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The Clinton News Record, 1915-06-10, Page 6'GERMANS TAKE PEREMYSL Russians Evacuated the City After Northern Forts Were Stormed A de.spateh from London see,s: P,etionlys'l is once a,gain in the pos-, sessionof Austria: Atter a, siege Lasing nob quite .three iveeks, hepe- lessily battered by the powe.rful guns of the Austro-Gerinan,s, the llifeetansliave evacuated the city. ' It wae not a foran.al surrender, as was the oa,se Meech 22, when the Austriaa garaisoe alter eix menthe' defence, hosted the white flag. The greater part' of the Rus- sian gerrison managed to slip away over the railroad to Lemberg which is in the, 90 -mile arca to the .east, where the Teuton forces have nab' Consolidated their linee. 'They were able to take &oleoheavy guns, many machine gun.s, and considerabie munitions of war, *What booty the Austeo-Germans have captured with the fortress there ifs no estnnato. but it is fair- ly certain that the 'Ituissians, hav- ing lots of time'got away as many an.en and as nmeh material as pos- sible, and destroyed the gune and ammunition that remained. Military experts in London have foreseen the fall cf Peeemyel ever sinee,itevas apparent that the Ger- man and .Anstemn thrust through Galicia was going to strike home. Peranyel is not a safe 8.alient in a defence line, however strong it may be as an isolated fortress. The tactics of the new be.see.e,ers were ex,ctetly opposite •to these of the Russians when the p.ositione were revereed. The first siege was conducted with regard be human ; this .second eiege has been, oonclucted along lines generally pursued in the ,ea,sit--an absolute dieregaed of human life-chaeges in cleee formation in the face of fi.De from machine guns and rifles, all covered by the tereific fire of the heavy Aueero-Germaa field guns. The eGeosmati army, aeoerding to the official reports from Berlin and Vienna, entered Peremysil at 3.30 ge'clook this morning frcira the north after the last of the fortes on that front, of the defences, had been g- leamed, The Auebriam tenth army then came utp from the west and ,south, reaching the eentre of the town ebortly ,after six o'clock. Moet of the felts bed been earn- pletely destroyed by the Anetrians before they eneren,clered after the previous eiege, .and this is coneide. erect in military eireles here to ac- count for the fact that the fortress had to be abandoned so quickly in the face of the Austro -German at- tack. It appears that there was no fighting after the ring of forts was penetrated, which leads to the be- lief that the town was practically empty of Russian military forces when the Austrians took posses - KING'S BIRTHDAY HONOR ROLL Iiientenant-Governor Hendrie and 5 0 thee Prominent Canadians Entitled to Prefix of Sir. A despatch front London says: A list of the King's birthday hon- ors is issued in the London. Gazette. inoludee many naval and mili- tary decorations foe war eervice.s. Earl Kitchener heads the list, he receiving the knighthood of the Garter. The following Canadian names appear in the hoe: K.C.111.G. Lt. -Col. the Hon. John Strath - earn Ilendrie, Lieutenant -Governor of Ontario, Principal 'William Patersonevice- chancellor of. McGill University, Montreal. . • Knights Bachelor. Herbert Brown Ames, M.P., hon- orary secretary of the Canadian ''-6-Betrietic Fund, Montreel. Henry L. Drayton, chairmen of the Board of Railway Commission- ers, Ottseva. • John Craig Eaton, merchant, To- onto.- Charles Frederick Fraser, super- / Blind Halifax: lintendent of the School for the 0.111. G a Very Rev. Pnincipal Daniel er Gordon, vice-chaneellor of Queen's University, Kingebon. Conanander Rich/led-M. T. Ste- phens, •chief of staff of the Canadian Naval Service, Ottawa. C.I.S.O. Capt. Richard Burton Deep, late superihtendent of the Royal North- West Mounted Police, Ottawa. Francis Hermann Gisborne, Par- liamentary counsel, Ottawa. Sir Gilbert Parker, the writer, is made a baronet. Hon. Edgar Bow- ling, e member of the Legislative Council of Neweoundiand, as knighted, Bait From Germany Thrown Out to Jews A despatch from London saes ; Accordink to Le Matin of Paris, Germa,ny•es throwing out a beet to the Jews by pronntieing to re-estab- lisb the Kingdom of Palestine after the war A scheme outlitied and semeed by as German and 'Austrian rabbis; and .also by Herr Bailin, of the Hamburg-Anierican Line, un- • dertakes to ae-egableeh, by an agreement with the Sultan, a Jew- ish kingdom, with guarantees of neutrality.. • N ot 'Worryi Newedd : They say that fleer will go- up two or three dollars a barrel . ' • . Mrs. Newedd : "Thank' gOodness! dear, we get ours. by the bag." SUBMARINE SINKS GERMAN SHIP Was Operating in the Sea of Mar- mon at the Thu e. A despatch frOM London Says: .A British submarine operating in the Sea of Maritime, torpedoed a large German transport in Pan - derma Bay. This annekencement was given out officially in Loacion. as hawing been received from the vice-a,dmirel in Command at the Dardanelles. It is said also that this submarine was one of several operating in theee waters. The large German transport offi- cially reported sunk by a British eubmarine in Pendent/a Bay is be- lieved to have been either the steamer General, of 4,500 tons, for- merly of the German East Africa C'ompany, or the Coroovacla, 4,900 tone, which was otrne.cl•by the Hamburg - Americam SteeiniS14 Line. The General fled to Constanti- nople at the .same time as did the Gerreae cruisers Goeben and Bres- lau. The Corcovada was used by the Hainburg-Americen Line to inaugurate a passenger 'service be- tween the United .State,s and Tur- key last year. She was in the Week S.ea when the war started and took refuge in the Bosphorus, later being transferred to th.e Turk- ish flag. Dernburg at Liberty To Go When He Likes A despetch front Washington saps-: The British, Frenoh and Rus- sian Embassies have aesitred the State Department they will give safe conduct to Dr. Bernhard Dean burg, former Colonial Secretary of Germany, When he leaves the Unit- ed State's. It has been known that Dr. Dernburg is about to leave the country, and it iit reported he wile go to Norway pome time this month. A few weeks ago, when. Dr. Dernbturg, as a climax to a sekies of epeeches ev.hich Loused the re- sentment of the Washington Gov- ernment, justified the ,sa,nking of the Lusitania in a public seethes's, theee teem linead intimations that ehrough the German Embeeey he might he invited to leave the coun- try. Alleged British Spy Convicted in Saxony A despeteh hem London says: According toe despatch to the Cen- tral News -from Leipzig, Saxony, George Crossanan, tat Engleshanan, tees been sentenced to three years' imprisonment by a Saxon coaet on the charge of attempting to..furnish the British Governmeet with, the Germinal plans to invade England. CANADIAN SOLDIERS REWARDED The Distinguished Conduct Medal Bestowed on Members of Patricias and the 14th Battalion A despatch from London says: The award of the Distinguished Conelect Medal to a number of members of the Cane/diem cliviaion • has been ennommed in eonnctation tvieh the King's birthday honors. Pte. R. H. Drake, of the 14th battalion, is decorated for con- spicuous gallantry and devotion bo duty near the leue du Bois on Marreh 26, when he wane oub undee heavy fire to the assistance of ratunded comrades. lie was ha mediate/y wounded hiniteedf, but, nieveothelese, suoeeeded in drag - peg one main in to safety and then rendered fleet aid th heat. Pte. S. Hacking, Princess Pa:tre- aties, reoeives the medel ear eon- epicuoue gallantry ali fea Eloi on Bebe:navy 28 for assisting le • the resale of a wounded comeede under mese difficult and dangerous ohe ameba:noes, Serge S. V. Patereoe, Princess Patricia's, is rewarded for con- epecnous galleeitry at St. Eloi when • the leading platoon in an.,a,ttack on a- Ge,rmen ,tre.neth with great ability and dash, Pte.: J , M. Robc.rtson, Princess Patricia's, for coespietusue gal- lantry at, St. Eloi, 281h February, in aesisting to rescue a wounded comrade Under most diffieult and dangerous circumstances. Corp. J. L. Wolistenho.lane, Princess Patricia's, for eonspieu- ous gallantry at St. Eloi, 15th Meech, when he carried ineseages on two occasionie under daaage.roue circumstances while exposed to very , hetiVY fire. Sahsequenrea Corp. Wolseenhohne :concluded etretetherebeareee ten !the dark to reecuie 'wounclecl. deep. L, Woletenhelnee es a Toronto man, . residing et 246 Vaughan Road, ge. was heen la Sootlancl and 'left Toronto as a pre - vete. Pte. S. Htuelting and Pte. 3. At, Roleentson ane residents of Hamil- ton, and Seaga Petersen enlisted at Wonnipeg. A British Cask -Pontoon Bridge Over tlte Yser, Constructed hi One Night. The bridge am:0es the Yeer in the neighborhood of Dix/nude shown in the above photograph, was cone dr -acted there recently during the 00u:else of one night by the British, who took advantage of a tem - pantry 'slackening in the inceseent fighting that is ever continuing in that eneate,r. The emlete-caak floats utilized to seirve as supporting pontoons were prepared on the b,a.nk, guided into position in the ws,ter, and finally trroored securely in position; then the roadway planking aoross them was livid down of 'sufficient wide& to allow of infantry in formation taaveesilig tlhe =dee cover of and in spite of the darkness. The operabion, it woudel appear, tees not detected by the enemy in the neigh- borhood, who, to prevenb ,suoh work being carried out coneinualey sent up stair,sheels. NEWS ACROSS DIE BORDER WHAT IS GOING ON OYER IN THE STATES. Latest Happenings in Big Republic • Contlensed for Busy Readers. A postal deficit of 56,500,000 in the U. S. postal revenues is .albri- bitted t th,e war. A mongrel dog, which bit three people in Now York was kicked to delete by a mob. 'United States blacksmiths are slated to go into the auto repair business to Gave their trade. The Puma. Retail :Jewellers' As- sociation declares jewellery a ne- cessiby 'rather than a luxury. The Detroit College of Medicine was told that punishment of chil- dren by beowe eaused epilepsy. The amount event by Detroiters last year on reoreation was 99 cents per 'level; for dimity 38 cents. For throwing a stone and break- ing a chicken's leg, letierid Jennings of Bangor Pa., was fined 516.15. To booa so- called war etockis, New York brokers exhibited: sheep- nei shell on the floor of the Stock Exchange. Pinned undoe an auto wagon in a foot of water at Egg Harbor, N. j., George Gibson, driver, was drowned The falling away of clams in the rivers is likely to eause s setereity of pearl buttons in the garment trade. Fire inettrance losses in the TJ.S. last year totalled $200,720,000, an increase of $28,000,000 over the year before. Mrs. Jeanie Was draped her bed with 15.8. flags anti crepe p.rior to atbemptiug suicide by gas in New York. John D. Rockefeller is buying more land around Pocantico, Hillis to make the finest private park in America. The only son of Harry Keiser; of Norristown, Pee, lost with his wife On the Lusitania, inherit& $70,000 by the deaths, The military men of New York are Opposing the singing of "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be it Sel- dier" in public schools. Police had to attend the funeral of Richard Hyde at Detroit, to re- strain two women who each. claimed to be his widow. Paten per eenb. of the mining population of Pittsburg have gonte home 'knee the war started, :with lei/Ilene to follow. Policeman, Robert O'Brien seized a bomb from before Yemadais Ja,p restaurant, at New York, and pulled off the burning Rise. David Btiaetht would not kiss his baby in eourt at Mina Mich., when sued by his wiee as a deserter, and promptly went to Lyde Breeher, St. Louis :teaoher, alsks $2,500 damages for a eup .of coffee spilled down her back in it Kansas City Sae:bemire/a. ; ra110121,8 opened the gfatle, cif Chief Qua,nah Parker, of the Comanches, at Lawton, O., andestole the valu- able,sburied, with hien. Operating on Anna CluTry, for tuberculosis of the spine, Baltimore doctois took bone from her legs to replace ithe diseased hones. A young Clev,elander.'W. 0, Stag. kemper, 'seeks hie 5100 back from a 'barber who promised to produce hair on his bald aced and faeled. A live wine fell into a pool at Bet- els Creek, Mioh., and killed two ,hor,sca, which stepped into it, and hooked two drivers on ehe wagon. Mrs. Herman Becker walked in it jewellesee store .at Detroit at night and was trapped by burglar alarms until the poliee releasied her; ,She was a customer of the firm, Was Not a Deserter, Is In French Hospital A deepatch , trom Ottawa says; There is a ,oeittetn Monte:teal ,eeklier, a member of the fast Canadian division, who has 'been the object letely of msedh undeserved appro- biuni. • Halving been in the Lange- 2/[6cf$111'fring, in wha ich the Can - lams istinguished themselves; he ailed to turn ap afterwards, is be was hot repotted ae it prisoner and was pee eerie be weniected, riende Pike enquire for Lana were nformed Mat he b ' deeertedi It, has asow been discovered, however, that the 'soldier in question is ly- ing in a Freneh 'hospital with gun, shot wounds in head and neck. BilliAliKABLY STRONG POSI- TION OF THE MERCHANTS BANK OF CANADA SHOWN BY ANNUAL REPORT Ib is significant that after more than eight months, of the. :seyorest financial strain Canada has eves: ex,perienoed, the Merchants Bank of Canada comes lorwaind with a report showing not only the great- est strength in its history compar- ing fa.voilably with the ;strongest commercial bank throughout the world. Perhaps the outstanding feature of the annual statement 11JV at April :30th lett, is the ass.ets which are or can innued,iately be convert- ed into cash. These amount to 532,080,571.51 exclusive of $1,000,- 000 deposited in the Central Gold Reserve, and $335,000 deposited with the Government for the pur- poses of the Circulation Fund. Al- together the immediately realisable assets amount to $33,421,571, or over 413% of the 13ank'e lia,beleby to the public. What this means -will be appreciated when it is remem- bered thet last year these items totalled over $8,000,000 less, or less then 37% of the liabilities to the public -and this was a vary good showing for normal times. The total assets of the Bank are 886,190,484.51, an increase oe over three millions from last year. It is worthy of note that them are ne mortgages, while overdue debts and reel eetate., other them Bank prem- ises together amount to only 5263,- 538.40, or less than one-third of one per cent. of the total essebe, The aotuad cash, coin and notes, on hand were over $21,000,000, or twice what they were a year ago. Thus the Merchants Bank of Can- ada is in a position of great strengbh, whieh enables„ it to fact any possible development of the war situation with perfeeb confi- dence. During the year the Bank's de- posit business expanded veey con- siderably. Its depesies betureng in- terest inoreased over four millions, to $50,037,101.80, and its total pub- lic 'liabilities geew three millions to $71,769,613.81. The capital paid up and the reserve fund stand at $7,000,000 leach. Profits were necessarily affected by the effeets to maintain so high a ratio of liquid reserve or assets thab could be converted into caeh immediately. Current commerciatl loans in, Canada, the main source of a Canadian bank's profits, were reduced° by $6,200,000, and the net profits for the year were $995,431, against $1,218,694 f or 1914. These were still further reduced by ap- propriations for patriobec purposes, by the war taxes and by 5260,000 written off for depreciation in ithe market value of enortrities. There is every probability that the Ratter amount will be in conakeerable part reoovered in the future, when, se- curities resume their noranae value, The' appropaiation fon patriotic punposes indioate the sacrifices .bliat the Bank is making Von the general good in these exectioa times, ra.nd the „shareholders are amply compensated ira the feet that the Bank'e immense ,etrength and oonstently widening connections enable. it ;to look 'forward to greatly enhanted prosperity ars soon as business in Canada resumes its usual activity. Meanwhile a bad - ane sheet such lee thee, after near- ly nine (months of war, is the best evidence of 'ealidity and sound manageeneet bhat a, bank could pos- sibly have. 3. A. Colossal Sin. The Lusitania tragedy was ehe subject of many blaming Serin011e in New York chuathes on the Sunday fallowing the tragedy. "The sink- ing of the Insitania is a colossal sin .against God, It is preanedd- toted reorder. It is a etelapsainto dark ,and savage barbarism," de• cleated the Rev. Dr. Jowetb, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyteries] Church, addressing at congregation which crowded the building. 'Here is a happening," Geld Dr. Jowebt, "rushingeboyond all racial bolted - antes, It is a inattee of common humanity, It, would he treaelhery -1,so a Jost and holy God bo be silent, P115 simian of the Lasitania, with- oub warning or effort be .eavo wo- men land &illation is a elitivencloup crime asphalt the healen eaee, tend rthelea°Pilc'era'inlit'BoliiicallItillaanbc1Gisotucil''aget )4basirgl- barilsna altogether anethinecable." With ;the exception, of ' Jewieb. .Marriages, all marriage's in Eng- land mese be celebrated beeween title hours of 'eight in the fosanoon and thre,e m the afternoon. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS FROM THE 15501110 TRANS CENTRES OF AMERICA, Breadstuffs. Toronto, Juno 8. --Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.431 No, 2, 51.41; No. 3, 51.38, on track Lake ports. Manitoba Oats -No. 2 0.W., 64e; No. 0.W., 62 1-20; extra No. 1 feed, 62 1-5o, en traok Lake ports; No. 1 feed, none offer. American. corn -No. 2 yellow, 77 3.4o, on track Lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 770. on track Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 59o; No. 3 do., 58e, outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 winter, per oar lot, 51.35, outeide. Peas -No. 2 nominal, mar car lots, $1.60. outside. Barley -Good malting berleY, 70c; feed barley. 65. outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 77 to 785, outside. Ityc-No. 2 nominal, 51.15, outside. Manitoba flour-Pirst patents, in jute bags, 57,60; second ,patents, in jute 'bags. 57.10; strong 'bakers', $6.60, Toronto; In cotton bags, Me more, Ontario tiour-Winter, 95 .per cent. PIt- tents, $5.60; seaboard or Toronto freights in bags. Millfeed-Bran, per ton. $26; gborts, 528; tniddlings, 5291 good feed flour, per bag. 51.80, delivered Montreal freights. Country Produae. Butter -The receipts are large and in. creasing, with a good deal of grasebutter offering. Ohoice dairy, 22 to 24e; inferior. 20 to 280; creamery, prints, 28o; do., eel. ids, 27 to 280. • Bggs--The anarket is well supplied, with prices firm, and sales at 224i per dozen. in ease lets. Beans -The market is quiet at 53.10 .to $3.15 for ;mime. and 53.20 to $3,26 for hand-pickcd, oultry-Chickene, yearlings, dressed, 18 to 280; Spring chickens, 45 to 60o; fowl, 13 to 150. Cheese -The market is firm, being quot- ed o.t 20o for large, and at 20 1-4c for twins. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 660 per bag, out of store, and 46 to 60c in oar lots, Ncny Brunswiolcs, car lobs, 55 to 60c per bag. Baled Hay and Straw.. Straw is quoted at $7 to 55 it ton In can lois delivered on track here. llay-No. 1 hay is ugoted at $16 to 517; No. 2 at $14 to $15, and No. 3 at 515 to $12.50. BUSII1OSS In Montreal. Corn, American, No. 2 yellow, 80 to Ma Oate, Canadian Western, No, 3, 65c; extra No. 1 feed, 600; No. 2 local white, 64 1-20; No. 3 local white, 63 1.20; No, 4 local white. 62 1-2c, Barley, Man. feed, 73 1-2 to 74o. Flour, Man. Spring wheat pa- tente, ftretal 57.70; eeoonds, 57,20; strong bakere', 57; Winter patents, choice, $7.50; straight rollers, 57 to 57.10; do., bags, $3.30 to $3.40. Rolled oats, barrels, 57 to 7.15; do., bags, 92 lbs, 53.50 to 53.60. Bran, 106. Shorts, 528. 3.1iddlings. $33 to 534. $36 to 538. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 519 to 520.50. Cheese, finest west. este, 19 to 19 1-4e; finest eastorns, 1.8 1.2 to 18 343. Butter. choioest creamery, 27 1-2 to 28o; seConde, 26 1-4 to 26 1-2e. Bgge, fresh. 21. to 220; selected, 23 to 24o; NO. 2 etoels. 19 to 20c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 42 1-2 to 45e. Dressed hogs, albattolr killed, $13.75 to 514. ork, heavy Canada, short mess, Ibis, 36 to 45 pieces, $29; Canada Short cut .back, bble. 45 to 66 pieces, 028.50 Lard, compound, tierces, 375 lbs, 180; wood pails, 20 lam net, 101.80; pare, tierces, 375 lbs, 12c; pure, wood salts, 20 15,, sat, 12 1-2c. U. S. Markets. Minneapolis, Minn., June 8. -Wheat --No. 1 hard, 51.41 3.4; No. 1 Northern. $1.34 3-4 51-41 1.4: No, 2 Northern, $131 1.4 to $1.38 1-4; July, 5134 1-4. Corn -No. 3 yea. low, 69 1.4 to 59 3-40. Oate-No. 3 white, 47 1.4 to 47 3.4.3. Plour-Pancy patents, 57.10; first clears, 56.30; second clears. 54.30. Bran unchanged, Duluth, Minn., June 8.--Wheat--No, 1 bard. $1.38 72; No. 1 Northern, 51.37 7-8; No, 2 Northern, 51.31 7-8 to 51.34 72; July, 51.35 7-8. Linseed, 51.78; July, 51.79 1-2. New‘York, June 8.-1'lour easier, Spring ,,atents, 57a5 to 57.30; Kansas straights, 56.80 to 57. Rve dour easy, futr to good, $620 to $6,40; choice fancy, 56.45 to 56.60. Bay steady; No. 1, $1.20; No. 2, 51.15; No, 3, 51.05. Hops quiet, Hides dull. Leather firm. Live Stock Markets. Toronto. June 8. -The quotations were: Butchers' cattle, choice, $8.10 to $8.40; do., Nwl, 57.60 to $7.90; do.. medium. $7.25 to 5720; do., common, $6.75 to $7.22. But - chem. halls. choice, 56.75 to 17.60; do., good hulls, 5601 to 56,50;. do., rough balls, $525 to 16. Butchers' cows, choice, $6.76 to 57.50; do„ good, 56.25 to $6.60; do., me- dium, $5,26 to 56; do., common, 55 to 6.76. Peedero, good, 56.60 to 57.25, stock. ors, 700 to 1,000 ISa, 6.25 to 57.70. Can. norm ,a,nd cutters, $4 to 55,26. Milkers, choice, each, $60 to 595; do., common ,actd medium, each, 535 to 545. Soringere, 550 to $95. Light ewes, $2.80 to 57; da.. benNT. 15 to $7; do., Ibucks, $3.60 to 54.50, Year- ling ilambe $7 to $9.50, Spring Jambs, $5 to $9,50. Calves, $4,50 to 510. Bogs, fed end watered, 59.50 to 59.60; do., off care. $9,00 to 5925. Montreal, Juno 8. -Sales of choioe steers were made at 58.50, good at $8 ,to $8,25, and. the Iowa grade irmo $6.6u re 57,50. Butchers' caws sold at, $4.50 to $7; and bulls at from 55 to $7 por cwt. Sales of sheep were made nt, 54 to PCI cwt., and Spring larabs at, fratu $4 to 58 each 00 to size and quality. The trade in calves, was active at pricee ranging from 52 to $9 each, The hog situation was unchanged and sales of eelected lots wevo made at 59.90 to 510.25; straight mug ,with sows, mixed, at $9,50 to 59.76, 'and beawy weights art low Rs $9 par mvt., weighed off care. Verdict at Inquest On Zeppelin Victims A .cliespatel irom London eaas A QOM:91'e jury, aiabing in ebe case of two ve./.1., .d the on London last 'week, Irenoereet verdict that !they had met their death by suffocation and' bares, "the mane heving beet ordered by some agents of hostile forces." The persons in question, were Henry Good and his wife. :FROM MERRY .0111 ENOLAN3 NEWS BY. KAM ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. A Was- Offioe order prohibits offi- cers sand men from taking 'cameras to the front. It is stated that the' L. N. W. Railway ape 'engaging gilds in the locomotive office at Crewe. T,wo captured German guns and limb.er-wagon have been. phieed in Fitzalan 'Square, Sheffield. ' The Earl -of Crowterd has gone to the front'ae et stretc,her-bearer with 'the R.A.M.O, sus a pnivette. The death is announced nt Glo,u- °eater of Pete McNally, who in 1897 attenipted to swim the Englisth Channel The Court: C.iroalar .announees, that the Prince of Wastes, lame Gone to resurne his, duties with the Ex- pediaDnery Propos. • Aecording te the latest Whibe- book, the Post Office will cost 8144,- 161,900 this year, an inorease of, $6,604,020 over la.st year. 'Phe King received Commander Ritethio, R.N., at Buckingham Pal- ace and decorated him personally with the Viotoria Cross, The funeral of Devon and Baron- ess de Reuter took place at Kings- wood, Surrey, laisband and Wife being laid. to resit in the same grave. Wthile on duty at °lepton, P. C., Edwin Giles fell down dead. Many years ago Gibes ware a warrant offi- °ea- :at North London Police Ombra At a meeting in honor of the Es- sex Comity Territorial Assooiation a resolution in favor of some sort of compulsory service was passed The appointment is gazetted of Mr. Ion Hamilton Burn, M.P., to a commisision az a commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Thinking that the, motor car hte was in was on fire, Sasnuel Nuttelli, Derbyshire, jumped oat and frac- tured his head and died ehertly after. A Bletejackelb named Stanford W41$ killed when he fell from a height of 700 -feet, after being caught by a title in aa airehip at the Naval Aerodrome near Rochester. The Lord Limit:mane of Norfolk hoe provided a convalescent home for wounded officers, giving a far- nished- holm& on 'his estate at Hoak - hem, • near the Gea. As an electric tramway car was deeeend.ing the hill at Wille.eden Green station', the trolley 'wheel flew off end era,shed through the window of a store 'scattering bro- ken glies everywhere. An unfortunate aecidient °maw - red at Harwich, John Jeffrey ,e. private in tha Fourth Battalion, Bedford Re,giment, being acuiden- telly shot by a (=made, another private, killing him instantly. Great excitement was occasioned by an oubbreak of fire alb the Alpha Spinating Mill, Dentbon, near Man- chaisber, and R was only. by the bravery of the male operatives that all the girl& escaped. The Booed af Trade has appoint- ed at tonunibtee to ooneider cueee of hardship an behalf of ma,sbers, offi- eerie and .seasnen of British mer- ehant ships who have lost personal effectsehrough bhe wane During the past fortnight the Manchester life assurance offices have paid $181,940 in respect: of 1,949 eoldie,rs end sailors killed in the war. More than 1,700 referred to soldiers kieled in action.. The War Office has eerie, to Brigh- ton Guardians 525,000 on accounte of the expenee to 'which the board was put by ,reason of the appropria- tion of tihe workhouse asa boepital for wounded Indian soldiers. Kitchener, Jellicoie, end Freneh are the names given to triplets born to a soldier's wife meter Sunderland. The ohildaen were born premature- ly Rad are now thriving in baby incubators at the Children's Hospi- t a l . T110 Earl of Meath, the founder and .azeiene organizer of the Duty ancl Discipline Movement, has just put alto practice his belief in its verele precepts -by jointing the Ches- ley. Volunteer Training Corps as 14 pialovla:te, eide by side. with his coach- mThe Board of Trade having called upon the Newoastle Corporation Tramways Committee to. eelea.ee as manly men as possible for the: manu- .factare of munitions, the employes have decided to raise no objection, playa:led the men be g'uaaanteed war. .1. • the end of the re -instatement at ,Privileged Cominuoication. Alice: When 1 beld you 01 my en- gagement I said it was a secret, and you told Kitta about ie. Elia: Why, no I didn't. I merely asked her if she knew about it. Wisdom. Don't nurse a grudge, Oh, foolish guy; 'Vs wisdom's mark To let it die. SURPRISE VISIT TO CROWN PRINCE Twenty-nine French Airmen Drop Bombs on His Head- quVrters. A alespateli from Paris ewe.: A equedeon of 29 Frtencth aeroplane flew over the German lines end raided tha headquerters a the German Crown Prince. The man dropped 178 bombs in ail, many a which reached -their mark. Thome- ends of arrows were ale° 'eaettered through bhe air, The eaklers woes under it furious fire clueing their aback, but, none of the aeroplanes were damaged. The War Offiee etatement which announeed the reed did not men- tion the lecalley .oe the Crown Prinee'e headquarters. ' Fighting °ore:aloes' in the (lista:lee . called the "labyrinth," south-easb : of Neuvelle Saint Vaase, sind soma gains ere recorded. Bence May 31 ! the nen& have made 800 peasanters in this locality. German aviators flying over Lameville, Department of Mearttem- endeleloselle, deopped great quatatie • ties of leaflets printed in Frenelti, reproducing assertions of Dr. yea Betlimenn-Holdwegg, the German Chancellor, in the Reichstag re- oently that war news from French sources was incorrect. An eye, -witness, desoribing the : operations north of Arras, says this fight ranks in the minds of the French military authorities as the greatest battle of the war in the western theatre of operations sines the Battle of the Marne. . The batt,le is &tell raging, al- though ibs first stages have been definitely settled in fevor of the French, who are continuing their progress with less and lees opposi- tion. So fax, the battle hes re- ceived no autane. The French of- • ficial commimiques laconic:a:11y re- fer to it as "operations in the sect- ' tor north of Arras." THOUGHT KIPLING A SPY. -- His Questions Regarding Troops Aroused Susnieions. Rudy:pad Kipling narrowly es- caped arrest oat eharge, of asp:I:omega recently on the Territorkul training field at Seven:oaks, England, seas ehe Youth's Companion. In ai let- ter a sergeant in the /I1enriterialta says: 'Oar battalion turned out is fall marching order and proceeded to. our usual practice grounds. Pun' ordinary looking man came to me and asked me a lob of particulars' about the battalion, He tokl mo he had $e.en a lot of soldiering in his time end said he must. confess one men streolc him as being above) the smairbeeb in maeching he had ever eeen, outside the regulars. "He asked me so many pertica- lore :about them and also &boleti their billets that I thought I should detain him as a sort of spy. I ex - used anasele :and rode off to the head of the oolumn 'and informed one of our majors of what had tea - correct, and later I took the Irian V o the major. "Tee offices: stopped me -later and eaughengly.askeel me if I knew whom I had' treed :to pub under ter- reet. I said I did not, and he told me it was no lees a person than Rudystecl Canada's Forests. That the interests of the British. Empire demand a fuller develop- ment elf .the forest resources of Clamed a, and Ne wee' it Dell and was urged by 'Mr. Charles Phillips in a paper read :before the colonial seo• Von of the Royal tSociety -of Arts in. London, England, on &lay 4. Sir George Perley presided. / The speaker urged as a matter of .extrenne imparba,nee that Great,' Britain should endeavor to supple- ment its foreign sources of supply of raw :materials for the 'making of ' paper with those awaiting develop- ment within. the Empire. He point- ed out that the present dependence or' Norway and 'Sweden might in- volve a serious problem if either of these countries should becom.e foe. In the exhausbive survey .of the .timber resources of the Empire available for Taper -making, it was sho-wn that Canada and Newfound- land led the way, both in, materials and process of maaufacture, but 15 pointed out that, the Dominion Government reeegnized the im- portanee of conservation, -4. He Guessed It. She -"Tis true that I have broken the engagemeat ad that I stile:, have yoar ring; 'but do you know why I retain that ring'? He (ruefully)On the princia.le, that to the alotor belonegs, tees spoil's, I suppose. Our National Anthem wee first , printed in 1742. Some officeholders get up and , howl about the burden of holding a t political office, but never think of r &signal& 1,000;000 POUNDS OF GUNCOTTON Canada Has Commenced Manufacture of Highest Explosive Known to Science A despatch erom Oetawa. Gays: A plant for the retunufaleture of large quantities of trinitololuol, one of the 'highest explosivee kneWel "t,0 modern 'salaam, has been erected an Canada and is now in operation. Its location to 1,,ieee liezt seoret aiaRt?sentis-l;.1-1-tt 07e -sr, ?lam Hughes, efieeet,e're ee, ilieeeeeed the works and e-apresseq 0,,iIit ae highly gratified with the progteei which hale been made, Work am' started on .tlio eaebo.ry eeven weeks ago, and it had not been expected to be reedy for foue months, butt operations were rushed with ihe result that the pleat ie how run- , ning, The new elareere tuning etit the immeage, eitantite qi $00,000 .171 an.cTs of ininitroto1nol per roontsi , and consbletteel a record both a'S regards .e.reotion bad pro -auction. ' It le ea/non:need that, Canada will ish-0;:bv ri•I it poslon -out Qua tnillaegn poun of guncett- tan par month. She se kar• some elms Net been arodueing large queuteties o ardite,