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If i]! sum. South of the Ancre In enter- ed the enemy trenches at two places in the neighborhood of Grttndeourt, and took prisoners. Earlv this mom. ing a local openiion on a large scale northeast of Dominant-Hue! In? coupletely neonatal. Out troops A Humid: from London tbars."- The British official eommanieation is.. sued on Thursday night says: "‘A number of minor entoprioes were un- 'trtaken lug night with cxeollent ro- BRITISH CAPTURE POSITIONS (Ill FRONT OF NEARLY A MILE A despatch from Berlin says: Of the total number of one": and men in the German army who were wound, ed during the almond year of the war 70 per cent. fully recovered and went bark to the trenches. according to of- tirial fittures published by the German Government. Only 6.4 per cent. of the wounded were completely unfit for' military service, and the other wound- ed Were rolt.'e to do military duty at home. Tv --lve hundred and fifty sol..) (lien went blind during the var. i Several Raids Also Resulted in 0F GFRM IN LOSSES 70 PER CENT. RECOVER, tionpd, Dr. Michaelis says: “Thin men after peace it will.be necewnrv to lump the belt pulled tight Ind there must he further than) Ptt- tiortine. Th" yearning err, 'Give us pence! Ci,e us more bread.’ has no inner htvri,. or this we must remain emu-6mm and not cry for peace on account of the scarcity from which we; later." I ed, c tione Tommy: terioras, also wi little as time, per 1imitnrio in; an r foodstutt - of most Pit' are p'mll any of the h Yolk: Zunung warning Guru bring an in" food prunh‘m. Dr. Mich-ac! GERMANY MUST KEEP BRITISH im -=- BELT PULLED TIGHT: IN PALESTINE Pn-mier Lloyd George said ond, peror William had told his people' that the Entente allies had rejected his pom-c offer. The Emperor did Bonar " in the loan than would There was interest tttt for money, he could fol rate of ir, 'ear . Interest in the Premier's speech “a whetted by his recount visit to Rome, which was oxpocted to color his remarks and do"! a keynote for the country-wide war loan can- paign of the next few weeks. . Foundation Crumbling. Bonn Law said that if the loan ahouhl fair-and it would not, he de- elnre0--there were other methodai which could be applied, and the rote; then would not be tive and one" quarter per cent. !, new “victory loan" will be an lune " the per cent, " the price of 96, the t,','ty'2,1,,egt,T.itt.ti,tMtest on of redemption in twelve yeare. Dona: Law, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, made the announcement at the Guildhall on Thursday, where Britiah flnaneittl leaders assembled to launch the loan. The meeting was un- der the chairmanship of the Lord Mayor, and Lloyd George and his Fin- ance Minister were the principal makers. ', RE FOUNDAHON IS aiiiiiiim; "-"-----"-'--c"iirri'iii'ijiiiiii"""="" KAISER B IRllililMI ms PEOPLE; AND rosmva Bonan- Law Announces Victory Loan - Premier Lloyd George Says Trap, Not Peace Terms, Rejected. " nt A damn-h as. London says: The u u,,t “pt-ct for a eonuiderable mp5 for many years, further of consumption and ration- vrards the most important . Germany in the coming pm'J'o' will have recourse " Mively to such foodstuffs as ml within her own borders. mil be very scarce. and tie-1 '. a! the rato of exchange: Migu- Germany to import t", out that the German har.. when a full yield is obtain- made l? mm“! only if ra- acch from Amsterdam says: nus, German Under-Secre- 1!: Interior. contributes to the Lung of Cologne an nticle lcrmany that peare will not immediate solution of the 'vat. He says: Me.” W ted in the Bagging of Large Numbers cf Prisoners. "Enemy trenches also were raided last night east of Armentieres, Ind north-east of Ypres. Many usual- ties were inflicted on the enemy." I 'carried an enemy trench on a front 'of three-quarters of a mile, and es~ tablished our position. An enemy counter-attack this afternoon was caught in the open by our artillery, and broken up with loss. One hun- dred and seventy-six prisoners, includ- ing four omeers, were taken in the course of the operations in this area. g A despatch from London says: iTeleeraphine from Amsterdam, Reu- ftcr’s correspondent says: “According [to Les Nouvelles, Baron von Huehne, I. _ interim Governor-General of Belgium, has published a decree announcing f that as the result of the court-martial , of a number of Belgian civilians for - attempting by force of arms to cross} r the frontier into Holland on December; t 'ith, thirty of them were condemned, . to death, but that, out of considera-l I tion of the fact that they did not real-' , ize the gravity of their crime, the Vsentcnces were commuted to life im- prisonment. The decree concluded: “In the event of any repetition of the 1s.frenyr, I should not use my preroga- itive for merey." l BELGIAN CmLIANs [\II'RISUNEI) FOR LIFE. a _V., ‘nuuvycu- "Up to the present we have taken 1.600 unwounded prisoners and four mountain guns. The enemy killed and wounded in our hands amount to 600." \llrmpted to Escape Into Holland-. b'irst Sentenced to Death. "After the engagement tt Turkish relief force was located, advancing from Shah], 16 miles east of Rafa. This force was engaged at a point about four miles from the Rafa posi-: tion. and was entirelv dash-nun»! 1 main redoubts and a central keep, errverine Rafa, 30 miles north-east of El Arish, Egypt. The attacking force. composed of Anzac mounted troops and the Imperial Camel Corps, left El Arish on Monday, and the at- tack on the position commenced at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The fiehtimr lasted until 5 p.m., when the position was finally carried. T The best security for peace in fu- ture, Mr. Lloyd George said, would be obtained when nations banded them- selves together to punish the peace breakers. With proirer support at hand, he continued, the armies would cleave the road t? victory during 1917. i The grim resolution of the Entente Allies at the conference in Rome was that at all cost: they must achieve "he high aim which was before them when they accepted the challenge of I the “Prussian military caste” to rid lthe world "forever of its menace, and, save Europe from unspeakable des-l potism." , The Rome eotferenee was under no :delnsions, Mr. Lloyd George con- tinued. " to the magnitude of the task of the allies, but felt no doubts as to the results. The whole aittra-, ation was probed, the dimeulties werei made to deal with them. All the al-i lies felt, he declared, that if victory was diMeult, defeat was impossible. Victory This Year. The Premier said the navy had strangled the commerce of Great Britain's enemies and would continue to do so despite "all piratical devices of the enemy." l to Pmasinn domination over Europe. The allies had made that clear, he said, in their reply to Germany, and clearer still in their reply to America. The Premier said the allies were of the otiniot1 than war was preferable "We were not offered terms, but a trap baited with fine words. It would suit Germany to have - now on her own terms. We all want peace, but it must be tt real one." so, he said, to drug those whom he could no longer dragoon. “We had rejected no peace terms," the Pre- mier said, and added: Defeat is Impossible. as from the Rafa "posi-' entirely destroyed. JYe A ricsputch from Berlin says The: Berlin municipality, says Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent, has an- nounced that, notwithstanding the un- favorable conditions of production, it will he possible for every citizen in Berlin to have one egg between Janu- ary l2 und January M, but that noth- ing at present can be said regarding the supply of eggs after this time. ONE EGG IN 19 DAYS FOR BERLIN CITIZENS. F Allows Himself to be Killed to Give , Example and Prevent Retreat. y A thspateh from Paris says: "Ar. I lowing himself to be killed resting on his cannon to give an example and prevent a precipitate retreat," reads the orders of the day recording the death of Lieut.-Col. Patrice Mahon. It' was at the Pass of St. Marie aux l Miner, in the Vosees. Twice before he "tad tried to save the pass, the second ltimc leading a victorious counterst- Fri. A hot enemy attack the third "ime forced the French to retire. Mahon, dismounting from his horse, crossed his arms and stood in front of one of the French guns facing the enemy until he was killed. The body still lies between the French and Ger- l man lines, although a number of of- I fieers have tried to recover it. ', Enjoy a morning dish of this delicious food, and smile over the fact that you’ve had a good breakfast and Saved Money Isn't that a fair start for any dart The retirement of the Turkish Em, pire from Europe. The expression "they must provide restoration of the provinces torn from the allies by force against the wish of the inhabitants" is a clear reference, says the Times, to Alsace-Lorraine. The editorial concludes: "We feel confident the excellent impression which the allies' reply to Germany: created must be conftrmed and inten-I sified by the more ample answer we make at the suggestion of the Presi- dent." l WONDERFUL --still hold at the fair price. about the high cost of living, just buy a pack- age of Grape-Nuts The restitution of territories pre- viously severed from allied nations by force or contrary to the wishes of their populations. The liberation of Italians, Slavs, Rumanians and Czech Slavs from foreign domination. _ ,,,,,._ __ ... yv-uuluvlw Julln The reorganization of Europe, guar- anteed by a stable regime and found- ed upon the respected nationalities and full liberty and security of all great and small nations. Formation which he asked. They made no ‘avowsl of their views as to the lterms on which the war might be con- eluded,' and told him in substance he was on a mistaken road to peace. The allies do not pretend in the present position to state all their war aims in detail, but declare the general objects with more amplitude and precision than in any statement they have yet made to their own eountrymen." The Only Terms. The Times then ennumerates the; terms of the allies, viz: The restora-{ tion of Belgium, of Serbia and Mon- tenegro and complete reparation for the damage they sustained, and the evacuation of the invaded territorve: of France, Russia and Rumania, with; such reparation as is considered just.j mun-..“ . .. -.-- Instead of Worrying The German Government hastened to avail themselves of a phrase which they picked out of the President', note in order to curtly refuse the in- formation which he asked. They made (Demands Restoration of Bel- gium, Serbia and Montenegro. A despatch from London says: The 'Times' war editorial on Friday on the ,allies’ note says: "Eminentiy courte- 'ous and friendly in tone, clear and [positive in statement, closely reason- ed, and animated by the lofty ideals of politics, morals to which the people ‘of the United States have always paid‘ homage, the reply of the allies to Pre- sident Wilson's note must 'e"di'rcr.i'ii the assent and approbation of the] great nation who inherited, assimilat- ed and developed the best principles! 19d traditions of Western civilization. fi, BRAVERY 5 (no FRENCH armor-:12; f A despatch from Lo.on says: An Exchange Telegraph desputch from; Copenhagen says that Sweden lost 188 J ships, aggregating ll3,000 tons, last; year, of which 100 were torpedoed,f with the loss of 27 lives. This report, comes from Stockholm, and adds that; during the same period Sweden built 81 ships, aggregating 47,000 tons. l (in preparing for peace in the prison camps on the Isle of Man. Here are nearly 25,000 German and Austrian _ civilian prisoners. Many of these have been residents of the British Isles for ten or fifteen years, and ex- Peet to go back to their civilian em- ployment as soon as peace comes. Others have been in England for much shorter periods, and plan to seek fresh fields Two years of imprisonq ment has a sobering effect on the most I frivolous, and the frame of mind of the internment camp prisoner is alw most uniformly serious. Some ye) learning new trades, others mastering I new languages, others studying the, course of the war in map and law book f with a view to being on the spot for,l post-war developments of business and commerce. Most of this prepara- tion for peace is being done by the prisoners themselves. 183 SWEDISH SHIPS l FOE PRISONERS ON ISLE , OF MAN READY FOR PEACE. They Are Learning Trades and Matt. tering Linguages. A despatch from Douglas, Isle of Man, says: They are bugily_ engaged ---' -...-. 'ee-N-no gum] steers. $7.60 to $8. hulls. $7 to $8; buteherk. $7.50: winners bulls, $5.60: 85.40: grass fed canes. ' valves, $10; lambs. tlg to hays, 812.75 to M3470. off”: [ Live Rock Huh". Trrront-y. Jun. 16.-(?holr'e heavy steers. $17.; to “0.35; do.. gnod. $9.26 to 89.50: huh-hora“ tattle, choice, ttt.25 to $9.60; do.. good, ".75 to $9; do, medium. 38.25 to $s..50; do., common. $7.60 to tlt; butchers? bulls. choice. $7.75 to 88.75; do., good bulls, $7.25 to 87.50; do.. routth bulls, " to $5.15: butchers. cows, choice. $7.75 to 88.50; do., good. 87.25 to 87.50; do.. Invdlum. 86.66 to $7; smokers, 85.65 to $7.25; choice» feeder“. " to 87.75: can- nm's and cutters. 34.50 to 85.50; milknrs, choice. earn. $70 to $100; do.. common and medium. eat-h. 840 to "O; swingers. l $30 to $100: light ewes. $9.2S to $10; sheep, heavy. $6 to 87.50; calves. good to (-huice. 811.75 to $18; lambs. choice 813 m $14; do.. medium. 89.75 to $10.25;, hogs. red and “latex-pd n!» An .--_t-., . _ - My. - rum", “1 u) Hue. "ttttg--., No. 3 white. 53! to 64k. Flour-un. changed. Bran. $27.50 to $28. \Duluth. Jan, .1fc--NPheutLr-Ro. 1 hard, $1.89!; No. 1 Northern. SLR“; No. 2 Northern. 81.83! to 81.867; May, $1.87!. Linseed, to arrive, 82.863; Nay, te.90t; July. $2,926. Minnuupolis. Jan. !.bl-.--theat--Ma.v, $l.tix; July. $1.ts. C'atstt--No. 1 hard. $1.96 to SHOT; No. 1 Northern, $1.89 to $1.92. No. 2 Northern. $1.86 to ti.9t. (\‘urnTNo. 3 yellow, 91t to 9250. Otsta--, Yo _ "rbsir., "I ., ..-. __-- "r, .,.-..-..,. "mu. ‘cholce. $9.26; straight 38.30; do., bags, ".10 1iytta-r-fit/fs, ' .gs to " tbs., $3.50 to $8.60. " :35. Middlings. $38 b " to $48. Fls1vd-og" Winnipesr--gan, Nm'thern. ti.8U; No No. 3 Northern', " UNI, 5Mc; No, 3 C.' feed. 54hr; No. t fee 51in "arley---No. 3 Jevtvd, TKO: feed. ACH)'.. 32.55;: No. 2 7 "'"""'HWMW. 1....» I0 DULZb; are. red and watered. 813; do., weighed f curs. 813.25: do.. (an. 812. Montreal, Jan. tt'r.--ihoide steers. $9; od steers. $7.60 to $8.25; butchers’ Us. " to $8; butchern‘ cows. $5.60 to 50; runners bulls, $5.60; canners rows. AO: K:RSH fed canes. 85.50; milk fad ll>1.u 1th . _ . - Honey-whit' clover. It"). thur, 140; 6-11). ttnn, " to Isle; to-l " In to ttc; 60-11)., " to ttc; buckwheat. (IO-lb. tlnl. ' to "c. Comb hnney~extrn tttto and heavy weifht. per dot. $2.76; select. I82.150 to " li; No. 2. " to $2.25. l Pttyoerr--0ntaiG', per but. 82.25; mung): Clolymbu, per bag. 3215; New "ttei'.'"'""' Delawares. lu-r but. $2.45 to U.eansrr-rmrrortea. hand-picked. per bush., M; Canadian hand-picked. per bush., $6.50 to $7; Canadian primes, " to $6.5ty; Limas, per nr., " to toc. PYoiions--arhot-. Smokn-d meats-Hams. medium, 25 to 'Mic; do.. heavy, 22 to tine; cooked. " to Me; rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, " to thr, bucks. plain. " to gh.'; boneless., 28 to 30c. 1 Curud rp.eattr--Lontr clear bacon, 18 tol ma par 1b.; clear belllcs. " to who. f Lnrdwl'uro lam]. Harm-s. eu to tite; tubs, git to 220; nails. 23, to "ie; com-f pound, 16t to Itc. Cfytetse--Ltuare, "' to 260; twins, " to "r, triplets. 26| to t6te. Dressed ttuultry--Cttiukinrr, 22 to Me; fowl. 16 to 18c; ducks. M) to Me; aqua)». per dozen. " to 84.60; turkeys. " to 80c; tree. " tp_18e. Lurs--No. t storage. 39 to 40c; stor- age. selects, " to (Sc: new-lam. In car- ""x: 80 to 'ryr._outp.t qartgns. tre' m 60c. Butter, fresh dairy. choice. " to 40c; Gt',.""" prints, " to Mc; solidi. " to c. . _Hiir-r-fiH,TeriG, 312.50 to $13.50; strc?, 90.239 t.o911, track. Toronto. 7 "titFioir-'1c sa Tini/ track, Toronto. ohiidipriiouVurWinter. uccordlnx to sample. 87.30 to 87.50. In bags, track To- my”: Pro.rtut' Ihiymem: __ Mmteed-ccar 1ottr---Deuvered Mont- real heights. bus Includad. bran. per ton, S32; shorts. do., 887; good feed ttour, pey'bag. 12.79 to 82.80. Buckwheat - ttag, according to freight: outside. . Rye-No. 2. 81.37 to ti.89, accordlnx to freight: outside. . Manitoba ttour-First patents. In Jute bags. $9.90; 2nd do., $9.40. strong bak- ery. do., " Toronto. Petr-mo. a. 32.40, according to ‘reizhu outside. Lrqriey-tMaltintr, $1.13 to "to. ac- vowing to hating; qgtslde. TORONTO Onmi-fé ,rheut"-rriiGruiCrwinter, per car lot, ".75 to $1.80; No. 3 do.. 61.76 (031.13. accorqmg 1ofreurlsta oRtaide. Omani) okGc-aio."riictute. 64 to ear. nominal: No. 8 white. " to "e. nominal. acgogdqu to. freitrAo 0311311qu Manitoba ottta--No. track, Bay ports. American corn. No. 3 shipment within " days. Toronto. Jan. ".--Mtutitotm wheat--- No. 1 Northern $2.07!: No. 2 do.. .10“; No. 3 do.. ".ou: No. 4 wheat. 81.86). truck. Buy ports. "ht crop tuning " atopre new crop. W _ '---- --.- t; LEADING MARKETS United ltltu Country Prodmso-w.horiu, I SHIPS I A despatch from London says: Fod- LOST DURING YEAR. der and cereals are to be grown in - [Richmond and Bushy Perks as the from Lomn says: An,'first step in the new food campaign. agraph despetch from _ London's parks Ire royal property, 'r' that Sweden lost 188 , and the step has the sanction of King rting 113,000 tons, last i' George. The idea is to set " exumple 100 were .to_rpedsed,itPd. stimulate private land owners to f 27 lives, This report a .ssinmyr activity as a means of increas- ockholm, and adds that ' In: food supplies. ne period Sweden built1 cri,.e,.leortd 9nd.Bu§hy_ Parks lie nut. "--Jan. 16.--Wtteru No. l 1.8U; No. 2 Northern. $1.78t; them. $1.738. IAittr--No. d No. 3 (UK. tut; extra No. I No. I feed, "te; No. 2 feed. vt-lo. a, $1; No. 4, tue; re- : reed. Tse. tflax-NG. 1 mg: No. 2 C.\V., $2.66r loan-nu Brareotn, ber to"; ".hiria" 810 Cii(i%Tiiit"r'G' I $13.50: 'select yellow. 81.08}. cw .. ., o70b. the Thames in ttteEii1tiGiiiiie' south- CEREALS ARE TO BE GROWN ' Why He Supported the Fund. a The task of raising the Canadian Patriotic Fund is not all serious work. ' It is illumined here and there by flash- ‘es of humor, and everywhere there (erop out touches of human nature ,that add zest to the work. Take the 'ease of a Quebec county councillor. His council had been asked to contri- bute a certain aunt yearly, and an of..; fleer of the Fund called on him tel secure his endorsetion of the proposal. 1 He listened to an explanation of the details, and then started to estimatel what the new taxation would implyl to him. Then he said: "Alt right.l I'll vote for the grant. I find that! it will cost me eight dol1ara,--tmt Pdl rather pay even twenty dollars than! go to the war!" To Stimulate Private Land Owners to Similar Aetivits-.Han Sanction of King George. l A despatch from London says: The! [Times in an editorial on Wednesday; ) regarding the recent War Council held I lin Rome, says: "The conference just concluded in Rome may well prove one of the turning points in the war. More than one vital decision was reached with complete harmony. The road to, victory, though it may be long, is now' running straight to the appointed _ end." l ffMaid Perished While Making : Attempt To Save Children. A despatch from Montreal "YS'.--. ‘Fire claimed five victims in the de- struction of the Idealograph Moving iPicture Theatre, at 1691 Notre Dame {Street west, at 2 o'elock Thursday! l morning. The victims were the chil-! "dren and maid of Dr. and Mrs. J. IL} ) Leblanc. a dentist, at 1689 Notre Dame; i' Street west, who were in the family’s: l living quarters on the third floor. Dz! Sand Mrs. Leblanc were out spending the evening with friends, and had left, ithoir four children in charge of the) "rv ,1 and an elderly servant, Mine." ROME CONFERENCE TURNING POINT IN WAR. Bouchard. FIVE LIVES LOST IN MONTREAL FIRE The munition plant lies li, the Jer- sey Meadows, seven tttPans west of the -- ___ ---v '__"-... "r a. great battle, a bombardment in ‘which more than half a million three- inch hitth-expuim, shells were dis- ‘charged. Yet so far as the police lend hospitals of all that section have l been able to learn not a single life was lost, and no one was injured. Sited l pantively few windows were broken gin the surrounding districts, and, in- ideed, the material loss outside the gplsnt itself and the telephone line: {running near it was very slight. Police Prevent Casualties. Consequently, as the flames reach- ]ed each case of shells, and explodedl ithe charges, the projectile shot Pty! into the air-often several hundred, feet. But as it descended without‘ the fuse, which alone could explodeI the charge, its fall was only that of: so much metal. Even so, the fact that not one of the thousands of peo- ple in the neighborhood was hurt, so far as could be learned, was due prin- [ cipally to the prompt police measures 1 in clearing out the houses in the en- 1 dangered districts near by. I I A despatch from New York "rr'.- " fire which broke out in the muni- ition plant of the Canadian Cnr & 'Foundry Works near Kingslnnd,New [Jet-36y, on Thursday afternoon cogn- I, pletely destroyed the factory, with a loss estimated all the my from $4,000,000 up to $10,000,000, forced the [evacuation of a large part of the town {of Kingsland. making 1,000 people, l' homeless for the time. I E For the space of more than five hours northern New Jersey, New! {York lt and the western end of; [Long Isl nd listened to a bomiyrd, ie"".?, that 'rpproximated the sound of, 9 ”Ant L_LL‘ . . - GIGANTIC MUNITIONS SMASH - - IN CANADIAN CAR C0.’S PLANI' Half a Million 3-inch Shells for Russian Government Destroyed in Series of 'rerrttte Explosions at Factories . In New Jersey. ' York s"".?,','?.: Hudson, and about a mile cut of the in the muni-l edge of the hill on which lie the twin Indian Cnr &§towns of Kingsland and Lrndhurat. '.itttrs1tutd,New','rhe company was just ihtirhirte an fternoon eom-)tir2,000gkro contract for the Itamsinrt factory, with ‘ Government, which had kept thigh!“ Ill LONDON ROYAL PARKS my fromfbuay for the put two years. Thirty- J, forced the; eight one and two story buildings land of the town; been erected in the meadow, and three ,000 people ' shifts of moo workmen each, mostly iiiiiiie,.ii, were employed in fiilintr the , than five explosives purchased from powder- ersey, fiii'liii'iii;iiiiG; into the shell cues, some urn end of 5 of which were brought from the Beth- " bomberd ' lethem Steel Company and {there - _-...u.‘ ground. Bushy Purl: contain: about acres. It has numerous whi anyhoru chestnut trees, nu them planted hv wan-.. - lest district of London. Richmond Park is of 2,255 acre. in are. and eight miles in eireumfemned It is I favorite summer resort; being fre. quented by crowds of Matriammno- toritsta and horseback riders. Chalet I. in 1687 had the park encloud attd; used it u a hunting ground. I 't-t..,. h”. _ l A despatch from Walkerville says: Succession duties of the $4,000,000 estate of Edward Chandler Walker, former head of Hirnm Walker & Sons, distillers, will amount to $663,- 000 the Ontario Government has noti.. fled the executors. This is said to be the largest amount paid into the On-, tario Treasury from any one estate. 1 , Provision is made whereby the 'eertificutes may be surrendered at any time during the first twelve months at their purchase price; after twelve months, but within twonty-four months, at $22.25, and after twenty- .four months, but within thirty-six ‘months, at 823.25 for every $21.50 'originally loaned. Consequently the ilonger the certificates are held the higher the rate of interest return. l The opportunity thus constantly " forded of investing small amount-l with the Government will enable the genenl public to contribute by their! savings towards winning the war, as} well " promoting at the some time,' individual thrift and economy; throughout the Dominion. i " The war-savings eertifiemtes will be 1lissued in denominations of $26, $60, 'r' and $100, maturing in three years. 'i They will be obtainable from any i bank or postoitiee throughout the Do- minion. The issue prices will be ($21.50, $43 and $86 respectively. Thus for every $21.50 now lulled to the {Government $25 will be returned at {the end of three years. The discount of three dollars and a half eortstitutes. itn interest return of a little more) .than Rve per cent. l i A despatch from Ottawa says: The Minister of Finance, Sir Thomas White, has announced some of the de- tails of the coming issue of war-sav- ings eertifieates in connection” with the campaign for national wartime saving and further eo-operation by the public generally toward war financing. Dominion Government Iss Certificates to Assist the Thrift Campaign. HELP TO WIN WAR MO SAVE MONEY lay. _.__ mun-up trees, runny of planted by William m. l There was another story that the, spark fell from the carbon of an In light high above. However it began, the tub of alcohol was ablaze in n moment, and the workmen in the building turned and fled without de-, "made by the Canadian Car & Foun- dry Co., elsewhere. The contract was within two weeks of completion, and one of the shifts was laid of Tuesday night. l Fourteen Hundred Men Employed. [ At work in the plant when the fire broke out were the 1,400 men, a con- sderable number of otriee employee and two or three hundred guards in uniform, who have been patrolling the factory ever aince ite erectlon. It waa 8.40 when theb laze broke out in ‘bnllding No. 30, when ten or twelve men were at work cleaning the bran cases of the shell: with denatured nl-, coho] before the process of filling was begun. Somehow. from somewhere, a spark fell innto a tub of the alcohol and set it ablaze. One theory is that an electric drop light hung above the tub had become short-circuited, and _ that the spark was a piece of burn-i ing insulation. f $663,000 For Province ,ehitettiirT, amount! I That is the decision, and if the nn- able tt.iti.e “cents it---the nation will a". by their ' claim it-- it must also accept all that war, Islit involves. For the Prime Minister tte timelnow than: this knowledge with the economy i whole country, that war: Ire not won Ar. phnlu. nor even by sacrifices, rtifitston! -I.|.-.._L - .-. 90m; lead, which if" “M public opinion, tion what it G h. A ”may every mature of consequence thy undertook. That was the worst pouiblo way of conducting the war, and we have now, u we hope. not I GoVOmment which will not follow but lead. which um “A _ ' , mun. marry. mat wars are not won iby phraeea. nor even by sacrifices, although "rarities, arc the first not-es- sitymbut by the whole national pow- er intelligently and titeadily direet. ed toward the end of victory. We [notice that Mr. Asquith denies "any !mutt of thoroughness or want of iPotrhttrtedesi'; in the conduct of the war by the late administration. But the facts speak for themselves. Before the war Mr. Asquith'a gov» Iermueut neglected elmost every PB- dentin! of defence. Munitions, sures lend "nerves of all kinds were out to the quick, and there was not a single naval hue ready on the whole of the East Cont. Since the war the Gov- ernment were forced by public opin- ion. manifestly against their will, into a moat - measure of con uenee theyhndemk. That m.- 'd'fflry " in,“ __. """"'"' 'to know what yet lies before IMP, but with I firm determination to go through with this great duty whatever happens, so that we dull not be re- proachod by our children for leaving the task for them to do all over again. Mr. Lloyd Groree oaks for adequate reparation nnd adequate minute“; “meanwhile we shall put our trust in an unbroken "mr"-sd needless, to add on unbroken nnvy---"rather than in a broken faith." his hand, wu ready to negotiate for term- with the police. That offer we have refused to 'ueeept--not lightly. for the dangers of war are now seen to be grelt and its burden heavy, nor viutelorioutr1r, for We have enough experience 3! the strength of Germnny M L_____ - A ,7 ' .. .- ’People Have the Heart to Carry the [ War to the Ead. g The proposal to hold a peace con- ference was to ask the Allies to put their head- into a noose the rope-end of which was in the hands of Germany, says the London, England, Morning Post. Such was the proposal. Ger- many claimed the victory; she asked for a conference which made peace inevitable, while she was to maintain her iron grip upon the territories and the subjects of the Allies. The burg- lar with the away on his belt, hie victims at his feet and his revolver in : their “appreciation of A. D. Boss. [editor of the News-Sentinel. when , they presented him with a min- ,‘ent electric table lamp and . meet- F schema pipe. , Mm Josephine Lebreton, of New- , cutie, N.B., In: found dead on the road near Derby Junction. She hnd lost her my in the terrifie atom rising and evidently fell, perishing before help ruched her. That the fame of Prince Edward Island foxes is spreading to the utter- most and: of the earth is evident from the fact that Mr. W. K. Bonn, of Charlottetown, received a cable from a party in Norway purchasing a pair of silver-black foxes. York, N.B., and consonant of the Canadian - It Bhorttctifre, Eu, is reported uriouoly ill with pneu- monk. l An Aootrinn " Florence, Nat. he been mud. It to believed he vol looking I deliberate attempt to on one ofthe Non Scott: Steel 0 Cool Compony mince. One hundred end eight Modem and York county men were drafted from the 104th Battalion to reinforce the tith 0.31.8. and the 26th Butt-non on the firing line. The importation of Penn-ttln cool for the Government runways wu found neceuery owing to tho {not that the munition punts need oil the Nova Scotio cool output at semi-ennuel conference in Merle- ton, report that the supply of touch- en in not yet equal to the demand. Cot. Barry A. Helped, M.P. tr cull] rill. "mvw-o o‘o-w ---'. -"_" _ with ”:11th Dee. 22nd, and II Iod- 010,299.80 m and by the div ot1iiriiiiicoGrkitnndiioV My. Lt.-Coi. R. D. Johnson. C.AN.t1e of Chaim, In: arrind has. on I furtouab. 7 ..- -- "admin-Mu..- godly'mdth _'iuihtrikklham , H ii) c opinion, but show-The nu- it is to do to Win the war. M an“; ,. .. ENGLAND REPLIES enuy and steadily direet. the end of victory. We ' Mr. Asquith denies "any thoroughness or want of tednetus" in the conduct of y the late administration. In‘- --_,. " - an IIInOIl every on- e. Munitions, sure: all kinds were out to kA_, th Mi? liable pt " m Ii it)! " it an. tl It n Ut U CT W ti " tl -- p t' r with th, or, ”Intel "Do, advent Ions: e will (0 In by, for l low. no In,“ qnd shy had from th, time and I few m, begins bit cf pond it, s " Wh ain th mum Chub Den: the for Them Itur n h