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FEAR GERMAN DASH
OYER NEUTRAL SWITZERLAND
Distinguished French Writer Urges Britain to Take Over More
of Western Front, So France May Be Prepared For
Any Lightning Stroke From von Hindenburg.
A despatch from , Paris says:
France leers a dash by the German
armies acrossneutral Switzerland, in
a desperate attempt to turn the
French and ,Italian lines, and relieve
the pressure of the allied forces.
For monthsthe possibility of an in•
vasion of Swiss territory has been
talked of ins -Paris as a possibility. To, -
day, in the opinion of the French
press, it has become a probability,
Germany has called to the colors
another class of recruits which will
reinforce her active armies by more
than half a million men, With her
military forces now at their maximum
she is, preparing for her supreme
effort of the war.
Of one thing France is certain:
that under Field Marshal von Hinden-
, burg Germany is mustering all her
resources for the decisive. stroke, and,
if the past is to be a guide for the fu-
ture, she will deal this blow, with the
same lightning -like speed with which
she launched her legions across neu-
tral Belgium in the opening campaign
of 1914.
This view is expr'essed in La Vic -
a
toire by Gustave Herve, the famous
French publicist, who devotes his lead-
ing article to the subject.
Britain must take over a still
greater portion of the line now field
by the French, M. Verve declares, in
order to free a sufficient body, of
French troops to permit the forma-
tion of an "army of manoeuvre"—a
mobile force which will be ready to
reinforce any part of the west front
line menaced by the Gelman attack.
M. Herve also points Out that Ger-
many has mobilized the classes of
1919, giving her six hundred thousand
additional men, while her ,civil mobil-
ization will liberate a force variously
estimated at from 600,000 to 2,000,000.
Thie force, while it will be used chief-
ly for service at the rear, will free
a corresponding number of younger
troops for the purpose of the first
Line. '
"At what point will they strike?"
NI, Herve asks. "Hindenburg's pet
objective is Russia, the article con-
tinues, "but a grand offensive on that
front is out of the question until April
owing to weather conditions "
GERMANS PLEAD
WITH NEUTRALS
Vorwaerts Wants Wilson and
Others to Tell Germany '
When to Capitulate.
A despatch from Berlin says: The
Vorwaerts, returning to the discussion
of the situation created by the rejec-
tion of the peace offer, argues that so
long as neither side is able to gain a
decisive victory the only way out is
through peace by compromise and un-
derstanding, and it remains the task
of the neutrals to find a suitable mo-
ment for this,
The Vorwaerts further says:
"Now that President Wilson has
enlisted his own and his country's au-
thority in behalf of peace he cannot
ewe, abandon his efforts as hopeless, and
he has the best prospects for realiz-
ing his purpose within a g,easonable
time> if he knows how to avail him-
self tit the growing peace sentiments
of the European peoples. If he is
willing to exert pressure, this he must
direct against the allies, not the Cen-
tral powers, and it would be a meri-
torious act if he could convince the
Entente that even the most peaceful
part of the Gernhanpeople cannot ac-
cept them as judges.
"Hatred, revenge and greed of cone
quest are not fitted to establish a new
international legal status 'upon which
the temple of peace may rest securely,
and the entire German people reject
the Entente powers in the office ea
judge
ofjudge arrogated by them."
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SINK BRITISH SHIP;
MURDER THE CREW
Germans With. Sub Give Display of
Disregard for Non -Combatants
A despatch :from London says :—
An Admiralty announcement of an-
other case of callous disregard for
the lives of non-combatants come to
light" says that nothing further has
been heard of the British steamer
North Wales, proceeding in ballast
from Hull for Canade, which a Ger-
Man wireless despatch on November
10 reporfed as having been torpedoed.
As only one piece of wood marked
"North Wales" has been washed
Mile's ashore, together with some bodies on
the Cornish coast, it is presumed that
the crew, which took to the boats in
the gale then raging, were drowned.
GERMAN TERMS
VERY LIBERAL
A despatch from Washington says:
Germany's secret terms for peace
have now reached the White House.
They are so liberal that the allies
must listen to them according to Ger..
man sources here. President Wil-
son, it is said, is to send another note
to the belligerents, no matter what re-
ply the allies may make to his first
offer,
BEAT THE ENEMY
IN EAST AFRICA
British Take Strong Positions
and Inflict Heavy Casual-
ties on the Foe.
A despatch from London says :—
The following official communication
was issued by the- War Office on
Thursday night:
"in East Africa our forces, in the
vicinity of Kissakis, south of the Ulu -
guru Hills, assumed the offensive New
Year's Day. They stormed the en-
emy's strongly -entrenched - lines in
the Mgeta Valley, inflicting heavy
casualties and capturing several guns
and howitzers. Pursuing the en-
emy we approached, on January 3,
the Tiogowali River, eleven miles
northpest of Kibambawe."
TIN -CAN WEALTH FOR HUNS.
Britiuh Castaways Transformed to
Articles Made in Germany.
How Germany and Austria made
money from the old tin cans care-
lessly cast aside in 'Britain was des-
cribed at Caxton Hall recently, at a
conference of municipal authorities,
says London Chronicle.
Previous to the -war, it was pointed
out, Germany and Austria reaped
huge profits from the de -tinning and
de -galvanizing of our refuse metals,
and fruit pulp tins, sardine tins, sal-
mon tins, and all kinds of discarded
metals were returned to us from Ger-
many, after treatment in the shape
of trays of all de19cr'iptions, match
boxes, match strikers, letter racks,
photograph frames, and many other
articles which were on exhibition.
The Germans had tarsen from this
country at the very lowest 30,000
tons of old tins per annum, at an
average cost of 51 per ton, and at
pre-war prices for every £1,000 worth
of old tins the Germans recovered
51,500 worth of pure tin alone.
In addition they had the base metal
left and various bi-products, such as
spelter. It was also stated that the
steel obtained in this way had been
made into light rails, which had been
supplied by the Germans at a very
low rate in competition with British
and other manufacturers.
It is proposed to deal with the
waste tins in this country by a spe-
cial process.
Ough.
"I want some cotton for my tooth,"
Said suffering Mr, Baker;
"I think that I will need enough
To cover a whole acre."
The dentist peered into his mouth,
His patient's need to serve,
He saw the little tooth that ached,
And said: "I like your nerve." i
TIME NEAR WHEN GERMANY
MUST HAVE PEACE AT ANY COST
The Allies Urged to Make a Clear and Full Statement of Their
Terms in Note to Wilson..
A despatch from London says: The
Daily News analyzing the Comments
•In the German newspapers on the En -
!r Lente reply, and citing reports of the
sufferings of the peoples of the Cen-
traT Powers, sees indications that the
Central Powers do not regard the
prospect of negotiations as ended, and
domes to the conclusion that the time
is fast approaching when they must
have peace at any cost. It finds con-
firmation of this in Count Andrassy's
statement, saying;
"Whatever the motives for the de-
cision of the Central Powers to sub-
mit their peace terms to President
Wilson, it become more imperative
for the Allies to makea clear, full and
temperate statement of their terms in
their reply to the President."
BRITS}[ TRANSPORT IWERNIA
SUNK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
i
your Officers, 120 Soldiers and 33 of the Crew Are Officially
Reported as Missing..
despatch from London says: Tho
tisk transport Tvernla hat been
unk by a submarine} it was officially
tlnottneed en 'Thursday ni gle, The
ext of the report reads; ""'The 2vernia
as sunk by ate tinomy sulifnarino in
11a lsXeditez'saneun 022 Ientfarq 1, dur-
ing bad weedier and while carrying
troops. Four military officers and 116
se1d14 , as well as 88 of the crow
aro missing, 111ie surgeon and chief
engineer are airioii " the missing of.
ticera.il
Markets of the Wor.
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Bresdutafs,
''NNow 74o 5 lto Oorther Manitoba3Pee 11, wheat0
9.2 913 No. 3 do„ 12.083i 320, 4 wh4at
111.97 , trach, Bay pOrte, 01d crop trad
ins 4e above new oven,
Manitoba cater -No, 2 Q.W„ 739, track
Rayports,
corn -No, 3 Yellow, 81,10
track Toronto, subject to embargo,
Ontario' oats—No, 2 white, 44 to 66e
nominal; No, 8 white, 62 to 65c; nominn
according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—New No. 2 Winter{ pe
oar lot $1,714 to 81.70; No. 3, d0„ 1.7
to $1,72, wording to freights outside,
Peso—.4N. 2, $2,30, acoording t
freights outside,
13arlaq—afaltin -.91,16. to `$1„1$, ao
cording to freights �outeitle,
Duokwiteat — 91.25, aecordtng t
freights outside.
Rtye--'140«.2, 81,8'2 to $1.36, acoordln
to freights outside,
141anttoba ncur--First latents, in. jut
bags, $9,70; nd do., $9,20, strong 1a.
ere, do„ $8.80, Toronto.
Ontario flepr —'Winter, acoording to
sample, $7,30 to $7,60, in bags, traek'To
ionto, prompt shipment.
Millfee4—Oar lots --Delivered Mont-
reit/ freights, bugs included, bran, per
ton, $82; shorts, do., .27; good feed
flour, per bag, $2,70 to 82.80.
1'9'ay--No, 1 per ton, 815 to $13.60; No,
2,
Sti'aw-Car lots peToronto.
tb , 83,80 to ate,
track Toronto,
LORD Or TH VILLAGE,
East Indian Stationmaster important
Person,
-'- "The stationmaster is lord of the in.,
dian village rai!'wey station," wrltoa
Thornton OaldeY In Harper's Maga•
zine, "He is the sole otfietal, He is
ticket agent, telegraph operator,
gage -master, information clerk, lamp^
man, traokman, nu4n-of.-a11•work, Ho
1, is usually an easy-going Engllelunan,
✓ rather bored with life, becoming solve•
0 what indolent from the effects of Itt-
o .dian sun, Braid glitters o* his her•
met, and among the villagers his word
is law. Sometimes 11e serves as jus.
O tice of the peace, and the village fells
g are brought before him with tlliieir
e squabbiings and their fallings/out,
k, Then you see him on the platform, In
the shadow of the station, leaning
back lazily in his folding•chair,'lhis
hands claspgd behind his !lead, hie
legs stretched out, hearing and mit,
Ding the disputes of the wide-eyed
gestioulating, loudtongued uativee.
"Whop an English army otfl
takes a train all other passengers
back into insignificance, He is ge
baa,
Country Produce—Wholesale,
mrP l4so41 ,o3-10raeY nts, 45dairy, 7c; solids,
4330, ,
ggs—No, 1 storogo, 39 to'40o; stor-
age, selects, 42 to 43e; new -laid, to car-
tons, 65 to 70c; out of eartons, 60 to 92e,
Cheese—Large, 281 to 26a; twins, 26
to 261; triplets, 263 to 261o.
Live poultry -- C,hickens, 16 to 170;
fowl, 12 to 16e,
Dressed poultry—Chlokens, 21 to 22o;
fowl, 10 t0 180; ducks, 20 to 22c; squabs,
per dos„ $4• to 4.59; turkeys, 29 t0 30u;
geese, 16 to 180.
Honey—White clover, 20.11. tins, 14c;
6-11. tins 1R to 193o• l0 -ib, 123 to 13e;
60.11. 12 "to 12c; .buckwheat, 80 -Ib, tins,
9 to 930. Comb honey—extra line and
heavy Weight, per doz. 92.75; select, $2.50
to 62.78; No. 2, 92 to 92.26.
Potatoes — Ontario. per bag, $2.10;.
British Columbia Rose, per bag, 92 to
52.15; New Brunswick Delawares, per
bag,$2,28 to $2.36.
Bans — Imported, hand -plaices!, per
bush., (1; Canadian, !land -picked, per
bush., 86.50 to $7; Canadian primes, $6
to $6,50; Limas, per 11., 9 to 10e.
Provisions—Wholesale.
26e;moked db., heavy, 22to23c nicooked, 24 to
36o' rolls, 12 to 20e; breakfast bacon. 26
to 27e; bacica, plain, 26 to 270; boneless,
28 to 290.
Cured meats --Gong clear bacon 18 to
183o per lb,; clear bellies, 1S to 181e,
and—Pure lard, tierces. 213 to 2110;
tubs, 211 to 22o; palls, 22 to 224o; cmn-
pound, 161 to 17e. ,t
Montreal 'Markets.
Montreal, Jan, 0.—Oats. Canadian
Western, No, 2, 71e; do. No, 3, 69e; ex-
tra, No. 1 feed, 69c, Barley, 3naat, feed,
el;
;o malting, 01.30. Flour, Man. Spring
w$9.30; st trong bakers'. ;9.10' '.Vinterpa
tents, choice, $9.26: straight rollers,
08.50 to $8.80; do„ nage, 94,10 to $4.23.
Rolled oats, barrel, $7,25; do., bags, 00
lbs., $8.60. Bran, 332. Shorts, $36.
Middlings, 535 to $40. Mou111ie, 3.43 to
$48. Ray, No, 2, per ton, car lots, 013.
ss2nerict6ca,en4o Butt, choesremery,43
to 4220;
do., seconds, 40 to 41c. Eggs,
400; fresh,30. 20 stockc34e. Potatoes, per bag,
oar lots, $1.76 to $2.
Winnipeg -Grain.
Winnipeg, ,Tan. 9.—Cash rriees:—
Wheat—No, 1 Northern, $1.833; N0, 2
Northern, 91.803; No. 3 Northern, $1.763
No. 4, $1.633. Oate—No. 2 C.W. 6556
No. 3 C.lv, 5550; extra No, 1 feed, 551
No. 1 feed, 532c; Na 2 feed, 622a, Bar-
ley—...No, 3, 993c.; No. 4, 933o; releoted,
73e; fend, 730, 33'5 x—No. 1 N.W.C.,
$2,593; No, 2 C.W„ $2.563.
IInited States Markets,
Minneapolis, Jan. 0. — Wheat — \lav,
41.922 to 11.930; July, 01.885 to $1.532;
cash, No, 1 hard, 91,900 to $2.003; No. 1
Nor0ihern, $1.932 to 91.903; No. 2 North-
ern, $1331 to $1.900. Corn—No, 3 yel-
low, 94 to 943e. Oats—No, ,3 white,
640 to 541e. Flour unchanged. Bran,
$27 to $27,60.
Duluth, Tan. 0.—Wheat—No, 1 hard,
$1.962: No. 1``North$ern, 91.943c; No. a2
Linseed To arrive $2,873; May. $2.913;
JulY, 32.,901., ,
Live Stook Markets,
Toronto, Jan, 9.—Choice heavy steers,
83.60 to $10; do„ good, 49 to $0,26;
butchers' cattle choice, $0 to 99,25; do,
I.ood, $8.50 to 28.86; do, medium, $8 to
8.25; do, comtnon, $7.26 to 47.76;
utohors' halls, ohofoo, 37.40 to $8; do,
good bulls, 67 to $7.26; do, rough bulls,
4.86. to $5.10; butchers' cows, choice,
7,2[, to $7.60; do. good, $0.76 to $7; do,
medium, $6,26 to $0,50; stockers 86.26
to 37; choice feeders, $6.00 10 $7.25; can-
ners and cutters, $4,35 to $5.35; milkers,
choice, each, $70 to $100; do., common
and medium, each, $40 to $00; springers,
$00 to $100; light ewes, $9;26 to $10;
sheep, heavy, 56 to $7.50; calves, good to
choice, $11.36 to 018• lambs, choice, $13
to $13.76; do. medium, 99,76 to10,26;•
hogs, fed and watered, $11,59 to $
12,80;
do., weighed off oars, $12.75; co. f.o.b.,
$11,76.
Montreal, Jan, 9,—Choice steers, $9;
good steere, $7.60 to $8.26; butchers'
buns, 77 to 38; butchers' cows, 36.69 to
87.30; $c canners, bulls, 96,60; canners,
milk -fed 40; calve sass -fad calves, $6.50;
$13.50; select hogs$;12.78ato 213 50. to
THE CHILDROF BELGIUIM.
Are Suffering From Hardships and
Disease.
There are 2,575,000 children in
Belgium enduring the hardships
which a heartless invader has forced
upon them, and of these 1,500,000 are
entirely dependent upon charity for
food. Of the eemainder many have
to be partly fed by the Neutral Com-
mission, An American specialist who
spent three months investigating in
Belgium. states that tuberculosis is ,in-
creasing rapidly among the older chil-
dren of the working classes, and
rickets with the younger children;
that every tuberculosis sanitarium in
Belgium is crowded, and that babies
born now weigh less than those born
before the war,
MAXIMILIAN HARDEN
MAKES PLEA FOR PEACE.
A despatch from London says:
Maximilian Harden; editor of • Die
Zuknnft, delivered a sphech at Berlin
Saturday, pleading for peace by
agreement,'according to Reuter's Am-
sterdam correspondent, who quotes
the Berliner Tagoblatt, After refer-
ring to the enemy miscalculation of
Germany's strength, Herr harden
warned his hearers not to allow them-
selves to be deceived about the 011-
emy's strength. Russia's resources
cannot be exhausted," he said, "for,
indeed, the war proceeds only on the
edges of thio World Empire. Eng.
land's hunger, moreover, is only a
catehword, for which there 15 no
fcundation, while 'T'rance's lack of
men can be balanced by 13ritsh
troops."
ELEVEN PERSONS KILLED
IN SCOTTISH TRAIN WRECK..
A. despatch from Edinburgh says:
Eleven persons Worn killed end forty
injured en Wednesday when a traits
loaded with pet'aons returning to Ed-
inburgh atter the Now 'Y'ea, holiday
collided with 91 switch engine ton
voiles outsldo the city,
ser
fall
nen.
ally tall, his eyebrows bushy, has face
scorched by sun. He la dressed
khaki and wears a medal on Ills bre
hanging from a strip of many -colo
,ribbon. He drives up to the stat
late, with a clatter of hoofs and sw
of dust. As he steps through
gates the stationmaster hurries
with bows'and escorts him to the c
partlueut which has been reserved
him. The officer's baggage nes
fills the platform. His servant, p
haps a Hindu from Madras, has to
hair tied into a knot, strides ab
giving orders to coolies who stre
to and fro, staggering beneath true
and boxes.
"It is long past the scheduled bo
of departure. Everybody else is to
aboard. From the third-class ca
Hindu faces loan out watching.
the last box is lifted to the back
a groaning coolie, again is heard
clatter, a rattle of wheels,and t
officer's wife drives up. She teal
'across the platform swiftly, her lo
veil blowing out behind. An ayah
follows, shrouded in white, with two
children by the hand, who in turn are
leading a toy -elephant on wheels at
a frisky puppy dog. Then comes
burst of English voices, of barks a
children's trebles, of yells from cool'
as the servant pours coppers in
their hands. The stationmaster to
enquiringly at the officer, who no
and steps into the car. The last do
slams. The stationmaster waves 1
arms and blows his whistle, There
an answering toot from the engin
and as the coolies drop exhausted o
the platform the train begins t
move,"
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SOME FAMOUS DISHES.
Historical Plate Sold of ETizabetha
Period.
In a London auction -room som
time ago there was sold a service o
twenty-two silver -gilt dishes, so beau
tiful in themselves and so famous his
torieally that they brought fifty:seve
thousand five hundred dollars. Th
romantic story of the Harris Eliza
bethan banqueting plate, as it i
known, is thus told by the New Yorl
Times:
At the time when the Spanish Ar
mada had set out to conquer Englan
n certain John Harris commande
thirty-five volunteers on a vessel call
ed the Adwyse, and a relative, Wil
limn Harris, paid fifty pounds,
much larger stun then than it is now
toward the defense of his country.
The Harrises, as a reward, obtained
a considerable share of the loot from
the luckless Spanish ships.
In 1851, it is known, the family pos-
sessed a few silver -gilt dishes. The
spoils from the Armada permitted the
making of more,' Accordingly, the
service was extended to fifteen dishes
and seven 'plates, severally hall-
marked for the years 1590, 1601) and
1601, and carrying the maker's marls
—three trefoils and monograms. La-
ter on the rim of each was engraved
with the coat of amts of Sir Christo-
pher- Harris,
Time went on, and the civil war
began. Sir Christopher's descendant
held a command in the 1'oyal forces
at Plymouth, and became alarmed for
the safety of the heirlooms, Accord-
ingly,'lhe had them hidden away in a
cave in the parish of Yealmpton, on
Dartmoor, and the secret of their hid-
ing -place died with him.
For nearly two hundred years the
Elizc1both.an banqueting service lay
in the ground. Then at Christmas
time, 1827, the countryside rang with
the story of its discovery by three
Dartmoor laborers employed by a
Mr. Splat, of Brixham, who wished to
enlarge the cave for storing potatoes.
Both the Crown and Mr. Sprat aban-
doned their claims in favor of the
Harris family, and the John Harris of
the day came into his own again.
Subsequently, another descendant
of the fancily, Mrs. Cater, of Trews -
bury, Cirencester, purchased the ser-
vice, and by this lady's orders it was
offered for sale at Christic's, :London.
When unearthed eighty-four years
ago, the local experts judged it to be
of Queen Anne design. The judges of
to -clay know -better, for years (eel -
lectors have been endeavoring to pur-
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BOYS MADE RICH
DOCTORS FROM UNITED STATES
BY THE WAR \ FOR THE BRITISH HOSPITALS
S7'ORITIS OP Y'OUTIflUI, GENIUS
AID ITS REWARD,
Designs and Inventions of Boy
Have Proved Useful and
Profitable,
That
It isn't only business mon who have
made big fortunes owing to the war,
There aro Several cases of mere boys
who have Lound themselves wealthy
owing to something they have done or
designed or invented that has caught
the fancy of high officials or the -gen-
eral Public..
The most striking example is prob.
ably that of Alexander Corr, a Bel.
fast youth who brought before the
Government his secret recipe for
manufacturing the much-needed anil-
ine dyes, So excellent was this dis-
covery that the authorities at once
took it up, and are paying young Corr
52,500 a year for his rights in the in-
vention, says London Answers,
Corr was being trained as a chem-
ist when he made the discovery, and,
as he is still a minor, the Government
allow him a fair sum yearly to live
on, land are placing the rest to his
account at the bank, so that when he
is of age he will have a considerable
fortune,
A Twelve -Year -Old Inventor..
The ease also will be recalled where
a lad still attending St. Matthew's
Day Schools at Hastings, whilst stay-
ing at home owing to a slight attack
of illness, sketched a new weapon -
improvement, which he forwarded —
just for ftin, as it nhust have appear-
ed to him—to the War Office.
One can imagine elle boy's and his
parent's amazement --he being but
twelve years old—when there arrived
a letter from Whitehall saying holy
useful the people there believed his
design would prove, and enclosing a
cheque foe £25.
Soon after war broke out a young
teacher in a Bermondsey elementary
school enlisted. That youth had for
some ears made a hobby of farriery
in the evenings, and had spent night
after,night in a blacksmith's shop.
Soon after he became a soldier his
oflfcerrs noticed how much he knew
about horses, and the former teacher
was promoted to non-commissioned
rank and given charge of some men in
farriery work, He did so well in this
that he soon got a commission, and
was then promoted with extreme rap-
idity. To -day he is practically at the
head of alt such departmental work
in our great Army!
Fate and the Fish -dealer.
From being an elementary teacher
just over two years ago, with a salary
of at most twee pounds a week, he
now finds himself holding very high
commissioned rank, with a salary of
- hundreds a year, and a 'prospect now
o before him he could never have
e dreamed of in olden clays,
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Cush From "Chips."
The writer heard not long ago of a
Leicester youth whose quick brain, a
year ago, grasped that leather would
shortly become worth much more than
it was then, owing to shortage and
heavy Army demands, So he bought
up aII he could during the following
three months, borrowing money in
several cases to do this. Ho has had
his reward, since he has sold the lot
for more than four times what he
gave for it, and has realized a small
fortune by. his astuteness.
Also might be mentioned the case
of half a dozen young shipping clerks
at Cardiff. These smart young lien
clubbed together, purchased an old
disused steamer over a year ago for
25,000, part of which sum they bor-
rowed, and set it fetching cargoes
from abroad. Within twelve months
they have realized more than £30,000
by their acumen, icnd they still own
the vessel, to work' os dispose of by
sale as they please.
In either case, it is sure to bring in
still fnether riches, to add to the for-
tunes they have already made by it.
In a humbler category comes the
ease of the boy of sixteen, who bor-
rowed money in order to start a
"chips" booth near one of the big
camps, That youth has now enough
money to open half a dozen fried -fish
restaurants,
TO CARE FOR SOLDIERS
BLINDED IN TIIE WAR.
ENGLISH FIRM'S BID
UNDER ALL U. S. RIVALS
A despatch from Washington says:
—Despite demands upon British muni-
tion plants because of the war, Had-
fields, Limited an English concern,
outbid United States Companies in
proposals opened on Thuiisday for
16 -inch and 14.iinch armor piercing
projectiles for the United States navy,
Not only are the English Company's
figures more than $200 per projectile
below the nearest American compotit.
or, but the time is cut in half, the
shells to be delivered in the United
States duty paid.
Should Ifnow The Sy nt !toms ,
y 1 s
She ---Are you sure that you really
and truly love mo?
He—Ain T sure? I'vo loved dozens
of girls and I guess T ought to kiioty,
As a curious instance of the
changes war has made in many men's
fortunes, an interesting case is that
of an East Coast fish -dealer. This
gentleman, in 1897, became bankrupt,
with Liabilities approaching 53,000 and
no assets, He had had serious mis-
fortunes,�as his thirty-three creditors
then acknowledged, but in due course
he got to work again.
The war gave him a t chance, He
found success with a fishing boat come
to him at a time just when the coun-
try was wanting all the fish it could
get, and from this he has made a for-
tune. Recently he called his twenty-
year -old creditors together, and, to
their delight, paid them all off in full.
$200,000 Raised in America by the
British-French-Belgimt Full!,
A clespetch from New York says:
Two hundred thousand dollars -will be
sent abroad by the British -French -
Belgian Pos'fira:lent Blind War Relief
Fund, it was announced on Wednes-
day night, for the establishment of an
exchange to care fee soldiers of the
throe countries blinded le battle. Of-
ficers of the fund explained that their
plan was to obtain an amount large
enough so that the capital might be
kept intact and the relief work car-
1'iss on with the interest on the
money.
Geed Prospects.
Officer- •A.nd what are you going to
do 3911091 you get there?
Emigrant—'Take up land.
Officer-11ttieh?
Iymigi'aftt•--A shovelful at u talo,
4,
Will Fill the Places of Young English Surgeons Who Desire to
Go to the Front.
A despatch frgm Lofido . save: Ac
cording to the Daily Telegraph ar.
rangements are being made to replace
a number of young surgeons in the
British hospitals, by Americans; in/or-
der to enable the Brltishers to enter
the army. There are hundreds of doc-
tors of military age in home hospitals
who wish to join the army, says the
Telegraph, but hitherto they have
been denied that honor owing to lack
of substitutes.
With a view to meeting the diffir
eulty, the -Daily Telegraph continues,
the army authorities.some time ago
enquired of the medical authorities
ins the United States whether they
young American doctors.
Hundreds of young doctors in the
United States, according to the Tele-
graph, have volunteered to 'serve in
the British army, but could not re-
ceive a commission because they were
not British practitioners. There is
no barrier, however, to their practis-
ing in Great Britain, says the news-
paper: and they are exactly the ma-
terial required to fill the places of
English doctors who desire to go to
the front. The newspaper does not
say how many Americans are likely
to come, but asserts that they '"may
not run into many hundreds," It adds,
however, that thosewho do come will
could send to England dotachmefits of be welcomed,
FROM SUNSET COAST
WRAT TILE WESTERN PEOPLE
ARE DOING.
Progress et the Great West Told
in a Few Pointed
Paragraphs.
About 1,00000 cases of salmon
were packed in British Columbia in
1916,
Short courses in mining will be in-
troduced at the University of British
Columbia.
Investigation into the high cost
living has started at the City Hal
Vancouver.
A5 Victoria an early construction of
the Esquimalt dry docks is being
agitated for.
Stores have started closing at one
o'clock for Saturday afternoon holiday
at Vandouver.
Courtenay pupils held a dance and
conceit to buy comforts for the sol-
diers overseas,
At English Bay, a Vancouver -built
100 -horsepower seaplane is being put
through its final tests.
MoIybenite deposits on Clearwater
Creek, a tributary of the Skena River,
are attracting attention.
Lumbermen deny the report of hav-
ing received inquiry or order for a
billion feet of lumber at Vancouver,
Colin Dunlop, of Fort Steele, B.C„
has lost an eye, two fingers and the
use of an arm, fighting for his coun-
try.
Many Russian refugees came in on
the Oska 811050n Kaisha liner Can-
ada, Mare to Vancouver, on Decem-
ber 15.
The Federal Government has been
asked to encourage the development
of the iron and steel industry in Brit-
ish Columbia.
There is a strong feeling at Victoria
that the restoration of British and
colonial shipping should be the first
consideration,
The British Pacific Iron and Steel
Co. has secured a,,ten-acre site on the
Fraser River near Eburne, and will
erect a steel mill.
A mass meeting of citizens was
held at Vancouver to protest against
the action of the city in putting jit-
neys out of business,
Robert G. L. Clarke, Dominion fruit
inspector for British Columbia, re=
ports the crop for 1916 to have risen
above all expectations.
The retail merchants of Vancouver
aro asking that the electors vote on
changing the Saturday half -holiday to
a Wednesday half -holiday,
In Vancouver, at King George High
School, the work in drawing has been
wonderfully successful, owing to the
free choice of subjects given to the
pupils.
J. 'N. S. Williams, of Victoria, has
invented a process by which the value
of the sugar crop at Hawaii will be
increased approximately $2,000,000
per annum,
The first keel is being laid at the
Coughlan Sr Sons' shipyards, on Fair
Creek, B.C., for the new steel steam-
ers, the building of which has been
the result of last summer's negotia-
tions.
Flight of Golden Plover.
of
1,
The longest continuous flight of any
bird is made by the golden plover,
From Nova Scotia to the coast of
South America the entire flight of
2,400 miles is accomplished without
pause or rest.
GERMANS WILL
STATE TERMS
Peace Conditions To Be Made
Known to President
Wilson.
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes
the report of a speech delivered by
former Hungarian Premier, Count
Julius Andrassy, on New Year's Day.
The Count says: "If the allies reject
our offer of peace only because, as
they assert, our offer is not honorably
meant and is only a manoeuvre of
war, and if they say they cannot en-
ter negotiations before they know
the conditions, they can learn them
from president Wilson, to whom they
will be communicated. Peace does
not appear immediately near, there-
fore we must battle further for peace
with all our strength and make it im-
possible for our enemies to prevent
steps in the direction of peace." Froin
Andrassy's speech it appears as if
some sort of communication of the al-
leged terms will now be made to Wil-
son. The Frankfurter Zeitung says
the allies' refusal arises apparently
from the fatal error of supposing the
present position is only temporary
and does not correspond with the ac-
tual relative strength of the belliger-
ents. It concludes by saying: "No-
thing remains for Germany but to
break open the door of peace with the
sword end."
PRISONS ARE FULL
OF HUNGRY PEOPLE.
Trouble in Vienna—- Why Germans
Advertise for Swiss Servants.
A despatch from Geneva, says:—
The Burgomaster of Vienna, Dr.
Weisklrchner, threatens to resign if
Iungary continues to refuse to send
food to Vienna, according to reports
here, He is quoted as saying that
the prisons are filled chiefly with wo-
men and children convicted of having
stolen food, while "housewives are
afraid to go shopping for food even in
the principal streets owing to rob-
beries and assaults.
The Swiss and German papers are
crowded with advertisements for
Swiss servants to go to Germany, the
reason being that every Swiss in
"Germany is allowed to receive from
home weekly ten pounds of foodstuffs,
Recognized.
Miss Hathaway, teacher in a come
try school, always tried to make the
lessons as interesting as passible to
her little pupils. k
"Now, children," she said, "you
have named all the domestic animals
but one. Who can tell me what that
one is?"
"What!" cried the teacher, "Does
no one know? Now, think: It has
bristly hair, is fond of the dirt and
likes to get in the mud."
One little boy at the end of the
class raised a timid hand,
"Please, ma'am," he said, reflective-
ly, "it's me,"
IW0 ZEPPELINS' BURNED
IN SCHLESWIG SHEDS,
•
A despatch (rent London says: Two
Zeppelins have been destroyed at Ton -
darn, Schleswig, by a fire due to de-
fective wiring in a recently. construct-
ed double slued, says a Reuter de-,
spatch from Copenhagen, quoting the
Ribe, Jutland, Rifts Tidende,
2,000,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS
ON THE FRENCH FRONT ALONE
This is Entirely Exclusive of the Forces Employed in Seven Other
•
Theatres of the War.
A special despatch from the British
front in France says:
"Gen. Sir Douglas Haig to -day aim -
mantle the largest army Great Britain
over levied on her soil. The number
of offeetives in the British army in
Prance on Jain. 1 was nearly 2,000,000
men, completely trained and ready,
,day or night, to receive orders from
their commander-in-chief,
"This figure only refers to the Brit-
ish forces in France, and is exclusive
of those employed in the defence of
Great Britain, Ireland, India, Salonica,
Egypt, Mesopotamia and Africa,"
GER TANS STRIPPING BELGIUM
OF BR ASS, COPPER AND TIN
Kitchen Utensils, Door Plates and Door Knockers Included in
The Governor's Decree.
A Reuter despatch from Amster-
dam to London says that the Maas-
trichit newspaper Des Nouvelles, is au.
tbo*hty for the Statement that the
governor -General of llolgium law is -
nod a decree: ordering the seizure of
all household goods node of bras9,,
copper, tin, hieser orbonze, includ-
ing
ncl
d-
ing kitchen utensils, door plates
and
bdeoeoIotrdeekreod,4ohp90iCtstufthde haovo
lection.
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