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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-02-01, Page 2d D. Me.TAQG'1? $1, P. MoTAGOAR`!I McTaggart Bros. -- BANKERlt---.. A � IENFRAG i3ANT(TNG 11171411 NITS TRANSAC'PED. NOTES DItCOU TED, DRAFTS -ISSUED INTEREST ALLowED ON DE POSITS SALE NOTES rUR CHASED. R. T. RA'1CC - NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- ANCER, FINANCIAL. ZEAL ESTATE AND ETRE TNRITR /INCE AGENT REPRESENT ING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES OIY1;4IOr COURT OFFICE, CLINTON. W. URYOONE, BARRiSTER. SOLICTTOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. Office- Sloan Sleek CLINTON R. G. CAMERON K.O. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. CONVEYANCER. ETC Office on Albert Street oceaped by Mr. Hooper. le OBotu i on every Thursday. sod on any day for which en- pulntmeete are made. Office hours from 9 arm to a p.m. A good vault in connection with the office Office open every weekday Mr. Hooper will. make any appointments for Mr. Cameron. CHARLES U, HALL Conveyancer. Notary Publ.* Commissioner, Etr.., REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licensee HURON STLEET. - CLINTON DRS. GVN14 & CARRIER Dr. W. Gunn. L.R.C.P., •L.R. C.S., Edin. Dr. J. O. Gaudier. B.A., M 13. Office -Ontario St., Clinton. Night: eslls at residence, Ratteabury St., or at H^spit& Off. C. W. THOMPSON I iSY1C'-AN, SURGEON. ETU. Special attention giver to dia- eases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Eyes carefully examined and snit. able elapses prescribed Office and residence. 4 doors west of the Commercial Hotel, Huron St, GEORGE y;LLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Baron. Corrs,>,;,andeneo promptly answered. lm,nealato arrangements eau be made for Balt . Date at: The News -Record, Oliaton, or by eailiug Phone 13 ea 157 Chores moderate and satisfactios enaranteed There is a Cold Bay Co lig Why not prepare for it by ordering your winter supply - of Lehigh Valley nal. None beter 1n the world. House Phone 12. Office Phone 3. A. J. HOLLOWAY The lieKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company .Bead office, Seaforth, Ont. DIRECTORY President, James Connolly, Goderloh ; Vice,, James Evans, Beechwood ; Sec. Treasurer, Thos. D. Bays, Sea. forth. Directors : George McCartney, Sea - forth ; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth • J. G. Grieve, Winthrop ; Wm. Rinn, Seaforth ; A. Mc]Swen, Bruoefeld ; Robert Ferris, Harlow:. Agents : Alex. Leitch, Clinton ; J. W. Leo, Goderich ; Ed. Hinchley, Sea- forth ; W. Chesney, Egmondville ; R, S. Jarmuth, Brodhagen. Any stoney to be paid in ma, be paid to Moorieh Clothing Co,,, 011nton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Goderieh, Parties desiring to effect insurance or transact other business will be promptly isetanded to on application to any of the above officers addresse 1 to theirrespective post office:. Losses Inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. • -TIME TABLE. - Trains will arrive at and depart £rola Clinton Station as follows; BUFFALO ANI! GODERICII DIV. Going East, depart t " fi {( Going West, depart " " ar. 6.82, dp. ' " depart 7.38 a,m. 2.68 p.m. 12.46 pat, 6.46 p.m. 11,28 pen. LONDON, HURON d. iinvom DIV, roiig South,art 7.88,d , 8,06 p,m, kk�..Lp C , Going North, depart 6,40 Pee. Fertilizer We carry a Complete Streelt of Stone's Natural Fertilizer. 114 better on the .market, Hay We pay at all seasons the highest market prices for Hay for baling, Seeds American Feed Corn, Red Ole. ver, Aiello. Timothy and Alfalfa. FORD & MCLEOD CLINTON. Clow is Your O&fiery Supply Toa know that Jewelry Store Cutlery is out of the eons• Mon class, At least, OURS iz. It earries a distinctiveness-- an air of superiority, that• comer front being made with the greatest care and ut- most skill from the highest• priced materials 11 you can nae some of this Cutlery inyour home, you will be proud of it every time you see it on the table. Carvers. cased, $8,00 np. Enives, Forks and Spoons, 81 00 doz. up. s Knives and Forks, steel, white handles. $3.00 doz. np. Let us show you our Cutlery lioe. Let no tell you more about why it ie the most desirable that yea eau pat your money into. ��. R. COUNTER JhWrELI1i and ISSUER of MA !IMAGE LIUilNtiES. "News -Record's" NOW Clubbing Rates For 1917 WE223 LIES. News -Record and Family Herald and Weekly Star 1.80 News -Record and Canadian Countryman 1.60 News -Record and Weekly Sun ... 1.86 News -Record and Farmer's Advocate 2.60 News -Record and Farm & Dairy1.85 News -Record and Canadian Farm 1.86 News-D..•cord and Weekly Witness 2.35 Sows Record and Northern Messenger 1.60 News -Record and Saturday Night, 3,50 News -Record and Youth's Com- panion 8.26 MONTHLIES. News -Record and Canadian Sports- man 3.26 News -Record and lippincot'o Maga- 3.26 DAILIES News -Record and World $8.60 Newb-Record and Globe 8.60 News -Record. and Mall & Empire. , 3.60 News -Record and Advertiser 3.60 News -Record and Morning Free Press 3.60 News -Record and Evening Free Press 8.60 News -Record and Toronto Star0.35 News-Itecar•d and Toronto News3.35 If what you want is not In this list let us know about 1t. We can supply you at less than It would cost you to send direct. In remitting please do so by Post - office Order, Postal Note, Express Order or Registered letter and address G. E. HALL, Publisher News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. A HELPFUL . .. ... 3e.. ...LIST... We are 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, Etc. A new stock of up-to-date handbags. Gillette Auto Strop and Ever - Ready Safety Razors and Shav- ing Brushes. Kodake and Albums. Pack- age Perfumes in a variety of pleasant odors. Beautiful new goods at the Rexall Stor. e W. S . R. Holmes Only One Obstaacle. A beautiful young lady interviewed a fortune-teller on the usual subjects. "Lady," said the clairvoyant, "you will visit foreign lands and the Courts of Kings and Queens. You will conquer all rivals and marry the man of your choice. He wi11 bo tail and dark and aristocratic looking;" "And young?" intet•i•upted the lady, "Yes, send very rich," The beautiful lac!er grasped the :fortune-teller's hand enc pressed them hard, "Thank you!" she said. "Now tell the one thing more, "Plow snail I get rid of, my preeeet husband? TEN GERMAN AEROPLANES DRIVEN DOWN BY THE BRITISH Successful Raids Were AMSo Carried Out East of Loos and North East of .VerimeUes. A, tieopatch from London saYs: British troops have carried out sue- cessful raids oast of Loos and north- east of.Vermelies, on the French front, says the official statement is-, sued from Britit4h headquarters Fri- day night, In aerial fights five Ger- man aeroplanes were destroyed and five others were damaged, Tho state- ment follows; "Enemy positions east of Loos were raided by us at daybreak Friday morning. The enemy suffered many casualties and a number of his . dug- outs wore bombed and destroyed, We captured 18 prisoners. We also en- tered the enemy's trenches north- west of Vert -smiles early'Fridaymorn- ing and again took several prisoners. "On Thursday our aeroplanee suc- cessfully bombed a number of places behind the enemy's lines. There were many air flights, in the course of which five German machines were de- stroyed, and five others were driven clown damaged. One of our aero- planes is missing." NATIONAL CIVILIAN SERVICE INTRODUCED IN BRITAIN Men Will Only be Called at Present; Women May Be Called Some Time Later. A. despatch from London says:- Neville ays;Neville Chamberlain is ready to launch a scheme of national civilian service. Immediately following an outline of the authoritative bulk of men requir- ed for the army to, bring the war to as speedy all end apossible that are to be found in munition works, coal mines, shipbuilding, transport work and agriculture an effort is to be directed to finding a sufficient number of substitutes for those who have been called to military eervice. At first volunteers will be called for. The rate of remuneration will be the stand- ard rate of pay„ for the job which the man sent received. There will not be a simultaneous appeal to men and wome9s- Only men will be appealed to at present. Women may be called later. The age limits, of men will be 16 and 60. It is not intended to take men . `already engaged -in work of na- tional importance. Volunteers will go wherever' the Director -General may ask them to go, but:volunteers will not be put to other occupations than those for which they volunteered. BEQUESTS OF FAMOUS PERSONS BEQUEATH THEMSELVES FOR CAUSE OF SCIENCE. Curious Instances of Great Men and Walnut Who Have Willed Their Bodies. Some pople are not content to be of use to their fellow -creatures in life. They take the only means in their power to be of use afte„death by be- queathing their bodies, or some part thereof, for medical dissection or pre- servation, says London Answers. The latest case of this sort was contained in the will of -Sir Victor Horsley, who died in Mesopotamia from heatstroke. He desired that within twenty-four hours after his death a post-mortem should be held, and that his brain and skull should be given to and preserved by the Neurological Society of London, and the remainder of his body should be given to the Museum of University College for the preparation of such specimens as the curator might fancy. But, though his is the latest case, it is by no means unique, That good story -teller, the late James Payn, tells how Marriet Martineau an- nounced her intention of leaving a certain scientist her ears. "But; my dear madam," sobserved her doctor, "you can't do that. It would make your other legacy worth -- less I" orth-lessl" . He refused to the fact that she had already willed her head to the Phreno- logical Society -for the sake of its "bumps" -and had left her doctor ten pounds for cutting it off and pack- ing itt • Naturally, doctors have been rather given to this sort of bequest. That odd creature, Dr. Monsey, of Chelsea, for instance, left his "mortal coil" for dissection, and it was actually Don't iet itrnn too long, it will lead to chronic indigestion. In the meanwhile you suffer from miserable, sick headaches, ner- vousness, depres- sion and sallow conplexion.Juettry CHAMBERLAIN'S STOMACH & LIVER TABLETS. They re- lieve fermentation, indigestion - gents but surely cleanse the system and keep the .stomach and Ilverin perfect running order. At all drorgbta, 25c., or by mall from 11 Chamberlain Medicine Co., Toronto •sussekee Climtori s- Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. Terms of suhsoription-$1 per year, in advance; $1.00 may bo charged 11 not so paid. No paper (Bscon- tinuod until all arrears are pall unless at the option of the pub. Usher, Tho date to which every subscription is paid is denoted on the label. A.dvorl.ieiirg Rates - Transient ad- vertieelnents, 10 cents per non- pareil line for first insertion and 4 cents pee 11Ito for each subse- quent insertion. Small advertise. meets not to exceed one inch, snob as' "Lost," " Strayed," or " Stolen,' eta„ tweeted once for 35 conte, and each subsegueet in- sertion 10 cents, Gotn.ni ofd ations intended for pub. 'cation must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the narno of the writer, G. E. HALL, 1'roprictor, carved up before the students ,of Guy's by his old friend, Mr. Foster, in spite of the old admonition: "Never cut a friend!" • Old Dr. Ellerby, a Quaker physi- cian, pretty well known in his day, went even further, for lie not only left his bpdy for dissection, but ex- horted all the doctors lie had left be- hind in this "wearyjworld" to do like- wise, telling them plainly that they ought to regard their dead bodies as "the property of surviving brethern." Heart of Louis XIV. When Louis XIV. died his heart was removed, embalmed, and preserv- ed. At the Revolution this gruesome relic passed into the possession of an English nobleman. One day he showed it to Dean Buckland, who, like his more famous son, Frank Buckland, was an ardent naturalist, and asked the old roan if he thought the thing was genuine. The dean's favorite test was by taste. The heart was small and shivelled, and the good dean actually .swallowed it accidentally! The dean was interred 'some years later in Westminster Abbey, which therefore contains more Rcyal remains than people generally suppose! A curious story went round some years ago about Gambetta's eye. He had his right' eye removed by the famous De Wecker, and had a glass optic 11. its place. One of De Weck- er's pupils who assisted at the opera- tion took- possession of the eye, and sealed it in a bottle. Presently Gam- betta became tha most talked -of man in Europe and the darling of the French, and the one -tine student sold his eye to an American millionaire for a very fancy price. He had an eye for a good bargain! Visitors to the Museum of Univer- i sity College, the institution to which Sir Victor Horsley bequeathed his body, find already in its possession, the skeletons of Jeremy Bentham and Dr. Southwood.' So they aro quite rich in celebrities. And everybody knows that the mighty skeleton of the _. Irish Giant was bequeathed to the Museum of Trinity College, Dublin, i where it is still on show. Tolstoi's Will. Tolstoi didn't seem to care a hang what they did with him when he was gone. Here is a bit of his will, and, as he i., the most famous, perhaps, of • all Russians' it is of particular in - Merest at present: 1 "Bury me where die; if in town, then in the cheapest cemetery, in the cheapest coffin, like a pauper. No flowers, no wreaths, no speeches, with- out priests or liturgy is, possible; hut, if this is distasteful to those burying me, bury me according to custom, with liturgy, but as cheaply and sim- ply as possible." A good many of Tolstoi's country- men have had cheap burial since then, but they have, like onr own brave lads, bequeathed their bodies in the best sense to their country that upon dbuilt.iem the Temple of Freedom may be ea - WAR FOOD FLOWER BEDS. Convalescent Hontes Plant Gardens in 1?otntoas, Sir Alfred Mond, the First Commis- sioner of Works, London, England, is setting; an example to local authorities in dealing promptly with food produc- tion in parks and open -spaces. with the King's approval he has given in- structions for the grounds of the Con- valescent Horne for Officers of the Navy and Army, at Osborne, Isle of Wight, to be planted with potatoes. Before the war those portions of the grounds open to the public, not- ably the Swiss Cottage gardens, were a blaze of color all the summer, Very little gardening has been done since, but the decision of the Fleet Com- missioner of Works cannot :fail to be an object -lesson in the use of idle ground. Worcester Cathedral schoolboys during the Christmas holidays dug up the Cathedral close, an acro -plot, whose ancient elnis were blown Clown last year. It's hard wont patting to the top of the ladder, but It's often 'harder work to stay there: Viscountess Combcrmere 0110 of England's beautiful women. This is her most recent photograph.. s WHY FLAGS ARE CREMATED. Destroyed or Interred to Avoid An Ignominious End. Regimental flags aro sometimes cremated. The ceremony is perform- ed with great pomp and circumstance, and the ashes are afterwards pre- served with the most scrupulous, care in a box, They are sometimes buried, too -- and' buried with full military honors, This fate has befallen sets belonging to -among others -the Ring's Own Scottish Borderers and the 2nd Bat- talion Worcestershire Regiment, says London Answers. Why these cremations and burials? The reason ia not far to seek. Britain is the only country in the world which permits its historical flags to find their wary to the "pop -shop," or the auction -room; and flags are con- sequently occasionally destroyed or`in. terred in order that they may avoid this ignominious end. Some time ago the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment recovered from a pawnbroker in far -distant York no fewer than four flags, which it had borne with great honor and dis- tinction for fifteen years through the Egyptian and Peninsular campaigns. And if you should chance to visit the parish church at Kendal, you will there find a pair of the old colors of the 2nd Battalion Border Regiment. They were rescued by Lord Archibald Campbell from an upholsterer in Lon- don, who had put them up for sale with no more respect than he would have had for a pair of old window - curtains. But even this fate is preferable to that which befell a flag which for three years waved above the 39tH Foot during the famous siege of Gibraltar, and which was not long ago found covering the sofa -cushions of a trades- man's back parlor! '3 OUR "BAD BOYS." Many Reformatory Lads Have Proved Heroes on the Battlefields. The so-called "bad boy" is often only bad because he has no aim in life and no incentive to be anything good. This wer has made heroes of hundreds of then -or, more likely, perhaps, reveal- ed the stuff of which they were made -good stuff, after all! Upwards of -twenty thousand re- formatory boys have served with the colors during this great war, and four have won the V. C. There's a record to be proud .of! But not only has the premier honor of theworld gone to four "bad boys," but thirty such boys have earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and many more have been men- tioned in despatches for their heroic conduct. Almost invariably these lads come from the lower ranks of society, 'yet some dozen reformatory boys are in the ranks of commissioned officers, their quality and fitness having been shorn in the day of battle. But a great number have gained a higher honor still -not fewer than a thousand of them. They have had the deathless honor of dying for their country. So here's to Britain's "bad boys"! May many of thein survive to be a credit to their country, and to provOe that a bit of waywardness often goes with pluck, and that a bit of sympathy and understanding would save many a lad from the reformatory, and, later, the prison cell. STORY ABOUT LORI) CREWE. Itis Absent -Mindedness Cost Ilim His Dinner. Absent-minded persons -usually professors -have become common figures in the world of humor, but their adventures are usually so amus- ing that fresh 01100 may be welcomed. In "Forty Years of 'Spy,' " Mr. Leslie Warcl, the well-known London artist, tells a good story about Lord Crewe. Lord Crewe's extraordinary absent- mindedness was proverbial, and, since he was not aware of his weakness, other people often took advantage of it, He used to dine at the Athenaeum Club, usually at the same table. An- other member came rushing its one day to obtain a place for dinner for himself, All being engaged, the waiter was obliged to refuse .the late comer, when the flurried member pointed to an extra deat. , "Oh, sir," said the waiter with apologetic deference; "that's Lord Crewe's." "Never mind," aaicl the urgent would-be diner. "Tell him when he comes -that he's dined!" --It is to be supposed that the magi found a way to malice the deception worth while, for when Lord Crowe ars rived the waiter mot him with surprise tied quiet expostulation. "Have you .forgotten? You dined en hour ago, my lord," he said. "So I did," murmured the poor victim, as he turned away and left the dining room. About the only man who can afford to believe all he hears is the roan Who ems afford to believe all lie hears is the mall who :le stone deaf, COAL IIp.NEA'TII Tlig WAVES; Rill Mineral Fields Lie Buried in the Ocean's Beetle.. !There is a eertaln fascination aur - rounding buried cities, but theme is a eenee of loss, too, in the knowledge that some of our richest products lie buried in the ocean's depths, says London Answers, All around our island ---so Mr. David Ferguson, of'• the Institute of Mining Engineers, tells us•, -lie huge coalfields, over which the waves plac- idly rise and fall. Some of these mines are workable, but it is natural- ly exceedingly difficult and dangerous to delve the mysteries of most, owing to the voter -pressure. ' The Iriith Sea claims one of our big- gest 'mines -the Whitehaven coalfield, Which runs out undbr., the ocean on three miles. Not far away is Work- ington, another famous colliery, which some years back ended in disasted for its toilers, owing to the sea flooding the galleries South of the Firth of Fourth lie the 13o'ness mines, which run out so great a distance that they almost meet on the opposite shore. . Another famous mine is in' Dur- ham, the home of the coal -heaver. Here the Monk Wearmouth colliery, the workings of which are so exten- sive, is said to he se huge that the area covered enables it to form a veritable "city under the sea." One of the richest copper mines ever opened in England is the Levant Mine, Cornwall. This is wholly submerged, and tin and copper to the value of over two million sterling have already been extracted. It contains over forty miles of galleries, the lower gal- lery but one running out a mile from the shore, WRECKED BY WHALES. Extraordinary Accidents at Sea, Caus- ed by Big Sea Monsters. The U. S. Steamboat Inspection Service has reported a most extra- ordinary accident at sea. Early in Jtine, while the motor vessel W. S., of twenty gross tons, was making a quiet passage from San Diego, Cali- fornia, to Mazatian, Mexico, with a cargo of general merchandise,.a whale came up under the vessel when it was about seven miles west of San Geron- irno Island, Mexico, and knocked a hole in the craft, which filled so rapid- ly that it quickly sank. The crew took to the lifeboats ten minutes after the accident and were picked up later by another vessel. No lives were lost. The incident recalls the disas- ter that overtook the Waterloo, a British grain vessel, over sixty years ago in the North Sea. The vessel was moving slowly along when the lookoutsighted a large whale to windward, partly out of the water, and swimming toward the vessel at a rapid rate. Ten yards away from the ship the whale dived and struck the hull so violently that the ship keeled partly over. 'The whale then rose to the surface and plunged downward headforemost, and the tail in its final flourish nearly touched the foreyard. Two hours later the ves- sel began to settle; the crew and the captain barely had time to launch the boats when the ship capsized • and went down by the head. MOUNTAIN IS NAMED AFTER YPRES VICTIM. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Geographic Board of Canada has giv- en the name of Carthew to a 'moun- tain in Alberta, after Lieut. William M. Carthew, an Edmonton surveyor, who fell at Ypres. e Nearly Correct. Johnny came running home one day with a book under his erne. His moth- er said -"What's that, Johnny?" Johnny -"A prize mother." "A prize, Johnny. Whit fur?" "For natural history, mother. The teacher asked me how many legs an ostrich had, and I said three." "But; Johnny, an ost- rich has only two legs." "I ken that n0o, mither; but the rest o' the class said fewer, and I was the nearest." No Use For One. He saw her stepping from the car And up to her he sped. "May I not help you to alight?" I do not smoke," she said.. THS WHOLE- BODY NEEDS PU E'BLOOD Tho bones, the muscles, and all the organs of; the body depend for their. strength and tone end healthy cotton on pure blood. If the blood is vo17 impure, the better: beeome diseased; the munolek beeome enfeebled, the slop loses its olaetieity, itnd there is inability to por£ornl,.the usual amount of labor, The akin loses ite elosl'ness, and pimples, blotches and other eruptions appear, Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pore blood. It is positively unequaled Ill the treatment of scrofula and other humors, elttarrh, rheumatism dys- popsia, lose of appetite, that tired feeling. Be sure to get Hood's 001d get it today.' 'All druggists, VERDUN BATTLE A VIOLENT ONE At Some Points Was in Nature of Hatted -to -Hand Combats. A despatch from Paris says:-Ae- cording to late reports of the attach launched by the Crown Prince's forces in the Verdun region recently, several German regiments participated, and at some points the two forces fought hand-to-hand. Altogether the engage- ment appears to have been the meet important offensive movement under- taken on the Franco-Belgian front in. several weeks. The movement was launched along a rather wide front, being delivered at four points between Avoeourt wood, on the extreme left of the French lines about Verdun, and Dead Man Hill, a distance of more than 3% miles. The' Germane gained some ground, but next morning as the result of a desperate counter-at- tack most of the positions captured by the enemy on Hill 304 were recaptur- ed. BRITAIN BUILT 510 SHIPS IN 1916 World's Tonnage Reduced by About Two Hundred 'Thousand Tons. A despatch from Washington says: Loss to the world's merchant shipping in 1916 through war causes exceeded the total tonnage constructed, accord- ing to estil$ates prepared on Friday by the Federal Bureau of Navigation. Vessels sunk are put at 1,149, of 2,- 082,683 tonnage, and those built at 2,506, of 1,899,943 tons. The net re- duction was about 200,000 tons, or one and one-half per cent. of the world's total. The figures were gathered from many unofficial sources, but are declared to be approximately correct. Great Britain led in ship building with 57.0 vessels of 619,000 tons. The United States was second with 1,213 vessels of 560,000 tons. Ships built by all other countries are given as 782 in number, of 720,368 tons. German construction of 26,000 tons is admit- tedly a low estimate. FOUNDER OF AGENCY KILLED BY TRAIN. Late Anson McKim Was an Out- standing Advertising Figure in Canada. A despatch from Montreal says: Mr.'Anson McKim, one of the best- known and most respected citizens of Montreal, was struck and instantly killed by a train at Coteau Junction Friday morning. Mr. McKim had been intending to go to Ottawa for some days, and apparently had taken the Toronto train in mistake, getting off at Coteau Junction to transfer to the other train. The remains were con- veyed to the residence, 23 McGregor Street, from whence the funeral will take place to -morrow afternoon tit 2.30. His widow and a daughter sur- vive. Mr, McKim was in his Gard year. PART OF OTTOMAN SECOND UNE SEIZED BY BRITISH AT THE UT Turk Losses -Were-Very Heavy, Four Furious Counter -Attacks Which They Launched Being Repulsed. A despatch from London says: Eleven hundred yards of Turkish first lino trenches south-west ofi{ut-el- Amara and portions of the Turkish second line trenches in Mesopotamia have been captured by the British forces In severe fighting, in which the Turks suffered heavy losses, according to a British official communication is- sued Friday night, The communica- tion says: "By a determined aesault Friday morning, under cover of an intense bombardment, we seized and consoli- dated 1,100 yetis of the enemy's first line trenches on the right bank of the Tigris south-west of Kut -el - Amara and a considerable length of the second line, sustaining only slight losses. "The Turkish forces west of the Hai River thereupon delivered four furious counter-attacks, the first and third being broken up by our artillery and machine gun fire. The second and fourth attacks gained momentary suc- cesses, but our troops, returning to the offensive, regained much of the ground from which they had been temporarily dislodged. Throughout the day the Turkish losses were ex- tremely heavy. Seventy prisoners were taken." WEATHER ON BRITISH FRONT COLDEST SINCE WAR 3EGAN Soldiers Are Suffering Severely, but the General Health of the Army is Amazingly Good. A despatch from London says ;--' Correspondents on the British front in li'rance say the troops are experienc- ilig tho•luost biting Weather silt0e the war began, The useof automobiles Is rendered almost impossible owing to the freezing of radiators and carbure tors.. Many cars APO stranded along 1on01y roads. The soldiers, eslreelal- ly those in the trendies and on sentry posts, are suffering severely, but the general lienith of the army continues amazingly good.