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CUBAN BAY MAY BE THE REFUGE
FROM WHICH ti -BOATS' OPERATE
News of the Revolutionary Outbreak in Cuba Greatly Interests
British Officials.
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A despatch from London- says:
British officials are greatly interested
in the news of the revolutionary out-
break in Cuba, where, they assert,
they have reason to suspect German
agents have been at work for a long
time. Only a .few weeks ago. Captain
Hang Boehm, a German army officer,
was taken from the Dutch steamer
Zeelanelia at Falmouth. He had in his
possession 'a- ,chart of Santa. Lucia
Bay, Cuba, 'where according to other
papers seized at the same time, Ger-
Man agents had secured an oil con-
cession. It is the belief here that the
Santa Lucia project was being de-
veloped by means of money sent from
New York to Havana.
The British naval authorities, while
they have failed to discover any Ger-
man submarine base in the West In-
dies, declare that they have long had
reason to suspect the intention of the
Germans to establish one there, and as
a consequence they look with 'suspi-
cion upon the Cuban oil project, as
possibly a blind to hide the establish-
ment of a refuge from which 'subma-
rines could operate. el
INA TO DRILL
2NIGHTS EACH WEEK
Active Campaign to be Institu-
- • ted to Bring Units Up
to Strength.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Th
calling out of the militia in larg
towns and cities for two nights o
drill every week will, it is unilerstoo
be the entering wedge of the Govern
nest's new recruiting -plans fore
shadowed by the statement` issued o
Tuesday by Sir Edward Kemp. To
gather with; the resumption of militi
drill there will be an 'active .campaig
to bring the militia units up t
strength. This, it is understood, evil
at first be conducted along the line
of voluntary enlistment, with the al
tea -native' of applying the Militia Ac
in some form: if enough recruits- ar
t''' \,,,,, I"i',i' ';e-('lrf•ed 3n this e'4?v.
It is understood that the 'work
1,rin in • existing incomplete overseas
g €. 1, p e
units; up to strength and sending the
remainder over as drafts is to be
pushed with' even greater vigor, and
that there maybe;some radical amal-
gamating done. Ham other way is
found of dealing with this matter. On
account" of' the fact that many Cana-
dian superior officers in England have
dropped their ,'rank and gone to the
front as lieutenants, and that the
breaking up of units into drafts has
left a surplus, even of lieutenants, in
the Mother Country, only two per cent,
of officers will now, it is understood,
be sent overseas with thei men. No
officers of, higher. rank will •o' n
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they are ':prepared to :revert to lieu
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CRUISER BEATS
ENEMY RAIDERS
Hot Battle in South.Atlantic
Won by British
Warship:
A despatch from Rio Janeiro says:
An officer of the British cruiser Glas-
gow
lasgow has confirmed` the reports of a
recent naval battle off Fernando de
Noronha, 125 miles off the east ex-
tremity of Brazil,: `according to the
newspapen-Rua. The Glasgow, how
ever,` took no part in, the engagement.
Her commander received a report of.
the fighting only on. the following day
through a `viceless message from' the
British cruiser Amethyst, which alone I
gave battle to the German raiders,
numbering three.
LEADI MARKETS
Va
x'ireati hitifs
Toronto. Feb, 29- Moriitob wheat—
New No. 1 Northern 1.905; No. 2 du,,
1,733 track873; No, 8B. aY do., j10r61} 823;, Na. 4 'Wheat,
1.,
Manitoba oats -TATO g 7191 No. 8
U.W , 71e; extra No, 1 C.W.iced, 71o; No.
freed 70c, all rail delivered ell route,
American corn—No. 3 Yellow, $1,14,
subject to embargo,
'Ontario oats --No. 2 white, 68 to 050;•"
nominal, No. 8 white, 02 to 64c, nominal,
according to freights outside,
Ontexib wheat—No 2 1Vinter, per car
ok $1.71 to 8 .73; No, 8 do„ ,69 to
1.71, aecordinp� to If ht outs9de,
Peals --No. 2 $2,40r according to
freights ogtsi o.
Barley Malting, $1.20 to 11.22, rte -
cording to freights outside.
13uckwlteat—$1,28, Nominal, according
to freights outs de..
Rye—No. 2, 1.40 to $1.42, acoording
to freights out ide,
Manitoba flour—First patents, in jute
bags, $9,50; second potents, in jute bags,
$9.00; strong bakers', in Jute bags, $8.60,
Toronto,
Ontario flour—Winter, according to
sample, $7.10 to $7.20, in bass, track,
Toronto prompt shipment; $7.00, bulka.
seaboard export grade,
Milifeetl: Car lots, delivered Montreal
,freights, bags inuliuled—Bran, per ton,
886 shorts, per ton, $41; good feed
our, per bag, $2.70 to $2,80.
Hay—Extra No, 2, per ton, $12 to
Toron112.50•;to,maxed, per ton, $9 to $11, track
Strnawto,—Car lots, per ton, $9, track
Toro
country- Produce—Wholesale
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 36 to 3Sc
creamery prints, 43 to 45e; solids, 42
to 48e.
Eggs—No, 1 storage, 47 to 43e;' cstor-
age, selects, 50 to 61c; new laid, in/car-
toggs, 55 to 52c; .out of caftans,' 52 to 04c.
Live ' poultry -bowl, " lb„ 17 to 19c;
chickens, lb., 18 to 20e.
Dressed poultry—Chickens, 22 to 25c;
fowl, 20 to 22c; ducks. 22 to 26e; squabs,
per s doz.,' $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys, 28 to
38e; geese, 78 to 202,
Cheese—New, large, 2255 to 20c; twins,
26' to 201c;, triple,ts,y 204 to 265e; old,
large, 270;twins, 275 to 273a.
Honey—W.hlte clover, 23-1h. tins, 14 to
143c; 5 -ib tins, 135 to 14c; 10 -Ib., 13 to
183e 60 -Ib., 123 to 13e; buckwheat, 60-1b.
tins, 9 to 53e. Comb honey—extra tine
and heavy weight, per dos„ $2.75; select,
$2.,50 to 52.75; No. 2, 32 to $2.25.
Potatoes—Ontario, per bag, $2.90;
New 13runsivielt Delawares, per bag,
$3.25; Albor•tas, per bag, $2.95.
Beane—Imported, hand-picked, per
bush $025; Canadian, hand-pleked, per
bush 57,00; Canadian primes, 20.00 to
16.50, :Lintas, per lb., 10 to 103e.
Provisions—' holesale,
Smoked meats—Hams; medium 26 to,
27c; do., heavy, 23 to 24e; cooked, 37 to
880; rolls, 21' to 22e; breakfast'bacon,
27` to 290; backs, plain, 28 to 30c; 'bone-
less, 01 to 33o.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 213 to 218o;
tubs, 219 to 22o: palls, 22 to 225c; coin -
pound, 163 to 17c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 13 to
183b per lb; (tear bellies, 18 to 1$3e.
Montreal' Markets
Montreal, Feb. 20—Corn—American
No. 2. yellow, 11.24 to 31.25. Oats—
Canadian Western, No. 2, 74 to 75e; do.,
No. 8, 72 to 73e; extra No.'1 feed, 72
to 73c. Barley—Manitoba feed, $1;
malting, 51.35, Flour --Manitoba Spring
wheat patents, firsts, 59;60• do.. seconds,
$9.10; . strong bakers', 38,•90; Winter
atents,"choice, 59.25;'straight 'rollers,:
8;56 to. $8,80, do„ in bags, $4.10 to
24,25. Rolled oats—Barrels, $6.95 to
$7,15; bag' of'. 90 lbs., 13.35 to '33.46.
1d111feed-Bran, 533 to 534; shorts, 336
to 538; middlings, $38 to 340; mouiliie,
543 to'348. Hay—No. 2, per ton,'. car
ots, $18, Cheese -Finest: westerns, 26
to 263c' do., easterns, 253c. nutter—
Choicest cneamery; 423 ,to .42c • seconds,
39 to 41o, Eggs—Fresh, 55 to 68e;,
selected, 48c; No. 1 stock, 45c. Pota-
toes—Per bag, car lots, 32.75 to '$3T
t The real fight occurred near Fernan-
e do de Noronha at night. One of the'
raiders, seriously hit, was observed to
of be sinking. The others si}cceeded in
making their escape. Night prevent-
ed the Amethyst from ascertaining
to what extent they had been damag-
G-ERMANY'S. WAR, COSTS
SIXTY 'BILLI N
�. ,O MARK'S.
'A de atch from -tendon n says: Ger-
many's war casts to date have reach-
ed the total of• sixty. .billion ' ±narks",,
says a telegram from ;Berlin, forward-•
ed by the colrospbiident at Amster --
dant of Reuter's- Telegram Company;
Limited..
TRY TO RAISE INTEREST
ON THE LAST WAR LOAN.
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.A. despatch from London says: -The
German Government is now discussing
with the Bundesrat new direct and in-
direct taxes to raise £50,000,000 inter
est on the last war loan, according to
Berlin newspapers, quoted in a•Hague
despateh to the Exchange ,Telegraph
Co. It is probable, add the ,; lepers,.
that the new taxes will apply':to shut
mine exploitation and railway traffic;,
with an increased telt on =war profits.
ed. That they had been damaged
however, is considered probable. One
raider is believed to, have been beach-
ed in a battered condition: The Ame-
thyst .suffered slight damage and had
one man killed and one wounded,
age ,
Winnipeg Grain
Winnipeg, Feb, ,20—'Wheat—No, 1
Northern, ;1.675; No. 2 Northern, '•$ 1;G43;
No. 3 Northern, 31.595; No. 4, $1.50;
8' o- 5', '$1.365; No.:6, 57.045; feed, 98c.
Oats—No, 2 C.W.. 55c; No. ,3 C.1v.
3 c; extra No. 1 feed, 533c; No. 1
635e No. 2, 525c. Barley—No. 3 C.N
so No, 4 . C.'W., -90c: rejected, 780
eeci,� iSc., Flax -'No. 1 N.W.('., :5250.
GERMAN STOLE CHARTS
OF ALASKAN HARBORS.
A despatch from New York says;
Stolen Government charts of anchor-
ages along the Alaskan coast were
discovered by the police among the
belongings of Herbert Sauer, a Ger-
truitee States entaaets
Miinneapolis, Feb. 20-•-1�Theat--flay,
31.745; July, $1.705; cash—No. 1 hard,.
51.835 to 31.865; No. 1 Northern, $1,75 to
$1.755; No, 2, do., '$1.725 to 31.795. Corn
No, 3 yellow, 985 to 992c. Oats—No,
3 white, 535 to .545e. Flour-tJn-
changged. Bran—$82 to 538.
Duluth, Feb. 20—Wheat-No, 1 hard,
$1,77$; No, 1 Northern, 31.760; No. 2,
do., 31.718 to 51.743.Linseed—On track,
52.75 to 32.81; May, $2.81 asked; July,
5 5 asked; to arrive, $2.78.
Live Stook Markets
Toronto, Feb. 20 -Choice heavy steers,
man deserter from the coast-guard11,81(61; to 410.90; do„ good, 310.10' to
g . but0hers' cattle, choice, $10.10,
service; who was sentenced here on to 10.36; <io, good, 39.50 to $9.76; do.,
Thursday to eight 87.50 t " $8.60 to $880; do., common,
Thursday g t years in Sing -Sing g,7:50,to 76•: butchers'.
bulls, choles,
Prison upon his plea of guilty to 'a tr9 to $0. 0; 'do., good bales, $8,2ti+to
charge 91 ihansianghter• for kinin b0., ro do„ rnedtu $ bulla, .25, butchers' g do.,'rough hulls, $6"to $6.26; butchers
Mrs. Caroline Tiarka in her home in cows, oholce, . 8,.
this 't '1 t A t 1
.40; o., medium; $7 to. :21g0`
was asked what helntended to do with to $8.50; canners and cutters, 55' to
the neaps, he replied, according:to the 120; do.; 'com, and meet. each 40
($ to
this y *last
8.25 to $3 6 to $0• do food
Ugbs W Len Sauer stockers $6,26 to .88; choice.: feeders
police: "I wanted to make a name for
myself,;when I mturned to the Father-
land."
J3IG' TSEWARD FOR CREW
THAT DESTROYS A SUB.
A despatch ch .fro '
p m .Paris. says: ,A
prize of 500,000 francs for the crew
of any French, allied or neutral vessel
which succeeds in destroying an at -
tacking submarine is, provided for in
a resolution introduced in -the Cham- Over 1,400 Soldiers Voted
Against It.
ber, of Deputies on Tuesday by Andre and 221 For It.
Jefevre.-
60;` springers, $50 to 2110; light ewes,
310 to 510.50; sheep, heavy, $8.50 to $9;
oalves, good to choice, 513.60 to 315;
lambs, choice, 514 to 316; do., medium,
$9,76 to $10.26; hogs, fed and watered,
;g1.40 to 514.50; do,, weighed off ears,
$14.85 to 514,75; do,,:. f.o.b.,,313.65,
Montreal, Feb. 20--Cholee'steers, 510
to 810.40; good,8 to' 59.75;,' butchers'
cows, $6 to $8; butchers' bulls, 50 to
$8,75; canners .bulls, '$5.50: to 56; can-
ners cows, 35'to.35.50; calves, /Milt fed,
312 to $14; lambs, 313to 514; sheep, 33
to $9; hogs,:choioe,.:;$14.50 to $14.75.
AGAINST PROHIBITION.
I
AanoW • baby carriage, which in -
eludes receptacles for clothing, can be
folded to resemble a suitcase.
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ilk'° fxesptioned
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FRENCH _ CROPS
PER -0 "
10 CENT. LOWER
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Excessive Autumn Rains: Re-
sponsible for the
Decrease.
A despatch from Paris says; Th
report of the Agricultural Informatio
Bureau, published in the official jour
nal on Thursday, gives the-averag
condition for the 1917 Winter crops a
ten per trent. below those of 1916
With 100 signifying very good; 8
good and 60 rather good, the average
for 1917, as compared with those o
1916, are
Winter wheat, 62, as against 70
rye, 67, against 72; Winter bailey 66
against 73; Winter oats 66,, agams
72.
The Temps explains the oflicia
figures by the bad state of the soil at
the time of seeding, insufficient sup-
plies of fertilizers and the excessive
Autumn rains. Some of the late seed-
ings must be replaced by Spring seed-
ings on account of the frost, though
most of the wheat crop was well pro-
tected by the snow when the heavy
freeze came and was not injured. The
cold weather is considered to have
produced very favorable conditions
for Spring seeding.
ALL COAL
NOM "NE air Adis Aural
IVES I BRITAIN 1
TAKEN OVER GOVERNMENT
A. New Officer KnownAs "Controller` of Coal Mines" Will be in
Charge of Department.'
A despatch from London says: It
has been decided by ,the Board of
Trade to take possession of all coal
mines in the United Kingdom for the
period of the war in addition to those
in South Wales already taken over,
The President of the Board of Trade
has decided to set' up a new. depart-
ment to control the coal mines. The
directors of the London and North-
WesternRailtua,y have placed the
seiivlees of their , general managtt r,
Guy Calthrop, at the disposal of the
Board. Mr. Calthrop's official desige
nation will be "Controller of • Goal
Mines,"
5, MINION TO ISSUE
ANOTHER WAR LOAN
EMPIRE'S WOOL CLIP
NEEDED FOR _9 R IIES.
Shrinkage of World's Supply Compels
Britain to Safeguard Output.
A despatch from London says: Re-
plying in the House of Commons to
criticism of the Government's method
of requisitioning the wool clip of the
Empire, H. W. Forster, financial sec-
retary to the War Office, explained
that the shrinkage of the world's sup-
ply of wool had compelled the Gov-
ernment to safeguard the enormous
supplies needed:' for the Entente
armies. He declared with emphasis
that this action was solely a war
measure, and without ulterior mo-
tives. Recognizing the importance of
exporting wool in order to maintain
the rates of exchange, 'Mr. Forster
said that if it proved -practicable the
Government would do its utmost . to.
stimulate exports` even at the sacri-
fice of some part of the wool requir-
ed for home consumption.
MAXIMUM DAIRY PRICES
ARE FIXED IN FRANCE
All Must Be Conspicuously Displayed
p Y
In The Shop Windows.
A despatch from Paris says:—The
Food Ministry has decided that from
Feb. 19 maximum prices are to be fix-
ed throughout France for milk, butter
and cheese. In the Department of
the . Seine, including Paris, the price
of milk must not exceed ten cents for
a litre (about a pint and three-quar-
ters) if • bought in a shop, or eleven'
cents is delivof•ed,-e The maximum
prices for butter vary from $1.12 to
$1.34 per kilo --roughly two ,pounds—.
according to the quality and source.
The only cheese prices fixed so :far
are- cap_emberl, from thirteen cents to
twenty-six cents' the small box, bo.c„ ac-
cording to quality,' and pont l'Eveous
at slightly higher prices.' All prices
must be conspicuously displayed in the
hops concerned.
There will be no celebration of
ardi Gras next Tuesday, but all b
heatres will be permitted to give both
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A despatch from Vancouver says:— t
A cable gives the result of the pro-
hibition vote overseas up to Wednes-
day evening as 1,406 against, 221 for
and 41 spoiled ballots.
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Flotation Early in March to be
Payable in Canada and
New York.
A despatch from Ottawa says: An-
other Canadian war loan, the third
to be issued' in the Dominion, will be
fioated probably early in Mare11. In
view of the exchange situation be- for neutral ships leaving American'
tween Canada and the United.States, ports, instead of Falmouth, was ob-
which is at'present adverse to this tained from the Government on Thurs
country, itis regarded as likely that day. It was stated by Sir George
the securities of the new loan will be Foster, Acting -Minister 'of Marine,
made payable both. in Canada and New ; that negotiations in progress had
York.
No information as to. the amount;
terms or price of the new issue car-,.
however, be given at present, as these
details 'sill not be settled until imme-
diately before the loan is floated and
will be determined largely by the con-
ditions - which then prevail
The Finance 'Minister, it is under-
stood, has bean assured that he will
have the co-operation, in the Rota -merits will go down. to Halifax to
tion of the now securities, of the bond form an examination staff, which will
dealers and, brokers, whose- activity be augmented by experts from Great
contributed materially to the success Britain. Arrangements will be macre
HALIFAX IS PORT
OF EXAMINATION
Neutral Vessels Leaving the
CT.S.
Lo Call There instead
of at;Falmouth.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Confirmation of the report that the
British Admiralty had designated
Halifax. as the port of examination
reached a head and that it was defin-
itely decided Halifax. would', be an ex-
amination porta '
Whether it will be for all sailings
m both directions, however. has not
yet been decided. The latter arrange-
ment slight tax accommodation at
the Winter port'somewhat severely:
Officials of the Naval Service, Cus-
toms, Justice and Post -Office Depart -
of the last domestic loan of $100,-
000,000.
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GERM�'NS ARE BLUFFING
to avoid all possible delay to the
vessels examined: The new: plan has
been adopted at the request; of neu-
tral ship interests, who are anxious
ABOUT SUB .NUMBERS to avoid the dangers incident to ex -
But American Says There is Surpris-
ing Lot ,of New Troops.
A despatch from London says
An Amsterdam despatch to The Times
quotes an Ameridan who has just ar-
rived there' from Frankfort, where he
had resided for eighteen months, as
saying that the Germans have a great
and surprising number of new troops,
The despatch says that every Ger-
amination at .English ports in the
blockaded area.
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS
JOIN INA WOLF HUNT
Pack of Wolves Forces 3i ,Sstispensien'
of Hunian Hostilities.
A despatch from Petrograd says
—A wolf hunt' m which both Russian
and. German soldiers joined is describe
roan man of military age who is not ed in correspondence from the Polish
engaged be the munition industry has front. Fettles of Russian asicl, Ger-
engaged
ordered' into the army, with the
Y.
result that the German troops' are
now more numerous than at the be-
ginning of the war. at once suspended'and Germans and
In reference to the submarine cam -
instinctively Russians' instinctively attacked the
paign the American- said that the
stories current in Holland,about the pack, killing about fifty of the evolves.
After the hunt the soldiers separated,
mmense number of German claim -
own
r- each sit returning unmolested to to it
nes was a German bluff, as he" claim- party g s
ed, to have information that there own trenches.
were not two hundredof the underseaAlong,' some sections of this front
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craft available. Referring to the hungry wolves have been particularly
told this winter, constituting a real
ood situation he said:
danger to outposts of booth armies, and
"The allies have 'them down pretty
P e repeatedly the combatants have had to
ell, but they sire prepared for avers p
send out hunting parties against the
hardships. The Germans oan, stand common enemy. While at this sort
nything,' T Left Germany' because
work ri in
man scouts met recently and were.hot-
ly engaged in a skirmish when.a,large
pack of wolves• daslied'on the scene
,and attacked them, Hostilities were
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a
th
morning and evening ;performances.
The two -course meal regulation, which
applies to all hotels and restaurants, h
e situation was growing too bad to ofwo : sniping p' g ; is suspended by a
e pleasant, Life in Frankfurt was
N hard for the people, - Any other
population'ssould rebel. There eras a
very bitter feeling there against the
igher authorities and the people who
evere responsible for the war."
goes into effect to -day.
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which can be unfolded a projection to
rest a user'e foot.
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