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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-12-10, Page 9'':er • PUBLIC REVENUE FALLING The Big Decrease Is Found In the Receipts From Customs A despatch from Ottawa says: 'The Dominion revenue continues to fall 'far below the record of last Year. M6 is the case in practical- ly every department where there is a 'revenue dceount, the heaviest de- , crease'of course being shown in the Cake:lie` receipts. Inliund revenue reterns have also declined consid- erably. The amount of duty col- lected on goods entered for con- sumption in October was $5,657,§7] as mernpared with $9,198,657 for the corresponding month a the pre- vious yetia; a drop of 'more than three million§ and a half in the month. It is understood that the November figurewill E410y,r a de - clone nearay as great. In seven :nonths of the fiscal year the total duty colleeted fell from $67,761,983 in 1913 to $48,514,957, a deerease of approximately nineteen millions / and a quarter. The controlling fao- tor in the trade disturbance to which these deelines are due is, of course, the war. The sainefactor is necessitating a'heevy and increasing eXPeli'diture on lines not in cnntem- plation when the plane for the firmacial year were made and the estimates con:put:ed. ' -Expenditures on thingeother than war mobililation, equipment and defence works, have been as far as possible curtailed, few; if any, new public Works having been under- taken, but the situation is neYer- -theless a difficult one and one which Parliament when it meets early in the new year will have to face: The 'Finance .Ministee'a ar- rangement with the Bank of Eng- land for loan advances to be later covered by a permanent funded war loge, inakee provision from time to time for the Dorainiere's war elcpen- diture, but the .lower revenue af- fects the abiliitjr Of the Govern:neat to carry on the ordinary programme ot notarenal development. THE SURPLUS CANADIAN OFFICERS Two Hundred Are Returning to Join the Second Contingent A cleapatch from London says: The surplus Canadian ,officers are the camps at Salisbury Plain, who have been nanxiously waiting for official news from Ottaiva, have been notified that they can apply Lor temporary coamnissions in the 13ritieh Army, withoue separation allowances or even bhe Canatlia.n rates of pay, failing which they are to hold themselves in reaoliness to return to their regiments in Canada at an early date. Some twenty will probably join Ritehener's army, but the rest prefer to return to Canada. Arrangements have been made at Saliebury Plain for a body of about two hundred surplus officers to sail for Canada ender Col. Macpherson. It is Understood that they will join the second contingent, which eta parently has' a shortage of officers. An Officer of high rank says that this step in noway reflects upon the officers who are returning; all being. able men. Col. W. Grant Morden is paying a visit to Sir Sohn French's headquarters in Northern France. Private Rainey, of the Royal Grenadiers; Toronto (which regi- ment is now part of the Third Bat- teliori),while driving a team, was ran into by a motor, and sustained a Severe Concussion of the brain. His tondition is serious, OVER 5,050 aEWS EN ARMY. Rabbi Adler of London Goes with Second Contingent. A despatch from London says: The Time says, regarding the en- listments of Jews in the British army : British Jewry is justifiably Proud of the responso made by its inenibers to the call to arms. On the outbreak of the war there were about 500 Jews in the regular army. To -day Rev, Michael Adler, Jewith Chaplain to t -the forces, is in posses- sion a the names of over five thou- sand a his flock, and many other names are pouring in. No fewer t aa 450 Jews hold commissions in the army and navy. These figures are very gratifying, as, allowing for the large number of Jews whose alien birth debars them from ser- vice, the total quota Which Jewry should supply is about.3,200. Rab- bi Adler goes to the front with the second draft shortly. This is the first time in history that a Jewish Chapla'in accompanied troops to the field. • —4, -- Will Not Attack Servians. A despatch from London says: The Bulgarian Government -has ieeued an official denial to thre- ports that troops were being mass- ed in the frontier districts 'of Strumnitz and Kostendil on the herders of Servia. The report prob- ably arose from the rumors that Bulgaria night take advantage of the present plight of Servia, to get revenge for the humiliation she suffered after the second Balkan War. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has bestowed the Grand Croes of the Leopold Order on Gen. Liborius von Frank for dis- tinguished service in the field. Gen, Frank commanded the forces which occupied , Belgrade. Nineteen thousand Servian prisoners have been taken since the Austrians be- gan the present offensive move- ment, according to a report from Vienna. Reports from German , sources assert that Servia's casual- ties since the beginning of the war will reaoh about 100,000, or vir- tually one-third of her entire strength. GEUMA-N LOSSES APPALLING. Two-thirds of Their Army in Poland Put Ont of Action. A deepatch from Petrograd says: Newspapere here are beginning to print numerous fragmentary ac- counts, derived. hem wounded sol- diers, of the recent fighting in Po- land. The general impression from all sides is thae the Vistula-Warthe fighting has been incomparably more severe than 'anything experi- enced before on any Font during this war. The Germans early. in the conflict obristened et: the "Imper- ial" battle, for they had been im- pressed by highest authority ;that apon 'their success depended the whole future a the war, and as a reward for their snecess they were Promised that they would be dis- banded to their homes 'at the eons elusion of the campaign. The 'character of the fighting- has com- pelled the Germans to rely on their manhood inseead of their maehin- ery, yet they still persist in their massed formation against rifle, maxim or bayonet. Their losses have been appalling. Experienced experts 'estimate that the Germahs have lost two-thirds of their army in Poland. There were several critical moments during the fight- ing north of Lodz. One Russian division held its ground against two German army corps, and finally drove them back. As has been stated, bet fOr the tardiness of the arrival of one Russian army carp's the battle would have ended in complete victory for the Russians a week ago. As it was large numbers of the Germans got out of the trap, and subsequent fighting hoe been a curious tactical spectacle with the Russians and Germans in alternate strips covering a considerable area of -the Polish battlefield. The Ger- inane have alternated furious at- tacks with retreats. Plainly Evident. Mrs. Levewett (at 2 am.) - Where have you been? Levee:at-just fell in wiz an el' frien', ,eny dear. Mrs. Lovewett-Fell in, eh! I be- lieve you. You're soaked. PURE BLOOD MAKES HEALTHY PEOPLE CROSSES Hood's Savsapaiilla surely and et- Not feetively removes scrofula, boils and other blood diseases because it drives out of the blood all the burners, that cause these disease. They cannot be eneceesfally treated in any ether way. External applications for their re- moval have proven .almo§t, Useless, because they cannot 'drive out the impurities that; are, in the Wed. . Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure rich blood, perfects the digestion, and bnilds en the whole System.,' The skin, beeontes sineotli, 'clean and healthy. This great blood remedy has stood the test of forty years. :Insist on having Hocep$1 for nothing else acts like it: There is ne 1,01 ,substitute. Get it today. sola by all druggists. IIEWS-RECORD'S NEW CLUBBING RATES FOR 1914 DE WET HAS BEEN CAPTURE WENELIEs. News -Record and Mail & Empire $1.66 News -Record and •Ialobe... . ... 1.60 News-Reeord and Family Herald and Weekly Star..-.,............. . . 1.85 News•Record and Weekly sun 1.85 News -Record and Former's Advocate235 News.Record and Farm & Dairy •••• 1.85. 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He wait one of 1.the signator.. ies of the peace conference aiter ie w'zio and, •later was Minisker of. Agrkulinte isn the Orange giver Gen. de Wet at the outbreak of the present, war offered a eorps of 5O1101 African Se011ts to Lord ah- ehener. Later he protested against the action of the Union of South Africa in fighting the Germans, and took the field against the British forces. • DAILIES. - News -Record and World ...............08.85. News-Record and Globe... . .. 3.60 News -Record and Mall & Em .......... News -Record end Advertiser.... . 2.81 News -Record and Morning Free Press. 3.35 News -Record and Evening Free Press. 2.85 News -Record. and Toronto Star ,...... 2.85 News -Record and Toronto News 2.28 If what you want le not In this liet let us know about it. We can eupply you at less thanit would cost you to send direct. In remitting please do so by Post -office Order Poetal Note, Express Order or Reg- istered letter and address. W. J. MITCHELL, PubliShOr NOWR-Razardl CLINTON, ONTARIO THE COSSACK IS A TERROR ONLY TWO AND ONE-IIALF MILLIONS OE TIMM. Gem. de Wet has several times been rephrted as meeting with re- verses and once as having been wounded. One of his sons was killed in the fighting an.d two sons surrendered under the Govern- ment's amnesty proclamation. A despatch from London says: "Pale and ha,ggand, but calmly smoking his pipe; Gen. Christian de Wet, the rebel leader, arrived'att Johannesburg, guarded by 'soldiers with fixed bayonets. He was taken through the 'streets, which were lined with the excited populace, arid palea1tel hh,s jort, a prisoner. Pencling at probable &tat -martial. Whether See will be hanged: as a traitor aannotyet be predicted. That sane factfons fever this, 'how- ever, is indicated by ehe tone (if the national press, which urges tal6 Government action against, "those behind hhe scenes" who 'stimulated De Web anclother rebels to action Thes,e co -traitors, it is added, Ferocious in Wax, They Are Tillers of the Soil in Times of Peace. By repute the Cossacks are among the most terrible warriors in Europe 'A troop of English "Pommies" with plentiftil anarchine guns might wreak double the de- strection, but Cossacks are preced- ed by the terror of their reputation. And if cities tremble when they hear that these furious horsemen are on the move, it is quite as muoh in dread of their proverbially fero- cious revenges, when victotious, as of their military prowess, says the Boston Globe. "Far riders" the Cossacks always have been and far riders they are still. Hordes of them, for the pre- sent business of war, have come .frorn the southern frontier of Rus- sia, and the most recent despatches tell of their riding within twenty miles of Cracow, and of a civilian population erdered to decamp. They are reported to have acceler- ated, by their activity, the retire - Ment of the Germans from Warsaw and lvangorod from seven miles a day to twenty miles a day. The Cossacks, two and one-half milliens of them, are the human ramped of the Russian Empire, Rune out in a long line from the Bloc% Sea to the Pacific, along that Southern frontier which it has been their traditional °Moe bno defend. In the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Coasacks had their own semi -republican state s, Governed by a Military Chief, elosen by their own people. They grew powerfhl enough to cause the government of Muscovy to quake for its supremacy. Furious wars raged between the two with vary- ing fortunes until the Cossacks were. 'partly by force, partly by fraud, gradually weakened. Then, by a cunning 'stroke of statecraft, the Muscovy Tsars man- oeuvred to unite their foes peace-. ably with Holy Russia, and turn their impetuous valor to the defence of their frontiers. Ermak, a Cos- sack freebooter, to propitiate Ivan the Terrible, offered as apresent to Russia the enormous continent of Siberia, which he had in the year 1580 invaded at the head of his horsemen and had captured from Mongols and Tartars. That, too, was something of a "far ride" - 5,000 miles. The spot is still shown where, by tradition, Ermalc rode 'his horse into the surf of the Pa- eific. It may be questioned whether ever before or since so immeasur- able a, territory has fallen to so small a party ef military invaders. Erneak's present to Ivan the Ter- rible is larger than the whole of Europe. YSER RAFTS Was Discovered by Allies and Scarcely one of the 'Germans Returned A despateh from North-eastern muddy waters, but before dawn France =ays: Fierce fighting Is tak- ing place along a considerable part of the battle line. The Germans anticipated- the concerted forward movemene of the allies by making spirited attaek themselves. The allies were mat taken by surprise. Never was an army more ready to defendi,bself. In the dark hours of the morning a large force of Ger- Mans crossed the -flood waters of the Yser by means of big, broad rafts. Tho venture was, a desperate one, for not a man who set out on could have been' ignorant of the fact that death was certainly await- ing hirn. The rafts were punted through the shallow waters in deed silence, ,and in utter darkness. Each carried about fifty or sixty men and Borne mitrailleuses, in prepa,ratiOn for the dawn, A further fleet of rafts drawn by motor boats was waiting on the German side of the earne the plot was discovered and when daybrea.k arrived the artillery of the allies met the advancing Ger- mains with devastating effect. In spite of their 'losses these Germans, brave everato Madness, still essayed the crossing. The'y were partly coy-. eyed by a heavy cannonade by their field artillery, and until mid-day the German still persisted in their plan. Several rafts were upset in midstream by the fire of French guns and `ri; great number of Ger- mane were drowned as well as' shot. Orme again the Yiser claimed its heavy boll, once agairr German blood stain its waters erhason. The attack eventaally ceased after the Germans had suffered immense loss- ' es' in men and mitrailleuees, but the artillery kept up a determined bombardment of ,the allied position, meeting with a vigorous, well- direeted reply. PRICES. OF FARM pRoilticTs. star °rare amens rata aranore wo-D37 O,ENTRE3 07 earassecia. Breadstuffs. Tormao, Dec, 8.-F1our-Manitoba first patent, $6.60, in jute bags; second Pat - ants, $6.10; etrong bakers', $5,90; Ontario wheat Steer, 90 per pent., patents. quoted at $4,50 to $4.60, seaboard. Wheat -Manitoba No, 1 Northern, new, $1•24; No. 2 at 01.21; Ontario wheat, No. 2, at $1.12 to $1.14, at outside points. Oats -Ontario, 49 to 50c, outside, and at 62 to 53c, on traek, Toronto; Western Can- ada, No. 2, quoted at 68c, and No. 3 at 550. 13strley-64 to 680, outeide. Rye -98 to $1, outside, for No. 2. Peae-No: 2 quoted at $1.70, outside. Corn -No, 3 new American, 71e, all real, Toronto freight. Buckwheat -No. 2 at 75 to 78e, outeide. Bran and Shorts -Bran, 1525 a ton, and short 51 $27 to $28. Rolled Oats -Oar lote, per bag of 90 lbs., 03 to $3.15. Country Produce. Butter-Chosce dairy, 22 to 25c; inferior, 20 to 21e; creamery -mints, 29 to 29 1.20; do, solids, 27 1-2 to 28c. Eggs -New -laid, selects, dozen, 36 to 38c; storage. 28 .0 380. • Ilonee-12 to 12 1-2c ner lb, for stra.ined. No. 1 honeycomb. $2,75 per dozen; No. 2, $2 to $2.25. Poultry --Chickens, dressed, 12 to 14e; ducks, dressed, lb., 12 to 14c; fowl, 9 to 10c; turkeys, dressed, 16 to 18e. Cheeee-New, large, 16 to 16 1-40; twins, 161-80. Beans -Prime, bushel, $2.75 to $2.80; hand-pieked, $2.90. Potatoee-Ontarioe, 70c per bag, out of store, 62 to 63c,in oar lots. New Bruns. wicks, car lots, 70 to 780 per bag. • Baled Hay and Straw. • Dealerare paying as followfor car lot deliveries on track here : - Straw is quoted at $7.50 to. $8 a ton, in car lots, on track here. Itsty-No. 1 new hay is quoted at $16.02 to $17, ou track here, No. 2 at $14,50 to 910 and No. 3 at $11. to $12. • Provisions. • Bacon long clear, 14 1-2 to 150 per lb. in ram clote. Hams -Medium, 17 1-2 to 180; do., heavy. 15 1-2 to 16 1-2c; rolls, 141.1 10 15o; breakfast bacon, 18 1-2 to 190; backs. 21 1.2 to Mc; bonelese backs, 24c. , Lard-Marltet is easy at 12 to 12 1:40 Inc tierces and at 12 1-2 to 12 3-4c for pails. Compeund, 91-2 to 9 lac. • Winnipeg Crain. Winnipeg, Deo, 8.-Cstelis-Wheat-No. 1 Northern, $1,17 1-4; No. 2 Northorn, $1.14 5•8; No, 3 Northern, $1,09 1-2; No. 4. $1.05; No. 5, $1.00 1-2; No. 6, 951-2c; feed, 91 1-2c. Oats -Extra No. 1 feed, 49c. Bar- ley unquoted. Flax -No. 1 N.W,C., $1.56 3•4; No. 2 0 W., $1.22 3-4. Montreal markets. a:entrees Dem 8.-Oorn, American No. 2 yellow, 73 to 74e. Oats, Canadian West- ern, No, 2, 620; No. 3, 58e; No. 2 local white, 54c; No. 3 local white, 63c; No, 4 local white,'62c. -Barley, Man. feed, 680; malting, 76 to 780. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $6.70; seconds, $6.22; etrong bakers. $6; Winter patents, choice, $6; straight rolles•s, 9.50 to $5.60; do., bage, $2,65 to $2.75. Rolled ottte, batrels, 66.55; do., bags, 90 510, 93.15. Bran $25. Shorts $27. Middlings $30, Mouillie, $32 to $36, Hay; No. 5, per ton car lots, $19 to $2e Cheese, finest westerns, 15 1-2 to 15 5-80; finest ea.sterne 15 1-4 to 15 3•80. Butter, choicest creamery, 27 to 27 1-2o; seconds, 26 to 26 1-2e; freab, 48 to 60c; selected, 32e; No, 1 stook, 28 to 29c; No. 2 dock, 25 to 26e. Potatoes, per bag, ear lots, 62 1-2c, . United States Markets, Minneapolis Dec 8, -Wheat -No. / hard, $1,19 3.4; No. 1 Northern, 91.16 to $1.18 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1,12 to $1.16 3-4; December. $1.12 7-8, Corn -No. 3 yellow, 67 to 58 1-20. Oats -No. 3 white, 45 to 45 1-2e. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, Dec. 8. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.18 7-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.17 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.13 7-8; December, 11.207'D. Lineeed, $1,48 1-4; December, $1,47 1,2, . Live Stock Markets. Toronto. Dec. (S. -Several fine fat •bulls that wduld weigh out well killed brought $7.50 to $7,60, while ch o ice weighty 00105went as high as $7.25. Larger tote of but- chers' steers cashed in at $7.85 and 97.80, while other load lots brought $7,60 and $7.50; faAr to medium, $6.50 to $7; with cOMMOD at 96.50 to 516.5e The bulk of batehersa cow stuff 'brought Iran: 96 to $7, good bbile rainged from $6 to $7, with common at $4.60 to $5.50. The stocker trade was not tsctive, nor were receiptlarge. For breedy aniniale m a a,kp,t, oxiete at $6.26 to $6.75 for best and $5.76 to 96.25 for medium. Common 6tOniefer9a4to.6r5sw1°8e5ie buying milkers and springers and paying ...heady prices from $80 to $95 for choice, 970 to $80 .for good, $60 to 970 for medium, 046 to $60 for infer.' tor. 69 to $10 given for choice calves, $8 to $9 for medium to good and $4 to 85 for grass calves. Lambs, 158.50 to $8,75 wa,s given for top quality, $8 to $8.50 for medi. um erode. Heavier stuff with wet fleece was off 25 cents, selling on the average around 97.25, Good &Jeep, $5.25 to $6 be- ing paid for light, ewes with heavy at 54 to $4.60, and culls at,S2 to 83,50. Hoge at $7.15, Loh. country pointe, $7.50, fed and 'watered, FtIld at $7.75, off 011.4.0. Montieal, Dec. 8.—Prime beevee, 7 1-4 to 7 1-2,c; medium, 6 to 7e; bulls, 4 to 6 1-30; lean eaanere, 3 1-4 to 4.:.; mileh cows, $40 to $00 each; colvee, 4 1-0 to 8 1-2c; (sheep, 4 1-2 to 5 1-40; lambs, 7 1-2 to 7 3-4c; hogs, 71.2 to 7 3-40. 'Contingent From Newfoundland. A despatch fuom Salisbury, Eng- land, says : Th e Newfou n,dland contingent have been assigned to Fort George, Stlaiscl; for garrison duty. Two hundred horses have been stolen from the remota-a de- pot. May‘ Land, a......New :Army at.-Cistencl A despatch from Paris says: It is unofficially reported that the Gerinan,s have sent a new army of 120,000 men to defend Zeebrugge and possibly Ostend. The renewal of the hom,bardinent of Zeebrugge by the British fleet, together with a report that Ostemd is being shelled, might indicate that the allies are planning to- land a . new army of should be brought to the shadow of their own along tthe Belgian coast Ithe gallows. and strike the Germans on the GNnte':11.11-iirY. New General Manager of C.P.R. System throughout Canada. , SIX MEN EILLED. Windows in Bradford Were Broken 'by Lyddite Explosion. A despatch from Beadford, Eng- land, says: A large stock of Lyd- dite exploded with a roar on Wed- nesday in a. chemioal works near this city. Six men were killed and many others injured. Hundreds of windows in Bradford and nearby vilaages were breken. The people were in great 'alarm, some of them believing that the noise wets the roar of guns of an invading German army. POTENTIAL STRENGTIL England and Wales Rave 5,000,000 Men Between 20 and 40 Years. A despatch from London says: The total male population of Eng- land and Wales available Inc mili- tary purposes is estimated at 5,600,- 000 in the annual report of the Registrar -General of births, deaths and marriages. The Registrar's cempilation gives the following fig- ures: Age 20-24, 1,502,652; age 25- 29, 1,455,783; age 30-34, 1,375,812; age 35-39, 1,261,432. 4. An Eye to Business. A yoang doctor whose practice was not very great sat in his study reading away a lazy afternoon in early summer. His man servant apeared at the door. "Doctor, them lboys is stealin' your green pea,ches again. Shall I chase them away?" The doctor looked thoughtful for a moment, then levelled his eyes at .the servant. "No," he said, Out Of It. Bobby had been taught to remem- ber all his relatives when he said his prayers. One night, as be knelt at' his, another's knee, he did not nientioil the naMe of a favorite aunt. "Why, Bobbie," said the mother, "you did not say 'God bless Aunt Beatrice and make her happy."' "Well, mother," replied the little boy, "I don't have to say that any more. Aunt Beatrice is engaged." Drowning No Bother To Them. Old Gentleman (who had just fin- ished reading an account of a ship - wreak with loss of passengers and all hands) -Ila I am sorry Inc the poor sailers that were drowned. Old 'Lady -Sailors I It isn't the sailors -it's the passengers 1 am sorry for. The sailors are used to it. flank. The Germans have been in- cessantly active at Zeebrugge and rumors have been current fol.! many days that they are planning to at- tack England with Zeppelins and submarines to be assembled ab that coast port. It is said that atter losing several sabmarines from the bouniaarclanent of the British ships they took measures to protect the rest by submerging them in the inner basin. 7g, Brace Up! 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NIGHT RAID BY COSSACKS Seized and Drove Off Over 300 German Soldiers Forty of Whom Were Women A despatch from Petrograd saye: One of the Don Cossacks, who has just arrived here wounded, and who received a commission for hie daring work, relates how three score of therm captured three hun- dred German cavalrymen, killed it number of others and found Oat much of interest Inc their cern- menders, in a night, raid upon Czenetochowa, The Germans have been in occupation of Czenstoch- CVOs Whiell they seized in the fleet week of the war without opposition. These three score Don Cossacks were out scouting with speeiel in- otructions to find out what was go- ing on in Czenstoehowas Riding quietly within about half a mile of the town, they divided into tee Fee -- 0 on s of six men eaeh, and timing a concentrated movement, &shed into sleeping Czenetechawo yeeral- taneotely from all Sidee. They killed a considerable number Of startled Germans who: knew not where to hide ,and created panic throughout the town. The Cossacks met in the Centre of Czenstochowa .and drove off before them to their own lines three hen - &eel .prisoners. When these mime to be examined forty were found to be women dressed in soldier's ens - forms, All this, says the Den Cos- sack, happened only a few days ago - BUYS 50,000 GASOLINE TAXES. They Will Be Used in Constructing Pontoon Bridges. A despatch from New York says: The Russian Government his pur- chased here 50,000 55 -gallon airtight' gasolene tanks, at a, cost of approxi- mately $250,000, to be u,sed in con- structing pontoon bridges in their military operations, according to a statement laseed by the manufac- turers. The tanks are of steel and are cylindrical in shape. The first shipment is to go for- ward -next Saturday, it was said. The entire lot, under the terms of the contract, must be shipped not later thanjanua-14.'y 15. TO BUY 6,000 MOUNTS. Sir Adam Beck and Committee Con- fer with Minister of Militia. A despatch from Ottawa says: The 'special committee on remounts, headed by Sir Adam Beek, is here conferring with the Minister of Mili- tia in regard to providing bases. There are to be twenty-e'even squad- rons of cavalry, each with ut stren,gth of two hundred, and this will require about 6,000 mounts. They will be purchased throughout the country' by the same system as was folaowed when the artillery horses were bougbt. The supply promises to be fully equal 10 the te- quirements. 4. Only One Survivor. Adespatch from London soya: A eailor named Nielsen, the sole sur- vivor among seven who escaped in a boat when the Danish ste,a.mer Mary was blown up by amine in the North Sea, was landed by a trawler which picked him up. He said his, six companions died from exposure. Seven of the crew of the Mary who esoaped in another boat have been rescued. —0. Many Germans Wounded. A despatch from London says: News rea,cbes here that the Ameri- can Hospital at Munich ,alrea,cly has had rrtore than six thousand pa- tients., although it can iteconnno- (late no more hhan fifty. The daily stream of German •wounded passes all the estimates yet made. M ORE ARMY CO NTRA CT S. Comforters, Uutlerwear and Seeks Among Articles Needed. A despatch Fein Montreal says: Canadian manufacturers are to benefib further by orders for equip- m.ent from the Imperial Govern- ment, Mr. Frederick Stobart, 'he British purchasing representative, stating that he had received reqei- eitions for goods, the velue of which lie estimated at alsoue a million and a half dollars. The articles re- quired include cap comforter:4, eat - ton underdrawers, woollen under- . drawers, aucks and chum knives. RAI SE Id 0 NTE D RI Fl .ES. 1110li1relil Will Supply 1.500 More Men for Overseas Service. A despatch from Montreal says': Instructions have been received from Ottawa by Col, E. W. Wilson, 0.0. of the fourth military district, to raise a regiment of mounted rifles, less one squadron. and a battalion of infantry. This means that Montreal wild supply about 1,500 more volunteers Inc overseas service, and this will be a part of 'the quota fromthis city toward the 50,000 men Canada is to keep con- stantly under training, PUBLICATION OF BEATIIS. militia will Withhold News Till Relatives Rave Been Notified. A despatch from Ottawa says: Under an arrangement announced by the Militia Department the net, of kin of Canadian soldiers killed or wounded will be officially noti- fied of casualties before they are made public in the presS. The De- partment's view is that to learn the news through s newspaper is mach more Of a shock to friends than to be informed privately through official Channels, "I ton very glad to see you," re- marked Joues to his friend, meeting him on his return from his vaeatien. "How are you and Mrs. Smith?" "Quite well, thank you." "And all the little Smithereens ?" Pursued the questioner, anxiously. Britain's Mastership of .'Sea Affirmed A des,pateh from Parie eaye: The Temps 'eays of the visit of King George: "The King's voyage teach- es us by the ,s,eren,e, trangoility, with which 11 was accomplished. Great Britain, with & fine gesture, affirms her mastership of the sea. Because German submarines have eucceeded in gliding -even to the coasts of France and Ireland, British naval power is nit affected, any Mare than bombe thrown by a Taube can di- minish the worth of our army. At his Own hour and on his own day, despite the wind blowing a tempest, the King of England traverses the sea with a ,security which disdains even to conceal the voyage and scorns any traitorous attack which the journeymight 'suggest, 10 the enemy. King George's visit nill Wear to .our enemies, and to all peoples who know that their exis- tence depends on the issue' of the war, az a fresh mandfestatien of the cdoee solidarity uniting the allies."