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lo Clinton on every Thursday,
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Cameron.
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ar at Hospital.
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December.
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Vice., James Evans, Beechwood ;
Sec. -Treasurer, Thos. E. Bays, Sea -
forth.
Directors : George McCartney, Sea -
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G. Grieve, Winthrop ; Wm. Rhin,
Seaforth ; A. McEwen, Brucefield ;
Robert Ferris, Harlock,
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Leo, Goderich ; Ed. Hinchley, Sea -
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any of the above officers addressed to
their respective post officer. Losses
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Disappeared sa eared
Rheumatism is the scourge of many liver,
Generally it is pronght on by impurities
In the blood, which means that the kidneys'
are mat performing their proper function.
In all snob casesthe remedy is
IS
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rest and ankles with Rheumatism that elle
could not walk 'upstairs. She writes to
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after six years alto has had no return of
Rheumatism.
Every sufferer from Rheumatism, motion
Pints
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Pills profit
ithout ythis
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the bang of old age
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4k headache, haveall
gone by morning.
All druggists, 25c.,
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County PAY WEEKLY
Outfit free, exclusive territory and money
malting specialties. One agencies are the
best in the businessfor we sell the highest
rade f stock at most reasonable prism :end
guarang o o p
Nursery deliveries0isse in g ive class condition,
end Nursery' syo e 0 selling well this. year mad
good money can Int made in this di�trlet.
write loot particulars h44u Sales Manager.
Pelham Nursery Co,,
Toronto, Ont.
There is a
Cold Day Coming
Whv not prepare for it by
ordering, your winter supply
of Lehigh Valley Coal. Noon
better in the world.
Rouse Phone 12.
Chive Phone 40.
A. J. HOLLOWAY
THE CHILDREN
OF TODAY
lust as they are -in their in.
door play, or at their outdoor
play -they are constantly o1.
taring temptations for Os
KODAK
Let it keep them for yea a.
they are now.
Let it keep many other hao-
penings that area source .1
pleasure to you.
IIIfOWNIES, $2 TO $121
EODAKS, $7 TO $25.
Also full stock of Flinn and.
Supplies. We do Developing
and Printing. Remember tbs
place:
THE:'
R EXA.LL T
FORCE CERiANS -
FRO OISSON
Jeff e Means > IVI a s to Throw Back
Eneleay Line on St.
Quentin.
A despatch from London says :-
With the heights overlooking Bapa-
ume firmly in, their grip, the British
are making a direct push for the town.
The low ridge which blocked the way
to the Bapaume approaches has been
surmounted at several points, and al-
though severe fighting will • come be-
fore the town is won, many obstacles
have been -cleared.
Advancing north-west of. Gueude-
court and between Goeudeconrl; . and
Les Boeufs Haig's troops are now
ready to begin the attack on Le Trans -
boy, the sole fortification that sonar-,
ates the British from the Bethune
road. This village is very heavily
fortified, but the possession of the
low heights to the west lightens the
task considerably.
A record number of trench raids,
14 in all, have been made in the Ypres
and Armentiers sector. Adivees
from the front state that these enter-
prises, carried Oil constantly ,during
Friday night, demoralizing the Ger-
man nerve in equal degree with the
intense bombardment.
The greatest allied effort is being
made where the line swings south-
ward near the Peronne-Papaume road.
The immediate objective of this drive
is Sailly. IIer'e the French attacked
six times, but were unable to advance.
Berlin reports. There is no indica-
tion of such heavy 'fighting in the
Paris statement.
Apparently a battle on a larger
scale than reported in therallied state-
ments is going 00 along the Somme
front. Berlin, for example, tells of
an effort of the British and. French to
break through their line near the
Bethune road. This, the German
statement says, was hurled back with
heavy loss for the attackers. But in
this correction it must be recalled that
Germany has been inclined to exag-
gerate the scale of the fighting in
the West that the holding of her
ground might seem a more notable
achievement. But whether fighting
on a large scale is going on now or
not, it is certain to be resumed be-
fore long. For the allies hold the
advantage in position and in shell
power.
GERMANY'S PLAN, -
AWE NEUTRALS
13y Series of Sudden Crises She
Seeks to Make Diplomatic
Bargains.
A. despatch from London says: The
operations of the German submarine
boat U-53 off the American coast •
raises n0 new isanes, as far as the
British Government is concerned, in
the opinion of Lord Robert Cecil, Min-
ister of War Trade, who discussed on ,
Friday with the Associated Press the
latest developments in the relations
between Great Britain and the United
States. Lord Robert declared that
this form of warfare on merchantmen
violated international law, as it was
recognized by Great Britain and the
United States in the• days before the
war, and was still objectionable to
Great Britain, but no more so than
When it is done on this side of the wa-
ter.. •
Referring to reports of meetings be-
tween Sir Richard -Crawford, commer-
cial attache of the British Embassy at
Washington, with• American bankers
and business men, Lord Robert said-
no
aidno departure in principle had been
made ;from the British blockade mea-
sures, but it could be safely said -that
the general policy leaned in the di-
rection of a modification rather than
an extension of the blacklist. The re-
ply to the American blacklist note was
now on the way to Washington, and
this answered the American criticism
of the principles behind the measure.
As regards 'the administration of the
blacklist, Lord Robert said Washing-
ton had forwarded very few individual
complaints about it.
Replying to the charge that Great
Britain is violating its equal •treat-
ment provisions of the Angle -Ameri-
can treaty of commerce and naviga-
tion of 1,815 by granting licenses to
Japanese and French exporters, while
refusing permits to American ship-
pers for similar goods, Lord Robert
Cecil said that such restrictions were
in the hands of the Board of Trade,
but that he was personally of the
opinion that suds treaties lost valid-
ity during a state of War,
AVIATION SCHOOL
AT TORONTO
Canadian Corps to be. Taught
With Machines Made in
Dominion.
A despatch from Ottawa says:isu
connection with the Government's ac-
tion in establishing an aviation school
and aeroplane factory in Canada
there is to he'authorved, it is under-
stood, 11 Canadian aviation eo ps. The i
factory for the manufacture of aero-
planes and motors will be built or se-
cured • in Toronto, according to the
present intention of the Imperial
Munitions Board, which has charge of
the project. The school will probably
be located in or near Toronto, and
willbe thoroughly equipped and man-
ned by a competent staff for the
teaching of flying. These new facili-
ties make practicable the establish-
ment of an aviation corps, There
will thus be a corps of Canadian avia-
tors, taught in Canada, and using ma-
chines' made in Canada.
Anybody can be popular fon' a time;
it takes coisant service and decent
living to make it last.
THE GREATEST OF GREEKS.
Venizelos, is No Self-seeker, But
Loves Power.
Opportunity is again knocking at
the door ofMr, Eleutherios Venizelos,
former Greek Premier, in whose
hands lies the fate of hie country.
Mr. Venizelos foresaw the peril to
Greece from the invasion of Serbia
and slid his best to forestall it by in-
viting the allies to land at Saloniki.
Of an ancient Greek family, which
migrated to Crete about a hundred
years ago, Mr. Venizelos was a Cre-
tan by birth, but was a graduate of
the University of Athens. Returning'
to Clete, he took a prominent part in
the insu greet' i
l lei against the Turks.
g 1
When Prince George of Greece, bro-
ther of King Constantine, was made.
High Commissioner of Crete by the
Powers, in 1898, he called Mr. Veni-
zelos to -office in the Department of
Justice. The Prince was later oblig-
ed to retire on account of his intri-
gues, and the Powers asked the King
of Greece to appoint a new High
Commissioner. The man chosen was
Mr. Alexander Zamis, afterwards
Premier. Mr. Venizelos declined` of-
fice under him, but retained his n no -
s aJ`y0s ,«tr hitt
aaaaaaaa
New Picture of Venizelos.
sition as leader of an overwhelming
majority in the Cretan Legislature,
and pursued unrelentingly his object
of the union of Crete to Greece.
When this was finally accomplish-
ed by the Powers abandoning their
half-hearted support of Turkish rule
elections to the assembly were held in
the island. Mr. Venizelos was chosen
by many constituencies and went to
Athens. He reorganized the Gov-
ernment, giving loyal support to the
old King monarch, as he did later
to Ms son, King Constantine, for
which he was rewarded by expulsion
from office and a campaign of cal-
umnyin the interests of a court party
exploiting their country to the bene-
fit of Prussian designs.
At any time Mr. Venzielos could
have assumed supreme authority him-
self, but he was too loyal, too con-
scientious to attempt a coup d'etat.
This was a reproach often addressed
to him. "You would have served bet-
tor the cause of the So'bians, of the
alliesand, above all, of Greece by re-
maining in power, even if you had to
be neutral," his friends told him, and
Mr. Joseph Reinach gave him highest
praise, saying he always scrupulous-
ly confirmed his acts to his words.
"He loves power," says Mr. Reinach,
"not for its paltry enjoyments, . but
because it is one of the two great
levers with which the world is
moved.
He is not lacking in finesse, but his
character is thoroughly honest.
ITALIAN
TAFIL UAIS
IN TRENTINO
Strong Austrian Positions Cap-
tured in the Pasubio
Region.
A despatch from London says: The
Italian success on the Carso continues
to grow. Slowly but without pause
General Cadorna's troops are pushing
toward their goal, Trieste. The Aus-
trians are offering the sternest kind
of resistance, but their efforts have
not succeeded in checking the offen-
sive The capture of Nova Vas by
the Italians is admitted in the Vienna
official report, which also admits that
the first-line Austrian trenches to the
south were lost.
The occupation of the first line on
the Carso plateau has now been com-
pleted., and the Italians have surged
beyond it toward the second line,
which now is being subjected to heavy
attack. The toll of pr'isoner's 'taken
by the invader has reached a total of
8,000, while the Austrians have cap-
tured 2,700.
heavy,)r the Italians attacking
es on both ;ides are extremely
in mass � imatron and the AustrianATTACKS REPULSED
EP SED BY RUSSIANS
are counter -attacking ing 1 epeatedly. It is
amount to 24,000. The Austrians are IN s
estimatedestimatedthat the Teuton losses now
• i3 �.l;il REGION.
Rplv ft
soaking terrific efforts to avert the
disaster which threatens therm. They
vert training (Wei' available gun on
the gi oa ld ever which the enemy is
advancing, while, the infantry moving
forward in waves has counter -attack-
ed foe 111e last 24 hours without inter -
11110 1011.
HIDEOUS GERMAN
BARBARITY
REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN ROYAL
COMMISSION.•
Documents 'Tell of 'Torture of Rus-
sfaus Taken By Germans
and Austrians.
The reader can only shudder at the
absolutely incr=edible cruelty and bar-
barity r
in numbers proved cases b •
u esof pro G Y
which Germans and Austrians have
placed. themselves outside the pale of.
humanity. A record that would shame
any tribe of primitive men, let alone
a civilized people who boast of "kul-
tu," is that contained in the.reports
of a commission' appointed by the
Czar to investigate. Copies of the re-
port have been forwarded by the Rus-
sian Ambassador at Washington to
Hon. Mr. Justice ];Riddell, of Toronto.
The documents contain sworn and i
Sifted statements of mutilation, tor-
ture, and forms of abominable treat- `
ment that show`, the inventive char-
acter of the German mind and the cal-'
lousness of a vivisectionist. They!
are accompanied by photographs of
the particular eases that Me or
to, photographs that are too revolting
for general publication.
Ear Cut Off.
The incidents are related in simple
narrative, without embellishment.
One of them tells that in the early
morning of July 21st, 1915, Michael
Ananiev, of an infantry battalion,
was sent by Ins officer on a special
message to a telephone corps, about
twelve miles from. Warsaw. On the
way he found a reel of wire and pick-
ed it up, carrykng it with him. In go-
ing through a wood he was captured
by a German reconnoitering party.
They seized him and demanded in-
formation as to the forces and distri-
bution of the Russians. He refused
any information, and they cut off the
helix (the uper part) of one of his
ears. He fainted from the pain, and
when he came to himself he was sent
in charge of one of the Germans to-
wards the German position. On the
way the German sat down to rest.
Seizing a favorable opportunity, the
Russian hit his captor on the head
with the reel of wire, and then,
snatching his rifle, smashed him on
the head with the butt of it and made
his escape back to his own lines.
Hung Head Downwards.
In a similar way, Matthew Poznia-
kiv, military servant to a regimental
surgeon, was taken by two men in
civilian dress while he was carrying
his master's dinner to an ambulance
station from the village of Gochistok.
He refused any information, and his
captors forced open his month and
cut out his tongue, and left him hang-
ing in a tree, head downwards.
Gunner Semen Pilyugin, in August,
1915, lost touch with his detachment
and was surprised by a party of Ger-
mans. He was taken before an officer,
who queried him as to the strength
of the Russian forces. "Send twenty-
five of your army corps into Russia,
and it will take thein twenty-five
years to count all the troops we've
got," was Pilyugin's answer. "Your ,
tongue is too long and ib must be
shortened," returned the officer. The
men then seized him and cut off his
tongue.
Smashed His Toes.
A party of Germans who captured
Vsoili Ivanov Anpilogv, crushed his
chest so that it pained him to
breathe, and then smashed the toes of
his left foot so that later it was ne-
cessary to amputate then. They tied
his arms behind his back with a belt
and threw him into the water at the
bottom of a ditch in the forest, leav-
ing him there to get away the best he
could.
Near the town of Mitau, Kornie
Petrov Lysak was given the "third
degree," and three tirres his captors
cut into his ear till it was "left hang-
ing like a piece of rag."
Early in the winter of 1915, near
the village of Dimisevich, a Russian
officer with four men, while recon-
noitring, attempted to cross the
river on the ice. The fire of the
enemy` Milled the men and wounded
the officer. The Germans carried the
officer to a house where they had
headquarters, and dumped him 01)
a litter of straw, leaving him without '
attention and tailing• and laughing as •
though pleased with his sufferings.
Wore Red Cross.
A German officer wearing a Red
Cross badge on his arm went to the
prisoner and started to drop a white
powder into the prisoner's mouth. He
writhed and tried to avoid it, but a
German sitting on a chair put his feet
or the victim's arm, while two more
sat on his legs. The doctor then was
PURE BLOOD MAKES
HEALTHY PEOPLE
Hood's Sarsaparilla surely and 51-
feetively removes scrofula, belle and
other bleed diseases because 11drived
out of the blood all the humors that'
cause these diseases. They cannot be'
successfully treated. in any other way.'
External applications for their re-
moval' have proven almost nselese,
beeause they, cannot drive ettt the
impurities that are in the blood:
Hood's ' Sai'saparilla 'mattes pure
rieli blood, perfects the digestion, and
builds up the whole system: The skin
becomes smooth, clean and healthy.
This great blood reansclyhu.s stood the
test of forty years Insist on having,
Hood's, for nothing else nets like it.
Tbere is no real substitute. Get it
today. Sold by all druggists.
able to force the powder into his
mouth, with the result'tllat he expir-
ed about 20 minutes later 1n fearful
agony. The facts as to this were re
fated by the owner of the house where
the outrage took place:
Breko`Rogozin,' with ,the artillery,
while reconnoitring with ,five other
men, lost their- way, and suddenly be-
came aware of a superior force of the
enemy. They hid in a hollow, and
while there saw an unknown 'Russian
soldier, mounted, who liad apparently
also lost his way, ride straight into
the camp of the enemy. This hap-
pened in January, The Germans sur-
rounded him and dragged him ft'om.
his horse, They then stripped him
naked and threw hint on a pile of
burning wood and encircled him with
their rifles so that he could not es-
cape, holding him there till he burned
to death.
Lifted on Bayonets.
On another occasion a panty of
Germans had a number of prisoners,
and were being pursued across a riv-
er. When they got to the other side
the Germans, with their bayonets,
lifted the prisoners cut of the boats
and threw -the wounded men into the
river.
The documents contain the dates
and facts about over forty cases of
treacherous misuse of the white flag.
Evidence is given as to the use of ex-
plosive bullets, and cruel treatment
of the wounded, putting out their
eyes with bayonets, and driving
stakes through their throats.
In the village of Novui-Dvori, in
the Province of Lomzha, thirty
wounded Russians were left three
days without food or medical atten-
tion. On the third night, when the
Germans withdrew, they fired the
shed. Only ten of the thirty es-
caped.
With Red-hot Irons.
In May, 1915, Efremov Zinoview
was tortured by having a red-hot
bar passed over his feet in an effort
to make him disclose information. A
doctor held his pulse while so tor-
tured.
• Other incidents sworn to include
the cutting off of a Cossack's nose,
the cutting off of another's fingers,
the tearing off of an officer's finger-
nails, and hanging prisoners so that
the blood rushes to the mead, mak
ing them rapidly unconscious. It is
a practice to revive the prisoners
after such treatmert, and then hang
them up again. - FRENCH HURLING
LING
100 SELLS TO 1
A despatch from Paris says: Gen.
Nivel]e, Commander of the French
forces at Verdun, in talking with
Wal-
ter hale, an artist, and II. 0. Beatty,
Director --Genera] of the American Re-
lief Clearing House of New York, at
his headquarters during the shelling
of German trenches by the French on
Tnesday, remarked that the French
were throwing more than one hundred
shells to one thrown by the Germans,
and that soon they will he doing bet-
ter than that. The defender of Ver-
dun said that his army had had its
bitter struggles, but that now if there
should be an attack it would be
broken by the French. Beatty and
Hale watched the cannonade for two
hours at night frtan the ramparts of
Verdun.
They also spent a night in the cita-
del at Verdun with General Petain,
Commander of the French forces in
the Soissons -Verdun region, with
whom they also had lunch. General
Petain thanked Director Beatty for
the gift of 50,000 francs by the Am-
erican Relief Clearing House. The
General .said he intended to 0100 the
money in purchasing artificial legs
and arms for the mutilated soldiers
of his army, The French Commander
said he deeply appreciated the open-
hearted charity of the American peo-
ple.
`0 , lN\'ICtii) MURDERER
A'1.' PRESENT IN CANADA.
Regarded as Another Evidence of Ef-
fect of Closing the Bars.
A despatch from Ottawa says: At
the present time there. is not a single
convicted murderer in Canada. For
the first time in years the Minister
of Justice has no capital case before
hint waiting his recommendation and
the final arbitrament of the Cabinet
Council as to whether, • the death sen-
tence should be carried out or not.
The dearth of murder cases during
the past few months may very pro-
perly be regarded as another evidence
of the effect of closed' bars in dimin-
ishing crime. •
Thinning Out of Forces to Bul'walrk Roumanian Lines Has Not
Crippled Czar's Armies.
A. despatch from London says :-
The thinning outof the Russians
forme in Galicia and Volhynia to bul-
wark the Roumanian lines in Transyl-
vania and the allied lines in Mace-
done does not appear to have crippled
the Czar's armies, At every point of
the front where operations are being
condneted the Russians are showing'
the same stubborn resistance under
hostile attack and the same newer
in their own drives.
The Germans opened up an attack
of great strength on Friday might
against a part of the front rarely the
scene of activities on a large scale.
North of the Pinsk marshes the Rus-
sian trenches lie along the western
bank of: the River Share, and are
strongly, fortified. In this region,
near the village of Goldovitchi, the
Germans swung forward under cover
of darkness after heavy artillery pre-
paration, and taking the Russinlls by'
surprise wrested a trench line along
a considerable front from them. The
Czar's troops rallied quickly, and in a
counter -assault of great power swept
the enemy back to his original posi-
tions, inflicting severe losses on trim.
In rho region south of Eubnov Rus-
sian patrols succeeded in clearing an
enemy trench and holding it against
counter-attacks. On the Narayuvka,
south-east of Lemberg•, all attempts
of the Germans and Austrians to
thrust back Russian advance guards
were repelled. A. virtual deadlock
t he rent arc that heti es
exists along g g
in Lemberg, and it is probable that
no great attempt will be made by eith•
-
er side to break it under the present
cerlditions.
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