1013 ............. .i.j.,.,.1. 111.... The only paper in ine' Interior of British Columbia carrying the full service of tha Western Associated Prase over Its own leaaad wire. ocl .....■■i... I, i, ■i,..»..,ieii The Daily Newe has the largest circulation oi any dally newspaper In Canada In proportion to the population of ite home town. 'esg. fOLi»15 No. 165 NELSON. B. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBEft 25, 1916 50c. PER MONTH l.i" I VERDUN RAIL DISPUTE SETTlEHtNT IS IN SIGHT tn Wonderful Lighting-Like Attack Great Area Over Front of Four and Third Miles is Won Back in Course of Single Day IDVANCE MADE OVER ENTIRE LENGTH OF LINE TO DEPTH OF NEARLY TWO MILES [jjVillage and Fort of Dou au Mont, Haudremont Quarry and Positions on Bras Road Taken With Much Booty and Hordes of Prisoners (By Arthur S. Draper.) LONDON, Oct. 24.—Verdun, whero tho German -crown prince sacrificed 600,000 men In vain, Is now the sceno of a powerful'French offensive. Smashing through a front of four miles, petaln's troops havo captured positions on tho right bank of tho Meuse for a depth of two miles. The village and fort of Dou au Mont, which have changed hands many times since the German drive began in February, the Thlaumont work and farm, strongholds of the Teuton advanced line, and the Haudremont quarries north of ^Thlaumont have fallen before tho French onslaught. More than 3500 prisoners havo already been passed back by the French troops and the action is still in progress. Large quantities of supplies .were captured In the charge, for the j, suddenness with which it was carried rout .gav^thn ..Germans. .lHtle time io •'withdraw their guns and material to the rear. Tho victory won on tho Terrain that f has soon somo of the bloodieBt fighting ];iot the war and won despite tho maze of fortifications that covers the Verdun front, ls a welcome antidote to tho Teuton victories agninst the Rumanians. It is evident that Macken- ssen and Falkonhayn cannot draw troops from other fronts to battle for Bucharest. It* Is an omen of renewed allied pressure against the kaiser's lines in the west. Gunt Start Aotion. With daybreak the Frcne'h guns be- fran to bathe the German trenches with shells. Recent visitors to Petaln's headquarters have reported that the il French artillery on this front was flr- '-j ing 50 shots to one for the Germans. J The execution the bombardment did Win the enemy's lino tends to^'provo the : statement. Soon before noon the Pollus sprang to the attack. Then began a series of assaults that swept through the first German line and beyond into the fori of Dou au Mont and thc village. Meanwhile the right wing was moving toward Vaux, a position as much disputed as Dou au Mont. Here thoy rench- pd tho outskirts of the village. r On the left wing, nearer thc river, tho rush was irresistible. It swept through the Thlaumont work and farm, lying ln low land dominated by ridges to the north, into and beyond Haudremont quarries, which have been converted Into a veritable fortress, and astride tho road from Dou au Mont to Bras, Met Weak Resistance. Thus in a few hours the French havo regained positions that it took the Germans months to wrest from them. The resistance they met was comparatively weak. This may have been due to tho fact that thc kaiser's general have withdrawn troops to the Somme front or It may have been due to tho i efficiency of the artillery preparation. At any rate, the last fragment of the crown prince's dream hns crumbled. The purposo the Verdun offensive serves is twofold. It puts Increased > pressure on the German forces and it makes tho task on other fronts easier. Another end it may ultimately serve, Is in preparing the way for a new drive for Metz. The German line in this sector, it must be remembered is a sharp salient with its tip at St. Mihlel. Until this wedge is wiped out a French push eastward is almost impossible. By breaking through the Gorman line north of Verdun tho French can flank the enemy's position at St. Mihlel and so force Its evacuation. Affect Somme Operation!. The immediate effect of the attack on the Meuso will he on tho Somme operations. With thc Balkan movement ln full swing it seems hnrd- lyllkely that the -kaiser's generals can muster enouhg men to withstand two great offensives on the western front. When the thrusts for Peronne and Bapaume aro resumed this pressure will he ut a maximum. TJ^jcesumptlon of tho Somme of- t'ensivts cannot be Torig'delayed it Is believed here. To offset this the Germans are shelling the enemy's lino steadily between thc Ancre and the Somme. A formidable eountcr-offen- sivo was planned military observers here assert but tho new Verdun attack mny interfere seriously wilh this plan. Little action has taken place along the Somme. Berlin telling of the repulse of heavy allied attacks on both sides of the river describes the great losses of tho entente troops. But outside of artillery actions neither London nor Paris reports any operations. The lull here cannot continue observers say. Only by pressure against the Teutons at all possible points can the Rumanian situation be relieved. Tho Verdun offensive is thc first move In that direction. Offensive Is Opened, LONDON, Oct. 24.—Switching their offensive from tho Somme region In France—possibly 'us a counter to the advance of the Teutonic allies in the Dobruja region of Rumaniu—the French havo smashed at thc German lino north and northeast of Verdun over a front of 4 1-3 miles, penetrating it along Its entire length. In the centre gaining a distance of nearly two miles. Preceded by a violent bombardment, such as marked the great attacks and counter-attacks during'the days when tho Verdun operations were of world interest, the offensive was delivered approximately from the eastern bank of tho Mouse, near Bras, eastward to tho Damloup battery. Hold All Positions. When night fell thc village and fort of Don an Mont, in the centre, were In the hands of the French, while, un their left wing, tho Kroijeh had pushed beyond Thlaumont and captured the Haudremont quarry and taken up positions along the Brns-Dou au Mont road. On their right wing considerable progress also bad Uootl made from Dou au Mont to Damloup. Mora than 3500 prisoners and quantities of war material were captured by the French. Military experts here point out that the French success at Verdun has rc- (Contlnued on Page Two.) GERMANS PLANNING OFFENSIVE ON Growing Intensity of Bombardment Indicates Effort to Regain Lost Ground Is To Be Made (By Dully News Leased Wire.) PARIS, Oct. 24.—La Liberte's correspondent on the front in northern France says that the growing intensity of the bombardment between the Ancre and the Somme indicates that the Germans are preparing for another attempt to remedy a situation which is becoming more critical for them each day. Emperor William, adds the cor* respondent, haa even been reported to be at Bapaume personally overseeing the preliminary for the formidable counter-offensive in view, for which the German army on the Somme front is said to have received strong reinforcements in infantry and more especially in artillery. MORE VESSELS ARE SIR RY GERMANS Loss of Three Norwegian Steamers and Norwegian Bark Added to List of Recent Attacks. (By Dally News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oet. 2!).—The Norwegian steamers Secondo and Gronhaug have been sunk, says u Router's despatch from Christiana. The Gronhaug's crew was rescued. Tho Norwogian steamer Kdum, 2195 tons, tho despatch adds, has been seized and taken to Kmtlen, Germany. Lloyd's shipping agency reports that tho Norwegian bark Gunn, 4S3 tons has been burned toy the Germans nnd thc crow landed. Avallnblo shipping records do not mention thc Norwegian steamers Secondo and Gronhnug. Danish Boats Attacked LONDON, Oct. 25.—Lloyd's announces that thc Danish steamer Gulborg has been torpedoed and that the Danish schooner Libra hns been set on fire by a Germnn submarine. The crews of both stonmers were landed. There are two Danish steamers named Guldborg, one of 1509 tons and the other of 13S tons. The schooner Libra was of 174 tons. WANTS CANADA TO CORNER ~~CATTLE JRADE AFTER WAR (By Dally News Leased Wire.) ■OTTAWA, Oct. 24.—Get Canada all set to jump in and corner the cattle trade nt the cml.of tho war, by bolstering the farmer financially now, that ho may have an advance stock of cattle in hand and be ready to stand up for big demands. This waB the advice of John Bright, livestock commissioner to tho dominions royal commission ln thc Carnegie library this morning. "With tho war exterminating European cattle," litf said "tho wholo world must look to this continent for Its supply in the years to como. Thoro Is no reason why Canada cannot be prepared to got the big part of thc trado If It Is ready, and to this end we recommend that tho following measures be taken: Want Intelligent System. "We want an adequate. Intelligence system, which will collect data on the condition and quality of cattle as well as the nunibor and forecast tho mur- -Uot conditions so that the farmor may havo ready tho cattle that will bo demanded at a certain time and so have a greater share of profit. "This system should also provide by correspondence, figures on the conditions of tho cattle industry in tho United States, Argentina and Auslrullu, so that the home markets may be prepared to cope with their competitors. "Wo should havo field officers appointed to assist farmers and a technically trained man to represent the Canadian cattle trade In Great Britain, to assist In organizing the export trade which will Involve millions of Canadian money. "Another most necessary aid Is tho establishment of nn annunl census on the number and condition of cnttle In tho Dominion. "Wo want tho cooporatlve nctloa of the farmers selling cattle encouraged as it has been tn eggs and wool. It Aid to Farmers. "Eggs worth $250,000 were handled (Continued on rage Two.). HARD PRESSED HIS AIDED BY WEATHER Two Days of Rain Have Turned British Portion of Western Front Into Sea of Mud. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) BRITISH FRONT IX FRANCW Oct. 24, via London, Oct. 25.—The British are saying that if the Germans had ordored the weather it could not 'have been more suitable l" their purpose than during these past two days of persistent rain, which has turned shell craters Into bowls of porridge, made trench sides fnll tn, kept every sj-ltch of chitihlng of the men in the front lino saturated and mnde tho field across which charges have to be made -as slippery us glass, Sunday and part of Monday with elyear, cold wenther Which let the gunners see their targets, the soldiers were swinging, their arms to keep warm. Now tho gunners stare out In the walls of mist nnd the soldiers who have been In tho trenches look like balls of mud. Artillery preparation necessary before attnek, Is impossible without visibility, und, as one gunner suld, the visibility is so low thnt tho "tanks" will hnve to use foghorns to prevent a collision if they go wondering ncroBs tbo uncharted shell craters. The Germans in their machine gun positions need only enough visibility to seo n few hundred yards. Rut about Le Trnnsloy, where the British attacked Monday over a narrow front and took about 100 yards of trenches, the bloodiest and -fiercest kind of fighting has been proceeding all day (Tuesday. The utter discomfort nnd tho mud and the wot seem only to make both sides more bitter. Against the British here are the veteran Gorman regiments which look Forts Vaux nnd Dou au Mont at Verdun, now ns savage In defense as they wero In attnek last spring. Tho trenches In this region have names appropriate for tho weather and season, such us "Misty trench," "Hazy trench," and "Stormy trench," "Cloudy," "Windy," "Spectrum" and "Orion" trenches, Tho Germans have been making no attacks except countor-nttucks. The men on both sides wallowing in thc mud, strive to keep up some form of cover from the shell flro and against the*'fire of machine guns and other wallowing men strive to keep from foundering white trench mortars splash fountains ol mud ovor them, RUMANIAN DRIVE NOT YET CHECKED New Gains Are Scored by Teutonic Allies SHARP RESISTANCE Town South of Kronstadt is Captured, Bays Berlin Report (By Dnily News -Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 24.—In the Dobruja region of Rumania the Germans, Bulgarians and Turks nre giving no rest to the Russians nnd Rumanians, who continue in retreat along the entire front from the Black sea to the Danube river, although at some points they are vigorously opposing the advance of tho invaders. Rachova, a short distance below Tohernnvndn and Medjldic, on- tho railway midway between Tchernavoda and Constanxn. hns fallen into the hands of the Teutonic allies. In the latter region cavalry Is pursuing the retreating Russo-Rumnnlnn forces well to the north of the railway line. It is claimed by Berlin that more thnn 6700 prisoners have been taken by Field Marshal von Mackcnzen. rredeal, lo the southward of Kronstadt, on tho Transylvnninn front, hns been captured by the Austro-Ger- mans, according to Berlin, and the resistance of the Rumanians ln the Rothenthurm pass, south of Hcrmann- stadt, has been broken. Bucharest announces that in an attack along the entire Oltu* regjpji the RumaplnnB captured several hundred prisoners and 10 guns MESSAGE RE FROM S CEIVED Explorer Sends Word He It at Cape Murray on Newly Found Land With Party—All Are Well. (By Daily News Lensed Wire) OTTAWA, Oct. 24.—Word has reached the national service by way of San Francisco, Herschel und other north points from the explorer Stcf- nnsson himself. His message is dated May 5. It stnted that he was at Cape Murray on his new land with an exploring party. Tho party was living on game and catching, curing and storing fish against future famine. May 5 Stefunsson was suffering from a sprained ankle, but all the other members of the party were well. The message wus sent out by Slef- ansson to a point on the mainland on the Arctic shore. There is was picked up by the whaler Herman of San Francisco, carried throughout the summer and finally brought south on the whaler's return to Its home port. It has just reached Ottawa. CHICAGO'S CHIEF OF POLICE WINS POINT State's Attorney Withdraws Warrants —Still Faces Indictment, of Grand Jury. (By Dully Nuws hmfii Wlro.) CHICAGO, Oct. 24.—Application for wa.rro.nts for the arrest of chief of Polico Charles C. Heuly, William Uit- hurdt. his secretary, and others on charges of malfeasance and conspiracy wero withdrawn by Stale's Attorney Hoyne today In the hearing; before Chief Justice Olson of tho municipal court. Chief Justice Olson In his ruling permitting Hoyne to drop tho charges, said that on the strength of evidence submitted during Ihe hearing he would have been compelled to refuse the warrants asked hy the state. Chief Heuly, Luthardt and Charles T. Ksslg, secretory of the Sportsmen's Club of America, wero Indicted by tho grand jury yesterday, Heuly and l.uthardt wero released on bonds last night. Ksslg surrendered today. 1 Republican Candidate Does Not Want Support of Any With Interests Superior to Those of U, S. (By Dally News Leased Wire.) NKW YORK, Oet. 24.—Charles E. Hughes tonight told an audience that he did not want the support of "anyone who has nny Interest superior to thnt of the United States, who would not lnstnntly champion tlie right or the Interest of America against any country whatever; who wants Immunity for foreign aggression, or would have thc power of this nation held cnptlve to any foreign influence or swerved by alien machinations," This Is the first public utterance of the Republican nominee indicating repudiation of any pro-German support. LD FGH IAVE HAD TO , SAYS TEDDY Roosevelt Tells What He Would Have Done After "Strict Accountability" Message Had Been Sent DENVER, Colo., Oct. 24.—Theodore Roosevelt told an audience here today that If he had been president and hnd sent President Wilson's "strict accountability message" to Germany, "there would havo been no more shlpH sunk—unless there wus a fight afterward. The Lusitania wns sunk, with Its 1394 deaths, as a consequence, because other nations believed we'd welcome boing kept out of war. If I had been president then I'd hnve seized every interned ship, and thon I'd have said to Germany, 'Now, we'll see not what you are going to give us as compensation for this, but what we are going to give you.' "I abhor a needless .wanton war. Hut If it were necessary to protect our women and children I'd have gone to war as the entente powers did, When I wns president nnd Germany wanted to assume control of part of Venezuela 'temporarily,' I got Dewey und hud every ship in tbe fleet ready down south of 1'orto Rico. And I got tlie arbitration I asked for because Germany knew I meant what I said. "If it had been otherwise wo would have hnd u Germun stronghold tn Venezuela and most of the present war would have been fought right here at our front door." Announcement Trouble is Being Adjusted is Made to Newspaper by D. G. Coleman, of Company, and by Vice President of Telegraphers UNDERSTANDING REACHED AT ALL-NIGHT CONFERENCE OF HEN WITH OFFICIALS Officer of Wire Men's Union, Acting- as Mediator Request of Premier Borden, Says Concessions Have Been Offered to Workers at PRICE OF FLOUR CONTINUES TO JUMP (Uy Dully Nows I Mined Wire.) OTTAWA, Oot. 24.—Ths price of flour Is fast approaching th* $10 mark at Ottawa. Quotations issutd today show a 20-cont incraaae .a barral, bringing the prlo* up to $9.80. This is the ssoond jump In three days. The prediction le make by bakers that If fax-- i-eaohee tha $10 mark 10-cent bread will be the result., BRITAIN NEGOTIATNG Plant Nearlng Completion to Raise Between Two Hundred and Three Million in U. S. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) MOW VORK. Oet. 24.—Negotiations with American bankers for another direct British loan of nut leas than $200,000,000 and maybe as much aa $300,000,000 are approaching eomple- tion, according to Intimations conveyed today by tho financinl and commercial representatives of the British government. Inquiry for the loan from financial and investment sources Is snld to be ho general as to insure Its success. It is at present planned lo arrange the loan or notes in three classes of even amounts, the first Instalment payable ln 1010 and the remuining two-thirds In the two years following. The loan will be a direct obligation on the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, like the existing $250,000,000 Issue, and probably will bear the same rate of Interest, thnt Is, »4 per cent. It will bo secured by American and foreign collateral, mostly bonds and preferred shares, having an aggregate market value of at least 20 per cent in excess of the total amount to lie offered. A syndicate of banks, trust companies and private bankers In this city nnd other lending financial centres has been organized to take part In the negotiations as direct participants. with ,1. P, Morgan & Co. a8 manager. COMPARATIVE CALM ON EASTERN FRONT (By Dally News Leased Wire.) - LONDON, Oct. 24.--Krom tho Baltic soa to tho Carpathian mountains comparative calm has again set In. SERVIANS TAKE TRENCHES IN CERNA REGION (By Dally News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 24—The Servians In the Cerna region of the Macedonian front have put down a German-Bulgarian attaok and them- til vet delivered a thrust whioh was rewarded by the oapturs of several trenches. In the Do Inn sector ths British captured a Teutonic allied trench. Floods are interfering with operations on the Struma front. (By Dally News Leased Wire.) WINNIPEG, Oct. 24.—At 1 o'clock this morning the conference between the Canadian Pacific railway officials and the representatives of the men was still in session. At this hour D. C. Coleman, assistant to the general manager of western lines advised the newspapers that "there would be no strike today." Grant Hall, vice-president and general manager, and D. C. Coleman are representing the company at the conference and James Murdock and S. N. Berry the men. Deliberations will likely continue until 2 o'clock before an adjournment is taken. Last night G. D. Robertson, vice- president of tho Order of Railway Telegraphers, who is here as a special envoy of Premier Borden, made a similar statement to that of Mr. Coleman, declaring that there would be no strike. Ail-Night Conference. After a lapse- of five days the deadlock between the Canadian Pacific railway and Its conductors and trainmen has been broken, ami negotiations were resumed last night which promised to make for an amicable settlement being reached. At S o'clock last night tho representatives of the men went into conference with Grunt Hall, vice-president and general manager of the company, and D. C. Coleman, assistant to the general manager, and at 3 o'clock this morning the conference was still proceeding. Q. D. Robertson, vice-president of tho Order of Railway Telegraphers. who is here to act In the capacity of mediator, at the request of Premier Borden and Hon. T. W. Crothers, was responsible for bringing the company and men together at the eleventh hour. and at 2 o'clock this morning he stated that thc situation was much more hopeful now than it was yesterday morning. Grant Concessions. "The Canadian Pacific railway is prepared to grant concessions," snld Mr. Robertson, "but I am not prepared to say just what those coneeHsi-ins are. However, they do open the issue for further consideration." Last evening the general chairman of the respective organizations of engineers, firemen, telegraphers and maintenance of way employees mel, the object not being ascertainable, but the opinion was freely expressed among them that a settlement of the Issues between tbe company and the conductors and trainmen Would most certainly be reached. Planned for Strike. LONDON, Out., Ocl. 21.—Definite preparations were being made here through tho day by Canadian pacific trainmen for a strike. Orders were given for a walk-out at 5 p. m. tomorrow. "Quarters for the men have been He- cured," an official of the unloa said this afternoon, "and wo are ready tu proceed with our plans." Representatives of the union wero sent, to the Winnipeg meeting with instructions to concur with tho delegated at tho big convention. At a vote taken in this district the eastern Cnnadian Pacific trainmen voted 98 per cent in favor of thc strike provided the company declined to meet the demands oC the Wlnlpeg meeting. Crothers Gets Message. OTTAWA, Oct. 24.—"I have just had word from Winnipeg that negotiation.1* are proceeding satisfactorily," salrt Hon. t. W. Crothers, minister of labor, tonight. "And there is good hope that a strike will be averted." This was all the Information tho governmont gave out for publication concerning the situation in connection with thp strike on the Canadian Pn- flclc, which has been called for i» o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Tho cabinet sat In council for a long: time this afternoon, considering tho situation arfd emlpavr..'ing to nrriV*o flff a solution uf it. should the negotiations between the company and tho men la Winnipeg fail. What decision as tn government action they arrived at is not known. Hall Handling Situation. MONTREAL, Oct. 24.—Complete Ignorance of what Is to happen tomorrow in the strike*- situation is professed by officials of tho Canadian Pacific railway here. T*ord ShauRhnossy is out of town and Vice-President Bury refused this morning to make any statement. Inquirers being informed that the situation is being handled by Grant Hall at Winnipeg, and any Statement regarding tho strike would be given out by him. It was denied that tho matter had been taken out of Mr. Hall's bands yand that Lord Shaughnossy was himself handling negotiations In the matter. Lord Shuughnessy has been in Winnipeg, but has returned, although today he is out of town. Employees of the company state that they have received their orders from the union regarding thc course they are to pursue tomorrow evening should the matter bo not settled, and one. engineer said this morning that at 8 o'clock tomorrow night there "would not be a wheel turning if things wero not arranged. Shut Down at 6. The strike order was for 5 o'clock, but the additional hour was to allow the men to take their trains to tho nearest point where they could leave them. Thero seemed but little doubt front tho attitude of tho men In Montreal that the strike will not only affect the western division, but will also bo e'l'inlly thorough In the east. The demands made by the men affect conditions throughout the whole system, and none of the trainmen would consent. to run trains which their western colleagues had held up. MANITOBA APPEALS UP (By Daily News Lensed Wire.) OTTAWA, Oct. 24.—Appeals from Manitoba occupied the attention of the supreme court today. REPORT MANY RECRUITS ARE UNFIT FOR SERVICE (By Dally News Leased Wire.) OTTAWA, Oct. 2-1—According tu extracts from the report of Dr. H. A. Bruce to the minister of militia on tho overseas medical service, thero has been a great deal of laxity ln weeding out the medically unfit during the process of enlistment and training ln Canada. Tho report states that "a Canadian pioneer draft, which arrived in England, June 20, 1910, was found to have 57 unfits out of 254 ln all ranks, of 21170 soldiers coining before medical hoards from June 2 to Aug. 2, 1916, as only fit for permanent -base duty, 1340 ought never to havo been sent to the front. Out of 1452 discharged from the army during the same period, Slti had never got beyond England, that Is, 50 per cent of the discharges had never been at tho front." In the last four months," says the report, "we have had over 1000 recommended for permanent duty because of over-age, with an average age of 40 tn 50 years for each man. It Is a common occurrence for the men when questioned as io their given age when enlisted, to make a statement that they gave their tru0 ago as 64 to 55 years, as tlie case may be, and the medical officer snld he would 'call him 41 or 42 years.' In one enso he was Informed by the soldier that on enlisting thc recruit on giving his proper ago was told to run around tho block, think over his ago and come bade again. "And, again, during tho last month alone (from a report dated Aug. 22) 120 boys were found in tho ranks and put on permanent base duty. Their ages run us low as 14 years." Several pages aro devoted to special cases of men who should never havo enlisted. Among others four cases from the 92nd battalion are mentioned by name, two of them being discharged as permanently unfit and two to be put on base duty. "Wo have been Informed," says tho report, "that thes0 .four men were pa- (Continued on Pago Two.) ffife* d . ■ l-AGE iwo THE DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1910. LEADING HOTELS OF THE WEST Where the Traveling Public May Find Superior Accommodations. THE HUME A ta Carte Table d'Hote GEORGE BENWELL, Prop. "" Special Daily Lunch, 50c. HUME—W, J, Twlss, Vancouver; J. Henry, Ainsworth; Sidney Norman, ,l, O, .Johnson, Spokane; R. C. Dempster, Rossland; G. H. Aylarti, Victoria; Alex. Menzles and wife, New West- iViinstPi';" H. L. Heath, Vancouver; .1. E. Mlddledtteh, Calgary: .M. .T. M;i- gulre, Montreal; A. 0/Lovell, Ymlr; T. O. Peck, Midway; J. S. Lafferty, Rossland, J. Hastings, Hamilton; Miss Kale Johnston, Walla Walla; Mrs. Andrew .T. Paul, Springhill, N.S.; ,|. p. Turner, F. H. Skeels, Dr. Isabel Arthur. Miss Margaret Arthur; Miss McGrory, Miss IHierron, Miss Betts, G. G. Peaters, ■City; Dr. Hendry. Ainsworth: Mr. and Mrs. James Ferguson, Proctor; Charles Eastman, New Westminster. Wt*;'.i;'" ■■"'■■? ,000 and 3,000,000 pounds of wool. The sale of wool in this manner has led to an Improved product and, great profits to the farmers. -'Finally, we want sale by grade and government supervision on the stockyards und control on the exchanges. "Tho government is now at work replenishing tlie supply of female cattle for breeding and feeding. Far, too many have been slaughtered and to increase production the government has sent ont men to interest the farmer In buying up the female cattle offered for sale and returning them to the west. It has even gone so far ns paying tho personal expenses of th6 farmers to the cuttle market who will come for this purpose. "In tlie Inst two weeks between 1000 and 1200 cows have been returned to the west." Sea Weed Experiments. Dr. Frank Schutt, assistant director of tho experimental farm, told the commission that the goverignent wns now engaged In experiments with sea- week as a substitute for the German potash as a fertilizer. As yet, however they were unable to judge of its success. G, S. Dcsbnruts, deputy minister of the naval service, spoke of the wireless telegraph service now employed and deeliu'ed that now it was possible to send messages at least a part of every day, while before there were many days, due to ulmospheric conditions, that they wore unable to send anything. Tho bulk of business done on nn average day now, he said, totaled about 12,000 words, 8 BEFORE VI tlie shelling.: Id.th'lB region yesterday una todny \se hnve tnken 80 prisoners. "Todny,.there »van heavy shelling on both >slue*.'south of Armontlores. Early, this1 "morhliiK an enemy imrty raided our trenches east of Loos, apparently with tho purpose ot destroying mine slmIts. They wore Immediately ejected," HANYHSr _ MM SERVICE (Continued from Page One.) rnded before in. medical board in Canada by Capt'. Maynard, and that they were recommended for discharge, 'but no action wa3;taken and they were brought to Bngland." One 'man was'found with heart disease and one 'hand was partly cut off. He -was enlisted at Edmonton. A photograph shows a boy enlisted nt Pen-ib-p-eke, stripped, standing beside a normal man. This boy was 16 years of age, weighed so pounds, had Infantile paralysis, which left his legs in bad condition. * He says he passed two medical boards in Canada, having been stripped on both occasions. He has never done any military duty, and has been in tho hospital most of the four and a half months he has been In Kngland. Another man was found to hnve been taken out of a tuberculosis snnl- tarium previous to embarkation. Another man was blind In the light eye. His vision In the left is just about ntie-eighth of what Is should be. Itt^ others words, this man is 15-16 blind. Some units bad as many as 25 per cent unfits on arriving In England. One -of the over-age men was found to he 72 years old. The report contains 15 pages of particulars concerning these men. Dr. Bruce commends stringent changes In the -nSetbods of medical examination, In order that the great loss consequent upon the present system mny be avoided. NELSON—M. Batter. Marcus; .1. Smith, \*anc( don, Ymlr. Cameron, Frank Roberts, Spokane; er; Henry McGor- Hotel Castlegar CASTLEGAR, B. C. W. H. QAGE, Prep. Overland train to coast leaves here daily at 8:50 a. m. Excellent accommodation for drummers. Nico place to spend a weekend. Rates $2.00 and $2.50 per day, American plan. EDGEWOOD, B. C. Vacations spent tbere are most enjoyable. Write the Arrow Lakes Hotel For Rates nnd Reservations. ROSSLAND HOTELS The Hotel Allan Recently Refurnished. SMITH & BELTON, Proprietors. CHURCH TAKES STAND ON LIQUOR QUESTION (Uy Dally News Leased Wire.) ST. LOt'IS, Mo.. Oct. 24.—For the first time In the history of the church, according to claims of well informed leaders, a stand un the liquor truffle wns taken here today In the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal church. A resolution adopted by the house of deputies placed the church on record as fnvnring "such action In our legislative assemblies as will preservo the interests of temperance and the repression of the liquor traffic." CAPTAIN KIDD REWARDED. (By Dally News Leased Wire.) imocKVILLE, (int.. Oct. 24,—A cable snys that Capt. W. E. Klihl has been awarded the M, C. He brought In four wounded men under heavy fire anil with ('apt. Thompson dug Braves and burled 150 men. All the help they bad was the making of holes ln the earth by shells dropping around them. ONTARIO GIVE8 HUGE SUM TO RED CROSS (By Dally News leased Wire.) TORONTO, Oct. 24.—Contributions to the British Bed Cross fund for the province of Ontario, Including Toronto, now amount to $1,350,000, with 600-odd municipalities Htlll to bo heard from. Healed by Cuticura Trial Free .—— "My trouble began with a rnsh on my sides, then on my buck. Meanwhile it reached my hend. It was red nnd inflamed causing much burning and itching and stopped my sleep. It gave a great desire to scratch. My clothing aggravated the breaking out on my body. "Then I used tho Cuticura Hoap and Ointment. In throe weeks I was healed." (Signed) J. A. E. Ditbtie, Nicolet, Quebec, Dec. 18, Miff. Sample Each Free by Mall With 32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard: "Cuticura, Dept. J, Boston, U.S.A." Sold throughout thc world. AN EXTRA SPECIAL (Continued from Page One.) gained virtually all the ground lost in the second battle of Verdun. This was accomplished with lightning-like suddenness, In it single day, whereas the Germans occupied nearly two months In wresting this ground from the French. Report from Paris. PARIS, Oct. 24.—In a powerful series of attacks on the Verdun front tho French have captured the village and fort of Don au Mont, advanced beyond the Thlnuiuont work and farm and occupied also the Haudremont quarries, north of Verdun, according to the bulletin Issued hy the war^offlce tonight. The prisoners captured and counted thus far number 3500. Official Statement, The text follows: "On the Verdun front after intense artillery preparation, an attack on the right bank of the Meuse was made at 11:40 a. m, The enemy line, attacked on a front of seven kilometres, was broken to a depth which nt the centre attalried a distance of three kilometres. "The village and fort of Dou au Mont are lu our hands. "To the left our troops advancing1 beyond-the Thlaumont work and form, rushed the Haudremont quarries and established themselves along the road from Bras tb Don au Moot. On the right of the fort our line runs north to J41 Calletto wood, along the western outskirts of the village of Vaux and the eastern border of Kiirnin wood,- and continues to the north of Chenots wood and (he Damloup battery, "Prisoners ure pouring In. So far 3500, including about 100 officers, have been counted.. Tbe quantity of materiel captured cannot yet he estimated. Our losses are small." Is Notable Gain. The advance of the French troops here recorded Is probably the most notable since the commencement of the Homme offensive nt the end June, The portion of the German line which has been so signally defeated and broken through covered ground for which they paid an enormous cost In men and munitions and which was the scene of some of the most stubborn fighting experienced even In the great battle of Verdun, Itself one of the greatest military efforts ever made. The achievement of the French troops can he best measured by the bare statement thnt at this portion of the Verdun front they have now put the Germans lllmost exactly where they wero 011 Feb. 26, following tho first five days of the grand attack upon the Verdun salient. The Dou au Mont position consisted of the" villages of Dou au Mont, a redoubt and the fort of Dou au Mont, running from west to east along tho plateau of the same name nbout \\<> miles north of the fort of Verdun. Haudremont farm and quarries He to the west of this position and the farm of Thlaumont to the south. Feb. 2fi the Germans, after the first three days' righting of the Verdun battle managed to gnln a foothold in Four Dou au Mont. Four days later it was finally captured so far as this first stage of the battle was concerned. Scene of Fighting, ^The fort remained a hotly contested spot until May 22, when the French carried out an Infantry attack which will rank among the historic episodes of the war, and resulted ln the recapture of the fort. Two days later they were driven from It by an overwhelming number of men, the weight of the attack then mnde by the enemy carrying them right Into the village of Cu- mleres. The present drive has apparently taken place over a front of about five miles. Already It has penetrated to a depth of nearly two miles and nt some points probably to a greater distance. Tho total forward movement of the Germans between Feb. 21 and 26 totaled about five miles, so that the recovery of tho ground when lost hns only commenced. The strength of the position captured, however, ls nn Indication of the -power!essness of the enemy here, as on the somme, to resist any movement for which tho French nnd British forces have made preparation. British Statement. . LONDON, Oct. 25—The following of- flelnl statement was Issued last night: "South of the Ancre there Is nothing to report except Intermittent hos- TI.IROUGH A FORTUNATE DEAL MADE WITH- ONE OF THE ' * LEADING SUIT MANUFACTURERS OF THE EAST WE SECURED A LINE OF SUITS AT AWAY BELOW MANUFACTURERS' COST """"" ' THE STYLES ARE ALL NEW AND ORIGINAL AND COME IN THET SEASON'S MOST POPULAR .MATERIALS NOT A SINGLE SUIT OF EQUAL QUALITY COULD' BE BOUGHT ELSEWHERE FOR LESS THAN FIFTY PER CENT MORE MONEY SHREWD BUYERS WILL BE QUICK TO • RECOGNIZE THESE "^WONDERFUL VALUES ;--■-—--* 1— VALUES UP TO ?35.00— , OUR PR1C10,- ONLY ; 1 $16.95 A CAUTION THI3SK SUIT,S WILL SELL VERY'RAPIDLY AT THE RIDICULOUSLY LOW PRICE WE ARE ABLE TO QUOTE SMILLIE & WEIR LADIES' WEAR SPECIALISTS CHIHUAHUA IN PANIC OVER VILLA'S ADVANCE SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Oct. 24.— Confirmation of reports that Villa has reached the outskirts of Chihuahua City and of fighting in the suburbs between Villa's men and Gen. Trevino's command, was contained in a despatch received today by Gen. Fuhston, The people of Chihuahua have become panic-stricken as a result of Villa's advance on the city. TALKS OH BUSINESS AFFAIRS Of NATION Policy of Production and Saving Is Urged by Finance Minister in Address at Halifax. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) HALIFA, Oct. 24.—Sir Thomas White, minister of finance, addressing the quarterly meeting of the Halifax hoard of trade this afternoon on "The Business Affairs .^-of the Nation," pointed out the neo.d of munitions nnd the "keeping up of the nation's strength, financially and economically." "In this last," the minister said, "everyone can help." Summing up, Sir Thomas declared "the war will be won only by exertion, by patience and by sacrifice and these nre the facilities nf the men of our race, In which they have never been found wanting in time of nntlonnl crisis." Talks of Finances. The finance minister dealt largely with the situation created by expenditures In the Dominion of large sums for munitions and supplies. The Imperial government, be said, cannot pay for munitions purchased tn Canada by the Imperial munitions board to the extent of over $1,000,000 a day by drawing checks on the Bank of England, it can do so, he said, only ,by establishing dollar credits in Cnnadn. And that can be accomplished only by the people of this country placing large sums to the credit of the imperial government. "If we can give them the money we can get all the orders we want and more,"' said sir Thomas, "but we must save " Sir Thomas counseled increased production and economy In expenditures. This would enable Canada to pay the interest upon foreign Indebtedness and retnln a large balance, representing the national gain on the year's operations. Urges National Saving. "The policy which T commend, therefore, at the present time. Is one of national saving, and Investment of these savings In national securities," he said. "The people could not. have a higher form of security. n6r one more likely to nprectate and yield a profit after the end of the war. "We are elaborating a plan In conjunction with the banks and post office Saying branches whereby those of slender means and income mny husband nnd Invest their savings. "If the people will cooperate, as I am sure they will, Canada should have little difficulty In continuing to raise large sums to facilitate imperial purchases In the. Dominion. Let us produce and save, and thus help the Empire now and be ready for conditions when the wnr Is over," Compares Trade Conditions. Sir Thomas, who spoke for nearly an hour, outlined the financial conditions of Canada before and during the war, pointing to the annual trade "balance of $300,000,000 ngainst Canada previous to tbe war and referring to heavy borrowings aboard and to the large amount payable annually in interest. Hceon- , trnHled this with the present trade bal- |nnce, which ls over $300,000,000 In our favor. "And wo have besides raised- two great domestic loans,' ' he said. It must be borne In mind, he added that the volume of our trade Is measured by price as well (In by amount of tho commodities concerned and In so far as this trade depends upon prices due to the wnr It must be regarded ns abnormal. "Sir Thomas sold he could sec no Indication of on early termination of the war. SUBMARINES KEEP NORWAY BUSY BUILDING SHIPS SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 24.—Capt. AMERICAN TROOPS IN CLASH AT SANTO DOMINGO (By Dallv News Leased Wire.) SANTO DOMINGO, Oct, 24.—In nn engagement between American troops and rebel forces today Gen. Ramon Batista was killed. Several Americans are also reported killed, Including two officers. One American officer, Lieut. Morrison, "was wounded, The American commander attempted to arrest Gen. Batista, who resisted and ordered an nttook on tho American forces.* Fighting continued for a considerable time but the robels eventually were defeated, Louis Hannevlg, a Norwegian shipowner, who signod a contract today for the construction of two S800-ton steamships nt a cost of more than $1,- 000,000 each, snys submarln-ps nre solnklng Norwegian vessels faster than Norway can replace them. Orders for new ships aro being placed at all yards which can build them. CALIFORNIA CONCERN TAKEN FROM BLACKLIST (By Daily News Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Tho state department was informed today that the Petroleum Products company ot Sap Francisco had been removed from the British trade blacklist. Francis R, Jones, orgnnlzln-g secreJ tnry of tbe 'Overseas club, will be Iifl Nelson on Thursday evening and onf Friday at 12:30 o'clock will address m luncheon which will bo held at thm Strathcona hotel under the joint mui-fl pices of the Overseas club, Canadian! club, patriotic fund committee, ret urn T ed soldiers* did committee. Red Cross] society and other patriotic organ izit-j tlons. Women will be welcomed. (414,-, Clan Johnstone will hold their usual Hallowe'en dance in Oddfellows' hall on Tuesday, Oct. 31. Tickets .",(1 centsf ench, Johnson's orchestra. (41*1(1)1 Nelson Aerie No. 22, will meet at s| o'clock sharp tonight. (4147)| Cohirnbia SSsfflla&M frw* w\ tfote « J. Sale mi&& HE November list of Columbia Records contains the first recordings of LAZARO, "the greatest tenor since Rubini, a greater than Gayarre." Hear these wonderful Lazaro records and others by world-famed artists and will know why Columbia from the xNFovelmber list organizations, and you Records are supreme! Louis Graveure Brilliant Belgian baiitone In two splendid melodic Bern. Leopold Godowsky Muster of piano technique I'ti.-li.tnls witli Clio divine " Berceuwj" Chicago Symphony Orchestra with new triumphs Infantry Band of Havana In " Zaragozu " and " Amoroso,'! alluring dances from BUIlllt Spill n Eddy Brown Sensational American violinist plays two brilliant compositions Lucy Gates "Distinfiuishcd coloratura soprano sings ?' r'All THrough the Nigbt;: y- Al Jolson Mont popular of blackface comedians In n song that's " Al Jolson'! all over Morgan Kingston Famed operatic and concert tenor exhibits his powers of interpretution Florence Macbeth Coloratura soprano prima-donna sings two solos .l. of soaring brilliancy Prince's Orchestra In -superb recordings from "La Giocondu." "Tho I'ropbcl'! and " Cavullcria Kusticuna . Little Symphony Orchestra Initial rceordines under tbe leadership of George Barrere, world's master llalltist In the same list is Columbia Record A5861, two wonderful quartets— the "Madrigal" from'"The Mikado" and "Strange Adventure" from "The Yeoman of the Guard"; some irresistible darky fun of Bert Williams' and George O'Connor's well-known brands; eighteen popular hits, including the big ballad song, hit "Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday"; eight new dance records; symphonic recordings, trios, marches, novelty descriptives, Hawaiian recordings—everything that anyone could possibly want in the way of entertainment. New Columbia Records on sale the 20th of every month COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS and DOUBLE-DISC RECORDS i*^^2^tf^^ WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1918. THE DAILY NEWS PAGE THREE »>»,♦««,'«»♦»»>»«««»>»»»,»«» s <■«.<.. « »-» ....ft*,.,,...,,,* Mining and Markets 11 HAIL SMELTER RECEIPTS FOR YEAR: TO DATE PASS 400,000 TON NARK I j ■ - — ftOTAL FOR THIRD WEEK IN OCTOBER 13 11,262 TONS—TWO NEW AMERICAN SHIPPERS ARE INCLUDED IN LIST OF 29 PROPERTIES FROM WHICH ORE ARRIVES DURING WEEK—8TANDARD TOTAL FOR THREE WEEKS IS 246 TONS-UTICA 8END3 48 TONS. With receipts of 11,262 tons .from '•'.mines during the third week of Oc ior the receipts at Trail smelter for year to date were brought over Irs 400,000 ton mark, the figure being 1^,079 tons. Shipments for the pre- "ing weelc totaled 7271 tons, fwo new shippers are on tho list, ip Velvet at Velvet, Wash., with 27 ifts, and the Rathfon at Republic, Vfish., with 34 tons. "Another new shipper is the Conway ■lOerrard, in the Lardeau district. It i credited with 25 tons. With last week's output the ship- jents for the month of the Stiindard ilhe at Sllverton were brought to 16 tons; the Rumbter-Carlboo, 141 ■iris, the Emerald, 214 tons; tho llectrlc Point, 1266 tons and the Lucky Im 218 ton's. Last week's.shipment of tons from the Lucky .Tlm wore ,1'om Kaslo, where the concentrates vom the J. P. Keane mill at Rosebery lrfl being treated in M. S. Davys' magnetic separator in order to reduce the 'on contents. The Bluebell is on the week's ship- ling list with 162 tons of concentrates, [tjiich Increases Its totnl for thc year b 4074 tons. The Uticn shipped 48 jrma and the Sullivan headed the iudl- Udunl mines from a tonnage viewpoint Mt 11 3143 tons. The arrival o£ 41 tons of oro from lie Spokane group In the Ouyonno strict which is under bond to a Nel- Ijjn syndicate, ls reported. The ore was 'ncked out by mule train. t The Granite-Poorman in the Nelson ^strict shipped 27 tons of concen- nites. Slocan and Ainsworth ,*ucen Bess 44 pex 26 'Slack prlne 118 lomstock 13 Interprise ... 99 lalena Farm 4i 1,324 Towlt .- ... 334 flaho-AIamo ...... 44 279 o-Jo ... 7 ■yclcy Jim — 132 411 iticky Thought ; 570 jleteor ,.,. ■ ... 15 tolly Hughes 2C jio. 1 (Slocan) y ... 55 ,-Joonday .'; ... fc6j) Htawa ., ..- 87 'anama ..;,,,., ,x ... 20 'errler .!•/..y...^ ,.:;;£j .... - -26 UmibteV^Gurthoo'T..;., . 20 -1 ■5i)o" teco .-. ;. .,', 79 Houses AVE HAVE FOR RENT: No. 714 Mill Street—Comfortable 7-room house, 4 bedrooms, nice location rind grounds. Rental, $22.50 No. 820 Carbonate street—Nlco 7- room house In good condition. Rental, $20.00. We 'also have for rent some small houses above Latimer street, ranging'at from $8 to $10 por month. Wo want a 4 or ii-room cottage cloae in. •St Denis & Lawrence .. Phone 39. 509 Ward St., Nelson, B.C. \ . MACHINERY. \ Boilers, Engines, Sawmills, Logging Sngines, Mining Machinery, Railway nd Contractors' equipment bought and bid. •ANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT. LIMITED. i Vancouver. B. C. Richmond-Eureka Ruth-Hope 67 Silver King Slocan Star — Standard 32 Wonderful Yakima Bluebell 162 'Comfort Cork-Province Crescent Early Bird Florence Gallagher Highland Martin Nicollet , ..... No. 1 (Alnsworth) ....f. ..... Whitewater ....... mica 48 Kaslo Totals 558 Rossland Centro Star ' . 2,936 Le Rol 2,128 l,e Hoi No. 2 435 Velvet 147.S54 102,348 13,536 71 Totals 5,499 263,809 Boundary Sally Golden Eagle Pleasant Vlow Kmmn 764 Totals 764 Lardeau. Harrlgan-Mobbs Conway 25 70 26 20 6.173 6,289 Totals! Nelson KlIUT.'l III Eureka Hudson ' Bay • Molly Gibson Queen- Spokane group Vancouvor Oranlte-Poorman 41 ,41 27 Totals 134 East Kootenay Silver Belt Topper Butte 14 Burton Giant Hidden Treasuro,, .bead Qlteen Monarch .... Park Group' Quantrel — St. Eugene Sullivan ... Lonark Paradise ... :.•'.: i. 66 1,143 Totals Other B. C. M Iron Mask Silver Standard Fog Horn Pot Hook Henderson Aberdeen Millie Mack Snowstorm 3.261 ines Totals Velvet Liberty Ben Hur Bonanza Columbia Turk Deer Trail .... Dclphia Edwards Electric Point . Iron Crock Knob Hill .... Kokoma Lead Trust ... .Loon Lake ... Monarch Newton Norman United States Mines 27 •106 142 83 1,157 1.381 112 294 292 71 23 1 205 3,535 36 24 53- 77 7 ■ • 187 65 12 17 766 71,985 371 203 73.853 2,618 571 52 41 41 206 8 41 3,608 27 9 2,099 345 96 4 29 13 4.619 21 2,348 5 9 222 18 4 11 C LONG NNEL AT UTICA George H. Aylard and Othsr Stockholder* Inspect Property—Will Give Increased Depth of 360 Feet (Special to The Dally News.) KASLO, B. C, Oct. 24.—G. H. Aylard of Victoria, president pf tbys Utica Mining company, accompnnied by several of the largest stockholders paid a visit of inspection to the mine this week. Mr. Aylard expressed himself ns well satisfied with the result of development. It was decided to start a long tunnel to tap the ore bodies at a depth of 360 feet below the present workings, The work will start at once and will be done by contract. Tho adit Will be about 1800 feet In. length. AMERICAN LINE EXPRESS STEAMERS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL ALL AMERICAN STEAMERS, UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG Kroonland Oct. 26 Finland Nov. 7 New York '. Oot 28 8t. Louis Nov. 11 Philadelphia Nov. 4 St. Paul ,. Nov. 18 First Cabin, minimum $85 and $95; Second Cabin, minimum $55 and $60; Third Class, $37.50 and $40 BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH TO 8TEAMER DOCK AT NEW YORK IN BOND—NO TROUBLE WITH CU8TOMS For further information apply to company's office, 619 Second avenue, Seattle; A. E. Disney, Agent; or Local Rail and Steamship Agenta. ! The Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. i: ! of Canada, Limited Offices, Smelting and Refining Department TRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA SHELTERS AND REFINERS Purchasers of Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Ores TRAIL BRAND PIG LEAD, BLUESTONE AND SPELTER CUNK1GHAM BONDT* MO-AIAMO HI Takas Property Over From Scotch Company-f-Lodgo of Clean Oro Struck at Queen Bess.' Cirirence Cunningham has bonded the Idaho-Alamo mine at New Denver from tlio Scotch company which owns It and has 12 men employed at thc property, aceordliiff to news brought to Nelson last night by Sidney Norman, editor of Spokane Mining Truth, who was at the Hume. Tho Alamo haH been under lease to Thomas Avlson, At the Queen Bess near Sandon. which is also being operated by Mr. Cunningham, a ledge of clean ore has been struck between No. it and No. C levels and above No. 5, Five men aro employe*! in tlio mine on the ore and are taking out VM tons a day. The Surprise mill is being tuned up and it was expected that operation;- with three shifts would commence yesterday. P. Coggins of Chicago, vice president of the Dlester Concentrating company, has been at the mill for the past fow days Hupervising the adjustment of the tables. AI. Ihe Wonderful the twelfth car- toad of ore to bo taken out since April Is being loaded. Tho last of the machinery for the Slocan Star hydro-electrio plant, including the 1'elton wheel, left Hnu Francisco on Oct. 20 and is oxpeoted. paid Mr. Norman, to reach Sandon within 12 days from the date of departure. Everything Is ln readiness for Installation. A steam plant Is being used at the present time owing to shortage of water supply. )t is estimated that -100 men are employed in the mines of the Sandon camp with a payroll of possibly $"'0.- 000 a month. "Mining operations are suffering through a shortage of efficient labor," Mr. Norman concluded; Kusa Spelter Company Purchasers of All Classes of Zino Ores and Concentrate. :. Newton W, Emmena, ReprelenUlivt.i «■ 000. Shipments of zinc concentrates totaled 300 tons and In addition 40 tons of crude ore wero shipped, i Completion of the crosscut on the main lovel is proving a big factor In reducing operating costs, states the report, which also refers to tho big new ore body recently opened up in the r>00-foot level, 30 feet west of and parallel to No. 50G stope, which gives promise of proving an extensive ore shoot which will greatly add to the ore reserves. A high saving and a satisfactory product is being turned out at the Rosebery concentrator, states Mr. Larson. The Kaslo mill ls handling 75 tons a day of the general product. CONSOLIDATED OFFICIALS INSPECT LILY B. MINE KLOCAN CITY, B. C, Oct. 24.—W. M, Archlbnld and R. II. Stewart, general manager of the Consolidated vompany, G, A. Lafrerty of Rossland, and W. O. Miller, superintendent of tbo Cunad'an Pacific -railway, motored from Kelson Saturday and on Monday motored to tho Ottawa mine ami Lily B, Oscar V. White and Russell Thompson uf Sandon were recent visitors to the Lilly B. mine, which is being operated on a paying basis by the owners, George Long, Martin Morrow and X. Tucker. MALONE TO INSPECT THE SPOKANE MINE Mayor J.-J. Malono will leave this morn ing for the Bayonne camp where h" will make an inspection of the Spokane mine. PR CE MOVEMENTS IN m YORK IRREGULAR Declines After Forenoon of Decided Strength Said to Be Due to Approaching Election. (By Dally News Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—The approach of the presidential election and attention paid to political considerations were accepted as the most plausible reasons for the Irregularity of today's late .dealings after a forenoon of decided strength. Prices yielded 1 to 2 points from their best; declines being effected on comparatively, light offerings. The last half of the session was characterized by frequent intervals of dutness, trading from noon to the closo barely amounting to one-third of the total of 1,260,000 shares. Quotations were at lowest levels In the last hour ljut rallied substantially before the end, when leather and paper shares ns well as petroleums and obscure rails were in urgent demand. Bethlehem was the outstanding feature of the morning, rising 4 points to thc new record of 620, but closing at GIG, General Motors also made a new maximum of 837 and American Beet, Cuban Can and Cuban American sugars were lifted to record quotations together with Central Leather, Utah Copper and Consolidated Gas and Electric of Baltimore. Equipment and munition issues were less prominent thnn usual and transac tions in these groups were mado at moderate concessions, similar conditions applying to most of thc motors. General Electric, International Nickel and shipping shares. Fertilizers were again responsive to favorable trading advices, the uneven tone of certain inactive specialties resulting from tlie specific market considerations. United States Steel pursued, a comparatively normal and narrow course, making a not decline of IH-after a temporary advance of a fraction. Standard rails reflected prevailing speculative sentiment and nondividend issues of that division were strong, except Wabash, which lost some ground. Continued irregularity of tlie bond market wus traceable to selling of internationals. Total sales of bonds, par value, ^O.ruO.OOO. United States bonds were unchanged on call. HEDLEY GOLD COMPANY PAYROLL ABOUT $15,000 Tbc payroll at the Iledlcy mine last month, exclusive of boarding house charges, was. $15,000. During the last few weeks oxaittlna- tion of the coal refining process i*i use by the American Coal Refilling company of Denver lias been made Iiy eastern engineers. The outtook is said lo be favorable for a large investment hi the development of the Hoover processes which aro owned by this company, in connection with the establishment of a largo coal refining industry in Denver, and tho establishment of similar plants in other parts of the United Stulos. In addition to tiie carbonized fuel, which is. being manufactured by this company from tlie Colorudo lignites, the company is producing n uniform quality of oils for use in the oro flotation process. SIMONS RETURNING. A. Simons of Vnncouver, who has purchased the St. Charles and St. Marie claims at Sandon, will leave for the coast via the ICettlo Valley railwny today. Yesterday ho visited Grand Forks. COOLGARDIE SMITH TO IN8PECT JAFFRAY PROPERTY Coolgartlle Smith of Vancouver, pioneer mining man of British Columbia, will leave this morning for Jaffray, whore he will inspect a silver-lead property controlled by ,T. Payne of Vancouver. Messrs. Smith and Payne arrived In Nelson from tbe coast lust night. They will return via Spokane. San Poll 7,970 Tom Thumb 267 United Copper 220 8,182 Green Monarch 16 Keystone 41 000 Sandpolnt 6 Venezuela 00 Bullwacker 203 Tip Top ...: 39 Double Eagle 13 Rathfon 43 43 Totals 924 27,683 Ontario Howltson 78 Mine Centre 30 70 Totals 36 148 Alberta Veliow Jacket 62 Mother Superior Says Vinol Creates Strength. Rosary Hill Uome, Hawthorne, N,Y. —"I have used Vinol for many rundown, weak or emaciated patlonts with benefit. One young woman was so weak and 111 sho could hardly creop to my door for aid. I supplied Vinol to Her liberally and in a month I hardly recognized her. She was strong, her color charming und her cheeks rounded out."—Mother M. Alphonsa Lathrop, O.B.D. Wc guarantee Vinol to sharpen the appetlto, aid digestion, enrich tho blond and create strength. Rutherford Drug Co., Did., Nolson. Also at the best druggists in all British Columbia towns. , FRES SKIN AFFECTH One pr.c!:atte proves It. Sold nnd giiamnteetl by aboye Vinol drugyht. SLOCAN MINES GET TELEPHONE CONNECTION NEW DENVER, B. C, Oct. 24,— Tlio Queen Bess and Idaho mines at Three Korks are now connected with Iho outside world by telephone. LARSON RETURNS TODAY. ' A. (J. liftV&mJ mining engineer, who has boon delayed in Spokane owing to the Illness of his daughter, is expected to return to Nelson tonight. COPPER SUBSTITUTES NOT ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY That the acts of peace are disturbed ■jby the acts of .war is illustrated by the effect of tho high prices of copper upon the electrical industries. Tho question of substitutes for copper is being seriously weighed in many quarters. A Swiss engineer estimates that aluminum may compete with cbpper in the manufacture of overhead wires so long as the price of aluminum is not more than l.so times that of copper. There arc mechanical difficulties, nf course, but they havo been overcome, As regards zinc, wire was hardly used until a few yenrs ago and zino v.li(, is not so rcllablr n« iron wire There may bo hollows and brittle portions in an apparently uniform zinc wlro, and tbo wiro should in its making not bo boated up to 100 degrees C. for lung periods, icst Its strength und pliability suffer. Really hot steam is directly dangerous to zinc, and zinc wires .should not be suspended In damp, hot atmospheres. On the whole, tho metal can hardly be recommended for overhead lines, It may be used when properly protected, however, and bus bars of zinc arc feasible; they should be guarded against damp contact with other metals, and bo covered with varnish In such eases. To a certain extent zinc wire Is used in distribution cables by German electricians at present. The objection to iron wiro ls not so much the low conductivity itself as the fact that resistance to alternating current -is, owing to the skin effect, influenced by tho current intensity and frequency. LILLOOET DISTRICT IS ATTRACTING INVESTOR8 Considerable activity in mining circles is noticeable lately at Bridge River, In the Llllooot district, and F. Q. King and Dr. E. .1. Rutherford of San Francisco, representing tho United States Copper coporation, are now in the hills examining tho copper prop, ortles of Joe Russell and Henry Schwartz on Gunn creek. A. D. Cummings, mining, expert of Duluth, who returned Inst week from the headwaters of McGlIlvray .crock, where he has been on a tour of inspection of a group of mineral claims, reports several valuable minerals as well as free milling ores have boon located and aro now awaiting ronds to facilitate development and the marketing of the concentrates, also the getting In of machinery and supplies. Aomng other minerals which has been discovered in the Liliooet distrlot Is quicksilver. Mr. Cummings leaves shortly for the Savonna district to.locato some taulk claims for parties in Vancouver, after which he will return to McGUlvray creek, METAL MARKETS. NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—L-oad; At St. Louis, fl.00; at New York, 7; at London, £30 10s. Silver: At New Vork, 07%; at London, n%. Copper firm; oiebtrolyllc, first quarter, 27.50 at' 28. At London: Spot cop- 1*.t, £124; futures, £123; electrolytic, 'iil44, PAPER AND METAL SHARES MAKE GAINS AT TORONTO (By Dally Nows Leased Wire.) TORONTO', Oct. 24.—The paper issues showed no abating from their recent sensational activity. Spanish River made a new high for the present movement, opening at lS'/fc and then selling up to 20%. The close was at lfl'/fc. which ls 1 point up from yesterday's close. Transactions amounted to 2215 shares. The preferred was off 1, closing at 59. Riordon gained 11 pointsi selling up to a new high record of 119. Transactions amounted to only 235 shares. The 1 per cent bonus and the suggestion that the stock will be placed on a permanent 8 per cent basis, accounts in some degree for Riordon's sharp advance. Dominion Steel Foundry wns on the upgrade, going to a new high record of 175 ond closing at the best. Abitisi Pulp & Paper sold at SOU. Russell Motors common was strong, gaining 2 points at 80. The steel stocks were steady, with Dominion Iron showing a gain of % at 66%, and with Steel of Canada off Vk at 64U. Rov. Mr. David Tuily, son of an early resident of Peterboro, Ont., died at Media, Pa. PAPER ISSUES SCORE NEW GAINS IN MONTREAL (By Daily Nows Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Oct. 24—Tho bull market in the pulp and paper stcks gathered fresh momentum today, the heaviest buying of the movement sweeping prices to new high levels. Riordon, Wayagamack and Pryce Bros., were all quoted during the day at the highest, prices in their history, while Laurentide and Spanish River sold at thc highest prices in moro than three years. Riordon responded to the bonus declaration at the close of yesterday's marUet, with a rise of 3'^ at the open ing today, and made further gains of 3 points, all of which was held, the last sales going out at the new high of 119. Laurentide was in heavy demand during the day, and rose 10% to 209, also closing at the best. Spanish River common closed Ltf up at 199% after touching 21, and the preferred closed 1 up at 60. Pryco Bros., continued active; bids wore raised from 107 to 110. Wayagamack, after advancing fractionally over its previous high level, closed unsteady, selling off from 95 to 9a and closing at the low. Thero was an active market in thc old war loan at 98%, or unchanged. The new loan sold at 99'4. Total business 20.0SG shares, 1302 rights and *172,10O bonds; in unlisted stocks 2375 shares and $9S00 bonds. FAMILY DOCTOR'S GOODJDIE ToGoOnTaking'fruit-a-tives" Because They Did Her 60ml Rochon, F. Q., Jan. 14th, 1915. "I suffered for many ye»rj with terrible Indigestion and Constipation. I had frequent dizzy spells and becamt greatly run down. A neighbor advised me to try "Fruit-a-tives". I did so and to the surprise of my doctor, I began to improve, and he advised me to go on with "Fruit-a-tives". I consider that I owe my life to "Fruit- a-tives" and I want to say to those who suffer from Indigestion,Constipation or Headaches—'try Fruit-a-tives' and you willgctwell". COEINE GAUDREAU. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.69, trial size, 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit- a-tives "Limited, Ottawa. SPOKANE CLOSING QUOTATIONS (Reported by St. Denia & Lawrence.; Bid Asked Culodonla. % .54% S .56 Lucky Jim 0714 .0794 Rambler 17"i .18% Standard 1.35 1.40 Slocan Stur 20 .20% Success 36 .36% Utica 04 .06 BUTTER AND CHEESE. (By Dally News Leased Wire.) MONTREAL. Oct. 24.—Cheese: Finest westerns. 22; easterns, 21%. Butter: Choicest creumery, 40% at 41; secondy. 30 at %. Kggs: Fresh 48 at 50; selected, 38. Pork Heavy Canada short mess, 3G ut 36; short cut back, 33 at 34. WINNIPEG GRAIN CLOSE. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) WINNIPEG, Oct. 2..—Wheat Oct., J1.S3%; Nov., J1.8194; Dec, 51.77%; May, JU9V4. Oats: Oct., 59!4; Dec., 60%; May, 62 '4. Flax: Oct.. $2.48%; Nov., {2.49; Dec, $2.45%. (Additional Market News on Page 6.) "Please send me some Chewing Gums WRIGLEYS is the kind the boys all like. It's sealed in a wax-wrapper. Air, moisture and dirt can't harm it. The chap with some Wrigley's to pass around is 'cock of the walk.' It's so refreshing and thirst- quenching. Send some of both flavors. The boys like EBsBap after smoking and ^^ after eating." ^ r C-40 Write VVrigley'e Ltd., Wrigley Bldg., Toronto, for free copy of quaint MOTHER COOKS book. --^IBpilT™ ' t»AGE FOUR (THE DAILY NEWS.!. WEDNE8DAY, 9CT. », 19M. Published every morning except Sunday by the News Publishing Com (any. Limited, Nelson, B, C„ Canada, ROBB SUTHERLAND, General Manager. Business let1 rs should be addressed and checks and money orders made payable to the News Publishing Company, Limited, and tn no case to Individual members of tho staff. Advertising rate cards and sworn detailed statements of circulation nailed on request, or may be seen at the offico-.of any advertising ageney recognized' by the Canadian Press Association. Subscription Rates—By mall 50 cents per month, $2.50 for six months, ¥5.00 per year. Delivered: 60 cents per month, ¥3.00 for six months, $6.00 per year, payable In advance. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, 1916. PRO-GERMANISM A VOTE-LOSER IN THE UNITED STATES Charles Evan Hughes has censed to pussyfoot on the hyphenated question. Speaking in New York last night he declared he did not want the support ot Anyone who hns any interest' superior to that of the United .Slates; who would not instantly champion thn right or the interest of America against any country whatever; who wants Immunity for foreign aggression, or would have the power of this nation held captive to any foreign influence or swerved by alien machinations. President Wilson has unequivocally made clear bis position on this question. Hughes has hitherto sidestepped tbe issue with what bis ardent supporter, Roosevelt, has been wont to describe as "weasel-words." No one bas had any real doubt ns to the personal views of Mr. Hughes. Tbere was never any danger that he Would be pro-German. The significance of his decision to come out into the open and repudiate the pro-German element which has been lambasting Wilson on purely anti-entente grounds lies in the evidence It adduces us to the opinion the Republican Party managers have formed of tbe ■sentiment of the great majority of the American people. It is now on record thnt neither presidential candidate in tbc United States feels that he can afford to allow the American public to suspect him of entering to the pro-German element. their public Indebtedness. The loss In value of foreign exchange has aided them by enabling them to obtain a discount of 10 per cent or more in the case of the entente countries and 30 per cent in the ease of Germany. Denmark has mado millions in the sale of supplies to Germany, nlthough the Danes are suffering somo uneasiness from the fear thnt if a favorable opportunity occurred Germany might Jump across the border and take the goodB without paying for them. Sweden has been blessed with tbc most prolific crops in its history and has sold them at record prices, while the shipping und fishery companies of Norwny and Denmark, despite losses through submarine attacks, have mnde great fortunes out of shlpipng and fishing. GOOD NEWS FOR THE PEOPLE OF CANADA. Tbo news that there will be no railway strike In Canada today will be ri {solved with gratification throughout a country whoSc peoplo would lose millions of dollars a day in cold hard cash fund suffer alinst immeasurable Inconveniences if freight and passenger trains ceased to operate. Of the details of the issues which have been at stake the public has received virtually no Information. Both sides have preferred to confine their public statements to one or two of the broader aspects. In some ways this is to be regretted, although the company and tbe employees doubtless possessed excellent reasons for not taking tbe public, which has so large a stake In the results of tho negotiations, Into their confidence to u gf enter extent. However, reports early this morning Indicate thut the dispute is being adjusted, a happy issue to the negotiations for which due credit will he given to the contending parties nnd those wbe have given their services us third parlies toward averting the threatened calamity. A POINTER IN CONNECTION WITH CREAMERY PLAN. Some interesting information concerning the butter situation, which is of more than usual local Interest on account of the proposal of thc Farmers' Institutes to establish a cooperative creamery in Nelson, is contained In the monthly report of the census und statistics branch of the Dominion department of trade ami commerce. The reason for tbc high prices of Winter, it Is explained, is that the world's production has become less than thc world's demand. 1'rices in the United Kingdom ure the highest on record and arc similarly high in pructlcully every other country. To causes arising out of the war this condition is attributed. Tbe high price of incut has caused milk cattle to be killed off for beef, In tho European counties thousands of animals have been requisitioned for army purposes, whllo there is a general decrease In production on account of enlistment of farmers. The bulletin does not touch upon probuble future conditions but authoritative opinion inclines to the belief that high me&t prices will continue and thut farmers will be well advised to Increase their herds of moat and dairy animals. i 8CANDINAVIA PROFITS FROM WARRING NEIGHBORS. Prosperity in Scandinavia Is u factor which Is keeping Norway. Den- murk and Sweden out of the wur. All three countries, whllo not escaping entirety unscathed from the fighting Which Is going on, so to speak, ln their 'front gardens, are reaping bigjn'oflts. * The""thi*oe Scandinavian countries huvo sbarns in wnr prosperity to' the fpi.U'iii of sufficient funds io pay off ull BURYING GERMAN HOPES AT VERDUN The French victory on the Verdun front yesterday Is the first step toward replacing the earth in tbo grave at the bottom of which lies the hopes Germany hung on the fatal offensive It commenced last February. The attempt to capture Verdun was Germany's last dangerous offensive on the western front. It resulted in tho capture of the ground but fell so far from achieving its objective—the fortress of Verdun and the breaking of the French lines—that It proved the most costly and decisive defeat tho enemy hus suffered in the west since the Marne. Germany expended half a million casualties In two months on the, Verdun front and did nothing except prove to the world thut the French armies had won the supremacy ln the battlefield for which they had been striving for 18 months. Verdun finally destroyed the labor- iously constructed legend of German Invincibility. Yesterday the Fronch in one day recaptured the ground which it took the Germans two months to conquer. France defeated Germany at Verdun last spring. Yesterday it "rubbed It In." Now Is the time to prepare to send Christinas gifts to the soldiers In the trenches. Nowhere will they receive a greater welcome. Neutral shipowners had a bad day yesterday, losing six ships to German submarine attack, against loss of one vessel of British registry. "Detectives Arrest Two Remarkable Men" says a headline in nn custom paper. Moral: Be u mediocrity and keep out of Jail. Canado/fl prosperity Avlll continue after the wur if Canadians us individuals and v collectively make ndefpmto' preparations fur the changed conditions. "The ends of the allies arc well known. They are not selfish; they ure not vindictive but they require adequate reparation for tho past and adequate security for thc future."—Premier) Asqulth. Von Maekonzen's offensive In Dobruja would contain greater promise of decisive victory for Teuton arms If it wero on the other side of the Danube. Another feature of the battles In this region is that every foot of advance lengthens the enemy lines. During the 10 weeks from July 1 to Sept. 18, the entente allies captured 1110,000 prisoners from the Teutons and their allies. While tbe 10 weeks dating from Sept. IS may not produce as many, on account of delays In operations caused by thc coining winter, it. looks as if the total before the general freeze-up in the east occurs will bring tbe aggregate from July l to well over the million murk. r ■♦-»»♦■♦♦♦■♦»»»♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦■»* I WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING. J »♦♦»♦♦•■>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦»♦♦»♦♦♦ 4 Alberta On Wheels. It was stated In yesterday's Jour- nul that tbere were 9050 automobiles registered in Alberta. This ls a very large number for u population cf half a million and is a considerable Increase over last your. As automobiles are not rtlcles that people buy when the poor house is threatening them, the figures will take somo explaining by those who have sought lo make It appear "thnt the province has heen going buck ward, —Edmonton Journal. Against an Election. lion. George P. Gruham stated the other day thut the Liberal parly in thP house of commons would not consent to another extension of the parliamentary term, which lends thut good Liberal party, the Brantford Expositor, to protest. It holds, that an election can well be deferred until the close of the war should the war be extended beyond 1917. The Expositor speaks for the average man ln the Liberal ranks, who can see no excuso for bringing on elections while tbe war Is still undecided. The public Is In no mood for political controversy.—Edmonton Journal. Difference of Temperament. Tho difference of temperament between the French und the English "Tommy" nt moments of crisis Is apt: ly illustrated by n story 1 have from an officer at the front. Scene: Whero the French and British join forces. French leading off at the double with rftlorloim elan, shouting dramatically; "La France! Viva la hello France!" British, at an easy Jog-trot, In support, with broad wrins; "This way for tbo early door—sixpence extra!" Alike in tho pnsslon and the grim joke, there was the same tremendous determination In each thrust for ward.-" West- uiiusler Ousclte, f TH. 1 ♦-»■>■* t MMH^ \ n a Merry death. »♦• ->*•>-> ♦♦♦♦I »MH*< The first' of Nikolai Evrelnofs pieces to be produced In this country Is "A Merry Death," which together with "The Beautiful Despot," is a play most lilted by tho dramatist himself, writes Isaac Goldberg, Pr. D., In the Boston Transcript, of a Russian playwright, whose works ure just being introduced to American playgoers. The personages of this philosophical harte; quinade are the conventional types ot the comedla dell 'nrte. Harlequin, Columbine, Pierrot; tliere are, too, a Doctor and Death. To be sure, there Is nothing new in the philosophy, any more than in the figures, yet to both the writer imparts a certain new flavor, a contemporary application, The curtain discovers Harlequin asleep, Pierrot, chasing the flies from the sleeper's face, turns to tbe audience and commences a prologue that ls a personal address to every Individual In tbe uudience; "Shbh! Quiet! Tako your seats quietly and try to talk .and turn in your seats less. Even If "an ingenuous friend has dragged you In and yourself are too serious to be interested in a harlequinade, it's quite superfluous to hint of it to tho public, which In the main has no affair with your personal tastes. Besides, Harlequin's asleep—you see him! Shhl I'll explain it all to you afterwards. But don't wake him up, please! And when Columbine comes on, don't applaud her like mad, just in order to show that you know her, and can appreciate certain talents." Pierrot then explains thnt he doesn't fear any Intrigue between his wife Columbine and Harlequin; yet his manner denotes the opposite. Harlequin, moreover is to die at midnight, and here it Is already 8 o'clock. Suddenly Pierrot thinks of u great plan; he will push back tbe hands of the clock two hours! I always liked taking people In; but when it's a matter of taking in death and Harlequin nt tbe same time, and as well, for the harm of the first and tlie good of the second, I don't think you can call this plan anything 'but a (geniuses. Well, to work! The performance begins!" It quickly appears that Harlequin, with the footsteps of Death echoing In every bent of tbo clock. Is determined to meet that lady in most merry mood. "I am Harlequin," he cries, "und shall die Harlequin!" True to bis word he proceeds to make morry with Pierrot's Columbine, even to argue with her about the hereafter, and when Death enters, pointing with men- ace to the clock, he pokes fun at the grim figures. "Look round," he challenges Death, "you are in the house of Harlequlln, where one can laugh at all that's tragic, not evpn excluding your gestures." He invites her to perform tho traditional Dance of Death, which she does. A lust kiss to Columbine, a parting jibe at Pierrot's cowardice,'and Harlequin is dead. Pierrot's epilogue Is even more impudent than bis prologue, "I really don't know whnt 1 ought to bewail first: The loss of Harlequin, the loss of Columbine, my own bitter lot, or yours, dear audience, who have witnessed tho performance of such an unserlous author., And. what did he. 'w*nt to say in his piece?—I don't understand. By the way, I'm silly, cowardly pierrot. but it's not for me to criticize the piece In which I played an unenviable role. But your astonishment will Increase still moro when you know that I've been told to say in conclusion hy the culprit of this— well, between ourselves—this strange mockery of the public. Sbh! Listen! "When the genius Rabelais was dying, the monks collected round his couch and tried in every way to Induce him to do penance for his sins. Rabelais, in reply, only smiled, and when the moment or the ond came he said mockingly, 'Let down the curtain; tbe farce ls over; he said this and died." Why the graceless author thought it necessary to put other people's words Into the mouth of one of thc actors, I don't know—I've not a flee hand In tho matter; but being a respectable actor, 1 stand by him to the last and so obeying without dispute the will of the author, I shout mockingly: "Let^ down the curtain; tbe farce Is over." (The curtain fulls behind him.) But the author reserves still another slap, For the epilogue continues to speak, despite the fall of the curtain: "Ladies nnd gentlemen. I for got to tell you that neither your appla use nor your hissing of thc piece is likely to be taken seriously by the author, who preaches thut nothing in life Is In be taken seriously. And I suggest that If tho truth Is on his side, then you should hardly take his piny seriously, all the moro as Harlequin has probably risen from his deathbed already, and perhaps Is already tidying himself In anticipation of a call, because, suy what you like, but tho actors can't be responsible for the free- thinking of the author." (Exit.) This Shavian mockery nnd stage- egoism Is characteristic of 4he dramatist. We shall soon note It ngaln, in more aggravated form, if that Is possible, in tho astonishing prologue of "The Theatre of the Soul." COLLEGE MEN WHO HAVE ; ENLISTED Does not a peculiar pathos attach to a list of the killed among young university men, who were on the threshold of life full, of vigor 140th physical and mental, looking forward with keen Intellectual anticipation to' the exploration of the future? Morl- turi Salutamus! '*• "Mow beautiful Is youth! How bright it gleams With lis Illusions, aspirations, dreams! Book of Beginnings, Story Without End, Each mnld a heroine, and each man a friend!, Aladdin's Lamp, and Fortunatus' purse That holds tho treasure's of the universe, All possibilities are In Its hands. No danger daunts it, and no foe withstands; In Its sublime audacity of faith, "Bp thou removed!" It to the mountain saith, And with ambitious feet, secure nnd proud, Ascends the ladder leaning on the o In ud." —Ottawa Journal, t * »-> > *♦ > -»> >m« 'T TTMtX JOY OF GETTING THING8 1 I DONE 7 ♦ »*»MMM«M ♦>♦>->»•* Some forty ■ places In our country, ranging from Ashtabula to Si- Augustine, are run by city managers. This means i that our everlasting American problem of municipal government is now being tackled successfully .by calling into action one of the oldest of human traits; that joy of achievement ' that thrilled in Tubal Cain's heart when he hung up the first piece of goqd lroi) work, banked his forging fire, and went home to get something to eat, Running a city is not business In the baser sense of somehow (anyhow) making money, but it is business In the better sense of getting Important things well done. The city manager has a free hand and a job of his own. He therefore can buy things cheaper, hire and keep more capable men, and help them turn out results. The citizens (or shareholders) can see whSt he is accomplishing In the visible condition of the public property such as streets, sewers, parks, etc.; can check the accomplishment ngainst tho costs, as kept m accurate accounts and revealed In clear nnd brief reports. Then they can back him up and get him fired as need is. Tbe politicians cannot undermine the active civic power by dividing responsibility, creating Independent offices and confused jurisdictions, but must, either keep their hands off or else buck the task of firing the head of the town. American common sense has asserted Itself, and the new method will stick. (Wide-awake citizens mny apply for detailed Information to Mr. O. E. Cnw\ city manager, Niagara Fulls, N. Y., or to the Bureau of Municipal Research, Now York City.) As the years go by we will have plenty of cases of trained men starting as managers of tank villages and rising to run big cities with pay and recognition proportionate to their work. A lot of the dynamic energy now being trained In our engineering schools will be turned directly into making our towns bettor plnces in which to live. That is what towns are for.—Colliers. $ H » I »♦ IMMMI <»■■>« $ M I il ■ THE REDISCOVERY OF HOME .J PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION 0 Calgary, at its next municipal election, Is to take a plebiscite on the question of proportional representation. We hope It will be curried and the system introduced in Calgary for the ele-c tion of mayor and city council. Not thut we have vory much faith in It as a method of hastening the millennium. On the contrary, our impression Is that it Is just a fad which is advocated by u lot of theorists who ure fond of mental gymnastics but nre lucking tn experience of the practical working of popular institutions, i Wo nre expressing this opinion, however, without apy desire to Ije offensive toward thoso„.. active und gener- nlly amiable enough:,citizens who are In favor of proportlonnl representation. They may be right and we may be quite wrong. If Calgary can be persuaded to try the experiment the rest of the country will observe the results with sympathetic Interest. If It turns out to bc an improvement, the western city will have added, ope more to its many claims to distinction. It, on the other hand, it does not justify Itself In actunl working, then the other cities of Canada will be strengthened In their inclination to worry along as they are. By all means let Calgary go ahead and try proportlonnl representation. It will not do her much harm, at the worst, und it may enable thc rest of us to leurn something.—Winnipeg Telegram. 3 ; FOUND HER RUIN ► IN FANCY CATS "I have known her to have as many us 100 cats, and I urn afraid they proved her ruin," said a witness at an Inquest at Lewisham on Miss Jane Derby Hyde, who died suddenly In thc street nt Sydenham, The witness was Edward George Burns of Charmwood road, South Norwood, who described himself as an animal specialist. He had known Miss Derby Hyde since 1901, when she was rather well off. Her hobby was prize cuts. "Sho possessed some of thc finest animals in the world," he said. "They wero of ull kinds—English und foreign— and I suppose she must havo taken some of tho most valunblc prizes und medals in the worldo. Smetimes she would pay £40 to £50 for a cat and once I knew her to pay more. At last It came to an end." Miss Grace Waldy of Adamsrlll road. Sydenham, with whom Miss Derby Hyde had lived for 12 months, said tho dead woman was brought up in a convent. Originally, she wus well off. but recently she had been dependent on churlty. At the time of her death Miss Derby Hyde was walking wilh Rev. A. E. Green, vicur of All Saints' church, Sydenham; Asked by tho corner whether he knew what thc woman's age was tho vicar replied 'I urn not a judge of women's ages. I am afraid I should be like tho Irishman und say 'However old you are, madam, you do not look it.'" A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. The following donations have been received: One pair socks, Nelson Women's Institute; Mrs. C. Watts, $1; one pair socks, Mrs. Pike; 35 Chrlstmus stockings from the girls of Miss Oliver's class for soldiers lh Canadian hospitals; ll sets pyjamas; 19 pairs socks, 13 surgical shirts and old linen, Creston Red Cross; Mrs, T. A. Mills, Willow Point, $c; Mrs. Budd, Queens Bay, 31; Mrs. j, t. Andrews, $10; Mrs. Cunliffe, 50e; one pair socles, Mrs. R. Allen; pair socks, dozen yards cheese cloth, Mrs; P, Williams; one trinket set and one pountaln pen, Mrs. R. H. Spurway; six towols, four mufflers, four helpless shirts, three wash cloths, eight pairs socks, Arrow Park Women's Institute; 24 comfort bags, containing tooth brush . and paste, fnce cloth, towel nnd soap, Harrop Women's Institute; io cent collections, Mrs. Graham; go cents knitting guards, Mrs, Armstrong. Summer cottages are being boarded up, summer hotels aro closed, the asters droop in the desolate-gardens, and folk are rediscovering home. Home may be a mansion with a complicated domestic policy, or it may be a flat In which no serving maid has set her autocratic foot, but home is home, be It ever so many stories up In the air, and ln returning to It one has a feeling of satisfaction that amounts almost to elation. The very lares and penates at which one had, last spring, looked with almost reproachful eyos, now assume fresh grace, and one no longer'laments the day that one acquired them. The privacy and order, tho convenience and snugness of home, which last June appeared so burdensome, even so superfluous, now fit In with one's desires and Inclination?. ■ The leaping fire on the hearth is as a Hying symbol of home; the book-laden table and the reading lamp tempt one to reject the proffered hospitality of friends, even though one's own hospitable Instincts are vigorously awakening. One wishes to extend Invitations, not to accept them. The house still echoes a little from lack of use. Therefore laughter must be solicited. The polish on the floors will he all the better for dancing feet; the very chairs and tables seem to cry out for association. Few things are more piteous than a deserted house and few occupations more heartening thnn bringing one back into the cheerful domestic scheme of things. * To hang the our- tains Is a sort of rite; to lay the table Is un Invitation; to pluce flowers In the favored spots is to decorate one's heart as well as one's home. Those who lament the death of poetry in life really confess to their own lack of appreciation. The elements of poetry cannot escape us. They are bound up with our daily observances, and to perceive and enjoy them requires only a conscious awareness of the deep beapty of everyday things. The song of the autumn wind' and tbo answer of the fire on the hearth are poetry enough to content anyone who can feet the difference between the essentials and the nonessentials.— Chicago Tribune. COLD STORAGE. Fish and oatmeal, brain foods, are scarce In Nova Scotia. , "Drink causes poverty." "Let's abolish drink." "Lack of money also causes poverty." "Let's abolish lack of money, too, then.'' A Highlander from Tobermory asked at the Oban railway station the price of a ticket to Killln. "So much," replied the clerk. "Hoot awa'," replied florijakl, "t/s far ower dear.' I'd rathep walk!" and off he started. He had not proceeded far when a train came tearing along, whistling as it neared a station. "Ye needna whistle for mo!" said1, Donald. "I made ye an offer alnce, and ye wadna tak' It; sae ye can gang on. I"m no comlnV" Singleton-—They say that marriage is a tie. Wed more—You'll find It so if you get roped tn. Grimy Griggs—A newspaper guy offered me a dollar if I'd let hlin take my picture. Ragged Rogers—And yer refused? Grimy Griggs—Yes; yer see, a photograph's got to go through a bath. THE WEATHER. Mln. Nelson 29 Dawson ~ 22 Prince Rupert 42 Vancouver 34 Kamloops 25 Edmonton 32 Calgary 34 Moose Jaw 38 .Saskatoon .30 Regina 20 Winnipeg 30 Parry Sound 36 London 34 Toronto 38 Kingston 42 Ottawa --40 Montreal 39 Quebec 36 Halifax 42 St. John 34 Max. 52 80 50 48 48 46 50 46 42 43 42 46 48 50 56 50 48 44 54 54 Eight hundred soldiers will be billeted at Gait, Ont., this winter. John Burns L Sons "USSB?" SASH AND DOOR FACTORY. NELSON PLANING MILL8. VERNON STREET, NELSON, B.C. Every Description of Building Material Kept in Stook. Estimates Given on Stone, Brick, Concrete and Frame Buildings. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. P.O. BOX 134 PHONE 178 ENS Do You Intend Going Hunting? NOW IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER YOUR EQUIPMENT We Can Supply You With Everything You Want to Get the Game, RIFLES, SHOT GUNS, AMMUNITION HUNTING CLOTHING, ETC. WHOLESALE ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION Nelson Hardware Co. SPORTSMEN'S HEADQUARTERS NEL80N, B.C. Lieut Edwin Smith of TlllaonhurK. Iuih linen (riven comrnnnd nf oho nf his majesty's mntor Inunehes. ■ < Tuberculosis Rapidly Increasing Among Children of Belgium and Northern France. More Food Urgently Needed to Keep up Their Strength An interview with Mr. W. L. Honnold, American Director of the Belgian Relief Commission, brings to light a new danger threatening the population of the territory occupied by Germany. Mr. Honnold reports that about 5,000,000 wholly or partially destitute people, who have been dependent on the Commission, generally show diminished vitality. The effects are most apparent among the older children, particularly those in the adolescent stage. Among these there is an alarming increase of tuberculosis, due to the lower power of resistance consequent on an inadequate diet. To overcome this serious danger, the Commission appeals (or extra contribulioAs so that a special meal can be served every day in the schools. Efforts are also being made to provide as lar as possible tor children outride the schools. This Can only be done—Belgium's children can only be saved—il every one ol us who can possibly do so will give something toward the Fund. Whatever you can afford, send your subscription weekly, monthly or in one lump sum to Local or Provincial Committees, or Send Cheque* Payable to Treasurer _. 89 ST. PETER STREET, MONTREAL, $2.50 FEEDS A BELGIAN FAMILY ONE MONTI).:; Belgian Relief Fund Tlie more tjou know about Coffee •—■*• Tie tetter ijou Brand In &, 1 and 2 pound cana- Whole—ground—pulverized— also Fine Ground lor Percolators. 171 Rufas A. Cox, formerly of Saskatoon, was burned to death at Fair, mount, near Kindersley. There's No Better Wiy lo purchase gifts or articles for your own personal or home use, than by the use of Birks' Catalogue* Take gifts, for instance. 'Within its pages Ilea the solution of every gift problem, because . whatever form you would like your gift to take you will find ■ the exact article that pleases you, that fits the occasion, .and- that suits your purse. And there are numerous articles for home or personal use, the aelee- * tion of which is all that could be desired. A. treasure for the diat unt shopper — Birks' Catalogue." Henry Birks & Sons Ud. Vancouver, B. C. Wood Wood 500 C0RD8 WANTED. Give us your best price f. o. b. your siding. Apply West Transfer Company COAL AND WOOD DEALERS Phone 33. SYNOPSI8 OF COAL MININQ REGULATION* .Coal mining rights ot the Dominion m Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, tho Yukon Territory, the North- west Territories and ln a portion ol the province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one year: at an annual rental of 11 acre. No more than 1660 aero* • be leased to one applicant Application (or a lease must made by the applicant ln person to the agent or sub-agent of the district ot which the rights applied tor are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be desoribed by sections or legal subdivisions ot sections and in unsurvey- ed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Eaoh application must be accompanied by a fee of IS whioh'will he refunded It the righta applied tor ant not available, but not otherwise, royalty shall be paid on the merchant- amble output of the mine at the rate oj tlve cents per ton, 'Tho person operating the mine ahall furnish the agent /with aworn returns accounting tor the full quantity merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon, If the ooal mining rights are not being operated,' eucb return! shall ba furnished at once a year. The lease will lnolude the coal mining righta only, hut the lessee may bt permitted to purchase whatever available surface righto may be considered necessary tor the working ot the mine at the rate of 110 an acres. For full Information application should be made to the Secretary ot the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent ot Dominion lands. W *v7. CORY Deputy Minister of the interior. .. N. B.—Unauthorised publication this advertisement wilt not be paid (et, iM r WEDNESDAY, OCT. SB, 1916. THE V DAILY NEWS PACE FIVE 20-pound box S1.00 Plums 20-pound box 75c Local Peaches Basket-, 30c Star Grocery v PHONE 10. Peel Off Your Freckles To remove freckles, blotches or any /complexion difficulty, the best thing to do is to remove the skin itself. This is easily and harmlessly done by the application of ordinary mefcolizcd wax, Tho wax peels off the defective outer skin, a little each day, gradually bringing the second layer of skin to view !,The new skin is beautifully soft, clear j white and youthful looking. JiiHt pro- cure an ounce of mercolized wax ut any drug store and use like cold cream. „ \ REV. A. L SMITH IS GALLED TO REGINA Former Pastor of Nelson Churoh Succeeded at Vancouver By , Rev. A. E. Hetherington (By Dally News Leased Wire.) BRANDON, Man., Oct. U.—M. a representative meeting of the quarterly official board of the First Methodist churoh of this city, It was unanimously decided to extend a call to Rev. A. E. Hetherington of Van- couvervto become their pastor in succession'to Rev. A. E. Smith, who has accepted a call to the First Methodist churjsn, of Regina. Rev. 'A. E. Smith was formerly pastor of Trinity Methodist church at Nelson. » « ii4inM»iiiiiiiinitmiiiMiiM nn. IKdotenag and Boundarijl I *)>»♦♦ • ->•-> *4 OFFICERS REPORTED AMONG CASUALTIES (By Daily News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 25.—Lieut. G. I/. Grennan, King's Liverpool regiment. Is reported killed in action. At the outbreak of war he was with a bank In Canada. His parents reside in Southport. Lieut. R. R, Scott, Royal Medicals, reported wounded, was transferred from Canadian forces In May. Capt. J. J. Field, Royal Medicals* reported wounded, was transferred from Canadian Medicals in May, CABIN OF WRECKED VESSEL IS FOUND (By Daily News Leased Wire,) PORT STANLEY, Ont., Oct. 24.— The tug Eastside of Port Stanley last night towed Into port the cabin of the steamer Merida, lost In Lake Erie In the gale of last Friday. The cabin wus found about 15 miles south of Port Stanley. A buoy was anchored at the spot with a view to facilitating search for the lost steamer, as well as for bodies of the members of its crew. John Walker Barrie, age 12, of Southwold, died !from a fractured skull, due to a kick from a colt. Latest Arrivals in Ladies' Shoes LADIES- AFRICAN BROWN KID LACED BOOT—Goodyear 0Q Eft welt, plain toe /......r.. wuivU .|yp ^Sa-**! *-'.■; ... > W * ■*• ■ LADIES' VICT KID—Grey top, Goodyear welt, plain toe, OQ ft ft laced boot y tfaUU LADIES' NUT BROWN—Tan cloth top, laced boot, Goodyear 00 Cfl welt yOiSU LADIES' PATENT LEATHER—Dull top, laced boot, Good- M ft ft year welt yf .UU Many Other Lines in the High Top Shoe Priced from $5.00 up R. ANDREW & CO. LEADERS IN FOOTFASHION Men Wanted for the Navy The Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, wants men for imme diate service Overseas, in the Imperial Royal Navy Candidates must be sons of nstursl born British subject, end be from 18 to 38 years of age. PAY J1-10 P" d,*f mi upwards. Free Kit. Separation allowance, $20.00 monthly. Apply to the nearest Naval Recruiting Station or to the Department ol the Naval Service, OTTAWA. tH '* Hay Feed Grain Best Quality and Best Price The Taylor Milling an| A. E. Walton,, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Anderson and* son, William, and Miss Edith Anderson of Lemon creek spent Sunday in town. Miss Mary Blnish of Nelson came home Saturday for a holiday. The silk poplin bag donated \*y Miss Mae Few of Victoria to the local branch of the Red Cross, which was raffled last Thursduy, realized $12.50 for the funds of the society. Mrs. R, G. Henderson, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. McKay of Nelson, returned home Monday. The Misses V. and F. Dawney of Perrys were visitors In town Sunday. SILVERTON 'TAG DAY" WORK SUCCESSFUL (Special to The Dally News.* SILVERTON. B. C, Oct. 24.— Thursday, Oct. lit, was "Tag Day" in Sllverton and a successful campaign in aid of the British Red Cross was ably carried on throughout the day, both in town and at the mines, the work being In charge of the ladles patriotic committee, composed of Mrs. Tlnllng, Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Hilton and Airs. Hunter, assisted by a "tagging" committee composed of Mrs. Philpott, Miss Nettleton, Miss Barbara McCallum, Miss Turner, Miss Mary McCallum. The splendid result from the day's work was due to the efforts of the "tagging" committee, which collected a total sum of $207.40, which has been forwarded to the general fund of the British Red Cross nt Victoria. The ladles patriotic committee Is also forwarding packages of home- knitted socks to all the soldiers who enlisted from this locullty. A supply of these socks has heen made possible by the untiring efforts of Mrs. N. F. McNaught of this place, who has been iu charge of the active work of knitting. Judge Ryan of Portage La Prairie has been appointed temporary judge of the Dauphin, Mun., Judicial district. How Magnesia Helps Dyspeptics Patent Foods, Dieting and Medicines No Longer Necessary. Many dyspeptics have now discontinued the use of expensive patent foods, are eating: what they please in reason yet no longer take harmful drugs, medicines and artificial dlges- teuts to relieve their stomach trouble. Instead they just take a teaspuonful of, pure bisurated magnesia in a little water after meats, with the result that they not only save money but enjoy much better health and the stomach ho longer gives them trouble. Those who have once tried bisurated magnesia riever dread the approach of meal time because they know that tills wonderful antacid nnd food corrective wblch absolutely docs not Injure the stomach and which can be obtained at Utile cost al almost any drug store will instantly neutralize all their excessive stomach acidity and' prevent nil possibility of their fowl .souring or fermenting in the stomach. Try this plan yourself but be sure to get bisu rated .tnngnesia. -is magnesia Ip other rornta jOften have n strong lrtihtlve effect Which Is not desirable. TRAIL SUBURBS GROW RAPIDLY Much Building Going on in Trail East and East Trah—Water Systems Installed. Within the past seven months two comparatively new} suburbs have sprung up in the neighborhood of Trail with surprising rapidity and it is said are daily finding new inhabitants. These are Trail East and East Trail. Thejatest development, for the care of the" new residents across tho Columbia river from the Smeller Pity according to M, R. McQuarrie, who returned from a visit to Truil Monday night, Is the oonneetln-g up of some Cii homes in Trail East with the newly Installed water system which has been put in by McQuarrie & Robertson. Within the past seven months 60 buildings have been erected in Trail East and nenrly as many more in East Trail, all of which are tenanted while between 15 and 20 are In,,course of construction. Already, he snys, a petition has been'drawn up asking for ; school, there being more than 45 child ren of school age in the 'suburb. A postoffice has also been applied for. Mr. McQuarrie states that arrange ments nre being made for electVic light in Trail East, which will be installed ns sonn as permission is obtained to carry the electric lines across the bridge. There nre already two general stores nnd the opening of » butcher shop hns been announced, which it is expected will make it unnecessary for residents to cross to the main portion of the city to do their shopping. The substantial growth of the new suburb ls regarded as one of the most significant features of the prosperity of the smelter city nnd houses for single families nre being occupied as quickly as it is possible to build them. A large portion of thc Inhabitants, being employed In the Consolidated Mining & Smelting company's plant, a strong agitation is being made for the building of a foot bridge from the lower edge of Smelter hill across the Columbia, which will greatly shorten the Journey between the men's homes nnd their place of work. In the spring a company will, it has been announced, begin a jitney ser vice between Trail East and tbe base of Smelter hill, operating busses capable of carrying 20 passengers. The trip will be accomplished quickly, ns the road is level all the way. Messrs. McQuarrie and Robertson ure at present erecting » building which when completed will house a restaurant on Bay avenue, Trail, while It Is said that indications point to there being a, steady increase in tlie field for employment for men and the business of housing and caring for new arrivals is going on steadily. Changes Will Give Authority to Sell Delinquent Tax Certificates Against Property in Arrears. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) CALGARY. Alta., Oct. 24.—The finance and legislative committees of the city council, which comprise a' large majority of the council, meeting In joint session tonight, voted to ask the legislature' for charter amendments, authorizing the city to issue nnd sell delinquent tax certificates against property which is in arrears for taxes for one year or more, bar- for taxes for one year or more, bearing interest at 10 per cent and redeemable within three years of the time of issue. The legislature will also be asked to amend the soldiers' moratorium act so that it will apply only to men on over- the active or reserve militia. REPORT ON PATRIOTIC WORK IN NEW DENVER (Special to The Daily News.) NKW DENVER, B. C, Oct. 24.—Dr. nnd Mrs. Norman F. Carter of Kaslo spent Saturday in town. Mr, and Mrs. O. V. White of Sandon spent Saturday in town looking over their new bungalow. Dr. nnd Mrs. William E. Gomm of Sandon were visitors in town Sunday. The local collection for the Belgian relief fund this month amounted to $20.75. The Patriotic fund collection wns $04.89. The sum of $100 wns forwarded to the Nelson Red Cross branch by the Ladies Patriotic society for the Trafalgar day hind. The Junior Patriotic society sent $10 to the same fund. The chief work being done nt present by the Ladles Patriotic society is on Christmas presents for parcels to be sent to our hoys at the front. Miss Joule Hurdle is lit nt the home of Mrs. Croppe, suffering from a nervous breakdown. $m A surprise party was given last Wednesday evening in honor of Pie. Fred Burgess ut the home of his sister. Mrs. Walter Tuttrie. An evening of games and contest s was followed by the presentation of a purse from his friends and a parcel from the patriotic society. Pte. Burgess left next morning to rejoin his battalion, the 225th, at Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. ,T. L. Morgan were In town Friday and Saturday. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Clever presented them with a silver tea service on the occasion of their silver wedding last Fridny. GEORGE A. NOWELL HAS FOOT CRUSHED BETWEEN ENGINES (Special to The Dally News.) GREENWOOD. B. C„ /Oct. 24.— George A. Nowell of Nelson, divisional master mechanic for the Canadian Pacific Railway company, had. his foot crushed today when the engine, on which he was standing in the yards here, was bumped by another engine. He is being treated in Greenwood nnd It is thought Will he removed ,to Nelson shortly. MORGAN STEAMER LINES LIFT FREIGHT EMBARGO (By Daily News Lensed Wire.) GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 24.—Embargoes against freight for American and Canadian destinations , which have been enforced for several months by Ihe Morgan steamship lines, will be lifted Nov. 4, according to notices given out today. Freight fnr foreign destinations other than Canadian ports will not be accepted when moving forward through bills of lading. BIG TOBACCO SHIPMENT MAY BE RELEASED (By Dally News Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Representations to Great Britain In behalf of American tobacco shippers who have hnd $1,500,000 worth of leaf consigned to the Scandinavian countries and Germany tied up by their restrictions at Copenhagen, have resulted In action by the British government, which is expected to result In some relief. Details will be announced lator by the state department. CALGARY ASKS FOR ARTILLERY IN ACTION ON ITALIAN FRONT (By. Dally News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 24.--On the Austro-ltalian front the Austrians and Italians at various points, especially on the Asiago plateau*, in the Sugana valley, in the Plava sector of tbe middle Isonzo, and on the Carso front, are vigorously bombarding opposing positions. PETROGRAD DENIES REPORT OF COLONIZATION SCHEME Uiy Dally News Leased Wire.) i'ETROl-'RAD, Oct. 24.—Tbe semiofficial news agency issues a brief statement denying a report published in American which alleged the intention of the Russian government to colonize 1,000.000 Russian Poles in South America. The report, snys the news agency, "is a pure Invention, the Russian government never dreaming of expatriating Poles, which would be opposed to its own interests." MINISTER WILL SPEAK. (By Dally New* Leased Wire.) OTTAWA," Oct. 24.—Hon. W. J. Roche, minister of the interior, will deliver an address before the Canadian club of Cleveland Nov. 13. PLAN TO CARE FOR RETURNED SOLDIERS (By Daily News Leased Wire.) WINNIPEG. Oct. 24.—Premier Nor- rls this afternoon guaranteed the necessary- expenses for,the work of organizing branches of the returned soldiers' association In every municipality of the province, making tlie movement to secure adequate provision for the returned men a province-wide one. RED DEER CLERGYMAN REITERATES CHARGES (By Dally News Leased Wire.) SASKATOON, Sask., Oct. 25.—Rev. W. G. Brown of Red Deer addressed a meeting here tonight in which he reiterated tliial a pamphlet issued by the union committee of the Presbyterian church was hi essance a lie. lie said a prominent official of the church had made slanderous statements about him and he was not going to lie dbwh under them. CANADIAN OFFICERS IN LONDON HOSPITALS (By Dally News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 25.—Among Canadian officers recently wounded. Lieut. R. McCuaig hns reached Hyde Park, wounds slight; Lieut. A, G. llaultnln is at Brighton, suffering from debility. At Camlet's: Lieut. .1. K. Ponton, multiple wounds; Lieut. M, B. Thorn- hill, slight wounds, right shoulder; Lieut. G. A. Cockburn is suffering from shell shock. Cnpt. Jpssens, J. II. Wood and Lieut. C. L. Harris have returned to duty. ROSS GETS COMMISSION AND IS KILLED IN ACTION (By Dally News Leased Wire.) QUEBEC, Oct. 24.—Nine days alter receiving a commission as a reward for his work in tho trenches, Lieut. Percy A. Ross, win* enlisted its a private at Montreal in May. 1015, wns killed In notion, Oct. -i. according to word received by ills mother here, lie was i85 years old. Smart Tailored Skirts Showing the Very Latest Ideas A SURPR1SINGI-Y LARGE SHOWING- OK KALI. SKIRTS, AND. CONSIDERING THE HIGH PRICK OF MATERIALS, VALUES ARE EXTRAORDINARY. WE kAVE A SPLENDID SELECTION OK SKIRTS IN ALL-WOOL MATERIALS, SUCH AS SUROES, GABARDINES AND PRETTY TWEEDS, AS WELL AS THE MORE DRESSY SILK, SATIN AND COR-' DUROY SKIRTS, IN COLORS NAVY, UROWN, GREEN AND BLACK, AND IN. PLAIDS AND MIXED CLOTHS. SIZES MOSTLY FROM 24 TO 30 INCHES WAIST MEASURE AND OUTSIZES, 31 TO S6 INCHES. Prices $5.00 to $20.00 | Each Extra Values in Underskirts BEST TAFFETAS, MOIRETTES AND FANCY SATEENS These Skirts are mostly medium widths, In either pluln tailored or:, pleated styles. Our Silk Skirts show newest colors und cuts. And the1 more serviceable cloths are ln Navy, Brown, Grey, Black and Green. All sizes in stock. 4*9 Special Vulues at, Each V I silU TO $1.50 to $8.50 Pretty Fall Blouses in Georgette, Crepe- de-Chene and Wash Silks ln a great variety of styles, some showing the Frilly Fronts and others Plain with the New Large Collars. Colors arc Flesh; .Maize, Sulphur, Navy, White and Black. Sizes 3,,,,,,i.t »tll||K)l SPORT >♦ ♦♦♦♦■■♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦-I***•»»»■» ► AMERICAN ATHLETES WIN THREE EVENTii Take 60-Metre Run, Broad Jump SOO-Motre Relay in Games at Christiana. THE DAILY NEWS (Uy Dally News Leased W CRRrSTTANA. '(.let. 24, visiting athletes captured three five events decided he.rc yestorilaj competition with Scandinavians. Loom is uf Chicago Won the (ill-mi run, finishing- in front pf the Nor>vo glun Rustad. In the broad jump Sli won and Murray uf the American i< captured first ami Hoc.oud places spectlvely. Tho visitors also won 800-metre relay race. Tn thc 1000-inetre run Ted dlth was ngoin defeated by tin lab ebatnpion, J. Bolln, while .shot put Murray wus ben ton Norwegian Helium. '■) Vinerl^ii the In M< SWoil- the HlQ LEVINSKY IS NOW , LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP (Ity Daily News Leased Wire.) | BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 24.—Battling Levinsliy nf Philadelphia tonight claimed the light heavyweight chimi- plonsblp of America after outpointing Jack Dillon of Indianapolis, claimant of the title. In a last 12-round bout. The referee's decision wa: pitted by the newspaper who agreed that Levin vantage of every round except fifth, which wns even. not i report had the ng ng N. H. A. TO MEET tLty Dally News Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Ocl. 24.—A meet of the Nntuonul l-tbckoy association executive will lie held here at the tfnd of this week to discuss prospect make arrangements for this ci winter season. ♦ AT THE THEATRES. *♦!♦ ♦♦tIM At the Opera House. "Thc tlirth of a Nation" has licet iiooked for a return engagement n the opera house for two days, begin nlng next Wednesday, wilh one nm llnee. In every respect this presen;n Hon will bo the same us befoi-e Incltjtd ing tbe same big symphony oreln he mil Griffith David W. Griffith chose I'm* tlieme of bis great spectacle thr moll and travail of over .If) years ;i]g. out of which a new nnd united nnt was born. A southornor himself, .son of Gen, "Thunder Juke" Grift] of the Confedemte Knows the south. Tn order lo tie his work cons, tiously Griffith employed a whole « of history experts to ransack tlioui* of painted volumes, pamphlets, boibid files-of old newspapers and uia-jui Those who have seen "Thc Mirth a Nation" no more wonder that it c™ 9500,000 to produce. Tbe only marvel that it did not cosl more. Take In battle of Petersburg, for instance. In reproduction of thai alone cost a sum 11 fortune, Then the burning or AtlanUi and reproduction in replica of Voiil't theatre, Washington, and of the legfs latlve hall In .South Carolina, all c large sums. Gem, "A Dush uf Courage," Keystone co edy, to be given at the Gem Wedni day and Thursday, contains a dash wew spirit. There Is n genuine «P involved in pure farce comejly, Through an amusing series of incidents a during crook and his gang obtain police control of a town nnd put the real officers in stripes, Marry Grlbmin, ns the leader, offers much that Is npvv in charactorifcatioh and In his perniin- itllty and his support is active enough to make the little ptay move with siiup from stan to finish. Thut a .■■."•nd finish is essential both a successful horse race and theatrical production. Is the belief !•'. Stuart Whyte, whose production I pf "Aladdin ami His Wonderful l,ari|p" comes to the opera bouse for ono iiig)it, Saturday. Tn evidence of this l.clicr, Mr. Wh has Introduced a finale into "Aladd which cost over Si'tinn to costunii Ihe nations of tbo allies are ropro ed by a boy ami girl in national turne. the hoy as an army office* the girl dressed in the prevailing leijil nine fashion of the country. After the costumes were ordered the production a new set had to F n.i procured for Rumania, nnd two tlonal chorus girls were require- Mr. Whyte says U is inbney well sp<| and thai he woulil like to be able :utd all of the now neutral nations the grand finale of tbe show befi the end of the season. John Johnson, baker. wall killed in tlo* shop. belting nf his work- OLD-STANDING COUGHS Cored by Veno's Lightning Cough Cu ire Venn's Lightning Cough Cure is Jiist as qUlek to relieve the coughs upd bronchial (roubles of the old. as ll those of the young. Velio's cures nil ages and is wonderfully soulhlhg and healing effect is never more sti'lfo ingly shown than lu the treatment those old-standing coughs and whet In-gs that aslbbiitlc breathlessnesit tn which so many old folks suffer. .f,ll coughs yield to Veno's Light n ''ougli Cure. Prices :io eonls and cents, from druggists and stoi| throughout Canada. "CANADIANS AT YPRES" (tide Store Windows.) 12 Outer '.'overs from Ihe HO c< slue of Veno's Lightning Cough Cu or 24 from the an cent sIkp, malted Harold Ritchie & Co., Ltd.. IU McCii|ul Htrt'cL, Toronto, entitle you to a Jiea tiful ^ulorcil reproduction of this I (nous''Royal Academy painting. T roprcditctUin is on view In most drn|jr* gists' windows, bura BASEBALL AMATEURS PLAN ORGANIZATION Contend They Are Not Receiving Proper Recognition from British : Columbia Athletic Union. (By Dally News l.ewwa ,\Vlro.) VANQOUVER, B. C, Oct. 24.—DU; rectors or the Vancouver Commercial Baseball league, the controlling body; of senior amateur baseball on the mainland of llrltlsh Columbia, last night passed the following resolution In connection with 'the controversy now being waged with the llrltlsh Columbia A. A. U. "Resolved, that it is the feeling of this league that amateur baseball Interests are not given proper recognition by the B. C. T. A. U. which is due this branch of sport, and that efforts be made next season to secure this reeognition; also, thnt this league go on record as being favorable to the organisation of a British Columbia amateur baseball association. "ftesolvcr, further, that this league endorse the action of A. P. Gnrvey, representative of the Vancouver Commercial Baseball league in the Vancouver and district baseball association, In respect of the claims of thc maleur baseball interests for recognition and that a vote of thanks be tendered Mr. Garvey for placing the true facts before thg public.".. H* WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 1916. 8 BRITISH CO HEN GIVEN C. L. Amas, Nelson, A. Carney, Kaslo, and Sergt, J. L. Carven of Rev* elstoke Wounded. British Columbia Casualties. C, L, Amas, Nelson, wounded, Corp. C. L. Moubray, Kclowna. wounded. Gunner V. J. Cummings, Victoria, wounded. A. Carney, Kaslo, wounded. ..Corp. H. S. Martatt, Trail, wounded. H. G. Mcllvride, Victoria, wounded. Corp. C. W. Fletcher, Willow Park, wounded. (By Bally News Leased Wire.) OTTAWA. Oct. 24.—Eight with kin in British Columbia are given on tonight's casualty lists. All of them are reported wounded. Three from Kootenay-Boundary included In the lists are A. Carney of Kaslo, C. L. Amas of Nelson nnd Sergt. J. L. Carven of Revelstoke. INFANTRY. Wounded. 13, Kowiles, lOnglaad. II, Galley, Kngland. Sergt. W. Graham, Scotland. A. Hinds, England. Corp. I'. llorstey. England, T. Morton. Kngland. FTubbnrd Englnnd. Konnard, Kngland. I.ind, Sweden. Mcintosh. Seotlnnd. Macadam. Scotland. Miichcllsen. England. Bed, England. Stoneman, England, I'. Strong. Kngland. ARTILLERY. Killed in Action. Epps, Kngland. ''. II. Simons. England. Wounded. I. Cameron, Scotland. i>. ll. Congdou, England, Sorgt, K. R. Gill. Kngland. II. S. Flawdln, Kngland. K\ H. Walker. Kngland. ENGINEERS. Wounded. rj. Harris. Scotlund, CYCLISTS. Died of Wounds. .1. ,l. Buchanan, England. Previously Reported Missing Now Be- lieved Dead. I). J-\ McRae, Scotland. 13. G. Clarke. Kingston. G. w. Jameson, Winnipeg. B. A. Ohadsey. Oak River, .Man. Sergt. J. L. Cat'von, Revelstoke, B.C W. Bovey, Winnipeg. .1. Edwards, Hamilton. ; Corp, H. S. Mnrlutt. Trail. U. C. C. A. McCowan, Winnipeg, A. McCrae, "Winnipeg. H. G. Mcllvride, Victoria. •W. H, Pindar, Hamilton. C. M. R. Wounded Corp. C, W. Klelcher. Willow Park, B. C. C, B. McLean, \yinnlpeg. Missing G. E. Merrix, fort Arthur, (int. SKRVICKS Wounded A. Nlelson, Calgary. H. E. Simpson, Spring lllll, N. S. H, S. Siinson, Mine ville, N. S. INKANTRY Died of Wounds A. l^ane, Calgary. .1. Storms, Belleville. Died Corp. A. S. Knrle, Toronto. Dangerously III T. B. Tree, England. Missing V. Tradeau, Steeltou, Ont. Wounded .1. 1-1 oy, Kitchener, Onl. V). McKinnon, Soo, Out. J. 11. I'bllllps. Carleton, Ont. J. Mnrlutt. Union, Ont. E. I-'. Potter, IiOndou. A. B. Roberts, York, (int. V. Polk, Port Elmsley, Ont. .1. Parkin. Hamilton. K. Spencer, London. C. R. Thompson, Humioht, Man. K. Warner, Barrle. T. Blowing. Toronto. (Hit T. V. Ci oronto ARTILLERY, it. McCarthy, Englund, •ENGINEERS Killed in Action W, Clarke, England. SERVICES Wounded i). Morgan, Wales. - ,1. Ik Henderson, Scotland. INFANTRY Killed in Action Sergt,-.Major .1. Heron, Scotland. W. Heron. Scotland. .1. T, .lesliu. Behind, .M. Taylor, Scotland. K. Williams. Kngland. P. Gallant, Grand Pay. N, B. W. .Johnson, Cobden, Ont. T. .1, Osborne, Chatham. .1. [>. McKinnon, Moncton. K. Russell, Edgars. Ont, B. S. Taylor. Winnipeg. Sergt. C. <>. Wilson. Albert, N\ U Died of Wounds A. Bryant. Calgary. S. A. Kouracres. Moose .law. A. ti. Grigg, Toronto. B. Long. Meiiden, Conn. P. A. Mitchell, Watford, (ml. W. 1. Mooney. Allison, (int. T. Qulnn, St. Andrews, N. II. Wounded A. Atlenu'nchull. Russia. 11. Pates. England. .1. Ilaylon, England, S. McDuugnll, Kngland, A. .Maclean, .Scotland. Corp. T. W. Sowland, Englnnd. S. Shnttock. Kiigland. A. C. Simpson, Scotland. |3. Talbot, England. .1, C, Walker, Scotland, T. Worrell. Englund. E. Armson. Peterboro, M. Ayleswortb, New Burg, Ont. A. Butcher. Port Arthur. B. G. Cameron, Toronto. 13. I-;. Chapman, Brockvillc. S. A. Cochrane. Milton, Ont. L. C. Garnbani, WuiiHleud, Out. .1. I''. Hill, Hurrle, ont. E. C. Hood. St, Thomas. 0, Hoskin, Warren, Pa. INFANTRY Killed in Action K. Sullivan, Kgitnvllle, Ont. Wounded C. ,1. Beaton. Weymouth, N. S, C. P. Buckland, yyebec, ll. Eiliiis, Brantford, ont. .1. McNIcol. Toronto. Lieut. It. W. Blrdseye. nralige, N W. Hlackstock. Winnipeg. A, »'«J'U"J', Kaslo, B, C, (J. A. Crawford, Carleton Place, I-'. C. Clearer, Stratford. A. Davidson. linldtir, Man. E. Dense, Yarmouth. W. F, ISde, Port William. \'. L. Fraser, Sydenham, Out. A. Howard, Toronlo. F. Mowarth, St. Catharines. W. B. Leach, Toronto. F F McLean, Smiths Kails, out. <*. L. Amas, Nelson. B. C. S, Hart, London. R. S. .Johnstone, Toronto. .1, McLcun, Toronto. corp, c. L. Moubray, Kelownn, B.C .1. Robertson, Acton West, Out. L. Stewart, Toronto. W. Turnbull, Toronto. G. B. Wales. Toronto. W. .Johnstone, Kdinonton, A. McDonald. Ottawa. W. Riddell. Ottawa. W. Wright, Toronlo. .1. B. Yulll, Edmonton. C. M. R. Killed in Action W. A. Clapper, Hastings. .). .1. During. Halifax. D, B. Pox. Toronto. W. H. Long, Toronto. T. B. Parker. Toronto. Sergt. A. Wilcox, Glace C, Woodman, Tuebee. Wounded H. B. Donnelly, Ashbury Park, N.7. W. Murphy, Peterboro. -25 Meats, Chickens, broilers, lb .23 Fresh killed beef, retail... Beef, wholesale Pork, wholesale Pork, retail Mutton, wholesale Mutton, retail Veal, wholesale Vcnl, retail «, Hams, retail Bacon; retail I-ard. retail Chickens, retail Sausages, retail FowJ, per lb Lamb, per lb fruits. Citron, lb Pears, Flemish Beauty, 4 ' Pears, Flemish Beauty, box Grapes, 2 lbs Peaches, preserving, case. Bananas, per dozen Lemons, per dozen Plums, Bradshaw and Lombard, basket Box Apples, Wealthy, box .... NTew Valencia Oranges..., Figs, cooking. 2 lbs Cantaloupes, each Cranberries, per lb 2 lbs. for Dairy Produce. Butter, creamery, lb Dairy Butter. lb. Cheese, Canadian, lb Kggs, dozen .. .■-. Eggs, prairie, dpson Cheese, Swiss, lb .u© .30 .13S71 .15% .17 >,4 .18® .28 .21 .:o@ .35 .16 .ISliil .30 .25® .30 .30 .40 .18(ji) .33 .m m .35 .ism .25 .;:># .30 .35 .04 I)S. .25 1.00 .35 i 1.3:. .40 .45 .20 1.0001.60 .SOW .00 .25 .16 .20 .35 .45 .28® .35 .30 .(iO® .05 .40® .50 .40® .50 DONALDSON AND ANCHOR LINE INTERESTS MERGED VANCOl'VKB. B. Cm Oct. 24.—An- ither strong amalgamation of stenm- hip Interests is announced as haying been consummated In Olnsgow. The old established Donaldson line so well known to (he Canadian public, and the Anchor line with worldwide connections between Glasgow, New York, the Mediterranean and India, have mado a fusion of their interests for the strengthening of their Canadian service which will be known as the Anchor-Donaldson line. The well known steamers Let Ilia. Cassandra. Alheula and Katuruia will be continued iu the service and added to by steamers of the Anchor line und new steamers built as required. Shippers will lie looked after by the new •ompanj und the agents, The Robert Bedford Co,, Ltd., of Montreal. Quebec, St. John and Halifax and all Donald- n, Cunard and Anchor Hue agents throughout tho country. CHICAGO STOCK YARDS. illy Dally News Leased Wire.) CIHCACO. IH, Oct. 24.—Hogs: Receipts, 28,0000; weak. 5c higher. Bulk, 10 at 10.35; light, l).75 al 10.40; mixed, M al 10.40; heavy, D.80 at 10.4i>; rough, ii.su at 9.95; pigs. "..10 at 0.80. Cattle; Receipts, 14,000; weak. Naive beef cuttle, 0.70 at 11.30;; western steers. tJ.20 at U.fiOj stockers ami feeders, 4.75 at 7.75; cows and heifers, 3.40 ttt H.r.O; calves, 7 at 11,00. <. .Sheep: Receipts, 26,000; firm. Wethers, 7 al 8.25; ewes, 3.75 at 7.30; lambs, S.25 nt 10.50, The members of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, Niagara Falls, celebrated Its diamond Jubilee. FURS Guaranteed high class furs, nice selection kept In stock or made to order from selected skins. Customers' furs made up, remodelled and repaired. Skins dressed and mounted at moderate prices. Best price paid for raw skins. G. GLASER, Mnnfuaduring Furrier, U0 Ward St., Nelson, B. C. Phono 100. Tired, Aching Feet and Limbs e promptly relieved by applying Ab- rblne, .Jr., the antiseptic liniment. It soothing, healing and invigorating— lis vim ami energy Into jaded muscles, One of the many enthusiastic era writes: i'T received the trial tile of Absorbine, Jr., all right and Ibnl time was unable lo walk with- I a cane, just around the house, I 'd II freely and Inside of two days Id walk without limping, something id not done iu Iw months. I wont. he drug sloie anil procured a $1.00 He und today can work ns good as r. I'll never ho without It. I am id mm end Ing It to everyone' I eun for mi a living witness. M'Hurblne, Jr., should miwn-ys lie it at hand for emergencies. it druggists $1.1)0 and'(2.00 a bottle sent postpaid. I.lhenil trial bottle I Of In i.tamps. W. F. Voung, P.D.F., L);mmiB Bldg., Montreal, Can, I ha I i k0| NEWS OF THE MARKETS LIST WHOLE GRAIN Bli Jump in Values Makes All Previous Advances Since War Began Look Cheap. (By Daily News Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, III., Oct. 24.—Huge exports pi' wheat caused prices today to advance to an extent that made any previous quotations since the beginning of the Kuropean-war look,cheap. The market closed strong. 1% to 4V£ net higher, with December at $1.79% and May. ti.U%. Oats sained 1% to l%c and provisions 7c to $1.40. Declines were largely the result of unsettled weather In Argentina, pointing to a possible break-up of thc drought, which has brought about serious crop damage there. Assertions were also current that the Argentine damage had been to some degree exaggerated. A big falling off In the Kuropean visible supply us compnred with a week ago, however, gave an advantage to the bulls and was lator emphasized by the fact, thut the world supply total showed for the first time in mouths something of a decrease. Nevertheless no unusual upward jump in prices took plucd, until word came that export business of tho day would aggregate as much as 2,500,000 bushels.. Highest quotations of the sea- sou followed, not only for wheat, but also for the entire grain list, in connection with the Immense sales of whent to Europe, the fact was pointed out that primary receipts in the Culled States were less thnn half as large as n year ago. Oats rose In sympathy with grains and because of the high export sales. The amount nf oats taken today by Europe was estimated at 1,000,000 bushels. Speculative buying led to excited upturns in the provision market. There were intimations of large export orders being filled, but the rumors were not confirmed. Offerings proved unusually scarce. 131ST NEW WESTMINSTER REGIMENT TO BE REVIEWED (By Daily Nows Loused Wire.) OTTAWA. Oot, 24.—The 131st New Westminster regiment, commanded by Col. J", D. Taylor, M. P.. will bc reviewed on Parliament hill Sunday morning by the minister of militia. Col. Taylor, who is an old resident of the capital, ling beon in Ottawa for several days and will join his regiment here. OPINION OF FRENCH PAPER ON BULGARIA PARIS, France—The interview with M. Mlliukoff, the Russian opposition lender, reported ill the Journal, together with tho news of the Bulgarian advance along the right bank of the Danube has evoked from the Jqurnal des Debates a further protest, similar to the protests \vhlch appeared In many French papers of late, against certain Bulgophil tendencies which It regards as still existent In some entente circles. In an article that had obviously suffered severely at the hands of.the censor, the Paris organ maintained that It was worse than Ignorance for M. Mllloukoff to Insist upon differentiating between the king of Bulgaria und his people, nnd evidently would have had a good deal lo day if it had been allowed to on his reference to the lcgltumacy of Bulgaria's demands, for a long, blank space followed Its italicized quotation of thnt portion oif tho Interview. If one thing is certain in the history of this war, it wrote, It Is the solidarity of Ihe bulk of the Bulgarian people and its king. The exceptions tire rare, fluctuating and conditional. The good.sense of a handful of men cannot exonerate a whole people from the responsibilities of a policy.' .... -Since 1908 ut least; bad faith has beeh'thfi anlmtra'of Bulge fail diplomacy. It . Is extraordinary that a man like Al. Mllloukoff has not yet perceived that to. be. the case. , Turning to the situation ut the mo- ment, the .Journal des Debuts ooserv-- ed: The taking of Turtukai is nptjU^j great military evdnt, but It is a goo*a ] diplomatic lesson. .... The Bulgarians, indlssolubly bound to the j Germans unq the,Turks, feel themselves ut bay and* in mortal peril. At all j costs they want-to gain time, Although Rumania did not consider hqr- self obliged to declare war on them at the same time as on Austria-Hungary. they have pounced rapidly on the weakest point of the Rumanian frontier. . . . . It Is an operation IP- ] tettded to Intimidate the Rumanians. J and It is also a manifestation of 1 strength for our benefit. It Is a way ( of saying to us: See, we are stronger J than you thought; you would do better to come to terms with ua. Here j the censor again intervened, but after a considerable interval the, Des- bats was allowed to resume the .thread J of its argument, thus: Most.essential j interests of France, of Ettropo, and J of tho world are at stake at this moment; It would be criminal to com- I promise them by dllitory fantasies. "Wo j must determine to reduce the Bulgarians by force, and by force alone. This is the only sanction of theirs that j Is ndmissable PROMOTER SLANTS TO MOST 15^ CIGARS Some Tobacconists will try to sell you other Cigars— WHY? K i Simply because there is less profit to them on "PROMOTER" at three for a quarter. S. DAVIS & SONS, LIMITED, MONTREAL "Maker, of CooJ Cigar, for over Half a Ctntury" i Your Business Stationery Is One of the Criterions by Which You Are Judged on the Outside Good, neat business stationery is one of the best advertising mediums of appeal to your customers. 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Phone 872 tor Appointment KELSON NEWS OF THE DAY Tlio Ij. D. Cafe Is open lor business. Cnll and sec us. (412:2) Club hotel for beat draught beer nnd porter, always fresh; big schooner 10c Bottled beer and porter, 2r»c; meals 2r>c. (3388) Old nee and dim sight are poor companions. Lot us fit you with glasses. .1. .T. Walker, Jeweler and Optician. If the party who Is stealing the cord wood from the . Clarksotl, manager of Ihe rtnnk of Commoroe, Edmonton South, has been transferred to Winnipeg. ■wm$. Thero isn't a member of the family need surfer from indigestion, sick headaches, bUlousnera, fermented stomtch, etc., if he or site will take Chamberlain a Tablets, They cleanse tha stomach and bowels and stimulate the liver to healthy activity and tone up the whole system. Take one at night and you're EIGHT In the morning. UHntW,,Ut,rJ,h,mit,rm Chsmbsrlaln Medlola.Company, Toronto. 16 CHAM BERIA1 NS TABLETS '.'-I'll-" PAGE EIGHT frHE DAILY NEWS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26, 1918 UNEQUALLED FOR GENERAL U8E W. P. TIERNEY, General Sales Agent, Nelson, B. C. Cars supplied to all railway points. Hallowe'en Party Goods WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF HALLOWE'EN GARLANDS, MASKS, CUT-OUTS, NAPKINS, TABLE CLOTHS AND DECORATIONS. CALL AND SEE OUR DISPLAY. Canada Drug 8 Book Co. MAIL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. EASTMAN KODAKS, AND 8UPPLIES, WILLARD CHOCOLATES THE ARK Ladles' Winter Hose, per pair 26o, 35o Children's Winter Hose, per pair 25c. 35o Heavy Flannelette, yard ....14!4o Flannette Sheets, 12-4, pair.82.25 Ladles- Winter Vests, cnch....45o Cooking Range, high closet, six holes, water front; heavily nickeled S42.50 New and Second-hand Furniture Cheapest In the City, 8IGN OF THE RED ROCKER Phone 6SL. 606 Vernon St. SPECIAL VALUE I N Diamond Combination Two Diamonds with Ruby centre. Two Diamonds with Pearl centre. Two Diamonds with Sapphire centre. Neat 14k well made stylish settings. These Diamonds are white, well cut and brilliant, at S20.00 J. 0. Patenaude DIAMOND MERCHANT PRINCES8 PAT OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER (By Daily News Leased Wire.) MONCTON, N.B., Oct. 24.—The su- pl'emc court grand jury at Dorchester having found a true bill against Capt, J. E. McMerrill, formerly of the Prln cess Patricias, charged with the mur der of John P. Rogers at Moncton, Oct. 17, the trial will commence tomorrow. Attorney General Baxter will prose cute. Nelson Opera House TWO NIGHTS AND ONE MATINEE Commencing Wednesday, Nov. 1 BA8IL S. COURTNEY PRESENTS D. W. GRIFFITH'S 8th Wonder of the World 18,000 PEOPLE 3,000 HORSES COST $500,000 BIG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THIRTY PRICES: Matinee: $1.00, 75c. 50c Night: S1.SO, S1.0O, 75c, 50c Seat Sale Opens Monday. MAIL ORDERS NOW. MONTREAL HAS NEW CASES OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS (By "Dally News Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Oct. 24.—Pour new cases of infantile paralysis were reported today, making 16 cases In Mont- treal, some well defined and some only suspected, while others are well on the road to recovery. No new cases were reported today ln Westmount, where stringent measures were taken the day tbe outbreak was first reported serious. Tho schools at Verdun, another suburb, are to be closed as a precautionary measure. &SB!WK5[ji GEM There's no use talking, folks, It's just one good thing after another at the Gem. After the smashing success of "Two Orphans" we come back Just as strong today with WILLIAM COLLIER —In— "THE NO GOOD GUY" This piny gives Mr, Collier an excellent opportunity of displaying his versatility, He takes advantage of It to the fullest extent. Two-reel Keystone Comedy, "A DASH OF COURAGE" GERMAN RETALIATION AGAINST THE ALLIES LONDON. England—Alterations In the lists of absolute and conditional contraband are the subject of a new ordinance issued by the German government of which a translation has been received by the foreign office from the United States charge d'affaires. The ordinance is signed by the emperor and countersigned by Admiral con Cnpelle, chief of the admiralty staff. It states: ' In further retaliation of the regulations adopted by England and her allies, deviating from tho London j Declaration of Maritime Law of Feb. ' 26, 1909, I approve for the present war of the following alternations of the prize ordinance of Sept 30, 1909, and of Its supplements dated Oct. IS, Nov. 23, nnd Dec. 14, 1914, and of April 18, 1916, and June 3, 1915. Long and exhaustive lists of contraband and conditional contraband follow, and thon comes the following list of articles which "cannot be declared contraband of war." (1) Raw silk. (2 Resin, lacquer, hops. (3) Horns, bones, and ivory. (4) Nntural and artificial fertilizers. (5) Earth, lime, chalk, stones, including mnrble, bricks, slates and roofing tiles. (6) Porcelain and glass. (7) Paper and the materials prepared for Its manufacture. (8) Soap, paint, Including the materials exclusively used for their manufacture, and varnish. (9) Oliloride of lime, soda, caustic soda, sulphate of soda in cakes, copper sul- plhate, (10) Machinery especially (adapted for agriculture, for textile industry and for printing. (11) Pre clous stones, fine stones, pearls, mother of pearl, nnd corals. (12) Steeple and wall clocks, standing clocks, nnd watches, excepting chronometers. (13) Fashion und fancy goods. (14) Feathers of all kinds. (IB) Articles of domestic furniture and decorative articles for domestic purposes, office furniture and kitchen utensils. We Shall Load Cars On Tuesday, Oct. 24th and Saturday, Oct. 28th. All varieties Winter Apples and Pears. No advance payments on fruit billed from here after noon Oct. 31st. KOOTENAY FRUIT GROWERS- UNION, LTD. 508 Ward St. Phone 110 »•""'• miii...;.,... Nelson News of the Day Foremer Mayor Smoltz of Kitchener was fined $1 and costs for turning out tho hall lights at a women's meeting. Nelson Opera House ONE NIGHT ONLY—SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH. F. Stuart Whyte present a real English pantomlne entitled, "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" Beautifully Staged and Costumed With a Cast of 30 People, PRICES: 81.00. 75c, 500 Seat Sale at City Drug. Doors open 8:30. Curtain, 9 p. m. Hunting Time Is Here AND WILL BE IN FULL SWING ON SEPTEMBER 18 WHEN THE GROUSE 8EAS0N OPENS TRY US FOR GUN8, RIFLES AND AMMUNITION. DUXBAK" WATERPROOF CLOTHES, CAMP EQUIPMENT, ETC. Wood-V iliance Hardware Co..Ltd. NOT UNDERSTOOD Many Citizens of United States Fail to -Comprehend Canada's Position in War, Says James Johnstone That many citizens of the United States grossly misunderstand Canada's relationship to the Empire In tho war, is the opinion brought back by James Johnstone from a recent trip to tho eastern und southern States. Mr. Johnstone declares that the majority of the people be met fail utterly to comprehend the voluntary and patriotic participation of Canadians In the war, apart from the moral obligation felt by them to assist In tho suppression of the oppressive Hun, This was evidenced, he said, hy tho curious questions and assumptions with which he was met on all sides and which enmo from men whom he would havo expected to have a suffi ciently wide knowledge ' of world events and national spirit, to save them from displays of what he char- acterl2ed ns "colossal ignorance." The prevailing idea, he said, seemed to be that Canadian soldiers on active service had been forced into the ranks against their wills and would have gladly shirked service bad it been possible und that at tbe close of the war Canada would receive some form of reward for having assisted "England" In the struggle. It seemed quite inconceivable to those with whom he talked, many of whom were business men of considerable financial and Industrial import- nnce, he said, that Canada could participate In the struggle with the Teutonic allies out of a spirit of Imperial natrlotlsm and a desire to right prodigious wrongs. With few exceptions, he declared, these men were of the opinion that there was a string attached to Canadian loyalty somewhere. Mr. Johnstone related the following incident as an example: A certain business man in a southern city, he said, in speaking of the war was curious to know what Canada would "get out of it" when peace was declared. "You Canadians," ho said, "have done a mighty lot to help England and I suppose that when the war Is over you will get your Independence and liberty." Another Instance of misconception of Canada's position, be said, incurred in the reply given by a southern woman to Mrs. Johnstone's explanation that few men were now left in Canada with the exception of those who were either too old for service or medically unfit and a few slackers, the remainder having gone to the front. The reply was: "Dear me, isn't that too bad. Poor fellows, wasn't there some way in which they could get out of It?" PK.G WO! \ Social and Personal | O. A, Lovell of Ymlr reached the city yesterday and is a guest ut the Humo. R. C. Dempster of Rossland I.s staying at the Hume. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Thompson and three children havo returned to Ncl«. son from Knslo. Ernest Levy, manager of the Le Rol No. 2 mine, Rossland, left last night for a week's visit to Halcyon. Mrs. N. D. Good of Lethbridge and children are 'visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bayes. Mr. and Mrs. Guillet of Calgary arc visiting the city and are staying at thc Strathcona. G. A. Lafferty of Rossland arrived in tho city last night and is a guest at the Hume. E. Snyder and S. Moyne members of the Trail hockey club, ure spending a few days in the city en route to Spokane and Seattle nnd arc guests of P. McDonough, N. Newcomen of Lardeau reached the city yesterday on his way to Soap Lake, Wash., and will leave this morn Ing .for that point over the. Great Northern. Many persons attended the afternoon tea given by Mrs. M. A. Sturgeon at hor home 519 Silica street yesterday afternoon in aid of tho Red Cross fund, Mrs. M. H. McQuarrie poured and was assisted by Mrs. W. O. Rose, Mrs, Gordon Lambert, Mrs. Gagnon, Mrs. Thomas Madden and Mrs. Regan, It wus estimated last night that more than 920 had been realized. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL NELSON, S. C. MONTREAL UNITS NEED 3000 MEN (By Dnily News Leased Wire.) MONTREAL, Oct. 24—Recruiting ro turns just published at military bead, quartors here show that to complete 10 units now authorized and organizing in the district more than 3000 men are needed. Several of the units need only a few men to reach full strength. I 1 ESI. AMAS 0 IN CHEST Son of Harry Amas in Hospital in Rouen, Franco—Enlisted Last Year With Infantry Battalion. Pte. Charles Lawrence Amas, 44J220, Is In hospital at Rouen, France, suffering from a gunshot wound in the chest, according to the official announcement received yesterday by' his father, Harry Amas of Nelson. Pte. Amos was wounded In action and admitted to hospital Oct. 14. No further word has beon received regarding the extent or seriousness of 'bis injury. The wounded soldier enlisted in Nelson during thc summer ef last year and was attached lo a western infantry battalion. Members of tbo local chapter of the Imperial Daughters of the Empire cooperated with thc members of the local branch of the Cnnadlan Red Cross society In making thc Trafalgar day collection last Saturday, Application was granted by Judge Forin In chambers yesterday In thc winding up of tho case of the Le Roi Brewing company, Rossland, to C. R. Hamilton, K.C., for nn order to fix the remuneration of tho provisional and pdflnanent liquidator. BRITISH AND NORWEGIAN STEAMERS ARE SUNK (By Daily News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 24.—Lloyd's announces that the British steamer Barbara, 3724 tons, and the Norwegian steamer Snestead, 2349 tons, have been sunk. Their crews were saved. CANADIAN CHARGED WITH RECRUITING FORFEITS BOND (Bv Daily News Leased Wire.) DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 24.—Bondsmen for Pte. E. B. Conncll of the Canadian 14lst overseas battalion today paid to federal officials $1000 ball forfeited when Connel failed to appear yesterday before the United States commissioner to answer the charge of violating neutrality laws by recruiting men for the Canadian army in the United States. MARTIN FACES CHARGES. BRANTFORD, Ont., Oct. 24.—A true bill on two counts, manslaughter nnd doing bodily hnrm, was brought ln by tbc grand jury this afternoon against Percy Martin, who Is charged with having caused the death of James Powless at a party on the Indian reserve several months ago. The case will go on trial at the assizes opening here tomorrow., TWO PASSENGER LINERS ARRIVE IN QUEBEC (By Daily News Leased Wire.) QUEBEC, Oct. 24.—Two passenger liners arrived in port from overseas this afternoon and early this evening. They were the Donaldson liner Saturnia from Glasgow, with 49 cabin and 220 third-class passengers, and the Corinthian of the Canadian Pacific line, which carried only 15 cabin passengers. MRS. CHEVAL SAILS (By Dally News Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 25.—Among Canadians who have sailed homeward is Mrs. Cheval, Vancouver. Purity Oai A8K YOUR GROCER FOR PURITY OAT| IN THE BLUE TUBE The Rolled Oats are of superior quality flavor. The package Is bandy and keeps the • fresh and clean till used. The family size contj coupons for aluminum ware and cutlery, etc. The Brackman-Kcr Millii Company, Limited TRY A DAILY NEW8 WANT AD IF YOU WANT RESULT8. WRITE YOUR LETTERS On Our New Up-to-Date Stationery. We have an extra fine line of Writing Tablets and Envelopes. Just the thing for your correspondence. Our "Overseas" Tablets are the best yet for long distance correspondence.! Just the thing you want to write to our brave boys at the front. Call and see them. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED FOR ALL YOUR WANT8 i CITY DRUG & STATIONERY COMPANY PHONE 34 NELSON BOX 10811 FRENCH PLANS FOR CULTIVATION OF LAND PARIS, France—M. Meline, the French minister for agriculture, hns issued a circular to the prefects Indicating the preliminary measures which are necessary if the proposed law relating to the cultivation of waste land Is to be rendered effective ln the autumn agricultural campaign. In reply to some of thc objections raised by the opponents to the law, such as that It Infringes the rights of owners, and resembles agrarian socialism, M. Meline says: No one can deny today that the feeding of the civil population and of the army Is primarily a question of national defense, an essentinl condition of the prolongation of our reslstence till victory Is won. Nothing will be easier, however, it ls pointed out, than for those who so desire to evade the requirements of the law by saying that circumstances over which they had no control have obliged them to abandon their land. The main object of the proposed measure, therefore Is to render effective action possible to many who are At present more or less helpless In the matter, the law will enable Individuals to entrust thc practical direction of the farming to the agricultural committees of the communes, which are composed of well known local agriculturists, who wilt be able to deal more effectively with the situation, although as M. Meline points out,, they will be helpless unless the municipal councils can procure for them every necossary for actual cultivation, such as draft teams, machinery and loans of money. The proposed law gives these municipal authorities the right to requisition such things as are needed, and to buy and even hire machines. Thc whole, question, tho Journal observes, Is all the more Important, because after the war, recourse will have to be made to intense cultivation. The use of agricultural machinery by the communes and agricultural commit tees, It adds, will make possible the cultivation of most of the waste land ln the country, and these public bodies wilt be able to obtain from the military authorities much more easily than could isolated agriculturists, all tbe facilities for manual labor which aro now controlled entirely by the latter. Twenty thousand members of the Jesuit order arc fighting in France ugainst the Huns. Lieut, Herbert Whitehead, formerly head bartender at the Alberta hotel, Calgary, was killed in action.. Tho Bank of Commerce hns open od a branch at Ponce Coupe in the Pence River country. Owing to the Scarcity of Wood the laok of men to out wood and the resultant high wages demanded by wood cutters, we have had to increase the price of wood 60 oent. par oord. Present prices aret NO. 1 FIR AND TAMARACK 4-Foot, per cord 97M 18-Inch, two ricks 16-00 12-Inch, three ricks »7.00 No. 2 Grade, 60 cents per oord less DRY SLAB3 4-Foot, per cord $440 16-Inch, two ricks f3.76 Flv. Cord Lots, 26 cents less; Twenty Cord Lots, 60 oenta less. Also 60 cent, per cord less for Wet Slabs from saw. K00IENAY COLUMBIA FUEL GO. CHA8. f. MoHARDY, AGENT PHONE 136 GREEN BLOCK . ' ""-"»T«>«'-t(ri,-..-1,.„v.;;..-.1 . i, ... - WORKERS CONFER ON BIG RISE IN PRICES MANCHESTER, England—The rise In the prices of food nnd coal wns discussed nt a recent conference of workers of Lancnshlre and Cheshire, held In Manchester under the presidency of Charles Keen, president of the Manchester nnd Sal ford trades and lahor council. Tho chairman speaking on the impression thnt. was abroad regarding tbe wages earned hy workers said that the vast majority of tho workers wero earning less wages than thev were In 1914. He had been tho means of getting -i-00 workers Into munition works, and 300 of them were not enrning more than 45s. per week. Considering the manner in which tbo government had dealt with tho question of tbe railways, thop roblem of food prices ought not to be difficult to tackle. A resolution wns proposed declaring that the government bad failed to give proper attention to tho serious grievances of the masses of tho people arising from the enormous ond unjustifiable Increase In the cost of coal, food nnd all other necessaries, and calling upon tho Labor party to enforce upon the government tho urgent necessity of Immediate steps be- Inir taken to secure nn adequate revision of prices, either by fixing a maximum or taking full control of tbo supplies In the Interest of the people, ln order that further exploitation may be brought to nn end. I Rtenben Walsh. M. P., who supported Ihe resolution, spoke on the coal nrfees limitntlon net. Thc net, he declared, wns a thin* of shreds nnd patches, because it made no attempt to ile-il with the middleman. He was not there to blame tbc middleman, hut one could ouile se« that while parliament could verv effectively limit the price at the nlthend. unless there wns some nttemnt to limit the powers of tho middleman the difficulty was not mot. Therefore the workers said: "Limit the omnloyer first, but do not stop there. Tackle the middleman also." As it was. the middleman was left en- ■Hrpiy free, and a good deal of the trou- hlP hnd arisen from that fact. So far ns he knew, as he hnd said, no area was nking to be allowed a margin V>evnnd tho 4s. given hy the nrlcos limitntlon act snvo South Wales. Ho boned other nreas were not. but he could promlsp. sn fnr as onp man could sneak on behalf of an organization, that If they did ask there would he a verv strong opposition to it. to put It in n mltd nhrnse. Lnoklnc at the coal ventures In the stock exchange lists, he did not think employers were Justified In asking for any Increase. He did not know what those whom lie addressed paid for their coal, but in tho whole of thc English nnd North Wales conciliation area, the actual selling price at the pithead had only increased since the beginning of the year by less than 6d. per ton, all grade ot coal put together. In January the price was 13s. iid., and in May 13s. lid. uetoie the act the selling price was »8: td. To that, tne 48, allowed Uy the act was iuiut'ii, and tlm uuu.uuiiui 7a, wus caused by tne fact that even in aim urea a certain amount of coal went for export. It would bo seen, therefore, that nothing lu the way ot agnation by the men had been the cause of the prices at wmch coal was uemg sold to tho houseuomer. With legurd to food and other commodities, unat the government hud dono in regard to sugar, they might very well, ami with much greater success, have uouo with regard to commodities that were entirely produced in Great Britain. An amendment to the resolution, recommending the ration system of distribution of foodstutfs and coal produced a long discussion, but the amend meat was ultimately lost. Give Your Children a Fair Chance at School By allowing us to inako sure they can see well. R. L. DOUGLASS Graduate Optician and Optometrist Certified by a Provincial Board of Examiners. Room 18 K. W. C. Block Voice Production SINGING, DRAMATIC ART AND EXPRESSION Mrs. Campbell Duncan L. T. C. M.; F. C. 8. E. Phone 340R 716 Carbonate street CAUTION ISSUED ON GASOLINE LEGISLATION Standardization of Oil a Diffcult Problem, Says Government Bureau —User Should Be Protected. WASHINGTON, V. C—Legislation by congress prohibiting tho Interstate transportation of gasollhe that does not measure up to a federal standard test, and establishment of a nationwide federal inspection servlco to see that such laws are enforced and tho public protected from inferior products aro cautiously proposed In a statement issued on Wednesday by the bureau of standards. The public should not be misled, tho statement suys, by current reports to thc effect that the bureau Is about to standardize gasoline so that any motorist can readily detect whether he was getting tho right kind of fuel. It will never be possible for the non-technical layman to loll what kind of gasoline he Is getting, the statement says, In an effort to correct a misapprehension and tho only protection of the public will bc in technical Inspection. "In the curly days of tho petroleum Industry," snys the bureau, "when all our gasolines, kerosenes, fuel nils nnd lubricating oils were dorlved from one source, viz., Pennsylvania crude petroleum, a simple measurement of the specific gravity, or what amounts to the snme thing, the Bnume number, by moans of a hydrometer, served as a fairly rellablo Indication of the qualities of these products. Today, however, the specific gravity test ls practically worthless as a check on the suitability of a gasoline, for example, for a given motor equipment. The reason why this Is so ls that many now oil fields have been opened up in recent years that yield petroleums of very different physical and chemical properties, and new methods of manufacture havo been Introduced that yield products having very different properties in no way related to tho specific gravities. "Tho problem ls an extremely complicated one, and presupposes a definition of gasoline. It Is highly probable that tho specification or definition of stnndard gasoline and thc tests that will bo necessary to determine whether the gasoline complies with the specifications will be quite complicated and will require tbo services of a trained chemist to make them. It seems more probable that tbc definition of gasoline will have to be based on the percentage that distills over and between specified temperatures, when tho distillation Is carried out under specified conditions. This distillation test, speaking in non-technical terms, is a measure of the freedom with which the gasoline will vaporize. The gasoline must not vaporize too freely for two rensons, one that it would not be safe, and secondly Its loss in storage by evaporation, would be too great. Hom-e tho specification may have to contain limitations of tbe per centage distilling over below a certain temperature, coupled, perhaps, with a proviso that certain percentages shall distill over below other fixed temperatures, In order that requisite amounts of low-boiling constituents shall bo present to Insure easy starting of an engine. Likewise tho specification must contain a provision that all must distill over below a certain maximum temperature, In order to exclude from thc gasoline the heavier petroleum distillates, such as kerosene. ttfEATRL "Where All the Big Features I Play" TONIGHT and TOMORROW* Lasky Presents Beautiful Little Mae Murray in a delightful picturization of§ David Belasco's famous play "Sweet Kitty Bellairs'l In Five Parts. Sidney Drew Comedy, "FOLLOWING THE 8CENT"I Tuesday, Oot. 31—Charlie Chaplin in "The Pawnshop" CONDITIONS AT DYCE CAMP LONDON, England—A committee of tho homo office has boon appointed to inquire into tbo conditions prevailing at Dyco camp, Scotland, where 2!>0 conscientious objectors arc employed upon manual work. Serious allegations regarding tills camp have been mado by those who hove undertaken to support tho rights of conscientious objectors, and with reference to their treatment at Dyce, G. Lowes Dickinson writes: Those men, all of them, have proved by their resistance to military pressure that they really are (what Iho tribunals denied them to be) conscientious objectors. They buve undergone, in tho process of giving this proof, severe punishment. These men havo at last secured from the central tribunal a recognition that their objection is genuine. Thoy luivve nccopted tbo alternative of civilian service, and havo accordingly been set to do "work of national importance." But now ob serve. It is decreed that tho work must specifically not be tho work they have been trntned to do and know how to do, whether or no that work bo "Important." They havo been trained most of them for sedentary and Intellectual work. Thoy shall, therefore, bo put to hard manunl work. Why? Be cause tho nation needs It? Not at alt. Hut because they will dislike It. They arc put under conditions of extreme physical discomfort and hardship. Why? Becauso tlio work cannot otherwise bo done? Not at all. But becauso It Is desired that they shall suffer. In other words, tho "work of national Importance" Is Imposed not lo help the nation but to punish the mon. They are, therefore, after having already undergone vory severe punishment, to continue to be punish- Selling Out Prices] Apply to Bulbs TULIPS Single, early, per 100 SI.00J Double, early, por 100. S1.6 LarR0 late and Darwin, per 100 S2.0 CROCUS Blue, Yellow, White and VarlcgatedVl per 100 S1.50.] DAFFOOILS G varieties, per 100 33.0Q SNOWDROPS Blue Scilla, per 100 91.C HYACINTHS Per doz..40c. 60c, 75c S1.2fl Reduced Prices to Clear Out Every] thing in the Store. Mail Orders Filled Promptly, Rutherford Drug Cc NELoON, B. C. ed not for any offense, but beci they hold certain convictions, that they may be punished, the natloi is to be deprived, in this time of stresfl and strain, of tho services they best perform for It. What is ffl sense of this? I say nothing of If] humanity or Its justice. Such a poll*| Is unworthy of a great nation engag on serious business, COPPER WANTED IN GHENT HAVRE, France—It is announa says 1'Echo Beige that' the Duke} Wurtemhurg has issued a new pn lamatlon ut. Ghent, requisitioning j copper and nickel articles in pHVj houses and public institutions; an j caption is made of articles usodf church services. With regard to jects of art decision Is reserved. Tld who do not obey this order Willi punished with Imprisonment and il f of 10.000 marks. We've the Beit of Hosiery—ttM durable, perfect fitting, (juaranj teed, insured, warranted kind! Stout, Serviceable Hosiery for the Man who is constantly on his feot. Black aid ' colors. 35c. BOOi 65c Warm, comfortable Hosletry i for tho man who is troubled with cold feet. Merino, Cashmere and Heather Mixtures. 35c, 50c, 75c Hosletry in choico styles and colorings for tho swell young man—Hosiery for dress functions, etc. 50c. 75c $1,00 There's not a weak spot in our whole line of Men's Fall Hoiiary. Emory & Walley Clothiers and Haberdashers. ^^t^