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11;? pm chula: iflflOl’ Corn (,‘hnp kken Corn .138 for Horses Wheat Chop y m a quan- pnd Summer Calves, Etc. 1e condition 1 it’s fed to; n Quantities OOQOOOOO“ $000 *er 9009909099999. r Day) Grains t0 'OOOQQOOO”004 ENGINE MPANY 3:;an 01‘ Pussvngvr ills “WP 31. Via Can. pioneer mute to All kinds Ontario fr! m)“ 1133» Ibundentandlng in Regard to Note to Alllcs Explained A report from Petrograd on Sunday. lid: The Damn, it is agnounced, will Bo convoked in extraordinary session 1 immediately. This will be the first time the Duma has met since the revo- lution which overthrew the Romanoff dynasty. The controversy between the Council of Workmen’s and Sol- diers' delegates and the Provisional Government. which has threatened such serious consequences. in which. in fact, the fate of the nation, and possibly the war. were involved. has been settled. Prince Tseretelli speak 111g before a tremendous gatl ering 01' soldiers and workingmen who cror 1 ed the naval cadet building. (i9('.1"~l’1:‘;1 that t1~~ Government had {mi-j: a new detlaration concerning its. {11r”"'1 poii1-y, which was in definite language}. correspondend to the proclamation of April 9 and embodied the views of the prol tariat. M. Stankevritth. ‘lt'll‘iii‘I 11.1 ‘1‘." .10 “as tilt: 1‘11 '20 aLaiu 1. said: The. 1risis occurred on 2111111111 ' :1 T isuntlerstanding. The tort-11 is «'11s ;.:11 we can overthrow the (1111'- 1-1‘: 11:11 ‘.-' when We wish. But the 111199- 111111 is, have we a right to 1.11) this? ‘\'1 1nres11nt only the workingmen 1:111 $11111i1rs not all Russia." The oxe- 1ommittee of the council of work‘. 1:1 5 and so idiors' 1:1(1'10g11tes has ;tance of about eighteen miles. 7 capture of Craonne and afterwards of g the whole promontory under which it setial' A report from Paris says: The French returned Saturday to the at. tack on the defences of Leon, and made excellent progress. They cut a salient of four miles from the Hinden- burg line, and on a front as large cleared the last German from the Cra- onne plateau, reaching the dominat- in: heights beyond. During the week- end more than 6,100 German prisoners iwere counted. in addition to several heavy guns. They now hold the ridge of the Craonne plateau. over which the Cheminâ€"des-Dames runs from Lafl’aux . Mill. on the east, to a. point slightly beyond Craonne. on the west, a dis The nestles is of first-class importance. Farther to the southeast between . Sapignuel and Loivre the German first lines have been carried on a front of . two and a half miles. and the ground ‘ recentlv gained west of Moronvilliers has been held through a number of small combats and solidly organized. Hold Hindenburg Line The British official communication ___ .1 fi__-- 1--- __1.._ RUSSIAN TROOPS WARNED requested Kronstadt. Tsarskoe-Selo. Krasno-Selo. Peterhof and other garri- sons 1“ round Petrograd not to send troops into I-‘etrograd without a writ- ten re guest from the committee. There were great pro-ally demonstrations on Saturday, in front of the British. French and Italian Embassies. General Gurko Says Fraternising Must Cease A Petrograd report says: Gen. Gurko. commander on the western front, has issued an order declaring that the fraternizing of Russians with the enemy troops must be stopped He declares that such fraternizing which has become a common practice enables the enemy to learn Russian military dispositions and also. by caus- ing a lull on the Russian front, leaves the Germans free to concentrate forces against the British and French. Gen. Gurko warns the troops that it the fighting comes to a standstill in France the Germans will throw all their forces against the Russians who, lulled by promises of peace, will not be in readiness to repel the at- tack. He says that three divisions oi Germans have already been transfer- red from the Russian front and that others are following. including artil- lery and aircraft. The order concludes with an ardent appeal to the troOps in the name of the emancipation of en- slaved nations. to do their duty toward Russia and her allies. It says: “Write the first pages of the history of new free Russia with blood if need!” RUSSIAN DUMA TO MEET ,TAKE 6. I00 PRISONERS President Wiison Empowered to Regu- late Production In a sweeping bill, introduced with Congress Administration approval, proposed to empower the President under the war clause of the constitu. tion. to take the following measures whenever in his opinion the national emergency shall require: To fix prices for food. clothing. and other.necessi- ties; to prescribe regulations to gov. ern the product of same; to compel holders of necessities to release them in amounts insuring equal distribu rion; to regulate exchanges to elimin- ate market manipulations; to compel railroads to give preference to move ment of necessities, being importation dutie , and to impose limitations upon use 0 grain in manufacture of liquor. Fernie District Rejects the Proposed New Agreement A despatch says: Last week the‘ United Mine Workers of District No.3 18. by a vote of over two to one. re jected the proposed new agreement referred to them by th joint confer- ence committee of operatorsand min- ers. There are 6,000 men out now and the decision means that the cessation will be prolonged. But a special conven. tion of the miners will convene in Cal. gary on May 10, presumably for town: lating the ultimatum to the mine opera ators. COAL MINERS VOTE v.0. Hero 3 Prisoner A report from London says: News was received Monday from Geneva confirming the report that Lieut. Wil- liam Leefe Robinson, of the Royal Fly. ing (‘orps had not been killed. as was announced last month, but is a prison. er of the Germans. Lieut. Robinson, who came into prominence last year by bringing down a. Zeppelin which tool! part in a raid on London, is held cap- tive at Karlsruhe. A report from Amsterdam saysz? Berlin newspapers announce that. the foreign office has been notified that Bolivia has broken off relations with Germany. The Republic has no diplo- matic representative in Germany, and the notiflvation was received from the Bo‘dvian Consul-General at Hamburg. who telegraphed from Switzerland.- Hit Mine; 62 on Board Drowned The loss of a torpedo-boat destroy- er and of probably one omcer and 61 men 18 announced by the Admiralty. The statement reads: “A destroyer of an older type struck a mine M8! 2 1n the English Channel and sank. One officer and 61 men are missin‘. and are presumed to have been dram Right Rev. William Lennox M1113. not mteen' Years Bishop of the D10- .0086 of Ontario. and. one of Canadt’l most prominent church figures, died Friday at his home in Kingston, Ont. News has been received of the death tram wounds of Lieutenant Hon. PM «to Theater. heir of Lord Chain. and. Viceroy at India. GIVE FOOD CONTROL Bolivia Ends Relation May 10th, 1917 6‘ 7, vaelle Launches Great Driverâ€"Salient! of Four Mile: Out in Laon Defence ' â€"Canadians Win Agalnst Lens Hold Hindenburg Line The British ofl‘icial communication issued Sunday, reports the repulse of German counter-attacks on the sector east of Bullecourt. Attacks south of the Souchez River and near Acheville also were put down. The communica- tion says: “Later reports show that the hostile attacks delivered against our troops in the Hindenburg line east of Bullecourt have been repulsed with heavy losses. An encounter took place in the air yeSterday between six Brit- ish airplanes and from fifteen to twen- ty German machines. All six of our airplanes returned safely, while the enemy lost five.” Canadians Rush Trench Stewart Lyon, Canadian Press Cor- respondent. reports the following from France: By a surprise attack early Sunday morning. the battalion holding that part of our front immediately south of the Souchez River, captured an important sector of the enemy front line and support trench some distance to the east. The assault was com- pletely successful. Our men went in with bombs and bayonets and cleared the trenches, after a sharp fight. The occupants, one officer and thirty-three men, were captured. Possession of this ground was regarded by the enemy as so important that twice during the night he counter-attacked. Both ef- forts failed and the German losses are known to be heavy. A London despatch says: A vast army of something like fifty thousand peOple. composed principally of exist- ing officials, will assume the ra- tioning work in addition to their regu- lar duties. and will be under the di- rection of Alfred Butt, who is well known on both sides of the Atlantic as a theatrical magnate. Mr. Butt has been studying the food rationing ques- tion for some months. and becomes Chief Director under the new scheme. Fifteen areas would each have a con- troller, who would be responsible to the National Rationing Committee. 'i‘ach llliljt‘l’ area also would have ma 1:; minor controllers, who would gomrn the workers assigned to dis- trihuti: 9: For (l. It will take about two months to instruct those who are be- ing a;,_~.;;ci;’:;r._-tl by the Food Controller. This would be about the middle of .1111} ' and by then it vs expected that the {it‘tililii‘ ot‘ the country will have given evidence as to whether they are going to comply with the voluntary rationing plans. Harvest conditions and the amount of imports available also will he factors in determining whether the rationing scheme shall he put into operation. Food Controllers Evolve Scheme for Compulsory Rationing An Amsterdam despatch on Sunday, deviaretl that the danger of a. revolu- tion against the present government and royal family of Sweden is so great that two warships have been placed in the anchorage opposite the royal palace to be available if the King and Queen are compelled to flee. Every day the attitude of the government and its sympathy with Germany are resent- ed more vigorously by the people. Sweden is also influenced by Norway, which is moving fast toward war against Gerziiany. Prince Edward Albert of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne, has answered for himself . the question whom ho. will marry, according to a London weekly. The News says the Prince has decided he will ask for the hand of his first cousin, Princess Maud. the youngest daughter of the Princess Royal, and sister to Princess Arthur of Connaught. The young Princess is fourteen months older than the Prince, who is 22. A deSpatch from St. Johns, Nfld., Monday says: War spirit and bank- ing needs have combined to overcome political fears as to the possible out- come of the introduction into this col. )ny of coinage similar to that of Can- ada and for the first time in fifty years twenty-five cent pieces have been placed in circulation. Amsterdam reports the following: Grave rioting has occurred in Mains, Germany, according to a report re» ceived by The Telegraaf. Sixteen hun- dred took part in a demonstration ow- ing to scarcity of food, and a number of shops were looted. Troops fired on the demonstrators, and eight peo- ple were killed. Later the trOOps ar- rested 500 persons. Odessa, in Russia, on the Black Sea, was visited by a. German aeroplane last Saturday._ being the first occasion "â€"â€"-â€"-â€"A- â€"_--L1___ PLAN BRITISH RATIONS Heir to Throne Chooses Bride Newfoundland Alters Coinago Royalties Prepare to Flee Food Rioting In Mains IN DRIVE 0N LAON Six Hundred Barns Lost in Three Months Fire losses in Ontario for the first three months of the year totalled $3,- 321,931, and the destruction largely was of field products in barns, eleva- tors, warehouses, canning factories and other places where the raw pro- duct is turned into food. These facts are contained in a report by Provin- cial Fire Marshal Heaton to the De- partment of Agriculture. One-half of these fires could be avoided. says the Fire Marshal in pointing out that fires in 600 barns involved a loss of over a million dollars and seriously interfer- ed with supplies in these times where the urgent call is production. He says it is equally important to pre- serve onr products from loss by fire. Three very simple suggestions are thrown out: (1) Install lightning rods on barns and save fires from lightning; (2) The crops should not be put in until it is certain they have been pro- perly cured; (3) Ventilate the barn so that gasses caused by the fermentation of imperfectly cured crops will be successfully carried off. Cool Devotion of Bearers to Their Duty A correspondent writes this week from British Headquarters in France: From the high ground it is possible nowadays to see the devotion to duty of the Red Cross stretcher-bearers. They can be seen from time to time in the very thick of the battle, with shells bursting all about them. They are not immuneâ€"these non-combat- antsâ€"for the shells have a distinctly impersonal way of killing most of those with whom they come in con- tact. In the last few days’ fighting the correspondent has seen stretcher- bearers fall under the fire. They seem to have a valor all their own. They have none of the excitement of the ac- tual fighting, and must go cooly about their duty with death ever near them. They grow remarkably indifferent to their fate, and there is never a word of command needed to keep them at their tasks. WAR CONFERENCE IN PARIS At a conference of the Allies held in Paris, last week, a full discussion of the war situation took place, and a complete accord was reached. accord- ing to a semi-official communication issued Saturday from Paris. David Lloyd George. the British Prime Min- ister; M. {ibot and other members of the French Cabinet; Gen. Petain and Gen. Nivelle. Vice-Admiral De Bon, chief of the Naval General Staff, and the Italian Ambassador, Marquis Raggi, and A. P. Iswolski, the Russian Ambassador. were present. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Command- er of the British forces in France, also attended. Allied Heads Meet to Discuss War Situation A special correspondent wrote last week: Not a shot has been fired on the Austro-Russian front in more than a month. There has been no real activity on the German-Russian sector. At many places Russian and German soldiers are fraternizing, metting unarmed in No Man’s Land. So general has be- come the habit of fraternizing. and so completrâ€"éy has the fighting spirit been subdued, that General Gourka, Com- mander of Russian forces on the Minsk front, issued a formal statement warn- ing his forces to beware of a German ruse. He contended the Germans' friendliness was part of their plan to obtain information of Russian condi- tions. Russ. and Germans Established Virtu- al Armistice Tcils Crowd Russia Must Remain Loy- al to Allies Addressing a delegation of soldiers and workmen from the balcony of the palace at Petrograd. Prof M ilukoff said last Saturday: “Never shall Russia consent to a separate peace. We look. then, for your trust, which is the wind that is to make our ship go forward. I hope you will supply us with that breeze, and that your confidence will aid us in propelling Russia towards liberty and prosperity and in uphold- ing the dignity of our great free coun- try." The words of the foreign min- ister caused hearty cheering. Honorable T. W. McGarry, Provin- cial Treasurer of Ontario, announces that the Government has made ar- rangements with the Bankers' Asso- ciation, through the Organization of Resources Committee, whereby farm- ers who need money to purchase seed may receive reasonable credit at the branches of all banks in Ontario. Ar- rangements are also being made to assure a supply of seed. A London dsepatch says: A hostile airplane dropped four bombs northeast of London Monday. The statement announcing the airplane raid reads: “In the early hours this morning a hostile airplane appeared over the out- skirts ot Northeast London and drop- pod four bombs. One man was killed and a man and a woman injured. Slight damage was done to buildings.” At the request of the British Govern- ment explosive contact mines of Amer- ican manufacture will be furnished by the Washington. Government to Great Britain for sowing in German territor- ial waters. FRE LOSS IN ONTARIO? A London press deepatch reports that a number of Canadian officers not at present required by the Canadian forces have been loaned to the Brit. uh War Oflice subject to recall when MILUKOFF ’S FINE STAND FRATERNIZE AT FRONT Bombs Dropped on N.E. London RED CROSS HEROES Mines to Bar Foe. Plungers Aid Farmers Buy Seed Loan Canadian Officers THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Grow Some and Keep Down the High Prices. TOMATOES ALSO A GOOD LINE NOW ABOUT POTATOES But All Danger of Frosts Should Be Passed Before Tender Crops Are Put in the Ground. (By S. C. JOHNSTON. Vegetable Specialist. Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto.) Some of our vegetables are very tender and should not be planted until after all danger of frost is over. It must be remembered that because the "soil is ready to receive the plants it is not absolutely necessary that the grower should set the plants out. Potatoes planted out between 24th May and even the first of June will give excellent results. Tomatos may be set out after the 6th of June and good returns expected, as some sea- sons a severe frost destroys many tomato plants as late as June 6th. Vine crops such as cucumber and squash may be planted after all dan- ger of frost is over. cr0p which may be planted on land which is considered to be in a very rough condition. Possibly there is no better crop to be planted on land which has been in sod for a number of years. Medium-sized tubers of good quality should be secured and they should be cut so that there are at least two eyes in each piece or set. It is a good plan in a small garden ! to have the soil prepared fairly well, ‘ then cut the seed and commence planting. Furrows may be made with the hoe about six inches deep and two feet apart. The sets may be placed twelve inches apart in the bottom of the furrow and should be covered with two inches of soil. This will leave the young plant more or less in a trench. As the plants grow the soil will be gradually drag- ed up and the trench will be filled. It will be necessary to cultivate the soil between the rows so as to keep down weeds, and at the same time soil should be gradually drawn up to the tops in sufficient quantities so that the growing roots will not be exposed to the sunlight, which will cause them to turn green and be of inferior quality. If an early variety has been planted and a vigorous growth has resulted it is possoble that some may be lit to dig in August. By removing some of the soil from around a hill with the hand one can tell whether they are tit to dig. It the potatoes are grown for winter use they do not need to be dug until quite late in the fall. The tops will die down at the first frost, but it is not absolutely necessary that they be POTATOES. Potatoes are onel lever, be dug before there is any lsevere frost. l TOMATOES. The tomato is one of the most popular vegetables either fresh or in a preserved con- dition. It may be grown quite easily in the backyard. The better practice with tomatoes is to purchase the . plants ready for transplanting rather lthan attempting to grow these plants lif one has not had experience in 3 handling a hot- bed. Plants having a ilarge root system are best, and the lstock in any case should at least be lthe size of a lead pencil. The soil should be thoroughly prepared be- i fore planting time, possibly a crop of lettuce or radish may be taken from the same, but it is always advisable to have plenty of manure incorpor- ated in the soil. A shallow hole may be made with the common hoe to in- isert the roots of the tomato plant. ,These roots should be thoroughly iwatered so that the soil will cling close to the roots when they are set out in the garden. The plant should 'be set fairly deep and the earth ishould be firmed around the roots. ‘If the season is dry and hot, water lmay be poured around the plant in :order to facilitate growth. These {plants may be set two feet apart if :they are to be trained on stakes and 3kept from covering a large space in the garden. These stakes should be .preferably six feet long, two inches wide, and one inch thick. They may gbe driven into the soil a few days after the plant has been set out and ;the plants tied up to the stick with a piece of twine or cotton in such a manner that the tie will be directly under the leaf. As the plant de- velopes in size in front of each leaf a slender growth called a side shoot will appear. These must be removed by pressing them out with the thumb when very small. Four or five ties will be necessary to support the plant. As a result of the staking fruits of a superior quality will ripen earlier than those grown on the ground. CELERY Celery may be grown in many garden soils if they have been heavily dressed with manure. For the backyard gardener it will be much better if the plants are se- cured ready for setting out about the 24th of May. All the plants should be set on the level from six to eight inches apart in the row and from two feet to thirty inches be- tween the rows. It will be found necessary to water celery more than any other crop in the garden, and the soil between the rows should be stirred constantly. In the fall when the celery has reached sufficient height it will be found necessary to blanch it. Possibly the best me- thod being to stand twelve inch boards against the rows of Plants, holding them in position with stakes at each end. In from ten days to two weeks the celery plants will have grown considerably, and owing to the exclusion of the light will have become fairly well whitened, which improves the quality. The celery plants should be used as soon as pos- sible after bleaching. Other methods :of bleaching celery are the drawing of earth up around the plant grad- ually, commencing when the head of the plants are about four inches above the ground. 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The Rob Roy Cereal Mills ()0. Phones: The one dominating note that runs all through the making of Sunlight Soap is Purity. The $5,000 Guar- antee you get with every single bar is not a mere advertisement. It marks a standard set for the buyers who select the choice Sunlight Soap materialsâ€"for the soap boilerâ€"for the expert chemistsâ€"for the girls, even, who wrap and pack Sunlight. All are mindful of the Guarantee -â€"it‘ is a source of gratification to all the Sunlight workers. . Day No. 4 ' Night No. 26 Oatmeal Millers. west as Wingham and ,Kincardine. It is understood that Chesley will be taken 03‘ the Eugenia system. the power for all the towns of this dist- rict being supplied from three pow- er plants on. the Saugeen. The ad- dition of Wingham, Kincardine, and intervening places will have the ef- fect of further reducing power costs in Walkerton and in all the towns in the proposed system. Chief Engineer Gabys letter was written in reply to a letter from the town clerk, asking information as to what progress was,_ ,' .nmla towards bringing h ,. . PAGE 3.