Bissns Tricks 'No Longer. "BMtee- | tive, and They Are Always Detected. The British army in France is now using heayy howitzers, which, ac- cording to a report from the Official 'Eyewitness' with the expedition- ary force, haye gained. ascendancy over the heavy German guns. These howitzers, he states, were used in successful attacks on the an ' positions. in the brick fields south of La Bassee Canal a few week ago. "Qur heavy howitzers took part 'in. this bombardment, their fire be- ing directed on the railway tri- angle,"? the Eyewitness says. The boom of these pieces and-the deton- ation' of their shells: Were audible twenty miles away above the roar obthe ether aristleres ayhileto close andthe shapikiig 'ah the great projectiles through the air was most impressive,-as vere the wel umes 'of smoke and debris thrown up: The ceffect of the lyddite shells was truly terrific, one house being blown bodily, into the air, and as they burst amongsthe brick stacks they-created great havoc among the enemy. It Blinded Them. "The. assault. was launched against a strong position or 'keep' among the stacks of bricks held 'i the Germans. Our. storming col- umns rushed the work from three sides at once and captured it with very little loss, for, a prisoner after- ward stated, the noise of the burst- ing shells was so great and the clouds of dust with which the de- fenders were surrounded were .so thick that they did not observe our men advancing until too late, At the same time trenches to the narth of this point, between it and the . canal, were stormed by another party. By seizing these points we were enabled to occupy a contin- uous line southwards from our for- ward posts on the canal, whic formed an advantageous position in front of the brick fields "We captured nineteen unw ound- ed prisoners, in addition to many wounded, a trench mortar and machine guns. The Germans left 70 dead on the ground, while our casualties were insignificant. It Won't Do Now. "The Germans, however, showed no inclination to accept this. reverse, for in the early hours of fo 7a body of them advanced along the canal. bank, ting out, 'Don't shoot« we are engineers.' This form of stratagem, unfortunately for the enemy, has now lost its novelty. Our men held their fire until the sup- posed sappers were only a few yards away, arid then opened with a ma- chine gun, with the result that 'engineers' fell back, leaving thirty bodies in front of our line. Tn the afternoon another- attack was at- tempted, but it melted away under our artillery fire, and did not arrive at close quarters. 'A great feature of the recent fighting has been the accuracy of our artillery fire. On one occasion our guns accomplished the feat of blowing the Germans out of trench- es they were occupying on an em- bankment, although it was only forty yards from that. which we were holding. On the sixth of Feb. most of the enemy's casualties were due to our shell fire. The whole of the aera both behind and im- mediately in front of the trenches we now hold Were found to be litter- ed with the bodies of hundreds of din the various fights 25 Germans kyle since Jan Our artillery fire here has phiaiicd such ascendancy that afidr the assault on that day our troops actually were able to put up barbed wire entanglements in front of their trenches in broad day- light without being fired at by the enemy's infantry. Prisoners cap- tured were despondent and much shaken A Peculiar Shell. "The-Germans rely very much on an incendiary shel! for damaging towns, an in their recent bombard- ment of Armentiers they made use of 'projectiles of this type packed with candles composed of celluloid, phosphorus and wax, which mater- ial is so inflammable that it will ig- nite is placed in-the sun. "In the house-to-house fighting the allies have distinguished them- selves greatly . One man single- handed attacked a house held by eight Germans, He fired at them, and they returned the fire until in érder to get to close quarters he en- listed the help of two other men, The three dashed forward through the etorm of bullets and broke into the house. They accounted for the eight occupants, four of whom were killed, and the other four led off in triumph as PYISONEPB, Even Consumptives Called. The 'Eyewitness'? says that some .of the prisoners captured lately have: heen of 'comparatively pour phy sical condition, and telly of nde ing {n the p & German two medical ierhihcstes stating that he was suffering from cone The certificates were i by an application from ae soldier's | father pane that the son be re ee the ake i of ot bread, oe school boys were sete called into : Ree that ¢ military service. Were Mowed Down. Reverting to the German at ttack on Guinchy on Jan. 25, the. "Eye- witness" says that the Germans pressed on in swarms, being mowed down, but yet in places reaching the British 'trenches, and in others penetrating beyond them, "But even when our line was broken,"' he continues, " 'portions of it continued to resist, and our in- fantry holding them, when assailed from the rear, remained. steady, faced about and met the enemy with rifle and bayonet "Some of those in the village ,who had been engaged in clearing the enemy out of the houses, had got somewhat scattered. until. of one party" only fifteen remained to- gether, when they saw that some of ose|the enemy were 'established im one bf our fire * trenches, just® outside They at once charged dowh the trench, led b\ their officer, and kfl- led or captured all the Germans, forty in number. An Excention. "During the engagement at Givenchy one of ovr officers had been partially buried by a parapet of a trench which hed been blown in on top:of him. A German officer who saw him, despite the fact that he himself was under a hail of bul- lets, stopped to dig him out, and give him. some brandy from. his flask To the regret of those of our men who witnessed the deed of gallantry and self-sacrifice, and deeply ap- preciated it, the German officer was killed by a chance bullet."' ~k NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. WHAT Progress of the Great West Told in a Few Pointed Paragraphs. The new building in Prince Ru- ert, B.C., last year cost a little over $600,000 At Kathlyn, B.C., the G.T.R. cut 7,000 tons of ice. It was 16 inches thik: During the past 12 years the sum of $95,000,000 has been expended in Vancouver for buildings. rs. Mebissa Gerow died at Vic- toria. She was 79 and one of the first, residents of that city. When the Canadian Northern Railway is finished it will have 803 miles of track in British Columbia. Hotelmen of Vancouver think that city will this year get the big- gest share of tourisi traffic in its history. A rubber roofing company at Vic- toria has sent a sample consignment to South Africa and hopes to de- velop trade. Vancouver has opened an unem- ployed Boy's Institute, where job- les lads between the ages of 16 and 20 Ne be looked after. An effort will be made to salve $200,000 in gold, lost .on the Rus- sian sloop.Neva, wrecked while en route to 'o Bitka, Alaska 60 years ago. The oldest man in the Provincial 'Home at Kamloops, B.C., is Peter Keeler. He was 94 years old, and although blind, is as lively as some men half his age. Grant Hal], new vice-president of the C.P.R. said in Vancouver that the Rogers Pass tunnel will be fin- ished in two years. It will lower the grade 541 feet and shorten the line three miles. One of the best known of British Columbia's old timers is dead in the person of William L. Fagan. had held many important railway positions, and when he died was provincia! tax collector. It is complained that bear traps are spread promiscuously in the Fraser Valley district. Some years ago wu Inan near Blaine was caught in one, and was found starved to death three weeks later. West Vancouver is soon to have a water supply from Lister's Creek. A dam 125 feet long is to be built aud a reservoir capable of storing 1,100,000 gallons of water created. The cost will be nearly $99,000 R. H. Alexander, a charter mem- ber of the Vancouver Board of Trade and one of the best known men on the Pacific Coast, died at his son's home in Seattle. He, with a party, went to B.C. by the over- land route in 1862. Archibald Dods. a pioncer of British Columbia, died in Victoria. Born in Scotland he went to Australia with his parents when 10 years old. coveries him to take the long voyages from Australia in a sailing ship. A man named Nate Tucker was caught in a val snowslide an the i Slocan while : ng betwee er and Echo mi Ka tas , scl arm broken in two places, -|right leg tom and bruised in a rible manner. He was one of the few nen to ride a slide and come out aie. rae Vyail to Newbury, and the conmertd= e cessions. wn pe monucaar peer '1 found he "was we the ew ass thet hospital badly cut, one and his sole our boots, and the leather' re- Peatk room to expand caae to pre- | Ct] ge it i the embrace of the "'good Gana t | therhood"--the gradual pst tion of the Garda language for th Dutch, and a Germanization of s1 Britain's Super-Dreaduonght Audacious. _ Ne York hears that ale did ose "sink, but has been repaired, and will go inte. commission next week. + GERMAN PRISONER'S STORY TELLS OF LIFE IN AN ENGLISH PRISON CAMP. Walter Goerlitz Says He Is Well Treated by British Captors. The experiences of a German who was taken from a liner at Falmouth while going to join the Kaiser's army, are interestingly told in a letter of Walter Goerlitz to his uncle, Hugo Goerlitz, the impres- sario who brought Rubelik, Pad- rewski and Richard Strauss | to America, and who saw his Nephew in captivity. The writer is a son of a colonel in charge of a prison- ers' catiyp at Schneidemuhle, Ger- many. The letter said in. part :-- On August 19th, at Falmouth, they took us, thirty-two Germans and Austrians, away from the ship, and lodged us in a grain store, where we remained a week without straw or blankets. I had tawo rugs, which I lent to some of the others, as I was used to roughing it,~but the next day I cut a lot of grass which grew in front of our prise; and made fine matitresses for myself and three friends. The soldiers and the officers were very nice to us, and did.all in their power, for which naturally we were substantially grateful. . Were Well Treated. The ném day we were' sent by er of Falmouth reserved a com- partment for, our party of five. En route we had all the liberty we wanted, and the corporal allowed us to alight at a station to take tea. On our arrival at Newbury, the same evening, we were placed. in the boxes at the racecourse, which are in a closed building. There were from six to ten men in each box; of the better class only six were put in one box.. We had suf- ficient straw and four blankets. For food we received tea, bre and margarine in the morning, soup, meat and potatoes for dinner, and for supper the same as brea everything quite good and plenti- ful. We had a sort of self-governmenty A chief captain, and for boxes con- taining ten men, an under captain, all, of course, prisoners of war. The prisoners did their own cook- ing. The worst.-as far as I was concerned, was. being deprived » of my liberty, as we only saw the walls of the 'building. On Saturday nights we always had' entertain- ments, songs and recitations, which were quite good, and some times we masqueraded and had funny pro- But when it rained it was nasty. ; On October 28rd, the..camp in which you visited me was: erected, and I was delighted when Col. Hainés (the commander) placed me there as a camp captain, and I also|* was appointed postmaster. There we were all in tents, Mr. mann, whom I introduced to you as chief captain, I second captain and postmaster, and a friend of mine quartermaster. Here also we had self-government, and not a soldier}, entered our camp. Have First-class Cooks, Our cooks, also prisoners of war, were professional chefs of the first London hotels, and they cooked very tasty meals with the, supplies they received. the morning we bay tea and half a loaf of English bread for each; for dinner soup, meat and potatoes. Sometimes ance of milk and sugar, which they exchanged for beans and peas e gh was boiled, sometimes roa: tea in Seucofor this goot shaw the afternoon, and soup ag in for | bony chest wall over There was a fine band, which played every night. We instituted a cha ty. fund fri which we those who no 'money. quired for those who qere méans was g& cove = although | they worked willingly, as they rejoiced in having work te do. The Government: *isuppliéd boots, clothing; aiid ondetweat for those: who. ha na means: Col, Haines, in many cases, put* his hand into his own. pocket to help, and he was continuously try- ing to improve our position as much as possible. When the camp broke up (the prisoners were sent to win- ter in new barracks) I started to send an address of thanks to Col. Haines and collected signatures for that. purpose, but it created a great revolt, because the "men thought that the newspapers would use it extensively. was obliged tq ask Col, Haines with a detachment of soldiers' to'come 'to our rescue, as sone men wanted to thrash the cap- tain The British Method, When Col. Haines arrived he made a fine speech to the men, speaking not as a commander would address prisoners, but as a father would speak to his children. He said: "If you are determined to make a row you had better raise three cheers for me," which was one, Ag far as I can judge, the English have done the utmost men can do, and, as the Englishmen have not much talent for organization, it is very commendable what they achieved. The commander was charming, much too good-hearted, |; chances of doing this is her assur- and he tried in every way to better our lives, sa aie. GIGANTIC FIGURES. Their Own Moral to. the Canadian Farmer. Great Britain imported 51,786,915 bushels of wheat from Canada in 1913. She also imported 9,360,400 bushels from Russia, 2,050,987 from ermany, 804,533 from France, 201,- 6538 from Roumania, 265,843 from Austria-Hungary and 76,533 bushels from Bulgaria, a total of 12,759,949 bushels that will have to be made up. There was a decrease in Rus- sla's ex ortations to Britain of 7,- 000,000 bushels in 1913 compared with 1912 and of 24,000,000 compared with 1911. In 1913, the United States supplied the United King- dom with 80,013,897 bushels, .an in- crease of 32,000,000 bushels over 1912 and 43,000,000 bushels Over 1911, while Canada' 8 increase in 1913 over 1912 was only 1,177,000: bushels. Great Britain's total importations reached 229,580,865 bushels. Great Britain imported 14,245,000 bushels of barley from Russia in 1913, 3,240,533 bushels from Rou- mania, 5,208,700 bushels from Turk- eyin Asia, 832,067 from Germany and 622,533 bushels from Austria- Hungary; a total of 24,148,833 bush- els. Canada supplied 5,977,533 bushels and the United States 10,- 355,567 bushels. Great Britain's total. importations amounted to 52,- 358,245 bushels. Great Britain imported 9,173,459 bushels cf oats from Russia in 1913, i, 273,459 bushels from Germany, 2,007,765 bushels from Rou- mania, a total! of 22,454,683 bushels. Canada supplied 7,734,588 bushels and the United States 4,723,814. Great Britain's total importations of oats were 59,829,950 bushels. Surely the foregoing figures carry their own moral to Canadian farm- Carry a WOUNDED HEARTS SEWED UP. Patients Are Saved By a Delicate Operation. A Russian surgeon named Zeld- ler reports 31 patients who recover- ed fro tab wounds of the heart is the D hospital at ag ay ta Prom yt and ra) oe under af- for this g atients were all the 3 ce uence of ether very ter the injury, bak of the chest wall was removed, heart lifted from its bed, and 'the stitches quickly in- troduced between pulsations. The the heart w , that. o; y y skin ea This: esp done to give the put bac - uscle. without t adhesions from pedgra i paid out of our charity the heart's action, aoeatal ut I H. Dutch and tree. Until a fresh An- knew glo-German st struggle at. ients are at their daily work, af- v 14 seven = 'since the i ani aatc: ms was rgan | this. SWORD AT GERMANY'S BACK HOLLAND HOLDS THE KEY TO THE SITUATION. H. G. Wells Writes An Article Which Was Suppressed by the British Censor, In an article inthe New York Times, written by H. G. Wells, but refused publication in Britain by the censor, the author seeks to give his personal views of the position of Holland in the present situation, for he holds that the Dutch 'hold the key to the problem. For the position of Holland is strong, as the risk of Germany attacking her vanishes daily, and she stands well with the. allies. Were she now sub- ject to any German outrage she could strike with her excellent army of 400,000 at Aix la Chapelle, and turn repulse into Thus they hold a sword at the back of the Kaiser, and they could cut) the main communications of the German army in Flanders and cap- ture enough Germans to open up| the road to the Rhine, or, in fact, could finish Germany. What Are the Chances? Now, says Mr. W ells, against the ance of her freedom, the allies fight for her and the German scare is leaving her people, who have feared it forty yéars.. Then she has the example of ne devastation of Bel- gium before b On the Ca 'side are the losses Holland is bearing through the war with her army always ready, trade dead and country full of refugees. What if she presently struck to end an oppressive war and end the ten- sion? And what if she struck also for a hatred of what has happened to Belgium? Suppose the Dutch are not so much frightened by the hor- rible example of Belgium. as 'indig- nant. My impression of the Dutch --and we English know something of the Dutch spirit--is that they are a people not easily cowed. Suppose that they have not only a reason able fear but a reasonable hatred of ""frightfulness." Suppose that- an intelligent fellow-feeling for a smal! nation has filled them with a desire to give them a lesson, There, ft may be, is a second reason why Hol- jJand should come in. Means Greater HoHand, And 'by coming in, there is « ume- thing more than the mere termina- tion of a strain and the vindication of international righteousness to consider. There is the possibility, and not only the posstbility but the possible need, that Holland should come out of this world war aggran- dized. I want to lay stress upon that, because it may prove a deci- sive.factor in this matter. mdeed, in twenty years' time Holland may need to be a stronger country, for then she may !ie alone between Britain and. Germany---a dangerous position unless she is well prepared and protected. & that the desire to be larger is tempting and she may yet join the allies and France, Belgium, Hol- land and Britain be hereafter join. ed for mutual protection, The im: proved frontier the -allies could award Hislland as the fruits of war and crushing of Germanic power are very tempting---and Germany must be crushed! f The Improved Holland. It is not difficult to map a very mich improved Dutch frontier along the Ems,:and thence striking down to the Rhine and meeting the iron cauniry on the left bank of the Rhine, whose annexation and exploitation i is Belgium's legitimate | * compensation for her devastation and sufferings. Here are pe mak ings of a safer Greater Holland! Thousands of Dutchmen must bs looking on the map at the present fame and thinking such a things There, gen pnd attractive. ance. begins. Yet, rapid disaster. | tion of Dutch mercantile interests to beat of Hamburg and Altona and (Germanized) Antwerp. And-- 'the everlasting howling ree rie 'Deutschland, Deutschtand es.' Could Free Belgium. But I have a sort of feeling for the reasons I have stated, that eve: without any serious breach of Dutch neutrality by the Germans, Holland may decide presently te And if, as is always possible, the Germans do 'niake some lwmpish on- slaught "npon Dutch = nentratity, then I am convinced 'tirt at once And 1 ae a Wuch-stronger feel- ing that presently the Dutch gov- ernment will ask the Germans to reconsider their proposed annexa- tion of Belgium. Upon that point Holland has absolutely dictatorial power at the present moment, She j could secure the independence of ; Belgium at the cost of a little pa- | per and ink, she could foree Ger- many 'to evacnate her sister coun- try by the mere movement of her arniy. NEWS ACROSS THE BORDER WHAT IS GOING ON OVER IN THE STATES. Latest Happenings in Big Republic Condensed for Busy Readers. | cont MO." wil! 'Hmit "buildings o ten stories. i" "Nevada legislators , turn to "'easy divorce" at Reno. Michigan wants to close all gro- ' ceries and meat shops on Sundays. Travelling men ask Massachusetts Legislatuie to allow voting by mail. , B { defeated a re- for a U. 8. copper cent dated 1799 Three boys were rescued on an ice floe that drifted into Newark Bay: A circus in winter quarters at Berns Ind., lost its 24 feet python by eat Des Moines will hear the probe of a huge plumbing trust in United States. G. S. Seeretary of Labor Wilson hopes to place man unemployed | upon farms. | [llinois fire marshal shows a de- | erease in fire losses over $2,000,000 | last year, Cleveland firms are tendering for the '"sky-death dart" for French army aeronauts. Thomas Tinker. a whift man who killed a Hart, 4vyas lynched at Mayfield, Non- conenie. musi take out li- censes to fish on the American side of the Niagara. River. Vennaro Sessa, whose dog bit a passing boy in New: York. is being sued for $20,000 dam Dr. Fritz Hyde i Greenwich, Conn., ow of a patient he neglected. Massachusetts is planning the pelo Fathers i in 1920. in, swicided at Lars Club, New York, and asked je his ashes be strewn from the U. S. Supreme Court has a Wis- consim case to decide if an Indian has a Jegal right io drink intoxi- cants. A 14-year-old Brooklyn girl, Mar- guerite Ferri, refused to go to schoo! ecause the children called her "'Fatiy.' Indiana legislator hae a bill to force people to live up to their ad- vertisemente-even circuses and theatres. A Washington iaspector is going 25,900 nriles to inspect the Guam postoffice which pays 8125 a year in SAiary In the election fraud trial ai Pikerville, Ky., John Hadl, negro, led ome of the defendent's at- tomers. Milton Butler. Afier a9 years married life Mrs. G. W. Mullen of Athens, Mich.. jasks divorce, over-burdened by her | hushand's jealousy. ee near A neerceicne Reviewing the Lesson The Sunday school teacher making a review of the lessons. 'Who was the wisest man, James © 'Solomon.'" "That's right. Frank, who was the was the est man?' use the whats couldn' t hold ~~ after it got him.' : a. aes " YY guess my "bro- on die a 'bachelor. put her troops beside the Belgians. that~ sturdy tittle /-eountry will)" * tp 'and Saute And do remarkably; well 'by Peck, of New York, paid t $s must pay $1,000 to the wid __ the - 200th anniversary of the landing of | Je " Wrong; bub at reason ave you for believing, * +3