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THE EVENING' ADVOCA-
Official Orfean of Pne Fbhermfti's Protective'Union qt ^
vol. vii., No. 4 ri"ii~Evening~Xdv<x_ ate^st^Toifn-s.J>^E^P®^Ea^d~~ttiesdaVT^JanUafS tl 1020.
■■mm
'Vjfin >'j_
TBE SECOND REPORT (BY MAJOR NANGLE ON WAR GRAVES
AND BATTLE EXPLOIT MEMORIALS, OF NFLD, CONTINGENT.
ENGLISH RAILWAY
WORKERS WILL NOT
ACCEPT WAGE PLAN
GOES UNITED STA1ES DECLINE TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR DECISIONS OF SUPREME COUNCIL?
English Railway Workers
Won't Accept Offer
LONDON*. Jan. 5-lii uiii.r.i.iioii
offer lo thc railway workers ii growing and is \irtunlly unanimous
thiougboul the country, advices n-
- cited frcm various largo centres toil, y Indicate. The rail-'
dlssi
Coven
t again.
i-i.i.i.
IsU. S. A. An Ally?
lay
ouncll wi
future dec!
the foriius'.a "Allied rowers.-' in: lead
of "Allied and Associated Towers."
which h::s been used in thc past according to The Bcho de Paris. Tho
article Mates, "This marl;., the dcler-
mlnalion of lhe fulled SL-ites not ■_>
participate officially In lhe decisions
to lit: r.ached in Pari?. Washington
while declining responsibility ot lhe
Explosion In Belgrade
Breaks All Window Glass
U:'.I_.l'.\l>_. Jan. 5—:
in. ■, i
IJU
Japanese Are Busy
HONOLULU. Jan. a—Ho-ivy Japan
<• rclnrorcimtnt-i *_ave been rushed
Irkutsk there, according to n
klo to Nippu Jtgl, lb?
3upr.ii
sessions. Nothing
be definitely concluded without Presl-I
deut Wilson's assent beforehand. So
lho Council Is supreme only la name'
Supremacy belongs lo Wil .ton who
inhabits not th. Whit. House but1
Mount Olympus."
Trying the Radicals
CHICAGO. Jan. &--Morc than onnj
o-mdred alleged radicals trrcstc. In!
New Year, rilib by state and city
al Court and a special
T began untangling masses
seized at headquarters
:tins-Places or obtained in the
ist five months-
Millionaire Lost
still at work in
Serbia had occasion on Occcmbcl
caly-uinih to *uccor victim* of a
ysterlous explosion which wrcckc.
ie of th. biggest commercial build-
Belgrade The cxplo3lon exceeded in violence and effect tbe niosl
powerful ^iio'.ls used during tho war
Dyui-mlto is supi>oscd lo have bivn
used and the explosion is believed la
be councclcd wltli thc recent plots I
against thc life of thc Prince Regent
Alexander. Twenty-six persons were
killed by the explosion mid otb rs
who were seriously injured
rescued by the ambulances t
Red Cross. One effect .ot I'ne explosion |
wija to leave Belgrade almost entirely without window glass at the height j
of winter-
LONDON. Oat.. Jan. .'.—Ambroei
Small. Toronto millionaire. mi3sl_gj
since Tuesday, December I. Is belloved
by E. W. Flock, his personal solicitor
to lie dead, and his body concealed In
Read The Advnrat*
j___£l. _£§S?£3.2-.32£"2?. _££_?CZT22£2££3£_£
Red Cross Line
The S.S. ROSALIND will probably sail from
New York on January 10th. and from St. John's
on January 20th inst. For passage fares, freight
rates, space, etc.. apply to
Harvey & Co., Ltd.
; AGENTS. jan2.tf
&___________&_!. _££?_SS2^S?_x2S &ZQiSa?£33&g
Biggest Pump In
Montreal Is Broken
MONTREAL. Jan. 5—Owing to he
collapse this morning of thc blggenl
pump in thc Montreal Civic Water
Works Plant where employe. are on
strike for higher wapis, lnc principal residential section of the city
will be without Ita high pressure for
part of today. Tho pump broke al
four this morning und was not expected to bc repaired until the afternoon. The city has now a completed
eystoru ot delivering water by barrels
ln outlying pans which cannot bo
served owing to the Inability lo man
all pumps.
Scapa Flow Indemnity
PARIS, Jan. 5—The Supreme Council this morning finally decided ou
tho note lo tho German delegation
conOrming the verbal statement regarding indemnity tor Scapa Flow
sinkings made lo Baron van Nordner
by Secretary Outiista of the Peace
Conference It is understood that this
note virtually reduced the demand or
reparation from 400.000 to about 275,-
ot dock nnd harbor uinier-
ll> the H.it.r)
a.u'illrocltd to forward you
copy of lhc Second Report
by Major Nafel c on _Va f Graves end
nattl. Exploit Memorial.. Newfound-j
land Contingent. It ls felt that the
publication of thi) would-be of litter-'
i our people-
have the the. honor to be
Sir,
Your obedient servant. )
ARTHUR MEWS.
Deputy Colonial S.ereti-.ry-
uary 5. 1320. |
.*«o.4 Report on War Orates and
Battle fc_r.-._t Memorial . Ketr-
foundland Po»tlogen|
To Min biter of itllitia,
SI. JoUn'^, Newfoundland.
Sir:—Having been adv!t_d by lho;
War Officii that exni-niatlon was aboul |
to begin in thc Gucndccourt area, 1
went tu Franci. on Sept. 15th. I was]
afforded even- facility by General!
Fabian Wore and Ccnoral McNulty.]
Directors ot Grave* Registration and1
Enquiry, and by ihelr d-.-putleo in the,
mi as concerned. I was accompanied
by S.rgt Snow. M.M.. and also by |
Sergt Murp'iiy pr the Pay and Record j
Ofllce. Wa bftb^n work immediately,
of OuuudKouri and the result!
fuirly sBisfactory. Whenever!
I, a cross eHcled aad If possible!
photographed, copies of these photo-j
graphs wilt bc _cut you for dlslrlbu-
ie nuxi-of-kin. When tbe]
23CS Pt . J. Bennett.
J!!., Cpl. N. Conlan.
28S7 Pie. D. Clarke.
2Tt»7 Pte. Perry.
2301 Pte. M. A. Ingram.
1432 Pte. J. Wheeler.
2S08 Pte. P. W. Lucas.
:1SJ-Scrst. J. E. Moore
l.-xgutral
2« I He. J. Golpln.
i. give you an Idea ot how I
scape has been battered. It to
one whole day to find a quai
act deep from which 1 could tl
way to Sergt. Ash'a grave.
expect to be going to Frut
n In a fortnight's time
Cemeteries In l*. K.
I bein Inter
ed In proper
Hilary lemUeHes und tlie Commls-1-hie to understand
on headsior.eerc.ud ihey will U>:should M'ply io i
photographed eigsifci. At prosont t am'-lector or the ti.ares
Indexing and rcj^Iniuc -all negatives,; distance. . . •__•■
"'* Is oomplctoa thcyj The foim having
:.o that relative . • -hould Le folde"1
obtain as many|y°u. where il t
prints us tln-y desire.
Our graves iu thc U. K. _rc about I
be token in hand. There has been
slight misunderstanding wii'u regard
io Wandsworth. According to code
message 049 (confidential), sent by
the Secretary' of State to the Governor or Newfoundland, the Imperial
Go-.crnin.nt undertook to purchase]
land In perpetuity, to bury our men In
single graves, and lake care ot those
"■« Brave, for evermore. This offer was
ork accepted by Governor Davidson on
"ch behalf of thc Government und he
ire are Interested, Newfoundland Patriotic Association
I'laal Verification j*l'<*o N. W C. A., however, ou what
1 have been asked by Cue Imperi.' authority I know not. bought thc plot
War Graves Commission to expedite, at Wandsworth In which they bur cd
in w hatcver manner I thought III thc Uto*r of ou1- n'e" who died In Wands-
:ollcctlug of particulars for the cemc- »-o«h Hospital four In a grave. ThU|
tery registers and headstones. These 1"r-3 now been nltercd, each soldier
particulora will be collected In this U0' '" " separate plot. I do not w sh
o.1lco and will bc supplied aa required to hurl the feelings of these good
by the Fliuxl VorincatioiiB Depart- Jx*oplc who have been so good to us
ment. With the approval of the'™ France and to our wounded lu
Director General I have adopted the hospital, but it must be clearly undcr-
tollowlug procedure: i-tood that unless a body U claimed|
Forms will bc seat you In bulk foi lby *bc next-of-kin it is-_airled
JUtributlon io next-of-kin. These military authority, and remain,
forms shall be completed as f_r ml military authority until nandai
possible from the Regimental Records *
!u tbo Record Ofllco. I»jndo;i. The [ ^m^mm^^
forms idiould be
as - onslbl. und lustructioua publlsh-
rrcst
to th? Imperial War Graves Com
mission.
Now arises thc question of centra
monuments In our larger plots la th
U. K. The K. W. O- A. propose to
erect a monument costing four to »t
hundred pounds over those
men lu Wandsworth Cemetery, »
some of oar men* graves a
unpaid for. The Oovernment c
be expected to spend more thai
4:100 on each of our larger c
lee. It would therefore be v
vidlous that tbo N W. C. A. should
at Wandsworth, yet they claim the
authority ■ of tbe Colonial Socrelary'.s
Office for doing-so What the Colonial Secretary's Oflleo has to do with
It I do not know. 1 understand that '
all mailers appertaining to the Regiment belong to roar Department.
ln the meantime I have
n. Morrla. C.B.E. the mo_
member of the Association, lo my
ing to have the money at thc disposal
or tho N. W. C. A. spread
larger ccmeter
energetic
o lhc pint
worth will
tho plot arranged as I Ihlak
(Continued on Page 4.)
I
1 l_-
.f uecessary corrected by your Department before -icnt back to mc. In'
lOlS. the Battalion was l_ actton ln| "mc cases It may tuke two or three
his area, which was fought over months to obtaiu the required infor-
galn, from October '16 to March IT, n.atlon by post: In sucH case 1 ask
a March 'IS, and again in July '18: >ou to oblolu the Information by lelc-
L Is no wonder that many tdcntlfica- graph as lh_ contract for headstonoa
ions havo been lest. [Is glvon by cemeteries and lack
aatton f,
. hold
Identity discs and to add up a whole cemetery,
thc dlfllculty fne dice supplied by, The information I am so.king Is
i W. O. has not proved durabl.. My for cemetery registers, hoodjlones or
ob)ect Uicn wus to identity _s many mural tablets. Doilies may not yet
Ihc registered graves as possible ho recovered. <.i may novor be rccov-
tlicre l_ no point iu my waitlug crtd; at the _ame time njsrtlculurH of
iiths ln this sector while the bodl.s all who fell will be kept In the reg-
ro being exhumed. But. to give iUer of the nearest cemetery-
Labor Company employed on this When a complete register has been
leult and uncongenial task n made ot Roynl Naval Reservists mil
alor Interest In our graves, 1 havo members of our Regiment, I intend
-.red a small reword for every to havo copies print.d, one to be r.-
provon identification so that -when thc loiiKd by the Imperial War Graves
.ork storta wo may add to the num- Commission, ono to be placed for rcf-
ber ot identifications already made, crtiice in the otllcc of tho High Coui-
[The following graves have been found mljsioncr. Iiondon. unother copy
the
ttxtttttmttttttttttttttttttttittttttttttttttttttttt
i "VICTORY" '
IS OURS says
the good cook;
when she uses
Victory Flour §
♦j ask the cook to show you
H the best bread in the world
Ten TUsan. Barrels in Slock M lo Arrive.
VKUN'S A6ENCIES, LTD.,
I WATER STRKET.
DUBLIN. Jan. 3—Police used
grenades to repulse an nrtnefl attack
n patrol which was ambushed n at
Ualllvaiigli.ui. County of Clare, Saturday night. Shots were fired and a
'l!i_ti doctor who was panning hc
-nc of the attack was wounded.
Grenades also were used Sunday]
morning when an onslaught was made|
agninst the barracks ot KJUmurray.
lis. llic I
o protocol is signed.
More Outbreaks
Counterfeit Money
IW YORK. Jan. 5—Proof thai
3d Statea was Included tn the
splracy ot the Lenlnc-Trotsky regime
to dlsrtlpt thc currency of Uio world
by flooding allied nations with conn-
tc. felt money has been revealed, In
documents seized In thc raids, accord-
O Federal Agents. Tho money ti
to have been smuggled into ht
country by way of Mexico and many
counterfeit *50 and tioo bills
discovered.
Turning Inside Out
PARIS, Jan. 5-Edmund Plllon,
French Aviator "Ace" established a
new record for looping the loop yesterday when he made twenty-nine In]
five minutes. Plllon was testing
[small new airplane bultt for speed.
the Gucudecourt sector:
CnpL J. J. Donnelly, M.i
21C. L|Cpl. R. Goodyear.
n:o pa>. n. Tibbo.
_004 Cpl. D. Nicholls.
2034 Pte. W. LcMcs-Urloi
_186 Pte. J. Longer.
3.4 Pte. 3. E. Rodgers.
be cent to your otlic. for the purpost
of regimental r. voids and reference,
and 'another copy i-hould be put lu a
deposit vault for sato keeping. It
may bo possible that the Brigades,
; Colleges. Schools. Training SI Ip.
] individuals, may desire copies
i register. If 200 copies are orde edj
This whole area is a forest ot little'the maximum price will be obout
iiltc. wooden crosses bearing tho in- It more, it muy bc reduced to
scrlption 'Unknown British Soldier." This ls only
ixhumlng takes 't copies ore desired application]
place mauy of those men posted as mould bo made to you at once.
mlBslng on the 12th October will bo Imperial Wur Groves Commi
found. I are issuing u register of all Brit sh
laving gone over this nrca armies in France. H wilt be about
thoroughly, wo'mil went a few miles twlco the site ot tho Eucycloptiita
south to the Loabouutn area. Britannlca. I havo been asked it
There wo found, to our surprise, that Govcr_mcui ilcslros n copy,
already been exhumed' Personal Inscription
military c^J-| Space has been provided ou ca.h
tcrles. No Identifications were ob- headstone for a personal Inscription,
tallied of our Battalion in lhat area. This space Is limited. The luscrlp-
wlth the exception of: \ Hon must therefore b. curtiillod lo
2637 L'CpI. R. Peddle ^ * H.Mxty-Elx letters, thc spaco bclwovn
whoso body had been exhumed from two words counting as ono letter
Flers line and relnterred io the] lea .Commission has also decided
'Guard.!. Cemetery." Loetoeufs. j lhat owing to the desire expressed hy
. Further south wo found tho resting'a great number ot people, that thuy
' ihonld have some claim on thc bead-
Notice!
. Schooner owners are notified that vessels
anchored in the vicinity of thc Dry Dock should
they receive any damage by vessels entering or
leaving the dock that the owners of such vessels
will not be recompensed.
EDWARD ENGLISH,
Jcc2i.,tf Harbour Master.
Cumblc. .
Lieut C. Edgar.
703 Pte. P. Sweeney.
2682 Cpl. W. 11. Norman.
ComMes—Sallley _fal»l<_l
2nd Lieut. J. E Thompson.
2«B5 Pte. J. March.
576 Sergt A. Ash.
78 Pte. W. Roost
\&
I
2S73 Pte. S. Mltchelmore.
Dray.Ms-mll Road
2nd Lieut S. Manual. V
inscription be put
the person's o»n cvjk-i.-.. The cost'
varies from lime to time; i_e present!
rote Is 7 cents per letter. Spate Is]
also provided on the forms which I
am sending for this inscription and
particulars as to how It should be
filled in. When the headstone is!
erected the amount duo a/c carving I
Inscription will be rendered to you
for collection. |
I have boon asked by the Imperial
War Graves .Commission to publish
all facts In connection ".Uh * final
ToTheBusyMan
JUST A REMINDER—
To say that in our Stationery Department you
will find a goodly supply of the Books necessary
for your business in 1920.
These include—
Account Books, Counter Books, Copying
Letter Books, Record Books, Pass Books, etc,
and n complete line of—
Stationery, Inks, Pens, Pencils, etc.
LEDGER SPECIAL
We offer a limited number of Ledgers at a
I Special Price. These are strongly-bound In half-
red basil and cloth- 1000 pages, foolscap folio,
1 ruled indexed and paged .. ^QQ ^
v*

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Title	Evening Advocate, 1920-01-06
Place of Publication	St. John's (N.L.)
Date	1920-01-06
Description	The Evening Advocate was the Fishermen's Advocate's daily edition, running from 2 January 1917 - 8 November 1924.
Subject	Canadian newspapers--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's--20th century
Location	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's
Time Period	20th Century
Type	Text
Resource Type	Newspaper
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Language	eng
Collection	Evening Advocate
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Title	Cover
Place of Publication	St. John's, NL
Date	1920-01-06, vol. 07, no. 04, Evening Advocate
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Transcript	THE EVENING' ADVOCA- Official Orfean of Pne Fbhermfti's Protective'Union qt ^ vol. vii., No. 4 ri"ii~Evening~Xdv^E^P®^Ea^d~~ttiesdaVT^JanUafS tl 1020. ■■mm 'Vjfin >'j_ TBE SECOND REPORT (BY MAJOR NANGLE ON WAR GRAVES AND BATTLE EXPLOIT MEMORIALS, OF NFLD, CONTINGENT. ENGLISH RAILWAY WORKERS WILL NOT ACCEPT WAGE PLAN GOES UNITED STA1ES DECLINE TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR DECISIONS OF SUPREME COUNCIL? English Railway Workers Won't Accept Offer LONDON. Jan. 5-lii uiii.r.i.iioii offer lo thc railway workers ii growing and is \irtunlly unanimous thiougboul the country, advices n- - cited frcm various largo centres toil, y Indicate. The rail-' dlssi Coven t again. i-i.i.i. IsU. S. A. An Ally? lay ouncll wi future dec! the foriius'.a "Allied rowers.-' in: lead of "Allied and Associated Towers." which h::s been used in thc past according to The Bcho de Paris. Tho article Mates, "This marl;., the dcler- mlnalion of lhe fulled SL-ites not ■_> participate officially In lhe decisions to lit: r.ached in Pari?. Washington while declining responsibility ot lhe Explosion In Belgrade Breaks All Window Glass U:'.I_.l'.\l>_. Jan. 5—: in. ■, i IJU Japanese Are Busy HONOLULU. Jan. a—Ho-ivy Japan <• rclnrorcimtnt-i _ave been rushed Irkutsk there, according to n klo to Nippu Jtgl, lb? 3upr.ii sessions. Nothing be definitely concluded without Presl-I deut Wilson's assent beforehand. So lho Council Is supreme only la name' Supremacy belongs lo Wil .ton who inhabits not th. Whit. House but1 Mount Olympus." Trying the Radicals CHICAGO. Jan. &--Morc than onnj o-mdred alleged radicals trrcstc. In! New Year, rilib by state and city al Court and a special T began untangling masses seized at headquarters :tins-Places or obtained in the ist five months- Millionaire Lost still at work in Serbia had occasion on Occcmbcl caly-uinih to uccor victim of a ysterlous explosion which wrcckc. ie of th. biggest commercial build- Belgrade The cxplo3lon exceeded in violence and effect tbe niosl powerful ^iio'.ls used during tho war Dyui-mlto is supi>oscd lo have bivn used and the explosion is believed la be councclcd wltli thc recent plots I against thc life of thc Prince Regent Alexander. Twenty-six persons were killed by the explosion mid otb rs who were seriously injured rescued by the ambulances t Red Cross. One effect .ot I'ne explosion \| wija to leave Belgrade almost entirely without window glass at the height j of winter- LONDON. Oat.. Jan. .'.—Ambroei Small. Toronto millionaire. mi3sl_gj since Tuesday, December I. Is belloved by E. W. Flock, his personal solicitor to lie dead, and his body concealed In Read The Advnrat* j___£l. _£§S?£3.2-.32£"2?. _££_?CZT22£2££3£_£ Red Cross Line The S.S. ROSALIND will probably sail from New York on January 10th. and from St. John's on January 20th inst. For passage fares, freight rates, space, etc.. apply to Harvey & Co., Ltd. ; AGENTS. jan2.tf &___________&_!. _££?_SS2^S?_x2S &ZQiSa?£33&g Biggest Pump In Montreal Is Broken MONTREAL. Jan. 5—Owing to he collapse this morning of thc blggenl pump in thc Montreal Civic Water Works Plant where employe. are on strike for higher wapis, lnc principal residential section of the city will be without Ita high pressure for part of today. Tho pump broke al four this morning und was not expected to bc repaired until the afternoon. The city has now a completed eystoru ot delivering water by barrels ln outlying pans which cannot bo served owing to the Inability lo man all pumps. Scapa Flow Indemnity PARIS, Jan. 5—The Supreme Council this morning finally decided ou tho note lo tho German delegation conOrming the verbal statement regarding indemnity tor Scapa Flow sinkings made lo Baron van Nordner by Secretary Outiista of the Peace Conference It is understood that this note virtually reduced the demand or reparation from 400.000 to about 275,- ot dock nnd harbor uinier- ll> the H.it.r) a.u'illrocltd to forward you copy of lhc Second Report by Major Nafel c on _Va f Graves end nattl. Exploit Memorial.. Newfound-j land Contingent. It ls felt that the publication of thi) would-be of litter-' i our people- have the the. honor to be Sir, Your obedient servant. ) ARTHUR MEWS. Deputy Colonial S.ereti-.ry- uary 5. 1320. \| .«o.4 Report on War Orates and Battle fc_r.-._t Memorial . Ketr- foundland Po»tlogen\| To Min biter of itllitia, SI. JoUn'^, Newfoundland. Sir:—Having been adv!t_d by lho; War Officii that exni-niatlon was aboul \| to begin in thc Gucndccourt area, 1 went tu Franci. on Sept. 15th. I was] afforded even- facility by General! Fabian Wore and Ccnoral McNulty.] Directors ot Grave Registration and1 Enquiry, and by ihelr d-.-putleo in the, mi as concerned. I was accompanied by S.rgt Snow. M.M.. and also by \| Sergt Murp'iiy pr the Pay and Record j Ofllce. Wa bftb^n work immediately, of OuuudKouri and the result! fuirly sBisfactory. Whenever! I, a cross eHcled aad If possible! photographed, copies of these photo-j graphs wilt bc _cut you for dlslrlbu- ie nuxi-of-kin. When tbe] 23CS Pt . J. Bennett. J!!., Cpl. N. Conlan. 28S7 Pie. D. Clarke. 2Tt»7 Pte. Perry. 2301 Pte. M. A. Ingram. 1432 Pte. J. Wheeler. 2S08 Pte. P. W. Lucas. :1SJ-Scrst. J. E. Moore l.-xgutral 2« I He. J. Golpln. i. give you an Idea ot how I scape has been battered. It to one whole day to find a quai act deep from which 1 could tl way to Sergt. Ash'a grave. expect to be going to Frut n In a fortnight's time Cemeteries In l. K. I bein Inter ed In proper Hilary lemUeHes und tlie Commls-1-hie to understand on headsior.eerc.ud ihey will U>:should M'ply io i photographed eigsifci. At prosont t am'-lector or the ti.ares Indexing and rcj^Iniuc -all negatives,; distance. . . •__•■ "' Is oomplctoa thcyj The foim having :.o that relative . • -hould Le folde"1 obtain as many\|y°u. where il t prints us tln-y desire. Our graves iu thc U. K. _rc about I be token in hand. There has been slight misunderstanding wii'u regard io Wandsworth. According to code message 049 (confidential), sent by the Secretary' of State to the Governor or Newfoundland, the Imperial Go-.crnin.nt undertook to purchase] land In perpetuity, to bury our men In single graves, and lake care ot those "■« Brave, for evermore. This offer was ork accepted by Governor Davidson on "ch behalf of thc Government und he ire are Interested, Newfoundland Patriotic Association I'laal Verification jl'<o N. W C. A., however, ou what 1 have been asked by Cue Imperi.' authority I know not. bought thc plot War Graves Commission to expedite, at Wandsworth In which they bur cd in w hatcver manner I thought III thc Utor of ou1- n'e" who died In Wands- :ollcctlug of particulars for the cemc- »-o«h Hospital four In a grave. ThU\| tery registers and headstones. These 1"r-3 now been nltercd, each soldier particulora will be collected In this U0' '" " separate plot. I do not w sh o.1lco and will bc supplied aa required to hurl the feelings of these good by the Fliuxl VorincatioiiB Depart- Jxoplc who have been so good to us ment. With the approval of the'™ France and to our wounded lu Director General I have adopted the hospital, but it must be clearly undcr- tollowlug procedure: i-tood that unless a body U claimed\| Forms will bc seat you In bulk foi lby bc next-of-kin it is-_airled JUtributlon io next-of-kin. These military authority, and remain, forms shall be completed as f_r ml military authority until nandai possible from the Regimental Records !u tbo Record Ofllco. I»jndo;i. The [ ^m^mm^^ forms idiould be as - onslbl. und lustructioua publlsh- rrcst to th? Imperial War Graves Com mission. Now arises thc question of centra monuments In our larger plots la th U. K. The K. W. O- A. propose to erect a monument costing four to »t hundred pounds over those men lu Wandsworth Cemetery, » some of oar men* graves a unpaid for. The Oovernment c be expected to spend more thai 4:100 on each of our larger c lee. It would therefore be v vidlous that tbo N W. C. A. should at Wandsworth, yet they claim the authority ■ of tbe Colonial Socrelary'.s Office for doing-so What the Colonial Secretary's Oflleo has to do with It I do not know. 1 understand that ' all mailers appertaining to the Regiment belong to roar Department. ln the meantime I have n. Morrla. C.B.E. the mo_ member of the Association, lo my ing to have the money at thc disposal or tho N. W. C. A. spread larger ccmeter energetic o lhc pint worth will tho plot arranged as I Ihlak (Continued on Page 4.) I 1 l_- .f uecessary corrected by your Department before -icnt back to mc. In' lOlS. the Battalion was l_ actton ln\| "mc cases It may tuke two or three his area, which was fought over months to obtaiu the required infor- galn, from October '16 to March IT, n.atlon by post: In sucH case 1 ask a March 'IS, and again in July '18: >ou to oblolu the Information by lelc- L Is no wonder that many tdcntlfica- graph as lh_ contract for headstonoa ions havo been lest. [Is glvon by cemeteries and lack aatton f, . hold Identity discs and to add up a whole cemetery, thc dlfllculty fne dice supplied by, The information I am so.king Is i W. O. has not proved durabl.. My for cemetery registers, hoodjlones or ob)ect Uicn wus to identity _s many mural tablets. Doilies may not yet Ihc registered graves as possible ho recovered. <.i may novor be rccov- tlicre l_ no point iu my waitlug crtd; at the _ame time njsrtlculurH of iiths ln this sector while the bodl.s all who fell will be kept In the reg- ro being exhumed. But. to give iUer of the nearest cemetery- Labor Company employed on this When a complete register has been leult and uncongenial task n made ot Roynl Naval Reservists mil alor Interest In our graves, 1 havo members of our Regiment, I intend -.red a small reword for every to havo copies print.d, one to be r.- provon identification so that -when thc loiiKd by the Imperial War Graves .ork storta wo may add to the num- Commission, ono to be placed for rcf- ber ot identifications already made, crtiice in the otllcc of tho High Coui- [The following graves have been found mljsioncr. Iiondon. unother copy the ttxtttttmttttttttttttttttttttittttttttttttttttttttt i "VICTORY" ' IS OURS says the good cook; when she uses Victory Flour § ♦j ask the cook to show you H the best bread in the world Ten TUsan. Barrels in Slock M lo Arrive. VKUN'S A6ENCIES, LTD., I WATER STRKET. DUBLIN. Jan. 3—Police used grenades to repulse an nrtnefl attack n patrol which was ambushed n at Ualllvaiigli.ui. County of Clare, Saturday night. Shots were fired and a 'l!i_ti doctor who was panning hc -nc of the attack was wounded. Grenades also were used Sunday] morning when an onslaught was made\| agninst the barracks ot KJUmurray. lis. llic I o protocol is signed. More Outbreaks Counterfeit Money IW YORK. Jan. 5—Proof thai 3d Statea was Included tn the splracy ot the Lenlnc-Trotsky regime to dlsrtlpt thc currency of Uio world by flooding allied nations with conn- tc. felt money has been revealed, In documents seized In thc raids, accord- O Federal Agents. Tho money ti to have been smuggled into ht country by way of Mexico and many counterfeit 50 and tioo bills discovered. Turning Inside Out PARIS, Jan. 5-Edmund Plllon, French Aviator "Ace" established a new record for looping the loop yesterday when he made twenty-nine In] five minutes. Plllon was testing [small new airplane bultt for speed. the Gucudecourt sector: CnpL J. J. Donnelly, M.i 21C. L\|Cpl. R. Goodyear. n:o pa>. n. Tibbo. _004 Cpl. D. Nicholls. 2034 Pte. W. LcMcs-Urloi _186 Pte. J. Longer. 3.4 Pte. 3. E. Rodgers. be cent to your otlic. for the purpost of regimental r. voids and reference, and 'another copy i-hould be put lu a deposit vault for sato keeping. It may bo possible that the Brigades, ; Colleges. Schools. Training SI Ip. ] individuals, may desire copies i register. If 200 copies are orde edj This whole area is a forest ot little'the maximum price will be obout iiltc. wooden crosses bearing tho in- It more, it muy bc reduced to scrlption 'Unknown British Soldier." This ls only ixhumlng takes 't copies ore desired application] place mauy of those men posted as mould bo made to you at once. mlBslng on the 12th October will bo Imperial Wur Groves Commi found. I are issuing u register of all Brit sh laving gone over this nrca armies in France. H wilt be about thoroughly, wo'mil went a few miles twlco the site ot tho Eucycloptiita south to the Loabouutn area. Britannlca. I havo been asked it There wo found, to our surprise, that Govcr_mcui ilcslros n copy, already been exhumed' Personal Inscription military c^J-\| Space has been provided ou ca.h tcrles. No Identifications were ob- headstone for a personal Inscription, tallied of our Battalion in lhat area. This space Is limited. The luscrlp- wlth the exception of: \ Hon must therefore b. curtiillod lo 2637 L'CpI. R. Peddle ^ H.Mxty-Elx letters, thc spaco bclwovn whoso body had been exhumed from two words counting as ono letter Flers line and relnterred io the] lea .Commission has also decided 'Guard.!. Cemetery." Loetoeufs. j lhat owing to the desire expressed hy . Further south wo found tho resting'a great number ot people, that thuy ' ihonld have some claim on thc bead- Notice! . Schooner owners are notified that vessels anchored in the vicinity of thc Dry Dock should they receive any damage by vessels entering or leaving the dock that the owners of such vessels will not be recompensed. EDWARD ENGLISH, Jcc2i.,tf Harbour Master. Cumblc. . Lieut C. Edgar. 703 Pte. P. Sweeney. 2682 Cpl. W. 11. Norman. ComMes—Sallley _fal»l<_l 2nd Lieut. J. E Thompson. 2«B5 Pte. J. March. 576 Sergt A. Ash. 78 Pte. W. Roost \& I 2S73 Pte. S. Mltchelmore. Dray.Ms-mll Road 2nd Lieut S. Manual. V inscription be put the person's o»n cvjk-i.-.. The cost' varies from lime to time; i_e present! rote Is 7 cents per letter. Spate Is] also provided on the forms which I am sending for this inscription and particulars as to how It should be filled in. When the headstone is! erected the amount duo a/c carving I Inscription will be rendered to you for collection. \| I have boon asked by the Imperial War Graves .Commission to publish all facts In connection ".Uh * final ToTheBusyMan JUST A REMINDER— To say that in our Stationery Department you will find a goodly supply of the Books necessary for your business in 1920. These include— Account Books, Counter Books, Copying Letter Books, Record Books, Pass Books, etc, and n complete line of— Stationery, Inks, Pens, Pencils, etc. LEDGER SPECIAL We offer a limited number of Ledgers at a I Special Price. These are strongly-bound In half- red basil and cloth- 1000 pages, foolscap folio, 1 ruled indexed and paged .. ^QQ ^ v*

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