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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-11-30, Page 3ce-e-e-ece-aee-e-e-e-e-ceue ‘0.4,..0.10.4srooe000see...40,0,4.0.4Szeok .0% en anted for the Navy The Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, wants men for imme- diate service Overseas, in the Imperial Royal Navy Candidates must be eons of natural born British subjocts and be from 18 to 38. years of ego. P y $1.10 per clay and upwards, Free Kit. 4.• -"'` Separation allowance, $20.00 monthly. Apply to the nearest Naval Recruiting Station or to the Department of the Naval Service, OTTAWA. RUYANIANS HAVE PROFITED s Failure of BY FALK NHAYN'S DELAY Germans to Cut Through by Predeal Pass May Save Bucharest. A despatch from London says: "It is for Hindenburg to decide whether the gains of the German army in Ru- mania pay for the losses sustained on the other fronts by the withdrawal of .divisions to operate there," said Major-General F. B. Maurice, chief director of military operations of the War Office, in discussing on Thursday with an Associated Press correspond- ent the latest military deirelopmente. "It is impossible and foolish to pro- phesy the outcome of the German campaign in Rtirnania," continued Gen. Maurice, "but I can say the first efforts to cut through by the way of Predeal pass have been a failure. Since that time the Germans have had to go a longeway around, thereby giving the Rumanians time which they need. "The Germans have a long line of communications to defend, while the rapid approach of Midwinter operates in favor of the Rumanians. "I will not undertake to say whe- ther further successes by the Ger- mans in that area might compensate them for other losses. Since their venture began the French at Verdun have regained much lost ground and captured 0,090 prisoners, while we gained a considerable victory on the Allem with 7,000 prisoners, and the Italians took more ground on their front as well as 5,000 prisoners. "I have just returned from a visit to the seene of our late success, and can assure you we captured every- thing we set out to gain, despite the official German communique asserting that we had much greater objectives in view." CHINESE LABOR ON MUNITIONS 50,000 Are Already Under Con- tract for Service in France. A despatch from Washington says: France and Russia, the United States Government has learned, are import- ing thousands of Chinese and Indo- Chinese to work in munitions fac- tories and arsenals to free their na- tive workmen for military duty. The number already put to work in French plants is estimated at 20,000, with 80,000 more under contract by permission of the Chinese Govern- ment for four years' service in France; Russia has contracted for 20,- 000, of whom 5,000 have reached the 'country. Most of the Orientals are trained artisans, drawing wages in some in- stances as high as $5 a day. Specially chartered ships are moving them to France, while Russia is transporting them by way of the Siberian railway. The Indo-Chinese are being distri- buted lafgely among the munitions plants in the south of France. Al. ready more than 3,000 are at St. 1VIedard, 700 are working at Bassens, 500 at the Toulouse arsenal, 900 in the Tarbes arsenal, and several thousands of Chinese and Indo-Chinese in the smaller plants and agricultural pur- suits. Some of the more highly skill - men are in aeroplane factories. GERMANS INCREASE LEVY ON BELGIUM A despatch from London says: - The German levy on Belgium has been increased from 40,000,000 francs a month to 50,000,000, according to a Reuter's Amsterdam despatch quoting the Echo Belge. The despatch says the new order was issued by the Gov- ernor-General of Belgium and was signed by the Duke of Wurtemburg and General Friedrich von FalkenhaY- sen. It states that the levy is to pay the cost of maintenance of the German army of occupation and the German administration of the occupied terri- tory. oRITAIN HAS BOUGHT NEW ZEALAND WOOL. A despatch to Reuter's Telegram Company, London, froni Wellington, N.Z., says the wool growers confer- ence hes agreed to sell the New Zea- land wool clip to the Imperial Gov- ernment and that the prices determin- ed on is considerably under the 1915 and 1916 values. A despatch from Washington says; Scarcity of coal, due to the war, has driven the Dutch to the ash heaps for fuel. Consular reports on Wednesday describe a method of grinding the re- fuse from furnaces and passing it through a liquid which eoparates that having fuel value from cinders and Rehm It is said that two thousand tons of refuse produces twenty-eight tons of fuel. Dutch Coal Famine. HON. A. E. KEIYIP HEAD OF MILIT/A Has Been Formally Sworn In as Minister of Department. A despatch from Ottawa says: - Hon. A. E. Kemp, M.P., for East To- ronto, Minister without portfolio in the Borden Cabinet, and Chairman since May, 1915, of the War Purchas- ing Commission, has been appointed as Mieistee, of Militia in succession to Hon. Lieut, -Gen. Sir Sam. Hughes. The new Minister was sworn in by his Excellency the Governor-General at Rideau Hall on Thursday afternoon. URGER TO CEASE SELLING TO SOLDIERS. Montreal Hotelmen May Adopt This' Course Voluntarily. A despatch from Montreal says: Liquor will not be sold to soldiers in this city henceforth until after the war, at any hour of the day or night, if the wishes of President George Payett, of the Licensed Victualers' Association of Montreal, are complied with by the licensees. President Payett issued a letter on Wednesday to the license -holders, calling atten- tion to the fact that the military au- thorities seem to be worried more and more over the danger to discipline through the sale of strong liquor to soldiers. "I would suggest," he said in his letter, "that strong drinks of any kind at any time be refused to all men wearing the King's uniform from now on till the end of the war." He concludes: "1 urge you warmly to concur in doing that bit to help the authorities." DUKE WAS REMINDED . OF KINSHIP TO KAISER. A despatch from Ottawa says: The recent visit since his return to Eng- land of the Duke of Connaught to the Canadians in France has produced a good story. A certain well known Canadian major -general, while enter- taining the Duke at the front, the Germans began to shell this particu- lar spot. According to the major - general, the Duke took the shelling! very calmly, simply remarking, "This is a present from uncle." The refer- ence to the relationship between the , Duke and the Emperor William of Germany and how the latter paid his compliments to his uncle caused much amusement, according to the major - general. TOTAL WHEAT YIELD 159,123,000 BUSHELS - A despatch from Ottawa says: A census and statistics bulletin issued on Wednesday gives as a provisional estimate of the total wheat yield 359,- 123,000 bushels, from a harvested area of 10,085,300 acres. This is a yield of 16.78 bushels per acre, as compared with 29 bushels last year, and 15.67 bushels in 1914. On a standard of 100, the quality of the Fail wheat is 78, Spring wheat 68, all wheat 70. The exportable wheat sum plus is estimated at 99,500,000 bush- els. rriffl,5); VITA, Pog'VEST 0 N T Are yo ofenonly, vital torso, eqiileneral lecod teals!,? Do yeti iteoW at good , ge don ( the foundation of good he tit; mane se prennion to stomach end chant after ent.ne,•telth ; tonstiostIon, headache dinsitiona, are sips signs, Ofladliestion, Mother Seigers Syrup, the strait hsrbSl remedy and tonic wilieure yoth -)MOTHER,, AFTEtR M EALS TAKE 400 ,..., ' - , ' _ ' i ....•••••••.k...u... 'AND. BANISH SRIMIESH IU. 44411 iln,ddtst, cArrel ea, Isaiah an the oranlier Antic9,9,1, 0..oalliZZamr.117.6."`°"". u bg,t, ALLIES CANCEL RIFLE ORDERS Great Britain and France to be Independent of the United States. A despatch from New York says: Britain and France will no longer purchase munitions of war from the United States. Efforts are now being Made to secure cancellation, of pre- vious contracts for arms and ammuni- tion placed by Great Britain and France in this country. Hereafter Britain will be able to manufacture in the British Isles and Canada all sup- plies needed in the war with Germany, except -in cases of extreme emergency. These facts became known in New York through sources in close personal touch with Commissioners of the Brit- ish Government supervising contracts and the purchase of munitions in this country. Attempts made by representatives of Great Britain and France in this country looking towards cancellation of all munition orders have progressed to such an extent that' French orders are nom!' held in abeyance in several of the American factories. An order for 2,000,000 rifles for- merly placed with the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company and later dis- tributed to various plants of the Rem- ington Arms, Union Metallic Cart- ridge Co., and the Winchester Re- peating Arms Co., has already been cancelled. The tentatiVe release of the British Government by the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co., which was originally part of the Remington Arms, Union Metallic Cartridge Co., involves con- tracts aggregating $60,000,000, cover- ing 2,000,000 rifles. This does not in- clude other large rifle, bayonet and cartridge orders placed with the Rem- ington Arms & Ammunition Co. and other plants throughout the country. It is understood that the British Commission will reimburse the Mid- vale Co. for cash up to perhaps $10,- 090,000, which has gone into the Rem- ington Arms & Ammunition Com- pany's operations. From representatives of rifle - making factories resident in New York it was substantiated on Wed- nesday that shipments of French rifles have practically ceased, these orders being held in abeyance against ef- forts of that Government to secure cancellations during the past three months. It is taken for granted among muni- tion dealers that the release of the Midvale contract is but a preliminary to similar contract releases by many concerns in the United States now engaged in manufacturing rifles, am- munition, projectiles and heavier ord- Mince. ' -4e LIGHTS AGAIN ABLAZE IN NEWFOUNDLAND • A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says: -The regulations by which lights were ordered extinguished or dimmed and the port of St John's closed a month ago "as precautionary measures taken against the incursions of hostile ships of war," have been suspended by Governor Davidson. The notice of this suspension; published over the name of Arthur Meews, Deputy Col- onial Secretary, gives no indication of the developments responsible for the return of normal conditions. During the period of restriction lighthouses were closed early or conducted behind shuttered windows, automobiles show- ed only faint side lights and streets were kept dark. EXCEL WITH OLD WEAPONS. Russians Skilful in Handling Sword, Spear and Knife. If all of the guns of modern war- fare could be discarded and hostile nations left to fight with cold steel as they used to' in the past ages, it is doubtful if there is any army on earth which could withstand the assaults of Russian soldiers. The reason why Russians would ex- cel at warfare of this kind is that they all inherit the skill with the sword; the battle-axe, the spear and the knife that has been handed down through many generations of ancestors who were adept with these weapons, This explains why a Russian bayonet charge is still a thing to be dreaded, and why the Cossacks are able to work such havoc with their sabres. If Russia should ever reach the point of exhaustion and her enemies force their way into the heart of the empire, it is probable that the last desperate stand of the Russian forces would be made with the aid of wea- pons which have long gone out of general use. Of these old weapons Russia has an almost unlimited quan- tity. Almost every household boasts of several which have been handed down as heirlooms, and in the gov- ernment museums and some of the arsenals there are quantities more. Employed Her Employer. - Dinah, who went home nights, ar- rived too late one morning to cook breakfast, and her mistress told her that for each breakfast missed there would be a reduction in her week's wages. Dinah passively assented to this, but next day the mistress heard the maid next door say, to her: "Pears to use you get to work mighty late." "I gets to work when I gets ready," was the reply. "How do you manage 'bout the breakf as'? "Oh, I pays de missus to cook de breakfas'." Mighty Neat' It. "Do you, Mr. Stacks, think that a rich man can go through the eye of a needle?" don't know. I will, however, ad- mit that any lawyers have dragged me through some very sandi loop -holes:" Many a so-called 'charitable man draws the line when it conies to buy- ing his wife new clothes. The Kamerad Step It is understood that the famous Goose Step no longer enjoys its old vogue in the German army, while the new Kameead Step, which IS not in- ferior to it in gracefulness and includes some interesting play with the hands, becoming more and more popular. Its features have been admirably caught by Signer SaChetti, the famous Italian cartoonist -Laudon Daily PEOPLE OF BRITIAN NOT FULLY AWAKE Sir William Robertson Says Nation Does Not Recognize Issues at Stake. A despatch from London says: The morning newspapers of Friday give prominence to an appeal by Sir Wil- liam Robertson, chief of the Imperial staff, for greater war efforts on the part of the people of the nation. The appeal -was contained in a latter to the Council of one of the London boroughs, and says: e "There is no doubt whatever of our ability to win the war if only we really put our backs into it. We have not yet done this. We still do not recognize the issues at stake nor the efforts we ought to make and can make if we will but try. . "I have every confidence in my coun- trymen, but they are not yet fully awake." Alongside of Sir William's letter is published a plea from the leading English bishops for the banishment of all extravagance and ostentation, particularly in the matter of foods, in the celebration of this year's Christmas holidays, and the making of the Yuletide "a self-denial Christ- mas -a simple festival of joy, thanks- giving and prayer." IRON ORE TO BE A FACTOR. What France Will Demand in Peace Conditions. Iron ore, which was one of the stumbling blocks encountered in the negotiations of peace between France and Germany in 1871, is likely to cause stout contention in the event- ual settlement of accounts between the belligerents in this war, says a Paris despatch. If Germany is not beaten into com- plete submission, it is expected in France that her delegates -will stand out stubbornly for the ambitions of those industrial representatives who recently demanded "the establish- ment of military frontiers that will give Germany the mining regions that are indispensable for the devel- opment of the empire." The "mining regions" referred to in this quotation from the resolu- tions of a German industrial commit- tee are the 105,000 acres of French Mon land of the Briey basin, adjoin-, is -mg the iron lands of annexed 'Lor- raine, just across the frontier. They produce 15,000,000 tons of ore per year -80 per cent. of France's total production; they furnish a livelihood to 22,000 miners and the steel and ironindustries depending on them give employment to 115,000 iron workers. Without them, France's in- dustries would be paralyzed for years to come, if not permanently disabled.. If the allies are able to dictate terms, the French delegates will in- sist on the return to France of the part of Lorraine that was taken from her in 1871, with, the iron lands from which, in 1918, Germany took 21,000,- 000 tons or ore -more than 75 per cent. of her total production and 60 per cent, of her total consumption. GERMANY CLAIMS SINKING 3,322,000 TONS OF SHIPS. Of This Tonnage Berlin Says That 2,550,000 Is Great Britain's A despatch from Berlin says: An official communication issued on Tues- day gives the following information concerning ships of enemy and neu- tral countries which have been cap- tured, sunk or blown up by mines. during the war: "During October 146 hostile merchantmen of 306,500 tons have been brought into port or sunk by submarines or torpedo boats of the Central Powers or lost owing to mines. Neutral merchantmen numbering 72 and of 87,000 tons were sunk because they were carrying contrabrand to the enemy. Since the beginning of the war 3,322;000 tons of hostile shipping, of which 2,550,000 tons were British, have been lost owing to the war meas- ures of the Central powers." TURKS MASSACRE 6,000 ARMENIANS A despatch from London says: -A newspaper at Baku, in Transcaucasia, says Reuter's Petrograd correspond- estn in a despatche, states that the Turks have massacred 5,000 to 6,000 Armenians at Sivas, Turkish Armenia. Some men are as anxious to get in- to the limelight as some others are to dodge it. WHEN A FATEFUL laSSAGE COMES TRAGIC SCENE IN H. G. WELLS' NEW NOVEL. Oldest Son's Death Brings Better Understanding Between Hus- band and Wife. The most'tremendous scene in Mr. H. G. Wells' near dory, "Mr. Britling Sees it Through," is that which oc- curs when the news comes that the first-born, Hugh, is deadon the battle- field. "The telegram was brought up by a girl in a pinafore instead of the boy of the old dispensation. , . "He had been thinking of this pos- sibility for the last few weeks almost continuously, and yet now that it had conic to Eim he felt that he had never thought about it before, that he must go off alone by himself to envisage this monstrous and terrible fact with- out distraction or interruption. . . . "He drew the telegram from his pocket again furtively, almost guilt- ily, and re -read it, He turned it over and read it again. . "'Killed!' "Then his own voice, hoarse and strange in his ears, spoke this thought. "'My God! how unutterably silly. . . . Why did I let him go? Why did I let him go?' '"Mrs. Birtling (his second wife, and not Hugh's mother) did not learn of the blow that had struck them until after dinner that night. She was so accustomed to ignore his incompre- hensible moods that she did not per- ceive that there was anything tragic about him until they sat at table to- gether. The Tragic News. He seemed heavy and sulky and di - posed to avoid her. But that sort of moodiness was nothing very strange to hera She knew that things that seemed to her utterly trivial, the read- ing of political speeches in the Times, little comments on life made in the casual way, mere movements, could so avert him. She had cultivated a certain disregard -of such fitful dark - flosses. But at the dinner tilde she looked up, and was stabbed to the heart to see a haggard white face and eyes of deep despair regarding her ambiguously. "'Hugh!' she said, arid then with a chill intimation, 'What is it?' "They looked at each other. His face softened and winced. "My Hugh,' he whispered, and neither spoke for some seconds. " 'Killed,' he said, and suddenly stood up, whimpering, and fumbled with his pocket. "It seemed he would never find what he sought. It came at last, a crimpled telegram. He threw it down before her, and then thrust his chair back clumsily and went hastily out of the room. She heard him sob. She had not 'dared to look at his face flitted along the corridor to her own again. ..with the telegram in her hand. "Then with a gesture of despair she "'But what can I say to him?' she The Understanding. Her mind was beaten to the ground by this catastrophe, of which to this moment she had never allowed her- self to think. She had never allowed herself to think of it. The figure of her husband, like sonic pitiful beast, wounded and bleeding, filled her mind. She gave scarcely a thought to Hugh. 'Oh, what can I do for him?' she ask- ed herself, sitting down before her unlit bedroom fire. . . 'What can I say or do?' "She came and stood beside him. She ventured to touch him very softly and Ito stroke his head. 'My dear,' she said, 'my poor dear!' "'Suddenly the real woman cried out from her. " can't reach you!' she cried aloud. can't -reach you. I Would do any - anything. . . . You! You with your heart half broken. "She turned towards the door. She moved clumsily, she was blinded by her tears. "Mr. Rritling uncovered his face. He stood up, astonished, and then Pity and pitiful understanding came storming across his grief. He made a step and took her in his arms, 'My dear,' he said, 'don't go from me. , . "She turned to him, weeping, and put her arms about his neck, and he, too, was weeping." Markets d the World 'SHELL MACHINES Breatbstuffe. Toronto, Nov, 23. - Manitoba wheat - New No I Northern, $2.14/: No. 2, do., $2.002; No. 3, .10„ 21.042; No. 4 wheat, $1.87, track pey ports, 015 crop bat& tog lo. above yaw crop. Manitoba oals-No. 9 Cm .W., 721, No. 3, do, 7/80; extra No."1 feed, 71Io; No. I feed, 71e, track, Bay ports. American corn -NO, 3 yellow, now, $1,08 immediate. shipment. track To - roll to. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 60 to 68c, nominal; No 3 do.'65 to 07o nominal, $1.84 a000rtilng to l'reights outside. Ontario whent-New No. 2 Whiter, per car lot, 40...54 to 21.80; No. :3 41,' . $1,82 to $1.84, accordng- ito freight ourSide. neigh on $2.80, according to liarley-Malliag, $1.18 to $1.20, noni- occording to freig,hls outsido. llt,iolgoltioot ettot-$2,1,32, nominal, according tof.o toR4ec-iggs°.o2AsSid1-04.0 to $1•42, according Manitoba flour-Flrst patents, in lute obinog,,s,o00..1,0.$3,05;12071,,,d,t4ito$9.70; strong bait - Ontario nom. - Winter, acoording to semple, 28.10 to 08,25,in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. vi feed -Car lets -- Dell vered ,Mont- real freights, bags included, bran, per ton, $31 to $32; shorts, do., $36 to $37; middlings, do., $33 to $40; good teed flour, per bag, $2.70 to $2.00. /Fay -No, 1, per ten, $13 to $14; No. 2, do, $11 to $12. track Toronto. Stril.W-Car lots, per tia, $9 to $9.50; track Toronto. e creamery prints, 40 to 47e; solids, 44 to 441c. 13utter-Fresh dairy, choice, 40 to 42c; ountry Produce -Wholesale. Elggs-No, 1 storage, 35 to 40c; stor- age selects, 41 to 42c; new laid, in car- tons, 68 to 00c; out of cartons, 66 to 570. • Cheese -Large, 24 to 211c;, twins, 21/ to 2420; triplets, 242 to 200. Live poultry - Chickens, 16 to 17c; fowl, 14 tO 14c; ducks, 13 to 150; Writ- eys, 26 to, 25; geese, Spring, 14 to lee. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 21 to 22c; fowl, 1.7 to 19e; ducks, 19 to 20e; Squabs, Per dozen, $4 to $4.50; turkeys, 30 to 55e; geese, Spring, 17 to 19c. Honey -White clover, 2/-15, tins, 13 to 13/c; 0-11). tins, 121e to 13e; 10-1b.., 12 to 12/c; 60 -lb., 12 to 12/e; buckwheat, 60 -lb. tins, 9 to 9/c. Comb honey, extra fine and heavy weight, per doz., $3; se- lect, $1.50 to 22.70; No. 2, 22.20 to $2.40. Mincemeat -Pails, 28 lb., 10 to 12c; tubs,,.65 lb., 95 to Ile. Potatoes - Ontario, per bag, $2.25; British Columbia Rose, per bag, $2.10 to 52,25; New Brunswick Delawares, per bag. $2.35 to $2.40; Prince Ddward Is- land whites, per bag, $2,10 to $2,26, track Toronto. Cabbages -Man., per ton, $35 to $40, Beans - Imported, hand-picked, per bushel, $0.50 to $0; Canadian primes, $5. wroviaion-s--Wboiesnie. Smoked meats-liams, Medium, 24 to lie; do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 33 to 351; rolls, 19c to 20c; breakfast bacon, 25 to 27c; backs, plain, 26 to 270; bone- less, 23 to 29c. Pickled or dry cured meats, 1 cant less than cured. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, IS to 131c per lb; clear bellies, 15 to iado. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, tog to 20c; Limbs, 20 to 2045; pails, 208 to 206e; com- pound, 1118 to 160. Cooking oils - White, tieroes, 165e; 10.0-1b. tins 1551; yellow, 1-3e below willie. Montrea."17-74arkets. Montreal, Nov. H. -Corn -American No. 2 yellow, $1,10 to $1,15. Oats - Canadian Western, No, 2, 751o; NO. 3, 741c, extra No. 1 feed, v•i6e. Baxley - $1.4.2. 1. or -moot Lobo, .9oPing .wheat patents, firt4b3, $10; seconds, el0,10; strong bakers', $9,90; Winter patents, choice, $10;1 straight rollers, $9,50 to !i9a.t4s°.; ARE TOOL PROOF MUNITION WORKERS IN BRITAIN CAREFULLY PROTECTED. Wonderful Safety Devices in Use for the Protection of Women. A London writer gives this descrip- , , tion of the way English munition makers are protected by "fool -proof" machinery: The hands of the munition makers are busily engaged ubon turning out shells, shell cases, fuses, and gables at a remarkable rate that has only been rendered possible by the extraordin- arily skilful jigs, tools, moulds, gauges, and mechanism that the brains, of the engineering world have produced. In the production of shells the wore is necessarily of the very finest, and on the occasion of a recent visit to a shellefilling and munition factory I Was astonished at the marvelous ad- aptations that have been introduced to simplify the operation of the cone- plictited machinery, and to enable un- skilled women and girls to produce work of such a high standard and pre- cision as would previously hreve re- quired the most expert workmanship, Moot of the work is, of course, re- petition work, and the operator relies solely upon the tool -setter, not only for the actual work but also for the various ingenious combination -gauges, governing diameter and length, by which its accuracy is tested. Elaborate attachmente have been fitted to the existing machinery, ren- dering it not only "fool -proof" in the engineers' sense of the word, which means without fear of damage to the machine, but absolutely safe to the operator. 55 lbs. Fingers Protected. This has become essential singe the introduction of female labor, not only to protect untrained hands and fingers -for familiarity with danger not only often breeds fatal contempt -but also to safeguard against any possibility of the hair or dress of the munitioniere being caught by the revolving wheels, One machine I saw for folding cart- ridge cases was entirely protected by a strong wire gauze, which rendered any trapping an absolute impossibil- ity. Another for splitting the cart- ridge charges was fitted with a fin - Manitoba feed, 81.08; malting, 21.30 to ger guard, or stop, which entirely prevented .the fingers from coming into contact with the press. The micrometer, a very delicate in- $ . Ian, $00. touts, $U Mid- hiamsq requiring almostthemmostsuperseded l Clings, 236 to $37. M01.111110, $10 to $45. . Cheese -Finest Westerns, 2.1i, to 25e; indicator gauges or lots, most of the works by either simple Way -No. 2, per ton, oar :blest customs, 245e. Butler-Choieest skilfully conceiv- eremery, 4,1e; somia8, Emu- ed tools known as "go" or "hot go" Fresh, 62 to 550; selected, 42c; No. 1 gauges. By thie means, which mere - stock, OS to 390; No. 2 stook, 34e. PO- tatoes--Per bag, $1.10 to $1.60. ly requires the passing of the instru- winnipeg merit to be tested --say shell cases, wthnirem Nov. 25, Cam priee•i_ for instatce-along a tool so con- NIVoirt4hte'enN, `6081:".INmo.t. h eerier.' Northern, N$1°;962 ptrailvieiriculasr apeociutliaotne,IYthteo slightest vari- ation -even the thousandth part of an inch in diameter or height or any defect -is immediately apparent from the fact that it will or will not "go." By this method I saw a young girl testing over 200 18 -pound shell pasee an hour, where the sonic work 'done by the micrometer in the hands Of a skilled man would take perhaps ten times that amount of time. Aid Women Workers. No. 4, e1,170, No, 6. 51..64, teed: $1.09 Oats -No, I gew., 062e; No, 3 C.W., 641e extra a2 T:ec11, 16711 61tilgo.:-ktf,e83d' $51,4.7.g $1o2:,6,24.1., 58,05; rejected, 55e; feed, 960 Flax -No, 1 N.W,C„ 12,658; No, 2 C.W. 'United St-atate. Markets. Atinneapolis, Nov. 28. - Wheat -De- cember, $1.918; May, $1.941 to 21.96. Cash: No. 1 hard, 51,051 to $1.968; No. 1 Northern, 21,911 to $1.9481 NO, 2 North- ern, $1.860 to $1.93/. Corn -No. 1 yel- low, 92 to 93e. Oats -No. 3 white, 555 to ti52c.' Flotir-Unchanged. Brun- " 7toSS Duluth, Nov. 25.--Wheat-No. 1 hard, $1.001; No. 1 Northern, $1.941 to 51.971; No. 2 Northern, $1.321 to 51.911; Decem- bel.' 52.6a. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Nov. 22. -Butcher steers, heavy, $8 to $5.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $1,60 to $7.90; do. good, $7.15 to $7.50; do., Medium, 26.50, to $6.9.0, do, common, $5.40 to $6.10; butchers' bulls, choice, $7.10 to $7.85; do., good bulls, $6,40 to $6.60; do., rough bulls, $4.50 to $6; butchers' cows. choice, $6.30 to $7; td:" $1°,6°01. 58561 etiong.464;5dot.o, m4e6d.2157,oh5o6i600e feeders, $6.35 to $7; canners and cutters, il12.50; do., Common and medium, each 8,85 to 26; milkers, choice, each $70 to 40 to $60; springers, $60 to $110; light ewes, $8,25 to $9; sheep, heavy, $6 to 57.50; calves, good to choice, $10.26 to 211.86; lambs, choice, $10.76 to $11.40; do, medium, $9.25 to $9.50; hogs, fed and watered, $10,85 to $11; do., weighed off ears, $11,16 to $11.25; do., fob,, $10.25, Montreal. Nov, 23, - Steers choice, 56,50 to $7.75; do., good, $5 to 16.75; cows, choice, $6 to $6.75; do., good, $4.50 to 26; canners, $3,50 to 237.5; butchers' bulls, $5.25 to $6; canners' bulls, 14 to $4.60; sheep, $6,60 to $7.50; lambs, $11 to 211.35; Calves, Pi to 05; hogs, select, 210.25 to $11.21. RUSSIA LOSES HUGE WARSHIP Sinking of the Imperatritsa Maria Officially Admitted. A despatch from Petrograd says: - Russia officially announces the loss of the dreadnought Imperatritsa Maria. A statement issued on Thursday night reads: "The Russian dreadnought Imperatritsa Maria has been sunk by an internal explosion. Two hundred of the crew are missing." FRANCIS JOSEPH'S REGIME "A PERIOD OF BLESSING." A despatch from London says; The German Emperor has sent a message of sympathy to Emperor Charles of Austria on the death of Emperor Francis Joseph, whose government, says Emperor William, "will live in the history of the monarchy as a period of blessing." BROTHERS IN THBEELGIAN Ana. A despatch from Paris says: Two brothers of the new Austrian ern - press, Princess Xaxier and Sixte of Parma, are serving Op the Belgian army. President Poineare recently decorated both the princes with the War Cross. Evaporates. "Pride goes before a fall, you know," "Maybe it does; but it goes a lot quicker after one." In the drilling machines also the skill of the engineer has adapted tools for encasing the necessary parts, so constructed as to allow its insertion only one way -the right way. The correct angle is in tine manner abso- lutely assured and the drilling and tapping are necessarily accurate. The introduction of female labor into the making -up of wooden cases for despatching the .finished shells revived the ancient theory of WO - Man's inability to use a hammer without courting serious injury to her -hands and fingers, and no doubt it was the same fallacy that has been responsible for the ingenious tools I saw used by girls -tools that obviat- ed all likelihood of the nails escaping from their intended position. A tiny tool, having the appearance of a pair of pliers, offered less harmful resist- ance to the straying hammer than the thtimb of the nmeitioniere would have done. KING ALBERT APPEALS TO NEUTRAL -POWERS, A despatch' from Havre seers: King Albert of Belgium has sent autograph letters to King Alfonso of Spain, Pone Benedict and President Wilson on the subject of the deportation • oi Belgians by the German authorities, according to the Vingtielne Honors for Indian Soldiers. e Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy ol India, recently decorated' nearly 200 Indian officers, non-commissioned offi- cers and men with decorations and medals won in various theatres of the war. The ceremony, which was of a brilliant and impressive character, was held in the grounds of the Vice- regal Lodge In Si-mla, le the preseece of the conimandemin-ehief, the head- quarters staff and a large general 12ubIZ lsoners Wear Wooden Shoes. The French, English, Russian and Belgian soldiers in the German prisoo camps -will, in the future, have to wear, wooden shoes. Leather has become; very scarce, and can hardly be oh-, tained hi quantities sufficient to coveri the needs of the German army: Twee million pairs of wooden shoes have been ordered by the army administrae time Prom German -and Dutch factorieS, Abuedant OW Supply. Ono comparatively $mall strip of the, coal fields that have been discovered - in the Antarctic continent is estimated to contain as much fuel as all the um, worked fields of Great Britain,