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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1915-07-22, Page 3NI+ r!, TheirsdaY, July 22nd„ 191E +++++o+++++♦ N••tt••••••0AAIAAM•••+++++1++ 1+++++++++++N++++++++ N .����.a��on��a���AN+i+ilii+ii , +++++t+++�+++++1+++O++AA++AAANi+iAA+AeiAAAAA• ItsSidelights 1 f! THE CLINTONNEW ERA ar News ++++++++++JM++++++4+N••••.•+.+Ali+lNN+t++i++ +�++�n++++++++++i++►1+i�+�S �N►�+it+o0� O�++NNtNiNi READ DIRECTIONS; CAREFULLY AND. FOLLOW THEM l� EXACTLY thirky-six; million gallons of different descriptions of oil, more than a third of which was benzine or petrol; last year, lowing to the war, wo could only get twenty-one million gallons. This year we have taken uothing from(her of any description, so that it needs little lmaginat!on to conjure up the vast stores of liquid and solid wealth which are waiting to flow through the Dardanelles. Roumania is in similar plight, but rather worse, inasmuch as her organ- ization and facilities are not so ample. , Her lot is, indeed, a hard one. For years past her oilmen, backed by the ' government, have striven energeti- cally to build up a prosperous Indus- try. Her ambitions lay in the direc- UNLOCIIjj i most profitable section of the trade, tion of securing some portion of that WAR WILL jj the manufacture and sale of benzine VASTm OIL SUPPLIES or petrol. And her success was con - aiderable. -, Roumania and Galicia important Economic Results of Open- The total output from. Roumanian v in Sea Route from Russia 1 wells in 1913 amounted to .1,856 000 and Roumania tons; in 1914 to 1,771,000 tons, not so great a decline, considering' the ad- -' 'verse conditions. But, unfortunately, Sydney II, North, of London, Eng., she is one of the innocent who suffer, founder and editor of the Petroleum and only the opening of the sea route Year Book, and other trade pub1ica- again and the resumption of her ex- tione, has written the following arti, Port trade can save her from disaster. Compared with Russia her oil industry ale on the unlocking of oil' supplies as is small, yet at the end of last year one result of the war: i the accumulated stocks of oil amount - Ona of the most important opera- ed, according to the ."Petroleum Re. tions in which the Allied fleets have . view," to 600,000 tons. engaged is that of opening up the sea f route from the coasts of Russia and, J Roumania to the highways of the i RRTMN RALES WAVES LEE 01 SHOES for every Sport and .ovevr a A+AAA•••++Ni+••NAOVOA+NAiAA•/t+tilt••••++++++++++++4,+++++++++++++ GERMANY FEELS PINCHi Wages Low, Food Scarce—Most of Na. tion Long for Peace • According to the Berne (Switzer• land) papers, :. Swiss who had just re- turned from Germany,' where he had been spending some time in the coon- e(@reation try districts, remarked on the untrust i \ worthiness of information gained from German newspapers and German pre. vote letters, all of which pass through I so strict'a censorship that' anything ;r really calculated to throw light on the aalL 00�t state of the country is invariably, Shoe Dealers eliminated. According to one account W rwr by every member of this gentleman's statement wired Of thef'aliii%Jr, ,oy to London, a correct idea of the situ- ation in Germany cannot be formed from visite to Berlin and the other large German cities. It is pointed out that it is almost always of Berlin that HOW A MAN DIES tee Germans speak, and always Ber- • like to show to any non - lin that they The following inspiring letter from tral visitor. This Swiss, whose bus i - the son of° Colonel Violand, of Bo- ness took him to small towns and the logne, France, is reproduced here. It country districts, remarks that in his breathes so magnificent a spirit of opinion it is utterly misleading to speak now of the mass of the German people being enthusiastic for the war. All the working classes, all those with patriotism that it seems to deserve world-wide publicity: My Dear Father: -1f this letter reaches, you you will have had the relatives at the front, the farmers, honor of having your son killed by business men, and most of the highly - PILES. Yea veilidel`1A zal tr 1 RIt' �e,.asey�!�, ° s. * ��!, Bak, means car l"tWhy,nc �E ?Ain gg a rn a .x K mortal -wound .. happened to -a-Royal Scots Fusilier. During a severe fight he suddenly felt the shock of a bol-' ide "I am hit," hr.seid_to his chum. Looking down, however, he saw that the bullet ear? struck a clip of cart- ridges in his left-hand pouch, but had done no other damage. The first cartridge moot have been a little loose, as it twisted round when it was struck the bullet was turned off instead of going straight through the soldier's body, as it would have clone had all the cartridges been firm. A Groan of Protest A member of the London Scottish wrote home: "We are at a depot now, a very dull life: Reville at 5 a.m., Swedish exercises till noon. Gott Strafe Sweden," BLISSFUL IGNORANCE' iGerman Sailors Had No Truthful News of How the War Was Going The Liverpool papers published Boma 4nteresting interviews withmem- bers of the crews of the ships destroy- ed by the German cruiser"Kronprinz Wilhelm" before her internment: An incident described by the chief stew- ard of the "Coleby" was that the Ger- man officers, on boarding a ship, made a thorough search for newspapers of every description, of which they took possession. "As they were supposed," said the steward, "to be in constant wireless communication with a station in Brazil, I could not 'inderstand the meaning of it, but I found later that it was to prevent their own crew get- ting hold of the news. Thi, crew told usethat we were I °er off as passen- gers than if we hat continued our own voyage. Our ship, they said, would have certainly been sunk by German submarines, which had been success- ful in stopping all British shipping. The German sailors were also under the impression that their army lead effected a Iandin7 ir. England. Their ignorance of the state of affairs was astounding, until we remembered they had been at sea eight months and their officers, who would not so much noon the war ke t news back world. The military effects of this ac- I tion may be of vital significance, but tbo enemy. I was yesterday proposed educated classes, speak of the war as as me P the ,economic effects are still more Swept Seas of German Vessels and for promotion and for the Cross of of a vast misfortune, which they hope Naples, Queen oY the Adriatic, is from them. We could have enlighten - vital, influencing, as they do, the wet- Ruined the Shipping Concerns P ibl Even bbl would fare of millions within and without these two countries. 11 is a matter of common knowledge 1 The "Naval and Military Record" • that the principal sources from which recently published the following: we draw our oil for lighting, heating, „ for fuel, and for motor -cars, are the The magnitude of the task which fa t o u c rIn- the:Allied Powers have performed since the outbreak o ter the war brokepartheroes before me have shed that are becoming more and more convinc- Filled with Explosives to be set off by Welsh Couple Found Little Belgian F y be more beautiful and Refugees were Close Relatives respected, I shall die, if God good Christian and a good p thought will be of mother, plained that the people are kept in the float the enemy's mercantile marine, which all have rejoined; of you, dark as to the true state of affairs, fl ht the Legion of Honor. I do not think will end as speedily as possible. the most important of the Italian I have done anything to deserve such invalid soldiers, of whom great num• cities, and does a large export and d f I have only done mY hers are now to be seen home from a reward, or Imnort trade. duty. the front on account of rieknees, and --- if I die, know that I shall die happy, the Landsturm men, guarding powder GERMANY'S "DEVIL SHIPS" the navies of e ower without regret, Proud of having mixed stores, railways, and bridges, all adopt United States, Russ b D t 1 my blood wi`h that -vhich so many the same tone. "The German people dies, Roumania and Mexico. Soon af- tb k f the ed thein, but as they pro a y not have listened to our stories, which would have been so unpleasant to them, we refrained." KINDNESS REWARDED out of these war is in a measure indicated by the sources was closed to us; and the fig- fact that before the war the actual ranee may ores representing the shipments to tonnage of Germany's merchant ship- more this country from America are elo- - wills, a quent of the wonderful response of ping stood second in the world, and Frenchman our need made from that quarter. in eight months the German flag was During these past few months the oil wells of Russia and Roumania swept ori the seas. This means that My last whom I shall my dear father, who are so brave; and even that they are being directly of my poor little sweetheart; but I lied to and deceived." Mistrust of the government is increasing, and the present reign of terror makes It worse still. This applies more especially to the poorer classes of the population— those who travel fourth class, who are crowded together in the cramped dwellings, and who are now being un- derpaid and underfed owing to the lowness of wages and the high prices of necessaries. The bread rations are Much too small, at any rate for this class of people, and for those with large families. The poorer people cannot afford meat, and often cannot procure potatoes either, and frequent- ly have consumed their allotted pore tion of bread in two-thirds of the time allowed for its consumption. Cense. quently Inc days a poor family has oaten no bread. In many industries not only have wages been reduced but also hours of work. The "great Ger- man patriots" have not failed to ex - pipit the present situation. For in stance, a large Stuttgart textile firm, which has been =uliy occupied working for the army and navy for months, and must have cleared quite $125,000 pro• fits, has been paying its women work- ers 6 marks weekly. Apparently only the skilled workmen can now come e. `"' '® mend good wages, and owing to the scarcity of such men they can always insist on being well. paid. continued to produce ell, and had to continue to do so where labor was available, for the closing down of a producing well is a costly, and often ruinous resort. The oil must either be pumped unremittingly or water, envy's food supply has been jeopard- ized, hundreds of feet down, may PQ1` the income of the holders of shares in many of the shipping com- panies has been depleted almost to vanishing point. This has already been shown by the reports of some ed that Germany has nothing more to gain from the war, and that -ler sit- uation is becoming daily worse, while it is more and more frequently corn - Clock -Work A short time ago it was reported A correspondent of the London that the Germans were using "devil Morning Post vouches for the truth of ships," letting them down the the followingstory: A Welshman River Aisne. These "devil ships" are and his wife, rnxious to adopt a child another of those ancient ways ofg from among the Belgian refugees, Ing of which so many, like mortars journeyed from Abereynon to Swan - consisted of 2,388 steam and sailing vessels, with r, total tonnage of near- ly 5,500,000, has been paralyzed, so 1 that, apart from the fact 'that the en- olate through into the well and flo it beyond redemption. A few figures will show clearly What the cessation of Russia's export trade has done to the oil industry. Russian Stores The output of oil from Russian oil German steamship companies for 1914, and now the report of the Reederei Aktiengeselishhaft of Hamburg, per- mits of a comparison in the case of sailing chi; s According to "The Fin- ancial Times," the Reederei is the big - wells amounts approximately to eight million tons a year; 'of wlidch, atter refining, a large quantity goes into the 'interior, and the balance is ex- ported. In the year 1313 the total uantity of different oil products 'amounted to about five million tons;' gest concern in Germany engaged in in 1914 this had fallen to about three - the sailing ship trade, and formerly and -a -half million tons. But this is not the worst of the case, had a wide connection, mainly in for, in coneequenoe of the stoppage of South American ports. The outbreak exports through the Dardanelles, the of hostilities brought the earning pow - stocks had accumulated to the extenter of the company to a complete end, of one -and -a -hall million tons, or half and eleven vesaole were captured or as much again compared with a year ago detained by the Allies, while all those 1 Fortunately, or unfortunately, see.- ' on outward voyages are now lying idle Erai of the newer districts, such as in neutral harbors. The gross re the Ural -Caspian and Emba-Caspian eeipts slumped from 1,333,600 to 459, - districts, are increasing their produc- tion rapidly, and the storage accom-,000 marks, and the net revenue, after modation for all this ever-growing reducing the depreciation allowance quantity of ell is not sufficient. In I romf 614,500 to 110,900 marks, comes the year eel" we relleved_1 Rees oY out at 161,300 as compared with 407,- ,_--- 1600 marks. The dividend is scaled down from 12 to 4 per cent. SUFFERED FROM wish my last breath to whisper: "Viva la France!"—Your son. CAMILLE VIOL AND. Lieutenant Violand, who was twen- ty-three years old, was killed some days later before Mesnll-les-Hurlus. Catarrh Of 'The Stomach 1 WOMEN OFFER TO WORK Thousands in Great Britain Ready to FOR 8 YEARS. /mom MAJOR ALLAN BRUCE POWLEY Release Men For Fighting , 7th Battalion, Victoria, B.C., who was Over 60,000 women registered for wounded in battle near Ypres. He Mllburn's Laxa-Liver Pills I war service in the labor exchanges was born in Drayton, Ontario, and Cured Heri throughout the British Isles. Of these, is well known 1n Kingston, Bran - 11,000 asked for armament work, 9,000 don, Edmonton and Victoria. for clerical, and 7,000 for agricultural Mrs Agnes Gallant Reserve Mines, employment, About 2,000 offered to t'LS, writes: "I take great pleasure in work as shop assistants, 1,200 as tail- writing you. I have been a great sufferer, for eight years, from catarrh of the stomach and tried several, so called, catarrh remedies without relief until a friend of mine advised me to try Mil - bum's Laxa-Liver il-burn'sdaxa-Liver Pills, which I did, and feger vials completely cured mei" Be sure and get Milburn's Lara -Liver Prigs when you ask for them as there are a number of imitations on the market. The price is 25c. per vial, 5 vials for ;L00, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., lmited, Toronto, Ont. ors and dressmakers, 1cluding those prepared to work power machines and 1,200 as ordinary needle -workers, The women offering to do arma- ment work are, for the most pare wo- men who have not undertaken work before; those offering themselves as shop assistants, on the other hand, have done*other kinds of work, but feel that, 7 large numbers of young men are employee in the distributing trades, the greatest immediate need for women deputies might be expected 1 from this quarter. HAVE YOU WEAK IUNGS?. Do colds settle on your chest or fn your bronchial tubes? Do coughs hang on, or are you subject to throat troubles? Such troubles should have immediate treatment with the rare curavpowers of Scott's Emulsion to guardgate consumption which so easily follows.. Scott's Emulsion contains pure cod liver oil which peculiarly strengthens the res- piratory tract and improves the quality of the blood; the glycerine in it soothes and heals the tender membranes of the throat. 'suis prescribed by the best special - Scott fists. You can get it at any drug store. escape from what might have been a Seott & Bowne. Toronto,. Out, - --- CHARMED LIVES The hairbreadth escapes from death which many soldiers have had In the great war must be making those for- tunate "Tommles" firm believers in the saying that "it is better to be born lucky than to be born rich." Hardly a day passes but we hear of, a case where a soldier owed his life to something which he had on his body at the time, and which was the means of deflecting, the bullet from intended billet. A German bullet, for instance, struck a Connaught Ranger on the breast, but it fortunately came in con- tact with a plug of tobacco, and he got off scathh-ss. Another lucky and hand grenades, have been revived see to make their selection. On their in the fighting on the Continent. 'arrival they found that there were two A "devil ship" is a ship that has young children—brother and sister— been filled with explosives which dire who particularly appealed to them and Charge either by means of a fuse, or who might be adopted but that one clockwork, or when the ship hits an. could not be taken without the other. other ship or obetacle. ' They were In the circumstances they decided to employed as long ago as 1686 by the tale both. As the children were be. Dutch, when the Prince of Parma be. tng undressed to be put to bed after eieged Antwerp. In those days they reaching home a locket was discover. were sent down the river to explode ed hanging round the little :girl's neck. against a wooden bridge built by the Inside the locket was a photograph defenders of Belgium's most important which the lady recognized as that of city. The "devil ships" used by the her own sister who had gone to Bel - Germans were exploded by meansof glum as a governess many years be- clockwork. I fore, had married and settled down in They mustn't be mixed up with fire that country, and who now turned out ships, also used by the German soh to be the mother of the little refugees. Biers. These ships are usually filled with dry wood smothered in pitch, oil, and other inflammable material, and when tired are sent drifting against any defence work or ships of the en. The Recoil of Big Guns emy_. ---_-- — -- - I Most people know that when an "They tell me your daughter is veryordinary rifle is fired it "kicks," and, " id the visitor•indeed, will knock a man down unless musical,sa. "Yes," replied, Mrs. Pikestaff. "The he holds the rifle butt close into hie fact is she is so very musical that we shoulder. It can be imagined, there - cannot induce her to practice either fore, what a gigantic "kick" one of her singing or her piano lessons, the the big field guns can givcl 'amateur quality of the work grates 6o It has always been one of the Probe I on her sensitive nerves."—Judge. ! lams to solve in firing these big guns, how to control the recoil. If it were not controlled the gun would jump CLUBBING, RATESnot anything up to fifty yards, not only probably smashing itself up, but Business acid Shorthand WesterShvelt Scho !l. Y..4. C. A. Building : ee, London, Ontario College in Session Sept. lst:to July; Catalogue Free Enter any time. , J. W. Weeteryeh,Principsl ' TRICKS OF ECHOES Atmospheric Conditions Have Much to do With Their Occurrence The best time to study echoes le in the early morning, or just before a rain or an eleotrical storm. The at-. mosphere ,is then heavy, and the echo eoeme to be, louder and is more easily located, The whistle of a locomotive often pauses a pleasing echo, which can be heard by passengers on the train. There is an instance recorded in which the echo of a locomtive whistle came so distinctly from a direction opposite to that of the actual sound that a man was misled by it, and was killed by the train. Echoes are common in the city as well as in the country. The shape and size of buildings, and the width and the angle of streets and alloys, will often produce interesting echoes, Which are easily studied. A good way to study these phenom- ena in the city is to remain at the Open window and listen for the echo of a sound made by someone else. The peculiar whir of an electric car as it approaches a corner is often echoed by some building, until dile car seems to be coming from some other direc- tion. The puffing of 'a locomotive as it moves along the track often makes an interesting echo, that suggests the presence of several locomotives. In certain localities heavy rain clouds will send back an echo. Much of the rumbling of the thunder during a storm is the echo of the first report, the great sound waves striking both the hills and heavy clouds, and being reflected back. In many deep canyons in the moun- tains, and in some caves, there are wonderful, echoes. In some of these places a single word or a revolver shot will be repeated hundreds, and occa- 'sionally thousands of times, producing a bedlam of sounds. She had therefore unknowingly adopt- ed her own motherless nephew and niece. N6,7 Era and Daily Globe-.--.. Sja.50' killing the gunners as well, New Era and Daily Mail and Empire 4.50 , Springs and air chambers of course, New Era and Weekly Mail have been used, but it was found that and Empire ...... 1.86 they quickly got out of order, We e era and Daily World 3,35 New Era and Daily News 2.85 owe to the Germans, indeed, the find - New Era and Daily Star 2,85 _vow nra and Family Herald and Weekly Star ...... 1.85 New Era and Weekly Witness 1.85 MAKING PLANTS GROW Yield of Tomatoes Doubled by use of Carbonic Acid Gas The value of carbonic acid gas as a plant nutrient has been the subject of considerable recent literature, in eluding an interesting paper by H. Fiecher, describing experiments in Europe. :The author found that the development of both foliage and flow- ers was stimulated by an excess of carbonic acid in the air, while the yield, of tomatoes was doubled, and that of cucumbers increased 12.5 per cent, by carbonic acid treatment. It has generally been held that .03 per cent. of carbon dioxied in the air is suflcient for plant growth, but Mr. Fischer thinks that more than this can be utilized, provided there is ample light, and that experiments in this di- rection might give -valuable results. On the other hand, Mr. I. F. Kidd, an English investigator, finds that an excess of carbon dioxide in the at, mosphere retards or inhabits the gen urination of seeds, but without injut•• Ing them. He suggests that the pro, duction of carbon dioxide in nature by the decay of vegetable matter may play a part analogous to that noted' in his experiments. ing of the best method of overcoming the recoil. Early in the war one of the big Ger- New Era and Northern Mes- man guns was captured and taken to 1,80 senger Woolwich Arsenal for a thorough ex - New Era and Canadian Farm 1,86 New Ira and Farmer's Sun.-- 1,85 amination; It was found that instead New Era and IDaily Free of using compressed air the special Press, morning Now Bea and Daily Free Press, evening New Era and Weekly Free PrPs9 New Era and Morning Lon- don Advertiser ---.-- New Era and Daily Advertiser law Era and Weekly Adver- 3,35 recoil chambers were filled with a 2.85 compound of which glycerine was the chief ingredient. 1.85 Now many of Britain's big guns are 8.05 fitted with these recoil chambers, and 2.85 are fired v'lt'h very little "kick"— thanks to that captured German gun! tiser 1.60 lew Lira and Farm and Dairy 1.85 Jew Era and Farmer's Advo- How Italy is Governed The Italian Parliament consists of Perfect Preserves and clear jellies are made with LANTIC Sugar because it is ,pure cane,of extra, fine granulation, kept absolutely clean and free from dirt and specks by original packages filled at the refinery. 2 ib. and 5 lb. cartons and 10 lb. and 20 lb. bags. 100 lb. bags coarser granulation. 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The Senate is corn Posed of the Princes of the Royal house who are twenty-one years of age (with the right to vote when twenty- tive years of age) and of an unlimited number of members above forty years old, who aro nominated by the Bing for life. Tho duration of a Parlia- ment is five years, and 1t must meet annually; but the King has the power to dissolve the Lower House at any time, being bound only to order new elections and convoke a new meeting within four months. Rome became the capital of Italy in 1870. Of the palaces, the largest is the Vatican, the residence of the Pope, and the Quirinal, the residence oY King Eurmanuet. Don'tPersecute your Bowels 1 ►ruta.h�nY-a��� wiri 7"e1 l ass CARTER'S LITTL& LIVER PILLS Pontly..getabta Ad s,.utly on tinily , n hmianteba.,me e ooth.thedell• eatemembraea s6Web wd: Cera con. St* oe. is Ha dale .ri ladisedlon. se salon hrs. Stead P01, Small Dose,; Small Pelee, Gamble mrett,bear Signaturo ti -