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The Clinton News Record, 1915-07-15, Page 3POSITIONS TER1VII/ VERITABLE INFERNO Prisoners Tell of Flagging Spirit of Turkish Troops and Desperate Nature. of, Figlitinp,.. Positions termed veritable inferno. A deepatch from Mitylene says: The recent fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsala lies resulted in the capture of a large number of prisoners. Many of them, though they were not badly clothed and appear to have been fairly well fed, are all of one Mind as to their good fortune in be- ing "rescued," as one termed its from the inferno which the Turkish posi- tions on the peninsula have been for a sonsiderable time. It is always es- /it:Wel to discount to some extent the statements of Turkish prisoners, as they generally think it necessary to make declarations by which they hope to find favor with their captors, but allowing for that there can be no doubt as to the general reliability of what they say. They all agree re- garding the flagging spirit of the Turkish army. They atate that the feeling between the Germans and the Turks M becoming increasingly bad, and they tell many tales of Germans being shot in the back in return for the frequent emptying of officers re- volvers into wavering or hesitating ranks. AN EXPLOSION ON AN OCEAN LINER Mishap to Steamer Regarder as the Work of German Sympathizers. A despatch from New York says: An explosion occurred on the Atlan- tic transport steamship Minnehaha on Wednesday, the day on which Frank Holt, the assailant of J. P. Morgan, prophesied a steamer should sink, "God willing." Fire followed the explosign and the Minnehaha, which had on board 15,000 tons of munitions and food- stuffs for the allies, but no passen- gers, turned back for Halifax, while her crew endeavored to keep the fire from reaching the cargo of high,ex- plosives. Frank Holt's prophecy in his let- ter to his wife was written after the attempt to destroy the Capitol at Washington and before the attack on Mr. Morgan. In it HoIt said: "The, steamer leaving New York for Liver- pool on July 3 should sink, God will- ing, on the Ith. I think it is the Philadelphia or Saxonia, but am not quite sure, as, according to schedule, these left the 3rd." On the margin was written: "Tear this off till after it happens." The substance of this paragraph was telegraphed at once to New York and wireless warnings were sent broadcast, with especial reference to two vessels mentioned by Holt. The .captains of both replied that their vessels had been searched and no bombs found. The Minnehaha was scheduled to sail from New York on July 8, the day mentioned by Holt, but because of delay in getting her big cargo aboard, did -not finally get away until Sunday night, July 4. She is said to have passed out of Sandy Hook at 11.80 o'clock that night, though no mention of her sailing was made in the usual shipping information, and It was evident that some attempts at secrecy were being made. 01, FRENCH APPROPRIATION • TO PAY FOR SEIZURES - A despatch from Paris says: The French Senate unanimously . appro. priated $600,000 to be used by the Minister of Marine in payment for cargoes of neutral vessels that have been seized, and especially of that of the steamer Dacia. The Dacia formerly belonged to the Hamburg -American Line. After changing her registry she sailed from Galveston, Texas, with a cargo of Cot- ton destined for Germany. On reach- ing European waters she was picked up by a French cruiser and taken into Brest. A French prize court, after hearing the ease, recommended that the French Government purchase the cargo. KAISER AT LODZ POSED AS MESSIAH. Jewish World Says Report Has Gain- ed Currency in Russia. The Jewish World says: "An ex- traordinary report has gained Cur- rency in Russia that the Kaiser, dur- ing a visit to Lodz, entered a syna- gogue, and raising a scroll of the law told the congregation he was the Messiah whom they were awaiting and that he had been sent by God to save them." I' THERAIDER EMDEN WILL BE SALVAGED, A despatch from Sydney, N.S.1V., The Department of Defence has awarded a contract for the salving of the German cruiser Emden'which was sunk off Cocos Island, in the clian cOean by the American cruiser Sydney. The contractors say the raider can be easily floated. The Em- den will be exhibited. Recruiting in Victoria has been very successful, and New South Wales is about to begin a campaign for men. GERMANY CORNERS THE COD LIVER OIL SUPPLY. A despatch from New York says: Germany has cornered the supply of cod liver oil, and American dealers are doubtful whether they can obtain sufficient stock for next Winter, ac- cording to a drug market authority. Dealers in cod liver oil said they un- derstooi the Germans are using it as a lubricant in place of petroleum oil, said to be difficult to obtain in Ger- many. Norway, the centre of the cod liver oil trade, is said to have not more than 20,000 barrels which have not been contracted for by Germany. SAY VILLE STATION TAKEN OVER BY US. Naval Operators Hereafter Will Copy Berlin's Wireless Yarns. A despatch from Washington says: The U.S. Government has taken over the Sayville, Li., wireless station, the only remaining privately operated direct means of communication be- tween the United States and Ger- many. Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels announced that Captain Bullard, in charge of the naval yard, had gone to take over the station, and would continue its operation with naval forces. Secretary of Navy Daniels issued this statement; "It is understood that the Sayville ratlio station has made application to the Secretary of Commerce for a license. The Secre- tary of Commerce declined to grant a lieense, and so informed the Secre- tary of the Navy, who, after confer- ence, directed Captain Bullard, as the expert of the department, to take over and operate the station. This action, which was taken under an Executive order issued by President Wilson, giving the navy authority to take over "one or more" stations, was deemed necessary be- cause of alleged violations of neutral- ity by the company's operators. It has been charged that when the navy censors had left the wireless room for a minute or two, onneutral mess- ages had been sent, and that only by a difficult and trying aimervision could neutrality be strictly preserved. ADMIRAL LAPEYRERE. As Popular in France as Sir John Jellicoe in Britain. In command of the formidable French fleet which is so successfully "bottling up" the Austrian fleet and aiding the British battleships to sweep Germany's ships from the seas, is Admiral Boue de Lapeyrere. In France he is as popular as is Sir John Jellicoe in Great Britain, and, like the British leader, he can boast many years of distinguished naval service. Admiral Layepreve entered the French navy nearly forty years ago. He took a high place in the naval ex- aminations, and on obtaining his com- mission he closely studied the prac- tical side of sea tactics, and combin- ed his knowledge with the theory he had gained from the best naval books of the day. His capabilities speedily obtained recognition in high quarters, and in his early twenties young Lapeyrere commenced his rapid climb of the ladder of promotion. One of his early commands was in China, when he obtained distinction at the battle of Foo -Chow. His flag- ship led the attack against the enemy and the personal courage he display- ed made him the hero of France. Since then he has successfully con- ducted several diplomatic expeditions in the Baltic and the Meditterranean, It has always been the policy of Admiral Lapeyrere to accompany his fleet in the fighting line. He is not a believer in arm -chair commanding. He prefers to personally give his or- ders from his flagship to directing af- fairs from land through the agency of wireless. This means that he must face serious risks'but the French Ad- miral is quite ready to encounter any danger for the sake of his country. He has spent many weeks cruising in the Meditterranean since the outbreak of war. Admiral Lapeyrere is the same age as Sir John French -sixty-two. He is a well -set, handsome man, with a head of thick grey hair and a neatly - trimmed beard and moustache. His immaculate appearance is a by -word in the French navy, and he carries his love of neatness and precision in- to his dealings with the fleet. Ad- miral Lapeyrere's flagship is always the most spick and span vessel of the line. BAVARIA TO IMPRISON SPECULATORS IN FOOD. • A despatch from Munich says: The military authorities of Bavaria issued an ordinance providing for a maxi- mum of one year's imprisonment for dealers charging excessive prices for articles of daily consumption, includ- ing food and heating and lighting substances. A similar penalty is to be inflicted on those withholding stocks from sale to produce higher prices, and on retailers refusing to sell to intending customers. Belgians Display Loyalty Despite Orders A deepatch from Brussels says: The Belgians have suddenly adopted , the practice of wearing sprays of idy as an expression of loyalty to ISelgium and the allies.- Gen. von IBiseing, the German military govern- tm of Belgium, a few days ago issued an order prohibiting' the demonstra- tive display of Belgian colors as per- sonal adornment. The Belgians obeY- ed the order, but the following day almost every man, woman and child blossomed out with an ivy spray, the significance of which, in the lan- guage of flowers, is "attachment, united unto death." GERMAN COLONIAL SECRETARY HAS LITTLE TO DO JUST NOW RAN 17. '\; E ,FRENCH, WEST AFRICA • tv *** 4 .‘, !NIGERIA 4 414•44 CONE OAST o 1 BA /E.•AF CONGO STATE rt. / ANGOLA.)."4:44' /' MBII1 ) GER „r CAPEL COLONY EAGY1GERMA 111111111 GERMAN POsSESSIoNG •TERRITORY CAPTURED BY ALL' ES BOUINDARI stliat of niass r .------ 5044-400 The inap shows Gonna ry's colonial possessions in Africa which hate now entirely or partially passed cinder British control. Inset is - onial Secretary Von Self of. the Berman cabinet, who cannot now be over -hardened with the duties of office, now that Germany has no colonies. Markets Of. The World Breadstuffs. Toronto, July 18. -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.36 to $1.37; No. 2, Northern, $1.3314 to $1.34s/a; No. 3 Northern, $1.30 to $1.31, on track lake ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C. W., 62ei No. 3 C. W., nominal; extra No. 1 feed, nominal, on track lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 81c, on track lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, nom- inal, on track Toronto. Ontario oats-No.2 white, 56 to 57e; No. 3 white, 56 to 56c, according to freight outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.11 to $1.14; according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, nominal; per car lots' nominal, according to freights out- side. Barley -Good malting barley, 70 to 76c; feed barley, 65c,' according to freights outside. Buckwheat -Nominal, car lots, 74c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. 2, nominal, $1.05 to $1.10, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour, -First patents,. in jute bags, $7; second patents, in jute bags, $6.50; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.30, Toronto; in cotton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour. -Winter, 90 per Cent. patents, $4.70; seaboard', or Toronto freights in bags. Millfeed.-Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights. Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, per ton, $29; good feed flour, per bag, $1.85. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 23c; inferior, 18 to 20c; creamery prints, 27 to 29c; do., solids, 26 to 28c. Eggs - The market is steady, straight new -laid being quoted at 21 to 23c per dozen, in case lots, and se- lects 23 to 24c. Beans -The market is quiet at $3.10 to $3.15 for prime, and $3.20 to $3.25 for .hand-picked. Poultry -Chickens, yearlings, dress- ed, 16 to 180; Spring chickens, 024 to 25eand fowl, 14 to 15c. heese-18c for large, and at 18%c for twins. Old cheese 22 to 2255c. Potatoes -Ontario, a to 60c per bag, out of store, and 45 to 50c in car lots. New 13runswicks, car lots, 55 to 60c per bag. Baled Hay and Straw. Dealers are paying as follows for ear lot deliveries on track here: - Straw is quoted at $7 a ton, in car lots, delivered on track here. Hay -No. 1 hay is quoted at $16.50 to $18.50; No. 2 at $14.50 to $16.50. Business in Montreal. Montreal, July 13. -Corn American No. 2 yellow, 80% to 81%c.,Oats, Can- adian Western, No. 3, 61% to 62c; ex- tra No. 1 .feed 61%, to 62c; No. 2 local white, 60% to 61c; No. 3 local white, 59% to 60c; No. 4 local white, 58% to 59c. Barley, Man, feed, 72e. Buckwheat, No. 2, 79 to 80e, Winnipeg Wheat. Winnipeg, July 13. - Cash quotations: - Wheat - No. 1 Northern, $1.30; No. 2 Northern, $1,27%; No. 8 Nor., $1,22. Oats -No. tS 0, W., 59511c; No. 3 C.W., 68%*'ex- tra No. 1 feed, 56%c;' No. 1 feed 55%c; No. 2 feed, 54%c. Barley - No. 3, 691,4c; No. 4, 65c; feed, 56e. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., $1,55; No. 2 C. W., $1.52. Live Stock. Toronto July 13. -Butchers' cattle, choice, $8.40 to $9.00; butchers' good, $8.10 to $8.36; butchers' medium, $7.35 to $7.90; butchers' common, $6.50 to $6.85; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.25 to $7.75; butchers' good bulls, $6.35 to $7.00; butchers' rough bulls, $5.50 to $6.00 butchers' cows, choice, $7.25 'to $7.60; butchers' good, $6.50 to $7.00; butchers' medium, $5.10 to 6.00; butchers' common, $4.50 to $4.75; feeders, good, $6:50 to $7.35; stockers, 700 to 1,000 lbs., $6.25 to $7.75; canners and cutters, $4.00 to GERMANS PLACE GAG ON BELGIAN' SCHOOLS. A despatch from Brussels says: An order has been issued by Gen. von Bisaing, German Governor of Belgium, providing a year's imprisonment for echoed teachers, directors or inspect- ors who "permit, further, bring a,bolit or effect anti -German actions or state- ments in their teaching, or in other school exercises." Power is conferred upon German officials to supervise and inspect, schools at all times. Courts-martial will have jurisdiction over violatione of this order. 1 $5.25; milkers, choice, each, $60.00 "to $100.00; milkers, corn. and med., each, 35.00 to $50.00; springers, $50.00 to 85.00; light ewes, $6.00to $6.5Q; light heavy, $4.00 to $5.00; light bucks, $3.50 to $4.50; yearling lambs, $6.00 to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $10.50 to $12.50; calves, $8.60 to $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9,35 to $9.40; hogs, off cars $9.60 to $9.75. 13.-ThereMontreal, July 13. -There were no choice steers offered, but the best stock on the market sold at $8.00 to $5.25, and the lower grades from that down to $6.00, while butchers cows brought from $4.25 to $6.25 and bulls from $4.50 to $6.50 per cwt. The trade in small meats was fairly ac- tive, ther being a good demand for all lines, and sales of old sheep were made at $4.00 to $5.50 per cwt, and Iambs sold at $9.00 to $10.00 ,each. Calves were plentiful and met with a good sale at prices ranging from $2.00 to $11.00 each. There was no impor- tant change in the market for hogs prices being 'firm, with a good demand, and sales of selected lots were made at $9.75 to $10.00 per cwt. weighed off cars,' ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK. Torpedoed While Reconnoitring in s Upper Adriatic. A despatch from Rome says: The Italian navy has suffered its first serious loss, an Austrian submarine having successfully torpedoed the cruiser Amalfi in the narrow waters of the Adriatic Sea. Most of the crew were saved. This is the second allied warship to fall a victim to an Austrian under -water craft; the French cruiser Leon Gambetta hav- ing, earlier in the war, been caught in the Ionian Sea. It is realized that the loss of the Italian warship is only one of the incidents which must be expected where fleets keep to the sea, blockading enemy ports or pro- tecting commerce. As an offset, it is claimed that a French warship has sunk a german submarine in the Channel, TWO GERMAN MARINERS \ CONVICTED AS SPIES. A despatch from Venice says: Capt. Liebsicher and Engineer Hoppe of the German steamship Lownis, un- der detention by the Italian authori- ties since the outbreak of the was, were condemned to ten years' impris- onment in solitary confinement. They were convicted by a military tribunal on the charge of spying. The other members of the crew were acquitted. It was alleged by the Italian au- thorities that the captain and the engineer ,of the Lownis had tried to obtain information regarding Italian batteries and submarines, and that they had signalled to an Austrian squadron when it attacked the port of Ancona on May 24. BRITISH IMPORTS GROW. Exports _Show a Decrease of Thirty- - three Millions. A despatch from London says: The British Beard of Trade figures for the month, of June show an in- crease in impocts of. $89,180,000. The, principal increa es were in food, raw material and cotton. The exports showed a decrease of 33,195,000, chiefly in manufactured articles, of which $7,500,00,0 was in eaton textiles. ' RICH BAVARIAN FINED FOR INCOME TAX FRAUD. A despatch Item Frankenthal says: Jean Ganes, factory director, commer- cial councillor and Sonnet associate judge of the Commercial Court, has been fined 255,000 marks ' ($63,760) for making false returns in connection with the levying of the armament tax. The fine amounts to 20 times the sum of which the government con- tends it was defrauded. 'BRITAIN WILL STOP EXPORTS ON METALS. A despatch from Landon says: Steps havebeen taken by the British _authorities to prevent the further ex- portation from Great Britain of lead, sachet, antimony, nickel or any other metal necessary in the manufectuae. of munitions of war. . Announcement to this effect waa Made by Munitions - Minister Lloyd. George in the House of Commons. FORCE TEUTONS TO GIVE GROUND Strong Russian Forces Push Back Enemy to South of Lubin. A despatch from London says: Interest in the eastern war 'theatre centres in Southern Poland, where the Russians, strongly reinforced with.' both men and guns, and with their railways and fortresses of Ivan- gorod and Brest -Litovsk to draw upon, have held up the Austro -Ger- man attempt to outflank _ Warsaw from the south-west. The Austrians made the admissien that before su- perior Russian forces to the south of Lublin they have withdrawn from the hills to the north of Krasnik. Further heavy fighting must occur in this region, but the Russian mili- tary writers express confidence that now any effort of the Germanic allies to deliver a lightning blow has been discounted, and that the Grand Duke's army will be able to hold its position and perhaps drive the invad- ers back. While this is going on, it it believed that there is little prob- ability of the Germans detaching any part of their eastern armies for a re- neived offensive in -the west, and.that If such a move is made it must be undertaken by fresh troops. Nowhere east of the Vistula do the Austrians claim to be making pro- grees in their official report. The Vienna communication declares how- ever, that "numerous severe reussran attacks have been bloodily repulsed." A retreat is flatly admitted in the Krasnik region, where the Austrian troops, it is announced, were with- drawn from both sides of the road leading to the heights north of the town, as the result of attacks by superior Russian forces brought up for the protection of Lublin. COMMANDER OF THE AUSTRALIANS Major-General W. R. Birdwood Has Had Most Distinguished Career. The commander of the Australians and the New Zealander, Major- General William Riddell Birdwood, was until recently Secretary to the Government of India in the Army De- partment, and has had a most distin- guished career. His rise has been rapids for he is not yet fifty. General Birdwood was born on September 13, 1865, and is the eldest surviving son of the late H. H. Birdwood, C.S.L, LL, D. He was educated at Clifton and Sandhurst, and in 1883 entered the Royal Scots Fusiliers as a lieutenant. Two years later he exchanged into the 12th Lancers'and in 1886 he was appointed to the 11th Bengal Lancers. He obtained his captancy in 1896, and four year's later he was promoted to the rank of major. Another two years saw him lieut.-colonel, and his full rank of colonel followed in 1905. In four years more Colonel Birdwood rose to be brigadier -general, and an- other two years' saw him major -gen- eral at the early age of forty-six. In the South African war he played a very distinguished part, and held varimis•offices of importance. At the beginning of the campaign he acted at brigade -major, and in the follow- ing year he was appointed Military Secretary to the Commander -in -Chief in South Africa. In that capacity he served Lord Kitchener to the end of the war, mod proved his value in a way that was to bring him a fur- ther appointment on the personal staff of the present Secretary of State fer War. Returning to India after the peace, General Birdwood held further high offices. In 1902 he wassActing Millitary Secretary and Interpreter to the then Commander -in -Chief in India, and served also in 1904 as As- sistant -Adjutant -General at headquar- ters, India. When Lord Kitchener took up the duties of Commander -in -Chief of Hat!. forces ' in India, he again sought the services of the officer who had been his right-hand man during the later stages of the Smith African war, and Major-General Birdwood be- came his military secretary once more. Four years later, in 1909s he becanie brigade commander, which office he held until 1912, in wi,ia year he was appointed Quartermaster -Gen- eral in India. . The same year saw his appointment to' be Secretary to the Government of India in the Army Department arid Member of the Gov- ernor -General's Legislative Council. General Birdwocid is a man of many decorations arid distinctions. In the Hazara Campaign he won the medal with clasp; in the Isazai Expedition the medal with two class* in. the memorable Tirah Campaign, -he was mentioned in despatches nod added two clasps to bis,former decorations, In South Africa he WASeverely wounded, was mentioned five times in despatches, won the brevets of.Major and lieutenant -colonel, the-Qaeen's medal with six clasps and thKlag's medal with two clasps,. 'The Moh-• mend Expedition of 1908, in which lie served as -Chief•Staff. Meer, brought the medal and clasp avid the D.S.O. In 1906 he was appointed ta.D.C. to King Edward VU. He holds the-, same position to the present King, is' a Companion of the Bath,- of the Star of India, and of the Indian Empire, In 1894 Go.neral Birdwood 'married the eldeet daughter of Colonel Sir B. P Bromhead, C,I3. fourth 'baronet of Thorlby Hall, Lincoln: • • ' Qualifying. Johnny Jones, the office boy, had been detected in a lie. at was not one of the ordinary prevarications of the everyday world, and, more- over, to make the crime more griev- ous, he had persisted iii ildheling to his original mendacious statemnt. "Do you know, my lad," asked a fatherly clerk, in a kindly fashion, "what becomes of young lads who trifle with the truth?" "Aye," was the assured reply; "bosses send them out as drummers when they grow up." FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES' OF INTEREST FROM HEll BANKS AND BRAES. What Is C-oing On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. There are ,180,000 Belgian refugees In the United Kingdom now. Uniformed avoonen police are now te be seen on the Hull streets. Birtniugham has provided 100,000 men for the army, one-eighth of its population. The importation Into the United Kingd'om of Belgian 1.niaak notes is pro- hibited by an order-in-Coimetl. At Portsmouth the military author'. ties have issued an order forbidding war news to be called in the etreets. The battleehip force of Britain in striking power is larger than that of a perfectly equipped as -my of 15,000,. A further increase in the price of English beef has been decided upon by the Incorporated Society of London Meat Traders, The report of H. M. Inspectors of Constabulary states that up to the end of February 4,52,2 poiice officers had joined the colors: Nearly 11,900 women have already been enrolled under the scheme au- thorized by the Home Secretary for 'Organizing women pollee. Dating the hay harvest this Sum. neer Foleshile BoalSd of Guardians will release several werkhouse inmates to help local farmers,: At the annual meeting of the hir. mingivarri Gun Trade it was stated that the trade in sporting guns practically closed when war was declared. Kensington Chanther of Commerce has passed a reeolution to the effect that the presence of eneiner aliene at large at the present time is a national danger. An attempt to capture the German toy trade is being made by the Albany Institute, Deptford, which has opened a factory employing 23 dependents of soldiers Women are said to be gaining every day a footing In the tailoring trade and to be taking the places of Aus- trians and Germans, formerly employ- ed in this business. According to the Board of Trade La- bor Gazette all the fishermen at Yar- mouth are engaged In mine sweeping or patrol work, and fish mating has been stopped. Lance -Corporal Fuller, V.C., the Grenadier Guardsman who captured fifty Germans single-handed at the battle of Relive Chapelle, has returned to his home at Mansfield on a brief leave. Miss Esti Money eldest daughter of General Money, is now employed by Messrs. Horrocks, and is driving one of their motor delivery vans. She works the regular hours and, does the ordinary than's work. Two hundred employees Of Notting- bain Corporation have offered their services to the Government to .assist in the manufacture of war mimitons. All these men have previously been found unlit or over age for military service. Commands Italy's Dreadnought Fleet! '1 TB C DUMB OF THE AoRtJZZI, commander of the chief Italian Dreadnought squadron. Making Soap Soap at Home. To make plain soap, stir one pound of potash lye into one quart of cold water. Set aside until it is cold. Melt with gentle heat five pounds of fat, as mutton tallow, beef suet, pork and lard scraps, kitchen drippings, etc, Pour the cold lye gradually into the warm grease and stir in two table- spoonfuls each of ammonia and borax. Stir well for fifteen or twenty min- utes. Line a box with greased Paper and pour in. When cold cut into squares. To make fancy soaps shave white mettle soap fine and melt in a double boilet with roeewater and common salt in the proportion or six pounds of soap to one pint of the rosewatcr and two ounces of salt. This is the foundation. Any perfunoc or color- ing- may be added. When blended pour ,into a receptacle to cool. It is said that langhter is a great help to digestioa, and that the medi- aeval custom of exciting laughter at table by jokes of jesters and buffoons was founded on true medical prin- ciples.. Motor wagons used by the Allies on the Continent have their hoods painted in a gigantic check design of violently contracted colors, thus making them less easy to "spot" from aeroplanes.. Ohe of 4Sel neWeeS types of Britidli torpedetWan effecthie rinigc of tour • tdid force sufficient to 'blow a hole as large a ii haystock in the side,,of a battleship, BALTIC RAIDER A BRITISH BOAT Official Report Concerning the Sub. marine That Sank Ger- man Warship. A despatch from London says: The Britieh Admiralty stated that it was officially announced at Petro- grad that the submarine which made a successful attack -on a German war- ship on July 2 in the Baltic was a British boat. - The etatement of the Admiralty contained the first public announce- ment intimating that British subma- rines were operating in the Baltic Sea, It is presumed that the under- sea boat passed through the Cattegat from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea and then traveled eastward for 200 miles, as the Bay of Danzig, where the warship was attacked, lies in the south-eastern part of that body of water. The distance from an English port to Danzig is about 900 miles. The Russian official communication announcing that a German warship had been sunk by a submarine said that the battleship, which was of the Deutschland type, was steaming at the head of a German Squadron at the entrance to Danzig Bay July 2 when she was blown up by two torpedoes fired by a submarine. From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE. LAND'S SHORES. Happenings In the Emerald Isle of Interest to Irish. MOB. A party of nurses from St. Patrick Dun's Hospital and the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, left for Egypt last week. Mr. C. W. Gordon, traffic manager of the Dublin United Tramway Com- pany, was killed by a fall from his horse. - Three cases of spotted fever have been admitted to the Lisburn Work- house from the County Antrim side of the town. An outbreak of fire occurred in the lamp -room of the Cork, Black - sock and Passage Railway at Cotk and the building was -gutted. Damage estimated at $225,000 was caused by a fire that broke out on the premises of Messrs. Armstrong & Conipank, paper merchants, of Dublin. The telephone is being extended to Cathel, and in about another month the city will be in line with all -the other towns in the country. A woman named Mary Hogan, was sentenced at Tipperary to three months imprisonment for concealing a military deserter in her house in the Belisha road. Owing to the scarcity of doctors there was no application at the Gorey District Council for the medi- cal offieership of the Camolin and Crawford districts. After formal evidence at Belfast, Karl Heinricht, a German, charged with transmitting a letter to a person in Germany, otherwise than through the post, was remanded. A Local Government Board in- quiry was recently held in Waterford Into the corporation's application for a $150,000 loan for the electric lighting project. Official information hag been re- ceived that Captain Basil Maclear, of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the old Irish International Rugby foot- baller, has been killed in. action. The Laurgan Urban Council Bill, authorizing, the taking over of the Lurgan Gas & Chemical Company, has passed the Local Legislation Committee of the House of Commons. Drogheda Rural District Council refused to take action in the letter received from the Central Recruiting ,Ctroutn.cfl requesting the formation of a recruiting committee for the dis- ic The death has occurred at Putag- han, near Beetucket, County Cavan, of Thomas Hynch at the rematkable age of 103 years. The deceased load assisted in this season's crops and up to a few weeks ago had delivered milk every morning. TATTOOING IN THE -ARMY. "Avenge Belgium" and Flags of the Allies are Favorites. "Tommy" and "Jack" both love to have their arms or chests decorated with portraits of loved ones or pa- triotic emblems, and tattooists have been busily practising their art on soldiers and sailers since the out- break of the war. The favorite de- sign of the British soldier is the head of a bulldog with a Union Jack twin- ed round his body. Others are more ambitions in their choice, and bring a photograph of their sweethearts to the tattooist and request him to copy it op to their skin. King. George's portrait is often tattoded on the arm of a loyal soldier. National emblems are favorite de- signs amongst Scotch, Irish, and Canadian soldiers. The Highlander likes to have a thistle in colors tat- tooed on his knee whilst a brilliant green shamrock leaf finds favor with the soldier from the Emerald Isle. The,Canadians' favorite tattooed ens= blem is the maple leaf, and that of the Australians a kangaroo, Half the sailors in the British navy are tattooed, for the custom has al- ways been a popular one with Jack. Designs pertaining to matters nauti- cal find favor with the man in bins, such as crossed gum -as, battleships, Or portraits with a life buoyr a frame. Many fighting men ha been 144f.1`, pecially tattooed with emblem! SO mottoes relative to the present war.1 The sentence, "Avenge neighing WI 12h1e, has been tattooed on many 41ersClueptS, OW the flags Of the Reg placed, Shape is another,,tfe. sign VTiliCh the .*Evr has jiopularizecl, A babe in arms 14 worth two artned, with toy pistols, a-"