The Cambria Daily Leader

5.30. ERITI01

RUSSIAN VICTORY IN BAl TIG "00 T 3 GERMAN WARSHIPS DAMAGED ENEMrs VAIN EFFORT TO ENTER GULF OF RICA. SEAPLANES TAKE PART I Petrograd, Monday.—To-night's Rus- sian report says:- Yesterday a German fleet of nine battle- ships, twelve cruisers, and a large num- ber of destroyers made persistent attacks on the entrance to the Gulf of Riga, but the attacks were repulsed. Our Seaplanes, by throwing bombs, con- tributed to our success. An enemy cruiser and two enemy destroyers were damaged by our mines.— Press Association War Special. Petrograd. Monday (receievd to-day). An official note issued here to-night says: Our naval circles give the following ex- planation regarding the attack by the German FVet yesterday. The hostile fleet has an incontestable interest in securing posees-sion of the Gulf of Riga, which would allow it to give powerful aid to the German Army at present occupying the western coast of the gulf. With the object of penetrating into the gulf. the enemy's fleet, as the commu- nique of the General Staff reports, ap- peared yesterday off the Dirben Channel, which k tl-le .nly practicable way for large ships to enter the gull. The passage of the enemy, despite his very great forces, comprising two divisions of vessels of the line, with cruisers and a great number of torpedo craft, was not an easy operation. The enemy made appar- ently three attacks with the object of breaking the mine barrier laid down, tilid protected by our fleet, seaplanes as well as warships took part in the action to repel the enemy, whose attacks were re- pulsed. The Germans did not succeed in pass- ing our defences, and during their attempt they lost three 6hips damaged by our mines near Dirben. Competent circles affirm categorically that none of our ships was lost during yesterday's attack. REPELLED FROM RIGA. Paris, Tuesday.—A Petrograd telegram annrumccs that tho Clwrnsute haV u repelled 23 I

A PRUSSIANISED STATE Kaiser's Youngest Son to Rule Over Conquered People. Paris, Monday.—A Milan message says that, according to inhabitants of Lithu-j ania who have escaped from the region* occupied by the Germans in the province of Kovno, the Germans are distributing among the populace a pamphlet drawn up in the language of the country, it which is announced the decision of the Germans to reunite the two Litlitianias-botli Russian and Prussian—to form an in- dependent Kingdom. The pamphlet even sets forth the Con- stitution of the new State, which will be governed by a King, assisted by a Senate appointed according to the Prussian system. The King already chosen is the youngest son. of the Kaiser, Prince Joachim, whose portrait adorns the cover of the pamphlets, which are being widely distributed.—Exchange Telegraph Com pany.

JUBILANT AUSTRIANS Amsterdam, Monday.—A Vienna tele- gram, via Berlin, to the a Handelsblad states that the Austro-Hungarian Consul- General, Baron Adrian, is leaving shortly -for Warsaw. Many Austrian and Polish noblemen also intend to go to the city. The Press unanimously declares that Russia has lost Poland for good.

I OBSCURED MOTOR NUMBERS. At Aberevon on Monday, Evan H. Lewis was fined 158. for having the plato number of his motor cycle obscured by a lady passenger's skirt. Arthur W. Bennett was similarly charged and fined 10s. P.C. Ver- non proved the cases. The Chairman said that offence* of this clar,s would in future be dealt with more .er.ely.

STUDENTS LOST ON MOUNTAIN Berne.—A party of tourists who startlflf to climb the Jungfrau last Monday with- out guides were surprised by a snowstorm, and had to pass the night below the summit. All of them next day succeeded in reaching the valley with the exception of two students, brothers named Prick, of Zurich, who disappeared. A search party which left Jungfrau Joch this morning found the bodies of the young men, who had apparently fallen from a height of 300 feet. As both were covered with their cloaks and one had his head bound -up, it is con- jectured that they were not killed bv the fall, but lingered for some time before they succumbed to cold and exhaustion.- Reuter.

I ANOTHER CERMAN LIE HAILED DOWN Athens, -Ilonday.-Thc) followinHe h official etatment is issued here:- We are authorised to give a categorical denial to the statement, published by a Bulgarian news agency that according to the Wolff Bureau the British military attache in Athens addressed an appeal to the Greek reserve officers, inviting them to volunteer in the British Army at the Dardanelles, offering them double pay and other pecuniary advantages, and that the Greek Government protested strongly against this appeal. The British military I attache did not make anj soch aDDaai, 1

ACTIVE HOSTILITIES I I OPERATIONS RESUMED IN GALUPOLI PENINSULA. I HEAVY FIGHTING COING ON I Mytilene, Saturday.—Active hostilities on a large scale are reported to have been resumed yesterday in Gallipoli. Very heavy fighting wfcs still going on at noon to-day, when my informant. left Tenedos.—" Times telegram.

THE REGISTER I A Swansea Misapprehension I Corrected. I Work in connection with National Re- gistration is proceeding smoothly at Swansea, and although some hundreds of queries have been dealt with. no com- plaint has so far reached the Town Hall. A statement reaches us that the impres- sion has been conveyed in one street that collection of the completed forms will be made on Friday, but this must be a mis- apprehension, for no one knows more clearly than the enumerators that the particulars refer to those persons in occu- pation on Sunday night next,, and collec- tion cannot commence till Monday morn- ing. The most difficult task, as far as the officials are concerned, lies ahead in the classification of the forms, of which about 100,000 are expected from the borough, and upon requirements in this direction (at present not very definitely known) a L.G.B. inspector is to address the offi- cials on Wednesday. The public will help by being very definite as to the nature of their employment when filling up the forms. There are so many inquiries on the point that it may again be emphasised with advantage that on a wife's as well as the husband's forms children who are dependents should lie entered as such.

BARNSLEY MINER EXECUTED. I The execution of Walter Marriott (24),1 a miner of Barnsley, who had heen sen- i tenced to death for the murder of his i wife, took place at Wakefield Prison on Tuesday morning. Death was instan- taneoue. I

SIR HIRAM MAXIM'S DISCOVER*1 I Paris, Tuesday.—Sir Hiram Maxim in an interview with a representat-ive of the Petit Parisien H announces he has de- vised a simple apparatus, easily made, which will effectively battle German gas attacks by causing the poison clouds to rise and pass overhead.

ALLIED WATERPLANES SHELLED 1 Paris, Saturday.—The Germans have been trying to destroy two Allied water- planes off JNieuport (Belgian coast) by means of big calibre shells. Our artillery has rapidly reduced the hostile batteries to silence. One of the water planes re- turned by its own machinery. The other was towed to shore undamaged.—Reuter.

LORD KITCHENER'S QUESTION A correspondent writes: "Chatting with a wounded soldier at Hylands Hospital, Chelmsford, I asked whether Lord Kitchener, who had spoken to him dur- ing his recent visit, had told him when the war would end. "No,' replied the young private; he asked if I could tell him!

A ROYAL ENGAGEMENT. We are informed that a marriage has been arranged between his Royal High- ness Prince Philip of Bourbon-Sicile, son of his Royal Highness Count di Caserta. and her Royal Highuess Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Orleans, daughter of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Vendome et Alencon. Prince Philip, who is the fifth son of the Count di Caserta. will be 30 next December. He has an honorary commis- sion in the 19th Regiment of Spanish Cavalry. Princes Marie Louise will lie 19 in December. She is the eldest child of the Duke de Vendome. and her mother is the sister of the King of the Belgians.

I BELGIAN TOWNS FENCED IN On the Belgian Frontier, Monday. The i German military authorities are so afraid I of espionage that they are now enclosing all the towns and villages behind the Flanders front with barricades of barbed wire, in some places electrically charged. Court rai was the first town thus s eg re- grated. None of the inhabitants are allowed outside the cordon of sentries and wires unless they secure parses, <-•wing to the great impor.tance of Courtrai as a base of SUppllF. The wire factory at Swereghem, south- east of Courtrai, is working night and day turning out material for the isola- tion of the communities in the western part of the. so-called German war zone in Flanders."

BARON VON BISSINC'S PROPHECY Boulogne, Sunday —General von Bissing —it is stated-has already left Belgium. It appears that the German baron was relieved of his governorship at, his own request. The following is a letter he is stated to have sent to a near relation in Holland :— I must, be relieved! The Belgians are intolerable, uncivilised. They do not understand the proper sense of the word Culture. They are even more stupid than the English. (Strafe them!) There is a day not far away when the Belgians will turn on us—their protectors --and drive us from amongst them. It JS far better that I should leave their devastated land of my own free will than he* Mom out at the kick of a Belgian Wt.

1GROUND RE-WON I BRITISH RETRIEVE LOSS AT HOOGE MORE TRENCHES GAINED IN BRILLIANT COUNTER-STROKE. TRAIN FIRED BY SHELLS The Field Marshal commanding the British Forces in France reports as fol- lows :— August 9th, 1915. 1. Since my communique of August 1st the artillery on both sides has been active north and east of Ypres. In these ex- changes the advantage has been with us. 2. This morning, after a successful ar- tillery bombardment, in which the French on our left co-operated effectively, we at- tacked the trenches at Hooge captured by the enemy on July 30th. These were re- taken. Following up this success we made further progress north and west of Hooge, extending the front of the trenches captured to 1.200 yards. 3. During this fighting our artillery shelled a German train at Langemarck, derailing and setting fire to five trucks. Captures reported amounted to three officers, 121 other ranks and two machine- guns. AIR SQUADRON'S RAID. German Factory Successfully Shelled by French. Paris. Monday. 11 p.m.—To-night's official communique says:— The day has been relatively quiet on the whole of the front. There were artillery actions in Artois, between the Somme and the Oise, and in the Valley of the Aisne. Rheims was bombarded. In the Argonne in the direction of La Fontaine-aux-Charmes the enemy attemp- ted to carry our "listening" posts, but were everywhere repulsed. In the Vosges there was merely a can- nonade. This morning a. squadron of 32 bom- bardment aeroplanes, escorted by aero- planes for pnrSl t purposes, left to bom- bard the station and factory of Farne- bruck. The atmospheric, conditions were unfavourable, the valleys being shrouded in mist and the sky clouded. Neverthe- less, notwithstanding the difficulties of finding the direction, 28 aeroplanes reached the goal and threw on their ob- jective 164 shells of all calibres. The <»«("• T»ing aeroplanes kept off the Aviatiks which attempted to bar the way to the stltia(troii. Numerous columns of smoke and fire were observed above the points aimed at. The German Account. Amsterdam, Monday. The following official communique from the Great Army Headquarters was issued in Berlin to-day Near Hooge, east of Ypres, fighting de- veloped early this morning. In the Argonne French attacks failed yesterday near Darmarkirsch. Early this morning at Schwaraensee, near Ypres, at Gondrescange, and near Harboney, our battle aeroplanes brought down one French machine at each place. Two aeroplanes belonged to the squadron which bombarded the open town of Saar- bruecken and the surrounding district, operations which caused no military damage, but killed nine peaceful citizens and seriously wounded 26 and slightly wounded a great number.

BOOKS FOR THE TROOPS Another 100 Day. It is gratifying to note that again the day's contribution of books towards the Leader library for the troops exceeds 100 volumes, thus brin.ging the total to nearly 4,300. To-day's Acknowledgements. Miss Ormiston, 145, Brynhyfryd 98 Mr. A. John, Hafod 12 Master Haydn Bennett, Ivor Villa, Hafod-strpet Periodicals and 7 Received to-dav 117 Already acknowledged 4,166 Total. 4,283

I BRITISH TRAWLER SUNK. Maaslius, Tuesday—The Dutch steam trawler Vlaardinger has landed here the crew of 12 belonging to the British steam trawler Westminster, which has been sunk,

C[ i V E TURKEY ITALIAN CONSULS LEAVE TURKEY Copenhagen, Monday—The Berlingske Tidende" publishes a telegram from Vienna, stating that the Italian Consuls are leaving Turkey, and are leaving the Italian interests in the hands of the American Consuls.

FAMOUS NOVELIST'S DEATH. Mr. Richard Marsh, the well-known novelist, died on Monday night at the Ridge, Hayward's Teath, after a long ill- ness. His numerous publications covered a period from 1895 to 1913, one of the last being Judgment Suspended."

CONSENT NOT NECESSARY. I Ottawa, Monday.—The Militia Depart- ment has rescinded the regulation under which married men were obliged to re- ceive the consent of their wives, and minors the consent of their parents before enlisting for overseas service.—Reuter.

SWEDEN'S PROTEST. I Washington, Tuesday—It is learned that the negotiations begun by the Swedish Legation with a view to securing America's co-operation in a concerted pro- test by neutrals against British Orders in Council have been without result, and that the Swedish Government have de- cided to continue its representations AIOHO.

MR. RUNCIMAN TO DECIDE I SOUTH WALES COAL CONCILIATION BOARD I MEETING. THE WAGES QUESTION I (By Our Mining Correspondent). As had been anticipated, the. South Wales Coal Conciliation Board, which met on Tuesday at the Engineers' Insti- tute, Cardiff, failed to agree upon the points submitted to them by the sub- committee appointed to draft a wages J agreement. The matter will therefore have to be re- ferred to Mr. Runeiman, and the date of the meeting with that gentleman will pro- bably be fixed this afternoon. The Joint Board met at Cardiff on Tues- day morning, and was presided over on the owners' t;ide by Mr. Frederick L. Da vis. and Mr. J. Wmstone, acting-President of the Miners' Federation, 011 the workmen's side. The report of the sub-committee ap- pointed to draft the agreement was sub- mitted and discussed; but the coai owners could not agree to the points raised (by the workmen's representatives. It was i therefore decided to submit the matter to Mr. Runciman, as already stated. The Wage Advance. N Upon the question of the applications of the workmen for an advance in the general wage rate, there was some dis- cussion. The workmen's. representatives sug- gested that the easiest way to deal with the matter would he for the coalowners to make an offer of increase in the. wages. The owner* replied they could not do that, because they had no figures before them. The workmen's representatives then decided to put in a formal applica- tion for an increased wage rate, and the meeting was adjourned until this after- noon. In the meantime, the wages sub-com- mittee of the workmen's representatives held a meeting in order to go into the facts and figures, to enable them to place a formal application before" the coal- owners in the afternoon. The sub-committee consisted of Mr. Winstone, president, of the workmen; Mr. .John Williams, M.P., Mr. Alf. Unions, and Mr. W. John.

,J I- KAISER STAYED AWAY German Socialists and a "Respect Hearing. Ains ter dain.-T ravelltra from Berlin state that the Kaiser, accompanied by all his sons, was expected to attend a j session of the Reichstag to deliver per- sonally a message from the Crown. While his intention was generally ap- proved, it is contrary to precedent, and has now been abandoned, as the Socialists declined to give an assurance that they would receive the Emperor respectfully." Indeed, they went as far as to tell the Court envoy, who sounded them as to their views, that they could not bind themselves to a display of enthusiasm before they knew the contents of the Kaiser's message. This was reported to the Kaiser, who decided to remain at headquarters.—Ex- change Telegraph Company.

ITALY BREAKING WITH TURKEY I Aib(-ii,,q, from Con- I stantinople report that Italian Consuls throughout the Empire are preparing to leave.

I INCREASING COLONIALS' ALLOWANCES capefown, '-Nfoiiday.-Lord Buxton in a public appeal for funds to meet the in- creased seperation allowances, placed the increase at a minimum of 50s. and esti- mates the amount involved to be tloo,ooo.

I REGISTER FOR NEW ZEALAND Wellington, Tuesday.—The Government is preparing legislation for the taking of a national Register. It is hoped that the Bill will he ready on the re-assembling of Parliament.

I SETTLING THE MEXICAN MUDDLE Washington, Tuesday.—The plan for dealing with the Mexican problem in- volves the urging of all Mexican factions to meet in conference, at which plans for a substantial provisional Government will be framed

IT ÀlïANPRIESTScíFT The Romp cori-espondent. of the Echo de Paris" says that 18,000 priests now fighting with the Italian Army have de- cided to present at the end of the war a chalice, set with precious stones, to thf) Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and a votive sword to that of St. Paul.

I AVIATORS' LUCKY ESCAPE Paris, Tuesday.—Newspapers publish accounts of the lucky escape of an aviator and his passenger at Biarritz last Sunday. A biplane, piloted by Captain Collard, with the well-known composer M. Tiarko, as passenger, overturned and fell to the ground after colliding with a hedge. The machine was wrecked, but the aviators were unhurt.

I SACKSFUL OF ARMY CLOTHING Sacks of Army clothing found on a cos- ter's barrow at Hampton Wick formed the subject- of a charge at Feltham Police Court on Monday. George Wood ley, a cabowner, and Richard Walton, a postcard seller, were charged with having in their possession a large quantity of Army clothing, sup- posed to have been stolen. The articles included 73 tunics 41 caps 33 pairs of puttees 30 pairs of hoots 50 pairs of breeches 15 pai rs of flippers 21pairsof trousers 20 woollen cans Detective .Sergeant Parsons said that Woodley told him that the sacks con. tained old rags. He afterwa.rds said that he bought the clothing from a quarter- master-sergeant at Hampton Court Bar- racks for 15. A remand was ordered.

CANADIAN CATTLE REMOVAL OF EMBARGO I I URCED, I I SWANSEA BUTCHERS ADVOCATE FREE IMPORTATION. TO-DAY'S DEPUTATION. The question of removing the embargo I on the importation of Canadian cattle l formed the subject of an important dis- cus.sion at a meeting of the Free Importa- tion Canadian Cattle Association of Great Britain on Monday in London Mr. Morgan Hopkin, of Swansea, in moving that the association should con- tinue and its work be actively proceeded with, said that if it were abandoned it would be nothing short of a national calamity. Now was the time to irrive home every point with eSect. The whole of England and the greater part of Wales was united in contending that Canadian cattle should have a free and proper I access to this country. Position of the Consumer. I Mr. W. L. Morgan, of Swansea, hoped there was now some chance of getting a bill through Parliament which would en- able the people to obtain good meat at a cheaper price Otherwise there was tre- mendous trouble ahead for the poor. There was no question of the perfect I soundness of all cattle from Canada, which had a better record in that respect than our own cattle. (Hear, hear.) They had in no instance brought any sort of disease into this country. Mr. R. E. W. Stephenson, of Liverpool, also maintained that Canadian cattle were the soundest in the world. ITe could not imagine what arguments could be adduced against their importation. The resolution was carried unaimously. Mr. David Neave, of Dundee, mentioned that owing to the war an addition of about 40 per cent. had been made to the price of butcher's meat. He believed this country was in a better position than any other to feed cattle. Mr. H. D. M. McCombie, of Aberdeen, stated that whereas last year only 430 head of Canadian cattle reached this country before the British ports were closed to, such imports we received 120,000. A deputation of fifteen, including the chairman, was appointed to intlrviewl the Earl of Selborne and Sir RobertI Borden. An Important Business. I With the high nrices ruling since the war broke out, the need of more meati here to keep down prices, and the fact that it would be a compliment to the heroic assistance of the Canadians in the war to allow their cattle free access toi this country, it is thought that the twenty-year-old embargo might be abolished. Some idea of the former importance of the Canadian cattle busine6s in this coun- try will be gathered from the following table: Value Number. (dollars). 1871 63 112,280 1884 53,962 4,631,000 1889 60,000 4;990,000 1890 66,965 6.565,000 1891 107,68!) 8.125,000 1894 80,530 6,300,000 Before the passing of the 1896 Act the value per head of Canadian cattle in this country ranged from ?14 Is. to t]9 1. After the Act it fell to between S:10 15s. in 1897 to £13 9s. in 1903. Of late years the trade has all but ceased to exist. The Canadian Government have in- formed the Imperial Government that they can ship, as a beginning, from 1,000 to 2,000 cattle per week, and the association expresses the hope that ar- rangements will soon be effected whereby this can be done. I THE DEPUTATION. I Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of I Canada, received, a deputation from the Free Importation of Canadian Cattle Association at the Savoy Hotel, London, I on Tuesday morning, the object of the deputation being to ask Sir Robert Borden to use his influence to secure the abolution of the restrictions on the import of Can- adian cattle. The deputation, which represented in- directly municipal* farming, butchering, and other interests, was introduced by the chairman of the association. Bailie Edward Watson, of Glasgow, who said they represented upwards of eighty-five municipalities throughout the country. The Association, in common with the re- presentatives of the Co-operatiev qx-ietieA, desired to obtain a better meat supply by allowing cattle from Canada and other districts to be introduced to the pastures of Great Britain. The Irish herds, which principally supplied England and Scot- land, had been greatly depleted owing to the war. The question was to some extent a political one, but they hopedi Sir Robert would be able to put a little pressure on the Government to bring about the free importation of Canadian cattle in the interests of stockbreeders of Canada and of the people of the United Kingdom. Alderman R. E. W. Stephenson, of Liverpool, said his Corporation felt that the mass of people in the United King- dom were debarred from purchasing meat supplies owing to the rise in prices. There was no risk of Canadian cattle carrying infectious disease into the United Kingdom.

I PERSECUTION OF ARMENIANS. Sofia, August 2 (delayed).—The persecu- tion of Armenians in Constantinople con- tinues. One of the best known and most wealthy Armenian merchants at Stam- boul has been exiled to Kaisarieh. Living at Constantinople has become very expen- sive, and there is a shortage of many things .-lteu ter

I SPRINCBDK BAOCE CHOSEN. I Cape Town, Monday.—Recruiting for the South African contingent opens to- morrow. The committee of the Governor- General's Fund has decided to add all mu?imum of 50s. monthly to the Govern- ment Reparation allow ance.- Reu tN. Pretoria. Monday.—It is OfficiaJly an- nounced that. the Springbok has been decided up<?n a? the badge for all units.— Reuter.

THEWAR Resume of To-day's Messages. "Leader" Office, 5.0 p.m. Petrograd sends important news to-day. A German battle fleet which attempted to enter the Gulf of Riga was repulsed with the loss of three warships, and the German army have been repelled 23 miles L um Riga. These ..r, ii-portant successes. It is unofficially stated that a German army is gathering on tlw Serbian borders, and it is anticipated that an attempt will be made to send reinforce- ments through Serbia and Bulgaria to Turkey. Nothing has as yet been divulged as to the decision of the Balkan States. The British Army in Flanders has re- gained the trenches recently lost to the Germans, with considerable additions. A French air squadron carried out a successful raid on the station and factory of the German town of Farne- bruck It is stated that the two Lithuanias- Russian and Prussian-will be re- united under Prince Joachim, the Kaiser's youngest son, who will be de- clared the King of thc- new State.

SAVING SOLDIERS' LIVES I Wonderful Results of a New I Serum. Paris, Tuesday.—The Matin" an- nounces the discovery of a new polyvalent serum due to the labours of Messieurs Leclainche and Vallu, professors at the Veterinary College, at Alfort. By means of this serum cases which we regarded as hopeless have been cured in Paris, and particularly at the Buff on Hospital. According to a military surgeon, the results obtained are almost miraculous, and soldiers who were hor- ribly mutilated, and whose wounds were so infected that their lives were despaired of, have made rapid progress, and are now on their feet anxious to know when they will be allowed to join their com- rades in the firing line. At present not more than two thousand phials a day of the new serum can he made, owing to the shortage in the staff. These two thousand phials a day are being distributed as rapidly as possible- to the sanitary service. Up to the pre- sent it has only been possible to use the polyvalent serum in hospitals at the base. When it can be applied as a preventative in the firing line, like the anti-Tetanic serum, thousands of addtional human lives will be saved.

SWEDISH MINELAYER BAMMED. I I Stockholm, Monday.—The Swedish mihelaving steamer Urd was rammed this morning off Gothenburg by a merchant steamer and sank directly. The officers and crew were saved. [The Urd, a gunboat of 597 tons dis- placement, was built in 1S77. She carried two 4.7in. and four 6-pr. guns, and had a speed of 13 knots.]

RUSSIAN REGIMENT IN CANADA Toronto, Monday.—At the suggestion of the Duke of Connaught, a Russian regi- ment will be formed in Canada. Previously, by special arrangement be- tween ithe Militia authorities and the Russian Consul-General, it had been agreed that Russians in Canada who found it impossible to join the armies on the Eastern front might enrol themselves for service in Canadian regiments.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON A citizen of a neutral State, who has just been mak-ing a tour through Ger- many, gives an account of the work of German chemists in discovering a sub- stitute for cotton as a basis for making high explosives. This, he says, ha.s been foitnd in the shape of ordinary wood pulp, which has hitherto been usfd for the manufacture of paper. Germany hopes that she will in future be independent of cotton in making explosives.

CANADIAN STEAMSHIP CHANGES Montreal, Alo-nday.-The Canadian Pacific Steamships. Ltd., will commence operations on October 1st. taking over all ocean steamers now operated by the Cana- dian-Pacific and Allan lines. The head office of the new corporation will be in Montreal. A meeting of the Canadian-Pacific Rail- awy Company declared the following divi- (iends on Preference Stock: 2 per cent, for the half-year, and 23, per cent. on common stock for the quarter ended .TUM 30th. The net earnings from the railway and steamship lines was over 35,500,000 dollars.

VALUE OF STEEL HELMETS Paris, Monday.—The Intransigent" states that the FrAich Government has already provided 300.000 steel helmets for the troops at the front, and others are being supplied at the rate of 25,000 daily. These casques, which closely re- semble those used by the old-time sappers, are painted the same grey colour as the artillery, and are hardly visible at a dis- tance. Already speciment casques have bdeti received in Paris after undergoing a fusillate at the front. TJleY all bear marks of bullets which would have killed soldiers we-tring the regulation kepi. A small device, hardly visible, dis- tinguishes the different corps; for in- stance, a hand grenade is used for in- fantry, a hunting horn for cbaaeeurs. an anchor for colonial infantry, and cross g-nns for a.-tillery.-E-wlaange Telegraph Company.

FRENCH COMMUNIQUE. PARIS, Tuesday, 3 p.m. The following communique was issued trii,s att,ernoon:- In Artois, to the north of Souchez station, the Germans made two attacks with petards. They were thrown back into their own trenches by our fire. In Argonne. in the eastern part of the torest, there was cannonading and rifle lire without any infantry engagement, and fighting with bombs and grenades at Vauquois. At the Bois le Pretre. the enemy, after a violent bombardment, attacked yesterday, towards 8 o'clock in the evening, our treuches in the region of La Croix dos Char1Ue. Ile was checked by our eurtaiu of fire. tn tbe checked by our curtain of fire. In the night a fresh attack, accompanied by a bombardment with asphyxiating shelj^, was likewise stopped by our artillery. Tn Lorraine a reconnaissance by the enemy directed against the station, and the mill at Moncel, was easily repulsed. The night was calm in the Vosges. SIR ROBERT BORDEN'S REPLY. Sir Robert Borden, replying to the Cattle Association deputation, eaid so far as it was a personal question he could not interfere. It was purely a matter for the British Government. Blacksmith's Death. Death from bloodpoieoning was the verdict at the inquest on Harry James Howelett, blacksmith, at Swansea to- day. Betting: 25 to 1 Desmond 3f, 100 to 7 Swanker, 25 to 1 Snow Flower.—26 ran. 4.1()-EVlwæ ROitT 1, 2, RADIANT 3.-18 ras.