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TU ESDAY, MAY 29, 1917 $8.50 Per Year (Delivered) In Advance ~ _ s2.eo Pu vat- (milieu) nt Advance in Gentle. up ill-_hr ___- ~ '- ' k-~-- e,---~-`I » ittttsett orc I I-IN 6 -_._.__‘ 'fold' Dis 0iilcers Drill Region Was at an the (Irumbling Line. (Canauian Press Despatch) ARMY ll.EADQllAlt'l‘lCllS- (ily Stewart Lyon, Assoeintetl Press (lor respondent.)-Riiinor has it that the Kaiser recently visited Douai and atl- dressing a gathering of oiiicers and trr.-Jps holding the Scarpe Lens line ttttnounced thnt the llritish oi`i`ent~tlvo in tlte region oi' Scttrpo was .nt :tn cull. 'l‘he- Knisor is il good talker but had ltis ofllcers tnken him out to Avoitt, illcriconrt anti Achievillo :ind other points east ot' Viuiy, where the Ger- iunn defences are crutmbling under the ittendy tire oi t'.tit:uIittit guns ite ntiilltt not littve been so tlttglntttic. EIVED D DECEIIIING _-M ‘ sit tlliensive in Scarpe End. lie llad Not Seen Our aviators report that the Gor- nittns are tar trout confident ot' their :ibtlity lo Itold the Iilorlcourt (lppy line. New systeiits ttt'e being lztitl bc- ltind it on wlticlt it is believed llritish prisoners are being employed. _ Three Cuiiatlinn prisoners, the tirst iii a considerable time, were obtained tn an extensivtt enemy raid oppositi- Aclievillc early tltis morniiig. ’l‘ht`- Gei-titntts ritldt-ti ittter at hcttvy im,-_ rtilie. Abolit two o`clot'k some tivo hundred cultic over ttnd :it.tit<~lted tt Wil'Illi»Z iltlrty. Our custittltics \\'t1'e very light while the eiieniy lel't tt niiiitbei' ol' dcud in t'roul oif otir lines ttttii some prisoners t;-I' the ilftlt l'i'u:~t- stain l"ooigtutl'tls. ,_ _ _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _~=_-_-_-_vs_-_-_~\~_-_-_-:s¢ _ _ DEADLY TOR - cont _ 1 250. People Killed, 1,200 - oll.ive~Stock (Canadian Press Despatch) t CHl(lAGO.- Tornadoes during tho lat three days, in seven states of the Middle West and South, have killed nearly 250 people, injured more than 12,000 wrecked thousands of houses.) killed hundreds of heads oi' live ste-:ek and devastated many thousands ot acres of ground crops. The latest in the series of torna- ~,.-»\-f-~»--_.-»-._...---»»-¢-- - ~..». tot ntttlttts , it stttttttst "The Coniniissioitcrs .ire tlcligltlctlv to think that yoti have niet. them in' the spirit in which they were sure yonI would in i'ei'ercttcc totltis ntuttcr, :intl i ttm sure tlttti in i`tttttrc it will -he it gi-ent. szltisfnctioit lo us to know thtti wo :irc ohio to ltttntl ovcr the cart- ot' ciijldreil ui` tlecouscd soldiers lo such it great institution tts your Army." t This is an extract t'rom a letter from the Board ot Pensions (Toni-' tmissioncrit l`or (‘nnnda accepting the oiler ot’ The Salvation Army to pro-I vido liomes tor, :ind to take over -the guardianship ol`, tlto,orpltnns oi' soldiers, or tho children of soltliers who require guardians. I All who know Commissioner Ri-, chords will understand that tio' project could he more in kecplugi with the feelings ot' his own henrt,| ztntl. speaking for all the Stilvzttionistsl of the Territory, we are sure we nre right. in saying nono will give more; general gratification. We are eflll8l~I ly suro tho action will be approved hc. public. und, tnbovt: ull, ttppreciutetl by] otir -brave men wlto nro l'tttll_Bl'=l. lllllli whoso children, il` they should full in bitttlc. will bo in itcetl ot' syitiptttlietie anti cupublc gunrtiiniisltip. 'i`ho plan originated in tlte neotl for such provision wliiclt wus rtvcttled in lim course of the work oi' t-,ir Soclnll Service Legion. Mrs. llrlgntllrrx Green :ind Mrs. Atijtttztnt 'l`yntlnl|, in their ministrntlous nntong the rein- tfvcs oi' soldiers who hnvo lost their livos, found there were instuncest wiiero children were left in need of .such Hotties nu those now being pro~ vltlt-tl, und brought tho matter to the' notice of tho (‘.otnmlssioner, who. tit- tor tttrtltar investigation. placed hc- iore tho responsible Government De- pnrtmont nt Ottnwn pnrticulnrs oil what Tho Salvation Anmy was pr9l>l1l'- eti to do. ihtervlews followed 'he- tween t,1ho Chief Secretary (Colonel Mc-Mllian) nnt] tho llonrd of Pensions tlommiqnlonern, with the result al- ready' .intima-ted. Coming to the details oi the sheme llrranzlments are now comlllvied for tthqiearly placing at the disposal- ot tltp.~_Cpm»mlssion of two H°l1\@5" one (or [iris in Toronto, and one for 'lto_vs.ac»0ttawu. Each will have nc- rommollqtion for thirty children. and we nite Ure none oi' ottr lloi-tics in tho 'Territqty' _will 'be more often thought ot. of more sympat.ltotlcolly rognrtiotl, tltnnithaee. Will all otir renders prny that-tllala who will ho placed in cltargettmay he Dlvlnoly guided in their endeavours to train tho Young P00DEe mho will be confided to their care,qQttghat they will grow up worthy of thtln. there, who for them. and 10|' its ai, gmt .have made so great a sac- rlilcelt .tt The 'Salvation Army will become responsible for the bringltttz .up 0|' them children from the time they U6 lllieed in its care, in reslwvl slilte teatltelr physical, moral. and snirttul -well timing, and for their edu. eating.-. _ _-_-_-_-_-_-Jo.” _ . _ _-_-_-_-_-~.. _ . _ . _ - _ . _ .~o.,_,-. _,»»--- NADOES INUE IN U. S. lniured and llundredt Destroyed. does started Sunday afternoon, up parently in the vicinity ol' Willisvilltt, southwestern illinois, swept scath- ward across the river into Keiilucky. down the Mississippi into Arkansas :ind Tennessee and iinally steering eastward toward Alabama where tltc storm apparently spent itself. Thet dead in the four southern states was roughly estimated at. one liuudred and the injured at several hundred. GERMAN AMERICANS . WANI GERMAN ___ REPUBEIC (Canadian Press Despatch) NEW Y()ltl{.~-- (ict~mitiis here have i`0lint-l an tti'l;ti|tir.atinii cnlletl “i<‘t~it-tttls ot' ticritittn Republic" tvlto.~:<- object is the tiotltmtieittt-iti oi l~iittpe rift' Williatitt :tml tht- cstitltlhtltiiloiit ol it Gcrinatn liepultlic. 'l`hc ot'gtttti'/.tt tion is sttid to be, nation wide in scope with estnblislied heatleiuarters and has issucti :tn nppenl tn the Germans to help in its propaganda. SPANISH EIEMIINSIRAIIUN IN- EAVIIR [IE ALIIES 1 t ` (Canadian Press Despatch.) MADlill).- Long reported gntlier ing oi‘ elements in Madrid t'avot-nltlt to the idittentc Allies was he.l.| this- morning at l’lztv.:t Dc ’l`urcs. '|‘ltr-rt was great citlltilsiitsiii oit the ptrt o' the people who were esliiuttletl in tinnthcr 12.60.000, A counter tlctnqtt stmiiott by ilcrninnopliilcs was lim* bitldt-tt by the ttntliorilies tt, prevent tlistui'luiiiccs. 'Phe itieetiiig coitcitifletl :titer tht adoption ot it rettolutiott asking tht Prentlor to nittke public at det-lnt':t|iot» of Spain’s sytnpittlty with the Allies Some tlisturlutitccs were caused lt; (ieriiiiiliopltilcs :ts thc crotvd wtts dis luttttlittg. A nutn in iltc crowd iii-et nt A. l.eJnndt'o licrroux llntltlic lie lice nri'cstciiI`itlciicc in ultinuttc s\icce:~,s. l’reliilei‘ llortleu niltl Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke in reply. 'l‘hc lnttcr said he believed 'IW writ' would bc \von by tho liritlslt on tlte lllllll seats. » 2..-r *' "’ ...| RELIEVING T $16.50 per Ton. At a mcetint: of tho N:tt.ion'nl Scr- vlce League yestcttlny'ztftcruoon. the Dlrector, lion. J. A. Mciloiittltl, stttt- `r~tl that it had been i-r-ported to ltittt limi. there was at grottt st-ttrt'Il_\' oi' lilly in the \ve.~.'t0i'u part ot' llit-' pro- vince. On enquiry he l'oui.d tltertt was a surplus in New Iirunswicli, whiclt coultl ho obtained nt it rensonttble' price provided pi'r'l'ereitti:tl rtttes were given oit the i'ttilvvtt_v. lie tcfie- grophed to i’i'einit-r ltlaiities/nt, who was in Ottawa at the time ttiitl litr-' l’t'emier sut:t-et-.letl in getting tt .spe- cial reduction on the i'ttilwn_v rates tor hay. A supply was then brought in through tht; niercltunts, but again he received coinplaints that tlte piit-- cs' being charged were prohibitive and on going west he found that the _t-|_tt_v stiuttitott Director ol National Service intervenes and is the Means ot Reducing llay lrom $23 to tt . i -*l 1 itrices vttricd t't'otn $20 to $22! per ion. lltutltotlgitt better tltiiit this tflilld he done nntl be eoiiiinttnictilcd with tlte sf~.'-retutiet oi' the viiritotts britttrlics ol' the i,t-tiptte itttd ou re- ceiving at-pioinise ol' .~‘ttppoi‘t in tho pttrelittstt. oi` oily buy lteiug iittportt-‘tl. he ortleicil eight. lnrixt- trucks, `wlilt:h i'epi‘est"|iteri sixteen l’. ltl. island trtit-Its, ttntl by' this iitettus they wt~‘t'e able to do1.‘»vt i' hay nl. thc various' stit- iious west of Sunilnci',ttt snys 1l.l'»00 :tirplanéa will ltt- coit.ii'ttf'tetl ulltl tl,il00 avia- tors lr.'tittt-tl in the l’nited Slttlt-.ri this vtztt. ' ' ?....._.......____._._ Nl|f\Hrd’l Llnlment curn toothaohe. 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