Exeter Times, 1915-4-15, Page 6,72
J3NEMY'S MASTER PYARRESTED
terrnan Espionage in Britain Revealed by Appre
pension of New York Woollen Merchant
A despatch fi'ora London says:
The approaching trial of Anton
.Kuepferle, a German -American, on
au charge of high treason, promises
to prove sensational). The arrest
oceurred same weeks ago on the
eve of ICuepferle's intended depar-
ture for the Continent, but the fact
of his arrest and the, variousvarioushe.ar-
Ings before a police magistrate
have been kept secret on account
of the extreme importance to the
State of the matters involved and
the endeavor to deal adequately
with the wide ramifications of Ger-
man espionage in Britain which
ICttepferle s apprehension disclosed.
It is no exaggeration to say that
the authorities consider Kuep-
ferle s. arrest the most important of
its kind ,since the ontbreak of the
war, enabling the authorities to lay
bare a most elaborate system of
obtaining most valuable informa-
tion of military and naval plans
and transmitting them to the
enemy. The worst feature of the
ease is that it reveals beyond the
tl ali"adow;:"hf it doubt that the most
dangerous headquarters for des-
.,paii;elite s'p,es„to England; are lo-
'
rate+i le the > •cited States.
The revelations by Stegler, who
was sent to jail in N'ew York for
! his connection with the Brooked
• passports, have an important carol -
'are' in the present case. leuep-
ferle, who is engaged in the wool-
len business in. New 'Fork, landed
j at Liverpool, and almost imniedi-
etely travelled to Ireland, yet with-
in five days he had aoouulul.ated
sufilcient information that he 'con-
sidered his mission ended and at
tempted to leave England .for Hol-
land, where he intended to deliver
his information to responsible
chiefs of the German intelligence
department.
It happened, unfortunately for
him, that the night he selected to
leave Folkestone the Flushing
steamship service was temporarily
suspended owing to the 'activities
of German submarines., and hence
he fell an easy captive in. London.
When Kuepferle was arrested ex-
tremely vital information was found
in his possession. He was equip-
ped with all the paraphernalia
which modern, spydom regards as
essential, such as representatives,
invisible ink; codes, addresses, in-
structions, thereby laying before
the authoritiee theemcst_ eemplete
plan of German espionage'' which
England has yet discovered.
ITALY WILL NOT 'ATTEMPT TO SLAY
ENTER THE WAR
Has Reached An Agreement with
Austria, According to Paris
Advices.
A despa,tch from Paris says: Pri-
vate aelviees have been received
here to the effect that Italy and
Austria have reached an agreement
which will satisfy the aspirations
of the Italian people for an enlarge-
ment of the national boundaries
and preclude all possibility of arm-
ed intervention by Italy on the side
of the allies.
While despatches from Vienna
recently said that E nperor Fran-
cis Joseph was .absolutely opposed
to the cession of any territory as
the price of continued neutrality on
the part of Italy, the advices which
have come to hand state that the
Dual Monarchy has consented to
the cession of the Trentino. It is
added that the necessary docu-
ments have been drawn up and
signed,
This news bears out the reports
from Geneva recently that the
Trentino, geographically and his-
torically a part of the Italian pen-
insula. was to be handed over to
Italy, but is to be occupied by
Italian troops only at the end of
the great war. Austria has inter-
posed this stipulation so as to be
certain that Italy will maintain her
neutrality no matter what future
events may change the present
situation.
It has long been recognized here
that however much the Italian peo-
ple might desire to go to war on
the side of the allies, the basic point
in the official attitude of Italy is
the declaration of Premier Salan-
dra that Italy would remain neu-
tral "until her interests were
threatened." It has been no
secret that Italy would be willing
to give a binding promise to the
central empires to keep out of the
conflict in return for satisfactory
territorial concessions, and assur-
ances that her aspirations in the
Adriatic would not be menaced in
case of a Teutonic victory.
Reporters Pay Fines
For Dangerous News
A despatch from London says:
Charles Dyson, a local reporter,
was fined $25 at Portland Police
Court for supplying 'news to the
press calculated to be of use to
Germany, and Edward Newman,
editor of the Southern Times, was
fined $50 for publishing a report of
a similar nature,
SULTAN OF EGYPT
Shot Fired at Potentate as Ile Left
the Palace Went Wide of
the )hark.
A despatch from London says:
An attempt was made on Friday to
assassinate the Sultan of Egypt,
Hussein Kemal, according to a
Reuter despatch from Cairo. As
the Sultan was leaving Abdin Pal-
ace a native fired e. shot at him.
This went wide, and the native was
immediately seized. The Sultan
paid his intended visit to various
officials, and a crowd assembled
around the palace and gave him an
ovation when he returned. His
assailant in a statement described
himself as a native Egyptian, 25
years of age, and a merchant hail-
ing from Mansura,h. He was per-
fectly composed.
WANTED.
A Tropical Rain of Sheets.
We have had, since the war be-
gan, a liberal education in the
matter of giving. So many de-
mands have been made on public
generosity that we hardly feel sur-
prised at any demand, however
great. Notwithstanding, we were,
many of us, rendered almost
breathless, when we saw the list
of "needs" for the equipment of
the University Base Hospital.
"Where," we asked, "is the mo-
ney to come from to purchase
these 4"
Then a brilliant idea occurred to
one of the workers. It was this ---
"Why not have a sheet shower, not
only for Toronto, hut for the n
ot
vince''
Ours is aprovincial university.
Why should not we give the women
of Ontario an opportunity to help
with these furnishings'?
Opportunity is all that is need-
ed, for there are -thousands of
mothers, wives, and sisters of past
and present University students
who will be only too glad to help.
Hundreds, perhaps, will not have
time to :send to buy sheets. They
will then go to their own well -
stocked linen -presses, and taking
some treasures, laid away in view
of illness of their own nearest and
dearest, will dedicate them to the
nearest and dearest of others, in
fair France.
The size most required is 60" x
108", and they may be sent to the
Red Cross Society, 77 King Street
East, Toronto, marked Base Hos-
pital, No. 4, immediately.
JEAN MOPHEDRAN,
WOULD BE CERTAIN DESTRUCTION
Commander of German Cruiser Quits Bluffing and
Interns the Print Eitel
A. despatch from Washington
says : Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Peters announced that
the German cruiser Eitel Friedrich
would intern at Newport News,
Virginia, The ship will remain in
the custody of the United States
until the end of the war in which
Germany is now engaged,
The period fixed by the Gavern-
ment Neutrality Board within
which the Elite' Friedrich shouki.
leave the territorial waters of, the
United States unless she was •to b
interned expired Wednesday. night'
Secretary Peters received a report
from Coolecbor of Customs Hamil-
ton at Norfolk transmitting a come
munice,tion from, Oapb. Thleres-.
the e • t
, of the Getman ship, stgtrx�ag'.
his intention to intern - •
The Gemarianteeptain disclosed for.
,'tire first time that he had expected
Assistance • from:the "other warships
of his government in order to snake
it possible for him to dash for.the
open sea with . some hope of suc-
cess. In his commuxiication • he gave
no, details as to the basis of his ex-.
peetation • that assistance would be
rendered him, but it wale' inferred
he 'eztpeoted German' warships
to divert the Beitisk.and Z!'.re'•ileh,
cruisers fronn..their .patrol ouitsxde
.the Virginia, Capes so as to permit.
he, Eitel to. steam,,away to safety.
"•
Secretary Peters ainnonneed: that
the Nrtyy. Repartniex would take
c11arge of the .. r filen rn nt, of , the
Germaai.'warelifp.:...oii,;being taken
tqq ,•th,e.iftegy .yarn the •breech blocks
Ofr,a ns wall. he. ,removed
and
connecting tedf of her • ,engines de-
taehed, ,... . , ..
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS
REPOHTS PROM THE LEADING TRAUE
CENTRES QF AMERICA.. '
Broagstutts.
Toronto, April 13: flour -Manitoba first
Ond'Pate ts, $7 20;ed 5etruug b kers', $7. Qn•
tario wheat dour, , 90 per .vent, Putouts,
quoted et $5,85 to '$5,90. soa4oard;. and at
85.90, Toronto freight.
Wheat --Manitoba No. 1. Nortliern quot•
ed at $1.60; No. 2 at $1.68 1-2, and No, 3
at $1.66 1.2, Ontario wheat, No. 2 nominal
at $1.40 to $1.42, at outside points.
Oats -Ontario quoted at 60o. outside, and
at 62 to 63o on track, Toronto. Western
66 1
Ctin.2eadn., No, 2, quoted at 69o, and NO. 3 at
Barley --Good malting grades, 20 to 83o,
Outside.
ltye-$1.15 to $1.17, outside,.
Peas -No. 2 quoted at $1.85 to $1.90, out-
side.
Corn -No. 3 now American quoted at
Rio, all rail, Toronto freight.
Buekw•heat-No. 2 quoted at 82 to 83o,
outside.
Bran and shorts -Bran is quoted at $26
to 527 a ton, and shorts at 528 to $29,
Rolled oats -Car lots, per bag of 90 lbs.;`'
53.40.
Country Produce.
Butter -The market is firm with offer-
ings insufficient to ,so around, Oh.oiee
dairy, 2? to 28o; inferior, 21 to 23e; cream-
ery prints, 36 to 36 1-2c; do., solids, 33 to
34c.
Eggs -Receipts are large and price un-
changed at 20 to 210 per dozen, in case
lots.
Beans -Tho market is steady at 53.25 to
$3.30 for prime, and 53.25 to 53.40 dor hand
Picked.
Poultry -Chickens,. dressed, 16 to 17c;
ducks, dressed, 13 to 16e; fowl, 11 to 130;
turkeys, dressed, 20 to 21c.
Cheese --The., market continues firm at
13 3-4o for large, and at 19 to 19 1.40: for
twine.
Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag out
of- store and 45 to 5.0e in,car lots, New
Bruhiswicks, ear lots, 55 to 60o per bag. •
Baled Hay and Straw.
Straw is quoted at 58 to $.50 a ton in
car lots, on track here,.
to $18; No. 1 at $1S 50 to 516; and No 3 $17
at
512.50 to $13,50.
Business in Montreal.
Montreal, April 13. -Corn -American No.
2 yellow, 82 to 82 1-2c. Oats --Canadian
Western, No. 3, 671.2c; extra No. 1 feed,
67 1-2o; No. 2 loon white, 66 1-2o; No. 3 lo-
cal white. 65 1-2o; No. 4 local white, 64 1-4o,
Barley -Manitoba feed, 80o; malting, 90
to 97c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 92e. Flour --
Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts,
57.80; seconds, 57.30; strong bakers', $7.10;
Winter patents, choice, 57.80; straight
rollers, $7.30 to 57.40; do., bags, 53.45 to
90 lbs.,, 53.25 to t$3.35, ')ran, $26.6.75S7Shorts.
$28. Middlings, 533 to $34. Moullie, $35
to $38. liay-No. 2, per ton, car lots, 518
to $19. Cheese -Finest westerns, 17 1-4 to
17 1.20; finest eastern, 16 3.4 to 17o. But-
ter --Choicest creamery, 32 1-2 10 33c; sec-
onds. 3112 to 320. Eggs -Fresh, 211.2 to
23o. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots. 42 1-2 to
45c. Dressed hogs -Abattoir killed, $12.75
to $13.25; country, 59.50 to 511.75. Pork -
Heavy Canada short mess, bble., 35 to 45
pieces, 528; Canada short -out back, bbls.,
45 to 55 pieces, $27.50. Lard -Compound,
tierees, 375 lbs., 9 1-2c; wood pails, 20 lbs.
net, 10e; pure. tierces, 375 lbs., 111-2, pure,
'wood pails, 20 Lbs. net, 12c.
United States.
Minneapolis, April 13. -Wheat -No. 1
hard, 51.65 3-8; No. 1 Northern, 51,48 7-8 to
$1.52 7-8; No. 2 Northern, $1.43 7-8 to
$1.49 7-8; May, $1.46 3-4 to 51.46 7-8. Gorn-
No. 3 yellow, 68 1-2 to 68 3-4c. Oats -No, 3
white, 54 1-4 to 54 1-2o. Flour :and brae
unchanged.
Duluth. April 13. -Linseed, 51,91; May.
$1.92. Wheat -No. 1 hard, 51.53 5-8; No.
1 Northern, $1.52 5-8; No. 2 Northern,
51.47 5-8 to 51.48 5-8; May, $1.50 5-8.
• Live Stock Market.
Toronto. April 13. -Butchers' cattle,
choice, 57.50 to 57.75; do., good, $6.75 to
57.25; do., medium, $5.75 to 56.25; do., com-
mon, $4.75 to $5.25; butchers' bulls, choice.
56 to $6.75; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6.30;
do., rough. bulls, 54.50 to $4.75; butchers'
cows, choice, 55.50 to $6.75; do., f.o.b..
$8.25; do., 'medium, 55.75 to $6; do., 'com-
mon, 54.50 to $4.75; deedere, good, $6 to
$6.80; do., rough bulls, 55.25 to $6; stock -
ere, 700 to 1,000 lbs., 56 to 56.65; canners
and cutters, 53.76 to 54.30; milkers. choice,
each, $60 to 580; do., common and medium,
each, 535 to 545; springers, 550 to 575;
light ewes, 56.60 to $8: do., heavy, 55 to
$6.50; do., bucks, 53,75 to 54.25 lambs, $5
to 512; calves, $6.50 to $10.50; hogs, fed
and watered, 58.75; do., off care, $9.15 to
59.25; do., d.o:b., $8.40.
Montreal, April 13. -There were no choice
steers on the market, but a few odd sales
of good steers were made at $7.50 to 57.75,
and the lower grades from that down to
55 to $5.50, while cows brought from $4.75
to 56.75, and bulls from 55.50 to $6.50 per
cwt. The demand for calves was fairly
good and sales were made at prices rang-
ing from $2.50 to $10 each, as to size and
Quality'. and a few Spring lambs sold at
52.50 to 55 each. Yearling lambs were
scarce and firm nt 58.50 to $9 per cwt., and
ewe sheep at 55.75 to 56. The tone of the
market for hogs is very firm. Supplies
-were small but ample to fill all immediate
requirements, and sales of -selected tote
were made at 59.30 to 59.60 per cwt.,
weighed off cars.
French Women Eager
To Drive Ambulances
A despatch from Paris says: Phe
French women's automobile club
has commenced the recruiting of
women motorists, aviators and bal-
loonists to farm;. brigade of ambu-
lances for the French army. Ap-
plications are coming in,at the rate
of 100 per day. The organization
aims to find enough capable women
conductors to replace all the men at
present driving ambulances veho
are capable of rendering better ser-
vices at the front.
ORDERED OUT OP NORWAY.
Three Pirate Craft Discovered by
Military Airmen.
A. despatch from, Christiania,
Norway, says; Military aviators
while cruising 'over the ,cliffs which
line the Norwegian coast nera Der -
gen Bay,han Thurdday,discove<red
three German submarines which
had taken refuge there. They
were ordered to depart imenediate-
ly or else be interned, They left.
Name German Streets,
After U -29's Captain
A despatch frotin London. says A.
Christiania despatch sap? • that
many" German cities have giver
streets the 'name of Weddirtgen
after the oomna,ander of the sub-
'amarine U-29, which the Germans
new admit 'has been sunk. Obitu-
ary notices in (several newspapers
refer to him as a meteor that has
disappeared.
LI l i o 1MPIA1<'4 : RAWLINS°
Has Bees On 11'er os Ifat Staff of Both
l+.itehene ' and Roberts.
The name of Lieut. -General Sir
Reny Seymour ltawlillsan, Bart,,
C.B., C.V.O,, ihas figured in the de-
spatches relating to the fighting'. of
the Canadians *e fihe front. Gen-
eral Alderson is in eoirenand of our
boys, but Lieut. -Gen. Rawtinson is
in charge of the division i» which.
the Canadians are attached.
His first Service was in Buia,
with the 6A
th Rifles, wheretwo
years were spent in a tedious cam-
paign against dacoit bands, Lord.
Roberts next made him one of his.
aides a fact'which undoubtedly had
mach to do with his 'subsequent suc-
cess. Regardirtg this post he attend-
ed the Staff College from which he
eventually passed out extremely
eredfitably. By this time he was
quite the scientific soldier, and,
what is more, exceedingly :ambiti-
ous and capable. Thus' it was that,
in 1898, he became D,A.A.G.. to
Lord Kitchener, and was present in
that capacity at the battles of At -
'bare and Khartoum. K. of IC. en-
dor.sed Lord Roberta' opinion of
his brains by mentioning him twice
in despatdhes and in taking this
comparatively young officer very
much into his confidence, indeed,
treating him as one of his right-
hand men.
•`• _e Defender o`f'Ladysinith.
By this time he was no• ,longer . a
'riflean.an, having exchanged' from
the 60th into the Coldstream
Guards, and on war breaking out in
South Africa, Sir George. White,
who was very much one of "Bobs' "
men and an admirer of "Bobs' "
discoveries, asked to have him on
his staff in Natal. The consequence
of this request was that, ase A.A.
G., Rawlinson was with Sir George
during the defence of Ladysmith.
Though nowadays the siege of that
place seems almost a small episode,
yet it must not be forgotten that
the defending force suffered tre-
mendous privations and showed the
utmost skill and gallantry in de-
fending Ladysmith until its relief.
Rawlinson did so well with Sir
George that he next went to he.ad-
quarbers in South Africa, serving
under both of this former chiefs,
"Bobs" and "Lord IC." He .ailso
found time to command a mobile
column, get mentioned three times
in despatchers,' and get both the
Lt. -Gen. Sir Henry S. Rawlinson.
King's and. Queen's medals with
eight clasps. By this time he had
convinced everyone that the had
brains,. so his appointment as coni-
mandagt of, the Staff College was
con:;ide ed eminently suitable, and
so it proved. After this he got
command of a brigade at Alder -
•shot, .:and later of a division, on
Salisbury Plain , He is essentially
a soldier of the modern school of
thought, and believes that brains
are better than ,be•auty, initiation
moreuseful than pipeclay. Most
Tam with the phoney he has would
4ave retired long ago.. Only the
love of his work and a desire to
distinguish himself kept him in the
'army. He is only fifty years of age.
Essentially a Sportsman.
He is essentially a sportsman :
even at Sandhurst he kept polo
ponies, rather to the envy of a good
many people who could not afford
to do likewise, and where there is
hunting , polo, cricket, or racquets
there "Rawley" is; to be, found. He
can laugh very heartily and tell all
sorts of stories exceedingly well.
He also confesses to a predilection
for drawing, and there are few
men in the service, even including
the "mad, married, or methodist"
sappers, who can make a field map
quicker or better than • he can, He
has found time to get uiarmied and
become a father. He also found
time to succeed his father as second
baronet. '
General French has told us much
that he has done in France, acrid
all that he has told us le to "Raw-
ley's" credit. Amongst other
things we learn that upon one occa-
sion he was brave enough to, take
the responsibility 'ref questioning Sir
3ohn'e orders and refusing to sac-
rifice 'his men on what he recog-
nized to be a hopeiess.;enteeprise,
and Sir John Frenth in Ms des-
patches ,agreed, waren the circum-
stancee oame to tight that Sir Henry
had been correct in his judgonen•t.
In doing this the undoubtedly did a
far more gallant led then in
refits -
leg -
ing res on,sibiit� by,.seru1ulous1y
obeying . instractuons and throwing
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French Expeditionary Force Is Ready to Proceed
Without Delay to Any Point Necessary
A despatch from Paris says:
French troops from Africa are
ready tq"assist the allied #leets and
British expeditionary forces against
Turkey. The following official
'statement 'was issued by the War
Office : "The expeditionary corps of
the Orient, which was planed un-
der command of General A. G. L.
d'Amade and concentrated at Bi-
zerte (a fortified seaport of Tunis,
Africa) to perfect its organization,
has effected the voyage of the Le-
vant under the best of conditions.
It has been ready since March 15
to aid the allied fleets and British
expeditionary corps. In waiting
it was deemed advisable not to pro-
lopg tli ,.stay of the troops aboard
the transports, and, for this rea-
son, the hospitality of Egypt was
accepted. The French forces have
been debarked at Alexandria, and
are installed at Rannleh, where
they are resting and perfecting
their organization and cohesion.
They are ready to proceed without
delay to any point necessary."
away his men's lives. He has
brains, he has energy, and the
power to command; with this com-
bination there is little doubt but
that the men under hien have full
eonfidence in him and will follow
him to the end. He is a product
of Eton, and Eton may well be
proud of •hint;.
Clergyman Working
In a Shell Factory
A despatch' from Glasgow says,:
A call for recruits here to assist in
the manufacture of shells brought
forth a clergyman, wdio was
promptly accepted. He is the Rev,
Stuart Robertson, of Pollokshield
Church, a tall, athletic figure, who
now serves from 6 e'clook in the
morning until 5 at night in a large
engineering shop. His day's work
over, the Rev, Robertson attends
to his pastoral duties as his even-
ing's recreation.
Germany to Settle
For the Wm. P. Frye
A despatch from Washington
says: The German Government
has replied to the claim of the State
Department for compensation for
the sinking by the Prinz Eitel
Friedrich of the American. ship
William P. Frye, assuming liability
not only for destruction of the ves-
sel, but of the cargo, under the
Treaty of 1828. Germany requires,
however, that the case shall be
taken before a prize court for the
establishment of facts concerning
ownership of ship and cargo. To
this the State Department will as-
sent.
w!�
812,000 Prisoners
Claimed by Germany
A ' despatch from Amsterdam
says : Word received here from Ber-
lin says that on April 1, 812,800
prisoners of war were being held in
Germany --10,175 officers 'and 802,-
633 men. The despatch gives the
prisoners by nationality" as fol -
Jews
Officers Men
French 3,868 238,496
RussiBelgianan 5,14U647 504,210
'• 39,620
British 520' 20,307
CONDEMNS GERMAN' HATRED.
Thinks Cool Calculating English
May Be Blessing to Mankind.
A despatch from London says: A
protest against Germain• self-esteem
and against the prevailing spirit of
hatred for England is made by
Stimren Der Zeit, the organ of the
German Jesuits, which asserts that
each nation has aecial mission to
perform in the world. The wish is
expressed that the rich talents and
gifts of the cool, calculating Eng-
lish may •become a blessing to pian,
kind, and that for France there
may arise her old and precious
civilization.
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Goeben Still Faster
Than, Russian Ships
A despaioh from Petrograd soya;
The vident reason why
Admiral
'7�ouohon divided the Turkish flee
into squadrons in the recent raid
iii the Bleck Sea was anxiety as to
the nature of lite movements of
Lussian anerehantlnen. Although
the Goeben has a large e norebe
patoh in her aide, and ds glower by
five ' or six kneqts than • formierly,
she wags still able to outdistance
anything brought ,against her Sat.
ulydatiy except the torpedo boate,
WOLVES ON BATTLE FIELD.
Tho Ter'r'ible Experience of a Rus•
sign Officer.
The presence of wolves has added
a new terror to the battle fields of
East Prussia. and Poland. A recent
despatch from Petrograd gives the
harrowing experience of a Russian
officer, as he related it in. a. Riga
newspaper. He was severely
wounded, and when be came to
himself he was apparently the only
living soul left on the field. Pull-
ing himself together and leaning on
his sword, he staggered as best he
could to the shelter of the adjacent
woods.
"Just as I reached the edge of the
woods," he says, "I halted in ter-
ror. In the distance I heard the
howling of a wolf. It sounded un-
utterably melancholy in the still
autumn night, Another wolf an-
swered in the same dismal note.
The howling drew nearer. Present-
ly it was all round me, and grow-
ing louder and more exultant every
moment.
"I am no coward. I am a sports-
man, and have killed many wolves,
but what I heard that night I can
never forget. The howling kept
coming closer and closer. I saw
clearly there was no chance of sav-
ing myself when the circle had fin-
ally closed upon me. I went run-
ning -how I managed it. I do not
know -towards some bushes a hun-
dred yards away. I reached them
and dropped to the ground. I re-
solved to fight as long as I could.
I had my loaded revolver and my
sword. -
"The wolves came nearer and
nearer, and their howling filled the
night. Now they were at the bor-
der of the woods. In the darkness
I could see dim shadows moving
slowly between the trees,' As they
came out of the woods from differ-
ent directions, they drew together
into one great pack, and stood thus
for some minutes. Then another
wolf Bowled from somewhere out on
the battle field, 'and all at once the
pack began to move.
"Without haste,,,in a deliberate
trot, they passed the clump of
bushes where I was sitting with
drawn revolver, Not one turned
toward me. I watched each one as
he went by, expecting that he
would spring at me. I do not know
how many there 'vere, but they
were very many, all trotting so
quietly to the field where the dead
were lying.
"I fell into unconsciousness soon
after. At sunrise I was picked up,
still unconscious, by a Cossack pa-
trol."
$5,500,000 is Voted
For Galician Relief
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russian Government has ap-
propriated $5,500,000 for the relief
of war sufferers do Galicia. The
money 'will be largely used to pur-
chase wheat and horses for the
farming population. .
American Observers • •
Have Left Germany
A despatch .from Geneva Ws!
The five American army offiaem
who were lattaohed to the German
military forces asobservers until
retailed by cable, arrived .at Berne
on their way hone.
A teacher had told aclass of juv-
enile pjipi%s that 'Milton, the poet,
was blind. The next tley she ask-
ed If any of there could remember
'what Mil•ton's great affliction was..
"Y,e,s'm," replied one little fellow,
"he was a poet,
FRIENDLY DRENRS,
A Writer Declares Ile Is .a Dltueh
DIaligned All iwtll.
Now and then the story is told
of a little, country gill who finds a
family of interesting black and
whibe "kittone" in the woods and
carries them home with much joy,
only to be tenet by a !horrified par-
ent who loses no trine, fan explain-
ing the unpleasant peculiarities of
skunks. As the child grows up,
this first lesson may be enfol ;ed by
the sight of a next-door neighbor
burying his Sunday 'clothes in a ase-
eluded corner of the garden. The
disrepute of Mephitis mephitioa is
so firmly established that it is diffio
cult to find anyone who has a good.
word to say about him. Am ac-
count, however, in Outdoor World
and Recreation, by Mr. Ernest H,
Baynes, who scraped more than a
casual acquaintance with a whole
fa it
of skunks givessomewhatat
different character
to what he de-
dares is a much maligned animal.
By offering an occasional feast of
meat, he made friends with ..pair
of skunks that lived in a burrow
near a stone wall. One morning in
early May he walked round to call,
and just inside the entrance found
a squirming mass of black and
white young skunks, all tugging
away at their mother, who hay on
her side that they.niighb have a bet-
ter opportunity.
"Her head was away from me,"
says Mr. • Baynes,. "and hidden in
the darkness of the burrow, but her
tail was turned toward me, and as
I approached she raised it slowly
over her back. This movement had
great significance for me, since .I
was well within range. For ob-
vious reasons) I was anxious to
avoid any misunderstanding at
this moment, so I sat down and
waited very quietly. Then I talked
to her, knowing that she would re -
Cognize the sound of my •voice.
`Hello, old lady !' I said in a
low tone. `Steady, now 1 steady!'
And at the some time I stroked her
fur ever so genbly with any finger%od
Very slowly the expressive bail was
lowered, and as I oontinued to
stroke her fur more and more
briskly, she stretched herself in
comfort, and even leaned toward
me a little as a cat might have
done. I worked limy hand gently
forward until I felt one of the
plump little babies. Without a
suggestion of hurry I drew him
from the hole, rose quietly to my
feet, and once elder of the mouth
of the burrow, dashed off home like
an Indian to photo•graph and make
notes of my•prize. Within an hour
I had put him back into the den
Again.
"I continued to visit these queer
little neighbors for weeks, and
finally in June I took three of the
babies from their mother and pro-
ceeded to rear them by hand, feed-
ing them at first with aglass medi-
cine dropper. The next step was
to teach them to eat from a saucer,
and this they soon learned to do,
although in the beginning they
were very messy about it, for they
wottlel put their paws into the dish
and slop the contents about. As
they grew larger, I used toes take
them out into the fields with me and
watch them catch crickets and
grasshoppers. Their usual method
was to capture their prey by put- :tee,
ting their paws on it, and then to
kill it by rolling it on the ground
with their feet.
"Often they picked up wild cher-
ries under the trees and gathered
blaekbe•rrie.s and raspberries by
pulling down the branches wibh
their paws. They were extremely
good-natured little fellows, and ne-
ver attempted to bite me, although
they were somewhat obstinate at
times, running off with all their
might when I wanted to take diem
home, or ,stamping :at me petulant-'
ly, like •spoiiled children, when I
went to pick them up.
"I kept these skunks for two
years, and they seemed happy in
their semi -captivity ; but I knew
that they would be happier if they
had entire freedom, so. I liberated
them in a wilderness paradise,
where for all I know they are still
leading happy and useful -lives."
A German Sir Philip Sidney.
Here is a touching war story that
is printed in the London Nursing
Mirror. It was told in a West
Country hospital by one of many
wounded British soldiers who lay
there,
The British had taken a German
trench with the bayonet. Two Bri-
tish soldiers, badly wounded, lay
beside a dying German in the
trench.
"Wlh,at wouldn.'t I give for a
drink 1" called, out one Tommy to
the other. The German understood,..
the word "drink," for it is much
like fihe word in his own language.
The soldier who lived to tell the
tale, said, "He 'kep' saying', `Fere,'
and pointin' to his side. We thought
he wanted liftin' up, and couldn't
rest easy ; so, after a bit, I roan -
aged to lift myself up and give him
a pull, and then I found he was
lyin' ,an his water ,bottle. It was
full of wine and water, and I put
it to his flips,
"Pere. chap ! He. was nigh ,d+one
fbr, but ha eez, 'No, not nie'ene
die_5rot 4•rii k 1' He died, too, he
dki and later; some of us buried
him proper.''
Some Men are so busy 'tryingt0'
reform everything in general that
they haven't time to reform them=
selves.