HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-12-07, Page 3LSOUTH: LES COAL. •
TO BE. PU'B ,ICI .OWNED
Priti;li
overninellt Takes Drastic 'Step. to Conserve the Supply
and -Prevent Iinniinent Trade Disputes.
A despatch. from London says:
Uncles the defence of the realm act
the Board of Trade announces that
from December it will. assume control
of all the coal mines in South. Wales.
A committee has-been appointed, re-
presenting the Board of Trade, the
Home ,Office and the Admiralty, for
the administration of the mines, and
will meet to consider the question of.
wages.
There has been a long dispute con-
cerning the demands- of the South
'f Wales miners for an increase of the
war bonus. The Board of Tracie .at-
tempted intervention to procure a
settlement, but the mine -owners ob-
jected to an investigation of their
affairs with a view to ascertaining.
whether they could justifiably meet
the miners' demands,
The action of the Government in
tatting over control of the South
1 Liles coal mines is an entirely new
departure, and appears to have been
caused by the imperative necessity of
preventing a trade dispute from inter-
fering with the coal supply. Earlier.
in the course of the war the Govern -
meat had taken steps to control the
price of coal to' some extent, but
from the beginning of the war there
has been trouble in the South Wales
coal field arising from the constant
conflict between the coal miners 'and
the owners on the queestion of wages.
A year, ago David Lloyd George,
then Minister of Munitions, had to in-
terfere, and concede to. the miners a
fifteen per cent. bonus, despite the
opposition of the owners. But with
the continually rising - cost of living
the men contended that they were
entitled to a further bonus, and that
the great war profits the owners ad-
mittedly were making justified their
demands. 'The owners especially ob-
jected to an audit on the ground that
it was unprecedented and unreason
able,
The coal owners have been general-
ly condemned by both press and pub-
lic, and namerous conferences have
been held by the Board of Trade with
the objeect of finding an issue from
the difficulty, but all to no purpose,
owing to the owners' irreconcilable 1
attitude.
arkets of the \Vorld
$7,50; do., medium, $6.50 to$0.00; do„
choice, $7.60 to 57.90; do., good, $7.15 to
.
common, $5.36 to 56; butchers'.. bulls,
choice $7,10 to $7.50; do.,:- good bulls,
56.40 to 56,50; do„ rough bulls, $4.60 to.
$6 butchers cows, choice, $6.26 to $7;
0„ good, 56.75 to 56; medium, $5.50 to
Peedeo'e,06 50rto,$7.25; canners;andn
cut-
ters, 53.85 to 54,90; milkers, choice, each,
$70 to 5115; do„ common and medium,
each,440 to. 560; springers, $60 to $100;'
light ewes, 55.25 to 59;. sheep, heavy,
55.75 to $7,26; calves, goodto choice,'
110 to $11.50; lambs,. -choice, $11 to
$11.00; do., medium, $9.25 to $9,50; hogs,
fed: and 'watered, 511,25; do„ weighed off
cars, $11.60; do, f.o.b., $10.75.
Montreal, Dee. 5. -Choice steers, 56.15
to $8; good, $5 to $7; eholoe cows, $0 to
56.76; good, 54.50. to 59; canners, $3.50
to $4; butchers' bulls, $5.25 to $6; oan-
Brcadstatfs,
Toronto, Doc. 5, - Manitoba wheat -
New No. 1 Northern, 52012; No. 2, do.,
$1.90 No, 3, do„ $1.934; No, 4 wheat,
51.23 track,bay ports: Old crop trad-
ing 4c above new crop,
Manitoba oats -No. 2 11I.W., 675c; No.
3, do 6650; extra No. 1 feed,- 605o; No. 1
feed 660, trach, Bay poets.
American corn No. 2 yellow, new,
$1,04, immediate shipment, track To-
ronto.
Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 630 to 65c,
nominal; No. 3, do,, 62 to 64c, nominal,
according: to freights outside.
Ontario -wheat -New No: 2 Winter, per
car lot,. 51.73 'to $1.75; No. 3 do., $1.71
to $1.73,- according to freights outside.
Peas - No. 2, 52,46, according to
freights outside,
Barley -Malting 51.15 to $1.20, nom-
inal, according to freights outside.
Buckwheat -51.35, nominal, abcording
to freights outside,
ltye-No. 2, 51.40 to $1,42, according
to freights outside.
Manitoba hour -First iiatonts, in lute
bags $10 20; 2nd do„ 59.70; strong halt-
ers' $9.50, Toronto,
Ontario flour - Whiter, according to
sample, 57,65 to 57.75, in bags, track
Toronto, prompt shipment.
MillSeetl-Cal lots -Delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included, bran, per
ton, $31 to 552• shorts, do„ $30 to $37;
Middlings, white, per ton,. 530 to 40;
moil feed flour, per bag, $2.70. to 52.30,
"S•Sty-No. 1, per ton, $12.60 to 513,50;
No. 2, do., $10 to 111,50, track, Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 59 to 59,50,
track Toronto, �.
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Butter•: ri•eiilt dairr,,choieo, 40 t'; 42e;
creamery print§, 45 .to 48c; solids, 44 to
449c.
29ggs-No, 1 storage, 41 to 42c• stor-
age, selects, 43to 44o; new laid, in oar -
tons, 58 to 60c; out of cartons, 66 to 57c,
Cheese -targe, 24 to 242c; twins, 245
to 2350; triplets, 245 to 20c.
Live poultry - Chickens, 15 to 10e;
fowl, 15 to 14c; ducks, 13 to 15o; tur-
keys,25 to 280 geese; Spring, 14 to 15e.
DDressed poultry -Chickens 21 to 22c;
fowl, 17 to 190; ducks, 15 to 20c; squabs,
per dozen, 54 to $4.50; turkeys, 30 to 36o;
geese, Spring, 17 to 100.
Roney ,white clover, 26-10,. tins, 13 to
130c; 6-11). tins, 13 to 130e; 10-I0„ -125
to 13c; 60-1b„ 12 to 126; buckwheat, 60 -
lb, tins, p 10 000, Conb honey - extra
flue and heavy weight, per dozen, $3; se-
lect, 52.50 to 52,75; No, 2, $2,25 to $2,40,
Etincemeat-Palls, 28 lb„ 10 to 12o;
tubs, 55 lb., 09 to 11u.
Potatoes - Ontario, per bag, $2.25;
British; Columbia Rose, per bag, $2.10 to
52,25; New Brunswick Delawares, per
bag, 52.35 to $2.40; Prince Edward
Island Whites, per bag, 52, track To-
ronto.
Cabbages-1MMan., per on, $46,
Beaus - Irnported, hand-picked, per
bushel, $0 to 16.25; Canadian primes, $5
t0 '$6,50; Lima, per ib„ 9 to 100,
Provisions -wholesale,
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 24 to
26c; do,, heavy, 22 to 23e; cooked, 33 to
35c; rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon,
25 to 27c; bucks, plain, 26 to 27o; bone-
less, 28 to 29c,
than cured, during this advance.
Curet] meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to '
189c per lb.; clear bellies, 18 to 13$0,------...-,��---
Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 195. to 20e;
tubs, 20 to 2030; ails 203 to 2D - ( FUND'S pound, 16; to 16e.9c, can THE FUNDS NEW PRESIDENT.
o'0-ookins oils - Wbhto, tierces, 161o;
40, tins; 1610, yohiow, le below white.
$5; Sheep, $6.50 t0 07.60;
lard's, 51.1,25 to 511.50; calves, 54.60 to
$5.50; select hogs, 510.50 to 511,45.
PRISON' POPULATION
SMALLEST FOR YEARS.
Prohibition, Opportunity for Employ-
ment, Enlistment Have De-
ster show an approximate increase
creased Crime. ' The gun is fed from a long tape to of 60 per cent, over those of the
SCIENCE. TO AID
IN DEVELOPMENT
Government Advisory Council
on Technical Research.
• A •ciespatcli from Ottawa says: -
After a year's 'consideration of the
best method of Govermnent•procedure
to .nc.urage and assist in Canada Cows sold as high as $125 per
maatufa•otin•ing development based on head.)ecentlyat Lulu Island, B.C.
scientific and technical research, the Two of the three members of the
Minister of Trade and Commerce, Sir Koksilah School Board are women.
George. E. Foster, has scouted the art- The City Hall employes of Vancou-
pointment by the Government of an ver have asked an increase of salary.
IIonoraay Advisory Council on ' ln- ' Halibut has reached the record
dustrial'and Scientific Research, The price of 11% cents per lb. at Prince
Council consists of University pro- Rupert.
fessors in the departments of applied The Bantams of Victoria, B.C., will
science, and of menprominent in steel use live bombs in their course of in -
and engineering wont. struetions.
The appointment of the Council is • A panther that measured 6 -feet
in line with action taken months ago was ' shot, recently in the North
by Great Britain and the United Saanieh district.
States when Governmental action was Lieut. J. G: Hay, former City Soli -
taken early in the war to secure the citor of Vancouver, has died of
best expert advice, with a view to wounds in France.
taking full advantage of the trade Coyottes have been seen in con -
and manufacturing opportunities of- siderable numbers in the vicinity of
fered by 'the exclusion of Germany Kamloops recently,
from the world's market. • The ob- A longshoreman of Vancouver has
ject in ;view is to include technical died from anthrax contracted while
and scientific research ' and utilize handling Australian hides.
the results: for the development of The City Council of New Westmin-
production and trade. It ishopedster are furnishing the Soldiers' Club
that the free assistance thus offered with free light for the balance of the
to industrial firms will enable Canada year.
to keep abreast of the world's mann- Mayor McBeath, of Vancouver,
facturing readjustment during the has declared himself in favor of the
war, and of the keen "international public ownership of that city's liar -
competition which will follow it. bor.
Cloverdale (B.C,) Council mem-
bers have voted their indemnities of
$100 each to the Canadian Patriotic
Fund.
It is expected that a new pulp mill
'wall, -shortly be opened in British Col-
umbia, involving an expenditure of
$2,500,000.
The school children of South Van-
couver have deposited nearly $1,000
in the penny savings banks clueing
the past year.
New Westminster is fitting up a
clubroom for returned soldiers, the
work being done by the convalescent
heroes themselves.
The wives of soldiers in Vancou- i they slid at the battle of the Nile when
vex declare they will patronize only L'Orient did the same; we moderns
those merchants who contribute to have got beyond all these courtesies.
the Patriotic Fund. Nor did we notice the noise of the ex -
Customs receipts of New Westmin- plosion which seems • to suggest that
there were a great many other
strange noises -which indeed was the
ca50 "
The Invincible was not the only
great vessel whose destruction be wit-
nessed; there were others; but, im-
pressive as he found the spectacle,
there was another sight that impress-
ed him quite as deeply, and moved him
more.
"As those were the essence of shat-
tered matter, so this was the essence
of triumphant spirit: a little British
destroyer, with her midships rent by
a great shell hnoaxt for a battle
cruiser, exuding steam from every
Rev. A. D. NIcKinna pastor of the poi't,'able to go ahead, but not to
potato crop this year, it has been de- Kitsilano Presbyterian thinks oursteelineamvii108 taonally across
eided to introduce a new scheme o£ that the word "obey" in the Church, thinks u (which s rather congested
potato rationing. On January 1 the ceremony should be made to a 1 Ij just thele). She was unable to get
pt/ Y out of anyone's way; likely to be ram.
FROM •SUNSET COAST
WBAT THE' WESTERN PEOPLE
ARIE DOING.
Progress of the Great West Told
in a Few Pointed
Paragraphs.
NEW MACHINE GUN.
Allies Getting it -Can Fire 1,500 Shots
Per Minute -Make 200 a Day.
A despatch from New York says: -
The New York Sun on Thursday morn-
ing says:
"A satisfactory test was made yes-
terday afternoon on a machine gun
capable of firing fifteen hundred shots
a minute, and so easily handled that
a little girl can manipulate it. The
test was made for the benefit of re-
prectentatives of the British and
French Governments, for whom the
new death -dealer is intended. The
gun is of a new pattern manufac-
tured by the Marlin Arms Company of
New Haven, Conn.
THE BATTLE IN THE FOG.
Vivid Pen Picture of the Greatest
Naval Engagement.
Of all the groat naval battles of his-?
tory, surely none was ever more
shrouded in fog •both actual and figu-
rative than the 'recent Jutland sea
fight -veiled in smoke and fog at sea
and obscured ever since in a smother
.of contradictory arid contested claims.
Only gradually"the truth emerges;
doubtless the whole truth of the
greater iseues of loss and victory will
not be known until the war is over.
But scene by scenes picture by Pic-
ture, lurid, flash by flash, we are get-
ting glimpses of the battle -terrible,
tlagib;-: splendid glimpses of "destruc-
tion, death and deathless valor. None
are more vivid than those given by
the New York Tribune from the let-
ters of a young British officer, written
home the next day to his family.
"Somehow, I never thought of a
general action in a thick mist where
you could not see half your own fleet,
lot alone the enemy's," he wrote; "but
so it was, and vast forms loomed up
out of the mist, firing like Billy -o at
other ships that were perfectly in-
visible.
"I saw the Invincible -my old In-
vincible -blow up like the Bulwark,
right alongside us, hardly a mile off,
a great crimson race of flame a hun-
dred feet high and perhaps two hun-
dred broad, that went up leisurely,
contemptuously, with an awful, ma-
jestic dignity, to a good four hundred
feet; at its very top an immense bulk
of ship's plating, and many lesser bits.
Then the deep red faded out, and
there remained only a black pall be-
low, merging in the general pall that
the smoke of all the ships running at
full speed was creating; above, a new
billowy cloud was added to the others
in the sky, only to be distinguished
from them by its greater height.
"Eighteen minutes later the pall
cleared sufficiently to enable nae to see
her bows sticking up above 'water at
an angle, with the red bottom above
the gray side; her stern stuck up at
an equal angle, with the red upper-
most. There she stayed, the British
fleet passing by on either side, going
into action. , . No one stopped fire
ing when the Invincible blew up, as
A despatch from Ottawa says: The .which cartridges axe attached, pass- same month last year.
penitentiary and prison.populatfon of ing through the weapon from side to For allowing young boys in his
the Dominion -is now smaller than it side while the gun is in action. The theatre during school hours the pro
has been for years. Prohibition, em- cartridge used is of .762 millimetres prletor of the Star Theatre, Vancou-
pioyment conditions, and 'the enlist- diameter. The weapon has a range ver, was fined $25 and costs.
ment of the "adventurous spirits" in of 3,000 yards, and is said to be par- Three first-class German prisoners,
the war have combined to decrease ticularly well adapted for use on air- who were °Mceers in the German
crime and empty the jails. Practical- planes, for its weight is only about army, escaped from the ,Morrissey Ju-
ly all, penitentiaries report to the De- that of the average rifle. ternment Camp, ten miles from
partment of Justice that the "slack• Fernee,
season" for compulsory boarders has GERMANY CUTSDOWN Silver Wings, the yacht that car -
been on for months. At Stony Moun-PEOPLE'S POTATO RATIONS. ried Robert Louis Stevenson to his
twin Penitentiary in Manitoba, for _ last home, Wilma, in the South
instance,need there are not enough prison- A despatch from Berlin says; Ow- Seas, is now used to bring home
ers at present to keep the prison in- ing to the decided falling off in the cargoes of fish,
dustries running.
CANADIANS TOOK 750
AT GRANDCOURT
urban population will be ularte s of a to the plan as well as the Woman, need by any one of a dozen ships; her
n a
daft allowance of three-quarters The City Council of New West- siren was whimpering, � p g, `Lal me
through! Make way! her crew had
fallen in at, dressed in life belts,
ready for the final plunge, and was
sheering wildly, as an enthusiastic
crowd might cheer when the King
pusses. Perfectly magnificent! Thank
God, I'm en Englishman!
"You will be glad to hear that she
is now, after loll, safe in port. The
Invincible had just blown up, the
Queen Mary ten minutes earlier. She
had just been winged, and that was
her reply -spontaneous cheering ft -eon
her crew.
resent fiscal low creature, makes a most curious "We don't talk about our `morale;
p' year, amounting to post. To escape snakes and monkeys
but if you are thinking at all about
012,203,519.96, or close to the $13,- such a thing you may well remember
000,000 high record of April. The this bird takes a dead leaf, flies up !such
little shattered destroyer, her
total is 02,884,833.26 in excess of the into
to a tree, and, with a fibre for a head held high,her vitals hiun in
record for November last year. For thread and its bill for needle, sewsg gout
the eight months of the fiscal year the leaf to a green one hanging frofn and cheering as she came."
the total Customs revenue has been the tree, an opening to the nest thus The great conflict was closed by the
094,728,097.70, an increase of $32,440,- formed being left at the top. The leaf, enemy's signal ,to retire, which
348.78. apparent, han ing from a twi chanced to be, the young. oA'ieer re-
y g g' cords appreciatively, "a really lovely
A despatch from London says: pound instead of one pound. The
Wounded officers in the hospitals here agricultural population will have an monster paid the claim of William
say that the Canadian attack on De- allowance of one pound daily duringGary for $5 for the repair of. his
sire trench, near Grandcourt on No- January and February, and thereaftewatch which was damaged owing to
vember 18, was to big surprise to the a, in the street, pound and a half. The potatoes an accident due to a defective plank
Germans, the weather being so bad thus saved will be devoted to placing
that they never suspected any move -Anyone convicted of engaging in
those performing hard labor on a ea- illicit liquor traffic between Van-
ment. The Canadian artillery gave tion of two pounds daily,
the infantry effective support and couver,_ B.C., and Seattle, Wash., will
forced the Germans to remain in the render themselves liable to a filo of
rte p d g is until the advance (vas CUSTOMS REVENUE $5,000, or a two-year term in the peni-
e FOR PAST MONTH tentiary, or both.
on top of them. The advance was
made in a thick snow storm. The A despatch from Ottawa says:-
The Customs Birds Curious Nest,
just closing is the second best for the
Pickledordry eared meats, 1 cent less F. E. Ball, of Montreal, were killed.
Canadians took seven hundred and
e forthe month
Majors John Lewis and
fi T
captured.
illy ycl-
fty prisoners when the trench was levenu The tatl00 bird of India, a
Montreal Markets.
Duke of Devonshire Becomes,, Chief
Executive of Patriotic Fund.
Montreal, Dec. 5 -Corot, American No, The new Governor-General, the
2 yellow, $1,12 to $1.14; Oats -Canadian Duke of Devonshire has manifested
Western, No: 2, 691c; No, 3, 6030; extra ,
work being •carried
No. 1 feed, 685c. Barley -Man. feed, his interest in the
1.05; malting, $1.30.. Pious Man.
$
pring wheat patents, firsts, $10,36; se_. on Uy the -Canadian Patriotic Fund by
sends, 00.80; strong bakers', $9,00; Win- consenting to become the President
tgg�rsorriori$950ostra�gl0it br flight roUtars, of the Fund, This position was lfeld
$4 55 to e4.70. ,tolled oats barrels; els, by the Duke's predecessor, the Duke
Shorts, $33; middlings, 536 to $37;
moullle, $40 to $46. Iay-No, 2, per the fund until his departure, from
erns, 25Butter,
tott 26,c; finest easterns, 24 to Canada ane.
to 44c; seconds, 425 to 43c. Eggs financial strength is largely due to
0 eeted, 420 No 1
50'.80; straight rollers, bags of
$7.45; bags, 90 lbs„ $3.60, Bran -$so. of Connaught, from the inception of
ton,car lots is. Cheese -finest west- C d 1 the present position of
6c. b er,choicest creamery, 435 t;e fund in national confidence and
Fresh, 60 to 66c; selected,
stock, 30e; No, 2 stock, 36c. Potatoes- his inspiration and personal devotion
Per bag, car' lots, 53,70 to 51.90. to its interests. The new Governor -
Dressed flogs -Abattoir lulled, 516.50. to
816.75; country, $15.75 to 516.25, General evidently proposes to take
the same active part in promoting the
Winnipeg Grain,welfare of this great national under -
Winnipeg. Dec. 5. -Wheat No, 1 Nor- taking,
hero, $1.919; No, 2 Northern, $1.08; No,
Northern, $1.83 Na. 4, $1.663; No, 5,
..----.---4
1:.404 No, 8, $1.403.. Oats-No:6 C,tiv., GERMANS INC '
_ 0. o• No. 3 C.W. 69' c• INCREASE
J
0 u ,extra No
e!j$ 1feed
60 c• No. 1 feeds 6S
e IVo
5 0 .,2 feed, 575o,
Barley -No. 3, $1.06; No, 4, 96c; rejected,
620; feed, 820. L'lax-No, 1 N:W.C.,
52,5553 No. 2 C.W., $2.55.
LEVY ON BELGIUM..
A despatch from Paris says: The
German authorities have issued a de-
t
-^ would never be taken for a nest, star -shell. After all the furious, creep -
RUMANIAN WHEAT Sli'OCIC red displays of pyrotechnics we had
109,000,000 BUSHELS Not His Size. been treated to for over three hours,
Little Willie wore his dad's clothes, this gentle, cool, pure, white, silent
:-A re which his mother had cid; d r • star of Bethlehem was like the Spirit
aw t for port issued by the International Insti• him as best she could.
A despatch from Rome saysof Peace corning to brood over us."
Lute of Agriculture estimates Ru- As little Willie was getting into ii--r:•-
mania's total wheat stock at 109,000,- vest that had been cut down into an
000 bushels, of which 30,000,000 overcoat he began, to growl and CHEAPEN COST OF -LIVING.
bushels represent last year's surplus, grumble.
The estimate of this year's harvest "What's the matter now?" said leis Alieraticn of Daily Menu by Using
ending July 31 for rye, barley, oats dad, • Cheap Foods.
and corn is 143,000,000 bushels, tiV hY said Wilhe th 1 t h ,
The Kansas City Snnes says: -
"The average housewife, travelling in
a rut, thinks;she must have Irish po-
tatoes on the table, no matter what
they cost. If when she went to
school she had been taught the food I
values in different things, and was
who had evidently been lunching a watching the market novo, she -would !
London Times says: Certain Ger- car with difficulty. only one-half as much a0 Irish t -
"What's the matter?" lib asked, toes, 'have just as nnuch food van c
mildly, as lie observed the conduc- with a saving. of $1 a bushel. A
tor's impatience, "Ain't this car the good cook would teach her hew to
008 I want?"
"Flow do I know whether it is or
not?" growled the conductor.
"Oh, you must have known it, or
you wouldn't have stopped to let me
catch it," said the befuddled one.
Slightly larger areas than were used . is pocket as
ed no bottom to tt,
last year have been sown for the Win-
er,
GERMAIl PEACE 1MISSION
ARRIVES 1N HOLLAND
"Pocket," said the dad; "that's a
buttonhole."
Of Course Noll
.A. somewhat befuddled individual,
The Rotterdam correspondent of the trifle too freely, climbed on board the know theft sweet potatoes, costing
man personalities with international
/Jutted states Markets. cree imposing a further payment of connections have areived in Holland
• ber,
nn 5 t olis, Dec. 16,-Wheat,84, Decent.; 1.0,000,000 francs a month on Belgium; ;for• the purpose of getting in touch
hard, 51.88$33 to -$1.609; No, 1 Northern, according to 01 'Havre despatch fromwith pacifist propagaulists." T1x
1.709 to 51.828; No, 2 Northern, 51,749 Iiavre. This is additional to the ex- Daily Mail's Rotterdam correspondent
to. 51.006. Corn -No. 3 yellow, 50 to 87e.describes these neo
Oats -No. 3 white, 602 to 61o. 7,1our feting levy of 480,000,000 francs. The propagandists as poli-
uuohangee, Phan, $27,50 to 523, des atch sa s that .th0 rovincial ticians of various countries.
Duluth, Dec, G. -Wheat No, 1 hard, • p Y P
F52; No. 1 Northern, 5$122; No. 2 Nor- councils have been convoked for -De-
ern, $1,66 to 51,70•; Ixecornbcr $1804
comber 2 in order to approve the new'
It's better for a man to do a little
nseed to arrive, 52.703; November, INTEND TO ANNEX
$2.779; December' 52,771; May, 52.54. ... PART OF RUMANIA
time Stook Markets, A Rotterdam despatch to the Lon-
don Times says that General von
Blume, in the Koelnische Volks Zei-
bung indicates that the Central pow-
ers intend' permanently to annex parts
of Rumania for the purpose of pro
teeing the Bagdad route and secur-
ing a permanent additional corn sup-
ply)
kicking than to become a human foot -
Toronto, Dec. 6, -Butcher .steers, ball,
heavy, 58 to $5.75; butchers' cattle,
FURTHER UNITS FROM AUSTRALIA
TO BE DESPATCHED TO FRANCE
The Premier Announced That the Result of Conscription Referen-
dum Will Not Check Recruiting.
' 'A despatch from Melbourne, Aus-
flalia, says: ---On ,the resumption of
Rhe sessions of the Federal Parliament
ten Thursday the Premier; Wm. Morris
iinghes, announced that notwithstand-
'ing ,the conscription referendum, the
Government would continue its ut-
most, efforts with regard to men and
commodities to aid Great Britain and
her allies,
An Opposition ,notion of he ecnfid.
ence in the Government was defeat
46 to 21,
.ANOTHER CAVELL CASE
REVEALED iN BELGIUM.
A despatch from Paris says; An-
other Cavell ease has been added to
the list of Teuton atrocities Commit-
ted in Belgium. News has reached
this city .of the execution of Madame
I'leloise Mox'esse, a Freud; woman,
the circumstances"being quite similar
to those of the British marty'ecl.
nurse, Miss Edith Cavell.
300 PERSONS PERISH
IN INDIAN CYCLONE
A despatch fro- nt London says: -
The 'death of..nearly 300 persons, in a
cyclone at Pondicherry, India, is re-
ported in to Renter's despatch from
Madras. The storm -caused great
damage to property.
Good Company,
"Is that little boy I saw you play-
ing with this afternoon a good hoy,
Willie?" asked his mother.
"No," replied Willie, "he ain't much
good, but he's the only boy around
that 1'0811 lick." - ^
Unnecessaryinfoa'tnation ,
"If I were you, Peck, I'd let my wile
know who is boss in my house
"Let her know? Croat S;ott! she
knows already,"
make sweet potato pie, to roast with
the skin on, to bake, to cut in strips
and fry, to boil and to cook in other,
ways,
"Also, she would knew that there
is just as much nutriment in corn-
meal as in wheat flour, and, while it
has doubled in price, it is yet cheaper
than wheat flour.
"There is another wholesome food
almost wholly neglected now, that
was in every home in the old days.
Molasses, either sorghum or cane,
was on every table in the last gen-
eration. It is still Cheaper than
sugar, and there is more food value
In it than in butter, the experts say.
"Sweet potatoes, coria bread with
molasses for a spread, and all old -
Whittled molasses ginger cake to
finish off with --such food was good
enough for the stalwert men and woe
pioneers of the West. But. Ove•
have been living through an ago of
extravagance, and it will be hard to
go back to plain food without "trim-
A cheque for. 5500 was given for a
flag 071 "Our Day" at Beckenham
Junction.
WANTED FOR THE
ROYAL N
Two thousand Canadians are wanted for the Royal Naval Can.
adieu Volunteer Reserve towards manning the new ships of tho
Imperial Royal Navy. Immediate overseas service. Only men
of good character and good physique accepted.
Pay $1,10 Minimum per day -Free Kit
$20.00 per IVlonth Separation Allowance
Apply to the nearest Naval Recruit-
ing Station, or to the
Dope. of tho NAV.' Service
OTTAWA
BRITAIN'S
SECOND NELSON
HEADS THE GRAND FLEET
Big Shake-up in the Admiralty at Whitehall, Resulting in an
Infusion of New Blood
A despatch from London says:
Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander
of the British fleet, was on Wednes-
day appointed First Sea Lord of the
Admiralty, being succeeded in com-
mand of the Grand Fleet by Vice -
Admiral Sir David Beatty, who com-
manded the British battle cruiser
squadron in the Jutland naval battle.
Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, the
present First Sea Lord, has-been ap-
pointed President of the Royal Naval
College at Greenwich.
The announcement of the'ehange of
command of`the British Grand Fleet
was made in the House of Commons
by A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the
Admiralty, Mr, Balfour said there
would be eonsequential changes also
in the Board of the Admiralty. The
decision involving the appointments
of Admirals Jellicoe, Beatty and Jack-
son was taken some time ago, Mr.
Balfour said, but for military reasons
the announcement was delayed.
On being asked whether the
changes in the Admiralty meant other
changes in higher commands, Mr. Bal-
four replied that undoubtedly there
would bo changes, which would be
announced in the ordinary course
GERMANY
ISR
READY
TO DISCUSS PEACE
Terms Guaranteeing Existence
and Future of Nation Are
Required.
A despatch from Berlin says; -In
an hcldress to the Reichstag on Wed-
nesday, in introducing the Man power
Bill, Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl-
weg -again announced that Germany
was ready to end the war by a peace
guaranteeing the existence and future
of the nation. In presenting to the
Reichstag the bill for the national
auxiliary service (providing for com-
pulsory service of civilians for war
purposes), Chancellor von Bethmann-
Holiweg made at address in regard to
tatem.
i i
1 tat situation, y s on, a nd the pur-
pose of the bill. It was the Chancel-
lor's sixtieth birthday, and his desk
was decorated with chrysanthemums,
"The war continues, with its de-
structive forces," the Chancellor said.
"Accordingly our enemies desire . it.
They celebrated the past Summer as a
period of victory. But did they ob-
tain what they wanted? Our lines
are unbroken and Rumania, through
which a great change of events was
expected, is now atoning for what she
did. God has helped us up to the
present. Ile will help us further."
130 SOLDIERS r
0 DI ] S ItILLED
IN JAPANESE WRECK
A despatcix from Tokio says.:-
imudred and thirty young soldiers
have been killed in a collision of a
freight train with the train on Which
they were being conveyed to Aomori,
a seaport 011 the north coast.
OVER 100,000 BELGIAN WORKMEN
HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEPORTED
Are Being Starved in German Camp in Attempt to Make Then
Sign Work Contracts.
A despatch from New York says:-
PIerre Mali, the Belgian Conon! in
New York, made public on Thursday
night the following cable message re-
ceived from Carton de Wiart, Belgian
Minister of Justice, at Havre, France:
"According to the last information
received here more than 100,000 13e1-
gian workmen have already been
thrown out of their homes and taken
into slavery in unknown places. The
mothers, wives and children who want
to retain then, are driven back by the
Germans and are torn with despair.;
The Belgian Government has just sent
bread, through the Swiss Government,
to 10,000 of these unfortunates actual
ly kept together in Soltau Camp, and
the Germans are breaking them with'
a starving system to try to get them
to sign work contracts. What do the'
American people, whose Belgian relief
work is put into serious danger, think'
about this?"
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how it restores tone and healthy activity to these important organs, and by
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