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Berlin Papers Admit That the People There Are
Hungry Ali Day Long
A deepatch from London says: De- though all the bells are ringing and
flags wave. The -children are under-
fed, pale and wan, looking like faded
flowers. The extent to which the fall
in the birth rate occupies the atten-
tion of the Government was shown at
denials of the authorities' claims and !the meeting of the People's Welfare
to give indications of the "ever- Association at Berlin. On that oeca-
increasing pinch" caused by the Bri- sion a representativ=e of the Prussian
tish blockade. The Berliner Zeitung Ministry of the Interior stated that
says' the Government was :fully aware 'of
"It is difficult to imagine that things , the importance of the question in its
could grow worse 'just • now without bearing on the future of the German
same crowning disaster. The masses nation, especially in view of the fact
of the people are hungry all day long, that hundreds of thousands of young
many articles of food having reached men are being cut off in the flower of
a price wholly beyond the reach of the 1 their youth. In the meantime we are
families of the working class. Hun- informed that the military authorities
ger renders the people sullen and de-1have forbidden meetings convened to
pri•vcs them of all joy in victories, I discuss the dearness of living."
spite the assertions made in the
Reichstag that food is ample and
starvation in Germany is impossible,
the German press continues to print
E �� II T EL `+ Triumph of O.A.C. No. 72.
3i.y !> It is interesting to note that at
''` + ry the college in 1915 the `O.A.C. No. 72'
as � T � oat, gave a yield at the rate of 103.5
bushels per acre, its nearest competi-
tor, 'American Banner,' yielding 92.8
bushels," said Professor Zavitz, in re-
viewing the results of co-operative ex-
per:ments in agriculture carried •on at
the college and on more than 4,000
farms throughout Ontario.
"The greatest value of this work,"
continued the Professor, referring to
the co-operative.experiments, "is from
Oat. the individual experiments carried out
by the farmers and their sons. Not
only these men, but their families and
neighbors as well, are all watching
the results of the plots on which the
new varieties of seed or roots or a
different mixture of fertilizer is being
tested."
was that of a young undergraduate of Potato Loses Through Rot.
the O.A.C. whose bees during the sum- Professor. J. E. Howitt gave a few
mer vacation produced $1,000 worth startling statistics regarding the
of honey, and the other of a woman enormous Tosses to potatoes caused by
whose bees produced more than $2,000 rot. "Despite the last year's increase
worth of honey during the season of in the acreage of the potato crop," he
1915. stated, "there was a shortage of more
The speaker also pointed out the than five million bushels, or on the
other side of this business -namely, average of forty bushels per acre."
failures due to to poor crop, diseases, While this loss might be partly attri-
and winter injuries, in most cases the buted to climatic conditions, he point-
result of careless handling.,ed out, the main cause was the dam -
!age of Food. Wasted. age done by an epidemic of late
blight and rot. Both these diseases
"A valuable natural resource," con- may be controlled by selecting the
tinued Mr. Pettit, "is the honey which best disease -resisting varieties of tu-
is produeed every summer by the mil: hers, of good quality and heavy yield -
lions of flowers blooming on the farms ers, and by spraying the plants eon -
of Ontario. This honey not only satis- stantly, from the time they appear
lies the human craving for sweets, but above the ground till the tops die
it has real food value, so it cannot in down, with the Bordeaux mixture,
any way be considered a luxury. At adding a poison to combat the ravages
present many tons are wasted for, of the potato beetle."
want of bees, and many bees are kept. Sweet Clover -Pro and Con.
under unprofitable conditions for lack
of skillful management.
HOMEY IS A VALUABLE NA-
TURAL RESOURCE.
Farmers Saved the Country -Triumph
of the "0. A. C. No. 72"
Two cases illustrating the unusual
profits that may be made from the
keeping of bees were cited by Mr.
Morley Pettit, Provincial Apiarist, in
an address delivered at the Experi-
mental Union meeting at the Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph. One
Sweet clover came in for some dis-
cussion. While some people regarded
Need of Capital. it as little better than a weed, others
welcomed it as a valuable addition to
De. Geo. C. Creelman, in a few
words, showed the necessity of capital our leguminous crops. The chemical
for the graduates in agriculture. department at the college, after, a
"These men," he said, "have to start thorough test, considered it almost
in where their fathers did fifty years equal to any other clover in the
' ago -on an unimproved farm, with amount of its digestible proteins.
poor stock and machinery. If they 'poorer
Harcourt advised using it on
were allowed capital to put a farm in poorer lands, or practically any place
shape the first year they would be where other clovers had been found
able to snake use of their education to fail. Some men from actual expere
instead of wasting it on scrub cattle once favored it for pasturing and
and run-down soil:' Dr. Creelman weed smothering. On a farm in West -
also favored the idea of B.S.A. men ern Ontario, according to one of these
going out to manage one -thousand- men, two bullocks to the acre could be
i run on a field of it all season after it
acre farms as a business proposition.
Verniers s Saved the Country.
once got a start of eighteen inches.
Talk on Farm Management.
Farmers by producing a record crop Paul Angle, a successful manager
last year saved this country from a of a fifteen -hundred -acre farm at Sim -
severe financial depression, said the coe, gave a brief talk on farm man.
President of the union, Mr. Herbert agement. "Business methods are noth-
Groh, amid applause. In his opinion ing more than methods which assist
the farmers' of Ontario were a little you to obtain greater profits," he said,
clack this year in their interest in the "The business end of farming has
%welfare of the empire, and should changed from simple teaching in our
bear in mind the fact that Providence I grandfather's time to complex prob-
favored the German and Briton agti- lams of buying and selling and the
eulturist alike, hiring of labor. Concentrate your
2,000,000 BES MOIL•' ENT
FOR REPUBLIC IN GERMANY
Manifesto Declares German Ideals Have Been
Trampled Under Foot by Present Rulers
:1 despatch from London says; It is
reported from Zurich and corrobor-
ated from Berne and Geneva, that a
Carman Republican manifesto will be
iesued in the near future at Zurich.
It is said that behind the movement
' are seiontists and other leaders of
Culture in Berlin, and the opinion is
expressed that when these persons de-
cs'nre for a republie in Germany some
2,006,000 ,Social=Democrats andayndi•
iin,lists: will at once rally to thein sup-
port.
However strong or weak may be the
feeling in support of a change in the
form of the German Government, it is
said that there is no question but that
the reported Republican manifesto
will be issued. Among its contents, as
it is described in the Zurich story; will
be a passage declaring that truly
German ideals have been trampled un -
dor foot by the present rulers and that
the removal of these is essential if the
Fatherland is to escape irreparable
disaster,
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GENERAL. JOFFRE IN THE VOSGES.
A winter scene in the Vosges mountains, with the Preneh Commander.
In -Chief on a. round of the trendies.
Spirit of Optimism on 'Both British
and French Fronts.
Markets of the dor
Breadstu'il's.
Toronto, Jan, 18.--14.ianitobn wheat
--New crop --.No, 1 Northern,
$1.1914 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.17%; No.
3 Northern, $1.18',x, in store, Fort
William.
London, Jan, 12. -There is aManitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 43%e;
spirit of optimism in both Britisgreat and 41 ,
0' �C•W., extra No. 1 Seed,
,William.
No. 1 fee fee
Fort d, 40gc, in store,
French despatches from the west
front, the correspondents expressing American corn -No. 3 yellow, new,
the firm conviction of the allied Gen- 81%c, on track, Toronto•
orals that there is no possibility of Canadian corn -No, 2 yellow,
nominal, on track, Toronto. old,
any successful German offensive an .
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 40 to
41c; commercial oats, 39 to 40e, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Ontario what --No. 2 Winter, per
car lot, $1.06 to $1.08; wheat slight-
ly sprouted, $1.03 to :$1.', and
tough according to sample; sheat
where in the west lines. The corre-
sponclent of Reuter's Telegram Com-
pany sends from British Headquarters'
an interview with an unnamed pro-
minent staff officer, who was quoted
as saying: "We now have full in-
formation about the German forces sprouted, smutty, 94e to $1; and tough
facing U. We know their exact dis- according to sample; feed wheat; 80
positions and strength. We every- Ito 85c, according to freights outsider
;° r�f� •, Peas-Ir;o. 2, per car lots, $1.80;
where .outnumber the, Germans, and �ppas accoruing to sample, $1.25 to
also outnumber them in both field and$1.75•
heavy artillery, and our weapons are! Barley --Malting barley,61 to 52e;
better than theirs. We can fire five feed barley, 53 to 5c, according to
shells to their one without depleting freights outside.
our munitions. We can take their
first Iine of trenches whenever we
wish. To say that we have got them
beaten is dangerous rubbish, but the
truth is we have got them ready for
a beating."
SINGLENESS OF DIRECTION.
France Not to Replace Joffre as Com-
mander.
Premier Briand is authority for the
statement that the Government has
no intention of appointing a successor
to General Joffre, in command of the 'bag
ton; good feed siour, $1.:60 per
armies on the French front, according 1
to the Journal. In reply to an in-
quiry from the Army Committee of
the Chamber as to what would be the
effect of the creation of the new post
of Commander-in-chief of all the
up to the present, the German state- convoy between Auberive and St. French armies except those in Africa,
men.t says, has caused only slight Souplet. to which General Joffre has been ap-
pointed, M. Briand is quoted as having
-._-..._- .said:
business and study how you can turn ' STEAMER BAY() SUNK _
waste tune into valuable labor," was
the pith of his address.
RUSSIA IS BUYING
32,000 MACHINE GUNS
Rumor Is Heard of an Order for
10,000,000 Shells. ` saved when the vessel, on Thursday,
BO,17thING
F LILLE RESUMED
BY TIE BRITISH ARTILLERY
According to German Official Reports the Darnage
Thus Far Occasion,d !has Been Slight
A despatch from London says: The material damage.
British bombardment of Lille, which Activity on the western front Sat -
resulted recently' in the destruct:en of urday was confined to artillery fire
an an action between hand grenade
throwers at Vauquois. French artil-
lery dispersed German working par-
ties in Champagne and dispersed a
a German ammunition depot, accord-
ing to the German official report, was
resumed on Sunday, according to the
same authority, causing a fire which
Buckwh-at-Car lots, 76 to 78e, ac-
cording to freights outsir{e.,
Rye -No. 1 comme ci,t., 88 to 90c;
rye, rejected, 70 to 80c, according to
sample.
Manitoba flour: First patents, in
lute bags, $6.80; secora:f patents, in
jute bags, $6.30; strong bakers', in
jute bags, $6.10, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Winter, $4.60 to
$4.80, according to s+;triple, seaboard
or Toronto freights in bags, prompt
shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, ,.lelivered Mont-
real freights. Bran, $24 per ton;
shorts, $25 per ton; ;niddliegs, .$2G
BY FLOATING MINE
- sure singleness of direction in mile.
Only One Out of a Crew of Twenty- tary operations, which has become
six Was Saved, more necessary than ever now, and at Bacon, long clear, 161;k to 16%c
A despatch from London says: Only the same time to establish close co- per lb, in case lots. Hams -Medium,
one, out of 26 members of the crew ordination between the command of 171A to 18%c; do., heavy, 14% to 15c-
of the Spanish steamship Bayo, was our armies and the technical councils roils, 16 to 181c; brealdast bacon, 21
of the Allies, which will be held at to 23c; backs, plait', 24 to 25e; bone-
grand headquarten:s,,, less backs, 27c.
was sunk by striking a floating mine, Lard -Pure lard, 14 to 1�4 ac;.
A despatch from New Yorks'says:' forty miles off the Port of La Roch- compound, 12 to 121 c.
Announcement that the Russian twee else. The Bayo was on the way from CUSTOMS RETURNS
ing commission in the United StatesHuelva, Spain, for La Rochelle. She SHOW BIG INCREASE
has approved contracts for $$2,000, was owned in Bilbao was of 2,776
Country Produce.
Butter -Fresh dairy, 28 to 31c; in-
ferior, 24 to 25c; e.ceamery prints, 36
to 37c; solids, 32 t:= 34e.
Eggs -Storage, 80 to 31e per dozen;
selects, 35 to 36c; new -laid, 40 to 45c,
case lots.
Honey -Prices, in 10 to 60 Ib. tins,
12 to 12'4c; combs, No. 1, $3; No. 2,
"The sole object of the extended $2.40•
powers of the generalissimo is to in- Beans -$4.20 tc $4.40.
Pros. ;cions.
-
000 worth of machine guns with four ;tons, 312 feet long and had been built A despatch from Ottawa says: If
American companies was made' on at Whitby, England, is 1892. Customs revenue for the latter half of
Sunday after the departure for Rus -
January is as great as that during the
Rus-
. of General Germonius, head of the�FLOODS IN HOLLAND first half the receipts for the whole 2 local white, 4i4 to 47c; No. 3 local
commission. The contracts call for CAUSED MANY DEATHS month will be double those of the tor» white, 451/ to 46e; No. 4 local white,
32,000 machine guns, which is said to I responding period last year. Up to 441,E to 45c. Barley, Man. feed, 60c;
be the largest order of its kind placed i Queett Wilhelmina. II Opened Royal January 15th the receipts were $5,- malting, 67 to 68c. Buckwheat, No.
here by any of the belligerents since 010,125, or more than twice as great 2, 82c.
cfirstFlour, Man. Spring wheat pat -
the Palace to Refugees.seconds, $6.40;
stated thatnitussiatlis endeavoe war. ringt vta; asA despatch from Amsterdam says: as those duringthenfirst 15 days of strong bakers', $G.'20Winer patents,
Many persons have been drowned by January, 1915-$2,319,081. It is choice, $6. 50; straight rollers, $5.80
place contracts in this country for 10,-j the flood in Northern Holland. On hoped that this increase will be main- to $5.90 do., bags, $2.75 to $2.85.
000,000 high explosives and shrapnelithe Marken Islands the death list has tained throughout the whole month. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.20 to $5.25;
shells. reached 16, including ser -en children. I ''i. bags, 90 lbs., $2.45 to $2.50. Bran,
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, Jan. 18. -Corn, Ameri-
can No: 2 yellow, 83% to 84c. Oats,
Canadian Western, No. 2, 50%e; No.
3. 491; extra No. 1 feed, 4811 c; No.
...-44..........-.,...-...Queen Wilhelmina has opened the'BRIr'ISH WASTAGE IS $24. Shorts, $26. Middlings, $28 to
S AGAINST Royal Palace at Amsterdam to shelter
15 PER CENT. i4IU\`TIILY : $30. Mouillie, $31 to $33. Hay, No.
12, per ton, ca.r lots, $20 to $20.50.
A despatch from London says: Bri_ j Cheese, finest westerns, 181,E to 18%c;
tish infantry losses on all fronts now i oho cfinest estacreame18 ry, to 34 y1R� to 35e. ' e;
Havre correspondent of the Petit'
INCREASING DAILY average 15 per cent. monthly. Under- !seconds, 321,E to 38c, Eggs, fresh, 45
Journal telegraphs that the Belgian - Secretary for War Tennant informed ito 48c; selected, $3c; No. 1 stock, 30c;
Government is about to lodge a pro• A despatch from London says: The ! the House of Commons on Wednesday j No. 2 stock, 28c. Potatoes, per bag,
test with neutral Governments against Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily afternoon, explaining why the Gov- 1 car lots, $1.755 to $1.80.
the new German war levy of 40,000,-. Mail says he had reliable information ornment found it necessary- to adopt d ----
000 francs monthly, in addition to last to the effect that the Socialist opposi- conscription to fill the ranks, These i Winnipeg Grain.
year's tax of 480,000,000 francs.' The tion to the German Government is in-' figures take into account soldiers re- Winnipeg, Jain. 18. -Cash quota -
Belgian protest, the correspondent creasing daily. lieved from duty because of wounds, tions: -No. 1 Northern, $1.191; No.
says, will point out that under the A conference of Socialists of but who afterwards recover and re 2 Northern $1.1.6%• No 3 Northern
provisions of The Hague Convention Greater Berlin adopted a resolution turn to the front,
war taxes levied in occupied territory expressing regret that only twenty
are limited to amounts necessary to Socialists in the Reichstag supported
meet needs of the army of occupa- Dr. Karl Liebknecht in the opposition
tion or to pay for the administration against the war credits. Similar reso-
of the erritory in question. The new iutions were adopted at Socialist meet -
Belgian tax is said to be far in excess ings in Liepzig, Weimar and in the
of the amount needed for these pur- Rhino Province.
poses,
-_ -
e.
PROTESTS
GERMAN BRIGANDAGE the refugees.
A despatch from Paris says: The SOCIALIST OPPOSITION
SPY WHO DENOUNCED
EDITH CAVELL SHOT
A despatch from London says: The
Belgian spy, Cels, who denounced
Edith Cavell, the English nurse, who
was executed at Brussels some time
ago, to the Germans has been assas-
sinated. His body was found in a
street of Schaerbeck, near Brussels,
with two bullet wounds in it.
A despatch from Brussels Novem-
ber 27 last said that a French sol-
dier, whose confession to the German
authorities resulted hi the arrest and
execution of Miss Cavell, had com-
mitted suicide in hanging in the mili-
tary prison at Brussels.
FLOODS STOOP FOOD
GOING TO GERMANY
A despatch from London says: The
Rotterdam correspondent of the Daily
Mail teleghaphs: "The snoods will be
More effective than Government nnea-
sures in preventing fats 'and food
from entering Germany front Holland.
Thousands of cattle and sheep have
been destroyed, and the damage to
the land will temporarily stop the
smuggling of foodstull"
$1.13?X; No. -4,' $1.09 ; No. 5
• l$1.01%; No, 6, 91�Xc; feed, 81%e.
The Professor's Break• Oats -No. 2 C.W„ 431%; No. 3 C.W.,
140%c; extra No. 1 feed, 40%e; No. 1
Professor (to student) -What are jcl, 3X. f, 38%e. Bar-
you laughing at? Not at me? 1ley-Nofee88. 3c; 62c;NoN2o. 4,
eed57c:; feed, 50c.
Student --Oh, no, sir. Flax -No. 1 N.W.C., $2.12%; No. 2
Professor --Then what else is there I C.laf�., $2.093X.
in the room to laugh at? Live Stock Markets.
1 Toronto, Jan. 18. -'The quotations
'were: Butchers' cattle, choice, $7.60
;to $8; do., good, $7.25 to $7.50; do.,
: medium, $6 to $G.75; do., common,
$5.40 to $5.7 $7.25; do,, g bulls,
3/AN FRONT chniec, ,$G.50 to do., good bulls,
$5.75 to $6.25; do., rough bulls, $4.75
to $5.25; butchers' cows, choice, e6.25
Desperate Attacks A ainst the Teuton Defences ;dzum, $5.25 to $5.75, do., coto $7; do., good, $6 to $6.25; dom,,mon,me-
$4 to $4.50; feeders good, $6,25 to
Renewed at Various Points$6.50; stockers, 700 to 900 lbs., -$6 to
$G.50; canners and cutters, $3 to
4.50; milkers, choice, each, $75 to
100; do,, common and medium, eaeh,
A despatch. from London says: On Office reported on Wednesday after- $35 to $60; Springers, $50 to $100'
the Russian front, the Austrian ofii- noon that the Russian attacks failed light ewes, $6.50 to $8.25; sheep,
wail communication records renewed with heavy losses to.,the attackers. 'Io$heavy, $5.25 to $6; do., bucks,.$ . 5;
to ibs,c, yearling limbs$11.7 ; e to' es, e-
desperate attacks by the Russians on The Petrograd correspondent of the ;lambs, cwt., $10 to $11,75; calves, me -
the Bessarabian frontier, but claims London Daily Mail telegraphs,. It is ' diem to choice, $6.75 to $10.50; do.,
that the attacks everywhere were re- reported that the Russians are ener- : common, $4 to $4.50; hogs, fed and
pulsed. The Petrograd comnunica- getically pushing towards Czerno- watered, $9.25 to $9.50.
tion is silent on the subject, but the witz. They have occupied Sadagora, ! Montreal, Jan. 18. -Choice autos
Russians usually withhold mention of It is reported that 1:0,000 Austrian 'sold at $7,75 to $8; good at $7.25 to
RUSSIAN ROLLER I4 MOTION
ALONG LESSARA
their movements until they are well on prisoners have been taken in the re- $7.50, and the lower grades at $5.25
the road to completion. cent battles in the Buleowina and on ' to $7, while butchers' cows brought
For the first time in several weeks the Stripa. Besides a great number fr5om : 4.50 to cwt.; ewes,
, and bulls ';loin
the Russians displayed activity on the of killed were abandoned an to u7 per $ coves, pe 50 to $3.60,
Ion the bat -sand .bulls at $4 to $4, fi0 per crvt...Oin.
berth -western part of the battle line, tlefield. Italie lambs sold at $10 and *uebe4�
launching an attack 1 on Field Mae- "Austrian and German wounded and ,stock at $9.50 to $9.75, while ewe
dal von Hindenburg's forces around prisoners say the Russian artillerye;sheep 6,75crd
1 viznsk, south-east of Illuxt Which s' brought$ , . and ininda and
, , r d. is devastating and•caused lasses aggro- culls at $G...S per evvt. Mille -fed calves
ht German hands. Illuxt is only eight gating 70,000 to the armies of Gener- I old at Jay to 10e, and grass -teed itt
miles wast from the great railroad ids von I'ftanrar and Count von Both- 5oto 6t e leer
., le ted e
to at leer lin Selected lots - d et
city of Dwinnsk. The Grerm:inn War nisei, , p cwt.,
weighed off ears.