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Exeter Times, 1916-11-30, Page 21 It!tltllllklklitl!hltlltlllllIttl I tl $2.50 to $150.00 The Pen that is Always Ready to Write Waterman's Ideal fulfills every re- quirement of a sensible and serv#'ce- able Christmas remembrance. The universal standard pen. To silt every hand. Have you one of your owa? Fully guaranteed. Folder ©n request. SOLD AT THE BEST STORES S L. E. Waterman Canape-y.I.Inilto,4,168deetreal RUMANIANS HAVE PROFITED BY FALKE HAY 'S DELAY Failure of Germans to Cut Through by Predeal Pass May Save Bucharest. A despatch from London says: "It is for Hindenburg to decide whether the gains of the German army in Ru- mania pay for the losses sustained on the other fronts by the withdrawal of divisions to operate there," said Major-General F. B. Maurice, chief director of military operations of the War Office, in discussing on Thursday with an Associated Press correspond- ent the latest military developments. "It is impossible and foolish to pro- phesy the outcome of the German campaign in Rumania," continued Gen.:4lauriee, "but I can say the first efforts to cut through by the way of Predeal pass have been a failure. Since that time the Germans have had to go a long way around, thereby givin treeI, a umanians time which they need. 13n er?ew." "The Germans have a long line of communications to defend, while the rapid approach of Midwinter operates in favor of the Rumanians. "I will not undertake to say whe- ther further successes by the Ger- mans in that area might compensate them for other losses. Since their Iventure began the French at Verdun !have regained much lost ground and l captured (3,000 prisoners, while we gained a considerable victory on the Ancre With 7,000 prisoner's, and the i Italians took more ground on their front as well as 5,000 prisoners. "I have just returned from a visit to the scene of our late success, and scan assure you we captured every- ; thing we set out to gain, despite the official German communique asserting Ithat we bad much g• tee --y-- • HON. Aa EAR? MAY TURN LINE HEAD OF MILITIA OF THE ALT RIVER Has Been Formally Sworn In as London is Pessimistic Over the Minister of Department. News From Rumania. A d spetelx' from Ottawa says:- E. Kemp, M.P., for East To- nal -to, Minister without portfolio in the Borden Cabinet, and Chairman time 14eay, 1915, of the War Purchas- ing CUmmiSSi011, has been appointed as Minister of Militia in succession to Hon. Lieut. -Gen. Sir Sam. Hughes. The new Minister was sworn in by his Excellency the Governor-General at Rideau Hall on Thursday afternoon. TURES MASSACRE 6,000 ARMENIANS A despatch from London says: -A, newspaper at Baku, in Transcaucasia, says Reuter's Petrograd correspond - e to in a despatchc, states that the Turks have massacred 5,000 to 6,000 Armenians at Sivas, Turkish Armenia. JLISTERL: Lilf S Pr .1.:z �,1:1=i"? i -K• ilia.a.- -meet. .- :-®1 v a iXo name that slanrls foe V LISTER ENGINES ARE ; BRITISH BUILT j¢( Have the Largest sale in British Empire. t' lb 2.5.5.. F,•a3 H.P. On. Skids or Truck. Hitch ter.sior. Maya;roto 1 tvitior.. 0 Automatic Lubrication. jai 1 ister Silos, Brtsi1e. a Cuticrs, Threshers. Spre.yer's. Milkers, �,� Electric Light Plants, Meleito Cream Separators. 11 14"r, to its' ;n'ke �t 'ar.fe mous 31Grrradrr d)irfrit;r triomptki rig 1/4„,, •• 513.1 L ie�- 1n'1r sda �. ','' 1 r . i O. ., ri».a:,er. .• k" Ctit4I'W ' ioPopf f, iZA I.I S TER £r Co.Linlitc'c,l La A despatch from London says: The position of Rumania is far from ac- curately known here, but the Austro - German claims that they have occu- pied Orsova and Turnu-Severin and crossed the Danube at several points are featured in Saturday morning newspapers as forming an unpleasant situation which at least one of them, the Daily Mail, regards as critical. An invasion across the Danube if not checked would, it is contended, result in turning the line of the Alt River, where it was expected the Ru- manians would make a determined stand. This line, being unusually strong, it was supposed the Ruman- ians could hold it against prolonged attack. Whether they are actually standing there is unknown, but it is noteworthy that the Austrians claim to have reachced the line. There is still no news of what hap- pened to the defenders of Orsova and Turnu-Severin, but it is assumed that the main body retired hastily, hoping to make secure its retreat • between Craiova and the Danube. Nothing has been Darned concern- ing the measures of the Russians to help the Rumanians. The Times says the present Russian silence regarding their movements on the Rumanian front is more significant than the re- cent silence of Bucharest. Opinions here differ as to the extent to which the Germans will benefit as, regards grain supplies by overrunning south-western Rumania. On one hand it is considered most ilnportant for the invaders, but on the other hand it is declared that it is a popular mistake to suppose that they will get vast stores of cereals as the country, although rich agriculturally, is not a granary, and as most of the harvest was gathered and sent weeks ago to Galatz and Braila. The maize liar--; vest, however, has not been finished, and part of this crop might 'fall .into the Austro -German hands. AWE CUM r bets of the World iitaa ' 4 A ERS Brea,dstttss. Toronto, Nov,8. -- Manitoba wheat - country looking towards cancellation of all Munition orders have progressed to such an extent that French orders are now held in abeyance in several of the American factories. An order for 2,000,000 rifles for- merly placed with the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company and later dis- tributed to various plants of the Rem- ington Arms, Union Metallic Cart- ridge Co., and the Winchester Re- peating Arris Co., has already been cancelled. The tentative release of the British Government by the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co., which was originally part of the Remington Arms, Union I Metallic Cartridge Co., involves con- tracts aggregating $60,000,000, cover- ing 2,000,000 rifles. This does not in - chide other large rifle, bayonet and cartridge orders placed with the Rem- ington Arms & Ammunition Co. and other plants throughout the country. It is understood that the British Commission will reimburse the Mid- • vale Co. for cash up to perhaps $10,- 1000,00, which has gone into the Bern- : ington Arms & Ammunition Gom- pany's operations. From representatives of rifle - making factories resident in New ' York it was substan e= es - ed a s?eef inipmenes of French rifles have practically ceased, these. orders being held in abeyance against ef- forts of that Government to secure cancellations during the past three months. It is taken for granted among muni- tion dealers that the release of the Midvale contract is but a preliminary to similar contract releases by many concerns in the United States now engaged in manufacturing rifles, wai- 1 munition, projectiles and heavier ord- nance. ' hew No. 1 Northern, $2,146; No. 2, do., 8'.to:'2: Nc, :l, dU 3 .943; No. 4 wheat, 31.57, tr:ulIc liay ports. Old crop trail- ing 4e. above new crop. Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 726o; No, 1 fN 3, do..1,, 7171.1e;7,trextackr,a Bay No. por1 fts.eed, 714e; No. American corn -No. 3 yellow. new, • 31.08 immediate shipment, track To- ronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 66 to 63o, nominal; No. 3 do., 65 to 67e, nominal. $1.34 according to freights outside, Ontario reheat New No. 2 Winter, per ear lot, $1.84 to 31.85; No. 3 do , $1,82 to 31,54, according to freight ouliatde. ;,*eight Peas-No.soutside. 2, 32.50, according to Barley --Malting. 31,13 to 31.20, nom- inal, according to freights outside. . . Buckwheat -$1:30, nominal, according to freights outside. to Ryfre-No,eights out2, side$1,40. to $1,42, according Manitoba ;lout^ --First patents, in lute bags, $10,20; 2nd do., 39.70;. strong bak- ers', da, 39,60, Toronto. - Ontario flour - Winter, according to sample, 33.10 to 38.25, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. MillIeed-Car lots - Delivered Mont- real freight3, bags included, bran, per ton, 831 to $3'2; shorts, do., $36 to $37; tio midn,*, dlingspot,bagdo,.,$2.70 333 toto$2.60$40; good feed . Hay -No. 1, per ton, 313 to 314; No. 2, do., $11 to $12. track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, 39 to 39.50, . I rack Toronto, Great Britain and France to be Independent of the United States. A despatch from New York says: Britain and France will no longer purchase munitions of war from the United States. Efforts are now being made to secure cancellation of pre- vious contracts for arms and ammuni- tion placed by Great Britain and France in this country. Hereafter Britain will be able to manufacture in • the British Isles and Canada all sup- , plies needed in the war with Germany, except in cases of extreme emergency. These facts became known in New York through sources in close personal touch with Commissioners of the Brit. ish Government supervising contracts and the purchase of munitions in this country, Attempts made by representatives of Great Britain and France in this ..y LIGHTS AGAIN ABLAZE IN NEWFOUNDLAND A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says: -The regulations bywhich lights were ordered extinguished or dimmed and the port of St. John's closed a month ago "as precautionary measures taken against the incursions of hostile ships of war," have been suspended by Governor Davidson. Tho notice of this suspension, published over the name of Arthur Meews, Deputy Col- onial Secretary, gives no indication of the developments responsible for the return of normal conditions. During the period of restriction lighthouses were closed early or conducted behind shuttered windows, automobiles show- ed only faint side lights and streets were kept dark. GERMANY CLAIMS SINKING 3,322,000 TONS OF SHIPS. Of This Tonnage Berlin Says That 2,550,000 Is Great Britain's A despatch from Berlin says: An official communication issued on Tues- day gives the following information concerning ships of enemy and ven- tral countries which have been cap- tured, tured, sunk ;or blown up by mines during the War: "During October 146 hostile merchantmen of 306,500 tons have been brought into port or sunk by submarines or torpedo boats of the Central Powers or lost owing to mines. Neutral merchantmen numbering 72 and of 87,000 tons were sunk because they were carrying contrabrand to the enemy. Since the beginning of the war 3,322,000 tons of hostile shipping, of which 2,550,000 tons were British, have been lost owing to the war meas- ures of the Central powers." Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 43o; creamery prints, 45 to 47c; solids, 44 to 443e. Eggs -No. 1. storage, 30 to 40o; stor i age selects, 41 to 42c; new laid, in car- ; tons, 68 to 60e; out of cartons, 56 to 67e., Cheese -Large, 24 to 241c; twins, 246 Ito 243e; triplets, 241 to 26c, Live poultry - Chickens, 16 to 17c: fowl, 13 to 14c; ducks,' 13 to 1.6e; turk- eys, 26 to 280; geese, Spring, 14 to 167. I Dressed poulti-i--Chickens, 21 to 22e; fowl, 17 to 19e; ducks, 18 to 200;• squabs, Per dozen, 34 tol 3.4.50; turkeys, 30 to.35c; geese, Spring, 17 to 19o, honey White clover, 2k -1b, tins, 13 to 135c; 5 -Ib. tins, 12ic to 130; 10 -Ib... 12 to 12ic; 60-1b.,•to 12 to 125c; buckwheat. 60 -Ib. tins, 94c. Comb honey, extia fine anci heavy weight, per doe„ $3; se-• lect, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2.26 to 32.40. Mincemeat -Pails, 22 lb., 10 to 12c; tubs, 65 ib., 96 to 110. Potatoes - Ontario, per bag, 32.25; British Columbia Rose• per bag, 32.10 to $3.25; New Brunswick Delawares, per land $WT'hitets,0 per O bag,in $2. 0d to r $2.25, track Toronto. Cal,bages-Man., per ton, 3:15 to $40. Beans - Imported, hand-picked, per bushel, $5.50 to $6; Canadian primes, $5, Provisions -Wholesale. Smoked heats -Hams, medium. 24 to 257; do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked. 33 to 35c; rolls, 19e to 20e; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27e; backs, plain, 26 to 27c; bone- less, 23 to 29o. Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cent less than cured, Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 13 to 1867 per lb; clear bellies, 18 to 1S3c, Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 191 to 20c; tubs, 20 to 204c; pails, 201 to 201,c; com- I nnund, 153 to 13e .-. - . Coating oils - wr,rta, tierces, 1E;icj 100-1b. tins, 153c; yellow, 1-3c below white. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Nov. 2S. -Corn- American -Nn. 2 yellow, 31.10 " to 31.12. Oats - 'Canadian western, No. 2, 755c; No, 8, 743c; extra No. 1 feed, 746o. Barley - Manitoba feed, $1.08; malting, $1.30 to $1.32. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 310; seconds, 310.10; strong bakers', 59.90; Winter patents, choice, 310;! straight rollers, 39.50 to' 39.80; do., bags, $4.56 to 34.70. Rolled oats. nb1s, 37.45; do., bags, 90 lbs. dlings, $B35 to 3$37. 149 oruillie, $340 to $45. Ilay-No. 2, per ton, car lots, $13. Cheese -Finest westerns, 241 to 25c; finest easterns, 245c. Butter -Choicest creamery, 44e;" seconds, 43c. Eggs - Fresh, 52 to 55c; selected, 42e; No. 1 stock, 3S to 39e; No. 2 stock, 34c: Po- tatoes -Per bag, $1.40 to $L.60. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg, Nov. 28. - Cash prices - Wheat, No. 1 Northern, $2.06; No. 2 ' Northern, 32.01; No. 3 Northern, 31.96; No. 4, $1..775; No. 5,feed, $1.09. Oats -No. 2 C.W., 664c; No. 3 C.`v., 643c; extra No. 1 feed, 645c; No. 1 feed, 641o; No. 2 feed• 6330. Barley -No. 3, $1.16; No. 4, $1.06; reiccted, 95c; feed, 95c. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., 32.654; No. 2 C.W, 32.621. United States Markets. Minneapolis. Nov. 23. - 'Wheat -De= camber, 31,014; May. 51.94$ to 31.95. Cash: No. 1 hard, $1.95/ to $1.984; No. 1 Northern, 31.91$ to $1.341; No. 2 North- ern, $1.361 to 31.931. Corn -No. 3 yel- low, 92 to 93e, Oats -No. 3 white, 551 to 567c. I•1'lour-Unchanged. Bran- $27 to 325.: Duluth, Nov. 28.--Wheat-No. 1 hard, $1,981; No. 1 Northern, $1.941 to 31.973; No. 2 Northern, 31.823 to 31.913; Decem- ber, $1.915. Live Stock Markets, Toronto, Nov. 2S. -Butcher steers, choice. heavy. S78 to .60 to37.00 .75; butchers' do , good,cattle $7 16 to $7.50: do., medius;,' $6.50 to $6.9.Q;, do., common 4 $6. 0, to $3.10; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.10 to 37.35; do., good bulls, 36.40 to $6.60; do., rough bulls, 34.60 to $5; butchers' cows, choice, 38.25 to $7; - do., good, $5.75 to $6; do., medium, $6.50 to $5.60; stockers, $5 to $6.26; choice feeders, 36.35 to 37; canners and cutters, I $3.85 to 36: milkers, choice, each 370 to 3112.60; do., common and medium, each $40 to 380; springers, 350 to $11.0; light ewes, $5.25 to $9; sheep, heavy, S6 to $7.60; calves, good to choice, 310.26 to $11.35; lambs, choice, $10.76 to $11.40; do., medium, $9.26 to 39.60; hogs fed and watered, $10,85 to $11; do., weighed off cars, 311.15 to $11.25; do., fo.b., $10.26. biontreal. Nov 28. - :Steers, choice, cows, 37.75;6.50 choie,to 36.75 do$5good,;$4.50 to $6; canners, $3.50 to $87.5; butchers' bulls, 35.25 to $6: canners' bulls, $4 to 34.50; sheep. $6.60 to 57.50; lambs, 311. to $11.36; calves, 34 to 3'5; hogs, selects, $10.25 to 311.25. klikt€ii COMPANY U 4 °! Ituitc EORONTO, rpoe. HO been C/tNad.'$ favorite yeast for over ai quarter of a century., Bread baked with, Nepal 'feast will keep fhish and moire lunger than that. made with any other, so that a full Week's supply oar easily be ,*muds est one baking, and the last loaf will be lust as good as the first MARC IN CANADA E W GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED wWiT1r tpco TORONTO. ON '. bPszsrmvAL BOTH THE HOSPITAL SHIPS WERE SUNK BY SUBMARINES British Authorities Do Not Believe 'That Britannic and Braemar Castle Hit Mines. A despatch from London says: Rumors that there was a possibility for some definite negotiations towards peace were discounted . on. Friday by Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War Trade, who told the Associated Press that "in view of the Belgian deporta- tions and the sinking of hospital ships- any hipsany talk of peace at the present time must be futile." Lord Robert continued: "We have not yet had in the case of either the Britannic or the Braemar Castle any official report as to whether the ships were torpedoed or mined, bit the proximity of the disasters inevitably leads one to believe that a submarine must have been responsible." 40 AIR BATTLES ON WESTERN FRONT British and French Aeroplanes Obtain Mastery in Every Combat. A despatch from Paris lays: -The official report says: "During Friday in Lorraine three British aeroplanes engaged several German machines in combats. One enemy aeroplane was brought down in the forest of Gremnecey. On the Somme front, French aviators deliv- ered no less than forty aerial attacks in the course of which five enemy ma- chines were brought to the ground. Sergt. Flachaire brought down his sixth enemy machine and Lieut. Dou- tir. ea -dazed esse ^'^tory over his tenth German aeroplane south. of Vaux Wood. On Wednesday Sub -Lieut. George Guynerner brought down two enemy aeroplanes in the region of Falvy, making 23 in all by him. • "Six of our aeroplanes have thrown down fifteen shell of 120. millimetres upon the Town of Brukeres. Another unit , of one of our squadrons has bombarded the aviation ground at Griselles. Between 3.45 p.m. and 7 p.m., a total of 171 shells of 120 mil- limetres were dropped at this point: During Friday night four French avia- tors bombarded the blast furnaces and factories at Voeklingen, on the River Sarre. Twelve shells of 120 milli- metres and twelve of 155 millimetres were thrown down. They all appar- ently were well aimed. • Our aviators returned' without accident." PEOPLE OF B ITI AN NOT FULLY AWAKE Sir William Robertson Says Nation, Does Not Recognize Issues at Stake. A despatch from.London says: The morning newspapers of Friday give prominence to an appeal by Sir Wil- liam Robertson, chief of thebmperial staff, for greater war efforts on the part of the people of the nation. The appeal was contained in a letter to the Council of one of the London boroughs, and says: "There is no doubt whatever of our ability to win the war if only we really put our backs into it. We have not yet done this. We still do not recognize the issues at stake nor the efforts we ought to make and can make if we will but try. "I have every confidence in my coun- trymen, but they are not yet fully awake." Alongside of Sir William's letter is published a plea from the leading English bishops for the banishment of , all extravagance and ostentation, RUSSIALOSES particularly in the matter of foods, UG'sl1�aE WARM' BROTHERS IN THE Sinking of the Ilnperatritsa BELGIAN ARMY. t I A. despatch from Paris says: Two brothers of the. new Austrian em- ; ; press, Princess X.a.i.er and Sixte of SIIIIWIT}I WOUNDED • Paring, ere serving in the Belgian Is SUNK 13Y U-BOAT, army, President Palma -re recently _.._.> decorated both the princes with the Another British Hospital Steamer War'Cross.: Maria Officially Admitted. A despatch from Petrograd says: - Russia officially announces the loss of the dreadnought Irnporatritsa Maria. A statement issued on Thursday night reads: "The Russian dreadnought Iniperatritsa Maria has been sunk by an internal explosion. Two hundred Meets Fate in the Aegean of the crew are missing," • FRANCIS .TOS'FPII'S REGIME "A PEIIIOD OF BLESSING." A despatch from London says: The German Emperor has sent 'a message of sympathy to Emperor Charles of Austria on the Berth' Of Emperor Francis Joseph, whoee government, says emperor William, "will live in the history or the monarchy as a period of blessing." Sea. A do l atr In front London says: The • lC ritieh hog;petal .ship 'Braemar Castle, of 6,280 toles glo,r, bound from Sa- lonica to Malta with wounded, has been mined or torpedoed in the Aegean St11, it was u'ialay. All The.disaster ('.hannel, th officially antnouneed- an on board were saved. occurred in the Mykoni alnnouneemnent states. KING ALBERT APPEALS TO NEUTRAL POWERS. A despatch from Havre says: Ring Albert of Belgium has sent autograph letters to Xing Alfonso of Spain, Pope Benedict and President Wilson on the subject of the deportation of Belgians by : the German authorities, according to the V ngtietee sleek, in the celebration of this year's 1 Christmas holidays, and the making of the Yuletide 'tee self-denial Christ - masa simple festival of joy, thanks- giving and prayer." BRITAIN HAS IIOUGHT NEW 'ZEALAND WOOL. A despatch to Router's Telegram Company, London, from Wellington, the woolr .f...m. e- . N,Z,; :says l n growers confer- ence has agreed to sell the New Zea- land wool clip to the Imperial Gov- ernment and that the prices determin- ed on is considerably under the 1015 and 1016 values. POPE DEPLORES BOMBING OM NG OF BUCHAREST PA.LACE A. despatch from Rome say14:- Pape !Benedict has sent a telegrani to the Queen of Rumania deploring the recent bombing of the Ra tl lc cn at Bucharest by aircraft of the Centrl allies. 1, CHINESE LABOR . ON MUNITIONS 50,000 Are Already Under Con- tract for Service in France. A despatch from Washington says: France and Russia, the United Stat s Government has learned, are import- ing thousands of Chinese and Indo- Chinese to work in munitions fac- tories and arsenals to free their na- tive workmen for military duty. The number already putt to work in French plants is estimated at 20,000, with 30,000 more under contract by permission of the Chinese Govern- ment for four years' service in France; Russia has contracted for 20,- 000, of whom 5,000 have reached the country. Most of the Orientals are trained artisans, drawing wages in some in- stances as high as $5 a day. Specially chartered ships are moving them to France, while Russia is transporting them by way of the Siberian railway. The Indo-Chinese are being distri- buted largely among the munitions plants in the south of France. Al- ready more than 3;000 are at St. Medard, 700 are working at .Bassens, 500 at the Toulouse arsenal, 900 in the Tarbes arsenal, and several thousands of Chinese and Indo-Chinese in the smaller plants and agricultural pur- suits. Some of the more highly skill- ed men are in aeroplane factories. URGER TO CEASE SELLING TO SOLDIERS. Montreal I3otelmen May Adopt This Course Voluntarily. A despatch from Montreal says: Liquor will not be sold to soldiers in this city henceforth until after the war, at any hour of the day or night, if the wishes of President George Payett, of the Licensed Victualers' iesociation of Montreal, are complied with by the licensees. President Payett issued a letter on Wednesday to the license -holders, calling atten- tion to the fact that the military au- thorities seem to be worried more and more over the danger to discipline through the sale of strong liquor to soldiers. "I would suggest," he said in his letter, "that strong drinks of any kind at any time be refused to all men wearing the King's uniform from now on till the end of the war." He concludes: "I urge you warmly to concur in doing that bit to help the authorities." SIR Jc°`:AM INVENTOR, TOR9 IS DEAD Was Born in U.S., Became Na- turalized Subject of Britain. .A. dc -,patch from London says: --- Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the automatic system of firearms, died at his home here early Friday morning. 44'. DUKE WAS REMINDED OF KINSHIP TO KAISER. �S de:match from Ottawa says: The recent visit since his return to Eng- land of the Duke of Connaught to the Canadians in France has produced a good story. A certain well known Canadian major -general, while enter - taming the Duke at the front, the Germans began to shell this particu- lar spot. According to the major - general, the Duke took the shelling vary calmly, simply remarking, "This is a present from uncle." The refer- ence to the relationship between the Duke arid the Emperor William of Germany and hew the latter paid his compliments to his uncle causd much ;ruin ;;:.lent,. according to the majors general,, SHELL MACHIN ARE TOOL PROF MUNITION WORKERS IN BRITAIN CAREFULLY PROTECTED. Wonderful Safety Devices in Use for., the Protection of Women. A London writer gives this descrip- tion of the way English munition (" makers are protected by "fool -proof" machinery: The hands of the munition makers are busily engaged upon turning out IF shells, shell cases, fuses, and gained at a remarkable rate that has only beell,„r rendered possible by the extraordin- arily skilful jigs, tools, moulds, gauges, and mechanism. that the brains of the engineering world have produced. In the production of shells the work is necessarily of the very finest, and on the occasion of a reeent visit to a shell -filling and munition factory 1C was astonished at the marvelous ad- aptations that have been introduced to simplify the operation of the coma plicated machinery, and to enable un- skilled women and girls, to produce work of such a high standard and pre- cision as would previously have re- quired the most expert workmanship. Most of the work is, of course, re- petition work, and the operator relies solely upon the tool -setter, not only for the actual work but also for the various ingenious combination -gauges, 0e, governing diameter and length, by which its accuracy is tested. Elaborate attachments have been; fitted to the existing machinery, ren- dering it not only "fool -proof" in the engineers' sense of the word, which means without fear of damage to the machine, but absolutely safe to the operator. Fingers Protected. This has become essential since the introduction of female labor, not only to protect untrained hands and fingers for familiarity with danger not only often breeds fatal contempt -but also to safeguard against any possibility of the hair or dress of the munitioniere being caught by the revolving wheels. One machine I saw for'folding cart- ridge cases was entirely protected by a strong wire gauze, which rendered any trapping an absolute iinpossihi1- ity. Another for splitting the cart- ridge charges was fitted with a fin- ger guard, or stop, which entirely prevented the fingers from coming into contact with the press. The micrometer, a very delicate in- strument requiring the most careful reading, has been almost superseded in most of the.works by either simple indicator gauges or skilfully conceiv- ed tools known as "go" or "not go" gauges. By this means, which mere- ly requires the passing of the instru- ment to be tested -say shell cases, for instance -along a tool so con- trived as accurately to measure each particular portion, the slightest vari- ation -even the thousandth part of an inch in diameter'or height or any defect -is immediately apparent from the fact that it will or will not "go." By this method I saw a young girl testing over 200 1.8 -pound 511e11 cases an hour, where the same work done by the micrometer in the hands of a skilled man would take perhaps ten times that amount of time. Aid Women Workers. In the drilling machines also the skill of the engineer has adapted'tools for . encasing the necessary parts, so constructed as to allow its insertion only one way -the right way. The correct angle is in this manner abso- lutely assured and the drilling and tapping are necessarily accurate. The introduction of female labor into the making -up of wooden cases for despatching the finished shells revived the ancient theory of • wo- man's inability to use a hammer without courting serious injury to her hands and fingers, and no doubt, it was the same fallacy that has been responsible for the ingenious tools I saw used by girls -tools that obviat- ed all likelihood of the nails escaping,,*` from their intended position. A tiny tool, having the appearance of a pair of pliers, offered less harmful resist- ance to the straying hammer than the thumb of the munitioniere would have done. 41. ire 'Ave. Honors for Indian Soldiers. Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy of. -e../ India, recently decorated nearly 200 Indian officers, non-comnils •ioned offi- cers and men with decor atiorls and medals won in various theatres of the war. The ceremony, which was of a brilliant and impressive character, was.held in the grounds of the Vice- regal Lodge in Simla, in the pees:nice 1 commander-in-chief, head- quarters of the con asci 1 I . ,the 11_atl quarters staff and a large general public. Prisoners Wear Wooden Shoes. The French, English, Russian and Belgian soldiers in the German prison camps will, in the future, have to wear wooden shoes. Leather has becorne very scarce, and can hardlybe ob- tained in quantities sufficient to cover the needs of the German army. Two million pairs of wooden shoes here been ordered by the army ndmini time from German and Dutch facto: ie,.