Exeter Advocate, 1914-1-8, Page 7Items of News by Wire
Notes of Interest as to What Is Going
on All ;Over the World
Canada.
a s s
A Ja nee . •te,amship campa is.
p ... ny
_contemplating
reot lino to
a di
Montreal
Mrs, Sidney J. Wooliver of St.
Thomas died, in the hospital its a
result of ,poisoning,
An exodus from Canada to Eu-
rope et thepresent time promises
to relieve the labor situation.
A new scale of pay is announced
for militia officers during active
service, also during temporary ser-
vice,
Fire it Montreal occasioned a
loss in residences destroyed
amounting to a hundred thousand
'dollars.
Pre erations are beingmade for
p
the inauguration of the parcels, post
as soon as authorized by Parlia-
ment.
London Street Railway its now
using Hydro power, being the Com-
enission'e largest , customer in the
city. •
li r
.William Jo n Gray, brakeman, of
St. Thomas; was fatally crushed be-
tween the cars of his train at Rus,
poanb .
Manitoba telephones yielded the
Province a surplus of $30,284.64
during the twelve. months ending
with November.
The Federal Government has
boug'3.t a site for a drydock at Es-
cluimalt,, and tenders aro to be call: -
ed for in the spring,
Luceise Leween, a Mohawk In-
dian, was found by a Deseronto
jury to have died through neglect,
from drink and exposure.
A silver fox valued at $3.000,
consigned to Toronto, escaped from
the express car at Winnipeg just
before the train started,
The silver cross,one of the high-
est awards, was given to Assistant
Scoutmaster J. Banhan of Brant-
ford for bravery in rescuing a boy
from drowning.
The old Hathaway grist mill,
three miles north of. Burford, own-
ed by R. McCracken, was destroyed
by fire, caused, it is believed, by
spontaneous •combustion.
The MountedPolicepatrol from.
Saskatoon Lake, which, it Was
feared had been lost near Porcu-
pine River, is on its way back with
the prisoner under arrest.
I Win, C. Browne of the ;King's
Own 'Soott
ieh
B
orderers is walking
from Winuipeg toHalifax, having
recently completedn Winnipeg a
four -thousand -wile tramp,
A. D. Campbell,., B, Sc. of Cal-
gary,
�
gary, warned eastern farmers in an
address at Morrisburg against low
grade feed grain from the west as
abounding in noxious seeds.
Miss Elsie Fleischer, aged twen-
ty, sent Sneed in the Fort'William
Police Court to six months in the
'Greer Reformatory, said she had
masqueraded -as a, man to avoid
starvation.
The Fort William and Port Ar-
thur Street Railway has been taken
over by each city separately and
will be managed by the Councils;
with Manager Robinson as operat-
ing manager for both.
Great Britain.
Viscount. Bryce at a conference in
London vigorously
i-
: defended re
li
g
or,s training in the schools.
itt. Hon. James.. Bryce, former,
British Ambassador at Washington,
has been created a Viscount by the.
Ring.
United States.
Lester Forbes, a former Toron-
tonian, has strangely disappeared
from a New Hampshire town.
J. P. Morgan & ,Co. and George
F. Baker caused a sensation in
Wall : Street when • they withdrew
from a number of corporations.
General.
Da • Vinci's' great masterpiece,
"Mona Lisa," has been returned to
Paris.
The Mexican Federals in the
north are on the eve of fleeing into
American territory.
After three desperate attempts
the Mexican rebels failed to dis-°
lodge the Federals of Ojinaga.
The Mexioan rebels have made
another desperate atteinnt to dis-
lodge the Federals at Ojinaga.
An Anglo -German au'reement
Concerning Portuguese Africa is re-
ported to have been concluded.
Jules Vedrinea. the Frenchavia-
tor, announced his plans for a trip
around the world.
SURGERY IN TURKEY.
• lux -Sultan Had Appendicitis Opera-
tion Tried ut on Another.
A despatch from Paris says: An
amusing story of Abdul Hamid, ex-
Sultan of Turkey, is related by the
Journal. . One of his daughters was
suffering from :appendicitis. An
operation was necessary, but before
he would allow this to be perform-
ed Abdul Tumid required proof of
the surgeon's. skill. •Accordingly,
the surgeon removed the appendix
from a woman who was in a hospi-
tal 'suffering from a disease of the
ear. The operation was successful,
and the ex -Sultan eo,nsented' 'to it
being made on his daughter.
HOUSEHOLD LIQUIDS.
Order-in-Couneil Fixes Strength of
Vinegar and Other Articles.
A despatch from Ottawa says
Standards of quality and limits of
variability for vinegar and similar
articles have been established by
order -in -Council. Acetic acid, the
basic constituent of vinegar, is de-
fined, and it is then provided that
vinegar shall contain not less than
3.5 per cent. and not more than
10.5 per cent. of acetic acid. Be-
sides ordinary vinegar, standards
are fixed ; for .wine, spirits, malt,
eider, artificial, concentrated vine-.
gar. and vinegar essence.
WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS.
Thousands Lose, Their Lives in One
Chinese Province.
A despatch from Pekin, China,
says : It was officially estimated en
Friday that 24,000 executions were
carried out in the Province of Sze
Chuen alone in 1913. Most of those
ordered to be killed were robbers,
but in the total were included a
large_number of political offenders
who had been concerned in various
movements during the transition
period from an Empire to a Repub-
lic, It is hinted by officials that
actual figures reached in the exe-
cutions would, if they .,could be.
known, probably exceed the esti-
mate.
REVOLVERS STOLEN.
Large Quantity of Ammunition
Taken from Winnipeg Store.
A despatch from Winnipeg says':
Considerable'uneasiness: has been
aroused in police circles over the
robbery of the Hingston-Smith
sporting goods establishment in
Main Street of a dozen automatic
revolvers and enough aimanunition
to keep a small army supplied by
burglars who entered the store late
Friday, night.
The unexpected happens about as
often as the expected fails to.
A CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS
French Scientist's Discovery DiscoverY MaY •Entirely Alter
Aspect of Tubercular Cure Problem
A despatch from Paris isaye : An-
nouncement has been made by Dr;
Pierre' Boux, director ` of the Pas-
teur Institute, to the. Academy if
Scieneers of discovery by one of
the bacteriologists of the institute,
Y. 'Marine, which it is thought may
entirely alter :,the aspect.. of. . the
qt eat for cure;' for tuberenlosis.
Marino observed that' all other.
germs which multiply themselve e
together die if eultiivated with tux
berole baa;esilli after the lapse of ten
or fifteen days. His:expetiixnents
have esiiabliilhedthe fact that cul-
tures of tubercle bacilli within that
period 'give off a poisen fatal to.
rely fort sf nii robs: A feed 'tt op*'
ofa forty to flay -day tubercle caul-
ture added to any eultilre medium
prevents the propagation of other
germs. This toxine, which has been
isolated, . has oharacter istics entire-
ly differe,nt.£vont .other'.toxines such
as those of diphtheria and tetantis.
t resists ,the r ,etioti of the heat and.
is not ieaizer1 either by anti -tuber
eiilotts 'sertiehs or' ordinety blood
scrum. ° " if anything,; it 'is 1es`s of
feetted by' the former: than' dry the
latter.'
Iurther experimentation has
shown that this toxine, when in-
jer;tedinto aniinals,'forms no comae
tee poison, and it le deduced that
this is the .neaten both vaccinas and'
serum intended fon the' cul;e cif tit-
bcroltl Osie arc' without effect.:
-liar CAN PU2 4111ALN (uol!,
Total Va1uu. of Ali : crop* fur JeOST
1818 Is 'f$004,1)00$000,
A despatch from ,Ottawa *aye;
Field ' crops; in Qsatada totalled in
wiueneetrly six hundred million
betehele e ecording to the eetireatee
of the Census Depertment, yiiztal
report;a are now coming hi
from. five thousand correspondents
throughout Canada,' and it will be
a"few' weeks before the effiedeel 1 K-
aares are tubulated, They all ;lithe
y.
inthe
e however, c,ro
cat , :,9we e , tktat the p
year just closed has been a reeorel
one, both as regards acreage, pro-
duction and values.,
For: spring wheat the rough fig-
ures are 188,468,000 bushels, a$
compared_` with 182,840,000 bushels
last year..
For .fall reboot, the estimate is
19,107,000 bushels, as against 18,-
3e6,000 bushels last year, and 18,-
481.000 bushels in the preliminary
rho World Ito Rovlow
A Dominion tMirtrl Ash
It to cold thatams el: n}�* Lqi�q w
tion warm before fife oPi1U! ti war,
ilamont tri.l be w Minot t 'w1q n iritl
take the pleas of the refeatlatlonM 3titiiel"Eu
in fovea and arhia#, ra � niaiccA,oo t
*toot : ohaUgytl, , 't ! l at<btllt 91(''it .s+hwni°4
le rutatiat lta oreruih tent tridulet3Fr'i
atlwaYr
Alifitarattat act ineeteere. /Sasha
tiveeriable fellers the line 'of levet re'
ate/tens*, Oelghing4 With the Mrattteat
/Safety, Mining 114 t rslf be s fairly ween,
lstive enterprtee, boat pareop,eri y. watee•
guarded it ii in canna, ryayit oasts* than n7
other, Wlwn'voice a wine, ie. pro4uv15.
its life end its returns Can he elsulato4
with very fair asc0ursei. C3sbirit,giNtr nn
tniszing ongttteere Mar make- da.etalsms at
times regarding the esonebility of cameo
u a e
proving p yabl .but 1E ie twit qutw Rawls
a gamble ae is usually, aver'r5d. Asko any-
ilziug else kb has its rivks, But 8,voeop-
ment need not. izq on,, a vary aiitfls19 or;ten'
Wive scale and •if development doau not
look promising it usually ease be abandon,
ed very early to it, carter,
The lure *1 geld :has been ;:tho cause of
t amenoue /seismatiou and of many uzin-
1
boon*, ,A suoceeeful mine ie- gush an
easy way to got rich that ninny it man de-
votee hie whole life to making a bole iu
the ground out of which be invariably
hopes to , take miflione. There io alae
.domething romantic in thea searchfor met.
estimate this year. The total esti c b'h0 prdepeetor'e, life, lea faselenting
as sufficient romance and adventure
uaated wheat production for 1913 about it tc eatravt "thee* Hardy manta who
is therefore 207,1575,000 'bushels, es rm°u through the wilds. When they have
compared with 199,236.000 buehela ° a strike and roar to ental uutttl
ono
of the area •neoeaslties .i'W for calsltnl
last year, an increase of 8,399.000 to interest ltaelt in 'the ilnd, • It the Do•
bushels , ox 4114per cent. The yield O1nion Act will .render •*.nose Stable the
o ditioaas` whish goveraa ilia mining in -
per acre for all' wheat is 21.15 Mich- 4w try outatde the provinoiagover anen;s'
Jurisdiction mining 131roughout the noun-
els, as compared with 20,42 bush-
els in 1912.
Oats show a. total yield of 391,-
418,000 bushels, an average yield. of
40.57 bushels, as compared with
361,732,000 bushels and an average
yield of 3925 i
l bushels.
Barley gives an estimated total
yield of 44,348,000 ` bushels, and an
average of 81..00 bushels per acre,
as compared with 44,014,000 bush-
els, and an average yield of 31.10
bushels in 1912.
For 1913, the total -production
of rye is 2,559,000 bushels, of
peas 3,974,000 bushels, of buck-
wheat 7,600.000 bushels,. corn for
Busking 14.096;000 bushels, of beans
989,500 bushels, as compared with a
total yield in 1912 for rye of 2,-
594,000 bushels, for. peas of 3,773,_
500 bushels. for' buckwheat of 10,
193,000 bushels, for flax of 2,681,500
bushels, for mixed grains of 17,-
952,000 bushels, for corn for husk-
ing of 16,569,000 bushels, for beans.
of 1,040,800 bushels.
For the three North-West prov-
inces, the total yield of spring
wheat is placed at 183,852.000 bush-
els, of fall wheat at 5,264,0Q0 bush-
els; of. oats at 239,595,000 bushel's,
of barley at' 27,904,000 bushels,: of
•rye at 586,000 buiels, of flax at
14, 808, 000 -bushels.
Colonel Wavle,
British Unionist member who de-
clares that the., Unionists_inust drop
-tariff reform or stay out of office in-
definitely.
TWO BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Policeman Returned fire of Jewel-
ry Shop Robbers.
A despatch from Montreal says:
Facing "revolver shots from two bar-
glars who had broken into the es-
tablishment of J. Saul & Cc ,
watchmakers and jewelers in St.
Antoine Street early on Sunday
morning. Constable Gingras re-
turned their fist and held therm u.n-
til a,ssistanoe arrived. Alfred Dage-
nais .and Louis Cousineau, when
isearohed, were found to have . in
their possession between $500 and
$600 worth of'jewelleen.
BOY AND IYIATCHES.
Stratford House Damaged as lte-
sulit of Lad's Play.
A despatch front Stratford says:
A five-year-old lad at the home of
Colin Campbell, 299 .Brunswick
Street, played with matches on
Saturate- and caused a blaze which
consumed about twenty-five dollars'
worth of mattresses, bedding and
bedroom furniture,. He was not
hurt,
Sll:LPIfUR FUMES,
r
iFrederickFrederickBurliughhn,t Was � Cftre ti
of Bronchitis.
A despatch from Paris says
Frederick : Burlingham, the Ameri-
ean who mads a. descent into: the
depths of the crater of Vesuvius
last week, says the sulphur fatnie.s
wliieb almost destroyed the party,
eared:bi'enchitis 'from which he- was
sufferiege,
try will benefit thereby. Canada's mining
resources are only just being "tapped,
Pernlalouo leadlo.Aotivtty.
It ie net unnatural that wide-soread de-
lusion about radium should exist,. The
mysterious propertied of the new element
-if element it is -the changes it baa
wrought in the conception chemist
g c n ptiou of'the c em
and physicist,- its 'rarity and resulting
high cost have all contributed to casting
A glamor about the substance.
stadium has bean heralded as a. canner
cure Many eminentsurgeons nave sup-
ported thie .view.,, And though radium
hoe ' proved tremenelouely neeful , •in', the
treatment of the disease. the bald as-
sertion that it onree is wholly mix. eading,,
It is effective in treating superficial or
akin cartcer`s. It is useful in supplement-
ing surgical treatment: But it has never
cured saner that could not be removed
with the knife. Ito: advantage lies chief-
ly in the avoidance of an operation, •and
the attendant risks. It has no curative
effect on internal cancers.
The general belief that radium poeeee-
ses greater curative power than this to
unfortunate, because held chiefly by per-
sons who suffer from a hopelese form of
the disease. At preeent there is but one
cure for cancer -the knife. And where.
thie cannot be need,, it is merely arousing
false hope and wasting this precious min-
eral to attempt the radium treatment.
After Coal le Cone.
The time when ,the ;:coal mines of , the
world will be exhausted has been calculat-
ed and reckoning time by generations,
exhaustion le not ' far away. The vast
fabric of civilization built -upon the energy
in coal .will fall to shreds unlese • new
forms of energy are developed and made
easily applicable to all the needs of man-
kind.
But no one can really doubt that this
development will be brought about; Only
slightly has the energy of the winds been
mads use of, probably nothing has been
done so far as storing it so it van be used
no wanted oracoumulsting it so it van be
employed for great labors tie well as for
the comparatively small task of pumping
'water. 'Lees than one per cent. of the
power in water falls and rapids is utilized
in this covaitry ft ises:aid,-and.:no• use htas
been made of ` the ordinary flow of
streams.. Harnessing the . tides and -the
waves is yet to be done. The 'heat )11 "sun.
light•: has been made to perform work only
in te few isolated places. There is dill
that ;Slow process of radio -activity to be
made a' fast process and suitable for com-
monplace requirements.
The Useful "Hawk.
Naturalists have been investigating the
hawk to see 'whether it is as much of an
enemy ,of the poultry yard 'and of -quail
as farnere commonly ,suppose. The first
thing they did was to examine the crops
of hawks, that were ki'led by irate farm-
ers or •by bounty. hunters. They found
little evidence of poultry or quail, but am-
ple iadicatione of feasts en field mice and
squirrels.: One specie le admitted to be
fondof chickens and daring in the hunt
for them, but this kind is rare, and it
preys' • upon, more sparrows than chickens.
Owlie`and harmless snakes are also tak-
en under the protection of the naturalists
for thein taste for, field mice. These little
animate do .much "damsge. They eat a
great ;ileal of grain, destroy the seed corn
in the -'ground and gnaw the bark and
roots of.trees. Owls owe their bad name
to their melanoh'o'y voice, • They, really
commit, few depredations onthe barnyard,
Farmers are advised' to restrain the na-
tural propensity to ehoot at birde of prey,
for the victims of ,these birds are in : the
main ereatures that prey on the farmers'
fielde.
Canada's National Anthem.
As a.•piect of music "0 Canada" ranks
with the great national anthems of the
world. It has all the grandeur of the
German national anthem, combined with
the solemnity and spiritual appeal of the
Russian hymn and eomothing of the stir-
ring ring of "The Mareeillaise" or "Men
of Iarlech. Its prevailing tone, how-
ever, is• that of a great aspiring psalm, in-
stinet•with calm yet earnest feeing, lofty,
confident and yet tinged with true hu-
mility. It lacks the jingling superficiality
of "The Maple Leaf," and is well fitted to
be the national song of a 'people strong,
purposeful and bent on excelling in the
arts of peace.
CUSTOMS 1I,EVENUE.
Figures for December Show Drop
of Nearly a Million.
A despatch from Ottawa 'says
Customs revenue of the Dominion
for the month of December totalled
$1,779,080, a decrease of ;$,991,175,
compared with the corresponding
month of last year. For ' the nine
months ending 'Deceanber 31st the
aggregate was $84,278,786, a de-
crease of $1,017,253, in comparison
with. the eight months correspond-
ing in .1912.
NEW "BRUNSW O10,S FINANCES
•
•1'rovfllelal Roveu le itnil Expenses
Broke Records..
A despatch from Frede.i'ioton,
13., says: The loyal Gazette on
;Wednesday published the annual
,/Statement of the provincial <'ac
cot'ints. Ordinaryrevenue and ex-
.penditures were record -breakers..
res
The ip5ts were' $1 459,122.22 and
etpendi
I a, tittes $1,446,962;54.
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` i 'tr build IS • T,
qurnrania s y? gp ,
meat trade nils Canada.
Grain, Cattle and Cheese
Prices of Ther Products in the Le in
Markets are Here Recorded
greasisteffs.
!lemons*, don. 6,-,2'lour--Qutq,xtp 'wheat
Soon, 90 per vent,, 6360 to $3.55, embetsrd,
awl ea 13,60, ',roronte. :Manitabas •-riret
Patents, in Jute bags, 6532; do., 0000114d,$ ,80; strops baker**, in /ate ?Mks, $4 60.
Manitoba wheat -No, 1 9N.artherb,
Bay porta, and No, 2 at 91 3-4o. /lay port*.
Ontario wheats• -14o. 2 svhoat at 64 to $50,
er atc:de,
Qate-No, 2 Ontario oats, ,34 14 to 350,
outside, end at 38 ;to 58 1.2e{. On track, To.
recta. Western Canada old oats, 43 140
for No. 2, and at 39e for No. 5, Bay ports.
l'eae-81 to $1,06, outside,
Eerier -Good malting barley, 55 to 58e,
out,ide.
Qorn--New No. 3 American, 72 1-2 to 73e,
e11 rail, Toronto.
ltye--No. 2 at 65 to 66c, outside,
1 nuekwheet-About 70e, outside,
i Bran -221 to. $21.60 a ton, in bags, To on.
to freight, Shorts, $22.40, Toronto,
Country Produce.
Butter--Ohoicc dairy, 23:to 24e; inferior. 27 to 31 B No. 2,per n ::ear Iota,
,1 Bay. p to,. ... of ii
20 to 21c; fstrmere separator :pleas, '24 to '5,13,50 to $15. • Cheese, , 51aeet,:)aetstarc�te�j
260; creamery printe, 30 to 31e; gouda, 28 13 3-4 to 14e; finest' eastern. 13.14 to 13 1 -AN
to 29a; storago prints, 27 to 28a; do., sol Butter, choicest creamery, 281.2 to 2905
ids, 26 to 26.1-2o. seconde, 28 to 28 1-4e. ' '175sge, .fresh, •55
td's
Eggs --Case lots of new laid, 43 to 46a per 600; eseleete4, 38e: No, 1 stock, 34e; 110:
dozen; ezeleehe, 37 to 35e, .and storage, 32 stock, 36e. Potatoes, per bag, ear, lots, T�
to 35c per dozen, to 05o.
Cheese -New cheese, 14 1.2 .to 14 3-4o for
large, and 15e for twins,
Beane -Mand -picked, 6220 to $2.25 per tfnited. States: Markets.
Ins/Axel; prime*. $2 to $2,10. 3i:inneapolis, Jan. 6.--W'beat-December
oney-15xtraoted, in' tips, 11 to 12o per 823-40; h1aq, 86 9-0 to 86 3 4a; Not 1 h
ib. or o 1 • be 3.2
m 3 e
f N ro to 6 er dos n
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, 6 p 86' 3-4 ,n
to,4e •No
87 1 '-1 Northern, 1.4t
forN 1.and'2 4 5
No 84
No. . 0 � 2.for _2 ..
0No.
to GI- •
68 40 No. 2.do 813.4 t,
to 84 4c No
Poultr
Poultry-Fowl. 11 to Leo per ib. chick- wheat, 79 3-4 ta, 82 1-4e; ' Corn—Noe 3' Tel
ens, 16 to 17c; duoks. 13 to ,150; geese, 12 60 1- Oate-No.i
ire low, to. 60 2e. _ 3 white
to 15e; turkeys, 19 to 22e, 35 1.2 to 35 3-4e. Flour and bran—Unehng
ni
Potatoes—Outarivs, 76 to 80o per bag, on aset, .
track, and Delawares at 80e. on track, Duluth, Jan, 6. -Wheat -No. 1, hard
car lots. 86 1-40; No. 1 Northern, 85' 1.40; 1' 2L
No- do' J
63 1-2 to 83 3.4e; Montana No :t .ARr
03c• December, 83 7.8e; Afar,87 1-4 id 87 3-8e
!
July, 88 3•M. s• Llnsced-$1:47 14; Decemberg.
$1.46; May, 61.501-4; January. $1.46.
'171.4e? NO, 4, 73 1-4o; 35,9, 1 xeJsseteld
76 14,0 No, 2 ref eeted, ssaed•W, 74 420i 39
tsanutt y, 76 1-2e1 No. 2 emlxtty 74 1.2421 2Sil5
i 1,.
2 roe x;t z
•e Juts* 3e No. vd W o 80
rod ,8 f-,
�yo. 3 red Winter. 77 5-Iki, .fiats-�Ne, Si t7r4V+'
31' 3- No. ,3 t'*. -31 142c szrtria 19o,
8!? i , 1
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feed, Eke N9.o. 1 ieed,:3lva K•K ±z.
29 3.40., Barley,—No, 4. ; 41. 6.4 sl •.2sor "1A
39 1-20; rejeeted, 37 1-201 'feed, 470, 1210;
.No. 1. 1V.W.0„ 61:221.4; No, a ()ma$ .1
N. 3 0.W'., 6106,
Mentrcal Jai airkets,
Montreal, Jan, 6. -Cern., Ante/titan No.
yyeeow. 70 to 72e, Otte, Ctanadien'.Weeter
No. 2, 41 1-2 to 42e; do,, 3, 40 14 to 41v
tea No, 1 feed. 41 to 4i 1.4e. Barley. 14a
feed, 40 to hoc; malting,. 64 to 66e. lire
wheat, No. 2, 56 to Ile, Flour, Men, Serie
wheat patents, hest, 65.40; .tseeun ie, a4. :1
/Strong ' bakers', $4 70; Winter' ' patents!
choice, :64,75 to *5.; .etralgh', •t'•ller6, $4.
to 64.60; do., bags, $2 to, $2.10. 'Wiest nate
barrels, $4 40 to 6x4 50;: do ,'J" ;tb. ba8ey
5,040 to 62.14 1.2, Bran, 820 eta .$ 1, Shorts;
$22 to $23. Middlinge, $25 to 5,261'Mountie
Baled Hay and Straw,
Baled hay --No, 1, $14.60 to $15 a ton on
track Isere; No, 2 quoted at 613 to $13 50,
and mixed at $12 to 612.50.
Baled /Straw -Oar tote, $8.50 to $8,75, on
track. Toronto.
Provisions.
`Bacon -Long clear, 15 1-2c per the in vase
lote. Pork -Short out, $28.50; do., mese,
$24.60, Ilams-Medium to light, 181.2 to
19 1-2c; heavy, 18. to 19o; rolls, 16 to 15 1-20;
breakfast bacon, 18 to 19e; bathe, 22 to 24e.
Lard—Tierces, 13 3-4 to 140; tubs, 14 to
14 1-4o; pails, 14.1-4 to 14 1-20,
Winnipeg Crain:
Live Stook Markets,.
Toronto, Jan. 6.--Cattle-Olwice but
chore,. $7.75 to $8; good medium, $660 1011],
$7.25; common cows, 83.50 to $4; butchers°
bulk;, 13.75 - to $7 25; canners and cutters,
$3,50 to 64. Calves -(food veal 687, to 811
oosnmon, 84.75 to 65.10. ' Stockers a , d f. ed , .
ere -Steers, 910 to 1,050 pounds. $6 to 66.75;
good quality, 800 pounde, 14.58 to $5.23;'
light, $3.50 to $5.50. Sheep and usndia -
Light ,ewes, $5,50 to $16; heavy, 83 in $.50;
bucke, P53 to 83,50; spring lambs, t'3 5e t',
$9; but with 75c per head deducted i<,r a)J
the buck lambs. Hogs -$3.90 to $7126 0
Winnipeg, Jan. 6.-Oaeh-Whe^it-lo, 1 and watered. $9.40 off' cars, and ,.1.50 :to
Northern, 83c; No., 2 do., 80 1-40; No. 3 do.,$8.75; f.o.b.
GOOD CONDITIONS IN 1914.
"No Boom," Says Sir Thomas,
"But Steady Business."
A despatch from Montreal says:
Big financial magnates of Mont-
real, when interviewed concerning
the outlook for 1.914, were optimis-
tic, and predicted a revival of pros-
perous conditions.
James Carruthers, president of
the Richelieu and Ontario Naviga-
tion Company, and a. prominent
grain exporter, was cheerful. "I
think there will be a radical change
in conditions early in the new
year,"` he "said. "At present the
transportation •earnings do not
show 'a decrease that might be ex-
pected, the general financial situa-
tion considered. In 1913 the har-
vest was an exceptionally heavy
one, and I see no reason why that
of 1914 should not be proportionate.
The unemployed will be taken care
of through the winter, and with
spring labor conditions aro likely
to improve. Money will be easier
also.'.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy was of
the opinion that the coming year
woul.1 see a general improvement.
He pointed out that railway earn-
ings have not decreased to any con-
siderable extent when all contribu-
tory factors are considered. "I am
looking for a general upward trend
in the financial world once we are
passed the turn of the year," he
said. "Money is already loosening
up to an appreciable extent, and
will continue to do so. After a. pro-
nounced depression such as weare
passing through a `boom'cannot be
expected. It would be better not;
a steady movement is preferable."
CANADIAN POTATOES 'B RfEDI
Will Not Tae Allowed to Enter ilae
United States.
A despatch from Washington
says: Regulations of the most ex -it
acting character, restricting the im {
portation of potatoes into tbel
United States to guard against1
potato disease, were laid down by,
Secretary Houston of the depart -1
ment of agriculture. on Thursday in
the form of an official decision.)
Provisions requiring importers to
notify the department of all ship-;
events from countries not at pres-
ent under the absolute quarantine
ban and the enforcement of a rigid
inspection upon entry by the de-
partment's agents, are contained
in the order. The countries now
barred from importing potatoes
are: Newfoundland, the Islands of
St. Pierre and Miquelon, Great
Britain, including England, Scot-
land, Wales and Ireland. the na
tions' of continental Europe and the
Dominion of Canada.
Ip
S14tii.LI.PDX IN LONDON.
A Child in Talbot Street School'
Contracts the Disease.
A despatch 'from London, Ont.,
says: The health authorities are
grappling with . a slight outbreak of
smallpox. A child in the Talbot
Street School contracted the dis
ease, nad now three other members
of the family are down with it. All
hive been isolated. The origin of;
the outbreak is a mystery.
CANCER CURES A SWINDLE,'
German,
Professor Says that the "Hue and Cry”)
y �'
Are Unworthy of Genuine Medical Ethics
A despatch from .Berlin, Ger- `temporary amelioration, but there'
many, says: "A gigantic swindle" is no cure. What applies to tiedi-
is the 'vigorous• description applied
by Professor Ernest Schweninger' of
Munich to the theory prevalent
throughout the world that radium
and mesothorium are the long
sought cures for cancer. . Prof.
,Schweninger, who is famed as the
private physician t'o 'Bismarek, airs
his views in the January number
of Neuerund.sehau. Ile declares
that he cannot and will not believe
that the much vaunted radio-uetive
substances are the panacea, that
medical' anen have been 'hunting for
'generations. He protests that the.
hue and cry from serious-minded
members; of his profession being
sent up in regard to the miraculous
value of radium and mesothorinna.
for cancer treatment are. "highly
unworthy of gt eine Ynedle el
ethics,
"All, the weapons," he says
",
"hitherto atsed:'t�s ainrtavil the bafµ
fling ptizzh; of ealleer produce a
cine and surgery applies even mere;
to the newest method of mesothor-s
ium. Just why mesothorium, radi-
um and other kindred substaxicer
produce an ameliorating effect hae.
not been cleared up, but whatever:
the result time they accomplish
they are not ;absolute or eleinen-
Lary, but .purely relative. In meso -i
thorium I see at the best a quicker,'
pleasanter and even, more certain
means of arresting- the . ravages 01,
the oancerous disease than any
bitherbo employed, but it certainly
does not hold . out any promise;
whatever of er;adioating the disease'
frons the system to an extant which;
promises restoration of health:,,
Radium and mesothoriunx, in other
words, are simply l r et tie*. and auxil:=?
nary meant of Creating c18neer, They
are ver tainly not ,a, cures,' In the,
last analysis they are no better,
that any other 7ad at
o Meant
at alai dispottl,"