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The Clinton News Record, 1916-01-06, Page 33 PEACE ARK WAS FREIGHM1711111.111er17-10Vorld 'GREAT STRUGGLE ON EAST FRONT WITH, SUPPLIES , FOR THE ENEMY Bthadstuffs. new orop--No. Northern $1.29%; Toronto, Jan, 4. -Manitoba wheat, 55 Bags of Rubber, Weighing 4,000 Pounds, Seized No. t'ill, 2 ' 11111'r' 111l.:•2r; 14°' 3 Nor- , Manitoba oats -s -No. 2 C.W., 50c; No. 3 C.W. 48e; extra NO. 1 feed, 48c; No. I. feed, 47c,-al1 rail. American corn -No. 3 yellow, new, 79c, on track Toronto' A despatch from London says: Ite its destination. The Oscar II. is the Canadian corn -No, 2 yellow, old, no - vessel which carried the Henry Ford minal, on track, Toronto. I Ontario oats -No. 8 white, 37 to peace party to Europe. On the voy- age across she was taken into Kirk- 39e; commercial oats;•36 to 38c, ac - wall by the British authorities and cording to freights outside. her cargo examined. The Oscar II. I Ontario wheat -Nos 2. Winter, per was detained for more than 24 hours, car lot, 51.05 to $1.06; slightly allowed to proceed on Decem- sprouted and tough, according to but was When Oscar II. Was Detained at 'Kirkwall is ascertained that 55 bags of rubber, on consigned 110 a well-known enemy forwarding agentin Sweden, were re - Moved from the parcel mail on board 1 the steamship Oscar II. The esti- ' tnated weight of the rubber seized is tibout 4,000 peunds. The remainder .,ef the mail, v/hieh consisted of 734 bags, was handed over to the post - office for immediate transmission to sample, $1 to $1.03; sprouted, smutty, ber 16. There were reports at the and tough, according to sample, 00 to tinie that part of the cargo was con - 96c. feed wheat, 80 to 85c. traband and that a prize court would ' Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots, take the matter into consideration. $1.90; sample peas, according to sample, $1.75. Barley -Malting barley, 57 to 600; feed barley; 50 to 53c, according; to *eights oufside. Buckwheat -Nominal, ear lots, 76 to 78c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 1 commercial, 87to 88c; rejected, 70 to 80c, according to sem- RIVEN BACK IN MONTENEGRO Austrian' Forces Again, Defeated by the Black Mountain. Soldiers of Montenegro. • A despatch from London say*: Seventy-five thousand Serbians have reformed at Scutari and Eloassan, in Albania, and the Montenegrin army, whiah heretofore has been debarred geographically from takipg any largo part in the war, is now throwing itself energetically into .the. contest Against the Austrians. . The Montenegrin Consul -General • here h4 received information that the Anstrians directed, without result, a violent artillery fire against the Mon- tenegrin positions on the Tara River. on December 27. The enemy attacked , repulsed i with great hiss in the direc. lion in teachers' salaries, which s here but receipts of first grades are energetically near Lioubovia but was Prices rule firm. Fresh dairy, bon of Berane. The Montenegrins made possible by the fact that many fellowed up their last success by occu- have enlisted in the army, and the cream - 28 to 30c; inferior, 22 to 24e ; solids, 32 ; to 33e, • ing two more villages, advancing as schools wiR ery prints, 33 to 350 get along with a smaller Eggs -Storage 80 to 32e .per doz.; staff. Children's meals and books which have been provided by the mu- nicipality to .a certain extent will be sacrificed to the arneunt of $170,000, and there will be a drastic cut in such luxuries as paint .and repairs. The Corporation. of Liverpool is making a big saving all along the line. Street repairs will be reduced from the average of recent years by $150,000, and $25,000 will be saved on the single item Cif flower beds in the parks. The changed conditions of warbine themselves have brought about con- siderable saving to the- cities. Four hams, medium., 17% to 19c; heavy, 14% to 15e; breakfast bacon, 20 to thousand employes of the city' of Liv - 23c; backs, plain, 24e to 25c; backs, erpool are serving in the army ahd , BRITISH CITIES ECONOMIZE. , - - London Education Committee Pro - Poses to Save $1,500,000. Drastic economy in all municipal expenditures during the period of the pie. war is the order of the day in Eng- Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $6.80; second patente, in land. The Treasury has enjoined upon all city and village corporations to jute bags, 46.30; strong bakers', in JutrIbtafisc,. .$1? • 10, Toronto. , praomp't o - closely as possible, and the local gov- aedordlng toosuarmpleewseNontrecf, oT440' keep down their capital expenditure as ernment boards which has the super- Tonto freights in bags ship - vision of these bodies, has notified ment. - - them that unusual expenditures_ ex- I Millfeed, car lots, delivered Mont - real freights -Bran, per ton, $24; cent on account of imperative publid sohorts, per ton, $25; middlings, per health requirements or to facilitate t rit $26; good feed flour, per bag, the output of miinitions, will not be . sanctioned. In London the Education CommitteeWholesale Hay Market. of the County Council proposes to Baled hay, new -No. 1, per ton, save more than a million and a half 517.50 to $18; No. 2, per ton, $13 to dollars of the estimates of about $26,- $15; baled straw,. per ton, $6.50 to 009 000. Fuel alone is the exception, eo, as the higher prices prevailing will mean an increase in cost of $50,000. There is a cut of nearly half a mil- Outcoine a Transformation of Military Position In Russian Theatre. A despatch front London says: In the Entente capitals there is a gen- eral opinion that the Russian cam- paign in Bessarabia, which has been undertaken, in the face of unfavorable weather conditions, is likely to have an important bearing' on the whole war situation. According to one version Russia's new move is the forerunnef of the im- pending Roumanian entry into the war on the side of the Entente. The Pall Mall Gazette's Russian corres- pondent tvrites: "Russian joint opera- tions with Roumania are on the point of beginning. Roumania will fight with us, although' not for us. Her siding with the Entente is not the re- sult of French or English sympathies, but an endeavor to, realize the Rou- manian dream of sovereignty over laukovvina and Transylvania. As pre- paration, for Roumania's entry into the war Russia's aim is to reconquer Bukowina for the benefit of her new ally. This task can be accomplished in a few weeks. "The Roumanians Will then fortify the new province and march with the Russians through 'Bulgaria and Transylvania, while simultaneously the Italians, French, British and, Serbians will deal blows on other fronts. The German and Russian official bulletins regarding the operations south of the Pripet River laconically declare that the battles are proceed- ing. The importance of the engage rnents seems to be considered by the Russian military critics as great. Country Produce. _ Butter-Theoes was a fair trade far tie. Morita. On the Loveen front - the Austrians opened fire from the forts and warships on RaskoIa Gera, but the Montenegrins held their • ground. The bombardment continued . fifteen hours, 2,000 large shells being fired. At the same time sharp infan- try attacks were delivered, all of which were repulsed. Notwithstand- ing the intensity of the Austrian ar- tillery fire the Montenegrins had only ' two killed and two wounded,' which • shows how poorly the guns were hanslled. - . The succees gained by the Montene- grins at Lepenatz was greater than at first announced. Five hundred • bodies were found on the right wing of the contingent operating against them, but . the total _Austrian losses were more than 2,000 killed or wound- ed. King Nicholas sent congrathla- bons to the general commending the Vassoievitch brigade. Austrian aero- planes threw several bombs on Pod- goritsa Monday, killing ttre Austrian constables. The total of children s prisoners. meals in the Liverpool schools the last Business in Montreal. ' The French newspaper Echo de Year was reduced to 6,000, which was No. 2 yellow, 81 to 82c. Oats -No. 2 Montreal, Jan. 4. -Corn, American Paris printe the following Bucharest barely a tenth of the usual number. telegram: 'The Austro-Hungarian of- This reduction was clue to the decrease local white, 45%; No. 3 do., 44%c; in unemployment, as only the needy No. 4 do, 43%. Barley -Man. feed, fensive in Montenegro has been checked completely. The Austrians children are fed at public expense. 60c; malting, 67c. Buckwheat -No. 2, 82c. Flour -Man. Spring wheat were faced by a stronger army than Criticism is made by the news - patents, first, $6.90; seconds, $6.40; they expected to find, as many Ser- papers of certain exeravagances liy choice, bakers', 56.2.0; Winter patents, biome who made their way into Al- various public bodies. A taxpayer 56 . 50 ; straight rollers 55.80 to $5.90; do., bags, 52.75 to 52.85. bank marched northward and joined writes to the London Daily Mail, pro - Rolled oats, barrels, 55.20 to 55.25; ..,-,....„.., the Monteaegrins. South-west of Posing economy in the Lord Mayor's Ipek the invaders were defeated in a banquet at the Guildhall, and says do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to 52.50. severe. battle." "that our leading statesmen should Bran, $24. Shorts, 525. Middlings, -_.:,---- ,preach economy from the House of 528 to $30. Mouillie, 531 to 533. Hay • car lots, 520 to Commons and then adjourn to. a Lord '-Ne. 2, Per ten, 520.50. Cheese -Finest westerns, 18 e Mayor's banquet of the usual ' type to 181Ac. finest easterns 17% to THE GURKHA'S CHARGE. - would surely be an inconsistency too 17%c. 'Butter -Choicest ' creamery, A Humorous Incident from the Fight- .34% to 35%c; seconds, 32% to 33c: great even for politicians. Attacks • ing Lines. are made upon the Aldermen of a Eggs -Fresh, 48 to 53c; selected, 33c; . That the Indian troops not only res suburban municipality foe refurnish -No. 1 stock, 30e; No. 2 stock, 28c. sped but love their officers is illus- ing their Council chamber at a cost of Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.30 to 51.35. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, trated in the following - humorous $3,500, but this case is a contrast to - $13.75 to 514.25; do., country, story le= P. P.'s journal: the general rule of retrenchment. 511.25 to 512.75. Pork -Heavy .Can - A young English subaltern had just .1.. ada short mess, bbls. 35 to 45 pieces arrived at the front, and his superior HAS "SNIPED" 91 TURKS. I 529.50 to $30; short' cut back, bbls.; officers, who were not .at all sure of --- 145 to 55 pieces, 528;50 to $29. Lard - him, geve an old Hinclu'soldier of his Australian Sharpshooter's Record the' Compound; tierces, 375 lbs., 11%c; I wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 12%c; pure, regiment orders to keep- his eye on. dudes at Least 50 Killed. !tierces, 375 lbs, 14%c; pure, wood him. The Indian Was very proud of hie trust, 'and looked after the young Letters from the Gallipoli Penins pails, 20 lbs. net, 150, fellow as if he had been his own son, auk Bay that a Queeneland cavalry- 1 . United States Markets. although he was always perfectly re_ man named Sing holds the record i among the Auetralasiale troops as a I Minneapolis, Jan, 4, -Wheat -No. spoctful eta obedient. . Thou, orte afternoon, the 'Germans sniper. Up to the first of September 1 hard, 51.22%; No. 1 Northern, $1.19% to $1.20%; Nd. 2 Northern, across the way started. a violent; born- Sing had shot 91.• Turks, of whom at 51.15% to 51,17%; December, bardment. Carried away by his feel- least 50 were killed outright. Sing 1.191/e ; May $1 20 e Corn- o 3 ings, the boy jumped up and exposed was a crack marksman before the ... et e ( cs Oats -No. 3 white, Sell N- r'to May, $1.20%. l'N ' himself unnecessarily' to their fire, war and had won many prizes for ; 41% to 42c. Flour and bran un - The Gurkha immediately pulled him his shooting at Brisbane and at Syd- changed. back, ratshed him to tile, door of the ney, Since engaging in systematic , . Duluth, Jan. 4. -Wheat No. 1 trench, -and sat on him! The young spiping in the Dardanelles operations hard, 51.201/8; No. 1 Northern, Englishman 'struggled to riSC, •but the • he has rarely missed one of his hu- '5119¼; No. 2 Northern, 51.15% to I 51.16%; Montana No. 2 hard, $1.16%; Gurkha sat tight. ' I man targets. . ,, May, 51,20%. lonseed-Caeh, 52.16 "Not yet, 4ahib," he esied "not 'Day after day and eight after to 52,16%; December, 52.15; May, yet!" . . ' • i night he settles down comfortably in $o 20 • And it was not until the colonel some favorite position and waits with s'" gave the order to charge that the con- inexhaustible patience for his ChEMCO. ------- Live Stock Markets. seientiout Hindu allowed his prisoner He sits for home with a telescope as 4. -Butchers' cattle, to vise, saluted him respectfully, And an aid watching the Turkish tracks Toronto, Ian. chaeged the enemy thenehes at his over the hills or the knells "of the choice, 57.50 to $7. 65.; do., good, $7 side. , ' Turkish trenches until, sooner or ,to $7.25; do,, medium, $6 to $6.75; . . , ------* BIRDS FRIENDS' OF ALLIES. selects 35 t6 36c; new -laid, 50 to 55c, case lots. • Honey -Prices in tins, lbs., 10 to 11c; combs, No. 1, $2.40; No. 2, 52. Beans -$4.15 to 54.25. Poultry -Chickens, 15 to 16e; fowls, 12 to 13c; ducks,- 15 to 17c; geese, 15 to 17c; turkeys, 20 to 25c. Cheese -Large, 18%e; twins, 190. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontario quoted at 51.25 to 51.30, and New- Brunswicks at $1.45 to $1.50 per bag, on track. Provisions. Smoked meats -Rolls, 16 to 16%c; boneless, 27 to 28c. navy. Nearly a third of the London Green meats -Out of pickle, le less police have enlisted, and there are than smoked. only 2,000 men available for service Dry salted meats -Long clear ba - at one time in the Metropolitan Area, con, in • tons, 16%c; in eases, 16%,c; of clear bellies, 16c; fat backs, 13c. which does not include the old city London, The work of the absentees Lard -Pure, tierces, 14e; tubs, 14% c pails, 14%c; shortening, tierces, is done largely by the citizen special 12e; tubs, 12%c; pails, 12%c. PUTNIK MADE THE SERBIAN ARMY littCEIVED. EDUCATION IN RUS- SIA AND FRANCIS. Was, at the Begioning of the Present ;Wei, Arrested in Huugary, But Was Released Field ltlarshal M. Putnik, chief of the general etaff of the brave little Serbian army, has vsritten a memor- able page of history with his troope, outnumbered tremendously, in fear- lessly offering resistance to the de- tachment of the German -Austrians under Field Marshal Von ltlackensen, as well as to the whole Bulgarian £11*MY. Putnik is going -through his sixth camphign at -sixty-eight years. A semi -invalid from -asthma, he is com- pelled to Spend the greater- part of the day in an overheated room and never in the midst cif his troope. He is the son of a schoolmaster who left the Banat of Hungary and the Ser- bians there and emigrated to Bel- grade. The son, the Field Marshal, has been a soldier all his life. His ability was early recognized by the Russian agents at Belgrade, and they arranged for his education at the Military Academy at Petrograd, where Grand Duke Nicholas obtained his training. From the Russian capi- tal Putnik went to France to study at the Polytechnic and at St. Cyr, this last full of memories of the great Ida - melon. An Old Campaigner. BRITISH TROOPS LAND AT ORFANO Will Check Possibility of Advance on Salonica From the East. A despatch from London says:' The Consuls of Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, With their staffs and families, have been arrested at Sal- onica by order of the French general, Sarrail, and taken aboard a French warship. Their Consulates are now occupiedby allied troops, • Two new landings by the eines in the Near East are reported. The Bri- tieh have transferred some troops from- Salonica to Orfano, a small Greek port 60 miles east of Salonica, with the intention of thus checking any possibility of a hostile advance from this quarter. The second land- ing was made by the French on the Geeelt Island of Castelorizo, off the south-east coast of Asia Minor, not .far from the important seaport of 'AoccicAaulnpiaaAthens despatch says that the the landing. A railway runs north of Adana, and the presencetthere of a strong allied force would menace the communications of any hostile force operatieg. against Egypt or the lower Tigris region. These movements indicate that the allies' positions around Salonica are now consideted secure, and indica- tions pre that the carimaign around Salonica will develop into a long' drawn wai_lare as 001 other fronts. GERM/11%T LAWYERS SUFFER. a Turk shows himself. If the Turkis c), common, . o , outcners warn and quickly bobs up and then bulls, choice,- $6.50 to $7; dis, good bells, 55,75 to 56.25 do., rough bent, down again Sing does not fire. He 5(70 to 55.25. butchers' cows, choice FRENCH CAPTURE MANY PRISONERS Warn British Soldiers of Approach woceeds on the principle that, um' $6.25 to 47; do. good, 56 to $6.25; of Deadly Gases. boldened by fancied security, the do., medium, 55.25' to 55,75; do,, •• Turk will gradually -risk first his head, ' common, 54 to 54.50; -feeders, good, Many soldints at the front have then his ehoulders and, finally, the 5(3.25 to 56.50; stockers, 700 to 900 commented on the fact...that the birds upper half of his body. At this stage lbs., $6 to 56.50; canners and cutters, do not doert the region of the fight_ steg,s rifle cracks and the Turk is 53 to 54.50; milkers, choice, each, , ing line, despite the noise of the fir- seen to fall, •ellcommon and medium, ech. '315 to 75 to $100; do.560; plinters., S50 to .100. ht ewes ta 50 to' 101 01 Bat it is stranger still that tile A notch is madin e by Sing a stick S birds have ranged themselves on the side of the Allies against one method of German war:Caen A soldier on short leave from the trenches tells how the winged friends of the Aliies warn them of the coming of the clouds of imison gas talien the Germans at- • Criticism Implied. tempt that mcide of attack at night ,, He doesn't like my cooking," sob - time. bed the theee-months bride, ‚a tear on In daynght the approach of the her long lashes. "I just know he deadly cloud is easily detected. It is doesn't. So there!" visible to the eyes of the watchers in "What makes you think so?" her trenches, nncl there is time_to take mother asked. "Has he said • he precautions against its effects. But aoesua like your ceetiug,?„ in the darkness of the night the come "No -no -o," sta.minered the bride. ing of the: gas. is unseen. Then it is "Nonsense, child, it's just your i,m- • that the birds come to the help of the agination. I felt there was no soldiers. Long before, the smell of the basis-" fumes can be detected in the trenches ‘,There is a basis," the , bride in - ▪ there is a. great clamoring of bids sisteo tearfully. "I had been cooking awakened ftom their night perchesthe loveliest things for him for about The birds fly away beyond the reikh two weeks and then ho told me he • of the fumes, but in the meantime thehad decided' to become a raw food British soldier 11 prepared. faddist. Bo-hoo-o-oo!" which he keeps by way of a recorc1.1 sheep', heavy, $5.25 th $6; do., bucks„ Sing's sniping PerfollnAnee8 1100 said 53,80 to 54.50; yearling lambs, 57 to be beyond CILlestion, for evety telt- to 57.75; lambs, ewt, 510 to $11; ing shot by him has been checked by calyes, medium to choice, 56.75 to some officer. 510.50; do„ common, 54 to 54.50; ' bogs, fed and watered, 58.75 to 59.10. Montreal, Jan. 4. -Butchers' cattle, choice, 58 to 58.25; do., medium, 57 to $7,50; do., common, 55.50 to 56.50; do., choice cows'56.25 to 56.50; do., medium, 55 to 55.50; do., bulls, 55 to $6.75; canners, $3.25 to 54.50; Milk - ere, choice, each, $90to 595;. do., common and medium, each, 586 to 585; Swingers, $65 to $75; eheeP, ewes, 56.75 to $7; hacks and culls, $6.25 to $6.50; lambs, $10 to 510.50; hogs, f.o.b., $10. . Minietet-e-"I made seven hearth happy to -day." Parishioner -"How was, that?"'. Minister - "Marsied three couples." Petishioner--""rhat only •makes six." Minister -"Well, Vosges Operations Have Yielded 1,668 v l During the Past FeW Days. A despatch from Paris says: The French offensive in the Vosges 10 as- suming very important proportions. Fresh gaits of considerable magni- tude are reported officially. The num- leer of unwounded German prisoners made since the operation began, De- cember 21, is now 1,862. • A despatch from Berlin says that the German War Office admite that thei French penetrated the German positions on Hartmanns-Weilerkopf, but says they were driven out. From As soon as his education was com- pleted and he returned to his native lancrhe was intrusted with the re- organization of the Serbian army. It is the product of his labors. He got Itis baptism of fire in 1876 in fighting side by side with,the Russians against the Turks. In 1877 again he was campaigning against the Sultan's sol- diers. In 1885 he fought with the ATTACK BY NAVY SEEN AS SPORT] "PICNIC FOR THE MEN" AT MEL), LING OF DEDEAGA.TCH, We Banged and Battered Away at 2,000 Yards," Writee the Narrator. The much -criticized British view cd, war as a sort of exalted' game or sport is emphasized in a British of- ficer's description of the bornbaedS ment of Dedeagatch; Bulgaria, by the.. British fleet, contained in a letter pub-; lished in London. There were some ruesorne preparations for the battle the official French War Office reports, in the captain's cabin, which,had been, however, it does not appear that the turned into -an operating theatre. No German assertions are accurate. It, need arose for using it, however, aa, is evident, on the contrary, that gains no defence of the port was attempted, of fgreat the Germans lihavireah evbeseunstmaid dee by theBulgarians.fanos. and that Bombardment. during the operations thus far very The description of the actual bom- considerable losses. bardrnent is in part as follows: There is no indication that the "At about a quarter past 1 in the offensive, which has been apparthitlY afternoon we loosed off at the big bar; successful to date, is to be dropped. racks. Our first shot brought the sol - It would rather appear that the ad- diers tearing out of the buildings, artd vantages gained are to be followed by we eased up a bit and let them get even more determined assaults. In clear. Then we banged and battered this connection the French communi- at about 2,800 yards, making enorm- cation says: ous holes and smashing in great areas "Notwithstanding the violent ouns of walls. Unless someone was killed ter -attacks of the enemy, the action inside the buildings, I think we did left us masters of a series of German not hurt any one. (German accounts works established between Rehfelsen of the battle declare that several hun- and Hirzstein, which have been added dred soldiers were killed in these to the trenches already lot by the barracks.) enemy. The total number of unin- "We were only out for destructioii jured prisoners taken since the begin- and damage, not slaughter, as the ning of these operations is 1,668. Pri- thrifty Bulger hates to have his No, soners say that the German losses in perty knocked about but cares very the course of our attack were very little if hissneighbor-or even himself large. -is laid out. "The most dreaded period of winter "alter a bit we went for the har- is from the end of December to the bor-very tricky work, as the bulk of end of Januarys!' -was a Frenet, gen- the calques which we had orders to eral's reply a year ago to the de- shoot at were hist beyond a low outer mends for 'a great offensive. The breakwater, and with a trajectory same remark would probably apply from the ship, the least alteration in equally this year, Reuter's correspon- the elevation of the gun made a big difference. The difficulty was largely settled when our shells set the maste and sails afire, and the flames spread- ing down to the ships. "The destroyers and monitors drew much los water than our larger ships and were able to creep in on the lead, the charts of Dedeagatch being Mac - curate, and they plugged all rammer of things. Fortunately the population of the town had all gone away, and the troops stayed behind up in the hills, so I don't think anyone was hurt. We killed a sitting engine which tried to hide itself behind a bush, but one which ran away escaped all right Two of the destroyers inspired it ta still greater efforts with their foul. - inch guns. Just Became a Bonfire. "When we realized that there was no one to hurt, it just became a bon- fire or Trafalgar Day fireworks -it being the 110th anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar. We set all man- ner of things on fire. Common shell was effective but lyddite 'was better, We burned a vast mountain of coal, many railway vans and trucks, ships and two oil storehouses. "But the best bia houses belli 08 imme ly 101 stori had Witl to fi a flasha Ill Serbs against the Bulgara. In ,.91Z dont at western headquarters, after he was fighting the Turks with' the 'remarking that the Britislr staff is Bulgars as allies in the first Balkan war, and at Kumanovo his gallant Serb army astonished Western Eu- rope, unacquainted with its ancient history or its =don prowess. The Turks were completely routed at Ku- manovo, the Serbs, under their Crown Prince Alexander and General Bozo- vitch, captured nearly 200 guns of different kinds. Their Business Reduced to a Minimum , By the War. Attention is being called on every side to the difficult, if not precarious, position in which a large number of the lawyers and notaries of Germany find themselves as a result of the war. Few professional men, it is claimed, are suffering quite as keeply, nor as uncomplainingly, as they. The war has resulted in a minimum of litiga- tion, and in a. maximum of "poor cases" that take up time and money, but seldom pay anything at all. The number of women who have troubles with their landlords and have to call on legal aid has risen amazingly. As largo a proportion of them as et other professions have been ch.awn into the army, and unless they have bank accounts they find it next to im- possible to live on the military allow- ance. Any number of notaries and many of the lawyers are common soldiers or at most non-commissioned officers, and their pay in consequence is utter- ly out of proportion to the income which they have customarily received from their practice. TRENCH COOKING- BY GIRLS. tvoeupos College in London Gives a • Special Course. • Cookery lessons in a trench dug in the grounds of the new King's Col- lege for Women (University of Lon- don, at Campden Hill) is among the features of a special eourse on camp cookery inaugurated at the c011ege re- Contly and open to oon-students. This course and one which opened :eecently on "Economic Housekeeping in War Time will, itis thought, be specially useful to women war work - 505 in view of the faet that the .em- plonment of women as cooks, porters, orderlies, etc., is now permitted in the military hospitals. The practical work in the Camp cookery comse will be undertaken out of doors Whenever possible and will include the building and making of outside fires, ovens, etc., improvising el! camp cookery implements, the jointing of meat, eta, Attention will therefore be directed to .00king in laege miantitieS, storing, soup malt- ing, Mead making, and the making of you don't think I did it for nothing'!" . boiled puddings. General Putnik. confident that the allies are now so strong in men and munitions that they can break through the German lines whenever the right time' comes, declares that the weather is the chief reason for postponing the big move- ment, and adds: "Such a movement needs careful planning and extreme caution. Rolling -up tactics always in- volve the possibility of counter- attacks, which may end in rolling up the agressor. With the face of the country in a porous and mushy con- dition, it is impossible to effeet the essential quick movements of artil- lery, without which any big offensive is foredoomed to fail." .1. In 1913 Putnik directed the Serbian army which fought with the Greeks as allies against the Bulgars hi the second Balkan war; and 1915 finds hfili struggling without hope of sue - cos for the existence of his nation against the Bulgars, aided by the soldiers of the two great Teutonic em- pires. This war opened with what might have been the greatest personal dis- aster Paints ever met. He was spend- ing the summer ata Hungarian wa- tering place, seeking relief item ill - health, when Austria and Serbia went to war, and some overly* zealous sol- diers of Francis Joeeph instantly took possession of the person of the Sor- bian ommander-in-chief, placing hint under arrest. Francis Joseph himself .ordered the release, glad:of an oppor- tunity of malting known the claims which Field Marshal Pntnik had 'to 'consideration and respect even fent his enemies. The Slav subjects of the Duel Monarchy would hate been deep- ly incented if the Emperor had kept Putnik in captivity. Arrested in Austria. RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE TO HELP HER ALLIES Fierce Struggles 'In Bessarabia Are Aimed at Bulgars and Greeks. A despatch from Londonsays: The fierce lighting on the Galielan-Bessa- rabian front, of which mention is made in both Russian and Austrian official 'statements, seems to support the forecasts that Russia, instead of directly attacking Bulgaria, hopes to eeduce the pressure on the Entente allies in the Balkans and in Asia Minor and impress Roumania and Greece by a diversion to the north, with the intent, if possible, of break- ing through the Austrian lines. Simultaneously comes news of the capture by the Russians of Kashan, ono of the principal cities of Persia, and of an advance towards the still more important., city of Ispahan. These points are too remote for their occupation directly to menace the Turks who .are fighting the British under Gen. Townsend on the Tigris, but undoubtedly. the Russian advance will have an important political effect in Persia, and possibly an influence upon the projected movement of the central powers against Egypt. A CRAZY PROVERB. "Charity Begins at Home" Saying Is . Not Right. - Of all crazy proverbs -and there are many which sound as if they had emanated from a lunatic asylum --the Craziest it the one which says that "Cheeky begins at home." • If it had said "Duty begins at home," Or "Love begins at home," or "Helpfulness begins at home," there His headquartere when the enemy would have been some sense in rt; but beganite lest advance against .,Ser- who talks of "Charity" at home?. bia were at Ineagouyeeate, whore the I Charity may begin at hone, but it arsenal AWLS SitUnted, -kill' which has, 18somebodyelse's honk. If it meant of course, been evaeuated Thee:: he occupied one room „as en office, :Cur- nished with three tables 'covered with maps, it bureau, some chairs, and two telephones. .There he eat aU day in a blue uniform which had .skoti much that the stream of charity takes its rise at home, where the members of the family put their heads'together to think how they ean best help So -and - ,so out of his difficulties, how they can give Mrs. Maovehild some comforts service; his only decoratton it medal now her thirteenth has arrived, how fa bravery pinned. upon his breast. A they may scheme to help 51 1'. Ipdes gray-beeeded, slender little man, fra- gile and pale, and bearing seine re- semblance to Geneva) Grant, he made no imposing appearance as he thee to receive the foreign Alsitors from Lon- don and Paris who journeyed to see him But his luminoue, blue -grey eyes masked him out ror distinction, and his splendid intelligence was sooh manifest. • Luck. Jack -Congratulate me, old man. Tom -What's up? Are you en- gaged? 'Jack -No. Miss Rookie refused me the (ley before hes father made an assignment. His Own Privilege. Manager -What do you mean by talging like that? Are you the man- ager here, or am I? • Clerk -I know I'm not the manager. Manager -Very well, then. Tr you're not the manager, don't talk like on idiot! pendence without his suspecting 11, and so on -2 say, if it meant that, the proverb would be all right. But it does not. 11 means that un- til you end your -own folk are fed up you've nothing to spare for next door; that if you and yours haveto suffer privation. of any kind in order to be kind, kindness is- off the programme. That is what it means. • The proof of real cheeky is personal service, willingness to give oneself as ,well as 'one'r, gifts, willingness to make sacrifices of personal‘ comfort, ease, pleasure, time. There are people who think they are charitable if they throw a piece of silver to a beggar, if they dole out blankets and comforters. They may be hotly Charitable, but it does not follow that they are. The widow's mite was the greatest gift to the treasury, bemuse it was given in the spirit of goodwill. Her charity did not begin at home, or she would have spent those two mites at the nearest bunshop. th th wi ed 11 11 11 ti toi to in t "So fire to hole in chewing it would brick wal picturesque. several detac one of them had a flag fly rack building down in six building it ba "We staye enjoying the the big wareh 30 feet or moi fire looked so upward--stree ing upward fr dows on the 61 annexes and burned during and some flam greasy -looking 1,500, feet and about two mil was in a tank not spiked m can had oil o ran out all bla The Ho Mr. 13., who done lavish jus before him. By ogy he sernar smile directed t "I've always highest compli housekeeper is observe that I polite." "Thank you, the hostess. "It carried politene tery."