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Zurich Herald, 1918-01-04, Page 61.1 ESIDENT TAKES OVEN NITED STATES RAILWAY LIN ON DECEMBER 28 D1."tastic Step Announced by President Wilson to Make Nation's Transportation Facilities ili'iies Serve War Needs. A iiospatch from Washington says: President Wilson formally announced hili decision to take possession andi assume control at noon on Friday, December 2$,•' of each and every system of transportation ;a the United State:. Possession of the transporta-1 tion systems of the et;untry will be taken through S„ecretctry of War Bak- er, but after the railroads and other transportation faciiities have come' into the -actual pe.;"session of the Gov-' ernment, they \viii be operated under e the direction o; William G, McAdoo, the present Se,;retary of the Treasury.; ti Mr.. McAdoo was appointed by the President to serve its Director -General of Railroads. Through the action taken ;the Pre- sident hopes to be able to cut the "Gordian knot" of the tangle of ' con- fusion into which the transportation facilities of the nation have been brought as a result of the efforts made since the nation entered the war, to handle the movement of troops, muni- tions and war commodities, without at the same time sacrificing the actual transportation needs of the nation and its commerce. kark,ets of the World Areadstuffs Trrrc tto. Jan 1 ---Manitoba. wheat—No. 1 Northern. 32 284; No. 2, do $2.205; 8, do., 32.17*; No: 4 wheat, $2.105, In store Fort William, including 25c, tax. Manitoba oats—No. 2 C. W. S351.4: No, ,. 8 (:.W 739c; No, 1 extra feed, 7750 `No. 1 feed. 701c. in store Fort William. ti.nierican corn --No, 3 yellow. nonti- r alai; a)riterio oats—No. '2. White., 77 to 75P.. `•a�'•nrinal: - No. o, do, 76 to 77e. noorninai, lc eerdicg to freights outside. Ontario wheat—New, No: 2 \Pinter. 32 "2. basis,- itt store. Montreal. Peas --Nn. 2, 33,76 to. $3.50, according to freights Outside. Parley- -Malting. 31.30 to 31.31, ac- cording to freights outside. I uckwhcat—$1 55 to $1.60, according to freights outside. fl'e—No. 2. 31.79. according to freights outside, • ,Manitoba flour ---First -patents, in jute :bags. 311.50; 2nd, do., 311; strong baic- c.1s', cto 310.60,' Toronto, t:rut.tric, flour --•\\-inter. according •to .sitiople. 33.115, in bags, Montreal $3.75. 'i o outi.; 39.70 Intik, seaboard, pr•onlpt •rnen t. 1111 toed—Cal lots --Delivered -font , . .tl freights, bogs included—gran, per n, $35: shorts. do„ 340; middlings, ,1r 5545 to 346; good Peed flour, per bag, t slaty Nu.•1. new. tier ton. 315.50 to 316.30; miffed, do., 313. to 315, track To- ronto. Straw -47'm. lots, per ton, 39 to 30,50. ; 'United States Markets , :Minneapolis Tan. 1—Corn—No. 3 • yel- low, 3'1.60 to 31,65. pats—No. 3 white, 783. to 793c. Flour, itt carload lots --- Fancy patents, $9.75 a barrel: contained tin 08 -pound cotton sacks, first clears, 1 no longer quoted; second clears, 36,00, jute. Bran -,-332 to 329. Duluth, Minn.. Jan 1--1.tnseecl, on truck. $3,43; arrive. 33,4.2; arrive in ;December., 3348; December, 33.•1.3 bid; mei, eeete bid: Ttily, 33.32 bad. Toronto. Jan. I—Extra choice. heavy !steers. 311.25 to 312; do good heary. 410.75 to $9 311 butchers' cattle, chice, $10.66 to $10 55; do.. good, ,60o to ;310.26: do., medium, 3.9 to 39.25: do„ common, $t:.25 to 38.50; butcher:' bulls, SU• rlu.. C,01 b 111s +4. •. J to t r S t0 c 3 S g $ $3,25: do., ntediuin,bulls, 37.10 to $7.86; do., rough bulls,35.25 to $6.26: butchers' i cows, choice, $9.50 to 310; do., good, 138.50 to 39: do., medium, 37.75 to 38; stockers, 37,25 to 33.75; readers, '30.25 to $10: canners and cutters, $5.15 to 35.50; milkers, good to choice, $95 to do., coo. 01 areal., S"5 to 400; Springers, 300 to $1.30• light ewes, $12 !to $14; sheep, heavy, 36 to 37.75; year- nings, 312.25 to 318.25; lambs, 317.25 to 315,25: calves. good to choice, $14 to 310.50; hogs, fed and watered, 313,550; do., weighed oft cars, $13,75; do., f.o.b., , 317.50. SlontreaI, Jan. 1 --(lest steers, $e to $12 per hundred pounds; butchers' bulls. 36.511 to 99; butchers' cows, $6.50 to 39; cancers' cattle, $5 to 35.75; sheep 312 to $13: iambs. $17.50; calves, grass 'fed, 36 to $8: milk fed. 512 to i $141; select hogs, off cars, 314.75: good I selects, 318 to 318.60._ ,Live Stook Markets Country Produce—Wholesale I:utte • t"reamery, solids. per lb., 423 I RAILWAY WAR BOARD to 4„c• prints, per ib., 42 to 433c; dairy, per !b +> to 3�c. SAVES 100,000 TONS_O COAL F:g4rs fresh gathered eggs. 50 to 52c. Poultry --(,rete, dressed, lb., 21 to 22c, 1"ot t,.es — j hnlcsalers are Paying A despatch from ..Montreal says:— groWers and country shippers 31.75 for The Canadian Railway War Board first-class stock, f.o.b., outside points. calculates that in the measures it is SC'holesaler•s are selling to the retail 11 de at the following prices: taking for the 'elimination of pas- 233" tc,. 231r; early cheese, 254 to 26o;. senna large twin. 26 to 2633. • 100,000 tons of coal. Without incont- I: tter—'r s 1 tr choice, 4 to 410` :reeaxxee:r prints, to` 460; 6(rlic018, 44 to moding the public there will be eli- 450.. urination . herever possxble. The Rail - Margarine -320, tIns: .. Wa kt� r4i-1+ ._g�p5 New.lal zr., cart . irs,to5w $.:c.,--...: �-- -. �. ^4%- CvL'iaf4at1. ; No, s tcrage, 43'"ht440, sail; or`age,, into:the matter of passenger service 47 to i8e, i t . i1r«ped poultry,..4pring t ickens, 26 with 'the. thought of•conservation in P.1 :.'tic: ' milk -fed chickens, lb., 80c; mind—conservation of `fuel and . of fowl, 2'2 to 050' turi.eirs, 34 to 87c' du„lcs, Spring, 25 to 270; geese, 26 to man -power. The crews liberated from 2$e. t'heese—New. Large 23 to 235o; twins, • ?' r •. ,x.` ;. : �^°'" nom" •'�'+.. •?C. - ?`esee • ,.;{,,°�#ii Relief f For Halifax Victims. One of the trucks sent from Boston for- relief work at Halifax, sible, however, that Stefannson may a T° &A `Cb' �4 7� '� •'RI HORROR '..PARTY ESAFE.....NMISERY Canadian Explorer and Company Arrive at Fort Yukon, Alaska, A. despatch from Ottawa says: Vilhjalniar Stefanrlson, the Canadian explorer, and his party, are safe. A message received by;Mr. G. J. Des - berets, Deputy Minister of Naval Af- fairs, announces that Mr. Stefannson and party have arrived safely at Fort Yukon,. Alaska, from the far North. This -means that the explorer, about whose safety there has been consider- able doubt for several months past, is coming hack to civilization after his long sojourn in the Arctic' regions. 1t is presumed that the party will now make their way to Nome and wait for the first steamer that will bring them back to Canada. It is pos- decide to go overland to Dawson. It is understood here that Mr. Stefalinson, who was in charge of the northern division of the Canadian STIFF BLOCKADE E CUTS OFF H.,' d LORD Europe's Neutrals No Longe .fair. John Jellicoe Replaced --Js Feed Germany. ami>'"" Made a Peer in Recognition '4 A despatch from London says; •C; many is now believed to be effectu of Distinguished Services. A despatch from London says: Accordin • to :e y blockaded. s zia ; 8 � Vice -Admiral A iral ' m 1r ' d S Rosalyn i svl em W ss has y made here, she now is completely, t, been appointed First Sea Lord, in of ` 'n • imports from... off from receive i � ' g p succession to Admiral Sir John R Jel- than her allies, ow ng o e ac ;i licoe, according to an official announce - Arctic Expedition, spent last winter on Melville Island. It was thought that he would cofne out "either• via Lancaster Sound and Labrador, or the Behring Sea, Apparently, he has not chosen either of these routes, but chose to come over the ice to Herschel Island, and from there to Alaska, probably by way of Fort MacPherson. His party consists of about 24 men. The Canadian Arctic Expedition set out in 1913. the prevailing shortage of food .ifs,;ment, , in neutral countries near by has m'1;e Admiral Jellicoe has been elevated ;; it necessary for them tovthl• lel to the cera ='e in recognition of his from her any imports neededaty tile,rr :very distinguished services. The hope' own people. 1l1 ,,.• is expressed that his experience may '�„� EXPLOSION Virtually nothing is lloi6 :int' be:utilized later in another post. to go into Holland or thin'_ vian countries from Era -, ' .' u�., a t,lli.oe to the honorable eclipse of ir John R. va United States or any other ' „ > Seat in the blouse of Lords and the Majority of Victims cid.' Tlnis Entente countries. These now : r „r promotion of the Second Sea. Lord to Class in Halifax Are Young a control the whole world's e •cl},, y.,f l.11s place, briefly announced in an of Women and Children. foodstuffs, feeding stuffs and ra'Sv. - ; fzeial communication will convey but , terials of every Lind. :' oiler interpretation to the mind of, the This stiffening up of the blockade ; general public in v`' w of the strong attributed here to the policy adopt:tt, criticisms for a long"time passed upon by the United States in July of wi't" 'the Admiralty, ,which culminated in holding its exports front tient: 'disappointment and dissatisfac- countries near Germany except z•'tion' kt the impunity with which Ger- terms under which they; must cc ',n an raidel's'recsntly again sank a the export even of their own prodt `i British' convoy, r trains •it will be able to save to Germany .. • Imports of oils and fate 'iota , 0. o land and. S,,itnl+lill,ka%i:an.cotititries ha Lo, d crease f. --bin an ivarage .i f. 7 �:: )i , C. . •1x a r• it1:Iy , erage . of 22,500 to present; ace&ding to fignnes,* public here. ' `Im Imports of c p p ��rfl) `t fodder; formerly 342,000 tor5s'k`4 have decreased to 25;000 a month. CO ton imports have declined one-haf since 1916, and imports of hides . argil leather are now a mere fraction i'i what they formerly were. Copper ii ports have declined almost to erg. fifth their'"former proportions, a. passenger trains that Sre cut off may lire poultrt--Turkey~;, 2Sc Sprung 44111c�l: os lb 20c; hens 16 to 130" • be used on freight trains. cluek. 8ipring 0 to 22e; geese, 1$a 1' Honey--Comb—Extra fine. ' 16 oz.,' a3.5n; 2 oz .9, Vu 52, o to $9 so i N41) �,'S FISI�IERIES Strained --Tina, 'l's and. S's, 10 to 1930; pet lb 10's, 185 to 19e; 60's. 18 to 135c.! HAVE RECORD "VALUE. l:ea.,,._,1`an.rdian, band -incited, bush„ to• 1; $S.60: imported mpn17 t` e375e hand-picked, $6.50 A despatch " r'om Ottawa says: Ow- ing to the greatly increased demand i'Sovisiorzrd--^Wholesale for fish, and the higher prices pre Smoked. mP tts--Itams, medium, 34,- to 31e, du heavy '6 to 270; cooked, 43 to 4 ic:•, r oils, 27 to 2Sc: breakfast bacon. 38 to 42.c: backs, plain, 40 to 41c; bone- less, 43- t0 41e. Cuted'rncats---i,ong clearbacon, 275 to 28c lb: clear bellies, 265 to 27c. a Lasa --Pure lard, tierces. 295 to 29 tabs, 2 286 `o 33e: pails, 29 to 2955: compound, tic r c. s, • 45 to 25e; tubs, 241 to 25144: • pails. 25 tit 2: 5e. 1Vfontreal Markets 7.ic nttoal. Jan, 1•-flats-Canailia n western, No. 2, 905o extra. No. 1 feed. ' +nye No. 2 local white 37c: No. 3 do., 86c. I'lonr--Mon. ;opting wheat patents. firsts 311.4111: second~, 41110.; strong' bakers, 310 .90; straight rollers, bags. 35.20 to 35.375. polled oat4 hags. 90 • ahs„ 45,30.. Pian. 335. Shorts, 340.' Middlings, $45 to. 35(1, lfouiltle, 356 to • 353. Flay. No. 2, per ton, car lots, 315.59 Ch0ea,e. tinct westerns, 213c: ea,vtccrrls, 23jr', Butter. choicest erer'lnery, 445 to 4f seconds, 434 to 440, 1)137gs, fresh, 54 to 65c: selected, tale: No. 1 stock. Y No. 2 stock. 33 to 80e. Potatoes, per bag, car tots, 31.90 3', '32,t0. Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Jan. 1—c'rtsh pri, eS ..[t;,t `No- 2C;,1483,1e: No. 3. do., 1':: ex- ra. No, 1 20.,d8e.Pi;e`,r•Unde: ru.r-'-1No, l'oc14'h3, 76ric.; t o, do., ,3C.W 31,325; re4eted anrd teed 11 1 7, Flax No. 1 ti -\1 cr $3 10x; No. 2 t1.W1, $3.071; No. 3, do 32.904 • • P.00010 . h 000.0.00' ' tat • " NOR'S', PICTURE OF "RAI -FH C43fU HALIFAX Ruined City Compared to tine-Devas tation of France and Belgium 'by Major C. W. Gordan: Returning from Nova Scotia, where he has been speaking, Major C, . Gordon arrived at Toronto recently: Fresh from the Beene of the disaster' of Halifax, "Ralph Connor" compared the scene with those he had wituessecl in France,. "When 1 came into the Halifax sta- tion," lee said, "1 was struck with the strange' and Horrible familiarity of the scene. It was like so many stations 1 bad seen in France and Belgium; the shattered buildings temporarily patched up, .and the train service'bo. ing carried Qn amid the ruins and de- bris. The whole hillside gives a gdod," picture of the lours at the front. 'The'. difference between Halifax and t ,e cities in France and Belgium is':tliat the former contained many wooden houses. At file front the ruined' wands would be left standing and the streets traceable, but here the fare had eon- summed the houses and the streets were obliterated.. The only difference i'rotn life at the front was that Halifax had one shock and no mere. ry Thee men at the front gat one shock and then.' wait for the next. From that''nerve wrecking experience Halifax • was inerciftilly spared. A despatch from Halifax, N.S,, says: The first estimate that 500 men, wo- men and children had become totally or partially blind as a result of the recent disastrous explosion at Hali- fax, is proving correct. At least 200 of, these will. be totally blind; and the majority of them are , tmullg nen a1bd.; children. sir Fred- "Halifax took hold of the rescue Unparallefed Misery "The first three. days were days of unparalleled misery, F'ir'st came the shock and the slaughter, Almost im- mediately upon the wreck of the houses, etre sprang up . from every hdme, and quickly hundreds of fires were blazing on the hillside at the same time. Then followed the storm, the snow, the gale and the rain, The equal of this was not seen in forty years. This fell .upon the city where so many people, homeless and with- out clothing, were searching the ruins for „their relatives and friends; The situation of horror was without par- alien in Canada. Re"cue Work St rte erick Fraser, chairman of the Halifax work in asStrong way, The peolile en Blind Relief Conunittee, 'estimated showed' a . '];ortittide and st ,mina Hie, to e of tiie b tri s� a fund of ,at least will lie �tr�ka cli, p d h •+: d y t. ra .rT"?..0n•,,c,1'„h'.1�., .irt''' C141S, q 4•0,I ine111 it tltb f,^'t't" '• •, ail •-•aUiva' '1 Z1,0111'44 ) or ti:'i,b )1J 'itl g- t. •-•,•'‘,... y -7-.'" ..,. ni Hve:so'"stlddelily becalm blind. A on7'y helyd._the.callfol izitt. - - 15 'The less of life would have been. a n 'Contribution nuts i� ar` vigorous campargll foie this Lund now ori, and Sir Frederick Fraser says much heavier had it not been far the ° O TroopsFor West. he holies flirt' the people of :Canada prompt and efficient help from Boston, ups p P A d s atch from Tokio says: Jap- and the United States will. actively co- fll'stby the military unit and then' by e p the Red Cross workers and others. air's total financial support to the En- operate in securing the amount re- They carne in when Halifax was •tente Allies aggregates more than 1,- The quired. need' is great, and the money stunned and dazed, and gave help, 000,000,000 yen, said Minister of Fin - must without which the loss of life would •ance`•Shoda recently in an address to must be secured before the work for 500 leading financiers or Business men these blinded people can be properly have been much heavier and the list of Western Japan. For Japan, lie de- organized. of missing greatly increased. Clamed., this -contribution was immense. "The Red Cross, under Mr. Moore, As to the talk of dispatching Japan- LL.D., was a splendid pisco of organ- ese troops to the European front, he ADVANCE IN ized and well directed philanthl•eay- added, this was useless discussion and illi, ibeen had the advantage of hay - added, , RAIL �{�$ �•c,((yy ing been through four other groat ,,the Allies were aware that it was an t19Ay21 tt'iT Y �• �.rS disasters in American cities. At folia' 1 mpossibility,, Japan, he said, was Ca [�iJre g° •1 in. the afternoon of Thursday the . t•repared to exert- her utmost efforts to aid the Allies in other respects,but Governor of Massachusetts had asked her operation could not go to the ex- Gl'anted By Board of Railway him to go, and that evening he had the corps orgauized with full supplies Commissioners. ready to pull out.at 10 o'clock. They ,. A despatch from Ottawa says: An! were held up by the storm, and bad . important judgment handed down by to fight their way tlirotfgi1 to the but the Board of Railway Commissioners! skirts of Halifax, where they speedily provides for a 16 per cent, increase in comnleuced""wark." passenger rates in all parts of Canada, I an with wherthe Brum-1 MANSGERMANS KILLED , e theexception maximof um itish rate is Colnow 1' HEN 'I01�'N Vi AS BOM ED. 3 cents per.mile. The judgment also— . permits, subject to the limitations of A despatch from Amsterdam says: the Crow's Nest agreement and cer- The town of Rousselaere (Rotilers),-'°' tain specific limitations, an increase in in Belgium, was almost laid waste re - freight rates of approximately 10 per cently by the terrific explosion of . an cent. in the West and 15 per cent. in ammunition train caused by b nils the East. The Crow's Nest agreement dropped by a British airman, a bribe made by the Canadian . Pacific ing to the :frontier or =of Railway 'with the Government, grid by the Telegvaaf. The aeroplane .itself its provisions rates on a large num- was brought down by the aerial;prese bar of commodities are reduced. sure. Many Germans and .a few Bel- .......--- ... el------M-------•. glans, the latter engaged in forced • EP• AL veiling, the total market value of Can- !.. R a fan s erne., 01 le a, isca year •7'C constituted a record. It amounted to MISSED KiliS4. $39,208,378 according to the annual " report of the Fisheries branch issued on Thursday. This was $3,347,670 greater than the value for the pre- vious year. To the total value the sea fisheries contributed $34,38t3,013 and the inland fisheries $4,822,365. I MATERIAL DECREASE SHOWN IN BRITISH SHIPPING LOSSES. A despatch from London says: The losses to British shipping show a ma- terial decrease for the past week. According to the Admiralty report, 11 'British merchantmen of 1,600 tons or over were sunk during this period by mine or submarine, as well as one Merchantman under that tonnage and one fishing vessel. Twelve merchantmen were unsuc- cessfully attacked by submarines dur- ing the same period. Seventeen ves- sels were sunk the previous week, A "Move" on the West Front, Mannheim Raid Occurred 1;b1 An Hour After Emperor IIacl Left .City. A despatch from Geneva says. 'Pee German emperor, returning with Tris staff from the Verdun front, had . a narrow escape during the reprisal raid of a British air squadron on Mannheim Christmas Eve, accordirg to a despatch from Basel, Only about an hour earlier the emperor's special train left the station, which orae partly destroyed by several bombs. A` section of the tracks was torn up, cutting communication north. In fact, the emperor's train was the last to leave Mannheim, and no trains arriv- ed at Basel from that city. Two bombs fell on the palace and one 0n the suspension bridge .across the Nec- kar River, both structures being badly damaged. An ammunition factory in a northern suburb was blown up. Few persons were killed here, however, as the employes were having a holiday, Number's of persons were killed or line jured within the town, and several were blown into the Rhine. TOMATOES INSTEAD OF CHRYSANTHEMUM. A despatch from Liverpool says: A year ago the city of Liverpool decided to suspend the cultivation of chrys- ailtheiuums in the greenhouses attach- ed to public parks, and grow some- thing useful instead. Several acres of glass were accordingly assigned to be used for tomatoes, The result of the year's work is .announced .'hr a report just published, 'which states that 10,- 000 pounds of tomatoes were thus grown, all of which were sent in wee s- ly sliipments to aliout'thirty military hospitals in the Liverpool»district. Cold lima beans mashed, season and a few minced ,,1u,, ,.added ma; •e tent of sending, troops to Europe. To listen credulously to peace rumors and so to disturb business, he added, was premature and foolish. ENEMY AGAIN FAILS TO BREAK VERDUN FRONT A despatch from London says:— Once again the Germans have endeav- ored to break the French front of the Verdun sector, but again Have failed. Two assaults delivered north of the Caurieres VTood resulted in the defeat of the enemy and. the infliction of heavy casualties. The Germans at one point succeeded in penetrating a French front«:line trench, but were immediately ejected. BIG AERIAL �a TLE NEAR VENICE RESULTS IN LIED VICTORY British and Italian Airmen Break Up One of the Heaviest Raids endum are 870,000 for consul Attempted by Enemy on Italian 'Front. labor, were killed, AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS .AGA1NiST CONSCItIP' A despatch from Melbourne, A lia, says: Latest figures in the A despatch from Italian Army Headquarters in Northern Italy says! One of the heaviest raids the enemy has attempted on this front came to grief on`•Wednesday, when nearly half of a fleet of 25 aeroplanes was de- stroyed, with an extensive Iist of kill- ed or wounded. The bis" fleet swept over the camp west of Treviso at 8 o'clock on Wed- nesdays flying lbw and dis- charging machine-guns. Considerable damage was done. Notwithstanding. the surprise, the Italians and British machines' were soon in the air, and en- d d ' h gaged the enemy at close quarters: a goo sat wrc . The fighting was most spectacular, eight of the enemy planes being brought down, six them 'falling within the Italian lines. The other beat a hasty retreat. Tile raiders, however, returned at 11 o'clock, and three more were (1111- posd of, :two falling in this attack in- side the Italian litres. An observer who has just returned says that the scone of the conflict is covered with wreckage of the enemy aircraft, One of the machines brought down was a dreadnought; earrying three persons; the others carried two.. All of these men were killed, 'wounded or captured. 1,050,000 against, including the returns from the Australian ,f. which it -is officially announced 17,000 for and 23,000 against seription. RUSSIAN WAIL PLANTS BEING CLOSED 1) A despatch from London say I_Putiloff,;Works, employing 30,0( .and the Petregrad Metall Works, employing 89000,' have to pay off their leen, accordin Renter's despatch from Petroa The swill of £61 was raise ni .mble sale held at Clough,,ild the Va'1lyklillder Soldiers' 'B'o'il