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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-09-13, Page 3• STUBBORN BATTLE IS RAGING ON TABLELAND OF BAINSIZZA Gen, Cadorna Pugh Enemy Beyond the Italian Troops Under Chiapovana Valley, The IteIlan offeeeivellas iiesumed a character ofg greater vigor on the tableland of Bainsizze, and is pushing the enemy beyond the Ohioan/vane Val- ley. 'Pile enemy has tried several diversions at the east of Gorizia and on the hills between Santa Catarina and San Marco, ail of these attempts being utterly defeated, Farther south the Austrians under- took repeated counter-attacks in great numbers, with no result, Major ,Moraht, commenting in The Pester Lloyd, says the dash of General Cadorna's army an the recent battle of the Isonzo has surpassed anything at- tempted before. U SEIZE 'LSU IPS 4O0,000 Tons of Scandinavian Vessels May be Utilized. A despatch from Washington says: oa a - in tonnage. may It`ho;rtage,of e � gp , g ,$;, cause ,the United States to seize some fouL un draih 0 usand 'to ns of n eutra l shipping now Anie1tcan Port@• Duph and other Scandinavian' ships Width are'load'ed With £ oodst 1 s may be reiluired, it was 'said on Thursday, to discharge their`: cargoes and go to Australia and Java for 'wheat' and sugar. / Internation1# l law, officials' point out, cont- gives beingerents'the'right to hi ' neutral ships whenever the andeor' ne it m p emergency ofwar requires'it Under this interpretation the American Gore el/await halt jlist seized several Aus- triaa ships which took refuge in Aineriean ports when the war broke out.,; - Path ships of "300,00Q tons; and other Seindinayian vessels of one,. *gad ;'that tonnage, have leiif •is/ Alnericai. •ports loaded with food; stuff's ever since the Export Con- trol Act was put into operation. Thus far the owners of the cargoes', have refused to unload them, and -the American 'Government hasdeclined to permit 'the vessels to sail. VERDUN HOSPITAL IS BOMBED German Aeroplanes Dropped Shells and Killed 19 Inmates Wounding 26. A despatch from Grand Headquar- ters of the French Army in France, says: -The Vandelaineo"urt Hospital in the region of Verdun was again bombarded by . German aviators for six and a half liours on Wednesday night. Nineteen persons were killed and 26 wounded. The huts attacked contained only severely wounded men, who were unable to move from their • cots. The hostile aeroplanes flew over the hospital every twenty minutes from 8.80 o'clock in, the evening until 8 o'clock in the morning, MIS` iiP AT QUEBEC BRIDGE Six -Ton Roister Fell Into the St. Lawrence River. A despatch from Quebec, Que., says: A six-ton hoister.for the centre span of the' Quebec bridge slipped from the cantilever arms and is now at the bottom of the river with the mass of ,wreckage from the two pre- vious, disasters. This mishap is Liable to cause .eeriolaa'delay to the lifting of the centre span of the bridge. Two men were slightly bruised and barely escaped being knocked off the strueture when the huge piece of met- al alipped its chains and dived down 111►----.... into the river. ALLIES JOIN UP IN EAST AFRICA A despatch from London says: A Junction has been effected between an Anglo -Belgian column and a Belgian golumn operating in German Bast Africa, the two columns getting in touch 97 smiles southwest of I fleesa, says the official statement, The $e1- gans have crossed the Ulanga River sear Mahenge, 1• "Wo inflicted severe losses on the Gerlpaneretreating tetvards Mahenge," continues the etetement, "We are firmly established at'I?unduru, Nearly 400 Gern}ans surrendered tit Kakera, northeast of Rilefisa, to the colored South Africans, who had invested Ma - Isere!? ANOTHER AMERICAN LOAN TO ALLIES A despateb from, Wiefhln ton says; -Loans of $]A0,c00i009 (mph to Great Britain and France were made by the Government, bringing the total ad- vanced the Allies up to $2,206,400,000, rima AUGUSTRETURNS E RNS R ' ARE L®WE, . ThBoat Statistics For Month Show Lowest Average. A despatch from London says/: The London Times naval :correspondent, commenting on the week's losses from submarines and spines, says the. total tosses,of vess Is, 1n udmg fis an g vss e als for Aug us shows the •low- est average.Ile atlas': "There • is a� tnanifeet decided'"lull ,in silbmarine ac- tivity,:due, it? is hoped, • to the incread- ing effectiveness' of the measures tale- en al-en to deal with :the U-boats Whether the- submarine:effectiveness.hes, rcpch- ed its irmecimuJin,ie anlinpprtant point. Ther is no evidence 1n:thes statistics upon . epick a' conclusion may be, based either way: T elluctnations, of the five weeks df August"do not show that there is; a'ppogressive'diniitiaion ine the" ngniber of yeeeels sunk which might ,give al?�hstantial hope that we iiave;eeen the Worst. "Th „. •e,`re'are till mi}lly, signs; -that the',natu`l a andi extent:.of the danger is not fullyTreat_ized. Its, 'most' .acute 'phase.mey }iot,yet hive been reached: It is 'certain 'that 'the Ge fnans exag- gerate the number of ships they claim to have sunk." WESTERN GRAIN ." CROP HARVESTED A despatch from Winnipeg says: - A violent storrp from the north, ac- companied by heavy rain squalls, is driving over Manitoba, but tempera- tures remain higher. This is the first real interruption to what has been the most successful harvest,and thrashing season of recent record. The entire grain crop of Manitoba is safe. This includes fields of oats that farmers even when they sowed them had no expectation would turn out other than green feed. Quite as remarkable as the con- tinued fine weather has been the sin- gular immunity from killing frosts - or, indeed, from frosts of any kind. In this district cucumber beds are still untouched. Slight frosts are recorded in Al- berta, but the crop is long past the danger point there. In fact, never before in the crop history of the Can- adian prairie West has there been such a minimum of frost damage. An- other favorable feature is the optim- istic tone of thrashing reports. TROOPS AT THE FRONT WAIT MORE MEN SENT A despatch -from London says:.- Gen. Sir Arthur Currie says that the troops in the field want more men, whether it be by conscription or raised by voluntaty methods. Sofar the morale of the Canadian troops has been well maintained, stat- ed the General, by the knowledge that reinforcements are always forthcom- ing. • In the last action our casualties were only one-third of the German losses, as we had accounted for 69 of their battalions. The enemy ••had lately retaliated with numerous coun- ter-attacks, but these had been suc- cessfully met by new plans. ANOTHER LOAN IN NOVEMBER. A despatch from Ottawa says: The fourth domestic war loan will be float- ed in November and will probably be for $100,000,000, and at a rate which will net the subscribers nearly six per cent., although the definite amount and terms will not be known for some weeks, Sir Thomas. White stated on Thursday that between now and No- vember a 'nation-wide organization would be instituted to make the loan a Bucceas, • RUMANIANS AGAIN REPULSE ATTEMPTS TO PIERCE FRONT. A despatch from London says: An official Rumanian communication dat- ed Sept. •4 reports an enemy attempt to break through the 'Rumanian front between Vernitza and Mohastirora, which was repulsed after fierce fight - THANKSGIVING DAY SET FOR OCTOBER 8 A. despatch from Ottawa says :- The date of Thahllcsgiving Day has been set by the 'Secretary of State for Monday, October. 8, FROM OLD SCOTLAND NO,YES OF' INTEREST FROMTIER RAMS' .AND BRAES. What Is Doing On in the IUighlands and Lowlands of Auld 1 SCotfia. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Captain George Robertson Lipp, son of G. Lipp, chemist, Fochaber• The land owned by the Duke of Sutherland; hes an acreage of 1,360,.• 549, and gives an income of 4141,66'1. A. discharged soldier named Lough, of the Northumberland Fusiliers,, rescued two ladies from drowning re- cently at Spittal. 0 n the Another 21 0 has .Ogen sent by Edit?burgh Red Cross stall to the Lord Protmees Fjind, which now amounts'to 43,850. Four thousand and fifty-six fat •country pi'oebee-:Wholeeate Pattie werp'sold, durinf;', a recent week Bdtter.-:.Creati30ry, solids, per lb, so in .the Caithness markets,. and'realiz- id° cmc: ;Uri Prints, r lb., 801 to 400 ; i e - s- •_do 89 40c. ed h gh prices. m r . P.er z , .to lepolling retia gg r a r are n 1 tothe a .Who anil: John Keir -has resigned the chair. � a trade a theYo110wingnrices,: -� manahip of the Aberdeen Schad Cheese. New, large, 229 to 28c;. twins, o; triplets,23 to 23 Mei old, .,22 t0 2$ia- 0 man- Board,and has been appointed b n aced; rL lata 0 a plat• er ''res s, A.. , triplets, >S g9 °, . a b �- 4r. choice, 3fl to rthe Blind Institute. . r s da e ager of Inst t tter Fan v, g^Du Sergt. Jahn Alexander, of the `Cana- 40c; creamery prints, 43 to: 440; solids. 92 to,4 3e. Alexander, f f cartons 62• 54o; diene : and a son fWin. eras -•Nal lad n to o , I+1 s v North' Watten, won the Military Med- out of cartons tone 46 'to i6izls chickens. 26 PO l al.'at Veimy Ridge. to ebo fowl, 20 to 22c; .squabs, Per .doz., Robert• McGowan,•of ,,171gin; who 14 to $4.60; turkeys, 25 to 39c; ducks, mif,ng 220.• bps taken 'np' military duty, weB, pre- Llve poultry-Snr1 ohlokcha, 10., 20 sehhted, with a; substantial cheque by to 220; hens, 18 to 20c; duokti, Spring, x 7o" a u e of hi 'friends. Honey--Comb—Extra hese ri s r —Co b E a fine and 11}0 $ H nay ra .Y g per do z., 2.76 select' .2,60 to ei' ht $ additionalwar s three w P ...1,-An,illi 1 1 bons/ of $z;?�; o. 2,iz to ;p.is tens` s9's and shilllings a, week hos been granted s. a, is per lb, los, 1560; 60'3, 143 to to the ,sergeants and constables. of 5's, Beans—No Canadian beanson market lgin, and :to 'the county police force. until last et October; imported, hand- Aeeor`3ing to the Edinburgh Ob- pplclted,180.$.8,50 per bush; Limas, per lb„ t serf'&tory,, on the warm16est, day . this pootatoes, on track-Orotarlo, bag, 22.15 year,' so' far, the thermometer regis- terelf 78 degrees in th'eahade. Provision-Witolesale Captain the Hon. Ronald Ion Mac- Smoked meats—rams, medium. 30 too 310; do., heavy. 26 to 27c; cooked, 41 t Dondld; 'Cameron` Highlanders and `42e;, rolls, 27 to 23c; breakfast bacon,. soh of • Lord and Lddy MacDonald, 86 tp 400; backs. »lain, 37 to 38c; bone- Sk a has been awarded -the Croix de laser 40 tmea0. Skye, Q Cured moats—Long clear bacon, 27 to. Chevalier. 271m lb; clear bellies, 289 to 27o. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 269 to. 20o; The St. Lawrence Cricket Club have tubs, 460 to 2630; pails, 26 to 283e: very kindly placed their new cricket eo pound tierces. 209 to 21c; tubs, 202 grounds at the disposal of the wound- t°1}c; Pella, 21 to 2190. ed soldiers at the V.A.D. Hospital. 25arkets A goodly sum was realized at a Montreal.. Sept. 11 -Oats -Canadian concert given by the children of the western, No. 2, 76 to 760; No. 8, 74 to 760; extra No. 1 feed, 74 to 72e. Montpelier and Viewforth district of Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, Edinburgh, in aid of.the British Red firsts, $12; seconds, $11.50; strong batters', 21g11.80; Winter patents, choice, Cross. do,bateia660rtoe50.78.11'AoUed oats0; _. Sergt: Major "Wm. Cameron, of the ytbis., 98.86 .t0 29; do., bags• 0o lbs,• Gordons, and a native of Deice, re- $4,00 to $4.40. Bran, $36, shorts, $40. eeived the D.C.M. and the French Middlings, 948 to 260. Mouillie; $56 to $60, I•Iay—No. 2, er ton, car lots, 69.60 Military Medal for gallantry in the to $10. Cneeae-t lneot t1*astern, 219e; field. . finest Ieasterns, 212°. Butter—Choicest orcamery, 419 to 420; seconds, 409 to Through the aid of the Courant 41 e, Aggs-Fresh, 52 to 530; selected, Fund, eight thousand of the poor and Iso, No. 1 stock, 440; Na 2 stock, 38 to 4�a. Potatoes—Perbag, car Iota, 52,15 destitute children of Edinburgh were to $2,35. given one 9f the `brightest days that — come into their lives. - ;Winnipeg Grain The last 'execution of a Scotch Winnipeg, Sept 11 -Cash quotations witch took place at Dornoch in 1792 -Wheat-No, 1 Northern, .02,23; No. 2 , Northern, 22.21; No. 3 Northern, $2.16; and the sentence was pronounced by No. 4,$2.06: No., 6, $1.90; No. 8, 21.62; the Sheriff Depute, Captain David teed. W., 66s0 ; extra xt aa'No. 1vfeed a'8 No, Ross, of Little Dean. No. 1 reed, 8080; No. 2 feed, 5930, Bar. Miss Oag, of Thrumster Little , -has ley -No, x4%3'946108; No. 4, $1.14; rejeotod and Teed• 81.10 Flax—No. 1 N,W.C., collected in that district one hun- $5.213; No, 2 C W., $3.219. dred and fourteen dozen of eggs, - — - which she has - sent to wounded sol United States Markets diers in the •military hospitals at Minneapolis, Sept 11—Flour—Fancy patents, 23c. lower quoted at 911.60; Aberdeen and Cromarty, other grades unchanged. Bran -228 to 229. Corn -No. 3 yellow, $2.08 to 82.10. THE BLUSHING ENGLISHMAN. 23Duutth,$8Sept. 11 -Linseed, 28.699; ~_ asked; November,a23 38' bid; Uece$mber, Does the World s Greatest Deeds But 93.34 Old. • Hates To Be Praised For It. — Markets of the World lareadetdttq Teranle, .Sept 11 --Manitoba whot;t-.- No, 10 NortlleFn 1i'ri4; No. 8, d9, 92.8i: 6, do $2,1Q, No. 4, wheat, .9 .Q5 iY} store Fort 1,11Q;»f.nglnInn1. 1;4anitoba' .oats*-7vo, 2 'Q.W., 6480, to 9i'A:'e 2'o t;l 'tti,nliw;iga,ll!at . Am ileaTi.ebrm,-•No, a yellgw, nominal,, traOlc 00tp. O,ltari0 •sats N0.; 2' white, 69o, nonit hill;. No 61 do, 69ej' noml,al, ao ording tq. Yr rtigtote' go't914o Ontario wheat w No. 2" 2.16 to $2.20 aoeording.to t eights'outside. • Peas Nominal., • Btrloy-Malting, 'new, 1,90 to $1,22, accordingtp frelghtq outside, llyo—No. 2, nominal, '26anitoba flour ---First patents,' in Jute bijgs, 23 •00; 2na' 4o,,, $11,40; strong balcsrs', «o. $11, Toronto, Ogtario hqur-'Winter, aoogrding to 9antple $10.10; new. 60, 919,$0, 30 0086, trap,ck Toronto, Prompt ninment. Millieetl=Car lots-Tlelia'ol•od btont- • t i inc u bran, nr fro 1 is , l d d, .r'al� g. , ba §I, ton, 255; ahor}s; do}, $42; middlings, do., $46 to.;40; good feed flour, per bag, $3,25. 8 new•: r ion `11,00 to Ida N »4 $ $11,60; mlxod, 60.,'28 to $9,60, track Tk- ,onto,• straw -Car lots, per ton, se to $7:00, tradk Toronto. Montreal Oats—No: 3 white, 561 to 5690. Flax- One of the Englishman's greatest rive afoot Market, Toronto, Sept. 11—Erica choice heady qualities is his impatience of praise. steet•s, $11.60 to 012.40; ehoine heavy He hates "gush." •Yoe may black -steers, SNee° to 411; butchers' cattle, choice, 21 tol $10,60; do.,. ood, $6.40 to guard him, traduce him, say nasty 28,75; do„ medium, 98.75 to $s; do., things to. him. He rather likes it; he common, $7 to $7.36; butchers' bulls, smiles and goes on with his job. You 5 608'to $86 Vo. $8;j4 d{umblls, bg otto may even declare yourself his implac $7.25; do., rough bulls, $5,00 able enemy. If you. don't actually be- sot` good, $7 26 toia87.70 58 do:, tmedlum,. gin shooting, he won't turn a hair. He 86.66. 10 110.80;, stockers, $7.26 to 98.30;1 is slow to quarrel. He would much feeders, 84% 8 to 20.26; canners and cutters, rather play $6.86 to 20.26; milkers, good eo choice, 280 to $125; do., con), and med.,$40 to 2 li ht ewe elf- cricket. _ $60, - ----'is, ously self-contained and just a trifle $10 to $11,00; sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.601 unimaginative. But begin to praise Yearl3ilgs, $11 to 211.60; calves, good to him. -he will blush like a schoolgirl to 910.58i4htoae l a andpwa eras Sts 26r caught writing a love -letter, and telldo., weighed off cars, 918.60; do., f.o.b., you to "chuck it, and not be such a "7'25.treal, Sept. 11 -Choice steers; blighted idiot!" 210.25 to 910,75• good,, 80.75 to $10; He waters the desert; he bridges a ws, g6 to9'98 8 bulls x'$8.75 tota58 76; the ocean; he founds mighty` young bulls, .26.15 to 26.25; cows, 05 to 96.26; nations destined to rule the world; he Ontario lambs, $14,50 to $14,76; Quebec ambo, $12.76 to $13,76; sheep, $8,50 to sets the pace of the world; he keeps 01.60; choice mllk-ted calves 51.3 to the reins of a team of Empire Which i,40;0 ifeco e0 11 seioo ea flogs s 917,26 to would'yrun away with any other driver 17,76; rough and heavy -weights, 26. . 16,75 to $16.26. and upset the chariot of the Common wealth; but he hates to be told about -•----.-•t--- it. If he makes rune, it's all right;• EUROPE'S MINERAL WEALTH. if he's bowled out first ball, he waits — for the next innings, and tries to get Russia Commands 80 Per Cent. of the the other man out. .Ho sometimes. overdoes this kind of Output of Oil, sang.feeid, and is misunderstood in According to Prof. Gregory, of ,consequence. He loves, to Pose as a Glasgow, themain mineral wealth of bit of a slacker," but when it comes Europe is to be found in the great to doing things no other man on the illain and uplands beside it, which are globe can beat him, If land is densely shaded by trees, high walls or fences, gardening- can not be successful. At least five hours a day.of exposure to direct sunlight is needed. Lettuce, spinach, carrots and beets will grow with Iess sun, "at a pinch," but not to much advantage. When cooking veg✓;tables'have the water boiled when turned over them; let them boil' briskly for a :that time; _then turn down the gas as low as pos- sible, or set. on top of tho stove, and still have the boiling going on evenly. The vegetables will be 'better cooped and that nerve /racking sensation of water boiling over eliminated. cao Frons The Middle West 18ETWE1✓N ONTARIO D BBT. • TISK, COLUMBIA. Home Prom Provinces Where Many e Ontario goys and Glrle Are Living. . Corp. Duncan Mitchell, of Calgary, has received the Military Medal,, In Winnipeg 188 persons succumbed; to white plague within a year. e The Life Underwriters' Association of Canada met at/Winnipeg recently. The business section of Estuary, Sask„ was destroyed by fire recently. Five new companies with headquar- ters in the city, have opened in Cal- gary,, Lieut. William Herbert Owen, of ,Edmonton; died while a prisoner of war in Germany. 4, Lieut. Gilbert F. R. Pettigrew, of the Winnipeg Telegram, has been kill- ed in action. Calgary held their tenth annual flower how recently. Over 600 entries were on exhibit. Winnipeg is considering the pur- chase of the street car -system now operated by the Winnipeg Electric Railway Company. WinniP.g men e coalreport a short age of anthracite coal. No soft coal can be expected 'from Alberta mines on accotint of a strike. Robert Gray, a deserter from a Brandon battalion, was arrested in Winnipeg after two years' freedom. North Battleford citizens want ,Win- nipeg to hold a win -the -war demon- stration with representatives from western provinces, cialgary's street railway superinten- dent states that the one-man cars in operation have saved the city close to $200'a day,. _There are eight one-man care running. , SHIPBUILDING IN CANADA.~ $150,000,000NowBeing Spent in Steel and Wooden Vessels. It is estimated in ship -building cir- cles that at least $150,000,000 is now being spent by Canadians in ship construction. The Dominion is wast- ing no time in discussing whether steel ships or wooden ships are best. She is going ahead building both varieties. It is figured that Canada has sixty-five steamers under con- struction. Thirty-five aro of steel and thirty are wood. There are countless sailing vessels also under way. For the first time in their history British Columbia and the Maritime Provinces are going in for the build- ing of steel ships on a large scale. There, was a ship -building boom in the early eighties, but it is far out - shadowed by the activity of the pre - 'sent day. Toronto, the other day, saw four .large vessels launched in a single day. Six steel steamers are being con- structed at Montreal. Each is of 7,- 000 tons. There is another of 5,000 tons. At Isle o'Orleans are four wooden steamers, ranging from 1,500 to 2,900 tons, rapidly nearly comple- tion. Three`steel steamers of. 3,000 ,tons each are being built at New Glasgow, N.S., and two other Nova FREIGHTERS 116111 SUBMARINES Four i1,�erehantnlen and Three U•t8oats Reported Sunk. :A, despatch fm alantic, sa•ys;.-The storyroofn a Atconc0lt9d RtPort- tacic byseven' \ Germen s :bnlarines upon fleet Of twenty-two allied merchantmen steaming westbound for American ports, was told on Thai - day by officers and men of four of the vessels Which' have arrived here div- ing the last few days. Pour of the merchantmen -the biggest in the con- voy•were sunk by German torpedoes, but before the fight was over the e com- bined fire of the cargo steamship de- stroyers had destroyed three of the seven submarines. The fight is regarded as the qui5k- est and most costly battle for both sides that has ever occurred between submarines and armed merchantmen, and it is believed by the men who participated in the battle that the Germans are not likely to take such desperate chances again. MORE ADVANCE -BY CANADIANS NE"S FROM ENGLAN N lW1$ PT MAIL ABOUT- 301I11, 11111L AND 4491 I>?OPL7 Ocearveneep In he Land Thal:' Reigns Supreme in the Coln, ' ouercial World. lAII the exhibits/ at a vegetable show atSothniinstor Essex, were pre en ed to tho fillips of the Grand Fleet. Halfpenny fares have been with• drawn on London steam omnibusee,i and the fates increased to even fares. Dr. H, 54. Vernon says that reduce' tion 'of hours and Sunday rest in-; creases the output of "' women muni•- Lienar e. ' A mills depot i11 the parish of Sts) Matthew's, Surbiton, supplies a gait! of milk daily to fifty children at threat pence per quart. , The Patents Court ennoun: a that' a British firm has discovered it meth- "Flavine," od ofma a uri 1 ' n t n a n th U Y e 9 fa � 1 g , 1 new war antiseptic, Seventy-five munition workers were fined sums ranging from ton shillin a to 210 atDartf rd for nonpayment ot income tax. don were brought t be'fore the Old. - Street ld.Street PO]ise magistratefor defiance Nearly one hundred citizens of Ler{ of the food regulations. The citizens of Richmond have giv- en a civicwelcome and illuminated d an address to Lieut. Reginald Haines, ,� Richmond's first V.C. A tablet erected to the memory of the late Lord Kitchener inLakenheath Chure u 1 h unveiled h S fl'o k as been unve ed , by Lord Derby.' The Queen of Rumania says in a message to the British Red Cross So- ciety that she is deeply touched by all they are doing to help her country. At the request of the Hammersmith Borough Council, Lieut. F. W. Palmer, V.C., has inscribed his name in the "Golden Book of Hammersmith." An anonymous donor has placed '41,000 in the hands of the trustees of the Royal College .for the Blind,: Upper Norwood. On Belgian Independence Day Lloyd George delivered a lecture in aid of Belgian charities at Queen's Hail, London. William Watson was awarded 220 damages at Hull for injury to his garden by poisonous fumes from' chemical works. RULE OF SUCCESS. Area Within Lens Still Remain- ing in German Rands is e Further Reduced. A despatch from Canadian Head- quarters in France, says: -Another of the small surprise attacks which al- most nightly reduce the area within Lens still remaining in the enemy's hands took place at 3.30 this (Thurs- day)morning da and resulted' in the cap- ture of a row of houses occupied by four companies of the First Regiment, First Guard Reserve Division. Men from British Columbia, accustomed in civil life to finding their way about,. did the work, and did it well, sustain- ing few casualties themselves while inflicting a considerable number on the enemy. AN AEROPLANE UNDER FIRE. One of the Most Spectacular Effects of the Whole War. As the sun sank Iower and lower in the west, says Dr. William Boyd in With a Field Ambulance at Ypres, the ominous pall of smoke that hung over the town tookron the most glorious colors, deep orange and gold, fading away at the margins into darkest pur- ple. In the meantime an aeroplane had been coming up behind us, and con- tinued to make for the German lines, soon dwindling to a mere black dot against the brilliant blue of the - sky, Suddenly, in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, a little white ball about the size of your hand appeared against that brilliant blue close to the aeroplane. One moment there was nothing except the immense blue dome, the next, although you heard nothing, or saw nothing coming, there was that, little fleecy cloud hanging high inenid-air. That is one of the most spectacular Scotia towns, Sheet Harbor and effects in the whole war. When you Shelburne, will have a couple of have been out here for some time you wooden boats ready soon. Coiling- are likely to grow somewhat blase, but wood, long a ship -building port, has the sight of an aeroplane being shell - a steel vessel of 8,000 tons under ed never loses its fascination.:' The way, as well as four oil tankers. To- appearance of the first puff of pure ronto recently launched four vessels, white shrapnel smoke against the deep and has half a dozen more to come. blue of a cloudless sky is one of the Two of them are of 5,000 tons each, most dramatic things you can imag- and the others a little lighter. One of ine. the ships being constructed in To- The aeroplane was travelling at a ronto is the Orleans, for the French good speed and soon there was along Government. Port Arthur is turning string of little white clouds to .mark out five steel steamers, each of 8;400 its course. Now and then we lost tons. Out on the Pacific coast they sight of it and would fear that it had are building a couple of 8,800 tons each. All this activity means much to the steel and lumber trades, and -contri- butes to the present high prices of these commodities. The chief difficulty that is being encountered is the lack of labor. Ship builders complain that it is very hard to find skilled"mechan- les, particularly carpenters, and`some of the shipbuilding yards are even. taking on novices and paying them very fair wages, while they are learn- ing -their trade. , It 18 no merely war -tinge activity, either. The current opinion is that Canada's ship -building program, un- der the war impetus, will continue to grow and will be one of the main, in- dustries of the Dominion after the war. rich in coal, oil, -and` iron ore. These BRITISH AIRMEN BOMBARD minerals are sufficiently neat' the su- face of the. earth to be accessible for CONSTANTINOPLE RAILWAY working, as they occur in beds which been successivelyy folded during A despatch from Londoat says :- have hs of mountain forma British naval aeroplanes penetrated various epos n been far inland in Turkish territory Sunday bon and eatedly fly have. .night, dropping bombs on the city of brought repeatedly t'o the surface, .,, Oilfields occur on the outer side of. Adrianople, about 187 miles north - the Alpine Mountains, in Galicia, Ru- west of Constantinople, says an of - mania and Alsace.' Eighty per cent. ficial statement. of the European output of oil is pro- The main line of the Belgrade -Con- duced in Russia, and if at the end of stautinople'raiiway, part ,of the Ber- tho war she has acquired. Galicia, lin-to-Bagdad route, passes through Russia will produce no less than 90 Adrianople. per cent; The Galician' oilfields are Cut out r ubarb seed stalks when - characterized by being exceptionally>l e ver seen, and thus throw all the rich in paraffin, • strength late the plant. r.: 193 "i iCp Words of Wisdom and Counsel From a Business Philosopher. A man's mental attitude toward life; as a whole, and toward his work 1st the determining factor as to whetlieri he succeeds or fails. Enthusiasm is one of the qualities which make for success in any under taking, says a successful business man. Enthusiasm is not like water,! that can be turned on at a spigot, but; rather it must)be spontaneous to bel vital and effective. What gives us enthusiasm for our; work? The recognition of the worth -1 whileness of the work we are to per- form; and "the worth-whileness" of the work must wholly depend upon the amount of service that that work will render to our fellowman. The true measure of success in life, in my judgment, is in terms of service rendered. Some time ago I determined to get down in written form a formula which if followed would lead any man to the, highest success of which he as an indt, vidual was capable, I evolved the fol- lowing: Constructive development of self pluspersistent intelligent activity equals success. The development, first of the physi- cal, keeping the body clean and whole- some, as the foundation upon which all the rest depends. The development been hit, but on listening intently eve of the intellectual side, of the spirit.. could hear the faint drone of the en-;ual side. The development of the hue gine coming down from the great manitarian side,. of the sympathy with -not for -the other fellow. Not the constructive development of these qualities from a few angles, but from the spherical rounded deyelopnient which mattes the perfect rounded whole, An undertaking so great that no man has yet begun to attain it. Plus persistent. activity -not con- sistent, for that is on the level; not in- sistent, because that is impertinence, but with that persistent upward, out-' ward and onward force, with an Intel-! lectual integrity of purpose that seess''^- clearly the vision to be attained and, drives steadily for it, not allowing it-� self to be diverted into the blind al- leys which read nowhere. There is an old saying that,"Keep-i Ing everlastingly at it brings results."' This is not true, for you can set a hen on china eggs anti she will keep everlastingly at it, without attaining the result. So the persistent effort must be intelligent effort. -And when you have all of these, of what use aro they unless you actively apply them? But if you have all of these and do actively apply them, you will attain the highest success of which you as an individual are capable, but that success must always bo measured in terms of service rendered. height. Suddenly it made an abrupt, right-angled turn, thus indicating the position of the hostile battery that • it had been observing, and a moment la- ter our big guns began to speak. All round us were hyacinths and speed- wells and forget-me-nots, and the red sun was sinking in golden splendor in the west. And still the shrapnel burst round the aeroplane, and still those great columns of black smoke rolled up from burning Ypres. To Test Diamond The public is frequently deceived in precious stones, leading a prominent diamond merchant to publish the fol- lowing test: When a diamond is quite clean and dry place on the surface a tiny drop of water, and then take a needle or pin and try to move the drop about. If tho diamond is genuine the drop can be rolled about intact. On the other hand, where the gem is an imitation the water'spreads directly it is touch- ed with the needle point. Test smelled diamonds with a tumbler of water. Into this put the suspected article and examine its ap- pearance, A roal diamond will show up in the water with stariting clear- ness, and it can never be confound-' ed with the water. , On the other hand, the incitation Tooke indefinite and it is sometimes difficult to see it gat all. -tee'°;'*__ t•, e `(hs 714E Wipe Hes 14 1 OUT QP TOWN ,q 1,417x3 �oR A Fd, 141 t So 'SAYRE A Fret=FtttN !l{ls Wi'-ffi� , _ rN 3 iii, GUNS.. 7 441 114 514w coMING ALARM? —ri ypi) set. 111f1D /X STAG YJEl4 THAT POKER PARTY OUT Tonle . WAs I.AsT N,l5lit sale \VON 1 'louse 1 As7: {V1Gi{T y IT Vas, AUT, sotn> aF TNS l * e, 13UNdN Are 6Til.l our Tele PARTY 7NRRE 4SLF� UTA h COMPI,aTC o Home s AFTER- q ., lC loVd r: rf(" FVE,IaT'.;, +��_ i:2t,-'_"�" i. '011.x �1T 8`• ,, .� r _t �;p' AI 8 dx''' { x 53 r a +,�`i, ,tea°Ili _ '... l �- �,� 71 � �t .. 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The buttonhole watch is ne7ese,u'ily, tiny, and Rte into it gull metal oath which .resembles a large-sized °oiler button 1n sltalsp, Wllpp worti i1leraly for the nonvermitulee of the owser thio symoli is uallaliy turned upside down sb that time ttpto may ifo 40011' at 9 downward Praef without avail HMO the lapel a the coat, ,