PAGES 9-12 | 12 PAGES The Baily British E------------ . YEAR 84. NO. 200 ONE AGAINST SIXTY HOW PTE. JOHN CHIPMAN KERR WON Vv.0, ECOND SECTION THE STANDARD BANK HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY. AUGUST 28, 1917 POOP POPODIOTON i One of Canada's : : Notable Women SOON ILLIOOPO RS. JULIA HENSHAW, of Vancouver, was mude a Fellow of the Royal Geo- graphical . Socicty during one of her lecturing tours 'a Eng land, being the first Canadian wo- man to be so honored. This unique distinction is one well merited by Mrs. Henshaw for «he has, both on her private account and as a member of the Alpine Club of Canada, explored great streteBes of the Rocky Mountain district, to the | them ne onenéa n. This, however, clogged with mud -abd jammed With his bombs expended and his rifle useless he remained at the top of the trench directing the aim of' bis bombers. . @ Then he seized the rifle of the second : i 3 h bayonet man to make reprisals for A Graphic Story of the He role Ast bis own huit, He sccmed to bear a Performed by the Nova Scotia charmed life, as, though he was fn Boy, Who Was the Sixth Cana- full view, the wild ~im of the Ger- dian to Win the Most Coveted | nan: J sued him by. th Under continuous pressure e British Military Decoration. enemy retired, and ae soon us they N authenticated story of had rounded the first bay, which hid one against sixty odd," them from sight, Kerr Jumped into is the story, just. allow- ed through the censor's the trench and grimly followed. The hands of how John Chipman Kerr, place was thick with dead and dying Germans. Prepared for German Canada's sixth and latest V. C, Nero, won his Victoria Cross. treachery, Kerr rounded the firrt bay Pte, Kerr, the ion of a Canudian vith nls rifle. had me Money Orders and Drafts are issued by this Bank payable in wre 107s all parts of the world. KINGSTON BRANCH, J. M. Sutherland, M : . "4 without incident, holding his bayonet militia captain and born at Fox fixed. They had retired to the other extremity of the trench, Kerr discovered this when an River, Nova Scotia, was transferred to a battalion at the front on June 8th, 1916, in the course of the re- formation. of the Canadian division, rounding tae third bay of tha trench he came face-to-face with a heavily- built German, who ai sight of the bayonet instantly threw up both hands. There stood the wounded signal seience. Flowers of Canada" and her other book with the enrichment of geogruphie Her book, "Mountain Wild siuilar title, "The THE CANADIAN BANK OF CO ERCE Canadian facing, not this one main, but sixty others bebind bim, 'n a j trench amply provided with amm ini- tion and weapons. He smiled with amusement when one among the SR EDMUND WALKER," ABN SR JOHN AIRD, General Manager CVO, LL.D. DCL, President © YJ) H. V. P. JONES, Ast Gen'l Manages UY CAPITAL PAID Up, $15,000,000 RESERVE FUND, . $13,500,000 Wild Flowers of British Columbiu,"" Are treusure-trove to the botanists or to the simpler lovers of flowers, to whom a pretty primrose is--a prim- rose. and or June 22nd the reorganized battalion went back into the line in the same position in Savetuary Wood, where they had first suffered. | On Sept.' 16th they were sent to ibe SCHUMANN-HEINK'S SONS UNDER TWO FLAGS Mme. Schumann-Heink has two sons in service on oppos- ite sides in the war. August Schumann-Heink, the eldest son si chalk pits on the left of Courcelette, | Meantime, the attacking parties had advanced to the capture of Fa- back Graben, a difficult trench tc take, as the men had to go forward in oblique fashion. The centro was taken, and Capt. Harstone rushed his company, Kerr amongst them, 1c fill the gap, and Fabeck Graben fell But its taking was not complete. The enemy, in unknown strength, retain ed possession of a stretch of 200 yards, where he was sandwiched in between different portions of the Canadian force. His hold on this position was strengthened by the fact that he also held in great force Zollern Graben, which adjoined. This disposition was fraught with great danger to both the opposing troops, neither of which knew the other's strength In men and muni gions, but the enemy had the advan- tage of knowing every inch of the ground, concealed machine guns, and snipers' nests, Capt. Harstone de- cided on a Bombing expedition to oust the enemy from the trench, and he sent word to this &ffect to the brigadier through his bdttalion head- quarters. The assault, however, had consumed all the bombs, and before the supply could be replenished night bad set in. Meanwhile, ap elabérate plan to capture this particular, portion of Fabeck Graben and also™ollern Gru- ben was in course of preparation by the staff, but a brigade message gave Captain Harstone an allotted time in whieh to carry out the bombing expedition. A squad of & cozen men was de- tailed Umder Corporal Patterson io execute this minor operation, and Pte. Kerr was selected for the post of first bayonet man. His duty as such was to precede the party, dis- pose of the enemy sentry in a manner which would Bot arouse the whole garrison, seek the latter's where- abouts, and advise the bor bers of their target. Kerr climbed the block, gr bound- ary line, established in tbe Canadian trench, and made his way toward a similar obstruetion erected by the enemy. The other men followed him, The German #entry was alert and hurled a bomb over the parapet. Kerr * saw the missile hurtling towards him, and bent his right arm in front of his body the better to protect bim- self, It was & near cull, 'for the bomb blew off the top of Kerr's fore- finger and wounded him in the side. Bombers of both sides then became busy, and ther could sce the other Ee len aE Lhe missiles, Regardless of his wounds and of the enemy, Kerr scrambled. to the top of the battered parados, Here he obtained a full view of the enemy. The small attacking party could easily have been overcome by . the 'number, of Germans that crowded the trench, but this di¢ not enter into Kerr's calculations. Ho had only two bombs with him, and after Making rollent use of Xtly waved a white rag at him. Kerr signalled to the Germans with his rifle to climb over the jara- dos, at the same time calling to his comrades to hurry along as he was in touch with the enemy. The attacx- ing party now. numbered only nine, one having been killed and three Otbers in addition to Kerr wounded, When the other eight Canadians Came on the scene the opposing forces were roughly seven to one in favor of the enemy, , Zollern Graben v8 clude at hand, and the Germans bad a plentiful stock of munitions, including a machine' gun, yet they refused to make one last bid for their freedom. { Instead, they followed the pointed Instructivos of their captor nd made their submissive way down a com- munication trench into captivity, while Pte, Kerr proceeded to the: dressing station, .hence to the base and across the channel to England, oblivious of the fact that he had been recommended for the Victoria Cross. Pte. Kerr is described as a trpieal Specimen of the best Canadiar man- hood--over six feet tall in his socks and an open air advocate. When war came he was homesteading at Spirit River, Alta., and as there were no re: cruiting sergeants there he, with a dozen other ranchers, walked in fifty miles to the railway and booked pass- age for the 300-mile trip to Edmon- ton, Here they enlisted, reaching England fh April, 1916. WANTS LUMBER BUSINESS. Good Results Frown Campaign In British Colambia, British Columbia is making a bold bid for Ontario and Eastern Cana- dian lumber - business, and the chances are that Douglas fir will oust southern pine from his place in the "affection" of eastern Canadian architects and writers of building specifications. After afcursory investigation of the lumber market, an energetic campaign was decided upon. A lum- ber commissioner was appointed and located in Toronto. Thé duty of this official is to confer with architects, engineers, and users of wood in gen- eral----not particularly for the lumber trade--to woo them away from their southern {fstincts, and develop a lik- ing.for the British Columbia output. Many good results have acerued. The British Columbia lumber com- missioner in Toronto has in many in- stances been able to assure users of lumber in this Province of the effi- cacy of Douglas 'fir, which, hereto- fore, so it is claimed, has been more. or less discriminated against in the city by-laws. One report states that: "It was found that city by-laws, where they existed, uniformly gave preference to southern pine. For instance, To- »ronto allowed a fibre stress for Dou- &las fir of only 1.200 Ib. per sauare of the little which will be ap- ited by the boy in mp or trenches, one article which many given her boy at the her has i's Ointment. tion, there seems fed: Just hn ! try It in the mext last moment is Dr. by their many. letters of things keenly ap- parcels you send to the 'jtween: : perpendiculars, of the noted singer, val forces of the United States. Ineb, as against 1,uuu 1b. for south- ern pine, "which went that the scuthern pine had a 25 per cent, ad- vantage over Douglas fir. After re- peated and persistent end>avoe To- ronto now admits Douglas fir and southern pine on an even basis. This is particularly important, because in Ontario the standard for Toronto is usually followed by other cities and municipalities." It is now claimed that the fact that shipments east from British Co- lumbia have doubled during the past year, the policy of establishing the office in Toronto has been vindicated, On the Peace River. We launched our craft Necessity, placed our belongings, well tied up in the ballopn-silk tert, upon it, and, after I had taken two pictures, push- ed off into the current, In our hurry we left one of our bags of dried meat which we bad lugged so far, lying 'upon the beach--to the great Joy, no doubt, of ome lynx, coyote, or bear, The ride that followed was decid- edly the inost exhilarating if hae ever been my good fortune to en joy We were almost immediately in rough water, and, past the firs bend, we were eauzht by a whirlpool that Spun us wildly about in a way that reminded .me of the ditty: "Swing me around again; Willle, Don't let my feet {ouch the ground!" Lo By diate desperate poling we go! into the ourrent again and went carcering madly along between the steep rock walls. 1a some places we were able to find pole bottom and keep our eraft. reasonably straight; where the poles would not reach we used some rude sweeps that we had made by nailing blocks of soad to short poles. Our 'great concern, of of course, was not t) bit a rock, of which there were many, for we knew that the raft was too, frail to sland muel pounding and 'would easily go to pieces, Our plight in case it had done so would not ave been enviable, for even this high up the Finlay is a big river, there were tew landing places, and Joe, though an old riverman, could not swim. Luckily the water was wonderful- ly olens, so. tbat we could gee dangers remarkably well; ia fact, it was so cléar that repeatedly we thought our- selves in danger \ from rocks that could only travel as fast as the cur- rent, but that carried' us along at raclog speed, and as we swept over the clear depihs we again felt, as on Crooked River, the sensation of fy- ing. The play of light on the gor- geously colored boulders which form- #1 the bottom added greatly to ihe pleasure and novelty of the ride.-- From 'On the Headwaters of Peace River," by Paul L. Haworth, in Scribner, 2 Shipbuilding in N. S. The 8.8. War Wasp, the first steel an-going steamer built in Nova Scotia, was successfully faunched re- cently by the Nova Scotia Steel Com- pany. Work on this vessel Was com- menéed in October last. The boat bas & carrying capacity of about 2,000 tons, a displacement when loaded of 2,870 tons and a speed of eleven knots per hour. The dimen- sions dre as follows: Length, be- 4 220 feet; o depth, 20 feet, and beam, 'The War 'Wasp has the British Gover: "A Growing Industry. : now has a total of 90 pulp id paper mills, many of which ure large and of modern The export 'figures for the calendar year 1916 show that pulpwood, wood pulp, and: produced have increaged In y ta mearly $50,000,000, or halt of the total export value of jJorest products, with he excep- small proportion of spe- -{ doubtedly saved many lives. really lay far below the surface, We been sold to' is serving the Kaiser. He is in the German navy. Henry Sechumann-Heink, the younger son, is in the na- A tr mi tarp ama MISSIONARY DREW SWORD. Led Punitive Espedition Against Cannibals, Dr. George Brown, probably the greatest South Seas missionary of the nineteenth cemtury, ané¢ an au- thority on all matters concerning the Polynesians and Melanesians, is dead. For a quarter Qf a century after he had done his, practical mis sionary work he was the Methodist conference's secretary for foreign missions, and in that connection he was intimately known and loved throughout Australia and New Zea- land. The story of his adventures would fill several volumes. Finding neither a chemist nor a draper an attrac- tive empleyer, he went to sea when only 16 years old, and wandered about the oceans in some of the roughest ships of the early fifties. In 1855 he reached New Zealand, He was a distant relative of the well known Buddle family of Auckland, ardent Methodists, and they inspired him with missionary fervor. Event- ually he volunteered for Fiji, but was not readily accepted, being strongly objected to om the ground that he was "a meek, mild, ladylike young person," . altogether without the spirit to make a missionary. However, he was sent to Samoa, It was Old Samoa, the "toughest eoir- cuit in the" Pacifie," nothing Itke the Samoa of to-day, and a most severe trying-out ground for any young missionary. But young Brown, prov- ed to be a youth of indomitable pluck and spirit, and he made good. In 1875 the missionary went to the almost "unknown Bismarck Archi pelago, where there were no other white men, and where the natives were utter savages and cannibals. The mission gradually extended. its influence, and then cane a check, in the hostility of a native chief and the murder - of a minister and three teachers, Dr. Brown himself led a punitive expedition which admin- istered sharp punishment, nipped the hostile movement in the bud, and un- Dr. Brown, on this account, met bitter ¢riticism, but oficial inquiries abund- antly justified his prompt action, Later on this remarkable maga established successful missions in New Guinea and the Solomons. He had a wonderful facility for acquir- ing influence over the islands peo- | ples. In fifty years the reputations of many groups of islands in the Southern Seas completely changed, and in almost every case the work of Dr. George Brown can be discerned, both the man on the spot, and as the organising genius behind the for- eign missions. Dr. Brown was 72 when he died. He leaves behind some books and many pamphlets, re- cords of a truly wonderful life, A Chinese Wedding. Instead of the yard-long, flaming red poster of old, the wedding invita- tion of modern China is of cenven- tional letter size, printed or engrav- ed in English seript on one side, with & simplified form -of the old Chinese re i he manera re is & v 3 "_ MRS. UONG DAIK MUK requests ie Hour of at your cor pany at | 'grandson \ TONG SIU ING qn the mo : ding ceremony of my eldest son, Siu- Ing, on the morning of the Seventh ot July. be She Solas calendar, in the Foochow. - Refreshments will be honor to ask that you served at six o'clock. race the ch ith the presence Cash wi of pF pecttully. "Yo MAU CONG.» "I. have received my mother's p in in its This 1 ed a wrote many umes, ment "Why Grant had a years views, "The them, Royal ber ot longs in the Club. active the f bas * of her 55 a béfore the war on the flo of the Canadian Rocky the slides shown by way of ilustra- tion were remyrkable fur their orig- inality and beadtr and represented a collect 4 Mrs. Henshaw which 9s quite unique lore and angling. Durham, rot so many years Ago, and preserved the name of her birthplace in her ubiquitously, "Julian Durkam." Mrs. Henshaw has two books on flowers ferred to. ; This clever Anglo-Canadian lad: was married in 1887 to Mr, Charles of Moatreal, She The Vancouver Provines @i Mrs. Henshaw gave land," Colonial Institute, preciative audienge J, G, Colmer, C.M.G., presiding; and previous to the lecture, of the Council of the Royal stitute at a dinner Rooms. great work exploiting 'the woliders of Vancouver Island as she his seen easily! correcting misconceptions This brilliant woman of reRcarch and revelation is nadian 'vomen Since 1914 she time to war work, bas made her Capt, Julia Henshaw, Br 3,0, Hees me . in the British House recently that as bibited the import China Indian her lectures across (he water An' fauna auntuins, ion of photographs taken by great extent and completeness. ecturer bas adddd hundreds of names to tho list of known flowers in nature's garden, and may be term- constitutional "finder" in this regard, This scicntist born, although this country has taken her in and Canadianized her into an almost native, Shropshire family, that Mr, is not Canadian. She comes of an old her father being William . Henderson, who a4 number of works on folk- Sle was born in pen-name, whieh is seen written on subjects besides those c{ which we have made mentidn, She has con- tributed profusely to The Girls' Own Paper, The Canadian Magazine, "he Graphic, Sketch, The Queen, Pictorial, and The Travellef, author, she has produced Lady's As 4p the vol "Hypnotized? or: the Jxperi- of Sir Herbert Galbraith"; Not, Sweetheart?" 'and - the already re- Henshaw, tr . place on th. editorial sak of Fitig- the 1894-98. Latterly her time has been, principally devotéd to giv- ing lectures, illustrated with her her ~lacture, Awakening of Vancouver Is. in London before the Royal A large and ap- Was present, Mr, the speasxer evening was the guest of the Colonial In- in the Whitehail Mrs. Henshaw Jas ione "Sbe bas explored," says a British Columbia writer, triets in this Province, of whoks vast. Dess those of us who reside in sities have often a more tion than have those who fofm the 'many new dis- imperteet concep- Geographical Society," Ve Mrs. Henstaw, for = one, member of a num- the organizations in whieh Ca- Irgternize, She be to the Canadian Society of Authors (as well as to the Society of Authors, Efigland) end office holds Vancouver Women's Canadian She is also a member---a niost one--of the Copadian Alpine Club, in which last organisation she continues to be a ep ia an obvious 'ovie that she i Has devoted 'her efforts the t and Java, in o and ; "disabled sailors and personal duty of conserving allows interest at current Fa INSURAN Toronto, Can. ° going to insure, rates, ~~ AN OLD LANDMARK TAKEN George Scales, Verona, a Devoted Man Called Away. Verona, Aug. 27.--Another old landmark has been removed in the person of George Scales. Deeeased had been ill for-sometime, but sore his suffering with that true Christ- fan fortitude which had characteriz- ed him through tha later years of his life, ' Deceased was a strict adherent of the Methodist faith and was a worthy class leader for years. His children were with him throughout his long illness and showed great devotion for their aged father. Those left to mourn are his wife, one son and seven daughters, Mrs. 1. Vam- nest, Mrs. C. W. Mantin, Mrs. E. Goudy, and Mrs, P. Embury, Verona; Mrs. M. Martin, Pichborne; Mrs, H. Alport, Holleford; Mrs, W: Lillie, Maberly; Mrs. N. Alport, Port Col- borne; Mrs. W. Embury, Saskatche- wan and one son, W, Scales here. The funeral was largely attended, Rev. C/V. Fairbum, officiated, Odessa Personals, Odessa, Aug. 27. Mrs. Lewis has returned from few days with her sister, Mrs, Frank Morrison, Toronto. Miss Lottie Thompson returned last Wednesday from spending a few days in Kings- ton. Mrs. E. P. Wood has returned from spending the past six weeks with her mother in Sunridge, aceom- panied by her sister, Miss Edith Errington. Mrs. Lockwood, who has been the giiest of her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Burnett, returned to her home in Enterprise last Thurs- day. Mrs. William Fraser is visit. ing her cousins, Mr, and Mrs. Isaac Fraser, J. G. Fraser, who is ill at 7 0. D. spending a Partford sports in London. ' The accounts as well as large ones. Excelsior Policies are up-to-date. FEEDING THE HUNGRY. Photograph shows a munition girl reafing soldiers fund. ---------- SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS A Savings account will assist you in the patriotic and your finances. This Bank rates, and welcomes small Kingston Branch--P. C. STEVENSON, Manager. er AAI A, BAN A tg Mt tat? * Security First" EXCELSIOR LIFE sow If you are write for Specimen policy and ' his son's, Austin Fraser, is improv- ing slowly. Dr. and Mrs. J, E. Mabeo and Mr. and Mrs. W. & Clark" are home from a motor trip to Muskoka and Lake of Bays, visiting Camp Borden and Toronto én route home, Miss Henderson is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Henderson, Hamilton, - HARVESTERS! LOOK! 36,000 Farm Laborers Are Wanted in the West, The Canadian Northern Railway will operateithe first excursion trains for the West, leaving Toronto Union Depot at 9 am. and 10 p.m, August, 21st and 10 p.m. August 30th, and running through solid to 'Winnipeg. "The equipment will cons rist of elec- tric lighted colonist _ cars, lunch counter cars, and in addition, the railway will continue their last year's innovation of keeping a special car for the accommodation of #ingle women and families, and of placing it in the train where the occupants will be separated from the other pas- The territory served by the Can- adian Northern Lines vuffers the widest choice of employment with high wages, but regardless of where you may locate, remember we give you the Vest service to Winnipeg, where you 'will re-purchase to final destination, no matter on what line it may be. For leaflet showing special train service with dates, mumber of men required at various points and other information, apply to M. C. Dunn, 217 Princess street, or General Pas- senger Department, Canadian North- ern Railway, Toronto, an Anzac at the sports were held in aid of the