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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-01-25, Page 2O ». McTA,GG.\RT 1I. D. MoTAQGAR' aa - art Bros. t. -..RANI+ /RE --1e+ 2 Oh`NFRAI, BANNING 111161 IQA'ss TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED INTEREST ALLOWED ON 1* POSITS GALE NOTES run. CHASED. - 11. T. H A N C E' -- NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVF.T- ANCER, FINANCIAL, REAL FSTATR AWi) FIRE TNSC7R• ANCE AGENT. REPRESENT INC;♦ 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. DIVISION t'OURT CFPICB, CLINTON. RRYI/ONE. ISA RRIST1Cn. SOLTC1'PO/!. NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Office— Sloan Block—CLINTON $. G. CAMERON N.C. BARIS'!`ER, SOLIOITOIt. CONVEYANCER, ETC Office on Albert Street oeauPed b) Mr• Hooper. In Clinton on every Thursday. and on any day for which age, porntm•ente are made. Office boors from 9 a.m. to 0 p.m. A good vault in connection with the office. Office open every week -day. Mr. Hooper will slake any appointments Lor -Me. Cameron. acneni.I:t9 11. DALR, Conveyancer, Notary Publls', Commisinonor, Eta- REAL ta.)t AL ESTATE, and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licenses HURON STI:EET. ••- CLINTON ens. GUN N Jc 0AN1)itta Dr. W. Guns. L.R.C.P., C.B., Edin. Dr. J. C. Gaudier, B.A„ M.B. Oce—Ontario St., Clinton. Night Galls at rer,ideoce, Rattenbury St., or at Hospital. OR. C. W. THOMPSON • PIISVICIAN, tiURuEON, ETD. Special attention given to dis- eases of the Eye, Ear. Noss sod Throat. Eyee carefully examined and east. able ¢Iassee prescribed fMflee and residence. 2 doors west of the Commercial Hotel. Huron Se, . GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of If :iron. tiorrespondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be Grade for Salt . Date at Tha Dewe -Record. Clinton, or by calling Phone 13 on 157. Charges moderato and eatiefactios frnaranrerd There is a Cold Day Coming Why hot prepare for it by ordering your winter supply of Lehigh Valley oai. None hater in the world. House Phone 12. Office Phone 3. Poe J. HOLLOWAY The NeKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company Head once, Seaforth, Ont. DIRECTORY 1 reaideut, James Connolly, (lo013011 ; Vine., James Evans, Beechwood ; Sec.•Treasurer, Thos, E, Iiays, 8ea- t'orth, Directors t George McCartney, Sea - teeth ; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth ; J. G. Grieve, Winthrop ; Wm, Rhin, Seaforth ; A. Mclllwen, Brucefield Robert Ferris, Harleou. Agents : Alex, Leitch, Clinton ; J. W. Leo, Goderiell ; :fid. Hinohley, Sea. Sortb ; W. Chesney, Egmondvflle ; R, S. JLrmuth, Brodhngen. Any money to be paid in mute be paid to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Goderlch. Parties desiring to effect insurance or transact other husihess will be promptly attended to on application to any of Who above officers addresse 1 to their respective post omoe:. Losses ieepeoted by the director who lives nearest the scene, GR AND ` .DUNK SY'S *TIME TABLE...-. Trains will arrive at and depart t'rom Olinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND GODEIRICH DIV. Eloing East, depart 'T.88 a,m. 1a r' 2,68 exit. " to Stratford 5,1.5 p,m. Goitlg West, ar. 11.00, dp. 11,07 tn, " " depart 1.85 p.on. rc '+ ar. 0.82, tip, 6.45 p,» " departs 11.08 pan, LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV, Dole" South, ar, 7,88r d t. 8,05 06 p,tu, Y' departs 4,15 Pete , Poing North, err, 10.80, dp, J1,00 a.m, ae cc departs 0,40 pen, Nearly everyone has ripping, twine -he ,danhee at times, Disorder (totem-. lolilmluurtCheer ipp he real r iio8—t hambe lain'• Stomach and I,1Ver'3ebtete, They put, the 80=01 and bows ttiphE. A11 drussSto, 260„ or by mall from 9 Chamberlain Medicine Go., Toronto Fertilizer We carry a Complete Stock of Stone's Natural Fertilizer.; No better on the market, Hay We pay at ail seasons the hlirhest market prices for Hay for baling Seeds American Feed Corn, Red Clo- ver, Aleike, Timothy and Alfalfa. FORD & McL.IOD CLINTON. How is Vow. Cutlery Supply ? Tou know that Jewelry Store Cutlery is out of the com- mon class. At treat, OURS is. It carries a distinctiveness -- so air of superiority, that comes from being made with the greatest care and nt• moat skill from the highest. priced materials. L you cao use some of this Cutlery in your home, you Rill be proud of it every time you see it on the table. Carvers, cased, 83 00 up- linivee, Forks and Spoaoa, 81.00 doe. up. Emcee and Forks, steel, whits handles, 83.00 doz. tip iet us chow you our Cutlery line Let us tell you more about why it is the most desirable that you can put your money into. j�,gp (��p t . W. R. COURTER-- di:t4ELLff and IStli E11 el MARRIAGE LICENSES. "News -Record's" New Clubbing Rates For 1917 WEEKLIES. 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Express Order or Registeredletter and address G. E. HALL, Publisher News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. k HELPFUL LPFI1 r ee.L1) r.s tl We arc now ready to show you a beautiful stock of Christ- mas Goods. Ebony Brushes, Mirrors and Manicure Pieces and Sets. Ivory Brushes, Mirrors, Mani- cure Pieces and Sets, Jewel Cases, Hair Receivers; Trays, , kite, Anew stock or up-to-date handbags. Gillette Atito Strop anti Ever - Ready Safety Razors and Shav- ing Brushes. Itodelte and Albums, P(ick- ega Perfumes in a variety of pleasant odors. Beautiful new, goods at the Rexail Store W. . S . R. Moines STARVATION NEAR IN GERMANY ADMITTED BY DIET LEADER) Town Dwellers Are Extreme Sufferers ---The Situation. is Rich. in Deprivations, A despatch from. London aaytol Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent gives the following; excerpts from the opoeeh of Dr. Von Heydebrand, the Conservative leader, who favors a more unrestricted use of submarines, before the Prussian Diet: "Oar economic situation is rich , in deprivations and sacriflees. We maY calmly state this bog ase it is known abroad what we are' now compelled to demand from our population." Then, says the correspondent, de- claring that the rural populations must matte greater sacrifices than previously. Dr, Ileydebrand added: • t'The rural popfTation is not yet imbued with the eoes0110017oes of the 1ree118 of this great time, The reply of the Iiintente powers to President Wil- son ought to be .placarded in all com- munes, so that the people may recog- nize whatwill confront them if the war is lost. "The town populations are suffering grievously. It is sad •to see how long women have to wait for a couple of potatoes, and how, for thesimplest necessaries,town dwellers meet pay absolutely exorhibant •prices, These prices must also continue for a long time after the war." 110,000 DEAD FROM HUNGER UNDER SHADOW OF MT. LEBANON At Beirut the Starving Fall in the Streets and Are Carted Away —Relief Sent by the Pope.. A despatch from Rome says In- formation has been received by the Congregation of the Propaganda, the Fide Vatica states, that 110,000 peo- ple died of hunger in Mount Lebanon ldistrict of Syria. At Beirut the starv- ing fallin the streets and are carted away. The Pope has sent a large sum of money to the Apostolic Delegate at Constantinople for distribution in Syria. SICK BELGIANS IN CATTLE TRUCKS STARVATION FARE IS METED OUT AT SOLTAU CAMP. Horrible Treatment by the Germans Of Those Who Refuse To Work. The London, England, office of the Belgian Ministry of Justice has given out the story of 11,000 Belgian de- portees who. at Settee refuse to work for the Germans. According to the "information from occupied Belgium it appears that some Belgian deportees who were ill lied. been sent back to their homes, On their return to Sol - tau one morning', finding these persons were nearly dying, the Germans hud- dled 70 of them intocattletruck at- tached a goods train, and one after another as the train passed the dis- tricts whence they had been taken they were made to get out. Sonia took three days tnul nights to get to their destination, although in ordinary tines the express train takes six hours in the journey from Soltau to Brussels. The only care they received during the journey was that they oc- casionally were given bread and wa- ter, and they arrived at their homes emaciated and coughing,' most of them having doubtless developed tu- berculosis. They were received with tears, and seemed to their families and friends but the ghosts of those who had returned. Some described their adventures and the descriptions agree in all points, giving conclusive proof of their veracity, For food they were given at Soltau camp in the morning a decoction of boiled acorns only; at noon half a litre (about a pint) of soup, ,composed mostly of water, some turnips, carrots and shrimps, without bread. or potatoes; at 3 o'clock 250 grammes (about half a pound) of black bread, bad and often mouldy; in the evening half a litre of the same soup as at noon, sometimes containing bran and maize. Horrible Fare. On this abominable diet even the strongest 'declined in health and be= came weak not long after fall, g seri- ously ill and succumbing. Some died every day. Two went mad during the first week: These unfortunate men were so tormented by hunger that in the. evening they would creep into tate kitchen like. thieves and collect the parings of potatoes, intended solely for the German staff, -and turnip and carrot skins, which they .would eat raw. One workman, -tired of his mis- ery, attempted to escape and was brutally killed. He was shot .and fin- ally despatched with bayonets, In spite of such martyrdom the Men still refused to work. The most tempting- offers emptingotters were made to therm of good food and high wages, but the great majority preferred to face hunger and death. Various methods Were adopted in order. to obtain the consent, of, the men to work. One day forty artisans were taken awsty and a week later, when they returned, they told their comrades they had been taken to the Clinton News - Record CLINTON, ON'PARTO. Terms of subteriptieu—$1. 1201' your, in edvnnnee; 81.50 may be charged 1? not so paid; No paper dlscou- tinned until ail strrenrs 11141' paid unless at the option of, the pub. Halter, The date to which every subsG1'lption is paid 58 denoted on tbe:•lebel, Advortielcig Rates --- Transient. ad- vortIsemeaats, 10 refits per non- pareil lino for Orsi timertlon and 4 cents per lino For each :lobate quant insertion. Small advertise• menie not to exceed One ineb, such as "Lost; „Strayed," or "Solon," eke, Inserted once for 85 00111.0, 11.514 each en)rsegre:en itt- gertiOn 20 cents, t',ol»,irtlrllel11i0lts intended for Intl• s Vuitton must, as a guarantee of goad- Fatah, be •iccOntptnitod hi• the mime of the writer, 0, 1.. l iLL, Proin'ictor, Frnnetso, rt disttrlce of 8,890 miles, Grand Duchy of Baden, where they were given abundant and exceeding food for a couple of days and then in- formed that they would receive the same amount every day if they would consent to work. On their refusal they were sent back to Soltau, re- maining 84 hours in a cattle truck without food and without being able to get out. A Disguised Recruiting Officer. Among the men who appeared at the camp was one dressed as a ser- geant of the 8th Belgian Regiment of the line, who in excellent French and Flemish harangued them, telling them they were stupid to endure such sufferings. No one would be grateful to them for it. The middle classes of Belgium were still living luxuriously. The Government at Havre did not care what happened to them and would take no steps to intervene on their behalf, because it was common knowledge that the deportees would do nothing contrary to their patriotic feelings in accepting peaceful work for Germany and so on. Later -the deportees discovered that this indi- vidual was a German recruiting ser- geant disguised. There are 11,000 Belgian deportees et Soltau, who re- fuste to wont for the Germans. PRISONERS NUMBERED NEARLY HALF MILLION A despatch from London says :— More than 428,000 officers and men were taken prisoners by the Russians during the past year and 525 guns captured, according to the Russian service organ, as quoted in a Geintral News despatch from Petrograd on Friday. The journal closes its re- view of the war operations during- the year with the following approximate figures of men and booty taken: Of- ficers, 8,770; men 420,000; guns, 525; machine guns, .1,601; trench mortars and mine -throwers, 421. Moro than 80 per cent of the foregoing was yield- ed by the operations of General Brus- siloff, {. AMERICANS ANXIOUS TO ESCAPE THE TURKS A despatch from Washington says: —More than 1,000 Americans have petitioned Ambassador Elkus at Con- etaninople to get theist out of Syria and Palestine. The Ambassador cables the State 'Department that the original estimate of 800 has more than trebled since the Turkish military authorities acceded to strong repres- sentatione by the State Department thea American citizens be allowed to to leave. CANADIAN IMPORTS - FROM UNITED STATES. A despatch from Washington says: Canadian importers are purchasing in the United States five times as much goods as they are taking fr001 the United Kingdom, as shown in statis- tics made public on Friday by the Bu- reau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce. This country's sales to Can- ada in the last fiscal year were valued at $370,000,000 against $77,870,000 supplied by the British Isles, and the total imports Wel'e ,just: $508,000,000. The United I{.ingdom continues to be the largest purchaser of Cenadfan peod0cts. • INCORPORATE .LEAGUE TO AID SOLDIERS A despatch from Ottawa, says:— An organization to be known a the Khaki League will apply to Parlia- ment this session for incorporation. It proposes to look after the welfare of soldiers and sailors of the British Empire tool allies, estnbli,{ih hospitals, etc. - Juvenile I.,ngic. It was 6t a private entertainment, and a lady lied hist risen from thepfnno, "Would you like to be able to sing and play as :I do, dear?" she queried ar n little five-year-old hiss, "No, ma'alil," was the unexpected ply. "Aral why nut?" linked the lady, "Cause," explained time small ob- eyer, "I wouldn't like to have peo- ple say emit horrid things about Inc," ".rhe longest telephone wire in 'the wot'lcl riles fr0111 New Yorlk to San Mee. Weidorf Astor, who is indefatigable in her work at Cliveden Canadian Hospital on the Thames; which she donated early in the war. Her, husband, son of Lord Astor, formerly of New York, hag been appointed it Parliamentary sec- retary by, Lloyd George. She was one, of the Langhorne sisters, famous Vir- ginia beauties. EXPERT WRITES OF MACHINE GUNS INTERESTING SKETCH OF TUE • IIISTORY OF MODERN GUNS. Ilow the Various Models in Present Use Vary in Points of Excellence. One of the things which Germany knew before the war and which the Allies did not know was the part.that machine guns would play in the strug- gle. Therefore the Germans had twenty times as many machine guns on the front as their enemies, and the machine guns did more for their early successes than the famous howitzers which battered down the Belgian forts in the early days of their advance. Fortunately, machine guns were eas- ily made; the Allies' learned the les- son, and now are supposed to have as many machine guns, if not more, than Germany. Perhaps the bravest men in the German ariby are the ma- chine gunners. Whether leading an advance or defending a retreat they aro a veritable forlorn hope, and.time and time again instances have been reported of German machine gunners refusing to surrender even though they saw certain death awaiting them. They are ns savage at they are des- perate, and have been known again and again to turn their fire on their own wounded, and also to sweep with murderous blasts those of their com- rades who held their hands up shout- ing "kamarad." The Early Mitrailleuses. In La Revue des Deux Mondes Cap- tain Ilenri Carre, of the French army, had written an article upon German and French machine guns, which is translated in Current History. He points out that the mitrailleuse; which is the common name of the ma- chine gun in France, is.really a mis- nomer, because the word designates grapy shot, by- which was meant the scraps of iron with which cannon were formerly charged. The first weapon with several barrels—and it was from a multi -barreled weapon that the machine gun was evolved—was thought of in the fourteenth century, and was made by the simple expedi- ent of fastening several light guns to- gether parallel to each other: It was not until the nineteenth century, however; that any ,marked progress teas made along this line, and then by a Belgian, who devised a weapon of fifty barrels, each about the size of a rifle barrel, assembled parallel to each other in a prismatic bundle.; This gun could • fire one hunched bullets a minute, and its range was about a mile and a quarter. Maxim the Real Inventor. f d t c 11 ri b a m 0 of m t m The next step was the invention o he Gatling gulf, with six or ten bar els, a crank turned by hand provid ng the motive power, and another evelopment was the so-called "belle ninon" of France, a bundle o:5 25 arrois containing twenty-five cart- ages arid capable of discharging 150 ullets a minute to a range of a mile nd a half. None of the weapons 0ntloned was automatic. All were panted by hand power.': The honor inventing the modern machine gun ust be awarded to Sir Hiram 141axi.m, he produced his first practicable odeli» 1882 after having spent a tremendous cum In experiments. All modern =chine gums have taken the Maxim as a model. The French army has three types of machine gen, and it is that called the Saint -Etienne that Capt. Carre describes. The power to explode the bullets and move the cartridge -belt is obtained by drawing gas from. the barrel through it hole 4.8 millhnetres in diameter, the gas entering a cylinder called the gas chamber and later escaping to the air 'by appropriate apertures, The piston at the enol of its movement is driven Wei: by as spring. It 1s a to-tuul-fio movement, which brings about the complete action of the weapon. It can be fired at; any rate, either at rlallid fire or at a speed reguiated by a else - alai apparatus which permits all rates front ten to 500 shots a minute, Fi'gocK v. G,1rlititn Ciu,,s. In one notable respect does this gun differ f1on1 the popular German ma chine gun. Ii,has no water -jacket for cooling purposes, with the revolt that the barrel gats exceedingly hot whorl fired rot a high rate, But since the barrktf is made 0f .special manganese steel, tile ballistic ]m 1 ' tios of the gun are not impaired even when the barrel is glowing red, Tho 51011 ds fixed en a tripod told can be fired with the gunner either 'sitting en fm enddle or lying on leis Miele .'±he Proneh ,gun is carried 1n Parte'and on the road ie conveyed on peek seddlol1 pr in carts. AL the front it is carried by soldiers,. The barrel of the Gerniali gun j0 surrounded by a metal sleeve filled with water for cooling purposes; but when the grail becomes hot the water begins, to boil, steam escapes, and the aim' 0f T.obssul'ec, steam alsothe 1101.1gunn0178er 8 the pm'ea0ncol-0fThe mho gtln, andQQapt,, Carre says that on many occasions the Germans have sought to draw away enemy fire by generating steam by means 0f damp grass to imitate mho boiiing 100011100 gun. The German gun can fire 400 shots a minute, It can be carried either 051`0 man's back, or by cart or automobile, It is not packed by horses or mules. Capt. Carre says that in the German Mercedes auto- mobiles,,' manufactured in time of peace there were certainnuts fixed in the chasis, the purpose of which no- body could explain. It has been learned eines that the ears were con- structed so that they might be fitted with Maxim guns, How the Bullets Fly, It is probable that of all the various models of machine gun now being used at the front one does not stand out, Ono excels in one point; one' in another. For instance, the cooling jacket of the German gun, as said. discloses its presence when the .gun gets hot. One fires faster than an- othez',, but after a certain point this expert says, nothing is gained by ex- treme Speed, since there is rarely jus- tification for firing for more than a minute at one target. Theoretically a weapon on a fixed support should send all its shots along the Same path. In practice this 14 not so, because of the concussions of the gun. Each bullet takes its own curve, and the ensemble makes a sheaf, closely pack- ed but very narrow, which is properly compared to the stream of water dis- charged'from a hose. In the mowing fire, which is the normal fire, a cer- tain number of sheaves is juxtaposed along the whole front of the objec- tive. From this it results that at the pdint at which they strike the earth, the density of bullets is terrible, and an extraordinary effect of destruction on unsheltered men is produced, WONDERFUL MEMORIES. People Who Find It Impossibl To Forget. CATARRH LEADS TO CONSUMPTION Catarrh is its mnunh :a bleed disease aft scrofula or rlienmati$p', It may be relieved, but it cannot be removed by simply loos) treatment, It (mime.headache and dizziness, impairs the tate, smell and hearing, Wrests thg voice, deranges the digestion, en!! broalcs down the general health, It weakens the deiicete lung tissues and Wade to consumption, hood's Sarsaparilla goes to the seat of the trouble, purifies the blood,• and is so•euccessful that it is known ' as the best mecly for catarrh.. Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens and tones, the whole system. It builds up. Ask your druggist for I•Ioocl's . and insist on having it. There is nd real substitute. TAKE PRIZE SRIF TO GERMAN PORT Teutons Run Blockade With Captured British Steamer • Yarrowdale. A despatch from Berlin says 1---' The British steamer Yarrowdale was brought, into harbor on December 81 as a prise by a prize crewn, . of 10 me says an official statement -issued on Friday night, She carried 460 prise overs, the crews of steamers eentur'ed by a German auxiliary cruiser in the Atlantic Ocean. The prisoners on the Yarrowdalq were from one Norwegian and seven British vessels. The cargoes of the captured vessels, the statement adds, consisted principally of war materials for the Entente allies and foodstuffs, Three of the vessels sunk were armed British merchantmen. The bringing in of the Yarrowdale, the statement continues, had been kept secret for military reasons, but in view of the statement of the British' -Ads miralty on January 17, it wa,s deckled to make the news public, The prize crew of the Yarrowdale was commando ed by Deputy Officer Badewitz. FOE OVERTAKEN Impossible BY A DISASTER It is a common complaint about peo- ple that theyicannot remember things, but there are people in the world who seem unable to forget anything that has once entered their brain. The late First Lord of the Admir- alty, Mr. Winston Churchill, can tell the name, tonnage, and gun calibre of every ship in the Navy without refer- ring to any document. But tis memory is not equal to his father's. Lord Randolph Churchill could walk along the longest street in London—say, Oxford street—and then repeat the names of all the shop -signs in order, either way, on both sides, It is also said that he could repeat Ma- cauley's trick of reading a page of ads, from a newspaper and reeling them off from memory! The possession of a freak memory was revealed some time ago in a trial for robbery at Melbourne. The ac- cused man declared that when the crime was committed he was in the hut of a man named Lane hearhlg him re- cite Walpole's "01d English Baron," which ossupied two hours and a half in delivery. The jury disbelieved him, and Lane was called to prove that ho was capable of such a feat, This he did, and his friend was discharged. The blind hymn -writer, Fanny Cros- by, who immortalised herself with "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," was cap- able of the most amazing exhibitions of "inability to forget" On one occasion she Contracted to supply a publisher with ninety hymns. She composed forty-five of these, simply storing them in her memory without committing a word to paper. When she had finished the forty-fifth she began to dictate then, going right through without a pause. She then ,lid the same with the other forty-two, —London Answer's. 1 This Actually happened.. Caller—Is Mrs. Blank in? New Irish Maicl—No, ma'am, she's not at home, and may God forgive the awful lie I'm tonin' ye. (Slams the door.) Petrograd Says Floods Carry Away Bridges Over The Danube. A despatch from London says The RusseeRumtnian troops are eone tinuing their attacks along the west.. ern Moldavian front, but without quirked success. Berlin reports on Friday that attacks against height positions held by the Austro -German forces north of the Sushitza Valley were repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. In the valleys of the Trotus and Oitus the town of Oena and the vile lage of Berdalleshta, on the lateral !railroad behind the Russian front in southwestern Moldavia, were heavily bombarded on Friday by the Germans, apparently for the purpose of inter- rupting transportation. Aceording to the Wireless Press, Petrograd reports that "disaster had overtaken the Austro -Gelman arm" les.",The :despatch adds that the Danubbridge have been carried away by floods. Thele is confirma- tion for neither of these reports.. ic1 the official communications of to -day from Petrograd or Berlin. DRIED LIQUID EGGS IMI.''OltTED FROM CHINA. A despatch ffronm London says: As a result of the war the Times in a re. view of poultry inchnstr1r" ays an tree portant development has taken place, namely, in the Importation of dried liquid eggs mainly from China. In 1918 none were recorded, while last year the declared values were gilt 398,14L Prior to the war these went chiefly to Germany where they were used by confectioners and pastry coops. The dried eggs are remark- ably good, and contain no preserve.. tives. Liquid eggs in considerable quantities wore condemned and de- stroyed. The question of their use dee mends enquiry. MILK, BEER AND BREAD FAMINE MORE PRONOUNCED IN BERLIN Many of the Breweries Have Closed Down Owing to the Great Shortage of Barley. A. despatch from Amsterdam says: The Berliner Tagcblatt says: "Beer is very scarce in Berlin. Bottled beer is almost unobtainable. The scarcity is due to the fact that the breweries have only the smallest quantity . of barley allotted to them. The Pilsen breweries have closed down. Re- staurant visitors receive only a mod- est quantity of beer at luncheon and dinner. The s)11111 quantity of bot- tled beer remaining is given to mon engaged in herd physical wont, The milk supply i8 further decreased in Berlin. Smell quantities are obtain» able in the evenings only, This is due to the fact, that the snowfall hail made farmers hesitate, in view of the scarcity of horses, to employ horses to take milk to the stations," The Tageblatt adds: "During the last fort. night time bread difficulties have also increased. Berlin tinkers say they ti -k cannot get potatoes, which they for. nol'ly used in hread-making, and can. not make flour go for enough wi1.hogt the potatoes." WILL SOON OBTAIN VICTORY OVER OUR DETESTED ENEMY • General Nivellc's Reply to Congratulations t''P.tnitt the Dover ',,'own Council. A (10apateh from London says,' Gem Nivelre, commander of 15'rrnel, .forces in Preece replying in' cou',.'ret:liniions 11,01115101''3ow11 1 nuin- 441'Or 1J0Ve1', Lclogrnpluel its Pelle n, "1 do not doubt for ti moment th.it Willi the a?tt+iet„are of the nlagtni0cent J -h ,lob army and its distinguished 11,1(5, Field Marshal Ilaig, wheel; iemi 1 have the honor to be, we shalt ".xn r'1 iai'n , emulate vietonty' over Dui' .1; termed enc'11ny.”