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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-06-14, Page 3BRILLIANT, BRITISH OFFENSIVE MIGHTY BLOW IN BELGIUM Hrituns, Led by Gen. Sir Herbert Mutter, Occupy German POsi- Hems on the IVIessines-Wytschaete Ridge, •A qesi.),tch. from London sive:- In one at the most elaborately plan - hod and daringly executed manoeuvres Of the war,' Sir Douglas Haig's forces have dealt a mighty, blow against the Garman line in Belgium, and been re- warded with notable gains in terrain and the capture of more than 5,000 Prisoners and numerous guns of Various calibre. In addition they in- flicted heavy casualties on the Ger- mans. Over a front of more than nine miles extending from the region of Ypres Southward and nearly to Armentieres, the British started their drive in the early hours of Thursday morning and et nightfall had everywhere advanced their line, capturing villages and nu- merous points of 'vantage,. among the latter the Messines-Wytschaete ridge, which commands the surrounsling plainss for miles and which for two and a half years has been a trouble- some salient. The villages of Messines and Wyts- chaete fell into the hands of the Brit- ish during the attack, and the British even pressed ori eastward from Wyts- chtiete and occupied the village of Oosttaverne and trenches east of the village on a front of more than five milea Probably never in history was an attack launched With greater pre- paration. For days the Wytschaete salient had been the objective of the British guns, which had hurled tons of steel upon it, When the time for the attack came the British loosed mines containing 600 tons of high ex- plosive e in :Front of the German po- sitions, the detonations being. heard 180 miles away in England. With consternation reigning among the Germans and under, a curtain el fire, English, Irish, New Zealand and Australian inrantrymen, with "tanks" to aid them, started across the open. The Germans offered only alight re- sistance, and everywhere were beaten off, even late in the afternoon, when they had somewhat regained their composure and attempted 'a counter- attack near the southern and of the line, which was broken up by the Brit- ih fire. GER ANY ANCY AT FRENCH DEMAND Will Not Accede to Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine. A despatch from Berlin says: The French Chamber's decision that the 'war must continue until Prussian Mili- tarism is destroyed and .Alsace-Lor- raine regained caused the greatest indignation all over Germany, and not the least among the Socialists. For some time one could notice a decided change in the attitude of the large German classes toward France, who even to the beginning of the present year had displayed something akin to compassion. German papers .pre- eerve rather a forced calmness in dis- Missing the proceedings in the French Chamber, though all of them without any exception emphasize the stereo- typed phrase, "Alsace-Lorraine was German, is Grman, and will remain German forever, no matter what the Chamber may decide." Vorwaerts feels perhaps the hardest, because it says that even French Socialists who recently were ready to sit down with German Socialists at Stockholm and discuss with them peace without an- nexation now seem to have identified themselves wibh the war aims of the capitalist classes. 8 HUN RAIDERS WERE SHOT DOWN Attack of German Air Squadron on English Coast Routed. A despatch from London says: Eight of eighteen German aeroplanes that took part in Tuesday's air raid on Essex and Kent were driven down by British airmen. Four of these were to a certainty completely destroyed, while two others are believed to have been put totally out of commission. Of the eighteen machines that started in the raid two were brought down near the British coast after hav- ing dropped their bombs, as reported in the official British statement. The remaining sixteen were engaged by ten naval airmen from 'Dunkin, who in a great battle over the sea destroy- ed two more of the Germans and drove down another four, two of which, it is reasonable to believe, were ' completely put out of action. LUXEIVIBURG STRIKES • AGAINST THE HUNS. High Cost of Living and Refusal to Increase Wages Are Responsible. A despatch from Geneva says: The Gazette de Lausanne says it learns that a general strike hes begun owing to the high cost of living and the re- fusal of proptietors ef factories, mostly Germane, to increase wages as a result of ,the insecurity .of their fac- tories from attacks by allied air araft. . Five thousand workmen, says, the newspaper, began a strike at Esch, regardless of severe Svarphigs by the German commander. The strike spread to other towns, and ' German cavalry • at ,once occunied five of the principal industrial communities. . . BRITISH LOSSES . ARE VEEY LIGHT London, jute 10,-Referrin`g to ex- aggerated German statements M re- gard to the number of British cesuale ties in the battle of Messines Ridge, 'Reuter's correspondent at British Headquarters in France says that up to Friday evening the number of men of all ranks who failed to respond to roll call on the 13ritish side was just about 10,000. Judging from the past experience, about sixty per cent, of these are men wounded so slightly that they are able to walk, and of the' re mainder a number will be able, to re- join their regiments later, CANADA CAN D3AW ON HALF IIIIILLION l3ritish Subjects in United States Liable for Service. A despatch from Ottawa says: Ex- tensive arrangements have been com- pleted by which British subjects in the United States may join the Can- adian Expeditionary Force. Various centres of recruiting have been opened in American cities, including New York, Boston, Rochester Buffalo, De- troit, Chicago, etc. British subjects, of whom a complete list is in the pos- session of the United States Govern- ment since the registration day in the States, can proceed to any of these centres, pass a preliminary medical examination, and, if fit, ,are sent on to the headquarters of the military district in Canada that is nearest to them, • -so JANINA SEIZED BY ITALIANS. Cabinet of Athens Send Protest Re- garding its Occupation. London, June 10. -The occupation by Italian troops of the city of Jan- ina'in 'north-western Greece, is re- ported in a Reuter" despatch from Athens. On receipt of this informa- tion at Athens the cabinet assembled to formulate a protest. Janina is a town of' -about 25,000 inhabitants, thirty miles east of the Albanian border and more than 100 miles below the battlefront in Mace- donia. In the last few weeks the Italians have been extending opera- tions from their base at the Albanian port of Avlona, taking over various southern Albanian and Greek towns. Last March Greece presented a note to Italy, insisting upon the withdrawal of Italian troops from Epirus. NORWAY PARALYZED BY FOOD STRIKES. Many Important Plants Throughout the Country Are Idle. A despatch from London says: A despatch to the Central News from Christiania says that great demon- strations against the unsatisfactory food situation were held throughout Norway lately. The Government. with a view to preventing rioting, pro- hibited the We of alcoholic bever- ages for three days, and as a result of this order the restaurants were closed. The despatch adds that all stores in Christiania shut their doors, that the gas weeks and electrical plants are idle, and that nearly all workmen are striking. Markets of the World GreadistaiPi' Tdrinito, juno 12-Mitt-AV/be wheat- sle dlTicial, quotations, Manitoba euls---N0 official ouotetlonn. :American tiorn--Na. 2 yelloW, 51.32, nominal, track Toronto. _Ontario oats- ..Pio offielal Otiotations. P•10, a white, no einem quotations. Ontario Witoet---No, 2 Whiter, per car lot. 12,50 to 52.56; No. a dr,. 52.411 to 52.63, according to freights 444411,. Manitoba ilour---Pirst patents, in jute 1.00; second patentn, in Jute bags, 912.50; strong bulterie, in Jute bags, 512.10, Toronto. Ontario. flour.--Wintier, according to sample, 511.00 to $11.10, in begs, trach T°i."to, prompt shipment. lietts,-No. 2, nominul, according to freights outside, parley -Malting, nominal, according to freights outside, 11Yo-No, 2, 52.00, • norninal, according to freights outside. Alilifeeti---Car lets, delivered Montreal freights, bags ineluded-Bren, Per ton, $36; shorts, per ton, $41; middlingS, per Lon, $41; good feed their, per bag, $2,80 to $290. Hay-LHOtre, No, 2, per Inc. $12.00 to $14,00; mixed, per ton, 50 to 511.50, track Toronto, Straw -Car lots, per ton; 59, track To- ronto. WHEAT FROM HALIFAX :HAS REACHED HOLLAND A. despatch from London says Word was received here on Friday that two Belgian Relief Commission boats have reached Rotterdam front Halifax with 10,000 toes of wheat. These aro the first boats to croas the Atlantic for some time and their 4r - goes will be welcomed in ,Belgitim, where there has been a 'shortage; of cereals. - CROPS IN THE WEST ARE LOOKING FINE A despatch from Calgary says. - The Alberta crop prospects are exeel- lent. In a few districts there has been too much rain, notably about Crossfield, and in some places the crops are doing well. Tho weather is favorable. The acreage will be about ten per cent, under last year. These are the times whet. the Wise farmers says to himself: "I'll try to raise en my sfartn everything that's needed for home consumption." A Honykong man has invested a system of shorthand applicable to the Chinese languege by which a speed of 140 words a minutes has been at- tained. Country Produce -Wholesale Butter -Creamery, solida, per Me 868 to 27c; prints, per lb., 37 to 870; dalrY, per lb., 33 to 342 Eggs-Psr does ea to 375. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prioen :- Butter -Fresh dairy, cheiee, 38 t0 ate: creamery prints, 42 to 44c; 6011110, 41 to 42o. laggS-Now-leld, in cartons, 44 to 45c; out 01' cartoon, 41 to 42e. Dressed poultry-Sprhig chickens, 600; fowl, 24 to 26o; sonabs, per dos., 54,00 $4 to .50; turkeys. 26 to 202 Dive poultry -Spring chickens, lb., 40 to 46c; hens, 10,, 22 to 25c. Oheese-New, largo. 240 to 20o1 twinii, 246 to 2610; triplets, 26 to 268eI old, large, 20c; twins, 3012 Honey -Comb -Notre fine and heavy weight, per' dos., 50.76; select, 52.50 to 52.76; No. 2, 52 to 52.25. Maple syrUp-imporlal gallon, 51.75, Potatoes -On truck, Ontario, per bag, 54.26; New Brunswick Delawares, Per r5e4d842-ba.Amlb5ettsotte, per bag, $4.00; 1', Beans -imported, hand-picked, 58.50 10 59.00 per bush; Limas, per 10., 19 to 20c, ProvU1ans-Wh018Ba1e Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 80 to 310; do., heavy, 20 to 270; cooked, 41 to 42e; rolls, 27 to 22o; breakfast bacon, 03 to 811c; backs, plain, 50 to 870; bone- less, 39 to 400, Dard-Puru lard, tierces, 27 to 27801 tUbs, 271 to 272c; pails, 279 to 2813; compound, tierces, 212 to 22c; tubs, 216 :$21c; pails, 22 to 215e. Cured meats-Loug olear bacon:25 to 269e per BR clear bellies, 24 to 250. Montreal Markets 12-Ot6, Canadian Western, No, 2, Mc; do., No, a, 7790; 51.10 t-Isjois26,00$170:71t‘0.A1:11.3frlYtT;Ta8Ittliteff.i. patent., flrets, 512.1,0; seconds, 912.60; strong bakers , 512.40; Winter pitteld choice, 913.75; straight rollers, $13 to 513.30. do., bags. 85.25 to KO. Rolled oatg, barrels, $8.0 ; do., baba, 90 54,35, Bran, 530 to 533. Shorts. 14, AR ldlit $4.0 to $60. Montilla, 595 to 855 1lay No. 2,0161' ton, car lots, I 513 to 513.50. Cheese, finest westerns, i 80 to 203c; do, finestm8161.110., 19 to Ma. Butter, choicest creamery, 381 to 500; do., seconds, 378 to 380. Eggs, fresh, 42 to 40e. Potatoes, per bag, car 1048, 54,00 to 94,26. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, June 12 -Cash 4)111400 - 0410. 1 Northern, 52 $2.40; No. 2, dn., 45; No. 3, do., 52.41; No, 4, 52,29; No, 5, $2.24; No, 6, $1.71; feed, $1.32. Oats - No. 2 C.W., 6Inc; No, 8, do., 6881; ex- U'ii 040, (110 fe6e3clic 6730; la5 d' 61450;. Pa17.eibed 111:; d 81.06. -121 -N,.,:$.0; $2.97; No. 3, do., 52.79. Banta contract - Wheat --June, 52.46; July, 52.41, United States Markets 1044 0060.510118, June 12 -Wheat -July. 52.40; September, $11.86; cash -No. 1 hard, 52.95; No. 1 Northern, 52,85 to 52,05; No, 2, do., 92.75 to 52,85. Corn - No. 3 yellow. 51.628 to 51.638. Oats - No. 3 white, 629 to 682 Pleur-TJn- changed. Bran -524 to $26. Duluth, June 12 -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $°,04: 040, 1 140,10010, 52.72 to 52.53, nominal; No. 2, do., 52.78, nominal; July, , $2.43, nominal. Linseed -53.23; July, $3.25; September, 53,10. Live Stook Markets Toronto, Juno 12-Cholco heavy steers, 511.75 to 512; good heavy steers, $11.40 bo 611.50; butchers' cattle choloe $11.40 to 11.60; do,. good, 510.50 to 511; medium, 50.95 to 510; do.'common, 55 to 59.29; butchers' bulls, choice, $10.60 to 511; do.. good bulls, $9,75 to 510; do,, medium bulls, 58.60 to 50; do., rOugh bulls, 56.40 to 5250; butchers' cows, choice, 510.55 to 511; do.. good, 59.24 to $10; do., medium, $8 to 58.76; stockers, $7.50 to 50; feeders, 5250 to 510.26; :ign:orandaiiig lee 560 to 1325525L 1111011,1,c, - and med., ottCh, ,5.60; $85 to $110; light ewes,. 512 to 513; sheep, heavy, $S 10 $9 calves good to cbolcoi I 1 b c: 16C tha; lamb2 10 S, chDiCe, $15 to 516; do., medium, 511 to 512.60; hogs, fed and watered, $16; do., weighed off earn, $10.26; do„ 0.0.0., 515.25. Montreal Juno 12-Cholce steers, 511.60 to $12; good, $11 to 511.20; lower grades, $3.50 to 510.60; bill:Otters' cows, 25 to 50e, 90' cwt, lower at $8 to 510.25; butchers' 111118, 50.25 to 511. SHIP OF ARGENTINA IS SUNK BY U-BOAT. A despatch from Paris says: The Argentine sailing ship Oriama was sunk by a submarine in the Mediter- ranean on Wednesday, according to an announcemont made by tlie Ministry of Marine Thursday night. The crew was saved by a French ship. - The submarine first shelletS the ship and then sent men on board who fixed bombs in her hold and exploded them, sending the ship to the bottom. BRITAIN CANNOT , • NOW BE STARVED. A despatch from London says: Captain Charles Bathurst, Parliament- ary Secretary to the Food Control De- partment, speaking at, Guildford on Friday night, said the immediate dan- ger of national starvation had been removed, thanks to the prompt and generous assistance of the United States. 100 AVIATORS FROM U. S. Prince Lvoff. A new photo of the Premier of Rus- sia, who is having troubles all his own trying to hold all elements of the Russians together. LORD NORTHCLIFFE SUCCEEDS BALFOUR Takes Position of Head of Bri- tish Mission to the United States. A despatch from London say's; Lord Northcliffe, at the request of the War'Cabinet, has accepted the position of head of the British war mission in the United States in suc- cession to Arthur J. Balfour, who is to return to his duties at the Foreign1 Office. Lord Northcliffe's task will be to .co-ordinate the various British mis- I siona, and act in concert with the mis- stens of the Entente allies and of the American and Canadian Govern-. ments. has made many visits to I the United State and Canada. He was born at Chapelizod, county Dub- lin, July 15, 1865. From Erin's Green Isle NEWS 1TY1' M1L FROM IRE. LAND'S SII0IIES. „ Happenings In the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish- men. The price of hay has dropped in the Athlone market from 80 to 83 per ton, Fire raging in the hills south of Clonmel has destroyed largo quanti- ties of heather. Fire has destroyed Ballintemple House, Co. Carlow, the residence of Sir Richard Butler. .A decision has been reached by the Enniscorthy Guardians not to put the Vaccination Act In force until after the war. The Carriek-on-Suir Guardians are paying one shilling and sixpence a gal- lon for the milk supplied' to the Work- house. Fire in the works of William For- tune, building contractor of Ennis- corthy, did damage to the extent of 23,600. A series of concerts in aid of the Athlone War Hospital Supply Depot, realized the sum of 830, The Co. Wexford United Agricul- tural Society decided to hold a one day show this year on July 26th. Dr. C. O'Reilly of Trim, has report- ed one case of cerebro -spinal menin- gitis to the Local Government Board. Tobacconists of Belfast and district have decided to adopt a scale of prices similar to that of Dublin and district. A special grant of 8400 has been passed by the Tyrone County Coun- cil to meet a deficit in the Tyrone County Hospital. A new ward has hien opened in Newry Hospital, by Sir John Ross of Bladensburg, in honor of the late Earl of Kilmorey. LLOYD GEORGE HEARS BATTLE Lord Northcliffe is well known as Sounds of Explosion of British Attack Heard in London. A despatch from London says:, The tremendous explosions which opened the British attack on Wytschaete bend a writer and newspaper proprietor. He controls, among other journals, The London Times and Lpndon Daily Mail. He has a controlling interest in great Newfoundland paper mills and the Imperial Paper Mills at Gravesend, near London. He has long taken an active st, 111 B 't' 1 oll tical affairs, and recently has been engaged in vigorous support of Pre- mier Lloyd George's Home Rule for Ireland. CANADIAN RAID SOUTH OF LENS Our Troops Inflict Heavy Losses on the Enemy Canadian Army Headquarters, June 10.-A trench raid upon a scale much larger than any hitherto undertaken by Canadian corps was most success - 1 fully carried out during Friday night 111 the neighborhood of the Souchez river. After occupying the enemy's first line and support trenches for two hours, in which time they were sys- tematically wrecked, our men re- turned before dawn this morning to their former positions, The plan of operations excluded the holding of any of the ground oc- cupied, except some elements of trenches between the Bois de Riau- ! mont and the Souchez river at- tacked early in the evening. The desired ground here was obtained Oftel' a stiff fight. At this point the Souchez River had been dammed by the enemy with the object of pro- viding a strong defensive flank. Tho Canadians, attacking from the south of the ft • 1 nd t h d en- ' counters took the German trenches immediately to the north. The troops to the north had a vory stiff be- fore they reached their 'objective, the enemy making' full use of well- placed machine gun positions in the ruins of the houses and pit heads along the line of the advance. The cool determination of our men 1 brought them victory, and by ten o'clock the enemy trenches were firmly held. I ) RUSSIA, REJECTS t . A despatch from Washington says: One Mulched American aviators from the Navy Plying Corps have arrived safely in France, acconcling to a state - meet issued on Friday by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. They an first of the Amerieat fighting forces to reach France, HUN PEACE PLAN Council of Soldiers and Workmen Denounces the Proposals. ' Pertograd, Juno 10. -The Council of 'Soldiers' and Workmen annouyes that the German commander -in -thief on the eastern front sent a wireless message inviting the Remain arniies to C separate armistice and proposing that they enter into secret pourparlors with the German leaders, The coun- cil denounces the proposals. ' In the telegram, the council's an- nouncement states, the German com- mander proposed to sjiow the armies 0 way toward 'an honorable peitee and a means of ceasing to wage war with- out a break with the Entente allies, German thoroughness should not overlook the fact that oue of the many reasons that France is popular is that it is eseentially ei courteous netion. were heard by David Lloyd George, the British Premier, who was staying for the night at his residence, Walton }Ioath, The plans for the attack had been long maturing, and when the pre- parations were'perfected the Premier was acquainted with the exact hour it was intended to open it. Accordingly, on retiring last night, Mr. Lloyd George gave orders to be called at 8 a.m. T ursday morning, on the chance of being able to hear the explosions. The Premier and other members of his household clearly heard the tremendous detonations, as also did persons at the Premier's of- ficial residence in London, who sup- posed they were the sounds of heavy guns, until later they learned from the despatches that they came from the explosion of mines. From London to the region where the British mines were exploded along the German front the distance ranges from 130 to 140 miles. SIFTON WINS IN ALBERTA. Liberal Government Returned by About Same Majority as at Last Election, • A despatch from Edmonton, Alta., says: The Liberal Government under the leadership of Hon. A. L. Sifton has been returned to power in Alberta as a result of the voting in Thursday's electim. Returns are slow in coming in, but the figures tabulated up to 9 o'clock indicated that the Liberals would have about the same proportion of seats as formerly -38 out of a total in the Hou'se of 56. All the Cabinet Ministers aro believed to have been returned, although the Attorney -Gen- eral, Hon. C. W. Cross, is having a close run in Edson. Only a few polls have been heard from at Beaver River, where Hon. Wilfrid Gariepy is the candidate, OSTEND HARBOR WRECKED IN RAID A despatch from London says:. -'A series of photographic plates of the bombardment of Ostend, whichhave ar- rived in London, afford a remarkable example of the development of photo- graphic observation and record by aeroplanes. They show in undeni- able fashion that the British bombard- ment of Ostend last Tuesdey was the most successful thing of its kind yet accomplished, ensuring that Ostend will be crippled as a useful German base for weeks, if not permanently. •t• (1,400 PRISONERS SO FAT?, COUNTED, German Counterattacks Repulsed - Gains Are Consolidated. A despatch from London says: The forces in Belgium have consolidated their (mins of Thursday, ad during Friday successfully warded off Ger- man counter-attack:A in the region of Nett:Aver-1m anti lite.seines, according to the British offieial communiontion ieeeed Friday evening,. Mere than 0,400 prirenere, among them Iss offi- cers, have already been counted. COUNTERATTACK UNSUCCESSFUL More Than 7,000 Run Prisoners -British Mr and Trench Raids. London, June 10, -The Germans de- iivered a powerful counter-attack on .Friday night on a front of six miles south of Ypres. Large forces, corn - Posed mainly of fresh reserves, were thrown into the battle in an attempt to win hack the ridge. of Messines. The enemy was repulsed at all points, the War Office announces, although the battle' lasted until midnight, The most severe fighting took place east of Messines and in the neighbor- hood of Klein Ziliebeke (southeast of Ypres). Here, According to unof- ficial advices from the front, the Ger- mans succeeded in penetrating an ad- vanced British post, but this was later retaken, The total number of prisoners tak- en in this region since Thursday exceeds 7,000, while a great number of guns are still buried under the' debris, There has been no great bat- tle since Friday night, but the British have slightly improved their positions at varioue points. Raids of more than usual impor- tence were carried out during the night on the front from La Bassee to south ef Lens, largo numbers of Ger- mano being killed and their defences destroyed. In air raids on Thursday night the British blew up a large amount of roll- ing stock containing ammunition. Fires and explosions followed, con- tinuing until dawn. In the course of an air battle over the German lines two British machines collided, both aviators losing their lives, SUBS TORPEDOED TWO BRITEH SIIIPS Southland Sunk Without Warn- ing -Manchester Steamer also Destroyed. A despatch from London says: The British steamer Southland, from Liv - •for 1, Phil d 1 hia in ballast,! was torpedoed without warning onj June 4. She had six Americans on board, one of whom is missing. The gun crew on the Southland fired, ten shots at the submarine after the first torpedo was fired. A second tor- ' pule was fired by the submarine, and it caused an explosion in the maga- zine, which killed eight men. Two boats, containing foety men, are still missing. The rest of the crew of 159 has been landed. Two Americans were killed when the British steamer Manchester Miller, loaded with cotton, was torpedoed on June 5. The other members of the crew, including several Americans, were landed. The steamer Manchester Miller measured 4,234 tons, and was built at Newcastle in 1903. She was owned in Manchester, and was last reported as arriving at Philadelphia on March WHEAT HARVEST OF U.S. WILL BE BELOW NORMAL A despatch from Washington says: -America's 1917 wheat crop, as fore- casted on Friday by the Department of Agriculture, will fall far below normal, despite a prospect for a more - than -ordinary yield of Spring wheat. A total yield estimated at 656,000;- 000 bushels will give the country 10,- 000,000 more bushels than last year's crop, but• with the heavy demands from abroad and virtually no resenve store, it will not meet war needs un- less the country practices the most rigid ecotiomy. The department forecast a Spring crop of 288,000,000 bushels, a big yield, but estimates of Winter wheat production give a crop of only 373,- 000,000 bushels, 7,000,000 more than was forecasted from the May 1 con- • dition, but still far from the normal yield. Herbert C. Hoover, who will be Food Administrator under the Food Control 13111, pending in Congress, estimates the allies' needs this year at one billion bushels of grain, most of it to come from the United States and Canada. HUN PRISONERS PREDICT DEFEAT. Germans Much Shaken by British Gun Fire and Half Famished. A despatch from British Headquar- ters in France says: Prisoners heye , kept coming in on Friday in .1i -teethes ing hundreds. Dazed by nearly week of most terrifying gun fire and half famished as a result of the "stai:, station barrage" the British had kept on their lines of communication and , supply, these men upon reaching the cool, grassy spots within the bathed I wire stockades erected for their anti- • cleated arrival, stripped themselves to I the waist, tore off their heavy trench boots and flung themselves on the groued, where they emit were lost itt the heavy sleep of complete ex- hauetion. Per them the war is over, and their relief at being out of it was only too apparent. The men who had seen most of their military serviee on the Ressian front, Were The most demoralized of all. FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER ,• BANES AND BRAES. What Is Going On In the Highlands and Lowlands or Auld * Scotia. . The citizens of Kirkeonnel have raised 285 for the limbless soldiers and 84111 012. The D.S.C. has been awarded to Ripper David Wallace of 65 Society Street, Nairn, Over 2400 was raised last year by the Bathgate branch £f. the Royal Red Cross Society. Gourock has been entirely free from infectious disease since the be- ginning of the year. Harrison 3. Gibb has been appoint- ed sole agent of the Union Bank branch at Castle Douglas, The Murchison Award, for geologi- cal research has been received by Dr, Mackie, Elgin, Morayshire. The estate of the late Wm. Proctor, formerly of the Gordon Arms Hotel, Fochaber, is valued at 832,676, The Berwick Magdalene Fields Golf Club has decided to close the golf course for the duration of the War. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Lieut. W. P. Lyall, R.N.V.R., a solicitor of Macduff, Banffshire. The Crookston Poorhouse has been taken over for a few weeks fel. the reception of mentally afflicted soldiers. Miss 3, A. Hannah, Newton -Stew- art, has been awarded the Royal Red ded Crelcss.metial for valuable services ren- . George Murray, Castle road, Cath- eart, has been appointed a member of the Cathcart Parish Council. :se CANADA'S CATTLE TRADE Ten -fold Increase In Animal Products From the Farm is Looked For Farm animals in Canada, were of- fically valued February 1, 1917, at 5798,544,000, or a larger amount than was realized from the enormous wheat crop of 1915. There are conservative men of affairs who look for a ten -fold increase in animal products from the farm. This. would Mean a money re- turn far in excess of even the possible g yleid. Over nine -tenths of the entire pack- ing business of the prairie provieces is d.one by three concerns -one of them a subsidiary of the Swift CO., Chicago. Two of these companies have large tracts of grazing land and highly improved ranches. They have handled large Government contracts during the war, aid hs.Velas:d a, sub- stantial share of the animal products export Wade, amounting to 5127;000,- 000 for the last twelve months. Hogs and cattle on the hoof are at times shipped in large quantities to Ontario, Southern shipments Of cattle to be fattened in the States, havErfor some years constituted an important element in the Canadian cattle trade. Chicago and Minneapolis dealers are frequently heavy buyers at ' Union Stook Yards, St, Boniface, now the chief cattle market of the western pro- vinces. Production, especially of hogs, has fluetuated widely, From June, 1915, to June, 1916, horses decreased 6,000, milch cows 63,000, cattle 86,e00, sheep 73,009 and hogs 297,000. With hogs around 517,50, there has been strong inducement to raise them and perhaps greater temptation to the improvident to sell brood stock. High feed prices also have discouraged that industry. Roughly estimated there are 3,000,- 000 cattle and 2,800,000 hogs in the Dominion. Canada has an expanse of Pasture land, with innumerable water- courses, on such a great scale as to make 80,000,090 cattle and 28,000,000 hogs appear within the bounds of near- bpyprcoobvaEbiRIlityE. is8 AITDI-N-VENTIONS When water bolls in a:Japanese in- ventor's kettle the bubbles strike me- tallic bars and , produce musical sounds. A vehicle which he claims will serve as an automobile, motor boat or air- plane has been invented by a Detroit man. Flour with which bread can be made is beteg obtained from sugar beets in France as the result of scientists' ex- periments. In ascending poles he ha clintbed A telephone lineman has red that more than 800 ranee in the last twelveecearili Ancture moldihg staanPed from sheet nmetal . is' int nded tqnse nailed to a wall ,before t e plasteit is applied; the latter hIli111k to supOrt the weight it carries. ' 1.1 For easy access . the: dIrawers 1II a now kitcheu cabinet itre- mounted in one large drawer that can be piI5ed forward when the table 'top ofl,the cabinet is extended. ei ,•I According to an English selenteit's estimate the world's total annual *ins fall amounts to '214,347.4 cubic niiles, of which less than one-feurth disSins through rivers into the ocean, To enable an automobile to pull/ it- self out of a inticitele•there has been Invented a reel of broad tope which, when fastened to a, mired wheel,, is unwound by 11 00 forte a dry pathray. Patents have been granted to a'rclote meet -tea woman for a baking beard consisting of a pad of waxedu4er. from which siegle sheets can bd. 113 - moved when soiled, and for a waxed paper telling pin with a cardboard Oara.