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ONLY FEW DAYS LEFT Contributions to the Christmas Pudding Fund should be sent in at earliest possible moment. TO GET WORKERS If you need a "worker" of any kind study the advertisements of the workers who have need of work. TWENTY EIGHTH YEAR VANCOUVER, B. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1915. LATE EDITION MINISTER PAYS A VISIT TO ALL PUBLIC WORKS FRENCH BEAT BULGARS BACK BIG BATTLE GREECE DEFERS TO PROTEST JpF ALLIED POUERS Cities of England Formally Vote Confidence in Asquith Every Municipality in Country Expresses Its Loyalty to the Government Premier Repudiates Peace Talk of Eccentric Peers as Futile Chattering NO CONSCRIPTION, THINKS ASQUITH IXIM)X, jfov.

IS. Premier Asquith Is Mill hopeful that the voluntary system of recruiting In the Inlted kingdom will succeed. The premier stated In the Hou.se of Commons this afternoon It was his hope and belief that coercive measures would not have to be resorted to. status quo as far as Great Britain's determination to continue till she wins is concerned. This lessens the Importance of any incident, however serious.

Cannot Bring lp Guns. At the front the expedition to rescue Serbia, largely owing to the vacillations of Greece, arrived too late to save her from many disasters. Serious possibilities are opened by the prospect of Germany being able to get in touch with Constantinople with her big guns. The Information from Gallipoli is that these guns, though at Constantinople, cannot reach the Gallipoli front over the bad roads commanded by British warships and those of the Allies. The expedition, though tardy, has already done striking things, and hope exists In Serbia that the Allies may turn the tables by a rear attack on the Germans and Bulgars.

The final view here is that Germany, by taking a new front, weakens her position. The Irish Exodus. Much potheit has been created over the Irish exodus. This agitation Is universally condemned by Irish opinion in Liverpool, where a quarter to a third of the population Is Irish. Many Irish in my constituency, which has sent thousands to the front, led a vigorous protest that the Incidents were exaggerated, partly for party purposes.

There remains the fact that emigration from Ireland has decreased 50 per cent, and now probably is the lowest since the famine years. Moreover, Ireland has contributed proportionately more fighting men than any other race In the British Empire. Enemy, However, With Aid of Reinforcements, Gains Some Ground Else where. KALKANDELEN AGAIN TAKEN BY SERBIANS King Peter Fights in Trench in Uniform of Private Soldier. PARIS, Xov.

10 The Serbians liavc recaptured Halknmlelen, taking 520 prisoners ami large quantities of munitions, according to the Athens correspondent of the Journal, telegraphing Sunday. SALONIKI, Greece, Nov. 15. via London, Nov. 16.

After heavy fighting with the reinforced Bulgarian troops in southern Serbia, the French were compelled to retire at two points in the vicinity of Gradisce, twelve miles north of the Greek border. A Bulgarian attack along the Cer Ba river was repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers. The battle on the Cerna was waged along the left bank of the river. Two or three Bulgarian divisions were engaged and a desperate attempt was made to pierce the French centre. The engagement was in progress with furious Intensity for 36 hours, after which the Bulgarians were beaten back along this entire front.

Large Reinforcements. The situation in Macedonia is developing rapidly. Large reinforcements have been brought In by the Bulgarians, who are making renewed efforts to force Babuna I'ass. The Serbians are still holding out there, but this movement threatens Pcrlepe and Monastir. Many inhabitants of Monastir are preparing to depart.

The members of the diplomatic corps have changed their plans and Intend to proceed to Scutari, Albania, instead of to Monastir. lights With His Soldiers. SALONIKI, Xov. 14, via Tarls, Nov. 16.

King Peter of Serbia, despite his advanced' age. Is fighting with his soldiers in the trenches, clad the uniform of a private, according to M. Jaeowscheff, secretary of the Russian legation In Greece, who ar rived here today from Mitrovitza, western Serbia, having come by way of Albania. The aged king seeks death, according to the Russian diplomat, saying: "When I am killed you can flee or surrender. Old Serbia Lost.

Old Serbia Is lost and new Serbia Is in a precarious condition, in the opinion of the secretary, who asserted the Serbians at Babuna Pass could not hold out much longer, and that the or'y hope was that the Serbian force concentrated at Mitrovitza would prove to be strong enough to take the offensive and advance through Tetovo towards Monastir. "The morale of the Serbians Is splendid," he continued. "Half trained recruits march to battle singing like veterans. Famine and misery prevail. There is not bread at Mitrovitza.

The people are reduced to eating haricots." Again Occupy Tctcovo. LONDON, Nov. 16. The exact situation in Central Macedonia is uncertain. Despatches from the Near East are conflicting and doubt as to the time of events to which they refer injects an additional element of uncertainty.

It Is clear, however, that the Bulgarians have been reinforced and have begun a new offensive. The operations In Central Macedonia, according to Rome accounts, present a most powerful menace to the armies of Serbia and her Allies, which are operating through Tetevo through Perlepe to the southeastern Serbian frontier. Telegrams received almost simultaneously from Greece announce that Tetovo is in the hands of both the Serbians and the Bulgarians, but the preponderance of evidence points to Bulgarian operation of this front. It Is at present a problem whether the newly arrived French and British forces are large enough to meet this Bulgarian onslaught, which apparently has begun with extraordinary vigor. (Copyright, 1915, Vancouver World.) BY T.

P. O'CONNOR LONDON, Nov. 16. Lord Mayor's Day, the 9th of November, Is always used In English cities as the day for annual stocktaking, and was so employed this year. Mr.

Asquith received from the Tory Corporation of the City of London a reception only less rapturous than that given to the ministers of Belgium and Serbia, now the two most popular, because the most suffering, Allies. Mr. Asquith, and still more Mr. Balfour, spoke amid universal agreement of the steadily increasing determination that every man must fight to the bitter end. Simultaneously and without previous concert, every municipality in the country took advantageof the opportunity to express confidence in Mr.

Asquith and the present government. One of the most interesting incidents occurred at Manchester, where Daniel McCabe, the Irish Nationalist, received overwhelming and unanimous thanks for his conduct for two years In succession as lord mayor of one of the greatest cities of the Empire. Futile Chattering. Two peers, noted for their eccentricity rather than wisdom, ventured t6 whisper peace negotiations as desirable. Both were repudiated as futile chattering by Mr.

Asquith, and by every public man, especially John Redmond, who denounced inconclusive peace as a thing that Ireland would not tolerate. Thus the situation remains In LIBERALS FAIL TO WIN POINT Registrar of Voters Upholds List of Objections Filed by Conservative Agent. Registrar Mahoney ruled against the Liberals today on all three points raised at the court of revision on the" provincial voters' list. Mr. R.

W. Eyre, counsel for Mr. C. M. Patterson, the Liberal secretary, opposed the list of objections filed by Mr.

Victor H. Love, the Conservative secretary, but on hearing argument by Mr. A. M. Harper for the Conservative Interests the registrar upheld the list as within the legal requirements.

The points will probably be taken to the county judge by way of appeal. On the first point that the objections were not received within the specified time, I. leaving 30 clear days before the court of revision, Mr. Harper said that Oct. 15, the day of filing, left 30 days before Nov.

15, the date of the court's sitting. Mr. Eyre said that he merely wanted an Interpretation from the registrar Us he had previously ruled that Patterson's list must be in two days prior to Oct. 15. This ruling he believed wrong, but If one party was to have two extra days he thought both should have It.

As to the failure on the part of Mr. Love to put the number on the, objection form, Mr. Harper said that the act made this optional. Mr. Eyre said that the form provided would not have left a blank for that purpose unless the legislature meant it to be filled out.

Mr. Harper said that Mr. Patterson's list was more irregular than Mr. Love's. He referred to a particular failing.

"That was by permission of the registrar," said Mr. Eyre. "My friend admits that the registrar has discretion to admit objections Irregular in form," said Mr. Harper. As to the failure to i.ost the list, Mr.

Harper contended that Mr. Eyre had no right to constitute himself a court of review upon the 'egistrar's acts. Such objections must be taken elsewhere. Mr. Eyre said that in order to appeal he must first have taken objection before the registrar.

Mr. Mahoney ruled that Mr. Love's objections wt re flld In time; that th. were in proper form and that the lis: had been posted for a week. "Any time it was not on the Wall It was because It had been taken down for somebody to look at it," he said.

FAY WILL FIGHT IT German Finds That Plea of Guilty Means Twelve Years' Sentence. NEW YORK, Nov. 16. When the case of the five men indicted here In the alleged German bomb conspiracy was called in the federal district anurt today, demurrers were entered In behalf of two defendants, Robert Fay and Walter Fay was taken before Attorney Knox again today, presumably to continue the statement he began yesterday. A few minutes later, however, he was returned to The Tombs.

It. was the announced that Fay would not make a confession or any further When Fay agreed to make a statement for the government attorneys and plead guilty to the Indictment the prisoner thought he would escape with a sentence of one or at most two years. Mr. Knox Informed Fay, however, that a plea of guilty would carry with it a sentence of 12 years. Mr.

Knox said that so far as the government Is concenrned, It will not discuss the matter further with Fay. Hon. Robt. Rogers Expresses Satisfaction With False Creek Reclamation Project SAYS HARBOR WAS NEGLECTED IN PAST Warehouses and Sheds to be Built on Government i Wharf. Accompanied by Mr.

H. H. Ster ens, M.P., Mr. Sam McClay (of tha' Hoard of Harhor and Mr. C.

C. Worsfold (engineer of the commission), Hon. Robt. Rogers, Minister of Tublic Works, this morning paid a visit of Inspection to all the public works in process ot coni struction in Vancouver. The minis ter expressed himself as gratified with the nroeress heincr made nn nil the undertakings, and intimated that nis department was keenly alive to the necessity of such works being pushed forward rapidly.

"You have a splendid harbor here," Mr. Rogers remarked to The World In the Hotel Vancouver, when he came back from his trip of Inspection, "but it has been sadly neglected. The scheme of reclamation Is certainly a much needed undertaking, and I am very gratified at tha progress that has already been made." Reclamation Work. This observation, was made in connection with the plan to reclaim the 42 acres of tide flats near the Granville street bridge, for the purposes of industrial sites, etc. Mr.

Stevens and Mr. McClay had pointed out to the minister that much of the preliminary work, such as piling nut the; area, had been already uplet ed, and he had expressed himself as highly pleased with the good starf that had been made. The party was accompanied during the inspection ot the Falsa Creek reclamation work by the contractors who are in charge of the work. Most ot the piling has been completed and at the eastern end a considerable flit has been made. It Is expected that at the present rate of progress the entire work will completed within six or eight months.

ii5 iiiiuisicr expressea nis enthusiasm over the scheme and said It would convert an idle and unsightly mud flat Into a thriving centre of progress. The work, which is being carried out under the direction of the harbor board will, it is expected, prove self supporting from the outset, as already there are more applications for sites thereon than can possibly be accommodated. Wharf to be Hig Asset. "The new government wharf Is going to be a great asset to Vancouver," observed Mr. Rogers.

"Warehouses and sheds are, however, necessary to complete Its function of (Continued on Pace INTERRED IN SOLEMN STATE Leading Notables of Canad? Attend Funeral of Sir Charles Tupper at Halifax. HALIFAX, Nov. 16. The body of Sir Charles Tupper, formerly prima minister of Canada, and the last link with pre conferation times, with all the Impressiveness of a state funeral was laid to rest in the quiet cemetery ot St. John's today, after the remains had been carried through the streets of Halifax from St.

Paul's Anglican Church, where a solemn service was held. The period of lying in state ended this morning and during the twelve hours that the body was on ew It is estimated that more than ten thousand persons passed before it to look for the last time at the peaceful features of the aged statesman, lying In the plain oak casket, shrouded In tha Union Jack. Notables hi Attendance. The procession which followed th9 body to the grave in St. John's cemetery, where Sir Charles was buried near Lady Tupper, emphasized the fruition that his efforts as a publitj man have brought.

Tlnus, the Imperial aspect of his work was testified lo by the prts. i.ee of Lord Richard Neville, the representative of tha Duke of Connauglit, the Governor General; the lu ty Dominion that has sprung from Confederation, by the prime minister, members of the House of Commons, and those here on behalf of the various provinces, and the railways that owed so much to his vision and determined advocacy in Parliament were represented by Sir Hhomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Iladway; Sir William Mackenzie, president of the Canadian Northern, and Sir Henry Drayton, chairman of the Dominion Railway Commission. Chief Mourners. The more personal clement in tha concourse of mourners was provided by Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper and Sir Charles Tupper, the latter tha statisman's heir. The procession, which was two miles long, contained several naval and military contingents.

The service in St. Paul's Church was intensely moving. The music included Chopin's "Marche Funebre" the favorite hymns of Chartes: "Peace, Terfect Peace" and "Now the Laborer's Task is O'er. Government Modifies Its Position and Will Not Intern Retreating Serb Troops. LORD KITCHENER ARRIVES AT MUDROS British Minister is Accompanied by Resident General of Egypt.

LONDON, Nov. 16. The Greek government is reported to have modified its position somewhat in favor of the Kntente Allies. The correspondent at Athens of the Kxchange Telegraph Company says it has decided that In the event of a retreat of the Allies to Greek soil Serbian troops will be placed on the same footing as the British and French. Premier Skouloudis originally proposed to permit the French and British to reach the sea without interference from the Greeks, but to disarm Serbians who crossed the border.

The change is due, the correspondent says, to formidable objections raised by the French minister at Athens. However, it still remains for Greece to define her position clearly. Designation of a neutral zone has been suggested. Kitchener at Mtuiros. MILAN, Nov.

15, via Paris, Nov. 16. Karl Kitchener, who has arrived at Mudros, is accompanied by the resident general of Egypt, according to a Saloniki dispatch to the Corriere Delia Sera. It was assumed that during his trip to the east Lord Kitchener would visit Egypt and prepare its defence to resist a possible invasion by troops ot Germany and her allies. TORONTO CLUBS WILL CLOSE BARS AT EIGHT All But Two Accede to Request of the Provincial Licence Board.

TORONTO, Nov. 16. Toronto's social clubs, with possibly two exceptions, the Albany and the Hunt, will voluntarily close their bars at 8 o'clock in conformity with the recent older of the provincial licence commission compelling the hotel bars and liquor shops to close at that hour and inviting the clubs to do the same. Prohibition Vote. ST.

JOHNS. Nov. 16. But one more district St. Barbe remains to be heard fiom, and then the fate of the proposed measure prohibiting the sale or manufacture of liquor in the Island of Newfoundland wi'l be known.

St. Barbe must give 685 votes to carry prohibition for the whole island. Fortune Bay district gave 1091 for prohibition and 110 against. Twilltngate declared 3552 for and 357 against. St.

Barbe's count should be received within three or four days. Want Local Option. TORONTO, Nov. 16. Two more cities in Ontario, Stratford and Wood Btock, have petitioned for a vote on local option during the municipal elections In January next.

Liquor Advertisements. ATLANTA, Nov. 16 Bills prohibiting publication of Lquur advertisements in Georgia and 1 miting the amount of liquor individuals may have shipped into the state, were passed today by the lower house of the legislature. BE Interesting Issue Raised in British Courts by Anti German League. LONDON, Nov.

16. The Lord Chief Justice, Baron Reading, and Justices Horace Avory and Sir Charles Lush, heard arguments today on the question whether Sir Edgar Speyer and Sir Ernest Cassel can retain membership In the privy council. The was brought by the anti German League, which obtained a writ directing Sir Edgar and Sir Ernest to show cause why they should not relinquish their positions in the council because they are of German birth. RUSSIAN SUCCESSES Nearly Fifty Thousand Men Captured in Month. PETROOKAD, Nov.

16 Yesterday's official statement from Russian general headquarters reports the capture during the past month of a few less than 60,000 men, twenty one heavy guns, 118 machine guns and three searchlights. Not Forced Back. On the Galician front the Russians, while admitting they have, yielded some ground in the neighborhood of the Styr forts, do not concede they have been forced back across the river, as is claimed in the German official communication of yesterday. Further details of this fighting will be necessary to determine whether the Russians have lost the town of Cxartorysk, and whether Russian control of the Kovel Sarny railway la thereby endangered. SUSPECTED OF RUNNING GUMS French Cruiser Captures Japanese Steamer and Finds German Aboard Without Passports.

PEKIN, Nov. 16. The French minister, A. K. Conty, was advised i toduy that the Japanese steamer Iro had been taken into Suigon Bay, French Cochin China by a French cruiser, on suspicion of being engaged in carrying amis to mutineers in India.

On board the Iro was a man without a passport who represented himself as an American. Later he admitted he was a German. He is believed to be a former German consul in China. The Iro left Shanghai on November 2, ostensibly for Bombay, to be said by her Japanese owners. When the French cruiser approached the Iro, packing cases were thrown overboard.

An irregularity in the Iro's papers was discovered and also a shortage in her cargo. ALLIES BUY IIP MOTOR FACTORY Control of Big American Automobile Concern is Taken Over on Their Account by Morgan CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 16 Control of the White Company of this city, one of the largest manufacturing concerns of automobiles and motor trucks in the world, has virtually passed Into the hands of J. P. Morgan and Company ot New York, fiscal agents for the Entente Allies, local bankers admitted today.

A new corporation with $100,000,000 capital, it was said, would absorb the White Company. Since the outbreak of the European war sales of White trucks have amounted to between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 gross, on which profits have been between $7,000,000 and $10,000,000, it was said. Declines to Make Personal Explanations While Country is at War. LONDON, Nov. 16.

"it is unfitting," said Admiral Lord Fisher, former First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, in the House of Lords this afternoon, "to make personal explanations affecting national interests when the country is in the midst ot a great war." Lord Fisher made this statement in reply to criticisms by Winston Spencer Churchill, who was First Lord of the Admiralty when the naval attack on the Dardanelles was made, in a speech In the House of Commons yesterday. TRIES HABEAS CORPUS Kelly Takes Advantage of Legal Technicalities. CHICAGO, Nov. 16. Thomas Kelly, the Winnipeg (Man.) contractor, will have a hearing on a writ of habeas corpus granted by Judge Landls In the United States District Court here next Friday.

Last week United States Commissioner Mason ordered that Kelly be extradited to Canada, "where he is charged with parliament building frauds. Kelly was not admitted to ball. belongs to both nationalities. The letter runs as follows: "Enclosed find 25 cents in V. S.

coin, for which kindly forward a pudding to a member of the Allied forces in France. Being of Irish French extraction my sympathies are with the Allies in the present war. I am a native born American. My eyesight is such that I am ineligible to any force, even the National Guard, otherwise I would be fighting in the ranks of the Allies. It is a splendid suggestion, this sending of Christmas puddings to the boys In the ranks.

I can appreciate fully what it will mean to them to receive the puddings. If you foster any more such projects they will come to my attention through your paper and I assure you that I shall be only too glad to do my little part in assisting to bring comfort and pleasure to the boys who are doing such brave work for the whole world. (Signed) H. McMAHON," Christmas puddings will be forwarded to British Columbia boys who are prisoners in Germany when so desired by contributors. (Cvatlnued as rags I) HON.

KOIIEKT ROGERS. nopeacemgC FROM HOLLAND Dutch Government Has No Present Intention of Initiating Mediation Negotiations. LONDON, Nov. 16. That the Dutch government has no present intention of mediating for peace Is the announcement contained in a government reply to an interim report of the second chamber embodying general reflections on the budget, says a Reu ter dispatch from The Hague.

The government declares itself fully cognizant of the fact that the termination of the war would be beneficial to Holland, but asserts this Is not sufficient reason for mediation. A desire for peace, the government says, will not be permitted to lead to premature steps, which would prejudice both the country's position and pacific alms. PERISH IN STABLE Burnt to Death in Conflagration at Washington Race Track. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.

One man was burned to death and threo others were probably fatally injured as a result of a fire at historic Hennlng Race Track in the suburbs of Washington last night, which in addition to burning 14 of the stables and other structures, burned at least 20 valuable horses to death. Estimates today placed the loss at about $135,000. Among the stables destroyed was that of August Hclmont. SEN. HEED ON VAY WEST Hon.

J. A. Lougheed Replies to Telegram Regarding Soldiers Coming to Coast. Intimation that the Hon. James A.

Lougheed will bo In Vancouver on business In connection with the hospital commission towards the end of the month Is given in a telegram received by Mr. H. H. Stevens, M. this morning.

Mr. Stevens a few days ago telegraphed to Mr. Lougheed in regard to Ihe matter of soldiers, who had en lifted on the prairies, returning to Vancouver after the war, and pointed out that, while the authorities and different organizations on the coast would like to bo able to look after every Canadian soldier that returned from European battlefields, there were such large number of British Columbia soldiers that had prior claim on the community's attention that it was embarrassing to have considerable numbers who had not enlisted in Hrltish Columbia coming to this province to take up their residence. Text of Telegram. The following was the telegram received In reply: "Mllltla Department advise usual practice is to give returned soldiers ticket to point or enlistment or home.

Please advise full names men in ques tion if they are subjects for convalescent home treatment. We will arrange to send them Ksuulmalt Naval Hospital. If they require employment. Hos pital Commission will endeavor to arrange guard (lutv for them. Kxpect to be in Vancouver on Hospital Commission business towards the end of the month.

(Signed A. LOUGHEED. X.ITIOSAL HK MIST RKPORT, WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 The comptroller of the currency today issued a call to all national banks requiring them to report to him their condition at the close of business on Wednesday November 10. Wll.l.

PI HI.IMI AI.I.IKS' REPORT WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The German ambassador, 1'ount von Berns torff, an noil need today that he had been Informed that German censors had been instructed to insist upon the publication In full In Germany of war reoorts issued by the Allies. NORTHERN MEN ARE ENLISTING Many Loggers Join New Corps Young Boys Are Anxious to Go as Buglers. In keeping with the call for more men from British Columbia for Empire servlca'Tn "connection with the new regiments being raised, the average daily enlistment at the Central Recruiting Depot is increasing.

The average enlistment is up to forty now and recruiting officials expect this number will bo greatly increased as the authority for the organization of new regiments is made. Quite a number of men who have been working in the prairie harvest fields are now returning to. the city and many of them are offering for service. They are in the pink of con dl.ion through their open air work on the prairies and are readily accepted by the doctoVs. A large number of men from the north are also reaching the city by every boat and are finding their way to the depot.

Not a few husky loggers will be found In the ranks of the new battalions. There Is the usual city sprinkling of clerks, accountants, if anything this class of men Is presenting for enlistment in larger numbers lately. One of the interesting features at the depot Is the number of yojng boys who want to go to the front as buglers. All the boys are anxious to go to the war, say the recrutlng sergeants, and if the rest of the unmarried males would come forward as eagerly there would be no occasion to take si many married men for active service. The depot has sent up for examination lately quite a number of men anxious to join the MrGtll University Corps.

Six were passed yesterday and today three more presented themselves. The local office gets no credit for enlisting these men, but they are passed and sent east immediately. Hungarian Says Strike of Machinists Was Engineered by Diplomats. CLEVELAND, Nov. 16.

Louis Loctil, a native' Hungarian, serving us city immigration officer, today charged activity by the Austro Hungarian embassy at Washington in the strike nf machinists at the Theo dor Kundt. factory here. The Kundtz plant has boon manufacturing bodies for automobiles to fill war orders for the Entente Allies and has been tied up for several weeks by a strike. Loebl's charges came in his defence before Mayor Newton Dr. Raker of informal charges that he had been unduly active in his connection with the strike.

He told the mayor that one of the chief advisers of the strikers had offered, in his hearing, to "sell out" the strikers for $6000. I.ocbl offered in proof of his charges a dictagraph record taken by a private detective in an adjoining room in a local hotel when the $6000 bribe was alleged to have been solicited, Oct. 31. A majority of Kundtz's strikers are Austro Hungar lans. ASKS FOR DETAILS United States Wants to Hear About Ancona.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. The state department today cabled Ambassador I'enfield at Vienna to request from the Austro Hungarlan government complete details of the sinking of the Italian steamer Gentleman in Far off Texas Donates to Pudding Fund Many little children of British Columbia will feel light hearted and cheerful at Christmas, knowing that they have contributed their mite in comforts for our gallant soldiers in the trenches "somewhere in France." Each dav finds the little tots walking Into The World office with their small offering for the Christmas Pudding Fund. This morning's mail brought offerings from the school children of Nicola and 'Ruskln.

There has been a ready response to the appeal from all sources. For 20 cents you can provide a pudding for a soldier who is now fighting the Empire's battles. Now is your opportunity to "do your bit." From Dallas, Texas, a letter comes which Is exceedingly gratifying and welcome. As might be expected from a correspondent hearing such an historic name as McMahon, the letter has a chivalrous sentiment, and it goes without saying that a man who declares himself of Irish French extraction not' only regrets his inability to take a personal share in the war, for the Irish and the French we know have fighting proclivities, but he also indicates the warm heartedness which..