The Clinton News Record, 1916-02-03, Page 3'BRITISH SUCCESS IN EGYPT
OVER THE SENUSSI TRIBESMEN
4,50o Arabs. Were Engaged and They Were Driven'
Back Three Miles -Enemy Losses N:;zir-ly 700 ►
A despatch from London says:,Reu-
ter's correspondent at Cairo, in a de-
spatch dealing with Gen. Wallace's
victory over the Senussi tribesmen in
Western Egypt last Sunday, says:
"Four thousand five hundred west-
ern Arabs were engaged and driven
back three miles. The British casual-
ties were 26 'men killed and 74 wound-
ed. The enemy has about 150 men
killed and 500 wounded.
"The Brtihers marched out. of Ma-
truh Saturday to engage the enemy,
' who had been located by aviators. The
weather ,was most unfavorable, the
storms rendering the ground very
difficult to traverse. The 'Britishers
bivouacked Saturday night at Brishola
and marched out the following. morn-
ing. Tho two columns encountered
the enemy, who then extended his
right and left wings, endeavoring to
envelop the British column. The Bri-
tish drove off the attack after two
hours, forcing the enemy back three
miles from his camp at Hazalin, which
the British occupied at noon, the
enemy then retiring rapidly westward.
The British bivouacked three miles
west of Brishola, after burning the
camp and stores."
RRITISI NAVY
- FULLY PREPARED
Nothing Further Can Be Done Than
Is Being Carried
Out.
A despatch from London says: A. J.
Balfour, First Lordof the Admiralty,
stated in the house of Commons on
Wednesday that the British Govern-
ment had no evidence that Germany
possessed seventeen -inch guns, but
that it was not impossible.
,1\fr. Balfour was asked to make a
statement of su;h a nature as to as=
sure the country of the navy]'s pre-
paredness to meet any development in
the way of new ships or larger guns
produced by Germany during the per-
iod of naval inactivity, He said:
"What Germany is doing inthe way
of shipbuilding must necessarily be a
matter.of conjecture. No doubt it has
been within her power to initiate dur-
ing the course of the war, and perhaps
complete, the building of large ships
with powerful armament.
"I have seen in the press mention
of guns of 17 -inch calibre, but we have
no evidence that such exist. But given
the time and labor, there would be no
difficulty in making them. The most
diverse conjectures may be made by
ingenious persons, but, speaking for
myself, I am by no means sure that
of those conjectures the 17 -inch story
is the most plausible.
"As regards the preparedness of
the British navy, I can only say that
the successive Lords of the Admiralty
have most anxiously considered the
methods by which the building re-
sources of this country can best be
lased. Speaking broadly, it may be
said that every dockyard, public or
private, at home or in the Meditter-
rarean, is being used either for new
constructions or for repairing require-
ments of ourselves and our allies.
This being so, it is impossible to add
to the magnitude of our preparations.
The most we can do is to alter the
character of the type of ship under
construction, but nothing has yet oc-
curred which would justify us in
thinking that any serious error of
judgment has been made in connec-
tion with the type of ship under con-
struction."
ALLIES TO SUPPLY
GREECE WITH COAL
A despatch from London says: An
agreement, in principle, is said to
have been reached between Great Bri-
tain and Greece in regard to supplies
of coal for Greek industrial needs.
Reuter's Athens correspondent says
the British Government has agreed to
authorize exportation of coal for the
use of railway and other companies in
Greece, in accordance with their need;
and also to meet the requirements of
the Greek navy. Great Britain also
agrees to place no difficulties in the
way of exportation of coal from
America to Greece.
FORM "RAT SQUADS."
Britain Closes a Contract for Eight
Hundred Ferrets.
A despatch from London says: Fer-
rets are the latest to be enlisted on the
side of the Entente powers. The Bri-
tish Government has, just closed a
contract for 800 ferrets to be sent to
Flanders to kill the enormous number
of rats infesting the British trenches.
"Rat squads" are being organized.
The demand for ferrets is becoming
so great the price has- risen from 25
cents to $1.25.
The Biggest British Ship.
The biggest British ship 'afloat
just reached the Mersey from Belfast,
where she was built. Her name is the
Britannic, of 48,000 tons, and she was
built for the White Star Line. She
has been taken over by the Admiralty,
however, andis a hospital ship, and
will, with the Aquitania and Mauret-
ania, keep up a continuous hospital
ship service of. boats. Pride of place
was hitherto held by the White Star
Liner Olympic (46,359 tons), follow-
ed' by the Aquitania (45,667).
-e,
Theroad to success 10 a hard one,
just because it is the road to success..
NO WORK ON SUNDAY,
SAYS LLOYD GEORGE
"It Is Better to Work Overtime Dur-
ing the Week," He Says.
A despatch from London says: In
a circular addressed to the Munition
Manufacturers, David Lloyd George
makes the suggestion, which is vir-
tually a command, that all Sunday la-
bor should be abolished in all con-
trolled establishments. "It is better,"
writes Mr. Lloyd George, "to work
overtime during the week than to
have Sunday work. The aim should
be not to work over•twelve shifts per
fortnight, or twenty-four where dou-
ble shifts are worked." This is the
outcome of an investigation into the
effects on production of munitions of
continuous labor involving Sunday
work, which resulted in the conclusion
that the method tended to diminish
rather than to increase the output.
LOCATING OF EXPLOSIVES.
How Battlefields Will Be Cleared of.
Unexploded Shells.
When the erstwhile battlefields of
Europe are reclaimed for the peaceful
purposes of agriculture there is an
ever-present risk of death or serious
injury to both the farmers and their
horses as the result of ploughshares
coming in contact with buried shells
that have failed ' to explode when
fired.
Recently an engineer was commis-
sioned to devise a method for the dis-
covery and subsequent removal of
such shells. His report on the mat-
ter was laid before the French Ace.
demy'of ;Sciences, an Account- of his
findings appearing in the Comptes
Rendus of the academy.
The apparatus, which was thor-
oughly tested, is so sensitive that its
user can detectby the sounds in the
head telephone the proximity of a
mere scrap of shell on or near the
surface of the greund,-or even a tin
MTh •
The note caused by a shelf frag-
ment differs from that caused by a
buried shell, so that the trained ear
easily distinguishes between the two.
Two coils of large diameter are
employed; the device being in reality
two, induction balances used as one.
In the instruments thus far construct-
ed in France, the .diameter of the
coils is about 28 inches. The wind-
ing of the primary circuit consists of
20 layers, while that of the second.
any circuit has 10 layers. These
windings are placed on wooden spools
of a size not unlike that of the frames
of ordinary sieves.
The two windings of the same ooil
are placed one beside the other at
a distance of about one centimeter
apart, so that the mutual induction of
the primary and secondary circuits
will be brought to the neutral state,
resulting inthe telephone receivers
remaining silent in the absence of
any metallic mass in the vicinity of
the device.
The primary periodic current is
produced by four dry cells and an
electro -magnetic vibrators interrupter
of a design similar to those employ-
ed on medical coils.,
To explore the desired territory,
the two coils -each of which com-
prises a primary and secondary wind-
ing -are placed on two vertical sticks
attached to the ends of a horizontal
piece of bamboo. An assistant car-
ries the device by means of a suit-
able handle, and walks over the field
to be explored, holding the coils of
the balance a few centimeters above
the ground.
The observer, wearing a telephone
head piece and carrying about a box
which contains the battery, condens-
er, vibrator and regulating appara-
tus, follows at a distance of several
feet behind' the assistant; a flexible
conducting cable being employed to
connect the exploring coils with the
apparatus of the observer.
QUEEN OF HOLLAND
ATTACKED BY MUMPS
A despatch from London says: A
Reuter despatch' from The Hague says
that Queen Wilhelmina has been com-
pelled to interrupt her trip to the
flooded regions owing to an attack of
the mumps.
0
AER S ADMIT
GERMANS THE E
LOSS
.' OF - THEIR GREATEST AV
IATOR
Was Killed in 'Recent Expedition, in Which, the
Town of Nancy Was Bombed
A despatch from Berlin says The
two German air squadrons which
Shelled Nancy on Monday, as reported
7 the German headquarters staff,
says the Overseas News Agency,
dropped' over 150 bombs on the town
hand the 'fortress. The news agency
Adds
"The German aviation corps laments
in this connection the loss of Lieut.
Boehme, who was several time cited
in the headquarters report, Lieut.
Boehme fell to the ground at Ensis
herrn., in Alsace. The aviator was in-
stantly killed."
SHELL WHICH DID NOT EXPLODE
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This picture taken on the Italian fr 005, shows an Itaalian soldier ens -
braying an Austrian "305," ono of the heaviest shell§ used rn Caw
war, which failed to explode upon( landing In Ilse italicui position..
The shell weighs. more Uwn half a ion.
MarketsWorld
of the Wog d
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Feb. 1. -Manitoba wheat
-New crop, No. 1 Northern,
51.293i; No. 2 Northern, 51.27; No.
3 Northern, 51.25, in store Fort Wil-
liam.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 48c;
No. 3 C.W., 46c; extra No. 1 feed,
46c; No. 1 feed, 452, in store Fort
William.
American corn -No. 3 yellow,
82%c, track, Toronto.•
Canadian corn -Feed, -76c,' track
Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 44 to
45c; commercial oats, 43 to 44c, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, 51.13 to 51.15; wheat, slight-
ly sprouted and tough, 51.09 to
$1.13, according to sample; wheat,
sprouted, smutty and tough, 51.01 to
51.06, according to sample; feed
wheat, 90 to 95c.
Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots,
$1.80; peas, according to sample,
51.25 to 51.75.
Barley -Malting barley, 63 to 65c;
feed barley, 57 to 60c, according to.
freights outside.
Buckwheat -Car lots, 78 to 79c, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 92 to 93e;
rye, rejected,, 80 to 82c, according to
sample. y
Manitoba flour -First patents, in
jute bags, $7.20; second patents, in
jute bags, 56.70; strong bakers', in
jute bags, 56.50, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, 54.90 to
55.10, according to sample, seaboard
or Toronto "freights in bags, prompt
shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights -Bran, per ton, 524;
shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per
ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag,
51.75. -
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c; in-
ferior, 24 to 250; creamery prints, 33
to 36c; solids, 33 to 35e.
Eggs -Storage, 29 to 30c per doz.;
selects, 32 to 33c; new -laid, 40c, case
lots.
Honey -Prices, in 10 to 60-1b. tins,
12 to 12%c; combs, No. 1, $3•; No. 2,
$2.40.
Poultry -Spring chickens, 17 to
18c; fowls, 13 to 140; ducks, 17 to
18c; geese, 15 to 19c; turkeys, 23 to
26o.
Cheese -Large, 19c; twins, 19%c.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios
quoted at $1.70 to 51.75, and New
Brunswieks at $1.90 to $1.95 per
bag, on track.
Provisions.
Baepn, long clear, 16%. to 16%cper
lb. in case lots. Hams -Medium,
17% to 18%e; do., heavy, 141% to
3.5c; rolls, 16 to 16%e; breakfast ba-
con, 21 to 23c; backs, plain, 24 to 26c;
boneless backs, 27c.
Lard -The market is unchanged;
pure lard, 14 to 14%c; compound, 12
to 12%c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, ,Feb. 1. -Corn -American
No. 2 yellow, 85 to 86c. Oats -Can-
adian Western, No. 2, 56c; No. 3, 55c;
No. 2 local white, 61%c; No. 3 local
white, 50%e; No. 4 local white,
49%c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 62
to 680; malting, 70 to 72c. Buckwheat,
No. 2, 80 to 82c. Flour -Manitoba
Spring wheat patents, 'firsts 57.30;
seconds, $6.80; strong bakers','$6.60;
Winter patents, choice, 56.50;
straight rollers, 55.80 to 55.90; do.,
bags, $2.75' •to 52.85. Rolled oats-
Bbls., 55.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.50.
Bran, 524. Shorts, 526. Middlings,
$28 to $30. Mouillie, 531 to 533. Hay
-No. 2, per ton, car lots, 520 to
520.50. Cheese -Finest westerns,
18n/ to 18%e; finest eastern, 18 to
18%c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 34
to 35c; seconds, 321 to 3$c. Eggs -
Fresh, 40c; selected, 33c; No. 1 stock,
30c No. 2 stock, 28c.. Potatoes -Per
bag, car lots, 51.86 to $1.90.
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Fob. 1. -Cash quotations
-Wheat--No. 1 Northern, 51.291/x;
No. 2 Northern, $1.26%; No. 3 North-
ern, 51,24%; No. 4, e1.20%; No. 6,
131,...3.3%; No. 6, 51.07%; feed,
1.01%. Oats -No, 2 C.W.,' 47%c;
o. 3 G.W., 44%e; extra No. 1 -feed,
44%e; No. 1 feed, 43%e; No. 2 feed,
42%e. Barley -No. 3, 69%e; No. 4,
65e; feed, 55c. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C.,
$2.14%s; No. 2 C.W., $2.11%.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Feb, 1. -May' 51.34%;
July, $1.32/. No. 1 hard,$1,41;
No. 2 Northern, $1.31%. Corn -No
3 yellow, 77% to 78c, . Oats -No. 3
white, 491,1 to 50c. Flour -Fancy
patents, 57.25; first clears, 55.60
second clears, 53.40. Bran -$20.50.
Duluth, Feb. 1. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, 51.36; No. 1 Northern, $1.36
No. 2 do., 51.32; Montana, No. 2
hard, 51:32%; May, 51.35; July.
51.33%.
Live Stock Markets.'
Toronto, Feb. 1 -Handy choic
steers, 57.49 to 57.85; butchers'
good, 56.85 to 57.40; do., medium
$6.40 to 56.85; do., common, $6.7
to 56.40; heifers, choice, $7.10 t
$7.50; do., good, $6.60 to 57; do.
medium, $5.75 to 56.60;'butchers
cows, choice, $6 to 56.60; do., good
$6.60 to 56; do., medium, 55.10 , t
$6.60; do., bologna, 54 to 54.75; feed
ers, 900 to 1,100 lbs., 56 to 56.75; do.
bulls, 55 to 55.25; stockers, choice
750 to 900 pounds, $6 to $6.50; do.
medium, 650 to 760 lbs., 55.60 to 56
do,, light, $4.75 to 55.60; cutters
$4 to 54.75; canners, $3 to 53.75
milkers, choice, each, 580 to $100; do.
medium, $55 to 580; Springers, 560 to
5100; calves, veal, good, 59 to $10.75
do., medium, 56 to 59; do., common
$6.50 to $6; do., grass, $4.50 to $5.50
Spring lambs, cwt., "$10.50 to $12
cull lambs, 58 to 58.50; yearling
sheep, $8.50 to $9,50; sheep, ewes
light, $7 to $8.25; do., heavy and
bucks, 56 to. $7; do., culls, 53 to
$4.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9.75
to 59.80; do., light and heavy, $9.25
to 59.35; do., f.o.b., country points
59.40 to 59.45; sows, fed and water
ed, 57.25 to 59.30.
Montreal, Feb. 1. -Cattle were hal,
a cent higher per 100 pounds, at from
$5.50 to 57.50. Hogs were quoted a•
510.35, sheep at 5 to 7e a pound, anc
calves, milkfed, at 8 to 9c and grass
fed at 4% to 51/4c.
GERMANY WANTS NO
ENQUIRIES MADE
Archbishop of Cologne to Oppose In
vestigation of Atrocities.
A despatch from Rome says: Car
dinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium
continues to receive unusual attention
during his visit in Rome. He cele
brated mass on Wednesday at the
tomb of St. Paul the Apostle. It i
reported in Rome that Cardinal voi
Hartmann, Archbishop of Cologne
will soon come to Rome with the ob
jest of opposing the suggestion that a
commission be appointed by the Pope
to enquire into charges of atrocities
in Belgium.
317 STEAMERS BUILT
IN BRITAIN IN 1915
A despatch :from London says: Ac
cording to Lloyd's summary of ship
building in 1915, Great Britain's out
put in mercantile tonnage was 1,032,
629 below the previous year. Three
hundred and seventeen steamers, ag
gregating 648,629 tons, were built, and.
ten sailing vessels, totalling 2,290
tons, were constructed.
BRITAIN DENIES STORY
OF YARNS AS TO ADEN
A despatch from London says: The
Official Press Bureau on Thursday
evening gave out a statement denying
the truth of the reports contained in
the Kolnische Volks Zeitung's de-
spateh from Cairo concerning the situ-
ation at Aden. � I,
e•
PRINCE GEORGE PERFORMS
FIRST PUBLIC CEREMONY
A despatch from London says:
Prince George, the King's fourth son,
fourteen years old, performed his first
public ceremony at Buckingham Pal-
ace on Wednesday when he presented
to the Belgian field hospital a Red
Cross motor ambulance as the gift of
the school children of Britain and the
colonies.. -
Largest Statue in the World. '
The largest statue in the world is
being carved in Japan. It is a recum-
bent effigy of Nichiren, a Japanese
patron saint, cut from a natural gran-
ite rock 00 a hillside on the Island of
Ushigakubi, or "the cow's head,"' in
the inland set}. of Seto, Japan. Tho
stone image will be. 240 feet long from
head to foot, sixty feet longer than
the Sleeping Buddha statue at Sege,
Burma, and considerably larger than.
No. 1 Northern, $1.36% ,to 51,38%; the Sphinx in Egypt,
FOOD SHORTAGE IN LILLE .
EXTENDS TO GERMAN ARMY-
Soldiers
RMY
Soldiers Not in Fiii1-'2 Line tiave.Meat Ration Only
Once a Week, it is Reported
A despatch :from ,Paris says: A
French bnsi ess woman who was
caught in Lille at the beginning of the
war and who has just been repatriated
among the refugees front there, on
Thursday told how she found condi-.
tions.
The reason, she explained, why the
Germans have not only been willing,
but anxious, tosend so many French
people buck from Lille is because the
civilian population is little better than
starving and would be actually starv-
ing if it were not for the American
aid they have received.
7 he civilians, she continued, receive
absolutely nothing from the army for
the very good reason that the German
soldiers themselves in Lille are almost
without food. Ate. ording to her., six
officers quartered in a house in 'Lille
told her that the Germans would be
unable to hold Lille and that sector of
the :front two months longer, as they
could not feed the men. She says the
German soldiers' uniforms are in rags
and their shoes are dropping from
their feet.'
They have a meat ration only once
a week, while the horses have no hay ,
or grain at all, Instead they arc fedi
on chopped straw mixed with sugar, -
Lind the men, whenever, they can, steal
the sugar from the horses.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL
PASSES IN MANITOBA
Tremendous Enthusiasm Marks Its
Third heading in Legislature.
A despatch from Winnipeg says:
Tremendous enthusiasrih signalized the
third reading of the woman suffrage
bill in the Legislature on Thursday.
The galleries were filled with women
who have been prominent in the move-
ment for the political equality of the
sexes, and they sang and cheered as
the House unanimously passed the bill,
Premier Norris had introduced the
bill, but he is in Chicago. The Third
reading was moved by the Hon. T. H.
Johnson, Minister of Public Works,
who called attention to the fact that,
besides giving the women the vote,
the bill recognizes their right to sit in
the Legislature.
After the bill had been read a third
time the women rose in the galleries
and sang "0 Canada" with great
heartiness. Then they sang "For They
Are Jolly Good Fellows," refering to
the members of the House. Not to
be outdone, the members rose and re-
plied in the like manner.
HITS BEER DRINKERS.
German Government wur Limit Brew-
ers' Production.
A despatch from Berlin says: Addi-
tional measures aimed at German beer.
drinkers tare in prospect. A Bundes-
rath order is expected to be issued
this week limiting the production of
breweries to 45 per cent. of the quan-
tity produced in peace times. Limita-
tion to 60 per cent. of the peace pro-
duction has been in force almost a
year, 40 per cent. of this amount be-
ing reserved for the use of the armies
in the field, and the recommendations
of waiters that lemonade or other non-
alcoholic drinks be ordered instead of
the German national beverage have
long since lost their novelty.
*
LONE TROOPER'S ROMANCE.
Anzac Finds Scotch Lassie's Note in
Sandbag.
Outside Ring's Cross, London, a
lank and limping Australian trooper
from Gallipoli stepped up to a man
and asked for "a. light." He seemed
just a bit strange and forsaken in
London and the Englishman who ac-
commodated him with a match asked
if he had- friends in town.
"Not in London town," the
wounded man replied. "But Scot-
land way."
Then, asking his new-found ac-
quaintance to step to where the
glare of a station lamp would enable
him to read, the Australian pulled
from his tunic -pocket a much -fingered.
letter.
"It's from a Dundee lass," he ex-
plained, "and I'm on my way to see
her and her parents and fix things
up. This is how it came about. Folks
in Dundee have been sending out
sandbags, and it happened to be my
job to 'turn' them -they always ar-
rive inside out -and fill them. Well,
out of one tumbled a letter from Miss
-, of Dundee, saying if it fell into
the hands of a ,lonely soldier she'd be
glad to cheer him with an occasional
tetter. I was on for that act, and
we've boon writing to each other ever
since. I've got a prosperous sheep
farm back in Australia, and I'm go-
ing to Dundee to try to make her see
the advantage of accepting a half -in-
terest in it for life."
MANY DOCTORS NEEDED.
Britain Will Require at Least 2,500
Before War Ends.
"Nothing brings more vividly before
us the effects, of the war than the re-
cent announcementof the Director
General of the Royal Army Medical
Corps of Great Britain that before
the close of the current year at least
2,500 additional doctors willbe, re-
quired, ready to take commissionand
to be sent where needed.
"This means that, at the very least,
one-third of the members of the pro-
fession in
rofession;in Great Britain who are
within the military age will be called."
So states the New York Medical
Journal.
Her Own Handiwork.
Wife (angrily) -I think .you're the
meanest man that ever was.
Hub -That's hard on yourself, my
dear. According to your mother, you
have been the making of me.
FLOODS WASH AWAY
GERMAN TRENCHES
Thaw in Oginski Canal ''lays Havoc
With the Fortifica-
tions.
A despatch to the London Daily'
Telegraph .on Friday from Petrograd
says:
"A thaw in the Oginski Canal dis-
trict has caused the Rivers Share and
Jascolda to flood the country, sweep-
ing away trenches and fortifications
which the Germans built when the
ground Was frozen hard, according to
a telegram received here from Minsk.
"All the railways and roads have
been turned into swamps, and the
German temporary field railways have
been washed away. The Germans are
working waist -deep in the water try-
ing to extricate their guns, keeping
up a heavy and protective rifle fire
meanwhile.
"It is said that the washing away
of a bridge at Lida, government of
Vilna, caused the wreck of •a troop
train, in which 100 persons were killed
or injured.
"There are many cases of scurvy
among the prisoners taken on this
front."
TOLD GERMANS PLAIN TRUTH.
Traveller Spoke Plainly in a Berlin
Cafe.
"Yes, oh yes," said the man who
had just returned from Germany. "I
told them Kaiser-kultured ones when
-the war would end, . and they landed
on me. You see, I went over there
from New York on a business matter
that let me get by, and in Berlin I
dropped out of diplomatic and dis-
tinguished circles and drifted around
among the middle classes and com-
mon herd to find out at first hand
what the proletariat thought of the
killing business.
"I could jabber German well enough
so I didn't have to risk anything by
using English, and the question al-
ways handed out was when would the
war end. I kept hearing it until I
got tired, and in one cafe, where
about a dozen or more gathered
around me, I blew out and told them
when it would end.
"Says I, right from the shoulder
and meaning every word I said: 'It
will end when you mutts over here
Wake up to the fact that this is the
twentieth century and the people are
the state and not a lot of autocrats
who drive you around like cattle. It
will end when you learn that you are
being killed off by the thousands
every day in order for the autocrats
to live and snap the whip over what's.
left of you. It will end when •you
break away from the old fashioned
notion that the state makes you, in-
stead of you making the state. It will
end when you tumble to the fact that
Germany isn't the whole world and
never can be. 'It will end when you
have the backbone to butt into mili-
tarism and tell Bill•
"What more information of avalu-
able nature I would have handed out
I closet know, because I was hot and
getting hotter, but just at that mo
ment a hand was laid on my shoulder
and I disappeared from view. I didn't
ask any questions, but I knew I was
in the power of the autocrats and it
wasn't the proper environment for
free speech. They put me away in.
a safe place and after about a week
of inspection and investigation I was
told that Germany was not the coup
try for me and the quicker I got out
ofitmaybe it would be the better for
me.; ht. the circumstances I got, but
say, if. X could deliver cart -tail
speeches through the kultured land,
by gravy, I'd start the war on its way
to the end before three months." -
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That "Funny Bone" 'Tickle.
The tickling, tingling sensation that
follows bumping the sharp corner of
the elbow is the result of striking one
of the large 'trunk nerves that run
through the arm to the wrist. At the
point of the elbow this nerve lies over
the bone. The sensation is painful
rather than funny, but because it
"tickles;" the bone is spoken of as the
"funny bone."
A sin -all tumbler is responsible for
many of the slips attributed to the
cup.
DRAFT FRENCH WOMEN' --
FOR REAL ARMY WORK
A despatch from Paris says: "Wo-
men must replace auxiliary soldiers
in the army clothing stores, uniform
repair shops, hospitals and, so fax as
possible, in the shell -making fac-
tories," says Gen. Gallieni in a state-
ment made, public Thursday evening.
Rigid 'instructions to this effect have
been sent to the military authorities
throughout France,
"An initial experimentin tentative-
ly replacing men with women," Gen.
Gallieni says, "has proved completely
successful, especially in office work in
the Ministries. The time has come to:
draft the women for real army work,",
THIS YEAR TELLS
FOR THE GERMANS
MUST WIN IN 1916 OR THEY
NEVER WILL.
If War is Prolonged Into 1917 British
Navy Will Win for
the Allies:
The Secolo of Milan, Italy, prints
a four column interview with a neu-
tral observer, a famous Scandinavian
man of letters, who spent four months
in 'Germany making an unpartial
study of the military, economic and
moral situation. He says: "There is
no downheartedness. All the outward
and visible facie serve to satisfy ' or
delude the people, None the less, a
subconscious sense of disquietude is
universal and springs from the blank
uncertainty as to what the morrow
may bring forth.
"The German people hold that their
enemies are beaten, but not tamed.
They feel that they can rely on their
own military force and endure the
ecenomie pinch for some time to come,
but dread overtakes them when they
ask themselves: 'What if the war
should last undecided to the year
1917?"
Worried by Time.
"What pre -occupies the German is
the problem of time, or -what is
synonymous with it in their minds--
England.
inds-England. Indeed, you cannot form
an adequate idea of German hatred
for England -hatred mingled with
fear. It bursts out in every- political
speech and in tho tai guago of the
daily press. The Germans know the
English well -their defects and vir-
tues, and they fear above all things'
the cool, dogged British persever-
ance.
"Should the English and -their allies'
succeed in maintaining such a re-,
sistance so as to prolong war beyond:
1916, I do not know how Germany,
can possibly hope for victory. The
British blockade has proved far more
effective than the Germans wish it
to become known in foreign countries.
• Big Effort This Year.
"What is thought avid feared ir,
Germany is that the war must either
be definitely won upon the; land by
the Germans during 1916 or won on
the sea by the British in 1917. Hence
a tremendous output of force is to
be expected by Germany this year.'
The first of her acts will be an at.;
tempt to smash through to Calais
and an expedition against Egypt."
' Losses of Men. -
Dealing with the military situations.
in Germany, the Secolo's informant
says he found the problem of men'
was recognized there as being very'
grave. He points out that the Ger-
man official casualty lists show an!
average loss of 150,000 every, month,!
thus totalling. about 2,500,000 down
to December, ,1915. This problem is
generating unrest in the empire, be-'
cause the industries and agriculture
are being drained of their hands)
During the last month alone the num
ber of women employed in metal.
working and transport industries rose'
from 144,000 to 155,000.
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NOT CONQUERED.
Belgian Priest Has Fun at Germans';
Expense.
The Germans in Belgium (says a
correspondent) are continually being
reminded that though they have in.,
the country they have not con-
quered it. For a good many months a
brave country priest in the environs of:
Liege has had to billet a number of
Prussians. He does not like them;
but, being gifted with a sense of hu-'
mor and philosophy, he puts up with
them and exercises his wit at their'
expense, He has a reply to every-;
thing, and although the Germans do
not always enjoy his repartee, they
forgive him for relieving their dull
moments. The other day a little pig
strayed into the drawing -room where
,
the priest and his unwelcome guests
were together, "Ah, monsieur- le
cure," said one of the invaders, "say,
something funny .about -this little aril-'
mal," The priest, assuming the tone
of an apostle, gave them this quota-,
tion: -"He came to his brethren, and,,
his brethren received him not."
800,000 FRENCH SOLDIERS
HAVE BEEN KILLED
A despatch from Bristol says: M.
Longuet, a French Socialist deputy,
who addressed the Labor Conference
on Thursday, on being questioned re,,
garding the French losses, said that,
800,000 soldiers had been killed, that
1,400,000 had been wounded, and that
800,000 had been taken prisoner.
A Diplomat.
"Do I have to pay fare for the little
fellow?" asked the mother of the,
driver of the jitney bus.
"Is he over five" asks the driver,
"Yes."
"Then he has to be paid for."
The mother pays and goes her way
contented. A remaining passenger
asks:
"What would you have clone if the
child had been under five?"
"Oh, I would have collected the fare
just the same. But you see I sent her
away thinking of her child's age in-
stead of his fare."
BRITAIN CALLS SINGLE MEN
UNDER THE DERBY SCHEME
A despatch from London says: Sins
gle men of the ages from 27 to 80
years, enrolled under Lord Derby's:
enlistment scheme, will be called out
February 2.
Cheap Enough. ,•h. tri
"I think I'll spend a month in,,
Paris."
"How the deuce can you- afford it,
in these hard: times?" .
"I can't --but I can "'afford to think
about it." s :'1