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The Seaforth News, 1917-02-22, Page 2BIGWAR OPERATION IN WEST THOUGHT TO BE NEAR AT HAND LEADING MARKETS FIVE BILLIONS BRITISH ATTACK ON TWO.MILE FRONT ARE PLAYING OF DOLLARS TAKE DEFENCES NEAR MIRAIJMONT GERMAN GAME eeeee. eiresestaffs Toronto. rob. 20anItoba wheat- ,- Now No. 1 Northern, $1.004[1_ No. 2, do., o, 4 1.1.1‘.78137ain,;ittitNio.,1,011,1.:t d_yo_.,14030iit,T,c4 C.W., 71c; ex.ru No. 1 fetal, 7101 No, feed, 70o, all rail delivered on route. AznerIcan corn --No. 8 Yellow, 21.14, subjeot to embargo. Ontario wita; -No. 2 white, 88 to 060, nominal; No. 3 white, 02 to 64o, nominal, amordIng to freights outside successfully in the Britieli loPnttin ithat the big push may begin sooner . $2.19, twoordlog to • G0-011 Grotind for Belief That Big Push Will Year Than Llitit Lunden, Feb. 18. -Development of operatione on the western front each clay on a larger Neale lea& to the be- lief that the long expected big opera- tions there are at hand. Importance is attached to the Ge - 0200 official report of German airmen bombing ammunitiou clumps at the rear of the British lines. This fact recalls the livelinees of the British airmen before the Somme attack be-! gen last year. It is possible that the Germans are trying to emulate Brit- ish Mahe& in .preparing the first blow of the fertheoraing clash. Also it is the drst game in many months! Begin Sooner This , that the German aviators have opera- Vtl There is good ground for the belief $1.71, T'saaaccortnnOo'frelglit outgide; fidgets outside this year than last. Both sides have rushed work oa their lines of cozn- munication, and are now prepared to maintain the ammunition supply at all Dooley -Malting. $1.20 to $1.22, se- oordj; to freights outside. 1.1iwkwheat--$1.38, nominal, according to freights outside, flye--No. 2. 01.40 to $1.42, ttocordIng to freights outside 51anitoltu flour-Flred patents, In Jute ipoints without interruption. bogs 10.50; second patents, In Jute bags; 1 The increased efficiency of both $0.00'; strong bakers', in into bugs. $11,00, sides makes them independent of ToAen,S01 , e ee i i, I weathee conditions, allows them to be- eitiiiiiii‘N7..aniO-ii:26.nn' tunf.1111,71,111feeko. gin operations on a smedl scale aud Toiiirit?, protiTt shipment: $7.00, time maintain ever increasing attacks until' eetilleildnIt'.-Piirt ed leit's",1 _eilvered eiontreal freights, bugs ineludod---livan, per ton. the ground thaws and dries and then deliver a knockout blow, BRITAIN SEEKS TO CLOSE LAST EXIT FOR SUBMARINES New Danger Zone Proclaimed Through Route North of Scotland and Down Irish Coast. A despatch from Washington says: eeTwo impottant moves by Great Britain to meet the submarine menace were announced on Friday. A new danger Dine. teas proclaimed, seeking to block practically the whole route of exit towards the Atlantic of the Ger- man II-Imats from their bases in Ger- Many end Beigluin. With the Eng- lish Channel practically closed by an elaborate syetem of nets, mines ant! patrole, the means of exit. for the sub'. ' marines has been through the goutei north Scotland and down the Irish coast.. The new danger zone, design.; ed to close that way out, is understood to have been liberally strewn with ,rninee. Details of plane for changing the eg, tritob"Soga t8oltatte)1111=kwheatle?°1711rt', A38; shorts, POP ton, $41; good feed g. • nayeelextra No, 2. per 'tom $12 to $12.80; mixed, per ton. $9 to $11, track Toronto. Straw - Car lots, per ton, $9, track Toronto Country Pxodatoe-Wbolesalo ituttor--loresb doirY, Choice, 36 to 38c; creamery prints, 43 to 45o; solids, 42 to 43e. Eggs ---No, 1 storage, 47 to 420: stor^ age, selects, fie to 61e; new-hdd, in car- tons. 65 to 613e; out of cartons, 62 to 640. Live poultry --100w1, lb.. 17 to 180; ehlekens, lb., 18 to 200, Dressed poultry--Chleliens, 22 to 25c; fowl, 20 to 22o; ducks, 22 to 260; squabs, Per twee $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys, 28 to 330; geese, 18 in 20e. Cbeese---Now. large, 254 to 26c; twins. 26 to 2640; triplets. 264 to Mc: old, large, 27e; twins, 278 to 278c, lioney-IV'hite clover, 20-1b. tins, 14 to 143e; 6-1b. tins. 134 to 14c; 10-10., 18 to .5. eq.1.111 ; port of cell and examination for boats re !MINI weight, per dos sela, between this country and the North- iVitila-7-68n111402• $f2feit.° t2X' 02.90: ern European neutraitit from. Kirkwall New 1.111biultek Delawares, tier bttg, 'idea is to allow the vessels to avoid %en; Clanadivut han!l-ple"ed Fier 90 •i .. 0 C. Provisions-VJ'holesale. Smoked monis-Hams, medium, 26 to 57r; do.,heavy, 23 to 24e; cooked, 37 to port for the examination of southern pef 1.4.,..1s, 21 t: 22ri_ leculitS 30 tt; bi%nOt:: commerce may be established later lElee Se% beller,1,-. 1;ga" at the Bahamas or Bermuda. Lard -Pure lard. tierces. 214 to 219o; to Halifax were made public!. The iet'i.n;Liernpgilegclr bghe9-01'Ufpar bush., 7.00; Vanatliati primes, $8,40 to the German submarine zone by swing- ing around Ireland and Scotland and down the Norwegian coast instead of touching the British Isles. A second 2,060 OTFOMANS MADE PRISONER tubs, 212 to 22t, nails, 22 to 253e; cotn- _ _ round, 162 to 17c. cured meats -Long clear bacon. 18 to 1She per lb; clear bellies, 13 to 184e. CRUISER BEATS Montreal Markets • ENE11111/ RAIDERS fiteniral, Feb. 20--Corn-Arnerican &ointS.is.t.telZ";;tyt11,2:Vo..toil, 071,i2tO 75°ottgo-.. No. 3, 72 to 73e; extra No. 1 teed. 72 Important British Success ou Hot Battle in South Atlantic the Tigris. Near Won by British Kut -el -Amara. Warship. London, Feb. 18. --By a series of at- tecks uniformly successful the British in Mesopotamia have. tightened their hold upon the defences of Kut -el - Amara. Turkieh resistance was almost paralyzed on Thursday and Friday, the eapture of almost 2,000 pris- eners, !Tweeting high otheers, and Tvo.-11 war meterial, is reported by the ae Office, This sped, unusually large fur the Meeopotemian fighting, fell into Brit- ish hand,: Se a result of assaults upon the strot:g Turkish fortifications on both hanks of the Tigris whei•o it winds abolit Eui. A considerable sector on tho right bank was complete- ly cleared of Turks, and advanced troops lisW held the south-west corner of the stren4 Shumrait loop positions five utiles frem Kut. An unwolal feature is thatthe Turk- ish statements admit the British sue- cese„ which usually they totally 'g- em,. Tee, Tia Heist: et atem ants of Thursday and Friday admit that -part •of our poeitions were evacuated ac- eeeding tiniers to prevent needless I 1014.44141" '011 Thursday, and that on Fri -1 day ''we ,M14ClItsfl a slight backward movemeni te avoid wu easualtice." EMPIRE'S WOOL CLIP NEEDED FOR ES. ; :Shrinkage of 'World's Supply Compels &Rale to Safeguard limpet. A ,:leepaleio from 1., 41,),,,, saye: Re- plying in the lieuse 1.1 Youmans to critideen ihe.Government's method of requieitiening the wool clip of the Empire, 11. W. Poreter, financial see.' retary to the War Mike, explained Sue the shrinkage of the world's sup- ply of woo! had compelled the Gov- ernment to Attfoguard the enormous euppliee tegeicei for the Entente -armies. declared with emphasis that this melon was solely a war measure, end without ulterior mo- tieee. Reeogidzing, the importimee of exporting Seat in ceder to maintain the rate,4 of exehange, Mr, Fereter said that if it proved practicable the Government would do its utmoet to stimulate exporte even at the sacri- fice of ethee part of the wool requir- ed for home eensemption. I,efevre. Success of 13ritish Loan Bitter Pill for Germany to ' Swallow. A despatch from London says; The Times' finaneial editor on Saturday writes,: "The Stock Exchange is talk- ing confidently About a thousand mil- lions of 'pew money' from the loan. We repeat' the estimate under ell re- serve, for, of course, it is only !these - work, but undoubtedly the figure is beyond all precedent, and all the early expectations of Stock Exehange tips, which are usually based on feir- ly elaborate calculations arising out of data which is more accessible there than elsewhere. Five weeks ago noth- ing even remotely approaching such a huge figure was believed attainable. For the purpose of checking any esti mate of the gross figures of the loan we repeat the amounts of the earlier securities which carried the rights of conversion. These were 1899,027,000 four and a half per cent, war loan, 4333,515,000 five per cent. Exchequer bonds, though the latter naturally are less likely to be converted. "A feature of the subscriptions in many country districts has been the quantity of gold brought to the banks and post offices by working men and women. In Enfield, a busy muni- tions area, t7,000 in gold was paid for small amounts of stock certificates during the week. Among Saturday's subscriptions were 11,000,000, Lord Niehelham; 1650,000, Rio Tinto Com- pany; 1150,000, Kodak Co.; 250,000, Singer Sewing Machine Co. One gratifying feature,of the war loan is seen in the extent which the County of Dublin farmers subscribed. For the most part it is new money in hard cash, On Friday the amount of subscriptions received at the head of- fice of the Bank of Ireland in College Green exceeded 11,000,000." Japan Heavy Purchaser. "Heavy purchases of Japanese bends for sinking fund purposes have been the feature of the foreign mar- ket. The object is the obvious release ANOTHER WAR LOAN OF EXAMINATION of funds invested in Japanese secur- ities for investment in the war loan. • ye About 800 Prisoners, Virtually All Prussians, Were Taken, in Addition To Heavy Losses Indicted on Enemy. Lendon, Feb. 18, -Again the Brit - have struelt on both aides of the Anceo, cutting a wide gap in the Ger- man lines and pushing within a few hundred yards of Petie Miraumont, A successful attack Sett:inlay captured trenches on a front totalling more than two miles to an almost Uniform depth of a half mile. 11 was another of the thoroughly - planned attacks the British have de- livered recently on the Somme -Ammo front, fat' (Menial from trench raids. Its main object was to push closer to the immediate objectives of Mirau- mont and Petit Miraumont, north and south reepeutively of the Anere and on the road to Beputime. On Sunday the Germane tried to re- gain the positione taken from them by the Brieish, but their attempts were fruitless. Attacking in waves, the Goemans came under the comae-, trated fire of the guns and were swept; back to their tronehes,! suffering heavy casualtme. At no place did the attacking forces rental the British 1100, and the British suf., Need no casualties. The British cape Lured 780 officers and men, So Long 218 S. Ships Remain in Pori for Fear of Attack. A despateh from Wushington sem The ruthless German submarine cam - Nigel and ite effects upon the United States wore discueeed late on Friday by President 'Wilson and the Cabinet. The meeting lusted only an hour, and afterward it Was Said no new steps • had been decided on. Arming of Amertean merchantmen and the economic effects of the partial f I ' ' out A ports were the subjecte on which the Cabinet centred attention. SeeretarY McAdoo is compiling a list of vessels hold in port and Secretary Redfield is making a comprehensive analysis of the inroads submarines are malting on CUBAN BAY MAY BE THE REFUGE shipping generally. Consideration is given by the Gov- ernment to all the different phases of FROM WHICH II -BOATS OPERATE the 01(1ml:ion developed News of the Revolutionary Outbreak in Cuba Greatly Interests British Officials. A despatch from London says; British officials aro greatly intereeted in the news of the revolutionary out- break in Cuba, where, they assert, they have reason to suspect German agents have been at work for a long time. Only a few weeks ago Captain Hans Boehm, ft German army officer, was taken from the Dutch steamer Zeelanditi at Falmouth. He had in his possession a chart of Santa Lucia Bay, Cuba, where, according to other papers seized at the same time, Ger- man agents had secured an oil con - since (bus been n re a ens wither - timely, including the detention of the Yarrowsiale pridners, the crisis with Austria, the plight of Americans in Turkey, and Belgian relief. High offi- cials took mane to -day, howeyer, to emphasize that the great fueda- mental problem before the nation is neaten. It is the belief here that the the illegal submarine campaign itself. Santa Lucia project was being de- Againet this earapaign the United veloped by means of money sent from States has made the most vigorous protest possible, short of war, but the New York to Havana. The British naval authorities, while Administration realizes that, so long they have failed to discover any Ger- as it permits American ships to be dies, declare that they have long had reason to suspect the intention of the man subnutrine base in the West In- held in port for fear of attack by as frublailrl as,dinte;s11;in admitted,eifeet in the German policy. This state of ciasmal oc tqubieesepienrg. Germans to establish one there, and as milted to continue indefinitely. a consequence they look with suspi- What the United States must do to cion upon the Cuban oil project, as end it, and when, are the only ques- possibly a blind to hide the establish - tions. The Presidene is understood to ment of 'a refuge from which submit - have a very definite opinion as to what rines could operate. should be done, but he has not yet :-- decided that the time to do it has DOMINION TO ISSUE HALIFAX IS PORT • "008. IITA TO DRILL 2 NIGHTS EACH WEEK to ,3c. Barley -Manitoba feed, $1; when there was yet time to subscribe Flotation Early in March to be Neutral Vessels Leaving the malting. 41.35. tionr-filanitobt Spring wheat paterts, nista $9.00; do., seconds, to the loan, agents of the Japanese, Payable in Canada and s9.1o: 00..5 tickers'. $8,90; WinterU.S. to Call There Instead atents, choice, $9.25; straight rollers. Government were busy purchasing New York. 5.55 to 55.50; do.. In bags, $4.10 to bonds almost regardless of amounts. of at Falmouth. 4.25. Rolled oats -Barrels, $6.06 to .7.16; bag of 110 lbs.$3.85 to 33.16. This assistance of our Eastern ally, as t ti A despatch from Ottawa says: A despatch from Ottawa liltIlfed-Bran, 0221o'$31; shorts. 836 enosten a ous A despatch from Rio Janeiro says: 001 to 448. nay.-_,,,... 2, per ton. ea.,; a favorable impression in the city. We to be issued in the Dominion, will be rt that the . ' An officer of the British cruiser Glas- Itt,t826V? ri --.' westerns, - do.. eastern-, 2lihe. Buttr- offloated probably early in March, In Halifax as the port of examination British Admiralty had designated 20 understand that since the beginning gow has confirmed the reports of a Choicest creamery,the year 22 840 000 of towns and cities for two nights of 421 to 430; seconds," " Japanese view of the exchange situation be- for neutral ships leaving American recent naval battle off Fernando de !,9,. 1!), vei Eggs -Fresh. 55 to 590; bonds have been bought for sinking drill every 200010, i11, it is understood, le. et, Se; No. t stock, 45" Pots- funds,making a total since the out- tween Canada and the United States, - Noronha, 125 miles off the east ex- toes -Per bag, MU' 1019. 02.73 to 03. ports, instead of Falmouth, was ob- which is at present adverse to this rained from the Government on Thurs- be the entering wedge of the Govern. break of war of 19,615,880. The ment's new recruiting plans fore - country, it is regarded as likely that. Jupanese Government is already reap- the securities of the 118W loan vein be day. It was stated hy Sir George shadowed by the statement issued on Foster, Acting -Minister of lelarine, to 888; 238; middlings 9;8 to 940; mouilne as it is effectivemade other Canadian war loan, the third Confirmation of the repo Active Campaign to be Institu- ted to Bring Units Up to Strength. A despatch from Ottarvit says: The calling out of the militia in large tremity of Brazil, according to the ' newspaper Rua. The Glasgow, how - 'Winnipeg Grain ever, took no part in the engagement. reeINefeeellree).2.nele=t7,-'Nel!eiht, ing its reward for its action. Her made payable both in Canada and New that negotiMions in provess had Tuesday by Sir Edward Kemp. To - credit is higher in this market than . Her commander received a report of No. 3 Northern, $1.04: No, 4. $1.504; York. gether with the resumption of militia ' reaehed a head and Sint it was defin- drill there will be an active campaign The 'Weekly Nation says it hears No information as to the amount, i Italy decided Halifax would be an ex - to bring the militia units up to lhat the war loan is a great success terms or price of the new issue can, i amination port. strength. This, it is understood, will and that sums have been mentioned however, be given at present, as these ! Whether it will be for all millings i suggesting that the collection of new details will not be settled until frame- i in both divections, howevr, t first be conducted along the lines has not 1 money is approaching £1,000,000,000. mately before the loan is floated and l yet been decided. The latter arrange- of voluntary enlistment, with the al. Arthur Neville Chamberlain Direc- will be determined largely by the con-!ment might tax accommodation at tentative of applying the Militia Act in some form if enough recruits are the fighting only o01 the following day i'iii.c:ie!,eelle3')eb;(e Lee":"41i:e. reed' ,"$"' tho' of aiivothercountry through a wireless message from theear: extra No, 1 feed. 532c; No. 1; British cruiser Amethyst, which alone U,l'' e. i. V•kie MileYeTegft 1 Wee gave battle to the German raiders,: leil, 78c. Flax -- -No. '1 N.W..i!, $2.60i numbering three, INo. 2 t.I.177, 02.27. . The real fight occurred near Fernan- i - 'United States Market do de Noronha at night. One of the! mieffeareete. zee , 20Wheat-M, raiders, seriously hit, was observed to t.N.4t: July, $1.74: co.sh-No. 1 neayed; tor -General of National Service, chtions which then prevail. ;the Winter port somewhat severely. be sinking. The others succeeded in151-1,11,17,47,1hr '2,iell.R11° speaking, at Bristol on Saturday, said The Finance Minister, it is under- , Officials of the Naval Service, Cue making their 04900490. Night prevent- - eile -No. 3 Yello;w, 989 to008e, .0at's_g- that he ventured to predict that the stood, has been assured that lie will toms, Justice and Poet -Office Depart- ed the Amethyst from ascertaining ' Lvlr• 3on 58 Flour -un- result of the war loan would be a bit- have the co-operation, in the flota- !ments will go down to Halifax to to what extent they had been clamag- ! Duluth, Peb. 20 -Wheat -No. 1 bard ter pill for Germany to swallow, tion of the new securities, of the bond. form an examination staff, which will edThat they had been damaged6o O • ei 77'. No 1 Northern St.704; No, 2' - dealers and brokers, whose activity be augmented by experts from Great . , So:, 71i i $14.744. Lisey..1-.--on however, is considered probable. One e:i.ee,to $2.71: 'May, $2.81 poked; JUIY. contributed materially Co the success /3ritein. Arrangements will be made ' GERMANS ARE I3LUFFING of the last doniestic loan -of $100,- to avoid- all possible delay to. the raider is believed to have been beach-' ,ABOUT SUB NUMBERS 000,000. vessels examined, The new plan has ed in a battered condition. The Ame- thyst suffered slight damage and had one man killed and one wounded. G ERMAN LossEs LAST mosam WERE MORE THAN 77,000 Feb. Pie -Casualties in the German army, exclusive of colonial troops, reported in the German cas- /mite- lists in the • month of Jan- uary, 1917, totalled 77,531 officers and :nee killed, wounded, prisoners or miesing. '1110 totals compiled from the list followe: Killed and died, 15,906; prisoners, 1,645; missing, 12,874; w• ,-18,109; , '17.534. • These casualties bring the total of Germans killed and thole, who died of wounds or sickness to 988,020, and the: total casualties since the war began to 4,087,602. _.„ BIG REWARD FOR CREW THAT DESTROYS A SUB. A despatch from Paris eays: A prize of 500,000 France 1e4r the crew of any French. allied or neutral vessel which succeeds in deatroying an at- tacking submarine is provided for In a resolution introduced in the Chem.' lies' of Deputies on Tuesday by Andre ALL COAL MINES IN BRITAIN TAKEN OVER BY Rive Stook Markets Toronto, Fele 20-'1'Otoice heavy steers, MS. to $10,30; do., good, 810.1.0 to 10.23; butchers' cattle, choice. $10.10 to 010.35; do, Rand, 00.10 to $0.75: do., nedlum. 81.00 to $0.80; clo.. common, 3t.50 to 47.75; butchers' bulls, choice, 62 to 09.14; do, gond bulls. 03.25 to 88.5e; do„ medium bulls, 6..15 to 57.60; do., rough $6 to 05.28; butchers' ,'owe, cholee, 98.76 to 40; do., WIWI. 98.::5 to $8.40; do., medium, $7 to $7,23; etoekers, $4.29 to $8; choice feeders, 88 $8.30; tanners and cutters. 65 to goad 11 $8150 te 66,1; springers. 910 to 911"; light ewes, 810 to S1e.10: sheeit hearn 00.00 to 90;. '.,1#5, g0441 gwl to choler, $13.60 to $15; tb . choicmm e, $14 to 013; do., ediu, 14"' .7510 410.25: hogs, fed and watered, $,J4.4,0 to 614.75: do.. .(Ity cars, IL;Lra(gree*lc:ieuers, $10. to $10.491, good. $4 to $9.75; butchers' (.14W4 46 to 90; butchers' bulls 46 to 0.75; (0550t14 -1s buns, $0.50 80 04; can- 0.7'41tr5;:9T1i,11. tott14N to 6t: Ines. choice, $14.60 to 004.70, GERMAN STOLE CHARTS OF ALASKAN HARBORS. A despatch from Now York says: Stolen Government charts of anchor, asoos alon • the Alaskan coast were discovered by the police among the belongings of Herbert Sauer a Ger- man deserter from the coast-d5ard service, who was sentenced here on Thursday to eight years in Sing -Sing Prion upon his plea of guilty to a charge of manslaughter for killing Mrs. Caroline Tiarka in her home in this city last August. When Sauer was asked what he intended to do with the maps, he replied, according to the ' police; "I wanted to make a harm for But American Says There is Surpris- ing Lot of New Troops. A despatch from London says An Amsterdam despatch to The Times quotes an American who has just ar- rived there from Frankfort, where he had resided for eighteen months, as saying that the Germans have a great and surprising number of new troops. The t espateh says that every Ger- man man of military age who is not engaged in the munition industry has been ordered into the army, with the result that the German troops are now more numerous than at the be - been adopted at the request of neu- teal ship interests, who are anxious GERMANY'S WAR COSTS to avoid the dangers incident to ex - SIXTY BILLION MARKS. =illation at English ports in the blot:traded area. A despatch from London says; Ger- many's war costs to date have reach- ed the total of sixty billion marks, 1 INDIA HAS CURTAILED says a telegram from Berlin, forward- RAILWAY SERVICES. ed by the correspondent at Amster- dam of Reuter's Telegram Company, Limited, GERMAN TROOPS MOVED FROM FRONTIER TOWNS ginning of the war. In reference to the submarine cam- A despatch from Amsterdam says: 'Deign the American said that the -The majority of the German 'therms stories current in Holland about the recently concentrated on' the eastern immense number of German sunbmar_ border of Holland now have clisap- ines was a German bluff, as he claim- peered from the towns along the ed to have information thilt there frontier, according to reports received were not two hundred of the undersea by The Handelsbladt, craft available. Referring to the food situation he said: "The allies have them down pretty well, but they are prepared for more hardships. The Germans can stand anythmg. I left Germany because the situation was growing too bad to be pleasant. Life in Frankfurt was very hard for the people. Any other population would rebel. There was a very bilter feeling there against; the higher authorities and the people who were responsible for the war." ERNMENT myself when I returned to the Father- band." A New Officer Known As "Controller of Coal Mines" Will be in Charge of Department. A despatch front. London says: IL has been decided by the Board of Trade to take possession of all coal mines in the United Kingdom for the period of the war in addition to those in South Wales already taken over, The President af the Board of Trade \ins decided to set up a new depart.; ment to control coal mines, The directors of the to Alun and North- ! Western Railway ',ave placed the services of their general manager, Guy Calthrop, at the disposal of the Board, Mr. Calthrop's official desig- tinder, will he "Controller of Coal Mines." TRY TO RAISE INTEREST ON THE LAST WAR LOAN. A despatch from London Says; The Gemini.' Government is now discussing with the Bundesrat new direct and in- direct tales to raise 150,000,000 inter- est on the last war loan, according to Berlin newspapees, quoted in a Hague despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. It is probable, add the papers, that the -new taxes will apply to coal mine exploitation and railway traffic, with aneincreased tax on war profits, nn. ro REDUCE TRAVEL IN SUBMARINE ZONE A despatch from Ottawa says: - Action which will reduce the number of women and children leaving Can- ada for European countries adjacent to the zone of Germany's submarine operations or which may even prevent such travel entirely, will probably be taken by the Government. The dang'- ers 01 navigation, consequent upoa the submarine warfare and the necessity of passing through the danger zone, make it inadvisable to allow women and children to undertake such voy- ages at the pretend, time. • • . .; .„ •.. •• AGAINST PROHIBITION. Over 1,400 Soldiers Voted Against 11 and 221 For It. LOncion, Feb. 18.-A Reuter de- spatch from Delhi says that aeneng the new war measures adopted by the Indian Government are the severe curtailment of railway services and the organization of India's industrial and natural resources, with a view to increasing the output of munitions. In addition, an order has been issued forbidding women and children to sail for England except for the most UV^ gent reasons, FRANCE HAS ADOPTED DAYLIGHT SAVING A despatch from Paris sayse-The Chamber of Deputies on Friday adopt- ed a bill permanently advancing the A despatch from Vancouver says:- legal time one hour during the Sum - A cable gives the result of the pro- iner. The putting on of the clocks hibition vote overseas up to Wednes- is to „begin the ties( Sunday in April day evening as 1,406 against, 221 for end this time will be m farce until and 41 spoiled ballots. - the fleet Sunday in October, mon FIRING A' SHOT CAPTURED STRONG POSIVON Russian Detachments Surprise Austro -German Garrison in the Carpathians. Petrograd, Feb. 18,- Germans ; dressed in white yesterday took the of feneive against; the Russians near Kochava, south-west of Dvinek, on the northern end of the eastern front, and broke into a 'front line Russian trench, Russian reserves, says the official 4itternent issued to -day by the War Department, immediately drove 'Mit Ult. Teutons, In the Caepathitins Russian deliachinente surprised and cepturod without .ftring a shot a mime gl y levet-5 ed Austro-Germart p osi- eotith-west of Okna. Teuton counl, isr-littacks wore repulsed. not secured in this way. It is understood that the work . of bringing existing incomplete overseas units up to strength and sending the remainder over as drafts is to be pushed with even greater vigor, and that there may be some radical amal- gamating done if no other way is found of dealing with this matter. On account of the fact that many Cana- dian superior officers in England have dropped their rank and gone to the front, as lieutenante, and that the • breaking up of units into drafts has left a surplus, even of lietteenants, in the Mother Country, only two per cent. of officers will runt it: is understood, be sent overseas with their men. No officers of higher rank will go mikes they are prepared to revert to lieu- tenancies. MAXIMUM DAIRY PRICES ARE FIXED IN FRANCE All Must Be Conspicuously Displayed In The Shop Windows. A despatch from Pari; says: -The Food Ministry bee decided that from Feb. 19 maximum pekes are to be fix- ed throughout France foe milk, butter and ehteee. In the Department of the Seine, including Park, the peke of milk must not exceed ten cents for a litre (about a pint and three-(1ume tees) it' bought 10 a shop, or eleven cents is delivered. The maximum prices for butter vary filen $1,.12 to $1.34 liar kilo -roughly 1000 pounds - according to the quality and source. The only cheese pokes fixed so far aro canemberl, From thirteen cents to tweety-six cents the unioll box, ac- cording to quality, and pont l'Eveous at slightly higher prices. All prices must be conspicuously displayed in the shops Concerned. There will be no celebration of Mardi flraF next Tuostinelle but all theatres will be permitted to give both morning and evening. performences. The two -course meal regulation, which applies to all hotels and restaurants, goes into effect: to -day, NAVIGATION TO OPEN EARLIER THIS 'YEAR A. despateh from Port Arthur says; -Ice conditions at this end of -Lake Superior 'favor an early opening of navigation, Open watee commences at Thueder Cape, 18 miles out. The :weather has been cold, but high winds have kept the ice broken up. • • • • 'e -e.