. se PRUSSIANS AND BAVARIANS. in France says:--Fghting their way 'through the Germans Thursday on a front of over 15 miles cluding Canadidns, Australians i RETREAT ON WIDE FRONT English, Freneh and Canadian Troops in Offensive ee Enemy A despatch from the British Army] Moreuil and the country front ad-, joining shige en have been taken by the French, while the British. have captured the Dodo and Hamel! Woods, and Marceleave after hard. fighting and pushed a considerable | distance beyond. Weather Helped Allies Especially hard fighting was experi- pees and on the left flank of the t : | fighting front in the neighborhood of The Prussians and Bavarians fled | Morlancourt. The weather helped before the advancing infantry and/ in the advance. : | tanks, leaving many of their guns be-| . : | ag them. : |northward on the left flank, very lit-| : arge numbers of prisoners have} tle enemy shelling was experienced ; been taken both by*the British andj after the attack got well under way. French, and heavy casualties un-| Nearly all the country already. doubtedly have been inflicted on the! fought over and that now in front of | eeny, ae eee | the allied forces is low and rolling, S far everything has been ac-| and especially adapted t | complished with exceedingly : ee ee San 1 small' fare. osses to the allies. One new German division which had The artillery hag followed up the| just arrived in the line before the at: | storm troops closely and hurled shells| tack was launched was told to expect down upon the enemy forces, which, local-attacks. Prisoners taken from taken by surprise and fiercely attack-| this division said they had heard ! at dawn on 'astride the River Somme, British (in- r and English),"and French 'troops by the afternoon had reached points from five to six miles inside lines which belonged to the enemy. ed, were in a more or less crippled) nothing of a general attack being con- t?, track, Toronto. condition. HUNS PREPARING WATCH ON RHINE | templated. REPORT MUTINY OF U-BOAT CREWS | All along the line, except pomthig -- Canada's Butter _ Opportunity! _ Breadstuffs. - Toronto, Aug. 18--Manitoba wheat| --No. 1 Northern, $2.2334; No. 2 Northern, $2.20%; No. 3 Northern, $2.1714; No. 4 wheat, $2.10%, in store Fort William, including 2%c tax. "Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 90%¢; No. 3 C.W., 87%4c; extra no. 1 feed, 87i4e; William. American corn--No. 8 yellow, kiln dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln dried, nominal. Ontario oats--No. 1 white, 85 to 86c, nominal; No. 3 white, 84 to 85c, nom- inal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat--No. 2, Winter, per car lot, $2.22, basis in store Montreal, Peas--No. 2, nominal, according to freights outside. . Barley--Malting, new crop, $1.20 to $22: Buckwheat--Nominal. Rye--No. 2, nominal. Peas--Nominal. i Manitoba flour -- War $10.95, Toronto. Ontario flour -- War quality,) $10.85, in bags, Montreal and Tor- onto, prompt shipment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included: Bran. $35 per ton; shorts, $40 per ton. Hay--wNo. 1, $17 to $18 per ton, track Toronto; mixed, $15 to $16 per ton, track, Toronto. : Straw--Car lots, $8 to $8.50 per quality, Country Produce--Wholesale Butter--Creamery, solids, per lb., 42 to 42%c; prints, per lb., 42% to 43c; dairy, per lb., 36 to 37c. Eggs--New laid, 41 to 42c. Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 88 to 40c; roosters, 22c; fowl, 23 to 28c; ducklings, 33c; turkeys, 32 to 36c. 'Force of Half Million Being Yormed to Resist Invasion of Germany. the Twenty-three Men Said to Have A despatch from London says:-- A despatch from Menaetekn Rumors of a revolt by German sailors Army says:--From sections of the | t Wilhelmshaven in protest against German army there are being drawn| continuation of the submarine war are 'a certain proportion of officers aaa in circulation, according to a despatch 49. creamery prints, fresh made, 45 to the Daily Express from Amster-| to 47¢; pada ds to 45c. : the sturdiest soldiers for the forma- : ae tion of a force of half a million men,| 4@™- It is reported that propagandists | which is to receive. special training) #028 the men incited sailors about to and have special organization. There | leave on submarine cruises to. attack ais ta ic nd Poles oc Alsataas ie their officers and surrender their ships | this army, but only fighters that the ° seek an opportunity to sink them Kaiser believes he can trust to the 'Yast. This German force is not to b eased as a hammer in any new rae Twenty-three of the ring leaders of 'for Paris; it is not to be used for| the revolt are reported to have been 'arrested and sentenced to death. Many vany blow against the British; it is not; : to be used to "punish" the Americans; | others haye Det AETORES: Bt Kiel and '| elsewhere, it is added. "but, ¢®ording to information reach-| : ing allied conimanders | The recent resignation of Admiral it is bemig| von Holtzendorff as chief of the naval formed for no other purpose than to! r end hack of rey Shine seine: by staff is declared to have been connect- } Emperor Wil- t : iL. j ed with the scandal. = ll ona a Nai liam, it is added, has abandoned an in- Than the formation of such an army bola pert ee at tS aioe for such a purpose at such a time, arith Se ee ~when the Kaiser needs all his avail-; ee eee 'able forces on the Western fronts' DIVISIONS ARE CUT UP. 'what could better show that the Ger-| spe as man High Command realizes that the A despatch from the British Army tide of war is about to turn if, in- | Headquarters in France says:--On deed, it has not already done so? One the horizon enemy motor transports may not say that the war {ts almost , have been visible scurrying away. won, but one may say that the sun, ..The 27th, 43rd and 108th Divisions now shines on our side of the fence.| Of Crown Prince Rupprecht's army Up to three weeks ago, for months have suffered heavily, while the 117th the allies waited to see what the Ger-; Division, which came into the line mans were doing and wondered where Mly last night, has been badly cut they would strike next; now it, is, UP- the Germans who wonders where the! | harbors. More than 50 submarines are said to have disappeared. + Been Sentenced to Death. | | and be themselves interned in neutral ; Live poultry--Roosters, 16c; fowl, 21 to 26c; ducklings, lb., 25c; turkeys, | \27 to 30c; Spring chickens, 32 to 35. Wholesalers are selling to the re- 'tail trade at the following prices:-- | Cheese--New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 28% to 24%c; old, large, 2544 to 26c; twin 26 to 26%c. | Butter--Fresh, dairy, choice, 40 to Margarine--28 to 32c. Eggs--No. 1's, 48 to 49c; in cartons, 52 to B4c. | Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 50c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 33 to 34c; turkeys, 40c. $7.50; imp., hand-picked, Burma or |Indian, $6.50; Japan, $8.00 to $8.75; Lamas, 18 to 19c. Honey, new crop--Strained, 60-Ib, tins, 20c; 10-lb. tins, 204%c; 5-lb, tins, 2ic. Combs--Doz., $2.40 to $3.25. Maple syrup--8%%-lb tins, case, $14.50; imperial gallon tins, per tin, $2.25; imperial five-gallon cans, per can, $10.50; 15-gallon kegs, per gal., $2.00; maple sugar, 1-lb. box, pure, per Ib., 24 to 25c. Provisions--W holesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium, to 88c; do., heayy, 30 to 32c; cooked, bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 44 to 45c; boneless, 48 to 49c. ured meats--Long clear bacon, 80 to $1c; clear bellies, 29 to 30c, Lard--Pure, tierces, 30 to 30%¢c; tubs, 30% to 3 prints, 33 to 3344c. Compound tierces, 126 to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 26%¢; pails, 26% to 27c; prints, 28 to 28%4c. Montreal Markets No. i feed, 84%c, in store Fort} Beans--Canadian, hand-picked, bus., | 0 to a; 36) 51 to 53e; rolls; 32 to 38c; breakfast | 1c; pails, 30% to 81%c};) "BRITAIN NORMAL IMPORT 452,795264 Ibs 'CANADAS ~ NET-Exports. S3/O00Lbs 4 I2YRs Aso NET EXPORTS ao ere "Why carit CANADA do as well as she did 12 Years Ago FOCH'S POLICY WORKING WELL Enemy is Not Given Time in Which to Reconstruct His Force. A despatch from the French Armies says:--History is again re- peating itself. The allies have fol- lowed the second victory of the Marne by a combined attack in the region of the Somme. After a short but ex- tremely violent artillery preparation, the Franco-British forces attacked on a twenty-mile front between the river and Montdidier. Latest news shows the French progressing favorably. Avre was crossed south of Moreuil and all the first objectives reached. os direction og Aubercourts and Demuin. Can't Reconstruct Force Fock has thus refused to allow the enemy to reconstruct his force of manoeuvre, which, was the object of his recent rectifications of the front and his principal preoccupation. As Mangin put it, the Kron Prinx had received a severe knock, and Prince Rupprecht was in the position Montreal, Aug. 13.--Oats--Cana- dian Western, $1.01; extra No. 1 feed, 98c allies will strike next. | ITALIANS DRIVE IN ae AN ENEMY POST 90 lbs, $5.20 to $5.30. Flour--New standard grade,, $10.95 to $11.05. Rolled oats--Bags,! . F Bran, $37.00. | ders what on earth is going to happen WILL NOT RETURN GERMAN TERRITORY A despatch from Cape Town says:-- Impressive war anniversary services were held at the principal centres in, the Union, last week including an open | air service in the Church Square at Pretoria, which was attended by sev-} Ministers of | Justice DeWet, speaking in the Johan- | eral Cabinet Ministers. nesburg Town Hall, said the Union's war message was one of courage, sympathy and faith. At the meeting at unanimously decided that under no circumstances shall the conquered East, Africa territory be returned to Germany. Nairobi it was Qo--_---- 12 Meatless Weeks Announced By Bavarian Authorities A despatch from Zurich says:--Von Brettrech, the Bavarian Minister of the Interior, announces in Parliament 12 meatless weeks to save the need- ful 300,000 heads of cattle. He says _ that the milk and fats supply is un- satisfactory, and the whole food sup- ply is seriously endangered by pro- fiteers who continue to hide food. He denies, however, that the Bavarian food supply is desperate, and says that rumors calling it black are lies. Se A ay ae ea POPULATION OF POLAND DECREASED 3,500,000 A despatch from London says: -- Polish newspapers declare that the population of the Kingdom _ has de creased from 14,000,000 to 10,400,000 during the war, according to an Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Cop- enhagen. ; Mortality is increasing and great numbers of Poles are leaving their country because of the rigorous con- ditions of life under the German rule. , ~ Ye --- Remember radish, beet 'and turnip tops make excellent greens. 09 ---- ------ ~ 1 Shorts, $40. Mouillie, $67. Hay-- | Austrian Attempt on the Cornone ce ' per ton, car lots, $14.50 to fsa Rouiaine Aeenes: | Cheese, finest easterns, 22% to 28c. _ despatch from Rome says:-- Butter, choicest creamery, 43% Italian troops drove in an enemy ad- | 43%. vance post on the mountain front 1 stock, 47 to 48c; No. 2 stock, 45 to north of Col del Rosso, taking pris-'46c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 'onerg and a machine-gun, the War $2.10 to $2.15. Office announced. An_ enemy at-,toir killed, $29.50. tempt on the Italian positions on the | Pails, 20 Ibs net, 32 to 33c. | Cornone was repulsed. ---- ae | United States Markets | s Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 13.-- ; 2,000,000 UNIFORMS : Wheat, cash, No. 1 Northern, old, TO REFIT AMERICANS ¢92.38. Corn, No. 3 yellow, $1.70 to | '$1.75. Oats, No. 8 white, 67% to | A despatch from London says:-- 69c. Flax, $4.25 to $4.31. Flour to} Eggs, selected, 45 to 46c; No.} Dressed hogs, abat-' Lard, pure, wood | of a man who, after weakening him- | self to aid a friend, sses the latter temporarily hors de combat and won- ito him. Now he knows. i NORWAY PAYS HEAVY TOLL FOR NEUTRALITY A despatch from London says:-- Norway lost 14 vessels through war causes during the month of July, it was announced by the Norwegian Legation. The tonnage of the ves- sels lost aggregated 15,444. Fifty- five sailors were lost during the month. re The Next War The British Government has let con- unchanged. Bran, $29.31. tracts to British manufacturers for' Duluth, Minn., Aug. 13.--Linseed_ | military clothing to refit 2,000,000 American soldiers, according to a | despatch from Glasgow to the Central 'News. This order, which breaks all |records, is in addition to contracts | Tica: Stock Markets 'under execution for the French and Torénto, Aug. 13.--Choice heavy| British armies. No cloth is to be| steers, $14.00 to $15.35; butchers' 'made henceforth for civilian use, ex-\cattle, choice, $13.25 to $13.75; do.} 'cept under permit. good, $12.00 to $12.50; do. medium, | piviaees > © mpi eaten do. erate gt beg to .00; utchers ulls, choice, ' IRRESISTIBLE $11.00 'to $11.26; do, medium bulls, wage A $10.25 to .60; o. rou 2 With the French Army in France.! $7.60 to $8 ot butchers' Sane: nae --tThe slopes of the Valley of the Avre; $10.75 to $11.00; do. good, $10.25 have been carried, and the Allies have | to $10.50; do. medium, $8.25 to $8.75; reached the plateau beyond. They do. common, $7.00 to $8.25; stockers, ure making further progress and over: $8.09 to $10.50; feeders, $10.50 to, coming every obstacle along the Ui | oe titers pol yoga ag te ap everywhere. , | to $125.00; do. com. and med., $65.00. i [to $75.00; springers, $90.00 to! 75 GERMAN: U-Boats Destroyed | $125:005 Haht eres, orriG OOc seine. During the Past Twelve Months joie. 18 to i8%sc; calves, 'good. to choice, $18.50 to $16.50; hogs, fed A despatch from London says:---'!and watered, $20.00 to $20.25; do.. |In the course of a statement in the weighted off cars, $20.25 to $20.50; {House of Commons Wednesday,, do. f.o.b., $19.25. | Premier Lloyd George said that since' Montreal, Aug. 18.---Choice steers, ! the war broke out 150 German sub- $11.00 to $12.00; good, $9.00 to! arenas aes ae eS Rae. , $10.50; cows, $8.00 to $10.00; can-! lmarines have been _ destroyed, more | Pos $5.50; bulls, $8.00 to $9.00; than one-half of them during the past. lambs. $16.00 tA "$17.50; ae fed | | year. jcalves, $12.00 to $14.00. | ber, $4.31 bid; October, $4.28; Nov-| ember, $4.26 bid, and December, $4.25. . oe is indifferent or disloyal is céantired ~ = te ; Silent pro-German appetites are as by the amount of wheat flour in her} hostile to the allied cause as disloga:'| kitchen. | utterances. | on track and to arrive, $4.27; Septem- yaging. The regiment of fine, It was the year 2000, and the next war, which was to end all wars, was stal- wart women were going to attack a strong position, and their officer was doing her utmost to encourage them. "Women," she cried. "Never let it be said of you that you showed the white feather at a time when feathers are not being worn." "We will die first," said the regi- ment with one voice, and advanced against the foe. Moreuil and Morizel, obstinately de- fended, were the scene of bitter fight-| ing, but the whole German position! on the Avre is threatened by the ad-| | vance made further north along the) Luce Rivulet, east of Hangard, in the, RUPPRECHT'S MEN WERE IN RESERVE Germans Engaged Southeast of Amiens Were to Drive on British. A despatch from London says:--It is believed here that the troops en- gaged by the Franco-British forces southeast of Amiens are elements of pakke: Prince Rupprecht's army. It has long been known that he had re- | serves concentrated behind the Arras- | Amiens-Montidier front, where it was 'expected that the Germans would 'make their next blow. | The moment chosen for the blow is _considered an opportune one, as it is | known that'a large number of Rup- 'precht's reserves were taken by the German Crown Prince to extricate his army from the predicament it had en- countered through Marshal Foch's counter-offensive on the Soissons- Rheims salient. Boe Se ee 2 WOODEN VESSELS LAUNCHED IN EAST New Brunswick's Answer to the Submarine Challenge. A despatch from St. John, N.B., says:--Launching of two fine wooden vessels last week was New Bruns- wick's answer to the challenge of the German submarine lurking off the At- lantic coast which has already de- stroyed the Dornfontein, the first of the ships completed in the present re- anissance of the shipbuilding. The new vessels are the Celina K. Gold- 1man, 477 tons, built at St. Martins, and the Vincent A. White, 460 tons, launched at Alma, at St. Martins work begins at once on a second and larger craft than the two launched. a ati PRESIDENT WILL PAY INCOME TAX OF $24,000 A despatch from Washington says: --Taxation of the incomes of the President, Federal judges, state of- ficials, and a tax upon state, county and municipal bonds has been written 'into the' $8,000,000,000 revenue bill by ithe House Ways and Means Com- 'mittee. The President will pay an 'income tax of $24,000 on his $75,000 salary. | % pre cegse The Doges were the chief magis-, , trates of the Venetian Republic in the ! Middle Ages. CANADAS RANK AS A SHEEP PRODUCER AUSTRALIA, WRB WeRBeShRewHRNR Re A ee ee shah ehebehalo ka! Lahn De Bas Dake Pas Pie! GREAT Lahabahahahabebal BRITAIN ae _ 58 Labebobababababababatahadall Lehohetehabohehabehobobshal wae Ps ss 52 Reverses WHERE wee hahabahahshahal ry a wees whw_s , ww_2 ITALY, ARGENTINA FRANCE. HOLLAND UNITED STATES GERMANY DENMARK CANADA MORAN ATS LESION ARIELLE YON STII er / ee ' Th. 2 Doineds of EOE HARTA the Dw wanunin Py ee Wy hy ee ye BR ty hs yy Pa 15 3 9 8a a 913 www 12 COMPARED WITH OTHER NATIONS ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS TO THE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN FARMS. SRT RIRLAD WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLB - AREDOING Progress of the Great West Told fn sa Few Pointed | i Paragraphs. Tag Day for the Armenians and Syrians at Victoria netted $2,080. Seventy-five whales have already been taken this season by the steam whalers operating out of Kyuquot. A . Victoria loses a popular young man in the death of Flight-Lieutenant Evan Spencer, son of Chris Spencer of Van- couver. . ; ; Lieut.-Colonel James Alexander MacDonell, D.S.O., a pioneer 'of B.C. since 1888, died recently at Hot Springs, Ark. i The general crop prospects on the |Matsqui Prairie are good, although, unless there is rain, there will be no second hay crop. Recently on a visit to Vancouver, Madame Sarah Bernhardt, though in her seventy-fourth year, delighted in fishing early in the morning. Lieutenant Roland Bourke, of Nel sou, is home on two weeks' furlough after proving himself a hero at Zee- brugge by rescuing several compan- ions. Ke Flight-Lieut. J. Cameron, only son of Mr. and Mrs. J, Cameron, of Salmon Arm. has been accidentally killed, ac- cording to a cable received from Hng- land. The Vanvouver City Council are probing into the prices of meat, and are demanding statements from whole- sale firms with a view to decreasing the prices. A further investigation of the ex- plosion at No. 8 Coal Creek Mine will be conducted at Fernie, all the vie tims haying been recovered; they number thirty-four. According to present indications the registration for the three Van- couver constituencies will aggregate 120,000, but anything like the exact figures is not available as by no means all the returns are yet in. Victoria claims 29,040 registrations. His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor recently presented to the Misses Cle- ment, on behalf of his Majesty the King, the Military Cross awarded to their brother, Captain C. M. Clement, of the Royal Flying Corps, son of Hon. Mr, Justice Clement, Van- couver, Major W. Bapty is now in come mand of the military hospital at Vic- torla, Major C. Wollard at Vancouver, Captain Greaves at Qualicum, Captain Boyce at Vernon, and Captain T. Mil- ler at the Military Isolation Hospital. Dr. 8S. F. Tolmie, M.P., Victoria, has received word from the Deputy Mine ister of Marine and Fisheries stating that the Imperial Munitions Board of Pchaplain attached 'to the H.LI., NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER -. BANKS AND BRAES What is Going On fn the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. fe 'The deer forest of Mar belonging to the Duchess of Fife, has been let for sheep-grazing purposes. The French Croix de Guerre has -- been awarded to Bombardier John 2 Sheriffs, R.F.A., of Methlick. -- The Distinguished Conduct Medal has been awarded to Sergeant W. | Davidson, New Street, Rothes. Five generations were present at the baptism of the infant daughter of° James MacKinnon, Glasgow. _ The Military Cross has been award- ed to Sergt..Major George McGruer -- Rhind, Lochalsh road, Inverness. The death took place recently in Edinburgh of James Wilson Hyde, I. 8.0., late Controller of the General Post Office. j Dr. William Donaldson, Flotta Is- land, Orkney, has been appointed medical officer of Portpatrick Parish, Wigtonshire. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Wiseman, Ardoch Gardens , Cambuslang, have had their three sons killed in the war. Rey. G. W. Eliiott, Machine Gun Corps, killed in action, was minister of the West United Free Kirk, Forfar, Captain the Rey. George Galbraith, re ported gassed, is a native of Glasggw. The death took place recently of Captain George Mackay, for almost forty years harbormaster at Fraser. head. The Island of Tiree has raised dur- ing War Weapons Week the sum of £2,263. The death in action is reported of Lieut.Col. Hope, of Lufness, Lufness Castle, Aberlady. A free gift sale held at Rhins, Gal- way, netted the sum of £2,360 for dis- tribution among war charities. The Military Cross has been award- ed to Lieut. W. H. McKay, son of William McKay, Dulquhurn, Renton, The Military Cross has been award- ed to Lieut. Thomas Studley, Black Watch, son of the late Major Studley, Berwick. aha The death has taken place at the Hirsel, Coldstream, of Charles Alex- ander Douglas-Home, the twelfth Harl of Home. The death in action has taken place of Major F. A. W. Armitage, D.S.O,, fon of Mr, and Mrs. Armitage, Kir- roughtree. William T. Blackwood, Royal Scots, son of Mrs. Blackwood, Southwood, Pobbles, has been awarded the Mill- tary Cross. The Kelso and District War Savings will let no more contracts for wooden ships in Canada. The whole upper works of the dam | at the Revelstoke power plant went | out as a result of extra pressure due to another rise in the Illecillewaet | river, and the collection of an im- | mense log jam. ------_- Ye --__-- MUSIC BY WIRELESS. One of the Marvels of This Age of Wonderful Achievements. Imagine sailing on a ship in mid- ocean and being able to hear your favorite pianist in a concert that he 'is giving on board a vessel hundreds ,of miles away! The possibility is not 'as remote as one might surmise, for , Tina Lerner, the distinguished young ; Russian pianist, gave a recital on board the Ventura on her homeward journey from Honolulu, and enjoyed the unique thrill of feeling that her music was being heard by wireless operators on. board passenger and freight steamers as far as 500 miles | away. | In the concert room where Miss | Lerner was playing a transmitter was ; placed, and by means of a recently iperfected wireless telephone appara- ,tus the music was sent out over a | large radius. | The experience of listening to this concert was far more novel than par- ticlpating in the demonstrations which have recently been tried successfully when singers and speakers in San 'Francisco were heard at meetings and banquets in New York. At these func tions the guests were provided with telephones, through which they heard every tone distinctly. Hven the ap- plause that the singers recefyed on} the Pacific coast was accurately trans- mitted, and all the thrills that attend the real concert were felt by this of the continent. That, however, was over telephone wires. To play the piano while iso- lated in mid-ocean and have the notes float through the air and bring pleas- ure to those far distant does much toward the complete annihilation of space and causes us to wonder what to-morrow may bring forth, When we are far from home--and ; think of the loved ones left behind, | shall') we be able' to commune with ; them through music? | { Cayenne pepper is excellent to rid) cupboards of mice. DEAR, A SORRY IM LATE | STICK AT THE GEE BUT WEVE a AD TO MY "THIS WAR {5 AN AWFUL THING BEEN BUSY FoR THE LAST THREE L DAYS ee WHO Do You THINK | RAN INTO. 'ro- DAY ON 'THE StREET Fs. ; ALL RIGHT- ALLRIGHT PLL Go BAc "Proxy" audience" on the other side |. Committee announce that during the War Weapons Week £110,140 was invested. The Military Cross has been award. ed to Lieut. T. G. Brown, Cameron Highlanders, son of Mr. T. A, Brown, nside, Pebbles. eorge C. Pringle, M.A., F.R.S.A,, is leaving Peebles to take up the duties of organizer of the Education- al Institute of Scotland. : The Military Medal has been award- ed to Corporal James Higgins, R.S.F., son of William Higgins, Kirkland House, West Kilbride. Mrs. Chalmers, of Stonelaw House, Rutherglen, has been notified of the death in action of her husband, Major John Stuart Chalmers, H.L.I. The Tweed Commissioners will pay four shillings per head for the destruc. tion of cormorants which have been' destroying the trout in the rivers. The late Charles Reid, master mariner, has bequeathed the sum of £2,000 to his native town, Tarbet, tor the erection of a cottage hospital. During the 41 years of his service as post runner at Dalbeattie, Michael Fitzimmons has travelled 163,500 miles and delivered 3,198,000 missives. ------ STORKS WANTED. ---- Great Travellers Are They, But Un- known on This Continent. Why have we no storks in America? The most valued (sentimentally) of all feathered creatures is unknown in the new world. One reads about the storks that build thelr nests on the chimneys of Metz--the German fortress city that was French up to 1871, and will be French again before long. But those /birds have maintained this habit for many centuries over all of northern Europe. A German scientific book, dated 1915 (seen by the writer the other day) contains a halftone photograph of a pair of storks and their nest on an enormously tall chimney "somewhere" in East Prussia---a region devastated by the Russians early in the war. The . building to which the chimney be- longed (it may have been a factory) has vanished, but the storks have come back to the chimney (their ac- customed nesting place, doubtless, for many years) and have reoccupled it, just as though there were no such thing as war. British troops in Mesopotamia have bepn surprised to find great numbers of storks. In that country, as nearly everywhere else, they are: protected, Nobody is allowed to kill them. The 'reason why of the seemingly wide distribution of the stork is that {it is a migratory bird. In summer it builds its nest and rears its young in central and northern Burope, as far to the northward as Denmark. Whon cold weather arrives it files to the south. Hence its appearance in Meso- potamia and elsewhere im tropic lath tudes, ee: Indeed, it Vavels, In lis migrations, MeaSy tM6tsahds of miles, evon roach. The British, South Africa. _ Possibly two or three 'other speciag of birds-- certainly no more=-surpass the stork afl travels they undertake. : fF a: habllat Way be Anivoduced from one country into another, Wis ry tory epeces are concerted, the probe lem ig diiMcult; and for this reagon it is more than doubtful whether thé 'tatork Will eywr be persuaded to bree ' ne J St_more or less gjaifonary ~ \ ¥ asd O thie continent, ¥ ro '