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AE FRANCE EPS SILENT WHEREABOUTS OF GENERAL JOFFRE NOT DISCLOSED. Phe London Chronicle Says That Re- joicing Is ° Premature -- Sounds Warning Against Over Optimism. Paris, Aug. 13.--France continues her policy of making war silently, Although the greatest armies ever formed are not possibly in combat on the eastern frontier, not a singlé whisper has reached the capital as to what is actually happening. The official communiques are so laconic GANANOQUE TIDINGS What Is Transpiring in the Little River Town. Gananoque, Aug. 13.--~The annual Sunday school picnic of the teachers, | officers and scholars of St. Andrew's | Sunday school was held yesterday af- ternoon, at the government paviliem at Gordon ' Island. The Gananoque Clayton ferry launch Yeonek trans- ported the crowd, which was quite a large one The garden party at the spacious grounds of "Orchard View," the home of Town Councillor and Mrs. Francis Keyes, Second street, in aid of St John's church, attracted quite a good ly number last evening. Refreshments were served on the grounds. A large | -- 'WHIG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1914. THE LATE COL. H. C. ROGERS. - ' Formerly of Peterboro, Dies at Vie- ! toria, B.C. A former well-known and highly re- spected citizen of Peterboro passed away suddenly at the home of his deughter, Victoria, B.C. Jast Satur- day evening, in the person of Lieut Col. H.C. Rogers, who was promin ent in leterboro military circles and also postmaster for many years. Col Rogers wus born at Grafton, in North- umberland county, in 1839 He was a son ol James . Rogers, who was very prominent in the early municipal life of Cobourg and the vicinity, and al one time represented the Neweastle diztrict in the parliament of Upper Canada. Col. Rogers went to Peter CAST AN ENVIOUS EYE ON BELGIUM AND LUNXEMBURG NEUTRAL COUNTRIES. Integrity Guaranteed By Treaties -- Little Duchy Buffer Between France and Her Old Enemy. Belgium--the Battle Ground of Nations! So it has been through a long vis- ta of history, Its battle grounds have played mighty parts in the affairs of Europe. The pame8 of some of the great generals who have marched their serried columns through its ar- vaders the Dutch were forced to cap- itulate, with the result that Belgium retained a large portion of the Grand of Luxemburg, which had been subdivided. : King Leopold I. died on December 10th, 1865, and was succeeded by his son, Leopold Il, On his death, in 1909, King Leopold II. was succeed- ed by his nephew, King Albert, who succeeded to the throne on Decem- ber 17th, 1909. The area of the coun- try is 11,373, square miles, with a population in 1911 of 7,423,784. The country's revenue for 1913 was $151, 000,000. The debt of the nation amounts to about $750,000,000. The annual imports of Belgium, are about §900,000,000, while the exports are $75,000,000, Belgium can put an ar- and unemotional that they are a fur- ther illustration of the new French | ,ltf ns erected f {anc 1 Aas . 3 auric f Nass a ; platform was erected for dancing and | ¥ ' eas include Maurice of Nassau, the , ¢ . § character so noticeable since the | he Citizens orchestra furnished a fine | t > ! % ; oa howe during the early days of biel Duke of Marlborough, Marshal Saxe, ay ot Le1.800 troops in the field on crisis began. In reportin, rogress | ir > 4 4 xf and for mapy years was identified | o imelv arvival Saved] ro . g Pp & prog programme : " 1 FY ith the lumi xd mercantile tndiis- | Blu her, whose time ly arrival saved Switzerland, also neutral, is a con- to date, not a single regiment -or Thomas Ralph Willis, a former solo | ; £0 ; and mercantile in the forces of Wellington, "the iron | federati . : . army corps has been mentioned; in| cornetist of the Uitizens' band, now i ora tries. He was appointed postmas Duke," from defeat at Waterloo, a lo ao oi on ms of Jhmetwen fact, nothing that is likely to reach |jopeated in Hamilton, is holidaying in : a Ce in 1871 and befd the position with | Op ore the hero of the Napoleonic ole and six half carfons or states. the enemy giving the slightest scent | town with friends. : . ceedit until 1909, when he retired: of Lg, fought lis last 7 fi sk ; It has a republican ferm of govern of the distribution of troops. Like-| G.I. Mcconnell. oi the staff of the ; 3 i his own will. Shortly afterwards he | YAI$ hk pg Bre =: ght. the | Tent. The area of the country is 15, t a 1 aR Rion » i | ; moved to Victoria, where he was at Occupying a strategic place on the | 476 square miles, withiia population wise, not a single commander-gen-| British Whig, is spending -a féw days . . s : : | map of Europe, Belgium has lon Foam 0 8 jog : : | the time of his demise. He always | MAP wurope, a El of 3,788,000. Of the cantons, eigh- eral has been mentioned, indicating |in town, having arrived on his motor- ya . been a buffer state between German p : that there will be no war heroes un-| cycle yesterday aiternoon from Broek- | ER showed keen interest in military work { "ol, oo Ve h ry socal. on Of them speak. German, five iil the war is over oie : : and was attached to the 3rd Prince | 40d Britain. Since the country seced- | speak French, oie: Roumansch and Not even the whereabouts of the! Miss Caroline A. DeéFong, accom- | : of Wales Dragoons as commanding of- | @d from the Netherlands, in 1830, one Italian. It is known the world A eG Terai, , y ' Wh ficer of *"(*" {roop. He was an active ' 20d Set up a separate state the coun-| gyer as the country of the Alps. commander-in-chief, General Joffre, | panied by Miss Ilda Wickett, of To 4 " 5 try has for the most part enjoyed is known. . So closely is the news|ronto, is spending a short holiday 2 y worker in the Anglican church, hold. | TY A288 JOT ity. with the E Historians naturally place Swiss 4 > 2 2 > 1 ama : i ho a ing the position of warden in both § peace and prosperity, with the excep- | history in five divisions:--(1) The guarded that the best methods to de-| season in town, the guest of her sis 1 2 |. ¢ srnalstroubles cause by} D : aE do tie) im 4 ie a : Sh ; ? lohn's and St. Luke's churches Hon of interna. trounies caused by origin' of the confederation, up to termine the character of events is|ter, Miss lassie Delong, hing street 3 3 . ) ; litical and social turmoil 9 a atts . ; Via atormar Wolk ial : X 4 ad Col. Rogers" wife predeceased him { Political anc . - 1291; (2), the relief from depend- to note the attitude of officials at I'he steamer Wolle Islander was in : pe Belgium is a neutral power, her . 4 : pL ine 3 tals i a BX- 8 i - 3 3 p two years ago He is survived by elgium is a al p 3 j ence on tre family of Hapsburgs, u the foreign office and the war min-| port yesterday with quite a large ex 3 3 \ . neutrality being guaranteed with the - * 3 » Up istry. There the feeling remains the | cursion party, under the auspices of | one brother, | J., of Denver, Col; ality 8 guarantee the ito 1394; (3) the shaking off of de- istry. € " ! RIOR , rAd a 3 HE two sisters, Mrs. (Dr.) Burritt, Toron- | treaties of London of 1831 and 1839. | pendence of the empire, up to 1499: same as from the very, beginning--| the Anglican churéh of Wolie Island : nw 3 hie " - ' : Y, L . N | . - --_--"-- - to, and Mrs. EE. Cuddy, Cobourg; five The powers which signed these trea- (4) the period of religi divisi confidence, A number from here went along to : . hat ¥ od of religious divisions nr mle val To shaw F Alexandria Be t oivd | sons, Waller, Lincoln Inn, London; | ties are Great Britain, Austria,)and French influence, and (5) the The records of the year 1870 show | Alexandria Bay with the crowd. CHIEF OF VALIANT BELGIANS, Dr. Herbert, Victoria; Harry, inspect | France, Prussia and Russia For ' that the headquarters' officials were| Quite a large number of local sports : RG sii ; r. Herbert, Victoria; harry, inspect alice, Sysia an us 7 "bad "| construction of an independent state then proud and boastful, Now there|went down to Alexandria Bay, yester- King Albert of Belgium and bis staff, King Albert has said that | or of prisons and asylums jn Eng? many years Germany had hac her | ag evidenced by.the constitutions of js none of that but day by day the|day afternoon, to enjoy the races. he will shoulder a gun himself if fieeded to protect Belgium. land; Capt. Guy, formerly of the Roy- y eves on the port of Antwerp, one of [ 1848 and 1874. tenseness seems less and the sense of J - ai Engineers, but recently appointed a | the best in Europe. On account of the mountainous y : professor at the Royal Military Col nature of most of the country the ; tion i ae TUT ECHO OF GREAT STORM Le RAL : dle ; Seseral sutismetion is srowing. hi y -- - WHAT D NE wlvantage against the Vriph * | lege, Kingston, and David, a barrister German Colonization Scheme, Swiss naturally became a self-reliant 3 Body of Captain McConkey Found { tente It is possible that the next |i" Seattle, and two daughters, Fthel Reports have it that in recent| body of people. They looked with dis- ' | will ur worth ot! Victoria, and Helen Robert out ----e BR usb from start to finish carry the war i engagement ae Barnard years the Germans have carried dain upon the p 3 's ¢ y i \ 1 i 2 ars 2 Ge 8 he é retensions se to the enemy's country. in Lake Huron | Liege and nearef Brussels. | son, Victori Mrs. Barnard"s hus- | © (onetant Scheme af colonization in| who SO Ais "divine OL ure It is interesting to note the change| nia Aug. 13.--Although the iden- | TO SPOIL THE PLANS OF THI fee ee and is M.P. for Victoria, white Mrs. at olty i 8 lati ; "og . of attitude of the allied powers who » s not vi . } - : TR BERNARD SHAW ON WAR | : , : that city, the German population rule," and the character of their a week ago seemed to have the idea ty . he | i RS . i i GERMAN Jaappng, ; re -- 24 a s husband is a prominent (here being estimated at sixty thous- | country made it easy for them to dis- . 3 a y ' v ieved that the badly decomposed body | np oast lawyer and. The sympathies of the great ma-{ pute such retensi by fore that they must interfere 'to prevent]; ' i . } a Sai : . sae. Stree 1 fon . ' anc he sympathies Bre; 8 1 § pretensiens by force of France a being crushed J Now found floating in Lake Huron at Port ft Gave French and British Ample Says Victory : Would Increase Rus-) Col. Rogers attended the military jority of the Belgians, however, are)arms. In all the wars which disturb- : Sanilac is that oi Uapt. kK. H. Me- sia's Power. ' at Barriefield far many years, : roe rene » the prin-|e \ aT there is wonderment as to whether ( kev. of Barrie, Ont.. master of th I fix with France, French being the prin- ed the peace of Europe during the ¥ onkey, Ol barrie, it. el e + 2 1 T , 8h ra arn- | a very popular commanding "fa NAY UY Te BF OF > 0 ro Ruckus German order can withstand French amer Regina, lost in the storm®ng| 10st by Germans of Value to Al- London, Aug. 13.-.George Bern- | lL Poy cipal language of the Souniiy. fn Middle Ages the Swiss, first on one bayonet charges, even with the Kais-| \,vember 9th. lies. ard aw in a Bi of lor £ Besides Boisiva, the ol y 0 36F Sie SR4 then on the other, Yeunliy er blowing the patriotic bellows. bp WY . in the Daily' Ne on the wuar Dodds oe 4 | countries of kurope which are 'gua a hed hrough each war a further Telegrams received indieate that ye or: iA vay elatheg wool y Wt Brussels, Aug. 12.--It is quite pos- | #a¥ hihi dit Ad ad do anteed as neutral territory by trea- (step in the direction of absolute in- t ¢ ol overecos and a noteboo ount hind . y | FT : »n & ' *rench are fig o ay > sibie utside lo hot re ) ; balance of power and noth ATTRA HINT ~ ties furopean countries are Swit-| dependence of ent 7 p the French are fighting with bayon in the pocket contained the name, 1 de that vutsid rs do not realize the re Jane 3 Ne i Bad " SUSPENDS EXTRADITION ties of E rope A 3epe Roe. tugling alliances ets and no amount of perfection in| [i= VcConkey etieet on futum operations of 4 18¢ le fa » lave a 0 . zerland and the indepe . chy | ghboring powers. In the lat- drilling ean bring the Germans suc- Ihe steamer Regina leit Sarnia on [the German check at Lieg First, it | Be , bop 2 oh Sie 15.9 ¢ wig New York, Aug. 13--Three | of Ag Wai joins 8 fe aste TWOVeR: The Swiss con- \ y y » Franc a . bil he resul » § rbalance of o y ast. 3 su- | feders see mm cessfully through the test. Cold| {he morning of November 9th, and has | gave France time to te mobil & ! tH be oh DVErhHa o New York detectives who gium on the southeas i : | fe n seemed boun to France 1 sed breast t breast '8 power in favor of Russia for more a 3 trality of Switzerland was guaran-| by closer ties thah to any ijother na- steel usec yraast. lo breast prove ¥ P since y Ss went to Europe to bring back re ET angerous to all 'other' combatants : tnd 1 Ter it teed by the treaty of Vienna in 1815 | tion, 1e one we are fighting to re persons ndictec ere mus as indispensable to the peace of asl i Time to Mobilize -- Every Day! { 1zation; second, it gave y British that the French are fighting for rmy time to mobi t something dearer than life. That spir the continent. In ace \g se | 1 1 retur ' , . ia return without their prison- Ts . ? . . 3 g we Belg | S 4 rope. The Duchy of Luxemburg i it the Germans apparently do not the Belgis t uleied con ite doneides: ers. Word to this effect has f Tone: rid, teed as neutral territory Swiss Neutrality Guaranteed. possess, and the nations of Europe strategical . : : been cabled to two of the offi | was guaranteed as LT ritor) A . set on future operations must his is not ghe time for idle re cers is P ov ihe state' de | by the treaty of London in 1867. In| As a result of the French Revolu- cers in Paris by the state de- each of these cases the terms of the tion the Swiss Confederation was heretofore hypnotized by their mach er mix but the t for st ine-like perfection, are confident that Lendon, Aug. 13---The na- | considered In time the fort LO oo Jor artment | Jas i 1 * partment in Washington. It various treaties have been violated | broken up, part of it being annexed to France and other parts becoming pf ' . , | : that there is such a thing as an this time there is likely"o be a re tional relief fund for the fam- : Liege will fall Some of the tha hing ! A : " stition of Jena, not of Jodar ilies of soldiers and sailors Ro y I ! ent, patriotic Toreign policy, was explained that exradi pe » Sedan. i n an European as well 'as tion is suspended during war 6 siti xt in stra- | separate republics, of whick H in a 2 pean @ Occupying a position next in stra- | separate republics, o ich the Hel- insular sense, and that our gov- |° 8 ! tegic importance to Belgium is the |vetian Republic was the largest. On killed on wounded in the war, which was started under the auspices of the Prince of Hoc wilh: Sues h i ai nments are too much under the , kingdom of Holland, toward which | October 3th, 1802, Napoleon Bona- Wales and Queen Alexandra nan or | gl y 2 a i 1 > 3 ne thumb of the stock exchange (0 find | sdddeddideddopatrdedfieduiiudidddindd | 1) Caves of the German empire have | parte, then ruling the destinies of 4 ' wnoeuvres the German ght Ving wn asm pe i ¢ ri > 4 now amounts to $2,240,000 will be kened With th kh 5 i aN . " : been directed longingly for many | France, summoned the leading ' » wet y i is kno SHIstOrY WW T (CUS 18 | ( 8 S. CTORIAS. ph is | French s sme i 3 ABBE naw OW: History will not excuse us be PONRS VS. VICTORIA years. The neutrality of Holland is| French statesmen to Paris and dis- treaty. Her im: | cussed with them the need of a Swiss | constitution 'and a neutral position i which was to be guaranteed by RELIEF FUND GROWS ones are ready rep I | by the German armies. { This fall will not occur withou rifice I'he Rejoicing Premature. ~mous German London, Aug 13 The disposi- tion to accept the first incidents of the war as glorious omens of the fu ture conduct of operations is being to the commanders "opposing the Ger use, after making war inevitable, an { il To counterbalanced by sober thought. | ube Shih ddbidb edd nan advance, it is obvious they will Lyvo-- pun -round--at-the last moment | They -Will- Be In the Game on |NOt Buarante b tor country between ' rw ANCE as i oP © pe At several quarters the tendency to RETR COM SC FEARS { always watch for a chance of landing | hegging everybody not to make ' a Saturday poriance-ag 4 Jive ml if vi wWhS 4 . fore THE SPORT REVIEW, | } : 2 . v : ny. | Germany and England is such, how- talk as if victory was almost a fore | a crushing blow on that side! Again, | disturbance but to come to London 1 y ) turdav | bat it is @ Foregone conclusion | France gone conclusion is depicted as prema . : cra the [ fle 1 Pe ur 8 as y 'be 'talk \ v IAs game on Saturda ever, tha S @ g 3 Tis +3 tir vk Hone onelusi ¥ p War Will Take Some Leading Cana. | (20 Tho! o "I tu o li t jie > Sik >d oh Rindly but firmly d satisfy the most. eritical of | that England would resent by force | Jy the act of mediation drawn up , « go ese untried troops no v Sir Edw: rey. i y } ho Bra ) h A w " ro - dian Athletes. ' unamg ese untried w | by ir Edward rey. ) regards good fast ball The | of arms any attempt by Germany to |by Napoleon and accepted by the Because our navy, says the | know that vooare equ to the "Our business now is, first, to V L 3 . , | Swiss delegates on Febru : 191k atliv C ele. 'wi 2s of To News : H a baseball seribe oe Tn wf : x triok "ly 3 t are at the top of the league | encroach upon the territorial integ |.k 88 gates on ruary 19th, Daily Chronicle, "with the loss of but oronto News: lH a baseball seribe | professional soldiers of 188ia 1 onvince Potsdam that it cannot but, 'meverthel the Ponies nve made | 4 r Holland 11803, the territory was referred to i { i ™ Pon 3 wy a but nevertheless » Pe »s have made | pity ' 803, » one small cruiser so far, has sunk |dared be hali as inacenrate as War { goldior- of England and " | trample down France. ®ngland, Bel- A hoy Te . © | rity of Holland. . { the 'frat ti Re vil " y ' SOF pondent here \d 1 hi y : | » _ | them take the small end of the score That the people of Holland them- for the first time as witzerland. two small German craft and nearly | corresponden there would be eight |ga0 to himeelf "If Belgians ean d¢ um and Holland and must pay 3 Rp . By th ap F this ¢ : : ¢ slubs leading the league Soy x { + > + .t on three occasions, and the same may: | gelves realize the ambitions of the [By the terms of this constitution the cleared the seas of the rest, it does(¢ Ss leading the league. sonable damages for having tried : . £ thirt embers of th 1d ted ¢ 9 i " \¢ Ai happen again on Saturday. Although | Germans concerning the ultimate fu- 1irteen members of the old confed- not at all follow that we have decid- Kil i and second to convince Russia > ay : ne ] 1 ai nh d the naval conflicts By winning twenty-three games of | » must not take advantage of the this will not make a dilterbnee inthe | {ure of the country is best illustrat- eration, which ex sted before 1708, ie } : pod | ts ; © leazue standiiy; the Ponies are out to | aq by the panicky feelings with [Were again created, together with * it, we can." Every day lost by the Germans of value to the allied armies will perhaps be the German plan leave a retaining for t Liege 4 rerma avy waits inj the last twenty-nine, the Ottawa Base on to subdue Germany : ix i ¢ " The great Gelman na y Nel Tl rh has a Ee ing m e UG y and their prospects are fairly | which they viewed the announcement six additional members created out D ey ady ake apy. oppor. | spurt of 729, i of the betrothal of Queen Wilhelmi-'of territory conquered at different intact and ready to take any oppor | times, By conquest and gift during i jrush on Thais f Holland to Duke Henry of tunity which may offer, with results na o and D Dr) ER erndues. and glit dultie that we cannot determine before Mecklenburg-Schderin, Germany. | ) hand Again, from the fact that athletics from Canada's shores. The marriage took place on Febru- members were added to the confed- : Hy fr is Ger- | erdtion) Res i ir | professional hockey plavers have been 17th, 1901. Because of his Ger-| era / rs the Belgians fought well behind their he Hr p ; mans--I cannot believe never After the waning of Napoleon's po- forts 1 inst superior German num-|®mong the first to volunteer, Joseph : . ~ ind : oe t ; nh brigade ha Malone, oi Quebec, and Allan David- | 2! wer the allied forces of Europe fore- hers, or that a ;ade has , , t beaten a German brigade in Alsace, 50D» the big Toronto forward, having | their fighting fo ¢ etn > \ mad heroic attempt ed the Swiss to repeal the constitu- one cannot, in the least, conclude offered their services Frank Luke- The severance of the political ties! tion of 1803 and to adopt another i : . od 2 . ap " ; in ule o x ny g arn | constitution more to their liking. On that the German military machine \™2™ the Montreal sprinter, has also between thie northern and southern | ive 0 ord 8 " h hole Tiilfil the well- volunteered, while lesser lights from 1579, | November 20th, 1815, the great pow- may bot on the wioie ? Re all parts of the count have.-signal- | lessens the ers signed a treaty forever guarantee reasoned expectations of its creator. | par he country have.signa \ aty 1 " "All war is uncertain, and our bu- ized a desire to go to the front. The {mans gained because control of the canoe Miss Me- | the Watertown yachtsmen will be pres- | {jon of 'the country, now known as jing the neutrality of Switzerland, Wh Bi is an Te a na battles of the football fields and hoc- [ mobilization Liege is ps jire, who happened to be on the | ent for the smoker. Belgium, broke away from the nor- thereby freeing her from a subser- 3 r { 1 5 ¥ "= ; ' ! . ' 4 rag hi Sine is not to be fed on £mall hopes key arenas, are but prep. schools for | rounded by Germans, and no wor » at the moment, seeing the at ies thern section and announced their vience to France which had lasted 1 : A 3 . 4 2 * fears, but to stgel out minds the more serious conflicts with pow- {reaches the outside world or tempts being made to bring the canoe | SAVES CHILD FROM DROWNING. | intention of supporting the cause of | three hundred years. Sr y a der and lead wireless installed w SALA ' . rowed| out to the youmg man's a -- { 'From that date until the present 2 yg g x -- en Catholicism and their loyalty to the against uncertainty and resolve to : . ; ' . & I 5 2 { timra To nit ar A; 38 our duty Ih ans avent " the forts were not equipped w vies | f ance Miss MeGuire's move wa Master Winslow Lovejoy, Aged Elev- | Spanish King. The northern provin- | time the troubles of Switzerland have on the contrary, by the Union of | been of an internal nature, the poli- 1579 an-| tical and social condition of the peo- SAVES MAN FROM DEATH. War threatens to take prominent 1: i have i Yolavad. if . | Rowed Out in Storm to Man in : Lhe { dan will have he delayed, x Danze iN kingston Yacht Club has re of sweeping down the Meuse Yachtsmen Invited, R(1O0D Cer | ved an invitation to be the guests Aug. 13.--A popular | Cape Vincent Yacht Club on Indy, Miss Margaret | er 5th, at a smoker at the and | ary man ancestry the- duke has been popular with the people of the Netherlands. entirel abandoned ibhouse young n the following Monday, labor approximate f nillio ¢ a {men camping here , the Neagha, Watertown and Cres number 3 8 out for a paddle when the ent will meet the racers of Kingstor Netherlands dates back to 1s very rough, the young man | oli ("ape Vincent It is expected that | when the people of the southern sec- { peditionar 1 vill ore nearl of 1 he life of one of the ces, Fyrus Cobh, centre fielder of the De- [less T cannot understand exceedingly plucky one. as the en, Plays the Hero. Utrecht, January 29th, AYRE y troit American League team, has set Fven with the liege y + heen for ANGRY L y )S GIRL ' ven with the ieg as the roughest it ha n fc Ean Xk Sirss " _ : N ANGRY LAD WOUNDS GI it rest reports that he intended jump- | does not mean = that the Germans lo 0 time. She is being commended Master no Lovely, axed 11, | ounced their intention of defending ple growing gradually better. The en > thie' Podera es dcaas . : , : ! . E recently saved a sma chil rom. + he i rte ral onstitution of 1848 #@nd later the nit et Pai ing to the Federal League, by signing} would be able to push on y for her bravery. by the cottagers i their rights and liberties, political as | consti § #8-YearOnd Girt Remains Loyal to," tract to play th more years | Meuse All arrangement sire.) r b ie hE the irowning at the ferry slip near Ho- well as religions, against any foreign | constitution of 1874 were evidence Almost-Slayer. with the 'ligers." 'I'he contract does |i, destroy bridges and 1 tad will leave T.ovi | tel Westminster, Westminster Park, ) power which should challenge them. |of the changing conditions. The ini- } N. Y. While playing on the dock Then followed a long series of inter-;tiative and referendum on legislative New York, Aug. 13.--""Yes, I love{not contain the maligned ten-day | the shortest ¢ i Del ne or tw and re-enter i : si him. I always loved him. He must | clause. Neither does it yon { David of Furone, can hold the | trade between Sydney and Newfound. | children fell into the river. Winslow | "4 concions and foreign wars in | matters has long been a feature of have thought I was some other girl creasé in hm salary, which is sad to | 1 1. under the command of Capt. An instantly caught hold of the strug- which Belgium was regarded as tue | the Swiss constitution. Lying in St. Mary's hospital, Brook- | he $15,000 a year. The contract un gling child and held his head above rize of nations. Commerce and in- a---- Iyn, with two cruel knife Wounds io | der which Cobb is now playing con ter, calling for help in-the mean- wele practically paralyzed for " i 5 we [Las lause ) or ately s cries f as- 1 ? d : A dy her back, sixteen-year-old Rose Lasso} tains this elause, but it will expire a ne Fortunately his cries for as vears by the battles which took place the Germans Draining "The Market. . | invading G { | | | vowad her devotion to the boy who had all but killed her--Morris Fatico, aged titeen, of No. 49 Snedecker ave- nue. Even the flolice were sorry to lock up the erying boy in the liberty ave nue station. He and Rose had had a childish love affair and had planned to be married as soon as Morris saved some money. Meeting the girl on the street, he displayed 250 and begged her to marry him. She refused, and in a fit of anger he plunged his~pocket knife in her back. The Canadian Navy Extolled Belleville Ontario That the Rainbow and the Niobe are capable of real defensive work is 7shown by the statement that the Rainbow is now on patrol duty along the coast oi- British Columbia, The Niobe is = also being hastily equipped again. The following report comes from Halifax : Were the H.M.C.S. Niobe équipped and wt sea she would be of inestima- ble value to British commerce, in the opinion of Lieut. W. H, Hatcher, R.N.R., chiei officer of the Mauretan m, who arrived to-day. Standing on the lofty bridge of the Cumarder this afternoon, Lieut. Hatcher looked long- ingly to the vockyards where the wie Niobe lay tied up, and quietly said "That fellow ought to be at sea." "But she is too slow to overhaul any of the German cruisers - reported off this coast," said the reporter. "I'he Karlsruhe is credited with a speed of twenty-six knots, and the Dresden with twenty-five, They could gleam. rings around the Niobe." "ven 80," weplied [ieut. Hatcher, "she would be exceedingly valuable. She could act as a rendezvous ship ocoupying a certain known position. She would be a refuge to which ship- ping coul®¥run from a foe, for none of the' German raiders could stand up to the Niohe's battery of sixteen six- inchers." - White Rose flour put up in 63, 12, the end of the present season. When Cobb completes the three seasons to which he has just signed, he will have played thirteen years with Detroit. SOUP WITH SCHOOL LUNCH Pasadena School to Supply it For] Small Sum, Pasadena, Aug. 13.--On the opening | ing of the school year in September | the Lincoln Park Parent-Teacher As sociation will arrange for the serving of hot and nourishing soup to chil dren who bring lunches of sandwiches | and other cold food Many of the pupils at this school live at a consid erable distance from the school, and a cold lunch has been the only thing possible for them. J It is proposed to find a housekeeper in the neighborhood of the school who will provide the soup at moderate cost. 'There are facilities at the school for heating the soup. In case there should be children not able to pay the small sum, there will be pro visions for them. The benefits of nourishing soup taken with the usual lunch' of bread, friit and cake have been proven to be of great value to the child, both physically and ment ally, Dies At Cape Vincent. Cape Vincent, N.Y., Aug. 13.--Peper Reed, aged seventy-five, died, on Wed- nesday motning, 'at his home in this village. He was born and had al ways made his. home here. He was the father of the late Charles Reed, who formerly conducted a cafe in Wa- tertown. There survive one son. Frank Reed, and one daughter, Mrs Clara Bailey, of Massena. The funer al will be held Friday. : The Fashionable Color New York, Aug. 13. Battleship grey' will probably be the fashion- able color next season, according to predictions of manufacturers here to- day. War, they hold, always inffuen- THE COUNTER INVASION O F AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. This map shows how the Russi ans are invading Austrian Galicia from Rovno and the Austrifns ave i avading Russian Poland from Cra- There is reason fo think that saw and that Russian Poland is hands of the invaders. bave come to Canada from Austrian Galicia, a German army is already in War- the preseat almost completely in the e nians and other foreign immigrants sistance were heard by Charles Tyler | on its boundaries and the sieges to who rushed to his assistance and af- ter a few minutes succeeded in get- ting both children out of the water safely, Germans Girls Want Positions Who wants to give two nice Ger- man 'girls some work to do? Rev. A. E. Smart, inspector of the Thild- ren's Aid Society, was appealed to on Thursday morning by two daughy ters of Germany for employment They have been living at Ardoch, in North Frontenac with their parents, having come from 'the kaiser's land a couple of years ago. They got sick of living in Germany and came to Canada to better their condition by farming. The family numbers fourteen. The girls who came to Kingston are sixteen and seventeen years of age. Mr. Smart will try and put them into domestic employ- ment, as there is a scarcity of maids in the city. He's Little, But Oh My. Edmonton Bulletin, Sir John Jellicoe, who has been placed in supreme command of the British home fleet, is a naval "Bobs," being about the same height as the hero of Kandahar and the chances afe that he will occupy as large a place in British history. He was one of the officers of the '"Vic- toria" when it was rammed by the "Camperdown" in the Mediter- ranean in 1893. He was ill in bed at the time of the d'saster and went down with the ship, but was ultim- ately found on the coast alive but unconscious. A man who could sur- vive such an experience must have had big things in store for him. Canadian Mails for Germany. Ottawa, Aug. 13.--The declaration of war has delayed the departure of some of the Canadian mailé to Ger- many but they are nevertheless being forwarded to London, with the 'ex- pectation that they will be sent on. which it cities were subjected. Building Of Belgium As Nation. This state of affairs continued un- first treaty of Paris, on May 30th, 1814. By the terms of this treaty Bel- gium and Holland were united into indon Chrondele What loss .would a European war involve for the belligerent countries and the world? To attempt any- thing like an exact answer would be absurd; but if the Great Powers 4il after the fall of Napoleon and thé {sgme to blows they will allow no financial difficulties to interfere with their expenditure, and by hook or crook the most penurious of them one state under the rule of the ywij]] find money for its troops. The pPrince of Orange, who assumed the itle of William I. The Belgians, how- ever, were dissatisfied with condi-| {halt times as much we get a total of £ tions under this regii.e and in 1830 raised the standard of revolt which resulted in a secession from Holland. The secession was finally recogniz- South African war cost this country far above £200,000,000, and if a European war cost only two and a 500,000,000, which "is probably a very conservative estimate. Indeed, if the greatest catastrophe of all oc- ed by 'other nations, and Leopold of ! cyrred, the cost could scarcely be Saxe-Coburg, the widower of Prin- cess Charlotte of England, mounted the throne of 'Belgium as King Leo- pold. Soon after this Holland de- clared war and sent an invading ar- my into Belgium. The Belgiums were quickly routed but their enemies re- tired to the north after the advance of a French army. After fighting be- tween the French and the Dutch in- For Freckled, Tanned, Red or Wrinkled Skin ----------------------------------. Just beneath that freckled, tanned or complexion there's an éx- skin of youthful and delicacy If you could only ng this complexion to the surface, discarding the discolored one! You in the edgiest, simplest, most na- 1 manner imaginable. Just get at any drugstore an ounce of ordinary mercol wax, apply nightly Mike cold cream, removing it mornings with warm water. The wax assists Nature byw gradually peeling off the Dngerin parthles of scoroned and half-dead surface wkin, causing no discomfort whatever, Cutaneous defects Hke pimples, blotches, liver spots, mot patches, freckles, of course disappear accomplish such wonderful results in so short a time Fine lines ami even deeper wrinkles often appear a! this season In such cases nothing is better than a face bath made by dissolving 1 oz. powder- «d saxolfie dn 1-2 pt. witch hazel This is remarkably effective, less than £1,000,000,000, all of which would have to be drawn from the resources of industry, from the world's working capital. The money publicly raised in kondon every twelve months is about £200,000, 000, so that a war on the thousand million scale would be draining the capital market directly of five years' supplies of the greatest capital centre in the world. - ---------------- ' A Plea For Abstinence. Montreal Herald A correspondent alleges that wholesale dealers, or middlemen, in the liquor business have availed themselves of war to advance ther prices on stocks on hand, and that many retailers have made this an excuse to advance their prices by the glass fifty per cent. Here is a war tax that we certainly do not have to pay and we have the ab- solute knowledge that nome of :t goes to relieve the stress »f war. Perhaps the mad man, Wilhelm, has 4 + builded better than he knew. 1 R. J. McCormick, or whose re- with the old skin. Nothing else will count margin of twenty-seven becomes a majority of four for Dr. J. B. Mar- tyn, conservative, on the latter's sp~ peal to Sir William Meredith, will con- test the Fast Lambton constituency at an election trial, 3 5 STAY 98 Ib. packages, at all grocers. ces styles, Ei ;