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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-03-30, Page 3FRENifiZ TO -VSE LIQUID F E I 'REPRISAL, ON G MANS .5uperiority.•of Terrib1e Arrh Over the Bayonet tias Been Exemplified at.Verdun. A deepatch from Pari S says: Liquid fire has bee e the means by which the Germane gained the portions of trendies mentioned in recent official commutileations, says the Journal Des Debats, and the Military Committee of the Chamber of Deputies is en- quiring into methods for the protec- tion of the'French troops against such fire attacks and the use of a similar weapon in reprisal. "Gee :can easily understand," says the newspaper, "the superiority of this terrible arm over the bayonet. Even though it may expose the man who carries it to the danger of death in case a fragment of shell should strike it, on the other• hand, it gives - an attack the power and cruelty to which our communications are bearing witness." The newspaper adds that France has every means at hei• disposal for paying the Germans in their own coin and therefore should employ them. BLOW IN ENGINEER KILLD ENEIR DUGOUTS IN TRAIN COLLISION. Suecetsfat Raids Against German Toronto Flyer From Chicago Dashed Trenchei hi La Bassee A despatch from London says: Sir John Haig reports / that the British • carried but two successful raids against the German trenches about Gominceourt and the Bethune -La Ba.s- see roads: Three dugouts filled with the enemy were bombed and blown in. The Gamans sprang a mine to • the north of Arras and two inines north-east of Neuve Chapelle, caus- ing slight damage to the British trenches, A grenade attack to the north of Arras was repulsed. The German forces which gained a foothold. on the sthall hill of Hau- coat a little over half a mile south- west of Malancourt, on the west side of the Meuse on Wednesday, have not yet attempted to increase their gains, and the French still hold part of the hill. . - Thera was no infantry action on the Verdun front Wednesday night or - Thursday, Wednesday night the Ger- mans decreased the intensity of their bombardment to the west of the river, which had •been of especial violence as a support to their infantry attack, but continued without lessening of in- teniity the bombardment on the east- ern bank of the`river. In the Woevre the cannonade was intermittent. On Thursday heayy artillery fire was resumed on the western bank of the Meuse, in the Malancourt region, and on the front between Bethincourt- Le Morte Homme-Cumieres, while to tire east of the river and in the Woevre the firing increased in vio- -knee, FARMERS WILL. CROP • REDUCED ACREAGE Wages Are High and They Expect Trouble in Securing ,Help. A despatch from Winnipeg says: Many of the farmers of Manitoba, who cannot secure sufficient help, have de- cided to put in a smaller acreage. Wages will be beyond the reach of a large percentage of the fame's. The help to be expected from the sol- diers will no be as extensive as an- ticipated. Quite a number of men have been drifting into the city from woods, camp and other places, but the farmers, not knowing when the seed- ing will start, have been unwilling to secure these men at once and the re- sult is that they are being snapped up by contractors. ••' RUSSIA CONSERVING - HER MEAT SUPPLIES A desratch from London says: The Russian VIinister of Agriculture will shortly introduce a bill in the Duma prohibiting throughout Russia the killing of live stock on Tuesdays and Thursdays and fixing the number of cattle that may be slaughtered on other days, says a Reuter despatch from Petrograd. The 'bill will pro- vide for prohibition upon the sale of all kinds of meat in markets, -restaur- ants and hotels on Wednesdays and Fridays and for the closing of butcher shops on those days. , ITALIAN COMMANDER ARRIVES IN LONDON Receives Great Reception from Pub- lic of British Capital. , A despatch from London says: Gen- eral Count Cadorna, chief of the Ital- • ian general staff, who left Italy to attend the military and political con- , • •• ..,.......iiregs,,ference of the Entente nations at Faris --arrived in London on Wednes- day from"the French capital. Gen. • Cadorna was met at the station by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British War Secretary, An immense throng of people, English and Italian, greeted Gen. Oedema enthusiastically. SCORES OF 'THOUSANDS • OF WOMEN EMPLOYED 011110.0.-, A despatch from London says: Da- vid LlOyd George, Minister of Muni- tions, speaking in the House of Com- mons on Wednesday, said that scores of thousands of women are now at work in the munition plants. Their participation ins* this labor, he said, had resulted in as enormous increase in the output, of the plants replacing the men who were hi the army, EXPLOSION, KILLS tg IN GERMAN COLLIERY 1•••••-...1 A deaPatela from London says: Twenty persons have been killed in an explosion in the Preussen colliery, near 1V1ilchowitz, Silesia, says a des- patch to the Central News from Am- sterdam. - TURCO-BULGARIAN PEA CE MISSION REACHES ROME • A Central Nowa Despatch to Lon- don from Berne says that two Turkish t and two Bulgarian agents have arriv- ed there to start peace negotiations. -The Bulgarians requested safe con- duct, and will proceed to Rome. Into Freight at Port A despatch from Toronto says: The Toronto Flyer from Chicago on Thurs- day night crashed into a throngh freight about a -mile past Port Credit station. The engine of the:passenger` train.dashed into the caboose of the freight train; cutting through the caboose; The impact of the collision was' so great that the locomotive was thrown over onits side 'amidst the wreckage of the splintered car. 'The wreck claimed two 'victims. They are: Harvey Overend, engineer of the/ Chicago Flyer, instantlyIllled; James Anderson, fireman of the Flyer; criti- cally injured. The wreck occurred on the main line of the 'Grand Trunk Railway. At the time of the wreck the Flyer was running at a high rate of speed. As this train is one of the through connections between Chicago and Toronto, the line is supposed to be clear for its passage. OVER ARMY AGE ACCEPTED. 250,000 Britons Between 45 and 70 to Be Honie Defence. . Britain's "over age" army -250,000 men, between the ages of 45 and 70, who uniformed and equipped them- selves out of their own pockets and for • Months past have been drilling, marching and digging trenches -has been officially accepted by the Gov- ernment for home defence and -is henceforth to be considered a portion •Of the King's forces. The volunteers, who not being of- ficially recognized were not allowed to wear khaki and to clad themselves in gray field uniforms not very dif- ferent in color from those of the Ger- man army, are delighted that at last the -war office has admitted that even if they are graybeards they aro hard as nails and fib to fight. They are now to be allotted to definite sta- tions in the scheme of home defence in. case of attempted invasion, thus relieving regular troops and setting them free for service abroad. The vplunteers' ability to- do any kind of work entrusted to them is shown by the duties they have al- ready discharged at their own cost and risk, to the full satisfaction of the military authorities. They have 'spent week ends for months past in digging trenches on the outer London defences, several thousands being so engaged each week. I ROUMANIAN GRAIN BOUGHT BY GERMANY. A despatch from Berlin says It is semi -officially announced that con- tracts have been executed, between the official grain -buying associations of. Germany and Austro-Hungary and the Roumanian grain export commis- sion for 100,000 car loads of corn and all the wheat, barley and legumes 'available for export,. estimated at forty thousand carloads. An agree- ment has also been reached, accord- ing to the announcement, whereby Roumania is to receive certain goods from the central powers. An effort will be made to make commerce mu- tually' as nearly normal as possible, it is added. _ BIG GERMAN STEAMER . DESTROYED BY RUSSIANS A despatch from London says: The sinking by a Russian warship of the steamship Esperanza oft Itah Akre, In the Black Sea, off the Roumanian coast is reported in a Reuter despatch filed at Bucharest -on Sunday. ,The Esperanza, a 7,000 -ton vessel flying the,German flag is said to have been loaded with foodstuffs for Constan- tinople. The crew was' captured by the Russians. The despatch also re- ports the sinking of a, score of small sailing ships with cargoes of food. LATEST PEACE TERMS CREDITED To KAISER A despatch from Paris says:- It is reported here that the Berlin banker, Ilerr von Bleisebroeder,has informed Gerthan-American bankers that the Kaiser is prepared, to discuss. peace On the basis of the cession of Alsace- Lorraine to France in exchange for :One of her, colonies, such as Mada- gascar; Russia to have Constaninople, with e protectorate over Turkey in exchange for ,Poland, which Germany and Austria would divide. No war indemnity is mentioned in the • al- leged proposals. GATHERING IN THE SERBS. 'British Navy Gets German Underseas As Fest as They Are Made: A despatch from,Weshington says: One hundred and twenty -Seven 00 - marines have been captured by the British navy since the'outbreek'of the War, according to information from the British Admiralty which has reached the United States coast guard officers, PETTY.OFFICER IN RIGGING OF A TORPEDOED STEAMER. Recently a small.British steatrier was torpedoed near the Egyptian coast by a. German U boat, the likinS previously inviting tribesmen to witness the sinking from the hills in the vicinity, so that they might get a good idea of modern barbarism and be correspondingly impressed. The picture shows Petty Officer Johnston -in the rigging. SubseqUently the tribesmen were completely ranted by General Lukin's column. Markets of the World Breadstuffs. Toronto, Mar: 28. -Manitoba wheat, new trop -No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2, $1.05%; No. 3, $1.03%, in store, Port William. • Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 421/sc; No, 3 C.W., 40%c; extra No. 1 feed, 40%c; No. 1 feed, 1393',,c, in stere, Fort American corn -No. 3 yellow, 78e, American corn -No. 8 yellow, 78, on track Toronto. Canadian corn -s -Feed, 68 to 70c, on track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 42 to 43c; commercial, 41 to 42c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No, g winter, per car lot, $1 to $1.02; No...I. commercial 96 to 98e; No. 2 do., 94 to 96c; No. 3 do., 91 td 92c; feed Ivheat,85 to 88ci according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, $1.60; according to sample, $1 to $1.30, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting barley, 62 to 64e; feed barley, 69 to 62c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -68 to 69c, according to freights outside-, Rye -No. 1 commercial, 86 to 87c; rejected according to sample, 83 to 85c, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in Atte bags, $6.50; second patents, in jute bags, $6; strong bakers', in jute bags, $5.80, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according td sample, $4.05 to $4.20, on track, To- ronto; $4.15 to $4.20, bulk seaboard, prompt shipment. Millfeed, ear lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per ton,27; good feed flour, per bag, $1.60 to $1.70. • Country Proditee. Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 31e; in- ferior, 23 to 25c; creamou prints, 34 to 36c; solids, 32 to 34e, Eggs -New -laid, 28 to 29c; do, in cartons, 30 to 81c. Honey -In- 10 to 60-1b. tins, 13 to 14e. Combs -No. 1, 32.75 to 33; No. 2, $2.25 to 32.40. 13eans-$4.10 to 34.40, the latter f or hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, 19 to 20c; fowls, 15 to 16e; ducks, 17 to 20c; geese, 18 to 20c; turkeys, 23 to 25e. . Oheese-Large, 19c; twins, 19145. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios, $1,05 to 31.70, and New Brunswicks at $1,75 per bag, on track. Provisions. Bacon, long clear, 16% to 1614c per Ib., in case iota. /Tams--,-Medittm, 20 to 21c; do., heavy, 15 to 17e; rolle,17 to 17%c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 24e; backs, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless backs, 28 to 20e. lard -Pure lard, tierees, 11,54. to 14e, and pails, 141/2c; compound, 1201 to 1.31/2c. Montreal Markets. .140.atreal, Mar. 28.‘--Oats-Cana- dian Western, No, 2, 52 to 5214e, •do, NO. 3, 50 to 501,1es extra No. 1 feed, 50 to 5071c; No. 2 local white, 48 to 481/2c; No: 3 do., 47 to 4771e; No. 4. do., 40 to '4071.e. Earleyfiianitoba. feed, 66 to 67e; malting:, 75 to 71c, Flour -Manitoba spring: ,'hcat pat- ents, firsts, 36.60; do., secOnds, 30.70; strong bakers', 35.90; winterwheat patents, choice, .. 36.10; straight voll- eys, 35.50 to. $5.60; do., in bags, 32.55 to 32.65. Relied oats -Barrels, 35.05; bag of 90 lbs., -$2.35. Mill - feed -Bran, $23 to 324; shorts, 325 to $26; middlings,. $27 to $30.; mouil- lie, $3.0 1.0 $38. • Hay -,-No. 2, per. ton, car lots, $20 to 320.50. Oheese--Firi- - 41,500 DRAW PENSIONS AS SOLDIERS' WIDOWS A despatch from London says: The number of widows of British soldiers Who have so Inc been reported to Army Council is 41,500, according to William Hayes Fisher, Parliamentary Secretary ot the local Goverment Board, in a speech to the House of Commons committee on the wir pen - Wont; hill on Thursday. The widows of sailors, Mr. Fisher added, aggre- gated about 8,000. est westerns, 18% to 19e; do., east - erns, 18% to 18%c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 38 to 34c; seconds, 30 to 32c. ,,Eggs -Fresh, 28 to 29e. Pota- toes -Per bag, car lots, $1.70.- - Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Mar. 28. -Cash wheat: -- No. 1 Northern, $1.08; No. 2 North- ern, $1.054; No. 3 Northern, $1.02%; No. 4, 99%c; No. 5, 90%c; No. 6, 82%c; feed, 7714c. Oats -No. 2 CM., 42c• No. 8 CM., 40c; extra No. 1 feed, '40c; No. 1 feed, 38%c; No. 2 feed, 88c. Barley -No., 3, 59c; No. 4, 54c; rejected, 51%e; feed, 514c. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., 31.94; no. 2 C.W., $1.91. United States- Markets. Minneapolis, Mar. 28. -Wheat -- May, $1.10%; July, $1,10%; No. 1 hard, $1.15% No. 1 Northern, $1.11 to $1.13%. Can -No. 3 yellow, 76 to 76c. Oats -No. 3 white, 39% to 404c. Flour -Ten cents Meier; fancy patenta, $6.20; first clears, 34.50; other grades unchanged; ihip- ments, 50,103 barrels. Bran -$17 .50 to $18.50. Duluth, Mar. 28. -Wheat --No. 1 hard, $1.12%; No. 1 Northern, $1.10% to $1.13%; No. 2 Northern, $1.054 to 31.09%. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Mar. 28. -Choice heavy steers, $8 to 38.35; butcher steers, choice, 37.75 to $7.90; do, good, • 37.30 to 37.50; do., medium, $7 to $7.25; do, common, $6.26 to $6.75; heifers, good to choice, $7.25 to 37.85; do., medium, $6.50 to 36.75; butcher !cows, choice, 36.50 to 37; do., good, 35.75 t� 36.50; butcher balls, choice, 36.50 to 37.25; do., good bulls, 35.50 to $6; do. medium, 35 to $5.50; do., rough bologna, $4.40 to 34.50; :feed- ers, 900 to 1,000 lbs., 30.40 to $6.30; do., t ., boulls, $4.50 to $5.50; stockers, 7 800 lbs., $0 to 36.50; do., med- ium, 650 to 750 lbs., 35.75 to $6; do., light, 500 to 650 lbs., $5 to 35.50; canners, $4 to $4.25; cutters, $4.50 to $4.75; Milkers, choice, each, 360 to 385; springers, 360 to 385; calves, veal, choice, 311 to $12.50; clo., med- ium, 37 to $8; do., common'$5.50 to $6; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $13.50; culled lambs, 37 to $7.25; spring lambs, each, $7 to $10; ONVOS, light, 37.50 to 39; sheep, heavy, and bucks, $6.50 to 38; hogs, led and 'watered, 1310.35; do„ f.o.b., 39.90; do., weigh- ed off cars, 310,35. . Montreal, Mar. 28. -Butcher steer§,, choice, $8 to $8.25; good, $7.50 to I .$7.75 ; fairly good, 37 to $7.25; fair, $6.50 to $6.75; medium, 36 to 36.25; butchers' steers, common, $5.50 to I 35.75; canners, 34.25 to 35; cows, choice, 36.75 to $7; good, $6.20 to $6.50; medium, 35 . 75 to $6; common, $5.25 to 35.50; bull, choice, 37 to $7.25;„g000, $6.50 tie 36.75; medium, $6 to $6.25; milch cows, choice, each, 380 td 385; medimn, eaCh,-$70 to 375. Ilogs, selects, $11 to 311.50; roughs, and mixed, 319.25 to 310.75; com- mon, 310; sows, 37.75 to $8. Sheep, to 8c: lambs 0 to 12e. Calves, milk - fed, 6 to 9e. wilEN A SHOT DROPS. What Happens to Bullet Fired Froth Book 'of Moving Train. The direction 02, 1/ bullet fired from - 10 inoving train is explained by the reply of the editor o -P the ."Scientific American" to the following- question submitted to him: If a train is running et a speed of sixty miles,an hour and a man is sit- ting on the back -end of this train with tt gun that shoots at the rate of tfiXtY miles an hour, and he shoots from the back of this train in the op- osits) direction, what effect would this condition have on the bullet? To this the editor replies:. - In the Case you premise, the bullet after it left the gun Would sSll move forwards with the. speed of the train, and- backwards with the speed given it by the powder. Since these twp speeds are equal and opposite in dir- ection, the bullet would drop to 'the ground directly Under the point where it left the gun, • Any man whose will power is all in his wlfe's name, is to be pitied. • -11y CtIcs: M. -Bice, Oenver, lbolo. A CiIGER'S", present drive on .11mitun a ViJow Tor 'Victtiry, and ddes' itportend that the end of Gerinitily -15 netp. act hand? Its desperateness in tile face of inevitably great -losses. in life with prospect,of SUCCOSS, have ;mimed many to believe it is the enemy's last expieing hope. But Verdun is the apex - of those' eastern eits.clels Ivilich have alwaYS shackled the German off en sive through Belgium, and until sine"sheci any attack towaed Paris ,is exposed to being bittm off by the Allies' eest- ern jaws.. , General von Delo:ling told the Ger-. Man fifteenth corps that this S to be the last anti -Wrench offensive, and it seems to express an exact verity. It is credibly reported that during the last visit of the King of Saxony 'to his troops the officers surrounded him and told him that, the war must be quickly :brought to a close, for the s.olclprs would be unable to undertake any new campaign. ' It is noticeable that the troops who made the greatest sacrifices at Ver- dun were principally Prussians, the flower and pick of the German army, and naturally the supreme Champions of -Militarism., • The Kaiser is at bay ; and has to save the country and himself by do- ing something extremely desperate; and before the attack on Verdun called a council of his leading gener- als at Potsdam and obtained their opinions as to the " proposed move. They all saw that ,the Russian front Was consolidated. as never before, and that they were assuming a victorious offensive: Hence that German effort in that theatre would be useless. - lathe Balkans, Germany would only be working for the benefit of the Bul- garians, who are so decimated and ortished they are unable to make a fresh effort for themselves. Saloniki was admitted to be impregnable. Greece was veering, and Rumania could not be depended upon. In the direction of Egypt and Asia the situation was extremely desperate and bhe game was up. Through the capture of Erzerum Turkey already had become a dead weight, and was crying for German help. Thus Germany was forced to look towards France, but the Republican army had become very powerful. Its artillery and ammunition were vastly superior to what they were when they repifised the furious German attacks at the 'Vier, and these things militated against the effectiveness_ of the blow. But the blow had to be delivered somewhere before spring,,milkild bring the new Russian an,'d, armies into action, before the people should lose courage and spirit to re- sist, and so the Kaiser ordered the attack on Verdun it is said, contrary to the advice of Verdun, it generals, as his.only hope. The Kaiser visited his son, the prince in commands and called around him all his Prussian generals, at least all that remained of that once invincible phalanx, and the desperate hammering ,of Verdun was begun. The Keiser stands involved not only before the world, but before his own people, and hence he continued to lead bis army to deliberate butch- ery., To save himself he orders a su- preme massacre, but if I mistake not his hour has come, and Verdun; will bring no relief to his tottering dy- nasty. He found the gallant French army ready and impatiently awaiting the onslaught and her/an liberty is again safe. The battle has not yet ended, but so Inc the French have proven them- selves invincible, and in the highest spieits, with ample reinforcements in reserve :tor any eventuality. Only the original French defence lines around Verdun have thus far been brought into requisition, but they have repuls- ed the twenty-six infantry charges of the Germans, and held their ground against superior numbers. Verdun will be an ineontestahle de- monstration that the Allies' front in France and Belgium cannot be brok- en, and that the imperial armies of the Kaiser are incapable 01 operating effectively by even their lightning - like methods that succeeded in Bel- gium and France before the battle of the Marne, and in Russia in 1015. The moral and political conse- quences of a German defeat will be profound throlig,hout the Ce n tral powers. SUBMARINE OIL LINES. Row Ships Are Loaded at the Port of Tiixpani, MC X iCO. . Many of the most productive oil wells%in the State of Vera Cras, Mexico, are situated near the port of Tramiel. For -some distance froin, the shore the water these is so dial - low that feW of the large oil aeain- ers can get into port. The oil corn - ponies hit upon the idea Of laying sebinarine pipe lines to points where the largest oil 'tankers can be con- veniently moored for loading in any, state of :the tide and weather. There are now diVe of these great iron pines in duplicate. They are from six to eight inches in diameter, and four of them are nearly a mile long. They terminate in forty-three feet of wa- ter,.where it is so deep that the waves have rin effect -on them. Wheo they were laid divers fasteried to the end or each 120 feet of flexible hose. When eel; in use, the free:end of the hose is- chised and allowed to lie on the Sea bottoin, where its position is marked by a small buoy attached to the hose by' a stout chain. When the tank steamers arrive, they moer themselves to the permanent buoys near by, take up the marked buoy With a derrick, raise the flexible hose to the deck of the ship, and attach it to the tank openings. By means of signal cede; the captains of ,the ships notify ,the 'pumping station on shore, In which are the valves that: -control the flow of oil :through the pipe , Generally speaking, it takes about twenty-four hours to load one of Hie large fifteen-thonsead-ton tankers, which means: that the pipes deliver 4,375 barrels of oil an hour, s ONTARIC:G VER'NKENT PROIIIBI7ION MEASURE BM Effective Without Vote of Electors, But Provis- ion Ma -de fOr' Referendum at End of War. Main Features of the Bill, 'Prohibition will go into effect in 'September -probably on September 15 --by direr I: leg; sia Oen. All licenses, with a few exceptions, will be extended alter May lst untjl date fixed, upon payment of nominal fee of $5 or $10. Referendum will be taken after war and a considerable thne after return of soldiers. , New Ontario Temperance Act fol- lows Manitoba Actjexcept for incor- poration of improventents taken from Ontario License Act. • , Wholesale druggists will be licensed to sell in wholesale quantities for scientific and mechanidal purposes, up - on production of affidavit as to use to which liquor will be devoted. Retail licenses will be issued per. renting sale to individuals upon a doctor's prescription, and to a doctor not more than a pint at a time or a veterinary not more than two gallons at a time. Ontario LicenSe Board will be re- constituted with membership of three, and charged with administration of new laws. Bill not to interfere with importa- tion of liquors for private use or keep- ing it in the home. Heavy fines rangmg up to 31,000 and sentences up to eight months are providefi for infractions of the law. VILLA DEFEATED BY DISABLED SOLDIERS CARRARA'S MEN WILL BE TRAINED T Several Dead and Wounded Bandits Were Left on the " . A despatch from El Paso, Texas, says: -Villa wile attacked and defeat- ed on Thursday- night at Santa Ger- trudes by Carranza troops, aceording to a despatch receiVecl by 'General Gavira in Juarez. Beneral Gavira said he had received authentic infor- mation that after the skirmish at Santa Clara earlier in the day where Col. Cano's command had defeated Villa, the bandit chieftain was pur- sued and again attacked late Thurs- day night at Santa Gertrudes and again was defeated. Villa left sever- al dead and wounded bandits on the field, and Gen. Gavira says one hun- dred horses were captured from him by the Carranzistas. From Santa Gertrudes Villa' fled to El Oso, where he was reported to be reorganizing his forces. Santa Gertrudes is a ranch settlement in the Guerrero dis- trict not far from Namicmipa. RICH DEAF TO ECONOMY PLEA. Campaign Directed Against Extrara- ' 'game in London. Although the Government has ap; pealed to patriotic Britons togive up "joy riding" in automobiles and to dismiss all male chaffeurs and sav- ants in the interests of the army and or national economy, the size of do- mestic staffs maintained at some West Encl houses in London is declared to be "simply scandalous." Lady Lawrence is leading a cam - Magri against WeSt End extravagance tit a time when the country needs every man and every shilling, and she declares that her experience shows that nothing but legislation Will make some people stop the squanderieg. of money on useless lux- ury. They only shrug their Shoulders at appeals. "I say most emphatically," writes Lady Lawrence in an indignant letter to the London newspapers, "that no private person has the right to em- ploy ten or Et dOZdn servants. The.coun- try wants all the female labor it can obtain, as well as all the male labor, for the munition works are not staf- fed to their full capacity. The trYL ing nature of the Work, especially where women are concerned, demands the existence of a constant and ade- quate reserve supply which can be drawn on at any time." SOME WAR ODDITIES. • Soldier Asks For Increase of Allow - mice When Triplets Arrive. LondonPrivate iWilliem Tanks, of the Leicestershire Reel -newt, now in France, has asked for all increased war allowance due to the arrival of triplets in his home. Folkestone, England - Miss Ruth Roberts, :pa years of age, rerhembers when her lather and three brothers fought at Waterloo. She is one of is family of twenty-two and never has married, smoked, drank or used snuff. London -Lieut. Edward P. Mulock; who died at Ncuve Chapelle, made his vill on a sheet of note -book paper, leaving 375,000 to a chorus girl whose weekly earnings totalled $7.50. _ Assailing the- Government. A Kaaafis farmer, a Dane, applied rar naturalization papers. The judge asked him: "Are you satisfied with the general conditions of the country?" "Yas," drawled the Dane. , "Does the Government suit you?" "Yas, yas; only I would like to see more rain," replied the farmer. A Start Has Already Been Made it Quebec With Toy - Making. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Military Hospitals Commission an- nounces there are now 1,300 men, in- mates and out-patients in the varions convalescent homes. Stepa are be- ing taken to provide training in these homes, and Mr. T. B. Kidner, the vocational secretary, has just return- ' ed from Quebec, where he made ar- rangements for the installation of an equipment for elementary vocational training in the Savard Parks Con- valescent Home. This home is sit- uated in the city of Quebec, -where a number of local ladies have taken great interest in toy -making as an occupation for contalescent soldiers. These ladies have procured from the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops In London a large and valuable col- lection of models of toys, etc., pro- ducts of this well-known institution for disabled soldiers and sailors. These Imodels will be placed at the disposal of the men in the home who will re- produce them and it is hoped will also !design typical Canadian toys on sim. lilar lines. Preparations were else made ter the establishment of classes general subjects in the home. This policy will be followed throughout the Dominion. • . TRIED TO JOIN BROTHER. Australian Girl, Disguised as Soldier, Sailed on Transport - .How a desire of Miss Maude 'But- ler, seventeen years old, to Olt to the front, where she could nurse her bro- ther, who had been wounded, led her to stow away on board a transport disguised as a soldier is told in a re- cent issue of the London Daily Tele- graph. Miss Butler Was a waitress in a restaurant in Sydney, Australia, hall was determined to get to her brother. She got aboard the ship, and her sex remained undiscovered for two days before her voie.e be- trayed her. The officer asked Private Butler, as she was .known, why "he" was not with "his" unit. When the girl re- plied that she had no unit the officer became suspicious. He called the girl to the captain's cabin, and the girl admitted her identity. A passing' ship, bound for Sydney, was hailed, and the girl transferred, much taller -covet, as well as to that of the cap- tain and men, the captain explaining' that regulations prevented him from taking her to Europe. Before leav- ing the ship Miss Butler received a purse raised by the mon, and she said she -would use the money to pay 'her passage to Europe aboard an- other ship. NEW SOURCE OF HEAT. An Inexhaustible Supply Deep Down the Earth. As we go downward into the earth we find a steady increase of tempera- ture. So marked is this increase that it has beer: seriously proposed to Make very deep boring 8 in order to obtain supplies of warm water for, heating our towns. Arago and Walferdin suggested this method for supplying warmth Lo the jardin des Plantee. bi Paris; and now that such important: im- provements have been made in car•iy7 ing borings to enormous depths the time may not be far distant when we shall draw extensively upon these supplies of "submarine" heat. The City of Budapest is extensive!) supplied with hot water from an Un- derground source. It may be well to remember that in the event of our coal supply failing we have these in- exhaustible supplies of heat every- where beneath our feet. DEFENDERS 'Or VERDUN.