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REPORTED IN GERMANY
Literally True That the Entire Population Ills Long Since Been
linable to Eat Its
A despatch from London says; The more than six months longer. The
Daily Telegraph publishes the follow
ing from its Paris' correspondent!
have had: private information indirect-
' ly ,from Germany which is decidedly
encouraging. A -friend of mine, head
of On important Paris business firm,
has a peruser who is Swiss, The lat-
ter has just visited Germany and re-
turned to Paris. He is a level-headed
business man, and says p±ositively
that Germany eau scarcely hold out
shortage of food is more serious than
it has ever been, he said, It is.liter-
ally true that the entire population
ileo long eine been unable to eat its
1111. He himself saw many persons in
various German tewns,ectuaily fail
down in the street exhausted by hun-s
ger, and in one ease at least a man
dropped dead from starvation in the
road before leis oyes, Such a sight is
appa;ently'nownot uncommon' in
Gorniany
BRITISH ARMY
FLOUTS PEACE
f 1riany HIas Absolute Confidence
•
in Early Defeat of Cen-
.tial Powers.
A despatch from the British Front
says:"'Never has the British army
been so --prepared to fight; why should
we talk of peace?
• "You can safely give that as the
British army's answer to all peace
talk," declared a staff general on Wed-
nesday, in response to the question of
what he and his men thought of
President Wilson's note.
The •note'was variously commented
upon by the Rghting men. The feel-
ing was that strong infhences had
succeeded. in including him to believe
this was an, opportune moment to act.
Such action was regarded as^smooth-
ng Germany's road anis enabling her
to take the second stepin her peace
plot.
Sentiment at the front is uncondi-
tionally against peace now. Every
indieation points to much worse condi..
tions in Germany than the world even
suspects; on the other hand, the allies
are' daily better situated to wage a
successful offensive.
The British, who are little given to
,.• demanstrativeness, are unanimous in
their expression of absolute confidence
of the comparatively early defeat of
the -Central Powers under pressure of
. the °allies' gathering strength,
•
WILSON'S LSO/\ S PEACE MOVE
FALLS TO GROUND
Frank German Statement of:Terms to
U.S. Alone Can Prevent
Collapse
A despatch'£rom Washington says:
-Unless Germany makes known her
peace teems to' the United States it is
unlikely that any result will follow
the President's message to the bel
ligerente. ,The failure: of German
to meet the issue in its reply' to the
President has afforded the Entente an
opportunity of which, in all prdbabil-
ity, full advantage will' be taken. The
Entente will state their peace terms
not only in reply to the original Ger-
man peace overture, but also in reply
to President Wilson.
''It is possible that Germany may
communicate her terms confidentially
to the United States, thus affording
the President an opportunity to ask
the allies for a confidential statement
`along the same lines, It is possible
that some progress might be made in
this way, but unless all the Washing-
ton diplomats are mistaken there is -
no chance for the two sets of bellt-
gerents agreeing on terms now.
POOR WORLD CROP
4.
FOR THE PAST YEAR
18 Important Countries Show
Decreased Wheat Yield of
25 Per Cent.
A ;despatch from Rome says: -The
International Institute of Agriculture
harvest estimates continue to indicate
the poor world crops, It is now
able for' the first time, through new
reports just received, to forecast the
wheat production of Argentina..- The
Argentine wheat crop., is estimated at
70,000,000 bushels, one-half that of
1915.
Australia's wheat crop is estimated
at 135,000,000 bushels, which is four
per cent. better than the yearly aver-
age.
For the world's eighteen meet im-
portant countries, including the United
States, Canada, British India, japan
and all Europe the estimated total
Where North Sea Heroes Regain Lost Vigor.
This is an exterior view of Dungavel, the beautiful mountain residence of the Duke of Hamilton, which•the
owner has converted into a hospital 'for naval oliicers and men recovering from their wounds. It accommodates
tenn o13cers and ninety men. The hospital stands 800 feet up in the Ayrshire hills and is an ideal spot for a
oonvaleseent home.
Markets of the World pp RK t
ly®0000 TURKS I19 THE FIELD
HALF OF THEM IN THE CAUCASUS
Breadetuge.
Toronto, San, 5.- Manitoba Wheat --
No.
1 Northern, 32,01; No. 2; do„ 31.08;
Na. 3, do., 31.93; No. 4 wheat, 31,813,
track, Bay ports, Old crop trading 40
above. new crop,
Manitoba Oats - No, 2 C. 121., GOac,
trOoli Bay pu,•ts.
American corn -No, 3 yellow, ne sell-
ers owing to embargo.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white. 02 to 64c,
nominal; No. 3, do., 01 to 63e, nominu
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -New No, 2.'Mater, pe
oar 101;31,65 to 31.67; No, 3. do„ 31,63 t
31.06, according to freights outside.
Peas --No, 2, 32.40, according to freight
outsides
Barley -Molting, 31.10 to $1.18, so
eordtng�' to 1freigltts outside, .
Buckwheat - $1.20, according t
freights outside, - ,•.
Rye -No. 2, 31.32 to $1.33, according
to freights outside.
Manitoba flour-Virst patents, In ;rut
wheat crop is placed by the institute erb scto `30.20 n'roc�on to 8.J0; strong bnlc-
at 2,600,000,000 bushels Ontario flour 36 Winter, according to
, which is 25 sample, $6,s0 to $6,90, In bags, track 'ro-
per•cent, less than for 1916. Ionto, prompt shit/Mont,
1t11111'eed-Car Jots --Delivered Mont-
SPONTANEOUS
lnoluded, Uran, 6101'
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION- ton, $22; shorts, do., $37; good feed flour,
peIlay�'No.71 ])0l' ton, 313 to $13.60; No.
Causes of Ignition of Berne Without 2, do., 33 to 311, track, Toronto,
Straw -Car lots, per ton, 39.50 to 310,
Contact With Flame. track Toronto.
During the months of August, Sep- Country Produce -Wholesale.
tember, October and November last, Butter -crash dairy, choice, 41 to 43c;
barn fixes were unusually prevalent in gs�amery prints, 45 to Oso; spuds, 44 to
Ontario. There were,, in the first L+'gas--No, 1 storage, 40 to 41c; Man. -
three months named, according to the tons, o5etos10c; o2 ut4of cartons; co Ito 62a.
Provincial Fire Marshal's records, 182. Cheeuo-Large, _253 to 26e; twins, 20
to 2030; tI^i plots, 263 to 209c.
Live poultry -Chickens, 15 to 16e;
fowl, 14 to 1Gc.
Dressed poultry-C171e]cens, 11 to. 22e;
fowl, 16 to 1St; Aucics 18'to 20c; -squabs,
The Remainder are Scattered Nowhere in Great Force, With
60,000 on Tigris, '
A despatch from London says: In
r
o the course of an article on operations
e in the ]Oast, the Times' military cor-
respondent says:
"Out of 50 to 55 Turkish divisions
still in the field' there will be, begin-
ning December 23, about 25 on the
Caucasus front, 5 to 7 in Arabia, 5 or G
in Austria and Dobrudja, 5 in Syria,
0
0
e\
barn fires in this province, the barns,
with their content's, being worth ap-
proximately $425,000, and about two-
thirds covered by insurance. In three per dor„ $4 to $4,50; turkeys, 25 to 320;
months forty-four sjleeial investiga- geISo i enrinlrJiito cllover, 25.11,, tlus,"18
tions were made into the causes • of. to 133c; 5 -ib, tins, 13 to 1330; 10-12, 129
forty-four different ' ]earn fires, in- to 12c; 60-]U., 12 to 123c; buckwheat, 00 -
lb, tins. 9 to Ole. Contb honey -extra
vestigations being made only where fine-anct hes•vy weight, per dozn 33; se -
the causes -of fire were reported to the 1e Potatoest� $Onturiie, jie$y'u g, $8'4LOo
Fire MarshaI's Department as un- $2.15; New 13runswiok lletuwai- , per
known or suspicious. In 11 cases it b /leans 5-t I o, ted; liana-picaced, per
was impossible to find the cause, but 'bush„ G; Canadian, eland -picked, pep•
of the remaining„33, 18 were assign-, bush::0'50; Cenadlen primes, 35.60 to
Germany $6; Limas, per 12., 93' to 1.00.
ed to spontaneous combustion. -
-Spontaneous fires, which break out Provislons-Wkolesale,
in barns where hay is stored, are due Cured meats and lard are quoted to
the trade by Toronto wholesalers as fol -
to fermentations Fermentation is due rows:
to the growth and rapid multiplies- 2sSniaoed, mea 8 1Iatnsa;Incoou n, 2226 to
tion of bacteria which feed upon the 33c; rolls, 12 tc 230; broaldast bacon, 25
organic matter of the hay and rapidly 88 fU 29 tanks, plain, 26 to 37e; boneless,
develop when moisture is present, Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 1S to
and the material and the enclosed air 183c per ib.; Clear bellies, 18 to 104e.
are not too cold. If the process pro- taus, "313 10 22ce;' pa111s,n 25 ' 212 to 2 om-
ceeds slowly the results are blackened pound, 133 to 17c, to .-1r.; com-
and charred masses which are occa- aKontrcal nrarketa.
sionally found in the interior of
40,000 AMERICANS •
IN THE B,R1TISH ARMY
A despatch from London says :-
�.5' it H. Rider Haggard in a letter to the
'.Times quotes arrAmeriean correspon-
dent, as writing: "In your next book
why not let 'us have something about
• the thousands of Americans who have
gone to a stnge land and given their
lives for liberty and humanity, putting
these above everything else in the
world?" Sir Rider Haggard con -
tines: "My public work and other
reasons prevent my acting on the sug-
gestion, but there are qualified writ-
ers to whom the letter may appeal, at
least I ]hope so." There are said to
be about 40,000 Americans intim Brit-
ish army, including those in the Can-
adian division.
50,000 ARMENIANS STARVING.
All of These Deported Now ill Vicinity
of Aleppo.
A despatoh from New York says:
Fifty thousand deported Armenians
are starving in the vicinity of Aleppo,
Asiatic Turkey, as a result of a recent
temporary suspension of relief appro-
priations, according to a cablegram
from American Ambassador Elkus,
received 'through. the State Depart-
ment at Washington, and made public
here on Thursday night by the Am-
erican Committee for Armenian and
Serbian relief.
ItEAT BRITISH
TSH
MEAT PURCHASE
A despatch from Washington says:
-The British Government has con-
tracted for the entire exportable sup-
ply of New Zealand /neat until at
least three months after the close of
the European war, according to re-
ports reaching the Commerce Depart-
ment from its agents abroad. Higher
prices will be paid than the Dominions'
CONSTANTTNII'S ARMY
• BEING DEMOBILIZED.
A. despatch from London says: The
Foreign Office has received advices
that the Greek Government is carry-
Ing out rte p5Om160 to demobilize the
Greek army; Tho worst is proceecling
satisfaetorily, the advice indicate:
exports ,Supply commanded last year,
Victeis Creases ate cast '£loin bane
"ton taken by the,Brltiali
Montreal, Jan. 2, -Oats - Canadian
stacks, manure heaps, etc. With the Western, No. 2, 203c; No, 3, 644o; extra
right degree of moisture resent and, No 1 feed, 042o. 13at'1ei.174" itoba
p feed c00c; malting, $1,90 to $1,32, F]om•
a sufficiency of air to provide the bac-I-Manitoba Sprang wheat patents, arsts,
feria with the necessary oxygen,the"n.6o;. sseonds, 55: strong Bakers', 35.50
�wtntet• patents, choice, $9,26; stra1ght
growth of the bacteria is rapid, more. relleis, $3.50. to ,38.80; do, b,tgs, {4,20 to
and more heat is generated until, if. 1bagCs. 90 Nlosliet$a 40 tsBIflmis*82$7•Ubf5+liote,
the hay is in a confined and: poorly $35, ietiddlings, 338 to 340, Moulliie,
ventilated space, the temperature is 43 to $43. Pray -No 2, user - ton, car
p p lots, $13, Cheese-lrinest westerns, 25c;
reached at which the gases produced finest eastorns, 24e. Butter -Choicest
take fire, and the stack and building 44Xaa Eggn �82+ eel,, 36Ge; eseleeted, Cora to
in which it is stored is burned- 440; No, 1 emelt, .38 to 43c; No, 2 stoat,
32 to 34c, Potatoes -Per bag, cru' lots,
though it may be weeks, or even $1.76 to $2.20.
months before the firing occurs. The
initial and essential cause of these Winnipeg' Orefn,
cases of spontaneous combustion is Cash priests: Wheat, Ni,. 1 :'if:. kern,
p g179; No, 2 -Northern, $1,78; No, 3, 31,6,3;
the storage of the hay in a damp or- No 5, 4$1.34; No. 0, 31.05; feed. 900, Oats
moist condition. -No.. C.W. 561u; No. 3 C.W., Oslo; ee-
Tst most obvious tra No, 1 fetid, 528c, liarleY-No, 2. 05c;
preventive is .to No, 4, 930; rejected, 79e; feed, 70u. l+lax
,. '
be euro the hay is thoroughly cured 32No.,695; 1 NN,WC., 32.095;No. 2, UW,
o, 3 O,W„
before storing in the barns. Espen united stages 76r. k a,
'daily should care be taken with a Minneapolis, ,Tan. a, -wheat -May,
falfa'and with other 'hay containing 8. g1.703; ,Tiny; 31,723; cash, Nc, 1 hard;
large percentage 'of clover, as these $1.78$ to $1.820; No, '. Northern, $1..761
to -01.702; No, 2 Northern, 1 to
ferment much more rapidly than 3(791, Cot' -No. 8 'chow, 37.11.'a 683e, ;
timogthy. A few years ago the num- Oats -No. 3 white, 403 to 403c, r`loue �
ber of fires from spontaneous tom- `Irrehnnan, 2. -Linseed -To arrive
0ed._ Bran, $24.r,9 to $26,
bustion in Kansas were exceptionally
large and in every ease. investigated
the hay destroyed was alfalfa. When
thorough curing is impossible, as in
some wet seasons, a little salt scatter. -
32.0031 December, 52.80; May32,80;
July, 32.803. !
]Give Stook atarat10. '!
Toronto, ,Inn. 2, - Butchers' cattle,
choioe, 38 to 33.65; tlo,good, $7,66 to
37,20, do., medium, 37 to $,.25; do„ corn-
ed over the mow, or stack, every few mon, $6 to $050; butchers' bulls, choice,
S$oto$7.50;16 gah10s,$.76 to$7•i
loads 'will prevent fermentation, Von- clo„ rough butts, $4.75 to s6; butghorsi
tilate the barns well, cows choice, $7 to $7.50; do., good, $0,20
to 36.51); do„ medium, $5,76 to $6, stock-
ers 35.25 to 37; choice feeders 36.50 to
37,25; runners and cutlers, 3144,225100W;
10., milkers, choice, each co
do„ common and hietlhnn,^each $40 to
300; springers, $50 to $100; light ewes,
$8.60 to $9.60; cheep, heavy, $5,75 to
37.26; calves, -good to choice, $10.25 to
$18; lambs, Choice, $12,25 to $1.8.251 do.,
medium, 00.50 to $0.00' hogs, fed and
watered, $12.10 to $12.220; do„ weighed
off cars, 51.2.35 to $12.46;' do., i o,b,,
$11.25.
Montreal, Jan. 3. --Chaffee Steers, 30;
ggnod steers, $7 to 38.50 butohers' bulle,
$.7 to $8; butchers' cows 35,50 to $7,50;
ee.nners' bulls,- 35.00; 00.11001.0' c0w5
$5.40; grass - calves, $5.76; milk for{
quires, 310; lambs, $1(76 to 23;60;
$liee7 $
t $0; select hogs, $Y2,69- to $13,60,
GF,R MANS MUST '.'URN IN
ALL THEIR OLn SHOES
And. Can Only Secure Two New :Pairs
-Outing the Year 1917.
A Router, despatch from Amster-
dam to London says that the latest
German papers contain the Federal
Council's reguIations regarding shoes
and clothing for 1017. They prescribe
that only two pairs of so-called "shoes
do luxe" will bo sold on the turning
In of oast off, but still wearable pairs,
The utilization of cast -of clothing Is to
be entrusted to communities which
have a lltonoply for the purchase a4
these articles. The exchange of old
for now articles will bo allowed only
tlls'ougli tickotsi,
ARMING OF MERCHANT SHIPS.
Dangers of New Campaign of Larger
U -Boats.
The naval correspondent of the Lon-
don Times urges that all merchant
mon be armed and that heavier guns
be used. To some extent guns were
used for self-defence last year; prig-
cipally for ships engaged in Govern-
ment work, but the guns provided in
almost every instance were of small
calibre and range, and placed at the
stern of the boats. Even with this
insufficient""protection the experience
of captains was that in many in -
:Aeneas submarines would not risk an
attack.
The scarcity of guns and amntuni-
Ron, other demands being more p i:tee-
ing, was the ofifeial explanation why
more merchant ships were not armed.
Tn view of the prospect of a more dan.
gerous submarine campaign with
larger U-boats whicli operate in the
Open Sea instead of lying in wait un-
der the headlands and In sltalioW we-
ters, the matter has become urgent.
A small gun mounted oaten is no
longer suffleient protection, as the new
U»boats carry gum which havA a
tango of from 11,000 to 12,000 yards,
whllo the iuerchelltmon guns at the
farthest carry abottt 9,000 yards, The
U-boats can, the•efere, stay out of
t'aege anti shell the merchantmen till
it sighs,
We always lose our Aatimce with
the man Who Can't keel -
I ,iris temper
during a political discussion,
3 in Mesopotamia, 3 in Persia, 2 each
in the Dardanelles, Constantinople, in
Smyrna, Silesia, and on the Struma
front. The general situation seems
that half the Turkish army is engaged
in the Caucasus and Armenian thea-
tres, and the rest scattered nowhere
in.gl•eat strength. Only two divisions
are engaged south of Smyrna.
NEWS FROM ENGLAND
1EWS Rp IltAi1 ABOUT •rOIIY
HULL. AND HIS PEOPLE,
Occurrences Its the [.and That Reigns
Ruprcme to the Commas..
tial World.
Women help in road -tar spraying at
Chiswick.
A war shrine 5 ft, 6 inches high has
been erected outside St. Peters, Can-
terbury.
Stoke Newington has sent 33250 to
the National Committee for Relief in
Belgium.
Sea lsnlperns have recently been
caught in eel pots in the Thames at
Teddington Weir.
A wing is to be placed to Dover-
court Cottage hospital, as a memorial
to.Captain Fryatt.
The curfew bell 1s being rung at.
Wigan every evening as a warning for
the subduing of lights.
An agreement has been reached by
rvliicli skilled. engineers are exempted
from military service, „,,
Millbonit :Boys' School has been
commandeered' by the War Office as a
club for Dominion troops,
Eastbourne Guardians are recom-
mending poor people to buy clogs in-
stead of boots for their children.
Mrs. Ilannah Anker, the eldest fish-
monger in England, has just died at
Peterborough at the age or 96.
A proposal is now before the cor-
pc'rattonief Sauth Shields .for tstilizing
the public parks as vegetable gardens,
Burnley Weavers' Association paid
$7055 upon 208 claims for death belle.
fit In respect or men killed in the war,
New war bonuses, inn'ohdng an an.
nual outlay .of 326,005, are roeom.
mended tor employes or Newcastle
Corporation.
Two Manchester city councillors
have volunteered for service in con-
nection with the construction of roads
in Prance,•
There are, at 'the invest estimate,
50,000 disabled .-soldiers discharged
TEUTONS WIN
5 -DAY BATTLE
Important Rumanian Town Ras
Fallen to the Invaders.
A despatch from London says: The
nee of the Teutonic allles apparently
is fast closing in upon Braila; Ru-
mania's oil and grain, centre, on the
Danube. Having taken Filipechti, 80
miles to the south-west, Field Marshal
von Mackentsen's troops have now
captured the railroad town of Rimnik
Sarat, relatively -the same distance to
the east, while the guns of the Do-
brudja army are still hammering the
Russo -Rumanians at the bridgehead
of Matchin, on the east bank of the
Danube, opposite Braila.
Prior to the fall of Rimnik Sarat
the Teutonic allies defeated the Rus-
sians on a front of 1012 miles south-
west of the town, while the Teutonic
Danube army captured several forti-
fed villages, according to the Berlin
War Office. Petrograd admits that the
Russians. and Rumanians have,been
forced to fall back north of Mgura,
but says elsewhere the invaders wore
defeated with heavy casualties.
Since December 22, says Berlin,
more than 8,900 prisoners and 27 ma-
chine guns have been captured in
Rumania.
RAILROAD GENIUS.
Sir Eric Geddes, Director -General of
Military Railways.
Sir Eric Geddes, who has been ap-
pointed
ppointed Director -General of Military
Railways, in which capacityhe is re-
sponsible for the organization of all
the railways used by our troops in
northern France, is another of one
great railway men whose remarkable
business initiative is being utilized by
the Government.
Sir Eric, who is a Scotsman, was
educated at Edinburgh Academy. He
was intended for the army, but after
from the military hospitals as unfitted passing• the preliminary examination
foe further service, he hent to the United States. It was
in. the United States that he gained
his first railway experience, and in
1896 he joined the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway.
well Five years later he went to India,
and although still a young man, his
a recruiting office, remarkable organizing capabilities
Because of the increasing price of were aeon recognized, and he tvas
milk, Liverpool C:iLy Council is to be made manager of ono of the - first
asked by the labor representatives to tramway lines in the British Empire.
establish' a municipal supply. Not long after he became Assistant
Traffic Manager of one of the 'leading
Indian railroads, the Rohilkund line,
Returning to England in 1905, he
was iippointed Commercial Agent to
the North-eastern Railway, For this
been placed under cttlti ti lj -post a man of great experience is ;re-
fer and have been lot out by the quirod, for among its numerous'fur:e-
council for the production of "war tions are the watching of trade move -
food supplies."
Thero_,sr new 2300 old boys of St.
Paul's School serving,fee the forces,
The roll of done]. numbers 226 and 27
old Paltaines have been awarded the
D,S.O.
Broadslttirs Tribunaa passed a reso-
lution to the effect that a movement
should be organized to safeguard
businesses oWiled by single fndivida.
ale called to the eolore,
Rear -Admiral Stuart, 0.13„ unveiled
theportrait17
t X oils of ,Tack Cornwall,
V.C., the boy hero of tile Juelantlefight,
w hich bits been presented to Grimsby
Hospital;
The total number of fatal accidents
in the Royal flying Corps, military
wing, in the last twelve months is 98.
The museum attached to Camber-
il Aol Gallery has been commas.
deerecl by the military authorities for
The "retch your own loaf" system,
by which the consumer gets the loaf
one cent cheaper, is being adopted by
many South London bakers.
Acton's public playing fields hove
va ion as allot -
Got
Got Moro Than She Gave,
Miss Ryval (triumphantly) -.I sup-
pose Jack never told you he 01100 pro-
posed to me,
Jack's fiancee -No; he told me
there Were a number of things in his
life he was ashamed of, but 1 didn't
ask him what theywere;
Viewedit.
With Pleasure.
'tI And lady customers very hard to
pioas0."
"I can't say that. My geode aoemi
to give eniinent satisfaction,"
"What lint?"
"Mte,aore,"
'TIME FOR PEACE
IS NOT YET RIPE
Czar Says' to End War Would
Mean Failure to Secure
Objects Sought.
A despatch front Petrograd says;
In the course of an order issued to all
the units cif the Russian army, the
Emperor, in a brief review showing
bow the inequalities in the technical
ye1ourcoe for warfare as between the
allies and the Centl:al Powers are be-
ing gradually removed, with the re -
suit that the enemy strength is appar-
entlywaninla; while that of. Russia and
her allies is continually growing, pro-
ceeds to say:
"Germany is feeling that her com-
plete defeat is near, and Clear also is
the flour of retribution for all her
wrongdoings and violations of the
moral law. As 4n the "time of her
strength she declared war, SO DOW,
feeling iter weakness near, she, sud-
denly offers to enter upon peace nego-
tiations before her military talent is
exhausted,
"At the same ,time she is creating a
false impression about the strength
of her army by utilizing her tempor-
ary success over the Rumanians,
who lack experience in the conduct of
modern warfare."
AUSTRIAN TOILERS SUFFER.
Condition Described by Socialist Or -
'gen as Practical Serfdom,
Austrian workingmen have been re-
duced to a condition of practical serf-
dom by the war, according to reports
made by delegates to a labor conven-
tion held in Vienna "recently for the
purpose of discussing the arbitrary
methods practiced by Austrian em-
ployers, with the assistance of the
military authorities. Copies of the
Arbeiter-Zeitung, the organ of the.
Austrian Socialists, reaching London
show that that newspaper had intend-
ed to print a ten -column report of the
meeting, but that the censor had cut
out about five columns of the account
as originally, written. The censor re-
moved all but a few sentences of the
opening speech of the labor leader,
Franz Domes, made deletions in all
the other speeches, and suppressed
the resolutions of the Congress.
Herr Domes is reported as saying
that Austrian labor is now quite de-
fenseless, that no increase of wages
can be obtained to keep pace with the
increased cost of living, and that the
situation is much worse than in Eng-
land, France or Russia, and worse also
than in Germany or even Hungary.
Workmen cannot make use of the ma-
chinery for registering complaints,
because the complaints have to be
made to the military representative
who nolo controls all important under-
takings, and men who complain are
sent to the army.
Many speakers showed how the sys-
tem of military control was turned to
account by employers. Many of them
escaped military service by obtaining
contracts for a small amount of war
work, and then continued their ordin-
ary business. Large concerns ob-
tained State protection, and the bene-
fits of special war legislation, al-
though their work had nothing to do
with the war. Thus buildings were
being constructed under military su-
pervision for the Austro-Hungarian
Bank in Vienna, and no increase of
wages allowed.
Conditions in clothing factories
were described as particularly bad,
and the wages of women as, scandal-
ous. Several speakers said that
health conditions were becoming very
bad, and that tuberculosis in particu-
lar was increasing.
CANADIANS' GRAVES.
Marked in English Cemeteries by
Crosses of Oak.
The identification and marking of
every grave of a Canadian soldier
who dies in England from wounds,
disease or accident is being under-
taken by the staff of the Adjutant -
General of the Canadians in London.
Men who die in England are ,at least,
to Have the honor of having their last
resting place marked by the erection
of the small wooden cross which is so
familiar in the cemeteries of Flanders
anti Prance. These memorials are
only of a temporary character, but at
the present time they undoubtedly
comet as more worthy tokens of re-
spect than the costly productions of
stonemasons,
As 'far as possible, cemeteries in
England are matting special reserva-
tions of plots for military burials,
and Canadian funerals are arranged
according to regular military pro-
cedure; but the task of marking the
grave suitably has been undertakeh
by the office mentioned. The erases§
are made of oiled English oak, and are
uaranteed to last for 40 years. On
e top, just above the crossbar, is the
o•d "Canada," and on the crosehar
the man's name, with his unit "and
ate of decease below. Tho work has
eel in hand now fora month, and al-
ady about 800 of these memorials
ave been erected. As burinls have
ken place up itnd down the country,
has been necessary to ]»alto man
queries as to location of graves;
oreover, as cemeteries and church -
vis are uncle' the control of local
theories or rectors, permission has
be obtained in each case for the
action of the memorial, 1f relatives
refer to erect a memorial of a more
ornate character, they will be at lib -
y to do so, but in the eyes of most J3
y
peeplo these simple wooded crosses
Will toll clearly their "hit facet"
story.
The Drawback,
menta, affecting the interests of tail- g
ways, and suggesting 'means of en- th
couraging and developing new sources le
of traffic. is
In 1911 he became Deputy General d
Manager of the company, a position b
which he held e 1 his appointment re
to the Ministry se Munitions,
Sir Erie Geddes was knighted last to
yeare and is a Lieutenant-Colonel of it
the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps. en
Trench Chicken Soup. yes
The English soldier boys in the' to
trenches in France find that time or
hangs heavily on their hands, and try p
various devices to amuse themselves.
Several trench magazines have been ort
published. This recipe was copied
from ono of them --It, M. Growler -in it
an English Imperi
"'fake a piece of white paper . slid
a lead pencilt and draw ;from memory
the outline of a dont. Then carefully
remove the feathers. Pour' onpo g al-
remove
of boiling i; water into a saucepan
and sprinkle a pinch of salt on the
heals tail, Mott' let it simmer, 1
the soup has. a blonde appearance, stir
it with a lead pencil, which will make
it more of a brunette, Let it Moil two
Stom'e. Their coax the hest away from
the saucepan and servo the souls hot," th
ACROSS THE BORDER
WHAT IS GOING O7 OYER IN
THE STATES
Latest Happenings In Big Republic
Condensed for Busy
Readers.
All administration measure was in-
troduced, in Congress to give ultimate
control of all wireless stations to the
Federal Government,
Americans who have investments in
Mexico said this nation faces the '
greatest crisis with Carraltza Govern -
meat.
The safety or the coantry depends
on the building of a great air fleet,
Rabert D. Peary told the :Efuuters' Fra-
ternity of America at a seasonal dim
ger.
The Severn, a three -masted sailing
vessel, formerly „the Cltosapealce, of
the U.S, navy, has been sold by the
Naval Department for 340,00, and will
bo fitted up for trade,
Illinois Highway Association Have
approved a bond issue of sixty mil•
lion dollars to build six thousand
miles of good roads. Tho question is
to be submitted to a vote In Nevem.
ber, 1018.
Capt. W. S. Sims, U.S.A., told the
House Committee on Naval Affairs
that the United States commerce
could be destroyed and the navy swept
from tate seas without the protection
of battle cruisers.
A thief stole a tray with diamonde.
front a jewellery store in Derby,
Conn., when the clerk's back was
turned. Although the clerk gave chase,
the thief escaped with booty valued at'
32000,
Joseph Feldman, a shoe merchant of
New York, was followed home front
his store after closing hours, black-
jacked by three highwaymen and rob.
bed of 31800 worth or jewellery and
$98 cash,
The Youngstown, Ohio, Sheet and
Tube Company have declared a stock
dividend of 100 per dont„ together
with the regular 2 per cent. quarterly
on the common stock, and 1% on the
Preferred.
The Milted States has the right to
restrict the use of the Panama Canal
without reference to any foreign nar
tion, said Major-General Goethals,
speaking at a lunoheon given by the
Merchants' Association of New York.
After losing her handbag containing
cash and securities valued at 38100 in
in an elevator car in New York City,
and accusing a woman in the ear, of
s'teaiing it, ialrs, Evelyn Conway found
that her bag had been found in the
.car and turned into the lost property
office.
Sing Sing Prison was plunged into
darkness .by "short circuited" wires
and 1500 unguarded prisoners, instead
of attempting to escape marched to
their cells and closed the doors. The
are from the electric wires was extin-
guished by guards and prisoners to-
gether.
Washington Force, 19, admitted
!'stealing 325,000 worth of diamonds
from the office of a steamship com-
pa11y in New York, but could not dis-
pose of them as the best offer he had
,for a lot worth $11,000 was fifty cents,
from the Bowery second-hand dealers.
He then left the whole lot in a Chinese
laundry and wrote the firm where to
find them.
Mrs. Elmira Breckway, of Chicago,
is under arrest at London, England,
charged with fortune telling. Eflorts
are being shade to obtain ]ler release,
and it is said that she went to Eng-
land to help organize a college of
psychic science. She has a son at the
front with the American Red Cross,
has independent means, and owns a
theatre in Paris, it Is said.
MAIL FOR THE FRONT.
Ten Million Letters Also Many Par-
cels Every Week.
It seems almost incredible that
something like 10,000,000 letters and
750,000 parcels are sent every week to
British soldiers fighting in France.
These• astounding figures make one
realize the wonderful organization
which has been set up. When you post
a letter to one of our fighting men it
leaves for France the following morn-
ing, and as a rule, if he is in billets,
it will reach him in three days, and
only a day longer if he is in the
trenches.
All letters, no matter whether they
come from Land's Etld, John o'Groat's
or the wilds of Connemara, are first
dealt with at the hone base in Lon-
don, They are sorted into mail -bags,
of which there is a separate one for
each military unit, and then they are
made up into nails for troops o13 the
various fronts, such as .France, Egypt,
Salonica, and other parts of the world
where fighting is taking place.
No fewer than three special trains
are run every clay from London for
army snails alone. Five million letters
are sent home from soldiers in
France every week, and the sorting of
these is also clone in London, before
they can be sent to their various des-
tinations,
Women, of course, do mkt' of the
sorting nowadays, aid although they
carry out their duties in an admirable
manner it is open to question whether
the quickest womalt worker quite
comes up to tile. speed attained by ex-
perienced male sorters.
n
CLERGYMAN COMMANDERS.
Two British Regiments Have Divines
.At 'I'hcir Heads.
Tt is not generally known that two
riLish regiments are commanded 117
clergymen. Lieut: Col. Beresford, of
the 2-8 London Regiment (R,F.), is
in holy orders, His -promotion. came
in the ordinary way, and ho was
transported from second in command;
of a line regiment to ltis present com-
mand. The Rev. W. E. Wingfield
(S,arnierl curate of Sit. Paul's Port-
) �h t ' 4
intik S . of St. Catf]arino s bVi °an
), r B r
and All Saints'; Southport, 18 stow
lietitenttnt'oolonel in charge of a bri-
gade of artillery,
One pound of good bread is as nutri-
titre its 01/21b, of potatoes,
She (thinking of the wounded).. --
Poor fel1owal Iiow dreadful it must
be to o aralyzed.
tIe with recede ''
1 etzons -A
w es
, yds
yen do have tither a bad mead next
day.
A titan's brain is 5'ha ounces heavier
an a vveman's,