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The Clinton News Record, 1915-09-23, Page 3GERMANY AGREES TO YIELD UNITED STATES DEMANDS Count Bernstorff, Declares All Difficulties Will B Settled at the End of a Fortniiht. A despatch from New Yorlepays: Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, states that all the diffi cul -ties between this country. and Ger- many. concerning German guarantees - of safety for American ships and passengers will be satisfactorily. set- tled at the end of two weekstime. Be told reporters at the Ritz Carlton that, while he had no statement to issue, he count state definitely that he would receive no more advice from his Govermitent for a fortnight. He and Secretary of State Lansing, he said, are in perfea 'accord as to the method to be used in settling the re- maining difficulties that still exist be- tween the two countries and recom- mended that the American people he counselled to- patience. • RESPA INDICTED FOR DYNAMITING Will Be Tried on Charge of Plottin to Destroy Factories in Windsor. GERMAN FORCES TO FIGHT ITALY g Combined Supreme Effort on the Part of Teutonic Allies Has Been Planned. A despatch from ROM says: A general Austrian offensive against the Italians is now looked for as the re- sult of the arrival of considerable German reinforcements. The object of the expected attack will be to cheek the Italian advance which the Aus- trian troops, unaided, failed to halt. Reliable information is to the ef- fect that Germany is prepared to aid the -Austria% so that a combined • cupreme effort on the part of the Teutonic allies is expected. on•the Italian front. Such an effort, it is believed, is aimed by the central 'pow- ers at favorably influencing the Bal- kans. It is an open secret that the Italian general staff since the outbreak of hostilities with Austria has expected German aid to the Austrians, hence the Italian military chiefs are prepar- ed for such an event, and it is confi- dently asserted in military circles here that even if the reinforcements to the Austrians are stronger than reported they will not alter the situation on the Italian front, now so favorable to Italy. Italian Mountaineer detachments made raids against the Austrian posi- tions 10,000 feet high at Villa Coma and other peaks in the upper Genova valley. Climbing the most difficult ground and glaciers, the Alpines reached the enemy's entrenchments and partly destroyed them. They re- turned to their own positions without being seriously assailed. Analysis of the explosive bombs being used by the Austrians has revealed the presence et large quantities of prussic acid. A despatch from Windsor; Ontario, says: Charles Respa, held in connec- tion with the dynamite plot in Wind- sor hist June, was committed for trial after receiving his preliminary hear- ing at Walkerville before Magistrate Niers. The feature of the hearing was the appearance as a witness of .Williain Lefler, former night watchman of the Peabody' plant, one of the buildings wrecked, and who is now serving ten years in the penitentiary at Kingston after being found guilty of assisting in he outrages. • Lefler was a witness for the Crown, and a very willing one. He declared that he had first met Respa in the office of Albert Kaltschmidt In De- troit, and that he'was given two suit- cases to take across to Windsor. He said Respa and Mrs. Charles Schmidt appeared on the night previous to the explosion, and that he had given them the suitcases. Respa, he said, told him to be careful, as the grips con- tained dynamite. He declared that Respa and the woman left in the di- rection of the river, and that a few hours later the explosion followed. He said he met Respa and Kelt- schmidt a little later in Detroit, and that the latter said: "Well, we jarred them a little, and we will do it some More. We are going to blow up the whole town." . • . TOTAL LOSSES 87.630 AT THE DARDANELLES • A despatch from London says: British casualties at the Dardanelles up to August 21 were 87,630. The number of killed in that time was 17,608. - These figures were Included in the grand total of Beitish casualties pub- lished earlier in the week. The announcement says that the number of officers killed was .1,130, and the number of men 16,479; wounded, 2,371 officers and 59,267 men; missing, 373 officers and 8,021 men.. CONSCRIPTION SURE LONDON BELIEVES A despatch from.London says: The principle of cpmpuleion is now ad- mitted on nearly all sides as being necessary within a short time, the speeches of both Premier Asquith and Lord Kitchener being so interpreted. It is believed that compulsion w,ill be held back to try the effect of ap- proaching the men registered on the pink forms, that is, those eligible for service. If this step fails, there will be no alternative to conscription. WOMAN RAISES PONDS' - FOR 1,196 AMBULANCES A despatch from London saye: Miss Mary Booth, a relative of the principals of the Booth Line steamers, has succeeded in collecting funds to provide 1,196 motor ambulanceS, now being used at the front, as a memor- ial of the Lusitania disaster. She is now collecting funds for a hospital for paralyzed and other permanently in- jured- soldiers as a further memorial of the same event. DOG TRAINED TOPHONE APPROACH OF ENEMY A despatch from Paris says: Ac- cording to the Gazette de France, a certain French regiment possesses a dog which is sent out from advanced sentry posts at night with a telephone strapped over his moutb and a wire connecting the instrument with the post. If the dog hears the Germans approaching he barks quietly into the telephone. Not the Answer He Expected. A Scottish minister was one day talking to one of his aged parishion- ers, who in the course of the conver- sation ventured to express the opinion that ministers ought to be better paid. "I am glad to hear you say that," said the rninister. "I am pleased that you think so much of the clergy. And so you think we ehould have bigger stipends ?" . "Ay," said the old man; "then we'd get a better class of men." BELGIANS FORBIDDEN TO BOYCOTT GERMANS A despatch from Brussels says: Gen..yon Bissing, the Governor-Gen- eral'of Belgium, has issued an order against the boycotting, blacklisting, insulting or threatening otherwise- to injure Germans or persons showing German Sympathies or trading with German firms. The maximum penalty for infractions of the order is two years' imprisonment or a fine of 10,- 000 marks ($2,500). The term of im- prisonment can be extended to five years when disobedience is offered by several persons in collusion. Russia's Wheat Crop. Taking all crops together, the yield will be about 2,000,000,000 bushels, The winter -sown grain is harvested already and also a large proportion of spring -sown crops. The figures dr- rived- at are 446,000,000 bushels bet- ter than last year's total, and 291,- 000,000 bushels in excess of the five- year average. Of/wheat' altogether there will be harvested 571,000,000 bushels. For export there will be available some 450,000,000 bushels. THANKSGIVING DAY MONDAY, OCTOBER 11 A despatch from Ottawa says: Mon- day, October 11, was fixed as the date of Thanksgiving Day at a Cabinet Council. • No Mote in His Eye. "What are you studying now?" asked Mrs. Johnson. "We have taken up the subject of molecules," answered her son. "I hope you will be veryeattentive and practio constantly," said the mother. "I tried to get your father to wear one, but he could not keep it in his eye." Truth: Mrs. Exe-Here's an invitation from Mrs. Boreleigh to one of her tiresome dinners. I hate them. Exe-Why not plead that you have a previous engagement? ' Mrs. Exe-That would be a lie. Edith, dear, write Mrs. Boreleigh that we accept with. pleasure. When a clergyman announced that there would be a nave in the church an _old lady whispered that the "knew the party to whom he referred." "Who is your favorite writer?" eMy husband." `'Why, I wasn't aware that yotir husband's talents ran in that direction. What does he write?" "Cheques." Troops Gathering on Swiss Frontier A despatch from Easel says; French and German armies near the Swiss frontier are showing unicorn - man military activity. Heavy re- inforcements are arriving, and artil- lery duele are becoming fiercer daily. On both the French and German fron- tiers between the town of Delle and 13neel civilians are being moved from the border villages and towns Czar Grants Amnesty to MI Politica! Prisoners A despatch froin Rome says: It i 3 stated that the Emperor of Russia has ordered amnesty for all politica 1 prisoners in Russia. The number of per,sons affected is said to be about on e' hunch -ed thousand... A Donkey Cart of the Italian Red Cross for Mountain Use Imis novel conveyance is now in use by the hospital corps of the Italian army to carry wounded men to the , hospitals from the heights on which much of the fighting occurs. These little donkeys are similar to West - hilly country. ern AMAtican burros, having been bred in the Alpine dLstricts, and are exceptionally fitted for traveling in rough - The Leading Markets Breadstuffs. Toronto, Sept. 21. -Manitoba wheat, nom% Crop -No. 1 Northern, $1.03%; No. 2 do., $1.01%, on track lake ports, prompt shipment. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., nomin- al, on track, lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 83e, on track lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 84e, on track Toronto. Ontario oats, new crop -No. 2 white, 38 to 39c; No. 3 do., 36 to 38c, according to freights outeide. Ontario wheat -New, No. 2 Win- ter, Per car lot, 90 to 92c; slightly tough, 80 to 85e; sprouted or smutty, 70 to 85c, according to saniple. Barley -Good malting barley, 52 to 54c; feed barley, 45 to 48e, according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Car lots, nominal, ac- cording to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, nominal, 75 to 78e, ac- cording to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $5.75; second patents, in jute bags, $5.25; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.05, Toronto. Ontario flour -New Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $3.,80, seaboard, or To- ronto freights in bags, prompt ship- ment. • Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont- real freights -Bran, per ton, $25; shorts, per ton, $27; middlings, per ton, $28; good feed flour, per bag, $1.80. Country Produce. Butter -The receipts are fairly good, with prices steady. Fresh dairy, 24 to 27e; inferior, 22 to 23c; •cream- ery prints, 29 to 30e; do., solids, 27 to 28%c. Eggs -No, 1, 23 to 24e per dozen, in case lots; extra at 26 to 27c. Honey -No. 1 light (wholesale), 10 to 1134c• do., retail, 12% to 15c. Combs wholesale), per doz., No. 1, $2.50 to $3; No. 2, $1.50 to $2. Poultry -Spring chickens, 20 to 21c; fowl, 16 to 17c; ducklings, 17 to 18c; turkeys, 22 to 24c. Cheese -The market is steady; large, 14% to 15c; do., twins, 15 to 15%e. Provisions. 'Cured meats are quoted as follows: Bacon, 'long clear, 14 to 141/sc per lb„ in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18% to 19c; do., heavy, 14 to 15e; rolls, 15 to 16c; breakfast bacon, 20 -to 23c; backs, plain, 23 to 24e; boneless backs, 25 to 25%e. Lard -The market is firm; pure Iced, tubs, 12 to 12%c; do., pails, 12% to 12%c; compound, tubs, 10%c; do„ pails, 11.3/2c. I Hay Market. Baled hay, new -No. 1, ton, $15 to $16.50; No. 2, ton, $13 to $14; baled straw, to, $6.50. , Business in Montreal. Montreal, Sept. 21. -Coen, Ameri- can No. 2 yellow, 89 to 89%e. Oats, No. 2 ken1 white, 43c; No. 3 local white, 42c; No. 4 local white, 41c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.85; seconds, $5.35; strong bakers', $5.15; Winter patents, choice, $5.50 to $6.25; straight rollers, $5 to $5.50; do., bags, $2.10 to $2.45. Roll- ed oats, barrels, $5,35 to $5.40; bags, 90 lbs., $2.45, $32 to $33. Mouillie, $32 to $37. Hay, No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $17 to $18. Cheese, finest West- erns, 15 to 151/ec; finest Easterns, 14% to 14%c. Butter, cream- ery, 29% tee 29%c• seconds, 28% to 28% e. Eggs, fresh, 30 to 31c; select: ed, 28 to 29c; No. 1 Etock, 23 to 24c; CZAR'S SECRET SERVICE HEAD WAS HIMSELF A GERMAN SPY Betrayed Weak Points, of War Preparations to Very Men He Was Expected to Arrest A *despatch from London saye: A prominent Russian who is here in connection with war contracts for his Government revealed the astounding fact that the man at the head of the Russian special investigation service entrusted with the work of discover- ing German spies in Russia was him- self a German spy. This man had been known to the Russian court for years, and only proofs of the most in- disputable nature led to his exposure. Then prompt action was taken He was tried by court-martial and con- victed of having betrayed the weak points of the Russian war prepara- tions to the very Germans he was ex- pected to arrest. His execution fol- lowed immediately. No. 2 stock, 21c. Potatoes, Per bag, ear lots, 00c. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $13.75 'to $14.25. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to 45 pieces, $28 to $28.50; Canada, short cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, 27 to $27.50. Lard, con -mound, tierces, 375 lbs., 100; wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 10%e; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs., net, 12% to 13c. United States Markets, Minneapolis, Sept. 21. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.00%; No. 1 Northern, 95% to 99efic; No. 2 Northern, 92% to 96%c; September, 933tc; December, 91%. Corn -No, 3 yellow, 72% to 73c. Oats -No. 3 white, 32% to 3ec. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, Sept. 20. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.01%; No. 1 Northern,. $1.00%; No. 1 Northern, 98%c; Montana, No. 2, hard, 98%c; Septem- ber, 96%e; December, 92% to 93%c. Linseed, cash, $1.64%; September, $1 . 64; December, $1 . 64. Live Stock Markets, Toronto, Sept. 21. -Best heavy steers, $7.75 to $8; butchers' cattle, choice, $7.40 to $7.60; do., good, $7 to $7.20; do., medium, $6.25 to $6.75; do„ common, $5 to $5.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good bulls, $5.90 to $6.25; do, rough build, $4,76 to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good, $5.25 to $6; do., medium, $5 to $5.75e do. common, $4.50 to $5; feeders, good, '$6.50 to $7.25; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs, $6.25 to $7; canners and cutters, $3.75 to $5; milkers, choice, each, $65 to $100; do., common and medium, each, $35 th $50; springers, $50 to $95; light ewes, $6 to $6,50; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $7 „to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $8 to $8.45; calves, medium to choice, $7 to $10.50; hogs, off cars, $9.65 to $9.90; do., fed and watered, $9.60; do., f.o.b., $9.15. Montreal, Sept. 21.-A few small lots of good steers sold at $7.50 to $7.75; fair at $6.50 to $7.25, and common and medium at $5 to $6, while some small lots of choice butch- ers' cows brought $6.75 to $7, and the lower grades from $5 to $6.50; and bulls sold Ed feom $5 to $7 per cwt. There is a steady demand from can- ners for canning stock, and a fair trade was done in bull, at from $4.25 to $4.50, and cows at from $3 to $3.50 per cwt. Ontario lambs sold at $7.50 to $7.75, and Quebec stock at $6.75 to $7. Sheep brought ft one $4.50 to $5.50 per cwt; calves from $5 to $20 each as to Size end quality; hogs, selected lots were made at $9.76 to $9.90 per cwt., weighed off cars. 4. He is a poor sign painter who is unable to make a name for himself • THE NEW ARMIES READY TO FIGHT Kitchener Says 210,000 Men Sent to France Have Been Well Tested. A despatch from LOndon says: Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords read a carefully prepared and opti- mistic speech on military operations. In the course of his address the Sec- retary of State for War made the in- teresting disclosure that the German attacks with gas, liquid fire and as- phyxiating shells, lacking, as they do now, the element Of surprise, have failed in their objeet, and have lost Much of their offensive value o -wing to the.steps taken to -counteract them. Lifting the veil of secrecy, he an- nounced that eleven divisions of the new army had reinforced Field Mar- shal French's force in France, and others would follow quickly. He, too, spoke optimistically of the situation on the various fronts, expressing the opinion that "the Germans have shot their bolt in their offensive against Russia without achieving their object of destroying the Russian army. As far as the Turks -are concerned, Lord Kitchener said there was an abundance of evidence of "the pro- cess of demoralization having set in." In Mesopotamia the resistance of the Turks had terminated. Saved His Lite. It is piobable that no class of men is lampooned more unjustly than doc- tors, Many of the stories at their expense'however, are both amusing and good-natured. A recent addition to the list is the tale told by London Tit -Bits about the ChMaman who was asked if there were good doetors in China. "Good doctors!" he exclaimed. "China have best doctors in world. Haag Chang one good doctor; he great, he saved my life." "Yoe don't say so! How was that?" "Me velly bad," he said. ."Me callee Doctor Han Eon. Give some medi- cine. Get velly, •velly ill. 14-e cal -lee Doctor San Sing. Give more medi- cine. Dile grow woree-going to die. Blimebly • callee Doctor Hang Chang. He no got time; no come. Hp saved my life." , , Stone Barricades Thrown Up by Germans to Keep Freneli.Out of Alsatian Village ' rirmiwo stooc barrtaades wer6, erected by the Germans in the Alsatian village of Reculeville after it had been F taken' irern the French, Tiley were placed aL regular, intervals in os dos to pi event. an; attempt by a Front* eatt‘ry to storm Ohs village. RUSSIAN ARMY NEWS FROM ENGLAND HOLDS ITS OWN Driving Back Enemy in the Sin and lDelaying Him la the Former German Product May Be Made 13y Britain. • The potash hitherto used in this country has been chiefly derived from the enormous deposits of potash salts which occur near Stassfurt in the north of Germany. These deposits have been systematically worked and the trade so well organized that Ger- man potash, on account of its cheap- ness, became the almost exclusive source.of the potash required through - oat the world. The German source being no longer available it has be- come necessary to take stock of other sources of supply, and these are con- sidered in "The World's Supply of Potash," a pamphlet just issued by the Imperial Institute. In this pamphlet, which forms in fact a miniature encyclopaedia of its subject, both the .old and new sources of potash .are described so far as de- tails are available. Certain of these will probably only be utilized so long as the price of potash continues high, but others promise to become active competitors with the Stassfurt depos- its, even- when prices again fall to their usual level. The chief use of-. potash, usually in the form of the chloride or sulphate, is as an artificial manure, for which purpose over 90 per cent, of the world's output is employed. But pot- ash is also edential for numerous chemical industries carried on in this country, and for the manufacture of the finest kinds of glass, and the pre- sent scarcity is having considerable effects on these industries. The in- creased production of potash in the United Kingdom for kelp and other vegetable sources referred to in this pamphlet is now under serious con- sideration. FRENCH SUPERIOR IN AIR. North. A despatch from London says: Stern battles are being fought all along the eastern front from Riga to the Roumanian border and while the Germans continue to advance slowly in the north and centre, the Russians in the south are repeating their suc- cesses s 'against the Austro -German armies, which are now being driven back across the River Stripa in Gali- cia, and have been forced to retire westward, north of the Galician fron- While theee Rassian victories natur- ally are welcomed in Russia and the allied countriee as an evidence that the Russian armies are still able to take the offensive when well supplied with ammunition, there is no inclina- tion to exaggerate their importance. The engagements, however, keep the Austro -Germans busy, and make imperative to send reinforcements southward which could be used to bet- ter advantage in the north, where operations of much greater moment are being directed by Field Marshal von Hindenburg. . This General, who began his offen- sive against the Vilna-Dvinsk railway efi week ago, has not yet established himself on the line. His cavalry, which did reach it, has been driven back. Nevertheless' he has driven the Russians across the Dvina River, north of Dvinsk, placing that city in ilrather dangerous position) and has also made some progress north of To the south of Vilna, toward Grodno, the Russians are offering stubborn resistance and have the Ger- mans firmly held. Something of the same kind has happened in the cen- tre; Prince Leopold hat been delayed in his advance. Field Marshal von Mackensen has passed his forces through the Pripet marshes and is now in possession of Pinsk. From this point southward the Russians am - advancing and have reoccupied a num- ber of villages'but they are not likely to push their advantage much farther, as to do so would make their northern flanks vulnerable. A good del of .importance is at- tached to the decision of Russia to call to the colors the reserves of the terri- torial army. Should the age limit be fixed at 85 years, this fresh call would mean the possible addition of eight million men to the Russian armies, including the men who' had passed through the first line and reserves, and those who heretofore have been exempted. as students, or men who are not quite up to the physical sten- "rd. Naturally, all of these could not be armed and equipped, but Russia could have the pick of them. POTASH F41;, ---OM KELP. New System of Handling Fleet Is Superior to German Method. The new French system of hand- ling the air fleet has greatly rest'raill- ed the German air activities, accord- ing to a letter from a German aviat- or printed in the Paris Temps. He says: "My squadron has been withdrawn because the French aeroplanes now appear only, in large numbers, either for reconnaissance or to bar our scouts systematically. The latter task is aecomplished thus: Ten ma- chines patrol our line at a' height of 2,000 metres and ten more at 3,000, -but flying in the opposith direction, as that if ,the German scout tries to, get throbgh he is attacked by the nearest two Frenchmen above and below simultaneously, others joining if the two are insufficient to stop him. We must follow their example or yield command of the air." What Was He After? "He is a main after my own heart," said Julia, referring to her Augustus, who had only just left the house after an unusually tong stay. "Noneense," replied the major dein°, he is a man after the money your uncle left vou'." - And then all was quiet. NEWS BY NAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Oeenin,enees In the Land That Tteigne iu the Com- mercial World. Lord Crewe has accepted the presi- dency of the British Association for 1916. The omnibus routes of London' to- tal 500 miles in their combined length, The Queen's Work for the Wo- men's Fund has now reached a total of over $816,460. While engaged in, bayonet practice at Ashford, Private Edward Smith, an infantryman, was killed by lightning. A report that the House of Lords was on fire, brought the brigade th Westminster, but it proved to be false alarm. A fortune of oyer a million and a half pounds was left by Mr. James Crossley Eno, proprietor- of "Eno's Fruit Salt." Four men were killed in an explo-• siert that occurred at the . works of Messrs. Spencer and Curedale, cotton waste bleachers, Bury. Great Britain has a fleet of over 1,000 aeroplanes of a new pattern now ready for the greatest aerial raid in the history of the world. The Earl of Derby has announced that when the war is over he will as far as possible employ no men who have not seeved at the front. The death has taken place at Chinoor, Oxon., of Dr. Andrew J. Herbertson, M.A., professor of geo- graphy at the University of Oxford. A woman named Mrs. Campbell was blown to pieces at Liverpool by a bomb' that had been forwarded to her by her son, a chauffeur at the front, Second Lieut. Lord Dalmeny, Grena- dier Guards, heir to Lord Rosebery, captain of the Surrey cricket eleven in 1905 and 1906, has been wounded in action. Mr. W. F. Eaton, author of several popular recitations, chief among them being "The Firemen's Wedding," has just died at Ilighbun, at the age of sixty-six. Several of the leading London clubs have been badly hit by the war, and it is stated that many will be compelled to combine to prevent a collapse. After holding the position of mor- tuary keeper at Hornsey for 29 years, Alfred Dean fell from a ladder while cleaning the dissecting room and was fatally injured. The headmaster of Christchurch School, Gravesend, Mr. Ernest John Howeroft, WAS at Gravesend, fined $25 for assaulting a schoolboy named Albert Hill. . , BUFFALO IN CANADA. Location of All the Herds, Number, Annual Increase. The buffalo is not by any means ex- tinct, for the Dominion Government is looking carefully after the four herds of the Northwest, and these include the herd of wild buffalo in the Stony - Lake district. The following are the figures up to the ezid of last fiscal year, showing the number in each herd and the annual increase or de- crease between the years 1909-14. The location of the herds is as fol- lows: 1. Banff (exhibition herd), of 14 melee. 2. Elk Island Park, near Lamont, Alta., herd of 100. Enclosure of 16 square miles. 3. Main herd is at Buffalo Park, near Wainwright, Alta. Herd of 1,711, 493 males 483 females, 735 yearlings and calves. This park has an area of 160 square miles, fenced. 4. A herd of wild buffalo near Fort Smith, in the Slave Lake district. Number in herd estimated at 500, al- though the accurate figures not at- tainable. The annual increase and decrease shows: Bal. from pre - Year. violas year. Increase, 1.909 469 54 1910 .............585 117 1011 882 188 1912 1,079 241 1913 1,320 250 1914 1,558 202 Percentage Total at end of annual Year. Imported. of year. increase. 1909 ... 218 685 11.5 1910 ... 89 882 16,7 1911 22 1,079 21,8 1912 ... 7 1,320 22.3 1913 ... 0 1,558 19. 1914 ... 0 1,649 12.1 This table does not take the herd of wild buffalo into account. There are practically no deaths from disease. The main cause of death is fighting for the snuprernacy of the herd. RESIST ASPHYXIATING GAS. French Army Carries Travelling La- boratories to Fight Poisons. A new service has been installed in the French army, that of travelling laboratories. New weapons with which the enemy is fighting, asphyxi- ating' gas and poisons in other forms, caused the French authorities to make preparation for combating them in the most effective way. Much secrecy was observed about the arrangements, but alnady in Juno forty travelling laboratories had been distributed among the armies. In July more than ninety were in opera- tion. , German estimates of the number of Russians captured are undoubtedly exaggerated, although the number of killed and wounded is probably some- where near correct. Against these figures must be placed the German losses, which close observers state must reach three- quarters of a million in killed, wound- ed and prisoners. This does, not in. elude the Austrian losses, of which no , accurate estimate is possible.