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Bona? Lary Announces Victory Loan --Premier Lloyd George
Says Trap, Not Peace Terms, Rejected,
A dellpatch from London says: The
now "victory loan" will be an issue at
Ave pee cent., at the price of 95, the
period to be 30 years, but with an op-
tion of redemption in twelve years.
Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, made the announcement at
the Guildhall on Thursday, where
Ititith financial leaders assembled to.
launch the loam The meeting was un-
der the chairmanship of the Lord
Mayor, and Lloyd George and his Fin-
ance Minister were the principal
Speakers.
Interest in the Premier's speech
vas whetted by his recent visit to
Rome, which was expected to color
his remarks and afford a keynote
for the country -wide war loan cam-
paign of the next few weeks,
roundatieit Crumbling:
••►_ Bonar Law said that if the loan
should fail—and it would. not, he de-
Oared—there were other methods
erhich could be applied, and the rate
$hen would not be five and one-
Fivarter per cent.
Thr military position, the Chancel-
lor said Tn his address, did not repre-
gent the true position of affairs. The
great German military machine, he
declared, was resting on an internal
foundation which was "crumbling ir-
resistibly before our eyea."
Bonar Law said that investment
in the•,Ioan would be on better terms
than would be offered in the future.
There• was no limit to the rate of
interest the Government would pay
for money, he declared) but so far as
he could forecast the future a higher
rate of interest than the present
would not be paid.
-A Trap, Not An Offer.
Premier Lloyd George said Em-
peror William had told his people
that the Entente allies had rejected
his peace offer, The Emperor did
•
so, ho said, to drug those whom he
could no longer dragoon. "We had
rejected no peace terms," the Pre-
mier said, and added:
"We were net offered terms, but
a trap baited with fine words, It
would suit Germany to have pease
now on, her own terms. We all want
peace, but it must be a real one."
The Premier said the allies were
of the opinion that war was., preferable
to Prussian domination over Europe.
The allies had .made that clear, he
said, intheirrepjy to Germany, and
clearer still in their reply to America.
The grim resolution of the Entente
Allies at the conference in Rome was
that at all costs they must achieve
the high aim which was before them
when they accepted the challenge of
the "Prussian military caste" to rid
the world "forever of its menace, and
save Europe from unspeakable des-
potism."
Defeat is Impossible.
The Rome conference was under no
delusions, Mr. Lloyd George con-
tinued, as to the magnitude of the
task of the allies, but felt no doubts
as to the results. The whole situa-
ation was probed, the difficulties were
made to deal with them. All the al-
lies felt, he declared, that if victory
was difficult, defeat was impossible.
Victory This Year.
The Premier said the navy had
strangled the commerce of Great
Britain's enemies and would continue
to doso despite "all piratical devices
of the enemy."
With proper support at hand, he
continued, the armies would cleave
the road to victory during 1917.
The best security for peace in fu-
ture, Mr. Lloyd George said, would be
obtained when nations banded them-
selves together to punish the peace
breakers.
NOTE IS CLEAR
AND POSIT WE-
•
"lJemands Restoration of Bel-
gium, Serbia and
Montenegro.
A despatch from London says: The
,Times' war editorial on Friday on the
allies' note says: "Eminently courte-
ous and friendly in tone, clear and
positive in .statement, closely reason-
ed, and animated by the lofty ideals
of politicsmorals to which the peo.ple
of the United States have always paid
homage, the reply of the allies to Pre-
sident Wilson's note must command
the assent and approbation of the
great nation who inherited, assimilat-
ed and developed the best principles
and traditions of Western civilization.
The German Government hastened to
avail themselves of a phrase which
'they picked out of the President's
note in order to curtly refuse the in-
formation which he asked. They made
no 'avowal of their views as to the
torus on which the war might be con-
cluded,' and told him in substance he
was on a mistaken road to peace. The
allies do not pretend in the present
position to state all their war aims in
detail; but declare the general objects
With more amplitude and precision
than in any statement they have yet
;made to their own countrymen."
The Only Terms.
The Times then enumerates the
terms of the allies, viz: The restore -
tion of Belgium, of Serbia and Mon-
,
teuegro and complete reparation for
file rhneage they sustained, and the
evacuation of the invaded territories
of Franco, Massie and Rumania, with
such reparation as is considered just.
The reorganization of Europe, guar-
anteed by a stable regime and found-
ed upon the respected nationalities
and full liberty and security of all
great and small nations.
The restitution of territories pre-
viously severed from allied nations by
force or contrary to the wishes of
their populations.
Theliberation of Italians,' Slays,
Rumanians and Czech Slays from
foreign domination.
The retirement of the Turkish Em-
pire from Europe,
Tho expr ssion "they must provide
restorato of the provinces torn frown
to alliesf '
til y ores against the wish of
the inhabitants" is a clear reference,
says the Times, to Alsace-Lorraine.
Who editorial concludes; "We feel
confident the excellent impression.
which the allies' reply to Germany
erkated must be confirmed and inten-
e fled by the more ample answer we
snake at the suggestion of the Presi
dent."
•
There are no words o$ more than six
syllables in the Bible,
BRITISH WIN
IN PALESTINE
Anzac Mounted Troops Destroy
Turk Position At
Rafa.
A despatch from London says:—
The War Office reports:
"On Tuesday our troops captured
a strong enemy position consisting of
six lines of entrenchments with six
main redoubts and a central keep,
covering Rafa, 30 miles north-east of
El Arish, Egypt. Tho attacking
force, composed of . Anzac mounted
troops and the Imperial Camel Corps,
left EI Arish on Monday, and the at-
tack on the position commenced at 7
a.m. Tuesday. The fighting lasted
until 5 p.m., when the position was
finaIIy carried.
"After the engagement a Turkish
relief force was Iocated, advancing
from Shalal, 16 miles east of Rafa.
This force was engaged at a point
about four miles from the Rafe posi-
tion, and was entirely destroyed.
"Up to the present we have taken
1.600 unwounded prisoners and four
mountain guns. The enemy killed and
wounded in our hands amount to 600."
BELGIAN CIVILIANS
IMPRISONED FOR LIFE.
Attempted to Escape Into Holland—
First Sentenced_to Death.
A despatch from London says:
Telegraphing from Amsterdam, Ren-
ter's correspondent says: "According
to Les Nouvelles, Baron von Huehno,
interim Governor-General of Belgium,
has published • a decree announcing
that as the result ofthe court-martial
of a number of Belgian civilians for
attempting by. :force of arms to cross
the frontier into Holland on December
6th, thirty of them were condemned
to death, but that, out of considera-
tion of the fact that they did not real-
ize the gravity- of their crime, the
sentences were commuted to life im-
prisonment. The decree concluded:
"In the event of any repetition of the
offence, T should not use my preroga-
tive for mercy."
OF GERMAN LOSSES
70 PER CENT. RECOVER,
A despatch from Berlin says: Of
the total number of officers and men
in the German army who were wound-
ed during the second year of tho war
70 per cont. fully recovered and went
basic to the trenches, according to of-
ficial figures published by the German
Government, Only 6.4 per cent. of
the wounded were completely unfit for
military service, and thn-ether wound -
ail were able to do military duty at
home. Twelve hundred and fifty sol-
diers went blind during the war.
BRITISH CAPTURE PSI: ITIONS
ON FRONT OF NEARLY A MILE
Several Raids Also Resulted in the Bagging of Large Numbers
of Prisoners.
A despatch :front London says: --
The British official communication is-
sued on Thursday night says; "A.
.number of minor enteprieeh were un-
dertekon teat night with excellent re.
sults. South of the Ancre wre enter-
ed the enemy trendies at two places
in the neighborhood of Grandcourt,
and took prisoners, Batty this Merl-
ing a local operation on a largo teals
ynorth•east of l3eaul'dont-}Tania; was
'olnpletely sustodsfulc Our troops
carried an enemy trench on a front
of three-quarters of a utile, and es-
tablished our position, An enemy
counter»attack this afternoon was
caught in the open by our artillery,
and broken up with loss. Ono tante
drod end seventy -tile prisoners, includ-
ing four offices, were taken in the
cease of the opetttions in this arse.
«lllnomy tranches also were t'afdetl
last night oast of Armentieres, and
north-east of Ypres, Moly 'castled-.
ties wore inflicted on tho enemy; l -
A Now Portrait of Premier David Lloyd George
ACROSS THE BORDER
WHAT IS .GOING ON OVER 1N
THE STATES.
Latest Happenings in Big Republic
Condensed for Busy
Readers.
Ono thousand gamecocks have been
purchased in Savannah, Georgia, to
amuse Carranza soldiers.
The United States benefited from
European war orders to the extent of
five billion dollars last year.
Three negroes were caught at Or-
ange, N.J., with a 300 -pound safe in
a wheeibarrovii, stolen from a saloon.
A special board of officers and civi-
lians _repelled to the Senate against
exclusive Government manufacture
of munitions.
Three hold-up men with guns
stripped two men on a Buffalo street
at one o'clock in the morning of
their valuables .and jewellery.
Mrs. Nellie Pope, a prisoner in the
Detroit House of Correction for the
post twenty-two years for killing her
husband, has regained her liberty.
A bitter battle is expected in Al-
bany over the hill to give local op-
tion to cities in New York State, as
advocated in Governor Whitman's
message.
Charles 11. Post, 91; father of the
late C. W. Post, Battle Creek, break-
fast food manufacturer, was married
to Mrs. Nellie J. Moore, 85, at Los
Angeles, California. •
Fifteen hundred lumberjacks are on
strike in northern Minnesota, under
the leadership of the I.W.W. Cleaning
of the camps once a week and night-
shirts are among the demands.
After being deaf and dumb for
sixty-eight years, Mrs. Cordella Kirk-
patrick, 72, became so excited at the
trial of her suit for divorce, that her
voice was restored and she was able
to hear.
A bill will be introduced at Wash-
ington to increase the salaries of
200,000 postal clerks and officers
by ten per cent., necessitating an in-
creased appropriation of ten million
dollars annually.
The Senate Committee on Military
Affairs at Washington is considering
a proposal to call up all boys of
seventeen, and require them to un-
dergo military training during the
summer for four years.
The. Boston bridge disaster . on
November 7th, which resulted in the
death of 46 persons when a street
car went through an open draw, has
developed damage suits aggregating
nearly half a million dollars.
A bronze statuette of Mme. Sarah
Bernhardt, as Queen in "Rhiy Blas,"
presented to her with considerable
ceremony on Dec. 8, with John Drew
making the presentation speech, hes
been returned to the sculptor's widow,
Mrs. Kitson, on account of a bill of
$850 for the statuette having been
presented to the actress for. payment.
The prosecution of Dr. B. Clarke
Hyde, charged with the murder of
Col. Thomas H. Swope, at Kansas
City, has been ended. Col. Swope
died seven years ago, and Dr, Hyde
has been tried throe times on a charge
of poisoning, being convicted on first,
mistrial on second, disagreement on.
third.
O. J. De Rousse, assistant to the
president of the Pennsylvania Rail-
way Company, died as the result of
having inhaled gasoline fumes in his
garage at Philadelphia. It is believed
he was asphyxiated by the vapor from
the exhaust while he was endeavoring
to place a new license tag on the car.
The office of The Blast, the anar-
chist publicatioat San Francisco,
was raided by the pi)lice looking for
n. th
evidence in case' of Thomas J.
Mooney, alleged leader of the con-
spiracy which resulted in the bomb
explosion July 22, Outing a prepared-
ness parade, when ten persons were
killed.
Where Ignorance is Bliss.
Mrs. Parvenu ran an eager eye over
the Tatter's report of the dinner
party. Presently she came to this:
"M);s. Parvenu attracted universal at-
tention by the gaucheries so ebarac-
teristie of the nouvean riche."
"lri~yl Ain't that a lovely compll-
mentl" She exclahned ecstatically,
The Ply In 'rhe Ointment,.
Caller. How pleased yon must be
to find that your new cook is a stay»
er,
Hostess.—My dear, don't mention
fit She's a stayer, all right, but tine
fortunately she's not a cools,
GERMANY MUST KEEP
BELT PULLED TIGHT
Peace Will Not Bring an Imme-
diate Solution of Food
Problem. .
A despatch from Amsterdam says;
Dr. Michaelis, German Under-Secre-
tary of the Interior, contributes to the
Yolks Zeitung of Cologne an. article
warning Germany that peace will net
bring an immediate solution of the
food problem, He says:
"Ws must expect for a considerable
time, perhaps for many years, further
limitation of consumption and ration-
ing as regards the most important
foodstuffs. Germany in the coming
years of peace will have recourse al-
most exclusively to such foodstuffs as
are produced within her own borders.
Tonnage will be very scarce, and de-
terioration of the rate of exchange
also will .oblige Germany to import as
little as possible." •
Pointing out that the German har-
vest, even when a full yield is obtain-
ed, can be made to suffice only if ra-
tioned, Dr. Michaelis says:
"Thus even after peace it will be
necessary to keep the belt pulled tight
and there must be further sharp ra-
tioning, The yearning cry, 'Give us
peace! Give us more bread,' has no
inner basis. Of this we must remain
conscious and not cry ,for peace on
account of the scarcity from which the
suffer."
Why Ile Supported the Fund.
Tho task of raising the Canadian
Patriotic Fund is not all serious work.'
It is illumined here and there by flash-
es of humor, and everywhere there
crop out touches of human nature
that add zest to the work. Take the
case of a Quebec county councillor.
Ilis coencil had been risked to contrie.
bute a certain sum yearly, and an of-
ficer of the Fund called on hint to
secure his endorsation of the proposal.
He listened to an explanation of the
details, and then started to estimate
what the new taxation would imply
to him. Then he said: "All right.
I'll vote for the grant. I find that
it will cost me eight dollars,—but I'd
rather pay even twenty dollars than
go to the wart"
$663,000 For Province.
A despatch from Walkerville says:
Succession duties of the $4,000,000
estate of Edward Chandler Walker,
former head of Hiram Walker &
Sons, distillers, will amount to $663,-
, 000 the Ontario Government has noti-
fied the executois. This is said to be
the largest amount paid into the On-
tario Treasury from any one estate.
Indy a ti''
and
ili®usnass
Indigestion, biliousness, head-'
aches, flatulence, pains after
eating, coustipation, are all cour-
mon symptoms of stomach and
liver ttonbles. And the mote
you neglect them the more you
suffer, Take Mother Seigel's
Syrup it your stomach, liver, of
bowels aro slightly deranged or
MOTHER
have lost tone. Mother Seigel's
Syrup is made from the curative
extracts of certain roots, barks,
and leaves, which have a re -
Markable tonic and sttengtheim•
ing effect ou all the organs of
digestion. The dietressiugeymp•
toms of indigestion or liver
troubles soon disappear under
its beneficial action. Ituy
bottle to -day, but be sure you
get too genuine Mother Seigel's
Syrup, There aro many ;mita.
tions, but not ono that gives t17o
scene health benefits, 1015.
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LEADING MARKETS.
nveadstuns
Ter eri1P, Jatu. 1.0, •••- alaoltobt 1. beau"r
Ne, 1 Northern 2,Q7f41 NO 2 dr,., $204 ;
Nm 2 40„ '$2 Ola; No. 4 wheat, $1,04:
,'
track, 13ay porta. Olt. 0100 trading Oil
ab2ln,nitobaclOatp--No, 2 (1.W„ 7090,
ti•aclr, Bay ports.
Areorlcaa corn, eeo. 0 Yellow, $1.088,
Shipment within 83 days.
Onlavlo oats—Ne. 2 white, 34 to 660,
nominal; No. 3 whtte,'63 to 660, nominal,
acOoa•ndtaIrio ng t0}vll4at fre—ightsNew ouiy)o, side,
2 Whiter, per
nal•eiglot, $1,76 to $1,80; No. 9. do„ 61.76
to $1.78, aoo0rding to Freights outside.
zeas—NV. a, 62,40, aocordlng .to
frhts outside,
liat'lal'-3,raltleg, $1,03 to $1,20, es.
oo"ding tot f,'elghts outside.
lluoltwheat — $1.7,6, aeoordlna;' 70
freights outside.
Rye—No, 2, 31.87 to 61,33, af"bording
to reeirhts outside,
Manitoba fl ur Bret patents, in lute
barb, $9,90 Indl0ronto. do., $0,40. strong nett -
oro
Ontario Sour --- 'Motet*, according to
sample, $7,30 to $g7.80, in bags, lraelt To
ronto, sed--- 1 shipment,
Mtlj(eed—G'ar lots—i')e.ivcrett Mont-.
Mont -
teal freights, bugs inoludod, bran, per.
ton, $82; shorts do., 387; good feed flour',
per hag, 82.70 to $2,80.
11ado., 1, per tan• 312.00 to $13.60;
N0, 2,, do., 50 to $11, track, Toranta
Straw—Car lots, per ton, 39.50 to 310,
track, Toronto.
Country Produce—Wholesale.
Butter, fresh dairy, Choieo, 38 to 40e;
creamery prints, 45 to 47c; solids, 48 to
436o.
Eggs—No. 1 storage, 32 to 41e; star -
age, selects, 44 to 48o;4'new-laid, In car-
tons, 60 to 65o; out of cartons, 55 to 60o.
Cheese -'-Large, 259 to 26o; twins, 26
to 263; triplets, 263 to 262o.
Dressed poultry—Chlelcens, 22 to 24o;
fowl, 16 to 18e; dunks, 20 to 220; squabs,
per doper,, $4 to $4.60; turkeys, 26 to 30e;
a'eese, 10 to Ise.
Honey—White clover, 23-10. tine, 144;
6-10. tins, 13 to 139o• 170-1b„ 129 to 13o;'
60 -ib„ 12 to 130; buckwheat, 60-1b. tins,
0 topic. Comb honey --extra ane and
heavy weight. per dos„ 52,75; select,
$2.60 to 3176;- No. 2, 02 to $2.20.
Potatoes—Ontario, per bag, 32.25;
British Columbia, per bag, 32.25: NeW
Brunswick Delawares, per bag, $2.43 to
Beans--Smported, hand-picked, per
bush., 36; Canadian hand-picked, par
bush., $6.60 to $7; Canadlari pt•lmee, $0
to' $6.50; Limas• 5por 10., 9t to 100,
Provisions—Wholesale.
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 25 to
26e; do.,. heavy, 22 to 28e; cooked. 34 to
86o; rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 25
to 27o; backs, plain, 26 to 27o; boneless,
28 to 80o. -
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 18 to
1880 per 1b.; clear bellies, 1290 1590.
Lard—Pure Lard. tierces, 219 to 224c;
tubs, '411 to 22c; pails, 22 to 228c; com-
pound, 102 to 17c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 10.—Oats—Canadlau W.,
No. 2, 71c; No.8 60e; extra No. 1 feed,
690. Barley—Manitoba feed, $1; malt -
Ing, $1.80. Flour—Manitoba Spring
'wheat patents, firsts, $10' seconds, $9.50;
strong bakers', 09.80; Winter patents,
choice, 30.25; straight rollers, $8.50 to
68.80; da „ bas $4.10 to 34.25, Rolled
oats—Bbls, 81.25 to $7.45; do., bags, 00
lbs„ 33.60 to $3.69. Bran, $32. Shorts,
5S36. Middlings, 333 to 840, Montilla,
$42 to 348. ITay—No. 2, per ton, ear
lots, 318. Cheese—Finest westerns, 26o;
finest customs, 24o. Butter—Choicest
creamery, 48 to 481o; seconds, 40 to
410e; seconds, 40 to 41c. Eggs—Fresh,
55 to 80c; selected, 42c; No, 1 stock, 40o;
No, 2 stoat, 8.1 to 36c. Potatoes—Per
bag, ear lots. $1.76 to
Winnipeg Grain.
Winnipeg—Jan. 10.—Wheat No. 1
Northern, $1.314; No, 2 Northern, 31,780;
No, 3 Northern. 31,74x, Oate—No, ,
C.W., 500c; No. 8 0.11x., 64'8; extra No. 1
feed, 543c; No. 1 food, 623o: No. 2 feed,
Elec. Barley—No. 3, $1;' No, 4, 04e; re -
Jested, 78c; feed, 78c. Plnx---No. 1
N.W.C., $2,689; No. 2 C,1T., 32.553. •
;United States Markets.
.lrinnenpolls, Jon. 16.—lt'heaet—.tidy,
$1.83; Jt113', 81.78. Cash—No. 1 hard,
01.06 to $1.07; No. 1 Northern, 01.00 to
$1.92, No. 2 Northern, $186 10 $1.02.
Corn --No. 8 yellow. 919 to 084e. Oats—
No, 3 white, 582 to 6499a Llour—un-
changed. Brn.n. X27.50 to $28.
Duluth, Jun, tib.—Wheat---No, 1 hat's.
$1.894; No, 1 Northern, $1.88'0; .10, 2
Northern, $1.831 to 1,864; ants, $1,874.
Linseed• to arrive, $2.802; May, $2.003;
Jul, $2.024.
Live Stook Markets.
Toronto, Jan, 16,—Choice heavy steers.
buehos'$c0.l;e.dochg0, $39,0225 tto $950O;dogond, 58.70 to $9; do:, mediut,$8,25
to ,50; do., common, $7.60
to $8;
butchers' bulls, choice, $7.75 to 58.75;
do.,' good bulls, $$7.26 to $7.50; da, rough
bulls, $5 to 55,15; butchers' sows, choice,
$7.75 to $0.00• du„ good, $7.25 to $7.60;
do., medium, 00.66 to $7' stockers, $6.05
to $7,25; elmire feeders, $7 to $7.75; can-
ners and cutters, $4.50 to $6,50; mincers,
choice, each, $70 to $1.00; do., common
and medium, each, $40 to $60; springers,
310 to $100; light owes, $0.25 to 510;
sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.60; calves, good to
choice, $11,76 to $13; lambs, choce 313
to $14; do„ medlum. $0.78 to $10.89;
hogs, fed and watered, $13; do„ weighed
01r oars, $18.26;'do„ f.o.b., $12,
Montretal, Jan. 1G.—Clraice steers, 80'
0000 steers, $7.50 to $8.20; butchers'
bulls, $7 to $8; butchers' cows, $5.50 to
7.50; canners bulls, 80.00; canners cows
6,40: grass red calves, $5.50; milts fed
calves, $10: lambs, $12 to $13.50; select
hogs, $12.75 to $13.50.
WAR WORK IN RURAL ENGLAND.
Many Small Industries Giving Their
Quota '.Cowards Ending War.
While our farmers are hard at work
)attending to the food supplies of the
nation many little industries are giv-
ing their quota towards the effort
which is to win the war, says London
Answers,
Thus, when the war started, coulee
try blacksmiths were diver, orders to
supply so Many horseshoes for the
Aimy, according to their capacity,
while quantities of tent -pegs are be-
ing made in the villages.
Trench warfare in 'winter led to the
revival of the charcoal -burning in the
woods, as. the troops were supplied
with braziers to keep themselves
warm. Wooden soles for clogs have
been,made in great numbers owing to
the high price of leather mid boots
brought about by the demand for
military purposes. Clogs are made
in the woods, and now a fey clog -
makers' camps can be seed m the
South of England; though formerly,
confined to the North. •
Owing to the falling -of of iinports
the country basket -makers have been
busy—a specie] branch of the industry
being baskets to carry shells—and at
one village in Cambridgeshire, where
osiers for the' making of faseines ere
grown by the War .°Rice, the workers
have plenty to do. In a taw woodland '—
districts, fu, wirers s f an pines are C1itREALs ARE TO BE .GROWN
plentiful, pitprops fur the mines are REALS �p�
being made, in one or two places,
GIGANTIC "MUNITIONS SMASH
IN CANA I AN CAR C05'$ PLANT'
Ralf' a Million 3 -inch Shells for Russian Government Destroyed
in Series of Terrific Explosions at Factories
In New Jersey.
A despatc10111.
from New York says:• --
A fire which broke out in rho muni-
tion plant o1 the Canadian Qag
Foundry Mortis near Kingsland, NeW
Jersey, on Thttrsday afternoon oo'me
pletely destroyed the factory, with
a loss estimated alt the way from
$4,000,000 up to $10,000,000, forced the
evacuation 0f a large part of the town
of Kingsland, making 1,000 people
homeless for the time,
For the space of more than live
hours northern New Jersey, New
York. city and the western end of
Long • Island listened to a blxrnbard
went that approximated the sound of made by the Canadian Car & Foun-
dry Co„ elaowhel'e, The contract
was within two weeks of completion;
and ono of the shifts was laid oil
Tuesday night:'
Fourteen Hundred Mien Employed.
At work in the plant when the fire
broke out were the 1,400 men, a con-
sderable number of office employees
and two or thee° hundred guards in
uniform, who have been patrolling the
factory ever since ire erection, It
was 8.40 whet; theb laze broke out in
building No. 80, when ten or twelve
men were at work cleaning the Mese
cases of the shells with denatured al.'
cohol before the process of filling was
begun. Somehow, from somewhere, a
spark fell Junto a tub of the alcohol
and set it ablaze. One theory is that
an electric dz'op light hung above the
tub had become short-circuited, and
that the spark was a piece of burn-
ing insulation.
There was another story that the,
spark fell from the carbon of an arc
light high above. However it began,
the tub of alcohol was ablaze in a
moment, and the workmen in the
building turned and fled 'without de-
lay.
iludeon, and about a 8nile�.$ 0t of the'
edge of the hill on which lie the twin
twee of I{ingeland land Lyndhurst.
The company was just fii7ishing all
'{);82,000,000 contract for the Russian
Government, which had kept the plant
busy for the past two years. Thirty-
eight one and two story buildings had
been erected in the meadow, and three
shifts of 1,400 workmen each, mostly
negroes, wore employed. in tilling the
explosives pureheeed from powder -
companies into the shell casae,- some
of which were brought from the Beth-
lethem 'Steel Company and others
a great battle, a bombardment in
which more than half a million three-
inch high•explosive shells were dis-
charged. Yet so far as the police
and bospitala oe all that section have
been able to learn not a single life was
lost, and no one was injured. Com-
paratively few windows were broken
in the surrounding districts, and, in-
deed, the material loss outside the
plant itself and the telephone lines
running near it was very slight.
Police Prevent ,Casualties.
Consequently, as the flames reach-
ed each case of slhells, and exploded
the charges, the projectile shot high
into the air --often several hundred
feet. But as it descended without
the fuse, which alone could explode
the charge, its fall was only that of
so much metal. ' Even so, the fact
that not one of the thousands of peo-
ple in the neighborhood was hurt, so
far as could be learned, was due prin-
cipally to the prompt police measures
in clearing out the houses in the en-
dangered districts near by.
The munition plant lies in the Jer-
sey Meadows, seven miles'west of the
FIVE LIVES LOST HELP TO WIN WAR
IN MONTREAL FIRE AND SAVE MONEY
Maid Perished While Making
Attempt To Save
Children.
A despatch from Montreal says:—
Fine,
ays:
Fie, claimed five victims in the de-
struction of the Idealograph Moving
Picture Theatre, at 1691 Notre. Dame
Street west, at 2 o'clock Thursday
morning. The victims were the chil-
dren and maid of Dr, and Mrs, J. II.
Leblanc, a dentist, at 1680 Notre Dame
Street west, who were in the family's
living quarters on the third floor. Dr.
and Mrs. Leblanc were out spending
the evening with friends, and had left
their four children in charge of the
maid and an elderly servant, Mme.
Bouchard.
FOE PRISONERS ON ISLE
OF 1V1AN READY FOR PEACE.
They Are Learning Trades and Mas-
tering Languages.
A despatch from Douglas, Isle of
Man, says; They are busily engaged
in preparing for peace in the prison
camps on the Isle of Man. Hero are
nearly 26,000 German and Austrian
civilian prisoners. Many of these
have been residents of the British
Isles for ten or fifteen years, and ex-
pect to go back to their civilian em-
ployment as soon as peace comes.,
Others have been in England for much
shorter periods, and - plan to seek
fresh fields. Two years of imprison-
ment has a sobering effect •on the most
frivolous, and the frame of mind of
the internment camp prisoner is al-
most uniformly serious. Some are
learning new trades, others mastering
new languages, others studying the
course of the war in map and law book
with a view to being on the spot for
post-war developments of business
and commerce. ' Most of this prepara-
tion for peace is being done by the
prisoners themselves.
WONDERFUL BRAVERY
OF FRENCH OFFICER.
Allows Himself to he Killed to Give
Example and Prevent Retreat.
A despatch from Paris says: "Al-
lowing himself to be killed resting on
his cannon to give an example and
Prevent a precipitate retreat," reads
the orders of the day recording the
death of Lieut. -Col. Patrice Mahon, It
was at the Pass of St. Marie aux,I
Mines, in the Vosges. Twice before he
had tried to save the pass, the second
time leading a victorious counter-at-
tack.. A hot enemy attack the third
'time forced the French to retire.
Mahon, dismounting from his horse,
crossed his arms and stood in front of
one of the French gulls facing the
enemy until he was killed, The body •
still lies between the French and Ger-
man lines, although a number of of-
ficers have tried to recover it.
Dominion Government Issues
Certificates to Assist the
• Thrift Campaign.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Minister of Finance, Sir Thomas
White, has announced some of the de-
tails of the coming issue of war-sav
ings certificates in connection with
the campaign for national wartime
saving and further co-operation by the
public generally toward war financing.
The war -savings certificates will be
issued in denominations of $25, $50,
and $100, maturing in three years.
They, will be obtainable from any
bank or postoiRce throughout the Do-
minion. The issue prices will be
$21.50, $43 and $86 respectively. Thus
for every $31.50 now loaned to the
Government $26 will be returned at
the end of three years. The discount
of three dollars and a half constitutes
an interest return of a little more
than five per cent.
Provision is made whereby the
certificates may be surrendered at any
time during the first twelve months
at their purchase price; after twelve
months, but within twenty-four
months, at $22,25, and after twenty.'
four months, but within thirty-six,
months, at $28,25 for every $21.501
originally loaned. Consequently the
longer the certificates are held the
higher the rate of interest return.
The opportunity thus constantly af.
forded of investing small amounts
with -the Government will enable the,
general public to contribute by their
savings towards winning the war, as,
well as promoting at the sante time
individual thrift and economy
throughout the Dominion,
The new war -savings certificates
will be advertised generally through,
out Canada next week.
ROME CONFERENCE
TURNING POINT IN WAR.
A` despatch frim London says: The
Times in an editorial on Wednesday
regarding the recent War Council held
in Rom°, says: "The conference just
concluded in Rome may well prove one
of the turning points in the war. More
than one vital decision was reached
with complete harmony: The road to
victory, though it may be long, is now
running straight to the appointed
end."
183 SWEDISH SHIPS
. LOST DURING YEAR.
A despatch from London says: All
Exchange Telegraph despatch front
Copenhagen says that Sweden lost 181
ships, aggregating 118,000 tons, last
year, of which 100 were torpedoed,
with the loss of 27 lives. This report'
comes from Stockholm, and adds that
during the same period Sweden built
81 ships, aggregating 47,000 tons.
large forests being cut down so that
the scene 1'osetnbles a Canadian log-
gers'. camp.
ON.E EGG IN 19 DAYS
FOR BERLIN CITIZENS.
A despateh from Berlin says The;
Berlin municipality, says Reutor's
Amsterdam correspondent, hits an-
nounced that, notwithstanding the un-
favorable conditions of production, it
will he possible for ovary eitize30 111
Berlin to have ono egg :between Jane-
dry 12 and January 81, but that mot&
ing at present can be said le
garlin
g
the supply 6f eggsaftori this time.
The Ritrer Amazon has
tiventy'tri-
butaries each of over ono thousand
milds in longeh,
IN LONDON ROYAL PARKS
To Stimulate Private Land Owners to Similar :lrtiv'ity .--'Ms
Sanction of King George.
A deepateh from London Bays; Fod-
der and cereals are to be gr•o.vu i10
Iticlunond and Bushy Parks ag the
first stop in the new food campaign:
Lon.ilon's,parks aro royal property,
and the step has the sanction of Ring
George, Tho idea is tol
C# g0 til a set all example
and stimulate private land owners to
similar activity as a )roans of increas-
ing food supplies,
Richmond and flashy Parks lit near
the Thames in the fashionable south-
west district of London, Richmond
Park is of 2,255 acres in area and
eight utiles in circumference. It is a)
favorite summer resort being fro-'
quentod by crowds of pedestrians, mo-'
torists and horseback riders. Charles
I. in 1637 lead the park enclosed and
used it 518 a hunting ground.
Bushy Palk contains about 1,000 '
arras, It has numerous ;whitethoen
and horse chestnut trees, funny of,
then) planted by William YIX4