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The Clinton News Record, 1915-05-27, Page 6Grain, Cattic atta ch(c-e. Prices of These Products In the\ Leading Markets are Here Recorded Breadstuffs. Toronto, MOT 25.^1VDbliitOta 'wheat -No. Northern, $1.64 1.4; Nal 2 Northern. $1,61 1.4; No. 3 Northern. $1,59 14, track, M take ports. _ anitoba oats -No, 2 O.W., 66 340; No. I 0,W,. 64 1-4o; extra NO 1 teed, 64 1.40; KO. 1 feed, 616-20, track, lake ports. IA:Mexican corn -No. 2 yellow, 78o, track, lako ports." ' Canadian oorn-No. 2 yellow, 790, track, Toronto. Ontario osts-No, 2 white, 60 to 6M; No 3 white, 59 to 60o, outside. Ontario wheat --No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.45 to $1.46, outside. .Peas -No. 2 -nominal, per oar lots, $1.60 to $1.65, outside.' . Barley -Good vaulting barley, 73 to 75e; • feed barley, 66 to 70e, outside. Buclewheat--Nominal, car lots, 77 to 79c; outside Rye -No. 2, nominal, $1.15 to $1.17, out- side. Moulton& flour -First patents, 'in juto bags, Mier second potents„in jute hags, • $7.60; strong bakers', in 'jute hags, $7.40, Toronto; in cotton bag% 10c more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. Pat. ants, $6 to $6.10, seaboard, or Toronto freights in bags. Milifeed-Oag lots-Brn7,p a,..or ton, $26; aorta, per ton, $28; unidditngs, per ton, $20; good feed flour, per ling, $2.05 deliv. ered. Montreal freights. Country Produee. Butter -There is a fairly good market, with' Offerings' increasing. Choice 24 to 25,3; inferior, 21 to. 2,3c; creamery prints, 32 to 330; do., solids, 28 to 300. ..gge---The market is lairly active and easy, With -sales. at 21 to 230 per dozen, In case lots.' Beans -The Market de quiet at $3.10 to I50.15 for prime, +and $3.20 to $3.25 for hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, drecsed, 200; Spring dhickens, 50c; fowl, 13 to -150; turkeys, dressed, 20 to 21.o. • Cheese -The market is firm, being quoted at 19 3.4c for Serge, and at 200 for twins Potatoes-Orttario, 56 to 60c per bag, out of store, 'and 450 in car lot's, New -Brunswicks, car lots, 55 to 60c per bag. ern, No. 3, 67 to 67 1-2e; extra' No, I feed, 67 10 67 1.-2o; NO. 2 local white, 66 1-2 to 67e; No. 3 local white, 66 to 66 1-20; No. 4 local P15510, 64 1-2 to 65e. Barley -Molting, M. firsts, 118,20; seeouds, $7,70; strong bakers'. Provisions. Oared moats are quoted as follows: - Bacon, long clear, 13 3-4 to 140 per•lb. in case lots, liams-ldedium, 17 to 17 1-11e; do., heavy', 14'1-2 to 15c; rolls -l4 to 14 1-2c; " irrealazot bacon, 18 to 2(10; boats, 21 to pa; bonelets backs, 23e, Lott -9.1he market is quiet, with Prices steady: Mire lard, tube, 11 3-4 to 12e; do., ts to 12 1-243.-- Compound, tubs 9 3.4 to 10:.; 40., pails, 10 to 10 1-4e. Baled Hay and Straw. Straw is. quoted Itt $7.50 to 518.50 a ton in car lots delivered on truck hero. Ifay-No. 1 hay is quoted at $17.50; Na 2 at $15:50, and No, 0 at en to $13.50- Builness in Montreal. • FlourM-anitoba $Pving Whellt lutton'io• • Winter patent*, .oholco, $7.90; straight rollers, $7.40 to 517,50r do., hogs, $3,50 to $3.60. Rolled oats-Bbls., $7 to $7.15; bags, 90 lbs., $3.35 Bran, $26, Shorts, $28, Middlings, $33 to $34. Montt - lie, $35 to $38. Rag -No. 2, TM UM, MIT tots, $19 to $20.50. Oheese-Finest weete erns, 103'4 to 151.4; finest easterns, 18,1-4 to 18 1-2c, Butter -Choicest creamery, 31 1-2 to 32c; seconds, 30 3-4 to 31c. Begs-- Fredli, 22 to .23e; selected, 24 to 250; No. 2 Meek, 20e, Potatoes -Per bag, Can lots. 49 1-20. Breezed hogs -Abattoir killed, $13.75 to $11, Pork-Hgavy Canada, short mess. 9y.bls„.35 to 45 pieces, $28,50; Canada short-cut baolc, bble., 45 to 56 pieces, $28, lard -Compound, tierces, 375 me., 9 1.2c; .wood pails, 7.0 lbs. net, 10e; pure, times, 275 lira.. 161.80; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 180. ' United States Markets. Minneapolis, May . 25.-Wlieet-No, 1 hard, $1.58 7-8; No. 1 Northern, $1.61 7-8 'to $1.57 7-8; No, 2 Northern, 11.47 3.4 to $1,54 3-8; July, $1.44. Corn -No. 3 :yellow, 69 34 to 70e. Oats -No. 3 White, 501-4 to 50 3.4c.. Flour ,and bran unchanged. Duluth, Minn., May 25. -Wheat --No. 1 hard, $1.55 1-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.54 1-2; No, 2 Northern, $1.47 1.2 to $1.50 1.2; July, $1.49 Licaseed, $1.94 1-2; Slily, $1.96 1-2. SHIPS WORTH $100 000 000 , , GIIIIMAN MIMI/UMW VESSELS • IN AMERICAN PORTS.' Largest Liner in the World Among I Those Which Would Be Seized ° In Case of War. :Montreal, May 25.-Corn-Americon No. 2 yellow, 82 to 850, Oats -Canadian West. The ships owned in Germany and Austria which are tied up in Amer- ican pasts and 'would be seized in case of war are valued at $,100,000,- 000. These ships include the flower of Germany'is trans-Atlantic liners, the floating hotels tliat a year ago were carrying the cream of Euro- pean beide°. A dozen of them are first-class passenger liners, and all except a few of those of Austriam register are in comparatively good condition. The finest of these ves,sels are tied up in the pont of New York and at Boston. - • The Vaterland, of the Hemburg-American Line, the largest vessel in the world, is lying at the Hansburgesemerican docks in Hoboken, having made only two and a half trips,across the Ablantic. She was on her secomd visit to this country whetn the war interrupted her career. This giant of the seas heads the list of marine Pat- prizes to which Uncle Sam might fall heir. She is 950 feet long, registers 500,000 tons, and is valued by her owners at $12,000,- 000. According to one Of the crew, the Vaterland has been burning 50 tons ,of coal a day during the time she has been interned, and is in fine condition, notwithstading her long period of idleness. It has been estimated the Veterla.nd Live Stook Markets. Toronte, May 25.-Butohers' enttle. choice, $8.10 to $8.40; do.. good. $7.40 to $7.90; de., medium, $6,25 to $7,25; do. common, $6.25 to $6.75; butchers' bulle: choice, $6.60 to $7.50; do., good bulls, $6 to $6.75; do., rough balls, $6 to $5.75; Mitcham' cows, choice, $6.60 to $7.35; do., good, $6 to $6.35; do., medium, $5.26 to $6.76; do., common, $4,75 to $5.25; feedene, good, $6.50 to $7.50; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $6.26 to $7,60; canners and outtere, $4 to $5; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $100; do., common and ;medium, each, $35 to $45; springers, $50 to $75; (light ewes, $7 to $8; do., heavy, $6 to $6.30; do., bucks, $3,50 to $4.60; yearling lambs, $5 to $10; calves, $4.50 to $10; Logs. sea and 'water- ed, $9.40 to $9.45; do., off cam $9,65 to $9.75; do., f.o.b., $8. - Montreal, May 25. -There were no choke Steers on the market, but the demand was good for the beet offered, and sales were made at $8.25 to $8,60. and the blower grades k3old down to $6 to $6,50, while butelber 00513 brought from $6.25 to 08, and bulls from $6 to $8.25 per cwt. The offerings of small meats were larger than they have been of late, for which there -vas a good demand, and an active trade Was done in Spring lambs at $4 to $8 each. Yearlings sold at $8.76 to $9.26 per cwt., and ewe sheep al $7 to $7.50. Calves met with an active demand at prices ranging from $1.50 to. $10 each, as to size and quality. The tone of the anarket for hogs was firm, with a good demand from Packers, and Soles of selected lots WOTO matte at $9.75 to $10 per cmt., Weighed off Oars. GOOD PROGRESS IN DARDANELLES Strong Positions Still Bar Allies'. Way to the Narrows, However. A despatch feom London sztee Steady progress by the allied teems on the Gallipoli Peeinsule is re- ported, although they apparently Isaac not yet captured the Turkish positions which bar their way- to the Narrows of the Derdanelles. An unofficial despatch report's .the landing of freth troops on the Asiatic side Of the 'straits -a move designed, doubtless, to prevent the Turks from sending' any more rein- forcements froth the eastern to the western side. The despeteh lien& : "Time allies disembarked fresh troops net Kum Kale, on the Asia, tic coast of the Dandenelles. It also has been learned there that the Turks On , the Gallieeli who flit weekehave. la,ceed artillery emmunitien, have obtained an aliiindant sapply of shells in the past fesir days. The following has been reeeivecl Irony the Mediterranean force: "G•eneeal Cox's brigade repulsed with heavy less an tieback on his position made on May 12. A double company of Gurkhas advanced over half a Mile,- The ground thug won was cons.olidated derin,g the night ie spite Of veee strong tounter- attacks. The Innea.thire tenriterial hone Melee eorteidereble pro - glees. Our howitzer battery, with the aid of aeroplanes blew up the ammunition, wagons of. the 'Turkish heavy howitzers, and later made a • direct hit on one Of the guns in fleet of the Auserallass and New Zealand army corps. The enemy • trendies end a new genemploce- meet were demolished by howitzer • : Every day sees an imprevement in the Anglo -Pennell need:them The enemy are reported as having lost e re, heartily,'' • France Will Settle For Cargo of Dacia A despetch from Pates says: A law has been promuagaited, :indeed- ing to the Tempe; opening a (meta foe the payment of the cargo of the 'steamship Deeitie. formerly of the Hamberg-Ameeica,n Line, but later under American register, which wee seized by a French warship on February 27. The ergo of cotton, however, was not confiscaned, ow- ing to an agreement existing be- tween the French and British nse, val Authorities. "The law proposes," saes the Temps, "that the value of the Pee - go be reimbursed to the Ainericen owners." • GERMAN P BLIC ATION S. Customs Officers Have Been Ad- vised to Exercise Vigilance. A despatch from. Ottawa says: Customs officers at all Ports of en- try in 'Canada have been notified by the department to 'exercise greeter 'vigilance toward the exclu- sion of Germen publications. The entry of these publications has been prohibited under the proclamations relative to trading with the enemy, but 'some are finding their way in by mail and express. Special refer- ence is made to a book entitled "Fur Vaeeriand Tend Ben" or "For Fatherland' and Honor," which_ is said to have been distri- buted extensively through Ontario by a St. Louis publishing firm. Not Quite the Same. I He was an ardent keen, and a Practical penniless lover, t 'was St. Patrick's Day ; in his hand he bore a pot of' real Irish ithanarock. "Th0y were raised in the ()old sod," hesaid, as he presented the pet to Biddy --"raised in the mile sod of Oireland." "Sure now, leturphy;" cried his lady, en ddighe, 'how reeliy swain of ye it is! How per - feet amd how fresh I Sure, I do believe that there's a little, dew on them yet!" 'Murphy fleshed alight- "Begorra, 'I know there is," he reluctantly confessed; "but, it'll be paid to -morrow.' Could Carry 10,000 TrooPs. Besides bile Vaterland, there is at Boston the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, queen of the North German Lloyd _fleet. Her thief asset is speed. Test before. the outbreak of wee she estebliehed a new erases -Atlan- tic reseed for German 'ships. he is capable of doing 24 knots. Ac- cording to a Nortth German Lloyd official the Oeciaie is in excellent condition and could be put in ser- vice almost immediately. Her own - ens value the ship at more than $5,000,000. , The Kaiser Wilhelm II. now at the Lloyd docks in. Hoboken, is a sister ship of the Kronprineeesin and is one of the famous Germain express 'steamed While the is not quite as fast as the Cecilia, the Kaiser was averaging better than 22 knots for bhe trienseetlentic voy- age just befoee she was laid up. It hes beeu rempred for the last few months that he Was preparing to clear this port and become a sea raider. • • The Hamburg -American Line has s . Like a Lunar Landscape: Shell-Yfoles. Cratens •made ills the ground by the explosion of projectiles of -sari- size's in a mining district of Northern France. Ureters like these are used as graves and Its pits for observation officers, and sometimes they are lirseed together to form paints of trenches. ENEMY'S LEFT AUTOS A' TRIFLE TOO SOON Heavy Shell Burst Among the Machines, Killing Kaiser's Chauffeur and Destroying Motors CAMPAIGN IN GALICIA Has No Reserves to Support Gen. Eichorn's Army in Extreme North, it Has Been Driven Back • A despatch from 'Petrograd says: Germany's ,thiel difficulty is lack of men and this now threatenfailure of the entire campaign against Rus- sia. She has no reserves to sup- port Gen: Eichorn's army in the eetreme north and it has been steadily driven back until' now the Russians are fighting near the frontier station of Wirbellen. Matters are even worse in the ex- treme south, near Bukowinas where the Austrian attempt to out- flank the Russians and approach Lembeng from the east has been itself outflanked, The Russians are pursuing the enemy, who is making e disorderly retreat across the woods .of the lower Oerpaelhia,ns Thirteen Vessels Tied Up, one being at Boston and twelve at New York. Next to the Vaterland the Americas at Boston, .is the most valuable, the rest of the fleet being first and 'second 'class peseen- gee carriers :and freighters. Among the freiglitees are some of the greatest cargo carriers in the world. The North German Lloyd has six liners in American poets, all but one of them 'liming been recentle used ei first .cless passenger ships. At Hoboken piers with the Kaiser Wilhelm IL are the following Lloyd ships: Friedrich dee Grosse, Konig Wilhelm IL, the Prinzess Irene and the Grosser Kurfureb. There are also four 'Ansbro- American line vessels in this port, two of them having been engaged in passenger traffic between New York and Trieste before hostilities began. The 'total number of interned ves- sels in the port of New York in- clude foul Austrian and twenty-six German steamers and one Ge rman motor ship, one Germain ship and one German. bark.' • A 'despateh from Geneve says: destroying several machine's, in - The .Ge rinses EmPer or and, 'hie staff ' had a narrow escape while watch. - inn the operations its a village near the Riverr*Sen, in Galicia. I AnIceed- , nig to s despatch from Budapest, a heavy she'll burst 600 yards away, • -It fell aneong scene ,automobiles, chiding the Emperor's, and killing his chauffettr. The Emperor had left his ear only 15 minutes before. As more Russimeelielle were fall- .ing in the neighborhood, the Em- peror and his 'staff tett hastily in machines which they eon -imam - (leered. ERMANSBRING UP . gEsEgvEs Ail the Big Guns of the Enemy on the Belgian Coast Transferred to tIle Canal 'A despitteth from London eaye: ) The DailieMaills correspondent it 'Amsterdam cable's . that the Ger- mans have held the allies in cheek just beyond the east bank of the 'Weer ,Canal by beingieg tip large reserves of ,men end artillery. ,He ITALIAN PARLIAMENT ACTS A Vote of 407 to 74 on Bill Authorizing War Measures A despatch frorn Rome says: Italy took the 11114 definite step to- ward her ;entry into the European war on the side of the' allies Thurs- ,daY when by a vete of 40/ to 74 of the deputies peseent at Ithe re- opening of Parliament, full power was granted to the Government to deal with all public matters alter the declaration of war against Aus- tria, and authorizing the neces- sary extraordinary expenditure. It was reported irons Milan that the Austrian fleet at Pala, the Aus- trian naval base in the Adriatic, is ander steam and waiting only the actual outbreak of !hostilities to proceed to Venice and bombard that ancient city. In anticipation of such an action the authorities for several weeks have been en- gaged in removing the art trea- sures from the galleries and churches of Venice'. The movement of Italian troops toward the northern and eastern frontiers proceeds -apace. Gen into the flat lands of Eastern Hun- gary. Moreover, Dimitriefes army, which successfully holds the west hank of the Sian from Peremysl southward to the woody swamps of the Dnie,ster and has Germany there on the defensive,has enabled Ivanoff to extend his line unbroken from Opabow in South Poland to Kolome,a, in East Galicia. Over this 200 -mile line the enemy has probably 35 corps, of which 15 are Germasi, which are operating hone in a frontal attack. They failed and lost lenge numbers on the San while attempting to esta,b- BA themselves on the right bank, they have brought heavy artillery by meter erection against the west- ern sector guns of Perenaysil. HERE ANOFRERCH AMOR NEW REGULATIONS AS TO PASSPORTS Must Contain the Portrait of the DAILY ROUND .01' DUTIES OF TuE TWO GENERALS. Commanders 'of Allied Forces Lied Simply end Are Extremely Methodical. A correspondent sends a first hand impression of Gen. Joffre aid Sir John French and the conditions under which the French and British commanders of the allied lines are we eking. Gen, Joffre has his headquanters, the correspondent says, in a hotel well, known to English tourists, Be received the correspondent puectu- allyin a tiny room with a long, narrow table -most likely part of the servants' quarter's when the hotel was used for its regular pur- pose. "He arrives in this room at 6.30° o'clock every morning," the corre- spondent says, "and at 7 o'clock he has a conference with the six leading officers of the General Staff. . . . All the reports and des- patches of the night are gone through and (Recessed, and ordets are given for the day. Lunch is served at 11 o'clock, and always consists of the same articles of food -eggs and cutlets -after which, at twelve o'clock, there is another conference. At 1 o'clock the Gen- eral *goes out till 4. He either walks Or drives, generally in the adjacent woods,' At 8.30 there is the third conference, attended by the same persons and sat 9 punctu- ally, no matter What happens, the ,Gerieral gees to bed." The French commander, the cor- respondent continues, 'spends' all his time at his headquarters except for a trip of inspection to the front once a week. As an- illustration of Joffre's method's the correspondent 'nays that all the Wife of the Man to Whom It Is Issued. A despatch from London says: The Homeeieffice is enforcing new regulations regarding passports. Heretofore it has only been neces- sary for a, Mee to have 'hie owe por- trait on his passport. Tee new re- quirements call for Sloe Portraits of wiVes and children over 14 years ot age. ' The new requirements were first enforced sat Live:Pool, where sev- eral' jpessengers had difficulty it eepering the neces.sairy photographs and' haveig them- officially attached to the passport and stamped by the Tented States Consul, so that they mighe: be permitted to sail. The Embassy has investigated and found that in the future the new, requirements must be strictly adhered to. Through the press the Amerieen :Embassy has cabled the attention sof all Americans in the United Kingdom to the new rules, and urges them, if the regulations have nee peen complied with, to take the necessary steps without delay by calling at the Embassy or at the newest Consulate: with the photographs. says thet all the big gene of the Germans on the Belgian coast, ex - cent their aircraft pieces have been transferred to' the ,hoer, while all the Lendsturm at Bruges, equipped with new rifles, have gone with them, ' Government Enquiry • Into Crucifixion Story A clespateh from London saes: In the House of Commons Herold 3. Tennant, Pruliamentary Under- Secretary for War, announced that the Government was enquir- ing into the allegation that Ger- mans 'had removed the figure of Christ from a lenge village crucifix ands fastened a wourided Cana,dian sergeath to the .cress, Oreers Weitten by Himself were already drawn upon August 27 for the' action which began on September 5. "He pondered them all over, and then pieced the whole battle together' bit by bit, like a delicate bit of mechanism, which when the 'Mine came ren like 'clock - week," the 'correspondent adds. Joffre wears .e'pale blue tunic, with no decorations except three goad stars on the sleeve and cuffs, and the red trousers with a black stripe. The impression made on the 'interviewer was one of messive- ness-a great, grey head, iron chin, nine and rather sad eyes. The daily round of dreies perseed by Sir John French is veey to that of Gen. Joffre. The British commander, like Joffre, is extreme- ly methodical. He occupies the un- pretentions dwelling of the lead- ing lawyer of a smell French town and livee the life of a simple Eng- lish country honse There is break- . • fast without formality ; luncheon, often sandwichel eaten in a meter car near the trochee, and 'a geed dinner quickly disposed of, with be at ten o'clock, after a day of incessant work, Sir John French is idolized by the British in Flan- ders, as Gen. loffre is idolized by the French, CORRESPONDENCE FOR PRI- SONERS. Instructions Re Aildressing Postai Matter to Germany. 1. Letters (letters 'should be left open), postcards end postal par- cels should be addressed as fol- lows: - 1. Rank, initials, name; 2, Regiment, or other unit; 3. British or Canadian, French, Belgian or Russian) prisoner of war; 4. Place of internment; 5. Germany. poomoir Oedemas the chief of etaff, is at Vicenza, to Woe full command. of the 1,700,000 soldiers now in the northern zone. Passenger traffic on the railroads leading to the Auago_ tria,n frontiers hos been reduced 11 to a minimum. Fifty express and slow trains have been suppressed in the South, while in 'Central and Northern Italy not even freight trains are amesning, the lines being ' devoted exclusively to military transport. Italian refugees from Pole report test the Austrian police 'broke into their 'houses and 'seized !their furni- ture. Practically the entire male population of the port, the refugees said, has been pressed' into military service, end the women and chil- dren' of Italian nationality fear they will be placed in detention camps or in prison. Martial law hao been proclaimed all along the littoral. Italian citizens who left Fiume foe Venice on May 11 were seen off lay a large crowd, who shouted, "Come back soon." YIELDS BIG RETURN. Receipts Since War Tax Became Effective Are $171,063. A despatch from Ottawa says: A further indication of the succeseful working of the war measures is found in the already heavy collec- tions under the War Revenue Act by the Department of Inland Reve- nue. The receipts since the war tax beearme effective in March to May 18 have been 1171,063. This by no means represents all the new reve- nue from the stamp taxes, as in many cases postage stamps have been and are being used. The war stamp revenue in the Inland Revs - flue Department alone was $46,570 in March and $45,692 in, April. The ;total inland revenue in March was $1,828,794, and in April' $1,438,598, a decline of about $420,000. You May Not Know. A coating of a flashlight eompo•se tion on the face of a target will ignite on being struck and. show where a bullet has entered. The Turkish Empire is composed of many mixed races. It includes Greeks, Slays, Albanians, Armen- ians, Jews and Csreassians, Portugal's navy consists of hell a dozen small protected cruisers, Jaroslan, according to the Raesian in conjunction with a dozen •torpe.. communication, the forces of Grand do craft and three submarines. Duke Nicholas "have pressed the A recently patented merry-go- round revolves and travels laterally as it floats on a small body of wa- ter, controlled by an overhead ca- ble,,Rce flour is used in France as a binder in the manufacture of fuel briquettes by a new •process from end dust, lignite, peat or sawdust. Resembling a pistol and control- led by e trigger is new pneumatic tool for cleaning dirt from inacces- sible parts of machinery. The oity forest of Zurich, Switzer- land, adds to the town's revenues $7.20 per acre a year, reducing the amount needed to be raised through taxation by more than $32,000. . Of the total 'world production of commercial 'cotton in 1913 the United States contributes 60.9 per cent. Next to corns, cotton is the most valuable crop grown there, and it is the largest single item, of export. • On a peace footing the Portu- guese army consists of 32,000 men. When fully mobilized the arraY should have 105,000 first-line troops and 148,000 of the second to put into the field. Place of internment should be stated always, if possible, and par- cels cannot be accepted unless place of internment is stated. All addresses mush be in ink. 2. Communications should be. lim- ited to private and family news and to necessary business communica- tions, and should not be sent too frequently. No references to the naval, military or political situa- tion or to naval or military move- ments and organization's are al- lowed. Letters or postcards con- taining 'such references will not be delivered. 3. Friend's of prisoners of was are advised to send postcards in pre- ference to letters, as postcards are less likely to be delayed If letters are sent, they should not exceed in length two sides of a sheet of note paper and should contain nothing but the sheet of note paper On no account shoved the writing be crossed 4. Letters cannot for the present be accepted for registration. 5. Postage need not be paid either on letters or parcels addressed to prisoners of war. 6. No letters, should be enclosed in parcels, and newspapers Insist not on any account be sent. So far as is known there is no restriction on the contents of parcels; tobacco may be sent and will he admitted duty free, but food stuffs of a, per- ishable theracter should nob be sent. Parcels ehould not exceed 11 lbs. in weight. 7, Remittances can be made by money order in poisoners of war. Instructions ae to how to proceed can be obtained beset postmasters of accounting post offices. The transmission of coin, either' in let- ters or psi:eels', is • expeeteely pro- hibited. Postal notes and bank notes should not be sent. 8. It mnst be understood teat no guarantee of the delivery of either parcels or letters con be given andothat the Post Office accepts no responsibility. In any ease, con- eiderable delay may take 'place, and failure to receive an acknowledge- ment should not necessarily he taken as an indication that lettere and percale eent have not been de- livered, 9. So far as is known, prisoners of war in Germany are allowed to write letters or postcards from time to time; but they may not always have facilities for doing so', and the feet that no, conemenizetion is re- ceived from them need. not give rise to 'anxiety. *1. Quite Remote. `Seatre, then, you are anlatted to Barney O'Brien 2" "Very distantly, Barney was me mother's first child -- I was the elven-km[6h " Beetles will depart like magic if ground borax mixed with brown Om gar is laid submit 'the hearth or other haunts, BOMBS DROPPED - UPON PEREESt Great Battle in the East Is Cen- tered Around the Galician Fortress. A despatch from London says: Fighting of the greatest intensity is continuing at almost every point on the 200 -mile seetion of the Rus - elan battle front in South Poland and Middle Galicia. The region of Jeroslate on the' San to the north of Perernysl, continues, however, to be the principal 'stolen centre. At this point strong foeces of Ger- mans 'have swarmed across the river sued esitableehed themselves along the former Russian fortified line, Peremyel 'has been bombard- ed from the DAT. The communications of Peremysl with Lemberg and the mein Rue - ohm army appear to be still intact, according to the latest official. iree formation from Petrograd, the Ger-, mans not having succeeded so far in carrying the apex of their wedge across the San into the territory to the east of the fortress. South of • 'enemy somewhat on both banks o the Sae," showing 'that the Rus- sians aeleast are bolding their own in this section. Before Peremyel itself, and further south, incessant attacks have been made by tine en- emy, who euceeeded in taking rev - era advanced 'Russian trenches at one point in the northern foothills of the Carpathians. Beyond the Genteel Galician bate tle region, on the Bukowina front, the Austrians have merle e caries attacks.; all of which have been' re- pulsed with great loss, and the Rus- s -tans appear to' he continu•ing their offensive with considerable saccesn Bible Names of Battleships. ! The custom of giving Bible names 'to men-of-war at one time prevail- ed eictensively in the British Navy. There is only one vessel, the battle- ship Goliath, IIION sunk, 'with a Bib- lical appellation. The names are chiefly pagan, like Hercules, or ad- jectival, like Auclecious. Inthe 17th 'century, however, the British Naval Fleet ineheled vessels named Abraham, Benjamin, Eph raj in, Sohn the Baptist, Jonathan, King David, Ruth, end 'Solomon. In Nelson's time there was Goth an Adam end Eve, and an Eden', but bY then the •use cli Biblical names for engines of destruction 'began en be out of favor. fit e still earlier &tee the 'practice was very much more common. One warship, Com- missioned in the time of Henry VIE., 'Wee the 'name of Christ. and among the fighting fleet of Henry V.'s time were ships named Jesus, Holy Ghost, Peter, Paul and Pater- noster. s Prisoners' Exchange Revoked by Germany A' despatch from London says: Correspondence between the Bri- tish Minister at the Vatican and the oeeign Ofeee eieolnsee the feet that ermany has revoked the am's,- ment made at -Oho twines) of the Pope for the exchange o,guiti4i and German civilian and ineapace bated prisonens independently sof the question of military age. Mlle Prussian Minister at the Vaeican has explained that the ac- tion was taken because Great Bet - teen wae not treating German eels - marine prisonere as ordinary pri- inners 'or war, Over 4.00,000 unaddressed lettere, postcard's, and packets are posted in the United Kingdom every year, es- se The Scene Whisili Follnwee. -- "Somewhere in Scotland" (nee may not be more precise) a soldier named, say, Robinson, died in a military hospital. News of his death %yes wired to hia wife and brothsr in the South of England, and, run- way posses sent for them to attend the ifuneral in Scotland; the Wer Office orders on such occasions are liberal. The wife and brother duly wene north and accompanied the remains to. the cemetery. As they stood by the side of the grave the wife 'happened to Oast her eyes 10 the mourners on the other side, , mid be I there was her husband The scene swineh followed can be easily imagined. It seems there were two men elf the same name, and the intimation of the death had been tsetse to eke wrong individuals. Willie Barked. Willie was :struggling through the Story' in his reading lesson. " `No,' said the capita -ire,'' he read, "it was net a sloop. It was a larger ves- sel, By the rig I judged her to be -seesa-e-a-a - The word was new lo him. "Bargee," supplied the teacher. Still Willie hesitated. "Barque !" repeated the teacher, this time sharply. Willie looked as though he had not heard aright. Then with an apprehensive glance around the class, he shouted, ' "Bow -wow I" 'Scented blooms when cut should be laid in cold water for an hour. 'When transferred' to vases 'they give off a stronger and more last- ing fragrance. EULOGY OF KAISER MUST GO Public Appeals to Board of Education to Eliminate It From Chicago School Books A despatch from Chicago says ; Mass meetings and public appeals to the Board of Ed'ucat'ion to elimui- nate the eulogy of the German Kai - nee from the Public School speller are hang planned. With the ex- ception of the German newspapers gro %rime atih•Pr fqedp iitingenge netespepers of the city nee 'anteing in a demand that the Belted of :Edu- cation either cause the page in itne speller containing taw eulogistic tent on the Kaiser be out out, or be have the entire edition of the speller destroyed, . "There will be meetings, reso- lutions and commenicatione upon the' subject, and the Board of Eche elation will be asked to undo the Wrong that has been done," said Vladimir Geringer, editor of (rho Daily Svornotet. "It is not a lov- ely. language quesition. It. is purely au Americ.an peopositern. Ken hut Ftagg Newt-, in the in- Neter1 pollees opt beet the Boned or ildueentien se the place to cippettl to, and that is WRIOTO go. We will also ask Mrs. Young to- , plain why up other ruler is ,esile- eized, Ferther, in' the next few due we will isms the feces roger& ingethe gyannesium and school life of the Kaisee, which will show up 'something more."