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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-04-19, Page 7MARTIAL LAW FOR U. S. EFFECT OF NEW MEI SURE Bill Approved by President Wilson Provides for Government Con tidy a , of All Railroads, Telegraph and Telephone Lines. A despatch from Washington says: 1 Government control and operation of all railroads, telegraph and telephone lines, during rile period of the war, and the drifting into the military ser- vice of the Country of the employees of such colllmon carriers, is authoriz- ed in a bill approved to -day by Presi, dent Wilson, The bill) drawn at the request of the President, will be introduced in the House 1e -morrow •by Represent- ative W.illiant C, Adamson, Chairman of the Coinmittee on ,Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The draft of the bill, prepared by Mr. Adamson, re- ceived the approval of the President to -day. It is probably the mpst far- reaching of all the war bills prepared or in process of preparation by the Administration. Under the comprehensive provisions of the Administration measure, the President is given unlimited power to take actual possession of the physical property of ail railroads and all tele- phone and telegraph lines of the United States, to direct their opera tions and "tp draft into the military service of the United States and to place under military control any and all officers, agents and employees. of ' the railroads, telephone or telegraph companies whose lines are ao taken into possession." Severn penalties are provided in the event that any person having control of the common.carriers declines to de- liver into the possession of the United States the property domande President. Markets , ►f ,toe World I Froin The Middle West,, ,saran{ JAptll 37 yl iitobu nbea:t- BI;I'1'WELN ONTARIQ AND 1101 - Pit'. No I. Niellleini $2,281, Ne, 2 d0 $2.24; TISII COT,UMBIA, illi H, PV, Z Dreier, Finunclal Urly. No 3 do, $2 2 Na 4 Wheat, 52,001, der -Secretary for War, in a recent nominal, 1, Dir iia .: pons Atanme; oats i\ 2 OtiV:,•76k4 No, . i speech ih-Zondon, gave striking fa - items 709c; axtts .?vul 1 load .7040; Na. I. Peed, 7540., all rail delivered. formation =corning the marvellous Alnei•ietur corn' -1 o. 3 yaflaw, $1.39, Items From I'>rovincea Where Many military organization which Britain track Toronto, subject to ombar 'o, Ontario, oats -No. 2 white, 71 to 781, Ontario Boys and, Ghia Aro has now built up. Isere area few of nominal; No, 3 white, 70 to 720, nontinal, the points, MILITARY ORGANIZATION, Ponta Concerning it rirvellofis War System of X3ritlsli k"itilplre.. d by the needrdinh t freights outside• eman a Ontario whit -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $2.00 t ,02; No, 3 do„ $1,98 to • 1 lits outsider to.1' e>... 2.0 ac ord i t' .., 0 l t Q�� rt Persona" who rosrat the 'military Peaa-Na•'''2, nominal, aocerdina' to draft 'authorized are likewise subject recigiite outaiao to lino and imprisonment, 'Cording to freilfhts Data Bartley-Z.freight, 51.20 0 0 $1,28, ac- .. - ido, The drafting of ,employees 18 'to be. Buckwheat -$i,38 to $1,40, acaord100 under the direction of "officers of the to yo -No Guild" to 51,70, aocorsnnC militaryestablishment," who shall to frol nth outside. inlute Ma,i toba flour-l7irst patents, �l repave a roster of all employees sub- bags 510,70; second natenta, in into ba6s, $10.20; strong bakers', -in jute bags. feet to draft and shall aerie notice 50;So, Toronto, upon the perspns so drafted as to the Ontario flour Winter, acooratn ^ to Place where anti -'the time when he sample, 08.25 tc 58.48, in bags•10aro p 'lorotito, prompt shipnxeftt, 58.. shall appear and enter upon his ser- 50.20, bulk Seaboard, export grade. -ice" l Mlflfeed=Car 7050, delivered Montreal v frofglits, bags lnoludoa-Bran, POV ton, President Wilson is given complete 5$8; shorts, pas• ton, 840 to sos; mid - control and supervision of "the com- iii8ri , $48 to $45; good 5004 flour, per munication of intelligence over said e alay'-i7xti a 5V.68;0 No 0 8, per -ton• 511.00 to telephone and telegraph lines, and 212.0 ; mtxed, ver ton, 52.90 to $11, track the transportation of troops, military T gsi'stw -car lots, per ton, 57 to $7,50, property and stores throughout the United States: shall be conducted un- der the control and supervision of such officers as the President may de- signate." SO broad are the powers conveyed by the bill that inertial law is virtu- ally established throughout this coun- Country Produce -,Wholesale Butter -Fresh dairy, c0hoice,-40 to 41e; creamery prints, 48 to 45e;. solids, 42 to 43e. Eggs -New -laid, in 'cartons, 300; out .of cartons 87e. 20 to- 300; Live poultry -Fowl, lb„ Dressed poultry -Chickens, 20 to ole; try so far as common carriers are fowl, 20 to 22c ; clunks, 22 to 26o: squabs, or dos, $4,00 to 54,50; turkeys, 25 to concerned. There is no limitatioq'sc. whatsoever upon the authority of t1 133 ,Cheese-New. 70rfulete, 27 x73 2710; 7a 2'00 wo d, President to seize railroad, telephoneiai go, 285x: twins -sjo. and telegraph property, and to corn- l onay-White clover, 23 -lb tlns, 1431tho , iso; 6-1b tins, - . mandeer persons operating the same 13o• buckwheat GO -lb tins .32050,?. SOac, whenever the -President may deter- cornu hpney-extra ane ' and heavy weight, -psi• 400., $2.75;1. select, 52.60 to mine that public safety necessitates $2,76; No. 2, $2 t $2.26. so radical a step`_ $1 0 pie syrup -Imperial gallon, 51.60 to Not since Abraham Lincoln was Potatoes -On trark pntarlo, per bag, given power to commandeer the rail- 02.08; New Brunswick Delawares, per roads of the United States in 1802 $a ,5.51,30 to $3,40; Albertus, per bug, has any President been granted such -- unhampered authority. Provisions -Wholesale Smoked meats -liana, medium, 27 to 28c; do. heavy, 24 to 200; cooked, 88 to ALLIED COUNCIL Al WASHINGTON British and French Commissions to Discuss' War Policy With U. S. A despatch from Washington says: Assembly in Washington within a few weeks of a great international war council tva$ foreshadowed by an an- nouncement from the State Depart- mentt on Wednesday that a British - commiss'ion,'headed by Arthur J. Bal- four, Minister of Foreign Affairs, is expected to arrive within ten days to discuss with the Government here questions connected with the conduct of the war. In addition to the For- eign Minister, the commission will include Admiral DeChair, of the Brit- ish navy; General Bridges, of the army, and the Governor of the Bank of England, attended by a numerou's staff. This was as far as the announce- ment made• by the State Department goes, but it was learned authoritative- ly that a French commission, compos- ed of officials and officers equally as distinguished as the British represent- atives, also will be in Washington about the same time. This commission will be headed by M. Viviani, at pre- sent Minister of Justice in the French Cabinet, and formerly Premier. tlo CROPS IN GERMANY SET BACK BY STORMS. Severe Weather Will Delay Ha1•vest of All Foodstuffs. 39e; rolls, 24 to 26e; breakfast bacon, 30 to 83c; backs, plain 32 to 330; boneless, 85 to 30c. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 26 to 205e; tubs, 261 to 263e; pails, 205 to. 261c; com- pound, tierces, 194 to 20c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 21 to 22o per lb; clear bellies, 20 to 252c. Montreal Markets Montreal, April 17. -Oats -Canadian extra rNo.N1 • feed,l87741. No. Man. feed, 51.09. Buckwheat -No,, 2, 51.82. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, 510.20• seconds, 510,30; strong A despatch from Copenhagen says: 510 00;' trail ntvrolie a, a sot oc0o so; The Easter holidays in Germany were do, bags, 54.0 to 54.6o. Rolled route, marked, according to reports in the Brtn is5377t 6'030 •' b5hoet 00 540.' 50514- German newspapers, by a return of dllngs, 542, ou1111e, 545*to 560, MY Winter weather, over a large part of i -cit 2, per 100, car lots, 518.00, Cheese -Finest westerns, 24 to 245e; the empire, an occurrence of consider- finest easterns, 23 to 203c. Butter - able importance in connection with the !Choicest oreamary. qac; seeonas, 4o 50 prospects for the next harvest. Partic- ularly sharp drops in temperature with snow, were reported in the important grain -growing regions of Germany. Before this development the agricul- ura papers a complained 40.1;2N8.4, No. 2 C.W., 632c• No. 3 C.W., 002c effects of the severe and protracted 'extra No. 1 fed, 0050: No, 1 rood, 8550 Living,. One million five hundred thousand The Western Canada. Irrigation Con- pairs of horseshoes a month aro new fei`enee will be held at Maple Creek in turned out in this country. Thii' pre - tit mid -summer, war output was 50,000. Thattthe English language :exclu- We have made for ourselves and our sivei be taught in Alberta schools is .allies; policy theof the Government. 25,000,000 gas helmets, • Lieut. It. 0. White; Winnipeg, who 250,000,000. sandbags. is attached to the flying corps, is now 105,000,000 yards of khaki cloth, a prisoner in Karlsruhe, Germany. 115,000,000 yards of flannel. from German prison camps. On the The C.P.R. are considering running "Taking the last two together we long journey of the British wounded a daily inter -hotel train through the have manufactured 111,000 miles f through Germany it was the common mountains,from Calgary to Glacier, cloth and flannel, enough to go nearly' amusement of these women to tempt About $250,000 has so far been sub- 41/2 times round the earth, Those our men, who were in the-last•extrem scribed by g Reina to the new war loan. are stupendous figureli even in these ity of hunger and thirst, by holding The largest single subscription is for clays when the million has become out food and drink to try and make $12,000. the amount of arithmetical caleula- them snatch at it, and then withdraw- IIundreds of Western convicts have tion," he observed, I ing it. Many of the wounded begging asked to bo allowed to enlist, and lion. The recent reduction in army ra- for water had coffee, water and soup Arthur Meighen will inspect the peni- tions saved large quantities of food, tendered to them, and then at the last tentiaries, and personally cheek up and the bread ration in the British .moment the gentle nurse would spit cases. Isles is to be still further reduced by in the cup or glass. Frequently the A total of 15,680 auto plates were 2 ounces. wounded had to drink the defiled stuff sent out by the Provincial Secretary's The meat ration is varied by sau- 41e. IOggs-Fresh, 86e, selected, 320, Potatoes, per bag, ear Lots, $3.15 to 53.26. Winnipeg Grain i' Winnipeg, April 17. -Cash prices:- Wheat-No. rices: Wheat -No. 1 Northern, 52.025; No, 2 Northern, 52.042; No. 4, 51.801; No, 6, tural had 1 ' d of the51.001; No. 0, 51.995; feed. $1.10. Oats Winter. Th Winter graincrop was No, 2 feed, 6320. Barley -No. 3, $1.12 In er. a in er No. 4, 51,06; feed, 90c; refected, 52o several weeks behind its normal de- ?'Iax� No. 1 N.W.C., $2.79; No. 2 C,rW, velopment, although it is declared that the proportion requiring resowing was comparatively small. Farmers were unable to commence their Spring planting, and it seems certain that the new' delay will materially defer the United States Markets Minneapolis, April 17. -Wheat -May, $2.071 t0 $2.089; July, $2.0.011; cash, No. 1 hard, 52.191 to 52;224; No. 2 Northern,, 52.130. to $2.152; No. 2 Northern, 52.09 to $2.16 . Corn -No. 3 yellow, $1.26 Fall harvest of all food crops.to 1.28 Oats -No. 3 white, 623 to •6430Flour unchanged. gran, $38.00 The net result is that there will be to sis.so. increasing difficulty in carrying over Duluth, April 17. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, until the harvest on the scanty reserve 2,142; No. 1 Northern, $2.054 to $2,134; 064 rely, In2 D04 bid Li d $3 OG to 53.081; May, $3.064; July, $3.073. No. 2 Northe, 2.060 to $2.084; 0100', of stock, even if the harvest itself is 52. ; u y, nd2l , 1 not affected in quality. Live Stook Markets Toronto, April 17. -Extra. choice heavy steers, 512.00 to 512.50; choice heavy steers, 511,25 to 511.76; good heavy steers, 010.00 to $10.75; butchers' cattle, choice, 511.26 to $11.76; do., good, 510.85 to $10.00; do., medium, 510.00 to $10.60; do. common, $9.00 to 59.60; butoitere' bulls, choice, 510.00 to $10.75; do., good bulls, 59.26 to 59.75; do., medium bulls, 18.26 to 58.76; do. rough bulls, $6.40 to 8,60; butchers' cows, choice, 510.00 to 10.26; do.good, 58.76 to 50,60; do., medium, 57'. 00 to 57.26; etookere, 57.58 to $8.30; feeders, 59.50 to 510.26; canners, and cutters, 55.26 to $6.25; milkers, good to eltoloe, 585.00 to $110.00; do., com. avid med, each, $40.00 to 560.00; springers, 560,00 to $110.00; light ewes, $10.00 to $14.00; sl,e0n, heavy, 53.50 to $9:50; calves, goodto choice, $12.50 to 14 75' spring lambs each $8 00 to MORE OF FRANCE WRESTED FROM FOE BRITISH INFLICT HEAVY LOSS British North of Vimy Ridge Carry Lines Along Both Banks of Souchez River Close To Givenchy -Canadians Take Mile of German Trenches. A despatch from London says: Swift hammer -blows at many points along the disorganized German front north and sotith of Arras 'l'ast week showed that 'General Haig's drive is far from over; though the resistance of Hindenburg's troops stiffened. per- ceptibly. Boring through the slush underfoot and the falling snow and sleet, British troops north of the Vimy Ridge carried their lines along both banks of .the Souchez River to within a few hundred yards northwest of Givenchy, while the Canadians, sweep- ing down the southeastern slope of the ridge, overran a mile of German trench systems south of the Farbus Wood. South of the Scarps, too, where the British are trying to straighten out their front toward Gambrel, a notable success was won. Driving down from Neuville Vitasse to the banks of Co- jetil River, Haig's men stormed and held Hill 90, and pressed onward to Wancourt and Heninel. Both these towns, with their adjoining defences, were captured, and the victors de- ployed across the stream and occu- pied the heights on the right bank. Tho fighting in this segment was an all -day matter, and the ground was ENEMY WOMEN, BRUTAL TOW ARD THE PRISONERS Those Employed by German Red Cross Show Themselves as Bar. barons as Any Huns -Spit in Coffee Handed to British Troops. A despatch from London says: Ap- palling revelations of the systematic brutality of German women of the Red Cross towards British . w, unded have been made to the Berne borre- spondent of The Times by scores .of British soldiers of all ranks released won foot by foot. The British are • 00 lambs, cnote, $ta 26 th 2 to $i6 60. neighed oft oars, 516,76, do., f,o,b„ tween Monchy-Ie-Frear and Croi- 516,76, clearly determined to shoulder a o., medium, $10.60 to 512.60; hogs, fad Germans out of the entire angle be= ane watered, $19.60 to $16,60: do., allies, and seem to be doing it. Meanwhile the fighting for the key positions at Monchy was furious. The Germans feel the loss of this town and of its heights, which they admit in their official statement, and have thrown repented counter-attacks against the British defenders. Accord- ing to the accounts of observers, they suffered some of their heaviest losses since the present series of battles started, several of the charging bat- talions being practically annihilated under the rattle of British machine gine.. Prisoners who were attached to German batteries complain that so many German gusts were lost because of a shortage ofartilleryhorses. They sae that the British were up and over their pieties • before they could be hauled back down to safety. On the Vimy Ridge alone trite storming Can- adians took four 8 -inch howitzers, nine of the famous 5.9 guns, the most mobile and useful piece in the German battery, and 28 other pieces. Elsewhere the British took a dozen. Montreal, April 17. -Good to choice tnilk-fed calves, $8.00 to $11.00, others 54.00 to 57.00; sheep 59.60 to $10,50; Spring lambs. 512.00 to 515.00 each; selected hogs at 516.70 to $17.00. department .55 Saskatchewan during sages, brawn, frozen fish, rabbits, and the year of 1916, as compared withvenison. 9,570 the year before. - I Troops in Egypt are growing po- Of the 1,200 soldierswho have al- tatoes. Mesopotamia has 8,000 acres ready arrived home in Winnipeg and of gardens cultivated by soldiers. district practically all have returned The fat from camp refuse is col - to. civil occupations with the exception lected for glycerine for explosives. of those who have become permanent- The present annual rate of output of "A Real Peace Which This Old ly incapacitated. glycerine from this source would Over 10,000 pounds of foodstuffs provide for 12,500,000 18 -pounder World Has Never Known:" were destroyed by the Winnipeg Civic shells. It was sold to the Ministry of A despatch from London says: As Health Committee. This amount in- Munitions at 5250 a ton, against the the first British Prime Minister to eluded 720 pounds of fish, mostly 51,200 a ton they would have to Pax salute the American nation as com- frozen; dried fruit, 675 pounds; meat in America. rades-in-arms, David Lloyd George, and poultry, 110 pounds; vegetables, 660 pounds; panned goods, 610 pounds; and "fresh" fruit, 4,559'pounds. In the provinces of Manitoba, Sas- katchewan, Alberta and British, Col- umbia in 1916 there were 2,880 manu- facturing establishments, capitalized at 5313,571,000, with 59,957 employes, drawing a total annual wage or- salary of $36,732,000. The total output of these plants amounted in value to $180,958,000, and the sum of $109,- 603,000 109;603,000 was reported as having been spent in the purchase of raw material. ONTARIO TOBACCO SOILS. while the women looked on and laugh- ed. An equally common entertainment with these women was to offer a wounded man a glass of water and then pour it slowly on the ground. Cases of physical maltreatment of British wounded by German nurses were just as common and systematic as the refusal to give them nourish- ment. The nurses not only refused to at- tend to British wounded but regular- ly insulted and spat on them, Fre- quently they even struck or kicked e bandaged limb in order to give pain. "If," says The Times, "the German Red prose is merely a branch of Ger- man militarism it has prostituted its sacred sign, shamed its name and forfeited all right to be regarded as an organization of humanity." PREMIER SEES PEACE COMING GREAT FIRES OCCUR IN AIX -LA -CHAPELLE A despatch from Amsterdam says: -Statements from various sources continue to come to hand re- porting more or less serious troubles in Germany. At Hamburg the au- thorities have taken extraordinary measures to cope with disorders, A railway official who joined the train from Germany at Maestricht stated that great fires had broken (rft in Aix- la-Chapelle in four different parts of the city. It is believed serious trou- bles have broken out there. Two hun- dred persons have been killed and Experimental Farms Note Describes Best Varieties Grown. The favorable prices paid last year will probably result in a larger area being planted to tobacco next spring and this may cause a tendency to plant on less suitable soil, thus re- ducing the quality and the market value of the product. While the study now being made by the Tobacco Division of the tobacco - producing soils of Ontario is not yet complete, it has been noted that fre- quently a soil has the capacity of pro- ducing a poor quality of all classes of tobacco, but such adaptability is not favorable to the production of the highest quality in any one of the classes. To attain best results, soil and climate must be suited to the spe- cial needs of a certain type -of pro- duct. In Ontario, the chief varieties of tobacco so far recommended and prin- cipally grown are White Burley, which is air -cured; snuff, which is fire -cured, and Warne and Hickory Prior, which are flue -cured. The soils giving the best results with White Burley are those known as "sandy" or "gravelly." They are rich in potash and humus, are of a greyish or brown color and are well drained. This land is usually rolling. The lower lands have not given as good results as they.remain wet long- er in the spring and are frequently higher in clay content. The best crops Of tobacco in Ontario last season were grown on very open., soils, having sandy to gravelly subsoils to a depth of three to four feet, underlaid with clay. TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR USE OF ALLIES. Head of Board Appointed in U. S. De- fines America's Present Duty. A despatch from London says: Herbert C. Hoover, head of the Ameri- can Commission for Relief in Belgium, has after consultation with his col- leagues on the commission, accepted the chairmanship offered him by the National Defence Council of the new food board in the United States. Mr; Hoover expects toleave short- ly for America. Meanwhile he has in- itiated a wide enquiry in France, Eng- land and Italy regarding the existing food situation, having the co-opera- tion of the various Governments in this work. • It has been shown that heredity in wounded in the rioting et Aix -la- wheat seed is not so important as Chapelle, according to advices reeeiv- good soil and cultural methods. Good ed by the Nieuwe Amsterdamsche seed, good soil and good farming Courant. count for more in crop producing than fancy variety. A memento of the war to be given England's great Democrat leader, to the next of kin of all who have speaking before a notable assembly, fallen is being designed. 'This will brought together by the American be in addition to the war medal, Luncheon Club on Thursday, aroused The influence of the... new Alr intense enthusiasm by his scathing de - Board, though it has been in exist- nunciation of Prussia and his warm once only for a week or so, is already welcome of America as an ally in the having its effect, though a greatly. in- creased 'output of machines cannot be war. "The advent of the United States expected at once. into the war," he said, "gives the New flying schools _have been es- final stamp to the character of the tablished in Canada and in Egypt. conflict as a struggle against military Anti-aircraft stations have been autocracy throughout the world." established at many new points. "I am not going to boast about what might happen in the case' of a renewal of Zeppelin raids. I will only say that we have profited to the full by the experience which we have gained," Taking all the theatres of war, wo have a program of 4,000 miles of A .despatch from Ottawa says; railway. • Locomotives are numbered -Twelve thousand men are re - by the 500. Railway wagons and quired for service in forestry units operating personnel are numbered overseas and twenty-four recruiting byton by tens of thousands. depots have been established in Can - Enteric fever has almost disap ads to receive candidates for enlist - peered. In all theatres of war there went. In view of the shortage of were only 24 cases in the last weekly return. In all the army there had been only 4,571 cases'belonging to the typhoid group of diseases, whereas in the South African war we had nearly 60,000 cases, with 8,227 deaths. The British Red Cross ' Society, "whose -work is too well known to need encomiums," has established a committee to deal with, certain classes of disabled soldiers, such as neurasthenic, epileptic, and others. • • 12,000 MEN NEEDED IN FORESTRY UNITS Recruiting Stations Established Throughout Canada for Enlist- " meat. MORAL SUPPORT IS GIVEN TO U. S. Argentina and Costa Rica Endorse War Policy of President Wilson. A despatch from Washington says: Without formally announcing aban- donment of their, neutrality, two more Latin-American republics, Argentina and Costa Rica, have given assurance; of their moral support for the United States in the war against Germany. Argentina, choosing a middle course between those of Brazil and Chile, her sister nations in the influential A -B -C ing all other considerations in Ger- trio, has notified the State Department malty, according to The Berlin Vor- that she "recognizes the justice" of waeris as quoted iu an Amsterdam despatch to the Central News. The Vorwaerts says: "Notwithstanding all the big events, the new food regulations which are to be introduced on April 15 form the exclusive subject of discussion in the Wilson and was "ready to prove it 1f necessary." ocean tonnage Britain has under- taken to provide herself to a great ex- tent with lumber and timber from forests at home. Consequently the work of the forestry battalions has grown in importance. At present ten thousand Canadians are engaged in lumbering operations in the British Isles. Of the number 5,000 were enlisted and sent overseas in forestry battalions. The remainder were drawn from other units of the expeditionary force. It is now proposed to increase the number of the men engaged in lumber- ing and at the same time return those men who were obtained from the com- batant ranks to their own units, where they are needed. F001) CRISIS MAKES ALL FATHERLAND TALK Vorwaerts Warns Government of Con- sequences of Bread Diminution. A despatch from London says: -The 'food situation is dominat- CANADIANS SHARE IN WAR ON U-BOATS this country's stand against German aggression. Little Costa Rica, just emerging from the throes of a revolu- tion, sent word to her diplomatic re- presentative here on Wednesday that she endorsed the course of President 376 Are Members of Royal Naval Auxiliary Patrol. A despatch from Ottawa says: -In all 876 Canadians are now engaged in combatting the German submarines, as members of the Royal Naval Auxil- iary Patrol, and, according to reports which have come to the Naval Service Department here, all have acquitted themselves well and have reflected credit upon the Dominion. Of the number 264 are sub -lieutenants or of- ficers of tate submarine -chasers and 112 are chief motorboat men, or mot- orboatmen, the mechanics of the craft. Of the 112 motorboatmen 43 are from British Col= Lia; 32 from On- tario, of whom 11 are from Toronto and six from Ottawa; 21 from the Province of Quebec, of whom 15 are Montreal men, 9 from Alberta, `-4 from Saskatchewan and 3 from Mani- tcba. Small Fry. The teacher believed in keeping the youngsters in touch with the history of the times, and was beginning a les. son upon the Russian Royal Family. "Now who can Jell me what tho Russian monarch is called." "The Czar," bellowed the class. "Rights And what is his wife call- ed?" There was a pause; then two or three ventured: "The Czarina." "Good!" said the teacher. "Now I wonder if you know what the Czal's children are called." A longer pause; thin one little voice piped: "Czardinesl" Wax eito 11, cd. ma..' ,, s t:.11e3 31D-Extral. most considerable circles of the peo- ple. A diminution in the bread ration forms a serious difficulty for the entire population and causes great preoccupation." Some weeks ago the German news- papers announced that the bread ra- tion would be reduced by one-fourth, beginning April 15, owing to the scarcity of wheat. Hearing has been restored to more than two-thirds of his accidentally deafened patients by a French ph'ysi- cian who massages their ears with sound waves. Europe has long profited by fish farming. With the exhaustion of the fish supply of our lakes and streams in sight, we must add fish ponds to our farms. S$' UNCLE BILLY. Hopeful, Tolerant, Piare, His Life Was An Inspiration To Others. Everyone in the community knew Uncle Billy, whom Rhoda, his seventy - year -old sister, described as a "pre- served boy." The little old man's sixty years had subtracted all thehair from his head except a thin remainder of white silken fuzz on a level with the tops of his ears. The hack of Uncle Billy's head looked like a big egg in a nest of wool; his face sug- gested a full moon on the disk of which two twinkling stars stood guard above a smile. Uncle Billy was always busy, and usually he was doing something worth while. Ono of his favorite expres- sions was, "Doing nothing is the hard- est sort of wor•Ic." Uncle Billy tried to like everyone, but he had little use for one of the neighbors named Bruton, whose wife worked the garden while he spent the day at the village store play- ing checkers and talking politics. But Uncle Billy had faith in other people. He often conunentecc3pon the fact that the persons we like best 'are usually those we know best, and one day he said to his sister, "Rhody, that titan Bruton is all right; the fault was in my mind. I didn't look at him tite right way." Uncle Billy was always hopeful. If he ever had the "blues," no one knew it except himself. Usually when two people meet, one says, "Good morn- ing!" or "How-dy-do?" and the other replies, "Good morning!" or "How-dy- do?" When anyone greeted Uncle Billy, -morning, afternoon or night, - his response was always, "It's all right." If you suggested that the world is growing worse, the little old man shook his bald head vigorously and replied, "No, no, no, no! And even if it were, it would be our-bnsineos to, leave it better .for the next genera- tion. " The fact that Uncle Billy,was under- sized caused some thoughtless re- marks that would have hurt the feel- ings of another. But they did not hurt Uncle Billy's. He would say with a laugh, "You can't hurt my'feelinls," and .go whistling about his business. Even the dogs recognized the little old man as their friend. More than once,s when some thoughtless or cruel boy; tied a tin can or a package of fire- crackers to a dog's tail, the frightened ran to 'Uncle Billy creatureY for help and protection. No one ever heard Uncle Billy recite, a creed, and on one ever beard him boast of what he had done, was doing or expected to do; but everyone knew that he was religious and that his life was clean and his heart was pure. Uncle Billy believed that people are affected by the language they use. One day one of his nephews spolce profanely in his presence. "Oh, my dear boy!" exclaimed the old man. "If you expect some day to get through the pearly gates and shout 'Glory!' you'd better begin now to shape ycur mouth tot rt." One blustering March midnight Uncle Billy's sister, Rhoda, leaned over hint„ placed her wrinkled ]rand gently cm his brow kissed his hot cheek and whispered, "Billy, the doe" tor says you cannot staled tins pnou- monia," Out of his eyes there came a twinkle as of the stars, and, attempting to pat his old sister's cheek, he panted, "It's all right, Rhody; it's all right" Fond Hope. • " Loather ---'You have been running; ahead of your allowance, Robert. 4gon•---x know it, dad, I've boon hoping for .5 long time that the al. lowanao would strengthen up enough to overtake ale. ti e rt 1 ALl R]GNf SIR--IN071ca lou yes, 1 KNovd THAT pit/. 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I • ° e N ,, o a .qF�a, a k ..:YF' S. lei L,?p (tq�,.¢y�,".'✓ ' r Skrlw yt ;•, . ar\ ky; 1 \yw 1 e +ll , 0 d ..e• ,.? A :� l �.�P .. r,+\,..y+1 1! a �i,�. .. J ,,., � { ry7 . ... v - .. ..• S$' UNCLE BILLY. Hopeful, Tolerant, Piare, His Life Was An Inspiration To Others. Everyone in the community knew Uncle Billy, whom Rhoda, his seventy - year -old sister, described as a "pre- served boy." The little old man's sixty years had subtracted all thehair from his head except a thin remainder of white silken fuzz on a level with the tops of his ears. The hack of Uncle Billy's head looked like a big egg in a nest of wool; his face sug- gested a full moon on the disk of which two twinkling stars stood guard above a smile. Uncle Billy was always busy, and usually he was doing something worth while. Ono of his favorite expres- sions was, "Doing nothing is the hard- est sort of wor•Ic." Uncle Billy tried to like everyone, but he had little use for one of the neighbors named Bruton, whose wife worked the garden while he spent the day at the village store play- ing checkers and talking politics. But Uncle Billy had faith in other people. He often conunentecc3pon the fact that the persons we like best 'are usually those we know best, and one day he said to his sister, "Rhody, that titan Bruton is all right; the fault was in my mind. I didn't look at him tite right way." Uncle Billy was always hopeful. If he ever had the "blues," no one knew it except himself. Usually when two people meet, one says, "Good morn- ing!" or "How-dy-do?" and the other replies, "Good morning!" or "How-dy- do?" When anyone greeted Uncle Billy, -morning, afternoon or night, - his response was always, "It's all right." If you suggested that the world is growing worse, the little old man shook his bald head vigorously and replied, "No, no, no, no! And even if it were, it would be our-bnsineos to, leave it better .for the next genera- tion. " The fact that Uncle Billy,was under- sized caused some thoughtless re- marks that would have hurt the feel- ings of another. But they did not hurt Uncle Billy's. He would say with a laugh, "You can't hurt my'feelinls," and .go whistling about his business. Even the dogs recognized the little old man as their friend. More than once,s when some thoughtless or cruel boy; tied a tin can or a package of fire- crackers to a dog's tail, the frightened ran to 'Uncle Billy creatureY for help and protection. No one ever heard Uncle Billy recite, a creed, and on one ever beard him boast of what he had done, was doing or expected to do; but everyone knew that he was religious and that his life was clean and his heart was pure. Uncle Billy believed that people are affected by the language they use. One day one of his nephews spolce profanely in his presence. "Oh, my dear boy!" exclaimed the old man. "If you expect some day to get through the pearly gates and shout 'Glory!' you'd better begin now to shape ycur mouth tot rt." One blustering March midnight Uncle Billy's sister, Rhoda, leaned over hint„ placed her wrinkled ]rand gently cm his brow kissed his hot cheek and whispered, "Billy, the doe" tor says you cannot staled tins pnou- monia," Out of his eyes there came a twinkle as of the stars, and, attempting to pat his old sister's cheek, he panted, "It's all right, Rhody; it's all right" Fond Hope. • " Loather ---'You have been running; ahead of your allowance, Robert. 4gon•---x know it, dad, I've boon hoping for .5 long time that the al. lowanao would strengthen up enough to overtake ale. ti e rt 1