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mf' _ ttig 9‘67 3-25: if V 1l2liih'li'MmimiB “tried on by a Brita}; militarjyrmg: tion acting under the instruction of OVER $15 British Military Mission to A despatch from London says c--. Sir H. Rider Haggard in a letter to the Times quotes an American correspon- dent, as writing: "In your next book why not let us have something about the thousands of Americans who Have (one to a strange land and given their lives for liberty and humanity, putting these above everything else in the world?" Sir Rider Haggard cow} times: "My public work and other; reasons prevent my acting on the aux-I (cation, but there are qualiiUd writ-' era to whom the letter may appeal, an least I hope so." There are laid to? be about 40.000 Americans in the Brit.. ish army. including those in the Cam; ndian division. man peace overture, but to President Wilson. It is possible that G communicate her turns to the United States, tl the President 'an opport the allies for a confident alone the same lines. that unme progress migh this way, bat unless all 1 ton diriomats are mists no chance for the two t (cunts agreeing on tern ttt,00tt AMERICA ks Entente w not only in man peace to Preside A despatch from ' ”Unless Germany I peace terms to the I unlikely that any I the President's mes linrents. The fail to meet the issue in President has monk opportunity of which ity, full advantage w Frey-k . The British. who are litt demonstrativeness. are um their expression of absolute of the comparatively early the Central Powers under I the allies' gathering stremr W ".808 nun-anon pom“ to much worse condi- tions in Germany than the world even Inspects; on the other hand, the allies are daily better situated to wage a successful offensive. lam tionally agaihgt genes now indication points to much m tions in German,, than Hm _ upon by the tisthtintt men. The feel- ing was; that strong influences had succeeded in including him to believe this was an opportune moment to not. Such attion was regarded as smooth. in: Germany's road and enabling her to take the second step in her peace plot. The note was vaui upon by the fighting ine was: that strone Army Has Absolute Confidence in Early Defeat of Cen.. tnl Powers. A deapatch from the British Front "ys:-"Never has the British army been so prepared to fight; why should we talk of peace? "You can lately give that as the British army's answer to all pence talk," declared a staff general on Wed- nesday in response to the question of what he and his men thought of President Wilson's note. The note was variously commented BRIT Bail ARMY FLOUTS PEACE A despatch from London says: The Daily Telegnph publishes the follow- ing from Its Pari- eorrespondent: I have had private information indirect- ly from Germany which is decidedly uncoursging. A friend of mine, head of n imnortant Paris business firm, has a partner who is Swiss. The lat- ter has just visited Germany and re- turned to Paris. He is a level-headed business man.' trnd says positively that Germany can scarcely hold out, Sentiment at Dually True That the Entire Population Has Long Since Been Unable to Eat Its Fiti. _ Le will state théi; ly in reply to the IN THE BRITISH ARMY -."._ m... uermany may :9 her terms 'i.efittntiyfr; ted States, thus affording" rnt 'an opportunity to ask‘ yr a confidential statement! nme lines. It is possible Irogress might be made in; " unless all the Washing-g m- n-- -r, _ . - oatt Statemmt ot Alone Can Pre, Collapse .. ”v... nuanlnrlon says: "many makes known her to the United States it is It any result will follow rat's message to the bel- The failure of Germany issue in its reply to the a afforded the Entente an of which, in all probabil- EACE MOVE FALLS T0 GROUND 0,000,000 DAMAGE -_--e- ccmsmman m on. mews .' Mission to Romania Rendered Stock and Prop- erty Utterly Useless to Germans. who are lime given .. nun-anvil were is $9 two sets of belli- o_n terms now. the front is uneondi.. will be takin,. -iii, their Pence terms It Germany are unanimous absolute eorttider Washing” ”Tm 'loam IN iaaaai strength Original Ger. also in reply 'resent y defeat pressure Every The Vulks Zeitdng of cougile re- l produces the narrative of an oeieer Cor the German general staff in re- 'ttaid to the Rumanian campaign, in iwhich it is said the destruction 'wrought in the Humanian oil fields - :“terriple,” sprpassing everything a“ I the had durintt the m. headquarters. This work, he added, rendered the property and the stock utterly useless to the foe. The oil we": of German companies met a similar fate, he sa_id. . _pu,ulishod. This recipe was copied 'tttg,.", of them-R. M. Crrowler--in an .nglish paper: "Take a piece of white paper and a lead pencil, and draw from memory the outline of a hen. Then carefully I remove the feathers. Pour one tral-, Ion of boiling water into a saucepan} and sprinkle a pinch of salt on the' hen's tail. Now let it simmer. If the soup has a blonde appearance, stir it with a lead pencil, which will make} it more of a brunette. Let it boil two, hours . Then coax the hen away fromf the saucepan and serve the soup hot." I of of to in The English soldier boys in the trenches in France find that time hangs heavily on their hands, and try various Y, ices to amuse themselves. Several trench magazines have been published. This recine was "mi-1' A despatch from London say: Foreign 03in: has received a that the Greek Government is ing out its promise to demobiii: Greek army. The work is proc; satisfactorily, the advices indiea exports supply commanded last ('UNSTA NTlNE'S ARMY BEING DEMOBILIZED. 96‘ _ _ -~--r w-y-V‘)‘ 967.076, had increased by March M, 1916, to S2,1M,147gu4, the statement shows. A despatch from London says: The interest on debt created under the war loans of 1914-15 amounted during the financial year ended March 31 last to S38,445,8rm, according to a white paper issued on Friday. The total capital of the national debt, which on March M, 1915. was £1,104,~1 nun Ann l ' . _ - man-power inventory being made tr) the National Service Board is already) producing results. The cards sent; out by the board are coming back le' ed in with the information asked for.) Five thousand are in already well in) advance of the time when it was ey-l pected the tlrst returns would be; made. There are indications that the: information asked for by the board 1 will be readily and quickly forth- _ coming. ! IM yr [INSET INCREASE MAN-POWER INVENTORY PRODUCING RESULTS. For the world's eighteen most im- portant countries, including the United States, Canada, British India, Japan and all Europe the estimated total wheat crop is placed by the institute at 2,500,000,000 bushels, which is M per cent. less than for 1915. 2 Austraiia's wheat crop is estimated at 135,000,000 bushels, which is four per cent. better than the yearly aver- age. iPOOR WORLD CROP ; FOR THE PAST YEAR A despatch from Rome says:--Tho International Institute of Agriculture harvest estimates continue to indicate the poor world crops. It is now able for the first time, through new reports just received, to forecast the wheat production of Argentina. The} Argentine wheat crop is estimated at 70,000,000 bushels, one-half that of] 1915. ,more than six months longer. The 'ehomxe of food is more serious than lit has ever been, he aid. It is liter- !elly true that the entire population (has long since been unable to eat its ifill. He himself saw many persons in ivarious German towns actually fall :down in the street exhausted by hun- §ger. and in one case at least a man dropped dead from starvation in the 'road before his eyes. Such a sight is apparently now not uncommon in . Germany. 18 Important Countries Show Decreased Wheat Yield of 25 Per Cent. - I Straw-~61; despatch from Ottawa says: Theltruck Turom Trench Chicken Soup IN NATIONAL DEBT, 'e to demobilize tie work is proceeding advices indicate. London says: The received advices carry- year. “I iirai lady customers very hard to please." "I can't say that. My goods seem to give eminent satisfaction." "What line t" I Toronto, Jan. 2. - lmtchers' Patna! choice, ts to $8.50; do., good. $7.65 to' H730; do., medium. " to $7.25: do., com- mon. " to $6.50; butchers' bulls. amino, l " to $7.50; do. Fund bulls. $6.76 to 37;; tlo., rough bulls, $4.75 to $5; butchers’ cam-J. chulre, $7 to $7.50: do., good. $5.25 I [to $6.60: do., medium. 35.75 to $6; stock- I .m's, $5.25 to $7; choice feeders. $6.56 to! I$7.25: canners and cutters. 84.26 to,' It'r'/'e"i;' milkers. choice, each $70 to noo; I do., common and medium. each. $40 to, 61): springer-a. $50 to $100; light. ewe-.r $.50 to $9.50; sheep, heavy, 85.76 to I‘ f 7.25: calves. good to choice. 810.25 tot $13; lambs. choice. 812.26 to $13.25: do.,! medium. $9.00 to $9.90; hogs, fed and. watered, $12.10 to $12.20; do., weighed on wars. 812.35 to $12M5; do., 1.01)”, "tles. Montreal. Jan. 'l--Choios steel good steers. " to $8.60; butchers‘ " to $8; butchers' cows, 85.50 to canners' buns. $5.60; cannera' 35.40; grass calves. $5.76; mu calves, 810: lambs, 311.75 to; sheep $9; aehct hogs. 812.50 to $1 I Winnlpcl Gun. 5 Cash Dru-es: Wheat, No. 1 Northern. $1.78: No. 2 Noruwrn. $1.73; No. 3, 81.68: 'No. 6, $1.34: No. tl, $1.00; food tloc, Oats -No. 2 thw., 65ic; No. , C.W.. 52k; RX- 1ihi No. 1 feed. 5'21c. 1?arley--No. 8, '98e; an. 4, Me: rvjovted. Tore; feed. 70c. Flux ;--No. l Arurc'., 32595: No. 2, CIW., 352,565; No. 3 C.W., $2.3sh. United States Kuhn. Minneapolis. Jan. 2c--eheat-pttur, $1.75!: July. $112!; rash. No. 1 hard, 3173: to $1.831: No. t Northern, t1.0t to $1.78t; No. 2 Northern, $1.71.! to ti.76t. dorm-Nu 3 yellow, my to 8Me. oats-No. 3 white. (M to 493!" Flour urttehantted. Bran. $2450 to te5. Duluth. Jan. T---rdnseed-LTo arrive $2.85i: December. $2.86: May " M; July, $2.gst. I "Mirrors." Cured meatte--Lorur clear bacon, 18 to ”90 per lb.; 019m bellies. " to 18te. Lard-Pure turd, Heroes. 21! to lute; tubs. 21! to 22v: nails. 22 to 22k: com- Ivound, It're to Ihr. b ' 7 Cured mean the trade by T Hows: Smoked meattr--Htutts, Me; do.. heavy, " to 23 36c; rolls. 19 to 20c: bre: to 270: bucks, plain, 26 t " to 290. Etrarsr--No. 1 storage, 40 to “L: stor- age, selects. " to 43c; new-laid. in car- tons, 65 to Tov; out of cartons. 60 to 620. qrtesc--Larke, 25} to Mc; twins, " to 2610; trlplols. 26! to 26te. Live poultry-Chickens] 15 to 16e; fowl. 14 to 160 Dressed poultry-Chickens,, 21 to Mc; fowl. 16 to 181-; ducks. IS to 20": squabu. per dog., H to $4.50; turkeys. 28 to 32c: gaffe Spring. 20 to gee. Butter-Fresh dairy, choice. 41 to 4N'; :geamcry prints. 45 to 48u; solids. H to 45c Mnnrtohu ttour-First patents. In Jute bags. $9.40; 2nd do., $8.90; strong bak- era'. 'lo., tts.60. Toronto. Ontario ttour '__- Winter, acrm-dhng to smnplo. 36.80 to 36.90. in bugs. track Tu- ronto, prompt Rhlpment. Millfeed-Riai. lots-Delivered Mont- real heights. bugs included. bran. per ton, $32; shorts. do.. $37; good Red ttour, per bag, trhto to t2.80. Hay-No. I, per ton, $18 to $13.50; No. g, 30.. " t? $1.1, track. Toronto. nccoxulng to heights outside. . Ontario wheat-AN- No. 2 Winter per car lot. 81.66 to $1.61: No. ' tfo., suia to ti.tig. according to freight; outside. Peas-No. 2, $2.40. according to freight! outaida. n!t.rley--stuutnz, 81.16 to $1.18. ac- cording to heights outside. Buckwheat - Sl.20, according to heights outside. Rire--sd 2, 3132 to $1.33. accord"): to,trei.trttts outsida uuru. may ports. old crop trading " above new crop. Manitoba Oats - No. 2 C. w.. 6M0. track Bay puns. American corn-No. 3 yellow. no teen- erq owing to embargo. Ontario' mstrr---No. 2 white, " to tHe, nominal; No. 3, UO.. 61 to 630. nominal. m-coxdlng to heights outsida. . 01.1mm!) tvlteast-r-Nvw No. 2 Winter. he? Ilcadltnll. Tomato. Jan. t.--. Manitoba wheat--- No. 1 Northern. "or; No. g, do.. 81.98: No. 3. do.. tt.M:"Nd 4 wheat. $1.8“. track, Bay portal Old crop trading " shave 2ry crop. uresseu Wtultry-Cttichtrnre 21 to Mc; WI. 16 to Ir-, ducks. ls to 201-: squabu. -r dog.. " to $4.50; turkeys. 28 to G"de; '.eett. Spun . 20 to 2'dc. frTrcil'l?Miii'f, "lover, 21-tB. ttnm, " 13W: 5-lh, “HS. " he mu: Io-us. 12. Law a..‘_‘n 1» -., H- -»- K, c, . ' -. l Markets of the worm Viewed With Pleasure This is an exterior view owner has converted into a in ten offieers and ninety men. convalescent home. country vrotmesi-whowau, Live Stock Ha not; Provuio-hote.nu, Montreal Ins-kc". heat - $1.20. according to outside. "r. 2. 31.32 to $1.38. according ts outside. ba liour~First patents. in Jute 40; 2nd do., $8.90; strung bak- tlra60. Toronto. an: and lard are nuoted to Toronto wholesalers as toi- wr' has. 3e? $373331) to $i0, 2,-choiee steers. " In 1A. .___t_. ' _ - r-Hams, medium. " " to 23c: cooked, 34 21M; pyeglktgst bacon, to 2hf, Gieies1i, D 313.25: do., ms, fed and do., weighed ; do., 101)., ers‘ bulls. , to $7.60; 73’ cowl, milk fed to tl8.60; , $13.50. 7 "'q'_W--" -- ' " 'iew of Dunzavel. the beautiful mountain maiden a hospital for naval oMeers and men recoverim' ' tter, per! A despatch from London says: In $1.63 to n the course of an article on operations r't,'uht,,iitt the East, the Times' military cor- ;rcsnondent says: .18, W; "Out of so to 55 Turkish divisions m: to Still in the fieid there will be, begin- cordintt nine December 23, about 25 on the Caucasus front, 5 to 7 in Arabia, 5 or 6 2 [33,2 in Austria and Dobrudja, 5 in Syria, The hospitiriiiniirai' feet nor per A special despatch to the London Times from Copenhagen aaya- that, according to Berlin newspapers, all youths in Schlcswig who have complet. ed their seventeenth year have been summoned to undergo physical ex- imum's (lil 17 CALLED OUT m i' To FIGHT Ill 5mm RANKS per to to " 'traeted for the entire exportable sup- ‘ply of New Zealand meat until at ileast three months after the close of lthe European war, according to re- ports reaching the Commerce Depart- 'tttent from its agents abroad. Higher ' prices will be paid than the Dominions': no Little Time Will Be Spent in Their Victoria Crosses are cast from non taken by the British. GREAT BRITISH , All of These Deported Now in Vicinity ( of Aleppo. : A despatch from New York sayI: :Fifty thousand deported Armenians are starving in the vicinity of Aleppo, Asiatic Turkey, as a result of a recent temporary suspension of relief appro- priations, according to a cabiegram from American Ambassador Elkus, received through the State Depart- ment at Washington, and made public here on Thursday night by the Am- erican Committee for Armenian and, Serbian raslief. l ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Where North Bea Heme: "At the Bame time she is creating a false impression about the strength of her army by utilizing her tempor- ary success over the Rumanians, who lack experience in the conduct of modern warfare." "Germany is feeling that her com- plete detain is near, and near also is the hour of retribution for all her wronfdoings and violations of the mom law. As in the time of her strength she declared war, so now, feeling her weakness near, she sud- denly offers to enter upon peace nego- tiations before her military talent is exhausted. 5 A despatch from Washington says: The British Goyernment has con- l A despatch from Petrograd says: In the course of an order issued to all the units of the Russian army, the Emperor, in a brief review showing how the inequalities in the technical resources for w a e as between the allies anti the p Powers are be- ing gradually re aved, with the re- suit that the enemy strength is appar- ently waning, while that of Russia and her allies is continually growing, prom ceeds to say: ', l, Czar Says to End War Would Mean Failure to Secure Objects Sought. 50,000 ARM ENIANS STA RV INC 1,000,000 TURKS IN THE niiii--"-- HALF OF THEM IN THE CAUCASUS EEE FOR PEACE IS NOT m RIPE Remainder are Scattered Nowhere in Great Force, With 60,000 on Tigris. MEAT PURCHASE and men recovering from théi; GLiii. It feet up in the Ayrshire hills and is an ide Regain Lost Vigor. " in Their Training, It is Announced From Berlin. "_-_- -v "VI-v w "I" front. The fact that it is enema] they will be in the iUrhtine line within' three months indicates, hos, short of amination in January training those fit wil front. The fact tin ,," German papers contain the Federal _ Couneil's regulations regarding shoes and clothing tor 1917. They prescribe that only two pairs of so-called "shoes de luxe" will be sold on the turning in of east off, but still wearable pairs. The utilization of cast-of clothing is to be entrusted to communities which jhave a monoply for the purchase of these articles. The exchange of old for new articles will be allowed only through tickets. I A despatch from London says c---. Gen. F. B. Maurice, Chief Director of Military Operations of the War Office. in a statement issued on Friday, said he had relable reportis indicating that the problem of food for the German army wat extremely bad, as well as the situation of the civil population in this regard. I FOOD-SIN )RTAGE I Prior to the fall of Rimnik Surat l:the Teutonic allies defeated the Bus- “sians on a front of 10% miles south- west of the town, while the Teutonic Danube army captured several forti- fied villages, according to the Berlin _ War Office. Petrogfad admits that the Russians and Rumaninns have been forced to fall back north of Megura, ibut says elsewhere the invaders were _ defeated with heavy casualties. And Can Only Secure Two New Pairs During the Year 1917. A Renter despatch from Amster- dam to London says that the latest Germar. papety _contain the Federal GERMANS MUST TURN IN ALL THEIR OLD SHOES Since December 22, says Berlin, more than 8,900 prisoners and 27 mm chine guns have been captured in Rumania. i A despatch from Lond.on says: The :net of the Teutonic allies apparently is fast closing in upon Braila, Ru- mania's oil and grain Centre, on the Danube. Having taken Filipechti, 30 miles to the south-west. Field Marshal von Mackensen’s troops have now captured the railroad town of Rimnik Surat, relatively the same distance .to the east, while the guns of the Do- brudja army are still hammering the Russo-Rumanians It the bridgehead of Matchin, on the east bank of the Danube, opposite Braila. ' Important Rumanian Town Has Fallen to the Invaders. TEU'I'ONS WIN 5-DAY BATTLE T8 in Mesopotamia, 3 in Persia, 2 each in the Dardanelles, Constantinople, in Smyrna, Silesia, and on the Struma front. The general situation seems that half the Turkish army is engaged in the Caucasus and Armenian thea- tree, and the rest scattered nowhere in great strength. Only two divisions are engaged south of Smyrna. 'e of tlteluke of Hamilton, which the the Germans' ire. SER lOl'S FOR FOE try. After a short 1til1Ae Bent to the o. It accommodates an ideal spot for a We always lose our patience With the man who can't keep his temp" during s political dim“. I I The most obvious preventive is to , be sure the hay is thoroughly cured _ before storing in the barns. Espe- I cially should care be taken with " I fulfil and with other hay contoining ., large percentage of clover, as these, formant much more rapidly than! timothy. A few years ago the num-,' Iher of fires from spontaneous com-f 'bustion in Kansas were exceptiomllyi ham and in every case investigated {the hay detrtrobed was alfalfa. When‘ Tthorough curing is impouible, 31in {some wet seasons, 3 little “It scatter-' ied over the mow, or stuck, every fowl loads will prevent fermentation. 'Ven-I itilate the barns well. day. She (thinking of the ,Pundet0--. Poor fellows! How dreadful it must be to be paralyzed. He (with Peueetioty)--Aw, you, you do have rather a. bad head next (lav, 3” Causes of Ignition of Barre Without "a Contact With Flame. 5:5 During the months of August, Sep- to temher, October and November last, o- barn fires were unusually prevalent in to Ontario. There were, in the first rd three months named, according to the re Provincial Fire Marshal's records, 182 Ibarn fires in this province, the barns, m with their contents, being worth ap- " proximately $425,000, and about two- l- thirds covered by insurance. In three c months forty-four special investiga-' L tions were made into the causes of n forty-four different barn fires, in- e vestigations being made only where n the causes of fire were reported to the L Fire Marshal's Department as un-' 2' known or suspicious. In 11 cases it twas impossible to find the cause, but, 'of the remaining 88, " were assign-f 3 ed to spontaneous combustion. - l I; Spontaneous fires, which break out', [in barns where hay is stored, are due' Ito fermentation. Fermentation is due' (to the growth and rapid multiplier" ltion of bacteria which feed upon the I (organic matter of the hay and rapidly II l develop when moisture is present.” and the material and the enclosed air I i are not too cold. If the process pro-fl (eeeds slowly the results are blackened . and charred masses which are occa- sionally found in the Interior of stacks, manure heaps, etc. With the right degree of moisture present and 1 a suMeieney of air to provide the bac-' teria with the necessary oxygen, the, growth of the bacteria is rapid. more' and more heat is generated until, if F the hay is in a confined and poorly 7 ventilated Space, the temperature is}! reached at which tho gases produced,) take fire, and the stack and building, Pl in which it is stored is burned--) though it may be weeks, or even) months before the firing occurs. The " initial and essential cause of these ir cases of spontaneous combustion is it the storage of the hay in a damp or 01 moist condition. lr. y "In Rumania the tirst Rumanian (army, which has borne the brunt of the fitthtintt, has been entirely with- drawn, and is now re-forming in Mol- davia. while its place has been taken by the Russians. In Dobrudja the line has been moved back in alignment with the battlefront north of the Danube. In this region both our tsl-, lies and the enemy are suffering from; adverse weather conditions." i I "The French arrived It the same decision, and transferred their atten- ltion to Verdun, with results which fyou know. We may be able to resume l in March, as we found the ground " ‘Neuve Chapelle in fairly good shtpe in Marrh, 1915, although it had been very bad during the Winter. Unable to continue the offenwlve for the pre- sent, we have done the next best thing. The taking over of a section of the French line has kept us busy during the past ten days. The operation has been succesaful, and I will be glad to tell you the exact extent of the line taken over when I am sure the Ger- mans know the point of junction. "There have been frequeitt frosts, not severe enough to harden the ground, but truMeient to form fogs, making artillery observation fire pm- tically useless, and use preventing the drying of the ground. "t told you some time ego," he said. "that our offensive would not cease during the Winter, but it must be ap- parent from the daily reports that no [real battle hu been Mend in that ‘sector since October. In the first place we underestimated the etteet of the sheliim! on the terrain. The country over which the Advance will htwe to be made is thickly sprinkled with shell-holes filled with water. MID. never having held the same line in any other Winter. we underestimated the effect of the fog in the valley of the Somme. M'ONTA NEous COMBUSTION A despatch from London says: The continuation of the British dead“ “on: the Somme front is impossible " long as the present weather lasts, Major-General Frederick B. Maurice, chief director of military operations of the War thtiee, so informed the Al- sociated Press on Friday. Haig’s Troops Take Over Fur. ther Section of the French The Drawtraeir ontined and poorly he temperature is tho gases produced stack and building A Inn'- brain is tir, h I Man's. -. "“1, uuu m0 sorllu; cf these in also done in London, befor" they can be sent to their various tics- ttnations. ‘ Women, of course, do most of the sorting nowadays, :nd although they any out their duties in an mink-bl. name: it is open to question whether the quickest Woman worker quite comes up to the mood attained by ex- podeneod we mun. I All letters, no maltm whcthor th -y {come from Land's End, John u‘Groat‘s ‘or the wildtrot Connemara. are ficst ‘dealt with at the home bum in Lou. l'don. They are sorted into miiraxs, fof which there is a sepuruu- our fur [each military unit, and then they :.rc "nade up into mails for troops on the various fronts, such us France, Egypt, Monica. and other parts of the world When tietttiue in taking plan; No fewer than three special in gins um um - day from Landau for my mm Five million Inter: In lent home from soldiers in Ftanes M w“: Ind 0L- - .. ' t -"'-___.. uxg-quILwn which has been Berup. When you post a letter to one of our tir:htine men it leaves for Frlnce the following morn- ing, and us a rule, if he is in Milieu. it will reach him in three days, and only a day longer if he is in tlv, trench“. eel. Evay Wu ', It seems almost incredi' 1e eomething like 10,000,000 lotur 750,000 parcels ere strut every w British soldiers "tttine in Fran These utounding fiitumrs muk realize the wonderful orzeni: l Washington Force. 19, admitted , swung £25,000 worth of dtamonda from the omen of n steamship com. pany In New York. but could not dim pose ot them In the beet otter he had ‘tor a lot worth $11,000 was tttty cents, :trom the Bowery second-hand asters. He then left the whole lot In a Chinese hundry and wrote the ttrm where to fund them. Ten Million Letters l Mrs. Elmln Brookway. of Chttuttrr, In under are“ at London. Englam. darted with fortune telling. Emn'ts Ire be!“ nude to obtain her relmse, and it In uld that she Rent. to Eng- land to help 011.11le a college of psychic science. She has a son as the from with the American Red Cross, bu independent means, and owns a theatre in Paris. It is said. Bittq Sing Prison um mama into darkness by Nttort circuiud" wires and 1500 unguarded prisoners, instead of “Lemming to escape marched to their cell- uzd closed the doom. The tire from the electric wires was eEtitt, guished by guards and prisoners to. seiner. ; After losing her handbag containing ‘cuh and securities valued at 83100 In In an Olav-tor cu In Now York City, and accusing a woman in the car of stealing it, Mm. Evelyn Conway round that her bag Ind been found in the In: Ind turned into the lost. property emce. The United States has the right to renrlct the use of the Pun-ma Cum! without reference to guy foreign m.- tion, and Major-Genera] Goethals, speaking at a luncheon given by the Merchnnu' Assochuon ot New York. The Youngstown, Ohio. Sheet and Tube Company have debeitrett I Elt‘ck dividend of Mn per cent., together with the regular 2 per cent. quarterly on the common stock. and ttt on the preferred. Joseph Imam-n, I shoe merchant, of New York. was followed home trom his “one after closing hours. black- jucked by three highwaymeu and rob- bed of $1800 worth of jewellery and 898 cub. A We! Mole I tray with diamonds from I Jewellery wore in Derby, Conn, when the clerk's beck wan turned. Although the deft give chem. the thief escaped with booty valued at $2000. Capt, W. B. 81m. lY.8.A.. told the Home Committee on Nun] Anal" that the United States commons. could be destroyed and the navy swat from the nu without the protection of battle when. The Severn. e three-muted sailing vessel. formerly the Chesapeake. of the UM. new. has been acid by the New Department for “0.00, and will be tttted up for we. minds Highway Association have approved a bond tune of sixty mil. lion dollars to build six ihounnd miles ot good roads. The question In to be submitted to a vote in Novem- ber, 1918. The safety of the country depend. on the building ot a great air Boot, Robert E. Fury told the Huntoru' Pra- ternity of Amerlen It . Imonnl din- ner. Amman who have lavenunemr in Mexico all an. nation flees the greatest arm- with Carranza Govern- moat. {moss mi BORDER An Malnutrition measure was In- tmduced In Connect to give ultimate control of nil wireless nations to the Men] Government. um: lune-lic- h Bttt Ruth!“ 6hatded for Buy MAIL FOR THE FRONT WHAT " GOING ON OVER IN 11m STATES. most incredi' le that 10,000,000 letters and In Rent every week to "htine in France. % ounce. “A t ttgures make one HUI orgnnizution up. F.htn you "on Also Many l'nr. moat of the “Mouth they l"? Muir-bl. g1 [lung Fr: I" Ts