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The Clinton News Record, 1915-02-11, Page 8fiEEPING FACTORIES BUSY Value to Mills of Canada in War Orders Approxi. mate,Sixteen Million Dollars . A despatch from Ottawa says : Sixteen millien &blare is the at' Proximate moneLaty value a the present war to tbe textile and wool- len industries of Canada .so far, How much more Will COMe in the fu- ture is a matter for conjecture, but iseseated that the, Canadian -made articles have generally met with the approval of Ca:nu:daft cuskiners, and there is every indication of continued order. From a position approaching ielleneee Canadian mina have come to be now running et capacity. To date it is eetimated that there have been -plaeed, on account of the British Governanent alone through its Canadian buying agents, orders for khaki clothing to the extent a $1,250,000e with an- other order in contemplation vale. tied at four millions'a. million -dol- lar order placed by the War Office direct, and 'clothing ordered by the Canadian Militia Department ap- proximating $250,000. These orders for khaki goods alone total $6,500,- 000. ' War- orders for knitted goods to the value of about six 'millions have kept the mills busy, while. certain Lines to tffie value of $1,250,000, formerly imported fro•rn Germaay, and Austria., will. hereafter be man- ufactured in Cauada, Can.adian blanket manufacturers have benefited to the tune of some- thing like $1,500,000 from the war. Recently an order was offered Can adian mills for $1,650,000 worth o blankets for the French Govern anent. Of that amount they were able to take only $1,250,000, and the remainder had, to be placed in the United 'States. Twenty-eight milis bave been engaged on the big order. Shirt -makers have been busily en- gaged on good-sized contracts for the British and Canadian Govern- ments, while orders for the Britisth service cap to the value of $60,000 have been pla.ced with...other firms. Orders for kit -bags, haversacks, tents, etc., have kept other factories busy, while th,e tremendous export of bread and foodstuffs has created a heavy demand for cotton and jute bags, there being an increased out- put of these, amounting to 25 per cent. M thepast three months. 5. . VISSEr— SHIP PURCHASE IS CONDEMNED The 1U. S. Chamber of- Coneaerce Denounces the hill dB Un- American. A deepakb from Washington says: The annual convention of the Chambers of Commerce of the United States overwhelmingly op- posed President Wilton's Ship Pur- chase Bill. This vote is regarded heee as the most impres6ye evi- dame that has yet appeared as to aliatade .of the business men of the cauntry tuward the proposed Government -ownership legislation. The vote came on a report by et special committee on the upbuilding of the merehant marine. The ma- jority of this committee, headed by William Harris Douglas, reported that "Government operation is un- American, is likely to be more ex- travagant' and exhaustive than pri- vate eontrol, hied will seriously in- terfere With individual, initiative as regards the enterprise of our citi- zens." This, of course, amounted to a condemnation of 'the President's plan. The oommittee itself pro- posed a plan for the development of the United States Merchant marine. The vote on adopting the eeporb • was. le3 for and 90 against, Serious Operations About to Recommence A despaech from Petrograd says: A writer in the Invalide Busse.; a military organ publisher here, re- marks that in all .wars, ,after a cer- tain %Mae when the adverstaries have ,epent their maximum force, a period of main follows. This phe- nomenon it eimat being 'repeated in thepresent war, when :these adver- saries are eleout to "recommence sei ions operations. , The writer giaae statistics showing that the number of ' trained soldiers in Franc e is 4,000,000;'iii Germany 4,500,00), in Austro-Hungary 2,- 250,000, and in Russia, 6,260,000 men. The untrained men are in the same orelee In France 10,000,000, Ger- many 13,000,000, in Austro-Hungary 8,001,000, and in Russia 22,000;000, GiVe 1 the Iron Cross For SinIcing Steamers A despakh from Amsterdam says : Emperor William R.11.i ved at Wit- helMehav.en on Thurs.clay, His Ma- jesty inspected tee Germaa 'sub- marine U-21, going over the yowl pe mon ally. Be h e stewed • the de - cora': ion el the It OrOSs upon the mem bees of tale, sub marine's crew. 13-21 is undergoing repairs at Wil- helmshaven following her tecene ex- ploits in the irese Sea. All Germans to Eat War Bread. A despeech from Amsterdam says: L'Echo Beige says it learns tram a good eource that Germany has forbidden the expertation of to, bacco, ' Ffamburg Fremdenblatt says agreements haVe been concluded by the variene 111,rtiptil Cloveremente coneereing .ho letrodttetion of a standard war fotrad for all Ger- Waxy. .Youths !lake Escape; Mothers Arrested A despatedi from Rotterdam says: From the frontier it is learned that the Germans, in order to stop the continuous passage of young Bel- gians over the Dutch frontier to join the army in France, have ,been searching for and aerosting the 'fathers of absent youths. In some cases they were succeseful in 'getting the father; but, hearing what was -proceeding, the others slipped across the frentier. In many cases. purely 'out of revenge for having missed the fathersAie Germans promptly arrestedthe mothers, tell- ing thean that they had better bring plenty of clothes with them, as they were to be sent to the prisoners' camp in Germany. The order, how- ever., ha e new come from General Bussing that this transportabion of women has to be delayed. • • German Auxiliary Cruiser is Sunk ` A despatch from Buenos Ayres says: The Buenos Ayres newspapers eanounce 'that a German auxiliary cruiser, formerly of the Weermaini Line, was sunk on January '7 off the Patagonian coast by the British cruise.): Australia.. The crew were taken to the Falkland Islands. ASTURIAS REACHES PORT. Captain's Prompt Action Averted Destruction of Vessel. A despatch from Southampton says: The laritith hospital ship As - tunas, which narrowly escaped be- ing torpedoed by a German sub - merino of Havre, arrived here this afternoon. It had some wounded soldiers aboard, . Members of the crew say that a catastrophe was prevented by the promptitude of the oaptatn, who, observing the white track mado by the torpedo, altered the course of his vessel, bringing it sharply around in a half-cirele. The pro- jectile passed harmlessly astern. The light was good at the time. )14 BRITAIN'S RETALIATION. May Take Iore Stringent Measures Against German Trade. A despatch from London says: Great, Britain has deckled that if the American steamer Wilhehnina„, now On her way wieh a cargo of foodstuffs for Germany, is intercept- ed, her earge will be eubrnitted to a 'prize court, so that the new situ- ation arising out of the motion of Germany in ordering that all grain and flour shall be placed under con- trol of the Government may be regularized BREAD RIOTS IN ITALY. Crowds Went About the Street Looting -the Stotes. A despatch from Bassari, Italy, says: Riots. growing oirb of the a.gi- tationover:the high price of bread are assuming a graver character. Crowds on Wednesday went about the streets sacking the stores. Strong reinforcements of troops have hem called out to maintain order. 7 Sous in French Army, *All Killed A <teepee:eh front Cktows, gap : Seven sons fif an elderly blind Feenehmen named Chopersi, of the village of Chauffotte, near the Swim; fronbier, were called to the colore last August end marched away to war. For a long while the father heard nothing from them Beeom- ing ha applied foe aegis - /mince l, lihe bureau here for blie ex- ehange of informedoe regaedin.g prisoners of 'war, Ono by one let - learn freer) the French liendquarters' arrived in Geneva. The eeven Hens had been killed, leaving fourteen children +and four widows, .Germ.ans. .Enforcing:msgiatt...Loyglty A ,despat,ch from. Paris se s: Heavy enowfalls are again repor ed on the ,lieighte of Hartrnann.e-Wet- forkopf and lVfolkenrein, in the Vos- ges. There has been painstaking french fighting with 'saps end hand grenades neareAltkirch. A large f.arnahouse es„licd the Larghof, which was only a kart dis- tance from the 'wise frontlet', was eet afire by German shells and burned to the ground. The Ger- mans are said to have prohibited the people in :the district under their control from ;going outelde their town, Barbed wire fencelia,ve been built around the villages, this step being eonsidered neceasery owing to the prevalence of numerous vies, PRICES,: tr. :FR FRO.111E1. nEpORTS Fnam ri-/E LS:IMMO TRADE „ e5i4rass OF AIERICA Iliendetuffs, fi rTs m rieriLoi, Ls,F8180 to 0,it, ., S—.5,1cti3allhg t•--anirb0a; ='et,on 4 Patents, 07,30 to 37.50; strong bakers', 57 to 57,25; Olitaria wheat flour, 00 per cent patents, 56.65 to 56,85, sea, board. Wheat--11Innitoba No. 1 Northern, 0$131.t0a3r;loNNov.h2eafitt, 5N1O.002, a:44.5145°2'03 fialt-fl01;9°'7' .outsIde points., Oats—Ontario, 62 to 03e, outside, an Ltt 05 0,670 on track.; Toronto. Wcater Canada, No, 2, at 742c and No. 3 a 713e. Barley -,Good malting' grades. 75 t to 51,26, 5.0 s .1,,,110. at.95 ToC00o,rint-0-Nnoe.Ig2ht,American., 851,e, a.,11 rail, Beckwheat--No. 2 at 85. to 880, out- siOs Bran and shorts—Bran, 326 to 527 a - ton, and -shorts at sea to .329. Rolled oats—Car lots, per bag of 90 lbs, 53,45 to $3,60. Country Produce. EEINS OF:111E::MIOOtrc,-WEST a_ea BETWEEN OINTAILIO' AND Mt - 123. S COLUMBIA. Items Froni Provinces Where 3Illny Ontario Bora and Girls Are Living. o Alberta Will vote on prohibition 011 Wednesday, July 21. On Dec. 31, Edmonton had $2,- 0 500,000 unpaid taxes on its books.' t- In ehe lee!) five years organized Butter—Choice 'dairy, 24 to 250; in- ferier, 20 to 21c; creanniry prints 31 to 320; do., solids, 29 to 000; farmers' sep- arator, 26 to 270. al Eggs—New-lald, in °tots, 34 to .35c; selects, 28 to, 30c; storage, 26 to 270, . Honey -12 to 13e per lb. for strained; No, 1 honeycomb, 52.75 per dozen; 1.30,. 2,32.25 Pclultry--Ohickens, dressed, 13 to 15c; ducks, drossed, 14 to 160; loWl, 10 to. 110; geese, 14 to 15e; turkeys, dressed, 19 to 20s, Cheese -175 to 18c for large and at 18 to 183c for twins. Beans—Frime, bushel, $2.70 to $5.8e: hand-plcked, $2.90 to 33. Fotatoes—Ontaros, 65 to 78s per bag out or stdre, 55 to 000 in car lots. NeW Brunswicics, car lots, 60 to 650 per bag: • -- Proiltione. - Baoon—Long clear, 135 to 140 per lb.. in case lots, Hams—Medium, 16 to 17e; do., heavy, 148 to 15c; rolls, 14 to llio; breakfast bacon, 175 to 18c; backs, 20 to 21c; boneless backs, 22 to 23e. Lard—Market quiet; pure,. tub, Ili te 12c;.compound, 9$ to 100 in tubs and 10 to 1050 in palls. Baled Hay and Straw. • Dealera are paying as follows for car lot deliveries on track here:— Straw, $8 to $8.50 a ton, in car lots on track here. Hay—No. 1 new bay, 317.50 to $18; No. 2 at $15.50 to 31.6, and No, I at 513.50 to $13.50. Winnipeg Orain, Winnipeg, Feb. 0.—Cash:—W5eat— No. I Northern, .31.503;No. 2 Northern, $1.40i; No. 3 Northern, 31.4511. Flax— No. 1 20.10.0., 51.62; No. 2 C.W., 31.59. No oats or barley quoted. Montreal Markets, Montreal, Feb. 3.—Corn—Amerlcan No. 2 yellow, 80 to 87c. Oats—Chtnadlan Western, No. 2, 73o; do., NO. 3, 71c; ex- tra No. 1 feed, 71c; No. 2 local white, 640; No. 3 local white, 600; No. 4 local white, 02e. Barley, Manitoba feed, 85e, Buckwbeat, No. 2' 875c, Plotar--Mani- toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 38.10; soconds. 37.00; strong bakers', $7.40; "Winter na.ten Ls, eholee, 35; straight roll- ers, 57.60; do., bags. 93.65 to 53.75. Rolled oats—lit:is,. 31.25; do„ bags, 90 lbs„ 92.50. Bran 326. Sherts S20, Mid- dlings, 531. Moulins 534 to 037, Hoy, No. 2, per ton, 'ear lots 610 to $10. Cheese—Finest westerns 163 t 17 • finest easterns, 1650. Bettor—Choicest creantery, 30 to 30fic; seconds, 285 to 284o. ggs— tesh, 41 to 42c; selected, 84c; No. 1 stock, 30c; No. 2 stock, 20e. PotatoeS, pee bag, car lots, 525c. United States ntarkete. Ailnneapolis, Feb. 9.—Wheat—No, 1. 53.5840; No, I Northern, 61193 to $1.63; No. 2 Northern, 51.46 to 31.005; May, $1.50 bld, Corn, No. 3 yel- low, 72 to 725c. Oat—No, 1 white, 553 to 56c. Flout, and bran unchanged. Duluth, Feb. 9.-1\Thent—No. hard, 51.555 to 51,53. No. 1 Northern, $1,515 to 61.52; May, $1.52. Linseed cash, 31.885 to 51.305; May, 51.895, Xdve Stock Markets, Toronto, Feb. 9,—Good butchers' sold from $7 to 57.45, while mediums sold up to $6,75, with CO1111110116 betWeen $6 and 33.20. Medium grade milkers sold round $65. The best lambs sold for 68.50. Sheep were steady, Calves sold from 54.50 to 50, and choice from 515 to 01. Hogs. fed and watered. 05. Montreal, Feb. 9.—Prime beeves 75 to so; medium, 6 to 7ict; common, 43 10 64.; cows, 540 to $80 each; calves. 5 to 855; sheep, 43 to 55c; lambs, 75 to So; hogs, 030. Italran Peasants Going to Germany _— A despatch front 'Venice, Italy, says: Many Malian peasants, both men and women, aro going to Ger- many to engage in farmland factory work, in response to offers of un- usually high wages. For the men 6.14 marks 01.62) a day is promised, and for the women three marks (75 cents). Italian newspapers are warning the peasants against ac - opting this employment, in view of the uncertainty in regard to Italy's foreign p.oliey, but .appar- ently many unemployed 1101'50118 axe wilhing to mistime the risk involared. Lonsdale 'sSentence Commuted to 20 Years A deepatch from Berlin says : The German Supreme Military Court has commuted to imprisomnent for 20 yeaes the death sentence imposed on William Lonedale, .Britishaol- dier, kr an attack on a German non-commissioned officer at the military prison at Doeberitz. territory in Alberta bas doubled. Winnipeg building perrnite for the past five years tetalled $83,748,700. William Graham, Brandon, Man., h&s a Bbradivarins violin made in 1720. ' Dr. Ma,e1c, of Gilbert Plains, Man., sold his section and a quarber foe' $28,000. , In a suburb of Winnipeg 69 homes were built last season at a coat of $750,000. . The Olympia Hobe/ has lest been finished as Winnipeg at a cost Of ' . Edmonton district exported near- ly $2;000,000 worth of goods to the U.S. lasb year.' Most of the 'creeks are (ley round S,pruce Creek, Man., and many farmers are sinkihg wells. . At Bitten, Man., women are afraid to ha.ng out their washing for fear the cattle etilaeal it. More cordwood is being shipped out of the bush in Manitoba than for many winters past. There is said to be more demand for farm land in Baskatchewan,now than there has been for years. 'Colonization officials predict that Alberta, land will sell for big prices inside of the next 12 month,s. To date farmers in the vicinity of Morden Man., have ' cottributeei 770 sacks oe, Roar B.elgian relief. Hog cholera, has broken out on the :farm of 'W. Mos Von, of Fairlight, Man., Several farms are quaran- tined. At Portage la, Prairie, Man., Bixby ladies have agreed to meet regular- ly to make eloehing ler the Queen 'Mary Needlework guild. The Knight Sugar' Co, :which has been operating in Raymond, Al- berta, will move its planb to Lay- ton, Utah, unless it is -purchased by Alberta parties. Alberta, farmers are being urged to breed ,horses, cIa ib is estimated that horse flesh will be high for 10 years after the war is over. At' 'Winnipeg, the C.P.R. is mak- ing improvements to its terminals tend the Royal Alexandra Hotel educh will eost a million and a half. When projected improveenents to Winnipeg schools are completed, they will total, between buildings field sites, 4$ value of 86,000,000, At West Kilriona», Man.,, bur- glars broke into the house of A. W. thalinson while the family were ab church, and raneeoked 'the whole At Russell, Man., the C.N.R. has purchased a largo tract pf land and will make that town the first divi- sional amine 'west of Winnipeg on its short line to Edmonton, True Heroism. , He had been courting the girl for a long time. It happened on Sun- day night, after churdh. They ware sitting very quietly on the sofa, and she looked with ineffable theaderness into his noble blue eyes, "Tom," she murmured, "didnft you tell me once you would be willing to do any act of heroism for my sake?' "Yes, Mary, and I would gladly re- iterate that steeement now," he replied. "No Roman of old, how- ever brave, was ever fired with d. loftier ambition, a braver resolti- tkn ehan I." "Well, Tom, I want you. to do something real heroic for me." "Speak, darling, what is 131 1' "Ask me to be your wife, We've been foaling long enough." 1479 German ;lutists 'Killed in War. A despeteh from Berne sue: According to .offieial statemenes given out in Berlin 1,279 German jurists have been killed in tihe pre- sent war. This total is made up of six Profeseord, 276 judges, 240 law- yers, 324 assessoes and 424 barris- ters, Useloss Labor. . "Dinah, did yen wash :the fish be- fore'you baked it?" "Law, maatem ; .what's de nse ob washin' er fish what's lived all his life in de :water ?" RUSSIANS CROSS RIVER UGE1APP Import a tit (5rin n 11) fen ae in East Prasi3ia Broken own by Inantler. A despatch from London says; The Russian army invading East Pruesia from the west has forced its way aerose the River Angerapp ,auel has driven the Ceermans from the• town of GrOS3 Meclunishken On the west bank, The announcement by the •generad staff ef the passage of the Angeeepp and the sae:alp:14,ton of Gross Medunishken ie the mast, im- porbant news that has, been received from East Prussia since the revela- tion that Tilsit web menaced by the eecond' ermy of invasion. The Angera.pp was a strong na- tural defence of which the Germans mads effective use in blocking the Russian march toward' 'meter:burg. For 'Any weeks German batteries posted on the west. bank of the river defeated every effort by the Russiams. to force a croesing. Now that it is *officially announced that the Germans hays been driven Iron' the west bank a rapid advance by the Russian forces may, bee exepecteel. They have 'occupied forty -miles of East Prussian territory and have conquered the region north of the 1VIezurian Lakes. Simultaneously the Ruesian ad- vance toward Weet Prussia has gained momentum, with the captiire of .Skempe, a, town near the border, and about 32 aniles south-east of Thorn. The Ruesiten lino runs from the north bank of the Vistula to the region of Mlawa, and is within 20 miles of the West Prussian frontier. The main fighting is on the frent of Lipno and Biezun, and the official resistance in this region is rapidly weakening, tZeppelin Victims Cos $50o,000 Per Head A despatch from Paris says; Ex- perte in aeronautics here insist that the Zeppelins have been a bad M - vestment for Germany. The Zeppe- lin war fleet east $32,000,000 to build, and so far they have only killed about 60 persons. in the coun- tries of Germany's enemies, a, rate of about $500,000 per head, • A huge new biplane capable of re- maining in the 'air for ten hours and carrying 0116)11 of explosives, besidee our passengers, is being used by the Germans. The engines develops 225 horsepower. The new flying ma- chine has already attempted sev- eral raids. AnOther Boer Rebel Gives Up the Fight .A, despatch from Pretoria. says: The rebel leader Bezuidenhout and the so-called "Prophet" Vankens- burg have surrendered to the Bri- tish forces with. Lieut. -Col. Kemp. The commando which gave up its arms it.lso included 48 officers arid 500 burghers. The rebels capitu- lated at TIpington. Vankensburg's influeno is credibed with being largely responsible for tale rebel- lion, The announcement states that additional surrenders are ex- pected and that Lieut. -Col. S. G. Moritz and his men probably will give themselves up before the end 02 bhe week. - Shoot All French: Order to Brigade A despatch from London says: The Times ettbliehes extracts from the diary of a Genmen soldier, Rein- hard Brenneissem, of the 4th com- pany of bhe 112th Regiment, whieh describes his experiences, first in the neighborhood of Muelbausen and afterw.ards M Flanders, One passage, which The Times repro- duced, in the German fon simile, reads: "There also came a brigade order that all French, whether wounded or not; who aell into oar hands, shontel be Ghot, No prison- ers were to In taken." ' Trawler Hits pain?, • Goes Down With Crew A despatch from Grimsby, Eng- land, says: The British trawler Howard struck a mine in the North Sea, it was announeed on Weel»es- day, and is believed to have goze down with her crew. Twenty-seven sailing ships and twenty-six steam - ere have been lost since beltway 1. THE cAANA.D it., BRITAIN'S NEWEST DREADNOUGHT. 13ig ger and Faster that Germany's Latest. The huge liatileship Canada has just, been placed in commission and added to the first fleet. She wee, in proesee of co,netraction at Elswick for the Chilean Government when war broke 'out, and wee take- over by Britain. She wee to have been celled the Ailmirante Latoree, and a Meter ship, the Cocarane, will aeon be 'commissioned. These veseels are 625 feet long, with a beam of 93 feet, and a tonnage of 28,000. The engin:al have an indicated horse -power of 3e,0 00, and axe ealculated to prodece & speed of 23 knots. The complemene will bo 1,000 mon, They will mealy ten 14 -inch glens, e6 eix-incla guns, and foar torpedo tubes, The defensive armee consists of a belt of nine-inch.iteeI, while the tar - rets are 11 inches in thiokneiss, and the prodative 'deck is three Moho eldek, Thee° lie:Melte rare laager 'and faster than the latest german Dreadnoughts, wail° caerying equally powerful guns, IMPO TANTEVEN TS AT SEA Kaiser's Visit to Wilhelmshaven Revives Talk of Invasion of England A despatch from Loden says: the landing of troops in Enaland. 1;8 -^ a.ohapge Company has re- ceived the following despatch from its Copenhagee correspondent :— "Emperor Williemie visit to Wil- helmshaven is believed to be in connection wibh the warning of the in referring to the Emperor's visit German Admiralty to ueutral ship- to Wilhelmshaven, makes the ad - ping that great activity may be ex- miesion that the batde craiser Seyd- pected off the north mad west coasts litz w.as "squarely bit by one ehell" as a result of Geeinan .attempts to in the North Sea battle, while the 'Large eentangents of troupe are reported to have :been mobilized, - Wilhelmshaven at the time of the Scarborough raid." A wireless message from Berlin, stop England'a transportation of troops and munitions "This is interpreted here as a prologue to important events at .sea. It is lei:meted that Gremaany will try to engage the British fleet in southern waters, while another squadron goes northward at lull speed with the object 'of covering maoay. light cruiser ,ICollberg was "strucle by two." 'Ilhe Berlin message adds! `The Emperor' who already hes visited the westand east fronts, will complete his inspection of the empire's arrned faeces by visiting the units of the newly organized armies still garrisoned in Ger- ' TURKS EFFORT TO CROSS CANAL Invaders of Egypt Left Many Dead and About 350 Prisoners After Skirmishes North of Suez A elespatah from London says,: The Turks made a definite attack on the Suez Canal, but after a shorp fight they were driven off with heavy losses. After a fruitless attempt made to bridge the canal near Toussoum, they returned to the attack with a force estirn.ated at 12,000 strong and six batteries of artillery amd essay- ed to get across the waterway oe rafts. The British force, however, was waiting and the invaders were forced back, leaving about 300 pri- soners, in the hands of the defend -9 ers. A considerable number of the Turks were killed and wounded. The British lost 15 killed and 58 wounded. The attack was also renewed by the twits at Kantara, but that niet with nogreater success than She other attempt, the Turkish casualties in .killed, wounded and prisoners, numbering upwards of a hundred: THE UBIQUITOUS FLY, Single Fly May Harbor or Six Million aot Seven different varieties et dies are Sound in our houses, 98 per cent, of which are represented by the common housefly, Plies lay their eggs only 15 fermenting or decaying substances— by preference in manure. Hence every stable is a centre of infection unless periodically disinfected. The number of bacteria upon a shmle fly have been proved to range all the way from 550 to 6,600,000. The average for 414 illes which were ex- amined at the agricultural experi- ment station at Storrs, Conn., was Jeee million bacteria apiece, This repre• sents about the number of bacteria that enter the human system when someone swallows a glees of liquid into which some fly has fallen, to be removed by a slovenly waiter without the liquid being thrown away. German Airman Found in Thames. A despatch from London says: Fiehermen have found in the Thames estuary the body of a, Ger- man aviator, with a shrapnel bUrlet in the iungs 111 is supposed that he 'dropped from an aeroplane which was driven off by Britieh gun- fire on Christmas DIV No Musie Herm An old lady' eves, compelled to carry an „ear trumpet with' her wherever she went.. Upon visiting a small church in ,Scotland, not lone ago, she was watched very suspi- ciously by• the .sexton until she reached her seat. Them.as if he ebuld stand the suspicion no longer, he went over to her, and, shaking a warning linger emphatically, he said : "Madieme--one toot and you're oob." 41- A tight-fisted old manbeine mar- ) :tally ill, aalled to him his three best friends, Who were o„n Englishman, an Irishman and a Scatchman. He reminded them that they ea.ch owed him $500 and expressed the dying wish thee :before be was buried they would discharge their bligation by depositing the money ,they owed be.: side han in his coffin. They all agreed, and when :their Mend died bhe Englishman solemnly placed $500 in geld in his late friend's cof- fin. The Irishman laid $500 in notes :beside the gold, and •the Seotchman then took the $1,000 and left In its place a cheque for $1,- 500. SINK ALL SHIPS IN CHANNEL Germany Announces Reckless War 015 Passenger and Freight A elespateh from Berlin says: The German Admiralty issued the fol- lowing .com mun ica lion "The waters around Great Bri- tain and Ireland, 'including the whole English Channel, arc declar- ed a war zone from and after Feb. 18, 1915. Every enemy merclinnt ship found in this was mile will he destroyed, eiten if it is inipos,ible VO avert dangers which threaten the crew and her pass.eng.eree "Also, neutral ships in the.evar zone ars in danger, as in ebrie- quenee of the misuse of neutral flags ordered by the British Covernmeet on jam 31, and in view of the hat- ards serf naval warfare, it cannot a! - ways be avoided that attacks nmant ter enemy shins endanger neutral ships. Shipping northward, amend the Shetland Islands, in the ea.:item basin of the North Sea, and in a strip of atleasb 30 nautical miles in breadth along ,the Dutch coast is ,,endangered in the same way." Russian Girl Pou.ght In Nineteen Battles A despatch from Moscow, Russia., says: Among the wounded who have [strived in Moscow from the front is Olga Krasilnikoff, a girl or 19 years. After taking part in 19 bat- tles in Poland she was wounded in the foot. The girl enlisted under a man's name, and this deception has just been discovered, The cross of St. George, fourth degree, has been awarded to her. The teacher had worked that movning explaining the iejustives donsaby Nero, end believed im had made an impression on the b,ya. 'Then he aaked questions : boys, what do you think of Nero? Do you think he was a good maal No one answered. Then the teeth' er singled out a boy. "Obancy, what do you think? Do yOu think he was seraight9'' ''Well,'' re. turned the boy, after a long wan, "he never done nuthin' to me." 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