2.000 AMERICA HLLED IN WAR "They Have Given Their Lives For the Bri- ish Empire. THE LURE OF ADVENTIRE CAUSED MANY OF THEM TO EN- LIST IN CANADA, Parents Seek Release and State De- partment at Washington Has a Special Bureau for Appeals. Lured by the spirit of adventure more than 2,000 Americans have died in battle, fighting in armies of the British Empire. Somewhere in the United States thousands of anxious mothers and fathers are awaiting the return of those who will never return, and somewhere in France there are Am- ericans fighting in the khaki of Britain who will never return to their native land. So serious has become the problem of American youths slipping away in- to Canada to join overseas regiments that the American State Department has been forced recently to create a new division to care for the hundreds of communications which pour in, asking officials of that government to obtain the release of American youths from foreign regiments. In many cases, these boys have Joined in Canada by the simple expe- dient of falsifying their ages. To--- day, these same boys can be found in the trenches along the Somme, in the training camps of England, and aboard British vessels patrolling the high seas. Because of the willingness of the British Government to release and send home boys who joined by fraud- ulent means, the State Department has found little difficulty restoring "lost" boys to their parents when the hoy himself can be located alive, but there are many cases, department of- ficials say, where the names of Amer- ican boys, sought by terrified parents in America, have been found in the lists of those killed in action. In many instances not even the body can be recovered. ws RA Special Division Necessary. During the early days of the Euro- pean war there was a constant stream of requests received at the State De- partment, asking the relegse of Am- erican volunteer boy soldiers, but it was not until recently that the voi- ume of these requests made it neces- sary for Secretary of State Lansing to designate a special division to handle such cases. It id called the division of application for the dis- charge of soldiers and sailors in for- eign service. In reality, it is a branch of the diplomatic bureau of the department, and it is operated by Frank A. Bauskett and Miss Frances Marsh. The figures of the newly-created division show that the cattle boat traffic across the Atlantic from Amer- iean ports to London is a great re- Cruiting source for the British army. Of late weeks, the number of Ameri- can boys who have enlisted in Lon- don has been even greater than the number enlisted in Canada. This is chiefly due to the extraordi- nary precautions the Canadian re- crunting officers are taking to avoid such cases. The British Government has shown extreme willingness to re- lease all Americans who joined when under the age of 18 years, but it is no mean task to trace a boy from the time he enlists in Canada until he is found oh a British vessel off the Mediterranean coast, or in a trench in France. That's why the Canadian officers are careful to scrutinize the "past performance" of all youthful applications, and the result has been a rush to London, via the cattle boats, to share in the excitement of the world's greatest war, If an American boy has enlisted in Canada and his parents believe he has not left the Dominion, the State Department forwards the request fon a discharge to United States Consul General Foster at Ottawa. If the boy can consulate under guard and turn- ed over to Mr. Foster. Locating Boys Difficult. If the Canadian contingent which such a lad has joined has sailed for England, the job becomes more diffi- cult. Robert P. Skinner, American | Consul General at London, then takes | up the case and appeals to the Brit- ish foreign office. This request must pass through the proper official chan- nels, and if the boy is alive, he will | be located eventually. . The thing that makes difficult the task of locating these boys, however, is the almost universal tendencies of the youngsters to give fictitious names and addresses, This natural- ly complicates the task. The appeals received at the State Department from parents seekjng their sons are pathetic in many cases. One mother wrote saying her son was "only 14 and merely over large for his age." Other parents charge that their sons were forced into the service of Great Britain, thoygh such an idea is manifestly inaccurate, as the Government of Great Britain readily releases boys who are under the proper age limit. At the outbreak of the war, the British authorities made only two re- quirements--that the boy be an Am- erican citizen and under 21 years of age . Later the age qualification was lowered to 18. Due to the volume of requests, the English authorities are now releasing boys who are under that age. If the boy's father is a naturalized American, the certificate of naturalization must accompany the discharge application. Owing to the fact that the Depart- ment of State has no funds available to pay for the expenses of this work, parents are requested to deposit $45, which will pay the boy's passage home, and, when he is found, another $25 is required to buy him clothes and food. "Kitchener Square." An interesting suggestion for the utilization of the old courthouse grounds in Vancouver, as a site for a soldiers' monument, . is made by Mr. J. W. Weart, member-elect for South Vaneouver. Mr. Weart pre- faces his proposal with the sugges- tion that the new Government should, as one of the first acts in office, make a grant of this square to the city of Vancouver, in trust for the people of Greater Vancouver, incluging North Vancouver and New r, who could erect there- on a suitable monument to the me- mory of the gallant, soldiers who have fallen in this war. "In my opinion," said Mr. Weart, "the name that should 2a. gived to the square which will undou ly be turned over by the Government to the city, is Kitch- ener square, as a tribute to the mem- ory of Kitchener, the man, and sol- dier, who will be.given by kh istory the credit of organizing that magnifi- cent army of citizen soldiers, which is destined to uphold British insti- tutions and be the means of bringing everlasting peace to the world." Somedne Ought to Tell Her, Dear little Willie was only recent- ly married, and for the last fort- night he had been wearing that fam- ous smile which a man wears on only two occasions---when he is first married and when the first baby ar- rives. That smile, which suggests & codfish in paradise is extremely an- noying to the onlooker. Therefore, Willie's friends were relieved to see him appear ome morning looking very glum. "Hallo, Willie! What's the mat- ter?" they cried in chorus. "Oh, don't chaff, boys -- don't chaff! Marriage isn't what I thought it was! My wife can't sing!" "Can't ? Why, you ought to be thankful for that!" "Yes, 1 dare say. And I might be Sly, you see, she doesn't know th ------ May Be Libel Sait. Collingwood, Jan. 12.--This week's issue of the Conservative newspaper The Enterprise did not contain a retraction of its statement that Toronto liquor interests were behind Isaac Scott in his campaign in the West Simeoe- by-election. The Liberal organizers say that the edi- tor had given his promise that a re- traction would be made before the election. A libel action may follow. A soft answer may turn away wrath, but there are times when one derives more satisfaction, from call- ing a man a lar, Figures may wot le of their own accord, but a skillful mathmatician may juggle them to suit his own pur- pose, is still there he's sent to the Ameri- GIRL MUNITION WORKERS GIVE WOUNDED TOMMIES A a waitress for very guest entertained a party of wounded men to There was good deal of their s of their city. ~ DARLINGSIDE MATTERS, Current Topics Brought Under Re- view of Correspondent. Darlingside, Jan. 11.--Lawrence Latimer was unfortunate enough to injure his eye recently, while cutting firewood, and is now confined to the house. One of the children of Eddie Beaubiah, Larue Island, is quite ill with pneumonia. George Khent is on his annual pilgrimage to New York state. James Robertson is confined to the house with a severe cold and an injured eye. Fred Lati- mer had a bee cutting fire wood Wed- nesday . After a mild spell of some days the mercury took a sudden dip Wednesday morning, and it has since been colder. During the year just past there was recruited in Canada 178,537 men for overseas service. Despite the very considerable falling off in recruiting 'during the past six months the year 1916 provided al- most -half the total of 383,956 re- cruited since the war commenced. The Dominion Department of Mines on the basis of the records available estimates that the total production of coal in Canada during the year 1916 was slightly less than thirteen millions gross tons. 'I'ne greatest increased production oc- curred in the western provinces, Al- berta showing an increase of tnirty- two and British Columbia of twenty per cent, It is predicted that the province of Alberta will shértly be- come one of the greatest coal produc- ing provinces in the Dominion. The supply of coal in that province is Said, to be practically inexaustable, especially in the Edmonton district. The reply of the Entente Allies to the so-called peace proposals of Ger- many leaves nothing to be desired, It is terse. comprehensive and definite. It marks a new and better era in allied diplomacy, which, if accom- plished by equal improvement in mili- tary matters, will end the war and se- cure the world's liberty at a not dist- ant date. Perhaps the new British premjer did not frame it, but it is as well worded and as easily understood as if he had. It is not a reply to Ger- many so much as it is a notification to the world that the Allies are united in meeting Germany's challenge, as voiced by Bernhardi: "World domina- Germany would niean to the world has be en terribly demonstrated in Belgium, Serbia, Northern France, Poland and Roumania. There is no choice but to fight out the present contest for the world's liberty, or give up, either now or later om. If the Allies cannot win In this war they will never win in any other, They could not expect to 'ever have again the same combination of forces and interests that to-day are co-operating So that justice and liberty shall not perish from the world. What is wanted now is not words but deeds. Unity and effiency must be the watch- words of the Allies. One side or the other must be decisively and irremedi- ably defeated. It is up to the allied Was Worried and Nervous Kingston, Ont., Jan. 12.--The ner- vous system cannot withstand mon- _. 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Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are 50c. or three boxes for $1.25, at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limi. ted, Toronto, Ont. VICTIM OF SWINDLERS. Germans Suffer From the Scheme of Food Crooks. Berlin, Jan. ;12.-- Neukoelln, a suburb of Gred¥er Berlin, has been the victim of a clever fpod swindle and is mourning the loss of 2140,- 000 marks which it paid three crooks for non-existing carloads of sausage and bacon, The swindlers informed the suburban officials that the food, supposedly military property, was at "Bro- Aix-La-Chapelle but could be cured quietly for the mentioned sum, The officials agreed on the purchase and to pay the money through the Essen Bank on presen- tation of duplicate bills of lading. Through a forged manifest the crooks collected the money and dis appeared after leaving with a Neu- koelln official the supposed keys to the freight care. The official waited a week. before cautiously. inquiring as to the whereabouts of the food only to discover that it did not exist. "DEBRETT" ROLL OF HONOR Many Titled People Have Fallen in Battle, London, Jan, 12.--The roll of honor of those in "Debrett" for 1917 has increased to about 1450 names, and embraces: One member of the royal family 14 peers, 21 baronets, 9 knights, 9 'M.P's, 290 companions, 114 sons of peers, 110 sons of baronets, 150 sons of knights. : The number of heirs to hereditary titles who have been killed is 118. the Glasgow girl munition special Christmas spread. The girls who prepared the feast and waited on the men work all day long at shell-making, and have been devoting a pare time and no small amount of cash to entertain the wounded soldiers mi, + "TOPPING" TEA PARTY workers recently ! | THE NATIONAL SPORTS. Splendid Tribute Paid to Hockey and Lacrosse by an Officer, The following tribute to Canadian sport, particularly hockey and la- crosse, the national winter and sum- | mer sports of the Dominion, is con- tained in ome of the latest books (The Red Watch) dealing with the great European struggle, written by Colonel J. A. Currie, M.P., and hav- ing for its subject the doings of the First Cassdian Division in Flanders: "The work of organizing and equipping the Canadian Imperial bat- talions for overseas service was taken up with great vigor by the Minister of Militia and the officers of the de- partment. Owing to the influence of the churches the best class of youth in the country.came forward in large numbers. The clergy appealed to the athletes that had been trained in the gymnasiums of the Y.M.C.A., and the ranks soon contained a large sprinkling of Canadian lacrosse and hockey players. "It was afterwards to be shown that the manly and strenuous native Canadian sports, lacrosse and -hoe- key, practised by almost every boy in the country from the time he is able to walk, are of a character ad- mirably suited to produce bold and courageous soldiers. Boys who have been accustomed to handle lacrosse and hockey sticks, develop arm and shoulder muscles that make the carrying and use of the rifle easy. Firing for hours during a hot and sustained engagement does not fa- tigue or exhaust them as it other- wise would. In the rough work of the bayonet charge, they keep their heads, and have confidence in their ability at close quariers to owver- come their antagonist. They do not dread a blow or a bayonet, for they have been accustomed to roughiag it all their lives. When it comes to 'cold steel' it is the man who has ti courage and confidence in himsel! that wins, for nineteen times out of twenty the other man is dominated in the rations of the Austrians, rations for a year past barely sufficient. they have been quite insufficient both in qualify and quantity. hours. i all in favor of our Allies. The' Austrians in their retreat on | | the Carso in the lajt offensive delib- | erately left a "No Man's Land" about | a mile in breadth from Vippacco as far as Jamieano. This condition was | a triumph for the new Italian bom- | barda (special trench mortar), which | with heavy 11-inch projectiles har- | assed the lines of the ememy sp he' could not come to close quarters a series of night advances recorded in some twelve official communiques the Italian lines .were brought fo;- ward-within bombing distance of the Austrians These rectifications of the line have been carried out as surprises which frequently have made in the short space of a night on rock soil, which admits of no digging without mining. Whatever has been taken has been held. AUSTRIAN ARMY SHORT OF FOOD ITALIAN ACTVITY. The Work of the "Bombarda'--A New Special Trench Mortar Keeps the Enemy From Close Quarters. Italian Headquarters, Jan. 11. Now elements in the situation favor- ing our Allies have created a pro- found depression everywhere among the enemy rank™and file. There has been a recent reduction The have been For six weeks past The line, of battle on the Gorizia and Trieste fronts has advanced a considerable distance since the No- vember offensive. There is no relax- funded. | ing of the Italian endeavor, no cessa- tion of activity even for twenty-four Just The advantages realized are, along the entire sector. The greatest onslaught was against the line of Adrian Werke, a mile and a half east of Monfalcone on the night of Dec. 10th. 'whether such a bombardnfent and at- tack has been known before. tainly nothing finer in the way of re- sistance stands to the credit of the Italian troops. marshes without for one hour was subjected to the most awful rage of high explosives and big shells to which the Austrians have ever given vent, was held with- out a break against superior forces of veteran troops. It is doubtful Cer- The trench line in protection, which Few Got Hack. Bersaglieri (dismounted cavalry) There is no doubt the in- Hungarian troops have been large- The increase in the hurt, before blades are cross ai once either throw up hi runs." } and hands ed, s Such an abundance of munitions has not been observed for many months as now rule. There has been a great improvement fn the co-ordination of enemy methods in every department. ONTARIO DEAREST PROVINCE. Workman's Weekly Outlay for Neces- sities $15.01 in September. The Labor Department's October publication of the cost of living fiz- ures shows that the average weekly budget of a workingman's family, for staple foods, fuel, lighting, and rent, had by the eud of September risen to $15.01, as compared with $14.63 for August last, $13.67 for September of last year, and $13 for September of 1911, The average is made prices obtained from sixty cities in Canada, and the items included con- cern practically only the essentials of very plain living. 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