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. ty " --. 2 J ~ - » . -- - Le . il | oye j '. an 19 [5%] She Baily British Whig [5] ere aan} STORM WILL BE A HURRICANE Wien it Bicaks on the Westem Fron, Says Returned Aviator. : 4 THE BATH PREPARATION FOR THE 1917 OFFENSIVE IS UN- \ PRECEDENTED., \ 3 A Toronto Airman's Story--Flight Sub-Lieut. Mills Flew in Rumania, Russia and' Greece, St. John, N. B,, March 2 tion such as never before was made in the history of any empire is now in progress in Britain for a grand of- fensive. Such was the analysis placed upon the.present situation in Eng- land by Lieut. L. 8. Bifton, nephew of Sir Cliford Sifton, who arrived in the city yesterday from the Old Country with a military party. "The British people themselves hardly realize the immensity of the preparations they are making, and when the storm breaks on the st- eh front, it will be a hurricane c®m, pared with any previous efforts made," he said, "Britain has the one word determination stamped all over the country and on the face of every person, and this summer should see the clean-up," he concluded, --~Prepara- Aviator All Over Europe, He flew all over Europe in order to secured seven days' leave in Toronto, iid Flight Sub-Lieut, Mills, of the Queen €ity, who has had perhaps the most remarkable career of any Cana- dian aviator who has entered the ser- vice since the war began. Flight- I.ieut. Mills had pever been in an air- plane until the war began, and soon after offgred his services to the Royal Naval Air Squadron. So clever did he become In the use of his machine that he was picked with nine others to go to Rumania to assist in the campaign there. The little aerial squadron that went to Rumania to assist in a one- sided campaign, to put its strength against a good fleet of enemy ma- chines, had many hair-raising experi- ences. All pver thé Rumanian front he flew, arid when the Rumanians were so crushingly defeated he was ordered to report to Petrograd. Again he was sent on a mission, this time to the Struma front, where he assist- ed a Russian" contingent there in their efforts to buck the German lines. He also served in another part of Giréece, and there gave his services Yo the gallant Allies. TO STAY A CRISIS ------ 4 Banks Are Authorized To Issue Ex- cess Circulation. Ottawa, March 2.--<The Canada * Gazette contains a proclamation au- thorizing the chartered banks of Canada to issue excess circulation from, and including, March 1st to and including the last day of August. This issue is authorized under the "Act to Ccnserve the Commercial and Financial Interests of Canada," which provides that in case of any real or apprehended financial cris the Governor-in-Council may author ize the several chartered banks to issue excess circulation from and in- cluding the first day of March in any year to and including the last day of August next ensuing, or during any part of such period, to amounts not exceeding 15 per cent. of the combined unimpaired capital and rest or reserved fund of their respec- tive banks, as stated in their respec- tive statutory manthly returns to the Minister of Finance of Canada, for the month immediately preceding that in which the additional amount is issued. You are quite likely to make friends flor your enemy by abusing him, $ You are fortunate it you Saveldirn- ed the good opinion of your neigh- borss ' » The danger signal is never seen by some people until the accident hap- | AMERICAN MULE IS NOT WANTING Has Made Friends With British Tommy and Proves Value in War. Two years and a half of the grim- mest war in history have wrought the triuniph of at least one American institution---the army mule. He has been weighed anew in the scales of battle, proved on the fire-swept fields of France ang Flanders, ands not found wanting. In 'warm winter coat and with long, inquisitive ears flopping back and forth in the breeze, he marches up among the roaring guns with a steady nonchalance that lends confidence and faith to the fighting men who depend so much on him, , Fron Missouri, Kentucky, Geor- gia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas and other stock farms in the South he has. journeyed to the war and come into his own. The much mal- igned, supposedly stubborn, balky and generally pestiferous mule has won a place in the heart of the Brit ish army from which he can never be dislodged. He was quite an asset in the South African campaigns, but now ig a real anistoerat of the trans- port service, "A most magnificent creature," replied a British brigadier when ask- ed for an opinion of the lowly Am- erican mule. "And he has a much better character than generally is given to him. He is something like a camel in that respect, Most people cry down and berate the poor old camel, but once you get to know him he is much to be admired. 4t is just the same with the mule, He, has some ways with him which the Brit- ish Tommy didn't quite appreciate at first, but now that they are better acquainted and have formed a sort of eéntente cordiale, the two have ut- most respect for each other and carry on at the front with complete understanding and effectiveness." Wing in Supreme Test, The mule had its supreme test on this front in the battles of the Somme. There were days and nights of unceasing labor, short rations and little cr no attention, The strain was constant and terrific. In exact ratio to the number employed, six horses succumbed where a single mule gave way. The horse, of course, is an animal of finer fiber and is far more sensi- tive. If he stumbles Into a shell hole filled With water he will strive and struggle to get out until he ac- tually dies of a broken heart. Not 80 the mule, He has no imagination and not much of an outlook on life. He calmly and philisiphically lies in the shell hole until some one comes along ang digs him out, The mule, some suppositions to nerable at times to shot and shell. Many of them have been killed in action along with the horses and others have 'died of wounds, But modern veterinary skill is working wonderg for the animals of war, and "one must be badly hurt indeed to be abandoned. The thick skin of the mule saves him from many of the trerubles that beset the horse. It wards off mud blisters and the affec- tions that come from the wet and damp and long exposure, As to working values, the horse, being far more gnxious - to please, will ordinarily" accomplish as much as. one and one-third mules, Some horses do the work of a mule and a half, But they can not "stick at it" so long. Seldom Goes to Hospital, Visiting a veterinary hospital where there were hundreds of horses under medical repair, it wag s.nking to notice but a solitary mule gmong them, Some One suggested this was strange, because the army had found the mule such a fine animal he had been imported by the tens of thous- ands, "That's precisely it," said the doc- tor in charge; "it's because he is such a fine animal that you see so little: of him hegre." Because he is generally civil and sometimes goes to sleep just abaft a howling nine-inch gun, it must not be supposed the American mule has lost all his old craft and mulish cun- ning. At one of the hespitals there is a sulphur "dip" or bath like the cattle dips on 'Western ranches. Most of the horses will plunge in pens. i over their heads and swim through, ; Had Fainting Spells, . Nerves Completely Exhausted 'A Friend Suggested the Use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food--Cure Resulted--Now Strongl ln : mends It to Others. © Kingston, Mar. 2, 1917.--Here is another report which will be of spec- . ial interest to every wommn who is and run-down in health. headac! the nervousness, the dizzy spells which accompany this condition soon disappear Wnder the upbuilding influence of. 3 Chase's Nerve Food. You can feel |street, you gaining in health and week you cam prove flesh and tissue is being added to the body. . Nellie Harding, 377 Ear] St, writes: "Last winter from nervousness, , results. Toure and by noting your gradual [and y Recom- - recommend this treatment to anyone sufferi ness from nervousness, diszi system, s IE i the contrary notwithstanding, is vul-}|: i WN W Ll SES nu abe A | - UPA gram. "TIZ" EASES TIRED, SORE, SWOLLEN FEET Instant Relief for Aching, Puffed-Up Calloused Feet and Corns, Why go limping around with ach- ing, 'puffed-up feet--feet so tired, chafed, sore and swollen you can hardly get your shoes on or off? Why don't you get a 25-cent box of "Tiz" from the drug store now and glad- den your tortured feet? "Tiz" makes your febt glow with comfort; takes down swellings and draws the soreness and misery right out of feet that chafe, smart and burn. "Tiz" instantly stops pain in corns, callouses and bunions. "'Tiz" is glorious for tired, aching, sore feet. No more shoe tightness--no more foot torture. AA AA AA AA AAA A getting the full benefit of the disinv fection. But Mr. Mule is rather too suspicious to take such chances. He is drawn in with great reluctance and holds his head high above the yellow liquid. One old fellow went through six tin es one day, buv not once did he get his head wet until the sponges were resorted to, TOBACCO ASHES WOULD BRING FORTUNE YEARLY Smokers Throw Away 8,000 Tons Every Year, Calcula- / tions Demonstrate. tbs. Washington Star. ; It appears that smokers are throw- ing away amnmually about 8,000 tons of valuable material, thd same being the ashes of tobacco that they con- sume, The ash left on burning tobacco is considerable and, as a matter of fact, the mineral matter of the tobacco leaf frequently amounts to as much as a fifth part of its weight. Thus a ton of tobacco leaf would yield four hundredweights of ash, which represents valuable mineral con- stituents withdrawn from the soil which have to be replaced by abund- ant manuring, : It has been calculated that a ton of tobacco withdraws more than a hun- dredweight of mineral constituents per acre of land." This would ap- pear to be an astounding waste of material which must be of enormous ing nearly 5 per cent. of the essen- tial constituent to all plans--phos- phoric acid. ; : On the face of it there would [0 ' Uncle Sam--*'Just wait until he bites me, and then see me jump oh him with both feet.""--Shields in Toronto Tele- means for the collection 'of | TREE. LLOYD GEORGE LOSES HIS FOSTER-FATHER Brought Up Britain's Premier With Great Care--A Strong Tie. London, March 2.--The death took place at Cricciets last night, at the age of eighty<two, of Richard Lloyd, uncle and foster-father of Lloyd George. Mr. Lloyd was for over half a century joint pastor of the Baptist church at Crnicciets,. and he served without fee or reward. He was a man of fine personality, with the noblest conception of the work of a preacher, He lived to see his orphan nephew, to whose bringing up he gave a par. ent's devotion, rise to be Prime Min- ister, and it, was a proud moment in his life when, six years ago, he paid a visit to Downing Street, although he rarely undertook a railway jour- ney. The parents of Lloyd George died when their children two boys and a girl, were in their early years, and Mr, Lloyd took them to his home at Llanystymdwy, about two 'miles from Criceiets. He reared and edu- cated the children on the lines of Welsh and Scottish homes, and the Premier has paid many tributes to the love and devotion of that early period in his career, 'Mr. Lloyd was a shoemaker. His little shop was the forum of the village, and it was here that the famous statesman was first imbued with his passion for public life, As foster-parent, guide, philosopher and friend, Mr. Lloyd was a-most powerful influence in his nephew's career, and the tie between them strengthened as the years went on, . Trenton I, OD, E, Trenton, March 2.--At a recent meeting of the Governor Simcoe Chapter of the I. O. D, E. here $1,000 was voted to the Red,Cross Fund; St. Dunstan's Hospital, England, $100; the British navy, $100; Bel- gian Relief work, $50; Major Long of. the 1st District Ammunition ¢ol- umn, for comforts for his unit, $¥5, and $75 to Nurse Beatrice Armstrong for clinical thermometers. To-morrow 4s the day when people hire balloons and move into their air castles, + lot of people show the flag of truce before the first shot of the battle. Suffered With Heart - For Ten Years Would Nearly Smother. There is nothing that brings with it such fear of impending death as to wake up in the night with that awful sense of smothering. The uncertain and irregular heart action causes the greatest distress of both mind and body. - : Miibum'a Heart and Nerve Pills are {he only remedy that can give 'prompt relief and effect a complete cure in cases of such severity. strengthen and invigorate the heart, so that it beats strong and regular, and jone up the nervous system so that the cause of so much - anxiety becomes a thin Old-time Fashion. oy a CR eT i tes: "I am not much of a 8 us | Be oditings, but 1 Teel that | Methodist church at this place cele-| it is only right for me to let you kaow braged last week the golden anniver- what your wonderful re sary of the erection of the present; done for me, and in a very short time, | edifice. The anniversary was mark- too. 1 had suffered terribly with my | ed by special services, at which Rev. , heart for nearly ten years, could|S. G. Rorke, Tamworth, preached, | scarcely do any k near-| and an old-fashioned meeting | ly times: I had rem- | was held, which was v largely | Sdfes,'some anly. relicriag ma for 4 SEMEL C. M. Reid, , Was 1 got a box of Milburn's Heart | chairman, and were made and Nerve Pills and felt so much by Rev. R. T. Richards, Thomasburg; better that I kept on them, and | Rev. 8.G. Rorke, Tamworth; Rev. A. C. Huffman, Plainfield, and others. | The pastor, . C.l A. Reddick, | stated that the of the $500 anniversary fund uld be devoted to decorating and remodelling the = * CANADA OFFERS Taking of Occupational Survey of Domia- ion Begun By National Service Board. QUESTIONS FOR EMPLOVERS TO REVEAL EXTENT AND NA. TURE OF DEMAND FOR WORK, Provincial Authorities and Farmers' Organizations to Be Invited to Aid the Board in Dealing With Farm Labor Situation. Ottawa, March 1.--The "Occupa- tional Survey," *h was announced by Sir Robert Bo in a speech in the House of Commons shortly be- fore his departure for England, is now being begun by the National Ser- vice Bffard. It is intended to enable the board to deal with-any present shortage of labor in essential indus- tries and to prepare, for the Domin- ion Govérnment, plans for dealing with the employment problem which will likely arise after the war is end-| ed, and the Canadian Expeditionary Force has been demobilized. Forms and explanatory letters are being sent to some 200,000 employers of labor throughout Canada other than small retailers, brokers, professional men and farmers. Boards of trade and retailers' associations are, more- over, being asked to assist the Na- tional Service Board to obtain cor- rect information as rapidly as possi- ble. Provincial authogities and farm- ers' organizations will also be invited to aid the board in dealing with the farm-labor situation. The man-power inventory of Can- ada, now being completed, at the Sta- tistical, "anch of the National Ser- vice Board, discloses a large number of men available for work in the reg- ular industries of the country in case of need. This potential labor &ill be of little value to the State unless it can be usefully employed in connec-|" tion with the different types of pro- ductive, essential industry, Classification of Employees, Employers are consequently being requested to classify their employees, including office staffs, stating the number of each class employed before the war and also at the present®time. Enquiry is made as to the additional number of workers in each class that could now be profitably employed and the probable duration of any such available #mployment. One of the important questions asked is that dedlistg with the probable employ- ment situation within a-short-period after the end of the war. It is point- ed out that it will naturally be im- possible for employers to do more than to give the National Service Board the benefit of their best judg-| ment on the subject as expressed in certain definite figures upon he schedules. ¢ It is realized that ome J estimate must necessarily be maie to enable the Gevernment of Canada to solve adequately the after-the-war employment problem. The employer, knowing intimately the condition of trade, the possibility of opening up| of foreign markets after the war in his particular form of production can, it is assumed, make forecasts ap- proximately correct. It is expected that, taking the country generally, underestimates in one place will counterbalance, to some extent, over- estimates in another and vice versa. It is expected that the resulting total will assuredly give the National Ser- vice Board a much more reliable basis | for future action than could be ob- tained by any system of estimating at Ottawa. ! After-War Work. Enquiry is also made as to the ex- tent to which each industry or busi- ness lends itself to absorbing partially | disabled soldiers possessing the neces-| sary qualifications. The information | here desired is intended largely for statistical use and also for the guid- ance of the vocational branch of the, Military Hospitals Comission. Questions are asked as to places| now filled by women that were hither- | to occupied by men who went over-| seas. AMoas to the extent to which | present women workers are likely to be replaced by returned soldiers after the war. This information is asked purely for statistical purposes and it is specifically pointed out that each employer must necessarily deal with his duty and responsibility as a citi- zen in regard to employing returned fers, according to the peculiar 'conditions surrounding his enterprise and consistent with the maintenance of efficiency in his establishment. 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