The Clinton News Record, 1916-04-27, Page 3TREI IZOND GARRISON ABANDONED
GUNS Al{® OTR BOQTY
'Troops From Warships Were Landed W St oy th'e`
City. Ottoman Shore Batteries Destroyed.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
Detszils of the surprisingly swift
Russian descent upon Trebizond and
of :the strategy that forced theTurk-
ish defenders precipitately to abon-
' don the city, which, with; German
assistance, they had made every effort
to convert into a stronghold impregn-
able against Russian attack from the
sea or lend, are coming in from dif-
ferent sources. According to the
latest despatches, a decisive part hi
the Russian operations was played
by the. Black Sen fleet, which,after a
severe elromhardment of the city and
the destruction of the: great Turkish
shore batteries; landed a considerable
number of troops and further threat
ened the surrounded city.
Employing the same tactics as they
had repeatedly used with success -in
their progress along the littoral, the
Russian warships moved forward for
some distance beyond their objective
and sent troops ashore considerably
to the westward of Trebizond, threat-
ening to entrap the Turkish garrison.
This move was carried out in con-
cert with the advance of the Russian
landforces, which, since the capture
of the Turkish positions at Kara Dere,
had penetrated to within striking dis-
tance of Trebizond without meeting
serious resistance, and was accotn
panted 1 y a steady bombardment from
the sea.
As soon as the Turks witnessed the
Russians preparations to land beyond
Trebizond they gave up all resistance
and scattered pelf mel; in the two di-
rections open to them -one, the
route along the coast, and the other,
the roadsouth-west toward Erzingan.
Trebizond contained a garrison of
between 50,000 and 60,000. A consid-
erable amount of war booty, including
a large number' of the latest. type Ger-
man heavy guns,: was left behind, for
since the fall of Erzerum, .Trebizond
has been the chief base and provision-
ing centre for the Turks operating
in this theatre.
With the fall of Trebizond the
Turks lost the second • of their two'
principal fortified points in' Asia
Minor, and will in the future have to.
depend solely upon improvised de
fences and. the natural difficulties of
the country to prevent the westward'.
sweep 'o of the Russian Caucasian
armies.
Trebizond never before surrendered
td Russians elms, although it was
threatened from Baibnrt in 1829, and
the moral • effect of the victory, it is
considered hear, will be enormous.
For centuries Trebizond has beenthe
chief trading centre for Asia Minor
with the important caravan routes
into the interior of Turkey and Persia.
SUSSEX PIRATE :
IS DECORATED
U Boat Which He Commanded Was
Not Sunk, as Reported.
A despatch from Paris says: In-
formation was received from reliable
sources on Wednesday that Emperor
William<lias decorated the commander
of the submarine which torpedoed
the Sussex.' It is understood Wash-
ington has been informed of this de-
velopment. The, award of a decora-
tion would make it, perhaps, impos-
sible for Germany bo punish him, in
ease such a demand were made by
the United States Government.
iPRADE OP CANADA
FOR FISCAL YEAR.
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
statement of Canadian trade, prepar-
ed by the Department of Customs,
shows a total of $882,872,502 in ex-
ports for the fiscal year just closed,
and $564,480,998 in imports. The re-
turns by countries have not yet been
compiled. The statement follows:
Tmponts into Canada during the
fiscal year ended 31st March, 1916:
Dutiable $310,168,216
Free .....1.. 254,812,782
Total $564,480,998
Entered for consumption:
Dutiable $289,382,729
Froo 252,710,884
Total $542,043,56
Exports:
Domestic $741,610,953
Foreign .. .. 141,261,549
M Total..... $882,$72,502
LARGE WAR ORDERS
COME TO CANADA.
Contracts for Munitions and Supplies
Reach $80,000,000.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
GREEKS MASSACRED
IN BIG TURK CITIES
Hundreds Slain in Adrianople, Con-
stantinople and Smyrna.
A despatch from London says:
Wholesale massacres of Greeks at
Adrianople, Constantinople and' Styr-
na are reported in a Salonika despatch
to the Morning Post. "In Adrianople.
and Demotica, Turks and Bulgarians
acting together," says the despatch,
"killed 400 and wounded 800 Greeks
after pillaging their houses. In the
Smyrna district several Greek vil-
lages were raided, 200 persons being
killed and many wounded. Constan-
tinople was likewise the scene of
serious massacres, no figures pertain-
ing
ertaining to which," adds the correspond-
ent, "are available. All the mas-
sacres occurred on April 11."
A DOG IN THE TRENCHES.
Would NotL eave His Dead Master
Without tut Force.
' "We were in the Woevre, in the
heart of a forest," writes a French
officer in a letter that is translated
in bhe London Spectator, "The enemy
had decided to make a bold dash for
our mitrailleuses. At eleven o'clock-
the night was pitch dark -thinking
to surprise us, they sent forward two
companies with fixed bayonets, but,
although they moved almost noise-
s lessly, the keen ears of my Colonials
had detected them.
"It did not last long; in two or three
minutes my guns had sent them such
a deluge of bullets that they faded
away like a dream.
"In the morning a German lieu-
tenant lay dead; beside him a magni-
ficent sheep dog was painfully balanc-
ing lienseelf on three legs and whining
softly; he seemedete have forgotten
the pain of his own broken leg, for
from time to time he licked bhe`wound
that had reined his master.
"I spoke to the dog in a friendly
voice; he looked at me sideways, and
d a most diseouraIn
nnouncement was made on Wednes- I hear
4ay that since the. establishment of g g, deep
the credit of $75,000,000 for the. Brit- growl. So I ordered my men to bury
h Government. In Canada by the the body. The dog threatened to at-
o rtered banks, at the instance of tack them, and 1: had to .use a lasso,
likecommon ommon dogcatcher, tc and mus-
e Gove omen,$80,000,000
,
rworth o
tf
rte the i
drs fr•m ni'
animal.
t�e o u br ns
o nd nionliby "After the sad task was over I ick -
have been placed in the Dominion by P
t e Imperial authorities. Sir Thomas ed tip the officer's helmet and sword,
ite announced on March 15 last let myprisoner smell them, and polite-
ly asked him toaccompany c man.
Yme to m
��h p Y
at thecredit fo 'Y
c ed t r the.British Gov -
forest home. He consented, no ii'inment had been provided as a re-
,Bult of an offer made by the Canadian because these things had belonged to
ankers' Association, .on behalfiof the• his beloved master, and limped along
enks, after conferences between him- bear
�@if and that body which had extend
-
'ed
'ed over several weeks.
WOMEN IN MANY TRADES,
Conductors on Buses and as Engine
Cleaners in England.
Between seventy and eighty women
conductors appeared recently on the
, r --`ala nes run by the London General Om-
*thus'Company. Thisnumber will be
tadually increased ,aa the needs of
o sibuat'ion demand.
The women will bepaid at exactly
e same rates, on a mileage basis; as
g:male conductors, and will have the
me duties and hours, Their employ -
Mit Is confined to thep eriod of the
leer, or to such Mine as the male con-
iict!ors shall return, -
Women dockers have boen Introduc-
ed on the Mersey. Recently tho.'male
laborers, under the advice of their
union, refused to work with them, and
the services •of the women were dis-
pensed with. .
There are 150 women conductors on
the Metropolitan electric trams and
120opthe London United line,. _
The London and North-Western be natur;tltzed, You will see thab he
Railway Company are engaging girls will say 'Yes. "
•i engine cleaners at their sheds at I -,..---4.__-
Crowe,
Ever Meet One?
'`That get -rich -quick pian isasbusy
New Lecture 3Sclieme. •
as a bee:'
"I enjoyed your lecture very much "Yes," replied Cumrox. "He's ones.
last night" said a loan to the lecturer. of those busy bees who ean't manage
"I' didn't she you there."
„ to gather'honey without incidentally
Cit, 1 wasn't there." stinging somebody."
"Well, what do you mean by -tell- .----e.
Mg me you enjoyed nay lecture, and The naafi who is sure of his own
you were not present?" ability never has to brag about it,
'A-
":Oht'
, 1 bought tickets for my Girls The British Red CrossSociety S tett'-has
rather and mother, and they both received a further• sum of $1,700 from
Went," tile Trinidad branch of the soeie
Filling the Dinner P ail of a Machine Gun.
A machine gun to do effective .w ork meat be well fed. Therefore it is
necessary to see to it that its dinner pail be well til+fed when it goes into
action. The men in the photo, have t he task of seeing thab the "dinner
pails," cartridge belts, are filled with shells. Note the size of the belt.
Markets of the World
Breadatuffs:
Toronto, April 25. -Manitoba wheat
-No, 1 Northern, $1.18%; Na 2
Northern, $1.12%; No. 3 Northern,
$1.08%, in store Fort William.
Manitoba oats. -No. 2 C.W., 464c;
No. 3 C.W.; 444e; extra No. 1 feed
444e; No. 1 feed, 4333bc. In store Fort
William.
American corn -No. 3 yellow, 85c.
track Toronto.
Ontario oats -No, 3 white, 44 to
45c; commercial, 48 to 44c, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial,
$1.00 to $1.02; No. 2 commercial, 98c.
to $1.00; No. 8 commercial, 95 to 97c;
feed. wheat, 86 to 88c, according to
f;eights outside.
Peas -No." 2, $1.60; peas, accord-
ing to sample, $1,20 to $1.60, aceord-
ing to freights outside.
Barley -Malting, 62 to 63c; feed, 59
to 62c., according to freights outside.
Buckwheat -69 to 70c. according to
freights outside.
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 90 to 91c;
rejected, according to sample, 86 to
88c, according to freights outside,
Manitoba flour First patents, in
jute bags, $6.60; second patents, in
jute bags, $8.00; sarong bakers', in
jute bags, $5.80, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, according to
sample, $4.15 to $4.25, track Toronto;
$4.30 to $4.40, bulk seaboard, prompt
shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Monte
real freights -Bran, per ton, $24;
shorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per
ton, $26; good feed flour, per bag,
$1.60 to $1.70.
Country -Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 29 to
33e; inferior, 25c; creamery prints, 35
to 86e; solids, 33 to 34e.
Eggs -New laid, 24c; do., in car-
tons, 25 to 28e.
Honey --Prices in 10 to 60-1b. tins,
134 to 14e. Combs -No, 1, $2.75
eo $3; No. 2, $2.25 to $2:40.
ii,@ans-$4. to $4.40, the latter for
hanc'1 cited.
Che'e'se --Large, 19c; twins, 1934c.
Maple syrup -$1.40 per Imperial
gallon.
Poultry -Chickens, 1 to 22c; fowls,
18 to 20c; ducks, 24 to, 25c; turkeys,
26c.
Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario $1.65
to $1.70, and New Brunswicks at
$1.80 to $1.85 per bag, on track,
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, April 26. -Choice heavy
store, $8.50 to $8.75; butcher steers,
choice, $8,00 to $8.26; do., good, $7.90
to $8.15; do., medium, $7.85 to $7.60;
do., common, $6.50 to $7.00; heifers,
good to choice, $7.75 to $8,25; do.,
medium, $7.25 to 57.50; butcher cows,
choice, $6.50' to $7.25; do.'good, 55,75
to 56.50; butcher bulls,` choice, 56,60
to 57.25; do., good. 55,50 to 56.00; do.,
medium, 55.00 to $5.50; do., rough
bologna, 54.40 to $4.50; feeders, 900 to
1,000 lbs., $7.00 to 57.40; do., bulls,
$5.50' to $6.00; stockers, 700 to 800 lbs.
57.00 to $7.40; do. med., 650 to 760
lbs., $6,75 to $7.00; do., light, 800 to
650 lbs., $6.00 to 56.50; canners, $4.00
to 54.261 cutters, 54.50 to $4.75; milk-
ers, choice,. each, $00.00 to 585.00;
springers, 560.00 to 85.00; calves, veal,
choice, $9.00 to 511.00; do., medium,
56.00 to 57.50; do., common, 55.00 to
55.50; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $13.50;
cubed lambs, 57.00 to $7.25; spring
Iambs, each, 57,00 to $12.00; ewes,
light, $9,00 to 510,00; sheep, heavy,
and bucks 56.50 to $8.60; hogs fed and
watered, 511.15; do„ f.o.b., $10.75; do.,
weighed off cars, 511.60.
Montreal, April 25. -Choice steers
59 to $9.26; good at $8.50 to 58,75, and
the lower grades from that down to
57.25, white butchers' cows brought
from 58.25 to $8, end'bulla from 56,50
to $8.50 per 100 lbs. Yearling and
spring Iambs, 511.70 to $12 per 100
lbs. and the latter at 55 to $12 each,
as to size and quality. Sheep 0.60
to $8.60 per 100 lbs. Calves 8e to
9c per 1b., and the lower grades at
4%c, to 54c. Hogs selected, $12 to
$12.26 per 100 lbs., weighed off cars.
-d
THE RUSSIANS IN PERSIA.
Bring Dancers Instead of Knouts to
the People.
The French Minister at Teheran,
Persia, has written a letter just re-
ceived in diplomatic quarters in Lon-
don, which throws a sidelight on some
of the novel phases of warfare at that
remote scene of action. The Minister
has the reputation of being a wit, and
he sees the humorous as well as the
serious side of the scene about him.
The Persians were greatly exercised
when they first heard the Russians
ens
Were sweeping down from the North.
The terror of the Cossacks spread
ahead of them, and the people looked
forward to Slaving their throats cut
in a general era of massacre. The
coming of. the Russians was Awaited
with gravest'appreheasion.
Montreal Markets. The first Russians to arrive at Te
Montreal, April 25.-Corn-Ameri- heran were a large party of officers on
can No. 2 yellow, 86 to 87c, Oats- their way further forward to the front.
"My bedroom is relatively comfort- Canadian Western, No. 2, 544c; No. They ware in fine automobiles, strik-
able, for it has two beds -two wooden 3, 53c; extra No.1 Toed, 53e; No. 2 ingly, dressed and well
the vacant bed. He got into it with- 483,¢ to 49e. Barley--Manutoba feed, equipped. They
boxes filled with atrawl With a hos local white, 503/s to 51c; No. 8 local went to the best hotels, spent money
pitable wave of my hand I pointed to white, 493,t to 50e; No. 4 local white, freely, paid in full and a little extra
for their elaborate demands, and then
out delay. I laid the helmet and 68 to 71c; malting, 75 to 77c. Flouproceeded, leaving the people to think
sword beside him and passed my hand -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, that the comms of the Russians might
gently over his head and back, Be- firsts, $6.60; seconds, $6.10; strong not be so bad for the drooping finances
hold! He gratefully wagged his frail! bakers', $5.90; Winter patents, choice, of Teheran.
"He lralsed his eyes toward ore; all $0.00; straight rollers, $5.30 to: $5.40 The next Russians were headed by
their former hate and fury had died do, bags, 52.45 to $2.60. Rolled oats the commander-in-chief of the Russian
away', and now they said, 'You aero =Bbis, 56.10 to $5.20; do bags, 90 lbs., forces operating in that section. 1 e
good. You have given nae these pre- 52.40 to $2.45, Bran, 524. Shorts, was a typical Cossack, born on the
clouts relics of hint who is no more. 526. Middlings,$ 28 to $ 30. Mouill'ie' steppes north of the Caspian;at. Back a huge
Do not bo afraid. Take off my muzzle. 530. to $86. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car man in furs with a bearskin h
I no longer hate you!' tots, 520.50 to $21. Cheese-Fof his automobile was a lino oinest f huge
I undid it and gave him some'wa- westerns, 183/; to 184c; fittest east- autovans. These vane excited the
ter. The veterinary saw to his leg erns,, 173s to 180. Butter-Cheicest wonder and fears of the populace, as
and put it in splints, A little later creamer 83 to 38 c; seconds, likely to let loose some new device
y, aha , ods, 80 to of Russian terror. The commander-
, brought him a largo bowl of soup, 314e Eggs -Fresh, 25 to' 26e. Po -lin -chief proceeded ed direr to
which he took -with rapture. I added tatoes-Per bag, car lote, 1.75 to SP d t then a was
some delicacies that had just come 51.80 • of the Shah, where an audience was
from the station, given amid doubts and apprehensions.
"Since that day we aro one for life Winnipeg Grain. With the greetings concluded, the
and death. We are as inseparable e, commander-in-chief ordered the motor-.
the Siamese twins; he never leaves Winnipeg, April 26. -Cash prices- vane to enter the royal court, and as
l ane for a moment, fdllowing me like Wheat -No, 1 Northern, $1,15%; No, the Shah looked on he saw the vans
my shadow, when I go out at meals, 2, do„ f.117/s ; No. 3, de., 51,07%; bring forth a great assemblage of
oven on to the battlefield. No, 4. $1.05 k; No. 5, 96%c; No, 6, Russian dancers, mal'e'attd female, but
I rain going to teach biro+French, 884c;; feed, 88rrtc. Oats -No. 2 C. chiefly female, !n' gay dresses and
W., 463r;'No, 8, aro. 441.c; extra No spangles, all in the picturesque garb
land 'tante tray I mean to ask;him to n
1 feed; 44,ac; No. 1 feed, 42%c; No. of the East. These, the commander.
2, do., 42e. Barley -No. 3, 68c; No, 4, in -chief made known, were a present
08c; rejected, 66c; feed, 65e. Flax to the Persian ruler, to he lncorpor-
No. 1 N. -W.0., 51.87%; No. 2, C.W., ated into the royal seraglio. It was
51,844 a novel' and weicome present, talo
dancers soon displayed their chardis,
and every one, teem the ruler down
to the plain people, was 0011 patastio
over the corning of the Russians,
The good impression at tl}5 start
had much to do with the later deyelop-
ments, and the diplomatic observers
concluded that the Russiai}s had sue-
ceeded in renewing some of the war
amenities of the Middle Ages, when
the violet. toes generals distributed
use is -along their way to caissipat9
ears and assure a welcome,
United +States Markets. .
Minneapolis, April 26. -Wheat -
'bay, 51.171; July, 51.171; No, 1
hard, $1.22%; No. 1 northern, $1.163
to 51.19%. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 77
to 78e. Oats -No, 3 white, 43e. to
433%, Flour -Unchanged. Bran --
518.75 to 510.
,Duluth, April 25.-Whea1.--No, 1
northern, $1,15% to $1.1.'15b;
eor,hern,,51,12% to 57.,11,,,.
REIAN. ''CHAIN .O:F HILLS
CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS
Troops Brought From Gallipoli Annihilated
Hundreds of Ottoman Dead Left on Field.
A despatch from Petrograd says ;
While the northern armies of the
Grand Duke were completing the con-
quest nt Trebizond the other Rue
sign army advancing- from Erzerum
gained an important victory. In the
region of,Aschkala, west of •Erzerum,'
the Russian •troops by a night assault.
carried a chain of high hills which
had been strongly. organized. They
captm'ed'four Turkish officers and
more than 120 men, The enemy .left
hundreds of dead on the field. Some
enemy elements' which had been'. re-
cently brought from Gallipoli were an-
nihilated, while the other Turkish
troops which :participated in the fight
sustained` heavy losses through the
Russian' fire and bayonet charges.
In the Black Sea a Russian sub -1
marine, although attacked by an en-
emy airman, succeeded in sinking a
steamer and. a sailing ship near the
entrance of the Bosphorus under a
heavy fire from the Turk batteries.
DANGERS. OF TUE
LISTENING POST
NEXT TO A CHARGE CONTAINS
GREATEST DANGERS.
Snipers Are Always on the Alert
Against Guards Who
Watch Enemy.
Perhaps no strain is greater on the
average soldier 'than when he takes
his turn, under cover of night, ab the
"listening post." For he must clam-
ber over the parapet of the fire trench
into the hidden dangers of No Man's
Land, and creep cautiously in snake
fashion among long grass and 'death -
smelling shell holes, where enemy snip-
ers and enemy scouts are euro to be
lurking, writes Ellen Adair from Lon-
don in the Philadelphia Ledger.
It means a risk of being ambushed
and killed silently with cold steel.
On the other hand, it may mean cap-
turing a reconnoitring enemy and
bringing him in triumphantly, with
possible reward in the form of a
week's home leave or the much covet.
ed D`..0. M. Though occasionally we
hear of the staleness and monotony of
trench life, there is nothing in the
least monotonous iii the work of the
night outpost. If he regards it as'
merely monotonous and lets his wits
grow drowsy at the job, then, as some
Tommy or other aptly pubs it, he's
liable to "get the wooden cross."
"Por wits that go wool gathering
meet with disaster. And enemy snip-
ers aro over watching and waiting for
bhem.
"Going out to the 'listening post' is
the next best adventure to a charge,"
a cheery corporal informed me to -day.
"I shall never forget ono night of it
I had; A wisp of moon was glim-
mering in a veil of mist when three of
us set out, The Germans had begun
their night -long display of star shells,
lighting up the scene in silvery radi-
ance. Their rifles uttered vicious
whip -cracks continually. We heard
the whizz of a bullet overhead, or the
angry hunt of a spinning ricochet.
With a friendly leg up to the parapet,
we scrambled over as fast as we
could. It would not do to be seen in
the light of a flare, for German snip-
ers miss few good targets.
Wait in Hole.
"'Crack -crack -crack -crack!' in a
breathless ,stutter from a taachinne
gun. The bullets whisble and hit the
parapet behind us with a mighty
whack! Have the Germans seen us?
We lie flat, holding our breath. 'Are
you two all right?' I whisper to the
men behind.
"Slowly we creep forward another
20 yards to a hole torn by a shell.
This is bo be our listening post till
close to. dawn. The Germans are not
unlikely to attack, and our business
is to see that they do not take us by
surprise. We do not expect to use
our rifles. We have to use our eyes
and ears, especially our ears, to detect
any movement of the enemy. If wo
see him advancing,mut re
we s port to
our comrades in the trenches without
a second's delay,
"Crouching low in our shell hole,
we strain our eyes to pierce the dark-
ness. Suddenly my arm is gripped
tightly, I overcome the desire to
shout, but cold perspiration breaks'
out on my fprehead. No need to fear
-it only Johnson, my companion, and
'See that figure in front," he whispers,
"I strain my ewes again, Yes,
there's a dark, motionless shape only
a few yards ahead!
"Tightly I grip my rifle, ready to
club the sweet, and in tense expect
aney we await his approach. For
surely he has seen us? Then a flare
goes up, and in its horrible greenish
light a post is revealed, to which re-
mains of barbed wire, shattered by
shelis, still cling. Only that, and no-
thing morel
"Darkness again, and the wind
sighing over our heads. Quickly one
realizes how deceptive the eyes can
be for night work. Nerves are at the
highest tension. You see wooden posts
move and bend. Some men will even
hear them whispering in German!
Dead Lie Thick.
"After a time I press forward, on
through the knee-high grass of No
Man's Land. It is a thrilling er.peri-
ence, this exploring of ground where
battles havebeen fought for many e
long month and where the dead He
thick. I fell forward throe times over
the bodies of slain comrades! Though
the soaring star shells light up the
scene brilliantly, lying flat like this,.
I am nob out of sight of the enemy,
"Note I eau hem' the Gez'iitano elf).
binctlp. I am close to their trendies,
eomo one is calling out names rapidly
probably 5{} yet'geant dlatrihuting'
the mallo. Some one is playlee a.
tpouthorgsan. The ring of apadga and
the thud! thud! of pickaxes come
froze behind the trench, The celerity
must be filling their sand agt to
strengthen their parapets agatnc:t thele
tiro.
"Then my heart gives a suds' e ter-
rible ,jump! For here conte a party
of Germans right toward me... o, their
way back from ptt:•olirtg No elates I
Land!
"The night Wind whistles as the
steps grownearer, nearer. Yes, they
have seen me. I must wait bill a
bayonet pins me to the ground, oe
till I am _seized and made prisoner.
No escape now! Resistance would be
absurd. The whole course of my past
life runs past me in a panorama of
events. How soon will I feel the
sting of cold steel through me? How
soon?quiet
"'What an unpleasant odor!' says
the foremost German. 'Where's the
corpse, d'ye think?'
"'Here's the body,' says another,
half bending over me. `Wonder if he's
really killed?'
"I am nervous and excited, but not
afraid. My death seems a fantastic,.
impossible thing.
"'Come on -leave the corpse alone,'
says the first. 'I'm dead tired, and want
to get back to the dug -out'
"As in a dream I hear their re-
treating footsteps, and I am alone
again -saved! Cold sweat breaks out
all over me. Quickly I am off to join
my two companions at the rear. They,
too, are shivering, but with cold, not
fear.
"Far off a cat' is mewing dismally.
Perhaps the poor creature is wound-
ed? Hundreds of such, gone wild,
haunb this dreary No Man's Land, liv-
ing on field mice, and, distrustful of
cruel humanity, refuse to come near.'
"A sudden terrific fire from Gelman
machine guns warns us to lie fiat
again. We're near the trenches now
yet'this may be the end. Over our
heads the wild blast goes -the star
shells shoot up rapidly.
"For fifteen minutes the firing goes
on without pause. Apparently the
enemy fear we shall creep over to at-
tack them ab the hour of dawn.
"Then comes a blessed silence, save
for the mewing of those cats. Time
passes. Now we can see each other's
Paces, pale in the cold light of morn.
ing. Trailing our arms and bending
low, in a wild rush weare over our
parapets -and home!
"The long night is over and duty
at the 'listening posh' is done,"
BULLET IN HEART FOR YEAR.
Trench Sergeant, Wounded in Battle
of the Marne, Recovers.
After carrying a ten -gram, one-
third ounce shrapnel bullet in his
heart for a year, a French sergeant
was operated on, and to -day is in
good health. The case was reported
to the Academy of Science. The
sergeant !vas wounded in the battle
of the Marne and lay unconscious on
the battlefield for 24 hours, He finale
ly was sent to a hospital in Nimes,
and apparently recovered from his
wound, Later manifesting abdominal
troubles he was operated on for ap-
pendicitis.
Grave heart trouble developed, and -
a radio examination revealed a pro-
jectile°lodged in the right ventricle,
The bullet was extracted successfully
in September, 1915, and a year after
the battle of the Marne, and the heart
was guttered or sewed together,
In January, 1916, the same military
surgeon, Dr. Beaussenot, removed a
grenade splinter from another sol-
dier's heart.
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DEPRESSION IN GERMANY.
American Traveller Says Lack of Men
is Everywhere Evident.
W. H. Brown is in Now York after
a trip 'through Germany.
"When I crossed the border into
Germany they searched me most
thoroughly," he said. "All the Amari -
cans I met Bald their_ talks with
others going in and out of Germany
showed that Americans are searched
more rigidly at the border than any
one else.
"There is an evidence of commer-
cial depression ep everywhere
in Ger-
many. There is such y lack of men
for one reason. Here is some of the
tron n1,,plaey they are making in the
form of the former small silver. It is
forbidd dela to bring the hen money
c $,
u butq
Otiq the country, ntrthosefiv e
and ten pfennig plata were mixed
with other change and overlooked,
"In erlin it is pitiful to sec the
ppar, brokensdown
horses used to
dret
the cake
1'/n the hotels there are only two
days in a week upon which a la carte
dishes may be had. The reebaurants
and hotels there are always crowded,
however."
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NEWS FROM ENGLAND
NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT .3O13NI,
BULL AND HIS PEOPLE.
Occurrences in the Land That Reigns
Supreme in the Commer-
cial World.
The British Industries Fair is to be
continued as an annual event, under
the auspices of the Board of Trade.
In order to encourage economy
smoking is now prohbited in the
police' stations in the Metropolitan
areas.
The London and North-Western
Railway Company are engaging girls
as engine cleaners at their sheds at
Crewe.
Lord Newton has assumed control
of the Publicity Department and the
deparbment relating to the Prisoners.
of War.
Sir Arthur W. Chapman has been'
re-elected chairman and Mr. C. Be
Edgar vice-chairman of Surrey County,
Council.
Mr. Edward Wright, town clerk of,
Lewisham, has resigned owing to ill -
health, after more than 40 years pub
lie service,
Nearly 400 past and present mem-
bers of University College, Reading,'
ars serving with the naval and milt
bary forces.
Eight cases of smallpox have been'
notified in the Manchester and Sal-,
ford districts, two of which have
proved fataL
The Great Northern station at
Holloway, which was closed to the;
public last September, is now being]
pulled down.
The Severn has been restocked itt
the past year with 40,000 general fish,.
turned down principally in the Wor-1
center district.
The Thames Conservancy is to pay
the income bax of its clerks and de-
duct it by monithly instalments from
their salaries.
Sir Alfred H. Keogh, Director -Gen -1
eral of the Army Medical service, has
been admitted to the freedom of the
city of London.
It is stated that the canvas of wo-
men for agricultural work in the
West Lancashire villages is yielding
a poor response.
After 87 years' service, the Rev.
F. W, Matthews has retired from the,
post of secretary to the British and
Foreign Sailors' Society.
Mr. Henry James Cape, M. A., has,
been apointed headmaster of the
Royal Grammar School at Colchester;
front nearly 100 candidates.
Mr. Edward Coryton Englebach,
lessen of the Lyric Theater, was found
dead in his chair in his study at his]
residence in St, John's Wooed.
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MARRIAGE RITE IN GERMANY.
In Munich in 1915 Weddings Were 45.
Per Cent, Below 1914.
From the published statistics of
various large towns in Germany it ld
seen the war has very unfavorably
influenced the marriage rate. a In 8erw,
lin between March and December,
1915, the number of marriages ems
over 20 per cent, below the number,
for the corresponding period of 1914,
and 26 per cent, below that of 1913,
In Frankfurt 1915 fell behind 1914
by 80 per Dent.; in Hamburg, 82 per
cent.; in Dresden, 32 per cent.; lep
Breslau and't;.eipzig, 86 per cont,'
Munich seams to have the lowest
rate, namely, 46 per cent, below the
figures for 1914.
Tho advertising columns of the big
daily newapapers, however, show little
falling off in the ;lumbers of persons
seeking this gate of entry into maitre,
mony, and no diminution of the in-
delicacy employed in describing their
wants. In the Berliner Tagebiatt of
last Sunday three or four_ columns'
were ocoupled with these advertise-+
menta, Here is one of theset "Iiorthe
Grenberg seelco marriage for a count.
Tho count is a widower, 44 years'
Protestant, of very respectable anti
handsome appearance, and owner at
largo entailed estates, Alsq for
count, Rhenish Prussian, 27 years;'
very rich. Also for a professor, e'
manufacturer, bank directors one
znerohants, In all cases the ladies
must be the pobsesesors of oorrespondo
ing fortunes."
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