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^ 4 ^» 4 BRUTALITY TO CAPTIVE CRIPPLE »iX MONTHS OF TORTURE HANDS OF HUNS. AT ATcunded British Soldier netates th« Cruelty of Neglect Practised by War-Crazed Enemy. Mr. II. Uauks, a member of tiio staff ©f the London Times, w ho belonged to the Twenty-eighth Lonaon llegimeut, was wounded lu the retreat from the Oambrai sector in the last days of hist Mardi. He wiis picked up by the ad- vancing Genuans and sent b.iclc to Cambrai and tlience to Germany, where be remained In hospital until September 12, when he was repatria- ted. The followiEg la Mr. Banks* own story of these six months: "When the Germans' big offensive opened on the morning of March 21, 1918, I was on the Cambrai sector, and had the previous night left the front line for four days' rest. My battalion (tha Twenty-eighth l<ondon) was im- mediately rushed up to trenches In front of Trescault to make one of many others to stiffen the resistance. This we did by fighting rearguard ac- tions, and by the night of the 23rd- 24th we had fallen back to the village of Ypres. where we had a rest of about two hours. "Orders having been received to evacuate the village at 1 a.m. (about) we moved off, our battalion being the last in column. At the end of the vil- lage there was a railhead, and along- side an ammunition dump which had been fired -by our troops. It was on approaching this burning dump that I was hit â€" presumably by something from It, but possibly by a stray bullet. I fell by the roadside with a thigh wound and the bone broken in twp places. Our men could do nothing for me, as they were out of touch by that time with all dressing stations and ambulances. They therefore had to leave me. I was apparently in a vil- lage absolutely deserted; on one side of me the retreating British, and on the other the advancing Germans. From this time it seemed that one continuous stream of troops, trans- ports and guns passed me by. Night came (Sunday), and I remained unat- tended in spite of my many requests. Fortunately one kind-disposed Ger- man gave me a sleeping bag, which undoubtedly saved me from the frost. During the day I had been given a driuk of wine and half a loaf of bread â€" black, and my first taste of many more to follow. A 'Hospital' at Cambrai. "The following morning I was told I should be attended to later, on. The day passed on, and I began to think that I should have to spend another night in the open. But the promise was kept. At 3 p.m. (Monday) I was picked up by a motor lorry and con- veyed to Cambrai. And so I left Ypres after a stay of thirty-eight hours by the side of that death-giving ammuni- tion dump. "Arriving at Cambrai, I was put Into a clearing station with hundreds more, both English and Germans. Here was brought to my nqtice the absolute in- difference of the enemy to the wound- ed. We were laid side by side In wooden boxes raised off the floorâ€" a straw bed and two blankets our only comfort. We were not undressed or washed or made comfortable in any way. The food was Indiffopent an-l in- Bufflcient for men In our c»)udltt«n. "My stay In this hoHpital lasted from Monday eveuinK till the followinu Thursday morning. During this period my injuries were not attended to or even looked at. On one uccjaiou an ; attemptâ€" -nothing more- -was made to! attend to tho badly wounded, but it was only those who could vialk or crawl to the dressing room who were : fortunate enough to get a dressing. ; The sufferings of the wounded were terrible to witness, and many died In ; great pain who might hive been eave.l by a llttlo attention. â- To add lo the horrors, the IJrIliah air force bombed tlie to-wn on Tues- day anj Wednesday nights, and in our helpiessnea.T this seemed more ter- rible than .inything else. On the Tliursday morning about 150 of us left the clearing station and we thought that at last we were going to sou bet- ter times â€" vl«ion3 of a'Hed Crosj train and an eventual arrival at some hospi- tal In Germany where our wounds would be cleaned, dressed and attend- ed to generally. To Germany in Cattle Trucks. "Arriving at a siding in Cambrai stivtion wo were dumped alongside the railway line to await the conveyance I whicli was to take us to Germany. About 3 p.m. on the same afternoon (Thursday, March 23) our train was j shunted alongside, u^d it was then I that we realized that our hardships I were to continue. The train was made ! up of goods or cattle trucks^and into these wa were loaded, about twenty per truck, as If wo were the goods which the trucks were originally built to carry. The floor of the trucks was covered with wood shavings and our covering consisted of two blankets. "And so commenced a Journey which was one long, horrible torture! A Journey which took us through Mons and Brussels ; , in fact, all through Bel- gium, ij> the vain endeavor to find a hospital where we could obtain that rest and attention which we so badly needed, and then into Germany. It lasted from 4 p.m. Thursday, March 28, till 7 a.m. the following Monday morning. We were locked in and in total darkness for twenty-three hours out of evary twenty-four, and it seem- ed that wre were only stopped to re- move the dead, and many died on that terrible Journey. In my truck not one man could help himself, and for nearly four days we were left in this condi- tion without any attention whatever; no sanitary arrangements were made, and in this misery we had to live for four days in ^ closed truck! In our wounded and maimed condition that Journey seemed as if we were being dragged over uneven ground all the time and on one occasion we ran into some obstacle which brought the train to a standstill. That was hell for us aU! Attention to the Wounded. "On the Monday morning we arrived at our destination â€" Langensalza, Sax- ony â€" and here we were put into hos- pital; it was here that I received the first "attention" to my injuries. My leg was placed in a splint, but it was not set or any attempt made to set it. So from the time I was wounded eight days had elapsed before I received this splint. On the following Wednes- day morning I was again put into a train (third class this time) and sent to Ohrdruf Lazaret, which is under the control of Langensalza and in the same State, and a Journey of about thirty miles. From Ohrdruf station we were carted to the hospital in a pantechnicon. The attention here was no better than before â€" one dressing in six days, and with substitutes of all j kiuds. Liuen bundaK^M I never s.nw, paper )u various ((trc^nKih^ being usc-l for all purposes. It v.-as ifjlte an un- usual thing to lee n (ies'mau (lootor, and all f!i'j work in the wards u.is pc:' formed by Kaglleh aud Fren' h ;-.-i»»b- er». It was only in caie.i o' amputa- Hon that the Qermans excised tht-m- selves. "During my whole stay at Ohrdruf 1 have no complaint to make of til treatment of tho prisoners ^ the Ger- mans- tliat Is, wUero a wounded pris- oner is far- better off than an unwound- ed one. It is not what they did of which ocmplalnt can be made; the grievance is rather of what they did not do. As I have already said, had It not been for the kind aen'ices render- ed by the British, French and Italian orderlies, our Ufa would have been a vep' sorry one indeed. On August 13 I was marked for England on account of the shortage In my right leg (due to inattention by iho Germans, and ui)t having had tho leg set), and ou September 12 I left Ohrdruf for .\ac- heu, en route for England. -*- The \Vee!cly Fashions =£» Mccjird Service and simplicity are obslously the featui-es of this school frock of serge, relieved by the soft white col- lar. McCall Pattern No. 8(544, Girl's Dross. Ill 6 sizes, 4 to 14 years. Price, 20 cents. A SLEEPER IN FRANCE. (In Mnmoriam) In evnr giorloui Franco Near the uiirentinf; nea. Thny laid my boy to rest, Far, far fjura mo. Kind were tile strauger-bands That bore ray soldier-son To hia last bivouac, To rest well wen. They plncf<d the lowly cross. Blast sign to all who weep, Aad th«i, wiUi other boys, Loft him asleep. Wild blrcis aw'jKt rwiuiems sing Wild puppies' radiance strew- Above those boys who died For mo and you. HW^Wlght, rtWT fear. ir-^' ^'- Belgium Starving Under Allied Flags Immediate lldp Needed to Relieve Starvatioii and Sufferingâ€" ^Cannot Hold Germany Responsible NOW ! There is pressing need for our help in Belgium todayiand there will be for many months to come. THE USES OF SPHAGNUM MOSS A Canadian Product of Great Vlilue in Red Cross Work. These plants (for there ars many species of sphagnum) grow best in a climate that is moist and only moder- ately warm in summer. They are one of the chief form.i of vefcctation to be found sp-owing in the swajnpy regions known aa "Muskegs." Sphagnum bogs occur principally in Newfoundland, the Maritime Provinces, Northeastern Quebec, Labrador, and the western parts of British Columbia. The sphagnum plant consists of a stem and branches which arc clothed with small, numerous, overlapping leaves. They differ from most other mosses in being entirely devoid of rootlets. Another peculiarity of sphagnum is that the leaf never has a central vein or mlihiib. The outer part of the stem as well as a con- siderable part of the leaf is composed of a large number of special "ab- sorbent cells" which are able to take up and hold water like a sponge. The amodnt of water absorbed varies ac- cording to the species but ranges from ten to twenty times the weight of the dry sphagnum. Owing to the ability of these cells to absorb the water required by the plant for its. development the presence of rootlets is unnecessary. Sphagnum usually grows in a situation where the soil underneath is permanently damp. ' Sphagnum or bog moss has been used for a considerable period as a packing material for plants. Owing to its power of retaining moisture, it helps to keep rooted plants in a This charmmg afternoon dress has fresh condition until they arrive at the waist in basque effect, closing at their destination. It is also extreme- , the centre-back. McCall Pattern No. ly useful, when dried, aa bedding mat- 8659, Ladies' Semi-Fitted Dress. In erial for horses. 1 6 sizes, 34 to 44 bust. Price, 25 But it is owinr'to its use since the ; cents. Transfer Design No. 930. beginning of the -war in the form of , Price, 20 cents. , , . , absorbent pads for dressing wounds These patterns may be obtained that sphagnum has recently Seined ! from your local McCall dealer or an importance hitherto unknown. Cot- | from the McCall Co., 70 Bond Street, ton is so largely in demand for the Toron*. Dept. W. manufacture of explosives that some ci?a"w^^^^^ substitute had to be found and in any »*^-'»- «^"L case cotton wool has an absorptive _^. , . , „ " ..4, 4. power of only four to five times its Obtained From Deposits Along the own weight. Of the species of sphag- ' South Coast of Australia. v\<m found growing on this continent j Material for cloth-making is now four are used for the purpose. When j jj^ing obtained from the sea bottom collecting the moss great care should , ^j^ng the south coast of Australia. It ba ttken to have it free from any | jg gi,re derived from a plant that admixture of leaves, twigs or roots j yrg^g in shallow water, of other plants which may be growing | Qne would naturally infer that the in the immediate vicinity. Each hand- | pi^^t ^as a seaweed of some kind, handful should be squ^eised gently to ^ 3^4 ^ jg^'t. It is a flowering plant, remove excessive moisture, but care | j^ perennial, that produces seed every should be taken not to break the main ; y^^j. They fought their in Th»iy conqupred inor Then (lung away swoet youth. To them bo dear, O, boy! my boy, my boy, The heart ache's ever new I But O! I am as proud. So proud of you! ifoiisieur: For 15 Uiiys Ir. tho month of January I was sulferliiic with iiaJn of rheuimitlHiii In the f(iot. I tried all kinds of remedies but nutlilnK did me any good. One per- son told me .ibout MI.V.KRD'S LI.N'l- Mii.NT: an Boon aa I tried It the Satur- day night, thi) next mornlns 1 was teel- Inif very gcud; I tell you thla remedy la very teood; I could »five you u good cer- tlflcate any time that you would !lke to have one. If any time 1 come to hear about any person alck of rheumatism. I could teil them about this remedy. Yours truiv. ER.NEST LEVEII-LE. 216 Kue Ontuxlo East, Moiur?>Hl. Feb. 14, 190S. The Hunger Stone of tlie Elbe. A few weeks ago the newspapers reported that there was great depres- sion in Sa.xony and Bohemia becausj the famous "hunger stone" of the Elbe, near the town of Tetschen, had come into view. This rock is usually covered by the river; it appears only when in time of drought the water has fallen far below its usual level, and it is a tradition in that part of Germany that its appearance means that a time of famine and suffering is at hand. Carved on the stone is the sentonce. "Wenn du mich siehst, dar.n weine" (When you see me, you shall weep): and there are, as the picture shows, a number of marks to show the point to which the river fell in various years of drought. The earliest and one of the lowest records is that of 1(316. Other years are 1746, 1790, 1800, 1842, 1868 and 1900. The Trust. 'These all died In faith, not havinu received the promisefl, but huvlng seen them iifar off."â€" Heb. xi. IS. Aad Its they trudtu-d: we the task In- herit, Tho unlinlahed task for which their lives were spent; But leaving us a portion of their spirit They gave their witness and they died content. Full well they knew tliey could not build without us That butter country, faint uad far des- cried, God's own true England; but they did not doubt us â€" And in thttt faiih they died. i UliiBrd'i T.liilment Cores Qarfet In Oowa ^ The Germans have their own philosophy â€" ^they have their super- men, their super-.State, their super- battles; and they have now their super-collapse. FOB SAI.B WELI- EgUIi'l'ED NEWSI'APBa •nd )ob urlntlnrr plant in Easter* ODtarlo. Innuranc* earrled II. too Will rn for tl.SflO OR sotck aaU^ Box tK Wlluon PiiMI«hlnc Co. I^td Tomntoi !:eKLT .NBWBPAPEU FOlt SALJi lo New Ontario. Owner Koinx tv rrorca Wilt â- *ll IS.OOO. Worth doubU that Hmount. Apply J. H. r'o Wllaoa r^blUhltiK Co.. I.lnilt«a. Torontg STORK WZVSOWS TOM SALB. GET OVH PRICE LIST SHOWINOI cost of windows KlaE>^d complete, any .si?..i-. Halllday Company, Box B. 61. Hamilton iRsczz.z.Anoai C^ASCBH. TUMORS. LUMPS BTOL ./ Internal and •xtarnal. cured wltb- vut oaln bv our koiaa treatment Write •• bafor* too lata Dr. Ballmaa Hadioiyi Co.. I.lmlt«<t. CoUIOBWood. OnL leinard'a Uslmaat Curai Dlstemvar. ; â- V iMH As our troops occupy the evacuated territory, untold misery stares them in the face. Emaciated children, hollow- cheeked women, roofless homes, clothing ao worn it oSers no protection from winter's tenorsâ€" miseries that cannot wait but MUST be relieved at once to avert DEATH ! Need you be reminded how Belgium was the first Co jump ii>to the breach and so make our Victorious Peace possible ? Don't let it b« said WE let Belgium starve. Let ut cable over your offering to the mothers and children of Brave Little Belgium AT ONCE! Btfin. The moss should be spread in thin layers to dry; before the drying J voces!- is complete it should be gone over ci.refully and sorted, after which tho dried moss may be packed into When the plants die the soft tissue is "retted out" of "them and the leaf fibres sink to the bottom, where they are covered by shelly detritus, the mixture forming a bed in which tho Thought Too Highly of Both. On a road in Belgium a German officer met a boy leading a jackass and addressed him in a heavy jovial fa.shion as follows: "That's a fine jackass you have, my son. What do you call it? Albert, I bet." "Oh, no, officer," the boy replied quickly. "I think too highly of my King." Tht German scowled and returned: "I hope you don't dare to call* him W'illiam." "Oh, no, officer; I think too highly of my jackass." I bag!-, or light boxes for despatch to i gggjg ^f ^ fresh crop sprout. the depot where it is required. The j ^his has been going on for many final making up into pads of the sizes centuries and, ns a result, there exist rtquirf.i should be left to be done by V^â- ^ e: pcrts of the War Department. At the present time Scotland is turninK- out thse pads at the rate of fo.ir millions per month, while Canada during the year 1918 was asked to supply twenty millions of such pads. of fibre that in more than seven some feet Make cheques payable and send cor.tributions'lo Beliian Relief fund Ontario Brnnch- (Racitterod undar tha War Charities Act) 127 to your Local Conunittcs, or to -Ueltfiaii Relief Fundâ€" y3 King St. >V., rorouto l^eal Giving. In these days, when millions of people are making supremo sacrilices in the name of a noble cause, generous giviug seems to have become a uni- versal habitâ€" something that we con- sider as no more than to be Expected. It is only when the giving is surround- ed by unusual cii-cumstances that it attracts attention. One such case, which involved a vary small amount of money, will touch tlie feelings of everyone. During the campaign of the Ameri- can Women's Hospitals Organization to raise money for war service, one of the workers -In Los Angeles called at the home of an elderly colored woman, whom ho found to bo suffering with a severe cold. The negress listened with great interest, however, to a des- cription of the work that American women plj»-8lclans are doing in France, and then she said: "Well, houey. I has sixty cents. I was goln' to pay ten cents tor cur faro to go in town so dat I could buy me fifty cents' worth of inedlcin*.', but I'll les' give you. the ten cents for tho boys and walk downtown. " Then after "a moment .she added, "Oh, dat seems so little! I has some onions I can fix up for my cold, and I'll give vou the llfty cents, too." The Grand Fleet and services consume seven of coal a year. the escort million tons vas deposits localities are thick After stripping off the top or grow- ing layer, the underlying material is di'edged up, sifted and washed for re- covery of the fibre. The- average re- turn of air-dried fibre is about six pounds per cubic yard. Workable de- posits cover 240 square miles. The fibre is color brown to buff and white. Some of it is delicate and silky, some is more like horsehair. Tweeds have been woven otft of it; but it seems to be better suited (mixed with wool or alone) for carpets and upholstery, for backing oilcloths and linoleums and for mattresses. MONEY ORDERS. Send a Dominion Kxpress Money Order. I'Mvo Dollars costs three cents. Thought Too Highly of Both. On a road In Belgium a German of- ficer met a boy leading a Jackass and addressed him in a heavy jovial fa- shion as follows: "That's a fine jackass you have, my son. What do you call it? Albert, I bet." "Oh, no, ofllcer." the boy replied quickly. "I think too highly of my King." The German scowled and returned: "I hope you don't dare call him Wil- liam." - "Oh, no, offlcer; I think too highly of my jackass.'' Klaorcl's Zilnlmant Cnrea Slpht&arts. Mlnard's Unlmant Ctu^s Coldi, &c. Ontario Mineral Output. Tho report of tho Department of Mines for the production of minerals during the first nino months of this year shows that the value of ore pro- duced is far exceeding that of last year, despite adverse conditions due to the war, except in the case of mol.vbdenite, load and copper ore. Gold produced the first nine months of 1918 amounted to $6,S75,"6G, com- pared with $6,704,535 in tha saino period for 1917. Sliver production has kept well up to the mark, and though the qimutity was slightly less, the value was some half n million dollars mere. Of tho iron ore, of iri4.2-43 tons ship- ped, some 84,846 tons were shipped to Ontario points, and the rest outside tho provUice. ABSORBINE t*' TRAOt MARKRtO.U.S.PAT.CfF Reduces Strained, Puffy Ankles, Lymphangitis. Poll Evil. Fistula,' Boils, Swellings: Stops Lsmenest and allays paiu. Heals Sores, Cuts, Bruises. Boot Chafes. It <• a SAFE AHTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDE Does not blister or remove tho hai'rsnd Iionie c»n be worked. Pleasant to use. |2.50a holile, delivered. Describe voiir Case I for special instruct ions and Dook 5 R fre*. ABSOKBINK, JR.. •ndMpilc llnlntni lor mwklnd,t» ^uc« Slr>lin. ninlul. Knontd. Swollen VtlM. Con«a> \ irttfd â€" only* few dmpa rrQulrr d »l «n ftpplic4Ucn. Prlca 'â-  W. F. YOUNO. P. 0. F., ilSLruM Bld|., MonlrasI, C«»j. { «u>vuwit tut Actcicio:. jfM iie Bide lo Da^s,. ' DARTING, PeCP SCIATIC PAIN Give way before the pene trating effects of Sloan's Liniment So do those rheumatic twinges grt' the loin-aches of lumbago, the nen'C indammatioii of neuritis, the wry neck, the joint wrench, the ligament spraiti, the muscle strain, and the throbbing bruise. The ease of applying, the quickness of relief, the positive results, tlis cleanliness, and the economy of/ Sloan's Liniment make it universally/, preferred. Made in Canada. Sloan's Linimo nt aoc 60c., 91M. Kept Awake at i^ight ItchingSobense Healed by & ticnra_ "A nasty jietch <»pe»r«l on th« right side of my lac «"*<*? ^y shav- toLwhh a duU r.'jr- / drew bl<xxi tense. The pttcD""" ', . _, v. causing me toTep «2f^ « °j«^V„t "Seeln« Cut-""â„¢ Soap and Oint- ment ad4rtir» I sent «« -/"*•««- , AftM "^"8 ^ noticed quite • Siance BO «°"6*>» * box of CuUcurm So^^S*! did not finish the whol. ho-'of ptlcura Ointment when I wa« S^ irmsnently." (Signed) Ewes* ^5J|j5Jo«ld, Marion Bridge, N. S, SepteJber 30, 1917. Oiicura Sosp and Ointment are not onj most valuable for the treatment of ouples, dandruff and irritated scalpe, K4 their great mission Is to prevent 5ch conditions. CuUcura Soap used •xclueively for the toilet, and Cuticur« Ointment, >s needed, keep the skia •nd ecalp clean, clear and heathy. For Free Sample Each by Mall ad- diess post-card: "Cuticura, Dept. A, Boston, U. S. \." Sold everywhere. Ovon clo'.hs are exceUent made of double ticking. Hotel Del Coronado Coronado Beach, California Where tlie Ixiliry >'et possible the enjoymej out tihe \V-T > 4 i 4 4 ED. 7. ISSUE yz~\