The Clinton News Record, 1915-09-02, Page 3ASIA MINOR AND SYRIA COASTS
OBJECTIVE OF THE ITALIANS
Two More Hours of Darkness and Turks
Have Been Cut Off on Gallipoli
A despatch from Paris says: ' The
Official Journal publishes the 'decide -
tion of a blockade of the 'coasts of
Asia Minor and Syria from the island
of Samos to the Egyptian frontier, to
date from August 26. This' conveys
the first hint of the proposed landing
place, of the Italian expeditionary
force against Turley.
Stories of wounded men who have
arrived at Alexandria tell of how
nearly the allies came to gaining a
Would
great success in 'one of their attacks.
An Austrian officer declared that i7
the allied forces had had' two more
hours of darkness' they could have
-covered six hundred yards of ground'
which separated them from the Sari
Bahr hill, generally known asp Hill
971. Once this hill was in the allies'
hands, the officer declared, the Turk-
ish communications would have been
cut and it was for the possession of
this hill that the dominion troops
fought so bravely but futilely.
BRITISH AIRMAN
SANK SUBMARINE
Single Handed, De Dropped Bontbs
on Undersea Craft Near
Ostend.
A despatch from London says;
From out of the sky carne a weapon
that destroyed an undersea 'boat last
week, recording in the annals of his-
tory the first time thatan aircraft
sent a submarine to the bottom.
Lieut. -Commander Bigsworth won
for himself the distinction of having
accomplished this feat. Single-hande-
ed, while on an 'air pairol" near Qs -
tend, Belgium, he tackled a German
II boat and within a fewminutes his
victim, . completely wrecked, sub-
merged for the last time.
"It isnot the practice of the Ad-
miralty to publish statements regard-
ing the losses of German submarines,
important though they have been, in
cases where the enemy has not other
Source of information as to the time
and place at which these losses have
occurred.
In the case referred to above, how-
ever, the brilliant feat of Squadron
Commander Bigsworth was performed
In the immediate neighborhood of the
Coast in occupation of the enemy, and
the position of the sunken submarine
has been located by a German de-
stroyer."
Concerning the recent bombard-
Fent of Zeebrugge, Belgium, by a Fritish fleet, the Amsterdam Tidj says
t haslearned ar ed that a large number of
soldiers were killed by the fire of the
fleet, and that 90 severely wounded
Amen were brought to Ghent. The
Material damage done, it adds, was
bpparently very great, as , a shed
uilt for submarines was completely
destroyed and with it some sub-
marines.
The significant announcement in
the Admiralty report that it is not
the practice of the Admiralty to pub-
lish accounts regarding the losses of
German submarines, together with
the statement of the Earl of Selborne,
President of the Board of Agriculture,
In the course of an address to a depu-
' tee" tation of agricultural landowners that
the navy now has the submarine men-
ace well in hand, lends color to recent
• unofficial reports to the effect that the
British have of late months captured
a very large number of these' sub-
mersible vessels, and that many
others have been sunk. The number
sunk has been variously stated at
from 20 to 40, but this statement is
the only official admission that there
were others than those previously an-
nounced by the Admiralty as having
been destroyed.
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MUNITIONS MOVING
June Figures Were About a Quarter
of the Entire Year's
Business.
A despatch from Washington says:
That a great part of Europe's enor-
mous orders for arms and ammuni-
tion did not begin to move from the
United States until comparatively re -1
cently was indicated by export figures
issued by the Department, of Com-
merce. The statistics, covering the
21 months ending with June, showed
that, while exports of war supplies
increased tremendously over the pre-
ceding year, the greater part of the
increase -in some cases from one-
fifth to one-third of the entire year's
exports -left the United States in
June.
The twelvemonth period showed ex-
, ports of explosives valued at $41,47G,-
188, as egainst.$6,272,197 in the pre-
ceding year. More than one-fourth
of that total -$11,689,744 --was ship -,l
ped during June. Gunpowder showed.
exports of $3,234,549 in June, come i
pared with $5,091,542 for the year.
Sixty-two aeroplanes were exported
in June. In the preceding year only
84 were shipped. Nearly eight times
as many automobile trucks were ex-
ported in June as in the entire year
ended June 30, 1914. June exports of
both passenger automobiles and
.:rucks were valued at $13,364,800, andI
for the year at $60,254,635. In they
pre, icing year they were $26,574,574,
tingu.c.• for barbed wire, harness and
saddles showed similar export condi-
Mane.
ItIVISLON IN RANKS
OF TURKISJI CABINET
-A de •patch from London says:
The Times Mitylene correspondent
says there has been a split in the
Turkish Cabinet owing to the alleged
persecution of Greeks and Armenians.
in Turkey. The Grand Vizier, accord-
ing to the correspondent, has threat-
ened to ,resign unless the reported
treatment of the Greeks and Armen-
ians ceases. Enver Pasha, the War
Minister, offered the Grand Vizierate
to Bifaat Pasha, President of the Sen-
ate, but Rifaat declined the
officeand
is now trying to bring about peaCe
the Cabinet.
ALLIED AIRMEN
RAID BELGIUM
Sixty French, British and Belgian
Aeroplanes Participate in
Raid.
A despatch from Paris. says:
Sixty-two aeroplanes rose from be-
hind the French lines into a grey
dawn recently, wheeled and manoeu-
vred into four groups, and, sped away
towards Rhenish Prussia. It was the
biggest and most formidable squadron
of fliers that had ever set out as a
body to bombard an enemy position.
Saarlouis, over the heights of Del-
lingen, a small town in Rhenish.
Prussia, was the objective, for at.
Saarlouis is a great German factory
where shells and armor -plate are be-
ing made. From the moment that the
outfliers, the scouts, crossed the Ger-
man front until the army of aerial
invaders had returned the crack of
anti-aircraft guns was incessant.
The losses, if any, are not stated by
the War Office, nor is the probable
damage. But it is hoped and expect-
ed here that the damage was great,
as it seems it must have been, from
the huge quantity of explosives car-
ried by so many aeroplanes and drop-
ped on a single target.
This raid was duplicated by one of
equal proportions against the wood
of Monthulst, north of Ypres, in Bel-
gium. In the squadron which sailed
forth there were 62 machines, lint
they were not all French. British and
Belgian aeroplanes • participated.
Heavy fires were observed as the
fliers turned and began their flight
back.
So far as official reports have dis-
closed, there never .had been previous-
ly an air raid of such magnitude, so
far as concerns the number of ma-
chines employed. In a few earlier
ventures of the kind 80 or more aero-
planes were used. Press despatches
have indicated that the principal belli-
gerents have built great number of
aeroplanes, and as a result of the de-
velopment of this branch of the ser-
vice since the outbreak of the war
these machines are now sent forth in
flotillas for organized assau'ts on a
large scale instead of being despatch-
ed singly or in pairs, principally for
observation purposes.
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SURVIVORS AWARD
HONOR BY BALLOT
.A. despatch from London says: The
Victoria Cross has been awarded to
Capt. Willis, Sergt. Richards and Pte.
Keneally, of the Lancashire Fusiliers,.
by an interesting, though not unpre-
cedented, method of suffrage.
The comrades of the lot battalion of
,the Fusiliers displayed extreme valor
during the landing on the Gallipoli
Peninsula last April. The King
awarded three crosses. The survivors
elected Willis, Richards and Keneally
as having performed the most signal
acts of bravery and .devotion.
TO FORCE BELGIANS' TO
OBEY GERMAN ORDERS
.A despatch from Brussels says:
General von Bissing, military gover-
nor of Belgium, has issued an order
providing for the punishment of every
person who without adequate reason
refusesto undertake or carry on work
of public interest which is demanded
by the German authorities and which
is suited to his calling.
Punishment also is threatened to
any person who hindere work ordered
by the Germans or induces other per-
sons to decline to work.
$200,000,000 ANNUALLY
FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES
A despatch from London' says: In
sentencing a soldier for fraud in con-
nection with separation ,allowances,.
Magistrate Sir William 'freloar re-
marked that ho understood the nation
was now paying something like £40,-
000,000 ($200,000,000) a year in
these allowances:' to families of sol
diers absent at the front.
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58 UNDERSEA CRAFT
IN THE GERMAN FLEET
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
The German undersea fleet at present
comprises 'fifty-eight submarines, ac-
cording to a neutral authority who
has just returned to Denmark from
Germany.' Germany's Baltic fleet, ac-
cording to the same authority, con-
sists of 38 warships. Sixthousand
marines from Kiel have been sent to
the eastern fighting front to reinforce
the pioneer service of the army, it is
stated.
DROPPED 2,000 FEET
FROM FLYING SEAPLANE
A despatch from London says:
Sub -Lieut. John McLarty, of the
Royal Naval Flying Corps, was killed
while flying a seaplane over ,South-
ampton Water on the English coast.
The machine met with a mishap, and
McLarty fell out, dropping 2,000 feet.
A PARTY OF GERMAN DRAGOONS IN ACTION
_.. neefew nit' eenee ,. 4o a •vr.o .man.. . r. .
,laving Ieft their' horses in the rear this party of :German Dragoons had. just taken up a positiod be-
hind a barricade of eartwhoels to engage an enemy outpost. The photograph is from the :eastern front.
S
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The Leading Ma
Breadstuifs.
Toronto, Aug. 81. -Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $1.231/x; No. 2
'Northern, $1.2134, on track lake
ports; No. 3 Northern, $1:1331, Port
McNicoll. These quotations are on a
"promrlt settlement" basis.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C. W., 55c,
on track lake ports, "prompt settle-
mint rn.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, 85c,
on track lake ports.
Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom-
inal
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 51 to
52c; No. 3 white, 50 to 51c, according
to freights outside; nevi oats, 40 to
42c.
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, nominal, $1.15; new, $1 to
$1.02 according to freights outside.
Cereal wheat $1.05. Sprouted or
smutty wheat 75 to 85c, according to
sample.
Peas -No. 2, nominal.
Barley -Good malting barley, No.
3 feed or better, 52c, nominal.
Buckwheat Nominal.
Rye -No. 2, nominal.
Manitoba flour -First •patents, in
bute bags, $7; second patents, in jute
ags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute
bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags,
10c more.
Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent.
patents, $4.60• do., new, $4, seaboard
or Toronto freights,' in bags, for
prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights. Bran, $27 per ton;
shorts, $29 per ton; middlings, $30
per ton; good feed flour, $1,90 per
bag.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 25 to 26c;
inferior, 20 to 22c• creamery prints,
3
28 to 29%c; do., solids 26 to 27c.
Eggs-No..1, 22 to '23c per doz,, in
case lots; extra at 24 to 25c.
Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10
to 1136c• do., retail, 123¢ to 15e,
Combs (wholesale), per doz,, No. 1,
$1.50 to $2 • No. 2, $1 to $2.
Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress-
ed, 16 to 180; Spring chickens, 20 to
21c; fowl, 14 to 16e; ducklings, 17 to
18c.
Cheese -Large, 15 to 15%c; 151/,
to 153 crfor twins. Old cheese, 211 c.
Provisions.
Bacon -Long clear 14 to 14%c
per 1b. in case' lots. Hams -Medium,
18 to 184,c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c;
rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20
to 23c; backs, plain, 22 to 23e.; bone -
lees backs, 25 to 26c.
Lard --The market is quiet; pure
lard, tubs, 11% to 121/4c; do., pails,
12 to 1236c; compound, tubs, 10 to
10%c; do., pails, 10% to 1031,c.
Baled Hay and Straw.
Baled hay, new, No. 1, ton, $17 to
$19; No. 2, ton, $15 to $16; Baled
straw, ton, $7.50.
Business in Montreal.
M ,ptreal, Aug. 31. -Corn, Ameri-
can, No. 2 yellow, 90 to 91e. Oats,.
Canadian Western, No. 3, 59c; ex-
tra No. 1 feed, 59c; No. 2 local white,
58c; No. 3 local white, 57e; No. 4 lo-
cal white, 560. Flour, Man. Spring
wheat patents, firsts, $7.10; seconds,
$6.60' strong bakers, $$6.40; Winter
patents, choice, $6.25; straight roll-
ers, $6.40; Winter patents, choice,
$6.25; straight rollers, $5.40 to
$5.60; do., bags, $2.50; to $2.60. Roll-
ed oats, barrels, $6.25; do., bags, 90
lbs:, $2.90 to $3. Bran, $26 to $26.50.
Shorts, $28. Middlings, $33 to $34.
Mouillie, $35 to $40. Hay, No. 2, per
ton, car lots, $17.60 to $18.50. Cheese,.
finest westerns, 12% to 123'X; finest:
easterns, 11% to 12%. Butter, choic-
est creamery, 281/4 to 281/sc; seconds,
2714 to 27%c. Eggs, fresh-, 27 to 28c•
selected, 26c; No. 1 -stock, 23c; No. 0
stock, 20c. Dressed hogs, abattoir
killed, $13.50 to $14. Pork, heavy
Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45
pieces, $29; Canada short cut back,
bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard,
compound, tierces, 375 lbs., 10c; wood
pails, 20 lbs. net, 10%c; pure, wood
pails, 20 lbs. net, 1236 to 18c.
U. S. Markets.
Minneapolis, Aug 31. -Wheat -Sep-
tember, 96c; December, 9516c; cash,
No. 1 hard, $1.16%; No. 1 Northern,
$1.06 to $1.16; No. 2 Northern, $1.03
to $1.13. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 74%
to 75c. Oats -No. 3 white, 45 to
451/2c. Flour unchanged. Bran, $20.
Duluth, Aug. 81. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, .$1.10%e; No. 1 Northern, $1.09;
No. 2 Northern, $1.04 to $1.07; Mon-
tana, No. 2 hard, 977/sc; September,.
07%c bid; December 96c bid. Lin-
seed cash, $1.6134 September, $1.61
asked; December, $1.61 bid.
Live. Stock 1VIarket.
Toronto, Aug. 81. -' Bost heavy
steers, $$8.50 to $8.65; butchers' cat-
tle, choice, $7.60 to $7.75; do., good,
0 to 7.45 ; d ..
7.8 $ , o , medium, $6:40 to
$$7.40; do. common . 5 to$6.65;
.
butchers' bulls, choice, $6.60 to 6.25
do., good bulls, $5.90 to $6.25;
rough bulls, $4.75 to $ 'S,3b , butchers'
do., GOOD PROGRESS IN
cows -choice,$6.60 to $6.75; do
to 5.26; do., common, $4.50 to $6; THE DARDANELLES
feeders, good, $6,60 to $7.50; stock-
ers, 700 to 900 lbs., $6.25 to $7.25;
canners and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milk-
ers, choice, each, $65 to $95; do., com-
mon and medium, each, $35 to $50•
Springers, $50 to $95; light' ewes, $6
to $6.75; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50;
yearling lambs, $7 to $8; spring
lambs, cwt., $9 to $9.30; calves,,$8.75
to $11; hogs, off cars, $9.15 to $9.40;
do., fed and watered, $9 to $9.10; do.,
f.o.b., $8.65 to $8.70.
Montreal, Aug. 81. -There was a
fair demand for steers and sales'of
fair sized lots of good quality were
made at $8 to $8.25, while fair stock.
brought from $7 to $7.75 and common
from $5.50 to $6.25 per cwt. Butch-
er's cows from $5.25 to $7.25 per
cwt; canning stock, $8.50 to $4.50
per cwt. The demand for lambs was
good' and sales were made at $7.50
to $8.50, while sheep brought from
$4.60 to $5.50 per - cwt, Calves from:
$5 to $20 each, as to size and quality.
Hogs firm, choice selected lots at $9!
to $9.40 per cwt., weighed off cars.
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good, $5;25 to $6; do., medium, $b
GERMANY'S RMANY S THREAT
TO THE BULGARIANS
Fate of Belgium Promised IC Coun
try Sides With the
Allies.
A despatch from London says:
Telegraphing from Bucharest the
Balkan correspondent of the Times
says reports have been received there
from many quarters to the effect that
the Austro -German forces which are
being concentrated along the northern
bank of the Danube for the projected
invasion of Serbia will enter that
country through Bulgarian territory
via Widin, Belogradchik and Sofia.
The Times correspondent, who
usually is well informed, declares he
has reason to believe the Bulgarian
Government has been notified of this
intended aggression with the admoni-
tion that opposition would be futile
and the suggestion that it co-operate
with the central powers. The fate of
Belgium, he says he has heard, has
been cited as an object lesson of what
might happen if resistance were offer-
ed, while Bulgaria has been told that
if she acquiesces in the plan she will
be given a free hand in dealing with
Serbia.
Much will depend, the correspon-
dent asserts, upon the attitude of
Roumania, whose intentions are un-
known, but who is believed to be
averse to another Balkan conflict, and
to disapprove an attack upon Serbia.
ROUMANIANS HASTEN
TO LEAVE GERMANY
A despatch from Geneva says: The
Tribune says, under a Bucharest date
line, that thousands of Roumanian
workmen in all parts of Germany
have been given notice to leave the
country and are returning to Rou-
mania. Roumanian banks at Arad,
Temesvar, and other cities in Aus-
tria, have been closed, the Tribune
asserts, while passports have been
issued to large numbers of Rouman-
ians in Kronstadt.•
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Germany Admits It.
In the German answer to the Bryce
Commission report on atrocities in
Belgium it is seriously stated that
olcl •meal, women and children were
spared to the greatest possible ex-
tent, But the world will asic what
possibility imaginable could require
the sacrifice of children as a measure
necessary to the safety of the Ger-
man army. Such a statement is a
confirmation in itself of the Bryce re-
port, -Baltimore American.
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Makes a Difference.
"The only thing I have to ' say
against you, Jane, is that your wash-
ing bill is far too extravagant. Last
week you had six blouses in the wash.
Why, my own daughter never sends
more than two." "Ah, that may be
mum,"` replied Jane; "but I have to.
Your daughter's sweetheart is a bank
clerk, while my young man is a.,chim-
ney sweep. It makes a difference,
mum.!
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HOLY WAR DECLARED.
A despatch from Athens says: Ad-
vices from Turkey state that the
Sheik-Ul-Islam, chief priest of the;
Mohammedans, has declared a holy
war against Italy.
Objective Aimed at Not Yet Gained,
But a Decided Advance Has
Been Made.
A despatch from London says: Re-
cent operations on the Gallipoli Penin-
sula have enabled the British troops
to extend materially the area in their
position and to connect their lines
along a cont of more than 21 miles,
according to an official statement.
The statement indicates also that
additional troops have been landed on
the peninsula, although no details are
given on this point, and it IS stated
simply that "further reinforcements
have arrived." It is stated that the
losses have been very heavy, but that
the Turks suffered more severely
than the British.
The report sets at rest rumors
which have been in circulation for
several days crediting the British
troops with having either cut e'er
outflanked the Turkish forces.•
In the first attacks the Australians
and New Zealanders reached the sum-
mits of 'Sari Bahr and Chanak Bahr,
commanding positions on the west
coast of the peninsula, but through
the failure of the new landing party
at Suvla Bay to make the progress
expected the troops from the domin-
ions were compelled to fall back. An-
other attack was made last Saturday,
but on this occasion, having lost the
advantage of surprise, the British
could not reach the summit.
The Turks are making a very stub-
born defence of their positions, but
the allies have confidence that with
the strong forces at their command
and the assistance of the fleet the
Dardanelles will be forced before the
arrival of the unfavorable weather,
which is due towards the end of Sep-'
tember.
ABOLISH MARTIAL LAW
THROUGHOUT PARIS
A despatch from Paris says: Mar-
tial law has been abolished every-
where in Paris outside of the zone of
military activities. The decision of
the Government in this respect is in-
terpreted on all sides as a sign of
confidence in official circles that the
interior administration of France will
not be disturbed again by military
operations.
Police officials, whose prerogatives
have been somewhat confused during
the period of military rule, show great
satisfaction at the removal of all dan-
ger of conflict of authority and at the
possibility of pursuing reconstructive
measures.
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MOST POWERFUL ARMY.
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
Universe Will be "Dumb with Admir-
ation" When It Realizes Fact. -
A despatch from Paris says: "The
Government now has under control all
factories able to produce cannon,
rifles, projectiles and explosives,"
said David Lloyd -George, British Min-
ister of Munitions, in an interview
with Charles Humbert, new editor of
the Journal. From what Mr. Lloyd
George showed him, Mr. Humbert be-
lieves British preparations in many
ways are more ample than those of
the French. He declares the army
now in training will be one of ` the
most powerful the world has ever
seen, and when, later, it will be possi-
ble to tell what has been accomplished
by the British, the universe will be
"dumb with admiration."
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GERMANY CALLS OUT
LANDSTURM RESERVES
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
As a result of the serious situation
facing the Teutonic allies in the Bal-
kans, Germany is preparing to mobi-
lize more troops. Advices from Berd
lin state that the Lands 'reser'es
have been notified to bl.•eadm ite' ie
:pond to a call to juke dors.
GARIBALDI'S GRAW4DSON
WOUNDED AT.THE FRONT
A despatch from Udiner Italsay's:
Dzio Garibaldi, son of Gpn. -Eiotti
arib 1dir`and grandson 'Of �ea t
Ganibeldi,' has been severely 't+iolind-
grin the face during the fighting with
the Austrians.
A man of seventy has renewed his
finger nails 186 times,' and has grown
7 ft. 9 in, of nail on each finger.
FROM SUNSET COAST SMELL CRISIS OVER,
DECLARES RUSSIA
WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE
ARE DOING.
Progress of the Great West Told
et Ina Few Pointed
Paragraphs.
Nelson is having all overhead wires
placed in underground cables.
The oat crop ,of the Yukon . will
be poor this year from lack of rain.
British' `Columbia is supplying a
good deal of paper to Australia.
Victoria tax rate last year was 20
mills; this year it will be 18 mills
net.
' Nanaimo has a complete company
of miners recruited and may have a
second. administration is , gradually being
Kaslo impounds chickens running adapted to the new conditions.
at large and icharges 25 ` cents for "The word "evacuation,' " says the
their release. cond'Daihronicle,
Revelstoke still works for and ex -"is losing lisentterroforsthe in thely Cminds of
pests to get an internment camp the people, who are beginning to re-
established there. gard the idea of somewhat protracted
Interned aliens who were incapable nobility as a measible military
of military duty, were freed from the scheme."
camp at Fernie The Daily Mail's Petrograd series-'
Dependents of soldiers enlisted at pendent also telegraphs in anoptimis-
Fernie are drawing $700 a month tic vein. He says a new phase of the
from the Patriotic Fund, Russian operations is now beginning,
Steel in the Pacific Great Eastern in which the Russians will have two
Railway has been laid to a point useful allies, namely, autumn mist
eleven miles :above Lillooet. and autumn mud.
All the provincial constables in "Already," says the correspondent/
Port George district except the chief"seven Teutonic armies in many
have enlisted in the militia. places are floundering through
About. 760 school teachers took marshy districts, where there Is 'a
the special course at the High and thick fog in the morning and -even
Normal Schools at Victoria. ing, and where the rains are turning
The East Iteotenay Lumber Com- the roads Into deep mud: Amid the
pany is working two shifts at their lakes and bogs, where the operationd
Jaffray mill on railway grain doors must now take place, the ,Germans
Telegraph rates between White will often be obliged to shove in MT -
Horse and Skagway are reduced row causeways under the concentrate
from 'a dollar to 50 cents for ten ed fire of the Russian artillery, which
words. thus will be able to inflict terrible
Promise of an abundant fruit crop losses at small cost. The' foggy wea-
in the Okanagan Valley caused the flier win prevent the German airmen
B. C. Government to look to the -ieeljn8 out the Russian Posftionsl
marketing. n indication oi! What the Russians
Vancouver Council must spend an-
announcement
do next is given in an official
other $60,000 to relieve its unem- announcement that the time ha come
10 ed the cityis supporting 626 for the Russian armies to select d
p y pp g suitableposition upon which to re- •
families. P
A cargo of British Columbia Doug- main until it can be made to servo as
las fir has gone to Hudson's Bay, via a point of departure for a decisive ad -
the Panama Canal, for the railway vance. In other words the Russians
work there. now plan to dig themselves into a
The fur trading posts of the Hud- fortified defensive front such as exists
son's Bay Company on the Stikine, in the west"
River have been reduced owing to the
war conditions.
Guiseppe de Cesare, sent from Nel-
son to New Westminster for life for
murder, has been sent back insane; it
is doubted, too.
Private Walter Smith, of the Can-
adian Scottish, Trilled while at ambu-
lance work in the trenches, was a
Prince Rupert boy.
W. A. Aldritt, prisoner of war in
Germany, recommended for the Vic-
toria Cross, was once physical direc-
tor of Revelstoke Y.M.C.A.
The liner Titan had to refuse to
carry two 58 -ton guns from Victoria
to the Phillipines for the U. S., as
she had no machinery to lift them
aboard.
Assistant Fire Chief Thompson of
Vancouver says the city will get a
shock if a big fire breaks out; there
aren't enough men to handle the ap-
paratus.
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Not Very Pleasant.
Patrielc's face was so homely that
it had been described as an "offence
to the landscape," and he was as poor
as he was homely. One day a neigh-
bor met him and said: "And how are
ye,, Pat?" "Mighty bad," answered
Pal,. "It's starvation that's staring
me in the face." "Is that so?" said
the sympathetic inquirer. "Sure, and
it can't be very pleasant for ayther
of ye."
All Necessary Supplies. Are Now
Going Forward With Prompt- l7
nese. yN
A despatch from London says: The.
shell crisis in Russia is over, accord- �.
ing to an announcement made by
Chairman Shingrafi•, of the Daily.
Chronicle's Petrograd correspondent.
The quantity of munitions, the
statement continues, has been more
than doubled, and all necessary sup-
plies are going forward' promptly.
The Russian arxny now is in splendid,
fighting condition, it is stated, and
the machinery of the international
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HOW BRITAIN FEEDS HER ARMY
An Idea of the Gigantic Task of the
Army Service Corps.
When it is mentioned that 2,000
tons of goods -food and other neces-
sities -are sent every day from the
base depots to the firing, line of the
British army, some idea of the gigan-
tic task of the Army Service Corps
will bo gathered. This enormous
weight of goods comps almost entire-
ly from the British Isles, for the Gov.
ornment is not buying in France even
so perishable a necessity as milk.
All day by motor lorry and railway
truck supplies for the troops are sent
out from these base depots to stores
as near as possible to the firing line.
And just as reserves are accumulated
in the docks, so reserves are accumu-
lated near the front, since an accident
to the railways might cut off the
fighting soldiers' supplies.
On one occasion there was a delay
on the railways of 36 hours, but not
only did the soldier at the front get
all his food and ammunition, but he
did not even have to draw on the re-
serves just mentioned; regimental
stores were sufficient for his need
Everything goes by clockwork. There
is no room for accident.
,DAUGHTERS OF THE KING OF
BULGARIA IN ROYAL GARDEN
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Above is a new photog""rapli of the Faincess linuxoclia, on the left and her
sister the 1'tcess ie'adeida on the right as they .appeared, Ili the,
garden of their fat, er'8 pnitege a Solrh a, Eu1ga is Teo Princose
witsEudoxia s born in 1808 end' her sister iwaI horn tikefol-
lowing, Thy have twit brothers, Crown Prince Doris, now twenty -
ono years 0 d.,' and Prince Cyril born in 1.809. Their tnoG?tr, now
dead, was Ma 'e Louise, daughter of Duke Robert of Parma.. aihelt
atepmothek• was the "1'rincess 1Gieonorc, of Reuss-Itostrits, who ,lis.
tinguished -herself with her Red cross 'work in the Russo-Japanese
wan- It Is expected that Bulgaria will enter the was on the side of
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