The Seaforth News, 1917-03-15, Page 6BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURE BAGDAD
TURK METROPOLIS OCCUPIED
British Enter City Early Sunday Moruing,--Victory Corm's
After Severe Fighting.
London, Mar'c'h 11. ---General Fred-
erick Stanley Maude, in command of
the British forces in Mesopotamia,
telegraphed to -day the welcome news
for the British of the occupat'on early
this morning of the City of Bagdad,
the chief Turkish city of Mesopotamia,
and formerly the capital of the empire
of the Caliphs.
No details of the capture have yet
been received, General Maude's story
of the operations carrying events only
up to Saturday morning, when the
British, after effecting a surprise
crossing of tho Diels and bridging the
Tigris, had driven the Turks back to
within three miles of Bagdad, It is
evident, however, that the Turks have
been unable to offer any serious re-
sistenee since the fall of Kutel-
Amara. They were said to be hastily
summoning reinforcements from other
theatres of the war where Turks were
engaged, but the distances to be cov-
ered were so great that additional
forces were unable to arrive in time
to save the ancient city, which, after
Mecca, occupies first place in the Mo-
hammedan imagination.
The fall of Bagdad, besides ending
German hopes of Near Eastern do-
minion, based on a Berlin -Bagdad rail-
way, will reverberate throughout the
Mohammedan empires, and it is be-
lieved will more than rehabilitate Ilri-
tiah prestige in the Far East, dam-
med by the earlier lose of Kut -el -
Amara.
Further news must be awaited be-
fore it is known tshrther General
Maude made important captures of
Turkish troops or guns, either before
or at Bagdad.
Apparently the occupation was ef-
fected without resistance and with
only slight losses. Even if the Turks
succeeded in extricating all their
forces, the loss of Bagdad is a grave
blow to them, Bagdad has been the
base for all Turkish operations in
Persia. Up to within a few days the
Turks occupied about 80,000 square
miles of Persian territory, but with
the Russians pressing them closely
from Kirmanshah, as well as from
the direction of Erzerum, indications
point to a speedy junction of the Bri-
ish and Russian forces, which would
soon compel the Turkish evacuation of
Persian territory.
CANADIAN TROOPS
FREE FROM TYPHOID
LEADING MARKETS
Breadsinifa.
Toronto, March 13,-•Alanitoba wheat
_Neµ No 1 Northern,.. 2 V5a No. 2.
§2.022; No 3, do„ .1.005; 009. No,
$1.35 tt telt llttg pals, all tall ;tenement
Only 1 7 Cares Reported in Aa
Meai/ fr,igl>t Ns. 1 >6.
Alnnitnba Oats- -No2 C,tV., 74� So
Dominion During the 755e; No 3 c:.1v a Cot743; cites o, 1
feed. 73 In 74e; No, 1 fent. 715 to 725c,
Pttst Year, nominal, all ,:til delivered en r0ut0
,0.1'.13. points Only.
:lmrrlran cora—No. 3 yellow, $1.213.
A dcsprltrh from OtEawa says ubj,•rt Gp erubargo.
The Department of eillitie. and De- Ienou•1" onte_•-No 2 white, 65 to Ole,
fence line ,umnuneed that for the nal, ral,uee ,
Yru•enr•dlnR to freights outside,
twelve months ending December 31st, ('Marto wheat --No. A winter. per car
1010, 107 cases onlyof t • lhoid fever lot. 51.34 to $1s0; No. 3, do„ Sl.es to
3I $l.s4, acoording to r7•eightN outside.
were reported as having occurred 1'ei>s Nu, 2, 82.50, aceordlug to
frelarle n Matti.
amongst the many thousands of men Barley -Malting, $1,32 to $1.2'1.
vl the C.E.F. in Canada, and this, l:u,d(weeatr--$1.21, nominal, eeco'iting
to reelgilte netNttl9.
notwithstanding the fact that typllaicl ruse -N(p. 2, $1.41 in $1.43, ne0urdinR to
fever is: a disease especially affect- freights outside.
:14anttebn dour -First t>atents, In jute
ing young adults Elwell Seventeen to hags, 10.70; Ne00nrl pier. Bei tr ,lute 1,14::
thirty years of age, and 0 disease 06.26; strnnR bakers', lu Jute bags,
which ie endemic ie all parts of Can- 03,36, Termuo.
1 oat repo un --wetter, according to
ado. sample. 57.45. In bass, Leave 'Toronto,
11115 rum >atrati11 freedom on the prmupt 1,111nnteaC; 37.22 bunt seaboard,
t e.pnfl R,ndq.
part of the C.E.F. is seen to lee most - Ml1>reed--tear lets, delivered Montreal
YrelRhls bags lnet ,d,17-•lrrrtn. per tun
striking Wllerl it is recalled that dull'- 53s; shn4 ts, unr tun, $42; Rood fogd
ing t11e Boer Wal. one man out of flour, per bug', 52.70 to 52,80,
ita,v-LxG.eNo. , PPC tot], $12 ec
every nine in the British forces in 512.66; rutxrd, per ton. $G to $1t, u•Rett
South Africa was invalided through Toronto.
this disease and that in the Spanish- titrlw-Ear tots, per ton, 50.50 to 59,
American war, of 107,000 men in the track lorollto,—
enmps at Tampa, Florida, and else- i conntrp 3?rodnce—Who3esale,
where, who had ,'tot left the shores of nutter -Freer] dairy, choice, 37 l0 3003
the United States, 20,000 contracted 'e eeleery prints, 43 to 45c; solids, 4.,
the disease. The remarlcnble change lig>N-New-latd, In eartone, 46 to 46c1
can only be attributed to the process °ui> of cnrtana. 42 to 410.
re. V 1..,;u Xtr•^Chickens. 23 to 280;
of 1ne0UltltlOn. 1'001, "0 -20; ducks, 2 to 2511;
The Provincial Board of Health for s, unba lien doz., $4.00 to $4.50; turkeys,
to 5311; Rresa, 18 tq 200.
No 3 µ'lilts, G4 to 800, 1101811"
Ontario has supplied to date all the 1.1ve poultry—prowl, lb., 13 to 22c;
typhoid and paratyhoid vaccine used ebC}tens, a 16 �0 22c25 W Ole> twins,
hese_ ew, erg , 1
0 03n; trlgleia, 2G}
by the entire Canadian Expeditionary 2G t to Sebe; old,
I 2"50• twlnv 274 io 23e
Force throat 450,000 men). In all, ar
gg�'•gg;;yg•g�� tt(1��r g,(7 1. T THE , N °�ttvP`( nearly 000,000 doses have been ivhtt • i 211-lb.tins,14 to
HJ,Z'dil N C;`A f.8 E��` 073 NC O ANCRE SStc, Ot lt>., 12$ to 133; buckwheat, e0-
HJR fid- li FiI3 .C±1 1Y EEE'�"�!111 flfl —
� lU tins, G t0 Jdc. Comb 1]0nt.)
NS ESCAPED Beans -Imported, hand-picked,
FROM GERMAN PRISON bue.h., 01-.35; Clnufliun, hand-pt0itni. per
1+, EveryGerman. Soldier Lott to I'otat0es--trntrtrio, per ball 05.50;
Bitter Battle Along Three -Mile Front—Village of hies TasAn g• Nety_ 1Atberll0k vela$, 52. b;tg.
E' theWesternFr t. $4.2n: Alherlas, per bag,59.76.
Escape
plt 1 free ofcost.
ougy— e c over,
sup- 143"; G -lb, tins, 125 to 14e; 10-10., 13 to
e•c tea
,,^, V8(
TIT N°•t i fine and heavy weight, per dor... $'.76;
FIERC0 ""I "q 0113r� 1{'. t 6tt d4.t iselect. $2.511 to $2. G; No. 2$t $2.13061.
E a i1h�.A21 L50> .W.>I CANADIANS bush., 55,,00; Canadian primes, 54.60 to
57.06; Limtea. l,er lb., 3211 to 12.11,
on
and 300 Prisoners. A despatch from London says: -i —
r p Smoked merits --sums, medtUni, 26 to
enur, er and (043(;11 Sant Gordon of '3 do heavy 23 to 243; cooked, 27 to
on C i 7'U a,
to 2011;
Privates (10367) Thurgood of Vane! Provisions—Wholesale.
London. March 11. -British troops
have resumtd suddenly their advance
on the Ancre and have won a bril-
liant success over the Germans.'
Attacking on a three-mile front, the
British have stormed the large vil-
lage of Irles and all the neighboring
defences.
This new fighting on the Ancre
was forced by Sir Douglas Ilaig. It
was -no part of the German retirement
to give up Irles at this time. The
best evidence that the Gremane want-
ed to hold the village and wanted to
hold it badly is the fart that fifteen
machine guns and four mortars fell
into Br•itich hands and many prisoners
were taken.
In fact it is hoped here that the'
taking of Isles r..ay mean the first
crack in the new German line pro-
tecting Bapaume. Idles is very close
to the strong Loupart wood position,
regarded by some as the key to Ba-
paume from the went.
The tholes that stormed the town
and its adjacent fortifications fu
foggy weather had an uphill task, yet
the War Office announces that their
losses were slight. When the Ger-
man retirement stopped the British
were on the southern outskirts of
Tries, the Germans still holding the
town. Irles straggles up the north-
ern bank of the upper Ancre, it:> fleet
house almost on the edge of that
stream, its last on the brow of a
ridge that runs nearly to Achiet-le-
Petit.
As the British advanced tiles found
themselves opposed by German strong
points to the east in a ruined mill, to
the west in trench labyrinths along
the embankment of the ruined Albert -
Arras railroad. Irles itself was such a
machine gun nest as the Germans
build on the Somme-Ancre front,
strengthened by trenches and en-
tanglements of the old German fourth
line and by a fortified cemetery at its
north-eastern corner.
All these obstacles were overcome,
however, in fierce fighting in which
the Germans were steadily forced
back, and to -night the British are only
a mile west of Lennart wood and the
came distance south of Achiet-le-Petit.
It is less than two miles to the Achiet-
ie-Grand railroad junction from Isles.
BRITAINOFFERS TO PURCHASE
UNMAN
P01�19�.G
Imperial Authorities Reported to Have Made Overtures to the
Western Grain Growers.
A despatch from Ottawa says: That
le British Government had expre?sed
willingness to purchase the Can-
dian wheat crop of 1917 at rates
mewhat below the prevailing mar-
t quotations was reported here on
ridgy.
The story became current following
c announcement that a newspaper
�Petc11 from Winnipeg credited the
Vernment with an intention to fix'
maximum and minimum price for
grain. It was not confirmed, how-,
•, by any member of the Govern -
et was alleged that the affee or the.
Imperial at,charities was communicat-
ed to representatives of the Western
grain growers organizations at a con-
ference which took place Met week,
and regarding which there has been
little information. It was sat,l that
the Government here was awaiting a
reply from the Grain Grower-' Asso-
ciations, and that that reply was ex-
pected oil Saturday or shortly there-
after.
Great. Britain has already mended
in the case of Australia the policy of
buying wheat directly from the pro-
ducers in the overseas dominions,
INLY INDI3N REGIMENTS
VHICH WON BAGI)AD VICTORY
ondon, March 12. -The Times,
orially discussing the capture of
dad, pays a handsome tribute to
Indian troops. It says: "We are
apt to speak as though the troops
eneral Maude's command were ex-
vely British. It must always
amembered that a very large pro-
portion of the forces he guided to
victory are Indian regiments and
cavalry, which hung on the Harks of
the demoralized Turkish army mei
chased it to the confines of Bagdad,
It must Have been almost exclusively
Indian cavalry and infantry which
bore many menthe of privations and
inch -dad Indian units which hacl al-
ready fought heroically in France, on
Gallipoli, and in Egypt,
11d 11 21 to 22c; breakfast bacon,
{real, -alien prisoners in A{iri1 0s
b
1915, members of the original canting- less, s3 to 34eucks, plain, 30 to 31c; bone -
eat, have succeeded in escaping, and ttlli rete- .7 t les e, tT ullee' f,2 >.0 22!tr1
bs 222 c , 123 to 2310:
have reached England. The men compound, 173 to 1"r11c.
state they had not much difficulty inClued meats -Long clear bacon. 13 to
136c per !b; clear bellies, 12 to 13,11,
escaping :with the rivers frozen. I ---
• Parcels are reaching the prisoners Montreal Markets.
mttclt more irregularly lately, which. is Montreal, Mar. 13.—Corn—American
('o, 2 11 740.•1 01,30 to 01.35,. (tats--
evidence that Germany's transport Canadian .woe ern, No• 2, 77 to 7sc; N0,
difficulties are increasing The con ;t 75 to 72e• extra No 3 reed 75 to 76c,
shout patents fleets, $0,50;
u S - barley-\htitf '4 °.36.
1 36 ]lour---Nrani-
1 ditlon of the p1'010110ra' camps are not (oba F1rrinR
: so good as was once the case, but these seconds, $13.30; o g i 5
Winter �,ntf pts choice, 0.> 2u sunLr,ht
.who a- a : i is t t t ri: per as 5'.•25. Rolled outs--icbls,' $7.00 to 57.15;
art• n bt eters' 11.10;
men think this is not due to the guard, rollers, .3,11(1 Lo 4j.3U; da hs,ss, 54.10 (0
le nw of n Ler su do.. ha5N, 90 lbs., 53.25 to 53.45, Bran -
well as possible, in order to avoid iron- $20.00 to $35.00. fihnrts, 538,00 to 540,00,
' ble in camp. When trouble does arise se,Te inga, 041.8° to 042,uo, 2Aieulllie
041' ]U to 013.5. flay --No. por ten,
the guards aro packed off to the .vest- car tats, $13.6o Co $14.00, CheesR-
ern front, Every German soldier ad_ fittest westerns, 363 to 370; finest east-
ern 261 Nutlet•--Choir•eet
nits he fervently hopes to avoid such a �gga _ mesh, 43 to 443. f
taken cart of well after Crossing th I'c,g. `')r tots, 03.66 to $s.6o.
i frontier, and were sent to England
rrearnery, 431°1
o 44o; seceders. 40 to 42c.
fate. Thurgood and Gordon were
uta toes- Per
Winnipeg Grain.
with seven other British who also ",clam p�l . Ater 12. -cash prices :
I
Nofthrrn, .$1.,x42; Nu. 3 Northern C7. h
latter, say the Ca.nadians, escape in'No. 4, $1.672; No. 6. $l.4xA; No, G. `i t.lo2;
Teed. $1.00. reXtl'o o. 2 l -,R'., O21e; No.
huge numbers. 3 C'.W.. Oen: extra Nn. 1 feed, enc: No,
escaped and nearly 250 Russians. The ie'tt - 0. 1 Northern. 3,.'s7k; N7, 23
1 feed. 503,': No. 2 Teed, 526e. Barley—
Teed,
arlo •—
Teed,O 14e. Flax -N • 1 N.15.., $.0311
I
N°. 2 (1a$ $2.60'x.
United States Markets.
1n ' $1.04: No 4.See• rejected,hl
POTATO EIIIARG(
IS NOT NOW LIKELY
Minister Finds Surplus of Some Two
Million Bushels.
A, despatch from Ottawa says: An
official statement given out by the Act-
ing Prime Minister, Sir George Foster,
on Thur,day diepo;ooe of the story that
an embargo will be placed on the ex-
port of potatoes from Canada, The
statement says: "Information gather-
ed from orificial and annfilciel sources
from all parts of Canada tudicate.e R
substantial surpiue of potatne.; over
and above seed and teed require-
ments. Under these circuul-{tutees
the Government does not think that
at present tun embargo is justified
The potato surplus in Canada at pro
and above seed and feed require-
ments for seed and food purpreme un-
til the next harvest is estimated by
t11e Department of Agtic lilt >10 at
about two million Lu';hels.
MEAT CONSUMPTION
IN BRITAIN LOE('LINI:(1
.1 ,Icsnatch from Londe says :-
'mere. h.o' Leen a substantial diminu-
tion of 011111 c, nsurnpti>m in Great
Britain 1e the result of the recent ap-
peal to the people by the Food con-
troller. :teeing ing th(tt they place t.hem-
ves on ration>. 1n consequence of
,.,n„ it was stated in the HouseofCom-
mons on Wednesday, there 15 no in-
tention at present to introduce com-
pulsory mcatie.1. days. The returns
«hawed, it wee :.aid, en increased dis-
,,sitien oe the pul't of the public to
adopt voluntary rationing, The Even-
ing Newe say that Baron D000nport,
the Food Cemrnlle>•, has decided to
��jj!ny ° 1r j� �°� ° put into efleet Met/15111MS to regulate
R. SIKS ANSWER is ?1 TO MISGIVINGS lard. fres of .,aeon, butter, cheerer and
ILL BE FORTHCOMING SHORTLY Dt13i►410\ ° ATV( ( INCREASED
t Armies Assembled on the Eastern Frew( Are Read:, tel
Enter the Spring Campaign.
espatch from Petrograd says:
Milner's statement regarding
ssions on Russia" is received
ith satisfaction. His account of
ermination of the Russian No-
on with the war undeterred
of the multitudinous disad-
s tinder which they are labor -
be readily endorsed by every'
Whatever the significance
can be no doubt :the Will 1••,daio fei(h-
ful to the allies to the en,1, Th: hest.
answer to any misappreholwion'e .and
misgivings which may hove betel en
gendered by the failure, of the army
machine to cope with the: 311,11n;d
difficulties of the war will 1,,, forth-
coming when the great mule!: as-
sembled on the eastern front enter
the spring campaign.
ar (tcrtley in 11 elontbs Double
.Amabut Las( Year.
:A rh..ludelt ftoin Ottown guys:.-
1)wninion rcveneit f>.e the eleven
Month= of the fiscal year 1utals $205,-
117,619, • 1.0111(1111,+d twiilt *111
313> iu the ,.anre period Net. year. For
t•'
mieee.voar47.1,,,) tht• f stimst e 1 $22.5,-
,0,0() F 1:4011. i'I+t•e111,e 411-6 $17,-
,ta,I71, to: incr,a:,e of about tufo arid
nl 3, L; 1 > i lb 1 The eleven
menthe' c <t onditnre on capital ace
(rat tt>, eelet>, 147.000; on currant ace
emelt, e1 tee 01,357. In the came
period war outlay was $1117,51)0,070,
eland. d. double the amount of last year,
\Iihnrapnl1e, Mar. 13. — %4'heo t--20>3',
$11>2: July, 51.31; ,soh ---No. 1 bard,
52.070 to $2,1,0k; No. 1 Northern, .41,9644
to .1>2.011:7 n, do., $1.:+43 to $2033(,
e,nh—No. 1 yellow, $1.030 to 11.003.
ttats---N". 2 white, 57 to 50c. Flour --
uncharged. l:>un- 543 to .$3.1,
Duluth 3lor. 12 literal-- \ 1 hard,
01101. No. 1 Northern. $;.06A; N0 2,
1. $1.51.5 to 01.213 May, 21.5;3 ,0117331; •
>;
h>lc, al 1109, s10 ils$2,ker91 i Jiulin0y. ee 1 32.12.I norrice,
Live Stook Markets.
'r..robto. Mauch 19.• -,.holo,• steers, 010to $11.25; d.. good, 010.10,
id 41,4,5,, butchers' ent;R:, choke. $10.20,
to $133.1,3'; dn., r;o>d. Sa.;10 to $10.1(1; do., 1
me,?luu>, 51,50 to $9.7;; an. common, 25
to 25_56: Lut•lua•s' 1,111s. choler? $9.75 to i
flu -i: de., gond bulls. 50.00 f0 0000;!
do 1.1 .4117111 b"lls $7 40 to $3 On• do I
he „ws.
rough halt0., $,i td 55.1; hub, re'' • •.
>.> e, 013.5'' to $10 do.. Rand. $4.59 1" , 1
a 4 46; 1 mrdlum. 57 Ir, $7,25: stuellers,
$$7 h, 43.30• choice Teodoro. Se to 010;
4'1111110PN 511>1 eutte>N, 51.21 to 55.50:
Inllitcre, gaal 10 chore, 151 to $110; do..
,•om purl mrd., -1031, 540 In 060: Ntll'10R-'
Ger+. 010 to 5110: light ewes. 510 to 511,70; t
.•h!, p. boas)', 50.50 1" 57.25; enlves,
Lu eh,ic,,, $12 t0 517 lambs, nhr>-',
*!4,2:, to 115; do,. medium. 010 to 11 ;
1,0gs. 0ed mud 1111ered, 1;5.75 In 311; >1,..
welshed es ",+s, 516.10: do.. f.o.b., $14.75
!n 511.91>,
Montreal, Ainr. 12.--C'onirn stool's,
316, 75, gond, 51 t $10; eh ,tt a ,V5 and 1
bu11s 4i, gond cows told lull.. 36 to'
511.5''; 'a 1111r0' 1,1111 85 t, $1 'annexe'
bulls, $5; calves, ohMurt mill fed, 5121
to 314; ;Micro, $0 to 8;;he n, 01 to ,
$10; boobs, 512 to 513: melee elsol
bogs of!' eats, 110.00 to $15.70; sows. ,
,
.
:A'.U} I .,,. ,A1JCI) ARM
WAS PUT BACK AGAIN
.00 SOUTH ;RICAN NATIVES
LOST WHEN TRANSPORT SUNK
Collided With Another Vessel 0111' the isle of Wight. While En
Route to France,
A despatch from London says; The
British transport Mendi, carrying
South African native 111110rers, wail
sunk after a collision on Feb. 21, and
025 persons lost their lives.
Ten of the persons lost were Euro-
peans, according to the announcement
on Friday to the South African Par -
Bement by Gen. Louis Botha, the Pre-
mier, The collision occurred off the
Isle of Wight. The official announce-
ment sayer
"Premier Botha stated to the South
African Parliament on Friday that
the transport Mendi, carrying the last
batch of the South Afrietln utttive la-
borer's contingent (the real of whole
were landed safely iu France), collid-
ed with another vessel ee route front
England to Havre and hank in 25
;minutes. The collision metered off
the Isle of Wight on 'Feb, 21. The
escort's seaehlight could not penetrate
the fog, but the survivors were res-
: erred by potting ve:'sels, Twelve I;u-
ropean oifdcore and 101 natives were
saved, Ten European and 015 natives
were lost. Difficulty in obtaining au-
ethentie information caused the delay
in making the announcement public,'
WAN' 7 MAY COME
BEFORE HARVEST
Prussian Food Controller Says
Reserves of Bread Are
Exhausted.
A despatch from London says: The
I'ruesian food controller, Dr. Congo
SikIotelis, made iu the I'ru,sdun Liber
on Wednesday what the 15oelnieel10
Zeitung culla a serious speech on the
food situation, says a Reuter despatch
from Amsterdam. Dr, Michaells (la-
thered that rho distress was such that
a mere severe surto of things, eep0-
edally in the largo industrial centres,
could hardly he imagined. IIe indi-
cated the possibility that all surplus
stoke of grain would be exhausted,
and eerier that very radical ,nea'elil•en
were needed to-eneble the people to
hold out until next year,
"We have in the third year of the
war," the food controller is (mated tie
saying, "discovered that among all
MORE THAN 187,000 WIDOWS
S
% sections of the people the general
ONTHE BRITISH PENNON UST feeling evidenced is not ane of that
Scheme in Its Entirety Will Involve a Capital Charge of
£396,000,000 and for the First Two Years 8125,000,000.
A despatch from London says I --
Minister
-Minister of Pensions Barnes gave
some astonishing figures in the House
of Commons on Wednesday when he
came to review the operations of the
Pensions Department. Ile explained
that the efinistry had charge of the
following:
Disabled men 140,275
Children of disabled men 157,544
Widows - 02,796
Children of widows 128,294
Dependent on deceased men 29,832
•
Total on books 518,741
Besides these there were 125,000
widows who are now drawing separ-
ation but will soon go on
anon allowances, s
the pension list; ((5,000 men in hospi-
tels, and 05,000 men medically unlit.
Those figures brouryht the total num-
ber of mels, women and children to
77:1,741. Medically unfit, of whom
over 100,000 were not to be granted
pensions, were to be put back where
the State found them. - In exceptional
cases thele would be a gratuity of
£100. The scheme in its entirety
would involve a capital charge of
£396,000,000, and for the first two
years 125,000,000,
CANADA BUSY TO RUH WORK
BUILDING SNIPS
Shortage of Ocean Tonnage
Results in Increased
Activity.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -
endurance for which we 11a1-11 1)01)00.
This is human nature, but it is highly
deplorable, and may have boat seri-
ous results.
"We have not perceived in the
towns that stern supervision which is
absolutely necessary in the diatribe -
tion of foodstuffs. There has been
wide -spread abuse of bread -tickets,
entailing grave consequences as re-
gards our stocks. Bread tickets have
been illegally used on such a shock-
ing scale that our entire reserves were
exhausted. So when potatoes failed
and bread 7000 ordered as a substitute
there was none available. P`lour has
been similarly reduced, owing to simi-
bar irregularities in the mills."
Dr, -Michaelis concluded by urging
the utmost severity to remedy the
short -comings while there was vet
time. Some of the mills weal, 11ave
• to be closed and the municipalities dee
prived of their autonomous powers.
Rationing and requeth er.:in;; must be
strictly applied with respect to eggs,
mills, butter, fruit and vegetables. He
added
"We are confronted with the
�,( ARMS
thought of what would happen if this
0331 3illeem:e1U SL$OI measure also should fail and what
)'rim stir lvation there would bc if sud-
denly during the closing months of the
economic year we should find there
was insufficiency and we ' ould not
hold out. The ensuing misery would
be indescribable."
Rights of Americans to Freedom
of the Seas to be
Protected.
-A despatch from Washington says:
Shortage of ocean tonnage and con- -President Wilson on Friday ordered
sequent high charter rates have re_ the alining of American a3a.orchant
salted in increased activity in ship- ships against Germany's ruthless sub -
yards in Canada with a probability of marine warfare, and at the seine time
still greater activity in the Hoar, issued et proclamation calling ae extra
future. Reports so far received Here session of Congress to meet April
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The President's decision came sari-'
indicate that more than one hundred; 10th. -....--
vessels ranging in size from 250 tons . denly late on Friday afternoon, fol -
to (1,000 tons steamships are my
lowin the action of the Servat on
under construction. Sailing vessels g e
are in the majority and most of them Thursday in revising its rules to per -
are being built on the coast of West-', blit -prompt action on important ques-
ern Nova Scotia. . Indeed it is stated 1 tions and the etibmi551011 of formal
that many yards' in the Maritime; opinion by Secretary of State Lansing
Provinces which had been idle since'; and Attorney -General Gregory that
he has the power to arm merchant-
men without action by Congress.
Details of the Gnvermuent's armed
neutrality plans for demure. the
steam replaced sail have now ships
on the stocks.
Two yards at Toronto, -those of the
Polson and Tho' Companies are re-
ported to be building steel steamer's merchant marine were withheld to
and there is activity in shipyards at avoid endangering American>t and
Port Arthur, and on the Pacific coast. their ships by permitting the- inform -
Norwegian capital is said to be inter -tion to reach Germany. Th: only
ested in steamers now in course of statement at the W1.itc'Honse and the
censtructiu:l, Navy Department was that the Pt•_+si-
dent was determined to fully protect
A It
BELGIAN AN INDI S7'RIt3S American Ell 1
ARE 'I'0 LIE SHUT DOWN
BRITISH AVIATORS 1
A deepatch from Amsterdam says:. STILL MASTERS OF ATR;
-The Telegraaf says there will bo run ! -
almost complete stoppage Lf industry . A despatch from London says :•—'
11 Belgium within 0 few days, the :Replying to a question in the house
German authorities asserting that this of Commons on Wednesday, .Tomes
s necessary owing to the Trek of cr111,MacPherson said the Government did
and transport facilities. Practically:not accept the accerecy 01' the reeori.
he entire population of Belgium will' recently rent from Berlin that the
be thus unemployed, with such few ele- 1 Germans had brought down eighteen
ceptiune as receive special permission ilor0l>ianea on the wentefn front 111 hoe
from the civil authorities to continuo 'tl(ty, Fable st>ttemeots mach as these
their businesses. I were made. in meter to ell •it the truth.
i,'1 can assure the member " ho aeld•od.
WOMAN CONDI>CT01t ''than we still uutintnin ulnotory of the
SC'0I E5 F()B IIF1R a Is7 air „
A lle:patch from T,nndntt says :--••'
A trans carr at Exeter ran merry down- ('O5'NT ZRl'PELI;,
Amaging Operation on Soldier Re- l
ported to he Successful.
despatch from London says :-A I
on of the Hon, 3. O'Grady, a1 member
of Parliament, wa0 tvonuled oven!
months ago in France in such manner
Hutt his arm had to be amputated, Thc,
surgeons cut off the arm, removed the
shattered bone and then put the arm
back nga111, setting the bone and 5001-
: ung the tendons, The arm has note
healed rind is gaining strength. The
patient can use It effectively, The
ol,h' d:'1e14, is that it 1t: :'> in45.01
cheerer than the other 1n -n,,
hill, struck the p>tr apct of 0 bridge
and overturned. One woman wa. kill-
ed, and two were injured. The eve-
nan 0011110clnr stuck to the car with
great pluck until pushed otf by a
lysterical .woman passenger, The
t10301t111 conductor was only slightly
ntrt, and scores n victory on behalf of
her sex in a titan's job.
A
; 5,000 FORESTERS WANTED.
More Canediaes Called Per, O1ing 10
'Timber Import 1'r0hiiletion.
IOF;!'OR1'Ii!) DEAD,
A despatch from Lo ;don says -.
According to le Berl'n telegram tran:'-
milted by Reuter'e Amete^dam tnr-
respirr1rllt, C'oent Zeppelin died on
Thursday forenoon at Charlottenl.n•g.
near let Ilin, from inflammation of the
lunge.
PA ENTS lag.I THIP C 1ULIIREN
Eighteen Thousand British 1 o-
nien Going to France.
A despatch from London says :---
Eighteen thousand women have volun-
teered to go to Fiancee and form a
British woman's army nusiliary corps.
These recruits for the "army behind
the army will be sent out in batches
of 200. Full peep:lratlone have been
made for hotel billeting mei tavern-
nwdctions.
'those direetieg the fa>n:ati:nt of
the corps say that -1111 ;vomer are de•
lighted at the opportunity to save the
tinny in the field, mal keenly devote
themselves to the regoiired inntrue-
tirts in hygiene and diecipliue, Three
weeks are giver, to 1> I lire; before
the volunteer:; leave I n .laed, Thit
training include.; tt military drill suit-
able for women, and each vohrotter is
moc•ulated.
.Five thousand will be eepat •bed to
France as seen as possible.. The to-
tal number that can he employed on
the west front is not yet known, but
doubtless thousands will ultimately
be enrolled to rllievt mei', th certain
duties in connection with the large
many undergoing treinit,g ir' tile.
United Kingdon-.
Though the antwttucemcnt that a
woman's corps would be t.ceented was
made only nine days ego, theapplica-
tions for enrollmeei Luvc boa so
numerous that no more will be con-
sideled for the preseel, i'h. n(tr.n
act as typists, ;death.>:,t' t,l,t..r
coons, pati r acs met.•-• t le>l-t1' 1.
dr14'!>' , of ntel t•se Beene el 11';1,
of nnskil, l labor, telephone, tele.
graph, an, peek! nof1. ,., tin1 aids
11) inl$L'ellatle'>U:1
Women beLWoee tt.e, to laid eorty
scars of ago :u'e .tc .+l They
work forty-two Leal h 1 t 1: f 2.,.I
nage.. lemisting for It'll;. !emailn,
they reeei •e u btmus :,f iii,' enund:-
they re-cnliet nt the end of the lir:u'.
, as ape eeee, .n d..n,.-.
aF k q6 4 t PIM rrFnt; r `t E411"1'Y[NOGIUM
F ALI, USEFUL (003)S
Terrible Conditions :sarong Prussian Poor Ire Described by
Socialist Member in Speech in Diet.
A deal>atci1 from London va3 e e "rhe. pnn'(111y tinning elderly
-`3390910 is inernaedeg at 1t terrible rate,
i while mildemier'. al•e ;.prr.adiug• every-
where
verywhere owing to the decrcnoed powers
of rsslalanee. The 111Un111cn is much
More .orleils than bas been admitted.
TL'o 11tnnlle'l' i3O 0utetacT. is lnorouoh,g,
suet parents arc killing their children
ow1> t' >0 their duahilily to obttdu fend
rot. Irma. vet the !oleo of potatoes,
which 1nne llgn I.oa,1tn0 ernrerally
6ea1'fe, ie to be t 11L'Ieamote''•.
"I'htts far only fragmentary reprise of
he vernarlteleo debate is the Pleteelen
eet on the food Crisps have Leen
,rinlc'd 111 the'German noteepaj,c05,"
eye a despatch from 15n1ter0 ,Aar
1ortiato ccrrnspr;ndadn. ' 1'1ip; cot••
tad,rts, l'eleU',ed drrldnv. eoul(0)31 the
allowing 1>nseeee from the speech of
Torr 5fofer to SOCislls1 member 01 the.
A despt>tch from (hews
A call liras Leen issue' 1' n' 3,.1(151 111nre
• ("anadil>1011 for forcet!e vrurk in the 1
United Kingdom, le. a re,,ttlt of 3110 '8
prohibition u1' I:n'iev i:macer . 'I'lif-y `
will go er.er i(1 deaf! :. Lentheri>,5
' i! .periet•ce d; 1 of es. sly, but military f
medical 01151utatir,net err. sume',0hat re.I
I'1'u' 010 Dtet)1
A despatch from 'Havre, France,
sees:- General von Bdssil>g•, Govereor.
of llelffil'm, hap tesued a dr"ares meter-
ing the seizure thrullghotlt Belgium of
certain articles for rrnm'oalto (4er-
matlly when tile (pla1161)1e:: held by tray
owner exceed earthen speclfte,l 1111111-
be!s or weights. 'Ilieee 1111sixty
articles of the list, inelulnri, tilde
cloths, napkins, silks, mmuuf.-lturc,,i
or raw; waterproof Muffs mei gee -
merits, oil cloths, woolen yarns, ll1itcs
of every sort, animal hair, bristles,
felt, old or new blenlictu, ttu'pe.ulirl,
let;ginv. , knee bandager, and other
sanitary trrtieles. The country, 12C-
cording to advices receiver) were>is be-
ing emptied lmeim' this decree of
everything useful to Germany.