\n\u25a0$> 1:55 a.m.\u2014A German seaplane ip\n\n
\n\u25a0p nel just east ot Dover. Tho at- \n'p tempt met with no success and 'p\n
\nip suit. if>\n\u00bb \u00ae\nTremendous Battle Near Ypres Continues With Undiminished Fury With Issue Undecided\u2014Allies'\nLines Dinted by Successful Coup by Foe\nFOOD TO AUSTRIA\nFears Famished People Would Hamper\nGarrisons if Italy Attacked in\nSouth.\n(By Dally Newa Leasod Wire,)\nAMSTERDAM April 2(1.\u2014Fifteen\ntralnloads of provisions have been Bent\nfrom tho interior of Germany to Cat-\ntaro and Trieste for distribution to\ntho civilian population to quiet the\nhunger riots which have been, of daily\noccurrence there.\nTho danger to tho military forces of\nhaving a, famished nnd furious population surrounding the garrisons in\ncase of war with Italy has become apparent; to Germany and every effort is\nbeing made to convince the people that\nthey will not lack food.\nWOULD HAVE 150,000\nCANADIANS UNDER ARMS\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, April 26.\u2014The minister\nof militia today received the following message from Col. H. II. McLean, Liberal M.P. for Queens and\nSudbury:\n\"Wo mourn with pride otir gallant\ncomrades who died fighting for the\nEmpire and right. Are wo downhearted? Let our answer he 100,000\nmen in the fighting line and 50,000 In\nreserve. Congratulations to you on\ntho grent work you are doing lor Can-\nnflft;\"\nLEAVES F\nR FRONT\nCable Received In Nelson From Gould.\nIng Boys, Who Were at\nShorncllffe.\nTho pari of tho second contingent\nwhich went lo Shorncllffe from Canada In February has left for tho front.\nThis Is according to a cablegram received last night by J. E. Gouldlng,\nXelson, from his two sons, John\naud J. E. Gouldlng, who eulisted from\nNelson. They are now with the 30th\nbattalion and are with the 10(H) Canadians of the second contingent that\nwent to England. The cablegram was\ndated April 26.\nft is thought that the heavy Canadian losses sustained uear Ypres have\nprompted this movo of the second\ncontingent. Despatches state the Germans are making frantic struggles to\nbreak through the determined line of\ntho nllies and have brought 500,000\ntroops from tihe eaRtern front to attempt ramming a hole through the\nBritish. London despatches call this\nbattle the greatest of the war.\nThe two Gouldlng boys are known\nwell here. With them aro many mon\nl.om Kootenay and Boundary.\nNO LIQUOR FOR ANY\nSOLDIERS OR SAILORS\nDUBLIN, April 27\u2014 Brlg.-<3en McDonald Hill, commanding all Uio troops\nin tho Dublin1 district, has Issued nn\norder forbidding tho pale of alcoholic\nliquors to soldiers or sailors.\nWERE THE\nRST\nBRI\n0 RECOVER FROM BLOW\nLong Trains of Prussian Reinforcements Are Being-\nRushed to Front-Cannonade Last Night Was Undiminished in Severity--Struggle Likely to\nLast for Days\u2014Foe Wins St. Julien\n(By Daily News Leased Wiro.)\nLON'DON, April 26.\u2014The tremendous battle, begun by the German\nattack on the allied arc-liko front\naround Ypres ln tbo plains of Flanders, continues with undiminished\nfury and England, like the rest of\nEurope, is awaiting the outcome with\nundisguised anxiety.\nEven the news that the allied fleet\nand army have commenced an attack\non the Dardanelles and that troops\nare advancing against the Turkish entrenchments, which a few days ago\nwould have aroused Immense enthusiasm, has received only passing at-\nleutlon in tho face of the stakes thnt\nare In the balance in the (battle which\nis being fought across the English\nchannel.\nWhilo the majority of thoso capable\nof forming an opinion believe that the\nGermans by the stroke they have delivered against tho British, French\nind Belgians aro once again aiming\nat Dunkirk nnd Calais, there aro others who believe that It Is only a feint\nin force to draw the allies' reserves\nwhile preparations aro being made\nfor an attack at some other part of\nthe long line.\nCanadians Recovered First.\nWhatever are the Intentions ot the\nGermans they certainly made a successful coup, which while It did not\nbreak, did dint the allies' lines. The\nCanadians, who were holding tho British portion of the lines, were tho first\nto recover themselves, and in a counter-attack\u2014tho praises of which are\nringing throughout the Empire\u2014recaptured the ground they had heen\ncompelled to give up, and sinco then\nwith their comrades have successfully\nwithstood most of the Gorman assaults, though they havo beon obliged\nto Yield St. Julien to tlie enemy.\nThe French and Belgians, who received the blast in fuller forco and\nwere driven back across the canal\nbetween Boesinghe and Steenstraate,\nwero not slow In recovering.\nThero is no inclination here, however, to belltlle tho Initial success of\ntbo German sweep and the work that\nis before tiio allies before the situation can be fully restored.\nGerman Stroke Masterly.\nA writer ln tbe Pall Mall Gazetto\ndescribes it as \"a masterly tactical\ncounler-slroko\" and declares that if\nthe Germans had waited long to tako\ntheir revenge for Neuve Chapelle, they\nhave taken it now.\nBy getting across tho canal, it Is\npointed out, the Germans gained for\ntho moment command of the new\n\/oatls and If they had not been driven\nback would havo forced a readjustment of the whole allied line in the\nregion of Ypres.\nNews from Holland gives the Information that the cannonado last\nnight was more aevere than ever, and\nthat long tralnB of German reinforcements going to the front are passing\nequally long trains of wounded bound\nfor the base hospitals. There is no\nTO FORCE DARDANELLES\nIS TREMENDOUS TASK\n(By Dally Nows Leased Wire,)\nLON'DON, April 26.\u2014Too great expectations wore rained by the preliminary operations of tho allied fleet In\ntho Dardanelles, according to a representative of the British News, who is\naccredited to the expedition.\nThe British navy Jh convinced,\" he\nsays, \"that tho narrows could be forced If occasion justified the loss of ships\nthat would result, but unless there was\na. powerful army ready to occupy the\nGallipoli peninsula the moment the\nfleet passed into tho sea of Marmora\nthe Turks aud Germans immediately\nwould close tho straits behind it so tho\nwarships would find it, difficult to\nfight their way out again.\nNothing amazed tho British and\nFrench gunners moro than the resisting power of the old forts around the\nDardanelles. For example, those at\nSedd ol Bahr and Kumkale were subjected to a devastating bombardment\nin February and yet when landing\nparties examined them they found tho\nmaterial damage done was comparatively smalt. Although thoy wero mere\nshambles, many guns wore still intact\nand one Mnch piece actually was\nfound loaded,\nGermans Have Done Good Work\n\"Similar conditions existed in the\nforts near tho narrows. After the\nheavy bombardment ot March 18 their\ngunners wero forced to seek shelter\nand the fortifications were silenced but\ntho fleet does not claim to have put\nmany guns out of commission. After\nthe disasters to the battleships Ocean\nand Irresistible somo of those guns\nwero remanned, concentrating a heavy\nfire on these vessels while the work\nof removing the crews was in progress.\"\nTho correspondent considers the\nTurks such poor gunners that the\nallies would have beon lu Constantinople If they had to deal with Turkish\ntroops only, lie says, however, that\npraise must be given German officers\nfor the skilful use of defenses to meet\nthe ships' fire.\n\"The first great moral obstacle,\" the\ncorrespondent says, \"lies in tho constantly ronewed mine fields; then concealed batteries of heavy howitzers and\nthe direct fire guns placed iu position\nsinco tho first attack on tho outer forts.\nThen there are movable light batteries\nthat bombard the ships from tho most\nunexpected places. The severity of the\nfire from these batteries frequently\nchecks and makes exceedingly difficult\nthe work of mine sweeping,\n\"The moro tho task of forcing tho\nstraits is examined tho more tremendous a proposition does It seom. Moreover, we do not know the strength of\ntho enemy's land forces, but they are\nentrenched everywhere and tho lesson\nof Flanders brought home clearly what\nIs the inevitable cost uf assaulting entrenched positions.\"\nlikelihood, therefore, that tbe battle\nwill be over for some days to come,\nas the Germans have made Immense\npreparations in men and material for\ntheir offensive, which has forestalled\nthat of the allies.\nStrength About Equal.\nThat there is no shortage of either\nmen or munitions is shown by the\nfact that the Germans at the same\ntimo are conducting an offensive on\nthe heights of the Meuse, where they\nhave made an unsuccessful attaclc, according to the French official report,\nin an effort to recapture Les Eparges.\nBritish optimism in the outcome is\nencouraged by the success of the allies In repelling similar attacks last\nOctober, when thoy wero less well\nequipped than the Germans, whereas\nnow there Is believed to he little to\nchoose between tho opposing forces\nIn either numbers or the machinery\nof war.\nThe battle has had a marked effect\non recruiting, which enjoyed considerable booms today.\nGermans Take St. Jullen.\nLONDON, April 2tJ.\u2014The war offico\nhas issued the following statement regarding the hattie around Ypres:\n\"First, severe fighting to the northeast of Ypres still continues, the general situation remaining unchanged.\nOur loft flank, in readjusting its lino\nto meet the alterod conditions duo to\nthe original forced retirement of the\nFrench, had to face to tbe north and\nto some extent to the oast beyond St.\nJulien.\n\"This extension weakened our lino\nfpr^a time and after a gallant resistance by tho Canadians against superior numbers St. Julien was captured by the enemy. Our lines now\nrun south of that place.\n\"Second, our troops to tho east of\nYpres havo borne tho brunt of repeated heavy attacks, which they have\nstubbornly opposed, throughout the\nbattles In an entirely unexpected situation which has demanded the exercise of gallantry and fortitude by the\nmen and quick resource and other military qualities by their commanders.\nUse Fumes Against British.\n\"Third, attacks were also delivered\nyesterday by the Germans on the east\nof the Ypres salient, In spite of the\nuse by the enemy of asphyxiating\ngases, tho attacks were repulsed and\nGerman officers and men were captured.\n\"In the fighting during the last\nthree days we havo inflicted heavy\ncasualties on the Germans. Our\nlosses also have beeu heavy. Tho\nGerman wireless report ^tliat four\nEnglish heavy guus were captured is\nuntrue.\n\"One of our aviators dropped bombs\nou the Courtrai station this afternoon\nand destroyed tho junction. Although\nwounded he brought his machino back\nsafe to our lines.\"\nNew Method Overcomes Fumes.\nPARIS, April 2G.\u2014The following official statement was issued by the\nwar office tonight:\n\"To the north of Ypres on the Ielt\nof tko'battlefront we havo made sensible progress and have driven back\nthe enemy, Inflicting on. it heavy\nlosses. The Germans have employed\na new asphyxiating gas, but a means\nof protection has been put Into service, which has given tho best ot re-\n(Contlnued on Pago Two.)\nMONS ATM\nAustrians Claim Considerable Success\n\u2014Declare They Annihilate Two\nRussian Battalions.\n(By Dally Nows Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, April 26.\u2014Reports show\nthat the Attstro-Germans have ovolved\na new movemout in the Carpathians.\nApparently they have withdrawn Uio\nforces which attempted to outflank\nthe Russians in the direction of Strj,\nand are attacking them In the neighborhood of Uzsok pass and to the\neast of that point. Austria claims to\nhave gained a considerable success ln\nthe capture of additional heights and\nprisoners.\nWipe Out Russian Battalions.\nVIENNA, April 26\u2014The following\nofficial statement was Issued tonight:\n. \"In the Carpathians ln the sector\neast of Uzsok pass the fighting continues. We captured yosterday a new\n(Continued on Page Two.),\n PAGE TWO\n^te}3BaUi> jSttaa.\n\" TUESDAV, APRIL-'2\"7, 1915\nMADE\nIN\nCANADA\nINSURES PERFECT\nBAKING INSULTS\nGUARANTEED TO BE. MADE\nFROM INGREDIENTS\nSHOWN ON THE LABEL\nAND NONE OTHER\nBAKING\nPOWDER'\nMAGIC\nBAKING\nPOWDER\nMade in Canada\nE.tt,'. St. Paul's Methodist church, Tn- .p\n ronto. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. <8>\nLeague Standing\nWon\nLost\nP.C,\nPhiladelphia 9\n1\n.9(H)\nCincinnati 8\n,1\n.727\nSt, Louis 6\n7\n.468\nChicago 6\nfi\n.455\nBoston 5\nti\n.4HK\nPittsburg 4\n7\n.363\n7\n7\n.363\n.300\n\u25a0fWriiNNATl. Ohio. Anril 26.\u2014After\nfiblcaeo fond manneod to overcome a\nnine-run lead Cincinnati bv stpnrtv\nolivine; an.l enns'tttent Mltlnir In th*\u00bb\nseventh slid pltthth innlnes tied un\nnnd mipfled the vlqitors, eventually\nWiinlne 13to 12 today. R.''.H. B\nfbleiiro 12 10 0\nCincinnati 13 14 ?\nPntt\u00b0rie6\u2014Adams Vanchn and\nRi'ennahan: Schneider, Schorr and\nClnrlt.\nP,POOTn,VV. N. Y., Anril 2fi.\u2014Tef.'\nTetu'pou ehPrVe.i tha^'tJtiiits' losinf\nRtrpnk bv winnlne- tho final gfiroe r>e\nti,p sp'Ips today 3 to 0. R. K. P\nWpw Vnrk 3 6 2\nBronlrtvn 0 2 2\nPntiorioo\u2014Tpsreatl and Meyers'\nDp\" i>n\n%\u00ae3rpmrm\n\nG\u00bb log Uio construct ion oC thnt ip\n<& building, which was recently <5>\n \u00ae\neP\u00ae\u00ae\u00ae\u00ae\u00ae\u00ae\u00ae&\u00ae\u00ae-$**-ippi>.pp\u00ae&WPe\nKING WAS VICTIM OF CENSOR\nEarly in tho war, when American\nnewspaper correspondents ovor here\nwero roaring their hardest against, tho\nvagaries of the censorship, Premier\nAsquith put them in good humor by\ngiving a luncheon, at which ho made\na little speech, humorously complain\ning that be, too, was a victim of the\nceusor, as his speech at tho Guildhall\non recruiting had' beon held up aud\nedited by tho watchdogs of tho cables\n'leforo lt was allowed to cross tbe\nAtlantic. Until recently tho premier\nremained the most distinguished victim of the censorship, but now he\nhas been superseded by royalty.\ntils majesty tbe King In February\nwrote tbe personal message lo tho\nCanadian troops, which was recently\npublished in Canada. Tho loxt of tho\nmessage was obtained in London\nshortly after it had been read ou\nboard the transports which took tho,\ncontingent to Flanders; but its publication was not. permitted at tho time,\nand lt did not see Uie light until it\nbad 'beeu given out in Canada.\nThe reason why It was held up is\nobvious; it wns nol; tho intention of\nthe war office at the time, or nt any\ntime, to -give tlie Germans oxact lu-\nformation about the movement of the\ntroops to France. Tho censorship, it\nmny be ndded, though still roundly,\nabused, usually hns a reason tor what\nit, docs theso days; it has Improved\nvastly in quality since the early part\nof the war, when it. hnd to be improvised nt a moment's notice.\nCANADIANS NOT THE\nONLY SUFFERERS\nLetters and press messages from\nEngland have told much about the\nunfortunate epidemic of meningitis,\nor \"spotted fever,\" which prevailed\nin tlie training camps and may havo\ngiven tbo impression that, this was\nthe result of hnd Banltary conditions\nor of unusual hardships imposed upon\ntbo Canadian troops during tho winter.\nIt is true that tlie percentage ot\nstricken among tbo Canadians on Salisbury plain wns high, but. the disease hns nlBo attacked Kitchener's\noldiers in many or the camps about\nthe country. As this despatch is\nwritten-'in the latter part of March\nhear from offtccrs\u2014no official figures have been given out\u2014that, the\npldemlc is on the wane everywhere\nand doubtless It will disappear altogether when the sun conies out. aud\ntlie English spring dries up the mud.\nPerhaps If statistics had been Issued during the time that many soldiers were attacked it would have\nbeeu well for the service, for the severity of tlie trouble ln word-of-moutb\nreport has been tremendously exaggerated. An officer of the medical\ncorps who has had a good deal to do\nwith fighting the spotted fever, told\nme that he considered that tbe British\narmy in training in Great Britain,\nuatlves and Canadian alike, had been\nfairly lucky, nnd from the row of figures ho cited, showing mortality I\nnmong encampments of volunteers ln\nprevious wars, I am Inclined to agree\nwith him.\nNelson News of the Day\nL\nOF\nStatement Before City Council Showed\nPolioy of Careful Retrench-\nment\nA detailed Matt mon! of expenditures\nand receipts of tho olty during iho current year, submit IimI to tin* city council lust night, showed thai though its\nIncome is less this yonr lhan last, careful administration has kept (lie expenditures on a fcorrespondlng scale\nand iiuil tho city of Nelson is In a\nhealthy position financially. Tho gtls\nand electric light ami power husInCMOg\nnre practically self* support ing in sptto\nof smaller returns.\nIt was decided by council to put ono\nof tho street cars Into Uio barns for\nannual ovorhanljng and while this is\nbeing dono to all its rolling stock Uio\nusual service will bo a Herod. Announcement, of Bcl|cdulc will be made\nlater ibis week.\nItrepresontailves of tho lacrosse,\nfootball and baseball clubs apnoarbq\nbefore tbo council and submitted a\ncommunication asking that the recreation grounds be repaired and that uso\nof dressing rooms and the water service bo grantee}. This was referred to\nthe board of work;* with a recommendation that the request be granted.\nTlie hoard was given power to act in\nthe matter.\nTho financial committee reported it\ncould not, because of its financial position, recommend renting a building for\nthe public marker. However, Maytir\nMalone stated that J, J. Campbell had\noffered his buildings at llendryx and\nVernon .streets free. Some slight repairs will be needed but the city can\nprobably finance those.\nTbo bylaws authorizing the city to\nborrow money from its bankers and\nrequiring bra'tandera to secure a licenso\nwero finally passed,\nThe financial statement of receipts\nfor tbe month gavo police court fines\nat $257.25-\n''Are you gohir* to have a garden this\nyear?\n'No,** replied; Mr. Orowcher. \"It isn't\nmy tarn to make a garden. I'm going\nto keep chickens this year and let my\nneighbors make tbo garden.\"\nA PEW SPECIALS\nFresh Local Rhubarb, 1 lbs 25c\nGreen Onions, 2 bunches 5c\nFresh Radish, 3 bunches 10c\nSweet, Juicy Oranges\u2014\nPer Dozen .. .20c, 25c, 30c and 40c\nLarge Florida Grape Fruit, oach 10c\nWhite Mealy Potatoes\u2014\nPer 100 lbs. .-.' $1.90\nApple and Strawberry Jam, 5-lb.\npalls, each 45o\nRobertson's Puro Strawberry and\nRaspberry Jam, 4-lb, pails, were\n7Dc, now 60c\nWill close Wednesdays at 12 noon during May. June, July, August and\nSeptember,\nTHE GREAT SUPPLY HOUSE\nBaker St. Phone 101\nJ. A. IRVING & Co.\nGalvanized Wire Netting\nOUR STOCK OF ALL WIDTHS IN TWO-INCH, ONE-INCH AND\nTHREE-QUARTER MESH IS COMPLETE\nWo would advise you to procure your stock now. as there Is liable to be\na great scarcity during the next few months.\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co.\nLIMITED\nI\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL\nNELSON, B.C.\nENEMY TO ASPHYXIATE\nTHE BRITISH FORCES\nLOXDON.\u2014The following narrative,\nby tho official eyewitness with tho\nBritish forces was given out:\n\"lt is reported that in tho Argonnes\nthe Germans on several occasions\nhave pumped blazing oil and pitch on\nthe French. According to the statements of prisoners they are preparing a still more novel reception for\ntho front parls of our lino. They propose' to asphyxiate our men, it' they\nadvance, by means of a poisonous\ngas. I\nThe gas is contained under pressure in steel cylinders. Being of a\nheavy nature it will spread along, the\nground anil is uot quickly dissipated.\n\"On Thursday last our guns scored\nseveral lilts on a house sheltering the\nGerman headquarters staff. Wounded wero afterward seen being carried\nout. A bomb was dropped hy a Gorman aeroplane at Armentieres without damage. During the night hostile guns opened up on our trenches\nat the left, centre.\n\"Friday our trench morlars were\nbusy with good effect near the\nProogsteert wood. Saturday we blew\nup a length of the enemy's trench\nfacing Gulncby. A gallery bad been\ndriven forward and in the early\nmorning the charges were tired. Tho\nextent oil tho loss is not known, but\npieces of timber, steel and loonhole\nplates were hurled high in the uir.\n\\ijouf 100 yards of trench was destroyed, and a sniper's post at the\nbrickfields was exposed,\nGermans Hurl 1000 Shells.\n'A sequel to the operation was that\nthe Germans bombarded our defenses\naround Guinchy very heavily for some\ntime, pouring in over 1000 shells of\nvarious calibres. There was considerable sniping along tlie centre. We\nshelled hostile working parties suc-\ncess'ully.\n\"On Sunday at one or two points\nthe Germans in the front, line attempted by hoisting flags nnd putting\nup their hands to get into communication with our men. It was merely\na lure to them to expose themselves.\n\"Closo to Neuve Chapelle tlie Germans have put up this notice:\n\" 'Hlndonburs is coming! Welcome\nto our brother! Five hundred thousand men welcome their brother!'\"\nThe narrative closes with a long description of tho working system of\nthe headquarters divisional staff during n big battle.\nTho adjourned meeting of the school\nboard will bo held this afternoon at\n4 o'clock In tho council chamber.\nIF YOU HAVE POULTRY FOR 8ALE\nTPJV A WANT An\nGem Theatre\nYona Lodowska, the Famous Russian Danseuse, In\nThe Beautiful Unknown\nThreo Tarts.\n\"MU'RPHY'8 I. O. U.\"\nFIRST EFFECTS OF\nTHAN EXHIBIT\nTwo California People Decide to Tour\nCanada After Seeing Dominion\nExhibit at Fair\nMuoh has boon heard of the probable effocts of the niuch-talked-ot\nCanadian cxhlhiL nt tho Panama exposition at Sun Francisco. Something\nof what It is actually accomplishing\nWas heard yesterday when two California people-, after seeing tho Canadian exhibit, derided to visit British\nColumbia and In fuel nil Canada. They\narrived ln Nelson and are staging nl.\ntho Strathcona.\nMoreover thoy sny that, after seeing\ntho exhibit, a. wealthy friend of theirs\nmado up his mind to seo British\nColumbia and its beautiful mountain\ncountry, ns illustrated by tho exhibit\nand during tbo summer he will come\nhere. They say several other peoplo\nthey know are considering louring\nBritish Columbia.\nThere will bo a rehear tills evening at 7:80 o'clock in tho basement of\ntho Annablo block of Trinity Methodist\nchurch -choir.\nOwyn Brown who left Xelson with\ntho contingent which went to Grand\nForks is book In Iho ciLy for a few\nflaya on sick leave.\nNOTHING ODD ABOUT\nVOTES POR SOLDIERS?\nWASHINGTON. \u2014 Tho suggestion\nthat Canadian troops at tho front may\nparticipate in the coming national election recalls that President Abraham\nLincoln was elected for tlie second\ntime in 18154 largely by votes east by\nmen In uniform, voting in tho ranks\nand returning their ballots to tlie secretaries ot eacli state through regimental officers. According to tho actual\nexperience of old Civil war officers\nholding high positions hero, the Canadian troops in the field ought to bo\nablo to vote with greater facility than\ntho troops did in tho Northern army\nduring the war between tho states because of tiio greater number, tho limited space In wliich they nro fighting\nnnd modern methods of communication.\nIntensely Popular.\nHowever, tlie, soldiers' vote WttS intensely popular] nnd nl, that time anybody who ear-died n musket for his\ncountry was allowed to voto on the\nfiring lino or In camp. Tho age limit\nwas informall:\/ suspend This wns\nnot done legally or with tho cognizanc,.\nof iho official^, hut'old soldiers hero\nsay that thero was a feeling then that\na lad who shouldered a gun for his\ncountry ougl\/t to havo as much right\nto vote ns the man who stayed at home.\nWhat is even more to tho point ns applied to Canada's caso la that many\nCanadians fighting for tho Union causo\nactually voted then on tho firing line.\nWas Opposition.\nTho question of soldiers voting in\ntho Presidential election of 1SG4 had to\nbe settled by each stato ns the state\nconstitutions govern tho qualification\naud manner of voting. First a general election in each state was held on\ntlie single question of whether or not\na soldier in tho trenehes should be\nallowed lo cast a ballot. Nearly all\ntho statos of the Union adopted the\namendments permitting tho change.\nThere was somo opposition to it In\nevery state, however, as the politics of\ntho dny wore mixed up iu theso proposed amendments. Thoso opposed to\nsoldiers voting were antl-Liucnin men\nand tho so-called Copperheads, who\nwanted to end tho Lincoln policies concerning war to n> finish.\nTim plan proved quite workable\neven when tho men with guns in their\nhands fell back to vote.\nHow It Was Done.\nTlie matter of voting wns in somewhat the following shape;\nMost of tho Uniou troops in the\nfield wero thero as distinct stato organizations and 'bore tho names of\ntlie states in1 regimental numbering,\nsuch ns the 1st New York infantry* 2nd\nNew York Infantry, etc.\nTho men wero volunteers to tho\nregiments which tho stated were raising to fight for tho preservation of\ntho Union states.\nThen as now tho officers and enlisted men of tho regular army of the\nUnited States had. no vote as long as\nthey were in the regular army. But\nof theso thero wero only 50,000. Tho\nstate troops, numbering millions during tho course of tho war wore all citizens of tho various states. Every man\nIn any regiment was a legal resldont\nof the samo state as his companions.\nNo Question of Age.\nTherefore, whon election day occurred the adjutant of tho regiment set up\na ballot box and called on all to vote.\nAn old timo army man hero said today\nthat ho recalled voting and that ho\nwas but 17 years old.\n\"I am not of legal ago to vote,'' ho\ntold tlie adjutant.\n\"Oh, yet, you are; if you can shoulder a gun rj&uefls you can vote. Drop\nin your ballot,\" replied the adjutant.\nThu ballots of each reglmont, all being part of tho samo stato voting were\nforwarded by tho adjutojit to tho secretary of state and counted by tho\njropor election officials,\nTho schemo worked pretty well, it is\nstated horo by veterans,, and was Intensely popular with tho men at tho\nfront.\nC W. C. NUT COAL\nCash Price $6.50\nWe highly recommend this coal for Ihe Kilohon Range. You\nhave but ts give it a fair trial to prove Its value. Tho increasing\ndemand for this ooal is its beat recommendation.\nKootenay Columbia Fuel Co.\nCHAS. F. MoHARDY, Agent.\nPHONE 136 QREEN BLOCK\nA. S. Horswill & Co.\nGroceries and Provisions\nFlour and Feed Merchants\nAVe can save you money; Every\narticle (ruaranteed.\nMall orders receive prompt attention. Wire, Phono or Write.\nPhone 121. P. O. Box 54.\nNelson, 6, C.\nCANADIAN FLAKES\nMADE IN WESTERN CANADA, PROM CANADIAN WHEAT, ANDl\nPUT UP IN 5-lbs. PREMIUM PACKAGES\n\"B. & K.\" WHEAT FLAKES, IN 2-lb. PACKAGES AND BOXES\nOP C0-lb9. BULK\nASK YOUR GROCER . , '\nThe Brackman-Ker Milling Co., Ltd J\nAdvertisements Are Real Business-Gettei\nDR. MOUT'S\nTOOTH PASTE\nCITY DRUG CO\nHave you tried it? Many of our customers tell us it is the; '\nbest they ever used. Leaves the teeth clean, the mouth\nwholesome nnd fresh, prevents decay'and heals the gums, j\nIT'S 25e THE TUBE\u2014TRY IT.\nKIDftU HACIOAnD'S NEW BOOK, \"TUB HOLY\nFT..OWT3rt\".~NOW READY\nFor DRUGS, STATIONERY, Neilson's\nChocolates, Phonographs, [tt.\nNELSON'S BUSY STORE PHONE 34\nP. 0. BOX 1083\nBR1\nBENCHES WITH\nI8H COLUMBIANS\nWriter Describes Visit at Night to the\nFiring Line\u2014Boys Know Many\nGormann by Name\nAn interesting ami humorous latter\nis written by a corres pond ont to the\nVancouver Province, descriptive of a\nnight In the trenches occupied hy the\nmen from British Columbia. The\nlatter part, of the letter, in which aro\nmentioned officers from Victoria, is\nreproduced below:\nHere is the regimental headquarters\n\"dugout.\" .Time, 11:30 p.m.\nScene: A cave dwelling or cellar,\nwithout Ihe redeeming chance of possibly lis containing wine. Thi* entrance\nclosed by two mackintosh shoots, tin\nUie right, two bunks eovcrc-d with\nstraw, used as seats during Ihe day\nAcross tho end another hunk. A brazier, one very narrow table, two invalid chnirs, ammunition boxes, boxes\nsaid to contain bombs (these Major\nOdium insists on sitting on, to the\ngroat distress of the medical officer).\nThe table is Uttered witli newspapers,\nreturns, nrmy fornin, notebooks. Here\nare found:\n(1) Lieut.-Col. Hart McHarg, resting lightly, duly booted and spurred,\nawaiting the advent of his gum bonis\nto make his nocturnal raid on the\ntrenehes. ,\n(2) Major Odium sitting (despite\nprotestations) on a box of bombs,\nwrestling with his new moustache.\n(3) Capt. S. D. Gardner, the much-\nworriod adjutant, carrying the entire\norderly room in his trousers' pockets.\nGenerally preoccupied; frequently, 1\nregret to say, profane.\n(4) Tho dissolute medical officer,\nconsiderably reformed owing to enforced early closing observance, arrayed in a knitted cap, knitted brows,\nsheepskin coat and gum hoots.\n(Buter batman, carrying colonel's\ngum boots and socks. The colonel lays\naside the Times, changes his boots\nand socks, adjusts balaclava helmet\nand muffler, and accompanied hy\nMajor Odium, who relinquishes seat\non box of bombs with sigh of regret,\nvanishes into night behind iho mackintosh sheets.)\nLet us follow tlie colonel and major\nin their raid on the trenches. Outside,\nfortunately, there is now a good moon,\nwhich enabled us to avoid the mud\nholes. We proceed, gum boots, balaclava helmets, etc., along the wall. At\nthe end a sentry (we can't see him),\nchallenges us from nowhere In a Dar-\ngal tone of voice, Luckily wo remember who we are. We pass tbe voice in\ntbe night, drop through a shell hole\nIn the wall and ure within (whisper\nit quietly) tlie convent enclosure. For\nour wall is part of a convent and ou\nour right, a gaunt, half-strangled\nspectre, vaguely quivering in tin;\nmoonlight, like a woman that once was,\nstands the remains of the abode ot tho\nnuns. Shot and shell have sadly riddled those walls where once the nuns\ndiscussed their lonely lots and speculated on the evils of matrimony.\nIn First Section\nMajor Moberly Is In command of tho\nsection we roach first. We aro told he\nIs \"along the trench.\" We find him\non deck, talking to Sergt. Harrison.\nThey are\u2014but I mustn't say what\nthey are doing or the censor will get\non my track. Lieut, Jessop, Lieut.\nScharschmldt and Lieut. Bellow are in\ntho hut, which acts as company headquarters. The major takes us along\nand turns us over to them. \"What'll\nyou drink? Tea, coffee, cocoa, soup,\nrum, bovril?\" God bless the transport\nand the supplies!\nWe know quite a lot of the Germans\nby name. Lieut. Hornby Is quite\nfriendly with one of them. He's a\ngiant with ginger whiskers. They fire\nat one another for days at a time and\nnever do one another any harm. They\nwouldn't for worlds. Whenever Hornby\nmake a more than ordiunrily bad shot\nold ginger whiskers signals a \"miss\"\nwith a pink shirt on a broom handle.\nScudatnore is just the same. When he\nis not. trying to sell them watergront-\nage he's out studying their habits with\na microscope\u2014no, I mean a, telescope\nor periscope or stethescopo, or something, Scudamore shouts lo them in\nGerman; at least, It's supposed to be.\nIts something pretty bad, I think, for\ntliey generally turn a maxim on him.\nYou've got to visit the other major.\nYou won't got past without eating or\ndrinking something. That's a standing\norder In No. 1 company. IIo's like an\neditor or a tom-cat, sleeps all day and\nwanders around his trench all night.\nHis motto is \"Give me sand bag**\" and\n\"Give me more sand bags.\" Whoso\nfoet aro thoso? \"Dooloy's; he found a\ndead Gorman in his dug-out, so has\nshifted his quarters.\" We are now in\ntho midBt of the Victoria and Chilll-\nwack crowd. We feel aorry for the\nGermans they run tip against. Haines\nis just mixing a \"Morning Glory.\" Don't\noak him the secret, but It's like nectar.\nI think the best time for a \"Morning\nGlory\" Is 12:15 a.m. Ono day I'll toll\ngou of tho lunch he cooked ua, while\nMajor Byng Hall attended to the\nwines. I won't tell yon now or you\nwouldn't, believe we were at war.\nHolmes Is along here, too, still complaining of feeling lonely, despite his\nappeal to a wandering padre, who\nfound him lamenting his state of soll-\nPtanning the Campaign\nFurther on we find our areh-anar-\nchlst, the symmetrical Lieut. Leslie,\nwith his mouth full of bombs, thoughtfully picking his teeth with the\nmatches. This is indeed his rightful\nposition with his natural gift of distorting the German features. He got\nthis job with the bomb-throwers from\nbeing a left banded bowler and holding\na record for throwing the cricket bnll.\n.lust beyond we hear a voice gurgling\nfrom the mud, submerged but undismayed\u2014our little puff-ball Sleeves.\nHere, is Lieut. Latta taking lifo ns\nseriously as ever, firing tlirough a\nloophole at. nothing in particular and\nhitting It every time with marvelous\nprecision. There are Boh Busnombe\n\u2022and Thorn sitting on two biscuit boxes\ndrafting plans for the next Ilussians\nadvance, and the siege of Berlin. Sad-\neyed uud thoughtful, tlie ever-serious\nLocke broods over them, scarce seem-\nIng io bear their idle prattle. Deep\ndown In a noisome dungeon like a hermit burned in his cell sits Harvey, the\npoet, composing odes to hate as a relaxation from spanking small boys, and\nbeside bim sits that priceless subaltern\ntin- hardheadod Bromley off whose cranium the bullets fairly bounce.\nCapt. Cooper, genial as ever, attired\nin bis tenth new pair of trench boots\nund looking like a. movable Christmas\ntree, is wandering along the trench to\ncall on Major Muberloy. We accompany him, and find tho major still on\ndeck and still wondering when that\n\"next leave\" is coming to him. Inside\nthe inn pandemonium reigns. Bellow\nhas Just been accused of drinking all\nIbe rjum. This is manifestly untrue,\nbut he Is quite prepared to admit that\nhis new gun is a \"world beater.\" John\nWarden is making a fire. He always\nfines at 1 a.m., with an axe, a maul\nand a blacksmith's hummer, .lessor*,\nthat smart young subaltern with two\nthoughts in liis bead, one of which is\nfood; Sehuarsehmidt with one thought,\nand Ford with no language fit tn explain his, have just looked in to tidl\none another, and everybody else in particular, Just exactly where they and\neveryone else gets off at.\nSo let us leave them. Each one has\nbis own particular way of doing it;\neach his own plan of campaign. But\nwltii these on watch peering across the\ntrendies wo can go back safely to our\nhouseholes In-hind the convent wall and\nthere sleep as safely and as securely\nas iu Kltsilano or in Grnndview.\nECONOMICAL FRENCH WOMAN\nBANISHES ALL LUXURIES\n'PAIUK.\u2014Tho virttto of economy for\nwhich tbe French woman is so renowned has borne fruits since tho wnr.\nfor although miser and want nro necessarily felt all through the country front stagnation in business, thoy\naro Immeasurably lessened by the fact\nthat almost all French women havo\nsomo savings or resources upon which\nto draw. Moreover directly tbo war\nbroko out tho practical French woman\nnt once began to prepare for eventualities and with tho decision which\nmarks most of her actions sho reduced\nher dally expenditure witli- a firm\nhand, Tho French woman of gentle\nbreeding can live simply and inexpensively in a very graceful way ana the\nlast sacrifices she makes aro the dainty\nthings about her person. Tho Bour-\ngeoiso of tho small shop keeping class\npractises economy with less grace but\nequal fervor and tho woman of the\npeoplo frankly mnkes- no attempt to bo\nanything but well fed and tidy. AJ1\nclasses havo a gift for hoWing on to\ntho essentials of lifo when their material existence. Is at stake and it is\nalways the superfluous which Is sacrificed first. Such a flno sense of\nproportion is one of tho nation's greatest points and it Is ono tho dreamers\nof tho north mny well ponder upon.\nAs wo climb the social ladder in\nFrance we find very much tho samo\nrides of life governing all classes, moro'\nespecially whero money is concerned.\nThe working woman and the aristocrat show tho same simple common\nsenso in dealing with the difficulties\not tho domestic or economic problem\nand both aro equally capable of muk-\nfng Immoivso sacrifices of thoso belonging to them. Tho working woman\neconomizes last on food, because she\nrealizes that good food gives her the\nstrength to work; tho aristocrat *bn\ntho other hand retroiichcn first on hor\nown table. Both .women, economize in\ndross and household linen by that meticulous care of the wardro-bo and the\nlinon cheat which marks most French\nhouseholds.\nNot a Thread Wasted.\nThey darn and patoh and turn and\nremake until not'a thread Is wasted.\nThey never -indulge- in superfluous ornament and although a French.workman's kitchen may look -less ,comfortable than an Englishman's, tho essentials to well being are always to\nbe found there\u2014a good meal, a good\nbed and tidy clothing with warm!\nenough to sit nnd smoko in comfoi|\nThe dining tablo will probably\ncheck by jowl with tho bed, but boi\nwill bo excellent of thoir kind; tlf\ntablo will show no table cloth but jul\nan oilcloth cover; but no matter whJ\nthe meal serviettes will bo provide]\nand, most Important of all, tho eooklnf\nwill bo of the first ordor, for the woj\nman who cannot cook In France is t\nrare as tho woman who cannot sew.l\nThe shop keeper, that marveUotl\nwoman who sits at tho receipt of cu|\ntorn, shows the same characteristics r,\nthe woman of tho laboring class ail\nin hor way sho labors qulto as pel\nslstcntly. Llko the virtuous woman f\nold sho\/'worketh willingly with hi\nhands, sho glrdeth her loins wlr\nstrength and she looketh well to til\nways of her household.\" She sacrlficoT\nnothing to outsido show, and is con\ntent to do without a \"salon\" so Ion]\nas sho can have a correct \"suite\"\nfurniture in her bedroom. Her chllol\nren aro well fed, woll clothed, wel\neducated and well ittarted to business\nSho leaves nothing to chance and hq\ncharity begins at homo although it do-\nnot always end there, as tho war\nproving evory day.\nMore Roses\n.lust arrived in good order: Huettl\nDickson H. P., best rod \"tOcl\nTh\u00abse Hybrid Tea Roaea 50c Each:!\nDean Holo (carmino shaded sal-l\nmon), Gen. McArthur (crimson!\nscarlet), Kalserln Aug. Victoria,!\n(creamy whito), Mme. Jules Oroleol\n(silvery pink), Prince Bulgaria!\n(sllvory flesh color), Wm. R.I\nSmith (a new white rose), WnUor|\nSpeed (yellow whito).\nCLIMBING ROSES \/\nDorothy Perkins (pink) 40c|\nLady Gay (cherry red) 40c|\nFlower ot Fairfield (perpetual\nblooming, crimson) 50c|\nFine Snowballs ..., 3Se|\nHydrangeas .60c|\nHall orders filled promptly.\nRutherford Drug Co.]\nNelson.\nStarland Theatre!\nThe 19th Episode of\nThe Million Dollar Mystery\nOne Long Thrill.\nBlllle Ritchie in\n\"THE RURAL DEMONS\"\nSTARLAND ORCHESTRA\nPAJAMAS\nCool Pajamas for Summeq\nwear!\nPajamas are regarded! by Vor.\nmany men as the Ideal Summer)\nSleeping Garments\u2014preferable to]\nnight ablrts in very many ways.\nWo have them in lightweight\u2014Madras, Lonsdale\nand Pongee Silk. Solid colors\nor fancy patterns and neat\ncolorings. Collarloss or in\nthe Military style.\n$1.60 to S4.00 the Suit\nOceans of comfort In thorn.\nThe l)08i dress tor a chronic]\nkicker in a Suit of Pajamas.\nEmory & Wallei\nTHE OUTFITTERS\n","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. 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