HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-11-21, Page 3lSS1® a�';'�' ''SES
„
' 4G"
lin i he 'Prose. . PreSi�iQalaf� 'miniciure and eil1iar.�Cl,4a�zi1ia au
the Slti}leluio''C'ola.+t*4nder ldlalc,!?i� Soleinnf'Etatry
• Into Geriklan Stlon hold.
.A despatch 'from Paris says: Ger hi ?tWliich to bend over all the arma-
many's' troops began to. evacuate. meet material' stipulated in the ;VIM-,
Terence and I3olgrurn on Tuesday. The• stice, •
allied tl'oops then mored forward, the The Frc,nch command as].e4
Amerrietuis advancing in the direction Germans for information -40e where
of Metz' and Stra ssbizrg; "' nines had been laid, and.waiainfob'm
Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief cri' that somehad been placed in,itlte,
of tho al)led armies, will make solemn Ostend 'etntion and timed, to eseplode
Gentry into there German fortreoses on, on' Wednesday. The Gcrman'coremand
Sendrly in the plresenee of President aecordingly'weas asked to :teed 'clinchers
Terier ro and Premier Clemenceau. .to.Jogate the explosives. alcnig.1-
:a Marshal will ride' into the 'cities Ari €tdditial,alWtlo-r,*,. in
rl:5 clays
on Creme, his favorite: charger, in all from the elate of the ars?ristiee,
rt is probable that the departments has. been granted ;to the enemy, to
in the re -won territory will resume evacuate Belgium, Luxemburg, , Al-
their old %tunes, namely, Bas Rhin, lace -Lorraine.
prefecture of Strassburg; Bait Rhin, Marshal Foch has •clireeted theeGer-
prefecture pf Colmar, and Moselle inane to sends flieers to the King of
Prefecture" of Metz. The Government the Belgians at Bruges to give info'
already is considering the establish- enation regarding the German and
ment of provisional administrative ar- .Luxemburg railroad' ant canal sys
rrtngentents, temsgand the 'navigation of the Rhine.
The occupation of the territory on '' The' -Germane en Thursday sent an
the left bank of the Rhine And the officer to Chimay to arrange: with'
beidgeTfeacls will n'otbe undertaken 'French officers for the handing over,'
by the allied forces until later.. of the;^arras and material which Ger
The liberation of Belgium promises many has to surrender, •
to be rapidly accomplished: On the Tho greatest enthusiasm prevails in
occasion.• of the re-entry of the Bel- Alsace-Lorraine. 'Thousands of Ger-
gian sovereigns into Bressels, the., mans are leaving the provinces. The`
French Government has decided to German authorities are being hooted
present to' the Queen the'iGrand- Cor- by the crowds. French and American.
don of the Legion of honor, and- to troops are expected daily.
the heir, apparent the Chevalier's Receptions on a huge scale are be -
Cross and the Cross of War. ing prepared dor'the allied troops, un
In conformity with .the agreement -der the nosesof the German officials
reached' between' Marshal Foch and There is also ger in the Rhino towns
the German delegates, a period of five 'because ,of the. cessation 4if allied air
days has been allowed to the enemy 'raids.
Markets of the ,onnd' Live Stock Markets,
a , , Toronto; Nov, '19,—Choles heavy
- steers, 13,00 to $13.50; butchers'
_e_. cattle, choice, $11.00 to $11.75; do.;
•Breadstuffs good $10:50 to $10.75; do, 'medium;
'. +beat $8.50 to $9:,00; do. oomnnon, $7.50 to
Toronto, Nov 19, Manitoba ev 37.75; .butchers? bulls, choice,„a0.75
--No. 1 Northern $2.24'/2 No. 2
Northern 32•,211; No. 3 14ortilern, toto $1000; do. medium bulls,' 8:50
32.17,Fr; Noe 4 wheat, 32.111/4, in to $8.75; do: rough bulls; $7'.25 to
shore Fort William, not includin • tax. .8 00; hoteliers' cows .26 to? $9,50,
g do. medi0; r1o, goad ,�r�.25 to 8,5 •
Manitoba oats•- Ne. 2 .C.W.., 82'hc; do. medium , 7.50 to 3do coin-
No. 3 C.W., 79'/4c; extra No.. 1 deed, mon e'6,50 .to. 7.00• 38.00;tockrs , 7 50
81?4c; No. 1 feed, 78'/•i.c, in' store Tori 10 - $ ' 1.
William. t $10 G f d $]34.6 1 1100;
American corn—No. 2 ellow diners and cutters, choice, 30 to $5.00;
y milkers, good to $90,00 to
$1.53; No. 3e yellow ,$1.50; No. 3160.00; do. coin. and med., 365.00
flow, 31.44; sample cern, feed,
to $ , ; springers, $ 75.00. $b 90,00 to '1'0-
1.30. to 31.40,, track Toronto,
Ontario oats, new crop—No. 2 light ewes; $1:10.00 to $11.00; yearl-
white, 76 to 78c; No. 3. white, .75 to lugs,.+$13..00. to, $13.50; spring lambs,
77c, according to freights outside. $ oice, 314.00.751..calves, good fed
Ontario wheat—No. 1"Winter, per cheice, $14.00 to $1'7,50• hogs,
ear let; $2.1.4 to 32.22; No. `2, do., and watered, $18.25•to 3o$18: do.,
$2.11 to 32.19; No. 3 do.,. 32.07 to •weiilghe off cars,. $18,50 to 118,45. 32.15; No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to 32.17; ° er+1,. Nov Z9.—Choice steers,
10.0
No. 2 Spring, $2.06 to' 32.1 it No. 3, $11.00 to $12.00; good steers, 110.0 48.50 to ;
Spring, 32.02'to $2.10, f 'i, whip- tcooxnrnon,037 00 to medium,
.00; Choi a cows,
pin parints according to f.,;-g1tts. $3.50 to 39.09; good, $7.00 to' 38.00;
PeasrNo. 2, $2.30. •medium; $6,50 -to` 7.00; oh,oice bulla
Barley—Malting, new crop, 31.02 to $
1.07, according to freights outside. $8.00 'to $36,5 good, er50;�.4t00 *0
$
Buckwheat—$1 $5, (10 .rte * $1, . 0 to $1 $4,00 to
$ 6. d0; lambs, $12.00 to'$14.00;'sheep,
Rye -No. 2,.70. $9.00 to, $10.00eirogi, of"care, testas
ManifEoira flo'1br--Old crop, wtr
quality, 311.50, Toronto. milk -fed
gags calves 16.00.0 to a7,00;.
milk -fed $1G.00 to $1G.00.
.Ontario. flour—War quality, old
crop, 3,10.75, in bags, Montreal and
BRITISH
Toronto, prompt shipment. ON DATE'
Milifeed—Car lots, delivered. Mont- FIXED FOR 'DECEMBER 14
real freights, bags included:. Bran,
$37.25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ,. A despatch from London says: A
proclamation will will be, issued, ,on Nov-
Hay—No. 1," $28 to $24 per ton; ' ember 26 sumnfoning -a new Parlia-
mixed, $21.50 to $23.00 per ton, mint' Andrew Boner
track, Toronto. a Law announced
ei Straw—Car loots, $10.50 to $11.00,
track Toronto.
Country Produce; -+Wholesale
Butter—Dairytubs. and rolls, 38 to
390' prints 40 to -'41e. Creamery, fresh
made: eosins, 51c; prints, 52c.
Eggs—New laid, 57 to 59c; store,
52 to 54c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
26 to 30c; roosters; 32c; fowl, 27 to
80c; ducklings,.30c• turkeys,• 81 to`
84e; squabs, doz. $d 50; geese, 25c.
Live poultry—iRoostera, 18 to 20e;
fowl, 24 to 25c; duckling's, ib., 22c;
turkey, 27 to 80c• Spring chickens,.
25 to 26c; geese, 220c.
Wholesalers are Gelling to the re-
tail trade at the following pricese—
Oheese—Now, large, 261/2 to 270;
twine, 26% to 271/4c; old, large, 28
to 284c; twin, 281 ^toG29c,
Butter—Fresh dairy,.: choice, 46 to
480; creamery, prints, 52 to ;58c;
creamery- solids, -51 0-52c; prints, 52
to 58c.
Margarine -84 to 35c.
Eggs—No. 1 storage 51 to 52c;
peieeted storage, 53 to 54c; new laid,
m cartons, 70 to 75b.
Dressed poul,'try—Spring chickens,
24 •to 28c; reositers 22c;, fowl .24 to
28c; ntu ey3 83e; ducklings, elft., 30c;
equalas,
lose :$5, 50; .geese, 25o,
Beens-e.Canadian, hand-picked;: bus.
$6,00 to $6.50; importted, hand-pick-
eded, Burma or Indian, $5100 to $5.50;
Lima, ;17 to 17%c.
Honey—Extracted clover; 6 -lb. Mins,.
31c 1b.; 10-1b. tins, 80c ib.
--
Provisions—Wholesale .e
Smoked meats—Hamar-medium, 37
to 89o• do., heavy, 30 to 82c; cooked,
51 to 52c; rolls, 32 t0 88e; breakcfas't.
bacon, 41 to 46c; backc,,pain, 46 to
47c• boneless, 61 to 28c..
47c; boneless,
clear bacon, 30'
to 31c• clear' bellies, 29 ;to 80c.
CarrPure, tierces, 31 to 811e;
tube, 811 to 32c; pails, 81% to 321/4c;
prints', ' '38 to : 331/2e. Compound,
tierces, 251/4 to 25% to 261/4c• pails,
26 to 261/2c;',prints, 27/ to 277%.
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Nov. 19.• -Oats, extra No,
1 feed 98c, Flour, new Standard
grade,'311 80 to $11.40. Rolled oats,
bags 90 lbs, 34,85 to $4.90. Bran,
L637.25✓' Shorts, 342.25, Xviouillie,
8 to $70;,i Hay No. 2 per ton, car
Us 324 to 325. Olieese, finest
cisterns, 244 t0 25c. Batter,
choicest creamery, 49 to -60o. Erggs,
selected, 50 to 5401 No, 1 .stook, . 49c,
Potat;oeS, per bag, car Sots, $i,.60.
Dreesed,hog3 abattoir stilled, $28,50
to $24.00. Laid, .pure, wood pads,
in the House.: of Commons on Thurs-
day.. Nominations, will „flee made on
December 4, and polling will take
place on December 14. The counting
of the ballots- may be postponed until
December 28. Prorogation of Parlia-
ment will take place on Wednesday
or Thursday of next week, at , the
latest.
NORWEGIAN LOSSES
AS RESULT OF THE WAR
A despatch from London says:—
Norway lost during the war 831 ves-
sels, aggregating close on to 1,250,-
000 tons, according to offdaal statis-
tics. In addition' .83 vessels of ap-
proximnitely 69,000 tons were dam-
aged by German submarines..
One thousandone hundred and
twenty lives were 'lost in these dis-
asters.
GERMAN FOOD PROFITEERS
POUR GOODS INTO” MARKET
A despatch from Paris says: Ger-
man food profiteers who for nearly
four years had been hoarding neces-
sities aro now flooding the markets
with hidden' geode. In consequence,
prices of food commodities in Ger-
many have fallen nearly 50 per cent.,
while German housewives crowd' the
market places,,buying all they can
lay hands on. Germany can now boast
more butter, and more grease than at'
any period of the war.
ALLIED FLET HAS PASSED
THROUGH THE DARDANELLES
A despatch from London says: The
allied fleet has arrived oil Constan-
tinople, having passed through the
Dardanelles., Tuesday, the Admiralty
announces, British and Indian troops
occupying the forts paraded as the
ships passed.
LIBERATED ITALIAN CIVILIANS
BEING FED FROM THE SKY
A. despatch from Washington says:
Caproei airplanesearo'being used by
the Italian Supreme Coremund to
transport emergency rations to the
famished citizens of the liberated
stiles of Italy, and also Iola and
J;tiuree, said an official despatch from
20 lbs. net, 31 to 88e. home, v,
Saved'.From:mhe Hti
veetve he: erencit efi]lt en will rejoice
at the downfall of-, the enemy. Bed' they l7vocl'next' door' to"vtlte'i e" tey
did they would have been blown td'atoms; as it eras they lrilit bah their
parents in the destruction of their Monte: -
s` SAW IN HANDS.
OF POLISH TROOPS
0
German Civil Governor Has Fled,
•
A despatch from Berne says:Vienna
advices say that Polish soldiers have
occupied the Royal Palace and Bel-
videre at Warsaw, and :alsothe mill-
Cary commander's quarters.
For Protection:
Theyalso have taken possession,
of. the German military automobiles
and arms and munitions, Polish Offi-
cers are directing the Gentian "de -
Mobilization.
Poles.. hold the post and telephone,
stations connecting ,with Vienna.,
The German police 'have been disc,
armCounted.
LerchenfeM g,
1d- oeferin the'
,
German civil administrator,ihas fled'
to 'Brigadier -Generale Joseph P11
sudski, .of .the Polish legion,for prat --
'c —
BRITISH CASUALTIES
TO. CTJARTIAL
Al.OFFORS
French Authorities Have Insti-
tuted Criminal Proceedings.
•A . despatch from Paris nays:.—Acs
a result of inyestigaticns monde in
Lille'' and' the region of "the, 'Depart-
ment of the Nord very precise charges
stave ,been. made, o:Pt against Gei`liian
cofi'icels guilty of.. having ordered. or
,op, having themselves . • con}m'itted
shocking crimes
In the presence, of-*.vi6enee that
has. been -revealed' by as •eommiesion
of enquiry,' the , Under +Secretary,: of
State at'the Ministry of 'Justice- hate
ortlered,•tiiat climi.nal proceeed'ingge be
;in &(uiutedt at once' o.34jolet• stifle `Uer--
tnan o�tficers in question "hey will
be tried.'tiy oonrt-martial in.4helr alb-.
sense ?f;, Che„allies are nnale e.,, to
secure their arrest, )iutwhatever sem-
tenets' mey be passed will. remain
.velid.
AS'1 WEEK OF WAR; -"IT HAD ONLY TO COME OUT,”
,. SAID MONOCLED ADMIRAL
A despatch" from London soya:—'
Casualties in the British:, ranks re A despatch from Paris says:
miral Sir Resslyn Wemyss; who 'was
atipointed.'to notify' the Getman en-
voys of the naval' ocnditions of the
armistice, is credited by Figaro with
et phrase which ailznirably reflects.the
,respective ,positions ,of. the. two . fleets.
"It .isinadmissible,".. the Germane
protested; "that. our fleet shout . be
given up without having bean beaten."
Feting the envoys with -his monocle,
Admiral W'einyss retorted: '9* had
only to Come out."
ported, in the week ending on Thurs..'
day -total 30,585 officers
ded as follows. O
ff'and men,
ice'rs—Iiililed,
or died of -wounds, 387; wounded or,
miesinge'1,049; total, 1,436. Men
Killed or died, of wounds . ;.6,2374;
wounded or missing,. 22,862; total, -
29,099. °
500 CANADIAN CASUALTIES
, YET TO BE CABLED OVER
A despatch from Ottawa says:
With the advent of . peace it will res'
]leve the suspense of many people in
Canada to know that the casualty
lists, often weeks behind, are tapering
off to- the end. There are numerous,
tragic cases where, since the eelebra-,
tion of. peace, news has. come d men,
previously killed in action. "We are
not exactly' certain,, but our advices
indicate that about 500 more are to
be cabled," said -the Acting Director:
Ad -
WILL MAINTAIN, DISCIPLINE
• IN NAVYe SAYS ,GOVERNMENT
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
—The British Government has issued
Or in which it says'it will sup-
port the officers in rnaintaining'dis-
cipline in the navy. :iPtie:order calls
for all ranks to: co-opereteain 'carry-
ing out the terms of e,tihe armistice,
C,
GREAT PEACE, ' CONFERENCE,
YET . •AT EARLY DATE:
"P x rl
Allied Gaverniitents Have as1)e Died to"As selohle: )eleg;t c�s'aq 4 iosa
A oas ire-.,.Yer',gaslres Will Probably Bo C3,oago
as Meeting place n: • --
A closest0h from. 14xiohington'eays:
--Developments he Europe, not only
in the miliitary way, but in the field
of international polities and the tend-
•ency of t}iv .revo etteenzsey spirit mani-
fested by the demoralized civilian
population of the Central k,mpires to
spread' to neighboring states, have
influenced the allied and American
Governments to arrange for 'the met't-
ing at an early date of the great
peace congress.
The Atlantic cables wane' burdened
on Friday with Government business
believed to have been made up!eon the
most pert of exchanges between
Washington and Paris, wirer; the
tnter,.All•ied Council is endeavoring to
reachan agreeinent as to the 'bole
and place for 'holding the Conference,
the conditions under whiclh, it vrhall be
held and nations that shall .be:.ad-
rnitted to participation. . Considers -
tion of this last question ' probably
will occupy much timer for ahnos't
every daj- witnesses the birth' of a
1101 state,
There has been a disposition to de-
lay the holding of the peace confer-
ence until the :political oi'tua,ion in
Europe lied contewhart erystallized,
but it was' understood on Friday that
ether coneeideratien3 ,fanelly led to a
decision by the aesaele ted Govern -
2n flPs 'to FCoc eptl ltoE assemble 'the con -
femme a ' .#he ea2hbot d`¢s'tci th 't can
be set, having regard to the difficulty
of ensua'ing the attendance of the
commies'ions or delegates ae Ven'sail-
les,ii'iridh seems rnart' l'.;413" >$0 be
seleoted as the place 01,t1ie rireeti1iig
One reason ".epgger`s'te4' for the
change of decision is the necessity'
of restoring the channels of trade and
indttiitsy .in tbo. late' gnioapy 'costes so
as :to' ei€Cord., .omplloyoner.lt to Sebor
and thereby xelieYrr the threat.' of
Bolslieytsnt and'` therohy; Another
is the general ,desire new expreosed
by 11.9', the .lied Governments to
relieve. the olvlilien bail a!latiens of
the Central Powers from the' danger
of famine, it being recognized that
this relief work can hest be carried
on .after formal peace treaties• have
been negotiated,
There also has been some appre-
hension that delay in the consumma-
tion of :peters would have an injurious
effect upon industries in America 'end
ithe, allied eountrie's, "
COLD, CALCULATED.
HE : ,TLLSSNE S
Germans Assembled Civilians
Under White Flag and
Opened Fire.
'-A despatch from the British -Am-
erican Armies in the Field says: In-
etances of German mistreatment of
the civil population of villages in
France which,were recently taken by
the British -American armies ete'num-
eraus, but perhaps :none shows' the
cold and calculated heartiessness.,of
the enemy :than the following story,
which was related to the:correcpond-
ent by one of •the inhabitants of the
little town of St. Soupiet,'near St.
Quentin. e ,
An' attack 'by the "British and
American forces was impend ng, „The
Germans expected it, end informed
the population that if they gather,•ed
in the local church and put up a
white sheet as: a flag, they rtouldbe•
spared• by the advancing .allied, troops.
They did so. The Germans soon. geee
driven out by the British and Amer;
icans. When they reached a'point of
vantage, however, they turned their.
guns on, the church. Several persons
were lulled and many wounded.
When the Allied troops entered the
village they found the 1p7rch shatter -
04, .the occupants terrified, apd many
• of their number lyig prostrate ,on
the,
floor, dead or wo'finded.
GRAND FLEET CELEBRATES
SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE
A despatch from London says:'A
marvellous night scene was witnessed
off' the Scottish coast when the Grand-
Fleet
randFleet celebrated the armistice. On
80 -mile line warships of , every des-
cription were simultaneously, illumin-
ated. Myriads of sirens. blew of cre-
sting an awesome sound.. Hundreds
of 'searchlights played, fantastically.
Fireworks and star shells were light-
ed. The celebrations, after lasting
an hour, ceased as suddenly as they
began.E
STARFOR ALL WHO SERVED
IN WAR PRIOR TO 1916
A despatch from London says: In
the House of Common's, on Saturday,
e J. L MacPherson announced that it
had been agreed that a star similar
to the 1914 star, but dated 1914-15,
should be given to all naval men and
marines who had served on warships
at sea prior to Decefnber 31, 1915,
soldiers to all and members of the
air forces who had served in the war
theatres prior to the same date. No-
body will receive a 1914-15 star as
well as a 1914 star,
"The Fatal Lotter Which Started The Warr -Now' Tisza is dead fro n
the Veiled of an assassin and the Kaiser wishes that the letter had mover
been written. .
—0 ---
BELGIAN
-
BELGIAN KING -WILL ENTER
BRUSSELS ON NOV. 23
A despatch from Paris says:—The
entry of the King acid Queen of Bel-
gium into Brussels has been pest -1
pond. The solemn event probably,
will take place November 23, coincid-e
ing with the re -opening of the Bel -1
gian chambers. Meanwhile special.
trains are being organized for the'
transfer of. the Belgian admiinestra-
tion and :diplenrautic bodies.
A Paris despatch Wednesday said
King Albert and his family intended
to re-enter Brureels on Fn:day.
REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED
IN' AUSTRIA -HUNGARY
A despatch from Londdri says: A
republic has been proclaimed in Aus-
tria-Hungary, according to a Vienna
despatch, received by way eft Zurich,
published in Le Journal.
WILL .ADMINISTER
ALSACE-LORRAINE
A despatch from Paris says: Leon.
Siben, Advocate -General to the Paris
Court of Minnie. Inns been appointed
piem.ier of for the provinces
of Alsace and Lorraine,
CltlrWnt Pftitllln;i 4ea TIO , el)alt.
A ` deeltititc'slr'ff.git 'Ottawa • says
De'tail's of the plans under which,
Gpfirlltl2ot1i;H pKd, , tt' 9 ,1 pd ,,.ver•'P'
0632 'will be demobilize and;.tettuttal
ed to eiiril life were diecu,ased"' Int
the cabinet committee on r00000teeee
to-4rid,i#lhafelelMttiritt`•And 440; isriji
officials in .Denforenew and 1:Y•;, the
ini's'trl s,:iii. Ntiupcjli, The problem
which 'will in • thse neat i'ntui'e;5,.eoife
hoot theCgverriment involves, first,
:Process, ;ti;f tr'anSP'ss,'tlnir
the men and discharging them from
the army, rated secondly, -their as-
i?1J''a girt in..;'t11q andustrial life of
the' country. :.len . he: eolution of the
problem three departments are eon-
corned: the Department of'' Militias,
the. Department of ,Soldiers' Cavil Re-
establishment, and the Soldiers' Land
Settlement Board, a -branch of tllp
Interior Department, That being 'so;
the Government is, it is understood,
appointing a committee whose duty
will be to en -ordinate the action of
these various bodies.
Steps are being taken to ascertain
the previous -occupations of the Sol-
diers, arrangements which any of
them have made to return to their
formere'mploythent, and the prefer-
ences they may have as to their fu -
time place in civil life. S'imulta'ne-
40 000 000 ' lla_q O LE owes, there will be created agencies
Irdposs hie to, •§eild Relief to
'ntral #psis
A despatch from Watlrington says:
—,Relief for the suffering millions in
Bolshevik -controlled Central Russia
furnishes a' problem which the allied
and''Arneerieen Governments: have as
yet been unable to solve. In fact,
one official says; that not even a Me-
thod of solution had been determined
01.1011.
2)03w rge :lel ae errcticaliv
certain tht; it Will be repoctib]•e to
get feed to the '40,000000 people in
this territory, tine vjizner. With toed
new scarce anctanarehy ranepant, of-
ficials here fear that famine is inevi-
table, and that the toll of death may
reach astounding figures.
Officials 'said that conditions in
Siberia and Northern Russia were
rapidly improving, while in Bessarar
bia and Ukrainia, good order is being
maintained, The Ukrainians are
said to have virtually cleared their
country of Germans, while Beesarae
bio, by a plebiscite, has determined
to become a part of Rumania.
PRICE OF VICTORY PAID
BY CANADA'S SONS
A despatch from Ottawa says: Over
55,000 Canadian soldiers have 'laid
down their lives in the war, accord-
ing to official figures just issued here.
Total casualties received here to Nov,
18th are given as 213,268,ean aggre-
gate which will likelybe increased
wing to the fact that the troops of
he Dominion were engaged in heavy
fighting at Mons up to the last min-
ute of the fighting and reports of the
latest casualties are still being 're-
ceived at Ottawa.
, The official figures follow:
Killed in action, 35,128; died of
wounds, 12,048; died of disease, 3,409.
Total known dead,'60,585. .
. Presumed dead, 4,620; missing, 842.
Total, 5,462.
Wounded, 154,86I; prisoners of war,
2,860.
Total casualties, 218,268.
KILLING GERMS IN BOOKS
Simple Apparatus Used in Conduct-
ing the GasAttack.
Almost the first thing to ,meet the
Ygi
eyes of French h ienists in their
y
war -time campaign for protecting
the younger generation was their
old enemy, the circulating book, well
known as a carrier of disease. The
many obvious solutions of the pro-
blem showed, one disadvantage: while
killing the germs they destroyed the
book also.
For the method perfected by Dr,
Marsoulan, and now practised in the
Institute for Wounded and Infirm
Workmen at Montreuil, it is claimed
that for one-fourth of a cent for
each book, and with safety to op-
erators, books can be sterilized with-
out the slightest injury. Two pieces
of very simple apparatus' aro used:
a beater and a disinfoctor.
The, beater is a long box open at
one end and communicating at the
other with an ordinary stove. In•
side the beater are wooden rods so
arranged that the turning of a handle
will cause then to strike on the books
placed on a sliding frame. As the
rods beat the books, the heavier par.
titles' of dust fall out into a tray of
disinfectant below, and the lighter are
envied by an exhaust fan to a stove,
when they are burnt.
The books are hung, open, by
spring clips from, a skeleton frame-
work, and wheeled into the disinfect-
ing chamber, which is equipped with
a. tank containing a solution of for-
maldehyde. Tho temperature is
raised to 120 deg. F., the formalde-
hyde kills the germs. and the fumes
are carried ott by it funnel,
whereby the Central Government
May be kept ,luformed;of opportunities
in different parts of ,the countryi?,lfor
the absorbtion oa returned soldiers
into ]nclustry. The .effort then will
be se to regulate the release of men
from the army time the labor market
miay no( become.congestecl.
In coimeetio'ri`with the military spro-
cess of demobilization, it is . under-
stood that the troops in Canada will
be first disbanded. Of these there
•32,'e some. 40,000' on duty, 10,000 in
hospitalis, .,and 16,000 ;whe have been
freed from nii'itvey ;service. . Move-
tnznt of ieeelide:l soldiers in hos-
pital Wes- freer England to Canada
sen' eenti10se a ntwin$the year's''rf
,,
War. uoatii e other 'crooFs ..'from
overseas;'` •moreover; nmemy be beets -
ported to this country before many
months lrave; namd•
G,
A."FR E QITIZEN'"O RliS8*A:�•''
An Incident Whleh',itluattates a Rue-
aian'a Idea -of iiFreedomei
The Russians were so long unac-
quainted with a reasonable degree of
freedom that it not,astouisbi1ft;t1'ar
sines the revolution they often, ei'$ry
their newfound "liberty" to deteerrie
lepgt er A member ofthe first'' t1-
can Railway ' Commisaion to . .' sia
tells, in 'the journal entitled Russlit an
amusing incident that he observed.:,-
While
bserved. "While walking along the Never y '
Prospect in Petrograd one morn' es ;we
saw, he; revs, aline of street esroe-that
had evdently been blocked in ;gent
of the foremost car was' a croii,d.of
riepple, .As we enteeed the creilid eve
saw a man standing on the tratir nd
arguing with the motarMaur ' ."the
motorman 1055 pleading' with Arlin to
get Off the track so that he could" pro-
ceed with
ro-ceed,with his• c tr and the inan;','tgas
zr}antalning that :Russia was • a free
country, that he had just" as numb.
right- on the track as'the mar had, end
that he did not intendto move ends
he wee personally inclined to do'lies
A number of soldiers looked on,.but
no one attempted to remove the elan
froth the track,"and. neither the m0-
terman nor the conductor attempted
to move the car, brit rosor1ced solely
to moral suasion, - The argument that
finally induced theman to move was
to the effect that the motorman was;
a bard -working man and had to get to'j
the car barn; the longer he washeld,;
there the longner it would take Trim"
to get through his work,' and would.
not his brother workman please get,
off the track so that he could got the;
ear to the barn? With that the "free
citizen"' politely bowed; 'folded his
arms and moved off the track, the,
crowd dispersed and the cars went on'
their way.
-0
WAR MAKES THEM BIG 1
Important Battles Have Made Small'
Villages Famous,
War brings into prominence many
places small and insignificant in them -
solves. The names of tiny villogoa
like Givenchy and Messines for in.
stance, will live for all time in. the ,
history books of the future, v
Similarly, Blenheim, the seen o$.j
Marlborough's most famous victory,
Is but 'a hamlet of some half-dozen
houses straggling along the Bavarian
bank of the Danube,
Waterloo is a small place, with few.,
er than 4,000 inhabitants, Austerlita,
where Napoleon defeated the combine i
ed armies of Austria and Russia, fella
into the same category, Agincourt-e,i t
or Azincour, to give it the modern!
spelling -is s mere hamlet of a el
l umdr souls, So are Fontenot' err '
Malplaquet.
Abu Idea, where, in 1885, 1,500 Eel*'
tish troops defeated 15,000 of tlt t
Mandi's picked warriors, is a Sauna
shackle collection of Arab huts e111e*e,
tered around a roup o <tivo,
MafekingColonso, Stormberg, Mie
ersfonteln anti' Paardeherg, plati@l
famous to the South Aftricail Warr, aF
quite unimportant villages apart fro
thehistorical vents associated d d'
1t.
them.