Sherbrooke daily record, 14 février 1917, mercredi 14 février 1917

[" Sherbrooke Daily Record.Established 1897.SHERBROOKE, QUE.WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917.Twentieth Ycai Detention of American % Seamen May Force The Hand of President Wilson tnquiry Sent to Berlin For Cause Brings No Response.Cabinet Discuss Question of Arming Merchantmen.Break in Diplomatic Relations With Other Central Powers is Near.No Word Received From American Consul-General at Sofia Since Break With Germany.Turks interfere With Relief Work (Canadian Press Despatch.) Washington, Peb.14.\u2014Germuny\u2019s Continued detention of the 72 American seamen brought in by the prize ship Yarrowdale loomed up today as nn incident of increasing seriousness, particularly considering the United States government\u2019s \u201cHands off\u2019\u2019 policy towards German crews of war-bound German ships in American ports, and its care to show all courtesies possible to Count Von Bern-storff.An inquiry into the cause of the Americans detention was sent to Berlin yesterday, and the subject was discussed at the cabinet meeting, along with the question of arming American merchant ships over which a division of opinion is said to have developed.BREAK WITH OTHER POWERS NEAR.A break in diplomatic relations with the other Central powers seemed nearer today.Ambassador Elkus at Constantinople has been instruct- BRITISH PRESS ON Ü.S.REPLY TO GERMANY Daily Mail Says High-Spirited Nation Has Bowed to Will of Potsdam Pirates.marines are operating under the same respect.(Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Feb.14.\u2014The reply of the United States government to Germany\u2019s offer to negotiate is editor al-ly declared here to be the only ans- i 1 orders as those of Germany.No word has been received from him or from the American Consul-General at Sofia since the break with Germany, and an effort is being made to discover why communication has been cut off.The Turkish Government has interfered with American relief for Syrians and Armenians, and is now detaining more than 1,000 American refugees at Beirut.The Morning Post sees in this incident an even more profound apprehension of the American character by the Germans Than usual, for it adds \u201cIt does not seem to have occurred to them that the proposal was an insult.\u201d The Daily Mail after commenting approvingly on President Wilson\u2019s | reply, says : \u201cNevertheless the Unit- Amon?other officials here today it ; ''d States at this moment is virtual- was suggested that the United States next step may be based on Senator Saulsbury\u2019s bill to throw open American ports to warships of the Entente Allies, thus aiding them in their fight on the illegal submarine campaign without actually entering the war.AMERICAN SEAMAN SHOT WHEN SAXONIAN WAS DESTROYED (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Feb.14.\u2014According to stories in the Daily News and Daily Chronicle American survivors of the Steamer 8axontan say that nrfother American besides Janies W.Eygard, was shot, and, they add.mortally wounded.The name of the man is not mentioned.NORWAY, SWEDEN AND DENMARK SEND PROTESTS (Canadian Pre»s Despatch.) London, Feb.14\u2014Reuter\u2019s Copenhagen correspondent reports that Norway, Sweden and Denmark have handed to the German ministers identical notes protesting against the naval measures taken by Germany, and Austria-Hungary, and making all reservations regarding the loss of life and the material damage resulting.PORTS OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES ARE NOT IN DANGER ZONE first British passenger vessel to .leave New York gfter Germany\u2019s unrestricted submarine warfare began, ! has arrived safely at Liverpool, ac- ! cording to a cablegram received here j today by the International Mercan- i tile Marine.The ship reached its destination Monday morning, the mes- ; sage said.ly submitting to the German blockade.American shipowners, with two honorable exceptions, are keeping their vessels in port, afraid to despatch them on the high seas.It is an extraordinary situation that before murder threats, in which there is an appreciable element of bluff, a great high spirited nation should appear to the world to bow to the will of the pirates of Potsdam and lower the stars and stripes before the black flag of the German submarines.\u2019\u2019 REPORT OF SPLIT IN U.S.CABINET IS DENIED SUBMARINE .J8UIEESSNESS BERNSTORFF LEAVES TODAY Will Sail With His Suite From Port of New York This Afternoon.(Canadian Preas Despatch.) | Hoboken, N.J., Feb.14.\u2014The special train carrying Count von Bern-storff, formerly German Ambassador to the United States, and Ms suite, from Washington, arrived at the railroad terminal here at 6.0G a.m.The train was immediately surrounded by a guard of Hoboken police and Government secret service men, and no one was permitted to approach without credentials.Bernstorff and the members of his party remained in their staterooms after the train stopped, about two] blocks from the dock of the Scandinavian-American line steamship Frederick VIII., on which they will sail for Copenhagen at 2 o'clock this | afternoon.Half an hour later the former Ambassador and the Countess appeared i on the rear platform of the car and ; posed for the benefit of the camera | men.He and his wife then stepped ; into a closed automobile and were taken to the pier.They took breakfast with several of their immediate friends on board the Frederick VIII.SAILING DELAYED.(Canadian Press Despatch.) Hoboken, N.J., Feb.14\u2014 Collector Malone announced the departure of the ship had been deferred two hours or until four o'clock.No explanation was offered.The Frederic VTII.encountered eleventh hour difficulties obtaining coal and it was thought this was the reason.AUSTRIAN EMBASSY FAMILIES ACCOMPANY PER\\STORFF.Washington, Feb.14.\u2014Sowe members of the families of officials attached to the Austro-Hungarian em- 1 bassy have arranged to leave the United States with Count von Bernstorff and his party.In some quarters these \u2022arrangements were re.garded as significant in view of the ¦ indefinite state of relations between the United States and Austro-Hun- ! gary.CANAL PLOTTER GOES WITH HIS GERMAN MASTER BIG WHITE STAR FRENCH SURPRISE ENEMY AND LINER SUNK BY TAKE PRISONERS ON ALSACE FRONT SUBMARINE; (Canadian Press Despatch.) Rio Janeiro, Feb.14\u2014 The German fegation has been instructed by Berlin to inform the Brazilian government that the French port of Cette and ports on the Iberian Peninsula, as well as those of other neutral countries, are not included in the zones in which sea traffic is prohibited by Germany.(Canadian Press Despatch.) Washington, Feb.14.\u2014Reports of the piling up of freight destined to Europe, the temporary shutting down of grain elevators, and the other evidences of the effect of the new submarine campaign upon neutral commerce, are regarded as part of the accumulation of aggravations which are expected to lead to action.So far, the government has received nothing official to indicate any change of submarine policy by Germany, and can only believe that American lives or ships may be sacrificed at any moment.Vigorous denials were made today to reports of a split in the cabinet over the question of furnishing guns for American ships.Naturally, it was said there may be differences of1 judgment, hut it was declared that the members of the Cabinet will1 stand solidly behind the President in | any decision he may make.So Far it Has Had Very Little Effect on Shipping From French Ports.(Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Feb.14.\u2014The German sub-; marine campaign hns so far been in-! effective, according to Marcel Hutin, I editor of the Echo de Paris, who is (usually exceptionally well informed.As proof, M.Hutin says that on Monday 112 French or neutral ships entered French ports.(Canadian Pres: Despatch.) New York, Feb.14.\u2014Acting bn in-; structions from the State Depart-| ment, a request was made to Feder- ! ni Judge Hand her;' today by U.S.'District AttoTney\u2019Marsh all for can ' 1 cellation of the $20,000 bail bond of j Wolf Von Igel under indiements j charging him with participation in a | plot to destroy the Welland Canal.! The request was granted and the defendant will sail with Ambassador , j Von Bernstorff.Von Igel, who was secretary to Captain Von Papen former military attachée at the German embassy, has I never pleaded to the indictments.AMERICANS MAROONED IN ASIA MINOR GERMANS THREATEN NEUTRAL (Canadian Press Despatch.) | London, Feb.14.\u2014An Amsterdam despatch to Reuter\u2019s says that an obviously inspired article has been published in a majority of the German papers dealing with the convoy ^\"[of neutral ships through the barred zone.The article says that, convoyed or not, merchantmen in the restricted region would he expesed to all the possibilities of intensified submarine warfare.It adds that submarines would not attack neutral war vessels acting as convoys, but that such vessels would enter the prohibited zone at their own risk in view of the danger from mines.ADRIATIC REACHES OTHER SIDE IN SAFETY (Canadian Press Despatch.) New York, N.Y'., Feb.14\u2014The White 8tar line steamship Adriatic, the, REVOLT IN CUBA IN FULL SWING Liberal Leaders Claim That Revolutionists Have Won Important Victories.(Canadian Press Despatch.) New York, Feb.14 \u2014 Representatives of the Cuban Libernl party, which has established headquarters here, declared that the revolution in Cuba is in full swing and that the revolutionists have won some important victories.UNITED STATED TO AID AGAINST UPRISING.Havana, Feb.14\u2014 Official abnounce-ment.was made here yesterday that the Unitea States Govesmmcnt had offered 5,000 rifles and 5,000,000 cartridges to the Cuban Government.An encounter 1ms occurred in Mat-[itr.'.HH province between Government traops and rebels.According to a report received hero yesterday the rebels were defeated.The rebel troops wore led by Major Gonzales, id the town of Santo Domingo, Santa flora province.Tk# Santiago garrison has seized Washington, Feb.14.\u2014Another inquiry was sent by the State Depart- | ment today to Ambassador Eilus at I Constantinople to ascertain why he j had not been able to report on the i marooned Americans detained in ! Asia Minor.Since the break with j Germany no word has been allowed i to reach this country either from Constantinople or Sofia.FORESTALLED GERMAN PLANS Rupture With America Checked Reign of Terrorism 1 hrough Submarines.MAN ARRESTED WHEN HE WENT NEAR BERNSTORFF (Canadian Pres» Despatch.) Hohroken, Feb.14.\u2014An incident to which the police attached little im-I portance occurred as the Ambassador stepped from the automobile on | to the pier.A young man tried to \u2022approach the party and was seized ! by detectives who hurried him to ! police headquarters.He said he was Alfred Hopkins, of New York | City, and had been given a letter by a man in that city who instruct-! ed him to hand it to the Anibassa-; dor.TWOMONAROiS EXCHANGE WARM MPUMENTS 114 Members of the Crew of Vessel Reported to Have Been Landed.(Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Feb.14.\u2014The pilot and 144 of the crew of the steamer Afric have been landed.\t/ 17 OF CREW REPORTED MISSING.London, Feb.14.\u2014The White Star steamer Afric was sunk yesterday by a submarine.It was announced that 17 of the crew are missing.The Afric.was a steel vessel of 11,-999 tons, one of the biggest so far reported to have fallen victim of the German warfare.She was the property of the White Star line and was registered at Liverpool.The Afric was 550 feet in length, with a beam of 63 feet.BIGGEST PRIZE YET IN SUBMARINE WARFARE.New York, Feb.14.\u2014Germany\u2019s biggest prize in the submarine warfare since February 1, was recorded yesterday when the 11,999 ton White Star liner Afric was sunk.The biggest, ship heretofore destroyed in the unbridled submarine warfare was the British steamer California of 8662 tons ; the Port Adelaide, 8100 tons, being third largest.Local officers of the White Star line said today the Afric was formerly in passenger service between Liverpool and Australia.They did not know whether she was now in admiralty service, but assumed she had been commandeered, like other large liners, for troop transport service.REPORTED CAPTURE OF GERMAN RAIDER MOEWE.New York, Feb.14.\u2014On arrival here yesterday passengers on the As-cania said that prior to leaving London reports were circulated that the German raider Moewe had been captured by British cruisers and was then in that port.IS AMERICANS MISSING IN SINKING OF STEAMER VEDAMORE.London, Feb.14.\u2014Twenty-five mem liars of the crew gf the British steamier Vedamore, reported \u2019 a6 sunk Feb.8 and believed torpedoed are missing according to affidavit by the captain of that vessel made public yesterday.Of the 25,\t18 were Americans, 15 of them being Filipinos.Eight Filipinos were drowned and one died later.An American citizen from Porto Rico is now in the hospital with injuries sustained in the sinking.Edward Shepherd, a Baltimore Negro, was reported as one of those drowned.Survivors of the steamer Saxonian landed today, reported that when that vessel was sunk Feb.7, by a submarine she did not attempt to escape or to use her wireless.Two boatloads of survivors were afloat on the open sea for 15 and 68 hours, respectively before they were picked up.Attack by Foe in Lorraine Section Was Broken up by French Fire.German Aviator Dropped Bombs on Dunkirk.There Were No Victims and no Damage Done.t Berlin Claims That British Attack South of Serre Failed.Active Operations in the Cerna Bend in Macedonia.(Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Feb.14.\u2014\u201cPatrol encounters occurred last night in the region i of Soisson and in the Campagne, near Tahure,\u201d says today\u2019s official report.\u201cIn Lorraine an attack by i the enemy in the sector of Baccarrat i was broken up by our fire.In Als-, ace east of Metzeral, we made a successful surprise attack and took pri-! soners.Elsewhere on the front there ! was intermittent, artillery firing.! This morning a German aviator dropped bombs on Dunkirk.There were no victims and no damage was j done.In the vicinity of Pompey, i Meurthd-et-Moselle, bombs were (dropped.Two civilians were killed (and two were wounded.\u201d GERMAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT (Canadian Press Despatch.) Berlin, Feb.14, via Sayville\u2014 An (official statement issued by the War Office last night, read : | \"A British partial attack south of i Serre was mais before noon but failed.Otherwise there was no im-i portant fighting in the w?st or east.Macedonian front : In the Cerna bend, counter attacks against a position captured by us were repulsed.RUSSIA CALLS OUT 1898 CLASS (Canadian Pretr.Despatch.) Petrograd, Feb.14\u2014 Notices are posted in the streets of Petrograd, calling the 1898 class of recruits to the colors.Young men of 20 were called two da'ys ago.These two classes give Russia apmething like one million more effectives within the next few months.CANADIAN RAIDS DEMORALIZE FOE Canadian troops on the French front continued their raids on German trenches last week with persistent success, inflicting demoralizing damage on the enemy at the cost of inferior losses and with many instances of individual heroism, according to a commfumieation from the Canadian War Records Office in London.In one raid, the despatch related, the enemy lost one hundred men and the Canadians only twenty-six attributed to the thoroughness of preparation for attack and the clock-like precision with which the raids were carried out.Of 150 Canadians recruited in Manitoba and Alberta who remained in the enemy\u2019s trenches for fifteen minutes the despatch said : \u201cIn that time they completely clear ed it of Germans and destroyed all important works with explosives, finally returning with several prisoners and a machine gun.When all the raiders were back in our own lines two officers returned to the German trenches to make sure that none of our wounded had been left behind.They brought hack two more prisoners.\u201cIn this admirable operation twenty-one prisoners and one ifi&cbine gun were captured, and two machine guns two mine shafts, six machine gun emplacements and twenty-two dug-outs were destroyed.More prisoners might have been taken, but speed' was essential and our men were instructed not to waste time over Germans who north of the Ancre in the neighborhood of the Beaucourt-Puisi-eux road, where as a small enterprise undertaken on a limited front, we occupied some six hundred yards of hostile trench without difficulty.We took a few prisoners.\u201cEarly in the night the enemy attacked our new positions south of Serre Hill, but, caught by artillery barrage and machine gun fire, was easily repulsed.The^ enemy\u2019s lines were entered by our patrols at a number of places.Southeast of Ar-menticres one of our raiding parties blew up a hostile ammunition dump and cautured a few prisoners.This morning an enemy raiding party, observed collecting on the enemy\u2019s position northeast of Neuville-Rt.Vaast, was dispersed by our artillery.\t\u2018 \u201cSuccessful bombardments were carried out by us during the dav north of the Somme and in the neigh horhood of Armentieres and Ypres.\u201cIn the course of the air fighting | yesterday one German airplane was driven down damaged.One of our machines is missing.\u201d E.T.BOARDS NEXT TUESDAY Interesting Business Program of Annual Session.*$*\tV «j» *J* **« « J* *J« «$?«J* «$» *$« ej* «J* *J.**« »*« »*+ »?* *\tWARNING SENT TO CUBAN * *\tPEOPLE.\t* *\t- * 41 (Canadian Pres» Despatch.) 4\u2019 *\tWashington, Feb.14.\u2014\t?*\tSecretary of State Lansing * 4* sent to the Cuban people to- 4* *\tday a warning that any gov- * with rising temperature today X \u2022»4 and on Thursday.Maritime Provinces-Moderate J £ wrat.and southwest winds.Ron- T !* rraliy fair with rising: tempera X Î* ture today and Thursday.\t\u2022> P\t*î« d* -X- *\t*K*4Î* *?\t****** i Capital Paid Up, $15,000,000 I Reserve Fund, .$13,500,000 SAVE YOUR MONEY and thus help Canada to do her share in the Great War.INTEREST ALLOWED AT 3% PER ANNUM ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS OF $1 AND UPWARDS AT ANY BRANCH OF THE BANK\t7E BRANCHES IN SHERBROOKE : Duftcrln Aveuue (Main Office).E.Winn Farwell, Manager A.P-.Taylor, Asst.Manager .F, A.Briggs.Manager Wellingrton Street Branch gHoiMMP Fa**»' ¦ VJLr««iwh (a W i ¦ TWO SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY !4, ivi/.ST.FRANCIS DISTRICT HAPPENINGS Daily Reports From Corre* spondents of What is Going on in Various Communities BISHOP\u2019S CROSSING The Red Orojis held a business meet The Red Cross held a business meeting at Mrs.Scowens on Friday afternoon, at which nine members were present.The sum of $5 was voted to the navy ; $5 to the Belgians and $6 to buy yarn for knitting socks for the Canadian boys who are at the front.A box containing the following articles was packed, 23 suits of pyjamas, 4 flannel shirts, 8 pairs socks, 3 dressing gowns ; 36 pillow covers also 57 towels from the Daughters of the Red Cross.The next meeting will be on Saturday afternoon.Arrivals and departures ; -Mr.Richard Weyland, of TVeedon, at his sister's, Mrs.L.J.Gilbert ; Mr.D.A.Matheson home from Portland ; Miss Gertrude Lite, of Sherbrooke, with her parents ; Mr.Geo.Bartlett back from a visit in Boston and Stanstead w;th relatives ; Mrs.J.H.Shorten and children to Sherbrooke, from a visit to her mother, Mrs.J.Bentley ; Mies Maud Hardcastle the week-end in Sherbrooke ; Mr.Henry Wilkin in Sherbrooke.A dance will be held in the town hall on Friday evening under the auspices of the Daughters of the Red Cross.Planche's orchestra will furnish music and cards will be played in the lower part of the hall.tries, quart erres and sextettes, also voeil and violin selections.The proceeds will be given to the Red Cross, j Dr.O.J.Edgar and Mrs.Edgar.| of Lnchine, were guests of their son.: Mr.Walter Edgar, and family on Fri-j day.) Miss Thyra McKay is recovering from her recent indisposition.During her absence from the Sherbrooke Railway & Power office her place is being filled by her sister.Mr.John R.McKay is still improving in health and at a convalescent home .in Montreal.Miss Beatrice Hawse has returned home to Reed\u2019s Crossing after spending some weeks at the home of her brother in Sherbrooke.Mr.W.Page has been spending a few days at his home at Bolton Centre.Mr.Arthur Tompkinson was in Sherbrooke on Wednesday.\t* The W.C.T.U.met at the Baptist Church hall on February 7th., when a picnic dinner was served to about thirty members and friends.A programme of readings, recitations and music was given.Three new members were gladly welcomed and plans were made for a special meeting to be held In the near future to plan and work for the boys overseas.The Academy is closed on account of one teacher and many of the scholars being sick.Compton, in town Monday at Mr.E.Davidson\u2019s ; Mrs.E.G.Davidson, Mrs.Ai.E.Fish, and Miss Cora Martin in Newport on Thursday ; Miss Brown, in Sherbrooke Saturday; Miss MacCaskill to Newport on Saturday.Rev.C.Moore was unable to go to Boynton on Sdnday afternoon to hold his service there owing to the condition of the roads.Mr.and Mrs.F.A.Johnston spent!; the week-end in Lennoxville ; Mr.and; Mrs.G.Taylor and party from New York, have been spending a few days here at their summer cottage.The W.O.T.U.will he entertained by Mrs.C.Moore on Wednesday afternoon.Mrs.G.Patterson has been stay- .ing with Mrs.G.Robinson since the; death of her husband.POLICEMEN LETTER CARRIERS DRIVERS and other workers who mast have enduring strength, take com to build up and keep up their health.Surely it will do as much for you, but insist on SCOTT\u2019S.SCOTSTOWN NOTES OF NEWS Reception to Mr.and Mrs.Vernon of Sherman on Occasion of Their Marriage.Scotstown, Feb.14.\u2014 (Special)\u2014 Mrs.C.H.Mayhew field a reception on Saturday evening in honor of her son, Mr.Vernon G.Mayhew and his bride, Mr$.Mayhew, whose marriage took place at Waterville, Que., Wednesday, February MEGANTIC CO.HAPPENINGS % Budget of News From Various Sections of County.LEEDS\u201dvTlLAGE The, new Municipal Council held the first general session on Monday, Mr.John Wilson, mayor, in the chair.All the councillors and the 7th.The bride 1 mayor took the oath of office.A few looked very girlish and pretty in her bills and accounts were presented wedding gown of cream duchess satin anJ?.pass?\u2019 , ,\t,, The past week has been very cold, with georgette sleeves and ruffles.but as the wintcr js aupp08ed to be Scott & Bowne» Toronto.Ont.16-15 DIXVILLE SAWYERVILLE MARBLETON Arrivals and departures: Mrs.Carr, SH.Johnsbury, Vt., visiting friends in town; Mrs.James Westman on a short visit to her sister.Miss Edna Gilbert, at St.Johns, Que.The Red Cross Society met with Mrs.Wm.Hetherington with fourteen members present.Pillow slips and towels were the work on hand.The next meeting will be with Mrs.Guy Bishop on Tuesday evening.Feb.13.Mrs.8.Gilbert, Sherbrooke, on a ' short visit to her brother, Mr.O.W.Cote.Tfee Junior Guild was entertained by Mrs.Wm.Hetherington on Saturday afternoon.Owing to the stormy day the attendance was not as good as usual, but the usual amount of work was accomplished.Rev.A.T.and Mrs.Love will entertain the teachers and pupils of St.Paul's Sunday School at the Parsonage on Thursday evening.The Ladies' Guild will meet on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.F.C.Weston.\t< The Homemakers\u2019 Club will have a sugar social in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening.The dance held on Friday evening in thé Town Hall was much enjoyed by all who attended.Turcott\u2019s or-cheatre, from North Hatley, furnished excellent music.Capt.Charles Weyland will celebrate his 42nd birthday on Friday.February 16, all being well, when he and his wife will receive congratulations from bis manv friends.Great news for the people of Saw-yerville and vicinity.The Toronto Clothing Store.L.Weiser proprietor Eug.Bouchard's block, Sawyervilic, Que., opposite the Montreal Bank.Great Liquidation Sale for 30 days only, commencing Thursday.Fe by ary 15, and finishing positively on Saturday night, Marcfi 17.Ladies and gentlemen, on account of illness I am going completely out of business, and I come to your town for the last time with a balance of goods valued at about 53,000.goods which you need for the winter, syring and summer.You will have the opportunity of buying ever\u201d article in this stock at 10 per cent, below manufacturing price.So you can see that you cannot afford to let such an opportunity pass at a time when goods are going up every day.\u2014L.Weiser, Prop.It is expected that Dr.S.S.Bates of McMaster University, Toronto, will deliver an address in the Bap-tish Church, on Wednesday evening, February 14th., at 7.30 p.m.Mr.Gordon Mayhew, of Sherbrooke was the week-end guest of his parents, Mr.and Mrs.W.Geo.Mayhew, also Mr.Reginald Mayhew, of Waterville.Mrs.R.G.Smith was called to Coaticook last week by the illness of her brother, Mr.Lewis A.A.t w-yer, of Montreal ; Mr.C.H.Swift, sr., of Utica, N.Y., was the guest of Mr.\u2019and Mrs.J.B.Parker, the first of the week ; Mr.Nelson Egle-ston, of Coaticook, visiting his parents, Mr.and Mrs.F.B.Egleston on Sunday.M s-s Lizzie EgLston was visiting friends at Coaticook, on Thursday.| list for the past week, as also is Mr.! Ross McRitchie.Mr.and Mrs.Alex Smith and daughter have gone to California for the winter.Miss C.McDonald to Scotstown visiting relatives; Miss McKay to Mansonville.Miss Kathleen McDonald home from Gould the week-end.Mr.J.j.McKay and sisters have moved into their now home.Her bridesmaid, Miss Mildred Osgood, of Sherbrooke, was also present,* and wore her dress of pink silk with sleeves and yoke of shadow lace.The groom\u2019s sister, Miss Sarah Mayhew, of Knowlton, assisted her mother in- receiving the guests, and half over, fine weather is looked for shortly.Services were held in the Presbyterian Church in the village on the afternoon of the 11th, and in the St.James Episcopal Church in the evening.The following articles have teen sent by the Leeds group of workers SOUTH DURHAM NORTH HATLEY The pupils of Mr.Arthur E.Sprig-Ings are preparing for their annual pianoforte recital, to be given in the Town Hall.North Hatley, about the end of February.The programme will consist of piano solos, duets, AYER\u2019S CLIFF There was no service in St.George's Church on Sunday as Rev.Mr.Kerr was not able to get down from Hatley, owing to the condition of the roads.Service next Sunday will be at 2.45.The ladies of the village, who are to have charge of the Valentine card party to be given in I.O.O.F.hall, on Wednesday evening, have been appointed as follows : Rereption Committee, Mrs.Walsh, Mrs.Elam, Mrs.Baibgs, Mrs.Brown, Mrs.W.E.Hurd, Mrs.G Libby, Mrs.E.P.Lyon, Mrs.L.W.Fish, Mrs.Rollins, >irs.M.Rexford, Mrs.H.Bacon, Mrs.N.Hartson, Mrs.E.Chadsey, Mrs.A.E.Hurd ; Fund Committee, Mrs.G.G.Fish and Mrs.S.S.Worthen.Mrs.D.L.Paul will entertain the ladies of St.George's Guild, on Thursday.The play, \u201cThe School at Blueberry Corner,\u2019\u2019 will be given by the pupils of Ayer\u2019s Cliff Academy in the County Hall on Friday evening.Mr.and Mrs.C.Robinson were in Cassville on Sunday.Mr.and Mrs.W.D.Parker, of RANDBORO Mrs.Lydia Wyman to Stanstead, CUllc d by the illness of her son, Master Cliff Wyman, who is ill with pleur o-pneumonia.Mrs.Gilbert Middlemiss and Gertrude Beliveau are confined to their rooms through illness.The Red Cross Society have forwarded 26 pair of socks to the pat-siotic society in Sherbrooke.Mr.and Mrs.(Dr.! S.T.Law, and children, have returned to their home after visiting the latter\u2019s parents, Mr.and Mrs.E.Cable ; The Misses Della and Nettie Speck to Sherbrooke for a few days.While Mrs.T.B.Seale was getting some molasses at the storehouse for one of her customers, she spilled some on her hands, and before she could get it removed her hands were badly frozen.As a result she is unable to attend to her duties in the store.Stomach Was Very Bad Much Dizziness and Pain The Liver Got Out of Order and the Whole System Was Poisoned.BEEBE The Book and Thimble Club will meet with Mrs.Ralburn Tuesday afternoon.The Guild will meet at the home of Mrs.J.W.Elder, Thursday afternoon.The Patrick Society met at the rooms on Wednesday afternoon.Tea w.us sed by Mrs.Feitus, Mrs.La-cass,-, Miss C.Ives.The proceeds amount.d to 56.10.The next shipping day is February 21.Any one wisning to worx for the Red Cross call at Patri tic rooms Wednesday afternoons.Mus Alma Healy and Mr.Silas Healy, Stanstead College, the weekend with Miss M.Goodard; Mrs.Blunt, Foster, visiting Mrs.R.Goodard ; Lance-Corporal Chas.Daiziel, 241th K.O.Battalion, at his father\u2019s Mr.Allan Dalziel\u2019s, for the weekend.The entertainment and dance given by the Glee Club, of Norwich University, Monday evening, was attended by a full house.When tie course o! the food through : the alimentary tana', is impeded by sluggish action of the liver or bowels the food remains undigested, and as a result it ferments.This gives rise to poisonous gases which crowd about tie heart, and cause dullness and choking sensation- as wei.as irregular action of tie heart.The liver struggles to remove the! poisons from the blood, becomes enlarged.and fina.,y fails, allowing the| pots coi s to pass on to every part of the; human system.Complications arise, end there is Bright\u2019s disease, hardening-of the arteries and apoplexy.The earlier derangement* of the diges-t ve system are such as are descrlbad by this letter from Mr.Hoc ton He also points the way to cure by the use of Ihj These s Kidney-Liver pll.e.Mr.Louis Rochon.R.R.Mo.11, Ottawa.Ont., writes : \u201cFor about seven months my stomach was very bad.I was troubled with dtziness, and had gas on the stomach and awful pains in th.right side.The liver seemed to be out of order, so I began using Dr.Chase's Kidney-liver Pills.This treatment seemed to be exactly what X needed, and before the first box was all used I was curad and feeling as well as ever I also used Dr.Chase's Nerve Food when feeling weak and suffering from nervous headache, and was soon restored to good health.I am proud of Dr Chase's medicines, and recommend them above any doctor's medicines.\" \u2022 Dr.Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, one Pill a dosa, twenty-five cents a box, all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co.Limited.Toronto.I ES MEAT If UNITS HURT OR You\u2019ll m m and wmm.Meat forms uric acid which clogs Kidneys; causes Rheumatism and :-ritatea Bladder.If you iriUh.\u2022 your meat every day, eat it, but Rush your kidney.-, with salte occasionally, says a noted' authority who tells us that meat forms uric acid which almost para lyses the kidneys in their efiforts to expel it frtm the blood.They become sluggish and weaken, then you suffer with a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or m-k 1 eadache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when th.-wenfher is bad you have rheumatic tw;nges.The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get sore and irritated, obliging you to seeic relief two or three times during the night.To neutralize these irritating acids to cleanse the kidneys and flush off the body\u2019s urinous waste get four ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-imacy here; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for n few days and your kidneys will then act fine.This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lernon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in urine, so it no longer irirtates, thus ending bladder weakness.Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot injure, and makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink.NORTH HILL Arrivals and departures : Messrs.John MgcDonald, and J.MacLennan in Sherbrooke recently ; Mr.T.Ro-chaleau and Miss 0.MacLeod, Sunday at Mr.A.E.Ferguson\u2019s ; Misses Mary E.Buchanan and Gertie Mac-Auley, the week-end with friends at .Bishop's Crossing ; Mr.Alex.MacLennan, home from Keith for the 1 week-end ; Mr.Archie Bishop, the ! past week with fri-\u2019\u201d\u2019s here; Mrs.J.D.MacP.itchie, and Uss A.Beaton visiting friends in Gabon ttrs week; Mr.and Mrs.A.E.Ferguson, and .family, Sunday at Mr.Norman Bu-jehanan's; Misses-«Annie and Edwyna ; Beaton, Friday in Gould ; Mr.A.; Maclver visiting at Mr.Neil Beat-! on\u2019s recently*; Mr.and Mrs.Ban.j Beaton, and little son, Archibald in .Bury Tuesday ; Mr.Ban Smith at Mr.John MacDonald\u2019s recently.Mr.Tom Watson and Mr.S.Chis-: holm, Galson, Saturday at Mr.Neil Beaton\u2019s; Mr.Norman Maclver from 1 Limerick, Sask., at J.R.Buchanans; j Mr.E.SlacAulcy in Gould, recent- j'f; word has been received from Mrs.; N.MacAnley, who 5 Wellington St., Sherbrooke.A WHENCE, MORRIS & McIVER, Advocates, etc.Sherbrooke.'TSRBADY & PANNETON.ADVO-f-ates.Lr>r, Wellington St.\u2019M C.TRACY.ADVOCATE, 137 Wellington St.A.RIOUX.NOTARY.KXAMTNA-\u2022 tion of titles, loan 4 money, set-nent of succession, el Office over II and Allard's Store.Coaticook.TAILORS ET YOUR CLOTHES PRESSED AT \u201cNew Method.\u201d U«1 Wellington St.rd' Sensible Drink ) 'dr Children! WORST STORM OF SEASON.The recent storm was the severest of the season.The last train out on | Havre, Feb.14.\u2014The Belgian Gov-the C.V.R.was Friday and none had i ernment says that it has learned come in or gone out until Monday j that laborers at Bruges are being ar-nigbt.The evening mail train on rested in the streets by Germans and the C.P.R.due here\tat 7 o\u2019clork immediately sent to the German did not get in until about midnight front along the Yser, where they are forced to do military work, such as putting up barbed wire fences and digging trenches.It is asserted that 75 per cent, of the men who were compelled to pre- ! Saturday.There is a general tie-up | on all the roads.MRS.CLC8SON PASSES AWAY.After an illness of about three days of measles and pneumonia, Mrs.Lu-1 sent themselves to the military au-cia Louisa Closson, the widow of tborities have been taken for work, the late Isaac Ambrose Closson, These men are between the ages of passed away at the age of 81 years 15 and 45.They leave their homes and six months.She was born in Monday and return Saturday.On Stowe, Vt., and 1852 with her ! their arrival home they are declared PASSENGER SERVICE Glasgow to Portland, Me.Also Glasgow to St.John, N.B.Portland to Glasgow.Halifax to Glasgow For information as to rates and sail mgs apply to Local Agents, or The Ro bert Reford Co., Liyiitcd, Genera Agents, 20 Hospital Street, and 2B-2-J St.Sacrament Street, Montreal.THROUGH FAST TRAIN WEST-BOUND.Lv.Sherbrooke .5.15\ta.m.Alt.Montreal .3.30\ta.m.(Daily except Mondays.) THROUGH FAST TRAIN EAST-BOUND.Lv.Montreal .7.00\tp.m.Arr.Sherbrooke .10.22\tp.m.iDaily except Saturdays.) LOCAL TRAINS.WESTBOUND.Lv.Sherbrooke .8.10\ta.m.Arr.Montreal .11.55\ta.m.(Daily except Sundays.) EASTBOUND.Lv.Montreal .4.00\tp.m Arr.Sherbrooke .7.40\tp.m.(Daily except Sundays.) For further jiarticulars and tickets please call or phone J.A.Metivier.C.P A.Office\u201474 Wellington St.Phon< 130.GENERAL STEAMSHIP AGENCY.Yd late husband came to Canada locat- | to be greatly depressed because of ¦ ing on a farm in North Shefford, insufficient nourishment, which con- | Que., where they lived until about 35 ! sists of a quarter of loaf of war 4 A PATENT ATTORNEYS BABCOCK & SONS, nesii.Attorneys, estai).1877 ; formerly natent office examiner ; inanter of patent laws ; book, 'Patent Protection.\" free; 99 St.James Ht., Montreal, Rrhs.: Ottawa,Washington.\u201cThe Grand Old Man of )ud8well,\" memoirs of the ate Rev.Thomas Shaw Chap-nan, of Marbleton, by Mrs.Drummond, widow of the late )r.Drummond.Price Sl.'iO it Ansell\u2019s Drug Store, Shcr->rooke, or at Record office, dail orders may be sent to Record office.BUSY 1 \u201cHas th« line been busy?\u201d asked the man with a nickel poised between his thumb and forefinger.MNo,\u201d answered the precise operator.t-The line wasn't busy.I was.\u201d Substantial BeverageJbr tjrown' There\u2019s a Reason years ago, when they moved to Wa terloo and lived with their only daughter, Mrs.Elmer Graves.The late Mrs.Closson was predeceased by her husband on Sept.28th, 1889.The funeral services were held at the home of her son-in-law, Mr.Elmer Graves, aud was conducted by the Rev.p.Pergeau of the Methodist Church, and the Rev.A.F.Pollock, of the Congregational Church, Granhy, of which church the deceased was a member for over fifty years.By request Mrs.Pergeau sang \"Nearer My God to Thee,\u201d with Mrs.O.Berry as accompanist.The Rev.Mr.Pollock, of Granby, gave an address, which was very much appreciated.There were many floral tributes.The interment took place in the Protestant cemetery, where the body now rests beside that of her husband.The hearers were Messrs.,!.Nichols, F.Barrington, C.E.Tcnny and M.F.Goddard.N.O.Rockwell, funeral director.The late Mrs.Closson was of a quiet retiring disposition, one who loved her home life and home, was highly esteemed by all who knew her, and her friends and acquaintances were numerous.Much sympathy is felt for the family.Mr.and Mrs.E.Graves and Miss Lucia Graves and her only cousin, Mr.C.H.Cole, of Morriaville, Vt.Nuhwiihi NOTES.Arrangements have been made with Mr.Fenwick Ncwall, an old Waterloo boy who with his party, \u201cThe Metropolitan Grand Quartette,\u201d consisting of six male singers and a pianist, to give a concert here, under the auspices of the Longfellow Chapter of the I.O D E.The date is Saturday evening, Feb.24th, in the Town Hall.The Ladies\u2019 Aid of the Methodist | Church will give a Valentine social in the basement of the Church this (Tuesday) evening.Mrs.J.B.Malbeouf in Roxton Pond visiting friends this week.Mr.N.Brouillette, of St.Anne's, in town on Monday.bread in the morning and fruit soup | made of apples and prunes at noon.This is said to be all the men receive.^ At Leffinghe a youth of 16 was the eldest of his crew, which was composed of hoys of 14 and 15 years of age.All these children lived promiscuously with the older workers in the same sheds, and suffered the same insufficiency of nourishment.Isn\u2019t This True?Suffered From Severe H :adaches FOR TWO YEARS Headaches are many and varying, but when the head starts to ache you may be sure there is some chief cause.The stomach may go wrong, the bowels become constipated, the blood may not circulate properly, but the presence of the headache clearly shows that unless the cause is removed some other baneful disease is liable to assert itself.Burdock Blood Bitters has, for the past forty years, been curing all kinds of headaches and has proved itself to be a remedy that cures where others fail.Mr.I.N.Patershen, Dnieper, Man., writes: \u201cI am only too glad to be able to state that I derived wonderful benefit from Burdock Blood Bitters.I suffered from severe headaches for two years.I was treated by several doctors, but received no benefit until by chance I heal\u2019d of B.B.B., and I at once procured two bottles and in a short time 1 was completely cured.I am, and always will be, grateful for what Burdock Blood Bitters has done for me.I am glad to recommend it to all who suffer from headaches.\u201d B.B.B.is the oldest and best known blood medicine on the market today, having been manufactured for the past forty years by The T.Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont | When you \u201cfeel mean\u201d \u2014 dull, tired, nervous, bad digestion, no appetite\u2014 Don\u2019t you find out, afterwards, that your bowels were not acting freely and naturally?Due, of coarse, to a liver * gone on a strike.Take two or three pills\u2014 once.After that, only one, until yourVe all right.OiRTEft ¥{vr:.i B Mus GtnuJnt beers SiSfteHrs Colorless faces often show the absence of iron in the blood.CARTER\u2019S 8IRON PILLS will help this condition.THE IDEA! \"Say, boss, won\u2019t you help a port feller out of a job?\u201d \u201cCertainly not! If you\u2019ve got i job vou'd better hang on to it.\u201d rv^jrv 3ri£,trson, | Drive and social, Monday, 19.Proceeds for Overseas Teams leave Y.M.C.A.at 8 Tickets 25c.Come one.come all.11.\".\u2018'\u201cl \u2022*.\u201d\tI.kk-\u2014 ^\t^ uuu., those present, in addition to those-t-\u2014 -\u2014 - ¦ mentioned, were Messrs.L.H.OH- HOW KUT-EL-AMARA LOOKS TO- j vier, E.Cod^re, A.Chevalier, U.\tDAY.There will be a tea and food sale Ste.Marie, P.Fortin, D.0.E.Den-} The British and Indian troops are [ in aid of Prisoners of War Fund, at ault, Leonidas Bachand, N.P., J.O.now encamped outside the historic) Mrs.McKindsey\u2019s house, Belvidere Morissette, M.Marcotte, T.T.Del- spot where their comrades in the ; Under auspices Philatheaa of Method I ist Church.Bt., Lennoxvilie, on Friday, Febru- Isle and others.ary 15th, from 4 to 6, Some special\t-\u2014 attractions and a hearty welcome tor |\tTUP! HARVEST, all.\t: The harvesting of ice, which began early days of the Mesopotamia cam- | paignl bad to surrender to the enemy.The position is not yet quite reversed ! but, according to a correspondent Mrs.H.A.Odell, corner of Melbourne and Cresaie streets, closed her j about a month ego, is still going on : wllh the British troops, Kut can be .with vigor, and the result house to-day owing to the imposai-,,, bili\u2019cy of securing coal, and for the'lJ y' present is the guest of her Mrs.M.R.MacLeod.work thus far unusually of the BRti.sf Re- taken at any time.The picture, as provided by The McCaw-Bissell Furniture 60.MONKEY AS CLEVER DETECTIVE How the murder of t; Cl.m- coi jurat was revealed and the allege-] murderer identified through the actions of an intelligent monkey be *'\u2014\u2018Tint Co the dead man is related by a Singapore newspaper.Resting in a Malay hut, after a performance on a rubber estate near Taiping the conjurer was attacked, kill'd and robbed, the bodv after-v.-ard > eing dragged out and buried.Tb' .'jrd'.r apparently was witnessed by t: monkey, which took refuge in the rafters.Later a European walking some distance îrom the hut was surprised by a monkey ir r towards him and pulling at the leg of his trousers.He tried to drive the animal awav by kicking :f.bnl it persisted in claw .' -.t\t¦ aid then trotting a little way ecd^Ind looking hack to see if It wa\u2022: being followed, monkey to a mound of freshly turned Finally f-e man followed the earth, which It r -sr: *0 scratch up.The man Infor, .\"i police.Who d - up the soil a r found the mutilated body of the rm' ev\u2019s master.fiusnicj' n Ml -iron a Ta\u2019ay, who.'on being brofi'ht on or t'e police f-t.it.-I \u2022 f n n jin her -if r' \u2014 men w-\t!fs.t.»IT .-.I* ei| with the \u2022»re t t.; .¦ rr by fee n V< w was with .$1.40 Circular Linen.54 in.Old price .$1.00 36 in.Old price .60c.Linen Lawn for Handkerchiefs and Fancy Work.36 in.Old price.55c.36 in.Old price .».85c.36 in.Old nrice .$1.25 36 in.Old price.$1.50 Linen Pillow Cases at $2.00 and $2.25 shown in numberless cases to be\tAct May Be Enforced i a tangible but modest way.He .then \u20acfl '\t' presented Mr.Dastous w.th prliand thoroughly unreliable, has played with the notion that many German submarines are being destroyed, or have been brought \u2022 with their crews to British ports.Admiral Lord Beresford raised the to Secure Men For Home Defence.Ottawa, Feb.14.\u2014Reorganization question in the House of Lords yes- of the militia forces of Canada, the terday.He appealed to the Govern-; units of which have been greatly ment, for more open treatment of the depleted through enlistments for public, thereby voicing an urgent de- : overseas service, is under considera-mand for information.The Uarl of j tion.Lytton, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, j A statement to the above effect and the Earl of Curzon, Lord Presi- ; was issued last night by Sir Edward dent of the Council, replied to the ; Kemp, Minister of Militia.A conclu-effect that certain routes for neutral | ding paragraph adds: \u201cMore definite commerce were being kept free and ! information regarding this subject that the situation was less aggravai-1 will be forthcoming as soon as the ed than might he suppored.They de- plans on which to proceed in con-cli\u2019-.ed, however, fo divulge whether nection with this reorganization have the improved condition was due to a been matured.\u201d better means for ships escaping the j While the official statement is on attentions of submarines, or to the j the surface cryptic, and while the actual hestruction of submarines, : Mmister of Militia would go no fur-though on the latter point Lord Lyt- ther, there is a belief in military \\ morning in the supply of Shawinigan ton described Admiral Sir \"John .Tel- I circles in Ottawa that the partial power contracted for by the city from licoe, First Sea Lord, as being \"not ¦ application! of the Militia Act in | the Street Railway Co., for the use dissatisfied.\u201d\t! some forrrv so as to call out men of of the Canadian Ingersoll Rand Co., Ncwnort.R.X., Feb.14.\u2014Seven cap- : military age, not so far enlisted, for and consequently the company is home defence, is presaged.\t1 still dependent on the city for 1000 The Government has announced ! h.p.The that new recruiting plans are in pros- j tion of darkened streets last night ! pect and the National Service Board 1 and the turning off of house lights | has recommended the enforcement of j temporarily, coupled with the fact I the Militia Act.It is quite probable, , that owing i f course, that the militia units will ings through which the water can be filled out by voluntary enlistment I flow while the new city dam is being or at least at first.This would serve : built, the water comes through very two objects.It would release some ] frequently with a rush and the wheels 50,000 soldiers supposed to be held in j get blocked with ice, temporarily af- some fountain pen in a pretty case, a suitable and feeling acknowledgment being made by the recipient.The Rev.L.Adam, chaplain, made a few remarks, referring to Mr.J.H.Lemay, who had achieved success as an author of two patriotic plays, and who did honor to the city and Cercle LaRocque.Mr.Lemay\u2019s talent, combined with industry, would bring him distinction in the field of letters.Refreshments wTere served, and the guests dispersed after joining in singing \u201cHe's a iqlly good fellow,\u201d \u201cO Canada,\u201d and \u201cGod Save the King.\u201d We intend to make this a record linen business, as we have the largest stock ever before on hand, together with large reserves.Table Damask Unbleached.67 inch.Old price.85c.yd.72 in.Old price.60c.\tyd.Tabic Damask Bleached., 70 in.Old price.$1.00 yd.72 in.Old price.$1.25\tyd.72 in.Old rice.$1.40\tyd.72 in.Old rice.$1.50\tyd.72 in.Old price.$2.00 yd.Crash The prices quoted herewith are all linen, we, however, stock the union, part cotton and part linen, which is much cheaper.18 in.Old price.14c.18 in.\tOld price.15c.18 in.\tOld price.17c.18 in.\tSpecial 20c.for.13c.20,in.Old price.23c.22 in.\tOld price.25c.15 in.\tOld price.12c.The above prices are quoted as all linen.Napkins In Large Quantities Made from the very best Irish Damask.These prices which we have maintained are exceptionally low compared with today's prices of the same quality.5[S size.$3.75\t5i8 size _.$8.00 5|8 size.$4.50\t3j4 size .$7.75 size.$5.50\t3.4 size .$?.00 3;4 size $10.00 The napkins come in all the best designs, Fleur de Lis, Shamrock, Rose, Maple Leaf, Key, Bow Knot and others.Write our Mail Order Department for Samples.If you are at all interested in a linen (by linen we mean pure Irish Linen) table cloth.It will pay to buy in double the quantities.8 4\tx\t12j4.\tPrice\tfor the\tlast\tsix\tyears.$6.50 8,4\tx 10 4.\tPrice\tfor the\tlast\tsix\tyears.$6.00 8 |4.x 10|4., Price for the last six years.$5.50 8 4\tx\t12 4.\tPrice\tfor the\tlast\tsix\tyears.$4.00 8 4\tx\t10 4.\tPrice\tfor the\tlast\tsix\tyears.$3.75 66 x 85.Price for the last six years.$2.60 62 x 82.Price for the last six years.'.$2.50 66 x 66.Price for the last sixryears.$2.20 62 x 62.Price for the last six years.$1.83 All Linen Towels Hemmed 18x34.Old price 50c.ea.Hemmed 20x36.Old price 60c.«a.A Wonderful Value of Plain All Linen Towels.50 dozen in stock.Each Doz.18x33.Old\tprice.\t15c.\t$1.75 18x36, Old\tprice\t.\t22c.\t$2.60 20x38.Old\tprice\t.\t25c.\t$3.00 20x40.Old\tprice\t.\t30c.\t$3.50 18x36.Old\tprice___35c.\t$3.75 These are all linen and considered one of the best values.Bath Towels 20x40.Old price.35c.\teach 22x40.Old price.40c.\teach 26x54.Old price.60c.\teach 24x50.Old price.75c.\teach We have a large selection of colored bath towels.19x39.Old price .35c.\teach 22x44.Old price .60c.\teach 22x52.Old price .$1.00\teach 27x56.Old price .90c.\teach 22x48.Old price.50c.\teach 22x45.Old price .\u201e.65c.\teach L.A.Bayley, 105 Wellington St.Sherbrooke,P.Q.SHERBROOKE IN DARKNESS Another break occurred yesterday NORSES\u2019 FOR BOTTAI Will Be Built This Year.Finances of Institution Most Satisfactory.MEMORANDUM OF DISTRIBUTION OF SUGAR IN BRITAIN London, England\u2014A memorandum issued recently by the Royal Commission on the Sugar Supply states : 1.It has been decided to continue until further notice the present ! scheme of wholesale distribution has-f ed on the distribution The following are the reports lor | for this purpose the the past year in connection with the j anuary shall be considered to be Sherbrooke Hospital, as read at the ! the commencement of B fresh period, annual meeting, in addition to the | no adjustment being made in this Governors\u2019 report, which was pub POTATO FIRE LOSS IS $50,000 Third Fire in 10 Days Brings Total Loss up to $300,000.Hired German submarines are bottled no in the harbor of Southampton, j England, according to a gentleman reccntiv arrived from England to visit friends in Newport.He stated he had seen these underwater craft.SWISS MINISTER OFFERED TO MEDIATE ON SUB, QUESTION j Canada for guard duty and home de-i fence under Sir Robert Borden's recruiting plans as originally announced.Of greater benefit would be the - : training it would afford young Can- Object Was to Lessen Danger i adians and the inculcation of the r xyj r> .\tit-, i Unilitarv idea.Sir Sam Hughes has Or war oeiween United expressed it as his belief that many States and Germany.!melU once so trained, would offer ___________________ \u2018\t, themselves for overseas service, who (Canadian Pres.De.patch.)\thave not hem reached by appeals up to the present, military training London, I'eh.14.The German of- breeding a desire for military ser-ficial version of the proposals made , vice especially when the call to pat-through the Swiss Minister in Wash - ; riotism is so strong, ington for a conference on submarine Meanwhile the Government will go questions is given in the Following i ahead under the present recruiting official telegram, says, Reuters Am- i system and will bend its energies to feeting the city\u2019s supply of power.The unsatisfactory delivery of- Sha- ] winigan power is attributed to some I trouble with the frequency changers, i Until the matter is remedied there ap j pears to be no prospect of lighted streets.| overseas service rather the new plan.than wait for sterdam correspondent: \u201cWhat lies j work of amalgamating or comat.the bottom of the report is ^ the pleting overseas units at present, not Following A telegram from the Swiss I Up to strength and the raising of Minister in Washington was trans 1 mitted ti Germany liy Switzerland m which the Minister offered, if Germany was agreeable to mediate in negotiations with the American Government.about the declaration of prohibited areas, as thereby\tthe i danger of wnr between Germany and JAPAN SUPPORTS flic United States might be diminish- CHINA IN S i AND AGAINST HUNS (Canadian Press Despatch.) Tokio, Feb.14.\u2014in connection with the Japanese approval, now con firmed, oi China\u2019s action in supporting the attitude of the United States towards Germany on the submarine question, it is further stated that Japan has promised China all possible support, including the maintenance of order in China, where Ge.rmany\u2019s Influence is considerable.China\u2019s protest, to Germany, says the Japanese Times, may be taken as a prelude to China\u2019s eventual participation in the war on the side of the Entente.Japan's special rights and interest in the far East, adds Canvass of Electoral Vote ofl^ ™;fr\u2019 have been at1\u201c bv the States Was Made in\t-f- Congress\tCUNARD LINER (Cnnadinn Pre»e Deopntch.)\tCARMANIA wK10JTnr aïïd SX,\tARRIVES SAFELY declared re-elected today when Con- |\t.\t_ gross, in joint session, as provided\tJCanadian Iren* Despatch.) by the constitution, canvassed the New York, N.Y.Feb.14.\u2014The electoral vote of the States.As pre- j Cunard liner Steamer Carmania, sented and certified the official re With the Russian Army on the French Front, Feb.\t14.\u2014Fighting with the.Russian army in France today is a huge bear from the Caucasian Mountains, ivho seems to enjoy-j bis sojourn on the French front fully drafts.It is believed that, many will i as much as his masters enjoy theirs, prefer to offer themselves in the next\t'a mascot of one of the Russian or so voluntarily and directly for GERMANS TAKEN FROM CANAL ZONE (Canadian Preen Despatch.) New York, N.Y., Feb.14.-Tbe United States army transport, Kil Patrick arrived here today from the Canal zone, bringing ton canal work els who are Germans.According to a quarantine physician, who visited the ship before she docked, the Germans came as prisoners, locked in cabins.As was expected they will he taken to Ellis Island.iished yesterday : REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE To the President and Governors of accounts for a continua-1 tbe sherbrooke Hospital : Ladies and Gentlemen :\u2014 The past year has been a very busy to the very small open-\ty°ur institution, the number of patients exceeding even the year before, when a large number of soldiers wTere cared for.Mrs.Gordon, a graduate of the Montreal General Hospital, was secured in April as Superintendent and is certainly most efficient and capable, giving her whole thought and time to keeping the institution at a high level.Miss Dora Jooes, who was appointed as assistant superintendent, proved most capable, but after four months left for overseas service.She has been succeeded by Miss Kennedy,who fills the position most acceptably Miss Bean has been engaged to devote her whole time as office assistant to Mrs.Gordon, and to take over the duties of secretary of the Hospital.The Norton fund for nurses, and teachers has already proven its usefulness in 2 cases.The Child s ( ot Fund has treated a number of child ren.In fact it should be a source of gratification to the Board as it is to your Committee, that no one needing attention has been refused because of their inability to pay,and that is the dominant note of any good community hospital.Permit me however to call your attention to a phase of affairs which should be the subject of serious thought and consideration.A large ase of patients is in l>eriod as the result of any irregularity in the preceding period.\u201ca.In ail calculations the basis is the quantity supplied during the whole of 1^15 and not during any Particular portion of that year.\u201c3.British refiners will continue Presque Isle, Me., Feb.14.\u2014Four buildings, in which were stored 10,-000 barrels of potatoes, valued at present market prices at upwards of of 1S15, and $50,000, were destroyed by fire at first day of | Maysviile Siding, near here, yester-1 day.Eighteen thousand barrels of potatoes were lost in a similar fire near here Monday.About ten days ago a f;re at Houlton destroyed potatoes, valued at $150,000.In addition to the potatoes, fifty tons of fertilizer was burned yesterday, making the total loss on the buildings and their contents nearly $90,000.Tlje Newson & McLeod Co., of Boston, owned nearly half of the TO RAISE MILLIONS FOR THE BELGIANS Germany\u2019s Action Cause Spur For Relief Work in U.S.HUGE BEAR WITH RUSSIAN TROOPS ON FRENCH FRONT PRESIDENT WILSON DECLARED RE-ELECTED regiments that was transported halfway round the world from the Russian to the French front to show the solidarity of the Allies.When the time comes for the bear\u2019s regiment to go in the front line trenches for its six days of duty, the bear goes along.He keeps the all-night vigils with the sentinels, and as there is nothing else to eat but the regular rations brought up from the rear, he permits the soldiers to divide their share with him.The Russian army has brought with it into France its own cuisine, and the soups and dishes prepared would appear to he, judging from the appearance both of the soldiers and the hear, of a highly nourishing character.When the bear has finished Mg time in the front Hue he accompanies the regiment to the rear for the customary six days of repose.He is always ready to go anywhere, provided he remains always with the men of his particular regiment.MATERIAL DECLINES IN WHEAT MARKET turns give Wilson and Marshal 277 electoral votes and Hughes and Fair hanks 254.The canvassing of the vote today, ns always, was conducted with much carenuanir.(Canadian Press Despatch.) Chicago, 111., Feb.14\u2014Material declines in the wheat market resulted today from the unpromising outlook for an unavoidance of hostilities with Germany, anil because of the absence of relief from railway congestion.Commission houses were generally on the selling side.Sup-which left here February 4th with,Port was limited.Opening prices, passengers and cargo for Liverpool, j which ranged from 8 to 2 lower with has arrived safely, according to ca- May at 172 to 1734 and July at 147 hie information to the line here to-: to 147J were fo'lowed by a slight day.The date of the arrival is not rally, but then by a fall further than given.\theuuie.to issue sugar only to their 1915 potatoes.The blaze started in a customers.The quantities to be i8-! loaded Bangor & Aroostook Railroad sued will be proportionate to those fr