HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1918-9-5, Page 3'BRITISH INFLICT. DO SI S
ENEMY' ON. ROTA SID sS OF S.CARPE
;Surceseful Drive Results in Gaining Of Adv,ilitageons I itionS '
arta Capture of Numerous Towltri, Including Croisiller.
A despatch from. the British Any
izt France saysi--On both sides of
the Scarp River hard fighting eon••
Untied on Wednesday, the British;
launching fresh attacks and wresting!
-from the desperately resisting enemy,
additional valuable stretches of
ground, marry more advllntegeoue
t in lud-'
positions and anal roux towns, i c
a � 1
Ing Croisilles,
In the centre of the wide battlefield
on which three British 'arniieY the.
first, third and fourth -are operating
there seems to be a slight pause.
South._ of the Smote, 'Fay and
, Ahlaincotart were taken by the British
without much difficulty, for the Ger-
mans, being hard pressed south of
these points by the French were there-
fore ready to go with slight persua-
Since early Wednesday morning
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line after the British last year ry
beat the Germans ba.ek from Arras. MILITARY LEADERS I N. GREAT OFFENSIVE
lino has bapproached in Marshal 1Poch hoe been fortu nate In hawing his plans admirably .carried out by Gen, Naugle, Goa Hum bort and our own Sir Julian Byng,
f a..h's been P.! who apli001' above -in the order nailed.
several places and bis been resected lin at least one place in the neighbor- --- •_..,_.•
hood of the Senses River, 'r i
The suceess of this drive here and Mar iiet
s of .the otic CHAPLAIN WINS
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FRENCH REGAIN 40 VILLAGES
IN SWIFT ADVANCE SOUTH OF SOMME
.the breaking through of the old G
man defence system may have far-
reaehing effects both in the north and
the south.
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
' 'OTES OF INTEREST FROM 0160
BANKS AND BRAES.
-What is Going On In the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia-
Stirlingsllire has ab\ont thirty thou -
!sand. applications for sugar for Jam
'making.
Nearly one thousand three, hundred
and fifty acres in Fife have been plant-
ed in fiat
D. M. Urgphart,.. Academy Street,
Tain, has presented 160 volumes to the
' �• Tain Public Library.
Colonel Gordon, V,Q., recently open-
ed an extension. of the Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home, Perth.
Capt. Ion Keith Falconer McT..eod,
reported killed in action, was 0 son
o, Rev.D. J. McLeod, Boddam.
Corporal George Sandllands, Royal
S,cots, thrice. wounded, has been
awarded the Military Medal.
-
The Marchioness of Linlithgow re-
cently oliened a child welfare exhibl-
• tion in the town of lioness.
The Military Cres has been • award-
ed to Lieut. eJ H. S. Peterkin, son of
the late John Peterkin, Portsoy.
Theitiilitary Cross has been award-
ed to Capt. A. J. Gordon. Hunter, M,D„
son ot Dr. Hunter, Linlithgow.
• The Military Cross Lias been award-
ed to Lieut. Charles tSouter, soar of
David Soutar, Crossgate, Cupar.
Capt. James F. Morris, R.A.F., Pol-
mont, has been. presented with a sword
- of honor and a gold watch in recog-
nition of the ;nany military honors
awarded him,
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Lieut, W. Scott-Moncrieff, son
of General Scott-Mdncrieff, of Posse -
way.
-• Samuel Pope, for ?arty years art
master at Aberdeen Grammar School,
died recently in his eightieth year.
Three of the five soldier sons of NIr.
and Mrs, Leitch; Wolseley Street,
Dundee, have made the supreme sacri-
fice
Sergeant A. Carmichael, Canadians,
son of Duncan Carmichael Lochee,
has been awarded the D.C.M.
W, Inkster, the firemaster of the
City of Aberdeen, has been presented
with the KIng's Medal by .Lord Pro-
vost Taggart.
Sergt. Alexander Edwards, V,C.,
Seaferth 'Highlanders, is a son of
Alexander Edwards, Lilac Cottage,
Lossiemouth.
. Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mclsaac,
Crosshall, Shieldhill, have been killed
in action, both having .been struck
by the one shell.
A bar to leis Military Cross has been
awarded to Lieut. Tyndall McClelland,
of the Highland Light Infantry, Milne -
theft.
The Distingulhed Service Order has
been awarded to Major Spiers Dixon,
H.L,L, on ot A. J. Dixon, Springbank,
Stirling.
The Distinguished Service 'Cross
has been awarded to Skipper Rode-
rick Ralph, Nairn,- for'services In ac-
tion with a •U-boat.
Serge, -Major George Bain, R.G.A.,
of Torry, has been created a Cheva-
lier of the Order of Leopold IL, by
the King of Belgium.
The Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Kincardine has presented the King's
Medal to Chief Constable C. George,
Stonehaven.
The death occurred' recently of Dr.
13. N. Mcposlt, for, seventeen years
medical superintendent of the Dundee
Royal Infirmary.
The Military Medal has been award-
ed" to Sergt. Gavin Greig, son of Gavin
Greig, New Deer, a weir -known authori-
ty on Scottish folk -song.
Sergt. 'Hugh Shearer, of ,,the Sea-
forths, who --has been a`'arded the
Military Medal, is a prominent, mem-
ber of the Nairn County Cricket Club,
BRITISH RECAPTURE
AMMUNITION DUMPS
A despatch .front the British Army
in France says: -The British have re-
captured large dumps of ammunition
which they left behind last Spring,
and which the Germans had not touch-
ed. They also have taken immense
stores of German material. The
British ammunition came in very
handy and saved a lot of transport, as
it offered bullets and shells when they
were needed. Large engineer
dumps, which are most useful in clear-
ing the battlefield in the wake of the
advancing armies, also have been cap-
tured.
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BRITISH ACREAGE IS
RECORD FOR 20 YEARS
A despatch from Lcndon says: -
The Board of Agriculture states that
the arable area in England and Wales
amounts to 12,400,000 acres, an in-
crease of 1,152,000 compared with
1917,.and a record for twenty years.
The wheat' acreage has increased by
638,000 acres, and is a record since
1884. Oats have increased by 23
per cent., corn and pulse 24 per cent.,
;and potatges by 25 per cent., all re-
cords.
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ENEMY IN DESPERATE STRAITS
TO MAINTAIN RESERVES
.A. despatch from the British Army
in France says: -How hard the enemy
is off :for reserves may be gathered
from the fact that the 148th Regiment
of the 41st Division appeared in the
battle line -during the defence of
Cappy, on the south bank of the Soni -
me, although this division lost 2,250
men made prisoner at Warfusee be-
tween August 8 and August 10 and
was withdrawn as no longer fit to
fight. •
.`CANADIANS IN VICTORIOUS
ADVANCE CAPTURING GAVRELLE
7Aust.ralians Reach. The Somme on a Wide Front and Battle For
- Bridge -Heads.
despatch from the Canadian Army;
in the Field, says: -The Canadian
forces is fighting on a wide front
north and south of the Scarpa River,
approximately from Gavrelle to Crois-
ilies, but in this undertaking it 13
co-operating with a British division.;
This division has reservedly attained!
pre-eminence in the roll of the British
army north of the Scarpe River. Tues-
day it captured Gavrelle and advanced!
generally. The Canadian troops hold!
the line south of the' Scarpe, immedi-
ately west of Pelves, thence south-
east, passing Jigsaw Wood and Sart
Wood, thence in a generally south-
easterly direction to well east of
Cher'isy and Fontaine-les-Croisilles.
From here the line is continued by
Scottish troops to the western, out-
skirts of Croisilles. Jigsaw Wood is
a very hard nut to crack, being situat-
ed in high and difficult ground, pro-
tected with machine-gun posts and
wire. I
The Australians have reached the
line of Fresnes-Herbecourt, but have
met with much opposition in their ef-
forts.to reach the crossings of the
Somme River at Brie and Peronne.
The greater part of the Trones
Wood, north of the Somme, has been
token; unofficial reports say it is all
in the hands of the British, who took
prisoners from a Prussian Guard divi-.
eion there. hostile counter-at-
tacks north o:f. the Scarps have been
beaten off, and north of Locon, ^ in
the Ypres sector, the British line has
been advanced.
• ` 13readatulrs VICTORIA CROSS
Toronto, -Sept. 8.-Mantioba wheat
-No. 1 -Northern, $2,244,,•,• No. 2
Northern, $2,213; No, 3 Northern,BRITISH VICAR.DECORATED AT 60
$2.171/2; Na: 4 wheat,• $2.12%, in
store Fort William, not including tax. - FOR HEROISM.
Manitoba oats -No, -2 C.W., 87%c;
No. 1 feed, 77%c, 4n store Fort Wil- -
lium. Absolute] Regardless b'F. Personal
American corn -No, 3. yellow, kiln y
dried, .nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln Safety 'In Attending to Needs
dried nominal.
Ontario oats, new crop -No. 1 of Wounded Soldiers.
white,' 76 to 78c; No. 3 white, 75 to An English clergyman, more than
770, according to freights outside,
Ontdrio wheat --No; 2, Winter, per fifty years old, who already holds the
car lot, $2.31; No, 3 Winter, $2.27; D.S\O. andM.C., has now won the Vic -
No. 2 Spring, $2.26; No. 3 Spring, toric Cross.
$2.22; basis in store Montfeah I The Rev, Theodore Bayley Ilardy,
Peas -No. 2, nominal. army chaplains department, attached'
Barley -Malting, new crop, $1.03 to the- Lincolnshire Regiment, is the
to $1.05second clergyman to win the highest'
Buckwheat --Nominal. award for bravery during the present
Rye -No, 2, nominal. war, and the third sindb the V.C, was
Peas -Nominal, instituted. The London Gazette, an -
.95, ba flour -War quality, uouucing the award, "for most con -
510 .95, Toronto spicuous bravely, and devotionto duty
Ontario flour - War quality,
$10.85, in bags, Montreal and Toronto, on many occasions," says of im:
prompt shipment. ' "Although over fifty years of age, he
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- has, by his fearlessness, devotion to
real freights, bags included; Bran,' men of his battalion, and !quiet, unob-
$35 per ton. shorts, $40 per ton. Ibet §§ave manner, won the respect and
Hay No. 1, $18 to $19 per ton, track adrlilratlon of thepwhole division. lila
Toronto; mixed, $16 to $17 per ton, marvelous energy and endurance
Straw -Car lots, $8 to $8,60 per would be remarkable even 1n a very
ton.,
much y'ouusse-r man."
400 Yards Beyond Our Line.
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Butter -Creamery, solids, per Ib,, Several incidents exemplifying bis
42 to 423ic; prints, per lb., 42% to valor and devotion are quoted. An,in-
fantry36 patrol had gone out to attack-
Ljggs-New laid, 40 to 41c. an eneuly•post in the ruins of a vil-
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens, logo. Tho Rev. Hardy followed the
38 to 404; roosters, 28e;. fowl, 25 to patrol, and about 400 yards beyond our
30c; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 32 to 35c,
• - Live poultry -Roosters, 23c; fowl,
27 to 28c; ducklings, Pb„ 25c; turkeys,
27 to 30c; Spring chickens 34 to 35c.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade at the following prices: -
Cheese -New, large, 23% to 240;
twins, 23% to 2414c; old, large, 254f
to 26c; twin 26 to 263_c.
Butter -,Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to
42c; creamery prints, fresh made, 45
to 47c; solids, 44 to 45c.
Margarine -32 to 34e. '
-Eggs-No. l's, .47 to 48s; in car-
tons, 52 to 540.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
48c; roosters, 30c• fowl, 34 to 37c; Was no one left, Captain Hardy came
turkeys, 40c; ducklings,, lb., 38e. out of it; and on reaching an advanced
Beans - Canadian, hand-picked, post, asked for help to get in a wound -
bushel $7.50; imp., hand -melted, ed man.
Burma er Indian, $6.50; Japan, $8.00;
Lamas, 18 to 19c.
Honey, new crop -Strainer}, 60 -Ib,
tins, 24 to 24%c; 10 -Ib. tins, 2436 to
25e; 5-171. tins, 25 to 25%e. Com'bs
-Doz., $3.00 to $3.60.
front line of posts found an officer of
the patrol dangerously wounded. He
remained with the officer until he was
able to get assistance to bring flim in:
There Wes 0 great deal 'of firing, and
an enemy patrol actually penetrated
between the spot at which the officer.
was lying and our front line and cap-
tured three of our 111011.
On another occasion he worked un-
der shell -end trench mortar fire, dig-
ging out risen buried by a shell, Once
when our infantry had withdrawn
'from a wood, and it was believed there
Modest and Unassuming.
Accompanied by a sergeant, he nude
his way to the spat where the 1111111
lay, within ten yards of a pill-bix which
had been captured in the morning, but
Provisions -Wholesale was subsequently recaptured and oc-
'. canted by the enemy. The wounded
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36
to 38c; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, ratan was too weals to stand, but the
51 to 53e; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast chaplain and the sergeant eventuallybacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 44 to succeeded in getting him to our lines,
45e; boneless, 48 to 49c. Throughout the day the enemy's ar-
Curet} meats -Long clear bacon, 30 tillery, machine-gun, and trench mor-
; to 31c; clear bellies, 29 to 80e. tar fire was continuous, and caused
Lard -Pure, tierces, 30 to 301/4c; many casualties.
• tubs, 303¢ to 31e; pails, 30% to 31.1/Lc; Notwithstanding, 1111s very gallant
prints, 33 to 33%e. Compound, chaplain was seen moving quietly
tierces, 26 to 2635c tubs, 2011 to among_ the men and tending the
26%c pails, 26% to 270; prints,428 to
28%c. tvonncled;.absolutely regardless of his
_ personal safety,
The Rev, T. B, Hardy- is vicar of
Hutton ;roof, Kirkby Lonsdale, West -
Montreal Marets
Montreal, Sept. 3. -Oats, No. 2 0, Morland, He was for sixteen- years
W., $1.01 to $1.02; extra No, 1 feed,
98 to 99c. Flour, new standard grade, master of J Nottingham High Schein,
510.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats, bag Where he is remembered as a quiet,
90 lbs, $6.80. Bran, $53. Shorts, unassuming nidi].
$40. lklouillie, $67 to $68. Hay, No.
2, per ton, car lots, $15.50 to $16.00. '
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Sept. 3. -Extra chole
heavy steers, $7.5.50 to $16.25; choice
heavy steers, 514.50 to $15.00• but
chers' cattle, choice, 13.25 to $14,00
do., good, $12.00 to $.12.50; do., med
ism $1.0.75 to $11..00; do., common
$9.00 to $10.00; butchers' bulls,
choice, $1.1.00 to $11.25; do., medium
`bulls, $10.25 to $10.60; do., roug
bulls, $7.50 to $8.50; butchers' cows
choice, $1.0,25 to $10.50; do„ good,
$9.25 to $9.50; do,, meditun, 58.25 to
8.76; do., common, $7.25 to $8.00
:stockers, $8.00 to 510.50; feeders,
510.50 to $11.00;• canners and cut
tors, 55.50 to 6.50• milkers, good to
choice, $90.00 to 5125.00; do., com
and med. 565,00 to $75.00' springers
$90,00 to $150.00; light ewes, 513.00
to $15.00, yeaoliogs, 51.5.00 to $16.""
Spring lambs, 18 to 19c; calvesc
, goof
to choice, 513.60 to 517,50• hogs, led
aid watered, $10,50 to $19.75; do.
weighed off cars, 519.75 to $`20,00.
•
Hie shady charactercharacternever kept a
man cool,
Success in Canning
e Heat is necessary for success in
canning • -Fruits and vegetables to be
canned must be treated to such heat
as will kill any of those invisible
forms of life which are almost every-
where present to cause decay, mould,
fermentuti on,etc. In , sterilizing fruits
11 and vegetables in pint or quart' jars,
' keep jars in boiling water foforper-
iods !ranging .as follower -Apples 20
minutes, berries 12 minutes, cherries
' 12 to 15 minutes, currants 12 to 15
minutes, gooseberries 12 to 15 Min-
utes, peaches 12 to •15 minutes, pears
• t 20 minutes, plums 12 to 15 minutes,
rhubarb 20 minutes, asparagus 120
minutes, greens 120 minutes, .beets
' 60' to 90 minutes, cauliflower 6D min-
utes, carrots 60 to 90 minutes, corn
, 180 minutes, parsnips 90 minutes,
peas 120 to 1.80 minutes, string beans
60 to 120 minutes, tomatoes 20 to 30
minutes, fruit without sugar 30 min-
utes.
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Ger'onane> in Retreat North of the Avre River Vigorously Pursued'
by French '];reaps -Important Town Of Chaulnes
I Among Those Captured,
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A 'despatch from Paris says; -In Ayre River has been far more speedy
a swift advance op Wednesday, cov- since the fall of Chaulnes than previ-
ering more than six miles at certain ously. Vigorously pursnred by French
paints, the French troops south of troops and harassed by their own
the Somme recaptured 40 villages. mustard gas shells, which they left
The left bank of the Somme has behind and which are being fired from
been reached between Cizancourt and German guns by French gunner's, the
Nelle, as well as the west bank of the enemy is making haste to cross the
Canal du Nord between Nelle and Rived Ligon in the region of Nesle
Noyon, over the greater part of its and the Canal du Nord.
course, Gen. Debeny's sten, without great
American troops in the region of' opposition, advanced 4% miles during
Juvigny repulsed numerous Germanikhe night, and "010 Wednesday morn -
counter -attacks and broke up an ene- ing their cavalry was upon Nesle,
my attempt to cross the V'esle south close on.-theheels of ache retiring
of Bazoches, [enemy. The pursuit toward the
French troops captured Citaulnespanal du Nord slackened on Wednes;
the great German -defensive point on day morning when the enemy's artil-
the Picardy front, on Tuesday night. levy of all calibre¢ maintained a
French cavalry on Wednesday heavy'.fire from strong positions west
meriting entered Neale. French in' of the canal. -
fentry occupied the town of Cressy, After Chaulnes fel}, Goininiecourt,
2l4 miles south-east of Neale, to the north, and Septfours were tak-
The French third army on Wednes- en by the French7 while later Cressy,
day captured Dives and pushing .on Salatre, Champion and Roiglise, be -
to the eastward, reached the outskirts ts9 en Nedle and Roye, were captured
of Noyon. and more than a score of other vil-
The German retreat north of the lages occupied.
Manitoba Calls For Help
Rains have caused demands for in-
creased farm help in Manitoba. About
9,000 additional men are required to
help bring in the crops, according to
the report reaching the Canada Food
Board, Labor equivalent to about
4,000 men will be secured within the
province, leaving 5,000 required' from
outside.
Twelve years ago there were only
twenty-two autos in. Saskatchewan,
Last year there were 33,505. Five
years ago there were not over ten
tractors hi the Province. Now there
are eight to ten thousand ot talent.
Milk is Important as a food, because
it is the most complete and well-bal-
anced of any single food. Moreover,
it contains certain principles or sub-
stances which Make 1t vitally neces-
sary for babies and children.
GENERAL M ANGIN
CROSSES AILETTE
A despatch from Paris says: -
General Mangln's troops began cross-
ing the A}Iette River on Wednesday,
it was announced here on :Wednesday
afternoon,
French troops , have reoccupied
Mount Renaud, two miles southwest
of Noyon, according to The Temps,
which says that the French are
approaching Noyon, which is probably
in, their possession,
The retreat of the Germans -,which
has been organized by General von
Boehm during the past fortnight, will
probably be made in two stages, it is
said here: The first halt is expected
to be behind the Somite and Crozet
Canal, and the second will bring the
enemy to the line of March 21, from
which he launched his great offensive
• VERBOTEN' BY
This French official photograph s
fire of the French artilleiy et the fork
indicates the path to a kitchen of a r
dc] no more choking there.
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NAVY GROWS TO
6,soopao TONS
BEA-FIGII'1'ING 1'ORCEi HAS MORE
THAN DOUBLED SINCE 1914
Only One Man Out of Every 6,000
Ras Been LostDuring Trims -
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port by 73ritieb Nary,
The secretary
of the British
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11 -amity makes public figures and facia
y .
which throw an .. encouraging light
naval upon the situation p al s at1 n of the Allies,
The British navy, apart from the
American forces, which now forms an
integral part of its fighting strength,
consists at present of warships and
auxiliary craft whose total displace-
ment reaches 6,500,000 tons, against
2,500,000 in August, 1914. During
that period about 750,000 have been
last, but the growth of the flelet
shows an increase. of 160 per cent.
Similarly with the personnel. The
original 146,000 officers and men have
grown to 394,000.
U -Boat Menace Defeated•
Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the
Admiralty, speaking in the House of
Commons, March 6,. 1918, was able to
express the opinion that the British
and American naval forces in the
North Sea, the North Atlantic and
the English Channel were sinking
submarines as fast as they were built;
and on the 30th of July, says the
statement, he made the welcome an-
nouncement that during -'the last three
months of the first half of 1918 the
world output of tonnage exceeded
the world's losses from all causes by
no less than 100,000 tons per month.
As to means' of defence against sub-
marines, figures now are available
which show the convoy system has
played a large part in overcoming the
submarine menace to ocean communi-
cations of the Allies. Whereas, in
the period from April to June of last
year, before the convoy system was
established, British steamships sailing
to and from the United Kingdom in
the main oversea trades, suffered
losses through enemy action of 5.41
per cent. of their total number, the
figures since then have steadily dim-
inished, until in the period :from
Match to June or this year, during
which 93.8 per cent, of the ships were
convoyed, the losses had/dropped to
1,23 per cent .of the total number of
sailings in these trades.
Share of U. S. Ships Important.
American troops who reached Eur-
ope by July 27 of this year totalled
well over 1,000,000 Nearly half' of
these were carried by American ships
and the United States furnished for
them forty ocean escorts" and 335
escorts of destroyers.
The total tonnage of ships of all na-
tionalities convoyed in all trades
!since the introduction of the convoy
system is 61,691,000, of which 373,000,
or approximately .61 per cent. has
been lost while 111 convoy.
Since August 4, 1914, the British
navy has transported nearly 20,000,-
1000 men to different destinations, 2,-
1000,000 animals and 110,000.000 tons
of naval and military stores.
•
The men lost through enemy action
Charing the transportation bear the
'03-15 FRENCH
haws a crater produced by the terrific
of. it German trench, The sign above
eservo company, but the Germans will
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proportion of one to every 6,000
carried,
STRIP DEAD BEFORE BURYING.
Germans Permit Only Paper to Be
Wrapped About Bodies.
The Germans are expected to strip
their dead before they bury then].
Bodies are to be placed Into the coffins
without. a stitch of clothing. They
may be wrapped in Paper, however,
This is the only concession made to
the relatives of the dead, whose feel-
ings are hurt by the order.
Clothing is very scarce in (ermauy.
Every scrap counts; The Government
has no use for sentimentalists who
would squander garments on the dead
while the living aro without clothes.
The rules •and regulations regarding
burials are not observed strictly
enough by the .population of Munich,
says .the Nelteste Nachric•hten. Ac-
cording to a report published by the
Mayor's ofilce there were 036. mon
buried in Prince Albert coats and 1,300
men buried In sack coats during the
year, while 136 women wore buried in
silk and 2,132 in woolen dresses.
in Munich the custom of hiring
women w11o'attend to washing and
dressing the dead is in vogue. These
women, the official attendants of the
dead, have been ordored,by the Mayor
to refuse their services wherever they
are asked to put into the -coffin a corpse
clothed in anything but patter. These
professional women are held respons-
ible for the execution of the edict.
In order to facilitate platters it has
been proposed to inaugurate a now ac-
tivity on the part of the State. All the
clothing worn by and left by n person
deceased is to be turned over to the
authorities, who will furnish a paper
costume for the -body. Thus no more
of these precious textile materials are
to be. buried with the dead.
EQUALIZES ARMY AND NAVY.
England Now Pays Jack's Wife as
Much as Tommy's.
The anomaly 'which dates bask to
the days of Trafalgar of paying the
dependents of the 11111n in the navy a
smaller allowance than to relatives of
]nen h1 similar ranks h1 the military
'forces has been rectified.
pro -
Hitherto this difference in pay has
boon defended by the Admiralty ant•
thor}ties, one of the reasons given be -
111g tiro alleged greater chance of pro-
motion In the navy. Pubile 05101011
hex forced tate navy authorities to give
way a1111 in Mere Tack will be on a
level with Tommy In regard to 111s
wife's allowance.
Cult all weeds before they go to seed.
Olean 011t the fence corners and the
weeds along the roadside.- $lk
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carry out bis ideas discovers when it
IS too late that he is a victim of rnle-
pinced confidence in himself,
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proportion of one to every 6,000
carried,
STRIP DEAD BEFORE BURYING.
Germans Permit Only Paper to Be
Wrapped About Bodies.
The Germans are expected to strip
their dead before they bury then].
Bodies are to be placed Into the coffins
without. a stitch of clothing. They
may be wrapped in Paper, however,
This is the only concession made to
the relatives of the dead, whose feel-
ings are hurt by the order.
Clothing is very scarce in (ermauy.
Every scrap counts; The Government
has no use for sentimentalists who
would squander garments on the dead
while the living aro without clothes.
The rules •and regulations regarding
burials are not observed strictly
enough by the .population of Munich,
says .the Nelteste Nachric•hten. Ac-
cording to a report published by the
Mayor's ofilce there were 036. mon
buried in Prince Albert coats and 1,300
men buried In sack coats during the
year, while 136 women wore buried in
silk and 2,132 in woolen dresses.
in Munich the custom of hiring
women w11o'attend to washing and
dressing the dead is in vogue. These
women, the official attendants of the
dead, have been ordored,by the Mayor
to refuse their services wherever they
are asked to put into the -coffin a corpse
clothed in anything but patter. These
professional women are held respons-
ible for the execution of the edict.
In order to facilitate platters it has
been proposed to inaugurate a now ac-
tivity on the part of the State. All the
clothing worn by and left by n person
deceased is to be turned over to the
authorities, who will furnish a paper
costume for the -body. Thus no more
of these precious textile materials are
to be. buried with the dead.
EQUALIZES ARMY AND NAVY.
England Now Pays Jack's Wife as
Much as Tommy's.
The anomaly 'which dates bask to
the days of Trafalgar of paying the
dependents of the 11111n in the navy a
smaller allowance than to relatives of
]nen h1 similar ranks h1 the military
'forces has been rectified.
pro -
Hitherto this difference in pay has
boon defended by the Admiralty ant•
thor}ties, one of the reasons given be -
111g tiro alleged greater chance of pro-
motion In the navy. Pubile 05101011
hex forced tate navy authorities to give
way a1111 in Mere Tack will be on a
level with Tommy In regard to 111s
wife's allowance.
Cult all weeds before they go to seed.
Olean 011t the fence corners and the
weeds along the roadside.- $lk
Many a man who undertakes to
carry out bis ideas discovers when it
IS too late that he is a victim of rnle-
pinced confidence in himself,