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ge Per Cent. of Population™in Large Towns Saftering 'From : Disease Caused by Inordinate Eating of Jam. A despatch from Amsterdam says: ~--Germany's difficulties have been in- creased by the phralysis of coal trans- port. There is abundant indication that the frost is occasioning intense suffering and inconvenience. There is plenty of coal,"but a deficiency of cr - railway, river and road transport. The Munich military authorities ordered all schools closed owing to the difficul- ty of supplying fuel Also the university, technical school, theatres, meetings and recreation halls. German rivers are frozen and trans- port on the Rhine is at a standstill. Many Dutchmen are returning to Holland, being unable to exist in Ger-| 'tion. many. From one I hear the situation is very bad. Rhine barge smuggl- 'ing, until lately a valuable source of food supply, has stopped though large quantities of provisions are still smug- gled by hand. The Telegraaf learns from the east- ern frontier of Holland as a result of information furnished by Germans of Pd} according t various social positions living in dif- ferent parts of Germany that priva-|* tion has reached an unexampled de- gree. Taxation has enormously in- eased, especially in Cologne, Ham. oan Berlin and Frankfurt. Lecturing Wednesday at Berlin Dr. Bi ve 0 now ero, re on Bok of extea 0. 1 ox bv 3 a. omerican ema i Fellow tario t: to $1, 7% agora to, gretints ou ' te ng 5, taceording to freights outaige! ha aifing. $1 $1. a8 to $1.20, ac- Pua op "3 30, nominal, hea! aseording to te ou R 2, $1.4 August Moellor, member of the Com- mittee on War Provision offices, estim- ated that a full ration was available HG, for only thirty-nine of 'the fifty mil- lions of the population not serving in the' field. magnify the seriousness of the situa- The Telegraaf's correspondent says 60 per cent.' of the population in the large towns are suffering from cramp in the stomach and jam disease, which reveals itself by a skin eruption, due to the large quantity of jam con- sumed in default of other food. STORMY WEATHER HARD ON BABY The stormy, blustery weather which we hye during February and March is extremely hard on children. Con- ditions make it necessary for the mo- ther to keep them in the house. They are often confined to overheated, bad- ly ventilated rooms and catch colds which rack their whole system. To guard against this a box of Baby's Own Tablets should be kept in the house and an occasional dose given the baby to keep his stomach and bowels working regularly. This will not fail to break up colds and keep the health of the baby in good condition till the ' brighter days come along. The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. mrp me WAR FOR GERMANY "RICH IN SACRIFICES." Kaiser Talks of Final Battle for "House, Home, Honor and Freedom." A despatch from Amsterdam says: Emperor William, replying to a tele- gram received by him from the Direc- tor of the province of Brandenburg, says a despatch from Berlin, sent this message: "After thirty months of warfare rich in sacrifices, the entire German people, in holy wrath at the rejection of my 1cace offer, is inspired anew with doubled strength and stands as one man with the Kaiser and Emperor in order victoriously to ass through the blood of the final Pattie which now has become inevit- able for house, home, honor and free- dom, and finally to place enemy peace disturbers within bounds. May God and our good sword help us thereto." pls esi WILL CONFOUND DEVICES OF THE WICKED ONE A despatch from London says :-- "The burden on my shoulders is over- whelming," said Premier Lloyd George, in responding to a municipal welcome at Criccieth, Wales, his home, on Friday, "but I am confident that with the united efforts of us all and with the justice of our cause, we shall confound the devices of the wicked one." 'ment and general (tores, $42,261,000; WAR BUDGET HALF BILLION More Than $400,000,000 for All Land Forces. A despatch from Ottawa says: The Prime Minister, in presenting the war Budget to the House, declared that of the total of $500,000,000 to be voted,! the Department of Militia and Defence | required $196,171,000, the Overseas Militia Department $219,000,000, and the Naval Service $17,500,000. The large increase in the demands of the Naval Service presage new and im- portant action by Canada towards coast defence and patrol. In refer- ence to this the Prime Minister's memorandum referred to "new ships and maintenance." The submarine menace will evidently require vigorous action by Canada, as well as by the Admiralty. The war expenditures proper pro- vide for a total of $433,000,000. The This report, published in |* "the German press, obviously did not balance of the half billior may be de-iY voted towards further assistance to} 'Great Britain in financing war orders in Canada. The detailed items in the estimate |} of more than $400,000,000 for the land forces both in Canada and over- seas include pay snd allowances for 400,000 troops, $182,600,000; separa- tion allowances, $36,000,000; rations and subsistence, $50,000,000; clothing and necessaries, $48,000,000; equip- ammunition, $16,760,000; small arms and machine-guns and 80,000 Ross rifles, and bayonets, $5,666,000; for- age, $2,600,000; remounts, $2,000,000; ocean transport, $5,000,000; railway transport, $3,000,000; engineer ser- vice, $4,000,000; civil employees, $2,- 000,000; recruiting, customs duties, funeral expenses, fuel, $5,000,000. The total expenditure by fiscal years since the war began, the Prime Min- ister said, had been: 1914, $60,750,476; 1915, $166,197,766; 1916 and 1017 up! to January 20, $216,901,822, total expenditure for war during the fiscal year the Militia Department had controlled $209,213,000, the Naval Ser- vice $6,776,000, and the Justice De- partment $1,004,000. gy If chopped fine, all kinds of roots | can be fed, either raw or cooked. TURK CORDON AROUND LEBANON HAS SHUT OFF FOOD SUPPLIES Half the Christians and Druse Tribesmen in the Zone Died of Starvation. A despatch from London says: In- : formation received from authosisative quarters, says the Reuter Telegram Company, shows that the Turks have surrounded the entire region of Le- banon with a military cordon, thus venting any food from getting Through, with the. result that about Of the? half the Christians and Druse tribes- men in the zone have died of starva- | tion. Syria and Palestine have "been de- | vastated and the olive and orange' gardens ruined. Large numbers of the most illustrious Arab families have been deported. to trol hts outside. Manitoba four iret patents, in jute $9.60; ond patents, ih Jute 5. $9.00; trong bakers', in jute bags, L80, Toronto. Ontario fiour--Winter. gs bo gab to N Forento, prompt shipment; $7.00, bulk ecaboard, export trade. Mil eed tar. lots, delivered Montreal Sy ents, bags included--=Bran, per ton. 324 ; sh rts, rar on, 90 i good feed our, or a 0 re oy port ton, $13; extra No. 2, i on Na to $12.60; mixed, per tom, 10 to $11.50, track Toronto Straw--Car lots, per ton, "4s, track To- ronto. . -- Whol 1. W y FP Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 37 to 39¢ SSeamery prints, 43 to 46c; solids, 42 Eggs--. age, selects, 44 to 46c; new-lald, in car- | tons, 53 to 60c: out of cartons, 56 to 57c. Live poultry--¥Fowl, 1b, 16 to 18¢; chickens, 1b, 18 to 20c. Dressed poultry--Chickens, 22 to 26¢; fowl, 20 to 220; ducks, 22 to 36c: squabs, Bie; doz., $4.00 to J 60; turkeys, 28 to 30; geese, 18 to 2 *heese--New, large, 254 to 26¢c; twins, 26 to 2670; triplets 0b 26dc; old, large, 264c; twins, 26% C. Honey---White clover, ¥ i: tins, 14c; 6-1b. tins, 13 to 134c; b., 12§ to 13c; 60-1b., 12 to 13¢; ER 60-1b. tins, 9 to 'ode. Lomb honey--extra fine and heavy welght , per doz., $2.76: select, $2.50 to $275; No. 2, $2 to $2.25. Potatoes--Ontario, - per bag, $2.60 to $2.75: British Columbia, per bag, 60 to $2.76: New Brunswick Delawares, bag. $2.90 to $3.00, eans--Imported, hand-picked, per 'bush, $6.25; Canadian, hand-picked, per bush, 37. 00; Canadian prime; $6.00 to $6.50; Lima, per 1b, 10 to 10jc. Provisions--Wholesale. Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 25 to 26c¢; do. heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 35 to 87c; rolls, 21 to 22c; breakfast bacon, 26 fo 28c; backs, plain, 27 to 28c; bone- less, 29 to 82¢. Lard--Pure lard, tlerces, 213 %o 21%¢; tubs, 21% to Lu pails, 22 to 22}c; com- pound, 16% to 17e¢. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 18 to 184c per 1b., clear bellles, 18 to 184c. ------ Montreal Markets 6~--Oats--Canadian ., No. 8, 684c; 5 Darley. Man. g, $1.30, Flou patents, firsts, 9.60; Montreal, western, No. extra No. feed, $1. 031 Man: Spring wheat $9.10 strong bakers', $8.90; tents, choice, $9.26; straight Fo do., bags, $4.10 % Ned oats--barrels, $7.05; A 8, 90 1bs., $3.36. Bran, $33; = shorts, ; "middlings, $38 to $40; moutlile, $48 $48. {ay---No. 2, per ton, car lots, gis Cheese--Finest Weaterns, 258 to 6c; do. easterns, 26 to 264c. Butter-- Cholcest creamery, 42 to 424c; seconds, 39 to 40c. Eggs--Fresh. 60c; selected, 40c; No. 1 stock, 430; No. 2 stock, 38c. Winntpey Grain Winnipeg, Feb. 6.--Cash Spotations; Wheat---No. 1 Northern, $1.66%; Northern, $1.63§: No. 8 Northern, Sy Bhs: 4, $1474; No. 5, 31.263; No. 6, 994c: toca! 91c. Oats--No, 2 CW. bic No. 3 52§c; extra No. 1 feed, 52§c; No. 1 al 6ldc: No. 2 feed. 50gc. Barley-- No. g! 96c; No. 4, 90c; rejected, 80c; feed, 80c. Flax--No. 1 N.W.C., $2621; No, 2 C.W., $2.59%. . United States Markets ( to) inneapolls, b. ~--Wheat--May, 1.76%; July, $1. Top Coan: 1 hard, 1.843 to 3d 86d: 0. 1 Northern, $1. 714 to 31.804; No. 2 Northern, $1. 744 to $1.80§. Corn/--~No. 3 yellow, ELL to 96io, Oats--No. 3 white, 62} to 53ic. oF jour unchanged. Bran--8$31.00 tl $31.5 Duluth, Feb. 6.---Whea --No. 4 'hard $1.78§; No. 1 Northern, $1 AM; No. 3 Northern, $1. mar o $1761. Linseed To arrive, $2.89%; Oey. $2.92; July 2.933. ---- Live Stock Markets 'Toronto, Feh. 6.--Chofte heavy Jicers, $10.40 to $10.75: do., good, $10 to butchers cattle, holes, $10 to do., £20, $9.35 do, medium, $8.65 to $9; do, compen, $8 to $8.25; Tr FOR A BAD COUGH Here is a fine old-fashioned recipe for coughs, colds or catarrh trouble that has been used ith Rroat success, Get from your dru gist 1 oz of Parmint (Doub o Strensti) about 76¢ worth and add to it § pint of hot water and 4 oz of granulated sugar. This will make full half a pint when mixed. Take one tablespoonful 4 times a day. No more racking Sur whole body with a cough. logged nos- rita should open, air passages of Jour clear up so you 'can the eh It is easy to pre- pare, costs little and is pleasant to take. Anvone who has a Stub or hard cold form should five this prescript on a trial Any dru t can supply you, or th Pui 11 be sent on receipt of pos note Address Internationa) Laborat Hes, 74 Bt. Antoine St., Montreal, to $1. 42 according. 2 | this respect. 'mittance direct to a prisoner of war | i A 90; | wel No. 1 storage, 43 to 43c; stor- | i to £15 18; "ren fob. SEE to to © yi __The Canadian Red Cross Society nmners and cutt ; 'milkers, Sholce, ach, i in and om t foo: r ngers, 0 5 pita Bo $10; 'sheep, to ale 50 » olce st 0 to so So 0) o 6: cholce bi butch- ers' cows, 0 $7.50; SANE ies gio yd Palie 35.58 7 to $8; canners, $6.50 t 8; milk-fed, $10 h 11; 0 $14; choice He hogs, off cars, Sie fo $14.75. re pte PARCELS FOR WAR PRISONERS. gre Canadian Post Office Dept. Will Send + No Parcels to Germany. The Post, Office Department is in receipt of a cablegram from the Brit- ish authorities stating that no par- cels containing foodstuffs or articles of clothing should be ' forwarded in future from Canada for prisoners of war in Germany. The British authorities represent that it is absolutely necessary that the above regulation should be cora- plied with. = Thereforé, on and from the 1st February, 1917, the Post Of- fice Department will refuse to accept any such parcels for prisoners of war in Germany. The Department is ad- vised by the English authorities that such parcels cannot be accepted for transmission to the prisoners, and could not get through. through its London Office undertakes that every Canadian prisoner shall re- ceive adequate relief in 'food and clothing, sending one parcel every week to each prisoner. Therefore, existing organizations should continue their work of collecting funds to be sent to the Canadian Red Cross So- ciety; and it is most desirable that they should not relax their efforts in Persons desiring to have additional food or supplies sent to a Canadian prisoner should send money for that purpose to the Prisoners of War De- partment, Canadian Red Cross So- ciety. A letter containing a remittance and asking the Prisoners of War De- partment, Canadian Red . Cross So- ciety, to send food or other articles to a prisoner of war should be addressed to the Prisoners of War Department, Canadian Red Cross Society, and should contain information in the fol- lowing form:-- No. 12345 Private A. G. Robinson, 48th Highlanders, Canadian Contingent, B, E. F., Canadian Prisoner of War, Gottingen, Germany, co. Prisoners of War Department, Canadian Red Cross Society. The remittance should be in the form of a Post Office Mo! Order drawn in favor of the ] of War Department, Canadian Red Cross | Society, for the prisoner of war in question. Any person wishing to send a re- may do so by means of a Post Office Money Order, which is issued free of commission. Instructions as to how to proceed can be obtained from post-} masters of accounting post offices. - Parcels for prisoners of war con-| 'taining articles which are not prohib ited, may be sent fully addressed to {the place of, destination in the form {above care of Prisoners of War De- { partment, Canadian Red Cross So- folety, London, England, to be for- warded after 'they have been censored. Detailed r ns communication with prisoners of war 2&/ALLIES ON WESTERN rr Ak Mo amt FRONT COURT ATTACK B Have Everything Ready to Receive Enemy or Make Enemy Re- ceive Them When They Choose. A despatch from Paris says: "Do you believe, General, that the Ger- mans intend to forestall you in an at- tack?" asked a Havas correspondent, in an interview with Gen, Sir Henry Rawlinson, corps commander of the British forces on the Somme front. Gen. Rawlinson answered: "The German officers are keeping Hi up that hope among their men, 1 know, but, personally, I doubt that our enemies have already forgotten the lesson at Verdun. If they like to send a few hundred thousand men useless- ly to slaughter, we see no objection, On the contrary, we have everything ready to receive them, or to make 'them receive us when we choose." are being issued to the postal service PUBLIC IS ASKED generally, and full information may be obtained by making application to any postmaster. BUT ONE REASON FOR MANIFESTO Germany Intends to Sink All Hospital Ships Encountered. A despatch from London says: editorial in the Times says: "Signs of increased ruthlessness and intensity of the German subma- rine campaign accumulate. There can be only one reason for the manifesto of the German Government with re- spect to the hospital ships which the Foreign Office made public recently. It has all the familiar marks of a Ger- man document designed to prepare the way for inhuman deeds. It is based on the lie that British hospital ships have been used for transport of munitions and troops. "The sinking of hospital ships by German submarines is, of course, no new outrage. There have been sev- eral flagrant attacks on Russian Red Cross. Vessels in the Black Sea, and on our own hospital ships and those of the French. Certainly we owed the comparative immunity in hohe waters more to measures of precau- 'tion than to any forbearance of the enemy. The fate of the Britannic and Braemar Castle, both sunk in the Aegean in November, proves that well enough, but the Admiralty is probably right in saying that the new German manifesto means that the German Government intend to attempt to add other and more unspeakable crimes against the law of humanity to the |long list. The most recent of those crimes is among the worst. On Sat- urday during a heavy easterly gale the Artist, a British steamer, was tor- pedoed 48 miles from land. Of the crew, who were forced into open boats utterly without means .of reaching Iand or succor, sixteen survived. In An this case, too, the Admiralty does not mince. words. It says: 'Those who perished in those three days of bitter 'exposure were murdered.' 5 3 ha certo MILITARY 'MEDALS PRESEN By THE INDIAN VIC ROY A doopateh rom 1 Delhi says: +The Viceroy, Lord Chel eligstord, at a special parade held at the" Vice-Regal lodge presented military medals and" orders to 200 an officers and men. The hy brilliant and" impressive. oe Sir Charles Munro and a large 'number of the, Headquarters Staff were present. te decorations in- cluded three Victoria Crosses and sev- i 1 French and Russian decorations. have ed for lin pplied an TO EAT LESS FOOD British Food Ministry Issues an Appeal to the Public. A despatch from London says :-- The Food Ministry has issued a public a '| appeal to the nation to limit the con- sumption of bread to four pounds, of meat to two and a half ppunds and of sugar to threeuarters of a pound weekly per head. The Food Controller says that after consideration of dyailable stocks and the probable need of future supplies the situation requires that heads of families. should endeavor to limit household consumption to this ba He adds that these items will natur ly be supplemented by other food-pre-*" duets, but that the effect of the sug- gested restriction will reveal itself through the returns available to the Food Controller and that the nation is placed upon its honor to observe the proposed conditions. "Only thus," the - Food Controller adds, "can the actual situation be ade- quately met and the urgency of the situation admits of no delay in inform- ing the country what is demanded of it. Compulsory rationing involves elaborate machinery and ought to be avoided as long as possible. Mean. while to meet the contingency that re- tioning may become necessary, the needful machinery for it is being or- ganized so that it may be ready if needed.' SETTLE EX-SOLDIERS i ON LAND AT ONCE. . Government Will Send First North in Few Weeks. A despatch from Toronto sass Ontario Government's i na Hg : ation plan will be 'actively under. wa; within a fortnight, or considerably earlier than had been planned. The reason lies in the unexpectedly prompt response of soldiers to the offer made them. about twenty men ning in - farming is : a ng Han, G. Howard 'ergusol eci 0 put them at it without: delay. void 0 already been made to secure lumber and within the next two weeks the men will be taken to the Monteith Ex- perimental Farm. They will be put at work con ing temporary ters for thirty men. , These will be used until the new dormitory building is ready. As soon as Spring opens the men will be put upon the land and. Sivan pratint 3 Instruction a3 settlers" wi TOM, TiS 1S MY New SoWM How DO "| bo You REALLY 3 HIKE I7E, SONI ££