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WUO SIGHTS UDOAT AT SEA
GlaMow Shipbuilder Willing to ray Out •1;10,004 to Encourage
Watching for Submarines.
A despatch from London says;
Americansin the
and others cress g
Atlantic can make a hundred dollars
ley sighting a submarine. Sir A, F.
Yarrow, the famous Glasgow ship-
builder, writes to the Times that in
Orderto encourage everyone to keep a
sharp lookout he has offered a reward
of £20 up to an expenditure of £10,000
to anyone on board a commercial ves-
eel who first draws the captain's at-
tention to an enemy submarine. The
reward will be paid -on the certificate
of tho captain giving the nems of the
person who first draws his attention
to the submarine, The statement is to
be signed by the captain, saying the
submarine was actually sighted. Ap-
plication should be forwarded through
the owners to Sir Thomas L, Devitt,
chairman of Lloyd's Register Ship-
ping, 71 Fenchurch Street, London,
who has consented to' make the
awards. •
,NEW PENSION PLAN
,'FOR BRITISH ARMY
Totally Disabled Men Will Re-
ceive Minimum of 27 Shil-
lings 6 Pence Weekly.
A despatch from 'London says: An
Order -in -Council establishing a new
pension plan for the British army was
_,Issued on Wednesday,. Under it pri-
vates totally -disabled will secetve, a
minimum of 27 shillings 6 pence week-
ly.
eek-l r. If this sum is insufficient to en-
able the soldier to live approximately
up to his before -the -war standard he
will be given an alternative pension
based on his earnings previous to the
war. No single pension, however,
shall be in excess of 75 shillings
weekly.
The allowance for children is 5 shil-
lings for the first child and a sum
slightly less for each subsequent child.
A soldier not totally disabled will
receive a pension based on the degree
to which his disablement affects his
earning powers. Widows will receive
half the sum to which their husbands
were entitled if totally disabled. A
disabled soldier requiring the services
of an attendant is allowed fees up to
£1 a week for such services. Widows
will be granted special funds for the
expenses of training to enable them
to earn their own living.
The Actuary's report accompanying
the plan estimates the expense for the
first year at £25,000,000, which there-
after will decrease annually.
PLOWS FOR ENGLAND.
Large Number Being Made in- Brant-
ford Plant.
A despatch from Brantford says:
Cable enquiries have, been sent to
England to ascertain if the' prohibi-
tion of imports of agricultural im-
plements recently put into force by
Great Britain to save tonnage will
work against local manufacturers,
who have been shipping large quanti-
ties. To meet the demand in Great
Britain for greater production with
Jess meed of men the Cockshutt Plow
Company hero has for some time past
been making tractor plows. To date
over 500 have been shipped to the Old
Land, and there are orders on hand
at the present time for 400 more. Of-
ficials of the company cannot see how
on one hand the British Government
will bar agricultural implements and
yet order 2,000 tractors, as announced
on Wednesday,. to increase production.
CONTRACTS FOR SIX
OCEAN-GOING BOATS
A despatch from New York says:—
Plans to replace with the products of
American shipyards part of the ton-
nage lostby the Cunard Line, an
English company, in the German sub-
marine campaign, were revealed here
on Thursday by the official announce -
GRUESOME GIFTS. •
A Coffin Ie a Very Acceptable Present
In China: '' Sour, per bag, g2,70 to 52. 80,
A Chinese custom that seems parts- nenvton, SR tto ..%
t, ergo on tonto; ,nixed;
oularly strange to Occidental readers straw—Cnr lots, per ton, 59,'track To
is described by Sir Alexander Hosie in ,data,
his account of a journey through the oonntrs..rroeuoe—Wholeaele.
interior of China, "On the Trail of nutter—ll'resh dairy, choice, 36 to 880;
the 'Opium Poppy." ` - creamery prints, 42 to 46c; solids, 42 to
At the hamlet of Fen-shi-ling, 42oEjggs—New-laid, In Oartons, 65 to 600;
thirteen raffles from Ch'I ehiang Haien, out of cartons, 62y to 64c.
he says, we passed into Pa Haien dis- f00 to iOottrduakh a8 tae 60:;ameba
, 2 , gantic siege operations in the history
tact in which the port of Chungking per dog„ 54.00 to $4.60 turkeys, 28 to of mankind have passed, and to -day
is situated. No one ever sees e cot- 1$2o; geese, 18 80 zo.
Live poultry—Foowl, lb., 18 to 220;the French occupyalmost precisely
-'
fin without impressed Icy the sight; and id/tokens. lb., 18 to 20o. the same positions theydid at 7.16
'hel.e • ve Saty them in the piece as well Cheesy—Now, ]urge, 265 to 260• twins, p
26 to 2oto; triplets• 2838 to 2810; old, a.m. February 21, 1918, when the G.er-
as made up. Every ii6usb au;'r"nf- large. 27e; twins, 278 to 218a. man guns began their roar of artil-
fin or two lying under its eaves, some troade b Grease clover, 411 io iti ,, 12 to eery preparation..
talo; 0011, tins• i 16 k..,heat, 00.
new, some old, and one's first surmise 148e;' 0-11. t 123 i 1301 bull ,,
was thnt mortality in these parts must fine and heavy weight, Per doz., $
be great.
The cause was, of course, the abun- O t 1 g $
dance of cypress, a wood that is much
prized for coffin making, and it must
be remembered that in China a coffin
is a very acceptable present, especial-
ly if made by your own fan}ily. Hun-
dreds of pounds are often spent on a
single coffin, and it is highly treasured
by the person for whom' it has been
designed. To Western ideas,- the
present of a coffin by a son to a par-
ent would be somewhat suggestive,
and the daily sight of it at the house
'door would be decidedly annoying. In
China it is otherwise; a coffin is one
of the most valued of gifts.
LEADING MARKETS
7ireadstaf s.
Toronto war. 0 ldnatltabn Wheat NIw
No, 1 Northern. 0040, No. t do $1.881i
a r
• r;•
1 track ports; ,a
10 t 70
Iry
No. A, f 1, 1 t a
40n
rail abdelivered
vssl'i nota, ons. o al freights
Manitoba oats—Nu 2 11,'W' 79 to 13u;
NO..2 t tv., 70 to 77c; extra No, 1 feed,
70 to 71c No. 1 feed 09 10 700, naminai,
all,,rnil delirered en route C.P.R.. and
C,N.FI, dints net ember use,
Amerploen cern—lee, 1 Yellow, $1.16,
subleot to enlbargor
Ontario Oats—No. 2 to 6 08 le 050,
nominal; No. 0 white, 62 to 64e, nominal,
according
wher tf=lNO,o2tWinter, nor car
lot, $1,70 to 6,1,78; No, 0, 00., 21.74 to
7,70, according ttt freights outts4Q0. to
freights outside, $•
g
iSarloy-2talting $1•.21 to $1.23, accord -
in to freights outside.
'Buckwheat -51.28, nominal, aocordlhg
toOtye-No.2 $4.40 to "y:l,'08, according,
to freights outside.
Manitoba flour"--1Plrst patents, in lute
bags, $0,50; second patents, In into bap,'
59,00;
o ontstrong bakers', in lute liege, $
Ontario flow, --Winter, acoortling 00
//ample, $7.85 to $7.46, In bags, 'track
Toronto prompt shipment; $7,00, bulk
seaboard, export grade •
-
Mlilfeecl•—Car• lots, delivered Montreal
freights bags lneuded—Oran, per' ton,
88; • shorts, per ton, $42; good. feed
POPULATION OF WALLACOIA
FORCED TO WORK FOR GERMANS
'fie' ony as Requisitioned ii';yerythhog, Leaving the Rumanians
Ii odly Enough to Eat.
A despatch 11 "
d etc f o n Rumanian oad-
p 1 t um nian H
parte' a '
q ls.s ys, A Rumanian officer.
left behind at Wallachia succeeded in
Passing the German line, and brought
civil population between the ages of
1 to
1 ed
18 and 42, ho says, is. compo
workiior the enemy, The Germans
have requisitidned everything, leaving
interesting information, The whole the population hardly enough to eat.
Gigantic Military Depot.
For milds back of the battle front
the hills and valleys of the Meuse and
of. Verdun have been transformed into
one gigantic military depot, To ap-
preciate what now exists back of Ver-
dun it must be remembered that this
great establishmentdidnot exist at
7.16 a.m. one year ago. Instead of the
scores of railway lines that now cross-
check the, whole ' contributory terri-
tory for twenty miles back there was
only one winding railway that led into
Verdun.
It must be remembered that in place
of the many bridges now spanning the
Meuse and scores of them crossing the
entire Meuse valley, there existed only
the half dozen °struetures necessary to
supply the needs of a peaceful rural
population.
It must be remembered that in place
of the half dozen great railway mili-
tary depots, many with scores of
tracks, there formerly existed none.
Nor were there hospitals, aviation
Sb. dna, to 03 c. Comb honey Within one year, Verdun has' sound- camps,. artillery parks, engineering de-
fine 'ed tie leath knell of Germany's hopes pots, staff headquarters, troop bar-
eeleet, 52.50 to $2,76; Na b&$2 t1 no' tits of capture.' - peyly, ? pndred thousand racks, cavalry sheds, munitions de-
Potato
YEAR OF SIEGE OF
t
VERDUN CITADEL
NIVELLE'S GENIUS SMASHED
CROWN PRINCE'S DREAM.
Greatest Slaughter and Most Sublime
Sacrifice Elements of the
Conflict.
One year go on February 21st
started the German assault on Ver-
dun. Twelve months of the most gi-
S
FOE FOOD SHORTAGE \.
._ KNOWN TO BRITAIN
Other. Important Materials Also Lack-
ing—Less Trade With Neutrals.
A despatch from London says :—
The Government has reaspn to believe,
said Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of
Blockade, in the House of Commons
on Thursday, that there is a serious
shortage of -foodstuffs and of certain
very important , 'materials in enemy
countries. For some months past
no substantial quantities of goods im-
ported overseas into Holland ilnd
Scandinavia had, he believed, gone
through to Germany, and there had
been no material overseas exports
from Germany. Recently, as a result
of negotiations with the Scandinavian
countries and Holland, Lord Robert
added, the exports of their produce to
Germany have been considerably
diminished.
$40,000,000 INCREASE IN
THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.
A despatch from Ottawa says: The
Customs revenue of Canada for the
fiscal year which ends on March 316t,
will probably exceed that of the last Toronto, Mar, 6.—Heavy steers, 510.60
fiscal year by more. than forty million to 511.25; cholue butcher, $10 to 510;60:
dollars. The revenue from customs do„ good, $9 to $9.50; do„ medium 56
to $8.60; do:, common, $6.60 to 5'1.50;
duties for February the Minister of heifers, good to choice, $9.50 to $9,76;
Customs - announces, amounted to do., medium,. $7 to $7,60; bu000cr cows,
choiee,.58 to $0.25; do„ medium, 57 to
$11,190,000, or $1,062,000 more than g7,60; butcher bulls, choice, $8.26 to
those of the corresponding month in $0.80; 40., good, 57 to $7.26: do„ modiem
8 0e to 56,60; feeders, 900 to 1,000 lbs,
1916. For the,eleven months of the $s,60 to• -$9.O0; do., buns, $6.26 to $6:60
fiscal year which have.now passed stockers, 600 to 900 lbs., 58,60 to 58.70
Canacla's customs revenue amounted do„ mei„ 600 to 60 lbs,, 6.50; canners do., light. 600 to 660 lbs., 6.60; canners
to $130,739,000, as compared with $6,00 to 56.23; cutters, 6.50 to 50,76
sheep, light, $8,76 to 510. 0; d0„ heavy
$7.50 to $8.60; spring lambs, 510.76 to
$14.75; calves, 58.00 to 514.00; hogs, fed
and watered, 516,00 to $16.10; do„
weighed off cars, $10.20; do., f.o.b„
514.26.
Montreal, Mar, 6,—Good steel's. $10.25
to $10,00; do., fair, $9.25 to 59.70; do„
common, $8.26 to $0.00; butohers'' cows,
$7.26 to •58.50; bulls, $8.25 to $8.60 Per
cwt. A few lambs brought $18.26 to
514.00 and sheep 20.26 to $10.00, while
milk -fed calves sold at $11.00 to $12.60
and common stock at $6.00 to 58.00 per
cwt. Selected lots of hogs were sold at
$15.50 and good at .,516,25 per cwt.,
weighed off cars,
es— n er o, per one to
1.4.,00; New Brunswick Delawares, per of" her. choicest toldiers`fliryi` .pots, garages and all the multitudin-
, $4,76;' Albertas, per lag, $4.26.
cans—Imported hand -pieced, per death in vain efforts to realize " ons services that make up the great
bush„ 8,26; Canadian, hand-picked, per German Crown. Prince's fondest hopes.
bush„ 7.00; Canadian primes, 56.60 to
$7.00; Imes, per 11., 12 to 128c.
P rovlsione—Wholesale,
Smoked meats—Hams, medium, 26 to
27c; do„ heavy, 28 to 24o; cooked, 37 to
380; rolls, 21 to 32c; breakfast bacon,
27 to 99a; backs, plain, SO to 31c; bone-
less, 34 to 280.
Lard—Pure lard, tierces, 210 to 2120;
tubs, 215' to 22e; pails, 22 to 2280; com-
pound, 162 to 170,
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 18 to
183c Per lb,; clear bellies, 18 to 1830.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Mar. 6.—Corn—American
No, 2 yellow, 51,30 to $1.52. Oats—Cana-
dian Western, No, 2, 76 to 76o; No. 3, 73
to 74o; extra No, 1 feed. 73 to 740,
Barley—Malting. -.51.86. Flour-1VIan1-
toba Spring wheat patents, firsts, 59.00;
seconds, $9.10; strong bakers', 58.90'
Winter patents, choice, $9.26; straight
rollers, 58.60 to 58.80; do„ bags, $4,10 to
d4.26. Roiled oats—Bbls, $7.00 to $7.16;
o., bags, 90 lbs.. 53,86 to $2.46. Bran,.
$88.00, Shorts, $40,00. Middlings, $42.00.
Moulllle, $40,00 to 560.00. Hay—No. 2,
per ton, ear lots $18.60 to $14,00, Cheese
—Fincat westerns, 28 to 2G3o; finest
easterns, 26 to 251c, Butter—Choloeet
creamery, 43 to 44e; seconds, 39 to 410.
Eggs—lrresh, 00 to 64c. Potatoes—Per
bag, car lots, 58.00 to 53.60.
Winnipeg Grata.
Winnipeg, Mar, 6.—Cash prices—
Wheat—No.
rices—Wheat No, 1 Northern, $1.781; No. 2
Northern, $1.746; No. 3 Northern, $1.030;
eed, 980. Oats—No. 2 C.W. 571c; No.
3 C.W., 6780; extra No. 1 feed, 672c; No,
1 feed, Mc; No. 2 feed, 668c. Bat•ley—
No. 3, 98c; No. 4, 92c; rejected, Ole;
feed, 81c. IPla:c—No. 1 N.W.C., 52,033;
No, 2 C.'OV„ 52.601; No, 8 C,W., $2.34$.
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, Mar. 6,—Wheat—May,
a1.83; July, 51.770. Cash—No. 1 hard,
E1.97 to. 51.159; No, 1 Northern, 51.88 to
t1.99; No, 2 Northern. 51.88 to 51.93.
Corn—No. 2ellow, 991c to $1.01. Oats—
No, a white, 26} to 675c. .Flour—Fanny
Patents advanced 20e, quoted at $9,68;
first clears advanced 10c, quoted at $8,95;
other grades unchanged, Bran un-
changed.
Duluth.5;o l 1 ' 6,—Wheat—No.
orth rn. 51 875.1 Nor 2
Norio};
Letrack,
t, 27084; May, $1.389.
rive,Linseed, on track, 15.781 to 52.8ked; lay,
the, $2,739; May, $2.81@ asked; July,
52.321 bid, —
Live Stook Markets.
ment that the company had placed $91,946,000 in the same period of the
contracts for the construction of six last fiscal year, or an increase of
ocean-going ships, ranging from 7,500 $38,793,000.
to 12,000 tons, with subsidiaries of the
Bethlehem 'Steel Corporation. Two ITALY SPARES SOLDIERS.
of the ships are to be built at the Fore Ready to Release 130,000 to Start the
River shipyards, near Boston, one at
Sparrow's Point, near Baltimore, and 1917 Crops.
.three at the Union Iron Works in San A despatch from Paine says: Proof
Francisco; of Italy's large military resources is
—. �+-- afforded by the War Office's recent
LEADING AMERICANS concession of 100,000 territorial sec-
URGE WAR AT ONCE and line troops for agricultural labor
in -March and April, with 30,000 more
A despatch from New 'York says:— between the ages of 36 and 44 if ne-
Int a half -page advertisement in New cessary. The fact that 130,000 sol -
York newspapers, the American diers, mainly agriculturiests, can be
Rights League OR Thursday urges that spared thus when an offensive is _ -ex-
Americans telegraph their Congress- pected in the Spring is especially sig
men "urging that America shall do niftcant, since besides these mon the
her part in subduing the German Austrian prisoners of war in Italy
mimetic° to civilization." The state- are also employed as farm laborers.
meat, preceding the appeal, which de- .p
clams that "Germany ie daily cora- BRITISH CASUALTI S
slitting , acts of war against 'the LI E ' B l
American people," is signed by . Dr. GHT II I E RL ARY.
Lyman Abbott, Taleott Williams, Dr. A despatch from London says:
Richard 0. Cabot, Boston; Prof. W'i1- British casualties during February
Hare Gardner Hale, Chicago; Rev• reached a total of 1,243 officers and
Randolph H. McKim, Washington, D. 17,185 men. The February figures for
0.; President John Grier Ribbon, British casualties show a total but
l?rincton University; Prof. Franklin
T. Giddings, Columbia University; Dr.
heodore Janowa Baltimore; Wil-
liam
r
liam Roscoe Thayer, Boston; Dr. Mor-
assi-.4 ton Prince, Boston; Agnes Repplier,
Philadelphia, and Judge Frank Ros-
ter, Los Angeles.
GERMAN "BONE ARMY"
BEING MOBILIZED.
A despatch from Copenhagen says:
According to the German papers, the
compulsory mobilization of Germany's
"home army" is imminent, The aps
peal for, volunteers, though answered
by largo numbers, has not produced
enough workers to satisfy the actual,
little more than half that for Janu- Bold on her and has been worrying her
ary, despite the fact that there has ever einc'e."
been considerable fighting on the
Somme front during the month. Tlie
February total of 18,428 compares BREAM CARDS IN FRANCE
with a total of 32,354 officers and TO PREVENT WASTE.
men for January. Officer casualties
for February, however, were consider-
ably greater than for the month pre-
ceding, when they were 960, as corm
pared with the past month's 1,243.
LET U. S. AID CANADA,
SUGGESTS N. Y. HERALD
A despatch from New York says:—
Suggesting a way to overcome the ob-
jection of those who argue against
"entangling alliances" with European
nations, a writer in The New York
Herald says: "If the Llnited States
does not wish to ally itself with any
European nation in a war against Ger-
many why does she not ally herself
Tho quantity of war material utilized
and destroyed in this titanic twelve
months has been 'greater than that
ever so utilized in any preceding
battle.
For the first time in history, also,
the defenders of a besieged fortress
have withstoo( the maximum effort
of their assailants, and then, taking
the'. offensive themselves, have com-
pletely liberated their citadel.
army oir9a'itions of to -day.
Last, but not 1-etsthe battlefield of
Verdun, as it stands to'=d'a" el . above
all, those unendinggar milY es of perfe `ed
off
organization, bringsharply to mind
p
the man who created it all, the one
man who built up the machinery to
save Verdun. As a just, recompense
he now heads the French armies. He
is building up the entire French front
for a final victory as he built up Ver-
dun.
This page in French history has not That man is General Nivollo,
been written, however, without tracingon Mother Earth marks that may take YSAYE ON HUNS' CRUELTIES.
as ma$ny years to efface as will be re-
quired -to wipe out from. the minds of
sorrowing thousands the memory of
loved ones who went down in the
glorious defense. -
The battlefield of Verdun breathes
from every equare inch of its surface
the ineffaceable marks of the titanic
struggle that is still convulsing the
entire soil. Some marks may be ob-
literated in time. But others, includ-
ing complete sterility of soil, may last
forever.
2,600 Guns in Attack.
The roar of German artillery began
early in the morning on February 21,
Great Belgian Violinist Says German
Atrocities Are Beyond Words.
"Fiftoen'thousand millions of francs
the Germans must pay to Belgium for
'the devastation the invaders have
broughtupon my country."
So spoke Eugene Ysaye, the great
Belgian violinist, in an interview with
a New York newspaper representative
recently. He has returned to America
after an absence of three years, and
has only come now to rehabilitate. a
fortune that has been swept away by
the German occupation of Belgium.
Yeaye is a man of commanding pre -
1916, and before long resulted in a sence, and such distinguished bearing
massing of pieces of all calibers that that it is easy to understand why stu-
finally reached 2,600 in number, the' dents and lesser musicians can him
greatest artillery concentration fn
the world's history.
Verdun then was pastoral. Although
ranking as one of the world's great-
est fortresses, the whole aspect of the
country was peaceful. Its fortifica-
tions were hidden beneath rolling
green hills. -
But now --ft terfible mark stretches
across what were once fair lands. It
extends on both sides of the Meuse,
marking on the north line where the
Germans began their assault and on
the south'the, line nearest Verdun they
attained,
It is a deep, black, blood-soaked country like a scourge of locusts
gash. It begins on the west bank of through a field—taken everything
the Meuse at about AVocourt and that they have not destroyed. One
crossing the river runs to near Abau-
court. It is between twelve and fif-
teen miles in length, In width it
varies from a few hundred yards at
those points where the Germans made
least Headway to a maximum depth of
three miles, where, in their six months
of struggling on the defensive, the
Germans made their greatest ap-
proach. Within the limits of this nar-
row crooked strip of land are. found
Mort Homme, Hill 304, Crows' Wood,
Cumieres, Douaumont, Thiaumont,
Vaux, Fleury, Chenoiso and a score of
other woods, Frei de Terre, Pepper
Hill and a dozen other stops fought
over for days and weeks and months.
Where Royal hopes Died.
"master"' in addressing him. Even
the Queen of the Belgians does this,
so titling him in a letter received
sinco-his arrival in New York, and
closing it with the words : "Your
affectionate Elizabeth!' For a long
time she has been his pupil.
"The world doesnotknow what the
Germans have done to Belgium," he
continued, his voice calm but his face
a study in expression as he strove to
control his feelings. "There is not
a word in any language that can ex-
press it'
"They have gone through the whole
This is the graveyard of the Crown,
Prince's hopes, too.
There is nothing in this strip to
meet the eye but shell -churned mud
—and mud of such impalpable frag-
ments of earth, stone, timber and hu-
man bodies that a chemical analysis
would be necessary to determine what
the fragments are. • The strip is one
vast pockmarked area. It is impreg-
with Canada, a country as much nated with the decaying flesh of its
American 'as she is? Here is little dead and with'slimy, putrid water in
Canada (in population), big in couils the pockmarks.
try, large in manliness and courage, Those who died on this strip—and
void of yellow streaks who,with a the number mounts to more than n And when not even the smallest f
print -
population of about' 'as much as the 1 million—had little if any chance of ing Press has been left in the country,
State of New York, at the first in- ever finding another grave. Any ef- not n pot to boil tea in, not a knob to
suit front Germany 'took a bulldog' fort to carry off the dead meant mere- turn a door, not a tool of any kind,
ly an additional sacrifice of. life. Be- the Germans defend their herding of
fore any htiman being could arrive to my countrym e cattle a cars and'
carry orf a dead soldier it ` was far deporting them into Germany by say-
more probable that the body would be ing that the Belgians are lazy and will
struck by a shell and driven deep into ,'lot work,"
the muddy, blood-stained earth, A lit-
A despatch from Parini, says; An- tle hater another 810011, close by, might " r But the Band Would.
nonneemeut that Dread cards would be brnng it again to the surface. Others Your Honor, informed the polieo-
iustituted in France to prevent waste might scatte h human fragments man as be pointed to the prisoner, "ha
was made on Thursday in an official everywhere. The elements of human refused to rise while the band played
communication issued by Edouard flesh now impregnate every cubic inch 'Canals, 0 Canada,'
Ilorriot, Minister of Provisions, Tho
announcement says: "To ,avoid wast-
age, the Minister of Provisions has
decided to regulate the cohsumptlon of
bread by instituting cards. Inatruc-
Clone will be given to the prefects of
the different departments to put the
how regulations into effect." Tho
Minister also is studying m
easures to
be enforced in the large controlof
population o assure that preaerence
shall be to nto the wo
u dee
111,
children and the aged ed in ds
the tri
g
generation will not see Belgium made
whole again. It will take twenty
years to clean up the debris of -the
towns and cities, the farms and the
chateaux that have been ravaged just
to get them ready for rebuilding.
"And who is to pay for this ? Sure-
ly Belgium cannot pay. Why, poor
Belgium has nothing. It was all tak-
en or destroyed by the Germans.
England and France have supplied
Belgium with what was necessary to
do her part in the struggle against
the terrible hordes frons the east, and
Germany must pay this immense sum
back.
"Did the Germans tell the world
that there is not a piece of machinery
"How did you do it?" I asked her,
left in Belgium to -day ? Have they
told the world that they -have even
taken the knobs from the doors, the
keys from the locks, the kitchen uten-
sils of every household ie. the king-
dom 7 Did they tell that they have
completely stripped the country of
every bit of metal as big as a pea 7
Why, they have not left• a piece of
copper in all my land,.nor of brass,
nor even of tin.
;'Everything has been sent to Ger-
many. And this stolen from the lance
of a peaceful and neutral nation 1
ALBERTA NO LONGER -
1AS N.W.M.P. FORCE
A despatch from Edmonton says;
Tho Royal]' lOrtii--west Miaunted Pollee
eta' 'a continuous service ' in this
requirements. Large numbers of country for 48 years, ceased on first
men are neededat once to replaceofMeech to dopal{es dutyintoP
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hese employed behind the front, to v{noe oAlberta, and tine newlyform-
work in munition factories which
an
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tookup�hs1 we
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ewbala3 rmPlotad and for the all- Four divisions of the PraNeapolice
portantant arm work. Tho papers say
Have bee organized t kdo1
on
ent is prepared fort
vornmr Calgary 8 # '
t the Go p Red neo Ca a y a d 1a filar �
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ollmsnt inthe a r-
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although h a
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fX 1P
V n e Of Marsch of all persntts be- streii 'th, th4yparo, qceorddn tiA glip{:
Weep j7 anad 607 ss that the recruits A; E, C, Mabouttelt, roaltI' lB 6delk
(fah be put towork from ,April 1, nest.
of this toil. Authorities doubt whe-
ther the strip will ever again regain
its fertility. They think for years
to come it will show the horrors of the
days that are past by Its monstrous,
glaring lack of Verdure; by its black,
le soil and its hyide ti n . as
shriveled h o r a
s
across the fetus of fields that will later
bloom and blossom. Ali the horror of
Verdun is centred there,
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gg• forget the ioldeojsn0o,0 of the 1llaelt
health is prohibited in Equador.. girth,
The importation of patent inodichlerr
containing in redients dbtrimettal to
"I did not recognize the tune," ex-
plained tiro culprit hastily.
"Now, my dear Man," said the mag-
istrate sympathetically, ',let mo
whistle it for you, ao that hereafter
you may di;stinf4uiph it,"
The inagletrcto whistled the melody
and the prisoner listened intently,
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defendant excia#nnod go
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,*fall in alt ledettone sto 'he lankily re-
tired Real Ilio Court -.dem.
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FLOWER -MAKERS
OF FRANCE
AN INDUSTRY WHICH FRENCH
PEOPLE HAVE REGAINED.
Writer in London Times Tells of Re
viva] of Artificial Flower-
- Making in France.
At Lyons, France, there is an old -
established flower and feather factory
which, at the outbreak of war, was
faced with a complete stoppage of
trade; the head of the house, a young
man, was mobilized, and there was no
one to take his place but his mother,
who had retired. But she took up her
burden again, and has not only kept
the business going, but has recaptur-
ed most of the trade that . Germany
had taken from the house before the
war. Her tactics were these; the ap-
pealed directly to her English custom-
ers, explained her situation, and ask-
ed what they could do. "These gentle-
men in England saved me," is what
she now says. "They gave me orders
which' allowed 'me to carry on for
three months and gave me time to re-
organize," She at once set about
dtrrerra;ng the German -made flowers
and the"ivatisbilities of making French
ones at the sa ' '''en."1 have quite
succeeded in making die. err, and
it is not conceited to say that they
surpass the German work, and I have'
almost succeeded in making them for
the same price." Her difficulties are
many: the getting of raw material is
one; the scarceness of wolkpeople is
another, and it is her own character
more than anything else which has
enabled her to gain a victory. She
moves about her workshops, tall, up-
right, quiet in manner and speech, and
not in the least dictatorial. Her work -
women, many of them, have been in
the house for many years, and the
whole business is run on family lines.
There is complete confidence between
employer and employed; and this
unity has been the strength of the
enterprise. .
Feather -Curling.
It takes three years to make a good
flower -maker and six years to make a
good feather -curler. Both trades de-
mand the most delicate handwork, and
the work of a girl manipulating thou-
sands of rose petals and out of them
forming buds and full-blown flowers
in all shades of rose colorsis fairy-
like in skill and dexterity. Ivs as in-
teresting to watch the gradual devel-
opment of a modest violet from the
raw material to the moment when it
lies in a'nice fat bunch set round with
a few leaves, amongst hundreds of
other bundles of the same flowers, as
it is to see ostrich feathers swung
round in the drying machine and then
curled, or made into neck: boas, or
mixed with other feathersinto a "fan-
tasy" of blue or grey or black or
white.
Workers in this trade make from
$25 to $40 a month, and are generally
quite contented. Some have left the
trade for munition making, but some
come back, finding that they cannot
stand the strain, and so prefer to earn
less money and keep their health and
the chance of not being out of work
when the war is over. In this Lyons
house there aro workers who can show
a record of 26 years under the same
employe]', and the head maintains that
she has never had any trouble with
then because she encourages them to
come directly to her with their com-
plaints.'
Capturing Trade.
A great deal of flower and feather
trade is done with England and Can-
ada, end with a clearer conception of
what the British Empire means com-
mercially French. provincial houses
would soon realize their opportunities. It was announced that these ships are
As it is, many are inclined to stop at the first to be built in this ep entry for
the British Isles when they think of the Cunard Company in fifty years.future trade, and to place the Domin-
ions as hovering vaguely behind the—�-
neutral Powers. As solid with Eng- Superstition and Bees.
land they certainly do not associate
England's Dominions, and when Eng-
lish people speak of Australia, Can-
ada, and South Africa, they look po-
litely interested, but they -do not vis-
ualize the commercial picture any
more than the geographcal. At pre-
sent they aro fightng hard for South
American Oracle, and the struggle is
keels, for the Germans manage by
paying double freights and duties to
gpt goods through under neutral flags.
In the asparagus fern alone, after that
plant has undergone a preservative
treatment, contracts are made with
firms at Buenos Aires which• amount
to thousands of pounds, and this was
one of Germany's advantages before
the war, Much is still to bo done but
even during the war the genius a the
French people in all delicate, artistic
trades has reasserted itself anti when
the war is over there is every hope
that it will be again pre-eminent,
NEW U-BOATS
350 FEET LONG
Can Carry Twenty Torpedoes
and Crew of Thirty-
two -Men.
A despatch from Amsterdam saw
The Telegraaf publishes an account
of an interview with a Gorman sola
dier who has been for some time serv-
ing as a clerk at the Vulcan dock-
yard in Hamburg. To avoid punish-
ment•for .some trivial offence he
escaped across the frontier. Tho man
left Hamburg in February. There
were then in the Vulcan dock -yard
eight large submarines on the stocks.
These latest submarines are nearly
860 feet long, and are armed like a
small cruiser. They can take 20 tor-
pedoes and a crew of 82: Gangs of
120 men are at work day and night on:
each submarine, The completion of a
submarine requires threo months. Be -
,sides the submarines small cruisers
are now building -at the Valcan.dock-
yard of a n5 ',class, so-called the
Stadt class. Theb raa7.4.3 feet long.
TURK LOSSES
EXCEED 25,000 0.
Remnant of Kut Garrison Flee
in Disorder Toward
Bagdad.
A despatch from London., ays: The
remnants of the Turkish forte retreat-
ing from Kut -el -Amara have been
shattered completely, according to in-
formation given out in the House of
Commons on Thursday. The Tufks, it
is said, would reach Bagdad pnly as al
disorderly mob, This information wait'
received from General Maude, come:
mender of the British expedition orf
the Tigris front, and was .announce
by Henry W. Forster,„the Financial
Secretary to the War Offices
Mr. Forster said that more than
2,600 prisoners had been taken by the.
British since February 24'„ and that
since the commencement of'the offen-
sive on December 80, seine 5,000
Turkish prisoners had been taken, The
total Turkish casualties in killed and
wounded was estimated by . Generali
Maude at more than 25,000.
AUSTRALIA PROHIBITS
IMPORT OF U.S.'APPLES.
A despatch from London says: Wil-
liam Morrie Hughes, the Australian
Premier, says Router's Melbourne
correspondent, intimated to a delega-
tion which called on him that the im-
portation of American apples would
probably be prohibited. The deputa-
tion visited the Premier with regard
to the restrictions on the 'export of
apples, and the Premier pretrii2ed to
do his utmost to assist crops:
BETHLEHEM STEEL CQ;
TO BUILD CUNARDERS.
A despatch from Baltimore, 1114.,
says: The Bethlehem Steel Coonpany,
at Sparrows' Point, annod'ited on
Wednesday that it had received con-
tracts for two cargo ships of 10,000
tone each front tho Cunard Company.
Bees are connected with various
superstitions. It is considered un-
lucky when at unclaimed styarra of
bees settles on one's premises. ,Be"s
are supposed not to thrive if they are
'tete subject of a quarrel. Perhaps the
most interesting superstit{on abetat
bees is the custom of "telling the bees"
of a death in the family. In early
Etiglatd, when a member of the fain.
fly died, the bees were told of it and
invited. to the funeral; some times a
piece of crepe was put on the hive,
This custom has not died out entirely.
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