HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-06-07, Page 3BRITISH MISSION
.,, `O RUSSIA
r' Representatives of the Different
Political opinions Included in
Delegation to Russia.
A. despatch from London says:—In
connection with the approaching visit
of George H. Roberts, Lord Com-
fniesioner of the Treasury; James
gainsay MacDonald, chairman of the
Labor party, and Frederick W. Jowett,
resident of the Independent Labor
darty to Russia, the following author -
sed statenlorit has been issued:
"Sincerely desirous of meeting the
views of the Russian Government
that they should be enabled to learn
✓(t first handthe opinions of all sec-
tions: of British thought, the Govern -
ant is facilitating the journey to
Govern-
pont
of the representatives of Of-
f -gent political opinion, Among these
are factions with a very small follow-
ing, who latterly have not been over-
enthusisatic in the vigorous prosecu-
tion of the war.
"The British Government has no-
thing to hide. They entered, the war
n defenee of the rights of small na-
lons and democracies, .freedom and
justice—tat brutal war was forced upon
the allies, who were in a etate of total
unpreparedness -and now they are_in.
a verydifferent position., They can-
not allow Germany to profit by the
gains wrested from them unscrupul-
ously and in defiance of all right.
N MAP OF
BRITISH WATERS
How Enemy Subs Are Advised
o4 the Presence " of
Merchantmen.
A despatch from London says:—A
despatch from Christiania says that
The Tidens Tegn publishes a map
found on a spy taken at Gothenburg
showing the seas about the British
Isles, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic.
he map is marked in numbered
squares and has a telegraphic code
attached.
In this code "barrel" means tor-
pedo- boat, and nationality is convey-
ed by "quality'= Thus an apparent-
ly innocent horsiness message reading
• "Six hundred barrels, first quality,"
would mean "British torpedo boats in
square 600." A message reading "Six
hundred black," would be a notifica-
tion that a .Norwegian merchantman
was in square 600.
The paper also publishes details of
how the Germans obtain and main-
tain agents everywhere, providing in -
,t rmation about shipping and naval
movements, helping submarines to
sink merchantmen and escape war-
ships.
BRITISH — CASUALTIES
FOR MONTH OF MAY.
A despatch from London says:
British casualties as published in
May show a total of 6,902 officers and
106,331 men, as follows:
Officers. Men., Total
Killed , 1,562 25,888 27,390
Wounded . , 3,762 75,718 79,480
Missing ..... , , 828 6,428 7,248
The total of casualties is 114,118.
The British offensive on. the Arras
front, involving some of the severest
fighting of the war, naturally has re-
sulted in a large increase in casualties
over the inactive Winter season. Cas-
ualties for the last few months have
)tot been received, but in February
the total reported was only 1,243 of-
ficers and 17,186 men.
The assertion of the British that
their losses are fifty per cent. smaller
than in the Battle of tale Somme, not-
withstanding the fact that larger
forces are engaged, is not borne out
by the May figures, although in the
absence of the casualty report for
4" -April, early in which month the Offen-
sive was launched, the showing is not
conclusive. The casualties recorded
in the first three months of the Somme
drive were 807,169 officer's and men.
In August of last year, the second
month of the Somme battle, the
casualties were 127,945, as compared
with 112,233 for May, the second
month of the Arras battle,
FELONY TO HOARD
FOOD IN THE STATES.
A despatch from Washington says:
A stringent amendment to the Gore
food bill, malting it a felony to hoard
food products or. other necessities of
life or to resort to any scheme to
a`eate a shortage, was adopted by the
Senate on Thursday by a viva voce
vote. It is regarded by the Senate as
by far the most potent of all the food
legislation considered by Congress,
and is interpreted by Senators as
carrying the real solution of the food
problem. •
Lord Bacon reminds us that "God
Almighty: first planted a garden," and
frau, made in the image of his Creator
dan do no better now.
U.S. COLORS
IN ST, PAUL'S
American Legion on Leave From
Front Conduct Notable
Ceremony.
A despatch from London Rays:
When the first Canadian expeditionary
force was formed many Americans
eroesed the border and enlisted for
service in Europe. There was a
sprinkling frbin every state in the
Union, They were drafted into spe-
cial battalions, and for a time wore
the distinctive badges which proclaim-
ed their nationality. Representations,
however, were made by the United
States Government to have the badge
altered and the men merged into' the
Canadian force. After over two year's'
waiting they may now reclaim their
nationality. These battalions will be
styled "The . American Legion." The
title is unofficial, but means a great
deal,
On Wednesday this legion deposited
its colors in StiPaul's Cathedral, The
ceremony was impressive, and will go
clown in history as the first ceremony
in which American and British troops
attended Church service together dur-
ing the war. Aymajority of the mem-
bers of the American Red Cross unit,
officers, nurses and men, attended. All
the American members of the Cana-
dian force in the'' London ° command
were allowed leave so that they could
be present. The colors were deposited
on the altar afte`f` being handed - to
bean Inge by a color party of Amer-
man citizens enlisted in the Canadian
force, who hdd come over with the
first Canadian division. The standards
were carried from the altar to the
north transept while "Onward, Chris-
tian Soldiers," was sung -by the choir
and congregation. The colors were de-
posited in the north transept, and
there will remain until another sere-
-mony is performed, when a party re-
moves them and conveys' them over-
sea again.
SECOND STAGE OF
ITALIAN ADVANCE
Hold All Gains and Occupy Hills
on Left Bank of the Isonzo.
A despatch from London says: The
second stage of the Italian advance on.
the Isonzo front, which began on May
23, has been conducted with as great
a determination and conspicuous suc-
cess as the first stage, which won for
Italy the Kuk and Vodice heights.
Developments of Cadorna's plans
show he is attacking in force on a
broad front of 25 miles front the sea
on the right to Playa on the Left, and
the second and third Italian .armies
are already committed to this attack.
Both armies have done famously.
The second'. army has held all its
gains on Kuk and Vodice heights, and
even extended them, `while" it has de-
feated with signal success numerous
powerful counter-attacks by the ene-
my, to whom the loss of this position
has evidently been a most unpleasant
surprise. The whole crest of the line
of hills ori the left bank of the Isonzo
is now in Italian occupation' from be-
tween Vodice and Monte Santo to the
height between Playa and Daskla,
while Monte Santo itself, though not
yet captured, is being seriously as-
sailed. San Gabrielle -is coming in for
a good hammering from the guns.
' POISONING THE CHILDREN.
Racial Poisons Reap Ghastly Toll
Among the Babies.
The number of babies under one
year old who died in the British Isles
last year far exceeded the total fatal-
ities of the British forces on land
and sea, according to statistics pre-
sented by Mrs. Duncan Harris in an
address upon child welfare at the
Bishopsgate Institute, London.
"The tragedy 'of this record," said
Mrs. Harris, "lies in the fact that
these little ones lost their lives from
largely preventable causes."
Referring' to the three great ra-
cial poisone of civilized countries—
alcohol, consumption and syphilis"—
Mrs. Harris .declared that the last-
named poison was taking a ghastly
toll of the children. "Out of the
100,000 children who die each year
before they are a twelve-month old,"
she said, "it is estimated that 50,000
die, directly or indirectly, from the
effects of this disease."
CUSTOMS REVENUE
FOR MAY IS RECORD
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
The customs revenue for May amount-
ed to $17,1.44,868, the largest monthly
return in the history of the country.
The revenue increased by $4,089,987,
as compared with the corresponding
month last year. For the two
months of the fiscal year which have
now elapsed the total customs revenue
was $81,293,625, as compared with'
$28,400,953 for the corresponding I
period during the past fiscal year.
Right Hon. Arthur J. Balfour,
British Foreign Secretary, leader of the British Commission sent to ,the
United States to confer with Washington authorities regarding the conduct
of the war. Mr. Balfour and the members of the Commission visited
Niagara Falls, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and the industrial districts of
Ontario.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
TO ATLANTIC PORTS
Wooden Vessels Being Built at
Vancouver for This"
Service
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Two wooden vessels are now being
built in Vancouver for the Dominion
Government as the • nucleus of a
freight -.carrying service between Van-
couver and Canadian Atlantic ports.
A statement to this effect was made
in the Commons Tuesday night by
Hon. Dr. Reid during a discussion of
the estimates of the Customs Depart-
ment.
The Minister expressed his belief
that Canadian' ships" could handle
freight from 'Canadian ports just as
cheaply as it could be handled fvom
New York. The start would be made
with th. two ships ordered, and upon
the success of the experiment de-
pended further. action. The ships or-
dered would be auxiliary vessels with
a speed of eight or nine knots an hour.
DANGER FROM ZEPPELINS
Only when the Aerial Monster is Ap-
proaching • is There Cause For
Alarm. -
The citizen of the old land who sees
a Zeppelin overheard tvavelling at nor-
mal speed need have little fear of the
aerial monster and death -dealer, and
may, if he please, satisfy his curiosity
by gazing skyward and watching its
flight,
-The explanation of this immunity is
that the height from. which a Zepp.
must necessarily operate, and the
speed at which it travels, militates
greatly against accuracy of aim. Thus
a Zepp. seldom finds the bull's-eye.
Further, a bomb dropped from a
height of 8,000,feet, whilst the airship
is speeding along at the rate of the
Flying Scotchman, would strike the
ground not less than thee -eights of a
mile in front of the spot over which
the Zepp, was at that' moment travel-
ling. Thus the people who are in
danger are those who see the Zepp.
coming.
RUSSIANS DRIVE BACK TURKS
A. despatch from Petrograd says:
—Troops of the Russian Caucasus
army have successfully beaten off
hostile attacks at several points in
Armenia and on the Mesopotamian
front, according to Thursday's War
Office statement.
He (relating thrilling experience):
"We were having tt terrible time until
the French brought up their 75's."
She: "I do think it's splendid for men
that age to be fighting, don't yon?"
BRAZIL JOINS
ENTENTE ALLIES
Indications That Chile Will Fol-
low Brazil's Example.
A despatch from Rio de Janeiro
says:—The Brazilian Senate voted on
Thursday authorizing an alliance of
Brazil with ."other States to defend
the American republics against the
world." .
A despatch from Washingston says:
—Despatches to the State Department
from Chile indicate that the course
of Brazil in relation to the war be-
tween Germany and the United States
has created a profound impression
upon the Chilean press. There were
indications that public sentiment in
Chile favors action on'the part of the
Chilean Government similar to
Brazil's. The Chilean press is in-
sisting that the solidarity of American
'republics ought not to be broken up.
GREATER PRODUCTION.
Increased Output From Canada's Fish-
eries to be Undertaken.
The Canadian Fisheries' Association
is to be commended for its commercial
enterprise and patriotic service in Sum of Forces Which''( lad Sailed
undertaking an extensive campaign For England Up To
for an increased output from Canada's May lst.
fisheries. It is the intention of the
Association to not only have the splen- A 'despatch from. Ottawa says:—
did fisheries of the Dominion eontri-,r$he total number of officers and men
Mite as largely as possible to the re- of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
lief of the immediate grave shortage who had sailed for England up to May
of food, but also to promote perinan- lst Last was 312,508, according to in-
ent development of our fisheries on a formation furnished by Hon. J. D.
much greater scale. In serving the Reid on behalf of the Minister of
particular interests which it repre- Militia to Hon. Frank Oliver in the
setts, the Canadian Fisheries' Asso- Commons on Wednesday. The total
dation, like the Canadian Forestry As- number who were on duty in Canada
sedation, Canadian Mining Institute, on May lst was 25,47E.
Pulp and Paper Association, the great
farmers' organizations and numerous BRITISH DESTROYER
SAVES NORSE SHIP.
Intercepts a German Submarine and
Forces it to Submerge.
A despatch from Boston says: The
Norwegian steamer Noruega, which
arrived at an American port on Wed-
nesday, reported an escape from at-
tack by a submarine while 800 miles
off the Norwegian coast, Tite Nor-
wegian was accompanied by a British
steamer and was tinder convoy of a
Britiah destroyer when the Noruega's
lookout sighted a periscope dead
ahead. Tho destroyer was notified and
slipped in between the steamer and
the submarine in an attempt to ram f
the underwater boat, but the sub-
marine plunged in time to save itself.
"That baby cries a lot over at your
house, Willie." "Yes'nt, I guess he's
hatching his teeth."
Markets of the World TRU) NOW OVER
$iroadsttlas •
'Terantc June 2—Mapitoba wheat -LEI,
official qu0lations, .-
rfanitobu oats—No Metal quotatlonS.
American corn—No Oirleial.. invita-
tions •
Oitl;arlo oats—No oPfidal quotations,
No, 3 white, no oliIoial q"ugqk„atlons,
Ontario wheat—No, 2 Wlntor, per' ear
lot, 02,00 to 22.00; No. 3 00„ $2,40 to
12.08, ao 01'0,01g to freights outside,
Peas—No, 2, nominal, aecordtng to
freights o;ltsirla,
Barley- Malting, nelninal, according
to freights outside.
l3yo-gcl'Oo, 2, $2,00, nomi1tal, according
to fanitRhts tutsidp,
Manitoba flour—lrirst patottte, in lute
1}t,ags, g1Y.80; sseend lratents, in jute
bags,:812,00; strong bakers', 4n lute
ka°s, $12:110, o'oronto,
Ontaldo flour—Winter, 'according to
Sample, $11.,00 to 211.10, to bags, track
'Tercnto, prontl12 shipment.
Mtlll'eed---Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights bags included—Bran, per 00n,
127; sharia, per 3011,$42; iniAdlings ter
ton 140; good feed flour, per nag, 22',88
to 12,00
k ay—natrae 340, 2,, per, ton, $12,80 to
812,60; rnlxod, Dar lou, $9 to $'11,60,
trach Toronto,
roStraw—ear lots, par ton, 85,11`11.01G WC)-
/
Produce—Wholesale
13htter- 0Presh dairy, tltoioe, 39 to 400;
creamery prints, 98 to 460; solids, 42 to
93e,
29ggs—Now-laid, In cartons, 46 to 460,
ctrl of cartons, 48c..
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 600;
fowl, 24 to 26c; ducks, 22 to 25o; squabs,.
gar doz., 11,00 to $4,60; turkeys, 30 to
8 Live poultry—Spring chickens, lb„ 90
to 460; hens, lb., 22 to 26c.
Cheese—New, Large, 203 to 27e; twins,
208 to 270o; triplets, 27 to 2780; old,
large, 20a; twins, 200c.
Honey—Comb—Extra ane and heavy.
weight, per doz., 12:76: select, 02.00 to
$3,76; No 2, 22 to $2.26,
Maple syrup—Imperial gallon, $1.76.
Potatoes—On track Ontario, per bag,
84.20; New Brunswick Delawares, per
bag, $9.90; •.Albertas, per bag, •$4.00; P.
D.I. whites, bag, $4.00.
Beans—Imported, orted hand-picked, Man-
ohurfan, $8,00.to $8.50 per bush; Limas,
per b.,-19 to 20c,:
Provisions—W holesalo
Sntolted meats—hams, medium, 30 to
31e; do„ heavy, 25 to 26c; cooked, 41 to
42e; rolls, 26 to 27c; breakfast bacon,
83 to 35e; backs, plain, 86c; boneless,
80o,
Lard—Pure lard tierces, 262 to - 27c;
tubs, 27 to 272c; loans, 270 to 2750; oom-
29 tnd, tierces, 215c; tubs, 2190; pails,
Cured. meats—Long clear bacon, 29 to
26c per lb; clear bellies, 24 to 250.
Montreal Markets '
Montreal, June 5—Oats—Canadian
western, No. 2, 200; do., No. 3, 77o; ex-
tra Na 1 feed, 77c. Barley—Malting,
$1.18. Flour•—Man. Spring wheat patents
firsts, $18,80; seconds, $18,10; strong
bakers',._ 512,00; 'Winter patents, choice,
$14.26; straight rollers, $13,60 to $13,80;
do., bags, $6.60 to'$6.66. Rolled oats,
barrels, $8.76 to $9.26; do., bags, 90 lbs.,
54.25 to .$4.60. Bran $33. Shorts, $44,
Middlings, $46 to $60. Mouillie, $60 to
085. Hay—No. 2, per ton, ear lots, 218
to 218.60, Chasse—Finest westerns, 23
to 2235c; d0., eastern, 22 to 2210. But-
ter—Choloest creamery, 893c; seconds,
890. Eggs—Fresh, 43a. Potatoes,. per
]lag, car lots,'$3,75 to $4,00.
Winnipeg Grain
'Winnipeg, June 6—Cash prioes;—
Wheat—No, 1 Northern, $2.36: No. 2,
do, $2.38; No, 3, $2.23; No. 4, $2.16; No.
6,$1.61-; - No, 6, 21,60; feed, $1.16; basis
contract—May, 12.38; June, 52.51; July,
$2,26. Oats—No. 2 C.N.. 6780; N. 8,
do., 642c; extra No, 1 feed, 643c, Barley
—No. 3. 01.13; No. 4, 01.12; rejected, $1:
feed, $1. Flax—No. 1 N.-1V.C., 52.798;
No. 2 C.W., $2.763; No. 8, do„ 12.004.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, June 6—Choles heavy steers,
512,15 to $12,00; good heavy steers,
011.36 to $12; butchers' cattle, choice,
11.80 to $12; do., good, $11 to $12,60;
ro., medium, 210 to $10,26; do., common,
$0 to $0.40; butchers' bulls, choice, $10.60
to 511; cls„ good bulls, $rJ',70 to 210; do.,
medium bulls, $3,60 to $0; do., rough
bulls, $0.40. to $6.00; butchers' cows,
oholee. $10.26 to $10.76; do., good, 19.26
to $10; do., medium, 03 to 58.75; stock-
ers. $7.60 to 00,00; feeders, $10.60 to
$10,26; Tanners and Cutters, 15.60''20
60.60; mincers, good to choles, 166 to
6110; do., cam, and med., each, $40 to
$60; springers, $00 10 5110; light ewes,
$12 es $I8; -sheep, heavy, $8,60 to $0.60;
calves, good to choice, 512 to 014: spring
lambs, each, $8 00.311- lamb», choice, 516
to $10; do., medium, 61I to $12,60; hogs,
fe,i and watered, $16.50; do., weighed off
ars, $16,75; do., f.o.b., $16.70.
Montreal. .Tune 6—Spring lambs, $7 to
$12; old sheep. $11.50 to $13; selected
hogs, 217,00 to 017.60.
2,503 CANADIAN
TROOPS OVERSEAS
RUSSIA WILL FIGHT
Germans Look for Renewal of
Hostilities on Eastern
Front.
A despatch from the Hague says;
Tho Germans undoubtedly expect
heavy fighting on the Eastern front
Recent arrivals in holland state that
numerous transports of'men and naval
guns are going eastward,• The latter
feature is naval, and apposes to indi-
cate a shortage'of heavy and high -
angle field artillery, The latest Ger-
man communiques continue to refer to
the increasing artillery duel along the
whole Eastern front, The Frankfur-
ter Gazette Thursday morning pub-
lished a leading' article emphatically
warning the public that the so-called
unofilcial truce is now over, and the
Entente apparently succeeded in ar-
ranging for a simultaneous offensive
on all fronts. The paper says the K:i-
ser's warning to the troops on the
Western front that a decision is now
et hand referred to the coming com-
bined offensive. It is significant that
Theodore Wolff again warns the Ger-
man public to abandon all hopes of a
separate peace with Russia, whilst
the Dutch pacifist press Thursday
night accuses the German Chancellor
of clumsiness in his trcgltment of the
Russian situation.
PIKE BLISTER IN CANADA.
Action Necessary to Locate and Eradi-
cate rho Disease.
The extreme gravity of the pine
blister disease in the United States is
evidenced by the recent appropriation
of $800,000 by Congress' for assisting
the respective states in their efforts
to eradicate this menace to the white
pine forests of the country. In the
several states where white pine occurs,
appropriations for this work are now
pending, which aggregate some $220,-
000. The white pine forests of the
United States are variously estimated
to have a value of from $200,000,000
to $425,000,000.
The white pine of Canada is val-
ued roughly at $200,000,000. At the
recent annual meetings of the Com-
mission of . Conservation, Canadian
Forestry Association, Canadian So-
ciety of Forest Engineers, and Can-
adian Lumbermen's Association, urg-
ent resolutions were adopted, favor-
ing the, appropriation by the Dominion
Government of $60,000, to provide for
supplementing the work which will be
done by the Provinces of Ontario and
Quebec in locating and eradicating the
pine blister disease, and for making a
general survey of the situation
throughout Canada. Scouting is ne-
cessary in New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia, to determine whether the dis-
ease has yet become established in
those provinces; and attention must
also be given the forests of western
white pine in southern British Colum-
bia.
• During 191G, much work was done
by the Province of Ontario in locating
and eradicating the disease. In this
work the Dominion Department of
Agriculture co-operated, and conduct-
ed also, through the office of the Do-
minion Botanist, some very valuable
%research work along lines which have
an important bearing on the control of
the pine blister. Should the proposed
appropriation of $50,000 be granted,
these efforts can be materially in-
creased, especially in connection with
scouting ancl, the eradication of dis-
eased plants. The Department of
Lands and Forests of Quebec will
wage a vigorous campaign against the
pine blister disease during the current
year, and in'these efforts it is import-
ant that the Dominion Government
should co-operate on an adequate
scale. The whole situation is now
being considered by the Government,
and it is anticipated that favorable ac-
tion will be taken.
AUDACIOUS ALLENBY.
A Young British Cavalry General of
Great Renown.
Allenby is a name to conjure with
lvherever cavalrymen are found. They
know his quality—a quality which was
never better shown than in the great
retreat from Mons, when he and his
Lancers drove through the Germans
lire a sword through a sheet of paper.
And if Allenby and the Cavalry Bri-
gade ever get the chance again, they
will repeat the close under much more
advantageous conditions.
General Allenby, who has added
fresh laurels to his wreath in the Bat-
tle of Arras, is an old Haileybury boy.
Ile made a. name for himself in South
Africa at the very time when another
cavalry leader—now Lord French—
was leaping into the fame which made
iris choice to open the ball against
the Germans a certainty.
General Allenby has that splendid
audacity which, combined with good
judgment, makes a fine and sticeess-
ul general, and there are few men in
Che Army to -day who are more likely
to make an innnortal name for them-
selves than this man, who entered the
Gth Dragoons when he was a youth of
twenty, and was ono of the youngest
commanders of a. Cavalry Brigade in
the annals of the Service.
other influential bodies identified with
promoting and protecting primary
production in its various phases, can
at the seine time be of great service
in assisting more proportionate na-
tional development than Canada has
been securing during the present cen-
tury.
LINER FROM HOLLAND
REACHES! ATLANTIC PORT
A despatch from New York says:—
Tim first liner from Holland since
January 23 has arrived at an Atlantic
port with 223 first, 841 second and 974
third-class passengers,. via Halifax,
where she was, detained two days for
examination Thette were 119
Americans among the passengers, of
whom 72 were survivors of submarine
9inkings in the North Sea and the
R•• ;ash Channel.
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ROM SUNSET COAST
W.R,ax TILE N STLRN P3i PL?ili
ARE ,DOING.
Progress of the Great West Told'
in a Few Pointed
paragraphs
D. M. Eberta, IC,C,, former Speaker.
of the Provincial Legislature, has beank
appointed judge of the British Colum -1
bia Court of Appeal, succeeding the
late Judge Irving. •
Foul Bay road and Foul Bay beach)
will hereafter bo known by the name
of Vimy, to commemoratethe glorious
success in attaining which so many
Victorians have fallen,
Information has been received at
Victoria by wire, stating that Major
J. G. Anderson, M.C„ was wounded in
the head at Vimy'Ridge on April 9,
and has been admitted to hospital.
Corp. Clair Plaxton, of the 72nd
Seaforth Highlanders, who went over-
seas from Langley last year, has been
awarded the Military Medal for con-
spicuous gallantry on the field.
In his first sermon after returning'
from the front, the Bishop of West-,
minater, Capt. the Rt. Rev. De Pen-
cier, eloquently set forth the need for
sacrifice and suffering in national andl
individual life.
Although Vancouver's civic expendi-
ture this year has been cut $50,000 '
the increase in the rate, 21.5 hills net,
is clue to the reduction in the assess-
ment on land from $70,189,330 in 1916
to $53,694,822 this year;
Several hundred employes and sym-
pathizers of the strikers at the British
Columbia Sugar 'Refinery at Vancou-
ver, surrounded the plant on receiving
information that more strikebreakers
were to be employed by the company.
Speaking in the Legislature on the
budget debate, Alex. I. Fisher, member
for Fernie, said that the debt of Brit-
ish Columbia was not $18,000,000
alone, as Capt, Hayward had said, but
included $75,000,000 of guaranteed
bonds.
Residents and property owners of
Victoria West are working individual-.
ly and through organizations to in-
duce "the Provincial Government to
confirm without further loss of time
the gift to the city of the park site on;
the Songhees reserve.
On the basis of the last estimate of
the number of sheep in the province,
about, 50,000, and the especially high
prices being paid in •the east for the
clip, British Columbia this year will
produce between $160,000 and $175,000
worth of wool.
C. Behnsen, who earned a reputation
as a bear hunter last season by killing
nine bears and capturing a cub, is ono
of a hunting party now in the Benton
Siding district. The bear season ap-
pears to be very late this year and
no great success has been experienced.
The B. C. Sugar Refinery has been'
closed down, the reason alleged by
the president being that the local em-
ployes with whom he could have car-
ried on after the strike was declared
did not receive su(flcient protection
from the Vancouver Police Depart-
ment.
INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES.•
Flexible lath for many building pur-
poses bas been patented that is com-
posed of wire cloth, coated with
brick clay.
A Los Angeles automobile salesman;
is the inventor of a gauge to be!
mounted near the windshield of a car
to show its exact consumption of gas-,
oline.
Rubber artificial eyes, which are
partially pneumatic, have been in-
vented in Europe and are said to be
lighter and more comfortable than
glass ones.
Telegraph poles have been dispensed
with entirely in one Welsh town in
which the residents have permitted
the wires to be strung from house to.
house.
Norwegian experiments with fishing
with the aid of electric lights loweied&
into the sea have been failures, the
illumination apparently frightening
the fish away.
Work has been begun in Australia
on a system of locks and weirs that
will make the Murray River navigable
far inland and supply irrigation to
about 1,600,000 acres of land.
By the invention of attachments for
an American typewriter already ex-.
tensively used in India the writing of
the 860 characters and signs of the
Bengali alphabet is made possible.
An Oregon inventor's windmill has
blades that move horisontally instead
of vertically and which are shielded
when moving against the 'wind by a
screen that is governed by a wind
vane.
Because ordinary ladders frequently
slip when used against the walls of
cylindrical silos an inventor has pat-
opted a metal one, the topper end of
which is hung on wheels from a per-
manent trach.
Largest Valves in the World.
Five enormous valves; each with a
waterway nine feet in diameter, and
said to be the largest over built, are
used to control hydraulic turbines
generating 12,000 horsepower at a
Niagara Falls power plant. These
valves have a total height of thirty
feet and weigh 130,000 pounds each.I
They are operated by fifteen horse-
power electric motors, arranged' to be,
controlled from a distant station.'
These valves give some idea of the
stupendous mechanical feats being ae-
complfshecl to -day by engineering
science and stir the imagination as
to the possibilities of the future. •
�q.
Well Brought 1
t U.
Much against his better judgment
i tiro City man decided to engage a gil'''
aa "office boy." The first applicant
for the job was a fair, frizzy -haired
young thing with a lace blouse and as
Aemelt jewellery asyotj, oats get for a'
s'Allay at a'y bazaar, The City;
man eyed her suspiciously.
"I—et••--ho t
10 you were earofnlly�
iltroughl :1111" said the City man
gruffly.
"OIi yes, thank you, sit," replied
damsel with a dazzling smile. "1
Fame up in the lilt,"