f---- Lack of Roling Sock Hamp Production pk 1 IS PHT 1S DESPERATE THE COLLAPSE OF THE TRANS. PORT SYSTEM Smet Is Causing the Food Famine----Essen Syndicate Forced to Limit Thebr Deliveries of Coke to Half Former Output. Amsterdam Feb. ~12.--Although the censorship in Germany is striet, awkward truths have a way of leak- ing through the columns of trade papers and other organs which have reached here, as well as the stories told by those wiio have fled to the Netherlands from German cities. From t reports it is plainly dis- cernible to your correspondent that potatoes and pork are not the only things that are lacking in Germany. The munition supply is rapidly be- coming most crtical, and several causes are contributing to this high- ly embarrassing situation. First and foremost there is a great scarcity of rolling htock in Germany. Because of the sending of great num- bers of trucks and flat cars to the various fronts German railroads find themselves all but denuded of the means of transporting even the steel and metals that are necessary for the manufacturing of munitions. Transport System Collapses. Indeed, it is because of this fact that German crops were a failure this year. There has been no manure for the farmlands, was the decided state- ment here recently by several efs who, satisfied that naught starvation faced them on their fi near the Holland border, defied t guard at the border and made théir way into Holland in search of em- _Ployment.. : : Of wagon and auto trucks there are but few. These have been com- mandeered by the army, and the pres- ent complaint is that there are not enough wagons to convey coke to the blast furnaces, with the result that he i Jenduion of steel is menaced, gxists even in West- | The "Rhine provinces, former produ "coke, The Essen Syndi- cate, the largest of the German coke prod have been forced to limit heir de of coke to half their Rheumatisin is a disorder pf fhe 8 the, : is gin TH Hh » i 4 two pierce the skin pice the skin of me is to a great Fi Men. The insects which prove such a uisanee to the fighter in time of war! are the insects which equally affect in times of peace. 'But owing different circumstances which hen men are at war, their ef- Roug these insect --= (1) those which of men or of animals can divide extent dependent, for instance, the ; and (2) those which interfere with the soldiers' food supplies. The . fall into two categories (8) whieh materially and substantially diminish that food sup- , and by leaving their larvae be- nd in the diminisned stock render the food umpalatable; and (b) those which infect the food with patho- genic germs, such as the germs of enteric fever.. ~ We may here descrilie a series of insdcts which affect the'{ood of sol- diers and sailors. One is the flour- moth; whose larva burrows through A Nicol, of the 92nd , tells wus that, during the expedition to Egypt in 1801, "some vessels were despatched to Macr! Bay for bullocks, and others 12 PAGES « to Smyrna and Aleppo for bread, which was furnished to us by the Turks--a kind of hard, dry husk. We were glad to got this, as we were then put on full rations, and our bis- cuits were bad and full of worms; many of our men could only eat them dn the dark." Biscuits become infected during the cooling which takes place be- tween the baking and the packing: The adult insect is a perfect nuisance in flour-mills. So persistent and so numerous are these moths at times that they clog the rollers with their cocoons, and sometimes completely stop them' The webbing of the ele- vators in the mills often becomes covered with them and with their silky skeins, and then the elevators stop working' They mat together the flour and meal with their silken excreta, and so uniform is the tem- perature of the mill, and so favor- able to the life of the insect, that they complete their life-cycle in this country in two months, and ip the warmer parts of America even more rapidly. In well-heated mills the proceeding is continuous, so that six generations at least may be produced each year. New that the war is spreading in the Near East, a word or two should also be said about an allied Specits of insect, which infests at times 50 cent. of the figs of the East. It is & moth which is:spread all over and is universal in ity "it HSourishes on rice, maize, and 'OF Tésa nutritious Asia Minor, it lays its figs whilst they are being the. sun. From the egg' & 1 emerges, and whoever i figs must at-times come them. These larvae, which Hers when September melts into October, render a voyage on a fig- laden very uapleasant, as they crawl a the ship before pupating. . we must not forget the t "weevil," so familiar to us } Marryat's novels. And the first thing to notice is that it is not a all. It is in truth kdown as um papiceum, and is close- Ns to A. striatum, which makes the little round holes in worm-eaten urniture so cleverly imitated by second-hand furniture dealers. There is hardly hing the larva of this et will not eat, from cayenne to opium, from tablets of small eats ht ii i er THE COMPOSER OF TE Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, the {'Ttalian composer, better known the, world over simply as Tosti, died in Rome on Sunday, Dec, 3. A pie} turesque figure in the musical world, | this friend and instructor of royal ty, and composer of "Good-bye," the song that achieved world-wide popu-| larity, returned to his native land to ~|| die, although he had made his resi- x4 | dence in London since 1880. WIN THE WAR FIRST. Sart Dominant Theme" of Liberals Prince Edward County. Picton, Feb. 12.--That Liberalism is quite alive in Prince Edward coun- ty was. clearly demonstrated at the annual meeting of the county associ- ation here Saturday. Liberals, with a.goodly sprinkling of ladies from all parts of the riding despite the in- tense cold, filled the Opera House to capacity. J. G. Turriff, M.P., of As- in isiribola, was the principal speaker, who in an hour's address defined the I form. . H. H. Horsey, db candidate; ..Nelson Parlia- ment, M.P.P.; James Purtelle, Bloom- field; C. B. Allison, and Dr. J. M. Platt, Picton, all prominent Liberals, delivered addresses. The theme all through the speeches was "win the war first." A feature of the meeting was the canvass by Red Cross ladies of the meeting, which resulted in a neat sum being collected. The following officers for thé en- sui year were elected: President, C. * Stevénson, Wellington; first vice-president, Willet E. Bénson, Sophiasburg; second vice-president, Hubert McDonald, Bloomfield; secre- tary, W. V. Petit, Picton; treasurer, C. B. Allison, Picton. Mr. Stevenson occupied the chair. _ War Has Done England Good. Chicago Tribuwe. Di Before the war England was re- trogressing. Her impetus of centur- jes was visibly diminishing. The | young empire of Central Europe which could not reach her with the sword was outstripping in the never ending contest of trade. Her people wera clinging with the stubborness which is their strength as well as their weakness to obsolescent meth- ods. They cherished a kind of an- cestor 'worship to which al peoples who have a great past are tempted, In |8 serious bandicap in this age of strenuous rivalry. The English were overconfident, sluggish, and un- critically 'optimistic. The war has brought them up standing, forced them to junk their superannuated organization, and to realize that the sy; of England is by no ] ean exempt from the law of decay. immense access of strength has me 10 the people, a clear- Ing of the channels of progress which were clogging seriously, new: at | conceptions of Imperial and domestic Death of James B. Joynt. 'New Boyne, Feb. 12.---On Jan. § to his eternal rest of the oldest and . self-interest would TO THE TREACHEROUS KING OF THE GREEKS. Wilhelm Says He Cannot Aid Him Against the Entente, But Hopes He Will Keep His Throne. Saloniki, Feb, 9 (via London, Feb. 12).--The Kaiser, according to in- formation which has reached the Greek Provisional Government, Bas a significant inessage rother-inclaw in which he tells King Constantine that he cannot 0 operate with him or come to his a against the Allies in Macedonia. All 1 ask of you now," Be says, "is that shall keep your throne. YO his word of Imperial advice has more than casual importance, It throws light en several matters. For one thing, it sounds like the dirge of Germany's schemes, which un- doubtedly were real and active up to 4 few weeks ago, for making an at- tempt with the co-operation of the Greeks to clear the Balkans of their foes. For another thing, it explains the doecllity with which King Con- stantine is evacuating his troops from northern Greece in to the neutral in- ternment camp prescribed for them by the Allies in Peloronneaus. But beyond its immediate application, this expression of the Kaiser's per- sonal desire to see his brother-in-law still upon the throne of Greece after the war is a foreshadowing of one of Germany's schemes for the future. Why should the Kaiser trouble to urge his kinsman to a course that naturally dictate unless along the same lines lay aspira- tions of his own? This Imperial nfes- sage, in fact, fits in with possible German plans after the war, which those in touch with Greek affairs are beginning to perceive clearly. If the terms of peace leave to Germany so much as a brain to intrigue with, Greece will be in the field to which she will instinctively turn. Greece forms a part fo the middle Europe idea, Zhe partial relization of- which Germany has tasted duripg the war. Her long, indented coastine gives her paval importance disproportionate to her size. Her position at the very gates of Egypt and the East has con- siderable strategic value. If Ger- many had won complete sway in the Balkans during the war she would have made of Saloniki a Medjteran- ean Kiel. King Edward and the Kaiser. Montreal Herald. An astonishing story of King Ed- ward knocking the Kaiser down ig related in a book just published in England by Edward Legge, entitled "King Edward, the Kaiser, and the War." Here is Mr, Legge's account of the ihcident as .described to nim: "During one of his visits to Windsor Castle the Kaiser and 'King Edward had an altercation, resulting from something said by the former. So exasperated was the King by 'his nephew's grossly insulting words that, losing all control over himself, he sprang to his feed and knocked the Kaiser down!" Whether this story ig true or not, it's a well-known fact that King Edward was never deceived by his nephew's frequent professions of friendship for Great Britain, and was not afraid either of the German Empire or its ruler. He saw through the sham peace protes- tations of Germany, and fathered the Entente Cordiale, which has since become a League Of Nations for the protection of civilization, ty Fooling the Bess. Murphy was taking a day off, and wishing to enjoy himself thoroughly he walked around to watch "the boys," He was surprised to see his friend Kelly working as if carry- ing a hodful of mortar up and down a ladder were the only thing he took any real pleasure in, relates Youth's Companion. ' "Is's yourself that's working mighty hard today, Kelly," expostu- lated Murphy. "Whist! I'm just making a fool vf the boss!" said Kelly, winking slyly. "And how are you doing that, Kelly "Sure, Murphy, it's as easy as kiss- ing your hand! He sees me going up the ladder with my hod full of mortar, and he thinks I'm working. But, Murphy, it's the same hodful I'm carting up and down all the time!" ' Here is Home Evidence From People You Know Ask Them Chase's Kingston, Ont. Feb. 13. -- Still coming forward to Confirm Their Statements About Dr. Nerve Food--Then Pat If to the Test + in Your Own Case. sasute 1 fécommend tie use of Dr. 's Nerve Food to suffer- | run-di From the little town of Ortona in| | the Abruzzi, where Tosti was born' on April 9, 1846, he was sent by his! | parents at the age of eleven to! | Naples to study the violin under | Pinto, at the Royal College of St. ' Pietro a Mejella. The lad also stud. jed composition wth Conti and Mer- cadate, who fade him a pupil- teacher at a salary of sixty francs a month, Life at the Royal College hard with the young musician, for he waz thrown upon his own re- sources and found his sixty francs scarcely sufficient for his needs, He went to Ancona to give music les- sons, but this change proved little better, for he could get only the bar- est necessities of an gxistence. He became ill and returned to his native city, Ortona, where he composed ~two songs, 'Non M'ama piu," and "Lamento d"Amore," which he had published at his own expense in Rome. They sold rapidly and Tosti disposed of the copyrights for $100 each. Here came a turn in Tosti's for- tunes, He met Sgambati, guiding spirit of the new musical school 'in Rome, who arranged a special con- cert for Tosti at the Sala Dante Tosti sang several of his own com positions and also Sgambati's "Eravi un Vecchio<fene," especially written for him. The Princess Margherita of Savoy, later Queen of Italy, ap pointed Tosti as ber singing teacher after hearing him at this concert. Later Tosti was made Keeper of the Musical Archives of the Italian Court. In 1875 he yielded to his desire to visit England 20d took with him several songs, among them "For Ever and Ever." He could not find a publisher for it, but managed to have it sung by Violet Cameron in an operetta at the Globe Theatre. The song at once became the rage and others, "That Day," _"Good- bye," "Vorrei Morire," "Aprile,} and "Beauty's Eyes," immediately won the popular fancy. Several of these songs have run through a dozen edi- tions and have been translated into eleven or more languages. In 1880 Tosti was appointed music instructor to the English royal fam- ily, some of his pupils being Prince Leopold, Princess Mary of Batten- berg, Princess Louise, the Duchess of Argyle, and the Princess of Wales, afterwards. Queen Alexandra. The late Duchess of Cambridge, who was for many years an invalid, de- clared that Tosti's music and his sweet singing were more effective cures for her than all the medicines in the world. Queen Victoria was extremely ford of his musie. In 1906 Tosti was made a Commander of the Victorian Order and in 1908 he was made a Knight Commander by the late King Edward: Tosti had a vast number of friends in the art and social worlds. He was extremely modest and of a very kindly disposition. Many interesting anecdotes are related about Lim, among them the following. one, which throws a sidelight upon his character. A fashionable Jady called on Tosti and informed him that she was to sing two of his songs at a socially important concert. She wanted to try them .over with the composer, she said. Tosti replied that he would gladly accept ber as a pupil. The lady became indignant and de. clared that she would not sing the songs. Tosti thereupon said to her with a smile, "Madam, I thank you sincerely for that favor." went New Device Beats X-Ray. The British Medical Journal an. nounces that a remarkable scientific discovery is now on trial at one of the casualty clearing stations in France. The inventor is James Shearer, a Scotchman, 20 years old, a sergeant in the medical corps and working at the casualty station. : The new discovery, the Journal says, appears to succeed Just where X-ray photography fails. It produces pictures of structures hidden far be- low tks surface of the body just at the point where X-ray photography ceases to perform effectively.. In other words, the new work attempts a delineation, not of dense strue- tures such as bones but of living soft means of this discovery it is possible in broad daylight to obtain detailed pictures of any organ or body, brain, liver, kidneys, and spleen, and to see at a § what ns they are ge ~~ TURKS DESIRE SECOND SECTION rm = EARLY PEACE 'Ths Back Sc i Blockaded Mad Nerhant + | Fleet Destroyed. | GERMANY DOMINATES ALL THE "Removals" Are Quite Frequent The Young Turks Betray Others and Occasionally Each Other, Amsterdam, Feb, 13.--A neutral long resident in Constantinople whe has just arrived at The Hague de- clares, according to the Telegraaf, that bestial' slaughter prevails 'in Eastern Europe. Peace is eagerly de- sired in Coustantinople, where Ger- many and Russia are regarded, the first as a moral and the second as a natural énemy. Russia's power after. the taking of Trebizond asserted it, self In a blockade of the Black Spa. The population of Constantinople is without coal. What exists is appro- priated Por munition factories, olec- tricity works, railways and the navy. If the coal famine continues complete darkness will prevail. The Russians have destroyed the Turkish fleet, and the merchant fleet is not worth any- thing. The Bosphorus is wholly shut off. Constantinople's trade abroad is entirely at a standstill. The German engineers are not able to repair the Goebén. She is still at her dock. There are, some Turkish torpedo boats and submarines in existence, Despite Russian shells the Breslau is still afloat. "She is so swift she al- WAYS escaped the Russians. Only four ships of the Turkish merchant fleet remain. Beside a few ships now seen in Stamboul lies the Turkish warship sunk' by a submarine in broad jdaylight, Turkish gung re- plied, but instead of hitting the ®ub- marine they destroyed a couple of houses and two or three ships. Ger- many dominates all branches gf-the public service. Meat, bread and jugar cards have been introduced. The streets swarm with beggars, One sees people fall dead. The feeling in Costantinople is very anti-Ger- occasional demon+ class, people do not dare to do any thing. The Young Turks maintain a strong police regime. They spare nothing to betray others and occas. fonally each other. Sameone denly disappears. ' Even friends da not enquire, fearing to attract attens tion to themselves. People expect the Russian -bloek- ade will speedily devide Turkey's fate. Turkey herself is now half dead A majority of the Austrians in 'Conttantinople. are anti-German, though they conceal it. I was much struck by thé contrasts. in feeling in Vienna, Berlin and Constantinople. Vienna and Berlin are greatly de- pressed. Vienna especially seems much mourning while the higher circles in Austria and Germany are not cheerful. The fashionable world in Constantinople is extraordinary gay. Concert halls and plcturé thea- tres are packed in the evenings. The wealthy families can afford to pay high prices for provisions. It is still possible to get anything you want in Constantinople, but do not ask what it costs, "after me, the deluge," tone prevails. This attitude is. in terrible contrast to the suffer- ings of the poor among the popula tion. "Prayor Day" Feb, 18th, New York, Feb, 13.--A call to "all Christian people," for the observance of Sunday, February 18th as a na- tional day of prayer for the President and Congress, and all peoplés en. gaged in war, was sent Out yésterday by the Executive and Administrative Committee of the Federal Council of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, ~ Hair Becomes Charming, Wavy, Lastrous and Thick In Few Moment For 25 cents you can save your hair. In. less than ten minutes you can double its beauty. Your hair pared , wavy, flufty, abundant and as soft, lustrous aud fcharming as a young girl's after ap- try this 4 man, but beyor trations by the/women of thé poorer suds 2