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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-04-22, Page 7MAJOR GAULT WINS THE D S.0 Officers of Princess Patricia S Decorated for Recent Conspicuous Gallantry at St. Eloi A despatch from London Gays: next clay. Qn Fetruary 28 Maijor The ofadi Gazette ans.nounees that Gatat assisted in the rescue of Mager A. H. Gaula, of Princess Pa- ,wouncled under most difficult eine taken:8 Canadian Light Infantry, us nice while exposed to heavy has been decorated with the Dietin- fire." guished Service. Order, and that Lieut. Colquhonn is decorated Iieut. W. G. Osequilseen and Lieut. "for cotrispieuoue gallantly dnd re- Papineau, of the same infantry, sounoce on numerous omastions, spe- have been decorated with the Mili- delay at St. Eloi on January 26, tory Cross. The ,demeetions are *hen he retecued with the assistainee for conspicuous bravery. of on man a mortally wounded • Lieut. Papineaa was in charge of officer after three others had failed the fast party of the detaiehment in the attempt, being and very Y Liera. Crabbe at Sit, Elm, heavy .close range fire the whole arhich exploit was mentioned ia Sir tune. Again on February 27 alt $t. , , John French's despatch published El.oi rendered valuable aseistsethe recently. The two ether parties on rec,onnoitrihg duty under very were led by Sergeant, Patterson difficult and clamorous Mecum - and Company Sergeant- Major stances." Lloyd. Lieut. Papineau is rewarded "for According to the official reco,rd, conepieuoue gaillamery at St. Eloi MejorlGault is honored "for con- on February 28, when in a charge SplCUOUS gailleintry at St. Eloi on of bomb throwers during oar attack Februery 27 in reconnoitring quite on the eneany's trenches he ahot two close to the enesny'e position and of the enemy himself and then rain obtaining information of great along ,a German sap, throwing value for are attack earried out the bombs therein." • ZEPPELINS MAKE ANOTHER RAID Dropped Many Bombs in Norfolk and .Suffolk Counties, Slightly Injuring One Woman - A despeteh from London saere: ' Two Zeppelin airahips -vis,ited the eaet cea.st of England shortly after midnight Thareolay, dropping bombs on several towns, doing con- siderable damage to property. As far as has been ascertained, °lila • one person a woman, was injurthl. It is said sale was dolly elightly hart. •- The airship dropped 12 bombs on Malden, in Essex County, 30 -miles noeth-east of London, Met only one. building, as workshop in London Roma was damaged. Branhs were se_ alsaecteeppeel in the Eleybridge Ba- -assay 2 miles =rose the river. Thee set fire teesome buildings. The ale- slaipsearee up the Blackwater River and over the Marshes and circled around. At Letwastoft, onathe North Sea, in Suffolk County, three bombs were dropped, censiderable damage to house property in the centre of the town • resulana. A lumber yard also was set on fire. The win- dow panes .in mazy houses were shattered. Three horses b,elonging to the railway eompany were After leaving Lowestoft the air - 'craft passed over Harwich in the -direction of Felixstowe. lareaiteusly the air.eraft had visit- ed Southsvold, 12 inilee eouth of Lowestoft, aad besting missed strik- ingthat town with its Missiles, went on, to.Haleeworth, a miles in- land. It then returned again to Soutanvold and dropped six bombe. AIRMEN SHELL GERMAN STAFF Bombs Dropped on Buildings Rolls - Ing Kaiser's Leading GeneralS. A despatch from Paris seat: French troops heve meek notable advances at wideder-separeted ss points of the battle line, one in the regien at Arras tater a hotly -con- tested fight,and another in Alsace, where a gain of nearly a mile was made. In the figthting on the nor - them pert of the line the French drove the Germans at am bayonet's point from the hill east of Notre Dame de Loretta continuing the drive toward Lens and Bouai =- takes) last month, A notable featere of the opera- tions was the bombascarnient by French aviatbers of severa towns •oecepied by the Germans. One aviator flew over the German lines at the 'centre of ethe line and hurled five bonibis on the buildings oceu- pied by the Imperial geneeal staff at Oharleville and Mezieres These towns where for the first time the headquarters of the Germain great general staff has been definitely lo - aro adjeining fortified towns on the lVfousts, in the Depairt- reent of Ardennes, aboet 16 miles below Sedan, 'Blois poisition is some ten m_iles south of the Franco- l3elgaan teen -tier and 35 miles north of the German battle lane in ehes Argonne. All the proi.ectiles hit the buildinge honsting the general staff, according to the offitiaa re - pert, whidli states that the ear -emit visit wa.s in the nature of in repris- al for the bombaxciment ef Nanoy by a Zeppeltin. It is also am:lea/lima that a equed- ron of 15 aeroplanes thew bombs sucee.ssfully on the military buil,d- ings of the Germans at detend. The machines were subjected to a violent cannonading, but all ress turned intact.. At Les Eparges the Germaine de- livered three counterauttaeks in - an attempt to' retake the eastern •salient. He was r epuilsed with heavy losses., a Germien aatillery thation.ed near Bethune, Feanee, is reported to' have shelled a Belgiain ambulance killing ttbree wounded Belgians and six -wounded German prisoners. a--- LOneSornest Tenuity - Gets 3,000 Letters A despatch from London says: Rifleman A. 0. White, who wais de- scribed by a sentimeintal fellow - soldier in a letter to a Lend= pa- per as the lonesomese masa in the British army, has beeome the bane of the British army postal servthe. White was lying in a hospital neer the front, with no one to write to him or to send him pee.seurte. But after the pathetic deseriptIon ap- peared, sun extra force of men had to be employed to hendle and carry his mail. His letters have now passed the 3,000 nuark, and his par- cels are numbered by the hundreds. Eery mail White has a bigger bag than many erompassies. Hungary Clamoring For an Early. Peace A Budapest respatth says: "The desire for. peace is the overwhelm- ing eentiment notrieetable through- out Ennaary in the past few days. How absortbeid the people ale in this idea, me be seen at a glaece in the newepa,pees„ which in almost evela issue cantonal prominent allusione, editorials and expressions of opin- ion along this line. "For several (lays there has been seareely oath publoie epee& oe state- ment on the wax or the political situation which did net tenth on this subj,eet. Pronouneredly, the Govesnment newspapere are lead- ing this peace campaign, It is not yet easy, however, 110 Say lame terms would be acieeptable official - Trial of Spies Apia 26. A despatch frotra Loaclion •saes. The triad of tale three alleged ger- man spiese-Ruepterle, Hahn and Multer--oharged with sending mili- tary information 80 Germany, has been definitely fixed for April 26 The proceedings will he it secret beim% the Lord dhief J'ustciee. The authorities intimate; thae the ease is one of the greete,st importan RECORD OF PIRATES' CAMPAIGN Over 1,000,000 Men Transported by Water— ti,000 Ships Have Arrived or Sailed, With Loss of 4o A despatch from London Says% ; Great pride is taken in the record during the eleven weeks siace the German submarine terrorist cam- paign steeled. • The Adirairtaty transported more then one men by water. Five inen represent the total losses in transport work of the Admisaity Eines the begin- . ning of +lhe war. Another record lets been' etablisthid in the trans- port of horses from India with the loss of only two. In the merchant • mairine moire than 11,000 British merchant ships have arriired et or sailed trona Beitish ports in the last eleven weelos, while dress thaas forty Britiala merchant ships have been victims of Germain subraarinee, and an the same time the numbex of new ships launched for. the Braish merchent marine =ekes the total number ef ;ships, mad the tote' ton- nage of British merchant merino greater than before the "reign of terror.'' Turks Massing Troops at Gallipoli 'A despatch fcrom Athens says: Tho Turlos are daily massing troops in the Gallipoli Penineula, espe- cially at Mid Bahr, and all the heavy guns which were formerly around Constan,tinople and the prineipal laf.ernuora Sea ports are being removed to the Dairdeneffies. A great numiber et' German =ra- pist -see have antived. A German teroplame hurled three bombs at am allied transport. The damage caused u unknown. AIRMEN RAID RHINE CITIES Bombs Were Droppecl • on a Shell Factory icathe Suburbs of llatlen.' A despatch from Paris ,says: Allied aviator; have ibeen very ae- tive ra the western front. A %quasi:roe flew ove tJue Rhine and dropped bombe oneworkshop.s inn the subs -tam of Baden which were being arbilcized for the manufacture of shells. -Ten bombs were also &op - ped on the powder factory Rott- well in Wuertbenaintra, sex striking the mark, and as a huge red flame shot up eurroaaaed by dense smoke it is believed that the magazine was clesbroyed Another air.ship squadron, dropped twenty boa-abe, the majority of whieth 'struck ;their meek, on the electric neaten ten miles north of Metz which supplies the toms and forts of Metz with power and light. Thie aviators re- port that mudi =the arose from the eenttral stations On the return journey the allied airships encoun- tered three hostile ta,viatorsi, 80 whom the ave chatee forcing them , to land. Although .subjected th a heavy cannonade from the .1VIetz aorta the allied squadron euffe.red no miss -liaise. aeroplanes which vierla ed Badenevere Maack by shell splinters, but , returned "saleily to the lines, Tried to Wreck Cathedral. Several bombs have been drop- ped by a German Taube aeroplane in the vicinity of the, cathedral at Anilines. Ten reasons were killed or wounded. The material damage done was slight. There ere a num- bee of Cainedians in the Amierus Hospital. The enemy continues- to launch ounte.r-attsteks at Les Eparges, but without .suceess, while at Bois de Montnoartre three German bat - (*rim .were eileneed and anesumenu- nition depot blown up. Plans Hero Colony -For Maimed Germans A despatth from London says: Dr. von Bethmantelacillweg, Im- perial German Ohanceller, is con- eidering the feasibility of a sugges- tion for the establishment of a "hem colony" near the famous old Pforta School in South Prussia, of ethical he is an alumnus, where those maimed and crippled in the war may take' up their life after it is over. The originator of tlie idea is Paul Kerston, head of a big faio- tory in Rad lieesen. Be believes thee there will he thousen.ds of noble end patriotic girls and widows of soldiers who, when peace is con- cluded, will be glad to merry the mien who have been injured arnd who othes•wise would gravitate into seldiers' homes. To prevecue this aone of the principal objects of e proposed plan. K-ersten bels that soldiers an soh a situation soon oome to feel that they are aeo- Jess and in the way, ethereas they can ceintiame a useful and happy existence if they have their own homes -and wives to help ease for them Kea -sten believes that the loss of an eye or a leg is not e, de- fect that in any way affects future generations.. If injuxed eoldiers can marry and live in colonies in- stead of in homes by themselves, he thinks that the birthrate will have some of the inierecuse that is to be necessary after the war. British Prisoner Gets Another Trial A Copenhagen despatch to the London Daily Mail says it is an- noeneecl in Berlin that the Baitish prisoner, William Lonsaatle, has been granted another appeal. • The ease will eome before ehe .supreme military court on April 27. Lenediale, who made an attack on a Germane nemeenereissioned officer at the military prison at Doeberitz, was once sentenced to death, but his eentence was' commuted to 20 years' imprisonment, efter the American Ambaisectsior art Berlin mud the American Minister at The Hague had interested themselves in the osuse at the request of the Lord Mayer of Leeds. To be Made Prisoners On Entering Canada A aaaa pains and San Baia Aust megn move ranee ers o A id Aute Parli hes a, take fideac mere saae is bei cletri intere Any Ad Prins tarn th titre i on ti Jetsam Geyer reams .overtu admen deispateh faam Beate_ ,e . Week., Am.erican stearmship oorn- es operating between Seattle Maiska, ports and Seattle and larameieco were notified by the sh Admiralty that all German, ria,n, or Turkish passengere or bem of the mews would be re- d frqm emy vessel ;calling aaa dian port and held as prison - 1 war. __see_ a Opposed to Secrecy. iespatich from London says: J. n Chamberlain, metnaer of ament for West, Birmingham, ppeaded te. the Government to the people more into its con- e, and let thean know a little of white , is happening. Be the ;secrecy of the Governineet ng eareithl to, an extent that is mental to the c,osuntry's beet ets. • — iota to join ix the la aiy. eispatch from athern.s says: e Georgie of Greece will re - Paris Satuaday. His doper s thought th have a bearing le pollitioal Situatio,ns Tle al Hestia indite/lee thee the narteab is making owes -tares to tash neutrality, andi -these res are understood to be steal eel% $9,500,000 Insurance On Officers Wiled A despatch from ',merlon rays,: Lite ineerenee elaima paid in re - 8o British °Meese killed in the war aracoant to uine and ,oneelialf millien dollars. 55 OPAAK Sergeant Michael O'Leary, V.C. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE LEADIND TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. . areaestuffs. Toronto, April 19.-27anitoba first at. cots (Meted et $7.70 in lute bees; second patents, $7.20; strong bakerfe. $7. Ontario Wheat flour, 90, per cent. eatents, quoted at $5.85 to,26, seaboard, and at 25.95 to $6, Temente (freight. Wheat -.-Manitoba No. 1 Northern quoted at 21.65; No. 2 at $1.63 1-2, and Not 3 at $1.61. Ontario wheat, No. 2, nominal, at 21.40 to -21.42, at outside points. Oats -Ontario quoted at 58 to 60o, out side, and at 62 to 63o, on track, Toronto. Western Canada, No. 2, quoted at 701.7,0. and No. 3 at 68 1-2e. BerleY-The market wemains qUiet, flood molting grades, 75 to 890, outside. Rye -The market is dull at 91.10 to $1.12, outside. Peas -The market is quiet, with No. 2" (Meted at 21.75, outside. Corn -No, 3 new American quoted at 820, all mil. Toronto ,freight. Buelrwheat-No. 2 quoted at 80 to 820, outside. Bran and shorte-Bran is quoted at 926 to $27 a too, and shorts at $28 to $29. Sallee oate-car sots, Per bag of 95 90.40. • Country Produce. Butter -0h0155, dalry,..27 to 28e; inferior, 21 to 23e; creamery pranks, 35 to 360; do., solids, 32 to 330.- Bggs-Reeeipte aro large, and prices um changed at 20 to 210 per dozen, in coal lots. Beans -At $3,20 to $3.30 for prima, and 93.25 to $1.40 tor hand.pickecl. Poultry-Chickene, dressed, 17 to 150: ducks, dressed, 14 to 16e; fowl, 11 to 120i turkeys, dreseed, 20 to 21e. Cheeee-Tho market as- quiet, with new Mated at 18 1-2e for large, and at 18 3-4e for twine. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60a per bag.; out of store, and 45 to 50c in car lot. New Drunewieks, oar lots, 05 to 60e pct. bag. P rov isions. Baeon-Long clear, 13.3-4 to 14e per lb. in case lote. Rams -Medium, 17 to 17 14e; do„ heavy, 14 14 to 16e; rolls, /4 to 14 1-2e; breakfast sawn, 18 to 190; backs, 20 to glo; (bonelees httelos, 23c, Lard -The market, la quiet, With Prima steady; pure lord, tubs, 115-4 to 12e; do., Paile, 12 to 12 1-2o, OomPound. tube. 9 34 to 10o; do., pails, 10 to 10 1-4e, Baled Hay and Straw. Strew to quoted at 28 to $8.50 a ton. in car lots on 'track here. Ifay-No. 1 new hey a quotes at $17 to $18; No. 2 at $15.50 to $16. and 310. 3 at 912.30 to $13.50, Business in Montreal. Montreal, April 19.-Corn-Awner1can No. 2 yellow, 82 to 82 1-2e, Oats -Canadian Western, No. 3, 67 1-2; extra No. 1 feed. 67 1.2c; No. 2 local white, 66 1-2o,• No. 3 lo. cal White. 65 1-2e; No. 4 local white, 641-20. Borley-O[tunittfint feed, 80e; malting, 920. littelrwheo.t-NO. 2, 92c. Plour-Manitoba Spring -wheat patents, fitete. $7.80; sec- ond, $7.30; strong bakers, , $7.101 'Winter patents, choice, 27.80; straight rollers, 97.30 to $7.40; 80, hags, 413.45 to $3,65. Rolled oals--Bbls„ 26.75 to 97; do., bags, 90 lbs.. $3,25 te 63.35. Bran, $26. Shone. $28. Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $35 to $38. Ifay-No. 2 per ton, oar late, $18 to 219. Oheese-Pinest westerns, 17 1-2 to 17 3.4e; fineet easterne, 17 to 17 1-4.o. But ter -Choicest creamery, 34 to 320; seconds, 33 to 340, Egge-Preeh, 21 to 22a. Pota- toes -Per bag, car lote, 42 1-2 to 45o. Dress- ed limps -Abattoir kilted 12 3.4 to 13 1,4e; coluittY, 9 14 to 11 3-4o. i>ork-Illeavy, Can. ode ehort niece, trb]s„ 35 to 46 eases, $7.8; Canada shortcut back. bble., 45 to 55 piece% 917. Lard-0=pound, tiorees, 375 lbs., 91.20; wood pails 20 lbs. not, 100; pare, tierces, 375 lbs.,' 11 1-2; pure, wood Pails. 20 lbs. net, 120. United states markets. Minneapolis, April19.--Wheat-No. 1 herd, $1,58 6-8; No. 1 NOrthern, $1.54 48 to $1,58 1.8; No, 2 Northern, $1.49 5.8 to $1,55 1-8; Man $1,52 5-8, Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 69 3-4 to 70 1.4e, Oats -No. 3 white, 54 1-2 to 55e, Plour-Paney patents, $7.70; first clears, $6.40; eecond <sleets, $4.90. llran, t$1122, A.50Pril 19.-1Anseed cash, 21.95 3-4; May, $1.96 3-4; July, 52. Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.58 3-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.57 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.50 3-4 to $1,53 3.4; Mon- tana, No. 2 hard, 21,58 3-4; May, 0.55 3-4; july, 21.52. Live Stock Market, Toronto, April 19.-03utehere" cattle, choice, $7,35 to 27.60; do., good, 9760 27.25( do., medium, $6 to 26.25; do., common, $4,75 to $5,50; butcheres' bulls, choice, $6 to 26.75; do., good bulls, 26.25 to 66,30; rough Intlie, 24.60 to 24.75; butchers' cowfs, choice, 25,50 to $6.75; dm, medium, $5,25 to $5.40; dm, Common, 94.50 to $4,75; feeder.% good. $6.40 to $6.85. do., rough hulls, $5 to $5.50; stookeres, 700 50 L000 abo., $6 to $6.65; coursers and outtere. $3,75 to $9.60; milltere, choice, each, $60 to 485; do., 60m. mon and medium, ersee. $35 to $45; spring- ers, 460 to $75; fight owes, 26.50 to 28; do., heavy. 46 fo $6.50; do., bucks, $3,50 to $4.60; lambs, $6 to $11; calves, 26,50 to $10; }loge), fed and watered, 28.90; do., off ems, 99,25 to $9.35. Montreal, Apri1 19,-A dew good steers eold at $7.25 to $7.50, and the lower grades from $5.50 to $6.50, While llontehere' cows brought. from 25 to 26.50, and bulls from $5 to $6.50 per cwt. Owing to the large supplies of Calves coming forward a weak- er feeling developed in the market, and sales were snado freely at from $1.50 to 29 each, ae to size ond cruality„ Spring lambs brought from $6 to $9 each, and old sheeP sold at from 4 to 6o per pound. There was no important change in the market for live hogs, Prices being firm, w.ith sup. plies ample to fill ail requirements, and sales of selected lots were made .at $9,30 to $9.60 per cwt., 'weighed off cars. French Aeroplane Victor in Long Chase A despatch from Bordeaux says: The tale of an exeitieg cease in the ear atnd a bettle at an altitude of oveir 8,000 hob between a Fianna aer-oplane and a deranan atlimeress machine, in which the French avia- tor WEIS liCt011i41.1S, wars related by Lieut. Oharabre, the observer on ehe French machine. The penult beg= ae Rheims, am - cording to Lieut. Miamian, and lasted uneil the air craft reached Ohialons, asu epprossima.te distance of 26 miles. Ilhe German used over 100 quick-firier cartridges withoet doing farther damage than eo pierce tbe wino of the Frees& ma- chine, The eleventh shot fired by the Preath aviators caused the German aeroplane to fall, and on reedhing the ground' it caught fire. The German.officers escaped injury anti Wane telex' Fri:sorter. ' Grievances ana babies griow wth COLORS FLYING, GUNS T4AINED Why the llritish Cruiser Glasgow Sank- the Direeden in the Chilean Bat•boe. A despatch from London seys: The British Government, has offered "a full tend ample apology" to this Chilean Goverament for the sinking on Miareh 14 in Chilean territorial watees of the Germane cruiser Dres- den, the internanent of whish bad &heady been. ordered byrthe Mari- time Governor of Cumberland Bay when the British squadron attacked and reank her. • This fact was made public in a White Paper, giving the texts of the Ohibean note protesting againist the sinking of the Dresden and the Britieh Government's reply. . Me note delivered by the Chilean Ministex to Greet Britain says that the Dresden authored in dumber - land Bay (ham Fernandez' Wanda March 9 and asked permission to remain eight dur for the pumpoee of repairing her engines whica ,of said to be out of order.' The Governer reamed the reque.st, as he considered it unfounded, and ordered the captath ,:to leave the bay within 24 ittoure. • As the order was not eouiplied with,. the ca,ptain of the Dresden was Informed that his ship 'WU& in- terned. , Wlhen the Mash squadron ap- peared on March 14, the ships) open- ed fire on the Dresden, on which a flag of truce had beea hoisted, and -celled on her captain to sure render. The captain then gave or- ders to blew up the magazine of tthe Dresden. Ilt; is pointed out that according to. the Britishinfermation the Dres- den "bad not accepted internment and still had her colors flying ansi guns trained." Tilite British reply continues: "If this is so, and if there were Ms amens available for enforcing the decision of the Chilean authorities to intern the Dresden, she might obviously, ;had not the British ships taken action,have escaped, again to attack British commerce." It is added: "ale captain of the Glasgow probably assumed, espe eially in view of the past action of the Dresden, that she was defying the dhilea,n authorities e,nd abus- ing Ohilean neurtrality end was only waiting for ,a, favorable oppor- tunity to sally ont and ateack Brit- ish commerce again, WANTED. A Tropical Bain of Sheets. We have had, since the war be- gan, a, liberal education in the matter.- of giving. So many de- mands have been made on public generosity that we hardly feel sur- prised at any demand, however great. Notwithstanding, we were, many of us, rendered alzaost breathless, when we saw the list of "needs" for the equipment of the University Base Hospital. "Where," we asked, "is the mo- ney to come from to purchase these?" Then a brilliant idea occurred to one of the workers. It was this - "Why not have a sheet shower, not only for Toronto, but for the Pro- vineet" Ours is a provincial university. Why ehould net we give the women of Ontario an opportunity to help with these furnishings7 Opportunity is all that is need- ed, for there are thousands of mothers, wives, and sisters of past and present University students who will be only too glad to help. , Hundreds, perhaps, mill not have time to send to buy sheets, They will then go to their own well - stocked linen -presses, and taking some treasures, laid Away in view of illness ef their own nearest and dearest, will dedicate them to the nearest and dearest of others, in fair Frante. The size lost required is 60" x 108"t aind theymay be sent to the Red dress Society, 77 King Street East, Toronto , marked Base Hos- pital, No. 4, immediately. JEAN MePHEDRAN. Thoughts for the We must know ourselves, and if time does not serve to discover teuth it at least iservea te regulate oue lives, a,nd there is n.otbieg more just.--Precal. l'ereseas and events may stand fora time between you and reason- ing, but it 40 only a postponement You must pay at least your own debt. -Emersion. Tyranny may last through ages where cliscuseion is suppresses]. Diseussien unity seletly be left free by rulers who act on popular pain- ciple.-Maeaulay. Some persons are eo denstitated thee the very excellence of am idea, seems to them a cenvineing rats= that it mutt be, if not solely, yet espeeialtly theirs. -George Eliot A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a emile, like a sernaner without flowers, and like a; homestead with- out a gamic's. 18 is the joyous day of the, whole week.-Beether. I de not say we ought to be hap - as We grow older, but we ought to be calmer, knowing what life is, and looking forward to smother, whiOh 'we believe to be a reality, though we cannot; tea what it mearns.-Iowett, Happiness is a word very lightly used. It may mean little, it may mean match. By the 'word happi- ness I would signify, not the mo- mentary joy or a ehild who gine a plaything, but the lasting har- mony between oue ineliratinn a,ncl our objectswithout this harreony we are a, discord to ounselves; we are inoompletions, we are failures. -Lord Lytton, Uncle -81y clear boy, it's a fact that the nuerobe,s on paper money heve ceased many a, death before now. Nephew -Well, uncle, you might let have a, firmr or two. I'm very tired of life, 'ORDERS WERE NOT OBEYED Heavy Losses at Neuve Chap2Ile Accounted for in ' Sir Jol;in French's Report ' veral the name of the offieer whora he tso sharply blames for the delaY which robbed thesBritish of the full fruits et their viatory at Neuve Chapelle. awaited. For some days rumoirS Field lidera-la French reports tlhe ascribing the heavy Britieh losses British theses in the throe cla,ya (12,811) to some extent to British aghtimg ab Neuve Chapelle as fol- ertillery and,to a mistake of a 33ri- Sows: 61841 commandeir heve found their way into print, commendier specificaily Wounded . 359 °8611er7 r4 8,543 In his introduetory remarks the Killed . ei.e9r0s: n29'11,33'17' 12°,t5a217. states thet "oonsecleraale delay oe- Missing ......23 1,128 1,751 cuered after the capture of Neuve Oha.psll,e. The infautry was die- Total 12,239 12,811 organized by the violent nature of the attacks." Field Mershal Frenoh'is report Further in the despatch he says; continues: "alhe enemy left ?several "I a,m of tthe opinion that this de- thousand dead on the field, a,nd we lay would net have omits -red had hams positive information th•at ups the clearly expressed order of the weeds (if 12,000 wounded wee° DS - commander of the first airrny beat moved by taaint Thirty officereaeiti- . more carefully observed." 1,857 of °their earths were rapture Field Marshal French fails to res ed." A deepetch from London says: The report of Field atairshal Sia John Freaeth, reviewing the Neuve Ohapelle battle, has been eagerly SEPARATED FROM MOTHERS Hundreds of Infants Sent Back to Switzerland Cannot be Identified Adespatch from Paris says: r of age are being sent backs William T. P. Hollangswerth bas The most extraordinary point in returned from Sehaffhausen and Ilia. Hollingeworblas report is that Zurich, where he investigated the the trains bring 100 betake, a week - conditions of returning civilian old and upwards, 'daily. These are prisoners on basalt of the American unclothed., but ere wrapped in Olestring House for Relief, fragments of skirts seed shavra Gennaay has already sent back There as no means of treeing their 30,000 of these civilian prisoners icleptity. Mothers maiming with . stating that between 150,000 and en children say they received no 200,000 axe yet to be returned. Tem medical atkentiOn at childbirth. trains are arriving in Switzerland Swiss women are supplying balite' from Germana daily,. each carrying clothing at the railway stations. for 600 of the returiensg prisoners. the unfortunates. Many of the Three-fourths of these a,re women older children who have arrived aud girls. No boys over 13 years also cannot be iclentified. NEUTRAL VESSEL SUNK AT ANCHOR Pirates Submarine Steamer Char- tered by the Dutch COYernment. A despatch from Lonclot says: The Netherlands eteaimer Katayk, fa•om Baltimore to Rotterdam, was torpedoed while anchored seven miles to the west of the North Hin- der Lightehip in the North Sea. The crew of 23 alien were awed and taken aboard the lightship. A despatch to Reuter's from Fluthing retorta the araivel there of the crew of the Itetwyk. The men istay that while the night watch was being changed a severe shock was felt and the ship began to take in water. As the steamer was eink- in.the crew took to the heats, a,nd while rowing away saw the peel - scope of a submarine, whibb quick- ly disa,ppeared. The lie,twyk senk fifteen. minutes after the explosion. She was a freight steamer. Built in 1903, she was 1,287 net tone, and 218 feet long. She sailed from I3altimore March 28 for Rotterdam, an.d pats - ed Dover Apiil 14„ CLEAhl*-UP DAY. The last speck of snow bus van- . ished from under the thrubs on am lawn and winter's deposit of sldnay filth rests oos the dry grass) in the baek yard. The chips end splinters are littered all over the wood- yerd ; tin cans are scattered here tnd there; an omasionall old bas- ket is pert of the adornanent, and watersoaked sheets of waste paper are found stuck under some bush or lodged against the fence. The whole has an aippeeranee alto- gether out ef keep.ing with the fresanees a.nd spinging into life of the growing seethe. It in time for a eleamua. The fence requires straightening up. The gate must be re -hung te prevent its "din- ging" The hedge needs trimming. The brash from winter pruning of fruit trees ,should be burned as un- sightly and to remove dangers frora Insect and dieea.se pests. The vera,nicleh floors and outeide steps need paint. The front lawn and back yard to be made pee.sentable must be raised over to take off *21 rubbish and dead grass. The earnmer's wood ,theuld be neably piled. The clean-up should not step et the house aincl surroundings. The driving sited and work room thould be "straightened -up" and swept out, Winter gaps in fences should be closed and fence -repairing looked after. Brushy undergrowth could be profitealy rem,oved from fence corners and, by the -way, plant in its thead .real trees -trees whica will add to the beauty of the landscape and tee efteiency of the farm, the latter as fence poste and .thade for stocks Remove tumble- down "snake" fences iaed prepare for something better. Clean up the sleighs amid put them away, na lowing them to stand ma in the weather until aune--steighing is over ,for this season. The echo's set aside an arbor clay -the city man puts in a Saturday afternoon Cleaning up his lawnand planting flowers; now for an arbor day or two on the fame -Farmers' Advo- cate. GEP11111.11 Socialist Who is Demand- ing Peace. • Reports eirrentaing from Ger- many to the effect that ell of Ger- raamy is not war -mad is strength- ened by the sitard of the German Socialists. In the Gelman Reiela stag, where the Socialists are a large, tactor, they have, it 40 re- ported, ri,s.tie in all lheir eloquence to demenel en immediate end last- ing peace, One of the reost =aye of these peace seeking, Socialises is said to be Philip Sclheadernexin, the subject of this phatogvaalt. 'With the eel of Lie.bkneehb, the re cog- nized leader, Scheidemaan tied a siceee of other ingressive members recently cowed a semen in the chamber of the Lower House by demanding thief: the Go veenan eat take steps. to end the war. Siciheitie- maims protested bitterly stgaieet the Government's action in ,platiciag the ban on Socialist wsitings end speeches. Immediately after this Liebkneicht arose, ,and in so -alai -1g terms, despite the hisses ef the 0.onservatives, arraigned the p.Oliey of the, Govetroment in Poland. Its it rep,oieted that the nalitery. au- theeinee, angered by Liebireeciat's eriticism, bailie Gent him to the front. . • The Man -"Dear me, yes 1 Golf is any favorite game: Db you play 1" The Maid -"I? Goodness, n o ! Why, 1 eveuldn'it even know hew to ,hold the mady I" TRIED TO BURN DOCKYARDS Fact Only Made Pucilic by the Announcement of a Reward for the Discovery of the Incendiaries A despa,boh ;from London says: There was a rumor in London that a serious fire had broken out in the big go veenanient dockyerds at Ports- mouth; Int the denser elanineted all mention, of the mater from p re se sleep etches . It now iappeere that the fire was; of a very eerione (ammeter, and came near wipingeout the docks, and other valuable properties at Ports- mouth. The real extent of tbe dam- age is still unknown. It is the coma - mon bedief 40 officina circles thet the fire was the week of incencliar- ies, preeumahly Gea•man spies. A cerefully worded notices WIttS Is- cu*2 by tehe dockyard authorithea, offering a sevrard et $600 "for the discovery of tibe incendiaries re- sponeible foe the fiim nt 8110 build. - bag elip sheds the nasal, of Janoary 21.''