PAGES 9-14 YEAR 84. NO. 10 KINGSTON, PLAYED CARDS 'WOMEN TRAINING TO pO T HEIR BIT IN ~ AS SHIP SANK Remarkable Coolness of Australian Sol diers on the Ballarat. THE NAVY T0 THE RESCUE Sp, THE GALLANT MEX WHO WERE IN DANGER. OF No Héroies and No Fuss as Orders 'on the Torpedoed Vessel Are Car- ried Out--Most of the Pets Are saved--RHBoat Drill Praised. London, May ~The Chronicle publishes the following: The the sinking troopship Ballerat is a partner to the stories of the Southland and the Bir kenhead. The behavior of the men follows in gallahtry the behavior the men of the Middlesex Regiment In this cage it the Australians who added to the page of Brit ish It Anzac Day and were planning t «hold when there came the 2 3. story of of the of was fine traditions was officers memorial service the a the dull crash that seemed, "to lift the skin off | and the ship began to take a list. The alarm was instantly} ounded by the bugles Without | confusion of any kind the men fell in| at the boat stations. "It's all right] called out the old man on the| "Don't sing too loud," sald] laughing, "'because | can't as officer said, your face," boys," bridge. an officer, give orders." The turn of the navy came now.| The men instinctively knew that the navy would turn up. It turned | Destroyers and trawlers appeared as| if my magic. There was a moderate] sea, and the ghip having been struck near the propeller, began settling down by the stern. She did actually sink until about four fours later, "While waiting for the boats to be lowered some of the men sang, some actually settled down to play cards, and most of them smoked. The nurses remained with the medi- cal staff until all the patients were provided for, and the whole medical staff remained with the patients until they were safely placed in the boats, not Most of Pets Sawsed. Every pet was saved with the ex- ception of some of the ship's cats. Over the side went Bill Anzac," an Austrialian parrot, in a cage.( A grey squirrel had the run of a raft. A fox terrier and her puppied are now the guests of the officers ofithe destroyer, and it was all done decently and in order. No heroics, no fuss and a great deal of humor and absolute efficiency. Mails written home by the men were in their sacks and they were saved. It was arranged that they should be saved if possible. The records and money were saved. The Bandmaster saved his cornet. The Bandmaster was~wont to call upon his band to fall in by means of a certain call of his cornet, and when the men were in the boats ihey heard the old fami- liar cornet sing out, but the band could not reply. "The band had not saved ts instruments and though the band fell in, there was no answer from the fife .and drum and the bugle, and across the water came a great noise of laughter from all the boats because the little joke had struck home. The men had lost their ship, they were miles from anywhere, they were in open boats, and when the cornet sounded they laughed. They landed with promptness and despatch and soon set foot on Eng- land for the first time without boots. | The submarine was never seen. She took a small part in this affair, but the British navy was there and took a very great part. Prompt assist- ance, up to time, and no fuss, and those men who exhausted their vo- cabulary on the question of boat drill are nearly dumb. "I've heard about the navy," said & man, "but, but, well--well, there is was." There is nothing better than good woman and nothing worse than a bad one, a A A A AAA AAA A PA A "FLOTSAM AND TSA" STORY OF GIN CASE COUNTED IN LAW AS RE- JOURNAL. The Court Could Tell the Difference] Between John De Kuyper's Oxy-| gen or Nitrogen. The latest copy of the Canada Law Journal has a story under the title "Flotsam and Jetsam," which is of local interest. It reads: R., a hotel keeper was convicted of selling gin after hours, and appeal- ed to a District Court Jutige of On-| tario, of Irish "extraction. Counsel for the accused was of the same ex- traction. The complainant, a pro kincial constable, testified that the offence had been committed and that he had personally tasted the gin. The following ecross-examination en-| sued: Counsel: You are positiwe the bottle contained gin? Witness: Certainly. C.: Then you are an«expert on the subject of gin? W.: Well! No, not exactly. C.: But you know the bottle con tained gin? y. Positive. ay What kind? W.: What kind, I said ea, you. > Now, sir, if you know gin how many kinds of gin that! Beg pardon! W.: I dbn't No well," are there? W.: I don't know, bottle held gin. Cc Now, sir, remember you afe on, your oath. Do you know the dif+ ference between that brand of gin! commonly called "Holland gin" and! that othep kind of gin called oxy- gen? W. (hesitatingly), C.: 1 though not! have been oxygen? W.: It might C.: Of.course--Now are you fam- iliar with anether kind of gin called] hydro-gen. W.: No, I am not. C.: Then the contents of that bot- tle might have been hydrogen for all you knew? ' W.: It might, gin. ~ C.: Now, sir, there is Sy uctother kind of gin called nitro-gé? Do you know anything about it. but I know that No. Then it might but I am sure it 'was A Doctors Advised Operation As Only Cure for Pile Wife Objected to Use of Knife and Cure Was Ef-| fected by Use of Dr. Chase's Ointment. Grimsby, Ont, May 4 -- Here is the .afdavit of a well-known fruit- grower, who was cured of bleeding Piles some Years ago by using Dr. Chase's Ointment, Hig doctor could do! nothing tor "Tim and recommended a surgical op- n as the only means of cure. - hig wife had heard about Dr. Chase's Ointment and complete cure resulted from this treatment, It is by the cure of extreme cases like this that Dr. Chase's Ointment has won the reputation of being | about the only actual cure:for Piles --itehing, bleeding and protruding piles, Mr, Samuel Parker, fruit-grower, Grimsby, Ont., has made the follow- ing declaration before Mr. W. W. Kidd, Notary Public, of the same place: "I do solemnly declare that I was troubled with bleeding Piles and was advised to go to the hospital to iol an operation performed. My wife sald, 'No, get a box of Pr. Chase's Ointment." I did so and have used it according to directiong while living. in Manitoba, and obtained a complete cure, for I have never been troubled with Piles since, I am now 70 years of age and want to recom- mend Dr. Chase's Ointment to all sufferers from Piles, My wife has used it for itching skin and obtained complete cure." Mrs. A. "J. Stewart, 17 Turnbull St., Belleville, writes: "About tem years ago, my husband was troubled with itching Piles. He tried different remedies, but without getting relief. He was advised by friends to try Dr. Ohase's Ointment, and found that it 'was just what was required, and ob- tained permanent relief. We cheer- fully recommend it to all suffering from Piles." Put Dr. Chase's Ointment to the test and it will not disappoint you. Sixty cents a box, all dealers, or Ed- 'mansen, Bates & Co., Ltd., Toronto, hip Hr Miss Fdwardine Lavoie, b Guard, is seen in the first photo. in an army band. and she ce rai jas proud of her unique distinet dressed soldier in the regiment. ONT. ARO, FRIT ugler of the Ist Field Artillery It is stated that Miss Lavoie is ily can play. The battery is qu ion. Bugler Lavoie it hardly SE :COND SECTION, ARMY, AIR, AND ON FARMS. 1 Jand of the New York National the only known woman-bugler ite proud of her and she is just need be said. is the trimmest The second photograph shows Miss Kathryn Freeman and Misy Freda Lane operating a tractor on thie farm on the New York Ag State sehool of gricullure at F armingdale, Long sland A number of women are studying farming at dhis schoe 1 so thal they will be able to teach the people how to cultivate every inch of their { to supply their own families. the other side. and it will also ¢ This third picture shows States, being instructed in the Brooklyn, N.Y. The course of t pletion the women will hope to be skilled aviators. ready to do their | b rc rt AAA AAA Nl tl. tt tA. 0 Pl NEA Nar tl, - ~ ~ ---- -~ W.: C.: No sir. rr So that although vou swe | that the bottle contained gin, you] cannot tell whether it was oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen or plain De Kuy- per gin? W.: I Fnnot C.: TI thought not, I thank vou. {~The Judge: This court has listen ed with very considerable interest | to the cross-examination of the com- | plainant, which has perhaps ensnar- | {ed him into a "gin' not referred to} by counsel. It might appear this examination that the complain- | ant wis remarkably ignorant of the distinction between the various kinds} 'of | described' by the defendanf"s counsel. | {Bat this court, while disclaiming any | thought of being an expert in the! subject of gin, is able to differenti- ate between that kind of gin which so often furniskes ine slings of out- rageous fortune and - these other brands of gin referred to by counsel. Nor is this court unfamiliar, as might be conjectured, with that by-product of oxygen commonly called "hot air." Relying, therefore upon the evidence it upholds the conyiction. The court, however, has no disposition to he un- duly severe nothwithsianding the cross examination, and only imposes the ardinary costs. : | | Butter $1 1b. jn Paris. Paris, May 4.---The regulation fix- ing the maximum retail selling price of butter at an equivalent of 68 cents a pound in Paris was abolished yes- terdav by the Minister of Provisions and the price went up to 'the equiva- lent of a Sollanp pound. Trouble makers are as plentiful as peace makers are scarce. . from r gin particularly enumerated and | In this way the crops be « ut the cost of living. voung ladies of the Women's fundamentals of aviation raining and instruehion 1s a can [3 GERMAN APRIL 08S TERRIBLE: | Fighting on the Western Front Disastous For. te Hos. : DIVISIONS * WIPED or IN SIGHT OF DAY WHEN GAPS CAN'T BE FILLED. Between April 1 and 27 Thirty-two French Divisions Brought Into Ac- tion, Leaving for thé Geaeral Re- serve Only 100,600, By G. H. Perris. With the French Armies, May 3. | After seeing' a number of estimates which broadly agree, I believe that the recently published figures of 100,600 for' the total German losses. in April appears very far below the reality. It may be but half wf the truth. The Cerman forces on April 1st stood as follows: Total of German divisions, 219; on Western front, 143; on other fronts (Russian, Ru- manian and Macedonian), 76, Al There was on thé Western front A 2 at the Sheepshead garden plol and: raise enough necessary vegetables liverted in a large measure lo Military Reserve of the United Bay Racelrack and afters eom it in the upper world. A A ar rough one, mn st a general reserve ol But the ( what forty-four divisions iermar hivigiaue are not they were s of att le rition brought then Tal to litt if any, more than half strength. We shall be that the Germar general reserves in the West did not exceed a figure between 440,000 and 500,000 men after the great retrea' ul before the beginning of the allie! but this was virtually the general reserve. their former justified saying Last Measure of Economy. Other fronts have been reduced during the winter to a thinness which will be dangerous in, summer con ditiohs. ~The retreat ti the west was the last measure of economy, and it is helieved that the reducing of the front gave momentary relief amounting to ten divisions. Jt was only mementary, or, rather, it was never effecled. The rapidity of the ailied advance into the abandoned territory gave Hindenburg \warning of what he was to expect. ) So far from forees being liberated, stategic reserves had to be successively ealled in to save the new line. Between April l:t and April 27th no fewer than thirty-two fresh div- isions have been brought ito action on the Franco-Britisk front, leaving of the general reserve of a month age only twelve divisions, or about 130.- 000 men. An even more startling fact is that of these fresh divisions mere than hall have been so severe Iy punished that they had to be with: drawn from the front to be recor stituted, The German armies arc still for 1 | midable they which number esperately assurred the decisive i struggle. They have, however, fallen off in quality. in relative power armament, and in supplies, and now Yhev are in sight of the day when they will not be able fill the in {their falling ranks UNDOUBTED END OF U-BOATS IN SIGHT mn are fighting in they have heen to gaps Cambon Savs Effect of Means Emnloyed Aaainst Them Gives Satisfaction. Paris, May 5 Jules Cambon. gen eral secretary of the Mingstry of For | eign Afflairs, in the courde of a talk | yesterday erring to General Pe tain's nomination chief of staff, said: '""The nomination of General Petain to the post of chief of the | General Staff will assure a closer {| means of communication between the Government, which has the respon- a ty of conducting the war, and the commander-in-chief, on who is {incumbent the direction of the oper- | ations. Ome of the factors making | { this change needful was that it can | forms to the necessities of a demo cratic governgnent in which. public opinion has its legitimate part in the general orientation of the war. The action of the Government will now be, thanks to the presence of Gen- egal Petain as Staff, of a character more and practical while ghe conduct of the acutal operations will 'remain in the hands of the - commander-in- chief." Concerning the extent of losses from: submarines, M. Cambon said "Fhefe is no occasion to be pessimis tic over the sttbmarine. menace, whith is now receiving attention from the Americans. It.is foreseen that American energy and precision will again aid effectively in that and in the settlement of the question of feeding amd of freight It not doubted that the end of the submar- ines in sight The effect of the means of - destruction employed against them by the English French navies is viewed with much satisfaction and it is-interesting to note the recent successes obtained near Dunkirk by scouting and bomb- ing hydro-airplanes in operating against submarines." LG as is i Director of Shipbuilding. Ottawa, May 4.--J. W. Norcross, vice-president and managing director of the Canada Steamship Lines has been chosen by the Dominion pe irector--of shipbuilding B+ chief of the al precise | and | Gov-| YOUR COLD will be easily relieved by taking a spoonful of SCOTT'S EMULSION {after each meal. 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