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
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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. 'Bands of 2,000 east of
Stirling and at Clain are reported
lost. Small sheep men managed to
bring their flocks through. • Cattle
losses were not, heavy.
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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,