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The: Fei nis, Sd won --e rl |vioLer RAYS FOI FoR FRO STRITE. wml will Bea Great Boo Boon to Soldiers in the Trenches. A 'despatoh from Paris says: Vio- | : let rays are prescribed for frostbite y Dr. Pougnet in a paper to the Academy of Medicine. He says suf- g soldiers are rapidly cured hen taken: from the trenches to al- passed through om intensity. WULL MOOSE « ON FENDER. Discov Made When C.P.R. Train iolet rays of me- A despatch from Fort William, Ont,s says: When the O.P.R. train ; | from: Winnip arrived in Fort Wil- {liam on Tuesday night an enormous' bull moose was found lying across . The big sims) ruck w n the tr Dn was a f aoa ho city, but 'the bit had beer | ten to - side of the Stack, ; KING ALBERTS BRAVERY. Personally Led His. Troops. in St. * Georges Operation. A despatch from Paris says: The victory of Bt. Georges is another ia feat to be emblazoned on 1! of Eine "Albert, who, ust been xh has J his troo isclosed, person- fpr in this brilliant operation. The ing the artillery 8 now direct- German 24 2h Bry rvs and when these gist sions will again lead GERM NTS POODSTUFS. ; nd of he dhe To reserves of foodstuffs are | cal science will | the. 'taken worth : fon I ibarding. The airguns in 'the Taneations waited quietly for the Germans to' come wi range, but they never 'got a chance, nor did the soldiers and and the sailors in the har- bor, whose fire was held in pre- . | paration. Dunkirk was. notified of the Ger- man visitors arrival, and Comman- der Samson and a 'French aviator :| went aloft: in the hope of cutting A by ski and the forest SOY in su e used to re! formity. Several Sates have alr yen successfully under- y the three surgeons. young oF he who had part of his face taken away by a shell was given a new mose, left jaw and cheek. In cases where teeth have been lost it is. said that successful efforts have been made to trans- Blast others according to a method iscovered by a Russian dentist. a Will Offer Reparation to Italy. A despatch from Rome says: Austrian Government has n the Foreign Office that she is trying to ascertain whether four = Italian subjects were taken as hostages af- ter the ure of Be Be! i as has | been widely repo Italy. The Austrian Forported Office has notice to the Jialing Horeign that she' is' prepared mistake, if one was Aid offer reparation. ------ Roumania to Strike Without Italy. 'A despatch 'from London says: ® wil The Morning Post's- Bucharest cor- respondent says: . "Roumania is hi rile 760,000 ;men, of. which had | number half a million "forms - the field army. - Roumania will strike even should July decide not to en- ter' the war, 1 them out on their return voyage, but the air was not clear enough, {and the Germans managed to get away quite safely. TO BUY HORSES DIRECT. | Militia Dept. Decides to Deal Only With Farmers or Owners. A despatch from Ottawa says: Speculators, horse dealers, eto., who are 'endeavoring to make a pro- fit by purchasing horses from farm- ers and re-selling them at higher figures to the Government for mili- tary purposes are notified by the Militia Department that horses will; be purchased only direct from the farmer or owner. Dealers are to be barred by the Government ents in charge of the purchases. The aim of the Government is to have the maximum amount of mon- ey reach the farmer, while at the same time insuring fair purchase prices for the Government. wa WEN UNDER FRENCH RULE. Forty-one Towns 4 and Villages in i Alsace. 'The London Morning Post's cor- n | respondent telegraphs from Berne: ioe | 'Forty-one towns and villages in Alsace which have been occupied by French troops since the outbreak of hostilities, are now administered by the French authorities." ERAS EN Lipton Loans Yacht. A despatch from London says: Sir Thomas Lipton has loaned his steam yacht, the Erin, for the use of the Servian and Montenegrin wounded. He will accompany the expedition in person, and asks for assistance in stores and money. TURKS SLAUGHTER CHRISTIANS A déapatob from Athens says: The Greek cruiser Helle arrived at Durazzo recently for the purpose of protecting the Greeks there in of the insurgent capture of the town. The position of the Greeks in: Turkey: is daily becoming more 'the | precarious. Murders of * Christians throughout Asia Minor are of 'con- stant occurrence. latest out rage occurred at Karaoglou, negr Manissa, where three notables, in- cluding two archbishops, were ar- rested, Greek Consuls are every- where subjected to" bitter persecu- tion. Gemoo-Turkish relations are rapidly becoming excessively strain- ed. Messages from the Italian fron- tier say that in Italy all public meetings and demonstrations in fa- vor of Italy's intervention 'in. the war have been forbidden at the Italian Comsulates in Switzerland. me G0 YR Tommy Atkins Prohibited espatoh Berlin eays: The; western theatre of war at Christ- horities have is- mas. To such an extent was this the field from fra tish of the enemy; they agreed to suspend hostilities ts in he for two days more. in or %e fraternizing carried out that at one place where the Germans and Bri- played football Christmas Day er FOUR. COMMANDERS OF NEW BRITISH ARMIES, g ad anced by the places towards R sitions, according to he report. In this work they are g use of steel shields to pro- loch thomselvis from oe rifle fire of the Czar's troops in the nearby trenches. It thus Appears that the battle in Poland, which began as a field opération of great magnitude, | is quickly being converted into warfare 'almost identical with which for so many weeks has been ! roceeding on the Aisne and ser in the western war theatre. There n, however, one brisk: combat in the Warsaw region recently. The statement records that the Germans captured some | Russian trenches near Sochaczew, the | Bast Jus ment sa; fori, iy Tio of Hebeatrs in view o Transylvania. | ir om tha and its p: zobable political | Roumania, | headquarters sa in that ensive.'"' The continue our of siege | J ation east of Cracow and in the that pathians is described as Avithout important ' e German statement issued situation in Poland, beyond the fact that the continued nid hii : ther has operations exceed ingly difficult on account of the, mu FRENCH PEASANTS STARVING Many Deaths Have Already Occurred From the Lack of Food A despatch from London says: Herbert C. Hoover, Chairman of the American Commission for Re- lief in Belgium, returned to Lon- don on Wednesday from a tour of inspection of the work being done or the Commission in Belgium. ny statement issued Mr. Hoover ai "An appalling situation has been presented to the Commission with regard to the French peasantry in the valley of the Meuse, just south of the Belgian frontier, where there are 10,000 persons absolutely with- out food. Our investigation show- ed that a large number of deaths What You Can Do. You can help your fellowmen-- you must help your fellowmen; but the only way you can help them is by 'being the noblest and the best } sron that it is possible for you to be. I watch the workmen build upon the building which by and by is to soar into the skies, to toss its pinnacles-up to heaven; and I see him looking up - and wondering where those pinnacles are to be, thinking how high they are to be, measuring the feet, wonderin how they are to be built; and all the time he is cramming a vig stone into the building just where' he has set to work. Tet him forget the pinnacles, if he will, or hold only the floating image of his imagina- tion for his inspiration; but the thing that he must do is to put a brave, strong soul, and honest and substantial life into the building just where he is now at work.-- Phillips Brooks. PATRI 3 Turkey Ignores Protests of Greece. A despatch from London says: The Daily Telegraph's Athens cor- respondent reports that the Greek Government 18 gravely 'concerned with the increasing strained Grasco- Turkish relations. The Greek dip- lomatic and Consular representa tives in Turkey, the correspondent says, are receivin ng intolerant treat- ment, being shadowed by the po- lice and spies, and that the official protests by the Greek Minister are ignored, z ULI, FRAT Seedy Individual (stopping pedes- trian)--'"Pardon me, sir, but you look very much like a man I know." Pédestrian--Indeed ! Well, you look liké a man I don't want to know. Good-day."' -- already had occurred there from starvation. Despite the shortness of the rations in Belgium, our Bel- gian colleagues agreed that we must share the last crust with these people. We therefore sent them food out of our limited Belgium stores.' Mr. Hoover also issued a report on the Commission's work in Bel- gium, in which he saye the organi- zation for the distribution of food supplies is well on the road to com- pletion. It is aided by 50,000 vol- unteer workmen, and'there are only a few localities to which relief has not yet been extended. BRITAIN 10 REPAY FORT BRIE VICTINS Damages to be Provided in the Case. of Two Americans Shot by Canadian Soldiers. A despatch from Washington says: The United States Govern- ment sent a formal note to Great Britain through Sir Cecil Spring- Rice requesting the punishment 'of those guilty of the killing of Walter Bmith and the wounding of Charles Dorsch, two American citizens, who were shot by three Canadian mili- tiamen at Fort Erie, Ontario, while hunting ducks in alleged viclation of the Canadian game laws. The communication, which was o\ a friendly character, pointed ont that not only did the United States Government expect the offenders to be duly punished, but that ade- quate compensation be given the families of the victims, ~ Co-incidentally with the sending of the note, Secretary Bryan re- ceived a personal memorandum from the British Amhassador here, after which' the Secretary said: '"The British Government without deciding the question of liability will consider the payment of dam- ages to the injured man and the the family of the deceased." From this State Department offi cials took it for granted that dam-, ages would be paid after the Domin- ion authorities had completed their inquiry. REE COPPER $625 A TON. This Is the Price Germany Is Now Paying for It. A despatch from Geneva, Swit. zerland, says: Advices receive here from Germany seb forth (copper, owing to the great de and the limited supply, is now ing in the Empirs for 2,500 marks ($625) a ton. ) % A fair price in América' for cop. per would be $300 a tom. Hh - Thursday throws no light on the