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The Clinton News Record, 1914-08-13, Page 7••••=•--•• fort"--iot just POSITIVELY THE LARtEST SALE -IN CANADA _ C , • - . . I 'MINE 130 British Marines Perished When the Amphion 0 Sank of the Coast of Holland • A despatch from London says: An Admiralty report says that the • British cruiser Amphion was sunk by striking a mine. Paymaster T. T. Gedge and 130 men were lost. ' The captain; • 16 'officer& and 135 men were saved. The German mine -layer Koenigen Luise had -pldc'ed some mines be- fore she was sunk by the British torpedo-boat Lance. It was the Lance, not the Amphinia which sent the 'German mine -laying Steamer Koenigen Luise to the bottom. The Koeningen Luise was out laying mines, 60 miles from Har- wich, of the coast of Holland. The • Lance fired four shots. The first two were fired over the Koenigen Luise, but the third smashed the bridge. The fourth carried away the stern of the German ship, leaving a gaping hole. The sea rushed in, and the Koenigen sank in six minutes. „ Most of the crew jumped into he sea,,and some of them were picked up by the British sailors. '0 Twenty-eight prisoners were landed, at Harwich., Four •of the German wounded lela their legs and two their arms. The British had no casualties. Capt. Fox'who was in command of the Amphion, was a midshipman on board the British warship Cal- liope, the only warship which es- caped destruction in the, terrific Samoa, tornado of 1889. The Amphion was of the Boadicea class of vessels. The last of these boats to be launched was the Fear- less, and the total number in the navy is seven. LIEGE FORTS REDUCED. CONSULATE STORMED. But Main Belgian Army is En- . trenched at Namur. A despatch from Paris says: The German shell fire has reduced two of the Liege forts but the Belgians continue to resist with untiring energy. The Germans were able to use their light siege guns against Lhe forts of Liege, which are thirty years old. Two of them • were silenced and the German columns praise' through. The other.forta are 'sailing out. The Belgians are ;Inking a determined resistance be - lore the city. The roar of artillery fire has been heard uninterruptedly all around lt.e city. Germans who .succeeded In entering the circle of forts at Floren, ten miles from Liege, di- rected their fire on Dressour, and 'necked many houses. During the night, amid cries of "Viva la Belgique!" the, civil tiard despatched patrols in all di- rections with bugles to announce that the city would not surrender 'and the army would continue its brave resistance. Among the Ger- mans captured in the attack on Liege was Lieut. Baron von Forst- ner, the young officer whose • hanghtY treatment of the French st"; 44114 of Zahern, Alsace, n the disturbances there last Year which were aired in the Reiohstag and resulted in Von Forstner being sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment in a fortress. tit • ' JAPAN TO PROTECT 'COLONIES. - - Authoritative Statement .1ilaile by . Premier Okuma at Tokio. ( A despatch from Tokio says: The Japanese Premier, Count Okuma, in an interview on Wednesday said that Japan, if she were reluctantly . compelled to intervene, would pro- tect the British colonies, but under 11' i ,, no circumstances would she send a l. fleet or an army to Europe. ,VOLUNT.EER FOR SERVICE. --- \ Staff of Ontario Government Office plower Call: • s• ' Vancouver Mob Tore Down Ger- man Eagle. A despatch from Vancouver, B. C., says: A mob on Wednesday stormed the German Consulate here, tore the big double eagle from abovethe door and trampled it in the street. The glass' in all the doors and windows of the Con- sulate was broken and the furni- ture demolished. It is reported that Herr Von Eltinger, the Ger- man.Consnl; who is a. naturalized British subject, has resigned and thrown his fortunes with his adopt- ed country, SPIES IN BRITAIN. Twenty-one Germans Are Arrested In Twenty-four Hours. A despatch from London says: The Home Secretary introdueed bill in the House of Commons on Wednesdayto restrain the move- ment of undesirable aliens with the object of facilitatingthe removal of spies. This was immediately given a second reading. Mr. Mc- Kenna announced that 21 spies had been arrested in the British Isles .during the last twenty-four hours, chiefly in important naval centres. ANTI -GER MAN RIO ts. • Mob in Antwerp S- acked Gerntan Cafes and Restaurants. ' A despatch from Antwerp says: Serious anti -German rioting oc- curred here on Wednesday. An angry mob sacked the German cafes and restaurants and tore the escutcheon from the door of the German Consulate. The police be- ing unable to check the disorders, the Belgian military governor placed the city under martial law, and ordered the expulsion of all German residents. CABINET VACANCIES FILLED. Earl Beauchamp and Walter Run. chnan :appointed. A despatch from London says: -ess A des' h from London eays: } The.0,iian pacific steamer Earl Beauchamp was on Wednes- Montrose reached Gravesend with day appointed to succeed Viscount four hundred British refugees from Morley As -President of the' Colin - Antwerp. Practically the whole cil; and Walter Runciman to take • staff of the Ontario Government the place of John Burns as presi- Office here have volunteered for dent of the- Leeal Government Board. FE 0 FA M1NFSLBSffiES . r Confidence Grows That the British governinnet Will be Able to Meet the Crisis • , - A despatch from London says: is the army mobilization proceeding i Symptonas of a panic over the ques- with great smoothness, but the tion'of food and money supplies G/overnirtent's railway service, .un- I- stesstiosided greatly on Wednesday. der the direction of committee There is general confidence that managers, is being operated with- ,. the measures Undertaken by the out confusion. The cricket and .:' Government Wilj Meet the crisis; football grounds in a number of host. the money market will not cities have been occupied as camps, smash,, and that the Atlantic route while schools and other public be ,kept ,open for shipments bnildings, re. being transformed ^ from America. ' Manyshops have placarded their The report 'spread by London : windows with the Chancellor's news agencies on Tuesday night ' warning against the well-to-do that the windows of the German hoarding feed to the detriment of Embassy aver° broken is denied lay s , the poorer classes, One of the big- the commissioner of police, who de - 1,• gest stores has limited the anfount dares that there was no hostile 16,21...rf food to be .sotel to each PetsoR smithreals. The German colony is 7s,e seyen pounds in ,weight -;--others in "Something of a panic, however, , refnse to make deliveries, as that because many of them engaged in ‘ peep)e can buy only what they are various oceutatiOns fear prejudice ,} able to take away- Still others will be engendered b-y-the'avar ana f limit the amount of any foodstuff ruin their hairline's -a. The American '4 sold to two pounds. Embassy and Consulate, which have F'A distinct surprise to the popu- taken charge of German interests Jar mind is the country's sspparent here, find that they will have to ,---,...nreparedness to ehange the ma- face heavy work, and it is probable chinery 'of ordinary life to a vvar that their staffs will have te be re - footing on short notice. Not only ittforoed, . . KAP SHOWING FIL BATTLES OF SERYIAN WAR. Comment on Events Learn to Swim. • The season outdoor pleasure hoe al- . Ways a number' Of drowning , accidents., Perhaps thie. may be due to, crowding in- to a thorter peribd theamenities of the sanimer temperature of sea, and river. But the admonition ie the same. If every one of se knew how to swim, if we were at home in the water ea on land; this .would not happen. But there are acci- dents to which even the most -accomplish65 ewimmera tare exposed. Perhaps the foremost of these is "cramp." Even this, unless in exceptional thee% can be over- come by the man who knows how to swim. Cramp in the anusolee of the leg is the most common. No need to sink if • this hormone, however. Kick it off, and Host ,-as every swimmer knows how to do - unlit the knot disappears. The ono essential is Ito "keep Your head." Dona euccumb to fright or to local pains.: Ore Deposits Located by Wireless. • The miracle . of wireless •telegraphY. Whioh had- already conquered the air and' water. now Uenetrates the bowels of the earth. German scientists by this all- pervading medium have not only located subterranean •Bpring and ore deposits, but ascertained their depth.. Moreovermile ere working 1,000 feet below the surface have received wireless messages from a 'mint a mile .and it half away on the same level. Mere is an evident future of im- mense value to the mining induetry in this discovery, for minerat wealth dis- coverable by no other means will be r yowled to man. And with wireless equip- ment in znine nits, comniimication , with entombed niinere will be poeeible in thee of diameter and the work of rescue made easier, besides cheering the prisoners with messngee from home and friends. The discovery means not a little to this sous - try 'where ,only a tithe, of Re hidden treas. ures have yet been revealed. • The New Ruler of Servia. Xing Alexander of Servia Is only 26 years old. His father, Xing Peter, recent. ly issued a royal proolatuation declaring that owlng toeillhealth he wale unable to Perform hie duties, and in accordance with the Servian conetitution, "confided the government of Servia 1.0 znyedutr, the Crown Prince Alexander of See a, ring es my illns." Thue Alexander et Servia, ie one of the youngest European sovereigns. tie is a bespectacled. well built young man, -with a studious and refined tem- perament that command respect regard- iese of hie, rank and poeition, and woe popular es n. prince tienonry the Servian people, and was educated in St. Peters- burg, where his eyes and emu -were al- ways kept open for ideas and reforms in h1B own country. But despite his porm- larity in some quarters there is much die - affection among eertain claseee in Servia, and the path of the ;young moiler& ie not apt to be a rosy one. The estimated pop. ulation of Servia is 2,800,00e. The civil list is $225,000, and the army consists of 52,000 on a peace footing, 208,000 reservee, and 240,000 as a total war strength. Servitt recently came in for dome severe criticism for her attitude in tho Balkan troubles, and her population is rather heterogene• met. considering the size of tho country. The Serviitris played a rather important Part in European affairs for many years but it was only in 1878, after the oongrese of Berlin. that Montenegro, Servia and Roumania became independent, Tao Much Organization. We are so prone to eanphaeize a good thing that we are apt to moil it by at- tention. There 1 reereation-an excellent thing, but it loeee a large part of its vir- A despatch from New York says: Inc when it becomes a great institution. It was reported from Washington So with eclucation eo with health, These great 'subjects are reducible to very aim- on Wednesday that after eonsider- ple uropositions, easily to be applied when ing the status of the German -owned taken by themselves. Take health, for instance. All the organization, statietice, WireleeS tower at Sa.yville, Long learned documente, &c., will not add one lot to the that plain 'principles that con• tribute to one'e eoandness or wholeness, which is health. When one hoe said -purity of ale, water, food and nelson, to which are added tem perance, moderate exercise ond a kindly and cheerful disposition, all has, been said that is necessary, and ell the boards of health. statistice .a,nd stele/Wile hygiene in tsar world will not fit the Ida with a newer purpose. What then!' All ant has to be done le to enforce the simple propo- sition of health upon the people in a way ett that will impress them. That may be dif- Hetet, but it will be more difficult if the purpose .becomes burled in a great insti- tution, -where the .very simpliefty of the duty is hidden from. view by the oomplex- ity of organized ermervision, President Wilson. • Mr. Sydney Brooks gives a vivid sketch of Preeident Wileon, of the .tintted States, in the British' Review. In official hour the PreSident is not very communicative or given 'to email talk; 10 isolatee him - dell a good deal from the eotial life of Washington, gives few openings for the • sort of personal g0.46113 that the Amerivan public loves to• obseimilate, cute down all audiences, public and private, to ,the brief- est limits, dem /Lot 'know .or.doee net care ,what, ie being told about him; holderliim• aelf impaesivoltel‘Whired,,and ifeenis•tee (the ..easUal "lobk6hdri'to, beeAZinoseilecib/r. ately snaring of 'points of contabt 'with Otto common mut of American humanity. The eaPilia 10 1101 need to, and is anther mystified by, a Preaident of Ohm kind. When he talks of politics; he is thinking of, the nation and its needs, of ideas, and how to express them in :legislation, and not of lobe, personalities, and, the next 'election. The Dettineeses and vulgarities, the base •motives and'iow calculations, of the coninatteoroom type oe, politition shrivel up before his earene integrity. It is not- Mixt he explodes. upon them or shows any trace of mitred or intellectual arrogance. It is simply that there - ie something itt Ition andradiating front hen,,tho' preeenee and. emanation of a s pari t alw aye . inetinetivelY .. In. commun ion with the liner things, of life, :that abaeht•e men of a mean& eaet." • . . 7Stse IGilin4d'aP abaelOdleinYr:';:hr:;, 11r4:4,., latogind feelings • - ".ikirr,Pg13.-ablY4flifacel'''i'd"'cgiiTine mtilitoia fres ' 481411341611'f°4 „ ItPITYk '44.i6f-fli1140ba :r blijAs'tainnirin,f4,; yVwill ; ' iirthat of taking care of Great 13ri- 'en:I:seof their atthere tempt- - eaeily- 'guard an 50 nd cow,he,tel tains prisoners a as. • There it—givelt to all the farallY aS ta hag to escape, stnee inm with Gernatinst'''41ssAustria, even via $1.41:teSisswill practically; off be cut until, the -termination of Undoubtedly' be thousands of these, and Great Britain is mat anximis' to keep them 'here, where food Sup - 'les will be more or less limited, and where the nearness to the com- tinent would lead to numerous ato tempts to escape. . • ,At the tithe ef thes,Doer .war pri- sbners Were 'serit to' 'Bermudas In tile ,present case 'Canada could ren- der valuable assistance by reliev- ing Great Britain of the cost and '".`' Moreover, it would not be abed sticke of business forthe Govern- ment} ,,,since.after the war a consid-- et•rable --number of these, . prisoners rnightbedome permanent residents Of Canada and take up homesteads in the west. • Out English Letter Queen Mary Has What She Wants. Queers Mary, W410 always hie her ores open to inereaim her'qiiteenlY nreetige,' has irl'enantitiess aelt is itsually.tatert on 'a eticeeeded in bringing about -an' ill[10,10:- hot day, eaa,y pinkie° a ve'ryuevere acute Lion in the British apmy quite, new to indigestion: .Takert, ,steadily it will pre- Geeat Britain.' ' duce ice water dyspepsia, .a, form of ehron- This was .ehown in the recent announce - lc indigestion... For those who must be' meat of the kittiesbirthday honora that native Pr .sublect, to examinee on a hotdaY. she and four, ether women of the,English there is no better beveragethan mammal royal family had beeir appointed chlonela water. n ie -Palatable, demulicenfaind nu, he chief of regiments. tricious and. can be token all libIttim. It It hae not been uncommon to call are - is mode by Stirring batnieal in water and. giment.after some (meal woarian, Mit none letting it settle. This is the beverage' before cau'r hod been colonel ire thief, al, given eoldiers during their manoeuvres. though empressee end princeesee on the Buttermilk and old-fashioned lemonade continent have held the rank. are refreshing and healthful." A set the wheels in motion to obtain the Queen Mary determined that she would eame thing for herself. Incidentally, the war office has included Queen Alexandria, the Princess Royal, the (Ducheee of Fife), in the new honore. Queen Mary IR colonel in chief of „the Eighteenth (Queen Mary's Own) HUGeara and it is expected she will wear an adapt- ation of the uniform when she reviews tho troops. Queen Alexandria is colonel in chief of the Nineteenth (Queen Alexan- dra's Own Royal) Iluesers and the York- shire. (Prineess of -Wales',. Own) regiment; but .her intentiofre as to assuming the uni. form have not been made known. Both. -women could arrange to C0E4,111110 without much difficulty, the distinguish - Ina features being a Hussar tunic and busby. Queen Mary looke remark -ably well in itho gorgeous ,shako and coat of the Fifth (Blucher) regiment of Pruseian Hussars, of which she is the honorary colonel in chief. " • Queen. Alexandra'e portrait, in the.regi- mentals of the Pruesian royal dragoone, of edit& she is honorary colonel, is the principal adornment df the IllaIiarOOM 01 the heotiquarters of that regiment, and Otto officers alwaye drink hex health after 0d,rinakn4ingemlitnereleylth of the German emper, The Duchess of Argyll, ae colonel in chief of the Argyll and Sutherland High - lenders will not find it Neel art easy mat- ter to wear the feather "bonnet" of her. HOARDING OF GOLD. regiment. Seeking a Motto for CreatorLonclon. TO STOP PULP EXPORT. U.S. Manufacturers Notified That St. Lawrence Will Be Mined. A despatch from Ogdensburg, N.Y., says: Paper manufacturers in the United States importing pulpwood from lower Canada by shiplba,d have been notified that un- less special permission is granted the service will be suspended until after the war. It is said to be the purpose of the Dominion Govern- ment to stop all vessel traffic on the St. Lawrence River east of Montreal and plant the river with explosive mines. Large importa- tions of Quebec pulpwood are re- quired at Ogdensburg for northern New York State paper mills. British Chancellor Asks Public to Leave 11 in Banks. A despatch from London says: Chancellor Lloyd George contend- ed on Wednesday that anyone hoarding gold was assisting the enemy of this country. At the same time, with the view of economizing gold and maintaining the integrity of the gold standard, it ;was pro- posed to issue notes of £I. ($5) and 10s. ($2.50) convertible to gold at the Bank of England.. These would be available on Friday to the ex. tent, of $15,000,000, and after that would be issued at the rite of $25,000,000 daily. Postal orders are also to be made legal tender. on the'same terms as notes.' He made an appeal to patriotic people not to withdraw gold. 'N9 WIRELESS TALKS. U.S. Government Closes German Tower at Sayville L 1 ! • • Island, the corresponding 'station to the tower at Nauen, Germany, the State Department has come to the conclusion that it must be closed during the European war. This decision is based on .the inter- national agreement signed by Ger- many, the United States and other countries at The Hague in 1907. Effoots ot Trial Moy• be Far,Reaching. Politics and social.intrigue •figured. pro, malleably la the sensational trial In Parte of Madame Gateaux, 'wife of the forauer French premierfor the fatal,shooting of 'Editor Gaston Calmette. 'Such, indeed, are the politleal aenecte of this caee that the outcome of the trial may•have a far- reeching effect upon the destimee of ,the French republic. •Ner to we have to hunt fax in. Frenth history to find instancee of Vast political changes 'due'l,o the eiatlties ono oiIleo of 'Weinen• Thtemoit familiar' instance was. the percbeee eg n, costly neeklate by Marie Antoinette with tfaitley from the royal incetne at a time when the publis treaShey was baplatelpt,the nation was inipoveriebed and .theitiledd 'Or heoplo io Paris Were all Ole Verge o0 starvation. 'that act 331.m/fish folly precipitated the 1?fiench Revolutieil and brought Marie An., toiriette and Louis XVI. to the Dangers of ice Water, ' Itt the hosted .tcrm niony perarme are prone to drink large' anantities of iced iva. ter and -iced beveriees of Vari011a ingra grediente and 'compoeitione, mons the Do troit Free Press. Dangers lurk in the 1 mm inted out by competent anther', Ver,t'beu6It'never• [more tsIliiy Muth by Dr. Fnanklin 0. Wells, of New York, who the other 'dna, paisi "Cool 'water ehoted take the place of ice .water, ice water, taken • CONGENIAL WORK And Strength to Perform it. A person in good health is, likely to have a genial disriosition, ambi- tion, and enjoy work. On the other hand, if the diges- tive organs have been upset by wrong food, 'z-ork becomes drud- gery. - "Until recently," writes a West- ern ,girl, "I was a railroad steno- grapher, which means full' work eh'erYsdaY, . •• .- ..."Lilee'many ofsher a, large city, I lived at a boarding, house. For breakfast it was mush, greasy Meat, soggy cakes, black coffee etc. "After a few menthe of this diet I used to. feel sleepy and heavy in the mornings,. My work seemed a terrible effort, and I thought the work was to blame—too arduous. "At home I had heard my father speak of a young fellow who went long distances in the cold on Grape -Nuts and cream and nothing more for breakfast. . ‘‘s concluded if it would' tide him over a mornings heavy: work, it might -help me, 00 on my way home ode night I bought a package, and next morning I had Grape -Nuts and milk for breakfast. 111 sLuek to Grape -Nuts, and in less than two weeks I noticed 11112 provement. I remember I used to walk the 12 blocks to business and krur how good it was simply to "As to my work—well, did you ever feel the delight of having con- genial Work and the strength to perform. it/ That's how I felt. I truly believe there s life and vigor in every grain of Grape -Nuts." Name given by Canadian Postum 00., Windsor, Ont, Read `'The Road to Wellville,'' in pkgs. 'There's a Reason.' Ever read the above letter. A now one appears from time to time. They are genuine, trUo, and full of human interest. London is enjoying lots of fun over the troubles of the Loridon County Council in their eearch for a motto for Greater Lon- don. They have got a shield, or "arms," all right, but, a fitting motto is a sore worry, tind the molter of the right motto 10 atseured of immortality for hi; words and wide personal honor, -but aa yet it is the frivolous side of the matter that one chiefly beam. A popular euggestion in suburban trains and buses is, "Alwaye merry and bright." At tho Inner Temple the choice hoe fallen upon a quotation from Dunbar's poem on 'London: -"Exemplar, Lodestar and Guye.'' The modern meaning of "guys," however, not the t id one of hero. is the accepted implication. At the Garden Suburb, where life is more real, .more earnest, the most op - proved le from the London passage in STOWII g "Warisg"-'Smnjl thi lige done, great things undone.",, The City men, who think themselves the pedigreed Londonens-born in the purple, ati one might say -have some .scurrilous mottoes ready for the *upstart L. C. 0. "Next to a good thing," ie one of .the mild- est. A Throgmorton street man, by the aid of his A 33 0 Latin dictionary, found' the following from Cicero, which express- es many viewe of Outer London :---"Mens auburbana in corpore urbane," which may be translated roughly as "Having it both ways" Prime of Wales to vase His Duchy. Among the preparations which are bee ing made for the celebration of the com- ing of age of the Prince of Woke next ;roar is the overhauling of thorivenues of the Duchy of Cornwall. Theee are at pre- sent being administered under the direc- tion of the King on his eon's behalf, but they 'will pass under the personal control of the Prince next year. The trustees of the eetate during the lasb year hove taken advantage, of the favor- able state of the markets to make in• veetmente .which are expected to yield considerable prate. One recent transit°. Lion coneisted in tho purchase of $400,000 worth of securities. The estate's accumu- lated capital and profits at, prevent large- ly exceed $5,000,000. A cat May Look at a King. It is not generally known that there is no right of personal audience of the King and yet it is a well recognized point of eon stl tational. sow. No sucommonerivaeger ain therliand can claims gliany Marie, Mich., says: Freight traffic ch ps of ght under ltitsh law. The matter is one of special privi- through the "Soo" Canals for the month of July showed a decrease of more than 3,000,000 tons from that of the same month last Year, aceording to the statistical report just compiled. The total was 8,830,256 tons, as compared with 12,278,124 tons last year. The move- ment for July was 'greater by 242,- 175 tons than in June. Vessel pas- sages for the month numbered 3,077 and the total number of pas- sengers carried was 20,462. • Otto most striking features are propel- lers at bow and etern, with a Gam pro - miler in the iniddla, so fixed that it dramas to itself practically all the machine's; ate resistance. If this le as eueceesful as It la hoped to be it ie claimed that the At- lanticcouldo be; creased .ae the rate, of. about 180 miles an hour:. Bank of 'England Can Sol) Beer.' The bill to abolish the 'wine eelling.privi- • )(wee of the University tr..f Oxford.and the city of Ste libelist reminds one that by an eld charter the Bank of England has the right to,eell beer. Apparently the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street has never availed herself of tho privilege, but one can lanarine 'Tank Of • .England beer" proving a very popular tap -with the chief eashier'e signature on every bottle guar- anteeing it genuine. SCENES IN ST. PETERSBURG. "Long Lill; King George and the Valiant. British Nation!" A despatch from St. Petersburg says: Following the announce- ment that. Great Britain and Ger- many were at war, huge printed placards appeared on ,tthe walls of the city and in the restaurants and cafes. All carried the words: "Long live King George and the valiant British nation!" A number of students and workmen climbed to the reef of the German Embassy and tore the gold eagle from the top of the flagstaff. They then ran up the Russian flag. A massive statuary depicting a group of horses led by men was hacked to pieces with axes and the debris hurled into the, canal. A bo'nfier then was made of the contents of the Embassy, 'and an attempt was made to put a torch tO the building, but mounted police routed the riot- ers. Another crowd later tried to repeat the performance at the Aus- trian Embassy, but that building was too strongly guarded. . TURKISH SHIPS BOUGHT. . British Government Takes Over TWo, New Dreadnoughts. A despatch from London say's: The British Government will pay in the neighborhood of $25,000,000' for the two Turkish battleships being constructed in English yards and which it has taken over. The one which has been renamed Agin- court is completed. The other, Osman I., and which will be known in the British navy as the Erin, is nearly completed. They are first- class battleships. FRANCE REGAINS . CITIZENS. Natives of Alsate-Lorraine lilay . join -French Armies.. A despatch from Paris says: All the deputies rose to their feet in support of a bill introduced On Wednesday to confer French na- tionality on natives of Alsaee and Lorraine enlisting in the French army. Several sick Senators were carried to their seats'as they were unwilling to be absent from t,he historic session. Canal Traffic Decreased. A despatch from Sault Ste. lege even to the members of the House of Commons who may have ooemsion to con- sult the King on state affairs. Even in Bluth cases the audience is not personal to any member of the Houee. "Freedotn of anomie," as it ie conetitu- tionully called, 10 allowed to aneanbero of Otto House of Commons through the per- sonality of the Speaker. The Speaker claims the: privilege Pram the Grown through the Lord Chanceleor at the open- ing of every Parliament, the form of re - (Meet being that the Comrnone "may have access to hie ibts,eety'e royal person when- ever occasion shall require." The title of Speaker, as applied, ROM& What to .the bewilderment,of the ordinary martial: to.tho.orm member of the -House of .06inmonii,whe, never, by ',any .011641de anaked a.epeetherta30 anarkethie dtityOf rthaSsenting way in necessary interviewe With the mon- arch He ie the Speaker for 'them 410. In the case of members of the House of Lords the privilege of audience is per- eonal, as the Peeie are mndividupiby here- ditary couneellors of the.Crown. It need not be exercised through the Lord Ontih- cellor, who, indeed, is not ntheesarlly member of the Ileum, of Lords at, all. To Fly, 180 MIles,an Hour. !Me model of a new .design.for an aero- plane canthle oS croesing the. 'Atlantic was on View last week at the Milleee of the Aerial League of the British- Emnire itt Itingswary. It is of a revolutionary type, embodying several . new idetteh •The chine possesses a boat ehamei hull, from each aide of rwhich, at'beAv aind stern, pro- tect planes, one &hove the, other,: in such. a Way that there is a gangway running. -through the middle'ef .the structure. The remarkable ..featute Of these -,blance is that they • ILTO hinged. at4 ccial he shift-, eil independently fp such a way that theee le no neea for a rudder on the machine. * • 'Mart Conscieifee '''..".•"" - Weary Walkerl---No, mum. I ain't dirty from choic,e." I'm bound by honor. Yer see I Once wrote a tes- timonial for a soapmaker and pro- mised tb use no other: Madam—Well, why don't you use that? Weary Walker — Because, mum, the firm Sailed .about five years ago. Very Good. Her Father—Want my daughter, eh? Who are your ancestors) Her Lover—I don't know. I've never had time to look them up.' Her Father—Take her, You'll be ,able to support her, all right. A despatch from London says: German reservists from Canada were arrested on the arrival at Avonmouth on the steamship Royal George. - The British Government has re- quisitioned all aircraft in the King- dom and is mobilizing them at the Hendon„ Aerodrome. . Sentries. at Dover fired ori as, 'man who was aupposed to be tampering with the telephone syatem. The man escaped. Two suspected spies were arrested in London. The admiral commanding the Iriesh naval division reports that • the Irish dockyard workers made a splendid responsa to the call for At Braille, the National V,olun, teers gave an enthusiastic send-off to the reservists going to join their regiments. The band of the volun- teers escorted the reservists to the station at Blackrock. avoid illness. Get it today. . 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NewaRecord and World ....... ....... .63.56 News -Record' and Globe 3 60 News -Record and Mail & Dmpire..3.60 News -Record and Advertiser 2.85 News-Retord and Morning Free Prose. 3.15 News -Record and Evening Free Press. 2.85 Newe-Record and Toronto Star ........ 2.35 Newe-Reoord and Toronto News ...• 2.55 If what you want le not in thie liet let us know about it. We can allarIlY YOU at lese than it would emit yon to send direct. In remitting please do so by Post -office Order Postal Note, Express Order or Reg. intend letter and address. W. J. MITCHELL, Publisher News-Rat:cord OLIZTON, ONTARIO FACING SITUATION CALMLY. Lack of Hysteria Noticeable in French Capital. A despatch .from Paris says: While troops move through Paris streets on their way to the .front there is a remarkable spirit Of con- fidence and a general lack of hys- terical excitement among the citi- zens who are being left in the city. This assurance, so universal every- where in the city that. French arms are to be victorious, is no doubt added to by the constant reports coming from Belgium that the troops there a.re successfully hold- ing back the German invasion. The general feeling that France is des- tined during this war to get full revenge for 1870, and the confi- dence that is everywhere expressed has made at marked impression on all still marooned within the city. Hourly the impression is gaining strength that the war will not last long, cannot last long, because Germany, cut off as she is, will soon be forced to capitulate or starve to death. There is even a well-defined feeling here that when the pinch of famine comes, if the Kaiser does not submit of his own accord, he will be forced to do so by popular revolts within his em- pire. Even with France at war artd a great part of her male popu- lation enrolled and off to the front, all of the lightsomeness of the Parisian spirit is not lost. There are humorous incidents on every hand. Above many of the shops that have been closed, for instance, - are suspended posters making light announcements of the cause of business suspensions. Here are the words on a placard posted in the window of a barber shop in the Rue Royale: "Our clients are here- by notified that we have transfer- red our staff to Nancy." Nancy is a city on the French frontier, MANY PRIZES OF WAR. Cruisers Sweep the Seas of Ger- man Merchant Vessels. A despatch from London says: The Hamburg - American Line steamers Kronprinzessin °collie and Prince Adelbert have been seized by British warships. They are now lying at Falmouth. The cruiser Highflyer brought the steamer Turbantiassfrom• 13,uenoas Ayres', Ilaniblisg,•.!barrying a large, quantity of gold and scores of German reservists, into Ply- mouth harbor. Thirty German ships have so far been captured by England. They include a trawler, taken' near the Orkney Islands, off the north of Scotland. A man sus- pected of being a spy and several carrier pigeons were found aboard. The British steamer Kemerick, from Galveston for Bremen, was captured off West Fastnet and taken to Queenstown. The Kerner - ick had 49,000 quarters of wheat aboard for the Germans. CONTRABAND OF WAR. Royal Proclamation Defines What Must Be Seized. A despatch from London says: The Gazette, the official newspaper, on Wednesday publishes Ibhe notifi- cation of the state of war existing between Germany and England, afrs well as an order -in -Council signed by the King, relating ta the chant vessels of the countries with which the British Empire is at waf. , The order specifies as absolute! e'en- traband : Arm,s of all kindg; clothing and ha,rness of a, military diameter; animals suitable 101. war purposes; foodstuffs; fuel; har,. tiessj telescopes and field glasp,es,, 7;7; 1 1 4 4 4