The Clinton News Record, 1918-4-11, Page 3FIGHTING RESUMED IN PICARDY
IN THE ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE AMIENS
Germans Launch Fresh .Attack Along Nine Miles of the Fro wi
Front )3q Make Only Small Gains:
A despatch from I?arie sey$; Ger-
man troops numbering' over 100,000
delivered a terrific attack on Thurs-
cl;ty against the French along a front
of nearly nine • miles from Griveones
to north of the Amiens -Boys Road,
They were met with a storm of file
' from the French guns, and although
the assaults were repeated time after
Dine they succeeded•in gaining only a
email section of groomd, The French
retained Grivesnes, but the Germans
occupied the villages of .Mainly, Raine-
val and Morisel,
n$ "German troops, who have been espe-
daily trained all Winter in. shock tae -
tics, are reported to be going forward
for the incorporation in the,regroup-
ing process now actively proceeding
in preparation for a general renewal
of the German offensive.
A despatch from London says:
After several days of comparative in-
activity along the battle front, in Pi-
early, bitter fighting has been resum-
ed along the western seetor of Ibe sa-
lient in the lines of the Entente allies.
Attaeles by the Germans against the
British and French .are admitted to
have yielded some Baine to the invad-
ers in the critical sectors just to the
east of the city of Amiens, In the
neighborhood of 1-Tamel, the British
were forced back slightly. _
A despatch from Canadian Head-
quarters in France says; For 40 min-
utes on Wednesday night our light
and heavy guns poured shells into the
enemy front communication lines, as-
sembly areas, etc., but no hostile at-
tack developed, The situation con-
tinues quiet along the Vimy-Arras
front. Numerous daring day and
night reconnaissances have been car-
ried out by our patrols, with repeat-
ed clashes with hostile parties.
A dbspatcb frorn the American -
Army in France says: American
forces are now occupying a sector of
the Meuse Heights, south of Verdun.
Markets of the World BRITAIN TO RAISE
AGE LIMIT TO 50
• � Breadstnfre
'Toronto April 9 --Manitoba wheat--
No. 1 Northern. $2.235 No, 2,. do., $2,202;
.No, 8, do., 52172; No. 4 wheat, $2.109;
in store Fort William,. including 20c tax,.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W, 945c; No,
C.W., 000e; extra No,. 1 feed. 899o;
'• 1\o, 1. feed, 872e, in store Port 'William,•
Amerlcen corn—Tho War Board in the
United States prohibit importations..
r. Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 92 to 930;
• Y20. 3t whit , 91 to 920, according to
e.
Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, per car
lot, 52.22; basis in store Montreal.
Pens—No. 2, $2.90 to 53.70,according
to freights outside,
Barley. _Malting, $1.72 to 51.74, ao-
cording t0 freights outside.
Buckwheat -51.8S to 51.86, according
to freights outside. -
Rye --No. 2, 52.60, according tofreights
outside.
Manitoba flour—War .quality, 510.10,
new bags. Toronto.
Ontario flour—War quality, 510,70,
new bags, Toronto and Montreal freights
prompt shipment,
l0lillOeed—Car lots—Delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran, per
e•. ton.585.40; shorts, per ton, $40.40,
Hay—No. 1,er ton, $17. to 918;
mixed, $14 to. $16, track Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, 52.60 to 59,
track Toronto.
ofr
Plan BST Which Men Can Be
Raised Rapidly .to Meet ,
Any Emergency.
.A. despatch from London says; The
new Military Service Bill will be sub-
ject to alterations up to the last mo-
ment before Parliament reassembles,
as the Prime Minister may take the
view•that requirements in France call
for even more drastic steps, but the
proposals as, at present drafted may
now be indiated from an authorita-
tive source.
The present proposal is that men
/ . Youthful Turkish Captive.
Turks rob the cradle for the Palestine campaign. This captive was
brought• in by the British, north of Jerusalem.
of 41 to 50 should be subject to nun- SUCCESSFUL RAID
tary service, but the military age will
not be lowered below 18. It is under-
stood that the Government in draft-
ing a scheme has sought to mance it
one by which men .can be raised with
CountryProduoe—Wholesale great rapidity sodas to be able to
Butter- =Creamery, solids,. Per lb„ 48 cope with an even greater emdrgency.
to 42c; prints, per lb., 49 to 495o; dairy, than the present.
per lb., 39 to 40o. It is not intended -to take all men
• T9ggs—New laid, 38 to 390,
Poultry Dressed, chickens, 20 to 28e; between 41 and 50 for the army,
fowl, 27 to 28c;. ducks, 23 to 240; geese, who are not doing national work,
'21oto 22o; ' turkeys, 30 to 85e. thoughit is the intention to take a
-Grholesalers are. selling to the retail
trade at. the following prices: good many. The power to take all is
' Cheese—Neer; large, 23 to 2300; twins,
239 to 229c; early cheese, 253 to. 26e; wanted in case of a vital emergency.
large twin,
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 41 to 42e;
creamery prints, 20 to 52o; solids. ,49 COMES TO DISTRIBUTE
to 6c.
to Ole lb. FIBRE FLAX SEED.
Eggs—New laid, 44 to 46e; new laid,
in cartons, 47 to 49c.
Dressed ptliltry-'Milk-fed chickens.
85 to 370; fowl, 30 to 330; turkeys, 40
to, 45e..
Live poultry—Turkeys, 300; chickens,.
lb.. 20 to 280;' hens, 30 to 330,•
Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bush.,
58.50; imp. hind -nicked,' Burma Or
Indian, 56.50 to 57; Japan, $8 00 58.25;
Limas, 19 to 200.
Mn.nle syrup—$1.75 to 52. •
A despatch` from Ottawa says:
Word has been received at Ottawa
that Col.. Wayland, of the Canadian,.
Expeditionary Force, has been re-
quested by the War Office to imme-
diately proceed to Canada to super-
vise the distribution of fibre flax seed,
which it is anticipated; will be . urg-
Provisions-=Wholesale ently required in order• to supply the
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 36to manufacturing needs for -airplanes in
88c; do., heavy, 30 to 32e;. cooked. 46. to.the near future.
45e; rolls, 31. to 32e; breakfast bacon, 42 to 430;. banks, plain, 42 to 48e; bone- 'All official memorandum issued here
to -
Curd cheats --Long clear bacon, 28
less, 46 to 47c. in. regard to the matter, states that as
25o; clear bellies, 27 to 2sp, te importance of these supplies can-
Lard—Pare . tare, tierces; 802 to sio; not be exaggerated, it is exceedingly
tubs, 305 to 319c;. pails, 81 to 312c;
prints,122 to 330p Compound tierces, desil'able that there shall ,be cordial
26 to 2690; tubs, 204 to 269c; pails, 262 co-operation between the farmers, who
to 270; prints, 272 to 280. -
Will sow this special flax seed, and
Montreal Markets • Col. Wayland, who will distribute the
Montreal, April 8—oats—patsto be sown.
Western, No, •0, $1.059;• extra No. -1
reed, .$1.059; No, 2 local white, 51.059;
No, 8 -:local white, 51.039. -Flour—Now
standard Spring wheat grade, $11.10 to
$7.1.20. /tolled oats—Bas DO lbs,, $5.60.
Bran, 935.40. -Shots, $40.40.. SItddlings,
$48 to $550. M,puillie, 500 to 562. Flay—
No. 2, Der ton, oar lots, $17.
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, April 9—Cash • prlceo;—
On:ts—No. 2 C.W., 9.49c; No, 3 C.W.,
9050;. extra No, 1 feed, 8D3c; No, 1
feat] 3790; No. 2 read, 5350.• Barley— cost to the United States of one year
No, 2, 1.65; No. 3, $1.60; rejected,
1.45; feed, $1.40. Flex—No, 1 N,W.C., of war,
09 s39�; No, 2 C.W., $3,835; No. 3 C.W„ More than one-half has' gone in
�a4
—• loans to allies and will be repaid
United States Metrkote eventually. Over • one-third has been
Minneapolis,
510ts'65IsoN N3, yel-
low, 'o51.0—Corn—No,
spent for the army and military es-
60 to4DO0. floor—Unehann e. Bran-- tablishments, one-tenth for shipbuild-
893.14. ing.
numb, Antal 9—Linseed--$4.119 to Just one-sixth of this .big war cost
4.2 t arrive, 4,1g
0 b a t 142 . 4
2 $ 12, a ,15
F ; y, $ 2
1• 4 2 ti
csiced; July, S .1 bid; October, $3:69 has •been raised by taxation and other
lid,
FIRST YEAR OF WAR
COST $9,000,000,000.
More Than Half of U.S. Expenditure
Was in Loan, to Allies.
A despatch from Washington says:
Nine billion dollars is the approximate
ctve Stook Markets,
Toronto. April 9—Choice heavy steers
512.50 to 013; good heavy steers, $11.75
to 512,25; yearlings, $12.50 to 518;.
butchers' cattle, choice, 542.00 to 911.75;
do., good, $11.35 to 511.40; d9., medium,
510.75 to 511; do„ common, $8.50 to
5.9.75; butchers' bulls, choice, 510.25 to
on do„ good bulls, $0,25 to 59,50; do„
Medium, bulls, $7,55 to 08.60; do,, rough
butt's 56.50 to $7; butehers' cows,
choice, $10,25 to 511;` -do„ gond 59.25 to
59,50; do., medium, 98 to'98,5u; stook -
ors, 58 to '50.26; feeders $0.50 to 510.50;
canners and outters, 50 to $7; milkers,
good to choice $90 to` $125; do, cem.
and mel„ 505 choice,
$80; pringers, 600 to
$126 light ewes, $18.6 to 916; Year -
13379.0,
ear-
Tln .0 $11.70 to 512.75; lambs, $18 to
$20.50,- calves, good to choice $10 to
217.50; hogs, feel and watered, $20.50 to
521; do:, weighed off cars, 920,75 to
521.25; do., f,o.b„ $20,26.
Montreal, .April 9—Prices per. 100 -lbs;
Choice steers; $11 to., on; good steers,
07.0 to $10.60; medium, $9 to 510;
choice oows, 510 to 511;- good cows, 99
to 59.60; medium, 98,60; butchers' bulls,
59 to 511; canners' cattle, 55,60 to 56;
sheep 511 to e12; lambs, 515.50 to
9/0,50; milk -fed calves, 47 to 911;
select hogs, off oars, 521 to 022. ,
ordinary sources of revenue, and the
balance has come from sale of Liberty
Bonds and certificates of indebtedness,
CANADIAN RED,CROSS
WILL GET $500,000
A despatch from Washington says:
The American Red Cross on Thurs-
day authorized n gift of $500,000 to
the Canadian Red Cross for war-re-
lief
arre-
lief work.
The gift wigs made without restric-
tion,
estriction, but the American Red Cross ex-
pressed the hope that it would be pos-
sible to use the fend for the relief of
the Canadian soldiers at the ,front.
The letter accompanying the contri-
bution expressed the feeling of .symp-
athy and admiration of the American
people for the part taken by. the
Canadian Red Cross: and the Canadian
people in the war.
ON COBLENZ
Troop Train Struck and Many
Soldiers Killed—Damage
at Treves.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
—Despatches to Les Nouvelles state
that on the occasion of the last allied
air raid on Coblenz, 26 persons were
killed and 100 wounded. Great dam-
age was done, the. railroad station be-
ing demolished. In the last raid on
Treves, 60 were killedand hundreds
were wounded, ' the railroad station
was damaged and streets in the neigh-
borhood were heaped with ruins.
In the raid last week the Cologne
station was hit and many Ipaildings
were demolished. A troop train,
standing in the station, was struck
and many occupants were killed or
wounded. The Emperor visited -the
spot the following day.
BLEW UP RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
TO AVOID CAPTURE BY ENEMY
A despatch from Petrograd, says:
—Several Russian warships, including
four submarines, in the harbor of
Hango, were blown up by their com-
manders, who feared capture by the
Germans, The Mayor of Sukhum-
Kale reports that the Black Sea fleet
torpedo boats are bombarding and
looting towns along the coast.
To renovate black1� cid gloves mix a
few drops of good black ink in a
teaspoonful of olive oil. Apply this
with a leather, and dry them in the
sun if possible.
ERZERUM TAKEN
BY ARMENIANS
Turks Also Beaten in Trans-
caucasus—Odessa Held
by Russians.
A despatch from London easy: Er-
zerum, the principal city of Turkish
Armenia, is reported in an Exchange
Telegraph despatch from Moscow to
have been recaptured from the Turks
by an Armenian corps, aided by a de-
tachment of Armenian volunteers, The
,,Armenians also are reported to be
holding other territories in the Erze-
rum district.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Turlco-German forces have been
thrown back sixty versts (89.6 miles)
from Batum, it was . announced here
on Wednesday. Likewise, they have
been driven back from the Erzerum-
Kars line. -
Ukrainian and German forces seek-
ing to recapture Odessa and Nicolaieff
were repulsed, it was announced on
Wednesday. The Turko-German fleet,
headed toward' Odessa, was driven
back by the Russian Black Sea'fleet.
Batum is in Transcaucasia, on the
Black Sea, twenty miles east of the
Turkish boundary. Erzerum is 110
miles south of Batum, and 4as re-
cently recaptured by the Turks. Kars
is 100 miles east of Erzerum, and
about the same distance south and
east of Batum.
The most extensive deposit of an-
thracite coal ever found on the main
island of Japan recently was discover-
ed extending for eighteen miles along
mountain ranges. .
That Unique American Army.
Harry (just "out")—"Listen, Bill! Sounds like oleeFritz combo' over
the mud—Squish, squash, squish squash."
Bill—"That's„orl right --that's pray the Americans :Further up a-
chewin' their gum -rations." -•-London Opinion.
,S'O'UNDS ONB CANNOT HAAR.
Human Far'Cen Detect Soutods Only
Within Limited Runge,
JP the sense of clearing ' numerous
problems.have interested the oxperi-
Mental penchologist, Among these
may be mentioned the range of 5050015
that can be heard by an indivcdual,
that 15, the limit botlo below and above
which no sound eon be heard..
Tho solution of those problems, the
determination of the upper and lower year, ending March 81, was double
limit of sound, has oecesioned a great that built in the. year ending March
deal of careful work and the con- 331, 17317, In the last year, according
streetion of many forme of apparatus, to a table issued by British Admiralty;
For determining the upper limit of, 1,287,515 tons were constructed.
sound for any individual, mid indivicn The monthly figures for the last
uals differ considerably, the Galton three months are;'''
whistle is generally used. January . , ,• , . 58,568
It consists of a tiny pipe, which is February ,, ..... 100,088
lengthened or shortened by a piston March . 161,674
adjusted by a micrometer screw, This The Shipping Controller makes this
little instrument can be regulated to comment on the table;
make a tone which ie too high for any "The figures for March constitute a
human our to hear and which will fin- record and den enstrate that the beginning of the war been a member
ally, produce only 'a painful sensation, workers have taken to heart the aux- of the Esoadrjlie Cigognes, chanced to
The Galton whistle was devised by iety caused by the comparatively low be present on the occasion' when one
Francis Galton fonhis study of indi- output of January and February. The phase of aerial Warfare now quite 06
vidual differences. He had one of. the men 011 the shipyards are working nal was inaugurated at the expense oP
whistles built into the end of his -cane
and as he walked through the Zoologi-
cal Gardens in London he would blow
it near the ears of the various animals.
11e adjusted the whistle too high for
his own ear to -hear,' and if the vari-
ous animals responded to the sound he
knew that their upper, limit was great
er than that of the human ear.
The ordinary human ear can detect
a bone whose vibration rate is at least
26,000 vibrations a second, while the
Whistle will produce 50,000 a second.
This upper limit varies with the age
of the individual to such an extent
that, if the upper limit at 16 years of
age were 50,000 vibrations, at 60 years
of age it would be about 25,000 a
second.
INCREASED OUTPUT TIIE WAR'S FIRST
Off” BR TMST SHIPS, NICHT FLIGHT
Admiralty Says Murch Figures
Constitute a. Mord,
:A despatch from London -sayso.
Merchant tonnage built in shipym'ds
of the United Kingdom during the
THE T11AGED'lf OF AN INITIAL
EXPIRIMINT,
The First Attempt at Bombardment
by Iight Coat Two Brave
French Lives.
In this titanic world war innumer-
able heroic deedct are never recounted.
In thousands of instances men have
thrust themselves forward into the
jaws of death, voluntary sacrificed
upon the altar of humanity.
Lieutenant Venni Farre, official
painter of aerial warfare for the
Trench government, who bas since the
CANADA FOOD BOARD
TO END SPECULATION
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
New regulations of far-reaching im-
portance prepared by the Canada
Food Board and now effective,
will eliminate -the speculative element.
from the Canadian produce business.
The Food Board's order definitely
loyally to maintain this increased
output."
INTRODUCING TOMMdi ATKINS.
Some of His Characteristics Hewn, -
by Famous Writer, Ian Hay.
At the present moment we are right
back at rest once more, and are being
treated with a consideration amount-
ing almost to indulgence, which con-
vinces us that we are being "fattened
up"—to employ the gruesome but ex-
pressive phraseology of the moment—
or some particularly strenuous enter-
prise .in the near future, writes Ian
Hay from France before the great
drive.
Well, we are ready. And, above all,
victory is in the air. We are going
into our next fight with new-born con-
fidence in the powers behind us; and
it is this very faculty—philosophic
trust, coupled with absolute lack of
imagination—which makes the Brit-
ish soldier the most invincible person
in the world. The Frenchman is in-
spired to glorious deeds by his great
spirit' and passionate love of his own
limits the quantities of produce which sacred soil. The German fights,•as he
a dealer may own, or have in storage thinks, like a machine. But the Brit-
ish Tommy wins through owing to his
entire indifference to the pros and cons
of the tactical situation.
Put the average Tommy into a
Trench under fire, How does he com-
port • himself? Does toe' begin by
for his account, to his reasonable re-
quirements and also makes it impos-
sible for him to carry larger quant-
ities of food than are required to pro-
vide for his Canadian trade require-
ments during the season of scant pro= striking an attitude and hurling de-
duction or supply. The holding o4 fiance at the foe? No. He begins by
excessive quantities of produce in inquiring, in no uncertain voice, where
storage after the expiration' of the his — dinner ns? He then examines
period of scant production is thus his new quarters. Before him stands
a parapet, buttressed mayhap with
hurdles or balks of timber, the whole
being designed to preserved lois life
from hostile projectiles. How does he
When labor is as scarce as it is at treat this bulwark? Unless closely
present, the employment of the in- watched, he will begin to shop it up
experienced is unavoidable. Hence for firewood.'
"Notes to Beginners," given in Bullet- His next proceeding is to construct
in No. 2 of the Fruit Commissioners for himself a place of shelter. This
Series entitled "Modern Methods of sounds a sensible proceeding, but here
Packing Apples," become of prime im-
portance. These notes run:
1. Learn to size your fruit accurate-
Iy and the placing in the box is a sim-
ple matter.
2. All apples are placed in the box
in the same relative position. It can-
not be impressed too strongly upon that is all that bis instincts demand of
beginners that all sizes and shapes of him. An ounce of comfort is worth
apples can be properly and conveni-
antly packed in the standard Canadian
apple box.
8, Successful packing can only be
done with apples of a uniform size lit"
each box. There is no possibility of
using an apple larger than the size
being packed, and then attempting to
straighten the row by using a small
apple next to it.
4. Cleanliness cannot be too strong-
ly insisted upon every feature of
boxpacking. Fingermarks upon boxes,
or careless rubbing in.of moisture and
dust, are all too common. The most
scrupulous attention should be given
to the fruit and ail specimens reject-
ed that are not absolutely free from
contamination of any sort..
5. Should there be any dust or
spray material upon the apples when
picked, it is much easier to take it off
at that time, If the apples are allow-
ed to stand,thoy acquire a certainain
gumminess that renders it difficult to
make them look clean.
6. Packers should keep their nails
well trimmed, otherwise injury is fre-
quentlyeansed by puncturing the
fruit handled, resulting in decay. In
tine Western .States packers are re-
quired to wear white canvas gloves.•
7. Fruit should be,uniform in color
as in size.
These notes are a small part of a
bulletin ,comprising 62 pages, with
many illustrations, that is designed to
Profit the packer and shipper, help the
dealer and please the ,consumer, and
that can be had free forthe mere act
of writing to the Publications Branch,
Depart -neat of Agriculture; Ottawa.
Any :food consumed over and above
tlie need of the human body is wast-
ed, •
made illegal and subject to heavy
penalties:
Packing and Shipping Apples.
again it is a case of "safety second."
A British Tommy regards himself as
completely protected from the assaults
of his enemies if he can lay3 a sheet of
corrugated iron roofing across his bit
of trench and' sit underneath it. At
any rate, it keeps the rain off, and
a pound of security.
He looks about him. The parapet
here requires fresh sandbags; there
the trench needs punnping out. Does
he fill sandbags or pump of his own
volition? Not at all. Unless re-.
morsely supervised, he will devote the
rest of the morning to inventing and
chalking up a title for his new dug-
out—"Jock's Lodge," or "Burns' Cot-
tage," or "Cyclists' Best"—supple-
mented. by a cautionary notice, such
as. ---"No admittance. -This Means
yen."
Thereafter, with shells whistling
over .his head, he will decorate the
parapet in his immediate vicinity with
picture-postcarcls and cigarette photo-
graphs. Then he leans back with a
happy sigh. His work is done. His
home from home is furnished: He is
now at leisure to think about "they
Gai1•mans" again. That may sound like
,< "
ration- but comfort'fir3t
an exaggel . ,
is the motto of that lovable but impu-
dent grasshopper, Thomas Atkins, all
the time,
Putting Both Feet In It.
In the course of an evening recep-
tion a woman who had none too good
a voice sang for the guests. One of
the guests, turned to a meek -looking
little man who sat at his side and
said:
"Flow awful, Who can she be?"
"That;,; replied the man addressed,
"is my wife."
"Oh, 1 b -b -beg your pardon!" stut-
tered the other. "She's really a --I.
know she'd sing beautifully if she
made a better selection of her music.
Who do you suppose wrote that
song?"
"I did," replied the meek -looking
little man.
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1:1-tzfrat'
two brave lives;
"It was at the beginning of the
war," said Lieutenant Ferre, "They
were not yet making night raids. I
found myself at Chalons.
"It was the month of February,
1915. For fifteen days the weather
had been stormy, so that we could
not fly. The nights, however, were
superb,
Lieutenant Mouehard, commanding
the V. B. 101, was desperate over the
situation, and finally the idea came
to him thpt since it was not possible
to fly during the day he would try 10
by night.
"To do this it was necessary to light
his way up and to provide, alight spot
for a safe landing place. He placed
three great cans of gasolene in differ-
ent parts of the field. These he light-
ed for three nights in succession. He
did this in safety without having con-
fided a word to his superior officer.
His conclusions were that one could
make night raids in comparative safe-
ty. The result of these experiments
he then confided to his -chief command-
ant, de Goyas.
"'Good!' said his commandant
'We'll try an experiment to -morrow
night if the weather is fine.'
A New Adventure.
"The next night when we were all
assembled at table we laughed and
talked of the new adventure—night
raiding in the wake of Mouchard.
"Eight o'clock struck. The night
was as clear as the day. Mouchard
said, Terre, come with me.' .The
Commandant de Giiyas gave the call
to the escadrille. Tho tanks were or-
dered to be lighted and all started for
the aviation field.
"While Lieutenant Mouchard made
his preparations a friend of his, Cap-
tain le Clerk, envious that Mouchard
should make the first night trip, wish-
ed to go up for a trial himself. He
did so. Coming clown in safety, after
five minutes, he said to Mouchard, 'It
isn't at all flne above. There's a fog
and I advise you not to go up!'
"'So Much the worse for me,' said
Mouchard; 'I can't bring out all these
people for,nothing.'
"At this moment the commandant
came over and asked if he were ready.
Mouchard beckoned to his observer,
Maillart. They cranked the motor. At
night, unaccustomed as we were in
those days to night raids and flights,
the machine seemed something from
the inferno with its noise and sparks.
The motor ran well and they ascended,
wings outstretched, and they disap-
peared into the night.
"Before leaving it had been arrang-
ed that Mouchard should signal his re-
turn With a little lamp, From time to
time, above, one saw the blinking light
that was his signal and followed with
anxious eye and ear the manoeuvring
far above the clouds.
"Five minutes had hardly passed,
when the weather began to show it-
neln as described by Captain le Clerk.
The moon hid itself behind mountains
of clouds and little by little flakes of
snow began to fall.
The Supreme Sacrifice.
"We could no longer see any spark
of light from the machine and could
hear only occasional muffled sounds.
.o chard could
weres • M
We toe that u
no longer distinguish our beacons
burning,on the aviation field nor the
ground they lighted up. The sounds
in the air became fainter. It seemed
evident that the motor was going far-
ther and farther afield, lost in the sea
of clouds.
"A chill came over our company. `J
had a foreboding that I should never
again see Lieutenant Mouchard, We
no longer heard the rumble of the mo-
tor.
"Suddenly weobserved at a distance
of perhaps. -fifteen kilometres what
looked to. be a shooting star, It ap
proaoloed the earth and almost instant- ,
ly a flame lighted up for an instant
the whole horizon.
"In horror I said to the commandant,
'It is Mouehard, who has lost control
of his machine.
"We called fol automobiles and
rushed at once to the -point on *'
ground below the flaming star. We
arrived, but we were not the first. Al-
ready others had reached the spot.
General Bauel, gpmmander of an army
corps, was among those• who had seen
the fall of the machine. He had got-
ten there in time to help remove the
bodies of our friends from the debris
of their avion.
"We stood in n circle around the ad-
venturous dead. I have rarely attend-
ed so moving a scene—this brave conn -
rade, so beloved by all, one of the first
to go, a sacrifice to 'this experiment
of bombardment by night."
Air Raid Sips.
Londoners can tell by looping at the
,night •spy whether to expect Gotha
raids 'or whether to go comfortably to
bed. If the moon shines and the night
is clear he studies the ,clouds. Should
they be at some height racing front
the east it is safe to assume that the
Gothas will net emu, for they cannot
hake progress against a west W111cia
which holds them back front the Brits
lah shore. If, however, the clouds are
flying from the west the tondoile9
I9reparee for a lively evening,
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