HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-08-09, Page 3.,ALLIED OFFENSIVE CONTINUES
ON .THE WESTERN. FRONT
British and French Successes in user Canal Sector --Germans Re-
Take St. Julien.
A despatch from London saYsl--
A tprrt,lltial rainfall and the resultant
turning of the battlefield—already
hard of negotiation at men,,, pointe--.
into a veritable quagmire retarded,
but failed to halt, during Wednesday
the great allied offensive against the
Germans in Flanders,
The most part of the day was spent
by the British and French troops, in
co solidating positions won in Tues-
tla�y,'s spectacular drive or in putting
down strong German counter-attacks,
made in endeavors to wrest from their
antagonists their former positions,
At two points near Ypres the Ger-
mans, using great masses of men,
were successful in their counter-at-
tacks against the British, compelling
the evacuation of Haig's troops of the
village of St. Julien, but this advant-
age was offset in the Zillebeke and
Yser Canal sectors, where, respective-
•
ly, the British and French troops ad,
vanced their lines.
"The oil shells referred to by cor-
respondents at the front are the latest
new weapon," says an ordnance man
in the Evening Standard. "They are
the necessary reprisal forced by the
diabolical inventions of the German oil
drums er canisters. They are con-
structed in the form of shells, the
casings of which are so thin that they
burst easily after. explosion, the small
charge within scattering the flaming
contents. They are fired from trench
mortars. They are an effective reply
to the flamenwerfer of the Germans,
which are merely tanks carried on
soldiers' backs and worked by a hand
pump with fire nozzle attachment."
The newest tanks have heavier
gune, says the Standard, and the re-
coil often tosses the huge machines
literally about. The crews are now
trained to avoid tank sickness, and it
is necessary to get "tank legs."
ONTARIO RURAL
LIFE MOVEMENT
School For Rafal Leadership At
O.A.C. Has Successful
Session.
A despatch from Guelph says:—
The delegates who are. attending the
Summer school for rural leadership
are so delighted at the progress made
that before dispersing they have
organized so that the work can be car-
ried on between the yearly gatherings.
It was felt that only by the efforts of
an organization could the problems of
rural leadership be effectively dealt
with and in an interview with Coin-
missioner,C. O. Creelman, hegave this
every encouragement and promise of
assistance. The object of the associa-
tion is the promotion of the highest
interests of rural community life, re-
ligious, educational, social, physical
and economic.
Officers elected were:—President;
G. N. Simmons, Springfield; Vice -
President, H. W. Foley, Brooklin;
Secretary Treasurer, A. MacLaren,
Guelph; Executive Committee, W. F.
Carpenter, Horning's Mills; N. S.
Campbell, Inwood; Miss . Stover,
Queenston; Mrs. W. J. Booth, Hornby.
A pocket library, for furnishing
material and, other facts, was urged on
the O.A.C. authorities and the lead-
ers went on record as declaring that a
more permanent linking up of the
rural community leaders with the col-
lege, as by an annual convention, will
still further extend the influence of
the college and result in greater good.
The Ontario Government were urged
to follow the example of the Saskat-
chewan Government in the engage-
ment of an educational specialist to
make a general survey of the province,
with a view of increasing the efficiency
of the school system.
At the afternoon session of the
school for rural leadership, Mr. Tom-
linson gave a practical demonstration
of tree planting, after which Mr. A.
II. MacLennan, lecturer in vegetable
garderiing;.presented that subject in
a most interesting and informative
way, illustrating his remarks by an
excellent series of lantern slides.
The' committee, appointed to inter-
view.President'Creelman in reference
to the. future of -the school, reported
that. they had been received with the
utmost cordiality and sympathy. _ Dr.
Creelinan made some helpful sugges-
tions as to the time of holding the
school and other matters. This has
,encouraged the rural leaders to be-
lieve that the future of the school as a
permanent institution is well assured.
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LOSSES
--__LOSSES FROM SUBMARINES
AGAIN SHOW FALLING OFI4
A despatch from London says:—
Some falling off in the loss of British
merchantmen by submarines is noted
in the official summary just issued.
Eighteen British vessels of more than
1,600 tons were sunk by submarines or
mines last. week. Three vessels under
1,600 tons were sunk, while no fishing
vessels were lost.
Drive Germans Front Africa:
A despatch from London says:—
British troops have driven the Ger-
mans from their positions on the Lug-
ungu River, in German East Africa,
and also are pushing forward in the
Kilwa region, says an official state-
ment issued by the British War Of -
flee.
Italians Build 18,000 Ton Ships.
A despatch from Rome says:—The
construction of 'merchant ships of a
uniform typo and measuring 8,000•
tons has been commenced in the Italian
shipyards. The first launching will
take place the end of this. month, and
others will follow without interrup-
tion.
NEW RUSSIAN.
OFFENSIVE
Partial Success of Russ Troops
in Galicia.
A despatch from Petrograd says:—
The beginning of a partial offensive
by the Russians in Galicia in the direc-
tion.of Trembowla is announced' by the
War Office. A hostile position was
earried in this movement.
Southwest of Kimpolung, towards
the southern end of the fighting line,
the Russians were forced back some-
what in the region of Negrey. They
were also compelled to retire to some
extent to the east of Gerement, be-
tween the Dniester and Pruth region.
The statement says, the Russians
suffered great losses when they were
forced to retire across the Zborcz.
FRENCH BUILD 29
BRIDGES UNDER FIRE
A despatch from London says:—A
Reuter despatch from British Head-
quarters in France, after describing
the victorious advance of the British,
says that the Yser was crossed in
many places.
The bridging work was prodigious.
One division alone, in the course of a
single day, succeeded underfire in
throwing seventeen bridges on its
front.
"The accomplishment of the French
troops/' continues the correspondent,
"evoked the greatest admiration. They
threw twenty-nine bridges across the
Yser, pushed on, and repeatedly made
deep advances."
A ROYAL FURNITURE THIEF.
Prince Eitel, the Kaiser's Son, Blew
Up Chateau He Pillaged.
Andre Chevalier, special correspond-
ent of the Intransigeant at the French
front, gives a few sidelights on the
life of Prince Eitel Friedrich,
During his sojourn at Avricourt, in
the Oise, the Kaiser's son resided . at
the chateau of Comte Balmy d'Avri-
court. In the moments -when he was
not • hiding his ponderous form in a
shellproof dugout communicating with
the grounds of the chateaa by a sub-
terranean passage this "fat, red-faced
man with a huge paunch consumed
quantities of cabbage."
"He lived a quiet ,life," adds Mr.
Chevalier, "and was troubled once
only by a visit from his blustering
father.
"In his solitary walks across the
country the Prince's only companions
were melancholy and a dog.
"Sometimes he would take a spade
and stolidly turn the ground, perhaps
in the hope of finding buried treasure
to add to the wagon loads of furni-
ture he already had sent far from the
dangers of bombardment.
"It was an atavism no doubht, or
mayhap a precautionary measure,
for some months after, when the
princely furniture mover Ieft the
chateau, it blew up, as if by mere
chance, with what was allowed to re-
main there.
"This was the Prince's grateful
method of paying his bill. Mr.
Dubois, the proporietor of a chateau
in the neighborhood of Compiegne,
which was methodieally pillaged by
the Kaiser's son, has laid a formal
charge of theft with the French au-
thorities against Prince EiteI."
If you live away from a shoe store
and a shoe pinches, stretch it by
wringing a cloth from quite war water
and wrapping it around the shoe, over
the foot; This gives the needed room
and doesn't hurt the' leather. Or,
moisten the lining. tV the shoe (or the
stocking) with alcohol, and wear
shoes while drying. The lining
stretches to fit the foot. No taking
cold with alcohol.
SCA,. r e, na
r
o..e_a ca 20 si
A YEAR OF BRITISH ADVANCE.
Solid black shows territory conquered by British army from July, 1919
to July, 1917. -A small portion near the Somme was taken by the 1f1•encli
muring the Battle of the Somme. The arrow points to the gain recently'
ade by the Germans at the mouth of the Yder, which is also indicated in
;black. The thin, black line shows presentbattle line.
From the Ocean Shore
BITS OF NEWS FROM THB
MARITIME PRO MINCES.
Items of Interest From Places Lap.
ped By Waves of the
Atlantic.
The strawberry crop was exception-
ally large on Prince Edward Island
this year.
It has been announced that P. W.
Thibeau, B.A., of Thibeauville, River
Bourgeoise, C.B., has been awarded
a Knights of Columbus scholarship at
the Catholic University of America,
Washington, D.C.
One of the heaviest shipments of
strawberries that ever came down the
St. John River arrived on Wednesday
and a conservative estimate placed the
number of boxes close to 60,000.
Upwards of thirty cars of fish were
taken on board cars at North Sydney
during the past week and shipped to
Chicago and other American points.
The fish all came from Newfoundland.
Mr. and Mrs. John Murray, 401
Agricola Street, Halifax, have receiv-
ed a telegram from Ottawa informing
them that their son, Private Russell
Murray, was killed in action on June
29.
Capt. Thos, Meikle, a native of Pic-
ton town, died recently in Cardiff,
Wales. He was the youngest of four
brothers, the oldest of whom was the
late Capt. Richard Meikle, of New
Glasgow.
Probably the largest trout catch of
the season was made by James Hector
of Fredericton, who took in 18 dozen
in one day from the Nashwaak river.
At Yarmouth the old Gilbert San-
derson shipyard, now O'Hanley's
wharf, which has been leased by the
Yarmouth Shipbuilding Company,
Ltd., will soon be a scene of great act-
ivity, as building, etc„ is now going
on.
Registry Book of Dundee.
When Mr. Lloyd George received the
freedom of Dundee recently he was
asked to write his name in the "Lockit
Book." This ancient volume, of
antique_ paper, bound in leather cov-
ered wooden boards, and, as its name
indicates, fitted with Iocks and keys,
contains the names of burgesses from
1613. But for the part played by
English soldiers in the destruction of
the town records the Prime Minister
might have found his name in the
acme book with David, Earl of Hunt-
ingdon. . Among the names on the roll
are those of Cobden, Bright and three
Prime Ministers—Earl Russell, Lord
Roseberry and Mr. Balfour; and
among the signatures are also those of
two American Ambassadors—Bayard
and Whitelaw Reid.
Credit Extension Now $1,400,000,000.
A despatch from Washington says;
—A further extension of credit has
been made to Great Britain and
France by this Government. The
amount advanced to Great Britain was
$185,000,000, and the allowance to
France was $160,000,000, a total of
$845,000,000, leaving a balance yet to
be granted, of $55,000,000 of the re-
gular program of $400,000,000 a month
to be advanced to the ally Govern-
ments. The total thus far given to
Great Britain is now, including to-
day's amount, $955,000,000, and that
to France $530,000,000.
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Unmet
ALLIED FORCES
LEAVE GREECE
French and British Troops Have
All Been Withdrawn.
A despatch from Athens says:—
Withdrawal of the allied forces from
Old Greece, Thessaly and Epirus in
accordance with the decision of the
Balkan conference at Paris is being
rapidly carried out. The withdrawal
from Corinth and other occupied
points was previously executed. The
Italians are similarly preparing to
leave Janina and other sections of
Piraeus, retaining only a small tri-
angle near Avlona, in Albania.
The unanimity of the allied action
is a source of satisfaction, as the
Italian aspiration desired a wider field,
but yielded in the interest of the
united action to withdraw all and
leave Greece to the Greeks. ,
Preparations are under way to call
out the classes of 1916 and 1917, ag-
gregating 60,000 men. The Greek
Government is highly gratified at the
result as showing the allies are recog-
nizing the territorial integrity of
Greece,
THE FIRST AERIAL DUEL.
Fought in Paris in 1808 and Witness-
ed by Thousands.
In these days when aerial duels
are of almost hourly occurrence it
may be interesting to recall the cir-
cumstances of the first conflict of this
nature. This combat, which was the
result of n quarrel between two Paris-
ians, M. De Grandpre and M. Le
Pique, over a lady engaged at the Im-
perial Opera, was fought in 1808.
The two rivals, having agreed to
settle their respective differences by
a duel, decided that the fight should
take place in the air. Two balloons
were constructed, identical in every
detail, and on the appointed day
Grandpre and his second entered the
car of one. balloon and Le Pique the
other. The scene of the ascent was
the Garden of the Tuilleries and thou-
sand's of spectators journeyed from all
parts of Poria to witness so novel an
event. The rivals had agreed to fire
at each other's balloon, with the idea
of bringing it to earth by escape of
gas.
When the balloons were some
eighty yards apart and about half a.
mile from the surface a signal to be-
gin firing was given. M. De Grandpre
sent a ball through Le Pique's balloon,
which collapsed with such frightful
rapidity that Le Pique and his second
were dashed to pieces. De Grandpre,
however, continued his ascent, and
terminated his voyage at a spot some
twenty-one miles from Paris,
In checking up the wastes remember
the poultry parasites. Lice and mites
keep many a pound of meat and many
an egg out of production. Put crude
oil in the poultry house crevices and
around the roosts and whitewash the
whole place.
Teach the girls how to mend their
own stockings and clothes. In days
to come they will be very thankful
that you took this trouble. But don't
keep them just at the mending. Give
them some nice new cloth to work up
into garments. There is an inspira-
tion about that which does not come;
from sewing up a big rip in one's
dress, or trying to stop up a big hole
in a stocking.
Markets of the World
Breadstuff'
oa'aote3laOa2aotNNorthern, $� 2Northern,
12.4 nitoba loafs store
2 G,'N ,11660 ' traok
Bay ports..
American earn—'No, 3 yellow, notnl-
nai 101011'1ofonto,
Ontario 08t44—No orfiolal quotations.
Ontario wheat -No, 2 Winter, per oar
lot, $2,55 to 22.60; Na 3, 22.53 to $0,58,
Peas --No
2, nominal, ac o0 1ing to
freights outside,
14arley—Malting, nominal, according
to freights outside,
Bye—No. 2, nominal, according to
freight' outside.
Manitoba flour--1Pirst patents, in jute
bags, $12.00 second patents, in Jute
bags, $12,40; strong bakers', in jute
bags, 112,00.Onta
sample,o $11,20, $J 1,20, int bags, track, t' Toronto
prompt shipment;
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included—Bran, per ton,
$86; shorts, per ton, 9$1; middlings,
Per ton, $44 to $45; good' feed aaur,'per
bag. $ 0.26.
Hay—Extra No, 2, per ton, 81.1.50 to
$12,00; mixed, per toil, $9 to $10, track
Toronto.
Straw—Car lots, per ton, $$.00, track
Toronto.
tlonntry Produce—Who1e'a1e
Butter -Creamery, solids, pot. 1b., 341
to 360; prints, per lb., 36 to 3580; dairy,
per lb„ 29 to 30o.
Eggs—Per dos„ 37 to 88c.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade atthe following. pPrides :—
Cheese—New, large. 226 to 23c; twins,
222 to 2310' triplets, 28 to 2311';, old,
large 30o; 'twine, 301o; triplets, 302c.
.Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 84 to 860•
areamery prints, 38 to 39e; solids, 378
to 880.
Eggs—New-laid, In cartons, 44 .to 456;
out of cartons, 42c.
Dressed poultry—Spring eldeksns, 30c;
fowl, 30o; squabs, per doz., 94 to $4.50;
turkeys, 26 to 30o; ducks, spring, 200.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, ib.,
200; hone, 16 to 180; dunks, Spring, 130.
Honey—Comb—Extra ane and heavy
weight, per doz., 99,75; select. $2,50 to
$2 Beans -Prime2 whits2690.50 per bush.;
imported, hand-picked, 910,60 per bush,;
Limas, per lb., 18 to 19c.
Potatoes, on track—Rad Star, new,
001., $5,00 . to 96.26; North Carolinas,
new, bbl., $5.00 to $6,25; seconds, bbl„
$8.60.
Provisioue—Wholesale
Smoiiod meats—Hams, medium, 80 to
31e; do:,. heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 to
420; roils, 27 to 2So; breakfast bacon,
l33ess0,o 39 36c;to bacAOc.
ks, plain, 38 to 370; bone -
Cured meat Long clear bacon, 26 to
263c per lb; dear bellies, 26 to 26e.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 28 to 204a;
jabs, 261 to 2680; pails, 268 to 26990;
compound, tierces, 21c; tubs, 211c;
Palls, 213c.
°Montreal Markets
Montreal, Aug. 7—Oats-Canadian
Western, No. 2, 860; do.,84c; ex-
tra No. 1 feed, S3 to 840, Barley—
Malting, 51.26. P1our-3vIanitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, $13; d0., seconds,
$12.50; strong bakst•s', 112.30; 'Winter
patents choice, $16; straight rollers,
912.40 t0 912,55; do., 10, bags, 96 to
60.16. Rolled oats—carrels,$9.16 to
$9,36; bag of 90 lbs., 24.45 to $4.35.
Millfced—Bran, 35; shorts, 640; mid-
dlings, 950; rnou llie,'980 to $61. I3ay—
No. 2, per ton, ear lots, $10 to 310.50.
Cheese-1Pinest westerns, 211c; do.,
easterns, Elle. Butter—Choicest cream-
ery,39 to Me; seconds, 383e. Eggs—
Fresh, 40 to 48c; selected. 44e; No. 1
stock, 40e; No. 2, do., 80 to 38e. Pota-
toes—Per bag, cat' lots, $1 to 92.
Winnipeg Grein
vvinnipeg, Aug. 7—Cash prices:—
Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $2,38; No: 2,
d0., 92.36; N0. 8, do., 92.30; No. 4, 92.10;
No. 6, 91.94; No, 6, $1.68; feed, $1.98.
Basis contract—August (first half),
$2.30. Oats—No. 2 C.W.. 75c. N0. 8, do„
74c; extra No. 1 feed, 74c; No. 1 feed,
72c. Barley—No. 3, 61.20; No. 4, $1.15;
rejected, 91.09; feed, 91,09. Flax—No. 1
N: W.C„ $3.26; No 2 C,W., 03.21; No. 3,
do., 03.09.
Gutted States Markets
Minneapolis, Aug. 7—Wheat—Septem-
ber closed $2.18, Cash—No. 1 Northern,
$2.95 to $3.00; No, 2, do., 22.90 to $2.06.
corn—No. 3 yellow, $2.24 to 02.25. Oats
No, 8 white, 'r8 to 77c. Flour un-
changed. Bran—$36.50 to 936.00,
Duluth, Aug. 7—Linseed—$3.28; Sep-
tember, October and November, $3.80.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Aug. 7—Extra choice heavy
steers, $11.90 to 912.20; choice heavy
steers, $1.0.60 to $11,00; butchere' oat-
tle, choloo, $10 to $10,60;good, $9.60
'to $9,86; do„ medium, $8.60 to (19; do.,
common, 97.10 to $7.20; butchers' bulls,
choice, $8.26 to $9,00; do., good bulls,
$7,60 to (17.75,; do., medium bulls, $6.76
to $7,00; do., rough hulls, $5,00 to $6.00;
butchers' cows, choice, $8. to $8.50; do.,
good, $7.35 to $7.60; do, medium, $6.50
to $0.76; stockers, 96.40 to $8.26; feed -
ore, $7,76 to $8.76; canners and cutters,
95.25 to $6; milkers, good to choice. $80
to $100; .do. coin. and med., $40 to $50;
springers, 280 to $120; light ewes, $8.50
to 90.50;• sheep, heavy, .98 to 07.22;
yearlings, $10 to $11.60; calves, good to
choice, $13 0o $14.60; spring lambs,
$16,50 t0 $10.30; hogs, fed and watered,
$18.76; do., wetghetl oil' cars, $17; do„
1.0.2., $1"0,50 to $15:76.
Montreal, Aug. 7—Choice sleet's, $10.60
to $10,75; good, 91.0 to 910,25; lower
raclee, $8,50 to $9.50: butchers' cows,
a io $8; -bulls, $6.60 to $8.50; canners,
4.60 to $0; Iambs, 1139
13 tot
o $18.50; sheep,
87.60 to $8.60; calves, $7 Co $12.
Germany Loses hi Asia.
Germany has another enemy. Siam
has declared war against her and her
ally Austria. The military importance
of the declaration may not be so
great; the peace strength of the Siam-
ese army is only 12,000 men. But the -
utter failure of Germany to promote
dissentions in the East favorable to
German ambitions is emphasized by it.
Siam has had grievances against the
French. A quarter of a century ago
a French fleet at Bangkok brought to
terms the Siamese and compelled the
cession of Cambodia. More recently
territory was ceded to France and to
Great Britain, But the territorial in-
tegrity of the country has been guar-
anteed by both Powers, and their in-
fluence has been exerted to promote
its development. If German intrigue
has been busy there, they have been
able to defeat its purpose. In other
words, Getman ambitions in Asia will
not be realized. The loyalty of India s
to the British Crown was one evidence
of that. Chang Hsun'e failure in
China is another. Now comes Siam to
say that it is more willing to trust
the Allies than Germany. No more
titan in South America, will there be
any Teutonic expansion in Asia.
GOVE
RENT TO NATIONALIZE
CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY
Will Also Make a Cash Advance of $7,500,000 to Grand Trunk
Pacific.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
The Canadian Northern Railway Sys-
tem, including its branch lines, ter,.
urinals, telegraph and express ser-
vices, grain elevators, steamship lines
on the Great Lakes and other sub-
sidiary undertakings, will be acquir-
ed by the Governmet.t on behalf of the
Canadian people, Further, the Gov-
ernment will land to the G. T. P, Rail-
way Company $7,500,00, repayable on
demand with interest 0 per cent,, and
seeu'pd by a mortgage on the corpor-
ation's assets,
The railway proposals in brief:
Purchase of the outstanding $60,-
000,000 stock of the Canadian North-
ern Railway, giving the Government
complete ownership of the CNA.system and all subsidiary enterprises.
Appointment of three arbitrators to
determine the Value of the stock ac-
quired, subject to an appeal to the
Supreme Court by either the Govern-
ment or the owners or pledgees of
stock in the event of failure by the
arbitrators to reach an unanimous
determination.
Canadian Northern to retain its
corporate identity with operation and
administration under a board of
directors named by the Government.I
At least flue -sixths of the outstand-
ing shares to be transferred by agree-
ment. Government to take the right(
to compel the transfer of the remain-;
ing shares,
Demand loan of $7,500,000 at 6 per.
cent., secured by mortgage, to be
made to the G.T.P, Railway, Govern-)
meat to take power to constitute a
board of directors.
From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE-
LAND'S SHORES.
Happenings In the Emerald Isla at
interest to. Irish-
men.
The death took -place recently at
Raganstown, Castlebellingham, of
Ribaton Garstin, F,S.A.
Owing to persistent spraying the
potato crop in the Boyle district is
making great progress.
The Department of Agriculture has
taken possession of Dunnamoat, near
Roscommon, under a tillage order.
The first 'of thisyear's crop . of
strawberries were sold at Newryat
one shilling and fourpence per pound.
J. Scully was re-elected as chair-
man of the South Dublin Guardians
and Miss Buchanan as vice-chairman.
The Londonderry boot and shoe
repairer's have gone on strike, having
been refused a bonus of ten shillings
a week.
At the fete held at Crossthwaite
Park, Kingstown, in aid of the Kings-
town 'War Hospital, the sum of £118
Wits realized.
Joseph O'Neill, J.P., Co. Carlow,
has been unanimously elected chair-
man of the North Dublin Rural Dis-
trict Council.
A floating mine was found by some
Galway men near Spiddal, and while
they were examining it, it exploded,
killing nine men.
A steady stream of harvesters has
been leaving the port at Dublin to
take part in the harvesting opera-
tions in England.
The Badymahon Union Guardians
have been unable to obtain tenders
for butter, which is now selling at
half a crown a pound.
John Keane, a farmer of Athlone,
has offered prizes up to 22 for the best
tilled and (mopped plots in Templepat-
rick district.
A very enjoyable gymkhana was
held at Crossthwaite Park, Kings-
town, in aid of the Irish War Hos-
pital' Supply, Kingstown.
John Maguire of Belfast, a trick
cyclist, known on the stage as Jack
Gerald Silvano, was killed in the re-
cent London air raid.
John B. Tedcastle was fined 25 at
the Dublin Police Court for having
sheep for sale on the market which
were suffering from scab.
The Belfast Banking Company pro-
pose amalgamation with the London
City and Midland Bank, of which
Reginald McKenna is.a director.
Two New Ross boys were bound
over to keep the peace for stealing
a British ensign from the Barrow
Boat Club, and then burning the flag.
THE LIFE OF A LEAF.
Reason Not Keown for Colors in the
Autumn Woods.
Leaves, like fruit,, have their sea-
sons of ripeness. They are green in
Spring and 'Summer because they
have in their cells a substance called
chlorophyll, which is made green by
the action of the sunlight. The
green is of a pale shade in early
Spring because the chlorophyll is not
fully formed. When the substance is
fully formed the green turns darker.
Towards the end\of Summer the
chlorophyll begins to decay, and then,
because it is not supplied as it is
early in the season, the leaves change
color et ripen. Exactly why some
;eaves turn red, some yellow, and
some brown is not readily explained,
except by what is known of the ac-
tion of light in producing color, Some
ubstances absorb the yellow and blue
rays of light and reflect the red; oth-
ers absorb the red and blue rays and
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eflect the yellow, and so cl., The
scientific reason why some rays are
absorbed and others are reflected is
that the corpuscles of the substances
vary in size,
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DECLINED $7,500 SALARY
TO SERVE PUBUC FREE
MR. JOHN G. KENT, a man of
wealth and extensive business in-
terests, who has refused to accept
any remuneration whatever for his
services as General Manager of the
Canadian National Exhibition, pre-,
ferring to serve the public free of
charge. He is President of the To-
ronto Board of Trade and has boen
on the Exhibition Board since 1905,
always showing a close interest in
the work, He was President in 1912•
13, the two best years in the history
of the institution, Mr. Kent is head
of the Boy Scouts in Toronto and
is Identified with many philanthropic'
enterprises. Long and continued ill-
ness has compelled Dr. Orr, Manager'
since 1903, to seek a long rest.
From The Middle West
BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI-,
TISH COLUMBIA.
Items From Provinces Where Many;
Ontario Boys and Girls Are
Living.
Saskatchewan whisky dealers are,
permitted to keep liquors for export
and sale outside of the province..
The Edmonton health inspector or-'
ders that all garbage be destroyed,!
and not, fed to pigs, to check hog
cholera,
About 18,080 pounds of food was,
destroyed by the city health authori-',
ties during the month of June in Win-;
nipeg.
for the Invalid Soldiers' Welfare
for the Invalid Soldiers' Welffare
League by "The Trenches," put on at
the Edmonton Exhibition by returned
soldiers.
Logs cut on the Upper Athabasca
river, intended for the sawmills at,
Edmonton, through the heavy spring
freshets have been diverted down the'
river to the Arctic.
Tho Army and Navy Veterans held)
a bathing costume contest at their pic-I
nic at Winnipeg Beach.
The co-operative sale of the wool
collected from Manitoba farmers by
the Department of Agriculture 'will
probably take place about August 1.
More than 200,000 pounds of wool haat
been collected to date.
Incorporation has been granted toy
the Canada Coal Company, Ltd., with
headquarters at Calgary, and a capitals
stock of $750,000, and Dominion Farrn
Holders, Ltd., also of Calgary, with al
capital stock of $1,000,000.
Winnipeg butchers announced thati
local packing houses have had thou-
sands upon thousands of chickens in
cold storage since last fall, and that
they stand to lose heavily on them.
They paid 20 cents n pound for them.
Absent -Minded.
An absentminded lean came home
ono evening triumphantly waving his
umbrella to his wife. "Well, my deer;
he said, "you see I didn't leave it any-
where to -day,"
"I see, dear," said the wife. "The'
only trouble is that you didls't take
ono from home this morning,"
Do not let the season pass without
malting some blueberry niull'ing Beath
together ono rounded tablespoonful of
buttort ono third capful of sugar, ono
egg, ono hal i00spoenfu( of wilt,'i'heil,,
add one cupful of milk, two and a half;
cupfuls of sifted flour, from which'
save a spoonful to roll the berries in,1
four level teaspoonfuls of baking l+otv:l
der and ono cupful oblueberries ad.I
tied lightly the last thing. Bake ini
greased gain pans and serve either hot!
or cold,
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