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'CE DESPERATE
ON TOL: EASTERN FRONT
Try to Save the Stanislau Situation by a Flanking
Movement to the South.
A. despatch from Rotterdam says:
• The present position of the Central
Powers on the eastern front is desper-
ate, and it is within the range of pos-
sibility that desperate measures may
• be resorted to. Those under contem-
plation are of a combined political
and military character, and are quite
apart from calling in Turkish aid.
This last is, I learn, of substantial
character, writes Leonard Spray.
• Turkish forces concentrated at Lem -
'berg number probably 150,000.
Shanislau is gravely threatened by
the Russian advance. The Cental
Powers may try to save their position
by a flanking movement farther to
the south.
Another desperate measure con-
cerns Poland -that is all three of the
Poland. The negotiations over the
Polish question between Germany and
Austro-Hungary have been in hand
many month, lately have been re-
sumed in Berlin, and are nearing con-
clueion.
The well-informed military critic of
The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Coarant
write: "The Central Powers elready
have given evidence that they do not
fear to take thorough measures under
extraordinary eircunistances, and any
such measures will undoubtedly affect
Poland. It may be suppoeed that the
reeult or the preeent negotiations over
Poland will be directed to securing
more men for the •Central Powers.
The Poles •might be supposed to be
willing to join the Central Powers on
the fighting line, in order 'that consoli-
dated autonomy and partial indepen-
dence be given them. If this object
Is to be attained the • Central Powers
will have to be ready totake some.
thing more than half measures
GERMANS NO LONGER
THE "TOP TIGER"
But They Are Fighting Like
Tigers, Declares Lord Derby.
A despatch from London says:
"The allies have been having a jolly
good time since I saw you last," • said
the Earl of •Derby tinder -Secretary
for War, in meetifig the newspaper
correspondents on Wednesday. Lord
.Derby discussed the present military
situation frankly, but declined to
make any prophecies beyond the as-
sertion that he was convinced there
was no possibility of the initiative
again falling into the hands of the
Germans.
"It is not a bit of use comparing
the casualties on our front with the
ground gained," continued Lord
Derby. "As a whole, the problem
must be considered from the stand-
point of the effect on other fronts,
In the first place, and in the number
of Germans we are able to kill. We
have prevented the sending of vast
Gerrnan forces to the eastern front,
where the Russians are making such
impressive progress while it is in-
disputable that the latest offensive on
the western front has relieved the
pressure upon Verdun.
• "You will recall that last year the
Germans using their railways to the
best advantage, sent reinforcements
from one front to another with the
utmost facility. They are not doing
this now, and will never be able to
do it again.
"Every Austrian killed or captured
Must be replaced with a German. This
process cannot go on forever. The
pendulum, now stopped, will not
again swing for the Germans. We
are killing many Germans, and this
work will eventually end the war.
"It is foolish to belittle our own
troops by belittling the Germans. Al-
though they are no longer the `top
tiger, they are , still fighting like
tigers.- For concentrated fury no-
thing in the war exceeded the fight
our troops had with the Branden-
burgs on the Somme front
"While I have no more information
concerning the Russian victories than
you read in the press, I am convinced
that the operation is tremendously
important, for you will notice that
2,000 Germans,nnot Austrians, have
been taken with some of their big
guns. Such a thing does not happen
every day.
"We are applying pressure on all
sides, and will continue to apply it
until the successful conclusion of the
war."
MORE RUSSIAN TROOPS
HAVE LANDED IN FRANCE.
A despatch from Brest says: An-
other contingent of Russian troops
has been landed here. The soldiers
were given an enthusiastic welcome.
The first Russian troops to land in
France arrived at Marseilles on April
20, having sailed half way round the
world from Vladivostok. They were
,followed by three other contingents,
and after a short rest were sent into
the trnehes in Champagne. Nothing
has been made public officially as to
the number of this Russian expedi-
tionary force, but unofficial estimates
have placed the strength of the first
Contingent at not less than 20,000
men.
ENGLISH CLERGYMAN
FOLIGH'T IN RANKS.
A despatch from London says:
Capt. Thomas Riley, who has just
died in France from wounds, was min-
ister in charge of Kennington Mission
in British Columbia when the was -
broke out. With his bishop's per-
mission he returned to Burnley, his
native town in Lancashire, and was
gazetted captain in the R.F.A., hav-
ing previously held the rank of major
in the Territorials.
KILLING OF BABES
HAS BEEN RESUMED
Ten Zeppelins Raid the English
and Scotch Coast.
A despatch from London says:
From seven to ten Zeppelins tookpart
in the air raid early on Wednesday on
the east coast of England and south-
eastern Scotland, according to an of-
ficial statement in the afternoon.
About 160 bombs were 'dropped and
23 casualties were caused. 'The com-
manders of the airships seemed in
doubt as to their whereabouts, ad
they frequently shut off the engines
and hovered in the air for minutes at
O time.
The raider which visited Scotland
flew over a sparsely populated dis-
Mist and its bombs were dropped in
fields and on hillsides. Another raid-
er dropped twenty-six bombs in the
open ground between 'two
One man, two women and three chil-
dren were killed in a north-eastern
town. Five men, six women and six
boys were injured.
Correspondents in the districts
visited by the Zeppelins telegraph
that the airships flew at a great
height. They were subjected to a
very heavy fire from anti-aircraft
guns, which compelled them to make
a hasty retreat. One airship dropped
twenty and another incendiary bombs,
some Of which fell into the sea. As
on all recent raids, many of the bombs
fell on open ground or into the water
as the airships were making off.
8,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS.
Property Damage in West Virginia
Cloudburst Very Heavy.
A despatch from Charleston, W.
Va., says: Investigations conducted
ever since daybreak, in the face of
such obstacles as prostrated telegraph
and telephone lines, vanished or im-
passable roads, bridges and streams,
prove that the storm which swept the
mining and lumber regions of Coal
River and its tributaries on Wednes-
day took a toll of more than 100 lives,
caused property damage of approxi-
mately $5,000,000 and made between
8,000 and 10,000 homeless. The flood
extended over an area of nearly 400
aquare miles, and reached its greatest
destructiveness in the valleys of Paint
and Cabin Creeks, which are lined
with coalmines. The mines are flood-
ed and otherwise injured to such an
extent that it may be weak a before
they can again be operated.
GOVERNMENT HELP
TO FIRE SUFFERERS.
Federal Authorities Contribute $100,-
000 to Relief Associations.
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
message has been received by the
Government from the president of
the Northern Ontario Fire Relief As-
sociation expressing his thanks at
the generous contribution Of $100,000
to the fire sufferers, and asking the
Government to nominate a member of
the board which is to supervise the
distribution of the relief. This the
Government does not think necessary,
as it is confident the money will be
wisely expended.
PROPOSAL TO CLOSE
LUTHERAN SCHOOLS.
A despatch from Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, says: The Government of Vic-
toria has under consideration a pro-
posal to close all the Lutheran
schools in the State. It is expected
that action will be taken in the near
future.
1,500,000 Tons of Ships Building.
A despatch from London says:
Lloyd's Shipping Register shows that
there were 440 merchant vessels of a
tonnage of 1,500,000 gross under con-
struction in the United Kingdom at
the end of June.
. GERMAN WARSHIPS TO SINK
VESSELS WITH CONTRABRAND
Orders Given to Naval Commanders to Destroy All Bottoms En-
gaged in Trade Without Distinction.
) A despatch from London says :
'he German Minister at Stockholm
has issued in behalf of hie Govern -
*ant a revised list of contrabrand,
'Sys a despatch from that city to the
°ruing Post, At the same time it
announced that the conimanders d
email warships have been instruct-
ed to sink' all ships bound for enemy
Torts, carrying cargoes which con-
sist wholly or in part of contrabrand,
either absolute or relative.
The loss to Swedish commercial in-
terests from the stoppage by Ger-
many of timber exports to England
and France, the despatch adds, is
estimated at 16,000,000.
CANADIAN AXEMEN
IN ENGLAND
THEIR SPEED AMAZES ENGLISH
OBSERVERS.
Historic Engliph Forest Being -Con-
verted Into Railway Sleepers
and Board.
If yea would know the lumberman
of Canada and how he works, says a
writer in the London Times, go to the
edge of Windsor Great Parks whore
the eros -road from Virginia Water
Station strikes the main road between
Egharn and Sunningdale. There, on
the Clock Case Plantation, you will
see over 150 men of the 224th Can-
adian Forestry Battalion converting
tree e into railway sleepers ond
boards at the rate of anything from
15,000 to 20,000 board feet a day.
The plantation, which forms part
of the lands owned by the Crown and
administered by the Commissioners
of Woods and 'Forests, included a
considerable area covered with
spruce; fir, Scots pine, and larch,
with an undergrowth of chestnut. Not
very long ago a party of experts
looked at the trees with the dispas-
sionate measuring eye of the under-
taker, and gave it as their opinion
that from this wood it was possible
to get 3,000,000 board feet of timber.
To -day whole tracts of it have been
swept clean by the axe, and the quaint
square tower of the old royal lodge,
which stands deep-set in the wood,
and which, so the story goes, by its
resemblance to the case of a grand-
father's clock gave the plantation its
curious name, is visible from the
roadway for the first time, perhaps,
In a hundred years. And still the
Canadian woodsmen go on, eating
their way through the wood with a
thoroughness that knows no mercy.
Camp All Canadian.
The 'lumber camp is all Canadian -
men, machinery, and methods. The
men, who are drawn froin all parts
of the Dominion, have the bronzed,
healthy look, and the easy confident
swing which we have learned to look
for in Canadians. The Ithald under
their blue overalls proclaims them
soldiers; they draw military pay and
they know the rudiments of military
drill, but first and last they are woods-
men, with their craft at their finger-
tips. Every man knows his task and
does it with an enviable independence
of orders or instructions; yet from
the first stage to the last the work
proceeds smoothly and harmoniously.
Let us follow the process, under the
guidance of the officer in charge and
the sergeant who is "foreman of the
"bush."
Facing the main road stands the
mill -"home" the men generally call
it -flanked on the one side by piles of
logs and on the other by stacks of
sown timber. Walk along the wind-
ing track of a light railway, not yet
completed, which passes behind the
mill, until you come to a clearing,
where burning heaps of "brush" lop-
ped from the tops of the fallen trees
are filling th air with th refreshing
scent of the pine. Here and there
through the blue smoke you catch a
glimpse of a lumberman in a pictur-
esque slouch hat. A little further
and you are among a gang of "W-
ere." Watch how they fell a tree, 70
inches or mere thick at the base.
The Felling of a Tree.
A man with an axe kneels at its
foot and with a few dexterous strokes
cuts a deep notch in the trunk a few
incljes from the ground. Two others
with a cross -cut saw cut through the
stem on the opposite side. In half
a minute the tree begins to lean and
there is a warning shout. A second
or two later, with a loud cracking and
rending sound, it topples and crashes
to the ground. Without any apparent
effort, the "fellers" have controlled
the direction of its fall almost to a
foist.
Next -without any ado, half a dozen
"swampers" set to work with the axe,
clearing the limbs and straightening
up the tree. Simultaneously a
ter" with a wooden rod, divides the
stem in suitable lengths marking the
cutting points with a notch, while two
other men, one carrying a paint pot,
measure -the tree, enter the size in a
book, and mark the stump and the
butt of the severed trunk with a blob
of red paint to show that their work
is done. Sawyers then cut the stem
according to the "fitter's" marking,
and the sections are ready to go to
the mill. They are dragged there by
horses over deeply -scored "trails" and
"sloopways," and take their turn to
come under the saw.
The Keeper's Daughter Wept.
The mill itself is a stoutly -built
structure, made of timber cut and
prepared on the spot, the saws and
engines coming from Canada. It is
practically a raised platform covered
by an iron roof, but open at the sides.
A log to be sawn is rolled into position
on a "carriage," which moves back-
wards and forwards to carry it
through a circular saw. Two men,
standing on the carriage, control its
movements and the position of the
log by a number of levers. Opposite
them stands the most important man
pf all, the "sawyer," whose trained
eye sees at a glance what can be
made of this or that log. The hum
of the engine and the screech of the
saw would drown his voice, so he
gives his decisions by signs. As the
carriage brings a log back through
the saw with the bark removed, he
will hold 'up one finger or two, and
the "setter" on the carriage, by the
movement of a lever, adjusts the log
so that the next cut shall be one inch
or two inches thick.
It is all done without a pause. For
hours the saw screeches and throws
off a spray of sawdust as it slices up
the logs that a short while before
were splendid living trees, and all
the while other saws, trimming the
edges of the boards and cutting off
the ends, join in the chortle. Is it sur-
prising that the daughter of the keep-
er of the wood was reduced to tears
when she stood by the mill?
Markets of the Worid
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, Aug. 15. --Manitoba Wheat -
No, 1 Northern, 01.55 ;llo. 2 do., 11.57 ;
No. 3, do„ 1102, track Bay ports.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C,W., 551a ;
No, 3, do., 546e ; extra No. 1 feed, 541e ;
No. 1 feed, 540 1 No. 2, do., 54c, traok,
Bay ports,
American coun-No, 3 yellow, 08a,
track, Toronto,
Ontario onts-No. 3 white, 55 to blc,
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 commercial,
1113 to 11.15 ; No."2 do„ $1.10 to 11.12;
No. 3, do„ 11.03 to 11.05 ; feed, 55 to
97c, according to r reights outside, New
crop, No..2, $1.15 to /1.17.
Peas -No. 2, 1175 to 1185, according
to sample, $1,25 to 11.50, according to
freigh s outAide.
nBarl ey--Mal ling:, nominal ; feed,
ominal.
Bucicwheat-Norninal.
Rye -No. I commercial, 96 to 98c, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Manitoba flour-Virst patents, in jute
bags. 17.50 .• second patents, in jute
Mtge, 17 ; Strong bakers', in jute bags,
$6,80, Toronto.
Ontario flour -New, Winter, according
to sample, 15 to /5.10, in bags. track
Toronto, prompt shipment ; $5.20 to
$6,30 bulk seaboard, prompt shipment.
Millteed-Car lots, delivered Montreal
freights, bags included -Bran, per ton,
$23 shorts, per ton, 125 to 120 '• mid-
dlings, per ton, $26 to 127 ; good feed
dour, per bag, $175 10 1165,
nay -New, No, 1, per ten, 110 to 112 ;
No. 2, 10 to 10.60, traek, Toronto.
Straw -Cor lots, per ton, 56 to $7,
Oracle, Toronto.
Country 1:traduce-Who3esale.
Butter--Presh dairy, choice, 27 to 280;
Inferior, 24 to 25e ; creamery prints, 31
to 32c ; solids, 30 to 310.
Eggs -New -laid, 29 to 300 ; 00, in
cartons, 33 to 25,c,
Beans -14,50 to $5, the latter for
hand-picked.
Cheese-, Now, large, 18/ to 1810 ;
twins, 181 to 181a ; triplets, mg to 100.
Dressed poultry --Chickens, 25 to 27c ;
fowl, 23 to 250.
Live Poultry---Chtckens, 20 to 220
Yowl, 13 to 190.
Potatoes -Virginia, new, barrel, 13.75
to 14.00.
Honey -Five -pound tins, 120 to 130 ;
do., 10-1b,, 12 to 121c.
Maple syrup -01.50 per Imperial gal-
lon.
Provisiona---Wholesale.
Bacon -Long Clear, 18 to 1.81c per lb.
nams--Medium, 24 to 28e ; do., heavy
20/ to 210 ; rolls, 19 to 19/c •, breakfast
bacon, 25 to 270 1 backs, Maki, 25c ;
boneless backs, ,27 to 200. Cooked ham.
35 to 30e.
Lard, --Pure lard, tireeee; /63 to 170 ;
tubs, 17 to 171a •, palis, 17/ to 1710
Compound, 14 to 100,
Montreal Markets,
Montreal, Ater. 15,--Corn-Atnerica.n
No. 2 yellow, 990 to 11.00. Cats -Cana-
dian Western, No."570 ; No. 3, 5610 ;
extra No. 1 reed, 66bc. Flour-Manl-
ttiba Spring wheat patents, -firsts, 16.20 :
secant:Is, $7.70 ; strong bakers', $7,50 ;
Winter patents, choice, $7.00 ; straight
rollers, $0.20 to 66.40 ; do., bags, 52.90
to 28.00. Rolled oats-Bhls.- $5.35 to
$6.55 : do., bags, 90 lbs, $2.55 to 12.66,
Bran, $24.00. Shorts, $20.00, Middlings,
$28.00. Mouillie, $81.00 to $34.00. naY
-No. 2, per ton, car lots, 817.50 to
$16.50. Cheese -Finest Westerns, 18 to
1Sic ; finest easterns, 172 to 171c.
Butter--ChoiCest creamery, 32 to 3210 ;
seconds, 305 to Mo. Bags -Fresh, 00e z
emeetea, 33e ; No, 1 stock, 32c.
•
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg, Aug. 15. -Cash quotations;
-Wheat-No.' 1 Northern, 11.61/ ; No.
2 Northern. $1.49 No. 3 Northern,
$1.445 •, No. 4, $1.:101 ; No. 5, $1.345.
Oats -No. 2 C.W..485o; No. 3 C.W.,
; extra Igo. 1 geed, 485c ; No. 1
feed, 451c ; No. 2 feed, 4So. 'Marie
No. 3, 790 ; No, 4, 75c • rejected, Mc ;
feed, Mc, 3.'lax-No 1 N.W,C,, 01.90 ;
No. 2 C.W., 61.80.
:United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Aug. 15 -Wheat, Septem-
ber, 51,401 ; December, 11.400 to $1.50 ;
No. 1 hard, 11.555 ; No. 1 Northern,
01,501 to 01.051 ; No, 2 Northern, 11.460
to $1.51.11. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 82 to
880. Oats -No. 3 white, 481 to 4380,
Flour, fancy patents, $7.00 wood ; first
olears, 10.29 1 other grades unchanged.
Bran, $10,00 to 120.50.
Duluth, Aug: 15. --=Linseed on track,
$2,13 to $2,183 to arrive, $2.13 ; Sep-
tember, $2.13 'asked. ; October, $2.19
aslcerl ; November, 12,141 asked 1 101cm-
ember, $2.12 bid, Wheat -No. 1 bard,
11,531 ; No. 1 Northern, $1.51/ to $1.52 ;
No. 2 Northern, $1.48 to 11.49 ; Septem-
ber, $1.50,
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Aug. 15.--Cholce heavy
steers, 18,15 tO 88.85 ; good heavy
steers' '
$7.75 to $8.00 • butchers' cattle,
good,
17.00 to $8.15 •, do., medhlin, $7.25
to $7.50 ; do., common. ease to 66,1:0 ;
butchers' bulls choice, $7,26 to $7,50
do., good bulls, '00.66 to 16.76 : do., rough
$4.50 to $5.00 ; butchersCOW8,
choice, $11.86 to $7.10 ; do., good, 10.50
to 06.75 ; do, ,to 860 lbs, 10.00 to .6,40
medium, $5.75 to 16.10
stockers, 700
choice feeders dehorned, 00,30 to 7.00
canners and cuttera, $3.60 to
nillkers, choice, eaoh, $70.00 to 580.00
do., com. and med., each, $40.00 to 060.00
s.Pringers, $50.00 40 100.00; light ewee
$7,65 to $8.75 ; sheep, heavy, 04.60 to
$5.35 • spring lambs, POI' lb, 110 to 1110:ealvek;, good to choice, 110.50 to $11.60 1
do., medium, $0,00 to $10.00 ', hogs, fed
and watered, $12.50 to 032.65;
weighed off cars, $12,75 to 51236 ; do.,
f.o.b., 311.75.
Montreal, Aug. 15.-G000 steers, $8
to 18.25'fair at $7 to $7.75, and the
lower gracles down to 16 to 06.25 ;
butcher cows, from $6.25 to $7, and bulls
from 05.50 to $7.25 per cwt. ; lambs at
510.60 to $11 per cwt. Slieep, 56.50 to
$7.26 per cwt, and calves 41 to 70,
nogs at 112.75 to 113, and short -run
heavy Weights and rough stock at $1175
to 012.50 par cwt., weighed off oars,
AUSTRIAN PRISONERS
A BEGGARS' BRIGADE.
A despateh to The London Times
from Italian Headquarters says: "The
Austrian prisonere whom I have seen
were made up of stalwart youths and
men over forty. There seemed to be
none between. They were in the worst
possible condition, with nothin re-
sembling a uniform -a veritable beg-
gars' brigade -arid they quite bore
out the statements of an escaped
Russian, with whom I spoke on Sun-
day morning, about the extremely bad
equipment and food of the Austrian
troops on the Isonzo. Very few of
these men had more than one hundred
cartridges in their belts, which goes
to show how unprepared the Austri-
ans were for an attack upon them.
ANTHRAX IN MICHIGAN.
Animal Near Fremont in Newyago
County a Victim.
A despatch from Lansing, Mich.,
says: A. case of anthrax, the most
dreaded disease known to the cattle
world, has been discovered in Michi-
gan.. An animal near Fremont, in
Newyago county died last Saturday
with it. The case was reported and
investigated at the time of the ani-
mal's death, but no announcement was
made until Wednesday, when labor-
atory tests and the injection of the
blood of the dead animal into rab-
bits and guinea -pigs proved beyond
any question that the trouble was an-
thrax.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
AT FORT WILLIAM.
--
A despatch from Fort William, Ont.,
says: Two cases of infantile paralysis
have broken out hi the city, one in the
east -end of the city and the other in
the municipality of Neebing. The
health authorities are taking every
precaution to prevent a spread. A
large number of children have died
within the past few days from Sum-
mer complaint.
INCOME EQUALS
BRITISH BURDEN
ChanCellor of Exchequer Mc-
Kenna Reveals Financial
Strength of Empire. /
A despatch from London says:
Reginald McKenna Chancellor of the
Exchequer, was sulajected to criticism
in the House of Commons on Thurs-
day on the ground of over -reliance
upon Treasury bills, his critics argu-
ing that the large amount of such
bilIs outetanding constituted a danger,
and that the Government ought to
have issued another war loan.
In the course of his reply the Chan-
cellor claimed that Great Britain was
able to borrow abroad at much lower
terms than any Other belligerent
power. He estimated the nation's to-
tal indebtedness at the end of the
present financial year to be 13,440,-
000,000.
From that amount, said the Chan-
cellor, the nation was entitled to de-
duct 1800,000,000 loaned to Allies and
Dominions of the empire, the sum
left being a burden it could well sus-
tain, as it was practically balanced by
the national income. He declared
Great Britain was in the position of
O man whose income was 15,000 and
whose debts amounted to 15,000,
which was not an alarming position.
Ou • Commander-in.Chief, General Sir
Douglas Haig.
It is long since the despatches of
a British commander have aroused
such a thrill throughout the Empire
as did those from Sir Douglas Haig
announcing the commencement of a
great British offensive against the
Germans in France. Sir Douglas
Haig, it will be remembered, suc-
ceeded Lord French as commander-in-
chief last December. He is a Fife -
shire man, and was born in 1801.
After his education at Clifton Brase-
nose and Sandhurst, he entered the
7th Hussars in 1885. In the Nile
Expedition of 1898 he fought at the
Atbara and Khartoum; and in the
South African War, during which he
Was in command of mounted col-
umns, he was present among other
actions, at Elandslaagte, Paardeberg,
and the Relief of Kimberley. Subse-
quently, in India, he was successive-
ly inspector -general of cavalry, di-
rector of military training at head-
quarters, director of staff duties,
chief of the staff, and a member of
the Viceroy's Cosincil. In 1912 he
became commander-in-chief at Al-
dershot. Earlier in the present* war
he was in command of the First Army
and was many times mentioned with
high praise in Lord French's de-
spatches.
'
EXTENT OF RUST
IS PROBLEMATICAL
Farmers Expect to Make as Much as
in Ordinary Year.
A despatch from Regina, Sask.,
says: Department of Agriculture of-
ficials and other crop experts here
state that the grain has seethed a
stage -ohere it will be impossible to
tell much more of the black rust dam-
age until the wheat is threshed, C. A.
Dunning, general manager of the
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator
Company, asserts that the damage
will not be so extensive that, at the
enhanced price the farmers will not
have more money than under ordinary
circumstances.
MINISTRY OF LABOR
IN BRITISH CABINET.
A despatch from London says:
Arthur Henderson's new position as
labor adviser to the Government will
be made regular by legislation. In
labor circles it is understood that the
retention of Mr. Henderson in the
Cabinet will mean the creation of a
Ministry of Labor, the problems of
labor and trade after the war render-
ing such a ,step desirable.
ALLIED GUNS ACTIVE
AGAINST THE BULCARS.
A despatch from Saloniki says: The
heavy allied guns of the Entente ,al-
lies have begun a bombardme.,t 'of
the Bulgarian positions at Laha Doi -
,ran, in Greek Macedonia, it was send -
officially announced here on Thersday.
The bombardment was of great °free-
tivenese.
The Canadian National Es h'bition
was opened on one occasios by a
woman, Lady Kirkpatrickperforming
that function in 1897.
GOVERNMENT MAY CONFISCATE
ALL GERMA N -OWNED PROPERTY')
This Action is to Ensue in Retaliation for the Execution of Ctipt.
Charles Fryatt.
A despatch from London says:
That the British Government is con-
templating the confiscation of all the
German -owned property in England
in retaliation for the execution of
Capt. Charles Fryatt of the English
liner Brussels, was revealed in the
House of Lord9 on Wednesday by;
Lord Lansdowne. He stated that the
Government was 'consulting with 'fin-
ancial houses as to the advisability,
of taking the step. The German peo-
perty in England runs into many Mtn'
drods of millions of dollars.
ALIEN ENEMIES
PASSWE IN CANADA
This Country Has Enjoyed Im-
munity From Outrages.
A despatch from Ottawa saye:
That Canada has enjoyed a remark-
able immunity from outrage and at-
tack by alien enemies within her bor-
ders since the war 'began, wile the
statement made by Hon. C. a Do-
herty on Wednesday, in reviewing the
activities of the Justice Department
during that period.
Contrasting strongly with the ex-
perience of the United States, which,
though a neutral country, has had
bomb outrages and explosions one af-
ter the other proved to be the work
of Germans arid Austrians, some of
whom were her citizens, Canada has
had only a few isolated attempts at
such acts of violence, and in no case
has any serious damage been done.
There was, of course, the attempt of
Werner Vanhorn, the ex -German army
officer from the Unifed States, to
blow up the International Bridge at
the Vanceboro, Maine, end. Extradi-
tion proceedings were instituted by
tho Justice Department, but they will
have to await the termination of pro-
ceedings taken by the United States
authorities.
"The Austrian in Canada has prov-
ed to be a thoroughly inoffensive citi-
zen," said the Minister of Justice.
"We have released large numbers of
them from internment camps. As for
the Germans, we have not had much
trouble with them, though their sym-
pathies are, as a rule, more strongly
with their homeland than with the
Austrians, Of course we tave taken
preventive measures."
URGES HOME GROWN FOODS.
Times .biys Prices in Britain Are
Controlled by Foreigners.
In an article pleading for vigorous
Government encouragement of home.
grown foods, the London Times says :
"Who fixes the price for bread?
The Chicago corn ring. Who deter-
mines how much we shall pay for
meat? The Chicago meat trust.
Who decides 1103V much our rasher of
bacon shall cost? The Danish bacon
producer. The price of our butter is
largely regulated by Danish and
French butter makers ; the price of
our cheese by Canadian and Ameri-
can cheese makers. With the excep-
tion of milk and flsh, there is hardly
any article of food the price of will&
is not controlled by foreign producers.
"At the present crisis the price of
meat affords a good illustration of the
grip of the foreign producer. On the
whole we may be grateful to the
American meat trust for the mbdera.
bon with which they have used their
Power, In the circumstances, why, It
Is asked, should we not fix maximum
prices? A moment's reflection shows
that this lever is powerless in the face
of our necessity. Whatever the price
asked, we must have the meat, and
we can't even refuse the use of our
ships, for without this meat our
armies and those of our allies would
starve.
How to Prevent Fire.
Keep waste paper' packing material
and rubbish cleanedup.
Make frequent personal inspections
from a lire standpoint.
See that your electric wiring is
standard, and be careful in the use of
electric, devices.
Have all smoke -pipes and chimneys
inspected and properly repaired be-
fore starting fires for the winter,
Be careful about the use of matches.
Provide safe receptadee for Clain
both before and after use.
Feel your personal responsibility as
to possible loss of life and property by
ilre and act accordingly.
QUEEN MARY VISITS
MAPLE LEAF CLUB.
A despatch from London says:
Queen 1Vlars1 made an unexpected call
at the Maple Leaf Club of the Daugh-
ters of the Empire branch on Tuee-
day and was welcomed by Lady
Drummond, who received a pleasing
tribute from Her Majesty, on the ex-
cellent arrangements that are made
for the soldiers' comfort
$25,000 FROM CANADA
FOR KITCHENER FUND.
a -
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Dominion Government has contributed
$25,000 to the Kitchener Memorial
Funr, which is being ',abed through-
out the Empire in commemoration of
the great British soldier. The thanks
of the committee which is handling
the matter have been received.
40 CARLOADS OF FLOUR
FROM SASKATCHEWAN.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Forty carloads of flout, presented to
Otto Government by the Saslcatchewan
Grain Grower' Association was ship-
ped to Montreal on Tuesday by the
Trade and Commerce Department. It
will be sent acroos the Atlantis)
promptly.
Prussian Losses Nearly Three Million.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
The latest Prussian efficial casualty
list adds 67,461 to the Prussian losses,
making a total of 2,011,387 since the
beginning of the war.
The first organized exhibit of autos
was made at the Canadian National
Exhibition in 1904.
NEW BRITISH LOAN
FOR $200,000,000
Will be Floated in the United
States About a Month Hence.
A despatch from New York says:
Several prominent financial interests
in this and other large cities, it was
learned on Wednesday from authori-
tative source% have been approached
by J. P. Morgan and Company, finan-
cial agents of the British Govern-
ment, regarding a new loan to that
Government of between $160,000,000
and $200,000,000.
The negotiations thus far have not
been in the form of general terms,
but simply as feelers as to how a
loan of this sort would be taken in
the near future. The credit, it was
learned, probably will take a similar
form to the French loan recently
floated by the same institution. Noth-
ing definite could be learned regard-
ing the terms. Wall Street does not
look for an announcement for at least
another month.
It is generally expected that the
new loan will be secured by Ameri-
can stocks and bonds which the Brit-
ish Government have been mobilizing
through the borrowing process. -
According to information available
at present, an American corporation
owned American securities. This cor-
poration will issue its own debentures
will be formed to hold the British -
against the collateral, as in the case
of the recent French loan.
ACCIDENTS *IN ONTARIO.
Care and Safety Appliances Would
Save Many Lives.
The first annual report of the On-
tario Workmen's Compensation Board
contains interesting data concerning
the cost of acoidents in that province.
Under the Act governing the Board's
operations it is compulsory for ems
ployers to report all accidents by
Which employees are prevented from
earning full wages, This has had the
effect of securing very full reports.
For tim, year 1915, 17,033 notices of
accidents were received by the Board,
Of these 9,829 came under the Board's
jurisdiction, and 7,600 were finally
disposed of. The time lost due to these
7,600 accidents amounted to 170,711
days, or equal to the combined labor
of a staff of 669 men for a year.
Only temporary disability resulted
from 8,544 accidents, but in 1,033 cases
permanent disability followed, and 251,
of the accidents resulted fatally.
The value of safety appliances is
very strongly emphasized by comparin
sous between the cost of the neces-
sary safeguards and the monetary cost'
of the accidents resulting 'from their'
absence, For instance, automatic;
locks on two elevators, at a cost of
$3,50, would have saved two lives and
$6,179 in compensation. Countersink-
ing 21 set -screws on pulleys and fly-
wheels, at a cost of $7.35, would have
saved three lives and $5,619 compen-
sation. The removal of protruding
nails, pieces of brolcen glass and
metals, would have st ved 126 inJuries,
while the wearing of goggles, costing
UK might have saved as workmen,
from permanent injuries to the eyes
and $42,846 in compensation.
The foregoing presents in a striking
manner the need of care to prevent
accidents. Many of our larger la.
dustries are ergardzing safety associa-
tions to further impress upon the em-
ployers and worlunen the advantage
of safety appliances and the use of
every precaution in their work; much
good has already resulted,
Such a record of accidents, causing
a constant and ceaseless draM upon
Otto- productive reeources of Canada,
Is unnecessary. Enlistment is making
heavy demands upon tne labor of
Canada, and tluire is already a severe
shortage in some branches of industry.
Yet, in 0110 province alone, in 1916,
accidents Injured 17,083, perznanently,
disabled 1,083, and Med 251 of our
producers,
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
The Present Strtiggle May set The;
World Record.
If the great war lasts until autumn,
of 1916 06 tvill have been longer than.
any great war 14 Europe since the fall,
of Napoleon.
The world will not likely ever see,
such wars as characterized the strum.
gles of European countries several
centuries ago, when there were hurt.
fired years' wars and thirty years)
wars and twelve years' wars.
.. The civil War in America lasted four
Years. The Russo-Japanese war lasted
twelve months. The Turco -Italian war
ran the seine length or time. The
Spanish-Americaa war was a matter
of four months, The Boer war was
concluded two and one-half yeare
ter it began. The Crimean war lasted
O little more than a year, while the
Franco-prussian war was practically
decided in a month. The Turco -Greek
W00 of 1897, the Serbo-Bulgarlan wait
of 1885 and the two Balkan wars of
1912-13 were each concluded witbin a
few weeks.
The first of the British bands was,
brought to the Canadian National Ex-,'
hibition in 1904. They will resume'
their visits when the war ends. I
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