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homson, will, it is understood, follow up the preliminary educational cam- "ping food waste and meeting, so far "as possible, the urgent demands of the allies for increased food supplies from ~ Canada. So far, with the exception of the regulations governing meatless days iin hotels and public eating places, there has been comparatively little "done beyond exhortation to the public to conserve food, cut down: consump- tion, and eliminate waste. The new ing production this y fe to meet éven in an approximate way the food requests of the allies to Canada. The only other way of supplying the need 'is by saving twenty-five per cent. or more of the normal domestic consumption, thus increasing the exportable surplus by that amount. United States Food Controller Hoover will similar way with food consumption across the border, and regulations in Canada and the United States will be co-ordinated according to mutual requirements and objects. : ALLIES APPEAL TO U.S. FOR FOOD Message From Lord Rhondda to Hoover Stating Grave Crisis. A 'despatch from Washington says: | --Greater saving of food will be ask- ed of the American people by President Wilson on Saturday in a proclamation announcing the Food Administration's 1918 conservation program. » The critical situation in the allied countries and the amount of food the United States is expected to spare them were set forth in a preliminary statement on Friday night by Food Administrator Hoover, who quoted a cahlegram from Lord Rhondda, the British Food Controller, which said: "Unless you. are able to send the allies at least 75,000,000 bushels of wheat over and above what you have exported up to January 1, and in ad- dition to the exportable surplus from Canada, I cannot take the responsibil- ity of assuring our people that there will be enough food to win the war." Although the Food Administration's plans contemplate creating the export surplus largely by voluntary methods, some measures of forced conservation will be employed, notably in the con- sumption of wheat flour, which will be reduced by arbitrary means at least. thirty per cent. This reduction will be accomplished by limiting the sales of distributors all the way from the miller to the retailer. 2 tig Se REIGN OF TERROR IN RUSSIA Bolsheviki Vows to Wipe Out the Bourgeoisie. A despatch from Petrograd says: -- Addressing a meeting of the Keksholm Guards on Friday, Ensign Krylenko,, the Bolsheviki commander-in--chief, declared that while he believed in the freedom of speech, all liberties must be set aside during the struggle with the Bourgeoisie. "We uphold the power of the work- mens and Soldiers' delegates," said Krylenko, "and shall shrink from no- thing, not even from spreading whole- sale terror and woe, to all who attempt to cross our path. We must not stop short in our reign of terror until we have completely exterminated all our enemies. Vengeance on them to the end, and without mercy." ersten U. S. IS TURNING OUT 2,000 ENFIELDS A DAY. A despatch from Washington says: The first Americanized Enfield rifle turned out at the Winchester plant for American troops abroad was present- ed to President Wilson to be preserved as a personal souvenir. The President was told the rifles are being made at the rate of 2,000 a day. - » BERLIN THE SCENE . : OF GRAVE DISORDERS. A despatch from London says: An Amsterdam despatch to The Daily Ex- : , repeating thé earlier ' rumors that there were grave disorders "in Beylin, says no telegram, press, pri- vale or business, was allowed to leave * Beulin on Friday. tor wes ENEMY: ABANDONS MOUNTAIN FRONT Teutons Evacuate Large Sec- tion of Territory at Monte Tomba. Italian Army Headquarters Northern Italy.--The evacuated territory on the northern mountain front behind Monte Tomba, extending from the Piave River west- in been moved back to Monte Spinocia. Italian patrols making reconnais- sances in the last few days found that the enemy patrols and sentinels had been withdrawn, and later dis- {covered that the enemy had aban- | doned the entire region. This retreat is a sequel | brilliant victory French troops recent- ly obtained on Monte Tomba, inas- much as the enemy's position thereby became untenable. - | The vetirement of the enemy is im- | portant as showing that he has given |up his effort to force a passage to the | Venetian plains by way of Monte { Tomba and the west bank of the Piave, at least for the present. He is now constructing defensive works in the rear. aed dia RY. RATE. IN- CREASE DEFERRED Will Not Become Effective Until A Mazcch. ~ A despatch from Ottawa says: In- creased freight and passenger rail- way rates raised by the Railway Board in its judgment of December 26, 1917, will not -beconte effective until some time in March. The increases, with the exception of the rates on wheat, deferred by # special judgment of the board ufitil June 1, were to have become opérative on February 1. The postponement of the date until some time in March is the result' of the protests made to . the Cabinet Council by the Western provincial Governments and public bodies with {whom were associated the organized farmers and some of the business in- terests of Ontario. {718 PERSONS LOST ! bos ON TWO BRITISH SHIPS. i |! A despatch from London says: By {the sinking of two steamers by the enemy in the Mediterranean about three weeks ago, 718 lives were lost. The announcement was made in the Housé of Commons by Thomas J. Mc- i Namara, Financial Secretary of the Admiralty. Mr. McNamara added that public notification of the loss of these vessels had been delayed until the relatives were notified. MUTINOUS SPIRIT IN GERMAN NAVY. A despatch from London says: A German naval engineer, with the rank of lieutenant, who has deserted from Kiel, according to an Amsterdam de- spatch to the Express, states that dissatisfaction among the. men of the n fleet is much more serious than in the army. He as- serts there have been important re- volts, generally among the crews bf mine sweepers. al deal in a treights, ~ $35; | trade at the following prices:-- l wins, 233 to 24ic: enemy has' ward. Their defence lines have now of the' to freten 3 | Ontario f nter, accord! i le, $10.10, , Mo oor. 5, or 5.90 Bulk" seaboard, prompt shipment. Ifeed--Car lots, delivered Montreal s included--Bran, per ton, do., $40; middlings, do, $46; good feed flour, per bag, $3.25. | Hay--No. 1, per, ton, $16 to $17; mixed, '$13 to $16, track Toronto. i". Straw--Car Jots, per ton: $8.50 to $9. Bhorts, $45 to ¥ y P Butter--Creamery, bolids, 'per Ib. 44% to 46c; prints. per 1b, 46 to 463c; dairy, per 1b., 32 to 84c. | Bggs--Fresh gathered eggs, 507to 2c; new laid, bc. & Dressed poultry---Chickens, 21 to 266; fowl, 19 to 20c; ducks, 28 to 24c; geese, 21 to 22¢; turkeys. 28 to 30c. Potatoes----Wholesalers are paying to growers end country shippers, for first- class stock, f.o.b.. outside points, $2.26 "to $2.35 for Delawares, and $2 to $2.10 | for Ontarios. Wholesalers are selling/to the retail large, 23% 24¢; early cheese, 25% to 26c; large twin, 26 to 26ic. Butter--I'resh dairy. choice, 38 to 30c; creamery prints, 47 to 48c; solids, 46 to 47c. on Margarine---29 to 82c. Bggs--New laid. in cartons, 66 to 70¢; No. 1 storage, 48 to 49¢; select storage, 51 to b2c, Dressed poultry---Spring chickens, 2 to 28c; milk-fed chickens, 1b.. 80c: fowl. 24 to 26c; turkeys, 85 to .37¢; ducks, Spring. 27 to 308; geese, 25 to 27c. Live poultry--Turkeys, 28c; ' Spring chickens. 1b. 20 to 21c; hens, 20 to 24c; ducks. Spring, 20 to 22¢; geese, 20 to 21c, Honey--Comb---Expra fine, 1 0Z., $3.50; 12 oz, $3: No. 2, $2.40 to $2.50. Strained--Tins, 23's and 5's, 19 to 193¢ per 1b; 10's; 18% to 19¢; 60's, 18 to 183er Beans---Canadian, hand-picked, bush., $8 to $8.26: imported, hand-picked, Bur- ma or Indian, $6.50 to $7; Japan, $8; Limas, 17 to 174e, ' Potatoes--Delawares, bag. $2.25 to $2 36: Ontarios, bag. $2.10 to $2.25. €heese--New, Provisions--Wholesale Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 3I to 83¢; do. heavy, 26 to 27c; cooked, 438 to 44e; rolls, @28 to 30c; 40 to 42¢; Backs. plain, 43 to 44c; boubs less, 45 to 46c, Cured meats. 29¢; Lard----Pure lard, tubs, 28% "to 29ic; compound, tierces, pails, 26¢, .Long clear bacon, 28 te clear bellies, 27 to 28c. tierces, 28% to 28c: palls, 29 to 29jc; Zhe: tubs," 26%c; Montreal Markets Montreal, Jan, 29--Oats--Canadian Western, No. 3, 994c¢; extra No. 1 feed, 973c; No. 2 local white, 92% to 98c; No. 3 local white, 91§ to 92¢c; No. 4 local white, 90% to 9lc. Flour-~Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11.60: seconds, $11.10; strong bakers', $10.90: straight rdllers, bags, $6.26 to $5.40. Rolléd oats ---Bags, 90 1bs., $5.30. 35. Shorts, | $40. Mjddlings. Mouillie, $66 to $568, Hay lots, per ton, $14.50 to $15.50. Finest westerns, 213c finest easterns, 21%c. Butter--Choicest creamery. "463 to 47c; seconds, 45% to 46c. Eggs Fresh. 68¢; selectéd, 62¢; No. 1 stock, 48c; No, 2 stock, 46¢. Potatoes--per bag, car lots, $1.90 to $2.25. Bran, Winnipeg Grain Winnipeg, Jan. 20---Cash quotations: :-- Oats--No, 2 OW, fc: No. 3 CW 3; extra No. 1 feed, 81§c; No. 1 feed 8c; No. feed, 76§c. Barley---No. ; No. 4, $1.423; feed and ree Flax--No, 1. NNW.C., $3.21%; No. No. 8 C.W.. $8.023. United States Markets Minneapolis, = Jan. 20--Corn--No. 3 vellow, ,65 to $1.60. dats--No. 3 white, 80 ao 81jc. Flour unchanged, 60. Duluth, Jan. 29--Lingéed--=0On. track, $3.51 to $3.66; arrive, $8.48 arrive in January, $3.61; January, $361 asked; May, $3.68; July, $8.48% askeds Octo- ber, $3.15, nominal, > Live Stock Markets Toronto, Jan. 29--HExtra choice heavy steers, $11.60 to $12.66; do., good heavy, §10.80.t0 Mia butehérs' cattle, choice, 0 35; h }ip.8 i 0. good, $9.85 to 10.60; do., meditim, $9.35 to $9.86; do., common, $8.60 to, $8.85, butchers' bulls, choice, $9.60 to $10.35; do., good bulls. $8.35 to $8.86; do., medium bulls, $7.60 to $7.86: do., rough bulls, $6.85 to $6.85; butchers' cows, pholce, $8.16 to $10; do., to $8.76; do., 7.6 0 $7.85; stockers, $7 to $8.50; 4 .75 to $9.60: canners and cutters; $5.60 to choice, $96 70; do,, com. and med., $66 to $80; springers, to $160; light ewes, $12.60 to § : sheep, heavy, $6 to $7.25; yearlings, $11.75 to $12.76; lambs, 17.50 to $18.50; calves, good to choice, 16 to $16; hogs, fed and watered, 18.60; do., weighed off cars, §18.75; do., "0.b.. $17.60; 5 MORE TROOPS SENT TO FRONT BY PORTUGAL. A despatch from Paris says: A new contingent of Portuguese troops has just been landed in France, = Dr. Sidoni breakfast bacon. | - | tion many hours ago. Before embarking the troops were reviewed-by the Portuguese Premier, Paes, who reaffirmed the ] Better to eat than to look at! are thesé reptiles, American professor says it is time We looked for some f ER EXPLOSION IN NOVA SCOTIA | 98 Coal Miners Lost Their Lives ' in Big Disaster: A despatch from. Hdlifax, N.S, says: An explosion occurred Wednes- day of last week at the Alan shaft, Acadia Coal' Company's collieries, Stellarton, N.S., shortly after o'clock, a few minutes after the day | shift had left, A blast of smoke was seen to come from the mouth of the pit,-but no noise was heard, even by those on the surface near-by. | The death toll of the disaster is | listed at 98. Company officials say {that there were one hundred and five {men in the mine at the time of the ex- | plosion, Seven of these, on the first { landing, escaped, and seventeen bedies "have since been recovered, the last "wo having been brought out late Thursday afternoon. Twelve of the bodies have been identified as miners belonging to Stellarton and West- | ville, three are Frenchmen, and the oo Jormally accepted an Friday, hi {other two are unrecognizable. of Jy, X1anna, was, at the time of 18 There is now mo gas in the mine, retirement, a veteran among Food and" the. work of clearing away: the debris is- proceeding apace. A few United States, and still more so, that small falls at the bottom of the shaft : Xiad have:been cut'. through, but there; of Lord Rhondda in Great Britain, ; hii Th be heavy falls ahead, and pre officials are unable to say when they 3 will be able to reach the eighty-one FOOD CONTROL IN FRANCE. men still" in the mine. They have given up all hope of any of these men being alive, maintaining that all who were not crushed to: death by the debris must have died of suffoca- F H. B. Thompson, B.C. Succeeds Hon. W. J. Hanna, y Hon, W. J. Hanna"has resigned the office of Food Controller for Canada, which he has filled for 'some seven months, and will be succeeded by H. B. Thompson, of Victoria, B. C., who has a as Assistant Controller for a period of four months. i Mr. Hanna-decided that the work of the Food Administration had reached such 'proportions that it required the whole time and attention of the Food Controller. therefore, to'do justice both to the duties of that office and to other pressing business interests, There] fore he communicated his intention to retire from. the Food Controllership to the Government. His resignation dating that of Mr. Hoover, in the Severe Measures Have Been Adopted By the Government. Only the very poor, and men - and women doing the hardest kind of man- ual labor may have more than seven ounces of war bread a day in France from now on. The entire French wheat crop has been requisitioned by the government. GL 5 This sacrifice has been accepted by the French people ungomplainingly on the govérnment's explanation that only by such restriction'ean American reinforcements be transported in ships that otherwise would carry grain for their bread, and that, in addition this The. revised death toll in the Allan shaft disaster, as announced at an early hour on Saturday morning, is as follows: Men in thé mine when explo- sion occurred, 96; 'men who escaped from 500-foot level or were brought out alive, 9; bodies recovered by rescue = parties, 21; still missing, 66. Total dead, 87. grain for French bread can come from re Apr RUSS S CT J America only by: virtue of the actual ; GERMAN PEACE saving of this grain by reduced con- sumption of bread by the American ple. . "These extremely severe measures," Decision Awaits Ratification by | said the French statement, "gspecial- . Workmen's Congress. A despatch from Petrograd says:--! Men who are very poor or who do The Rusgian delegates to the Brest- hard manual labor get about 21 Litovsk peace conference. have, decid- | ounces of "bread a day; women who ped unanimously to reject the terms ate very poor or who are employed on offered by the Germans. /- hard work get about 17 ounces a day; The decision of the delegates was announced by Mr, Kemeneff, 4 mem- less than half of a pound loaf, or Yiot ber of the Russian delegation. more than 4 or five glives. The Germans declared the terms | laid down by them were their last of- prising all the elements of wheat ex- fer, and that if the Russians did not! cept bran. with a heavy mixture of accept them hostilities would be re- four from other cereal grains, which i decisioi™as to peace 0 i ghligatory. d uri: » I WA, ce-of bread is fixed b; Tie M. Kemeneff said further, rested with op t a yo. tthe Congtess of Soldiers' and Work-| 'men's Delegates. impressed public opinion." line between producer and consumer. Baking of pastry or biscuits from fibur that is fit for bread is prohibited. Confectionaries and other such shops are closed two days'a week. Eating pastries in public is forbidden. NEW MAN-POWER BILL : : ~~ NOW LAW IN BRITAIN se TTT o SHORTAGE OF COAL - ¢ ~ FOR SHIPS RELIEVED $ : i A despatch from New York says: --The shortage of bunker coal, which a few days ago was so seriously hampering the fueling of vessels in New York , "has been entirely relieved," according to a statement by Par: detailed by the United ORE. The House of Commons 3 e r bill, A.despatch from -Ottawa says:--! He found himself unable, | Controllers, his * appointment -ante-} ly the seven ounces a day, have deeply | '@veryone else gets 7 ounces, which "is | This bread is. made of flour com] ous government agencies all along the. A despatch from. _ London says:--| Co "passed in France, says: day execu il "German lines eastward fron "Le-Chateau, near Four de Paris, along "a front of 3,000" yards, and reaching a depth of .500 yards. - An intense | artitery gress of the troops easy, and they. _ were able to destroy all enemy works, ' shelters and mine galleries, before re- turning 'to their own line. Fifteen prisoners, were captured" by the |The French suffered few casualties and none killed. ; AN of the participants in the raid declared that the gunners' -work was magnificent, not_only as regards de- struction, but in the manner in which it completely silenced the enemy artillery. > . ; rea fd BIG WHEAT GROP IN ARGENTINA. a 4 2 ATC ON A despatch from Buenos Aires, Ar- gentina, says: With a wheat shortage ih all the world's markets estimated here at 11,000,000 tons, Argentina ex-: pects to have a record crop of that cereal and to mand and withholding the seed A serve. OR Of the surplusfor export the British Government, 'acting in behalf of the Entente allies, is credited here with the intention of buying 2,600,000 tons, while Spain-and Holland together have - engaged 800,000 tons. - --e WAR COSTS BRITAIN ~ rivg : "$87,000,000 A' DAY. A despatch from London says: An- drew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons "that the daily average of expendituré during the. seven weeks ending Jan. 19, was £7,517,000 7 ($87,285,000). dl' um Mind and Digestion. It is a great waste of money to eat during a Heated discussion or just after any mental provocation. The digestive organs seem to simply fold up and quit work at such times. The food taken then is not correctly acted upon until mental calm « is restored. During the intervening peri 1 orable chemical action has taken | the various foods being left to t selves without the benign influence -the gastric juices, and indigestion de- velops, as well as a nutritive loss. 'It is not only bad taste to settle all family discussions and differences at- the table, but, as intimated, causes useless expense for foods. Choose be- tween the meal and the discussion. 3 » Well Qualified. as lifesaver at the muni "baths. ® As he'was about six feet six inche: built, the. chief dife- 'an application blank. French, as well as-three machine guns. . preparation made the pro-y 'have 4,000,000 tons- Agr 3 export. after satisfying the hemp def' - A young Irishman applied for a job- / =