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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-7-22, Page 3LORD FISFER WAS GREATEST NAVAL GENIUS, SINCE NELSON The British Navy in ito Modern Form Was Undoubtedly the Creation of the First Sea ►Lord, Who Won an Inilmorts3�l Place Among the Heroes of the Great War. Admiral' John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron of Kilveretone and term-, el, Fleet Lord of the Admn'elty passed' away on July 10. Lord Fisher bad been seriotlslYill since early in Alay, when he underwent an operation, The Late Lord Fisher - Born, 1841; entered British Navy, 1854; lieutenant, 1860. Served •in Crimean,, Chinese and Egyptian wars, 1855-1882. Commanderof the famous Inflex- ible, 1882. • Director of naval ordnance, 1$86- 1891. Controller of the Navy and Lord of the Admiralty, 1892-1897. Commander-in-chief North Ameri- can and West Indies stations, 1897- -1899. Commander -in -Chief; Mediterranean station, 1890-1902s Second Sea Lord of Admiralty, 1902-1903. Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth, 1903-1904. • First 'Sea Lord of Admiralty, 1904- 1910 and 1914-1915. Lord of Adinirhlty. Lord Fisher began his naval career hi 1864, and while on active service 'look part in the Cybmean, Chinese and Egyptian evars. He became Lord of the Admiralty in 1892, and First • Sea Lord of the Admiralty- in 1904,' which post he held for six years. Admiral "Jacky" Fisher One -of Britain's most famous "bull- dogs," who has just passed away. He was a fearless fighter and naval •re- fotmer and lived to see the subjection of the power that threatened the su- premacy of the Mistress of the Seas. ---- He was • one of the few amen who saw the menace of Germany in her naval programme. He emerged from retirement in October, 1914, to resume his post as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty and direct the naval warfare against Ger- many. His vigorous policy caused him to be termed "the Kitchener of the navy," and chief credit has been claimed for him in the bottling up of the German navy. Cabinet dis- putes led to his resignation in May, 1915, but he continued to serve the British Government in various capa- cities throughout .the war, and was e prominent naval critic. Lord Fisher was born on the Island *of Ceylon, January 25, 1841, and was the son of Captain William Fisher, of a Highland regiment sta- . tioned in the east at the time. He entered the navy when but thirteen years of age, and was commissioned a lieutenant in 1860. From this time on his rise in the service was con- tinuous. He was married in 1800 to Miss Frances Broughton, who died in 1918. He is survived by one son and three daughters. Britain's Idol. Lord Fisher was for many years a popular idol in Great Britain, enjoy- ing the affection and confidence • of every rank of the people. He was known as the "father of the dread- nought," because he was the first to realize the vast power of this type of warship. During his term as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, from 1904 to 1910, he virtually revolution- ized the navy. He entirely changed the old -established and worn-out stra- tegic 'disposition of the fleet; and threw no less than 150 warships, from immense ironclads to light cruisers, into the strap -heap as obsolete and out -cif -date. Being a reformer by nature, Lord Fisher's attack on the British Naval Administration in September, 1919, in which he denounced the expendi- tures being made as "ruinous," might have been expected, but ie caused a great sensation throughout the Bri- tish, Empire. Later Lord Fisher de- clared that in the submarine he saw the future seafighter and that•the de- velopment of aviation had made in -1 vasion of Great Britain impracticable. Greatest Modern Sailor. Lord Fisher was one of the moat • picturesque ehnractere the British Navy liaa bad since Nelson. • He be- gan without friends or influence, and by sheer foree of intellect and will. advanced to the highest position of. all, the position which is the inspire- tion of every officer in the service. lie grew up in a a ongh school, and learned to take and give hard knocks. One gathers that he was not an easy titan to work with; hut he hail suffi- cient brain power to have little need oe collaboration, and sdme of the most important reforms,that he brought about were the result of struggles into which he entered single handed. The dreadnought was Fisher's idea, so was the battle cruiser. He did not invent the turbine engine, but it was due to his persistent advoc4ey' that it was generally adopted in the navy, It was also his idea to use the water -1 tube boiler.; that is to say, to have the fire where the water was, and the water where the fire' was, an im- provement that made it possible to get up steam In a ship in twenty min- utes, instead of seven hours. To use oil as fuel was"also Fisher's idea. Did any other naval expert ever invent or adapt so many important improvements?- Yet they are by no means all that stand to the credit of Lord Fisher, IIe devised the system of nucleus crews for warships, where- by a ship would always have its com- plement of brains aboard and could sent its extra mon power wherever it was needed, or take the crude, raw article and fit it into position instant- ly. But perhaps the greatest stroke of all, whereby the strength of the British fleet. was kept in the North Sea, was in carrying out Nelson's old maximi that your battleground should be your drill ground. Of course, the Entente with France was necessary before this revolutionary change in naval strategy could be achieved, but the Entente might have been in exist- ence and the British fleet scattered all over the seven. seas had the navy been without a man like Fisher, One does not like to imagine the Great War breaking out, the German navy at Kiel and the British ships station- ed all over the Mediterranean, the China Sea, and the Pacific, as had been the immemorial practice before Fisher became First Sea Lord. DOMINION'S GRAIN ACREAGE IS LOWER Bureau of Statistics Report Shows Slight Decrease From 1919. A despatch from Ottawa says:— The acreage sown to wheat, including fall wheat, in all Canada, is now esti- mated at 17,186,300 acres, which com- pares with 19, 125, 963 acres, the final estimate for. 1919, and represents a decrease of 10 per cent. Spring wheat according to the estimate of the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics, occupies this year 16,446,000 acres, or 11 per. cent, less than last year. Fall wheat acreage this year is 740,300 acres, an increase of 10 per cent. over last year. Acreage in oats has increased 4 per cent. from 14, 952,114 to 15,656,400 acres. Barley is sown on 2,588,000 acres, or 2 per cent. less than last year; rye, 729,500 acres, er 3 per cent. less; peas, 2,588,000 acres, a decrease of 3 per cent,; mixed grains, 909,350 acres, an increase of 1 per cent; hay and clover, 10,409,150 acres, decrease 2 per cent.; alfalfa, 229,300, acres, in- crease 1 per cent. The area in po- tatoes is 819,000 acres, practically the same as last year. The Prairie Provinces have an esti- mated area sown to wheat of 15,771,- 000 acres, against 17,750,107 last year, a decrease of 10 per cent. Manitoba has 2,687,000, against 2,880,801 last year; Saskatchewan, 9,440,000 acres, against 10,587,363; Alberta, 3,644„000 acres, against 4,282,336 acres last Year. Hoodis Largest of World's Battleships -A despatch from Yokosuka, Japan, says: Phe Japanese battleship Mut- su, recently launched here, is 'closely contpei'cble with the newest American battleship, the Marylnncl, launched At Newport News, in March, Both war- ships, however, are considerably emaller and less speedy than the great British battleship cruiser Hood, launched on the Clyde, in, August, 1918. The Hood, on the other hand, is armed with 15 -inch guns in her main battery, while the Mutsu ani. the Maryland will have an equal number of 16 -inch .rifles, — a+-^'— Manitoba celebrated her fiftieth birthday on July 15.- She entered the Confederation in 1870. The anniver- sary was marked by the formal open- ing of the completed Provincial Par- liament Buildings: ONTARIO AIR ROUTE Giant hydroplane which itlatigurated air eervlce between Toronto and Musltolta and which was pilo t from New York to Toronto by Col. Barker, V,C, + piloted ed PROGRESS IN COM- MERCIAL AVIATION Shown at Air Exhibitiuln Be,. ing Held in London. A despatch from London says:—The remarkable remarkable progress which Great Bri- tain has made during the last• year in comroatcial aviation wee evident at Mie opening • of the air exhi- bitien at the Olympia, the largest air show ever staged. Speaking of what strides England has muck, General Sykes, controller general of -civil avia- tion, stated that during the last year there had been 38,954 flights covering nearly 750,000 miles, 70,000 passen- gers carried and more than 110,000 pounds of merchandise transported, although only 510 registered planes were used, "We have conquered the air, and our immediate task is to exploit our vic- tory in the interest of commercial de- velopment," General Sykes stated, adding that only one plane met with a fatal accident. The Olympia exhibition, which has displays by all of the British airplane manufacturers, is unique in that it shows airplanes with sleeping com- partments, airplane limousines and air jitneys. Air travel is becoming so popular between here and the continent that it was suggested at the Olympia that facilities for straphangers would soon be available on the machines flying from here .to Paris and Brussels. 32 CANADIAN . SHIPS FINISHED Out of 63 in Course of Co:i. stnuction For Mercantile Marine. A despatch from Ottawa says:— Such satisfactory progress is being made with the construction of Can- ada's mercantile marine fleet that it is,believed in Government circles that the whole fleet of 68 vessels will be in commission by March 31 next, the end of the current fiscal year. Up to the present time 32 versels have been finished, and splendid head- way is being made with the other half of the fleet. Particularly good pro- gress is being made at the Montreal, St. John, Coll'iagwcod -and Port Arthur yards. Several vessels of Iarge tonnage being built in inland yards will be utilized in ocean-going services, and it will be a necessary to bring them through the canals to the. St. Law- rence in sections. - Ontario Girl Wins Prize for Poem on Manitoba A despatch from Winnipeg says:— Miss Frances Beatrice Taylor of 128 Mill street, London, Ont., .has been awarded first place in a poem compe- tition held by The Manitoba Free Press in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the Province of Mani- toba. The competitors were required to deal with the Province's jubilee. The first prize was 550. Rev. Dean Coonrbes of Winnipeg won second prize, and third money went to A. FI. Sutherland of Winnipeg. Canada's fisheries have doubled in value since 1914. Canada From Coast to Coast Vancouver, . B.C.—The British Col- umbia pulp and paper mills produced 189,289 tons of pulp and 130,809 tons of newsprint in 1919, as .compered 'with. 189,387 tons of pulp and 120,488 tons of, newsprint in 1918. The North Pacific Havre -Calais line of steamships will run from this port, serving Frenoh, Swedish and British Columbia ports: The first ves- sel of the line will arrive thie month. New Weatm'inster, i3,C.-1t is esti- Mated that the raspberry yield of the 'Lower Fraser Valley will be 1,200 tons this season, as compared with 1,000 last year. Strawberrievwill add another thousand, an increase of 300 tons over the previous season. Straw- berries show about 100 per cent, in- •crease in acreage, and raspberries 50 per cent. . Calgary, Alta.—Those in close touch with the coal industry here state that there will be a larger export business done than ever before, large quantities of coal going to Manitoba and Northern Ontario. The output is confidently expected to be much greater than last year's. Regina, Sask,—It is estimated that twenty trillion dollars will he spent on building in the province this year. The rising price of lumber has reduc- ed the margin between temporary and permanent building, and the increase in brick construction is more appar- ent than ever. Among the buildings to be erected are the briguetting plant at Bienfat, a new jail at Pr:nee AI- bert, normal school at Saskatoon, C. P.R. depot at Moose Jaw, and many school 'buildings. Winnipeg, Man.—The rush of im- migrants to the West is unprecedent- ed, and exceeds the tide of pre-war years.. A very high class of settlers is in evidence both 'from the United States and Europe, the distribution being fairly evenly divided over the western provinces. During.the months of March and April, 10,906 immi- grants entered the Dominion from the British Empire, and 11,494 from the United States. A total of 1,686 entered from other Countries. The greater part of this number went to the -western provinces, n Sudbury, Ont. -The L. 11. Steel Service Corporation, which is charter- ed by the . Dominion Government, under -a capitalization of $10,000,000 has opened an office here and will lease a large store in the near future. The company operates a chain of stores. throughout the United States, Canada and England, and arrange- ments aro being nude for a series of stores in the north country. Quebec, P.Q,—Sir Loaner 'Gouin, former Prime Minister of the prov- ince, on his return from Europe, stated that what was creating most interest overseas was the enormous wealth of Canadian forests. He added that several large syndicates were corning to Quebec province to secure forest lands, IIe also predicted a large immigration from France, Bel- gium and England. Quebec has leased 40,000,000 acres of pulp wood lands and still retains 76,000,000 acres. - Fredericton, NIL—An expenditure of $750,000 in the development of the antimony mines of Lake George, 20 miles from here, is forecasted by the management of the North America Antimony and Smelting Company. Truro, N.S.—Antigenish has three new' lobster factories, and there are noir- ten in operation in the county. Fishermen aro rcce:ving 510 per hun- dred weight, the highest ever paid on this coast. GREEKS ADVANCING FAR PAST BRUSSA Enemy Reported Annihilated and -Artillery Captured. A despatch from Smyrna says:— An official communique issued from Army Headquarters on Thursday rays that the advanced guard of the Greek forces has reached a line 15 kilometres beyond Brussa. "We annihilated the enemy en- trenched in the region of Brussa, capturing all his artillery,” the state- ment acids. A despatch from Constantinople says:—Major Ven;zelos, sols of the Greek Premier, commanded the artil- lery of the Greek forces which re- cently entered Brussa. As the Greeks approached the city the Nationalists -waved- a, white flag, but treacherously killed a Greek who was sent to confer with them, There- upon, Major Venizelos ordered the artillery to open fire, killing many Turks and quieting all opposition, so that the Greek flag was hoisted speed- ily over the Town Hall of the most historic city of the Osmanlis. Fossilized bones of a huge elephant recently discovered in Prance include a tusk \reigning 440 pounds, and a tooth weighing 17 mends. Scientists say that the animal must have stood over 13 Pt. high. "PELICAN" ON ANNUAL TRIP S.S. "Pelican" leaving Montreal on its annual Hudson Bay trip, The "Pelican" is an old battleship 'and was one of the first to carry "6" guns In fighting enemy subs. ' It's a Great Life If You Don't 'Weaken, Facts. Tire sugar output of Cuba 1105 risen by more than a million tons slime 191Th4. e owl is regarded as a bird. of El omen by the Maoris of New Zealand, The Chinese language as spoken is quite different from the written lang- uage. Germany claims to have handed over to the Allies a commercial fleet worth $426,000,000. Towards the cost of the British Army of Occupation on the Rhine, Ger- many has so far contributed 520,000,- 000. 5,000 guns .and 24,600 machine-guus had been destroyed in Germany ander the terms of the Peace Treaty by the beginning 01 May. TO TRAVEL 2,000 MILES TO TRY ESKIMO CASE Canadian Government Sends Judge Into Hudson Ray Territory. A despatch from Ottawa says:—Ala a stop -over on their bong journey back to the land of endless tee and snow, -Sergeant Dougiws, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Ouang- wak, an Eslcinto murderer from the regions around the North Pole, arriv- ed in Ottawa recently andwere guars term! at the "tnounties" headquarters at 120 Vietoria street, Ouangwak is a British -subject. After his long journey from the Northland to Winnipeg, his native garments were in a.sad state of dis- repair, so thathe comes to Ottawa in the raiment of a white man. He is in the neighborhood of from 20 to 27 years of age, and has been noticeably failing since he left his native mews. The Eskimo is charged with having murdered a brother native in order to obtain the latter's wife, whom he wanted for his own, in the region around Chesterfield Inlet, Ouangwalc is going.'back to stand trial in his own country as a reminder to his brother natives that the law of the white man must be respected. Iie will be the first native who has ever been tried in his own country. Next year the Department of Justice will send a judge on the long journey to Chesterfield, and a court will be held there for the edification of the Eskimos. This will be the first time that a judge has ever penetrated into that part of the North-west Terri- tories. ' Another murder case has been re- ported to the police from the same region. This will be investigated by Sergt. Douglas during the conning winter, and, if possible, the perpe- trator of the ,second crime will stand trial with the Eskimo who is now in Ottawa, From Ottawa the greater part of the journey to Chesterfield will be on one of the comfortable Hudson Bay Co.'s trading steamers, sailing from Montreal. Chesterfield, by the sea route, is almost 4,000 miles from Montreal. Hon. 1, A. Tuschereau Who succeeds Sir Lerner Gouin as Prime Minister of Quebec. The author of "Onward, Christian Soldiers," the Rev. 'S. Bering -Gould, recently entered his eighty-seventh year. Comparative Cost of Living in Canada Based upon the figures of the Labor Gazette of Ottawa a -comparative chart of the cost of living in the four- teen principal cities of Canada has been prepared by the Vancouver Sun, which furnishes a very interesting record. After careful computation the average family is taken to con- sist of five persons, and the weekly family budget includes meats, grocer- ies, fuel and 1:ght, clothing and rent. Following is the list of cities in order of cost of living: Regina, St. Jolm, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Calgary, Halifax, .Quebec, Montreal, Vancouver, Victoria, ,West- m'inster. No figures are furinished for Echnonte n for July 1919, at which time the figures were taken. Following is a comparative state- ment of the cost of the.weekly family budget taken in July 1918 and 1919: 1918 1919 Regina $26.49 528.55 St. John 24.06 28.12 Winnipeg • 24.13 26.88 Toronto 25.24 20.49 Ottawa 23.85 25.47 Ilannilton 24.85 26.26 Calgary .... 24.06 24.98 Halifax 20.58 23.01 Quebec .. 23.02 23.69 Montreal . , , 22,01 23.05 Vancouver 21,28 22.50 Victoria 19,17 22.88 Westminster • 19,54 21.85 Edmonton 21.45 No fig. Bent in 1919 was highest in Regina with 58.08 in the family budget and lowest in St. John with $3.46. The largest increase in rent during the period was in the city of Victoria where the weekly amount rose from 53.23 to $4.61 or 31.38, Halifax rose 51.15, Toronto .92, Westminster .82, St. John .46, and Hamilton 80. Other cities remained the same with the ex- cept:on of Ottawa which registered the only drop, one of 23 cents. Fuel and light were highevt in Re- gina where they formed an item of $3.43 in the average family's weekly budget, and lowest jn Calgary, ac- counting for the sum of 52.09 in the expense account. The average increase throughout the fourteen cities was 42 cents, The only drop in expenses of tlt:s kind was one of 13 cents in Hamilton, where this item in the Weekly account fell from $3.51 to 53,38 in 1919. The grocery hill in 1910 cense high- est in Victoria with an item in the family account weekly of 510,28, though Halifax ran it a close second with $10,14. Groceries were appar- ently lowest in Hamilton with 58,09 only being deducted each week from the family income .for the grocery bill. Tho average increase in the cost of groceries per week over the four- teen cities was nearly 65 cents, the highest increase being $1.80 in Winni- peg and the Lowest 41 cents in Cal- gary. Halifax and Victoria also saw increases of more than a dollar in this item. The average cost of the family weekly budget throughout the Domin- ion in July, 1919, was 518.77 as earn- pared with 513.00 in the correspond- ing month in 1918. In July, 1914, it was 57.42 and In. May, 1920, $16.65. By Jack Rabbit •t Markets of the World Wholesale Grain, Toronto, July 20, --Man, wheat—No. 1 Northern, 53.15; No. 2 Northern, $3.12; No. 8 Northern, $8,08, in store Fort Witham. Manitoba oats—,.No, 2 OW, 51.14; No. 3 OW, $1.10; extra No, 1 feed, $1.00%; No. 1. feed, $1,09; Na, 2 feed, $1Ma.053!4ni, intoba bstore arley—.NFot't W611114CWan,, o, 51.72; No. 4 CW, $1,40; rejected, 51.25; feed, 51,85, in store Fort William. American corn—No. 3 yellow,: $3.80; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt •ship- ment, Ontario oats—No. 8, white, nominal, Ontario wheat—No. 1 Winter, per ear lot, 52 to $2.01' No, 2, do, 51.98 to 52.01; No, 3 .de, 51.92 to 31, 93, f:.o', b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat—No. 1 Spring, per ear lot, 52,02 to 52.03; No, 2 do 51,98 to $2.01; No, 8 do; 51.95 to $2.01, to, b.. shipping points, according to freights. Peas—No. 2, nominal. Barley Malting, 51.84 to 51,86, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal. Bye—No. 3, $2.20 to 52.25, amid- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour -=Government stand- ard, 514.85, Toronto, Ontario flour—Government stand- ard, 512.90, nominal. Mifldfeecl—Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags includedi Bran, per ton, 552; shorts, per ton, 561; good feed flour, 53.75 to 54.00. , Hay—No. 1, per ton, 531; mixed, per ton, 327, track. Straw --Car lots, per ton, $15 to $16, track, Toronto. Country Produce—Wholesale. Cheese— New, large, 32 to 83c; twins, 32% to 333/ec; triplets, 333/5 to 34e; old, large, 34 to 35c; do, twins,, 34% to 36%e; Stiltons, Did, 36 to 803/4; new, 34 to 35c, Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 50e; creamery prints, 59 to 62c. Margarine -35 to 39c. Eggs—No. 1, 56 to 57c; selects, 58 to 69c, Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, Vice roosters, 30e; fowl, 85e; turkeys, 53 to 60e; ducklings, 33 to 40e; squabs, doz.; 56.50. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 600; roosters, 26c; fowl, 30c; ducklings, 300. Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bus., ' $5.25; primer, 54; Japans, $5• Limas, Madagascar, $12%e; Japan, 10 to 110. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. gal., 53.40 to 53.50; per 5 imp. gals., to $3.2530c. to 53.40. Maple sugar, Ib., 27 • Provisions—Wholesale. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 46 to 49c; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 63 to 66c; rolls, 84 to 30e; cottage rolls, 39 to 41e; breakfast bacon, 48 to 52c; backs, plain, 62 to 54c; boneless, 58 to Cu04re.red meats—Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c• clear bellies, 26 to 27e. Lard—Pure tierces, 28 to 28?%c; tubs, 283,; to 29c; pails, 2861 to 29%; prints, 29% to 30c, Compound tierces, 25 to 25%e; tubs, 26 to 26tee•, pails, 2634 to 2614e; prints, 27 to 2744e, Montreal Markets. Montreal, July 20.—Oats, C.anaddan West., No. 2, 51.38 to 51.40; do, No. 3, 51.36 to 51.37. Flour, new standard grade, 514.85 to 515.05: Rolled oats, bag of 90 lbs., 55.90 to 55.95. Bran, 554.25. Shorts, $61.25, Cheese, finest eaeterns, 27y5c. Butter, choicest creamery, 60 to 61c. Eggs, fresh, 60c. Potatoes, ber bag, ear lots, $5.50. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, July 20.—Choice heavy steers, 515.50 to 316; good heavy steers, 515 to 515.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $14.50 to 515; do, good, 514 to 514.25; do, med., 511.75 to 512.25; do, con., 59 to 510; bulls, choice, $10 to 512.25; do, good, 59.50 to 511; do, rough, 56 to 58; butchers' cows, choice, 511.75 to 512.26; do, good, 311 to 511.25; do, cont., $6.50 to $7.60; stock- ers, 59 to $11; feeders, 511 to 512,50; canners and cutters, 55 to 36.25; milk- ers, good to choice. $100 to $165; do, coin. and meal., $65 to 575; 'iambs, yearlings, 512 to 513; do, spring, 516.50 to $18; calves, good to choice, 516.50 to 518; sheep, 56.50 to 59; hogs, fed and watered, 520.75; do, weighed off cars, $21; do, f.o.b., $19.75; do, oto, country points, $19.50. Montreal, July 20.—Butcher steers, con., 58 to $10.50; butcher heifers, red., $9.50 to 511.50; cam, 50.50 to 39; butcher cows, choice, $10 to 512; med., 56 to 39; canners, 53 to 54,50; cutters, 54.50 to 55.50; butcher bulls, com., $6 to 58. Good veal, 311.50 to 513.50; med., 36 to $11.; grass, 56 tti $8. Ewes, $6 to $9.50; lambs, good, 514.50 to 316; con., $12 to 614. Hogs, off -car weights, selects, $20.50 to 521; sows, $16.50 to $17. ' Spa As a Health Resort. Spa has a double interest at present for these who are seeking health alter, the disease of war and for health.. seekers in the ordinary way, in addi- tion to the interest it holds at the present moment as the scene of the Allied' Conference. Within ten kilometres of the German frontier, Spa, invaded on August 4, 1914, was transformed by the Germans into a huge sanatorium and convales- cent station. In March, 1919, it bee came the abode of the German G.H, Q„ and from thence, on the evening of November 0, fled William Hohen- zollern, having eigned his abdication at the Hotel Britannigue. From Nov- ember, 1918, to July, 1019, the Inter- national Armistice Commission held. its session's at 'Spa, and it has now been chosen for the meetings of bIos Supreme Council of the Allies. Spa did not escape scot-free. The Casino, occupied by the Germans, was de - strayed by fire in 1917, she wonderful "Eta'blissement des Bains" was 'saclte eel, and its beautiful apparatus anti fittings were carried off to Getmanya the luxurious hotels and villas inhale. Red by the enemy's soldiers were stere wrecks. But by dint of herd evork these disasters have been re- paired, and nothing has been spared to restore the "Queen of Europe's watering.-plaees" to the dignity sloe has long possessed sew Canadians are aware that flue Peaces River of the far North-west is a magnificlent waterway. It it, in fact, a greater liver than the St. Lawrence, and navigable for a mate* distance; it lies, for the most part? between banlc.s ranging. train 200. ta,... 100 feet 10 height, and reaches Its places to a width of one mile. N o W S IT jou A�wA�cs 0vY `OUR CLOTHES ON i'tlE il:,i,S�'Al-►.MINT ?LAN, et\IE. M NTh e. CLOTHES "TO I,AsY uN71L -'HE INSTAL I., Nihfla . ARE PAIL) a /1 s • ri '' Il aft.-.`�... I� GRER L4F---`_`'J, izE �Q�I,��TD(2 ®®f`IrT �1=1���N -----� ���.---- P Qo IS' 711INK OF THIS' NEW OUTFIT =• I bou6Hr (T ON .0.4TI1 IhI�TAtA Mi NY' j P[:AN ,¢P� 01.�dAw:p.,d�'� ^�'`; it o t: e , Ai' Al^411 `� e 4 Via ri ti• it �— it P10.4 L ry •t Markets of the World Wholesale Grain, Toronto, July 20, --Man, wheat—No. 1 Northern, 53.15; No. 2 Northern, $3.12; No. 8 Northern, $8,08, in store Fort Witham. Manitoba oats—,.No, 2 OW, 51.14; No. 3 OW, $1.10; extra No, 1 feed, $1.00%; No. 1. feed, $1,09; Na, 2 feed, $1Ma.053!4ni, intoba bstore arley—.NFot't W611114CWan,, o, 51.72; No. 4 CW, $1,40; rejected, 51.25; feed, 51,85, in store Fort William. American corn—No. 3 yellow,: $3.80; nominal, track, Toronto, prompt •ship- ment, Ontario oats—No. 8, white, nominal, Ontario wheat—No. 1 Winter, per ear lot, 52 to $2.01' No, 2, do, 51.98 to 52.01; No, 3 .de, 51.92 to 31, 93, f:.o', b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat—No. 1 Spring, per ear lot, 52,02 to 52.03; No, 2 do 51,98 to $2.01; No, 8 do; 51.95 to $2.01, to, b.. shipping points, according to freights. Peas—No. 2, nominal. Barley Malting, 51.84 to 51,86, ac- cording to freights outside. Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal. Bye—No. 3, $2.20 to 52.25, amid- ing to freights outside. Manitoba flour -=Government stand- ard, 514.85, Toronto, Ontario flour—Government stand- ard, 512.90, nominal. Mifldfeecl—Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags includedi Bran, per ton, 552; shorts, per ton, 561; good feed flour, 53.75 to 54.00. , Hay—No. 1, per ton, 531; mixed, per ton, 327, track. Straw --Car lots, per ton, $15 to $16, track, Toronto. Country Produce—Wholesale. Cheese— New, large, 32 to 83c; twins, 32% to 333/ec; triplets, 333/5 to 34e; old, large, 34 to 35c; do, twins,, 34% to 36%e; Stiltons, Did, 36 to 803/4; new, 34 to 35c, Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 50e; creamery prints, 59 to 62c. Margarine -35 to 39c. Eggs—No. 1, 56 to 57c; selects, 58 to 69c, Dressed poultry—Spring chickens, Vice roosters, 30e; fowl, 85e; turkeys, 53 to 60e; ducklings, 33 to 40e; squabs, doz.; 56.50. Live poultry—Spring chickens, 600; roosters, 26c; fowl, 30c; ducklings, 300. Beans—Canadian, hand-picked, bus., ' $5.25; primer, 54; Japans, $5• Limas, Madagascar, $12%e; Japan, 10 to 110. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. gal., 53.40 to 53.50; per 5 imp. gals., to $3.2530c. to 53.40. Maple sugar, Ib., 27 • Provisions—Wholesale. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 46 to 49c; heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 63 to 66c; rolls, 84 to 30e; cottage rolls, 39 to 41e; breakfast bacon, 48 to 52c; backs, plain, 62 to 54c; boneless, 58 to Cu04re.red meats—Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c• clear bellies, 26 to 27e. Lard—Pure tierces, 28 to 28?%c; tubs, 283,; to 29c; pails, 2861 to 29%; prints, 29% to 30c, Compound tierces, 25 to 25%e; tubs, 26 to 26tee•, pails, 2634 to 2614e; prints, 27 to 2744e, Montreal Markets. Montreal, July 20.—Oats, C.anaddan West., No. 2, 51.38 to 51.40; do, No. 3, 51.36 to 51.37. Flour, new standard grade, 514.85 to 515.05: Rolled oats, bag of 90 lbs., 55.90 to 55.95. Bran, 554.25. Shorts, $61.25, Cheese, finest eaeterns, 27y5c. Butter, choicest creamery, 60 to 61c. Eggs, fresh, 60c. Potatoes, ber bag, ear lots, $5.50. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, July 20.—Choice heavy steers, 515.50 to 316; good heavy steers, 515 to 515.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $14.50 to 515; do, good, 514 to 514.25; do, med., 511.75 to 512.25; do, con., 59 to 510; bulls, choice, $10 to 512.25; do, good, 59.50 to 511; do, rough, 56 to 58; butchers' cows, choice, 511.75 to 512.26; do, good, 311 to 511.25; do, cont., $6.50 to $7.60; stock- ers, 59 to $11; feeders, 511 to 512,50; canners and cutters, 55 to 36.25; milk- ers, good to choice. $100 to $165; do, coin. and meal., $65 to 575; 'iambs, yearlings, 512 to 513; do, spring, 516.50 to $18; calves, good to choice, 516.50 to 518; sheep, 56.50 to 59; hogs, fed and watered, 520.75; do, weighed off cars, $21; do, f.o.b., $19.75; do, oto, country points, $19.50. Montreal, July 20.—Butcher steers, con., 58 to $10.50; butcher heifers, red., $9.50 to 511.50; cam, 50.50 to 39; butcher cows, choice, $10 to 512; med., 56 to 39; canners, 53 to 54,50; cutters, 54.50 to 55.50; butcher bulls, com., $6 to 58. Good veal, 311.50 to 513.50; med., 36 to $11.; grass, 56 tti $8. Ewes, $6 to $9.50; lambs, good, 514.50 to 316; con., $12 to 614. Hogs, off -car weights, selects, $20.50 to 521; sows, $16.50 to $17. ' Spa As a Health Resort. Spa has a double interest at present for these who are seeking health alter, the disease of war and for health.. seekers in the ordinary way, in addi- tion to the interest it holds at the present moment as the scene of the Allied' Conference. Within ten kilometres of the German frontier, Spa, invaded on August 4, 1914, was transformed by the Germans into a huge sanatorium and convales- cent station. In March, 1919, it bee came the abode of the German G.H, Q„ and from thence, on the evening of November 0, fled William Hohen- zollern, having eigned his abdication at the Hotel Britannigue. From Nov- ember, 1918, to July, 1019, the Inter- national Armistice Commission held. its session's at 'Spa, and it has now been chosen for the meetings of bIos Supreme Council of the Allies. Spa did not escape scot-free. The Casino, occupied by the Germans, was de - strayed by fire in 1917, she wonderful "Eta'blissement des Bains" was 'saclte eel, and its beautiful apparatus anti fittings were carried off to Getmanya the luxurious hotels and villas inhale. Red by the enemy's soldiers were stere wrecks. But by dint of herd evork these disasters have been re- paired, and nothing has been spared to restore the "Queen of Europe's watering.-plaees" to the dignity sloe has long possessed sew Canadians are aware that flue Peaces River of the far North-west is a magnificlent waterway. It it, in fact, a greater liver than the St. Lawrence, and navigable for a mate* distance; it lies, for the most part? between banlc.s ranging. train 200. ta,... 100 feet 10 height, and reaches Its places to a width of one mile.