& 12 PAGES HEROIC DEATH 0 DARN, QUEST Ganadan Officer Killed in Attempt to Ob- tain Information From Enemy. THE BARRAGE WAS CROSSED OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE FROM WAR RECORDS OFFICE Tells About Splendid Example of Heroism of Artillery Observation Officers--Located a Machine Gun. London, Nov. 28.---The following official communique has been receiv- ed from the Canadian War Records Office in France: "The night of November 20-21 was relatively quiet along that portion of the Somme-Ancre front, which is held by our Canadian troops The new line which we have occupied as the our firm the 18th is a strong one. Our prisoners are busy strengthening it still further and extending the communication trenches. 'Last night an officer of our sap- pers was moving up one of these new trenches' when he was surprised to meet a party of six Germans, one of them an officer. He demanded their surrender. They promptly obeyed, and he led them all back. "A splendid example of the hero- ism of our artillery observation of- ficers has just come on hand. During the battle of the 18th it became neces- sary to secure a certain piece of vital information as to matters beyond our front. "Three of the F. 0. O.'s of the see- cond artillery division from three se- parate points were sent forward through the enemy's barrages to pro- cure this information. It was an un- dertaking of supreme peril. One of them, Lieut. Oliver, was killed in the attempt. Another officer succeeded and got back with the information, and the third, while yet some way be- hind the most advanced section of our attack, was severely. wounded and fell into a shell hole. As he dragged himself out and started to crawl back he found himself directly in front of a German machine gun, which had emerged from some hiding place and was about to pen fire upon the rear of our line. He rolled into another. shell hole. The fire went over him. He crept off to one side, worked his way into the nearest bat- tery, and in spite' of his desperate condition was able to locate the ma- chine gun so exactly that 'it was gpeedily destroyed with all its crew. result of advances on GERMANY INTENDS TO DEPORT POLES Steps Have Been Taken to Ore ganize Them for Work in German Factories. Berlin, Nov. 28,--Dr. Helfterich, secretary of the interior, during the course of the discussion of the bud- get before the committee of the Reichstag, combitted a suggestion looking to the suppression of some of the newspapers. He said the Govern- ment recoguized the necessity of keeping alive even the smaller news- papers during the war, and had al- ready taken steps to facilitate their continuance, Where local officials showed want of appreciation of the importance of the newspapers, he continued, this would prove without significance, as all local authorities could be controlled by uniform in- structions from the War Office. Dr. Helfferich also discussed the question of utilizing the population occupied territories for work in Ger- many, within the provisions of inter- national law, A Progressive speaker suggested employing Jews in Poland. General Gronener. chief of the Munitions De- partment] said that steps had already been taken to bring them together in special organizations. Objections to the bill continue to "LUNG. TROUBLE Was never cured by dosing the stomach. The two organs are not connected. If they were, food swal- lowed would choke you. For lung and bronchial troubles you must breathe the cure; and you can't cough syrups, tonics and I be urged, one speaker saying that it would prove a general rehearsal for a future Socialist state, but a member of the Socialist seceders pronounced the bill "the most unheard-of-dicta torship measure ever laid before the Reichstag." ALLIES MUST AID RUSSIA STRONGLY Turkey and Bulgaria Should First Be Knocked Out, Garvin Contends. London, Nov 28--Although the com mentators in the morning newspapers to«day do not attempt to disguise the fact that the position of the Ru- manians has become very much worse and that they are sorely in need of succor, the weightiest writers in, thei: opiniops refuse to be pessimistic. These writers maintain that the Ra- manians' position may be better than the map shows, and the fact that the central passes are still being held and that the Rumanian soldiers are fighting everywhere with desperate courage taken to show that the morale of the army is unimpaired. It is contended that as long as this is 'the case the Rumanians may yet turn the tables, as did he Alliez on tne Marne in 1914, the situation then having many of the general features of the present position of Rumania. Confidence is also expressed that re- inforcements from the Rumanian northern army and the Russians soon must arrive for the aid of the threat- ened armies in thé south. The sud- den rise in the Danube in consequence of the thaw also is regarded as a factor which may prove very awk- ward for the Germans. Some of the comment even ap- proaches optimism, it being contend- ed that the Germans in their haste to conquer Rumania have actually weakened themselves through the ne- cessity of drawing men from other fronts for the Rumanian campaign. GERMAN WOUNDED TREATED IN LONDON Remarkable Care Is Accorded Them in Richmond Mili- tary Hospital. New York, Nov, 28.--The Sun has the following from London: Few Londoners are aware of the fact that a large consignment of Ger- mans wounded in the recent Franco- British offensive on the Somme has Just arrived in London. Remarkable care is being given to these men, who are quartered in the Richmond Military Hospital over- looking the wonderful park which is the pride of London, and which is un- is ful spots which any of the world's capitals have to offer. Quite frankly they declare the military valor of the British Tommy has come as a great surprise, and one can imagine from the confession the tales about the British Tommy and the long-legged Highlanders with which their superiors must have stuffed them. Every week reports as to the pro- gress of the German wounded are sent to the Prisoners of War Intelli- gence Bureau in Wellington street, where a wonderful index system re- cords the names and addresses of every German prisoner, military oi civilian, in the British Empire. Re- gular lists are sent on to the Ameri- can Ambassador and by him trans- matted to the German Government. GERMAN.REPUBLIC ONE WAY TO A PERMANENT PEACE, SAYS JAMES A. BECK. Who Criticizes the United States Gov- ernment for "Too Much Speaking, Not Enough Acting." New York, Nov, 28.--James A. Beck, furmerly assistant attorney- general of the United States, declared yesterday that the birth of a German republic was one of the only three possible means through which per- manent peace could be established. "It could be one of the noblest re- publics of the world," he said, "and as such it would be, welcomed, de- spite the present bitterness, into the full fellowship of the free nations." Mr. Beck's idea of a German re- public was outlined in a reply to the speech of Jacob H. Schiff, delivered on Friday night at the dinner of the league to enforce peace. In his ad- dress Mr. Schiff suggested that it was time for the United States to attempt mediation of the European war, and characterized as unwise Mr. Beck's statement made previously before the Fifth Avenue Association, that peace talk was premature. Mr. Schiff also expressed the opinion that the peace which followed the complete exhaus- tion of either side would not be last- ing and he endorsed the opinion of a Loudon paper that the United States was trustee of the interests of hum- anity. Mr. Beck, in his reply, draws the conclusion that "the maintenance of justice is infinitely more important than the maintenance of peace," and that "this world will not be worth liv- ing in if through the meddlesome in- terference of the United States or any other cause this war shall end in an inconclusive peace, which shall leave the sacred cause of justice without vindication, and the principles of hu- manity at the mercy of that school of political y which asserts the supremacy of might over right," CC A------------------ KINGSTON, 2a gquestionably one of the most _heautis} | for its big game as British Co Jumbia or New Brunswick, On avimals pursue in the fall and early winter ¥s more interesting than the moose He is to be found" in many haunts in the Timagami district, Desbarats, Disco White River, and seen in the region Fort Willlam to V.abigoon l.ake This season the hunters in North is often to have recently iriven (he forest fires that curred there have RAILWAYS MUST FILE TARIFF SUPPLEMENTS Board Orders Companies Not to Do Business on Sum of Local Rates. | Ottawa, Nov. 28.--Fhe Board Railway Commission®rs-has file judgment regarding a large numbe of cancellations of joint freight rates! filed by the Grand Trunk, Canadian! Northern and Canadian Pacific Rail- way Companies. The effect of the { cancellations. was that the traffic would move henceforth at the sum of the ldcal rates, involving consider- ably higher rates. The board inti-! mated that the action was objection-| able, and set a hearing for November] 21. At this hearing it was pointed | out by the board that while the rates bas on the sum of the local rates would work a discrimination as| againét the traffic affected, yet the Joint rates which apply in the future in like manner should be joint rates| predicated upon 'the increases ready authorized by the board in the| eastern rates case, and no other in- creases should be allowed. The hoard finds that the different | companies, instead of being allowed | to do 'business on the sum of the local | rates, should .be ordered to file with | the board at once to become effective | Decenrber 1, supplements to the joint | class freight tariffs now in effect, providing rates which must not ex- ceed these at present in effect by more than a maximum of two cents per hundred pounds in the first class. In so far as other clauses are con- cerned, the rates must be proportion- ed to the first-class rates as increased | by such.a maximum in accordance] with the standard maximum mileage | tariff approved by the board for the use of the companies. of | a| Ir } | | | | THREATENS A REVOLT Of German Women if Children In- adequately Provided For. London, Nov. 29.--The Amster- dam correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company quotes the Ber- lin Vorwaerts as publishing an edi- torial declaring the Socialists will Oppose the compulsion bill in the Reichstag unless the Government considers the demand that allowances for soldiers' wives be increased in proportion to the increased cost of living. The Vorwaerts says, among other things, that if women are comapelled to work in war munitions factories while their children are inadequately provided for they will revolt. ® correspondent adds that the editorial bas made a deep impression in political circles. . Anothe from the arb. epocation is i arti despatch received there say- ng: " "Professor Abel of Jena University, who was advise Food Controller Bdtocki, bas resigned. The censor- prev detailing the reasons " He was unwilling to take D ity for what has hap- : 'department. The ONTARIO, TUESDAY \ (1) Moose Hunting Party in Camp. HOUGH perhaps not so famous tario possesses many valuable wild waich the hunter loves' to Noue of the game of this province , Not long but his favorite resdrts seem to be aro.nd Missanabie, and be stretching from -| sterner s.x ern Ontario are sure to have an ex- ceptionally giod tire, for the great oc Lig | Behind that Prof. Abel's re-| | sienation will be followed by others," he Baily British Ba---- FY (2) A Trophy. (3) Calling the Moose. game [om their secure homes In the recesses of the vast woods, and now they are forced to shelter] themselves under scantier cover than would satisfy them formerly. Furthermore, the season has been extended from November 15 to the month. ago, the delighttul sport of hunting big game was confined to the male sex, but now it is quite fashionable to see ladies with rifles in hand out on the hunting grounds, and often their im is steady as that of cw of ihe members of the Just as there is some-| accomplishment about a skilled fisherma. there is also something of an acco. plishment | about a competent moose Lunter. | . end of the thing of an " Sh NOVEMBER 28, i916 Moose 1 Nortrzerrn Onlarmo EB There are two methods of hunting the moose--the "calling" and the "still hunting." The "calling" is done early in the season, and in fine falls. In the cold weather the "still huns ing" Is adopted The details ot these methods, and particulars as to how-the moose feed "down wind" and how 'the hunters pursue their prey "up wind" should be learnea by many novices in the bracing ana healthful atmosphere of the woods of Northern Ontario during the pre sent bunting season. J A A A A A AAA AAA AAA AA AA cA AA tag WAR WALL LAST THO YEARS MORE Impression Gained by a Writer Returned From the West Front. THE BRITISH RULE THE SKY AND THE GERMAN BATTERIES ARE RENDERED "RLIND." Germans Out of the Air in the Somme | Region--Teutons May Try a Stroke Against Italy After Seeking Eliminate Rumania. New York, Nov. 28.--The war will al-| last two years more and-the Allies! wili win, declares Will Irwin, author and war correspondent, who arrived in New York yesterday on the Ameri- can liner Philadelphia after an ex tended stay with the Canadian con- tingent on the west front. Mr. Irwin also said he considered the. French army, man for man and gun for gun, the finest fighting force in the world, and declared that they had trained the British army to pit themselves in- telligently against the German troops. Somme "a Blasted World." "The Somme battlefield resembles a blasted world," said Mr. "Instead of wide rolling plains one beholds a wilderness of destruction. the lines a large city has grown up. The population consists of men, munitions, horses and artil- lery, which are continually moving from place to place. There is sel- dom a still moment. Long before THE MANAGER THE MANAGER mZam-Buk an absolutely sure for chapped hands." : "For five years I suffered with this affliction, which nothing. could. cure until 1 used Zam-Buk. Since using this wonderful balm, Jowsver, 1 ave dh Astin been troubled with chap ands." If you suffer'with chapped to | Irwin. | sunrise troops are on the march, ac- companied by the heavy rolling of the artillery and the incessant whir of 'the air-planes on ree noe duty. { German Batteries "Blind." | "The Germans are out of the air," | continued Mr. Irwin. "From two | miles south of Thiepval to Albert on- ly two German machines weré wit, | nessed during a week although the | weather was exceptionally good for flying, being clear and cold. The | British, on the other hand, are main- | taining a constant air patrol, both by { their air-planes_ which are up every [hour of every day, despite unfavor- {able weather conditions, and by their {large numbers of captive balloons, | which are stationed about every mile along the entire distance, approxi- mately twenty-five miles." | ! Hope Lies in Russia, When asked the general opinion in | British war circles concerning the fate of Rumanian, Mr. Irwin said | that, although he had never person- ally visited any of the front east of Italy, he believed that the Rumanians | would receive sufficient aid from Russia to ameliorate their present situation. He added that if the Rus- | sians, who are maintaining by far | the longest front, could provide them- | selves with the necessary munitions {and equipment they would fulfill |everyong@"s expectations. He added |that because Russia possessed far | more men than any of the other Al- | lies, general opinion had been un- duly censorious toward her. | "It is not men wheih can win | preserit-day battles, but men and {munitions combined, with the bal- ance of power lying with the army which can put forward the greatest supply of munitions." | Hit Italians Next. ! Mr. Irwin said that the general opinion in' Britain was that the Ger- mans planned to turn against Italy as soon as they had finished with Ru- mania. "If they open a great of- fensive movement against Italy they will meet with another Verdun catas- trophe. The Italian army is not only ; well equipped, but it is a great fight- ing machine, and, what is more, they know their own strength. The Ital- fans will defend the ground they have gained until the last Italian falls. There will be no question of retreat, but of no more men to load and fire their guns." WILL FATHER AMENDMENT. 0. J. Wilcox Favors Sunday Pa : Other Changes May be y il rare Windsor, Nov, 28.--Oliver J. Wil- cox, M.P. for Norta Essex, agioune- ed here yesterday that he 'would father an amendment to ths Lord's Day act to permit the distribution While po parlia- mentary action ean be taken until the new year, the Alliafice will be asked not to force prosecutions until the matter has been acted upon. There are other clauses of the act that may be considered: fér instance, golf playing is allowed on Sundays because it is termed a "quiet" game, while lawn tennis and other similar games are banned, . David McLean has purchased the farm formerly owned by Arch. Me- Laren Scotch line. b aamaamf + SECOND SECTION the Steel Company of Canada declar ings for the current year. The divi- «Colonial Troops. it is the first common stock declar-| 4 P. C. DIVIDEND Declared Out of Year's Earnings For BRITISH TROOPS ; ed a dividend of four per cent on its dend is the first that the company ation to be made by any of the large] Steel of Canada. Si omit of Cn Se ARE NOT FAVORED $11,500,000 common stock, to . be) paid on January 1st next out of pi -------- has ordered on its common stock | the Expense of the Australians or Other since organization in 1910; further, | Canadian steel concerns since = the War. Phenomenal Farnings, New York, Nov. 27.--The Bethle- hem Steel Corporation is establishing new high records in earnings. Net profits in October ran close to $7, 000,000, or at the rate of $84,000, 000 a year. This is at the rate of $560 a share on the common stock. Including all deductions, it is safe to say that Bethlehem's earnings are running at the rate of at least $500 a share. For the current year Bethlehem Steel Corporation will show between $55, 000,000 and $60,000,000 avail- able for the common stock. The latter figure would mean $400 a share on the common, if Bethlehem earns $500 a share on its common next year, it will have earned $1,015 a share in three years, or $315 a share above the present selling price of $700. Change of Directors. Toronto, Nov. 27.--D. B. Hanna has been obliged owing to the pres- sure of his many business engage- ments to relinquish his. directorship of the London and Canadian Loan and Agency Company, and W, C. Nox- on has been elected director in his place, $25,000,000 Steel Order. New York, Nov, 27.--J. P. Morgan & Company have closed a $25,000,- 00 contract with an Eastern Penna mill for shell steel in various forms, including some billets, The steel will be rolled to British specifica- tions, and is for delivery in the sec- ond half of 1917. The seller capac- ity has now been sold for the whole of next year on shell steel, Rail Prices Advance. New York, Nov. 27.--It is an- nounced that an advance of $5 a ton in the price of s section rails is effective immediately. This makes Bessemer rails $38, and open hearth, $40 per ton, f. 0. b. mills, Pittsburg. 20 P. C. Extra Dividend. New York, Nov. 27.--General Chemical Company has declared a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, on the common stock an extra dividend of 5 per cent and a special dividend of 15 per cent, in cash. The 2 per cent quarterly dividend is an increase of one-half per cent over the dividend paid In the preceding quarter. Common stockholders of General Chemieal Company have the privilege of taking the extra 20 per cent dis- tribution in either cash or common stock at par. No public offering of new common stock will be made. Commercial Notes, It is rumored that the North Am- erican Pulp and Paper Company is considering the erection of a 500 ton per day news print mill to be lo- cated at Tidewater. It has been persistently reported that some plan is under considera- tion whereby two of the Dominion Bridge subsidaries, Montreal Am- munition and Dominion Copper Pro- ducts, will be brought together into one company before long. The American International poration, in conjunction with the International Mercantile Marine Company, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and W. R. Grace & Co., for many years prominent in South Am- erican trade, have purchased the properties of the New York Ship- building Company of Camden, N.J. Cor- AN AUSTRALIAN DENAL | | HEAVIEST FIGHTING FELL TO | ENGLISH, SCOTCH AND IRISH. | German Wireless Story Ridiculed---- | Australians Have Brought in 7,000 | Prisoners--Storms Stop All Ac. tivities, { With the British Armids in France, | Nov. 27.--Wireless reports from Ber- | lin Saturday charging that the British have favored their own contingents at the expense of the colonial troops, particularly the Austrlians, in the recent fighting, were denounced to- day at the Australian headquarters as false. That the Australiany have been in hard fighting is true. They have the honor of being considered among the best troops on- the front, and have been used the same as the other fam- ous divisions. The official representative of the Australians told the Associated Press correspondent to-day that they would have been aggrieved if they had been treated as inferior in organization, personnel or material. He added | that the recent attacks had their na- tural difficulties, but that the Aus- trallans and British had been side- by-side, and that the heaviest fighting fell upon the shoulders of the Eng- lish, Scottish and Irish divisions. The German wireless story in char- acterizing recent attacks as "stupid and futile," and made solely for the sake of prestige, had overlooked the fact that the Australians brought in 7,000 prisoners, said the representa- tive of the Australians. He added that the Australians had fought hard, and suffered long with the other good soldiers, but that thay regarded it an insult for the Germans to take up their cause. He concluded by assert- ing that the Germans would be de- lighted to create a situation under which they would be faced by no more Australians, but that this would be impossible, The storms of the past few days have virtually brought all activities to a standstill," Hot eved & "tank" showing itself. CHILDREN TO CARRY Plea For Peace to President Wilson at Washington. New York, Nov. 28.--Twelve little children Wednesday night will carry a plea for peace from New York to Washington. They will go to the White House to ask President Wilson to consider a resolution urging him to try and bring about peace negotia« tions between the warring nations, this resolution to be adopted at a great meeting of men, women and children of all nationalities that will be held Wednesday evening in a school house in the centre of 'the ghetto," the home of a large part of New York's foreign population. Plans for the monster peace dem- onstration were completed yesterday by the American Forum. Mayor Mitchel of New York, Jacob Schiff and a number of men of prominence are expected to make addresses. The New York American says that Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway will likely turn up as purchaser of Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad. E8T'D 1072 q day. 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