{"@context":{"@language":"en","AIPUUID":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP","AggregatedSourceRepository":"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider","Collection":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isPartOf","DateAvailable":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued","DateIssued":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued","DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO","FileFormat":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format","FullText":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note","Genre":"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/hasType","GeographicLocation":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/spatial","Identifier":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/identifier","IsShownAt":"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/isShownAt","Language":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/language","Latitude":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2003\/01\/geo\/wgs84_pos#lat","Longitude":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2003\/01\/geo\/wgs84_pos#long","Notes":"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note","Provider":"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/provider","Publisher":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/publisher","Rights":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/rights","SortDate":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/date","Source":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/source","Title":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/title","Type":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/type","Translation":"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/description"},"AIPUUID":[{"@value":"1e646664-e61b-4f4b-b80c-6edeaebe81d4","@language":"en"}],"AggregatedSourceRepository":[{"@value":"CONTENTdm","@language":"en"}],"Collection":[{"@value":"BC Historical Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2019-12-10","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"1917-01-04","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/nelsondaily\/items\/1.0387743\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" mmm^\"\n\u25a0 . ' .-.' '\nIi 1\nTha Daily Naw% haa tha largest clr-\nJ.aulatlon of any daily newspaper In\n(Canada In proportion to tha population\nof its homo town.\n\/''\n'\"\u25a0\u25a0\/.-\nUA\n.^Ttotyy paper in the Intaclor of\nI British Cahimbla Wying tha full\nJ.seryice of the WeKjti-r- Asaoolatod\nPreaa over Ita awn leased wire,\n.yy. ...ffi\"-\".-;.,,,....\n\u25a01\n\/>.\nIrOL. 15 No. 226\nNELSON, B. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1917\n^-60o. PER MONTH\nGERMAN AMBASSADOR IN U.S.\nSLATED BY SENATOR LODGE\nNATIONAL SERVICE CARDS\nARE BEING FREELY SIGNED\n[j\/omment on the American\nNote Resented\nDl\nWI\nIMS KIM\nSubstitute Resolution Modifying Note to be\n?ut Today\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\n] WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.\u2014After an\nfetier debate on Senator Hitchcock's\n\u2022solution to have tho senate endorse\n| resident Wilson's peace note, during\nphlch Senator Lodge attacked the Oer-\n|,ian ambassador, Count von Bern-\ntorff for having made a public statement approving the Wilson peace note,\nIt* senate again today deferred action\nnd will take up the question, again\nborrow.\nI. Senator Lodge's open mention of the\nlerman envoy's name, which he said\nie knew was contrary to unwritten\nulea of senate proceedings, was the\nensation of a speech In which the\nenator declared that although he accepted In full faith President Wilson's\nStatement that the note was in no way\nJug-rested by nor associated with the\ni proposals of the German allies,\n[levertheless he believed such statements as the German ambassador had\nnode added to the opinion that the\n|iote was timed and designed to aid\nlermany th making the peace terms\n|ihe desired.\nOn the ground that the senate, us\nhe only legislative body in the world\navlng a voice in International rela\nI ions, should move slowly and not take\nictlon which might afterwords become\nif aid to one set of belligerents, Sen\ndor Lodge led the opposition to the\n'\u00a9solution in which he wan supported\n>y other Republicans among them Senior Gallinger, the Republican leader,\nAd Senator Borah.\nIn Interest of Humanity.\nSenator Hitchcock led the fight for\n|ils resolution in which he wns supported by Senator Smith of Georgia,\nIn the contention that an endorsement\nft the president was no more than an\n: In the Interest of humanity.\nWhen the senate resumes tho delate tomorrow it will also have before It a substitute resolution by Senator Gallinger which merely would\n|ay:\n'.'That the senate of the United States\nIn the Interests of humanity and civil-\nzatlon expresses the sincere hope that\nleace between the wnrring nations of\nurope may be consummated at an\n|:arly date.\"\nThe Hitchcock resolution would say:\n\"That the senate approves and\nitrongly endorses the action taken by\nkhe president In. sending the diplomatic\nnotes of Dec. 18 to the nations now\npngaged In war, suggesting and recom-\nnendlng that those notions state the\n[terms upon which peace might be discussed.\"\nSenator Lodge insisted today that\nIthe Hitchcock resolution called upon\nIthe senate to endorse all of the president's note, which he contended goes\nfar beyond any proposition merely to\nbring the belligerents together. It\nwould project congress, he declared,\ninto European politics, overturning a\npolicy of years standing, and involving\nthe United States into European politics necessarily would Involve political Interests of the eastern hemisphere\nwith the Interests of the western hemisphere In contravention of the spirit\nof the Munroe Doctrine. Because of\nthe ^widespread misinterpretation of\nthe note, Senator Lodge declared, congress was venturing into danger If it\nadopted the Hitchcock resolution.\nDanger Pointed Out.\n'If misinterpretation of the note Is\ngeneral,\" he said, \"then we are in\ndanger, without abatement or modification of the resolution, of stating to\nthe whole world that the senate or\ncongress are ranging hemselves on the\nside of one belligerent In an attempt\nto bring about peace.\n'It will be observed that the presl-\nIdent found It necessary to state that\nhe was embarrassed In making the\n(Continued on Page Two.)\nTRAINS MAY BE RUN\nON ALTERNATE DAYS\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3^0f the first\nresults of the suggested curtailment of railway passenger trains*\nit is said, will be that the Canadian Pacific railway and Canadian\nNorthern railway will come to an\nagreement to run trains on alternate days between Ottawa and\nToronto.\nCHARGES OF \"LEAK\"\nARE 10 BE PROBED\nNew York Man Alleged to Have Used\nInformation to Advantage on\nStock Exohange\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nWASHINGTON, Jan. 3.\u2014Representative Wood's resolution for a special\nInvestigation of charges of a \"leak'\non President Wilson's peace note was\nheld privileged by the house today,\nand it was referred to the rules com\nmlttee with instructions to . report\nwithin ten days.\nDuring the debate on the resolution,\nRepresentative Bennett, Republican, of\nNew. York, declared rumor had it.that\nBernard Baruch of New York was responsible for the information regard\ning the note getting Into Wall street\nand that it was said also that Baruch\nsold short on Steel shortly before the\nnews was made public. Bennett's declaration followed a question by\nRepresentative Garrett of Tennessee\nns to what the rumor was regarding\nthe \"leak.\"\n\"The rumor Is,\" Bennett said, \"that\nMr. Barney Baruch, a member of the\ncouncil of national defense, was the\nman who was responsible for this in\nformation getting to Wall street and\nthat 30 minutes before the president's\nnote was made public he sold short on\na rising market 15,000 shares of Steel\ncommon. That Is the rumor In New\nYork city, If the gentleman wants\nnames.\"\nChairman Henry of the rules com\nmlttee vigorously opposed holding the\nresolution privileged.\nOTTAWA SOLDIER IS\nSentenced to Twelve Years in Prison-\nRefused to Make Munitions\nfor Germany\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3.\u2014A sentence of 12\nyears imprisonment has been passed\non Pte. W. Brooke, an Ottawa boy, by\nthe German military authorities. It Is\nbelieved that Fte, Brooke refused to\nmake munitions which would be used\nagainst the allies. The charge ho was\nfound guilty of was mutiny.\nApparently stricter regulations are\nmade as to prisoners in the German\ncamps writing home. The relatives of\nseveral Ottawa soldiers who had previously received letters regularly as\nwell as cards of acknowledgment frequently, In the last few months have\nreceived only a very few regulation\ncards. These have been from four to\nsix weeks apart.\nARTILLERY ACTIVE\nON WESTERN FRONT\nLively Duels in Sectors at Verdun and\nin Belgium Are\nReported.\n(By Associated Press.)\nOn the western front lively artillery\nduels are In progress in Belgium and\non several sectors in the region of\nVerdun.\nLONDON, Jan. S.\u2014Artillery activity\nonly was reported In the British official communication Issued tonight,\nwhich says:\n\"In the neighborhood of Souchez and\nthe southern half of the Ypres salient,\nthe enemy's artillery was very active\nduring the morning. Elsewhere there\nwere intermittent artillery bombardments on both sides.\"\nPARIS, Jan. 3.\u2014Tonight's war office\nstatement reads: \"The usual cannonade took place at various points along\nthe front.\n\"The Belgian statement reads: 'A\nviolent artillery action occurred in the\nregion of Steenstraete this afternoon.\nOur batteries seriously damaged the\nGerman positions. There was the ordinary activity o nthe rest of the\nfront.'\"\n[PROPERTY OF ALIENS\nLIKEL Y TO BE SEGREGA TED\n|premier Brewster to Disouis Question\nWith Sir Robert Borden At\nOttawa Conference\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nVICTORIA, B, C Jan. 8.\u2014Information relating' to the operation of those\ncompanies In which capital of alien\nenemies Is Involved Is being sought by\nthe Dominion government, which has\nbeen In communication with the provincial government to that end. What\naction the Ottawa authorities contemplate taking Is not known here, but\nwithin the last month considerable\ncorrespondence between the two governments had taken place, and It Is\nexpected here that at the forthcoming\nsession of the federal house action will\nhe taken segregating such property\nho that such alien enemies shall no\nlonger benefit\nIt Is no secret that in a number of\nconcerns, chiefly mining, enemy capital Is heavily invested; in fact, In one\ncoal mine on Vancouver island the\nchief shareholders are Germans of\ntitle and chiefly Prussians.,\nThis question will probably be one\nof a number which Premier Brewster\nwill discuss with Sir Robert Borden\nwhile attending the conference to be\nheld . In Ottawa, Jan. 10.\nPremier Brewster will leave tomorrow night or Friday afternoon for\nthe east. He will take advantage of\nhis trip to take up with the federal\ncabinet a number of subjects of Importance to British Columbia, notably\nthe encouragement of the Iron and\nsteel Industry as Well as the whole\nmining industry, with special reference to the protection of metals for\nthe Empire's war time needs, fisheries\nand, perhaps, the question.of \"better\nterms\" will be revlvlld.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3.~-The national\nservice commission Is being flooded\nwith tens of thousands of cards containing the replies to questions being\nasked this week of all male Canadians,\nIt is too early yet to determine how\ngeneral has been the response to the\ncards, but they appear to be coming In\nfreely from all parts of eastern\nCanada, and as far as Manitoba and\nSaskatchewan, Those from the far\ndistant points, it Is expected, will commence to arrive in volume tomorrow.\nThe collection of cards in larger\ntowns and cities is unavoidably slow\nand as a result the work will probably\ntake much longer than was anticipated. The cards, are distributed by\nthe postman, and in many cases he is\nobliged to explain to the householder\njust what'Is to be done with the cards.\nThis takes up a lot of time and as a\nresult one postman is able to deliver a\ncomparatively small number each day.\nFINN IS\nNOT INTENDED\nNational Service Plan is\nDefended\nLABOR LEADER DENIES\nOF It\nStand of Winnipeg Trades\nCouncil Described as\nDeplorable\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3.\u2014That there has\nbeen no \"trickery\" on behalf of the\ngovernment as regards Us statement\nto the labor men of the purpose of the\nnational service pjan, and that the behavior of the Winnipeg trades and labor council in repudiating the action\nof the executive congress regarding\nregistration was Inexplicable, was tho\nstatement made tonight by J. C. Wat-\nters, president of the Dominion trades\nand labor congress.\nMr. Wntters stated that he had received a copy of the resolution passed\n\u2022\u25a0by the Winnipeg labor body urging\nthat the registration cards'be not\nsigned and expressing the belief that\nthe congress had been tricked by the\ngovernment, He despatched a suitable\nreply.\n\"Insofar ns I am concerned,\" said\nMr. Watters, \"there has been no trick\nery on the part of the government. I\ncannot understand the actions\nof the trades council In Win\nnlpeg. They seemed to have\njumped to conclusions from the\npress reports, which are not accurate.\nToday I saw the prime minister, and\nhe pointed out that he had said noth\ning thnt could be construed in tho\nmanner it had been. The prime min\ninlster Bald that the assurance he had\ngiven the trades congress to the effect\nthat registration had no connection\nwith and was not intended to lend to\nconscription, was still bis attitude In\nthe matter. The Winnipeg trades\ncouncil's action Is not only Inexplicable, but deplorable.\"\nStone Cutters Approve.\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 3\u2014The Winnipeg\nStone Cutters' union, at a largely attended meeting tonight, favored national registration and generally the\naction of the executive of the trades\nnnd labor congress.\nSavs Signing Obligatory\nMONTREAL, Jan. 3.\u2014\"The filling In\nof the national service cards is obligatory. Apart from this we have made\nii very strong appeal to all classes to\ncomply promptly with the request of\nthe government, and hope is entertained that the steps taken will be\nreasonably effective.\" So states Mr.\nPeterson, secretory of the national\nservice board, in a letter to the Montreal board of trade in reply to an Inquiry addressed to Sir Robert Borden\nasking the question.\nI\nARMY SCANDAL\nMrs. Convwallis-West\nSeverely Censured\nis\nTWO LONDON\nWERE-.\nPAPERS\nVENDED\nDaily Mail and Evening News Republishing in Bigger and Better\nForm,\nMONTREAL, Jan. 4.\u2014The Daily\nMall and the Evening News, the former a morning and the latter an afternoon newspaper, suspension of publication of both of which was announced yesterday morning, will continue to be issued. This Is announced\nIn the editorial columns of tho Daily\nMall this morning. Nothing could be\nlearned beyond the sense of the publishers' announcement which reads as\nfollows:\n'Negotiations are In- progress for\ncontinuing the Dally Mail and the\nEvening News under the former control and management. . . . The\nsuccess of the negotiations which have\nbeen in progress for the last 24 hours,\nwill enable the Dally Mall nnd the\nEvening News to print larger nnd better newspapers than heretofore, and\nplace the property on a strong financial basis.\"\nGREEK MINISTER IN\nBELGIUM RESIGNS\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nHAVRE, Jan. 3.\u2014Spyridon Le-\nvldis, the Greek minister to the\nBelgian government, has resigned,\nthe minister not being In agree-\nment with King Constantino's policy.\nAS DISCREDITABLE\nTried to Use Influence to\nInjure Officer's\nCareer\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Jan^.\u2014An army scandal,\nInvolving the exercise of influence\nover h|gh officers by society women\nis described in the report of a court\nof Inquiry issued tonight, and Mrs.\nCornwall Is-West, wife of Col. Corn-\nwallis-West, nnd mother of Princess or riess and of the Duchess of\nWestminster, is officially severely\ncensured.\nThe late Sir Arthur Basil Markham,\nLiberal member of parliament for the\nMansfield division of Nottinghamshire,\nwho died last August, demanded an\nInquiry in the house, .of commons on\nthis matter, and was seconded by\nIrish members, who declared that a\nyoung Irish officer's honor was involved. It has since developed that\nthe officer was Lieut. Patrick Barrett of the Welsh Fusiliers.\nAccording to a statement in tho\nhouse of commons before recess he\nwas completely exonerated; his commanding officer, Lleut.-Col. , Delme-\nRadcllffe, was removed from his command and Con. Sir John Cowans wns\ncensured, but was returned because of\nIlls good work. Gen. Owen Thomas,\nwho was also concerned, wns vindicated.\nBarrett was a sergeant In the Welsh\nFusiliers. Col. Delme-Radcllffe nnd\nother officers recommended him for a\ncommission lnte in 1915, and his claims\nwere supported by Col. nnd Mrs.\nCornwallis-West nnd several prominent civilians.\n\"Probably before this time, and certainly later,\" says tho report, \"Mrs.\nCornwall is-West began to take more\nthnn nn ordinary interest in Mr. Barrett, to which he consistently failed to\nrespond. Eventually be wrote her In\nFebruary Inst a letter of remonstrance,\nwhich she placed tn the hands of his\ncommanding officer.\"\nBarrett Was Censured\nBarrett was severely censured by\nhis commander without tho opportunity of stating bis case. Soon after\nthat he was transferred to another\nbattalion on the demand of Mrs. Corn\nwallls-West. Gen. Cowans, who aided\nthe Cornwallis-Wests in securing Barrett's transfer, Is censured for interfering with discipline. Gen. W. P.\nMacklnnon, who was also concerned\nIn the correspondence, Is criticised for\ninterfering with the affairs of the\nWestern command after he relinquished his command, but Is not disciplined\nbecause he has since retired.\nThe court of inquiry, which consisted of Field Marshal Sir William\nNicholson, formerly chief of general\nstaff; Major-Gen. Lord Cheylcsmore,\nJustice Sir James Richard Atkln and\nthe Right Hon. Donald Maclean, M.P.,\nreports regarding Mrs. Corn wallls-\nWest:\n\"We have no doubt that her in-\nJudicious boasting of tho power she\nwielded at tlie war office\u2014which was\nconfirmed to an appreciable extent by\nthe wording of some of Sir John\nCowan's letters\u2014was calculated to\nbring him and the administration at\nthe war office into disrepute. We feel\nobliged to render our opinion, that this\nlady's conduct as revealed In this case\nhas been highly discreditable both in\nher behaviour towards Second Lieut.\nBarrett bofore his letter of Feb. 14, in\nher vindictive attempts to Injure him\nafterwards and in the untruthful evidence she gave before us.\n\"It appeared in the evidence that\nthis lady holds positions of some Importance In the county of Denbighshire In various associations of a\npublic character for assisting in war\nwork. In our opinion It is to be regretted that she should hold such\npositions.\"\nReport Was Unfounded\nThe court also Investigated reports\nthat Gen, Owen Thomas, who took a\nprominent part In recruiting In Wales,\nwas transferred from tho command of\na Welsh brigade to a lesser command\nthrough Mrs. dornwallls-West's Influence. This proved to be unfoundod,\nbut due \"to an unfortunate sequence\nof events and the ambiguous wording\nof certain officials' letters,\"\nThe report says that Col. Wynne\n(Continued on Page Two.)\n\\\nBRITAIN TO OUTLINE ONLY\nPOSSIBLE TERMS OF PEACE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire,)\n\u25a0LONDON, Jnn. 3.\u2014Reuter's Telegraph company tonight publishes the\nfollowing regarding the reply of the\nentento allies to President Wilson's recent note suggesting that the belligerents state their terms of peace:\n\"This document Is still undergoing\nslight modification of the draft and\nwill not bo published until a day or\ntwo after it Is In the hands of tho\npresident.\n\"The note wilt be more positive than\nthe reply to Germany and Is expected\nto indicate In more precise fashion\nthe only preliminaries upon which the\nallies are prepared to negotiate. In\nagain going over the ground of the responsibility of the war it Is likely that\nthe allies will emphasize the only pos\nslble terms of peace thus contrasting\nsharply with the German note which\npurposely was of a negative character.\"\nBerlin to Explain.\nLONDON, Jlan. 3.\u2014It Is reported\nfrom Berlin that Germany will\nshortly issue an explanatory note to\nthe neutral powers in connection with\ncertain statements in tho entente's reply to the German peace proposals,\nsays a despatch to the Central News\nfrom Amsterdam.\nWHITE POINTS OUT\nCANADIANS' DUTY\nShould Invest as Much as Possible in\nNational Loans Says Finance\nMinister.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Jan. 3.\u2014Sir Thomas\nWhite, minister of finance, addressing\nthe board of trade here this afternoon\nsaid that, without going Into figures,\nlie could say that increased production nnd decreased consumption had\nresulted in completely reversing the\nhnlance of trade so that Canada's surplus of exports over Imports Is more\nthan sufficient to pay the interest on\nher foreign Indebtedness, whloh has\nincreased substantially since the outbreak of the war. Tho war is Increasing daily In scale nnd Intensity, be said\n\u2014it may Inst one or It may last two\nyears, no one knows.\nIt Is the duty of every patriotic Canadian to save ns much ns possible\nfor investment in tlie various national\nlonns, tho minister declnred.\nGER\nHANS ARE GLAD TO\nTHEMSELVES UP\nCROWLEY DECLARES\nEvidence in Neutrality Violation Case\nDenied by U. S. District\nAttorney.\nCI\nPte. Harold Hill, Nelson Exchanged\nPrisoner, Speaks of Impressions\nGained in Germany,\n(Special to Tho Daily News.)\nVANCOUVER, B. C, Jan. 3\u2014\"I have\nbeen told by at lenst 500 Germans who\nwere employed at the places where I\nwas held prisoner that If ever they got\nsent to the trenches they would 'throw\nup their hands nnd go over.' Some of\nthem I know went so far as to take\nthe English addresses of our men who\nwere also prisoners so that If they\nwere captured and sent to England\nthey could communicate with them.\"\nSo stated Pte. Harold EL O. Hill from\nNelson, B. C, who has just arrived In\nEngland among a party of 00 as an\nexchanged prisoner of war, In a despatch from London.\n\"Another thing the Germans told\nus that If any exchanged man or any\nescaped prisoner was recaptured \u00bb\nsecond time he would be shot,\" said\nHill, who has a fractured left leg which\nwill require a further operation before\nIt can bo of nny real use to him, the\noperation he underwent while a prisoner In Germany having been usetess\nfor a. permanent cure,\nWas Passed Finally.\nThe German doctor admitted this.\nHe would not, he totd Hill last August,\nhave time to properly operate for two\nmonths. Therefore Hill could either\nwait or could be sent to England.\nNeedless to -my, Hill selected the latter plan, and wns despatched to Alx\nLa Chappello, only, however, to be refused and sent back again. In October he wns agnin sent to Alx and\nagain refused nnd returned. Next day\nthe doctor expressed surprise at seeing him, said he ought to have gone\nthrough and must go with the next\nbatch In two months' time. This was\ndone nnd this time Hill did get passed\nand is now at the Queen Alexandra\nhospital, Mlllbank, London.\nHill was captured at the second bat-\ntlo of Ypres April 16, 1916, and after\nspending six months at Bruges was\nsent to Crefold, where he stayed another 10 monlliH. The food all tho time\nwas of tho poorest description, \"rot-\nton,\" Hill terms it, but the Germans\nwere getting nothing better themselves,\nhe says. \"Butter cost 0 marks a\npound, and a rubblt 13 marks,\" said\nHill. They havo food tickets for everything, and one of them once said to me\nthey would soon havo to have tickets\nto go to bed with. Hill often gave\npart of his food parcels from England\nto \"help out\" the wife und children of\nsome of the Germans.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nSAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.\u2014Building\nof submarine parts at tho Union Iron\nworks In San Francisco and their subsequent shipment to Canada, where\nthey were assembled for Great Britain\nand her allies was described in the\nUnited States district court today by\nJohn A. McGregor, president of the\nUnion Iron works, testifying for tho\ndefense in the trial of Franz Bopp,\nGerman consul general, and others accused of neutrality violation.\nMcGregor said his company, a subsidiary of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, bad secured the submarine contracts from the Electric Boat company,\nNew London, Conn. He said the original plnn to build the submarines in\nSnn Francisco wns abandoned at the\nsuggestion of William J. Bryan, then\nsecretary of state.\n\"There wns no secret about It,\" said\nMcGregor,\nOne hundred employees of the Union\nIron works went to Montreal, McGregor said, and assembled the parts\nas they arrived.\nSays Immunity Offered.\nC. C. Crowley, co-defendant and\nchief detective for the consulate, was\neross-exnmined today by John Preston, United States district attorney,\nconcerning Crowley's previous statement tlmt he had been offered Immunity to testify against Bopp.\n\"Do you mean t\u00ab say I offered you\nImmunity?\" asked Preston,\n\"You know you did.\" shouted Crowley.\nThe prosecutor answered: \"Crowley,\nyou know you are lying.\"\nCompassion for Russian soldiers In\nthe trenches\u2014-not plots to dynamite\nships bound for Russia\u2014led Crowley to\nseek Information from the Russian consulate ns to fruit shipments to Vladivostok. Crowley testified today,\nThe United States district attorney\nconfronted Crowley with a letter he\nhnd written to the Russian consulate\nhero asking snlling direction of ships\nwhich would carry dried fruit to Russia.\nRepulse Fierce Attacks at\nMany Points\nTHREE VILLAGES\nARE CAPIURED\nNews from Eastern Battle-\nFronts .Best] for^Many\nWeeks\nFIRE WRECKS FILM STUDIO;\nACTORS FLEE FOR LIVES\n(By Dally Nows Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Jan. 3.\u2014Fire today\nwrecked the studio of the Popular\nPlay and Players' Film company\nin West Thirty-fifth street, with\napparently a loss estimated at\n$250,000. Actors and actresses\nposing for moving picture films\nwere forced to flee.\nTWO ZEPPELINS DESTROYED\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Jan. 3.\u2014Two zeppellns\nhave been destroyed at Tondorn,\nSchleswlg, by fire, duo to defective\nelectric wiring In a recently constructed double shed, says a Router despatch\nfrom Copenhagen, quoting the Rlbe,\nJufland, Stlfts TUlendo.\nELEVEN KILLED, 40 INJURED\nIN 8C0TTI8H TRAIN WRECK\nEDINBURGH, Scotland, Jan. 3.\n\u2014Eleven persons were killed and\n40 injured today whan a train\nloaded with persons returning to\nEdinburgh after tha New Year\nholiday collided with a switch engine ten miles outside tha city,\nTORPEDOING OF FRENCH\nBATTLESHIP IS DENIED\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nPARIS, Jan. 3. \u2014 The ministry of\nmarine says that the report that the\nFrench battleship VerltO lias been torpedoed by a submarine near Malta is\nabsolutely false.\nPASTOR OF WINNIPEG CHURCH\nTENDERS RESIGNATION\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 3.\u2014Rev. W. J.\nHlndley, ex-mayor of Spokane, Wash.,\ntendered his resignation as pnstor of\nCentral Congregational church nt the\nannunl Congregational mooting tonight, which wus accepted, He gave\nas his reason the fact that his work\nas chaplain of tho 190th battalion now\nrequired so much of his time and also\nthat he wns undertaking additional\nwork in tho form of recruiting.\n(By Associated Press.)\nAt several points in the centre of the\nlines in northern WaTlachla, the Russians and Rumanians are tenaciously\nfighting to hold them back, and according to Petrograd, in tho region\nsouthwest of Fokhany and near the\nriver Rlmnlk the Teutonic allies were\ndefeated, the defenders taking several\nvillages and capturing six officers, 205\nmen, five cannon and eight machine\nguns.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nPETROGRAD, Jan. 3\u2014(British Admiralty per Wireless Press)\u2014The Russian official communication issued today says:\n\"Western front: Enemy airplanes\nhave displayed considerable activity\nand dropped bombs at variaus points\nOne mnchine was brought down by our\nartillery near the village of Iva, near\nVlshnevka lake. The aviators were\nmade prisoner. In the region of Per-\nshina Vuika, southeast of Kovel, our\naviators brought down two airplanes.\nBoth were smashed and the four aviators killed by the fall.\n\"In the direction of Zalogev, the enemy bombarded with a strong artillery\nfire the villages of Batkuv, Lanaluv\nand GarbiiKov, after which his Infantry tooic'the offensive along the above\nfront. Notwithstanding our artillery\nfire, the enemy succeeded in occupying\na trench occupied by one of our companies, but as a result of our counterattack ho was immediately driven out\nand dispersed. Simultaneously the\nneighboring village of Manilovka\nbombarded with shells, which sent out\na yellow smoke that took a long time\nto dlsnppear.\n\"On the Dneister in the region of\nlezupol, our artillery fire drove away\na working party which was preparing\nentrenchments, and also successfully\nbombnrded Iezupol.\n\"On the Moldavian frontier the enemy twice assumed the offensive on\nthe sector extending from the village\nof Kotumba to as far as the valley of\nthe river Suloha, nnl south beyond that\npoint, but everywhere was repulsed. In\nthis region we regained a portion of the\ntrenches lost by us yesterday on one\nof the heights.\n\"On the Rumanian front the Rumanians are conducting attacks north of\nthe Kaslno river, eight versts east of\nthe Hungarian frontier. The enemy in\nthe morning attacked the Rumanians\neast of Sopchan, on the upper reaches\nof the river Suchitzu, but was beaten\nback and pursued by cavalry.\n\"Tho enemy withdrew In a westerly\ndirection. During the day ho resumed iiis attacks with superior forces\nnnd pressed back the Rumanians to\ntheir former positions.\n\"Under cover of a drum fire bombardment with shells containing asphyxiating gas the enemy in close formation attacked along the railway\nsoutheast of Fokhany, a portion of one\nof our regiments.\n'One of our rifle regiments took by\nassault tho village of Gulianka, southwest of the river RImnik nnd captured\nsix officers, 250 men, six cannon and\neight machine guns. Tho villages of\nKiovenu and Makslnlnl, southeast of\nthe vllage of Gulianka, were also captured. The enemy detachments which\nwere occupying these village were thust\nback southward.\n\"In the Dobruja, the enemy through-\n. _it the day made a number of attacks\nin the region of Matchin. He was repulsed nnd hastily retired.\n\"Caucasus front: West of Kalkit\nour scouts broke through the Turkish\nguards, and by hand to hand fighting\ncaptured prisoners and a cannon.\"\nCOL. PYM DEAD.\n(Cunudlan Associated Press.)\nLONDON, Jan. 3.\u2014Lleut.-Col. Pym\nformer inspector of small arms In Canada, is dead.\nGERMAN PROPAGANDIST\nMETHODS ILLUSTRATED\nBritish Admiralty's Comment on\nAlleged Protest American Government Making Regarding Drama\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Jan. 3.\u2014A British admiralty statement today quotos the German wireless sorvlec as stating that\nthe American government Is sending\na protest to Great Britain against the\nbombardment of Drama, lu Macedonia,\nby British airmen before consuls and\nofficials of the central powers had\nbeen ejected from Athens and had left\nfor their destination, the airmen knowing those officials had to be met at\nthe Drama station. The admiralty in\ncommenting upon this says German\npropagandist methods thus are admirably Illustrated.\nTho admiralty also publishes the\nvice-admiral's report to the effect that\ntho request of the German minister\nthat the Drama-Kavala road should\nnot be bombarded-while women and\nchildren wore passing over it on Nov.\n25 was acceded to, and that no bombing was done until Nov, 26, except the\nbombing of tho Drama airdrome only,\non Nov, 26, before a message was received by the airmen from the German\nminister, who was a member of thq\nparty ejected from Athens.\n PAGE TWO\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nTHUR8DAY, JANUARY 4, 1917.\nLeading Hotels of the West\nWhere tha Traveling Public May Obtain Superior Accommodation.\nTHE HUME\nA la Carte Table d'Hote\n, GEORGE BENWELL, Prop.\nSpecial Daily Lunch, 50c.\nHUME\u2014Miss I,. Walton, P. J. Walton, Proctor; L. T. Gear, Silvcrton; C.\nR. Casley, Slocan City: Charles QUI,\nSllvorton* J. M, Coy, A. CI. Larson,\nW. S. Hawloy, Spokane; Mrs. S. \\v.\nLinden, Slllmo; .r. Johnson. Spokane;\nW. A. .lowott. Edgewood; W. II. Rhom-\nhei'R*, Benton; M. Griffith, Moose Jaw;\nM. Louis, Calgary; C. H. Pearson, Nanaimo; w. Desden, Cranbrook; Mr. anil\nMrs. George Ambrose and daughter,\nEarl Ambrose, Maple Creek; ('apt.\n, Roland Ellis, Boswell; W. dispell,\nEdmonton.\nThe Strathcona\nF. B. WHITING, Prop.\nSpecial Sunday Dinner\nSTRATHCONA \u2014 it. Semple, New\nDenver; S. Brown, Rosylnnd; J. W,\nShore, l'erey .McWlia, Rossland; G. P.\nSmith, Crestoii; A, Martin. Fernle; Mr,\nand Mrs. R. Guillet, Spoknne* Mrs. L.\nR Borden, City: H. Burnett. Calgary;\nF..1. Klrkmnn, Toronto; A. YV. Riley,\nCity; T. Johnson, Portland,\nSPEND YOUR H0LIDAY8 AT\nHalcyon Hot Springs\nSanitarium\nAnd Stock Up With Health.\nIE you suffer from muscular, Inflammatory, sciatic or any other\nform of rheumatism, or from metallic poisoning of any sort don't delay.\nCome at once and get cured. Most\ncomplete and best arranged bathing\nestablishment on the continent. All\ndepartments under one roof, steam\nheated and electric lighted.\nRates: $2.50 per day or $15 per week\nDAVIS & CALDER, Props;\nHalcyon, Arrow Lakes-, B. C.\nROSSLAND HOTELS\nThe Hotel Allan\nRECENTLY REFURNISHED\nSMITH & BELTON, Proprietors\nAfternoon Summary\nBright Flashes from Yesterday's\nTelegraph Service to the\nAfternoon Papers\nQueen's Hotel\nEuropean and American Plan,\nSteam Heat in Every Room,\nBusiness Lunch, 35 Cents\nA. LAPOINTE, Prop.\nQCICENS\u2014w. .r. Gallant, City; \\V.\nEvans. W. A. TrlggB, Kaslo; IS. W.\nSnipp, Argentu; Miss Nairn, Kaslo; J.\nA. Olson, L. c. Marshall, Spokane;\nMrs. L. Wood. Perry Siding; G. M.\nBenney, Creston; Mr. and Mrs. M. A.\nNewell and children, Edmonton; Mrs.\nR. C. French, Woyburn; Mrs. G. Gordon, Silverton; . statement of their pence terms, und that\ntho entente allies could obtain them\nfrom him.\nofficials at the White .House and\nthe state department would not discuss these developments further than\nto say definitely that no further move\non tho part of the United States government would be determined until\nthe entente reply wns received.. It\nwas sold that the president still has\nbis mind open on the question.\nPessimism Expressed.\nIt was not disclosed whether the ad\nministration considers that the unfa\nvorahle action of the entente hns left\nthe way open for the confidential ex\nchange of terms between the opposing\ngroups of nations.\nIn view of the delicate nature of\ntho negotiations, extreme secrecy is\nbeing observed by the few officials In\nclose touch with the situation. Both\nin German and in entente circles pessimism over the outlook was expressod.\nThe president, however was understood to think that the moves already\nmade would be helpful ultimately regardless of the immediate conse-\nquences\nIt Is expected that, after the receipt\nof the reply of the entente allies, Pres*\nIdent Wilson will communicate again\nwith both sides. Several, days ago It\nwas stated authoritatively that Germany wns ready, should it be necessary\nto keep the road to peace, open, to\nmake known confidentially, the terms\nof the central powers to the. president.\nTt also wns indicated that Germany\nfurther might permit the .terms to be\ntransmitted In confidence to the entente allies.\nSenator Lodge based his criticism of\nthe German ambassador specifically\non n signed Christmas message from\nthe ambassador published by a New\nYork German language newspaper.\nAMSTERDAM, via London, Jan. 3.\u2014\nThe Frankfurter Zeltung, a copy of\nwhich hns been received here, discussing \"peace terms which Germany will\nnot accept,'1 says:\n\"If pence terms nre concluded today\nthe entente allies must renounce all\ntheir plans for conquest and Russia\nmust give up her idea of conquering\nConstantinople, the Balkans, Gullcla\nand the pnrts of 'Prussia Inhabited by\nPoles. France must renounce Alsace-\nLorraine and Serbia must give up the\nidea of taking over the southeastern\npart of Austria-Hungary. The. entente\npowers must agree to furnish certain\nguarantees and make certain frontier\nrectifications on behalf of Germnny\nund her allies, especially In the east\nand southeast. Great Britain must,\nperhaps, even grant freedom of the\nseas.\"\nThe newspaper adds that after such\na peace, or perhaps before Its conclusion tlie entente would be badly rent\nand the whole system on which Europe\nhas been built for the Inst 12 years\nwould collapse.\nPeace At Any Cost\nLONDON, Jan. 3.\u2014Tho Dally News,\nanalyzing the comments of the German newspapers on the entente reply\nand citing the reports of suffering of\nthe peoples of the central powers, sees\nIndications that the central powers do\nnot regard the prospects of negotiations as ended, and comes to the conclusion that the time Is fast approach-\nTO THE ELECTORS OF\nTHE CITY OF NELSON:\nI beg to offer'myself as a candidate\nfor Mayor for, the ensuing year. If\nelected my efforts will be in the future\nns in the past, In the direction of efficiency, economy and fair play to all.\nHAROLD SELOUS\nNelson, Jan. 3, 1917.\nIng when they must have peace nt\nnny cost. Jt fihds confirmation of\nthis in Count Andrassy's statement,\nsaying:\n\"Whatever the motives for the decision of the central powers to submit\ntheir peace terms- to President Wilson,\nIt becomes more Imperative for the\nallies to make a clear, full and temperate statement of their terms in\nreply to the president.\"\nWINN HEADS THE NEW\nCOMPENSATION BOARD\nRossland Man Chosen\u2014Other Members\nAre Parker Williams and Hugh\nB. Gilmour.\nE. S. H. Winn, Rossland, chairman.\nParker Williams, M.P.P., Newcastle.\nHugh B. Gilmour, Vancouver.\nThe new Liberal government at Victoria has appointed the members of\nthe board which is to administer the\nWorkmens Compensation act. They\nare E. S. H. Winn of Rossland; Parker\nWilliams, the member for Newcastle\nin the provincial legislature who was\na Socialist but who joined the Liberals\nduring the recent campaign, nnd was\nread ont of the Socialist party, and\nHugh B. Gilmour of Vancouver, who is\nwell known, as a Vancouver business\nman who has visited Kootenay and\nBoundary at frequent intervals during\nthe past 20 years.\nThe Rossland Miner refers lo Mr.\nWinn as a lifelong Liberal nnd pays a\ntribute to the fairness of spirit which\nhe has displayed In public affairs.\nThe chairman of the new hoard grew\nup In Rossland, going there in the early\ndays of the camp. A law student and\nhockey enthusiast from Calgary, Alta.,\nhe entered the law office of HcNeil &\nDeacon, remaining with them for two\nyears, after which he became associated with J. A. Macdonald as a partner under the firm name of Macdonald\n& Winn, which partnership existed for\neight years, or until Mr. Macdonald accepted the office of chief justice of\nthe court of appeals when .Mr. Winn\nassumed the management of the Rossland office. Mr. Winn has been twice\nelected grand chancellor of the Knights\nof Pythias in British Columbia!\n, Mi'. Gilmour of the Wntrous Engineering works. Vancouver, was born\nat Toronto in l\u00abtil and came to British\nColumbia In 1881. He became general\nmanager of the Wntrous company in\n181*8. He is a Liberal and represented Vancouver In the proviiiclul legislature In 1800. He'served as an alderman in Vancouver in 1899.\nParker Williams has been member\nfor Newcastle since 1903.\nNew Year\nWILL FINE HERE A WEALTH OF SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE\nTO SELECT FROM\nWINTER UNDERWEAR\u2014THE HARVEY BRAND\u2014 : ~\nNEW MODE COMBINATIONS\u2014 M TC\nEach, *1.60, \u00bb2.60, $2.76 to OOi I U\nLADIES' VESTS\u2014 \"M OR\nEach, 85c, 90c and flir.ll\n^|pSS 90c,$1.25\nCHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR-\nWARM AND COMFORTABLE\u2014IN NICE ASSORTMENT\nLADIES' HOSE\u2014\nA shipment of Fine Quality Penman Hose makes our stock CCa\ncomplete. We can sell these at, Per Pair Uuv\nCHILDREN'S HEAVY WOOLLEN HOSE\u2014ALL SIZES.\nCHILDREN'S WOOLLEN TOQUES\u2014 7K\u00ab\u00bb ' JtK\/%\nAll Colors. Just the thing for Skating. Price I WW) Ovv\nFOR BARGAIN8 IN READY-TO-WEAR AND MILLINERY\nCALL TODAY AND LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES\nSMILLIE & WEIR\nLADIES' WEAR SPECIALISTS\nNATIONAL REGISTRATION\nIS STRONGLY OPPOSED\n(Ry Daily Newr, Leased Wire.)\nR15GINA, Sask., Jan. 3.\u2014At a mass\nmeeting of the working people of Re-\nglnn, held tonight in trades hall, a\nstrongly worded resolution wns passed\nexpressing opposition to the plan of\nnational registration, and calling upon\nthe Tlorden government to resign. Cop*-\nies of the resolution are to be sent to\nSir Robort Borden and R. 13. BenrWt.\nParticular exception was taken to\nthe change of attitude, nredlUd to the\npremier, on the que^lo-i of conscription, and the claim was made that the\nworking classes are doi.15 mor? iha-.i\ntheir share toward winning' the war.\n\u2022TRUTH\" COMMENTS ON\nIMPERIAL CONFERENCE\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Jan. 3.\u2014Discussing the\nImperial war conference, \"Truth\" to-\ndny recalls that the prime minister's\nIdea for settling the Irish situation was\nto hang on to the scheme of imperial\nfederation. \"Truth\" remarks that the\nconference, as advertised, marks \"a\nfresh step towards subversion of the\ngovernment of this realm.\"\n\"it may possibly have results justifying tlie admiration of. the Times and\nsuch like organs, but it means that\nthe British constitution is a thing of\nthe past, as when the 'long parliament*\nwas rejected,\" Truth says. \"If It is to\nbe a thing of the future we ought nt\nlenst to understand what Is happening.\"\nREPORT EXPOSES\n(Continued from Page One.)\nEdwards reflected on Gen. Thomas,\nwho is a. brigade- commander, in a\nletter to Mrs. Cornwallls-West, \"with\nthe apparent object of., exalting his\nown qualifications for post of same.\nMrs. Cornwallls-West sent the letter\nto Gen. Cowans with, a postscript,\nwhich he forwarded to Lieut.-Gen, Sir\nWilliam Campbell of the war office,\nadvising him to keep an eye on Ed\nwards and expressing a high opinion\nof him.\nThe report, calls attention to the fact\nthat.lt is contrary to the regulations\nfor a war office official to enter into\nprivate correspondence and says:\n\"Regret is also expressed that a\nletter sent by Lord French to the wnr\noffice was so ambiguously worded as\nto be capable of misconstruction. In\nnny case, a portion of the letter was\nIn the nature of an adverse report on j\nBrigadier-Gen. Owen Thomas, and\nshould have been communicated to\ntbnt officer nt that time. It is also\nregarded as unfortunate that Lord\nFrench should have concurred in the\nterms of the war office letter of July\n2!) to Brig.-Gen. Thomas, which letter\nmust have confirmed the lattcr's suspicion of sinister influence.\"\nCharge, in Lords Recalled.\nMrs; Cornwallls-West. Is .the eldest\ndaughter of Rev. Frederick Fitzpnt-\nrick and Lady bjhia, who was a\ndaughter of the. second marquis, of\nHendfort. fihe was married In 1872\nto William Cornwallls-West of Ruthin\ncastle, county Denbigh, who had been\nlord lieutenant of Denbighshire sfnee\n1872 and is honorary colonel of the 4th\nbattalion of Royal Welsh fusiliers,\nField , Marshall French, whoso name\nIs mentioned in connection with the\ninvestigation wns nt one time in command of the British forces In France.\nHe was succeeded by Sir Douglas Halg\nin December, 1915 nnd appointed commander In chief of the armies, in .the\nUnited Kingdom.\nIn the house of Lords In November,\nWIG, Lord St. David charged!Incompetency and neglect of work against\nthe British staff In France. He asserted that rpen had been added to the\nstaff for no military reason und that\nwomen, according to the report, had\n-Visited the British headquarters in\nFrance! Ho naked whether the government defended tiro presence of women there.\nLord Crewe, in defending Field Marshal French at the time, said it was\nextremely unlikely that he would submit to having persons forced upon his\npersonal staff. He added that he had\nno hesitation in saying that unless\nwomen bad business at headquarters\nthey ought not to go there.\nLieut-Gen. Sir John Cowans Is a\nmember of tho army council and .Is\nquartermaster general of the forces,\nLieut-Gen Sir. William Pltcairn\nCampbell Is general officer commanding In chief southern command, to*\nwhich he was appointed In 1914,\nADMITS THAT PUBLIC\nCONFIDENCE IS LOST\nCouncil of Manitoba University Asks\nGovernment to Complete Reconstruction of Policy.\n(By Dally News -Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 3.\u2014Al n, special\nmeeting of the council of Manitoba\nuniversity called this afternoon lo consider the report of the committee on\nuniversity regulation, a resolution was\nadopted inviting the government at tlie\nnext session to pass such legislation\nas it thinks necessary to effect the\ncomplete reconstruction of the univer\nslty policy of the province.\nDr. Felix Allen explained that it was\nnot necessnry for the present council\nto define lines upon which the gov\nernmont should proceed. \"We have ns\nns a council, lost the confidence of the\npublic,'' he declared, and expressed it\nas ills opinion that the legislature be\ngiven a free hand since they wore expected to support any expansive or\nprogressive move in the future. .\nGregory Barrett, a Carberry lawyer,\nIs likely to succeed Judge Ryan at\nPortage La .Prairie, Man.\nMISTOOK POISON FOR\nEXTRACT OF LEMON\nCoroner's Jury Returns Verdict of\nDeath of New Brunswick\nJudge.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nALBERT, N. B., Jan..3.\u2014A coroner's\njury, which investigated tonight the\ndeath of Allan W. Bray, of Hopewell\nHill, judge of probate and clerk of\nthe peace, at the Wnverley hotel here\nlast night, returned a verdict that he\ncame to his death by taking carbolic\nacid which he mistook for lemon extract..\nJudge.. Bray, it seems, took .two bottles from a shelf at Prescott's store\nduring the temporary absence of the\nclerk, and evidently mistook the lemon\nextract shelf for the carbolic shelf. In\npaying the clerk he did not tell him\nwhat he had taken, but the amount\nwas the price or lemon extract, which\nhe had been in the habit of using. He\nwas a master of the supreme court,\nand was formerly -an attorney of some\nprominence in this district.\nHOLLAND GOVERNMENT\nCOMMANDEERS CARGO SPACE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\n-NEW YORK, Jan. 3.\u2014The Netherlands government under its recent order whereby Dutch ships trading with\nAmerican ports were put under restrictions as to the class and quality of\nmerchandise they should carry, has\ncommandeered for wheat and flour the\nentire cargo space of tho 17,148-ton\nsteanishlp Nieuw Amsterdam, according to officials of the Holland American line.\nThe order will apply to all other\nHolland vessels leaving American ports\nuntil tho end of January. Two of the\nsmaller freighters then will be available for private consignments provided\nnecessities nnd not luxuries nre\nshipped.\nCOAL FAMINE IN\nNORWAY IS FEARED\nAction by Britain in Prohibiting\nExports \/to Country Causes\nSerious Situation\n(By Dnlly News Leased Wire.)\nCHRIST1ANLV, via London, Jan. 3,\n\u2014Only the British legation here and\nthe Norwegian fishing steamers which\nsupply fish to England are exempted\nfrom the British government's pro\nbibltlon against the export of coul to\nNorway. Dissatisfaction with Nor\nway's methods of exporting ore nnd\nfish from this country and her failure\ntn fulfil certain other provisions of\nthe agreement with Great Britain are\nsaid to be responsible for the British\ngovernment's action.\nIt is feared that tho British action\nmay bring about a coal famine and\nike Norwegiun cabinet Is considering\nthe next step in what is regarded as n\nserious situation. Several of the leading papers criticise the rndicnl cab\ninet's methods and advocate that it be\nsucceeded by a non-partisan body of\nthe most prominent men regardless of\ntheir political affiliations.\nMONTREAL GRAIN MAN DEAD.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL, Jan. 3.\u2014John Forgave,\nfor many years a familiar figure In\nthe Montreal 'grain .trade, ds dead,\naged 80 years. He was at one time\nsuperintendent of tlie old C. P. R. grain\nelevators, but retired from active business about six years ago.\nVACANT HOU8ES\nGive me an opportunity to rent your: j\nhouse, the demand is Increasing. My\noffice is central and I am therefore in]\non excellent position to find you a'\ntenant \u2022\nC. W. APPLEYARD, * >\nRentals Insurance\n505 Baker Street Tel. 444 I\nOwing to unavoidable: circumstances\nthe band will not play at'the skntlng\nrink tonight ns advertised. \" (4G32),\nFINANCING OF PROVINCE ..:\nARRANGED WITH BANK\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.) ,*\u2022)\nVICTORIA, H.C., Jan. 3.\u2014Satlsfacr\ntory arrangements have been made by\nHon. Rnlpb Smith, minister - of li,-\nnnnce, with the Bank of Commerce fqij.\nfinancial accommodation \u2022 to. carry*\nalong until the end of the fiscal year..\nMarch 31, at a rati) of between -2 and\n3 per cent.\n34,590 ENLIST IN NO. 4\nDISTRICT DURING WAR\nMONTREAL,- Jan. \u2022 3.\u2014More complete returns on the recruiting lp\nNo. 4 military district since the v.ni'.\nstarted show that the tolul In ,8.4,690)\nofficers nnd men, instead of .slightly\nover 31,000, as reported' yesterday.\nTHE CM\nMOTHER!\nBIG PARTY OF WOUNDED\nSOLDIERS REACH CANADA\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nST. JOHN, N. B., Jnn. 3.\u2014A military\nparty of 251 men, made up of officers,\nN. C. O.'s, privates und wounded nnd\ninvalided or on leave of absence, arrived here tonight from England,\nThe civilian passenger list on the\nvessel which brought them was smalt.\nThe liner also carried 2000 bags of\noverseas mail and eight bags of parcels post.\nDR. CAMPBELL MORGAN\nIS RESIGNING PASTORATE\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Jan. 3.\u2014Rev. Dr. G.\nCampbell Morgan has announced his\nIntention to resign the pastorate of\nthe Westminster Congregational\nchapel, Buckingham Gate. His retirement Is due to overwork.\nDr. Morgan has been pastor of the\nWestminster Congregational chapel\nsince 1904. He was born in 1863.\nTHE\nPopular Scotch Line\nTO THE OLD\nCOUNTRY\nto\nDIRECT GLASGOW\nSAILINGS\nTickets from any S.S. or R.R,\nagent, or\nANCHOR-DONALDSON LINE\nH. E. LI DM AN, General Agent,\nVancouver, B.C. 631 Granville St.\nWinnipey, 449 Main St. Ph. M. 5312\nNEW ROYAL BANK DIRECTOR.\n(Bv Dnllv News Leased Wire.)\nMONTRICAL, Jnn. X\u2014At R meeting of .the directors of tho Royal Bank\nof Canada today, Charles C. Blncknder,\nHalifax wns elected a director to.fill\nthe vacancy caused by tho death of\nLieutenant Governor McKcen.'\nLook at tongue! If coatodi\nclean little stomach,\nliver, bowels\nDon't scold your fretful, peevish'\nchild. See if tongue Is cfcutud; this fff\na sure sign its little stomach, liver and\nbowels are clogged with sour waste.\nWhen listless, pale, fayerlsh, full o\u00a3\ncold, breath bad, throat'sure, doesn't'\neat, Sleep or act naturally, hns stomach ucbe, indigestion, diarrhoea,, give\na teaspoonful of \"California Syrup of\nFigs'* und in u few hours nil the foul\nwaste, the sour bile and fermenting\nfood passes out of the bowels and you.\nhave a well and playful child again.\nChildren love this harmless \"fruit laxative\" and mothers can rest easy after\ngiving it, becnuse It never falls to;\nmake their little \"InsldesV Clonn' and\nsweet.\nKeep It bandy, mother: A Uttfr\ngiven today saves a sick'child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your\ndruggist lor a !i0-cent bottle of \"C-ullr\"\nfornin Syrup of Figs\" which lias directions for bnbles, children of all ages\nand for grown-ups plainly printed on\nthe buttle. Remtunbcr there arc coun--\nterfelts sold here so surely look and\nsee that yours Is made.by the. \"California. Klg Syrup Cnmpnny.\" -H^nd\nback with ebntempt any othpr fig\nsyrup. ', .'-\u25a0\u25a0':\nTemporary Schedule\nKootenay River\n(WEST ABM)\nColumbia River\n(ARROW LAKES.) ; -\nOwing to ico conditions, wndormcntlonccl nervlco will supoicede\nBCliedulo given in current time card*, for Kootenay and Columbia rlverpi.'\nNEL80N-PROCTOR\u2014Boat service withdrawn, tinlnn to leave Nelwm\n7 a. in. dally for Kootenay Landing and points cast. Leave Nelson*St\n4 p.m. except. Sunday for Kaslo and Kootenay Luke points.\nArrive Nolson 10:20 a.m. except Sunday from Kaslo and Kootenay\nLake points. Arrive Nelson at 7:05 dally from Kootenay Landing nnd\npoints east. '\nSLEEPING'CAR AT NEC80N\u2014The Vnncouvor-Nclson Sleeper will bo\n.run through to Froetor to catch tho Kootenay Landing boat. Passengers may occupy berths at depot, Nelson after 0:30 p. m. Berth rate'\nJ1.50.\nARROW LAKE8.\n- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Arrowhead to Nakusp and return\nwith direct train oonnectton at Arrowhead from andtoRevolstoke; also\ndirect connection at Nakusp with present train from and to Kaslo. Note\nno direct servlco between Nelson and Nakusp and points beyond In\neither direction. Monday and Friday local boat service Arrowhead to\nBurton and return. Leave Arrowhead 6a.m., Nakusp 0 a.m. Returning\nleave Burton 11 a.m. and Nakusp 1 p.m. No train connection with this\nlocal service at either Arrowhead or Nakusp.\nLOWER ARROW LAKE\u2014S. S. Watshan, leave West Robson Monday,\nWednesday and Friday, 0:1C a.m\u201e going as far north of Edgewood as\nlee will permit. Returning, leave Edgewood Tuesday, Thursday and\nSaturday, 12:80 noon. This service connects with K. V. train from and\nto Nelson. J. 8. CARTER, D. P. A., Nelson.\n (3\n' THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1917.\n\"\u25a0fe-SfcriCP-a-'-fc.'. -,.-*.\u2022.\u25a0* -.*. ::.;'..* ..*\u25a0:*.\u25a0 j.-*~\nt*M^^i^H\u00ab^\"\n- \u25a0\u25a0^\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0-.^\u25a0\/A *.^*VV .'V\nAflETMRM\n:->-.-'\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0*,-- .,,.\u25a0\u25a0\u2022 \u25a0\u25a0 \"\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0'\u25a0''-\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 '\"\u25a0' \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0* \"\u2014t\ntmiinii,,,, i n 1*11111111111\u00bb,\u00bb,,, >>>,\u2666,mi rt\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb^\nMriUiiiiniii im-iiiiiiHiuiiiiiiiiiminiiiiiii.\nI News of Sport\n(\u00bb\u00abt Quebec by Two Goals\u2014Score\nKept'Down by Paddy Moran's\nBrilliant Play.\n:;\n. (By Daily News Leased Wire.)\n^QUBBBC,' Jan,- 3.\u2014The Canadiens\nrim a well-earned victory, their first\n.[.the season, over the Quebec team at\nhe local; arena tonight by a score of\nrto 2. Apart from the first period,\nluring which time the locals played\nhemselves stale, the visitors had much\nhe better(qf'the.play, and would have\nmerged with a far \"greater lead to\nnpir credit but for the brilliant work\njfthe veteran, Paddy Moran, in the\nJuebco goal.,\nVjThe danadlens used superior Judg-\nhijint nil the;way through. They play-\nd;.a defensive game, while the Queues were trying to pile up a big lead\nrj-the first period. For the rest of the\n,ume the visitors lived up to their rep-\n\u25a0lation of speed boys, and set a pace\nvhlch was ton fast for the locals; La-\nonde and :Gorbeau played conspicuous\n>arts In the Frenchmen's victory.\n**Vpart from Moran's. fine work In goarl,\nMummery and Carey were the most\nrffoqtlve on the Quebec line up. The\n.earns:\nCanadiens, Quebec.\nVezlna Goal Moran\nH. Mummery .. Point Ritchie\nCorbeau Cover point Hall\nLalonde Centre Malone\nPltre ..' .\"Wing Carey\nBorlinquette Wing Crawford\nOTIMS TRIM THE\nWANDERERS BADLY\nOvercome Two-Goal Lead Secured in\ni First Ten Minutes and Claim\nGame by 10 to 5.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.*)\nMONTREAL,, Jan. 3.\u2014Overcoming a\ntwo-goat lead secured in the first to\nminutes of play, the Ottawns tonight\nIn the first half of the game here of\nthis senson'a National Hockey association schedule, turned on the Wanderers in a rattling finish, and gave them\na. decisive beating, 10 to 5. After the\nvisitors woke up and began playing tho\ngame, the local squad had not a chance\nand were outplayed all the way. The\ngame at times became very rough.\nIn the second period Spragtie Cleg-\nhorn croHS checked Neighbor, arid the\nlatter had to retire with a .badly cut\nmouth and eye. Later in this same period Sprague Cleghorn and Gerard collided and the latter was forced to leave\nthe game and have a stitch taken In\nhis hand.\nOpinion was expressed by fans that\nthe play showed up as a failure the\nnew system of one official handling a\ngame, the veteran, Harvey Pulford, being unable to see all the rough play.\nThe teams:\nOttawas. Wanderers.\nBenedict .Goal Snguo\nShore Defense....S. Cleghorn\nMerrill Defense Ross\nOerard Forward George\nNeighbor Forward... O. Cleghorn\nDarragh Forward Stephens\nIS MATCHING JEFF\nSMITH WITH D'AflCY\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\n'\u2022\"CHICAGO, 111., Jan. 3.\u2014Thomas S.\n^Andrews, of Milwaukee left here for\nNew..X\u00b0rk'tonight in an effort to ar-\n'range a 10-round contest between Les\n! D'Arcy, the Australian middleweight,\nand. Jeff Smith, to be'decided In Milwaukee next month'.\nAndrews also hopes to arrange a\nmatch' between. Freddie Welsh, the\nlightweight champion, and Ritchie,\nMitchell, a Milwaukee lightweight for\nJap. 1C.\nX CURLING RESULTS I\nLast night's curling matches resulted lis .follows: Holmes 12, Gibson 4:\nJones 11, McMorris 8: Bunyan 14,\nJeffs 9. Richardson 18, St. Denis 8.\nThe game between Richardson and St.\nDenis, which wns played last night,\nwns scheduled Tor tonight, being plny-\ncd. in advance on thja simro rink. : . .\nTonight' the -following teams will!\ncompete: Smyth vs. Stark and Douglasj\nvs. Hodgson.\nPRESIDENT BEATS VICE-\nPRESIDENT AT ROSSLAND\n(Special to Tho Daily News.)\nROSSLANC, B. C.. Jan. 2.\u2014Tho\nj curling bonspicl played on New Year's\nday between the president and vlce-\n' president, 2-1 rinks taking part, was]\nwon by the president, W. G. Ternan,\n' by a score of Its\u201487 points.\nThe first scheduled curling game of\nthe club series was played on Monday\nnight between M. Morrell's and E.\nMorrison's rinks, the honors going to\nMorroll's.\n\u25a0\u00bb,>\u2666\u00ab\u00ab>*>\u00ab\u00bb\u2022>*-> M , i >,,,,<,,.*>\u00ab\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb.\u00ab \u00bbi\u00ab ... >M > >. \u00bbt\u00bb',\"i\u00bb'>\u25a0\u00bb'\nFAMOUS BALL PITCHER DEAD.\nNEWARK, N. J., Jon, 3.\u2014Reindeer\nA. Wolters, 40 years ago a widely\nknown baseball pitcher, died at his\nhome here today at the age of 71 years.\nHe is said to have been the first pitcher to shut out a team without a hit,\nsetting that record in a gome with Chicago here on July 18, 1870. He began\nhis baseball career as a member of the\nIrvlngtons, a professional club, and afterward pitched for the Mutuals, one\nof the first clubs to represent New\nYork In games with the famous Red\nStockings of Cincinnati nnd other\nclubs in 1868. Ho ended his baseball\ncareer In 1871.\n228th BATTALION WINS\nEASILY AGAINST TORONTO\nFine Exhibition of Goal Keeping Given\nby Lockliart Chiefly Responsible for Victory\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO; Jan. 3.\u2014Lockhart's\nsplendid exhibition of goal keeping\nwas responsible for the 228th battalion's victory over Toronto in tho\nNational Hockey association game\nhere tonight by a score of 4 to 0. The\nBlue Shirts had the better of the play\nfor two periods and rained shots on\nthe goal of tho soldiers from all angles\nbut failed to score. Tha soldiers\nscored one in tho first period and three\nIn tho final, whilo Toronto went goalless throughout. Tho game was frco\nfrom any rough play.\nProdgers scored for the soldiers in\nthe first period and again In tho\nsecond. In the final Duncan and\nArbour were responsible for the other\npaid. The teams:\n228th battalion: Goal, Lockhart; defense, H. McNamara and G. Mc-\nNamara; forwards, Oatman, Arbour.\nand Vrodgers.\nTorolito: Goal, Nicholson; defense,'\nCameron and Randell; forwards,\nKeats, Nobel and Kennedy.\n\u2022Referee\u2014Cooper Smeaton.\nPLANS FOR ASSISTING\n| MINOR LEAGUES STATED\n1 (By Daily News Leased Wire.)\n'CINCINNATI, Jan. 3.\u2014Before leaving for their homes tonight Messrs.\nBarrow and Hlckey, presidont of the\nInternational league und Amorlcan\nassociation respectively, conferred on\nIhc arrangements for the inter-league\nseries between tholr two leagues next\nswnmor, and Mr. Tearney appeared\nbHtore the National commission and\nftrther outlined his plans for aiding\nthe minor leagues.\n\u25a0'After his meeting with the commission, Mr, Tearney said he was delighted with tho reception of his plans by\nth-* commission, and expressed himself as confident that the supremo\ncourt of baseball realizes tlie predicament of tho minor leagues and will\nforce prompt and radical changes.\nUNION CANADIEN8 BEAT\nTRAN8CONA AT WINNIPEG\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Jan. 8.\u2014The hockey lid\n\u2022Was pried off In Winnipeg for this\nslason tonight with the qpenlng game\nlo the''newly formed Winnipeg and\n\u00bblstr|<> rtlte. Victorias\n-playing Ihc 223rd liiittnlh-n,\nBILLY WEEKS KEEN ON\nFIGHTING AUSTRALIAN\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nCINCINNATI, Jan. 3\u2014Billy Weeks,\nclaimant of the Canadian middleweight championship, Is among a score\nof well known 158-poundcrs scrambling\nCor a match with Les D'Arcy, the Australian middleweight. Weeks Is prepared to. post $2500, to land a match- .\nTRAIL AND PHOENIX\nPLAY DRAWN GAME.\nTeams Showed Themselves to Be\nEvenly Matched Throughout Exciting Game.\n(Special to Tho Daily News.)\nTRAIL, B. C, Jan. 3.\u2014Trail and\nPhoenix had a draw game here tonight,\nthe score being 2 to 2. The match was\nan Interesting ono throughout, and\nwas witnessed by numerous spectators.\nTho play was started with Phoenix\nrushing' ends. Leader cleared, and\npassed to Snyder, whose shot, however,\nwas stopped by Irvine. End to end\nrushes with little combination featured\ntho succeeding play. Phoenix then put\nIn a fine bit of work and managed to\nscore. Trail bombarded the. Phoenix\nend, but were unable lo net. Several\ntimes the puck was put into the net\nbut tho players in each case were declared offside. The end of tho period\nfound Phoenix blowing up, whilo Trail\nappeared fresh.\nTrail opened the second period with\na rush. Phoenix retaliated. As a result nf pretty combination, Snyder\nscored for Trail in five minutes from a\npass by McDonald. The game was\nfairly even for the remainder of the\nperiod, with no further scoring.\nThe last period found the home boys\nstrong. Mullens scored a pretty goal\non getting a pass from Murray. The\nscore was then evened up by Seaborn,\nwho made a lucky try for the net that\nproved successful.\nT AT THE THEATREj-\\^ii\n\"Reggie Mixes in,\" Gem, Saturday.\n\"Reggie\" as impersonated by Fair-\nbunks, is a wealthy college athlete\nwith a penchant for adventure In walks\nof life hitherto unexplored by members\nof his.family, those of the underworld,\nand ho sallies forth with a pickled-\nfaced valet, who soon becomes pickled Indeed, to seek whom he may devour In a dance hall much frequented\nby murderous toughs. He there finds\na falry-llko little dancer, \"porfectly\nstraight\" In spite of her crooked environment, engaged in supporting a\nmother ot decayed gentility. Of course\nReggie rescues tlie little dancer from\nall kinds of perils and mixes It with\ntho toughs, both singly aad in groups.\nBe Is now In his element, but love for\ntho little dancer decides him to return\nto civilization.\" Ho secretly provides\nher with a fortune, a supposed Inheritance, tries her love to tho utmost and\nreappears as a Princo Charming lu tlte\nend and all ends prettily ns a Fairbanks picture should.\nStarland.\nMarguerite Clark, tho fascinating\nlittle Famous Players star, attracted a\nvery largo audience to the Starlarnl\nlast night. As \"Little Lady Eileen,\"\nan Irish girl, who Implicitly' believes\nIn fairies, Miss Clark wns nt her best,\nas characterizations of this nature\nsuit' her admirably. \"Little Lady\nEileen'' will he repeated ngaln this evening.\nTomorrow, Charlie Chaplin, the great\ncomedian, will be seen In a special return engagement o( \"Shanghaied,\" a\nroaring comedy of Charlie's adventures\nas I'nnltee on' board, ship.,\n' On \"Saturday tho big Metro picture,\n'\u2022The Pretenders'' 'will btj' shown.\nam\nets\nEASE B.C. COAL\nOUTPUT 27 PERCENT\nTotal Production In Canada for Past\nYear la Nearly 13,000,000 Gross\nTons.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3,\u2014The Dominion:\ndepartment of mines on the basis op\nthe records available estimates that:\nthe total production of coal in Canada'\nduring the year li)16 was slightly lesH*\nthan 18,000,000 tons. The estimate is\nbelieved to 'be fairly close for Nova;\nScotia and British Columbia. In Alberta, however, there are so many\nsmall operators that final returns may,\nshow a wider variation from the estU\nmates now made.\nThe 1916 production exceeded thnt of,\nthe two previous yenrs, the Increase of;\n1915 being about II per cent. The greatest Increase in production occurred In\nthe western' provinces, Alberta show-i\ning an increase of 32 and British Col-1\ntimbla of 27 per cent. In Nova Scotia!\nthe production decreased by 8 per cent.*\nR. W, Browning has installed a lake\nfor boating,and skating on the root,of\nills n\u00abw (ijiartmoMt liolol \\\\.i Now York.\nSTOCK OF RUPEES\nIN INDIA DECREASES\nMocattn. & Goldsmld of London write\nas follows concerning the silver situation:\n\"After the sharp advance in the\nprice of silver referred to In our last\ncircular, the market has been very\nsteady nnd the quotation bus only\nvnrled between 35 13-ltid and 30 l-3d,\nthe latter being the rate today. Tho\nIndian currency returns which show\na decrease during the week In the\nstock of rupees held, have attracted a\ngood deal of attention and tended to\nmake the market firm which is perhaps\nonly natural, for against the certainty\nof this decrease, the amount of silver\nrecently purchased but not Included\nIn the returns remains an uncertainty.\n\"The Indian bazaars uro still very\nreluctant to buy silver and China's requirements are being met by sales in\nSan Francisco from whence direct\nshipments continue to be made. There\nhas, however,' been some miscellaneous\nbuying in this market which, owing\nto tlie small Hiipplies has been more\nthan would generally have boon the\ncase.\"\nHAWLEV TO INSPECT\nTHE SILO HOARD\nOre Is Being Blocked Out with View to\nErection of Concentration\nPlant.\nOn his way to insect tho Silver\nHoard mine at Ainswortb, w. S, flaw-\nley of Spokane was at the Hume last\nnight.\nA small force of men is engaged in\ndrifting In both directions on the ore\nin the 2U0-foot level with a view to\nblocking out sufficient ore to justify\nthe erection of a TH-ton mill.\nTests which have been made of the\nore indicate that high grade zinc und\nlead-silver concentrates can be made\nby a simple process of concentration.\nRHODES ON MINING.\n\"In answer to the question as to\nwhat I think of men and women of\nsmall means investing in mining stocks\nor in mines, my answer is that these\nare the very people, above all others,\nwho should invest in good mining\nstocks. They have too little money\nfor 3, the ntty-]] plates, yielding approximately J6(r>oq,D00\u2014about flfl per tqn\u2014\nthe plates were \"sweated\" and cleaned,\nthe result beluga vecdvbry of nearly\nv.,-. t ji : 1) cotUa per ton qf\nov\u00a9,\u2014Mining' unci Scientific frew,\nSILVER QU01EO AT\n753-8ATNE1\nLondon Figure Is ZQ\/z\u2014Market 'for\nCopper Is Reported'as Being '\"'\nDull;'- \u2022 '.;- -\n(By Dally News U'iisi-11 Wlrd:).''\nNEW YORK, Jnn. 3.\u2014Silver, 76%;\nat London, 3GVj. - .:*i\" ;>.\u2022\u2022\nCopper dull; electrolytic, first, second and third quarters, 2S nt 32V5.\nAt London: Spot copptSyTJifisjl 10s;\nfutures, 'ft 20' 10s; ehjdtjrarytlr, -j\u00a3l4Fi.\nMiswiS\nv\nHalf a Point Advance Made on.Spokane Market\u2014Rambler Shows\nFractional Decline.\nLucky Jim stocks went up j'.a,'(' a\npoint on the Spokane''ihark-$l y-p'steV-*-\nday. quotations being ll*-5; , Rambler\nfell off half a point. 'Slocnn Star re\nmnined unchanged at 23Va.\"'-*-s did Site\ncess nt 4tVj and Utlca at 9%. An ad\nvance of 4 points \\\\his registered hy\nCaledonia, the quotn'tloh being 52.\nSpokane Closing Quotations.\n(Reported by St. Denis & t^awrehce.)\n'\"Bid 'Askfecj'\nCaledonia $\nLucky .llm .'.\nRambler \"\nStandard ,.'.:.\nSlocah Star .;'.'!'\nSuccess '\nUtlca \".\n.52\n\u00bb -MM\n.11V.\n\u2022UK\nAm\n' .21 '\nuoo\n.23 '\/j\n\u25a0 4414\nAl'\/j\n. :\u00ab\u25a0\n.09%\n' .10-y,\nSTRIKES OREfON :\nCELEBRATION GROUP\nThomas Wall Hits 18 Inches of $93\nRock at Depth of 50 Feet on\nLa France; Creek.\nNows of the discovery of 18 Inches\nof shipping ore on the1 Celebration\ngroup at La France 'cr'eek has been\nbrought to the city by .Thomas T-yall,\nwho is operatin'g the property,'' , '\nThe ore was struck at: a depth of\nabout 50 feet. It is 's'ilverteaid and Mr.\nWall says it will run about 08 to the\nton in value.\nBIG JUMP IN WHEAT\nRecord Premiums Paid by Exporters\nfor Stocks Ready fof IpmiPftfate\nShipment! '\u2022 \u25a0 Wi - ,\n(Uv Uirily News l^ised Wire.)\nCHtCAGO, .Ill...\u00bblOn^ac\/rrgent demand from H-eitbaitfv^xpwters resulted\ntoday In u broad demand for future\ndeliveries of wheat and caused a steep\nadvance in prices. After soaring (,%\ncents. Hie market closed strong. -May\nat $1.8firN and July, tl*j}j$? w,!,h .l1\"'\nmarket as a whole 5% t\" V$* W\u00b0)'fi\nyesterday's close. Oats gained. 1^54 to\n3% and provisions 2ft to.221-4 c^nts.\nRecord breaking, high premiums, were\npaid by exporters to obtain wheat\navailable tor Immediate shipment' Tbe\ntotal amount thus purchased way estimated at 800,000 bushels, aj\\, aggregate t'hat in many quarters was connected with forecasts of scarcity in\nthe United States before spring, and\nwith opinions that peare jn Europe ha.s\nbeen definitely postponed., Much notice was also dhvctetl to the fuel that\nreceipts uf wheat today a.t tlie principal domestic terminals^ west,, northwest and southwest cU-ft not reach\nwithin l,UU0,U0O bushels of i\\ki total\nreported on the corresponding day last\nyear. On the other huhil,there seemed\nto be a general hellef that dymand\nfrom the cast would Increuso .wltli. an\nimprovement in tbe condition,of overcrowded railway facilities and' with\nmaterial Increase of tho number' of\nvessels In readiness lo cleai* lor.Eyl'ope\nfrom Atlantic ports. ._ ' *\u2022*\u2022*, \u201e,.\u25a0'\u25a0\nActivity on the part'p(! submarines\ngave the wheat inarli'et at '9110 tuge\na rather sharp setback,, liur'tln- 'effect\n011 prices soon wore off, beVhtf' offset\nIn a measure by complu'lhts bf an absence of snow covering \"and ii luck of\nmoisture in Kansas,' Oklalmtna \"And\nMissouri.\nIn oats, as In other grains,' the. leading feature wus free ifyylng'for the\nseaboard. May delivery \\yasjij, most\nrequest. . ''\" ,' .\nProvisions rallied when'':;tho 'grain\nmarkets bulged. At first a decLlhu in.\nbogs had a depressing .el'fety. along'\nwith monthly wurehou.se rGpqrts.show-\nIng a big stock of lard' ftn'.Haud In\nChicago.\nSTOCKS SHARE\nADVANCE MOVEMENT\nGains Made on New York Exchange\nRange from 2 to 9 Points\u2014War\nIssues Prominent.\n'\u2022 (By Dally. News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, -Tan. 3.\u2014The advance\non the stock market which featured\nthe opening of the new year was continued today, with A rise In shares of\nail stocks, especially those popularly\ncharacterized as war and semi-war\nissues. Gains in these stocks which\nembraced tho bettor known equipments\nand munitions, shipping and petroleum,\nmetal, leathor, sugar, and paper Issues,\nas well ns motors, ranged from 2 to 9\npoints, with only slight recessions on\nprofit taking at the close.\nTrading was broader than In the depressed periods of the preceding week.\nThe rise was once more attributed to\nevents of the last few, days, which\nwere Interpreted as offering little hope\nfor the the success of the peace nego\nti-ntlons.\n:>To a very considerable extent, the\nupward movement was propelled by\nheavy short, covering. Another factor\nvrkk tha change In Mexican affairs,\nttyls being most evident In the activity\nand strfcngth of Mexican Petroleums\nand American Smelting.\nUnited States Steel .reestablished Its\nleadership at the outset, and led tho\nlist throughout, recording an extreme\ngiiin of r>% points at 115. Dealings in\n.Steel, approximated 350,000 shares or\nabout 30 per cent nf tbe whole.\n[Taking today's maximum ns a basis\nof comparison, steel has recovered\nmore than one-half of Its December\nlosses, while other industrials, Including Central Leather and some of the\nmetals, made an even better showing.\nThe few varlnble and heavy features\nInclude General Motors, old stock,\nwhich made a, sheer descent of 50\npoints on one sale of 700 shares.\nj-Haili-i were relatively inactive, with\nmore strength In seasoned shares than\nlij low, priced Issues. This Irregularity\nwins again traceable to statements of\nNovember earnings, some showing\nrriarked recessions in net returns. Total sales nf stock 1,160,000 shares.\njJBoh'ds, Including internationals, were\nirregular on moderate offerings. Total\nsiiles, par value, $5,100,000. United\nStates bonds were unchanged on call.\nAmerican Smelting 107%\nAmerican Zinc 3H\nAhaeonda 84%\n.Ubthlehein B10\nHtitte & Superior 48'\/.\nC,; l\\ R 104\nChile 25%\nChino 55%\nColorado Fuel 47^\nGjfanby ..' flOVj\nGfoene-Cananea 46-^\nInspiration 59%\nNickel 43%\nKfenhecott 40 i\/j\nMidvale l!4%\nMiami 41 i&\nNevada \u2022 24-H\nRepublic Steely* Sivl\nVCpnncsscc ,,(;oppei:- ..*-,*.. ji. ..-,-r-.Hl-Vi\nm S. 'Steel'.;.,.' .' 115\nt\\' S. -Steel preferred 11S%\nUtah Copper 105%\nIT. S. Smelting 67%\nCurb Market.\n'Canada Copper Ha\nHowe Sound (Britannia) 7%\nACTIVE DEMAND FOR\nSTOCKS AT MONTREAL\nIndustrials Figure Largely in Boom-\nDominion Iron Features Steel\nGroup.\nWINNIPEG wHEAt $1.8?^'..\n(By Dally News U-used'^lre.)\nW'INNIPuX), Jan.' 3\u2014-Wlieal: May,\n$1.87%; Jniy. $1.86.' '.'. '\";.,'\nOats: May, 01%.\nFlax; May, $2.;u,\nCHICAGO 3TOCkYAR08.\"\u201e\n(By Daily News Leased \\\\'(rc.) '\nCHICAGO, 111., Jan, 3.,-HoKs: Receipts, 50,000; weak, unchiingedv.Uulk,\n!t.!iil ut 10.85; light, li.4\u00ab Ml lii.la; mixed,\n9.75 at 10.45; heavy, 'tt.,90 a) ,,.10.46;,\nrough, 0.00 at 10.05; .pigs, -Titty 'Ut l^fi.'\nCuttle: Receipts, 21.000; staidy'. Native beef, 7.25 at 11.80; weHtqril'.steers,\n7.25 at 10; stockers and, feeders,' 5.25\nat 8.40; cows and hell'ers, 4.25, at lo;\ncalves, n at 13. '', ,' \", ,\nSheep: Receipts, ' 15,000;, '.steady.\nWethers, H.15 at 10.2ft;, e,w,es, jJ.&0 at\nH.80; lambs, 11.25 at 18.(10.'\" .'.',,..\nSTERLING EXCH^NG^.., ,\n(By Daily Nmtfi, j^aiwd Mrt;.).'\nNiaWjftoRK, Jan. 3.--'-Sterling exchange 4.75% for. demtgi!^1.II:r7 r\\in\nThree', thousand two hundred atftpr\nii;nhlles wereitolen In 'Chicago last\nyeur, of >ylllcl\u00bb 3QQ \\v-9r0 \\rf\\ recovered..\n(By Daily News'Leased-Wire.)\nMONTB.BAL, Jan. 3. \u2014 Further\nstrength in the New York list today\nencouraged an active and fairly broad\ndemand for industrial stocks here and\nsubstantial gains were added to the\nsharp advance of Tuesday. The steel\nstocks led, but munitions were also\nstrong and papers responded readily\nto a revival of speculative interest in\nthat group. The advance was more\ngradual than that of Tuesday but was\nmaintained with practically no setbacks and under tho Influence of United States Steel's continued strength\nat New York the whole market closed\nat practically the best prices of the\nday.\nDominion Iron was the feature of the\nsteel group, rising 3% to 70; Steel of\nCanada was of the same volume as\nyeBterday, about 3300 shares and moved more leisurely on an advance of\n1% to 69%; Scotia Steel under a more\nactive demand than usual, rose 3% to\n126. Final prices In all three stocks\nwere the best of the day.\nCanadian Car stocks continued active features of the munitions group.\nThe common added 3 points to its\ngain of 6 points on Tuesday and closed\nat 46, while the preferred at 80 added\n4 to*its gain of ti^ and both closed at\ntho best. Canada Forgings rallied 10\npoints to 200. Bridge rallied 4% to\n16S % and Cement rose 1 to 80.\nBrompton attracted chief attention\namong the paper stocks, rising 3% to\n61% and closed at the high. Upward\nof 1400 shares changed hands. In\nlighter trading Rlordon rose 7 points to\n127; Laurentide closed 194 bid, 200 being asked, and bids on Wnyngamaek\nwere advanced 2 points to 96. Spanish\nRiver issues were quoted at small advances at the close.\nTho war loans were the active features in bonds, but both closed easier\nat n%.\nTotal business 15,061 sliares; $110,300\nbonds; in unlisted securities 1684\nshares changed bands and 4600 bonds.\nSMELTERS IN GOOD\nDEMAND IN TORONTO\n(By1 Dally Nows Leased Wire.)\nToronto, ,lan. 8.\u2014The steel Issues\nwere prominent in today's strong market, which was in line with tho steady\ntone which was reported in New York.\nScot in Steel assumed an unwonted activity, and With a turnover of 850\nshores Improved 4% points from yesterday, closing at 128Hi which was also\nthe high point of the day. This Issue\nopened at 123 and under good buying\nassumed tlie leadership of tlie list.\nSteel of Canada common was also\nstronger, rising 2 points to 6D-& in\nComparatively light trading, while Dominion iron advanced 2% to 60%. All\nthe Steel issues finished at the best\nprices of tho day and the buying movement gained strength as the session\nprogressed. Steamships common sold\nup to 37% and weakened only a fraction at tlie close, for a gain of 1*14\nfrom yesterday. The close was 37'^.\nTho preferred was % higher at 93.\nBarcelona sold tip to 18%. a gain\nof \u25a0%. Cement common also showed\nstrength, rising % to 63%. Russell\nMotors common made an extreme gain\nof 15 points on tlie previous close, with\nft block of 60 shares changing 'hands\nnt' 90.\nThen1 jvus a renewed demand for\nConsolidated Smelters following tho\npublication of lite annual report and\nthis stock went up 314 to 35, with the\nday's trading totalling close to 1100\nshares.\nFLOUR ADVANCES 30\nCENTS AT OTTAWA\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3.\u2014Flour took\nsteep rise In the capital today, tho\nwholesale price going from $9.50 to\n$9.80 a barrel for patents. This In\ncrease of 30 cents follows one of 20\ncents a weok ago. The increase in\nmillers is said to be the result of In\ncrease in wheat prices In Chicago and\nother markets which were marked u|i\nyesterday as a consequence of the nature of the allies' reply to Germany's\npeace proposals.\nBUTTER IN FAIR DEMAND.\n(By Dnlly News Leased Wire.)\nMoNTRHAL, .Ian. S.\u2014Donmiul for\nbutter Is fair. Cheese Is firm. Eggs\nfairly active with a good demand.\nCheese: Finest westerns, 25; finest\neasterns, 24. \u25a0\nButter: Choicest creamery 43 at %;\nseconds, 40 at 41.\nEggs: Fresh, 60; selected, 42; No.\n1 stock. 40.\nPork: Heavy Canada short mess, 30\nat 40; short cut back, 37 at 38.\nROAD SPENDING $1,000,000\nON SHOP ADDITIONS\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 3.\u2014Extensive\nadditions to the shops of the Great\nNorthern railroad at Superior, Wis.,\nSt. Cloud, Minn., nnd Great Falls,\nMont., Involving the expenditure of\nabout $1,000,000 and practically doubling the capacity or each of tbe plants,\nwere announced by officials of the\nroad today. Contracts for the additions at Superior were let yesterday In\nNew York to a firm in that city at a\nbid of $400,000. A St. Paul firm was\ngiven the work at Great Falls at about\ntho same figure. The contract for tbe\nSt. Cloud addition will be let soon.\nRAILWAY UNABLE TO PAY\nINTEREST DUE ON BONDS\n(By Daily Nows Leased Wire.)\nVICTORIA, B.C. .Ian. 3.\u2014The government has been notified by the Pacific Groat Eastern railway that tt will\nbe unable to meet the payment of Interest on bonds guaranteed by the province nnd due on .Ian. 15. The payment, which amounts to approximately\n$320,000, will have to bo met by the\nprovince. This will be tho third interest payment on Die guaranteed\nbonds which the province will havo to\nmeet, the othor payments of $316,016\neach having fallen due in January and\nJuly of last year.\nWe offer for sale a fine complete\nsmall mining plant consisting of tbe-\nfollowlng: 2200 'feet light railroad I\ntrack, 7 Jackknlfe dump carts, 20\nwheelbarrows, steel bowls; station-'\nary upright -steam engine; iptftfy\ngravel screen, all complete;' Crescent\ncombination saw bench, complete;\n18-inch Peiton water wheel Wlttt\nconnection, 760 feet 1%-inch wire\nrope, portable blacksmith- -ftirge.\ncomplete with tools*'\" \"gin Iblooka,\npinch bars, timber dollies, peavles,\naxes, crosscut saws, pipe cutter,\ndrill steel, etc., etc.\nTerms: Cosh or time. For information apply to\nG. F. WILLIAMS, LIMITED,\n524 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C.\nMINING STOCKS\nPrices are likely to advance now\nthat the holidays are over. We aro\nprepared to sell you any listed stock,\nand will carry them for you on marftlti\nor on 30-day buyer contract.\nST DENIS & LAWRENCE,\nPhone 39. 509 Ward St., Nelson, B. C.\nWilliam Dalton, for forty years a\n\u25a0onstuble at Niagara Falls, Is dead.\nThe Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.\nof Canada, Limited\nOffices, Smelting and Refining Department\nTRAIU BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSMELTERS AND REFINERS\nPurchasers ot Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Ores\nTRAIL BKAND TIQ LEAD, BLUESTONE AND SPELTER\nKusa Spelter Company\nPurchasers of All Classes of Zinc Ores and Concentrates\nNewton W. Emmons, Representative\nCREDIT FONCIER BUILDING VANCOUVER,\nB. C.\nTHE NELSON IRON WORKS, Limited\nPARTIAL LIST OF SECONDHAND MACHINERY FOR SALE\nOne 30-ln. x 48-ln. Vertical Boiler,\nOne 20-h.p. Vertical Boiler.\nOne 100-h.p. Corllas Engine,\nOne 100-h.p. Ball Engine.\nOne ill Vertical Engine.\nOne ao-h.p. Fairbanks Oil Engine,\nOne 8 x 10 Link Motion Holnt.\nOne B-h.p. Fairbanks Motor.\nOne Buffalo Forge Co. Fan,\nOno 45 K.W. Generator, D. C.\nOne Lot 8-ln. Standard W.I. Pipe.\nOne 16 x 8 x 16 Knowloe Sinking\nPump.\nOne 7 x 10 Blake Cruaher.\nOne Five-Ton Chain Block,\nOne Small Aaaayer's Crusher.\nOne Small Gates Crusher.\nTwo Large Gyratory Crusher*\nOne Hydraulic Elevator,\nOne 6 x 24 Surfacer and Matcher.\nMACHINERY\nBoilers, Engines, Sawmills, Logging\nEngines, Mining Machinery, Railway\nand Contractors' equipment bought ani\nBold.\nVANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT,\nLIMITED.\nVancouver, B. C.\nNotice\nOwing to a large number of requests\nfor dollar tickets on the drawing for\ntho Ford automobile, we have reduced\ntbe tickets from (2 to II.\nAll those holding 12 tickets may exchange them for two II tickets at the\nplace where tickets were purchased,\nor if out of town by mall.\nIf you have not already purchased a\nticket, get one today as we expect to\nsell the remainder in a short time.\nPAUL NIPOU\nNelson Steam Laundry, Nelson, B. C.\nSave Your Coal\nAnd have your baths at the\nO. K. BARBER SHOP\nHot water always on hand.\nA. L. WILSON, Prop.\nPROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDEPARTMENT OF LANDS.\nWater Rights Branch.\nCertificate of Approval.\n1. Whereas the Green City Gold\nMining, Smelting and Development\nCompany, Umlted, In a company in-\ncorpovated under the \"Companies Act,\n18!\u00bb7,\" Its objocts nnd powers as set out\nin Its Memorandum of Association\npublished In the British Columbia Gazette of the 14th September, 1905 at\npiiffe 2003, externum? to and Including\nthe construction or operation of works\nfor the supply or utilization of water.\n2. Anil whereas the said Company\nIs tlm holder of two Water Licenses\nissued on the 12th day of May, lltll by\nthe Waler Commissioner for the Nelson Water District, viz: No. 1187 which\nprovides for the diversion of water Tor\na water works purpose from the West\nPork of the North Fork of the Salino\nRiver, und No. 118S which provides for\nthe diversion of water for a power\npurpose from Shillet Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Salmo\nRiver,\n3. And whereas tho said Company\nhas, after due notice by petition filed\non the 13th day of January, 1914, petitioned for tlie approvul ot\" its undertaking-.\n4. And whereas no objections have\n-.een filed to the said Petition.\n5. This is to certify that the proposed nndertnkinK of the Green City\nGold Mining, Smelting and Development Company, Limited, as set out lu\nUs Petition for approval of undertaking, dated the 8th day of January,\n1014 and filed on tho 13th day of\nJanuary, 11*14 (In so far as such undertaking relates to the diversion, carriage and use of water for water works\nand power purposes) Is hereby approved, subject to tho terms and conditions of the \"Water Act, 1914'' and to\nthe following additional terms ahd\nconditions:\n0. The said licenses shall notwithstanding the Issue of this certificate,\nbe subject to readjustment by the\nBoard of Investigation.\n7. The amount of the capital which\nhas been subscribed and paid up ts\ndeemed sufficient for tho purposes of\nthe proposed undertaking.\n8. Tlie construction of the works for\nthe diversion and carriago of the water\nshall be commenced on or before tho\n1st day of June, 1917.\n9. Tho territory within which tho\nCompany may exercise its powers so\nfar as the same relate to the undertaking liereby approved shall consist\nof the Green City Townslte, situated\non tho North Fork of the Salmo River\nat the point where the same crosses\nthe line between Lots 1237 and 1288.\n10. This certificate shall not In any\nway be deemed to bo an approval of\nthe plans of any works covered by the\nproposed undertaking or to authortzo\ntho construction of any such works,\nbut shall have the effect only of a Certificate issued tinder the provisions ot\nSection 81, of the \"Water Act, X9U\"\nand shall be subject to such provisions*\nDated at Victoria, B.C., this 1st day\nof November 1916. V\n\"WM R. .BOSS,\" \\\n , Mlulii&Mi M$H\n \u25a0*w\nw\nPACE FOUR I\nTHE bAILY fJEWS\nTHURSDAY, .'AVV\/.r.Y i, Ulf.\n||C DAILY NEWS\nF&bllsbed every morning except\nSunday by the News publishing Com-\npany, Limited, Nelson, B. c\u201e Canada.\nROBB SmwaRLAND,\n- ; General Manager.\n->Bw*1jh>\u00ab letters ,sh9uld be addressed\nAnd cheeks and money orders made\npayaWe to.the News Publishing Com-\nMjay. Limited, and in no case to indi-\nvHJuaI members of the staff.\n-rAaVirtlstiyr r^ cards .and sworn\ndetailed* statements of circulation\nmailed -on request, or may be seen at\ntbe office of any advertising agency\nMKjognieed by the Canadian press\nAssociation. ,\n\u2022 Subscription Ratea\u2014BgrmaU BO cents\npe> month, 82.50 for six months, $5.00\nper year. Delivered: 60 cents per\nMnth, f3.00. for six months, f6,00 per\ntear, payable in advance. \" \u25a0\nTHUR8DAY, JANUARY 4, 1917.\nLABOR LEADERS' ATTITUDE IS\n\u00a3 ' .' CCEAfi ENOUGH. \"\u2022\n: While \"there still exists some mlsun-\ndc,rstandiiiB In labor circles concerning ,the purpose of national service\nvoluntary registration It ddes not np-\n'penr-likely that any considerable number: of ,men in Canada will refuse to\nfill In -the cards which are being distributed this Week. Officials of the\nDominion trades and labor congress\nhave 'discussed the matter with the\ngovernment, dealing with the -very objections' which have been raised by\nsome of the;'lttbor organizations'to tbe\nplan. That the Dominion congress officials'are satisfied that the'objections\nare groundless is evidenced by the rec-\nbtnmendatton they have made to the\nlabor men of the country.. It Is as follows:\nv\\:.VIh' view' of the assurance given\n;,bj\" ?. B. Bennett, M. P., dlroctor-\n- general of national service, that no\n-.penalty-or coercion-would bo ap-\n' pilied provided tliat correct and\n\u25a0conscientious replies are given, tlie\n' undersigned members\" of the exec-\nrntlvo council, recommend that all\n*: members of affiliated unions fill In\nthe answers according to their\n-'\u2022.conscientious'opinions and return\nthe cards as directed. (Signed)\n- . J.. C. WATTERS, President.\n' P. M. DRAPER, Sec.-Treas.\n*'>:tAMES SIMPSON, Vlce-Pres.\ny '\u25a0:: B. A. RIGG, :M.L,A\u201e Vice^Pres.\nMessrs. Walters. Draper. Simpson\narid Rigg sent out'this recommcnilation\npriiy\/aft-e>;^p|i)jj fully into, the question'. v '\n; \\: ! \u25a0 -; t-\t\n.THE TA9P SITUATION .IN\nf -V dte'^MANY.\nUndoubtedly the food situation in\n\u25a0deWi&iiy'is'serWiis. It could not well\nb# 'otherwise. u Prlbr to tho outbreak\nqf^iliie' .Wfir Germany imported large\nquantities \"of foodstuffs, since tho\nwjir- lt(e- consumption of food by the\nnt-ffHvin tho army has become greater\nthah; during the time the soldiers wcro\nIn \u2022vlvilian occupations. That Is tho\nexivsrieiice In the other (belligerent\ncountries and there is no ground for\nassuming thAt the amount of food nec-\noasapi*; fbwthe sustenance of a German\nsoldlitf, engaged- in arduous duties at\ntnciW^nV Is any uW'than that required\nfor'Juv,entente sqldlcr carrying out\nsimilar duties. And, in addition, 11 Is\ncertain that Germany's internal food\nproduction has decreased, owing to the\ndrain .on tho agricultural population\nfort seVvicc in the army and the lack\nofyraH'iilsHirH to mala- the land productive.\n\".N^Utrals who- haVe recently been In\nGermany all agree that the situation Is\nbecomitig critical. They tell of conditions which are tending toward a state\nbf national starvation.\n^ 'Just what Influence shortage of\nfood and other supplies had toward the\n'German move for peace is doubtful, but\nihey were certainly a factor in the\nconclusion the kaiscrbund has reached\nthiit' the military success of the cen-\ntraPemplres have about Reached their\npeak.\n_ ,\t\nJj[Wft in the use of fuel\nn FOB HEATING.\n' One way In which thrift can be exercized Is In guarding against waste\nof fuel for heating purposes.\n.. -Storm.idoors; or,better still, a storm\nporehr^Hould always-be used to prc-\nv-Siflt*\u00ab|hft-loss'of much heat that goes\nid'^'antc through the opening of outer\n. Anjofisea due Lo radiation from walls,\nfl0bt*.-'ctiiling and doors are determined\n'by'^fejstrugtural features of the house,\nIhjSiV'arc largely unavoidable. The\njnOftt, Serious, radiation losses arc.from\n\u2022Windows and\/the saving of heat result-\njjjg. from tl^'use of storm windows is\nlarge due to the layer of dead air\u2014one\ntot the best 'non-conductors\u2014between\nthriimerand the storm sashes. Storm\nwindows also prevent .uncomfortable\ndrafts.\nThe great heat loss from single win\n,dow\u00ab (ie demonstrable. A square foot\nof window Surface radiates as much\nheat aa 2% square feet of au eight-\ninch brick wall surface. Storm wln-1\ndows reduce the loss1' to nearly one-']\n;liai(ftiiiy'amount. In addition, they\n'-reduce the'loss due to leakage and savej]\nfrom 10 to V\u00bb por cent of the fuel bill.\ni '\u25a0':\u25a0< -W-- ' ' \u25a0' \u25a0 \u25a0\n. Don't forget to fill in your national\nservice card this week.\n^\u2022vliOndan Truth thinks that the Brit-:\nilsh constitution Is all shot to pieces\nIwcjifui^'TTMnier Lloyd George has in-\"\njVitod the overseas dominions to send,\n'rOpresentativeH to a war conference.\n^Truth .aeems to assume that the Brlt-^\njah constitution In as unchangeable as\n$M UkWa of the Mea\u00ab\u00bb and rcrslans,,\nwhich Is not -the fact. The great\nstrength of the British constitution\nhas always lain In the fact that it is\nflexible and can be easily modified to\nmeet new conditions as they arise.\nThe case or pte.' Brooks of Ottawa,\nwho has been given a 12-year jail\nsentence'by tho Gormans for refusing\nto work In a munition factory, shows\nthat the enemy which prates of\n\"humanity\" in Its notes to neutrals is\nnow enslaving British prisoners as\nwelt ns Belgian civilians.\nThroe factors will combine In the\nendeavor to secure In the United\nStates nennte a vote of full endorsn-\ntion of President Wilson's peace note\n\u2014the pro-Germans, the pacifists and\ntho Democrats who want to see the\npresident upheld at any cost.\nCapt. liuehlan McKJnnon, who has\nenlisted for special scrvlco nt the\nfront, will be missed by passengers on\nthe Kootenay lake steamboats. He\npossesses an enviable record of popularity with the public and of efficiency\nas a Canadian Pacific railway official.\nMayor J. J. Malone, who announces\nthat he will not be a candidate for the\nmayoralty this year, leaves office with\nthe goodwill of the citizens of Nelson.\nHe hns been chief magistrate of the\ncity during a period of trial for civic\nfinances nnd It will be generally\nagreed that they are now in excellent\nshape.\nThe Liberals who desire to force a\nwartime election are deceiving themselves if they think that Conservatives\nwho may criticize the government\nwould vote for Laurier. A government\nthat pursues a vigorous war policy in\na country which until a brief time ago\nwas almost completely unprepared for\nwar, is bound to receive criticism even\nfrom its friends, but no Conservative\non polling day would take chances upon\nhaving a government with Laurier as\nits head. .\nI WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYINQ.\nMight Be a Boomerang.\nAn embargo that would lower tho\nprice of tlie ultimate consumers' loaf\nof bread would be very welcome down\nthis way.5 But if what is sauce for\nthe goose Is also sauce for the gander,\nthe western wheat raisers might demand that an embargo be placed on\nsouthern cotton, In order to bring its\nprice down to the normal. The trouble\nwith, artificial remedies of this sort, including protective tariffs, is that It\nraises no end of complications, One\nthing calls for another and leads to\nlegislative chaos.\u2014Memphis News-\nScimitar.\nr\nCOLD STORAGE.\n\"Is this beef too rare for you, Alt.\nSkinner?\"\n\"Well, since you ask me, Mrs. Skinner, I would like It a little oftencr,'\n\u00bb-\u2666-\u2666\u2666 ^\nTHE WEATHER. J\n\u00bb\u2022\u00bb\u00bb*\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2022\u2666\u2022\u25a0*\nMin.\nNelson 26\nVictoria 3.S\nVancouver 36\nKamloops 20\nEdmonton 6\nCalgary *\nitattloford ti\nPrince Albert 0\nMedicine Hat 6\nMoose .law 12\nSaskatoon 5\nRegina 12\n1 Winnipeg ti\nPort Arthur 10\nParry Sound .: 21\nLondon 27\nToronto 32\nOttawa S\nMontreal -I\nQuebec -4\nSt. John 4\nHalifax 10\nMax.\n31\n\u25a012\n38\nUS\n0\n26\n16\n\u2022I\n20\nIS\n11\n20\n1-1\n22\n32\n35\n38\n26\n20\n30\n30\nWANTS TO PROMOTE\nBETTER FEELING\nNew Mayor of Kitchener States Object\nof Council\u2014Says People Not\nPro-Germans\nKITCIIKNKR, Orit., Jan. 3.\u2014Once\nmore the plate glass window of the\nNews-Record has paid the loll tor unpopularity. About I o'clock this\nmorning a brick thrown by an unknown person crushe dthrough it when\nthe guards*, backs were turned.\nIt Is said by some that a man in\nuniform appeared suddenly out of an\nalley, threw the missile and mnde good\nhis escape. The guards had not been\nprovided with ammunition and could\nnot shoot.\nThere was no attempt at renewal of\nrioting and the night and today\npassed quietly. However, the arrival\nof the soldiers of the 118th battalion\non their last leave next wcok Is looked forward to with Interest.\nMayor-Klect Gross has decided not\nto take the office until after the military guards have beon ordered back to\nGait and peace is restored In the city.\nThe new mayor said that tho sole desire of the new council wus for better\n.civic government, better feeling and\nhad no desire to enter Into a controversy over names.\nOvpoied to Name Controversies\njj \"I hope to be able with the assistance of the people, to promote better\nfeeling, I am opposed as a British\ncitizen to the name controversies as\nan Ismie In an election or as long as\nwe need united effort to prosecute tho\nwar lo a successful conclusion.\n\"I am as good a citizen ns any In the\nBritish Empire, and It Is desperately\nwrong to say that the people of\nKitchener are pro-German. A small\npercentage of the people may still have\na feeling for the land of their birth,\nbut 'the majority of these, some of\nwhom have lived here for 40 years,\nw-are\"-deprived of their votes because\nthey were not naturalized.\"\nGross wild he opposed changing the\nname from Berlin because Berlin had\ncome to mean something on manufactured articles. _ >,\nI URGES AMERICANS TO THINK\nWHAT WAR MEANS.\n'. A. Richard, editor of Mining and\nScientific Press, San \"Francisco, who\nvisited Kootenay and Boundary ' last\nsummer, has written the following article* under\/tho'heading, \"A Great Calamity*.*'\nTlie end of another calendar year\nand the coming of the season of good\nwill finds civilization In the midst of a\nmurderous conflict that shows nopros-\npeut of an end. The early appeal to our\nsympathy for the victims of ruthless,\naggression and tho instinctive lift given\nto our imagination when we realized\nthe splendor of sacrifice that was driving thousands Into tho jaws of death\nhave alike lost their force. The iteration has dulled sensibility. Are we\nnot becoming callous, and is not that\ncallousness more horrible than the horrors of the battlefield? One can read\nin the daily paper that at Chicago\nwheat was down yesterday \"under the\ndepressing Influence of peace talk\"\nand one can hear people on the train\nor tram say that they are \"sick of the\nwar,\" as they turn a page, to read about\nthe latest football match or the newest scandal in suburban life. Is not\nthat picture more sad than an abandoned trench In which the dead Ho\nfice yards apart? Is it not more brutalizing than the bomb that falls from\na zeppelin?\nWe think it.is. How many of our\nmore Intelligent readers have begun to\nlook upon war as an unnecessary and\nwasteful quarrel, as other people's\nquarrels usually seem to those that go\nabout their daily work In normal tranquility.of mind. To such of us who ure\ninterested In mining has not the war\nbecome tho barometer of metal prices\nand Is there not a danger that the cessation of the organized calamity on the\nother side of the Atlantic will mean to\nus not a consummation.devoutly to bo\nwished for, but a check to abnormally\nfavorable markets? We have not even\nsalved our consciences With giving\nmoney to help the distressed; what we\nhave done is too small to assuage self-\ncontempt. We hear a lot about Belgian relief; out of $227,500,000 devoted\nto that purpose, the people of this\ncountry have subscribed $10,000,000\u2014\nand we eat $20,000,000 worth of candy\nannually! A few heroic souls have\ngone to fight or to drive ambulances,\nand even these are condemned for their\nun-ncutrnlity. Thero has been a lot of\npetty collecting of money, much of\nwhich is typified by the four young\nwomen that lunched In aid of a Belgian relief. fund: they subscribed $1,\nbut the. luncheon cost $31.50. People\nmust lunch, dine, or dance, they must\nbe amused by song or play, before they\nwill glyc .a dollar\u2014and when they have\ngiven a pittance they turn complacently from the. unfold sorrows of the\ngreat nations from which all of them\noriginated. Let the red Indian Ignore\nthe Great.War\u2014or the negro\u2014but, not\na nation thai consists of European Immigrants and their . descendants.\nWhether a man's forefathers landed on\nPlymouth Rock or Ellis Island, he Has\nsome tie with some country in Europe,\nand he must have a pitiful imagination\nand a stunted spirit-If, he cannot give\na heart throb for.those, on-whlcheyci%\nside they, may lie, 'thai; arc risking an]\nthey have and hope In the valley of the\nshadow, of death. .Must neutrals be\nIgnortant? Must* they cense to think\nand to imagine, while going on their\nway In. a fierce scramble to get all the\nprosperity that Is being created by the\nmisery of the other half of the world?\nMust we accept the dictum of our\nwretched morning paper when It saya\nthat \"as neutrals we ure not concerned to know the merits and demerits of\neither side?\" Surely not; as rational\nbeings wc cannot help being keenly Interested In the events that are the\ngreatest In human history. This thing\nat which' we look from day to day is\nno Yaqui uprising in Sonora, it Is not\na Villa raid on our border, exciting as\nthat may seem to the hysterical reporter; this drama, on which we look\nis the most tremendous episode in th-1\nhistory of the race; it is -a privilege\nto lie alive to see It and it is a crime to\ntreat it as if it were a cinema show\nfor children. We are spectators of\nthe greatest calamity that has ever be-\nfalleh civilization; the very cradle of\nwhat we call modern civilization is bo\nlng smashed to smithereens, and the\npeoples thnt were deemed the most\ncivilized arc cutting leach other's\nthroats by tens of thousands. Wo cannot stop It\u2014we have not the organized\nforce to do so; we cannot call a halt\u2014\nwe havo not the authority to do that;\nwe can do nothing\u2014for wo are neutral;\nhut wo can at least be alive to the\nfatefulncss of .the conflict and of the\npart it must play In tho destiny of the\nworld and in that of America.\nAlready tho fateful contest has served to disclose the diversity of tho elements out of which this nation has\nbeen made. The war has been a disintegrating force south of tho Great\nLakes as it hits been an integrating\nfactor north of tho boundary. The\nparticipant has been warmed to great\nloyalty; the spectator has been chilled\nto a cold misgiving. The temperature\nof this melting pot of alien races has\nbeen kept so low, that It is only a mixing pot in which the Ingredients tend\nto become repellant. To complete the\nfusion of the unlike elements\u2014ths\nscrap and the dross as welt as tho ore\nand the flux\u2014that have been shipped\nacross the Atlantic to be melted in the\ncrucible of generous democracy, we\nmust have the warmth of a wide charity, the heat of a great ideal, and the\nfire of self-sacrifice. The cold glare of\nprosperity will melt nothing; it will\nonly Illumine tho Inequalities of existence, nnd the unfairness of the\nScramble for wealth. We need tlie glow\nof generous sentiment. Let us bow\nour heads in sorrow for tho countless\nthousands who have seen their homes\nsmashed like a child's toy by the en-J\ngfnes of destruction: for the horde of\nmiserable ones whose weary .tramp\nacross the devastated fields could almost be heard by us If the more insistent roar of guns did not drown the\ntread of their tired feet; for the mil\nlions of prisoners herded like cattle in\nbarbed wire enclosures. What is\nChristmas to these? What Is it to the\nhomes bereaved -by the loss of husband\nor son? What is it to the fatherless\nchildren and the widowed women that\nNit beside the dying embers of a winter evening? What is Christmas to the\nBelgian enslaved by the invader, to *he|\nPole or Rumanian .whose hearthstone;\nlies hurled amid smoldering ruins?\nWhat is it to the Serbian or M6nte-\nnegrln whose country has been trodden underfoot, or to the wretched\nGreek who has become the shuttlecock!\nof opposing policies? Whi\\t is Christ-1\nmas, what Is civilisation, what is 1 ifo\nto the million Armenians that have\nbeen the victims of an organized\nscheme of brutality and bestiality? We\nare proud, if wo, are not patriotic. Can\nwe imagine the)' degradation of spirit\nthat these trageries bespeak? Think of\nthese. Think of the shame of the conquered and the pain of the dispossessed; thank of the travail of spirit,\nthe unutterable misery, and the blank\ndespair that is the Christmas portion\nof millions of fellow men not far from\nus; and thinking thus, let us condemn tho: gluttony of Wealth that is\nmaking, New York a byword; desp'.se\nthe commercialism of Chicago that regrets the whisper of peace; and disdain-the-gaiety in, San Francisco that\nignores a world of sorrow, famine and\nmurder, if we cannot fight, \"if we do\nnot give, let us at least on Christmas\nday pause for one moment and bow\nour heads in bitter humiliation of spirit that we can do so little to lessen the\npain and suffering that man Is causing to man.\nJ CENTRAL POWERS' DESPER-t\nThere is a stock market parallel\nwhich may be used once more to define the German position at this\ntime, A wealthy group, controlling\nnn important industrial property, but\nwith little technical knowledge of\nthe stock market advanced its price\nfrom $40 a share to $160. Their\npaper profits -.'were very large; but\nthey had more stock when they finished than when they started, and\nthere was no\" enthusiastic public\nupon which: to unload. The profits\nhad been-kept strictly in the family,\nand the \u25a0 losses wore confined to the\nfamily also when the stock broke\nto 35 with the collapse of the general\nmarket;\nGermany,Is in about.the same position. Belgium was her first adventure in \u2022 tho market. This was followed by Poland, then Serbia and\nMontenegro,, and now Rumania, with\napparent large profits, but all of\nthem on paper, an ever-extending battle lino, equivalent to an over-extended speculative position, and finally no\nmarket in which to realize. Germany.\nIs, in fact, carrying far more than she\ncan finance, and she proposes that, she\nshould be relieved of her speculative\nposition, by the very people whose Interest it is to break her marke^.\nThe peace proposals of the central\npowers, have, in fact, disclosed the\ndaily growing weakness of the most\nterrible and ruthless gamble in which a\nmilitant aristocracy, drunk with power\nand supposed efficiency, ever engaged.\nIt Is easily possible for the allies to\nmake mistakes In diplomacy at this\ntime, but for the present at least Germany-is: playing their game.\u2014Wall\nStreet Journal. \u25a0\nf BUTTER AND EGG MONEY, t\nI \u25a0\u00bb-\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666+\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2022\u2666-\u2666-\u00ab\nProbably fewer city people than\nusual had turkey for their Transkgiv-\ning dinner this year; but no doubt,\nthe farmers feel taiojfee than commonly\nthankful. g\u00a3 \u00a3-?! J* SJK\n'\u25a0\"The bankers shy mat mosr'tif 4ptf\nmoney Is in thej country. Never before in the history of tho world have\nthere been so many jarmers on rubber tires. The tiller of the soil used\nto bump along in a wagon without\nsprings, or In a buggy, mpVe or less\ndilapidated. Now he bumps along In\nan automobile.\nFrom ono county-i-in Kentucky\u2014the\ncounty in which the mammoth Cave is\nsituated\u201415.000 thousand turkeys were\nshipped to eastern markets and they\nbrought into the county an aggregate\nsum of nearly $r>0.000. it is said that\nmore than one farmer's wife received\nas much as $300 for her turkeys.\nA farmer's wife with $300 in rent\nmoney Is a greater wonder than Mammoth Cave. In years past tho country\nwoman was accustomed to sell eggs\nfor eight to ton cents a dozen and butler and poultry for but litllrf more than\nthe cost of production\u2014not counting\nher own labor as worth anything. The\ndimes and nickels, which she so painfully accumulated, in this way, went to\npay for the family supply of sugar\nand coffee. It used to be an unwritten\nlaw In rural districts that, no matter\nhow prosperous the farmer, his wife\nhad to \"provide' 'the sugar and coffee\nbut of her butter and egg money. Tho\nwoman who refused to do this was\nlooked down upon; she was regarded\nas almoRt as Infamous us a woman\nwho would \"take a horse out of thr\nplow\" to ride about, the country visiting, or muybo to go to town.\u2014Southern Lumberman.'\nI . MEANING BUSINESS. J\nThus the new food controller will be\nthe man who achieved a title after his\nsuccess In building a huge grocery\nchain and in managing the port of\nLondon; the vitality related control of\nshipping will He with'a great Scotch\nshipowner; the reins over business\nwielded by the local government board\nwill he held by the lending Welsh coal\nmagnate; the board of trade, where\nLloyd George made his own first reputation, comes under the manager . of\nthe London underground, first trained\nin American railroading; the hoard of\nagriculture, to assume new importance\nwith next year's showing, fails to a\nfarming expert; the first commissioner\nof works Is un industrial magnate,\nlikewise the postmaster-general; the\nhead of tho education board, which\nhas acqulred.a new war Importance, is\na practical schoolman; labor and pensions fall to two labor union specialists\non the subjects, > -.\nThe job, like Its division in duty,,will\nbe two-fold. It will consist In most\neffectively supplying fighting forces\nwith men, munitions, strategy and decision, using generals us agents, and\nIn marshalling, leading and dlsclplin\nlng. the nutional working forces, hu\nman and material, -behind them. It whl\nbe only natural If some reconstruction\nIn. field as well as cabinet command\nfollows. v\nImagination covering all the vast\nfields of the war, east and west, military and economic, plus a great personal driving power, will be needed at\ntop. The two men dominant In the little inner war-council, Lloyd -George\nand -Mllnei*; 'have proved themselves.\nso equipped. Bach early got'tho conception of national organization for\nWar work; now they are willingly giv-\neri scope to attain it. Labor, a vital\nfactor,1 also Is' represented therein by\nHenderson.\u2014Boston News Bureau,\nCAUTIOUS \"UNCLE JOE,\n-e*-+-4\nShortly after Alexander Graham\nBell invented the telephone, \"Uhole\nJoe\" Cannon, then a young member of\ncongress, was approached with a proposition to inyost'$iobo,in the now project to talk. oVor an ordinary wire\nstrung on the' top of wooden polbs,\nwrites Prod C. Kelly in McCluro's magazine. For $1000, he was assured, ho\ncould be In on the ground floor * of a\ngreat buslness-'eiiterpriso that was destined to revolutionize the methods-of\ncommunication the world over.\nJust a short time.before that Cannon\nhad lost a few hundred dollars In a\nscheme to convert brass into'gold by a\nnew chemical process. So he laughed\nheartily and slapped his thigh when\ntlie.telephone proposition was laid before him.\n\"I would much rather,\" declared he,\n\"put my money in something more conservative. I think I'll go out in the\ncountry and buy up a few bee lines,\"\nA few days later Cannon had occasion to call at the office of a young\nchap named Vail, who was ot the head\nof the railway mall sorvicc In the post-\noffice department.\n\"Mr. Vail.is not In. Helms resigned\nhis plnco,\" Cnnnon was informed,\n\"Resigned his place!\" exclaimed\nCannon in amazement, for resignations\nfrom government jobs were almost unheard of.\n\"Yes,- he's gone with this thing invented by\" a mnn named Bell. You\nknow they claim that they can talk\nbetween different towns over a wire.\nVnil invested some money In it and is\ngoing to make that his business.\"\n\"Well, It's just too bad,\" said Cannon. \"I always liked Vail. They tried\nto got me for their sucker. I'm sorry\nit should have been a nice chap like\nVail.\"\u2014Arkansas Gazette,\n1 DEADLY BLOW FOR HOLLAND I\nA merchant at Mors received from\nHolland an invitation to attend the\nTrades Fair which is to bo hold at\nUtrecht from Feb. 2C to March 10, 1017.\nTills invitation was printed entirely In\ntho English language, and even tho\nreply card enclosed bore an English\nInscription. To this piece of Dutch\nimpertinence and bad taste, the merchant replied, in German, that he\nwould not dream of participating In a\nfunction which \"the proud Netherlands'' had not be,en too proud to de-\nJ.LAnnable\nCANDIDATE\nFOR MAYOR\nTo the Electors of the City of Nelson:\nVJ hovfc|-decided.to-ofijer .my. ser-\nL'YJpes to-lhe'CIt^.of Nelson for --mayor\n' for 1017, and solicit'your support.\nIf elected I will endeavor to transact the business of tho city in a safe\nand businesslike manner In accord,\nance with conditions, which the wu.-\nhas created.\n1 have opened a committee room\nin the Amiable block, corner Ward\nand Victoria streets,, which will be\nopen every day and evening until\nelection day, Jan, 11th, and will be\npleased to meet the electors and discuss the various mutters affecting\nthe* city. All are welcome.\nscribe in English, the language of their\nmasters. We heartily agree with our\npatriotic compatriot, and we hope that\nno German will associate himself in\nany way with the Utrecht fair unless\nall English decorative effects be previously, removed from it. That Is our\nultimatum to Holland, \u2014 Tagllche\nRundschau (Berlin).\nR. M. Sarlcs, principal bf the public\nschool at. Bancroft, Ont,, has enlisted.\nBeware of the Cold\nStorage Egg! In his\nwork on food and dietetics\nDoctor Robert Hutchison\nsays, \"the absence of carbohydrates prevents eggs\nfrom being in any' sense a\ncomplete food.\" This refers\nto the fresh egg\u2014the egg\nwith a clean bill of health.\nWhat would Doctor Hutchison say of the modern\ncold storage egg? At present prices two eggs cost\nten cents\u2014and the egg is\nnot a complete food! Something must be eaten with it\nto supply the needed carbohydrates. Two Shredded\nWheat Biscuits, with cream\nor milk, make a complete, per-;\nfeet meal at a cost of four or\nfive cents. Made in Canada.\nIt Pays to Keep\nBirks* Catalogue\nIt pays to~doal' withV firm\nwhose name is a guarantee\nof quality, and whose reputation is an assurance of\nhonest and straightforward dealing. It pays to\nremember that Birks*\nprices are most reasonable\n\u2014they are the same prices\nat which we sell the same\ngoods in the city. It pays\nto consult our catalogue .\nthroughout the year.\nHenry Birks & Sons Ltd.\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nSassa\nPrivate Hospital\nLICENSED BY PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. \"\nWc \u00abive particular \u00abttehtlon to all\nfemale trouble\u2014home-like apartments\nfor ladles awaiting accouchmont.\nHighest references; reasonable\nterms; inspection invited.\nMrs. Moore, Superintendent.\nTHE HOME PRIVATE HOSPITAL\nFalls and Baker Stt., Nelson, B. C.\nP. O. Box 772.\nPhone 372 for Appointmnnt.\nRemoval Notice\nWE UBQ TO INFORM (Jim MANY CUSTOMERS AND\nTHE 1'UBbIC THAT WE HAVE MOVED TO LAROEK\nAND MORE COMMODIOUS QUARTERS AND ARE\nNOW LOCATED AT 403 HAKER STREET, NEXT TO\nROYAL. BANK. WHERE WE WILL RE PLEASED TO\nCATER TO YOUR WANTS IN EVERYTHING IN\nBOOTS AND SHOES.\nC. Romano\nNEXT TO ROYAL BANK\n403 BAKER STREET\nNELSON, B.C.\nJohn Burns & Sons GenrdBCu\u00ab\u00a3tors\n8A8H AND DOOR FACTORY. NELSON PLANING MILLS.\nVERNON STREET, NEL80N, B.C.\nEvery Description of Building Material Kept in Stook.\nEstimates Given on 8tone, Brick, Concrete and Pram. Buildings.\nMAIL 0RDER8 PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.\nP.O. BOX 134 PHONE 17S\nWE HAVE SECURED\nANOTHER ' LAB^#5 SHJp.;\nMENT 01'* THE^FAMOWS\nOENUINE\nFLYERS.\nFLEXIBLE\nTHE SLED THAT STEER8\nNo. 1\u2014Price, Each 53.50 No. 4\u2014Price, Each ..W.50\nNo. 2\u2014Price, Each W60 No. 6\u2014Price, Each J8.50\nNo. 3\u2014Price, Each \u00bb5.60\n~~ WE ALSO HAVE IN STOCK THE \"SAFETY\" FLYER\nWhich Is the Finest Canadian Sled Made\u2014With Flexible Steal\n. Runners That Steer.\nNo. 80\u2014Price, Each |1,26 No. 41\u2014Prlco, Each .?.f\u00a3j00\nNo. 33\u2014Price, Each J1.50 No. 48\u2014Price, Each f2\u00a3S\nNo. 37\u2014Price, Each V.75\n- A8K FOR CATALOGUE AND WHOLESALE DISCOUNT\nNelson Hardware Go.\nBAKER STREET\nNELSON, B. C.\nw\nCITY OF NELSON\nNOTICE.\nPublic notice.is hereby given to th\nelectors of the Municipality of the Old\nof Nelson that {'require the presend\nof the said electors nt the City Hall'a\nMonday, tho 8th (Jay of January, 19l|\nat 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose i\nelecting persons'to represent them'\ntho Municipal Council as Mayor i\nAldermen and on the \"Public Scho|\nBoard' as Trjistees'.-\" ', , \/\u25a0\u2022\nThe candidates shall be nomlnati\nin writing; tho writing shall be sutf\nscribed by two voters of the Municl\npality, as proposer and seconder, n*oT\nshall be delivered to the Returning oj\nfleer any time between the date,'\nthis notice and 2 p.m. of the day\nnomination and in the event of a]\nbeing -necessary, such poll will..,\nopened on Thursday,-the 11th day 4\nJanuary, 1917, between the hours.:-]\n9 o'clock a.m. and 7 o'clock pirn, at til\npity Hall for the East Ward; at. B0|\nKootenay street (tho City Band Rooti\nfor the West Ward, and.In Mtt'oC\nhall for that portion of the school dia\ntrict included in subdivisions No. 9l\n182, 304, 619, 5180. 5290, 6291,' -fifjfl\n8349, 9013, 683, 393, 6*85, 370, 372, 7671\n3212, 909, 908, 3690, 7873,, 7705, of whic|\nevery person Is hereby required' i\ntake notico and govern themselves aoj\ncordlngly.\nThe persons qualified to be nomll\nnated for and elected as mayor of sail\ncity shall be such persons as are mal|\nBritish subjects of the full i\ntwenty-one years, and are not disquaill\nfled under any law and have been foT\nthe six months next' preceding ' thl\nday of nomination, the registered ownl\nera in the land registry, office of lnn-1\nor real property in the city, of -the* asl\nsessed. value on the last municipal -asl\nscssment. roll, .of one thousand Mpllarl\nor more, over, and above any reglster|\ned Judgment or charge,, and. who j.\notherwise duly qualified as municipal\nvotors. -' .*; *|\nThe persons qualified to be noml J\nnated for und elected as aldermen foij\nsaid, city shall be such persons as an\nmale British subjects.of the .full, s^\nof twenty-one years, and are not disJ\nqualified under any law and have .been\nfor the six months next preceding\nthe day of nomination the .registered!\nowner in the land registry office of]\nland or veal property in the city of the!\nassessed value on the last municipal!\nassessment roll of five hundred dollars!\nor more over and above any registered!\nJudgment or charge and who are othor-1\nwise qualified as municipal voters.\nThe persons eligible to 'be' nominated\nfor and elected as school trustees of tho\nNelson School District shall' be uh'y\nperson being a British subject of the\nfull age of twenty-One years \u2022 anil\nhaving been for the six, months, next\npreceding tho date of nomination tho\nregistered owner in. the land .registry\nofflco of land or real property in .the\nCity School District of. the nssesscd\nvalue on the last Municipal''Assessment roll of five hundred dollars .or\nnipre over and; above any ^ registered\njiidsmcnt 'or charge,' And. bclTig'dflijW-'\nwise qualified to vote at an election\nof school trustees in the said' school]\ndistrict.\nGiven under my hand at the. City of I\nNelson aforesaid, the. first, .day of j\nJanuary, 1917.\nW. E. WASSQI-J.\nReturning Officer. |\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENT*.!\nNOTICE.\nCrown Mineral Claim, situate in the\nArrow Lake Mining Division of\nWest Kootenay District. Where, located: on Big Ledge, Pingstoh\nCreek. \u25a0:\u25a0'*.\nTake notice that I, Leon H. Rawlings,\nNakusp, B.C, acting as agent''\/ftfr\nDavid Ncvins, Free Miner's Certificate\nNo. B-852S5 .and Harry C. Randall,\nFree Miner's Certificate No. B-85236,\nIntend, sixty days from the date hereof\nto apply to the Mining Recorder for'a\nCertificate of Improvements, for tho\npurpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of\nthe above claims.\nAnd further take notice that action,\nunder section 37, must be commenced\nbeforo the issuance of such Certificate\nof Improvements.\nDated this 25th day of Novembor,\n1916.\nSYN0PSI8 OF COAL\nMINING REGULATIONS\n. Coal milling rights.of the Dominion\nin Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, tho Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and in a portion of\ntho province of British Columbia, may\nbe leased for a term of. twenty-one\nyears at an annual, rental of $1 per\nacre. No more than 2560 acres will\nbo leased to one applicant. . ,'\u25a0'-- .\nApplication for,-.lease, must.^bs\nmade by the applicant in person to the\nagent or sub-agent of the district of\nwhich tho rights applied for are1 situated. -\t\nIn surveyed territory.the land,mast\nbe described by sections or legal.subdivisions of sections and in unsurvoy-\ned, territory the tract applied for shall\nbe staked out by the applicant himself.\nEach , application .must be accompanied by a fee of S5 which will be refunded It the rights, applied for.,\nnot available, but itot. otherwise^\nroyalty shall *bo paid on the meroh.i\nable output, of the mine at the rate\nof five cents per ton. . , *\nThe porson operating the mine shall'\nfurnish the agent with sworn returns\naccounting for .the full i quantity of\nmerchantable'coal 'mined' and pay th.\nroyalty thereon. If the coal mining\nrights are not being operated, such\nreturns shall be furnished at least\nonce a year. .- ,. \u25a0 .. t\nThe lease will Include the coal mining rights .only, but the lessee nmy ,b\u00bb\npermitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered\nnecessary for the working ot the mine\nat the rate of $10 an acre.\nFor full Information,. application\nshould be made to the Secretary of the\nDepartment, of the Interior. Ottawa,\nor to ntty Agent or Sub-A'-jeMf-oH Dominion lands. ... -WiW. COHX, -\n. Deputy Minister, of the Interior..\nN. B\u2014Unauthorised publication of\nthis advertisement will not bo paid fof.\n I THURSDfcYvTjANUARY 4, 1917t I\n6 \\\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nPAGE FIVE\n\u25a03;\nI\nSTORE OPEN ALL DAY.\nMarmalade\ns\nNEW NAVELS\nDozen .. . .. .30Ci 40c and BOC\n''-\u2022\u25a0\u25a0\u2022''\"\"' \"''\u25a0' \u25a0\u25a0* ' '\u25a0 \"\u25a0 ' \"\nNEW LEMONS\nDozen ....'..'.', ...............360\nFLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT\nEach .;...;.,. ...............150\nV NO. 1\nJap Oranges\nSWEET AND JUICY\n.500\nPH ON E 10\nFURS\nGuaranteed high class furs, nice se-\n1 lection kept in stock or.made to order\nfrom selected skins. Customers* furs\nmade up, remodeled and repaired.\nSkins dressed and'mounted at moderate prices, ' Best price paid for raw skins.\nG. GLA8ER, Manufacturing Furrier,\n4i6 Ward St., Nelson, B. C. Phone 106\nRAW FURS WANTED\nTrappers) farmers, ranchers, It does\nI not cost.you anything to get our cash\noffer on. your furs. Express them to\nus. We will pay all charges over a, 16\nvaluation,. We make you our offer and\nhold your, furs for your reply, returning thei'a\"at our expense It not purchased. Try us. Special prices paid for\ndark marten. In business since 1888.\nbend for price, list\nf MACKAY A DIPPIE,\n218 8th Av*,,Wi. i Calgary\nFOR THE BEST IN\nCigars, Cigarettes\nend Pipes\n,\".'. Go to '\nTHURMAN'S CIGAR STORE.\nFor the\nLumberman\nA PAIR OF HIGH PRESS\nRUBBERS\nThey will outlast two pairs of\nthe. ordinary Lumberman's rubbers; 4 eyelet; air white;\nPrice ...55.50\nPENETANG SHOE PACKS.\nIn 10-Inch tops S7.S0\nIn 14-inch tops SB.00\nFull sole and heel.\nIT PAYS TO BUY THE BEST.\nR. Andrew & Co.\nLEADERS IN FOOT FA8HION\nAsk for a ticket with your purchase. Fair 15.00 Shoes free\neach week.\nOriginal\nOnly\nGenuine\nSold\non the\nMerits of\nMinard's\nLiniment\nBeware\nof\nImitations\n.........\u2666.<\u00bb..<.........\u00ab\t\ntfocitenay and Boundary\nGRANT H'KEAN IS IN\nFwyospnsL\n-Proctor Old-timer on Active Service\nv Is Overtaken by Illness\u2014Is Improving Steadily,\n(Special lo The Dally News.)\nPROCTOR, B.C., Jan. 3.\u2014News baa\nbeen received by G. Snow of tho Outlet\nhotel .that Grant McKean, the old-\ntimer-wholeft with a Kootenay battalion ami who hus been in France\nWith the A.S.C., has been admitted to\nhocplltil, sick,\" but is going on well\nand hopes to be discharged soon. The\npostcard -cbntalning tho news was dated Dec, '9.:\nBet tie11 Alice, one of the twin daughters of Mrs. A. H. Noakes of Balfour\ndied suddenly otf\" New Year's day,\naged four 'and a litilf months.\nMlsit Watson of tPIncher Creek, who'\nlias been staying with Mrs; J. R. Red-\npath at the Outlet hotel, left Saturday\nto stay Willi Mrs. Botterlll at tho\nStrathcona hotel, Nelson.\nMiss Hill of New Denver arrived on\nSaturday and Is registered at the Outlet hotel*.\nSergt. H. -Severn and Pte. Pi F. Coles\nWho havo'been spending the Christmas holiday here, left on Tuesday to\nrejoin the1 226th battalion at New\nWestminster.' '''{'\nKASLO BOYS LEAVING\nFOR FOREIGN 8ERVICE\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nKASLO; 'B.-C, Jan. 2.\u2014George\nBenzie and George Norman of \/this\ntown have, enlisted for tho Inland river\nservice in .Mesopotamia and leave here\nshortly.' George Norman was on the\nstaff of the electric light and power\nplant , here, - and George Benzie a\nstudent at. the public school. .\n\u25a0.'\u25a0' Mrs, John - McCallum .of Meadow\nCriftk is visiting relatives in town.\n\u25a0Mrs*, M.. P. Rcid is spending a few\ndays here' with friends.\nPrincipal S. Scott and Miss Scott\nreturned. Monday evening after spending the holidays With friends at Erlck-\naon and Nelson. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u2022'\u25a0\nRHEUMATISM\nusually yields to this purer blood\nand greater strength which\nEMULSION\ncreates.' Its rich oil-food enlivens\nthe whole system and strengthens\n-the organs to;throw off the injurious\nacids. Many doctors them- \u2022\u2022*>\nselves take Scott's Emultton Cn\nand you must stand inn iff\nagainst substitutes. -4SL\n&yti%^wfi-*..'r.nmto.bttt. , . 1*9-21\nFOWLER PRESIDEN\nHIE\nElected by Robaon Farmers at Annual\nMeeting\u2014Balance of $44 Ii\nReported.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nUOBSON, B.C., Jan. 3.\u2014The annual\nmeeting of the Farmers' Institute, was\nheld on Friday evening In the Columbia hotel. Tho report presented by the\nsecretary showed a balance in hand\nof 144.39.\nEleven cars mixed Hour a^id feed,\nvalued at $8000 wore received during\nthe year and one car of straw for settlers. : \u00bbm\nThe new hoard of directors is: President James Fowler; vice-president A.\nF. Mtchell; directors A. Hartford, H.\nP. Golder, Joseph Johnson, F. E.\nOborno, A. D. Clyde; secretary-treasurer, Gordon R. Brown. The membership for the year wasn*80.\nNew Telephones Installed\nF. E. Edwards and Cecil Keffer were\nhere during the week installing now\ntelephones at James Fowlor's,- J. A.\nIrwin's, tho postoffice at Syringa\nCreek and tho Edgewood mill.\nA letter was forwarded to the government urging the completion of the\nline to Edgewood to connect with Nakusp.\nBugler Allan Johnson and Bandsman\nArthur Fowler bf the 225th battalion,\nare home for the holidays.\nMiss Gladys Clyde of South Slocan\nand Miss Jessie Clyde are spending\nthe holidays at their homo here.\nPte. Bert Gridley of the 225th Imt-\ntallon was a visitor to the Irwin ranch\nthis week.\nMrs. Maklnson of, Arrow Park Is visiting Mrs. Squires for a few days,\nMiss Ruth McDiarmld left for Nelson on a visit last Thursday.\nINJURIES TO R083LAND\nMINER PROVE FATAL\n(Special to The Daily Nows.)\nROSSLAND, B. ;C\u201e Jan. 2.\u2014John\nMcLean, who was Injured in tho mine\nsome months ago, died this morning at\nthe Sisters* hospital. The funeral will\ntake place on Thursday from the\nfamily residence to the Presbyterian\nchurch. '\u2022\n> Miss E. - McF&rland, who has been\nthe guest of the Misses Dempster during tho holidays, loft this evening for\nher home In Nelson.\n. Mrs, Fraser was hostess at a small\ndinner party on Sunday evening at\nthe Hotel Allan.\nMr, and Mrs, Jordan of West Robson\nspent the New Year tn the city,-the\nguests of Mr. and Mrs, A, T. Collls.\nMiss Annie McKay of Trail spent\nNew Year in the city, the guest of .the\nMisses Inches,\nA large number, went to Trail on\nNew Year's night by train and sleighs\nto take In the hockey match between\nTrail and -Rossland.\nj Mrs. P. W, Racy has returned from\nthe coast, where she has been visiting\nfor the past three months.\nMiss Kelgher of Kaslo is the guest\nof Mrs. C. E. Dempster.\nA bill has' been-Introduced In congress to reduce the tax, on oleomargarine- from 10 cents per pound to\nI cent,\" \u25a0\u2022 *- .\nThird Day of the January Clearance Sale\nWonderful Bargains In Women's Suits, Coats, Dresses, Blouses and Underwear, also Staple Goods. Read List Below of Specialties for Today:\nWomen's Blouses at 98c\nIn All-Wool French Plunnel, White Vollo,\nVesting** or Muslins, in a variety of styles. Colors\nBed, Grey, Navy and White. Values to $2.95, QQa\nSALE I*RICB 30U\nWomen's Skirts at $4.95\nSmart styles In Tweeds and Serges. Latest\nmakes, some plain tailored, others with pleats.\nColors are Navy, Brown, Black and Grey Mixtures.\nSizes up to 29 inches waist measure. -94 QC\nValues to $7.50. SALE PRICE -sV-flVV\nDressing Gowns Clearing at\n$2.95\nWomen's Coats at $9.95\nMade of Good Quality Tweed In Balmaccnn Style. Aro well tailored\nand' have full sweep skirts. Sizes run from 18 to 40.\nSALE. PRICE\t\n~$9J5\nWomen's and Misses' Coats\nat $14.95\nCoats of tho better sort. We have about twenty-fivo in this lot, a\nvariety of styles, plain, half-belted and full-belted. All have convertible\ncollars. Materials are Plain Ztbllenes, Velours and Velvet Cords. All\nwanted colors in the lot. Including Black. Values to (25.00.\nSALE PRICE *..\n$14.95\nLargg Cotton Sheets, $1.25 Each\nA value In Sheets which wo will not be able to duplicate. Good full\nsize, made of Best English Sheeting,\nSALE PRICE, EACH\t\n$1.25\nNice warm Dressing Gowns of Good Quality\nFlannelette. Several styles to choose from.\nRegular price, $3.75.\nSALE PRICE\t\n$2,95\nWomen's Corsets at $1.25\nClearing odd lines, of such makes as \"American\nLady\" and \"D. & A.\" A variety of styles in\nmedium or low bust styles, for medium or slender\nfigures. Regular values to $4.00.\nSALE PRICE \t\n$1.25\nChildren's Sweater Coats, $1.50\nMany of these worth more than double the money, in various styles,\nWhite and Colored and sultablo for children from 2 to 14 years. 0-| Cf|\nSALE PRICK '. $lltfW\nWomen s Cashmere Hose at 50c Pair\nAnother shipment of Penman's Seconds, mado with seamless feet and\nlegs and double heels. AU-Wool Cashmere. Sizes from 8% to 10. CnA\nSALE PRICE, PER PAIR ; WllW\nWomen s Serge Dresses at $9.50\nJust fourteen in the lot. All smart styles, showing the new wide skirts.\nBlouses havo low collars and long sleeves. Material is fine French Serge,\nin Navy, Copenhagen or Black. Sizes 111 to 36 only. Values to i~ ~ ~~\n?17.50. SALE PRICE\t\n$9-50\nJaraiaBj-^aranceJafe,\nWomen's Suits at $19.95\nsuits for 35 women at this price. All new\nstyles, including the season's best sellers, made of\nGood Quality Serge in Plain or Rough Finish.\nColors Navy, Green, Brown and Black. Sizes 16\nto 42. Regular values to $35.00.\nSALE PRICE\t\nFlannelette Gowns Will\nat $1.25\nExtra Quality Pure White Flannelette,\nwidth and full sizes. Made in a. variety\nof styles. SALE PRICE \t\n$19.95\nClear\nGood\n$1.25\nCushion Tops, 50c Each\nStamped or Embroidered Cushion Tops of Good\nHeavy Linen in Natural Color, pretty designs.\nRegular price, $1.00. Kiln\nSALE PRICE tlUto\n25c Flannelette to Be Cleared\nat 19c\nFive Hundred Yards Heavy White Flannelette\nextra wearing quality; 36 inches wide; full\nbleach. Regular value, 25c per yard,\nSALE PRICE \t\n19c\nJannasj^iance^\nSALE OF^REMNANTS\u2014of Silk, Dress Goods, Cotton Goods and Linens, Ranging in Lengths from One to Eight\nYards, Clearing at Less Than Manufacturers' Prices. Don't Miss This Chance.\nMEAGHER & CO.\nTHE STORE FOR STYLE\nTHE STORE FOR QUALITY\nMANAGER'S HOUSE\nDESTROYED BY FIRE\nDamage at Columbia Valley Orchards,\nEdgewater, Estimated at Six\nThousand Dollars\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nINVERMERE, B. C, Jan. 3.\u2014The\nhouse occupied by Mr. Herbert, manager of the Columbia Valley Orchards,\nEdgewater, was completely destroyed\nby fire this morning. The loss is\nestimated at $6000.\nThe Columbia Valley Orchards company Is a subsidiary company of the\nDominion Trust\nPRIEST HAKES TRIP\nTO AID SANDON HI\nMiss Clark Leaves $159 on Seat of\nTrain and Father Yawner Travels\nto Nelson to Return It\nThrough Rev. Father Yawner of\nGolden Miss Clark of Sandon was en\nabled to obtain without interruption of\nher journey a purse containing f 159\nwhich she left on the seat of a Kaslo\n& -Slocan lino train last week.\nMiss Clark sat in the seat in front\nof that occupied -by Father Yawner\noh the trip from Sandon to Rosebcry,\nthe clergyman being engaged on a visit to the Slocan and Arrow lakes district for which ho Is the Catholic\npriest. Miss Clark, left the train at\nthat point and the purse was found\nby Conductor Robert Mooney after the\ntrain had loft to continue the Journey\nto Nakusp.\nFather Yawner was bound for the\nArrow lakes, but realising that Miss\nClark might be bound east and that she\nwould probably be Without money,\nwhile the conductor had no means of\nIdentifying the owner of the purse who\nhad occupied tho seat where it was\nfound, he offered to make tbe trip to\nNelson, find Miss Clark and give her\ntho money.\nHe camef to the city aud found Miss\nClark at the Hume, identified her as\nthe occupant of the seat where the\npurse had been found and handed it\nover to her.\n\u2022 Father Tawner returned to the Arrow lakes the next, day to resume his\nparochial visits.\nVICTORIA MERCHANT DEAD\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nVICTORIA, B. C,r Jan. 3.\u2014Thomas\npinch, a retired merchant wV has\nlived eight years In Victoria, Is dead.\nFor 35 years he was tfte leading hardware dealer of Paisley, Ont.\nCA8GRAIN ONE OF CANADA'S\nBEST SONS\u2014CONNAUGHT\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3.\u2014In a message of\ncondolence cabled by their royal highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Con-\nnaught to Madame T. Chase Casgraln\nin her bereavement, the late postmaster general Is characterized as one of\nthe best sons of Canada. The message\nreads:\n\"Accept our deepest sympathy in\nyour sad loss. -Cannda has lost one of\nher best sons by the death of your\nhusband.\n(Signed) CONNAUGHT.\"\nNO MORE SEATS IN\nSENATE TO BE OPENED\nOTTAWA, Jan. 3.\u2014It is soml-officl\nally intimated that when the 14 vacancies in the senate of Canada are filled\nno member of parliament wilt be in\neluded in the honor list. A number of\nmembers of the commons have ambi\ntlons to go to the upper house, but it\nJs likely that they will be disappointed.\nWith 20 vacancies In the commons for\nwhich no byclections are being held\nand several members overseas, it is\nconsidered inadvisable to needlessly\nopen any more scats.\nBRUCE AP0L0GIZE8\nTO COLONEL ARMOUR\nTells Officer That He Was Misled Regarding Alleged Performance of\nOperation.\n(Canadian Associated Press.)\nCol. Bruce of Toronto, ex-lnspeetor\ngeneral of the Canadian army medical\nservice, sinco tho Issue of the report of\nthe Baptlo board ot Inquiry into the\nservice, has, it Is understood sent to\nCol. Armour, a letter of explanation\nwhich'is apparently intended as an\napology to the colonel for criticisms\nmade by the inspector general In regard 1o Col, Armour's work, Col,\nBruce reported that an operation had\nboen wrongly performed by Col. Armour, whereas it hns 'been established\nthat the operation Indicated was never\nperformed. The Baptie board of inquiry Investigated the matter fully\nand found Unit. Dr. Bruce's allegations\nwere entirely wrong.\nCol. Bruce's letter states that he had\nbeen misled by a subordinate officer,\nwho did not follow orders.\nCol, Armour speaking to the Canadian Associated Press correspondent\ntonight said that as a Cunadlan practising in London und In elose touch\nwith the medical services Blnco the\nbeginning of tho war, he was prepared\nto say that the Baptie report was Just\nwhat one with such experience as his\nown would expect. \"Surgeon General\nJones'. work,'1 col. Armour sn Id, 'has\nbeen past all praise, considering, the\ncircumstances and as for Dr, Bruce,\nwithout nny military experience or\nknowledge of military organisation or\nmltitary surgery, such a partisan re\"\nport as ho hud made was disgraceful,\" \u25a0\nm\n\u2022\u00abilHP^YOUR flannels\nTO|$- 1 not only should\nbe washed and rinsed\nby hand in lukewarm\nwater of even temperature but they should be\nwashed with Ivory Soap.\nThen they will remain as\nsoft and unshrunken as when\nnew because the mild, pure\nIvory cannot harm the woolen fibers in the slightest degree.\nThis is an excellent way to wash flannel underwear:\nMake a warm suds with Ivory Soap Paste. (See directions inside wrapper.) If the\ngarment is soiled, add a half-tablespoonful of ammonia for each gallon of water. Soak\nten minutes. Wash with the hands. Do not rub soap on the garment. Do not\nrub garment on the board. Turn inside out and put through a second suds like the\nfirst. Rinse through several waters of same temperature as the suds. Soften hard\nrinsing water with a little Ivory Soap Paste.\nSqueeze out, shake and hang in warm room\u2014\nnot where garment will steam. When nearly\ndry press on wrong side with warm iron.'\nStretch ribbed underwear into shape as it dries.\nIVORY SOAP\n99U* PURE\nProcter St Gamble Factories in Hamilton, Canada\niWwo\u00bb*\nm\n Slili'l 1 i!.i)HI I .Up J n.n\nrfmimtt;\nTRADING IN UNITED\nEMNTED\nEuropean Buying of Food, Munitions\nVjsnd General Lines Attain Exceptional Heights.\nNEW YORK\u2014Nineteen hundred and\nsixteen was a wonderful year, but that\ncharacterisation does only partial jus-\ntiep. to- this latest and greatest IS\ninuplhs in the country's history. It\nwas said of 1915 that adjectives were\nlacking, fitly to portray-that year'-s\nprogress. So it may he said of-l9lfi,\nin turn, that comparatives fall to describe the repeated examples of high\nrecords set up In nenrly all lines of\ntrade and industry, only to-be displaced\nin.turn and relegated to the renr by\nnew and hitherto unheard-of totals of\nindustrial production and trade volume, of bank clearings and building\n\u25a0expenditure, of transportation earnings\non land and on water, of export and\nimport, trade in merchandise, in gold\nand In; silver, of mineral output and\nsl|ip construction, of prices bf all commodities, and'of high levels of wages\npaid by enterprise)* of al) kinds. It\nwould be far easier, in fact, to single\nou(. the lines that did not break records than to attempt to enumerate the\nmultitude of directions In which trade\nexpanded, Industry set up new milestones of progress, and finance sought\nwider fields of exploitation.\nIn 1015 the bogy of troublesome\nliquidation of our own stocks and\nbonds held abroad was finally laid, and\nwe .began to offer a market here for\nforeign securities; -but in 1916 we definitely secured title to our position as a\ncreditor nation, loaned freely to the\nentire world and, despite hitherto un-\nequaled purchases by us of belligerent\nsecurities, became possessed of gold\nimports in n volume such as was never\nbefore Been.\nto the spur of foreign war demand,\nrepresented by unheard-Af. .qpnptltles\no\u00a3,;iood, munitions and general merchandise sold abroad, was added a new\nand, record-breaking 'volume of imports, largely' of #aw materials to feed\nour Industrial machinery, while nt the\nsame time -purely domestic trnde grew\nbeyond the nfost-sanguine dreams of\nour,merchants nnd manufacturers.\nA quieting down,In midyear, with attendant froe predictions of the termination of wnr demand, merely acted,\nas ,a breathing-spell before new and\nstill larger demands were again met In\nthe autumn uitd early winter. \"Not\nenough cat's, labor or Roods\" was n\ncommon description of trade and Industry throughout ninny months. Even\ntoward the close of the year, when\nnearly all lines-Were booked for nine\nmonths ahead, and some Iron and steel\nlines were sold well into 1918, when\nprices of commodities, after rising to\nnew heights, had broken badly, due\nlargely to peace talk 'being Injected\nIntp the situation, there were but few\nsigns of a let-up In active buying, or\nInfljcntlons thnt--the conservatism so\nloinj prenched wns really acting, ns ft\nbroke upon extraordinary purchasing,\nHow much of this late quieting down\nwas due to tho usual year-end seasonal dullness it would bd hard to say.\nSome of'it, as, for Distance; the quiet\nand easing in some cotton goods, was\nundoubtedly due to a 4-cent break in\nraw cotton,\nAll this activity had occurred, too,,\ndespite the fact that It was a presidential year, one.also of disturbed foreign relations nnd a period of disappointing crop outturn, which was,made\nmore-manifest by largo foreign buying\nof' obtainable supplies, and evidences\nof speculation having tnken advantage\nof natural conditions to pdsh prides-of.\"\nfood to record heights. This latter resulted in a popular outburst against\nhigh living costs and the usual frenzied efforts of public men, legislators\nand others to find evidences .of monopolistic combinations affecting the\nprices of the \"people's food.\" \u25a0\nSome Financial Features;\nExports of merchandise totaled\n$ a, 4 60,000,000 In value, excelling those\nfor the previous calendar year by 55\nper cent, find those for the year 1914\nby 157 per cent. Imports aggregated\n$2,360,000,000, exceeding 1915 and 1911\nby 32 per cent. Gold imports totaled\n$930,000,009 surpassing exports by\n$500,-000,000. Our gross Ipiports of gold\nduring the war have aggregated\n$1,100,000,000, and the net imports\n$838,000,000, while our sales of merchandise for the like period were yon:\nsiderably over double our purchase's.\nHence the estimates that we bought\nback $2,000,000,000 of American securities, and, in addition, became creditors\nfor an additional $2,000,000,000 of foreign bonds or nates.\nAs our export trade has ktov.ii since\nthe War began, its character Ims grud-,\nunlly\" changed, and the early large\nshipments of foodstuffs have become\ndwarfed, partly because of crop shortages, ' b'y later enormous exports ' of\nmanufactured goods\u2014not all of these,\nby the way, munitions\u2014though it must\nbe. said that our shipments to entente\ncountries have far exceeded those to\nthe rest of the world. Our gains In\ntrade with the part of the world at\npeace have hardly expanded as much\nas might have been hoped, though it\nis hard to see how our factory production, strained ns It was to the breaking point, could have been further Jn-.\ncreased. Credits based on the new\nand vast supplies of securities and gold\nhave expanded, and the country's\nbanking position has become one of\nunparalleled deposits and resources.\nBank clearances for 1916 testified to\nthe enormous volume of the banking\nmovement in a total of $260,000,000,000,\na sum never before equaled, and a gain\nof 40 per cent over the 1915 high record\nand of tjfl'per cent over 1914. If the\nnormal excess of bank transactions\nover clearings at leading cities, ,2'^ to.\n1, be regarded as a guide, the country's\ntotal banking business in 1916 was\neasily $(!.*>0.000.no0,00ll. Stock speculation was more active than for a decade, total sales at the New York exchange nKgreKiitinir 232,000,000 shares,\na sain nf 30 per cent on. 19)5, .five\ntimes what It wns In the \"closed\" year\n1914. and only 18 per cent less than\nto-athe record', high year, 190G. Bond\nsafes afcifregated *l.lfi0.000.000.' a total\nshowing a gain of 23 per cent over\nm*\nT^I?.^Ay^^AK.UARY [ikJ$L>\n1915, and second only to 1809, compap?\ned with which year transactions fell\noff 12 per cent. Government bond sales,;\nreflecting large foreign.flotations, were\n18' times as active as in 1915. Sloney\nwas easy until toward the close of the\nyear, and collections were good, with\nmany old accounts liquidated, especially in the south. Failures for tho\nyear, reflecting the final closing out of\nold,.crippled concerns and of new ventures insufficiently provided with experience, capital or other requisites,\nwere large in number, second only in\nfact to 1915, from which they decreased 13 per cent; but the rarity of important suspension is shown in the\n\"olume of nubilities being the smallest\nwith one exception since 1909, 38 per\ncent below 1915, and less than half\nthose of 19-14.\n' Price' Movements.\nAs pointed out elsewhere, the crop\noutturn was not. in keeping with other\ndevelopments, and to this cause as\nmuch as to active foreign demands\nwere'due the newaud dizzy- heights\nreached ,by many eoinnioditles included InBradstreet's Index number, which\nlatter rose steadily early in the 'year,\nfaltered In the late spring and summer, nnd then took a. new flight to\nstill higher ground as crop' Shortages\nbecame, certainties, active industry\nswelled.pay rolls and a snowstorm of\nwage advances in the .latter m-onths\" by\na process of an ehdlcss * chain- character still further advanced all price\nquotations. This process, resulting in\nlit reduction of the dollar's (buying\nability of 23 per cent as compared with\nthe year's opening, was ultimately .responsible, .for a sort of popular.revolt\nagainst high food prices, petitions for\nembargoes against food shipments, and\nwidespread national, state and municipal John Doe hunts for the .causes of\nadvancing prices. That some of the\nprice advances were bred of speculation, made possible by cheap and\nabundant money, seems certain; that\nsome wore what may be called psychological or auto-suggestive may be conceded, but thut short yields and!unexampled demand were the inaln causes\nhardly requires4 proof. The fact that\nBradstreet's Index number for the en*\ntire year of 1316 wns 20 per cent above\n1915. 33 per cent above 1914, 32 per\ncent above 1910t\u2014the last year bf food\nprice revolts -and meat boycotts\u2014and\njust double that of the low-water year\n1896, Is a visible statistical exemplification of what have been called the\n\"penalties of prosperity.\"\nLooking Forward.\nTbe war abroad still sets the measure of prosperity at home, and the irregularity of our stock, wheat and cotton markets In the last few weeks,\nshows how sensitive we are to any\nprospect of a basic change in the present struggle. Too many fine predictions\nof \"so-called- authorities have gone by\nthe board In the past two and a half\nyears to encourage any hard and fast\nforecasts, but a few general remarks\nmay, however, be. hazarded; 1'resell I\nhigh prices of all products, the scarcity of ships, the severity of the submarine campaign, the decision of tho\nwestern allied governments not to\nplace large quantities of short-time\nnotes here, the ability of the.allies to\nproduce.(njueb, M-ffl* !*oaf*e.\u00a5iiU::aJ,;hbmL\\'E-|ne,dv' H\nwould seem to hut irate that our cx-f^enl'y^'n\nports havo about reached their zenith.\nThen, ton, the wnr, while prof it aide, to\nmany, has brought home to this country, as n whole, through tbe medium\n\u2022V\nx(f famine*prices,!'tfie'-fact that we are\nOurselves paying no inconsiderable part\no> *h$^financial,cost of the struggle.\nMoW tytphf-fdrther domestic consump-\ntjdn can ge before past, present and\nprospective high prices will automatically check, cbnsunipjtlve buying if it\ndoes indeed do this, is a debatable\nquestion. The crop failures of the past\nyear would'in normal times have given'\ntrade a..heavy set back. It was easy\n\u00bb: preanh'but hard to practise conservatism,in'.the prist year of high costs\n\u00a3fi foods;-materials'and operation, as-\n#fell,iaa;rof,^deficient stocks alike of\nManufactured goods and of raw mate-\n]>I^lSii'i.'-ie.peaee,< should arrive within a\nfceaNOiuibfo fiimfe,; it will find a good1\npart op thetcoming.yenrs's business as\nsecure1 lis aii-y*business can be that was\nplaced nt-presant.price levels, and with\nstocks of goods cbncededly small in all\nppsitlobs. It'ifftfems' certain, however,\nthat peace \u2022wUlVJani'e much more gradually- than'1 did- hostilities two and a\nhalf'years ago, .'and .in this case de-'\nqrafiafl -from Europe for materials for\n^'building and repair will help to take\ntip; the.slack of reduced orders in other\nUnes; ,. -,.*'.\nj&gLiiotlter mid much' more doubtful\nfeature is the -question of the extent to\nrfhich'-'European countries which have\nl^-actlsed stat-e. socialistic or collectiv-\ntstic'methods h'l'the control not onlyo-*\nindustry;\u00abnil1 trade, but even of public\nappetites and: food-supplies, as ml)U\ncfijy 'menS\\tr*Vmny seek to apply these\nI .li^ethods* tp^ttte struggle with us for\nam or new markets. To paraphrase\nt^'pdot.i II has seemed of late that\nabjroad, (hit least, 'where national control and participation in trade and industry are accepted as an everyday\nmatter; *\u00ab\u25a0 though the individual has\nwithered -'arid -the state is more and\ntitoi-e. To What extent American business' men.' shackled by evidently outworn laws, based- on theories qf HOVGt\nStnieted cbm-pfctitlon, are prepared to\nmeet t-hIs possible Kuropean combination of state \u2022und private competition,\nlit-as seems'pi'Obbble. .it eventuates,' is\nperhaps-the most crucial question in\nthe'tfnfireSsitbittlon. New and strange\neconomic -forces are evidently to be\nipQl with'nfter the wnr; but it af least\nmdy-be'-snld that American business\nmen's eyes are open to the difficulties\nconfronting them, and the country\nfaces the problems \"nf 1917 with costs\nof operation at a high level, it is true,\nbut With a Wealth of capita] never before-possessed, with a population not\ndecimated' or crippled by death or\nwounds; with n new and rapidly .growing merchant marine, with u solidly\nestablished shipbuilding industry, and\nWith clearer ideas of what constitutes\nflnanciin; commercial abd military preparedness than it ever had before. It\nis\\ very* evidently no time for playing\nparish politics, so far as governmental\nInterference'witir or hamstringing of\nbusiness, industry and transportation\nis concerned. . Certainly if we fail In\ntpis future,' apparently irrepressible,\nconflict, fi will not be for lack of adequate warning-.\u2014-Bradstrcot's Review.\ni THREE STEAMERS SUNK\nj LONDON; 'Jan. 3.\u2014Lloyd's announces- t|inl' the 'Norwegian steamer\n;1?rltiiinic. 228ft tons, hns been- tqrps.-,\n.tad;.\u25a0 Hert--crew was' landed, \/j-jje\n\u25a0g^M-hy'Vlso \"reports t'lint the' British\nsteamer'Tiny Craig, 2404 tons, and the\nNorwegian sttjamer Elllk, 587 tons,\nhi\\ve been sunk. The crew of the Elllk\nwas'saved.''\u25a0'''*.\nTHREE BRITON COLUMBIA\nNAMES ON CASUALTY LIST\nThree British Columbia men appear\nin the casualty.list issued from Ottawa\nlast night. Torn Cyotoku, who woe1\npreviously reported dangerously\nwounded, is stated to have died of his\n\u25a0wounds. W. J. Carter, Victoria, is re\nported missing, and T. H. Laity, Port\nHammond, is listed as dangerously ill.\nThe list \"follows :\nINFANTRY\nDied of Wounds\nStuart McDonald,, Woodstock, Ont.\n\u25a0 M. J. Brqmetj England.\n: Samuel Ramsden \"Kerrlsdale, Vancouver,\n Died ., .\nJoseph Marotte, Montreal,\nW. P. M ulroney^Gplden, B. C. ,\nPreviously Reported Missing, Now\nBelieved Killed\nS. ,L Young, Region. ..\nDangerously III\n13. V. Edmunds, Belleville, Ont.\nH. G. Martin, Scotland.\nSeriously III\nCorp. .Richard Ruscoe, Princeton,\nOnt.\nFred Fair, Tuber, Alta,\nAccidentally Wounded\n- Lieut. .!. G. Johnson, Calgary.\nWounded\nLleUt, John McHardy, Ireland.\nMajor B. H. Arjngh, Toronto.\nA. C. Rlgby, Toronto.\n.1. A. Hunter, Meteor, Sask.\nWilliam Spiers, Winnipeg.\nA. J. Subert, Whltewood, Sask.\nMOUNTED RIFLES\nPreviously Reported . Missing, Now\nKilled in Aotion\nC. B. Hamilton, England.\nCorp. E. A. Davis, Winnipeg.\nC. S. Rowles, Castle Coombe, Sask.\nRaymond Burgoyne, Halifax, N. S.\nSERVICES\n SerjouBly III\nMike Dawson, St. John, N. B.\nINFANTRY\n. Killed in Aotion\nDuncan Gillespie, Slate River Valley,\nOnt.\nGeorge.Thorn, England.,\nJoseph Madden, Scranton, Pa.\n.1. P. Paul, Red -Bank, N. B.\nDied of Wounds\nJack Peck, Sherbrooke, Que.\nJoseph Yanches, Scranton, Que.\nPreviously Reported Dangerously\nWounded, Now Died of Wounds\nTom Gyotoku, Vancouver.\nDied\nAlfred Cady, Chatham, N. B.\nJames McNnh, Scotland.\nThomas Betraun, England.\nMissing, Believed Killed\n- Fred Sargent, Birchcllffe, Ont.\nWounded and Missing\nSergt, Bethune, Scotland.\n\u2014 Gottfon, Toronto.\nMissing\nJ, Barrat, France.\nGeorge Pert, Scotland.\nB. Chaplin, England.\nR. Parovltch, Montenegro.\nW. J. Carter, Victoria.\nJ. A. Mackenzie, Winnipeg.\nReld Conrad. Manilla, P. I.\nPreviously Reported Missing, Now\nOfficially Prisoner of War\n. Corp. Dan Campbell, Scotland.\nDangerously III\n\u2022 'F. P. Shepherd, Toronto.\njrfP:-H. Luity, Port Hammond, b: C '\nSeriously III.\nJ. L. Lcask, Soniu, Ont,\ni Odllllon GInest,'Montreal,\nWounded.\nC. W. Kensclla, Scotland.\n=?\u00ab\nA. J. Barrett, Toronto.\nE. Q. Printy, Alsask, Sask.\nAndrew Mcintosh, Scotland.\nCorp. A. Cable, England.\nArthur Smith, Grand River,. N. S.\nWilmot York, Burks Falls, Ont.\nFred Johnston, Milltown, Maine..\nLieut. Q. M. Nlckle, Weyburn, Sask.\nS. A. Smith. Windsor, Ont.\nJ. J. Harron, Algdma, Ont,\nVictor Fradley, England.\n, E, C. Walker, England.\nC. W. Hindle, Toronto,\nDonald Ferguson, Britjsh Wedt' Indies,\nR. Henry, OiillJa, Ont.\n, Corp. H. L. Stewart, Millbrook; Opt.\n3. P. Kirk, Toronto. ,\nA. N. Cox, England,\nEdward Naph,.N.ew, Eugl&pd.\nA. E. Stubbs, England.\nJojin Munro, Scotland.\nARTILLERY.\nKilled in Action.\nLieut. C. .T, Bqwping, England.\nWounded.\n, E. T. Hayhes;. England.\nSERVICES.\nDangerously III.\nCapt. C. A. Mobrhead,'England.'\n! ,E.\u201eW. Laird,. Hamilton, Ont.\nSeriously III.\nFrank Fordhnm, England,\n. G, l; Green, Winnipeg.\nCorp. C. C. Henderson, Orangeviile,\nOnt. \u2022 '\nJames Hopkins, England.\nSIGNING LEFT TO CONSCIENCE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nEDMONTON, Jan. 3.\u2014The Edmonton trades and labor council, after a\nwarm discussion tonight, decided to\nleave the question of filling out the\nreplies to the national servlde league\ncards to the individual conscience so\nfar as organized labor in Edmonton is\nconcerned.\nMAJOR ANDERSON IS\nHONORED WITH D. S. O.\n(By Dally Nows Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, .Ian. 3.\u2014Major W. B.\nAnderson, who for some time was\ngeneral staff officer with headquarters\nIn Montreal, has been awarded the\nD, S, O. Major Anderson Is a son of\nLleut.-Col. Anderson, chief engineer of\ntbe. department of marine and\nfisheries.\nPEACE BY COMPROMISE.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nBERLIN Jan. 3.\u2014The Vorwaerts returning to the discussion Of thp situation created by the rejection of the\npence offer, argues that so long as\nneither side is able to gain a decisive\nvictory, the only way out is through\npeace by compromise.and understanding, and It remains the task of the\nneutrals to find a suitable moment for\nthis.\nDRY FARMING CONGRESS\nTO BE HELD AT PEORIA\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nMNID, Okla., Jan. 3.\u2014The International Farm congress, known also as\nthe Dry Farming congress, will hold\nits next annual session and. exposition\nat Pcorlu, 111. A dutc lias not been decided upon, but tbe meeting will be\nheld between Sept. 15 nnd Oct. 15,\n1017. U was announced today by W. .7.\nDnimmnnds, chairman of the board of\ngovernors.\nnnd more, people with chest and'\nthroat troubles have tried to cure\nthem by pouring cough syrups,\nlung tonics and the like into their .\nstomachs. All a mistake! The\nPeps way Is different. . %.\"\nPeps are tablets mr.de upbf Pine\nextracts and medicinal essences;\nwhich when put into tlie mouth\nturn into healing vapors-; \"These '\nure breathed down'direct to the '\nlungs, throat and' bronchial tubes\n- not swallowed down to the\nstnmach, wliicli is not ailing. Try\na fiOc. box of Peps lor your cold,\nyour cough, hronciiiHs or asthma.\nAll druggists and stores -or Peps\nCo., Toronto, will supply . ,\nWEEKLY REPORT OF THE . '\nVICTORIA OBSERVATORY\nThe weather report of the Victoria\nobservatory ffdr Dec 20 to 26 Is as*1*\nfollows;\nVictoria\u2014Total amoUnt of 'bright\nsunshine, 7 hours and C mtnutes;'raini'-\n.71 Inch; snow, 10 Inches; highest temperature, 44, on Dec. 23; lowest, 29,-oh'\nDec. 20,\nVancouver\u2014Total amount of. bright,-:\nsunshine, 6 hours 6 minutes; rain, ..24\nineii; snow, 3.75 inches; highest temperature, 38, on Dec. 21; lowest; *28;\non Dec. 25 and 26.\nKamloops\u2014Snow, 5.30 inches r'highest temperature, 24, on Dec. 20 and' 21;\";\nlowest, 10 below zero, on Dec. 26.'^,^\nNanaimo\u2014Rain, .45 Inch; Bnow.lu\ninches; highest temperature, 42,,'on\nDec. 20; lowest, .22, on Dec. 25. ,VV.-.^\nNew Westminster \u2014 Snow, . ..6.50. t\nInches; highest temperature, 86,\" on.\nDec. 20; lowest, 16, on Dec. 26.\"\nPenticton\u2014Snow, 3.70 inches^ highest temperature, 31, on Dec. 20; lowest, 12, on Dec. 26.\nNelson\u2014No snow; highest tempera- .\nturc, 29, on 24; lowest, 3 on Dec, 26. \/\nGrand Forks\u2014Snow, 9.40 ' inches-\nhighest temperature, 47, on Dec. 20:\nlowest, 8 below zero, on Dec. 26. ;1 ; '\nCranbrook\u2014Highest tomporature\", 18,,J\non Dec. 20; lowest, 29 below zero, on\nDec. 26. V,\nBarkervillo\u2014Snow, .40 inches; hl^li^;\nest temperature, 14, on Doc. 20 and 21;'\nlowest, 22 below zero, on Dec. 26.\nPrince George\u2014No snow; , highest-\ntemperature, 24, on Dec. 20; lowest,\n38 below zero, on Dec. 26.\nPrince Rupert\u2014Snow, .80 inch;\nhighest temperature, 34, on Dec. 20;\nlowest, 12, on Dec. 26.\nAtlin\u2014Snow, .20 inch; highest temperature, 14, on Dec. 20; lowest, 24'\nbelow zero, on Dec. 26.\nDawson\u2014No snow; highest . temperature, 2, op pec. *21j; Jowept, ^bp-\nlow zero, on Dec, 25. ' . '. ... *\nISugcnc N. Poss, one-time governor\nof Massachusetts, \"hit tho trail\" at\n\"Billy\" Sunday's revival services in\nBoston. \u2022 ''\u25a0\nI\niiiimmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiHniiiiiiiiffl-M\nA rich, hot cup of INSTANT POSTUM with sugar\nand cream is a most delicious beverage.\nTry it!\u2014particularly if you are one of those\nwith whom tea or coffee disagrees.\nS \"T\nA dozen years ago POSTUM drinkers were\ncomparatively few. Today, this table drink is\nserved on railway trains, on ocean steamers,\nat leading hotels and restaurants, and millions\nuse POSTUM instead of tea or coffee at home.\nPOSTUM has become popular because it is\npopular to be healthy.\ni\nlllllllllllllll\ni|\n ^^mm^m\n\u25a0mp^\nw\n. .THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1917.\nTHE DAILY NEWS\n-At once, companion help\nfond of'children. ..State wages; good\nhome. Mrs. Noakes, Balfour, B.C.\n\u2022 \" \u2022*\u2022 '.\u25a0'.: !\u2022\u2022;*: (4601)\nWANTED-fltrl about, 16 for afternoons, to1 mind children nnd light\nhousework. Phone 384-L. (4628)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\n'mints in Condensed' Columns, kindly\nmention you jaw it In Tho News\u2014it\nwill help you. \"\nARTICCtft FOR SALE.\nFOR SALE\u2014Mentgei newspaper folder; folds 4, \u00ab, 8, 10 or 12 pages; In\nI Brat class condition. Snap for cash.\ni She Dally News, Nelson. < (678)\nFOB SALE AT A SACRIFICE\u2014The\nlibrary of the late Sheriff Tuck,\nwhich Is one of the most select in the\nprovince, containing more than fifteen\nhundred volumes of the world's bost\nliterature. An unusual opportunity for\nft city, community or Individual. Apply\nto box 4117, Dally News. (4117)\nFOR SALE\u2014Short wood and cord-\nwoOd* j Apply. J.. Reld, Falrview.\nphone 475-L. (4583)\nFOR SALEr-Fresh killed pork and\nbeef and new laid eggs. Apply .Crescent valley Store, Crescent Valley,\nB.C. | . ' (4616)\nWOH SALE\u2014Edison Dictograph, complete; electric power. Apply to Daily\nNews business office. , (654)\nFOR, SALE\u2014Shaving machine for Edison records. Box 6J6, Dally News.\nFOR SALE\u2014First class microscope;\nalmost new; one of the best makes.\n190. Box 511, Dally News. (611)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nments in Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw it in The News\u2014It\nwill help yew-\n^TOR^RENT^OR^SALE^\nFOR RENT\u2014Small now furnished\nhouse.' Apply 524 Latimer St. (4617)\n^LIVESTOCK^\nBELGIAN HARES; breeding stock a\nspecialty. Rose, Balfour, (4563)\n\u201e I i \u25a0\u25a0 ' : 1 1 ! :\t\nFOR SALE\u2014Good cow, Just freshoncd.\nApply T; McColm, Columbia Gardens,'B.C. (4622)\niWANTED\u2014To rent good heavy team\nfbr 2-months for hauling wood 2V4\nmiles. Will take good care of team.\nState terms. Box 385. (4607)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\n-ments In Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you Baw It In Tho News\u2014It\nwill help you.\nFURNISHED ROOM8 TO RENT.\nFOR RENT\u2014Suites of furnished house\nkeeping rooms in Annable block.\nEnquire room 82. (4438)\nFOR. RENT\u2014Furnished housekeeping\nrooms,' 18 per month. Over Poole\nDrug. . . (4611)\nFOR RENT\u2014Large kitchen and bedroom, furnished. Apply 310 Victoria\nstreet. . (4605)\nFOR RENT\u2014To lady, warm furnished\nroom. Apply Mrs. Dahcy, 411 Cedar\nstreet, (4577)\nK.W.C. BLOCK\u2014Housekeeping suites\nand rooms for rent - Terms moderate. A. Macdonald & Co. '.. (4434)\nFURNISHED SUITES for; rent. Apply\nKerr apartments. (4435)\nWHEN REPLYING TO AfiVB|ilTI8E-\nments In Condensed Columns,' kindly\nmention you saw it In The News\u2014It\n.will help you.\nJBROCERIE8.\nA. MACDONALb\"^~cb., WHOLH-\naale Grocers and Provision Merchants. Importer, of Teas, Coffees,\nSpices, Dried Fruits, Staple and\nFan-jy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars,\nButter, Eggs, Cheese and Packing\nHouse Products. Office and warehouse, corner of Front and Hall Sts.\nP.O. Box 1095; telephone 28 nd 88.\nAUCTIONEERS.\nC. A. WATERMAN ft CO, Opera Wk.\nWM. CUTLER, AUCTIONEER, BOX\n474; phone 18.\nASSAY tRS.\n\u00a3 W WW3OWSOjTboTA^U0MJSu\nson, B.C. Standard western charges.\nSECOND HAND DEALERS.\nTHE ARK pays cash for second hand\nfurniture, stoves; 606 Vernon. . '\nLODGE NOTICES,\nKNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS\u2014MEETS\nTuesday nights In K. of P. hall,\nEagle block.\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS.\nGREEN BROS, BURDEN A CO.\nCivil Engineers, Dominion and B. G.\nLand Surveyors.\nSurveys of Lands, Mines, Townsltes,\nTimber Limits, etc.\nNelson, 616 Ward street, A. H. Green,\nMgr.; Victoria, 114 Pemberton Bldg,\nF. C. Green; Fort George, Hammond\nstreet, F. P. Burden.\nMISCELLANEOUS.\nWANTED To BUY\u2014Old false teeth,\nsound or broken, on vulcanite; also\ncrown and bridge work, or metal plates\nIn any condition; best possible prices\npaid In Canada. Send any you have\nto J. Dunstone, 1459 Georgia street,\ncity Vancouver, B.C. Cash sent by\nreturn mall. (4419)\nNELSON NEWS OF THE DAY\nSee \"THE PRETENDERS\" at the\nStarland, Saturday, Jan. 6. (4629)\nAberdeen Review No. 12 will hold its\nregular meeting tonight at 8 o'clock.\n' (4026)\nThe Nelson school board will meet\nat tho city hall at 8 o'clock this even-'\nIng. (4631)\nClub hotel for beat draught beer and\nporter, always fresh; big schooner 10c.\nBottled beer and ported, 25c. Rates,\n$1 and $1.25 per day. (4438)\nAll Pythian Sisters arc Invited to\nspend the evening with the p. s. S. C.\nat Mrs. Hardy's, 814 Silica St., on Friday, from 8 to 10. (4627)\nKootenay lodge No. 16 I.O.O.F. will\nhold special meeting Thursday night,\n7:30 o'clock. (4030)\nL. MARSHALL, N.G.\nD. C. McMORRIS, \u00ab.S.\nA. L. MoCULLOCH,\nHydroulio Engineer.\nProvincial Land Surveyor.\nBaker St., Nelson, B C,\nTAYLOR 4 DUBAR.\nFinancial and Insurance Agents, Notaries Public, Conveyancers, Accountants, Auditors, - Assignees, Estates\nmanaged; 602 Baker St. Phone 254.\nMUSIC.\nMISS HE!LEN*MOHR,\nTeacher of Music, Pianoforte and\nTheory.\nPhone 378R Onk St., Falrview.\nPIANO.\nMRS. SHERLOCK, Teacher of Pianoforte; Patenaudo block, phone 478.\n(4024)\nPATENTS.\nBABCOCK & SONS, Registered Attorneys. Estab. 1877. Formerly\npatent office examiner. Master of\nPatent Laws. Book, \"Patent Protection,\" free; 99 St. James St. Montreal. Branches: Ottawa and Washington.\naccountants.\nwTITfaldingT\nPublic Accountant, Bank of Montreal\nChamber,. Rossland, B.C.\nMES8ENGERS.\nNELSON MESSENGER CO.\u2014Baggage\nand express. Prompt and reliable.\nDay and night. Phone 248.\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nments In Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw it in The News\u2014It\nwill help you.\nPOULTRY AND EGGS.\nFOR SALE\u2014Pure bred Single Comb\nWhite Leghorn cockerels. Winnings\n1st to 5th, Nelson Provincial Poultry\nShow. S. Smythe, Nelson. (4596)\nFOR SALE\u2014About 70 bens, one and\ntwo years old. Must be sold at once.\nOwner leaving for the front. W.\nCooper, Nelson, B.C. . (4623)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nments In Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw it In The News\u2014It\nwill help you.\nLOST AND FOUND\nLOST\u2014Would the porson who took a\nguitar in canvas case, also a paper\nparcel from the wharf late Saturday\nnight, Dec. 23 or early Sunday morning, Deo. 24, please return the same\nto tho Dominion Express office and\nsave further trouble. (4621)\nBV PRISONER BOYS\nGifts of Foodstuffs and Socks Sent by\nNelson Women to Germany Are\nAcknowledged\nThe parcels of food sent by the\nNelson members of the Daughters of\nthe Empire to Canadian soldiers In\nGermnn prison camps were safely received. Cards announcing the pleas\nlng fact have just been received by\nMrs, A. L. McCulloch, who Is In charge\nof the work of despatching parcel:\nfrom John Pike, George Fits and John\nPowell. Acknowledgment has also\nbeen made of the receipt of parcels of\nsocks by Sergt. Hurst, David Walker\nand Roy Gardiner. .\nIn an Interesting letter received by\nMrs. McCulloch from Mrs. Rivers\nBulkeley, superintendent of the prisoners of-war department of the Rod\nCross, London, it Is stated:\n\"Dear Madam,\u2014Many thanks for\nyour nico long letter with' $22.50 on\nclosed, for which I have much pleas\nure in enclosing a receipt. Wo are not\nable, as a rule, to accept names from\npeople .except in cases of relatives of\nmen whom they wish to adopt. You\nwill readily understand how much con\nfusion and how much changing of our\nbooks this would Involve, as frequently\nmany people write wishing to adop*.\nthe same men. I am glad, however, In\nthis case to say that only two of the\nmen to whom you wish to send parcels\nare not available. These are Sorgt. A,\nPontentler and Pte. George Fltz. , Wo\npurpose, therefore, sending to the two\nfollowing men, In your name: Pte.\nHarry Humphrey und Pte. F. Wood.\nIt would be very kind, if, when sending further contributions, you mentioned the names of your men, but not,\nof course, the addresses. Wo should\nprobably have later addresses than\nyou,\"\nWord was received from O. Wlld-\nbrook yesterday that the parcels of\nsocks and foodstuffs for him had arrived in good condition. So far, Corp.\nShaw Is the only one of the boys befog\nlooked after by tho Daughters of the\nEmpire here, who has not been heard\nfrom.\nURGE INCREASE IN\nTELEPHONE S\nAM\nMANY DONATIONS\nMADE TO RED CROSS\nThe following donations have been\nreceived: $1, E. Barnard, Baynes Lake;\ntwo pairs of socks, one pair of wristlets, , Nelson Women's Institute; $5,\nWestern Box and Shingle Mill'; DO\ncents, Mrs. W. Shaw, Granite; old\nlinen, Mrs. Birsh; two mufflers, Mrs.\nSmith; $12.75. Bonnlngton Patriotic\nassociation; $30, Frultvale Red Crofcs\nassociation: $1, Mrs. James Mlddleton;\nMiss Oliver's class, two fracture\ncushions, one scrap book, 2fi towels, 12\nproperty bags, 13 fomentation wringers, 2G h-ot water bottle covers, ono\npair bed socks, two pairs of operation\nstockings, one hold-alt, five filled comfort hags, six fitted housewives, 80\nbandages, six ties; 10-cent collections.\nMrs. Cooper, Miss Dorothy Elwood\n(Shirley).\nThe monthly meeting will bo held on\nFriday afternoon In the city hall at 3\no'clock.\nProgress Made During Year by B. C.\n\\ Company\u2014'New Exchange at Nelson Completed Soon. .\ni VANCOUVER, B.C., Jan. 2.\u2014Flgufes\nof the British Columbia Telephone\n-company for 1916 show that progress\nhas takep place in every district of\nthe province in which the company operates, which is from Port Al-berni -oh\nthe west coast of Vancouver Island,\nto Nelson and other points in Kootenay and. Boundary. During the year\nthere has been a net gain of 2534 telephone stations, distributed over the\n42 exchanges of the company. The\nlargest gain was In Vancouver, which\namounted to just over 1200; Victoria,\n266; Nelson, .102; New Westminster,\n100; North Vancouver, 90; Trail 77;\nNanaimo, 30; Port Albernl, 21; Port\nCoqultlam, 16.\nIt might bo claimed that In, the.matter of telephone stations the province\nis back to where it was on Aug. 1,\n1014, when war started. On thnt date\nthe British Columbia Telephone com-*\npany had 42,418 telephone stations.\nGradual decreases followed until Nov.\n1, 1915, when the figure was. 39,538,\nor less than 3000 of a total decrease.\nSince that date, there have been continual net gains, and today the number of stations Is 42,337, or only 71\nbehind the record mark. The total net\ngain for the whole territory In 14\nmonths is over 2500.\nThe company has progressed otherwise, and during the past year new\nwork of considerable magnitude has\nbeen carried out, providing additional\ntelephone facilities, both local and long\ndistance. Even in 1915, when the number of telephone stations was decreasing, the company showed Its faith in\nthe province by proceeding with extensive outside construction, the cost of\nwhich reached Into the hundreds of\nthousands of dollars. During, the .past\nseason this construction hus continued\nand now the telephone facilities ure\nsuch as to meet any improved condition.\nNew Exchange at Nelson.\nAn important advance In Kootenay\nnnd Boundary is the construction of a\nnew exchange building in Nelson. This\nwill he completed shortly. With the\ncutting over of the new telephone\nequipment, Nelson will bo given what\nIs known as the common battery system, which is the same as is In vogue\nIn Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster, where no ringing Is necessary\nto secure the attention of central.\nIn Trail, where activity has been\ncaused by the operations of the smelter of the Consolidated Mining &\nSmelting company, extensions have\nbeen carried out. Local'work,* too,\nhas been done in-Grand Forks. Greenwood and other districts.- '\nPrincipal of the work-in the Kootenay has been the construction of important long distance lines. With the\ncompletion of the 25-mile line hetween\nNew Denver nnd Nelson, via Kaslo,\nthe Slocan district has been given\ntelephone connection will> the outside\nworld. These facilities will greatly\nassist in the development of that mining section of-the province, where ail\nver and lead are the principal minerals. , . . .\nAnother copper circuit was estab-\nllshed hetween Nelson and Trail,\ndistance of 46 miles, which will facilitate business, and Improve telephonic\ncommunication between Kootenay and\n-Boundary points,\nA third long distance construction\nin the interior was the line between\nMidway and Molson, 28 miles. This\nIs part of the proposed line to Pontic:\nton, which will link up the Okanagah\nwith the Kootenay and Boundary, a\nBig Improvement at Capital. J\nOne of the large works completed\nwas the placing underground of the\nwires In the business section of VI6-\ntorla. This work lias been proceeding\nfor two or three years arid now that It\nis finished, a marked Improvement-bus\nbeen made in the down town strcots-of\nthe capital city. In addition work done\nby the company in Victoria provided\nmore outside equipment in pructic\nally every part or the city. Work was\nlisp done In Nanujmo, Courtenay nnd\nother districts of Vancouver, island. .\nIn Greater Vancouver, 36 miles of\npolo line were constructed, Including\nthe stringing of the necessary wire\nand cables. The 25-palr cable acrosB\nthe bridge between the mainland and\nSea Island nt Eburno was replaced\nwith 2000 feet of lOQ-pair cable!, giving\nadditional facilities to Lulu and Sea\nIslands. Service across False creek\nat tho Granville street bridge, which\nwns Interrupted by a dredge cutting\nthe cable, wiis restored by hanging\n3000 feet of 200-pair cable under the\nbridge and laying 000 feot of ,200-pglr\n\u25a0ubmorlne cable across tho draw. ;.\nOn the lower mhintnnd' outside Vancouver, a now. submarine- cable was\nlaid across'the Fraser river bridge.at\nNew Westminster; to replace the cnKlp\noh the bridge. Four new circuits we're\nstrung from Cloverdnleto White nbc%\nEight additional trunk lines wefcc\nestablished botween Vancouver , and\nNew Westminster. Considerable\" \\nqft\nWnrti* wnu (Intin' In ' vin.li. ->ir\u201ei.\u201eL.'.\\iJ\nAre you a lulferer? Know\nthat terrible aching, dragging-\ndown vain, that robs you ot\npleasure, even of rest, and makes\nlife miserable? Don't you believe\nIn the law of average? It a remedy\nhas cured hundreds of people, don't\nyou think it likely It might at least\ncure you?\nJust give Zam-Buk a fair trial!\nMr. J. McEwen, of Dundas, suffered from piles for fifteen years.\nHe says: \"I trkl pretty nearly\neverything, but t'st no permanent\nrelief until I tried Zam-Buk. This\nbalm relieved the pain; continued\nuse completely and permanently\ncured me.\"\nThe rich herbal essences of which\nZam-Buk Is composed, quickly remove congestion, relieve the dull,\ngnawing, burning pain, and cure.\nAll drugglsto and stores, or postpaid from Zam-Buk Co.,, Toronto,\nfor prlee, 60c box, > boxes 11.25.\nwork* waa rtoiu*- In Nbrth Vancouver,\nIn \"Went Vancouver, two. iidditlo'iiiil\nloll lines were Inlil' along tile 'Marine\ndrive.\n* Year's Work In Fi-jur\u00ab4.\nPntthiK It in figures the lirltlsli cbl-\numbln. Telephone company placed during tho year nine and a half million\nfeet, or about 1800 miles of wire conductors, In coble only; nbout 2700 poles,\nor. 67 mllOH, exclusive or long distance\nconstruction, were sot; underground\nconduit laid amounted to 14,000 duct\nfeet; 3000 feet of underground iron\nplpo laterals wore laid under ground;\n225 miles- of Iron wire wore stretched,\nprincipally In tho rural districts.\nMore Specials\nTo Take\"the Place of Those Sold Yesterdag-This Sale Is a\nWonderful Opportunity to Pick Up Mang Wanted\nLines at a Great Saving\nA GREAT DROP IN LADIES' SUITS PRICES AWAY DOWN IN THE MEN'S\nBLACK AND WHITE STRIPE SUIT\u2014Size 36. DEPARTMENT\nExcellent quality material and shapo of coat Is MEN'S KHAKI DUCK AND BLUE DENIM\nplain. Former price, 125.00. *Q Cfl JUMPERS\u2014We hold a.huge stock, too many In\nSalo Snap ywiUw fact, and this necessitates big reductions. QCp\nIf you live outside Nelson and cannot get In to Usual price, $125 each. Salo Price 03b\nsee these snaps, send your order by mall and If \u2022 ___\nunsold we will mall to you free of charge and If\nnot satisfactory will refund your money. - BUYING HERE IS A GOOD INVESTMENT\nSMART LITTLE SUIT OF BLACK AND BETTER THAN LIFE INSURANCE\nWHITE CHECK TWEED\u2014All Pure.Wool. This \t\nis size 34. An excellent suit for'a young girl nnd\nwill give good service. Usual price, \u00bbQ RQ CHILDREN'S NAVY CORD TAMS\u2014Very\n$16.00. Sale Prlco $Oi-JU dressy for the little folks. Usual price, 85c. QC.\nNAVY VELVET SUIT\u2014Trimmed little Block Sa,e Price .., \u00abUC\nFur. Size 40. This is a beautiful quality Don't read these prices In a hurry-you may\nvelvet. Usual price, $22.75. \\19-\"P miss their value. These are In the boys' depart-\nSale Price >pi-Li\u00abIW ment downstairs, but Just as suitable for llttlo\nBROWN MIXTURE TWEED\u2014Size 40. Oood girls,\nplain shape coat, lined brocaded satin. The shape\nis good and plain and quite suitable for immo- ' ' '\u2014' \" \"\ndlate use. Usual price, $27.50. -til QIC ' \t\nSale Price r)i liilS ^zC\n, \\k \\\nCOATS \/ V*-* i\nLADIES' WINTER WEIGHT COATS\u2014Saxo\nBlue with Mixture of Tan; All Wool; suede collar,\nbelt at back. This is size 16 and being a small\nsize has not had tho chance to sell. The material\nalone would cost much more than the price asked.\nTo anyone who can wear a 34-Inch walBt this\nwould make an ideal coat. Usual price, 0 *f I) An\n$29.50. Sale Price $ I -LiUU\nTAN BLANKET CLOTH COAT\u2014Long length;\nsize 36. Warm and comfortable .and at this low\nprice only wants seeing. Usual, price, DQ Q\u00a3 , W __T \/ \/|* \/O ^\n$18.00. Sale Price -fSiilU\nTHURSDAY MORNING SPECIAL\nBLACK SILK WAISTS\u2014Just left overs\nof a kind. Values up to $7.00.\nThis Morning, Each \t\n$2.75\nGIRLS CAN BE CLOTHED AT LESS AT\nTHIS SALE\nFrocks, Dresses and Coats All to Go Before\nInventory.\nGIRLS' NAVY SERGE MIDDIES\u2014Trimmed\nWhite and Red Braid. Usual price, $5.50. O A QE\nSale Price y*fi-LO\nGIRLS' NAVY SERGE MIDDIES\u2014Trimmed\nwith Red; Balkan style. Usual price, OQ *|C\n$4.75. Sale Prlco $3i-LO\nYou cannot possibly make any mistake in\nbuying when, you get these low prices for such\ndependable merchandise.\nWE ARE ALWAY8 GREAT ON SOCKS, BUT\nTHESE VALUES ARE GREATER\nMEN'S NATURAL SOCKS\u2014For tender feet.\nAmerican make. fft-j *jf|'\nSpecial, Three Pairs for yliiv\nMEN'S GLOVES\nMEN'S GREY MOCHA GLOVES\u2014Silk Lined;\nBritish make. All sizes. Usual price,\n$1.76. Sale Price \t\nMEN'S GREY MOCHA\nLined. Usual pi-Ice,. $1.65.\nSalo Price ....-\t\n$1.15\nGLOVES\u2014Wool\n $1.15\nThese are all new goods, only came in from\nEngland this f-a-H, hut as per our usual custom\nthey all come under the hammer. Look at the\nvalues then at the low price.\nTELLS HOW CANUCKS TOOK\nYREGINA-DESIRE TRENCHES\nCANADIAN OFFICERS ARE\nMENTIONED IN DESPATCHES\n(Canadian Associated Press.)\nLONDON, Jan. 3. \u2014 The following\nCanndlans serving with the Imperial\nforces, have heon mentioned In despatches:\nLieut. H. a. Wlsgard, South Wales\n.Borderers, formerly a journalist In\nCanada and who came to England in\nthe first Canadian contingent, who\nwas killed.\nCapt. R. \"W. Fisher, Northumberland\nfualllers, formerly lit the Alberta Dragoons; killed.\nLieut. John Logan, Royal Scots,\nwounded at tho Dardanelles, who came\nto Englnnd from Canada and who has\nserved In lfrnnce nlnco the evacuation\noc Galllpoii peninsula,\nMajor Gilbert Anderson of Nelson\nhas forwarded an account of the tnk\ning of the Desire and Reglna trenches\nby the Canadians Oct. 18, clipped from\nI he report of the correspondent of the\nLondon Dally Chronicle, who was with\nthe Canadian troops at that time. Major Anderson Is at present In an English hospital recovering from wounds\nreceived more than a month ago. Mrs.\nAnderson states that he Is improving\nsatisfactorily. The account follows:\n\"Dec. 2\u2014A white fog, dank and\nmoist, lies over the battlofields. so that\nour soldiers took like ghosts as they\ngo trudging up to the trenches and disappear Into this mistiness.\n\"At night alt tho moisture Is turned\nto hoar-frost and unless mere is a rare\ngleam of sunlight in the day It does\nnot melt quickly. The broken strands\nof hnrbed wire and all the litter of old\nbattles is furred with It, and the breath\nof the marching men Is like smoke In\nthe cold air.\n\"The men in the trenches are having\na hard time. Up in the front lines\nthere is no comfort, no shelter, no rest\nfor them, and they need all their courage and strength to endure their wetness, their coldness, and the foul conditions into which they have been\nplunged by a month of mln.\nWar of the Elements.\nThere is only one cheering thought\nfor them. It Is not so bad now as it\nhns been and the month of November\nhas passed, with its continual down\npour, into the beginning of a dry December.\n\"The rains In October and tho early\ndays of November created\u25a0 aN condition\nof things' in and behind the Hnjiijr quite\nfantastically disagreeable and-tiien who\nwere living and fighting on our front,\nWhere it drops below the higji ridge of\nthe Flcrs line, are remindort\" of this\ntime at Ypres in the first. November\nof dismal memories.\n\"The Canadians wore nmohg them\nup by the Reglna - trench, beyond\nCourcelette, nnd they have been telling me the tale of their experience with\nthat kind of laugh which men give\nwhen they come safely out of hideous\nadventures,\n\"It was a sheer fight Tor life against\nnatural hardships, and the other fighting, against human creatures\u2014men\nwith rifles and machine guns, whom\nthey captured by the thousand (for\nthat was the actunl figure of their\nprisoners)\u2014 seems lo them now of less\nImportance than their struggle with\nthe inhumanity of the weather.\n\"It was not tho Germans they feared\n\u2014those poor bogged wretches in front\nof them\u2014but \"General Winter* with\nhis devilish powers for exhausting the\nbodies nud souls of men.\nVia Dolorosa.\n\"Away behind them ns they crept\nInto the holes of shell craters, which\nformed part of their defensive line,\nstretched eight mites of quagmire,\nthrough which on dry days our armies\nhad fought since the beginning of the\nSomme battles. It was that great battlefield churned up by shell fire and\nmine explosions during four months\nand more of ceaseless bombardment,\nand now all slimy and glutinous in a\nseries of swamps.\n\"What had been an hour's walk on\nsummer days became a weary and dlf-\nflcult to trudge in winter, and the men\nfloundered between the shell holes and\nthe mud hills, like lost souls In Infernal darkness. Men carrying munition\nboxes slipped and fell In the mud.\n\"Men carrying food supplies failed\nto reach tbe front line because they\nhad fallen up to their necks In the ice\ncold water of deep pits, and were crying out for rescue. The question of\ngetting up supplies to the fighting men\nbecame a vital problem.\nThe Red Man's Way.\n\" 'Something had to be done,' said a\nCanadian general, who had not 'been\nso perplexed even in the bad old days\nof the salient.\n\"He found help in a red Indian\nmethod of weight-carrying known to\nsome of the men In one of his battalions\u2014old trappers and scouts familiar\nwith the ways of the redskins.\n\"These men knew a trick of balancing heavy weights so that one man\ncan do the work of three. It Is done\nby means of a leather band\u2014aalled by\nred Indians tho 'coller,' and by white\nmen of the west lump lines'\u2014fastened\nround the forehead and supporting the\nload on a man's back. It is all In i he-\nswing and the balance.\n\"Pack miiles helped them futther\nback, and by this organization anl gallantry supplies were carried to th-J\nfighting line.\n\"It was a spirit of men which refused\nto be beaten\u2014in spito of wet bodies,\ncold meals and lack of drinking water;\nDesire Trench.\n'\u25a0'These Cnnadiuns made the great attack on Oct. 18, which took -Reglna\ntrench and 1000 prisoners and a month\nlater attacked again over a dlstunce of\n1000 yards and gained Desire trench.\n\"It had bpen greatly desired, that\nlast trench, because men of a patrol\nwho had been near it came back with\nglowing stories about the glory of it.\nIt was, it seemed, a real trench, ono\nof the old fashioned sort known to\nmen. before tho great advance, eight\nfeet deep, beautifully boarded and\nreveted, nicely drained, warm and\ncosy.\n\"'Ye gods!' said Canadians sitting\nIn mud holes. 'That's some trench. It\nwould be fine to live in such a place.*\n'By gosh!' sold other Canadians, 'that's\nthe trench we've got to take, and pretty\nquick, too,'\n\"So on Nov. 18 or 19 those wet,\nmuddy, cold men set out for Desire\ntrench and fought like devils to get\nIt, and killed many Germans, and\ngot it.\n\"And then they swore great oaths,\nand laughed, and coughed, and lay\ndown In the mud, because It had all\nbeen a fairy tale, and Instead of the\neight-foot ditch and the nice revetlng\nand draining nnd boarding there were\nonly llnked-up shell holes with dead\nbodies In tho water of them and,\naround, a lake of mud,\n\"The boundaries between our front\nand the onemy's were vague and Ill-\ndefined, so that reliefs coming up bad\na\nto be careful not to walk Into the midst\nof German mud-men, and sometimes\na man did walk within a yard or two of\nGerman bayonets unseen in the rain\nstorm which kept nil heads down,\n\"In such Inhuman conditions the\nwounded are gathered in by stretcher-\nbearers on both sides under the Red\nCross ns a safe conduct.\nOne German stretcher-bearer came\ntoo close and seemed to anxious to get\ndown to examine life on our side of\nthe swamps that he was arrested and\nbrought down behind the line. He was\nexamined at headquarters and it was\ndecided to send him back again to bis\nown men. But when he realized this he\nset up a fearful outcry:\n\"'Nein! Neln! Urn Gottes Wille!\nNicht zuruck. Ich will heir bleiben.' The\nlast thing in the world he wanted was\nto be sent back to his own lines again\nto live there in the mud under ou^\nshell fire in conditions worse than\nours. His dream of paradise was ii\nprisoners' camp.\n\"The Canadians 'carried on' unheal\nen by all the morass of misery about\nthem, and showed a mastery of spirit\noyer evil conditions. The capture of\nDesire trench shows the quality of\ntheso men\u2014hard as steel, quick to\nspring, grim In endurance and in attack.\n\"There are many narratives to write\nof fight\"! g In these days of the gre-at\nrains, of stern struggles against the\ndeathly cold and wetness, nnd of attacks mode by men leaping from mud\nnnd water to kill the enemy in other\nswamps. They should be written not\nonly because they reveal the things\nour men do and suffer, but because\nthey explain the fortune In ill fortune\nof the' Germans who saw their enemy\nchecked at. the very time when his own\nmoral strength was at its lowest ebb.\n\"Many English battalions, and some\nScottish were holding the lines under\nsimilar circumstances as the Canadians. I will write now only of two baU\ntnllons, whose story I happen to know;\nLike the Canadians, these Llncolns\nnnd Borders were, in the unholy mess\nof the battlefields. They had the samp\ndifficulties and out in the same kind\nof lino, wet through, without a chance\nof getting dry, on the edge of the great\nquagmire.\n\"'Something must be done,' said a\nbattalion commander, like the Cami>\nillun general. Something was done\nwhen two deserted gun pits, fairly dry,\nwere discovered behind the lines. Here\nmen might take off their wet boots\nand socks and rub their poor, stiff\nfeet With oil.\n\"Platoon by platoon, each day, the\nmen crawled on their stomachs through\nthe mud (standing, the enemy wduld\nhave seen them), wont Into the dry\nholes and ruhbod vitality into their\nlegs. \u00bb\n\"It was a saving grace and kept\nthem a fighting force, nnd meanwhile\nthe colonel was praying hard that ho\nfrost would come. That was his nightmare\u2014a sharp frost, ns In November\nof the first year of all and lu the second.\n\"They were spared that last touch\nof cruelty, and it was these very mefl,\ntheso men of Lincoln and the Border,\nwho made an attack on the enemy in\na way that surprised their own' divisional general nnd the high command.\n\"PHILIP GIBBS.\" \"\n **m\n' PAGE EIGHT\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nTHURSDAY, JANUARY 4, \\W.\nUNEQUALLED FOR GENERAL U8E\nW. P. TIERNEY, General Sain Agent,\nNelson, B. C.\nCan supplied to all railway points.\nNa-Dru-Co\nCod Liver Oil\nThe Tasteless Extraction With\nExtraot of Malt\nIs the very best tonic to take at\nthis season of the year, especially if one is subject to colds.\nThis remedy containing the active principles of Cod Liver Oil,\nIs palatable and easily digested\nby the weakest stomachs.\n$1.00 BOTTLES\nCanada Drug & Book Co.\nMill Orders Filled Promptly.\nEastman Kodaks and Supplies,\nWillard Chocolates.\nTHE ARK\nFor goods at tbe old price before\nthe war, Men's Shoes, Maoklnawa\nand Underwear, Ladles' and Children's Underwear and Hosiery,\nRugs, stoves, Iron Beds, Springs,\nLace Curtains.\nNew and 8\u00abcond-hand Furniture,\nCheapest In tha City.\nSIGN RED ROCKER, 606 Vernon St\nClearing\nSale\nBEFORE STOCK TAKING\n\u2014on\u2014 \u25a0 \u2022 '\nCHINA AND SILVERWARE\nTWENTY PER CENT\nIt will pay you to take advantage of\nthis liberal discount.\nJ. 0. Patenaude\nManufacturer of Artistic Jewelery,\nExpert Optician and Watchmaker.\nU8E DAILY NEWS WANT ADS\nNational\nService\nDesiring to assist in the\npatriotic work of securing\na census of the manpower\nof Canada, the city council\nhas authorized me to publish a notice to call attention to the fact that this is\n\"National Service\" week.\nDuring this week the men of Canada are asked to fill in cards which\nask for information which will provide\ndata as to the number of men who are\nwilling to undertake essential work\nfor the maintenance of the essential\nindustries of the Dominion.\nIf you have not already filled in a\ncard you may obtain one from the\npostmaster at Nelson.\nPatriotism calls upon us all to assist the government in this work for\nthe Empire. Help to make the voluntary census complete.\nJohn J, Malone\nMayor\nRanchers and Dairymen:\nSTAKT THE NEW YEAR RIGHT AND PLACE YOUR\nORDER WITH US NOW FOR\nHay, Feed and Grain\nWE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OP\n8TRICTLY NO. 1 GREEN ALFALFA\nSOFT AND LEAFY\nORDER NOW. DON'T WAIT. AS THIS KIND OP\nHAY IS HARD TO GET\nMail Orders Will Have Our Prompt Attention\nThe Macleod Flouring Mills, Ltd.\nPHONE 134\nP.O. BOX 71\nMiners' Carbide\nLamps\nWe Are Agents for the Celebrated\nJU8TRITE LAMP\nThe Safest and Beat Miners' Limp\non the Market\nWe Can Also Supply\nIMPERIAL CARBIDE\nIn Smsll Quantities, 100-lb. Drums\nor Ton Lots\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Ltd.\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL\nNELSON, B. C.\nm\nf f.............. lllllltlllll Mill \u00ab\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u2666.\nNelson News of the Dap\nMAYOR MALONE IS\nNOT A CANDIDATE\nDecides to Devote His Whole Attention to Mining and Other Private\nInterests.\nMayor J. .T, Malone will not be a\ncandidate for reelection. He made this\nannouncement last night.\nHe stated that he desired to devote\nhis whole time to his mining nnd\nother Interests.\nMayor Malone was first elected chief\nmagistrate in 1914, after having served\nseveral terms in tho council in prior\nyears. He was returned by acclamation in 1915 and was reelected In 1916.\nHAROLD SELOUS IS\nOUT Fi MAYORALTY\nHas Mad Ten Years of Experience on\nCity Council\u2014Promises Efficency\nand Fair Play to All.\nHarold Solous is a candidate for the\nmayoralty for the year' 1917, Announcement to this effect is formally\nmade in a notice in this morning's Issue of The Dally News in which he\npledges himself if elected to conduct\nthe affairs of the city with \"economy,\nefficiency and fair play to all.\"\n\u25a0Mr. Selous has had 10 years of experience on the council ns mayor or\nalderman.\nHe is an oldtlmer in the city, having\ncome to Nelson In 1889.\nW. H. WARNER FACTS\nCHARGE OF IFF\nGold Watch Belonging to Hotel Guest\nFound in His Room When City\nPolice Make Arrest\nW. H. Warner was arrested by tlie\ncity police yesterday afternoon In a\nlocal hotel for the alleged theft of a\ngold watch from Martin .Tncobson, a\nguest, and will appear in the police\ncourt this morning before Maglstrato\nWilliam Irvine.\nWarner arrived in the city about\nfour months ago from Pentlcton and\nwas employed for several weeks as\nnight clerk in a hotel In the city, since\nwhen, It was said, he has had no employment. It was stated last night\nthat complaints had been made of\nmissing articles In the hotel where he\nstayed latterly and that suspicion\npointed to him. Yesterday Martin\nJacobson missed his watch and tho\npolice were called In. The missing\ntimepiece wns found in his room, together with a safety razor and sevornl\nother articles of smnll value, which,\nit Is believed, lie had taken.\nHe claims to have a wife and family\nin England.\nWARNING!\nThose who did not see\nBESSIE BARRISCALE\nlast night in the Triangle\nplay,\n\"THE PAYMENT\"\nHad better do so tonight, for \u25a0\nthis is your last opportunity\nof seeing a' magnificent actress in a play worthy of her\ntalents.\nTomorrow \u2014 Louise Lovely j\nin the Blue Bird feature,\n\"Tangled Hearts.\"\nSaturday \u2014 Douglas Fairbanks in a 5-reel comedy\ndrama, \"Reggie Mixes In.\"\nEXTRA CHOICE\nJap Oranges\nOonly a few boxes Left\nHEINZ SPAGHETTI\nWith tomato sauce and cheese, per\ntin 15c and 25c\nLOCAL FRESH RANCH EGGS.\nPer dor.cn 65c\nJ.A.IRVING&Co.\nTHE GREAT SUPPLY HOUSE\nCAPT. R. E\nRETURN\nUS Wilt\n0\nLeaves First of Week on Active Service\u2014No One Can Say What\nAllies' Plans Are\nThat It was Impossible for any individual, not In the confidence of the\ndepartment of war at Westminster, to\ngive an opinion as to the plans being\nmade by the allies for the defeat of\nthe Germans, was the emphatic opinion of Capt. Roland Ellis of Boswell,\nwho Is a guest at the Hume and will\nleave the first of the week for England In the hope of securing an active\nservice appointment. Capt. Ellis is on\nleave of absence following an injury\nto his right arm received as the result\nof the explosion of a trench mortar\nbomb in a front line trench on the\nArmentieres front Jan. 16 last year,\nafter he had been eight months at\nthe front.\nOne thing was certain, he said, that\neven before he received his \"bllghtle\nwound\" the allies had the upper han'd\nat every point along the line and that\ntheir position must be considerably\nstronger now. No one could say, he\ndeclared, whether the allies were\nplanning a colossal drive thnt would\nclear France and Belgium of the Invaders when the crucial moment arrived, or whether tho policy to be followed out was one of hammering\nsteadily, until the German resistance\nwould break down nnd the Huns\nforced to sue for peace on any terms.\nCapt Ellis declared that he firmly\nbelieved that Germany's power would\nbe utterly crushed and peace declared\nnnd that he would be home on his\nranch at Boswell for the 1918 spring\nnlnntlng. Although his injured arm\nhas not yot recovered its normal\nstrength, the cantaln hopes to be able\nto pass the medical board for active\nservice again, or at least obtain some\nnopointment where he will be of service to the cause.\nSpeaking of the national service\ncard system, he expressed himself ap\nstrongly in favor of the movement and\ndeclared that the men of Canada had\nbeen placed upon their honor as subjects of the British Empire to declare\nhonestly their capabilities for serving\nIn the present crisis, nnd believed that\nalthough the ( questions asked left\nmany loopholes for evasion, the vast\nmajority of the men of Canada would\nanswer truthfully and do all In their\npower to be of the, greatest service\npossible to the Empire,\nThe following letter, received by\nMrs. J. H. Howe from her sister, Mrs.\nF. A. Lansdell of London, tells of visiting the Camberwell hospital and of\nseeing Pte, Joseph Poole of Nelson,\nwho had come in from a convalescent\nhospital in tlie north of London to\nconsult the jaw specialist regarding\nhis wounds. Poole had previously been\nan inmate of the Camberwell hospital,\nbut had recovered sufficiently to allow\nof his being moved.\n\"I went to the Camberwell hospital\nFriday last to see young Poole, and\nfound he had been moved from there\nto a convalescent hospital In North\nLondon. .There were three other Canadians in the ward, and they told me\nPoole had been that day to see the\nJaw specialist, so I sat and talked\nwith the other men, they were all such\nnice lads,\n\"One had lost an eye and the use of\nthree fingers on the right hand. Another had a shattered jaw and the\nthird a smashed foot. You could not\nbelieve how cheerful they all were.\nThey spoke In the highest terms ot\nthe nurses and doctors and of the\nmanner in which they had been treated. About 3 o'clock Poole came in. In\nspite of his fractured jaw and useless\narm, he looked wonderfully well and\nver ybrlght. The doctors talk of an\noperation on his arm which may restore Its usefulness. One thing Is\ncertain, they are all quite happy.\n\"I have given them all an open invitation to come in to' tea and have a\nlittle music any time they get a few\nhours' leave.\"\nPTE. C. E. ARMBR1STER\nWINS MILITARY CROSS\nPte. Cyril E. Armbrister, son of\nMrs. E. Armbrister of Nelson, has\nbeen awarded the Military Cross,\nin recognition of his actions during a bombing attack. Word to\nthis effect was received yesterday\nby R. G. Joy in a letter from\nLieut. George Paterson, formerly\nof Nelson.\nPte. Armbrister was employed In\nthe Nelson branch of the Royal\nBank of Canada at the tfme of his\nenlistment.\n.MUST LEAVE THE CITY OR\nSPEND TWO MONTHS IN JAIL\nCatharine Wood, formerly of Rossland, and Allan McLeod of Fernle,\nwere convicted on a charge under the\nvagrancy act In the police court yesterday morning. A sentence of two\nmonths in Jail was suspended on condition that both left the city Immediately. The order was complied with.\nInsurance Is a Serious Matter\nDuring the past week, Mr. Man, you have worked hard and\ndone your best to provide \"good cheer\" and presents for the wife\nand kiddies\u2014that la all well and good and only what we all should\ndo\u2014but what about the future? Have you protected the wife and\nkiddies against want at future Christmas times by taking out\nsufficient insurance? If not, start the New Year right. Statistics\nshow that the great majority of men lose what they have made\nand aro dependent on others at sixty. Don't be in the majority.\nProtect yourself! Protect thoae entrusted to youl INSURE\nNOWI If you live, you get your money baek with interest. If\nyou die your wife and family are not dependent on others.\nCharles F. McHafdy\nINSURANCE-REAL ESTATE-FUEL\nA. S. Horswill\n&Co.\nGOOD THINQ8 FOR THE TABLE\nImported French Fruiti.\nTable Raisins\nGrape.\nNavel Oranges\nJap Oranges\nFigs and Nuts\nFanoy Confectionery\nApples and Lemons\nBAKING\nECONOMY\nIf ysu are searoKIng for th* Beet\nValue in FLOUR, and d. not with t\u00bb\nbuy First Patents, ask your grooer Hf\nSOLD 8EAL FLOUR,\nWhich Is a Close Seosnd to\nPURITY FLOUR.\nThe Brackman Ker\nMilling Co., Limited\nDon't Cough\nUse 201\nTHE BEST COUGH AND\nLUNG PRESCRIPTION\nHot Water Bottles Breik-up-i-Coli Tablets\nPKESH STOCK JUST IN\nGuaranteed Two Years. Best\nBottles Made.\nPRICED AT $1.50, J2.00, |3.76\nThese tablets are Just the\nthing to break up a cold, allay\nthe fever,.ease the pain and cure\nthe grippe.\nPrice 25 Cents the Box.\nPRESCRIPTIONS-BRING YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS TO US. Your Dootor Appreciates Our Servic.\nCITY DRUG & STATIONERY COMPANY\nNELSON, B. C.\nMAIL ORDERS\nTHE WATCH SHOP|\nWaltham\nWatch at.\n17-JEWEL MOVEMENT\nFitted in a Dust Proof Case.\nEcpecially built for use in the mines\nand oamps.\nA. T. INOXON\nJEWELER AND WATCHMAKER\nIn the Centre of Business.\n| Social and Personal ]\n\u25a0>\u00ab\u00abMMMMMMMMM*MM\nA. Martin of Fornlo Is registered at\nthe Strathcona.\nDr. W. IHL Willson returned from\nSpokane yesterday.\nM. Sample of New Denver is a guest\nat the Strathcona.\nMrs. S. W. Linden of Salmo reached\nthe city yesterday and is a guest at\nthe Hume.\nC. P. Smith of Creston arrived in\nthe elty yesterday and Is registered ut\nthe Strathcona.\nW. Desden of Cranbrook reached the\ncity yesterday evening* and Is a guest\nat the Hume.\nDan Junes left Tuesday morning for\nOntario to attend the Quit collegiate\ninstitute.\nMrs. P. B. Lathe and her children\nwho have been upending the holidays\nwith Mrs. D. G. Smith, 410 Mill street,\nwill leave this morning for their home\nin Grand Forks.\nMiss Annie McDonald who has been\nspending the holidays with her mother,\nMrs. Thomas McDonald, returned to\nGrand Forks yesterday.\nMiss Margaret Arthur, daughter of\nDr. E. C. nnd Dr. Isabel Arthur was\nsuccessfully operated on In a Spokane\nhospital yesterday und was reported\nas progressing favorably.\nMr. and Mrs.