HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-04-15, Page 3ENEMY'S MSTER SPY.:ARRESTED.
'German Espionage in Britain Revealed by Appre-
hension of New York Woollen Mercharit
A despatch from tontlern
ITI`he approaching trial of Antox
uepferle, a German -American, on
charge of blek treason,, promises
'to prove; sensational. , The arrest
occurred same weeks ago on the
eve of Kuepferle'e intended dinar-
, ture foe the; Continent, but the fact
;Of his arrest and the vita -idea hear-
' ings beim% a police magistrate
have imen kept isearet on account
of the extreme importance to the
1State of the matters involved and
the endeavor to deal ealeqUately
!with the wide. raeffifications of Ger-,
linen espionage in Britain which
Enepferle'e apprehensiondieelosecl.
. It is no exaggeration, to say that
the autlimaties consider Ktiep-
feeleas ivereet, the most im;portaatt
its kind ;since- the outbreak of the
• war, enabling the authorities to lay,
bare a most elaborate system of
obtaining most valuabld informa-
tion of military and naval plans
sed tranemating them to the
ene.my. The twoatt feature of the
case is that it reveals ;beyond; tlhe
ehadow of a doubt that the most
dangerous 'headquarters fee des-
patching spies to England 'are ao-
-cated in the United States.
The revelation's. by •Stegler, who
Was sent to jail in New York for
his connection with the crooked
passports, have an important cana-
l:ley in the present case. Kuep-
ferle, who is engaged in the wool-
len business in New Yerk, ;landed
at Liverpdol, and almost immedi-
ately travelled to Ireland, yet 'with-.
in five. ;daye he had accumulated
'sufficient inlormation that he con-
sidered hie mission ended and at-
• tempted to leave England for Hole
land, where he intendeci to deliver
his information to reeposesible
chiefs of the German intelligence
aepartment.
Ib happened :4 unfortheately for
hire, that the 'night he selected to
leave Folkestone the Flushing
eteamship seeviee was teillaporarily
suspended owing to the activitie,s
of German s;uilinaeines, and hence
he fell an eagy emotive in London.
When Euerderle was arrested ex-
tremely vital information was foiled
in his peseession. He was equip-
ped with all the paraphernalia
which modern- spydom regards aa
essential, stichaad representatives,
ieviable ilik, codes, addresses, in-
structions, thereby laying before
the authorities the most eoniplete
pian of German espionage which
England has yet discovered.
ITALY WILL NOT
ENTER THE WAR
Bias Beached An Agreement .with
Austria, According to Paris
Melees.
A despatch from Paris says : Pri-
vate advices have been received
here to the effect that 'Italy and
Austria have 'reached an agreement
which will satisfy the aspirations
of the Italian people for an enlarge-
ment of the national boundaries
and preclude all possibility of alma
ed intervention by Italy on the side
of the .allies.
While despatches from Vienna
recently said thee Emperor Fran, -
cis joseph was absolutely opposed
to the cession of any territory as
the price of000tinaed neutrality on
the part of Italy, the advices ivhich
have come to hand etate that the
I Dual Monarchy bee 'consented to
I the Cession of the Trentino. It ;is
added that the necessary docu-
ments have been drawn up and
signed.
This news bears out the reports
! from Geneva recently that the
leeeaTeentino, •geographically and his-
toeically a part of the Italian pen-
insula, was to be handed 1,211,01,* to
Italy, but is to be othopied by
Italian troops only at the end of
the great war. Austria has inter-
poeed this eltipttlation GOa5 to be
certain that Italy will maintain her
neutrality no matter' what future
events may change the present
situation.
la has long, been recognized here
I that however much the Italian peo-
100 ple might desire to go to war on
the side of the allies, the basic point
in. the official attitude of Italy is
I the declaration of Premier 'Salam-
i dra, that Italy would remain neu-
tral . "until her •interests were
threatened!' It has been no
oecreb that Italy would he willing
to give a binding promise to the
„central. empires to keep out of the
;conflict in return for satisfactory
territorial ;concessions, and aseur-
anees that her aapirations in thee
!Adriatic would not be menaced in
cage of a Teutonic victory.
CONDEMNS GERMAN HATRED.
Thinks Cool Calculating English
Ma.y Be Blessing to Mankind.
, A despatch from London says: A
:protest ,againsas.Gornian self-esteem
,and againet the prevailing spirit of
hatred for England is made by
Stimmen Der Zeit, theeorgan of ahe
German Jesuits, which asserts that
each nation has a ;special miesion to
perform in the ;world. The wish is
exprese If that the rich talents and
gifts of the cool, calculating Eng-
lish raay become no blessing toman-
kincloaand that Inc Franca there
ene,y arise her old and precious
civilization.
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;rapaitese Cruiser is 'Total Lioss.
A despatch Isom San Francisco
segs: The Japanese cruiser A.sa,m a,
wrecked on the lower California
coast, eann;ot be ;salvaged, aceorel-
,ing to officers of the tug Sea Rover,
Which went to try it. The Sea Ro-
ver .returned here Thursday. •
yotvEs ON BATTLE FIELD.
ae-•
The Terrible Experience of a Rus-
sian Officer.
The presence of Wolves has added
a new 'terror to the •battle fields of
East Prussia and Poland. A recent
(leapt& from Petrograd gives the
harrowing experience of a Russian
officer, as he related it in. a Riga
new6paper. He was ' eteverely
wouoclea, ,and when he came to
himself he was apparently the ouly
living soul left on the field. Pull-
ing himself together and leaning on
Ms sword, he staggered .as best he
zooid to th.ealielter of the adjacent
woods. ;
"Just as I 'mulled the edge of the
woods," he says "I halted in ter-
ror. In the disliange I heard the
howling of avail. It, sounded un-
utterably melancholy in the ;still
autaino night. Another wolf an-
swered in the same dismal note.
The howling thew nearer. Present-
ly it was all round mei and grow-
ing louder and more exultant every.
m•omen b. ;
"I am no coward. 1 arn a sports-
man, and have killed many wolves,
but what I heard that night I can
never forget. The howling kept
coming closer and closer. I Saw
clearly there was no chance of sav-
ing myself when the circle had fin-
ally dosed upon Me. I went run-
ning -how I 'managed it I do nob
know -towards some bushes a hun-
dred yards away. I reached them
and dropped to the ground. I re-
solved to fight as Jong .as 1 otheld.
I had ;lily loaded *evolver and my
ewer& ,
"The wolves came eearer and
nearer, and their howling filled the
night. Now they were at the bor-
der of the Woods, „ In the clarkneee
I ;could seedine shadows moving
slowly between the trees. As thee
came out of ;the woods feern differ-
ent directions, they drew together.
into one great Pack, and 'stood thus
for some minutes. Men another
wolf howled from smile -where oet an
the b•attle field, and all at once the;
pack began to move.
'Without haste, in is deliberate
trot, they paiie,d the clump of
buthee whereI was sitting with
dreaetn revolver. Not one teemed
toward me. 1 watched 'each One as
he werit by, expecting; that he
would spring at me. I do nobknow
how [many there were, • but they
were very many, all treating so
quietly to the, field where the dead
we're lying. •
"I fell MO unconsciousness 'MOD
after. At ;sunrise I was picked ma-
st:ill undonscicele, by a Cossack pa-
t ' '
French Women Eager
To Drive Ambulances
A despatch from Paris says: The
French women's automobile club
has commencedthe recruiting of
women motorists, aviators and bal-
loonists to form a brigade of ambu-
lances for the French army. Ap-
plications are coming in at the rate
of e00 per day. The organization
aims to find enough capable women
conanctors to replace all the Tasn ab
prosene ; driving am bitten ces who
are eapable of rendering better see -
vices at the front,
.1 -
• Kisses are the coupons clipped
Irani the bonds of love,
WOULD BE CERTAIN DESTRUCTION
Commander of German Crpiser Quits
7.e
Interns the Prinz Eitel
A despatch front Washiegtori
tea Aesietant Secretary oi the
Treasury Peters announced that
the Germa,p. eruiser Eitel Friedrieh
would intern 'at litewpoet ' News,
Virginia. The ship will eernain in
the ;custody of the United States
until, the end of the war in which
Germany is now ;engaged.
• Th,e period fixed by the Govern-
ment Neutrality Board within
• which the Eitel 'Friedrich should
• leave the territorial waters of the
United States unless she twee to be
interned ;expired Wednesday eight.
Secretary Peters received a ;report
from Collector of Costal:4e Hamil-
tan at Norfolk teansenitting a cones
1 munication from (3apt, Thieeete-
;ahea, of the German ehip, stating
kis intention to intern.
The German captain digoloSed for
Bluffing and
the first time that he had expected
aseleinnee from the other warships
of his goverameat±0 orele,r to make
it possible for him to dash for the
open sea with eons hope of sum
cess. In his oompaameation he gave
no ckitaile as to the basis of las ex-
pectation that assastance would be
rendered; him, but it was enferred
that he empected; Cheat= warehiPe
to divert the. Beitieh and French
cruisers from their patrol outside
the Virginia Capes eo as to permit
the Eitel to steamaway to safety.
• Se;cretary Peters announoed .that
tIM Navy Department would take
charge of the internment of the
• German warship. Om ;being taken
to the metvy yard the beeeoh blocke
a her guns will, be emoved and
connecting rod of her engines de-
tached. '
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
.8EPORT5FROkl THE LEADING TRADE
' CENTRES'QF
Breadeiafte.,
, Toronto, April '13.-,..-51our-5taiiitobit first
Patents quoted at 57.70, in jute bags; nem
ond:patents, 57.20; sillong bakers', 57. On.
tarlo wheat flour, 90 per OkUlb. patents,
quoted st $5.85 to 55.90, seaboard; and at
$5.90, Tortinto freight.
Wlicat-alanitoba No. / Northern ("nol.
ed tit 51.60; No. 2 la eta 1-2, and No. 3
at 51.56 1-2. Ontario .wheat, NO. 2 nominal
et 51.40 to 51.42„ at- outside Doihts.
Onto ---Ontario quoted at 60o, outside, and
at 62 to 63c on track, Toronto, Western
Canada, No. 2, quoted, at 69c, mid No. 3 at
diarley--Elood -malting grades, 80 to MC,
outside. '
Ryo-51.15 to 51.17, outside.
, Peas -No. 2 quotedat,91.85 to $1,90, out.
Corn-,No..3 new American quoted at
Toronto freight.
Buckwheat -No. 2 quoted at 82 to. 83a,
'Bram and shorts -Bean is "quoted at -926
• 10.$27 a ton, dnd idlort6 at $20 66 950..
Rolled:eats-Oar lots, per bag 02.90 1b0.,
. Country Produce.'
d3uttim,--5lhe market, is firm with .oiter.
logs insufficient...to go around. Choice
dairy, 27 to 28c;.mforlor, 2/ to 230; cream.
ery ;prints, 36 to 36 1-2e; do;, solids, 33 to
340,
Egge-Reeetpts are large and ,price
'changed a.t 20 to 21c Dor dozen, Is ease
lots. °
dleano--The market 3 teady at $3.25 to
55.30 for prime, Wild 13.25 60 53.40 dor hand
picked.
Poultry-Chiekens, drenseti, 16 to 17s;
dueks, dressed, 1360 15e; .fowl, 11 to 13e;
turkeys, dressed,' 20 to Ile.
, Obeese-The ,murket continues firm at
13 3-4o ler large, and at 19 to 19 1-40 fOr
twins.
Potatoes -Ontario,' 55 to. 60e per bag Out
(NE store and 45 -to 50.2 in car lots. NOW
Brunswicke, car lots, 55' to 60c per bag.
Baled Hay and straw.
Straw is quoted at $8 to 5.59 5. ton 410
car lots, on track here.
Ilay-No. 1 new .hity Is quoted at 517
to 518; No. 2 at 51.5.50 to 516; and No. 3 a,t
$12.55 to 513.50,
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, April 13. -Corn -American No.
2 yellow, 82 to 82 1-7.e, Oatn-Conadialf
Western. No. 3, 67 1-2e; extra No. 1 feed,
.67 1.2e; No. 2 local white, 66 Mop No. 3 l0.
cal white, 65 1-74; No, 4 local white, 64 14e.
Barley -Manitoba feed, 80e; malting, 90
to 92o. Buckwheat -No. 2, 92e. Flour ,-
Manitoba SpD
Spring wheat Atents, firsts,
57.80; seconds, 57.30; strong bakers', 17.10;
Winter patents, choice. $7.80; straight
rollers, 57.30 to $7.40; do., .bags, 53.45 to
53.55. Rolled outs-Bbls„ $6.76 to 57; 'tinge,
90 lbs., 53,25 to 93.35. Bran, 526. Shorts,
$28. 'Middlings, 533 to 534. 3toullie, 535
to 530. Ray -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18
to 919.- Oheese-Pinest westerns, 17 1-4 to
17 1-2o; finest ensterna, 16 3-4 to 17e. But-
ter -Choicest creamery, 311-2 to 33e; sec-
onds 31 1-2 to 32e. Eggs -Fresh, 21 1-2 to
23c. Potatoes -Per beg, car Jots, 42 1-2 to
45c. Dressed .1/cgs-Abattoir killed, 512.75
to $13.25; country, $9.50 to 511.75: Pork -
Heavy Canada short 111009, 7,b16., 35 to 45
pieces, 528; Canadashort-cut bask, bbla,
45 to 55 pieces, 527.50. Lard-Oompound,
tierces, 375 lbs.„ 9 1-50; weed pails, 20 lbs.
net, 15; pure. tierces, 375 lbs„ 111.2, pure,
wood palls, 29 lbs. net, 120, .
United States.
'Minneapolis, April 13 -Wheat -400, 1
hard, 81.55 3-8;30,,. 1 Northern 51.48 7-8 to
1202. 7-8; No. 2 Northern, '91.43 7-8 to
91.49 7-13; May, 51.46 3.4 to 51.46 7-8. COM=
No. 3 yellow, 68 1-2 to 68 Mo. Outs -No. 3
'white, 54 1.4 to 541.00. Plow and bran
unchanged.
Duluth, April 11-0inseed, 51.91r May,
$1.92. Wheat -No. 1 hard, 51.53 5-8; No.
1*Northern, 51,52 5.8; No. 2 Northern,
$1.47 541 to $1.49,5.8; May, $1.50 5.8.
.• Live Stock Market,
Toronto, April • 13. -Butchers' cattle,
choke, 57.50 to $7.75; do, gdod, 56.75 to
57.25; (10.. medium, $5.75 to 56.25: do., com-
mon, 54,75 to $5.251 bulcl,ero bolis, choice.
*6 to $6.75; do., good bulls, 56.25 to 56.30;
do., rough bulls, *4.50 to $4.75; butchers'
cows, choke. 95.50 to $6.71 ole., f.ob.,
$8.25; do., 'medium, $5.75 to 96; do., 00111.
mon, 94.1020 $4,75; Seeders, good, 56 10
$6.80; do., rough bulls, 95.25 to 56; stock.
ere, 700 to 1,000 The, 56 to 96.69; OallnOrt3
fttld cutters, 53.75 to 94.30; millcers, choice,
each, 560 to $80; rlo., common and Medium,
each, 536 to 545; springers, 553 to 575;
light OSVCS, 56,50 to 58; do., heavY, 55 to
$6.50; do., bucks, 53.75 to 54.25 lambs, 95
to $12; calves, 56.60 to 510.50; bogs, fed
and watered, 58.75; do., all cars, $9.15 to
59,25; do., f.o.b., $8,40,
Montreal, April 13.-T2,ere were no choice
steers on the market, but a few odd 6rtlea
of goad Steers were made at $7.50 to 57.75,
and the lower grades from that down to
55 to 55.50, 'Irbil() cows bronght from 54.75
to 56.75, and bulls from $5,50 to $6.50 nor
cwt. The demand for calves" was fairly
good and sales ,were made at prices rang-
ing from $2,60 to $10 each, t15 10 size and
cluality. and a few Spring lambs sold at
$2.50 to 55 each, Yearling Jambs were
scarce and firm at $8.50 to.99 Dor ove, and
ewe sheep at $5.75 to $6. The tone of the
market for -hogs is very firm.' SuPPlion
were small but ample to fdl alI ammediate
requirements and sales of selected lots
were made et 59,30 to 59,60 per cwt.,
weighed "off cars.
Germany to Settle
For the Wm. P. Frye
A despatch from Washington
says: The German • Governmeote
has replied to the claim of the State
Department for compensation Inc
the sinking by the Prinz Eitel
Friedriah of the American ;thip
William P. rime, aseuraing liability
not only for destruction of the ves-
eel, but of the cargo, under the
Treaty of 1828.. Germany requires,
however,, that the case shall be
taken before a, prize toilet for the
eetablishmene of .facts ;concerning
Ownership' of ship, ansi cargo. To
this the State •Departatent will as-
sent.
Goehen Still Faster
Than Russian Ships
• A despatch from Petrograd says:
The vident reason why Admieal
Zonation airkka the Turkish fleet
into squadrons in the -recent raid
in the Mack Sea was anxiety as to
the nature of tat, movements of
Russian merchantmen. - Although
the Goeben has a large .concrete
Patch in her side, an,c1 ie ;slower by
five or six knots than formerly,
ehe wa,s still able to outdistance
anything brought 'against he.r Sat-
-orday except the torpedo Ileoats.
Germaa 1511111 Seized.'
A despatcth from Basel says,:
British and' French cruisere, ac-
cording to advices received here,
. have taleetalrone Italian mail steam-
ers a,300 bags of German mail ;ael-
dtresse;a abroad, and oceitainiag
lettere, Post carde, moneyi cheqites
and small paalcages. . Sage, omairig
from abroad ittentded for Germany
be treated in the same. way
.ama confiscated, This, coarse on
the :part ;of the; allied,countriaso it
Underet&eael, is being made in re-
• eponee ±0 Ciermanyee submarine'
war t against team:Imo:label:eat mina
chant and. page:eager ;ships. ; Britieh
Watiehips recently °Welke:di oh
Noriagiam veesel confidential' lets
;tem forwarded by Dr: von Beth-
inattnaHollw•eg, the Germaii
Chandello.r, to Count von BernS-
toeff, the Geermaa Ambassador tei
the ;ITnited ;States.
LIEUT.-GENEBAL BAWLINSON.
'
16s Been On Pereon Sta ot Both
Kitchener and Roberts:
The naniet•of LleataGeneralSir
Repay Seymour Rawlineon, Bart,,
CVO., him figured in ;the ;Ole-
tmatches ;relating to the fighting of
tho Canadiane .at the 'boob. Gen-
eral Alderson ie in eaminand of our
b'oye, but LieutaGen. Rawaineomis
in •eharge of the division to wevich
the Canaclians are attaohed. '
ellis first •sorvic,o was n Benne,
With the 60th Rifles, ;where two
years were spent in a tedious cam -
Paige against alveoli, banae. Lord
Rebate next miale him one of thie
. aides, a, face which undoubtedly lied
modh to do withhis ;subsemitene sue -
cess. Regarding this post he attend-
ed the Staff College from which he
'eveatually, passed out extremely
ereditablY. By this time he was
quite the, scientific soldier, ,and,
what is more, sexceediagly :ambiti-
ous and capable, Thus it weal:hat,
in, 1899, he became D.A.A.G.to
Lord Kitlehenter, .atal waepeeeent M
that .capacity at the battles of At -
harm and Khartoum. K. of K. en -
domed Lord Bober& ;'opiiiion of
his brains by m,entioning lean twice
in deseiatethes ;and in taking 'this
comparatively young" eoffieer very
much into his confieleinee, indeed,
treating him as one of his right-
hand men.
Defender of Latlysinithe
By this time he was no longer a
rifleman, 'having exchanged from
the 60th into the Coldetreatm
Guards, and on war breakiug out in
South Africa, Sae George 'White,
who was very muth one of "Bobs'"
men and an admirer of ."Bobs' "
discoveries, .asked to have him on
his staff in Natal. The consequence
of this request was that, as A.A.
G., Rawlinson was with.Sir George
during the- defence of Ladysmith.
Though ,nowadaye the siege of that
place seems almost a small episode,
yetit must not be forgotten that
the, defending force euffered tre-
mendous privations and showed the
utmost skill and gallantry in de-
fending Ladysmith mail its relief.
Rawlinson aid so well with Sir
George that he next went to head-
quarters in South Africa, serving
limier both el his former chiefs,
"Bobs" and "Lord K." He also
found time to command a mobile
column, get mentioned three times
in.elespetchee, •anel gob both the
Lt, -Gen. Sir ileary S. Bawlinson.
King's ana Queen's medals with
eight clasps. 33y this time he had
convinced everyone that he had
brains, so this .a.ppoinienent as com-
mandant of the Staff College was
considered eminently wit:laic, and
so it proved. After thio he gob
command of is brigade at Alder-
shot, and later of .a dieision
• Salisbury Plain . He is essentially
a soldier of the modem school of
thought, and believes that bream
are better than beauty, initiation
more oseful than pipeclay. Most
men with the money he has would
have retired long ago. Only the
love of :hie work aod a ;desire to
distinguish himself kept :him in the
army. He is only fifty years of age.
Essentially a Sportsman.
He is essentially IL ,5por Gsman
even at Sandhurst he kept polo
ponies, rather to the envy ole good
many people who coold not affoed
to do likewise, and where there is
bunting , polo, cricket, or raequebs
there `Rowley" is to be found. He
cam laugh very heartily mat tell' •sell
aorta of stoeies exceedingly
He also eonfesees to no predilection
.for drawing, and there am few
men in the seevide, even including
the "mad, maeried, or methodist"
sappers, Who can make a field map
quicker or bettor than he can. He
lias found time to get mart -elect and
become a father. He also found
time to suoceed his father as second
baronet,
General French has told us tnuch
that be has done in France, and
all that he late told us if to "Raw-
ley's'' credit, Amongst • other
things we leani that upon one OCGil-
siOn he was brave enough to take
the responsibilty of queetiooing Sir
John's orders and refusing to sac-
rifice bis men on what a he recog,I
razed t,o be a hopeless enterprise,
and Sir. John French in hie des-
patehes ;agreed, when the, earcum-
atanceecome to light that Sir Haney
had been correct, in his jadgme.et.
Jn dOrlig this he uraloubtedly did a
Ear inore gallant .act than in refus-
ing responsibility by scrupulously;
obeying instruetione and throwing,.
aveaa• bis meals lives.. He bas
brains, he 'has •eneegy, andthe
Power to ;command ; with lade ;Com-
bination there is awe doubt but
that the men under hum have fuji
confideace an him and.4wsl± folio*
hini to the end. He is a product'
61, ECen aad Eton may well bel
proad
A teacher had told a class of juv-
enile pupils that Milton, the poet,
was blind, • The next day she ask-
ed if •any of them could remember
what Milton's great affliction was!
"Ye.san," replied one little fellow,
"the was a
FRIENDLY 'SKUNKS.
A Writer Declares He Is a Muth
; Maligped .511111151.
Now and then the .stiere 10 tolci
Of no iitblep eoantry girl who finale a
family of interesting bleak .and.
white "kittens" in the woods teed.
carries lateen home with much joy,
only to ;be mot by a harrified aar.
elcandee., As the ;child grows up,
,this first lesson •may be eaforee.d by
the sight el 21 nextedoor neighbor
burying Ms Sunclaa 'clothes in a eo-
eluded oorner of the gardea, Itee
disrepute of lalepliitis mephiticte is
so firmly eatabliehed that it is Li'3f&
cult to.find 'anyone who basla geed
word tei eaay about him.'An ac-
count, however, in Oateroor Woeld
and Reciaation,hy.Mr. Ernest 11.
Baynes, who gemped morethan a
;matte]. :aemiaiotance with a. whole
family of '4.kunks,, gives no earn:mil-tat
different elitartieter to what he de-
clarete 18 5 inabb maligned animal.
By.offenng rio occasional feast of
meat, he made friends with a, pair
of skunks; that ;lived in a. burrow
near a atone; Wail. One morning la
early Mayhe.walked round to
i
and just nside; the;entrance found
a emilieming mase of black and
white young ektialest, all togging
away at their. mother, Who lay an
hee eieie that they might have a bet-
ter opportunity: .
"Her head vas away from me,"
'says Mr. Baynes, "and; hidden in
the darkness a the burrow, but her
tail wee turned toward me, and as
aPproached .ahe retied it slowly
oyer thee back. This movement had
geeat significance Inc me, &ince I
was -evell within, range. For Ob-
vious reasons I was •rarpolous to
avoid any misunderstanding at
thia moment, so I sat down and
waited very quietly, Then,I talked
toher, knowing that she would re-
cognize the sound of my voice.
" old lady!' I said in a
• low tone. Steady, now! Steady!'
And at the same time I stroked her
fur ever so gently with my fingers..
Very slowly the expressive tail was
lowered, and ,as I continued th
stroke her fur more and more
briskly, she stretehed berself in
comfort, arid even leane.d toward
me a little as a cat might have
done. I „worked my_ hand geatly
forward until I felt one of the
plump little babies. Without a
suggestion of hurry I drew him
from the 'helve, rose quietly to iny
feet, and once clear of the mouth
of the burrow, dashed off home like
art Indian to photegrapth and make
notes; of my prize. -Withal an, hour
f had put him •back into the (Ion
ag;Ie
);in.ontinued to wait these queer
little :neighbors for woeks, and
finally in June I took three of the
babies from their mother and pro-
ceeded to rear them by hand, feed-
ing them at first with a glass medi-
cine dropper. The next stop was
lo teaca thein to eat from a saucer,
a.nel this they soon learned to do,
although in the beginning they
were very messy about it, Inc they
\\tepid put their paws into the dish
and slop the contents about. As
they grew larger, I used to take
them out into the fields with me and
watch them, catch orickets and
grassaoppers. Their ueual method
was to tapture their prey by put-
ting their paws on it, and then to
kill it by rolling it on the ground
with their feet
"Often they picked up wild cher-
ries under the treee and gathered
b I aeldi e r ries a nd raspberries by
pulling down the branches with
their paws. •They were extremely
goodmatured little fellows, and ne-
ver attempted to bite roe, although
they 'mare somewhat obstinate ab
times, running off with all their
might when I wanted to take them
home or stamping at me petulant-
ly, like spoiled ehildren, when I
went to pick them up.
"I kept ;these 'skunks foe two
years, .amel they seemed happy io
their :semi -captivity ; bue I knew
that they ir.ould be thappier if they
had entire freedom, so I liberated
them in .a wilderness paraelise,
where for all I know they are still
leading :happy -and aseful-lives."
812,000 Prisoners
Claimed by Germany
A despatch from Am ate ;'danu
says : Weed received heee from Ber-
lin says that on April 1, 812,800
prisoners of war were being held in
Germany -10,i5 officers and 802,-
633 men. The deepatch gives Lhe
prisonere by nationality as fol-
lows: -
Officers Men
French 3,868 238,496
Russian , 5,140 504,210
Belgian 647 39,020
British 520 20,307
A German Sir Philip Sidney.
Here is a touching war seory that
ie pea -teed in the London Nursing
Mirror. Ito was, told in a West.
Couirtry hospital by one of many
wounded Britisb soldiers wile laa
there. ;;
The Britisb had taken a .German
trench wita thesbayon;et. TV,C)
Bri-
tiabs coldie ro, badly wounded, lay
beside .a dying German in the
"1.1/11,A wouldn't ...I, give for a
drink!" called out one Tommy to
the other. The Gorman unelerstoo;d
Ole word ('th'ink, " for ib ie much
like the worel an 'his own langateee.
• The ;soldier who lived to tell the
tale; Said, "Ite keep' attain', 'eee,'
and pointin' to his side. We thought
he wanted liitiin' up, arid coulde't
rest easy; act, after a bit, I man-
aged'to lof 1 mystelf up and; give him
a nsii, and then I found he Was
lyin' onothis twater bottle.; It Via%
full of vine'and w.ater, ;and I pat"
it to his lips.
"Pore ohm')! Ile was nigh dorve
for, bitt he mez, 'No, mot, Me I
die -you drink!' Ile died, too, he
did .aael later some ,of us buried
him proPer."
;
iSome; 111811 sae go busy tiwing to
reform everything in gen,eral that
'they haven't time to reform them-
selves.
sta.eal, %area'
ALLOW ME' TO' PRESENT
111Y BEST* FRIEND
1.12-• •
,„.IN BUYING
FEAST CAKES
BE CAREFUL Tei
SPECIFY
ROYAL t,U1.1"
DECLIIVE SUBSTITUTES.
E.W.G1LLETT CO. LTD.
TORONTO. 4
woNNIPC GI MONTREAL.
felleittin'alii.1"1-Parttraglaki
TROOPS FOR DARDANELLES
Frenc:1 Expeditionary Force Is Ready to Proceed
Without Delay to Any Point Necessary
A despatch from Paris says:
French troops from Africa are
ready to assist; the allied fleets and
Beitieb expeditionary forces against
Turkey. The :following official
statement Was issued by the War
Office: "The expeditionary ;Corps of
the Orient, which WaS placed un-
der command .of General A. 0. L.
cl'Amade aad con;oentratea at Bi-
zerta (a fortified eeapo•rt; of Tunis,
Africia) to perfect its organizatie'n,
has effected the voyage of the Le-
vant under the hest of eonditione.
55
It has been ready since March 25
.tod the allied ileete and Brieish
expeditionaay, ;corps. In waiting
it was deemed advisable not to pro-
long the ebay of the troops aboard
the transpoets, .anel, for this rea-
son, the Immitality of Egypt was
accepted. The French forces h.ave
ite.ea debarkeet 0± Alexandria, and'
aee inetailled stb itemleh, wheto.
they are e rooting and perfecting
their organization and ;cohesion.
They are ready to proceed without
delay to way point necessary." '
WANTED.
A. Tropical Rain of Sheets.
We have had, since the war -be-
gan, ediaatiop in the
neatter of giving, So many ;de -
Meade have been made On publi•e
generosity that we hardly aeel .0110 -
prised at any deinand, auweter
great. Notwithstanding, we were,
many of us, renOred alneua
beeathless, when we saw the list
of "needs" fer the equipment of
the Univereity Babe Hospital.
"Where," we asked, "is tire mo-
ney. to -come from to purchase -
these 1"
Then a brilliant idea occurred to
one of the workers. It wee this -
"Why nut have a sheet shower, not
only Inc Toronto, but for the Pro -
Ours is a provincial university,
Why ehould not we giee the Woarell
of Ontatio an opportunity to help
with these furniatings 7
Opportunity is all that is need-
ed, fur Lhere are thousands of
mothers, wives, and sisters of past
and present Uniyeesity students
who will be only too glad to help.
Hundreds, perhaps, will not have
time -to eend to buy sheet.s. They
will then me to their own well-
stoCked linen -presses, and taking
Some treasures, laid away in view
of illness Of their own nearest Iona
dearest, will dedicate them to the
nearest .and clearest of 'others, in
feir France. •
The size ;most required is 60" x
108", and they may be sent to the
'Red' Cruse Society, .77 King, Street
East, Toronto, marked Base Hos-
pital, No, a, immediately.
SEAN MepHIEDRAN,
Great Britain's Food Supply.
Great Britain impoited 51,796,915
butheis of wheat -from C'anacia in
1913, She also imported 12,799,909
'bitelvels :from Russia and Central
Europe, Britain imported; 24,148,-
143 bushel:a of barley in 1913 front
BILE Si EL, ROLM a nia,Turkey, Gr
manyand Austria. From Canada
she took 5,977,533 bushels, er less
than a fourth.
Great Britain took 22,454,693
briehele of oats from Germany, Rue-
siaeand Romaania in 1913, of which
one-half was from her bitterest and
most savage enemy •of to -clay, •
Great Beitain importe•d 185,125,-
000 bit:4161e ;of wheat from. Auguee 1,
1913, to. Jul' 31, •1914. iiuseia 0:,p-
porhed 163,261,000 buthels mid! Rou-
mania 45,643,000 busbels in the
same time. 1.-Iew .far is Canadn go-
ciinsattetyo? help to Make up the defi-
e
Great pri Lain Maio eted; If lane.
Aug. 1,• 1919, to July 31, 1014,
307;000 13 ushe I s. of oats. ssia. ex --
:parted ,14,750,990 bushels, Gerina.:iy,
23,077,000, and Roumania 17,195,-
000, bushels,... Who going to mime
Isp .thie eleficien cy ot .seventa-eeven
nojiiaon bushels?
American Observers
Have Left Germany
, A despatch from cleneva aims :
The five American; army, .officere
who Were attached to the .00,Mlann
niilibary faeces -as observers until
•retaltled by cable, arrived .at l3preth
un theie waj' home.
Have Proveil Jr'
The two eervaets met.
"Does this War they're talking so
much about make mach difference
to you?" •I
"The miesus saye we've got bo
economize, so we're to have mar-
garine at nmals in ;the kitchen.
"Doeen't she have it, then.
"Not her. She saye •ib doesn't
suit her digestion. But there's no-
thing weong 'with her digestion. We
know that. For a„s often as not we
eend her up the margarine and have
the babbee ourselves,"
Pantitelstie.
"Ion, admit you are
then 1" 61m:tiered the fudge.
'"Ab de, judge: Ah's guui1y. Ali
Stole' dem pante. Bubayour honah,
dere ain't no sin when • de motive
am good. Ah stole don panes to get
baptized ink"- '' "
ATTEMPT TO SLAY
SULTAN- OF ECTYPT
41lo1 Fired at. Potentate lus 1113 Left •
the Painee Went Wide af'
the Marla
A despatch from Landon says:
An attempt was made ;On 'Friday to t -
e.ssiessinate the Sultan of Egypt,
Hussein Kemal, according .to a
Reuter despatch, from Cairo. As
the Staten was leaving Abelin Pal-
ace a native fired a shot' at lame
l'his went •wide, and •the native. wae
Mimed iately eei Zed . The Sul bazt
paid his intended visit to varioue 1
officials, and a crowd iteseinbled
arotiod the palace anel 'gave him no
ovation when he eel:1111rd. -His ,
ogee:Rent ill EL atateall'll it <1 EEC rilied
himself as a native Egyptian, 25 '
years uf ems, and a Merchant
ing hoot Mansurah. ilo ivas pera,'
beta. .cbmposeel,
Clergyman Working
In a Shell Factory
• A despatch from Clailegow ea.ye:
A call fur recruits here to .asaist in
the intvittfacture of shells b relight
forth 51 clergyman, , who was
promptly accepted. , He is the llev.
S boar t, 11 olse j'lou 50 01 Poll okshield
Churah, a :tall, athletic figure, who
now serves from 6 olelook in the
morning until 5 at, night in a, largo
engineering eltop. His day's work
over, the Rev. flobe•rteun attends
to his pastoral deities as his even-
ing'e recreate:le
4.
Albanians Gathering
For Raid on Serbia
A despatch from Borne says: A
telegram from Vitoria more 40,000
Albanians led by German and
Turkish ()Ewers are collected be-
tween Elbasie and Tireaa for on
atta,elc on Durazzo toed subeequenta
ly oo Serbia. This movement, to-
gether With the -recent atteek on.
the S.celainis is believed to forret
part of a coacerted plan for die-
teacting the Balkan States from
united .action against Austria and
Tu oksy,
01111E11.ED 011' 131' IiWAY.
Three Pi ra ti' Craft ise,o vered by
Military
A "despatch from Christiania,
Norway, says: Militaim aviators
while cruising over the cliffs which
line the Norwegian eoest nera Dar-
g.en 33a,y on Thmaday diseuvared
three German isubmat'i i -11
had t eke n re fuget h e re. 'alley
were. ordered to depart immediet.-
ly or else he interned. They lea.
$5,500,000 is Voted
For Galician Relief
A despatch from Petrograd says ;
The, Reeelan Gov OraMeit ham op-
pl'cproated $5,503,000 for the relief
f Fre,rers at( Clalicia. The
money' wat be largely used to pea -
charm wheat .ased horses for 'the
farming population.
Reporters Pay FMCS
FCr 1 angerous News
A des,patch l'eom Loadon says:
Chaelee Dyson, 0 local reporter,
wa.e lined a‘ie at Poreland
Court an, trapply'ag OMB ta the
press ealcielated to be of use . to
Germany, axid Eciwa.ed Ne:wraan,
editor of the So.utheen Tian.e:e, was
fined, $50 .for publishing a; lama of
a •simitar nature. ,
Name German Streets
• After U -29's Captain
A. despatch from Loudon lays: A
Christiania ;despatch rave that '
many German cities . have given,
streets the .name of Weddingen
after the commander of the sub-
marine 1.7-20, which the. Gernkans
now admit lava been sank. Obitu-
ary n.otiees in Devotel news,pape're
refer to him as a meteor that has'
disappea,red.