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THE FOURTH ARM IN WARFARE chine gun fastened, to the left-hand I Already our defenders are upon
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(By .Laurence La T. Driggs). side of the fuselage, weighing less I him, however, and he drops dos n over
than eighteen pounda and capable of -his own lines -within the danger zone.
Above his own airdrome he sees a flock
of his comrades taking the ail —six
eight twelve, in all. Behind him and
above him are the enemy—in a su-
perior position. He deseends to with-
in a thousand feet and skims along
blithely to rejoin his squadron.
And now comes a battle royal. The
observer leaves the field and speeds
omeward with their reports. The
combatants count their forces and
those of the enemy.
Both sides are jockeying for the up-
per berth in the, air. For the upper
berth gives many advantages They
can shoot down upon their adversaries,
while they themselves are out of range
of their opponents' guns; they have
a wider view; they are safely above
field -gun danger; and, most import-
ant of all, they can use their addition-
al height to accumulate added speed
when a dive is essential.
Such are tactics and strategy of
scouts. A minute studg pf the enemy the air, By its use small forces often
front must be me.de. .ii.The squadron overcome double their numbers. Dart -
has to inspect an areaa, of fifty miles ing, firing, banking, circling, climb -
front and twenty-five miles deep. ing and darting again and again, the
Five thousand feet above ground batle of the air continues until many
was considered a safe leivel in the ear- of the combatants are shot down or
ly days of the war. Practice, better crippled and "limp away to safety.
field guns, and newly aevised. range- Many are the qualifications requir-
finders drove the airpines to the high- ed lot such fighters, and well db they
er levels of at first eight thousand exemplify the old adage, "Tackle a
then ten thousand, and now twelve little job as though it were a big
one, ad a big job as though it were
a little one." Numerous conflicts have
ended with the deliberate ramming of
one airplane against the enemy, both
men falling together—down, down,
down to a spectacular death.
The foregoing describes but one of
the functions of this new arm of mil-
itary science. Equally valuable, per
venerable old campaigners,
infantria, ,cavalry, and artillery, have
held for centuries the highest pin-
nacles of achievement in warfare.
The three arms have stood united, ex-
clusive, unchallenged and unafraid.
To -day a fourth arm. whose coining.
prostrates these old soldiers and
whose future dazzles the imagination
of,ie world.
o valuable are the 1"eyes of the.
the rate of thirty-six hundred per mm -
army" that Supremacy of the air is
ute! The rate of firing is correspond -
now a first requisite to successful of- ingly reduced to approximately one
tease or defense. This vital cliscov- hundred and thirty-five fihots per min-
ery was made by the Allies in the
ate,
first sveek of the war, when their air -
firing five hundred shott. per minute.
A synchronizing devdce is .attached
to the triggei of the 'VIM and. con-
nected with the propeller shaft, which
permits firifig only wheni the blades of
the propeller are opt af the way of
the stream of bullets. As these pro-
pellers are making nip e hundred rev-
olutions per minute, tlie, four blades
are pasing the muzzle of the gun at
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plane scouts brought in the informa- and observer. The ethers are single
tion that not thousands but millione of seaterst" and, being lighter, are faster
German tkoops were poring througb. and quicker, to mancever. 'Their dutv
Luxemburg into France. Had this is to advance and receive the attack
rintelligence- been wanting, it is likely of enemy airplanes -to ,cover the re -
that the decisive battle of this war,
treat of their own 'observers, and, if,
would have been fought then, and the opportunity arises, to prevent the
overwhelming German forces would crossing of their front by enemy
have occupied France and advanced
upon England within the month.
From that hour began the trem
uous struggle for mastery of t e air.
Germany had the advantage. 'Before
the war began she had produced an
airplane engine that had won world
records in duration and altitude flights
With customary foresightedness, she
had on hand more machines and had
trained more pilots than. other nations.
She had established aerial routes a -
cries the land, had experimented with
night landing -grounds, with airplane
guns, bombs, and bomb -carriers.
The writer witnessed the daily sortie
over Paris of tirimelebrated German
pilot Lieutenant' Immelman early in
the month of September, 1914.
German troops were then but twenty-
five miles from Paris. French air-
planes were all in service at the frnot
and the city was left undefended from
air attack •
Regularly at five. o'clock in the g-
am-- ternoon Lieutenant Immelman appear-
ed circling over Paris. It was a daily
-a4.. programme that afforded excitement
sa if not amusement to the citizees be-
ll"F" low. So inedequate were the defenses
E of Paris at that time that the fearless
scout scorned to fly above rifle range.
The whir of his propeller could bp
plainly heard,and the airplane could be
discerned *several miles away.
Terror-stricken people ran for the
nearest doorways and cellars and re-
appeared only after the noise of eat
ploded bombs announced that he had
passed. Then with furious gestures,
they would gaze up into the sky from
the centre of the streets after their
disappearing enemy.
In certain open parks, on certain
bridges, and at otheravantage points,
*great crowds gathered every afternomf
to witness the approach of the daring
raider. Interest, and not alarm: act-
uated such, persons. Oblivious of the
fact that what goes up must come
down, that thousands of guns were
shooting up at the flying enemy, and
that score of bombs would doubtless
be dropped into Paris, these crowds
stood with "nose in full an,"
wrapped in wonder, and, I believe,
with much sneaking respect for the
pluck and audacity of the airman.
One could hear the heavy bombing
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fortifications. A rattle of promiscu-
thousand feet over enemy lines. Even
at thia altitude an occasional lucky
"Archibald" bursts in the vicinity of
the plane and a piece of shrapnel finds
its mark. An altitude of eight thous-
and feet defies the rifle bullet and
small-bore machine gun.
The airmen of the various fighting
forces ame chosen. for their youth
and cleverness. From eighteen to haps, is the airplane patrol of the
twenty-three years is the age that seas, for from its vantage height the
combines the proper proportions of pilot can discover the lurking submar-
daring and caution required for a in.e at any depth, and he -can. explode
successful flier. After a certain num- the small submerged bombs strewn
7ner of months' strain and a certain in the ships' path.
quantity of -narrow escapes the aver- The submarine menace is probably
age pilot gets "used up. and is re- the most perplexing fear of this war.
tired at his own suggestion. Be then The merchant ship is suddenly brought
becomes a staff officer, a trainer in to by a round shot. If she runs. she
flying schools, or an Observer, accord- finds herself easily overhauled and
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Mg to the necessity of eircunistances. soon riddled with shells. She is per -
To return to our early morning ex- mitted but one small 4.7 gun mount-
pedition, which we left clinging up ed on the stern for defense. Further
to the required altitude in squadron arming will constitute her a war-ves-
without
heavily loaded, reach einht warning. Yet the stern gun is of no use desired.
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there of "getting" an airplane! The
Zeppelin at twelve thousand feet mov-
es at sixty miles per hour and is a
target of five hundred feet by forty
feet. The airplane moves at one hun-
dred and twenty miles per hour and
presents a vulnerable target of ap-
proximately only four feet square,
consisting of the pilot's person and his
fuel tank. "All other parts of his ma-
chine may be considered invulnerable
for a hit would only make a hole
through his plane, or possible break a
strut, his rudder and his propeller,
permitting him to alight in safety
several miles away.
Flying at only one hundred miles an
hour, this four -foot target moves a-
bout one hundred and fifty feet each
second. It is impossible to get the
range with any accuracy, and his
constant evolutions will render mark-
manship guesswork at best. From
the time the shell leaves the ground
until it reaches the twelve -thousand -
foot level at which he is flying requires
about ten seconds. In these ten sec-
onds the airplane has travelled away
some five hundred yards! Further
speculation is unnecessary. The only
adequate defense against airplane is
airplane.
Airplane bombs are no longer carried
in a basket and tossed over the sides
by the pilot. Scientifically designed
"squints" are adjusted to the altitude
level, indicated by the barograph, and
remarkably accurate bomb -dropping is
accomplished. The bombs are carried
by one' end attached to a race-. under-
neath the fuselage. An electric wire
touches each fuse and is tontrolled
by a switch on the dash -board. The
fuse -will not function until the switch
is thrown on, so that the unused bombs
can be brought to earth in perfect
safety.
The bomb -dropper goes aloft with
ten bombs suspended under him.
Some weigh ten pounds, some fifty
pounds, some one hundred and fifty
pounds. When he arrives near his
target, he 'pushes -the switch aroupd.
arming all the fuses. Alongside his
right knee are ten push -buttons. He
ascertains his altitude, estimates the
wind and his speed, adjusts his "squint
sight," and flies on a level line towards
his objection. When hie "squintll
points at the enemy target ahead and
below, he presses one of the buttons,
releasing the ten -pound bomb, or the
one -hundred -and -fifty -pound bomb, as
tioned along the river quays aimed ap-
wards and fired in volleys; the ma-
chine guns on the Eiffel Tower, a
short .distance up the Seine, could be
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head pop-pop—popping fiercely a -
icab drivers and their fares produced
revolvers and blazed away. Literally
millions of bullets were speeding up
after this one solitary human being
in the sky. The awful odds he was
taking in this storm of lead produced
some feelings of pity, if not admire -
f his enship.
tion orsport-----
Among his daily shower of small
bombs there invariably appeared a
laconic note, dropped within a bag
of sand, addressed to the people of
Paris, which was regularly published
in the papers the following morning,
couched in this style:
"People d Paris! Surrender! The
Germans are at your gates! To -mor-
row you will be ours! Lieutenant I tia
met-Ina/a Air Scout."
While but slight damage resulted
from- the light bombs he tossed over
the side, it .has always remained a
mystery to me why many injuries did
not result frorn the falling bullets up-
on the streets of Paris. Not one cas-
ualty was ever reported from this
cause._ •
13 ris to -day is efficiently protected
formation. The three two-seaters, be- sel, and she may
be su
ing mo
thousand feet at about the sa ne time for defense when the submarme ap-
the lighter machines have attained ten pears off the bow. Any attempt to turn
or eleven thousaad feet. Here they away will bring destruction,
separate, each directing, his course to Of England's total loss of merchant
ihe alloted segment of the front—one boa.ts to date probably less than.ten
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No. 625007 Pte. Jas. Jamieson,
B Co. 50th Batt. Canadians,
B. E. F. France.
to the left one to theateght, and mie
to the centre. The airieebservers sit
-in- the froliit ends pr. 4- Machine, a
speaking tube, under the helmet con-
necting each with his pilot in the seat
immediately behind him. A -map- of
yesterday's front is spread smoothly
on a board above his knees. Any al-
teration of the landscape is immed-
iately noted and corected- on the map.
Scrutiny is first centered on the
narrow "strip of ground seperating the
trenches. Twenty yards in some places
it widens out to several hundred yards
in others. Trees have been shot ina
splinters in this "No Man's Land."
Occasional stumps remain which have
been spared by both sid.es because
per cent. have been torpedoed. Nine-
ty per cent. are shelled* to death by
submarines which be of, two or three
miles away, their decks flush with the
surface, their guns and crews alone
visible above the waves, tiny targets
at best. Before rising to the surface
the submarines have leisurely ascer-
tained the exact range through their
periscopes.
The almost invisible submarine
scorn e shrapnel, shot or shell. The gun
and crew on deck may suffer damage
by a rare chance, but to sink the sub-
marine herself by such missiles is next
to impossible at such a distance. Ex-
periments have shown that the walls --
of a submarine may be split open by
they are not worth wasting shells up- the concussion of a high explosive.
On. Seventy-five pounds of "T. N. T."
One of these stumps seem to have timed to explode thirty feet under wat-
something new about it. The airplane 11.
circles around it several times. Field -
glasses disclose an aperture in the
.rear. Ah! there are two wires run-
ning from the Stump back to the en-
emy's trench! -
The Germans have crept over one
of these nights, silently dug up the by the longitudinal ripple followmg
old landmark, and have substituted a her wake on the surface, but he can
hollow telephone booth exactly simi- drop down to any level over. the victim
lar to the familiar old stump. Prob- cut loose one of his explosive bombs—
ably information was telephoned back and her career is ended. No dread -
yesterday by the watchful spy within. nought of the first line can accomplish
The airplane observer jots down note such a feat
No. 1. Ship channels can be edequately and
Farther on a new trench is disco -ver- inexpensively defended against the -
ed and traced. Here a group of trees submarine only by the airplane scouts.
have been cat down during the atilt The military advantage of transport
Over there appears a fresh dug earth ships and supply ihips saved from de -
on a hillside renoting a machine -gen struction by this means adds another
emplacement. To the right on the value to the airplane arm. His wide
top of the hill is a suspiciously green horizon enables the lofty observer
covered.. area not explained on the to scan the sea for forty or fifty miles
map. The observer directs the pilot's o nevery side for floating craft. 1 -lis
attention to this spot and in a moment wireless equipment gives immediate
they are volplaning down directly to- information to his officer of the loca-
ward it. A nearer view discloses an tion of the erierhy.
unusual thielmess of green branches As an artillery fire "spotter" the
standing in an unnatural position, and airplane service has produced won -
a dim wagori rut leads directly to this derful efficiency. Circling over the
spot from the rear. The observer enemy, the observers signals back the
preses a button on the dashboard twice errors of marksmanship, and almost
and takes two photographs of the hill perfect bull's-eye hits are scored. No
from the camera attached to the bot- stalemate can result in this war if
tom of the fuselage. A signal to bank one side gains the courted mastery of
off to the left and ascend is given by the air!
a gesture of his left arm, and while Zeppelin raids over England have
on all sides the officer tranquilly jots point. England has minimized her
g not been a success from any -view-
the shells of the enemy are bursting
down the site of the newly discovered losses and has censored all facts,
concealed battery of artillery but. estimating the loss to Germany,
As the pair ascend to a higher level of the nine expensive airships des -
they search the ground for airdromes troyed and the additional military loss
and scan the horizon for enemy aircraft of her highly trained Zeppelin. crews,
Many airplanes are about them, and it is extremely doubtful if the score
some are distinguished by their colors stands in Germany's favor. Probably it. We went right through Ins rs
painted on wings and tail. Others are the greatest advantage to GermanY three lines and got into his supports
too distant to identify, but from their , lies in the fact that her Zeppelin. raids behind. We certainly raised hell for a
actions they are assumed to be Allies. , have kept the shores of England an while. There were eight hundred of us
in France. , and our casualties were pretty heavy
Far to the left along the river can armed airplane camp for defense thus
must be thirty miles in the enemy's but Fritz's were many times heavier.
be seen extraordinary activity. That greatly reducing England's air "force
rear. It deserves watching, blit our But without this airplane defense T have been over to see Fritz in two
tbserver feels that he has valuable in- England would be at the mercy of the raids and came back without a -scratch.
formation to deliver to his command- We are having a little warmer weath-
Zeppelin. Field guns are not credited er now. I think spring is coming. *We
wisdom of undertaking further risks. nine airships lost to Germany. The
with the bringing down of any of the certainly suffered with cold for a
ing officer and is andecided as to the
His attention is awakened by a sud- listening tower equipment acquaints m
since the 25th of November. I heard
onth or two. I have not seen Sohn
the roar of the engine exhaust and England with the coining of the
monsters and their searchlights never weeks ago with blood -poisoning in his
he went to the hospital about three
den swerve of the machine. Above
the rush of wind in his face he can fail to pick theta out of the night hand. He certainly is lucky, for this is
detect a curious hum. It is another sky, but it is the airplane equipped eo snap. I received your pareel some
airplane directly upon them. Before with the Lewis machine gun that has tine ago and mire was glad to get it
he can turn his head he is conseious brought to earth these midnight ma- I suppose Hugh Dunlop told you I re -
1 little shocks, tells him that a stream huge bulk of the Ze ceived it; I told him in the letter
of a rush under him, and a series of rauders.
thank -
of bullets is beiag poured into his ma- pelin is a belt of non-infiammabie gas ful if you would send me a small
Incasing the Ile that I wrote. I -would be very which not only is tmaffeeted by the parcel as often as you can; better
Fr0111 far up in the donde an enemy
. send a small one aigl oftener than n
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er within a radius of fitty yards
crack her open like a watermelon
dropped to the ground.
Hence the double peril of the air-
plane to the underseas craft. Not on-
ly can the air scout locate the submar-
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ling up with spiral climbs hi. squadron 1 of his prey he opens fire, pouring a
formation. There are twelve or four -1 stream of lead until he passes under -
teen tractors, each armed with a ma -1 neath and. spirals away to the rear.
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from raids by either airplanes or Zep-
pelins. Besides the anti-aircraft land
defenses, including field guns, obser-
vation towers, listening towers, and
searchlights encircling tlie city, the
airplane patrol above Paris, is contin-
ued day and night, not by one but by
three airplanes at three different al-
titudes, approximately at one thous-
and feet, six thousand feet, and ten
thousand feet elevation. It is signif-
icant that no air raids have occurred
over Paris since those at the begin-
ning .of the war.
Air raids, or "stunts," as they are
called in Europe and the home de-
fense against such. attacks are of se-
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cendary importance from the military
point of view. To -day at the front the
smallest movements of the enemy are
watched by. the air scouts; lines of
commanication far in the rear are
photographed, hidden artillery discov-
ered, mobilization of cavalry bombed
and stampeded and threatened attacks
of infantry forseen.
Each morning before daylight the
°air squadrons are asembled and given
their instructions. Most vital of all
is the return of the trained observer
to the commanding officer - with his
report. Consequently all preparations
are made to this end. First there is
despatched a fast -climbing patrol. He
ttains a height of eighteen or twenty -
The bomb--dong, slendort and feath-
ered—is kept to its line of trajectory
by its rudder. Upon impact the
bomb explodes, flinging shrapnel, shot,
pieces of shell, or inflammable mathr-
as pre -arranged.
A device is sometimes attached to
vreeedef =the falling bomb by twenty
or thirty feet. This touches the ground
first, causing the bomb to explode
twenty or thirty feet in the air with
great destructiveness. Fancy a regi-
ment of cavalry attacked by several
of these destroyers:
In December, 1916, the Allies claim-
ed a total of nineteen hundred Germen
and Austrian airplanes that had been
captured or destroyed since the begm-
fling of the war. Figures as to the
Allies' losses are naturally not forth-
coming, but the probabilities are that
they exceed those of the Central Pow-
ers.
This probability is not attributed to
Teutonic supremacy of the air, by any
means, for quite the contrary fact is
evident. The lamentable truth of
England's airplane losses lies in the
corollary, "You can build a thousand
airplanes a month, but you cannot
train a thousand pilots a month."
Here lies a warning to Uncle Sam.
From forty factories England is now
turning out approximately one thous-
and airplanes a month. Boys with
incredibly small training are required
to climb into these machines and fly
their way across the Channel to
France. War's necessity knows no
mercy. From disconnected reports
it is reasonable to assume that Eng-
-land has lost more pilots and Machines
due to accidents through lack of train-
ing than through enemy attacks.
It is apparent that both combatants
in this world's war are stretching
every muscle to obtain the supremacy
and plastery of the air this coming
spring. Thousands upon thousands
of war planes are now ready. Delicate
mechanisms and sensitively trained
youths are being polished up to decide
the issue in one dizzy, dea.dly combat
"somewhere in France" over the up-
turned. faces of the three hopeful
beneficiaries below—the three depend-
ent arme--•infantry, cavalry, artillery
HURON NOTES.
—Mr. David Nicholson, who for a
few months, has been organist and
choir -master of St. George's church,
•Goderich, has resigned the position
in order to engage in a similar capac-
ity with the Presbyterian church at
Caumbliford, Ont. He leaves this week
to take up his new duties.
—On Saturday afternoon last, the
Brussels Red Cross SocieW honored.
Mrs. D. B. Moore's 71st birthday and
gave expression to a well deserved
tribute by presenting her with an ad-
dress and life membership and pin at
-the Library audience room at the dose
of the Womn's Institute. It was read
by Secretary B. S. Scott, of the Red
Cross, who was called upon by W. II.
Kerr, president, while Mrs. P. Scott
and Mrs.P. Ament presented the cer-
tificate and the emblematic pin.
—The Goderich Star of last week
says: The universal sympathy of the
townspeople goes out to Miss Skim-
ings in the very regrettable accident
which betel her last evening, when she
fell on the slippery sidewalk at the
corner of the square and Kingston
street and broke her hip. She had
never quite recovered from a similar
accident to the other limb a few years
ago. Nearly all winter she had been
confined to her home by illness, and
she was just begining to get about
town again. She is being cared for at
the hospital.
—On Friday evening last, a bold
thief entered the residence of Mr. A.
Cantelon, in Clinton, and extracted
two ten dollar bills from. Mrs. Can-
telon's hand bag which was on the
sideboard in the dining -room. Mrs.
Cantelon was sitting reading the ev-
ening paper in. another room and
heard a step 'in the front hall and •
zomeone enter the dining room, but
thinking it was some member of the
family paid no attention. Presently
she heard retreating footsteps and
gd000inrgopteoni.nvestigate found the front
—Last Friday evening a host of
Grey Township friends of Mr. P. J.
and Miss Bishop, called at their home
prior to their moving from the old
homestead, which they sold to Mr.
Cochrane, to take a well earned holi-
day at Ethel. One of the most inter-
esting features of the gathering was
the reading of an address to the host
and hostess, by P. J. McArthur, and
the presentation of two upholstered
chairs to Mr. and Miss Bishop and a
stick pin to Joe Martin, a nephew,.
was made by William Hoy, Mrs. Robt.
Dougherty and James Turnbull, jr.
=On Thursday evening of last week
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shaw, of the 3rd
line, Morris, were at home to a goodly
company of friends and neighbors,
nunibering about 130. A good time
was spent with vocal and instrumental
music, games, a tasty lunch, social
chat and dancing. Brussels Red Cross
Circle was the richer by $32.50 by the
patriotic proceeds of the gathering.
Mr. and Mrs Shaw were heartily
thanked by their gueses for the en-
joyable evening. This is the third
gathering of this character held on the
third line and the receipts for P.ed
Cross purposes, were $13 50. S20.20
and $32.50, making a splendid total
of $71.20.
FROM FRANCE.
The following letter was written by
Pte. James Jamieson, to his mother,
Mrs. William Jamieson, of Hullett.
Frane, February 21, 1917
My Dear Mother,—I will now en-
deavor to write you a few lines to
let you know Fritz has not got •me
yet, although I thought for a while.
the other night he would. I suppose
you read in the papers about the big
raid the Canadians made, I was in
—A quiet but pretty wedding was
solemnized on Wednesday, March 14„
at the Walton Manse, when Miss Viola
second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Long, of Cranbrook, became the bride
of Roy Bennett, eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Bennett, of Walton.
The bride, who was unattended, look-
ed charming in a serge suit of navy
blue and white silk blouse; with a
picturesque hat of blue satin and
milan braid trimmed with fancy bead
ornaments and carried a bouquet of
lily of the valley, pink roses and
ferns. Rev. R A. Lundy officiated.
The bride and groom were the recip-
ients of many beautiful gifts show-
ing the esteem in which they are held
by their numerous friends. Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett left, amid showers et
confetti, for Seaforth, from where
they took the train to call at numer-
ous Eastern points. On their return
they will reside on the groom's farm
near Walton.
flaming bullet,but actually extenginsh-
es it The exploding bullet,. there- large one, as 1 c:innot carry it around.
fore, is employed, although its use Send me something nice and tasty to
where it may cause" =necessary hu- eat; nothing to wear as we get lots
man suffering" is forbidden by the to wear and our rations are a little
Hague treaties. short Make me some of those ginger -
If it is difficult to hit an Zeppelin snaps which you used to make when; ea
frOM the ground, what possibility is I was at h.oine. You may think I am keep the peace for two years-
•
—Sentences of three ontha and one
month respectively were imposed on
John Haggitt and George Glousher,
convicted of the theft of a small quan-
tity of grain from the barn of Mr.
Brown, in Morris township,by His
Honor Judge Dickson, Petitions for
leniency were presented from the res-
idents of the vicinity and Lawyer
panty, who appeared for the prison-
ers tionited out that the young men's
previous record was good. Bis
Bonor
stated that the reports of petty thiev-
ing in Blyth had been rife for seine
time and he felt some punishm.ent
should be inflicted, which should eerie
as a warning. lie made the dfference
in the sentence because it appeared
that Haggitt was the one wbo led
Glousher into the trouble -
'was the owner of the rig and h
ed tip Glousher, It seemed hard.'
1Y that they would drive two 111
steal such a small quantiti of 0
and His Honor said it loeke4
they must have intended to tai e Inors
if they had not been disturbed. GIOIA.q.ninlie-
d bonds for $500 each to
t