HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-03-29, Page 4QUID MEAT AND POTATOES
TWO DAYS A WEEK IN BRITAIN
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Hoarding of Food Will be Prevented --Compulsory Rationing to
be Introduced If Voluntary System Fails.
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A despatch from 'London says; The
food question is pressing daily with
%creeping stringency on the British
public, and according to 'authoritative
reports, a few days will see new and
drastic steps on the part of the Food
Controller, Lord Devonport, to meet
the situation and prevent ex,p1oitation
of the public by traders.
The Controller announced in the
House of Lords on Thursday that al-
though voluntary rations had brought
about excellent results, much more in
this direction was required, otherwise
it might be neeeseary to resort to
eompulsery rationing, which would be
It national calamity. He was very de -
!irons of avoiding this, owing to the
tremendous machinery needed. This
machinery, however, was ready, he
declared,,if required, and a great re-
dugtion in bread and sugar was still
tended, he said, to intr'oduoe.a strong
'measure to prevent the hoarding of
food.
According to •an unofficial report,
the Government intends to introduce
two meatless and two potatoless clays
weekly in all restaurants and hotele,
and to forbid more than five ounces
of uncooked meat to be served for
each person.
With regard to hoarding itis said
that the police will be empowered to
search private houses, and If more
than a ;Fortnight's supply of sugar, on
a basis of a weekly allowance of
three-quarters of a pound per capita,
is found, the persons so hoarding will
be severely punished. Traders would
also be prohibited, under penalties,
from attempting to compel purchasers
to buy other things• before being sup-
plied with sugar, potatoes, and similar
commodities, as this system has led to
l lierative. The Controller also in- mischievous waste.
GERMANS FINANCED.
A BOMB FACTORY
Light Thrown on Method of
Destroying Vessels at
Sea in 1915.
e A despatch from New York says: -
An allegedadmissionthat money for
the establishment of a bomb factory
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER
BANKS AND BRAES.
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What is Going On In the Highlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
The Town Council of Hamilton,
in Hoboken, N,J., was furnished direct have decided to take up £40,000 of
from officials of the German Embassy the war loan.
at. Washington was read on Thursday After forty years of service, Miss
when tho trials were begun here of six Bruce has retired as headmistress of
men charged with having attempted Rashfield School at Dunoon.
to create a reige of terrolpn the high The School Board,of Helensburgh
seas by destroying vessels sailing have allocated plot, of ground to
from American ports with cargoes for the pupils for growing vegetables.
the Entente allies. The late M. J. Lothian, of Kilravock,
The defendants an Captain Charles has bequeathed the sum of £2,000
von Kleist, a chemist, who is accused to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
of having been engaged in the making A„war bonus of two shillings per
of the bombs; Karl Schmidt, formerly week has been granted to the sur-
face workers in the mines at Cowal,
The Victoria League of Edinburgh
is giving a series of Sunday con-
certs for the benefit of the soldiers.
Fines amounting to £42 were im-
posed at Kilmarnock for contraven-
tion of the Lighting Restriction Or-
der.
J. S. Paterson, wounded at Galli -
chief engineer of the steamship
Friedrich der Grosse; Ernst Becker,
electrician; and Frederick Karbade,
George Praedel and Wilhelm Parades,
assistant engineers of the same ves-
sel :!
-How the, police captured the al-
leged plotters after bomb explosions
in 1915, had destroyed vessels and
cargoes worth upwards of $4,000,000 poli, has been offered the headmas-
was recited to the jury by Detective tership by the School Board of Gretna.
H. Barth, w+rio gained the confidence Edinburgh Town Council have ap-
of von Kleist by representing himself proved of a proposal to plough up
es an agent of Wolf von Igel, said to portions of the public parks and golf
have been head of the German spy courses,
system in this country. Von Igel R. Thomson, Rusha, has been elect -
was an attache of the German Em- ed president of the West Calder
branch of the National Farmers'
Union.
The Auchinleck School Board has
bassy, and returned to Germany with
Count von Bernstorff, former Ger-
man Anlbasaador:
The detective said he telephoned to decided to grant a bonus to all the
von Kleist, last April, and told him teachers and to the clerk of the school
that he had been informed that von
Kleist had written to Wolf von Igel.
"I told him he could only see von
Igel through me,” declared Barth. "I
later met him by appointment and he
told me that he and Dr. Walter T.
Scheele, also a chemist, were partners
in the manufacture of fire bombs and
dealt also in fertilizer as a blind.
"Scheele, von Kleist told me, had
received $10,000 from Captain von
mapen of . the German Embassy, to
ance the bomb cooking, but he was
in need of more cash.
The head of the alleged plotters
was said to have been Dr. Scheele,
who escaped arrest by flight to Mex-
ico.
FRUITS AND SALMON
REGULATIONS MODIFIED
And 'Britain Will Purchase 600 Tons
of Canadian Salmon Per Month. ,
A despatch from Ottawa says:-
Cables
ays:Cables received on Thursday by Sir
George Foster from the British Gov-
ernment announce a modification in
the British import regulation:. in re-
gard to fresh fruits and salmon. The
prohibition of the importation of
fruits has been relaxed so as to per-
mit the importation of fifty per cent.
of the importations of 1916, This
relaxation applies, however; only to
existing supplies, and will not be ef-
fective after July 1st next, unless
there is a material change in the ex -
sting shipping conditions. In addi-
tion to allowing the importation of
canned salmon up to fifty per cent. of
last year's importations, the British
Government ova11 has now oware
agreed t0llr'-
P
chase six hundred tons of Canadian
salmon per month.
BRITAIN MUST KEEP
ALL GERMAN COLONIES.
board.
An entertainment was given in
the pavilion at Johnston by the 38th
Volunteer Regiment, in aid of the
Red Cross Fund.
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CANADIAN SOLDIERS
IN NEED IN ENGLAND.
Some Provision May be Made for
Them by Government.
A despatch from London says: In
the Commons on Thursday Tyson Wil-
son asked the Colonial Secretary were
there twenty thousand dependents of
Canadian soldiers here who were anx-
ious to return to Canada and could not
get passports. Steel Maitland, Un-
der-Secretary, replied that he believed
some had been unable to return,
owing to restrictions which, under
existing maritime conditions, it was
necessary to impose, on -the travelling
of women and Clu =.`iron. Responsibil-
ity must rest with the naval authori-
ties,
McCallum Scott -"Is it known that
many dependent discharged Cana-
dian soldier's are in severe distress
here?"
Steel Maitland -"I have no knowl-
edge of that, but will try to secure
information."
McCallum Scott said that if it was
so some provision should be blade
for them here,
NO USE LAUNCHING
LOANS IN GERMANY
A Hague despatelr from the cor-
respondent of the Exchange ghan e
Telegraph
•a'`
h
Company, London, says: -"The Ger-
man Ministry of Finance is organiz-
ing a great canvassing campaign for
the sixth German war loan, which, in
financial circles, is considered less
successful than the previous loan, the
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subscriptions being one-third lower,
A despatch from Adelaide, Austra- , Berlin and Frankfort bankers openly
, says: The Australian Chambers of state that the present failure •shows iommerce at a meeting here, on the uselessness of launching a seventh
ursday resolved to support a de- loan."
' and to exact ton for ton of all ship.
ng destr'oyod by the Germans son- SEVERAL STRIKES
new Welland ship canal have been
ary to the usages of Wer. it was IN FOE FACTORIES secured by the Dominion Government
;resolved to resist any' proposal to
Markets of the World
Breadstuff$
Toronto, Ala, 27^--1.1ca,it04a Who/1k
110 1 Northern$2,0*NO. ;;l,dee Vane:
No• 3 de., $1042; No, 4 Wheat, 01,888,
track 33a' port,
Mtanito{ai Oats -NO, 2 C,11r., 781c. No•
8 C.W„ 7 11 extra No. 1 food, 7119; No, food, 7020, all rail delivered.
Qrnerloan eorlv-^No, 8 yellow, *1.28,
track Toronto, subieot to embargo.
Ontario oats—No, 2 hltc, 05 00 070,
nominal; No, $ white, 04 to OUe, nominal,
a0oording' to 1'rel5'hts outside.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, peroar
10t, $1.08 to $1,86; No, 3, do„ 01.1 to
$1,08, aeeer'dln • to freig'lits outside,
Peaa-No,$2.06, according to
freights outside,
Stirlen•—Maltlag, $1.21 to $1.23, ac-
cording to freights outside,
7lucltwhoat - 0,82, according to
freights outside.
Ilyo-•-No, 3, $1.48 te. $1.60, according
to freights outside,
Manitoba flour--Irirst patents, is lute
bas, $0.70; secead patents In ;lute bas's,
$9.:40; strong bakers', in lure )lags, $0,00,
Toronto,
Ontario 110ur--Wi0ter, according 10
sample, $7.66, in bags, nacre Toronto,
prompt shipment; $7,16, bulk seaboard,
export gado,
Progl tae bagsatlnp raid delivered 71ui, pcoi'trtoanl
$88; shorts, per tort 40; good .feed
flour, per bag, $2.70 to 02,80,
Bay—Mara No. 5, per ton, $g11.60 to
$12.; mixed, per ton, $8.50 to $11, track
Toronto, -
Straw --Car lots, per ton, $8, track
Toronto,
• Country Produce—Wholesale
Butter --Fresh dairy, oholce, 80 to 400;
creamery. prints, 48 to 48c; solids, 42 to
420,
Biggs—New-laid, in cartons, 39 10 400;
out of cartons, 07 t0 380.
Live poultry—Fowl, lb., 20 to 25c;
chit/kens, 20 to 28o,
Dressed poultry--Chlokens, 23 to 26o;
fowl, 20 to 22e; !tucks, 22 to 26o; squabs,
Per dos., $4.00 to 24.60; turkeys, 26 to
200; geese, 18 to 20c.
Cheese—Nen., large, 263 to 270; twins,
27 to 2790; triplets, 278 to 27201 Old,
large, 280; twine, 281 to 200c,
13oney—t'4'hite clover, 23-1b. this, 14 to
1490; 5-10. tins, 183 to 140; 10 -Ib„ 13 .to
183o; 60 -ib., 121 to 160; buckwheat, 00 -
lb. tins 0. to 93c, Comb honey—extra
ane and heavy weight, per dos., 29,76;
select, $2,60 to 52,76; No. 2, $2.00 to
$2,26.
Potatoes—Ontario, per bag, $3.25;
New • Brunswick Delawares, her bag.
$8.50 to $3.76; Albortas, per bag, $3.26
to $3.00.
Beans—Imported, hand-pploked, per
bush., $6,86; Canadian, hwrd-plcked, Per
bush„ $7.36 to $7,60; Canadian primes,
$7.00 to $7.26; Limas, per lb., 122 to 3.3e.
Provisloas—Who1sa18
mokeai meats—Mame, medium, 86 to
2,' ; d0„ heavy, 23 to 24c; cooked, 37 to
38c; rolls, 28 to 2401 breakfast bacon,
29 to 32c; backs, plain, 81. to 32c; bone-
less, 33 to 34c.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 23 to 231c;
tubs, 28 to 230o; pa.11s, 233 to 2330;
compound, tierces, 1.70 to 1721.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 20 to
200c per lb.; clear bellies, 160 to 20,2
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Mar, 27--Oats—Canadian
western, No, 2, 77 to 773o; do., No. 3.
76 to 7520; extra No. 1 feed, 75 to 750c.
Barley ---Man. 80ed, .$1.03; malting, $1.36,
Flour—Man. Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $0,80; seconds, $6.80; strong
bakers', $0.10; Winter patents, choice,
00.26; straight rollers, $8;60 to $8.80;
llo., bags, $4,10 to 04,25. Boiled oats—
Barrels, 57.36 to $7.45; do„ bags, 00 lbs.,
$3,60 to $8.60. Bran --$36 to 038.
Shorts -259 to $90, Mlddlings-$4g1 to
$42, Moulllie—$45 to 850. Hay—No. 2,
per ton, car lots, $10.60 to $14. Cheese --
Finast westerns, 203; do„ eastern, 2530.
Butter—Choicest creamery, 43c; 55005,38,
40 to 410, I5ggs—Fresh, 88 to 30c.
Potatoes—per bag, oar lots, $2.75 to
$3.25.
Winnipeg Grain
WeaWinnipeg, 1 Mar,
o then, 81 861; p Nos2
Northern. 51.525; No. 3 Northern, $1.780;
No. 4, $1,860; No. 6, 01.472; No. 6, $1.158;
feed, 97c. Oats—No.2 C.'W., 0250; No,
3 C,W., 801o; extra No. 1 feegd, 6080• No.
1 feed. 592c; No. 2 feed, 672o. Barley—
No. 3, $1.08; No, 4, $1.00; rejected, 89c;
feed, 89o. Flax—No. 1 N.78.C., $2.821;
No. 2 0.W., 52.692.
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'United States Markets •
Minneapolis, Mar. 27—Wheat—Man
$1.840 to $1.845; July, $1.78. Cash; No,
1 hard, $2.010 to 2,024;
No. 1 Northern,
$1,000 to $2,000; No. >Northern. $1.080
to $1.989. Corn—No, 3 yellow, $1.100 to
81.110, Oats—No. 8 white, 883 to 603c.
Flour unchanged, Bran, $84.50 to 535,
Duluth, MLu'. 27—Wheat—No 1 hard,
22,828; No, 1 Northern,.$1,508;^ No. 2
Northern $1.828 to 81.348. May, $1,848;
July, $1.''55 bid. Linseed—To arrive,
$2,888; May, $2.90;July, $2,91.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Mar.. 27—Choice heavy steel's,
$11 to $11.65; do., good, $10.40 to $10.75;
butchers' cattle, choice, $10.86 to $10,76;
do., good, $10,10 t0 010,26; do., medium,
$9,60 to $0.75; do., common, $8.40 to
59; butchers' bulls, choice, $10 to $10,50;
do., good bulls, 39.26 to $0.50;, do.,
medium- bulls, 08 to $8,40; do., rough
btills, 6 to $0.40; butchers' cows,
elfoloe, $9,60 to $10; do., good, 83.60 to
0y8,65; do„ medium, 07 to $7.25; stockers
$7,50 to 59.25; choice feeders, 59 to $10
canners and cutters, 25.25 to $6,60
Milkers, good to oholoe $85 to $110; do.
coin. and med., oath, $90 to $00: spring-
ers,
pr ners, $60 to $110; light ewes $10 to 011;
sheep, 'hea9y, 58.60 to 59.60; calves,
good to choice, 212 to $14,60; lambs,
choice, $14,26 to 15,25; do., medium,
$10.60 to $12.60; hogs, fed add watered,
$10.50 to $16.60; d0„ weighed off cars,
516.75; do„ P,o.b„ 814,76,
Montreal, Mar, 27—Choice steers, $11
to 511.26; good steers, $10,50; lower
grades, $8.29 to $0.50; butchers' cows,
$7.26 to $0; bulla 58,26 to $10; choice
nifllc-fed Alves, $18 to $20; good to
ohoioe, 512 to $15; lower grades,
95 to 512; sheep, $0.26 to $10;
lambs, 213.25 to $14,26; hogs, selected,
$16.25 to 01e.50.
COUSIN OF KAISER
AMONG THE "MISSING."
Has Not Returned From Air Raid
Over British Lines.
A despatch from Berlin says: The
War O17ice report says: "An aeroplane
directed by Prince. Friedrich Karl of
Prussia has not returned from a raid
over the hostile lines between
Arras
and Pontine,"
Prince Friedrich i5 a cousin of the
Kaiser.
ENGINES FOR FRANCE.
Thirteen Locomotives Not Now Need-
ed as Canal Work is Stopped.
A despatelr from St. Catharines
says: -Thirteen locomotives which
were used oe the construction of the
• for shipment to France to be used to
—
and back t;he Gerlrlal islands in the
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Under- down of the work.
��yy'of the Commonwealth grid Now stands that five munition factories in •
Redland,
TURKS MENACED
FROM THREE SIDES.
Russians Crone the Mesopotamia
Border From Persia,
Dueseldolf have been the scenes of 100 MERCANTILE SHIPS
strikes during the, last forty-eight ORDERED BY IIRITAIN.
flours, in protest against the small ra-
tions entailed by the reduction in the
meati, bread `and potato allowances in- A despatch floor London says:
The
resume, work ursine
last week. The workers re- Government has arranged for the eou-
fused to'ursinethe food at1 uctiml of one hundred ,standar+d
rations aro increased," mercantile ships in three sizes of 18,- eel
000 torts, 5,00() and 8,000 tone respect- tor
A despatch front London says; Tho ivel according t a
i ons driving forward. frwm Pon- Tearlier--What c y, g o statemollt mads ed
LITTLE SCOTTY PROUDLY WEARS 1418 DADDY'S MILITARY 0008$J
The photograph shows Lieut. A., W. Harrison, who wes recently deoorated`i
at Buckingham Palace. He is shown here coming away from the inveetituree
hoe eon struggling along wearing tem 8 ther'n medal,
GERMANY FEARS
POWER OF RUSSIA
Berlin Newspaper Regards the
Change as Increasing Hun
Perils.
A despatch from Amsterdam sa
-The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, a co
of which has been recieved here, s
that if the Russian revolution has
suited in a decisive victory over R
'an absolutism it .means the dis
pearanee of an important element
weakness in the Russo -French
liance and for the stability of the E
tente, as the war aims of the dem
cratie Western powers could not,
the Long run, be the same as the at
of Russians absolutism.
"The great Russian 1'evolutio
says The Lokal Anzeiger, "will ma
an end to this antagonism. If
revolution succeeds in establishi
anything permanent, the most co
plete agreement regarding oonstit
tional principles will exist betwe
the allies, and therefore during t
peace negotiations they will be ab
to. come forward with a much mo
harmonious program than wou
States governed according to various
antagonistic political principles.
"The perils threatening Germany's
future would be formidably increas
if a State with a democratic cons
tution were to arise also on her oas
ern frontier. The strongest guara
tees must be found against the coal
tion, which, tluough the removal
the deep antagonism which hither
has divided it, will become strong
and more cohesive."
SIR CHAS. ROSS APPEALS
FOR HIS EMPLOYEES
Asks the Government to Find Them
Work. '
A despatch from Ottawa says: -Sir
Charles Ross has appealed to the Gov-
ernment for the employment of the
men thrown out of work by the closing
of the rifle factory at Quebec, many
of whose families will be in want.
The Government is communicating:
with munitions factories throughout
throughout the country in an effort to
place the skilled men. The.'Govern-
ment's expropriation, of the factor.
would ,provide for some of them, but It
will be a year before the factory cal
be adapted to the manufacture of the
new Enfield arm.
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in A large quantity of seed potatoes
me in Cheshire has been destroyed by
the recent severe frost,
n," The price of Scotch and Irish
Ire whislcy has been increased to ten
the shillings a bottle in England,
ng Australia is sending 1,000 mer, to
m- England to assist in construction
u- work in connection with the war.
en The Petrol Control Committee has
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NEWS FROM ENGLAND
NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN
i11ULL AND HIS PEOPLE
Oeenrrenees In the Land That Retro,
Supreme lr the Comfier.
Oaf World.
An increase has been made in the
wages of tailors of one penny per
hour.
The amount contributed by Sun-
derland to the War Loan to the middle
of March is £3,570,309.
Harrow Council is about to consider
a scheme for starting a municipal stud
stopped the further sale of petrol to
drivers of automobiles for joy rides.
Miss Winnifred S. Patch declines
to pay her income tax of £5b;' on the
ground that she is an unenfranchised
woman.
A large wooden building contain-
ed ing engines and pit -head gear was
ti- destroyed by lire at Skelmersdale,
t- Lancashire.
n- Four hundred and fifty free allot-
ments have been provided for the
of Eastbourne poor by the Duke of
er
Devonshire,
HOW SHIPS SINK.
Reason For the Awful Loss. of Life in
Modern Shipwrecks.
Nearly every class or design of ves-
sel sinks in a particular way. For in-
stance, the'old tyke of single -bottom
steamer, with few or no bulkheads -
that is, in the modern sense of the
term -almost invariably founder's on
more or less of an even ]reel, which
means that they sink level, and not
with their bow or stern up in the air.
This is accounted for by the fact
that at whatever point the water may
enter, it practically finds its own level,
?' as there are no sub-divietons to ob-
struct it.
DEPOSED EMPEROR
DEPRIVED OF FREEDOM
A despatch from London says. : -
The Russian Government has ordered
that the deposed Emperor and his
consort shall be regarded as having
been deprived of their liberty, and
that they shall be brought to the
Tsarskoe Selo, Reuter's Petrograd
correspondent telegraphs. Tsaralcoe
Selo is a town ("village of the Czar"),
16 miles south-west of Petrograd,
where the Imperial erial S urlrme • residence
l e S r
P
is located. Here are the old palace,
built by Catherine 1,, in 1724, and the
Alexander palace, built by Catherine
II. in 1792, with a park containing an
arsenal and historical museum.
"MOVIE" SPIES SENTENCED.
Sandet' anti Wunnenberg Get Two
Years and $2,500 Fine,
A despatch from New York says: --
Albert 0. Sander and Charles N. Wun-
nenberg, who pleaded guilty on Wed-
nesday to a ehargo of having sent
spies to land Yom this country to
e$ En f t
P Y
England
other information for the German
military authorities, on Thursday
were sentenced to serve two years in
the Federal Prison at Atlanta and to
pay a fine of $2,500 each,
NOTED GERMAN AVIATOR
KILLED IN AN AIR FIGHT.
A despatch from London says: Art-
ier of German 's best'military avia-
Y
s, Fritz Malnsohott, has been kill-
in an air' fight on the Western front,
sift , have crossed the Mesopotamia us? Y'uptl-Geometry teaches us ee ace
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Russ 1 , P roes geometry teach
in the House of Commons on Thues-
fsordee at one point, while it soeonti )tow to bisect angels. f,-
Q}my is continuing its advance from riluch fodder, especially hay, is wast- New Peatnlaster-(rerteral,
iFermonshah in support at the i3ritish ed by elaeing too much before se anti-
gdvanre train Bagdad. This means teal at a time. A little and often is A despatch from O10tawa says, -
r ,Hon, 16, L. Patenatlde Seers
:they Go retreating Cutk8 rice being good pi'o4biOo in feeding, ,r tart' of
coated from throe Sides, and, ac- t, State, has been . appointed to net as
p Trees of a special shape, used for Postmaster -General in
itrding to allied mlhtary observers, nnibr.,ella bandies, ar'o;ra sed "' Prance,. , the place of A
ilii theeatened h fat rector dims- 1etedto Mon, Il. Blondi0 who the
oveeeetl- Tlv
Y.b! mere thin fi00 acres tern tlevot ,
h ed to ed his mterrlron to urn
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n the loss of Bagdad, et than even rl
1
ording to a Berlin despatch trans-
milted by the Exchange 'Telegraph
correspondent at The Vague.
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2,800 MANITOBA CHILDREN
IN TRUCK GARDENING
despatch from Winnipeg says 0--•
o thousand Gres hundrocl lil'anitoba.
a and girls are entering a vege-
e garden competition this year.
THE CONQUEROR CONQUERED.
The Creat Napoleon Met Ilis Metoh in
the Deetw5s of Weimar,
Napoleon, the rough and ruthless
conqueror, once frankly admitted to a
woman that, except as the mothers of
conscripts, he considered women as of
no importance in national affairei and
he was always resentful of their in-
terference, To Madame de Condorcet,
an able, intelligent and witty woman,
notably interested in public .questions,
ho said bluntly:
"I do\ not like women who meddle
rth politics."
"Ah, my general," was the apt and
instantaneous reply, "as long es you
men take a fancy to cut off our heads
now and then, we are interested in
knowing why you do it,"
Plenty of women's heads, from those
which wore the peasants' cap to hers
that bore the crown of France, had
fallen under the knife of the guillo-
tine in the great Revolution that pre-
ceded Napoleon's rise to power.
True, none fell by his order after he
became emperor; even his most bril-
liant and formidable feminine adver-
sary, Madame de Steel, succeeded in
keeping hers upon her shoulders, al-
though she was driven into exile, and
he would gladly have imprisoned and
silenced her if he could. Although it
happened not a few times that, in ar-
gument or repartee, he failed to win
the advantage against a witty or a
steadfast woman, the emperor had
little gallantry, and the victor was
likely to pay dear for her victory. But
in at least one instance of record, as
a recent writer has pointed out, It
was otherwise.
When, after the Battle of Jena, Na-
poleon•entered Weimar, .he proceeded
to the palace of the duke to make it
his headquarters. The fighting and
plundering in the town were not yet
over when, toward evening, he entered
the hall. As he did so, the duchess,
who had been waiting in her apart-
ment, appeared at the top of the great
staircase to greet him.
"Who are you?" Ite demanded
roughly in surprise.
"I am the Duchess of Weimar," she
replied with dignity.
"I pity you!" he cried fiercely. "I
am going to crush your husband!"
The next morning when they met
again he inquired with brusque dis-
pleasure:
"Madame, how could your husband
be so mad as to make war against
ore ?"
"`Your Majesty would have despised
him if he had not," was the reply.
"How so?" asked Napoleon.
"My husband has been in the service
of the King of Prussia upward of
thirty year's," replied the duchess,
"Surely it was not at the moment that
the king had so mighty an enemy as
Your Majesty to contend against that
the duke could abandon him,"
An answer at once so spirited, noble
and tactful softened even N'apoleon's
arrogance. In the conversation that
followed, the duchess was able to 'se-
cure promises of consideration for the
duke and relief for the townspeople.
At the close of it the conqueror said
to her, "Madame, you are more
worthy of respect than any other wo-
man I have known: you have saved
your husband. I pardon him, but re-
member it is wholly on your account;
as for him, he is a bad case!"
That was merely Napoleon's opin-
ion, The duke, at any rate, was pro-
perly appreciatige, of his, duchess, for
when the document that secured the
independence of Weimar was brought
to hien by a French general he refus-
ed to take it into his hands, but said
simply, "Give it to my wife; the am_
peror intended it for her."
RUSSIA'S NEW REGENT.
Grand Duke Michael is a Brother o
f,.• the Czar: .
Grand Duke Michael Alexandre
vitch, the new regent of Russia, is the
younger and only brother of Emperor
Nicholas, with whom he has been at
odds for many years. Until the birth
of Grand Duke Alexis Nicholaevitch,
oil of Emperor Nicholas, in 1904, 11
as the first in succession to the Rus
an throne. Grand Duke Michael is
e favorite son of the Dowager Em
Toss Marie Feodrovora, sister of the
Dowager Queen Alexandra of Great
Britain. He also has been strongly
opposed to the German influence in
the Russian Imperial family,
Banished from Russia by his bro-
ther early in 1913, because of his mor-
ganatic marriage, Grand Duke Michael
spent time in exile in England, He
returned to Russia late in August,
1914, and. was reported to have taken
a command in the army. Since then
there have been no reports of hie
whereabouts' andactivities.
e s
Born on November 22, 1878, he is
ten years younger than 'the Emperor,
His education was wholly military and
ha has held many honorary commands ,
the army.
As the next in succession to the
mien throne prior to 1904, and af-
ward, Grand Duke Michael often
ed as the personal representative
Emperor Nicholas at Royal fun -1
on
and marriages. -
n 1909 Grand. Duke Michael had
first serious break with the Em -1
or and the grand duke was tl'ans-
rod to the commas o.
d f cavalry
a cav ty
it
vent at Yo1et ino
e, Southern Rus -
The next year he •ryas permitted
return to Petrograd and in 1911 he
posed his brother and the Imperial
fly by hie marriage to Mme.
1•emetievakailt, e diveraen, APter
ma'ris,re he renounced his rights
uccessiorr to the Imperial throne.
n , January 1, 1918, Grand Duke
heel was banished from Russia by
peror Nicholas and relieved of the
!nand of the Chevalier Guards be-
e of his marriage. A few days
✓ an Imperial manifesto relieved
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TAMING A BAGGAGE ELEPHANT.
How a Native Driver Conquered a
Treacherous Army Transport.
Before the days of railways, the
British Indian army used elephants to
move its guns and heavy baggage.
Many of the beasts were docile enough
but at times an elephant became un-
ruly and even developed the treachery'
of a "rogue," Such was the leader of
a regimental transport column that
once °reseed the Ganges when in flood,'
He had killed three mahouts, and the
keeper refused to drive him to the
ford. Finally, Sher Sing, a strapping
native, offered to drive the man -killer.
A contributor to Chambers's Journal
says that the volunteer carried a short
speer in place of a mahout's hook and
that he had himself securely strapped
to the elephant's neck.
A shout went up from the onlookers
.when Sher Sing, with a slight prod of
the spear, made the huge beast rise
from his knees.... The elephant stood
quite still and, turning his trunk first
to one side and then to the other,
seemed to sniff his rider. Sher Sing
spoke to the elephant, and silence fell
on the watchers as they parted into
two lines, down the centre of which'
the great beast took his way. Arrived
at the Water's edge, he stopped and
began playfully to squirt water over
himself and his rider. Then he lift-'
ed his trunk and, catching Sher Sing's
leg, tried to pull hien off. But' the
straps held securely. At the samehno-
ment Sher Sing raised his spear in the
air and brought it clown with a thud
on the elephant's head. Roaring with
rage and pain, the animal plunged for-
ward.
An instant later he stopped, and the
excited watchers on the bank saw that
the h'oge beast was gradually lowering
him !elf in the water. Down, down he
sank, while Sher Sing rained blows on
his head. At last only the elephant's
trunk and the moving right arm of
Sher Sing appeared above the surface
of the river.
Then a gasp of relief from the
watchers. The elephant had risen and
was again trying to unseat his rider
with his trunk. Siler Sing plied his
spear with all his might, and the great
brute, giving himself a shake, dashed,
into deep water. Once more he sank,
and again Sher Sing's relentless arm
hammered blows on his head.
Suddenly a great cry arose. The
elephant had come to the surface, and
Sher Sing was still clinging to hint.
He seemed to be waving his speaar as
if in triumph. The elephant was wad-
ing quietly toward the opposite shorn.
The next day everyone in the rev -
meet, from the colonel down, came to
look at the big elephant, which stood
- quietly eating and taking no notice of
anyone. Rio head was covered with
cuts and gashes, but they did not
seem to trouble him at all, and they
quickly healed. From that day he ac-
knowledged man as his master,
Sher Sing, too, quickly recovered
from his exertions. He was a.faith-
ful soldier and servant of Queen Vic-
-
toxin, to whose jubilee he came with a
detachment of his regiment. At the
time of King Edward's coronation he
again visited England; he was then
an old man and had gained his pen-
sion, but he was sent because of leis
good influence over• the younger men.
Now, in the case of a modern vessel, v
which is built with numerous sub-divi- si
stone, it invariably happens that she th
founders with her bow or stern high p
out of the water; or else she sinks
with a heavy list, or cant, to one side
or the other. The reason•for this is
that the bulkheads prevent the water
which enters the vessel from finding
its level; consequently; when one par-
ticular portion of the ship is full of
water while the remainder is practic-
ally water -tight, that part which is
water -laden sinks first, owing to its
greater weight.
It is for this reason that such ter -I
rible lossof if
life fre t nt o
le 1
occurs 111
q Y
modern shipwrecks. iVr Owingt
po the ur1-
even sinking, it is often found inlpos'•
sible to lower the majority of the life -
beets, as they would fail to reach the
water.
"LITTLE GR.ANDMOTIIER"
Of the Russian Revolution Recalled
From Exile.
lelad me
a Catherine e Bresl c
ilC0V91 A n
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f
lalowl7 ae the grandmother of the
Russian revolution," has been invited
by M. Kerenski, Minister of Justice
in the new Cabinet, to return to Petro-
grad.
Madame Breshkovskaya has spent
thirty years in exile, most of the
time in prison. She escaped twice,
only -to be recaptured.
The activities of "Baboushka" (the
Little Grandmother) Russia's famous
political prisoner, caused her to be
known throughout the world.
Madame
Bresltl•
,OV51Ca
a'
1
v s 73, She
is the daughter of a Russian noble,
and while she was still in her teens
her radical ideas were received with
90 mucin opposition by her: parents
that she left .her home, attracting a
largo following from 1870 on.
In 18r4 she was arrested and sent
to Siberia. She escaped but was re-
captured, and was kept in Siberia
for sixteen years. On returning to
Russia she was linear' Constant sur-
veillance by police tageltte.
While in America the rnatle Cho
acquaintance of many prominent
Americans and collected more that
1.0,000 for no cause d tho revolu-
fon, Soon after: her return to Russia
he wat arrested. Petitions .for iter
eloass were circulated in the United
tans and sent to the Russian Pro-
ier And the A nbeesador. at Werth.
12100.
In 79.10 She wits sentenced to exile
n Siberia, and again made an tins
in
ORIGIN OF "SABOTISM•" I Ru
I ter
The Wooden Shoe Hes Been Used us a act
• Weapon to Destroy. °f
"Sabotism" is of French origin and er
I
comes from the word "sabot," which his
means wooden shoe, These shoes are . per
worn by the French peasantry, are fen
made f onepiece o c of wood, w o
n
scooped,
rto'
,out to tit the foot, and are very heavy.. ma,
Such shoos arc worn by peasants of to
various European nations. At times : stir
of riot and dirordor the French peas- fam
ant used this heavy piece of wood as'Bee
a • weapon, also a missile with which his
to destroy. The word "sgbotage" grew of s
naturally, out of this means of offence 0
and disor'tior and soon got a fo•oting Mie
with Frenbh socialists and labor inert.; sem
Concerning the . word, a Frertchman'cem
writes: "If. you are a mechanic, it le 1 casts
very easy for you with a penny's, late
worth of powder',• or oven with sand,) him
to score lines' on the rollers, to nese! deli
os5 of time, or even costly repairs. A it tt
allor can easily ruin a gar•nierit or a' itis
P
s regont-
gnate, A few months afterward
,as reported in police circles in
sia that evidence had been dis-
covered conueeting Grald Duke Mi-
chael with a Piot against tho Ern -
porn end the Grand Dolce Alexis, At
tho outbreak of the turopean war,
however, ho returned to Russia and
arently resumed his format dig -
this ptrrrusAV• I f, rode`: t, tail
lace, of stuff; a salesman with some
stains will easily make it necessary
c sell a piece of goods at a low
rice, As the 0015010 1' is an enmity,
t la nomore n e dfsloyal..fm' the week -
ruin to entrap slim into an embueeade , app
a il'51d positions.
than to fight him face to .face." I tithe
Snoeessful attempt to
escape,