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divert millions of gold marks in es i a pool fund for the Al- @ Rhine, i Bo many difficulties which land mission has_ al- ind encountered is that of providing the personnel to man the chain of new customs houses which will be watablished along the Rhine In a few «days. Those will involve the occupa~ tion of further strips of -territory twenty miles deep ie the British and French and the American bridge- heads to prevent smuggling. Eastward the Belgian zone of fur- ther occupation will extend northward from Ruhrort to the Dutch frontier for a depth of six or seven miles. The Germans made a tremendous effort , over the Week-end to ship goods east- b------ LITTLE GIRL DROPS INTO MANHOLE Sewers Searched in & Montreal Vain for Victim of Civic Carelessness. A despatch from Montreal says:-- Squads of men were at work in the, sewers of this city on Thursday night | searching for the body of Lilly Man- ning, eight years of age, who Thurs. day afternoon, when out with her! mother and her little sister, Gertle, stumbled and fell info an open man- hole on: 8t. James Street, opposite St. Antoine Market, between Aqueduct; and Mountain streets. Mrs, Joseph Manning, the mother, says; "1 was crossing the street with my two little girls and I did not no- | tice the manhole, 1 was carrying Gertie across the street, and Lilly was walking a little behind me. Sud- denly she seemed to stumble, and I saw her sort of double up and fall | ward across the Rhine before the bat- bo | ier fell, p In the 'meantime here and at Dus-} seldorf, and the other cities along the} Rhine, there is plenty of evidence of nascent prosperity. It 'is 'shown in the form of luxurious automobiles, busy neh life, expensive supper. par-| ties. All the stores, hotels and res- taurants are working under full pres- sure. Mountainons piles of pap marks are changing hands daily. Lloyd George's complaint to For- eign Miniter Simons that Germany was not collecting the taxes voted by the Reichstag is justified so far as the Rhineland is concerned. Instead of flowing into the German exchequer, the surplus German profits have 'heen used. to finance business 'expansion all along the, Rhine Valley. New plants are being erected, and construction activity is decidedly more noticeable than in either France or England. 'GERMAN VOTERS RALLY IN SILESIA 200,000 Will be Sent to Help Retain Teriton Territory for = A despatch from Berlin says:--The mobilization of the men and women i throughout Germany entitled to vote in the Upper Silesian plebiscite be- gan on Thursday in 'twenty of the large German cities. Bpecial trains left Berlin for Breslau carrying ban- ners with inscriptions urging Germans to rally to the salvation of Upper Silesia. Bands played patirotic music, Voters have been registered with military precision in every city and small community, and the organized voters have been formed into squads, companies and battalions under lead- ers. Every voter is provided with a free railway ticket and full instruc- tions as to train and car and the into the manhole head first. All she! place where he will be entertained in said was 'Oh!' " Upper Silesia while awaiting the elec- The mother shouted down the man- | tion. hole, but could see and hear nothing except the rush of water below, which runs to' a depth of four feet at this point.. 'A man rushed up after. the accident, and' without waiting for a ladder jumped into the manhale next to the open one and waited fifteen minutes for the body to appear. He saw nothing, There was no guard. around, and no grating over the manhole at the time of the accident, and passersby are stated to have remarked it was dang- erous. ali Railroads in States Reducing Wages A despatch from New York says:-- The Wabash Railroad en Friday is- sued notice of a proposal to redude fhe wages of its 8,600 unskilled labor- ers, Wage reductions ranging from 48 cents an hour to & minimum of 26 cents are contemplated for unskilled workers by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. The Maire Central Railroad management said that a re- duction of wages would be . proposed »@oon to 4,800 employes, including clerks, mechanics, machinists, main- "tenance of way men, station men and heads of departments. ei bilip-------- ~ Rcumanian Prince Weds Greek Princess 'A despatch from London ye The wedding of Princess Helene of Greece and Crown: Prince Carel of Roumania took place on Thursday in the Cathedral in Athens, according to a despatch to the Central News from Athens. : i mio of business. L. Rose, who y. The appointmentsis provided a i of the mopiciesl It is estimated that at least 200, 000. Germans eligible to vote will be sent to Upper Silesia, and consequent- ly transportation is taxed and it will) be necessary to send many of the voters early, although the election is not until March 20. Rallies are being held throughout Germany daily for the purpose of in- specting all those eligible" to go to the plebiscite zone. Agree to Evacuation of Constantinople A despatch from London says:-- The basis of a new settlement regard- ing Turkey, according to a French source, will include, in addition to the evacuation of Constantinople and, to a large extent, the relinquishment of Turkish control of the Straits, inter- nationalization of Thrace, Greek con- trol of Gallipoli 'and an automous regime in Smyrna, with a certain Greek preponderance in the adminis- tration, while the port of Smyrna will be free to Turkish commerce. Four Hundred Million Marks From Rhine Area A despatch from Paris says:--Fin« ancial control of the Rhineland will, it is estimated, bring in about 400, 000,000 marks gold a year but only if the mines, forests and roads are in- cluded in the control. It is generally admitted that the management of the railroads there ig badly in need of revision and' that this must be done if they are to be made profitable for the Allies { tee lett dle Ottawa's Only Pawishop Closes Doors A deopatel {from Ottawa _saysi-- Ottawa's only pawn shop has | Bone out ormerly kept the shop in question, has not ap- plied for a xeriewal of his license. Asked the reason of his move, he re- | plied: "I have gone out of business be- 'cause' "the of Ottawa. 'are so Sh © INDIAN. Wi MEMO! J PG The Prince. of Wales unveiling a | Indian: War Memoria at Paichan. Downs, N. Brighton, England. FRANCE IS FEEDING - ~ GERMANY'S: POOR |" Provides Soup Kitchens Dusseldorf for Hungry 7 Inhabitants. A despatch from Paris says:-- The poil®' soup kitchens, which are distributing" what may or may not justly be called propaganda soup to the poor of Dusseldorf, have assumed | international importance. These poor, tired soup kitchens, which for so many months fed the French fighting men; stand to-day in the public squares of the occupied German Rhine city, and from them the company cooks ladle out steaming nourishment in the name of France to hungry Germans. This evidence of "French activity by no means fits in with the '"bar- barity" demands of the German pro- pagandists, and naturally they turn loose their wrath upon the French field kitchens and what well-fed Ger- mans would call "frog" soup. Although the declaration of Gare man editors that this soup, of which 5,000 Dusseldorfers partook on Thurs- day evening, was really paid for by German money, it did not affect Fri- day's bread line. The company cooks are said to have put extra pepper in the cauldrons after hearing of this exhibition of German gratitude." And the French Government on Friday took pains to state that the soup is not paid for out of the army of oc- cupation fund made good by Ger- many, but will be accounted for in the French budget: Thus the French taxpayer is feeding hungry Dusseldorf. And on Friday night Dusseldorf papers so Stated by order of Geperal Gaucher, who adds that anyone who wishes good French Soup can apply to his own priest or minister for cards. ANTL.REDS ARE. GAINING IN RUSSIA Wholesale 'Desertions of 'the Reds Impair Strength of -. Their Cause A despatch from Toten says:--It is learned on the highest Foreign Of- fice authority that events in RuSsia are moving rapidly with the White Russians distinctly gaining the upper hand. 'Their strength is declared to be _increaging hourly by the. wholesale desertions of the Reds. Chinese and Lettish mercenaries are being rushed to replace the revolting troops who have been greatly heart- ened by the reported arrival of Ker- ensky in Russia. The Copenhagen Politiken gives a graphic description of a battle on the ice 'between these revolutionary sol- diers and a regiment of 'Red cavalry, 4 A «Last 'week a party party of young people i from the farms of an Ontario county visited Toronto and asked to be shown through the University. Their sche- 'dule gave them two hours to spend there, but one cannot visit the Uni- versity of Toronto thoroughly in less time than a' day and a half! However, these young mien and 'women were taken into the Mining Building where] to in one laboratory they found a class making a qualitative analysis of ore; downstairs they discovered some stu- dents separating gold and silver from ore; in another room the electric blast furnaces were working: To people) who had expected to find students do- 'ing nothing else than poring over Latin and Greek books it was a sur-] prise to learn that mining engineers|to 'fare produced. in' the Provincial Uni- versity. In another building they saw a professor and his class = testing scientifically the strength of a large steel rod; in yet another a number of young men. were studying and testing gas engines 'and steam engines; others were engaged in ageertaining the best shape for the new Chippewa Canal. Rather novel lessons all these seemed to be! To these visitors it was a new idea product. of the genius of engineers trained in the University of Toronto the developnfent of its' mineral Te- als, and all public' works men. whom _its University * equipped for these important services." And this is only sity's work! university education one should know something of the work of the Provin- cial University. BATUM OCC UPIED BY TURK FORCES Bolshevik U prising in in Georg- ia's Principal Black Sea Port. saysi--The = Truks have Batim,; Georgia's principal Black Sea por Late despatches from Batum told of a Bolshevik uprising there, with thousands of pergons, in addition to Georgian Government, ' leaving the . Foi Bolsheviki were holding i which the Turkish Na-| supported - by Chinese infantry sent: their against them by Trotzky. The Soviet troops, including! a regi ment of Red Finnish oldie service of the Bolshe: to Svsione. the counter: that the "great Hydro system, which! has been such a boon to Ontario, is a's8 sources, for its bridges, railways, 'can-|' n the! ends. out, 3 the Univers of la Before criticising expenditure He 75 to m Kutais to} to 83c.. "hid 46 5 47¢; new laid, Er we Pe wigan a px 3 dapans, Bir \ ornia Limas, 12%¢. a Sen 'per ny to $8.50; per © imp. gal to $3.40. Maple 'sugar; 1b., ey--60-30-1b. tins, 22° to 28¢c Fn b5-2%-1b. tins, 23 to 26c per 3 Ontario comb honey, $7.60 ) pee 16- rad as Cat 88¢c; heavy, 27 to 296; gor aooked, 52 to 7c; rolls, 31 to 32¢; cottage rolls, 83 Joa to. 34c; eo Dacon, J 48 to 6c; g . bacon, to 6c; plain, bone 3m, 41-to 5oc; Ronsless, 51 oe los, bs, Whe, 20% 4% 10 Bi FN ; pails, sg lo SC 40 to Ne Print 2 18 to yh RL to 16% pails, 14 to 14%c; prints, Ts to Cy. Choire heavy steers, $9 to $10.50; good heavy steers, $8.50 to $9; but- chery' ale Shoice, 3 com, a, Soidhers b $7 to §7.50; do good, com., $4 to $6; \ mp: 5% and that the Province is dependent for 1b8 50 to $13 75. - Montreal. ate; No, 2OW.8 8. ta 88s; No: 3 CW, 63 to 6de. wheat patents, bo 30 Te BE 50, - 29%. Al "despatch from Constantinople occupied' and heifers, Jos; an 5 Rie} 3 1.50" to $12; Jed, | to $11. selects, HEH the allied mission and members of the| = te i" just about y. the _-- "The final dramatic feature was when, at 'the conclusion of the Crown's case, Montalieu Nesbitt put the prisoner in the box. Norman told a remarkable story and although he was very nervous at the first he soon settled downiand narrated the events of the fateful night when Ben John- ston was ki n a cool and. collect ed manner. Up to this point there had been rn little Suidence, that was not heard the before in the case against Denton. The latter himself | on the stand told practically the same. story as he did in the confession. He was brought into "court Shortly after pate *| cde i the nt in turned King's. as to save hime self. Norman Jerome Garfield, aged 25, will be hanged in Woodstock: Jail on June 2 for the murder on January 20 of Benjamin "Johnston, a local confectioner. 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