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The Clinton News Record, 1916-11-23, Page 3ERMANS SURRENDERED TO BRITISH CHAPLAIN IN A BODY Preacher Came Across the Small Army‘While Patrolling the Ancre Battlefield. A despatch from. the British Armies in France says: A British chaplain while searching the battlefield of the Ancre for woundhidden in the shell craters during the British advance, accompanied by a few soldiers, came upon an isolated trench• containing nearly 400 Germans, who promptly surrendered. The chaplain ordered the men •to file out upon the open ground preparatory to passing them back with "an escort when the German officer, seeing the small size of the force to which he was surrendering, tried to rally his men and overpower it. He was about to kill the chaplain when a British infantryman shot him dead, whereupon the other Germans again held up their hands and shout- ed their eagerness to be made pris- oner, • BRITISH FLEET COPES WITH SUB MENACE Cpl. Churchill Shows That Loss of Ships Has Been Made Good. • A despatch from London says: Great Britain's most important en- emy, says ,col, (Winston) Churchill, should not get the idea that Great Britain was afraid of the submarines. The fleet and resources of the coun- try were quite able to cope with the danger. The speaker urged the arm- ing of all merchantmen. Four-fifths of the armed ships attacked, he said, had escaped, while four-fifths of those unarmed had been sunk. Col. Church- ill pointed out that at the beginning of the war Great Britain had over eighteen million tons in ships exCeed- ing 1,000 tons. She had almost the same to -day, although she had lost 2,- 225,000 tons by all risk, and, he be- lieved, had added four-fifths of that amount by new construction. BRITAIN TO STOP LIQUOR MAKING? Drastic Move Proposed to Con- serve the Supply of Corn and Sugar. A despatch from London says :-A sization that the manufacture of intoxi- cating liquors in Great Britain should be prohibited will be made in the House of Commons, according to notice given by a group of members after the speech of Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, on the food situation. The members of the group, their notice stated, will move that this prohibibion should be Imposed in view of Mr. Runciman's ,grave statement respecting the short - 'age of corn, sugar and other food- stuffs. EARLY MARRIAGES. The Record Set Up In Scotland Last Year. There were more marriages in Sotland last year, in proportion to population, than in any year since 1855. The total was over 36,200, and a feature of the ceremonies was the youth of many of the contracting parties. 4 were boys of sixteen, 50 were boys of seventeen, 209 were boys of eighteen. 695 were boys of nineteen. 1,828 were 'boys of twenty. In all 2,286 wIre married before the age of 21. Thera were 6,730 brides of less than 21. 11 married at fifteen, 102 married at sixteen. 542 married at seventeen. 1,328 married at eighteen. - 2,124 married at nineteen. 2,623 married at twenty, In both eases records were set up, says the Registrar -General, who also records the number of births at 114,- 181_ (the lowest rate sine 1869) and the deaths at 81,631 (the highest fig- -are, with four exceptions, since 1855). Accurate at Least. Tom, his mother, an older sister and baby brother 'took the train for „S grandfather's. One seat did not •E' hold them all and Tom was placed in -the one in front of his mother, After they were .some•way oirtheir journey, a portly geniteman entered from the smoker and seated himself by. Torn. $ He turned and, beaming on the small boy, said: a "Well, my little man, where did you get on?" • to Tom looked -wonderingly at him fe tor a moment and then -slowly and te carefully answered. "Just a little way behind the en - .gine." Markets of the World Breadstuffe.. _Toronto, Nov. 21, -Manitoba, Wheat - No. 1 Northern, 12,088; No. 2, do., 2.030; No. do., 21,98; N. 4 •rvitoat, 1,81; track, isay porta Cad crop tied - lug Sc above new crop. Manitoba oats -No. 2 OW„ 721.3; No. 3, do„ 7310; extra No. 1 feed, 7111 No, 2 teed, 7110, track, Bay ports. American corn - Sb. 8, yellow, new, ;1.14, immediate shipment, track Toron- to. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 06 to 680, nominal; No. 8 do., 05 to 67e, nominal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -New No. 2 B'inter, per ear lot, $1.38 to $1.39; No, 3 do., $1.86 to $3.88, according to freight outside. Peas -No. 2, $2.40 to $2.45, according to freights outside. Barley -Malting, 11.18 to $1.20,,,nonl- inal, according to freights outside. Buokwheat Nominal, according to freights outside Rye -No, 2, 51.10 to $1.42, aceorcling to freight outside. • Manitoba flour --First patents, in jute bags, 110.40; Ind, do., $9.70; strong bak- ers', do., $5.70, Toronto. Ontario flour - Winter, according to sample, $8,50, in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipmetit. Milifeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- real freights, bags included, bran, pe p 181; shorts, do., $84 to $35; tnia! geit,,,Lgo!smdq.4.7$037totqn$11; good feed flour, Hay -No. 1, per toe, $13 to 114; No. 2, do., 111 to $12, track Toronto, Straw -Car lots, per too. $9 to $0.50, • Country Produce -Wholesale. Butter-Presh clairY, choice, 39 to 400; creamery prints, 44 to 413e; soliCIt 431 to 44e. Hags -No. 1 storage, 38 to 39e; stor- age selects, 40 to 41e; new laid, in car- tons, 52 to 56c; out of cartons 50 to 520, Cheese -Large-, 22 to 283e; 'twins, 233 to 232e; triplets, 24 to 241c. Live poultry - Chickens, 15 to 17e; fowl, 13 to 14e; ducks, 13 to 15e; turkeys, 26 to 28e; geese, spring, 14 to 15e. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 23 to 22c; fowl, 17 to 19c; ducks. 18 to 20.34 squabs, Per dozen, $4 to $4.50; turkeys, 30 to 36o; geese, spring. 17 to 19e. Honey -21 lb. tins, 121c to 130,, 0-1b. tins, 12/ to 13e; 10-1b., 113 to 121c; 50 - lb„ 11/ to 12e. Comb honey -extra fine and heavy 'weight, per dos., $8; select, $2.50 to $2.75; No. 2, $2.26 to 22.40. Botatoes-Ooturio, per bag, $2.10 to 22.25;- British Columbia Rose, per ,bag, hrreit :1'5111 g ,19Ny_; Brynewiek Dela- t4tEIT:ogYagsii_tri per 1$v2i.rle per bushel, -IDported, gridnfelt4$40q.es $6. 58.55 to 10; Canadian primes, r, Proviarous-virecaesare. Smoked meats-flamS, medium, 24 to 250; da, heavy, 22 to 22e.; cooked, 35 to 86e; rolls, 19 to 20e; breakfast bacon, 26 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 27c; bone- less28 to 29a. Pickled or dry cured insets, 1 cent less than cured. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to Isle per lb.; clear bellies, 12 to isle. Lard-Bure lard, tierces, 192 to 20e; tubs, 20 to 203o1 pails, 20/ to 20/c; com- pound, 153 to 10e, Cooking oils - White, tierces, 158e; 100-1b. tins, 163e; yellow, 1-3e below white, Montreal Markets, I Montreal, Nov. 21.- Coro-Amorican No, 2 yellow, $1.12 to $1.13, Oats -Can- , alien Western. No. 2, 75s; No. 2, 75c; 'extra No. 1 feed, 115o. Parley -Mani- toba feed, $1.08; malting, $1.30. Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents. firsta, $10.10; second,a $10; strong bakers', 19.80; 1Vinter patents, choice, $10; straight rollers, $9.50 to $9.80; do., bags, $4.55 to $4.70. Rolled oat, -'Bbl,, $7.451 do. bags, 00 lbs., 13.60. Bran. Oa shafts, MiddifOgs, $25 to 137. Moulnie, 140 to $45. Hay -No. 2, per too, car lots, $13. Cheese - Finest westerns, 232 to 24e; finest eastern, 232o, Butter - choicest creamery, 430 to 43/o; seconds, 42 to 428c. Bggs-Presh, ta to -65e; selected, 40o; No, 1 steak, 36ci, No. 2 stock, 32c, r'otatoes-Per bug, car lots, $2 to $2.25. Winnipeg* Grain. Winnipeg, Nov. 21. -Cash peices No. 1 Northern, $1.501; No, 2, do., 81.94: No. 3, do., 51.8311; feed, $1,05, Oats -No, 2 OW. Mc; No. 3, do., 651c; extra No, 1 feed,' 6510; No. 1. feed, 643e; No. 2, do., 032e, Barley -No. 2, $1.00; No. 4, 99el rejected, 38e; lead, 80o. Flax -No, 1 N.-W.C., $2.59; No. 2 .W., 052.56. Patted States Markets, Minneapolis Nov. 21. -Wheat - De- cember, $1,961 to $1,900; May, 11.971; cash, No. 1 hard, 11.093 to $2.051; No. 1 Northern, $1.955 to $1,983; No, 2 Nor - thorn, 11.903 to $1.041. Cern-No, 2 rel.. law, 53 to Sac. Oslo -No, white, 65 to 661e, riour tinehanged. Bran 120 to $2 D7. uluth, Nov. 21. -Wheat --No, 1, hard, 2; No, 1 Northern, $1.99; No, 2 North - $1.84 •to 11.94. 1:.,in0eed -Cash, on Tloc ft‘f;!;$1;i:igie.mbei , 12.20; December, Live Stock Markets, Toronto, Nov. 21 -Butcher %tee, eavy, 18 to $8.75, bu teh ere' cattle, hoice, $7.60 to 17.10; de._ good.,_ 27.26 to 7.50; do., medium, 1676 to *7.15: do lumen, 85.60 to 16.15; butchers' hulls, mice, $7.10 to 1,7.35; do. goocl bulls, Volts, $4.50 to ; buteliere' cows, choice, 10.25 to $7; o., good, $5.75 to 16; do., medium, $5,53 15.60; stockers, 35 to $0.25; choice eders,$6.85 to $7.15; canners and cut- rs, $8.85 to 16; milkers, choice each $70 to $115, do., common and medium, each 140 to $60; springers, 950 to $110; light ewes, $2.25 to $9; sheep, heavy, $6 to 17.50; ealvee, good to titian, 110 to $11,80; lambs, choice, $11 to $11.40; do„ medium, KU to $9.501 hogs, fed and watered, 110.65 to $10.75; do., weighed off cars, 110.90 to $11; do., fell, $10.15. Montreal, Nov. al. -Steers ehofee, choice, 16.25 to 57,76; good, 15 to $6.55; cow, choice, 86 to $6.75; good, $5.50 to $6; canners, 13.50 to $3,75; bulls, Mitcham, 86 to 16; canners, $4.25 to $4,76; sheep, $6,50 to 17.50; lambs, $11) to $11.50; calves, $4 to 25; hogs, $10 to 111. The woman who is a slave to fa- shion should never marry a man who Is apposed to the financial encourage- ment of slavery. Birds Save Crops. remarkable instance of the ser- vice of birds to agriculturists is the Ohnination of the thistle and the eaterpillar from New Zealand by the , English sparrow, and another is the se'ttaving of Australian agriculture from grasshoppers by the straw -necked Ibis, which eats thousands of grass- hoppers. CANADIAN CAVALRY TWICE BROKE THROUGH GERMAN LINES Some Units Have Been in Close Contact With Infantry" on Somme All Summer. A deapatch from London says; Al- eponclent that throughout the Sum- mer his unit had been able to break through the Germane' lines with good results. Aliliough largely engaged ' In paseive duty, the cavalry have done much patrol work, and have been fro- quently withhi range of the enemy's heavy artillery. though the Canadian cavalry has not been much engaged in active warfare, ome have seen more of the Somme .fljltlng than Come of the Cenaclian visions. A Weetere cavalrY officer ho came across to London from rano. on Ttrodnoaday, told a corm - FOOD SUPPLIES WAR PROBLEM.' Steps -to Control Necessaries and Limit Prices to be Taken in Britain. A despatch from London , sayel In the House of Conanons on Wed- nesday Walter' Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, stated that the time had arrived when the Govern- ment must regard the question of food supplies as a war problem, deelaring that the strain the country ,would have to bear next year would be main- ly in connection with the food sup- ply. Measures would be taken, Mr. Run - Liman declared, to prevent ,growers making an undue profit on potatoes. He also foreshadowed drastic Gov- ernment action to prevent the use of sugar as a luxury, and added that steps would be taken to control im- ported flour, and that awders would be issued forthwith calling for milk contracts in order to limit the price. In announcing the intention of the Government to prevent growers from making undue profits from the sale of •potatoes, he said, the question of dis- pensing with some articles of food was under consideration, and in this connection the mentioned elaborate and costly confectionery, concerning which a committee of the Royal So- ciety had been advising the Board of Trade. The retail prices of foodstuffs com- pared with a year ago have increased on an average of 27 per cent. They have increased 78 per cent, over prices before the war. The prices of sugar, eggs, fish and potatoes, however, are more than double the pre-war prices. The President of the Board of Trade also stated that the Govern- ment intended to bring about the pool- ing of engineering resources in order to expedite shipbuilding. He saw, DO reason why at the end of this year the production of shipping for the pre- ceding six months should not ap- proach 500,000 tons. The Govern- ment must "make the plunge" in this matter, for the provision of more merchant ships was most urgent. The Wheat Question. Dealing with the wheat question, Mr. Runciman said the Government had taken full advantage of the abun- dant harvests of Canada and Aus- tralia, which had been augmented by an enormous production in the United Sthtei, but that next year the country would have to depend to a large ex- tent on Australia. Aerangements with Australia, he added, were rather a question of stimulating, not produe- tion, but transport. Dealing with the delay owing to the shortage of labor at French ports and consignment congestion, Mr. Ruud - man suggested bringing labor from other parts •of the world to relieve this congestion. On the question of the shipping out.: put, he explained that the British yards were not working up to their maximum production. Now construc- tion must be increased if Great Brit- ain was to hold her own, adding: . "If our yards had remained in full activity we could have produced two million tons yearly, while our total losses during the war have been only two and one-quarter million. I see no reason why in the next six months we should not turn out nearly half a million tons." With respect to the possibility of the Government taking measures to limit food consumption, he said it was imperative to cut.down the luxurious use of sugar, especially with regard to costly confectionery. The excessive consumption of po- tatoes, he declared, must be stopped; potatoes must not be used for feed- ing animals and sinless consumption was reduced voluntarily recourse to potato tickets might be necessary. The Government would take steps to prevent undue profits being made from potatoes. A Food Controller. Foreshadowing the appointment of a food controller, who must have powers greater than the existing de- partments to co-ordinate all activities, the Minister announced that wider powers would, be coeferred by order - of -Council foisthe Purpose of proceed- ing against wasters and destroyers of food, Pure white flour, from which the best qualities are extracted, would not be allowed to be milled in the fu- ture and steps would be taken for the control of' imported flour and also for the sale and distribution of other articles of food in order to prevent cornering. If it became necessary food tickets would be introduced., Instancing milk as one of the ar- ticles the price of which might be controlled by calling for contracts, Mr. Runciman reminded the House that it was only possible to fix the Prices of articles controlled by the state and that attempts to control' other articles might prevent their coming into the country. The Govern- ment had been driven to ask for these powers against its will, but they were only a temporary expedient, The London morning papers devote their leading editorials to Mr. Itunci- man's statement in the House of Com- mons. They recognize the seriousness of the situation and concur in the necessity of the proposed measures which some of them regret were not adopted earlier. $20,000,000 RAISED FOR RED CROSS USE. A despatch from London says: The Times announces that its colleos tions on behalf of the Red Cosa, en Wednesday peeped £5,000,000. Old Marriage Feasts. Until 1645 inari lege feasts, known as "penny weddings," were held in Scotland. Each guest paid a penny or a small sum of money to defray the expenses of the feast. If any money was left over it went toward the furnishing of the new home, ROUMANIA 'MUST BE SAIL, Means a Definite Encircling of the Central Powers. A despatch from -Paris saysz-Jean Cruppi, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking at a Meeting on Thursday presided over by Prof. Paul Painieve, Minister of Public Instrac- tion, outlined the importance of the in- tervention of Roumania on the side of the allies in the war, As a result of Rumania's participation the allied armies are now at Orsova, from which point he said they would be able to advance toward Budapest. It is only 60 miles from Kalafat to Nish, through which mums the railway connecting the Central Polvers with the East. He pointed out also that it is only 180 miles from the advanced pohitions on the Salonica front to the Danube, and' that the Russo -Rumanian armies have a natural path through Do- brudja towards Sofia and Constanti- nople, Dome Ware, in Moldavia, where the Entente allies have been fighting successfully, overlooks the plains of Hungary. These considerations, he urged, are sufficient to ehow the importance of the Rumanian front in the plans of the Entente. PLANT THAT MAKES "ICE." Habits of the Frost Weed Prove a Puzzle to Botanists. Late in autumn, after producing two sets of bloom's, ' the frost weed becomes a miniature ice factory and forms crystals of "ice" about the cracked bark of the root. On each little 'broken rootlet there appear cakes of "Ice," exactly right in siz for the refrigerator of a fairy queen As yet no botanist has been able to discover the secret of the plant's lee making, The ice appears often long before Ice is formed OD the ponds, and can be found by digging up the deeply set rootleti. Two blooming seasons is another peculiarity of the plant. Early in June it sends out a wealth of golden yellow blossoms, having five petals each and set at intervals upon the thickly leaved stem. These blooms mature and produce seeds. Then late in August the plant flowers again, producing blooms iden- tical with those of the earlier season. RPIICK VERY BITTER • BEAT BELGIAN CALLS DOWN CURSE ON GERMANY. And Also for Poland--Sacrificee of the Dead Must Not Have Been in Vain. Maurice Maeterlinck -mystic and optimist --has never wiitten with bit- terness or hate, He has never in any- thing that he has written wished evil to any man. In "The Wrack of the Storm" he riaes to a passion of male- diction. He has one essay in the pre- sent volume that is like Emile Cam- rnaerts' unforgettable "New Year's Wish for the German Army." And the reason is of course, the same. 1Slaeterlinck here is the voice of Bel- gium. And -though he does not use the word -he curses Germany. Yet bitterness and hatred form but a sitall part of his book, Even the heartbreaking catastrophe that has, overwhelmed his country (we cannot use the word tragedy in connection with magnificent, heroie Belgium!) does not crowd out the expression of other things -things striving, or comforting, or triumphant. Speaking himself for his country, Maeterlinck sounds notes of ultimate victory. There is nothing easy-going in "his war -time philosophy; he believes, on the contrary, that his country and her -allies are fighting against ma- terial destiny, against "the will of earth" -and man has not conquered destiny before. His optimism is a vigorous battle -cry toward the tri- umph that shall come. But he be- lieves that it must come -not merely ,the victory over Germany, but the • victory of man over destiny, over ad- verse forces without and within. • _, ECONOMY IN PARIS. . -• Board of Supervisors Are Invested WitinPowers to Stop Waste. A despatch from Paris says: Under a Government decree which is about to be signed, France is to begin a series of wee economies. A. national board of supervisors presided over by ex -President Armand Fallieres will be invested with large powers in an effort to stop waste and to compel savings in the Use of coal, light and provisions, Shops under the provisions of the decree will begin closing at 6 o'clock in the evening and restaurants and cafes will shut thew armors at 9,30 p.m., Instead of 10.30 p.m. Most,:. will be closed on Mondays. This in- cludes the operas. Moving pictures will be closed Tuesdays and cafe con- certs and music halls on Wednesdays. HASH FOR THE ALLIES. Three Brant Factories Running Night and Day Drying Vegetables. A despatch from Brantford says: War orders of an unusual nature are keeping three plants in Brant county running night and day. They are evaporating plants furnishing dried vegetables for use in soups and hashes for the allied armies hithe firing lino, AIRMEN AGAIN RAID " RUMANIAN CAPITAL A despatch from London says: - Another aerial attack on Bucharest was made on Tuesday morning by eight German aeroplanes. Renter's Bucharest correspondent reports. Twenty-five bombs were dropped, kill- ing four civilians and wounding twenty ,53 PAINS AFTER EATING WIND IN THE STOMACH -ACIDITY, HEADACHES -CONSTIPATION ARE SIGNS OF INDIGESTION. litdigeslion-the complete or partial failure of me digestive processee-ire- qucntly throws out of gear the whole maohinery of the body. You can't enjoy the vigour and vitality of good health unless your stomach, liver and bowels do their work regularly and efficiently. MOTHER El L' SYRLP As a digestive tonic and eternal remedy, Mother Seigeee Syrup esteemed In tens thowsands o homes, wherever the &Wish language Is spoken, If you Wier meet or little from disorders of the stomach, liver er bowels, try tile eKetd: of taking 1.$ to 30 drops of this tames remedy in water, after meals, for is few days and note 11.4 acatafacial caapie. ASSISTS, 4012 DIGESTION The eosel.Olsije conieine /Iwo Ones as msch as the trial SC.) Wit atiOnrce bottle. Maurice Maeterlinck. • This faith he gives to his cOuntry in his exquisite invocation for Bel- gium's Flag Day, A New Poignancy. I Maeterlinck's philosophy of death bee long been familiar to us -ever Isince a weadeeing child cried out, "There are no deem:" Aoil it. "no formed the subject matter of his lait two books. But in "The Wrack of the Storm" the faith that "the dead do not die" has a new poignancy; and he has expressed it in strange and haant- ing wayrof cornfert and of loveliness. There is much in the Volume that can- not be more than touched upon in a brief review; Maeterlinck pleads for the rescue of the feer beautiful cities still left in Belgium, so apparently doomed in the great German retreat; he urges that justice be granted at last to Poland in the name of this just war; he writes with exquisite beauty of the heroism of his people and with vibrant pathos of their suffering. His book is a passionate response to facts and conditions that the wet. has brought. But he keeps with us the thought of what should come after. Then, man's spirit must have con- quered force. Here arc two passages from his book; "WO Sr0 nothing, we are no better than our enemies, we have no title to deliver millions of innocent men to death, unless we stand for justice. The idea of justice alone must rale all that we undertake, for we are united, we have risen, and we exist only in Its name. At this moment we occupy all the pinnacles of this justice, to which we have brought such an im- pulse, such sacrifices, and such hero- ism as we shall perhaps never behold again. . . , There are dead whose energy surpasses death and recovers life; and we are almost every one of Us at this moment the mandatories of a being greater, nobler, graver, wiser, and more truly living then ourselves. . . And all the sacrifices which they have e•nade for us will have been in vain -and this is not possible -if they do not first of all being about the fall of the lies on which we live, and which it is necessary to name, for each of ns knows his own and is ashramed of them and will be eager to make an encl of them. They will teach us, be- fore all Glee, from the depths of our hearts, which are their living tombs, to hive those who outlive them, since it is in them alone that they wholly exist. A Mixed Marriage, The tYPea will often play pranks with - What,a reporter tries tia say -as, foeexample, in this extract from an English newspaper; "The bride who wasasiven away by her father, wore a dress of pale bride - !Foam. She was attended by the hat, and carried a bouquet the gift of the pink taffeta eilk and a large dark - blue bridegroom's two little nieces." No Wonder, artys London Opinion; the large dark -blue bridegroom turn- ed pale; People who think before they spot* said.= say much. TWO thousand Canadians are vvanteel for the Royal Naval Can- adian Volunteer Reserve towards alarming the new skits of the imperial Royal Navy. Inernmilo.to overacaa aervlee. Only mesa of geed character and'gooal physique -accepted. Pay gz.lo Minimum per day-Freo Kk $50.00 per Month Seesaration Allowance Apply to tha nearest Naval Recruit. Ing Station, or to the Lest. of the Navel Service OTTAWA BRITISH WiLL PRESS ON ,DURING WINTER MONTHS Attacks Will Be Made Whenever Weather Permits, Says Major- General F. B. Maurice, Director of Operations. A despatch from London says: Major-General F. B. Maurice, -chief director of military operations at the War, Office, in an interview with the Associated Press, predicted that the British gains in the Ancre Valley were only the forerunner of further equally important advances which will be made on the western front during the winter months. "Our success on the Ancre," said Gen. Maurice, "moans that we are not going to give the enemy much rest this winter, It means that whenever weather conditions permit we are go- ing to attack and subject the enemy to unceasing pressure during the coming months so as to prevent as far as possible the Germans front es- tablishing themselves hi new posi- tions, "All the attempts of the enemy 'to minimize our success will not 'explain away the fact that in three days the British troops, by the capture of Beaumont and St. Pierre Dillon and the semi -circular ridge they dominat- ed, have gained an important strate- gical advantage. This ridge formed a salient jutting into our lines from the northern bank of the Ancre. Thus the enemy was able to direct the fire of his artillery massed behind it. Our troops advanced from below through sticky, white chalk and a network of defences. They gained the ridge and forced the enemy back across the valley to the next hill. As a result we dominate the situation in this territory, and are consolidating the positions for further activities," FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM lit -ER BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. The erection of a memorial to Lieut. -General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson, K.C.B., in Glasgow Cathe- dral, has now been completed. A fine of $26 and expenses was im- posed upon the Caledonian Ry. Co. for la Aeg erected a building it Edin- burgh withcalt a warrant. Lieut. E. B. Bailey, ,a member of the staff of the Geological. Survey,. and well known in scientific circles in Scotland, has been awarded the Mili- tary Cross. It has been notified in the Scottish Military Command Order that owing to an outbreak of smallpox the town of Berwick -on -Tweed has been placed out of bounds. The death has occurred In Edin- burgh of Capt. John de Courcy A. Agnew, RN., second son of the late Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of Loch - new, He was in his 07th year. , Mr. Waltee Long, M.P., President of the Local Government Board, re- cently took part in a meeting in Glasgow in connection -with the Bel- gian refugees in Scotland. Capt. M. J. O'Sullivan, senior nau- tical officer for the Board of Trade, Glasgow, has been promoted princi- pal officer for Ireland of the Marine Dept: of the Board of Trade. The Leith School Board authorize that a census be made of all children of school age who have lost or may lose their fathers, in order that the board may make some provision. Capt. John Murray, R.S.F., has been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. He is a son of Mr. Mur- ray, Dundonald, and has risen from the ranks during the present war, The death is announced of Major Thomas Johnston, V.D., late of the Glasgow Highlanders, who resided at Giffnock, Major Johnston was one of the best known volunteers in the west of Scotland. While a number of men were work- ing in the Virgin COO section of No. 1 pit of Messrs. A, G. Moore's Blan- tyre Parma Colliery, Uddingston, an explosion of gas took place and four. men Were injured. The Scottish Women's Hospital Unit and Transport Column, under Dr. Elsie Inglis and time Hon, Evelina Haveriteld, which sailed two weeks ago, are to. be attached to a Serbian division in the Russian Army, Among the latest recipients of the V. C. is a Glasgow drummer boy, *al- ter Ritchie, of the Seaforth Highlr ere, who, although wounded, mounted a parapet and rallied the men by sounding the charge. In the presence of a large congre- gation the Rev. James Caesar, min- ister of Gallants Paaish, dedicated a memorial brass to Capt. W. H. Robertsori, Durham, killed in action. After the unveiling the Last Post was sounded. U-BOATS SANK 33 VESSELS WITHOUT. WARNING SINCE MAY 5: As a Result of This One Hundred and Forty Lives Were Lost, It, is Officially Reported. A despatch from London says: Thirty-three vessels have been sunk without warning by submarines from May 5 to November 8, according to ana Admiralty announcement, which adds that as a result of thia 140 lives were lost. Of the total 26 were British ships, the loss of which claimed 185 lives, the heaviest death -roll occurring on the following vessels; Golconda, 19 lost; Euphorbia, 11, Franconia, 12, Marino, 18. The statement says the remaindet of the losses were among allies and neutrals, the French losing two ships, with the loss of two lives, and the Norwegians losing three vessels, with the lose of one life.