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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-03-11, Page 8MERCY OF TIIE FRENCII General Joffre Can Do What He Likes With ihe Germans in the Argonne A deepatch from Paris says: Progress by the French trop s an the Champagt'M district, between Rheims and. the Argonne forests which has beeti noted every day for more than two weeks, has resulted, •according es the official commu- • nique issued on Wednesday nights in the 'occupation o a tug° sectiou of the ground. which has been strongly held by the Germans since their retreat to the Aisne. It is believed here that the Ger- mans are coneentrating forces in Flan,ders for a new drive at the Chamiel ports-, notably Calais. This lpelief is based on a d,esp,airca from London saying that the German commanders have' received orders to stop all traffic on reeds leading from the interior to. Belgium to West Flenders in order to prevent the leaking out of news regarsling the movemene of troops. The following supplementary offi- cial was issued ]ate on Wednesday night by the ereneh WarOffic "It can be stated that in the Ar- gonne, where we hastlieen conetant- ly.aetacked since December, Lae roles in the last three weeks have been reversed. To -day we have gained the undispatable ascenden- cy. These kcal actions, of which the •Argenne is the theatre, show that more and More the enemy is at our mercy and ,that our moral su- periority is assured. "We have obtained this result by a .s,eries, of limited operations ener- getically carried out, and although the 'German forces which confront no 'are extremely tourageous, we fie,el thee at a given •point and mo- ment wt are masters and can do what we wish." The stateanent gives the details of one of these ' engagements, which, it slays, occur daily and show the splendid ardor of the troops. FILLED WITII GERMAN WOUNDED Dismal Scenes Greeted Russians on Regaining Town After Three Days in Ellente'e Hands. A despatth from Petrograd says The Russians on re-entering Przasnysz aftea- its occupation for three days by the Germans are de- ported ,to have found neaely every house filled with wounded or sick - German seldiers. In addition there were Ressians who had been pri- soners for four days. Except for the small ,service, rendered them by the inhabita-nts, these men had vir- tually been without care. Huodeedis of men, had died bean lack of medical eervices, and their bodies lay unburied. The streets were barricaded With agricultural implements and household ferniture and there was a gthat seareity of provisions. Scores of h.ous,es had been riddled by , and the menieipal, building was party des- .. brewed. - Many pristhers are being brought beck to Przasnysz, hoeing been cap- tured from the German rearguard by the Russian cavalry. Along the roads there, are evidences of a hasty retreat. -+ e.GRICULTURAL PUBLICATION. -- Supplied Free by Department of Agriculture. • The catalogue of publications by the Department of Agriculture, Ot- tawa, width can be had free of all expense on acldre,ssing the Publi- cations Branch, comprises Bulle- tins on every subject connected, with farming, including vitality and treatment of seed, cultivation of every known species of crops, re- ports Of 'practical tests of sakes,' reports of experiments in all forms of agricultural production and in every section of the eountry, on dairy products of every kind, on • soils, on pests and svc,eds,. on the reasons ,and their appropriateness for different kinas of farm labor, on the breeding and raising, of every Epodes of live stock, and on an,any other subjects. Both the labor in- • volved alicl the variety issued by • the Department are uldiceted by the ,statement that apart from the annual reports for the past twenty- one years, of experimented foams and officere of the Department, the first series of Belletins issued were 33 in number, the second series 15, the pamphlets B, farmers' circulaes 5, exhibition eirculars 35, and miecel- laneous 5. These are independent of the specialized branch publicas does which include the following: Entomological Bramth, 4; Live Sleek, 30; Dairy gad Cold Storage Branch, 41; Ilefilth of Animals Branch, 34; and Seed Branch, 10. There are other special publica- tions all rol which are set forth in the graterite,usly supplied cata- logue: All Berlin Theatres, Ordered to Close. A detepatch from Berlin says: The Voseithe Zeitung epees it 'kerns tenet the Government -has sledded to close the Berlin theatres from April Ise Protests from sev- eral quarters •already have Jbeau ledge*. FRENCH PRISONERS RETURN. • • 250 Wounded Soldiers From Ger- many Arrive in Frame. A de'spatch from Lyons, France, says: "Maimed French prisoners of warwho were exchanged for Ger- man wounded prisoners arrived here on Weslne'sday in a brain of 16 cars hearing the Bed Cress and in charge of -the Swies.branch of this organization. The exeltange was made at Geneva. The former pris- oners, among whonn there were many whose arms or legs had been amputated, aggregated 250. They were the first of such exthaaged men to arrive in France. Many of them were attired in old civilian garments, and eerne even wore the jackets of German uni- forms. Pinned to the coats of an weee small bunches of flowersegiven them during their journey through Switzerland. After the men had boort given food at the railroad sta- tion they were sent to various hos- pieals. The -se who were question- ed made no complaint of the treat- ment that had been shown them in the German hospitals. , Italy Will Refrain From Joint Action. A despatch from Rome says: It is le,ameed that the Italian Govern- ment is net intere,eted in the modus vivendi as regards Germany and England which was proposed by the United States +since it is regarded as certain to'fall. Italiane appro- val is unnecessary 'and inexpedient, since it would be apt to be miecon- &trued, and would be a limitation on future freedom of action in case of intervention. The Italian Government will re- frain from joint action of any kind intended to lessen the effect of war or hasten peace, and will not take the initiative nor support the initia- tive cif neutrals. Italy's position is to protect,. unaided, her own inter - este, hence she. svill not alter the. policy followed .since the •outbre,ak of the war until she deems it fib to do so. BRITAIN'S PENSION SCHEME. Figures Are Based on an Army of Three Million Hen. A despatch from London says: The new British pension plan will CO,6b the Government nearly $1,- 725,000,000 before the last pension- er diesaccording to actuaries em- ployed,by the non-partisan oominit- the which prepared the plan ab bhe order of the House oe Commons. The maximum eep,enditure the first year, the committee reports, will be about $250,000,000, and the cost during the first year after the war willreach. $65,000,000. The.se fig- ures are based on an ,army of three million men, a ttvo ecars' war, end 10 per cent, of de,aths, with 12 per cent, of disahleare,nt. —e• Brilliant Exploit • Of a Russian Airman. A deepatah from Petrograd says: The Russian aviator Paseholoff, ac- companied by a mechanic, flew over the Austrian lines in Seathein Po- land recently end killed ftve mem- bers of a patrol party. He, captur- ed a sixth, ancl tying him to the tall of the machine's frame, retarn- ed to the Russian linea. HEALTH OF BRITISH FORCES Neither ,Ty'phtis. Nor Cholera Has Appeared Since the Beginning of the War A clesP,a-beh from Inedon says Pee firsire reveals of the war passed ,siethodit a isnigle cesesof ty- phus or of dholene, in -the British including both tee' dxpedi- terearsele,thes andethe troops in the B,ribis!li trawling camps. Smallpox Maimed Only one victim in the United Kingdom, but a-etre:no in this 're,epect thasre notbeen given out by the armies:in France and Egypt. Of 164 canes- diphtherie, only six ear,ded fatally. So far the areatese cause of mo,rt,elity among the teoops ha,s been-pneunionia, •which, resulted in 857 deaths, out, of 1,508 cases, As regards other ,cliseetee,s; 625 oeses of typhoid fever end 49 deaths ere reported in the expedi,bionary force, and 262 caries and 47 'deaths in ,Uhobarape in the Tlnite,d King- SiMidot," fevele hied telly: 106 cesee .and 4 .cle,sailis m tibe encpedi- tionary forces as siertinst 4,379 ,00.906 ernel-ne deaths.. in Greet Britain. 1VSeasles, a clas,ea,se essociated with children, sent 1,045 recruits to the Englieh training c.aarap hospitals, with 65 deeth,si while th.e, seasoned men en the Continent had only 175 dolt from thi,e ceuee, with two deaths. • • , Coneide,riing that the Banish aenry, regular and territoniaill be- gan the war withso half mallion nien, and bee Geese,• ,expanclesl, to aboett 0,509,000, th0 law death eate. is seed, to have probably esteb,liehed a re,coed. The revert of• then . -Ow,a,cliens naowed clown by caaep sielmesses ptheed to be unfounded, area the Adw Admiralty nosays in regal's' to'a similue rumor affectinth g e nav,a1 doviesen.in training at. the Crystal Palace that o,rily two" 'per cent. of the '5;000 Mien aresuedv .,tae the f8ick report; FRICES [if FARM PRODUCIS REPORTS PROM THE LEADINC TRACI CENTIRES•EiF• AMERICA. . • BreadstnOs.. 'Poronto, March -9.—Flour—Manitoba, first ,patonts $9 in. jute .baget ,secotid•potents, 5750; strong balteree; $7.20. Ontario , Wheat flour? 90 per Oene. patents, $6, to $6.10, seaboard, and:ut, 56.15. to $5.20, To- rohto, freight. ' - Wheat—Manitoba No., 1 Northern, 81•57; • No. 2.at 55.55, and No..3 at $1.51 1.0, On•. ,tario',whotut; No; 2, noMinal; art 511.40' at outside points. _ Oato—OntarM,,,60 to 63,0, Outside,. and f.yi 63 te 54 1.-2e, on track, Torento. Westera ,• Ownada, No, 2, at 69' 1-2e and. No, 3,,a,t, Barley -5605• malting grades,' 85 to 870'; ouitlysit.e.$1.20, , Pens—No. 2 quoted 01 91.90 to 9205,.out- • ', Belled oats—Cur lots, 'per bag .of 90 lbs.. and shorte at, $30. , all rail,' Toronto freight.' • G3:53:n—No. 3, new American, 79 1-2 to 103, Bueltwheat=No, 2 at 85 to 870, outside. Brno and shoils—Bran, -927 to, 528 a ton, „ Country Produce.' 13ut1er—Ohoice dairy, 27 to He; inferior, • 21 to 72e; creamery, prints. .33 1-2 to 500; .do., solids, , 31 to , 22c; farmers' separator, 27 to 220. tge, ilorgag6—Nfw5 Joa..1.2.47ein ealt°"* 31 't° 32e' s 0B9e3a42100—t5o3r tollan543..plOickfoerd, prime, and 53.15 Iloney-60-111, tins sell at 12 1.2o, and 10. Ib . tins at 13o. No 1 cOmbel, $3 'per dozen, "dtouNltor'y-2,0910tie4k0.ens, dreseed. 13 to • 150; ducks, dressed, 13 to 150; fowl, 30 to 115; geese, 12 to 13c; turkeys, dressed, 19 to 200 Gheose-18 to 18 1-4o for large, and at 18 1.4 to 18 1-2o for twins. Potatoes—Ontario, 70 to 750 per bag out of store, 600 in ear lots. New Bruuswieks, oar lots, 65o per bag. A. French Machine Gun Wading From the Tree -Top. This interesting picture shows a detail of Freach in the outlying parts cS the Argonne threat in ambutheele. A look -era at the the observes the movements of Germane and ethununicates, his ieforma- tion to his cooneades below: One ,uf the soldiers in , the tree is train- ing a, machine gun at the German trenches. EARLY HISTORY IS RELIVED. IrotanIS, Ca'Onh4- - Lord Delaware, Ler& Robert Ne- ss__ ville, Lord Thomas, Clifford, the Lord Boarehier, Lord Latimer, Sir GHOSTS SEEM TO HAUNlf Walter Manny — and many other TRENCHES IN FLANDERS. knights and squires, "whom," as old Froissart said, "I eassnot now mane." Ancestors Fought Here. They, the ancestors of British officers rho are now fighting in Farrideep, knew every inch Of this country .along that line which we call "the 'front," et least as far as from Rheims to Nieuport. They rode under their banners over the' flat netrehlen,cls of Flanders, they merrow-bones after 60, mght Ny440 banquetted in meaty of the grand ab Ypres, or lies on has stoma& in halls which now lie in ruins utder the slush beyond. the first lane of the German eagle, they stormed at the gates of many towns which are now filled with British. eoldiers, their lames glittered down maey of the roads where the winter sun now glints, upon the lances of French dragoons; and with the chi- valry of mediaeval keighthood, they did many acid of 'courtesy and vas doe and heroic adventure upon the, same ground where the men under Sir Sohn Free,oh haw upheld the old traditions of their breed, svith no loss !sewage. Also, accoaiding bo the way of wane still adopted by German officers end men, they rav- aged the countryside through which they passed, burne,c1 fermsteds and peaeents' ,cots, 'swept, it dem of all food, looted die treesure,s, 'and laid it waste, eo that there was desola- tion 'wad famine where the English army load passed. TIIC Siege of Ypres. ' It was Lord IT.enry Spencer, Bishop of Norwich, who inaleeto.ok the siege of Ypres an the slays when English arrows, eun,k svith a shriller note then the modern ellen, "Day after day," writes Frois- pernel, to fight against heavy sart, "the assault continued, but mlels, in Mad about all those towne the Place still held out. At last the English, harain,g that they could not take -the town by storm, ends 'that they had ercpenele,c1 en their artil— lery, resolved to have a quantity of faggots a:Alecto(' with whildh. to fill up the ,clitche,e, so that they might advanee and fight hand to hand with the garrison, undera-nine th'e walls &Bel, by throwing them clown, fe efc an entrance, Every mac! nod 'deice round Ypres wa,s moistened with Eng-lisih, blood in those old days, and, now, fightin,g sidid e by se instead ef against the French !and the Flemings, English blood—our bra,ve,st and best—drips down to the eeme soil which iS mix- ed tvieh the divot of heronc bones, of English amow-heacle, of steal breast -plates and ric,hlysebase,d cesque, and of ,a,11, the p,anoply of, me,diaeval knightlio,od,.. now die- eelved into the chemistry of the earth's graveyards. Since British Are Now Fighting Upon Bel& of Their An- cient Honor.. • The British eeldier is not the type of man who ise,e,e ghosts easily. Sometimes as he earns's on sentry - go in the early dawn, chilled to the trenches on the Yser, he seems to see vague shadow -figures advancing towards ,him through the mist. His finger trembles on the brigger. The safety of the anen sleeping behind him d'epenels upon his vigilante . . . Shall he ,s1h,out out the chaelengel "Halt, who goes there ?" . . . He would look a bloomin' fool if thee s,had,ows were only the speaks -of darkness that fleet before hie strain- ed eyes. Perhaps 'he has the giddy jim-sams after three days under shell -fire. He stares a,nd stares through the white mist which steals aeross the anairshes, suspecting Ger- mane, writes, a. correspondent front Belgium, • Fields His to r ie. He never suspects ghosts—,and yet I lab* that old ghosts must be astir in Flend,ers now that a Bri- tish. anny is encamped there again, with Eclsvard, Prima of Wales', on the. lite,adquatters Staff. Out of the mists, of time there must surely come some of those English gentle- men and mensat-isrms who; more than five -centuries ago carae with ,a,nother Paince of Wales, called in Belgium and Fronce whioh, again, have become laminar in our mouths as household words—St. ' Omer, Ypres Arras, Soissons, Rheims, St, Quintin, Grevelin,es, Dunkirk, Calais and Aberville, Lille and Aernentieree. Historic Spooks. Private Thomas Atkin,s doesn't bother about histode ,sp,00lce. Bub his officers, who axe presumed to heve ,read a little history, occasion- ally, have glimpses of thiugs beyond the length of their noses, and some of them are cotneeious now, in Preece and Flander' s el voices which spe,a,k to 'teem outof the pasb, and of. ghost -fazes which peer let them out of the slhell-wrecked towns of Belgium ,and in the dark streets of French sea -poste. They are English voices and Eng- lieh feces-, belonging to men of th,c mane type end blood and spirit as themselve,e. They are the ghoste of their (awn foeefa,thees who tv,alk with them along the lines of the 'breaches', who stand, b,esicle the Raon's ns' come out of hietoxy to give a greeting to these rniodern, lonighte. DilTelesIt Weep on s. , Whey° the, • Acne are shrieking over Ypres, meshing the beauty of bhe Cloth Hail, ,sh,abbering the old Flemielh houees op each eide of elle market square, a little ,gecrup of poste may have beers se,en standing In the samiter of an ancient arch- way. Sir John Froissart would have, been useful aS a guide, for he pould have p,ointed out each 'man as he moved ,aboub in his ghostly armor, and would• have naeranted stiering tales el ,adventare and eldvalry aboutthe tel manlwith the entg,le nose and, steely eyes, ,aed about the little stout mania With 0 Boaz down his cheek, sad the leen, bronzed fellow who, webehed a bursting shell with a hand above his eyes, as though it were a &loon ,tho.oping its prey. Ancestors of British Ofileers. Perhaps ‘`Eye-Wileresie" knows the names 1of time° tdlon gho,sts, though he has noby,et written about them in his ,clesp,aeches, otving to tho severity of the ,cenris,or.Ho .1o.new8, I am sane, -thee armee those who tvatched the de,stradient of the Cloth Halintvere Sty John Cbandos -2--"the flower ,o.11 knielitas0,o,c1"--ereed Lord Thomas Perey, Sir Godfrey de - Applies to French Also. I wonder if may of our eeldiers ,hetur the, trusapet ehallenge come ringing down the pose outside the walls of B,eurbourg, ineax Dunkirk, where a few -weeks ago I wetted in the rail -way 'station with a grain) of peasants wh,o took Me for s Gee - mad see, 'Phe old glow ,a,n,d edor have gone out of this game Se death. The other elan, wandering 'albieut th,e dark steeets of Calais I thought beck to the days when the Lion of Englend sat at a high booed in this town, with many knights richly dres,s,ed waiting upon their lord be- neath eillsen banners, and flaming 'berthas. Along the trenches of the Ye,or, and in the shell -wrecked town of Dixmade, the new way of fighbing did not seem to one pictuDesque or chivelrous, or with any gay adven- ture in. it, as -when the forefathers of th,e men, ',vete now lie in th,e snyampy tven,the,s thallenged their foes •to ,serigle combat, .a,ncl praised the valoir of their prreenere, and made .94 pagenery of b,attile,. A mean is not reeeehearily a 'meth !taelomaeber become° hd e pees stee ,albtention 1±0 heelless, People vsho believe that rock and rye will entre a cold usually have 005, If a man dian't make or ocica- elonal mistake lie • frionde would heve lacks coming, . P revisions. MIC011, long clear, 13 1-2 to 14o per lb, in ease lots. TISMS—Medlum, 17 to /7 1-24; do., heavy 14 1-2 to 15o; rolls, 14 to 14 1-4c; breakfast bacon, 18 to 16 1-2o; backs, 20 to 214; boneless backs, 23e. Lard—Market quiet; pure, tub, 11 3.4 to 12e; compound, 9 3.4 to 10c in tubs, and 10 to 10 1.40 In pails. Baled Hay and Straw. ealms are paying OS follows for oar lot deliveries on track here: Stray: is quoted at $8 to 58.50 El. ton '11 car lots on track hero. • Ray—No. 1 now hay i,. quoted at 517.50 to $18; No. 2 at $15',50 to 516, and No, 3 at .512.50 to 513.50, . _I Winnipeg Crain. Winnipeg, lidarch 9.—Oash—W10e0t--000. 1 Northern, 51.43 1-2; No, 2 N6rthern, 51.41 1-2; No. 3 Northern. $1.38 1.2; No. 4, 51.34; No. 6, $1.29 3.4; No. 6 51.25 3-4; feed, $1.20 2-4. Oats—No 2 0.W., 61 3.4c; No. 3 O.W. 58 1-20; extra. No. 1 feed, 581.2,o. Flax—No. 1 N.-W.C., $1.61 34. No. 2 0.W., $1.58 3-4. • Montreal Markets. Montreal, Mardh 9:—Oorn—AmerMan No. 2 yellow, 80 to 81s. Oats—Canadian West,. ern, No. 2, 70 1.7e; No, 3, 67 1.20,• extra No. 1 feed, 57 1-2e; No. 2. local white, 65 1-20; No. 3 local wh,te. 64 1.2c; No. 4 local white, 63 1-2o. Barley, Man. feed, 79 to 800; do., malting, .9801,10 41. FlOur. Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts $8,10; sec- onde, 57.60; strong bakers', $7.40; Winter patents, citOme,• 58.30; straight ,rolaers, 57.80 to 58; do., bags, 53.70 to $3.80. Rolled oats, barrels, 87.7,5: ale.. bags, 90 lbs., $3,50. Bran $27. Shorts, $29. Middlings $33, Montilla $34 to 538, Hay, No. 2, per ton car lots, $18 to 919, Meese, finest west; erne, 17 1.4 to 17 1.2c; finest easterns, 17 to 17 1-4. Butter, choicest creamery, 35e; seconds • 34e: Eggs, fresh, 32 to 33e; se. looted, 27 to 28e; No. / stock, 2410 250; No, 2, 22 to 23e. Potatoes, per bag, ear lots. 50 to 50 1-10;.% • United States Markets. Minneapolis, March 9.-1Vheat—No. 1 bard, $1.43 7-8; No, 1 Northern, 51.39 3.8 to 51,45 3-8; No, 2 Northern, 51.35 3.8 to $1,40 7-8; srey, 51.38 14 to 51.38 3-8, Corn -- No. 3 yellow,..69 to 69 1-20. Oats --No. 3 white, 631.4 to 53 1-2e. Flour and bran unchanged. rheum, March 9.—Wtheat—No. 1 hard, $1.45f. No. 1 Northern, 51.44; No. 2 North. ern. $1.39 to 51.41; May, 51.42. Linseed, cash Close, 51.84 3.4; May, 51.85 3-4; July, $1.137. Live Stook Markets. 'Toronto, March 9.-6. few line bullocks sold at 58, larger lots brought $7.85. while still other loadjots obanged hands at $7.65 and 47.50. Choice butcher boasts ehunged hande at $7.40 to $7.75, with good at 57 to 57.51 Medium, 56,60 to 57, fair from $6 to 56.50, and eonunon from 55,50 t505.785 10 0.Is`o6r,00,n be,t.t:i;,a r ciitosenndforwe„ eeofbucllosfromt tho same queues from 55.60 to $6,40, Med- ium cows brought 55 to 55.50. Milkens and springers changed hands freely at steady nricea., Good stockers, 55.75 to KM. with tloowg/ nforradgegodnban05c1 10$4 $ to5.7556 fo°ralivnelfrio9r8. siteue'bps,'5855to10574110eoreximt fannidr0n5untlio 8n6tiloffy.: heavy. Swine, 88.15 -off ears being paid in nirtoutr btaenaT March 5.—Prime beeves, 7 1-4 to 7 1.2e; medium 6 to 7 1-4c; common, 4 3-4 to 5 Mc, COW, 040 to $130 ark; epring- ers, 830 to $70 eaoh. Calves. 4 3.4 to 8 1-2e, Sheep. 5 to 5 1-7o. Lambs, 8 to 8 1-2.0. noes, 8 1•4 to 8 1.2e. TRY TO KILL BELGIAN QUEEN:, Incendiary Bombs Aimed at Parade Ground While She Was Reviewing Troops A despatch from Paris says: The Germans, warned by sipiee who still suceee,c1 in operating in Flanders, sent five aeroplanes laden with in- ceediery bombe over • La Plume iyhile Queen Elizabeth of the Bel- giens was revie.wing the Grenadier Regiment ,a,nd the Tenth Infanbry on Wednesday, As, soon as the Tarbes came abreast of the oily they began to drop their bombs, ap- parently aiming for the pered,e grounds, elome of iih!e bombs fell near the Red Crops Hospital, while others dropped, close to the Royal villa, but non,e soy damage. s. While the. Presence of the aero- planes'whic,h w,ere 60 high as to be almo,st' invisible, created excite- ment, they were not allowed to in- terfere with the review. Unmind- ful of the fact that the proceedings were punduated occa,saonainy by bhe explosion of a bomb, the bead German Crown Prince Said to be in Disgrace: A despatch from London says: Speculation as to the kng absence of Crown' Prince Frederick William from the Genna.n reports has re- sulted in numerous rumors. ' The Daily Express, which a year ago told a story of a ,quarrel between the Kaiser ancl his son, prints a Geneva despatelh ascribing to an Ienisbruck source tee definaite statement that the Prinee is instils - grace and is living in Berlin in se- clusion by order of the Raiser. steuek up a lively march, and the seventy-two compel -des in the two, regiments prarehecl-,p,aet between the Queen and, the seas, The Queeti, unmindful 'of this also, sat her horse like a veteran. Andher atti- tude -strengthened the nerve of the crowd of citizens who we,re mas,s.ect on -the cl,umes. They divided their gaze between the aaview an,d the ,aeroplstnes, which only could be de- tfreoctneldthwehirenzaTntlho,ereci,eunsidligehs, oTglifarrtedom their rapid-fire guns. The neitrail- leases of the Belmaa,s were brought into action, and sprayed, bhe deride, but without any result, and the Ge..rarts, after dropping all their bombe, sliea,ppe,ered ove-r toward s the lines of tbe enemy. The young Duke of B,naba,n-t, the heir-appaoientth the Belgian throat°, had another' review tendered to him last Monday, and Deceived it with- out the accompaniment of Taubee. TURKS MAKE ADMISSIONS King Sends Message To Admiral Jellicoe. A despateh from London says: King Ge,orge on lid,s return from re visit to the fleet sent a message to Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe in which he said: "I have been on' representative ehips of all classes and atm much impressed by the state of theie efficiency and ehe splendid spirit width animates both officers and men, I have not the slightest droubt my navy will uphold its great trwiitions." Shipments of Copper Hidden in Cabbages. Progress of Combined Fleets Against the Dar- danelles Forts A de,spateh from Constantinople by way of Berlin a,n,d Amsterdam contains the first admission from that sorsece th,at the Anglo-French fleet has had any suocess. It says: "The British battleships corn- outranged the forte, the guns of qvalietli were unable to ae-ply effectively, so that the battleships gained part of the desired effect. Moreover the fleet has received re- inforcements and now more than forty big battleships are lying off the Dardanelles, besides a great number of small cruieera torpedo boats, slestroyers and after craft. "The farther advance of the fleet seems th be impossible owing to the chain of mines ,end the forts. An A de,spetch from Milan says: Not- wi thstendin g rigid precautions tak- en by the authoritiee to prevent the re-exportation from Italy to belligerent nations of go,odsecla,sses1 ae oontaiband of woo, it hod beet) diseovexed that large quentities of capper have been, sent to Berlin oen,crealed in tamales leaded with calblbag,e,s. Officials now have In- creased their vigilance in attempt- ing bo cheat this trade. Addressing of Mail. • In order t,o facilitate the bandlieg of mail at the front and to ensu -r° prounet delivery it is requested that all snail lre ecklees,sed f01,10 (a) Rank, (b) Name, (o) Regim,en,tal numbe,r, (d) Company, squa,cleon, battery 01 other mit, (e) Bateslion, (1) Brigade, (g) First (or Seoo,nd) Chenacliaa Contingent,' (h),i, British Expe,clitienary Puree, 1aYs1Post Office London Driglan attack from land would be weloomed by, the Turks, who have gathered a strong army composed of their best troops." A despatch from Munich says that Field. Marshal Baron von Der Goltz, who was eein,t, to Constantinople from Geranany to act as the adviser of the Turkish Gov,einam.ent in mili- tary affairs, hem telegraphed to the German military headquarters ask- ing for fifty Germ,an artillery offi- cers, on the ground that they were needed urgently for the defence of the Dardanelles. The field, marshal received a kopek reply, the des- patch says, stating time the Ger- mans needed their artillery officers and adding: "Do your best." o FOUR PERISHED IN FIRE. Mother and Three Children Were Trapped. A despatch from. Quebec Say1.9 Four persons perished thely on Wednesday when fire broke out in a dwelling -house M Saint S,ativeur Ward, partly desbroyin,g a two- story !building and burning to death Hrs. Arther Talbot, 35, and three of her ehildren. All the victims were traipped by the flames and burned beyond recognition. The farmer who coneerves his best sthck foe breeding will profit greatly in the futere. At St. John, N.B., a dentchme.nt Orono H.M.S. Charybdis were setter- teined by the Mayer ,and leading citizens. "Sibo[p I" tdrunder,ed the Inien in the barber chair, .who, we's hexing his hair out. "Why clo you insist upon !telling me !these Imerible, blood-ourdling ,storie,s1" "I'm sorry, sir," said the 'wither, "but when I tell ,eborie,s like that the heir stands !up on ,end ,and makes it much theier to ,cut, ,sir." MELLISH'S COMET VISIBLE. It Will Pass Bound the Sun on Ally 20th. A despatch from Cambridge, Mass., says: Idellishls comet, which is visible in the morning skies through a 'small telescope', is in- creeeing in brilliancy, and will make its perihelion passage around the ,sein on July 90, according to computatione made by Pthfeseor Crawford of the Student's Obser- eatery, Berkeley, Calif., and an- nounced et the Harvard Observa- tory on Wednesday. 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