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ITALY MOVES TO '-, i'f*v? Ji' m«jf;- ANNEX FIUME fcondon Has Report That Rome Intends to Djeetfyy the Vk £. MY SEIZE JUL DALMATU "" Italian Parliament Ha« Been. &uq?- moned for Tuesday, a Week *£.£ ier Than It Had Been Original *v I' ally Scheduled to Meet. ; S London, A pi.. 28.--The ^ar- J'. ttament has been summoned for Tiles- Bay, which Is a week earlier thanlt (tad been originally scheduled to Hjeet, According to a Central News dispatch. Premier Orlando will lay before tie parliament a plan for Immediate annexation of the Trentino, the Upper Adiago, Trieste, Istrta, Flume and Dalmatla. / Th«>inr»s Nelson Page, United States ambassador, has left Rome for Paris to tender his resignation to President Wilson, the dispatch says. A conference is being held In R^iae, according to current report, preparatory to presenting the entire case to the Italian people. No matter what attitude Italy may assume, according to American advices from Paris, so far as President Wilson is concerned, his public position will be adhered to regardless of the attitude of the other governments. It Is contended that President Wll- |0B visited Europe at the invitation Of the allied governments and was prepared to accept a peace program along the lines they had publicly indorsed. London, April 28.--"The American jpihnccgdnr to Italy, Thomas Nelson Page, resigned more than a month ago, according to a letter Ambassador Davis (United States ambassador to Great Britain) received at that time," First Secretary of Legation Edward Bell said here. iV 1 Washington. April 28.--'The orders Rear Admiral Phillip Andrews, In -tommand of the American naval force to the Mediterranean, to look after 4merican Interests at Spalato and tlsewhere in Italy were sent from Peris, according to state and navy department officials. ,, • * Admiral Andrews' best ship ia the ^ - 'Olympia, a protected cruiser. The ', «st of his squadron consists of aeven «'.• > jestroyers and abont half dozen sub- ^ ' ®arine chasers. | Officials here do not regard .the orlers to Admiral Andrews as indicating there Is Immediate necessity of landing soldiers or marines In Italy. The M-ders he has are customarily issued When there are continued reports that American life or property is in danger, . . The opinion of officials here is that v. Admiral Andrews would take the prop- \ Ht steps within his wide discretion as J;• fl commander in foreign waters, .. whether or not he had received direct Instructions. HKPT. W. R. GHERARDIP? 22,973 TROOPS ARRIVE AT N. 1. RICHARD CRANE Merrof Famous Rainbow Dtvtsioc| Formed Largest Part of f Returning Yanks. tt V *4y Capt. Walter li. Jherardi, U. S. I-i., former naval attache at the United States embassy In Berlin, is back in the German capital as head of a mission to do work for the American peace delegates. He Is finding out the temper of the German people, observing the extent to which militarism has been destroyed, and reporting to Paris. > ", ?« . SAM 60MPERS HURT A. F. OF L. PRESIDENT INJURSO IN NEW YORK. * IREXICO AND FRANCE AT ODDS . -------- , V ; f , i|efiMal to'Receive Minister Sean as I ffwUtt Against President Garranxa's Methods. "• Washington, April 28.--Diplomatic / circles here believe the refusal of i#rance to receive Alberto J. Pani, as " Ininister from Mexico, was caused by protests by French bankers against peizure of the French banks In Mex- ' ico by the Carranza government. Car- $»nza, it was said, had known for «K>me months the feeiihg of the French government and was much chagrined Irtien Mexico was not Invited to the conference of neutral nations in connection with the peace conference. It Also has been intimated to Mexico that she would not be given a place the league of nations until she had *.' fnodlfied her policy in dealing with Aliens and foreign investors. When ft became known in Mexico that *he ; .. Vas to be barred from the league ,'fi Hhere was an Instant uproar. This %>egan about the middle of March and lias continued to the prerfent His Cab Is Struck by Street Car on Broadway--Suffers Broken Ribs. New York* April 28.--Samuel (tampers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was seriously injured when a surface oar of- tbe Broadway line struck his taxlcab at J'orty-first street and Broadway. The cab was demolished and. Mr. Gompers suffered two broken ribs, a sprained hip and contusions of the bodly. He was unconscious when extricated from the wreckage and was carried into the Hotel Continental. An ambulance was called and after Dr. Samuel Bolenswelg dresaed the Injuries Mr. Gompers remained at the hotel. The taxi cab driver, who was thrown to the street, escaped with a few bruises. The taxl«was passing through Fortyfirst street, taking the labor leader to his home at 318 West Fifty-first street, when a surface car In charge of Motorman Haryna struck the rear end of the cab and burled It 20 feet Broadway was crowded and half 'a dozen men who witnessed the accident tore the wreck of the cab apart and found Mr. Gompers unconscious. The cab driver tried to cross the tracks In front of the approaching car, which was going north. The rear ^wheels of the taxlcab were still on the tracks when the car struck the cab and whirled It onto the east driveway of Broadway. The sld&s of the cab were driven in and Mr. Gompers was crushed between them, the full force of the collision having struck one seat. TRAIN KILLS FOUR PERSONS ' j,' i1""- Vr r"1'- -JPI1 2 Fast Pennsylvania Express Hits Automobile at a Suburb of ..... Baltimore. ........ ...... Baltimore, Md., April 29.--Four person S were killed at Sparks Station, a suburb, when their automobile wns struck by a Pennsylvania express train. The dead are: Nathaniel Smith and Willis A. Smith, his son, and Calvin Pierce and Miss Myrtle Riley. IG FRUIT INTERESTS MERGE LEVIATHAN BRN3S 12,050 Yanks Welcomed by Committee, Friend* and Relative* From Every Part of Union--149th aftilf 150th Among Arrivals. New York, April 26.--The giant troopship'Leviathan, with 12,000 soldier passengers, missed a mine by only 30 feet while off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Tuesday morning. Iier officers reported when she docked here. All records for the greatest number of troops to return from France in one day; were broken here. Four transports and two battleships brought home a total of 22,973 officers and men. The giant Leviathan, bringing 12,050 troops. Including the 149th and 150th field artillery, 42hd division headquarters, 166th infantry brigade headquarters, 84th Infantry brigade headquarters, 166th infantry, 117th train headquarters, 42nd division military police company, 42nd division headquarters troops, 168th Infantry and scattered casual companies and convalescent detachments docked before sundown. Men of the famous Rainbow division, the 42nd formed the largest part of the returning troops. They were welcomed by committees and friends ai^ relatives from every ) art of the Union. There had not 'been an American division in France that excelled what the Rainbow had done. From November I, 1917, the date of Its arrival at St. S'azaire, until December 15, 1918. when, as a papt of the American army of occupation, it took a position in Ahrwelter, Germany, it had been identified at 45 stations throughout France and Belgium. The division was cited ten times by the French and six times by the American commanders, under whom it served. Members of the division have received two medals of honor, 280 distinguished sen-ice medals, 175 croix de guerre, 19 legions of honor, five medallles militaries and 16 Belgian decorations. In killed, wounded and missing the division lost 439 officers and 13,485 men, Its greatest casualty list following the Aisne-Marne offensive July 24 to August 6, last year, which cost 184 officers and 5,469 men. The transports Mt. Vernon, °Prlna Frederlch Wllhelm and Touraine arrived down the bay early In the morning, and were surrounded by small craft bearing welcoming committees as they drew up toward quarantine. Brig. Gen. Robert Alexander, who commanded the 72nd division in the final stages of the war, was aboard the Mt. Vernon which carried 4,364 officers and men from the New York division. The Touraine brought 389' casuals and the Prinz Frederlch Wllhelm 1,660 troops, including medical detachments. Aboard the battleship North Carolina were 1,593 men, including the 167tlj infantry, headquarters and supply companies and other small nnits. The battleship Montana moved up the harbor before noon with 1,508 men, consisting of the 83rd Infantry brigade headquarters, the 167th ftifantry machine gun company, medical detachment, 2nd and 3rd battallan headquarters, companies E, F, G, H, I and K, 58 officers and 1,407 enlisted men. NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR E--------------iiBitii Orchards in Six States Formed Into a $100,000,000 Corporation, ' f I* Report. • Wenatchee, Wash.. April 38.--Hun- ^flreds of acres of Wenatchee valley apf^ lple orchards will be included in the s^Sargest merger of fruit Interests ever ••i'^ionned, the American Fruit Growers, Inc., according to local representatives *jof the new corporation. The corporafi <tion, formed under Delaware laws, i, '" they said, plans to take over and op- Vv erate apple and citrus orchards of an estimated value of $100,000,000 In Pennsylvania, New York, West Vlri, ginla, Florida, California and Washington. Cairo, April 26.--The Egyptian cubi net has resigned. Paris, April 20.--Camilla Erianger music composer, died here. Copenhagen, April 26.--The govern ment has declared a state of siege throughout Saxony, said a Berlin dispatch to^ the Polltlken. Washington, April 25.---Removal by the interallied economic council of all ration limitations on exports to the northern neutral countries, excepting finished munitions of war, was an nounced by the war trade board. The suspension of limitations becomes ef fectlve at once. Montrose, Col., April 28.--Twenty persons were injured when a w^st bound Denver & Rio Grande train Jumped the track and turned over near Cerro Summit, twenty miles east of here. Among the injured were several soldiers returning to their homes after having been discharged at eastern camps. Split Pleases Austrlans. Vienna, April 29.--The withdrawal of the Italian delegation from the peace conference was received here with elation, the people generally being glad to see the allies to voaJUet with each other. Turn Over New Destroyer.' Norfolk, Va., April 29.--The Destroyer Thomas, built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company, has just been delivered to the navy here and immediately placed in commission. Famous Belgian Coming. New York, April 29.--Col. A. Depage, a famous Belgian Red Cross surgeon and head of the Belgian Red Cross, Is on his way to this country on the steamer Nieuw Amsterdam, according to a cable message. i Fire Destroys Six Warehoiisas. Oxford, Ala., April 28.--Six warehouses on the Southern railway right |of way were totally destroyed by fire. The warehouses contained cottonseed, •building material and cement, 'origin of the fire is not known. Frost Causes*$1,500,000 Loss. < Columbus, O., April 28.--Vernon H. Davis, head of the bureau of markets, predicted that the damage to fruit by frost alone in Ohio will reach nearly $1,500,000. 6Y PEACE BODY Revised Covenant of League of Nations Approved by Enf' Richard Cra;for more than tWO rears private secretary to Robert Lanilng, secretary of state, has been named as the first minister to the new republic of Czeeho-Slavia. Mr Crane Is a son of Charley R. Crane of Chlago, is thirty-three years old, and 3tudled law at the universities of Wlitonsin and Nebraska. REDS P0T TO FLIGHT HUNGARIAN COMMUNIST ARMY SURRENDERS TO ROUMANIAN* 13 U. S. SAILORS DROWN Men Were Returning ts Battleship Nevada When Their LaunclivCapslzed-- Only One Saved. New York, April 29.--Thirteen sailors returning in a navy launch to the battleship Nevada were reported by the police to have drowned when the launch sank in the Hudson river off One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street early Monday. The police said that In the absence of an official statement by the naval authorities they based the report on information from persons who said they witnessed the sinking and heard the cries of drowning sailors. Those witnesses declared that the launch apparently collided with something just before reaching the Nevada and they had a clear view of what was taking place because of the navy, searchlights playing on the scene. There were 14 persons in the launch, one being rescued, according" to the police. - France Passes Eipht-Hour Law. Paris, Aug. 26.--The French senate passed the eight-hour labor bill, which now becomes a law. "Flu" Kills Millions In Inittf. London, April 28.--Almost five mil Hon persons have died in British India from Spanish Influenza, and fully a million others are believed to have died In the native states from tlje same cause. » Ohio Bank Robbed. Upper Sandusky, O., April 26.--Robbers entered the Harpster bank of Harppter, near.here; and escaped with more than $100,000 in Liberty bonds. The | Other valuables were taken from safety deposit boxes. Turn Down Fare Ineraafs. Chicago, April 28.--The Chicago surface lines were denied an Increase to 7-cent fare by the Illinois public utilities commission. Commissioner P. J. Lucey returned a dissenting opinion. WILSON EXPLAINS CHANGES French Troops Aid Czechoslovaks In Capture of Komoriy iKi the Danube. " V Berne, April 26.--Part of the Hungarian communist army facing the Roumanians southeast of Budapest has surrendered and the rest is in flight, according to a Roumanian official statement received here. West of Budapest the Czecho-Slovaks have oecupied Komorn, on the Danube, and Raab (Gyor). French troops are said to be aiding the Roumanians In their advance in eastern Hungary, according to advices received here from Vienna. The Roumanian bureau here issued a statement saying that after the visit of General Franchet d'Esprey to Budapest recently, Roumanian troops were ordered to again take the offensive against Hungary, which had been suspended during the stay of Gen. Christian Jan Smuts at Budapest. It is said the order provoked. great enthusiasm, and that a number of Saxon officers and troops from Transylvania Joined the Roumanian army, which in a rapid march beyond the old line of demarkatlon occupied Grosswardien, capital of the province of Bihar. Hungarian Red guards fled from the city in disorder and large quantities of booty were captured by Roumanians. Geneva, Switzerland, April 28.-- Czecho-Slovaks have attacked the city of Waltzen, 20 miles northeast of Budapest, which Is expected to fall soon. French troops are said to be aiding the Roumanians in their advance in eastern Hungary, According to advices received here from Vienna. As the Roumanians advance thousands of people are leaving Budapest on foot and carrying their baggage, as there are no trains or vehicles, according to a statement by the Roumanian bureau at Berne. Five thousand women at Budapest have met and protested against the soviet gov* ernment and bolshevlsni. YANKS IN GERMANY HUNGRY American Civilians In Various Parts of Country in Serious Straits-- Army to Act. Ooblsna, April 28.--A number American civilians In various parts of occupied Germany are in serious straits because of the food situation, and efforts are being made to reach them with supplies as soon as possible. Among those who have requested the civil affairs officers of the Third army to take some action toward the relief of the Americans in question are several members of congress who have been In Coblenz recratly. WOMEN GET LAITY RIGHTS Methodist Episcopal Church (South) ExUeds Privileges t* • Falrjfcx. Nashville, Tenn., April 28.--Laity rights for women have been voted by the conference of the ^lethodist Epis copal (South) church. The vote announced was 4,229 to 499, a substantial majority over the required threefourths vote. v Mexico Holds tJ. 8. Schooner. Galveston, TeX., April 29.--The fish lng schooner Cape Horn of the Gulf Fisheries (Inc.) fleet has been captured by a Mexican gunboat and Is being held, her crew being charged with smuggling arms to the Mexican rebate. | Maniac Kills Two; Wounds Two. ' fkigtor, OkiaM April 28.--Runniag 1 amuck, T. C. Cobb, a farmer, eighty- [ftve, killed two persons, one of whom . was his son, shot his wife and daughr- ia-Iaw and then committed aaldde at his home at Garland. Big Backing for Wilsoit;V London, April 26.--Incomparably thf strongest support given to President Wilson's appeal to Italy In the British press, Is that contained in the first leading article in the Times. tide warns Italy. Fight the Reds. . , iSl Bei'fte, Switzerland, ApfH SB.--A large part of the bolshevik First army, which surrendered several days ago to the Ukrainians, has offered voluntarily to fight the bolshevikl and already has been in action. More Yanks Home. Newport News, Va., April 26.--The tT. S. S. Matsonia from St. Nazalre. France, arrived with 3,844 officers and men, many of them members of the Thirty-fifth troops) Many Yanks on Atlantic. New York, April 29.--The high tide of homeward troop movements will be reached this week, according to an announcement made here. In that time 56 transports and liners are expected to arrive with 94,440 soldiers. Japan Change on Race Issue Is With* ^gtfawn--French Also Withdraw' ' Amendments and All EnvaytA : O . K . t h e C o v e n a n t . Paris, April 30.--The revised COT* enant of» the league of nations was adopted by the plenary session of the peace conference without division and without amendment. The covenant had been moved by President Wilson. The president said it was not necessary to emphasize the significance of the great covenant and the hopes entertained that a conference of the free nations of the world would maintain justice in their international relations and peace between the nations. The Japanese and French amendments were withdrawn and it is undefstood they have been left for decision by the league of nations Itself. The text of the labor principles for Insertion in the treaty was adopted, and the conference adjourned without considering responsibilities. President Wilson, in his speech explaining the revised covenant of the league of nations, said that Sir Eric Drummond of Great Britain had been named as the first secretary general of the league. t Sir Eric Drummond has been private secretary* to A. J. Balfour, the British foreign secretary, since December, 1916. Previously he had served Sir Edward (now Viscount) Gray In the same capacity, while Sir Edward was foreign secretary. From March, 1912, to June, 1915, he was private secretary to Herbert H. Asquith, then the British premier. Regarding the composition of the executive council, the president said that Belgium, Brazil, Greece and Spain would be represented on the council In addition to the five great powers until a permanent choice had been made. Presentation of the amended league of nations covenant by President Wilson marked the opening of the session. The president then explained the various alterations. The president moved that the powers name representatives to form a committee of nine to prepare plans to organize the league and establish the seat of the league. Baron Maklno of the Japanese delegation spoke after President Wilson and said he regretted that the president's speech had not been translated. He then moved the Japanese amendment on racial equality. He said it was a race question, with the possibility of becoming acute. The equality of nations, he ascribed, should be a fundamnetal principle of the league. The Japanese statesman added that he felt it his duty to state the poignant regret of the Japanese delegation over the failure,, of the league of nations committee to do Justice to the Japanese demand which was based von a deep-rooted national conviction. Japan, he added, was obliged to revert to her original position on this question. Leon Bourgeois, former premier, spoke for France. He 'said that the ^French amendments to the league, including a demand for a national army and police force and the limitation and verification of armaments of all na tions, had not been adopted. France, however, would sign the pact, M. Bourgeois said. News Nuggets From Illinois Returns From Uncfo»itc.i ii ALLIES TO TRY EX-KAISER Former Emperor Is Charged Guilty of Supreme Offense Against International Morality. Paris, April 30.--At a plenary session of the peace conference the council of four presented the text of a peace treaty provision for the prosecu tion of former Emperor William by a court of five judges "for a supreme offense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties.". The articles propose that a special tribunal, composed of five Judges, one from each of the five great powers, be formed to try the former emperor, end that the government of the Netherlands be requested to surrender him The articles also provide that all others who have been responsible for plunging the world Into war be brought before this tribunal, and that In cases where there has been an offense against an individual nation, trials shall be conducted by that nation. ' i / ' , I t a l i a n Army in Flume. . . v • Pt&t, April 28.--An America* *Mcer who left Flume three days ago, and who has just arrived In Paris, says it was reported there that a total of fourteen divisions had been moved to Flume by the Italians. To Restore Wire Lines. Washington, April 30-- Postmaster General Burleson has recommended to President Wilson that all telephone and telegraph lines be returned to their private owners as soon as congress can enact legislation deemed necessary. Hun Delegates in France. Versailles, April 30.--€"he German delegates to the peace conference reached here at nine o'clock Monday night. The party numbers 60. The delegates were taken In automobiles to the Hotel des Reservoirs. 8l»oot In Lawrence 8t*Hnt Lawrence, Mass., April 30.--Shots were exchanged between the police and strike sympathizers during dlsturbauces In connection with the strike of textile operatives. Three policemen were, struck with stones. Kansas City Bank Is Robbed. Kansas City. Mo., April 28.--The Intercity bank, on the state line between Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., was robbed by four men who e» :!ti; U. S. Hospital 8ta«* Bask. New York, April 30.--On the steemghip Freedom, arriving from St. Nazaire, 1,712 troops retr\rned, the majorttv of them member* of the 10th, 20th, 26th, 30th, 82d, 38th, 48t> base hospitals. ^ vv'.. . • -v t »•. Rockford.--Efforts are being mude by promoters to establish an eighth bank in Rockford. Streator.--The Illinois Music Teachers' association will hold its annual meeting here April 29-30 and May 1-2. Freeport.^--Promoters announce that preliminary plans have been made for the building of a new theater here which will cost about $100,000. Macomb.--Fire of unknown origin destroyed the plant of the Buckeye Pottery company,. causing a loss of about $30,000. The plant will be rebuilt at once., Springfield.--Headquarters of the Illinois Labor party will probably be moved from here to Chicago soon, according to announcement by Chairman Duncan McDonald. < Warren.--The fall meeting of the Freeport presbytery will be held at Woodstock in September, it was decided at a meeting here. Rev. R. E. Chandler of Freeport Is moderator. Galesburg.--This city will not see its federal employment bureau discontinued. After the government announced would be closed the city council voted the money to keep it fn operation. Springfield.--Work on the reorganisation of the Illinois National Guard, which has been in progress for some time under the direction of Adjutant General Frank S. Dickson, must be completed by June 30, according to orders issued at Washington, D. C. Elgin.--Several city hall Jobs are due for elimination If Mayor-elect ATwin Price carries on this plan. The offices of city clerk, superintendent of cemeteries and superintendent of streets will be abolished and those of city attorney and corporation counsel combined. Springfield.--The following examinations for the month of May have been announced by the state mining board: State arsenal, Springfield, May 5; May 7, Peoria; May 8, Canton; May 10, Danville; May 12, Pana; May 13, Staunton; May 15, DuQuoin; May 1^ Herrin; May 17, West Frankfort; May 19, Barrisburg; May $0, Christopher; May 21, Colllnsvllle. Urbana.--"The campaign against the common barberry and all its varieties, Including the purple or bronzed-leaved one, and all the varieties of Mahonla, Is on," says F. E. Kempton, assistant state leader of the campaign. In a statement Issued from the barberry eradication headquarters at the University of Illinois. "The Japanese barberry, however, Is harmless and need not be removed," the statement says. Chicago.--Delegates representing engineering societies with an aggregate membership of more than 100,000 at a conference here voted unanimously to recommend legislation which would group in a national department of public works many of the engineering bureaus of various government departments. It was the general sentiment of the delegates that such a department should be uncler the department of the Interior. . » Chicago.--Speaking at the first annual convention of the Mississippi Valley association attended by 500 bankers and business men representing 22 sttaes, H. H. Merrick, Chicago banker and president of the organization, criticized President Wilson for going to Europe and leaving the United States without governmental leadership during its most critical period of reconstruction. He also attacked the national administration for alleged failure to formulate a definite policy toward business. Chicago.--Chicago, which harbored the pacifists' asembly in 1917, has been selected as the scene of the Industrial Workers of the World convention, at which the question of calling a nationwide strike on July 4 and the establishment of "sovlets" will be discussed. Chief of Police Garrity and First Deputy Alcock received Information that tinder the banner of the I. Wk W. a convention of radicals will open. With this Information there came to Chief Garrity a note of defiance from Morris Backall, New York anarchist to the effect that the "reds" of Chicago would hold a parade May 1, despite the refusal of the chief to Issue a permlg Chicago.--Development of the great Mississippi valley, stretching from the Rockies to the Alleghenies, and from, the Great Lakes to the gulf, was urged by John M. Parker of New Orleans, lia., president of the Mississippi Valley association, at its first annual convention. In the past, he said, the valley had been made tributary to the Atlantic seaboard, but now there was to be use of waterways In conjunction with easy grade rail lines, the efficient development of Gulf ports, the efficient 'use of American merchant marine and easy access to the world's new iparkets of great promise--Mexico, Central and South America, Africa, Oceanica and the Orient, the Panama canal opening the way. Decatur.--A campaign here to stimulate building activity, regardless of the high prices of material and labor, is meeting with success and permits averaging $35,000 weekly a» being issued for houses and minor structures. Belvidere. -- The Boone County Farmers' institute will sponsor a boys' and girls' pig club. The institute will furnish to each boy and girl In the club a pig at cost, to be paid for with cash or note, the latter payable when the pig is disposed of. The pigs will be auctioned on November 1. and prizes for the best ones will be awarded. Litchfield.--Litchfield recently was |n darkness because her light bill was hot paid. Carrying out the threat to take down every streetlight, the Southern Illinois Light and Power Company dismantled every street corner pole and packed all the globes away. Carllnville --No spring election ever has created as much argument as has been started from the wholesale arrests of motorists in this city. Both residents and visitors who have disregarded the state law and have not 1919 " the victim*^ Production of Butter and Cheese, CaM^l mandlng Highest Prices, Increassa ^ ' ; v 4|eadily~ Livestock Rai^MO • 'VW'at Height of Prosperity Dairying is rapidly approaching on# of the first positions |n Western Caq» ada agriculture. This does not appli particularly to any one of the thre# Western Canada provinces, as they al participate in the distinction. A report recently published by th# Alberta Department of Agriculture shows that in 1918, in spite of advers|. conditions of labor and the high cosf of feed there was no decline In th# industry. It will be interesting know that the average number of mllcf^ cows per farm Is 5.6. Tbe total pro* duction of creamery butter In provinces in 1918 was 9,100000, a# against 8,944,000 pounds In 1917. ' No better evidence of the growth Western Canada can be given than bjr ' \ the fact that in ten years the produ<>» i tion of butter has increased froA", •. 2,500,000 pounds and of cheese froifk..". ,*. " 88,570 pounds to 650,000 pounds. WheB ' it is known that in the production of grain so much energy was placed, anC through .which bank deposits wen#: v increased, homes made comfortably" farms carefully tilled, it will be real* ' Ized that the Increase in dairy produ<|* tion has been remarkable. During thp past four years the price to the producer Increased 75 per cent. Further evidence of the great lntwN est taken in the dairy and livestock industries is found In recent bull sale4k At Edmonton the average price of 14|P - was $231.06; at Calgary 784 heal were sold, bringing an average price of; $269.13; while at Lacombe 179 bull#* • brought an average of $191.34. Sale#! in Manitoba a few days ago gave fully^ as good an average, or better. Th(h sales were attended by farmers from all parts of the country. The hlgfcl . prices paid show that good stock was! required, and, no matter the price, th#| - farmer had the money to pay for lt*j As evidence of this we find that at £ sale recently held at Carman, ManW, toba, buyers were present from all ' parts of the province, besides somp. from Sakatchewan points. Five head of Herefords brought $590 each. At Shorthorn bull was sold for $700 an| registered Shorthorn cows brought ^ $500 each. ? V The establishment of creamertfli ~ and cheese factories throughout tho entire West is on the increase, and It will only be within the period of ft! very few years before Western Can*] ada Will occupy a position in the flrstj ranks In the dairy production ef tbp continent. -, There is complete government sift! ' pervislon over creameries and cheesoj' factories. The government takes caroj of the sales, looks after the manufaiM turer and employs as heads of the lm stitutlons highly paid and efficient managers. It may well be «ald that the dalrfj industry In Western Canada Is rapldljgR - coming Into its own, At present It m, but an adjunct to the parent or fort? most industry of the country--th# ,, growing of grain, but while an adjunct It is a highly Important one. The price of farm lands is gradually Increasing^ but not in the rapid proportion thw • has been shown in other countries.! This rise in price does not materially) increase the cost of production, norj lessen the profits that may be derive# from an acre of wheat, oats or barley** The advance In the prices of thesft grains has more than doubled; the ustfof tractors has lessened the cost. The reports from government sour are that the present year will show great increase in immigration over the past four or five years. The man wb#j has made a tour of Inspection of thv country will give you the reason. Ha will speak of the fertile soil, of th» good crops, of the attractive climate of compliance with the law, the splen* did school system, the almost perfect social conditions that prevail. He will have visited settlements composed almost solely of Americans, who hava built up their homes and villages, wha have brought, and are applying, today, their experience in economic land culture as applied to large tracts with; the result that he obtains yields oaj $30 an acre land equal to that formerly produced on land that he had sold for $200 an acre. The story of hia success he has sent back to his friends In his home state. They in turn follosrj him, and so it goes on, and ImmlgifH ' tion to Western Canada increases.-^ Advertisement. ^ Dry Area In India. A concession of considerable lmpo^i tance and potentiality has been grant*1 ed to Calcutta as an experimental) measure by the excise authorities oil the representation made by the Calcutta Temperance federation, supported by local public opinion. It has now been decided that a certain area ltt' this town should be made Into a dry. area. This area, which may be called the educational area, Includes within It the Calcutta university, all tha large colleges and schools, represent lng about 10,000 young men, graduates and undergraduates, four Important public squares, and a number of hospitals, churches, mosques and temples; and the authorities have rulad that all grog-shops and drug shopi shall be removed from this area for ft year at present Artificial Waiwith. _ "What's the Idea of the gas stota and the fur overcoat?" "Isn't it April?" asked Mr. Penwl®- gle. « "It Is.- \ "April wtth the balmy breesea ap the skies of bluet" s "That's according to popular fancy. "There you are. There s no use liylng to turn out delicate creations thought about April unless by soma yon can provide a temperatwl approximately seasonable." . In a few years the "alr-flUi will be getting ia th* -way^H-: tfca aerial limousine. Si