The Clinton News Record, 1916-08-10, Page 3FRESH DIVISIONS LEAVE TRAINS
ONLY TO BE MOWED DOWN
German Losses in Men and Guns in Desperate Fighting on Rus-
sian Front Are Colossal.
A despatch from Ruesian Army
Headquarters on the Stekhod says:
Fighting of the most desperate char-
acter is in progress on all positions
of our front The Germans, driven
to desperation by their losses in guns
and men, have been launching counter-
attacksalmost without cessation.
Monday and Tuesday they were
pouring in. fresh divisions which pro-
ceeded from the trains to the battle-
fields, where they werh mowed down
by the Russian fire, With huge
lpsses in all attacks which so far have
been delivered, they have been beat-
en back. Cannonading continues
night 'and day, at times reaching such
viele'nee that it is impossible to dis-
tinguish individual events. It is sim-
ply a continuous roar like thunder.
At night the whole sky is illumin-
ated by bursting shells, searchlights
and star bombs. The towns are fill-
ed with German and Austrian wound-
ed. The Stokhod position is extreme-
ly strong.
Allied victories both in the east and
west have not sufficiently reduced the
morale of the Germans to give ground
for supposition of a sudden collapse
of their military strength. The bit-
terness here is extremely great on
account of the persistence with which
enemy flyers are bombing hospitals
and dressing stations, which occurs
on an average of twice daily.
All of the German and Austrian
armies on the eastern front have been
placed under the supreme command of
Field Marshal von Hindenburg, ac-
cording to a despatch quoting a Bar -
ha official announcement. This 'de-
cision was reached during the Em-
peror's recent visit to the eastern
front, A similar announcement, the
despatch says, has been made in
Vienna.
RETREAT ONLY
WAY OF ESCAPE
Russian Nut -Cracker Is Slowly,
but Irresistibly, •
Closing In.
A despatch from Petrograd says:
The ultimate Russian occupation of
Revel and Lemberg and the retire-
ment of the Austro -German line of
defence beyond the Bug River are
now r,egarded here as a foregone con-
clusion. The armies of Generals von
Beehm-Ermolli and von Linsingen,
' which have been badly crippled in
their efforts to hold back the advanc-
ing right wing of General Brussiloff's
forces, have been forced to retreat to
a point which leaves open the ap-
proaches to these two important cen-
tres, and the Russians in both regions
have begun an encircling movement,
which is slowly, but apparently, irre-
sistibly closing in upon the two cities.
The. German loss of the Stokhed
crossings and the recently -announced
Russian crossing of the river leaves
no important line of defence before
Kovel except a natural 'barrier son-
sisting of a wide swamp, which un-
doubtedly will retard the Russian
progress. But this movement from
the west along the route midway be-
tween the Sarny-Kovel and Rovno-
Kovel railways, in conjunction with
the Russian pressure brought from
the smith in the region -of Vladimir-
Volynski, both of vahich are success-
fully developing, despite all German
counter-attacks, is considered as
making the outcome assured.
The operations against the Ger-
mans are also having an important
effect in facilitating the advance
against the Austrians defending Lem-
berg, since they enable the Russians
to exert pressure against the Austrian
left flank and increase that brought
up on Lemberg from Brody and from
the south, where Gen. Letchitzsky's
troops are successfully traversing the
flooded Dneister region and mar
threatening the Galician capital along
the route leading through Stanislau
and Ranch.
It is unofficially reported that the
Germans have already begun their re-
tirement from Revel and are prepar-
ing to fall back on Brest -Litovsk,
Cholm, and the general line of de-
fence following the Bug River.
2,000 ACRES LEVELED
SOUTH OF SASKATOON.
A despatch from Saskatoon says:
A hailstorm of unusual severity
struck the country eight miles south
-. of this city at 1 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Two thoqsancl acres of crop
in the vicinity of Victor schoolhouse
were wiped out completely. One farm-
er reports a loss of $2,500, and many
other farmers suffered heavy Toss.
The storm appears to have been pure-
ly local.
GERMANS BOMBARD
RUSSIAN HOSPITAL.
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A despatch from Petrograd says:
The Russian official statement is as
follows: "An enemy aeroplane bom-
barded a transport containing wound'
ed near Dusitchi, on the Vladimir-
Volynski-Lutsk route, killing one and
injuring twenty already wounded men.
The same aeroplane also bpmbarded
the divisional hospital in, Dusitchi,
killing one and injuring eight hospital
orderlies. Caucasian front: Our ad-
vance continues." .
SECOND MILITARY CROSS
WON IN ONE FAMILY.
A despatch from Vancouver says:
To the second member of the. Bell -
Irving family has come the honor of
being decorated with the Military
Cross, according to private advices re-
ceived in Vancouver. This time it is
Roderick Bell -Irving, acting Major in
the 16th Canadian Scottish, and is in
recognition of his gallaatry in leading
his company to the attack and the
eventual capture of an entrenchment
which had been taken from the Brit-
ish by the Germans.
CANADIAN SOLDIERS TO (
SLEEP 'NEATH MAPLES.
•
A. desnatch from Ottawa says:
Canadian maples are to be planted
around the graves of Canadian sola
a/erg in France. Seed of the red and
silver maple, ripened at Ottawa, has
been sent to London by Dominion
Horticulturist W. T. Macoun and
planted in Kew Gardens. After the
war the little 'trees from these seeds
are to be transplanted in France.
Seeds of the large -leaved maple of
British Columbia are to be sent to
London for. the Same purpose as. soon
as ripe., ,
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ISLANDS BUILT TO ORDER.
The Feat Is Not So Very Difficult As
It Sounds.
In the Bismarck Archipelago, now
occupied by usanre two small islands
that the Germans, with characteristic
resourcefulness, built up for them-
selves in a sea where formerly no
land was. •
This, however, is not quite so diffi-
cult as it sounds. One must have a
foundation, of course -a coral reef
for preference. Given this, and also
an unlimited supply of native labor,
and island building in these compara-
tively calm and tideless waters be-
comes almost as easily possible as
does house -building elsewhere.
The Solomon Islanders, for instance,
are adepts at the art. When the pop-
ulation of any island of the group
becomes too big for comfort, they just
set to work and build another one, and
the surplus families emigrate to it
and settle down there.
The usual plan is to choose a coral
reef, which must not be submerged
more than three or four feet. A raft
is first constructed, and anchored near
the centre of the reef, where the wa-
ter is shallowest. To this coral, torn
from the outer fringe of the reef, is
brought, and piled up pyramid -fashion
to form the nucleus of the island.
Lastly, earth is carried in canoes from
the nearest land and spread over the
coral, cocoanut -trees are planted, and
homes erected.
Shipwrecked `British sailors once
Wilt for themselves an island of re-
fuge after this fashion. In 1880 the
Queensland labor -recruiting schooner
was cast away and battered to piecs
on the Indispensable Reef, which is
completely submerged, and situated
more than three hundred miles from
the nearest inhabited land.
The plight of her crew seemed hope-
less. But instead of giving way to
despair, they set to work to manufac-
ture ap island on the lines indicated
above, and lived on it for several
months subsisting on clams and sea -
fish dried in the sun, until they were
finally found and rescued by a relief
ship sent in search of them.
In South-West Bay, Malelcula, one
of the New Hebrides Group, is situ-
ated a tiny sugarloaf-shaPed island,
which was entirely rebuilt some years
ago by order of our Admiralty at the
request of a native chief.
The original island was selected by
the commander of one of our warships
in those waters as a handy object for
target practice. As a result it was
practically blown to pieces. The
Chief of Malekula to whom it belong-
ed, not unnaturally objected, and the
captain of the mon-of-war was ordered
to make good the damage occasioned
by his guns. This was done. But the
Chief was still not satisfied. The re-
constructed island, he complained, was
neither so big nor so solid as the orig-
inal one. "Oh, hang it am" ejaculated
the ,badgered commander. "What's
your beastly little island worth? I'll
buy it from youl"_
"Ten sticks of tobacco," replied the
Chief promptly, and held out his hand,
The tobacco was promptly produced,
and from that day to this the frag-
ment of sea-girt coral -rock thus curi-
ously acquired has been known as
"Ten Stick Island." -London An -
Owen.
-CURE FOR TRENCH FOOT.
War Disease Not Frost Bite, But
Form of Mildew.
A Paris correspondent of the Jour-
nal of the American Medical Associa-
tion says that an interesting study of
the "trench foot" has been communi-
cated to the Academie des Sciences by
Dr. V. Raymond of the Military Hos-
pital of Val -de -Grace, and Dr. P. Pari -
sot of the Medical Faculty of Nancy.
"They conclude," the writer says,
"that the conditian called trench foot
or frost bite of the foot is a myce-
tome comparable to Madura foot. It
is not really a frost bite, but a mildew
of the foot. The fungus found is or-
dinarily in the infected soil, in straw,
&c., and it is brought into contact
with the feet by the mud of the
trenches.
The writer says that excellent re-
sults have been obtained by cleaning
and disinfeCting the feet by means
of soap and camphorated alkaline, or
better, berated solutions. "Edema,'
he adds, "disappears in three days,
and the neuritic pains by from fifteen
to twenty days. The eschars, char-
acteristic of the graver forms, are
cured more slowly, but the treatment
prevents the extension of the lesions,
so much so that though the niambea
of cases has been large, amputation
of the foot has never Jet been
necessitated."
No horse is allowed in the judging
ring at the Canadian National Exhibi-
tionanntil it has been examined and
pronounced sound by the Association's
veterinary surgeons.
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Markets of the,. Worid.
. . Breadistuffs.
Tot•ento,-Aug. .8.-Manttobai Wheat--‘,
NO. 1 NOrthel'O, 51.4cc; No. 2 Northern,
$1.890 ; NO. 3 Northern, 51.35, on track,
Bay ports.. •
Manitoba oats -No, 2 C.W., 53e ; No,
3 0,W,, 525q ; extra No. 1 feed, 615c ;
No, 1 feed, Sic; No. 2 feed, 61e, Bay
Porte.
erican corn -No. 3 yellow, 981e, on
track, Toronto, •
Ontario wheat -No, 1 commercial,
$1.05 to $1.07 ; No. 2, 51:52' to .$1.04 ;
No. 3, 06 to 920 Seed wheat, 91 to 92,
according to freights outside, -
Ontario eats -No, 3 white, 4,8 to 49c,
outside.
Peas -No. 2. -nominal, $1.75' to $1.85 ;
according to sample, $1.26 to $1.50, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Barley -Malting barley, neminal, 66 to
68c ; feed barley, nominal, 02 to 040, ac-
cording to freights outside.. -
Buckwheat -Nominal, 70 to 71c, ac-
cording to freights outside,
Rye -No. 1 commercial, 96 to 97o, ac-
cording to ,freights outside:
Manitoba flour -gloat patents, in lute
bags, $6.90 ; second patents, in jute
bags, $6,40 ; strong-bakers',1n,yute hags,
$60.2n°!tari,°1or.w°
flotM.---New Winter, keercling
to sample, $4.60 to' .54.00, in bag % track
Toronto, prompt shipment.; $4,00 to
$4.70, bulk seaboard, 00001 p1 shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Montreal
freights, bags included -Bran, per ton,
$22 ;, shorts, per ton, $24 to $26'; ' mid-
dlings, per ton, $25 to $20 ;.,good feed
flour, per bag, $1.75.
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 26 to 27e:
inferior, 24 to 250 ; creamery prints,
31 to 82e ,• solids, 30 to 31c.
Eggs---New-laid, 29 to 30c ; do., in
carton, 33 to 86c.
Boans-5.4.50 to $0, the later for hand-
pleked.
Cheese -New, large, 1700 ; twins,
1710 ; triplets, ,18c.
Maple syrup -21,50 per Imperial gal-
lon.
Dressed poultry-Chloicens, 25 to 27c ;
fowl, 28 to 26e.
Potatoes -New P.iiInswicks quoted at
$2 per bag ; 'Western, $1.85.
Provistous.
Bacon, long clear, 18 to 1.85c per lb.
Hams -Medium, 24 to -26c ; do., heavy,
205c to 21e . • rolls, 19 to 19Ac ; breaktost
bacon, 26 to27c ; backs, plain, 26 to 27e;
boneless backs, 29 to 30e.
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 16$ to 17e,
and pails, 17/ to 1750; compound, 19 to
145c.
rifontreal Markets
lObe treat, Aug, S. -Corn -American
No. 2 yellow, 920 to 945e. Oats -Cana-
dian western, No, '2, 645c; do., No. 3,
54e ; extra No. 1 feed, 531c. Flour -
Man, spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.20 ;
seconds, $6.70 ; strong bakers', $6.50 ;
Winter patents, choice, $6.26 ; straight
rollers, $5.70 to $5.75 ; do. bags, $2.60
to $2.60. Rolled oats. barrels, $0.06 to
$5.45 ; do., 90 lbs„ $2.40 .to $2,60. 'Bran,
$22. Shorts, $24. Middlings, 926,
Moulins, $30 to $32. Ran No. 2. Per
toll, car lots, $17.50 to $19. Cheese, finest
westerns, 163 to to 1.7le ; do., easterns,
101 to me. Butler, choicest creamery,
315 to 32c '• seconds, 301 to 305e. Eggs
-Fresh, 350 •, selected 330 ; No. 1
stock, 30e No. 2 stock;26 to 27c.
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg. Aug. 8. -Cash quotations -
Wheat -No. 1, Northern, $1.335_i No. 2
Northern, $1.210; No. 3 Northern,
$1,261; No. 4, $1.230 ; No. 5, $1.170
No. 0, $1.101 ; feed, $1.04. Oats -No. 2
OW., 450 ; No. 3 C.W., 991c ; extra No.
1 feed, 44e; No. 1 feed, 44c ; No. 2
feed, 431e. Barley -No. 3. 785c ; No.
4, 69c ; rejected, 62c ; feed, 62c. Flax,
No. 1 N.W.C., $1.905 ; No. 2 OW., 51.500.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Aug. 8. -Wheat -Septem-
ber, $1.295 ; December, $1.145 : No, 1
hard, $1,390", No. 0 Northern, $1.392 to
s3.36$ '• No. 2, do., 51.315 to $1.241. Corn
-No. 3 yellow, 81/ to 8210. Oats -Ne,
3 white, 391 to 400. Plour-lrancy pa-
tents. $7 ; that clears, $5.70 ; second
clears, $3,20. .Bram-$19.50.
Duluth, Aug. 8. -Wheat -No. 1 hard,
No. 1 Northern, $1,36 to $1.37 ;
No. 2, do., $1.31 to $1.38 ' • September,
$1.86 asked ;'December,51.312 asked,
Linseed -On track, $2.15 to 52,185 ; to
arrive, $2.15..; September, $2.15 asked';
,October, 52.1
5 • November, $2.15 ; Dec-
ember, $2.13 hid.
Live Stook Markets.
Toronto, Aug. 8. -Choice 110aVY steers,
$8.11 to 58,40 1 Good heavy steers, $7.75
to $$.00 ; Butchers' cattle, good, $7.90 to
$8.15 ; do.. medium, $7.35 to $7.60 ; do.,
common, $6.10 to $6.76 ; Butchers' bulls,
choice, $7.25 to $7,50 ; do., good bulls,
$6.66 to $6.75 ; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to
$5.00 ; Butchers' cows, choice, $7.10 to
$7.40 1 do., good, 06.75 to $7.00 ; do.,
medium. $6.00 to $020 ; Stockers, 700
to 80,0 lbs., $8.26 to $0,75 ; choice feed-
ers, dehorned, $6.40 to $7,25"; Canners
and cutters, $3,50 to $4,50 ; Milkers,
choice, each. $70.00 to $80.00 ; do, coin.
and'used,, each, $10.00 to $60.00 ;
Springers, $60,00 to $00,00 ; Light Ewes,
$7.65 to 55.66 ; Sheep, heavy, $4.50 to
Spring lantbs, per lb., 1150 to
12c ; Calves, good to choice, $10.60 to
$11.75 ; do., medium, $0.00 to $10.00
Hogs, fed and watered, $12.25 ; do,
weighed off cars, $12.60 ; do., fob,,
511,60 to $11,76,
Montreal, Aug. 8.-Illutoliers' steers,
choice, 58,25 to $8.50 ; good, 57.74 to $8;
fair, $7.25 to $7.60 ; medium, $6.75 to
$7 ; comon, $6 to $0.50 ; butcher COWS,
good, $5 to $7.50 1 fair, $6.50 to $5.75 ;
common, $5 to $5.25 ; butcher Mills,
best, $5.16 to $7.60 ; good, 50 to $6.50 ;
fair, $5.50 to $6 ; canners, $4.50 to $5.25;
sheep, 60 to 75c 1 lambs, 10lic to 12e ;
calves, milk fed, 8c to 10c ; grass fed,
Sc to so; hogs, select, 512.50 ; rough
and mixed lots, 511 to $11.76 1 sows, $10
to $10.50 ; all weighed off cars.
INVASION OF BELGIUM.
Proof That It Was Planned Many
Years Ago.
Some of the German press com-
ment on the death of General Von
Moltke is of considerable interest. The
Berlin Lokalanzeiger has entirely for-
gotten the elaborate German fictions
about the sudden and imperative need
for the invasion of Belgium and about
the supposed intentions of France
and calmly writes:
"In the splendid successes of the
first part of the campaign in Bel-
gium and France We can recognize
gratefully fruits which were probably
in no small measure due to the joint
labors of Schlieffen and Moltke-the
tremendous march of victory into the
heart of France, and the equally
tremendoUs war of resistance against
superior enemy force in the enemy's
country and not on the Rhine. The
roots of the great scheme which --
because of the French girdle of fort-
resses which has still not been over-
come -saw salvation in carrying for-
ward our own 'offensive in the west,
may be sought in the mind of the
old Moltke; but Schlieffen and the
nephew of the strategic genius ripen-
ed the seed in wonderful fashion. Bel-
gium alone -the same Belgium which
long before the war had concluded an
agreement with those who attacked
us-sappliecl the base for this offen-
sive to cover our country in the west"
The casual reference to Belgium's
supposed agreement lith France and
England is quite irrelevant, seeing
that, to say nothing of the schemes of
the elder Moltke, Schlieffen, left of-
fice 10 years ago, and ndt even the
German Foreign Office will venture
to say that Belgium -so aptly clocrib-
ed by the Berlin Lokaltanzeiger as
"the only base" for the German plan
-was then in league with her pre-
sent allies.
If one man in ten thousand pays
any attention to what you say you
aro in luck. •
The prize list for the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition amounts this year to
approximately 168,000. It practically
all goes to the agricultinal classes.
A Photo Which Shows the Odds Our Men Are Surmounting.
Germari gen crew operating machine gun from bomb -proof shelter of'
earth, grass, and timber. The gun fires 600 bullets a minute, and is rak-
ing the enemy's rifle pits, two hundred metres away. The gun is mounted
on an elevation made of planks and filled with earth, and is covered with
a bomb -proof shelter.
SOMME DilIVE ONLY
IN INITIAL STAGES
THE WHOLE GERMAN EMPIRE IS
ALARMED.
The British,Must Take Bapaume, and
Move Forward Upon
Cambrai.
Lord Salisbury once advised friends
who were studying war operations to
use a large map. A large map is an
essential for a consideration of the
achievements and tasks of the British
and French armies of the Somme.
What they have already gained by a
month of bitter, persistent fighting,
aid the use of staggering quantities
of shell, looks very small on a large
scale map. Compared with what the
Russians have achieved, in again
reaching the borders of Galicia and
the Carpathian passes into Hungary,
it looks like a mole -hill. Yet it repre-
sents a smashing of what Germany
fondly hoped was an unbreakable de-
fence,, and has so alarmed the Kaiser
that -he frantically tells the German
people that anyone who gets despond-
ent is guilty of treason. The German
general staff appeals for confidence -
a most unheard of recognition by the
general staff that there is a populace
to be considered. Wheras in the vast
extent of the Russian campaign gains
of ten or twelve or thirty miles are an
ordinary occurrence in the, open fight-
ing in progress, in the -western thea-
tre three or four miles is fraught with
immense possibilities. The five or six
miles gained in the last month by the
British and French on the Somme
have been sufficient, in conjunction
with the Russian operations to alarm
the whole German Empire. It is not
so much the ground gained, however,
as the threat that is implied for the
future that has set German nerves all
ajangle. For if the British and French
can break through the strongest front
defence for five or six miles at one
point they can, by using sufficient ar-
tillery, break through. others. Ger-
man boasting of an impregnable
western front has had its day.
A Battering -in Stage.
stage of Somme o rations now
entered upon resembles that at Ver-
dun after several monthS. The Ger-
man troona are ordered to die by their
machine-guns in the dugouts rather
than yield. Violent artillery pounding
and successive infantry attacks gain
bits of wood, a redoubt, a single line
of trench. The losses are heavy, Tar
out of proportion to the gains. But
the British object is not so much ter-
ritorial gains at the present moment
as it is the destruction Of the better
part of the enemy forces, Most ob-
servers count the gains in terms of
territory.' The Somme fighting is an
effort to wear through not to crash
through; it is a wearing, not a driving
attack. Already 'Berlin is saying that
lit Somme offensive is checked, de-
spite the fact that the Banish snake
gains every day., They claim that the
British troops are in a sack which
hey cannot enlarge. But the British
are now upon higher ground on the
Bapaume road than their German Op-
ponents. Up to their arrival at Po-
zieres they had to fight uphill. If
rtillery power can clear out enemy
vorks, the road to Bapaume will not
O neglected by the British. And if
he British get Bapaume, for an ad-
ance of four or five miles, the Ger-
mans will have to abandon their whole
in from the Somme to Arras, east of
he Arras-Bapaume-Peronne highway.
Not less than thirty miles of line will
e surrendered. That then is the im-
mediate objective. The larger objec-
ive of the. British is the important
ity of Cambrai, one of the great rail-
oad centres. If they can get it, then
he whole German position west of
he Oise will be imperilled, and prob-
bly an evacuation of all France from
he Argonne to PicarclY would follow.
Canibrai the Pivot.
It the British can get CaMbrai, and
regress a dozen miles further east,
hey will 'cut all German lines of com-
manication west of the 'Argonne, and
he Germans would have to retire
nto Belgium, from Lille to the Meuse,
ranee will have been liberated, The
ritish must take Bapaume, and
novo forWard upon dambrai, if the
ffensive is to be regarded as a real
ucoss. There ate no natural
tacles, the country is mainly flet, and
au able to deploy his big faces
across a wide stretch of ground, Gen-
naig would smash the German lines
with twice as much vigor. No doubt
the progress of the British forces
through the German third line, which
it has Iapproached, will be slow and
very costly. The jPermans will be.
working twenty-folIT hours a day
building new defensive work; on the
road to Cambrai. But the losses they
must suffer will tell on them inexor-
ably. Britain will be bringing into
play next Spring fresh millions of
troops. So will Russia. Germany will
be far down in strength. Austria will
probably have been eliminated, for
all practical purposes. Even if it is
November before the British arrive at
Cambrai the Summers campaign will
have paid most bountifully in exhaust-
ing Germany in preparation for the
great clean-up of 1917. The decision
will have been gained definitely when
once Russian troops pass Lemberg,
and when the British pass Cambrai,
for both events will compel wholesale
Teuton retirements, and bring the
battle once again into the open.
The French Have Part.
The French under General Foch
also have a part to play irithe advance
on the Somme sector. Progress of
two or three Miles from Belloy-en-
Santerre would threaten the rear of
the Germans at Chaulnes, and Roye
and Lassigny to the south would be
very difficult. The French would gain
territory, -but get no important com-
munication roads, railways, or large
towns. But less than twenty miles
from Peronne, which the French now
have in sight, is St. Quentin. If the
French get that big industrial city the
German's would' have' to evacuate all
of France to the south and east as
far as the Argonne,- including La
Fere, Leon arid Champagne. The
occupation of Cambial by the British
would itself compel German _ with-
drawal from St. Quentin, probably.
Thus we -wee that ten or fifteen miles
Oh tilt western front is as important
strategically as fifty or a hundred on
the eastern.
DESTRU-CTION IS TERRIBLE.
Appalling Loss in France as 'Result of
Enemy Invasion.
A graphic report of the loss of pro-
perty as the result of the cannonades
on the western front in France, was
forwarded to the United States De-
partment of Commerce by Commercial
Attache C. W. A. Veditz at Paris and
made public recently. It shows that
enormous damage was done in '754
towns and villages in the invaded dis-
trict. The report says that 16,669
edifices are known to have been en-
tirely destroyed and 25,594 partially
wrecked in the departments of Nord
Pas-De.,Galais, Somme, Cise, Seine -
Et -Marne, Aisne, Marne, Mube,
Meuse, Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vos-
ges.
Among these buildings were some
of the moat splendid architectural
monuments in France, including the
City Hall of Arras and the Cathedral,
Archbishop's Palace, the church of
St. Remy and the City Hall at
Rheims. Other public buildings dam-
aged or totally destroyed were 221
city halls, 379 schools, 311 churches,
60 monumental works of art, and 306
other stractures of various_ public
utility. Three hundred and thirty in-
dustrial establishments were serious-
ly damaged, which in normal times
furnished support for 57,600 persons.
The Department of Marne was the
heaviest sufferer, having 15,106 build-
ings entirely or partially destroyed.
In Pas -de -Calais 6,66.0 buildings weve
completely dernoliehed, and in
Meurthe-et-Moselle, 4,930 structures
were razed.
Mr. Vedit's report is based on a
census made by M. Malvy, Minister
•of the Interior of the French Repub-
lic. The figures arc only for the in-
vaded portions of France from which
the enemy ,subsequently was driven.
cugn DISCOVERED
FOR ERUPTIVE TYPHUS.
A despatch from Paris says: A cure
for eruptive typhus, the disease which
made such terrible ravages in Serbia,
has been discovered by DoeterP Nleollo
and Blaisot. The physicians describ-
ed their discovery to the Ace '-my of
Medicine. It is a serum whi h they
found after midmustive expc :menta.
o far thirtyiiiight serioue or, s have
on treated by injections, wh' h were
calmed by rapid recovery Or, it num-
ber of patients. In addition he in-
jections of the serum prevera ,c1 com-
plications so frequent in thl disease
and reduced the death r; from
twenty-five to three per ceaa,
WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTLE
MAKES BRITAIN GREATER'
The British Race Is the Greatest in Numbers, Duration amid
Sacrifice.-IIistorical Pacts.'
A despatch from the front says:
A month has passed since the begin-
ning ape great battle in the Picardy,
says Philip Gibbs, We who have been
out here and saw the bekinning, and
day by day followed the progress of
the British fighting men, knowing
their difficulties and dangers from
hour to hour, take breath now for a
moment and look back upon its life-
time counting its gains and losses,
with any glory it may have and any
tragedy.
It has been a stupendous month.
Delville Wood,'as I have described
several, times, has been taken and re-
taken after some of the fiercest fight-
ing in all this battle, and is now firmly
in British hands, The British hold
part of High Wood, and on the left
they captured Pozieres and the/ high
ground about it. So in a month, by
the. greatest battle of history, the
British race is the greatest in num-
bers, duration and sacrifice. They
have taken eleven hostile strongholds.
They have won back rer France a
patch of soil eight miles wide by
three miles deep. They have brought
back about 13,000 German prisoners.
They have killed or wounded an im-
mense number of Germany's finest
troops, at least 100,000 surely.
Those are the plain, historical facts
of one month's fighting in the first
part of the battle in the Picardy,
which has not yet ended. Beyond and 's
above these plain facts are others not;
SO easy to tell. They are impossible
to tell,
CROP PROSPECT
FOR DOMINION
Official Review Issued at Ottawa
of End of July
Conditions...
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
special press bulletin issued by the
Census and Statistics Office reports
on the condition of field crops in Can-
ada at the end of July in part as f ol-
lows: '
Ontario -In the peninsula (Essex
county) a large crop of hay has been
harvested in splendid shape. Wheat
and barley are harvested, but are not
quite a standard yet. Oats will be
below average. Corn and hoed crops
are fair, though later than usual. In
eastern Ontario crops are suffering
from lack of moisture. Wheat is
little grown, its condition is fair and
it is beginning to ripen. Barley is
poor, rather late and very uneven,
Opts, the most important crop of the
district, shows some great divergence,
some crops being far advanced, oth-
ers only a few' inches high. About
three-quarters of the hay is harvested
and the crop is a very good one. Corn
is poor; potatoes axe healthy.
Northwest Provinces -The weather
conditiqns of July have been general-
ly favorable, although local hail-
storms have done some damage.
Grain crops continue to show fine
promise, especially on bearing and
summer fallow, Grain on the stub-
ble is not so good. In southern Alberta
crops are all good, and harvesting will
commence sooner than was expected
a month ago. Wheat cutting is ex-
pected to begin about August 20; hay,
roots and potatoes are good.
Nova Scotia' New Brunswick and
Prince EdwardIsland report all crops
as making good growth. In Quebec
the hay crop is abundant, but grains
have suffered from drought, British
Columbia reports cereal crops grow-
ing well.
ALLIES USE MANY GUNS.
Seven Forms of Artillery Are Em-
ployed in War.
No fewer than seven different
kinds of artillery are taken into the
field by a modern army -mountain,
horse and field guns, light and heavy
howitzers, position guise and siege ar-
tillery, says The Glasgow Herald. The
most famous of the European field
guns is the French "75." Its special
excellence consists in its recoil buffer.
Most modern guns are placed on car-
riages designed to absorb the shock of
recoil without allowing the carriage
to move. In this way great rapidity
of fire is attained, as the gunners
have not to lay it after each shot. The
French gun is held in position by a
spade at the end of the trail, and the
wheels aae strongly braked. The gun
When „it recoils slides along a cradle
and is stopped by the ingenious pneu-
matic buffer, which operates with
marvelous smoothness. The gunner
keeps the sights, which do not move
with the gun, on the target all the
time.
NEW ZEALAND DECIDES
FOR COMPULSORY SERVICE.
A despatch from London says: New
Zealand has decided in favor of the
compulsory military service bill, winch
is applicable "to men of any age not
less than twenty and more than'foity-
six." The only -important amend-
ment to the measure by the Legisla-
tive Council was the stringent reli-
gious objectors exemption clause. The
Governor has given assent to the bill.
THE SERBS PREPARE
FOR A BIG DRIVE.
A despatch from Saloniki says:
Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia,
accompanied by the Minister of War,
had a long corRsersation this morning
with the French Commander-in-chief,
Can. Barran. They discussed the mili-
tary situation and operations, In the
etrening he talked with Admiral Sir
Berkeley Milne, Commander-in-chief
of the British fleet in eastern waters.
Bereag-lie-ri Speediest &Idlers.
"Prometheus," Vienna military pub-
lication, presents Setae interesting fig-
ures about the marching of the var-
ious armies now at war, Aaelording
to these statistics, the Italian Bersag-
Hari are by far the speediest soldiers
In the world, the Aussulas the slowest.
The former take 140 strides to the
minute, the letter 112.
'
His Known Handicap,
Mabel -Do you know anything about
Tom Higsby
Arthur -Why, Higsby is my first
(1°4AIsaibilell-I knew that, but is he all
right otherwise a
From Erin's Green We
NEWS I3Y MAIL FROM, 111E-
f,,AND'S SHORES.
^
Happenings in the Emerald Ish of
Interest to Irish-
mama
A successful flag day was recently
held in Dublin in aid of Mali disabled
soldiers and sailors.
Ten policemen have been injured
trying to stop a cattle drive near Bal-
linasloe, County Roscommon.
In many parts of South Kildarefirst
crop meadows have been sold at prices
averaging $50 an acre.
Pte. W. Crowley, Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, of Dublin has been award.
ed the Distinguished Conduct Medal,
Irish -grown new potatoes have now
made their appearance in Belfast mar.
ket, and are being sold at 90 cents
to 96 cents per stone,
Mr. William Patrick Wilson-Lynchf
of Belvoir Park, Sixmilebridge, has
been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant
for the County Clare.
The farmers around Nowtownham-
ilton, Co. Armagh, in consequence of
the high price of coal, are at present
cutting large tracts of bog.
The death has occurred at his resi-
dence, Dublin, of Mr. Harry liolt, bar-
rister -at -law, for many years secre-
tary to Chief Baron Pubes.
District Inspector Sheeley prosecut-
ed a man at the Balling Petty Ses-
sions, and who was fined $30 for hav-
ing a jar of potheen in his possession.
At the Tralee Quarter Session, Mau-
rice M. Cartley, sheriff's bailiff and
civil bill officer, was suspended from
acting as bailiff for having charged
double poundage.
After being icebound for seven
months and twice afterwards running
aground, the Holt Lino steamer
Laertes, with 3,000 tons of flour front
Russia, reached Belfast last week.
A serious five occurred at Midleton
in the wool stores of Messrs. John
Cogan & Sons, woollen manufacturers,
Ballincureig. Damage to the extent of
$10,000 was caused.
Amongst the nurses who have been
awarded the decoration of the Royal
Red Cross in recognition of their ser-
vices, is Mrs. George King, daughter
of the 'late Dr. Andrew McBride, of
Newry.
While a number of youths were
playing near Londonderry they discov-
ered three hundred rounds of revolver
ammunition. The bullets were in a
crevice, loosely covered with earth
and grass. ,
A giant pike was caught by Mr.
Patrick Smyth, Culray, Granand,
whilst fishing in Lough Gowan. The
pike turned the scales at 26 lbs., and
when opened contained three full-
sized perches.
The Rt. Hon. Edmond Archdale, P,
C., died last week at his residence,
Castle Archdale, at the age of 66. He
was the first landlord in Ireland to
sell his estate to his tenants under the
Land Act of 1903.
The exodus to England from Mayo
of harvesters has basil very large.
They are mostly boys or men beyond
middle life. The cause is that the
yOung men fear conscription in Eng-
land and Scotland.
Another addition to the regular
fleet of Dublin 'steamers engaged in
cross-channel business, has arrived in
the Liffey. The new steamer was
built to the order of the British and
Irish Steam Packet Company.
BRITISH CAVALRY.
• -
Will Be Used In a New and Startling
Fashion Shortly.
The First Dragoon Guards, one of
England's crack cavalry regiments,
were used in a charge on German or-
ganizations in the recent offensive and;
for the first time since the battle of
the Marne British horsemen were in
action in France.
Great Britain still believes in this
arm of the service in spite of the
trench warfare. She has approximate,
ly 25Q000 cavalaymen in France and
England, trained to the minute, and
these men cart take their place as in-
fantrymen in the trenches as well as
charge the enemy on horseback, The
most intelligent and physically per-
fect Irma in Great Britain have been,
picked for this work. They have,
been taught to charge over ground pit-,
ted with shell holes, and terrain of
this sort has beet prepared on British
moors where the cavalry has been go-
ing through the hardest sort of work.
It is estimated that, with the Indian
cavalry, England has over 150,000.
*tinted men in France and these are
going to be used in a new and start-,
ling fashion in the near future, if
plans do not miscarry,
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H Is Decision.
Slie-De you Oleic a man can lovs
two Womea at the same time 0
He -gallantly.) -Yes, it they wen,
both like you,