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The Wingham Advance, 1919-06-26, Page 74-****************+++.* 1**. .4**..**+*****r ,1'*11*.1/` •An Army's fillarch Across the Deser *Mgdi Ai004 :61Cpe4ittelt AerOm ICalahati Deilere to 8ta-0 , the Orerna043,9 in the Rear. , h(eriateo aeieuee Monier.) , otber etoelt, was ale a the meat itti- London, laughtted-All, co'aCllt has Portant Matters that had to be arreng- lately beett given a one of the laugeet, ed, For this retteon, the witter-boriteg Metat ardueus and most sacceseful Section of the force generally Pro- Matelles welch bave been recorded in eeeded aimed, endeavoring to obtain the annals of South African histore, eupplies of water a COnVelliellt Oke. a March of o'er 700 milethrough the tanew' waterless Keleher! Deeert. The curie QUESTION OF WATER SUPPaY. mie thing is that one reads in IMusually heave* rains at the oetten- Milted Empire (the monthly Journal ulna of the eapedition bad Mel tbe of the Royal Colonial Institute) the, effect of aroduclag one of tile fluent reedr). of Generel Berrange's exeedi- crops ter grata seen for year not °MY tion westward from Kimberley, with M the Kimberley And laurtmein cm, his force of about 3,000 of all mike, tricts, but right through the Kalahari the final attacks on the Germen troops Desert. This circumetance greetly old - in Southweet Attlee aeem to- be quite ed In tee succeseful carrying througn dwarfed by the Successive encounters of the operations, ati it supplied roil - with tee many and only partially der not only tor transport animals, Imeilva perils oa the desert zone, but also for the homes of the force te personnel a the "Eastern and the batches a remounts sent UP ttl Foree" was -according to Maier C. re ties At the front, - „.., at regar •Mterval s to replace caeual- O. King, D.O., whet supplies the nate A limited supply a water /laving rative-drewn for the most part from beerobtained for boring at leashman- Kimberley elistrIct and from Beehuan- pits, and at two intermediate Went aland, and riveted a brigade of mount- on the track from Kurunian, it was. ed rine, wblcb included many volun- found possible, by continuoue pump - teen. The discipline , he. Says, WAS It.% day and night, net only to fleet excellent, and what the mete lackee all requirements at each of theee de - of military training was amply made pots, but aleo to accumulate e small U ix for by keenness an knowledge of aupply in the storage Janke for fresh the dlfriculties of the country. Tee coevoee as they arrived. These con - great majority of them Were goon voYs had to be limited to five wagona horse masters and excellent shots. Two a day; an aa eaeh station Sueceeded . alarcOni sections proved to be of great in filling its reserve Millie, it notified assistance, the base at Kurumau by telephone. AN OASIS IN THE DESERT. When all atatione were ready, the or- der was give u from dee base to move If wee in December, 1914, that the all full OCCIVOYS. They moved on to orgenizhig and outntting of the force the next dation, writes Major King, began, with Kimberley as a base and the empty convoys moved nue Pram there the road ran northwest station tack, with the regelarity of ovet a desolate stouy track for 155 clockwork. According to thecustom mires to the village of Kurumen, which is well known to all those in- terested In native education in South Africa, since near to it a mission sta- tion was chosen by Dr. Moffatt as early as 1a26. The fountain of leuru- , • , WO RLD' Photo shows the world'e large It failed to rise on its firs tail, nearly eighty -feet awe LARGEST AIRPLANE WREOKED ON TRIAL TRP. a irplane, built by Mr. W. G. Tarrant, of Elyfleet, England, on a trial flight, t trial trip at Farnborough and Instantly its nose dug in the ground, arid the y from the head, rose into the cdr. • hard read, So, opening the throttles Mug o 45 s of ar- e is ood for be tts- vas ick the tal ni- rd- te- on Ah it, eA14, We sent em rus through the air at the rate of 40 t miles an hour. After seven mile this exhilarating enjoyment we rived at Oxford farm, where ther a Bite dam of fresh water and g wells, providing a generous supplY man and teeet." Durtng March troops had to pushed forward at a rapid rate, ell Ing quite unusual difficulties. It 1 necessary to provide for the cm despatch forward not only of mounted troops arid thelr eagtmen transport, but also of guns, ammu tion trains, supplies, remounts, o ranee, hospitals, field telegraeli ma rlal and so on, causing congestion the whole line from Kurumen to W draal. How great the etratn was in be realized from MaJor King's sta xneiit a the lines of communicati were then over 425 nines long, a that there were oniy three trensp officers available, TAKING GERMANS IN REAR. ai in South Armee, the trekking on The main attack on the Germa the lines of communication between I was, of eourse, from the seacoa base and column head was generally I General Lukin's force had landed done at nighttime or in the entail Port Nolloth, but was efterivard wit hours of the morning, noel 14 the drawn to deal with the South Africa evenings, tame permitting the cattle rebels. General McKenzie's troo man is a never -failing strealn, issuing) heat of the day. used Luderitz Bay, higher up th to rest and graze during tee intense from cool dark caverns of dolomite, coast, and General Botha Mum and 'having a flow calculated at aboutlanded at Walvis Bay, a still mor There is one subetitute for water 4,000,000 gallons every 24 hours. It le -dance, It is the Mama or wild water, northerly point. To Geueral Berrang which the &Geri, provides in alenn- " 'clear as crystal, and is of the same melon, and an officer and one or two Wall assiened the task of taking th temperature in weeter and manner Germans in the rear and flank fro troopers in the Bechuanaland police No wond•er Major King describes Kur- have been known to go tirade 100 tite ward side. Instructions ha uhan as a veritable oasis in the desert, mane from oue melon patch tc“ be,en received from headquarters tha uman as 11 18 with flourishing apples, • another without are liquid but that RIMS West, which lies east:, of th pear, fig, almond and other faint trees, supplied by tate fruit, to which their important railway junction of Keet . and with a wealth of syringe, willows horses gradually become accustomed: manshoep, was to be occupied by Apri and; indigenous foliage. Th At least a month was occupied in e tsama is not, however; suitable 15. As a matter of face a. squadro orgenizing transport between Kimber- for animals doing heavy trekking, ex- of the Kalahari Horse rove the extern cept when time _le no object. More. from Kirus West a day earlier than ley And ICuruman, pushing on sal:Tiles over, it matured late in that.partieu- was named, When it was reported to to •the latter place, and generanY Pre- lar year, and was not available when the German comm paring for the march across the des- most required, ' erte To fix -certain outstanding points of 2,500 men ana guns under Genera ander that a force Between Bushmanplts and. Witdraal Berrange had crossed the desert and ana' detes ih memory, it may be noted there still remained the worst stretch were arriving at leirus West, he in- andi that by the beginning a Februar that the route here turned to the west, of desert to be spanned. The method formed les intelligence offieer that the troOps ,had been pushed forward 129 Y by which this. was accomplished re, report was absurd. There might be calls the plan, -of the cantilever in 250 men, he said, but it was utterly miles to Bushmanpits. From there bringeonaking. Light motor -trans- impossible for the number named to to Witdraai stretches a waterless des- port was used to take water to tanks cross the desert, 4. Gertnan dettieh- ert knee-deep in loose and burning at a spot tailed Newton, 38 mile,s on. inent of 300 with two guns was sent sand. It is known as the "thtret-belt" From the Witdraal side ox water- to attack the supposedly Inferior force, ant* measures 112 miles across. •The 'wagons carried water back to storage but naturally had to retire a once and neat etretch to Rietfontein is less die- tanks another 20 nines. •Between this, in haste when the first report was ficult, with farms and dame of fresh polet and Newton the distance eves found to be true. water; there the advance guard was thus only 54 miles instead of the 112 established about the middle of IVIarch, from Bushmenpits to Witdraal. Even On April 28 the main body of Gen - within three miles of the German so, the exceptionally heavy stretches eral Berrange's• force ocCupied Daber- frontier, and there also took place of sand on this portion of the route as and encamped beside a large pan of elle first encounters with the enemy made it exree:ent to reduce the loads fresh water. Here, says Major King, of any magnitude. Kimberley, Kuru- from 6,000 io 4,000 pounds and to it rested for the tirst time stuce leatt- . man, Bushmanpits, Witdraai, end Rt. Increase the (even from 18 to 20 per big Kimberley, a distance td over 700 etfontein-these are names to serve as teatn. • miles. They were now in possession evainnarks, Afier hie experiences in this see- of an posts from. Keettuanahoep to The transport used in this expetli- thin, Major King dwells upon the Daberas, and- had captured a onset.- . Gott included donkey wagonce ox delight with which he found himself erable number of prisoners; including wagons, and iight motors. Experia on the edge et a salt lake, partially the German conemander of' the south - Meta were also made with heavy dried up, the 'surface being of hard, eastern portion of the country, to - Motor -transport, and it woe ultimately sun -baked mud as smooth as a bile gether with thopsands of heads of deended to rely almoet exclusively on liard table. '.After 340 miles of loose, cattle and small stock. What pleased , erginght-oxee, the hardy Kalahari cat- heave', heaet-breaking sand shut in the troops especially was the acknowl- tie - proving to be the most suitable on all sides by sand dunes with . edgment of the enemy that they never ciase of anlmai for the work, The scarceler a breath ot air to relieve the conceived it possible that a force so , preeision, where possible, of water by sweltering heat, one can hardly de- large could be transported with am- ericans of pumpiag plant, storage scribe the glorious sensation og feeling munition, supplies, and equipment tarlits and trouglie for the cattle tine oneself ili the oren, o , through so many miles of waterless, , N,„,„:oee,,eee„,a,e„ennneeni.n.iaean•nenenee.e,eeae,eeee,n,neeeaeeeeen•enaeane.eenei ay te- on ntl ort I Vienna Note Acquits Serbia ' of Serajevo Murder. - .,.neaenelee Splendid catches of trout—speckled and salmon—are being made in the Algot*** Park 4 Ontario this year. That great metro with its 1,500 lakes And stratums and millions of acres of wooded land is maintaining its rept. Wien a*an angler's playground that is never "fished out," With the re. present month, and aa that elate also rr.oval oF war -tune restrictions on narks the opening of the Highland travel, men end women from all Inn, the largest of the hotels in the sections 4 the continent are seekin4 park, many. sportsmen are planning the resent in search 4 rt eon to make thew trips around that date health ***environment fish' in ortitT to enjoy the hal range of ing wflopen on the 15th of the antittair pietaarea tuna abited sandy clesert. They frankly acknowledged that it was ow- ing to the brilliant dash t)f General Berranges force, and his flanking tnoveneent tette they were compelled to evaciiate their atrong positions at Alle and Keetruanshoep. To the engineers of the South AM., can boring section. the result must have been peculiarly gratifying. Had they been less successful in opening ep water in wells mid. borehoies, and in erecting storage tanks, so large a column as this could not possibly have' crossed the vast aCalahari Desert, • • • ONE MORE PREF OF HUN PERFIDY • Max Harden Fastens Guilt On Potsdam, Berne Cable -An official tele.. gram to the Vienna Foreign Office exonerating r Serbia of responsibility • for the Serajevo murder, has been published by Mem:Milan Harden in the Berlin Zunkuafe as a part of th e inass of evidence to stiow German responsi- bility for the war. This telegram, dieted July 13, 1014, states plainly, that the Serbian Gov- ernment, against which no evidence can he produced, bas no responsi- bility for th,e murder. This document, Herr Harden said, was cancelled, and ten days later the ultimatum to Serbia was presented. Itt addition, he said, seven days be- fore it was.drafted the Poteclarn War Council already had arranged a plan of action in anticipation of Russia's intervention. "Von Bethitaann Hollweg may have forgotten it," Herr Harden says, "bat this decision was taken and registereil on July 6, before the Kaiser left for the north, and he, who had to choose between war and peate, -had already chosen war. A hundred million in- dividuals were thus deceived." • e 4 r • Canada, that Of 3. B. Renaud, is charged, with conspiracy to restrein trade, Jeleut„T. P, Crystall," the misiang conducting officer of the Western On- tario Regiment, has been located in New York and brought back to Lon- don for treatment. President Wilson has decided to ap- point a conunissiou to investigate re - Ported pogroms in Poland, It will consist of seven members, headed by llaorgentlittu, former Ambassador to Turkey, . King George has conferred the Order of Knights of Me British Empire on both Capt. Aleock and Lieut. Brown. who made the trans-Atlantic flight In the Vickers-Vimy plane. The Algoma Steel Company Is mak- ing an extension to Its plant at Sault Ste, Marie. Another ease of what Ideal doctors assume to be smallpox was cliscovera at Peterboro. Mrs. Elizabeth Bowins, wife of abet: Bowing, Cayuga, was found drowned in the cistern. William S. Dormer, 65 years aid, former chief f pollee of New York, fell dead at his home in Far Rock- away during a thunderstorm, Twenty-two thousand is the average number of passengers carried daily -by the Detroit & Windsor Ferry Company between Windsor and Detroit each day. Steele Lewis, a well-known young ittfheart trouble after an illness of three months, business man of St. Thomas, died of following an attack of Owen Sound publicly expressed its thanks to those women who during the war served in England, where they had established a room for Grey•coull- ty men in Old* London, The Haileybury.Mining School was formally opened Thursday ,night, the Minister of Education, Hon. Dr. Code, officiating, and a, large number of representative mintng and business men being he attendance. • Organized labor in 'convention at At- lantic City endorsed the League of Nations' covenant and the labor previ- sions It contained, which, according to a cable message from President Wit - son; have been weakened, although not materially. The Araerican steamer Python, from Montreal, via Falmouth, for Haneleurga ran ashore in a dangerous position near Arneland Island., in the North a. Later the Python was refloated JRICYLL-HYDE. Se and proceeded on her 'voyage to Hem - burg. Slain. Midnight Burglar After 25 mieutes' deliberatL'er tl e• coroner's' jury at OtataizaLernentuo?;nied•-ja a * Was Detroit Teacher, verdict gainst Willi turned soldier, charging eine with re rder of his mother; Mrs. Margaret nox, at 365 .Arlington avenee, on night of June 9. elayed despatehes received in War - from the frontier of Eastern Gall - state that the Ukrainian army is centrated between Genies and the ester River. The Ukrainians have cited Tarnopol and have pene- ed the town. The population is ing. • • * . the identifIc the body 'ha at,....-------izvionieht04%dmayspof mu atochestera ateein_wite Lesi of the man who was shot here early i-? on Sundayamo2ing, while attempting anew to burglarize local hardwate store eta as that of Harry Outehess, 22 years ,00n, old, teaceer of algebra at a Detroit ei-en„'• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeexistence, night school, was revealed another an:: trat Investigation of clues to the bur- glar's identity led to -day to a room n Putne:m street, Detroit. There tie ffieers found a bewildering array o tuff stolen from a leardware dor ere last Mareh„ and engraving tool rawinge, etc, stolen •frorn loch oundry in May. From a letter the roomer was iden ined as Henry E. GUtchess, year Id, son of a wealthy garage lean a attle Creek, and therewith was re ealed a strange dual existence tha oung Gutehess had been leading ell educated, holding a degree from e Kalatnazoo College, and all bond ble discharge, after two years of ser Oe in the United States army, so wet ent that he hacl been reetemmended r a eoffirriissioa, as lieutenant in the viation •Corps, the young teacher d apparently come back to civilian e with an insatiable craVing for ad- nture. From the loot bis room it was parent this craving had led to more 511 0 , finurnn u 00- Wunnuta a, To Go ON t T...ondert Cable - Lancashire to- e Morrow' is likely to see the start of t 6trike of cotton spinners, involving 300,000 operatives. A number of con- ferences have been held at branches; - ter and in London during the past rortnight, and Sir Robert Stevenson 1 Horne, Minister of Labor, has made stiong efforts to avert the strike, 'which will be for a • 46% -hour -week • and a 30 per cent, advance in wages. The employers offer a 48-hour week and a 15 per ceut. inerease, ' A final conference at Manchester to -day failed' to agree and the oper- atives' strike notices expire at noon Si Oil to -Morrow. 'Unless an eleventh -hour her. gettlement is reached or the oper- "The atives censent to- postpone their no- mornin tices, it is believed that there will waited soon be 500,000 workers on strike. Genna • the str Methuselah Was the oldest man. prion Good thing old Methuee wasn't a wo- to adn man or we 'would never have known Ia 1i how old ehe really was. and the than one midnight eseapade in Ro- • chester and Pontiaif. Working in a Detroit automobile plant by day', and teaching algebra and playing' burglar. at night, these activities are declared by officers to have eonstitated Gut - chess' life iretnediately preceding •his fatal expedition 10 Roehester. 4*** - SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY Wilson to Name a Commis- sion to Probe Pogroms • in Poland. OCEAN FLIERS' KB E1 Ukrainian Army is Gain- ing in Its Attack On Ta,rnopol. Sir Arthur Newshohne told the To- ronto Academy of Medieine that oleo. holism was a potent enemy of the • human race. Nick Aiello, employed at the 'Reach- ville lime kiln, was struck by a train on his way from work and killed. A large wholesale produte firm In Quebec, One of the oldest in FAstern SAW EDITH CAVELL ARRESTED YOtiNG •OTI,ICH etteRSE$ PVP'it, OF CAVELL TEL'LS OF MARTYR'S LAST DAY0 AT HOSPITAL TRAINING SCHOOL, MOW York Evening Sun.) curtains drawn. It went swiftly dOWn Of all the tragic Merte les at the war the etreet, and tookner lies bre f r t tore ts one that n.ever loees volpmncy. It is the story of Edith Cavell, English nurae, shot in lieleitim'by the Germans, whOtie Mortal retnains only a few clays ago were buried with impressive ceremony in the henteland. And there is per- haps uone better able to tell that titory thee Renee Van der Hoek, one of the pupils of E'ditil Cavell at tier training echool for eursee tit lerueseln. who re- ported to-daY, Mantel from ever - seas, at the headquarters of the Atlan- tic Division, American Red Cross, 4e East Twenty-tbire street. Renee van eler Hoek is a sliM, Mai feeed girl with Alert browe eyes and a way of turning her head and shrug- ging her shoulders that savors more of France than of her birthplace, Hol- land. She saw the Gerenan advance atnetromflanup elgolcuomand lived through the ation of Brussele whica stopped her course of training at tbe Ecoie 'Beige dninfirmieres Diplomees (Miss Cavell's ecluxe) awl sent her to nurse the wounded at the Royal Palace, Ana she saw Edith Cavell leeve the school in the big gray Ger- man wer automobile for the prison of St. Giles, never to return. Renee van der Hoek is no rornaneer• she is a trained nurse and a realist She tells her story accordingly. "1 came down to the sebool one afternoon for tea," iihe says, galetle In English, with a French accent. "The Germans were in Brussels ane In our school, They called Miss Ca• vell's hospital 'our hospital ' I h ' been sent to the Royal Palace to nurse the wounded that the Queen kite as- e there, When I came to the door I saw there a great gray automo- bile. A German officer stood out.ksindeew, I went in unehallenged. the other nurses curiously. Nobody "'What is passing here?' I asked "I went upstairs past the epee door of Miss Cavell's office. I saw her sit- ting there in her blue uniform, her hands crossed before her on the table, and a look of great peace, as aniveYs, In her eyes. Two Germans were with her, rummaging through her docu- ments, creating much disorder in the little room winch was always as calm and serene as she WAS. Her nurses followea it fora little ea . 'Way; then it disappeared in the dust. The Germans took her to the Tire National, Pod shot her. That is all. "Exeept this ---they said that she fainted. I would stake Iny lire she did noti That was not her Weea Those Germans; even,. said she WAS brave, The German clergyman, wko was with her tefore they, took her eway-he :aid it, and a Gernme officer said it to me myself. "Thet night before she expectee aeathe so sat down and wrote a letter of courage and cheer to ns, eer pupils. I believe the Red Cross here has topy of that wonderful letter. Does that sound as though she WOUld faint?" A copy of the letter referred to by Miss van der Hoek hangs with eftss Cavell's portrait on the walls of the Red Cross Nurses' Home at 38 West Forty-eighth street, enm d was ade public by the Red Cross at the time Of the removal of the martyred nurse's body &inn Brussels to Eng- land. NINE CANADIANS UNfipt ARREST Soldiers Held for the Riot - mg at Epsom. Red Cross Gives $1,000 to Victim's Family. . •Lomlon Cable -It le now reported that nine Canadians, some with band- ages, have been arrested at Woodcote Camp in connection with the Epsom rioting, and have been taken to Lan- don. Also that five hundred troops now quiet. have been sent to Epsom, where all is The Canadian Red Cross has voted $1,000 for the family of the police ser- geant who was killed. The Times while making allowances for the mis: The Germans went away in their understanding on repatriation, which came to the door and tevo officers en- ought to knoW what is being said. I automobile, and we gave it little ought to be explained, says the report thought. Miss Cavell went a,bout as is current tette. the men are convales- usual and in a few days it was almost cents, whom the Canadian Government forgotten. Merano day I went to tbe, has refused to repatriate until their school again. A big German machine ins are cured, and the' authorities ted. They took Miss Cavell away The Epsom Coulee!' has issued a with them. She went quietly, calm- statement to the press most strongly iy. Her confidence gave itself to es. repudiating the Canadian official "'She will be back soon,'" we said. explanation that riet was the result of "But she did not come back. Instead the attitude of the civilians towards there came an orderly with a note, Canadians, and protesting against such asking for her clotheand some ar. an explanation being published before s Holes she needed. She was itt the commenced. any judicial inquiry has...mien beeti prison of St. Giles, We sent the things. That was the last we heard from her . 4 • 4. But one of us who was Very much in for many weeks, We thought at last NEW GERMAN that she had been sent to Germany, aotteh with happenings in the city, told Us she was still there. "In the course of our busy days we .would forget . about Miss Cavell. She 'would have wanted us to do that, for . • • ethere was much. work, But at night, IParis•Cable---- (Havaea-The new Up at the school, we nurses, her pupils, German Cabinet, according to advices used to talk about her and exchange- received here from- Berlin, probably reminiscences, and wonder if we were wtil be headed by Dr. Flduard Davia ever to see her again. Then we de, as Premier. The other members would acted to send her flowers, Some of iie be: Minister •of Finance, Dr. Bernhard said they would never remit her ;but Dernburg; Minister of Justice, Herr e we thought it was worth trying. So SHienrzrellpnreeru;see;linlifsitneitei reo.f.ottherevinietteuraionr: we collected about 5, "Pink roses and pink chrysanthe- Ing, Dr. Schmidt; Minister of Public mums we bouget, and sent them with ELaeobiolor,mHy,errHeBrraulreVri;ssmeli tnistalerinotefteprosotf • ImoNntreote. She did receive them. And she wrote us a note which they an and Telegraphs, Herr Gieeberts; Mins d her to send. She thanked us Bernstorff; Minister of National De ister of Foreign Affaire, Count von- shot at 6 next day. We had heard and made us both happy and sad. wrote. 'They wither in prison.' JI • "On Oct. 11 we heard she was to be 'Your roses are like 1 am,' she folio, Mathias Erzberger. fence, Gustav Noske; Colonial Minis- ter, Dr. Bell, Minister without port - RAID FRENCH NAVAL JAIL. 'i flag, ire rear ' _ going on, but we thought she would .tsoaliieo.n1:,reatfraypirmaelarieadalli in Brussels that her trial had been Brest, Cable -Two hundred neench this from one who knew everything teilteettriberdtaeyd Wbeesewt erfreeep,aorarlyaztearosvitt e inciporuitscrialeodt, believe it. We rushed to the office of .teinpeis gileidn. 4shere ei:/ere rsio. ttleship Sustice, which arrived kattaitlaest: The imprisoned sailors were Prorn the the Ahmuterilicealnitaltsliittewn,eBsarawndtheWsheict: ehastopol, a Russian Black 412enneopi4bnaa s retary of the American Legation, Mr, loan sidered to be still serious. The cliy is more calm to -day, but the report, but he would investigate. He Gibson, who assured us it was a false situatIOtt is con • , 6 did, and we found it was true. At the -HIGHLY COLORED. priernt -they admitted it. "Your narrative is too higley colored," e ,, And I wish I had five or six more remarked the editor, returning the bulky old Pnglish women. to kill,' the coni -manuscript. "In what way?" inquired maudatit of the Germans said. • "Every foreign. government repre- the editor, "I th first chapter you make the disappointed author. "Why," replied the. old man turn purple with rage, the o sentative pleaded with • him, but could villain turn green with envy, the her denot turn nothing, Then we knew she had to white with anper, the heroine turn die. None of the nurses tried to sleep red with blushes, and the coachman turn that tight, and at 5 o'clock next rnortt- blue with cold." . Uusuccessful Author -,After MY ing they went down to the prison of • I* eke hoping for a last sight of GMRNMENT OUT OF REACH, u war automobile came down eoepte;ntehde oghreaastieteavIlinggateeosurotfyathrde Of .harm's way then. g; nobody stirred, They prison was quiet in the early for nearly an hour. Then a worry about it, old chap. You'll be out death this world owl. Idl., realize what 1 Sympathetie Friend - Well, don't . have done. tle lit wit. Thentheythhiegyh cglaotseesdorniend. Nothing is impassible, In Spite of the fact that lots of people seeni to do German car came out, with its nothing. ' ERITIEH ADMIRALTY AIRSHIP N1EXT TO CR0114 THS ATLANTIC. COOUNQ orssERrs +4 -4 -4 -+++++44 -**4-e++444-4444.44-• rot' the next ateltdred detYs it will be a Peliderous hotitienead problent how to establise eeninfortable equelibrivast between outside and inside temper*, ture, Here follow six refrigers,tive suggestions« ORANGE CREAM lve SHERBET. Dissoone and oue-half cups Mutat in two cups boiling water alma Add grated tied two oranges, one eaP lemon Alice Ana one and one-nalf Cleve orange eUtee, SWOP, turn iatte freezer and freeze to a mush, Using three parts finely trushed lee to One Pert rock salt. Beat one Pint heave" cream until stiff atut add one-nalt eup eugar and a few grains salt. Separate the yoles from the whites Of two egg,. Beat the yolka until thick and lemon - colored and the whites until sttff and dry; and add to cream. Tura into the frozen mixture and Continue the treeZ- Ing. Serve in coupe glasses and garnish with candied orange peel. COUPE SUZANNE, Remove apricots from can and cut in small pieces, Turn syrup into a sauce- pan, add one-half CUP sugar; bring to the boiling point and let bail three minutes, Tben add apricots and coa. tinue the boiling mita syrup is thick and apricots are very soft, Half till coupe or frappe glasses with vanilla, ice cream, put one teaspoonful pre- cieraeraeldn aalinraictegtarilschactloepcoovreeraeoehithwilt7 strawberries. STANDISH PUDDING. Pick over One quart strawberries, sprinkle with one cup fine granulated sugar, cover and let stand two hours. Mash, squeeze through a double Wide- ness of cheesecloth, and add one cult cold water and lemon juice to taste, Turn inixture into a (juert-brIck inould, Beet one part 'heavy ere= until stiff and add one-half CUP Pow- ndveerned). sugar, pne-half teaspoon 1711111a and two-thirds cup rolled macaroons (which have first been dried fa the Pour cream mixture over fruit rate- ture to overtlow mould. Cover with buttered napor (battered side up), adjust cover, pack in fine crushed lee and rock salt( using equal parts); and let stand three Imre. VANILLA ICE CREAM. Mix one taelespoon flour, one cup sugar, one-eighth teaspoon sett and one egg, slightly beaten, and pour on gradually tuei cups scalded intik; cook in double ceaker twenty minutes, ea- ting COnatantly until mixture thickens • and afteeward Occasionally, Cool and add one quart thin, cream and two tablespoenavartilla. Strain and freeze, using three parts finely crushed ice to one part rock salt. PRIZE ICE CREAM. Pick over one cup prunes, put • in stewYan,. Pala aver one and ont-half cups cold water, cover and let stand over night or for several hours. Cittok in same,Water untiLsoft, remove stones and force fruit through a .puree strainer. To pulp • thus obtatued add one cup sugar, four tabiespoone lertion juice, one-eighth teaspoon, salt and one and one-qUarter cups heavy cream, ' ib.oecaktesnalut.ntil stiff. • Freeze, using three parts finely crushed lee to 'one part STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM. Wash, pick over, hull and mask one quart strawberries, Sprinkle with one cup sugar, cover and let stand several hours; then squeeze through a dotthee thickness of cheesecloth. Mix one aed - one -halt cups heavy cream, .one and one-half cups milk, one-eighth tea- spoon salt and the whites of four eggs, beaten until •stiff. Freeze tO a mush, using three parts finely crushed ice to one part rock salt; then add pee - Pared fruit juice and continue the freezing. If the fruit is acid, more sugar may be neceetary. CROP- ORts.00,1i ONTHE PRAIRIE ••••••••••piely.....1,. wh:a Helpful Rains in Sas4atch- ewan'and Alberta' 'AU Also Reduce Grass- hopper Damage:, Rtgina, Sask., Despatch -Telegraphic reports on the cotidition elf • the erops, reoeived by the Bureat of atatiettes of the Previacial Department of Ap. riculture, show that raitt was fairlp general all over the •ProvInce lest' week. lie the, southeastern district6. the graeshoppers bawl done a great. amount of damage, but it is thought the situation is now under contrOL'. Reports front south of Moose Jaw, - Outlook and -Eyebrow, indicate ser. Ions dainage'frOna the sante pest - The recent raffle will be helpful In reducing the damage. In the eouth-r. western and central districts crops are reported as the best since 1916, aol damage of any kind being reported., 111 the eentral and tiorthera, dietrlette the rale would appear to bave COMO just In time to aa,ve the crops frotn be- ing destroyed from wind or drought The cutworms have done eCiate dant- age in nearly all parts, but it is too early to forte an estimate. - To sum- marize the eituation, it Avoula seent that the erops are much further ahead than at the sante period last year, and Prospects are generally favorable tO a -crop of at least equal tie last year, and in parts better theft they hate been ter some years. • RAIN IIELPS ALBERTA. TOO. • Lethbridge, Alta., Despateh---Severe electrical storms, aeoompanied by heavy rains, vieited practicallY every part of sonthern Alberta from High River south, Sunday night. At Gralief !Lake an empty hotel was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Telegraph and telephone SerViCe WAS Js o seriouelY interfered with. The rain tante opportunely for the erops, whith are making uniformly good Progress in practically every district. ..........................,... CURING A PAhilLY WRANGLE, "1 did." "You didn't." "You're a fibber." "You're another!" "ileY. You kids, keep autet ana eel your dinner, BO you think thitt is the ta•ttee 'table yon't* sitting at?" nenneenne - OP COURSE, Sv,ert Young Thing -"nut why are the for. -Ate out there tailed "virgin' for. estsr The Canadian -"Th.tattse they've neved been axed."