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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917.
TELEGRAMS.
“(Continusa prom Pagà 1.)
THE LACONIA"
OUTRAGE.
PRACTICALLY ALL ON BOARD
SAYED.
"TWO" AMERICAN LADIES' DIE OF
EXPOSURE.
Loxtoy, Feb. 20, The Cunard Steamship Co.. announces that pratically all on
board the "Laconia" were saved."
ARMS FOR AMERICAN MERCHANT BHIPS.
insurance.
PRESIDENT WILSDX ASKS FOR
ARMED NEUTRALITY."
THE CHINA MAIL.
FLYING OVER EDEN
HELT AND MIRAGE.
NOTES ON THE RACE MEETING. WASHINGTON, Fab. 27. President Wilson
has requested Had it not been for today's Congress to authorise the supply of meat weather, the Jockey Club's defensive arms for merchant ships and alus to provide adequate means of annual race morting in institution protection, including way risks and which dates back well over fifty years :--would have "runked with the best of them sa far as attendance is con- cerned. The drain made by the war upon the European community
Today has provided the sensation of naturally male ital apparent in the the meeting in the scratching of Silver curious stories of the difference between Felesure, where the crowd was not Streak from all races, owing to the tying where the Garden of Eden used the pony having' injured its shoulder. to be and flying ander war conditions up to pre-war standanis, but Race Meeting is evidently- as Silver Streak, after the manner in which | elsewhere, which, while suggestive of, popular a holiday as ever it was with he won the Derby, was strong anything but the Garden of Eden, ara the Chinese. Every tran from 11 favourite for the Championship, but clock in the morning till well on the announcement made this morn- in the afternoon was crowded, every ing came as a great disappointment to motor car and rickshaw seemed to be the people on the sadrse, and mast
use, and there were steady streams have been a
great disappointment to of pedestrians wending their way to the Race Course,The Police Beserves, including the mounted
two thirds, and on the second day two- fiesta, two seconds and
one third. Mr. Bara, who is new to our Face incle.etings though wall known on the
second on the first day and two seconds Services are now beginning to trickle Shanghai course, had four wins and, one Peuple pertaining to the Flying| and one third on the wond thy. It back from the wilds of Mesopotamia, may be noted that were only 13 riders some of them because they have been, for the 43 stables, and that seven of promoted, but most of them because the riders came from Shanghai.
they have been so thoroughly cooked, that it is time they were taken off the gril and put somewhere else, to cool..
The returned wanderers bring quite
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. Addressing Congress, President Wilson naked authority to establish armed neutrality." He stated that he had made full phins to protect American ships in the German ar zone; and pointed out that while be desired peace there was something greater than of peace, namely, the protection American rights and of Americans upholding the rights of American ships to sail the sens unmolested, LATES
A telegram from New York states that 20 of the crew are Americans and there were 6 American passengerɛ.
L
The "Laconia" was torpedoed at 10:50 pm on Sunday. It is know
hat one person was killed and some are PROMINENT AMERICANS ISSUE fores, assisted in the regulation of the missing.
LATER.
The Duky Cheadle's Queenstownr correspondent reports that the Laconia, was twice, terpoiled in come
paratively culen wrather. She
MANIFESTO.
IMMEDIATE ACTION URGED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.
Itrate with every success.
"
One of the reasons which justify the continuance of this annual weet- Mr. 15, H. Taft a former Presidenting while the war is in progress is Mr. Choate, formerly U. S. Ambassador that the meeting has been male à source of help for the War Charities. Last year the Stewards were able nake to the War Charities the hard- so contribution of $50,000. This
liated heavily and the huts wetyminent Americans have issued a mini- in London, and numerous other pro- „lowered with difficulty. There was foste in which they state that the Passengers variously majority of Americans who favour action no" penic estimate that from 10 to 22 were have been silent, because they do not wish to embarrass President Wilson
Mr. Johnstone.
Notes about the Baces without a word about the Clerk of the Course would be like" describing States Epeare's play Hamlet and leaving out full reference to the Prince of Den, mark. Mr. T. F. Hough has heal the other of Clerk of the Course for a good many years now and his picturesque figure in scarles uni-
On
the Clerk of the Course falls the no form is a feature of the Races.
light duty of making the arrange curing of the ponies down to the everything was in apple pie onder.
distinctly wore comforting to the average Europea, except while netuxly under hostile fre
Sqme of my friends from Mosopotamia, tell me that so great is the best on the ground that it is impossible to get high enough to get cool, owing to the bot hair rising to auch enormous heights. Even in the hottest weather in Europe one becomes perished with cold asany Mesopotamis one can fly in a shirt and thing over 10,000 feet, but apparently in short pants at any height that an seroplane can reach.
TUR, ALL-PEEVADING HRAT,
Incidentally, the same all perrading beat makes it exceedingly difficult to get any considerable height because seropiane engines suffer as much as their pilots. Scientists explain bow and why water buila at high attitudes at much ground, but in Europe it lower temperatures than it does on the cold enough when high up to keep the water in the aeroplane engines below the reduced
drowned, including two Americans. Therefore, the small number of pacifisti. | your—unless the inclemency of the tents for the meeting, from the boiling point. In Mesopotamia, how-
* LATER.
It is confirmed that so Americum ladies who were passengers on the Laconia'ded us the result of exposure in a boat.
LATER.
It is officially announced theit three
of the fearound'a passengers are ded and three missing.
Six of the crow are missing and sixviti hospital.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
THE WESTERN FRONT.
BRITISH ADVANCE
MAINTAINED
LONDON, Feb. 27,
f
Mere creating a wrong impression as to weather to-day has seriously affected
the nation's spirit.
11
They urge Americans to join a neve. the prospects--on even larger contengagement of the Bond. As usual, ment for immediate action, instead oibution should result, for at least one waiting for the murder of "more new source of revenue has been Americans before entering apon War.
The pari-mutual and cash sweep tuppe Hitherto nuombers of the
arrangements were under the control Jockey Club-and the membership of Messrs. Lowe, Fingham & Mat- is very large-have been entitled to thows, who deserve to be compli free admission in virtue of the paymentes upon the improvement they ment of their annual subscription made in the arrangements Sh also this year, but by advertise- The American steamer Orleans"nent in the paperk the members
invited from New York has entered the Gironde. were
Contribute arcourt of the usual gate money as
ANOTHER AMERICAN STEAMER
4
REACHES FRANCE.
PARIS, Feb. 97.
THE IRISH ARRESTS.
STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS.
LONDON, Feb. 27. Mr Duke, KC, Secretary of State for Ireland, in the House of Commcns. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Hair on a motion for the adjournment, asid reporta:-The silvance is being main that the great majority of those arrested tained. It extends over an eleven aile had been prisoners in the late rebellion, froat cast of Guedecourt to the south and bad since their release busied them
to
the
generally.
THE SITUATION.
a gift to war charities, and the GERMAN CHANCELLOR ON were probably few who did not enter their names, with the attount of the contribution, in the book specially provided for the purpose, just within the entrance gate. Ir pre-war times the price of admission was $7.50 for the three days: since the war it has been $10, the difference, we under-Wilson of variously favouring the stand helping to swell the Chub's Entente and acting detrimentally to contribution to War Charities. Forwards Germany. He entered on a long
The following portions of a speech by the German Chancellor had been received by the time of going to press:
The Chancellor accused President
of Commccourt to a depth of two selves in reviving conspiracy. Mr. Duke the same purpose un additional 2 polemical statement in regard to
miles.
We occupy, Butte-de-Warien- declared that it was inadvisable to enter
point
even the water is perilously near boiling
it it ever leaves the ground, of getting very and rever bas a chance of much cooler as it Keta aloft. Couse quently, one of the troubles of aviators in that region is the boiling away of the water in their radiators The air-cooled engines are no better off because the oil sufers in much the same.
AS
alternate heat and cold in the day and At certain sonson in the year, when night, are complicated by heavy rains, selves suffers badly. The woodwork alf the material in the aeroplanes them
näsumes various strange shapes, so that unfortunate merchanics are kept eterns-
..at work refuse to Gift
woodwork wa and the fabric distorte! Consequently the air mechanics, working in a super
ly
her machines which!
Turkish bath temperature, have to do ever so much more work than they would have to do in more reasonable climates,
THE BAFFLING MIRAGE. The toables of aviatora are still more
complicated by the everlasting mirages, not because the aviators see the mirage, this is that the air scouts, looking verti but because they do not. The reason for cally down on to the ground, car see exactly what is happening, where the troops on the ground are confused the mirage and are things which are not there. Consequently when an aeroplane brings information that the country is absolutely clear of the enemy along a are rather apt to mistrust his observa-, tions, because they seo as they approach that particular. Ime of country things whi
only exist as an optical illusion. worthy of
note that the Royal Naval Air Service has done very valuable work in Mesopotamia with seaplanes operating from
be Tigris, while the Royal Plying Corps have been operating from aerodromes made of sand. The Brid
id sand serodromes are naturally
far of the chief troubles in the life of the from healthy for the engines, and ope
anfortunate air mechanic is to keep the
court, and the villages of Warlencourt, into details. He and the Inspector. Per cent, commissionis deducted from exchange of views and an indictment certain road the people on the ground Fancourt, Pys and Miranment; and General of Constabulary, Sir Bryan the pinutual and push sweep
have reached the outskirts of Lebarque, Irles and Puisi-Aux-Armont.
We repulsed with loss an attack on a-British post to the south of the "Bomme and we successfully raided in the neighbourhood of "Arras, Monchy, Aubai and Luns.
Mahon, accepted responsibility for what revenue.
had been done.
FOOD CONTROLLER REGULATES THE SALE OF BREAD.
of the American attitude, seeking to prove that it was dictated by partiality and selfishness. He argued that it was not the first time in history, that the British had tried, the starvation policy and declared that the submarine sus. cusses much surpass the Navy's expectations. Even though reports from many had not yet been received, due partly
The number of ponies entered this year was 110, representing 48 stables. The largest stables were-Sir Paul's 12; Mr. Barr's 3; Mr. John Peel's 8; Mr. Ellis Kadoqrie's 7: Mr. Henry LONDON, Feb. 26.
Humphreys 6: Messrs. Logic, the success The Presa Bureau anounces that Lord Deranport, the Food Controller, Bastos 6; Mr. H. P. White's 5; and actifies that bread must be sold in leaves Mr. Soures 5. The chief features of of a pound or an even number of pounds, the racing have been the successes and must be twelve hours old and not of the stables of Mr. John Peel and be changed for old loaves previously In the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar sold. They must not contain currants, Mr. Henry Humphreys, and the Law, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, sultanas, milk or sugar. Inspectors are unusually poor showing made by Sir said that the converted Treasury Billa authorised to weigh them on the pre-Paul's stables.
THE BRITISH WAR LOAN.
PATRIOTISM SECURES SUCCESS.
LONDON, Feb. 25.
[
WOD WAS
to sinking ships and partly to the discouragement of neutral shipping, The Chancellor dwelling on the necessity for the popular remodelling of German internal life after the war, derided M. Briand's and Mr. Lloyd George's Recent meetings declaration that they aim to free
engines from getting choked up with gnt, which is sacker in with the air into the carburettor, and they tell me that even at quite high levels the engines tity of dies, though than they are above manage to consume quite a large quan- the sand lavel!
THE MYSTERIOUS HOLES
amounted to 130 millions sterling. Hmisos or in course of delivery. Rolls have often been a keen contest for Germany from Pussian militarism and altogether without its humours, as
pointed out that the number of submust weigh two ounces. scribers was approximately 5,289,000, and emphasised that while the German
loans had successively decreased, ours
had increased.
Jockeyship honours between Mr. confer democratic liberties on the John Johnstone QP John Peel's Germans. Mr. Lloyd George knew ponies, and Mr. Burkill on Sir Paul's. before the war our geographicni Mr. Burkill had not intended to ride situation. He always reminds us of including advertising, amounted to only FOODSTUFFS FROM THE UNITED this year owing to indifferent health. Frederic the Great's words Toujours
The cost of the floating of the loan,
£15,000. The success was due to the patriotism" of the people, and evidenced the' will "and the financial ability of the country to win the war.
ITALIANS SECURE FURTHER SUCCESSES,
KINGDOM.
EXPORT TO HONGKONG PROHIBITED.
&
It is notified by the Government for general information that the exportation
Mr. F. R. Vida; of Shanghai, was to Fidsite." have ridden for Sir Paul, but owing/
to domestic affiction, Mr. Vida was unable to come and Mr. Burkill very sportingly came down. "Yesterday he had the misfortune
to meet
of food-stuffs from the United Kingdom with an accident. When Trium- to Hongkong, which is not dependent phant Dahlia bolted tack to LONDON, Feb. 26. An Italian official message states on such supplies, will not be permitted the stables. before starting in We drove back and dispersed enemy
for the present. detachmenta' south-east of Gorizia.
Two of our airships successfully drop pod 21 tons of high explosives on the railway station and on Ritemberga aviation ground.
We have made progress north of Trieste
THE BROADSTAIRS AND MARGATE BOMBARDMENT.
HAIRPINS THREATENED.
A. WAR SCARE.
burst in the stable door. He back on
JAPANESE RESIDENTS ABROAD.
ONLY 600,000 ODD, ALL TOLD.
Total..
en
Mesopotamian tying is apparently not witness a story of an adventure which occurred a good many months ago.
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COUGH
BALSAMIC
LINCTUS.
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DOSE-From ten drops to ene tas-spoonful according to age and circumstances, to be taken three or four times a day, or the the Cough is troublesome.
A
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OTHERS LOOK THE SAME
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EVERYDAY! EVERYWHERE I
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ENEMY GOODS.
BOMBAY TRADE SUSPICIONS.
Bombay, January 31-Tis annual
we azoto deliver over the trade of Indis bound body and soul?·1* 'say" mout, emphatically, No. I do not suppose for moment that we can step our enemies in the present war from trading in India. Pensibly it would not be desirable, Trades will tow wherever it has a chandel.. Bub
thing I to think abould be on- mottó,
De
would be possible to stop monopoly, this
Pay and pay again. And I wonder it is thembectes of Germy trade. There legislation against i in the United States-
A certain senior officer of the army meeting of the Bombay Providency Trades had been out as
in a sesplane Association was held last night at the If they want to trade here let them poy, is passenger to ace for himself the position of the enemy. The engine of the seaplane went Commercia Gymkhana, Mr. J. D. Jenkins wrong, and the machine came down on a in the chair. In moving the adoption of portion of the river actually behind the the report Mr. H. F. Walton, the retiring Turkish lines, theagh, fortunately, just
there d where
not happen to be any master, gave an interesting review of the Turkish
Another aviator, on landgoing ma-
year. He paid a glowing tribute to the
cannot something of the sort be intro duced into this country? I think it the duty of every Association, in India to lowing that the people had glorious service of the Exilish Nary as strengthen the hands of the Governmen
flew over with a mechanic well as the Mercantile Macine. Beter in this most urgent and neccesess 36 passenger and landed not far from
chine
come
the river bank on a gravelly island ring to the question of energy tende he matter." There he disembarked the mechanic, said that they no longer saw enemy goods who set to work to put the engine of the
HONGKONG POLICE RESERYE,
Friday,
PARADIS ÉC
March 2ud-No. 2 Company Recruits Platoon, 5.30 p.m. Reute March of Nos. 3 and 4 Companies; Ambalanes Platoon and Balgers and "Drummers, 5.60, P
Band Pratice, 5pm
Monday March the Recruits of nit Laura Comporrice except o
peny
Recruits Platood. Fécaminat fors
sesplane right, and took up the senior publicly advertised, and the machin According to investigations conduct officer as passenger on his own machine tons of German and Austrian mani.
As they sped across the gravel sundry the second race of the day Mr.ed by the Japanese Foreign Office, hostile Arabs, who had apparently come facturers to keep their market in Bombay Burkill's leg was injured is the pony Japanese residents abroad at the end of from the other side of the island on see alive through the agency of professedly June last sumbered 608,869, which ing the machine descend, opened fire onnentral Aliena had, in most cases, been came
them with such firearms as they posses the pony, however, and shows a gain of 26,534 as compared with sed. Apparently they did the machine brought to zaught; yet there was still
no damage, for it flew back safely. a considerably quantity of goods coming. purticipated in the mce, and he came the corresponding period of last year.
On Its arrival various people rushed out on Victory Dahlia in the third The details are as follows
out to congratulate the passenger on his lato Bombay spparently through Neutral countries, which were undoubtedly of Males Females safe return, and some of them examining race the Derby-und it was doubt Japanese... 268,669 133,747 the machine pointed out what an enemy prigin. He asked members of the less due to the inconvenience and Coresas
astonishingly narrow escape the pilot Association to bring sny doubtful or .112,526 93,073
and passenger had had of being killed, suspicious cases to the notice of the neck Compil 1,920 934 pain he was suffering as a result of Natives of Taiwan.
because the low
lower plane of tho machine The world of womankind has been the accident that Victory Dahlia,
was simply riddled with hole on each Committte. Referring to the question of Tuesday, March (th.No.: 8-Company shaken to its foundations by che of the which had been expected to put up a
381,175.227,784 side of the body, and even underneath trade alter the war, he expreaded the most sinister zumoura which have beez
Japaness residents in the districts it1 Apparently the passenger felt rathee hope that a satisfactory solution might be ect about ince the outbreak of war, maja good nce against Silver Streak, under military administration number pleased with himself about it, till som arrived at at an early date, certainly
inquiring aviator discovered that in before the declaration of peace. the Globe." Is a murmured that failed to get placed. Mr. Burkill 12,783, is follows:
several enges the holes only went through the Ministry of Munitions, in order to id not ride again for the rest of the Tsingtao and
Male Female the lower surface of the plans
Plans, and not In the House of Commons, Sir E use the metal for war purposes, intended
through the upper surface Carson stated
6,801
Calcutta, January 31st Mr. C. "F. Farther investigation discovered the interesting fact that the holes in the Hooper, retiring Master of the Calentía destroyers bombarded Broadstairs and Panic fear seized our sister and wives, Mr. John Johnstons's appearance on
lower plane had not been made by Trades Association, at the annual meet | Friday." March 9th-No. Margate in the early morning. A and other feminine blessings, in its icy Coronet Dahlia, in the race for the woman and a child were killed, two rip. There was a rush for helping, China Stakes, which he won. Mr. H.
bullets but by small stones thrown up
persona injured and two bouses damaged which rapidly became worth their weight Seth and Mr. Moller rode for Sir countries the numbers are — through the cow has fired wing fabric native industries were being undermined { Fained-20.468 A. Argine, P.0467757
Unofficial details show that a dozen shells fell on the coast, and that all the sugar and in, a few hours the mar
Invalided out-P.C.763 Eddie casualties were in a village. Shells ket was decided of the precious bits of Paul in other races during the after Males Females Total examination failed to Ind a bullet hole and our country mined by the mono-Silva
Manchuris 168,831 141,450 309,981 at all, and the pilot after consideration polisie methode pt ensary firme. It is were also dropped in a town four miles metal. Women who had bravely borre noon.
Chion proper 16,632 12,138 27,770 came to the conclusion that, after all, not many vare since we were applanding Southern
We the Arabs were very much too far away that great man Lord Carson for defending yo Aria and
to have hit the machine, so that what the oil-fields of Barns from encroach- Australia, 18,859 7,891 26,733 might have been an excellent story of monte of the monopolist. May the cloak Berrow, escape became merely a standing of Lord Curzon discend upon our present Southend
joke for weeks afterwards. It is merely
N
'CALLUTTA'S" VIEWS,
ONLY FOUR CASUALTIES.
LONDON, Fab. 26.
zeigh
that the German to prohibit the manufacture of hairpins. day, but had to lie up, which explaine South San Llanda . 373
bourhood
5,585
.24
ག་
Total.
174 5,609
Classified according to the various
from the gravel by the wheels sa the ing said Long before bostilities machine was getting off, and whisked started it was norious how many of our
by
the draught of the propeller. Careful
THE ARGENTMINE AND MEDIATION
DE NEGOTIKTIONE
BUENOS AIRES Feb 26
the news that fancy cakes for ten might be abolished," who had never blenched
Mr. Jobastone on the first day at the threats to their Peles and Pone, secured five firsts, one second, sad one who had road with a brave; quiet endle the mural exhortations not to dream third. Again yesterday be secured fiva extravagantly at this crisis, for the first firata, two seconds and one third Mr. tine fella pang of terror, The hairpin Barkill the first day had one Ear jis much more than a twisted bit of wire firat and three seconde, and no lock m
It is reported that Argentina has intended for the curbing of trees it is the only two races he rode rester Initiated negotiations with the Latin the very symbol of feminity. Hence the "American República" with, aclarito Pecare - You pay take a woga e líby but jointly offering mediation,
Chads off here bilipinak
North
of historical interest to recurd that the ruler and preserve us and our industries Amerića. - 174,408 -- 66,761, 238,169 | memplane also returned safely and un- from being gapimited by or desipred
and
Camaged
great
8692 2,024 6,216 Be it aid the buibours of flying in enemies! I do not think it needs.
Mesopotamia seem conuiderably lose therecho imagination elsewhere, but that merely reflects the
Mr. Knoll on the first day
7,174
5,60912483
had one
piore credit on the officers and men who bubles In appa have done such good work in-than-pact- and Total $88,289 133,363 621 60% | 2 Lan War area(0: G. Grey.).
of Classes I, II, and 111 at Queen's College, 6 pat Wednesday, March 7th.—Recruits of all **Companies recommendəriş & fer passing dut, The BF (8) will take this parle Thursday, March 8th Orchestra Frae
tice
Recruits Platoon.
(8gd.) F. C. Jaw.
CU.S.P. (B),
DON'T [FISK PNEUMONIA. AEL rid of every cold as quickly as
Jay possible. It is the Forerunner
polmonary trouble and premor may, develop in a few hours, Chamberlain's Cough simple thing to do, but
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