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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-10-12, Page 3RECRUITS IN SEPTEMBER LESS •THAN THE WASTAGE Eight Thousand Canadian Soldiers Have Returned From the Front and Have Been Discharged. A deepa tch from Ottawa says: The falling off in recruiting during the past two or three months, and the imperative need of systematic method of adjusting the supply of men to meet the calls both of war and of industry, call for prompt action by Sir Thomas Tait and his fellow -direc- tors. Sir Thomas, in co-operation with the officials of the Militia De- partment and of other departments of State, is now preparing detailed re- commendations for the consideration of the board. It may be noted that the recruiting total of 6,351 for last month fell very considerably short of wastage at the front clueing September. Consider- ing the number of casualties, and the comparatively large number of men who are now being weeded out of the battalions proceeding overseas through the final medical inspection prior to leaving Canada, it is safe to say that there are fewer men actually In the expeditionary ranks now than there were at the beginning of Au- gust. Montreal enlistments for the fort- night ending September 30 are given as 856, nearly double the enlist- ment of any other district; British Columbia is second with 434, and To- ronto third with 367. Other districts show: London, 187; Kingston -Ottawa, 349. Quebec, 96; Maritime Provinces, ' 228; Manitoba -Saskatchewan, 235; Alberta, 391. The aggregate enlistment to the end of the month was 365,867, to which Toronto district has contributed 82,830. Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 73,895; Kingston -Ottawa, 38,535; British Columbia, 35,871; Alberta, 33,147; Maritime Provinces, 333,074; London, 30,500, and Quebec, 7,206. About eight thousand soldiers have so far returned to Canada from the front and have been dis- charged as unfit for further active service. Most of these have been in- capacitated by wounds, and will re- ceive pensions for the rest of their lives. In England there are several thousand more members of the Cana- dian force in hospitals who will prob- ably never be able to go back to the front, and who will be sent to Canada for discharge as soon as they are suf- ficiently convalescent. By the end of the present year Canada's pension roll will probably be well over the ten thousand mark. GERMANS MADE A PEACE OFFER Withdrawal From Belgium and Payment of Indemnity Part of Offer. The London correspondent of the New York Tribune cables• as follows: German agents, acting through King Albert of the Belgians, suggested re- cently definite terms to the allies re- garding Belgium, Serbia and Lor- raine. This I learn from excellent au- thority. The proposal included the withdrawal of the Germans from Bel- gium, the payment of an indemnity for destruction due to military occu- Patron, the retirement of the Kaiser's forces from Serbia without an in- demnity, and the return of Lorraine to France. Although the offer can hardly be considered a formal one, it is of an official character and is more definite than previous overtures. King Al- bert has been approached several times by German agents. Last spring the most ambitious of these efforts were made, but the Belgian King spurned these offers repeatedly, de- spite the fact that considerable pres- eure was brought to bear by the Ger- mans on various parts of his country. It is likely that nothing will come of this latest offer. But it is inter- esting because it shows that the Ger- mans are modifying their views about the advantages they hold in the mili- tary occupation of neighboring coun- tries. BELGIUM BUTCHERIES STOPPED BY NEUTRALS. A despatch from Amsterdam says: The Nouvelles Maastricht correspond- ent says that as a result of a protest of the American and Spanish Minis- ters at Brussels, General von Bissing, the German Governor-General, has pardoned • twenty-two Belgians who Were sentenced to death last week On a charge of spying. The corre- spondent adds that the prisoners in- cluded three women, two girls and the tiding burgomaster of Namur. WORLD'S RECORD FOR WHEAT. 1,000 -acre Field Gives Yield of 52 Bushels to Acre, Threshed. A despatch from Edmonton, Al- berta; says: C. S. Noble, of Nobleford, Alta., has a thousand -acre field, the wheat crop of which, threshed, gave a yield of 52 bushels to the acre, the highest ever known in any part of the world, according to estimates made on Wednesday. The world'e record for wheat was formerly held by Whit- man County, Wash., with 51 bushels. FOE GARRISONS SUFFER TERRIBLY Activity of British PlaneS is Terrorizing the German Soldiers. A despatch from London says: The' Germans garrisoning Eaucourt l'Ab- baye and Le Saes suffered terribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days. Accord- ing to some pritoners, the Germans lost three-fourths of their men. A correspondent at the British front telegraphs: "Prisoners declare that the ever-in- creasing activity of the, British aero- planes in attacking German infantry columns inspires terror behind the German lines. There was a wild scene at the railroad station at Cambral an important junction far behind the German trenches, when British aero- planes attacked. "The hard-pressed German infantry in the trenches had been shouting for help, and troop trains, ammunition trains and transports of all sorts fill- ed the yards at Cambrai. They pre- sented a fair target for the British aeroplanes that suddenly appeared out of a clear sky. One heavy bomb blew up an ammunition train with a ter- rific explosion, the second hit the en- gine and the third struck a troop train. A fourth landed in the centre of a group of detraining troops. "Then the aeroplane dropped with- in machine gun range and peppered a transport train alongside the rail- way and the groups of panicstricken soldiers. Great damage was done and the enemy lines of communication were disorganized." FAMINE AT DOORS OF BELGIAN PEOPLE. A despatch from London says: Famine is at the doors of Belgium be- cause of the requisitions of the Ger- mans on the conquered population, ac- cording to the Times correspondent at Lausanne. Meat is practically unob- tainable, he says, and butter is very scarce. Potatoes have not been seen for some time, and prices are becom- ing impossible. Coffee is $1.80 a pound, chocolate $2.40; cocoa, $3. The almost total disappearance a sea fish and the excessive cost of meat have made mussels a sopular food. The ob- ject of the Germans in starving the Belgians is without doubt to induce them to demand peace, the corre- spondent says. • You may have a way of your own, but you will not always have your own way. BRITISH HAVE TAKEN 26,735 AND SMASHED 29 DIVISIONS The Fruits of Somme Advance Set Forth Officially -Enemy's Reserves are Used Up. A despatch from London says: An official statement issued gives details of the fighting on the Somme front after the advance of Sept. 15, describ- ing the capture of villages, including Combles, Gueudecourt and Thiepval, and proceeds: "These victories •brought our front line at more than one point within W mile of the German fourth position west of the 13apaturie-Transloymead." The etatement continues: "The en- emy has fought stubbornly to check sur advance, and since Sept. 15 seven new divisions ha,Ve been brought egainst us and five against the 'ranch. Tho severe and prolonged struggle demanded on the part of our broope very great determitation and courage. "At the end of September the sit- uation may be summated ea fol- lows; Since the opening ef the battle on July 1 we have taken 26,785 pris- oner, and engaged 38 Geeman divie stone, of which 29 (about 850,000 Men) have been Witlideawn exhausted ot broken. We hold the half moon upland south of the Aimee, occupy every height of importance, and so \are direct observation ground to the east and north-east. The enemy has fallen back upon a fourth line behind a low ridge just west of the Bapaume- Transloy road. "The importance of the three months' offensive is not to be judged by the distance advanced or the num- ber of enemy trench lines taken. It must be looked for in the effect upon the enemy's strength in numbers, ma- terial and morale, The enemy has used up his reserves in repeated, cost- ly and unsuccessful .counter-attacks without causing our allies or ourselves to relax our steady, methodical pres- sure, "In this action troops from every part of the British Empire and Brit- ish Islands have been engaged. All behaved with discipline and resolu- tion of veterans. Our aircraft have shown ie the highest degree the spirit of the offeesivo. They have patrolled regularly far behind the enemy's lines and have fought many battles in the air with hostile marlines and many with enemy troops on the ground. For every enemy machine that succeeds In crossing our front, it is safe to say two hundred British machines cross the enemy's front." Markets Of The World Breads tu ffs. Toronto, Oct. 10. -Manitoba wheat -New, No. 1.Northern, $1.184t; No. z Northern, $1.751,t•, No. 3 Northern,' $L70%; No. 4 wheat, 462%, track Bay ports. Old crop trading 2c above new crop, Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 604e; No. 3 C.W., (30c; extra No. 1 feed, 60c; No. 1 feed, 59c, track Bay ports. American corn --No. 3 yellow, 98c, track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 54 to 56c; No. 3 white, 53 to 55a, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.50 to $1.52, according to freights outside. Old crop -No, 1 commercial, $1.44 to $1.47; No. 2 commercial, $1.39 to $1.40; No, 3 com- merical, $1.31 to $1.34, according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, $2.15 to $2,25, accord- ing to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 90 to 92c; feed, 85 to 87c, according to freights outeide. Buckwheat -85c, nominal, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, new, $1.18 to $ L20, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patent, in jute bags, $9.30; second patents, in lute bags, $8.80; strong bakers', in jute bass, $8.60, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, accord- ing to sample, $7.25, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. lefilifeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real frieghts, bags included -Bran, per ton, $29; shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, per ton, $32; good feed flour, per bag, $2,35. Hay -New, per ton, $10 to $12; No. 2, per ton, $9 to $9.50, track Toronto. . Straw -Car lobs, per ton, $7 to $8, track Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 34 to 85c; inferior, 29 to 30c; creamery prints, 38 to 40c; solids, 87 to 38c. Eggs -NO. 1 storage, 85 to 36c; storage, selects, 37 to 38c; now -laid, in cartoons, 43 to 45c; out of cartons, 40 to 42c. . Dressed poultry -Chickens, 24 to 25c; fowl, 18 to 20c• ducks, 18 to 20c; squabs, per dozen, 4.00 to $4.50; tur- keys, 30 to 35c; geese, Spring, 17 to 19c. Live poultry -Chickens, 17 to 18c; fowl, 14 to 16e; ducks, 13 to 15c; tur- keys, 25 to 26c; geese, Spring, 15 to 17c. Cheese -New, large, 22 to 22%c; twins, 22% to 23c; triplets, 23 to 23%c. Honey -Extra fine quality, 2% -lb. tins, 13c; 5 -lb. tins, 12%c; 10-1b„ 11% to 12c; 60 -lb„ 11% to 12c. Comb honey, select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2.25 to $2.40. Potatoes -Ontario, $1.75; British Columbia Rose, per bag, $1.70 to $1.75; British Columbia white, per bag, $1.75; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag, $1.70 to $1.80, Cabbages -British Columbia, per ton, $40. Beans-Marrowfac $5.50 to $6; handpicked, $5.50; primes, $5. Provisions -Wholesale. Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 24 to 26c; do., heavy, 22 to 23e; cooked, 35 to 37c; rolls, 20 to 21c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27ce boneless, 28 to 29c. Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cent less than cured. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to 18%c per lb; clear bellies, 18 to 18%c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 17 to •17%c; tubs, 174 to 173'sc; pails, 17% to 1731c. Compound, 14 to 14%c. Montreal Markets - Montreal, Oct. 10, -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, 97 to -98c. Oats -Can- adian Western, No. 2, 62%c; do., No. 3, 61%c; extra No. 1 feed, 61%c; No. 3 local white, 55c. Barley -Manitoba feed, 891/4c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $9.40; do., sec- onds, $8.90; strong bakers', $8.70; Winter patents, choice, $9; straight rollers, $8 to $8.80; do„ in bags, $3.80 to $3.95. Rolled oats -Barrels, $6.45 to $6.55; do., bag of 90 lbs. $3.10 to $3.20. Millfeed-Bran, $27; shorts, $29; middlings, $31; mouillie, $34 to $36. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheese -Finest westerns, 21%a; do, easterns, 21%c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 38 to 38%c; sec- onds, 37 to 37%c, Eggs -Fresh, 45e; selected, 38c; No, 1 stock, 34c; No. 2, do, 30c. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.25 to $1.40. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Oct. 10, -No. 1 northern, $1.697,4; No. 2 do., $1.66%; No, 3 do., $1.61%; No. 4, $1.51%; No. 5, $1.47%; No. 6, $1.32%; feed, 31.09%. Oats - No. 2 C.W., 54%c; No 3 Om., 53%o; extra No. 1 feed, 53e; No. 1 feed, 58%c•'Na. 2 feed, 52%c. Barley - No. 3, 93c; No. 4, 8738c; rejected, 78%c; feed, 78%c. Flax -Sem 1 N. W.C., $2.24; No. 2 C. W., $2.21. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Oct. 10. -Wheat -Dem ember, $1.69% to $1.69%; May, $1.66%. Cash -No. I. hard, $1.76%; No. 1 Northern, $1.72%; No. 2, do, $1.67% to $1.72%, Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 85 to 86c. Oat -No. 3 white, 44% to 45c. Flour -Unchanged. Bran -$23 to $23.50. Duluth, Oct. 30. -Wheat --No. 1 hard, $1.79; No. 1 Northern, $1.77 to $1.78; No, 2, do., $1.70 to $1.72; Dec- ember, $1.70. Linseed -$2.47%; October, $2.45 asked; November, $2.46 asked; December, $2.44; May, $2.49 bid, Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Oct. 10. -Good heavy steers, $8.10 to e8.50; butchers' cattle, good, $7.60 to $7.85• do. medium $6.85 to $7.10; do., common, $5.50 to $6.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.10 to $7,50; do., good bulls, $6.40 to $6.50; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $5,00; butch- ers' cows, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do., good, $5.75 to $6.00; do., medium, $5.50 to $5.60; stockers, $5.25 to $6.00; choice feeders, $6.25to $7.00; canners and cutters $3.50 to $4.50. milkers choice, each, $70.00 to $90,00; do., cons, and need., ea., $40.00 to $60.00; spring- ers, $50,00 to $100.00; light ewes, $7.00 to $8.00; sheep, heavy, $4.50 to $5.50; calves, good to choice, $10.50 to $11.75; spring lambs, choice, $10.10 to $10.40; do,, medium $9.40 to $9.60; hogs, fed and watered, $11.40 to $11.50; doe weighed off cars, $11.65 to $11.75; doe fob., $10,90. Montreal, Oct. 10. -Choice steers, $7.25 to $7.75; good, $6.60 to $7; med- ium, $5.50 to $6.50; choice cows, $6 to $5.50; good, $5,50 to $6; butcher bulls, $5.50 to $7; canner bulls, $4.50 to $5. Sheep, 6c to 6%c; lambs, 84c to 10e. Calves milk fed, 61/20 to 9c; grass fed, Sc to 5eec. Hogs, selects, lie to 11%c; heavies and lights, 9c. Success that nobody else shares with pm isn't worth much. Queen Mary Placing Flowers on a Mural Roll of Honor. The little thoroughfare of Balcorne street, an offshoot of Well street, in South Hackney, was, in common with a number of other' streets in this busy and crowded distriet, honored o n August 10 by a visit from Queen Mary, who is shown in our photograph placing a little bunch of flowers at the foot of the Hell of Honor placed here, as in other streets of the East End, to record the names of local men who have joined the Army or the Navy. Her Majesty was greeted With the keen enthusiasm which her con- stant and unwearying kindness, in showing her appreciation of loyalty and courage inaariablycalls forth. The streets of this teeming district have sent nearly 500 men to the colors. To one mother, who has four sons at the front, the Queen said : "Keep a brave heart !" and shook hands with her. Her Majesty's visit was punctuated by such touching and womanly incidents. In one case, a woman said to the Queen: "You kdow how mothers feel." "I know," replied the Queen, "and that is why I eel. here." FROM SKAGWAY TO WHITE HORSE PEN PICTURE OF THE EARLY LIFE OF THE COUNTRY. Scenes and People in the Days of the Rush to the Golden North.. The history of the Golden North is the history of man and nature, either working together or in conflict. It is a history the like of Which can hardly be found even in the most thrilling adventure stories. There is a bold, straightforward hardihood, a sort of oblivion to hardship, pain, or tears. Indeed, the stories of the early life of the country remind one of the rough, jagged mountains and the giant trees in the forests; of the mighty river; and the dark canyons where the storm clouds gather. When you are in Skagway you will hear tales of "Soap? Smith, how he and his band of robbers ruled the town in the days of the rush for gold in the GOIden North. Men came down from the Klondike with their bags of gold dust, which they were proudly carrying home to the State. Mys- teriously they disappeared, as though the earth had swallowed them. The people will direct you to the little cemetery, guarded by giant, snow- covered mountains, where you can see the grave of Frank Reid, the man who saved the country from "Soapy" Smith and his band. Slumping Trip to New Yells On the day that we went from Skagway to White Horse there were in the same coach with our party sev- eral Indians, sourdoughs (old miners and settlers), prospecters, two mis- sionaries, an Episcopalian clergyman, a United States Senator and a physi- cian. Sitting in front of me was a wo- man who was returning from a shop- ping trip in New York to her home in Dawson; and across the aisle was a ehanning little woman with three beautiful children who were return- ing to. their home in White Horse. The woman from Dawson explained that she "gees out" -meaning to the States -every two years to purchase her clothing nod ether necessary things. -"We need the change," said she.1 "We should go distracted were we to remain here constantly; but no sooner are we out of the country than we are teetleke to get back again. Really, I coeldn't live so happily, anywhere else." One rarely wearies of talking With the sourdoughs teed the prospectors, but if you ask them questions about the country and their own experiences in its early history they will give you the most laconic replies -toss you hits of information, as it were -as though there was really nothing to tell. • "They had a great time building this road," said a sourdough, as our train crawled up White Pass. "Some parts of it cost $250,000 a mile to build; end it Was hard to get mon to attend to the work. One Summer morning there were 2,000 men at Work here -lawyers, doctors, mem :chants, teachers and college fellows. In the afternoon word came that gold had been. found over in the Atlin re- gion and by night time there were only 000 men, left in camp. The other 1,400 had ink= the pompany's picks and axes and rushed off through the wilderness to Atlin, leaving be- hind them half a week's pay at $10 a day." Dead Horse Gulch. "We are following the old trail now," continued he. "There. 4s the road 'way down below. How many times I have meshed (walked) it over that trail!" "What did you do with your bag- gage?" I asked. "Carried it upon my back., of course." • • • "How far?" • "Why, all the way from Skagway to White Horse -112 miles." "You don't say how many pounds," I replied. "Not much; seventy-five or more. Do you see that place down at the bottom of the' gorge? That's Dead Horse Gulch.. In the early rush they chose this route because they found that horses could climb over the pass; but most of the horses died on the way." "How dreadful!" I shivered. "Dead horses are nothing. Many of the men went clean crazy and blew their brains out." "But why did they shoot them- selves ?" "Why? Bless you, because they couldn't stand the loneliness and the hardships. I myself have seen more' men go crazy and more blow their brains out than I could count upon my fingers." -Blanche E. Herbert in "World Outlook." TENNYSON AND THE PONY. Restive Animal Made Guiet by Tick- ing of a Watch. It is said that Tennyson once ar- rived at a station carrying a heavy parcel of books; and as his own car- riage had not arrived to meet him, he was glad to accept the offer of a lift home. Going up the steep hills, Tennyson suggested that the two men and the books were too heavy for the pony to drag. So he and the driver got out and walked for some distance in front of the trap, until they saw that the books had dropped out. The owner of the pony asked Ten- nyson to stand at the animal's head while he went back for the books. These he found a hundred yards or more down the bill; and on his re- turn be found the pony had been res- tive, but had quickly become qraet. Knowing that it disliked strangers, he wondered how Tennyson had kept it quiet. What was his surprise to learn that tho poet had managed the affair by holding a watch close to the animal's earl -Our Dumb Ani- mals. TIIE RUSSIAN SOLDIER. Fights and Elea With a Fatalistic Resignation. English observers who have been campsigning with the Ruseian army say that the Reesian seadiee gets the slightest material end other returns for his se' vices. He is a kindly, dumb, patient nuts, ready for anything, for his religion, the Cleat' and native land. He is not naturally a fighting men, knows none of the glamor of glory, or of self-sacrifice, but fights and dies with a fatalistic resignation. The highest reward that he can hope for Is an iron cross for bravery on the field. For rations he gots a quarter of a pound of tea, five eceinds of sugar and a halt -pound of 'soap ea month. Besides these be baa two and a halt pounds of black bread and three-quarters of a pound 01 meat day. For (melees he in allowed two pounds a month cf "Mach :gem" the chopped up root e tebacem NOTABLE DE INE IN ACCURACY OF GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORTS Reasonably Correct Formerly, They Are Now Notoriously Falsel in What They Relate. A despatch from London says: London will continue to be visited by Zeppelins despite the recent losses and the great improvement in the capital air defences. This opinion was expressed to the Associated Press on Wednesday by the Earl of Derby, who said: "Raids will continue for the effect on the German people, who have been taught that Zeppelins, like submar- ines, could bring England to her knees. Hence the ridiculous com- muniques and newspaper articles . in Germany representing that England was terrorized and London in flames. I will not say that London is the best defended of the allied capitals, but I can assert that there has been a vast Improvement, which means that other Zeppelins will be brought down when they come again." Lord Derby expressed keenest satis- satisfaction with the progress of the western campaign, which, he declared, only needed good weather to show substantial progress, and added: "One of the most striking feature of the present phase of the war id the notable decline in the accuracy of the official German reports, which over a considerable period, I am in- clined to believe, were reasonably ac- curate. Now they are evidently writ- ten for home and neutral consump- tion; they are notoriously false in what they relate and strikingly .signi- ficarit in what they minimize or con- ceal. The best example of this is their delay in admitting the fall of Thiepval and Coral:des. "The Germans absolutely believed Thiepval to be impregnable and never made the slightest arrangements for withdrawal, and when the British made their final assault a regiment , which had asked the privilege of hold- ing the place without relief, fought! to a finish." Asked about the possibility of the end of trench warfare the Earl of Derby, who now holds the post of Under-Secretary of War, said it was, impossible to make any prediction' with respect to that. PATRIOTIC FUND NEEDS $13,500,000 Contributors Asked to Continue Their Pro Rata Sub- scriptions. BRITISH REGAIN ALL EAUCOURt French Carry a Powerful Line, of Field Fortifi- cations. A despatch from Ottawa says A despatch from London says:, The national Executive Committee of With the French and British before' the Canadian Patriotic Fund met here the German fourth line after more on Wednesday, with H. R. H, the Duke of Connaught in the chair, and thor- oughly considered the policy to be fol- lowed for 1917. It was pointed out that during the four months of 1914 the fund capon - ed $511,000; that during the calendar year 1915 about $4,200,000; and that during 1916 there will be spent, ex- clusive of Manitoba, between $9,800,- 000 and $10,000,000. The require- ments for 1917, including Manitoba, will be $13,500,000. It is proposed ask those communities throughout Canada which contributed in 1916 to continue their subscriptions during the ensuing year at the same rate' as be- fore, and to approach the several prov- incial Governments, asking them to provide the amount by which the ex- penditure of 1917 Will exceed that of 1916. The following statement was is- sued: !Toughly speaking, our sources of revenue are of three classes: "A. Contributions in cities and large towns; "B. Grants from County Councils and Township Councils; "C. Collections in unorganized dis- tricts. "A. We will ask the cities and towns which are sepgeate from their respective counties for taxation pur- poses, to give again as nearly as pos- than two months of almost continu- ous fighting, the Autumn storms, for which Picardy is famous, have brought a temporary lull in the oper- ations on the Somme. Rain fell for the greater part of Wednesday, and it was only between; showers that the allied artillery could. carry on its "softening" process against the new line of defences which the infantry now face. 'There were scattered engagements of a violent,' but local character. During the night the British regained complete posses- sion of Eaucourt L'Abbaye, while the French carried a powerful line of field fortifications extending from a point' near Morval to St. Pierre -St. Yeast Wood. During the day the French' advanced still farthed east of Morvale The Germans garrisoning Eaucourt L'Abbeye and Le Sars suffered ter- ribly from the British shelling of those villages in the past few days.' According to some prisoners the Ger- mans lost three-fourths of their men. CONSERVING LIGHT. Cutting Cost of Illuminants by Treat- ing Walls. The illumination of factories, rail- road terminals and department stores has been given great consideration of ins- "B,proved workmanship and a minimum We shall further request the recent years; increased output, sible on the same scale as heretofore. County Councils to continue and, in of accidents having resulted in nearly some instances to increase their pre - 'sent monthly grants; t"C.. 'Throughput the unorganized areas which cannot be otherwise reached (such as Muskoka. Parry Sound, Nipissing, Temiskaming, Ken - ora, Sudbury, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River), we shall have to continue our present efforts to stimu- late interest in each locality and to raise such moneys as the people of these districts feel willing and able to give." The question was raised as to the advisability of asking Federal assis- tance for the fund, but, after full con- sideration it Was decided that such ac- tion was neither necessary or advis- able. The Dominion Government is already paying in separation allow- ances to soldiers' dependents fully $2,- 000.000 per month. 30,000 TONS OF SUGAR SOLD TO GREAT BRITAIN. A .despatch from New York says: Negotiations for what is said to be a record-breaking single transaction in Lightning kills, It is rational to fear refined sugar with' any one nation an agent of death, were eompleted on Wednesday by the I Most of nature's forces of destruc- Federal Sugar Refining Company, tion may be warden off, may be foiled which announced the sale of 30000 by Mroumspection. Lightnin,g is in a tons to a foreign Government, prole- ' °kw° by itself. When the storm ably Great Britain. ',The purchase in- breaks and the lightning flashes human volves about $3,500,0'00 and shipments onts meet resign themselves to the thought that the nextbolt may Ming are to be. made in January, Fel:weary oblivion, The utter helplessness of i : and March. Immediate shipments of „the individual makes for a certain fie - 18.500 tons to the, Britith commission, 'titIons bravery. There is no reason Greece and France, were also an- in fearing what must be and what can- nounced by the Federal Company. ' not be avoided. Fear is an instinct of self-preserved:al, Where there can be --es-me-ear I no self-preservation teas hoses its basic LONDON AIR DEFENCES utility, And so most men and women SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS are not afraid when the thunderstorm --- I break. The few that are afraid, and A despatch from London says: An- , who gentile and hide in a childish an- swering Germany's contention that ' deavor to minimize their peril, are not Zeppelins are justified in raiding Lou- de of scorn. They are obeying don and thereby keeping on duty in ;apsieirmv:iarg l' impulse, Primal impulse's are ' , eonot Irrational, nor are they a.menable England a certain member of guise philosophy of Intellectual civila told the correspondent: "We . have Nature is flashing and roaring in the '01161tettitell and troops, a high Admiralty plenty of men and guns in France. thunder and tightneng, and is remind - French anti-aircraft gums wore used lag the earth's self-styled master of here temporarily some time ago as his puny weakness. Some such re - they were not needed on the front, minder is not amiss, every instance where better lighting systems have been installed. In Buell places, wall treatment as a means for conserving the illumination afforded by modern illuminants has generally been adopted. These advances have come as a result of practical observa- tions, which show that the rays from powerful lights falling upon dark brick or stone 'walls, give less light to a room than the rays from less powerful lights falling upon similar walls that have been painted in light colors with dust -resisting', washable paints. From the standpoint of eco- nomy it is of interest to record the fact that the monthly cost of illumin- ants for lighting dark -walled factor- ies may be enormously reduced by the occasional application of such paints and the workers will appreciate it also, -Popular Science Monthly. FEAR THAT IS PARDONABLE. It Is Quite Rational to be Nervotla About Lightning, Fear of lightning Is not irrational. where Zeppelins do not visit." IL is thought hero that the Zepelins visit London in order to satisfy the Ger- man people and create the impression that London is wrecked. The air de- fences of London aro considered su- perior to those of any other city. AUSTRIA'S EMPEROR CONFINED TO HIS BED, 'A despatch from London says: A report reaching Vienna from Geneva, as forwarded to London by the Ex- change Telegraph Company, says that gmperor Francis Joseph is confined to his bed with. bronchitis and that his condition is causing anxiety. A Real Recruit. "I thought you told me you were on your way to enlist?" "I am," replied Plodding Pete. "I'm tryin' to enlist sympathy fer me large an' unsatisfied appetite." That Kind of Man, "Hasn't Bliggins a motor car?" "Yes:" "Bet you always see him' walking." "He's too lazy te bother, with the meter ear," There is a speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour for motor -cars at the Front in France.