If"' DAILY NEW8 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Ar* An Effaotlva Sailing Fore* THE DAILY NEWS covers Every Part of tha Kootenay and Boundary Dittriot. >*> T.QL. 13 No. 255 NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY;MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1915 '■■*-...■■ .1 ..." I*-. '■■ . ■,.!■■ o 50c. PER MONTH spsijJlsm ifoccess of Offensive Movement Threatens Disaster to German Army Which Is Fiercely Attackin_f_in 'Effort to Byeajk rbj'oiligJitoJWarsaw 10LENCE OF GANNON FIRE FEATURE'OF C!!3 DESPERATE ASSAULTS ON MUSCOVITES i!zar's Armies Slowly ■Ptish Forward in East Prussia. Anstro-German Off,ensive on Nida and Dunajec Rivers Brings No Progress-Fall of Tarnow Insures Russian Communications LONDON, Feb. 5.—Coincident with J'he.arrival at the front of Emperor I -lieholas the Russians bave assumed llh'e offensive directly west or Wnr- |:;aw and, according to a Russian official'"statement, have Crossed the Iteura river and taken some German positions; This, in tho opinion of mllL wiry experts, will, If ' the Russians lliave sufficient forces at their dispos- _Hl.' break the deadlock which has existed In the 'battle In central Poland lor so many weeks, since It threatens {he flank of Gen. von- Hindenburg's Briny, which is engaged In tbe violent Ytkuggle immediately to the south- j/tlst In an effort to break down the fcisstan defensive In the region ot lloljlmow. If "JTl-tJ Russians appear, aocording to peportB from Petrograd, to have cross* lii.d the Bzura at its junction with the (Vistula and working southward have jjaken part of the German position tiear Dnkhova, south of Sochacssew, l&hlch was the point at which the Ger- I'hans made their original attempt toc Blireak the Warsaw line. * ' Frees Russian Flanks. This new offensive on the part of I he Russians explains their anxiety 1o olear the right bank ot the lower Ihstula of the Germans for, having IliccompHslied this, they are free ol H hreats, of an outflanking movement Mrom that direction. I Still there' lias been no slackening |'n the desperate fighting which has 1'ieen proceeding for some days in the Ivoods and roads along the right bank pf tiie Rawka river, from Boljlmow ?the Skierjilewlcz-Warsaw road. Bria' attacks of the Germans alter- Jiiate with those of the Russians under Mfl. artillery fire whose violence has n .ever been exceeded. Jf in the meantime the Russians are (inking slow progress in East Prussia Ind are withstanding the 'attempts of lhe Austro-German forces to take the Iffenslve on the Nlda river in south- Km Poland and on the Dunajec river la Gallcla. The Austrlans admit the I Ms of Tarnow, Galicia, an important lentre, possession of which by the I'tusslans insures the main line of 1 ommunlcation in western Galicia. I In the midst of the snows of the ^Carpathian's the two armies still are I ontendlng for the passes which lead hto Hu6g«y. i Elsewhere the Russians claim lo I e making progress dr, at any rate, I olding their own. : Dislodged Germans from Bridge. j PBTRQGBAD, Feb. C—Tho following orflctal statement from the gen- t'ral staff of the' Russian army was | .sued tonight: "The combats on tbe Bzura and llawka rivers Continue with undiminished energy, .Our troops began an liffensive movement, crossed tbe Bzura- I ear the mouth, captured a portion of Iho enemy's .positions near Dalchova Und dislodged the Germans "from tho bridge head. J "In the vicinity of Bolimow doumine fend Vola-Szydlowlka our attacks alternated incessantly with those of the _memy: under an unbroken artillery pre. ■ ■■' ~\ ''■"'-. "On the remainder of the left bank [Jf ithe Vistula front, south of Skier* JMewicz-WarBaw railway, tho artillery l_trlng has diminished somewhat, E"Wo Iblew up a bridgo on the Nlda Iwhidn had Ibeen constructed by tho llnemy hear the village of Ocrnl and Repulsed some attempts by the enemy Bo'; launch an offensive • on the Nida Ileal' Rambawa and on the bank of the Dunajee, opposite the bridge head* at Conor. _, "In the northwest Carpathians,! in the direction of Oujok, wo continued tho offensive and took an many ns 3000 prisoners. To tho southeast of Oujok Wo still ore ibeing subjected to heavy pressure by tho enemy." Russian Offensive Success LONDON,- Feb. 5.—One of tlio most furious battles of tho war is now at its height along the Rosso-German front west of Warsaw. Uirge bodies of German Iroops have beeji brought up for Field Marshal von Hlndenburg's third desperate effort to hatter a way through the Russian line. The losses must be enormous. A Petrograd official communication says that "It-long a section of the front six miles long the Germans have used 8-1,000 men, supported by 100 batteries of nrtillery, against the Russians who, assuming the offensive, captured German trenches and occupied two villages. ■ In the Carpathians the Petrograd war office admits Hint the. Russians retreated In ono section but elsewhere Russian successes sre claimed. GIRL BECOMES COURT REGISTRAR IN ONTARIO (By Daily News Leased Wire.) TORONTO, Feb. 5.—The appointment of a woman as local registrar ,pf tbe supreme court, clerk of the county court and registrar of tbe surrogate court for the counties of- Leeds and Granville is the announcement made In the Ontario Gazette. Miss Gertrude Humo of Broekville is selected to act in the plnce of O. K. Fraser, deceased. SIR GEORGE PE'RLEY LEAVES FOR FRANCE (By Daily Nows Leased Wire.) OTTAWA, Feb. B.—Sir George Per- ley has left for France, according to a cable which 'haB been received here. He will spend a few days at the headquarters of the British troops. He will make an Inspection of the arrangements that have been made for the troops of the Canadian expeditionary force when it goes to the front. SON OF CANADIAN OFFICER IS KILLED (Canadian Associated Press.) LONDON, Fob. 6.^Second Lieut. Norman Cummins . Nelles of tho 1st battalion Northampton regiment, and son of Ideut.-Col. Nelles, commanding the Canadian dragoons at Sal's- bury plains, is reported la tho obituary column .of today's papers as having been killed ln action on Jan. 29. A verdict of accidental death was returned at yesterday's inquest over Capt. Sharp of Ottawa. Capt. Humo of tbo Royal Flying corps said tbat Sharp's fall was due to over-confidence, ran AIRS! ■ MS DESTROYER Hva Craft of New Type Will Fire To- pedoea Against Zeppelins- Easy to Navigate. Jf y pally News Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Five zeppelln lestroyer airships, .constructed along, [tew lines, are now under construction near London, for protection tut alr raids along the British ist, according to Thomas R. Mack- elchon, president of the Aeronaut I* Soclety of America, who- .arrived .ere last night from Liverpool. ' Mr. MapSmelchen Bald the destroy* >» are smaller and easier to navigate nd would fire aerial torpedoes. ?H?'HAGUE, Feb. 5.—PasBenfcars irrlvlng here from Germany assert hat four 'seppellna and four parseval ilrahlps, with numerous aeroplanes, ire dally .executing maneuvers In the 'totally of the German and Belgian rontlars. The passengers say tliat new zeppe- tp. sheds have just been ercoted near Wnftwehr. CANADIAN FLYING CORPS WILL BE EXTENDED (By Dally News Leased Wire.) OTTAWA, Feb. 5.—Capt. Ernest Jannery head of the Canadian flying corps, has arrived in Ottawa from England to see the military department in connection with the further organization of this branch of tho force. . Capt. Jannery spent considerable time in the war zone in France and Belgium, doing considerable recon- natsance work for the allies. Capt. Jannery went to Franco with the Royal Flying corps in command ot a flight squadron and had ninny thrilling- experiences. He flew consider- ably over German lines ana was on several expeditions Into Germany, •mPM\t-'^4444>4>4x^W4444*&&t «. AUSTRALIA OFFERS ANOTHER FORCE 4> (By Daily News Leased Wire.) MBSLBOUBNE, Feh. 6, -via 4> London.—-A further cxpedition- 4 ary force of ] 0,000 men has 4> 4> been offered by Australia and 4>. 4> accepted by tho British gov- 4> eminent. This is in addition to 4> 4> reinforcements of -1000 men 4> 4> monthly. 4. 4) <*> (4>®4?&S4444>m4>4>4x&S>4444t-t *>/5K* BREAD PRICES Two-Pound Loaf Coats Sixteen Cents' and It Is Not Real Bread at That. VENICE, Pel). «, via London, ti:10 a.m.—An official doereo issued in Trieste raises the prico of a 2-pound loaf of bread from 14 to 16 cents. The grain markets In AuBtrla aro said to bo In a desperate condition. Tho war bread that is being sold is composed largely of substitutes for flour. The people tn Vienna are said to be complaining of thc constantly increasing price of wheat. Hogs are said to bo almost unobtainable. DIPLOMATS NAY ALL QUIT MEXICO Friction With Carranza Government May Result in Withdrawal of Foreign Legations. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—So serious has the friction- become between the Carranza government and members of the diplomatic corps In Mexico City that the withdrawal of many foreign .legations is now threatened. The plan of tie diplomatic corps in Mexico City, which is understood to be acting as a unit, Is to leave affairs in Mexico in charge of consular officers. This would mean practically a severance of diplomatic relations by all countries at present, a unique status for Mexico in the family of nations. OIL WR AM STEAMER IKED, MID-OCEAN Crew of Chester Rescued by American liner Philadelphia, Due at New York Monday (By Dally News Leased Wire.) NEW. YORK, Feb. 5.—The Standard Oil tank steamer Chester, which sailed from this port on Jan. 23 for Rotterdam, was wrecked and abandoned in midocean and its crow of 35 was rescued by the American liner Philadelphia, according to a wireless message received here todny from the Philadelphia's captain. The wireless message received by the line did not state the exact number of men rescued. The Chester sailed from New Tork for Rotterdam Jan. 27 with a cargo of oil. The Philadelphia, which left Liverpool last Saturday, was 1,340 miles east of Ambrose channel lightship tonight and will probably dock Monday. EARL ABERDEEN <$ DROPS TARA TITLE <$> (By Daily News Leased Wire.) <♦, LONDON, Fob. 6—Tho Earl of Aberdeen, rotiring lord lieu- ■$> ■tenant of Ireland, whose an- <3> nounced intention; of assuming <§> of assuming tho new tltlo of $• Marquis of Aberdeen and tho <§■ Tara, invoked strong pro- <$> test from Ireland, has reconsid- •& ored his decision in view of this criticism. <$> It was announced today that -^ ho would style himself the Mar- historic hall of Tara. <$> AMERICAN BRIGADE WILL FIGHT BESIDE BRITISH (By Daily News Leased Wire.) OTTAWA, Feb. 6.—It is ^understood that a number of leading officers of the United States army .have now taken up residence in Canada and are considering the formation of a regiment or brigade of their compatriots for over* seas service tn the cause of Britain. For some time a number of capable .United States army and national guard officers, some of them of high rank and representing almost every state in .the union, have beon applying to the militia authorities in Canada for service in the present -war. -Of course, neither the militia department nor any Canadian can have anything to do With enlisting or accepting tho sendees Of - any. aliens. ' 1 During" the American civil war thousands of Canadians crossed tho border and wore promptly taken into the service of tho northern armies. So ln both tbo first and second contingent from Canada upward of 2,000 American citizens arc enroled and became British cltizenis for the war. In tho present Instance tho militia department, of -course, cannot take any part in the movement of forming an American brigade until ouch United States citizen wishing to join becomes a British citizen. This he can do by enllBting. That theso officers are already en* rollng their companions from the'Atlantic to the Pacific at various points Is known. MENACE T'RA^8pORT8 * .- FPOMZEEBKUGQE .4> 4> • — «>. 4> (By Daily News Leased Wire.) <;>' 4 AMSTERDAM, Feb- &-rJ^°*r7 *. '4 oral German submarines have 4>, 4 boen soht to Zeebruggo from 4>, 4> tho naval, 'base at Wllhelms- 4>, 4> haven and Cuxhaven. <8> 4> It Is assumed in Amsterdam 4i that' Zeebruggo will' bo the <•> 4> base of naval operations which <•> 4> Germany will deliver against 4>. 4> the transports carrying F.ng- 4>, 4> land's new< army acitoss trio 4>, 4> Knglish channel to France. *, 4> *. «. 4> BRITISH EFFECTIVE «. 4> .... ARMY 3,000,000 MEN <•■ '♦;> — ' <$> 'y (By Daily News Leased Wire.) 4 4> LONDON, Feh. 5.—The, army <•> $ estimates, to which parliament 4> •S> will devoto the first part of 4> 4> next week's session, filvo the 4} m number of effective men In the 4> 4> army, exclusive nf tlmso aerv- <^ 4 Two Dreadnoughts Added to Wjlson Program WAR DANGER SMALL Bill as It, Cio.es to Senate Calls for Naval Vote of $144,648,902 (By Daily Nows Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5,—Over a strenuous protest of Leader Underwood the house in passing the naval appropriation bill tonight retained provisions for the construction of two new dreadnoughts. The bill, aB it goes to the senate, carries $144,648,002 and authorizes the following construction program: Two battleships of tlio largest aud most powerful design, $7,800,000 each, exclusive of armor and armament. Six torpedo boat destroyers, $920,- 000 each. One seagoing •!*• jbinarlne torpedo boat, $1,400,000. ' Eleven submarines, $550,000 each. One oil fuel ship, $1,140,000. Mr. Underwood pleaded earnestly for economy, asserting that Ihe nation was In no more danger of war now than It waB a year ago and- that the danger would continue to grow smaller if the United States continued its present policy. On the other hand, he warned the house that If America entered into an armament race it would mean "war at the end of the story." ROSEBERY APART FROM LIBERALS—SON CLOSER 'LONDON, Feb. 5.—The appointment of Cecil Harmsworth to the home office secretaryship and of Neli Primrose to the foreign office secretaryship necessitates tw0 more elections, bringing the total number of pending elections to eight. There Is no expectation of contestB anywhere. The appointment of Mr. Primrose makes the most interesting political event of recent years, for ills father. Lord Rosebery, is becoming more nnd more out of touch with the party ot which he waa once the head and prime minister, and now bis son' is drawn still closer toward It. Last session lie was head of a group urging tbe government to take a stronger stand on the army crisis which grew out. of the Currngh incident, In connection with the threatened trouble over home rule. NO CANADIAN NICKEL IS REACHING ENEMY Bill to Prohibit All Exports of Metal During the War Not Thought Necessary. OTTAWA. Feh. 5.—The parliamentarians are having a breathing spell after the flutter attending the opening yesterday. A few have gone away till Monday, but the greater part have remained to get. settled for the session and lo attend to departmental business accumulating since the last session. The government's action Ib promptly .bringing down the resolution providing for $100,000,000 war appropriation makes it possible to take up the real business of the session .without delay. This question cannot be > taken up until the Bpeecli from the throne is disposed of, but it will he dealt with immediately thereafter and the main estimates tabled. The,budget will come soon afterward, but Hon. W. T. White iB not yet ready to announce the exact date of IL The bill, of which W, F. McLean Is giving notice, to prohibit the export of nickel during the war will •give rise to discussion, hut it Is not believed that it will have tho support of the government. The limitations which have already been Imposed by orders In council and the precautions taken to Insure that none of the material reaches the enemy are generally officially regarded asi'sufficient. It. has been set forth' in an official memorandum that absolute prohibition might have far-rench' Ing and complicated results. Declare They Established Foundation Purely With Object of Promoting Welfare of Mankind (By Dally News Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Feb. 5.- .lolin D. Rockefeller and Andrew CaVneglo testified today before lhe federal commission (in industrial relations. They defended the found-.'' whicli they have endowed with their wealth and neither believed tliat the Institutions constituted a menace to the religious, political or educational liberty of the people of the United Slates. A desire lo promote the welfare of mankind and that alone, they claimed, had prompted them to establish tbo foundations which bear their name.' ALLIES ME TO AKE OFFENSIVE Artillery -Bombards Germans in Arras Region and Some Trenches Are Captured. (By Dally News Leased Wire.) LON'DON, Feb. 5.—Artillery engagements and a few small infantry attacks make up t|ie sum of tbe operations on the western front. There, are indications, however, tliat the allies are preparing for an offensive movement in the Arras region, where their artillery has been busy and where they have captured- some German trenches. In the Argonne region (Continued on Page Two.) Protests Strongly Against Intention to Treat Airmen Who Attacked Non combatants as Criminals. BERLIN, Feb. 5.—Wireless to Say- ville.—"The German government through a neutral channel, has protested strongly against Russia's intention to sentence like criminals tho crew, of thc German parseval balloon, shot down near Libau." So says the overseas news agency. The Cologne Gazette demand's tiie severest reprisals by Germany against Russian war prisoners. The foregoing statement evidently refers to the Russian announcement of Feb. 4 that aviators who attack unfortified towns would be treated as pirates. The German airship which raided Libau, described in previous despatches as a zeppelin, was brought down by Russian artillery. Petrograd despatches said tbe men captured would be placed on trial to establish Ihe legal status of bomb- dropping. VSyft-j^Sg. I,..' ^..-lA.-i-.*. i-;..i..?,,«-S-...X.-.i- v 4> •> KING IS PLEASED 4> » WITH CANADIANS •• •> « •• OTTAWA. Fob. 5,-Tho of- 4 *- ficial announcement was mado 4- •• today that ''the I*tng has re- 4; ;» cen'tiy inspected the Canadian •' division of Lord Kitchener's ■$• r- army and was much pleased 4 v with its splendid upnoarantic. 4- •> While it has experienced many 4? •• hardships through bad weather 4> v and heavy rain, the men have 4- .' borne it all cheerfully and have 4 shown a fine, spit'lt." (*... i ;.;..; ri,s>~if$.44,?4.i4'&»&®4>4>» Attempt Will Be Made to Prevent United Kingdom from Securing Supplies-North and West Coast of France and Part of Holland Included PROCLAMATION STIRS NEUTRA AT LNA1 GTON D SCUSSES IT Official Opinion Is That Effort at Blockade Is Most Serious Development—Holland Requires Explanation—No Neutral Nation Will Acquiesce, Asserts Press—British Shippers Cool (By Daily News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Feb. 5.—The Gernmn tul- miralty hns declared that a -war zone is lo bo established around the British lslen on and altor Fob, 18.and has Issued a warning- to neutral shipping; W-ASliENOTON, Feh. fi.—President Wilson and his eabinet today discussed the possible effects on neutral shipping of tlio German proclamation dec- iurlnK as nnval war zones tho water areas surrounding Great Britain and the North, sea and west' coast, of France and a portion o£ The Netherlands, As much of the text of the Qerman admiralty's proclamation has not arrived no conclusions' were reached and no concensus of opinion developed as to what diplomatic steps should be taken by tho United States government.. Should tho oottimunicaition fall to arrive tomorrow Acting Secretary Lansing will direct Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to make the customary ennuiry at the German foreign office as to the authenticity of the published report. Most Serious Development. Germany's declaration of a naval war zone around Great Britain and 'Ireland; Including the English channel and tho northern passage of the Shetland islands, is regarded here as one of tlio most serious developments of tho war. It was regarded as highly probable for one thing, that it -would hasten the movement begun by tho Latin American countries for ft speedy conference of neutral states to deviso means to reduce losses to heutrnl commerce to a minimum. This movement, it ib expected, will havo the support of tho European) neutrals. Dutch Cabinet Considers Matter. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 5, via London— An extraordinary meeting of the cabinet was held al The Hngtie today, according to the Handelsbladt, at which Germany's 'Statement Regarding the treatment that is to ibe accorded to enemy shipping was discussed. No decision was readied as to the Dutch government's stand, tho newspaper adds, but a large nunvber of points in tho German statement were regarded as requiring explanation. Another meeting will be held to again discuss the subject. Neutrals Will Not Allow It. NEW YORK, Feb. ri—The New York Times today says: "Tho declaration of the German admiralty that a war Z0I1° around the British Isles is to be established on and after Feb. IS, will bo acquiesced In by no neutral nation on earth.'- Dutch Vessels Sail as Usual. THE HAGUE, Feb. 5, via London.— Although Germany's notice concerning the danger lo merchant shipping in British waters hns not called out much comment In the Dutch press, diplomats and business men are discussing^ it with animation. In shipping circles It is declared that the notice will have only the slightest effect on Dutch vessels, most of which aro expected to continue, to carry out their voyages according to schedule, although some ships may choose the northerly routes. Tho opinion expressed hy the companies is that vessels may still take the risks of which notification has been received, especially liners engaged in East Indian traffic, which would be greatly inconvenienced if compelled to abandon their ordlnary routes. Indignant at United States. In diplomatic and other circles the view in expressed that the notice is aimed principally at vessels carrying supplies from America, whose constant arrival with cargoes for countries allied against Germany lias aroused indignation in that country, it Is said. Tho Dutch government thus far has declined'to express an opinion. Think It Is Bluff. LONDON. Feb, 5.—While the German threat of a blockado has created HUNDRED THOUSAND TURKS APPROACH SUEZ CANAL (By Dally Nows Leased Wire.) KOMI-*:, Fob- 5.—The main body of the. Turkish army advancing against the Suez canal, is now ;at Aluyaharah, only 20 miles from the canal, according to a Stecotn despatch from Cairo, w-liich quotes as Its authority the statement of a Turkish officer cap- lured in the lighting. The army consists of 00,000 Turkish soldiers and 26*000 Bedouins, with a number of German officers and engineers. The army is weak ln artillery because of the difficulty of transporting heavy guns over the desert and has nothing larger than IB-centimeter guns. LONDON, Feb. 5.—The failure of the Turks in their preliminary attack on the .Suez canal gives a good deal of satisfaction to England, as it Is felt that tho territorial and Australasian troops engaged there have proved their mottle. -Mililury men express" the belief that thy Turkish attack was only In the nature of a feeler and that an organized assault will be delivered by tho Ottoman army when it Is able to collect its main strength within striking distance. Correspond on ts at, Cairo say that, a warm reception awaits it from tho ships ahd troops, ATHENS, Feb. fi.—The plan to abandon t,he campaign against .Egypt, which was strpngly considered ln the (Continued, pn Pago Two,) a great wave of indignation among the newspapers, it is regarded by many higb officials as a bluff. It is claimed that with tho small number of war vessels at the disposal of Germany It would be quite Impossible lo mako the blockade effee.Uv.- and it is argued that had Germany been able to Interfere with British transports carrying troops for Franco sho would already havo done so. . So far as shippers are concerned-but little alarm appears to be felt. At Lloyds tho underwriters viewed tho threat calmly and mado little changes in tho war risk rates. Inquiries at Liverpool, Glasgow and other port's show that no change is contemplate*! in sailing schedules, most of the companies stating that It Is their intention to carry on business as usual unless stopped by the admiralty's orders. Great interest Is shown in the question of how neutral countries will view the threat and extensive extracts from comments in America and other foreign newspapers are published here. Post Urges Reprisals. Tho Morning Post In an editorial today characterizes The Hague convention and the declaration of London as nothing but a. carefully prepared conspiracy engineered by Germany against British sea power.' The paper argues that Germany, now having* thrown off the mask and declared for •the full rigor of the game, Great Britain should throw overboard the whore paraphernalia of declarations and conventions with which the navy Is encumbered and reply to the German threats with another screw in the blockade. The Post also urges practical measures such as the arming of Britisli merchantmen and trawlers with rifles maxims, bombs and quick-firers—not to make them belligerents but to use against piratical attacks. Germany Must Be Punished. The Telegraph in an editorial today considers German declarations of the waters around Great Britain and the coast of France and the Netherlands as naval war zones aa proof of the economic pressure the British fleet is exercising anfl that "the German ship of state Is on Us beam ends." "Wo could, of course," says the paper, "make reprisals for wo possess twice as many underwater craft aa Germany but we could not descend to such a depth of infamy, "Tho German proclamation consists of empty words but it is self-reyoaling and Germany must bo punished for this threat of frightfulness. Wc aro convinced that any action in this Una tht) British government for nnd on behalf of the allies may take will receive the support of the. civilized world." May Fly Neutral Flags, The Times* naval expert on the Gorman proclamation says: "Much rubbish Is being written on the use of ne.u.tral flags by British merchantmen. There Is no necessity for the admiralty to give any order on this subject and I believe none has been given. The custom of the sex and many precedents admit, however, of a merchantman flying a, neutral flag when endeavoring to escapo from an enemy. "Not many years ago 'Great Britain acknowledged this right when she was herself neutral, and if our ships hoist neutral flags to evade the attentions of hostile submarines tbey will have law on their side," Canadian Liners to Run, MONTREAL, Feb, 5. — Canadian (Continued on Page Two.) MAY TAX LAND TO RAISE WAR MS Speculation General at Ottawa, Considering Impositions to Be Made in New Budget. (By Daily News Lensed Wire) WINNIPEG, Fel). 5—Tho Pre0 Press' Ottawa correspondent says: "'fhere is a difference of opinion among the members of tho government us to how best the $15,000,000 additional revenue which Is needed to defray tho cost of administration during tho fiscal year can be raised, THo {proposed new measures of taxation prepared by tho minister of finnirtie have not apparently met with the favor of all tho members of the caiblrtet and there will be a revision beforo the budget speech, which was first scheduled for "ext Thursday, is delivered. The question of tho Incidence of tills new taxation ts a knotty problem. ; "Shall the masses or classes bettr the greater part of tho burden*? Thin is tho question' which has to bo decided. Increased taxes on sugar and| (Continued on Pag6 Four,), fBmfBmfBMU PAGE TWO Jletos, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915 WORLD'S GREATEST KIDNEY TURKS APPROACH SUEZ CANAL (Continued from Page One.) "FruiNa-tives" Have Proved Their Value In Thousands of Cases WONDERFUL RECORD OF A WONDERFUL CURE Only Remedy That Acts On AH Three Of The Organs Responsible For The Formation Of Uric Acid In The Blood. Many people do not realize that the Skin is one of the three great eliminators of waste matter from thc body. As a matter of fact, the Skin rids the system of more Urea (or waste matter) tiian the Kidneys. When there is Kidney Trouble, Pain In The Back and Acrid Urine, it may net be the fault of the kidneys at all, but be due to faulty Skin Action, or Constipation of the bowels. "Fruit-a-tives" cures weak, sore, aching Kidneys, not only because it strengthens these organs but also because "Fruit-a-tives" opens the bowels, sweetens the stomach and stimulates the action of the skin. "Fruit-a-tives" is sold'by all dealers at 50c. a box, 6 for $2^0, trial size, 25c. or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. Nelson Steam Laundry FRENCH DRY CLEANING AND DYEING Turkish official council of stale two days ago, was abandoned because it was feared il. would antagonize the followers of the deposed khedive, to whom the pledge had been given that the Egyptian campaign would be. prosecuted Willi vigor. Officers Killed at Suez (Canadian Associated Press Cable.) LONDON, .Feb. 5.—Lleut.-Command- r George P. Palmes, according to a lasualty list issued lonlght, has been seriously wounded In the fighting in the Persian gulf region. Sub-Lieut. Claude V. Cardwell has also been wounded, while Gunner Samuel C. A. Smith has been repnrled killed. Lieut.-Commander Palmes, was attached to the Malta, station in command of torpedo boats, while Gunner Smith was attached to IL M. S. Swiftsurc of the Malta station fur duty ou the senior naval officer's ship and in the Persian gulf on armored launches. Sub-Lieut. Cardwell has been recently appointed and Is not Included In the December navy list. These casualties show that the naval patrol of the gulf and Sue/, canal is getting into action. Armed launches from the battleships have been 'pat- roling the canal and guarding the gulf day and night since tho outbreak of hostilities and arc valuable in rushing to any threatened point with heavy guns. They are armed with 12-pounders. 3-pouuders nnd maxims and provide effective support for the land patrols. French Warships Aid. PARIS, Feb. il. — Tho ministry of marine tonight issued the following: 'Tho French warships Requiem and d'Entrecasteaux contributed effectively to the defense of the Suez canal against tho attacks of tho Turkish army on Fob. 3. The Requiem s.% need the enemy's heavy artillery and the d'Kntrecasteaux scattered largo bodies of the attacking troops. "There waa no loss on either ship." Australians Fought Well. (Canadian Associated Press.) SYDNEY, N.S.W., Feb. 11.—On Friday Gen. Maxwell cabled to the minister of defense that tho "Australian engineers have 'been under fire at Suez and have comported themselves ns you would havo them do." Dealers for the White Company Motor Cars and Trucks. Automobile? for hire any hour day or night—passengers, baggage and light freight. Nelson Steam Laundry PAUL NIPOU, Manager. P.O. Box 48 Tol. 146 THORPE'S DRINKS ALUES PREPARE TO 'HE OFFENSIVE (Continued from Page One.) Beware of Imitations Sold on the Merits of ••LIMITED •— '|| MHSWPHfSI Minards Liniment too. the French claim to have improved their position. Pu,h Ahead in Champagne. PARIS, Feh. .,, 10:50 p.m.—The French official communication made public tonight sft.vs: '•During the night of Peb.4-5 some German contingents endeavored to advance from their ' trenches before Xotre Dame Delorette. "Our artillery has done some effective shooting in the valley of the Aisne. "In Champagne, to the north of l.eansjeur, our troops made some slight progress during the night. "The north of Massiges the enemy began an attack during the day of Friday, which was repelled. "In the Argonne region wo have consolidated our positions on the ground wlilclt we captured Felt. 4 nt Hatatclle. "In Alsnce a German attack lo the south of Altklreh was repulsed. "A German aviator dropped several bombs upon St. Die nnd it is repnrled that four civilians .were killed.1' Germans Send Fresh Troops. AMSTERDAM, Feb. r>.—The move ment ot' German troops to the western front continues. The soldiers who have iieen garrisoned for training at South Valkenzward, nenr the Dutch frontier, started for the front yesterday. AUSTRIANS ARE EAGER TO BECOME CANADIAN FARMERS (By Daily News Leased Wire.) MONTREAL., Feb. 5.—Thirteen hundred Austrlans signed a petition which was today presented to W. H. Bradley, United States consul, praying his intercession with the Canadian government ln behalf of the alien enemies and his presentation of a plea to the government that they be allowed to form a farm colony. The petitioners state they are kept in this country on account of the Indefinite state of non-imprisoned prisoners and "are treated without any regard to International law, being neither allowed to leave tho country nor given the opportunity to forestall tbo horrors of misery, hunger and cold." They set. forth that they were Induced to come to this country to work and they brought an ahundanco of good will. They have been discharged because of the war, although willing to work, they claim. They beg to he given a chance to become farmers. 'We have heard," says tbe petition, "about tiie. suggestion to send us together to the 'bush, to found there a village with farms. We -beg you to say to tbe government ot this Dominion that we are anxious to carry on as soon as possible the execution of that suggestion and we shall submit ourselves to the authorities of that place." SHAWINIGAN TO BUY DORCHESTER ELECTRIC (By Dally News Leased Wire.) QUEBEC, Feb. 5.—Negotiations between the Dorchester Electric company and the Shawinlgan Water Power company, which are said to have reached a point where only n few legal points remain to be settled, have, according to reports in well informed circles, resulted In a baBis having been reached for the purchase of the Dorchester Electric by Shawinlgan. The understanding is that the Dorchester will before long become a subsidiary of the Shawinlgan on the basis of an exchange of bonds of the Dorchester company Into stock of the Shawinlgan subsidiary. The terms spoken of nre $125 in tiie new company for $100 In Dorchester bonds. MONTREAL, Feb. 5.—Reports from Quebec that negotiations are well advanced for the purchase of the Dorchester Electric company by the Shawinlgan Water Power company are accepted as virtually correct, here, al though no officinl statement is nt present obtainable. Tho outstanding bonds of the former company are to the amount o! $760,000 and the share capital consists of $800,000 common and $12,000 preferred stock. FRANCE PROTESTS GERMAN ACTION AGAINST NEUTRALS (By Daily News Leased Wiro.) 'PARIS, Feb. tf—Tile 'Kovcrnmc'nt has issued a protest against tbe recent action of Germany in annulling the exequaturs of the consuls of neutral powers in Belgium. The United States and Belgium are agreed, says the protest, that Germany has no right to annul the exequaturs. The two countries, It adds only rec- ognizo tho right of Germany to suspend the mission of consuls when military exigencies maks such a stop necessary. 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(0DS*XnwATCHE3».r iiirr'iiiriHotaOiitF,) Emd your loiatfon on * Blunt uf paper tot-other with lUmpei addmied envelop* tortfjiIvlo GEOIIHE 4 CO Who;elite Watch HercUanti, Anbury Home, Newlull .•treat, BU-tnln_h*nj, England. The Winner is ronn'.red tcpurcJuieaClmm from m to wo-ir wlUi WjiH'h Tn. Mat el Uili paper ntut be mentioned. FrUinUUMTf at lut CoiuptiUUi-'u Vi'tii Miss T. Tul!. Hunkurd St., Sydney, Cape Breton, Cannda, Mr. J. B. Torrlo, Arichat, Cape Breton, U.S., Canada, DEWS seas ARE IN WAR ZONE (Continued from Page One.) shipping; interests do not propose to becomo unduly worried by the German admiralty's announcement that every ship of the allied powers that sails along the coasts of the United Kingdom and Prance runs Iho danger of being sunk without regard to the fate of tho crew. Officials of the Allan line, tho Canadian Pacific anil the Canadian Northern lines an,_ representatives of the Donaldson, C'unard and White Star- Dominion lines declared today that there ia no change anticipated in sailings and probably will bo none unless tho British admiralty advises such. Until tbe admiralty sees fit to promulgate new regulations restricting tho operations of shipping, no difference will be considered, It Ib generally stated. LOW RATES BRING MANY MAGAZINES TO CANADA (Canadian Associated PreBS Cable.) LONDON, Feb. 5.—Postmaster-General Hobhoufle, replying to a question as to the new scale of postage on newspapers, etc, to Canada, said that tiie quantity of such packets had ini creased sevenfold since the establishment of the niagaziuo post. He did not think that the new scale introduced with the concurrence of the Canadian government would hamper In any way the spread of British sentiment. TO RECRUIT SECOND FRENCH-CANADIAN CORP8 IBy Daily News Leased Wire.) SHERBROOKE, Que., Feh. 5.—Col, Rioux of tho 54th regiment lias received instructions from the militia department to start recruiting for the second French-Canadian regiment which will go with Ihe third contingent, HYDROAEROPLANES WAR VESSELS, GERMANY REPEATS (By Daily News Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—That Germany is preparing another note to the American government, contending that hydroaeroplanes are war vessels was learned at the German embassy today. Germany is understood to maintain that hydroaeroplanes, submarines and war vessels lire in the same class at; far as The Hague convention is concerned. Secretary Bryan has already denied this contention. KAISER ORDFRS HIS . HOUSE TO ECONOMIZE Givet His Subjects Lessons in Frugality and Cutting Down 'Expenses. . iCOPENHAG-EN.—The kaiser and knlserin are cutting down the expenses of the Imperial household and teaching the German people a lesson in frugality. The standard of .meals at court appears to he no higher than tbat of many private families in the west end of Berlin. This, at any rate, Is the statement published in the German papers and given out officially. The kaiser's chef has had no opportunity of displaying his inventive genius, for new dishes since the outbreak of the war. Very few guests have been entertained at the palace, and the kalserin has placed a ban on table delicacies. The kaiser ordered a trial meat with "war bread" last November, and since then he has ordered that it be eaten nt every meal. A few weeks ago It was placed on the menu at great headquarters, where It was greatly appreciated by the kaiser himself. The use of white bread for the imperial breakfast table was stopped - simultaneously with the prohibition of all kinds of light baking. No fresh loaves are baked over night at the palace, but every morning the court baker delivers a quantity of "war bread," sufficient for the next day's meals. This is warmed up for the empress and the members of the court at each meal. Tlio kaiser's breakfast, when he east in Berlin, is simple, consisting of an egg, tea or coffee, and war bread. Soup Is served at 1 o'clock, and this ia followed by a plate ot! meat or vegetables, but nothing else. The evening meal is less frugal. Potatoes are served in their skins, which are eaten, says the Yossische Zeitung, and the kaiser permits both meat and vegetables to be taken at this meal. The kalserin's choice is generally a slice of cold meat. Both at the front and in the palace in Berlin, tbe kaiser lives with Spar tan simplicity. His choice is restricted to thick soup, containing chopped meat. The kalserin visits the kitchen every day, giving orders and superintending the cooking. "One cannot live sumptuously while our brave soldiers in the trendies are making great sacrifices," she is reported to have said. Cakes, whipped cream and other luxuries are iorbidden at court. When the children of the crown prince and other members of tho imperial family are invited to afternoon tea, a few crackers appear on the table, and even if the crown princess or the Duchess of Brunswick is a guest at dinner, no extra dish is added to the simple menu. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HORN EXPECTED TO BEGIN SOON (By Daily News Leased Wire.) OTTAWA, Feb. 5.—The attorney- general of New Brunswick will be rep resented at the extradition proceed Ings before the immigration commissioner In Maine in the Werner Horn case. The Canadian Pacific railway will be represented also nnd possibly the department of justice at Ottawa. though It is not certain yet that this will he necessary. It is expected here that the proceed ings will begin in a few days. BUY PLACER MINES NEAR VERNON, B. C. Spokane Men Acquire Interest in Gold Clainm of Reputed aim* < Valui CANADA TO RECRUIT FOR CLEARING HOSPITAL (By Dally News Leased Wire.) TORONTO, Feh. 5.—A new uuit Ie to be added to the second overseas contingent. Authority has just been received at headquarters here for the recruiting of No. 2 casualty clearing station and enrolment will begin at once. The new unit will be commanded by Lleut.-Col. Wallace Scott, who is at present in England with.No. 2 general hospital. This unit, In former cases known as a clearing hospital, stands between the field and the stationary and, base clearing hospitals. The streams of wounded from nil sides convergo to it, pass through and are distributed as they emerge. CANADIAN OFFICER KILLS ""*" SELF—EAGER" FOR" TH E 'FRONT (Canadian Associated Press Cable.) LONDON, Feb. C—At the inquest on the body of Capt. Henry Cook, 10th battalion Canadian contingent, who was found shot in his bedroom day before yesterday, the jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane. A Canadian headquarters officer said that Cook did his duties remarkably well but became 111. He was anxious to go to the front but was told he could not for some time and that might have disappointed him. SPOKANE, Wash—One of the most important mining deals in recent months' was closed Friday afternoon by Sharp, & Irvine, who acquired a group of placer claims ^0 miles from Vernon, B. C, for.- a local syndicate, of which Dr. Thomas A. Russell ts piesideut; Samuel W. Hong, vice- president; l-l. T. Irvine, secretary- treasurer, and Russell H. Hanauer, general manager. The oiflcers, with Dr. .Stanley H. Titus, -Qrnest W, Oul- len and Ernest M, Adams, comprise the directorate. Joseph W. Mouse of Barkerville, B. C, a hydraulic mining engineer, of years of experience, has been chosen superintendent and will have charge of active operations. The purchase price is $55,ttbl) and the owners, A; Brdt, Charles Christian, A. O. Cochrane, John McClellan and Martin O'Brien, havo shown their con fidenco in the possibilities of the prop orty by agreeing to accept payment in the shape of one-third of the cleanups, but they state that they are certain that the operation of the mines will prove profitable, as engineers have re ported on the deposits ns being the most promising hydraulic placer gold proposition in western Canada. Among the reports is one from E. A. I-Iaggen, a British Columbia mining engineer, editor and publisher of tho British Columbia Mining Record and the Mining Handbook* who says that it is one ot the finest placer deposits -he ever examined. We Will have hydraulic equipment installed and ready to operate by May 1, provided there Is no delay getting the machinery delivered,'' said Mr. Hanauer recently, "and we expect tc make money from the start, as 30QU leet of preliminary drifting on bedrock yielded $1 tbe square loot. It is estimated that four acres of the ground, which has been thoroughly prospected, will return $110,000, and we antici pate being able to work this entire area the coming summer. "A ditch one and a fourth miles long will bring water from Slwash creek to a point 202 feet above the claims and we purpose putting 1500 inches ol ihls ln service at the beginning. The dumping ground Is well located, being not less than 50 feet below the level of the bedrock, and there are no boulders In tho ground that can not be handled through a four-foot flume. Our plant: will have a daily capacity of 3000 cubic yards and it Is believed that we will be able to work the greater part of the year., The gold is coarse and can be saved easily, but to Insure reducing the loss to a minimum we will employ both quicksilver and undercurrents. "The claims aro 20 miles by wagon road from Vernon, . but there Is a barge landing on Okanagan lake within six miles, and we Intend to tako out supplies and. equipment In that way. I am preparing to leave for the camp not later than March 1 to prepare necessary buildings and gel things In readiness to install the hydraulic machinery," Mrs. Heavyswell—I bear that Gei man butler you liked so much bun left. Mrs. Eppycure—Yes; ho complained that Ibe cook was not observing strict neutrality when she served Irish stew. LOSERS AS WELL AS FINDERS CAN FIND USE IN A WANT AD. (Special Correspondent London Post,) "It's a murdering war, it Is, and the 20 years 1 have been a-drilllng I had never thought the likes of it possible. But T am not talking against it " "Well/it's lhe first time that's hap. pencil, Rlickle," broke in the sergeant- major. H was in tho sergeant's canteen at that lhe non-coms, were yarning, Sergt. Clancy had begun the talk In :i tone of melancholy reverie, nd the sergeant-major, with a wink to the only civilian present as if to say: "watch me draw him out," broke in: "It's tbe first time, Mtckie, I have been out with you three campaigns, nnd you bave always fought like a devil the days and groused like the devil Ibe nights'." "Wiih all prosper respect to my senior officer," Clancy began mournfully. "Stow that, old man! Didn't you give me my first drill?" The other non-coms., listening and not presuming to interrupt, the sergeant-major and the Irish sergeant bandied compliments in a way tbat was almost a wrangle. And I learned In broad outline Sergt. Clancy's army record; an Irish soldier, which means In effect a bit of a poet as well as a soldier; during bis 20 years of service often winning stripes as a soldier and almost as often losing them as ii poet; on the edge of getting a commission half a dozen times and coining down again to the ranks more than once; now a sergeant and the veteran and lhe philosopher and ibe darling of thu non-coms.' canteen, At last Sergt Clancy was pitched up to tlio proper mood for a dissertation and after threatening three, times to be silent "in lhe presence of my superior officer, as beftis a humble sergeant,'1 he let his eloquence go and we sat. back to smoke aud to listen. . "It's a murdering, wm-. and ail mud arid '.'iUirneti.. winch I btmldn'l bear as man or boy, and no fun al all, at all; but I am not talking about it, because be .labors, it's a war Cor the little oppressed nations and for a.most distressful country —" "A country more distressful ■ than Old Ireland herself," he added after u pause on :i note of defiance as if challenging contradiction. 'Not getting it. he went on a little disappointedly. "In little Belgium the Prboshlans have spiiied neither the mother hor the babe, the priest nor the holy nun. We bave sorrows of our own In Ireland, but It's the Irishman who must lake Lin* little Belgian to bis hear! and welcome him among tlio little distressed nations nnd show him how an Irishman can fin lit for a. woman wbo is wronged and whose halm bus been murdered. "Twenty years 1 have been fighting and drilling all over the world, nnd sometimes sad about it, too, But what's for an Irishman to do without much hook learning! except to fight whiles the blood is hot In him. Now It's glad I am myself to be fit this war, fighting for the little peoples anil for the altars. "But it's murderous; ami It's a matbymatical kind of war; and if I could I would be agin it, having no liking ever or understanding of figures, neither algcbry, nor Buoild, nor 'Hthmotlo, As Father O'Flanogah would say, these bad no uses for a gentleman provided he bad a morsel of Latin to show that there had been education put in him. "It's ;ill figures and calculations and motorcars, this war, and there's littli of it of horses, or charges, or aught t< amuse an Irishman with the love of fighting for the fun and devilment of It. Give me a battle where tho boys ."e.'l tbe spirit in them and when the officer gives the word they go nt it Cor the glory of Heaven, and though It's five to one they beat the enemy back and chase him to the back of fJod's-speed. I have been In wara when we fought in a different county so to speak, every day in the week from county Dublin to county Meath • n a twinkling of a sword. "But now there's the general in command sitting in an office surrounded by hooks- and a ready-reckoner' and a calculating machine bandy. And the engineer-in-chief comes in with tbe report on the drains; and tho general looks serious, and he juggles with a couple of ioggyrithums nnd consults tbe ready-reckoner and says Solemnly, "We've to get those trenches seven- eights of an inch deeper or all Is lost." "Then the shover- ln -chief Is called In to the presence and he reports that 171 motor-ear axles nre broken, and that he must bave 703 new tyres. But he can't get them and a reglinenl or two is ordered out of the battle to patch up it railway embankment somewhere so tliat that will serve. It's n mighty fine agricultural nation that will come out of this war Willi the practice -we're having with the spade. "Then, there's the turn of the higher mathymatics to come, There's a palaver of all lhe big guns, every man wilb a pair of compasses and a spirit level and something on three sticks like a camera, that is used for, the making of roads. Tbey begin to throw figures about and vulgar fractions and cube roots with a littlo bit of astronomy thrown in. And tbe general looks bothered entirely until a despatch como iu from the boss doctor and his face lights up'as he reads, 11. " 'Buoys,' he says, gay like, 'our scouts report In trench No. 1,137 of The New Dress Goods and Silks We are displaying today the new Piece Goods. These are already finding ready sale. Our showing includes Serges, Poplins, Gabardines, Whipcords, Checks—silk and wool mixtures. A splendid assortment of Silks and Satins, including Crepe-de-chine, Messaline, Pailette, Charmei.se, Tamaline, etc. The New Skirts Just Opened Out tie sure to see these new styles, in Whipcord, Serge, Panama, Tweed, etc: These are wider than the fall skirt and some have pockets. See Our Windows S mil lie & Weir LADIES' WEAR SPECIALISTS the enemy there are 141) cases of colly-, wobbles. We shall altack tonight. And carried away by the glory df the moment be is startled out of his impassive calm and rapidly turning over the pages of his algebra hook and making calculations, lie cries: 'If tho boys of England, not forgetting Ireland and Scotland, do their duty we shall win.back oue yard three inches of territory or t wenty- three- decimal - seven-seven-nine of us dio In the attempt.' "Ob, he'-s a powerful man with figures is the general; and it's right lie is ordinarily. But it's a dull thing is wa r, with a 11 l his mathymatics and mud and sitting down white the figures are worked out; and with even the guns fired by a table of decimals. To an Irishman it would be Intolerable entirely if it were not for the thought of the poor 111 tie Beiges and iheir distress." Sergt. Clancy was silent for a mo- ment, We walled, hoping he would go on, Tn :i moment he did. "Perhaps another way will be found out of it all, after all; somebody one day will have forgotten his book of figures and he'll find n way of going at ii in the old way, just gelling Into lb-.- thick of il, and fighting until thc enemy finds ho is wanted somewhere else arid chasing him from the Uffey to ibe Shannon, Tie will be a general with Irish, blood in hlm, if he comes, I am after thinking." "There's yourself, Sergt. Clancy/' broke- In the cheeky Cockney recruit who waited on the sergeants' canteen. "Oil, meself," said Clancy, in a tone nf abject gloom, "I am just u poor Irish soldier, who, after -'0 years in the army, lias .to he here desolate to put lip with the Impudence of a. London cock sparrow." The boy wns duly and soundly cuffed. But Clancy spoke no more that night. REPORTER NEED NOT TELL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Tho supreme court of the United Slates, In its decision in the case of thi; two reporters of the New York Tribune convicted of contempt of court for refusing to make disclosures of their sources of information in the recent smuggling" .cases in New York, has In effect upheld the sacredness of the confidential relations existing between tbe reporter and his In formal mt, says the Vancouver Sun. Thus tbo traditional integrity of tho newspaper man gains a legal status, and tin* probability of a. similar issue .being raised again becomes decidedly remote. Tho question Is one of vital concern to every man, woman, and child In tiie country, for It strikes directly at the very freedom of the, press. Much of the power for good of newspapers depends upon tha fact that tho sources of information furnished to it will l)e protected. If this were not true facts of interest and concern to tho public would bo reduced to the colorless condition of an "official bulletin," from which the step to distortion and suppression of truth would be tout a short one. While the law in the United Slates differs from that in Canada, tho effect is very much the same and it may lie regarded as a triumph for the freedom of the press in all English speaking countries. Were it otherwise and BVer/y reporter could be made give out the sources of information which led him to tiro truth, the people would suffer more than would the newspapers. When all is said and done, the newspaper Is tho voice of thc people, or should be. There arc eases when this is not llio fact, but ln the English speaking countries, tho majority of A Real Fiesh Bolide] For Thin People A New Discovery, Thin men and women, that hi hearty, fllHnfe- dinner you ate lal night. What 'became of all the fai producing nourishment It containecf Yon haven't gained ono ounce. Thi food pnssed from your body Ull unburnned coal through an open, gratl Tho material was there, Ibut yotl food doesn't work apfl stick, nnlht; D. Nagle, cover point; D. Dl- ii mock, left wing; W. Burgess, right lw!Mg; C. White/centre.- fi New Denver—0. Slattebrack, goal: . R, S. Nelson, point; J. Tier, cover | [point; W. Coulter, left wing: J. H. Blumenauer, right wing; H. Bluinen- . alter, centre. M'GIU- BEATS HARVARD. BOSTON, Maes., Fob. 5.—Th0 hoc ;kei.,team of McGlll university, Mont ,'roal, tonight defeated the tarvard [team, 1 to 0. • METHODISTS BEAT ENGLISH IN ROSSLAND LEAGUE (Special to The Dally News.l ROSSLAND, B. C., Feb. 5.*-The hockey game between the Methodists [I1 and Anglicans last night waB inter- jesting and keenly contested. The iscore was a-2 in favor of the Moth- ; odists. The Anglicans lost the oppor- I tunity of making firBt place. I Only I flvo men played on each team and 1 this made the game much faster. No 'player1 was particularly rough, al- GAME EAST, CLEAN No Pen'l'y Recorded in Good Hockey Match—Score; Kailo 10; SUverton 7. (Speoial to The Daily News:) SlLVERTQiN, B. C„ Feb. 5.-*-The hookey match between Kaslo and Sib verton Wednesday evening was the best and cleanest game ever played in tbe home rink. It was fast and scientific hockey from start to finish and without a penalty to record. It was only through superior combination work in the second period that Vos'n obtained a lead Which cinched the game. The score by periods: First period ""as'o 2, SUverton 3; second period, Kaslo 6, SUverton 1;' third period. fBslo 2. SUverton 3. Final, Kaslo 10. SUverton 7. The lineup: Kaslo. SUverton. Ooal. Hughes Kennedy Point. Link :..... McKInnon Cover point, Nagle Walton Right wing. Burgess Diinock . Lett wing. Hacklnf ... Jones Centre. White Jenklp Snares: For Kaslo. Williams and Cliff; for SUverton, Wbiteheud and Crowe. Referee, W. Cue. Tbe players were entertained with a dance and supper ut McKinnon's hall. PLAYERS RELEASED, DRAFTED. AUBURN, NX, Feb. 5.—JOlm H Farrell ot tho National association today stive out the following releases and drafts in major and minor baseball: Newark has claimed thc following drafted players under the waiver ride: Cadore from Wllkosbarre; Ajppleton from Fort Worth1; Dell from Seattle; Edward Donald from Waco; Howell from Chattanooga, all drafted by Brooklyn. 'Released hy purchase: By Chicago though Several decorated the fence at j-atlonals, F. Bues to Jersey City; by At the Theatres Nase Sitters' Farewell Tonight. Tonight's program at the Starland promises to bo exceptionally good. The Nase sisters, who for the past two weeks havo delighted Nelson theatre-goers, will present their, farewell per'ornrance. The full Starland orchestra will be hi attendance aiid wfll render a special musical program. The main film feature for the evening is the famous. Bison drama, "The War of the Cattle Range," in which William Clifford and Phyllis Gordon have the lead-tig roles. A laughable comedy, "The Girl lu Pants," and a one-reel drama, "In the DayB ot Old," will also he shown. Miss Edna Bomar, the beautiful mezzo-soprano, will commence her engagement at the Star- land on Monday, when, the fourth in- «talment of "The Trey o' Hearts" will be shown. German Raid at Gem Today. At the Gem this afternoon and eve- lng will ho shown the first authentic photographs of the German raid on tho east coast of England. For tho first timo.in more than a century a foreign foe strikes on British soil. and tho remarkable photographs to be shown tonight depict the damage dono by the sensational raid of a part of the Gorman fleet. ' Harry Lancaster, who has ibeen delighting largo audiences during the ii'tst week with his clever singing a*' Scotch songs, will make his farewer appearance tonight and at the matin*'- at 2:50 ana this evening's perform.ai.cr will sine- a number of Scotch songF byTrpoctal request,; Coiintrv Store was again a inr success Inst nlirht and miiny UHefii' and valuable prizes were distributed. 1 IS IT CIVIL ZA J tr (of- varlous times. Inches scored lor the Methodists in the first half and Hen- .y.der also scored. McLean and Paull It wore fenced for ono minute each. The second half was more brisk and the English boys started out for the bacon. McLean shot two goals and tied. HI Hender shot for the Methodists by E.making a clcau individual rush, aiid [' then Inches tallied. About this time {.the Methodists lost two of their men. 1 Hender and Morrlsh, who took a rest |of several minutes for rough checkiug. i. This only left three men.against five llund the Methodists bad their work | cut out to prevent MCLeau from scor- ; Ing. Paull made' a clear break and ] passed the English defense aud scored j for the Methodists. Header waB put oft again. The lineup: Methodists—Korteath, goul; Paull, lucheB, Morrlsh, Hender. Anglicans—Johnson, goal; Owen, | Stewart, McLean, Stephens. ' H. Lynn, referee; R. Fox, judge of [ play. There aro two more games to be |j! played, both between the Presbyter I lans and Anglicans. The teams stand I as follows : P. W . Methodists I .', Presbyterians ......3 'Anglicans ...... il /.- L. D. :i 1 0 .1' 1 1 0 3 1 Il PATTERSON DOUBTFUL OF I,. !>f . HIS ABILITY TO PITCH MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 5.—Roy Pat- terson,. veteran1 pitcher of tbo Mlnne ' apolis American association staff, was ! given hlB unconditional release by |. President Cantillou of the local club todav. The release was glveu after a consultation with the club president at I which time Patterson told tho mag- Mate lhat he was uncertain as to his | ability to pitch this year. Boston Americans, F. Providence. V. Ostergrea to R088LAND CURLER8 8END INVITATION8 TO 'SPIEL (Special to The Dally News.) ROSSLAND, B. C, Feb. 5.—Invitations have been iSBUed to Trail, Nelson, Phoenix, Grand Forks aud Greenwood curling clubs to attend tho curling bonspiel -here during carnival. Two competitions will be played, one on Feb. 10 and the other on Feb. 11, one to be called the mines competition and the other the smclter contest. Thero will be two sets of prizes for each competition. The nunies of those competing In the first competi tlon must be lu the hands of the secretary not later than !l o'clock on Tuea\ day evening and for tho second competition before 1) o'clock ou Wednesday. Both competitions will he open to all comers. Tho games will commence at 9 a.m. A Credibility Index, (From Pumrh.) London', Paris or Petrograd flclal) London, Palis orTotrograd (semiofficial) Berlin (official) It Is believed ln military circles hero that A correspondent who has just returned from tbe filing line tells me that—- It is frdely stated In Brussels that i Our correspondent In Amsterdam wires that Our correspondent In Rome announces that Berlin (unofficial) I learn from a neutral merchant that A story Is current in Venice to the effect that it is rumored that ■ I have learne,|. today from a. reliable source that learn on unassailable authority that It is rumored at Rotterdam tliat— Wolff's Bureau states that .. 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Second period—3, Portland, John- eon, 4:20; 4, Portland, Throop, :36; 5, Portland, McDonald, 1:05; fl, Port land, Oatman, 1:26; 7, Vancouver, Tuvlor. 3:15; 8, Portland, Harris, 1:05. Third period—!!, Vancouver, Nighbor, 1:45; 10, Portland. Oatman, 7:16; 11, Portland, McDonald, 7:30. When in Trail Don't forget to cull on .). A. Muck. Who W'!.JA/Mack? There is onij filio Mnoftlrinoh W trail, B. O (William Archer, in London Newa and ' Leader.) The' Get-mans have a teeny-weeny bit of right lo complain'that, in cbii_ treating their boasts of culture wiih t'heii* deeds of "vandalism, we are mis- representing'' the meaning uf. their word "ku'ltur." ' the complaint ts purely vei-bal, not substantial;1 for 'kultuf" certainly ought . to include what wc'cull'''cultut-c.''. Rut It is true that the two words do' not meun quite the same thing* Qnr "culture",would be better' represented by thc German "bildung," which Grimm renders "cul- tus animihumanitas." "Kultur,'" oddly enough, doas'not. appear In'Grimm'.s dictionary (ed. 1S60): but there is no doubt tliat its. meaning, at tho present day, is something like ."civilization." A writer in the .Mew York Nation quotes two definitions of "kuitur." According to the first,'it'means; Tiie organized efficiency of a .nation hi the bi-ondest sense—its successful achievements in civil and military administration, industry, commerce, firiatiee, and, in a quite' secondary way, in scholarship, letters and art. The secunti defines the wprd 'tyut- turageschiehte"' ;as meaning the 'history of the social life, of a people, racial characteristics, hahiis, fopd, shelter, hygiene, clothes, furniture, domestic utensils, morals and customs, legal loric'eptioiis, religious.creeds, suptjrstl- ioiis, , . t '...-., ..Obviously, thou,. "kuttur,""lias a very much wider connota,tiou thun "i.ul> 'ure." ''■_, , ' .'...' this extension, of the'term seems tu ie rather .recent. Goethe,, in "Faust," speaks.uf "^io^Ktiitur. die alle.Welt beleeckt," .which is. rehderqd "the gloss, uf universal culture." Here. U.e word seems to be used in bur Knglish acceptation, with a shade of contempt which might suggi'St the rendering "cullebaw.'' The Germans have, inoro- over, another word for "civilization' "geslttung"—tbe word, if I. mistake not; usually employed by tbe eminent freltschke. It means Originally "mannerliness," and denotes, perhaps, civilization regarded in the aspect of social polish. l>ut the distinction is not very strictly observed. The common Jingle "Geslnhung aud. Gesitlung' might be rendered "mental and' social habit";, and this is very much what Germany 1ms set hei'self to force Upon the world under the comprehensive designation- of- "Kultur." ■ ■ Assuming, then, that "Kultur" mean! "civilization," do we find'in this mure accurate rendering anything tliat can justify, or even palliate, the conduct of GermunyV On the contrary, her whole spirit and policy are even more hostile to civilization than to culture. Civilization, reasonably understood, is a greater aud nobler thing than culture, because it involves moral no less thun 'Farget lips *& Hur^flr^Helps X 2^ /n/Alfred PXarfe ESKIMOS BEAT VICTORIAS (By Daily News Leased Wiro.) EDMONTON, Alta., Fob. 5.—In the fK'st two games for the Alberta hockey championship between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Culgury Victorias here tonight tho EBklmos won, (i to G. Keld, tor the Eskimos, played a star game and the winning of the game is mostly due to his efforts. \ The second game will take place in Calgary next woek, total goals to decide. ST. MICHAEL'S WINS (By Dally News Leased Wire.) TORONTO, Fob. 5.—St., Michael's defeated thc Torouto Rowing club 6 to 2 to night, winning the championship of the group and tho right to meet the VlcturlaB in tho Ontario Hockey association finals of tho seniors for the John Ross Robertson, trophy. STEVE KETCHEL WINS (By Daily News Leased Wiro.) MONTREAL, Feb. 5.—Steve KCtcllcl of Chicago won a decision over Max Lustig of Now l'orlt ln a 10-round bout beforo the Canadian Athletic club here tonight. The men aro lightweights. MI.NT08 VICTORIOUS (By Dally News Leased Wire.) PRINCE ALBERT. Sash., Fob. C.*- TheHIlntoB tonight defeated tho San. katoon hockey team by a sooro of 10 to l, tho gamo bolng fast from start to finish W.F.C., Fresno, On,*.: In your shooting article, please advise mo as to the proper handling of firearms on different occasions, such as carrying one when aione, in com*- pany, or while loading. This subject Is olio of general Interest. It is ate) one of great importance to prevent accidents of various sorts. Thu most Important rule is never point a loaded of unloaI havo heard It stated that when a. shotgun shell, 12-gaugc, is loaded with more than 2 drama of smokeless powder, all over tho 3 drams is; wasted,. Is it so't . No; Increasing tlio loud increases the velocity und powder lh. excess ol. three drams is ,bunit completely and doos useful work, it'is dangerous, Ijowovcr, to exceed thu largest loads supplied by tho Idg manufacturers, which I think Is 3'4 drams. Imai-aslng tho load always hits'tbo effect of oponlnig up the pattern to a certain degree. C.L.F..,' Hartford, Conn.: Q.H.R., Milwaukee, Wis.: Ploaso lot the know « tliero is in appreciable difference between the rohie and penetration uf a 28 ihdh:. and. 82 Inch 12-gaugo full choke. Snbtgiirh btir* rol. ' There is no appreciable dlfforenco In tile velocity (ami cMwequenitily tiie penetration) or the. pattern,-of. a,. M Inch and a. 32 Inch full oholto shotgun barrels of 12*gn'ugc. .There uCot course, a slight dlllforonco, This difference Is so extremely small, however, that a very careful tost tor a long scries of shots by menns of an ohsotrlo chronograph would bo nee-ssaty to Mlofr hOfr uracil rim ai«eri!»ce l», It*1 would bo quite impossible to tell the difference by any ordinary practical test. The pattern aiso Is tlio same. The 28 inch barrel will shoot as elose us any longer barrel. A.'B.C., .Rock Stream, N.Y.: What Is the best i.S'-gatlige shotgun shell made for trap shooting and what Is the best load ? Tlm most popular trap load for a 12-gaugo shotgun shell is 314 drums of bulk smokeless powder or'25 grains of dense powder, and Hi pz,.No. 7."c chilled shot. How far should a clay pigeon ,lrup throw the pigeons straight ahead? Thu .best way to answer.tills question, I think, is to quote you part of section i. rule 13, us given by the interstate assoclatlhn. This section reads: "Tiugets, whether singles or doubles, shall bo thrown nut less than 45" yards, nor more than 55. yards with a flight between O.nild 12 feet 'high at a 7Hilnt ten' yards from .the trap." Fleaso gl''o mo somo advice in- regard to preparing a gun before putting Il Away fur a. long lime. ir you expect to put the firearm away for a long time, it is well to cleaii the barrel thoroughly on tlireo 'successive days and then.coat It with vaseline . or. a good. criiullty,. of gun grease. ^Always keep firearms ia as tiry a place as possible. . . , . Can you tell me if a 20-ga.ugo shotgun, 25 Inch 'barrel, full choke, has as great a killing .power at 40 yards as a 12-gaugo 26 inelk 'barrel full choke, same model, using smokeless powder? :No; it Is foolish to expect have up greut power as a 12-gauge.. 'Power It' determined by pattern .and sdncp the 12-naiigu throws a.'larger quantity of shot, thero will bo nioro shot ih u 30 inch circle at 40 yards than there would Be with a 20-giJuge and therefore lis killing power would lio greater. In like manner a lO-gaUge Is moro powerful 'tlium a 12, and a 16-gnugo li In 'between a 12 and a 20. All shotguns of. whatever gauge, when bored full ot choke, throw tlio saind per cent of their chargo In a 30, inch clrci'o.at 40 yards. ... Charles Asklns in his book, "The American Shotgun," says: '''Reduce tho chokd of a 1,2 to 00 per, cent and you liavu la' range and power only a l-l) gauge. Reduce It to. a quarter choke and tlio rangu drops', to tbat of a 'So, Still further open tiie 12,.to dn ftp* proved, cylinder and.you have a wcap: on of like power and range.with the 28 inch." This means thai it the bird Is properly centered In. the pattefii, a 20-gaiigu full choko will kill, at the sanio raneo as a 00 per cent ohoko t2- guugo. The 12-gaugo, Jioiyevcr, will hav« a larger killing plrdlt and a greater error In iiimlhg cgilld bo made and still score a kill.. , .' ' Intellectual and aesthete., considerations. Culture Is not at all Irrecon- clleable with barbarism; civilization Is its antithesis. The princes and nobles of tlio Italian..Renaissance weie -,ery highly cultured, but who will maintain lhaV "they were civilized? The culture of China and of 'pre-MeiJI Japan Is Indlibltable: 'but what' ahoiii their civilization? If we insist on applying the termat all to their conduct of life, we must at least admit that tlielf' civilization was as low tis'thelt culture was high. It is possible, on the other hand, to be'clvtlized'without being cultured; ahd that condition, though regrettable as limiting the spiritual life of the Individual, Is Infinitely to be preferred to the opposite state , of culture without civilization. If ono must attempt a definition, it might run something like this:. Civilization means, on the material side, the utilization for the general.good'of all man's achievements in taming, harnessing, exploiting of the forceB of nature; on the piorul side, the fostering of .such dispositions us are eal- tUated, to further lhe free development of humanity toward, larger, Jua'ter, saner forms ef political ahd social life. if wc 'accept this deflnitiqii, Is lt.net manifest that nothing eiiu be more uncivilized thun. the attempt '■ tit any people to impose its-civilization by force upon another civilized people? Can'' anything lie clearer than that differences of civilization, add enormously tb the Interest ahd value of life? ■ ff It Were possible for one language to supplant all others, how ihuch poorer would be the spirit of mall! And the Civilization of a people Is, like its language, simply a natural efflorescence ofr.lts soul, it in conceivable, no doubt, that In lhe process of centuries.un eleotic world civilization may be developed—a survival of the fittest elements in all the national civilizations. Even in such a consummation there would be Iohb us well as gain; but at worst, It would be something , imineasuinbly different froin tho forcible imposition of one single form of "Gesilinutig und Gesitlung" upon a conquered planet. The cry of "Deutsehtuin, Deutschtuin, uber alien:." Is a battle-cry of barbarism. "Are you noi," some Germans tiiay ask, "forcibly imposing British civilization upon India?" This reply is, a simple negative—we are not. We have, indeed, put down by edict one monstrous relic of barbarism, the burning of widows: and we are trying, not quite successfully, to check the practice of murdering female infants. Except in these two extreme cases, tbo most scrupulous non-interference with religious and social habits and prejudices is the fundamental principle of our rule. So far as British civilization has penetrated India at all, It has done so with the consent of the people. Here and there measures of sanitation have aroused local opposition, but tiie sense of the country lias ou the whole been with us. And murk that even If we liad employed the methods of thc drill sergeant, it would not have been a case of supplanting one clvlli- zallon by another; for pre-Brltish India was distinctly one of the countries wliere there was a good deal of culture but Utile civilization. For the material eivllizutlon of Germany we have all the greatest respect. In some ways it is probably a little ahead of ours, partly because of the undoubted thoroughness and competence of .the German mind in,all technical activities, partly because an all- powerful government forces the pace. r:ut If the whole material mechanism of English life were to be Germanized tomorrow the difference, whether for good or ill, would he insignificant—the triumph of "Deutschtum" would bo very meagre, on the moral side tliero Is undoubtely a much greater difference between the two civilizations— and wherein does it lie? Precisely in the fact that the Gorman believes (officially) in three things, which arc to the Mist majority of English-speaking people damnable delusions. The state as an "ultima rutin," superior to all moral scruples: the Incarnation of thi- suite in an autocratic ruler and the moral .sublimity and beneficence uf war. if Gcnnuny can impose I hens ideas on the Engllsh-spenking world land, crusty as It seems, nothing less Is her ultimate endeavor). "DeutBOh- will indeed have made a mighty conquest. Hut In that ease, when tho world returns lo sanity "kultur" will no longer be translated "civilization," but "barbarism." Winter's Chills Bring Out Kidney Ills. Winter quickly makes you realize that there is something radically wrong with the Kidneys. There can be no doubt as to just what is making your back ache all the time—what causes you to urinate so often—what makes the urine so highly colored and so painful to void. The trouble is with.the Kidneys. They are weak or strained, or you may have taken cold and the cold has settled in the Kidneys. The inflammation has also extended to the bladder, which is irritated also by the excess of uric acid. are a perfect protection against winter Kidney and Bladder Troubles, as Mr. Dunn will testify. VAuse a Louise, Dec. 13th. "For tour years, I suffered from Kidney Trouble and tried four different doctors, all failing to do mc nnv good. I was all but discouraged when I saw your GIN PILLS advertised and after taking three boxes, I was entirely relieved. It is now a .. year since then and I have had no return ol the trouble". . ARTHUR DUNN. Depend on Gin Pills to cure your Kidney and Bladder ills —to give you relief from Rheumatism and Pain in the Back —to neutralize uric acid and. prevent bladder irritation—to regulate the urine—in short, to enable you to enjoy life this winter. 50c. abox, 6 for $2.li0. Gin Pills are "Made in Canada''. Sold in U.S. under the'name "GINO" Pills. Trial treatment if you write National Drug « Chemical Cool Canada, Limited, Toronto 25< empty, lint here some poor farmer had not 'cut and run' like the others. Snoring came from upstairs, so I sot down by the fife, uver the fireplace hung two stockings, empty! Poor klddst What chance in such a place of having anything put in them? Hut luck was with me, for tied to my saddle was a paree! containing cake, chocolate, crackers and fruit. "It did not lukc lung to fill those stockings to bursting-point, and with a little money it made unite a show. After a rest, once more I got on the road. This was quite one of the strangest Christmas eves I can remember. "Christmas day was even stranger, i was again in the trenches, but no one fired a shot. I went over to thc Germans, shook harids had a talk in English, exchanged food, etc., and nov wo are trying to kill each other an html its ever. What a life! Ono ot the Germans had been a waiter for some years at the Hotel Metropole, London. They said they all wanted the war to end." SCHISM THREATENED. Loudon.—Tho effects of tho South African rebellion aro being acutely felt ln the Dutch Beformed church, where something like a schism is now threatened owing to differences of po- litlcal opinion. The Dutch clergy havo always been prominent in political affairs and many of them have favored the Hertzes party. While not lending support to an aggressive rebellion, a certain section of tho clergy were inclined to bo passive, chiefly because of tholr hatred for the progressive policy:of Botha. On the other hand. I am Informed that tlio city clergy and thoso of the outside districts who are In daily contact witli English speaking country- inon thoroughly support Botha's po- ilcy and heme the church is divided into two camps. As a consequence a special conference has been opened at KloiiiU'ontein to discuss a. way out of the difficulty. A SOLDIER SANTA CLAUS A pretly story of hew he played Mania Clans to two little children iu a farm in an almost deserted village is told by a transport officer at the front in the following letter home! "You will, I expect, like to know how I spent Christmas Eve. this: 1 had been in the trenches and was on the way back to a spot where I had left my horse. This I reached about 11:00 P.m., and us I was lived I doo-ded to turn In for an hour or two. "Qn guing into a farmhouse I found a fire All the houses about here aro Capie and Enjoy the 18ih Annual Rossland Winter Carnival February 9th to 12th Fastest Teams in Interior British Columbia in HOCKEY Competitions for B.C. aud International Championships SKIING, HORSE RACING and MASQUERADE Secure Standard Certificates for One-Way Fare. For particulars apply to A. W. ROLLAND, Secretary ,«,, j-**,**. j^ie. ...t,....-.-, Rossland, B. C. ' PAGE FOUR €&eMiVLlv J&etoft SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1015 %ty BaUj? j&etoa Published every morning except Sunday, by The Newa Publishing Company, Limited, Nelson, B. c, Canada. ROBB SUTHERLAND, Editor and Manager Business letters should be addressed and ohoques and money orders made payable to The News Publishing Company, Limited, and In no case to Individual members of the staff. Advertising rate cards and sworn detailed statements of circulation mailed on request, or may be seen at the offices of any advertising agency recognized by tho Canadian Press Association. * Subscription rates 60 cents per month; 12.50 for six months; (6 per year. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1015 WHAT WILL NEUTRALS SAY TO GERMANY'S THREAT? . From a British point of view the declaration hy Germany that the seas Which encircle the United Kingdom and those along the north and west coasts of France and part of Holland will be considered a zone of war on and after Feb. 18, does not appear to make any serious change In the situation. Germany since tho war began has heen doing her utmost to destroy Brit. ish shipping. Her disregard for the rules laid down by The Hague conventions and for those of humanity have heen moro openly and publicly expressed in recent weeks, but the principles of the German campaign have not changed since the opening of hostilities. Mines, were distributed broadcast without consideration for the non-combatants whose lives were sacrificed when merchant ships were sunk. Submarine attacks against French merchant shipping commenced early In the war, the case In which a passenger steamer loaded with French and Belgian refugees was torpedoed offering, perhaps, the most striking example of Teuton inhumanity In this direction. Again, last month, five British merchant ships were destroyed by one or more German submarines. that attacks by submarines and efforts to destroy shipping by means of mines would continue was expected and measures have been taken by the British navy to reduce the danger to ocean commerce to a minimum. These measures have met with a success which is more complete than would have been predicted before war if German disregard of International law had beeu foreseen. And the mere declaration of what the Germans would like lo enforce as a blockade of tho British isles does not modify those conditions. It Is to the neutral nations that thc proclamation of the kaiser's admiralty is ot most significance. The warning that it gives to neutral shipping contains the threat that passenger and cargo carrying vessels of the United States, 'Holland., 'Norway, /'Denmark, Sweden and other non-belligerent nations will he subject to the danger of destruction hy German warships engaged In attempts to cut off Great Britain from intercourse with the outside world. The threut in Itself Is damaging In that it will, If It Is not retracted, ihave the effect of eon 1 ratting commerce with Great Britain, Franco and Holland and with other countrios to which ships travel over the route conccmod, by giving cause for fear of loss of life and property. Germany has a right to do all In her power within international law to keep contraband of war from reaching her enemies, hut she has no light to destroy the lives of neutrals nor to send to thc bottom non-contraband cargoes carried hy neutral ships. It she had thc naval power to blockade all or certain British potts she could declare a blockade which would, under international law, prevent neutrals from legally attempting to reach such ports. But she has not the naval strength to enforce an effective blockade and no partial 'blockade will be recognized. - If,. therefore, a German vessel of war in tbe course of its attempts to cut off commerce from Great Britain kills a neutral citizen on a neutral vessel or sinks a neutral ship she will commit an act which most self- respecting nations would consider an act of war. Germany has made the threat that Bhe may commit such acts. It is for the United States and other neutral nations, when they have full Information concerning the German proclamation, to decide upon the measures to be taken ln reply. the good qualities of British Columbia fruit, but more satisfactory' still is the success of the apples from this province against competitors in the open market. The latest success has been won In South Africa. Shipments of Canadian apples were sent last fall in cold storage steamers to various points In South Africa. 'Six hundred boxes Horn British Columbia arrived nt Cape Town In splendid condition. Regarding the reception of the fruit a Dominion trade and commerce department report says: The general opinion expressed •by all dealers, government officials and retailers, is that the shipment of British Columbia apples was undoubtedly the best fruit imported Into South Africa; the packing wns declared perfect. In order to extend the South African market for Canadian apples the report advocates that shipments be made as early as possible and declares that If efforts are made sales can easily be doubled. The demand is for a medium-sized highly colored red apple. Shipments should be made the end of September, Oct. 15 and' Oct. 30. The number In a box should average from 140 to 180. British Columbia apple growers have no need to fear overproduction of a product which pleases consumers wherever it is offered for sale. UNFAIR TAXATION EATS HEART OUT OF AUSTRIA. Many reasons have boon advanced for the poor showing which has liccn made by Austria In the present war. Incompetent officers, poor organization, lack of enthusiasm for the struggle on the part of the great body of the people and tho Internal conflict of races are some of the causes which have been suggested. A writer in an American Croatian papor blames un fair taxation and gives the following examples: At Miholjcu 0,liil5 jutara (acres) owned hy ono noble royalist, tax 107 crowns ($83). Owned by small farm ers at the same place, 7,278 acres taxes, 12,384 crowns ($0,912). At Voclnu, ono royalist owner, 22,- 750 acres', tax, 151 crowns. At same place 12,630 acres, owned by small farmers, tax, 19,075 crowns. At Drensosu, one noble owner, 22,- 012 acres; taxes, 160 crownB. At same place, 13,719 acres, owned by 12,000 small holders, taxes. 9,982 crowns. Such a system of taxation, which falls with enormous weight upon the peasant and middle classes, who are least able to bear it, and touches only lightly the rich, would eat the heart out of any country. "Prodtico more than last year" .is Canada's patriotic slogan for 1915. Patronize tho public market. It Is an Institution whose benefits extend to the rancher and the consumer and through them to the merchants and business men of the community. As Canada has taken measures, with the approval* of the British government, Ho prevent any Canadian nickel from reaching the enemy, the bill of W. F. McLean to prohibit completely tho export of the metal dining war appears to be a wasted effort. The merchant or business man who waits lor times of prosperity to advertise what he has to sell Is allowing his competitor to gain a big advantage which he will later find it difficult to overcome. It is tho persistent advertiser who sells tho most goods. The Dally News Is now iheing printed on paper made in British Columbia from timber grown ln British Columbia and manufactured hy British Columbia workmen. The papor Is the product of Powell River mills, which has a big plant at Powell liver, 'B. C, and is of first-class grade. Speaking to the German war correspondents a few days ago the kaiser misapplied to his principles the words of old John Knox, the Scottish reformer, that "Ono man with God is always In the majority." The emperor dis played the modesty for which he is noted by refraining from naming the "one man". A Nelson company Is engaged In getting out granite for a big Mormon church in Alberta, an Arrow lakes lumber company haB received a big order for cottonwood lumber, In several quarters ln Kootenay and Boundary new settlers are reported as having purchased ranches. Those are some of the satisfactory developments which were recorded In yesterday's issue of The Dally News and which mean improved business conditions. 4> WHAT THE PRE8S 18 8AYINQ. 4 Aidi to Success. -Diligence and perseverence are habits that carry any life as steadily to success as favoring winds carry a ship at sea.—Montreal Evening News. Likely. Docs any one suppose that If the German fleet had command, ot the sea ships would be allowed to carry food to tho British islands?—-Toronto Star. More Than Neutrality. The Detroit Journal Is peeved he- cause some Americans are openly taking sides with tbe allies and asks If just being a plain American citizen Isn't good enough. Not if he lias good red blood In his veins.—'London Advertiser. The German Warships. It Is interesting to note that thc three vessels, Blucher, tScharnhorst and Gneisenau, were named after the three great founders of Prussia of today. Their spirits must grieve at the fate which has befallen their namesakes. The Moltke was luckier than the Blucher and escaped. Possibly Bhe will meet ber fate with the Roon and Furst Bismarck. These vessels are named after the throe men who welded the German empire with blood and Iron. Those who are superstitious will see the finger of fate In this coincidence.—Vancouver Province. Jitney Possibilities. It is among the possibilities that the jitney cars will so reduce travel on street railways that the latter will find themselves able to provide a seal for each passenger who buys one. ] The jitneys may even achieve the miracle of making traction magnates understand that there is a limit to thc patience of the American people. Be yond these interesting possibilities, the jitneys once more remind us that no monopoly can ever be mnde airtight; that tho law or competition will soon or late find the blowholes In the tightest cinch, so that if our efforts to regulate monopolies byjnan- made laws shall fail, natural law will eventually bring them to book.—St. Louis Despatch. »«>«*$><£$*m>3*txs*$> 4 4> THE WEATHER. '■ 4> 4 $4>4?&m4?M4444444444444444.> AFRICA WANTS MORE BRITISH COLUMBIA APPLES. The reputation of BrltiBh Columbia apples becomes enhanced and the de mand for them grows as the market is extended into new fields. At exhibitions In the British isles, in the United States and ln other countries where they have been shown ln competition with the world they have carried oft the premier honors In the classes In which they have heen ex-j Mblted, Victories, of this nature prove RED CROSS NOTES. The depot will 1w open this afternoon from 3 to '6 o'clock. The Incubator that was to hnvo been rnffled t>y the Sona of England in nidi of tho Red Cross funds will ,be raffled Ihls afternoon at the depot at 3:30 o'clock. Tho society acknowledges the sum of J.10 from the Sons nf England, being i'balance of proceeds from a concert held Borne time ago, Prince Hu_>urL .... Vancouver Min. 30 36 38 Max 32 -13 41 46 *I0 30 34 26 16 4 30 85 30 34 3*1 0 28 33 4>4>4#m^>$4!4444*>4Sz-$>4>4>4.4>4 f 4 4> 8TEAMER ARRIVALS. <■ -s> <. S44444444X444&4444444-14-S44 At Boston—Carthaginian, Glasgow. At Genoa—Verona, Xew York. MAY TAX LAND TO RAISE WAR FUNDS (Continued from rage One.) lax on tea are. said io 1>e among- tiie proposed methods ot raising: tho require^ money. Here, It la pointed out, tho poor man with the iarg-o family must) -pay moro pnoiportiomiitoly than the rich man wiih the small family. In the matter of tea thero is said to bo a difference of opinion aa to whether a specific or an ad valorem duty should l*ft Imposed. A specific duty would raise more money tout the man consuming the expensive Mends would not havo to pay any more per pound toward the net taxes "than the man who consumed cheaper blends. With nn ad valorem duty, on the other harnd, tho tea would be taxed according to its value. "Such taxes, it is said, would be accompanied "by n correspontding' Increase in the duties on the finished product and the consumer of the finished product would he assessed the additional cost, while tlio manufacturer would bo little affected. ^'Increased excise duties on tobacco and liquor aro always con®id(.red defensible, as are also taxes on tho luxuries of life, but tiie Income to be gained from ouch increases will necessarily bn infinitesimal. May Tax Property. '"Tho question may arise as to whether the federal government has power to raise taxation! 1>y such a method as the British North America act defines ono of the powers of parliament as "tho raising of money by any modo or system of taxation." "While, therefore, the taxation of property has generally been conceded to bo tlio exclusive right of the municL- palllles", it would appear that the pros ctut extraordinary conditions should Justify tho federal parliament in re sorting to any reasonatole method available. "The assessable value of the -Do minion, roughly estimated, is about $7,000,000,000, so that a tax of a mill on tho dollar would bring to tho federal treasury 57,000,000. Tn tho case of a man own'lmg a $10,000 farm the portion of tho tax which he would be colled upon to pay in tho year would bo. only $10, while in the case of householder owning a $6000 house the tax would too $6. The tax would be easily and readily collected. Tho machinery is already provided and the municipalities would collect and deposit tho money with the federal government. "It if? recorded in this regard that tho city of Peterboro recently collected $10,000 for the patriotic fund by tho simple' means of taxing all tho assessable property lii tho city at thc rate of 10 mills on tho dollar and there was no complaint.!. "It is contended by many members hero that a tax of 1 mill on all thc assessable property in tlio Dominion for war purposes should meet with a proportionate measure of success and witli just as little complaint. "It is a matter of general knowledge that tho government Is casting about for' now methods ,'of Increasing the revenue and has considered the above method. Whether it will f Is tiro in the budget is a matter for conjecture." ■$> COLD STORAGE. <• « <• "Where did you get Hint powder on your coat?" "A suffragette," exclaimed her husband weakly "exploded a bomb." "This pianist lias wonderful power. Ho cau make you feel hot or cold, happy or morose, ai will." "That's nothing new. So can our janitor." "My wife is always worrying about the gas." ".Luckily, lhat is one of the household troubles wc can mako light of." "Ever been in ihe army?" "Sure! I was in charge of a squad of men one time." "On special duty?" "Yes; lliey wero taking me to the guard- house." MILITARY COURT WILL DEAL WITH PAYMASTER Woman to Whom It ts Charged French Stores Were Sent Escapes Arrest Because of Sickness. (By Daily Nows Leased Wire.) PARIS, Fob. 5.—AriBtlde Briand, French, minister of justice, today replied to M. Delahayc, member of the chamber of deputies who Wednesday last demanded that the minister of justice furnish information as to why Mme. Bechoff, to whom Francois Desclaux, general paymaster of the army, is alleged to have sent stolen military stores, has not been arrested. M. Briand declared that the Interference of the minister of justice In the judicial proceedings would constitute the gravest abuse and that the question concerns the military authorities and not the minister of justice. Desclaux was arrested the latter part of January and: at that time it was charged that he had been sending army provisions to a woman and that large quantities of these stores were found by the military police in her house. The woman was said to be the wife of a German. It was stated that she was suffering 'from appendicitis and that for this reason she had not been taken Into custody. CANADIAN OFFICERS ARE INVALIDED HOME TO WEST (By Dally News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Feb. fi.—Lieut. Stanley T Jones, Calgary, wounded with the Princess Pntrlcias and Major Mnckln erey ot KdKnunton have boon Invalided home. FATHER MURDERED; MOTHER DIES, INFANT FOLLWS (By Daily News Leased Wire.) WINNIPEG, Fob. 6.—The ilnfant child of Kosmal Huzakol, who was murdered in Elmwood three weeks ago died In a hospital today. Tho mother died ln giving birth to tho -boy -10 days-ago. The little fellow: had toeea delicate from birth and ro hope was held out for his existence. The murderer of the father is still at largo. A Uttlo girl of four remains of ;• family of four. CHANGED ATTITUDE OF ENGLISH WOMEN A'LDBKSHOT.—That the slump in feminine frivolity has seriously affected the largo drapery establishments is evidenced by the winter &alea, which are now in full swing. The smartest London shops, which as a genernl rule are beyond1 tho purse of tho average woman, aro selling off everything at prices which are astounding, almost giving things away, in fact, and never was there such an opportunity to lay in a stock of silk dresses and tweed walking suits, while as for blouses I should ho afraid to say at how low a figure good smart, silk ones can be purchased. Thc war has brought about many subtle changes in every phase of trade and social life, and In nothing Is tho change so marked as in the fashionable diseases. There aro no neurotic, neurasthenic women to toe round nowadays. They are all too busy with more vital things to have time or inclination for imaginary maladies. A nurse who has beon running a popular home for nervous cases under some of the leading specialists told me that she will have to closo tho house, as it has been empty sinco September, and before that it was hardly spacious enough to accommodate the patients willing to pay high prices -for admission. ALL FOR THE STATE IN OLD ENGLAND Not only tho Worst, but the best; of human nature is brought out by war, and of this we have a striking example in tho political truce in Great Britain, says the.Mail and Empire. So honestly has this truce been observed that a great many, people believe it will be permanent and that soon after the war there Is likely to be a new alignment altogether and but two parties, the radicate and. the moderates. The war has shown how hollow indeed are* some of the pretensions of party government and that at' heart the strongest of political opponents have a deep respect for each other. Men who six months ago would not play golf together for fear, perhaps, that they might attempt to settle political differences with their elubs are now handing each other handsome compliments across tho floor of parliament, At the annual meetings of the great English banks, whose name' is held in most respect? Why, Lloyd George's, the man who a few months ago was regurded as the most dangerous man in England as far as tho old school of financiers could judge. Now one of them says that Lloyd George ought to be made a duke. In Double Harness A year ago he was the best bated man in England. Today he is one of tho most popular. In his recent budget speech he raised everyone's taxes und had some handsome things to say about the dukes, who a. year ago would cheerfuly have lynched him. He was followed by bis ablest and sternest critic, Austen Chamberlain. Tho ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer had no fault to find. His words were compliments. Indeed, he could not well criticize the budget, since he had had the honor of assisting Lloyd George to make it. His assistance was, indeed, very generously acknowledged by Lloyd George. He also paid a tribute to the help he had received from Lord Rothschild, who a year or so ago had referred to Lloyd George as a species bf highway robber. As It is with Chamberlain and Lloyd George, so it is Jn all branches of government. In the last parliament Carson and Redmond sat amicably sido by side discussing how the recruiting In Ireland might bo stimulated. Distinguished Assistants At the foreign office Lord Lansdowne, from the beginning of tlio war until liis recent illness, spent as much time as Sir Edward Grey. At the war office, Kitchener has on bis one hand Lord Haldane, the former Liberal secretary of war, and on the other Arthur Balfour, formerly premier, and conceded to be probably the greatest military authority In England outside the ranks of professional soldiers.' In the admiralty, Winston Churchill it* assisted by Arthur Lee, who would be his successor probably if thc Unionist; were to be placed In power tomorrow, and also by Lord Charles Beresford. a doughty critic for many years pnst. Similarly Lord Haldane, lord high chancellor, who might have been called upon to spend most of his time de elding some of the numerous points of law that ttie war has raised, has been able to spend hours sevory day with Kitchener, because Lord Ha-isbury,-his predecessor, has been largely taking liis place as lord chancellor. Loyal Laborites llow the Irishmen have fallen into line is indicated in thc close association of Carson and Redmond. Nor have the Laborites hold aloof. Thoy have been as loyul as the Unionists, with tlio single exception, as fur as parliament is concerned, of Kier Hardie, who, however, is rather a Socialist than a Laborite. In the early days of the war there was talk of » strike among the shipbuilders and miners. The leaders of the unions affected publicly announced that any man who would lay down his tools In this emergency was not only a blackleg to his union, but to his country. There was a small strike among the saddlers, who have reaped a harvest of the war. The malcontents, however, were literally whipped back to their jobs by their leaders, and afterwards the government, which the men have been long denouncing as the tolls of the capitalists, Insisted that the saddlers should pay their men more wages. England's Best Government A wilier says that as far as politics are concerned lu the British Isles, it is as though tlio story by II. G. Wells, "In thc Days of the Comet," had come true and a vapor had cleaned the earth'of all jealousy, envy and pqttl- ness. As Macau lay says: "All are for the Slate." Probably after (he war is over forgotten political animosities will be revived; but what a pity It is lhat the old lines should ever be retraced! ICngland today is having the best government she ever had, not because the present Liberal government Is the ablest and most patriotic In history, but because the Liberal government Is being aided by the men wild would form a Unionist government fc it were to be called tomorrow. Thc best statesmen In England aro working In double harness. If after the war is over some arrangement could lie found to perpetuate tiie present arrangement Englnnd might well feel that her sacrifices had not been in vain. '»♦♦0♦0^^44«!^^f>^^^^^^^*,^ DO BUSINESS IN A DAYLIGHT WAY Tho storekeeper who makes a practise of offering his patrons "something just as good" instead of tho advertised articles asked for Is doing .business in ttoe dark. Ho is 'trying toy euibtcrfugo to take advantage of the good WlH (Tented iby some one else. Nino cases out of ten the article he offers to substitute is inferior In quality. , It does a positive Injury to the reputable manufacturer who was building a reputaible, business in a 'reputable way. It Is bad for the .consumer am,i in the end! -bad for the storekeeper. Heal with the storekeeper who does business in are open and above board way. When you oak "for an article you saw advertised ire the paper "get what you mk f«r." <$> Says Percy Pol, 'I now am not As blacK as I've been painted, I know as much Because Old Dutch And I've become acquainted." i Dutcn Cleanser Jf, Chttea Din MADE IN CANADA concerning the lowering ot quality, perceptible in the troops that are engaged against the allies at the present time. Strength is given to the view tliat Kitchener's army will not have to meet in large proportion the Gorman crack regiments from the casualty lists that aro published In tho Gorman press. At the tlmo. of writing admission has been made that, nearly 000,0111) Prussians (officers and men) aro liors de,combat—eithor killed, wounded or missing. The figures as to tho Bavarians are scarcely less startling and fully conn™ the opinion that tho worst dint ot German arms has boon made in tho west. The second point brought out by this conversation was that the German shelling Is less deadly than might bo supposed, and there Is evidence that tho Germans have been put to shifts in providing adequate supplies. A third fact within the actual knowledge of the officer is thai however widely tho German official wireless messages may Ibe distributed through the world and however near they may approach to truth (guardedly told), the men in the righting lino do not get any real notion of the actual progress of the vvar. What happened on Christmas day when tho soldiers in the immediate vicinity or my 'Informant made an Informal armistice of 21 hours explains the anxiety of the kaiser that no friendly Interchange should take placo. It seems Incredible, but German soldiers spoke with an obvious sincerity or their belief that established occupation had been made by their army in different parts or England! and that sentries wero posted in certain districts of London. Tho production of London newspapers recording what was happening in llio metropolis and giving other full Information of.the war astonished these men, and they accepted the evidence as com pleto nnd expressed tholr surprise that they had been so misled. Prob- ably those companies were from the country, as It Is Impossible to believe that quite such amazing fictions could lie imposed upon the better educated. Tho fourth point was that In the matter of looking after tlio health of the troops the Germans strangely enough, witli all their attention to science and systems in other concerns, aro far behind ourselves. The sanitary arrangements aro very unsatisfactory, and the doctoring leaves much lo lie desired. These reports iliil not come from sick or wounded, but from strong and healthy, who were surprised to gather'what a smtrtl percentage of sickness we have bad. The Impression left, was not that llioifin- emy was lacking in sense of iiiipnr,- anco of these things, but tliat the plan of campaign having railed, the system itself had suffered in very serious ■ degree. It Is quite certain that the Germans have learned a good deal during tho present war. Their frank acknowledgments that lliey bad uir derestiinated iho ability of the British army shows lhat they aro not hide bound In their own conceit, but or all modern nations they are perhaps 'the least able, to adapt themselves to cir- oiinistanees. lOvon their military science tends to Impede them when variations are required, as they work *o much upon theory and book principles. WINONA-^. Arrow Notch COLLAR 2 for 25 ccnta _______ ___■<; * C. lac. Maian. lata. Daal. ssntnsl GERMANS IN TRENCHES ARE GROSSLY MISLED Believe That Occupation or Different Parts of England Has Been Established by German Army. I hud the opportunity one day this week of talking with an officer Just back from tho front who has .Ibeen concerned in the campaign since the middle of August, and may be trusted to take a very sound view o( the situation according to his lights, which are considerable, says a London correspondent. The whole trouble of these personal observations of- course Is that no one man except a few highly privileged Individuals on the headquarters staff Is cognisant of operations extending over a line of 300 milles.' My friend, however, has been fortunate In meeting quite n number of fellow officers from' long distances, and he Is able to come to cortaln conclusions with a reasonable dogrcc of confidence. For one thing, he does not depreciate In the smallest degree the quality ot the Gorman troops who were' engaged ogalnst our first expeditionary force. He says thnt In every wny they were splendid, and his eulogy of their qualities ninikes more impressive ns evidence or the quality of his Judgment his remarks 25 Per Cent. Discount on Overshoes a a .' Discount on Q\J HOCKEY SHOES _ FELT SLIPPERS Per and Cent \ FELT BOOTS WINNING NUMBERS LAST WEEK AND WEEK BEFORE, , 1282 AND 1327. R.Andrew&Co. '^aSKYOUR t3R.6cMft:.' ';'TJ;si.owiquyA copy ofthe $10:000.00 ROBIN HODD :iod»^BaoK Jjfai& BOOK,CAN BESfeCORfcO. Willi l-illiiTIII.'i tMJH.1IIH.VH.YUA.ilir , ROBIMHflQDFlOUR P. Dawson, ttosldent Agent, Hume Hotel, j Johnston's (Nelson) Wholesale Dlstrbtrs., Nelson Bread Makers What is more useful in assisting thc'housewife in her household duties than one of our UNIVERSAL BREAD MAKERS? 4 Loaf - 8 Loaf $2.50 $3.00 Wo guarantee these to give satisfaction or refund the money. We Havo Also a Full Stock of FOOD CHOPPERS Price $'*25 to $2.50 Nelson Hardware Co. PHONE 21 NELSON, B.C. John Burns & Sons licneral Contractoi and Builders SASH AND' DOOR FACTORY. , NELSON PLANING MILLS, VERNON STREET, NELSON, B.C. Every Description of Building Material Kept in .Stock. Estimate) Given i on Stope, Brick, Concrete and Frama Buildings. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. .,, BOX 184, PHONE 178. 7/fc SATURDAY, FEBRUARY «, 1MB C!>r®attP JUtoa PAGE FIVE Fresh From the Smoke Empire Hams Nicely trimmed, of l-'-lli. average. LU. 20c PICNIC HAMS Lb.;.......,. ::'.... 18c ABERDEEN FRESH HERRINGS Can ...i........,,..:.,.; |5c RASPBERRIES, LAWTONBER. RIES, PLUMS In Table Fruit 2 cuns 25c EXTRACTS must be reduced regardless ot cost. Pure government standard. 2 ounce Lemon I5C 4 ounce Lemon ............. 25C 8 ounce Lemon 40C 16 ounce Lemon 7SC WHITE NAVY BEANS From the famous Ashcroft district. Cook up tender. 3 11"« 25c Bell Trading Co. BAKER STREET Th* Home of Good Groceries I0TEL ARRIVALS OF A DAY vr The Hume T«bl, d'Hote and a la Cart.. Vt4> 4> | SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER ■• J.+ «• _i 4^4444444444 4>4<44444> 4X14444. 'HUME—O. F, Attree, Queen's Hny; J' E. E. Summers, W. W. Perry, R. D. Kenny, Vancouver; T. A. Roliley, [■Handley Wells, II. Perry Leake, City;' 1 W. von Bekcrath, Sunshine Kay; H. iiGlegerlch, A. R. Hcyland, Kaslo; Mrs. _ iC. W. Bourke, IH. A. Lowe, LonR-bc-ieh; tiMrs. James Beckett, Spokane; Mrs. H. iM. Orogan, W. F. Clinton Uaddcley. Willow Point; F, L,. Churchill, Ymir; KG. M. Hambly, Toronto; "W. W. CTeel- Sman; Calgary; Mr. FaliiUalrn., Miss I Porteous, Queen's Bay; A. B. Godfrey, I Mr. Mansfield, City: W. H. Mawdsley, SGranite; W. Gultle, Mrs. S. W. Gor- j don Lambert, Granite; A. P. Davidson, Toronto; 1'homu* jVioV.|tlc, Fort (Steele; Mrs. H. T. Fltzslmmuns, 15. i Fltzslmmons, Vancouver. JAMES MARSHALL. Proprietor. \444&S4>$4>4*$44444444*$4'd444 SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER it* « |l 4&4>®444444444

4>i44>4>444>44> STRATHOONAi—MJ'. un«l IMrs.' ... j) Townsontl, Willow Point; L. A. Levcn ;; suler, Tat'uma; Georgo K. Render, Spo I kallo; A. N. Catrln, New Denver; It il W. Dawson, Willow Point; A. G. ..Poartfo, Vancouver; F, c. Werley, Cai j gary; A. C. Rome, R. A. Kirkpatrlck, ft I* Walls, Winnipeg; 13. M. Fraser, M Salmo, Queen's Hotel Steam Hoat In Every Room. Business Lunch, ,,r,c. Retell $1.50 end $2.00 Day. QUEENS—E. C. Hunter and wife, [.Grand Forks; J. O. Davis, Northport; } A. Cawley, Sulmo; F. C. Davis and IB wife. I f Madden House E. C. CLARKE. Cor. Bnker snd Ward St... Neleon MAJDDEN—W. Jl. Haynea and wife, | Vancouver; W, Metcalfe and wife, \ Wlnnipog, Nelson House European Plan. W. A. WARD, Proprietor. CAFE—Open day and ni»ht—BAR Merchants' Lunch 12 to 2. Phone 97 P. 0, Bos 69/ ■NELSON—T. O'Gordon, Wild Horse 1 creek; C. iL. McSperr*. C. E. Mitchell, IP. ,T. Buchanan, E. 13. Smith, Mnr- i[cus. SHERHR(X)Kr.—A, Llllil and wire, I Vmlr; A. Vernon, New York, Wher Taking a Vacation go to tbe Great I Halcyon l Hot Springe, where you can secure not only reel, but at the same time bave the benefit of the beat medicinal waters on tbe continent, un equaled for rheumatism ' and kindred ailments. The sp.'liigs are east ot access to travellers and the botel bas been fitted up and is conducted with a view to tbe mail mum of comfort and convenience for guests: Rates; $12 and $16 per week, or 12 per day and upwards. Halcyon Hot Springs Sanitarium WM. BOYD, Proprietor. Halcyon Arrow Lakes New Grand Hotel Best Place 1n Town. 1.00 a day up. ROSSLAND HOTELS The Hotel Allan Comfortable Rooms—Splendid Table. SMITH & BELTON, Proprietors. IHOTEU ALLAN—A. C. O'Neill, Ymlr; John W. Falls, Waneta; J. W. Watcrhouse, Spokane; W. J. Gamble, Montreal; K. G. Marshall, Calgary; E. B. Boilert. Vancouver; G. N. Gilchrist, Nelson; Mrs. Bradcn, Watchan; H. Gray, A. Lister, F. S.' Land, Vancouver, G. McKcwn, F. Prltchard, J, Coffey, Nelson. Hotel Touraine 8POKANE A centrally located hotel opposite Review bldg., hair block from new Monroe Street Bridge; a full view down Riverside Ave. from lobby. Rates reasonable—50 cents a day and up. Give us a trial. WM. SNOW, R. H. 8NOW, Prop. Mgr. The very life uf those eastern hilltop gairdcna is In the sealed Salada package. Non0 ibut the best and tho youngest leaves aro blended to form this wonderful tea. BILLY SUNDAY, REVIVALIST HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY "Billy" Sunday, twentieth century evangelist, brio-time star base runner and centre fielder of "Pop" Anson's old White Sox, has thc staid city of Philadelphia eating out of his hand. Tho kind of gospel the Reverend "Billy" is handing out to Philadelphia Is something- quite new to that town and probably t0 any other east of the •Rooky mountains, except those which lie has already awakened anil which havo witnessed earlier what he calls "The Chautauqua sulute to God,'1 with 'which he opens his extraordinary revival services. Tho huge tabernacle, which was (built fur the occasion, holds GO,000 persons anil It is crowded to Its capacity at every service. Here arc a few samples of liilly's pulpit oratory that Is arousing Philadelphia's religious fervor: "Tho Clay and Webster an,( Calhoun and Douglas and Unieoln type of American citizen lias been supplanted by tho good for nothing, God-forsaken, lick spittle, peanut headed, weasel eyed, whiskey soaiked, rum ffuzsllnff, gin guzzling politicians of our day." "Down hero tho devil has forced the Issue, but tiie devil would have cold feet and pneumonia iu twenty-four hours if we'd get busy and live tho first twenty verses of the Sermon on the Mount. "Somo would-bo Christiana are so stingy that they would steal files from a blind spider. Thero are others so mean that they sing through their noses to save wear and tear on their fulso teeth." HEADACHE, COLDS, TAKE CASCARETS No Headache, Sour Stomach, Bad Cold or Constipation by Morning Got a 10-cent box now. Furred tongue, bad1 colds, Indigestion, sallow skin and miserable head* achea como from a torpid liver and clogged bowels, -which cause your stomach to 'become filled with undigested food, which sours and ferments like garbage In a swill barret. That's 'the first step -to untold misery!—indigestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow skin, mental fears, everything that is horrible and nauseating1. A Cas- caret tonight will give your constipated "bowels a thorough cleansing and straighten you out by morning. They work while sou sletfp—a 10-cent box from your drug-gist will keep you feeling good for months. Millions of men and women take a Caacaret now and then to keep their stomach, liver and bowels .regulated, and never know a miserable moment. Don't forget the children—thWr little Insides need, a good gentle clennslng, too. Kootenay and Boundary KOOTENAY COMPANY IS INCORPORATED Quarter Million Dollars Capita' of Colonization Project—Police and License Boards Named (Special to The Dally News.) VICTORIA, U. C, Feb. 5.—Among the companies Incorporated by announcement In tiie current provincial gazette Is tho West Kootenay Colonization & Development company of Brldesvllle with a capital of $250,000. Appointments are: Georgo O'Brien of Fernie, to be an inspector of coal mines and metalliferous mines. Charles O'Brien of Coal Creek, to be instructor and caretaker of thc mines rescue and training station at Fernie. Pollco commissioners aro appointed as follows: Slocan—Aid. F. DeC. Callender and Peter Shean. Trail—Aid. F. W. Pcrrin and F. G. Morln. Cranbrook—Aid. L, Clapp and W. F. Attrldge. License commissioners: Sloean—Aid. F.Dc C. Callender and P. Shean. Kaslo—Aid. D. S. O. Strathearn and W. J. Green. Trail—Aid. F. W. Pcrrin and F. G. Morin. Cranbrook—Aid. A. J. Balmcnt and J. H, Caslake. NEW DENVER NEWS (Special to The Daily News.) NEW DENVER, B. tt, Feb. 5.—The Methodist Ladies' aid gave tho mosl enjoyable and successful social even* ing ln the history of Us church on Feb. 2 In thc church. At the finish of the program the women furnished a dainty supper. The program was as follows: Hymns, Ladles' aid and choir; instrumental trios, Mr. and Mrs. L. W Sells and J. Jewltt; recitations, F. Trickett; duet, Misses Halcyon Hill nnd Clara Aylwln; recitation, Dick Harris; duet, Mr. and Mrs. Welch; reading, Mr. Welch; recitation, Miss Halcyon Hill; Congo Canoe Song, Mr Welch. The Patriotic society, met Tuesday afternoon. All the members were present besides a lot of visitors, numbering altogether about 90. Tea waa served by Mrs. William Thomllnson, the Misses Gunn and Miss Bateman. The total collected from the sale of ten amounted to $12.25,' the largest sum yet made. FERNIE MOOSE DO MUCH WORK FOR LOCAL RELIEF (Special to The Dally News.) FERNIE, B. C, Feb. 5.—On Monday evening an enjoyable social was held under the auspices of the Loyal Order of Moose. The chairman, who is present dictator of the Fernie lodge, In addressing those present brought out somo interesting information ln connection with the work that had been accomplished by thc Moose since the inception here less than 18 months ago. During that time this lodge had grown to one of the largest fraternal bodies in the city and lu addition to its membership strength, it was in an exceedingly healthy financial condition. The sum of $1,000 had beeu distributed hint year for local relief purposes, which work was still being carried on. Among other speakers of the evening was Mayor-Elect Thomas Uphill. W. G. Barclay, general manager ot thc A. Mucdonald interests in this province, arrived iu the city on Wednesday from Vancouver on a tour of inspection of the local branches of thut company. A dance was held lu Victoria hull on Thursday evening In aid of the local relief. Lleut.-Col. .1. Mackuy visited Cranbrook this week in connection with military matters. The colonel reports that the $3,000 received by hlm from tho paymaster of military district No. 11 on account of pay due the members of the East Kootenay overseas contingent while being mobilized iu the vicinity, has all been distributed and that thc balance due lu this connection is expected shortly and will then be promptly distributed. HAS LEG BROKEN Joseph Gill 8uffer» Through Fall of Rock—Many, Attend Knights of Columbus Party (Special to The Daily News.) ROSSLAND, B. C„ Foi). 5.—Joseph GUI is ln the hospital with a broken leg resulting from rock falling on him while working In thc Le Roi mine. W. G. Ternan returned last evening from Vancouver where he has been for the past week. . His mother accompanied him there and will remain for some time visiting friends. Mrs. Burns left this morning for Salt Lake City, where she will visit relatives. From there she will go to Los Angeles before returning to .Rossland. J. S. Dcschumps went io China Creek thin morning. The subject of Rev. W. Robertson's address at St. Andrew's Presbyterian church on Sunday evening wilt be "Covetousncss, Murder and Retribution." | Mr. Oddy of Trail Is In the city today. A largo number attended the Knights of Columbus card party and dance given in Knights of Columbus hall on Tuesday night. Cards wen- played, refreshments served and dancing indulged in. G. W. HOGGARTH HEADS FRUITVALE CONSERVATIVES (Speclnl lo The Dally News.) I;RU1TVALE, B. C, Feb. 5.—The annual meeting of the Frultvalo Conservative association was held Tuesday. Tho following officers were elected: Hon. presidents, J. H. Scho- field, M. P.; P., R. F. Green, M. P.; president, G. W. Hoggarth; vice-president, II, C. Davis; secretary-treasurer, W. R, Mcllard; committee, John Buchanan, S. Brewster, Thompson Wood, William Nollson, Thomas Smith. George Litton. A vote of confidence in the sitting member, J. H. Schoflcld, M. P. P., was passed. WILL LOOK INTO NICKEL REFINING POSSIBILITIES (By Dally News Leased Wire,) TORONTO, Feb. 5.—Tho Ontario •government has taken* action toward making a thorough investigation of the nickol industry in tho province with a view to having all nickel refined at home. Tonight Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, minister of lands and mines, announced that In order to ascertain, all the facts and to acquire a full knowledge of the situation, it hnd been decided to appoint a commission to investigated ' i*U thc report of the commission makes clear the practicability of refining nickel In tho province, them the necessary steps will be taken to see that it is brought about," Btated the minister. "The commission iwlll then havo the power to exhaust every possible source of information and study every pha-sb of the situation. Up to the present the government has not been convinced that any action preventing tho export of nickel would not have tho effoct of transferring the nloket business or a substantial1 part of It, from Ontario to New Caledonia, Norway or elsewhere, Uip to the present there docs not appear to have been any known process of refining the Sudbury coppor-nlckel material that would have permitted: of the operation being a commercial and economic success in Ontario, ''It is in order to ascertain all the facts that this commission Is 'being appointed." BIPLANE FALLS WHILE FLYING OVER POTSDAM (By Dally News Leased Wire.) AMSTERDAM, Feb. B, via London, Feb. B.-'A military biplane fell today while flying over Potsdam at a height of about 160 feet. The pilot and a pnsRfinger were killed-. RAILROADS DO NOT WANT HORIZONTAL RISE (By Dally News Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Feb. 5.—G. E, Dal- rymple, vice-president of thc Grand Trunk railway; admitted today that the question of an advance iu freight rates has been receiving the consideration cf railroad people for some weeks past. "While definite conclusions have not 'been reached yet," he said, "the railroad officials are working along lines somewhat different to thoso adopted by the Amerlcam railways In their application to the interstate commerce commission, It -being thought that with our different situation in Canada a horizontal rise would not work out satisfactorily." He stated that he expected tho preliminary work would be completed in the next week or so, and would therii 'be ready for submission to the various boards of trade for consideration and finally to the board of railway commissioners for approval. "Tho continual and rapidly decreasing margin between income and expenses Is tho compelling force for the proposed advance in freight rates at this time," said thc vice-president. plenty of Volunteers for third contingent here There are about 1-5 names on thc roll which is kept at the armory by the Nclf/on & District Veterans' nsso elation of tho men of Nelson and adjacent district desirous of enrolling with the third contingent for active service and though the call for recruiting in Nelson has not as yet arrived It is certain, states C. J. Archer, secretary of the veterans' association. who was In charge of recruiting here for tho second contingent, that ther will be ample men to respond to an; call which tho m'illtary authorities make on the city and district. FORT FRANCIS MAYOR IS DISQUALIFIED FOR CORRUPTION (By Dally News Leased Wire.) FOIIT FRANCIS, Out., Fob. 5.—For non-payment of taxes and for corrupt practises on his own part and his agents, the election of D. C. MeKeu zle as mayor of Fort Francis was todny declared void by Judge Fitch. The judgment also provided that the respondent should be disqualified lor the term of two years. LEARNED TO PLAY ORGAN AT AGE OF 95; DIES AT 101 (By Daily News Leased Wire.) LONDON. Feb. G.—In his 101st year Thomas Collins, retired farmer and pioneer of Biddulph township, died today. The deceased, who was a native of Kent, England; learned to play tho organ at the age of 95 and entertained friends and relatives with selections thereon at tho celebration of hla one hundredth (birthday anniversary only a foW weeks ago. Ten children survive him. To Help Nature Shed .i a Bad Complexion Beauty devotees aro enthusiastic ovu-i Hie beautifying qualities of mercollzed wax. Perhaps nothins discovered wlthli; recant years accomplishes so much, so quickly, without harm, without detaining ono Indoors, and at such small expense. Tho principal reason for Its wonderful merit Is that It works in harmony with physiological laws. Instead of hiding, ot "curing" complexion defects, It removes them. The wax actually takes oil the aged, faded, sallow or blotchy cuticle, gently, (gradually, causing no inconvenience. It Is Nature's way of renewing complexions. Whon tho natural process 1.. retarded because of deficient circulation ot nerve tone, mercollzed wax comes to the rescue and hastens the skin nheddlng. The new complexion which appears is it natural one. youthful, healthy, exquisitely beautiful. If you've never tried merool. lied wax, get an ounce of It at the drui store, use at night like cold cream, wash Ing li oft In the morning. Another natural beautifying treatment- for wrinkled, flabby skin—Is to bathe th. face In a lotion made by dissolving at ounce ot saxolito in a half pint wltcl hasol. This Is remarkably effective. STREAM OF BRITISH TROOPS CROSSES CHANNEL Big Developments May Come Soon, Says Former Calgarlan—Recruit. In9 In Britain Lively. Recruiting |n Britain is proceeding at a lively clip; the government is, however, taking the precaution of be ing In a position to put its finger upon every able-bodied man in the country and upon every item of supplies in case ot necessity. British troops are constantly crossing the channel into Prance these days. These sidelights upon the situation in Great Britain are given in a letter received from a former Canadian, George Peterkin. by his friend, C. Hay, Calgary. Mr. Hay says: "This country (rom end to end Is a large war camp, nothing but soldiers everywhere, flying machines along tbe coast and men-of-war at sea. They are talcing all tbe steam drifters for mine sweepers and scouts, in connection with the reported raid the Germans are about to make. Tliero is no excitement. Everything seems to be about as usual, although all aro of one mind tbat there is only one wav, and that is to fight to a finish, put GefThany on Its back and settle It for good. You can heard queer stories from the wounded soldiers and others returned from the front. Everything Is 'being done to make the soldiers comfortable. They are the best fed clothed and cared for who are at thc present time in the field. "You will see by the papers thai Kitchener does not think conscription necessary, as recruits are coining forward as fast ns they can be trained, Tbey are everywhere you go. In nuchan street station n detachment loaded up a train, while the plpen stood on the platform playing for all they were worth, and then got in after. Tbey changed at Perth, nnd I think they were going to Fort George, There are hundreds in Elgin and 1-eith, but tbey will be going sou when the others go to France. I was speaking to an officer ot the Black Watch (Capt. Allan), and1 he tells me there Is only one officer of the original lot left at the front and fit for duty, so you can see how that regiment suffered. It Is great to hear about it and how some of the Germans are dirty fighters. They are not all tbe same, however. There have been a lot of men home .for Christmas and others for the New Year previous to going to France. At that they may not be going there. Some think it may be Belgium. We will havo to wait for developments, however, as Kitchener is not the man to give the show away. "At the beginning of the war yon will remember about a French gen oral being shot. Me kept back Kitclv ener's despatches for two days and was the cause of the great losses at Mons, and afterward as his orders were that they had always to have trenches dug in the rear and ready In case tbey had to fall back. Kitchener crossed to France and informed the French cabinet and Joffre tbat if tlio general was not court-martialed he would withdraw every British soldier Tbe result was he was shot and sev eral others were reduced for not giv Ing the support promised thc British and leaving them to extricate them selves or be annihilated. Tak'ng Roll Call cf Abie-Bodied. "They are taking a list of all men cf fighting age throughout tbe coun try, and, if necessary, will call then up, as there will be a bill passed or martial law declared. There are about -T'0 from this place, with a population of about -MOO. There wilt be something doing shortly now when they get a move on. and I hope they will give them fits when they gel started. I saw a lot of'wounded Bel glans In Lossle at the Stotflcld hotel and saw a Red Cross nurse dresslni them. "Special constables are being sworn In all over the country, with special duties, ln case of Invasion, as to whn to do witli cattle, carts, horses, motors, spades, picks, haiibed wire and everything that would be of service lo the enemy. A list is taken of everything and everyone has his duties assigned and instructions, so you see I hey arc not taking any chances. "They are not afraid and all arc of one mind, and that is to make up for the time caused by our general unpre- paredness, Cattle and horses are all branded with the owners' brand, and if they miikc up wrong returns, or If they make no returns at all and anything liaiipens. they will get no compensation from tbe government. On tbe east const they have also got instructions what to do. and where lo go in case of bombardment. "There has been very little news from the front lately, but the troops are busy crossing and so thnt something may be expected soon.'' BEAUTIFULLY TERRIBLE IS FIELD OF BATTLE HANOVER.—Though Iho modern battlefield at night is the abode of torror, it does not lack picturesque- nesB, according to a German officer whose opportunities to be impressed have been many. In a letter to a friend here he wrote: "Being on observation duty at night is not as lonely a job as yon think. Time passes very quickly. There are nights, however, when every minute seems an hour. All tbat depends upon circumstances and your own frame or mind. "War here Is more Intense than it Is ln the east. My observation post lies close to the lines of the French on a hill. From there I report the movements of the enemy and direct our artillery fire. Over ine fly hundreds of shells and shrapnel from both sides. A share of them came last night.. "Until about 10 o'clock all was quiet. From out of the dark night came the UBtinl battlefield noises, If noises one cculd call them. Somewhere men spoke In an undertone—what language I don't know. A man coughed In a suppressed manner, and the steps of another wore recorded by the faint voice of two metallic substances striking together. Then the steps snd other sounds vanished and I replaced my revolver. Tongues of Purplish Fire. "There was nothing to he seen until to my right the rifles In a French trench began lo sputter. Little tongues nf purplish fire seemed to leap PRICES. A Positive Boon to Stout Figures The Famous Self-Reducing NEMO CORSETS It Is one thing to find a Corset which will Improve your appearance. It Is a much more Important and unusual thing to find a Corset that will not only make you look Infinitely slighter and more comely of form, but which will nt the same tlmo prove absolutely comfortable in tho wearing and supply a healthful support to the figure. THE NEMO Is this Ideal Corset, which meets not only the demands, of fashion but also of hygiene. 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But they kept it up valiantly and tho excitement, communicated itself to the trenches in front of me and to those beyond on my left. "In less time than it takes to write it tlio entire Held rose from sleep. that you were looking Up a vast number of steel ovens. "Ot" man you heard not a sound. No human voice could bo heard in tho din. Softly t tried tny own. But tlio effort mingled with an explosion near by. "For some time the fury of the battle in the dark about uothinfi increased. "For the greater part of an hour the Searchlights which had lain still he- threshing continued. Then tbe out breaks lessened In volume and fre quency and finally died out altogether, fn the trench in trout of me men now spoke, hut soon it. was so still again that, f could hear tho ticking of my watch and the sighing of Ihe wind lu the nearby willows." SALARIES OF POLICEMEN (By Daily News Leased Wire.) in JAW. police commissloi oral, eeiuinmiziuK \\li?tt! it reduced ( from '$3,0.10 to $2,100 and the city detectives from .f(l,SOU to $1.G00. Magistrate Dunn, whoso Malory waa cut from $3,000 hi $1,500, has lodged ;( protest against this action on tha gan to move about frantically. Here and there other lights appeared As if somebody had turned on the electric current of a city. "Headquarters wanted to know what the cause of the activity and its significance. ! returned to my task of observing things in the dark. IJut through my glasses the little flames | MOOSE JAW PRUNES of the rifles became merely a trifle large and mon. intense and the sil- houettes and shadows cast, by the searchlights blacker. From nearby came the buzzing of an aeroplano motor—'it passed on, which way I don't know. "And then green fhin.es iu the far- off sky told of rockets or shrapnel, whichever they were. A detonation back of me caused rue to look around, lust then two of our guns emitted columns of Eire, and the next instant a shell sailed through the air above me witli an uncanny moan. Another came. Ahead of me. in rapid succession, two sheaf-like Hashes and two losions that shook the earth around me. Pillars of Fire. Soon the fire became general. The battlefield assumed an aspect which I would call beautifully terrible. There were moments when it resem bled a large city in which the inhabitant's passed the night by pulling up ind down the shutters of their windows. Of a sudden whole rows of houses would he lighted up as the men in the trenches fired volleys. For a moment a part of this city would He in utter darkness and then would rise from it tho columns of fire emitted by tho howitzer batteries. The pillars of fire would rise almost perpendicularly, giving the impression Sask., Foh. li. The joined in tho gen- t its meeting tonight iii*f Johnson's salary nd il.. the amount city council that this In at $.'{.i)uo in sain ry the consulting the City act declares that will 1)0 determined by tho and the police magistrate) i been by agreomont fixed i thai in slaughtering hla Ity council acted without; NURSES REACH MONTREAL ON WAY TO THE FRONT {By Daily News Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Feb. 5.—A party of 45 nurses from Ottawa bound for Halifax, whence they sail for England to join the Canadian expeditionary force. pasB8d through Montreal this morning. They came from Montreal aud the west and are a part of the list of 70 recently selected by the military department. They will leave Halifax in a few days after being joined by the Quebec and maritime provinces contingent. Old Friends are Best-Hamlin's over* 60 years in use.—safe, trusty, reliable! mnde of thc finest and moat costly materials ever put into a liniment. Never iurious, always effective. Sends its antiseptic healing oils right in where the pain is—invaluable for jliouinutism, inraln., .oro throat, cute, asthma, cold on tho chest, otc. All drusajistB. fltitimuirtmilmk/ni. WrtU HAMLINS WIZARD OIL CO., TORONTO w .25 Mutton, relni! 12M.26 "on I. retail 15 .30 Hams, retail .20® .26 Bacon, retail 20® .36 •Lard, retail i .15® .16 -liickens, retail 2atQ> .25 Sausages, retail .; 189 -25 Turkey, per lb 2S® .30 Oeese. pe- lb 25® .28 Ducks, per lb 25® .28 Vegetables Parsley, per bunch .05 Dry Onions, per lb .03 Cabbage, local, lb .02 Potatoes, 100 lbs 1.90 Hothouse lettuce, lb .40 New Carrots, Ib ,02 Turnips, per lb. .02 Sweet Potatool, 4 lljs. .25 Sugar, Granulated B. C. Cane 100-ib. sacks Lump sugar, 2 lbs Granulated B. C, 20-lb. sack '..; Brown sugar, 3 lbs Syrup, maple boUle .... Syrup, gallon 1 Honey, comb, per lb Honey, l-lb. jars Honey, local clover, Jar..,. Foodstufr*- R >i>in Hood ^nlil niwi Finn- B. & K. Bread Flour i<'iv0 Roses Laku or the Woods, bag.. Royal Household King's Quality Mother's Favorilo Purity Flour H. B* Co. Hungarian Dairy Products. Butler, creamery, 2 lbs Butter, dairy, ;i lbs Cheese, Canadian, per lb. Choose, Can. Stilton, ]b.... Cheese, Imp. Stilton, lb... 'Iiopko flu-lK,. nr>* lb .. Kggs, local, new laid, doz. Prairie eggs, doz S.40 .30 1.75 .25 .60 §2.00 .25 it .35 .40 2,00 2.25 2.26 2.25 2.25 2.15 l.'JO 2.25 2.00 .75 1.00 .25 .30 .40 .35 WEEKLY COPPER EXPORTS TWO MILLION DOLLARS (By Dally News Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Fob. 6.—Copper ex. The Jenckes Machine Co., Limited BOILERS 1—60-ln.xl6-ft H. R. T. 1—40 H. P. Locomotive, 1—36-tnjc8-ft. Vertical. j_42.lnj.8-ft. Vertical. HOISTS 1—7x10 Friction Drum. 7—3x8 Friction Drum. 8—6x6 Timber Hoists. BLOWERS ENGINE8 8—9-ln.xl2-ln. Slide Valve, PUMPS 1—No. 1 Cameron Sinker. 1—No. 5 Cameron -Sinker. 2—Cameron Prospe tors Sinkers. 1—61-8x3x8 Moore Sinker. 2—5x5 Gould Hand Pumps. BUCKETS 8UPPLIE8 THE NEL80N IRON WORK3, LIMITED. There la no habit more easily formed than the habit of saving. If you have not already acquired tho habit do so now by opening a saving., account. ' One dollar opens an account Is Our. Savings Department Establi.h.d 1875. ;Heaa Office, Toronto, Ont Capital (paid up).. 17,000,000 Reserve Fund .,..17,000,000 Peleg Howland, President Ellas Rogers, Vice President Edward Hay, Gen, Manage! Nelaon Branch J. H, D, Benson. Manager Bank of Montreal ESTABLISHED 1817 Capital authorized .....125,000,000 Capital all paid up »15,000,J00 Rsst 116,000,000 HEAD OFFICE! MONTREAL H. V. Meredith, Esq President Sir Frederick Wllllsms-Taylor, General Manager, Branches In British Columbia: Armstrong, Athalmer, Chllllwaci, Cloverdale, Bnderby, Greenwood, Kamloops, Kelowaa, Merrltt, Nel son, New Denver, Hew Westminster, Nicola, Penticton, Port Al- bernl, Port Haney, Prince Rupert, Princeton, P.ossland, Summerland, Vancouver, Vancouver (Main street), Vernon, Victoria, West Summerland, Albernl, Interest paid en Savings Deposits at 3 per eent (present rets). Nelson Branon, L. B. OeVeber, Mgr. . Try a ClatifM M Next Time.. THI MILD WEATHER WILL FAVOR HARKET Supply of Vegetables Holding Up Well —Market Justifies Public Patronage, States One Interested With mild weather here the session this morning of the weekly public market is expected to prove the most largely attended bf this . year. The somewhat severe weather which lias been experienced since the New Year has kept tho attendance of both put* rons and ranchers down to thc point which is thought by those who are interested in tho institution will prove the minimum and greatly Increased attendance is looked, for from this time henceforth. The supply of vegetables on sale at the market Is said to bo holding up extremely well considering the fact that, last season the growers did no) produce with the idea of catering to the demands of the public through a market, while at every session of the institution since Its inauguration there has been a nice supply of poultry, both live and dressed, which has heen an \ attractive feature. "If the market, through the patronage of thc public, is going to justlfj its existence to the ranchers In order that tbey will prepare to keep it well stocked this year by producing specially to cater to the market trade, the people will have to show an intereBl and on Saturdays patronize it to thf best possible advantage," states one ot those who are Interested in the moye- ment. GRAIN. CLOSING GRAIN PRICES. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) WINNIPEG, Feb. 6.-^CIosc: Wheat: May, Jl.63%; July, J1.60H- Oats: May, 69; July, 08%. Barley: May, 88%. Flax: May, $l.tiS'4; July, Sl.(i9»i. Minneapolis: Wheat: May, $1.53%; July, $1.49%; Sept., $IM%. Chicago: 'Wheat: May, $1.64%; July, $1.41%. 44^®®ti44<$w4wt>vwvim4444*$^ €> PRODUCE. « <*< 4 4>^4^4>'i>»4aM^^/4)4^i^i^i^i^^4>4r MONTREAL PROVISIONS. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) MONTRRA-UFeb. 5.—Cheese: Finest westerns, 16% at 17; easterns, 16Mi. Butter: Choicest creamery, 31 ut %; seconds, 30&. Eggs: Fresh, 40; selected, 32;, No, 1 stook, 30; No. 2 stook, 20. Pork: Heavy Canada short mess, 2S; short cut back, 27%. «■ 4 4> METALS. 4 41 4 344444444444>4'$44> Silver, Lead—Official. LONDON, Feb. 5.—Silver, 22%; lead, .CIS 13s 3d. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Sliver, 48 WAR DID NOT 8HAKE 4> ■4 THEIR MARKET 4> 4> A .manufacturer of a well- known household product, 4> 4> widely and splendidly udver <$■ * tiscd, reports'that hto'business * $ has actually Increased during <$> tho so-called "war depression." 4> 4> He attributes tho fact to a 4f moro discriminating buying, 4* ® Ho bellovos tho iputblle, odti- '** catetl to a 'belief Ut tho duality © of his product, turned to if in * dull times. '.- «$> '«■ In iLhial cas» advertising 4> * forged a particular brand 4> 4> ahead at a time When others 4> 4> woro going back. >s> *> The advertising had cstajb- 4> * lished tho, tdea of character In 4> * tho mind of the public and in * times of straw that -character * was a veritable'' gold mlho of 4> 0 assets, 4> Daily INews Want Advts. DAILY NEW8 CLASSIFIED AD RATE8 One cent a ward per Insertion, four eents a word per week, fifteen cents a word per month when essh soeom- partiss the order. Otherwise one cent per word par Insertion straight. No aeesunts opened.far want ads. Mini mum charge 25 cents. f9RL-T-R-Y A1*? LIVESTOCK BABY CHICKS, ducklings and ho'eh Ing eggs, poultry and fruit form paying combination; catalogue forwarded on application Charles Provan Langley Fort', near Vancouver. 224-tf FOR RENT K. W. C. BLOCK — Housekeeping suites and rooms for rent Terms moderate. A Macdoitaiid & Co. 272-tf FOR RENT — Suite of furnished housekeeping rooms ln Annable block. Enquire room 32. 272-tf FURNISHED SUITES for rent. Appls Kerr Apartments. 228-t' ROOM and board and also meals; 912 Vernon street. «243-12 FOR RENT-^Weil furnished, furnace heated worm room. Central; apply 620 Carbonate St. •B46-12 FOR RENT—Suito of clean, well furnished .housekeeping rooms; terms moderate; 507 Silica St, •!4»-6 FOR RENT—Fivo roomed modern house, partly furnished. Apply 624 Latimer St; »_249-6 FURNISHED ROOMS — 411 Silica street. ♦249-12 HELP WANTED—MALE. $15 WEEK AND EXPENSES—To travel, appointing local representatives. Whitfield Ltoscott, Brantford. WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS WANTED—To rent a piano for Rossland, Apply B. H. L„ P.O. box 23, Nelson, 'B.C. , ' (2) WAiNTED—Beef, pork, veal, poultry and eggs at all. times. People's Meat Market, 602 Vernon St., Kobargo & Wasslck. (7) TO EXCHANO-E—For lumber; $2000 cash and store building now rented. Located In good town. Apply Box 15, Daily News. (15) WOMAN COOK wants place, country hotel or any kind of worlc Box 445, Oity. (25) WANTED—A millwright for a large, ■local co-operatlvo company. References required; Address box S58, Nelson, B.C. (27) WANTED—Ba'by or small child to board and care for. Apply box 29, Dally News. (29) WANTED—Exueriontlcd sawyer ana filer by a largo West Kootenay Corporation. Permanent position assured. Company strictly co-operative in every particular. Address 4)ox 868, Nelson, B.C. (28) FURS. New fur coats, muffs, stoles, rugs etc., made to order or from skins supplied. Old furs repaired and remodelled co newest shapes, at moderate prices Skins dret sed and mounted. G. Glaser Expert Fu Tier, 811 toll street, Nelson R. (, S17-M TAXIOEHMISTS PRICE BROS., TAXIDERMISTS— Holders of tho Northwostern School oi Taxidermy Diploma, Omaha, Neb. Birds, animals, fish, reptiles mounted and preserved true to life. Rugs and robes made from skins supplied. For terms apply Prico Bros,, Rossland, B.C. «242-26 BARBERING. LADY BARBER SHOP—218 Baiter St. Prices:, Hair cut, 36c, with Bhave, 60c; children hair cut, 26c. (10) FOR SALE, TEN LOTS, small house, for Quick sale. Cheap; apply 'box 44, Nelson, B.C. -. , ■ (10) FOR SALE—Get wise and cut out tho middle matt. No. 1 XXX shingles, direct from the mill, delivered anywhere on Kootenay or Arrow .lakes at $2.76 per thousand. Arrow Lake Shingle Oo„_Nakusp, B.C. (4) STANDARD GALENA SACKS for sate; twenty thousand/or less. Apply to Van Rot Mining Co., Ltd,, Rose- land, B.C. * j (6) FOR SALE—Half car of fresh killed, beef, pork and veal at People's Meat' Markot, 602 Vernon St. (6) FOR SALE-^Two Storey house; nine rooms with three lota; 26 fruit trees In bearing; poultry houso; also six vacant lots cleared and fenced Owner wishes to leave tiie city. Box 8G ~ Dally News. •246-12 POR SALE—Block of Rock Oreek Trading Co.'s shares at 75 cents oh tbo dollar. Apply box 8686, The Dally News. 249.-6 FOR SALE—Table turnips, finest duality Swedes, $1.60 hundred lbB. while they last, delivered in city. Potatoes, $1.76, W. J. MeKim, Phone 381, City. (24) TREES. PLANTS. ETC STRAWBERRY PLANTS, 100 70c 1000. $5: currants, ioc; gco.-ehprrin* 16c; rhubarb, 10c; fruit trr e, perennial flowers, roses, dahlias, pansies, etc., carriage prepaid. Catalogue free. Charles Provan, Langley For*, near Vancouvei 224-tf SITUATIONS VACANT. $160 FOR SIXTY DAYS' EASY W*lc.'Kh. (Irlyg arrftn-ffed for tho primary class of the Baptist Sunday school for this afternoon haa been (postponed for one week. , The funeral of -tho lute Prodi Conway will tako "place this afternoon nt ii o'clock from tlile parlors qf! tho ( titandard Furniture cempahy, Victoria street. Tho services will lie cnndiirlcd by Rev. Fred Hj Graham, John Gibson, postmaster, lias roceiv- jj ed word that letters for Canadian and | Ilritlsh soldiers In Europe will l>o for- U warded for 2 cents per ounce, the [penny postaue system to continental ■ points for tlio benefit, of 'the soldiers rhjijiylng been arranged l>y tlio Urlilsh 1 postal authorities. 1, Members of tiie. Nelson Conservative association are notified tlHUt Ibe annual fee of % I must he paid to the ' treasurer, Georgo W*. Steele, prior to j the annual meeting nf 'the asaoela- % lion which takes place In Eagle hall } on Tuesday night ut 8 o'eloclt. Only those whose membership fees are paid will bo allowed to vote. _ Music supplied for dances, etc, '* to tt I pieces. Winter orchestra, box 7»fi. (21) Tho Scandinavian Aid and Fellowship society will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Oddfellows' hall. (32) A tea ini aid of the Association of i Church Helpers of St. Saviour's church J will bo piven by Mrs. It. M. Bird anil j Mrs, D. A. McFarland at tbe residence j of the lafclcr, 715 Robson strriet, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, from 3 to .ti. (14) A great many peoplo are taking ad- , vantage of the new system of elec- 1 trie illumination at the Nelson Studio (B. Scott McGrogor.) By this method t'. high class portraiture can be successfully undertaken by artificial light. I Sittings by appointment, Phono 221. (3) '. Wo are forwarding tungsten lamps j my mall with success, which shows , that our lamps are rugged In con- ; struclion. Out of town purchasers of ! tungsten lamps amounting to 50c get j n froo chance for a 3-light chandelier i or 8 lb. electric. Iron. Drawing doses ' Feb. 18. Howe Hlootrln Co., Opera \ iHouso block. (31) Tho annual general meeting of thc ' Nelson Conservative association will ; l,o" Iwid in Ragle hall aeXt Tuesday evening,' at 8 o'clock for general business and for tbe election of officers I and for an executive convmitteo of 25 for the year. In order to vote at the meeting members of the association ,' anust have signed the roll In the scc- f retary's offieo and havo paid the an- i riu'al fee for the current year to the 1 tronsurer. Members already enrolled nro not called upon to sign the roll each year. (30) (LIEUTENANT SHARP HEADED CANADIAN FLYING CORPS | , (By Dally News Leased Wiro.) /LONDON, Fob. ii.—iLieut Sharp of tho Canadian contingent, killed yesterday in a flying accident at Shore- ham, took over tho flying unit of the Canadian contingent from Capt. Jan- ney somo time ago. The Canadians :liad only one machine and It is understood that Sharp had practically no •experience with British flying aero- 1 planes. For this reason he had gone to Shorcham to gain further experience. ::-:l ■ ' •'■ . " '■ ■ His previous knowledge of aviation •was gained In ihe United States. METAGAMA SISTER SHIP TO LINER MISSANABIE New Canadian Pacific Steamer Will Begin Maiden Voyage March 26 —Pronounce It Met-au-gau-man. Long before the Metagama, the sister ship to the Mlssanable, sails from Liverpool for St. John, N. -R., on her maiden voyage on March 26 she win be even more familiar to Canadians than the MlsB'anabie. A tremendously tall and long box was delivered .Ian. 6 at the Montreal office of the Canadian Pacific Railway company's Atlantic steamship lines. There was removed from it, lutuct and entire, a beautiful and faithful model of the yew steamship. The crowds that Immediately began to pour into the office to see at close quarters the model which they had seen through the window were loud in expression of their admiration of the new steamship. The model is over 12 feet long and Is on a table of such height that a person can get a view of all the outside parts of a modern steamship .better than by seeing tihe steamship Itself, because every part is in sight, every port-hole, every crane, batch, cowl, funnel, ratline, deck, stairway, screw and device for lowering lifeboats in case of need, as well as the replica of every life boat, the rails on which they run and tho davits on which they swing. It is a remarkably handsome boat and evidently 'built to ensure the ultimate comfort and convenience of its 'passengers with every regard for safety aud steadiness of passage. The Metagama has accommodation for 520 cabin and 1200 'third-class 'passengers. The name ts of Algonquin origin, t'be correct pronunciation be Ing "Me-ta-«a-nia." with the accent on the second syllable, and all the "a's" pronounced as in "Paul.'' The Mis- Bonabie also borrows Its name from the Algonquins, but lhe pronoimcla- tlon usually given it Is as though it were the name of a -woman called Miss Ann Abbey. Purists contend, however, that It should also get an Algonquin sound by being pronounced in the same manner as prescribed for Metagama. The Metagama will sail from St. John on her return trip to Liverpool on Anril 9 and from Halifax ou April 10. It hns a gross tonnage of 1&.000 a length of 520 feet, a breadth of tu feet, a depth of 41 feet and a total cargo capacity of 400,000 cubic feet. The space allotted to passenper accommodation is on live decks. In every detail ihe new vessel is un to tho standard set by the Mlssanable BLUCHER BUILT ON ERROR ADMIRALTY'S RUSE Count Rnventlow, writing on ihe naval battlo In the North sea for Hie Berlin press, and referring to tbe fact that the Blucher was" not a 'battle cruiser, discloses iho .blunder mado by llio German navail authorities when she was laid 'down. "The Blucher," bo says, "was laid down when the first Knglish so-called dreadnought eruiscrfc of the Invincible type were In course of construction. The British admiralty Intentionally published false news about the measurements of the guns of these ships, especially the statement that tbe Invincible tj-'pe would have a displacement of only 15,000 tons. Thereupon the plans of tbe construction of tiie Blucher wero settled upon on the basis of a displacement of tfi.OOO tons. ■When It afterwards turned' out that the Invincible "had a displacement of 20,000 tons and heavy butteries of eight 12-Inch gims,< no change was possible nnd ono could only take the Blucher as she was. Sho remained the only represent all vo of her .typo and It was only with bet successor the Von Dor Tann that the serloa begins of those admirable Qerman battlo cruisers which are rightly famous the world over." Never hit a man when he's down- when you are flooring hlm give him such a good lick you won't have to. WHAT CAUSES COLDS? This question and "How to Prevent Colds" is asked a thousand times every day. A cold is really a fever, not always caused by the weather but due to a disordered condition of the blood or lack of important food- elements. In changing seasons fat- foods are essential because they distribute heat by enriching the blood and so render the body better able to withstand the varying elements. This is the underlying reason why the medicinal fats in Scott's Emulsion quickly overcome colds and build strength to prevent more serious sickness. It contains nature's medicinal fats, so skillfully prepared that the blood profits from every drop, and It li totally tree from harmful drug,, M-W Seen ft Beirut, leraite, Ononis, MERCIER'S PASTORAL LETTER WHICH MADE HIM PRISONER Cardinal of Belgium Merely Told Truth About German Devastation of Hit Country. Tho London Tablet has sent, through the Catholic Record ot .London, Ont., the text of the famous pastoral letter Ojf Cardinal Mercier of Belgium .for tho publication, of which ho was made a practical .prisoner 'by the German possessors if Brussels. Here are a few salient extracts from It, as reproduced In the Catholic Ro cord. It was in Rome itself that I received tho tidings—stroke niter stroke—of the partial destruction of thc cathedral ohu'roh of Louvain, next of tho burning of tho library and of thc scientific Installations of our great university and of tho devastation of tho city and next of the wholesale shooting of citizens, and tortures inflicted upon women and children and upon unarmed, and un defended men. Ami while I was still under the shock of these cnkunltics the telegraph brought the news olf the bombardment of out 'beautiful metropolitan church of Notre Damo au dola la Dylo, of the episcopal palace and of a great part of our d'oap city of Mallnes. * * * When Immediately on my return' from Rome, I went to Havre, to greet our Belgian, French and Knglish wounded; when later, at Malines, at Louvain, at Antwenp, It was given to mo to take the hands of those 'brave men, who carried a bullet in their flesh* a wound on the forehead, because they had marched to tho attack of tbe enemy, or -borne the shock of his onslaught, It was a word of gratitude to them that rose to my lips. "O, valiant friends," I said, "it was for us, it was for each ono of us, it was for mo that you risked your'lives ond aro now in pain, l am moved to tell you of my respect, of my thankfulness, to assure you that the wholo nation ■knows how much she Is In debt to you." Fpr In Irulii our soldiers are our saviors. * * * At first, at blege, they saved France; a second lime In Flanders thoy arrested tho advance of the enemy upon Galnla France and England know U; and Belgium stands before them both and [before the entire world ns a. nation of heroes. Never before in my whole life did I feel So proud to bo a Belgian as when, on the platforms of the French slat ions, nnd limiting a white In Paris, and visiting iLondon, I was witness" of the enthusiastic admiration our allies .feel for tho heroisUi of our army, Our king is in tho esteem of all. at the very summit of tlio moral scale; he is doubtless the only man who does not recognizo that fact, as, simple as the simplest of his soldiers, ho stands in the trenches and puts new courage, by the serenity of his face, into the hearts of thoso of whom ho requires that they shall not doubt of their country. The foremost duty of every Belgian citizen at Ibis hour Is irratltude lo tlio army. * • • If any man had rescued you from shipwreck or from a fire, you would assuredly hold yourselves bound1 to hlm by a dobt of evol'lUStlng thankfulness. But it is not one man, it is two hundred and fifty thousand men wlio fought, who suffered, who fell for you so! that you might bo free, so tbat Belgium might keep hor independence, her dynasty, her patriotic unity; so that after the vicissitudes of battle slie might rise nobler, purer, more erect and more glorious than before. Priiy dally, my brethren, for those two hundred ami fifty thousand, and for their leaders to victory; pray for our brethren In arms; pray for those fallen: pray for those who ore still engaged; pray for the recruits who are making ready,for the fight to come. * * • What Belgium Has Suffered. Better Mum any other man, perhaps, do I know what our unhappy country has undergom*. Nor will any Belgian, I trust, doubt of what I suffer l» •my soul, as a citizen and as a bishop, In my sympathy with all tills sorrow. These four last months have seemed to me ago-long, By thousands hove our brave ones been mowed down; wives, mothers arc weeping tor those Ihey shall never sec again'*; hearts are desolate; dire poverty spread's, anguish Increases. At Mallnes, at Antwerp, the people of two great cities bave been given over, the one for six hours, Iho other for thirty-six hours, of, a continuous bombardment, to the throes of death. I have traversed tiie greater part of tho districts most terribly devastated in my diocese; and the ruins I beheld ami the ashes were moro dreadful than I, prepared by the saddest of forebodings, could have imagined. Other parts ol my diocese which I have not yM bad time to visit havo In Hko manner been laid waste. Churches, school^ asylums, hospitals, convents In great numbers aro in ruins* Entire villages have- all ibut disappeared. At WcrehtervWaekerz- zel, for Instance, out of 380 homes, 130 romrfin; at T/remeloo two-thirds of the village aro overthrown; at Buekon out of 100 houses, 20 are stanidlnw at Shaf- fen 189 houses out of 200 aro destroyed—ll still stand. At I-ouvalh the third part of the (buildings are down; 1074 dwellings have, disappeared; oii the town land and ln tho suburbs, 1823 houses havo been burned. ' * * * In this dear city of Louvain, perpetually in my thoughts, the magnificent church of St. Peter will never recover its former splendor. The ancient college of St. Ives, tho art schools and the consular, and commercial schools of thc university, the old mar- kots.our rich lilbrary with its collections, its unique and* unpublished! manuscripts, its archives, Its gallery of great portraits of illustrious rectors, chancellors, professors, dating from tho timo of Its foundation, which preserved for masters and students alike a noblo, tradition and wero an incitement in. their studies—al lthis accumulation of Intellectual, of historic and oC artistic riches, tho fruit of tho labors of five centuries—all is in dust. Many a parish has lost its pastor, Thero is sounding in1 mv cars the sorrowful voice of an old man of whom 1 asked whether he had had' mass on Sunday in bis battered church. "It Is two months," ho said*, "since Wo had a church." The parish priest and curate had been interned In* a ed nee ntraH^n camp. * * * Thousand's of Belgian citizens in like manner havo'been deported to the prisons of Germany, to Jlunstcrlagen, to Cello, to Magdeburg. At Minister- lage.n alono 3100 prisoners were numbered. History will tell of thc physical and moral torments of their long martyrdom. Hundreds of Innocent men wer shot. I possess no1* complete ne- rology; but I know that there, under pala of death, their follow citizens were compelled to dig their graves. Tn tho Louvain group of communes 176 persons, men and women, old men ami sucklings, rich and poor, in health and sickness, were shot pr bttttit Priests Were Murdered. In m.- Our distress has moved-the other nations. England, Ireland and Scotland, France, Holland,, lhe l'nlted States, Canada, have vied with each Bier In generosity for our rellei'T'lt Is a spectacle at onco most mournful and most noble. Hero again Is a revelation of the providential wisdom which draws gOQd from evil. In your name, my brethren, ah\j in my own, I offer tVi the governments and the nations that havo succored us the assurance of our admiration and our gratitude. RULES OF HEALTH FOR DYSPEPTICS Dieting Unnecessary. Thoro aro two woys by which. poo. I>lo who sufrer from Indistostlon, dyspepsia, sour stomach, flatulence, etc., can overcome the trouble. First, as practically all cases of tho above arc directly or Indirectly traceable to nc- Iditv and fermentation, thoy can eliminate from thc-lr diet all foods which ferment ana form acid, such as all starches, sugar and foods contain- ini* them, thus prohibiting bread, potatoes, fruits and most moats. About the only safe foods are gluten broads, spinach anil small quantities of white meat-of chicken or turkey. This diet is almost a starvation one, but it is somotimos H4-}4>4-i'»>.i't'i''.>-i4<444yS«?>4> •$■ «. 5. CANADA'S SHARE IN .> 4> GREAT INVENTION 4> 4> 4> 4.^4444,4>$,&S^^i.4.$4i44&4>4>4> (Toronto Mull and Empire.) On Monday -afternoon Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the telephone, seated in a Now York office, spoke over the telephoue to Thomas A. Watson, seated in San Francisco. Recent Improvements In the telephone have thus made it possible to hold conversations across the continent as easily as if the speakers were only a few miles apart, it is said that there was not the slightest difficulty In the inventors understanding each other. Another remarkable feature of the achievement Is that the two speakers on Monday, the first ever to hold transcontinental conversations, were also the first to hear the sound of a human voice over a telephone wire. The first occasion wus in Boston on the afternoon of J tine 2, 1875, Watson being at that time the assistant to Dr. Bell; Ho has given a very interesting account of tho birth of the telephone, in which he says: "Bell and I were hard at. work on the same old joh of testing some modifications of Bell's harmonic, telegraph, I had charge of the transmitters ns usual, setting llieni squealing ono nfter the other, wilillo Bell was returning the receiver springs, one hy one, pressing them against, his ear, as he had done so many times before. One of the transmitter springs I was attending to stopped vibrating and I plucked It to start, it again. It didn't start, and 1 kept on plucking it, when suddenly I heard a shout from Bell iu the uext. room, and then out ho came with a rush, demanding: 'What did you do then? Don't change anything! Let me see.' I (mowed hlm. II was very simple. The make and break points of the transmitter spring I was trying to start had become welded together so that when I snapped Hie spriug His circuit had remained unbroken, while that strip of magnetized steel hy its vibration over the pole of its magnet wus generating a current of electricity that vuricd in Intensity precisely as tho alr was varying In density within hearing distance of that spring. For- tunntely the right man had Mint mechanism at his ear during that fleeting moment und instantly recognized the transcendent importance of that mini sound thus electrically transmit ted. Tho shout I heurd and his ex eiteil rush into my room wero Ibe result of that recognition. Tho speaking'telephone was horn nt that mo ment. Hell knew perfectly well that the mechanism that could transmit all the complex vibration of one sound coald do the same for any sound, even that of speech." Bell told me to mount a small drum heini of coldbeuter's skin over one of the receivers, join the centre of the drumhead to the free end of the receiver spring and arrange a mouthpiece over tlio drumhead to talk into. I followed these directions and had the instrument ready for Its trial the very next day. Tlio two rooms In the attic wore too near together for tho test, as our voices would bp heard through the alr, so I run a wire especially for tho trial from one of the rooms In the attic down two flights to tho third floor, where. 'Williams' main shop was. ending It nenr my work bench nt tho hack of the building. That was the first telephone line. I got more satisfaction from the experiment than Mr, Bell did, for, shout my best, I could not mako him hear me, but I could hear Ills voice nnd almost catch tho words. I rushed upstairs and told lilni what I had hoard. It was enough lo show hlm thut he was on the right track and before he left Hint night he gave me directions for several Improve- ments in Iho telephones I was to have ready for the next trial. My pride has been tempered to quite a bearable degree by my realization that the reason why I heard Bell in thnt first, trial of the telephone, and -he did not hear me, wus tho vast superiority of his strong, vibratory tones overall, sound my undeveloped voice was then able lo utter. Canada's Share In Invention. 'Canada's peculiar interest in the telephone is due to the fact that al though the human voice was first transmitted electrically In Boston, the first real telephone was built iu this country, the line being from Paris to Brantford, where Dr. Bell's father lived. As soon as the Boston experiments had satisfied him that he was on the right track, Dr.. Bell returned to Brantford. This was ln Economies Await You Here Boys' Night Wear Boys' Caps Flannelette Night Shirts, with turn down collars. Very superior quality. Rlze II. 12, 13, 14. Only ...75c Flannelette Pyjamas, button fastening, military collar, braided girdle. Size 13,'13% and 14. IVr Still, only 95o Just Received—Smart models in Boys' Caps, golf shape, in Tweed and Navy; double Htitch taped Beams, Great value. Only 45c Boys' Scout Hats 50c Boys' Scout Duck Shirts, shoulder straps, military pockets, brass buttons; 12 to 13%. A Special Offering at 75o Several Lines of Boys' Felt Hats at One-Third Off I Ou r Stanley Street Boys' Wear Window Now Shows Excellent Val ues \ CIIIVER'S BOTTLBD PRUIT—Pears, Cherries, Strawberr Raspberries. Regular 50c bottle for Quality first Groceries 35c 20c 25c 25c 20c 25c 30,40 and 50c LAZENBY'S HARVEY'S SAUCE— Regular 3iic bottles for IdBBY'S TOMATO CATSUr— Regular 3!>o bottles for C. & B. WHITE PEPPER— Regular itfic bottles, Two for SHARWOOD'S SWEET CHUTNEY— Regular 2.1c bottles for PIE PEACHES— Regular too gallon tin for ELEPHANT ORANGES— Eancy Tree Ripened Fruit. Per Dozen The Hudson's Bay Co. ESTABLISHED 1670 ON THE WAR Complaints are made Its' surviving relatives that the swords of officers killed In battle are often mislaid, or stolen. In some eases tbe effects of the dead officers, packed and returned to England by tho military authorities have arrived without the sword, even when that weapon nail been specifically included in the list of articles forwarded, Sumo swords, ,,f course, remain .,n the field, or are carried off by the enemy, but many, il appears, have been deliberately stolen while on the way to their legitimate Inheritors. An English military writer, review* Ing the wink of the officers responsible for the supply of horses to the British,forces, says that thev placed 30,000 magnificent horses in the ranks of the expeditionary force, KO.niio use- l'nl burses for the territorial force, ami 18,1)00 burses for Ihe reserve formations within 12 days of the order tc mobilize. The able control of the railway authorities contributed much tn the distribution nt the horses to the units requiring them. Since tiie completion of mobilization the large Increments tn the forces and the large wastage have I n successfully met during the Inst three months from resources in tin- United Kingdom. Horses still flowing to units In Ihe field which are fully equal to those with which tbey were flrsl equipped and 80,000 more have been purchased since moblliinitlou for drnfts and new formations. Scotch] Bakery You can savo money by buying your Cakes and pastries here. Try om* real Scotch Shortbread—we guarantee the quality. T. W. Ledingham PHONE 87. Trj a tio ot Thurman's Special Mixture Tobacco Oue-elchth tins 25o One-quarter tins 40c One-half this 75c THURMAN CIGAR STORE "Tbe opt the London August, 1870, anil the Dominion Telegraph company gave him lhe use ot Its wires Tor the purpose of malting his tests. Tho transmitting instrument was in Paris, tho receiving Instrument in Itrantroi'd, eight miles away, anil the buttery on the circuit In Toronto, lin miles distant. The tlrst transmission was only one way. but on this occasion, aa Dr. Bell litis said, speech was transmitted a distance or several miles for the first time. The noi'son at thc other end could not reply, hut had to telegraph hack by another line, lie made a second experiment between Brantford and Mount Pleasant, a distance of five miles, anil then gave an exhibition from his father's house, which was at Tutela heights, between four and five tulles from Brantford. First Real Conversation. Dr. Bell continues: "It was about a quarter-mile from (he house to the nearest telegraph wire. We cleaned the town out. or stovepipe wire and placed It on the fence from my father's house nnd then attached it to the telegraph wire lending Into Brantford. Then I had some friends In Brantford who spoke, sang and recited Into the membrane telephone while a largo number of guests nt my father's house nt Tutela heights listened to tho transmission. So these experiments at Brantford were thc first experiments that wero roally successful In transmitting speech from one place to nnother at a dis tance, but they were all one-sided, not reciprocal. The first reciprocal communication occurred after my return to Boston In October, 1870. On Oct. (I occurred the first conversation by telephone between persons separated by miles of space. This wob 'rom Cambrldfieport to Boston, a distance of 2% miles, Mr. Thomas A. Watson being at Cambridgeport und I at tho Boston end of the wire. 1 noted what I snid and what I thought I heard him say, nnd the parallel columns were reported In the Boston Advertiser ot Oct. 19, 1876." SELDOM SEE a big knee like this, but your horse may have a bunch or bruise on his Ankle, Hock, Stifle, Knee or Throat. AB50RBINE •? TRADE MABK REG.US.PAT. Off. will clean it oh* without laying the horse up. No blister, no hair gone. Concentrated—only a few drops required at an application. $2 per hmile tl.ltmi.cl. [Ifttiibt: Miurcatc t„f .pc.i.t lii.tructiuit. and Book 8 K free. AIISORIIINE, JR., ■««,:;, liniment (ur mankind. Kclticei I'aiulu! Swellinc, Rr. I.rcftl Gbndi, Goitre. Wena, Bruise VaiieoK Vein,. Vatk-oiitir,, Old Suiea. Allays rain. Price SI and «* a imtilu at dcueelsti or delit-err.l. ManuficMtrd onlv t.v W. F. VOUNC. r.ll.F. 4151)mans Bldo.,M.nlreal, C«n. Times, "wiiii wnr [tisurnncG rates on cargo so low that In parlson with the high freights ruling they are lit* must a negligible factor In nnierce. Tbe unexpected has happened, Before the war begun authorities were Inclln- eil t>, think that the insurance ratea mi(,'hl be ;i serious hunk n cttui- merce and it wus never suggested thiit tho need for ships of all sizes would be so great lhat tho supply would fail far short of ihe requirements." A writer in n London paper gives nn ncoounl nf a visit to some of the wounded Indian soldiers nt Brighton, In England: "I saw our King at tlio war," says one. "I saw hlm twice;'" Bays another. "At Delhi ho looked stout and cheerful, Inn in r"ranoe lit. looked 'doobla.' Now tho word 'doob* hi' may lie rendered 'mil of condition,' but to the Anglo-Indian mind it recalls the light-limbed Indian pony carrying n brave heart under painfully protruding ribs, and struggling through the long ,hot hours with :i preposterous load on a diet of dry Chopped straw. 'Will I doubt,' ho ndtleil, with culm conviction, 'anxiety for us people bus iiintlc ihe King like that.'" The firing was hot In the lines nt the Aisne. hut the Qerman soldiers did not appear to relish the peppering they wero gclting from the Britishers nnd so kept cover. One of our men, getting tired of this excessive caution, was struck by a brilliant. Idea. "Walter!" lie shouted. Instantly halt a scoro of Germans sprang up Involuntarily, only to receive a volley that laid many of them low, PAGE EIGHT .%ty$ixilyWW SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 191 BCormiclfsJersef Cream Sodas Regular 35c. .Special Z5« New Zealand Defiance Brand Butter 45c, 2 lbs. 85c. A. E. JOHNSTON PHONE 7. psm Unequalled far General Use. W. P. TIERNEY, Genera) Salea Agent. Nelion. B.C. . Care shipped to all rnllway points AConfidential Talk Are you risking the loss of health and Hie to save a few dollars that should he spent in buying the necessary drugs to build up your health and strength? Which is the most precious, your health nr your money, which? When you have made the right decision, come here for pure druss and medicines. Canada Drug and Book Co. F, J. Boles, Mgr. Mill Order* Filled Promptly. TRY OUR LENDING LIBRARY Phone 81. IT PAYS Many a Boiled but otherwise good garment Ib put aside because It. looks shabby. Send it to me for cleaning. It will come out fresh and new again. Satisfaction Is guaranteed. H. K. FOOT Dry Cleaning Specialist. vgenta—M. Fapuziun, 3i6Vj Baker Street, Nelson, Ross Fleming, Fail-view. DANCING—MISS GLADYS ATTREE has resumed her classes at Nelson. Rossland and Trail. On Saturdays at the Eagles' Hall, Nelson: For chlidren at 2:30; adults, 8 o'clock. On Fridays at Astley's Pavilion: Adults at 8. Private lessons by arrangement Prospectuses on application. Box 304, Nelson. Hen's Overalls Heavy. Wetght--8-Oa. Drill Blue or Black, Per pair $1.00 The Ark New and Second Hand Furniture. Cheapest In the City, Phone L899 60S Vernon St J, W. Holme*. Mgr. Nelson, B.C. SHIP ORE SAMPLES MIDDLE OF WEEK Further Specimen! Desired Not Later Than Monday—Excellent Opportunity for Claim Owners. The board of trade expects to ship by the middle of next week the col lect'on of ore samples gathered for exhibition at the Northwest Mluinc convention at Spokane. Any further samnles to be included In the exhibit should be sent to the board not later than next Monday. "This is an opportunly that should not be lost for owners of claims tr brine their properties to the notice of mining men, as samples exhibited will have the owner*s name attached. It is desirable that the exhibit should contain a good representation of samnles from pronerties in the earlle' s'nges of development, as well ns from tli« Bhlnpins mines of tbe d'strict." stated a membev of tho comuilMeR o* the hoavd tn charee ot the collection of the exhibit yesterday. DENMARK' MAY HOLD AMERICAN COTTON CARGO (By Daily News Leased Wire.) COPENHAGEN. Feb. 5. via London. —Inasmuch ns the exportation o' cotton from Denmark is prohibited a ouestlon has arisen whether tiie Bteimer Navahoe. which was towed Info Esbjerg, after having grounded on the bar, will be permitted to pro- i>o<*a *« Rrumpri with her cnnro of cotton. The American consul-general 1° eudeavo"!ng to procure the consent o' the Danish eovernment, to the forwarding of this cargo. It Pays to Deal tt Rutherford's Careful Dispensing. >■• Prices Reasonable. Prompt Service. Mail orders a specialty. Try us. Rutherford Drag Co. LIMITED NELSON, B. C. Before Buying, Get Our Prices Peacock Buckwheat Flour— Per package 35c Puro Pancake Flour, pkge.....20c Puritan Pancake Flour, pkge., 25c Pure Maple Syrup, quart tin...60c Good Cooking Apples, per box, $1,00 Purity Breakfast Food, 6-lb sacks, per sack 35c Wheatlets, 10-lb. sacks 60c Note Our Special Kris Salmon, Red, 1-lb. tins 2 for 25o T'RT IRVING'S SPECIAL BLEND TEA, per lb., 35c; 3 lbs. tor. 91.00 J. A. IRVING & Co. IZT" 8UPPLYPhri8^ THE NEAL INSTITUTE Cranbrook British Columbia Man Know Thyself If yon drink, constantly or at times excessively, disgracing yourself and family, then you must be either mentally deranged or physically diseased. In either event it is your duty to help yourself to The Neal Treatment. NELSON .Hfflfjr TIE PAT j., A. i-fivcpsaJer. the Taeoma mining man, is at the Strathcona, E. M. Fraser of Salmo Is vleltlng tho city. Ho Is at tho Strathcona, H, Oicgerlch and A, B. Heyland ol Kaslo are visiting'the Oity. • ITliey nro at the Hume. ■ Thomas S. MoVittle Of Font Steele reached'the city last night and registered at the Hume; George K. Reeder ot Spokane came ln.on tho'Oroat Northern last evening and registered at the Strathcona. John A. Retallack ■ of Kaslo has left for1 Vlotorto' and will bo' attaohed to the British Columbia' division of. the third Canadian contingent, as quartermaster-sergeant,! '< "i : <-.. The monthly mooting of "the Nelson Liberal association will be hold on Monday evening nit 8 o'clock In the association rooms, Vernon street.. A discussion will ta'kp place on tho public accounts of 'tiie province, "- Judge Forln returned to tho city on the'coast train last 'night after having completed tho first" Tmrllon of tho. officers' training' course' at Vancouver. Ho intends to return to llio coast to* ward the ond of>'the-month to coni- ploto the course.-' - ' -'- c Mrs. H.T. Fltarimmons of Vancouver, sister of the lato Fred Conway, accompanied by her son, E. Fitz- simmons, reached tho city on the coast tralh'to attend tho funeral of tho late Mr. Conway -Which will' take place this afternoon. They ure at tho Hume. There was a largo jitondancoat the dance given in Eagle hall last evening by tho Women's Hospital Aid society, ln the neighborhood of 200 being present. Malay of .mono present woro "hard times" costumes, some of whicli wero original and comical. A largo number attended the lecture given In the Y. M. C. A. last evening by Prof. Arthur Lakes on the prehistoric dinosaur and considerable interest was taken in the subject by thoso present, many questions being asked, Tho lecture was illustrated'by'original pictures made by Prof. Lakes. Ho will glvo a lecture on mining In the T. M. C. A. on Feb. 19. A membership and' financial campaign has' been inaugurated /by the committee in chargo of thnt phase of the work of the board Of trade and a. thorough canvass of Nelson's business community will be made In an effort to make tho board thoroughly representative and to create thlB year a greater interest in tho ■ work of' tho institution. Members-of the commit* tee have been allotted'Certain sections of the city and have already commenced their work. ASK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ..... TO BACK CJTY LOAN* Bond Dealers Declare Limitations en Borrowing Should Be on Population Basis (By Pally News Leased Wire-) OTTAWA, Feb. 0.-^))ack|ng from the federal government for municipalities In obtaining rnoney for carrying on work that will relieve theenem- ploy.ee) situation is what the Canadian muniolnal union has decided to ask; The unlonmet here today and endorsed a resolution to this effect. > The government is asked to give its ondorsatlon to Canadian banks for the issuing of loans to municipalities for the purpose of employment. The delegates to tlio meeting here were to have waited on the government but that has beon postponed till later In the month. Today's meeting was adjourned until Feb, 21, tor which date it'is expected nn audience witli the government wilt bo arranged, v Representations are boing made to the municipal union hy the bond dealers' section of thc Toronto board of trade for action in the direction of limiting the debenture debt for municipalities. In- placing the matter before the union the bond dealers claimed that the debt of some of the Canadian municipalities was enormously high, i ■ It is proposed to limit the debenture debt according to population as well ns to assessment. The .proposal applies mostly to smaller cities and the bond dealers suggest that the limits of debt Ve: fixed at- $200 per capita for cities of 10,000; $60 for" towns between 2,000 and 10,000. CLEVELAND8 BEAT MONTREAL (By Dally News Leased Wire.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Fob.'^Cleveland. Athletic club :hockey, team 7, Montreal 2. FRENCH AIRMEN FORCE QERMAN STAFF TO MOVF Commander of Troops in Lower Alsace Driven from Altkirch by Bombs —Bakers Close Shops ' 4-ft. Fir and tamarac.S5.B0 16-in. Fir and Tamarac, , 2 Ricks 94.76 B-lh, Fir and Tamarac, " 3 Rioks ..;..........'.»5*) 4-ft. Slabs .13.75 Gait Lump i....87.76 Gait Nut 86.78 C. W. C. Lump .........1*48 C. W. C. Stove .........W-M We Endeavor to Give Pr. opt Service and Satisfaction. '■'■'■' Kootenay Columbia Fuel Gp. OUAtt C UsUABMU *a a. 'U'" PW>N$ •>*»:. CHAB. F. McHARDV, Agent. ',H«WpN, ft c. . ,;OI*EEN llVOCK. WINNIPEG «AVE« MILLION DOLLARS Oh) WATE^ PROJECT 'WINNIPEG, Feb, tt'.—Close to »,- 000,000 will be saved to the local water district by the discovery ot an easier route for the aqueduct to Shoal lake, was the statement of James H. Folates of New Tork, consulting engineer, tb the water district. '' " —* Ho states that the-first route was hasily projected but as soon as the engineers went thoroughly over tho ground a second route with less engineering difficulties-was discovered. Mr. Fourtes says that work on the aqueduct proper will Ibe started early in the spring' andi that the whole project Willi be completed WJthln the estimated time andi 'Within the estimated cost. • z^g^ "Makes more fflif bread and better bread PURITY FLOUR The Brackman-Ker Milling Co. JAPANESE CATARRH CURE, <50< VALJBNTINES TH** Best Catarrh Remedy Known „au, ;- *,The»e are now on display VAUENTIWI PHONE 34 . P.O. BOX 1083 City Drug & Stationery Co. (NELSON'S BUSY STORE) Mail Orders for A« Goods Promptly Sen HE DOES NOT THINK rami will go General Steele Declares It Improbable That French Will Take Command of Cavalry Alone (By Daily News Leased Wire.) "WINNIPEOV Feb. 5.—Major-Gen. Steele, Inspector-general of western Canada, takes issue with the statement o% an officer at the front to a friend iti..New York to the. effect that Gen. French will take command of all the British cavalry now at the front and Lord Kitchener would assume .supreme command of the British infantry. The general points out that as n matter of fact, there are few cavalrymen at the front. Most of them are In the tronchen. He further points out that the aeroplane has done away with a great deal of the usefulness of cavalry, which won used for scouting. Flying machines now do all this far better than the cavalry can. Under these conditions Gen. French would have a small command- It is not likely that any changes will be made in tiie administration of military affairs now, especially as so much satisfaction has been given under present conditions. Gen. Steele also slates (hat there was no doubt of the superiority of the English rifle fire over that of any of the armies now fighting. The English had shown themselves to be the best shots right through. i CON JONES H0PE8 TO BOOST COAST LACROSSE MONTREAL, Feb. 5.—Con Jones, tho Vancouver lacrosse promoter, accompanied by Mrs: Jones, arrived today from the coast Mr. and Mrs. Jones leave tomorrow for Ottawa and thenco expect to go to Florida for a month. Mr. Jones, who has signified his Intention of again getting fiity thc ;rA«Jt and o.»h't- orn lacrosse assoclxtions on tho II- es of the hookey agre.'inert between the National Hockey isdJcLUioii and- the Pacific Coast Hoc.oy league. ' Lacrosse was dead iw n.'itish C:lum- fbla last season and itWliiif l'o 'he competition between th > big four und the ■National Lacrosso union the season was far from successful in the east. W'ith reorganization, promoters be- lievo tbe game will be revived. GOVERNMENT GIVES AID TO TROOPER LORNE MULLOY (By Dally News Leased Wire.) OTTAWA, Feb. ti.—By'an order-in* council recently passed by the government has .been provided a measure of compensation in the case o( Trooper Lome Mulloy, for injuries received while on active service in South Africa which resulted in total blindness. Owing to his physical disability, Mulloj was unable to profit bv the Smith African land bounty legislation, being unable to perform homestead dutiee on the half-section to which he was entitled under the VoluntpAr Bounty act. It has been arranged that in exchange for his certificate Mulloy will be allowed to select two adjoining quarter sections of land available foi homesteading which he wlH pay for at a nominal rate of $1 per acre. The difference between this price and the saleable value of the 320 acres will represent the amount of Mulloy'S compensation. ;hurch stKVices tomorrow. All changes for church service an- lounccraents must be nanded in oi jhoned to The Daily News office be 'ore 6 o'clock on Friday. If not re- *eiverl by this time the notices will bt tmitted from Saturday's Issue. ■■ VGT ir \ M—Rt. Pnvlnitr's nbure^ Ward and Silica streets; 8 o.m. holy communion; 11 a.m., matins; 2:30 p.m. Sunday school; 7:30 p.m., evensong; 9 p.m., Churchman's club. Rev. F. H. Graham, B.A., rector nnd rural dean. CATHOLIC—Corner Ward and Si. streets. Low mass, 8 a.m.; high masF 10:30 am.; evening service, 7:30. Rev J. Althoff, \ BAPTIST—Churcii. Stanley street Pastor, Rev. C. W. L-oroy. 415 Carb.n ate street. Telephone L239. The Pf*^ >»r will nrench nt Ivo'h services Mnrn ing service 11, subject, "An Effective Faith"; Sunday school, 2:30 .p.m.; organized classes fcr adu ■' «■• ?*-■ * service, 7:30, subject, "Considering Christ." B. Y. P. U. Monday evening at 8:00. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8. Everyono welcome to all services. TRINITY METHODIST—Rev. R. J Mclntyro, pastor. Tho congregation will worship In Presbyterian church at 11 a.m. an-a 7:30 p.m.; 2:30 ip.m. the The Buying Power of the Dollar . 18 ABOVE PAR AT THIS STORE This week has been the best yet and today will see some extra special Saturday Bargains. Last Call for The remaining coats left I have cut to a fraction of their original price, and I start as low as $4.50. Suits Of best makes and stylt}B—$10, $13.50, $16.50, $18. Shoes Every shoe in the house, reduced. A nice rapge— regular 8*3.50, pow $2; regular $4, now $2.50. Heaps of bargains to be secured at this Colossal Sale. Sweaters So as to clean up on these goods will sell them at extra low price: Men's All. Wool Coat Sweaters, $1.50, $1.75, $2 arid up j; A. oiucep LarjMt Man'a and Boya' Wear Store In Nalaon Leading Lines fc SILVER LEAF PURE LARDf 3-11). tins 5-lb. tins 10-lb, tjn »1J COMPOUND LARD 5-lb. tin C.A.Drake&Coj PHONE 101 Sunday school and Bible classes [ bo held in the Y.M.CA buMding PRESBYTERIAN—St. Paul's 'i.'f Ar'nti el) ii re}], onri'T Stltr-n Stanley streets. Tho Presbyterian jj Mcthodisft congregations will union services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 | Rev. R. J. Mclntyre will he In- chi The mu&lcal service will bo led by I united choirs of the two churcheff.3| CHRISTIAN SUiWNt'lS t-HL,nUfT corner of Victoria and KooteM streets. Sunday services at UiSM m. and S a.m. Wedneadav evening / vice .at S p.m. Sunday school at 1ft n.m. Reading room in church build open from 3 to 5 P.m. daily. Vim "nrrllnllv Invlfofl. SALVATION ARMY—CitadftJ^ Victoria street. Holiness moot! a.m.; Sunday school, 1:30 p.m.; j meeting, 3 p.m.; Salvation mi. 7:30. Capt. McLean and Lieut. | ray in charge. V>*| BONNINQTON" PARISH— Bon nljj ton, morning prayer and commui| at 10; South Slocan, evensong, p.m. Rev. J. R. Kennedy, vicar. M StarlandTheatw Extraordinary Program Tonight MATINEE AT 2:30 Latt Performance of THE NASE SISTERS 6-Plece Starland Orcheetra, Two-Reel BliOn Feature War of the Cattle Rang! Drama "***■ 'TN THE DAYS CF OLD" i* Comedy "THE QIRL IN PANT8" Monday—Miss Edna meizo-soprano; "The Trey Hearts.'' Good Dresser: Like Qui J.uet what a man wants i nlahinge he is aura to find 1 Our Furnishing Are Different Our Gloves, Neckwear, XJis wear, Shirts, Hosiery, Colters, i &c, all are exclusive and.ilffei .See ,our, vafues Jn,$Af6 I See our values In 3 for Hose. See our values in $1.00 Glove!