The Seaforth News, 1918-01-24, Page 3REPT NAKQ. a. GERMAN FX'AR s k.
ROUNDED UP IN PORTUGUESETERRITORY
I;Tropn.y (Milton CroSSed German East African Bordin, Mind flat
Beeit ,Raiding Country in Scattered GrouptS.
A despatch from London says;
Dealing with the course of the opera,-
-Wells in 'Bast Africa during the past
month, an official comtnunie.ation nn
Friday says;
"Having entered Portuguese terri-
tory at Ngomano ae a small exhausted
force, short of food and ammunition,
a German column, under Gen, von Lot-
tonvorbocic, moved up the Lujenda
Valley, capturing severe] small isolat-
ed Por1ugllese posts, subsequently dis-
perdue; in seatteeed groups and raid-
HOSPITAL SHIP
SUNK BY SUB.
Conveying Wounded From Gib-
raltar to England.
A despatch from London says; Not-
withstanding the pledge given in Sep-
tember, the Germans have sunk An-
other hospital ship. An. official state-
ment says:
"His Majesty's hospital ship Rewa
was torpedoed and sink in the Bristol
Charnel at about midnight on Jan. 4,
on her way home from Gibraltar, All
the wounded were safety transferred
to petrel vessels. There were only
three casualties among' the crew,
three Lascars being missing.
"She was displaying all the lights
and markings required by The Hague
Convention, She was not and had
not been within the so-called barred
zone, as delimited in the statement is-
sued' by the German Government on
.Jan. 19, 191r.'
Most of .the survivors of the Rewa
were landed at Swansea. Many of
them :were without clothing of any
kind. The wounded were removed
immediately to a hospital.
The torpedo which sank the Rewa
went directly through the Red Cross
painted on her side.
TO TAKE OVER
HALIFAX RE IEC
Government Will Appoint Com-
mission to Distribute Funds.
Ottawa, Jan 13. -The Government
has decided to appoint a commission,
under the name "Halifax Relief Com-
mission;' - with power to receive and
administer all unexpended moneys
and undistributed goods, and to re-
ceive contributions for the relief of
the sufferers by the recent disastrous
explosion at Halifax, and for the re-
storation of the property thereby de-
stroyed or damaged.
The commission is also to enquire
acid report:
1. As to the amounts presently
available for aid, and relief, and for
restoration of property. •-
2. As -to additional amounts neces-
sary and the sources of any further
anticipated aid.
0, As to any additional aid to be
afforded by the Dominion Govern-
ment.
4. As to any legislation by the Do-
minion Government or the Provincial
Legislature which may be necessary.
6. As to any other matters touching
the relief of those who have suffered
and the restoration of property de-
stroyed upon which the commission
may deem it advisable to express their
conclusions.
HOSPITAL SHIPS
AGAIN IN DANGER
Indications of a Fresh Campaign
on Part of Submarines.
Rotterdam, Jan. 13, -Although Ger-
man news agencies continue to assert
that the British Hospital ship Rewe,
which was sunk recently in the Bris-
tol Channel, must have been Otestroy-
ed by a mine, there are indications of
a fresh campaign against hospital
ships. These take the form of a re-
vival of the accusations of misuse of
the Red Cross, such as preceded ear-
lier crimes,
PRO,
ARMISTICE P
S R®
LONGED 1).0 FEB. 12
"Russo-GermanNegotiations to
Continue for Another 'Month.
Potr•ogred, Tan, 13, -Acceptance by
the Central Powers of Foreign Min-
ister Ttotzky's proposal to eonl•ieve
the hu„ ee-German armistice Saturday
for an additional month, was .formally
announced. The armistice heretofore
agrce'd upon expired yeatet'day.
united States Loan to Serbia.
Washington,' 13. -Total t•rediWashington, ,Tan. id.•--!'
to the :allies were srieed. yesterday to
f'. $4,288,4001000 when Secretary or the.
Treasury 1,l'Atioo uuthorizeti a loan of.
$2,000,000 to &vi•.tlt, making Serbia's
total' $t''r'r100,004,
ing parties over the whole country,
between Mwembe, near Lake Nyessa,
and the coast, in the vicinity of Port
Amelia. British mounted troops fol-
lowed up the Lajendta Valley, while
other columns acting in co-operation
with the Portuguese, disembarked at
Port Amelia, and advanced east and
north-east from the southern end of
Lake Nyassa,
"Patrol. encounters have occurred
during the past 'few clays in the
Mwembe area, where an enemy de-
tachment has been located,"
w ,
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EXPORT 20,000,OOO
BUSHELS OF WHEAT
Canada {las This Quantity Now
Available For Need of Allies.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
Members of the Board of Grain Super-
visors, Imperial wheat purchasing
committee, millers' committee, grain
growers and Montreal Ilarbor Com-
mission on Thursday continued their
discussion of the supply of Canadian
wheat available for export and allied
subjects. It is understood that an
estimate submitted to the conference
indicated that the total quantity of
wheat in store in Canada at the pre-
sent time was about' 80,000,000 bushels.
Of that quantity 30,000,000 bushels, it
was stated, would be required for
seeding this year and a like amount
for domestic consumption, leaving
somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,-
000,000 bushels immediately avail-
able for export.
Among the other subjects consid-
ered was the question of adopting a
standard grade of flour to be milled
in Canada. It is stated that there is
a likelihood that euch a grade will be
agreed upon. It would be of a quality
midway between the present higher
patents and the existing lower grades.
Whether the milling would be confined
to this standard grade in the United
States or whether the millers would be
able to continue the production of the
higher patents with the standard as a
basis for the fixing of profits has not
yet been determined,
MORE BELGIANS
P(URDERED BY FOE
Fifty -Eight Official Executions
in Belgium -170 in
Past Year.
London, Jan• 13. ---Word les been re-
ceived here at the Belgian Office quar-
ters of 58 more official executions, in
Belgium, This brings the number of
Belgians executed since January, 1917,
to 170, among wiiom'wore at least two
women, three girls from fourteen to
sixteen years old, and several youths
under twenty.
All the executed Belgians were as-
sumed by the Germans to be guilty of
spying, and 1a many cases arrest, eon.
denhnaton and execution took place
within tbree.ola four clays, and, there-
fore, no serious inquiry could have
been made.
Linder the rule of the late Geyor-
nor-Ueaeral von Bussing, 100 execu-
tions took place in Due yeas', accord-
ing to the German official reports',
Governoi+Caepieral von Falkenhausen
utas increased this record three -fold,
and he ceased publishing the names
LEADING MARKETS
nreadstutfs
Toronto. ton. 10 •310n10,ba. wbca5'�
K0.1 0,ril, ii,, 02233 No. do 1,20
o. 1, du $',173, No 4 wheat $9,109,
in shoe 1 1, C R'illlam lurludlx,g 1315 Lao.
1fa,1ltalrls oalr• No 2 feed 0731; No,
3 0d.tr„ Sle, No. 1 extra feed, rir5, No, 1
food, '77i,c•; in alma Port Willlitnr,
al American cola --No, 3 yellow, notion-
al.
Data--Nn, 2 white, 81. to 82e,
nominal: No, 3, do.. 80 to Ole, nominal,
according h, freights -outside.
17nta,l, wheat --New. Nu, 2 Whiter,
52.22; basis, in Moro Montreal.
iron`, 1\o, 1, $$ 70 to 93.80, according
i, fletullts uutalde,
imply •halting, $1,36 to 51.20, 00-
lor�liln' to freights outside..
hnek,then.t-•$7.50 to $1.08, according
to t'rolnhls oulsidc,
nYn f•4o. 2, $1.78, acco,',llug to
1't•oigl,l8 n„1,,1510.
Manitoba ttotn•'•h`1,01 patents, In ,Irate
baa"s, 81 L.Sn; 2nd -do„ $171; strong halt-
t.rst, ito., $16.00, to
Ontario Ilotar•-•Wt liter, a,rnrdhig to
055111 plo, $10.0, In bags, Montreal; 99.05,
Toronto; 39,00, bulk, seaboard, 1,ru,nnt
shlbinent
M1Ufsed ar ln/s debl'etod lfnntrrnl
froiglrls ban's ilislttdod'-Titalt 1151' 10,1
930; shorts, do. $40; middlings, +10.,
15 to 942; good feed dour, Per bag,
$320,
kX,v' No 1, new, per ton 31-0.00 to
010 60; mixed, du„ $13 to 916, track
7 nrnnto
Straw.-t,,'lots, per ton, 98.60 to 99.
tlonatry produce --Wholesale
Litlttot•-l'!roam0ry. -solids, per 1b, 429
to 43c; prints, Per !b, •13 to 439c;. dairy,.
per ib, 36 to 38c.
Eggs--Frosh gathered eggs, 50 to Ole.
Dressed poultry-Chi[,kons, 24 to 26c;
fowl, 10 to 20e; clucks, 23 to 24c; geese,
21 to 22e; turkeys, 28 to 30c
Iotatoes - "Wholesalers aro paying
growers and country shipper's, rot' first-
class stock, f,o,b„ outside points, 93.25
to $2,35 for Delaware, and 52,00 to 92,10
for
Wholesalers
HUN MUTINEERS
"vholesalers are selling to the retail !("l� I+� RS
trade at the following prlces:-
Clreese-New, large, 23 t+ 289r' twins,
21i 00 2110; early cheese, 253 to 20e;
large twin, 20 to 201c.
Ito tter-Fresh dairy, (helve, 40 to 41o;
creamery prints, 46 to 47e; solids, 46 to
40c. ---
nlnl'tiu 1na--29 to n c Confirmation of Report That
Eggs -Now bald, in cartons, 66 to 70r: p 1
Ko•to eU04De,'age, 45 to 40e; select stoi'age, 25,000 German Soldiers
Dressed poultry -Awing .chickens, 27 Deserted.
to 26r; milk -fed ,'bieltens. lb 30e; fowl,
24 to 20c; turkeys, 35 to 3c; dudes,
Spring, 27 to 30e; geese, 25 to 27e. A despatch -from Petrograd says:
Live poultry -Turkeys, 28c: Rniing Confirmation of the report that an
ehbcksns, lb, 20 to 215; hens, 10 to 18c;
ducks, Spring. 20 to 22c; geese, 20 to armed camp of 26,000 German soldiers
Ile. have mutinied against being shifted to
Honey -Comb -14x h'a line. 16 os„
83.50; 12 oz., 90; No. 2. 92,40 to $2,50,. the western front, and. are holding the
HU•tdned- rins, , 3 v rued 5's, 19 to u13o forest near Kovno an[l are tlhreaten-
per 1b; 10's, 189to10c.; 60's, 13 to 189e.
llars-Canadian. hand-t,leltecl, bus!,., ing an attack upon the other German
98.9b to 33.25; imported, ha.nrl-peeked, {;poops from lathe 1'eaf if they Teatime
Burma or Indian, $6,50 to 37; Japan,
93: )Atmos 163 to ria offensive against Russia, has been
Polatous-ns, bog, e, bog, 52.25 to 1borne out by four Gorman soldiers
t2 35 nnlru'toa. bog, 32.10 to 52.25. who recently deserted and who offered
Prov)sioua---prholesale to enlist in the new international
Snaked meats ---Darns, medium, 31 50 army now being organized to fight for
38c; do„ heavy', 22 to 270; cooped, 44 to Socialist unci
4fe; rolls, 28 to 30e; breakfast baron, principles tinder the dll'eC-
40 to 420; hacks, plain, 43 to 44c;. bone- tion of the bureau headed by Boris
less, 46 to 46e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28 to
29e; cleat' bellies, 27 to 28,', •
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 289 to 290;
tubs, 282 to 291c; bail:: 29 to 200o;
•o 269o: 1. heroes, 243 to 260; rubs, 2'19 909000,000 BUSHELS
to 203.: pails, 26 l0 ludo
7 -HO ORAFTEE5 WERE
'TICKLED TO DEATH
WITH THEIR NEW
UNDERW0 f2
MOTHER WILL
BE' PROUD
OF HER.
BOY I
IN IkNAKI ,
YQViLops
QF MON1`E
1R YOUR
CLQE5
With the Draftees
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
IN ARMED CAMP 'ISS IN U.S.
Reinstein, international delegate of
the Socialist Labor party of America.
Montreal, Markets
Montreal, Jan. 10--Oats-Canadian
Western, No. 3, 93e; extra No. t feed,
080: Nu, 2 local white, 91 to 92c; No,
3 local white, 90 to Ole;. No. 4 local
white, 89 to 905• P10ur•---Manitoba
Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11.60:
seconds, 311,10; strong bakers', $10.90:
straight rollers, hags, 95,25 to 35,373.
Rolled oats-Baggs, 30 lbs ,• 30.30. Bran
$35. Shorts --$40. Middlings --$48 to
X60. llouillto-$50 to $68. Ray -No, 2,
Per ton, car lots, $04.60 to $15.50.
Cheese -Finest westerns, 2190; finest
easterns, 212c.- Butter--Choloest cream-
erY, 443 to 48c; seconds, 432 to 44c.
Eggs -Fresh, 24 to 550; selected, 470;
No, 1 stock, 43,'; No. 2 stock, 39 to 40e.
Potatoes- Per bag, car lots, $1.90 to
62.25, ^-
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg Jan. 15•• -Cash prices:--
Oatu-No, 2 C.W, 879o; No. 8 C.W.,
87e; extra Na 1 reed, 81c; No: 1 feed,
779c; No. feed, 746c. Barley ---No, 8,
$1,41: No, 4, 51,56: feed 9t,1.18; rejected,
31.18. Flax -No, 1 N.W.C., $3.22; No,
2 C.W., $3,19: No. 3C.W„ $8.012,
!baited States Markets
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan, t5-Cor'n--
No. 8 Yellow, $1.66 to $1,70. Oats -No,
3 white, 79 to 000, Flour -unchanged,
Bran-$ 82.50,
Duluth, Minor, Jan 15. -Linseed ---0n
track, $3,53 to 33.05; arrive. $3.50;
January, $3.50 asked; MeV, 53.50; ,7uly,
93.43 asked; October, 93.30. nominal,
Live Stook Markets
Toronto, ,Ian. 15 -Extra chci'e heavy
steers, $11.75 to $12.50; don good heavy.
4111 to 911.40; butchers' cattle, choice,
53111 to $11.60; do., good, $10 to 510.76;
o., medium. $0:50 to $0,70; do„ conn
OF WHEAT
States Decides Exportations Are
Necessary to Relieve Euro -
peon Food Shortage.
A despatch from Washington says:
The food situation in Europe is re-
garded here as so critical that the food
administration is planning to release
an'•additional 90,000,000 bushels of
wheat, despite the fact that the nor.
Mal export surplus had been'shipped
by the middle of December. The
American people will be asked to save
to make up the deficiency.
The demand from the allies is so in-
sistent that the food administration
has decided to take a chance on, a
shortage iii the Spring to meet in part
their needs. If consumption is not
reduced officials see a possible short-
age of flour in the United States in
May before the new wheat croft conies
in in June,
1 TROOPS
R i IAN
butchers MESSAGE ON PEACE
mon 55 75 to 9II•10: i 1 bulls,
choice, $10 to $10.50; do„ good hulls,
.75 io 30.26; do., medium dulls,. 37.70
' to $8.^ r d
of the victims ti;: bulls, 90 6� oo X57,
ill' ardor that the co Id b ch v, rouo
Urges Trotsky To Accept No
Obtained Exactly the Required
Number of Votes in House.
A despatch from Washington says:
Woman suffrage by Federal eonstitu-
tiohhal amendment won in the House
on Thursday night with exactly the
required number of affirmative votes.
While members in their seats and
throngs in the galleries waited with
eager interest, the Hoose adopted by a
vote of 274 to 13(1 a resolution provid-
ing for submission to the states of the
so-called Susan B, Anthony amend-
ment for National Enfranchisement of
Women.
But for the promise of Speaker
Clark to cast his votefrom the Chair
for the resolution if it was needed, the
change 'of a single vote to the opposi-
tion would have meant defeat. Re-
publican Leader Mann, who came from
a hospital where he has been under
treatment ever since Congress con-
vened, and Representative Sinks, of
Tennessee, just out of a sick bed and
hardly able to walk to his seat,
brought the votes which settled the
issue. have refused tempting offers from
capitalists and speculative elements
have been barred carefully from the
enterprise. The merchants intend to
offer and sell the recipes to the Brit-
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GERMAN DYE
RECIPES CAPTURED
Group in British Textile Trade
Make Most Important
Discoveries.
A despatch from London says: A
group of men in the British textile
trade has captured the secret recipes
of the greater German dye industry,
according to The London Daily Mail,
which displays the item under large
heads. The recipes, numbering 267,
belonged to the great Badische works,
and are now in the keeping of a Lon-
don bank. The Mail says: -
"The capture is of first importance
in economic war against Germany,
and will free the British textile in-
dustry and scores of other important
industries from the bonds of Germany,
It means that when the war is over
Great Britain will be in a position to
compete equally with German dyed
goods in every market in the world."
In the course of a long story de-
scribing how the recipes were ob-
tained in Switzerland, The Mail says
that the merchants who captured them
150 PERISH
WISHH ? ish Government for the use of the
1 Government dye works, permitting'the
hulk of the profit to go to the nation
Explosion Causes Heavy Loss of
Lire Near Staffordshire Town.
llelmerend, Staffordshire, England,
Jan. 13„ -The latest reports from offi-
cial sources show that many perished
in the explosion which occurred in a
mine pit here yesterday morning. Of
the 247 workers in the pit at the time
; of the disaster, eighty-seven have been
rescued alive and twenty-three bodies
!have been found. There is only a
slender hope that any of those still
entombed can survive.
Rescue brigades have been working
!incessantly- in relays day and night,
;with oxygen supplies, but the various
passages are everywhere blocked with
!wreckage. Nearly all the victims
were young_men and boys.
ITALIANS RAID
thd
e uner
on standing that the dyes
will be sold freely to all British manu-
facturers needing them,
'165 000 AGAINST
CONSCRIPTION
Australian Soldiers' Votes Give
a Small "Yes” Majority
For Conscription.
A despatch from Melbourne says:
The Governor-General has issued a
statement giving reasons why he re-
commissioned Ilan. William Hughes.
He states that in advance of the Na-
tionalist defeat in Parliament he en-
deavored to ascertain the situation by
seeking information of all sections of
not be identified as martyrs by their Doe. $S,fo to $9; do., medium, 57.75 Co t t' with t
_ Dishonorable Peace 'With
Teutons, majority of Nationalists WaS 111ce1y to
A despatch .frmn I?etrograd says: retain cohesion, and would be able to
As the Russian peace delegates pass- Drop Two Tolls of Bombs on establish a stable Government under
ed along the way to renew the nego» Storehouses and Encamp- Mr. eufrhes.
vote on the conscription
tiations with the Germans, the Ru6-
Sian troops in the trenches near Brest- 1ttelttS. refereliduan poll follows:
Litovsk urged upon Leon Trotsky, the Ra111)0 ileadgitarters in Northern Cerend1,018,000.
Bolshevik{ Foreign Minister: Italy, Jan. 13, --Italian aviators have Nes-1,08,000.
"Be firm; don't make a dishonorable carried out a successful bombing ex- The soldiers' vote gave a small
peace." pedition against Primolano, an impar- "Yes" majority. States in favor in -
A despatch, detailing this and other taut. railway terminus, constituting
compatriots. As a further precaution,
the executed persons have been buried
inside the prison Walls,
NEWFOUNDLAND
gD
FACES FAMINE
Serious Crisis in Food Situation
-Horses Are Starving
in Stalls.
Fort. William, Jan, 13, --Indications
that at food shortage is seriously
throetening Newfoundland are con-
tained in private advices received by
grain men lit this city, A well-known
local firm last week received a cable
from the colony stating that they must
have grain tit any price, as ]losses
were starring In their stalls for feed,
and the food eituatlelt was nearing a
serious crisis.. The matter lead been
talon up with the Board of Grain
Commissioners and tho Railway
Board, it is 1tu41eestood, in order to
rush through some of the urgently
iwerlod grafi],
(LERMAN'S DEPORTING
FRENCHM EN '1'O RUSSIA.
A despatch {'ran, London says; A
German official statement, according to
an Amsterdam despatch to the Central
News, says: "As lr reprisal for the re-
tention of Inhabitrints of Alsace -Ler.
.8; lambs. $18 to $12; calves, good to
choice, $14 to 5111,00; stockers, 37.25 to
98.76; feeders, $9.26 to 910; Canners
and cutters, $5.25 to 96,25; milkers,
good to choice, $95 to $140; do., cam.
and mod., 906 to $50; springers, $90- to
$130; Ileht ewes, $12.60 to $14; sheep.
heavy, 96 to $7.76; yearlings, $12.25 to
13.26.; hogs, fed and watered, 018.60;
weighed off crus, 318.75; do., 0.o 2„
917.60.
HOUSE OF LORDS
FAVORS WOMAN'S 'VOTE.
A despatch from London says: The Those against. were New South
house of Lords on Thursday rejected important facts, was received at Smol- Ole enemy's hies of contutundca-
Lord Loreburn's amendment to the re- ray Institute, the Bolshevikilheadgear- Pion for troop supplies to the lighting Wales, Victoria, Queensland and
ENEY '1 represen a ives, wl l a view n avold-
.Y DEPOT ing dissolution, and decided that the
eluded West Australia and Tasmania,
presentation of the people bill, by
which it was sought to exclude women
from the suffrage. The vote against
the amendment was 134 to 09.
The new franchise bill before the
House of Lords revealed strong oppo-
sition to women suffrage. Earl Lore -
burn moved to omit the clause from A despatch from London says: During the raid the iialinn aviator. eentatives, Premier Hughes said the
tens. Trotsky replied, urging front, Two tons of bombs were drop- South Australia.
"We did not overthrow the Czar to ped on extensive storehouses and en -
Further organized efforts are be -
bow to German Imperialism." eanlpnteuts around the termini and ing made to secure recruits voluntar-
- caused 90510119 damage. further litter- ily, Substantial increases in pay went
120,000 AUSTRIANS rupting the enemy's lines of comment- into effect in the Australian navy on
FIGHTING WITH THE F'RENC'H. cation, already seriously" affected by January 1,
the ntotttiiain snows. Speaking in tate House of Repre-
the bill giving women the Parliament-
ary vote. After a two -clay's debate
the amendment was rejected,
INDIA CONTRIBUTES
$2,500,000 TO RED CROSS,
A despatch from Delhi, India, says:
Estimates indicate that well over half
a ]pillion pounds sterling was raised
as a result of "000 day" collections in
aid of the Red Cross.
Wiil Not 'rake Over Museum.
A despatch from London says: The
strung opposition to the utilization of
the British and National history Mu,
mine, against the law of nations, 600 scums for Government Oleos has lead
French will be conveyed to Russia its effect. Lord Curzon announced ie
from January (i, and within a few the 13ouse of Commons that the Goy.
days 400 French women will be sant ernment had not Pound it necessary to
to the camp al 1lnleetillilpn,•(Duchy. take these buildings aver for that
of }Iruntiwick) purpose.
Commenting on the formation of a saw enemy troops compelled to resort Government's one desire was to send
Czech -Slovak army in France, which to skis to get over the deep drifts, all the energies of A.ustralia to do
was authorized by decree printed in
the French Official Gazette, December
19, the Vienna Neue Freie Presse says
the army already numbers 120,000
men.
"Although it will not have any de-
cisive influence on the military opera-
tions,'.; the newspaper adds, "yet, it
may do us considerable harm in the
event of the transfer of Austrian
troops to the western front, The
greatest harm, however, is the moral
effect this wholesale act of Czech
tr'eacher'y may have on the military
power of the Dual monarchy.
Hughes Cabinet. Now Sworn In,
A despatch from Melboerne .rays;
The new Hughes Cabinet has been
sworn 111 with practically no changes,
Hon. Frank Tudor has given notice or
a motion of no confidence.
- —w • - - its duty in the war.
RAIDERS ARE BUSY
ON BRITISH F1WNT, y et FS "'
13. -The WarOfficeY ME Dk.��L4'E E
London, Jan.
conmmunication issued to -night says:
"An enemy raid attempted under
rover of a heavy artillery barrage
east of Monohy diming the night
WAS repulsed by ride and machite-
i:un fire.
"Tine enemy's ,artillery was a,•tive
to -day Basi of Ypres and in the
neighborhood of hies: {nos • 'lnld the
River Scarpe,"
"Early -Saturday morning throe
1'
hee 'tde raid. against nor trenches;
Sahel of Lcns Wert• repulsed. The
hostile artillery teas' active during
the day southwest of Cam brai and;
in the neighborhood of Leus old'
Meesines,'tl
aro Slov
d
AMONG ENEMY
Austrians Said to Have Follow-
edFollow-
edExample of Germans.
Loudon, Tan, 13,1 -The Daily Chroni
ale's correspondent at Petrograd tele-
graphs i+oufirmation of the story that1
.,G,000 (termite deserters are entrench-
ed at Kovno. At the saline, time, be
adds, that reports less trustworthy,
have been reeeivod of a stnliler ataffairat Tarnopol, withers Germans anti Aua-
triens are 11 rub to be fighting Ansirian
FROM OLD .SCOTLAND
NOTE'S OF INTEREST PHOld. 11101
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What is, Gettig On .in thy, I?Gighlpts
and Lowlands or Mild
Scotia, ate;
The Duke of Argyll hes presented
handsome prizee for the best leiti2 ar-
dens in Achnogoul,
A sale of. work; in aid of comforts
for 501diers anti sailors held at •trail-
ing realized over 1160.
Winston Churchill has consented
to continue • as Lord Rector of Aber-
deen University for another year.
The sum of 1810 was taken in flag
day collections in Dundee, to establish
a Dundee Y,M,C,A. hut in France,
The sum of 11,100 was realized at
a sale In Hawiek to provide homes
for wounded soldiers and sailors,
Private John Elliott, son of Mrs,
Elliott, 4 Dovemount Place, Hamrick,
has been awarded the Military Medal.
The late Lieut, -Col, Malcolm Me.
Neill, Argyll and Sutherland High-
landers, left an estate valued at 122,-
683.
Wing -Captain Francis Scarlett, R.
N., who has been awarded the D.S.0.,
ie a son of Col. William Scarlett, of
Gigha.
The sum of 11,800 was raised at a
free gift sale in Dumfries in aid of
the Y.M.C,A. Special War Work Fund.
A collection in the district of Fal-
kh:k for the purpose of building a
Y.M.C.A, but in France amounted to
5724.
A tablet has been erected in Glen-
zier school in memory of Lieut. Jar-
vie, who was headmaster of the
school.
Sapper William Munro, Royal En-
gineers, Prestonpans, has been award-
ed the Military Medal.
Admiral Burney, of North Berwick,
has been appointed commander-in-
chief of the coasts of Scotland..
On the completion of forty years
service as a teacher in the EIrig
school, Miss Woodbridge was present-
ed with a wallet of Treasury notes.
Edinburgh Council have purchased
Gogar Burn House, near Edinburgh,
for 18,250 to be used as a children's
home.
A soldiers' and sailors' Y:M.C.A.
hostel, in the Lyric buildings, Glasgow,
was formally opened by Lady Beattie.
R. Husband, honorary treasurer 'of
the Red Creep week in Dunfermline,
has sent the sum of 18,818 to head-
quarters,
Nursing Sister Isabella Cameron, of
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Service,
has been awarded the Royal Red Cross
Decoration.
Lieut. Tom Percival Mackenzie, Can-
adians, a 9011 of Dayid Mackenzie,
Dunfermline,' has been awarded the
Military Cross.
Two Strachan men, Lance -Corp.
Charles Easton and Lance -Corporal
James Shand, have been awarded the
Military Medal.
SULTAN DESCRIBES HIMSELF
The Esteemed Centre of -the Universe
and the Crown of Ages,
"The finest pearl of the age and the
esteemed centre of the universe, at
whose grand portals stand the camels
justice and mercy, n
of j y, a d to whom
the eyes of the kings and peoples in
the West have been drawn, the rulers
there finding an example of political
prowess and the classes a modal of
n,eroy and kindness; our lord and
master, the sultan of the two shores
and the high king of the two seas, the
crown of ages and the pride of all
countries, the greatest of all khalifs,
the shadow of God on earth, the sue
cessor of the apostle, of the lord of
the universe, the victorious conqueror
(AI-Ghazi), Sultan Abdul -I- amid Khan.
May Gad protect his kingdom, and
place his glory above the sign and the
moon, and may the Lord supply all
the world with the goodness which
proceeds from his holy majesty's good
intentions."
Don't be alarmed! This Is merely
the way in wihhoh the Sultan of Tur•
key describes himself to a recent army
order to his troops In Mesopotamia.
IL is evident that the modesty of the
"finest pearl of the age" forbade him
giving the full list of his extravagant
array of titles, but this mighty poten-
tate eon also claim to be "the shadow
of God upon earth," "the incarnation
of Mohammad," "the dispeller of all
evil" and the "divine of divines."
The ruler of Turkey Is not the only
sovereign who olefins to be divine,
The Emperor of Abyssinia enjoys the
distinction of being, among other
thing;{, the "king of kings, 'whom all
must obey, as he 3e the cause of, pre-
servetdon of alt alainlals, the regulator
of the seasons, the absolute muster.
ofthe ebb and flow of the sea, brother
to the sun, and king of the four and
twoontye uncanribrwtollaS."
Ohole, wondering what
use a monarch who had such. absolute.
control of the weather couldpossibly
have even for a single umbrella, to
say nothing of his liberal allowa.n8e
of twentyfour. The royal unhbrollae
are syumbolio of Lie dignity.
A Southern Galifornie judge r'e.ent-
ly seefenced a plan 1:o 150 days in gaol
for leaving alt uuextinguishod fire in
a National forest:, This sentence Was,
later changed to one o£ debarment; of'
the offender front 0. Natienssl forest
for a period of one feats