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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-08-16, Page 3r' • ARTILLERY DUEL IN FLANDERS AGAIN RAGING FIERCELY Botnbardlncnt Calculated to Level German Defences and Prepd$re For Infantry Advance. `A despatch froze London says; The stances, North-west of Bixschoote artillery duel in Flanders hes.eagain the French have enlarged further increased to the greatest intensity, reports the German general stats, The bomharehnent has been especially heavy on the Belgian coast and,from Bixschoote to Hollebcice, The Anglo-French guns of all cali- bree are evidently engaged in level- ing the German defence positions, Preparing the way for another thrust of the infantry. The only infantryr engagement has taken place on the line between Ypres and Di emude, with the French troops the aggressors in both in- Verdun region. gains made on Wednesday, South- west fpf Bixschoote, in the region south of Langemarck, the French havo made some progress into the German line, Except for several local raids by the French, there has been no infan- tl'y, activity on the long line from St. Quentin to the Swiss border, The French and German guns, however, are'hammering the opposingliege along the .Aisne front, in Champagne and on both banlcs of the Meuse in the r RUSSIANS CHECK ENEMY ADVANCE In Galicia and Bukowina the Austro -German Forces Are Being Held Back. A despatch from London says: Ap- parentlythe '.Russians have checked greatly the Anstro-German advance in Galicia and Bukowina, as no notable 'advances have been made by the Teu- tons since the Russian line stiffened. To the Russians the south in Moldavia and Rumanians are attempting to re- occupy the positions north of Fok- slhani, lost to Field Marshal von Mac- kensen's men. They have attacked the Austro -Germans with strong forces, but Berlin says the effort fail- ed, Tho number of prisoners taken by the Teutons in this region is re- ported to have reached 3,300. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF WHEAT AND BEEF A despatch iedin'O•ttawa5says:—De- -finite reguulations, to come into effect at once, for restricting the use of beef, bacon and white bread in public eating places, and for prohibiting the -use of wheat iii the distillation or manu- facture of ,alcohol have been pramul- gated; by order -in -Council at the in. stance of the Food Controller. The serving of beef and bacon is prohibit- ed on Tuesdays and Fridays, :ancl at more than one meal on any other day. Substitutes, such as corn bread, oat- cake; potatoes, etc., must be provided at every meal at which white bread is served.. Under, the order the expres- sion "bacon" includes cured (either pickled or smoke) sides, limnsbacks, lias and any portion of what is termed, in the trade, Wiltshire sides. NO MORE MEDICAL MEN - AVAILABLE ;IN BRITAIN A despatch from London says: -- The Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for War, was. informed by the Central Medical War Committee that no more medical men are available for army )commissions without "seriously en- dangering- the supply of doctors for the civil community." The commit- tee's announce1lpent was made after a thorough canvass conducted .by it. Members of the committee express- ed 'tile hope that the solution of the diff ulty will be found in a supply of doctors from the United States, say- ing that they believe that.thousands of medical men there are willing to come to Europe. ANOTHER SUBMARINE SUNK BY All. UNARMED STEAMER A d — espatch from London says: ' Another unarmed merchantman has sunk a submarine, but, because ofthe wheat patents, firsts, $13; seconds, fate of Captain Charles Fryatt of the he left,` owing mainly to a lack of $12.60; strong bakers', $12,30; Winter medicine and scarcit of doctors. The )patents,. n12,55, $13; straight rollers, British' steamer Brussels, who was y leino to !in) c o., bags, $x.00 to $6'16. exeduted in July, 1916, by the Ger-poorer classes have been wiped out Rolled oats—Barrels, $9.00 to $9.26; do., FIGHTING BILLION ENEMIES.,, Comparison of the Population and War Strength of Belligerents. The Central Powers are fighting more than a billion enemies. Ger- many has a. population of 68,059,000, with 12,287,000 additional German subjects in the colonies that have been snatched from heir, Austria-Hungary Rasa population of 51,506,000, Tur- key 21,274,000 and ulgariaIi4,753,000, The corhbined populations are 157,- 878,000. Against the Central Powers are ar- rayed Great Britain, Franco, .Russia, Italy,Japan, Belgium, Portugal, Ru- mania, P , g , g r �' mania, Serbia, Montenegro, the 'United States, Cuba, Panama, Brazil and Siam, with a combined population of 1,009,681,000. In area the Central Powers cover an expanse of 2,223,138 square miles. The nations of the Entente -American alliet cover an area of 34,502,082 square miles. No, 2, $2.s6, nominal. In territorial size the Allies are Peas—No. 2, nominal, according to seventeen times .the size of their op- f13e, ley M ting; nominal, according to pollents.. freights outside.. Rye—NO, 2, nominal, according to The combined national wealth of freights outside. Gerrnany and-411,1tria-Htungarfv„_ ie Manitoba flour—First patents, in lute 1�i g'x$12,90; second patents, nr ute more than $100,000,000,000. The cornbays, ,$j2:dui strops bakers', in Jute biped national wealth of the United ba s $12.09. ' ter, according to States, Great Britain, Ffance, It,ussia sample, 511.26, in bags, ,tack moronto, and- Italy is something. like $250,000,- 000,000. The four Central Powers are less than one-third the territorial size in square miles of the Dominion of Canada. The normal • war strength of the Central Powers, including peace strength and reserves, is more than 10,000,000 men, The total available unorganized normally of"these coun- tries is more than 18,000,000 men, a 'grand total of more than 28,000;000 mon. The normal war strength of the En= tente Allies, peace strength and re- serves,lexeluding the United States, is about ' 21,000,000 men. The total available unorganized in normal times of these nations is 61,000,000 men. The total is 82,000,000 men. Combining all the belligerents there normally would be available for fight- ing something. like 110,000,000 men. Another million poured into the melt- ing pot by the United States, plus•9; 000,000 more available, makes a grand total' of 120,000,000 men. The Huge German Liner Vaterland Flying the American Flag. Photograph taken just after the Stars and Stripes were raised on board the 'hamburg -American liner "Va- terland." She was the largest passenger vessel in the world at the outbreak of the war. Fifteen other German ships in U.S. ports have been taken over by the U.S. Government and the work of fitting them out for transport service will•be rapidly pushed to completion. The engines which the German' crew sought to destroy will soon be repaired. The repairs to the Vaterland cost more than $1,000,000. Markets of the �T Hid Ilf® Sreadetufrs —, a heat Toronto, Nor Aug.,8. ; 25.58 w No. 1 Northern, $2.40; No. 'L.Northoin No, 8 Northern, $2,33; No d white. 52.24, nominal, store Port, Wil- liam. Manitoba oats—No,- 2 C.W., 7980„ track Bay ports. American corn—No 3 yellow, nominal, track' Toronto. Ontario oats—No offloial quotations. Ontario wheat—No, 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.65 to $2.60; No. 3, 02,63 to 52.03, 57.76 to $6.76; canners and nutters, 55.35 to $6; milkers, good to choice, 580 to $100; do., corn, and Hied„ 540 to $60; springers, $80 to $120; light ewes, $8,00 to $275; sheep, heavy, $8.00. to $7.25; yearlings, 510 to $11.60; calves, good to • iambs, 10.75 choice, 18 ho 16• s a n a b'e $ $ $ t g to 17.26• hos fed and watered, 51.7; $ g, off cars 11.36• do, 'f.o.b. do., weighed , $ , , $1 Montreal $16.00, Montreal, Aug. 14—Choles steers. 511 to 511.26; good, 510.60 to 510.75; lower tgrades, 5; bulls,to 56.75 butchers' iv Ontario lambs, 518.60 to $14; Quebec, 512,50 to $13;' sheep, $7.75 t0 58.75; scleoted hogs, $17.26 to $17.50; rough hogs, 516,75'- to $17. according to freights outside; new crop, NEV ONTARIO HAY CONDITIONS IN PALESTINE ARE WORST POSSIBLE. A despatch from New York says: Conditions in Syria and Palestine -are declared'to be the "worst possible” by a refugee who fled from there and by circuitous routes has just reached New York and reported to the Ameri- can Committee of Armenian and Syrian Relief. ,The committee's infornmant, whose name is withheld, said there were 8,000 cases of typhus in Beirut when I,iallleed-Car lots, delivered il6ontreal freights, bags included—Bran. per'•. ton, 536; shorts, per ton, $45; middlings,"per ton, $36 to 548; good feed dour, per bag, $3Hay-Extra No. 2,'per ton, $11.50 to 512,00; mixed, per ton, $9 to 510, track Toronto. Straw—Car lots, per ton, $8,00, track Toronto Country Produce—Wholesale Butter—Creamery, solids per lb„ 35 to 358c; -prints, per 12., 858 t'3 86o; dairy, per lb:, 29 to 30c. ',Eggs—Per doz., 37 to 380. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices :— Choese—New, large, 225�to 230; twins, 220 to 2022c; triplets, 23 to 235e; old, large, 30c; twins,. 3040; triplets, 3085. Butter—Fresh. dairy, choice, 36 to 86o: creamery prints, 39 to 40a; solids, 38 to 885c. Eggs,—New laid, in cartons, 45 to 46c;. out or cartons. 43e. Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, 25 to 300; fowl, 20o; squabs, per doz., $4 to .$4.60' turkeys,- 25 to 30c; ducks, Spring, 20c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 12., 20 to 22c; hens, 16 to 1Sc; ducks, Spring, 17c. honey—Comb—Extra fins and heavy weight, per doz„ $2.75; select, 52.60 to 52.75; No. 2, 52 to $2.25. Beans—Primo white, $9.60 per bush; imported, hand-picked, 510.60 per bush; Limas, per 12., 18 to 19e. Potatoes. on track—Red Star, new, 221., 55,25; North Carolinas, new, bbl., 56.25; seconds $4,00; Ontario, bag, 58.00. Provisions—Wholesale Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 20 to 81c; do., heavy, 20 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 42c; rolls, 27 to 28c; breakfast bacon, 38 to 360; backs, plain, 36 to 370; bone- less, 39' to 40c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 26 to 2080 per 12; clear bellies, 25 to 20c. Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 265 to 26c; tubs, 253 to 2655c; palls, 26 to 208c; com- pound, tierces, 208c; tubs, 203c; pans. 210. Montreal Markets Montreal, Aug. 14—Oats—Canadian western, No, 2, 83 to 84o; do., No. 3, 82 to Sac; extra No. 1 feed, 81 to S2c. Bar- ley—Malting, 51.26. Flour—Man. Sjring mans, for attempting to ram a sub- i ur starvation, lie said. In Lebanon marine, the names of the captain and he saw many villages and towns with - crew of the steamer and particulars out a single inhabitant. concerning their achievements cannot ' be published. NEW POISON USED The captain and crew of the vessel, IN GERMAN BOMBS. however, have been presented with $2.500 bySir William J. Tatem, chair- A despatch from Hazebrouck, man of the Tatem Steam Navigation France, says:. British medical officers -Co. for their deed• are trying to discover the nature of the new poison used, it is believed for FOOD FOR SOLDIERS, IS OFTEN WASTED; the first time, by the Germans on the French town of Armentieres, near the A despatch from ,London pays: The - War. Office drew attention to the wast- age of .food from the despatch by tela - tions and friends of parcels containing foodstuffs to troops, more especially distant forces, More than one half of the parcels containing foodstuffs' ar- rive quite unfit for consumption. Packages often are returned insuf8- ciently addressed or unknown, these constantly aro found to contain articles such as eggs, butter, sausages in varying state of putrefaction, The whole secret of success in corn,. once a good stand has been secured, is found in keeping 'the ground clean, conserving moisture by frequent cul- tivation. and avoiding root injury dur- ing ettltiv.a.tion. bags, 90 lbs., $4.40 to $4.60. Bran, $35. Shorts, $40, Middlings, $48 to 60. Mouillle, $s0 to 561. Hay—No, 2, per ton, car lots, 510 to 510.60, Cheese -- Finest westerns, 210c; do„ easterns, 210c. Butter—Choice creamery, 398 to 40c; seconds, 888 to 890. Eggs—Fresh, 49. to 50c; selected, 46o; No. 1 stock, 42c; No. 2 stock, 38 to 40e. Potatoes— Per bag, ear lots, 51.00 to $2,00. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Aug. 14—Cash prices—No. 1 Northern, $2.40; No, 2, do„ 52.385; No. 3, do., $2.84;. No, '4, 51.25; No, 5 $2.03; No. 86, 51.77; feed, $1.67; No, 4 special, 52.36; No. 5, do., $2.03; No, 0, do. $1.77. Oats—No. 2 C.W., 750; No. 3 C.W., 74c; extra No, 1 feed, 74c; No, 1 feed, 70c; No. 2, 68c; track, 704c. 13ar- Belgian frontier. The poison bears aley—No. 3 C.W., $1.22• No• 4 C.1V„ $1.13; nd fe, $i,12, Flax—No, 1 certain resemblance to the gas which Nrej.W.C.ected, $3.o23; Nedo. 2 O,'.V. $3.278; No, temporarily blinded a large number of C.1V„ $5.108; track, $3.321, British troops, a fortnight ago but its effects are infinitely more serious. • PRISONERS EXPOSED DURING AIR RAID. United States Markets Minneapolis, Aug. • 14—Wheat—Sep- tember,$2.24; cash—No. 1 Northern, $2,95 to $3; No. 2, do., $2.05 to $3, Oats —No 3 white 68 to 09c Corn—No 8. yellow, $2,24 Co $2,26. Bran -525 to 536. Duluth, • Aug. 14 1 Vheat—No. 1 A despatch from Paris says: The Northern, $2,00, nominal; No, 2, do„ $2.Sfp, nominal: Linseed --•$3,46; French authorities authorities learn that during temher, October and November, $3.46. the nights of July when; French aero- / planes bombarded Treves and Essen, the Germans forced French and Eng- lish prisoners, ng-lislrprisoners, both officers and men, interned at Karlsruhe, to leave their Live Stook Markets. Toronto. Aug. 14—Extra choiceheavy steers, 511.00 to 512.25; choice heavy steers, $10,50 to $11; butchers' cattle, choice, 510 to $0S't0,50; do., good, $0,60 to mecdlium $R.40 Cb erlo. quarters and remain. in the open where eonn.75• do. non, 57,10 $7 to. ,25; butchers! `bulls, `bucll,s, they most probably would be hit in 8ei17P'16 8 lo. t7radiumo'Uullsd $G ?5 `t$7$7 case Karlsruhe were raided; The men do„ rough buns, 55 to 56; butchers' were compelled to remain in these caws ehok:e, $x.26 to $8.76 do., good, 7.40 ti, $7.76; do„ medium, $6,60 to places until all danger had passed. $6.75; stockers, $6.40 to 28.25; teedyers, CROP HEAVY Rain is Retarding Harvest Work —Root Crops Thriving. A despatch from' New Liskeard says: Considerable rain has fallen within,.tbe_ past few days and is re- tarding work in the hay .fieSmith,-J.P., London County Council, hay crop is perhaps the heaviest on that the smartest turn -out, hasbeen record for this district, and for that won by Boston. Joseph Smith, of 'Spitalfields Mar- ket, was fined £20 at Old Street Po- lice Court for imposing a condition in the sale of 'Potatoes. A sailor, who has been twice tor- pedoed and twice lost all his belong- ings, insisted on giving 21 to Church Army recreation huts. Charles Naylor, of the Grove, Ham- mersmith, was fined £5 for display-- nds.... The NEWS S PR® ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JO HN. LAND HIS BULL PEOPLE. Occurrences In the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com. mercial World. The War Office is calling for laun- drymaids, cooks and housemaids to proceed to France at once. Sir I•Ioward Frank has purchased the old Beachy Head lighthouse, which is said to have cost 220,600 to build. Admiral R. S. Dalton Cuming, who is serving as a temporary captain, R. N.R., has been awarded thee -D.8.0. Mrs. M. A. Harcourt, M.B.; has been appointed temporary medical health officer and school medical 'officer for Ilolland, Lincs, The challenge cup, given by Sir Ed. reason considerable difficulty is being experienced in curing the cut. Farm- erswho have not been able to cut their hay, report that already it is beginning to fall and unless dry wea- ther sets in at once a considerable portion of the crop will rot. The al- most torrential rains of Sunday last knocked down grain also to some ex- tent and the need of dry weather is fairly general. In contrast to the hay ing for sale oats at a price higher than and grain, temato cabbages, cu- that; fixed by the Food Order, • cumbers and all root crops are thrix- Sir Cooper Perry, of Guy's Hospital, ing as never before in Northern On- tario. Labor on the farms is still very scarce, but relief is anticipated with- in the next ten days in that by that has been elected vice-chancellor off the University of London, to succeed Sir Alfred Pearce Gould. - time cutting and peeling of perp wood William Cope, the oldest bellringer will to a large extent be discontinued,inf England,er has retired from his tpox- os- due to the fact that bark on the pulet leader of the bve years' at vice. timber, which up until the present eter, after sixty-five years' service. time has been comparatively loose, will tighten almost any day now. At some of the small lumber mills throughout -the country wages are be- ing increased to a point on a par with the mines. This is without precedent in this country. SENATE CARRIES CONSCRIPTION Nine Amendments Voted Down; • Measure Adopted Without Division. A despatch from Ottawa says: After nine amendments to the motion for the third reading of the 141ilitary Service Bill had,been presented and in turn been declared defeated, that measure was passed by the Senate without a division. Hadit not been amended in certain respects in the Up- per Chamber, it would now be ready to receive the Governor -General's as- sent and so become law. As it is; however, the bill must be returned to the Commons, where the changes made by the Senators will be discuss - A large number of Nottinghamshire colliers have been ordered by the Magistrates to pay substantial dam- ages for being absent from the pits. Miss Annie Jones, a middle-aged munition worker of Forest Hill, was awarded 2250 daneages for injuries re- ceived while alighting from a tram- car. Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth has'presented to Eton College Musical Library a complete set of Bach's works in memory of his sur, G. S. K. Butterworth. • PRISONERS OF WAR. The Numbers Indicated in the Latest Reports From the Belligerents. Late reports show that about 2,- 000;000 prisoners, mostly ' Russians, are now held by the Germans. In the first two years of the war more than 29,000 prisoners died in Germany from wounds and disease. Russia has approximately a million prisoners, of whom more than 40,000 were captured by General Brusiloff's -army early in 1916. The remainder of the Allied nations have between them another million, of whom • more than 600,000 were taken last year. The ed and concurred in. Only one of French captured 78,500 Germans and these amendments is of importance. It the British 40,800 on the western front. In the Balkans 11,000 Bulgar- ians and Turks were bagged and the Italians raked in more than 52,000 Austrians. While the majority of war prisoners are put to work, think of the problem of feeding themi provides that no prosecution for any violation of the Act or the regula- tions shall take, place without the consent of the Minister of Justice. This amendment, inserted at the in- stance 'of the Government itself, is regarded as a providing means for preventing hasty and ill-considered prosecutions. ENGLAND EXCLUSIVELY MARK FOR U-BOATS. A despatch from London says: A despatch ti Renter's Limited from Amsterdam says it is ,reported from a German .source that Germany intends shortly to concentrate her submarine activity exclusively against England. 12Z 3h. ea 30 cat.lizatm wr- A lot of credit is due the men who have the pluck to import valuable farm animals from Great Britain in the ex- isting conditions of travel on the high seas. -. No better place is available than the farm for raising young chicks, but too often they are placed on the sante ground year after year. The orchard di• corn field snake fine runs for chicles sheltered at night in houses. J.1:.2366meati V,-.....WZ From Erin's Green Isle ,NEWS 13T MAIL PROM IMP, LAND'S SI'IORES, kappenings In the Emerald Oslo p! Interest tip Irish• teen. A resident of Ardmore, Portadown, has made 292 in a fortnight by the sale of eggs,, A sale of worlcs of art was held in Dublin recently in aid of the Irish War Hospital Depots realizing 22,800. A new summer Y.M.C.A, tent for the use of the 'soldiers has been open- ed at Rathdrum by Sir William Fry. The Irish Times Fund, in aid of the widow and children of the late Inspec- tor Mills amounts to nearly 21,400. After making several tests of the new potatoes, Athlone farmers de- scribe the 'enop as the best in ten years.. The Duke of Connaught's Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers at Bray was formally opened by Lord Wimberne. The telegraph and postal sub -office in William Street, Newry, hart been closed by order of the Post Office au- ho The Board of Guardians of Derry have had a number of citizens fined for neglecting to have their children vaccinated. The Victoria .Cross, which was given to Private'William Jones for heroism at Rorke's Drift in 1879 was sold by auction for 2110. Edward Lupton, barrister, has been n n lice of � ub liI ' s appointed Divisional J Pp in place of-1MIr. Macinerney, who has reached the age limit. A cooked food depot was recently opened in Limerick by the Lady Mayoress, to supply cheap food to the iczeitizensd, and is being largely patron - A request made by the magistrates of Ballymote district that the Petty' Sessions be held monthly instead of fortnightly has been granted by Judge Waltely. • Sir Anthony Weldon, Bart.; who served in the South African War un- der General Buller, died recently in a private hospital in Dublin: M. J. Kenny, K.C., has been ap- pointed Senior Crown Prosecutor for the county of Derry in the place of P. Lynch, K.C., resigned. Major Edward Kilkelly, M.C., of the Royal Field Artillery, who was recent- ly felted -inaction, was a son of Col- onel and Mrs.•-.Xikelly, Drimcong, Galway. The Military Cross which was awarded to the late Captain Guy W. Eaton, Royal Irish Fusiliers, in Au- gust, 1916, has been handed to his mo- ther by the War Office. The clerk of the Boyle Board of Guardians states that a saving of 2300 has been effected by the new dietry scale at the workhouse, and that the inmates are well satisfied. JEWISH CORPS RAISED IN LONDON There Are Now 40,000 Jews in the 'British Army. A despatch from London says: Un- der a recent agreement between -Rus- sia and Britain a Jewish corps is be- ing organized here. There are 20,000 Jews of military age in London alone. There are now 40,000 Jews in the Brit- ish army, 32,000 of whom are English Jews, and 8,000 from the Empire abroad. The leader of the new corps was commander of the Zion Corps, composed of Russian Jews recruited in Alexandria, which corps gave a fine service at Gallipoli. Eight thou- sand Jewish soldiers now in Britain will probably form a stiffening corps. BIG MIDWAY FEATURE. Sensation at Panama Pacific Exposi- tion to be Seen at Toronto. The famous World -at -Home -Shows will provide the Midway attractions at the Canadian National Exhibition, and the fund of amusement guaranteed is not only unique, but so arranged that no matter what one wishes to see or how diverse their tastes, they will find something worthy of patronage. "Cre- ation," the original spectacle exhibited at the Panama Pacific Exposition, is one:of the head -liners. From impen- etrable darlcness and absolute quiet and solitude, the wonderful tale of the birth of the universe is told and un- folded day by day, each incident, as told in.the first book of Genesis, being faithfully and artistically worked out and portrayed in every detail, even to the appearance of Adam and the crea- tion of Eve. Venus, the most perfect woman in the world, is another feature, and there are rides and pony shows, sub- marine girls and a host of living curi- osities. Among the latest sanitary appli- ances for public eating places is a spoon pressed from paper that can be thrown away after using, ea 30 wig. . emuGOES ` WELLWE'61. sEP_ s1 NOW THE OLD SWING roM ITs HIGW`� TIME l WASGETfING `IOU'4LCATCH BACK IN7NEGAMe ColD OUT THERE. � r �i I ti ti h) CATCH iAf r f / l.`UfTLT4 y ! UVB 1 luiimr ELEN, COAD DO `lo,U /�.,. 9¢ I'M GoNA I<NoW ) o M /I6 OUT HERE.. 1l 1 ;, , 1 SEE WALLOP! y UR P!///„, III � / WAIT A MINLI-1 -- Now WATCH THIS ONE—WATCH THE 'TOM, Look' . 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Progress of the Great West Tota, 133 to Few Pointed Paragraphs, Whitmore & Orr have located a high-grade eopper-silver-lead lead on their M, & K. group at Legate creek,I Skeena.rive>•, Vaneouver shingle manufacturers havedecided to oppose the demands of the shingle weavers for an eight -i hour clay with ten hours' pay. Word has been received from Otter, Point that the traps are malting full catches of salmon, Most of the fish' are sockeyes, but there is a smatter-' ing of springs and cohoes. Gunner Robert Easton, who left Victoria with a draft from the 5th' Regiment, C.G.A., some months ago, was injured during a German air, raid over Folkstone on May 25, The value of the British Columbia) built auxiliary' schooners has been) shown by the splendid performance of the -,Geraldine Wolvin, which arriv- ed at Sydney recently, 49 days out from Vancouver. With an increase of from practical- ly nothing to sixteen. million dollars in the value of the shipbuilding industry in and around Vancouver within a year, there has been a growth in the population of about 5,000. In addition to forest fires at Trail,i Sproule Creelc and Demers, conflagra- tions of a similar nature have 'broken 0o berr Creek on Kootenay out at W d Y Lake,Summit Lance and Arrow Park. Arrow Sproule Creek The fires at , A Park and Demers are under control. The continuance of the marked hot' wave over the interior of British Columbia has begun to assume im- portance from the standpoint of the forest fire danger. Already a serious outbreak has been reported from the, vicinity of Nelson. Mr. Samuel H. Hopkins, B.S.A., who has been occupying the position, of assistant provincial live stock, commissioner, has been appointed district supervisor of agricultural in- struction for Duncan and the dis- tricts of North and South Cowichan. The Victoria Board of Trade, through its council, virtually fell into line with public organizations of the ports of Vancouver, New Westmin- ster and Nanaimo in supporting the proposal to effect an affiliation of; the pilotage boards of all four places. Mr. Albert G. Langley, M.E., a native son of Victoria and brother of Majoie-W H. •Langley, now attached to Lieut -ten— Sir_ Arthur Currie's staff in France, has 'been ---appointed district engineer of the Eastern•fau- eral Survey district, with head- quarters at Revelstoke. At North Vancouver the Lyall Shipbuilding Company, which has lately acquired the Fell fill on the foreshore of D. L. 265, including the, Wallace Shipyards, expects to lay the keel immediately' for the first' of, the six wooden ships which this company has contracts to build for the Imperial Munitions Board. The inauguration of a postal de- livery in the urban portion of Saa- nieh has been so often a theme for discussion that when it was reported from Ottawa to the Municipal Coun cif that all the necessary require- ments of the postal department- had: been complied with, and that the) service would be inaugurated with -1 out delay, the councillors contented themselves with filing hletter, TUBERCULOSIS AND FOOD. Want of Proper Nourishment May Bo, a Forerunner of Dread Disease. While tuberculosis is caused by a' well-known germ, we often have a) right to be suspicious of its coming from want of proper nourishment.) This would seem to be a forerunner of the true disease of tuberculosis. This want of nourishment is to be' accounted for in several ways. The digestive system may be naturally wbak; it may have been strong in ear-', ly life but abused by the use of alco- hol, eating rapidly when physically or, mentally tired or ley gulping food without proper chewing or mastica- tion. Tho increase of tuberculosis of late in Belgium, in France and other war- ring countries is largely due to the want of the things that nature de- mands for building up healthy bodies. We must have some nitrogen in the form of meat or eggs or ,beans. We. must have some fats. And we must havo some starches. Otherwise the body will be partly starved and dis- ease germs will thrive in the differ- ent tissues. This occurs more often in the lungs than anywhere else, but there is hardly an organ in the body that will not, under certain conditions, become tuberculous. We who are unable to go to the front because of being too young, or too old, or physically defective, will have to take the responsibility of keeping up the Immo conditions. Wo must see that foodstuffs are produced for all, not only at home but for the faithful and brave who have gone to the front to ralc their lives for the continued freedom of America. YOUNG JUDGES AT "BIG FAIR." Canadian National Revives Connpeti tion for Farmers and Farmers' Sons. Among the new departures at the Canadian National Exhibition this year aro the judging competitions for young farmers and farmers' sons an - 1 der 26 yells of ago. They will bo held under the supervision of the On- tario Government, ,fand a very large entry is expected prong among the, three thousand students now taking the Government short courses. Liberal prizes nye 0(801ed to nein tiers in live stock, poultry, grain, , 1l roots, fruits and vegetables, os. Srano years ago judging reinventions were' held at Toronto, but the present ones) are on a much more protentione, Seale end under Government auspices should prove a great euceess,