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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-12-09, Page 3iiI GUNS BRING DOWN TWO HOSTILE AEROPLANES Important German Supply Depot Bombarded and Much Damaged Caused to Stores A despatch from London says: Twenty British aeroplanes took part in a raid on the German supply depot et Miraureont, behind the German lilies, damaging the railway and buildings used for storing supplies at that point, as well as the stOreS Of inunitions. The announceMent of the raid is one of several annoiincements of ac- tivity on the part of the British flying corps. British airmen brought down two German nviators in Belgium re- cently. Two British aviators are re- ported missing after setting out on reconnaissance flights. The Leading Markets $6.75; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., 56 -to $6.25; canners and cutters, $3 to 54.50; milkers, choice, each, $751 to 5100; do., common and medium, each, 535 to $60; Springers, 550 to 51.00; Breadstuffs. light ewes, $6.25 to $7; sheep, heavy, Toronto, Dec. 7. -Manitoba wheat 55.25 to 55.50; do., bucks, 53 to -New crops -No. 1 Northern,4 . 50 ; yearling lambs ---•• No, 2 Northern, $1.13; No. 8 North- $, $7 to $7 . 75; Spring lambs, evvt., P.M" to 59.60; ern, $1.09,oe track lake ports. calves, medium to choice, $7.25 to r- Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 4 Sse, on track lake ports. ' American corn -No. 2 yellow, old, 78%,e; new, No. 3, 73c, on track To- ronto. , Canadian corn -No. 2 ,yellow, 75c, nominal, on track Toronto, cattle, choice cows, $6 to$6.25; do.; Ontario oats -New crop -No. 3 medium, $5 to $5.50; do.; bulls, $5 to • white, 36 to 38c; commercial oats,. 35 56.50 milkers, choice, each, $90 to to 87c, according to freights outside. $95; do., common and medium, each, Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per 880 to gee; optiogoro,, 565 to 575. car lot, 94 to 950; wheat' slightly Sheep -Ewes, $6 to $6.25; bucks and sprouted and tough, according to sams; culls, 55.50 to 55.75; lambs, .58.75 to ple, 90 to 93c; wheat sprouted, smut- , 59.50. Hegs, off cars, 59.75 to $10. ty, and tough, according to sample, _ 75 to 88e, accordin.g to freights out- side. "FREEDOW' OF SEAS; / Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots, ' THE GERMAN NOTION $2.10; sample peas, according to 510.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9.50; do., f.o.b., 59.15. Montreal, Dec. 7. -Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.50 to 57.75; do, medium, 56 to $6.75; do., common, $5 to 55.75; canners $8.15 to $4.25; butchers' -- sample, $1.50, according to freights outside. A .des t h f London' says: The pa c from Barlesr-Malting barley, 56 to 59c; ' Foreign Office publishes a statement feed barley, 49 to 52c, according to, which it announces was made by the freights outside. i captain of a Swedish steamer to the Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots,74 effect that, before the sailing of a to 75c,. according to freights outside. vessel, Swedish Customs houses in all rye, Rye -No. -1 0 commercial; 85 to 87c; eases telegraph to Berlin information' tough, 8according t°of the sailing and that the vessel does sample, and according to freights out- , - side. I not carry contraband; and that all Manitoba flour -First patents,. in Swedish vessels leaving, the Baltic jLtesecond patents, in jute are stopped at the entrance to the bags, 55.'50; strong bakers', hi sute Sound by German patrol boats, which bags, $5.30, Toronto. examine the vessels very carefully. Ontario flour -New Winter,l54.10 In making p ublic the statement the board or Toronto freights in bags, Foreign .Office appends the following - to $4.85, according to sampe, sea- . prompt shipment. i observation: Millfeed-Car lots -Delivered Monts; "The above appears to his Majesty's real freights. Bran, $22 to $23 per Government to merit being brought to ton; shorts, 523 to $24 per ton; mid- the notice of the public as showing dlings, 525 to $26 per tot; good feed how the German Government in those flour, 51,50 per bag. • Country Produce. waters where they have an opportun- ity for displaying naval activity priao. tise the principle of the freedom of Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 800; the as for neutral commerce, which inferior 22 to 24c;. creamery prints, they have so loudly accused his Majes- 88 to 3Ac; do., solids, 31% to 82c. I ty's Government of violating." Eggs -Storage, 80 to 32e per doz.; selects, 35 to 36e; new -laid, 43 to 45e, case lots. Honey -Prices, in tins, lb., 10 to 11c• combs, No. 1, 52.40; No. 2, $2. thans-$3.50 to $3.75. Poultry -Chickens, 14 to 15c; fowls, 11 to 12e; ducks, 15 to 16e; geese, 14 to 15c, turkeys, 20 to 25c. Cheese -Large, 17%e• twins, 18c. Potatoes -Car lots of 'Ontario quot- Bement by Baron Sidney Sonnino, ed at $1.30, and New Brunswicks at Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said $1.40 to 51.50 Rer bag, on track. I that Italy had affixed her signature Venison -In fair supply, with prices to the London pact of September 5, ruling from 6 to 10c per lb, according • tvhich -was signed originally by Rus- sia, France and Great Britain. At the same time, Baron Sonnino announced that Italy would send as - 17 to $18; No. 2, per ton, $18 to iastance to Serbia. ITALY IS PLEDGED WITH' HER ALLIES; SIGNED PACT •-• A despatch from Rome says: Italy has pledged herself not to make a separate peace. An announcement of this step was made in the Italian Par- to the demand. -- • Baled Hay and Straw. Baled hay, new -No. 1, per ton, 15; baled straw, ton, $6.50 to 57. Business in Montreal. Montreal, Dec. 7. -Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 76 to 77c. Oats -No. 2 local white, 45%e; No. 3 local white, 4414ic; No. 4 local white? 43%c. Bars ley, Man. feed, 65c; malting, 66%c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 85e. Flour, Man. Spring wheat •patents, firsts, $6.10; iseconds, 56.60; strong bakers', 55.40; Winter patents, choice, $6; straight rollers, 55.30 to 55.40; do.'bags, $2.50 to $2.60. Rolled oats, barrels, 85.15 to 55.25; do., bags, 90 lbs., 82.85 to $2.45. Bran, 522. Shorts, 323. Middlings, 529 to 530. Moult - lie, $30 to $32. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots $19 to $19.50. Cheese, fins The members of Parliament, many in uniform, greeted both the an- nouncements with great applause. TOO MANY MOTORS GEN. GALLIENI THINKS • A despatch from Paris says: Gen- erals and other high officers of the French array must get along with fewer automobiles and horses here- after, by order of Gen. Gallieni, Min- ister of War. Informing the Appropriations Com. mittee of the Chamber of Deputies of his decision, Gen. Gallieni said he had reached it as the result of a report est Wes7terns 1.718c; finest east- prepared in behalf of a cominittee by erns 1to 'z/se. Butter, choicest Raouel Peret, former Minister a Comtherce, and Emmanuel Brusse, HARD WINTER PREDICTED. 8'11.Runmi ,•,.i,., 'it soissotis. ‘...../1.,1?tEM0URG RHEIMS . 1 P‘t..‘ \:METZ psTRASSPURG enis sssz•n • ..., ' nits , s COMM muNigl ./1. ..c. o M.Lli5t.15 It .....4. 1 ,./..... KOtlIGSBO-K. FLoeIc BERLIN poj.eri •,,,a5p,V1 ( LT1 er> ?-orn , eE t ' %-• \. I 11,.. • Peasiille No. GUIS. aRiftriewAvfeti rroPaPs W/ Tawno coWeR poWN ON • R/v5i? ricre/S. eaSle esz0 MED.T.7'ERRANEA17 je,A. VIENNP. AU 51•1\1\' oRIESTE FIUME Da7cRiol VPNA B.uLeGit:N JtI so -s• „,e • II5TANTI ky/ 1),\CI.-40 , // ENEMY AGENTS FOUND GUILTY The Week's Development in the War. . Serbia has been almost completely overrun by the Austro -German and Bulgarian forces. The Serbian army has been driven into Montenegro after suffering heavy losses in -their heroic resistance of the invaders. The Anglo-French Expeditionary forces still hold the southern part of Serbia, but then movements are being kept strictly secret. The surprise in the Balkans which Premier Asquith said was being prepared by the Allies has not yet developed. The attitude of Greece is anything but reassuring, probably on account of the Austro -German threat to invade Greco -Macedonian territory. Conflicting reports continue to come from Rumania, which country, apparently, is still negotiating with both the Central Powers and the Entente allies. Largo additional reinforcements for the French and British are arriving daily at Saloniki, while the Russ sian troops are reported as ready for a strong /anis on Bulgaria. . British troops are now only some ten miles from the ancient city of Bagdad. On the western front there have been air duels and artillery exehanges, but no infantry engagements in force. The most violent fighting of the week has taken place on the Isonzo front,'where the heavy Italian artil- lery is battering down the defences of Galicia and drawing additional Austrian troops to resist the Italian attack. Announcement is made that the French and British Governments have no intention of abandoning the campaign in the Dardanelles. ITALIAN TROOPS FOR GALLIPOLI They Will Also Aid Against a Pos- . sible Invasion of Egypt by Enemy. creamery, 32% to 88c; seconds, 30% to 31c. Eggs, fresh, 42 to 45c; se- lected, 32e; No. 1 stock, 80c; No. 2 stock, 27 to 28c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 51.30 to 51.40. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, 314. Pork, heavy Canada short mess, bbls., 35 to • 45 pieces, 528 to $28.50; Canada short $27 to Britain Takes Steps to Properly Care for 'Wimps. cut back bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, 527.50. Lard, compound, tierces, 375 At the request of the army authori- lbs., 1014c; wood pails, 20 lbs. net, ties, a French Government meteoro- 10%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 124 , to logist has drawn up a forecast of the 13c; pure wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 13% weather for this coming 'winter, ac - to 121/2c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, Dec. 7. -Wheat, De - A despatch from Rome says: In addition to the official announcement in the Italian Parliament that Italy had signed the agreement with her allies not to consider a separate peace, Baron Sydney Sonnino, the Foreign Minister, made the definite statement that Italian military aid would be sent to Serbia, and hinted at a much greater activity on the part of the Italian army -and fleet in the Eastern Mediterranean. Italy will make Albania her base of operations. Already a detacliMett of Italian troops has been landed at AvIona. Besides, She will co-operate with the Entente powers "in the Eastern Mediterranean," which means an expedition to the Dardanelles, operations on the Dalmation coast of the Adriatic, or even eventual aid against an invasion of Egypt. • This position of the Italian Govern- ment was set forth by Foreign Minis- ter Sonnino: At the outset of his -de- claration he announced that Italy for- mally signed the agreement to act jointly with the allies to the end. Secondly, he' asserted that Italian. troops will be 'despatched to the aid of the Serbians, and "the Italian flag on `L'alltra sponda (The Dalmatian shore of the Adriatic) will reaffirm Italian interests in Albania, whose in- dependence is indispensable to the strategic defence of the Adriatic." "Italy is not insensible to Serbia's distress. She is preparing to aid that heroic country," was one of -the out- standing points in Baron .Sonnind's speech. Simultaneously with the Foreign Minister's speech 'was the issuance of a statement by M. Ristich, Serbian Minister to Italy, emphatically deny- ing reports of capitulation in Serbia. "Serbia will win with the aid of the allies or die fighting," the statement said. "In a short time Serbia will be in a position to hurl 200,000 men against our enemies." EARLY END TO WAR, JOHN REDMOND'S VIEW comber, $1.01%; May $1.0514 to THE SOLDIEWS IDEAL. Interesting Story a the Late Lord Roberts. ' An English soldier tells the fol- lowing sthry of the late Lord Roberts on active service: "Talk about your commanders," said Tommy Atkins. "'Bobs' was the boy for me. I found out what he was in Afghanistan. My company was digging trenches, and while finishing, one of the Afghans began firing, and the bullets whistled close to our heads. "Well, there was a kid in the com- pany that couldn't have been over 18. Never ought to have let him 'list. He was always growling and kicking, and at the first fire down he went flat on his face and stayed there. Then along came 'Bobs,' cool and easy, and sees the kid. " Sallee, there!' says 'Bobs.' 'What's the matter, you fellow down there? Get up and fight with the company.' "'No, I can't!' replies the kid. "Can't!'' says 'Bobs,' jumping down into the trench and hauling the boy up. 'What's the matter with you that you can't? Are you hurt? "'No, sir,' says he. 'I'm afraid of getting hit.' "'Well, you're a fine soldier!' says the general. Then he looked at the boyish face of the lad, and his face softened. 'I suppose you can't help it,' he said. "Any other commander would have sent the boy to the rear in disgrace, and that would have been the end of it; but 'Bobs' stood therewith the bul- lets flying around him, beside the boy, who had trouched down again, and thoughtfully stroked his chin. BY and by he put his hand on the boy's shoulder. "'There isn't as much danger as you imagine,' said he. 'New, get up and take your rifle and fight, and I'll stand here beside you. That's too high: says 'Bobs.' 'Keep cool and try ag`Wa`inell, in three minutes that scared lad was fighting like it veteran, and cool as a cucumber, and when he saw it 'Bobs' started on. "'You're all right now, my boy,' he said; 'you'll make a good soldier.' "God bless you, sir!' said the youngster. 'You've saved me from worse than death,' and he was pretty near crying when he said it:" TOLL OF YOUNG OFFICERS. Casualties Among -Younger Men in Kitchener's Army. cording to the Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, in which he prophesies that the season will be the worst ever known. The meteorologist visited the Alps $3-C15%. Cash, N°' 1 'hard, $1••°73/84- and obtained the views of exterien Northern, 51 . 03% to 51 .04%; „ - °- No. 2 Northern, 99%c th 51.01%. ed mountaineers. The latter told him Corn No 3 yellow, 70 to 71c Oats that the Alpine field znice, instead of No. 3 white, 881/2 to 89e. Flour, fancy burrowing some ten or twelve inches, patents, 10c higher, quoted at 56.20. as usual, in order to pass the winter Other grades unchanged. Bran, $18 comfortably, have gone down fully to 518.50. three feet. Trees and plants point to Duluth, Dec. 7. -Wheat, No. 1 hard, the same conclusion, the ash and 51.05%; No, 1 Northern, 51.04%• , heather being particularly emphatic No. 2 Northern, $1.00%; Montana, No. 2 hard, 51 , 01%; December, in their weather signals. 1The army authorities already have .01%; May, $1.05%. Linseed, cash, ' .i 2.01% to $2.02%; December, acted on this advice in preparations for clothing for the troops during the cold months. , zn ALL LEAVING BRITAIN • MUST HAVE PASSPORTS 2.00%; May, $2.07. Live Stock Markets. • Toronto, Dec. 7. -The quotations were: Butchers' cattle'choice, 57.75 to 58.15; do., good, 57.25 to $7.50; do., medium, 56.5010 $7; 00., common, 5,0 00-- $5.75; butchers' bulls, choice, A despatch from London says: It $6.75 to 57.25; do., good bulls, $5.75 is officially announced that an order - to $6.25; do., rough .bulls, $4.75 to in -council just issued requirea that in 55.25; butchers' cows, choice, 56•50 all ordinary cases of persons going to $6.75; do., good, 56 to $6.25; do., abroad, British os alien, passports will Medium, 55.25 to 55.75; do., common, , . be requirea. • $4 to $4.50. feeders good $6.50 to Says Greece Accepted Allies' Demands A despatch from Rome says: ItI. penyt Cochin, member of the French Cabinet returning from Gteece, made a flying visit to Rome. He conferred with Premier Salandra and Baron Okiney Sonnino , the Foreign Minister, and granted interviews expressing loptimion regarding the situation in ; Greece. 1. "The allies," he said, "demanded that Greece make exceptions to the laos of neutrality, since they assumed that it was Grece's duty to aid Ser- bia, and that therefore they were fully entitled to exceptionally favor- able treatment. Greece accepted the allies' demands. The question, there- fore, is now solved. Negotiations are still pending for the settlement of technical details between the general staffs of the Greek army and the Anglo-Fretch forces," Four Subjects .of the Kaiser Con - spired to Defraud the United States. A despatch from New York says: A v,erdict of "guilty as charged on both indictments" was pronounced in the United States District Court by the F'ederal jury, which has been hear- ing the testimony of the Government's charges against the Hainbarg-Arneri- can Line against Dr. Katl Buena, head of the line, and the other Hamburg - American men that they had con- spired to defraud the United States before and after war wee declared by falsely obtaining clearance papers for a fleet of supply shipssent out by the defendants to coal and provision Ger- man warships at sea. The jury reached a decision seven hours after retiring. Besides Dr, Beunz, the other men convicted, a conviction which lawyers and laymen agreed was the most important of its kind returned since war was begun in Europe, were the engineering su- perintendent of the Hamburg -Ameri- can Line, George ICsietter, Adolf Hach - moister, purchasing agent for the line, and joseph Poppirdutus, a Hamburg - American supercargo. Dr. Bisons, now 72 years of age, one time German Minister to Mexico, and eminent throughout the active part of his life in the Foreign Office of the German Government, and the others convicted, may under the law be sen- tenced to not more than two years in O Federal prison and fined not more than 510,000. A fifth defendant, Felix Seffner, supercargo on one of the neutral steamers sent to supply the German fleet, was not brought to trial. He was captured by the British while on his errand of relief, and is at the present time a prisoner in a Cana- dian detention camp. The Government's accusation against them was not, as Judge Howe pointed out in his charge to the jury, one having anything to do with vio- lation of neutrality laws. The de- fendants were convicted because they had conspired to obtain through mani- fests falsely sworn to, destinations falsely SW= to, and by other irre- gular mems, clearance papers for their fleet of at least twelve supply ships. OVER 100,000 MAKING SHELLS A despatch from London says: John Redmond, the Irish Nationalist leader, in a speech at Waterford, re- counted talks he had with Lord Kit- chener at the beginning of the war. Lord Kitchener said to Mr. Redmond: "Can you guarantee me 5,000 men from Ireland; if you can, I will say thank you. If you can guarantee 12,000, I will say I am deeply obliged." "I am convinced," continued Mr: Redmond, "that so far as the western front is concerned we have got the upper hand definitely. I am also con- vinced that the war will come to an end sooner than Most people believe." Newly Married. A certain minister lately paid a visit to a lady of his acquaintance who was newly married, and who was attired in the modern fashion. After the usual compliments be familiarly said, "I hope you have got a good hus- band, madam?" "Yes, sir," replied she, "and a good man, too' 3 don't know what to say about his good - nem," added the minister rather bluntly; "tor my Bible teaches Inc that a good man Should clothe his wife, but he lets you go half naked!" • It isn't misunderstanding that sepa- rate married people, but too much un- derstanding. From the Middle West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- TISH COLUMBIA. Stupendous Proportions to Which the Industry Has Grown in ..Canada. A despatch from Ottawa says: Some idea of the stupendous propor- tions to which the munitions imiustry in Canada has grown was given to the members of the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Society of Civil Engi- neers by Gen. Alexander Bertram, of the Imperial Munitions Board. • At present nearly 100,000 persons are employed on orders amounting in all to 20,000,000 shells. The steel re- quired for the industry from no* till the end of next year is 800,000,000 pounds, -which will tax the capacity of the Dominion steel plants to the ut- most. Nearly 45,000,000 pounds of copper and brass are used, and 102,- 000,000 pounds of lead. This is more than Canada can produce -of these metals, and the surplus must be im- ported. Fifteen hundred thousand pounds of tin and 10,000,000 pounds of resin are also required. The value of the shell orders up to now has been 5220,000,000, with additional orders' of about $180,000,000, malting $375,000,- 000 in all. The number of shells ship- ped to England so far has been 3,500,- 000. Items Prom Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are Forty members of Celgary fires fighting department have joined the colors. • Calgary is considering dietress warrants for 555,000 owing for 'per- sonal •taxes. The University of Saskatchewan will likely have a training school for army officers. • One hundred met from Winnipeg are now in Russia building emergency railroads. Saskatchewan donated over 5100,- 006 in the past Year in cash and sup- plies to the Red dross. Simeon Chomak, Saskatoon, heard that his wife had been molested by a Hun and started for Rush, and re• venge. Frederick Wagner is charged at Edinonton with sending money to Germany to assist the enemies of the Empire. Capt. J. A. Pergman, one of the best known navigators on Latta Win- nipeg, has enlisted with the 45th Battalion. Under the Saskatchewan Liquor Sales Aet there have been 219 con- victions since July, 126 of them for public drinking. Mike .Taltulson, of 'near Prince Al - best, Sask., is held for the death of his son three years ago; he .abused the lad savagely. Walter Fegh and Raymond Pierce escaped from a Montana jail, but were caught by mounted police near Leth- • bridge, Alta. The 82M1 Battalion recruited at Calgary has 834 Engljahmen, 147 Canadians and 130 Scotchmen, 51 Irish and 41 Americans. William Clark, son of the superin- s tendent of the National Park, Banff, O native-born Calgarian, 6 ft. 4% in., has enlisted in the 89th. Harry Wood, of Lethbridge, Alta., now wounded in the war, paid his own way to England to enlist after four rejections in Canada. The Daughters of Empire of Leth- bridge, urge the issue of a button to those men offering to enlist but re- jected for honorable reasons. Two thousand enumerators will take a census of population and agri- culture in tho north-western pro- vinces next June for Ottawa. Major Waugh, of Winnipeg, hopes the Provincial Governnient will make it unnecessary for disabled soldiers to sell laces on the streets. Becanse Ile svas jilted, Peter Nyko- lauthenian, Sifton, Man., put a bullet through his chin; it came out at the nose and he will recover. Western elevator men will sub- scribe scholarships for Saskatchewan boys. and girls to take courses in agriculture at the Provincial univers- ity. The president of the Calgary Board of Trade scores the "group of blood- suckers controlling everything in the hospitals at the Front entirely sup- Dominion, malcmg millions during the plied and maintained by her own sex. wan,' Lsiocivicerd Ndvoommmenthderivscinagle insioleastorhsin"tI01101 Out o ton, 20 have enlisted. Winnipeg has f 35 postal clerks in Saska- London streets at a wage and allow- ance far above the ordinary. These new chauffeurs work the same hours as met, though, of course, they do no unloading or repairs. One, at least, is a singer by profession -a well-bred girl, careful in traffic and keen on her work. Gone for ever, then, is the helpless woman in a world of endless opportunity for energy and wit. One gmotor vansrm re- contributed recently- 53,710.95, which mflpfattyy o wnapplicationshi aday fowas more than sufficient to provide pitteccol The toll of young officers is espe- cially heavy juat now, sis the subal- terns of Kitchener'a army, which is at last in action, are in great part lads out of the upper schools and col- leges. Recent casualty lists show, to take one example, that out of 182 offi. cers killed in action, 102 were under 30 years of age, and of these 80 were under 26 years. There were 5 under 18 years'10 aged 19, 13 aged 20 and 16 aged 21 years. They ineluded the sons of lawyers, clergymen, military officers, doctors and members of par- liament. Thirty-one of the lost were only sons. There'd be no trouble in telling all you know if you'd only stop right there. WOMEN'S NEW EMPLOYMENT. 'Wide Range of Activities Which They Can Perform. An article in the Windsor Magazine deals with the war -time services of women, and tbo extent to which they have already been able to replace and release men for active service by un- dertaking their wink at home. The wide range of activities in which this substantial service can be ,performed is carefully considered. In the course of his theme the writer says: -"This great war has given woman's life a new turn. She has soon five great DUELS IN MH) -AIR. The Aeroplane May Yet Be Dominant Factor in the War. It is en acknowledged fact that a moving aeroplane is an abnormal diffi- cult target, no matter from what dis- tance it is aimed at, because the air- man can easily adopt rapid and erra- tic flight and repeatedly alter the direction of his progress. In a re- cently published book, "Aircraft in the Great War," by Claude Grahame - White and Harry Harper, the authors discuss the possibilities of duels in the air. "If against flying craft the land guns are largely impotent -and in this war they have been -there is still the attack from the air; and here, as we have indicated, there is scope for daring work. . But there is one ad - 'verse factor. • "Even a motor of 200 Worse power -and this is almost the limit to -day -- gives none too much power for a large and heavy craft; and for this reason, if a machine has a gun argl ammuni- tion, and carries in addition the weight of a pilot and a combatant, its pace may be so reduced that, when it seeks combat with some high-speed hostile Scout, it will fly so Slowly that the enemy -having no such burden to check his pace -can fly Snit of range, and so escape. "Had there been enough machines, air fighters would have played a lead- ing role. But, as it is, the air scout has been hampered merely in his ,work, and_this to4, no great extent, instead of being driven from thc air:" All Gone. "So Kate married her husband to reform him. Did she sutheed "Yes; he used to be a spendthrift and now he him nothing to spend," sent 33 out of 178, Calgary 21 out of 75, Regina 11 out of 61, and Edmon- ton 14 out of 50. Mrs. C. II, Wegener of Blaine Lake, Sask., attempted to poison her family because her husband had gone in- sane; the youngest died but the oth- ers refused to eat the deadly food. The employes of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway, Saskatchewan Division, would-be lady drivers. Other girls - young dressmakers and actresses out of work through the war -learn toy - making with chisel and saw. When proficient it is their intention to teach the trade in our small towns and vil•• lages, thus setting up a home inclus. try like that which once brought Aus- tria and qormany millions of pounds a year. The women's Emergency Corps supply gardeners and grooms. There are girls now instead of boys at the railway bookstalls, and soon there will be many more, for they take kindly to. the work, are polite and deft,I.as well as anxious to interest a new cus- tomer." Arras Again Shell ed by the Germans A despatch from Paris says: Con- aiderable activity is reported from the Artois district. The only infantry at- tack attempted by a German detach- ment north o Les Cinq Chemins was stopper h gone and the detachz vsed. The 800- - tors of Loos the Bois en and Angres were again the scene of lively artillery bombardments on both sides, and Arras again wcts shelled by the Germans. French mines were exploded before Fay, to the south of the Somme and at Les Eparges. SECRET OF BRITAINMIGHT. The Spirit Which Animates the Bri- tish Array and Notion. A Kilroarnock (Scotland) woman whose husband is on active service had the privilege the other day of wit- nessing a scene which, whatever be- tide in the future, she will never for- get, and one that deserves to be en- shrined in the pages of history as a striking illustration of the spirit that animates the British Army and the British nation 131 this hour of crisis and clashing systems. Her man had been quartered at Edinburgh Castle, and, 'chosen with others to fill a 'draft for the front, sent word for her to come through and bid him good-bye. She did so, and they had a while to- gether. Then, ere she left, says the Standard, the assembly sounded, and on the historic square, shadowed by the grim battlements that had an many a famous parade, the draft of a couple of sundred men or so, her man among them, was drawn up, the only spectators a few women folic., like herself, there to bid farewell to loved ones about to march into the un- known. The men were addressed by an officer and told that in an hour or so they would be on the way to France and the firing line; but, he -added, if any man would care to stay at home. and do munitions work he might step forward. There was not a movement in the ranks. For a mo- ment or two there was deep silence, then a voice called "Are any of us downhearted?" and from two hunched Ohl:iota an emphatic "No!" woke the ebhoes of the parade ground and clove the still air like a volley. That is the riecret of Britain's might, and of the lflyitucibihty g her serried hosts. three machine guns promised the Government. Calgary street railway is starting to run "one-man" cars in the down- town section. The idea is to give the soldiers it good service without takiug on any more men. Conductor and motorman are combined. GERMAN FLEET BOTTLED UP. British Mines Have Left Only, Oite Exit For It. The London Daily ExPaess in -tha course of a discusive article on the navy asserts that it is allowed to res veal a secret long known in Germany to the effect that the British mine fields have been embraced in the German mine fields protecting their channels and harbors and that tn. less their ships are scrapped for making war material they will stay In the Kiel Canal until the end of the wat. The writer declares, nevertheless, that plenty of space is left to enable them to emerge and fight if they wish, but that they must fight in a place of the British navy's choosing, The British armada of patrol boats is equipped with wireless to ensure against surprise. He deelares confidently that there will be no Trafalgar in the present war. The great final nayal etgages ment of the war, he says, was that of the Dogger, Batiks in January. 254 adds that a map showing the Gorman submarines captured recently was shown to newspapermen visiting Ads miral Pillion's fleet,. The map cover,: ed only the captures up to June. The operations since then, the writer( ,says, have been far more successful, , Saw the Animal hi a 'free. While out for a wiilic Pat and Milm saw a little atinial in a tree. "Sure now," said Pat, "I nivir saw a rabbit ap a tree before!" "That's no rabbitA replied Mike. "Faith, thin, Pll show, ye that itis," replied Pat indignant.; Ly, as he started to climb the free:, But that 'animal was a small and very fierce wildcat, and presently ther came to Mike's ears sounds of a wil combat and shouts for help. "Pat Pat," he called out, "shall I come ul an' blip ye catch the beast?" Abov the breaking of branches canto a holt low voice, which said: "Faith, no; bu for pity's sake conie up an'hilp nie•t let him go!"