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rr the ne nad Po = Pres . Asquith's conversa- |. and conferences "have convinced a the future Sovermhent must 3 rat ths fore en different The Prime Minister has taken care learn the ideas and views of many persons other than those in purely of- | ficial ce and theme Papa have offered greatly varied suj het, 2 a "in its . en oo, hut h thought 'they migh t 3 fore the Cabinet. . His Belfast visit gave a to the Premier that. the Ulsterites would not accept a direct proposal im- plying home rule. But it is jeved that they m duced fo into a co! sibly be arranged to meet, , their of sr serious objections. - From the Middle Wes OTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. -- - 'hat 1s Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. . John McArthur, Prince Albert, died guddenly in a cafe. ¥ The Government may drain low Jonas east of Winnipeg. A Red Cross tag day Bride recently netted $900. F All Alberta school teachers are re- ow: to take the oath of allegiance in Leth- ow, Ross Fifinicum, of Des Moines, Jowa, committed suicide in Winnipeg. Pte. J. 8. Scrymgeour, one of Win- tnipeg's finest cricketers, has been killed in action. Deputy-Mayor MvArthur's $10,000] "tome wa¥ completely destroyed by 'fre at Edmonton. Capt. James Morrison, of Company ?, C.A8.C., of Winnipeg, has been 'awarded the military cross. & Corp. C. W. Hodges, of Calgary iCity's Engineering Department, has _ been wounded a second time. # While in barracks,. Lance-Corp. J. C. Fryer, 100th Battalion, Winnipeg, dropped dead of heart disease, ' British Columbia Indians are com- . plaining about violation of their na- « tive rights by B. C. Government. Fire wiped out half the business section of Bentley, Alta, recently. 'The loss is estimated at $15,000. W. H. Mc¢Vicar, manager of the ~ Union Bank, Moose Jaw, accidentally shot himself, dying in a few minutes, Calgary will have another manu- lactory. Vancouver men intend to yuild automobile threshing madhines, : B. W. Coffin, principal of Calgary 3 Normal' School, is new President of { Yae Educational Association of Al- + lerta. i JFalling off the pilot of an engine, * Harold Thompson, brakeman on 'the © G.T.P., was instantly killed at Mel- «ville, Sask. Action against the G.T.P. for $30,- 000 over the death of Clifford Milne, Edmonton, has been dismissed by the court. £ E. Ivey, a bachelor farmer of Bums ' mer, was found dead in his barnj the | ey hanging half-way out of his u Frodt. C. H. Collinson, a N-; kg " MacLeod rancher, has been placed in "command of the 61st Battery at Kihg- ton. Lance-Corporal George Oddy, a not- Led lacrosse player of New Westmin- | gter, died of pneumonia in Folke- tone Hospital, England. 9 ee COMPULSION BILL PASSES 'IN BRITISH COMMONS. ' A despatch from London says: The compulsion bill passed its third read- ' ing in the House of Commons on Tues- ay by a vote of 250 to 85. © The compulsion bill was introduce "by Premier Asquith in the House of "Commons on May 2 last. It becomes ' 'effective a month after its passage. e Government is authovized by, the measure to call to the colors all males, Bhethoy married or single, between ' _ages of eighteen and forty-one. : Th bill alsc provides for the estab- | ment of an army reserve for in- | al work, to which the Govern- may assign as many men as in- 1 conditions demand. SAVE THE POTATO CROP. Negleot of Treatment, {Causes Heavy Annual Loss. From 1905 to 1915 the average an- nual yield of potatoes in Canada was 78,405,000 bushels, constituting one of our important field crops. The an- ndal yield, however, is greatly lessen- ed by the ravages of diseases and in- sects. The season of 1915 was admit- tedly one of the worst in: years for late blight, and the Botanical Divi- sipn of the Central Experimental Farm observes that, in one small province of Canada, the loss from this disease amounted to about 2,- 000,000 busHels, not 'including loss in storage. Potato diseases may be controlled in different ways; some by spraying, some by seed treatment and, some by seed selection. For early and late blight and for flea beetles, Bordeaux mixture is very effective. By adding poison to this mixture the Colorado potato beetle is also kept in check. Numerous expériments have been made which demonstrate clearly the practical value of spraying with Bordeaux mixture. At the Vermont Agriculture" Experiment, Station ex- periments have been conducted for many years. Over a period of eight- een years the yield on - the sprayed area averaged 271 bushels per acre, while the unsprayed gave only 159 bushels per acre for the same period. The lowest gain from spraying was 26 per cent, while the average was 92 per cent. This evidence should be sufficient to convince every farmer gether to form a proposal to lay be ; Ee which could pos- : that it pays to spray. It does "not cost much and is not so troublesome | as many imagine. If you have mot] full directions at hand, write now to | the nearest Experimental Farm or the Central Farm at Ottawa and you will receive complete instructions re- | garding making and' applying Bor- | deaux mixture.--F.C.N. in Conserva- | tion. Sel SUMMER KITCHENS. Danger From Stoves Without Safe | | and Proper Chimneys. A sequence of the annual spring | housecleaning 'period in 'the home is the exodus of cooking stoves and | ranges to the summer kitchens. This | removal involves a considerable fire' risk. The summer kitchen naturally suggests a-building of more or ' less flimsy construction, usually a frame | lesin-bo- without a 'proper chimney. | Too often a stovepipe through wall or roof serves as a smoke outlet, without | | even protection-of the surrounding | re The same care should be exercis- 198 to 20¢, for new cheese: old, 20% to Borden of Canada, Premier Hughe ed with stoves and ranges in summer | las r winter. 'Woodwork should be | | protected by sheet metal, with ab least two inches of air space between | the metal and woodwork. Sheet metal | should dlso be placed under the stove, | i projecting sufficiently to overcome | | the danger from live coals falling upon { the floor. Proper and safe chimneys should | be provided, and, where necessary for] | pipes to go through frame partitions a "metal thimbles, provided with ventil- | 25%, ated air spaces, should be used.' Insurance companies will not know- | ingly accept as a risk any building in which stove-pipes issue through roof jor sidewalls. Ihe established and a fire occut from this cause, the companies are not | | ! called upon to pay the loss, the policy | | being void,; It'is therefore of ! the | { utmost importance to provide safe ' | equipment for stoves in summer | | kitchens. ¥ dan ehatai ' Should Such a sendition ALLIED SUBMARINES SUNK THREE GERMAN SHPS| Sea is Now Ice Free and Activity on P on Part of Underwater Craft is Reniéed. A despatch from London says: A large number of Russian and 'British submarines are operating in the east- ern and southern' portions of the Bal- tic Sea, which is now ice-free. The German : steamer Hera, 4,750 tons, was sunk on Thursday morning off Landsort, in the Baltic. Reports conflich as to 'whether a British ~ or Russian submarine sank the vessel. The Héra left Stockholm on Tuesday to take iron ore to Oxloesund, Carry INBALTIC may well be skeptical about an instinctive horror of serpents, says Junius Henderson, in Science, Mothers in "some regions; have found it advisatle 5 deliberately | 7 ing a cargo of 2,000 tons. Her cap- | teach their chil to fear snakes tain was ordered on board the sub-|order to prevent. them: from handling marine with the ship's papers, andthe dangerous species. In other cases made prisoner, Sufficient time was | the fear probably comes from asso- given the crew to leave the ship. Al. ciation with 'those who had acquired though the weather was rough, all on the Serpent horror. = On: the. other board were saved. - hand, there are many boys and men The sinking of two other German |and some women, who seem to steamships by 'a submarine, believed quite devoid of any such horror. The to.be a Russian, is reported in a Reu- argument that one un ly ter despatch from Stockholm, The|brought into close proximity to any steamships were the Kolga, Hamburg ind es nay Dnddenty sized for holm, ; a Sock ol, aud, the Bisnea very little weight, because it is not RS Jone, rattle- The Leading Markets Brendstutts. ~~ Toronto, May 23.--Manitoba wheat-- No. 1 Northern, $1.26; No. 5 $1.244; No. 8, 31.183, on track, Bay por Manitoba oats--No. 2 EW. B33c; No. 613c; extra Ne, 1 5 c; No. feo, 60%c, on track, Load port ts American corn--No. 3 yel 83c, on | track, Toronto, Canadian corn--Feed, 76 to 776, nomi- nal, on track, Toronto. Ontario oats--No, 8 white, 48. gutaide. Ontario 'wheat--No. rofl, 3.08 to $1.06; No. 2, do., 1.08 TE $1.04 wheat, 92 to 3, do., $1 to $1.01; fe 93¢, accord ng to freights outside,' Peas--No. 1.70; according to sam- ple, $1.25 to $1.50, according to freights outside. Barley--Malting, 65 to 66c; feed 63 to 64¢. according to freights outside. Buckwheat--70 to Tle, freights outside. Rye--No. 1 commercial, 93° to 94c, ac- cording to freights outside. puan toba flour--First patents, in jute bags. $6.70; second patents. in jute bags, $6.20; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6. | Toronto, Ontario flour--Winter, aecording te sample, $4.50 to $4.60, in bags, on track, | Toronto; $4, 35 Jo A 65, in bulk, seaboard, prompt ship: MillfeadeCar ots, delivered Montreal freig hts--Htan, per ton, $24; shorts, per ton, $26; middlings, per ton, $26 to $27; good feed flour, per bag, $1.70 to $1.76. ¥ Country Produce. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 25 to 27¢; inferior, 23 to 24c; creamery prints, 29 | to nag inferior, 28 to 20c. E8S: yee 1ald, 22 fo Sie; do., tons 23 to 24c. bsane--He to $4.50, the latter for hand- 19% to 19§c; twins; in car- Nl evone--La rge. OL his syrup--$1.40 to $1.50 per Tmp- erial gallon. ney--Prices hn 3 to 60- ab Jia: 1} io Hon Og HN , $2.75 to $8; v $2.35 to $2. Dressed Suits Chickens, 24 to 26e Kegs: 1 0.200; ducks, 24 to 25¢; Fd eys. atoes----Ontdario $1.60 to $1.70. and! New Brees at $1.80 to $1.85 per ag. Provisions. Bacon ,long clear, 18jc, ier 1b. Hams' --Medium, 233 to 24dc; do. heavy, 20%, to 213c; rolls, 19 to 1980; breakfast | on, 243 to 26ic; backs, plain, 263 to, c; boneleés backs, 29% to 303c. ard--Pure lard, tlerces, 1k, c. and pails, 174c; compound, 13% to . Montreal Markets. Montreal, May 23. Foals Canadian Western, No. 2,°56kc; No. extra S3ic: 3, do., 6ljc; J Bariod--Mahitobe feed, 68 to 72c; m 74 to 76¢. Flour--Manitoba 'Spri wheat patents. Arete. 3 $6. 80. do. Sguon 3 Tr ) Phatents holes. $6; iraignt valiers. 3 5.40; do., in bags. $2.4 Rol oats--Barrels, $6.25 to 3 pe; a 80 0 ibs 52 $24 Be 1 midatings fee ; mi ny i rE da to Bd --N 0. 4, do. hia to. us > 'Wrong, ch Sosordifg tog Poo ring, No. 1 'feed, 534c; Nor 2 local' white, o | pamphlet affirm universally so, and the same is usual- ly the case when one is brought sud- denly into close proximity with al- most any kind of an animal. -Does imon, | woman's proverbial fear of a mouse Fholce | indicate an instinct engendered by +| ancestral residence in a region where +! such small animals were dangerous? 7| Many beginners in biology exhibit as much horror of a worm or a cater- pillar, in proportion to ibs size, as of 1a serpent. Toronto, May 23.--Ch heavy st 9.25 to $9.50; butchers' cattle, y tose, 0. $8.75 to $8.85; and cutters, choice, gach. | and med., ers, $50, 0 > : to $10. ih a earlings. Sia o 15.00 ALLIES TAKE STEPS TO FEED THE POLES. 12, 0icavon." A despatch from London says: Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War Trade and Blockade, in an interview $7; medium. $559, lo A 39, comm. : | on Wednesday night announces Shak 0 ye air to the allies have taken steps to feed the &. 034. £6. 3g Ent. a TS ala Belgians, Poles and Serbs. "It is un- spring. 3s "Medium, She. Calves, choice | questionably the duty of Germany to selects, $12 to $12.26: heavys and sows, | do this," said he, "but as it has been i910 to 310.25, ¢ neglected, the allies have undertaken J steps, although the task is not obli- ASK 10 MINION PREMIERS gatory on their part, The German OUBLE. | pyilitarists will regard contemptuously: the allies' proceedings, but the latter Ad spate h tom London sags: One | ore not prepared, even for military h ri ag or ling With | reasons, to see the Poles starved to the Tris probes hich has gained | joath by the Germans. We hear of {nan y apple n S puss few days | women and children perishing by the: is fo He Sopa en a 3 wholesale, and even of grown men | bers, 'of which will include Premier Sropping dead "of ; hunger: in -"the of { Australia, and Premier Botha South, Africa. Discussing this Pro- ,opp AgKs GERMANY 10 STOP U-BOAT WAR. | posal The Chronicle says editorially: * | "The settlement -of the Irish qu Ria io not only a matter of great mo but also a condition precedent to 6. A despatch from I London 'says: Sir |e i scheme of Imperial federation. There ' Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, | announced in the House of Commons on Thursday that dhe Goverment had is thus a double reason for the co- operation of the Dominion Premiers." reread British Minister at i Ry that representations have been made to FOES OF COMPULSION FINED IN LONDON Germany by the Vatican with a view to inducing Germany to abandon sub- marine warfare. $5. 0 | Members of No Conscription Fellow- ship Punished by Court, A despatch from Eight members of t hie Nab fon) vg sh ! mittee of the No in tion Fellow ghip were arraigned in the Mansion House Police Court on Wednesday under the defence of the realm. ast = nneéctien with the 3 oom oa pamphlet demanding i Sampulsory mili military A despatch from Winnipeg. Te wheat acreage in Mapisohe is last the (Do ys: s five ord= E less than I gear. B EEE He re Ne ® | @'Avocourt-Hill ' . be MANI A adds i ros REDUCED, |* i a on the Bol Rank of the iam 3 of it trenches were subjected to the u violent préparatory bombardment be- fore the German infantry left 'its trenches, but the moment the attack launched the French Are-curtafn a 'thrown out and the mitrailleuses were brought into 'action, checking = the Germans, apparently with heavy Other theonsh French positions. The ment in this, sector, indicating a ability that further attacks are oe nl 37,000 TURK PRISONERS TAKEN 'BY RUSSIANS. A despatch from London : says: been captured by the advancing forces of Grand Duke Nicholas in Asia Minor during the last three weeks. _The Russians have also captured vast quantities of munitions, which = had been sent from German factories and digious effort. On every hand the Rusgian troops as they advance find evidence of Turkish cruelty. The Ot- toman soldiers are massacring all Christians, Whole villages are ° in flames as the ks fall back. Russians soldiers are feeding thous ands of refugees, sharing their daily rations with starving women and chil- dren. y \ ar , OFFERS 6,000 PORTABLE HOUSES Great Aid for French and Belgian Refugees. J. Gould has. taken .the first practical step toward helping' the homeless war sufferers by ordering 6,000 portable houses, which are about to arrive from the United States and will be given to French and Belgian refugees whose homes were destroyed by gunfire. The Cri de Paris declares that "more charity is dispensed in Frank Jay Gould's chateau than anywhere else in France," and that "no war sufferer is ever refused help, though hundreds call" - Ci mn BRITISH PENSIONS SCHEME ANNOUNCED, seheme of war pensions was announ- the Commons on. Wednesday by 8 Hayes Fisher, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Local Gov- ernment Board. = It provides for , | grants of $620 yearly to martied and unmarried men called to the colors where financial hardships result. This is irrespective of the allowances al- ready given soldiers' wives. It was announced that the Assistance would- tended to include rents, insur- rem "ig loans, and in- instal ye Alberta Crops Look Good. ir >| A despatch from "Calgary says: Esper ved here from all parts e ce declare that despite season everything of pro crop. his ¥ losses before they had reached 'the n artil- © lery is still continuing its bombard: 5 % launched. The French guns are re- be | plying. ; More than 37,000 Turkish troops have . A despatch from Paris says: Frank conveyed to the Ottoman front by pro-. - A. despatih. from London say Am.