch from Washington says: More submarines were destroyed by the allied and American naval forces in December than Germany was able to build during that month, according to information reaching Washington. This fact developed on Thursday in discussions of the statement made to Parliament on Thursday by Sir Erie C. Geddes, First Lord of the British Admiralty, that the submarines were being checked. Whether succeeding months have shown a net loss in German submar- found an upturned lifeboat at dawn Ines is not knowithere. It is believed, and managed to right her. They had however, that the anti-submarine cam - drifted about for 50 hours when res- Paign has proved so effective that in - cued by' an American destroyer. One creased efforts this Spring will see a man died in delirium; the others had steady decrease in the number of U - their feet frozen. boats available to prey on allied and The Germans watched the men American shipping. struggling in the icy water, said Capt. American naval officials appear Hermansen, but did not_ offer any to be satisfied that the weapons help, with which they expect to crush final- ly the submarine menace are forth- ' coming. Increased numbers of patrol A pair of scissors will be found an vessels of various types, appliances, endless convenience in the kitchen. and devices to make them more ef- Do not use more than a mere dust- feetive against underwater craft, and ing of flour when kneading the bread. the increased skill of navy personnel m Satiate Pori/101w 'Yellow Cea Sema 11'. - Sagan Mannino 05535200 .fl 'the only way for a man to convince Strategic points tot which Japan people he has brains it to get riches' " to safeguard war Ruplies 111 a l' tore p '"Pacific Ueean- may strike at Russia in the Far '.Pt st at Vladivostok and Harbin TOM, µoW Do `100 UKt- 'Wm 7alPerON? N f-514 I P `foil NAP A Nl=AoAo 4 r 11'}IINK 'NAT WOULD BI~ /1, MooeeY WAY I'd Apv 0.'1'1SM MI (7LIVIA I SE*•. You"VC qtr ON qp T4051a llF-AOAcrlc' 1'SANus'rod iodic .6P5Ak Ica Mt5 Tom,- I'M MAA Al" Ycu --70 , tlilNit 'TF0I0-WA'j Von i+!T. i4BcToR WMT1! T11A7' ltxo a-- poY'1i=.5TeRDA4 ERMANY IIAS LOST ;70% OF IIERt SUBS IN 1Q MONTIIS. Story of a Hun Undersea Boat Which Narrowly Tlscaped Allies' U -Boat Trap, A Swiss engineer who has been em- ployed'et the electrical works at 'Kiel for ten menthe declares that in that time Germany has lost at least 80 per Bent. of her submarines, and that she 10 making every effort to conceal the seriousness of her losses because of the difficulty of obtaining crews for her undersea boats. This statement lends interest to the following transla- tion of the• etory•of' a German sub- marine that was lured into a trap and narrowly escaped destruction. It is particularly significant, too, because it is told in Die Illustrate Zeitung, and especially prepared from .the German view -point. The very natural thought it suggests is that if this boat had' such a series•of hair -breadth escapes, a lot of other submarines must be less lucky. Here is the story, as we find it translated in a London paper; Attacked Tank Steamer. At ,midday the watch reported a tank -steamer, sailing directly toward the submarine from an E.N.E, direc- tion. Her masts, bridge, and funnel could be seen above the horizon. Tank- steamers are very tough, because they have strong bulkheads to proteet,their precious cargo; a torpedo must hit the engines, placed at the stern, and then the vessel is done for, •The submarine dare only 'show a small part of the periscope -above the water, and then only for a short space of time. The torpedo was fired at a distance of 700 yards, but the steamer was go- ing at a greater pace than had been allowed for, and there was no explo- sion. A miss was recorded. Then she turned right round, and started setting her course in the opposite direction. When she had gone some little dis- tance, the U-boat emerged and fired a shot from her quick -firing gun as a. signal to halt. The steamer under- stood; she let down two boats, into which the crew descended. A tall white column -of steam was blown off. The captain seemed to be a reason- able sort of man, end not anxious to fight desperately and hopelessly against shell -fire. The submarine came alongside, submerged, and viewed the vessel; she was a black tank -steamer with gray superstructure, unarmed, with the usual patent log trailing from her stern. • "Submarine Trap!" the submarine horizontal by emptying two of the diving -tanks aft in order to make her lighter. She rose a little; but the load of water in her stern grew heavier and heavier,' and the stern blow -off valves went wrong, It was impossible to come right to the surface, for the enemy •wee waiting above to fire at her. At a depth of ten fathoms all the crew attailable were sent forward in ordor to press her bows dawn with their weight. The boat dipped astern and sank, and the whole manoeuvre had to be repeated. Obliged to Emerge. In twenty minutes it was found that it was impossible to steer submerged, and the only hopew appeared to be to emerge, fire, and get away, The order was giver,: "Pressure on all the tanks, man the guns, let the engines run clear, and full speed ahead," In the galley stood a bucket con- taining the fish that had been caught that morning. They would not be wanted now, - The submarine emerged, end the hatch under' the conning -tower was opened. A perfect torrent of water poured in; but that did not matter, all were prepared to swim sooner or later, Now the way was clear. The steamer was some couple of miles away, now,. firing as she went. • "You -you have not got us yet, by a long way," said the U-boat, quickly returning fire; but whether the shots were successful it could not tell, as the glass of the periscope lay in the water-ligged conning -tower. The en- gines were set at high speed. Far higher than they ought to have been, but when the last card is at stake.... Those of the crew who were not oc- cupied below busied themselves by carrying shells to the guns. The lieu- tenant suddenly felt his feet blown sideways—a yard apart; in a cloud of smoke he staggered against the gun. The crew thought the poor fellow would have had both his legs blown off, but marvelously enough he was only hit by a few splinters. The shell had passed between the legs of the gunner of the forward gun, the deton- ation shattering his ear -drum. The reserve ammunition showed a con- siderable amount of damage. Shells were dashing in among the crew. A rail was blown away. A sailor from Leipzig sat in the stern calmly steer- ing with the hand -rudder according to the verbal instructions of the helms- man, the compasses being now out of gear. Then the U-boat turned her atten- tion to the small boats, who, when The gunners were so deafened by the ,Tuscania, have extended their they saw the periscope approaching, the noise of their own guns that it was hospitality in the last few days to rowed quickly awlast the sub - now only possible verbally to direct nearly 500 men from the Calgarian, marine was ablele to to emerge rge safely in the firing of one gun. The steamer one of the finest auxiliary cruisers in a favorable position beyond the boats, was so fax gone that it was not neces- the Atlantic service. The Calgarian but keepingthem well within range sary to fire at her any more, so atten- was torpedoed in the late afternoon guns. of her Blowing mit her onning tion was turned to the new foe. This not far from the place where the c ballast, she emerged, and the conning was no ordinary destroyer, but a U- Tuscania met her doom. tower was opened.- The boats had y + already been rowed a little forther, boat destroyer of the Foxglove class, ' -when suddenly, just as they were be- about twice as big as the U-boat, but UNCERTAIN FORTUNES OF WAR. ing hailed, there was a flash from the not quicker. At this moment the sec- steamer. "Submarine trap!" sounded mrd mechanic announced that he could Canadian Officer Cites a Striking Ex - repair, the damaged conning -tower; perience of His Own, Destroyer on the Scene. By this time it was possible to raise the periscopes out of the conning - tower. "Destroyer of St. Bride's," was announced. Right! There she was, the shells from her four guns mingling with those from the tank - steamer. This type of destroyer could do thirty knots an hour, and carried guns of 4 -inch caliber, The order came: "Change round to a westerly course." From The Middle West fETWIIEN ONTARIO AND SIMM BTSI[ COLUMBIA. Items From Prov8nees Where Many " Ontario Boys and Girls Are Living. , 'Winnipeg women urge the issuing of food tickets in the city. The barbers of Alberta are desiretls of being placed under a license act, Winnipeg fire records show that all buildings ten years old have been rat, aged by fire, Pte. 0, V. Combe, former church editor/of the Winnipeg Tribune, has arrived home alter 16 menthe in ti German ctn'lp, The Moose Jaw branch of the Great War Veterans' Association ob- ject to German being taught in Saskatchewan. Winnipeg is planning to control milk sales. The citizens consume ap- proximately 12,000 gallons of mills a day, of which 6,000 is pasteurized and 6,000 raw. Three thousand three hundred mem- bers of the Saskatchewan Grain Grow- ers are in the Canadian expeditionary force. 470 have made the supreme sacrifice. Between 7,000 and 8,000 cords of wood have been cut this season along the Greater Winnipeg . Wfrter District Railway. About 100 men are employed. The city intends to cut 10,000 cords before the cold weather ends. The area of land prepared in the fall of 1917 in Saskatchewan shows a 50 per cent. advance of that prepared during the previous fall. The total amount of land prepared during 1917 for the 1918 crop is estimated to be 6,134,619 acres. A monument will be placed in Cal- gary in the City Hall grounds' in memory of Colonel Boyle of the 10th Battalion, who fell et St., Julien, and the veterans of the 10th Battalion in Calgary have been given permission to erect a tablet on the monument. BRITISH CRUISER CALGARIAN SUNK Torpedoed Off Irish Coast -48 Lost Out of 610. A despatch from London says: The British auxiliary cruiser Calgarian was torpedoed off the Irish coast on Saturday last. She was struck 'by four torpedoes, but of the 610 persona on board all but 48 were landed at an Irish port. The people of the same town, who a few days ago won the gratitude of the American people by their kindness to the survivors from the alarm. "Submerge quickly." The moments 'passed like lightning. A shell hit the after part of the con- ning -tower superstructure, and no sooner was the hole stopped up than there was a yellow flash, and explosive gases poisoned the air. A shell had penetrated the conning -tower and ex- by sb doing he impaired the accuracy ploded inside. Splinters -were flying of his own guns. Suddenly black in all directions, and instruments and panes of glass were shattered. In a moment another shell would follow, and that would be an end of war for- ever! Water was splashing through shells raised no columns of water; no We shell -hole, the conning tower was doubt they were buried in the hull cleared, the lower hatch closed, the of the destroyer. Then the enemy craft cocks of the speaking tubes shut off, turned round and steamed out of the the submarine was conned from the fire zone, following in tate wake of the lower position, and sank into the shel- submarine. tering deep. The final damage was repaired, am - "Is any 700 in the conning -tower munition placed in order near the guns and the U-boat waited; like Welling- ton at Waterloo, for the night, hopes rose beyond all expectation. "Fire!—Range 4,000—Deflection 4 left," Soon the towering water -columns raised by the shells were close by the target, and the enemy began to try to avoid them by taking a zigzag course; smoke began to rise from his super- structure. A. bit! Then another! Some of the are among the things upon which they wounded?" count. It has taken time to devise and build the weapons, but they are be- ginning to become available now. .- How. to Restore Frozen Plants. Tho proper way to treat frozen plants is to place them at once in utter_ "poor shipwrecked crew" had thrown darkness where there is little or no two water -bombs behind them. Some artificial heat, as in 0 closet or cellar, and allow them to remain without Light until the weather moderates suf- ficiently to' thaw them, When the plants have thus thawed naturally they will be found green and fresh, and then niay be taken again into the sunlight, If they are put into a cellar they should be covered with boxes, pa- pers or carpets to prevent the light reaching them. It Is the sudden change from extreme cold to heat that breaks the tissues and causes the plant to die from loss of sap. The question of common sense is al - One had a scratch, but their faces were black, and the uniforms a sight to behold. In a Sad Plight.' .At a depth of ten fathoms the boat quivered at two sharp explosions. The lamps went out. Further mischief was prevented by the rapid closing of the water -tight bulkheads, The sorting -tower was full. Theo- retically a submarine can still pro- ceed in this plight, but as yet there is no mall living who can confirm that theory from his own experience. Ow- ing to the ever-increasing pressure of the water the boat sank to a depth of twenty fathoms, the every ounce pos- sible was got out of the engines. Water rushed through every crack that was not water -tight. One after another important parts of the ma- chinery refused to work—the compass, A Distinguished Inventor. At the international plague con- ference held a few years ago in Mulc- den there were representatives of eleven countries, among the most dis- tinguished of whom, says Mrs. de Burgh Daly in An Irishwoman in China, was Prof. Kitasato, who first discovered tate plague bacillus. Some American travellers were staying at the Yamato, the comfort- able railway hotel run by the Jap- anese at Mukden, and when the cleric Pointed out Dr. Kitasato with par- donable pride in 80011 a famous doc- tor one of them asked: "Who is he, anyway? I don't know anything about him." "Not know Dr. Kitasatol" gasped the astonished clerk. "Dr. Kitasato, the man who invented plague!" ways, what is it good for?—tiques- main steering -gear, served the forward div- Beans should nea be sewed as a tion which would abolish the rose and ing rudders (which lied also stuck fast vegetable edble at a meal where mesa is be. answered triumphantly -by the cab- down below), and the trimming- ved because they contain the sumo body-building substances meat cony bage.—Lowell. - pumps. ,An attempt was made to get reins, „ t GUEss 1 Dip GtVe. l5n Tow' e. pgsx-r f c,00 vlAL.oP 1esCdfi- PAh Ohl-1iE1.Gi f --- come. OUT-14ecTo !S ii YOTRTSWNh1S De. AROUND OUR, }WAD Fatalities are freakish things, They are not always the heaviest where one would expect them to be, says Major Owen of the Canadian Forces in France. My own first experience un- der shell fire was a gruelling initia- tion, The Germans must have known in some fashion that fresh raw troops were coining in. At 5 o'clock in the morning, a few hours after we had taken our posts under cover of dark- ness they opened up. My company of about 160 men were distributed over a front of 260 or 300 yards, and for an hour and ten min- utes the bursting of enemy shells in our lines was so continuous that the sound was a sustained roar. Exploci ing shells blew up the trenches at short intervals, isolating the defend• ers into little groups. I lay beneath the parapet with one such handful, unable to make any kind of a tour of inspection. Every minute I expected we should be blown to pieces. I had no doubt that every other man in the company was already dead or wounded. Tho air on all sides seemed a wavering blanket of smoke and flame and flying clods, Then as abruptly as it started the enemy fire ceased. I crawled our of ray section of demolished trench and started to look around, Out of 1.50 men we had lost only thirty. It is hard to explain a situatiou like that. One of the wonders of any modern battlefield, pitted with shell holes until not a square yard of soil has its normal appearance, is that anyone should have survived at all. Verdun probably had a shell per square yard every day for weeks at a time, yet somehow the heroic French remained and lived and defeated the massed legions of the Crown Prince. On other occasions an enterprise that carries a reasonable assurance of suc- cess become a veritable holocuast, wip. ing out whole companies. Such occa- sions there have been when patrol en- countered a "planted" machine gun, or an "over the top" sortie met an in- superable barrier. On such occasions the casualties are very heavy. Produet.ioe of Pleasure Autos Reduced, A despatch 'from New York says: Production or pleasure automobiles will be cut 80 per cent. during the pro. sent decal year as a war measure, ae, cording to a decision reached here on Thereby by the Nstlonal Automobile Chamber of Commerce, The -reduction applies to the entire uncompleted sche- dule for the year. '3 Rye Muffins, --Sift together two (:293 0f 5ye flour, One teaspoon Of, salt and three levet teaspoons of bak- ing powder. Beat up ono egg, add, one cup of milk and combine with dry, ingredients. Add one tables]A0or1 Gil molasses and ono tablespoon off molted fat. 13ake in hot, well -grease, ed ni lle tins twenty-five minutest Add more flour,