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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-09-28, Page 3ernen. CORPSES PILED IN MOUNDS: Iltia.rItets Of The World MADE MILLIONS ROAD SOAKED WITH BLOOD i Foe's Losse S in Futile Counter-attacks on SomIne Are the, Heaviest Since Early Days Of Verdun. e A despatch from London says: Be- hind the French Army on the Somme: The worst sacrifice of life since the early days of the Verdun battle mark- ed the main German counter-attack Thursday against the new French positions north of the Somme. 'Ac- cording to an artillery officer who took part in the battle, corpses are piled on each side on the road from Combles to Rancourt in mounds, sometimes three feet high. The German effort to stem the French advance was the strongest made since the beginning of the Somme battle. It lasted over ten hours and was made by six divisions, which suffered terrific losses under the French barricade fire. Following the heaviest preparation by artillery known in that sector, from great guns brought from other fronts, 20 German battalions began the assault with the triple objective of freeing Combles from the danger of investment, stop- ping the French wedge between Pe- ronne and Combles, and driving the allies from the possession of Hill No. '76, which dominates Mont St. Quen- tin. Two Prussian battalions, who led the attack on the Prieze farm, were hardly out of their trenches when they literally melted away before the terrible fire of the "75's." Further south four successive waves of infan- try attacking in close formation were smashed by the French "125's." The village of Bouchavesnes was the scene of the most stubborn combat of the day) when by a dreadful sacrifice the Germans succeeded in entering the north-east corner of the village, onlY to be driven out an hour later and routed further back than they had stood before the action. The last attack, delivered at dusk, was terminated by a series of checks costing the Germans three whole regi- ments, A Bavarian company belong- ing to the 11th Regiment lost 160 out of 200 men. Two battalions of the 123rd Prussian Regiment were total- ly destroyed. Not a regiment escap- ed a loss of less than 50 per cent, of its effeetives. Hindenburg Directed Battle. Ninety thousand men directed per- sonally by Field Marshal von Hinden- burg took part in attacks on the new French positions in the region of Bouchavesnes, on the Somme, accord- ing to the special correspondent in the field of Paris La Liberte. The fighting was extraordinary fierce in the centre of the region at- tacked, around Bouchavesnes and Bois L'Abbe, and at Combles, about the Prieze farm, as well as at - Ran - court. At Prieze farm two Prussian battalions were nearly destroyed, adds the correspondent, and a similar fate was suffered at Rancourt by three German reginients, which, advancing in four waves, made the last desper- ate effort of the day. Malcolm Ross, correspondent with the New Zealand forces on the Somme, states that the Allies fired twelve million shells in a preliminary bom- bardment on that front. "The Ger- mans," he said, "are hid in a fog caused by the smoke of the shells. RUTHLESS METHODS AGAINST BRITAIN Leader of German National Liberal Party Advocates Frightfulness. A despatch from Berlin says: Major Ernst Bassermann, leader of the Na- tional Liberal party, in a keynote speech delivered before his constitu- ents in the Saarbruecken district, de' - dared that the submarine campaign had been postponed and not abandon- ed. Major Bassermann advocated the widest possible use of both submae lines and Zeppelins and the most reethless methods of warfare. The National Liberal leader assert. - ed that his views were shared by Ad- miral von Tirpitz, Admiral von Koes- ter, Prince von Buelow and Count Zeppelin. He maintained that "in a struggle wherein the existence of Ger. _many is at stake the most ruthless use of all possible weapons is called for." This sentiment was heartily ap- plauded by his audience. Submarines and Zeppelins, continued Major Bas- eermann, were the most effective wea- pon against "our arch enemy Eng- land." GENERAL IPIAIG PRAISES CANADIAN TROOPS. A despatch from London says: General Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia, has received a let- ter from Sir Douglas Haig; of which the following is an extract: "I de- sire to express my sincere apprecia- tion of the generous terms in which you refer to the achievements of the army in France. It must be a source of pride and gratification to you to know that the gallant officers and men who come from Canada to fight for the King and the common cause of our Empire invariably do their duty in a way that reflects the greatest possible credit on themselves and their Dominion." A certain lady prides herself upon always looking at the bright side of things. "My dear," moaned her hus- band one day recently as he tossed ruthlessly on his bed, "it's the doctor I'm thinging of. What a bill his will be." 'Never mind, Joseph," said his 'Wife, "You know, there's the insur- ance money." RAIDS ON VENICE DEPLORED BY POPE. A despatch from Venice says: Mon- signor La Fontaine, the Patriarch of Venice, has published a letter from Pope Benedict, dePlering the at- tempts against the churches and treasures of Venice and rejoicing that the Church of an Giovanni Paolo es- caped destructive blows, only sustain- ing damage which fortunately can be repaired. The Pope calls the explosion before St. Mark, the destruction of the Church of Santa Marie Formosa, and the damage to the Church of Scalzi "bitter wounds to my heart," and re- grets that his efforts to prevent such misfortunes have failed. He con - eluded his letter by sending words of comfort to the population of Venice, with a wish that peace will soon be restored. WOULD TURN KRUPPS GREEN WITH ENVY. A despatch from New York says: The British are manufacturing new war inventions "which would turn the Kruppe green with envy," according to Dr. Benjamin Rand of Harvard University, who returned from a visit to England on the steamship Andania. Accorded privileges of inspection by the British Foreign Office, Dr. Rand sand he visited munition and ord- nance factories and saw "some as- tounding inventions," but that he was pledged not to disclose their nature. He found among every class, he said, an intense determination to do all pos- sible to win the war. /n one factory he saw '7,000 women at work, uni- formed in khaki. New factories were being built, he said, and existing ones constantly extended. -ern- ONE-FOURTH TRANSYLVANIA IN ROUMANIAN HANDS. A despatch from London says: A Bucharest official despatch, referring to the -Transylvania theatre, an- nounces that a Roumanian force has entered Orderhei, better known as Ezekely Udvarhely, 50 miles north- east of Kronstadt. One-fourth of Transylvania is now in Roumanian hands. The communication says: "On the north and north-west fronts fighting continues on Mounts Cali - man (ICelemen) and Ghurgill, where we took 137 prisoners and also ma- chine guns. A detachment entered Orderhei." GREAT ROJMANIAN VICTORY GERMANS AND BULGARS CRUSHED iViaCkenSent's Armies in Full Retreat, Burning Villages to Re- tard Pursuers. A. despatch from London says: The six-day battle in the Dobrudja has ended in a Russo -Roumanian victory. Field Marshal von Mackensen's right wing in Roumania, consisting of Germans, Bulgars and Turks, is re- tiring to the south in the direction of the fortress of Dobric. News of the result of the great bat- tle was received in a brief seminary of a Rotananian War Office statement which said: 'The battle between: the German, Bulgarian and Turkish -troops under 4.- Gen. von Mackensen, in the Dobrudja, . which has been in progeess since the 15th, ended on Wednesday in a com- plete victory for Roumania. "The enemy is retiring soathwards, burning villages." The official communication from Bucharest confirms tee Entente re- ports that the great beetle in Do- brudja, has ended in the clefeet of the Central Powere aleee sle days' fight- ing. The battle plIgan Friday and gradually ineeeeeed let scope and in- teneity enal tlleSili17_91,011.110, With the roma that Qn W, tIfilissElnY the Gerinallai Lagaiisi -and Turks) crush, ed, were'renced to Withdraw, burning village:3 in their line of retreat in an attort.,te retard their pursuers. The Bucharest War Office announc- ed in an earlier report that the Russo-, Roumanians have repulsed the invad- ers "in a sanguinary manner," on the whole front, and launched several counter-attacks. The report reads: "In Dobrudja the struggle emit/hues with obstinacy. RussosRouseanian ' troops repulsed in a sanguinary roan - net' on the whole front dl attacks of the enemy, apd made several coun- ter-attacks. Enemy aeroplanes drop- ped bombs on Constanza, where no one was injured; and on Pietro. Neamtu, where a child was injured. Sofia officially admits that the RAsso-Roumanian troops "maintained themselves in their strongly -fortified positions." Roumanians, Russians and Serbians were pitted against the invaders, strong reinforcements having been hurried to Dobrudja, 'when the opeta- tions under the noted German field marshal threatened to overwhelm it section d Roumania. A strong line to the retrels was hastily fortified and powerful forces Wore thrown out to oppose the onslaughts of the central powers. That the six days' battle has been a Sangninary one is indicated by the etetians official statements, which told of the inteineity of the fighting.' Creadstutfs, Taronto, Sept, 25 -Manitoba wheat - No. 1 Northern, $1.57/ ; No. 2, do., No, 2, do., $1.61 ; No. 4 wheat. 51.57, track, Bay ports. 010 crop trad- ing Sc above now crop. Manitoba oats -No. ,2 C.W. ; No. 3, do., 57/c ; extra Ne, 1 feed, 5710 ; No, 1 feed, Mile, track, Bay ports American corn --No. 3 yellow, 94e, track, Toronto. Ontario oats -New No, 2 white, 53. to: Sic h,Ntse.ouLtsitlao8„,1 5.. to 58c, according to. Ontario wheal -No, 1 .commercial, $1.25 to 81,08 ; No. 2, do., $1.21 to $1.24: No, 3, do., $1.17 to $1.20, according to fel:el/11:os $o1u3tsside. New crop. No, 2. Peas -No, 2, $2 to $2.10, according to freights outside: Barley --Malting. 84 to 87c, 'nominal ; feed, 80 to 820, nominal, according to freights outskle. Buckwheat -80 to 05, nominal, ao- cording to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, new, $1.13 to $1.15, ac- cording to freights outside ; No. 1. com- mercial, nominal, Manitoba flour-,Pirst patents, Jr jute :bags, $8.60 ; second patents, in jute ags, $6.10 , strong bakers In Jute bags, $7.90, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, according to sample, $0.23 in bags, track, Toronto, prompt 'shipment"; $6.15 built seaboard, prompt sholpnierit, Millfeed,-Car lots, delivered Montreal freights, bags included -Bran, per ton, $26 ; shorts, per ton, $29 ; middlings, Per ton, 030 ; good feed flour, per bag, 1-lay--59ew No, '1, per ton. $10 to $12 ; No. 2, Per ton, $9 to $9.50, track, Toron- to. Straw -Car lots, per ton, $7 to $8, track, Toronto, , Country PrOduce-Wholosale. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 30 to 32e; inferior, 24 to 25o ; creamery prints, 36 to 88c ; solids. 34 to 85e. Dggs-No. 1 storage, 36 to 36c ; stor- age, selects, 37 to 38o ; new -laid, in car- tons, 40 to 42c. ' Dressed poultry --Chickens, 25 to 27c ; fowl, 18 to 200 •, ducks, 18 to 20e ; squabs, per cies., $4.50. • Live poultry -Chickens, 17 to 180 ; fowl, 14 to 16c ; ducks, 13 to 15c. Cheese -New, large, 315 to 22c ; twins 311 to 2110 ; triplets, 215 to 22c. Roney -Extra fine quality, 2/ -lb. tins, 12c 6 -ib. tins, Inc 10 -ib. la to t2c; 60-1n., 11 to 111c. comb honey, select $2.40 to 52,75 ,• No. 2, 52 to $2.20. Potatoes -Ontario 52; British Columbia Rose, per bag, $1.76 to $1.85; British Co- lumbia Whites, per bag, $1.90 to $2! New Brunswick Cobblers; per bag. $2 to $2.10. Beane -Hand-picked, $5.80; primes, $6. PrOtrifli011.9-WhoIesaSe. Smoked meats -Halos, medium, 24 to 260 ; do„ heavy, 22 to 230; cooked, 35 to, 37c ; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27c ; bricks, plain, 26 to 270 ; boneless, 28 to 29c, Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cent less than cured. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to per lb. _ Lard -Pure Lard, tierces, 17 to 175c ; tubs, 171 to 17/0 '• pails, 173 to 1.730. Compound, 135 to 125o. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Sept. 25. -Cats -Canadian Western, No, 2, 60c ; do.. No. 3. 591c extra No. 1 feed, 59/ ,• No. 3 local white, $25 to 64c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 371e. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $8.70 ; do., seconds, $8.50 ; strong bakers' $8 : 'Winter patentS, choice, $7.75 ; straight rollers, $7.20 to $7.50 ; do., In bags, $3,40 to $3.65. Rolled oats - Barrels, $6.08 to $6.25 ; bag of 90 lbs. $2.90 to $2. Millfeed-Bran, $20 ; shorts, $28 ; Middlings, $30 ; mouth's, $32 to $85. Ray -lo. 2, per ton, car lots, $18. Cheese--Finost westerns, 201e ; do., easterns, 20c. Butter - Choicest creamer's', SOta ; seconds, 351e. Begs -Fresh, 45e '• selected, 38c ; No. 1 stock, 34o ,• No. 2, do., 20c. Potatoes - Per bog, oar lots, $1.30 to $1.65. Dressed hogs -Abattoir -killed, $10,75 to $17. Pork-Reavy Canada short mess, barrels 38 to 40 pieces, $34 to $35'Canada short cut back, barrels, 4$ to 55 pieces, $32 to $38. Lard -Compound, wood. pails, 20 lb. net, 131 to 140 ; do., pure, wood pails, 20 lbs net, 16 to 1610. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Sept. 25 -Cash prices :- Wheat -No. 1 Nortlzern, $1.688 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.553; No. 3 Northern, 31,533; No. 4, 51.475 ,• No. 5, 51.393 ; No. 6, $1,243 ; feed, $1.061. Oats -No, 2 OW., 520 ; No, 3 C."W„ Silo; extra No. I feed, 510 : No, 1 feed, 601c '• No. 2 feed, 600. Barley -No, 3, 865c; No. 4, 8010 ; re- jected, 7350; feed, 7810. Plax-No, 1 N,W.C., $1.91 ; No. 2 a.w., $1.86. Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, sent 25.-Flour-1i'ancY patents, 10c higher, quoted at $8.70. Bran unchanged. Wheat -Cash, No. 1 hard, $1.681 ; No. 1 NOrthern, $1.811 to $1,641 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.601; to $1.011; ND o. 3 wheat, ,$1.571 ; ecember, $1.685. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 81 to 82c. Oats - No. 3 white, 431 to 440. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Sept. 25 -Choice heavy steers, $8.50 to $8.85 ; good heavy steers, $8,25 to $8.50 ; butchers' cattle, good. $7.60 to $8.00 ; do., medium, $7,00 to 57.26 ; clo., common. $0.00 to $8.26 ; butchers' bulls. choice, $7.25 to $7.00 ; do., good bulls, $8.40 to $6,60 ; do„ rough bulls, 84.50 to $5.00 ; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $6.85 ; do., need, $6.00 to $8.25 ; do., medium, $$.50 to $5.76 • stockers, 700 to $50 lbs., $0.00 to $6.60%'choice feeders. .i 0.2,5 to $7.00 ; canners and cutters, 3.75 to $4.25 ; milkers, choice, each, 70.00 to $90,00 .• do., coni. and med., each, $40.00 to $60.00 ; springers, 550.00 to 590.00 ; light ewes, $7.80 to $lim ; sheep, heavy, $4.56 to $5,25 '• spring lambs, choice, $11.00 to $11.60; calves, good to choice, $10,50 to $1.2.00 ; do., medium, $9.50 to $10.50 ; hogs, fed and watered, $12,65 to $12,75 ; do., weighed off oars, $12.85 to $13,00. Montreal, Sept. 25.-000d steers sold at $7.50 to $7.76 '' fair at $6.50 to $7.25 ; common at $6.50 to $6.25, while butchers' cows brought from $5 to $0.50, and bulls $5 to $6.76 per ewt. The trade in can- ning cattle was active at $4.60 to $4.90 for hulls and at $3.76 to $4.25 for cows. Ontario stock at $10 to $10.50, . and Quebec stock at 03.25 to $9,50 per cwt. Sheep $6.60 to I67 Per cwt, Calves, choice stock, 9 to 10c, lower grades from 1 to Sc per pound live weight., Bogs -Choice selected lots sold at $12.65 to $12.70% good selects at $12.25 to $12.50, and medium and heavy weights at $10.50 to $11.00 per cwt., weighed off cars. TEUTONS ARE SHORT OF GUNS AND SHELLS. A despatch from London says: The official report from British Head- quarters in France contains the fol- lowing: "A captured document signed by General von lealkenhayn while Chief of the German General Staff, dated Aug. 24, states: "'The wastage of guns in the last few months has been considerably in excess of production. The same is tree of the ammunition in our re- serves of which there bee been a seri- ous diminution. It is the duty of all vanks-not only in the artillery -to endeavor to remedy this serious state of things. All the reeks must make a most serious endeavor to assist in the preservation of material as indi- cated above, for otherwise making good the losses and placing new for- mations in the field will be rendered impossible. PEACEMAKERS ARE SENT TO THE FRONT. A despatch fient London says: Ar- rested in Berlin on a charge of sedi- tious antlswar agitation, 130 Social- ists itirife been fereibly impreseed in- to military service, aocording to a despatch to the Wirelose Press from Zurich. Although above the age limit and declared to be unfit or military service, the Socialists were turned Ayer to the reilitavy authorities soon after their arrest. After a few weeks' drilling they were sent to the front. 1 NOW MAKES MEN FROM MACHINE SHOP APPITEN. Tie.E. TO GREAT BANKER. Frank A, Vanderlip's Philanthropy is the Side of His Nature Not Known. "What has been the hardest stop o 1111 in your career 3" "To get out of my overalls." That was the reply flashed back by the former farm boy and mechine-shop apprentice who is to -day head of the greatest national bank in the United States, head of the American Inter- national Corporation which is to con- quer foreign markets for American commerce, head of the International Banking Corporation with its branches In many lends, head of the Midvale Steel & Ordinance Co., a director and constructive force in leading railroads nail upbuilder of industry. There Is a Frank A Vend:ern': the world does not know, one he never mentions eveu to intimates. Perhaps the Work of this Unknown Vanderlip may have had something to the With the success of Banker Vanderlip. It at least reveals why be deserved to succeed. The Unknown Vanderlip is Vander - lip the silent philanthropist. When a struggling reporter in Chi- cago, supporting six dependents, he used to rent a place near leis birth- place and send group after group of city waifs to enjoy a stay there in the summer -time. At Christmas, instead of "exchanging" presents, he and his sister played Santa Claus among the Frank A. Vanderlip. poor on a scale that involved real sel f-sacri :Ice. • Remembered Old chums. On entering the Treasury Depart- ment at Washington he took several of his poor -boy friends with him, found them work and brougbt them up In his own home. Several of them have since made their mark. He has put and is putting numbers of deserving young men through col- lege. At preseet he is, out of his own poc- ket, building a model school at a cost of $200,000 on his estate at Scar- hchildren borough -cm -the -Hudson, where be providing scholarships for ch exceptional ability who are unable to pay the low tuition fees. The City Bank's comprehensive plan for educating its employees and for giving a course of training to selected students from the leading universities, a vitally important movement, is a growth of the same spirit. A friend told me the other day how he was motoring in the White Moun- tains not long ago with Mr. VanderliP when they met a poor barefoot lad whose face appealed to the banker. The car was stopped and Mr. Vander - lip chatted with the little fellow. "And Mr, 'Vanderlip spent the rest of the at. ternoon cogitating how he could take that barefoot child out of his unpro- mising surroundings and give him a chance to make his way in the World," he added. Mr, •Vanderlip is one of the increas- ing number of eminent business lead- ers who are more interested in mak- ing men than in making millions. - Leslie's Weekly. MAY SHAVE UPPER LIP. Ottawa Issues Order That Moustaches Will Not Be Obligatory. A despatch from Ottawa says: There is good news for the young sub- alterns who have struggled to meet the militia eequirements which call for a moustache. A new order has been issued to the effect that in fu- ture military men will not be obliged to wear moustaches. No reason for the new order has been given. TURKISH TROOPS ON THE RIGA FRONT. A despatch from London says: Turkish troops have appeared on the Riga front, says a Reuter despatch from Petrograd. They are led by German and Austrian officers, and. their Whole equipment is German. This is the first time that the pres- ence of Turkish troops so fee north has been reported:: "OUR FLAG NOW FLIES FOUR MILES OVER FRONTIER." • A despatch from Lisbon says: "Portuguese troops operating ira Mozambique have crossed the :Rome - ma River. (dividing German East Alrice, from Portuguese East Africa)," says an offidel statement. "The enemy, who is. malting feeble resistance, bas abandened . armor - plated trenches. Our flag mow flies four miles over the frontier," Hedging Trouble. Spokesmen -We have preesuee in Womble. you, Rev. Mn'. Jones, that we have decided to increase yotie stipend feom $709 to $80.0 a yeae." Mi. Jonee-I refase to accept it. lye enough trouble already trying Its col- : led the $700. From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BY MA IL FROM IRE- LAND'S sHorins. Happenings In the Emerald isle of Interest to Irish - area. Oats on sale at Rosscornerion re- cently fetched the record price of $5.28 per barrel of 14 stone. The recruiting campaign in Belfast to secure additional reserves for the Ulster Division is making satisfac- tory progress. The death has occurred of Mr. Charles Lowry, sub -sheriff of the Co. Meath, head of the firm of Charles Lowry & Son. A public post office has been opened in Sackville eIale Upper Sackville street, to serve temporarily as the G.P.O. for Dublin. : • Mr, Wm. Murphy, horse dealer, Waterford, was seriously injured When thrown out of a training gig while driving a spirited horse. : -.Torrential rains fell recently in the Roscommon district, and houses were flooded to a depth of nearly a foot. Many 'farmers suffered a serious loss. Mr. Forster says the War Office possesees information showing that large quantities of hay have now been released for the use of civil consum- ers in Ireland. Under new regulationsof the De- fence of the Realm Act, the Secretary of State may prohibit from going to Ireland any person not e British subject. A serious fire broke out in Crosse's posting establishment, Cork, and con- siderable damage was caused. Twenty- eight horses in the stables were res- cued with difficulty. , Negotiations are proceeding amic- ably, between three of the cross Channel steamship companies and the dock laborers in their employ- ment in regard to an increase of pay. Sir Horace Plunkett, who has been seriously ill for the last seven weeks as the result of an aceidental burn- ing while undergoing treatment by the X-rays, is still confined to his bed. The Local Government Board have appealed to the Enniscorthy Guard- ians to institute legal proceedings against the more persistent of the 3,000 vaccination defaulters in the union area. The death has occurred of Mr. R. HamiltonsStubbes, D.L., at his resi- dence at Durrow, Queen's County. He was a large landowner in the county and was Master of the County Hounds for ten years. Field -Marshal Viscount French, Commander -in -Chief, Home Forces, inspected troops in Cork Barracks, consisting of the Royal Irish Regi- ment, Leinster Regiment and Royal Dublin Ft -millers. The .eLismore atid District Red Cross Committee have presented their hon. secretary, Mr. E. D. Trundle, with a silver salver, "as a recogni- tion of valuable services rendered as hon. secretary." Twelve overseas delegates recent- ly visited Belfast, and were enter- tained at luncheon by the Lord Mayor in the City Hall. They after- wards inspected shipbuilding yards and linen factories. AFTER -WAR TRADE. Canals Built, Rivers Deepened, and Wharves Extended in Germany. Authoritative adviCes have just reached England that for nearly 12 months extensive canals have been building in Germany, while dredges have been at work in the Rivers Rhine, Weser, Main and Danube in order to deepen their channel e to ac- commodate large vessels. Big wharves and piers are being constructed at Cologne, 'Frankfort and other large cities, all this work being in prepara- tion for the big trade expected as soon as peace has been declared. Deep -water canals will connect the River Main with the River Weser and the Rhine with the Danube, for the ready transportation of merchandise between these points. The warehouses throughout Germany are stocked with merchandise of all kinds waiting for peace. All the factories have been working at full time as usual, and all the goods turned out by them are be- ing stored ready for shipment after tile wale In all the shipyards merchant ves- sels are being constructed, and it is said that their number will astonish the world. Germany is figuring on the fact that merchant vessels will be at a premium when peace comes, while other countries will have been so busy with other things that they will have virtually no merchandise to ship. All indications point to a big commercial war, and with her usual efficiency Germany is preparing for it and will have all her goods ready to ship out directly after peace is de- clared. MUST TAKE MEASURES TO COMBAT THE "TANKS." A despatch from Paris says: An official paper found on a German Ma- jor taken prisoner a few days ago re- fers to "new engines of war (the tanks) employed by our enemies, the cruelty of which is equal to their efficiency." An order states meas- ures must be taken to "combat these monsters." Mosquitoes Prolific. The fact that neesquetoes so con- tinually harass rich -blooded creatures Is due to the fact that they cannot lay egge wilAtellt the albuminous food Whiell is -URA secured. In tropical countries the grecuteet eafieny of the malariadeetining mosetnto Isa species of bat Vitali is protected from the insect's bite by Its staler' :shaped halm The bat is very •e fent flight and the mosquitoes, especially those which haveAlreacly ma:We siteelete of blood, are their ideal food. ----- You'll never know the valtelesif Jane unless you have earned ityofir- self, A homely girl is always willing to admit that a pretty revel hasn't any 'sense. • m -r DESPERATE ATTEMPTS MADE - TO BREAK IRON RING? TUeton Infantry Hurled in Massed Formation Against Gen., Foch's Line. A despatch from London gays: The P,avarian Crown Prince's army north , of' the Somme made a desperate at-' tempt to drive back the French from ' the Peronne-Combles highway, and thus break the iron ring that has been steadily closing in on these two important bases. The French War Office in its midnight communique re - Poets that the attempt failed com- pletely, the French holding theiv po- sitions everywhere intact. I The battle centred around Boucha- vesnes, about half way between Gambles and Peronne. From 9 o'clock in the morning entil nightfall Teuton infantry was hurled against General Foch's lines in a series of fierce coun- ter-attacks in massed formation. They were met by a hail of bullets end shells from the French machine guns and artillery. That the Germans meant to make a supreme effort to re-establish the communication be- tween the two vital bases was indi- cated by the terrific clrumfire which preceded each infantry attack and by the large contingents thrown into battle. The assaults were launched on the three and a half mile front between the Prieze farm and the Bois L'Abbe. In one attaelc at noon the Germans succeeded "after a number of bloody checks," in: the :worde , of the night communique, in taking a foothold in the noethswestern part of Boucha- vesnes village, only to be driven out again at the point of the bayonet. Fifty prisoners, including some offis: cers, were made by the French in this actien. Four preceding "waves" had been literally Mowed down by the French fire, the Teutons retiring in disorder, according to the French War Office. The losses suffered by them are described as "important." The British last night suddenly shifted the fighting to the northern end of their line, capturing 200 yards of German trenches. On the Somme Sir Douglas Haig's troops beat off all Teuton counter-attacks, The Germans again attacked French ppsitions in the Champagne, east of Soutain Hill, but were re- pulsed. A similar action in the Voss' gas, northeast of Altkisch, also broke' down under the French curtain of fire. From the Middle West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- TISH COLUMBIA. Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are High Prairie, Kane farmers are held up in their work because of a great scarcity in binder twine. John Charles -worth of Bashaw, Alta., shipped four carloads of fine beef cattle to Winnipeg last week. Six Saskatoon women were ap- pointed for service overseas as pro- ba tioners in British military hospi- tals.Lieut. John, C. InfacHutcheon for- mer Art Mester on the dalgary School Board,' has' been killed in action. Moose and deer are very plentiful in the Spirit River district, Alta. Many hunting parties have been formed lately. Clyde, Alta., hi:nets the only pool- room in Alberta owned and operated by a woman. Mrs. W. Reveller is the proprietress. Peter Gunn, ex-M,P., one of the oldest residents of Calgary, ,was sworn in last week as sheriff of Athabasca district. James H. Evans, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, says the Manitoba fodder corn crop will be a particu- larly good one this year. Three Winnipeg girls were badly hurt when a jitney driver was so blinded by the sun that he drove his machine right on to them. Shook= Jim Madan, a Western Indian who discovered the Klondike gold Indian, twenty years ago, died in poverty at Seattle last week. A field of fall rye in the Stonewall, Man, district, which was threshed by Scott, Hill and Co., of Winnipeg, Yielded 38 bushels to the acre. Pte. E. M.*Jellett, an Edmonton boy, who is a prisoner in Germany, wrote to friends and said he was starving. Packages of food are being sent him. Corp. Harvey M. Jewett, of Cal- gary, holds the proud distinction of having travelled 2,500 miles' to en- list, He was at Yuba, California, when war beoke out. Hong Lee, a Chinese peddler, of Calgary, was fined $200 last week because he started peddling at ten minutes to 12 on a day he should not have started till 12. The Calgary city council passed a recommendation that the fare to Sarcee Camp be reduced to 10 cents , each way. There was great rejoicing! when it was made known. While speeding in his new car, I Alderman J. IC. McInnis, of Regina,: was badly cut and bruised and his car almost smashed to pieces when , it ran into the curb and a telegraph I pole. Telling his son to wait till he washed his hands, Samuel Korman,' a grocer of Winnipeg, committed suicide by plunging in the Red River. He leaves a widow and six little children, Miss Annie Case, while paddling in Lake Winnipeg, with her fiance, John Colvo, was drowned and he narrowly escaped. They were to have been married the following week, Capt. Father Ainlvose Mad- den, 0.M,L., son of the late James Madden, a Winnipeg pioneer, has been recently awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery under heavy fire. But for the prompt action of a neighbor woman who beat out the flames with her hands, little Grime Doherty, of Calgary, would have been burned to death when her clothes caught in a bonfire. AT LONG FALLS, How a Brave Man Attempted to' Rescue His Comrade. • It Was determined to have a now, bridge and dam over Long Falls, A' neighboring town wanted electric SOWer ; the county wanted a :infer and better bridge ; and the lumber, company, which had a long and valu- able log chute, was ready to have that Improved and strengthened. The wmit of replacing the Woodwork with steel girders and cement piers and sides had been well and safely done.' The workmen were completing and testing the stop -log animates of the dam, when a big pry etlek broke and; two men were hurled backward. One' tell into the log chute and waseswepti -with great speed down Into the river, heyemd. A log makes this journey; in four seconds, and this man went: down in about the same time, Ho kept hie presence of mind, and Wheal' he was plunged into the pool at the' other end, he swam as hard as ho' could under the water to escape the logs whirling above hie head. When' he came to the srface be was in com- paratively quiet water, and swain: easily to the shore ; but his compact-' Ion did not fare so well, Both sides of the out through which the -water fat are rough and jagged. The wateels lashed into fury, Fronil the angry, tossing flood, 71dSt and spray constantly rise. The second workman was plunged, not into the log chute, but into this roaring chasm. He was a clever water - man, and, quick as a oat, he turned In the air and caught at one of the jag- ged rocks. His hold, however, was very precarious. "Hold on I" shouted the foreman. "We'll get you a rope." The men hurried to bring help ; but' ithe man's: hold began to slip. Ho clung I as well as he could, but there was , nothing to dig his fingers into, and down he went into the boiling water. I Eat he was caught by a broken limb 'of a tree that lay amidst the rocks. The men on the data shouted to him to hold on, They worked frantically. , They shot a line across the river and passed a strong rope to the opposite back. That was now lowered in the hope that the man could seize it. But' he was choking in the spray, and dung.' ling from the limb without being able Ito help himself. Then the man who had gone down' the long chute asked the privilege of; going out ott the rape to rescue his! comrade. The rape was hauled in and.. he was tied fast to it, Then he was: lowered over the waters. The men above could hardly see' what was happening, so thick was the' rising mist; but they swung the daz- ing rescuer lower and lower until it' seemed that he must reach his friend.1 There came a reassuring tug on the! line, That. the spray 'Whirled aside for a moment, and the spectators saw the' man who had been 'hanging on the' tree lifted high over the rocks, onlY to fall again Into the raging flood. Tile rescuer mane frantic efforts to reach hie Fellow. That effort aver too much for th,e ropes that bound him,! Re, too, fell into the roaring water. •,The inert on shore °limbed irest3lY1 dawn the rocky bank. al the eddy at Mt bottom at the first mad rush tel water they found the man who had! bravely gone to the name of his mate. He was unconscious, one arm was broken, and his body wee badly lacera.I ted. They dragged hint out andworked' over him until consciousness returaed. But the body or the other man was not found until the next spring, THREE CANADIANS ESCAPE FROM PRISON IN GERM Y Were Registered as Dead in Record Office and Their Effects; About to be Distributed. , A despatch front London says: Re- gistered as dead by the Canadian Pay and Record Offi'ee, which was about to atilthorfze distribution of their ef- fects, Lance -Corporal Edward Ed- wards, of the Princess Patricias; Pte, Santee Jerry' Burke (1216), Eighth leatealion, Winnibeg, and Pte. M. C. Siraolids (2e445), of the Seveii-gi Pert Arthtir,"Inti,e ittriVecl in I4Onden, 6.1telihaving escaped from a cietta0 caltiP. They exPeri- efidel hhine Strenuous adventures. For thfee *pits they were at largd slow- ly and cautiously wending their way to the Holland frontier, they noverect a distance of about 150 miles. Irt Holland the fugitives, to their surn prise, found a warm welcome. Th. fact, a local band headed them in pro- cession to the MayoT, Who in turn communicated with the British Cen, sal, with the result' that they Wrere shipped to England. CorPoral Edwaite is a Scotehmatt,\ who had been livivg hIm Toronto. Iv, number, $9, howe he 'veiP ttle 001 enlistment. Ptee. Bette knPil Sintlind are Canadian born, The first two Were taken prisoners at Ypres last year.