The Seaforth News, 1917-11-22, Page 7G ,L 4 NT L'A IAN TROOPS CHECK
AUSTRO-GF,RMAN INVADERS
Frusir:de I)ehlpe'rlate Efforts of Teutons to Cross Piave River 'and
Inflict Serious Losses on Enemy..
London, Nov, 13:—Furt'her attempts
by the enemy to force crossings of the
Piano River were ,frustrated by the
Italituh forces yesterday, and in a
brilliant counter-attack the Austro -
German forces which previously had
gained a footing on the west bank of
the leagare zone wore completely
swept out of this area, the Wal' Office
announced to -day. The Italian line
on the Asingo Plateau le also with-
standing extremely violent attacks.
The total of prisoners taken by the
Italian on Friday and Saturday is
1,20:1 men, and 27 machine gene' were
captured,
The Teutons report that the Ital-
ians are counter -attacking heavily in
the hill district northeast of Asiago.
Teuton Array Headquarters announc-
ed to -clay that the Italian attacks,
FURTHER GAINS
AGAINST MKS
Turkish Forces Hopelessly Out-
classed by British
Yeomanly.
A desSsatch from London says:
—
Renter's correspondent with British
headquarters in Palestina, telegraph-
ing last Wednesday, says: "Within
a fortnight of the inception of the
British offensive the 'Turkish army,
occupying apparently an impregnable
launched against heights which had
been taken from the Italians, were
fruitless, and costly to the attacking
forces,
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 17.—The battle of the
Piave River, ae it will be known, has
now developed to a stage where the
enemy's first attempts to make a
breach in the Italian lines have failed.
This defensive result has not only
been accomplished by the Italian army,
but tinge has been secured to effect
that recovery which will permit the
army to reams its ofT' nsive power as
well as its defensive,
The• enemy was taking full ad-
vantage of the delicate period after
the retreat; every day counted for
the restoration of solidity of the Ital-
ian offensive,
COUNTER-ATTACK
OF FOE FAILS
Could Not Dislodge Canadians
From Passchenclaele Midge.
With the British Army in Belgium.
—The forces of Crown Prince Rap-'
precht of Bavaria have made' their
first pretentious effort to regain Pass-
chendaele village in accordance with
the edict of Field Marshal von Hinden-
burg that the place should be recap-
tured, and have failed.
The enemy's attack, macre late Wed -
line, strongly fortified and provided nesday afternoon, against positions on
with guns, ammunition and supplies, the crest of the ridge north of the
has been driven headlong from its de-
fences and chased across country. Its
losses have been enormous,
The feature of Thursday's fighting' but the assaulting troops were hurled
was a brilliant charge by the liicl- back again after a grim struggle,
land Counties Yeomanry. The enemy ,leaving the British line before Pass -
had been clinging tenaciously to a ehendaele intact.
position above Mnghair, beyond Wadi
Rubin, where he had hastily, en-
trenched himself. Supported by j field
and machine' guns, the mounted
troops charged across the swelling up-
land straight upon the enemy. They
Were received with a heavy fire, liut
nothing could stop them. They cut
right through the Turks, sabering
-right•and left.
"When the enemy found themselves
surrounded eleven hundred o5 them
laid down their arms. The Turk is
fighting bravely, but he is hopelessly
outclassed,
"The total number of prisoners
verified since October, 31 now exceeds
9,000."
hamlet, was essayed with large forces
and was a most determined attempt
to retake this gem of their defences'
SECURE NCTION
OF JERUSALEM RY.
British Make Important Pro-
gress in Palestine Campaign.
A despatch from London says:—
The junction of the Beersheba -Damas-
cus Railway, with the line to Jerusa-
lem, is now in the possession of the
British army.
The following official statement of
operations in Palestine was issued
on Thursday.
"Our infantry and mounted troops
continued their advance, Gen, Allenby
reported yesterday, and we now hold
the railway line in the vicinit, of El-
Mansurah and Na'Aneh, including the
junction of the Damascus -Beersheba
railway with the line to Jerusalem.
"The losses inflicted on the Turks
on Tuesday were heavy, including 400
buried at Katrah alone, Our captures
on Tuesday amounted to more than
1,500 prisoners, 20 machine guns, and
four guns,"
MOSCOW IN
STATE OF SIEGE
Government Troops in Kremlin
Attacked by the Rebels.
Petrograd says—Seven thousand
military cadets and three thousand
troops are besieged in the Kremlin at
Moscow by 18,000 Bolsheviks, who are
battering the ancient walls and build-
ings with heavy artillery, according
to a wolf -authenticated report receiv-
ed Thursday afternoon,
The Government troops are said to
have a fairly plentiful supply of food
and ammunition and to be capableof
holding out for some days.
1)ENMARIC TO EXPEL
ALL FOREIGN SPIES.
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
The Government has submitted a bill
to the Danish Parliament authorizing
the expulsion from Denmark of any
undesirable foreigner, even those res
siding in the country for more than
two years.
The.law is aimed at spies and other
objectlonablo persons, but may also
be invoked, following the Norwegian
precedent, to reduce alien consumers
of Denmark's food supplies.
The Japanese have three forms of
salutation --one for saluting an in-
ferior; ono for saluting an equal, and
another for saluting a superior.
The greater part of the enemy in-
fantry was stopped by the tremen-
dous British artillery barrage, which
ploughed through their ranks as they
began the advance; but some of
them, answering to that famous dis-
cipline ingrained by Prussian mili-
tary rule, pushed through this rain of
death and reached the British front
line.
STORING COAL UNDER WATER.
To Prevent Deterioration Caused by
Exposure to Air.
Coal when`exposed to the air under-
goes
ndergoes some deterioration. It loses heat-
ing value. Under such conditions it is
really undergoing a process of slow
combustion, i.e.t oxidation.
To prevent this, the United States
navy yards within recent years have
resorted to the expedient of storing
thousands of tons of coal under water.
It was thought that salt water was
better for the purpose than fresh wa-
ter.
An elaborate series of experiments
recently conducted by the U. S. Gov-
ernment Bureau of Mines has proved
that the deterioration can be almost
entirely 'prevented' by this means,
though salt water is no better - than
fresh. But the loss in the open air is
only about 1 per cent. a year, and so
the water cure does not pay,
WASTAGE EXCEEDS
NUMBER OF RECRUITS.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
total wastage of infantry in the Can-
adian Expeditionary Force last month
exceeded the total number of recruits
enlisted by 1,898, according to figures
given out by the Militia Department.
The total wastage was 3,648, being
made up. of 1,017 men discharged in
Canada; 1,565 returned to Canada
from overseas for discharge, and 1,066
casualties overseas. The total number
of recruits secured for overseas ser-
vice in the Capadian infantry during
October was 1,750, Of these 1,045
men were recruited in the United
States, 693 in Canada, and the re-
maining 12 in England,
BRITISH HAVE
166,000 PRISONERS.
A despatch from London says: In
the House of Commons recently, dur-
ing a speech, Henry William Forster,
Financial Secretary of War, said that
since July 1, 1916, the British had
captured from the Turks 30,197 pris-
onera and 186 guns; and from the
Germans on the western front 101,534
prisoners and 519 guns:
The approximate square milage in
territory conquered or recoiquered by
the British in the same tine, said MS'.
Forster, was 128,000. The total num-
ber of prisoners captured on all fronts
since the beginning of the war was
166,000, while the captured guns num-
ber 800.
GREAT BRIPAIN'S TRADE
SHOWS AN INCREASE.
A despatch from London says: The'
Board of Trade returns for October
show the following: Imports, 494,-
260,904, an increase of 418,101,090
over the previous month, and exports,
;850,757,054, an increase of 1.'6,041,806.
The chief increases were in imports of
cotton, amounting to 45,020,948, and in
exports of cotton of 42,981,323.
Markets of the World
Breadetuifa
Toronto Nov, 20—Manitoba wheat—
No, 1 Norther n, ; Iso. ; 'No, 2 do., 2:2055'
Nn ado„ $2171;, No 4 wheat 2,e tax? 1ti
store bort )v1111am, lncludln 22,e tsp1
Manitoba. oats—No, 2 C.W.7200; No,
2 C•W,, 6280; No, 1 extra teed, 690e;
No. 1 fend 634o, in store Port William
.American corn—No. 0 yellow, nominal,
Ontario oats—No, 2 white 70 to 71c,
3100 Io,al; No. 3, dn„ 00 to 700 nominal,
a Ontario wheota-3Oew, 30o, 2 Winter,
$2r 2eh bn30 0 2.1$x1 50 '0015390 a according
t0 arlil 31 01 tslde.
Jlhrley---Mellingg. $1,21 to $1,22, ac-
cording to freights outside,
frei
Fights ye ---outsiNo. de, 2, $1.76, according to
hlanit0ha flour—First patents, in jute
ha��grrOO, 511,60 2nd, do., $u.00; strong
halters', do, 080.60, Toronto,
Ontario Sour—Winter, aceording to
sample, $2 90, to bags, Montreal; 80.70,
Zornnk0; .50.70, bulk,..seaboar'd, protniit
ehiproent.
Afi111eed-Car lots, delivered Montreal
fr0Iglrts, bags included --Bran per ton,
b5
0: shorts do., $42: nitddillegb do„ $42
10 $46, gond Coed flour, per beg $8,28,
Hay —No, 1, naw, per tor, $16 to $16;
mixed do., $12 to $14, tracts Toronto,
'1U w --Car lots, per ton, $8 to $8.60,
track Toronto,
Country Produoe—Wholesale
13u1ter--Crearncr'y, solids, per 112., 429
to 42c,; in'ints, per 10„ 43 to 4'360; dairy,
per lb., 86 to 29e. -
l7ggs-1'rosh gathered eggs, 44 to 460.
.Pataloca bene: wholesalers are pay -
Ing growers and country shipper's $1.75
for Arst-olnss stock, 1 e.b, Toronto,
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
made at the following prices:
Cheese—Nen, largo 23 to 233c; twins,
0.11 to 2310 early cheese, 263 to 260;
large twin 26 to 2011',
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 41e;
creamery prints, 46 to 46c; solids, 44
to 45c.
10ggs--New 1010, In cartons, 58 to 00c;
No. 1 storage, '43 to 44c; soled storage,
47 to 40c,
Dressed poultry ---Spring chickens, 24
to 26e; fowl, 20 to 22cr, squabs, per dos.,
$1 to $4,50; turkeys, 28 to 82c: ducks,
Spring, 20 to 20e; geese, 18 to 20e, -
Live poultry -'--Turkeys, 250' Spring
rhiolcons, ib., 16 to 180; hefts, 17 Lo 13e;
dnLolcs, Spring. 18 to 19x; geese, 12 to
14c,
ido'ney—Comb—.extrOne, 1.6 es.,
$3.60; 12 oz„ $3; No,a 2,' $2.40 to $2.60.
Strainped—Tins, 21'e and 6''s, 19 to 1000
per 115; 10's, 180 to 19e; 60's. 18 to 1520.
Beans—Canadian, nominal; imported
hard-plciced, $6.60 to $6.75 per busts;
Limas, per lb., 17 to 172e.
Potatoes, on track—Ontario, bag, 52,10
to $3.15.
Provisions—Wholesale
Smoked meats—Trans. medium, 80 to
31e; do„ heavy, 26 to 27e; cooked, 41 to
430; rolls, 27 to 28e; breakfast bacon,
39 to 42e.
Cured rneata—Long clear baron, 270
to 28e lb; clear bellies, 260 to 27e.
Lard—]Pure lard, tierces, 27 to 2700;
tubs, 273 to 278c; pails 272 to 230; com-
�po}},rnd, tierces, 28 to 225c; tubs, 233 to
'2i3r; pails, 233 to 24e.
Montreal Markets
Montreal Nova 20—Oats—Canadian
Western, No. 2, 82c; do., No, a, SOc; ex-
tra No. .1 feed, 800; No. 2 local white,
702c. Flour—Man. Spring wheat patents,
firsts, $11,60; seconds, $11,10; strong
bakers', $$10.90; straight rollers, bags,
16.20 to $5.35. Bran, 536, Shorts, 340
to $42. Middlings, 548 to $50. Moutllle,
$56 to $66. Bay—No, 2, per ton, car
lots, $13 to $13.50. Cheese—finest
westerns, 214e; d0„ easterns, 2180. •But-
ter—Choicest creamery, 45 to 455o;
85003105, 433 10 ride•, lOggs—Fresh, 5S to
560; selected, 46 to 47r.; No. 1 stock, 42
t0 430; No. 2 stock, 39 to 400. Potatoes
-Per bag, car lots, $2.24 to $2.25.
Winnipeg Grads
Winnipeg Nov. 20—Cash prices:—
Oats—No. 2, C.W., 722c; No. 3, do., 591c;
extra No. 1 feed, 094e; No. 1 Peed 6800;
r0, 2, 00„ 682a, ;3arley—No, 3 91.2151
riax�'Ne,11 N 14�C, 338.19; No�2 4'OWS.,
$3,13; No. 8 do, $5.02,
United States Markets
Minneapolis, Nov. 20—Corn—No. 3
yellow, 02.20 to $2.26. Oats—No. 3
white, 823 to 634e. Flour—Unchanged.
Bran—$32.60 to $33,50.
Duluth, Nov, 20—linseed—$3,27 to
arrive, $2.148; arrl ve hr Novem-
ber $3.27 to $3,26; November, $2.27
asked; neeenrber, $3.14$ bid; play, $3.10.
Live Stook Markets
Toronto, Nov. 20-17'tra choice heavy
steers, $11.50 to $12; do., good heavy,
$g10.76 to ,811.25: butchers' cattle,„, eholce,
$10 to $10.26; d0., g000, $9,35
do,, medium, $8.60 to $3.75;
men, $7.60 10 $3; butchers' bulls, choice,
$8.30 to 08.75; da, good bulls, 07.40 to
$7.26; do„ medium bulls, 56,85 to $7.10;
do„ rough buns, 05 to 05; butchers'
cows, choice, $3,25 to 53.75; do.,• good,
$
t001107.60 05,SS;$7a 10 $ medium, 56.60
so 96.76;
$9.75; canners and cutters, $5 to 555,80;
milkers, good to 01101ce, 596 to $150;
do,, con,. and med., $76 to $86: spring-
ers, $96 to 5160; light owes, $11.50 to
$13.50; bucks and culls, 59 to 510,50;
sheep, heavy, 55.75 to $7,50; .yearlings,
$1.2 to $13; calves, goad to choice, $14
to $16; Spring lambs, 815.50 to 016.355;
hogs, fed and watered, $17.50 to 017.76;
do., weighed off cars, $17,06.. to $18; do„
f.o.b., $16.60 to
Montreal, Nov. 20—choice steers, $10
to 510.26: good $0.60 to $9.75; fair,
93.60 to $9; common, 07.60 to 08;
butchers' cows, 50,25 to $S; bulls, $0.60
to 08.26 per 100 lbs; canner bulls, 50.25
to $6.50; cows. 55.26 per 100 lbs; On-
tario lambs, 515 to $15.60;. Quebec, $14
to $}4.50 per 100 lbs; sheep, $9.60 to
$11; choice tank -fed calves, $13 to $14;
0
to 510.00 e1 el. 100108; hogs,l$17 to $17G 0.
GERMAN WARSHIPS
CHASED TO PORT.
London, Nov. 18.—German light
cruisers, which fled through Helgo-
land Bight yesterday before British
warships of similar type, were pur-
sued to within thirty miles of Helgo-
land, where they came under the pro-
tection of the German battle fleet and
mine fields, the Admiralty announc-
ed to -day. One of the German light
cruisers was observed to be in flames
anti the machinery of another seemed
to be damaged, while one German
aline -sweeper was.. mak. The British
light forces returned without losses,
with but little material damage to the
ships and slight casualties among the
personnel.
NO JAPANESE TROOPS
TO GO TO EUROPE.
A despatch from Tokio says: Lieu-
tenant -General Osltima, the Japanese
minister of War, informs Japanese
newspapers that the despatch of.
troops to Europe is an .absolute im-
possibility owing to the tremendous
cost and the lack of tonnage, Baron
Takahashi, former Minister of Fin-
ance, and one of thin leaders of the
Soiyukai party, in a ;lengthy article
in the newspapers, declares the Jap-
anese army is deficieut in ordnance
and airplane equipment.
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In the above picture are shown the members of the milk committee, appointed by the food controller, which
has made a careful study of the milk situation in this country, considering such questions as supply, costs of pro-
duction, utilization, etc,
P. B. Tustin of Winnipeg, the chairman of the committee, is one of the foremost experts on dairy and farm
matters in Canada. He is honorary secretary for Western Canada of the Royal Sanitary Institute. He is also a
member of the Institute's examining board for Western Canada. Mr. Tustin is chief of the food and dairy divi-
sion of the city of Winnipeg, and manager of the child welfare bureau of that city.
W. A. Wilson, of Regina, is dairy commissioner of Saskatchewan, and has done much for the dairy industry
in the prairie provinces. Dr. Boucher and Dr. MacKay are medical health officers of Montreal and Halifax, re-
spectively. Commissioner Wigmore of St. John, N.B., and Ald. Hamilton, of Vancouver, have bath given much
time to a study of the milk problem. E. H. Stonehouse, of Toronto, and John Bingham, manager of the Ottawa
Dairy, represent the mill: producers and the milk distributors respectively,
HAIG PREPARES
FOR NEW ADVANCE
Guns Paving Way for Fresh
Thrust in Flanders.
A despatch from London says: Sir
Douglas Haig's despatch from . head-
quarters on Friday indicates that pre-
parations are under way for a new
offensive in the Passchendaele region.
The official communication regarding
aerial operations also points to renew-
ed activity. It reads: '
"During the early part of Thursday
a heavy ground mist considerably
hampered aerial observation. Later in
the day the mist partly cleared, and
considerable activity ensued in the air.
Many targets were successfully en-
gaged by our artillery with the aid
of aerial observation, and a number
of reconnaissances carried out by our
aeroplanes.
"On the battle front our low flying
machines engaged several ground tar-
gets with machine gunfire. Hostile
aeroplanes dropped a few bombs on
our side of the line.
"In air fighting, five hostile aero-
planes were downed and one was driv-
en down out of control. Another Ger-
man machine was shot down by our
anti-aircraft guns. Four of our ma-
chines failed to return,"
BRITISH SUCCESS ON
THE SERBIAN FRONT.
London, Nov. 18.—Raiding opera-
tions by the British in Macedonia are
announced in an official statement
from Saloniki to -day, which reads:
"Yesterday morning our troops car-
ried out a successful raid on a wood
southwest of Akindzali, northeast of
Lake Doiran, Several prisoners were,
brought back and casualties inflicted 1
upon the enemy. No other 'events are
reported. Bad weather has hampered
operations during the last week,"
CLEARING UP THE REMNANTS
OF GERMAN FORCES IN AFRICA
London, Nov. 18.—An official state-
ment of the campaign in East Africa
to -night says: "0n the Makondo
plateau (German East Africa) we oc-
cupied Nvitl, with slight opposition,
and Chiwata after a sharp engage-
ment. Forty-six German Europeans
and 425 Askaris were captured. Since
Nov, 1 our columns have accounted
for on all fronts a total of 473 Ger-
man Europeans and 1,072 Askaris
killed or captured, two naval gens, 4.1
and 33 machine guns, as 1vell as a
quantity of material. Tlic enemy
has been driven from the whole of the
Mahefige area,"
After baking out the :fat from the
tallow of beef the .cracklings can be
ground fine, mixed with rice and fried
in cakes. .
JAN CAPTURED
BY BRITISH
Seaport of Jerusalem Occupied
by .Anzac Mounted Troops.
London ,Nov. 18.—The city of Jaffa,
on the Mediterranean coast, was taken
possession of by tthe British army
in Palestine yesterday. The Turks,
who apparently are continuing their
withdrawal northward, offered no op-
position. The text of, the official
statement making this announcement
roads:
Yesterday Jaffa was occupied by
Australian and New Zealand mounted
troops without opposition. The en-
emy appears to be continuing his re-
tirement to the north,
"General Allenby reports that yes-
terday there were minor advances in
certain sectors of our front. Our yeo-
manry, who on Thursday took Abu
Schusche Ridge, five miles southeast
of Er Ramie, captured 360 prisoners
and one gun. They carried the Turk-
ish position at a gallop and 431 Turks
were counted on the ground, The
Australians, in taking El Tine, captur-
ed large numbers of prisoners, one
gem, three airplanes and considerable
quantities of ammunition and stores,
On Thursday one hostile airplane was
brought down,
"The Turks are reported to be en-
deavoring to prepare an entrenched
position north of Jaffa, roughly par-
allel to- the River• Aujer (Nater-el-
Aujer)."
NO ABLE-BODIED MEN
EXEMPT IN BRITAIN.
A despatch from London says; A
general review of the present attitude
of the British Tribunals towards ap-
plicants for exemption will doubtless
be of interest to Canada. Speaking
broadly, any man under thirty, whe-
ther married or single, in any medical
category, has little chance of securing
exemption on personal grounds, Men
passed for general service, even those
with several children or who are the
sole remaining sons, have practically
no chance of exemption unless engag-
ed in work of national importance.
A Baby ilephant.
A baby elephant when ho stands up
for the first time is so clumsy in all
his -movements that to watch him is a
circus in itself. He cannot seen to
understand what his legs are made
for, he stumbles over them, steps on
his trunk, falls down; it takes quite a
few hours before lie begins to realize
that his trunk is made to piek things
tip and that his feet are to stand on
and to walk_gjouncl with. He is, when
very young, as pink as a little mouse,
but after a fete woke he starts to
grow dark gray,
ITALIANS !OLD
LINE AT PIAVE
Teuton Forces Which Crossed
River Have Made No
Progress. -
A. despatch from London says:
Everywhere along the battle -front,
from Lake Garda eastward, and thence
southward along the Piave River to
the Adriatic Sea, the Italians are hold-
ing the enemy in check, except in the
hilly regions in the vicinity of the
Asiago Plateau, where additional
gains have been made by the invaders.
The new advances by the Teutonic al-
lies, as observed on the war maps, do
not indicate that points of extremely
great strategic value have been won,
but rather that the Italians on vari-
ous sectors have given ground before
superior numbers and at the same
time have straightened out and les-
senedithe length of their front.
In the hills north of the Venetian
Plains General Diaz, the new com-
mander-in-chief of the Italians, has
withdrawn his advanced posts south
of Montetomatico. On the Asiago
Plateau, and thence eastward to
where the battle -front meets the up-
per reaches of the Piave River the
German and Austro-Hungarian forces
are adding strength to their attacks,
doubtless hoping to drive through the
highland country to the plains of
Venetia before the expected arrival of
British and French reinforcements
becomes a fact.
ALLIED TROOPS
TO AID ITALY
Being Rushed Over the Alps to
Save Waiting For Con-
gested Trains.
A despatch from London says: The
British correspondent accredited to
Italian headquarters, in a despatch
dated Thursday, says: "Allied rein-
forcements are reaching Italy daily
in increasing numbers. To save wait-
ing for trains eft the congested rail-
way some French troops have been
brought across the Alps through the
snow-covered passes, The allied
troops are marching steadily forward
to their appointed places in the Ital-
ian scheme of defence.
"Both the British and French
troops are in high spirits, They are
delighted at the change in scene and
over the prospect of a new adven-
ture,"
All. steel passenger cars are being
adopted on Egypt's state railways.
From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS 13Y MAIL FROM IRE-
LAND'S SIIORGS.
gappeningn In the I mcrald Isle o0
Interest to. Irish.
men.
The Major Redmond Memorial Com-
mittee announce that already 4840
has been collected by them.
Patrick Moran, of Ballybunion, was
fined twenty-one shillings for a vio-
lation of the Defence of the Realm
Act.
When the management of the
Dr'omalane Mill refused an increase
of wages the employees went on
stripe.
The Model Farm allotment hold-
ers' committee has resolved into a
branch of the Plot Holders' P8otec-
tive Union.
Fire completely destroyed the pre-
mises of Messrs. Gilbert Bros„ motor
and cycle engineers, Market Square,
Cavan.
The Countess of Clanwilliam per-
formed the opening ceremony at a
Red Cross sale at Montalto in the
County of Down.
Football matches played between
teams of Belfast ladies, realized 4410
for the building of a resthouse for
wounded soldiers.
A most successful entertainment
in aid of the Irish Counties' War
Hospital (Wexford Ward) was 11510
recently in Rosslare.
" Colonel Yarr, Royal Army Medical
Corps, Rathgar, has had the honor
of knighthood conferred on him by
His Majesty the King.
Temporary warehouses have been
erected in the Alexandra Dock Yard,
Dublin, where deep sea cargoes Can
be unloaded on arrival.
Fire destroyed the buildings and a
large quantity of linen belonging to
the Hyde Park Bleach Works near
Glengormley, Belfast City.
The taxicab drivers of Dublin are
in a sad plight now, owing to the
prohibition of the use of motor ears
except for specific purposes.
The Belfast linen weaving factor-
ies are still closed as a result of
the strike of tenters, and ten thou-
sand operatives are out of work, _
Captain M, C. C. Harrison, Port -
rush, of the Royal Irish Regiment,
has escaped from a German prison
camp and is .now at his home.
The directors of the British Paper
Mills " Company, Clondalkin, gave
their three hundred employees a very
enjoyable excursion to Drogheda.
Captain Esmonde, M.P., for North
Tipperary, is home for a short visit
from France, where he has been .on
active service for fourteen months.
At the annual Red Cross competi-
tion at Nenagh, the Borrisokane
Corps, under the charge of Miss.
Bruce, were declared the winners.
The striking cabinetmakers and
polishers of Dublin, who had been
out for about nine weeks, have gone
back to work pending a settlement.
INHERITED MILITARY TALENT.
Illustrating the Fact That Fighting
Runs in Families.
The present war has called attention
to the fact that fighting seems to run
in families. There are several con-
spicuous instances in which the sons
or grandsons of famous soldiers have
lived up to the brilliant records of
their forbears.
In the British army Lieut, Gen. Sir
Hubert de la Peer Gough is an ex-
ample. There was a Gough in the
Peninsula with Wellington, and when
the Sikhs were enemies of England it
was a Gough who overthrew them. He
was the present general's grandfather.
In addition, the general's own father
won the Victoria Cross in the Indian
Mutiny and was with Roberts in Af-
ghanistan. It is not surprising, then;
that the present general is known as
one of the most prominent caval?:
leaders in the British, army. Ile play
ed a great part in the battle of th
Somme and again in the battle of Ar
res,
With Gen, Cadorna, the former Thal
Tan commander in chief, the taking o
Trieste is a hereditary task. He coin
of a famous military family, for h
father, Count Raphael Ceder
fought in the Piedmontese ar
alongside the British and the Fret
in the Crimea. In the war ' of 18
against Austria he commanded t
army corps that advanced on Tries
but his forward march was stopped
an armistice after he had ' read
Versa in the Friuli, where he put
advance guard of the enemy to flig
Peace was signed on the banks of
Isonzo at the foot of the Carso P
teau, which is now the scene of
son's exploits.
It is ,on recorcl that one day the
sent Cadorna placed his finger on
position marked on his map and s
"That is where lny father got
Then, moving his finger to Trieste
added, "And that is where I hav
go "
The Ring's Uniforms.
When the Ring appears in to
dress uniform of an Admiral o
fleet, he strictly observes the
Sniralty dress regulations. But
he appears as a 'field -marsh;
Wears upon each shoulder -atm
low the crossed batons and wrea
signla which no other British
marshal wears—namely, the gig
man letters "V,R,, E.I&,