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%r â- ^) \ < T .* ,1 ms MARSHAL HAIG AND GENERALS WELCOM Twenty Airplanes Accompanied Train Hringing War Heroes From | Dover â€" Reception «t Huckingham Palace. | A despalc-h from London says:â€"; The Grenadier Guard;', with their j Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. ' «»'™«"'^» '='>}'''â- ' »"<' ^^'''^' "^'^j . ... - ^. „ ... , drawn up at the station to act as an! «inmander-iri-chief of the British , ^^.^^ ^^ ^,^^ p.^,^ Marshal, and amid; armies iri France and Belgium, at-, ^^ud cheering as the band played "Seel tended ^y Generals Piumer, Rawlin-' the Conquering Hero Come." } aon, BirdVood, Byng and Home, who! .As th^ royal carriage emerged; were his inair..«tays in aidin ; to de- ' from the station yard the be'U of St. j feat the Germans, reached London . Martin's rang out and the crowds «n Thursday and was accorded ajagrain bcok.-; into tumultous cheers. notable welcome. ; Like'Aise at Hyde Park, doVfn Con-. The train bringing the Field' stjturon Hiil and onward to Baokin«-[ 5IarshaI tQ London was accompanied . ham Palace there were stirring] from Dover by about 20 airplanes, I scenes. M^y soldiers "and sailors i whioh also hovered over the proocs- or lafcve participated in the demon- 1 sion whir.H passed through the aenss-* stration. j ly crowded thor.,ughfdre3 from ths i The eai-riages passed along the: station to BuckinsrhEm Palact, "where ' front of the palace to the enciar.cc' LONG-RAfM CAiNNON AND KILLED 1% 417 PARISIANS More Thzin Haif the Fatalities When Church Occurred on (iuod Friday I,a:st Was Shelled. \ icspatch frora Paris says: â€" Â¥v^- ures are now made public for the first time r3g-4rd;.'ig the number of pt-rsons killed during German air rai<is and by Icng-range cannon. These sta- tistics re'ate to the city of Parij enly, and not to the subu/bs. In 1911, 45 bombj ffei- dropped. In 1915, 70 bomhs. tijMf them on March 20. f«il on the city. In 191t>, the enemy employed til !)omba againjt Paris, and in 1917. 11. During: the last ten months of the wtr tiier--> wore l,:ill casualties fr^m -390 bombs. .Airpliijei4 anii Zeppelins droppe<l 22o bombs on .\'zgust H, kiUinij two persons aiiil injurir,^ 39*2. The long- range cannon f^red 1>*8 shells into Paris, killing 19»> and v/oun-iiiiii; 417. Oa last Good Friday morg than lOO persons were killed. King George welcomed the returning ' warriors. j .A.t thij station the generals were met by the Duki- of Connaught, re-. ai the southerit gates, where they • drcvo up to the grand entrance. Here â-  Field Marshal Haig and the generals' passed into tha palace and were re- presenting the K'ng; the Prime ceived by King George and Queen Minister, th-;' secretary of War, mem- Mary and the Vnerabers of the Royal ; bers of the Army and Air Councils, Family. After the reception they; representatives of the .\dniiraity am', v.-ere entertained ait luncheon in .he ', many othsr distin?-' --httl •per-'on?. I state room. ! GRAVE OF EDITH RUSSIA'S DE.4D ' CAVELL LOCATED NUMBER 3,000,000: British C'ommuniiy in Brnssels S,000,WO is Total of Ca<'jaUi'.'S . . B ^^rr.j ... t â- *'*ss«!=«^«ag^P^ 80 tiNADIAKS WEL CELEBRATE BLINDED IN WAR: ALLIED VICTORY Sce.T A: :>. Glance^â€" The vast German war material surra-ideraa to: Prisoners of War Retumingr to Engbnd Report Hun Cruelty. London, Dee. 14.â€" The Canadian | Mission attended St. Dunstan'^- I.--' stitute for the B",:r.d yesterday a- J met trie blind Canadians, some rhir-' ty in a!!. .A. petition was pro seated to the Premier asking that the Gov- ernment give to each one of the Winded Canadian officers or men 3:;0 acres of hj-nestead land, with-; out stipulation that it must be ler- the .\llie3 under the terms of the armistice, surrender In th'3 v.^rld's history. Suffered in (.Jreat War. A despatch from Nc.v York s-y-: â€" Estimating Russian casualties in the world war at ''not less than 8,- 000,000 men, cf whom 3,000,000 were KarkeU of the World Hold CommciHdvaticn Service For Martyred Nurse. A despatch from London says: â€" The grave of Edith Cavell, tiie Eng- lish nurse executed by the Germans, . , .„ , , ^ .„,„.,,,.,,, in the Tir Katwnal Cemeterv at i ^'"^•^. ^J^^. «^^«« 1.000,000 dis:ib!ed Brussels, is believed to have been de- ^ ^"^ "-''• -'^- •'â-  ^'"â- â- ^- I^-^ctor of the finitely located I'lom a CJermaa plan of the cemetery i.i the hands of the Belgian author:c:»':;, and on Tuesday last the British comm;.i.-.ity held a ccmmemorution 5cr\-'>e at tha grave, i ou • . • • „ , . j The service wav attended by *he "^^^, '^ L^^ns.m seas of blood and British Ministc.-, who laid on th-.M '""' he continued, "and further. ._^^ _ mound of earth a v.i».ath from Kmg "'â- â- ".'"^s ot her people are facwg ^i_r,l; No. 3 yellow. $1.62; No. 4 George ard Qi^.ci M?r\-, inscrii>ed. °-'**'^ ^"'* ^'^^ "°»''' starvation. yeUow, $1.57; sample com, feed. "In memory of a brave and splciuiid i ^^ ':'««. 20.000..000 Russians will die ^1 40 tq n.f, v^c-Vih wn.non " I this B-inter unless the allied countries ' ('ntano oats, ^^ F^ S^ Vd.rs deposited a -^^ ^he _ unfortunate country im- ^te^ 73 to^ T6c; N;^ 3 white. 72 to wreath bound with the British colors ; f^^f^^^e help on a very generous; '^^^f^^^'^^^h^ea^.Vo'-^l^ Winter? 'per in the name of the Etritish Legation '-'• 7;^- _ . ^ .^ . .„. .car let, $13.14 to $2.22- No. 2. do.. Provision? â€" 'Wfcolesale Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium. 3 to 39c; do., heavy. 30 to 32c; cooked ;51 to 52c; rolls, 32 to 33c; breakfast I bacon, 41 to -l")c; backs, plain, 46 to T L r\ 01 â- vf^-i-.^v..-, trTioa"- '^"c; boneless. 0I to 53c. Toronto. Dec. 24.-Man tooa^whea^ ^-^^^^ meat^-Long clear bacon, 30 track Toronto. _ new crop â€" No.^ 76c; No. 3 white. and colony, and Dnird Whltlock. the' "Russia has sacrifice^: millions of jj^.ii to $2.19; No."3""do.i ?2.0T to American Mii.i.<vlvr, added a tribute ; ^"•so'l^ =>" J .iU her^ happiness - --- - • Montreal Markets I Montreal, Dec. 24. â€" Oats, e.xti-ii No. !1 feed, 914c. Flour, new standard: grade, S11.25 to S11.35. Rolled oats,; bag 90 lbs.. St.25 to S4.50. Bran â-  ?;^7.2o. Shorts. $42.25. MouiTiie, «*7.00 to $70.00. Hay. No. 2. per t?i;. car lots, $24.00 to" $25.00. . â- .- â€" -- ^----, â€" - â€" , - Cheese, finest easiems. 24 to 25c. to $2.15; No. 1 Sprii-.g, $2.09 to S_2.17j Butter. -choices: creamery. 52 selected, 55o; No. toes, per bag, car Dressed hogs, .50 to $25.00. 20 lbs net, 31 . to visit the cemetery in company with Queen EHrabeth, who laid a wreath on Miss Ca veil's grave. Russia is made again g^reat, free and happy. j "Russia's friends mu«t not come i and wU not come to suppress the Russian democracy, to impose upon â- Rye-i-No. 2. $l.oS. nominai. Li^-g sto^j^ Markets Manitoba flour-,01d crop, war . ^ ^ , . „ -. . niiaity. $11.35, Toronto. i Toronto, Dec. 24.â€" Heavy Lhrist- Ontario flourâ€" War quality, old â„¢as steers, $14.00 to $15.00; c.ioice crop, $10.25. in bags, Montreal aad heavy steers, $13. oO to $13. lo; but It is the most crashing sonally cultivated, and sssgestic? { the mctft'-Kl by whl -h the land cxn be located for them by proxy. ; Lieu:. Hitchings, who spoke su?- ] porting th3 petition, painted out al-' so that in Australia blinded soldiers ', had been given free permanent trans- ; portation over Government railway =. Sir Robert Bcrden made a sym- pathetic reply and promised careful conaideralion of the requests. It is estimated that there are only about eighty cases of total blindness in the Canadian army. Sir .\rdiar Pearson, Head of St. Dunstan's, goes » pttawa ne.xt week. Canadian prisoners of war have re- turned to England to the number of 2,000 and are now arriving at the rate of 25 a day. They reach the country at Dover or Ripp<jn and are there taken charge of by the Cana- dian army authorities. Each man is fully inserrogatc-i as to his treat- ment in Germany and a s.acement is drawn up for his signautre. While this information is not available for publication, it may be said that it more tiian confirms the stories of German brutality, and shows Ger- man civilians in a specially bad light. This information will be an available part of Canada's c-.ise at tRe Peace Conference. FAMOUS W ARDROBE 1 tj,g Ruj^.a- neoi;'e a for-n of govern- Toronto, nromnt shipment. 1 chers' cattle, choice. $U.oO_to $12.00; OF KAISER FOUND ; :^f ^e^^dHot^^s^" ^^l^m ^>f^ ^^^ar^lj.. delivered Mont- . .^o^. MO yo^^ll^; ^. ^me- mu,t be the opposite; to re-establish ||2;J';'e^ tonrfh^rtt ^12.25 ^^ t^-OO to $S.25; bulls, choice, $10.25 ^ , ,^ , ... fundamental order and therebv crive |.„„ "^ . «.-, -r. ,. â€" j: â€" l..ii_ ..o -r inv A despatch from London says;â€" An : funjajne^tal ,,rjer" and therebv ^ive r^^ ' iventery of former tmperor Wil- the Russian people the possibility to '"nay-No 1. $23.00 to $24.00 per Hams private belonpinp in Berlin and : g^p^e.^ themseT^-es. After the' ton- mixed. $20.00 to S21.00 per tor- Potsdam has led to the discoverj- of ; fiolshenst tvrannv is cnishwl and tr.iok Toronto. the famous Imperial wardrobe, indud- : eivic rights are re-established, the Strawâ€" Car lots, $10.50 to $11.00, ing 598 German and foreign military Russian peopli- will again call a Con- uniforms, according to the Boersen stituent Assembly, on the basis of Zeitung of Berlin. Several thousand â-  universal, direct, equ.il and secret horses in stables formally belonging .suffrage, and the assembly will de- to Herr Hoheniollem have been con- fine the constitution of the state and fiscated. will solve xlussia's main social prob- 39c; prints, 49 to 41c. Creamery, $9.00 to $10.00 Negotiations between Potsdam, the tems." sfresh made: solids, 51c; prints, 52c. $13.50; spring lambs, $14.50 to Soldiers and Workmen's Councils and I | Eggsâ€" New laid, fi3 to 65c; store $15.00; calves, good to choice, $15.00 ^ stock 57 to 59e. ; to $17.25; hogrs,, fed a.nd watered. track Toronto. Country Produce â€" Wholesale to $10.75; do. medium bulls. $S.75 to $9.25; do. rough bulls, $7.50 to $S.0O; butchers' cows, choice, $10.25 to $10.75; do. good, $9.50 to $9.75; do. medium, $S.25 to $8.50; do. com- mon. $7.00 to $T.~5; stockers. $7.75 to $10.50; feeders.. $10.25 to $11.25; canners, $5.50 to $5.85; milkers, good to cioice, $90.00 to $150.00; do. com. and med., $65.00 to $75.00; spring- Butter â€" Dairy, tubs and rolls, 3S to ers. $90.00 to $150.00; light ewes. yearlings, $13.00 to Prince Eitel Fvicdrich, Icokiiijf to the ' safeguarding of the Hohenzollerii , family fortuues. are progressing slow- 1 ly. It is sstid an agreement will be j framed next month. 40,000 .•\MERIC.\NS AKUIVK AT COBLENZ A despatch from Coblcnz says: â€" .A.p- proximately 40.000 American troops have arrived .it Coblcnz since the ad- vance guard reached hero a week ago. A large nuit5l>er of those troops have pnssed thiougii the city, while con- siderable forco.^i will remain lierw temporarily . German oflicers, who had remained in the city to turn over war material to the Antevicans, soon completed their task, and proceeded across the GRVVES OF SC'i.DlFKS ! TO BE ALL .\LIKE .\ despatch from London ,'says: â€" ' Whatever military rank or position in civil life England's dead in France and Belsrium may have had they will have equal treatment in their graves. That is the keynote of a plan out- lined in a report to the Imperial War Graves Commission by Lieut. -Col. Sir Frederick ^enyon, -director oF the : Bricisli Museum. Many cemeteries will be required to accommo<latc the British dead. They will bo of uniform design, with plots 01 grass or ilowers separated by paths and set with order' Dressed -Spring chickens, ' $18.25; do. weighed otT cars, $18.50. doz., 2ti to 30c; turkeys, 40c; squab $4.50; geese. 25c. Live poultry â€" Roosters, 18 to 20o; fowl, 24 to 26c; ducklings, lb., 22c; turkeys, 35c; spring c'nickens, 23c; geese, ISc. Cheese â€" New. large, 27V3 t-> 2Sc: twins. 28 to 28>hc; old. large, 28 to sis'.'oo vo $10.00 28^c; twin 28H to 29<.'. ! * Butter â€" Fresh dairy, choice, 46 vto Montreal, Deo. 24.-^teers. $7.50 to $12.00; choice butcher bulls. $8.00 to $9.00; v orer quality, $7.00 to $7.50; butch-.i- cows,. $9.00 to $5.00; fniss calves, $5.00 to $7.00; milk- fed, $12.50; sheep. $9.00 to $10.00; hoice select hogs, $18.50; cows. 4Sc; creamery, .solids, 51 to, 13c; prints, 52 to 54c. Margarine-«^4 to 35c. Eggs â€" No. I storage, •53 to 54c; selected storage, 55 to 56c; new laiih' in cartons. 75 to 80c. Dressed pouUry^Spring chickens, 28 to 3Sc; roosters, 22c: fowl, 28 to PRINTE OK W.VLES TO TOlU BRITISH DOMLMONS ly rows of head- '^^'â- '' turkeys, 40 to loc; ducklings, lb. height, width and l^g*"': *1"*''*' *^*^" ^'â- ""J Seese, 25 t stones, uniform in hcsuv, ..mn. aim .,„ shape. Wherever possible the graves 1 "* B(,j^,j. will face towards the cast, and nt the jg.oO to $6.50; imported. "hand-pick- eastern end of each cemetery thei*e e<^i. Burma or Indian, $5.00 to $5.50; Rhine in nutomobiles llyiiig white flags t-.. join the Gemiiui armies be- Kj"i[i"i^e a great aitarstoae. bearing a Li mas",' if t'o' 1*7 vjc yond the brulgehe.id lines. I ^^.-^^^ phrase. The headstone will be Honeyâ€" Extracted clover: 5-lb. * i two feet one inch in height, one foot tins, 29 to 30c lb; 10-lb. tins, 28 to U .vou inlend to do a mean thing,! th^-ee inches in width. A simple pat-.' 29c lb.; bO-lb. tins. -^.^ to 27c. .;â- . iiii I- Tf „,,,, „-„ f.. ^ ...». '^ \ ^ \ \ â-  Comb: l'> oz.. $4.60 to $o.00 dozen; If you are to tern with a curved top has been ap- , ,., .„ ^.^ 5^ ^J 5^ p,, ^^^^^ A despatch from Lomion says? â€" One of the latest battle cruisers is being refitted for the purpose 01 the PriiK-o ' of Wales' Imperial tour. It is the in- ' tentiop. ot the King to express to the I to Dominions by this tour his deep con- ' I sciousness of the ^eat services they ' C anadian. hand-picked, bits. ! have rendered during the war to the '. Mother Country and the whole Em- pire. wait till to-morrow. do a noble iMiiit d;> it now. - t pv.iv cd. 12 oz.. Britain is the bulwark 0^ the lib- erty and independence of the nations. â€" Prince Colonna. DEUVERY OF GER- MAN LOCOMOTIVES Enemy Must Ac>o l"urnL?h List of War Prisoners Who Have Died. .\ despatch from Paris says: â€" .\-"cordiiig to Be*-I"n despatches re- c«iivc<l here the Germans bev\veen December 17 and Decem'oer 26 must deliver up to the allies 1,700 locom.o- tives. In the periods frcm Decem- ber 27 to .January 6, aiul January 7 to January 16. two additional batches of 1,700 must be turned over to the allies. It is asserted that if the deliveries are not carried out with regularity the Germans will be forced to give up 500 additional locomotives a? a pe'saUy. Other despatches from Germany say that the French general. Nuda.it. during the negotiations of the inter- national armistice commission re- questevJ an authentic list of all th-J war prisoners liberated by Germany and also a list coutaiaing the names of all the prisoners who died in that country. , It is asserted that the I-'rench delegates also reminded Germany that she must feeil prisoners cf war during their journey hotae. To sti>ne raisins easily, poor boil- ; ing water over them and drain it off. ' This loosens t'nem. and th?y come out ' with case. BRrriSH HOUSE MEETS JAN. 21 -MANY WAR RESTRICTIONS REMOVED 70 Per ("ent. of Christmas Goods Displayed .\re Kritish, Com- pared With 20 Per I'ent. British, 55 Teuton Before the War. A despatch from London says: â€" j Christmas shopping in Ijondon is ex- ceeding bU pi'evious records. In some of the Kicat commercial estab-) Itshments ad.missioii to stores of | would-be purchasers has been rcgul- , •ted owinjc i-^ the large crowd,-". : This "Victory" Chvistma.iV\Mill bo a' notable one because of the fact that j the si«neral holidays are to be on a' moro extensive scale than ever be-| for*. .-V lar.re num'oer of war-time j restrictions have been removed andj mpny of th« f^iod orders modified, j All solders ir ilngland are to have 12 lays' Ic .vo df absence. The au-' thorities ate comUining towarvl mak- ing this Christmas a memorable one. Interesting details have been com- piled regarding the Christmas goods , displayed l>efore the war and this year. In 1913 German and .\u9trian! goods aggregated 55 per cent., French ' g\>od.s 15 per cent., British 20 per cent., and goods cf doubtful origin' 10. This year British goods aggre- gate 70 per eent., French 20 per cent., .-Vmerlcan 5 per cent., and of! doubtt'ul origin 5 per cent. The • doubtful gtwds this year include re- lics of old stockj of German and Au'triaa manufacture. "" 'â-  f:»;*„**'^ â-  •-â-  â-  â-  â-  .-.f-.T, pv-illMi.jni :::i:i . m . .. . Lji>-^U..>» .4 -. ->\vV.^. .- , - ,..., .. ^^^ A STRIKING CONTRAST. In the upper picture is given a glimpse of the devastated area of Halifax ju>: after the disaster oC a year aSB. The lower picture shjws the same district twelve months later, after many new hou.ses have been hiiilt uyn.M it. -As the section is being reconstructed it is l-eing made mur.» motlern Pict'iv :' ; cslie's Weekly. aad more beautiful. â€" Canada \\ ill Fte Kepres.nted ia Tritiniphar.t Procession in Lon- don Early Next Year. .V despatch fru!ji Loajon says:â€" An official celebration of the success of the British arms is expectsd her? in January or Ferir'iary. The author t'ea, says The Times, are considering ua- taiis of a scheme for enabling the public to witnad-s a military proces- sion repr^»seatin;< every unit w'aich serveti in the field. All the srmies will have a p'ace in tiie historic r.ro- crssion. with Marshal Hai? ridi ig at its head, followe'i by the .^rmr- Com- manders. The Dominion an*' co'onial trioi'?. with bands playing and co!a--« fiyi."p. will also participate. To this it miiv be addci that Thursday's hor..ecomlng of Marsh-d Haig and ce "ivn other Generals is not in any way an cfncial recognition of ths s-^vices th<?y have rendered. The official announcement gives pro- minence to this, which therefore dis- pcics of the criticism that he is un- accomoanied by Gen. Currie and Mon- asb. the .Australian GeneraL The Canadian Press has reason w© believe that Currie, besides partici- pating in the general recognition by London early in the new year, will recc"ve special honors litre, and will also be offereii the freedom of at least one famous English city. A special celebration for Canailians is likely to bo arranged at Liverpool. When the armistice was signed sev- ^at huniired Canadian cadets from all units were in England undergoing training for comnrssions. The trai:i- ing .schools are now closed, bat Cana- dian Headquarters, recognizing tha conspicuous service these cadets ren- dered, have dec'ded to return them to Canada as officer cadets. Each will receive a grant of twenty pounds to purchase uniform and will embark nrst-class. wearin,: officers' uniform., minus rank badges. rrALY'STEAD" NUMBER 150,000 Called Ip 4.500,000 â€" .500,000 Are Permanently Disabled. New 'Vork. Dec. 15. â€" -Italy, with a population of only 36,0«.>0,000, and with 4,500,000 men called to the colors, suf- fered appro.ximately l,.5OO,000 ca:»ual- ties in the war. General Emi!i-.> Gug- liemetti, military attache of the Italian War Mission, announced in an address iit the Red Cross rally herd to-night. Of the 1,500,000 casualties General Gugliemetti said approximately 150,000 werb killeit or died of wounds and 500.000 wore per- manently disabled. Referring to the pleas of Germ-any for food, which, he said, wjre based on the claim that the breau ration was only five pounds of brettd a week. Gen. Gugliemetti said: "In Italy we have cut the bread ration to three pounds a week, and bread is the chief food of Italy. Th« Italian people get less than two pounds of meal a month, and no milk or eggs." SPENDOlSlAS ON THE^ATLANTIC Thre* Ships Loaded With Can.i-. dians on the Water Return- ing Home. .\ despatch frcm Lomion says:â€" Christmas among tho Canadians in England will be a happ^ time all i-ound, eight days' leave with free railway warraiit being grcintad ti'oops in camps here, only this iir- vangcr.ieni is not allowed to inter- fere with the return of any man to Canaaa. A goinl many who had been longing to get back sometimes show now unwillingness to undertake the joui iiey complaining that they have not hud a chance of seeing EnfflanJ Or relatives here. However, thos» who*e passage is arranged already niu.-.t sail forlhw.iih. Sixteen hundred Canadian prison- trs nosv in England will l* d?H!t with :jt Dover and Ripon. This make.-; :ibout half the total number of Caiia- dwns awaiting vepa?riation. Thre« shiploads of C.<«iiadian) will mcre- foi-e spend Christmas Day oi the wa- ter in returninir home. These vcs- so'< Iv.ive on Friday and Mo.i.l:\y, /