The Clinton News Record, 1918-4-18, Page 3BRITISH CONTROL SITUATION IN
FLANDERS: ENEMY GAIN A BARREN ONE
Fighting Continues on L rj,ae Soule— Ger.►nal► Success Was Short.,
Lived—Relatively Quiet on French Front.
A despatch from -the British Army
fn France says. The Mesaiues Ridge
and the Pleegsteert Wood, wirieh last
June were cleated of Germans by a
spectacular coup, again were filled
with'• swirling masses of fiercely -hat -
fling troops as the result of a naw
drive launched by the enemy between
Armentieres and Messinas,
The Germans are partiulcarly de-
sirous of eaptuling' Messinos Ridge
and Wytschnete, and pressed their at-
tacks parol there throughout the
day. Mtieh sanguinary 'hand-to-
hand fighting occurred at the places,
the tide of battle surging back and
forth f rtIl for many hours before the en-
emy finally abandoned temporarily
his attempts here.
Coincident with the attack north
of Armentieres the enemy continued
to push northwestward from Croix
du Bac below Armentieres in order
to complete the pocketing of the lat-
ter city.
A later despatch says: "The situa-
tion in Flanders is regarded on Thurs.
day as fairly well in hand, but the
,fighting continues on a heavy scale
and Is likely to continue. What suc-
cess the Germans achieved developed
out of an advance in the centre of the
original front of attack, helped'out by
•
the misty eveetherr; The territory
whish the enemy over -ran was sparse-
ly populated by civilians, and .as 1•e-
garde the elharactor of the country, it
•is a barren' gain. Moreover, the en-
emy communications are lengthened
across long tenets of Play.
"'The weather has improved and
on Thnrsdey morning elle allies were
effectively eine/aerating in large num-
bers
I"At 10 o'clock Thursday morning
the enemy made a formidable attack
against Hollebelce; and fighting of
Kraft letehsity followed. Masses of
the enemy advanced in waves over
heavy ground , flanking RoozeUocl c,
making a great target for the rifle-
men and machine guns, which wrought
what. is described as terrible 'execu-
tion,
A despatch from French Head-
quarters says: Relative quiet pre-
vails from Hangard to Noyon, The
French carried out n small infantry
attack at Grivesnes Chateau, locally
improving their position in 'the park.
The guns are active on both sides
along the whole front. The Germans
have done littletrench digging. The
enemy airmen are more active, but
are showing little inclination to take
the offensive.
Markets of the World
Brea istnifs
Toronto, April 10—Manitoba wheat—
No. 1 Northern 93.238; No. 2, do.. 12.205;
No, 3, do., 12.175; No, 4 wheat, 12.102/
in. store Fort William, including 21c tax.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 981c; No.
B C.W.. 929o; extra Na. 1 feed, 9190;
N o. 1 feed,. 8010; In store Port William.
American corn—The War Board In the
Hinted States prohibit importations.
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 92.to 040;
No. 3 white, 92 to 93e, according to
f reights outside.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, Der car
lot, $2,22: basis in store Montreal.
Peas—No. 2,$2.60 to $3.70, according
to freights ouside.
Barley—Malting, $1.03 to •91.70, act-
cording to 'freights outside,
Brickwheat—$1.83. to $1..86, according
to freights outside,
.Rye—No, 2, $2.00, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour—War quality, 911.10,
new bags, Toronto.
Ontaro flour—War quality, $10.70,
new bags, Toronto and Montreal freights
prompt shlprnent.
Mtllfeed—Car lots—Delivered Mont-
treal freights, bags included: Bran, per
on, 926.40; shorts, per ton, '$40,40.
iia No. 1, per ton, $17 to 918;
mixed, $14 to $16, track Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, Per ton, $9,50 to $9,
track Toronto.
Country Produce—Wholesale
Butter—Creamery, solids, per Ib„ 47
to 48c; prints, per Sb., 48 W400; dairy,
per lb., 39 to 400.
Bags—New laid, 06 to 36c.
Poultry—Dressed, chickens, 20 to 28e;
fowl; 27 to 30c; ducks, 25 to 300; geese,
21 to 22c; turkel•s, 30 to 350.
Wholesalers are selling ,to the - retail
trade at the following prides:
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 235c.'
3 c; twins,.
225 to 239c; ,early cheese, 252 to 26e;
largo 'twin, 26 to 2610.
• Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 41 to 42c;
orearnery prints, 60 to 520; solids, 49 to
500,
• Margarine -32 to 330 lb.
Eggs—New laid, 42 to 43c; now laid,
In cartons, 46 to 470.
Dressed you try—Mille-fed chickens.
30 to 38o; fowl, 90 to 33o; turkeys, 40
to 46o.
Live poultry—Turkeys 90c; chickens,.
lb. 26 to 220; liens, 30 to 33o,
Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bush„
18.50; Imp. hand-picked, Burma or
radian, 16.60 to $7; Japan, 08 40. $8,26;
IIIL...imas, 19 to 20c.
Maple syrup—Imperial gallon, $2,25;
wine gallon, $1.75.
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Hams, medium. 8f, to
56o; do„ heavy, 00 to 320; cooped, 40 to
48o; rolls, 81 to 32c; breakfast bacon,
• 41 to 440; banks, plain, 48 to 440; bone-
less, 47 to 480.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 29 to
80c; clear Wellies, 29 to 200.
Lard—Pure, tierces, 811 to 32e; tubs,
310 to 8210;. pails, 32 to 221c; prints,
9g8 to 331c. Compound tierces, 26 to
2610; tubs, 261 to 261c; palls; 261 to
27a; prints, 270 to 290,
Montreal Markets
Montreal, April 16-03.ts—Canadian
Western, No. 3, 97..07; extra No. 1 feed,
$1.07; No. 2 local white, $1.051• No, 3,
o., 91.031. Flour—New standard Spring
wheat grade, 511.10 to $11.20. hotted
oats—Bag of 90 lbs., 96.60. Millfeed—
r
an, 136.40' 'shorts, 140.40; middlings,
48.60; anoulrlle, $00 to 962. Hay—No,
,;Per ton, car lots, 117.
Winnipeg Grain
WInnipeg, April 16—Cash Prices:—
Oats—No, 2 C.W., 9630; No. 3 C.W.,
9.81c; extra No. 1 feed, 919c; No. 1 feed,
Bobo; No. 2 feed, 80c. Barley—No, 9,
11.661 No. 4, 91.91. Flax—No. 1 N.W.C.,
8.69; No, 2 C.W., 18.701; No. 8. C W ,
3,60.
ratted States Markets
Minneapolis, April 16—Corn--No. -3
Yellow, eine to 51.,70. .Oats—No. 3
white, 905 to 9110. Flour unchanged.
Bran -133.14,
Duluth, Minn., April 16—Linseed-
14.081 to 94.15; arrive, ;tan: 2iay,
$4.105 bid; July, 14.068 bid: October,
98,61 hid.
Lyre Steck Markets
Til 16 — steers,
Toronto,. A t1 see
To p
bocce, 912,25 to $13; do., good, , oho e,
12; butchers' steers and heifers, choice,
o
11,50 to 112; do„ good 111.25 to 911.70;
do,- medium 110 to $10.26; do., corn-
mon,.,98.50 to $5,261 butchers' cows,
Ohoice, 19.75 to 910.50; do., good, $9 to
$9.60: do,, medium 57.75 to 98.50; do„
common, 10,50 to 17.29; do., canners',
10, to $8,25; butchers' bulls, choice,
310,20 to 911; do,, good 9'0.26 to $9,75;
o medium, 90.26 to 10; do., common,
o 8• feeders best 0,60 to
91.3; lambs,. choice, 919,50 to .920,751.
sheep, choice handy; $13 to $14.80; do.,
heavy and fat bucks, $11 to 912,25' hogs,
Ted and watered, 920.25 to $20,50; do„
off cars, $20,90 to 920.76:. 00., 9.0.0„
519,25 to $10.50.
Montreal, April 1.6—Ch0lce steers, $12
to $18: good steers, 910,60 to $11.75;
choice butcher cows, 99 to $10,60; good
cows, 17 to 90; butcher bulls, 09 to
$10,50; canners' cattle, 95 to 96; calves,
milk -ted, $7 to $14; some very choice at
$15; spring lambs,. from 510 to $16
apiece;
sowse$19lto $20.s, Ott cars, $21
THE DEAD SEA.
Historic Sheet of Water Has Passed
Into British Hands.
Speaking of control of the seas, one
of them the Dead Sea of the Scrip-
tures—has been British property since
the capture of the city of Jerusalem,
which is near to its shores.
But the Dead Sea, of which the
River Jordan is the principal affluent,
is naught but a salt lake, much small-
er in size than the Great Salt Lake of
'Utah.
It is only forty-seven miles long
and nine and a half miles wide, though
its depth (occupying as it does a big
chasm in the earth's surface) is 127-2
feet. Its surface is a quarter of a
mile lower than that of the Mediter-
ranean and it has no outlet.
What happens under such circum-
stances? Necessarily an accumula-
tion of salts from the rocks. The
water of the Dead Sea is so heavily
Iaden with these salts that no fish can
live in it.
To the view, however, it is not un-
attractive. On the contrary, it is lone
of the most beautiful, lakes in the
world—sapphire, blue in color, with
sparkling wavelets, and surrounded
by mountains of a spectacular pic-
turesqueness.
Northward from the Dead Sea runs
the River Jordan, which expands into
the- Sea of Galilee (otherwise known
as the Lake of Tiberias), which, thir-
teen miles long by eight miles wide,
has outlets, and is for this reason a
fresh -water lake.
It was on the Sea of Galilee that
the Disciples embarked (see John vi.,
18) after Jct. us had fed the' multitude
with five barley loaves and two fishes.
Jesus had left them and they got into
a boat and started, after dark, for
Capernaum. A storm arose and they
were frightened. But they saw Jesus
walking on the sea and He said to
them, "It is I; be not afraid,"
UKRAINIAN GRAIN
ALREADY EN ROUTE.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
A. despatch received here from Kiev,
Russia, says that an agreement ' was
signed Tuesday afternoon by the
Ukrainian and German and Austro-
I'Iungar•ian delegates for the supply to
the Central Powers of some 60,000,000
ponds (a pood is a little more than
one-third of a pound). of bread, fod-
der, grain, peas, beans and seeds. Of
these 9,000,000 poods are to be deliver-
ed in April,' 15,000,000 in May, 20,-
000,000
0;
000,000 in June, and 19,000,000 in
July. The despatch adds that the de-
liveries of the grain already have be-
gun.
Poor Overworked Words.
It is declared by a philologist that
nine words do one-fourth of our verb-
al work, and forty-three words one-
half. The nine most useful words are:
11'0.60; . stockers, beet 60.60 to $0,75; And, be, have, it, of, the, to, will, you.
grass Cows, $7 to $7.76; milkers anal Amotg the thirty-four are: About, all,
Springers, choice, 1100 to 5135; do„ Com.
to rued., $$65 to $90; carves, choice, 116.00 as, at, but, 09.0, come, day, dear, for,
to $17; do., medium, $14 to 614.76: do„ et 0.
Common, 13 to 519; heavy fat, $10 to gen g
r:•i: ,4";• n l'W%lny trees r �elanr a wsa.
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Type of shelter built by the municipal authorities •of a London suburb as a refuge during • air raids', It
costs about $7.50 to build and is .fitted with .electric 1'igltt.
FOOD BOARD t
STOPS HOARDING
Dealers Notified They Will Be
Prosecuted if Stocks Al-
lowed to Spoil.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Canada Food Board states that the
new anti -waste and anti -hoarding or
dere made by the board have been
responsible, in part at least, for a
large reduction in 'the surplus of
apples and potatoes in Canada. The
quantity of apples in the Annapolis
Valley and iri leading marketing cen-
tres was reduced during the month of
March by nearly 100,000 barrels.
The smallest reduction has taken
place et Winnipeg, where 18,000 bar-
rels of apples were in store on March
80, as' compared with 15,400 barrels
on March 1. The Canada Food Board
has telegraphed the chief food in-
spector at Winnipeg enquiring whe-
ther these holdings are liable to be
marketed without loss. If the stocks
there cannot be taken care of without
waste, the Food Board is prepared to
require dealers to dispose of . their
holdings without delay. Very con-
siderable supplies of onions are re-
ported to be held in British Columbia.
Dealers are warned that they are
liable to prosecution if any part of
these stocks be allowed to spoil.
4,000,000 MORE ACRES,
UNDER CROP THIS YEAR.
A despatch .from Victoria says:
Prof. W. J. Bradt, commissioner ',ad-
ministering the Agricultural Instruc-
tion Act, estimates there will be an
addition of 4,000,000 acres under crop
in Canada this year as compared with
1917. Half will be in the provinces
east of the Great Lakes, probably
nearly a million acres in Ontario,
600,000 in Quebec, where many of the
grass lands are being broken up, and
400,000 in the Maritime Provinces, Of
the 2,000,000 acres in the Western
provinces, about half will be in Sas-
katchewan,
—•.
Mustache an .Army Badge.
It is against the British army regu-
lations for an officer to shave his up-
per lip, and from time to time the
British War Office has issued general
orders expressing its disapproval of
the growing disregard of this regula-
tion.
The mustache long has been regard-
ed as a military badge. Only one
regiment in the Austro-Hungarian
cavalry may go smooth faced, and this
is because during the Seven Years
War recruits were so scarce that this
regiment once had to go into battle
when there were nothing but beard-
less boys in its ranks. It behaved
with such gallantry, however, that
its members remain beardless to the
present day.
SPLENDID PART CLOCK ADVANCES
PLAYED BY CANADA SUNDAY MORNING
War Has tost to Date 835
Millions and 100,000 .
Casualties.
A despatch from Ottawa says; The
tale of Canada's outpouring of trees -
ere for 'the attainment of the objects
involved in the present conflict of na-
tions is told in the great mass of fig-
ures with which Sir Robert Borden
introduced the discussion of the Do-
minion's fifth war appropriation bill
in Committee of the Whole in the
Commons. The recital of statistics
brings few thrills to the listener, but
a study of the Prime Minister's state-
ment is rewarded by a new,and clear-
er appreciation of the magnitude of
Canada's share of the financial bur-
dens of the struggle. To the end of
the fiscal year 1917-18' Canada's war
expenditup0 at home and abroad so
far as it has to date been reported
amounted to $835,950,019. To that
will be added if the disbursements for
the present year are as estimated,
$616,277,804, making a total since the
outbreak of war of $1,352,227,828. As
the Prime Minister pointed out, how-
ever, that sum does not represent all
the expenditures of the period inas-
much as certain large amounts laid
out in Great Britain have not yet been
reported and included in the amounts.
TWO NEW DREADNOUGHTS
ADDED TO KAISER'S NAVY
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
—Two new, dreadnoughts have been
added to the German fleet during the
war, according to the Vossische Zeit-
ung, and have participated in the
, bombardment of the fortifications on
the Islands of Oesel and Dago. These
vessels are the Baden and Bayern,
which were launched in 1915, at Kiel
and Danzig. They fire 88 -centimetre
shells.
France is Converted to Jam.
Tho French poilu may pray for
peace, but in many ways he isn't sorry
the war came. For instance, if it had
not been for his alliance with the Brit-
ish Tommy on the battlefield he would
never have acquired the taste for the
delectable English jams and.martna-
lades with which the English soldier
fortifies himself.
Intimacy with the eating habits of
the British troops gave the poilu a
liking for the jam that he carried
home with him. French hospitals de-
mand much of the sweet from Eng-
land and the soldiers who go out dis-
charged call for it in the tiny delica-
tessen shops of the cities.
Rivaling the poilu in this taste is
the African colonial soldier, who
comes up from Algeria and beyond
to fight for the tricolor. His fondness
for the new delicacy is tremendous.
HOUR es
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Bill.
Diagram shows the effect of sett ng the clock on one hour. Observe
that it gives us an extra hour of playtime, without cutting down our hours
of work or sleep.
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Daylight Saving Goes Into Ef-
fect Two Hours After Mid-
night Saturday.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
daylight saving bill, which was put
through the committee stage and
given third reading in the Senate on
Thursday, will in all probability come
into effect at two o'clock on Sunday
morning, April 14th. A semi-official
intimation'eto this effect was given
by Senator Robertson, Minister with-
out portfolio, when the bill was being
considered. Senator Robertson gave
as the reason for the bill becoming ef-
fective on Sunday morning instead
of on Sunday at midnight, the circum-
stance that fewer trains ran On Sun-
days. He said that less inconveni-
ences would be caused by advancing
the clocks sixty minutes at that hour
in the morning because bate trains
would have arrived at their destina-
tions and morning trains world be
made up at a later hour.
MUST RAISE FOOD
OR JOIN THE ARMY
Only Farmers Who Show Ade-
quate Results Will Be
Exempted.
A despatch froth Ottawa says: The
attention of farmers receiving condi-
tional exemption from military ser-
vice until a fixed date is directed to
certain principles which have been
laid clown by the central appeal judge
at Ottawa which apply to all exempt-
ed men in this class.
The need for troops cannot be maw..
From Err'. Green Isle '• FROMOLD SCOTLAND
NEWS BT MAIL IPROl1I lflill..
LAND'SeSIi0RES,
Jlapponlsigs in the Emerald ISle of
Interest to Irleli•
men.
There is 1)0 real shortage of tea
or sugar in Ireland now? but heat,
butter and tinned miik aro volt'
scarce,
,Several cattle have died and many
had to be destroyed, owing to an out-
break of blackleg in Roscommon dis-
trict, - For selling hay without a permit
from the military authorities, James
Byrne, of Ballygannon, was fined ten
Winne.
A deputation waited upon the Chief
Dublin Secretary fol• Ireland at Dto Castle b
in regard to thewelfareof the blind,
Surgeon -General F. J. Jenkin,
M.B., T,C,D., Kingstown, has been
created a Commander of the Order of
the Bath.
The work of erecting aerodromes
in various parts of Ireland has been
commenced.
NOTES 010 SNTEREST r.ROM min
HANKS AND BRAES,
What le Habig On In the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
The Military Medal has been anted -
ed to Private P. Sturrock, Royal Field
Artillery, Myth.
Provost Mungall bas been appointed
one of the governors of Morrison's
Academy, Crieff,
A "Bring and Buy" sale held at.
,A.thelstaneford in aid of the Red Cross
Work Party, realized 428,
Capt. John Crockart, British Mer-
cantile Marine, a native of Arbroath,
has been awarded the D,S,C,
The Military Cross has linen award-
ed F.
ed to Lieut. A. R. St art, R. A , son
of Robert Stuart, inspector of poor,
Arbroath:
Capt. J. Ogilvie Kemp, Royal Scots,
and a well-known Edinburgh advocate,,
has died from illness contracted on ac-
tive service.
The death took place recently at
Falkirk, of John M. Dow, a well -
The Belfast Teachers' Association known nurseryman and seedsman of
has affiliated with the Belfast Trades that place.
and Labor Union, Lord Kinirdnahas received word of
The scarcity of flour in Athlone is the death in action of his second son,
endangering the supply of bread to 'Lieut, the Ron. Arthur Kinnaird,
the local workhouse, Royal Scots,
A crowd of little children danced at No foreign vessels, or British ves-
the town hall, Kingstown, in aid of sets from foreign ports, have entered
the War Work Hospital Fund. Arbroath harbor during the past year.
The export of butter from Ireland John M. Raining, solicitor, Dum-
fries, has been elected prosecu-
tor in succession to James Kissock,
The Military Medal has been award-
ed to Private L. J. Hope, K.O.S.B., St.
Boswells, for bravery on the field.
Tho Military Medal has been award-
ed to Corporal William Purves, son of
William Purves, Walkerburn,
Private Andrew Currie, Canadians,
killed in action, was a son of Georgy
Currie, Greenbraeheacl, Hawick.
Hawks have greatly increased. in
Haddingtonshire, owing to the absence
of gamekeepers on military service.
Alex Symon, architect, Brothock
Bridge, has been appointed to a
tion in H.M. Office of Works, White-
hall, London,
Lieut. Marcus Strachan, M.C., Can-
adians, son of William Strachan, Lin-
lithgowsbire, has been awarded the
Victoria Cross.
At a recital given in Cupar by
Matheson Lang and Miss Hutin Brit-
ton, ,g80 was realized for the Red
Cross Society.
Captain W. L. Gibson, Stirling, has
been promoted'a Deputy Assistant Di-
rector of Roads in France, with the
rank of major.
Lance -Corporal D. M. Telfer, who
has been awarded the Military Medal,
'is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Telfer, Hope
House, Kinross.
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WHAT THE PLOUGH SHOULD DO.
"Handbook for Farmers" Advises Use
of Jointer.
has been forbidden, except by those
licensed by the Food Controller.
All wounded or sick Irishmen
serving with the British army will -be
sent back to Ireland to complete their
recovery.
Mrs. James Kennedy, 19 Reesehor-
ough avenue, North Stra&id, Dublin,
has been officially notified of the death
of her son, Sergt, D. A. Kennedy, in
action.'
Lieut. Kevin Brayden, London Irish
Regiment, recently killed in action,
was the son of W, Ii, Brayden, 18
Temple Villa, Dublin.
All postal packets addressed to Ire-
land and suspected to contain arms
or ammunition will be handed over to
the military authorities.
The sailors and stokers on the
Drogheda steamers went on strike
for an increase in wages, and their de-
mand was granted within two hours.
MIN1STRY OF SHIPBUILDING.
Trees Planted by Women' in 1805 Now
Being Used For Vessels.
The British Government seems .at
last thoroughly awake to the import-
ance of shipbuilding, says a London
correspondent on April 6th. "Unless
the output of the last few months is
vastly accelerated England will, in all
human probability, be beaten by the
submarine before the end of the year.”
The few discontented workmen will
then only have got another set of mas-
ters—the Germans—but long before
gerated. On the other hand, the ne-it comes to that point drastic steps Aside from crumbling the soil, the
cessity for maintaining food product- will have been taken to improve the chief objects of ploughing are to de -
tion is likewise pressing. The ex- stroy wild plants so that cultivated
situation.
emption granted farmers is granted Lord Pirrie has met the First Lord ones may take their place; and to bury
solely because of the conviction that of the Admiralty, and—though what trash, manure, stubble and potato
they aro, or may be, more useful in has taken place between them is not
vines.A plough that does not ac -
has these things is faulty. All
refuse should be completely covered so
that it will not be brought to the sur-
face by the harrow. To bury weeds,
clover or other tall green manure
crops, a chin should be used, one end
attached to the plough beam, the other
to the double tree, thus allowing the
loop to pull i;he tall plants down into
the furrow to be covered. The joint-
er or skim -coulter is little used in
many districts. Many farmers do not
even know what it is. When manure,
stubble or grass is to be turned under,
it is a very useful attachment. It
skims a shallow furrow slice and de-
posits it in the bottom of the furrow,
where it is covered by the brain fur-
row slice and will rot more readily.
When stubble or grass is ploughed
without a. jointer, there is likely to bo
a line of it between the furrows, which
interferes with the harrow or begins
to grow and cause trouble. This is a
common sight, but could, and should,
be overcome by the use of the jointer.
The implement dealers of the country
could perform a distinct service to
agriculture by encouraging the gen-
eral use of jointers on ploughs. There
should be one on every farm.
It is well to have various types of
ploughs for the various hinds of land
to be ploughed. This costs more, but
greater efficiency results. A sod
plough will not do good work in soft
stubble lands, nor will a stubble
plough perform well in stiff sod,
£
Per
German Long -Range Guo Joins
Enemy Airmen in Killing Babies
A despatch fruiil Paris says:—Tho
bombardment of Paris by the Ger-
man long-range gun was re81112104
Thursday afternoon.
One shell struck a foundling
asylum. The total victims of the
bombardment were four killed and
21 wounded.
Alrlllett'a Electric Mitts.
Sustained winter flying on Euro -
food production than as troops at the
front.
29 MEN OF CANADA
. WON VICTORIA CROSS
A despatch from Ottawa says:—A
return tabled in Parliament on Thurs-
day at the request of Mr. W. S. Mid-
dlebro, Chief Government Whip, shows
that up to the present time 29
Canadians have won Victoria Crosses
for deeds of valor qn the battlefield.
The names and particulars of the in-
dividual acts of heroism 'included in
the return are the same as already
published in cable despatches.
BRITISH CAPTURE
PALESTINE TOWNS
for publication—it is generally ex-
pected that the War Cabinet will set
up a Ministry of Shipbuilding and
invite Lord Pieria, or another out-
standing figure in the world of ship-
building, to take control.
Authoritative opinion is in favor of
this Ministry being made responsible
for the building of war as well as
merchant vessels, the material and the
labor being of the same character in
both cases.
In the early days of the war there
was high rivalry between the various
shipyards in turning out war vessels,
and the men whose yards created re-,
cords took great personal.prido in
their achievements. It is hoped to
establish a similar competitive spirit
now between the yards in merchant
shipbuilding. It is believed that this
A despatch from London says:— will produce a saving of anything up
British troops on April 9 advanced to three months on the building of
their line north of Jerusalem, in each vessel. The supplies of steel are
Palestine, to a depth of one and a now ample, but the same remark, un -
half miles along a front of five miles, fortunately, does not apply to the
the British. War Office announced supplies of labor.
on Thursday. Notwithstanding the Apropos of shipbuilding, a little
stubborn resistance of the Turks, the story is worth recalling, how, in the
year 1805, after the Battle of Trafal-
gar, an old woman 'of the village of
Hartley Wintley, in Hampshire,
planted 200 oak trees in two fine ave-
nues as her share in providing
against any shortage in the future for
the "wooden walls .of Old England."
To -day these trees are being felled for
war purposes. "Wooden walls" have
ceased to be, but the old woman's fore -
eight has been justiflncl•
British captured the villages of Rafat
and El Ksfr•.
NO ONE -CENT PAPERS
IN BRITISH ISLES
A despatch from London says:—
The lastone-cent newspaper
T in the
British Isles, the Daily Express, had
now gorse up to two cents. London
now has one 6 -cent morning paper,
two at 4 cents and the remainder at 2
cents eaeh. The afternoon papers
are all two cents, except 011e, Which
sells at four cents.
Boiled rice served with auy stewed
fruit snakes a good, inexpensive des-
sert. e
Good nature, happiness and laugh-
ter are as contagious as a yawn.
Happiness is a state of mind, and
there is nothing that contributes more
largely to the general well-being of
society thana man with a hearty
sense of humor.—Marshall J. Wilder.
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peen battle fronts 1s made possible by
electrified clothing for the 00men.
Even in summer the night air at.great
altitudes is bitter cold, and in the win-
ter months the wind is chilly enough
to benumb airplane pilots were they
not prepared. Bombing squadrons
who mast make long flights through
the zero eight especially need more
'neat th.i1 111918 heavy clothing on,
give then.,
Electricity is used very generally in
all flying corps, being sent by wirer
into the shoes and glovesof tato dee
men, tiny resistance coils 9troduein
tiro heat which keeps the flyers fro
losing control of hand and foot.
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I'Yuntllity.
The bird that Olga on highest wing,
Builds on the ground her lowly nest"
And she that doth most sweetly sing;
Sings do the shade when ,all thing;,
rest:
In lark and nightingale 'vo 596.
What honer. llatt hUhhillty',
if Montgomery.