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German Correspondents With Proops in France 'Magnify Horrors'
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Of Fighting AgainSt Allied Artillery.
A deseateh from. Rotberdam says:
Max Osborne in a despatch from the
Somme front to The Voesische Zei-
tung, says: •
"Day and night the British and
French guns continuously hurl their
murderous lead. Shell burst all
around, many exploding' before posi-
tions where masses of dead are lying.
They fling sand and stone splinters
over the defenders. They fling, too,
torn -off limbs, so when day comes
and the men are able to eat the very
sight of meat is horrible to them.
"The noiee tears to pieces all nerves
and senses. It continually drums in
one's ears. Ndt a few find their hear-
ing completely gone. The worst of all
is the effect of the heavy mines. True,
they can be seen coming and one can
get out of the wey, but if one runs to
the right there is a hostile flyer above
the trenches who ,directs the flee of
the guns so one has to run to the left.
• "So it goes on, and one is hunted
up and down like a wild beast. -There
are times when our men curse and
. are homesick, but in the moment of
fighting all their feelings disappear.
The sense of duty and discipline holds
them together and they are ready
with iron decision and bitter cour-
age."
George Wegener, in a despatch eto
The Koelnische Zeitung, says:
"The present line held by the Ger-
inane consists only of a 'chain of
shell holes instead of the girdle of
strongly -built and fortified trenchee.
Immovable men crouch in these holes
with no cover from the sun or rain
and not the slightest protection
against the shells from above.
"Hostile, flyers cover the Positions
at a 'low height. They see the men
in the holes and direct the Anglo-
French fire with, a 'deadly 'certainty
upon them or else they fire themselves
with machine guns.
"Everything has to be -done at
night: the bringing up of reinforces
merits, removing the wounded and
blare:ink the dead. To procure warm
food for the men lying out in those
horrible conditions is seldom possi-
ble. The want of drinking water is
leading the men to driak dirty water
out of the shell holes where there are
human bodies and other things.
"When an attack begins the terrors
of these places are beyond descrip-
tion. Like the fire rain in Gomorrah
the drum fire of the enemy pours
from heaven. The little shelter that
there is in the trenches or holes is
quickly flattened out. With thunder-
ing roar heavy shells from the gigan-
tic mine wipe out everything in the
neighborhood with their explosion. At
the same time a rain of shrapnel
falls and poisonous gases roll for-
ward."
NO `OVERTURES ON
, BEHALF OF PEACE
Such Proposals Would Have
to Come From,
the Enemy.
A despatch from London says: No
peace overtimes have been made to
Great Britain, Lord Robert Cecil,
Minister of Wax Trade and Parlia-
mentary Under-secretary for Foreign
Affairs, stated in the House of Com-
mons on Wednesday. Lord Robert's
statement was made in response to a
question by Sir James Henry Dalziel,
in regard to "peace rumors," and the
situation in the Balkahs. "No over-
tures have been made for peace," said
Lord Robert. "Thee° is only one way
In which overtures for peace could
be made, and that is from an enemy
to the Government of thie country. If
any such overtures were made the
first thing we would do would be to
commit with our allies, but no com-
munication of the kind has been
made." As to the Balkans, Lord
Robert said the most important factor
consisted of the operations from Sa-
lonica. The allies' „A:elation with the
new Greek Government, he stated,
were thoroughly satisfactory.
NEW CANAPIAN LOAN
AROUSES MUCH INTEREST.
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Terms to be Announced About the
, Middle of September.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Al-
ready numerous inquiries are being
made as to the date and terms of the
new Canadian war loan to be floated
by Sir Thomas White within the next
two months. The terms, etc., cannot
of course be announced until the pros-
pectus is ready for publication, about
the middle of September. In the
meantime the Minister and 'his de-
partment are giving the question
painstaking consideration, market
conditions are being studied, and ad-
vice from exports in the financial and
investment world.
BOYS LIKE "WAR BOOTS."
Wooden -soled Shoes Fail to Suit Ger-
man Girls, However.
Berlin women and girls are re-
ported as not being over -enthusiastic
about the wooden soled shoes which
German shoe manufacturers are said
to have produced to fill the gap in
foot -wear due to the scarcity of lea-
ther caused by 'the war, but the boys
are taking to them more kindly. The
Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger declares that
new shoes with wooden soles are so
comfortable that "they can be worn
even by persons afflicted with fiat
feet or varicose veins."
The authorities of Charlottenburg,
one of the largest and wealthiest of
Berlin's residential suburbs, have de-
cided that in view of the necessity of
using practically all the leather in
the country for military purposes,
the use of the wooden -soled boots and
shoes must be popularized, so they
have started to fit out the poorer
residents with theee "war boots."
It is eetimated that 200,000 people
from the United States annually visit
the Canadian National Exhibition.
OPEN HUNGER RIOTS'
- IN HANIgURG PORT
People There Also Clamor for
PeaCe-"Those at the Top
Need War."
A despatch to The London Chroni-
cle from Amsterdam says:
"For a week past the port of Ham-
burg has been in a state of revolu-
tion. One who has just 'escaped,' as
he expressed it, tells an extraordin-
ary story of the gradually rising ex-
asperation. of the population, until
early last week they broke out into
open hunger riots and peace demon-
strations. The authorities appear to
have been taken by surprise, for the
police were unable and perhaps un-
willing, to quell the disturbances.
They were completely overpowered,
and before the soldiers could arrive
angry crowds had foeced their way
through several of the principal
streets and smashed every shop and
business house window. Only vigor-
ous military measures were able to
restore order. The utmost «'erity le
shown to all who venecue outdoors,
except during strictly limited daylight
hours."
STORY OF' A FRENCH HERO.
Captured One Hundred Prussians by
Good Bluff.
The recent death of the Duke de
Rohan in the Somme offensive re-
calls the story of how one of France's
heroes won the medal of the Legion of
Honor by a daring ruse.
At the beginning of the war the
duke and his orderly rode, unaccom-
panied, to a French farmhouse which
had been occupied by one hundred
Prussians. A peasant warned them
that the enemy was in possession
but the duke hoped that a squadron
of French cavalry would soon rein-
force hip'.
The duke left his orderly in the
stone -paved court of the farm with
orders to gallop his horse back and
forth and make as much noise as
possible. He then pressed on into
the house.
The Prussians were refreshing
themselves in the dining -room. The
duke strode in boldly, crying: "You
are surrotnided. Surrender at once."
The Prussians leaped to their feet
in alarm and surrendered their arms,
herding them into a corner of the
room. Fortunately for the Duke de
Rohan, the squadron of cavalry soon
appeared to make good his bluff.
ALBERTA WILL YIELD
38 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE
The Crolt Is Almost Equal to 'Ruin-
er One of 1915.
A despatch from Calgary, Alberta,
says: -"The wheat fields of southern
Alberta will average thirty-eight
bushels to the acre. Along the lines
of the Canadian Northern Railway
the yield will be better than forty
bushels to the acre. In other parts
the yield will be well over thirty
bushels to the acre for all Alberta."
This was the opinion expressed on
Thursday morning by a prominent of-
ficial of the United Farmers of Al-
berta and the Farmers' Elevator Com-
pany of this Province.
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MONSTER SUPER -ZEPPELINS
TO HAVE LENGTH OF 780 FEET
•
Baron Montagu Says New Machines Germany is Building Capable
of Carrying Five Tons of Bombs.
•
A despatch from Landon says: In
a speech delivered at Bury St. Ed-
rne untie on Wednesday night, Baran
Iliontagu of Beaulieu, former eke -
chairman of the joint Naval and Mili-
tary Beard, • told 'of new monster
Oper-Zeppeline which Germany is
aWiding.
aWe have obtained some details of
the AupereZappelins which Germany
Lt mew building," said Baron Montagu,
"The plan:anal features of the craft
A'eek A elapaelty.ef two million cubic.
feells 1?.p: length of /80 feet, a beam of
SO feete,Sanlaximent speed of 80 miles
ideekuleing epeed of 85 miles
an hour and a radius of action of 2,-
000.' miles. The engines, six Or seven
of them, have a total of 15,000. horse-
power.
"The airships can carry a lead of
bombe of five tens. They are able to
ascend 17,000 feet. They are armed
with machine guns at bow and stern
and on top of the envelope. They
carry a crew of 85 men.
"Theo perticulars show how large-
ly the Germans are relying on Zep-
pelins tee a means for harrassing es.
Two of those new craft have alreedy
been completed, and four will be
available in October,"
Markets of the Word
itreadstugs
Toronto, Aug,' 29.' -Manitoba wheat: -
No. 1 Northern,. $1.66 ; No. 2 Northern,
$1.64 ; No,'I Northern, $1.61, track.BaY
Manabba oats --No. 2 ow., 571c ; No.
2 0.W., 6000 ; extra No. I feed, 566c: •
No. 1 Teed, Coo, track Bay ports.
American corn -Nor' 3 yellow, 070.,
track Toronto,
Ontario oats-Ne,,8 white, 52 to 53c.
norainal, according to freights outside.
$1M4lo$avOh;IW,NP%gTe%ar$1A
to 91.24..; No. 2 commercial, $...,18 to
0.1%20 : No, 8 commercial, $1,14 to '$1.161
according_to freights outside.
'.Pats -No. 3, ,nominal, according to
freights outside.
BoileY,:-Malting, nominal ; to,
.norninal, ecording to freights outside.
1luckw eat -Nominal, according to
freights outside.
Ilye•-No. 2. new, $1.02. to $1..05. ; No.
commercial, nominal, according to
freigh to outside.
Manitoba noun -First patents, in jute
bags, $8.40 ; secongt patents, in jute
bogs, $7,90 ; ' strong,. lookers', in jute
bagS,'57,70, ToroutO,
toOsnatinarii,ole,floar7-0Ntoewsraloner,,,oameienciarldining
bags, track Toronto, .prompt shipment ;
new, according, to sample, $5.60 to $5.70,
nominal, bulk seaboard, prompt ship-
inf reeivnitgtuti.
ts, bags included :-Bran, per ton,
Iteed-Oar lots, delivered Montreal
$25 to $26 ; shorts, per ton, 37 to $28,
middling. Per ten, $28 to 20 ; good
rfoeendtoil. our, per bag, $2.00 to $2.22.
No. 2, per ton, $9 to $9.50, track To -
Bay -New, No. 1, per ton; $10 to $12 ;
Straw -Car lots, Per tom, $0 to $7,
track Toronto.
Country PrOduee-Wholesale.
Butter -Fresh dairy, Choice, 28 to
29e * inferior, 24 to 25c ; creamery
prints, 33 to ; solids, 32 to no.
Eggs -New -laid, 29 to 30c ; do., in
cartons, 33 to 356.
Live chickens were selling at from
p118c1tcoed2.0°' and fowl at 15 to 16c.
Beans -$4.50 to $5, the latter for hand -
Cheese -New, large, 182 to 19e ; twins
Vito 101e ; triplets, 192 to 19bc.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 25 to 270-1
Cowl, 18 to 20c.
Live poultry -Chickens, 18 to 20e ;
fowl, 15 to 16c.
Potatoes -Jerseys, per bag, $2.50 ;
Ontarlos, per hag. $2.35 to $2.40.
Honey -Five -pound tins, 120 to 13c;
do., 10 -lb., 12 to 1210.
Maple s2'rup-$1.50 per Imperial gal-
lon,
Provisions -Wholesale.
Baoon-Long clear, 18 to 18Ac per lb.
Hams -Medium. 24. to 26e ; do, heavY,
'
21 to 22e • rolls, 19 to 20e • breakfast
bacon, 25 to 27e ; backs, plain, 2tic ;
boneless backs, 25 to be. Cooked ham,
35 to 37c.
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 101 to 57e ;
tubs, 17 to 1720 • Palls, 171 to 17/c ;
compoUnd, 14 to 1'41e.
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SlontreaLldarkets.
Montreal, ' Aug. 29, -Corn -American
No. 2 yellow, 95 to 90c, Oats -Canadian
Western, No. 2, 600 : do, No. 3, 500 ; ex-
tra No. 1 feed, 59c ; No. 3 local white.
54e, Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat
patents, firsts, $8.50 ; do., seconds, $8.:
strong baker's, $7.80 ; Winter patents,
choice. $7.00 ; straight rollers, $0.90 to
51,20 ; do., in bags, $3.25 to $3,40.
Rolled oats -barrels, $6.05 ; bag of 90
lbs., $2.90. Millfeed-Bran, $25 ; shorts,
$27 ; middlings, $29 ; mouillie, $31 to
$34. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $16
to $17. Cheese -Finest westerns, 10 to
19to ; do., easterns, 182 to 19o. Butter -
Choicest creamery, 342 to 850 ; seconds,
33 to Me. Eggs-Fresla, 800 ; selected:
94c ; No. 1 stock, 31c ; N. 2, do., 27c.
Dressed hogs-Ahattoh•-killed, $17 to
517.55. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess,
barrels, 35 to '45 pieces, $30 to $35 ;
Canada shoet cut back, barrels, 45 to 66
pieces, $32 to $33. Lard -Pure, wood
nails, 20 lbs. not, 16 to 161c.
Winnipeg -Grain.
Winnipeg, Aug. 25. -Cash quotations :
-Wheat-No. 1 Northern, $1,58i: ; No, 2,
do., $1,569 ; No. 3, do., 01.529 I NO. 4,
$1.45 • No. 6, $1.393 No. 6; $1,291 ;
feed, '$1.312, Oats -No. 2 C.W„ 6010.
Barley -No. 3, 790 ; No. 4, 750 ; re-
jected, 000; feed 60c. Flax -No, 1 N.-
W.C., $1,92 ; No. 2 C.W., $1,39,
United States Markets,
Minneapolis, Aug. 29. -What -Sep-
tember, $1.591 ; No. 1 hard, $1.651; No.
1 Northern, $1.592 to $1,632 ; No. 2
Northern, $1.661 to $1.61.1. Corn -No. 3
yellow, SG to 87e. Oats -No. 3 white,
442 to 450, Flour unchanged. Bran --
$19.50 to $21.00.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Aug. 29,-01301c° heavy
steers, $8.50 to $5,75 ; Butcher steers,
phoice, $8.00 to $8.15 ; do., good, $7.75
'to $7.86 ; do., medium $7,50 to $7.60 ;
do., common, $6.75 to ,$7.00 ; Miters,
good to choice, $7.70 to $3.00 ; do.,
medium, $7,50 to $7.76 ; Butcher cows,
choice, $6.60 to $6.80 ; do., !medium,
$5.25 to $6,25 ; Butcher built, choice,
$6.85 to $7.35 .• do., good, $6.50 to Mu
do., medium, $6.75 to $7.00 ; Feeders,
900 to 1,000 lbs, , $6.60 to $7.00 ;
do., bulls, $6.60 to $6.00 ; Stockers,
700 to 800 lbs., $4.20 to $6.15 ; do., med.,
650 to 750 lbs., $6.75 ; do., light, 600 to
060 lbs., $6.00 to $1.60 ; Canners, $3.75 to
$4.75 ; Cutters, $4.25 to $4.50 ; Sheen,
light, clipped. $7.25 to $7,50 ; do., heavy,
clipped, $5.00 to $5.60 ; do., light, un-
clipped, $3.95 to $3.75 ; do., yearlings,
$9.50 to $10,00 ; Spring lambs, per lb„ 11
to 12e •, Calves, $7.50 to $12.00; Hogs,
Sod and watered, $12.00 to $12.25 ; do..
f.o.b., $11.60 to $11.75 ; do., weighed off
Cars, 512,25 to $13.50.
Montreal, Aug. Mi. -Butchers' steers,
good, $7.60 to $8 ; fair, $7 to $7,25 ;
medium, $6,60 to $6.75 ; common, $5 to
$6.35 ,* Butchers' cows, good, $6 to 07
fair, $6.60 to $0.71; common, $5 to $5.25 ;
canners, $3.50 to $4,50 ; Butchers' bulls
best, $6,50 to' $7 ; good, $6 to $6.50
fair, $5,60 to $6 ; canners, $4,50 to $5
Sheep, 6a. to 7/e lb. ; lambs, Sc to 100 lb.
Calves ; milk fed, Sc to 10e lb ; -press
fed, 50 to 6c la Hogs, selects, $12,60 to
$12,75 ; roughs and mixed lots. $11 to
$12 : sows, $10.50 to $10.76 ; all weighed
oft cars.
HALF POUND OF MEAT
ALLOWED WEEKLY.
Berlin Government Issues a Decree
Providing Meat Cards.
* A despatch from Berlin says: The
Government has issued a decree pro-
viding for the introduction of meat
cards for the whok empire on Oct. 2.
Families butchering for their own -
consumption are subject to the card
system. They will be required to
.procure permission from local author-
ities before butchering animals for
household consumption. The maxi-
mum amount of meat provided for un-
der the new card system will be 250
grams (slightly, more than half a
pound) weekly.
BRITISH PROGRESSING
IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA
A despatch from London says: -
An important advance in the cam-
paign for the .conquest of German
East Africa is reported in a Reuter
despatch from Nairobi, British East
Africa. The despatch says that Bri-
tish troops under Lieue-Col. Vander -
venter on August 22 entered the town
of Kilosse, near the Wami River.
The British- eustainecl few casualties.
GET 3,524 RECRUITS
IN HALF OF AUGUST.
A despatch from Ottawa says, Of-
ficial recruiting figures for the first
two weeks of August show that the
total enlistments for all Canada in
that period numbered 8,524. :The
Kingston Military Dietrict covering
Eastern Ontario, leads again with
694. The numbers of men who join-
ed the colors in the other districts
were: Alberta, 603; Toronto, 577;
Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 541;
Montreal, 446; British Columbia, 227;
London, 202; Maritime Provinces,
193; Qaebee, 41,
Infantile Paralysis Affects Entire United States
LITTLE paralysis victim being treated by nurse in the Lincoln Hospitall
The hospitals that have been handling patients with this disease are no *,
so overm
crowded that temporary quarters are being arranged for and isolation
Hospitals are being built. , . ,
The dread plague still takes its daily toll of little liv,eS. Reports front
the Southern States, the Mississippi Valley, and the Far West indicate that
within the last two months there have been approximately 600 cases of in-
lantile paralysis and fifty deaths from the, disease Minnesota has had 249
cases with a death rate of one in ten. In the East and especially in New
York the disease still holds sway. ,,,
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FROM SUNSET COAST
WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE
ARE DOING.
Progress of the Great West Told
in a Few Pointed
Paragraphs..
- Honey crop of B.C. will not be as
heavy as expected earlier in the sea-
son.
Vancouver Island is- hnproving in
an indilstrial sense to a marked
degree. e
No deer may be exposed for sale'
this year in Victoria, says a recently -
made law.
The death -of Mrs. Julia O'Connor,
aged 96, occurred recently at New
Westminster.
Partridge shooting is to: be allowed
on the Delta, Vancouver, for two
days only this season.
Nearly 300 Italians who have been
called back to serve will soon leave
Vancouver for the front.
Fishing has improved of late at
Maple, B.C., grilse and a few sal-
mon being caught just now.
Vancouver wholesale dealers an-
nounce an increase of 30 cents per
barrel in all grades of flour.
Between 800 and 900 people en-
joyed the Vancouver Grocers picnic
at Bowen Island last week.
The West Saanich Women's Insti-
tute held a flower show. last week
which netted $214 for the Red Cross.
The province has arranged for a
course of six free lectures on domes-
tic science to be held in Vancouver.
• 'The Vernon, B.C., coomentration
camp is nearly depleted of soldiers,
who tire at work in the harvest fields.
A bargain in hay was secured by
the city of Victoria veceetly, when
three carloads were bought at $21.50
a ton.
In
response to the call for harvest-
ers in Saskatchewan, 1,051 men have
registered in the Vancouver employ-
ment offices.
The school for 'military engineer-
ing opened at the Sixth Engineers'
Drill Hall in North Vancouver, with
a class of 35.
It is said that mineral discoveries
at Herb Lake, Beaver and Flim Elam
Lakes, and the area between, may
yet rival Nevada,
The Sovereign Lumber Co., of
Brenton, near Ladysmith, hae reor-
ganized and moved the mill into the
Morrison property.
A refining plant for making beet
sugar may be established in the New
Westminster Valley if co-operation of
farmers can be secured.
Potatoes in large quantities are
being evaporated at the packing
plant, Ladner. The price paid is be-
tween $10 and $12 a ton.
A decision to have a pheasant sea-
son of one month on the mainland of
B. C. is contained in an Order -ins
council passed at Victoria. The sea-
son begins Oct. 18.
During the month of July the total
amount of bright sunshine .in Nanai-
mo was 173 hours and 80 minutes,
rain 1.33 inches, highest temperature
77 on the 80th, lowest 46 on the 26th.
FRENCH TO CALL
KAISER TO ACCOUNT
, •
Chamber Will Discuss Meabures to be
Taken Against. Him.
A despatch from Paris says :-Whitt
measures can be taken at the proper
time against the Emperor of Germany
and other persons held to be answer-
able for compelling inhabitants of the
invaded cities of Northern France to
work in the fields, and the hnmedi-
ate steps which France might take in
'behalf of these people, are questions
to be. raised in the approaching ses-
sine of the Chamber of Deputies. De-
puty Bouyssom in a letter to Premier!
Roland, in which he severely criticised ' =miss ritom ARMY .
GOMM'S DEFENDER
MUSH RETAKEN
BY THE RUSSIANS
Previously Captured by the
Grand DUke, but Lost to
Enemy on Aug. 8.
A despatch from London Basra': The
armies of the Grand Duke Nicholas
have scored two important suceessee
in the Caucasus. Forces operating in
Southern Turkish Armenia have re-
occupied Mush, which was captured
by the Turks on Aug. 8, and in the
direction of Mosul part of a Turkish
division was Surrounded and 2,300
prisoners taken.
The Russian official report reads:
"Caucasus front: Our troops, press-
ing the enemy in the region to the
west of Lake Van, entered *lash,
where they took some prisoners.
"In the direction of Mosul our gal-
lant troops defeated four Turkish
divisions in the region of the village
of Bachta. We surrounded portions of
the division, and took prisoner the
whole of the 11th Turkish Regiment,
consisting of its commander, 56 offi-
cers and 1,600 of the rank and file, as
well as nearly all of the remnants of
the 10th Turkish Regiment, consisting
cif. two staff officers, several other of-
ficers and 650 Askaris. We also cap-
tured in this battle three cannon and
three machine guns."
The repulse of a Russian attack on
the Turkish positions along the Cau-
casus front with a loss of 3,400 Rus-
sian troops, is reported in the Turkish
official eeetement of Thursday. The
announcement follows: "Caucasus
front: On our right wing, separate at-
tacks on the Turkish advanced posi-
tions were repulsed by counter at-
tacks with considerable enemy loss.
In the Ova sector alone the Rus-
sians lost 3,000 men, and in front of
the Turkish position at Might we
counted 400 killed."
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BRITAIN AND SWEDEN
NEARING THE BRINK ?
Latter Persisted in Blocking
Parcels to Russia.
A despatch from London says: The
British Government, following the
lead of Sweden, has made public the
entire correspondence 'with Sweden
concerning British seizures of the
Swedish parcel -post with the United
States and Swedish retaliation in
stopping ell British parcels in transit
to Russia. The correspondence dis-
closed that the situation has not yet
been satisfactorily adjusted. Some
of the letters and notes teem with
language so sharp as to indicate that
the relations of the two ckuntries at
one time aproached the breaking
point. As a result of the negotiations
Sweden retently released 601000 par-
cels to Russia under agreement with
the British Crovenment to submit the
matter to arbitration after the war.
AVIATOR DROPS WREATH
FOR HIS FATHER'S GRAVE.
Enemy Airman Answers Saying That
Favor Had Been Accomplished.
A despatch from Paris says:
Aviator Lieut. Fevre, flying over
Sainte Marie aux Mines, in German
Alsace, deopfiecl a wreath and letter
requesting the curate of the village to
place the wreath on the tomb of his
father, Col. Fevre, of the 221st Regi-
ment of French infantry, who was
killed in that locality during the
French offensive of 1914. A German
aviator, flying over the French lines,
dropped the curate's answer saying
that the favor had been accomplished.
the acts of the Germans toward the
population of the invaded regionagave
notice that he would iateepollate the
Premier on these subjects,
AUTO JUMPED BRIDGE
FOUR PERSONS DROWN
A respateh from Digby, N.S., says :,'
-Four were drowned at Metighan
Riven, forty miles west of here, late
Wednesday night when an automobile
in meek on the bridge anti plunged
evith its ,,occupants into the water.
Names of the dead: Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Aeroire, both of Saulnierville; Mary
Lombard, 25, of Metighan River, end
Monique Comeau, 20, • Saulnierville,
Frank Sauthier, driver of the cae:
managed to escape, though badly in-
jure& He says he lost control of the
cal: while on the bridge. All bodies
weak reeoverefd,
Gen. Riedel, Who Was in Command of
e Austrians, Loses His*Rank.
A despatch from Berne,. Switzer-
land, says :-A wireless despatch re-
ceived from Austria says that a
court-martial sitting at Klagenfurt
has sem:tent* General Riedel, who
was in command at Gorizia hen the
city was metered by the Italians, to
dismissal from the army ane loss of
his rank and pension.
GERMAN MILITARY wor-::s
ARE HEAVILY BA IAGED.
A despatch from Amster:. in says:
German military works ..ae Lichter-
velde Ardoye and Thielt wee heavily
damaged in the recent al- :aid of
the allies over West 'Ian.' :s, says
The Echo de Beige.
ALL T
T REMAINS TO GER NY
IS ARTIFICIAL NATIONAL urimt
The Allies Are in Twofold Superiority to the Teutons, Japanese
Admiral Says -German Advantage No Longer Exists.
A despatch from Paris says: Ad-
miral 'Altiyarna, who as aide to Ad-
miral Togo, plann4d the Battle of
Tsushima, is on the way to New York
after visiting all of the allied coun-
tries.
"I am thoroughly convinced that
the allies are in twofold superiority
to the Germans," said the Admiral
before sailing. "To be perfectly
truthful., the Germans were a nation
much stronger than we ever imagin-
ed What they have done in the last
two years will remain a marvellous
monument in the history of the
world.
"But what has made them so strong)
is their organization and preparation1
in military matters. Their advantage
no longer exists. The allies by prac-I
Lice and experience have accomplish-
ed all the Germans had perfected.
"All that remains to Germany to-'
day is her national unity, which is'
the fundamental element of her'
strength. But I have come to won-'
der how long such unity can with-
stand the strain of the dangers which
threaten. German unity is artificial
rather than natural. Their discipline
lacks elasticity, and cannot last.
Anyway, the development of the war
is entirely fa-vorable to the allies."
PRIME MINISTER
OF AUSTRALIA
ABOUT THE UPS AND DOWNS
OF "BILLY" HUGHES.
This Wonderful Man Was .Born in
North Wales of eepor
Parents.
A man of middle height, of frail
build, with very long legs and arms,
a straight mouth, the lean chin and
cheeks of the student. The figure is
testhetic, emaciated; it is the form of
a man wasted by dyspepsia.
All day long he is chewing, not the
cud of reflection, but various prepara-
tions for persuading his food not to
quarrel with his. interior, Yet he is
as tough as whipcord, has the endur-
ance of a camel, and the pluck of a
prizefighter, says London Answers.
That is an Australian view of the
maxiwho is the man of the moment
throughout the British Empire -the
Rh. lion. W. M. Hughes, Prime Min-
ister of the Commonwealth -and it is
quoted in Mr. Douglas Sladen's ex-
cellent little book, "Hughes of Aus-
tralia."
Watching the Ships.
Fifty-two years ago this wonderful
man was born in North Wales of poor
parents. In 1874 he went to London
to the Burdett -Coutts School at West-
minster. Ten years later he landed
in Australia. Ten years later, again,
he was a member of the New South
Wales Parliament, and twenty years
later he was in the Cabinet of the
Federal Parliament of Australia.
AS a pupil -teacher at the Burdett -
Coutts School he attracted the notice
of Matthew Arnold, who inspired in
him a taste for the best literature, to
which probably his wonderfully mov-
ing oratory may be traced. During
these years his chief recreation was
to stand on London Bridge and watch
the shipping.
It is clarions to note on what small
chances our fates depend. Tiring of
the life of a teacher -he load a class
of ninety boys -he arranged to emi-
grate with another fellow to Mexico.
On the way home, after a visit -to
a shippieg alio, Hughes espied a
boomerang in an old curiosity shop.
It caught his fancy, and he bought
it.
All Through a Boomerang.
His friend -the Mexico enthusiast
offered to show him how to throw it.
He knew as much about boomerangs
as Hughes did, and, in throwing it,
cut Hughes' eye very badly. After
the quarrel that ensued they parted
for ever. ; The boomerang had done
it -Hughes decided for Australia.
....At the age of nineteen, therefore,
he took all his savings, amounting to
ten pounds, and shipped to Australia;
and there, until he was nearly forty,
his life was one continual hardship
and battle.
He has known what it means to go
without food for two days. He has
known the life of the worker from the
very bottom. That is why he is per-
haps the ideal of a Labor leader. He
can never forget what he himself has
suffered at the hands of exploiters,
yet at the same time he has the clear,
swift brain which enables him to see
the other side also.
' He has worked on sea, in towns,
and in the bush, as sheep -shearer,
boundary -rider, cook, seaman before
the mast, school -teacher in an up-
country township, sundowner, gold -
prospector, sheep -drover -indeed, he
has sampled every kind of labor that
the Australian continent provides,
A Real Fighter,
It was while working as sheep -
drover that he caught the chill which
resulted in the affliction that would
have handicapped any ordinary man
for life -namely, deafness.
Always he has been a fighter for
the people, and quite early in his
career he formed out of one of the
roughest crowds in Australia -the
Sydney dockers -the famous Water-
side Workers' Union. He risked his
life a dozen times in their turbulent
meetings, -Yet by sheer force of attr-
acted and clear reasoning he managed
to sway therm
He has consistently been against
strikes, taking the view that they do
not help the worker. On the 'eve of
his departure for England at the end
of last year a strike broke out among
the clock -laborers at Sydney, and
though every course was taken to
settle it nothing could be done.
It was to Hughes that they had to
aprsaal. last hope he visited the docks
himself and addressed the men.
"You --- fools!" was his mode of
address. "Can't you see that you're
playing the enemy's game? The stuff
iosweted for the nation. Shift it at
ne
The men continued, to refuse.
Hughes continued to command, And -
at the eleventh hew Hughes won.
A loss of dollars sometlines brings
the spendthrift to his senses., •
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANdiS AND BRAES.
Mat Is Going On in the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
Sergt. James Happel, ILL,L, prior
to enlisting 'employed in the pits in
Dailly, has been awarded the Military
Medal.
The death has occurred in Edin-
burgh of Mr. James Porteous, J.P.,'
for mora than 20 years Provost of
Coldstream.
Temporary Lieut. -Col. R. Sturdy,
M.R.C.V.S., of the Army Veteran
Corps, well known in Edinburgh, has
been awarded the D.S.O.
Among those mentioned in des-
patches was Major Deroyil Hughes -
Onslow, of Balkissock, Ballantrae, a
well-known Carrick laird.
The postmen and telegraph mes-
sengers in the Buckle district have
succeeded in collecting over 800
razors for the troops.
The Edinburgh and Leith Mesta
Bakers' Bread Committee have de-
cided to reduce the price of bread
one cent ,per 4 -pound loaf.
Lord Provost Sir Robert Inches
opened the St. George's Red Cross
Auxiliary Hospital at Churchill in the
presence of a large gathering.
Since the beginning of February,
the rainfall for Aberlady district has
been phenomenal and constitutes"one
of the wettest seasons on record.
Damage estimated at $5,000 was
caused by a fire that occurred at
Rowallan Creamery, the property of
the Fenwick Farmers' Association.
Three persons Were killed and
three seriously injured when the
premises of the Nutrimol Feed Corn -
pally, Glasgow, suddenly collapsed.
The people of Motherwell have pre-
sented to the Red Cross for use al
the front, a fully-equiped motor am.
bulance, and have promised to main-
tain it for a year.
The operative bakers in Paisley
have demanded an increase of 72
cents per week, with 12 cents per
day for jobbing bakers, and the abo-
lition of half-day jobbers.
At Selkirk High School, Gaston
Mind, a Belgian refugee, has been
presented with the Oliver medal as
dux of the school. It is only 18 .
months since he began to learn Eng-
lish.
The question of licenses being
granted by the Board of Trade to im-
porting firms to bring over granite
from Scandinavian countries to Scot-
land is giving vise to keen discussion
in Aberdeen.
The report on education in Scot-
land just issued alludes to the severe
trials which 'education had to undergo
in 1915, particularly the lack of suit-
able accommodation for scholars and
insufficient teaching staff.
BIRDS IN THE TRENCHES.
They Care Little or Nothing for the
Noise of War.
An English soldier sends the Field
some interesting facts in regard to
the behavior of birds in the war
zone'. He says; "I have been in the -
trenches barely three Months, but
quite long enough to convince me
that birds care little or nothing for
the noise of war, although, of course,
it must interfere with thein to a cer-
tain degree. I happen to be in a very
pretty part of the country, which fa-
vors observation; nevertheless it is
a very- active part of the line. Often
when doing my tour of duty in the
trenches at night I have heard the
nightingale near by, and the culccoo
by day, while in `no man's land' the
-kestrel habitually hovers, and we are
reminded that dawn is approaching
by a lark that soars to the heavens
and pours forth his song. Even a
cloud clearing the moon made him
do this. In the trenches we also hear
owls and the whistle of birds on mi-
gration overhead. In a small thin
copse running from our front line
into no man's land magpies may be
seen busy at their nests, and this
same copse is a favorite shelling
ground of the enemy. As I sib now
in the dug -out linnets are perched on
the ground, singing outside the door.
My first swallow of the year was seen .
shimmering in no man's land amidst
flying lead. Four or five common
partridges were shot front the
trenches with a rifle, and, being neat-
ly allot, went to swell our daily memo.
All this occur::: amongst shells, trench
mortars, grenades, rifle flre, and all
the other horrorrof war. Their dis-
regard of all these seems astounding.,
Not only birds but insects, too, the,
trenches hold -butterflies and moths.
of various species; and often the eye,
is gladdened ley the pretty vision of;
a rare or a common swallow poised
on the front-line parapet, lighteningl
the subaltern's dreary round or tourk
on duty."
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It's surprising how smart a bon
5,541; bc-when his mother tells it.1