The Seaforth News, 1918-01-03, Page 3•
Relief For IHalifax Victims,
One of the Trucks Kent from B0,stott icor relief work at ilalifax,
PRESIDENT TAK S OVER 'TED STATES
SIFF BLOCICADE Markets of the World
•. OFF HUN -:;;;1";;li,,,
J Tee) et.. 1m I etenitohrt weal No,
1 Nr rat, +n 12¢ Nn. -2 i 12.204;.
NoJ, do 19.17i; 10 4 wheal. 12.1us,
in 14010 J or,SS'(ht uninehullb 2,10 tug,
t"r hope's Neutrals No L ong4lr Notate Ir t t,> No,' 1 l' Ye. alae Nn.
Feed Germany. No, , 'Peed, 70110, to store Poet 14iiilaln.
A despatch from Loddon says; Ger-
many is DOW believed to be etfeeivally
blceltaded. According to estimates
made here, she slow is completely cut
off from receiving imports from other
than her alliee, owing to the fart that
the prevailing shortage of foodstuff's
in neutral countries near by has made
It necessary for them to withhold
from her any imports needed by their
own people.
Virtually =thing is now permitted
to go into Holland or the Scandina-
vian countries from England, the
United States or any other of the
Entente countries. These now almost
control the whole world's exports of
foodetutfs, feeding stuffs and raw ma-
teriais of every hind,
This stiffening up of the blockade is
attributed here to the policy adopted
by the United States in July of with-
holding its exports from neutral
RAILW£+ aountries near Germany except on
AY LIN 'S O DEC E 28 terms tinder which they must cease
theeexport even of their own produce
--
Drastic Step Announced by President Wilson' to 'Make Nation's
Transportation Facilities Serve War Needs.
A despatch from Washington says:
President Wilson formally announced
his decision to take possession and
assume control at noon o11 Friday,
December 28, of each and every
system of transportation in the United
States. Possession of the transporta-
tion systems of -the country will bs
taken through Secretary of War Bek-
er, but after the railroads and other
transportation facilities have come
into the actual possession of the Gov-
ernment, they will be operated under
the direction of Willian G. McAdoo,
the parent Secretary of the Treasury.
Mr. McAdoo- was appointed by the
President to serve as Director -General
of Railroads.
'Through the action tate1 •
he Pre-
sident
e-
sidert hopeS to be able to cut the
"Gordian knot" of the tangle of con-
fusion into which the transportation
facilities of the nation have been
brought as a result of the efforts made
since the nation entered the war, to
handle the movement of troops, moni-
tions and war commodities, without
at the same time sacrificing the actual
transportation needs of the nation
and its commerce.
ST FANSS N AND WEMYSS NEW
PARTY ARE SAFE SEA LORD
Canadian :Explorer and Colnpan3
Arrive at Fort Yukon,
Alaska.
A despatch from Ottawa says:
Vllhjalmate Stefannson, the Canadian
explorer, and his party, are safe, A
mess=age received by Mr. G. J. Des.
berate, .Deputy Minister of Naval Af-
fairs, announces that Mr. Stefannson
and party have arrived safely at Fort
Yukon, Alaska, from the far North.
This means that the explorer, about
whose safety there has been consider-
able doubt for several months past, is
Coming back- to civilization after his
long sojourn in the Arctic regions.
It is presumedth;.t the party will
now "take their way to Nome and
wait for the first steamer that will
bring them back to Canada. It is pos-
sible, however, that Stefannson may
decide 10 go overland to Dawson.
It is underetood here,, that Mr.
Stefanusnn, who was in charge of the
northern division of the Canadian
Arctic Expedition, spent last winter
on Melville Island, It was thought
that he would come out either via
Lancaster Sound and Labrador, or the
Behring Sea. Apparently, he las not
chosen either of these routes, but
chose to come over the ice to Herschel
Island, and from there to Alaska,
probably by way of Fort MacPherson,
His party consists of about 24 men.
The. C'auadian Arctic Expedition set
out in 1013
RAILWAY WAR BOARD
SAVES
SAVES 100,000 TONS OF COAL
A despatch from Montreal says: -
The Canadian Railway War Board
calculates that in the measures it is
taking for the elimination of pas-
senger trains it will be able to save
100,000 tons of coal. Without incom-
moding the public there will be eli-
mination wherever possible, The Rail-
way War Board has gone carefully
into the "ratter of passenger service,
with .the thought of conservation ,i11
mince -conservation of fuel and of.
man -power, The crews liberated from
passenger trains that are cut off may
be used on freight trains.
CANADA'S. FISHERIES
HAVE RECORD VALLE.
A despatch from Ottawa says: Ow-
ing to the greatly increased demand
for fish, and the higher prices pre-
vailing, the total market value of Can-
adian fisheries for the last fiscal year
constituted a record. • It amounted to
$80,208,378 according to the annual
report of the Fisheries branch issued
on Thursday.This 'r
t. $
was 347 670
greater than thevalue va ne for the pra-
'vious year. To the Cobol value the
sea fisheries contributed $34,880,013
and the inland.isheries $4,822,865.
•
MATERIAL DECREASE SHOWN
IN BRITISH SHIPI'IN( LOSSES.
A despatch from London says: The
losses to British shipping show a ma-
terial -decrease for the past week.
According to the Admiralty report,
11 British lnerchantrnen of 1,000 tons
• or over) were sunk during this period
by mine or submarine, as well as one
t'1
nerchanttna under t atto1
utag
e and
one fishing vessel.
• Twelve "Merchantmen were unsuc-
eessfally attacked by submarines du -
'Ing the same' period. Seventeen ves-
sels'were sunk the previous week,
Sir John Jellicoe Replaced.—Is
Made a Peer in Recognition
of Distinguished Services.
A despatch " from London says;
Vice -Admiral Sir Roselyn Wemyss ha
been appointed First Sea Lorci, i
succession to Admiral Sir John R. Je
according to an official annotnlc
relent.
Admiral Jellicoe has been elevate
to the peerage in recognition of In
very distinguished services. The hop
is expressed that his experience nut
be utilized later in another post,
The translation of Sir John R, Jel-
licoe to the honorable eclipse of. a
seat in the IIouse of Lords and the
promotion of the Second Sea Lord to
his place, briefly announced in an of-
ficial communication, will convey but
one interpretation to the mind of the
general public in view of thc.strong
criticisms for a long time passed upon
the Admiralty, which culminated in
deep disappointment and dissatisfae-
tion at the impunity with which Ger
man raiders recently again sank a
British Convoy.
TOidATOES INSTEAD
OI' CHRISANTHLMUMS.
A despatch from Liverpool says: A
year ago the city of Liverpool decided
to suspend the cultivation of chrys-
anthemums in the greenhouses attach-
ed to public parks, and grow some-
thing useful instead. Several acres of
glass were accordingly assigned to be
used for tomatoes. The result of the
year's work is announced in a report
just published, which states that 10,-
000 pounds of tomatoes were thus
grown, all of which were sent in week-
ly shipments to about thirty military
hospitals in the Liverpool district,
MANY GERMANS KILLED
WHEN TOWN WAS BOMBED.
A despatch :from Amsterdam says:
The town ref Rousselaere (Roulers),
in Belgium, was almost laid waste re-
cently by the terrific explosion of an
ammunition train caused by bombs
clroppecl by a British airman accord -
to Germany.
Imports of oils and fats into Hol-
land and Scandinavian countries have
decreased from an average of 75,000
tons a month before the war to a
monthly average of 22,500 tons at
present, according to figures made
public here. Imports of cereal c cal and
P
fodder, formerly 342,000 tons a month,
have decreased to 25,000 a month. Cot-
ton imports have declined •one-half
since 1910, and imports of hides and
leather are now a mere fraction of
what they formerly were. Copper im-
ports have declined almost to one-
fifth their former proportions.
AIR REPRISAL
MISSED KAISER
Mannheim Raid Occurred About
An Hour After Emperor
Had Left 'City.
A despatch from Geneva says: The
German emperor, returning with his
staff from the Verdun front, had a
narrow escape during' the reprisal
s raid of a British air squadron on
n Mannheim Christmas Eve, according I
e1 to a despatch from Basel. Only about
e- an hour earlier the emperor's special 2,
train left the station, which was
d
partly destroyed by several bombs. a
s
A section of the tracks was torn up,
e cutting communication north. Hn fact, 4
Y the emperor's train was the last to i
leave Mannheim, and no ttains a•riv-
ed at Basel from that city. Two
bombs fell on the palace and one on
the suspension bridge across the Nec-
kar River, both structures being badly
damaged. An ammunition factory in
a northern suburb
3 l:,W. 78110; No. 1 extra. i'e•e•el, "711.11
•r mngLraO euro -•-Nu. 3 yellow, mind
11;11.
0010110 nn is ---N0, 2 white, 77 to lac
nominal 1Vo. 3. do,. i0to 77.', n,mtlual
ae sistlip 1, I1•erlgh(1: , utN(de.
Ontario wheat wheat N. No, 2 .Wilde,
$2.32; hasia 1>1 store Montreal.
Peps. .. N., 2. 13.70 to 13,90, seem 11111
to fr Bente mitred".
Baylor -Mailing. ,61.30 to $1.91. an
eu>diii'•' to l'relltl,t°s uUti_, de,
Buckwheat -$1.58 in 01.60, Kes•urdlog
to freights mashie.
liy,• --No 1 11.72 ecru:sling to freight
ouMt side,
>ntlul,,, 111m• -PI ,el• Gut“01x. 1n nut
bugs, 111 10 and, do 111; strong hall
tux', 110 60, --Winter.. Ontardo,io Qom - ,u riling to
IliS t 05, In hugs( i51ont e ,ll $0.75
Toronto' $0.70 bulls. seaboard, Irroml,
shit Ment.
MlIIrecd - ('01' lots 1)o11vrtod ;dont
leaf fI'einlllN, ba ga lnelnded 11i'atn, 1)HI'
shnrls, ,1"., 210; :01>1111000
do, 845 10 $d0; good I',', 1 fie
tlty--1n. 1, new, per ton. 111.50 to
110.50; :nixed, do., 113- to 115. track To
rvt>tp.
8U•uw• CNI• Bole, 5, (en, 15 10 $0.00.
S
e
4el
t 0 4
lista'It:issmxr,:smi2L$d..su^r-rray;i'l,4.cc2.1.-PW”aiisG'J.aia+s�u:u
A "prove" on the West front.
- BIG AERIAL BATTLE NEAR VENICE
RESULLS IN ALLIED VICTORY
Country P0gt1.l0e-wllalesale
II utlrr Cumnw•S••tnddx: p c lb., 4212
to 430: p, lul a, her lb , 49 In 4 700, dnlry,
per lb., 86 to 31.o.
r ggr-r lerb gathered eggs, 60 to 62e• I British and Italian Airmen Break U One of the Heaviest Raids
Poultry i. nese, dressed. Ib., 21 to 22e, 1 p
Potatoes •--- Wholesalers are paying .
groWer'a and country shlppere 11.75 for
lh•st-class stock, 1' o h outside. points.
tWhe1osniers ole fact ll is, to the relall
trade at the following pelves:
Iv:es:
Cheesy -Now, 1>tsg0, 20 to 21e; twins,
23} to 11c en,•ly ''1 e..r.=e, 20to 20e;
large twill, 26 to 20ie.
Butter -Fresh lairs, eholee, 40 to 41e;
creamery prints, 45 to 40e; solids, 44 to
45e.
Margarine.- 32e, lb,
Pags-
w 151,1, in various. t(
to 21,
No. 1 storage, 43 to 441: select
storage
47 l0 48e.
l7rnssed poultry—Spring rbitkens. 2
to 'BSc; ntillt-Ted chit:loam lb., 1?ec
fowl,22 to 25e; turkeys, 34 to 371
clucks, Spring, 25 to 27e; geese, 25 t>
a8o,
Live poultr'y--Tmkoyo, 28s; Spring
eh—tokens, lb,. 90e h. its, 16 to 180;
clucks, Soling: 20 to 22e: geese, 82,',
honer ---Comb- -Lxtru fine, 111 oz.,
13.50; 12 oz., $3; No. 2, 12.40 to 02.0n.
Sfi'1tlu5d 1 ins. 2Iy'a [tort 6'o', 119 to 1030
per 11+; 10's, 1.21 to 105; 00's, 18 to 181e..
Beans-- 1'11 uadhtn, hand -Welted,, hush..
$8 to 03.511; imported hard -I laked, 811.20
to 1 .l.1 sun•, 17 to 179c,
Attempted by Enemy on Italian Front.
A despatch front Italian Army
Headquarters in Northern Italy says:
One of the heaviest raids the enemy
has attempted on this front came to
grief on Wednesday, when nearly half
; ! of a fleet of 25 aeroplanes was de -
o stroyed, with an extensive list of kill-
e ed or wounded.
The big ' fleet swept ep over the no camp
west of Treviso at 8 o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning, flying low and dis-
charging machine-guns. Considerable
damage was done. Notwithstanding:
the surprise, the Italians and British'
machines were soon in the air, and en-,
gaged the enemy at close quarters,
Provisions Wholesale
tinmked nu kin Tlanis, medium. "e to
11c do., heavy. 0 to 7o; eock d, 43 to
lie -rolls, 97 to '90s breakfast baron,
35 to 42e; Ilu.lts, plait, Ott to dle; bone-
less, 43 lc 145.
Cared meats -Lona "1001 bacon. 276
to 280 lb cleat' bellies, 261, to tie.
Lard. -1 to o la^d, tierces. 283 to Zoe;
tubs, 288 In 291'; Palls• 20 to 23170;
tom�iotlnd Bicrons, '40 to 350; lobs, 2411
to 25;c; Pai1r+. 8) 1" 253,'.
Montreal Markets
it one Peal Jan. 1---D,t is c'anadfan
'esters, No. 11040: extra No. 1 feed,
903e; Nn, 2 local white, 87e; No. 3 do.,
tc I'lottt Mau, Spring wheat patents,
rite, $11.601 ,,','ands 211.10, strong
alter x', 810 JO, xiralght toilet', bago,
.20 to 15.375. Boller o0 is bags, 90
U0s„ 155.30. Br$15. ,$harts, 8.40.
riddling's, 143 to 050, :SIou1111e, 156 to
66. lley, No. 2, per ton, car lots,
15.50. Cheese. un .t westerns, 8115:
o., pasterns, 21it+. nutter, choicest
retuuery, 444 to 450; soeowls, 423 t0
40 l;agx, fee• b, 5.1 to 10.' aeleeled,
6o 210. 1 stout:. 49e; No. 2 stock, 20
O s, l'ola>o,.-,. per bag. est' lots, 81.011
$lo2.10,
n up. 1`'ew
persons were killed here, however, as
the employes were having a holiday.
Numbers of persons were icilled or in-
jured within the town, and several
were blown into the Rhi
•
•
1,000 100,0 0 YEN
TO SUPPORT WAR
Japan's Contribution Thus Far
—No Troops For West.
A despatch from. Tokio says: Jap-
an's total financial support to the Elie:
tents Allies aggregates more than 1,-
000,000,000 yen, said Minister of Fin-
ance Shoda recetltiy in an address to
500 leading fintinciers or businessmen
of Western Japan, For Japan, he de-
clared, this contribution was immense,
Asim the talk of dispatching Japan-
ese troops to the European front, he
added, ibis was useless discussion, and
the Allies were aware that it was an
impossibility. Japan, he said, was
prepared to exert her utmost efforts
to aid the Allies in other respects, but
her operation could not go to the ex-
tent of sending troops to Europe, To
listen credulously to peace rumors and
so to disturb business, he added, was
premature and foolish,
Winnipeg Main
)Vlnnl ve• Jan ?. , , .pats
—No. 2
71111e: ex-
tra No. -1 read mile; No, 1 iced,
l:ut•lev—N,, L. n1'.,
01.3711; N0, T. do., 11.32,ai: rel etcd end
feed, $1.17. 1"lax—Nc, r N.-11.(1... 12.103;
N0. a 67,61'., 11.0711; N0. 3, do, 82.9011.
United States Market2
'Minneapolis, Tat. 1 - C.ortt--No. 3 yel-
low-, $1.00 to 11.05, Oatx--Nn, 3 woke,
7s1 to 709e Flour. Ut cerhiad I..>o-•
Fancy patents, 09.75 It barrel; contained
10 le-pou .4 a ntt0n stu•lts, first cleats,
00 longer ,t ted; se, Dud clears. :11.00,,
jute. Bran- $22 to $3>
Duluth, 'Minn., Jan 1 --Linseed. ,n
track, $2.13; arrive 11.42; arrive in
Ueeen, bet, 03,43; De-embet', 12.12 1,1>1; ••
:they, $2.307 01d; July 50,32 1,id.
The fighting 'was most spectacular,
eight of the enemy planes being
brought down, six of them failing
within the Italian lines. The other
!machines beat a hasty retreat,
The raiders, however, returned
eturned at
11 o'clock,and three more were dis-
t
posed of, two falling in this attack in -
'
side the Italian lines. An observer
who has just'returned says that the
!scene of the conflict is covered with
wreckage of the enemy aircraft.
One of the machines brought down
was a dreadnought carrying three
persons; the others carried two. All
of these mein were Billed, wounded or
captured.
From Erii 's Green Isle !AWFUL HORROR
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE- I AND ? S8..aaRY
LAND'S SHORES.
1"RALPH CONNOR'S" PICTURE OF
HALIFAX
iHappenings in the Emerald isle of!
luterest to Irish-
men.
i Sergt: A[ajo• John Wilkinson, D,C
M., of the Irish Clients, has bee
awarded the Croix de Guerre for eon
spieious gallantry.
I New branches of both the 1Jlste
!and Ncrtheru Banks aro being open
in -various parts of the worth of Ire
!laud.
Vegetables valued at :C60,0h0 kitty
been raised on the six thousand plot
:cultivated by Belfast working mem-
!
I J. T. Campbell, M.A., Dublin, pre
islded at the first debate of the wase
i of Ule Dublin Law Stutlents' Society.
Isuccessful e need was givrn a
Whiteehnrcb, nem New Less, in al
of the look] branch of the Ped ties
I Ruined City Compared to the Devas-.
tatlon of France and Belgium
• by Major C. W. Gordon.
Returning from Nova Scotia, where
Ole has beau speaking, A'Ia1or C. W.
✓ Gordon arrived at Toronto recently.
d , Fresh from the scene of the disaster ,
of ilalifax, "Ralph Connor" compared
the scr,ne with thaw he had witnessed.
e iu Prance.
s "When 1 came into the Halifax sta. ,>
tion," he said, "I was struck with the -
Istrange and horrible familiarity of the
a ' scene. It was like so• many dations
I had seen in Prance and Belgium;
t the shattered buildings temporarily
: Patched up, and the train servloe be -
a ; Ing carried on amid the ruins and de -
brie. The whole hillside gives a good I
d picture of the ruins at the front. The:
difference between Halifax and the
t cities in France and Belgium is that
▪ : the former contained Many wooden
'houses. Al the front the ruined walls
would be left standhig and the streets'
!Funds.
I Sir Ernest c'larke has iuforme
Lady Clonbrook that the motor ant
bulance presented to the Connaugb
Rangers is doing geed eeeviee at th
Boulogne lase,
('apt. Tom 0, C. Lee, son of Richard
Lee, Island 13ridg+ House, Dublin, ha
here awarded the Miilita•y (cross:
it is staled that the Government in
tend using Irish munition factories
after the war fon' ordinary industries
Captain 141. O'Leary, '0.C., is the
champion sniper on the Salanlea
front., where 111s tutersgo la three a
day
Ii Bias been learned that Lieut.
Wright, of S'ahan, reported missing
since August, is a eisoneu' in Ger-
many.
The Nntvlml Rulal Food committee
have • allowed a rtlt-cakeher to use
three pounds of sugar per week to
mix with his rat poison,
The Dublin Port and Looks hoard
have granted the application of P.
leennedy for three acres nr land far
the e. rection of u /men Mill at Alexal-
dra, Wharf.
John McCormack gale a concert
in New York, and the proceeds, which
amounted to $11,000, were seal to the
69th Irish Regiment.
The sum of el 90,01e: has been sub -
lave Stock Markets ^ '
.Ian. 1-- l6str0 ri It. heavy
steer,, 811.30 le $12; do., god heavy,.
$40,,5 to •11J• buhb015' cat.Re, 51101,0, !
• $10.00 to $10.53; ,10 gcnd, - $>,00 to•
$10.35; do., medium a' to 10.25; fir., 1
emanon, $8.25 to $8.5a; 6,.,1,'h,mx' bulls,
choice, $a to 410; do °,41 bulls. $0 to
50,25; dr,„ medium bu1,s, $7.10 to 87.30; ,
dn., t•ough bulls $6.35 In 50,25 butchers'
ohol,.e r5 50 ro $ I0; d goad.
$8,00 t0 50, do„ medium. 17. e5 03 53;
slocltsrs, 87,2ti to $8,75: feeders, 01,25
to $1.0; cs.nnet's and cutters, 15 101
$5.00; nrllIsers. tined to a hnl,•e, 795 to
1110, • do., corn. and mod., 075 to $110;
s$1.
pt,gen. 750 1,t $130; light naves,
to $14; sheep, heavy, 80 to $7,76; y0ot•.1
IIngs, $12.25 to $13.25; lstmbs, 517,20 to
11103:0250::
eah•exhogs, .fo^'endil to warehnm,s $1i,.s p! 40,50 t0
and »,
do., weighed off cars, 118.75; do., f.o.b.,
$17,50,
Montreal, San. (-..13ox1 o'eis, 50 to
$12 per hundred p rands, hoteliers'
halls, 10.00 to 81>; butchers' rows, 1,0.50
to $0; canners' cattle, :115 to 15.75;
sheen $12 to 213; lambs. 117.50; >511(es,
grec14;s feel, 80 to $8 milk feel. $12 t0
$sel518 hogs, 00' cur!+. $15.7": q•nvel
selects, $is to $18,60. _-
200. I6 is D
ing to the frontier correspondent of 1
the Telegraaf. The aeroplane itself. I A,DA f p i
was brought down by the aerial pies- a v ii
sure. Mary Germans and a few Bel
g•ians, the latter engaged in
=or, 'were killed, -
forced 1 RAILWAY
RATES
ENEMY AGAIN FAILS
TO BREAD. VERDIIN FRONT
A despatch from London says:
-
Once again 11
O teGerml
Germans have vc endeav-
oretl to break the French front of the
Verdun .sector, but again have failed,
Two assa.nits delivered north of the
Caui''ieres Wood resulted in the defeat
of the enemy and the infliction of
heavy casualties. Tho Germans' et
one point succeeded in penetrating a
French :front line trench, bet were
immediately ejected,
A1', 'I'RALIANSOLDIERS
AGAINST CON iCRIP'i'ION,
A deepatch from Melbourne Austra-
lia,
i
p tstaa•
iia, says: Latest figures in the refer-
endum are 870,000 for emnteriptlol,
1,050,000 against, inehlcting the ^first
'aurae :from the Australian forces,
which it is ofilcially announced are
17,000 for and 23;000 against' con-'
criptlon.
Grained By Board of Railway
Commissioners.
A despatch from Ottawa says; An
im ortant judgment h
rned down by
the Board of Railway Conunissioners
provides f r
0 15
per relit, increase i11
passenger rates in all parts of Canada,
with the exception of British Colum-
bia, where the maximum rate is now
3 emits per mile. The judgment. also
permits, subject, to ,the limitations of
the Cr'ow's Noel; agreement and cer-
tain speciiic ltluitations, an increase in
freight rates of approximately 10 per
cent. in the West and 15 per cent. in
the East. The C'row's Nest agreement
was "lade by the Canadian Pacific'
Railway with the Goverinnent, and by
.its provisions rates on a largo itnm-.,
bee of"ime ni112111es are ,reduced,
Cold lima beans meshed, seasnn2(1
and a few minced olives added mance
a good sandwich. organized. 11
s traceable, but here the fire had con-
sumecl the houses and the streets
' were obliterated. The only difference
from life at the front was that Iialifax
had one shock and no more. The men
at the front got one shock Bind then
wait for the next. From that nerve -
wrecking experience ilalifax was a
Mercifully spared.
Uuparalleied Misery
FROM SUNSETCOAST-
WHAT Tula WESTERN PEO1t1,B'
ARE 001 NG.
Progret4s of The'' (iK1itt 'i0'est Told
is a Few Pointed
P4Jrageaph0.
Che 1121011011(1 `1Y1unie1plrt, 00100311111'
2001041 37,000 of ilio corporation's
sinking funds iat \'lgtory Loan 20.3'0w'.
bonds,
flu'eo.nl11idiati:_01Has101'o bavq 052111'-
roe 111 Ainelta water's slaw Ndvoinber
first. The S S. AlkJ, the Manhattan
and the Mariposaare the tulineicy
stllaniers, ,
Victory Bond oubscliptions 111 Prince
Rupert amounted to, $202,10.0, and, in-
cluding the district, made a. grated to•
tai of $255,9550. '
Bunyan Keri', British Columbia, re-
fusing is, register under tile' Military
•det•vlce Actwas glvell' Lwo years 112
the polldtonrlitu'y,
The snlali herd of wapiti which
have been bred in the corral at the
prison farm at Okalla are on the way
to the L11Daoet district, to, be released
there in the Hope that they will form
the nucleus of very considerable
Herds in that and other districts of the
province,
Major ('yell 13. North, M:C„ son of
ATI. J. T. Nos -til, Vancouver, who en-
listed as a private and went, lo the
front with Che first con! tillgen l, was
recently invested by the King at
Buckingham Palace with the Dis-
tinguished Service Order.
A- health clinic building 10oust ap-
proximately $30,000 will be erected by
the Vancouver Rotary Club on the old
hospital grounds facing Fender street,
with the object of making a; morn do -
:.ermined Sigbt aga•in ,t talc white
plague in Vancouver.
The elimination of the jitney is the
priee of salvation for the street car
service. Such in sssenee is the land-
ing of Dr. Adam Shorlt, appointed by
the Provincial Government to investi-
gate the street car problem in tato Pro-
vince of British Columbia,
Nlrs, a4, T''. (cutler, of Victoria, has
been notified of the death of her son,
Flight Sub -Lieut, William Cutler, ]till•
ed in action while serving with the
British Plyfllg Corps.
Tho district poultry show held in
Grand Forks turned out to be a huge
success. Nearly 6011 en!ries were re-
corded, birds being entered by fan-
ciers from Nelson, Roes -land and Trail
as well as a splendid representation
from the boundary.
major John G. Anderson, of Victoria,
who enlisted with the 111th Alberta
Dragoons early in the wior as a private
was given his ccintuiesion in t.be field
and Was awarded the Military Cross
for daring work 10 months ago and
promoted to the rank of major, has
been killed in aetlon.
Word has been .received in Grand
Forks of the death of Pte. Harold
Henderson, brother of Mrs. 11. J. Lett -
ley, from wounds received during a i•e
cent engagement in Planders.
About 2,000 feet of floor space is
what 111e exhibit of the Canadian De-;
partment of Agriculture will require
e -t Vancouver's exhibition. next year,
Despite the Strike conditious a.nci
the fact that there was no house-to-
house canvass, Trail's contribution to
the Victory Loan reached the sum of .
385,700,
It is unofliciall.• anenunced at Van-
couver that after January 1 those will
be a considcrahle reduction of train
and steamship services on all Cana.
dian' Pacific Railway lines, made
necessary for the conservation of fuel,
EXPLOSION
soloed to the rioter Volunteer Force
Majority of Victims of This
Class 122 Halifax Are Y'oting
Women and Children.
A despatch from Halifax, N.5„ says:
The first estimate that 500 men, eve -
men and children had become totally
nit ee 1
or partially11 t d as 1 ul,.
a of the
recent (lisas(5ons eeplosicnl aC Hali-
fax, is proving correct,
AI', least 200 of these will im totally
blind, and the majority of them aro
,Vam1g' women and children, Sir Fred-
erielc Eraser, thairmtni of the IIelifax
Blind Relief Committee, eteintaterl
that a -'115141 of at least $500,000 will b.+
regtiirad l:u provide a(go miundntlon
and suitable Training for 111000 who
have so suddenly become build. A
vigorous campaign for this fund is
now on, anal Sir Iorederlek l"rs,rr says
he elopes that the steeple of Canada
and the United States will actively en-
seems
en -
operate In seeming 1110 itnln lint 1`.•-
mimetl,
The need is great, r
i• ,ay atll the money
Must be seemed before the work .for
these blinded pe011,i,' c'an be ,pr'opeely
t'ntrfoeic Fund for the support of bre-
, keit down soldiers end their families,
C'ongt'atnlatious were sent. to Miss
btabei Dense by the Sl. John Ambu-
lance Asseclailou of Borrisol(litne 00
her investment by the King with the
new Order 0-' the rmplre.
While attond10g' thorn in Dublin,
Pte. J. Donaley, who has boon deaf
:heck.
nti dumb for nine menthe fro", shell
sl , suddenly '
It rl , aura n1 1 eeovm•ed s >'a
e,eh and
i
iteaning.
The farmers of It n1 and
(icarystown have "timed to give the
labnret's woo , -1.1 al llu'eslrinus
A trip up Powell Lake ' shows all
shingle bolt and loggntz,'-ecamps in
Mire operation, every effort being
made to get as much work d0118- as
possible before the snow arrives.
By a vote of- live to two ;the City
",olrnell, meeting as a committee of
he whole, decided to close two •of the
re [Balis in New Westminster,
"The first three days were days of
=paralleled misery. First came the !t
shock and the slaughter. Almost im 0
mediately upon the wreck of the
houses, fire sprang up from every
houne, end 'juickly"hundreds of fres
wire blazing on the hillside at the ,
sane time. Thea followed the storm, S
the now, the gale anti the rain. The '
equal of this was not seen in forty
years. This fell upon the city where f
so many people, homeless and with-
out elothfug, were searching the ruins w
for their relatives and friends, The
' situation of horror was without. par- e
ellel to Canada. is
A WONDERFUL ISLAND
olid Block of Sulphur Three Miles
in Clrcumferehee,
White Island, thirty mlie•s distant
rom New Zealand, is„probably the
host extraordinary ie;end in the
mid. It is an 011021tzous mass 02
rock nearly three- miles; in oir'euliifer-
nae, Hering 000 feet above the sea, and
Perpetually envoloiied in dark
Muds, which ere visible for nearly
00 milds.
The lelend 0011s1sts. almost entirely,
of sulphur,with a small percentage of
ypaum. Some'yeae ago an attempt
vas made to float a eotilpeny to week
e sulphur, which is of high quality;
et, strange to say, sufficient capital
112 net subscr'ibed. TheleLome, the
rpm), of sulphur front White toland-
Is
still t'ery small.
I1 h
J t e intozic •, i:a' a -ales-,fuil fl t.
'A..
y fy
c r la s i T I.
ill'e.):1,90 th i'
m t
ter t of n•lral
1
as aiemperatul�i� of 1 0 degrees'Ptth•
almit and to s r
d tool
g impregnated
ith acids. n one side of this lake
re craters,f•A
I m t4'ilfeh'
ae
t Am eSe
& 811.
� t P
'10 great, fercc and noise. - - This
ealu and the vapor from the lake
rm the dart( cloud which envelopes
e island,
Rescue Work Started
"Halifax Look hold of the rescue 1
wont in a strong way, The people
showed a -Certitude and stamina
which proved them to be of the same g
class as our Hien at the front. All 6
class distinction was obliterated. Tiley
1 only heard the call for pity,
"The lose of life would have been `t
nlucll heavier had it not been for the i
prompt. end etlicient help Siron1 Boston,
h• to
1 t 1 t( UR unit Hod Lh n
ry e by
the Red Grecs workers land -others: N
h
They came in when 'Halifax "vas
stunned and (lazed, and gave help, re
without which the loss of life would 0t
leave been much heavier and the list. k^1
of missing greatly increased.
"'rhe Red (erase, 'tinder lltr, Moore, st
LL.D., was a splendid piece of organ. o
411
threepence per hour extra wages in
lieu of drink,
The artists playing 141 the Theatre
i
ltoyal, Dublin, gave a 1nc0,t enjoyable
entertainment at the Irish Counties
Hospital (1r tine weeptied soldier 1>11
1,1011.1s. ,
iti'ti::f,, N 1V r''. 1t 1'1 AN'f,S
I
1311NC" 1,41;;111) 1)01!':4,
A. deepat,l from T,umlml 81131; 2411e
Put:Hoff Works, emplOyime 00,000111cm'
mid the Petrograd 110)s11,,rgical,
Works, elupleyiig 13,000, have begun
to pay off their rated, eeeerding to ..a+
miter's de'opeteh 1'1'oln Petrograd,
teed and well directed philanthropy.
Ur. Moore had tate adeemtage•of hav-
ing
aving been through roar other groat,
dIseeters fn Aalterloaf titles, - At' bus
111 the afternoon of Thmsdev the
elee.>'not of Massachusetts bad asked
(>
hint c go, and t11A,t evening be had
the 00150 arg3lintze2 with fail supplies
reltdy to pull out at 10 o'clock, They
ivere held up by the 540111, and had
to fight their war' throatgll to the otlt-
elcirte of 'Halifax, where they speedily
e(liumeueed work,"
A' temperature of about 57 degrees
F. should be maintained in the bee-
hives. When the ternperatuee. falls;'
'below this point the bees tori" a clue.
ter and germ:Tate heat by muscular
ctivity, and 111ose on the :outsider
crated together to 'prevent the heat:
eeeaping. Prolonged - Bleat pboduc
tion exhausts their vitality, and even
if they survive the winter, they erre.
unfit for brood rearing it1 i"rts boring.
end