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,9;- eat-Mayor fe both pass- Lt. Brampton under tragic 55 awoke in hshand lying ms so great. hours later. in» only Word phone "1983* gt. Goode on 111 Mrs. Birss f years, the wt and shoe #0060009” .ged y -y) “g ntario $000096” he iiNE 'ANY >090“... nph ll its ‘in UVQIIDUIIUUIU UVIIIVI Quay u ‘ ' " . . 3 There was a desxre on all SldeS, 'l‘imelylnformation Given byProfessor said Pl'OfPSSOI‘ Z'dVitZ’ ‘30 do all 903‘ sible to meet the very trying condi- l tions that existed at the present time. "rm-onto, March 9.~-At the in-l buthe bored the suggestions he bed :tllgnl‘ztl meeting of the Agricultural ‘ to offer. would 0? of real servnce 1,“ Committee of the Legislature held _ connection Willh tne 100193353 if POSSI‘ {4-day 1L prupnzmila was instituted:blev and 95990me the quality 0f the U)W:L1‘il~3 meeting the problems im- ;crops 0f Ontario for the commg year. posed by the War on the agricultural , yummy. At the request of Sir \Vil- ‘ Better Crops Wlth Less Labor limn Hearst. Minister of Agricultural. é Pl'nfussni' (a A. Z~witz. of the Ontario 3 OVXiyg to the‘scayeiry of labor 3’11 _J__L..J a.“ Zavitz Agricultural College. spoke at some length on ways and means of in- creasing: crop production and the right kinds of materials to use. Sir William himself made a. few x-enmrks emphasizing the need not only of growing fnodstuffs, but of growingl those kinds of foodstuffs which wil be most needed both here and in the BeansShould belncrease d Suggestions to Childless Women. MOTHEBHUUD WOMAN’S JOY Along the virtues of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com ound is the ability to correct uteri itg in the cases of many women. T is fact is well established as evidenced by the following letter and hundreds of others we have pgblisjled _in these columse‘ . .- VPgfilâ€"airr Bluff, Mo. â€"â€"“1 want other women to know what a blessing Lydia Office The Daily World, $2.75; The Sun- v World, $2.50 a Year... At this on March 29, 1917. E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound has ~ been to me. We .; had always wanted a:E a baby 1n our home if mother and hus- 'T band both urged me to try Lyd1aE Pink- ham Veg eta table Compound. I did so mV‘ health im- n now the mother of 3 ml do all my own house -\1.1 IA B. TmMONS .216 Klabr ‘l,uf’f Mo. r 1.0mos once childless . 1-1111111 because of the Principa‘ repayable 1st October, 1919. Interest payable half-yearly, 1st April and 1st October any chartered Bank in Canada) at the rate of five per car purchase. . .' ‘*A A: -ln-o-nnl purchase. Holders of this stock will have the privilege of surrendering at par and accrued interest, as the equivalent of cash, in payment of any allotment made under any future war loan issue in Canada other than an issue of Treasury Bills or other like short date security. Proceeds of this stock are for war purposes only. eâ€"quarter of one per cent will be allowed to recognized bond and A commission of on lications for this stock which bear their stock brokers on allotments made in respect of app stamp. DEPARTMENT OF PM 0117“”A OCTOBER 7th. 1915. HOSE WHO. FROM 1 helpful. For application m normal IN SUMS OF $500 03 AN Y MULTIPLE THEREOF. forms abply to the Deputy Minister E The next point made was the im- ; portance of planting the seed at the l right time. Much had also been learn- ; ed in this respect by experiments at ‘ the College. Briefly these results indi- g cated that in the case of spring Wheat '3 it was important to get itin theground ; just as quickly as the land could be 4 worked. This should be immediately 1 followed by oats. The barley should be ‘ put in next. then peas and beans. Get- ting the seed into the ground at the . right sime means an addition of bush- : els per acre. Mgther Country. Owing to the scarcity of labor all possible means should be adopted to economize labor. \Vhile many of these suggestions were obvious, their im- portance could not be too strongly emphasized if actual results were to be achieved on the year’s operations. He. therefore. said as a first consid- eration the farmer should get ready for the year’s crop before the snow disappears from the ground. The seed should be selected. cleaned. and got ready for spring sowing. In the great majority of cases it had been found that the seed which produced the best results was that grown in the locality where it would be used. In Ontario. generally speaking, there was a lot of seed of good quality. At the College they had learned from a long series of exneriments that "plump” seed gave much better results than small seed. but more seed would have to be used in sowing, as the plants from this class of seed were larger and more vigorous than from small seed. Turning his attention to the crops| that might he sown to advantage. Professor Zavitz urged an increased! sowingof beans. Beans were grown! extensively in Michigan and NeW« York States. and it was reasonable to ! assume that Ontario. lying between} them. could grow beans profitably.| The bean was a highly concentrated! food product. and the seed available‘ in Ontario was comparatively free from disease. The variety that he thought could be used to best advant-l age. was the common white pea bean. } They are already grown to some ex-; tent in every county in the Province. ' and could be greatly extended with. , profit. Prevailing prices are high and} will continue to he so as long as the} ; war lasts. He very strongly urges the‘1 . growing of more beans. ‘ , The peacrop might also be increased, W Beans Should be Grown Plant at the Right Time October by cheque (free of exchange at per cent per annum from the date of of Finance, Ottawa. quarter of all farm crops. Reiterating his former advice about sowing good seed, he declared the farmer should insist on getting seed oats of a known variety. There was a limited supply of Ontario Agricultural College. No. 72 oats. and he understood the Dominion Government was arranging to get "Banner” seed oats from the \Vest; in fact about 400.000 bushels had been collected for seed purposes in the terminal elevators. If the farmer could not secure these he suggested that N o. but he did not urge this strongly. Like the beam the pea was a. concentrated food. Another crop that could be increased to great advantage. said Professor Zavitz. was oats. The out crop was ex- ceedingly important. It was needed to feed our live stock. and live stock was greatly needed. The out 3r0p of On- tario was worth in value about one 1 commercial seed oats he purchased, but on no account the ordinary com- mercial feeding oats. This point he strongly emphasized as being essential to successâ€"first home grown seed and next western seed of known variety. __ fi-ofessor Zzwitz warned the farmei's against purchasing at; a high price seed- oats that; were explojted py United States seed houses, when the same quality of seed could be purchased in Ontario at from one-third to one- quarter the prime. At the request of the committee, Professor Zavitz referred briefly to the potato question. The existing high price of potatoes he thought would result in a great many people in cities and towns using vacant land for potato growing this year. This crop could also be very well extended because of its great food value. As to methods to be employed in sowing, he said, that best returns would be secured from sowing small, immature potatoes from good, healthy plants, as distinguished from small potatOes, of a poor variety. UluKUO. V“rvvv .. Large potatoes, when used. should be cut into pieces of about two ounces in Weight. Experiments along this line had been conducted over a series of ears. and the two-ounce seed. under exactly similarconditions to one-ounce pieces and less, had given a yield of 177 bushels per acre. This was also demonstrated at the. Central Experi- mental Farm at Ottawa where they got better results from potatoes from Indian Head than from places further south. Not because the potatoes came from Indian Head, but rather that the potatoes did not come to the same degree of maturity. Give first pre- ference to your home-grown seed by all means. The weather conditions last year, said. Professor Zavitz. were abnormal. Fortunately most of the seed in On- tario was free from disease. The labor shortage continued to be acute. and it could not Well be overcome While the The Potato Situation Room for More Oats Continued on page THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. I CANADIANS IN ACTION BRITISH AND FRENCH by him was co villages already not in occupatiu vigilant. A i brought in 8110‘ but German fix] this part 9i the The enemy v the Canadian 11 by exploding a. a considerable < much-chumed-up but little out o Artillery Dominates Situationâ€"Pam. Germany's Picked Battalions ooedod immed cram. Since creasing gunfl the raids and the last two w light, and the the raids and other small affairs of the last two weeks have been notably light, and the health of the troops is excellent. The battalions which come out for rest are almost as fit as those going in. Figures officially available indicate how remarkably well the Canadian corps has come through the trying eXperience of winter in the trenches. The returns show that sickness, which includes all accidents or in- juries from other causes than the missiles of the enemy, is less than in any other corps of the army of which Canadians form a part. During the first three weeks of March the daily average of men in the hospitals from sickness was less than twelve per thousand. The disease known as trench feet has been practically elim~ inated by careful treatment and pre- cautionary measures. President Wilson took steps on Sun- day to place the nation on a war foot- ing. By executive order he directed that the navy be recruited without de- lay to full authorized war strength of 87,000 enlisted men. Taken in con- nection with emergency naval con- struction already ordered, this means that the president has exercised the full limit of his legal powers as com- mander-in-chief to prepare the navy for war. For the army, the President directed that two new military depart- ments be created in the Atlantic coast region. The order means that the task of organizing whatever army Congress may authorize will be divid- ed among six departmental comman- ders instead of four in the interests of speed. and efficiency in mobilization. The third step was to assume as a national duty the task of protecting American industries from domestic disorders in the event of hostilities. For this purpose eleven full infantry regiments, two separate battalions and one separate company of National Guard were called back into the Federal service to act as national police in important districts. Supple- menting these troops, a regiment of Pennsylvania Guard and two com panies of Georgia infantry. on route home from the border for nun-mar out. were ordered retained in the Federal service. The President’s orders were; made known in terse official salte- ments issued by both departments. No explanation accompanied than: tar;- cept the statement that won; :iizatiun of the military departments effective May 1, was designed to facilitate tie. centralization of command. Recruiting of 87,000 Men For Navy Orderedâ€"Speeding Up Mobilization Canadian Victory Loan Proves An Un- qualified Success Despatches from Ottawa say: Sir Thomas White, Minister of Finance, stated Sunday he would not be sur- prised if the total subscriptions to the war loan. including $60,000,000 from the banks, would aggregate $250,- (M_u).000. The issue was for $150,000,- 000. An official statement issued by Sir Thomas says: “While the sub- scrimion lists of Canada’s third war scription lists of Canada’s third war loan closed on Friday, several days rnuSL elapse before the mails from distant points, carrying thousands of substriptions, are received. Sufl‘lcient applications. however, have come to hand to warrant the Minister in stat- ing that the loan is an unqualified success. When all the subscriptions have been received it will be found that the loan has been considerably over-subscribed without taking into ace ant the subscriptions of the char tercd banks or conversions into this loan of bonds of stock of any other A desggatch from London says: It is unferstood in shipping circles that the Government has extended its con- trol of shipping, and has now re- quisitioned at fixed rates all liner ton- nage engaged in the Australian, South American and South African trades. This extension of the control plan ap- parently is intended to deal systemat- ically and to the best advantage with virtual}; the entire British tonnage and bring it under the management of the Shipping Controller. All clocks in the United Kingdom. it is announced officially, will be moved forward one hour at 2 o’clock in the morning of April 8. The clocks will be moved back again on Sept. 1?. The Italian Government has 15c med a decree that all clocks shall be moved forward one hour for the ad between April 1 and Sept. 30. co also will move its clock: for- “ one hour, beginning March 30. d Commerce on 8 day in: «cue prohibiting all {cm W on: except such as 7 a sixth: Wgny by the moat indication sue May Subscrite $250,080,000 WILSON WAKES UP Clocks Advanced One Hour already shot occupation. ( A few 1 despatch from Putt 1 wiry or the Cabinet the :nemy variea his activity on .adian iront Sunday morning oding a. mine, which formed lerable crater in this already urned-up region. He made Le out of this enterprise, as l were one the alert and pro- immedistely to organize the Since then there has been in- : gunfire. Our losses in all Franco hops A_ll Import: xtends Shipping Control done Roisel, seven miles east of Peronnel and a railway junction point on the. line between Marcoing and' St. Quen~ tin, was captured by the British on} Saturday. At Beaumetsâ€"lesâ€"CambraM near the centre of the British line on the Somme front, the Germans at- tacked and obtained a tempers”. too in the villa e, but later werel eject . A Britis advance south-4 west and west of Ecoustâ€"St. Mien. south-west of Arras, on a front of‘ one and a half miles, also is reported. On Sunda an enemy bombing attack! on one o the British posts in the? neighborhood of Beaumetz-les-Cam-‘ brai was successfully driven off, and Sir Douglas Haig’s troops improved their position west of Croisilles. The British forces are still some ten or e ven miles from Cambrai. though ey have made tfix'ogress where they are nearest to at city. The Ger- mans are giving ground only foot by foot, and defending themselves tena- ciousiy. Heavy Fighting Near St. Quentin Along the whole front of the Ger- man retreat the allies are advancing and a terrific battle is now beginning. which is likely to prove one of the great turning points of the war. From Ame to La Fere, a distance of fifty miles. the heavy guns are now boom- ing. and reinforcements and reserves are being rushed up with the greatest possible speed. The heaviest fighting is still going on around St. Quentin, where the French Sunday closed in ugon the enemy's lines for a consider- a is distance, and along the road to Cambrai, where the British have scored brilliant successes which may possibly have far-reaching conse- quences. Foe Offering Stubborn Resistance Is Being Steadily Pushed Backâ€"Fierce Battle Between Arras and La Fere Both the British and the French ad- vances at the present moment are aiming at the cutting off of St. Quen- tin and the capture of that powerful point in the Hindenburg line of de- fence. After whirlwind fighting the tr00ps of General Haig have flung the enemy out of the important cen- tres of Roisel and Beaumetz-les-Cma- brai, where desperate street-to-street and house-to-house combats took place before the Germans relinquished their grip. The occupation of Roisel b the British cuts the Cambrai-St. uentin line, one of the chief supply ghee on which the present German out is dependent. French Capture Advance Forts Notwithstanding the :)Lifl’ened re- sistance by the Germans. the French have made great progress during the past two days. Two of the advance forts in the defensive system of La Fere have been captured, and the French have also occupied the west bank of the River Oise from the out- skirts of La Fere as far north as Vendeuil, a distance of about four miles. Another important advance has also been made by the French in their movement against the strongly defended town of St. Quentin, from north of Grand Seraucourt, the posi- tion embracing Castres and Essigny- le-Grand, extending over a front of about two and a half miles, has been taken. Several villages were captur- ed on the east bank of the Ailette River south of Chauny and in the region north of Soissons. Heavy fight. ing has been in progress in various sectors, and the French report large German losses. Discussing the situation, La Liberte says: “Within 48 hours a French wedge will almost certainly push the Germans from their positions about what is left of the flooded city of La Fere. French troops have captur- ed Forts Liez and Vendoul, outer de- fences of La Fere, and now dominate the city. After a desperate fight north of the city the Germans have been cleared from the four miles of the west bank of the River Oise, directly north of La Fere. The French are in the northern outskirts of the city. All doubt has vanished that the Germans intend to retire to the high ground east and northeast of the city. Further to the north the French have come up to the entrenchments of the Hindenburg line near St. Quentin. North of the Somme, we have forced back the enemy to the outskirts of Savy,’ says to-day’s official French announcement, ‘where he had estab- lished himself in a line of trenches prepared in advance from the Somme to the Oise.’ ” GAIN 0N WESTERN FRONT Turks Lose Helin Village and Sermil- kerlnd Passâ€"Fight Near Mlantag The Russian War Oflice communi- cation issued Sunday saye: Western front: “In the region of Mojeiki, northwest of Postavy, between Dvinsk and Vilna, the Germans launched de- letrous gases, but without causing us any damage. On the remainder of the front there have been reciprocal firing and encounters between sharp- shooters. Roumanian front: There have been reconnaissances and re- ciprocal firing. (‘flljdfaFBlS front: In the direction of Khanikaan on the 18th our troops dislodged the Turks from posi- tione near the \"llage of Helin and from the Sermiilerind I‘aazs. On the 19th we attacked the T“:l<s, who had occupied positions near the Village of Mlantag. On the renninder of the front there have been reconnaissanc- Canadian Ship Prey to Moewe The British Admiralty announced Sunday the capture by the German cruiser Moewe or the Canadian sail- lns ship Jean of 215 tons gross, and the Duchess of Cornwall, 9. British three-mated schooner owned in St. John’s Ntd., Which was reported all- in; from St. John on Dec. 4 for Gib- Canadians Appointed Col. Jack Stewart, Canadian Ran» way Construction Corps. is now in ohfirze practically of all the railway construction forces in the war zone. Col. J. B. White, Ottawa Valley, has become dopnty for Lord Loyd; 1n Russian Front Holds fofestr'y operations in SUNDAY SCHOOL Lesson Lâ€"Second Quarter, For April 1, 1917. ' THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, John ix. 1-38. Memory Verses, 3-5â€"Golden Text. John ix, 5â€"Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Steerns. This is the sixth of the seven mim- cles in John’s gospel before His resur- rection from the dead, and He seems to teach us here that all blind people and sick people of every kind and all diflicult circumstances were opportun- tiw for Him to work the works of God and to glorify God. We should see all things in the same light and remember Rom. viii, 28. In all dificnlties and perplexities He always knows what He will do and is saying to us, “Now shalt thou see what I will do" (John vi, 6; Ex. vi, 1). We must never conclude that because some special affliction has come to a person or to a household there is some special sin back of it, but rathâ€" er should we see an opportunity for God to show His grace and power, ac- cording to II Chron. xvi, 9. How strangely He wrought in this man's ease! Clay and spittle, something of earth and something of Him. applied to the blind eyes, then he is sent to the pool of Siloam to wash it ofl‘. He went his way, therefore, and washed and came seeing. Sometimes He just said the word, and the blind saw. On one occasion He took a blind man by the hand and led him out of the town, spit on his eyes, put His hands on him, and the blind man saw men as trees walk- ing. Then when He touched him again he saw clearly. ' Jesus found him and revealed Him- ; self to him as the Son of God. who had . healed him, and the man eagerly be- i lieved and worshiped Him (verses | 34-38). What a blessed man, cast out i by the professing church for the truth’s i sake, owned and acknowledged by God, + whom the professing church knew not, and now he could say, “I know Him l whom I have believed.” “I know that ' my Redeemer liveth.” I know that I shall be like Him, and when He shall come in His glory I shall be with Him (11 Tim. i, 12; Job xix, 25: I John iii, 1, 2; Cor. iii, 4). We do not know that he actually said these things, but he could if he had known them. Do you know 4 them. 0 fellow believer, and are you ready to fearlessly confess the truth and, if necessary, be cast out of the professing church for the truth’s sake? The so called church is becoming so lax and so corrupt in her teaching, her food so thoroughly leavcncd, that she ' may not endure those who preach j sound doctrine much longer. but may ' separate them from her, that she may ' continue her worldly way in peace and ' be undisturbed by those who are too narrow to go with her in the broad . way of scholarship and worldly wis- dom and world improvement and fed- erations to promote church unity, etc. -._.i .._ .. -_...._-_-__.._-.._.- ....â€".A .- _- Yet there are people who want an experience just like some one else. Why not let Him work as He sees fit and be content? For his way is al- ways perfect. In this case the clay suggests the human and the divine, a redeemed person. His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works prepared for usâ€"clay in the hands of the potter (Eph. ii. 10; Jer. xviii, 0): you, if you are redeemed and are willing to come as close to some spiritually blind person as this piece of clay did and then be washed on' and lost sight of. instead of being carefully kept. framed, hung up to be praised. He was sent by the Father, and Silo- am means sent (verses 4. 7, and about thirty other places). Every good work must be from Him and ended in Him. The neighbors could scarcely believe it. His parents referred questioners to their son, who had been blind, and his testimony was: “A man that is called Jesus made clay and anointed mine eyes and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And I went and washed, and I received sight. And one thing I knowâ€"that. whereas I was blind, now I see" (verses 11. 25). On this testimony he could not be shaken. They might doubt and question and argue and call his benefactor names. but what he knew he knew, and they 'might treat him as they pleased. but the blessing was his. and. they could not take it from him. They could cast l him out, and they did. but that was a. ! small matter. as the sinner’s substitute, rising from 1 the dead in a literal tangible body, the same in which He was crucified, but 1 changed, and which He took to heaven with Him: in Which also He will come 1 again in glory, bringing Bis saints with Him. to close this ex i1 age, which grows : worse and worse; to bind the devil and i set up on earth His kingdom of right- 1 eousness and peace \\ 1th a redeemed Israel as its center and the throne at {David occupied by Himselfâ€"those who hold and teach these truths may 1 possibly be asked by the authoritieu. 1 “Dost thou presume to teach us, who 1 are scholars and learned?” And we 1 may find ourselves decidedly outside thecampwithfiim. SobeiLOLord. ‘Those whc} accept Jesus as truly God, supernaturally born or Mary by the Holy Spirit, actually dying 9n Calvary The truths of Scripture are hidden from the wise in their own eyes and revealed only to those who are teach- able. The devil hates God and His truth and blinds the minds of unhe- lievers. turning them from God to believe any and every delusion (I! -v-â€"â€" â€" v Cor. iv, 3,4; 11 Thesafl, 8-12). GOG isthe GOd of Truth; 3608”" the Spirit of Truth. PAGE 3.