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l=lilNcEss Pius. l=liErlcll illulLLEllllilclllll l>lilvEs ilusslllll FLEET slrllis
IN BRII.f-LIANT.CH.ARGE . GERMANS FROIIITHEIR POSITIONS
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Terribiebllllluught by Enemy. Of 200 British who E E - 1-1--M =<» fi- <='~--=»--->
/
(Special to The Guardian)
lllllll lllsi . - --illlls' ivlllulls I I il0lt;II)!-gi J%lar17OH’Ig§ I:4it?i‘ttIl}I\l';ii‘En§EI- Iiinli fleet, dllrillg rcucllt days, sunk
ports a gain of 200 yards by French
iililal iii iiiougiiiltgil JIEIIIEIIS IMIIESII if.i‘.'.’.lf...‘:'..":;;':E:r“.s'.”:c"°.§:.°2l! IIIIIIPPEII IIIIMIIS
(Special to the Guardian-I
LONDON, Jan. 17.-Gazette cable's:
I amfnformed from a private source that 200 of Princess Patrloia's were In the herolc'charge'describe`d in l<‘riday’s despatch, and the enemy made a vio- lent onslaught upon them, with the result that only 83 returned from the charge, while Major Hamilton Gault had a very narrow escape. In his weekly review on progress of the war in the Sunday Observer, J. L. Garvin nays England and Canada alike will find great gratification in the news
that the Princess Patricia‘s had nn opportunity of proving their mettle. it seems almost incredible that the
Canadian losses in an aifair of_this Government to.,-lay granted amnesty kind were, as alleged, only two killed to and fourteen wounded, but the Patri- f°"°es who were f°"“9d II"-° me rank”
cla's are mostly seasoned veterans. O
proof that they recognise an oppor- cd the rebels would be tried by court tunlty when they see it. Their "”!'EI”I'
achievements will he a pleasure to the Canadian contingent when thc tilne
..,... .. . ,,. SWEDEN 'PIIEPIIIES
and s\1<‘-li it feat would be li signal ceo that all who had voluntarily loin-
] ,
their patriotism.
TEMPTED TO EAT
I I ,HIS COMPANIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. 10.- “After Dr.les to lccture before tho American 9
liiertz died-, I debated with myself for two days whether to eat him ar bury him l finally buried him. .
“When I took off my boots the soles
of my feet cameoft with them. There was nothing to do but bandage the pieces back” on and proceed in agonyi toward my base. , . _
"For`thil'_t.y-n_frle days I lived on the
nicat oi' a single dog, and during eight of those .days another man had been living on the same dog. For 31 days l was alone in ice, .I had no soles on lny feet. and my hair all fell out, but finally I got back to my base,"
These the the iligh spots oi’ a nar-
rative told yesterday by Sir Douglas Mawson, the Australian, who arrived
Geopraphical Society on his explora- tions in the Antarctic in 1012-iii.
Tile expedition discovcrcil according
to Sir Douglas, “thc place where storms are spawned." He says Am- elieland is the breeding place of the South American hurricane, The wind there blows 50 miles an hour on an average, while during the trip he and -his companions registered it as high ns 220 miles an hour on their wind gauge. Tile mean temperature is sev- .eral degrees above zero, but the mer- cury rarely sinks past -i7 degrees be- low zero.
On the trip out the party discovered
that by wireless they could notify the Australian coast at least 48 hours bc-
on the Cunarder Orduna. and purpos- fore the arrival there oi' 11 hurric nc.
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IIII. SIIIIIISIIII as ‘ SLEISIIIIIES [III
_illlillculllsls
in Prince of Wales College on Sat-
urduy morning Dr W, M. Garrison, wllo has been appointed to take charge of the Dalton Sanitarium, lectured on, tuberculosis to the ladies of the Domestic Science Class of the Short Course. lie gavo them it general idea of the nature of the disease and its prevalence, its communication from person ,to person, alld mentioned some of the measures of prevention. lie showed how it was in their power to aid, in however small a degree, in preventing the spread of tuberculosis. Tile lecture. Dr Garrison stated to it Guardian reporter, was part of an educational campaign for the purpose of acquainting the people throughout the province with the nature of the disease, its symptoms, etc!
Dr Garrison graduated at the
Western Maryland College in the year 1898, taking the A.i3. degree. lie then entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore. graduating in 1902. He was for a number of years assistant at the Maryland State Sani- iarium, and for 3 years assistant resident at Hebron. Me., Sani-tarium. lie had an extensive practice in Balti- more. and for bver 3 years was promi- nently identifiad with the New Jersey State Hospital. Morris Plains (Grey Stone Park).
--_.._.___..___ CANADIAN TROOPS’ PLANS CHANGED.
LONDON, Jan. 10.-Although the
intention of the authorities was to send the Canadian troops to the front next week, a change has been made in the plans and a delay or at least a month is now probable.
SGNOONER RESCUED
ST. JOHN, Jan. 16.--The steamer
Rio Tiete here for the C.P.R. brought the rescued crew of the Newfoundland schooner, Arnold. picked up 300 miles off Cape Race on Jan. 8th, after ter- rible hardlhipt of 51 days.
COIIIBIISED 108.
TCO ITE FOI
‘ CLISSIPIOITIOH
ONI ClN1"?er were each inser-
tion for odve liilig in this column. Cub mint socotiiiiany cram. Hint mum charges twenty-I" Natl- iJ§r1"m'rrli\°ill;li~“-x°v I
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th” gfiiico. er P 8198-1~4n_iif l.`o”iiT.Z-1iZ‘F4T’t¢I’Ii,‘l»°u"n's“”"i‘i"s w ifiium
of money and articles of devotion. Finder leave at 03 Sydney 5"‘°‘°*-
8800-1-18M3I.
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od with nomo ii odd u. either on
» into i £155,-m§;l_°b.s§l ....
I ~ 'soos-ii-simit
qfq5§ limiter: uIriu'm|Il°IInIIy 'lumens
also ` lain meat. lam?"- im- W .ras-'.;1'°Eb."s.‘:.'::-.ss ,°"' ° M’ si'1:i-1-n'mll°.
BIIIIIII UI IIIIIIE ISIIS EUII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE
IIE SPEIIIII IIIIIIIS
A special meeting of the Cliilrlotte-
town Board of Trade was held on Saturday morning to consider the matter of train service to and from Georgetown connecting with the winter steoniers. With thc mails transferred to lilo (Tapes the special now goes to Cape Traverse, and this leaves only one train a day on the Georgetown line, leaving Georgetown for Charlottetown at 7 n.m. l‘usi~lcn- gers and express arriving at George- town during thc day are thus obliged to remain thero until the i‘ollowing morning. unless the passengers sub- scribe among tilemselves and get a special. The matter having been dis- cussed, it was agreed, and a resolu- tion to the effect passed. that the Board, conjointly with Messrs McLean and Niclloisoii, communicate with the Minister of Railways in connection with the matter.
A telegram was accordingly sent to
tile Minister to the effect that owing to the removal of the Earl Grey. steam- ship communication had become so irregular that the Post Office Depart- ment had removed the mails to the Cape service, thus, destroying the
Georgetown and Charlottetown in con- nection with the winter stealuers, and that it was urgent that the Minister should instruct the Superintendent of the railway here to continue it special service for passengers anil express
prompt action should be taken.
SANK LIGHT SAILING VESSELS
LONDON, Jan. IG.-A Petrograd de-
sels transporting reinforcements to the Turkish army in Asia Minor.
"IE IEITIIEII
TIE TEIPEIITIIIE '
TIDE. IOOII. BTO.
(speclal to The Guardian) A
'i'0RoN'r0, Jan. 18,-Maritime
Southeasterly to Southwesterly winds. ,mild with light snow or rain.
THE WEATHER.--Yesterday WM
fine and mild with bright sunshine.
The highest temperature recorded
yesterday was 23 degrees above zero. and the lowest 18 above. The low- est the previous night was 16 above- At 9 a. m. it was 18 above and at 9 p. m.,` 21 above.
The tide will be high this afternoon
at 1.18 and tomorrow at 1.49: It WI" be high tomorrow morning at 12.40 and Wednesday at 1.34.
The sun sets this afternoon 8! 4-47
and tomorrow at 4,48; it rises t0' morrow moming at 7.35 and Wednes- day at 7.84.
The moon sets this eveninli B*
8.88.
There was s new moon on Friday.
Jan. 15th at 10.42 s. m.
'rim ilnt limo- of me moon will
be on Saturday. Jany. 231-ii nt 1.32 fl- in. l ~
The length of today will be nine
biairl-and nninaninuteo. ,
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liimrn asian: me li-wld*
'finders Ltstnnit mu Dinltwll
special railway service between _noldim-s,e|n¢|v0g
matter. Tho telegrani askcd that'
spatch gives il. Sebastopool report that the Russian fleet during the last few days sank eiglit sailing ves-
III SIIHE IIEIIELS
(Special to The Guardian)
PRETORIA, Jan. 17.-The Union
all members of the Union defence
I rebellious Boers, by their super- iors. At the same time it was announ-
*Fl z,-
Ii EIIEIIIUIIIIIES
(Special to The Guardian)
(IOPENIIAGEN, Juli. 17.-All Swcil-
ish officers in Persia have hccll or- dered home, accoriiillg lo it llr-.=:pll.l.<~ll from Stockholm. Sweden is buying $60,000 worth of medical supplies. The foregoing despatch would ilidicatc that Sweden is making prep`il.i'u.tions i'or vcutualltics that may force hor into war.
IIIIIIII ISIINBIIII A IIIIIIY DAMAGED
(Special to The Guardian)
ROME, Jan. 17.-A report was rc-
ccivcd here that the Italian gunboat Coaltet had been badly damaged while cruising ill the Adriatic. There are no details of the accident.
IIIIIIISH IIIGBIIII
SUIIK IN HIIIIHIEIIIE
(Special to The Guardian)
LONDON, Jan. 17.-The Admiralty
tug l1oat~Chub was sunk in a hurri- 'pane yesterday oil’ Deal, 8 miles East of Dover, as the result of a collision ,with n steamer in the Downs. Tile crew (12) of the tug were tlrowncd.
MEXIEII HEMIIIES
EMIIIIIIIII IIN IIIL
(Special to The Guardian)
WASIIINGTON, Jun. 17.-(iurrallza
has lifted the embargo on the exporta- tion of oil at Tampico which threaten- ed thc fuel supply of’ the British iicct.
IGHLANDERS
ARE APPEASED
LONDON, January 16.- The Army
Council has been compelled to ap- pease Highland feeling by announcing that the new drob serge kilt will be used only during the war, and will not deprive the Highland regiments of their distinctive tartans. Scottish kilts, like the Scottish thistle, must not be touched with ilnpunlty. The news that the new drab kilt is being issued to the Argyleshire regiment at once affected recruiting alid aroused a flood of protests from
READNOUGHT
SUBMARINE
, WASHINGTON. January 10,-- The .navy ilepartnlellt today made a cou- .tract wllli the Electric float (lompriliy. (of Quincy, Mass., for the construction ,of a submarine which will equal ally in the world. its cost will be $1,350,- 000. , The submarine will be of 1,000 tons displacement. will have ii speed on tho surface of 20 knots all hour and li knots submerged. it will have flvc torpedo tubes with four times the numbcr of torpcdoes oil board of' ally other submarine. These it will be able to discharge in practically any direc- tion. ~ The radius of sailing of this sub- ,murine is about 300,000 miles. The ordinary sublnarlne's sailing dis- ,tance is limited to about 1.000 miles. 1
;any now built or building.
Experts say the new vessel will have- ,about 400 per cent. more value than
Y Y n
artillery forced the Germans to eva- cuate trenches In what is known as the great dime. The statement speaks of vigorous fighting at Biagny, where the French recaptured a foundry from the Germans, the demolition of the cnemy's trenches near Labels Selle, the repulse of German attacks at Tro- zon and Beauime.
Russian army has been busy rcpelling what Grand Duke Nicholas in an offl- clai report describes as a series of violent attacks by Field Marshal Von Iihidcnburg to break his way through
thc borders ol' Transylvania and made
thc right bank ol' thi- Vlstlilil toward the Gorman frontier.
Gelmans in force have dcllvcrcil
opcd into desperate bayonet lighting oil thc Russian lines on the left bank of the Vistuln and succeeded in taking one of the Russian trenches. in the South there have been similar attacks ,
The capture of Kirlibaba Pass
through which roads run leading into
tical as well as a military effect. it will probably hasten the action of Rou- mania and compel the German Allies to send troops to defend Eastern Hun- gary.
With thc retirement of Count Von
Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is
tion against. Servla-abd because of the
councils of the Emperor by reason of the appointment of Baron Burian as head of the Foreign Department, troops destined for Servian operations will likely be diverted to meet the new Russian threat against Hungary.
on the coast of Flanders but not to the w extent with which they have been orc- '
il.
statement, continues East of Rheims and in the Vosges. In Argonne the Germans claim to have improved their position. An official German state- ment estimates the losses of the Allies since they commenced their offensive four weeks ago at 150,000, including 20,000 killed and more than 17.000 prisoners. An interesting account from German sources of the battle North of Soissons says the French de- feat was the result oi' a surprise at- tack. While the French expected an attack on the fleet the Germans at-` tacked on the right and centre com- pletely driving tlle French from their positions North of the Alsnc, which took a month to capture.
Earl Grey, former Governor-General
,the Canadian contiliitcnt to-day, told f them thay would soon be sent to the
front.
l=llEllcil orricm.
(Special to The Guardian)
I
PARIS, Jan. 17.-(Official)-There
IS FIOUIIIIS 01' importance to communi- cute except that our troops have taken possession of a new trcncii in the vici- ility oi' Perthes and ill the woods f'rom 200 to 300 metres lil front of our liilcs
to North of Brasejour.
HAS TO PROVE 'I‘H.\T
- HE IS STILL ALIVE
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1
SIIIMMRY 'OF TIIE SITUIITIOII. damage. .0.§f.'I§_f.°,°l.`§ f.Elf.1Tff`§f§ ...,. SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE IIEIIII]
to Warsaw. other Russian forces have mg was hen,-(1 on the Swiss frontier sioriucd alld taken Kirlinbaba Pass on near Basel. yesterday, and a red glare
,flli-llicl' progress in the advance along I
seven successive attacks which devel- _
preceded by heavy artillery. engage- B61' Which has been lying Off \Ili3 P0" ments. The Russians have silenced i;“°fhJ““('1uSgepa“ed tl‘i"d“5('1'g)°“:l‘I the heavy Austrian guns which, from nor war ' e was re eve y I the banks of Danajoc have bombard- is
ed the town of Tarnow. HCF-
Trnnsylvania is likely to have a poll-
Ilcrchtold, former Austrq-Hungarian llydroplanes, loaded with bombs have y o
been found on the coast of Mnnoc, a (lrmsinn 0n(»it_ It gun be suit] Un high
said to have favored another cxpcdi- ?
was no sign of the crew who are be-
greater influence of Hungarians in the 1 lieveil I0 hill/9 il€l‘iBIl€fI-
I I \ _ staff of the army oi' the Causasus
..,..I`...f,§° TV.§’f.'°i-‘.'l‘f.'..'“§. 'l'i§...'Ie°'l."fl§‘§ “““‘““ ."°““'““° “" °‘“°‘“‘ -
' . D 5 ‘ communcation under date of Jany. 18 Shock was fel, in nnmn nt 2 this morn.
,med by nnomcm ,.epm.tS_ Attacks Urgnn, ill Turkish Arnicuin continues.,
UII GEIIMIII IIIILWII
(Special to The Guardian)
LONDON, Jan. 17.-Nine British,
French and Belgian aviators dropped bombs on the railroad station and bar- racks at Ostend, causing considerable
[III THE SWISS EIIIINIIEII
(Special to The Guardian)
PARIS, Jan. 17.-Heavy cannollad-
ill the sky indicated that villages and arm houses were burning, accorillnir o n despatch f'rom Ilcrlio.
IIIIISH IIHIIISEIIS
KEEPIIIE WIIIEH
(Special to The Guardian)
HAVANA, Jan. 17.-A British crui-
ther cruiser of the same type which: oil' the shore eight miles with a coi-
wllli wlllcllll
(Special to The Guardian)
(IOPENIIAGEN, Jan. 17.-German
mall Danisli island in thc North Sea, li badly damaged condition. There
HUSSIIII iid IIISIIIIII
PETROGRAD,Jan. 15.-The general
hlcli reads as follows: n “Fighting ili the vicinity ol' Kara
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TRIINSPORTS
,
eight sailing vessels transporting rc-
PE'l‘ROGRAl), Juli. 17.-*It is rc- illf'oi'ccmclits of thc 'Purkibh army to ortcd from Seimstupol that ilu- Rus- Anatolia. Asia Minor.
TORONTO, Ont., January 1tl.~ A
trim, sqliare-built, dark-haired young chap oi' under thirty, wearing navy blue with a [ew brass buttons, is at present in Toronto. He is Lieutenant F. G. Pratt, of the imperial uavy, wllo was sent ollt from England with (Zap- -Iltin Trusedale to take the ice break- er “Earl Grey" over to Archangel.
Lieutenant Pratt was injured ill
the wreck of the Weimar, on which the party were returning and which struck on t.hc island of Liouheer, as a result of which he is at present oil sick leave.
“On arriving in Archangel wc found
the ice alrchdy ion inches dccp in lllc harbor, on the first Monday in Novcnl- bcr. Wc wcro given ll lrcmcndcus
EARL GREY IS '
CHASED BY GERMANS
| ovation, a purse of' gold being given to -all thi- company. The next day came I the blessing of thc ship and the colors by thc priest of Archangel, and tho ceremony was attended by all the nobility. We stood up bcllind tho priest for three hours, but there was very bcllutiful music given by a male clloir oi` l`orty. Following this the priest took it large stone jar ot' water and a whisk and clashed water over all of us and over the ship."
The “Eury Grey” still has two Can-
adian Marconlgrnm operators and one potty officer, James Baines. of Chur- lottetoivn, P. E. I.. on board. and has sliccqililcll ill lwcping the harbor clear. Hilo wus iflifllicil iii~.l'o.-li-i Ilic AIlal.ltlr.‘ by li Gi~rlu:lli crllluclx
LONDON, Jan. 15.-Sir Edward
Grey, British Foreign Secretary, re- ceived a despatch from the state de- partment at Washington asking if thcrc would be any objection to for- mer Hamburg American Line Steam- er, Dacia, which now flies the Alneric- an flag, making a trip from New Or- leans to Bremen with a Cargo of coi- ton without establishing 9,- precedent as to the sale of German ships to America.
The foreign office is considering the
situation but as et has reached n
(Mio lllllElllcllli LlllEli
authority, however, that several high liritish olilcialls present do noi: look with favor on the propositionl They still feel the Dacia should not enter thc German trade under any condit- ions. The change of the vessci’s des- tination from lircmen to Rotterdam is not rcniirded as altering the case materially. Should cotton be shipped by the Dacia for the German trade it seems likely the cargo will be bought by the British. if the Dacia were held for thc prize court the ground for her ‘sale nuts not I~i1n:1fi:le,
I
IIIUIHEII EIIIIHIIUIKE
ISHIIEK III IIIEI
` (Special to The Guardian)
ROME Jan. 17.-Another strong
ing. People were thrown into a panic, but so far us cull be lclirllcd, none were injurcd and little illllnilgc was
W
and counter-attacks have been made nd sn1d|n,n_ we nrn nnnunning nm-_
in the region of Arms and thc Aisnc suit of Turkish troops whom we de-
Vnlioy, uppnrclltiy witilout nlaking'I"`fI1'~9lI ill Om. fifty-"Vo ll1II0S WWE
f Jars. We continue slicccssflllly to
any advance. 2’
French progress according to the r
i -ui
out a flag, said by a pilot at Curacao to bc probably the Karisrliue. was
sighted 35 miles off Curacao Harbor ‘ at dny.b,-eak on J,m_ 19; by an omcgr the sale of more important German
nt St Nun. Mm-a¢n|b0_ ‘stelimsIllps, and incidentally cause
Tweedfe. of the Royal Highlanders, has been given a commission in Kit- chener's new army Private li. McDer- lnof has been promoted to Quartermas-
i.oNnoN, Jar.-. 1s.~oin¢ially enter- "°‘lDI>Y Ll§Y‘l`;3S:“'l’Pl"§V'\¥°“°,ll11”?
s an .
CHEST OF LIFE BELTS lad nn the war om” ron' as dna I)lI\e ifriclftll? tides! I-‘of onScoIlll;II; a sea » , ' OF “SOUTHERN CROSS." 'g:°r°1&“r mann" “fm Swgmnt O' chest was picked 'up containing a I _ _* ,mgnt 'F' th” yor dk t§:gim°nt'h°° number of iifebelts belonging to the
ST. JOPIN S. NM.. -Iilllllilfy 15-- bein °’f °P;"`° (;’°“'"°€‘ 7 I”`°°I 07 sealing steamer Soufhrn Cross. which tionil were iniltiiuicd by the United
Bt- JOIIIIB Illll’Il0l‘ llllfl 80ilI100l‘d 5 9' W U 0’ °" ° °b"3Il'I hill fouuderod off Cape Race on March y y g
;i‘:>gi;v\;3r;lheis:`lltl;ildi1|y'neblrggxgoinin ‘lgi:'I>B"2`l;e urgent W W “Med t th ;ilst‘las;, wlttl: l;i}Il"iiie‘iiq;ii;onrii. re- hoped to induce the liriiish (lovem-
as o a e . u o . .mvrenrc
'l»lalii’ax_, now here, will bc detained ‘outbreak of t.he.war. On his discharge vI"i‘II\i ng fEII’lmcai“l(Eo of seals. This ro- untll the wind chances. 'from the hospital he went hom, to cepiacls must linve flriiieu rlgla The B0vernment was officially noti- “gain ni, gg,-engu, A uw days ago across the Atlantic in the meantime.
{‘*f“t*°If“I§e"Y ’;"°l"‘;'; §“Il’l"°g °ll°”§Y he took .~ ti-ip in his 1-egtme1if.11l‘
`lal:d,oon tllceelzosrh cloas‘Inof`S‘dIII.1l:n<I:I“°°dq“°r°°" “nd °m’"°d 1°' hmm* WAR WILL M2 BIT LONGER'
a sen chest was picked up contsinln ‘P°y' HI' ‘“°I°"'WI'° Im" mm Wm- L Np0N_ Jan, 15,_Mi-1; Parker, ahumber of life-belts belonging to thg ’°3"t°d 3”” I" W” ""‘°bI° I” d° sistgr of Lord Kitchener,- opening a sealing steamer Southern Crolmwliioh \\\Y*hI“iI»|Il3°° If Ill 0°* "my °“°`t°“‘ " Tipperary club for the wives and foundered oil' Cape Race. March 31st *O ill! 11084 lmll- mothers of soldiers .and sailors, said: last. with 173 men aboard, while re-I Bennett is new obtaining allldavito -- prom an | mn ph-k up in inn-minute turning from tho Gulf of St. Lawrence from his former employers, his past- conversations once a fortnight with with ii full cargo of seals- This recent- ‘or and the police to convince the Win- my brother l gather that lie ininiis it acie niulit have drifted right across the Dillon that he is still alive and en- will last a bit longer-in fact a good Atii\ntio_in the meantime. » “ua tn n”_ bit longer. The longer it lasts the
` _ more mon will be reqniroil. and more
`||iaard's Liliimliut carol nrut in cowl mn,,.,|», L|n|,n,n¢ ¢,,n,, |;|m|mg]m‘ men we must have."
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illlllllls' llillil
llilll ll ill ici
in conversation with llurscr Ryan,
of thc D.G.S. Stanley, the Guardian was informed that tile only didiculty i~.lli'mllli.ori=ii by thc slvaniers, and which cztllsml ii two ilzlys’ delay, was lllct ill ihc siinpv of it strip illrce miles
9 "uve cup'-‘Ima mum' more omcors done. ill width off' thc i-liiralivc to I’iCloli
nrce the Turks ollt of the Tralltciiorlik
ll l_lll_lllllsllllul
(Special to The Guardian) ,
New York, Jan. 17.-A cruiser with-‘
IGHT BROTHERS "
Now FIGHTING
snlnsnlmv 5l.AlN Jnniiary 15-
- ~ f
Private Crigge, of the Royal iiigh- ¢
lalldcrs, has seven brothers serving II\0 ElllDIl”0- TIl\"“‘ “F0 IIFIII-Ing I" ton, Texas, for lirclnvll with :1 cargo' l~‘rancc, one is ll prisoner of war in `
01' Cllllllilll. in reviewing a brigade of Germany. one in the North Sen with
llé fleet, while thc others arc train-
ing ill Il0lii0 Illltillllflll- 'I`Ill‘Y “W 90"” lniburse thc purchaser if sho real-lies ofa working man living at Leicester,
Quartermaster Sergeant W. R.
er Sergeant.
BV HUGE ICE FLOES.
SIT JOIINSI, Nfld., Jan. 16.-St Johns
Tile Government was officially noti-
III MIKE IIIIIUIILE
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-A cable to
the Herald from London this morning says:
Tile charge is made, and evidently
believed ill diplomatic circles llerc, that there is a scheme afoot, backed hy Germany. to make a test case of the Dacia, in the Ilopc that it will facilitate
friction between the United States and Great Britain. Tile British Cabinet is understood to he considering what action will be taken with regard to the vessel, recently purchased by Edward N. llreiiullg, of liiiclilgali. roln the lianiiilirg-Anicrlcaii lilio and
of cotton. Tile price piiill for hor ls, unllcrsiood to be so snlllll that llic italic if the cotlou cargo prnctii-lilly will rc-
ilnrllciir. This Stanley left George- own \\-'cilucsdny morning and made
1 i
Plclnil that day without inlicil dlfll-
culty On hi-r return Thursda she
- Y ollcolliitoroil this lllrec-nlllo ice-pack, wllicll had Iles-.ll driven ill by the llorth- easterly gale oi' the previous night, forming a barrier of broken ice and lolly about 10 feet thick, and which it was almost impossible to penetrate. After fighting with this pack during the wllole day ilie progress made was only about a mile, and silo banked llcr fires i'or the night. On Friday she was still ill the pack. The Minto. which left Georgetown Thursday morning, met no ice until she struck fills barrier, through which she plug- ged her way inch by inch during the night, arriving in Pictou Friday morning at 10 o`clock. On Saturday morning the hiiulo left l‘lctoli and suc- veciicii in working llcr Way out to tho Stanley, and both steamers finally succeeded in getting through the barrier about noon und nrrlvin in
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rnnsforrcd to American registry. (ir-orgciowll about lhroc o'clock.
The Dacia is to start from (lulvvs-I
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'l'illl(lNT(l lnnuiir 16-Followin
port. The cllargc is openly made in London that lilo entire transaction has been simply "wash sale," to try out the attitude ol' Great Iirltaiu. The German proposal. it is addcd, is to scc li' the Dacia is soizcii oli tllo high sons and then launch an indignant cry throughout thc American press. stat-
ST JOHNS HARBOUR IS BLOCKED ing that all American owned ship, iiy-
iug the American flag, has been inter- iernd witli. This campaign, according io the reports current hcrc. will have
iiarbonr and the senbonrd northward belilmi ii. liuuiiri-ds or timiisiimls, li is blocked by ice floes. and the Allan
*'-*-G liner Mongolian for iialifax, now
here, will he detained until the wind
changes.
not millions. of dollars of German money. Every eifori will be strained to cause the United States Govern-' ment to come to the defence of thai ship. The Herald learns that thel United States Government is helngl made acquainted with the details of' the alleged scheme. i
VVASI-IINGTON, Jun. 17.-Negoliir
States csterda throu li which it is
ment not to challenge the rcr-out snlo of the iiamburg-American iltcanlcr Dacia to an American capitalist. if is now proposed that the Dacia. which is loading ii cargo of cotton at Gal- beston for Bremen, Germany, shall sail for Rotterdam, I-lolian'ri, instead of to the German port,
LIFE LOST IN FIRE
SIIERIIROKF.. Jnn. 1 .-ln a fire
which destroyed Codue and Sons urge hardware store yesterday ii cudtomer named Mnillott. a young
over $100,000, well ensured.
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up their action 1-clntlve to the ob- jectionable posters depicting scenes of violence, shouln ai: times ir. frost of picture theatres, the authorities are ordering the removal of all Dro- German posters throughout the city.
|~Ioriy in the war t-he British gov-
ernment forbade the exhibition oi all pictures, faked or real, showing the horrors of fr battlefield, ,ond it is uu- derstood that Major-G-eneral Hughes has been asked if he has the power to exercise it and prohibit such pictures being shown here.
.MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
DVESTUFF8 FROM GERMANY.
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.--One million
dollars worth of dycstuffs from Ger- many was the cargo of the steamer Maianzns, which arrived bore last night from Rotterdam.
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"St, John Ambulance Corps meets n Tuesday evening at 7.80 for drill 'nd lecture by Dr. Johnson.
*°L. 0. l.., Kings _,Couniy, Lodge
will meet at Eldon, nelriiat, Tuesday.
man -was trapped in thc hasemontiifebritary lird. at 2 o’¢-loci: p. ni. Wm. and lost. his life. The fire loss was McPherson, County Secretary. n.
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