The Exeter Times, 1919-1-16, Page 5' au13Sd A.Y. , JANUARY
GtJh, 191h.
Without Music You Cannot
Live a Full Life
Music is now recognized as a necessity in the
home. Music feeds the soul, as food feeds the body
and literature feeds the brain. Next to religion, it is
humanity's greatest. comforter.
The New Edison opens the doors to the world
of music. It brings the supreme art of the greatest
singers, instrumentalists and musical organizations
to you with such unerring fidelity that the artists
themselves could give you no more.
NEWIEDLSO
"The Phonograph with a Soul"
does not merely imitate; it actually reTcreates.
Before audiences totalling morethantwomillions,
thirty great artists have conducted tone tests which
proved that no shade of difference
could be detected between the artist
and the instrument. They have sung
in direct comparison with the New Edison, then
suddenly ceased, permitting the instrument to
continue alone. The only way the listeners
could tell when the artist stopped was by
watching his lips. And with'the Iights lowered,
they were unable to say when jt was the living
voice they heard and when the New Edison.
Could a more convincing test than this be
devised ? Doesn't it prove the truth of our assertion
that ownership of this instrument is equivalent to
having all the great artists of the world literally
at one's command i'
Come in and hear the New Edison here;.or allow us to send.
one to your home, where you can hear it at your leisure. 174
J. Willis Powell, Exeter,Ont.
ICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
alris! Try it! Hair gets soft, fluffy and
beautiful—Get a small bottle
of Danderine.
If yourz care for heavy hair that es-
-tens with beauty and is radiant with
life; has an incomparable softness and
is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine.
Just one application doubles the
;beauty of your hair, besides it imme-
diately dissolves every particle of
:dandruff. You can not have nice heavy,
healthy hair if you have dandruff. This
,destructive scurf robs the hair of its
lustre, its strength and its very life,
nand if not overcome it produces a fever-
ishness and itching of the scalp; the
hair roots famish, loosen and die; then
-the hair fall out fast. Surely get a
small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine
from any drug store and, just try it.
MEETING OF HURON CO. COUNCIL.
The Council of the Corporation of
the County of Huron will meet in the
Council Chamber, Goderich, at 3
o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday,
the 28th day of January, 1919. All
accounts against the County must be
in the hands of the Clerk not later than
Monday preceding the meeting of
.Council
Geo. W. Holman, Co. Clerk
•Goderich, January 10th, 1919.
•NOTICE TO. CONTRACTORS
Sealed tenders addressed to •the un-
dersigned will be recived until six
o'clock in the evening of January 31st
4919, for the erection and completion
#sahera two -roomed school in Section No.
6, Usborne, (at Winchelsea). Con-
tractors are asked to submit separate
tenders; for the completion of the work
as a whole, and also for their own par-
ticular trade. The lowest or any ten-
der not necessarily accepted. Plans
and specifications inay be seen at
Skinner's store, Winchelsea,
J. W. SKINNER,
Secretary for Committee.
R. R. No. 1, Woodham,
CLINTON MAN DROPPED DEAD.
D. A. Forrester, a well-known resi-
dent of Clinton,. dropped dead in W.
D. Fair's book store at 7.15 o'clock,
last Friday evening, his death being
caused by the bursting of a blood -
vessel He had only finished talking to
Hugh Ross, when he fell to the floor.
In the afternoon Mr. Forrester, who
was in his usual good state of health,
had attended the Clinton Club, but
later left to go to the bookstore to get
',the evening paper. He owned a farm
on the outskirts of the town and pre-
vious to that owned a flax mill. He
was a former mayor of 'Clinton. He
bad three sonsoverseas; one of whom
was killed in action. Thedeceased.
was well-known in Perth County as
well as lit Huron County, and was the
brother of William Forrester, the ,Lib-
eral candidate for Perth in the last
Dominion elections. His wife and 7
children survive nidi, Andrew of Ilam.
ilton; 'Fred of Dublin, Ross and Roy
serving at the front, Mrs. G. 'C.hidleyr,
in Alberta and Miss Helen at home, 'He
died in his 70th year.
aw
The world 'needs Woo1. The whole-
•sale price of raw wool increased dur-
aing the war 200%.
Herisall
Albert F. Glen I;_as been engaged as
•rural courier on Hensel' route No. 2.
John Patte'rson,•south of this village,
has sold his farm to his neighbor, John
Rowcliffe. '
The interior of the Molsons Bank
here has been greatly improved by new
modern office fittings and furniture of
quarter oak.
There are quite a number of cases
of- "flu" in the village at the present
time, and the ban is on • all evening
services and , entertainments, and all
places of business have to be closed by
7 o'colck in the evening as a prevent-
ion. The schools are also closed, but
very fortunately all the cases thus far
have been of a mild type.
A pioneer resident, Mrs. Ben. Kaiser,
has passed away in her 74th year.
Mrs. Kaiser had been in failing health
for some time, and particularly so dur-
ing the last, two months. She took a
great interest in knitting for the sol-
diers. The deceased leaves her sons,
William, in Los Angeles, Cal., Joseph,
in Carson, Sask., Brigham in, Clinton,
John in Brucefield and Albert in Ver-
million, AIta., and her daughters, Mrs.
Maddaugh in East Jordan, Mich., Mrs.
J. Zuefle, Mrs. T. Sharp and Miss Lot-
tie, of Hensel!. The funeral to Hensel'
Cemetery on Tuesday of last week was
a private one. Much sympathy is felt
for the family.
HURON COUNTY COUNCIL
Ttie Huron County council for 1.919
will be composed of the followingre-
eves and deputy reeves:
Ashfield—Joseph Dalton, Jos. Hac-
kett.
Colborne—Gordon Young
Goderich Township -4'N. W. Tre-
wartha.
Stanley—''M. Elliott.
Hay—Jno. Laporte
Stephen—*W. D. Sanders, g'Alex.
Neeb.
Usborne—*A. Mitchell,
Tuckersmith—H. Crich.
Hullett—M. Armstrong.
McKillop—J. M. Govenlock
E. Wawanosh—N. Campbell
West Wawanosh—*'Wm. Bailie.
Morris --"Wm. Elston.
Grey—R. Livingston
Turnberry—^'James Moffat.
Howick—*Peter F. Doig, hJ. Arm-
strong.
Goderich town— 'T. M. Davis, W. F.
Clark.
Clinton—J. A. Ford
Seaforth—*John Grieve.
Wingham—» Wm. lsbester.
Bayfield—A. E. Erwin
Blyth—*Jas. Cutt.
Brussels—S. T. Plum
Exeter—B. W. F. Beavers.
Hensall—G. C. Petty.
Wroxeter—J. Douglas ,.
Of these fourteen (whose names are
marked ) were not members of last
year's County council,
While shifting an acetylene tank at
:the Dominion Roads plant, Goderich,
John Cunliffe, was seriously hurt about
the head, being blown against a frame
in the plant when the tank exploded,
F. C. Wright, the sales manager for
the Dominion Roads 'Company, receive
.
yed the full contents of the tank in the
f ice. itis eyes are injured, and it is
lit known to what extent as yet.
:Letter from Belgium HEWS TOPICS OF WEEK
Corp. Victor 1oggarth in a letter to
a friend in town, gives an interesting
description of a visit to the city of
Brussels, its Belgium, and some of Ms
impressions, which will be read with
interest: ley his mann friehda in town.
Somewhere in Belgium, sec 15. 18
Dear .Friend: •,,
Your very welcome letter arrived a
few nights ago. There is lots pfne 1s
around here of doings, but di* 'wo#
not be interesting to you perhaps;''So'
1 will not bore you with it.
Last week about eleven pes m. an
order came to us that five other ranks
were to proceed on a one -day leave to
Brussels. Now when I am over here
1 want to see what there is to see so I
got my name on the list immediately
"if not sooner." We rose early the
following morning and after a rather
hurried breakfast we started to walk
to the rendezvous where we were to
board the motor lorries that were to
transport us to ,the city. Before we
started at 8 a.m. the driver told us
that he was going to take us by the
historic old battleground of Waterloo,
but as we only had a short time to be
away we could not stop there. Well
after a bumpy ride we arrived at the
"Grand Plaz," the city square about
1.30. We were instructed to meet
there again at 5.30 p.m. to return to
our unit. After a hurried glance at the
rendezvous I started off to see the
sights of the historic Capital of Bel-
gium. Greatly to my surprise 1 found
the electric trains running, cenemas
and theatres open and all free to the
military. The population seemed to
think that we were some very wonder-
ful fellows. The men would raise their
hats to us and the children would say
"English Soldier" and give us a good
salute. We felt like kings and when
you feel like a king you are one, so I
was a king for six hours. It certain-
ly was fine to be in civilization once
more and quite a number of the civil
population could speak the English]
language fluently and therefore we en-
joyed ourselves much better. Food
prices were very high, for a light lunch
would cost 25 francs. The stores were
stocked with all manner of goods, much
to our surprise, but it seems Fritz
saved it as a leave city for his troops.
The Royal Palace, 'City Hall and King's
House are all very fine buildings and
the flower gardens are wonderful. I
saw some of the most beautiful Chry-
santhemums I ever saw, in the palace
garden.
Now I have given you quite a spiel
on the city of Brussels, have I not, so
I will tell you a little of what we are
doing every day. We drill every day,
except Sundays, of course, at least
drill or go on a route march, just to•
keep qs in condition. There is ex-
tensive work being started along edu-
cational lines: in each unit. A person
is permitted tq.take up three subjects.
1 intend to take up electrical and
mechanical engineering, music, if it
can be taught here, and French, for a
person might as well make as much use
of his time as possible in these glor-
ious days of peace, and prepare our-
selves for civil life again.
I expect it will be several mnoths be-
fore I see town again but there seems
a good chance of seeing home some-
time next summer. Sunday evening
I saw Bill Simms, who is still in the
58th Battl. and last night Tom Apple-
ton called in to see me. Cyril Tuckey
is billited just down the street and is
fine. 1 forgot whether I told you I
got another stripe two days after the
first. Hope you are all well,
Sincerely, Vic.
What might easily have proved a
serious accident occurred in the home.
of Mr. Lebeau, London Road, near Kip -
pen. He and his wife had some friends
to dinner at 6 o'clock. A hanging
coal oil lamp was suspended above the
table, and another lamp was placed be-
neath it. All went well until after the
meal had been concluded and then the
hanging Iamp exploded, scattering the
coal oil in all directions, and starting
a fire which, however, was soon
smoothered with a coat. The food
was spoiled, • but no other damage was
done.
•
DIES IN EDMONTON.
J. A. Irwin, of Clinton has received
the sad word that his son, Rev. W. H.
Irwin of Edmonton, has lost his wife
through influenza, and that he and his
two children are suffering from the
same disease. Miss Marion Irwin, of
Clinton, has left for Edmonton to as-
sist in caring for the family.
LUCAN OFFICER WINS
MILITARY CROSS.
The friend of Lieut. Duncan G. Ross
are pleased to hear that he has been
awarded the Military Cross. This .in-
formation was received by his father,
J. M. Ross, general merchant, of Lucan.
It is believed that he was honored for
his part in the fighting at Gambrel, for
it was at that place that every• com-
batant officer in his battalion went
down. Lieut. Ross took command and
carried on for two days. Lieut. Ross
went over with the 135th Battalion, but
went will the 47th to France. His
brother Charles, a medical student at
McGill, gave up his studies there and
was overseas for some time. He just
returned late in the fall. Both Ross
boys were members of the O. N. O.
Club and popular with the younger
set.
There is an estimated decrease of
28,000,000 head of cattle in the prin-
cipal countries of Europe. Years must
elapse before Euorpean beef and dairy
production is back to normal.
Plenty of exercise helps to prevent
excessive fatness in brood sows. Ar-
range pens, feed troughs and sleeping
.quarters so that some exercise must be
taken.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Important Events Which Have
Occurred During. the Week,
• "ii<e Basi Worlds Happenings Care.
f ' !idly' 'Compiled and Put Into
, Handy, and Attractive Shape for
the Readers of Onr Paper -- A
i, x ,, ,'.8o1141,?nr' Enjoyment.
TUESDAY.
•Former German Crown Prince is
"filmed" he Holland.
The Ontario Government will end
private labor agencies.
The production of copper has been
curtailed awaiting final settlement in
price,
Attempt is made to overthrow the
Government at Warsaw by anti-
Socialists.
Alfred Crevier, aged 63, was gored
by a bull and died in a hospital at
Montreal.
Sir Arthur Pearson told of work
for the blind at St. Dunstan's to the
Canadian Club.
Mr. Edward Grey, general man-
ager of the Imperial Bank, resigns,
owing to ill -health.
Rocco P. Sussino was fined $1,000
in Hamilton for violation of the On-
tario Temperance Act.
• A tractor school is being conducted
by the Department of Agriculture at
Chatham, Ont., with about 50 attend-
ing.
The Coniagas Mines, Ltd., annual
statement shows a decrease In silver
production of 367,000 ounces in
1918.
Views of Premier Borden as to re-
presentation at the Peace Conference
are put before the Allies by Great
Britain.
Bouquets of roses were presented
to retiring members at the final
session of the 1918 City Council of
Toronto.
St. James' Methodist Church, Win-
nipeg, was burned to the ground on
Sunday morning; loss $20,000; in-
curance $9,000.
Hon. Ernest Devarennes, M.L.C.,
died suddenly on a hunting trip on
Saturday night at the Laurentide
Fish and Game Club.
WEDNESDAY:
The Government plans to make
dental inspection in the schools
general..
Canada'ar*t1*ee principal railways'
gross earnings increased by $23,580,-
125
23,580;125 in 1918.
London's Red Cross campaign,
aiming at $75,000, raised $35,765.50
the first day.
Pensions for children of deceased
or totally disabled soldiers have been
considerably increased.
Sir Arthur Pearson was presented
with a loving cup at a great meeting
in. Massey Hall, Toronto.
The Austro-Hungarian battleship
Salzburg,. requisitioned by France,
has arrived at Toulon.
Arthur W. Vardon, of Galt, drop-
ped dead at his desk in. the Goldie &
McCulloch Co's yard office.
The flooded waters of the River
Seine are still rising and Paris cel-
lars are beginning to fill up.
Notice of motion was given to To-
ronto Presbytery to change tenure of
office of elders in the church.
In a remarkably fast game of hoc-
key, the Canadiens of Montreal de-
feated Arenas of Toronto by 7 to 6.
Inspector of Detectives Kennedy
has resigned from the Toronto police
force. Seventy-one second-class con-
stables were promoted to first-class
rank.
All restrictions in the shipment of
egg size anthracite coal has been re-
moved by the U. S. Fuel Administra-
tion.
R. B. Rice's Queen City rink won
the final of the main event at the
Galt bonspiel from the Brampton
rink, skipped by Tom Thauburn.
Two St, Thomas grocers were fined
$25 and costs each for selling adul-
terated maple sugar, and warned of
heavier penalties for second offence.
THURSDAY.
Rev. Edward Cockburn, librarian
of Knox College, is dead.
Fighting continues between the
Poles and Ruthenians for the posses-
sion of Lemberg.
Earlscourt (Toronto) citizens will
oppose the move to restrict express
free delivery zones.
The Hydro is pressing for a refund
of $2,000,-000 paid in duty on im-
ports for Chippawa power develop-
ment.
The Bell Telephone Co.'s applica-
tion for leave to increase rates was
heard by the Dominion Railway
Board at Ottawa.
The newsprint case was argued be-
fore the Paper Tribunal at Ottawa by
counsel for the publishers and for
the manufacturers.
Congressman -elect Berger of the
Milwaukee Leader and four other So-
cialists were found guilty of treason
by a jury at Chicago.
The Union Bank will pay a 10 per
cent. dividend and sell the balance of
the authorized capital to sharehold-
ers at $160 per share.
The funeral of Col. Roosevelt
took place yesterday at his home on
Sagamore Hill. The body was buried
in Young's Memorial Cemetery.
Milverton and London were the
winners of the second and third
events, respectively, at the Galt invi-
tation bonspiel, which closed yester-
day,
The three-year-ol.d daughter of
Mrs. Henry Oliver, in Sandwich
West, died of influenza, the fifth
victim in the family within two
weeks.
Maj. -Gen. T. D. R. Hemming, who
recently retired from thecommand
of Military District No. 3, died at his
residence in Kingston after a brief
illness.
The Imperial Life Assurance Co.'s
annual report shows that 51 per
cent., or $265,393, of the total 1918
death claims were due to the influ-
enza epidemic.
Rev. A. J. Vining, College Street
Baptist Church, Toronto, and who
acted as chaplain at the front for
some time, has resigned his charge
on account of ill -health.
At the Northland inquiry in Ot-
tawa Major Westmore, O.C., the con-
ducting party, said he and his stair
Would be well Satisfied to continue
isittssififli)to atnW' l lop sicrua r`sa w *
continued transporting troops to
4"axtada.
Fire did $4,500 damage to Mullin's
Hall, Toronto.
The Arenas of Toronto were de-
feated 4 to 2 at Ottawa last night.
The touring Waterloo county curl-
ers were defeated at St. Thomas and
London.
An attempt has been made at
Prague to assassinate Dr, Karl Kra-
marz, Premier of Czecho-Slovakia.
A deputation is to go to Ottawa to
ask for a grain elevator for Ontario
of a capacity of at least one million
bushels.
John Vegrynuick, an Austrian, was
found guilty of murder at Cornwall,
and sentenced to be hanged on
March 28.
George Geeler, a G.T.R. trackman,
was instantly killed by a snowplough
during a terrific storm on his beat
near Harriston.
Tom Powell, well known as a
pitcher with the Brantford O,B.A.A.
team, is dead as the result of an at-
tack of influenza.
The London & Lancashire Fire In-
surance Co. is arranging to take aver
seven companies in addition to those
already absorbed.
The Eastern Ontario Dairymen's
convention at Belleville is marked
by the best exhibition of cheese ever
yet seen in Canada.
The Olympic is expected to reach
Halifax about Wednesday next with
about five thousand passengers,
mostly Canadian soldiers.
Associations founded in various
allied countries to study the problem
of a league of nations will hold a
joint meeting in Paris on Jan. 26.
Canada's revenue for nine months
of the present fiscal year is about
thirty-two million dollars greater
than in the same period last year.
Sticks of nitrate of soda manu-
factured in France for war purposes
are being placed at the disposal of
agriculturists by the Ministry of
Armament.
Baron Allardt von Dem B. Muen-
ich, nephew of Count von Bernstorff,
was sentenced at San Francisco yes-
terday to three months in jail for
having a forged passport.
SATURDAY.
Ludendorff has ben given permis-
sion to spend one month in Sweden.
Hon. J. A. Calder addressed the
Canadian Club of Toronto on work
of repatriation.
Spartacide workers at Essen, Ger-
many, have decided on a general
strike on January 19.
The Marconi stations at Sable Is-
land and Camperdown (Halifax) are
again on a peace basis.
Dismissal of about fifty employes
foreshadows early dissolution of the
Canada Food Board staff.
Memorial services for Theodore
Roosevelt will be held at the Wash-
ington Capital on February 9.
Commander A. F. B. Carpenter,'
on the Vindictive at Zeebrugge, was
a visitor in Toronto yesterday.
The Alberta Labor Federation de-
cided on the formation of a political
party outside of the Federation.
Ontario is to give Ottawa power to
expropriate Provincial uncultivated
farm lands for soldiers' settlement.
It is expected that all Canadian
forces overseas will have been
brought home by the end of August.
The Appellate Division of the Al-
berta Supreme Court has ruled deal-
ing in futures on grain exchanges
illegal.
The polo team of the Royal Air
Force of Canada won from Squadron
"A," U. S. Cavalry, at New York last
night by 12 to 10.
The remarkable prosperity of the
paper business was indicated in argu-
ments of counsel for the publishers
before the Paper Control Tribunal.
The Scandinavian, with 268 sol-
diers besides civilian passengers, and
the hospital ship Araguaya, with
over 700 invalided soldiers, have ar-
rived from England.
Officers of the Northland testified
in the inquiry, showing that method
of serving, not insufficiency of sup-
ply, was the cause of any trouble
over food shortage.
Canadian racing and breeding in-
terests have asked. the Cabinet at
Ottawa to lift the ban which brought
about the suspension of racing in
Canada last summer.
MONDAY.
Toronto Hydro linemen and elec-
tricians have been granted an in-
crease. ,
The allied commissions in Berlin
are being protected by Government
troops.
The steamer G. R. Flagg is in dis-
tress some 20 or 30 miles from
Halifax.
Canadiens of Montreal beat the
Arenas of Toronto in an N. H. L.
game at Montreal by 13 to 3.
Notable tributes to memory of Col.
Roosevelt were delivered from four
Toronto pulpits.
Bolshevik troops have attacked the
new positions of allied forces in the
Archangel area.
Julius E. Waterous, one of the
founders of the Waterous Engine
Works, Brantford, is dead, aged 75
years.
James Devine, a carter, was crush-
ed to death at Kingston Junction,
apparently while trying to board a
moving train.
Fortunato Tedesco, a respectable
Italian workman in Guelph, was mur-
dered almost at his own door about
midnight Saturday.
First British Labor leaders, mem-
bers of the House of Commens, have
refused to attend the Socialist con-
ference at Lauranne.
James Conner, before the People's
Forum, declared that the news-
papers were not being allowed to
publish all the news about: Russia.
The steamer Castalia, with 44 men
aboard, is drifting helpless and in a
sinking condition off the Nova Scotia
coast, several steamers trying in vain
to take off the crew.
A. St. Thomas soldier returned
from France to find that his wife had
eloped with a "Safe player," taking
the three children, and having sold
most of the furniture.
Ignace Jan Paderewski, the Polish
leader, has been slightly wounded by
an assassin, who entered the room of
his hotel at Warsaw and fired one
shot at hien, according to an Ex-
change Telegraph despat.cli from
Copenhagen.
ADVENTURER MURDERED.
"Emperor of the Sahara" Killed by
His Wife.
WESTBURY, N.Y., Jan.
Jacques Lebaudy, known as "Elsa-
peror of the Sahara," was shot and
killed by his wife as he entered her
home, "Phoenix Lodge," here Satter-
day
aturday night.
According to Sheriff Seaman, the
eccentric millionaire, who was a son
of the Iate Max Lebaudy, the "Sugar
King" of France, had been separated
from his wife for several months.
About a week ago, Sheriff Seaman.
said, Lebaudy visited Phoenix Lodge
and created a scene. Madame Le-
baudy then employed a guard at the
home, but Lebaudy, returning to
Phoenix Lodge at about 6.30 Satur-
day night, eluded the guard and en-
tered the home.
His body, pierced by five bullets,
was found at the foot of the grand
staircase of the house; a black grip
lay beside the body,
The Lebaudy home, where the
shooting occurred, is within 1,000
feet of "The Box," where Mrs. Bianca
de Saulles shot and killed her hus-
band, John Longer de Saulles, on
August 3, 1917.
Lebaudy, whose escapades had
filled columns in New York news-
papers • made for himself the title of
"Emperor of the Sahara," in 1903,
shortly after his father had died,
leaving him an estate whose value
was estimated at about $12,000,000.
Conceiving the idea of establishing
a great maritime city and a "king-
dom" on the coast of Africa, Lebaudy
sailed from France on his yacht
"Frasquita," accompanied by three
followers. After landing and taking
formal possession of the shore under
the title of Jacques I., Emperor of
the Sahara, he returned to Europe
and collected a colony of nearly 500
persons, whom he transported to his
"kingdom."
Difficulties with the French, Span-
ish and, Swiss Governments followed
and Lebaudy hauled down his flag,
three bees on a field of purple, and
returned to France. A French man -
o' -war later took off some of his col-
onists who had been left on. the
African coast.
SHIP IN DISTRESS.
Storm <Ia. Raging Off the Coast of
Nova Scotia.
HALIFAX, N.S., Jan. 13.—Dark-
ness has again put an end to efforts
being made by a fleet of steamers to
rescue the crew of the United States
Shipping Board's steamer Castalia,
which has ben drifting in mountain..
ous seas off the coast of Nova Scotia
since Saturday morning. Shortly af-
ter noon Sunday the Bergensfjord,
which had been standing by the dis-
tressed steamer throughout the day,
wirelessed that it was impossible to
weather, and that she would stand
by until the seas moderated suffi-
ciently for an attempt to be made to
launch boats. Since that time no fur-
ther message has been received.
Dawn Sunday found the Bergens-
fjoid abreast of the Castello., and in
reply to the latter's message at 9.25,
that it had been decided to abandon
ship, the former stated that boats
were being sent to take off the dis-
tressed crew. At 9.40, however, heavy
snow was reported, and it is believed
that the attempt was abandoned in
the face of the storm.
The Castalia sent out her first
"S.O.S." message late Saturday fore-
noon, reporting that she was in a
sinking condition and drifting to the
southward. She gave her position as
being approximately 60 miles south
of Canso. Before darkness fell Sat-
urday night she was off Sable Island,
approximately 40 miles from the first
position given, and for a time it was
feared she might be dashed on the
shoals. She managed to clear the
island, however, and at the time the
attempt was being made to take oft
her crew gave her position. as
43.47, 60.47. Among the steamers
which are either standing by the
Castalia or proceeding to her assist-
ance are the Dominion Government
steamer Lady Laurier, the War
Fijian, Stadacona and Oscar II.
The Castalia, with a crew of 45,
bound from Quebec for New York,
left Sydney, where she had put in -
for coal, at 9 p.m. January 9th.
SPART'ACANS. WORSTED
Revolutionists Are Routed in
Berlin.
Hindenburg Plats an .End to Dial
Bouffe War in German Capits,l,.
But Spartucus Group Galles*
Strength In Other Teutrnic Citiesi
—Vorwaerts Building Stormed b3'
Government Troops..
LONDON, Jan. 1t.—A11 reports
from Berlin, including despatches
coming direct froth, that city,indi-
cate that the Governraent is now defi-
nitely in the ascendant. The troops,
who after a brave show at the outset,
repeatedly have shown themselves
accessible to Spartacan persuasions,
have now apparently arraigned them-
selves definitely on the side of the
Government..
It no longer seems doubtful that
the Ebert-Scheidemann Government
has been maintained by the loyal
troops whose discipline bas been
strengthened by the presence in the
city of Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg. The Spartacans appear to have
transferred the struggle to the prow
vinces, where they seem to be gain-
ing what they have lost in the
capital.
Karl Liebknecht is reported to
have proclaimed a "Red Terror" and
a dictatorship. The proletarians de-
clare a general strike to save the
revolution has been called for Jan-
uary 19, which has been fixed as the
date for the election to the general
assembly.
Georg Ledebour and Ernst Meyer,
Independent Socialists, have been ar-
rested by officers and soldiers. The
charge against them has not. been
made public. Ledebour has been one
of the most active leaders against the
Ebert Government.
The plant of. the Vorwaerts was
recaptured by Government troops on
Saturday in heavy fighting. Three
hundred Spartacans are reported to
have been taken prisoner. More than.
20 Spartacans were killed and forty
wounded in the fighting. The Gov-
ernment losses are said to have been e
slight.
In a speech in Berlin Saturday
night Obinrich Sepulz, a former mem-
ber of the Reichstag, and now a
member .of the Ebert-Scheidemania
Government, declared that the Inde-
pendent Socialists had agreed to ac-
cept all the Government's conditions
for the ending of the fight in Berlin,
even to the extent of releasing the
occupied newspaper plants in return
for a postponement for three months
1 of elections to the National As-
sembly. Sepulz declared that the
Spartacans fear that --the cle tior.,,L
will result in their defeat.
The Socialist Vorwaerts, which is
being printed in another plants than
its own, says it learns that Dr. Karl
Liebknecht, the Spartacan leader,
has sent his family to Switzerland.
It argues sarcastically that the Com-
munist leader, while expounding the
"Advantages and blessings of a Bol-
sheviki era" for the Germans, demon-
strates the belief that his own family, -
is better off in a country where order
is maintained by a "Bourgeoisie and
capitalistic Government."
The Berlin correspondent of the
Evening News, telegraphing Thurs-
day, declares he has heard from a
most reliable source that Dr. Lieb-
knecht, the Spartacan leader, had
been killed during severe machine-
gun fighting near the building of the
T'ageblatt. Liebknecht was reported
to have been shot through the head.
Life in Berlin, aside from the im-
I mediate fighting ground in the inner
{ part of the city, has been affected
only slightly by the events of the
' week, according to other Berlin tele-
grams.
Nearly the whole population acts
like a vast debating society. Small'
groups assembled for agitated dis-
cussions at every street corner and
in every open space. Spartacan
sympathizers, it is declared, are not
in favor with the majority of the
population and discussions in which
they take part frequently lead to fist
fights.
While the Spartacan activity in .
Berlin has developed into guerilla;
warfare with the plundering of food
shops as its main purpose, serious
fighting has developed in Munich,
where the Government has forbid-
den all demonstrations. Disorders in
Dresden has been quelled, but in
Stuttgart the Spareacans are masters
of the city hall and the municipal
council has been dissolved. Strikers
in the Westphalia region now num-
ber 100,000.
The situation in Haile, one of the
most important railway junctions in
northern Germany, was reported yes-
terday as critical. Machine guns
were mounted on several buildings,
and street fighting was expected.
Numerous persons were killed or
wounded in Ratisbon, Bavaria, dur-
ing the fighting Friday afternoon.
The troubles occurred in various
quarters of the town, and 500 state
railway employes had to be called
upon to restore order. A state of
siege was proclaimed.
Spartacan forces attempted to
capture the plant of the Dresden
Volks Zeitung yesterday, but were
repulsed with heavy machine-gun and
band -grenade fire. The clash result-
ed in the death of 20 persons and
the wounding of several scores. The
Spartacan leader, Rhuele, was taken
prisoner.
Delayed Amsterdam advices dated
Thursday contain reports of fur-
ther activity by the Spartacans in the
Rhine towns. They apparently con-
trol Dusseldorf, where several prom-
inent persons were arrested, while
many others only escaped arrest by
crossing the Rhine. The Muenstet
Anzelger reported that the Sparta -
cans stormed the prison in Muenster
and set free 170 eritninals. At
Mulheim during a big demonstration
of strikers Wednesday the strikers
seized all newspaper buildings.
BADEN IS SURRENDERED.
Greatest German Warship Arrives at
Scapa Flow.
LONDON, Jan. 13.—The German
superdreadnought Baden has arrived
in Scapa Flow and has been interned
there with the other vessels of the
German fleet. The surrender of this
warship was demanded in place of
the battle -cruiser Maekensen, which
was not sufficiently complete to leave
Germany.
The Baden is a vessel of about
27,000 tons, similar to the Queen
Elizabeth class, mounting eight 15, -
inch guns and steaming nominally
23 knots.
Another flotilla of German sub-
marines, numbering 16, is to leave
Germany to -day for surrender to the
Allies.
There are still seven submarines
in neutral waters which are about to
be eurrenderd, and 44 U-boats in
German ports which must be given
up. One hundred and seventy are
in various stages of building, but the
majority of them are mere skeletons
and further construction work on
these vessels has been suspended.
Poppy Seeds From Flanders' ]Fields.
ST. THOMAS, Pare 13.—The exe-
cutive Committee of St. Tliornas Hor-
ticultural Society received a cable-
gram Saturday informing thein that
the society's efforts to secure 3,000
packages of poppy seeds from Flan-
ders had been successful, and that
the seeds would be shipped directly.
Itis suggested that the society use
the seeds not alone to beautify but
to commemorate. Several other civic
communities have already adopted
the plan Of planting rows of young
oaks to 'keep alive in the years to
come by avenues of honor the mein-
ory of those who sleep in Flanders'
Fields.
It is estimated that 200 persons
have been killed in Berlin during the
present rioting.
Forty-two tinkle eomnnaenced pla,y
In the Galt bonspiel, the first eurltng
tournament of the year in Ontariai