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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-09-27, Page 7t CENTRAL SPAN OF QUEBEC BRIDGE BOLTED INTO PLACE Successful .Accomplishment of Vast Engineering Feat Gives Canada Largest Structure -of its Class in the World, A despatch from Quebec says: -The steel structure of the greatest canti- lever bridge ever designed was eom- pleted at 3.28 p,m, on Thursday when the big central 'span of the Quebec bridge was bolted into position. After 11 years of work and two aecidenta, which cost the lives of 78 men, the bridge is practically finished, but it Will bo some months yet before trains can bo run across it. It will be about throe years before the final touch is put to the structure, which has yet to be pointed at a cost of $35,000. The bridge," which is 3,239 feet in length, cost hi the neighborhood of $20,000,000 to build, and the total weight of the steel structure is 180,000,000 pounds. Work was begun in 1906, and the en- gineers at that time planned to throw out the two great cantilever arms un- til they mot 150 feet -above the water. in midstream. In 1907, when the south cantilever arm was all but com- pleted it collapsed, precipitating more than 100 men into the river, Of these, 70 lost their lives, The bridge was then redesigned and the engin- eers determined to avoid the menace of collapse from cantilever arms of such great length by building the cen- tral span on pontoons, floating it into position and hoisting it to its place. Last year the attempt to hoist the central spun ended disastrously, 'when the lifting apparatus broke, This ac- cident cost the lives of eight more men. The pinning up of the central span to the hangers that aye to permanent- ly support it marks thesucceesful ae- eomplishment of an engineering feat without equal in the annals of Banti lever Midge building, and gives to Canada the credit of possessing a structure the largest of its class in the world. CHINA OFFERS 300,000 SOLDIERS Would Send Troops to France if Desired. A despatch from Pekin says: An- nouncement is made in Government circles that the Chinese Cabinet; pro- vided the Entente powers approved, is willing to send 300,000 soldiers to France in compliance with the French request, An appeal has been made to the United States to aid China, as the Entente allied powers were helped, financially, to equip her troops. A despatch from. Tokio says: The Chinese Government has sounded Jap- an on the proposed despatch of Chi- nese troops to Europe and the indica- tions are that Japan will offer no op- position to such actiononthe part of favor for the first five months of the China. present fiscal year is $180,000,000. Commenting on the advocacy The total imports for August abroad of Japan's -participation in the amounted to $91,931,000, as against land fighting, the semi-official Times $72,881,014 for August last year. BIG -INCREASE IN - CANADA'S TRADE Total For First Five Months"of Fiscal Year $1,128,274,119 A despatch from Ottawa says: Trade figures for August and the first five months of the present fiscal year, made public by Hon. J. D. Reid, show that Canada's great trade expansion continues unabated. Last fiscal year Canada's trade aggregated two billion dollars, ,.but' at the present rate the trade -for the present fiscal year should be at least five hundred mil- lion more than last year's great re- cord. For the first 5 months of the pre- vious fiscal year our total trade was $768,635,214, while , for the corre- sponding period, this year it is $1,- 128,274,119. The trade balance in our declares that as Japan is not directly `menaced by Germany no sufficient reason exists to send troops and the allies should be satisfied with Japan's. naval and other assistance. DOZEN BRITISH SHIPS SAVED BY THE SMOKE -BOX SYSTEM A despatch from London says: - The Press Association hears on high naval authority that the new defen- sive measures against submarine war- fare are meeting with succes4, justi- fying the hope of a further reduction in the losses, and says it can be stated on official authority that the results of the methods adopted in the past month give cause for growing confidence. According to an Admiralty _.state- ment dozens of :hips have been saved by the smoke -box system, which the Admiralty during the past few months has supplied a majority of -British meresantmen. • CHECK TO BE PUT ON POTATO PRICE A desjiatch from Ottawa says: -A check is to be put on the speculator in potatoes. The Food Controller an- nounces steps to prevent inflation of prices. From information obtained through the Fruit and Vegetables Conunittee, the Food Controller considers that in Toronto, Ottawa,' Montreal and other centres in Ontario and Quebec the price of Ontario and- Quebec potatoes to the consumer should bo about $1.25 per bag of 90 lbs. There appears to be an ample supply now .assured to meet a largly increased consumption, which will doubtless follow a drop in prices. COAL DEALERS WARNED ABOUT RAISING PRICE A despatch from Ottawa says: -The office of the Dominion Fuel Controller on Friday repeats the warning to coal dealersthroughout the country that objection will be taken to any advance in the price of coal being made with- out notification first being sent to the Fuel Controller. The view of the Fuel Controller is that the coal deal- ers -had a liberal profit last summer, sufficiently so to enable them to con- tinue the present prices into the win- ter, and give the smaller users 0f coal the same price, notwithstanding any increase that the mines .may make at this time, LOTS OF CRUDE 0I1.4 FOR IT. S. AND ALLIES. A despatch from Atlantic City, N.J., says: There is not the slightest dan- Oer of a deficieney in the supply either f crude oil or its products, kerosene find gasoline, for the use of the Unit- ed States or its allies in the war, in Ythe opinion of A. C. Bedford, of New ork, President of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Mr. Bed - tont expressed that conviction in an Address ho delivered here before the War Convention of the American Ohamber of Commerce. For the five months of the present fiscal year, ending with August, our total imports were valued at $474,- 031,859, and for the same ;period last year $322,198,831. With this increase in our import trade has come a corresponding increase in revenue for August of $3,075,000, and for the five months, $17,540,000. The export trade shows a corre- sponding increase of from $96,832,- 161 96,832;161 in August last year to $152,568,- 345 during the corresponding month this year. For five -months our ex- port trade totalled $672,022,649, -an increase of $217,291,385 over the same period last year. Fisheries show an increase for the month of $200,- 000 in export, animals and the pro- duce $8,000,000, agricultural pro- ducts $25,000,000 and manufactures $27,000,000. There was a slight de- crease in exports. of mineuals, and $2,000,000 decrease in products of the forests. GERMANS • USE FLAMING BULLETS New Kind of Frightfulness Sets Men's Clothing on Fire. British Headquarters in Fiance, Sept. 23. -It is'reported that the Brit- ish battalions which captured Shrews- bury forest and Bulger wood', to the east of the former place, in Thurs- day's drive, experienced a new kind of German frightfulness. The advancing troops aro said to have been fired on with "flaming bullets." These bullets set the men's clothing afire, and in several instances, according to the account received Here, wounded men had to be rolled in the mud by their comrades to extinguish the flames. MORE.. POSITIONS TAKEN BY BRITISH Consolidated .New Gains and Captured"3,243 Prisoners. London, Sept. 23z -British troops,. rafter repulsing a German attack north-east of Langemarck, in Flan- ders, early to -day, attacked in tern and captured additional defences from the Germans as well as a number of prisoners. The official report from British headquarters in F1'a'nco to- night adds that on .the rest of the Ypres fighting area the British are consolidating their new positions. So far'in.the recent operations there the British have captured 3,245 prisoners. RUSSIAN SUCCESS ' ON RIGA FRONT A despatch from Petrograd says: - The Russians on . Wednesday on the Riga front repulsed an attack by the Germans With great losses to the in- vaders, according to the statement is- sued by the Russian War Office. The Rumanians were compelled to abandon enomy positions that they had oc- cupied in the region of Ocna. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig This remarkable group photographed on the front in France shows several of the mightiest men of Great Britain and France. In the group are from left to right: Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions; Geri. Sir Douglas Ilaig, Commander -in -Chief of the British forces, operating in France, and the man who is directing the great drive in Flanders; Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne; and Lloyd George, the British Premier, who is the directing genius of the British Empire in the war. General Sir Doug- las Haig is shown telling Lloyd George of the progress of the war, and from the expression on his face and his gesture it can be gained that he is speaking most optimistically. Marshal Joffre is ready to affirm any of the British, General's assertions,.. for Joffre is perhaps better acquainted than any of the French and British officers with the strategic moves planned and being carried out at the present moment. Telling Lloyd George of Progress. PLOTS UNCOVERED BY UNITED STATES Incredible Story of German Con- spiracies Involves New - York Judge. Washington, Sept. 28. -The most startling revelation of German in- trigue in the United States that has been made since the war -began, im- .plicating well-known men who claim American citizenship and involving a Supreme Court justice in New York City, was -made last night by the Gov ernment committee of Public Infor- mation. "In the form of letters, telegrams, notations, cheques, receipts, ledgers, cash books, cipher codes, lists of spies and other memoranda," the commit- tee says, "were found indications - in some instances of the vaguest..na- ture, in others of the most damning conclusiveness -that the German Im- perial. Government, through its repre- sentatives in a then friendly nation, was concerned with: "Violation of the laws of the United States. "Destruction of lives and property in merchant vessels on the high seas. "Irish revolutionary plots against Great Britain. - "Fomenting ill -feeling against the United States in Mexico. "Subornation of American writers and lecturers. "Financing of propaganda. "Maintenance of a spy system un- der the gqise of a commercial inves- tigation bureau. "Subsidizing of a bureau for the purpose of stirring labor trouble in munition giants. "The bomb industry and other re- lated activities." CHINESE ARMY FOR FRANC. Trial Division. of 24,000 Soldiers Will Reach Front by January 1st. A despatch from Pekin says: The President and the Cabinet have agreed to the plan of sending a trial division of 24,000 Chinese .soldiers to France, if money, equipment and shipping are available. The Entente allies have approved the proposition, and Franco is eager to receive the contingent, The Chinese probably could reach France by January 1. An abundant number of fairly trained soldiers is immediately available for the expedi- tion. OLD MEN AND BOYS SEIZED IN BELGIUM. Havre, Sept, 28. -The German mili- tary authorities at Bruges, Belgium; aro conscripting forcibly all the boys and men of that city between the ages of 14 and 60 to work in munition fads tories and shipyards. The rich and Boor, the shopkeepers and workmen all are being taken, only the 4 school teachers, doctors and priests escaping.1 The Germans virtually conducted raids in the city, according to reports' received here, seizing men in their homes, in the streets and in all public 1 places. The Provincial Committee has been ordered by the Germans to re- lease 75 per cent, of its staff, Bruges is the capital of the Pee-, Unice of West Flanders, lying 55, Miles north-west'ef Brussels and 14 miles east of Ostend. Tho popula tion in 1914 was about 55,000.• I RUSSIAN C ; Y CAPTURED BY HUNS Jacobstadt and Positions on 25 - Mile Front Abandoned to the Enemy. • London, Sept. 23.--Jacobstadt, on the Dvina, has been captured by the Germah forces on the Russian front, together with the positions on a front of 25 miles and six miles deep on the west bank of the river, army head- quarters announced to -day. The Russians, after giving up their bridgehead and the' terrain it protect- ed, fled to the opposite bank of the Dvina, leaving Jacobstadt in German hands, together with more than 400 prisoners - and more than 50 guns. The 'German aviators engaged in the operations at Jacobstadt were under the leadership -of Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia, cousin' of Emperor William. MUCH CANADIAN FOOD NEEDED Britain Wants 10,000,000 Tons From Canada and U. S. A despatch from London says: In- auguration of a now food economy campaign in Great Britain was an-: nounced on Thursday by Baron Rhondda, the Food. Controller. "If voluntary measures fail," 110 said, "I shall have no compunction in putting the nation on compulsory rations." Baron Rhondda added that the clanger of the situation ' did not lie in the submarine peril, but in the world's shortage of cereals, meats and fats. Baron _Rhondda made this state- ment to correspondents, after telling them that the minimum food stuff re quirements, from .Canada and the United States during the forthcoming ,twelve 'months would be more than 10,000,000 tons, •representing an ex- penditure of 5260,000,000. • GEN. HAIG'S NEW OFFENSIVE IS BIGGEST IN• .RECENT MOMS Marked Success Attended Advance of British Troops in Crucial Sector Between Ypyes•Roulel's Railway and Holilebeke; A despatch from the British Armies in France .and Belgium says: The British at daybreak on Thursday launched a heavy offensive against the Gorman' defences about the Ypres sa- lient along an extended front, which has its centre around Inverness Copse, and astride the Ypres-Menin road, a little south-east of Hoogo. From the first moment of going over the top the assault proceeded with marked success, especially in the cru- cial sector between the Ypres-Roulers railway and Iloliebeke, where the Bri- tish early in the day lead forced their way forward over marshy ground and through woods filled with machine,. mina to a considerable depth, and were continuing the bitter fight in the neighborhood of the famous Inverness Copse, Nun's Wood and Glencorse Wood, where much blood has been shed since the allies began the Battle of Flanders on July 31. Thursday's attack was another fine success for British arms, Our troops penetrated to a depth of a mile, which is a wonderful achievement, consider- ing the ground advanced over. Tho troops reached the Sennebeke-Gholu- velt line, and also advanced beyond the central parallel of Polygon Wood. Wo are now bombarding the Germans, who are massed for a counter-attack. It is believed that the number of prisoners will reach four figures. Every shell -hole yielded about a dozen prisoners, sometimes surrendering without resistance and sometimes fighting stubbornly, In one instance the inmates of a semi -concealed era - tel' held up our troops for some time by bombing. In other instances the enemy came out with fixed bayonets, as the barrage crept towards them. A despatch from London says: The number of German prisoners taleen by the British in Thursday's fighting on the Belgian frontnow exceeds 3,000, according to the British War Office statement: The British repulsed sev- eral strong counter-attacks of the en- emy, who suffered exceptionally heavy losses. British Headquarters in France says: German officers taken prisoner in Menin road battle were impressed greatly with the magnitude of the British success, and have expressed keen dissatisfaction with their own higher command. They freely admit the great efficiency of the British ar- tillery preparation before the attack, and characterize as awful those tre- mendous Barrages which swept over the German territory ahead of the as- saulting troops. The vast number of German bodies which lie in the muddy shell holes within -the territory tra- versed by the British and the devasta- tion wrought by the big guns give added strength to their testimony. Markets of the World Breadstnlfs Toronto, Sept. 25 -Manitoba wheat - No. 1 Northern. 32,21; No, 2, do., $218; No, 3, do, 5TL'2.711115; ani. No, 4 wheat, 52.10. in store, Fort OIanitoba oats -No. 2 C,W., 67, in store, Fort William. An o trackmericaTorontoc.rn-No, 9 yellow, nominal, Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 6Oe, nomi- nal; ., 5 to freightsNo.3, outfllddo5e, c, nominal, aoaording Ontario wheat -New, No. 2, $2,17 to 52.20, according to freights outside. Peas -Nominal. Barley -Malting, .now, 51.12 to $1.20. according to freights outside. outside. Rye -No, 2, 51.70, according to freights Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags,. $11.60; 2nd do., 911.00; strong bakers', do., $10.60, Toronto, Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, $10.20; in bags, track Toronto, prompt shipment. 1!tlifeed-Car lots -Delivered Mont- real freights, bags included -Bran. per ton, $35; shorts, do., 142; middlings, do., $46 to 546; good feed flour, per bag, $3.25. liay-No, 1, new, per ton, 511.00 to $11.50; mixed, do„ $3 to 59.00, track Toronto. Straw -Car lots, per ton, 57 to 57.50. trade Toronto, Country Produce -Wholesale Butter-Creanmery, solids, per lb., 39 to 3900; prints, per lb., 393 to 40c; dairy, per 1b., 33 to 34c, eggs -Per doz., 40 to 410. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices :- Cheese -New, large, 23 to 231c; twins, 234 to 2330; triplets, 230 to 240; old, large, 30e;. twins, 3000; triplets. 303c. Butte's -Fresh dairy, choice, 39 to 400' creamery prints, 42 to 43c; solids, 410 to 42c. Eggs -Ne* laid, in cartons, 52 to 540; out of. cartons, 40 to 470. Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,- 25 to 80c; fowl, 20 to 22c; squabs, per doz., 14 to $4.60; turkeys, 25 to 30c; dunks, Spring, 22e. Live poultry -Spring chickens, lb., 22e: hens, 20 to 22e; ducks, Spring, 20c, 'Honey-Comb-llxtra fine, 16 oz., 33.25; 12 oz.. 32.75: No. 2, 32.40 to 52.50. Strained -Tins, 20's and 6's, 17c per lb; 10'5 16 50; 60's, 15 to 16c, Beans -No Canadian beans on market until last of October; imported hand- picked, $7.75 per bush; Limas, per Ib„ 16 to 16o. Potatoes, on track -Ontario, per bag, 51.80 to $1.86. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 30 to Ole; do., heavy, 20 to 27c; cooked, 41 to 43c; rolls, 27 to 280; breakfast bacon, 36 to 400; backs, plain, 33 to 39c; bone- less,. •12 to 41c, Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 27 to 273c 1h: clear bellies, 261 to 27c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 26 to 2660; tubs, 203 to 2020: palls, 203 to 37e; compound, tierces, 20 to 2000; tubs, 303 ;to 204a; pails, 200 to 210. Montreal Markets Montreal, Sept. 26 -Oats -Canadian Western, No. 2, 771e; No. 3, 760c; extra No. 1 feed, 7010; No. 2 local white; 700; No..3 local white, 690. Barley Mani- tobafeed, $1.29: malting, 31,33, Flour - Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, ARGENTINA TO DECLARE WAR 1160; seconds, $11.10; strong bakers', 10.90; Winter patents, choice, $12.00; AND SEND TROOPS TO FRANCE straight rollers, $11.60 to 511.00; • do., Uag's, $6,00 t0 $6.76. Rolled. oats-lSble., $8.70 to 38.00; do„ bags, "90 lbs., $4,20 to A despatch from Buenos Ayres $4.40. Bran, 339,00 to $35,00. Shorts, says: The. Chamber of Deputies late 1510uniie, $616 00 n 10 360 0600 Fla .-No02, on Friday postponed discussion until per ton, ear loth, 510,60 to 911) Cheese to -morrow of the crisis with Germany -Fin sat Westerns, 211c; finest Sost- erns, 2170, butter -Choicest creamery, caused by the unfriendly action of 420 to 45c; seconds, 415 to 42e. Eggs - Count von: Luxber the dismissed Fresh, 53 to 64e; selected, 47 to 480• g, No, 1 stock 42 to 440; No. 2 stock, 43 Gerinan minister. This postponement to 41c. potatoes -Pet' bag, car lots, was taken after receipt of a state- $1'65. to 31,60. ment from: -Foreign Minister Pueyl•- Winnipeg 'train redon that the Government has re -i 'YInnlpeg, Sept. 26 -Cash prices- ceived information which ho svill pre-; Wlteait-No, 2 ,Z'1o,•thete. 52,10; sent to the Congress to -morrow, After • n 52'13No. 4' S-5110; No, 6. $1,01' g ,o. 0, 31'.91.• feed ,70. Oats -No, a meeting of the Ministry on Friday, ,C.W., ' 'Ole; ow. i, f et1, 00e; extra oa O.e1 afternoon it was announced that thea 6300, 13evley-No, 8, 51,20 No, 4, $1.16; Government wee prepared to take rejected. 51. S; fro' 2c."'. $3 o. .�NIo, grave and rapid measures in view of 8, tto., $3.10, certain new developments. 'A high' ---- Government official declared that these JJI United :hates Markets measures probably would include an I Minneapolis, :Sept. 25-0orn-No, 6 yellorv, $2,06 10 52.08, hats --No. e. immediate declaration. of war against, white, 6s to 6930. Flour-t.'nohanged, Germany, to be followed by the de- Bran --500,50 to $32. 15ultitlt, Sept. 26 -Linseed -$3.440, snatch of troops to•<Europe. September, $3.443 bid' sidebar, 33.445 bid; November, $8,421 bid; December, RUMANIAN SOLDIERS' WOUNDS $3.Oo3 bid. DRESSED WITH SAWDUST. sive Stook Markets A despatch from Washington says: Rumania is so short of medical sup- plies that wounds of her soldiers aro being dressed with sawdust, says a cablegram received here from the American Red Cross Commission to Rumania. The cablegram adds that the Rumanian railroad system is bad- ly crippled, and that there is urgent. need for ambulance transport, with drivers and mechanics. Toronto sept. 25 --Extra choice heavy steers, 51110. to 512' do.. good heavy, 510.2s to 310,75; butchers' cattle, c1i0ioe, $11.70 to 510.26; de., geed, $0 to 50.40; do„ nnedlum 58,25 to 38.66; clo., common, 56.76 to 57.10; butchers' bolls, oholco, 51.30 to 58,655• ch., gond bulla 57,40 to 87,56; do, medium bulls, 55,85 to 57.10: do., rough bulls, 35 to. 55; butchers' cows, eholee, 53 to $3,25; do, good, 7,56 to 37.60; do,. medium, 56:60 to 0.76; stool;ern, 87.50' to. 30.20; feeders. 8 01(10019 a e t to 0' nd t tt rs .d o 0 to $ S 0• nillc t not S i 75 n a 5 1 to choice, 0Ot to , g 1 n - 36; d ., cpm. anti 31x0 $76 tc $3G 5prlugers, 300 t0 3136; 11 gTat"owsp, 49.64 10 $11.50; sheep, heavy, 55,75 t0 $17.'60; yearlings, 311 to $12; oalvos, g0od 1.0 i choice, $14.50 to 516.25; Spring lambs, $15.75;. hogs, fed and watered, $17.60 to $18; do., off cats, $17.75; do, 1.0.b., $15.60. Montreal, Sept. 26 -Choice steers, $10.50; good, $9.76 t0 310: lower grades, 90; butchers cows, $6.60 to $8.50; bulls, $7.26 to 59.00; canning bulls, $6 to $6.25; cows, $5 to 56.25; Ontario lambs, $14.75 to 310.26; Quebec lambs, $13.60 to 514.00; sheep, 58.60 to 310; choice milk -fed calves, $14 to $16; lower grades, 59 to 512; selected hogs, 517.60 to $18. CAN t.1IANS CON- SOLIDATING GAINS Road and Railway Maintenance Men at Work East of Ypres.,. Canadian Headquarters in France, Sept. 23. -Occasional attempts to raid our outposts, sharply repulsed, are the only evidence of enemy infantry activ- ity on this front. The use of gas shells in considerable numbers is an- other device of the Germans which re- quires constant vigilance at night on the part of the men in our trenches. There has been a marked renewal of the enemy activity during the past few days. This seems to be associat- ed'with the, increase in his long-range shelling of the back areas and the counter -battery work. While the Canadians had no part in winning Thursday's victory in the region east of Ypres, where for many months in 1915 and 1916 they kept the flag flying under most difficult condi- tions, they are doing their full part in the consolidation of the ground won. As at Messines, part of the road and railway maintenance under fire is un- dertaken by companies of Canadians P who. have remained in the Ypres re- gion ever since 1915. COSTA RICA BREAKS WITH TEUTONS. A despatch from San Jose, Costa Rica, says: The Costa Rican Govern- ment by en official act on Friday afternoon severed diplomatic relations with Germany. Passports were hand- ed to the diplomatic and Consular re- presentatives- of Germany here and the Costa Rican legation and Consuls in Germany were recalled. The peo- ple and the newspapers strongly ap- proved of the Government's action. A despatch from San Jose said that diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and Germany were considered severed because President Tinoco had discovered that German residents there had joined with the followers of former President Gonzales in conspir- ing against the Government. ARGENTINA POSTPONES BREAK WITH GERMANY Buenos Ayres, Argentina, Sept, 23, -Just as the Argentine Chamber of Deputies was preparing to vote on the question of breaking diplomatic relations with Germany, an official communication was received from,the Berlin Foreign Office. The note dis- approved of the idea expressed by Count von Luxburg, the German Min- ister inister here, regarding Germany's "cruiser warfare." The word "cruiser" leaves some doubt as to whether or not Germany intends to modify her submarine campaign. However, a declaration of•' war by Argentina on Germany has been postponed, ITALIANS GAIN ON JULIAN FRONT. Rome, Sept.. 23. -Gen. Cadorna's forces made. progress last night at several points on the Julian battle- ; front, In the 13ainsizza Plateau, the Austrians, after a violent artillery! preparation, repeatedly attacked the' ''Italian positions in the region of Bel and- waot of t olnik, but were repulsed. TRY PAINTING TOUR SHOES, Black Paint is Said to Preserve Shoo Leather Almost Indefinitely. Big inventions sometimes come • by accident, and leather men are to -day experimenting to prove the claims og the emplpyee of a Chicago outwit)* bile factory that ordinary black paint, properly applied, will preserve shoe leather almost indefinitely, . The auto- mobile man, driven by the advancing prices of the neighborhood cobbler, was mending the uppers of his shoes at home one evening. When he was done lie scraped an accumulation of black paint off the sales. He was ass. tonished to find that the leather un- derneath the paint showed no -signs of wear. Constant walking over the be- smeared drying -room floor, he found, had worked the paint clear through the soles. Numerous tests since have Apgar.. ently demonstrated that when ordin- ary black paint (hard finish), such as may be had from any local dealer, is applied to sole leather certainchanges take place, The first coat soaks into the fibers, or pores. This process requires at least two days. Then a second liberally laid on and allowed to remain the same length of time forms a thick jelly. A third coat gums the surface, and a final one will harden perfectly in four days. The cost of this initial treatment does not exceed 25 cents, and the shoes, whether new or old, it is claimed, have a well-prepared pair of soles. The hot sidewalks of sum- mer will only bake the preparation on still harder. If the paint is thorough- ly dried it cannot come off on rugs or carpets. The secret of the treatment seems to lie in the thorough drying of each layer, MORE WASTED THAN WOULD FEED ARMY A despatch from Ottawa says: - The enormous wastage in food throughout the :Dominion is indicated in statistics compiled by the Food Con- troller. It is estimated that, owing to carelessness and inefficiency, there is wasted in garbage every year food to the value of $56,000,000, or about $7 per head of the total population, By complete national organization and rigid economy, it is thought, the cost of living can be reduced by five cents per day for each individual. Counting in the elimination of gar- bage waste, this would mean an an- nual saving of $25.55 per head, or a national grand total saving of $204,- 1400,000, enough to feed an army of one million men for a year. The estimated preventable waste in garbage alone is more than sufficient to feed all Canada's soldiers. overseas. Were one million Canadian families to save one slice of bread ,per week there would be a weekly saving of ' 71,250 one -pound loaves -enough to feed 3 1-3 divisions of soldiers for LENS GARRISON EAGER, TO EVACUATE THE CITY. A despatch from Canadian Army Headquarters in France says: Pres- sure upon the defences of Lens is un- relenting. Posts have again been pushed out into "No Man's Land" in the region south-east of St. Laurent. The Germans are being literally z d out of Lens, prisoners aand pr soners declare the garrison would welcome the order to evacuate. Enemy orders are still to hold on at all costs; but there is keason to believe the cost is becoming too great, since the occupa- tion by us of the northern suburbs permits the projection of gas into the town from the north as well as from the south and west. BLOCKADE MEASURES WILL BE MORE RIGID.. A despatch from London says: Lord Robert Cecil, British Minister of Blockade, and Albert Metin, under- secretary of the French Foreign Of- fice in charge of blockade matters, had a conference here with the object of gaining closer co-operation from the United States in a policy which aims at exercising more rigid pres- sure on the enemy, This policy will be carried out without interference with the economic condition of neu- tral' countries. REFUSE SAFE CONDUCT FOR GERMAN DIPLOMAT. A despatch from London says: It is learned that Great Britain does not at present intend to approve any Replica- tion for a safe conduct for Count von Ipuxbnrg, the German Minister to Ar- gentina, whose passports have been handed to him by the Argentine Gov- ernment. 4,900 BRITISH KILLED IN ONE WEEK. A despatch from London says: Casualties in the British ranks re- ported for the week ending Sept. 18 follows: Killed or died of wounds, 135 offi- cers and 4,766 men; officers wounded or missing, 481, and men wounded or missing, 21,843, FURTHER LOANS MADE BY U. S. GOVERNMENT.; A despatch from Washington says; Loans of $50,000,000 to England and $20,000,000 to France made dry. til United States Government, bring t1 toi'al thus far advanced to the allie up to $2,891,400,000. '