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EPLACY.S PARTS OF FACES
DESTROYED BY WOUNDS iN WAR
Mouths, Jaws. and Even Eyelids Ma 1e to Move
Naturally by British Sculptor
1 A, detipatch from London says:
Derwent Wood, *the distinguished
British eculptor, who enlisted as a
private in. the army medical corpstat
the begilining f elie War, is now turn-
ing his taleut to a unique use, All
his leisureatime is at present employ.:
ed in replacing the parts of men's
facedestroyed by wounds in battle.
These include mouths, jaws and even
eyelids, all of which he has made to
move naturally. „
'Ho has just finished remakina a
nose for a. soldier whohe nose was
blown away below the bridge. Hi
I addition, which he propnred of elec-
trically treated metal, .is so perfect
that where it ia joined ie absolutely
imeerceptibe, and the patient has re-
gained his sense of smell.
Wood is. now g.ivieg up most of his
time to this work,. and is able to
treat ten cases daily. Surgeons who
never thought that a sculptoe's axt
'could be adapted to this work atm now
agsolutely amazed 'at the remarkable
results Wood has obtatned.
Markets of the World
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Feb. 29. -Manitoba wh
-New crop, No. 1 Northern, $1,20
No. 2, 1o., 81.18; No. 3, do., $1.15
In store, Fort William. '
Manitoba eats -No. 2, C.W., 42%ei
No. 3, do., 4.6%e; extra No. 1 feed
• 40%e; No. 1 feed, 39%c, in store,
Fort william.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, $2%
track Toronto,
Canadian corn -Feed '74 to 7
track, Torceito.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 43
44e; commercial, 42 to 43c, accord'
to freight outside,
Ontario wheat -No, 2 Winter, c
lot $1.08 to 81.10; wheat slight
sprouted an4 tough, according
sample, $1,03 to $1.05; wheat sprou
ed, smutty and tough, according
satnple, 98 to $1.62; feeR wheat,
to 90; teem:ding to freights outside
20O lower, $5.00; other grades un-
changed. Shipments, 64,357 ballets.
Bran, $19.00 to $2L00.
Duluth, Feb. 29. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, $1.23%; No. 1 Northern, $1.21%
eat to $1,230/s; No. 2 Northern, $L18%
a‘3; to $L29%. Linseed, $2.31; May, $2.33;
la, July, $2.33. e
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Live Stock Markets.
, Toronto, Feb 29. -Choice heavy
steers, $7.65 to $7.75; Butcher steers,
choice $7.25 to $7.50; do., good, $7.00
to $7.20; do., medium $6.60 to 37.10:
0,
common, $5.50 to $5.60; Heifers,
• ' good to choice, $7.25 to $7.50; do.,
ta' !medium, $6.50 to $6.75; 13utcher cows,
, $ , . o., goo ,
ng to $6.75; Butcher bulls, choice,$6.00 to
$7.00; do., good bulls, $5.50 to $6.00;
do., medium, $5.00 to $5.50. do. rough
• bologna,'$4.4f to $4.50; Feeders, 900
• to 1,000' lbs, $6.40 to $6.80; do, bulls,
$4,50 to $5.50; Stockers, '700 to 800
to toe „$6.00 to $6.50; do med.,650 to
851750 lbs., $5.75 to $6.00; do., light, 500
• I to 650 lbs., 85.00 to $5.50; Canners,
to e3.50 $4.25. Cutters, $4.25 to
° choice 6 50 to $685;d d 5
Peas -No. 2, $1.70; aZeording
'sample, $1.25 to $1,50, according
freights outside.
to Milkers,choice, each $6(e06 to $85.00;
Barley -Malting, 64 to 66e; fee
57 to 60c, according to freight ou
side.
Buckwheat ----74 to 75c, according
freights' outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 90 to 91
rejected, according to, sample, 83 t
85e. according to freights outside.
Manitoba flour --First patents, 1
jute bags, 57; second patents, $6.50
strong bakers, in jute bags, 6.3
_Toronto.
Ontario Retie -Winter, eccordin
to sample, $4.60 to $4.70, traelc, Tot.
onto; 44,60 to $4.70, bulk, geaboard
prompt shipment.
alillfeed-Car lots, delivered Mint
real freights -Bran, per ton, ..$25
shorts,
per ton, $26; middlings, pe
ton, $27; good .feed flour, per bag
$1.75 to $1.85.
County Produce.
, !Springers, $60.00 to $85.00; Calves,
°, veal, choice, $9.00 to $11.00; doe need-
t- tem, e7.00 to $8.00; do., common $5.50
' to $6.00; Lambs, yearlings, $7.00 to
to 58.4
v ; Culled lambs, -57.00 to $7.25;
Spring lambs, $10.00 to $12.50; Ewes,
0; light, $7.50 to $0.00; Sheep, heavy.
and bucks, $6.50 .to $8.00; Hogs, fed
'and watered, $9.75; do., f.o.b. $9.40;
ti do., weighed at plant, $10.15.
e; Montreal, Feb. 29e -Butcher steers,
v, best, $7 to $7.50; good, $6.50 to $7;
fair, $6 to $6.50; medium, $5.75 to $6;
g butcher bulls, bestl$5,75 to $6.25; reed-
' ium, $5.25 to e5.75; canners, $4 to $5;
'butcher cows, best, $6.25; good $6;
fair, $5.75; rough, $4.25 to $5.30; can-
- eters, $3 to $3.50. Sheep, 5e to 7;
; lambs, 8c to 9%. Hogs, selects, $10
r to $10.50; roughs and mixed lots, 59.25
'31 to e9.50; common, 59. cows 57.50,
to $7.75. Calves, millmfed, 8e to 9%e; I
grass-fed, 4%c to 5%e.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 27 to 30; in- •
4 DASH FROM KIEL EX..
feeler, 23 to 25c- creamery prints, 3
to 36c; eolids, 32 to 31c.
Eggs -Storage, 25 to 26e per dos;
select, 27 to 28cenew-laid, 30 to 31e,
case lots.
Honey -Price, in 10 to 60 -lb. tins,
124 to Um Comb -No. 1, $2.75 to
$3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40.
Beans -$4.20 to $4.40.
Poultry -Spring chickens 17 to 20e;
fowls, 15 to 16c; ducks, "1.7 to 20e;
geese, 15 to ibc; turkeys, 23 to 27c,
Cheese -Large, 19e; twins,1934c,
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quot-
ed at $1,70 to $1.'75, and New Bruns -
wicks at $1.80 to $1.90 per bag, on
track.
- Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Feb. 29. -Corn -Amer -
!can No. 2 yellOw, 86 to 87e. Oats-
• Canadian western, No. 2 53lic; do.,
No. 3, 51%e; No, 2 local white, 4834cl
No. 3 do., 4•17%e; No. 4 do., 4634c.
Barley -Man. feed, 62 to 68e; malting,
76 to 78e. Buckwheat -No, 2 80 to
82c. Flour -Man, Spring wheat pat-
ents, firsts, $7.10; seconds, $6,60;
strong bakers', 46.40; straight rollers,
$5.90 to $6.00; straight rollers, bags,
$2,80 to $2.90. Roller oats, barrels,
$5,35; do., bags, 90 lbs, $2.55 to $2.60.
Bran, $23.50 to $24.00. Shorts, $26.
Midtainge, $28 to $30. Mountie, $31
to $33. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots,
$20 to $20.50. Cheese -Finest west-
erns, 1834, th 190; finest easterns,
184 to 18%c. Butter -Choicest
creamery, 3334 to 341/te; seconds, 31%
to 3234c. Eggs -Fresh, 30 to 32e; se-
lected, 26 to 27c; No. 1 stock, 24 to
Mc; No. 2 stock, 21 to 22c. Potatoes
per bag., ear lots, $1,80 to $1.85.
Winnipeg Grain,
Winnipeg, Feb, 29. -Cash: No. 1.
Northern, $1.20; No, 2 Northern,
1.7534; No. 3 Northern $L1.5. No 4
1.11%; No. 5, $1,03%; No. 6, 97%e;
feed, 91%e. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 42%,e,
No. 3 C.W., 40340; extra No. 1 Seed,
tat -a' 40%,e; No. 1 feed, 38%c; No. 2 feed,
87%c. Barley -No. 3, 65e; No. 4, 59c;
feed, 54c: Flax -No. 1 N.W.C.,
-52.06%;abre. 2 C.W., $2.0334.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Feb. 29. -Wheat -
Meta $L21% to $1.2134; July, $1.20%
to $1.2034; No. 1 hard, $1.26%; No.
1 Northern, $1.22 to $1.241/e; No. 2
Northern, 51.1834 to $1.2234. Corn-
-No. 3 yellow, '76 to 77c. Oats -No.
8; white, 433450 43%,e. Flour-Faney
patents 20e lower, $6.70; first clears
ow:
PECTED ANY DAY
London Naval Expert Looks for an
E'arly Battle in the
North Sea. •
A London cable to the New York
Tribune says: "A bigh naval authority
told the Tribune correspondent of it
belief widely held In Admiralty circles
that the German fleet may make a
dash for the open sea at any time
now, giving as a reason for this not
only the pressure of political opinion
in Germany, but the innumerable re-
cent reports all pointing to the pre-
paration of a combined German naval,
aerial and military offensive, with the
object of forcing peace and irnpressing
neutrals: Vice -Admiral Reinhardt
Scheer has been appointed command-
er Re the German battle fleet in stet
cession to Admiral von Pohl, who, aft.
ter holding the position for a year, is
retiring on account of ill -health."
GREATEST WAR BRAIN
BRED SINCE NELSON.
London Papers Derailed that Fisher
Resume Naval Command.
A despatch from Loncinn seem: The
British Weekly, which recently sug-
gested Lord .Northcliffe as Air De-
fence Miaister, now math for Lord
"Jacky" Fisher to rastane the naval
command, "lacking whomet says the
Weekly, "England will lack the great.
est war 'male she has bred since Nel-
SM. The greatest war ever waged has
produced very few war brains. Only
one trian has beaten the Germans in
brain povver, and that man is Lord
Fisher."
ECONOMY CAMPAIGN
STARTS IN BRITAI.h.I.
A despatch from London says: The
National Organizing Committee on
War Savings on Wednesday issued an
appeal to all employers of domestic
servants in large houses to ch•astically
reduce their staffs and close part of
their houses. The committee also
urged that simpler meals be served,
and that garden luxuries, especially
from hot -houses, be sacrificed in order
to' save money and release domestic
labor for more eseeul peeposes.
BRITISH MINISTERS' SALARIES
TO BE PARTLY PMD IN BONDS
Premier Asquith Declines to Move That Members
Receive No Salaries
desPetah from London says; In
eaaponse to steong agitation by the
fiewspapers to set the country an ex-
ample elf economy, preferably by ac-
'epting reductions in their salaries, it
annottnced, that the Mitasters have
Weed for the future to accept one-
,aearter 91 their salaries in the form
6ftfive per conk Exchequer bonds. It
is considered extremely probable that
the whole body of the civil eervants
will be invited to accept a portion of
their aviaries in a similar forty' of
Exchequer or war loan bonds.
Ls reply to an interrogation in the
Nouse of Commons, Premier Asquith
deelined to move that the members of
Parliament should receive no salaries.
CANNOT TAKE MANY RUSSIAN GIRLS
ALB.ANIAli POSITIONS FIGHT SOLDI S
Italians Have eo Fortified Them as t
alake Thein Stand Any
Attlick. • '
• A demattesh from ROM: says: Th
commansier et the Ream troops a
Aviena, in Albania, has declared tea
his 130AitiOlIS are now so :fortified a
to he yeady, to stood apy attack, an
he iearien sible.to taact offehsive
ueceesary.- His seco'nd iu coalman
ham uncleetalten tb instruct the Al
beaten troops according to the Italia"
eystern 01, warfare.
TURKS DESPISE GERMANS.
A Mehemet -an la Disjitsted at Thei
Cruelty,
"I resent iniphatically the constan
iniatitation that the Turks and th
Germans are alike, We are al3ov
the Goth -tans -the -worl
Ought Ia. recognize this faet-and ou
culture is speed* to the 'German
loaltur,".writes Avnoullah Male.
di Bey in "The New Armenia," pub-
•lished in New Yoth. He calls the
article "The Jenebet (Polluter) Ger-
mans." He continues:
"People call us the tools of the
Germans, bub it is the Germans wh
are our tools. We needed a power
ful -Eurapeae allytfoe the tritunph of
our Moslem religion, and: Germany
was anxious to Serve out purpose
They have -servedlus in every tame
ity-they have furnished us with
money amintinitioh, aeroplanes, sub
marines battleships -but, neverthe
less, we despise thein.
"Another maili Of inferforiby Of the
6 Tnialtaetate0M MasCow SCHOOL
SERVED •TOGETHER
'a Regulations Against Eiliistmeirt Don't
t Gar , Them, and Sonic
5 , Will Honors
d '
1 ,
d '
Russian regelatithe FIG,not allow wo-
,
men to enlist, as soldiers, but if Frolic:4
corDesPonSleitis with the Russian fore -
es, claiming to write from personal ca-
nt) Once, are to be Delleved matte
Russian women have succeeded in
'evading tho regulation either by a per-
sonal ttpaeat, to the Csamor by influ-'
ence with relatives of high rank in the
Aeolloyna Isoliseva was 1111w -tiling to
- be eeparated from her hither, col
t ao tsev, and obtained permission to
e serve in his regiment. The Colonel,
e mortally wounded in a battle, was the-
cl 1.50cl to a ruined house, welch later
r was set on fire. Apollovna rushed out
of the blexing building and dragged
her father's body under continuous .fire
from the enerne.
Maria Bieloverskala., another volun-
teer, dregged the commander of her
battalion, who had fallen badly wound-
edout of the zone of fire and was
awarded the St George's Cross, Mural
0 I class. A little later when with a re-
- aconnoltring party she &Isom/deed a
telephone hiddeu M a loft ailach had
been used by -spies. For this she was
. raised to a third class cross.
- Miss Kokovtaeva distinguished her.
self with the Cossacks on many scout-
.
Ing -parties and received the St.
Geoege's medal, She was last heard of
In a -Petrograd hospital, where she
was lying severely wouhded,
Cuts Off Hair to be a Soldier
Olga, Seladlowskaia belongs to a sol
dier's family. Her elder brother was
killed early in the -war and her youngei.
brothel; has been severely woundd. She
cuto her hair and obtained leave to
serve with the Fourth Hussars, a regi-
ment in which a celebrated heroine,
Alexandra Dourova, served as Second
Lieutenant I11 1812 against Napoleon.
_Ekaterhut Sokoiow and two students,
Elena Kozloyskaia and leelitsata Kou-
'Belem, are among the wounded in Res
sign hospitals. -
Maria Liniareva, was eued recentlY
at Nieolaievslc by the Singer company
for nonmaymeat of rent for sewing
A Plucky Russian Nurse.
One of the party of Russian nu
who reached England recently
their way home to Russia from N
Serbia, tvhere they had been nue
in the Serbian hospitals, They
many narrow escapes and it t
them seventy-five days to get
London from Serbia,
rses
on
ish,
sing IGerman o to Ile is manifested in their
had cruelty tower eheird co -religionists.
ook As long as the Geereans are presume
to ably Christiens they ha -vet no right
to -murder the children • of the Bel-
gians and the Frend, to 'dishonor
their women, or to bombard their
cathedrals. No -Mahometan would
ever dishonor a Mohametan woman
or intentionally ,destroy a mosque.
Our Koran enjoins, us to wage eternal
war against giaours who say that
God is Christ. But Germany has no
right to act as though she were Ma-
hometan.
"We' must keep our alliance with
Germany until our aims are attained.
'Accompany the devil until you have
crossed the bridge! When this war
OVER 90,000
CHEQUES MADE OUT
More Than a Third of Soldiers Assign
Part- of Their
Pay.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
monthly payments of assigned pay
separation allowances to relatives
dependents of the men under as
now aggregate more than $2 oqo 0
More than 99,000 cheques are m
out each month by the branch deal
with this part of the work, 0
one-third of the soldiers who h
enlisted tire now giving part of th
pay to friends or dependents at ho
and about one-quarter of the to
force, representing approximately
marriedenen, aye or the list for se
The
or
ee is over and Islam triumphs, woe to
Usa jenebet Germans! Then Ger-
many will appreciate the meaning of
00
ade
ing
the prayer that every pious Moseem
has bo repeat daily: -• ,'
_ "Oh, Allah! destroy the giaours,
v Thine enemies, the enemies of true,
av° religion. Oh, Allah! make their
eir
e,e children outlet's and defile their
""a abodes; cause their feet to slip; give
tal them tied their' women, their children
th° and relatives, their beet:here and their
ration allowance. It is interesting
the
Pa" friends, their possessions and their
race, as body to the IVIoslems!'"
to note that the proportion of
men who are aesigning their pay is
considerably larger among the re-
cruits of the past few months than
wee the case with the men who went
overseas at first This is accounted
for on the ground that a consicleeably
larger proportion of the later -re-
cruits are Canadian -born, and have
dependents or relatives in Canada.
With the first and second contingents
a latge percentage was composed of
unmarried men who were born in
Great Britain and who had no family
ties or dependents in this country. -
GREAT 33---ItITAIN*.Tt-DMrRES
FRENCH GALLANTRY.
Lord Mayor of Lond,on Sends Coen -
try's Recognition to President.
A despatch from London says: The
Lord 1VIayor of London on 'Wednesday
presented to the French Ambassador
for conviyance to President Pohicare
an album containing an illuminated
address and the seals of more than
450 municipalities in the United King-
dom. The address offered the respecb
and gratitude of the signatoeies to
She French nation, sympathy for
Franco in her sefferIngs and profound
admiration ..of the gene ntry of the
French troops.
LORD 1/ERBY IN CHARGE
OF AIR SERVICRBOARD.
A despatch from London eays:
Lora Deeby's acceptance of the chair-
manship of a joint naval and military
board of control of the British air
service was announced in the House
of Commons on Thursday afteetioon
by Premier Asqui6h. The position is
not a salaried one.
BERLIN OFFERS PRIZES
FOR NEW NAME 010 C1TY•
despateb from, Beetle, Ont., Says:
Canedians will have an opportanity
q,f offering suggestions for the new
name of this city. 'A. public subserip-
tion is being raised, and liberal primes
will be offered • for first, second and
third choices. Suggestions Ivill have
to be acconmaMee by reasons wby the
name should be chosen, mai the com-
petition will be Derninion-wide. . The
judges will be named be the City
Counsel.
TRADE OF DOMINION
TAKES A BIG JUMP.
Ten Month.; Show an berease
Nearly $300,000,000.
A despatch flora Ottawa says: The
total fracle of Canada for the ten
months ending with January was
$989,359,000, compared with 5714,-
465,000 in the same ten - months of
the ereeeding yew.. Imports totelled
$394,094,000 and exposits $595,265,000.
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ESSEN BANK QUITS;
• KRUPP WORKERS LOSE,
,
A despatch front Zurich says: The
Rheinische Bank at Essen has liqui-
dated, according to reports received
here. Hundreds of workmen in the
Krupp Works have lost their savings.
POE BANKS IN TROUBLE.
Financial Pinch is -Affecting Some
Big German Institutions,
A. despatch from the London Daily
Express correspoedent in Geneva
says: "A bankee who has just return-
ed here after spending several months
in Germany tells me that the. prin-
cipal banks in the chief towns on the
Rhino, and also in Munich and Dres-
den, are in serious fitancial difficulties
and some big crashes may be expect-
ed within the next three months.
The losses involved will be at least
3180,600,000," the banker added, "and
if the war continued another nine
months -Germany would, be ruined fin-
ancially."
Airmen Bombard Station at Metz.
A despatch from Paris says: A a
squadron of French aeroplanes on r
'Wednesday bombarded a railway sta-
tion on the outskirts of Metz and a
gas tank. A great fire was observed,
the War Office reports. The announce-
ment follows: "One of our airship
squadrons bombarded with 45 projec-
tiles, some of which were of large
calibre, the Mete railway station at
Sablon (on the southern outskirts of
Metz), and a gas tank, in the region
of which it great fire was observed."
e,
tive fightleg and become a nurse !man
ambulance Auer tee front, She relue-
tantli, agreed, at least for a time. She
has never been able to learn what has
heeeme Of her young friends, whose
regithelit haS been 'Scut to another
front.
YARNS MADE FROM PAPER .PUL.P
Factory, , Spins Thread e for Coe
Mantles or Ships' Cables.
London has, -no doubt, added many
new industries to ite list since the
war began ,but few, perhapseof great-
er l'importe'ince faecinating inter-
est than that of paper spinning and
weaving. e '
I have had the opporeeility ef the-
ing some wonderful things in the way
a yarns and textiles manufactured
from paper pule, and also of seeing a
demonstration plant at work spinning
threads of paper into twine fine enough
for gas menthes and strong enough to
hold a ship, -writes a London corre-
sPrisenvvLonclerland' is to be foiled in
SOuthwark and at the 'works of the
Teatilite, Engineerieg Company,
which is now suplayihg British -made
machinery,trnacle according to its pat-
ents, for the manufacture of every
kind of thing imaginable which for-
merly was made of hemp and jute and
"The things you see around you,"
said Mr. George Seaton Milli, the
managing dieector of • the company,
"are new, and yet they are not new.
What I mean is that the people of
China in the days of Confucius probe
ably twietecl a strip of paper in the
fingers absent-mindedly and found it
had remarkable tensile strength, but
what we have done ie to make th
idea into a Practical proposition.
"The Germans, with the faculty f
imitation, have spun paper for yea
but they neeer could spin it fa
enough to make it pay. We now ha
Sound means of spinning the pap
four or five times faster than the Ge
mans and of produeieg the goods
pe,hmeie.ntinciihseatteirn.
showed Inc arou
the works arid clemonstrated all t
processes, from the raw materi
which in this case is a reel of fi
Canadian wood pulp to -the highly fi
ished fancy wall eoverings in patte
awl colos
"The sniper is first cut Into strip
according to the width of yarn
rope strand required, then twisted o
.ames very similar to those used 10
otton or woolen manufacture, and,
fterward, by means of spools of weft
nd warp, the material is transferred
o looms -which will weave anything,
plain or fancy, ribbed or patterned.
801418 IS LIKE A WOMAN.
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FROM SUNSET COAST
vvErAt THE WESTERN PEOPLE
fin' "vgarenscsoiva ler, 4Ari. ,:t lirE":ei gwprG:P)11;t:t.el'dVeg T°It
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ablti oe:atoes are very scarce and dear
vigorous carnpaig,n against ,undesir-
Vanconver police are waging a
School Board estimates for Van-
touver last year amounted to $153,-
782.16. -
Point Grey is prying to have man-
ual training iatrodueed into its
schools.
Triplets, all boys, arrived at the
hthoumgegisota J. A. Pallott, a Vancouver .
A ship building plant and dry dock
to eost over $5,000,000 will be built
at North Vancouver.
Last year over 900 unowned dogs
were killed in Vancouver by the Van»
couver pound keepers.
Out of 39,798 telephones „in the pro.
'Villee of. Britsh Columbia, on Jan, 1
last; 8,750 were in Victoria,
New Westminster's new market
alto comprises five acres near the
water front and will thee nearly $40,-
000.
The cold weather is driving the
wild animals nearer into Vancouver
ytiemanrs.has been the case for many .
Four new post offices were lately
at opened in Vancouver Province, They
rS' torte harbor is now being effected
st I
are at Fawn, 300 -Mile House, Penny
e and Seton Lalce.
"r Another improvement in the Vie -
Or 1
ve
r-
4
ee tering the pieces at the batilts.
" I Between 20 and 30 Japanees from
he /
,,,e 1 jeattm,pinsiibitaacaklroofomPoplatu:oquitlatn, came
aa I into Vancouver recently to join the
n -
An order has ben received in Van-
couver for another 150 men to be
sent to Ottawa for duty with the
Or
s' Canadian Engineers at the front.
Because of heavy suowfalls, heavy
freshlebs this spring on the Fraser
and other rivers of British Columbia,
are predicted. by railwaymen and
old-timers.
The death rate in Victoria last year,
according to the annual report of the
medical health officer, Dr. C. A. B.
Hall, was but 7.80 per thousand, a
percentage slightly higher than in
1914.
The Dominion Governnient taxi-
derraist, Mr. C. L. Petch, recently
broughl some specimens of sea aions
clown the west coast. They will be
consigned Lo .itlie :_i_oto_ritt Memorial
Museum, Ottawa.
hough the removal of practically
all of Platform Rock.
.Coatterfrit $20 gold pieces have
been circulating in Vancouver re-
cently, some victims innocently of -
machine, The 'magistrate staked what at
excuse she* had to offer, to which she
replied:
"Nothing, except that I have been a
fighting against the Austrians and a
have been wounded. Here are my t
papers," The magistrate examined
them aed said: "It is true. This is
not a woman but a soldier, and it
wounded soldier!"
"In that ease," said the representa-
tive of the Singer company, "I am gled
to withdraw my complaint,"
But the most extraortlinney of these
narratives of girl soldiers its tlett of
Zoe Smirnoff and her eleven
- •
"Von Can Never Tell 'What It Will
Do Next."
girl n
friends, all pupils at a MOSCOW gym -
eastern, ail about the same 1530,be- -
It
tween 16 Ond 18,.but of various social
positions, who determined to fight tor 1-)
their country from the very beginning,
in,fact.froal 5l1 ighth day atter mob- 0
ilization was ordered, vi
Some five weeks ago a vety young
non-commissioned officer, decorated b
with the St. George's Cross, arrived at es
tile headcivarters of a certain Russian e
army, saluted the staff captain, pro-
duced a inilltary record, and said:
"your Excellency, I have been sent ta°
to find you. I arrive from the front, to
my name IA Zoe Smileff." Io
Then she told of how she had been
ifghting against the Auetro-Gennans 151
for fourteen menthe. "It was a great da
grief to me and my eleven comrades le
to leave our parents 'without, Icieetng ed
them farewell, but it had to be so. be
Russia needs all her children.
is
"When we reached the suburban
station we found our way to the train ar
"by taking water and fruit tor the sol.
diers. Then we told them how we "
wanted to light for our country and an
they welcomed us most patriotically les
nd with, every politeness. They round in
°mu for us on the train and later a
"A bomb is like a woman-ytin can
ever tell what it is going to do
ext," writes an Irish officer from the
ritish front in Flanders. He has
een engaged for several weeks 10
xperimenting with bombs and vari-
es new-fangled bombatihrowing de_
ces.
"The more one hes to do with
ombs the more afraid one becomes
them," be continues, for one San -
at slay with explosive ail day elitis-
t going aloft some time, and the
11 of good men who have been blown
pieces by their OW11. 1)0111bS IS both
ng and sad.
"Bomb throwing as an art is still
its infancy, changing almost from
y to day, and what state of develoP-
ent or perfection it will have reach -
before the end of the war cannot
guessed. At the best it is a fiend,
h way of fighting, for its injuries
e ever of the ghastliest.
"Yet, bombing, like most other
poets of war, has its humorous side,
d I have seen a whole french help-
s with laughter at the sight of two
en running opposite ways to avoid
&maga bomb they had spotted sail-
ing over from a German trench mor-
tar, They collided, and sat down fac-
ing each other like vaudeville come-
dians. The bomb dropped in the mid-
dle, almost touching them both, and
then completely failed to explode.
"One morning twenty or more mem-
bers of the general staff came around
to our trench to witness a test of a
new catapault arrangement for throw-
ing bombs to the considerable distance
of 250 pads. With great intereet
they watched the screwing down ol
the great arm, and the placing and
seaming of the bomb in positith.
Then upward and forward swung the
arm, Mit the missile, instead of inlet -
ling in the direction of the enemy,
rose gently a few feet in the air, not
having been properly secured, and
then prepared to descend again to
(meth. Slid a rapid and complete
eelf-efeacement of staff officers had
never before been seen; they fled like
vabbits, and as they rounded the cola
ner of the trench, the bomb went off a
few feet from the ground, completely
destroying the new catapault."
Xlnglish Fighting Lord l'tescutd
From the Sea,
Colonel Lore Montages: . or Beau-
lieu who is slowly eccovering from
the injories ned deck caused when
the Persia was torpedoed and tenk
by ati enemy submarine, in the Meda!
tereencent, hag arrived bath in. Eng-
land(' He was in the water feat 32.•
hours when picked up by. it British
stonier. .
Germany Loses Thirty Zepps.,
A, despatch ram Copenhagen to the
Exchange Telegram Company, Lon-
don, asserts that Gertnany has lost
thirty 'Zeppelins since the war began,
and that she now has sixty.
Brown, -"They say Geeen bas been
wandering in his tilled ,lately." Black
-"Well, he's safe enoeigh; he can't
go far."
°end us uniforms. A Captain pro
sed gtum from the fire men
413During the journey the soldie
ave us the most eonaortetble eorne
nd we shared the provisions we h
rought. We each adopted a nun
arne and sang hymns -trite our ne
°ovules.
"We reached the Austrian revue
nd began to March on Lwoff, whi
le Austrians profanely call Les
erg.
"There 01513. tie Colonel learned
se presence of twelve Young girls
Melee entform who were wlth Is
idlers. He sent for 118 and began
old us, but soon lost he" severity a
r halring out story tied alloeted t
remain. .
alt1 Soldiers Wounded
"Ys.re crossed Goleta, climbed tis
Sumathians withoat orte ot us, 5050or dragging behlial. Tit the trend
a sort epecial guard • watche
et ue, the meet taking turns le se
at noltarm happened to us.
'Oh, yes. 1 was afraid the first thn
were under shell fire, Who won!
be? Nest of my companion
surielted as the first, projectile fel
near us. (Mourn and Lida, two alb,:
yen of 15, crier out, 'Nether!' and
did the same, AO T. was told after, 131701
for the men it WaS a terrible mo
m ee
'One night le thlae frpathians pr
oo
'eine Morozova. 515514 Meese smashed to
teepee/de by a big shell. We collect-
ed ,the remains and when the enemy'sl
fire slackened „clown We : buried then
end heaped a pile of stones over the
grave, Several OtherS '115555 1103,116011afterwards, Nadth
ia, en Cicand
ala,
then little Mount,"
Zoe herself %MS W01111(10d Wi05, 111
the lea 155)11 1110,1 in the side, She
was ler unminsateun a
s ote battlefield
and was tavee by tentie nurses of an-
other
regiment who,happoned to pass.
After a month. la the hospital 'she
etarte0 -w
to the phsee here the had left
her !regiment. was 310 longer theee,
another regiment (Mottled- the- trench -
08. Overcome With oneness at INS
Unexpected loss, she burst into tears,
to the great surprise of the FOlilletS,
who ceifid' not understand Such weak-
ness'in 700113 nee-eoitunieelonee
otlt-
ocr, decorated with the at Ceoege's
(amts. Expanletions followed tile her
meanly rotate proved her story,
!showing how she had won her meta
by 25011bilIg M1.981011A, •
The military aetteerities then leer-
suadee Zoe ,(whO late net fully meet.-
erect from her 110011(10 to abandon am
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SITUATION CRITICAL
IN TURK CAPITAL
London, Fele 24.-4n Athens do-
spabch to The Morning Post says:
"News from Oonstantieople repre-
sents the situetion there as the most
critical SiIICO the news of the fall of.
Etzerem has leaked out. The , always
la tent diesatiefaction of the people
with their Young Turk elders is Dow
assuming hourly 1110111, threatening
proportions, both in the capital and
the provinces, especially at Smyrna,
where the populace is in almost open
revolt. The popular anger is aug-
mented by the great dearth of tithes -
Bailee, due to the bloelcatie and -the
aisappage of frade and industry. The
leaders of the disaffectioe are Osman
Pasha, Abd) Pasha and Suwat Pasha.
Startling developments, it is asserted,
may be conlidettly expected very'
shortly."
•
School Teacher -"Why is 55 ceetain
part oil the clitirea called the altar?"
Willie -e -"Because it is here people
change their names "
GREAT HEROISM
OF ITALIAN AIRMAN
Wounded in Head and Blinded by
Blood He Brings Dead Com-
rades Down.
A despatch from Rome says; De-
tails now made public concerning the
vecent Italian air raid on Laibach re-
veal the heroism of Capt. Salomone,
pilot of one of the Italian aeroplanes.
On his return journey Capt. Salo -
mono's machine was attacked by five
Austrian Fokker& He was severely
wounded inethe head and temporarily
blinded by blood, while two other
officers aboard the aeroplane, one of
whom was Lieut. -Col. Barbieri, were
killed olitright. Despite the difficulty
of steering, the bodies of his dead
comrades having fallen over the levers
Sttlomone refused to surrender. He
Succeeded i11 returning, and landed at,
Talmanova. Salomone is now recov-i
ering in a hospital. A medal has been
awarded to him for valor.
ESCAPED BY STRATEGY
Girl Helps French Prisoner in Forging
German Pass
One ofthe most adventurous the
ords 05 eiaape from hostile territory
so Lae chronicled in the war is the(
of a. Prenth pincer who was -made f
PrIA01101* by the Germans thortly at
tee the battle of Charleroi in Auguse
1914. He mo.cle hie way out of Bel,
glum, where be Was held, via Holland
and England, and eventually regained
01111 country,
After capturing a German battery
with bis company or south Charleroi
he WA left unconscious near the em
emy's lines and posted as "dead on
the neld of Minor." eie was carried
bath, however, by a German autbm
lance and after two months in the
hospital recovered from his wounds.
A French .giri who attended Mai
promised to assist, She brought him
old clothes -and assisted him in forgina
a German pass, Disguised as a rtamp
he slipped out of the hospital one
night and started through the village
of northern France, his counterfeit
ease carrying him paet the aentries,
The dangerous stage yeti in cross,
Ing the Belgian frontier to Holland.
Thug he effected through an agent
who made a business al howng youim
Belgians over, He was instructed to
walk at night to a milestone where e
Man with a red muffler would be sit,
ting on a heap of stones. As lie passed
1110 111/1/1, be was to "Belgiett," aud
keep an, He followed his Melees:tent
the mau rose aml overtook. him with
loW "Walton: Inc,' elleneed," Then
he disappeared. •
Prom (licit to Illeglemi and 1,1100e0
to Prance was easy,
WILL. NO -P -i58." -E
IN AFRICAN CAMPAIGN.
A despatch from London says: A
suggestion was made in the House of,
Commons 00 '...ehersclay that Africare
natives of Zululand and Basutoland
be 'emitted to volunteer for the cama
paign against Guinan East Africa.
This plan Was rejected by Harold
Tennant, Parliamentary landek-Secree
tary for War, who said he considerea
the enlistment of net8le:3e asundesira
able and impracticable,