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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-10-22, Page 7VICTORY OF JUSTICE SURE' Albert of Belgiuni Says Enemy's Plan to Annihilate Ills Army I -ailed A cleSPateli from Wats'hiiigton '‘,taYs The peoclamation poste,c1 in -a-- le) sten d -anno u wipe: "the wi deaeval of the Belgian Goverament to French soil Was received by !cable an Wednesday night at the Belgian Legat.ion. The text is as TollowS "Citiz'en,s, for About two and a• half months the Belgian 'soldiers have been defending,. kot by foot, at the price of heroa.-c efforts', the Late of their ,conntry.. , The enemy Fertainly exPected 'tteennthilate our army in Antwerp, hut a retreat ha,s succ.es.efully foiled this hope, and has asset:evil as the eonservation ef military 'forces, which,will..continno to fightedthoetrespite for this'inoSt feet and noble Cease. At this ree- merit these' forces aJe eperating,in the direction ef our s'outheen front- ier, where they 'are supported by the 'allies. Thanks to their valor - ons co-e'peratio'n, the victory of justice is 'certain. Notwithetend'ing the secrifictee already endured by the Belgiith nation; with a 'courage equalled e,tali, by/its nia.eriitudee a new trial, is' ,ailtle,d by the present eiremestan,cee." BOERS RALLY UNDER BOT1IA. Dutch Commandos Rocking to the Call of South African Premier. A despatch from Cape Town eve: As a result of Col, Maritz's rebel- lion in the north-west of the' Cape provinces, Gen. Louis Botha, the Premier of the Union. of Seuth.Afrie ca end commander of the rbroops of' the Union, isibakingthe field earlier than he ori iginally ntended to de. Generai Botha is placing himself t the head of several strong Durtcih command,* organized on the okl burgher line, which are affiliated with regimentetrained by the Union defenee force, Col. Britz, the offi- Cer appointed by General Betha, to tale over the commend of ram rebel Lieut. -Col. Maritz, reports that one of hie patrols has engaged a part of Mariti's ferce at Italedrael and taken 80 prisoners. Coramanderits, field cornees and burghers who served under General Botha in the South African War are rallying to his call, irreepective of their politi- eal feeling, to fight alengeide the British in defeinee of the Empire algain# which twedve years ago they were in arms. This fact has had a, merked effect on waverers. TRE COST OP LIVING. , Five Per Cent. Increase in Canada Since War Began. • A despatch 'from Ottawa says: The cost of living in Canada has Jumped by nearly 5 per cene. since the outbreak of the war. The Labor Depaaament's index number • showing the general level of prices at 'the end of September is 140.7, as eampared with 135.5, at the end of july. Most of the rise book place daring the filet three weeks of the waraamd daring the past three weeks thee has been a general steadiness in priee's. Retail prices are reported to have been, on )the whole, eteady in 'September, after the first apo rd movement follow - e r. In flour and sugar further advances occurred last month in most of the cities. Rents were reported downwards in some fifteen localities throughout the Do- minion. WARSHIPS DESTROYED. Austrian Battleship . and Six Des- troyers Destroyed. A deepatch from- London says: Fire in the Government arsenal at Trieste, the principwl seaport ef A nstriat-Hungary on Ithe Adriatic .traoSee, has virtually destroyed `am Atietrian Dreadnought under con- struction there, according to a Central News despatch from Rome. Six torpeclo-boat clearoyere eleo were damaged by the fire,which quickly enveloped the works:hie/. It as alleged /halt a quantity of wood- work In the arsenal was soaked with peel:fol.. A number of work- men have been arrested. The arse- nal is said to have been greatly damaged: POR MONTREAL UNEMPLOYED. Vote of $50,000 Reconnnended by the City Council. A dove/Loh from Montreatl For the relief of the families of the tinemaployed this Winter the. City Council adopted a resolution on Wednesday "afternoon recommend- ing that the Board of Centeol vete the sum of $5,0,000, whieh it is pro- posed to ,dietribute through the various eharita,ble organizations of Montreal. • The city has already passed a lasolution to supply the sem of $150,000 to the patriotic fund, BUYS 50,000 STRETCIIERS. Britain Contracts to Receive 1,000 a Week for a Year. A despatch from Reading Penn, says : A local firni on Wednesday received a contract from the British Government for 50,000 stretchers to be used in carrying wounded from the field. They are to be furnished ot the rate of 1,000 a - week. " PRICES Of FARM PRODUCTS azeoues• rzioni nen MEADINO 21xesal GENTRES p2,-34tElmoA. Breadatuffe. Toronto, October 20.--191eur-Manito- 1)9 first patents quoted at $6.60,.1n jute bags; second patents, 26.10; strong bait- ers', 45.90; Ontario wheat flour, 00 per ,cent•patents, quoted. at $4.60 to $4.70, seaboard. Wheat -Manitoba No. 1. Northern, old, at $1.19, and new at $1.17; No. 2, old. $1.16, and new, $1,14; Ontario Pall wheat quoted at $1.04 to 31.06, at out - Oats -Ontario quote( at 46 to 47e, outside, and ef/o on track, Torbnto. Weetern Canada. No. 2, quoted at 57e and No. 3 at 54e. • Barley -Market is dull, with malting grades quoted at 63 to 66e, outside. • Rye -83 to85e, outside. Peas --$1.10 to $1.15. Corn -No. 2 American is quoted at 811c, Toronto, and 773e, c.i.f., leity ports. Buckwheat -65c, outside, nominal. Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted at 223.50 to 424 a ton, and shortat $26 • Country Produce. , • 13utter-05069e dairy, 63 to 25e; ip- feller, 20 to 21e; farmers' separator. 25 to 25c; creatnery prints, 28 to 29e. ngge-Newelald, dozen. 30 to 33e; or- dinary stock, 25 to 27e, Roney ---Market is firm at 12 to tage per 113. or strained. No, 1 honeycomb, 42.75 per dozen; No. 2, $2 to 22.25, • Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 17 to 18c; ducks, dressed, lb. 15 to 170; fowl, 14 to 15e; turkeys, dressed, 19 to 22e. 175c, Cheese -New, large, 16 to 17e; twins, Beans -Prime, bUshel, 22.90 -to 43; hand-picked, $3 to $3•25, Elated May and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for car lot deliveries on track here: - Straw is quoted at $8.20 to 28.50 a ton. in car lots, on track here, Flay -No. 1, new, quoted at 616 to $16.50 on track here, No. 2 at $14 to $14.50, and No. 3 at ell to $12. Provislone. aeon -Long clear, 14.5 to 113e per lb, in case lots. learns -Medium, 20 to 2030; doe heavy, 100 to 17e; rolls, 15 to 151e; breekeast bacon, 101 to 200; backs, 23 to Mc; boneless backs, 243e. • Winnipeg Grein. Winnipeg, Oct. SO. -Cash -No, 1 North- ern, 41.12; No. 2 Northern, $1.083; No. 3 Northern, $1.033; No, 4, 961c; No, 6 03e; No, 6, 8840; feed, 8450. 'Winter Wheat , No. I red. 41.114; No, 2 red, 41.003i No. 3 re& 21.039. Oats -No, 0 C.W., 541e; No. -3 C.W., 501e; extra No. 1 feed, 50/c; No. 3 C.W„ 501e; 'No. 1 feed, 4850; No. 2 feed, 471e. Barley - No. 3, 68e; No, 4, 610; relected, 583e; feed, 57c. Plax-No, 1 N.W.C., $1,1127 No. 2 C.W., $1.081. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Oat. 20. -Corn, American, No. 2, yellow, 81 to 82e. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, 573.3; No. 3, 56/c; extra, N. 1 feed, 553e; No, 2 local whit& 51c; No. 3 local white, 49e; No. 4 local white, 48c. Barley, Man. feed, 63c; malting, 76 to 78e. Plour, Man. Spring wheat patents, erste, $6. 70; seconds'46,20; strong bakers', $6; Winter patents, choice, $6.25; straight rollers, $5.75 to $6; bags, 42.85 to $2.95. Rolled oats. barrels, • 26,60; bags 90 lbs., $3.20. .Bran, 325, Shorts, 42'7. 'Middlings, • $30, Mountie, $30 to 234, Hay, No, 2, per ton, car lets, $17.50 to $12.60. Cheese, finest westerns, 151 to tele; finest east - sons, 155o. Butter, choicest creamery, 271 to 28c; seconds, 263 to 262e. Elggs, fresh. 32e; selected, 29e; No. 1 'stock, 20e; No. 2 stock, 22 to 23e. Potatoes, per bag, tar lots, 60 to 65c, United States markets. minneanons, Oct. 20. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 21.1211; No. 1 Northern, 61.091 0027-116; No. 2 Northern, $1.0611 to 21.001; December. 41,103. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 67 to 680. Oats -No. 3, white, 432 to 44e. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, OetOber 20, -Wheat -No, 1 Northern, $1.121; No. 2 Northern, $1.081; December, $1.113. Linseed, 41.330; December, 31.34e, Live Stook Markets. TOOOn tO, October 20.--Buteher cattle --Choice weighty steers, $8.25; choice handy butchers', $8 to $8.25; ,good but- chers', 57.55 to 48,15; medium, $7.25 to 37,75; common, from $6,60 to 37.25. Reifers-Cod to choice heifere, 27.75 to $8.25; medium, 37.26 to $7.70; coin - noon , $5.75 to $7.25. Butcher cows -Choice, 26.75 to 4727: d, 3625 to .70; mediums from 6.50 to $6.25; cutters, $4.60 to '45; coMmon, 35 to $6; cannere. from $3.50 $4,.66. euteber hulls--Oholee, 7 to $7.50; good, $6.50 to $7; medium, $6 to $6.50; common, 35 to 66. Stockers and Peeders,---Beavy selected feeders, 7.25; choice heavy stockers, $7 to 37.26; heavy good, 46.50 to $7; good, medium, stoolcers, $4 to $6.50; common, from $5,50 to $6; grass sows, 24.75 to $5.15011 1‘1tets and springers zoicl at $55 to $95 each for choice offerings, with good at $55 to 8.65, and common to medium at 44090 450. • Calves -Oh °ice, 90 to 410 .60; medium, from $7 to 39; common, from 36 to 7; • rough grass calves, 6 to $6, Sheep and Iambs -Light sheep ewes ranged from $5.50 to $6.25; 'heavY silage and theirs, from $4 to $5.25; culls from 43 to $4; Yeerling lambs brought 97' to $7.50; culls off; lambs, cset., 26 to $7.85. Swine -Hogs went at $7.75 to 57.99 0o,b at $6.25 to $8.50, fed and water- ed. and at $8.50 off ears. MontrealOct. 20.-A few of the best cattle sold at 71 to 71e, and from that down to 55e. Common, 4 to 55e: tan - nee, Ito. Calves, 45 to Bee. SheeP, 41 to %ie. Lambs, 7 to 71e. Bogs alum t. •CRUSHED BEFORE WARSA Victory of Russians Along Vistula is Described as Overwhelming .7"17e: A clespetcla erten London, eave : The Gertnana were defeated in a greet battle neer Warsaw and were doiven back twenty miles before they eouM be rallied 111)011 a new line of. defence. The Ituseians book Ithousands 4:d P °nen and many field and machine guns abandoned by the enemy; Despetches sant by the •Peteograel onataspenclembs of ea Rome Meseegero to the Lowlen Times assort thee 'the victory of the Prussians was overwhelming. The Rttaiara were eorrarartealed by the Grand Duke alich.oles and 'tale Gee mans were led by Gen. V011 Rio- deebtag, who was suanmoned from guns. Ea P'rus.sia ,several weeks ego )to conduct the invesio'n of P,oltintl. The follooving special despatch wes eele,groglied trona Peeregrad eenrier 'arrived feem the front this, evening with the news of a great Russian vieeory over the Germans in „the )177)lle9te district The German force, which recivenced to alteruck Warsaw has 'been out in two etc: has been •driven beak on the line of Lode, Prete:a:tow and Kielce. The Russians were (loci- eively victorious .after tWe de,yre fighting. 71 is re,per bed thee they took 10,000 prisoners and many 13e1giane Being Marched to EXccution for Defendi ng Their Romes. lians-meny of them too old ler the Belgian reany-being marched out, by the Gerunsos to be shot down in cold blood becaase. they had eegaged gneeilla warfere• against the Kaireer's eoldiers-..in other words, thea were to, be murdered foe the sin of defending their own homee against the invaders.. Tho feat that the Geemeos elbowed an American photographer to take this picture ler publication in the United &ease shows that this, slaughter "ef. civilians, instead of imprisoning them, is in accord with the most 'appeo'ved 'Germ= /methods, of wa•rfare. During the, Fraeco-Pruselen war thousands of Vran,e-Tir- ears, as the French volunteees, W.11.0 Were Unaehle to .secure unifoxins w ere called, were shot when taken priseners: To the, Germen the uniform is rtherthing. 11EADACHE MEDICINES. Red's is bale of the most tragic • pietures received from tthe war zone. It Shelve a,' group of Belgian eivi- VARIOUS TYPES 'OF GUNS Maxim.; the French elm Hotelakiss in/ ; the Anse:dam the Sohwerelose THE NATIONS Al' WAR Q4i4'IK A. NUMBER. Behest/ end G ern] am Poteee.. lIowiteers; French An- other Weapon. or Puteaux; the German the Rex - In all cases machine gunie are at - us tallied to 'the infantry, the propor- ton in the British, Frencth and Gerrwen armies being 'two guns to a battalion or 1,000 anen. The Bri- tish army has alwaye taken the lead Rave in the nee end ;employment of ma- • °bine guors. • TRIED TO RILL POINCARE. Shrapnel, so Coiled aeber their i ve,ntor, the British General Sthr nel, are thin oases of toe& sit conteiniug e Jame number of b lets, in the Beitieb &raillery, 2 and in the Frenelt and German 3 with es .emall bursting eharge t: has e the projectile. Ile bursting charge breaks t n- Spy Tola of Preach President's ap- ;Visit to Battle Front. ed el- A despatch from London says: 63 'Phe Paris correspondent of the Ex- ch po, ange T,elegra,ph Company in a he despatch dated Wednesday says: "Now that the he-vjghorthers, es the he French eatff has been changed it es has become possible to announce e, ted Gen, Joffre last week at liem- od illy -sur -Seine, 11.• Gera= ,aadelor iee dropped 'a bomb into the tovande- re ing no damage. The news? the ck uPProaching visit of President Pain_ cere had been eonanunicated to the as eammy by 0, spy. One of their best s Pilots was sent oat with a bomb 4 el which he wee ordered, to drop on ' le the quartens occupied by the .Presi- dent and Gen. Joffre, A Preach advia,tor named Pranrnz immedialely 0 pursued and brought drown the f d raider. Prawns was rewarded by 0 e M. Poin,care, who pi»ned 'the eross t e, of- the fliegien oe Honor on the avia- r tor'e 1) s,thel ease, when the belle ere Nett when Peasident Paha:a:re visit - 'sweep forward with the velecky parted to fate projeetilre by the go' Shetipnel are regarded as go "India -killers," but they are an ineffeetive ,againet whe .thells are deadly, For the ado of field guns aad buildings and f motion againet troopsein trench most armies employ howitzer which are shore, . squat guns th toss their projectiles high bl air, high angle fire. Proper Time to Take Them Is Ne- ver, Says Dr. Frank Crane. This is la temperance, or, rether, 0 prohibition, talk; but it is not tajhbi°ngsS erllok(leselh:11. It is abis1116 11 10 20300041 •headaehe medicines. If you have not time to read the Whole of this article, read, and heed, at leest the next, line. DON'T TAKE THEM! Never eake ad:vertieed patent medicine headache euro, nor any of the tablets', pills, or powders sold at the drug ,store as headache reme- dies. Reason : Almost wibhout excep- tion they contain what fere lenew'n as 'coal -tar products, that is, ace- taeilict, phew:cabin, or antipyrin. These drugs do eure headaches; but they do it by redueing the heart wagon. No one should take a medicine effecting the heart ex- sciecolatnt.inder the direetion 01. play - Headache is not a cilseras,e; it, is a eatapttoan. sign of a Li:lee:am It is th.o diseased condition that aught to be righted; tinless you do that 3 is foolish la destroy the:resign. Headache is nasally caused by too much blood presenee in the lead. That: may come !roan coffee, r tea or ' or from over- eeding or 'wrong diet or from eye- hS1.1ell'bino body. some other disturbance of Cael-tar .ebuffs stop this blood ressare but they do so by grip ring the heert. Don't fool with - hem! When yon have headaches try hese five remedies: 1. Stop eataiteg. The greatest nown 02480 of bad bodily eandi;• ion is too much food. A little star- ing is good for us a,111. ,And any. pains it may be said;• "Thief int goer% not met save by-faret- g„, 2. Step tea ceffee, aleeholie (peas and anything that etiola- tes. A healthy body supplies 118 11,11 stimulation if you give it a In the British Army every 'division has fifty-frour fiel guns and eighteen howitzers. Thee howitzers are of 4.5 ineh eadibr. firieg a shell 4,5 _ineh diet/mete and weighine 35 pou'aclis. They hae a range of "7,200 etted,s, winch i 1,000 yards greater than the, rang of the British field gen The defect of the howitzer is thet ke shell is very he,avy, and eo'n'se -quenttly muck. lover rounds can b caaried thee with the field gun There is no ,seeurity that a singl howitzer ehell will do twice tit damage of an ordinary field gu. .ebell, 'though it 'weighs twiee •a much. The French do not emPley howitzer in their field artillery; la the Germane have s heavy pattern of 6 inch calibre, filing la shell of about ninety pounds, and a lighter pattern of 4.2 inch calibre,. blob fe ee, en aimy eerps, 'has eighteen -of th,e lighter and sixteen of the heavier ae howitzer, in addition to 126 field gene. an Heavy artillery is Itaken, into the41 field by most armtee except the a o 01433 ,teoss 'ds/441 4- ria rence. 31 Keep your head cool and yeUl et warm. The hot weber bottle d the ice pack axe the head- her's beet frawle. 4. Have your eyes examined by intelligent eculist. The right air of glassee may do for yoe what ton ,orf broino seltzer ea,nnot do, 5, Keep the bowels open. 0On- ipation means poison. heerache persists go to a play- eiticta. It may be !that 'after all you eam the headaethe nob go en there will be great, temptation "try -just once this tablet that cured me inseamely," yoer friend tells you. Don't yea do tit Whatever you do, don't emperi- meat on yourself wa6 coal -ear pro- duces, Freed). 'rite British division. has with it four admerable sixty 4411111)401±4/ 01409' .50,.15000 pounder guns which have a range of 0,.,500 yards and are yeey effective •against buildinas and- masonry ter- tificalierts. SS'ege artillery of a still heavier type is als,o sometimes employed, though 'siege yveapons ,ere so heavy, and ponderotts that they become 1)angerous to an .Army &doh is not certain of being able .WayS advanee, Moreover • the sepply 1 1 NV 00 04904105(0.1. tion for tthLen is .grave peoblerm., and the. effect of 'their ere, against armies, in the field, though terri'fe- ing firet ;to untrained troops, Is comparatively slight. • The chief .lievivy siege gees, which are all howitzers, are as follows Ton140140410 e 9.4 inch, 5,,V2' toos, car- riage ,a'n'd equipment • 20 German 11.2 inch, 6 eons, car- riage 'and equipme,nt ..... 28 French 10.7 inch, 5% 'tons, cer- riar and equipment ...... 22 Bussaan 12 inch, 6 bons, car- riage and eqeipnaent ...... 28 • Th e tr 1eS f a c am mitn de r , , doomed to drag about, with him -weapone weighing thirty -foal' tone, in wet weather on bad reads may be magi n e d , The Driti ar i only hope litia,t Gen. entioNluk has re m e red to take with him some of 'the German inch. :howi,tzers, wh riml so much dm -flair a.t Ne- uter. 11 lteht e Gil /la are iveanins wtriah flee rifle eert- ridges avith• great speed by meehan- teal meanie, the force of the recoil being gene.ralle used to reload the gun. 'They are ,very portable and exam:dingle deadly a-nd make re- marliebly goo sib:aced/1,g, Thus, ins a tete, forty-two British firs't oiaes shots were piethed ,againet, a.; To 11 - chine gun and etiali heed at, the sttme tereet for one minute, The nmeibine gun disci/raged 228 rottn.ds twirl ma.cln se:ea-trine lees the 'forty- two mericentee fired 108 100 (4(41 made sixty -Mee hies. Tth Bridish. •machima gun is the •Col. W. 17. Gordon-, V.C.,, • do .0.f the -Gordon Highlend'ers, twice. Tit reporbed killed, but 'reported by the be American Atehaesadoe to. be a...pri- soner of war in Berlin. He won•his V.C. Sontrli . GERMAN LOSS '700,000 MEN. • Estimates Rave Beat carefully • Made 07111 A.re, A despateh tram.•Bordeeux, France, says.: Desp.atehes •frdien Pertrograd say that careful ;esti_ mates in military eirc1es. there put the numbee ef Germane killed, wounded and otherwise unfitted foe service slime the outbreak of hos- tilitiee et 700,000. Official clespateh- e.e received en Wednesday Limn, • Petrograd•et/now:tee theta the siege of Przernyel is ina,king repiel aro, grease ,end thee the leneeien aetillexy is rapidly.- deseroying the •e.aith works and the. fortres.s. Whiee the' forts continue. be reply vigorously, the ga.rrison does nob eiaceed ten bliousand men. The tfeetefieemens, 7011103 ;leek ten. years, to ero'netreet, cleverly ,ecardiene tlae 'artificial wad natural methods Qf defence. MAR ITZ IIA.S 500 MEN. General Botha Sends Strong -Force • Against the Rebels. despai,elt from London saYe According to late official , reports arm Soeth Africa, the• rebellious co mm d 0 u e r 00 1 on el Mar i 31.rt aeh rs a bn t 100 m en, i n oluding a n MA) Sr of Gs rni an s h o ha,ve joined him. General Botha, the South African Premier, has rant a s rig fere e against Mari tz , , w h ha's near Main -Lon a large member of German ,carmon, emenreition and ,steres., "I theught you •said his word was 91 1001(1 as his hmuil?" Sr"1, did bet 1. forgot to add that, his -bond is no goed either,'' 111 miS 1VA711 OIfFiCjl CONTRACTS. Magnesia in Crude: State Required Prow nnebee; A despatch fame London .says • That the Ineperial Government is placing important War Offiee con- tracts for dried vegetables, with Caneelia.n firms woe the statement made by W. L. Griffith, secretary ithe Canediail Higfh, Commission- er, Dr. Pelletier, Agent -General for Qtrebe,eacontinueS to receive en- quiries indicating growing interest 1 e oppoitueithe's. in Quebec Province. The late,et enquiry is from a firm requierrig magnesia, which has hitherto been obtained from Asia Itfinor. 'Phis is reqiiimed thamriale State, Tille boot trade here is too active for the home men- ufacturees to fill Bile demands, hence the morchaat'e aee looking abroad for their :supply, e , • ROSS RIFLE FACTORY BUSY.. Worhing at :Digit PreSsuire to Meet the Demande fey Guns, deSpntoll from Ottawa sage: 311 is understood the fa6illtees of 'the Boas, Rifle. factory for taming eisb. mite for the troop's hate • been g re wbly enlarged lay the, additionof new maehineey, as a vereide 91 Which 'the output Will be ineeesteed. The activity 'which is reported fa= the Kruppe Works in Germany es bane,- depliereted on a small Seale with tlitp Canadian rifle fa.ebory, which ie working full Speed to lima' the greet ,cleatand for guns. It is net marobable 'that it 'Will be further eelarged 89 soon 209 praetieable. ALLIES RETAKE TOWN OF LILLE eorce Germans to RC 70)53 • the 1,telfile• -ILlyassn.ls of A despatca Liam Paris ' eeys; Gen. Joffre'is reports indica.te each advences by the allies all along the line in li'pao aei mien more than ceentberbalantie the extension the Germat forees in Belgium itiallglhIlliettar"illise48G4le?;:rae:ai46etineVaeidiaiginYhdthiajndvilifian,:elitan:e- ad- fied ne, the nd are of 071 ge- ho in- Al - he he 11, erman France, foceeng the K 60,09 aim -Lisa to a•bandron lorti Pesdeons ehe centre of their li nellifying all 'assaults against Verdun -To ul-B elk rt harrier by adv,ancee from Verdun threatening the great fortress Mete, hi Lorraine. The French in Als'afte have beat 'the Germacis in severe ,enga meets, have retakes:I Altkireh Muelhatis,en and are driving. enemy toward the Rhine. All forreatitia from Lorraine and sitee points to the euecess of ti French arms and the collapse of t:, German efforts to beeieg:e Ver.dU Tout end Belifort. The unimpaired strength of the offensave the, extreme north ef Fiance and ie South -wt - 0701 • Belgium, the occupation ef Ypres, •the recapture of Eetaires, north of the Lys the retreart of the Germans front -the, left bank of the Lys and the recapture of Lille (an unoffieial report) all inchoate that Gen. Joffre has now eueh forees in the north as will effeatually pro- teee 1)ankirk .end Calais and posse teniso p6rsteevenndt, the, Germans from hold - MONTREAL PRIVATE KILLED. Alexander Carle Lost His Life on His 251.11 Birthday in Prance. A cleseatch from Montreal says: Mr. William Carle, of 198 73ernard Avenue, Montreal, received word from the Britieh Government thee his son, Private Win, Alex,ander eerie, of the firet battalion Scots Guards, had been killed in action in Frail ee • An additional touch of tra,gedy was given by the fact that Private Cade had been killed on September 14, bis twenty-fifth birthday. The official notice of hie son's death was received by Mr. Carle with the following mourning card from Lord Kitehemer :-"The King commands me 'to assure you of the true symparfehy of his Majesty end the Queen in your sorrow. Kitchener." WORK D 0 BY 1) 0 (1 S. Be/gian Canines Search for Wound- ed and Drag Guns. OLD -TIRE REMEDY •MAKES PURE BLOW) Pmify yonr blood by taking I -food 's Sarsaparilla. This medi- cine has been and still is the people's medicine because of ils reliable charaeter and its wonderful snecess the treatment of the cenamou dis- eases and aihneats-scrofula, ca- tarrh, rhaimatism, dyspepsia, loss of appetite,. that tired feeling, general aebiliiy, Hood's Sarsaparilla has been tested forty years. Get it today. ...e....aareatee.e.e.ev.eeeete A demeatea from Paris says : A Belgian ,soldier epeaking of the operations at the front makes espe- cial mention of the useful work be- ing clone by the Belgian dogs. He says they a,re used not, only ha searehing for the 'wounded but thee they play an important role in drag- ging cants on 'which are mounted quieltefirers. He assures the cor- respondent that the greatest din of the cannon never seemed to affect these animals in the slightest de- gree. PROMISE TO DYING FATHER. Son 'Proceeding to Prance to Fight Germans to Keep His Word. A despatch from London says: A Montreal man named Harris called at the High Commiesioner's office and informed Hon. G. H. Perley time hie father was a Frenchman who fought the Prussians in 1610. Subsequently he earaigraital to Can- ada, and when dying he made his son promise that he wonld fight Bow Frame in the neat war with Ger- many. Harris is proceeding to Fiance to enlist in the, French army. SHEEP LOSSES IIEAVY. Recent Snowstorms in Alberta Did • Much Damage. A d•espatch froin Lethbridge, Al- berta, segs: Communicaeion re- stored with outlying distrieta after the eament snowstorm tells of leas •of sheep. 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News-lteeord and World • • • • 43. a5 News -Record and Glebe . - 3,60 News-Reoord and Mail & Nmptre. .3.60 News-Reeord and Advertiser 2.85 NerveltecOrd and Morning Free Press. 3.35 News -Record and Evening Free Press, 2.88 News -Record. and Toronto Star ....... 2.86 Newe.Record and Toronto News 2.88 If what you want ie not fn this llet let us know about it. We °an supply you et less than it would coat you to send direct_ In remitting please do so by Post -office Order Postal Note, Expreee Order or Reg* istered letter and addrees, W. J. MITCHELL, Publisher News-Recsrd CLINTON, ONTARIO GERillAN SPY BOAT SEIZED. Ilad About Nine Months' Provi- sions Aboard and Wireless. A despatch from Nenaimo B.C., saes: The ninety -ton gasoline launch Empress 'Ninth was captured by Canadian authorities ads Ce041100E Spire in Union Bay, The *raw, two men anti a woinam, 'ail giving the name of Ko,h,fe, were taken into custody. The launch • hed about nine menthe' provisions and sup- plies aboard, 'carried three auxili- ary engines, and was equipped with wireless apparatus. It is Supposed that the crew were intercepting mess,age.s from the wireless station at Cape Laeo. Two other men, also named Kolife, we're arrested. at Campbell River. They are eliarged with being German 'spies. Both parties were sent to Nana:Mae to wait further iestrucbions. The launch left Victoria a few days ago withoite cleeranee papers. 16T11 FIELD BATTERY READY - Application 1Ias Been ilIade to the Militia Department; A deepatch from Guelph says: 141 islearned from an official source that the entire 16th Field Ba;thery, of this cite, volunteered for serviee ablead. It has been known for some time that Capt. W. SianPaon, offiem commanding the 16143 Bat- tery, has been getting it up to war sbrerigth, and now that he has sue- eeeded in this has volunteered the services of the entire battery„ Word was eeut to the Militia De- partment to that effect. The 164111 to howitzer b'attery, as is also th,e 11th. German Pillagers Senteeced. A. despatch from Paris says: Four German prisoners cornvicted by court-martial of pillaging and hourse-breakieg were given severe sentences. Two, named Sehrick and Bruggina,n, were ordered shot. The third, named Pahrezech, was condemned le life imprisonment, and a fourth, of the name of We- ber, was given ten years in prison. Louis 1)utherin, 21, Fressch soklier, 25 years of age, belonging to the territorial inftentey, wa,s senreeneed to fire years' labor on publie works for leiveng refused to obey the com- mend of his lieutenant to wash his feet in a stream when all the others of lais oompeny eo after a march en an August day. AIRMEN'S FINE EXPLOIT Details of 13rilliant Work in Routing Division of German Cavalry A cle,a,patch from Paris says : Tioll most fleshing exndoit Of the French L64111011 since the beginning of the war - was (the 'coniplete Teta of a, division of' • German earvalry whom • bliey shelled from the 'air, 119 b rie fly :erineunced inofficial eternmatnica- tion,s on Wedneedee. The a•via-, tees paraue'd the: eaveleyen'en all day, ee'aselesele.'p'etiring lamilis -051 them and inflietieg he,evy LO'sses.' .Additional details from the nOlth show the GerimanS had err/seed the froneier and were vielvencinoe weird the Ilaz.ebreack region ao the ceoly morning AA/en they 'were met a stronger French fovea The prelimenary ,skirmishes• were in fa - for of the Fe -h, ' The Gerrea'ns, seeing the road -absolutely buoyed, begoin, e.0, Orderly retreat. Th.e illierich general, whil'e he'rrying their rear withll •hie Owe cavalry, 01- 1 071 air squa'clroe.to. give chase 'and convert 'the ret,retilt into a rout with bombe. The effect on the eueany NVOS e,'. Tbs 0.11e11Man showered the deadly eavalry. and as uely gaps appeared where the dragoons and ouirats- steel beemne strewn acress the road in a horrible mass, panic :spread among the Gerinrame. They gid- lopeel furiously toward the frontier, vairdy atibempting to esos.p.e tht bombs, The .compaoS division Was soon dispersed, Squuclx0ne da.ehinee off izte.01:0',se ementry in diffeeene ttire,e, inaintaitied the pureuit till night-. Loll, annilieleiting several Bland: - foe, The; had the effect of .1:educ- ing the los.ses, theugh the aviatote eione in meter to breffie the eeriel • N'innevous houses Were killed, 0. while same riders adimeulously es- soFrrmg 11111''efaaelYoetc)atnta;alleNrelln° glare•ewillnyr h ape, zeme ki I led in etaietly, so Inc n Kkd and /tame kicked ke death by the hoeses ,they shag-, •glerl 071 131,0 roe:deed° in agree*. 'Sthr tine epected ai r attook • elhse- 1 11 to -1y •dematalizai tee Germate, and hereelene etra,g4idere: eaptmred ins next. tally 0707e in a pitiable miselee epoa the dame 1111.1.9.1 k)f. 0±5110 oE healer,