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BRmSH AND FRENCH OFFICERS KILLED IN RAID ON KARI^RUHE Hasi;t«{eH Had Been Assembled in City by German Authorities in View of Expected Bombing. A <k-.sput'-h ftom London says: De- explosions wore heard in villages sev. tailed fii'tounts of British airmen's : eral miles away. Firennen speedily raid on KHrlsruhe, Baden, are given in mastered the fires which broke out. the Ba;dr, Switzerland, newspapers. | Several British and French ofTicers, QuotitiB th-.jm, a despatch gays the at- among the many hortages whom the tack (triurr'id before noon on Monday. I military authorities have aasembled in At IcHsl ten British aeroplanes took i the city, were killed, it is 3tate«l. The part in Ih.; attack. Bombs rained on utmost indignation, it is .stated, pre- the town durinu several minutes and [.vails amonii- tlu' population. LEADING MARKETS â- nadatnff* Toronto. Jan. 22 â€" Munltobii wheat- Mo. 1 Northern J2 23J; No 2. do., fJJOf: No. 3. do.. I2.17J: ^fo. 4 wheat. »2.10i. Ill store Fort William. Includlne 24c tax. Manitoba oatsâ€" N'o. 2 C.W.. 90c; No. S C.W., 82lc; No. 1 extra feed, 81ic: No. 1 feed 77Jp: In .store Fort William. .American cornâ€" N'o. 3 yellow, nomi- nal. . ., Ontario oats â€" No. 2 white, 83 to 84o, nominal: No. 3 do.. 82 to 83c, nominal, actonllnR lo frolKhta nutwlde. Hnturlo whfatâ€" New, No. 2 Winter, $2 L'2: baslH, In store Montreal. reus â€" No, 2. »3,70 to 13.80. according INFAMRY RAIDS m BRITISH FRONT Weai-hiT Becomes Milder â€" In- teresting Prisoners Talten by Haig's Troops. A d>'.<patck from British Army HeadiiuHrl.-rs in France aays: Small infan'ry .-^iiJa, with the customary amount ot .irtillery and air activity by both i.i<lt\s, '-ontinue to be the order GERMANS DECLINE BOLSHEVIK OFFER to frclehtx niitaUle. 11.46. ac- Not Acceptable in Present Form by Central Powers. A despatch from Berlin says: official statement is.sued here Thursday, giving the reply by Central Powers to the Russian pro- posals at Brest-Litovsk on Monday,! An on! the narl.yâ€" Maltinif. $1 43 to rordinjE to frelBhtK oumlrte. Bukwheat â€" J1.55 to II. 5S according to riclRliis oul.slde. Kye â€" \o, 2. $1.78 according to freiBht.f outside. . . , Manitoba (lourâ€" Flmt patents. In Juta bttg.s, $11.50. <lo.. seconds. $11: strong .bakers", do.. J16.ti0. Toronto. ; fiiitario flour â€" Winter, ariordlnft to 'sample, $10.10. in hags, Montreal; $9 95. Toronto; $!) !>'J, bulk, seaboard, prompt .shipment, lllllfeed- far lot.s, delivered .Montreal frelKhts, Uiigs lnr-lud<»d -Bran, per Ion, $35; sluirts. tlo., $40; inlUdlinKS, do., I $45 to $46; Bood feed (lour, per bug, $3,25. Hay â€" No, I, new, per ton, lla-u" to $16.50; Mil.ted, do,. $13 to $15, truck To- rr>nto. .Straw Cat- !..t.i. iier ti.n. J" 'j« :o <'i ii'i. t CoBBtry Frodnce â€" Wlioleaale Buttei ('reainery. aolids. per lb.. 44i to 45i-; prints, per lb., 45 to 45K'; dairy, per lb,, 32 to 34c, l!]gi;s â€" fresh gathered esics, .iO to 52c. Uresseil poultrv â€" f'lili'ken». "4 to 2ni'; says the Russian proposals concerning fowl. 19 to 2"c: dueks?, 23 to 2te: ei-me. of the clay .'on. th. British front tp' ''^T --P>«^^>- '^'^ Central i^',.^^^^-^ .-K^^v;-.2^jo,30.^^ ^^^^^^^ rPL I'-ong tne ci iiisn iioni, | powers diverge to such a degree from growers and .ountry .shippers, for flrst- The rnu'h milder weather, accom- ; |.j,p views of the Central Powers that '•''''^^ stocft, f.ob,. outside point.';. $2.25 panied Uy ra-in, has swept away the ' ;„ tj^^jr p.-gsent form they are unac last of the snow, but the mud remams ! as thn dictator of military affairs. $2,10 ; ceptable. j The official statement says the ; Russian proposals do not show a I compromising attitude and do not I consider the opposite parties on a just basis. Nevertheless, it ad is, the Central Powers again are pre- ' pared to give a clearly formulated expression of their opinions and to I try to find a basis for a compromise. 1 For the Central Powers, as dis- ^Tht' I5nf,ish lately have secured some i.'ib'resting captives. One pris- oner, who hud been thrice wounded, mado :i statement in substance as fol- lows: Thu Scarcity of food at home is very ,scriorij. There is little meat and fatty .sidi>i.a!ices, and practically no bread. Poiatoes are very expensive, although tiiore is no serious shortage. The j)c(.p|,> .tre In a state of unrest, ; tinct from the case with Russia, tha but are juaid to attempt organized ' announcement adds, a conclu.sion of distur!>uict-s. On Field Marshal von peace with Russia has no connection HinlenbMrir's birthday small busts of with a general peace and the Central th? Gt'nora! were placed on the street ' Powers are compelled to continue th? corners in :early all German towns, svar against their other enemies. In most places the people hurled these j •> -- to the i.'.'r;'Uiid before^ noon. In Cologne thi-ro are over 12,000 deserters in vari- ous prisons, Anolhcr prisoner said that for a year thv; v^.-rman soldiers and people had bocn promised an early peace, Emp.-ror 'tViiliam, in reviewing a di- vision aft.-'r the battle of Cambrai, said: "Poare on the Russian front I is assured. It remains for us to ' foroe no f^aely peace on the western I BARTER GUNS FOR PLAYING CARDS to $2.3'> for D«'lawai'es, and $1 for (Jniarli'S, WholfKulers are sellliiK to the retail irnde at the rollowing prloe.s; â€" Chee.se â€" New. large. 23i to 24e; twins. 23jJ to 244i:. early cheese. 25i to 26c; large twin, 21! to 2Sic. Uiilter â€" Fresh ilalry. choh-e, 3S to 3!'i' creamery prints, 46 to 4Tc: solids. 45 to 4 tic, .MurgHrine-. 2;» to 32c, I0sg,s- .\e« laid, in <arlons, SJ to 70c; No. 1 storage, 47 lo \Str, select storage. 50 to 51c. I.'ressed poultrv â€" Spring diickens, 27 to ZSi'. niilk-forfn-hicUens, lb., 30i:; fowl, 2 4 to L'Tc, turkeys, 3S to 37c; duck,", .Spring, 27 to :t<»c; geese. 25 lo 27c. Live poultry â€" Turkeys. 2Sc; .spring chickens, lb,. 20 to 21c: hens, 2" to 24r, duck.s, .Spring, 20 to 22c; geese, 20 lo 21c, Honey â€" »'onib â€" Extra tine 16 <>?.., $3,50; 12 <.z . »»: So. 2. $2.40 to $2.50, .Strained â€"Tins Si's and ,"is, i;i to IDJ.;, per lb; lo'.x. ISJ to IKc; »iO'.", IX ii, isjc Ueaiis â€" Canadian, hand-picked, bush., t.S to $s.2D, Inipoited, hun<l-|>icked, Hin- nui or Indian, S'i.aO to $7; Japan. $S; Li mas, n>.^ to 17c, IN>l,irtes â€"I'ola wares, bag. IS i- â- 'â- 'â-  â- â-  :rurin« l)aK $2.10 to $2, Latc.:t picture ol Lord aiui Lady Reading, who will shoriiv iukl- up tti.'ir -oruti ami ii.piom:i nection with the Briti.sh Embassy at Washington. AHEMPT MADE ON LENINE'S LIFE A LONG JOB CIVIL WAR AT LAST FIKISHED GAINS IN RUSSIA >aK $2.10 to $2.2.i. lo German Traders Have Erected too Booths Along the Russian Front. front " FroviBlonaâ€" '"nniolegale .Smoked me.iis- llains, lai-.lluni, 31 to 33c: do,, hcaw, 21: in 27i'; <-ooUed. 43 to 44c: rolls, 2S to SOc; breakfast ba<-'n, 40 to 42c; backs, plain. 43 to 44e: bone- Ic'S.s, 45 to 4Cc. t'tired meats â€" I.oirg clear bacon, 2S to 29c: clear bellies. 27 lo 2^c, Lard -Pure lard, lierces, 2,Si to 29c: tubs. 2Sil to 2'.>Jc; palls. 2!t to 2»4c: compound, tierces. 2li to 25c; tubs, 24J lo L'S'.c: \':u'.-.. 25 to 2,">4i'. cards, and they readily barter a ma- chine gun for a pack of cards. TO REPUDIATE FOREIGN DEBTS 1 LEiff ORDERS MRE6T OF KING RtiniHccian Monarch to be Im- prisoned at Petrograd. -\ ilc'.fjat. ii from Petrograd says; Premier f ci ine on Thursday signed an order for I he arrest of King Ferdin- and of ituipania, who is to be sent to Petiogriul !"i)r imprisonment in the fortrcsK of'St. Peter and St. Paul. The onlcr tor the King's arrest de- scriVies in detail the way it is to be carried (ut .md in which the King is to lie gii'.trled. The Bolsheviki be- lieve they have sufficient forces on the Rum»tii;tii front to carry it out. , The cvfiiiiig papers declare that 'the arrei^t by Rumanians of Aus- trian ofi^Ts who sought to go i The executive committee of the Work- through rff' [Rumanian lines on their I men's and .Soldiers' (Icletcates ha\e de- way to thu Russian front to fraternize jtermined to put before the Constituent Avilh the Ui:;>.-i:ans, is one of the prin- .\ssembly the decree passed by the cipat «'iu,v,>n.-i for the crisis between Council of Commissioners calling for the ItoLheviki and Rumania. the repudiatioit of foreign debts and the invalidalintr of all Stat^ loans made by the "Ciovernments of Rus- sian land-owners aiuI of the Russian Bourgeoisie," , The deciee i.'^ effective from Dec. 1 ilast. A despatch from London .says: A telegram from Berne to the Morning Post says: News has reached here from Hol- land that German traders have al- ready taken ailvaiitage of the situa- tion in Russia and have erected -100 booths at convenient spots along and in closest pro.ximity to the Russian front. It appears that the Russian soldiers ,.„,,.„ ,-,..„, . , „., "^^j . •, . , , < hccse -I-inesi weslerns, 2I3<-; linesl are most anxious to obtain plaving eastern.s, I'llc. ISutier â€" C'iioicest cream- ery, $4tii to J47<-, seconds, 4 4i to 4i>c. I'.'ggs -I'Vesh, 5,'ic: selected, 52c; .\o. 1 sick. tSi-: No, -J slock. 4,"n-, ToLTioes â€" Montreal Markets Monlrcal. .Ian. 22 â€" Oats- -Canadian Wefitern. No, 3. '.»S to ftSJc: extra No, 1 feed. 9; l.i 95Ji-; .No. 2 local white 92 to !l2ic, .No. 3 local white, !i 1 to'til,i<\ .N.), 4 lo, al white, S9J to 90c. flour .Manitoba SpriiiK wheat patenis. firsl.-^ $Jl.t)»; seionds. $11,10; stiong bakers' $10,!)ii: straight rollei-s, i<ugs. $5,25 to $5,411, Hollcil oats -HuKS. 90 ib.'j. $5.3iJ, liraii. $:!5. Shorts. $40. .Middlings. $4S I" $30 .Mouillic. $5ii to $5S. H,iv- .No, 2, per ton. car lots, $14,50 ui $13 -t" • 'hccse -Kinesi weslerns, 213 Bolshevik Premier Shot at by Members of Crowd in Petrograd. .A despat.-h from Peiro.rrad says: An automobile carrying Nikolai Le- nine, the Bolshevik Premier, was fired upon Monday night, when he was driv- ing to a meeting of the Council of People's Commissaries. Four shot-; were P.red. T.enine was not hurt, but The bullets shattered the v,indov,s of the automobile and a Swedi:-h Socialist with the Premier was wounded in the hand. The attack was made just out- siiie the hail in which he ha<l been ad- dressing 8,00il of the Reil Guard, wh j were going to the front. .-Vs his auto- mobile swung through the crowd four shots flashed in the darkne-^.s. One of the bullets mis;-eH its mark by only a few inches^ Scores of arrests wers made. l-.-r I.: i"l^ $1.90 to $;! Wlnnineg Orain Wiiinioeg. .Ian. 22â€" fash nuoiations: "Htsâ€" No. 2 t.'. W., !tOc; .Vo. 3 c W extra .No. 1 feed, sijc; No, 1 r,>ed' No. 2 feed. 74Sc. - " .No. 4, S1.30: feed. $120. Kla.\ â€" .\.>. 1 N.. 2 CW,, $:i.l5J, Barleyâ€" .N rejeoleil, $ I 20 .\ \V.<'„ $3 llij. All State I.tians Miide by Pre- vious Russian (Jovernnient to be Invalid. A despatch from Petrograd .says: United MinneaiioJis. yellow, $1,114 white. 7S . lo I'ran. $.12.5''. Mulutli. Jan, $3,53 lo $3.«S; $3,5:{ bid': .Mav l.fd. <(.t,. States Markets ,lai;. i;; C.rn - .No, 3 !_•• $1.G7. Oals-.No. 3 730. Klour unclianged. 22â€" Unseedâ€" On track, arrive, $3,53: Januarv, J3.50 bid; ,)ulv $3,444 S3,3i>, ?i..,nt!i;il. MEASE IN CANADA'S TRADE Aggre^riiod $2,068,100,971 For Liust Nine Months of 1917. IGKRM.VNS NOT BIYINC. rms YEAR'S wool, ci.ii t Iiive Stock Market* 'l'.ir..nt.i. Jan, 22 -I'^xtia ehoice heavv , steers, $12 to $13; do,, good lieM\v. , $11,40 to $ll.7,i; butchers' cattle, choice $11,50 10 $1175; do,, good, $10.50 tt> $11,25; ilo.. medium, $10 lo $10.40; do,, coMinion, $;',25 to $!• 5U: butchers' bulls! •choice, $10.25 111 $il; do.. Rood bulls $'i , to $;i.3ii: do., medium bulls. $»,25 f,. $.'>,75; do., rough bull.s. $7 to $7 4ii butchers' cows, choice, »!>,75 to $10,50 do,, good, $S.75 to i!i,25; do,, medium i $7,75 to $S; lanners and cutters, $fi t.. I $7,25: stockcrs. $7 25 lo $8.75; feeders $ft,25 to $10; milkers, good to ihoiec $«5 to $140; do,, c-oin. and nnd,, Jii5 to ' $S0; springers, $9o to $t30:1|gbl ewes $13 to $14; sheep, heavv. $0.50 to $7 75 j.vearlings. $12.25 to $13.25: lambs, $ls to $!0.50; calves, Vgood to choice , , , , , , , ,, , .A despatcb I'rcim Buenos Aires, Ar- j ^^l^i:;-'^^:^)^:^^;:^^:;!::^-;^^*,-- A despatch from Ottawa. Out,, says: ' gentina, says: The 1917 wool crop is ; weighed oiT cars. $i:).25; do., f.o.b., $18. - K(ir the nine months of the fiscaljnow nearly all shorn, and while not \j,,^,!j'' ^[^^V-s "'''$1 f''to' {Vi^s^'^'T;,., '-" year endiiie; Dec. 31st, the total trade jiiuite so larne as that of last vear is, steers, $io' t„ $10,511; butcher"""bul'ls' of the Dfimiiiion aggregated ?2,0(.^8,- howevei\ reuarded here as highly sat- ; ;',\'"i7-.-;'''\,,^,°.,f^;:'';i;;„,f '"I'.^J^^^ 400,<>7«, i,s -ompared with $1.700.337,- lisfactorV in quantity, quality and i $10.50':" good cows, $;i„i6 toVu^'t;; ',aiV- 7t.O for the ..'unie period last year. For' price. The lai-.trest buyers on the f ,",-â- :„., 'Vf '4' t'o $'f,i^ .gt"sTe.!i\U' %-*'?.; December -lor.e it was to the value of wool market to-dav are ihe officials ' $8: milk-fed calves, $14 to 516; h'..i;s I I i;.,.. .u , i-..i ,11: u.i choice selects. $lt>.7o. of coin $L'l.V«l!i.l".*4, as against $201.19.'?. 194 ' representing the Kntente Allies, who j *'''"''â- â- * for Oecota'ier, 1916. Exptvi^s from {are purchasing large quantities de-' the Domini in for the nine months' j stined to the ainiies. .American buy- • BKITI.><H period in.-liuled domesti,^ products to ers are now familiar figures on the' the value i>f $l,257,li84,900. Domestic I market and do a business second I e.xports r..c the same period last year | only to the French and Knglish re-! .-V despatch were to the' value of .$861,()29,813. j piesentatives, , i The following The tiernian fiiins are not buyers to any great cNteiit. but they are always on the spot and generally ready to do business in small lots at low prices, FROM P.NKl'.MltNl.V. jThese German firms must, indeed, hold an enormous stock of wool in their warehouses; Iho.v were large buyers in 1914 anil IS' 15 and iniildling last year, and, while not having bought much this season, ikie to tho high prices. they have not been tempted to unload .vest of Ningwufu, and | '•^'^'â- " stocks on to the market, which ,surrounding it. The na- 1 <•''«>â-  C""''' ''"^*' ''o"e at great pi olit. -*- MUMK.V UAU) NE.VR ME'rZ These figures are exclusive and bulli'in DVJNl. (SV SCORES A drts(i»t(-h from Fengehen, Shaiisi Provin(.-e, Ohina, says: The hotbed of the i>no\in<->'iic-type plague prevalent here and it. ither pkrts of Shansi Pro- vince, in '»' nresent Paoteehow, on the Hoaiig-Ho. the villjigi- from London .says: â€" official communication dealing with aviation was issued Thursday evening: "In spite of very bad weather Wed- ne.tday night, liombs were dropped on large sidings at Bernsdcrtf. thirty miles southeast of .Metic. and on the railway south of Met/,. ".A.I1 our machines returned." NEW RUSS ARMY FOR THE FRONT First .").0()0 Volunteers of New "Army of Democracv" ! Leave Petrograd. I A despatch from Petrograd says: The first .j.OOO volunteers of the new Socialist army have left for the front, sped by one of the most enthusia.'itic demon.^trations the city has .seen in months. Red flags lined the route of the parade and scores of bands played revolutionary music. Ten thousand other volunteers for the new "army of d^nocracy" are now enrolling in the Petrograd district alone. The volunteers are responding I to a special appeal to thi.' people is- I sued by the Bolsheviki Government and by the Russian Commander-in- chief. Ensign Krylenko. ITALIAN DEFEAT ENEMY ON PIAVE Blood V Kepulsc For the Teutons on Sector Neare»l Venice. .•\ despa'.ch from Italian Headquar- ters in Northern Italy, says: â€" The ! enemy has received another bloody re- pulse on the Lower Piave in the sector nearest Venice, Here his attack was thrown back after four hours of desperate fighting. The enemy suf- I fered heavy losses, the ground being strewn with his dead. The Italians captured 1.50 prisoners land a large quantity of gui.s and war material , TWO liRITISH DESTROYERS WE.NT DOWN IN (JALE tives .'ir.! (iving: by .scores in streetii. Appeals for help are being sent lu'iiad'etst by the -American doc- torn, retvntl,' .^ent into the Province to investiijiite the pla.7ue conditions. Eerdintuid l.nd*r .Mlie.^' Protection. A <leHp:4:-,-h from London says: King f'ftnti'iand of Rumania, whose arrest hAn h,- -n ordereil by the Bolshe- vik Govcniftieot, is now under the pro- tection i.if ths allies, according to a I'etrugrm! i-^-iputoh to the Daily Ex- j>i esd. the ' -Apparently they propose holding out {till the end of the war, and to be pre- pared for the cnsninj); comnutcial con- flict. * - â€" JAMAKA TO ISSl'E I WAK BKEVI) AM> CAKES. ,\ despatcb from Kingston, .laniaica. says: The Government has announced regulations for the issue of war bread, cakes and buns. Only 50 per cent, of wheaten Hour may be useil. Further regulalions are expected soon. I ,\ despatch from London says:â€" The I British .\dmiralty announces the loss I of two torpedo-boat destroyers in a ' violent gale and a heavy snowstorm Wednesday night. The vessels ran ashore on the Scotch coast and were totally wreck- ed and all hands on board lost, except one man, ♦ Burst water-pipes may be mended by wrapping dry leallher tightly over the holes. The swelling of the leath- er, when wet, Stops the leaks. ITALIANS TAKE I NEARLY .'JOOI'RI.'^ONERS. â-  .-V ilesputch from Rome says: The following communication was issued i by the War Office on Friday : ".•\long the whole of the front there have been brief artillery actions land limited patrol activity. Our artil- I lery made concentrations of tire on the I reverse of Col C'april* and Col Dela Berettal, The enemy-'s tire, which was I more lively against th« southeastern slopes of Montello, was answered by I British batteries, which shwlled mov- I ing troops between Mina and (."anareg- 1 K>o- "On the southern slopes of Sasso 1 Rosso and on the northern slopes of { Mont* Solarolo, enemy patrols were driven back w ith hand grenades, "During the actions of Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday in the .'\so- Inne area and east of Capo Site, a total of thirteen officeR and 478 men and 18 machines and two bomb-throwers were eaptureii." I)REA.tI OF niCHAUK LION- HK AIM' FULFILLED. j British Banners Fly Over the Holy 1 City, the Desire of thf â-  Crusaders. Kicha.'-d Lion-Heart and his fellow '. crusaders may now rest in their graves. The mission in life which they laid down in 1199 is complete in 1917. Richard "Vea and Nay." brav- est of English kings, may now sleep in the old, old French churchyard at I'ontevrault, where his dreams throughout the centures havL- been so fittingly dreamed. , Dreamed of the Crus:iders. j His own countrymen have finish^d' • the job he sapped his herculean . strength to accompli.sh â€" the taking of .lerusalem. Nothing in life was so' dear to his tumultuous soul as the wresting of the Holy City from ths unbelievers. It was the only thing in ' the world that awakened the real man in his roving breast. To all else he j was indifferent: reckless with his 'â-  England, ruthless and cruel with his enemies when the mad fit came on him, gallant and ea,sy with them in o'.her moods, careless and forgetful with women, ho went across history a lov- able boy with a giant's strength. Once and once only was he serious; when the Crusmdes carried him to .A.sia Minor. .-Vt all other times he played, making mock of his govern- ment, shameless m his sale of titles.! j indulgent and thoughtless with his . : subjects, always amusing himself, al- j I ways receiving and never giving, a < terrible onen^v of himself, forever th^ , heroic child. Never Entered Jerusalem. , But -ivhen the clarion-voiced priests j came preaching the Third Crusade he j brushetl all petty whims from his mind: his brain, clouded with youthful ' iiuarrels, suildenly cleared and he halt- â-  ed war plans against his enem.v, Fnince. to make ready for the sacred duty of clearing the Holy Land of .Mohammedans. With his boy's im- petuosity he sold treaties, offices, grants, even his nation's honor, for gold with which, to pursue his new â-  ; duty. I No feats of arms in history eclipsed his cyclonic attack upon Saladin, lead- ' er of the S: ens. At .Acre he threw himself into the battle wi'h such pro- digious strength of arm that he carv- ed out victory single-handed, N'ever ! did he enter .lerusalem. Twice he led the allies to its gates only to have France and .Austria desert him, of- ' ; fended by his imperious mannerisms. His whole soul was set on bearing the Cross into Jerusalem and even liis , massive strength was expended to its I limit time ami again without avail, I for his earlier wastrel habits caught ;up with bini and ruined his crusade. Before departing from F'ngland he had pur his scoundrel brother, John of Lackland, on the throne as his sub- stitute. j Now his mistake became vital, for John, the rumors came, was ruling abominably and scheming to take the throne for his own. So Richard, his â-  leonine soul dejected, departed from his desire and by tortuous, harassed paths found his way after two years ' to his country, where he died soon after, a wretched man for all the hero-worship that his people gave him, I So, if men who die before their time , toss in their tombs and mourn for their work not done, Richard Coeur de Lion may sleep at last. The British banners that he bore have gone into the gates that he so often swore to en- i ler, and a brave Britisher. General .W- \ Icnby, has finished the long job. No matter how high prices climb, writing paper will always be station- eij. I Bitter Conflict Between Bolshe- viki and I krainians. A despatch from London says : â€" The Stockholm Ukrainian Information Bureau announces that it is in posses- sion of information showing that the Russian Bolsheviki troops are tearing up railroads, destroying stations and undermining bridges in order to cap- ture or disperse L'kniinian troops com- ing northward , The bureau says the Bolsheviki troops repeatedly have lured Ukrain- ian units into a trap near Minsk, di.sarmed them, committed various deeds of violence and sent them north as prisoners. The announcement adds that great numbers of German prison- ers are returning from Siberia and that the Ukrainians are taking their places, TO DIVE FOR UUUli:i) TREASURE. Salvairc of Sunken \essels During \N ar is a Possibility. .Announcement by the British .Ad- miralty that all of Germany's sub- marine bases have been blockaded wil. i)e the signal foi' beginning th< salvag- ing of numerous vessels sui.k by tor- liedoes or mines in shallow welter. This was learned recently from an authoritative source in shipping cir- cles. To begin to salvage the lost steamships before it is cer'ain that operations will not be endangered by other U-boats would be foolhardy, an official of a well known steamship line declared. .At the same time, he ssid it must be understood thai the work of salvaging vessels is not an after the war measure. It will be started when the "bottling up" process is complete. Hundreds of steamships and sailing craft, fishing smacks, trawlers and patrol^ boats, arc resting now in co.ni- paratively little water. Some of them can be raised simply b;^ Ijaving a diver fasten chains to thenf. -Salvage e:<- perts alreaily are arranging to adop* modern means to recover cargoes <>i metal from other of the vessels that may have broken up. This can be donj even with vessels at a greater depth than threo hundred feet. Tests have been nuulo and the scheme has beer found to work lo perfection The first real try-out of tl,e ; ?hen)e it was said, will be in Thunder 3ay Lake Superior, this spring, where th( ore laden Powabic went down tifty years ago. If thi- is successful, pre- parations will be made to mobilize .he neces.«ary machinery in the war zc le Vessels sunk in the Enjglish Chaiuiel off the coast of Ireland and in mor- shallow parts of the North Sea wil! b. first tiied. Interest centres in the possibility that the Lusitania. of the Cunard line, may be raised from her resting place three hundred feet beneath the sur- face, off the old Head of Kinsale. Ire- land. Recovery of treasure in th • strong room on one of the upper de''ks is to be attempted. It is believed pos- sible that the giant express steamship may be lifted a few feet and dragged closer to the Irish coast, where divers may descend to her. RETl KNINC; TROOPS DtXK .\ I SI'. JOHN. .A despatch from St. John. N'.H.. says: -A large transport docked here on Thursday with some ninety pas- sengers, thirty of them Canadian offi- cers homecoming from war, included among them was Capt. C. B. Cock- burn, of Hamilton, a gradiiali- of th:- Royal Military College at Kingston. I KRAINE BECOMES ArroNoMoi's uei'Ibi ic .A despatch from Stockholm say*: The proclamation of Turk'-stan as an autonomous republic, allied to thi' Fed- eral republic of Ru.tsia. is announced by the Ukraine.