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C., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1917\nU. S. GO UNDER\nCONTROL TODAY\nPlan Essential to Wihning\nWar, Says McAdOo\nTRAFFIC ON LINES\nWILL BE POOLED\nEverything Will be Done to\nSecure Maximum\n. Efficiency\n(By Dally Newa Leased Wire.)\nWASHINGTON, Dee. 27.\u2014Soon nfter\nAmerica's railroads go under govern-\nBnont operation nt noon tomorrow Di-\n\u2022iTctor-General McAdoo will issue his\nofficial order wiping out competitive\nf'iridttldns and providing for complete\n\/fooling of traffic, et*uipment, terminals nnd truckage facilities nnd for tbe\nretention of present officers and employees.\nTbe immediate result will be a re-\n\u2022^y-uuttflg of traffic over shortest lines\nRegardless of the company with which\n'(shipments originated and the common\nuse of terminals lo effect maximum efficiency. Without anticipating wonders\nunder the new plan, officials look forward to material improvement in thc\npresent traffic congestion within a few\nw\u00abeks. Speedy movement of freight\nvill bo thc first aim of the dlrector-\n.irenerul, but problems whosse solution\nmust press close on the heels of actual\ntransportation questions are thc eqult-\nablo reimbursement of roads for the\nnee of their property on the basis of\nlii'ewar earnings, increased wages for\nrailroad employees, financing of nec-\n\u25a0oHtlary' Improvements, building of additional linos or facilities and the tan-\nSrte'd priority situation. Before most\nof these questions can- be settled spe-\n\u00ab-la! legislation will be necessary nnd\n\u201e.\u00ab m-m VjUj tirefijdony U'lliui. is mv-\n, paring u'fhessago to be delivered to\neongr\/'HS noon after lt convenes after\nthe^olldoj' recess next Thursday.\nLegislation Drafted.\nLegislation has already been druft-\n\u2022ed.. The legislation and problems dependent on It van await the deliberation of eongfuss. while Di re dor-Gene r-\n\u2022ul McAdoo must get into action tomorrow with powers already conlerred on\nhint by President Wilson. First lie will\nconfer with the railroad war board of\npresidents, whose services and advice,\nho said today, would be retained under\nihe. new administration. Then he will\norganize a corps ol' assistants and advisers largely of experts of the intor-\nstate..eummcre**-. commission In whose\nbuiWinjB he will maintain hts office for\nra^'road-'eupervifiio:!.\nSlr.M^Addo HMd tonight he had glv-\n'\u25a0n.?.ov.t nought io tin; personnel of his\nKtuff.'und Was not prepared tu outline\ntlta\/detailB of his udmlnistraL on. He\niTydetermlndri, however, to avoid disrupting any railroad organization or\ntiny agency already developed which\nulUi.loiifl efficiency to the new order,\nAlthough the railroads war board,\nafter being In executive session all\nday, bo-sued no statement commenting\non government operation the railways\nexecutive indicate privately that they\nnre well pleased with the promised situation, and optimism was reflected in\niho nhifftual rise of railroad securities\n\u25a0 in tho stock exchanges. Hundreds of\nt legi-ums of congratulation poured ia\nto -^t;'McAdoo.\n' Think Task Too Big.\n'\u25a0' A dubious note came here from tho\nvapltol, where several Republican, memhers of congress expressed fear that\nthe tiisk' was too big for thc government, tn handle efficiently under war\nv.ondltions and others criticized the\nappointment of Secretary McAdoo aa\ndlrecior-gendrnl.\nThe- labor question utulcr government, operation was discussed with\nPresident Wilson during the day by\nbends of the four railway brotherhoods, who renewed their pledge ot\nloyalty to the government administration. They'spent, about an hour and a\nhalf with tiio president, and it is understood they received assurances that\nmost rallWay employees will not be liable to tho next draft call by boing\nplaced lu thes ocond draft classification. Mr. McAdoo tonight made his\nfirst public utterance since Ida appointment last night irt a statement\nsaying that at least until ho has time\nto mature his plans and policies, rall-\n(tynttnuod on Pago Two.)\n* WOMEN'S  BRANCH  OF *\n* THE  NAVY  FORMED *\n:*    - :^_ \u2666\n* (By Daily News teased Wire.) *\nt     LONDON, Dec. il\u2014The Brit- *\n* Ish navy lias announced the. or- +\n* ganizatkm of a formal branoh' of \u2666\n* naval -service for women, under \u2666\n* ihe title of the \"Women's Royal \u2666\n* Naval Service.\". The member- *\nt ship includes women employed on +\n* duties connected with tho navy, *\n* chiefly In dockyards and at naval *\n* bases.   Members will wear a dls- *\n* tinctive uniform   of   navy   blue *\n* with brass buttons. ,\u2666\n* The members of thc new scr- *\n+ vice already have been nick- .*\n+ named   \"Wrens,\"   this   being   a \u2666\n* convenient shortening of the *\n+ initials \"W. R. N. S.,\" which +\n+ they wear on their collars. *\nl1\nTO\nTO\nAKE OVER ROADS\nUnification of Transportation  Facilities Rather Than Increase of\nRailway Rates Urged.\n(By Dally News Lensed Wire.)\nTORONTO, Dec. 27\u2014Commenting on\nUnited States nationalization of railways, the Globe says:\n\"Canada cannot lag behind tho United States in the organization of her'\nmilitary resources. This country must\nkeep abreast of Ihe times In everything that makes for greater efficiency\nIn the carrying on of the war. The unification of the transportation facilities\nof the Dominion Is called for now that\nI lie United States government has taken over the railways of the. republic.\n\"Thc unification of tho Canadian\nrailway systems, rather than an In-\ncreaae of railway i-ateB, spch as that\nauthorized yesterday hy thc railway\ncommission, has been repeatedly urged\nby thc Globe from thc standpoint of\nnnllomil economy aiid efficiency In war\nlimes.\"\nSays Canada Must Follow.\nTORONTO, Dec. '.'7.\u2014\"Canada must\nfollow.\" says the World. \"Wc believe\nthnt our friends lo the south, who arc\nalways slow to act, but do a job thoroughly when, they arc driven to it. jvlll\nclean up tbe whole railway situation.\nThey see thot private ownership and\noperation have utterly failed.\n\"For years their incompetency was\nmore or less of a joke, but now In the\ntesting time of a great war it develops\ninto a tragedy.\n\"In short, public ownership and operation ol' railways throughout thc en-\ntlmc length und breadth of tho United\nStates soon will hi! ah accepted fact.\nMow long shall private ownership survive in Canada?\"\nPoint to Be Feared.\nSASKATOON. Sask., Dec. 27.\u2014On\nthe United States railway control the\nPhoenix says:\n\"There Is no indication Hint President Wilson hus anything in mind except control und operation of railways\nduring tho war period and as a war\nmeasure. The people of the United\nStates, like those of Canada, have been\nschooled In private control, which haa\ngiven wide scope for initiative, Individual energy and ambition, in which\ncompetition hus played no small part.\n\"The point to be feared about anything In the way of railway nationalization is the effect of partlzun political control.\"\nUrges Public Ownership.\nSASKATOON, Sitsk., Dec. 27.\u2014Discussing rate Increases, the Star says:\n\"Granting this increase is false economy In the highest degree, tho govornment could better afford t,o tako HO,-\n000,000 from thc public treasury and\nBand It over to the railways as a gift\nthan tb permit this Increased rate. But\nas a mtit'or of fact, there ls reason\nneither for tho Increase nor for tho gift.\n\"It ls highly Improbable that the nationalization of thc railways, including\nthe Canadian Pacific, would add a\ndollar to the present expenditures of\nthe Dominion treasury. It Ib certain,\non tho other hand, that complotc na-\ntlonalIzatlon*\"Kv6uld reduce the country's expenses on transportation account by ninny millions of dollars. Tho\nsituation Iti this country at the present time demands that a transportation monopoly be established, and the\nonly safe plan for such a monopoly is\npublic ownership.\"\nShows  High   Statesmanship\nCALGARY, Dec. 27~Thc Morning\n.\"albertan says: - \/\n\"The United States government in\ntaking over all tho railways ot* thc\nUnited States, gives an exhibition ot\ncourage and statesmanship worthy of\ntho enterprising- people whom it represents.\n\"Thc Canadian people will not tol-\nomte with  good grace  tho order  of\n(Continued on Page Two.;\nHigher'Rates to Give Them\n$25,000,000 More\nWINNIPEG BOARD\nOF 1RADE APPEALS\nGovernment Should Operate\nRoads, -Says Kegina\nBoard\n(By Daily News leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Dec. 87,\u2014Approximately\n$25,000,000 additional revenue will\nflow into the coffers of tiie three great\nCanadian railway companies, exclusive of the government-owned roads,\nas a result of the order of the Dominion railway board granting a general IB per cent increase In freight\nand passenger rates. With certain\nmodifications detailed In the order, D.\nB. Hanna, vice-president of the Canadian Northern Railway company,\nestimates that the aggregate increase\nwill not amount to more than 10 per\ncent nt the outside figure.\nTaking the grown earnings of the\nthroe l>lg companies lor 191(1 as the\nbasi:; of calculation, this would yield\nan additional revenue to the Canadian Pacific, Grond- Trunk railway\nand Canadian Northern of ?^3,1)42,05'-',\nmade up as follows:\nCanadian Pacific railway.. *13,682,100\nGrand Trunk railway .,... ^or>S,S02\nCanadian Northern railway.    3,791,150\nThese figures are 10 per Cent of tho\nlespective companies' gross earnings.\nWinnipeg   Board   Protests\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 117.\u2014An appeal,\ndirect lo the Dominion cabinet*.\ntigalnBl the decision of the Dominion\nrailway enn.misf-.ion granting increases\nin the freight i\\ml passenger rates\n(Continued on Page Two.)\nSHIP Of MYSTERY\nAGITATES BRAZIL\nGerman   Corsair   Reported   to   Have\nLanded Immense Cargoes Which\nAre Smuggled Away,\nBUENOS AYRES, Dec. 27.\u2014Brazilian papers received here today are filled with accounts of the movements of\na German corsair off the coast a few\nweeks ago. The newspapers assert\nthat thc mysterious vessel was identified as a Germnn and that it unloaded\nan immense cargo of heavy cases at\nArmaco and Gerqucira. Several days\nlater thc steamer returned to Armaco\nwith additional cargo, which, the newspaper accounts say, it is believed she\nreceived from a larger ship out of\nsight of land. From Armaco tho vessel proceeded to Calouro, whero another portion of tho cargo was unloaded. These ports arc not guarded\nand It la asserted that thc cargoes\nlanded wero mystorlously smuggled\naway. Later the German vesBel wns\nsighted close to the short at Han\nPedro de Aldera, where two persons\nare under urrost. They are charged\nwith tubing spies.\nThe nowspapors say tho steamer disappeared ds mysteriously as she came\nand tbat Brazilians believe she brought\nsupplies for a submarine base.\nWOODEN SHIP PROGRAM OF\nM.S. IS SAID TO BE FAILURE\nOn Sealo'Beye'nd Ciiinlry'e Production\n*nd Should Not' Have Been At-\n[fipftvi, Saye'expert'::\n\u2022 (By Dnily No-aVs Iaefised Wire.)\nWAS'ttlXtrt'ON, Bee. 27.\u2014TH6 ahip-\nr'tiiSljortt'd.'s wooden ship program wna\nflatly' Called a failure today by f; A.\n\"iiowleB, former nii\/vnl constructor, and\nnfnv;nssr8toht to the genernt manager\nol this iti'ir'l'a emergency fleet c'nrpor-\nntidii. 'SunWionori before-, the nirnalo\ncoiutii\/fttoe t'6 Hhecl light on eauson of\ndelays In. building hIiIPh, 'Mr. Howies\n(tfild the H'tollon. gqiiKl ruction venture\nwis a niUtuUe and never should have\n,jeou attempted.\n__*Ejjs ktssjtm sa'aw. i& tmujaieiea\non time, ho ssld, becnuse tho country\ncannot furnish onough ship timber, the\n4*>8 awarded contracts calling for moro\nlumber than Is represented ln the en\ntiro output of southern pine producers\nfor a year. Most of them wero pieced\nln lhe east nnd south und spoolfy plno\nlimber.\n\"The wooden program,\" said iVIr.\nBowles, \"was launched,on a.scale entirely boyond the country's produo\nlions. Mills In the south havo not delivered lumber one-half as fast as was\nnecessary nnd the western mills hnv<\nbooii almost, as slow. Even if tho timber supply bad boon plentiful wooden\nships could not have been built as fast\nns steel,\" . ^, ...    \u25a0.\nDR. JANEWAV DEAD; WAS\nON STAFF AT WASHINGTON\nBALTIMORE, Md., Deo. 27.\u2014Dr. T.\nG, Janeway, formerly \"professor |oC\nmedicine ln Columbia university, who\nwas attached to tho staff of the surgeon-general in Washington, died here\ntoday after a brief Illness.\nBOLSHEVIKI BEATEN\nBY CH TROOPS\nRussians Surrender at Harbin,  Man-\n'     clmria, and Are Disarmed\u2014\nOccupy Fort\n(Uy Dully News l\u00abeiiscd Wire.)\nTOKIO, Pec. 27.\u2014In a fight between\nChinese and Russian Maximalist\ntroops at Harbin. Manchuria, Wed;-\nnesclHy morning, the Russians sur-\nrondered and were disarmed ami\nmado prisoner, according to a report\nwhich is considered reliable hero, from\nHarhin.i\nThe despatch says the Chinese now\nocoupy the garrison at Harbin.\n-fr-fr*********-***-**\nOVER 300 GERMAN *\nSOCIALISTS ARRESTED *\n  *\n(lly Dally News LeUaod Wire.) +\nLONDON, Dec. 27.\u2014As nil .t\\- '\u25a0\u2022\ndloatlon that things in Germany +\nare not going in accordance with +\n\u2022tho German government's desire +\nis the report that morn than 300 +\nmembers of tho German minority +\nSocialist party were arrested ln *\\\nnumerous cities Clu'lstmas eve. +\nThis branch of tho Socialist parly *\nlong has desired peace and re*. *\nfused to agree to the govern- +\nmont's wm* program. +\n\u2666 ttttt + tttMtttt\nENEMY BEATEN IN\nBIG 1 BATTLES\n11 Machines Are Downed by\nBritish and Italians\nATTEtf 1ED RAID\nON TWO TOWNS\nArtillery    Duels    Between\nBrenta and Piave\nContinue\n(Dy Associate*] I'ress.)\nOn the Italian northern front there\nhas been an abatement in the artillery\nactivity between the Aslago plateau\nand ihe Brenta river, but the intensive\nduels between the Rrenta and l'iave\ncontinue. Tho Infantry forces of the\nbelligerents aro very inactive.\nAustro-German air squadrons\ntempting to bomb the Venetian plain\ntowns of Lreviso and Monte Relluno\nsuffered the loss of It planes in spec\ntacular air battles with Uritish and\nItalian avlatory. All the British and\nItalian aircraft, returned safely. Dittle\ndamage was done by (he bombs dropped by tho invaders.\n(Ry Daily News Leased Wire.)\nROME, Dei*. 27.\u2014Kloven Austro-Ger\nman airplanes have been brought down\nby the British and Italian forces In a\nbig aerial battle, which developed when\nthe Teutona made an unsuccessful at\ntempt to bombard Trieveso, 18 miles\nnorth of Venice. Announcement lo\nthis effect was made officially today\nby the Italian war office.\nThe text of the official statement\nis:\n\"Along the whole fronl there were\nonly artillery actions, which were\nmore intense on the Asiago \u25a0plateau,\nwhere our batteries made effective\nconcentrations of fire and kept under,\ntheir barrage Several sections of the\nenemy lines.\nEnemy Airmen  Vanquished\n\"A big aerial battle, In whicli British and Italian chasing squmlronn and\nantiaircraft artillery participated,\nwas fought yesterday ovor Lereviso.,\nIu the morning 2fi enemy machine^\nUnder cover of tho haze, arrived over\nour aviation camp to tho west of tho\nItalian line and began to bombard It.\nTho hostile aircraft Wore received\nwith a violent antiaircraft fire and\nattacked impetuously by airplanes\nwhich ascended from the oamp, were\nforced to retire before having carried\nout the operations. Eight of tho enemy machines were brought down.\n\"Later, another hostile squadron of\neight machines made an attempt\nagain, but was forced tu retire, losing\nthree machines.\n\"Of the 11 enemy airplanes brought\ndown, eight fell inside our Hues and\nthree within the enemy line*. All our\nmachines returned to their, base. The\ndamage caused by the bombardment\nwa.s insignificant.\"\nMANY GERMANS ARE\nBRAZIL\nPlot    to    Overthrow    Authorities    in\nFlorianopolis   Discovered\u2014All\nWere Armed\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nBUErJO'S AYRES, Dec. 27.\u2014 DeH-\npatchet, received hero from Fiorluiio-\npi-li'j, Brazil, say that a large number\nof Germans have been arrested following the discovery of a plot to overthrow the local authorities. All the\nGermans were armed. They had been\nmeeting at various times tinder the\npretext that they were members of a\nGerman society.\nI'Moriauopoiis   Is   on   the   coast of\nsouthern  Brazil,  iu  the state  of St1.\nCatlmrinn,     It   hus   a   population of\n20,000.\nFRENCH GOVERNMENT\nGETS VOTE OR CONFIDENCE\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nI'A BIS, Dee. 27.\u2014The government\nwas Interpellated In the chamber of\ndeputies on its Russian policy by Deputies Moutct, Mistral, Lairolle, Mar-\ngalne and Sembrnt, Stephen Flbhon,\nthe foreign minister. In reply, made a\nspeech dealing with the reply of t,h6\ncentral powers to Russia,\nAn opposition resolution, proposed\nby Deputy Longuet, was voted down,\n411 to (10, A resolution approving the\n{\u2022\u25a0ovi.rnmoiU's declaration and express-\nIrig confidence in tho ministry was\ncarried by a vole of 384 to 0.\nWORKMAN IS INJURED\nAT FIRE IN   REGINA\nExplosion  of  Condenser   Box   at   Imperial Oil Plant Results in $30,000\nDamage,\n(By Dally Nows Lea\u00abed Wire.,\nREGINA, Husk., Dec. 21\u2014Damage to\nthe amount of $30,000 was done at tin:\nImperial Oil company^ plant this afternoon when tho condenser box between stills seven and eight exploded,\nplre resulted, burning i- considerable\nquantity of oil. One'workman was\nbadly injured. Tho company's lire\ndepartment wns able to eopo with tbe\nflflgea,  fc        _-:1-_ . ^\nEATEST HUN PEACE PROPOSALS\n* VOTE IN AUSTRALIA *\n* AGAINST DRAFT LAW \u2666\n*  4.\n* (By Dally News Leased Wire.)   *\n*.    MElaBOUKNE,   Dec.   ii,\u2014(Via *\n* Rdllle'r's   Ottiiwa    Agency)\u2014The *\n* latest figures on    the    conscrlp- *\n*' tlon  roferbnuum  are  SS9.000  for \u2666\n* and l,(i72,iioo   against,   Including *\n+ lhe  Australian   forces,   \".'3,000  for \u25a0*\u2022\n* nml H'.'.ooo against *\n*HHH,*,tHHH\nMORE TIKE GIVEN\nVictory   Bond   Subscribers   Get   Time\nExtension  from  Jan. 2 to\n. Jan. 11.\n(By Daiiy Xews Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Dee. 21.\u2014Vuv the convenience of .subscribers to lhe Victory loan\nand of thc banks handling the huge\ntransaction of the finance dep,(trtme:it\nis today advising that payment due on\n.Ian. 2 may be made at any time up lo\nand including Jan. 11. The extension\nof time is given in order that subscribers may not be unduly detained waiting their turn in making their payments.\nlt is particularly reciuested that the\nsubscribers will not wait until Jan. 11\nor a day or so before and thus create\nthe situation sought to be avoided. For.\nthe convenience of subscribers, bankn\nwill remain open on tho evenings of\nThursday and Friday, Jan. \\i and 4,\nand on the afternoon of Saturday, Jan.\n5. Evening hours from 7:30 to 9:30\no'clock. Satu rday afternoon from 2\no'clock until ti o'clock.\nARE GERMANS RESPONSIBLE\nFOR MEXICAN BANDIT RAID?\nEL PASO, Tex., Doc. 27.\u2014Federal\nofficiuls tonight began an Investigation of reports thut tho Mexican bandit raids in the Big Bond district of\nTexas were being inspired by Germans\nnow operating south of tjie border in\nconjunction with American draft\nevaders. \u25a0\nBolsheviki Delegates Told Germany is Willing to Make\nImmediate (xenei^l Peace Without Compulsory\nAnnexations and Without Indemnities\nTERMS HEDGED ADODT BY CONDITIONS\nINTOLERABLE TO THE ENTENTE ALLIES\nSo Mention Made of Their Concrete Demands\u2014Rebuilding of Belgium and Serbia, Return of. Alsace- \u25a0\nLorraine, and Overthrow of Militaristic\nGovernment Among Vital\nQuestions Omitted\nTURKS EXECUTED\nJLWISH CIIIZENS\nThirty Men and Women Put to Death\nBefore Army Evacuated the Holy\nCity.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Dec. 27.\u2014Thirty Jewish men ami women were executed by\ntho Turkish army that surrendered\nJerusalem to General Allenby, Dec. 10,\naccording to an announcement made\nhere today by the provisional executive committee for general Zionist affairs. Included in tho number thus\nmassacred were somo of the must prominent residents of the Holy City and\nits suburbs, It was stated.\nA father and sister of Aaron Aaron-\nsohn, head of the Palestine agricultural experimental station, which Ih\nsubsidized by the United States department of agriculture, were victims,\naccording to the announcement. Mr.\nAaronsoHn was well known in Washington. !< \u2022\u00ab-\u25a0\u25a0<-*\nThe roli-eat of the TurRs through\nGalileo drove 32,000 Jewish survivors\nnorthward, whero they are in dire\nneed. The committee has undertaken\nto furnish ?30,000 monthly for their\nrelief, it is stated.\nSUBSTITUTES  FOR  WHITE\nFLOUR WILL BE URGED\n(Ity Daily News Leased Wire..\nOTTAWA. Dee. .27.--Dnrger retail\nnurehanlH throughout Canada, beginning Jan. 1, will cooperate with the\nfood controller ln educating their en.s-\ntoiuers in asking for substltules for\nWhite flour and wheat products and\nbeef and bacon.\nTOWN IS WRECKED\nBY BRITISH AIRMAN\nAmmunition  Train   He   Hits  Explodos,\nDevastating   Place\u2014Many\nGermans Killed,\nilly Daily News Leased Wire.)\nAMSTKUDAM. Dec. 27.\u2014The town\nof HouHHolluero (Routers) In Belgium,\nwas almost laid waste recently by the.\nterrific explosion of an ammunition\ntrain caused by bombs dropped by a\nUritish airman, according to tiie frontier correspondent of thc Tolograttfo.\nThe airplane itself wan brought down\nby the aerial pressure.\nMany Germans nnd a few Belgians!\nthe killer engaged In forcod labor,\nwero killed.\n4.  +  +  +  *  +  *  +   +  +  *   +  *+   +  *  +\n+ EARTHQUAKE   OCCURS   IN       *\n* GUATEMALA;   40   DEAD *\n*  . *\n+      WASHINGTON,   Dee.   2;,\u2014An *\n* earthi'uake, general throughout +\n+ Guutemala   yesterday,   caused   a *\n* loss of from 10 lo 40 lives and ex- +\n+ tonslvo property dnmnge In Gun- +\n* tomala   City,   tho   stato   depnrt- *\n* ment was advised late today In a *\n+ cable despatch from tho Amerl- *\n+ can   chvge   thore.     No  mention +\n* was  made  as   to   the  damage  in +\nthe interior, *\n* + + + \u2666MtM + tt + *tt\n(i:y Associated Press.)\nTerms Under which the Teutonic allies would be willing to make \"an immediate. :u\\<\\ general peace\" have been\nmade known to the Russian delegates\nengaged in tbe peace pourparlers at\nBrest-Lltovsk. The terms have been\nset forth in an address by Count\nOzerin, tbe Austro-Hungarian foreign\nminister.\nAs in previous Teutonic Intimations,\nof what would be required from the\nGermanic viewpoinl lo bring about a\nCessation of hostility and eventual\npeaco, tho latest terms are hedged\nabout liy conditions which seemingly\nare Insuperable from the standpoint of\ntiie entente allies.\nThe basic principles of the peace\nterms of the Russian revolutionary\nmasses\u2014noaannrxutionsand no indemnities\u2014Count Cftornln said lie believed\ncould be made the busis of a general\npeace, bul thnt tbe Teutonic allies\ncould not bind themselves to these\nconditions until a guarantee was given\nthat Russia's allies would recognize\nand  fulfill them.\nNotable Omissions,\nNotable omissions in the statement\nof Count Cssernln connected with the\nconcrete demands of ibe United States,\nGreat Britnln and France, as already\nmade known, are the questIonsiparticularizing mi the rebuilding of Del-\nglum and Serbia, the return of Alsace\nand Lorraine to France and the overthrow of the militaristic government\nin Germany and the formation in its\nplace of a government tiiat can be believed\u2014the latter demand as set forth\nliy President Wilson in bis address to\ncongress calling for.war witli Austria-\nHungary.\nPending the placing of Count C\/.er-\nnill's proposals before Russia's allies\ntiie Russian delegates to the peace conference have asked for 10 days' rceesH\nIn the negotiations.\n(liy Daily News Leased Wire.)\nP13TROGRAD Dee. LT.\u2014The central powers are ready to make an immediate general peace without compulsory annexations and without contributions.'\nThis 1m their answer through Count\nCzernin, the Austro-Hungarian minister, made on Christmas day at\nBrest-Lltovsk, to the Russian proposals, which ihey are ready to accept\niu most particulars as the basis of\nnegotiations. Thoy insist, however,\nthat the central powers ean'nol bind\nthemselves one-sidedly lo such oondi-\nllons without a guarantee thnt the\nallies of Russia will recognize and fulfill  these conditions.\nTile Russian delegates asked for a\n10-day recess in the negotiations in\norder to put tbe proposal before Russia's allies.\nBulgarian   King   Differs\nAMSTERDAM, Dec. 27.\u2014The ideas\nor\" King Ferdinand of Bulgaria about\nannexations are very different from\nthose expounded hy Count fzerniii at\nBrest-Litovsk. The. Neuefrlco Prune\n(Vienna) quotes him as snylng thai\nBulgaria would hold what it had won.\nFrench Paper's Comment.\nThe Temps-appends to the text of\ntin; reply of the central powers to the\nMaximalist delegates this  note:\n\"The conditions formulated hy the\ncentral powers are  in  the  domain   of\ngeneralities und one is somewhat sur-t\nprised that the Maximalists have not\nsought to obtain Immediately more otp\nless exact declarations upon the points\nwhich touch Russian interests closely.\nHow does the Germnn government and\nits allies Intend to treat Poland, Lithu--\nunia and Comiand, countries which!\nhave lost their political independence\nduring this war but which have nover-i\ntheless thc right of independence.\n\"How is renunciation of all appro-!\nprhitions by force to he reconcile*!\nwith the ambitions distinctly1 affirmed\nby Bulgaria to Serbian, Greek and\nRumaninn territories? How will tho\nrestoration of Armenia to the Turkrt\nbe compatible with the rights of llio\nArmenians?\n\"It would bo all the more interesting;\nto know theso points as thereby tho\nsincerity of Germany's intention to\nrestore Belgium's independence could\nbe appreciated.\"\n1.,\nMILITARISM 1ST\nCEASE IN GERMANY\nWells  Justifies  War Aims of Entente .\nAllies\u2014Sharply   Raps   Lord\nLansdowne. ,\n(By   Daily News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Dec. 27.\u2014-A special eabld\nte the Mail and Empire from London\nsays:\n'*fl. G. Wells, in a long and Interesting article in the Dally Mail, dlseusscH\niu characteristic fashion tho allies' war\naims.   He says:\n\u2022\u2022 'We want Germany to become :u\ndemocratically controlled state, suoh an\nthe I'nited Slates, with open methods\nand pacific Intentions instead of re-\ntainlug the \"clenched list.\" If we can.\nbring that aboul wc have accomplished our aim; it we cannot then this\nstruggle has been for us only such a\nloss and failure as humanity never has\nknown before.\n'\"In Great Britain there are groups\nand classes 'of people, not iiumcrouH\nand not representative, but who nri*\nplaced in high aud Influential positions\nund capable of free public  utterances.\nwho are secretly and bitterly hostile\ntn this ureal war aim. it is manifest.\nnow by .t hundred sigh* that they;\ndread Ma- fall of monarchy iu Germany and Austria. Far rather would,\nthey make this most abject surrendor\nto tho kaiser thoii deal with a renascent  republican Germany.\n\u2022\u25a0Tin- recent letter of Lord Lansdowne urging peace with Germany was\nImt a feeler from the pacifist side ot\nthis must unEngllsh and unhappily,\nmost Influential section of our^-public*\nllfo. Lord Lansfliwne's letter was tho\nlitter ol' a peer who fears revolution\nmore than national dishonor.'\"\nMOVE FOR UNION PARTY\nSTARTED IN WINNIPEG,\nWINNIPEG, Deb. 27.\u2014A movement;\nin on Toot lo establish the Union party\"\nhere. A gathering or Union leaders mot\ntonight and appointed a permanent;\ncommittee for Centre Winnipeg.\nGERMANS AGAIN FAIL\nON THE VERDUN FRONT\nTwo Onslaughts Made North of Caur-\niere Wood Defeated with Heavy\nLosses.\n(By Associated Press.)\nUnco again tho Germans have endeavored to break the French front\non the Verdun sector, but again have\nfailed. Two assaults delivered north\nof tho Caurleres wood resulted in tho\ndofeat of the enemy and the infliction\nof heavy losses.\n(By Dally News Leused Wire.)\nLONDON, Dec. 27\u2014The official com-\ncommunieatloa this evening snys:\n\"With the exception of, artillery action north of St. Quentili In the neighborhood of Arras and Messines and\noast of Ypres, there is nothing of interest to report.'*\nBerlin Report.\nBERLIN, Dee. 27, via London.\u2014An\nofficial statement reads:\n\"Western theatre, front of Crown\nPrince Rtipprecht: on the British front\nfighting activity was lively at times\nat Houthoigt lyoadi on tho usi'tU uLLols\nof the Lys and near Moeuvres ami\n.Mareoning. \u2022\n\"Front of the Gorman crown\nPrince* To the northwest of Bes-\nHonveuux, after strong artillery and\nmine firing preparation regiments oC\nthe guards division carried out a successful operation, ln the morning ro-\nconnoltorlng detachments penotratod\nthe French line. In tho afternoon several companies, supported by ftamo\nthrowers and part of a storming battalion, accompanied by Infantry and\nbattle planes, stormed two enemy first\nline trenches on a width uf 90 metres.\nA French counter attack broko down\nwith heavy losses.\nAfler blowing up numerous shelters\nthe storming party returned, according lo orders, to their own pillions\nwith 100 prisoners and some machine\nguns.\nFront   of  Grand  Duke' Albrecht;   A\nFrench detachment, which reached our\nfront   line   trenches   to  the   north   of\nj Dber Ihirnhuupt, was driven back lu\n''& bujjtj \u00a3o hanU enCft\u00a5ttV8JV' '\u2022' '[\t\n PAGE   TWO\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nFRIDAY,     DEC.     28,     1917.\nLeading Hotels of the  West\nWhara tha Traveling Publlo may   obtain superior accommodation.\n\/\/? jrflyt        Our Annual New Year's\nsff 7$\/^    Dinner and  Dance\n^\/I'y'o'Eo. benwell.          January 1st, 1918\ntS              Proprietor,\nJohnson's Orchestra\n$1.50 Per Cover\nMake Your Reservation Early                  Phone No. 53\nNelson's Premier Hotel\n--\u2014                        -J\nTHE HUME.\nA la Carte Table d'Hoto\nGEORGE BENWELL, Prop.\nSpecial     Sunday     Dinner,     $1X0.\nHUME\u2014R. J. Arthurs, Saskatoon;\nS. G. Blaylock, T. W. Blngay, Trail;\nQ, JC..Latferty, Rossland; Mrs. W. C.\nMotley, Vancouver; W. C. Motley, Bonnington; W. H. Burgess, Miss G. Max-\nwell, Miss M. Kane, A. F. Garland,\nH. Gutl-rio, A. J. Curie, C. F. Caldwell,\nMrs. James Anderson, James Anderson, Kaslo; Harold Lakes, Zlncton;\nMlsa J Sheggell, Slocan City; Miss\nJean Armstrong, Miss Grace Armstrong, Sandon; Mr. and Mrs. W. R.\nVallanco and daughter, New Denver;\nE. A. Vachon, Silverton; J. M. Coy,\nSpokane; A. w. McCune. Jr., Ainsworth; F. Fansmer, Belolt, Wis.; J.\nJ. B. Mines, C. H. Marten, Vancouver;\nJ. P. Roche, Miss Mawson, Miss Math-\nier, Creston; J. W. R. Cassier, Spokane; G. A. Spiles, Colton, Wash.; J.\nSpoakman, Cascade.\nfSSBKff!'' \u25a0\u25a0\u00bb'\u25a0\ni'^^|i\nm     JiKk^Tii\nBLi   -'aA^^^\n:^s^^^^\ni^^pSi'\nThe Strathcona\nHotel  will  lie  under new  management of II. W. Shore beglun.ng Jan.\n1. Special rates to boarders by the\nmonth.   Business men's lunch, 12 to\n2, 60 cents.\nQueen's Hotel\nEuropean     and     American     Plan,\nSteam Heat in Every Room.\nA.  LAPOINTE,  Proprietor.\nQUEEN'S\u2014J. Dorlty, Nakusp; A. D.\nCampbell, Balfour; J, Paterson, Kaslo;\n\\V. A. Grady, Salmo: C. Rutherford.\nNorth port; Joseph Brown and wife,\nNanton; V. Jackson, Victoria; J. H.\nSmith, Vancouver.\nStrath\ncona\nHotel\nH. W. SHORE, Proprietor\nNELSON'S   LEADING    HOTEL\nNew  Year's Dinner\nand Dance\n$1.00 A PLATE\nFirst Table 6 p.m.       Second Table 7:15 p.m.\nMENU\nOLYMFIA OYSTER COCKTAIL\nRUSSIAN    C'AVIAU    OX    TOAST\nHOTHOUSE  LETTUCE CRISP CELFaRV\nSTUFFED  OLIVES SAUTED  ALMONDS\nCREAM TOMATO CONSOMME AU  DRUXOISE\nBOILED  FRASER   RIVER   SALMON*.   BECHAMEL\nBOILED  LEG   OF  MUTTON.  FRENCH   CAPER  SAUCE\nFRIED   SPRING   CHICKEN   A   LA   MaVBYLAND\nFRENCH SHRIMP PATTIES AU POULETTE\nQUEEN  FRITTERS HOME  MADE  MARMALADE\nYOUNG   TURKEY.   CHESTNUT   DRESSING,\nCRANBERRY SAUCE\nYOUNG   RANCH  GOOSE.   SAG*:-   DRESSING\nPLUM  SAUCE\nLEG OF YOUNG PORK AND APPLE SAUCE\nFRUIT SALAD\nBOILED  AND CREAMED   POTATOES\nBROWN SWEET POTATOES\nCORN  ON COB CREAM  CAULIFLOWER\nDEEP  APPIaE  PIE,   WHIPPED  CREAM\nHOT MINCE PIE BOSTON CREAM  PIE\nENGLISH PLUM   PUDDING,  HARD SAUCE\nICE CREAM CHRISTMAS CAKE\nASSORTED  FRUITS DATES FIGS\nCLUSTER RAISINS ASSORTED CAKES\nCANADIAN   CHEESE\nMake Your Reservations Early\nPhone 12\nSPEND YOUR H0LIDAV8 AT\nHalcyon Hot Springs\nSanitarium\nAND STOCK UP WITH HEALTH\nIf you suffer from muscular. Inflammatory, Hciatlc or any other\nform of rheumatism, or from met il-\n11c poisoning of any sort don't delay.\nCome at once and get cured. Most\ncomplete ami best arranged bathing\nestablishment on the continent, .til\ndepartmentK under one roof, steam\nheated and electric lighted.\nRates: $3 per day or $17 per week.\nDAVIS & DAVIS, Props.\nHalcyon, Arrow Lakes, B. C.\nCO UNDID\nIS.\nROL TODAY\nNew Grand Hotel\nSTEAM  HEATED.\nHot and Cold Water in Evory Room\nAmerican and   European Plans\nNEW GRAND\u2014It. Burnett, Ainsworth, J. Woods, Calgary: A. Olson.\nTrull; Mr. and Mrs. Olsen, Cranbrook.\nNelson House\nEuropean Plan.\nW. A. WARD, Proprietor.\nCafe   Open   Day   and   Night.\nMerchants' Lunch, 12 to 2.\nPhone 275 P. 0. Box 697\nNELSON\u2014S. O. Slll'i-s, Trail; Joseph Crain, 10. 33. Smith, J. C, Stltes.\nMarcus; F. H. Bauer, Marcus; F. G.\nCampbell.\nTremont Hotei\nNelson, B. C.\nSTEAM   HEATED\nEuropean  and   American  Plan.\nRestaurant -n Connection.    Regular\nMeals nnd Short Orders.\nA. CAMPBELL, Proprietor.\nTREMONT\u2014 R. Macmorari, Proctor;\nJack Macdonald, J. Thurston, Alex\nMcLeod, Vancouver; Alexander McLeod, Vancouver; J. McLeod, city; Ed\n1'rrikie, Greenwood; J. W. Johnson,\nChase.\nWM CANADA 10\n\u25a0IHttJP KOADe\n(Continued from -age One.)\nthe railway commission authorizing\n.in Increase of 12 per cont in passenger charges, unless thc* government\nsupplements this order by taking ovei\nall Canadian railways.\n\"The president of thc United States\nhas token advantage of the oppoitum\noccasion to woik a great change in\nthe Anerican system of trnu'sporttU\n\u25a0Jon. He says that the change will he\nonly for war time. But thc forward\n-top has been taken. There will never\nbe any looking back,\n\"When the United Slates people\nrealize the advantages both in improved services and in the savings In\nhard cash of government ownership\nihey will never turn back. When thej\nunderstand the enormous advantage\nof eliminating wasteful competition^\nthey will permit no government to\nreturn the railways to the men who\nnelri them tor personal profit-milking.\nCanada   Must  Follow V.\n\"And what the United States has\ndone Canada must do.\n\"The Canadian railways with unified operation and control, eliminating\ndual and In mmiy rases even triple\nservices, can bo mado tu do much\ngreater service to the Canadian\njjL'ople at much -reduced rates. L!\nproperly organized, even ol this time\nof inflated prices, we would be talking of reduced rates instead of Increased rates.\n\"The Canadian Pacific railway is\nown-^d by a very prosperous company.\npaying dividends of in per cent yearly\nto the shareholders. Many of thd\nlargo holders of the stock bought it\nat a price considerably below par, and\nhave recejyed splendid return on their\nmoney,   The Canadian public will not\nIt-ralo the suggestion thai they\nshould pay additional rates lor transportation its long ut) those dividend-*\narc piling up for these local and foreign investors.\n i\"1  government must follow  the\nstatesmanlike action  of   tho   United\n.....\u25a0-j -ii..   uiUe over tho  railways.\"\nGrand Central Hotel\nJ. A. ERICKSON, Prop.\nOpposite   Postoffice.\nRoom and  Board, $35 par  Month.\nEuropean Plan, Roomt SOc up.\nMeals, 36c.\nGRAND CENTRAL\u2014Nets Johnson,\n'Ymir; AIox McDonald, Yrair; X). Mc-\nMaaler, Salmo; P. J. Parker, Sandy\n'Creek; J. E. Osborne, Robson.\n'    S. W. Jacobs, IC. C, selected as a\n,' Liberal In the Georso IStiannu Cartier\ndivision ot Montreal ls the first Jew\nto bv returned to tile Canndlnn house\n' uf commons.\nMadden House\nM.   J.    MADDEN,\nProprietress.\nSTEAM HEATED.\nCorner Baker and Ward Sts.. Nelaon\nMADDEN\u2014W. J. Watson, A. V. Johr,\nCranbrook; H. Rlppln, 49-Creek; Hi F.\nMcCaslln, R. Woods, Salmo; H. Fink,\nR. Brown, Cranbrook; C. M. Parker,\nIdaho; R. Keron, Calgary.\n(Continued from page One.)\nway     operation \u25a0 -will   be   conducted\nthrough exisHrig.railroad o:ganlzatlon.\nEssential to Winning War.\n\"The-'-operations' of the railroads as\na thoroughly Unified system is of fundamental 'Importance to thc success of\nthe war,\"\/'tfald -Secretary McAdoo.\n\"WHlibitt it w&Wnnot get the effective\nuse. of our resources, Tho supremo\ntest in this War probably will come in\nthe year IMS;-' Victory will depend\nupon our speed and efficiency. We can\ngot neither speed nor efficiency unless\nthe railroads are equal to the demands\nof the situation,\n\"I can only'say at the moment that\nthe, problem will bo taken hold of vigorously and that plans and policies\nwill be announced.from time to time as\nrapidly as it. Is possible to mature\nthem. Meanwhile the business will be\neonductflfl. through existing railroad\norganizations -with all the support of\nthe government asserted in behalf of\nmore efficient>and satisfactory operations.\"\nPools All Traffic\nWASHINGTON, . Dec. 1.7,\u2014Order\nNo. I, to bo Issued soon by Director-\nGenera! of Railroads McAdoo, will\nprovide for the pooling of all traffic\nand facilities;'the Common use of terminals, tracks and equipment, the\nhauling of height by the shortest\noute regardless of billing or routing\nnd the retention, of all present officers and employees of railroads.\nOne effect of this order will be to\ngive a number of railways terminal)\nfacilities whlqh .they do nol now have\nn big cities. The Baltimore & Ohio\nprobably will enter New York City at\nthe P\u00bbnnsvtynnia station.\nMen's Wages to Be  Discussed.\nMr. McAdoo .does not expect to ask\nfor appropriations for administering\noperation and.his staff probably will\nbe com posed .thoroughly of men on the\nrailroad payrolls. He will receive no\nadditional salary for acting in his dual\ncapacity,\nThe pending demand of the four\nrailroad brotherhoods for a. 40 per\ncent wage Increase will be considered\nprobably in a month or two along with\nmore sweeping .questions for higher\nwages for all employees, Including\nthose unorganized. The director general's advisers will suggest that a\nboard of managers be appointed to\nthresh out general wage matters for\nhis financial 'consideration. A sharp\nreduction of high salaries now paid\nrailroad presidents, may help in a\nsmall degree to provide funds lor wage\nincreases.\nReports Were circulated today thnt\nthe interstate commerce commission\nmust decide to postpone Indefinitely\ndecision of the 15 per cent rate case\nand other important rate questions,\nuntil It can be ascertained whether\ngovernment operation will result in a\nmaterial lowering of operating costs\nthrough elimination of .competitive\nwaste.\nUNIONIST AT REGINA\nHAS MAJORITY OF 5196\n(Hy Daily News Leased Wire.)\nREGINA.'Sask., Dec. 27.\u2014 Official returns from Regina constituency \"were\nmade today by ,T. W. Smith, returning\nofficer. Of 10,152 votes polled, Dr.\nCowan, Unionist, had 767-1, just B196\nmoro than A. MacBeth, Liberal-Labor,\nwho loses his deposit. There were\nonly  57 rejected ballots.\nAPPEAL FOR EXEMPTION\nIS REFUSED AT TORONTO\nPlea That Appellant Has Four Brothers with Imperial Forces Is Not\nSustained.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire,)\nTORONTO, Dec. 27.\u2014Because four\nof his brothers are serving in the imperial forces and not In the Canadian\narmy, Harold Hannath was refused exemption today on appeal, by Sir William Mullock. Hannath then announced his Intention of carrying his case\nto Justice Duff.\nHe said,that personally he had no\nobjection to serving but was only\nthinking of his mother, who lives in\nEngland. Sir William thought young\nHaiinath's mother would receive as\ngreat financial assistance if thc young\nman was in the army and ho dismissed\nthe case.\nWINNIPEG SALES  MANAGER\nWILL HAVE TO DON  KHAKI\nHutchings' Claim  for  His   Exemption\nRefused\u2014Judge  Haggart  Issues\nJudgment\n(By bally News Leased Wire)\nWINNIPEG. Dee. 27.\u2014John Moody,\nsales ma nam* r of the 0 rea t West\nSaddlery company, for whom the\npresident, 13; l*\\ Hutchings, desired\nexemption from military servi.ee, will\ndon kHaiti pit -March I, according to\na decision of .Judge Haggart today.\nJudge HaggavC said he recognized\ntho value of the services of Mr. Moody\nto tiie firm but that this was a time\nwhen the national needs bad to be\nconsidered first.\nNo decision lias yet boen given by\nJudge Unggart as to whether 11. V.\nilutciiings, recently drafted, can appeal  to Ottawa.\nAMERICANS AID  REDMOND\nIN   FIGHTING   PRO-GERMANS\nLeader    of    Irish    Nationalist    Party\nAr.know!edg*js  Receipt of Sum\nof $50,000\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nCHU.'AO'i, pec, 27.\u2014T. P. O'Connor\ntoday received from John Redmond.\nM.P., leader of the Irish Nationalist\nparty in the British parliament, \u00a3\ncable acknowledgment of ?*t(i,000 sent\nfrom America \u00abs the first Instalmen\nof t|)e fund now being raised in tht\nUnited Stales to help the constitutional Nationalist patty in Its cam\npalgn against pro-German and extre-\nnlst. propaganda, in the cable Mr\nRedmond expressed gratitude for thi.\nvaluable support from America nnd\ncongratulated' 'T. 17* on the sueccs:\nof his mission. Mr. O'Connor expect;\nthat within the next few weeks an\nidditioiuil $1,0,000 or $70,000 will he\nsent to Ireland,\nUKM FARH LOAN\nACT IS SUSPENDED\nOperation    Postponed   by    Provincial\nGovernment Owing to General      I\nFinancial Conditions.\nCALGARY, Alta., Dec. 27.\u2014The pro-;\nvlnclal government made the following\nannouncement tonight: I\n\"War conditions and unforeseen de-\nvelopmets incident thereto have forced\nthe provincial government to make a\nstatement of the situation with respect to thc operation of the Farm\nLoan act. |\n\"The act was passed In April last\nand the  matter of bringing it  into\noperation has been constantly before I\nthe government.    It will  be remem-\nbered that up to that time the United\nStates had not entered the war and\nthat thc American market was then\nopen to tho world for borrowing pur- j\nposes.   As soon, however, as the Unit- j\ned States joined the allies, her mar- \u25a0\nkets were closed to outside borrowers\nwith thc result that our source of supply\u2014one from which in recent years\na substantial proportion of' our bor-}\nrowing had been received\u2014was cut off. |\nThere   remained  only the  Canadian\nmarket and it Is hardly necessary to;\nadd  that  tho  largo  requirements  of\ntho Dominion government for war purposes preclude our borrowing in that\nquarter at a rate low enough to make\nthe plan a success.\nThe main principle of the Farm Loan\nact involves the borrowing and the\nreloanlng of money with a percentage\nadded to cover administration charges\nand it will be seen that to insure effective results a continuous supply of\nmoney at a reasonable .rate of interest\n5s essential. The government has,\ntherefore, determined that in thc interests of thc farmers themselves tho\npresnt is not an opportune timo to\ncommence thc loaning of money under\nthe Farm Loan act, and It has been decided to postpone its operation until\nconditions become normal.\"\nRev. iV. B. Irwin, pastor of Hyde\nPark and Komoko Presbyteriun congregations, has accepted a call to\nBraeebrldgc church.\nMADE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF\nSCHOOLS IN SASKATCHEWAN\nJames   Duff   Given   Appointment\u2014ll>s\nAlso Assistant Inspector of\nColleges.\nREGINA, Mask., Dec, 27.\u2014Jamos\nDuff, Inspector of public schools for\nSaskatchewan, has been appointed\nchief Inspector of public schools and\nassistant Inspector of high schools and\ncolleges for the province, according to\nnn anhounement made today. Mr. Duff\nhas had a long aud successful cxperi-\ni ends' as a teacher in public and high\n- schools, both In Ontario and in the\nWestern provinces, and lu 1 If 11 was appointed Inspector'of public schools. For\na number of years he has been chulr<\nman of the board of examiners at the\nannual departmental examinations.\nMONTREAL COUNCIL 8AYS\nOLEOMARGARINE TOO DEAR\n'(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL, Dee. 27.\u2014Alios! ig that\nthe price of oleomargarine (37 cents)\nis loo high, the city council this afternoon passed a resolution requesting\nFood\" Controller Hanna to fix a price\non pleoinargarlno wlthOthe least possible delay.\nSWITZERLAND RATIONED\nBY U. 8. GOVERNMENT\ntrade boned, in (an announcement, to\nnight., ennfinn.-'tl despatches from\nabroad \u2022 telling or an agreement to ra-\ntlon,HwJts.erl--nd and'gave the rules of\nprocedure, for exporters to follow In\nmaking shipment*. No. details of the\nagreement were given, but it Is known\nIt fixes the amount of foods-turfs tho\nUnited Stated will ship to .Switzerland\n|n,, return for assurances that nono of\nthe shipments will be 'permitted th no\nthrough to Germany.\nRAILWAYS STAND\n10\n(Continued  from  Page One.)\nwill bo taken by the Winnipeg board\nof trade, {\"secretary A, Doyle announced  today.    If the decision  Is allowed\nio stand, the public will be compelled\n0 paly from 830,000,000 to $40,000,000\nper annum more to the railroads, Mr.\nBoyle declared.\nIn a statement issued lo the press,\nibe board of trade says thai  It. wired\n1 protest to Acting Premier N. W.\nHowell, Hon, Arthur Meighen, Hon, .1.\nA. Calder last evening as soon as i,t\necclved newspaper reports lhat the\ncommission had decided to grant the\nrailways1 demand.\nSays Increase Calamitous\nTORONTO,    Dec.    27.\u2014Under    the\nheading  \"Increased  Cost   of   Railway\nService a  Calamity  to Canada,\"  the\nTelegram suys;\n\"A lf> per cent increase in Canadian\nfreight and passenger rates authorized by the railway commission will\nuld more than $40,000,000 per annum\nto the 5250,000,000 or .$300,000,000 per\nannum now paid to the Canadian\nPacific, Grand Trunk railway, Canadian  Northern aud other railways,\n\"The calamity of1** yearly addition\nof SS40.000.HOO to the cost of passenger\nand freight service Is a logical and\ndirect result of Canada's faith In\nprivate ownership and Canada's surrender t.i the null-public ownership\ntriumphs of Laurier's and Sift oil's\nanti-public statesmanship.\"\nViews of Sir Donald Mann\nTORONTO, Dec. 27.\u2014\"ll Is naturally to be expected that the Union\ngovernment will follow the example\nof the United States and place all the\nrailways under government control\nfor the period of the war,\" said Sir\nDonald Mann, vice-president of the\nCanadian Northern railway, \"lt is\nthe natural assumption. As conditions ure at. present, thr railway companies, other than the. Canadian Pacific, have no money to provide for\nkeeping their lines at a high standard\nof efficiency. Any money received by\nthe Canadian Northern railway from\nthe government in recent years has\nbeen for utilization in such work,\n\"The Grand Trunk lines are similarly situated, though to a less extent.\nThe lump sum they received from the\ngovernment las', session was all for\npast expenses, not for betterments\nnywhere. And without constant care\nof the lines and effective maintenance, the roads cannot cans for the\nheavy business they now should be\nHandling. Oeterolration; too, is so\nrapid that If the government does not\njome to their rescue by one course 01\nhe other, the scrap heap Is the ln-\n.vi table   destination.\"\nWants Roads Taken Over.\nREGINA, Sask., Dec. 27.\u2014At ameot-\nng of the shippers* sec.Ion of thi\njoard of trade this afternoon when the\n.net-ease in freight rates was undei\nllscusslon, It wus d\/ ded to wire the\n\u25a0Vihntpog board of trade suggestln\nhat pressure be brought to bear 01\nbe Dominion government to take ove\nhe railways, as has been dono In tht\nUnited states.\nIs Not Yet End of Question.\nWINNIPEG,   Dec.   27.\u2014iho     Free\nPress,  in  its  leading    editorial    thi,\nmorning says:\n\"The finding of tho railway commission in favor of un Increase of freight\nand passenger rates over all. the Canadian railways to the extent of 15 per\ncent Is not tho end of this question.\n\"Tho new government will find itself a court of review, to which this\ndecision will be appealed. It is, Inevitable that the newly elected parliament\nwill have- something to say about this\nalso.\n\"There Ih u strong and growing opinion in Canada thai what the U ited\nStates has found It necessary to do\nwith respect to the rat ways after\neight months of war Is long overdue\nIn Canada, which Is now In Its fourth\nyear of war.\" '\nNew Year's Gifts\nTHE OLD CUSTOM OF GIFT-GIVING AT NEW YEAR'S TIME 18\n8TILL MUCH IN EVIDENCE\nOur Stock Will Offer You Practical Aid in Making Selection\nA FEW PLUSH COATS\u2014JUST IN\nSAI,TS PLUSH,  BEAUTIFULLY  MADE  AND  SMART  IN   STYLE\nA GIFT THAT WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED\nA 8ILK   UNDERSKIRT \u2022   -\nIN BLACK OR IN COLORS\u2014MATERIALS OF \"QUEEN QUALITY\"\nSILK\u2014A MOST ACCEPTABLE GIFT\nA Silk\nBlouse\nCREPE-DE-CHENE    OR\nGEORGETTE CREPE\nIN  A  GREAT  VARIETY\nOF COLORS  AND\nTRIMMINGS\n\u2014.'     A VERY  DAINTY   GIFT\nWE WOULD FURTHER SUGGEST:\nOSTRICH BOAS CAP   AND   SCARF    SETS   FOR\nKID GLOVES SKATING\nSWEATER COATS SILK UMBRELLA\nBOUDOIR CAPS FANCY NECKWEAR,\nKNITTED UNDERWEAR HOSIERY, FURS, ETC.\nEND   THE   OLD  YEAR  WELL   BY   MAKING   SOMEONE   GLAD\nSmillie & Weir\nLADIES'    WEAR     SPECIALISTS\nCANADIAN       CANADIAN\nPacific        Pacific\nEastern Canada Excursions\nTICKETS   ON   8ALE   DAILY   TILL   DECEMBER   31\nFROM ALL   KOOTENAY   POINTS\nMIDWAY   AND   EAST\u2014NAKUSP   AND   SOUTH\nTo All Points in 0 itario, Qiabsc,\nrhe Maritim; Pf winces\nToronto    $93.30   Montreal    398.30'\nRATE8  FROM  AND TO ANY  POINT ON   REQUEST\nRETURN   LIMIT  THREE   MONTH8   FROM   DATE   ISS.IEb\nTICKETS  AND  SLEEPER   RESERVATIONS   FROM   ANY   AGENT\nOR   WRITE\nJ. S. CARTER, District Passenger Agent, Nelson, B.C.\nM]\nMORE SHEEP CALLED FOR\nOTTAWA.\u2014While special emphHHis\nhas been laid tin the Increased. pro*\nductton of hogs, more sheep are needed also. The Increase in the number\nof sheep hi all Canada this year\namounted to .lOO.OOO head, \"or 15 per\ncent.\nNew York Exchange Gives Unqualified\nEndorsement to Plan for U. 8.\nRunning Railways.\n'(Uy Daily News Leaded Wire.)\nNICW VORK, Dec. 27.\u2014Wall stro?t\nexpressed unqualified endorsement of\nPresident Wilson's plan fcr the government to run the railroads by a sweeping advance today In the securities\nmarket. The upturn wns one of tho\nmust sensational seen in years. The\nassurances of net earnings and of the\nmaintenance of railroad properties\nwere tho factors of the government\nprogram which pleased Investors und\ndentors lu stocks and bonds.\nThe pessimism of thu Inst few\nmonths ever the railway outlook gave\nway to enthusiasm when tho unexpected news from Washington was read in\nthis morning's papers. Orders to buy\npoured Into brokers* offices from all\nover the country and thc market was\nprimed for a big advunce long before\nIt opened. .\nRailway Shares Jump.\nThc railway shares, especially those\nJnder greatest depression In the widespread decline of recent months, recorded extreme gains of C to 10 points\nn the respective groups, 12 to 18\n>olnts In thc less active dividend Is-\nmes nnd 3 to 13 points In numerous\nion-dividend stocks, including several\niot long out of the reorganization\nitage.\nThe bond market for rails kept pace\nvith the movement on stocks, various\ninderlylng' or junior Issues advancing\n! to 8Vi poin,ts. Greatest gains In the\n>ond list were math* by thc coalers,\niOtably Erie, with several improve-\nnents In the convertible issues of suc-\nHHlnry western and tou hwestern\nroads, Including Graingers and. cotton\ncarriers.\nIndustrials and the many related\nstocks, which figure In dully market\ndealings were Ignored In the first upswing of prices, hut were taken up\nvigorously later, on tho theory that\nevory line of trade will bo stimulated\nby the upbuilding of tho tallroauB.\nCanadian Securities Advance.\nUtilities also benefited by th\" scope\nof the administration's program, which\nremoves them from tholr doubtful status, and Canadlnn securities gained &\nto 8 points on thu Increased rates to\nbo granted lo railroads opeiatlng in\nthe Dominion.\nThe only element adversely affected\nby tho day'8 Impressive advance was\nthe short Interest, or \"bears,\" as they\nare technically designated. Heavy\ncovering by shorts, which has continued, despite tho restrictive measures\nadopted by the stock exchange, again\noffered proof, many observon* declared,, of tho wisdom of permitting trading of this character within legitimate\nlimits.\nProfit-taking  was  a natural  con-\nFurs\nTo clear at greatly reduced prices\nto make room for new season's\ngoods.\nFine Selection. Good Bargains\nG. GLASER\nThe Manufacturing Furrier,\n416 Ward St. Nelson, B. C.\ncomltant, but this had no legitimate effect on stocks holding within 1 to 1!\npoints of their best at the less active\nclose. Total sales approximated 1,200,-\n000 shares, thc largest turnover on tho\nbull side since the early months of the\nyear.\nFIRE HAD GOOD START j\nWHEN ALARM WAS GIVEN I\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nREGINA, Sask., Dec. 27.\u2014Considerable evidence was given today by men\nattached to the military units of the \\\ncity beforo A. Vi. Flshor, provincial fire\ninspector, in connection with the fire ,\nwhich recently destroyed the winter\nfair buildings. Good progress has been\nmade by the fire commissioner and his\nassistant In the investigation to date\nand much evidence has been taken. .\nWhile a lot of the evidence given .\nhas been of a routine nature, dealing\nwith the precautions taken hy tho military authorities to avoid fire, definite\nevidence has been given showing the\nlocation of the fire. In regard to today's proceedings, Mr. Fisher stated\ntonight that nothing of Importance had\ndeveloped other than the definite settling of the placo where the flro actually broke out, namely the kitchen.\nEvidence was given by two of tho\ntrumpeters, who stated they sounded\nthe alarm when ordered to do so, while\nTrumpeter Blair stated that heforo'he\nhad finished the southwest pa t of tho\nbuilding was in flames and the bunks\nwere beginning to cave in.\n:- DODDS\nKIDNEY\nV PILLS -\n\"^l .\"\u2022> \\\\\\N*^n|i\n'NTS   DlS|,\n'\u00ab'Jr:TC5   rt\n id*\n'   \"-FRIDAY.     DEC   -2*i:-\"W\\T.     \"\n'>\u2666\u00bb\u2666 >e>ee\u00bbe\u00bb-\u00bb\u00bb>\u2022\u25a0\u00bb\u2022\u2666'>\u2666\u2666\u2022\u00bb *\u2666-*** m tt*t\u00bbttt'tt*tttt huht-^t \u2022\nMining and Markets\nSMELTER HAS PLAN TO ENABLE\nTO PRODUCE\nTMEttt&YNiiWS1\nLEAD MARKET SITUATION IS DISCUSSED\u2014LAST YEAR'S MONTHLY\nAVERAGE OF ORE WILL BE-RECEIVED AND SILVER CONTENTS\nWILL BE SETTLED ON BASIS OF \"POOLING\" CIRCULAR\u2014TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT LEAD WILL BE SETTLED FOR IN SAME WAY\nAND REMAINING 75 PER CENT WILL BE STORED, BANKS LOANING AGAINST IT MONEY TO ENABLE OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE.\nProducers can ship to Trail\nsmelter, beginning Feb. 1, each\njj month one-twelfth of the amount\n'-'\u25a0' of lead ores shipped during the 12\nj months ending Sept. 30 last. This\n1     means the tame average as during\nthe past year.\n\u25a0;    -Per the-ailver  in  this  ore Vie\nConsolidated  company  will   settle\non the basis of the \"pooling\" circular of Nov. 5 last.\nFor 25 per cent of the lead contents the company will setth also\non the basis of the \"pooling\" circular.\nThe remaining. 75 per cent of the\nlead contents will be stored and. it\nIs intimated arrangements will be\nmade with the banks to advance\n\\'i   against it sufficient to enable the\nproperties to continue operations.\nIn effect the above is the solution of the lead market situation\nwhich was placed before a confer-\nn    ence  of  lead  mineowners  at  tha\nHume hotel yesterday by officials\nof the Consolidated company.\nThe crux of the situation is that tho\nimperial munitions board is unable to\nplace anymore lead r.rders at the pros-\nent time, though an early Improvement\nIn the .sitiiatton. ls..antlclpated.\nMost of the lead producers of the\nKootenay lake district were intutend-\nanC^i-jhut the Slocan mineowners we o\n^unnnle-to attend owing to train service\n\u2022\u25a0fofirik interrupted.\n*' The Consolidated company officials,\n' after the lack of markot   hod    beon\nthoroughly discussed, were asked what\nthe company could do.\n,*\u25a0 They stated that they could not re-\n. celve any lead ore unt.l Feb. 1.   It will\ntake until that time to get rid of the\n.accumulation whicli resulted ftotn the\nrecent strike. Two hundred c rlcads of\nore were unloaded by the office staff\nof tho company after tbe smcl'ermpn\nwent out.   After Feb. 1, the officials\n..stated,  the  smeller  could   take  eaeh\nmonth until further notice on-\u2022-twelfth\nof 25  per cent of lhe production  of\nthe mines for the year ending Sept. 30.\n! 1917, and settle for It on the terms of\n'*. the \"pooling\" circular of Nov. fi. From\n: the same'date, Feb. l,.the smelter could\n\u25a0 receive each moulh one-twelfth of tho\nRemaining 7R per cent of last year's\n^production, .and settle for   tho    silvor\ncontents on the terms of the circular\nof Nov. 5, but the lead contents would\nhave to be stored and settled for enly\nnfter the lead now on hand.had been\nsold and tin. lead contents of the 25 per\ncent of now ore disposed of.\nBanks to Aid.\nIt was Intimated that probably arrangements could be made with the\nbanks to advance against the lead\nstored sufficient to enable the proper-\ntics to continue operations. The company stated that It would do everything possible to facilitate such an ar-\nra^wment with the banks.\nThe company agreed to continue to\nlimit shipments from its own mines'In\nthe same proportion as the shipments\nfrom the independent producers were\nlimited.\nAh to zinc, the smelter company expects to be ablo to receive normal\nquantities of ore during February. After that month receipts will depend\nupon further orders being rocelved\nfrom the imperial munitions board.\nWould be Costly to  Refuse It.\nTho question of receipt of shipments\nof ore from thc Electric Point mine\nwas mentioned and the company' explained that the ore -was necessary\nfor fluxing purposes and was accepted\nonly In sufficient proportion to flux\nthe ores from the properties oh this\nside. The company could refuse to\naccept ore from this mine but the effect would bo to increase the cost of\nsmelting the British Columbia ores.\nTho British Columbia mines, If this\nwere done, would thus be burdened\nwith the extra cost. !\nOfficials of the company present at\nthe conference were .L J. Warren,\nmanaging director; S. G. Blaylock, assistant manager, and T. W. lBngay,\ncomptroller.\nAmerican newspaper despatches recently have shown that tho United\nStates govornment has not yet been j\nable to get Its war preparations as\nfar under way as was generally supposed. Progress has been delayed\nthrough lack of supplies, the govern-,\nment at Washington experiencing dlf- I\nficultles similar to those through\nwhich the other allied governments\nwent when they entered the war. When\nAmerican    munitions    production   'is\nPRICE Of SILVER AT^\nWill\nQuoted on  London  Market at Ai%\u2014\nSpelter Firm\u2014Lead and Capper\nPrices.\n(By Ddily Nowa Leased Wire.)\nNEW TORK, Dec 27.\u2014Silver, 86%;\nat London, 43%.'\nSpelter flrm;\u00bbEast St. Louis dcllv-\nel*y,.'spot, .7-82 to 7.87. aVt London:\nSpot,  \u00a364;  futures,  \u00a350.\nCopper at Londoiar.Spot,' \u00a3110;- futures, \u00a3110; electrolytic, seias.\nLend; St. Louis, 6.17*4; Hew'York,\n6.2B;  Montreal,? 7.75.    '\u00bb'...'\"'.\nVANCOUVER BANK CLEARINGS\nINCREASE t10*MXK),000\n\u2022 VA^NOOUVBR, B. C;. DeOa. 27.\u2014Bank\nclearlngB for Vancouver for the'year\n1917 are approximately $100,000,000 In\nexcess of 1916; Including the estimated\nclearings for the-three remaining business \u25a0 days of this year' clear ng\u00ab for\nthe. 12 monthH total (421,484,078- ai\ncompared with (321,585,736 for thc pre\nvlotiH year.\nShB**^\n\"Does the work cheaper^ better\"\nis what W. H. Heideman writes. \"A tou of ordinary dynamite had been uoed with very poor results,\" he said, \"and\nfinally T got Giant Stumping Powder to test out. lt\ngave entire satisfaction and did the best all-around work.\"\nHundreds of land clearers in every\npart of British Columbia always tell\ntheir dealers or institutes to order\nGiant Stumping Powder for them.\nTney have found that Giant, being\nmade especially for use in this section,\nalways gives better results than powders made to meet general conditions.\nGet our stump book free\nIt contains many illustrations showing\nyou how to save explosives in loading\nstumps. It explains how you can get\n' the stumps out cleaner and easier with\nGiant Stumping Powder. It also tells\nhoiy to do other kinds of farm work\nwith explosives. Mail the coupon and\nthis valuable bout, will be sent free.\nAf^STOMIliPWDER\nBataimili.\nFree Book\nCoupon\nGIANT POWDER CO. Lid.\nVancouver. B.'.C\nSend oe your pouk.  \" newer Fanning with\nniant stumpinr Powder.\"   1 am Intereeted In\nIhembjecla which 1 have walked X: .\nSTUMP BLASTING\nBOULDER BLASTINC\nROAD MAKING\nTREE BCD BLASTING\nDITCH BLASTING\nMINING-QUARRYING\nThe Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.\nof Canada, Limited\norfloea. Smeltlnt, and Refiulun Department\nTRAlfa. BRITISH COLUMBIA'\nSMELTERS AND REFINERS\nPurchasers of Gold, Sliver; Copper. Lead and Zinc Ores\nTADANAC BRAND fto lUHAtf. BLUBSTOKB AND SPELTER\"\nthoroughly organized lt is anticipated\nthat there will be a big demand\nlead, zinc and. copper\u2014the chief munitions metals. If this occurs thc necessity for the course which tho smelter company is taking in order to meet\nthe market' situation and at the same\ntime enable the mines to continue op-\ncrating at the fullest possible capacity\nunder the circumstances will not exist\nfor long. -\nThe Situation in Canada.\nMunitions orders In Canada fell off\nlast summer. The decrease in orders\ncame as a bolt from the blue and right\non top of a period In which Canada\nwas unable to supply anything like\ntho amount of lead required for shell\nmanufacture- in this country. Por\nmonths the munitions board, which has\nalways given the preference to Canadian lead, and never purchased American lead If it could get the metal in\nCanada, required some thousands oi\ntons more per month- than Canada\ncould turn out,       .\nBetween 6000 and 7000 tons pei\nmonth were being consumed by Canadian shell factories for some months.\nThe Canadian output was less than\n2400 tons and in order to make up\nthe difference the munitions board had\nto contract for lead in the United\nStates. But it only purchased sufft\nclent lead from the United States to\nmeet the needs of the Canadian fac\ntories, which were filling the orders\nfrom London, in excess of the Canadian\nproduction. When the orders fell oft\nsuddenly, the munitions board was\nleft with a stock on hand, a stock\nwhich while sufficient for only a short\nperiod of production at the former\nrate, was sufficient for a much longer\nperiod at the reduced rate.\nThe Industrial Consumption.\nDomestic consumption of lead in\nCanada, for Industrial purposes, totaled 6000 tons, or 500 a month last\nyear. It Is estimated that it will\nrun about tho same in l'JIS and it is\non this basis that the Consolidated\ncompany, which Is Canada's only lead\nproducer, is arranging to settle for 25\nper cent of the average monthly receipts of last year. This 25 per cent\nwill represent about 500 tons a month,\nwhich the company figures it can dispose of for industrial purposes.\nThe remaining 75 per cent of the\nmonthly average of lead receipts will\nbe stored until a market, has been\nfound for it.\nIt is pointed out that the mines will\nIn two ways get some, relief from the\nsituation created by the lack of munitions market by means of the plan\nof settlement for 25 per cent and the\nstoring of 75 per cent, with loans from\nthe banks on the amount stored. One\nbenefit Is that settlement will be made\nfor the lull silver contents of the ore\non the basis of the circular of Nov. 5.\nThe other advantage is that the operators will be able to keep down their\nrelative overhead charges per ton of\nore. If they could ship only 25 per\ncent of last year's monthly average\nproduction their overhead charge*,\nwould be virtually the same as tf they\nshipped tho full 100 per cent. Under\nthc plan proposed they will be able\nto work on the 100 per cent basis.\n.There will, mineowners point out, be\nsome Increased cost owing to the necessity for financing on the 75 Per cent\nof lead which will be stored, but it Is\ncalculated that the cost of this financing will be more than overcome by the\nlower overhead charges and the fact\nthat normal production can be maintained throughout the year.\nEarly Improvement Expected.\nJust how tho proposal will work ou\nwill depend, It is pointed out, upoi.\ntho length of time which elapses bo-\nforc the munitions situation .demand\nan increased supply of lead. It is not\nbelieved, that this will be long, as tlu\nUnited States Is making great effort*.\nto speed Its preparations for war. Directly they are under way those it\ncloso touch with the mining lndustrj\nand the metals situation look for h\nrenewal of the big demand for copper,\nlend and zinc\nCanada has already received big orders for high explosive shells. These,\nhowever, do not consume lead. It is\norders for shrapnel that are needed\nand are expected directly1 the United\nStates.gets Its war preparations mqrc\nthoroughly organised and a big force\nof men into action. It ia no secret that\nthe number of American troops in\nFranco at tho present^ time is not\nlargo as armies go in this war. It\ntakes timo to train new armies nnd to\nequip them and the artillery which\nwill support thcin in battle.\nNotice\nTim adjourned annual meeting\nof tho Utica Mines, Limited, will \u25a0\nin- held at Kaslo, Jan. it.\nTRADING\u00bb\u00ab\u00ab\nON SPOKANE MARKET\nRambler and Slocan Star Make For'\nward   Movement\u2014Standard   la\n8trong\u2014Utlea Down.\nConditions showed some improvement on the Spokane market yester\nday and several prominent stocks were\nstronger than they have been for some\nlittle time. Rambler waa quoted *4\nhigher, the price being 7. Slocan Star\nmade a' similar advance to 1%. Standard was strong at 89. tltlca wa\u00bb\ndown, yielding* % to 9.\nSpokane doling Quotations,\n(Reported by St Denis & Lawrence.)\nBid     Asked\nCork-Pro*,noe   1.02.    \u00bb .04%\nRambler    ..........   .07.   \u25a0     .10\nStandard    .39 ..;\nSlocan Star 0XU       .0214\nttlci   09 40'\nCaledonia. > 41%      .44\nNew York Curb Closing.\nBid     Asked\nCanada Copper  111.75      $1.87*4\nRay Hercules  3.12*4     3.50\nStandard    87H      ,43%\ntlUoa. '.....  .09 .11\nNow   York   Exchange.\nHigh    Low    Close\nC. P. R 13\u00ab4    188       184%\nChino     -v.. 40%.     39.        39Vi\nGranby    74%     73        74%\nInspiration  ii%     40        42%\nMiami    27%     20%     27%\nUC S. Stool   88 84%      87*4\nSales: C. P. R., 0200; Chlno. 4400;\nGranby, 200; Inspiration, 4300; Miami.\n1400; V. S. Steel, 265,700. Total sales,\n1,105,500.        '\u25a0\u25a0'\nADJOURN  UTICA MEETING;\nOh account of the-absence of some\nof the heaviest, shareholders, the annual mee'lnr- ot Kaslo yesterday of\nthe Utica Mining company was adjourned until. Jan. 3.\nBANK NOTICE DEPOSITS\n-FOR  NOVEMBER   RECORD\n8how Increase of $23,000,000\u2014Demand\nDeposits up to Extant of\n\u00bb44,000,000.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Dec. 27.\u2014A big Increase\nIn both demand 'and notice deposits ls\nthe outstanding' feature of the bank\nstatement for November issued by the\nfinance- department tonight Demand\ndeposits have increased by approximately $44,000,000 over those for October and notice deposits by $23,000,-\n000. The latter-probably for the first\ntime on record exceed $1,000,000,000.\nDetailed figures for the months of\nOctober and November, 1917 i'\">'Ow:\nNovember\nReserve fund  ....$  L4.uttU53\nNote circulation     110,135,753\nDemand deposits       538,809,302\nNotice deposits  1,008,667,974\nDep, outside Canada     157,645,013\nCurrent coin .j;...\u00bb i    33,179,731\nDominion  notes\"     166,151,137\nCentral gold reserve       91,120,000\nCall loans In Canada       72,178,346\nCall loans out Canada;.. 139,832,552\nCurrent loans in Canada 808,973,714\nCurrent loans out. Can...      95,054,524\nTotal   liabilities     2,078,101,230\nTotal   assets -..,...:\n.... 2,320,270,985\nOctober\nReserve fund $  113,518,213\nNote circulation     189,868,907\nDemand deposits     495.05S.-1-I9\nNotice deposits      985,790,850\nDep. outside Canada ....    181.799,457\nCurrent coin    \u25a0    74,950,007\nDominion notes       137,050,480\nCentral gold reserve       80,770,000\nCall loans in Canada.... 71.653,719\nCull loans out. Canada.. 151,018,747\nCurrent loans in Canada 883,980,800\nCurrent loans out Canada     83,821,805\nTotal liabilities  1,995,488,958\nTotal   assets     2,244,787,051\nr\/Artr'Vrtifct\neeemeAteeteeMeltiSm\nFAILING IN LOVE WITM YOUe\n(\u2022tj    The jfoinoua Takakkaw. Falls.      (2)   Camping under the Tak&kkaw Falls.\n(.\u25a0a, .\/muiit Stephen and Che Kicking Horse. - ,*-*\nBANK CLEARINGS FOR\nCHIEF CANADIAN CITIES\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG. Doe. St.\u2014Following are\ntiie  bank  clearings  for the  principal\ncities of the Dominion for the week\nended today:\nMontreal'   -.*. .$68,158793\nToronto     51.68t.3fl0\nWinnipeg    44,622.147\nVancouver        8,248,51!!\nOttawa    '.     6,209,364\nHamilton     4,501,397\nQuebec        3,815,199\nEdmonton     3.600,889\nLondon        2,149,588\nRegina        3,415,739\n3t John      1,701,264\nVictoria  1     1,865,355\nSaskatoon        1,811,414\nilooso  Jaw        1,424 882\nJnmdon              600,729\n.irantford           776,589\nfort William        924,720\nLethbridge       S\u00bbM66\nmedicine- Hat       567,256\nXOW Westminster 387,350\n8TOCK8.\nWe have facilities for handling ardors on all the principal exchanges,\nand shall lie pleased to handle your\nbusiness. See our board for daily Wire\nquotations. -r1\n3T. DENIS A LAWRENCE.\nPhone 91ft.     W9 Ward 8t      Bex 1102\nSTOCK TRADING APATHY\t\nPREVAILS AT TORONTO\nDealings Confined to Few Issues, and,\nApart from Dome, to Minimum\nPrioes.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Dec. i}7.\u2014The local market was not dragged from its apathy\nby the extremely active trading and\nbig advances In railway stocks on the\nNow York markot today, following the\nannouncement of President Wilson*\npolicy. Dealings apart from those in\nDome Mines, were in each caae at\ntho minimum figure, tho stocks traded\nIn being Bell telephone, Cement, imperial Bank, Maple Leaf preferred,\nand Standard Bank.\nHtofll of Canada, whose fiscal year\nends Monday next and whoso-earnings\nnre said to be well maintained, was\non offer at the minimum without bide.\nIn war loans there watt a stiffening\ntendency shown In the firatt, and third\nIssues, the second holding unchanged.\nThe day's transactions were: Stocks,\n200 shares of Dome, 343; war loans,\n$10,100.\nAIUONUST the Canadian Rockies\nyou meet folk from all over the\nworld. A.nd you really do\nimyi them, not just read the tags on\ntlit-n luggage; People who wouldn't\ndrt.Hi.1 of following-up their Inclination to know you if they met you on\nMichigan Aveuue or Broadway, calm-\nt;- Introduce theuiselv.---s. and you\npnrt friends.\nI'd beou staying at the Glacier,\nwb(!i> i knew everybody from the\nviitUT-j up. and when I had to leave\nuii'! -.-d east agnlo I'd have-cried oo\nSi* Donald's shoulder, If tie hadii't\nlii-wii t*b thousand feet above sea\nlev?) nnd covered with a week's snow\n\u00bbt tiiat.\n'\"Oh, out you'll make friends at\nfield.\" they told me comfortingly\n\"Mnittn Stephen will take Sir Don-\nHid'-* Qliice In your heart'1\nKield is h little tilt of a town that\nlooks **.<*. though' It had been washed\nui by the Kicking Hors*? River and\nthrown hi the feet of Mts Stephen\nfLpii Dennis, where It hangs on by\nmeans of the loot; twin-stee) rope of\ntha \".rack\nOn tU train between Field and\nLake l.ou'iS*j yon pass the gigantic,\nguti- posts of the Volio Valley a few\nnlfhiri.es out of Ph.Id But It too'* us\nmore than four miles of Brentc road\nw*fiy to reach there, -passing en route\nthe aerial silver mint whose great\nlonrway, perched hundreds of feet\nah-'Vi- ua, looked Ilk,*- a swallow's nest\n!p'i  \u2022 '*'\u25a0>\u25a0 HttlMtifflb\nyi\\til   n\u00bbuj ijLiiI!*\nand  early  for  the  beautiful  drive\nthrough the Yoho Valley.\nA.fu;r passing Cache Creek the road\nturned sharply to the left and we\nentered the valley that grows narrower and deeper and awesomer and\nsteeper for close on six miles Here\nthe crystal Kicking Horse falls Into\nthe glacial-muddy Yoho, with a result\ntbat reminds you of marble cake\nuntil the two streams are thoroughly\nmixed.\nMt, Ogden towers 3.795 feet to our\nright as we swing round the corner of\nMt Field. ML Nik'a, a thousand feet\ntaller still, lies north again, and beyond is Balfour, another thousand\nstep up into the blue.\nThe valley narrows. The plucky\nhorses take ono switchback after an\nother as the trail goes up the mountain in a series of sharp Z's The\nroad, however, ts a miracle of picturesque engineering.\nAt last the roaring river\u2014It ffocs\nroar between the granite bars of its\nlong, cage\u2014Is a hundred and fifty\nfeet below and the hank oo which the\nhorses pause is so Bteep that It's\nalmost undercut.. You can hardly see\nthe headlong Yoho. and If there\nweren't stout fences on which to lean\nundoubtedly mother wouldn't set out\nof the carriage to love Canada at\ncloser range As tt Is. we shiver at\nthe lonesome-awesomeness of this\ndark gorge.\nThe   valley   widens   again.   Therp\nAnd then at last we came to T*\nkakkaw.\nThe Indians looked at the swaying\ncurtain of It and they said to one another,   \"Takakkaw!\"   which   means\n'how wonderful.\"   Over on the oilier,,\nside of the valley lies the camp wlw*li '\nin a way deserves a \"Takakkaw*   of,\nits own.   There are bough beds    -.d\nlittle stoves in every tent;  ther     s\nthe magic teepee in the centre of    is\nclearing where the nightly fire coaxes,\ngrizzly stories out of the guides.        \u201e\nNot .far   from   cainp'there   is   a i:\nbig    stream     coming     down     tha\nmountainside    to   the    left,    which;\nwhen It hits the valley branches i  to\na perfect family tree of .streamlet?  a\ndozen big ones and dear knows hot?\nmany grandchildren brooks that run\nhere and there like fresh air exi ur* '\nslon kiddies on a farm     Every win- \u2022\nter   the   configure tion   of   the   pi   \u00bb\nchanges .un*   the streams shoui  and\nbegin all over again.    No wonder ths '-!\ntrail gut I list.\nWe raced over the boulders.\nBut boulders are treacherous anihmjs\nplay with and will bke yon in\nthe hack This one dldn t approve >t\nIcing raced over. The wo\nI turned too\u2014not quite\n\u2014landing on my hands and km\none of, the grandchlldren-brookl'-ts.\nThero was a long hot ten mlnufs\nsilence I was'glad thp sun on the\nstores were strong and drying\n\"Takakltaw'\" | cried the fonnrnne\nor my  womanly  sympathy  carpi\"\u2022 \"y\nworm turn d.\ni \u00abi somers   it\nre treed benches rising above It be-,\nyond them steep bare precipices, and j corked    \"Did vnu yo and tall in lo.o\n\u25a0vera up brightt higher still the snow. i-.villi the Yoho too?\"\nOnly One \"Bromo Quinine.\"\nTo est the genuine, call for full name\nLAXATTVE BftONfo. QUININE. Look\nfor signature* of E. W. OROVR   Cnroa\nn, col* in use fisy.   IVc\niiltt ARE BOOSiED\nBV RAILWAY HUVE\nStandard Rails Jump 5 io 18 Points-\nOther   Issues  also  Improve\nGreatly.\nNEW YORK, Dec. 27.\u2014The stock\nmarket was thrown Into a riot of bullish enthusiasm today by the unexpected news of the forthcoming federal\ncontrol of railroads.\nStandard rails rose fi to IS points\nduring tho most active advance of\nthe forenoon, and Industrials later became prominent at gross gains of 3 to\n6 points under the lead of United\nStates Steel.\nEvidently the terms and conditions\nalready announced in connection with\nthe unprecedented action are far moro\nreassuring to Investors and railway interests  than was generally expected.\nTho constructive features embodied\nin tho plan were helpful to other Issues, including tho wide range of Industrials, war equipments and allied\nspecialties, aB well as utilities.\nWall street believes, all lines of Industry are sure to derive substantial\nbenefit from the physical Improvement\nand maintenance of the transportation\nsystems to which the government is\nnow committed.\nFrom the Very outset today's market swept the bears off thoir feet in\na wild scramble to cover contracts, in\nspite of the restrictions against speculation. There existed an extensive\nshort interest, whose '-paper prbfits\"\nmelted in the comprehensive advance.\nFinal prices of Important stocks\nwero 1 to 2 points under maximums\nbut the net result was the most heart-1\nenlhg slnco the beginning of the long!\nsustained docltne. Total sales, 1,180,-\n000 shares. ,\nBonds of low grade railroads) rose 2\nto 8 points, investments gaining 1 to\n2 points. International bonds hardened greatly. Liberty 4s sold at 97. to\n06.1)6 and the 3Hs at 93.50 to 98.36.\nTotal bond sales,.par value. $6,550,000.\nClosing Quotations.\nSmelters    ;........... ;72%\njUi*-cwd\u00ab^Vv,.v*..\u00bb.yi.Jf,-;i^i*.^.iV 68\n 104*4\nSTOCK BUSINESS IS\nSLOW ON  MONTREAL MART\nMONTREAL, Dec 27.\u2014With the Now\nYork market experiencing one of the\nmost remarkable rallies of years after\na long period of depression, the positive Inertness of the local list today\nwas pathetic by contrast.\nThis was generally attributed to two\ncauses In the street, the lack of money\nand the existence of price restrictions.\nThe only sales today amounted to\n215 shares, of which Civic Power con\ntributed 89. Forty shares of Dominion\nSteel corporation were picked up in\nthe afternoon at 52% and a few shares\nof Cement, Ogilvie, Smelters and Cottons made up the balance, all at minimum prices. There was fairly hea\\'*y\nbuying In the war bonds department.\n(Additional   Market Newa on   Page 6.)\n[CANADIAN}\n%.j\"\u00abit'wASf\/\nChristmas\nNew Year's\nLocal Excursion Fares\nROUND   TRIP\u2014FIRST   CLASS\nTO   AND   FROM   ALL   STATIONS   ON    WESTERN    LINE8\nFare and One-Third\nON   8ALE\nDECEMBER   22   TO   \u00a33   AND   DECEMBER   29   TO   JANUARY   1\nRETURN   LIMIT  JANUARY  4\nSpecial I Teachers, Students  and\nConcessions J   Commercial Travelers\nTickets\nASK  FOR   DETAILS\nFrom All - Agents and Purnra Kootanay\n8teamara. Conductor, will ..II Excursion\nTieksts from Flag Stations.\nJ. S. CARTER, District Passenger Agent, Nelson, B.O.\n PAGE  Faun\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nFriday.:' dec; \"as;   \u00abir.   1\n\u25a0aa-\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nPublished    every   morning   exo-pt\nSunday by The News Publlahlng Company, Limited, Nelson, B. C, Canada,\n...     ROBB.SUTHERLAN0,\n,\/ .',,'.. , General Manager.\nBusiness letters should be addressed\nand checks and' money orders mde\npayable to The News Publishing Company, Limited, and in no case to individual members of the staff.\n..Advertising rate cards and sworn\ndetailed statements of circulation\nmailed on request or mry be seen at\ntbe'-office of any advertising aeen-y\nrecognized by the Canadian P ess\nAssociation.'\n; ^Subscription Pates\u2014By ma'l 50 cen's\nper month; $2.50 for six months; $5.00\nper yeari Delivered, 60 cents per\nmonth; $3.00 for six months; $6.00 per\nyear, payable in advance.\nFRIDAY,     DEC.     28,     1917.\nTHERE WON'T BE ANY PEACE ON\nTHI8 BASIS.\nIf conclusion of a ssparatc peac?\nbetween Russian ar.d the central empires depends upon the consent of the\nentente allies to the German proposal\nof1; a peace \"without compulsory annexations and without contributions\"\nthere w|ll be ho separate peace.\nThe German proposal is simply tho\nold proposition of a return to tho\nstatus quo ante bellum. It Is j st what\nGermany has been fighting for during\nthe past 18 months. Such a pence\nwould deprive Belgium and tho other\ncountries which have been ravaged by\nthe Huns of the reparation which is\ntheir due and upon which the entente\ninsists. It would leave the militarist c\nelement in control of Germa y. It\nwould leave the militaristic mac ine\nintact and ready for \"the next war\"\nupon which junketdom bases its hope\nof winning world dom natlo . which it\nhas failed to grasp in this war.\nTHE\nBANK ACCOUNT OF\nCANADIAN PEOPLE.\nTHE\n' The November bank statement\nshows another great inciease ln demand and saving deposts. Demand\ndeposits ' increased $44,000,000 over\nthose of October and savings deposits\n$23,000,000.\n'Ji. three years the increase in deposits In the Canadian banks is remarkable. Comparison with the total\nifor January of 1915 shows a growth of\n$'209,000,000 in demand deposits and of\n$34?,000,000 in savings deposits, or a\ntotal increase of $551,000,000.\nThie ineseu.se in deposits of moro than\nRaff a'billion dollars, ls all tho more\nnotable when it is reme n. beretl that\nniiice Januai-y, 1915, great d mestic\nwar 'Icar.s which huve absorbed some-\n.Mnff like $350,600,000 of the siirp.L.s\nmoney of, tho people of the country\nhavo been floated. In addition Is the\n5400,000,000 Victory loin, though only\na pot tion of that has been paid over to\nthe government.\nferent ways that It is not tardy in taking notion directly It hn.s ascertained\nthe course which Is best designed to\nfacilitate tho thorough organization\nand conservation of the country's resources for tho prosecution of the\nwar.\nGROUND OBSERVATION\n(By Major C. J. Stroet.)\nThere are times when It seems as If\nthe whole of one's own sector of the\nfront slept; as If tho country for miles\n\u2666 on either side of the scarred trench\nTut-Tutl\nCaptions come easy sometimes, as\nwhen we note that Jamos Tutt of\nCincinnati was recently married to\nMiss Alva Tutt of Cleveland.\u2014Buffalo\nCommercial.\nWhat Constitutes a Medicine?\nWar   has    been    declared   against\nwhiskey to the end;   beer and wine\nlt. Whatever sort of place It may be\nits internal arrangements arc the same,\nmore or leas^ elaborated, and consist\nof a holo through which the observer\ncan look, and-*a place for his telephonist, who .is.with his instrument,\nready to,.send back.such scraps of Information as: may -be sleaned\t\nThe obfleryer*s best friends are his\nmap and .his glasses. Uls first duty\nis to :SU\"idy. thp.country before him\nand compare it with the map, Idcntl-\n[ WHAT THE PRESS 13 SAYINQ f j zone wero wholly abandoned by man.\nComplete  silence  reigns,   no  sign  of\nmovement can be detected.'   But It Is\njust at these times that watchfulness\nIs at Its keenest; that more is learned\nof the enemy than.in periods of activity.   Observation of the enemy's line    ; . ,\nand of the country behind it is.the first Wig first- any,- conspicuous    points\nnecessity of war, upon the evidence  there may be, and sul.-seouenUy^ filling\nproduced by pleoing together the re-  in the '\u25a0 detail,   .It bounds simple   but\nports of a thousand    observers    the ns a matter.of> fact it is'nn Art in\n,mo   wholo tactical scheme  Is'hung.    Ho which..only one man in ton ever at-\nexist precariously;  but there are left   *>r each mile of front, tnany pairs of  lain\\W ^n\/^\nundisturbed 740 patent medicines con- |hidden eves anrcmnloyed in perpelu-   J^i^^^f^Sj*; JS? i*0-^\n  al watching, each gleaning a rare scrap tally different points of \\lctt, one sees\nof information here and there,,seem-  the country, from above, as It were,\nIh>lv unimportant in itself, but really the'other looks ni it almost on a  evel\nta'nlng alcohol, according to figures\ncompiled by Representative Meeker of\nMissouri. Of these 'tonics, compounds,\ncordials and elixirs, few contain less\n~***an 10 per cert alcohol; more than\nhalf of them contain 20 per cent and\nfour contain actually over 90 per cent.\n\u2014Southern Lumberman.\nIncome Taxes\nAs a matter of fact, much can be\nsaid In favor of heavier Income taxes\n\"or the man of moderate means. In\nGreat Britain an income of $6000 is\nreduced to $4500 after the government's share has been tnken. That\nmeans compulsory saving of 25 per\ncent of earnings that before the war\nwere in most cases fully spent. Such\na tax here would mean that instead\nof forming good resolutions in the\ndirection of economy and letting it go\nat that, the average American citizen\nwould have to abstract a quarter out\nof every dollar he earned and live ou\nthe remainder.\u2014The Annalist..\nAre Fighting for Ideals.\nYear by year as the struggle has\ngone on, fresh peoples havo rallied to\nour cause because they have become\nconvinced that it is their own Germany has taught ihem that there Is\nno hope for freedom, until that spirit\nis crushed and destroyed,. They have\nlearnt the lesson and they are acting\nupon it. Above all the entrance of\nAmerica for the first time into a great\nEuropean war, as wo have many times\nobserved, marks tho beginning of a\nnew epoch in history. She Is fighting\nfor1 ideals more exclusively than any\nother belligerent and thoBe who fight\nfor ide*'ls fight until their Ideals are\nwon.\u2014London Times.\nTHE CRAZE FOR UNIFORMS.\nwith his dye'.' All sorts of problems\nof foreshortening' crop up. ' For instance, he sees a road apparently running round the front edge of a wood,\nwhereas, the map shows them to be\nseveral hundred yards apar* Not until b\u00ab. bns completely reconciled the\ncountry as ho ;sees it; with that shown\non the map\/ can he state definitely\nlhe exact location of anything he may\nsee, and until he can do this his observations are useless.\t\nLooking but of* his fiiit he sees Immediately before him our own trench\nsystem) then a strip-of land of greater\nor less, width, torn with shell holes,\nwithered by gas, covered with brown\nmasses of rusty wire. Beyond this\nruns tiio irregular line of the hostile\nfront parapet,1 and, behind this again\nthe complicated network, sometimes\nso faint'as only to be discernable \\n\ncertain lights,'sometimes wonderfully\n-.lisUnct, that is? the maze' of onemy\nsupport, reserve, r and communication\ntrenches. In the background stretches\ntho enemy's territory, dotted with\nin some,commanding spot from whlch'rulned farmB, bare patches of wood,\nhe can see a certain portion of tho lines of tree stumps that mark a road,\nground in front of him. It may be There is no sigh of movement, but for\nbroadly stated that the latter Is most a smoking chimney or tbe white steam\nconveniently situated  for observation of a. train far aw.ay in the distance\niC fibre in the web of knowledge that\ngrowH perpetually at some fnr headquarters.        \u25a0\u25a0'   \u25a0   \u25a0!\nThe aim of It all is, of. course, to\ndiscover the enemy's intentions. For\nln\u00b0tance, if he \u2022mwtnt to attack, he\nwin brine* nn ond retain a lame number of troonn in the zone where he\nTnpnMq his pf'cnlf tn de-*'R.o-n: If lm\na\"hnnfln*ns the Mon his strength win\nnrnhnttlv be reduced. A mnsuin*r of\n\u2022hattprlpq ntrnnst rprtflfnlv berflldH a\nhn-rvihofrlnito-nt. ronstdorahlo irtovfiment\nbpMnd tha nnflmv Unou ctlpctiu* u tbe\nrAlIof of fl divlalnn; Tf to bv pOTft'nnol\ni\u2122oM*>l\/1n\u00bb\u00ab>Mft-n fvf (-mi**.!, ihinori, ua ihaan\n\u2666Vint n (\u25a0nmni,Qii.\"(.i'il<i(1ii\u00aboa fl.o T-.tr* ma Of\n\u2022hie \/xnnnntant A-M Itv nWlpr tn ho nw\/ii**-\ncf +*hf>*m Ho -mnof tt-canre constant and\nfa-.lll\u00bbpoht   ot-.-jf\u00bbrt\"iMm*,,\n*n-uft   on-nnT   -n\u00ab,.tv,,-.,l0   of  anoth   oV-apr-\nttiftw \u00abm r\\f q<i.o*\\ on (\n(inrn r\\} I fn t net n o 111 tvi II\nmoof  jnlroniOnnq,  \u25a0 T>i\nnf\nmr .OArtTT,   nl.\nIb-'op fMof\ntreacherous publication of state papers,\nattempts to seise money in tho state\nbank, separato peace negotiations with\nthe enemy,, and, finally, a, threat to\nrepudlatb Russia's foreign debt as a\nmeans of intimidating France, Great\nBritain and the United States. The\npeople who have done all these things\nmay properly be described, not only\nas.a \"usurpinggang\" biit as a usurping gang of pretenders, faith breakers,\nand looters who have dl^C edited tho\nterm \"Socialist\" by coupling it .with\n\"Anarchist,\" who have dishonored the\nRussian revolution by turning it into\na campaign against all civilized order,\nand who havo brought even the wage\nearners of the. proletariat to the brink\nof economic*r'uln;v -\u25a0..;'\nMANY  BALAKLAVAS.\nTo the Editor of tho Toronto Globe:\nHaving., just returned from France last\nSunday,-..! had my first privilege of attending a church lu Canada for. nearly three years, The minister spoke on\n.'Duty.\" in part of his sermon, and\nquoted In a very dramatic way those\nwonderful lines of \"The Charge of the\nLight Brigade.\"    Ho said it was the\nof the hostilo front line trench system\nand Its Immediate vicinity whilst the\ntwo former have the best chance of\nwatching his artillery nnd back areas\ngenerally. The art of observation is\na very complete one. For the present\nit may be interesting to consider very\nbriefly one' branch of it\u2014that of observation from the ground.\nThe observation post Itself may be\nany point from which a view of the\nenemy's country may be obtained.\nSometimes the He of the land is such\nthat a convenient ridge furnishes\npoints of vantage from which the desired ground can be seen; at other\ntimes recourse must be hod to mined\nhouses, chimneys, trees, silts in the\nparapet of a trench, or, indeed, anything that can be devised.   Thc first\nWHEN\nTHE   GERMANS\nTO SANITY.\nRETURN\nThe craze for uniforms has become\nvirulent among those who are not sol\ndiers, and do not Intend to be soldiers.\nDoormen, elevator boys and chauffeurs\nare all putting on khakt. Jn their regalia they are hard to distinguish from\nofficers and enlisted men.   We believe\nthis indiscriminate use of uniforms so j necessity Is view, the second conceal-\nclosely resembling the military pat- ! ment, two conditions perpetually at\ntern should be stopped. It is a penat war with ono another. Tho. import-\noffense to make any representation of ance of the latter is obvious;   If the\nour currency, but It npnears that non-' enemy becomes aware that a particular across what, was an open\ncomtint-ipts can rltr \u2666\u25a0*!-*>*\u25a0>*> so-vps biit <n spot is used as an observation poat,  previous night.*. It .must be, a screen\nImitation  of  our  fighting men   with sooner or later he will knock It down to hide something or: other; prolonged\nImpunity.   The government would also or blow It up. study may. discover what that *;ome-\ndo well tn] \u25a0\u2022*>*\u25a0 It pprnftipT. ft.\u00ab \u00abriviio\u00abro      The   observer   having   chosen   his  thing Ih.    \u25a0\nof wearing the regulation military cos- position, proceeds to make himself so-1    Such are the duties of the ground\ntume.   As a general rule it should be cure and ns comfortable as possible,  obsorvcr, one of the many  watchers\nlimited strintiv tn our soldiers i'nd sf>il- In this respect conditions vary from  whoso combined information determines\nnri.   It I\u00ab\u00bb,rM,onions tn ar.int the nriv- those obtaining in a roomy dugout cut the tactical plan;, drops-in the streams\ni>eue to civilians who nre doing civilian in the sled of a hill on a quiet summer of intelligence that.flow unceasingly\nthc country, might be depopulated.\n' But, In reality, things are happening\nall the time, if one can only see them.\nSuddenly a particular point in a\nwell-grown flel*d catches one's eye.\nSomething has moved, a patient\nwatching through the telescope reveals\na- regular succession of spade-falle of\nearth being; thrown from below the\nsurface. A communication trench is\nbeing dug, dally -watching will show\nthe direction it Is taking. A dot on\na distant rodd turns out to be a couple\nof wagonsT-rwhat a chance for the observer If he happens to be in touch\nwith'a,battery! A morning inspec\ntlon of the hostile parapet reveals a\n..peck of light color that was not\nthere tho day be,gore. The speck\nseems td have'grown during the night\nwhen each subseauent dawn allows it\nto be seen.; it. In perhaps a new ma\nchine gun .emplacement. What looks\nliko a hedge..appears ono morning\nfield   the\nFor as low at $26 you oan\nget a Birks* Diamond Ring\nof first-class quality.\nAll Birks' Diamonds are of\ntha higest quality procurable.    Size    alone    deter-\n\u2022 mines their value.\nPurchasers of Birks' Diamonds have the satisfaction of knowing that they\nare protected in tvtry way.\nOur reputation ie their\nsafeguard.\nHenry Birks & Sons\nLtd.\nVANCOUVER, B.C.\n-J\nbest example the world had over:\nknown, and would go down through\ntho ages, or words to that effect. With\nno discredit to those gallant 600 men,\nI was surprised to know thore could\nbe a Canadian citizen, after over three\nyears of this war, who was not aware\nthat there had been a thousand such\ncharges by Canadian or British\ntroops. Not. only 600, but perhaps a\nbrigade. Not only \"cannons\" to the\nleft and right of them, but, \"super*\ncannons,\" forming a \"barrage\" or\nbombardment, and with \u25a0 a storm of\nmachine gun bullets; to the left of\nthem and to tho right of them, shell-\nholes full of water; to the front of\nthem, barbed wire entanglements, not\nto speak of tho gas that choked them.\nNotwithstanding there was not a man\nmore dismayed than the 600; and\nperhaps while , the charge of the 600\nwas being described, the sons of the\ncongregation wore making ono , which\nwould make .the 600 take a . back\nplace.\nLIEUT H. W. R. GBMMEL, M. C,\nCameron Highlanders of Canada.\nRAW FURS\nSend your raw furs direct to the\nmanufacturer Instead of to a dealer,\nand obtain best prioes,\nG. GLASER\nMANUFACTURING FURRIER,\n416 Ward Strasl, N.lson, B. C.\nStandard Furniture\na J. CARL80N, Undartakw.\nUndertaker.,    Embalm.r,   and\nFuneral  Directors.\nThe flneal anil most up to date\nundertaking parlors and chapel In\nInterior of B. C. Lady attendant (or\nwomen and children.   ;\nDay Phon. M.\nNight Phon. 252 and 64.\nJohn Burns & Sons'^SK-*\n8A8H AND DOOR FACTORY.      NELSON PLANING MILLS.\nVERNON STREET. NELSON, B.C.\nEvery Description of Building Material Kept in Stock.\nEstimates Given on Stone, Brick, Concrete and Frame Buildings.\nMAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.\nP.O. BOX 134 PHONE 17*\nThe allies, through President Wilson,\nhave told tho German people that they\nwjll not make, peace until Germany haa\na'government they can trust. The entente recognizes the fact th.it practically the whole* Ger.n.-i. people aro\nobsessed with the I. growing esbtlsm\nand \"Deutschland ubei ,al es\" spirit of\nHohenzollern kultur. Heine, the grent\nlyrical poet, thus, expresiied his opinion of the Prussian militarists:\n> I do not trust this Prussian, this\n. tall and canting wh.te-. aite.ed\nhero, with his wide mouth and his\nrapacious stomach and hla corporal's stick, which he f.r^t dipped In\nhoty water before layl.ig it on. I\ndislike this phflosoph.c military\ndespotism, its mixture of small\nbeer, lies and sand. RepulsK-e beyond expression is to me tlS's\nPrussia, this stiff, hypocritical\nPrussia, this Tartuffe among thc\nnations.\nWhen the German people regain tiie\nBanity of viewpoint of Hlene and\nGoethe, they will overthrow thc wholo\nPrussian junker system and It will bo\nposBibJe Xor.the allies to make an enduring, peu.ee,,, But It will require the\ncrushing shock of complete military\ndefeat to froe the Germans of the mental- phackles wiilch have been bound\naround them by tho skillfully built up\n-Educational propaganda of kaiserlsm.\n'Just four days remain in which to\nprepare those New Year's resolutions.\nIf despatches give a true account ot\nfood conditions ln Petrograd Uio peo\npie of that city will soon be quite will\niriSf'to make peaco with anyone except\nthp Bolsheviki  in  return  for a good\nmeal ticket.\nFerdinand the Fox thinks that j\nGerman-made peace without annexa\ntions or reparation Is very much all\nright, providing that Bulgaria is per\nmitted to hold the poulons of Rumania and Hernia which Its troops now\noccupy.\n* Russia's deflection has solved the\nproblem of the Russo-entente agreement as to Constantlpole, Premier\nLloyd George ppltits out. It does not,\nhowever, remove the \u2022 necessity fpr\ndriving tho Turks out of Europe, This\nwar has been a lesson to the world In\nthe futility of expecting tho Turk to\nbehave like anything else but a Turk.\nduty.\u2014Chicago Tribune.\nACTIVITY  OF JAPS\nIS NOW 0\u00a3NIED\nTOKJO. \u2014 Notwithstanding reports\nof the activity of the Japanese army\nand navy, it may be stated positively\nmat japan not only h-\u00bbs not moved,,\nout noes not intend to move troops to\nHarbin, Vladivostok or elsewhere;\nStatements that any portion of tho\nJapanese unity is benig mobilized are\nuniounued, At the headquarters of\nthe at my staff the Associuted Press is\nmiormed that no mibllization is contemplated \u00bbnd that repot ts of such\nprojects originated in the fact that\nthe authorities nt present are not permitting the return to their homes of\nsoldiers--whose-normal-period of service hus expired. Consequently there\nnave heen some increases in the aimy.\nThese men have, been-retained ns a\npieCaUtion against depletion of the\narmy of highly trained men.\"\nA similar policy is being observed\nin the navy. The older trained men\nare not, being permitted to leave the\nships and depots. Figures regarding\nthe increases in the army and navy\nare, of course, unavailable; similarly,\ninformation regarding warships is\nWithheld absolutely.\nThe'authorities state that a program\nInvolving expenditures will be placed\nbefore the coming session of parliament. It.Includes provisions for modernization of the artillery,'the supplying of armored cars, bombs and other\naccessories and also enlargement of\nthe aviation service, which the staff\nregards as more important than an\nincreaso In the number of divisions.\nThe naval program abandons the big\nnavy plan, resting content with the\npresent organization, but favoring an\nincrease In light draft, including sub**\nmarines and destroyers and light\ncruisers. '\/\nOfficials of tho army and ..navy\nunnnlmotisly condemn reports circulated abroad concerning present Japanese activities, which they describe\nas \"stock Jobbing.\" Japan is taking\ntho necessary precautionary measures\nto maintain tho highest, standing of\nthe army and navy. This does not\nresult from anticipation of serious\ncomplications In the Far East. In\nfact, well-Informed persons express\nthe confident belief that the grnrve\nsituation in Russia. Is not likely to\ncontinue. They say, however, that\nJapan must endeavor to increase the\nefficiency of her army and navy during the time the European struggle\ncontinues.\nA despatch to the London Times\nfrom Washington, forwarded here,\nstating thnt severe fighting had occurred at Vladivostok and that Secretary Lansing had received a request\nfrom the American consul for troops,\nls denied categorically, as well as a\nreport from the samo source crediting the Japanese embassy at Washington with confirmation of the report that Japanese troops had been\nlanded at Vladivostok,   These reports\n^~\nday, to those of a tall chimney, swing- along thousands of channels\ning through several feet In a storm of central brain, that.. interprets\nsleet with a hostile battery potting at combined   meaning.\nthc\ntheir\n\"ON TO BERLIN.\"\nr4>\nI\n\"On to Berlin!'' will be the American battle cry, and, flanked .by the\nBritish and the K.ench, the I'nited\nStates troops will push forward and\nforward intent upon cramming these\nderisive taunts down the threats that\nuttered them. They will keep hammering the stolid minions of tho kaiser\nwith big guns, charging with the fixed\nbayonet, paying the toll that the game\ndemands, but every pushing on and on.\nfired by the fighting American spirit\nthat never has been quenched, until\nthe Hun Is driven back into his pei\nand the world has been freed from tho\nthreat of Prussianism. And then, perhaps, through the Hun's mental haze\nmay'filter a ray of tuuth that will\nwarn hint that it never is safe to\ntaunt a soldier of Uncle Sam. Some\nmonths hence the L..kal Anzeiger whi\nIssue another edition, containing an\narticle under the capt.on, \"Good Morning, Boys,\" but It will be cone ca In\ndifferent language, and the Sammies,\nthe Tommies and the Poilus, smiling\npeacefully through the streets of a\nchanged Berlin, will read a cordial\ngreeting to the new fatherland.\u2014\nWashington Post.\n\"CARRY ON\" EN  FRANCAIS.\nThe French army lias Its catchwords\nas ours has. -One of the latest is \"Fallen\ncomine lo negre (\"I>o'uot like the negro\"). They saj'.' It.where wo should\nsay \"Carry or.,\" It appears that some\ntime ago\" thb.'president went,through\nn war hospital and spoke to every, patient.. At- tach bedside the dialogue\nwas thin: Al, f\\dnca(re\u2014\"And how are\nyou aolng on?\" Pat lent\u2014\"Very wlll.str,\nthank you.\" M. Polncalre\u2014\"Ah, well\neontini.ez:\".So 'cotitlnuez\" came to be\nthb French m-my's catchword for \"Ca -\nry on.\" The --resident wont U anothe\nhospital. . One of tl^e patients waa a\ncolored soldier who had done .*. spo.-l..w-\nly brave deed.nnd waspplnted.out t\nthe president, for It., \"po you av\u00ab the\nnegro?\" said the genial chief ot the ie\npublic. .\"Yes, monsieur,\" was the reply; \"Ah. .well,. continuez!;' s.ild th\npresident. The army, hearing of it a\nonce altered their favorite \"Continuez;\ninto \"Uo like . tbe . 'negro.\"\u2014i-ondoi.\nDally E.*.press.\t\nTHE    MAN   WITH   THE    HOE\nThe Canadian railroad problem is a\ntremendous one and the Union government must be given sufficient time I \u201e7v7^a*uBeT^\nto worfc it out.   The new admlntstra-  cern here as well as considerable com-\nttOtt has already shown in a dozen dlf-'ment in the Japanese press.\nThe average citizen of the United\nStates this year owes at least a\nthought of appreciation to the faritt\nhahd who stood by his rake and plow\nand refused the lure of higher wnpes\nin the cities and lnrgtir (owns. _ There\nwas surely something hf'-idos selfisbr\nness in the motives that caused these\nmen to work, in nii'ny cnxoh, from lli\nto 14 hours for a wugc uf $H a day,\nwhen' unskilled labor was bringing *&\nl'or an eight-hour day within lii hours,*\nride from the average eastern farm,\nNot only have the farm hands helped\nto sow and cultivate, but thousands nf\nthem .are still at 'work on the' soil,\ngathering In a record harvest. Ono\nleldom hears of strikes among farm\nhands, yet few laborers -work' so long\nand so energetically as do they.\u2014\nChristian Science Monitor.\nDOGGED    DETERMINATION\nWILL   WIN\nThe stronger Germany shows herself, the more Imperative the neeeiM*\nslty of subduing her. it may be that\nequal reverses are yet in store. ,There\nwin be victories on both sides before\nthis' contest is ended. And it may be\nlonger than .we dream. But not single\nvictories, dramatic though they may\nbe, will win this war. Dogged determination, unflinching courage, readiness to stake everything on the issue\nof the struggle, coupled with superior\nresources,. will.. Inevitably dei.Ule i -.-id.\nfaYCtf oi the allies.\u2014Chicago Herald.\nSTILL SUPREME, AT 8EA.\nNo words aro adequate to do Justlc*\nto the achievements, in .the presen\nwar, not only of. our. navy, but of oui\nmercantile, marine., The story of the\nsea since August, 1914, is not one ot\ngrent battles but of ceaseless vigilance\naud-untiring efilciency. Whatever the\nU-boats may have been able to do tht\nBritish navy Is still supreme at sea,\nind without boasting we may say that\nan allied victory would be out of the\nquestion but for British seftpdwer. It\nis inevitable that wo should talk and\nwrite more about the fighting on land;\nbuj our seamen, whatever their ship\namf rank, may rest assured that We\nnever forget their services, alike to' our\nnational security nnd to the transport\nof our troops and our supplies.\u2014Westminster Gazette. '\nThe Nelson Brewing Co., Ltd.\n*   NELSON   PRICE   LIST\u2014DELIVERED\n\"KOYAIa EXPORT\" BOJTIaE BEER\u2014 flAflfl\nSix Dozen Quarts or Ten Dozen Pints\u2014rer Barrel .... %p I \u25a0fillU\n\"ROTaVL EXPORT\" BOTTLE BEER\u2014 \u00bb0 7C\nCase ot Ono Dozon Quarts\u2014Per Caso   *?&. I w\n\"ROY\/Ua EXPORT\" BOTTLE BEER\u2014 M 7C\nCuse Two Dozen Pints\u2014Por Caso  \u00ab\/\u00a3>\u25a0 I w\nMAIL  ORDERS  FOR  ABOVE  AND  AMOUNT  TO\nHudson's Bay Co., Maple Creek, Sask.\nNEAR BEER\u2014 0-1 ft AA\nSix Dozen Quarts or Ten Dozen Pints\u2014Per Barrel ..... \u00abf l&iUU\nNEAR BEER\u2014 Aft ftC\nCase of One Dozen Quarts\u2014ror Cilso   *f\u00a3.e\\v\nNEAR BEER\u2014 Oft Bn\nCaso of Two Dozen Pints\u2014Por Caso   %fe\\.3U\nSOFT DRINKS\u2014 > *I1   7R\nCase of Two Dozon Pints\u2014rer Cnso  i)|i|J)\nThe Nelson Brewing Co., Limited\nPHONE  24 PHONE  24\nBOLSHEVIKI DENOUNCED.\n-\u00ae\nOoaargo Konnnn, the. American aiii-\nthorl'.J' on Russia, writes In tho Now\nybflt Outlook: In concluding your lot-\n'or.Vo*' ask mo what 1 mean by retor-\nrlng to tho Bolsheviki ns a \"usurping\nHans'.!' I moan sjmply that thoy seized\npo^er and usurped authority to which\nthoy were not'ontlllod. The provisional\nKOyernmbnt had tho lokltlmnto right\nto 'control, because it had a mandate\nfrom, too duma\u2014the only body that\neven .Approximately roprosoiltod the\nnation. The Bolsheviki, after deceiving\nand bsdevlllng the soldleis, tho work-\nniep.and a. part of the peasantry. Witt*\npromises of peaco and free land,.overthrew the only government that h^d\nthe shadow of a right to exist, and e'ot\nupVaVgovcmment of tholr own. .Thla\nusurpation was followed by looting, tbe\nCarpet\nSweepers\nWE HAVE JUST OPENED Ul' A LARGE SHIPMENT Or CaYltrET\nSWEEPERS WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO SELL AT\nA  SPECIAL PRICE\nEVERY ONE GUARANTEED OR MONEY  BACK\n\"FAULTLESS\" CARPET 8WEEPER .:..    Price \u00bb2.26 Each\n\"KEYSTONE\" VACUUM  SWEEPER   a...\".......... .Prioe \u00bb7.60 Each\nDON'T DELAY\u2014ORDER NOW\u2014PRICES CatNNOT BE REPEATED\nThe Nelson Hardware Co.\nP.O. BOX 1050\nNELSON, B. G.\nYOUR   BIN   SHOULD   BE   FULL\nnow. To put oft ordering your\nwinler eonl le to take tho ch.anco\nof a oold snap with its nttontJ-\nant tllBcomfort and poaulble colds,\netc. Let's fill your coal -bin at once.\nYou must have tho coal sooner or\nlater and the sooner the better. Wc\nnre still making prompt deliveries.\nGet your order in while we are still\nable to fill It at once. .\nWest Transfer Co.\nPHONE 33\nThe Standard Restaurant\n320 Baker Street\u2014 two doora wait\nof Stanley,\nOPEN  DAY AND NIOHT\nI 12 to\n2\u2014Special Lunch\u201412 to 2 I\n350 I\n'* * i-i fi-,\/\nWE AIM TO PLEASE      '\nYOUR  PATRONAGE  SOLICITED\nTIMBER 8ALE X1177.\nSealed tenders will be received I17\ntho Minister of Lands not later than\nnoon on the 10th day of January, .01.8\nfor the purchase of License Xllrt,*** \"\"\ncut 750,000 feet of whlto plhc'r\ncedar, tamarack and hemlock and 12,-\n000 lincnl feet of cedar poles on an area\nsituated on tho Silver King wagon\nroad, near Nelson, Kootonay dlstrljit.\nOne (1) year will bo allowed for removal of timber.\nFurther particulars of the Chlff\nForester, Victoria, B.C., or District\nForester, Nelson, B.C.\nNOTICE.\nNotice is hereby given that application will bo made to the legislative\nassembly of British Columbia at Iih\nnext session for an act to Incorporate\nan association known 41s \"The Engl-,\nnoering and Technical Institute of\nBritish Columbia,\" with power to pi\u00bbr\nmote and increaso the knowledge, skill\nand proficiency of Its members In nil\nthings relating to tho architoctutil,\nengineering, surveying and technical\nprofessions; and to that ond establish\nand conduct examinations and prescribe such tests of competency and\nmoral character as may ha thought expedient; and to grant certificates of\nmembership to thoso approved of;:ami..\nto purchase or otherwise acquire and'\nhold real and personal property for tho\npurposes of the Institute; and to dispose thereof and reinvest the proceeds\nIn such manner as may seem fit;\nand to fix entry fees and annual fees\nor subscriptions to be paid by tho\nmembers and to vary the same fropt\ntime to time; and to provide tor thb\nmanagement of its affairs by council\nto be constituted in such manner as\nmay be provided for by bylaw; and\nto have its head office and hold Its\nannual meetings within British Col'\numbia; and to have, onjoy and exercise all power, rights and privileges\nnecessary, usual or Incidental to nil\nor any of the aforesaid purposes.\n. Dated at Victoria, British Columbia,\nthis 18th day of December, 1917.\nBRADSHAW & STACKPOQIaE.\nSolicitors for the Applicant,\nNew  Year's   Dinner\nOUR  STOCK OF POULTRY  IS COMPLETE\nFRESH   KILLED   TURKEYS\nFRE8H    DUCKS,   GEESE,   SPRING   CHICKENS   AND\nYOUNG  FOWL\nSHRIMPS,      CLAMS,      CRABS,\nOYSTERS   AND   FISH\nOYSTERS,\nIN   VARIETY\nSHELL\nFANCY   SPRING   LAMB,   DAIRY   FED   VEAL,   MILK\nFED YOUNG PORK, PRIME STEER BEEF\nIF   YOU   CANNOT   CALL,   PHONE   YOUR   ORDERS,\nWHICH   SHALL   HAVE  OUR  CAREFUL  ATTENTION\nP. BURNS & CO., Ltd.\nPHONE   NO.  32\nNELSON, B.C.\nSYNOPSI8 OF COAL\nMINING REGULATIONS\nCoal mining rlghta of the Dominion\nIn Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,' the Yukon Territory, the North- .\nwest Territories, ond In a portion, ot;\nthe province of British Columbia, may\nbe leased for a term of twenty-one*\nyears at an annual rental of U per\nacre. No more than 2560 acres will\nbe leased to one applicant\nApplication for lease must be made\nby tho applicant in person to the agent\nor aub-agent of tiie district of whloh\nthe rights .applied ..for aro situated.' - *. *\nIn surveyed territory the land must\nbe described by sections or legal subdivisions of sections and In unsurvey-\ned territory the tract applied for shall\nbe staked out by the applicant himself.\nEaoh application must be accompanied by a fee of |5 which will bb refunded If the rights applied for are\nnot available, but not otherwise. A\nroyalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of tho mine at the rata\nof five cents per ton.\nThe person operating the mine shall\nfurnish the agent with sworn returns\naccounting for the full quantity ot\nmerchantable coal mined and payHbo\nroyalty thereon, if the:'coM mining\nrlghta. tire not being operated, such\nreturns shall be furnished at least onco\na year,      , .\u25a0 \/ ,     \u25a0 .-\u2022-'\u25a0..\"    \u25a0\nThe lease will* Include tne coal mining rights only, but the lesseo may bo\npermitted to purohaso whatever available surface rights may be considered\nnecessary for the working ot thb mine\nat the rate of J10 an. acre.\nFor full information application,\nshould be made to the Secretary of thb\nDepartment of the Interior, Ottawa, or\nto any agent or sub-agent of Dominion\nlands, W. W, CORY,\nDeputy Minuter ot the Interior.\nN.B.\u2014Unauthoriraea publication ot\nUUt advertisement will noi bs paid tor.\n I *.'\u25a0*\u2022 \\Y, \u2022   ULC     I'll, '   1917.,\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nfrhi\nMfheStar\n8TRAWBERRY AND APPLE JAM\n4-lb. palls..... ...700\nRED RIBBON PANCAKE FLOUR\nPackage         \u2022 \u2022   20c\nRED RIBBON BUCKWHEAT\nFLOUR\nPackage\n20o\nASSORTED TOILET S0AP8\n3 cakes 111 box 25c\nStar Grocery\nPHONE 10\nSacred Concert\nIn    Returned   Soldiers'   Clubroom,\nSunday Afternoon at 3:30\nPROCEEDS IN AID OF BALFOUR\nSANITARIUM   SOLDIERS\nSPORT FUND\nSongs by Gunner Graham and Local\nArtists.\nDo your bit for the boya who have\ndone their bit for you.\nTRY  A  DAILY  NEWS  WANT  AD\nFOR ANYTHING YOU WANT\n\u25a0AiiloStrof\n\\miM'\niuatable\n>.\u201e...\nii to*\n'A\n1918\nThe success of\nyour endeavors next\nyear will depend upon how you start\neach day.\nThe successful men\nin every walk of life\nuse the\nAutoStrop\nSafely\nRazor\nbecause with it they get\na delightfully clean, comfortable shave in the\nshortest possible time.\nThe AutoStrop is the\nonly razor that sharpens\nits own blades automatically, thus always keeping\nthem free from rust and\nin perfect condition.\nIdeal for iN*w Yw't Gift\nPrice $5.00\nAt ill Men     *\nAutoStrop\nSafety Razor Co.\nLialud\nToronto, Ontario\n4512-1.7'\nHockey Shoes\nFOR  MEN, WOMEN  AND\nCHILDREN\nR. Andrew & Co.\nLEADERS IN FOOT FASHION\nABk for ticket with your purchase. Fair ot $5.00 Shoes free\neach week.\nSPORT\nfcteeaeeeeeeeeeeeeMeeeiee**\nWINNIPEG SOMMES TRIM\nYPRES TEAM AT HOCKEY\nRuih Opponents Early in Fray\u2014Play\nSound Defensive Game in\nLater Stages\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 27.\u2014Putting up a\nsurprisingly fast game, thc Sommes\ntrimmed the Ypres, 5 to 1, in tho\nopening clash of the Military Hockey\nleague hero tonight. The several\nstars on the Ypres team fell down\nbadly, the youngsters on the Sommes\nchecking Dick Irvine and Stan\nMarples of last year's Portland professionals, so closely that they were\ncompletely bottled up all thc way.\nOld Walter Smaill was the star of the\ngame, playing a heady and fast gamo\nthroughout for the winners, white\nMuirhead, formerly of Edmonton, also\nput up a stellar game. The Sommcs\nwon by rushing their opponents early\nIn tho fray and had a lead of 4 to 0\nat half time. They played a strong\ndefensive game In tho second period\nand held their .opponents even.\nThe line-up:\nYprea. Sommcs.\nGoal.\nElliott  U...t ;.....*\u25a0\u2022.,. Blnney.\nPoint.\nA. Irvine       Muirhead\nCover Point\nnostrum   Newell\nRover.\nSnow      Smaill\nLeft Wing.\nC. Irvine  Gherkc\nCentre.\nD. Irvine   Sparrow\nRight Wing.\nMarples    Goulot\nOfficials: W. Koen, referee; W.\nField, judge of play.\nFirst period: 1, Sommes, Smaill\nfrom Sparrow, 2:15; 2, Sommcs, Gou-\nlet, 7:45; 3, Sommes, Sparrow, 7:301;\n4, Sommes, Newell, 3:25.\nSecond period: 5, Ypres, Snow,\n15:30;  ti, Sommcs, Goulet,  1:30.\nCOLLEGE 8PORT CONDITIONS\nFOR DISCUSSION TODAY\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nNKW YORK, Dec. 27.\u2014Collego\nathletic conditions in view of tho war\nwill be considered at the twelfth annual meeting here tomorrow of tho\nNational Collegiate Athletic association, which will face probably the\nmost momentous situation of its history. Reports from all sections of the\ncountry will be presented and prospects for a continuance of Intercollegiate sports discussed.\nALF  MORRISON, NOTED\nHOCKEY PLAYER.  MISSING\nWINNIPEG, Deo. 27.-*-Word has\nbeen received In this city that Alfred\nMorrison, who, with his brothers,\nBobby and Crutchy, was on the 61st\nbattery hockey team of 1915-16, which\nwon the Alian cup just beforo going\noverseas. Is missing and presumed to\nbe dead. He was last reported as\nhaving been wounded nt Passchendaele ih the charge which swept over\na line of pill-boxes and trenches. He\nwas carriod back to one of the boxes,\nbut on tho return his friends could\nnot find him.\nMUMMERY  DECIDES\nTO PLA* FOR TORONTO\n, TORONTO, Dec. 27.\u2014Harry Mummery, tho big defenso man who played with Quebec last year, reported to\nManager Querrie tonight. Mummery\nwill go to Montreal with tho Torontos\nand may bo used against Canadiens\nSaturday.\nAT THE THEATRES\n. War Film Will Be Shown at Gem\n\"You've got as many cameras as we\nhavo machine guns,\" remarked aft\nofficer in charge of the thousands of\nregulnr troops who manned tbo\ntrenches for tho filming of the gigantic Ira M, Lowry spectacle, \"For the\nFreedom of the World,\" which will bo\nshown at the Gem thoatre Wednesday\nand Thursday.\nAs a matter of fact, over the area\nof several hundred yards where an\nactual sector of the front line In\n'France had been reproduced, thero\nwere 20 machine guns, and at various places along the line and behind\nIt were concealed 27 cameras, opera-,\nted by experts who had been gathered from all over the country and even\nlent by other picture concerns to assist in making tho biggest battle\nsoenes ever filmed.\nsiss>\u00bb\u00bbsssi\u00bb#\u00bbss\u00bb>ss>ssssssss\u00bbs\u00bbssss>Mi>>>>s\u00bbtssse'\nKdotehap andBoundart)\nFATHER CHRISTMAS' AT\nWINLAW ENTERTAINMENT\nLook, in at Concert Given by Children\nand Distributee Appropriate\nGift..\n(Special to The Dally Nows.)\nWINIaAW, B.C., Dec. 27.\u2014The annual Christmas entertainment was held\nThursday ovonlntr. Tho proitram consisted of recilalions, dialogues and\ndrills. By frequent applause the people showed their annreclatlon of tho\nmany Items, csnecially the dlalouue,\n\"Tho Rag Dolls,\" bv Thelma Winters\nand six pupils. Then came Santa\nClaus, who uavo each ono a stocking.\nA dance followed and the sum of $10\nwas collected for tho Red Cross.\nChristine Allon of Nolson snont tho\nweek with her sister, Miss Allan.\nF. Gill of Macleod Is spending tho\nholidays at his homo.\nThe porcontaee of attendance at tho\nWlnlaw school for tho month was 92.\nPerfect attendance: Stanley Edcy, Ivy\nHlrd, Donald Hlrd, Alice Flynn, Esther\nFlvnn. Penrl Rolland. Beatrlco Saunders, Roberta Saunders. Dick Smith.\nFannlo Smith, Cecil Stenson, Muriel\nStenson, Thelma Winters, Blva Iavons,\nJosenh I.yons, Pronkl Koslknff. Harry\nClark, Oulmor Clark, Amy Kinney and\nRattle Kinney.\nMrs. AV. H. Saunders and children\nreturned this morning after snending\ntho weekend with Mrs. B. K. Strnehan\nof Nelson.\nCRANBROOK CURLERS\nOPEN THE 8EA80N\nIce In Good Condition\u2014Dramatic Society to  Plav at Creeton and\nBalfour.\n(Special to The Dallv News.)\nCRANBROOK, B. C.', Dec. 27.\u2014Tho\ncurling season opened on Wednesday.\nA considerable number of curlers attended at tho rink and with the ico In\ngood condition an excellent afternoon's\nsport wns onjoyed.\nThe Cranbrook Amateur Dramatic\ncompany leaves Friday for Creston,\nwhero it will present the comedy\n\"Green Stockings.\" On Saturday tho\ncompnny will proceed to Balfour whore\ntho play will be presented at the military sanitarium.\nROSSLAND CHILDREN\nGIVE  ENTERTAINMENT\nYoung People of United Church Delight Audience with Cheruies,\n.   , , 8oloi and Recitation..\n(Spoclal .to The Dally News.)\nROSSLAND, B.C., Dec. 27.\u2014The annual Christmas entertainment of the\nUnited church was held last evening,\nwhen an excellent program of choruses,\nrecitations and solos was submitted.\nThe solos and recitations were given\nby Isabella McKinnon,, Owendolene\nWilkes, Jean Olendinnlng, Havelock\nJohnstone and Clara Smith.\nFOUR PLEAD GUILTY TO\nROBBING  BANK  TELLER\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL, Dec. 27.\u2014Paul Scr-\nratl, Joseph Lebrcque, A. Jullen and\nAlfred Laberge, who it was alleged,\nrobbed a teller of tho Bank of lloche-\nlaga of about $10,000 last spring at\ntho'Vinet Terrace branch o\u00a3 thc bank,\ntoday pleaded guilty before Judge St.\nCyr. Thoy will \"be sentenced 'this\nweek.\nCLOSING OF SCHOOL\nMADE HAPPY OCCA8ION\nMusical   Program   Rendered  and  All\nGet   Appropriate,  Glfta   from\nFather Chriatmas.\n(Special to Tho Daily Nows.)\nROSEBERY, B.C., Dec. 27.\u2014Christmas exercises of thc Rosebery school\nwere held on Thursday evening. Tho\nroom was decorated with evergreens,\nflags and Christmas pennants. Thero\nwas also a fireplace .flung with stock-\nfnss1, whllo\" a largo tree occupied brfo\ncoiner. A pleasing program was rendered by the pupils, aftor which Santa\nClans in tho person of Mr. Webber of\nNow Denver, distributed tho presents.\nMuch laughter was provoked by the\npresents received by thc men of tho\ntown, each one's particular likings\nhaving been remembered and appropriate gifts provided.\nSeveral musical selections wero then\ngiven after which refreshments wcro\nserved, the womon of Roseberry sustaining tholr reputation for Quality\nand qunntlty ln this line.\nMiss M. McKeen, who has taught\nhoro for tho past year, is leaving this\nweek for her home in Vancouver. Hor\nplaco will bo taken by Miss Donaldson\nof Nelson.\nMr. and Mrs. M. Kcndrlck, Mrs. Tier,\nMrs. Woods and Mrs. Way wore visitors to Now Denver on Monday.\nArrangements arc being made for u\npatriotic concert.\nFORT 8TEELE RESIDENT8\nAID HALIFAX RELIEF FUND\nFORT STEELE, B. C, Dec. 27.\u2014\nThe following havo contributed to tho\nHalifax disaster fund: R. L. T. Gal-\nbratth, $10.75; Charles Matr, $10.76;\nWilliam Carlln, $10; F. Blnmore, $5;\nA. Doylo, $5; R. T. Rlchaidson, $2.50;\nH. Kershaw, $2.50; Charles Reynolds,\n$1; George Geary, $1; D. Dewar, $1; T.\nChalander, 50 cents. The total amount\nof $50 has been sent to the mayor of\nHall\/ax.\nTho luncheon set worked by Mrs. A.\nB. Fenwick and Mrs. C. Levott, which\nwas donated to raise money for patriotic use, was raffled last Thursday afternoon. Tho winner was Har.y Drew\nof Klmberley. Tho sum of $46 was\nrealized and tho check for tho amouat\nwill bo sent to the patriotic and prisoners of war funds, and tho Red Cross\nsociety.\nHALIFAX MILITARY HOME\n18 ATTACKED BY FIRE\nFour Patients in Building Are 8aved\n\u2014Damage la Estimated at\n$50,000\n(By Dally News Loased Wire.)\nHALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 27.~Tho\nClayton convalescent homo on Got-\ntlngen street was badly llamaged by\nfire today. There were four patients\nin tho building and they were removed. The home was conducted by\nthe militia.   The loss is about $50,00,0.\nSUCCESSOR TO RIGG IN\nMANITOBA HOUSE NAMED\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 27.\u2014Robert Jacob,\nbarrister, tonight was nominated as\nUnionist candidate for North Winnipeg, to fill the vacancy in the provln-\nclaMcglslatu.ro caused by thc resignation' of R. A. Rigg (Labor), who contested this constituency In tho recont\nfederal election, and was defeated. The\nnominating convention was composed\nof delegates representing the Liberals,\nConservatives, Next-of-Kin, (Great War\nVeterans, and Returned Soldiers' association.\nROSSLAND NOTE8.\n(Special to Tho Dallyi News.)\nROSSLAND, B. C, Dec. 27.\u2014Mr8.lT\nCameron of Victoria is in tho city visiting Mrs. F. Armstrong.\nMrs. C. E. DempBtor and daughters\nand Miss E. Derocho havo roturnod\nfrom spending Christmas at Orovlllo.\nL; W. Morccr ot tho Royal Flying\ncorps, who is stationed at Toronto, ls\nin the city for a few days visiting at\nthe Dempster homo.\nMr. and Mrs. A. Soaton, who hayo\nboen visiting in the city for a fow\ndays, leave on tho evening train for\ntheir home in Klmberley.\nJ. Paterson, who spent the holidays\nin tho city, returned to Kaslo this\nmorning.\nA number of curlers enjoyed last\nevening curling at the rink. The ice\nwas in splondld condition and tho\ncurlers aro anticipating a good timo\nfor tho rest of the season.\nW. H. Faldlng returned last night\nfrom Nelson.\nTho skating rink opened Christmas\nday and a largo number of the young\npcoplo attended.\nE. G- Montgomery and W. M. Arch\nIbald left this morning for Nolson.\nA. T, Collls has returned from the\ncoast.\nTo Cure a Cold,In One Day.\nTake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE\nTablets.   Druggists refund money If It\nfalls to euro.   E. W. GROVE'S signs\nture la ou eaoh box,   too. >\nDR. STILL RUBBED BONES\nAND SET A LIGHT\nTORONTO\u2014There died a few days\nago at the uko of 89, aVngus Taylor\nStill, M. D.. founder of osteopathy. Ho\nmight bo cited as another illustration\nof the remark fallaciously-attributed\nto Dr. Osier with reward to the \"t-hlor-\nI'orm age\" and the certainty of a man\ndoing bis best work before he was 40.\nCertainty Dr. Still was'-iwell past 40,\npast^GO, when his numot began to become familiar to the Am'erlcan'people,\nor rather when tho art of healing\nwhich ho organized and systematized\nbegan to make hoadway.iEven 20 years\nago the word osteopathy was practically unknown, the name of Still even\nmore so. The doctor lived, however, to\nseo his new theories of ireatmtnt make\ngreat headway, to see osteopathy recognized In some slates oi. thc Union\non a par with regular schools of medicine. If it did not make thc headway\nthat Christian Science made (and\nagainst somewhat similar prejudices)\nlt was because osteopathy nover bad\nsuch a powerful organization -behind it\nas Mrs. Eddy created; lt lacked, too,\nthc Biblical authority that thc Boston\ncult possessed.\nVet. osteopathy was not without a\ngreat picturesque figure. Dr. Still is\nsaid to have borno a remarkablo physical resemblance to aVbraham Lincoln, and what accident had begun,\nart furthered. If established schools\nof medicine wero to deride osteopathy\na backwoods fad. Dr. Still was\nwilling to give them a typical backwoods figure ns Us leader. He refused\nto wear a collar, and, according 16 the*\nNew York Sun, be Invariably tucked\nhis trousers into his boot-tops. Ho\nwas a commanding figure, well worth\nlooking at. In any hotel lobby ho\nwould be suro to havo people turn\ntheir heads and ask, \"Who Ib ho?\"\nPowerful in psysiquo and witli much\not what is called \"personal magnetism,\" be was well equipped to por-\nfrom tho operations that later wcro\nto bo organized Into a science. Whatever might be said about osteopathy,\nthere can be no doubt, that Dr. Still\nwas a great healer. Moreover, he was\nvery far from being a \"rubo\"-doctor.\nHo was a shrewd and successful country practitioner. What he didn't know\nabout anatomy certainly the ordinary\ndoctor did not know.\nFamoua, If Forgotten\nDr. Still wns by no moans obscure\nwhen tbo famo of osteopathy began\nto spread over the land; at least bo\nhad not been obscure, though he\nmight have been forgotten. Ho was a\ngreat friend ot John Brown, nnd an\nantl-slnvory orator. Ho had beon a\nmilitary surgeon and held tho rank\nof major. Just what suggested to him\nthe , nrt of healing with which ids\nname is associated Is not known. One\nreport is to tbo offect that when be\nwas a boy he used to bo troubled\nwith headacho and bad learned to\nfind rollof by mechanical moans. Another says that tho art was revoalod\nlo his mind when lio lay helpless\nafter a fall from a horse. In any\nevent ho became possessed of tho belief that most bodily ills are due to\nsomo displacement or-.malnutrition\nor other misbehavior of the hones of\ntho body, and that* these bones could\nbe troatcd without surgery and by\nmoans of rubbing or kneading. There\ncan be no doubt that he mado mnny\ncures by massnglrtg sickly or displaced bones.\nComing East\nWhether osteopathy ,, -became a\ngreat money-making venture for Dr.\nStill is not known. Cortainly it\nbrought rich Towards in tho early\ndays. Most ot his patients regarded\nhim as a crank when ' he showed a\ngrowing dislike to employ, orthodox\nremedial agents. Others considered\nhim a quack. His patients fell away\nfront him, and for a timo It appears\nthat only tho most ignorant or trust-\n(til' could    be   brought   to   depend\nPAGE   FIVE\ni.ipi ,,i \u25a0 mtawemeenr-ea\nWarm,  Woolly  Blankets\nAtJLess Than ^Current i Prices\nBY WaVTCHING THE MARKET REPORTS\nWE KNEW QUITE A WHILE AGO THAT\nOWING TO THE HEAVY DEMAND FOR\nWOOL FOR MILITARY PURPOSES IT WOULD\nSOON TAKE A BIG JUMP IN TRICE. AND SO\nWB BOUGHT HEAVILY. AS A RESULT WE\nGOT IN AHEAD OF THE ENORMOUS INCREASES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE\nTHEN AND CAN THUS TASS THESE SaW-\n1NGB OVEIt TO YOU ON EVERY PURCHASE.\nOUR. BLANKETS aUlE MADE FROM\nSELECTED YARNS TO INSURE STRENGTH.\nAND NICELY NAPPED TO INSURE WARMTH,\nAND WE HAVE THEM IN SIZES TO FIT\nBEDS OF ALL S17aES.\nWOOL BLANKETS AT $7.50 TO  $12.50\nEXTRA QUALITY ALL-WOOL BLANKETS\u2014Go od sizes, finished with Pink\nor Blue Borders.   Per Pair \t\nFLANNELETTE   BLANKETS  AT  $2.50  TO  $325\nMa\\DE OF BEST QUALITY HEAVY FLANNELETTE-Good   size,   finished\nwith Pink or Blue Borders.   Per Pair \t\n$7.50 to $12.50\n$2.50 to $3.25\nWarm Comforters at\n$2.50 to $5.00 Each\nLargo size, filled with Best Cotton or Wool Filling;\ncoverings made of Fancy Cambric, SUkino or Sateen\nand well quilted. Oft CA        \u00abC flfl\nSpecial Values, Each       tP&.vjU TO $3lUU\nDown Filled Comforters\nExtra Warm Comforters in nice light weight, filled with\nBest Down and covered with Best Sateen, Satin or Silk\nCoverings,   in   Plain   Colors   or   Combinations.     Extra\nSpecial Values, Each     $1 lUU TO $\u00a3 fiOU\nMEAGHER & CO.\nTHE   STORE   FOR   STYLE\nTHE  STORE   FOR   QUALITY\nwholly upon the magic of his nmnl-\npulutionH. It is said thut osteopathy\nsuffered In the mint from the fact\nthat it arrived about tho samo timo ns\nPopulism, and ono wan considered\nabout as crude and ridiculous hh the\nother to the wealthy easterners,\nnnd It la wealthy easterners who decide, so, far . as. this continent is\nconcerned, whether . aft economic or\nmedical principle is to become fashionable and influential. It was a long,\nhard fight, and U is by nn means\nover, but osteopathy has steadily advanced, nnd in some states It hns advanced from a status distinctly inferior to that of tho veterinary surgeon to a rank only inferior to that\nof a homeopath.\nGrowing Up\nOno advantage osteopathy had\nover rival medical sciences was that\nit could he more speedily learned.\nIt does not take four or five years of\neeaselcss Htudy to equip a practitioner,\nTherefore practitioners multiplied\nrapidly. On tho other hand, this was\nused as an argument against lhe\nschool. IC anyone could learn to give\neertnin treatments in a few weeks or\nmonths, vhnt could there be in the\ntheory? The advance was assisted\nfrom an unsuspected quarter, when Iho\nsudden boom for \"bloodless surgery\"\nswept over the country, co-incident\nwith the visit of Lorenss to treat the\nmaimed daughter of a Chicago millionaire. It fie'eamo not Uncommon for an\nosteopath to bo a Harvard graduate\nor to Htand well an a regular physician before embarking ns a student\nof Dr. Still's. In some places the osteopath practitioner has every right and\ndignity that the law bestows on any\nqualified medical practitioner. IClse-\nwhero Its disciples aro fighting strenuously for It.\u2014Mall and Empire.\nGOOD PROGRESS IN\nDANISH CAMPAIGN\nTORONTO\u2014Good progross in organization and preliminary development of tho propaganda incident to\nthe Danish Patriotic Fund is reported\nby Captain Peters, tho originator and\nprincipal mover in tho scheme to raise\n$100,000 among the Danish residents\nof Canada, this sum to bo applied to\ntho building and equipment of thc\ntraining ship \"Denmark,\" to be presented to the Navy League of Canada, After tho \"Denmark!1 is completed und commissioned, it Is Intended that sho shall bo stationed\nhore, to become tho flagship of a\nfleet ot' similar training vessels ut Si.\nJohn, Halifax, Quebec, Montreal,\n\"Winnipeg and Vancouver or victoria.\nFundamental training in navigation\nand seamanship will bo given on theso\nships.\nMail Order Campaign\nTho campaign in tho west promises\nespecially well,\" said Captain Peters\nto the Dally Nows, adding: \"Up to\nthe present we havo been busy, with\npreliminary organization principally,\nnot looking tor any appreciable augmentation of tho fund before the first\nweek In aJnuary at earliest. Our .Is\nlargely a 'mall ordor campaign' and\nwo look for considerable support from\ntho Scandinavians of thc mid-west\nand the Pacific coast, whero our con-;\nsulates and vice-consulates evince\nkoen interest in our proposals, although, of course, they cannot play\nan active part in supporting thorn, by\nreason of the national neutrality. Manitoba has an Icelandic population of\napproximately ten thousand, and thoso\nore much interested. Vancouver has\nalso an appreciable representation of\nDanes in. Its population, to whom\nwe Idcte lot support; At presont wo\nhavo about 15000 In hand.\"    fli\".\nAfter January Captain Peters hopes\nto see  the money come  in  by  each\npost.\nFraternal Secret Society\nToronto's Danish residents have\nunder consideration at present, proposals for tho organization of a fra-\ntornnl secret society or affiliated\nlodge, membership In which will he\nexclusively   Scandinavian.    Organiza\ntion of a Canadian branch of th'o\nDanish Brotherhood of tho UnltjOd\nStates or a Scandinavian I^octgo of tho\nIndependent Order of Odd -Fellows iM\nalternatively suggested, a meeting re-\u00bb\ncently held having authorized com-'\nmunlcntlon with the heads of t.hes<l\norders, with a view to decision be*\ntwoen them at a future* meeting.\nVICTORY m LOAN\nPayments due on January the 2nd may be made at any time\nto and including January the 11th. Scrip Certificates will be\ndelivered in exchange for payments then due. Payments due\nJanuary the 2nd must be made at the Bank branch mentioned\nin the application.\nThe extension of time to January the 11th is given for the\nconvenience of subscribers and Banks so that subscribers will\nnot be unduly detained waiting their turn at a Receiving\nTeller's wicket, as would most likely be the case if all payments had to be made on one day only. Subscribers should\nnot wait until January the 11th, or a day or so before, and\nthus create the situation sought to be avoided. In every case,\ninterest at the rate of five and one half per cent per annum\nfrom January the 2nd must he paid if payment is not made\non or before the 11th.\nFor the convenience of subscribers, by arrangement of\nthe Canadian Bankers' Association, Banks will remain open\non the evenings of Thursday and Friday, January 3rd and 4th,\nand on the afternoon of Saturday, January the 5th. Evening\nhours 7.30 to 9.30.   Saturday afternoon from 2 until 6 o'clock.\nIt has been brought to the attention of the Finance Department that a considerable number of subscribers, who\nhave deposits with Banks, are under the impression that their\nBanks will take care of their January payments by automatically debiting their accounts with the necessary payments.\nThis is incorrect. Each and every subscriber must personally\narrange for these payments.\nT. C. BOVILLE,\nDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. \u201e       ......        , ...\nOttawa, 0\u00abc. 2<th, 1917. Deputy Minister of Finance.\nFirst Aid to Better Bread\nTaylor Nade Flour\nBrands:\nPride of Alberta\nMothers Favorite\nAlberta Bakers\n Pkaifttx'\nTHfcMft.V N\u00a3V^\nmm.\n-^ftjjii.'iMi- M.V  \" i.l.rjrta. i \u25a0'lO.'tfeaamuijJCiLij.i.iJ lu.i\u00bb,ii-ai 'I     \u25a0 iimm\n\"    .P\"tf\">*V,  HDE(^2 -28,     ftf?.*\naMHf^-jaia^m   nri i| j ||*iiiTi|* \"ij'ilT' ft~'**Uii~*Z\u00a3*iim*Mm\nprisoners Taken in British Pusli-Fii^t Poituguese\nThe Battle of Flanders.\u2014Men of a midland regiment entraining after a spell in the trenches.\n\u2014Photo Iiii coitr&sy of C. P<.:H.\nOn the British Western Front .-^Portuguese in the trenches.\n,..:.. \u2022*       \u2014Pfiotb Hy coitriesij. oj C. V. tt.\naaaaaas\nOn the British Western Front.\u2014A captured 5.9 *run ia a gun posii'.oii near Bttllecourt.\n,   \u2014J\u00bb\u00bbu\/o nu Ltinyieey t.1 0. P. It,\nits the, Jjti'iili \"jVestptU Tr\n-Prisoners token in this new push.\n\u2014FtMafa, liy courtesy 0\/ C^P,!L\nMANY NEW FACES IN\nTHE NEW-PARLIAMENT\nOTTAWA\u2014When the.1 new parliament assembles .some tlnie in March\n- -it cannot be called' before\u2014it will\nbe hardly redognizablc. Few of the\nold-tlthe'rs' are left and there will be\n\u25a0it le;ist one hundred and thirty-five\nnew faces. This is particularly true\nof Ontario and the >Vcst.\nOf the tour Prince Edward Island\nmember.'* nnly one sat In the old\nhouse, .(. ,). Hughe*., Parliament\ncould have lost him without any\nmourning, lie was frankly one oi\nthe most stupid bores In tbo last\nCommons. No man eould so quickly empty the house and the press\ngfflte.-y. Tbo three new members\nare -ill without parliamentary experience.\nLaurier Majorities Small\nAlihotiKh by the present returns\nthe Opposition has a majority in\nNova Seuli*. it is expected by the\ntime the deferred elections in Halifax are held and the soldiers' vote Is\ncounted flint the Ooven.mcnt will\nhave a good majority. The Laurier\n.majorities are smnll. Ottawa anticipates that Rhodes will win ln Cumberland and McGregor in Pictou. Inverness lias sent some three\/ thousand\nScotchmen, to the front and it is expected that they will wipe out the\nhundred odd majority of Chrisholm\nIn. Antigonisii. The soldier vote nlso\nis likely to win the two Cape Bretons\nfor the Government, Ottawa would\nnot  be surprised  if Laurier was only\nleft with four Nova Scotians. However under the present line-up (here\nnre not many new faces. Hon. W. S.\nFielding and Hanee J. Logan In Cumberland, are hull, old members with\nlong experience. Robert H. Mat-Kay,\nwho carried Plcto'u for Laurier, is a\nmember of the local legislature.\nThere arc new faces from Hants and\nYarmouth. L. H. Mattel., who carried\nHants for Laurier, is a brilliant young\nlawyer, who was formerly In the civil\nservice at Ottawa, E. K. Spinney Is\nthe Liberal Union Istf who was elected\nfrom Yiu-.-t-ioi.tli. Laurier campaign\nmanagers have been predicting that\nSpinney would support him, but this\nis doubtful. Old members who will\nbe hack* are A. 1\\. Davidson, of Annapolis; b. D. Mackenzie, George W.\nKyte, Dr. Chlsholm, Lieut. W. H. Carrol!, and Hon. F. B. Mc'.'nrdy.\nSeven in the House\nOf New iltrun'swlcU'H representation of eleven no less than- seven\nwere In Ibe last house, and If AV. S.\nLoggie is finally elected in Northumberland, which is likely, then\neight of last parliament's delegation\nwil] be. back. F. ,T. Piobidoux, ono of\nthe few French-Canadians in the last\nhouse, who stood liy conscription, was\ndefeated in Kent, a French riding. Tho\nFrench voted solidly against him, and\na new representative, a Richibucto\nfarmer, Augtislc T. Leger. will represent thc county. Uohidoux' defeat Is\nmuch regretted. A quiet, unostentatious members, he was growing in the\nIf you want health\nyou can have it, by heeding Nature's laws. Keep the\nstomach strong, the liver active, the blood pure, and\nthe bowels regular, and you will seldom be ill. Take\ngood care of these organs, and at the first sign of\nanything wrong\u2014promptly take Beecham's Pills.\nyou certainly need\nthe help and relief of this world-famed remedy, to\nkeep the body in health. They quickly establish normal conditions, so the organs perform their functions\njis Nature intended. No other remedy will so surely\nstrengthen the system, stimulate the liver, regulate\nthe bowels and quickly improve the general health as\nteEtHAMiftllS\n': '', .'' '-','\u2022 Worlk a Guinea \u25a0 Box   ...\nPieMroo* only kr ThornM BeoeUro, St. H\u00abl\u00abnu. Unuihlro. Enilind.\nSold .at,y wUau in Can.tUaaad U.S. America,   la taaca, 25 tenia.\nopinion of tho house and was- innrked\nfor .advancement, with Hon. .1. P.\nHnaen and Hon. Wm. Pugsley no\nlonger in politics, SI. John city hits\nsent two new representatives for\nUnion, both men who stand high in\nthat elty. The Conservative-1'ntonist\nis R. W. Wlgmbro', ono of the commissioners of the city of St. John. Ho is\na public man of experience and with\nsplendid administrative ability. *Ho\nshould be a decided acquisition to\nthe house. Stanley E. Elkhi, the\nLiberal-Unionist, is a prominent manufacturer ond business man.\nOld-Timers Gone , .\nSome of the old-timers will be missing when the Ontario roll Is called.\nThpse veteran members, Hon. David\nHenderson and Hon. Andrew Rrodor,\nwill ho specially missed from their\nfamiliar haunts. They were two of\nthe oldest and two of the most popular men in parliament, They havo\nboth retired on account of ill health.\nTwo other figures; familiar at Ottawa,\nwho will not he In the Commons, are\ntho new Senators John fisher and\nW. H. Bennett.\nIt' is interesting to recall that away\nback In -1892 there wero held at tho\nsame timo* five bye-electlons which\nwere bitterly contested. The- Conservatives carried all five and five\nnew members made the next session\ntheir bow to the house. alll five remained in polities for nearly twenty-\nfivo years and become Influential members of the Commons. They were Sir\nSam Hughes, Mr. W. F. .Maclean, Mr.\nW. II. Noltlltup* Mr. \\V. H. Smith and\nMr. W. II. Bennett. Despite the many\nand rapid changes in the political\narena, all five sat in. the last parliament However, only threo will he\nfound In thc next parliament. Sir Sam,\nMr. Smith, who carried his riding,\nSouth Ontario, hy ovor a thousand,\nand Mr. Maclean.\nWill Be Mined\nOliver Wilcox will be missed front\nXorth Essex. Ho was a very popular member. Ho died recently of\ncancer of tho stomach. New Ontario has an almoBt complete noW\nrepresentation. Hon. Prank Cbcll-\nrano Is tho only old member back.\nA. C. Boyce, In WeBt Algoma, resigned tn go on the railway commission and J. J. Cnrrick, ln Port\nArthur and Thunder Hay, retired ln\nthe interests of Union.\nOnly four members in the lout\nhouso were defeated. Thoy are Mr.\nW. F. German, In tho now riding of\nWelland; Georgo Elliott. In Wont\nMiddlesex; Dr. Steele, In South Perth,\nand W. P. Wclchol, In North Waterloo. Mr. Gorman's defeat mnrks the\npassing of another veteran from the\npolitical field. He Was first a candidate In 181)1, hut was, unseated. Mo\nsat In tho Ontario legislature an* was\nelected In 100O (or the Dominions 1ft\nhas eat continuously for Welland. Tho\nother threo members defeated first entered politics in 1911.\n\u25a0       New Member*\ntho two Renfrows will  he  represented  by new members.    In  North\n. K.eu.fct,*-*. fc'\u00bbli Om* While. Wat llio\nconvention.   He has sat for that'seat lustre  to. the  name    of . Canada   In\nslnoe lUPS, whon he was elected by a Prance.   He is only 38.    lie took the\nbyo-electlon,;, when only 27,  to  sue- famous  49th   Iiuttnllqii  of..EdmQnton\nceed his father, the late Hon.  Peter to tho front and Is    now    brlgadier-\nWhito.   The new member is Col; Mac- general.    Calgary, despite tho retlro-\nKle, A' son of the old antagonist of ment of It. U. Uennett, will be again\nHton. Mr. White, and former member well   represented   at   Ottawa.    TV M.\nfor two parliaments,    ln South Ren-1 Tweedie,   the  new   Unionist, nidsnber\nfrew Hon. Qebrge P. Grnhnin is sue- for Calgary West, is one of'the most\neeeded hy Isaac 1'cdlow,    n   .Laurier popular   lawyers   ih   aMborta.    He  is\ncandidate. ' It Is hellevecl though -that almost as brilliant an orator as Beh-\nwlien the soldier vote Is counted Col. nett.   lie sat in  the- .-\\iberta leglsla-\nMartln will have the seat.   Mr. Ora- tare  for  two   terms,   where,  he  Wus\nham is another figure missing from recognized as thc main fighting force\nthe new parliament, thanks to his ef- of the Opposition.    He.Is able*, ener-\nforts to rldo both horses.   He tried to gctlc and  aggressive.    Major  D.  E.\nget a nomination as a Unionist can- Rodman, who has carried East' Cnl-\ndldate,.but foiled to get a'convention; gui.y, is a returned soldier, and.Is a\nTowards the end of tho campaign he prominent lawyer.    IIVi Is one of the,\nsupported  on  tho platform  what  he few-veterans of tho war who will sit\ncalled    conscription   Laurier   eandl-, in the next parliament,\ndates. From  British Columbia\nTho west will have au almost, com-.! Four of the old house w'lll lie found\nplete newi representation. Only threo in tho new parliament from British\nof the former 'Manitoba members will Columbia. They are Hon. Martin\nbo in the now house, Hon. Arthur Burrell, Herb Clements, R. p. Green\nMeighen, Hobt; Cruise and Dr. Molloy. and H. 11. Stevens. The best known\nThore will be somo new blood from of tho new members Is Dr! s. F. Tol-\nManitoba which should have consld- mie, who was Dominion live stock\norablo Influe'hou on the deliberations, commissioner for the west and: re-\nGeorge IV. Allan, K. C, the new mem- tired to inn. He is a recognized au-\nber for South Winnipeg, is one of the thorlty on live stock and his wide extenders of tho Manitoba bar. Ri C. perienoo wlil be of the greatest valtto\nHenders, the new member for Mac- to the new parliament.\u2014.\\.  R.' v., 'in\nDonald, is one of thc leaders of the\nGroin Growurs. He ia an able speaker nnd a man of wise and original\nthinking. Dr. Whidden, president\nof Brandon Baptist church, Is the now\nmember for Brandon. He ls a* huin\nof otrtstn'ndlng nbility who' will be\nwatched at Oltawa. Mr. lt. L. Richardson, the aggressive editor of thc\nWinnipeg Tribune, who sought the\nhardftca't of Springfield, is returning\nto Ottawa after ovor twenty years'\nabsence. He was elected in 189(1 us a\nLiberal for Lisgar. Later he was de-.\nfeated In a hyo-electlon.\nOnly Three Old Members \u25a0\nSaskatchewan also, which Caldor\nline succeedod In swooping, despite'\nhnrd opposition, will have but throe\nold memhers. .Air. J. G. Turriff, in\naVsatnlbola; Mr. Levi Thompson, Qu!\nAppollc, and Mr. ThOmas MacNutt lli\nSaltcoats. Thoy were all former sU|>-\n.porters- of Laurier, who deserted, him\non the 'issue of conscription..' Of tiie\nnew members the most outstanding\nIs Mfc: James Wilson, of Saskatoon*.H\nplpti^qr of that city who hits, boon\noho of thc leaders In oVcry public-\nspirited' cause in that' ambitious* iiet,-'\nter Tor a decdjlc., Dr. Cowdn, tlid auci\noSsa'fttl Unionist In Ikoglna, Is a mayor\nof tiio city and prominent for years In\nsouthern Saskatchewan politics:    ''\nA Brilliant Soldier\n, Threo former member's of Alberta\nwill also lie illicit, flr. a. Buolianan,\nLethbrldgo; Dr. M. Clark, Red Doer,\nand James Douglas, Strathcona. Mr.\nWi H. White, who ran as a. Uiurler\ncandidate In vletoria, may ho elect-\nOd, b(W'It Is doubtful ofter the \u00bbol-\ndler vdte is counted.. Getfe-ril OrlBii-\nbaoh, who has defeated :Hon.Fra*H:\nOliver In Kdmonton Wnst, la one''of'\nToronto Dally News.\nRAILWAY CHIEFS TO\nG6T SALARIES DOCKED\nWages of  Employees Will  Be Raised\nUnder U. 3. Scheme for Running\nRailroads.\nWASHINGTON. Dec. 2,7.\u2014One of\nHie first' acts of Hie, government In\nbeginning operation of railways would\nbejo reduce large salaries now paid to\nllio railway executives and Increaso in\nsome measures' the' wages of tbe ra.il-\nwuy workers.\nSecurUes lo bo Issued while the .government is in'control will bo at interest rates not less than 4 per cent and\nthe Issues will be made under Joint authorities of the dircc.tor-genernl and\nthe Interstate cnmrlierce. commission. :\nMVE MINNESpTA\nMEN ARE INDICTED\nAlleged to Have. Controlled Milk Sup\nply and Fixed Prioee\u2014 Distributors Testify.\nMINNEAPOLIS,   Minn.,   Dee.   27,-\nKlvo members df tho legislature coin\nmlttoe of the Twin City'Milk Producers' association,  including John Blr-\nwln of .Minneapolis, today were indicted  by  Hennepin  county grand Jury\nhere charged with violation of'the state\nanti-trust  laws,    tt  Is ' alleged  they\ncontrolled  the milk  supply of Minneapolis and fixed the price.    Evidence\non Which tho men were iudietod wus\nsubmitted to tbo grand Jury by distributors who wore called as witnesses.\nDistributors   alleged  control of  milk\nby tho association bad so thoroughly\nGRAIN  PRICES AVERAGE\nLOWER AT CHICAGO\nChiefly   Due   to^Announcement   That\nGovertiineht Will Take Over the\nRailways.\n(By Dally News'Leased Wire.)\nCHICAGO, III., Dec. 27.\"\u2014Grain pl'ices\naveraged lower' today chiefly as the'\nresult of -an announcement that tho\ngovernment would take possession of\nthe railroads. Corn closed steady.\nTanuary.at ?1.26!4 and May at tl.24%\nto %, with thc finish its a whole varying from 14 to % cent down to .<& cent\nadvance compared with 24 hours before. OotS underwent a setback of\n% to 1% cents net, anil provisions of\n5 to 15 cents. '   *   \" \" ;\nCorn Trading Stopped.\nCHICAGO, 111., Dec. 27.\u2014All trading\nin corn for delivery in store by grade\nalone in Chicago in tho month of December was ordered stopped\"'\" by Iho\nboard of directors of. the board of\ntrade today. '~'\u25a0 \" *\nA committee will be named to fix\nprices at which existing contracts will\nbo settled. It was explained tiiat the\naction, of tho board merely was to\nclear up existing contracts, as trading\nIn' December corn virtually ceased 60\ndays ago.'\nGRAIN  MARKET.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Dec. 27.\u2014Oats, old contract: Mny, 84%.   New contract; December. 83M;  May, 8^%; July, n*\/,.\nBarley;     December,     $1.38;     .Mav,\n1(1.40 li.\nFlax:    December,    %Z. (IS;    January,\n$3.08;   May,  fS.11'%.\nwere again exce*btionally light,\" being '\nonly 50 head, while there were*no hogs''\nreceived.    Twenty-three cars of. hogs\nand nlno cars of cattle passed through.\"\nto eastoi'ii points on through  billing.\nCattle market quiet.\nSteers,. 5.75 to 10; cows aftd heifers,\n4 to 8.5b; bulls, 5 to 7.50; oxen, 5.25\nto 8.50; stockers and feeders, .5.50. to.\n7.50; veal calves,. 5.50 to 9; sheep, ,12\nto 13.50;. lambs, 13.50 to 15; hogs,.i\u00a3;\nsows and heavies', 12 to 14.50; lights. \u25a0\n14 to 15.25. ...,'\nPRICE OF BUTTER ADVANCES.\nMONTREAL, Dec. 2,7.T-An ndvance\nof l.;:to -lia\". cents a pound was made\ntoday for firiost creamery butler,;'b'ti't\ntho .price of ,dairy was unahaiifcoila.\/,..\nCheese; Finest westerns, 21%,,. finest easterns, 21*4.\nBUiter: Choicest creamery,, 40 to. %;\nseconds', 45 to %.\nEgjjs: Fresh, 55 to 60;. selected, 45;\nNo. 1 Stock, 42; JJo. 2 stock, 3S to 'lii.\nPo'rk: Heavy Canada short mess,\nbarrels,\" 35 to 45 pieces, 52 to 53; Canada short cut backs, barrels, 45 to 55\npieces, *50 to 51.   .    ' .,. ' '*\nThere are 1000 ^employees, o\u00a3 'the\nUnitcit s'tates. fond administration In\nlhe Offices of the central oYgahizu-\ntlon.at Washington, 'Besides the een..-:\nIra! staffs there is. a largo organiaa-.\ntion In' each of the States' uniier,tho\ndirection of the state food administrator\ntied up the supply that distributors\n \u201e ,...,. _. who *dii'4-\u00abot*wu*'m\"i*t from the'nn-\ntt,* most brilliant of the yaun\u00bb* caW'faloClatiin'wonl\u00ab'rtoti''\u00ab\u00abt' h'tlbiis* olsev\nOdlan geaorals who have brought suMtt Where tdnieet tbelf heed*.       *'       '\u2022\nLIVESTOCK MARKETS.\n(By Dally News lacasod Wire.)\nCHICAGO, III;, Dec. 27.\u2014Cattle: Receipts,  19,000.    Beeves,  1'35 to'14.25;\nistockors  and   feeders,   6.60   to   10.25;\n;Cows mid heifers 5.20 to 11.30; calves,\n'8:50to.i'6.'.\t\nI Hogs: Receipts, 52,000.: weak. Light,\n'16.25 to 16*.d5; mixed, 16;50 to 17.85;\nheavy, 16.45 to 17.10; rough, 16.45 to\n18.05; pigs, 11.76 to 16.75; luilk of sales,\n16.70 to 17.05.\nSheep: \u2022 Receipts,. 16,000;   firm. Native Jambs, 12.76 to 16.70.\nToronto.\n. TORONTO, Dec. 27.\u2014Union stock-\nyard receipts today were 42 cars with\n385 cattle, 104'calves, 1,610 hogs and\n180 sheep and lambs. The market cort.\ntlniied quiet throughout the holiday*\nweek. Hccblrits were again light and\nIncluded a largo proportion of' contract hogs shipped direct to the packers. Offerings Were small and wcro\ncleaned up at good, steady'prices, A\nfow lots of good butcher ''steers and\nholfors were held toVcr. Prices all\nnnlhd wisre' stoadSr to flrni and tiadc\ngood for ahytlilnsr offered: The hog\nsituation appears to be firm at the\nprices quoteili if.85 lo 17.60. '\n:\u25a0'\u25a0\" v'l Winnipeg,'\nWINNIPEG, Dee. %V\u2014Cattle receipts\nNervous Breakdown Averted\n  \u25a0!-.   Sw!    !ia.\nNo Appetite, No Energy, Sleepless and\nWiaft, But Siiiii Cured ty'tW*\nCassell's Tablets. ,\nM&\u00a7&. Inman, 310 Haroourfslrcet.\nSturgeon Crecl^, Wlnrjipeg, say*:. .\"I\nwas in a verya^veak. run-down..condition. I ate little,' frequently misseif\nmeals because'..I had no appetite, and\nsuffered If I forced myself to p\u00bbU My\nnerves' were in a had wayd'tm piy\nsleer) y.ery disturbed. Ei;\u00abfj{IJjlnE\npointed 1,0 a horvo'lis'brijaltdbwn. Theh~\nI got;pr: Cassell's Taliiets andiCwns.\nastonishing how my siren\"?''\"! carte\nback,\" lllr. Inman Is. nt>,w. In England.'.,\nas manager of A. \\V. Inman: &i 14oW,\nprInt'e'rs,|laoe(l's... 2   v; \u25a0\u25a0  :. \u25a0   ,:'\nA tree sample ol Or. Casaell'a Tablet*\nwill be sent to you on receipt of B centa\nfor mailing and paeking. Address Haloid F. Ritchie A Co, Ltd., 10 MoCaul\n9L, Toront*,'*\"   \u2022 \u25a0 \u2022\"\u25a0 > \u25a0;:':,':.*.-  :\"\nDr.; Cassell;j 'TabiiitJ^ia-a. titi .isjh.' '\npromo remedy for Dys*>\u00abpsia,. Ktdtiey \"*\nTrouble, Sleoplessncss. Anaumla  Nor\ni*nus aliments and nerve paralysis.audi   '\nfor    Woakiiesii   In\" iCBlldWil,   .'iBpa-\nolally valuable for nursing mother*MM\nduring   the  critical ' p*erio^s'\"'jl'f\\jlS..'\nPrice 60 cents per tuho, six ^nbesr^fer\ntho price of five from drusgisU end.\nstorckcepSrs throughout Cariaida, bon'H '\u2022\nwaste your monw on telt\u00bbtlt>nej \u00ab\u2022\u00bb\nthe genuine Dr. CaaMira Tabteta.  \/ \"\u25a0\"\n FRIDAY,    DEC.    28,    1917.\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nPAOE   8EVSN\n7511\nCONDENSED ADVERTISING RATES     FURNISHED ROOM8 TO RENT.\nOno Insertion, per word ......... , lo\nMinimum charge   26e\nSix   consecutive   Insertions,   per\nword    *c\nTwenty-six consecutive insertions\n(one month), per word  15c\n' Births, one insertion ...-.  60c\nMarriages, one insertion  Mo\nDeathB, one Insertion  60c\ni Card of Thanka  60c\nEach subsequent Insertion  26c\nDeath and Funeral Notice $100\nAll condensed advertisements are\ncash in advance.\nIn computing the number of words\nln a  classified  advertisement  count\n> each word, dollar mark, abbreviation.\nInitial letter and figure ob one word.\nAdvertisers are reminded that It Is\ncontrary to tho provisions of the postal laws, to have lette s addressed to\nlntials only; therefore any advertise\"\ndesirous of concealing his or her identity may use a box at this office w thou! any extra charge if replies are\ncalled for; If replies are to be mailed\nlo advertisers allow 10 cents extra in\naddition to price of advertisement to\nnay postage.\nTho News reserves the right to reject any copy submitted for publication. \t\nesssSsessssswssssesssssesesssssesss^.\nSITUATIONS VACANT\u2014MALE.\nNELSON EMPLOYMENT AGENCY\u2014\nW. Parker, 309 Baker St, Phone 283.\nWANTED\u2014All kinds of woodsmen;\nsetter,  grader;   planer  feeder;   1st\nJanuary;   two  first class waitresses,\nname hotel;  fourth   class   enginoer;\nnight watchman, sawmill.\nWORK WANTBD-by girl of 16, light\nhousework or mind baby, good.\nWANTED\u2014General blacksmith. Must\nbe a good horse shoer and all round\nman.   W. K. Brown, Creston.  (7786)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE\nments In Condensed Columns, klndlj\nmention you saw It, In Thc News\u2014li\nwill Kelp you.\nSltUAiljBNS   WANTED-MALE^\nWANTBD-7-By returned soldiers, odd\njob's,, offices, furnaces, etc. Tidy &\nMcDonald,   Soldiers'   club,   or   phone\n390RS     ' :\nFEMALE HELP WANTED.\n<**OR RENT\u2014Suites of furnished house\nkeeping   rooms   In   Anaable   Mock\nEnquire room 32. (7642)\nKERR APARTMENT\n(7615)\nFURNISHED  modern   suite,    Campbells' Art Gallery. 710 Baker street.\n(77351\nP,UR1**IISHED  houselH.eplng   rooms   le\nbrick hlock: large bright rooms will\n*as and use of ItBtb: $10 per month  C\nW. Appleyard. 605 Baker St.        (7643)\n>lll'..\\  KKI'iiHNU   pi   allVEKTISI'\nments In Condensed Columns, kind!\n\u25a0 lenlion   vnu   .aw   II   in   The   Vews    \u2022\n\u2022vlll  help von   .  .\nBARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS.\nDONAGHT & DONAGHY. Barristers.\nSolicitors, etc, McCulIoch block, Nel.\nson, B.C.; Flack block, Vancouver.\navAN I tO\nWANTED\u2014Small gasoline motor, suitable for row boat.   Apply box 7804,\nDally News. (7804)\nDOMINION EXPRESS foreign cheques\nare accepted by field cashiers nnd\npaymasters in France for their full\nface value. There Is no better way to\nsend money to the boys In the trenches.\nWANTED\u2014SPLIT   CEDAR  POSTS\u2014\nKootenay  Lake   Cedar    Company,\nNelson, D. C. (7649)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nments ln Condensed Col'imns k'.ndly\nmention you saw it in The News\u2014it\nwill help you.\nPOULTRY  AND  EGGS.\nSELECTED   Brown   Leghorn,   White\nLeghorn,    Plymouth    Rock,    Whlto\nWyandotte cockerels, $-.50 f.o.b. Edge-\nwood.   Jowott Bros. (7785)\nBUSINES8 CHANCES.\nFOR SALE\u2014Blacksmith shop and\nbusiness. Stock of tools all com*\nplete . Must bo sold before January\n15, 1918. Owner being drafted for\noverseas service. Apply to Medley\nLajolo, P. O. Box 681, Cranbrook, B.\n(7713)\nDISHWASHER\nL.D. Cafe.\nWANTED \u2014 Apply\n(77U3,\nWANTED\u2014Six experienced first class\ndining room girls for New  Year's\nday, and two girls for permanent situations.   Strathcona hotel. (7S06)\nSITUATIONS VACANT.\n16 MADE DAILY introducing to\nneighbors new domestic products reducing cost of living. Send ten cents\n'or actual goods for selling sample.-\nGa.rretson Company, Brantford, Ont.\n(76331\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE\nments in Condensed columns, klndl*.\nmention you saw It ln Tho Nows\u2014P\nwill help you.\nLIVESTOCK\nFOR SAIaE\u2014Splendid Berkshire sow.\nPrice |50.   Very gentle.   S. P. Pond.\n(7811)\nARTICLES FOR 8ALE.\nFOR SALE\u2014First class piano;   $200\ncash.   Miss Campbell's music store,\nBaker street (7768)\n WHOLESALE\t\nA. MACDONALD .* CO., WHOLE-\nsale Grocers and Piovlstoh Merchants. Importers of Teas, Coffees.\nSpices, Dried Fruits, Staples and\nFnncy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars,\nButter, Eggs, Cheese and Packing\nHouse Products. Off ee and warehouse,\ncorner of Front and Hall Sts. P. o.\nBox 109a; telephones, 28 and 23.\nENGINEERS\nGREEN BROS., BURDEN A CO.\nCivil Englneeis, Dominion and  B. C.\nLand Surveyors.\nSurveys of Lands,  Mines, Townsites,\nTimber Limits, etc.\nNelson, 510 Ward street, A. Hi Green,\nMr.;   Victoria,   114   Pemberton  Bldg.,\nF. C. Green;  Fort George, Hammond\nstreet, F. P. Burden.\nA. L,  McCULLOCH,\nHydraulio Engineer.\nProvincial Land Surveyor.\nBaiter St., Nelaon, B.C.\nA. D. NA8H,\nMining Engineer\nConsultation,    Exploration,    Development, Reports.\nPoora  1,  Royal   Bank   Bldg..   Nolson\nAUCTIONEERS.\nC. A. WATERMAN & CO., Opera blk\nWM. CUTLER,  AUCTIONEER.    Box\n474; phone 18.\nFOR SALE\u20142 sleighs, right for ranch.\nor   delivery   purposes.    Apply    6. j\nOpsahl, Trail, B.C. (7809) I\nFOR  SALE\u2014Mason   &   Rlsch   piano,\nfirst class  instrument,  (200.    Mrs.\nJ. Tarry, Tarrys, B.C. (7775)\nFOR BALE\u2014Mentges newspaper folder;  folds 4, 6, 8, 10 and  12 pages.\nIn first class condition.   Snap for cash\nThe Dally News, Nelson. |67S|\nFOR SALE\u2014Edison Dictograph com.\nplete; electric power.  Apply to Dall>\nNews businoss office. (654i\nTHREE D. A. SULLIVAN Stopers;\n' one No. 5 Sturtevant fun; ono 5x5\nhoisting engine; one 24 Inch Pelton\nwater wheel, high pressure type C.\nwith out stand and steel housing; one\n62x10 double oak tanned lenther belt.\nApply to box 56, Sandon, B. C.   (7652)\nFOR SALE\u2014Shaving machine for Edison records.   Box 685, Dally News.\n.VHEN REPLYING TO aVDVERTlSB-\nments In Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw It In The Newa\u2014It\nwill nelp you.\nL AU NCH ES^N D^WBOATS;^\nFOR SALE\u2014Sixteen    foot   Chostnut\ncanoe  rowboat;   outriggers,   paddle,\noars and carpet.   Forty dollars.   Box\n2, Ainsworth. (7807)\n^FOifMWNT^\nFOR RENT\u2014Six roomed house, close\nln.   Apply J. W. Gallagher's itore\n(7640)\nFOR RENT\u2014Seven-room house.   Apply 616 Latimer streot. (7794)\nI'OR RENT\u2014Furnlshod cottage, four\nrooms and bath;  close In.    O, K.\nBarber Shop, A. L. Wilson.        (7789)\nLOST ANOJSyjJD^^^,\nTHREE SPRING CALVES strayed to\nour premises, Owner can have same\nby proving proporty and payl'ig expenses. Barrett & Buchanan, Frultvale, B.C. (7790)\nEDUCATIONAL\nDOMEBTIcf'sCIENCE COURSE at\nKing Edward school and Business\nCollege, cranbrook\u2014Cooking, laundry,\ndressmaking, millinery, may be taken\nseparately or ln connection with the\ncommercial course. Write for prospectus to Miss Cherrlngton, hend-\n| mistress, (\u00ab\")\nACCOUNTANTS.\n~wTh. FALDING,\nPublic Accountant,  Bunk of Montreal\nChambers, Rossland, B.C.\nSTENOGRAPHY.\nSHORTHAND, Typewriting, Penman\nship.    Day and  night  clusses;   82\nVictoria St., Box 745. (7639\nINSURANCE  ANO  REAL   E8TAU\nFOR RENT\u2014House,  flvu rooms and\nbath, somo  furniture,  Victoria St.,\n812;  C rooms on Josephine St., $14;\n6 rooms on Silica St., $8.\nABERDEEN BLOCK\u2014Offices at $5 to\n$10 per month.   Steam heat.\nGRIFFIN BLOCK\u2014Offices end living\nrooms, $6 to $10 por month.\nMcQUARRIE o\\ ROBERSTON.\nNelson, B.C.\nH. E. DILL\nFlro,  Life  and   Health   Insurance\nPhono 180. K. W. C. Blk., 508 Ward St\nA8SAYER8.\nE. W. WIDDOWSON, box aV-1108, Nolson, B. C. Standard western charges.\nFLORISTS.\nGRIZZELLE'S GREENHOUSES, Nol-\nson.   Wreaths,   wedding   bouquets,\ncut flowers.   Phone 187.\n_OPT*^CIANS__\nR.   Ia.  DOUOLA8S,   Nolson,  Graduote\noptician and optometrist.   Room IS,\nK. W. C. Block.\nTAX]DJ**J***MJSTS\u2014TANNERS\t\nWHERRY & TOW, 629 Pandora avc-\n. nue. Victoria, B. C. Western Canada's tried firm. Big game head\nrugs, specialty. Trial solicited.     t7638)\nPRICE    BROS.,     TAXIDERM1STS-\nTaxldormy work and rug and robe\nmaking a specialty.    Send for price\nHat    Price Brothers.   Rossland,   B.C\n(76821\nSECOND HAND DEALERS\nTHB ARK pays cash for second hand\nfurnlturo, stoves.   606 Vcinon.\nFUNERAL DIRECTORS.\ndTTrOBERTSON, F. D. D. & E., 80S\nVictoria street.    Phono  292;   night\nphone, 167-L,\n_^ MISCELLANEOUS. .\nV. I. PRIVATE~\u00a3raTEifTIVE*A*gency.\nJ10-11-12 Hlbben-Bone Bldg., Victoria.   Day and night phone, 8412.\n(77201\nOLD FALSE TEETH and bridge work\nbought, any condition; highest cash\nprices sent by return mall. Post to\nMrs. Dunstons, 1469 Georgia street, W..\nVancouver, B. C.   Est. 27 years. (7716)\nP ivate   Hospita\nLICEN8ED BY PROVINCIAL\nGOVERNMENT\nWe give particular attention to all\nfemale trouble\u2014home-like apartments\nfor ladies awaiting accouchmeht. Certified nurses sent out on private cases,\nfrown or country. Highest references;\nreason-ilile  terms;   inspect.Ln  invLed,\nMrs .Moore, Superintendent.\nTHE   HOME   PRIVATE   HOSPITAL\nFalls and  Baker Sts., Nelson, B. C.\nP. O. Box 772.\nPhone 372 for Appointment\nISSUES WARNING  AGAIN8T\nPEACE MOVES OF HUNS\nSecretary Baker Says They Are to Be\nExpected   and   Discounted\u2014\nNo Slackening\nWASHINGTON. \u2014 Newest peace\npropaganda, viewed as a forerunner\nto an offensive In the west, unless a\nGerman-made peace is accepted by\nthe allies and the United States,\nshould not for a moment induce us\nto slacken our preparations for war,\nsays Secretary uf War Baker In his\nweekly review .of the military situation.\nThe review points out that the\nfighting morale of Italy may be relied upon no matter, how intensive the\nGerman peaco campaign becomes, and\nsays:\n\"The Italian theatre once again is\nthu scene of important, military\nactivity.\n\"The enemy', Impatient of the delays which have occurred iu bringing\nabout the successful penetration of\nthe Italian plains and the overthrow\nof the Italian armies, has despatched\nfurther forces to tho Italian front\nWith a .view to achieving a decisive\nresult.\nAnxious for a  Finish\n\"It would .appear that they arc\nanxious to conclude their Italian adventure in a manner similar to. thc\nprevious campaigns in Russia, Sov-\nvia and Rumania, where, as. a. result ol' strategic envelopments gained at relatively small coat, vast tracts\nof territory were conquered.\n\"Before proceeding witli any ppev-\nntiorm in tho west the Germans hope\nto drive the Italians back tn the\nAdlge anticipating .that such a reverse would have a very disintegrating influence throughout Italy.\n\"It Is apparent that, the Germans\nhave not given up all hope of bringing about a social upheaval in Italy,\nits they did in Russia after their victorious campaigns of 1915.\nPeace  Propaganda   First\n\"Along the western front the enemy\nhas continued his harassing raids with\na view to keeping the allied forces on\nthe alert, however none of tho engagements recorded in the west were of\nmore than local importance. . . .\nIt would appear that as a forerunner\nlo the Gorman offensive heralded ,to\nbe launched in the west, an Intensive\npeace propaganda Is to be initiated.\n\"Careful examination of the situation reveals that the enemy is again\npieparlng to sue for 'pence before victory,'\n\"Information from various sources\nconfirms the reports that the Germans would have the world believe\nthat thc military situation is such\nthat thoy are ablo to dictate thc\nterms of peace. They, therefore,\nthreaten that unless this dictated\npence is accepted by the allied powers\nand nurss.vea the German forces now\nbeing concentrated on thc westorn\nfront will break through the allied\nlines in the west.\n\"Tiie various reports of immediato\npence proposals by the Germans on\nseemingly favorable terms should\nnot for a moment induce us to slacken\nour preparations for wnr.\n\"It Is only necessaty for us to recall that during thc Christmas season of last year the Germans put\nforth very similar peace rumors.\"\nIMPERIAL ARMY MEN\nGIVEN M. H. C. BENEFITS\nArrangements Made By Imperial Pen*\nsions  Office to   Secure   Men\nTreatment and Training\nOTTAWA. \u2014 Arrangements have\nbeen made by tho department of\nmilhla and defense through the Imperial pensions office to extend'to the\ndisabled soldiers discharged from thc\nimperial forces the advantages of\nmedical treatment and vocational\ntraining given the Canadian soldiers\nthrough the military hospitals* commission, provided thot thoy were disabled in thc present'war nnd such\ntreatment or training will Improve\ntheir condition.\nTho splendid hospital equipment\nand vocational training facilities es-\n.abllshed by the military hospitals\ncommission will be open to them\nwithout restriction. The only point\nof difference between the Imperial and\nCanadian men will be that as soon as\na man ntarts treatment, or training,\nthe appropriate allowances will be\nIssued to the Imperial army weekly by\nthe officer paying imperial pensions\nfrom Ottawa, and will continue as\nlong as the man Is receiving treatment\nor training. The allowances for the\nCanadian soldiers are paid monthly,\nEffort is being nmda to reach all\nmen of this class. Attention Is drawn\nto the fact that ull cases should first\nbe brought to tho.notice of the officer\npaying imperial pensions at Ottawa.\nTho ease will then be forwarded to\nthe military hospitals commission in\nOttawa and steps will be taken Immediately for trailing or treatment.\n\u00bb?*-W\nNELSON Wm OF TEE DAY\nThe tablecloth raffled by the Church\nHelpers was won by Mrs. Hallett.\n\u2022 (7814)\nThe adjourned meeting of the Nelson\nschool board will be held Friday night.\n(7813)\nBOYS! FREE\u2014A sack of marblbs If\nyou have your skates sharpened * at\nDave Wade's Up-to-date shoe Shop*,'\n\"Wado Right In.\" (7812)\nM SS PASCOt WfDS\nIN PORIIAND CI1\\\nEmployee  in   Local  Telephone Office\nMarries C. W. Simpson-Will -Re-\ntide in Lot Angeles.  .\nMiss Gladys Pascoe, for the last four,\nyears an employee in the local office\nof the British Columbia Telephone\ncompany, was married to CVW\u201e Simpson at St. Mark's church, Portland,\nOre., Wednesday evening,. Dec. 28. The\nyoung couple immediately left.' for\nSeattle where they will spend a few\ndays before leaving for their new hpme\nIn Los Angeles, Cai. .\nThe announcement that the wedding\nhad taken placo reached Mrs. William\nPascoe last evening. The bride, wore\na suit of fine brown serge with hat\nto match which were in striking; contrast to a set of white fox furs.\nMr. Simpson Is connected with the\nPacific Telephone & Telegraph company and has for several months been\nemployed in the Portland offices. A\nrecent hurried transfer to Los Angeles\ndid not permit him to come to the\ncity to be married, as had1' been pre-:\nViously arranged, and cousequentljy\nthe wedding took place in Portland.\nDINNER CUPS ID\n0\nOver $100 Is Collected Christmas Day\nat Table and More Keeps\" '. \"\nComing.\nChristmas dinner collections from\nNolson and district families for' the\nHalifax relief fund have been re chins\nW. S. King of the HildsonXl-lay store\nby every innII since 'Tuesday morning.\nAlready the donations amount lO(o\\*br\n#100 and .several telephnm1 ca.is V:\"dra'\ndistrict\" points yesterday yi:i\\% the in-V\nformation that numerous family- col*\nIrctlontr would be forthcoming as\"soph\nas,mall facilities allowed..\u25a0'\u00abHtp to lajit\n\u25a0\u2022wit nearly half a hundred replied had\nbeen received. ....\nAmong the  incidents In connection\nwith the receipt of thc vuliscriptlons is\nthat -of- two   little  Nelson  boyrf iVho\ntimidly   approached   Mr.  King  In   the\nstore\" yesterday and sUiii, \u25a0i,feij>lc, sir,\nwe've got IH (cms apic..*e^tor the rodr\nchildren in Halifax.\"'      it .        ....    .\n.A letter from a. dlHtvl$j! -family of\nthree stated that they nsd -taken up\nihe requested Christmas dinner collection. Attached were two |B notes and\na 51  bill.   \u25a0\nSend Collections Early.\nAt the Hume'hotel a eo'.lectlon was\ntaken at the evening dinner and a substantial sum realized which was received by Mr. King Wednesday. It' is\npointed out that the sum will soon be\nforwarded to the headquarters\" branch\nand it Is desired that all the collections taken be sent to Mr. 'King as\nearly as possible so that they, may be\nenclosed in the lump sum soon to be\nforwarded.   \u2022\nAnother incident related was that\nof the contribution of Uu new oneccnt\npieces which five little boys had Received iu their Christmas stotkiigs.\nKach one put all his shining new coi s\nInto thu family collection cup on tho\ntable. .  .,\nTwo city boys gave a handsome hand\npainted .Japanese bowl to Mr. King-,\nwhich is to be raffled for the benefit\nof the fund.\nA Budget of Bargains On Sale\nThis Money-Saving List Should Appeal to All Thrifty Shoppers\n-With dainty JCp\nRegular $1.10 for..   I ull\n$1.00\nSNAPS  FOR  THE   BABIES.\n, To thoHe who have Imules these snaps should\nj'ppeal. These garments are all ready to wear\n' \"ailci at halt the price of the eost of material.\n81I.K DRESSES^-Ono-year size; four row9 ot\nfine insertion.' \u00a9Q Cfl\nRegular $3.9''  for     QfciJU\nFINE NAINSOOK ROBES-\nyokes; lace trimmed.\n-FINEST  NAINSOOK ROBES\u2014Real\n:  ljanfl worked yoke.   Regular $2.60 for.\n.\u25a0''\u25a0'\u25a0 PINE   COTTON * ROBES\u2014Embroidery fiE-\nyoke; lace trimmed.   On Sale    UOw\n... Nainsook     petticoats\u2014Finished     at\n\u25a0bottom With tucks and 2-inch embroidery. CO.ft\nOn Sale    U3b\n' \"FtaANNEIaETTE   PETTICOATS\u2014With AQe.\n.waistband; good-quality.   On Sale   \u25a0fUu\n\"-\u25a0\u2022 .FlaaVNNEIaETTE BARRACOATS \u2014 Buttonholed edge; waist finished. QRf*\nOn Sale _.,..,  JJO\nFLANNELETTE    BARRaVCO.VTS\u2014With    em-\n'  broidered corners and waist band. AQe.\n'..Ort Sale  *t3U\nPURE FLANNEL BARRACO.VTS \u2014 Beautl-\n'fully. silk embroidered; buttonholed in *?Ca\nsilk.'  On Sale      I Jl\u00bb\nPURE      FLANNEL      BANDS\u2014Taped   1 Qm\nedges; finished with ties.   On Sale     I WW\nThese  Garments   Are   Ready   to   Be   Worn   and\n' Cannot Bs Replaced at the Price\nINFANTS'    TURKISH    TOWELING    B1BS-\nLace trimmed.\nOn Sale. Three for\nWOOL BOOTIES IN WHITE ONLY\u2014\nDifferent weaves.    On Sale  ,\nWHITE    PURE    WOOL    OVERALLS\nFOR,BABIES\u2014Regular. 85c.   On Sale\nWHITE    PURE    WOOL    OVERALLS\nCHILDREN UP TO  TWO  YEARS\u2014\nRegular ,$1.15.   On Sale\t\nEIJ-PAIRS. OF-LADIES* ALL-WOOL GLOVES\nwU \u2014In- Navy and Cardinal.\nSpecial Value,. Per. Pair \t\n\u2022I Eft YARDS   PURE  WHITE   FLANNELETTE\nI VII \u2014Good   warm- weave;    31    inches    wide.\n\u2022 Worth 25c per yard. 1Q<\u00bb\nSpecial, Per. Yard     I WW\nanno, uauiu\n$1.75\n25c\n19c\n35c\nFOR\n50c\nLOVES\n35c\nGET THESE SHOE BARGAINS TODAY AND\n8AVE MONEY\nLADIES' GREY SUEDE SHOES\u2014High top; '\nGoodyear welt, solid leather soles, Louis heela;\nGotham style; Queen: Quality shoes; some are\nAll-Grey Suede and others have Black Kid Vamp;\nall sizes and neat width; lace only. Oil QC\nRegular $8.00. 'On Sale, Per Pair   (fflUJ\nCHILDREN'S FELT BOOTS\u2014With leather\nsole and toe cap; a neat, warm and comfortable\nboot for winter wear; sizes 5, 6, 7 and 8. *~\nRegular up to $2.36 per pair.   Sale Price i\nSOME SPECIAL PRICES IN SKATING BOOTS\nThese  Are the  Old  Prices\u2014Take  Advantage  of\nThem and Save *B.OO Pair\nMEN'S SOLID CALF SKATING BOOTS-;-\nWith ankle supports and lightning hitch straps.\nThese are extra quality and sizes from 5 to 9\nonly.   Worth today $0.00 per pair. OA Aft.\nSale Price, Per Pair    tftlUU\nLADIES' CALF SKATING BOOTS\u2014With\nankle supports; extra quality; sizes 2tt to 7.\nWorth $6.00 per pair. \u00bbS Aft\nSale Price, Per Pair    \u00ab}\"fiUU\nLADIES'  BOX  KIP PEBBLE GRAIN SKATING   BOOTS\u2014With  ar' 'e  supports   and   strap;\nsizes 2% to 7.   Worth $n.50 per pair.\nSale Price, Per Pair  \t\nMEN'S AND  BOYS' WEAR  AT  LOW   PRICES\nMEN'S PURE WOOL WINTER WEIGHT\nUNDERWEAR, TURNBULL'S\u2014Full fashioned;\nthis is one of the finest garments; made In a rich\nnatural color and must be seen to bo\nappreciated; all sizes.   Per Garment..\nCOMBINATIONS\u2014Same as above;\nwith closed crotch; all sizes; Per Suit\nBOYS'   BRONKO    WOOL    LINED    MITTS\u2014\nHug tight knit wrist; a warm and good wearing\nmitt, being strong and durable.\nPer Pair\t\nBOYS' STRONG WORSTED GLOVES\u2014\nIn Grey Mixture. QRa\nSpeciul, Per Pair   WWW\nYOUTHS' LEATHER GAUNTLET GLOVES\u2014\nWool lined; cowboy style; with star and I\nfringe on cuff.   Per Pair \t\n$3.75\n$3.50\n$6.50\n$1.00\n$1.15\nSNAP PRICE FOR HIGH GRADE RIBBONS\nRegular Prioe, 60c to $1.50 Yard\nON SALE TODAY AT 15c YARD\nMillinery   Department\u2014Second   Floor\n-  This 'beautiful  Ribbon 4n .Fancy Silks ami\nSatin  la  suitable, for many  purposoH.    Heavy\nquality.  It  Ik  good   for. making  Fancy   Rigs,\nMillinery, Hair Ribbons, etc.;  tiVa   to 7 Inche.H\nwide,'In choice Colored. Stripes as F'-irplo and\nBlack, Mack and .White,, Black  With Roman\naS-tri-H',  aim*   Plain   Black,   Green,   etc.    Come\nearly and ge,t, first cholpe.  ..\nRegular 60c to  $1.50 yard. j C-\nON . SALE,  HER   VARD     I OU\nSNAPS    FOR    CASH    IN    GROCERY\nDEPARTMENT\nDon't   Miss These  Extra  Special  Articles\nKEMaaOOG-S KKUMBLES\u2014\n10e\n\"OUR  OWN   BRANTY'   FINEST   CREAMERY\nBUTTER\u2014Government  Inspected.      Cfl a\nPer  Pound    vUlt\nCANNED     PLUMS,     2s,    HKAVY\nDamson, Lombard, Greengage.\nRegular U0c\u2014Two Tins for  \t\nSYRUP\u2014\n25c\nHEINE'S  APPLE  BUTTKR\u2014\n25c\nJELLO\u2014\n25c\n3hf Hudson's Bag (Tompanu\n. HERBERT E.BURBIDGE STORES COMMISSIONER\nWOULD HAVt PARI\nULD Cf U STAY\nPenticton    Board   of   Trade   Writes\nAsking Opinion on Matter of\nComplete Election\nThat certain members of municipal\ncouncils remain In office on explra-\nclon of their lime wa.s a matter which\nwas brought before the attention of\nthe Penticton board of trade at their\nlast regular meeting. The matter was\ndiscussed und It was decided to'write\nthe various boards of trade in the district with a view of ascertaining the\nconcensus of opinion from the diatnct\nboards. Secretary B. F. Gigot received a letter a few days ago from\nthe Penticton board which in part\nsays:\n\"At a recent meeting of the Penticton board of trade the, question ot\nmunicipal councils and the, election of\nentire new councils each year was discussed and I was Instructed to write\ntbe different boards of trade in tho\nvalley to ascertain their views'\" of a\ncertain part of the old councils*. remaining In office each year. Wo were\ngiven to understand that this system\nIs In vogue and ls considered a. benefit\nto thc carrying on of work immedi-\nutely upon the new councilman us-\nmimlng office being guided by the remaining part of the old council. This\nwill eliminate a loss of time in carrying on the work from year to year.\"\nThe matter will be taken up nt tbe\nnext regular meotlng of the Nelson\nboard.\nHOTELS  EFFECT SAVING.\nOTTAWA.\u2014Cards havo boon Issued\nfrom   tho  food   controller's  office, to\nI about SO of the leading hotels and\nrestaurants  throughout Canada  with\n, blanks to bo fi|lod ln showing thti-saV-\ni Ing effectod by the whito flour, boet\nand bacon regulations, whtoh went in-\n' to effect last Septomber. In tho case\nof bacon, Incomplete returns show a\nsaving of 39 por cent over September,\n1017 and of 41 per cont ovor October,\nI. IMS*. . -:..;\nTERRORIZE TROOPS ,,   '    ,\ntUTO FIGHTING\nGerman Army Deteriorating, Writes \u00bb\nBritish Officer\u2014Methods of\nOfficers\nLIVBRPOOL.\u2014Evidence tbat the\nGerman commanders are well aware.\ntiiat the German army is deteriorating\nand that ihey have to try to keep\nit together by terrifying their troops*\n1k given in a letter written by au\nofficer of a Liverpool regiment to one\nof the local newspapers. E.xpressing\nthe opinion that the \"collapse of the\nGermans will come soon,\" be added,;\nj \"The beat cure l'or pessimism would\nbe a few days in the front line-\ntrenches, There are no pessimists\nhere except among the German prisoners.\n\"The last time our battalion was in\naction we took quite a number o\\\\\nprisoners und they were a dismal lot.\nOne non-commissioned officer witli\nwhom I spoke told me that large)\nnumbers of the Germans simply wilt\nnot face our fire, but refuse to aK-\ntack. His own company had been\nunder fire for nearly five days and at\nlast they had sighed a round-robin to\nthe company commander to say that\nthey could not stay any longer. Two\nof the ringleaders wero arrested with\ntho idea of making an example of\nfhetn, but their comrades demanded\ntheir release with such energy that\nthe officers had to give way. Later\non the men  repeated  that  they had\n\u25a0to-.be taken out of the front-line. Tbo\nofficers ordered them back to duly,\nbut the men refused. The officers\nthreatened the soldiers, who replied\nby killing all but four of the off cera\nand marching over to the British\nlines to surrender.\n\"When this particular battalion\nwas moved up against the British, the\nmen bad to be bullied into fighting;\nby being sent into action in front of\n:*. moving barrage, which meant certain death to all who lagge*'. behind.\n\"On anotiier occasion recently, our\nLiverpool regiment had a fierce fight\nwhich ended up with.a strange ox-i\nperienco. Wo had heavily engageu\nand driven off in panic some Germans\nwho had been holding a strong position. Moving on to the next objective, anotiier party of tbe enemy appeared. We felt, certain that we were\niu for a rough experience, but the\ntruth was that this hunch wanted to\nsurrender badly, and they had made\na pretense of advancing to a counterattack with tin object of getting near\nenough to us lo be sure of protection\nfrom their own officers.\n\"When tin- German command\nfound out what had happened, they\n.-tent forward a great body cf reserves\nwith orders lo recapture our prisoners. Heavy gunfire rained on us, of\nwhich tbe prisoners got a good share.\nThey begged us hard to save them\nand we did all we could. But at ono\nstage we were nearly caught When\nthe enemy suddenly turned on a party\nof liquid fire experts. Fortunately we,\nwere alert and charged at once, cap\nturing the whole liquid fire outfit.''\nThere ensued a terrible row between,\nthe earlier prisoners and the men we\nhad taken with the liquid fire outfU;\nThe first prisoners wanted to kill the'\nliquid fire men. We had our hands,\nfull getting them ali back.\"\nM. H. C. OFFICERS GET\nWAR  DECORATIONS\nDuke of Devonshire on Western Tour\nMakes Presentation of Military\nCrosses\nEDMONTON, Alta.\u2014Capt. George P.\nKinder, now in command of the mill*\nUry convalescent hospl.al at Edmonton, and Capt. H, Hobbs of the hospital staff, wen* presented by the Duk\u00bb>\nof Devonshire on ills western trip with\nthe Military Crosses awarded them for\ngallantry at lhe front.\nBoth officers are men of long military experience and Capt Hobbs, a\nveteran of the South African war, is\nalso the possessor of the King's and\nQueen's South African medals with\nseveral clasps, and the Coronation\nmedal.\nLike wise men both men aro tin*;\nsons of patriotic fathers, Capt. Hobbs'\nfather working in munitions in tht.\nWoolwich arsenal ever since t'e outbreak of the wer, although he is past\nseventy, while Capt. Z.ndefa father,\npast military age for active service, is\nserving as doctor In ti Red Cross hospital.\nCondensed \"Want\" Ads Order Form\nUia thla blank on whioh to write out your condensed ad., one word In each .pace.    Encloao money .\norder or check and mail direct to The Daily Nawa,  Nelaon, B. C.\nRatal  Ona cent a word eaoh inaertion, oiv own eecutiva  inaertioni  charged  aa four.    Eaoh  Initial,\nligura, dollar algn, etc, count aa ono word..   No charge laae than 25 canta.\n1\n!\n'I\n:'           1\ni\ni\n1\n1\nAddraaa ..\u201e._........\nIt daairod, ropliaa may bo addroaaed to Box Number, at Tho Daily Nawa Offlco.   If raplloa aro to ho\nmailed anoloaa tOe extra to cover coat of poatage and allow fivo word, antra for boa number,\n PAOE EIGHT\nTHE DAILY TOWS\nFRIDAY,     DEC.    it,     1917.\nUNEQUALLED FOR GENERAL U8B\nW. P. TIERNEY, General Salea Agent,\nNelaon, B. C.\nCars supplied to all railway points.\nPrescriptions\nBRING YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS TO US AND HAVE\nTHEM DISPENSED ACCURATELY, ACCORDING TO\nYOUR PHYSICIAN'S ORDERS,\nBY EXPERIENCED GRADUATES.\nCanada Drug\n& Book Co.\nHAVE YOU TRIED\nPantry Qu* en\nFlour\nIf not ask your grocer for it.\nPANTRY QUEEN\n\u2022 Id on a money back guarantee.\nPhone 134\nFOR HIGH QUALITY FEEDS.\nDelivery Days Tuesday and\nFridays,\nThe Macleod 'louring\nHills, Limited\nMillers   o*   tiie   Famous   Pantry\nQueen Flour.\nHUME DOES NO!\nIBIiT RUMANIA\nForces  Occupy  Divisional   Headquarters  and   Disarm   Rumanians\nWho Of.'cr Resistance\n(By Associated Press.)\nWithin the Russian empire fighting\nbetween the revolutionary elements\ncontinues at several points, while Bolsheviki troops at Harbin, Manchuria,\nhave been defeated in battle by the\nChinese, who captured the garrison.\nApparently distrustful of the Rumanians, Ukraine forces, who are opposed to the Bolsheviki, have occupied\nThe first two episodes of the\nVitagraph   Serial   success,\nThe Secret Kingdom\nTwo reels.\nCharlie Chaplin\nCOMEDY REVUE.\nNOTE\u2014If by any chance\nthe above program falls to ar-\nrlve on account of delay due\nto the severe storm, wo will\nrepeat the program shown\nlast night.\nMonday and Tuesday,\nMaxine Elliott.\nWednesday and Thursday,\n\"For the Freedom of the World\"\nTHE ARK\nHair Ribbon, wlde,,yd..15c, 20C\nHose, girls- and boya' 8's, pr. .400\nCorsets, pair  81.00\nHoso, Indies' pair  350\nVest and Drawers, eaeh QOO\nFlannelette, white, 34-ln., yd..20c\nFlannelette, colored, 36-ln, yd..250\nFlannelette, dark, yd 25c\nSocks, men's wool, pair 350\nj. W. HOLMES.\nPhone 6SL.\nOur Bargain\nSale\nCHRISTMA8  UNTIL JAN. lit.\nComa  in  and   select that  New\nYear's Gift.    We wish to draw\nyour attention to\nOUR   PRETTY  AND   DAINTY\nSELECTIONS\nof\nCUT  GLASS   AND  CHINA\nJ.O. Patenaude\nARTISTIC     JEWELER     AND\nEXPERT OPTICIAN\nflow's Your Coal Supply?\nORDER GREENHILL COAL\nThe most economical coal on the\nmarket.\nD. A. M'FARLAND, Agent.\nInsurance,    Real    Estate.     Room   6.\nK. W. C. Block.\nTelephone 49 P. 0. Bex 24\nAuction Sale\nAT\nAuction Rooms\n313 Baker St., opposite Gem Theatre.\nTHURSDAY, DEC. 27th at 2 P. M. and\n7:30 P. M.\nAlso Friday, same time and place.\nThroe hundred pairs Gents', Ladlea'\nand Children's Boots and Shoes, Hats\nand Caps, Shirts, Underwear, Ties\nCrockery, etc. All now stock. The\nchance of a lifetime to save m .noy, as\neverything must go.\nTERMS: CASH.\nCharles A. Waterman & Co.\nAUCTIONEERS.\nPAL\nseveral .Rumanian divisional headquarters on the battlefront, disarming\nthose of the Rumanians who offered\nresistance.\nGen. Kaledines Resigns.\nLONDON, Dee. 2?.\u2014The progress of\nthe peace negotiations is expected to\nhave a large Influence on .nternal conditions in Russia and thc fighting ln\nthc south, where the position of affairs is still obscure. According to\nthe best available information reaching London, the Bolsheviki commissioners, the concentration of whose\nforces against the south is being only\nfeebly conducted, are counting upon\ntwo things to strengthen their position\u2014first, the chance of secuilng a\npeace acceptable to the country as a\nwhole, which would Induce the nation\nto overlook the evident lack of i dmln-\nistrative ability shown by the Bolsheviki; second, thc fact of the existence\nof considerable lines, classes and\ncleavages even among the supporters\nof the Kaledines movement in the\nsouth.\nGeneral Kaledlnes Is reported to\nhave recently resigned the leadership\nof thc Cossack government, while the\nCossacks themselves are divided, a\nlarge section of the moderates being\nundesirous of fighting the workmen's\nand soldiers' government so long as\nthe latter is able to preserve order in\ntho country. The Bolsheviki are said\nto be speculating on the still further-\nspread of the revolution feeling amo^g\nthe Cossacks against their generals\nand among tho Ukrainians against tho\nBourgeois.\nA general army congress Is sitting\nat the Bolsheviki headquarters to organize a central war committee, this\ncongress having confirmed the election\nof Ensign Krylenko as commander in\nchief.\nThrough French sources, it Is reported that the Bolsheviki arc quite powerless to revictual Petrograd, which now\npossesses only the barest reserve of\nfood. AH railway communication\nwith the rich grain provinces havo\neither been cut off or disorganized.\nThe central powers have .rejected the\nPolish claim to bo represented at the\npeace conference, but acco ding to the\nFrankfurter Zeitung, the delegates at\nBrest-Litovsk Include representatives\nof tho Ukraine republic.\nSerflt.   Aleo   Cheyne,   former   Nelson\nBoy,  in  Vimy  Struggle\u2014Owes\nLife to His Oog.\nHOLDS  HUN  WITH  TIGHT  GRIP.\nBornt Cheyne Now  in  Norfolk  Hot*\npital with \"Mike\"-\u2014Firtoh Writes\nPoem.\n\u2022Sergt. Alec Cheyne, formerly of the\ncity and now in the Norfolk hospital,\nEngland, recovering from wounds received In both legs at Vlmy, Is the\nsubject of many discussions among the\nboys of his and other battalions. Always a fancier of bulldogs, Sergt. Aled\nbecame especially attached to a puppy\nwhich he came in possession of in\nCalgary. His name was \"Mike\" ami\nhe went overseas with his master. In\ntraining; and later In the trenches the\nfaithful dbg never left sight of Alec.\nThen came the order to take Vimy.\nIn a dash for the German lines ahead\nAleo sllp-oed and fell at a critical moment and a Hun with fiendish delight\ncome running with outthrust bayonet\ntoward the helpless Nelson soldier. But\nMike wee there and with a growl and\na leap he caught the German by the\nthigh, out of reach of the surprised\nGerman's bavonet and there he held\nhim until the sergeant got up and put\nboth Mike and him out of danger.\n\"Mike\" has since received a great\ndeal <Jf publicity though It makes no\ndifference to him\u2014he stays continually within a few feet of Sergt. Aleo's\nbedside in the Norfolk hospital. Bert\nFinch writes the following poem of\n\"Mike.\"\nSergt. Cheyne'a \"Mike.\"\nI knOw he's no blue blooded bulldog,\nbiit you bet that he's no mut;\nI brought him over from Calgary, he's\none of C. Randy's beBt pups,\nYes, from over In Canada, from far\naway out in the wept;\nBoth of our homes are out on the prairie, the spot we both love best.    ,\nBut God only knows what a comfort\nbo's been,\nAnd the hardships and hunger he often\n\u25a0        has seen;\nNo rat could come near us, I'll bet for\na mile.\nAnd all that he lives for is my pat and\nmy smile.\nMany's the night when It stormed I\nfelt blue,\nThinking of far away and knowing not\nwhat I'd do,\nWhen my bulldog, Mike, would stick.;\nhis face in my lap\nAnd with a look as to say \"Now cheer\nup, old chap.\"\nHe's got no Croix de Guerre, D.S.O. or\n!       V.C.\nBut he's entitled to more\u2014What he's\n|       done for me.\nYou'll  remember the Ridge at Vlmy\nI        we had orders to take,\nI Mike was one of the army whom we\n]       couldn't shake.\nIt was out in the open, where I stumbled and fell,\nAnd all ln a second I heard such a yell,\nAs a German with bayonet made a\ndash out after me,\nBut there was my pal Mike, whom he\ndidn't happen to see.\nFor Mike In a twinkling had grabbed\nhim by the thigh.\nHis   yelling  and  shouting  mado  md\nlaugh till I thought I would die.\nI was up In a moment and soon finished thc Hun,\nBut Mike never let go till he was sure\nhe was done.\ni\nBut  Mike\u2014I  really  kissed  him,  yes\nkissed him who'd saved my life;\nOne I knew would stl-k to hie through\nsickness, wealth or strife.\nAnd when at Paschendaele where the\nHuns got me, got me In both my\nknees.\nAll that I asked as a favor wus \"Let\nMike come along with me, pleaso.'r\nBut now here I am lying In Norfolk,\nbut able to bear It In peace,\nFor   knowing  my  pal's   at   my   sldo\nseems to give me instant relief,\nNot thinking are we of air raids, but\nI do hope this comes true,\nThat If the good Lord calls for me\nthat Mike will come along too.\n* KASLO UTICA COMPANY \u2666\n+                MEET IS ADJOURNED*\n* _*_ >\n* Ratification of the stated sale *\n* of the Sunset and  Bell  mining *\n* properties by C. F. Caldwell to #\n+ tho Utica Mining company was +\n* not made yesterday at Kaslo be- *\n* pause of a motion to adjourn In #\n* order that thc directors or\" the *\n+ Utica company might i attend +\n+ the mlno owners meeting in the *\n* city. *\nNIGHT OF NIGHTS\nfi\nBAPTIST S. S.\nOld Santa Adds to Christmas Spirit at\nSunday   School   Entertainment\nLaet Evening.\nFor the children of tho fiap'tlst Sunday school, fast evening was\" the event\nof events duWrtg the ChrtBtrias holidays. Th* annual Christmas tree entertainment was held nnd old Santa\nClaus was there. An irtteresting program waa given by the scholars .followed by the tree ceremonies.\nThe program was opened with a\nchorus by the school. J. Robb gave it\nScriptural reading which was followed by prayer. The little members of\nthe primary class next rendered a\nt*6hg. A dialogue, \"Trouble Ini Santa\nClaus Land,\" given by Mrs W1. J. La-\nbadie's class was greeted with applause. Miss Alice Miles Won the\nfavor of her audience m a recitation\nwhich was followed by a chorus in\nWhich the School took pftrt.\n\"A Christmas Story\" was the name\nof a dialogue given by Miss Winters'\nclasB and was exceedingly well presented. Mrs. Bfignnll's- class was rep-1\nresented In fl, pantomime \"Nearer My \\\nGod, to Thee.\" Tho children played\ntheir roles noticeably well. \"Llttlo\nLempeom,\" by Mrs. Spencer's class\nadded to the entertainment nnd a fol-;\nlowing dialogue by Master Percy and :\nMiss Maggie Miles scored In the program. A Lullaby song by Miss Law-\nson's and Miss Notman's class followed again bringing applause. Mr.\nBagnall's class presented an unusual\nattraction In \"Dr. Kellwom's Surgery,\"\nfollowed by'a song by Miss Lawson\nand drill by the scholars of W. J.\nLa ba die's class.\nSanta Claus was thc feature of the\nevening to the children nnd his appearance was greeted with cheers of\ndelight by the kiddies. The evening's\nentertainment was under the direction\nof W. P. Freeman, superintendent of\ntho Sunday school, and W. J. Miles,\nassistant  superintendent.\n?  Social ana Personal \u2666\niv .-\u2666-\u2666\u2022\u25a0\u00bb\u2666\u25a0\u2666\u25a0\u2666\u2666\u25a0\u2666\u2666\u25a0\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u00ab>\u2666\u2666\u25a0\u2666\u2666*> v-I\nB. S. Stokes left the city last evening for a short trip to Victoria.\nH. B. Young Is spending a few days\nIn Spokane:\nMrs. T. E. Lavesseur has returned\nfrom Butte, Mont., where she has been\nvisiting her sister, Mrs. It. Chlsolm.   ,\nMr. and Mrs. B. J. Arthurs of Saskatoon were registered ut the Hume\nyesterday,.\nJ. Russell who enlisted with the expeditionary forces was in the city yesterday on his return to his homo at\nRiondel.   *\nBargain Window\nFor those who forgot some one\non Christmas we have \u25a0 put In a\nspecial $l Bargain Window which\nis full of articles suitable for New\nYear's gifts. Get yours today.\nOul* calendars have arrived., All\nttftosc who registered fdr. one are\nasked to call.\nJ. J. WALKER\nJEWELER AND OPTICIAN\nWanted for Cash\nGreen hides and calfs and green salt\ncured hides and calfs,\npound  10c to 20c\nDry hide; and calfs, lb..20c to 32c\nCulls, bulls and stags at value.\nFure exceedingly high. Correspondence\neolioitad.\nA.BERNHEIM\nTHE TRAIL HIDE DEALER\nRAILWAY BOARD SAVE8\nBIG QUANTITY OF COAL\nPassenger Trains  Being  Eliminated\u2014\nWater Supply in Drumhelltr District Fails.\n(By Dally NeWs Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL, Dec. 27.\u2014The Canadian railway board calculates that in\nthc measures lt Is taking for the elimination of passenger trains it will be\nable to Save 100,000 tons of coal. Without incommoding the public, there will\nbe elimination wherever possible. The\nrailway War board has gone carefully\ninto the matter of passeiiga* so-, vice\nwith the thought of conseivation of\nfuel nnd man power. The crews lib-\ncrated from passenger trains that are\ncut off may be used on freight trains.\nSevere we'athe'r has crippled the\nwater supply for the lailway operating\nout of the Drumheller coal fields and\nalso for the towns along the way. In\nplaces where the towns were under\ncontract to supply water to the railroads for its engines there Is scarcely\nenough water for the use of tho Inhabitants. The Canadian railway war\nboard has advised the government that\nwater cars are being rushed in to thc\nrelief of thc engines, a difii ult u.sk,\nas sometimes the water trains themselves freeze in tiansit. Subcommittees\nof the board ln the west are devoting\nspecial attention to the problem of the\nscarcity of both coal and water. Scarcity of coal In Calga'y and some other points may become ncu^e until the\nweather moderates and the railway\nboard is watching the situation so as\nto have relief if that Is needed.\nTimothy Hay\nWE   HAVE   A   GOOD   STOCK   OF\nBOTH TIMOTHY AND PRAIRIE\nHAY ...      c ,\nExtra No, 1 Feed Oats, Cruahed Oate,\n.     Bran,   Oilcake   Meal,   Flax\nMeal, Whole Flax, efoi\nStook Tonica and Veterinary Remedial]\nThe Brackmaii Ker\nMilling Co, Ltd]\nIn the province of Quebec, outside\nof Montreal island, 20,468 subscribers\ncontributed more than seventeen and\nn half million dollars to tho Victory\nloan.\nHeating Stoves\nHAVE YOU BOUGHT YOUR HEATING STOVE YET?\nWC HAVE STILL A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT TO CHOOSE FROM\nAND WILL BE  PLEASED TO  HAVE YOU   MAKE  YOUR\nSELECTION   FROM   OUR  8TOCK\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Ltd.\nL\nWHOLESALE   AND   RETAIL\nNELSON, B.C,\nSKATING RINK OPENS,\nThe cold snap brought Its, joys and\nlast evening tho Nelson skating rink\nopened Its doors and a largo number\ntook part in the winter fun which the\nweatherman had mado possible fully a\nweek beforo the most optimistic skat\ner had hoped for.\nST. PAUL'S WOMEN\nHOLD HOLIDAY SOCIAL\nThe Ladies' aid of St. Paul's church\ngave their holiday social in the basement of the church last evening. The\nprogram comprised ttho following:\nSong by Mrs. H. H. Fltts; readings\nfrom James Whltcomb Riley's \"Chilo\nWorld,\" by Miss Claire McQuarrie;\npianoforte duet by the Mleses Steed\nand Simons; vocal duet by Miss Margaret and Master Willie Ingram, besides several orchestral selections.\nThe tea table was presided over by\nMres. T. W. McBrlde. Refreshments\nwere served by Mrs. C. H. Bean, Mrs.\nBarnes, Mrs. Hector McKenzie, Mrs.\nHugh Ross, Mrs. F, C. Ingram, Mrs.\nThomas Gibson nnd Mrs, Choatc.\nPRESENT REV. BAGNALL\nWITH PURSE FOR TRIP\nAt the close of the entertainment\ngiven for the children of the Baptist\nSunday school In the church last evening a purse was presented to Rev. H.\nS. Bagnall by members and friends of\nthe congregation with thc request that\nhe use the gift for a trip to Halcyon for\ntho benefit of his health. Mr. Bagnall\nhas been confined in thc local hospital\nand at his home for somo timo suffer-\nI ing from rheumatism.\nHOWARD  EDIE, CONCERT\nDIRECTOR, IN CITY\nHoward Edie, director of the tour of\nIsolde Menges, who plays here Jan. 8,\npassed through Nelson last evening\nen route for Vancouver. Mr. .lfldte. Is\none of the most traveled men in the\nworld. He has visited 26 countries\nduring tiie past 21 years as either\nactor, concert manager or lecturer.\nMr. Edie has just delivered five lectures in Calgary Along the fines of\nart and music, particularly emphasizing the necessity^ of introducing a\nlarger measure ot art and music Into\nour educational system. He, claims\nthat a higher civilization is impossible\nwhile the emotional side, of life Is\nneglected.\n\"Art and music,\" he says, \"transmutes the lower passions to a higher\nplane, where they are utilized to increase the world's possessions. At\npresent the emotional force of humanity is permitted to do more harm than\ngood, simply because It Is not exercised, developed and harnessed for\nlofty purposes. That art and music\nin conjunction with religion can in\ntime 'achieve this purpose Is- quite a\nscientific attitude Of mind.\"\nMiss Isolde Menges, the young English genius and violinist, Whom.* Mr,\nEdle is presenting from eottst. to\nconst In Canada, is also interested In\neducational work. Her enthusiasm\nfinds expression in giving free afternoon talks and concerts to school\nchildren. She has given this season\nIn Canada 34 of those free children's\nconcerts.\nMEN WITH ROPE AROUND\nNECKS DRAGGED TO SQUARE\nrunished    by    Mob    for    Unpatriotic\nUtterances\u2014One Sighs Liberty\nLoan Check\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nAUDOBON, Iowa, Dec. 27.\u2014Because of alleged unpatriotic utterances, Rev. W. A. Starck and Fred\nTenekhieg were seized by a crowd of\nI citizens yesterday, who put ropes\nI around their necks. Tenekhieg was\ndragged for a block and released on\nthe public square, where he signed a\ncheck for a $1000 Liberty bond.\nStarck nlso was released upon thc intervention of his wife. He promised\nto leave town at once. According to\nreports today the mob was made up\nof parents of enlisted boys. Both men\nare understood to have been called\nbefore the county council of defense\nseveral times.\nFor Rent\nWe have for rent a Nicely Furniehed Modern Home in Roef-\nmont, alao Unfiirn'ehed Houeea In different parte of th* oity.\nWa have an Inquiry for Four or Five Acres an the Outeklrtt\nof tha City, suitable far \u00bb ohiokan- ranch. '\nCharles F, McHardy\nINSURANCE\nHK'AL ESTATE\nFUEL\nALLIES TO CUT SUGAR\nCONSUMPTION   BY   HALF\nRealize   Recent   Supplies Were   Only\nMade Through   Sacrifices  of\nU. 8. People\n(By Pally News Leased'Wire.)\nWASHINGTON, Dec. 27. \u2014 Sir\nJoseph White Todd und J. R. Drake,\nallied representatives on the international sugar committee, which has\njust worked out a plan for dividing\nnext year's Cuban crop among the\nallies and tho United Status, discussed\nthe sugar situation here today with\nFood Administrator Hoover. They\nwore en route from New York to\nCuba. The allies, they said, must\nagain depend upon tho western hemisphere next year for their sugar supply ns lack of shipping makes It impossible to obtain sugar from the\neast. Plans arc for the allies to go\nthrough the year on half their normal\nconsumption, as they realize that they\nhave had supplies in the last few\nmonths only through the sacrifices of\nthe American people.\nControl of available supplies by the\ninternational committee, the allies'\nrepresentatives said, will keep down\nprices to the consumers everywhere\nand will guarantee an equitable distribution among the nations fighting\nGermany.. Sugar exports from the\nUnited States last October showed an\nIncrease of nearly 10,000,000 pounds\nmoro than the same month last year,\nFrance and England received the bulk\nof the shipments of 118,241,000 pounds,\nthe former getting 73,000,000 pounds\nand the latter 22,000,000. Six million\npounds went, to Thp Netherlands,\n5,000,000 to Argentine and almost as\nlarge a quantity to Mexico. , 7\nHALIFAX  VICTORY  LOAN\nSUBSCRIBERS GET PRIVILEGE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, pec. 27.\u2014It has been represented to the minister of finance\nthat, owing to tho catastrophe at\nHalifax, thore will bo difficulty In\nmaking payments of some of the smaller victory loan subscriptions. In Or-\ndor that there may be ho hardships In\nthis connection, the minister has authorized the statement that such cases\nWill be dealt with fairly, either by cancelling subscriptions, whore necessary,\nor by the granting or extensions of\ntime whero subscribers arc able to and\nwilling to complete their payments,\nthe minister has wired G. S\", Campbell,\nchairman of thc Victory loan eommlt-J\ntoe of tho1 province\" of Nova Scot la, to\ntake thc matter up with the bankers\nAf BaUfoai\nDIRE PERSECUTION\nOF THE JUGO-SLAVS\nDeputy's Report Tells of Cruelties by\nAustrian Government\u2014Thousands\nMurdered\nLONDON.\u2014From a long report published by the Croatian newspaper\nNovosti of the speech on the horrors\nperpetrated by the Austrian government, delivered by tho Jugo-Slav deputy, \u2022 M. Tresltch-Pavltchltch, In the\nAustrian reichstag on Oct, 19,. the following 'extracts have been culled:\n\"Mr. Tresltch-Pavltchltch af the\noutset stated that he had suffered to\nthe uttermost limit of endurance during the time he had spent in prison,\nand declared that if by any means he\nshould disappear the explanation1\nwould not be that he was wenry oif\nlife, although for three years already\ndeath bad often appeared to him a^s\na thing to bo desired. He proceeded\nto say that his people were being\nsystematically exterminated by halter, bullet and bayonet, dungeon, deportation, imprisonment, and evacuation, by court martial, by famine, by\nconcentration camps and by Inten-\nflonally-induced disease. The persecution dated trom before the war.\nand especially from the Serajevo assassination, and as soon as the war\nbroke out the tempest of extermination of all Jugo-Slav patriots began\nto rago. All whose national sentiment\nwas awake, conscious and honest\nwere arrested, Interned, cast into\nprison, ruined, condemned, executed;\nall Who were too young or too oni\nwere doomed to die of hunger, arid\nthe rest were Intimidated, demoralized and outraged. Preparations had\nbeen made long beforehand at a\ngiven moment to send all the leaders\nof the people to the casemates in order to use them as hostages, to cut\nthem to pieces so as to be able to turn\nthe people into helots.\"\nHorrors of Maribor\n\"Continuing, he said: When, after\nthree months of imprisonment in\nMaribor (Marburg), I was brought\nup before a Judge, the latter said to\nme: 'i don't know what the charge\nIs against you, and this you will easily understand when you consider\nthat in Dalmatia, Istria and Carnola\nalone we have arrested more than\n5000 persons.' As we were horded.\non board in Splnato by the hundred,\ntogether with criminals of the worst\ntype; as we .were led in Rleka\n(Hume) to the statlom. through *'\ntorrential rain, ho that we had not a\ndry stitch left upon us; as we tmv-\neeld, for four days and nights via\nZagrab and Budapest to Maribor in\nfilthy coaches, without food, without\ns.eep, exposed to tne insults of the\nMagyar mob, exposed, lifte Siberian\nprisoners, to blows from the rifle butts\nand curses from the enraged Magyar\nsoldiery\u2014there Were many who lost\ntheir reason from thc shock. With\nmy own eyes I saw one poor wretch\nleap from thc window of the train,\ngoing at full speed, out into the\ndarkness of the night and death. At\nthe end of these four sleepless nights\nwe were locked up in the stables of\na riding school.\n''However, I do not want to speak\nof Mariboi' and Grnz, because I do\nnot wish to speak of my own sufferings. I must, however, single ou.t\nImperial Councillor Doctor Hoffman,\nprison doctor in Graz, who mercilessly insulted the wretched prisoners\nand used to tell them thut It wou.flt\nbe better to poison traitors who were\nloth to die a natural death.\nBlack Hole at Mostar\n\"But the fate of those who arc\nconfined In Mostar, Doboj and Arad\n(was infinitely more terrible. In\nMostar the prisoners slept iu a basement, on tbe floor, crowded one on\ntop of the other, together with\nthieves, brigands and gypsies. The\ngreatest horror of this dungeon was\nils jailor, Kaspar Scholler. This Individual, armed with an iron crook,\nwhich he hud nicknamed the 'Krori-\nprinz,* used to belabor his charges\nblindly about the head and shoulders.\nBlood trickled down the faces of his\nvictims^ I refrain from dwelling\nupon his insults, the gross bestiality\nof his Invective, his fiendish cries of\nrage. Money alone could for a mo-\nirienj. appease the rage of this Cere-\nbus and close his jaws. This detachment of prisoners included\nRinda Jledulovitch, -editor of the\nNarod, and the orthodox' priest,\nTichy, who eventually succumbed in\nArad to the Injuries jnfllcted by thtls\n.ravage brute. Tichy, in the kindness\nof his heart, gave a tiny part of his\nown portion to his famished fellow-\npriosnors, whloh so enraged Scholler\nthat lie struck put so unmercifully\nwith his TCronprinz' that the priest\nbecame unconscious.\nIn  Subterranean   Dungeons\n\"At Arad thou'sartfls from Bosnia-\nHerzegovina were Imprisoned ln subterranean yermln-infestcd galleries,\nwhere they were packed like sardines.\nThe air wits thick: with a tepid mist.\nas ln a vapor bath, and the light of\nthe electric lamps shone dimly\nthrough tho fog. Before long spotted\ntyphus broke out among the prisoners.\nAt first there wore only two or three\ndeaths a day;, but later,on they died\nIri numbers. When the cold weather\ncame they were stripped in order to\ncover the living who lacked clothes.\n''The.number of those who died In\nArad is estimated at from 3000 to\n4000.\n\"Matters were even worse In Doboj.\nThe surroundings of this town constitute tho greatest graveyard of the\nguiltless victims of tn'Is horrible epoch.\nWomen, old men, children, were locked up In sheds which had been used\npreviously as a hospital 'for horses,\nand were. Infected with all kinds' of\nequine diseases. Lumbar pains, spotted .typhus,' smallpox and cholera\nSoort made their:' appearance. Everything Was infested by every kind of\nvermin.\nVictims Done to Death\n\"In accordance with a confidential\nThe big round cake, 2.'for... .250\nFull dozen S1a2a\nThis is one of the best bargains\nin toilet soap you will have for\nmany a day and it will pay to stock\nup now, as soaps are advanci g.\nWc have many other lines of good\ntoilet soaps,  prices lowest.     ..\".*\u25a0,\nVinolia Castile,  6  cakes 25c\nLarge cakes, 3 for  26c\nCall and see us in the new store,\nRutherford Drug Co., ltd.\nCorner Ward and Baker bts,\n1 NEL30N\nGames, 20 Per Cent OH\nToduy we aro giving one-fifth off\nall games in the store.\nCheckers, Crotto,   Auto   Parcheeai,\nSeroll Puzzles, Target Games,\nEtc.,  Etc\n20 PER CENT   OFF   OUR   LIST\nPRICES SPELLS BARGAINS\nR.L.HICKINGB0TT0M\n413 Ward Street,\nNelson\norder from the military commandant,\nSerajevo, recommending that - the\nprisoners should be treated with the\ngreatest possible harshness aiid severity, the warders did their best, to send\ntheir unfortunate charges1 Into tho\nnext world. Tho most convenient and\nmost profitable method was to starve\nthem. Women with four or five children wero only given one loaf In five\ndays. The children walled and cried\nto their mothers for bread, and the\ninothers had nothing to give them biit\ntears. Often the mother was already-\ndead, while the child was still shak-_\ning her, weeping and usking her for\nbread. ^\n\"According to an approximate estimate by reliable persons, more than\nfuUO innocent victims were --dono to.\ndeath there.\nAutocrat of Bosnia's Crimes\n\"The autocrat of Bosnia, General\nPotlorek, had given orders td^remoVe\nall Serbs of Bosnia- Herzegovina from\nthe frontier. His orders were conscientiously carried out, and anyone*1\nventuring to oppose them waa kilhWl\non tho spot. The inhabitants of the\nvillage of Svlce wcro all \"removed,,:\nboth young and old. When they arrived at Mount Rado their escort ordered them to halt and compelled\nthem to dfg their own graves and He;\ndown ih them quietly, each m'nls own\ngrave, Many women lay down in,-\nthoir graves, with their, children in\ntheir arms \"\nMackinaw\nCoats\nIN THE NEW CHECKS,   ,\nMado in Norfolk stylo or plain\nwith belt; all wool.,$14, 915\nSweaters\nIn grey, brown, ['awn and ma*\nroon.M, S8.S7.50, M.M\nMade with noat flttlllff aliaWl\noollnra.\nEmory and Walley\n\\mm uitunia \u25a0unm\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Newspapers","@language":"en"}],"GeographicLocation":[{"@value":"Nelson (B.C.)","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"Nelson_Daily_News_1917_12_28","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0388067","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Latitude":[{"@value":"49.493333","@language":"en"}],"Longitude":[{"@value":"-117.295833","@language":"en"}],"Notes":[{"@value":"The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. It changed hands again in May 1908 when it began to be printed by the News Publishing Co. managed by W.G. McMorris.","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Nelson, B.C. : News Publishing Co.","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History: https:\/\/touchstonesnelson.ca","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1917-12-28 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1917-12-28 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"The Daily News","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0388067"}