YEAR 85: NO. « « LL STIMULATE MW US. IN. FIGHT Disaster Strengthens Americg's Determing- tion to Win Against Huns. CNY OFFICIALS CLA THAT TUSCANIA INCIDENT IS AN ISOLATED ONE. And Have No Reason to Change Their Views That the Submarine Menace Has Been Overcome. London, Feb. 9.---That the sink-| ing of the liner Tuscania will stim-|{n the Allied ulate the United States greater resolve and sterner efforts on | behalf of the fight for democracy is | the opinion generally in| editorial comment in the new spapers. | Satisfaction is expressed and con-| gratulations are extended that this, | the first disaster to many Americans transports, shows the emptiness of | the German boast that the submar-| ines would render the transportation' of the American armies impossible] to even | expressed and would intimidate the Americans. |' Nevertheless, it is declared, it is too much to hope that the Tuseania would be the last vietim, though the conviction Is expressed that the Am- erican nation realizes fully the dif- ficulties ahead and is prepared to meet them, Some of the editorials say that the| submarine menace has not yet 'been mastered and remains a grave pro- blem to which the Allies, especially Great Britain and the United States, must devote all their energies in view of the imperative need of keeping the Atlantic reute open. The aily Tele- graph says: "The Americans have defied the pirates all thesé months and we are convinced that the sorrow and anger which the loss of life on the Tuscania will occasion will only steel the hearts of the people to preserve and deepey their resolve. There 18 noth- ing in the Incident to occasion alarm, but it constitutes a warning to us and the Americans to concentrate on the defence of the Atlantic. "A thousand men will step for- ward to fill the gap left vacant b each of the dead," says the aily Mail. "Americans. are looking the. task straight in fhe face and dangers and difficulties, event disaster, will only serve to ulate and steady them." The ally Express declares that thet U-boa¥ that #unk. the Tuscanfa did a bad day's work for Germany, Navy offiglals are inclined to the view that the Tascania incident is an isolated case and have no reason to change their views that the submar- ine menace his héon overcome, 'ONTARIO OBSERVES HEATLESS DAY ORDER _ The Lid is on Tight Except In Case of Special Places. (Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, ~-Barly reports . received this morning from many of the areas of Ontario and Quebec af- fected by the "heatless days' " order of the Canadian Fuel Controller in- \ dicate a very general observance of |' the restrictions imposed on th of Canada. . " In some specified municipalities, such as the far northland of On- tario, in the neighborhood of New Ligkeard, exemption was granted by the fuel controller, as coal is little used 'there, and the wobd fuel sup- ply is brought in on Saturday. In all other districts reporting this morning the lid 18 on tight on fac- tories, stores, a other industries, except those specifically mentioned as being necessary to lite and the prosecution of the war. ISTO STANDARDIZE MEDICAL BOARD WORK Important Task Assigned to Lt.=Col. H. H. Alger of Stir- is part | ------ Feb. 9--Lieut.4Col. H. went overseas { the 80th Battalion, _._ Stirling, H. Alger, | medioal offi after sevi trenches, , = "| THERE WILL BE MORE KINGSTON, ONTA © aly British Whi | i 12 snapped RIO, S TRANSPORT LOSSES ~ According to Sir Erie Geddes, First Lord of the Ad- miralty. London, Feb, 9.---There will be more transport losses, but America must kéep up a steady stream of men flowing across the Atlantic to build up the Allles' man power, Sir Erie Geddes, First Lord of the Ad- miralty, declared to-day. In the latter part of this year the burden of maintaining the man pow- jer in Europe will fall largely upon the United States, he warned. Geddes said he feared the loss of the Tuscania would be only one among several big ships as a result {of Germaty's latest submarine of- | fensive. The man-power burden in { the first half of this year, he assert- led, would fall on the British and French, but thereafter the Ameri- cans must increasingly fill*the gaps line. The United States, he said, is showing the great- est energy in training and equipping a splendid army The only uncer- tainty is with regard to how many fighters can be safely transported | across the Atlantic. War Tidings. Italian steamship Duca Di Geno- va, of 7,893 tond gross, has been tor- pedoed, It reported the 'vessel was sunk only a mile off Murviedre Beach, Spain, The peace' between the Central Powers and Pkraine was signed on Saturday morning, Some American prisoners have been eaptured north of Xivry, north- east. of Verdun, says the German of- ficial \gtatement, Enety patrols were active in the sector north of Lefis. In other dis- triets nothing to report. . The Italian War Office reports that since Jan. 26th 56 enemy airplanes have been brought down. Gen. Brusiloff, commander-in- chief of the Russian armies undee Kerensky, has been arrested in Mos- cow, according to Berlin despatches. That Germany had information of thé coming of the transport Tus-% canfa and other vessels with impor- tant personages aboard was the be- lef expressed 'in London by passen- gers on ships which accompanied the torpedoed transport. is TWO DEPARTMENTS TO BE CO-ORDINATED {| Food Control Department and Department of Agriculture to Join in Drive. Ottawa, Feb, 9.--The Government is mobilizing all available forces for a great increased production drive. An order-in-Council Is in preparation the purpose of which is to co-ordi- nate all loose-end departments, com- missions and agencies into a harmon- ious whole, and to bend their energies toward the goal desired. In the campaign which is to be launched the activities of both the Food Controller's Department and the Department of Agriculture are to be co-ordinated, and it is lkely that very considerable reorganiza- tion will be undertaken. The scope and function of the Food Controller's Department is to be more definitely defined. In the campaign the provincial governments will give strong co- operation, The whole question' will be discussed at the conference of Premiers to be held here on the 15th. MAIL BAG STOLEN; _ $5,000 IS GONE Found Ripped Open and Rifled Under Box Car at Smithville. Hamilton, Feb. 9.--Partigglars of a daring theft of $5,000 crf a re- gistered mail bag at Smithwille Sta- tion on the T., H. & B. were receiv- ed here. The theft was not known until the train reached the Union Station at Toronto and the mail clerk requested the bag. As it was last seen on the plat- form at Smithville, word was sent there for informétioh. Upon a dearch being made the bag, ripped open and rifled of its valuable con- tents, was found beneath a bo: r a short distance from the station. The provincial police are on the case and are endeavoring to locate a tall, fair-haired stranger who was loistering in the vicinity of the sta- tion shortly befose the bag is thought to have disappeared. work, carrying on as BE ing f: Eo Germany Calls Boys of Sixteen. Washington, Feb. 9.-- +1it was the purpose of the Government AA imme on mn 10 00 ANAY WITH PATRONAGE The Ontario Government Decides to Ap- point a General Purchasing Agent. HON. T.. W GARRY MOVES FOR THE APPOINTMENT IN THE LEGISLATURE FRIDAY. 1 The Agents' Duty Will Be To Pur- chase For the Government All Supplies Required By the Province, When the Legislature opened yes- terday afternoon, Hon. T. W. Me- Garry moved an Act providing for the appointment of a general purchasing agent for the Province. He said that to practise economy and to do away with "pationage. . He said that it had been the cus- tom since Confederation for each de- partment to make its own purchase but the new appointment would mean that there would be a uniform- ity in all the purchases, 'During the year the Government had been in- vestigating 'the accounting systems of large corporations in Canada and the U. 8. The most of the purchases would be made by tender except for some small purchases, He said that whoever was appointed as purchaser would have to receive .a fairly large salary. | E "We will wait until we can| secure the right man for the position and! the Act will not go into effect until; the man has been secured," he stat- ed. Sir William Hearst moved that the House should adjourn until Tuesday; | after it had met for but ten minutes the adjournment was made. The General Purchasing Agents' Act provided that in addition to ap- pointing a purchasing agent the Government may appoint apy person whom it thinks necessary to assist him in his work. It shall be the duty of the purchasing agent to pfir- chase for all the Government Depart- ments all stationery, furniture, sup- plies; and equipment that may be needed by the Province. In the case of illness or absence of the agent or ol a vacancy in his office the Govern- ment may appoint the <Ghief clerk or some other official in the office of the agent or the Provincial Treas- urers' Department to take his place. FOR VACANT SEATS. In the Ontario Legislature-~To 18 Filled Without Sifite. Toronto, Feb. 9.--A. H. Musgrove, member for North Huron-in the Pro- pointed postmastér of Wingham, and consequently his seat in the house. becomes vacant now. . There are four vacant seats in the Ontario Legislature which will ha to Ye filled now. The late T. G. illen, representing Lennox and [| participant had won a fall. seat in North Oxford, and seat in North Huron are all | These seats will have to be filled | now, but they must be filled without y strife. Three of the seats are Conservative aud one is Liberal. ET etme -- Soldier Wrestler Won. Canadian Press Despat 3 Moines, Ys Feb. 5 Zor! , of Anita, lowa, a private in the National army, was awarded a 's decision over Viadek Zby- scko, the Polish wrestler, in their match here last night, after each iif In raid near on ferman position : +. in Lorraine, Fremch Addington; the late R. R- Gamey, re-| presenting Manitoulin; Hon. Wesley' One of the war photographs which the German people at home are never allowed tou see. fruits of Frepch valor at (lerman cost THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a Pithy and Pointed Way. British seamen were killed in cold blood by U-boat crews. A German spy has been arrested on a Dutch liner at New York. Cattlerd@nd tractors are put on the free list by the Canadian Govern- ment. The Jewish population pf Jerusa- lem has been reduced forty per cent. since the war began, 3 The U. 8. Senate has passed a bill providing a moratorium for sold- iers and sailors, The Petrograd mob is now under control. Soldiers have shot at least one hundred rioters. The U.S. House will pass a bill giving the Government control of railroads for two years after the close of the war. CO-OPERATIVE DELIVERIES Elimination of . Unnecessary Dupli- cation--Export Foods in Buik. Ottawa, Feb, 9.--The license sys- tem is now to be extended by the Food Controller to all wholisale and retail dealers in food. Every whole- sale grocer. will have to secure a license from the Food Controller, and issuance and continuance of the Micense will be conditional upon ob- servance of all regulations issued by the Food 'Controller. The same con- ditions will apply to all retail gro- cers and meat stores, The new regulations proposed in regard to the latter will have in view for one thing, the elimination of a let of the unnecessary labor employed in the duplication of de- livering services. For instance, it is suggested that there should be for each town or city agreement as to regular hours for delivery, with a central distributing exchange for parcels, 80 that one driver can take charge of all parcels intended for a specific area. The departmental store delivering idea would thus be extended to the retail stores thrbugh co-operative agreement, indueed by the compulsion excerised under the] licensed conditions, The number of men 'employed as drivers of delivery wagons could, it is stated, be reduced by at least 50 per cent. with consequent reduction in prices to the consumer of labor for agricultural production. i Milkmen and bakers will be simi- larly licensed, and asked to 'co-oper- ate in the saving on the delivery system. The detailed plans for car- rying these reforms into effect, are now being carefully worked out. A further economic saving that is planned in connection with a license system for canners'is the exporting' of food overseas in bulk, rather than in tins. Beans and peas can be ship- ped just as well in bulk as in the present form of canned goods, and the packing or teaming can be done in England. The proposal has been placed be- fore the British authorities jointly by the United States and Canadian Food Controllers, HOUSE OPENING MARCH 13TH. Delaw Due to Allocating of the Sol- > _ dier Vote, Ottawa, #Feb. 9.--From present appea: the session of . Parlia- ment will not open before March 13th, though it i8 hoped that that will be the latest date for the assem- bly. The delay is due to the lang! ed---in allocating the soldiers' votes at home and overseas, Members cannot be officially returned until the soldiers' votes are counted, and Parliament cannot be summoned un- til the members are formally return- d gazetted. ; is some doubt whether or ; Bot a new clerk will be appointed for i the Commons this session, but a ser- i geant-atarms, replacing the late Col. H. R. Smith, will be selected, probably Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms, Major Bowie, now overseas, : the Mili- a e Act. The case was made ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1918. THE FRUITS OF FRENCH VALOR AT GERMAN LAST EDITION it reveals 11 RUSSIAN LOSSES WERE COLOSSAL AiyDid Its Duty And Perished Eight Times, Over in Doing It. THE OFFICIAL CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN OVER THREE MILLION An Impressive Article On "The Trag- edy of Russia"--Every Place in Every Unit Filled Right or Ten Times Over. London, Feb. 9.--Prof. Bernard Pares,»who taught Russian history and literature in the University of Liverpool, and i8 the official corres- pondent of the British Government on the Russian front, comtfibutes an interesting and impressive article to the Daily News, on "The Tragedy of Russia."" Writing with an intim- ate knowledge of Russia's early part in. the war, and of the causes that led her to debacle, he says that one can understand nothing without a knowledge . of the colossal Russian casualties and also a lively sense of their inevitable bearing, and on this he says: 'The Russian army has Hone its duty. and has perished eight times over in doing it. It's for us to understand the position thus creat- ed. The sin was the sin of auto- cracy, as are threqgquarters of the troubles from which Russia is now suffering, but the inevitable result is that overwhelming war-weariness which, for the now emancipated millions of Russia, blurs out almost everything else in a universal long- ing for peace." ; Of the enormous losses Russian army, he writes: "After ten months of war the Rus- sians, according to statistics given me then by thelr War Office, had lost 3,800,000 men in killed," wound- ed and prisoners, - In the drive into Galicia, in 1915, through most of which I went, and also, through the retreat, the loss of men which the Russians acknowledged, was far less than their real loss, The army own- ed to the loss of 150,000 men out of 350,000, but more often than not, I found a company of 250 reduced by casualties to 40,and that wds one- half way through the retreat. One of the cannot forget the wholesale night-' mare of men sent up, untrained and, ORGAN OF HOLY SEE PRAISES BRITAIN 'Teuton Catholics Asked to Re- | joice Over Taking of Jerusalem. Montreal, Feb. 9.--L'Action Cath- | olique reproduces from L'Osserv- | atore Romano, the official organ of | the Holy See, these words: "All Catholics cannot but rejoice} at the entry of Gen. Allenby into Jer- usalem. What do you think about | it, German and Austrian Catholic {allies of the Crescent vanquished by | the Cross? It is not, in fact,the first | time since the opening of the war | that you have been caught between | the opposing exigencies of the j Christian and G nic mentality. | Such a sentiment of satisfaction ap- | pears all the more grand and reas- | onable when we think of the con- ceptions of justice and liberty which inspire the acts of Great Britain, to age recognized and respected in that land which was the cradle of the Christian religion, the rights and in- terests of the Catholic Church. At the demand, in fact, of the Holy Father, to whom the capture of Jer- usalem was announced by the Brit- ish Minister at the Vatican, solemn rejoicings were ordered the world over," CARNIVAL OF FRAUD IN FOODSTUFFS Germany to Pass Legislation Punishing Clandestine Traffickers. | Amsterdam, Feb. 9.---The clan- j destine traffic in Germany with all { kinds of foodstuffs and materials, in which "hundreds of thousands of persons have been engaged, has reached a point that necessitates new and most stringent legislation, according to the memorial to a draft bill which will soon be introduced in the Reichstag. The punishment pro- posed will be imprisonment in all cases of conviction, with additional fines up to 100,000 marks and con- fiscation of the goods. An article by ex-Deputy Potthoff, in the periodical, Die Hilfe, says that corruption of employes and down- right theft are rampant, even in the official world, and "a state of affairs exists which in many respects pain- fully resembles conditions in Russia. MORE TRAINS CUT OFF Only Food for Allies and Fuel on Heatless. Days. : Montreal, Feb. 9.--Slashing re- duétions In passenger service on Canadian railways, and an edict un- der which the railways will load no freight except food for the allies and fuel on the '"heatless" 9th, 10th and 11th, were feature of yesterday's session of the Cana "Board. Passenger train service will | be still further reduced by 423,000 passenger train miles in the period between now and the end of - April, subject to confirmation from Ottawa. This means a saving of 22,000 tons of coal, in addition to 600,000 tons already saved in the same way, No freight, except food for the allies and fuel, will be loaded on any days. Freight already loaded will move as usual, but during the period when Canadian factories and other producers are idle because of the Fuel Controller's order the. railway companies will not make up any new trains. This means a saving not only of the fuel needed to heat build- ings, but also of coal otherwise re- quired in the yard engines. i | | { BIBLE STUDENTS NOT EXEMPT. Justice Duff Gives Decision in Test Appeal Case, i Ottewa, Feb, 9.--Decision has | been rendered by Justice Duff, Cen- | tral Appeal Court Judge, to the ef- } al Bible Students' Association, who claim exemption on the sole grounds of membership in that organization, are not to be granted freedom from service in the Canadian ranks, the dian Railway War! Canadian railway on the heatless | fect that members of the Internation | process--longer than was anticipat-| without rifles, and returning as erip- decision being promulgated in con- ples two days later. On' the War-| nection with, the appeal of Davia Saw front a whole division was sent; Cooke, who was refused exemption under shrapnel without rifles, and i by the exemption tribunals, and who men who had no helmets, tried, as Was given permission to take his elsewhere, to cover their heads with ©a86 to Ottawa to have some uniform spades. As a result of this Jack of Tuling on 'cases of this kind, equipment, enormous . wi din ot| : ei men were spread wholesalé over vil- . me lages where they were, often, the on-| TO PAY NEARLY $1,000,000, ly men left. Amount' of Compensdtion Which . . } U. 8, Roads Will Get. MERGERS. Washington, Feb. 9.---Railroads ; en, ; {in 1917 earned about $958,000,000, Committee To Consider .'W | which Is near the"amount the Gov- - State Should Interfere. | ernment u will have to pay the roads London Feb. 9.--Andréw Bomar! as compensation under national op- Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer! eration. Tbis amount indicated. by ons announced in the House of Con Tes On revenues, expenses and to-day that a committee of' bankers income of all roads earning more and merchants had heen ointed to than $1,000,000 last year, available report whether stite interference is in: unofficial computations based on necessary in-the case of great bank Interstate Commerce Commission re- amalgamati which are taking Ports for eleven months and an es- , Teen several of, timate for December, BRITISH BANK } ! ubt whether they are good for public welfare. Ly fond tended by these crities that such combing are steadily piacing eredit facilities in a small nu of hands. and that this will ga affect the dependent eo Amsterdam, Feb.9--The Mun- icipality of Posen has decided jo pre- sent Field Marshal von Hin with an estate and to confer the free- dom of the city on Gen. von Luden- orff, the Berlin Krenz Zeitung states, The Polish members of the eity adversely Council unanimously | opposed the mmunity. i proposal to confér these honors. pL 1 EE ---------------------- Measles Among Soldiers: od Portfolio Of Health, Fredericton, N.B., Feb. §.--4 con- | Parr' ies to 1! d Fredericton, N.B,, Feb. 9.--At a mesting of the | ineial Govern- ment, it was thought best to estab lish a portfolic of hy Roberts, of St. John, will 1 in all bability be at the head of . the | partment. burg! health. Hon. Dr. pro-. de- GERMANS MASSING AT THREE POINTS South-¢ast of Antwerp, Around Metz Dis- trict in Upper Aisa. WHERE ATTACK EXPECTED OFFENSIVES LOOKED FOR IN CHAMPAGNE AND LORRAINE Ea The Frontiers Are Closed--This May Mean Further Tmportant Move. ments of Enemy Troops, Paris, Feb. 9.---Latest inform- ation to hand shows that the Ger- (mans are continuing troop concen- | rations at tiree important points of the line. These appear to be south- , east of Antwerp, around the Thion- | ville-Metz district, and in Upper Al- sace, About the middle of January 8 assembled in these parts of ine totalled about 55 divisions put. 500,000 men), many of om came from the.Russian front. It seems evident that the troops in Upper Alsace could only have one ' objective---that which faces them be- | tween the upper Vosges and the Swiss border. In this way it ap- pears significant that Switzerland should at present be mobilizing many more troops with the intent of pro- tecting her frontiers. The Germans, Swiss and Austro-Swiss frontiers are at present closed to all traffic which may mean further important move- | ents of German troops, Advices received here from Hol- | land say that the Belgium frontier is, too, closed for about a month. It is also reported that the Germans are building 'large barrack in Aix la | Chapelle region to house 100,000 | troops, The enemy seems, so far, to have given no signs as to where he is like ly to launch his offensive, but. French military experts deem it probable he | will attack on possibly two parts of | the Freuch line--in Chémpagne and iin Lorraine, between Toul and Naney {--with the intention of forming big | salients in the French lines. = | If he should attempt to attack he i will find stubborn resistance, for { huge preparations have been mad | by the French : I i t { Which Onatrio Horse Ga Fig Society ve { Toronto, Feb. 9, ~Deliberately choosing his words, Williani Smith, M.P., president of the Ontario Horse Society, made the charge at the an- unal meeting that sixteen valuable horses which had been presented by the society to the military author- ities had_been misappropriated by certain persons and ordinary riding school horses put in their place. The animals are still in Canada. Efforts 'to find ont what was done with the animals have proved unavailing. es Left Only $5,000. | Boston, Mass., Feb. 9.--John L. Sulivan died without making a will, it was learned here tgsday. The at- torney estimated the ld fighter"s es- tate at $5,000, all which will go to Mrs, Annie L. nnon, John L.'s sister. / cg Use Trees For Fuel. Whitby, Feb. 9.--Upon instruc | tions from the town council, corpor- lation workmen yesterday began cut- | ting down shade trees on the streets to be used as fuel, owing to the great scarcity of coal, : Theology For Prisoners. London, Feb. 9.--Chaplain A. G. { Wilkin, Canadian prisoner at Frei- burg, has organized theological classes for British prisoners of war who intend becoming candidates for the ministry, : Powder Manufactory Blown Up. London, Feb. 9.--A despatch from Oldenzaal, Holland, says that an ex- plosion bas occurred in a powder factory at Vohwinkel, near Barmen, Rhbenish Prussia, Many persons were killed or injured jn the explosion, Canadian Casualties. Killed in action--W. G. Botsford, . 'Charleston. Died--D. M. Rossy North Gower. The Hamilton Police Commission- ers have voted a bonus of $50 to all members of the force. Sar hk Sixteen thousand Canadian draf- tees are now in khaki, : 2 9 dss re ens | SHEESH IFS i ~~ £ pe As 4 IMPORTANT REFORMS 'a % - Toronto, Feb.