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ARTIAL AW FOR U. S.
EFFECT OF NEW MEASURE
Bill Approved by President Wilson Provides for Govebament Con-
trol of All Railroads, Telegraph and Telephone TAMS.
A despatch from Washington .says:
Goverement control and operation of
all railroads, telegraph and telephone
lines, during the perioid of the war,
s
and the drafting into the military ser-
vice of the country of the employees
of such common carriers, is authoriz-
ed in a bill approved to -day by Presi-
dent Wilson.
The bill, drawn at the request of
the President, will be introduced in
the House to -morrow by Represent-
ative William C. Adamsop, Chairman
of the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce. The draft of the
bill, prepared by Mr. Adamson, re-
ceived the approval of the President
to -day. It is probably the most far-
reaching of all 'the war bills prepared
or in process of preparation by the
Aelminietration,
Under 'the comprehensive provisioris
of the Administration measure, the
President is given unlimited power to
take actual possession of the physical
property of all railroads and all tele-
• phone and telograseh lines of the
United States, to direct their opera-
tions and "to draft into the military
service of the United States and to
place under military control any and rnandeer persons operating the same
all officers, agents and employees of whenever the President may deter -
the railroads, telephone or telegraph mine that public safety necessitates
so radical a step.
Not since Abrahani Lincoln was
given power to commandeer the rail-
roads of the United States in 1862
has any President been granted such
unhampered authority.
States the property demanded by the
President.
Persons who resist the military
draft authorized are likewise subject
to fine and imprisonment. •
The drafting of employees it; to be
under the direction of "officers of the
military establishment," who shall
prepare a roster of all employees sub-
ject to draft end shall serve notice
upon the persons so drafted "as to the
'place where and the time when he
shall appear and enter upon his ser-
vice."
President Wilson is given complete
control and supervision of "the com-
munication of intelligence over said
telephone and telegraph lines, ,and
the transportation of troops, military
property and stores throughout the
United States shall be conducted un-
der the control and supervision of
such officers as the President may de-
signate." /
So broad are the powers conveyed °t cartons, rtc•
Market" 'of ihe. World
. readotuffs
.0,N,, i.l.,:1. 01,4•01,111.00t001.,,,t1)4-te.12p,likci, ;$'21.1,N2,--8,01?liy, fi4aN11011v,.t10121e:otollifF0,2t8ri;
norninal,• traci .13aY'POrts
Manitoba, oats -'--NO, 2 O.W.,' 783c; No. 3
C.VV,,, 7050; eXira Vo. 1 ,feed, 715(4.1\10.-
1 feed, 7550., all rail delivered,
Ainerican• corn -No. 3 yelloNv, 31,30,
track Toronto, subJeCt to einibargo.
Onterlo eats -No, 0 weite, 71 to 7301'
nominal; No, 3 white, 70 tO 72e, noillinai,
according to freights outside,
Ontarlo wheat -NO. 2 Winter, per oar
lot, 32.00 to $2.02; No. 3 do., 31,08 to
32,00, according to freights outside,
1 peas -No, 2, noniinal, according to
cording to freights outside,
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freights outside. '
Barley -Malting; 31.20 to 31,28, ac-
Bueiswheat--31,30 to $1.4'6, aceerding
to freights outside,
Rye -No, 2, 31.68 to 31.70, according
to freights outside,
Manitoba Xiour-First patents, in jute
bags, 310.70; second patents, in Jute
bags, 310,20; strong bakers', in Jute bags,
39.80, 'Toronto.
Ontario flour --Winter, according to
eareele. $8416. to 38.45, in bags, track
1°1°110), prompt shipment; 38.10 to
38.20, bulk seaboa,rd, export grade. •
11Tillfeecl-Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included--13ran, per ton,
338; shorts, Per ton, $40 to 342; mid-
cllings, 343 to 345; good feed flour, per
bag, 32.70 to 32,80.
Hay-Dxtra No. 2, per ton, 311.50 to
312.00; mixed, per ton, $8,50 to 311, track
Toronto, •
Straw -6'a,- lots, per ion, 37 to 37.9r
track Toronto,
Country Produce -Wholesale
.Butter--Fiesh dairy, choice, 40 to 41c;
creamery prints, 43 to 45c; solids, 42 to
430,
1134,..gs--New-laid, in cartons, 39e; out
by the hilt that martial law is virtu- chriteensPt,lt trY, I:owl, lb., 20 to 25c;
ally established throughout. the coun- Dressed poultry -Chickens, 23 to 26'e•
fowl, 20 to 220; ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs,.
by se far e%norinnori, carriers are per doz., 34,00 to 34.50; turkeys, 25 to
Concerned. There is no limitation 28c.
whatsoever upon the authority of the
President to seize railroad; 'telephone
and telegraph property, and 'to com-
companies whose lines are so taken
into possession."
Severe penalties are provided in the
event that any person having control
of the common carriers declines to de-
liver into the possession of the United
12,000 MEN NI;;EDED At present ten thousand Canadians
IN FORESTRY UNITS are engaged in lumbering operations
Recruiting Stations Established
Throughout Canada for Enlist-
ment.
A, despatch from Ottawa says:
TWelve thousand men are re-
quired for service in forestry units
overseas and twenty-four recruiting
depots have been established in Can-
ada, to receive candidates for enlist-
ment. In view of the shortage of
ocean tonnage Britain has under-
taken to provide herself to a great ex-
tent with lumber ands:timber from
forests at home. Consequently, the
-work of the forestry battalions has
grown in importance.
in the British Isles. Of" the nurn.ber
5,000 were enlisted and sent overseas
in forestry battalions.
The remainder were drawn from
other units of the expeditionary force.
It is now proposed to increase the
number -of the men engaged in lumber-
ing and at the same time return those
men who' were. obtained from the com-
batant ranks to their Own units, where
they are needed'.
Europe has long profited by fish
farming. With the exhaustion of the
fish supply of our lakes and streams
in sight, we must add fish ponds to
our farms.
MORE OF FRANCE WRESTED FROM FOE
BRITISH INFLICT HEAVY LOSS
British North of Vimy Ridge Carry Lines Along Both Banks of
Souchez River Close To Givenclw-Canadians Take
Mile of German Trenches. • •
A despatch from London says:
Swift hammer -blows at many points clearly determined to shoulder the
along the disorganized German front Germans out of the entire -angle bh-
e‘,.. north and south of Arras last week tween Monchy-le-Preux and Croi-
showed that General Haig's drive is silles, and seem to be doing it.
far from over, though the resistance Meanwhile the fighting for the keY
of Hindenburg's troops stiffened per- positions at Monchy was furious. The
ceptibly. Boring through the slush Germans feel the loss of this town and
underfoot and the falling snow and of its heights,•I'shich the Y admit in
sleet, British troops north of the Vimy their official statement, and have
Ridge carried their lines along both thrown repeated counter-attacks
banks of the. Souchez River to within against theBritish defenders. Accord -
a few hund erl yards northwest- of ing to the accounts of observers, they
Givenchy, while the Canadians, sweep- suffered some of their heaviest losses
ing down the southeastern si
ope of since‘the present series of battles
the ridgee overran a mile of German started, several of the charging bet -
trench systems south of the Farbus •talions being practically annihilated
Wood. under the rattle of British machine
South of the Scarpe, too, where the guns.
' British are trying to straighten out Prisoners who were attached to
their front toward Cambrai, a notable German batteries complain that so
success was won. Driving down from, many German guns were lost because
Neuville Vitasse to the banks of Co- of a shortage of artillery horses. They
S-jeul River, Haig's men_ stormed and say that the British were up and over
held Hill 90, and pressed onward to their pieces before they could be
Waneourt and HenineL Both these hauled back down to safety. On the
towns, with their adjoining defences,' Vimy Ridge alone the storming Can -
'Were captured, and the victors de- adians took four 8 -inch howitzer,
ployed across the stream and occu- nine of '`the famous 5.9 guns, the
pied the heights on the right bank. most mobile and useful piece In the
The*fighting in this segment was an German battery, and 23 other pieces.
all -day matter, and the ground was Elsewhere the British took a dozen
Cheese---New, large, 27 to 279c; twins,
271 to 2750; triplets, 274 to 2Sc; old,
large, 2890; twins, 285c.
Honey -White clover, 29 -lb tins, 149 to
150; 5 -lb tins, 14.; • 10 lb 13; • 00-11),
130; buckwheat, 60-11) tins, 10 to 1090,
Coinb honey -extra fine and heavy
.weight, per doz., 32.75; select, 82.00 .to
32,78; No. 2, 32 to $2.25. -
11faple syrup -Imperial gallon, 31.50' to
310'n5ialoes-On track Ontario, per bee,
$3.00"; New Brunswick Delawares, per
hag, 33.30 to $3.40; Albertas, per bag,
$3.25,
Provisions-Wholesale
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 27 to
280; do, heavy, 24 to 25c; Ted, 38 to
390; rolls, 24 to 25c; breakfa bacon, 30
to 33c; backs, plain 32 to 33c; boneless,
35 to 360. •
Lax•d-Pure lard, tierces, 25 to 254e;
tubs, 251 to 253c; pails, 259 to 253c; com-
pound, tierces, 199 to 20c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 21 to
220 per ib; clear bellies, 20 to 209c,
Montreal Markets
Montreal, April 17.-Oats--Cana,dian
western, No. 2, 789c; do,, No. 3, 7790;
extra No. 1 feed, 779e.. Barley -Man.
feed, $1.09. Buckwheat -No. 2, $1.32.
Flour_kran. Spring wheat patents,
firsts, 310.80; seconds, 310.30; strong
bakers', 310.10; -Winter patents, choice,
$10.00; straight rollers, 39.30 to $9.60;
do. bags, 34.50 to 34.65. Rolled oats,
barrels, 37.45; do., bags, 90 lbs, 33.60.
Bran, $37 to 338. Shorts, 340. Mid-
dlings, 342. Mouillie, 345 to 350. Hay
-No. 2, per ton, car lots, 313,50.
Cheesez-Ftnest westerns, 24 to 2490;
finest easterns, 23 to 239c. Butter -
Choicest creamery, 43c; seconds, 40 to
41c. Eggs -Fres, 36c; selected, 38c,
Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 33.15 to 33.25.
Winnipeg Grain,
Winnipeg, April 17. -Cash prices: --
Wheal -No. 1. Northern, 32.081; No. 2
Northern, 32.041; No, 4, 31.885; No, 5,
31.101;. No. 6, $1.395; feed, 31.10. Oats
-No.2 C.'W., 681c; No. 3 C.W•., 661n;
extra No. 1 fed, 661(...; No. 1 feed, 655c;
No. 2 feed, 635e. :Barley --No. 3, 31.12;
No, 4, 31.06; feed, 92e; rejected, 52e.
Fla.x-No, 1 N.W.C„ 32.79; No. 2 C.1'V.,
32.745,
United states Burets.
eetneeariolfs, Afrij 17. -Wheat --May,
'32.071 to 32.085; July, 32.003; cash, No:
1 hard, 32.195 to 32.223; No.' 2 Northern,
$2.135 to 32.155: No. 2 Northern, 32.095
to 32.155. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 31.261
to 31 . 281 . Oats -No, 3 white, 621 to
644e. Flour unchanged. _Bran, 338.00
to 338.50.
Dultith, April 17.-Wheut--No. hard,
won foot by foot. The British are.
$2.149; No. 1 Northern, 32.009 to $2.131;
9 T
e n, 32-05.1 to 32,085; May.
22,059; July, 32.009 bid. Linseed. $3.061,.
to 33 .08; : May, 33.06;; July, $3 .074 ,
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, April 17. -Extra choice heavy
steers, 312.00 to $1.2.50.; chole heavy
steers, 311.25 to $11.75; good heavy
steers. 310.50 to 310.75; butchers' cattle,
choice, 311„25 to 311.75; 00., gOod, 310.65
(11 $010011011011; oil), "30. 00 to $0 ; bu tchers'
. to 910.00,
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choice, 310.00 to 310.75; do., good
39,25 to
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. co. medium bulls,
33,25 to 39.75; do. roughbulls, 36.40 to
butchers' .ows, choice, 310.00 to
me(141 ct'oc 315. 2 'ff s5 ttOol!ci!jr:s50;.37(1.(5'ii
to !38.35; feeders, 39.50 to 510.25; canners.
and cutters, $5.25 to 36.25; milkers,
good to choiee, 585.00' to 3110.00; do.,
corn., incl med. each: 340.00 to 360.00;
sprill'gers, 350.00 to $110.00; light ewes,
$10See. to 314.00; sheep, heavy, 38.50 to
30,50: calve, good to choice, 312.50 to
$14.7e. prifig 1- 1
hoic, 214.25 to 915.50:
and water., $1.6,50 lo
weighed. oft Oars, $10.75; do. '6 o do.,a
$161'75v,
1;:ntreal, April 17.' --God le choice
milk -fed calves, $8.00 to 311.00, others
$4,00 td $7.00; she0p Kee to 310,50;
Spring lambs,12 s 0 to Sig tlh
selected 31'05 -0 ' (”le. 11;
Hearing has been restored to more
than two-thirds of his acciderilially
deafened patients by a French, physi-
cian who massages their ears with
sound waves
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ALLIED COUNCIL ENEMY WOMEN BRUTAL
AT WASHINGTON TOWARD THE PRISONERS
British and French Commissions
to Discuss War Policy
With U. S.
A despatch from Washington says:
Those Employed,,by German Red Cross Show Themselves as Bar-
barous as Ally Huns -Spit in Coffee Handed to
British Troops.
Assembly in Washington within a few
weeks of a great international war A. despatch from London says: Ap- while the women looked on and laugh -
council was foreshadowed by an an- palling revelations of the systernatic cd•
brutality of German women of the q y e mon en ex a nment
!with these women was to offer a
_ Red Cross towards British wounded } wounded man a glass of water and
have been made to the'Berne corre- !then pour it slowly on the ground.
spondent of The Times by. scores of Cases of physical. maltreatment of
British soldiers of all ranks released British wounded by German nurses
from German prison camps. On the , were just as common and systematic
long journey of the British wounded , as the refusal to give them nourish -
through 'Germany it was the common.!, meat
amusement of these women to tempt ' The nurses not only refused to 'at -
our men, who were in the last extrem- tend to British wounded but regular-
ity of hunger and thirst, by holding ly insulted and spat on them. Fre-
out food and drink to try and make quently they even struck or kicked a
them snatch at it, and then withdraw- bandaged limb in order to give pain.
ing it. Many of the wounded begging I "If," says The Times, "the German
for water had coffee, water and soup 1Red Cross is merely a branch of Ger-
tendered to them, and then at the last Iman militarism it has prostituted its
moment the gentle nurse would spit sacred sign, shamed its name and
in the cup or glass. Frequently the 'forfeited all right to be regarded aer
'wounded had to drink the defiled stuff an organization of humanity."
nouncement from the State Depart- , • An e uall m t -t
Merit on Wednesday that a British
commission, headed by Arthur J. Bal
faqir, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is
expected to arrive within ten days to
discuss with the Government here
questions connected with the conduct
of the war. In addition to the For-
eign Minister, the commission will
include Admiral DeChair, of the Brit-
ish navy; General Bridges, of the
army, and the Governor of theeBank 'of
England, attended by a numerous
staff.
,This was as far as the announce -
Ant made by the State Department
goes, but it was learned authoritative-
ly that a French ,commission, compos-
ed of officials and officers equally as
distinguished as the British represent-
atives, also will be in Waehington
about the same time. This commission
will be headed by M. Viviani, at pre-
sent Minister of Justice in the French
Cabinet, and formerly Premier.
CROPS IN GERMANY
SET BACK BY STORMS.
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Seeleee Weather Will Delay Harvest of
• . All Foodstuffs. •
A despatchfrom Copenhagen says:
The Easter holidays in Germany were
marked, according to reports in the
German newspapers, by a return of
Winter weather, over a large part of
the empire, an occurrence of consider-
able importance in connection with the
prospects for the next harvest. Partic-
ularly sharp drops in temperature with
snow,' were reported in the important
grain -growing regions of Germany.
Before this development the agricul-
tural paper e had complained of the
effects of the severe and pretracted
Winter. The Winter grain crop \val.'
several weeks behind its normal de-
velopment, although it is declared that
the proportion requiring resowing was
comparatively small. Farmers were
unable to commence their Spring
planting, and it seems certan that the
new delay Will "Materially dhfer the
Fall harvest of all food crops.
The net result is that there will be
increasing difficulty in • carrying over
until the harvest on the scanty reserve
of stock,even if the harvest itself is
not affected in quality.
GREAT FIRES OCCUR
Ss IN AIX -LA -CHAPELLE
A despatch !Lem Amsterdam
says :-Statements from various
sources continue to come. to hand re-
porting more or less serious troubles
in Germany, " At Hamburg the au-
thorities' have taken extraordinary
measures to cope with disorders. A Sense weeks ago the
„ {CANADIANS SHARE
PEACE COMMON WAR ON U-BOATS
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"A Real Peace Which This Old!
World Has Never Known." 376 Ar'e Members of Royal Naval
A despatch from London says: As Auxiliary Ptro1.
the first British Prime Minister to !
salute the American. nation as com-,i A despatch from Ottawa says: -In
rades-in-arms, David Lloyd George, all 376 Canadians are now engaged in
England's great Democrat leader, combatting the German submarines,
speaking before a notable assembly, • as members of the Royal Naval Auxil-
brought together by the American iary Patrol, and, according to reports
Luncheon Club on Thursday, aroused which have come to the Naval Service
intense enthusiasm by hie' scathing de- Department here, all have acquitted
nunciation of Prussia and his warm themselves well and have reflected
welcome of America as an ally in the credit upon the Dominion. Of', the
war. number 264 are sub -lieutenants or of -
"The advent of the United States ficers of the submarine -chasers and
into the war," he said, "gives the 112 are chief motorboat men, or mot-
orboatmen, the mechanics of ehe'.crafte
Of the 112 rnotorboatmen 43 are
hem British Colun.Lia; 32 frern 'On-
tario, of whom' 11 are from Toronto
final stamp to the character of the
conflict as a struggle against 'military
reriaaseee-ertisseenghout the world."
FOOD CRISIS MAI05 and six from Ottawa; 21 front the
ALL FATHERLAND TV -FreJY,ince. of Quebec, of whom 15 are
Montreal Drieds' -9., .fronle4lseerta, 4
Vorwaerts M Government of Con- from Saskatchewan and 3 from mai-- „.
sequences of Bread Diminution.
A despatch from London says:
-The food situation is dominat-
ing all other considerations in Ger-
many, according to The Berlin
Vor-
waerts as quoted in an Amsterdam . IS GIVEN TO U. S.
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despatch to the Central News. The ' Argentina and Costa Rica Endorse
Vorwaerts says: , , War Policy of President Willem.
"Notwithstanding all the Big events,
the new food regulations which areA despatch from Washington says:
be introduced on April 15 form the
to . Without formally announcing aban-
Idonment of their neutrality, two more
exclusive subject of discussion in the
Latin-American republics, Argentina
most . circles of peo- and Costa Rica, have given assurances
ple . A diminution in the bread of their moral support for the United
ration forms a serious difficulty
:°r States in the war against Germany.
the entire population and causes great • Argentina, choosing a middle course
P1 tOocCupation. Garman news- between those of Brazil and Chile, her
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railway officiel who joined the train papers announced that
from Germany- at Maestricht stated tion would be reduced
that great fires had broken out in Aix- beginning April 15, o
la -Chapelle in four different parts. of scarcity of svheat.
the .city. It is believed serious trou-
bles have broken out there. Two hun-
dred persons have • peen killed and
wounded in the' rioting at Aix-la-
Chapelle, according to advices receiv-
ed , by the Nieuwe A rnsterdamsche
the bread ra- sister nations in the influential A. -13-C
trio, hae notified the State Department
by one-fourthI
wing to the
that she "recognizes the justice" of
,
' this country's stand against German
1 aggression. Little Costa Rica, jtiet
It has been shown that heredity in , emerging from the throes of a revolu-
wheat seed is not eo important asItion, sent word to her diplorrnitic 70 -
good soil and cultural methods. Goodipeeseneative 'here on Wednesday that
seed, good soil and good !arming
a I elie endorsed the, course of President
count for more in crop producing than ' Wilsonand was "ready to prove it if.
ant, fancy 'variety. inecessary.
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