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C4M0NDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1917\n50c. PER MONTH\nIMPORTANT POSITIONS WON\nFROM GERMANS BY BRITISH\nIS DEALING WITH\n[Ground Commanding Mir-\naumont Occupied\nOVER 760 PRISONERS,\n12\nj Enemy   Makes   Desperate\nCounter Attack, But\nis Driven Back\n(By Associated Press.)\nBritish troops penetrated the Gor-\nIsnan defenses on both banks of the\n1 Ancro river on Saturday to a depth of\nJ about a thousand yards. To the south\nI of the river German positions were at-\nI tacked und captured on a front of\nJ about one and 'a half miles opposite\nI Camlramont and Petit Miraumont, the\n1 British line thus being advanced to\nI within a few hundred yards of the lat-\nIter village. An Important enemy posl-\nI lion was carried on the upper slopes\nI of a spur north of Balllescourt farm,\nI which, despito counter attacks, In\nI which the enemy suffered henvy losses,\nI were successfully held. Prisoners tak-\n| en by the British In these operations\nI totalled 770, including U officers, while\n| a number of machine guns and trench\nI anortars were captured.\nThe Germans havo striven hard to\nI regain tho positions taken from them,\nJ but their attempts were fruitless, ac-\n[ cording to the British war office. At-\nJ tacking in waves, tho Germans came\n[ under the concentrated fire of the\nI British guns, and were swept back to\nI their trenches, suffering heavy casual-\nJ ties. At no pluco did the attacking\nI forces reach tho British line and the\nI British suffered no casualties. Nover-\nI tholess, the Berlin war office, in Its re-\nI port of the Ancre fighting of Saturday\n1 says the positions changed bunds several times, but that before abandoning\nth&r advancca 'fcrater * pdWluiis *!ho\nGermans took 180 men prisoner' and\n[ captured five machine guns.\nTrench raiding operations nnd artll\nI lery duels still continue on the other\n| parts of the front in France and Bel\nglum.  In Champagne, near Ripont, ac\ncording to Berlin, tho French have ac\nlively shelled the Germans In the po\n[ altlons captured from the French last\nI week, but have been unable to make\nI Infantry attacks.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feh. 18.\u2014It was officially\n[ announced last night that tho British\nj captured Gorman positions on a front\nj of about one and a half miles, pene-\n] trutlng German defenses to a. distance\nI of 1000 yards and coining within close\nI range of Petit Hlraumont, northeast\n| of Grandecourt.\nAnother important German position\nI was also carried along a front of 1000\nj yards.\nDaring Deed by Artillery Officer\nBRITISH     HEADQUARTERS     IN\nI FRANCIS, Feb. 17, via London, Feb. IS.\n\u2014(From a Staff Correspondent of the\n| Associated  Press,)\u2014The  British car-\ni, rled out an attack on a two-mile front\nwest and south of Miraumont, on both\nsides of tho Ancre, for the purpoHO of\n' gaining the higher ground command\n! ing that town, toward which lhe Gor\n1 mans retired after evacuating Grande\nI court.    Tonight  It was estimated  u\nheadquarters   that  approximately  300\nI prisoners have beon passed back, with\nI more coming.\nThe British easily attained the first\n[ objective.    They continued to go for-\n\\ ward just south of Miraumont in an\nI effort to gain entire control of nil the\nI higher ground.    The first fog In five\n: weeks Interfered   with   the   artillery,\nbut tonight firing was  still   in  progress.\nOne of tiie most daring incidents of\ni the day's   opratlona   came   near   the\n1 close of the preliminary bombardment.\n; when an artillery officer crawled out\nof a trench and with a telephone stationed himself forward In a shell hole\n! and directed  the  fire  which cut the\nGerman  barbed   wire  to   pieces.    An\ni English sergeant, losing his way, was\ncaptured, and whilo being taken back\n1 by two Germans, the British barrage\ncrept upon them.    The two Germans\nfled and tho sergeant returned to his\nown lines directly through the curtain\nof flro.    He was wounded, but managed to reach a dressing station unaided, where he was able to give valu-\n} able Information concerning the Ger-\nj man position.\nTake Over 760 Prisoners\nLONDON, Feb.  18.\u2014Tonight's offl-\n| clal statement reads:\n(Continued on Page Two,)\nHUN LOSSES SINCE WAR\nSTARTED OVER 4,000,000\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014Casualties\nin the German army, exclusive of\ncolonial troops, reported in the\nGermany casualty lists in the\nmonth of January, 1917, totaled 77,-\n534 officers and men killed, wounded and missing. The totals compiled from the list follow:\nKilled and died, 15,906.\nPrisoners,  1645.\nMissing,  11,874.\nWounded, 49,109.\nThese casualties bring the total\nof Germans killed and those who\ndied of wounds or illness to 938,-\n329 and the total casualties since\nthe war began to 4,087,692.\nHeavy Casualties Suffered  by  Foe in\nDesperate Counter Attacks on\nPositions Lost.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nBRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN\nFRANCE, Feb. 18, via London, Feb. 10,\n\u2014(From a staff correspondent of the\nAssociated Press)\u2014Tbo number of\nprisoners taken by the British yesterday ln their advance on both Rides of\ntbe Ancro toward Miraumont and Pys\nis estimated tonight at approximately\neight hundred, although all the battalions engaged have not yet sent, in fi\nnal reports. All the prisoners are\nPrussians. They Include 12 commissioned and more than a score of non*\ncommissioned officers.\nThe fog which shut In yesterday,\nbringing operations to a standstill, lifted partly today, and the Germans made\ncounter attacks which were repulsed\nwith heavy casualties to the attackers.\nSome German companies opposed to\nthe British were completely wiped out\nduring the attack, all those not dead\nor not wounded being made prisoner\nTho highest total was sr. prisoners\nfrom one company.\nSome of the prisoners belong to the\n<\u00a3mous &&;'*j,viia**ii\u00bb>r gtnlfpdfc iii-ftn\ncaptured Germans wore laden down\nwith picture postcards and pencils.\nThey hud scarcely anything else. Tho\npost cards generally were sentimental,\nmost of them portraying soldiers' home\ncomings.\nThe British troops arc greatly pleased with the success of the attack, in\nview of the 'fact that the Germans had\nanticipated some such forward movement and prepared what the prisoners\nsay was believed to be an unbreakable\ndefense.\nAt one point on the British front today a German was seen running across\nNo Man's Land with his hands above\nhis head. He waa fired on from his\nown lino and killed ttffslio reached the\nBritish wire.\n10 RETAIN\nStrenuously Disputed British Advance,\nBut  Troops  Steadily  Climbed\nTill   Crost  Reached\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. ID.-^Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters in\nFrance, telegraphing Sunday, says:\n\"In the \"battle which began In the\nneighborhood uf Miraumont Saturday\nmorning and has continued Intermittently ever since, the fiercest struggle\nwaH to the left of the centre, where\nthe British tried to get mastery of a\nmound rising about 40 feet with a\n.sunken road across it.\n\"Tho Germans realized the great\ntactical value of the mound and had\nit fringed with machine guns and ribbed with trenches, and strenuously\ndisputed the British advance upon the\nslope. It was deadly fighting, but the\nBritish steadily pressed forward until\nthey had gained tho crest. Shortly\nafter sunrise, however, the Germans\nlaunched a strong counter-attack with\nfresh troops. The British .were forced\nto yield ground under weight of numbers, but supports were rushed to\nthem and the withdrawal ceased. The\nGermans had regained part of the\nmound, but. nevertheless the British\nline ran well up the slopes.\n\"The German losses aro known to\nhave been very considerable and It\nwould bo useless to pretend that wo\ndid not have to pay tho price of victory\nbut tho success attained is a very Important one.\"\nI BRITISH PREMIER MOVES\nTO AVERT POTATO WAR\nj Adjusts Interests of AM Parties in View\nof Reduction of Stocks by\nFrosts.\n(Uy Dally Nowr Leased Wire.)\nLONDON,  Feh.  18.\u2014Premier  Lloyd\n, George,   an     otflclal    'announcement\nsays, telegraphed  the lord mayor of\n' Manchester last night uh follows:\n\"The war cabinet has considered tho\ndifficulties which have arisen In cer-\n[ tain district** In connection with tho\n! O|torntlon ol' tho price of polntoos un-\n| der tho order or .Inn. 1.    That order\ni was iHHued hy the food controller to\nfllsuro thul 'ho (\u2022\u25a0rlou mm not unduly\nInflated lu consequence of a shortage\nof supplies. Becent prolonged frosts\nreduced tho stocks and Interrupted\ndistribution; and accordingly It has\nheen necessary to adjust the Interests\nof all parties. Tho departments con-\ncorned, therefore, at my request, conferred with representatives of the\nwholesale and retail trades and submitted proposals which were approved\nhy the war cabinet,\"\nPremier I.loyd Qcorgu then detailed\ntho proposals whore!**.- the growfcrs are\n(Continued on Pa*<\u00bb Tiro,!\nCouncil   Seeks   to   Apply\nScience to Industry\nTO\nDARES HUN SUBS,\nCity of Pueblo Sails From\nNew York\nACTION BY U.S. AGAINST GERMANY\nElfYEN OTHER\nVESSE\nS EEAVE\nEstablishment^ of  Scholarships and Bureaus is\nRecommended\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 18.\u2014The council for\nscientific and Industrial research after having completed Us organization\nat an earlier meeting, was in session\nut Ottawa all last week, considering\nthe various lines of work which are\nto bo undertaken, and the various projects, about 10, which have been submitted   lo   It.\nThe council will, within the next two\nweeks, Issue question cards to tho\nmanufacturers, the technical societies,\nthe various government departments\nand the universities of the Dominion,\nasking for information with reference\nto the laboratories and various other\nagencies of research now in operation\nIn the Dominion; the men now engaged in or available for research work;\nthe raw materials required for Canadian Industries; and other matters required in lhe development of Its work.\nIn securing this information the council will work In close cooperation with\ntlie manufacturers association and the\nvarious technical societies of the Dominion. It is expected that the answers to the questions will show many\nlines along which the council may assist In the development of Canadian\nindustries. In order to develop In Canada a body of mon who have been\nthoroughly trained in science and Its\napplication to industry\u2014such ns that\nwhich hns aided so greatly in the industrial development of Germany In\n.'\u2022**\u2022> \u2022niKiPyi.ri :\/the council will recommend the establishment of lio or more\nscholarships in our universities and\ntechnical schools, which will be given\nto mon who have completed their regular course of study and have developed a special aptitude for scientific\nresearch. These will enable such men\nto pursue a course of advanced work\nat college, Arrangements will also bo\nmade by which men after graduating\nwill be placed in one or other of the\ngreat, manufacturing establishments of\nthe Dominion where they will continue\ntheir training under the conditions of\nactual commercial experience. They\nwill thus be fitted to aid In tho development of the Industries of tho Dominion.\nRecommends   Research   Bureaus\nIn order lo furnish direct assistance\nto tho manufacturing Industries of\nCanada at once, the council Is recommending tho 'establishment at certain\nof tho great Industrial!centres of the\nDominion, such as Toronto, Montreal\nand Winnipeg, In cooperation with the\nprovincial governments or other\nbodies of industrial research bureaus,\nwhere a complete set ot technical\nmagazines and trado Journals will be\nfound, and where technical staffs provided with suitable and properly\nequipped laboratories, will assist the\nmanufacturers of the district in solving problems whioh present themselves In their factories or works.\nIn addition to these broad general\nmovements for tho advancement of\nlhe Industries of the Dominion, the\ncouncil has decided lo examine carefully a number of specific projects\nwhich have been submitted to It, and\nwhich appear to give promise of\nyielding valuable results. They have\nalso decided to recommend that certain of these lie at once taken up and\nwork 011 them he^tl once started.\nA niong these latter, two may be\nmentioned. The first has for Its object the provision of an adequate\nsupply of good fuel for the western\nprairies, more especially in the provinces of Saskatchewan aud Manitoba.\nThere arc In the other provinces large\nsupplies of lignite. Tliis is an inferior fuel possessing a relatively low\nheating power, however, nnd which,\nfurthermore, will not stand shipment\nand storage. Tt is, therefore, of com-\n(Continued nn Pair* Twn.i\nWILL PROTECT SHIPS\nDestinations    and    Cargo    of    Vessels\nLeaving American Ports to Be\nKept  Secret\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nWASHINGTON, Feb. 18.\u2014The practise of making public the destinations\nand manifests of merchant ships leaving American ports is to bo discontinued during the crisis with Germany\naa a step In the protection of American interests from the German submarine campaign. No word as lo the\nport for which any vessel sails or the\ncargo she carries will lie made public\nby tho government officials who\ngrant clearance, and the great merchant fleet carrying American commerce abroad will come and go wllh\nnil the secrecy of war vessels In time\nof war.\nTliis d\"ctalon of the treasury department wilt ,hc made effective nt\n\u25a0ulioi** as ti pleasure of precaution,\nThree Steamers 'That Oame\nThrough Danger Area\nArrive\n(By I>.iily News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Feb. IS.\u2014The Associate! Press sends out the following:\n\"Twelve steamships, ono of them flying the American flag, sailed from\nhere today, presumably for European\nports, which will necessitate tholr passage through the prohibited zone announced by Germany. Three vessels\nwhich came through the restricted\narea, one of which was of American\nregister, arrived here today.\n\"Two of the steamers departing to\nday\u2014the British liner Laconia and the\nFrench liner Roma\u2014arc passenger\nships. Whether thero wero any Americans aboard either vessel* was not\ndisclosed.\n\"Tho City of Pueblo was tho lone\nAmerican vessel sailing today to\nbravo the dangers of the submarine\nzone. Her captain, John B. Willett, is\nof New York and the other officers-\n13 In all\u2014arc Americans, while the\ncrew is composed of Russians, Norwegians, Japanese, Swedes and Scottish\nWith a cargo of merchandise, she was\ncleared by a New York company.\n\"The steamer MorenI, from Medlto\nranean ports, was the only American\nvessel arriving here tonight. The\nother arrivals were tho I'enistone\n(British) from Bordeaux and the Liege\n(Belgian) from Rotterdam and Cardiff.\n\"Besides the City of Pueblo, the Laconia and the Roma, the sailings today\nwere: Verdi, Kansus City. Foltrla,\nKalkoura, Moorish Prince, the Lland-\nurdo, ail British, and Bjornsen, Nor'\nwegian; Chile, Danish and Kawnch\nMaru, Japanese\"\nWITHOU\nORPEOOEO\nBritish   Vessel   Valdes   Sunk\u2014Two  of\nCrow Killed\u2014Two Other Vessels\nSent to Bottom.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014Lloyd's today\nannounced that the British steamer,\nValdes, 228Ti tons gross, has been torpedoed and sunk without warning. Two\nmembers of tho vessel's crew were kill\ned and nine are missing. The captain\nand others of the crew havo been\nlanded.\nLloyd's also announces that tho\nBritish steamer Worcestershire, of 71\ntons gross, was reported sunk. Later\nthe sinking of the British steamer\nRomsdalen of 2648 tons gross was announced.\n96 ARE NOMINATED\nNEW BRUNSWICK\nWill Fight for 48 Seats Next Saturday\n\u2014Election Caused by Retirement\nof Premier Clarke,\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nST. JOHN, N. B., Feb. 18.\u2014Ninety\nsix candidates were officially nominal\nod yesterday In New Brunswick's 17\nprovincial constituencies. Of those 4S\nwill next Saturday, Feb. 24, be elected\nas members of the provincial legislature.\nThis election takes place In consequence of tho retirement about a fortnight ago, owing to ill health of Premier George Clarke. Hon. James Murray succeeded Mr. Clarke In the premiership and formed a cablent, after\nwhich writs wore issued for a general\nelection. It was stated that the government had decided, m view of the\nfact that a number of vacancies in\nthe representation of constituencies already existed and th* necessity for an\nelection 011 account of tho cabinet formation, that It would be well to elect\nan entirely new legislature.\nThere is a full representation of both\nparties 1 nthe field. hTe Conservative\n(government) party and tho Liberal\nopposition each have 48 candidates In\nthe  field.\nAUSTRALIA FORMS\nCOALITION  CABINET\n\u2022 (By Dally News Leased Wlro.)\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014Reuter's\nMelbourne correspondent says the\nAustralian ministry, headed by\nWilliam Hughes tenderod its resignation, and that the guverner-gen-\nera) commissioned Mr, Hughes to\nform another cabinet, whioh now\nbeon ftworn In. The new ministry is a coalition and will be known\nas the Commonwealth war government. Mr. Hughes will retain\ntlie post of premier and attorney-\ngeneral. Joseph Hume Cook, lead'\nor of the opposition, has been given\nthe portfolio of minister ijf the\nnnvy.\nGERMANY WILL IMPOSE NEW\nTAXES TO GET WAR FUNDS\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nAmsterdam, via London, Feb. 18.\u2014\nAn explanatory noto    respecting   tho\nGerman budget of 1917 issued In Berlin today says:\n\"Tho necessary means for carrying\non the war will be raised when required by means of special war credits. Tho ordinary expenses in connection with the state debt require at\npresent 3,566,000,000 marks In order to\neffect a balance.\n\"In the ordinary budget the revenue\nfrom hitherto existing war taxes Is\nnot sufficient and the deficit of 1,250,-\n000,000 marks will be covered by a new\nwar tax. It Is intended to Impose an\nad valorum tax on coal on the output\nof the mines, and us an extraordinary\nwar tax to impose a sur tax on passenger and goods traffic on railways\nand internal shipping.\n\"In the extraordinary budget 7,250,-\n000 marks are yet to be covered by\nloan.\nHILNER DENIES\nGERMAN REPORT\nStates That Complete  Harmony  Prevailed at Entente Allies' Conference in Russia.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nPETROGRAD, via London, Feb. 18.\n\u2014Viscount Mllner, minister without\nportfolio and member of the British\nwar cabinet, took occasion at a reception held here today in lienor of the\ndelegates to the entente allies' conference, to deny {illegal ions printed in\nAustro-German newspapers that the\nprolonged stay of the delegates In Russia was duo to a divergence of views\namong them. Lord Mllner averred that\ncomplete harmony prevailed at the\nconference from the beginning and\nthat the protraction was duo entirely\nto the large numbers of matters needing attention.\nBRITIS\nSurprise   Attack on   Rumanian   Front\nCompletely' Successful\u2014Achieve\nObjective Without Firing Shot.\n(By Associated Press.)\nExcept for isolated attacks, the most\nviolent of which was delivered by the\nRussians against Teutonic allied positions, In the Oituz valley, In Rumania,\nand which Berlin says was repulsed,\nlittle fighting Is In progress ln the\neastern theatre. Petrograd admits the\nentry of Germans into Russian\ntrenches south of Dvlnsk, but says\nlater they were driven out. In the Carpathians a strong Austro-German work\nsoutli of Okna has been captured by\nthe  Russians.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nPETROGRAD, via London, Fob. 18.\n\u2014Tonight's official statement reads:\n\"Western front: After heavy artillery preparation Germans clad in white\noveralls assumed the offensive in the\nsector of our front east of Korchava,\nsouthwest of Dvlnsk. A party of attacking Germans succeeded in penetrating one of our foremost trenches,\nbut almost immediately was driven out\nby our reserves.\n\"Rumanian front: Our detachments,\nas a result of a surprise attack, captured, without firing a shot, a strongly\nfortified enemy point of support on an\nenemy height two-thirds of a mile\nsouthwest of the village of Okna. Alt\ncounter' attacks were repulsed and we\ntook a number of prisoners.\n\"Cncasus front: A snow storm prevails.\"\nBerlin Report.\nBERLIN, Feb. 18.\u2014\"On the river\nOlse, near Dreslincourt, southwest of\nNoyon, one advance patrol brought In\nfor ub 14 prisoners,\" says an official\nreport.\n\"In the Champagne our new positions south of HIpont and on the west\nbank of the Meuse, our trenches In tlie\nBoise Le Petrc were actively shelled by\nartillery and mine-throwers. Attacks\nwere not carried bcause of our\nannihilating fire.\n\"Eastern front: Near LaveHka,\nsontInvest of Dvlnsk, reconnoltering\nparties entered the Russian Ilnes and\nbrought back about 50 prisoners.\n\"In the mountains north of the Oltua\nvalley the Russians ceased their attack\nafter their first assault had broken\ndown  under our  defensive  flro.   -*\n\"There was nothing new to report\nfrom Field Marshal von Mackensen's\nfront.\"\n50,000 CERTIFICATES\nGermans   and   Austrians   in   America\nRush  to Take  Out  Naturalization Papers.\ntBy Dally News Lensed Wire.)\nWASHINGTON, Feb. 18.\u2014During\nthe two weeks since the diplomatic\nbreak With Germany, foreigners living\nIn the United States, notably Germans\nand Austrians, havo flocked to tho\ncourts to become American citizens In\nsuch numbers that the labor department officials say the tolnl could not\neven be estimated. An Idea of the\nunprecedented rush for naturalization\npapers Is afforded by the fact that in\none day alone more than 50,000 certificates of naturalization were Issued.\nThe chief rush for papers was reported from New Yorfc, Cleveland, St.\nPaul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Detroit, St.\nLouts. Cincinnati, Boston and Philadelphia, \u25a0 '\u25a0''\nGain Sweeping Victory in Mesopotamia\nHuge Quantity of Booty  Is\nSecured.\n(By Asoclnted Press.)\nImportant gains have been made by\nthe British tn Mesopotamia, which, In\naddition to gaining all and moro than\ntheir objectives, 1995 prisoners, Including S9 officers, two of whom were regimental nnd three battalion commanders, were captured, according to Saturday's report. Five machine guns, 2500\nrifles nnd a largo quantity of munition,\nequipment and stores, also fell into tiie\nhands of the British.\nTurks Admit Defeat.\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014The Turkish official communication received in London today, admits retirements on tho\nTigris. The communication under\nThursday's date says:\n\"Aftor an enemy attack on the German right wing had been repulsed, our\npositions wero evacuated, according to\norders, to prevent needless losses.\"\nA second communication rends: \"On\nthe Tigris front wo executed a Blight\nbackward movement to avoid unnecessary casualties.\"\nNEUTRALITY OF SPAIN\nPremier    Stands   for    Non-Committal\nPolicy\u2014Leader of Radicals  Favors Intervention.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nMADRID, Feb. 18.\u2014Spanish neutrality was the subject of an animated discussion in the cortes last night, when\nseveral deputies, including Senors\nBodes and Garcia, questioned Premier\nRomanones on the attitude of the government in the war. Deputy Rodes demanded an explicit statement upon the\nmotives actuating the government's\npolicy and what it proposed to do. The\npremier In reply said that the government was, above all, neutral us between\nthe opposing elements, and had shown\nIts attitude very dlstlntly in the action\ntaken in connection with the several\nmoves by the United States, one, the\ninvitation to Intervene for tho ro-\nestabllshment of peace, and another,\nan invitation tu declare war against\nGermany.\nDeputy Bodes interrupting the premier, said that this statement was Incorrect, because the United States had\nnever Invited Spain to declare war.\nAmid considerable excitement in the\nchamber caused by this remark, the\npremier replied that ln reality tho\nUnited States had invited Spain only\nto break off diplomatic relations with\nGermany and added:\n\"Spain is the friend of all the belligerents and all neutrals, and for that\nvery reason It cannot undertake discussions or negotiations whicli would\nhave the effect of Injuring our friendships and our tranquility.\"\nEx-Premier Dalo, leader of the Conservatives, said that his party would\nsupport tho existing neutrality of\nSpain.\nFinally Deputy Leroux, chief of tho\nRadicals, declared in favor of intervention, which would secure attention and\nrespect for the opinions of the chamber. The members of tho cortes listened silently and eventually the chamber declared that In Spain hatred did\nnot exist ugalnst any country, but that\nIndividual sympathies had been attracted toward thoso countries which\nhad shown friendship to Spain.\nDeputy Alvarez, leader of tho Reformist party, expressed the sympathy\nof the Reformists with the entente\nallies.\nTho premier closed the debate by\ndeclaring that tlie government would\nmaintain with pride Its neutrality and\nwould defend all points of Its noto to\nGormany protesting against tho submarine blockade.\nThis is Confident 'Belief in\nWashington\nTIE-UP Of VESSELS\nCANNOT BE TOLERATED\nBrazil Holds Germany Responsible for  Fate of\nShips in War Zone\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)'\nPARIS, Feb. 18.\u2014A wireless despatch received here from Berne,\nSwitzerland, says Brazil's agent at\nBerlin by order of his government,\nhas warned Germany that Brazil\nwil hold her responsible for the\nfate of three Brazilian vessels approaching the war zone. These\nvessels left Brazil for entente\ncountries since the declaration by\nGermany of her submarine blockade.\nWASHINGTON, Fob. 18\u2014The American government continued its waiting\npolicy toward Germany's ruthless, submarine warfare today, and although It\nIs taken for grnnted in all quarters that\nPresident Wilson will go before congress before adjournment, March 4,\ntlie statement was authorized that so\nfar he had no definite plans to that\nend.\nThe confident belief everywhere is\nthat there will be action not later than\nnext week, if nothing happens to precipitate It before, Is based upon the\nknowledge that tho president wishes to\navoid calling an extra session of congress if possible, and the reiterated\ndeclarations of members of the administration that the present conditions,\nunder which most of the American.\nships In overseas trade havo been\nfrightened Into cancelling sailings,\ncannot be permitted to continue,\nThe small number of vessels sunk by\nsubmarines within the pnst few days Is\nattracting no little attention. Officials\nalwnys point out that this does not alter the fact that though fear of tho consequences American ships nnd many\nof other nationalities aro remaining ln\nport.\nThe opening of Halifax as a port of\nexamination, allowing some vessels to\navoid the danger area by not going\nto Kirkwall, is expected to somewhat,\nlessen tho effects of the virtual blockade of Eastern Amerienn ports.\nEvery means at the disposal of the\ngovernment continues to be used to\nprepare for any eventuality, and the\nadministration believes no time has\nbeen wasted. I f a decision to arm\nAmerican merchantmen should be\nreached, it is understood that It could\nbo done very quickly.\nThere has been no further development In the situation between the\nUnited States and Austria-Hungary\nand Turkey. While press despatches\nfrom Berlin told of tho despatch of\nofficial word of the release of the\nAmerican prisoners on the prize steamer Yarrowdalo, the notice has not\nreached tlie state department.\nWilson Confers With Senators,\nWASHINGTON. Feb. IS\u2014The advisability of going before congress before\nthe end of the present session, March\n4, to make certain that he be clothed\nwith sufficient power to protect American lives and property from German\nsubmarine activity, waa discussed by\nPresident Wilson yesterdny with members of the senate whom he called into\nconference during a brief visit to the\ncapitol. After it was indicated that\nthe president had not mado up his\nmind, but had such a step under consideration because of the possibility\nthat after adjournment some sudden\nemergency might arise necessitating\naction before congress could be called\ntogether again.\nThe suggestion was mnde that congress might bo asked to pass a broad\nresolution, authorizing the president to\ntuke any necessary measures for tho\nprotection of American rights and\navoiding specif is tipulntlons as to\nhow tlie protection should be afforded.\nIt was Indicated that President Wilson\nremained as anxious as ever to avoid\nwar, and that he gave no suggestion\nthat a declaration of wur, which congress alone can make, is even considered by him at present.\nFurther Action Inevitable.\nThe general feeling here has been\nthnt Germany's submarine campaign\nHooner or later will lead inevitably to\nsuch violation of American rights as\nwill require tho further action forecasted by the president ln his address\n(Continued on Page Two.)\nATTACK ON SANTIAGO\nDE CUBA IS PLANNED\nGovernment Concentrating  Forces for\nOnslaught on  Rebel Stronghold\n\u2014Minor Clashes Sunday\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nHAVANA, Feb. 18.\u2014Sunday passed\nquietly so far as revolutionary activities were concerned, only a fow minor\nbrushes between rebels and government forces being roportod from\nInula tod places.\nWith Clego de Avlla In its hands\nand communication with that point\nreestablished, the government Is probably concentrating Its forces for ant\nattack on Santiago do Cuba, whioh\ncity is In the hands of tho rebels.\nGenerals Rlos and Ramos at Manzn-\nmlllo. with 2000 men, and General\nCebrecu at Baracoa, with a strong\nforce, are proparlng to march against,\nthe capital of Orlento proving*       u\n PAGE TWB\n\"HE  DAILY  NEWS\nMONDAY,    FEB.    19,    1917.\n{Leading Hotels of the West\nI      Where the Traveling Publio May Obtain Superior Accommodation.\nTHE HUME\nA la Carta Table d'Hott\n\"GEORGE'BENWELL, Prop.\nSpecial Daily Lunch, 50o.\nHUME\u2014Dr. Isabel Arthur; Miss\nMargaret Arthur, C. W. Busk, F. .1.\nBowles, City; .Miss Hoylo, Queens\nBay; P, .1. Stevenson, R. L. Hannah,\nB. J. Mackenzie, Miss Cummins, Miss\nChoatc, Miss Whltmoro, Miss Morrison, .1. .1. Stevenson, 11. D. Young, J.\nHamilton, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Dubar,\nBrendon O'Farrcll, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.\nMcBrlde, Mr. and Mrs. Grubbe, Mrs.\nM. F. Shaw, Miss F. Johnson, City;\nMrs. L. F. dgilvie, Gerrard; Mrs.\nMarsden, ,1. Holtwell, Summit Lake;\nIt A. Gorman, Montreal; Mrs. J. Hal-\nlowell, Gerrard; R. L, Day, Toronto;\nJames Compton, Creston; T. Munro\nCairns, F. H. Skeels, City; L. A.\nCampbell, Rossland; W. Anderson,\nVancouver; William Brennan, Spokane; W. 11. Rhomberg, Benton; C. A.\nMackay, Vancouver; E. A. Llndslcy,\nSpokane; W. II. Davis, Vancouver; W.\nJ. Collins, Banff; L. L. Swope, St.\nMarie, Ida.; I. Kanfhold, Lethbrldge;\nMr. and Mrs. Sidney Norman, Spokane; J. A. Kinney, Rossland; \\V. W.\nPerry, Vancouver; Mr. and Mrs.\nLnurenson, Sandon; D. M. Sattrle, Silverton; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mackenzie,\nSandon; H. E. R. Bedford. Castlegar;\nJ. C. Taylor, J. F. Bulyea, .Vancouver;\nT. McNelth. Sloenn; E. T. Apple -\nwhnlte, Willow Point; J. A. Kinney,\nRossland; W. Mark De Cew, Grand\nForks; C. G. L. Reid, Vancouver; Miss\nP. McNeile, Toronto; .1. W. Hitgerty,\nLethbrldge; Ivan De Lashmutt, Silverton; E. C. Hunt, Grand Forks; T.\nM. Huff, Lethbridge; E. B. Tnlnter,\nTngor. Alta.; .1. S. Deschamps, Boss-\nland; F. C. Ronan. City: I*. McDonough, City: George D. Scott, New\nYork: .1. Sewell, Kelowna; W. W.\nCreelman, Calgary; \\Y. G. Moll. A. C.\nlUesker, Midway.\nSPEND   YOUR   HOLIDAYS   AT\nHalcyon Hot Springs\nSanitarium\nAnd Stock Up With Health.\nIf you suffer from muscular, Inflammatory, sciatic or any other\nform of rheumatism, or from metallic poisoning of any sort don't delay.\nCome at once and got cured. Most\ncompleto and best arranged bathing\nestablishment on the continent. All\ndepartments under one roof, steam\nheated and electric lighted.\nRates: $2.50 per day or $15 per week\nDAVIS & CALDER, Props,\nHalcyon, Arrow Lakes, B. C.\nNew Grand Hotel\nSTEAM HEATED\nHot and Cold Water in Evory Room\nAmerican and European Plana\nNEW ORAND-A. Nelson, Ainsworth; P. F. Abralianison, w. Nortjorg,\nN. Blomborg, oity,\nHotel Castlegar\nCASTLEGAR, S, C.\nW.    H.    GAGE,    Prop.\nOverland train to coaat leaves here\ndaily at 8:50 a. m. Excellent accommodation for drummerB. Nice place\nto spend a weekend. Rates, 12.00\nand $2.60 per day.   American plan.\nROSSLAND HOTELS\nThe Hotel Allan\nRECENTLY  REFURNI8HED\nSMITH   &   BELTON,   Proprietor.\nAfternoon Summary\nBright    Flaihes   from    Yesterday's\nTelegraph   Service   to   the\nAfternoon Papers\nThe Strathcona\nF. B. WHITING, Prop.\nSpecial    Sunday    Dinner\nSTRATHCONA\u2014Miss M. Oudln,\nAinsworth; Capt. II. Drown, City; \\V.\nfc>. fowler, VaiK'ouvcr; 11. II. McNeill,\nMontreal; o. L. Boynton, Vancouver;\nJ. S. Curler, .1. Ballantyne Mr. nnd\nMrs. Watson Smith, .loseph Weir, 11,\nKrier, c. Brennan, City; ,r. Walk-Ion,\nWindsor, (.int.; R. Smart, Ixindon.\nOnt.; P. A, Starkey, City; 1*:. A. Linda-\nlay, Spokane; Ml*, and Mrs. ,1. H.\nTaylor. .1. A.   Haley, City;   W. A. Wll-\nmot, Fernle; K. ll. .lockaon, Calgary;\nMiss !\u25a0:. Everett, Seattle; 1*:. V. A.\nDavis. Vancouver; .lames McGregor,\nA. 1!. C.llker. II. Selous, .1. W. Helms\nCity.\nQueen's Hotel\nEuropean      and     Amorican    Plai\nSteam Heat in Every Room.\nBusiness Lunch, 35 Cents\nA. LAPOINTE, Prop.\nQUEENS\u2014t. Wllsor, Kaslo; n.\nYouni:. Rossland; V. Ft, McArthur nnd\nwife, Salmo; Mrs. S. Itarklcy, lientuu\nSiding; T. Sullivan, Calgary; K. Harvey, Michel; W. F. Jones, Calgary; W.\nF. Gordon. R. 'i\\ Hymni*. Kuslo; 1C. D.\nWosteott, \\V. S. Parkin, Vancouver;\n'William Cliff. Ainsworth; F. A, Cum-\nming, Kamloopu; s. Ferylan; Princeton;\nMr. und Mrs. A. Johnson, Hock Crock;\nLONDON, Feb. 17.\u2014The Karl of\nDerby, .set-rotary of state for war,\nspeaking at Uolton today, expressed\nthe opinion that tho critical period of\nthe war would occur iu the next few\nmonths,\n\"Murder at Sea\" Condemned\nr.KUNK, Pelf. 17.\u2014Three Budapest\nnewspapers condemn submarino warfare. Tin- Pestl Na'plo attacks Count\nvon Rovontlow na the principal exponent of submarine warfare and demands that ho he placed in restraint.\nThe Socialist organ of Kopsvavu attacks Admiral von Tlrplta ami demands a cessation of what it calls\n\"murder al sea.\"\nTurks Routed by British\nLONDON, Feb. IS.\u2014Sovoral important wains against the Turks In\n.Mesopotamia arc recorded in the official report made public tonight. In\naddition to forcing the Turks hack on\nthe Tigris river, the llrltish captured\n1905 prisoners.\nSteamers Leave New York\nNEW rORK, Feb. 17.\u2014Six steamships sailed from here for European\nporta today, including the big Holland-American liner Noordam. None\nof them, ns far as could ho learned,\ncarried passengers. The llrltish\nsteamer Verdi started fur Liverpool,\nhut turned back and anchored off\nQuarantine after proceeding us far as\nSandy Hook. No explanation was\nforthcoming as to the reason lor the\nVerdi's return.\nFrancisco Villa Sails for Japan\nEL PASO, Fob. 17.\u2014Frnnclsco Villa,\nwhoso inovomcnts have been a inyn-\nleiy to his enemies as well oh lo the\nmass of bis followers, bas made his\nway to iho west coast und embarked\nfor Japan, according to a well known\ncattleman   of  Lvdlas.  Texas,\nNelson House\nEuropean Plan.\nW. A. WARD, Proprietor.\nCAFE\u2014Open Day and Night\u2014BAR\nMerchants' Lunch, 12 to 2.\nPhone 97. P. 0. Box 597\nNELSON\u2014Mr. und Mrs, McKlnnon,\nCastlegar; B. H. Grebe, San Francisco;\nSergt.-Major Mlnton and wife, T.\nMInton, Fernle; James McNamara,\nRock Crock; S, I'atterson, William\nSutherland, Harrow; George Trainer,\nHilllard;  W. F. ThurHton, Farron,\nGrand Central Hotel\nOPP08ITE POSTOFFICE\nAMERICAN     AND     EUROPEAN\nPLANS\nJ. A. ERICK80N, Prop.\n* ORAND CENTRAr\u2014C. W. relink,\ntionnlngton Fallw; .1. Hanflon, It. Zuch-\n\u00abruk, Fertile; Allen Macdonald, lion-\nnlnuum i-'iiIIh; John Smith, Knslo:\nBurnt. A. W. Walnh. Cmnbrouk,\nK. It. Wood. :i lending ritutnclor of\nToronto, wns operated on ut John\nHopkins hottpitttli Baltimore, tor Internal trouble.\nUK tRSGHEir r\nHEADACHY, BILK\nAND CONSTIPATED\nBest for liver and mbowels,\nbad breath, bad colds,\nsourjstomach\nGel a 10*COnt box.\nSfek headache, blliousneMM, couted\ntongUOi head and nose clogged up with\na cold\u2014always trace this to torpid\nliver; delayed, fermenting food in the\nbowels or sour, gaswy stomuch.\nPoisonous matter clogged in the intestines, instead of being east out of\nthe system Is re-aliHorbed Into the\nblood. When this polBOti reaches the\ndcllcato brain tissue it causes congestion and that dull, throbbing, sickening\nheadache,\nCancnruts immediately cleanse the\nstomach, remove the sour, undigested\nfood and foul gases, take the excess\nbile from tho liver and carry out all\nthe constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels,\nA Cascaret tonight will surely\nstraighten you out by morning. They\nWork while you sleep\u2014A 10-cont box\nfrom yuor druggist means your head\nclear, stomach sweet and your liver\nand bowels regular for months,\nPRICE 0F-.PAPER\nMAY BE LOWERED\nReduction   By   Canadian   Manufacturers  Likely As  Result of Drastic\nAction   by   Government\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 18.\u2014It now .seems\ncertain that tho Canadian manufacturers of news print paper will substantially reduce the price of their\nproduct to the Canadian publishers.\nLast -October tho mutter was brought\nto tho attention of the minister of finance, who Immediately convened the\nmanufacturers und publishers in conference and asked them to appoint a\nJoint committee to which Mr. Ibeadner\nof tlio finance department was sent,\nwith a view to seeing whether the differences which existed could not be\ncomposed without action on the part\nof tho government. After several\nmeetings with the minister Ibis committee was unable to make any progress. The ministers of finance and\ncustoms then took tho matter up, and\nrecently orders in councils were passed\ngiving the latter power to permit ox-\nPort only under license and further to\nsothmandecr and fix tho price of news\n>rtnt paper to publishers, After these\n>rders in council wero passed, the\nmanufacturers were again called to\nOttawa and as a result, of this last\nconference it Is thought tho manufacturers of news print paper will take\nmch action that tbo government will\n\"lot be called upon to actively interfere\n!n the situation. Tho manufacturers\nwill determine their course on Wednesday of this week.\nTho question has been one of the\n'Host difficult with which tlie government has been called upon to deal. Tlie\nbusiness situation relating to newp\nprint paper is most complex. Some of\nlhe manufacturers sell all their product in the United vStates and under\nexisting contracts with publishers\nthere, other manufacturers sell entirely to C&'nadian publishers. Some manufacturers make their own raw materials and others buy it from other concerns at prices greatly in excess of\nthose prevailing before the war. There\nwas a further delicate International\nsituation involved, which was all the\nmore delicate on account of the war\nconditions. Fortunately, the United\nStates government was equally desirous of dealing with tbe situation so as\nto insure reasonable prices io American publishers. On tlie side of the\nmanufacturers, it is to be pointed out,\nthat their costs of production have\ngreatly increased and in mailing their\ncontracts they have been faced with\nthe uncertainly of the future. The\ngovernment lias not yot fixed the price\nof  news print  paper.\nMOVES TO AVERT\n(Continued from Page Ono.)\nentitled to charge nine pounds sterling\na ton to dealers until March 31.\nand CUt a ion thereafter, while tho\nselling price for retailers will be 10\nguineas until .March 31, and \u00a311, LOs.\ni hereafter. The price which a retailer\nmay charge wlii be three half pence a\npound till .March 31, ami one penny\nthree farthings thereafter, to the end\nof June.\nTried to Avert  Potato  War.\nLONDON, l-Vii. IS.\u2014Premier Lloyd\nOeorge's intervention in the potato\nrrisis is regarded by tlie Sunday newspapers, as an eleventh hour effort to\navert tlie potato war which has been\nthreatening for some  time.\nLloyd's Weekly News says that people everywhere arc discontented over\nthe dearth and denrnoss of potatoes,\nwhile retailers are rebellious and refuse\nto sell at tbe price fixed by the controller.\nSerious famine exists in virtually all\nthe largo Lancashire towns, particularly Manchester. The usual weekly\noutput from the Ormkirk district of\nLancashire is between 11000 and 101)0\ntons, but lids month not one hundred\ntons has been sold by retailors; yet\nit is estimated that there are more\nthan L'ii.uimi tons of potatoes within a\n10-mllo radius of ormkirk.\nActing under orders from Dublin, the\npolice In Ireland visited the markets\nat Droghcdti, Middle ton, Limerick and\nelsewhere and ordered the farmers not\nto charge more than a shilling for 14\npounds of potatoes, in an effort to prevent disturbances which are expected\nto  result from  the  farmers*  demands.\nTho Weekly Despatch says that the\npotato famine is due lo the non-anival\nof slocks ou the market, owing to the\nalleged withholding of stocks by farmers for better prices, while the retailers, who have not been buying, have\nbeen Informing tho publio there would\nbe no potatoes for sale loniorrow.\nReports from Lincolnshire, southwest\nof Yorkshire, show that business in\ntlio potato markets is virtually ut a\nstandstill.\nWILL LOOK AFTER FOOD\nPRODUCTION  IN  ENGLAND\nSir. Arthur   Lee    Appointed     Director\nGeneral\u2014Is  M.  P. for   Fareham\nDivision, Hampshire.\n(By Oally News Lensed Wire.)\nLONDON. Kebi IS.\u2014Kir Arthur Lee,\nmember of parliament for -the Fare-\nham division of Hampshire, has been\nappointed director general of food production. Sir Arthur will be ^sponsible to the president of thai board of\nagriculture for the coordination and\nexecutive- control of those sections of\nthe board which deal wllh the supply\nami distribution of seed, fertilizers,\nfoodstuffs, labor and work, and Ihe\nwar and agriculture eommmecs in\nEngland and Wales.\nKir Arthur Lee was the British military attache with the United States\narmy during the Spanish-American\nwar.\nHONORARY  PHYSICIAN  TO\nKING GEORGE  IS DEAD\nFROM GERMANS\n(Continued from Page One.)\n\"The prisoners we took in yesterday's operations on the Ancre now\nnumber 12 officers and 7GI men. Wo\nalso captured a number of machine\nguns and  trench mortars.\n\"This morning strong enemy forces\nattacked our new positions on tho\nspur above Ballicscourt farm. The\nenemy infantry, advancing in threo\nwaves with support troops in the rear,\ncamo under the concentrated flro of\nour artillery and were driven back\nwith heavy losses. Our lines were not\nreached at any point; we suffered no\ncasualties.\n\"We entered German positions during tho night southwest and northwest of Arras, south of Fauqulssart\nand north of Ypres. We inflicted\nmany casualties on tlie enemy, destroyed a machine gun and took\nnumerous  prisoners.\n\"Hostile raiding parties were repulsed in the night soulh of Ypres.\nWe took prisoners and Inflicted n\nnumber of casualties. There was considerable artillery activity on both\nsides today in the neighborhood of\nHouchavesnes, in tlie Ancre area and\nIn  the Ypres sector.\"\nFrench Repel Attack\nPARIg, Feh. IS.\u2014Tonight's official\nstatement reads;\n\"There was intermitlanl cannonading on the greater part of the front;\nthe fighting was more pronounced iu\ntlie direction of Rlbencourt. An enemy\n3urpriso attack of one of our small\nposts northwest of Bezonvaux failed.\"\nBelgian communication: \"Tlie Herman batteries were only slightly active.\"\nToday's official statement rends:\n\"Nothing of Importance occurred during the day except a fairly lively ar-\"\nlillery action on both sides of the\nMeuse, especially in tlie regions of Be-\nzonvaux aud Hill 304. Last night an\nenemy surprise attack on one of our\ntrenches north of SI. Michel, failed.\"\nThe Belgian statement reads:\n\"Thero was patrol activity during tbe\ndirection of Ferryman's house. Thh\nmorning lively fighting with bombs\nami artillery took place in the region\nof Steenstraate and Hetsas. The bombardment was Intermlttant on the rest\nof the front.\"\nBerlin  Statemont.\nBKBL1N, F6b, IS.\u2014An official announcement states:\n\"Western front: After lively artillery\npreparation, -strong English reconnolt-\ntcrlng detachments tried to enter our\ntrenches north of Armentieres, southwest of Lille, north of La Basse canal\nand near Kanscarl. Thoy were repulsed, partly in hand lo hand fighting,\nduring which prisoners remained in\nour hands and partly by our fire.\n\"After the failure of Ills attack on\nFell. 16, south of Mlrancourt, tbe enemy In the course of lhe night Increased his artillery fire and when morning\ncame attacked on both sides of the\nAnere river, in tho engagements\nments which continued during the dny,\nwe look prisoner 130 men and captured'\nfive machine gyps.\n\"on tbe south bank of lhe Ancre,\nviolent English attacks were repulsed\nand all our positions were maintained.\"\nBY IIS\nALMOST CERTAIN\n(Continued from Pat;c One.)\nto congress two weeks nj;o. The president is understood to feet, however,\nthat when the time comes the solution\noutlined in thai address should he followed out literally and the steps taken\nshould constitute an extension of further protection of American interests\nothor than a declaration of war.\nOfficials were much gratified at a\nmessage from Berne yesterday saying\ntlie American consuls remaining in\nGermany, roi- whom some concern had\nbeen felt, would depart early tliis week\nbut there was no evidence that the development would lessen to any appreciable degrou tho tension between the\ntwo countries. There also was much\ngratification hen- over a report from\nAmbassador Klkus at Constantinople\nsaying that Turkey was arranging to\nfacilitate the departure of several hundred American refugees at Btortit. Officials regarded lhe news as an Indication that tho Turkish government\nwas disposed not to break with the\nCulled States If it could be avoided.\nDAUGHTER  OF SIR JAMES\nLOUGHEED DIES AT VICTORIA\nVICTORIA, Feb. IS.\u2014Tbe death took\nplace here today of Miss Marjorlr\nLotiglaed, daughter of Senator Sir\nJames Lougheed of Calgary. The remains will In; forwarded to Calgary,\nwhere Interment will take place. Sir\nJames Lougheed left Ottawa today to\nattend  the  funeral.\nCALOAHY. Feb. 18\u2014News of the\ndeath In Yiclorla. li. C., of Miss Mar-\nJorie Lougheedi youngest child of Sir\nJames and Lady Lougheed, reuched\nhero tonight. The deceased was 13\nyears old, and had been III for some\ntime. Lady Lougheed had taken her\nto Victoria at the beginning of tlie winter for the benefit of \"her health. She\nis survived by her parents, four\nbrothers ami one sister. Two of her\nbrothers, Major Clarence and Lieut.\nEdgar Lougheedi are at presence ln\nFranco serving with tlie Canadian\narmy.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014General Sir\nBenjamin Franklin died suddenly yesterday. Sir Benjamin Franklin, born\nIn 1844, was honorary physician to the\nking and late director-general of \"tho,\nIndian medical service. He had beon\nhonorary physician to Queen Victoria\nand King Ed word.\nLarge Shipments of\nNew Spring Dress Fabrics\n*-         \u25a0     .-... \u25a0\u25a0mil i.i ii   \u25a0\u25a0\nAre Now in Our Shelves\nTHE   SELECTION   IS  LARGE  AND  THE   MATERIALS  ARE  VERY  ATTRACTIVE\nTHEY     INCLUDE     VOILES,     DRESS    MUSLIN,     SERPENTINE    CREPE,    ORGANDY,    POPLINS,\nPRINTS   AND   GINGHAMS\nWE   HAVE   ALSO   ADDED   TO   OUR   STOCK   A    NICE   LINE   OP   SCRIMS    AND   CRETONNES\nNew Blouses, New Middies, in white\nand also in stripes, House Dresses, etc.\nTHIS   IS   THE   TIME   TO   MAKE   UP   YOUR   SPRING   WASH   FABRICS\nSMILLIE & WEIR\nLADIES'   WEAR   SPECIALISTS\nIS   DEALING  WITH\nFORTY PROPOSALS\n(Continued from Page One.)\nparalively little value for domestic\nind export purposes.\nTlie council, however, believes ity a\nspecial treatment there may be produced from this lignite two grades of\nhigh class biiquetled fuel, one similar\nto hard coal hi character, and the\nother resembling soft coal, and at the\nsamfe time certain valuable byproducts may la; secured. The department of mines aud the commission\n>t conservation have already carried\njut investigations in connection with\nhis problem and the former department is now making some further\nitudles for the council.\nTlie other piece of work has to do\nwith the preservation of the forests\nof eastern Canada. The forestry department has been carrying on Inves-\nIgdtlons for some lime and has scv-\n?rat methods of conserving tho forests\n;>f Canada into which the council will\nmake an exhaustive study.\nMrs. Agnes Sanderson Dixon, who\nwas called by those who knew her well\n\"lhe children's friend,'' as she used to\nstate that she never yet had seen a\nhnd child, died very suddenly at her\nhome near Vernonvllle, In Haldhnand\ntownship, Ont.\nKING   DECORATES\nCANADIAN  OFFICERS\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014At llucklnghain\npalace on Saturday the following Canadian officers were Invested in the\ninsignia of recently awarded decorations:\nCompanion of the Bath, Col, Herbert\nUlrkolt, medical corps,\nCompanion of St. Mollmel and St.\nGeorge: liiigadler-Oeneral 1'erclval\nThacker. Distinguished Service Order:\nLleut.-Col, Frank Morrison, cavalry;\nLicut.-Col, Robert, Wright, medical\ncorps, !\nMilitary Cross, wllh Bar: Lieut.\nHarrison cllmour.\nMilitary Cross: Major John Jackson, Major Clarence Ktdd; Capt. Harold Coombs, Capt. James* Hn.hu, Capt.\nKenneth I'atton, Lieut, FdsoivlturiiH,\nLieut. Cordon Cassells, Lieut. Harold\nFrynr, Liout. James Lowe and Llcul.\nnalph Williams*\nEXHIBITION OF ARTS AND\nCRAFTS  HELD AT  RANGOON\nRANGOON, Burma\u2014This year's exhibition of arts ami crafts is tluynost\ncompleto that has yet been held ni\nlurtrtH and attracted large crowds\nfrom all parts of rangoon. On previous occasion such Industries as\ncould be classed as arts crafts wero on\nexhibition in lhe Jubilee hall. This\nyenr, mi the occasion of the viceroy's\nvisit, an attempt lias heen made for\nlhe first time to bring together a re-\nsentntlvo collection of all the indus-\ns of tlie province, In order to Indicate fully the possibilities of its Industrial development.\nin the art section prizes have been\noffered for the best specimens of\nworkmanship, and lhe craftsman Is\ngiven an opportunity of securing a sale\nfor his work. Tlie object of tlio exhi-\nbllor is to bring these craftsmen together ami give \u2022them an opoprtunity\nof comparing their craftsmanship with\nthat of others, and of learning, by the\ncomparison, how their work may be\nexpanded in scope and improved in\ntehnlque.\nThe subjects selected in the compe-\ntllion have boon chosen with lhe same\nend in view, and have. In some cases,\nresulted in useful developments of the\nhandicrafts. The best work in llils\nsection was to lie found amongst the\nsilver howls ami ivory carvings.\nIn lhe other sections opportunities\naro given to visitors from town and\ndistrict to learn what is being done\nto develop the province, and whai up.\nparaliis Is available for the improvement of processes. Not only are new\nmethods of improving industries put\nbeforo lhe public, but undeveloped or\nbarely developed Industries are indicated, and special attention has been\ndrawn to the advantages of cooperation . A temporary structure has been\n\u25a0rectcd outside tho Jubilee hall, with\nan Information bureau and many pamphlets on the subject.\nThe most, conspicuous feature of tlie\nexhibition from a distance was the\nlarge wooden tower of the Burma Oil\ncompnny, set up to illustrate the method of working in tho oil fields. The\nsame company also displayed interesting exhibits, ranging from crude earth\noil to purified petroleum and parruflu\nwax. In the mlneraloglctil section\nthere were exhibits of wolfram and\ntin from lower Burma; of lead, silver,\nzinc, und copper from upper Burma; of\nRubles from Mozok, and some gold\nfrom the Irrawaddy. of late years\nthere lias been a considerable increase\nin the output and export of minerals,\nund, although Burma as a mineral area\nremains largely unexplolted and unexplored, there is good reason to believe\nthat there is much wealth underground, nnd that the enormous deposits of tin in lhe Malay states reach not\nonly lower Burma, but at least as far\nnorth as the Shan states. A great\nnumber of Ihosn deposits In Burma\nhavo the appearance of a reef.\nIn the forestry section were a number of exhibits of different woods, and\nphotographs of tho elephants at work\nIn wildest Jungles, Also somo excellent carvings of elephants by a Bur-\nman employed In the forestry department. Tho chief kind as at present\nworked, are teak, pylnkado, eng, engy-\nin, hut there are many other woods\nwhich It is hoped to make good use\nof in tho near future.\nThe most Interesting native show,\nwas, perhaps, tho silk weaving industry, when tho whole process was\nshown from the silk moths and the\ncocoons, to tho finished longyl or robe\nwhich tho Burmese wear. Recently a\nsilk weaving school has been established at Aramapura, and under the\nguidance of nn expert instructor very\nmuch has been done to Improve the\nmethods of the workers. The school Is\ngrowing rapidly and exciting a considerable interest among a large circle of weavers. 'During tho last few\nmonths an English loom has been Introduced and one of these has been\nset up side by side with the other\nloom at tliis exhibition to show its advantages.\nTlie newer forms of handloom can\nturn out three or four limes ns much\nwork as the old Burmese models and\nweave wider strips.   The ordinary vll-\nToo Latejto Classify\n^VV^A^*-*^^%****^w**w^*'-^^rt**--*^v%^x*'*w,*W^N^X^V%^'%Irt\nLADY  LEAVING  TOWN  wishes    to\nhear of a kooiI home for two kitten*,\nat onee.   Greatest pets and well trained.   Mrs. Ireland, 71? Victoria street.\n(I3D0)\nlago weaver finds a problem, however.\nIn the cost of these machines, but It\nis hoped that cooperation will solvo\ntlio difficulty.\nTen\nVictor Records\nwhich should be in your\ncollection.\nWe have carefully selected these records from our list of several thousands, as those that will appeal to\nyou. In these numbers you will\nfind popular and comic songs, vocal,\npatriotic, instrumental and dances,\nand you will enjoy every one of\nof them.\nTen-inch, doublc-sidcd Victor Records\u201490 cents for the\ntwo selections:\nTwas Only an Irishman's Dream\nEverybody Loves an Irish Song\nOn Honolulu Bay\nIn the Sweet Long Ago\nHenry Burr) |S.qj,\nAmerican Qyarlet i\nPeerless Qjartet 1 m,,,\nSterling Tr.o i''^\nEdna Brow\nHush-a-Byc, Ma Bahy\nSomewhere My Love Lies Dreaming '\u25a0 16214\nJames Reed-J. I:. Harrison I\n\"I1\nhi )\nKeep the Home Fires Burning\nThe Drummer Boy\nCarnival of Venice    (Pianoforte)\nWhispering Winds   (Pianoforle)\nKredcricl: Wheeler)\nFrcdcuck Wheeler I\nF. Himmclreich)\nF. Himmclreich I\n17881\nLaurentian March\nLand of the Maple\nBand of First Repment )\nGrenadier Guards of Canndn f t.\/ivw.\nBand of First Regiment )*\nGrenadier Guards of Canada j\nTwelve-inch, doublc-sidcd Vidtor records\nRaymond Hitchcock \u25a0 ecnnn\nRaymond Hitchcock I\nHere Cornea the Groom\nSometime\nKnlinka Medley\u2014Fox Trot\nPoor Butterfly\u2014Fox Trot\nVidor Military Band 1 <\u25a0-;\u00ab,,\u25a0\nVuftor Military Band 1 \"CU3\nTwo Exquisite Red Seals\nNon e ver   (Tis not True)   (Tenor) McCormack   7446S\nPetite Valsc   (Violin) Maud Powell   64617\nHear them at any \"His Master's\nVoice\" dealers'\nWrite for free copy of our 450-page Musical En*\ncyclopedia lifting over 6000 Victor Records.\nBerlinerGram-o-phone Co., Limited\nLenoir St. Montreal\nDEALERS IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY\nONE PRICE FROM COAST HI COAST\nV.CTOR RECORDS-HAHE IN CANADA\nLOOK EOR \u2022JUS MASTER'S V0.CS\"\nTRADE MARK\n\"His Master's Voice\" Nelson Dealers\nMASON   &   RISCH,   LIMITED,\nAnnable Blaok Nolson, B.C. Ward Street\nLargest Victor Dealers in Canada\nCOMPLETE   LINE   ALWAYS   ON   HAND\nMASON & RISCH, Ltd.\n\"The Home of the Victrola\"\nANNABLE  BLOCK,  513 WARD  STREET\nNELSON. B.C.\n \u25a0^\u2014\n167\nMONDAY,     FEB.. ,!!!,...(IJI\/.\nTBE  DAILY  NEWS\nPAeETFf\u00abK '\nMining and Markets\n1RAI1 GETS 11,150\nTONS FROM 28 M NES\nI Millie  Mac at Burton  and Burton at\nElko Are New Shippers\u2014Rons-\nland Output Shows Increase\nShipments ot n.lBO   tons   from   28\n\u25a0mines Inst week brought the total re-\nIceipts of Trail smelter for tho first six\n\u25a0weeks of 1917 to 55.811 tons.   Included\n\u25a0In tho week's   shipments   were   over\n^3000 tons  of zinc concentrates, from\n(the Sullivan in East Kootenay and the\nLucky Jim In the Slocan district.   New\n[shippers were the Ruth at Sandon, tho\ntfillte Mac at Burton and the Burton\nfit Elko.\nOre shipments from Rossland are in-\nbreaBlng, the week's output slmwinp a\nbain ol\" about 200 tons over that for\nthe previous seven days. Shipments\nfast week totalled 2543 tons.\nTwo copper furnaces are now being\n[operated and with  the  settlement of\nhe cpal strike in the Crow's Nest it\nIs expected that the smelter will soon\n|>e operating at normal capacity. Output from the company's copper refinery is close to 25 tons dally.   Spelter\nfhlpments run between 20 and 30 tons\n'. day.   The refinery is now in charge\n|f John K. Batcholder, who has succeeded John P. Miller, who is leaving\n|hortly for Australia.\nThe Paradise mine in East. Kooten-\nty shipped 100 tons in the week, bringing its total for the year to date to\nMACHINERY\nBoilers, Engines, Sawmills, Logging\n~?iglnes,  Mining  Machinery,  Railway\nnd Contractors' equipment bought and\nIsold. \u25a0\n\u25a0VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT\nLIMITED.\nVhiiroiiuai*.     R     fl,\nThe   only   publication   of  Its\nI kind ln the world and the only\nr exclusively mining periodical in\n\" !lhe Interior) Northwest fields.\nEdited'by Sidney Norman, an\nold-timer in the Kootenays and\nj) a firm believer In the future of\nBritish Columbia's mines.\nPublished twice a month. Subscription price, ?3 per annum.\nMINING TRUTH\nSPOKANE,  WASH.\n780 tons. It hns 22 teams hauling ore\nfrom tlie mine to the Kootenay Central\nrailway.\nLucky Jim shipped 86 tons, approximately double the tonnage of the fifBt\nweek of February. Standard shipped\n421 tons, bringing its total for the\nyear to date to 1184 tons.\nShipments in detail for the week and\nyear to date were:\nRossland\nCentre Star       706 6,415\nLe  Roi        1,596 11,660\nLe Rol No. 2        241 922\nTotal      2,548 18,997\nEast Kootenay\nSullivan        8,705 16,192\nParadise         160 782\nSt. Eugene   1\u00ab7\nQuantrell     61\nIsaao     68\nLead Queen    44\nBarton          30 30\nTotnl        3,895 17,299\nSlocan   and   Ainsworth\nRuth         37 37\nSovereign      .... 34\nQueen Bess        43 207\nLucky Jim            80 827\nBell     39\nBluebell        226 393\nComfort   51\nGalena Farm   113\nLucky Thought           34 106\nMolly Gibson    42\nNo. 1 Slocnn     33\nOttawa   44\nRambler-Cariboo     77\nSilver Hill    9\nSpokane Trinket    15\nStandard    421 1,184\ntltlca     188\nWonderful     45\nTotal           847 3,735\nBoundary\nEmma       1,255 4,374\nLardeau\nBeatrice           26 65\nLamphere ...;  19\nTotal          26 84\nNelson\nEureka     428\nEmerald       212 923\nCalifornia   27\nSouthern Bolle   3\nTotal   ..'       212 1,381\nOther B. C. Mines\nSilVef Standard         34 133\nIron Mask        45 910\nAlaska     2B\nAberdeen     169\nBlue GroUBe     37\nMountain Chief  61\nQueen  Bess     26\nMillie  Mnn           18 18\nTotal            97 1,378\nUnited States Mines\nUnited Copper          41 1,103\nElectric Point  . ...j....      540 3,703\nAdmiral   '-'\u25a0'\u2022>\nKnob  Hilf    ..-*...-    37$ li*\nDay Republic ...........     328\"'-     494\nLoon Lake           31\nHope           70 300\nWakefield   \u00ab\nKuhnert  12\nHigh   Grade            02 152\nHercules       557 590\nTotal        2.004 S.15S\nOntario Mines\nTip  Top            25S 365\nAlberta Mines\nEldon            13 40\nThe Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.\nol Canada, Limited\nOffices, Smelting and Refining Department\nTRAIL,  BRITISH  COLUMBIA\nSMELTERS AND REFINERS\nPurchasers ol Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Ores\nTRAIL  BRAND  PIG  LEAD,  BLUESTONE  AND  SPELTER\nKusa Spelter Company\nPurchasers of All Classes of Zlno Ores and Concentrate!\nNewton W. Emmons, Representative\nCREDIT  PONCIER   BUILDING VANCOUVER,  B.  C.\nTHE NELSON IRONWORKS, Limited\nPARTIAL   LIST   OF   SECONDHAND   MACHINERY   FOR   8ALE\nOne Lot 8-in. Standard W.l Pipe.\nOne 16 x 8 x 16 Knowles Sinking\nPump.\nOne 7 x 10 Blake Crusher.\nOne Five-Ton Chain Block.\nOne Small  Assayer's Crusher.\nOne Small Gates Crusher.\nTwo Large Gyratory Crusher*.\nOne Hydraulic Elevator.\nOne 6 x 24 Surfacer and Matoher.\nOne 86-ln. x 48-in. Vertical Boiler.\nOne 20-h.p. Vertical Boiler.\nOne 100-h.p. CorllsB Engine.\nOne 100-h.p. Ball Engine.\nOne 5 x 7 Vertical Engine.\nOne 20-h.p. Fairbanks Oil Engine.\nOne 8 x 10 Link Motion Hoist.\nOne 6-h.p. Fairbanks Motor,\nOne Buffalo Forge Co. Fan.\n.One 45 K.W. Generator, D. O.\nI*-\u2014-\nNINES AND SMELTERS\nIN8URE   CONSTANT   PRODUCTION   BY   USING\nTHE BEST BABBITT METALS MADE\nACTUAL   WORKING   TESTS   HAVE   8HOWN!\nRuns eool at 8600 R.P.M., withstanding pressure of 5300 lbs. to square\ninch.\nRuns cool at 3600 R.P.M., showing\nno compression under pressure of\n18,000 lbs. to square inoh.\nRuns oool at all slower speeds, regardless of enormous pressure. Bearings of this metal under oonstant\nservice at 650 R.P.M. are giving one\nuser an average of 14 months' wear\nunder the tremendous pressure of\n186,000 lbs.\nAll  of These  Grades Are -Guarantied   to  Give   LONGER  SERVICE\nThan Any Other Brands at Approximately the Same Prices\n\"MADE   IN   B.  C.\"  BY\nGREAT WESTERN SMELTING & REFINING CO.\nVANCOUVER,   B.   C,   BRANCH\n(The Largest Whits Metal Concern In the World.)\n\"XXXX Nickel\"\n\"Copper Hardened\"\n\"Special No.\n1 Railroad\"\nIB SIS MB\n$5000 PER CARLOAD\nPreliminary .Settlement For Two Care\nFrom Eighth Level Amounts to\n$9,984.\nTho Ham'-bler- Carl boo company ts in\nreceipt of checks for $9,984 from the\nConsolidated company at Trail aa the\npreliminary payment on two carloads\nof ore and will receive more on tho\nsame lots with the final settlement,\naccording to an official. Ono lot had\nthe highest content of load und silver\nof any shipped In several years. Both\nlots came^from the eighth level.\nThirty-five tona of crude ore contained 172 ounces of silver to the ton\nand 55 per cent lead. Forty-one tons\nof concentrates had an average content of 110 ounces of Bllver to the ton\nand 38 per cent lead. The silver In\nthe lesser lot was settled for on a basis\nof 74 cents an ounre and that in the\ngreater lot on a basis of 77 cents. An\naddition of $370 on the two lots is expected from the recent advance in the\nprice of silver. With the 10 per cent\nwithheld for filial settlement the company will receive a total of $11,353 for\ntho two lots, It is calculated.\nShipments have been interrupted by\nsnowslldes, usual at this period, but a\nresumption is expected at no remote\nday. There has been no Interruption\nof operations. The slides were large.\nThey are crossed for three-quarters of\na mile in bringing provisions by hon\nto the mine.\nPOORMAN STRIKE\nINTERESTS NORMAN\nEditor    of    Spokane    Mining    Truth\nComes to Investigate Discovery\nof Rich Ore at Depth\nAttracted by news of tho striking 6F\nore at depth in the Hardscrabble vein\nof the Granite-Poorman mine near\nNelson, Sidney Norman, editor\nSpokane Mining Truth, reached the\ncity Saturday and yesterday was taken\nover the property by F. IT. Skeelw\nsuperintendent. Mr. Norman, who was\naccompanied by Mrs. Norman, registered at the Hume, and will leave for\nhome this morning.\nDrifts have been carried on the vein\nfor approximately 50 feet since It was\nstruck 200 feet betow the bottom of\nthe Hardscrabble winze. Drifting is\nbeing carried on In both directions, a\ntotal of about 8 feet being made each\nday.\n\"I am here to look over the recent\nstrike at the Granite-Poorman property of the Kootenay Gold Exploration company, on behalf of New York\nfriends. It my preliminary investigation agrees with reports that have\nreached Spokane, they will follow with\ncomplete examination by their own\nengineers. There is probability that\nyie property will bo strongly financed\nthrough these people,\" snid Mr. Norman hist night.\nUTICA STOCK EASES\nRambler and Slooan Star Unchanged\non Spokane  Market\u2014Caledonia\nand Hypotheek Gain.\nRambler and Slocan Star stock was\nunchanged on Spokune market on Saturday. Utica cased off a fraction,\nCaledonia, Hypotheek and Snowstorm\ngained halt' a point. Standard dropped\n5 points, and Electric Point 2%.\n' Spokane Closing Quotations\n-(Reported by C. \\V. Appleyard)\nHid     Asked\nLucky Jim  Oft-Vfc       09Vi\nCaledonia    57 58\nRambler      19 21\nStandard    fiO 80\nSlocun Star   23Vt       23^\nUtlca    14%       14%\n'Hypotheek  11 11%\nSnowstorm   66 65 \u2022&\nMeQillivruy    15\nElectric  Point   CO 70\nTRAIL MAN TO INSTAL\nINVENTION IN AUSTRALIA\nWednesday John F. Miller, formerly\nrefinery superintendent of the Consolidated company, was a visitor hero,\nshowing S. E. Fraser and P. J. Wnlsh\nthrough the plant, says the Trail\nNews. Mr. Miller will leave next\nmonth for Melbourne, Australia, where\nho will be located for some time, starting seme of his lead-casting machines\nfor the broken Hill Proprietary Smelters, limited. The other gentlemen arc\nIn the same line of effort In Australia,\nand are making: the rounds of the American and Cstuadian refineries, leaving\nTrail direct fnr Now York.\nThe lend casting machine of which\nMr. Miller is the inventor, and which\nis in operation at tho lead refinery of\nthe Consolidated company, is unitiue in\nIts line for the reason that It Is an\nImprovement on all other methods for\ncasting load, doing away with skimming and trimming of the lend. The\nmolten metnl runs into the machine\nfrom tho bottom of tho pot, there thusi\nbeing no chunoo to oxidize, Severnl\nof tho machines will bo Installed in\ntho refining works in the Antipodes,\nand Mr. Miller expects to be there for\nseveral months.\nTRADING STRONGER\nNEW YORK EXCHANGE\nIndustrials Rise 1 to 4 Points\u2014Cop*\npers  and  Equipments  Make  a\nSimilar Advance\nNEW YORK, Peb. 17.\u2014All branches\nof the Btock list reflected full confidence during today's brief period of\ntrading, dealings being on a larger and\nbroader scale than any previous day of\nthe week. Under the lead of United\nStates Steel, Industrials rose 1 to 4\npoints, marked strength being manifested by Lackawanna Steel and Republic Iron. Coppers and Equipments\nadvanced as much, the entire metal\ngroup being materially strengthened\nby unconfirmed reports of the sale of\na moderate amount of spot copper at\nthe unprecedented price of 37 cents a\npound.\nShipping shares were the most active features next to Steel nnd Iron\nshares at average trains of 2 points.\nCentral Leather, Baldwin Locomotive,\nIndustrial Alcohol and Natlonnl K\"\"--*-\nelling were in steady demand, rising\n1 to 2 points with A% for New York\nAir Broke, Canadian pacific and Union Pacific fentured the seasoned rails,\nand New Haven threw off some of its\nrecent depression. Flnnl prices were\nslightly under top levels, but tho close\nwas active and strong.\nTrading in bonds was light with an\nIrregular tone, except in Internationals\nwhich showed slight Imm-ovoment. Total snles, par value, ?1,720,000.\nClosing Prices\nAmerican Zinc   36 VI\nAnaconda  .\u201e *   76%\nButte and Sup  46.\nColo. Iron   45\nChino     54%\nChile     22%\nGranby    85\nCan. Pac ....153%\nInt.  Nickel   44%\nInspiration   5-6%\nKonn Copper  43%\nU. S. Steel   106%\nU. H. Steel, pfd 117%\nUtah  Copper    100%\nCurb  Market\nCan. Copper 1% asked.\nStandard Silver-Lend l% asked.\n\u2022 Mldvnle,  54%  asked.\nSELL COPPER\nICES\nAT\nSINCE 1872\nRed   Metal  Changes   Hands   at   36*72\nCent a Pound\u2014Only Small Quantity\nAvailable for Early Months.\nNEW YORK, Feb. IS.\u2014Now high\nprices have just been paid for electrolytic, copper in sales at 36% cents a\npound. Terms of sale call for delivery in February and March. The price\nIs tho highest since 1872, when copper\nsold at 44 cents. This business was\ndone by producing interests with domestic consumers who were short of\nfull requirements.\nNot only have the nearby positions\nmoved upward in price, but quotations\nfor deliveries throughout the first half\nof the year have advanced to1 levels not\nheretofore attained. For second quarter delivery producers ask 34 cents a\npound, while for shipments in next\nJuly they ask 32 cents. The current\ndemand, chieriy from domestic consumers, can be -supplied only in small\nquantities, especially if coppor Is needed before April. Beyond that month\nsales have been made In quantities\nranging from 500,000 to ' 1,000,000\npounds.\nMILLIE HACK MINE\nSHIPS SILVER-HAD\n22 Tons Sent to Trail Smelter\u2014Result\nof Just Month's Work by\nTwo Men\nNAKUSP, B. C\u201e Peb. 16.\u2014Clarke\nMarshall of Burton City was in town\nthis week, Mr. Marshall has charge\nof the Millie Mack mine near Burton\nowned by H. E. Forster, ex-M.P.P. and\nhas just shipped 22 tons of high grade\nsilver-lead ore to the Trail smelter.\nThis shipment is expected to realize\n$250 per ton, while picked samples go\nas high as 5,000 ounces. It carries $40\nIn gold. Tho shipment is the result of\nonly one month's mining by two mon.\nTho level Is in nearly 800 feet and It\nla said, thero is another 100 tons actually ln sight. Tho property lies 14\nmiles from Burton at an elevation of\nnearly #,500 feet above sea level.\nSTARKEY AND MORRISON GO\nTO SPOKANE MINING MEETING\nProd A. Starkey, secrotary of th*\nNetson-Slocan and Eastern British Columbia Mining club, and Dr. F. B.\nMorrison will leave this morning for\nSpokane to attend the northwest mining convention which opens today.\nSTOCKS\nWILL BUY\n1000 Star 231\/4\n1000 Humbler    19%\n2000 Iiuoky Jim   09\nWILL SELL\n600 Standard  72\n2000 Rambler  < 20'\/j\n5000 Jim    .09i\/s\nTelegraphic    Quotations    Rsosived\nDaily.\nC\u00a3W. APPLEYARD\nPhono 444 SOS Baker St.\nCONVENTION HERE\nSidney   Norman   Thinks   Big   Crowd\nWould Come in Spring\u2014Predicts\nRecord Year for Industry\nThat Nelson should arrange for\nbig mining convention to take place\nnext May is the suggestion of Sidney\nNorman, Spokane mining man and\neditor of Mining Truth, who was at\nthe Hume lust night. If the conven\ntlon were arranged, Mr. Normnn stated\nthat he believed from 75 to 100 dele\ngates would attend from Spokane.\nHo considers It advisable for such\nB convention to lie held in the spring,\nrather than later in the year, when\nmining activity keeps mining men In\nthe hills. v m\nIt is Mr. Norman's Idea that the\ninitiation of the convention should\ncome from the Nelson-Slocnn and\nEastern British Columbia Mining\nMen's club.\n\"l believe a convention of this kind,\nif held at the right time of the year,\nwould attract a large crowd and thnt\nit would draw attention to the mineral\nwealth of this district and bring about\na still better understanding between\nthe capitalists on tlie American side\nand the people of British Columbia,\"\nsaid Mr. Norman.\nl'\"red A. Starkey, secretary of the\n(.astern British Columbia mining\nmen's dub, gave the proposal his\nhearty approval when asked about it\nlust night. Ho said that he was confident that, with the coopcrntlon of\nMr. Norman and other Spokane\nfriends of this country, thero would\nbe no difficulty In making a convention a great success.\nMr. Norman looks forward to 1!)17\nas the most prosperous year In the\nhistory of the Industry in tho interior\nof British Columbia.\n\"Record metal prices are attracting\ngeneral attention to the mines of West\nKootenay and I predict the most prosperous year in Its mining history,\" he\nsaid. \"In auguration of milling operations at the Slooan Star nnd Florence\nSilver, the splendid record quietly\nmade by Utlca, development of high-\ngrade ore at depth at Grnnlte-Poor-\nman and belief thul internal troubles\nof Lucky Jim arc hearing an end are\nfactors which have contributed to\npresent widespread Inquiry. I sincerely hope that no excessive tasa*1\nHon or international Jealousy will\narlso lo prevent full realization of\npromised prosperity. High taxation\nmight kill the goose of the golden egg\nat a time when the British Empire\nneeds metals as never before. 1 believe tho people of the Interior of\nBritish Coluinbin and eastern Washington thoroughly understand each\nother, but a few individuals and publications nre evidently bent upon stirring up Jealousy. As I sou it, mining\ncapltul must come ln large measure\nfrom the United Stales\", so. long tut\nCanada does her part In the great war\nas unselfishly and brilliantly as she\nhas in the past. Capital knows no\nnativity. If loyal Canadians fear war\nuse of home metals against tho Empire, it seems to me that export dutlos\nAnd homo refining facilities would\nmeet tho situation fully. I speak as\nono of British birth and United Stat.cn\nadoption and also ns an old-tlmor of\nWest Kootenay, which I love.\n\"Spokane is expecting a large delegation of Kootenay mining men to the\nannual northwest convention, which\nbegins on Monday, It will be tho\nlargest withering In the history ot the\nevent,\" said Mr. Norman. \"Among\nthose who will attend aro D. A. Lyon,\nln charge of tho Seattle station or the\nUnited States bureau of mines; James\nP. Callbreath, secretary of tho American mining congress; Dr. Henry Muce\nPajtoe, consulting engineer to the Russian government; Washington State\nMineralogist Landes and other Well-\nknown men. Exhibits will lie larger\nthun evor and there will be no repetition of the unfortunate customs tangle\nthat tied up British Columbia consignments last year,\nSLOCAN STAR MILL\nIS NOW OPERATING\nOperation of tho remodelled mill of\nthe Slocan Star Mines, limited, was\nbegun Wednesday night last. It was\npreceded by three days of exercising\nand adjustment.\nTwo shifts have been employed and\nthe third wilt be engaged as soon as\nthe plant seems to be entirely tuned\nfor a continuous performance. Ore\nwas received at tho beginning, and will\nbe received at capacity in the course\nof a few weeks.\nTho shipment of concentrates is expected to begin within a week. Preliminary test of the ore, which concentrates at the ratio of five into one,\nencourages expectation of a product\ncontaining 70 per cent load and 90\nounces of silver to the ton, according\nto an official calculation. The zinc\nconcentrate is expected to have a metallic of 40 per cent.\nThe ore body struck In the Silversmith vein recently has been followed\n45 feet. Its width is 8 feet throughout tho greater part of this distance\nand at the face. The quality has undergone improvement in the course of\nthe advance. Superintendent White\nregards the ore as a high grade of mill\nfeed.\n(Additional Market News on Page 6.)\nTHAT HELPED HER\n\"Fruit-a-tives Again Proves Its\nExtraordinary Powers\nRochon, Qui.', March 2nd, 1915.\n\"I have received the most wonderful\nbenefit from taking \"Froit-n-tives\".\nI suffered for years from RheunMism\nand change of life, and I took every\nremedy obtainable without results. I\ntried \"Fruit-a-tlves\" and it was the\nonly medicine that really did me good.\nNow I am entirely well \u2014tho Rheumatism has disappeared, and the terrible pains in my body are all gone. I\nhope that others, who suffer from such\ndistressing diseases, will try \"Fruit-a-\ntives\".    Madame ISAIE ROCHON.\n50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25c.\nAt all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-\na-tives Limited, Ottawa.\nSILVER REPLACES\nHOARDED GOLD\nUnited   States   Exported   Many    Million Dollars' Worth for Coinage\nPurposes for Past Year.\nOn January 1. 1916, silver was\nquoted at 55% in New York. On December 31 the quotation was 75*%, a\ngain during the year of 20V\u00ab cents an\nounce. The high point reached during 191G was 77V'i cents, nnd during\nInst month the price fluctuated between 75 and 77 cents. There was\nexported during 191(1 from New York\n\u00a750,3-18,000, and from San Francisco\n$12,070,000, making a total'of $68,427,-\n000, the ultimate destination of a\ngreat pan of this amouat being India.\nTbe rise in the price of silver is\ncaused by tlie demand for coinage in\nthe countries In which gold has disappeared from circulation. This demand mast continue and perhaps increase until tho great commercial\nnations return to a gold basis. The\nincreased price has greatly stimulated\nproduction nnd dealers in tlie metal\nwould give much to know whether\npresent or higher prices will continue\nin the face of possible Increased supplies.\n1'nlted Slates exports of silver during 1916 Included: To England, $53.-\n420.000; China, $\u00ab,li27,C0O; Hong Kong,\n$;t,16\u00bb,000. The increased price of\nsilver affects American trade with\nsilver using countries In ways whicli\nunder ordinary conditions would be\nvery disturbing, it tends to stimulate exports to those countries, and\nrestricts imports, or, as the shipping\nman -setts it, to make for full cargoes\noutward from the United States and\nlight return cargoes. This natural\ntendency, however, Is In part offset\nby tlie same abnormal conditions.\nlTaited States must have rubber, for\nexample, and will have silk and tea.\nA better example is beans, of which\nthe United States has been importing\nsubstantial quantities from Manchuria, but might have imported more bad\nsilver remained at the price which it\nstood ill a yenr ago.\nExcursion\nFares\nTo Spokane, Wash.\nVIA SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY\nACCOUNT\nNorthwest Mining\nAssociation Meeting\nTICKETS   ON   SALE\nFeb. 15 to 21\nRETURN    LIMIT\nFeb. 27\nTickets from Agents or Pursers\nJ. S. CARTER, District Passenger Agent, Nelson, B. C.\nThere's Money In\nYour Stump Land\nFIRST pull out the stumps, then pull out the profits. Change\nyour barren stump lands into cultivated fields. Stop paying taxes on worthless k*.nd. Clear it; do it the quickest, easiest\nand cheapest way. Get the money from under yourstumpswith\u00ab\nIflV-wiin    One Man\nf\\ \" \u00ab*m C4 puner\nIt gives you a giant's power.   No stump is bi*g\nenough, no root deep enough, to resist it Horses\nare unnecessary. Your money back unless tha\nKirstin pulls stumps from your land.\nTen days' trial.\nSend for Big,\nFree Catalog\nSee the pictures of stumps it has pulled; read the let*\nters from the farmers who have bought Kirstins.    ,\nLearn how the Kirstin Free Service gives all the   \/*\ninformation you need about land clearing*   Don't   ..*\nt>U7 a puller until you see this boq)c ,.** Na\nA.   J.   KIRSTIN   CANADIAN   CO.,\n8825   Dennis   Street, ,.'* T\nSAULT   STE.   MARIE,   ONT.\nKOI\nKirstin,\n8825Dennis\nSt., Sault\nSte.Marie.Ont.\n,*'   Plri.*t tend tneyour\n**'    Pre*  Book  oa  Land\nClearing.\nI! F.D. or P.O. Bo*..\nggBmjffimBCTMmgmai!^\nAfter ihe War-What?\nWhen the war is over, what then? Are\nthere good times or hard times in store for\nus? Will the era of high prices continue,\nwith steady work for all, or will we\nexperience a setback that will keep us\npoor for years?\nThe answer to that question is very largely in our own hands. It\ndepends on us Canadians\u2014not on the few in high places, but on every\none of us.\nEvery year we are importing hundreds of millions of dollars worth\nof goods, much of which could be produced just as well in Canada.\nSuppose they were produced here. Think of the number of work-\nmen who would be employed. Think of what it would mean in wages,\n\u2022nd money kept in circulation. Think of what it would mean to our\nfarmers, to our shopkeepers\u2014-to our builders, to everybody.\nThink of what it would mean to you.\nThey can be produced here, they will be produced here, if you\nJust stop and think every time you make a purchase.\nThink, say and see that you get\n\"MADE IN CANADA\"\n\u00bb<\u00bb\n ' *\u00bbAQE f\u00bbUR\nTHE  DAILY NEWS\nMONDAY,     FEB.     18,     1J17.   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Delivered: 60 cents per\nmonth, $8.00 for six months, IR.00 pet\nfear, payable In advance.\nMONDAY,     FEB.    19,    1917.\nWOMEN  SHOW THEIR  INTEREST\nIN PUBLIC AFFAIRS\nThe large and representative attendance of women nt the meeting on\nSaturday, which was called by the\nConservative association to make arrangements for the registration of\nwpmen electors, was most gratifying.\nWomen In British Columbia at the\nnext election will have a voice equal\nto, If not greater than, that of the\nmen. The qualifications to mnkc\nthem eligible to go on the voters list\nart; identical in effect. Even without\nthe vote women have always possessed\na great Influence in elections. With\n$,0 vote their power will lie infinitely\ngreater. The value of their exercise\nof that power will depend to a large\nextent, us in the case of the men, upon\nthe Interest they take in public affairs.\nSaturday's meeting Is evidence thai\nthey will display a lively interest\nwhich will have a marked effect upon\nBritish Columbia's futuro progress\napd welfare.\nDr. W. O. Rose's proposal to urge\nthe government at Victoria to make\nappointments of women commissioners\nfor taking affidavits for registration\npurposes is excellent and the government at Victoria should certainly put\nIt Into effect. Everything possible\nshould be done toward securing a\ncomplete registration of the new electorate which the men, by an overwhelming majority, have cordially\nwelcomed Into the ranks of the voters\nof British Columbia.\n18   DOING    GOOD   WORK   ALONG\nPRACTICAL LINES.\nCanada's committee on scientific and\nIndustrial research, which was appointed recently by the Dominion government, is directing its energies along\nessentially practical lines. Its work\nwill be of the greatest value to Canada\nfrom an economic and Industrial viewpoint.\nEven before the war, there wero\nsigns that the industries and businesses of this country were greatly in\nneed of scientific assistance. People\nWere beginning to realize that tho\nchemist, the electrician, the engineer,\ncould accomplish great things toward\nefficiency and economy in production\nand toward utilizing wasted byproducts and neglected resources.\nThe committee has arrived at some\neminently practical conclusions which\nit proposes should immediately lie\ntranslated into action. Hecomiizlng\nthe fact that tlie need for commercial\nand business scientists in the future\nmust be prepared for, it recommends\nthe establishment of university scholarships for young men who show them-\nselves especially apt in scientific industrial research. Provision will be\nmade for practical training of such\nmen after they have finished their\ntechnical studies. *\nIn addition research bureaus are to\nbe established in tlie chief industrial\ncentres, equipped with laboratories and\ntechnical Htaffs, and two specific projects aro to be undertaken at once. They\narc the utilization for fuel of lOWgrado\nlignite roal and the conservation of\neastern forests.\nThe committee is doing good work\nand should he encouraged to continue\nits labors without Intermission.\nSHOULD ARRANGE FOR MINING\nCONVENTION HERE\nSteps should bo taken lo carry out\nSidney Norman's suggestion of an Internationa] mining convention at Nelson In the spring.\nKootenay- Boundary's undeveloped\nmineral resources are so great that It\nmust be many years before the need\nfor capital is anything like filled. And\nWith the United -States possessed of\nmore surplus money for investment\nthan at any timo in Its past history,\nwith high metal prices and tlie successful npplicution of profitable new\nmethods for the treatment of low grade\nor complex ores, tho conditions for\nattracting new capital to British Columbia aro exceptionally favorable.\nMr. Norman speaks of a delegation\nof 76 or 100 mining men from south\nOf the line if tho convention were hold.\nIf only half that number attended and\nlearned something more of the possibilities in this country for the profit-\nablo investment of capital, the time,\nenergy and money consumed in arranging for the convention would lie\nas good an investment us the people\nof Nelson could make at this time.\nTHt \"'\nmatter, but one of the most significant\nHems ln last night's Associated Press\ndespatches is that concerning the picture postcards of which German prisoners, captured In Saturday's advance\non tho western front, had so many.\nNearly all the cards portrayed the\nhomecoming of German soldiers from\nthe war,\nCould any more striking illustration\nof tho war-sickness of the German\npeople bo desired? Their minds are\nno longer centered on \"world power;1;\nthe mass of the German people are\nhoping nnd praying for peace.\nIt is not to be supposed that they\nwill havo their wish for many months.\nThe Hohenzollern - militarist - Junker\nrulers will fight to the death, not for\nGermany, but in a vain hope of averting the disgrace of defeat which will\ninvolve their own downfall. As\nSpeaker Lowther of the British commons said yesterday, the entente can\nafford to make peace only with a German government different In essence\nand constitution from that now In\ncontrol. The kaiser element knows\nthis. Perhaps the German people are\nbeginning to understand it also. Not\nuntil their armies have been decisively\ncrushed, however, are they likely to\narise in their strength and give their\ncountry a democratic government\nwhich will make for the future peace\nof the world.\n\"Watchful waiting\" in the United\nStates seems now to be accompanied\nby pretty active preparations for war\nwith Germany.\nIt is true that in tho United Stales\nonly congress can declare war, but the\npresident has the power to mnke war\nand then go to congress and ask the\nlegislators what they are going to do\nabout it.\nThe price set for potatoes in Great\nBritain up to the end of March is\n$52.50 a ton and after that date $57.50\na ton. When it is considered that this\nis for the long ton of 2240 pounds, the\nprice Is not so high after all. It Is\nnot very much above the Canadian\nretail price today.\nGermany since the war began lias\nlost 988,320 in killed and died of\nwounds or disease. Its total losses are\nover 4,000,000. The latter figures include slightly wounded who have returned to the trenches, but they also\nIncludo probably 1,500,000 Hated as\nprisoners or missing, which would\nmake Germany's net losses about\n2,500,000\u2014a total approximately equal\nto the official \"field strength\" of, the\nkaiser's army when the war began.\nTurkey has a nice, easy way of describing its defeats on the Tigris\nfronts. In one case It says \"our positions were evacuated to prevent needless losses\" and in another case it reports a \"slight backward movement to\navoid unnecessary casualties.\" In a\nfew days it will probably announce\nthat tlie 10BB Turks wfm were captured\nwithin the past two or three days surrendered \"to avoid unnecessary bloodshed.\"\n1 WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING J\nThat's the Idea\nThe   only   way   to   break   Germany's\nback  is  to  break  Germany's  front,  is\nabout the way Sir Douglas Haig puts\nit in an interview.\u2014Calgary Herald.\nMore  Than   She   Promised\nTherefore, do not let us forget that\nif we have been able to hold out, to\npersist in the struggle, to organize our\nforces, to subject our adversary to tho\nwearing down process which our headquarters staff regard as the surest\nmeans of success, it is to England that\nwe owe. success. Let us honor England\nns the faithful, suro, loyal ally, who\nhas alwnys given more than she promised. Let us never forget that her\npromised friendship has never permitted an occasion to pass without rendering homage to French valor. Lei\nus do the same.\u2014Le Journal de Paris.\nA Trifle Changed.\nTwo years ago Max Harden, the Ablest German journnllst, was talking\ncopiously nhout the practical results\nof the great war which would Include\nmighty German empire extending\nfrom Antwerp to the Persian gulf.\nHow different is his talk now! \"if til\nwe gain in this war,\" he said, in a recent lecture at Munich, \"Is a higher\nappreciation by tlie world of our ability und of our strength tn hold our\nown, we shall have gained a tremendous victory.\" Max's ideas of what\nconstitutes \"a tremendous victory\"\nhaVe undergone a marked change-\nHamilton Herald.\nARRIVAL\n\u2022TORY   OF   THE\nPOSTCARDS\nPICTURE\nAfter a march of 14 miles along the\ncobbled roads\u2014cruel roads to unaccustomed feet\u2014they trooped into the\nfarmhouse kitchen, very weary men. It\nwas their first billet in France. The\nprevious night they had spent in mil-\nway trucks on their leisurely journey\nfrom the base. Twenty-four hours the\nJourney had lasted, and with 35 men\nand equipments In each truck there\nhad ibeen no chance of lying down, little ehanco even of moving. They had\nwatched the sun rise from the truck\nwindows, had welcomed it gladly alter\ntho crumped jolting hours of darkness;\nand all day long they had ambled patiently through rural France, cheered\nsometimes by groups of children, waved to by workers in the fields, saluted\nwith affable smiles by elderly French\nsentries along the railroad. It had all\nbeen new, a prelude to the exciting\nexperiences that lay before thom, but\nit had grown irksome.\nThe pleasant French country had\nseemed very much like their own pleasant English country. The little towns\nwere different, tho stations, the signs\nund names over the shops. But those'\nrolling hills and tufts of woodland,\nthose meadows and cornlands were of\na piece with home. The friendly folks\nin the fields struck a foreign note.\nThey had not beforo seen the bearded\nold peasants in blue smocks, nor those\nkerchiefed, incredibly wrinkled old women who plied tho hoe.\nAt ane place a friendly citizen, incomprehensible of speech, but obviously full of good wishes, had handed up\nto them somo bottles of red wine. They\nhad drunk his health enthusiastically\nin the unfnmlllar beverage and had\npronounced it very good\u2014some of\ntliein with mental reservations.\nAt the end, after they had tumbled\nout of the train and stretched their\nstiffened limbs, had come the march\u2014\nthe toilsome inarch over those interminable straight roads. And when the\ndestination was reached the billets\nwero not ready. It. was near midnight.\nBilleting parties knocked up the sleeping village and a house to house visitation began, In the meantime, weary\nmen flung themselves down ity their\npacks in the roadway and slept, too\nweary even to grumble or to speculate\nabout their surroundings.\n\u2022    *    *    *\nIt was warm in the farm kitchen.\nMadamo had mado up a glowing fire\nand a Bcore of men had grouped themselves as near to it as they could. A\nsaucepan and half a dozen mess tins\nstood on the stove. The inevitable\ncoffee waa preparing and the equally\nInevitable tea. Already the linguists\nhad asserted themselves, explaining to\nmndnme how they had inarched, these\nmany terrible miles. After a drink of\nsomething hot and just a crumb of\nbiscuit they would get to bed, to tho\nstraw. They were infinitely tired.\nThey hoped they were not inconveniencing madamo, Madame was extraordinarily kind. One after another, as\nthey found confidence, they Joined in\ntlie talk with madnme and her two\ndaughters, tentatively venturing their\nuncertain French.\nA miracle of comprehension was\nmadame. But no. Trouble was not lo\nbe spoken of. Were they not soldiers,\nand comrades? Her son was a soldier\ntoo, very far away now; and her\ndaughter's husband.\nA grave woman, madame, and grave\nwomen her two daughters, full of the\nstillness, resignation, courage, that the\nEnglishmen ln the coming months\nwere to learn to associate with all the\nwomen of France, upon whom the\nshadow of war had already fallen\ndarkly\u2014grave, yet full of smiles for\nthe English soldiers, and full also of\nservice.\nThe coffee was ready now and the\ntea. Tho tired men drank It thirstily.\nNever had drink seemed so good.\nA sense of warmth, a feeling of utter\ndrowsiness descended upon the kitchen. Men forgot to talk and sipped\nlanguidly. Dreams of bed possessed\nthem, of the luxury of lying down full\nlength, of shutting eyes with tho disagreeable necessity of opening them\nagain.\nThe corporal roused them and they\nclattered out into tiie yard, where,\nwith a candle lantern madame showed\nthem their barn. Here was straw that\nmight be pulled down. Let thom not\nstint themselves of straw. The nights\nwere still cold; and the moon showed\nrrostily in a sky that glittered with\nstars like points of ice.\nTheir last feeling that night wns of\nthe deep luxury of clean straw; of the\nrustling darkness of tlie barn; and last\nof nil, perhaps, that they had at last\narrived.   They were in France.\nA NATIONAL PRESS SERVICE\nil\nTHE   WEATHER\nMln.\nNelion       28\nDawson     -20\nVictoria       ,12\nEdmonton     -20\nPrince   Albert     -30\nMoose  Jaw     -24\nWinnipeg    -24\nParry  Sound    10\nToronto         7\nOttawa         0\nQuebec      6\nPrince Rupert     28\nVancouvor      32\nHattloford     -30\nMedicine Hat  12\nSaskatoon     -31\nPort Arthur    -22\nLondon        13\nKingston        10\nMontreal         6\nHalifax       20\nMax.\n33\n-10\n38\n0\nThe government Is wise in appropriating $50,000 for a national press service. The chief object Is to provide\nleased Wires for tlie conveyance of de-\nleased wires for the conveyance of\ndespatches between the older and the\nnewer provinces. At best this is a difficult country In which to publish\nnewspapers. We have a territory as\nlarge as thut of the United Stntes with\nfew populous centres and a population\nof only 8,000,000, We have a compact\nFrench population In Quebec, among\nwhom English newspapers do not\nlargely circulate, just as French newspapers have no great constituency in\ntho English provinces. There Is also\na great gap between eastern Canada\nand the west, over which news must\nbe carried. Distance means high\ncharges and these charges greatly restrict the exchange of news between\nthe eastern and western sections of\nCanada.\nAs a result, in the west as in the\neast, the newspapers depend upon American services with more or less of\nAmerican color. It muy lie that there\nis little deliberate coloring, but unquestionably news services of American origin will provide news of American flavor. It is not necessary lo\nattack these services, since Cunadian\nnewspapers have better and fuller\nworld despatches because of our partnership in these agencies. But whatever precautions may be taken, a news\ncollecting organization which serves\n100,010,000 in the United States- and\n8,000,000 people In Cannda is certain\nto consider the Rreator population.\nWe hud a curious instunce of this\ntendency a few days ago. A despntch\nannouncing the centenary of the Edinburgh Scotsman emphnslzod as \" of\nchief slgnificnnce the fact that the\nfirst issue had published President's\nMonroe's message, out of which came\ntlie Monroe doctrine. Many Cnnadiun\nnewspapers receive special despatches\ndirect from Great Britain and wc have\nbesides a special cable service to which\ntho government contributes an annual\nsubsidy. Many Canadian newspapers\nilso clip freely from British exchanges.\nUltimately, no doubt, we will havo an\nimperial  news-collecting agency cov-\nring tiie dominion;; and the mother\ncountry, with customers In alt the\ngreat American  centres.    But that  is\nn the future, In tlie meantime ail we\ncan do is to assure a freer exchange\nof news between tlie Canadian provinces from Halifax to Victoria.\nIt will lie difficult to have community of Interest, or to develop a\ncommon national sentiment unless we\nknow tlie temper of all the provinces,\nhave free circulation of news and opinions, nnd full expression of all the\nphases of feeling throughout Canada.\nThus In subsidizing a national press\nservice the government will greatly as\nslst in unifying and consolidating tho\nDominion. The advantages of this\nsubsidy will go to the public. The ap\npropriatlon will mean better and fuller\ndespatches. But newspapers know by\nlong experience that newspapers In\nproportion as news services are im\nproved the cost of producing newspapers is increased.\u2014Toronto News.\nwill find means    to convoy    enough\nsupplies to avert that danger.\nIf the United States navy enters the\nwar there will bo ships and to spare\nfor the purpose. Even without the\nUnited States navy Britain and her allies, one would suppose, have ships\nenough to stave off starvation. It does\nnot seem as If ruChlessncss were such\nan infallibly sure road to success as\nto be worth all Its employment will\ncost.\u2014New York Times.\nAnnouncement was made    by    the\nBuffalo, Rochester &  Pittsburg road\nof the appointment of R A. Bollopue\nof Pittsburg to the position of Cann\nOnly a few Uqm are \u00abevot*d to the dian agent of that rood in Toronto.\nt THE  MICHAEL CLARK\nI LIBERALISM\n*L ******    *    -A-*aAAshA-*asfr AAA,*   tl   *   *j\nn\u00bb T W W W'W W^ \u25bc -F W \u25bc W^W WW W W W \u25bc \u25bc W\nLiberals of the Michael Clark type\nare probably in the majority in Canada. Tbe eloquent member from Rod\nDeer Is in no sense a recreant to the\nprinciples which ho hns advocated for\nmnny years. But he takes the view\nthat this is not the time for petty poll-\ntics, but is the time for whole-souled\neffort for one purpose\u2014the winning of\ntho wnr. He is not nn admirer of party partizuns, and hi a recent speech\nbefore the Toronto Cnnndinn club, he\nsuld.\n\"Canada has done well. Some\npeople think that she has shown\nsome little signs of faltering. It\nis true we heard nn echo lately,\nwiiich was only an echo, and died\naway as such things deservedly\ndo.\n\"The question was asked somewhere\u2014and l am sorry that a\nquestion should have been asked:\n'Are we going to bunkrupt ourselves for Engtand?' I know I am\non dangerous ground, 1 can't help\nit. I.hnve a habit of paying what\nI think. That question did not\narouse such indignation in my\nmind as pity\u2014pity that any young\nCanadian should have so failed to\ngrasp the magnitude of the issue,\nnnd pity in the Becond place that\nany young Canadian should have\ngone over the history in this war,\nand her history of other days, and\nfall to realize that Britain Is going\nnear the verge of bankruptcy for\nthe world's freedom.\"\nTo the political pessimists he addresses tlie following remark, and It\napplies to certain members of both\nparties:\n\"Thero are grouchers and grumblers\u2014yes, there are profiteers\nand political partisans, and I like\nto send tbe whole four groups\nsomewhere, where they were not\nso likely to lie run ovor by steam\nengines as they would be were\nthey at the mercy of Canadians\nsuch as are represented hero.\"\n\u2014Calgary News-Telegram,\nFRIGHTFULNESS   EXHAUSTED.!\nThe Germans are declaring that the\nonly answer to Mr. Balfour's note\nmust be \"kicks from the hobnailed\nboot\" and the use of sword and torpedo. By talk of all their Intended\nfrightfulness if tho allies do not humbly submit to their demand they have\nlaboriously been attempting to spread\ntwo totally false impressions\u2014namely: 1. That up to the present they\nhavo not tried to be frightful; and 2,\nthat they enn be much more frlghful\nin future. Hoth of these suggestions\nare as false as the pledges which their\nsovereign gave to Belgium-\nWhat resources of frightfulness have\nthey left? They have murdored prisoners by General Stenger's orders.\nThey can kill unarmed men and women and babies ln liners, but they did\nthat In the case of the Lusitania, They\ncan jeer ut them as they drown, but\nthey did that also In the case of the\nFalaba two years ago. They can bombard defenseless ports and kill more\nwomen and babies, but that is no\nworse than what they perpetrated at\nHartlepool. They can try to spread\npoison und disease, but they attempted\nthat In South Africa. They can torture, but they cannot display more devilish cruelty than they have done already in the case of Paphyr Panasiouk\n{a Russian warrant captured by the\nGermans, who sliced off his ear^out his\nnose from the bone, and drew his teeth,\nofficially photographed in this mutilated stale) and muny other hapless\nprisoners. They can uso non-combatants as screens for their troops, but\ntheir chivalrous warriors boasted openly In their newspapers of doing that\nin the first week of tho war. Can they\npossibly be thinking of cannibalism? So\nfar as we can discover from a careful study of their past record that is\nalmost the only horror that they have\nomitted.\nBat-eyed Hun professors and owlish\nGerman odltors are begging their rulers to bo frightful at last and to let\ntho frightfulness begin at once. And\nthe imposters who rule the sheepish\nGerman people dare not give tho true\nanswer, which Is that they have been\nas frightful as thoy havo been able\nslnco the war began and that they\nwould be worse if they only knew\nhow.\u2014London Dnlly Mail.\nCOL.\nROOSEVELT'S\nOF CANADA\nPRAISE\n\"I presume you have an up-to-date\ncity?\"\n\"Very. We'vo even got it fixed so\nthnt you can't stop your automobile\nwithin a mile of the place you want\nto go to.\"\nCanada has sent to the front about\n250,000 men. Tliis means that she has\n-enlisted, all told, about 400,000 men.\nThe casualties up to date are well over\n50,000. Meanwhile Canada has faced\nundauntedly tho necessary taxation,\nand hns voluntarily contributed $40,-\n000,000 to relief funds. Let our people\nunderstand what these figures mean\nby remembering that Canada has only\nabout ono-thirteenth of our population\nand one-thirtieth of our wealth. Her\nshores were not Immediately menaced;\nthe counsels of cold and timid selfishness, had they prevailed, would have\nbid her take a merely perfunctory part\nIn tho war, and rest in safety behind\nBritain's control of the ocean. But\nCanada was too proud not to fight.\nShe scorned the ignoble role of shirking duty and letting others protect her.\nHer effort in men Is relatively as great\nas ir we had raised an army of over\n5,000,000 soldiers\u2014and her troops are\nas splendid fighting men as her Australasian and South African brothers,\nor as any others among the war-hardened veterans who have fought on both\nsides In this terrible world war. Her\nmoney effort in the single item given\nabove is the equivalent to what this\nnation would have done If It had voluntarily contributed over a billion dollars In relief funds. Unfortunately, the\nCanadians, like ourselves, have not yet\novercome the foolish dread of universal obligatory military training in time\nof peace and universal service in time\nof war. Hence they havo not shown\nthe extraordinary efficiency of Germany and France. But there has never\nyet been finer work dono under tho\nold volunteer system than by Canada;\nand the way In which Canada and her\nsister overseas commonwealth havo\nsprung lo the defense of the Empire\nis something absolutely new in hiBtory,\nanil sets a marl; in far-sighted patriotism and in high-minded ability to sacrifice present ease and safety for vast\nand permanent future good, which will\nnot soon be passed by any nation.\u2014\nCol. Roosevelt, ln Metropolitan Magazine.\ni:\nCOLD   STORAGE\nIt is impossible for one to buy\nfriends worth the price.\nTenor (singing)\u2014Oh, 'appy 'appy,\n'appy be thy dreams.\nProfessor\u2014Stop, stop! Why don't\nyou sound the H?\nTenor\u2014It don't go no higher than\nG!\nJohn Burns &. Sons \"\"SSSSf-\"\nSA8H   AND   DOOR   FACTORY. NEL80N   PLANING   MILLS.\nVERNON   STREET,   NEL80N,   B.C.\nEvery Duoriptlen of Building Material Kept In Stook.\nEetlmatoi Given on Stone, Briok, Concrete and Frame Bulldlnae.\nMAIL  ORDERS  PROMPTLY  ATTENDED  TO.\nP.O. BOX 184 \u2022       PHONE  178\nElectric  Heaters\nANOTHER    SHIPMENT    OF    ELECTRIC    HEATERS   JUST   TO\nHAND\u2014JUST THE THING FOR HEATING UP YOUR\nROOM   AT  A   SMALL  COST\nPrice $6.50 Each\nWE HAVE ALSO\nELECTRIC IRONS, PERCOLATORS, PLATES AND STOVES\n8EE OUR WINDOWS\nNelson Hardware Co.\nPHONE 21\nNEL80N, B.C.\nPROVOCATIVE TALK BY\nBOURASSA\nu\nTHE  LIMITED SUBMARINE\n\u00bb\u2666*\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666*\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666 \u2666*\u25a0*>\u25a0\u2666\nGermany complains that tho British\nblockado is meant for her starvation.\nWhy then, does sho not uso her submarines to break it?A torpedo will destroy a battleship as surely us an unarmed merchant vessel. At tho beginning of the war sho did use her submarines against war ships, and then\nsuddenly stopped. The reason that sho\ndoes not use them against warships\nnow Is certainly not that sho does not\nwish to. It must bn because she cannot, i\nIf she cannot use submarines against\nwarships, how will she then bo able to\nuse them against merchant vessels\nconvoyed by warships? Not all merchant vessels can be convoyed by warships; but certainly If Britain finds\nherself threatened  by  starvation, she\nFour instances of the black-humored\nreckless stupidities of M, Henri Bour-\nassa, editor of I** Devoir, Montreal:\n1. \"Already ono of the American\norgans of tho allies, the Now York\nSun has begun to consider tho patrolling of the sea routes, From the English point of view certainly this would\nbe excellent tactics. Thero is even\nsomething admirable in the nalvetto of\nthis immeasurable English system\nwhich takes It for granted that the\nUnited States, like tho rost of tho\nworld, should feel proud to serve England and her Interests.\"\n2. \"Lord Northcliffe, for ten years\npast, thanks to his Press Junta, has\nconstituted himself the most powerful\nprovocative agont against Germany.\"\n3. \"It is believed that all the Hoose\nvolts, great, medium and little will re-\ncelvo with joy the rolo of commerco\nprotectors and policemen which tbcli\nEnglish allies trace for thorn.'*\n\u2022i. \"Two currents of opinion domin^\nate tho United States\u2014tho German -\nhutlng hostilities of the jingoes, im\nprudently roused by the agents of the\nallies, and the antipathy which England, Japan and Russia , inspire in\nthree-quarters of the Americans.\"\nDaughter\u2014Pa, what Ib, your birth\nstone?\nFather of   seven   (wearily) \u2014 The\ngrindstone, I guess, my ohlld.   . -\nWhy Delay\nuntil the last minute before\nplacing your order for\nprinted matter? Better work\ncan be produced when given\na little time for execution-\nat the same time we are always ready to handle anything required tn a hurry-\nand in such circumstances\nguarantee the best possible\nTRY US-Phone 144 for\na representative to call.\n*4 -.T1\nThe Daily News\nJob Department\nFOR THE BEST IN\nCigars, Cigarette*\nand Pipes\nGo to\nTHURMAN'S CIGAR 8T0RE.\nDiamonds\nAre Increasing in Price\nBut patrons share the advantages we gain through\nour unique position as\nbuyers.\nA look through the pages\nof our oatalogue will convince you that our prices\nare most reasonable. Every\ndiamond we sell is guar-\n, anteed perfect, There is\nno misrepresentation.\nOut of town patrons may\nrely upon prompt and careful attention to enquiries.\nHenry Birks & Sons Ltd.\nVancouver, B. C.\nFOR   THE   BEST   IN\nCOAL\nand Wood\nPHONE 33\nWest Transfer\nCompany\nRAW FURS WANTED\nfrappers, fanners, ranchers, It da\nlot cost you anything to get our cal\niffer on your furs. Express them\nis. We will pay all charges over a I\nmluatlon. We make you our offer an\n\u25a0old your fura for your reply, retun\nng them at our expense If not put\nthased. Try ua. Special prices paid fo\nlark marten. In business slnco 188\ntend for price Hat\nMACKAt  A OIPPIE,\n>18 8th Ave. W.. C.lpar\nPrivate  Hospita\nLICENSED  BY  PROVINCIAL GOV\nERNMENT.\nWe give particular attention to\nfemale trouble\u2014home-like apartmen\nfor ladles awaiting accouchment\nHighest   references;  reasonabl\nterms; Inspection invited.\nMrs. Moore, Superintendent.\nTHE   HOME   PRIVATE   HOSPITA\nFalls and Baker St\u00bb\u201e Nelson. B, C,\nP. 0. Box 772.\nPhone 372 for Appointmnnt.\nTENDERS  FOR LUMBER.\nSealed tenders will be received b*\nthe undersigned for the supply\nabout four million (4.01)0.000) feet\nlumber necessary for the constructio:\naf tbout twenty-five elevators in th\nProvince of Alberta. Specification\nmay be obtained upon application\nthe Alberta Farmers' Cooperative Ele\nvator Co., Ltd,, Calgary, Alberta, Al\n'.ids must bo deposited with tho under\nsigned by Thursday, March 1st, 1911\nENGINEER,\nTho    Alberta   Farmers'    Cooperatlv\nElevator Co., Ltd.\nSYNOPSIS   OF   COAL\nMINING   REGULATION!\nCoal mining rights, of the Dominion\nin Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al\nuerta, the Yukon Territory, the North\nwest Territories and ln a portion 0\nthe province ot British ColiLnbia, mag\noe leaaed for a term ot twenty-on\nyears at an annual rental of 11 poi\nacre. No more than 2560 acres wil\noe leased to one applicant.\nApplication for lease must b\nmade by the applicant In person to th\nagent or sub-agent of ths dlstriot o\nwhich the rights applied for ara alt\nuated.\nIn surveyed territory tho land mus\nbe described by sections or legal aub\ndivisions of sections and ln unsurvey\ned territory the tract applied for shal\nbe staked out by the applicant htmsell\nEach application must be\npanled by a fee of 16 which will bo re\nfunded If the rights applied for ar\nnot available, but not otherwise, i\nroyalty shall bo paid on the merohant\nable output of the mlno at tha tat\nof five cents per ton.\nThe person operating tho mlna shal\nfurnish the agent with sworn return\naccounting for the full quantity o\nmerchantable coal mined and pay tb\nroyalty thereon. It the ooal mlnln\nrights are not being operated, auo\nreturns shall bs furnished at load\nonce a year.\nTho lease will Includo the coal mln\nIng rights only, hut the lessee may b\npermitted to purchase whatever avail\nablo surface rights may be oonsldere\nnecessary for the working of the mln\nat the rato of (10 an acre.\nFor full information applloatlo\nshould be made to the Secretary of th\nDepartment ot tbe Interior, ottawi\nor to any Agent or Bub-Agent ot Do\nminion lands. W. W. OORT,\nDeputy Minister ot the Interior.\nN. B.-Unauthorl\u00bbed jrabU-Mtton^o\ntbl\u00bba4ri\n '\n'~ MONDAY,    FEB.    19,    1817.\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nDEAL    AT    THE    STAR\nNew Canned Fruit\nHAWAIIAN PINEAPPLE.\nl's, per tin 15c\nHi'i, per tin ' \u2022 20c\n2's, per tin  ;\u201425c\nGrated, 2's, per tin  .'....25c\nDELMONTE PEACHE8\n2V6's, per tin  350\nAPRICOTS.\n2%'s, per tin  3SC\nPEAR8\n2%'s, per tin 35c\nCARPENTER'S SKINLESS\nPRESERVED  FIGS\nFer tin   SOc\nONTARIO RED RASPBERRIES\nI 2's, per tin  25c\nLAWTON   BERRIES\n2's, per tin  25c\nPEACHES\n2's per tin  20c\nBLUEBERRIES\n2's, per tin  15c\nNew Vegetables\nCAULIFLOWER\nCELERY\nLETTUCE\nStar Grocery\nPHONE 10\nATTENTION\nFarmers and\nDairymen:\nThere Is a constantly increasing\ndemand for Curlew Butter manufactured from British Columbia\ncream.\nShip us your cream. Butter fat\nnow 4Gc per lb. f. o. b. Nelson.\nWrite for shipping tags, express\nrates, etc.\nCurlew Creamery\nfurs\nGuaranteed hlgn class furs, nice se-\nf lection kept In stock or made to order\ni from selected skins.   Customers* furs\nj made\" up,' remodeled   and   repaired.\nSkins dressed and mounted at moder-\ni ate prices. Best price paid for raw sklna\nG. GLASER, Manufacturing Furrier,\n416 Ward St.. Nelson. B  O    Phonp tOfi\nRAW FURS\nTo obtain best prices send your furs\nto the   manufacturer    instead    of\nto a dealer.\nG. GLASER\nMANUFACTURING FURRIER,\nNELSON, B. C.\nWill Pay the Highest Market Prices\n12665\nis the winning number for last\nweek in our weekly drawing for\na pair of \u00ab5.00 Shoes. Don't forget to ask for ticket with your\npurchase.\nR. Andrew & Co.\nLEADERS IN FOOT FA8HI0N.\nSWITZERLAND STARTS\nSEVERAL NEW INDUSTRIES\nBERNE, Switzerland\u2014The economic\ndifficulties which tho Swiss people\nhave had to contend with during the\nlast two years und a half have not\naltogether boen without advantages.\nEnterprise and inventiveness have increased, with the result that there are\ntoday, in Switzerland, various new\nhome industries ln the process of\nmaking and development.\nAn extension of the cheese industry,\nfor Instance, is seriously being considered by the parties interested, and the\nnew kind of cheese that Is to be manufactured is the soft cheese .Camera-\nbort, Brie, Roquefort, llmburger, etc.)\nThe statistics show a yearly Import of\nsuch cheese from France and Germany of 20,000,000 kiligrams; but\nnow it is argued that Blnco tho manufacture of this kind of cheese is dependent neither on local conditions\nnor the quality of milk used, Switzerland would well be able not only\nto make itself independent of tho imports, but competo successfully with\ntho present manufacturers ln the\nworld market.\nLike many other countries, Switzerland has been greatly inconvenienced\nby its dependence on Germany for the\nsupply of dyestuff. But now factories\nhave been organized to produce this\napparently indispensable material, so\nthat the Swiss manufacture rs in need\nof it will no longer have to look beyond the frontier for their supplies.\nA similar situation is observed In\nthe toy industry. Enterprising Swiss\nfirms have seized tho opportunity to\nlay in Switzerland the foundation of\nan industry which, to judge by the\npresent achievements, has every prospect' of success.\nIn the Bernese Obcrland two house\nindustries have sprung up. One is the\nmaking of chip baskets and chip boxes\nat Fruittgen, and the other a new lino\nof embroidery work at Grlndelwald.\nFor both theso industries a society\nhas been formed which pushes the sale\nof the products, in spite of the short\ntime they havo been ln existence they\nboth exhibit, at tho industrial museum\nIn Berne, their manufactures, which\nare highly satisfactory. The chip baskets especially seem a success, and\nIt Is hoped that the government will\nsee Its way to help this newly started\nindustry financially, so that somo more\nmachinery can be purchased. It may\nbe added that the chip basket manufactured so extensively in Sweden hus\nserved as Vmofleirahfl'tffaTllie industry has beSn started under .the\" auspices of the Cantonal Industrial museum in Berne by giving courses In\nchip- basket making. With regard to\nthe embroidery industry at Grlndelwald\nthis has been started by Individual Initiative.\nTwo returned law students who\nI have seen service at tho front, were\nI called to the bar recently at Osgoode\n. hall in the persons of Lieut. H. V.\ni Hearst, son of the premier, and Lieut,\nI J. C, Bole, both of whom were wound-\ni ed. They expect to return to the\nI scene of hostilities.\nThe Lake Erie Fishermen's association will ask tiie government to place\ntwo substantial patrol boats on the\nfishery protection service In place of\nthe two small ones at present thero.\nMOTHERS!\n12 o'clock at night.   Baby hai a Croupy Cough!\nYou who have had experience know the\nValue at a time like this of having a med\nicine on hand you can trust. For 47 years\nthousands of   mothers have relied  on\nSH1LOH in all such emergencies.   It's\nreliable, you can always depend on its\nbeing exactly the same.   It is pleasant\nto take. Children love it. It is econom- \u201e,,\u201e\u201e,,,\nical because of the smaHness of the dole. For   yw\/*j^\/-\u00a3$JV' if  OTUggllt\nthe same reason Shiloh does not upset the     \"'*\u25a0\u2022'\" --*-\"> **\u00bb\u2014    \u2014\nStomach.    A bottle of Shiloh today may\nprove the best investment you tvet nude.\n2\nS^At\nsw\nyour\n25c, 50c\nand $1.1\n47 YEARS SUCCESS WITH COUGHS\n\u2022\u00bb\n1\nTaylor Made Flour\n\u2014Few Equals\n\u2014No Superior\nBrands\u2014\nPride of Alberta\nMother's Favorite\nRETURNED SOLDIER GETS\nPOSITION WITH GOVERNMENT\n(Special to The Daily News.J\nROSSLAND, B. C., Feb. 13.\u2014CharleB\nClark, who was wounded at the front\nsome time ago and who has been visiting In the city, for the past week,\nleft on Friday evening for Esquimau,\nwhere he wil lenter the hospital for\ntreatment, after which he will go to\nVictoria, where he has accepted a government position,\nThe condition of H, C. Bowers, who\nis in the Sisters' hospital with pneumonia, is reported better today.\nF. J. Harding, who has been store\nkeeper for some time at the Centre\nStar mine, has severed his connection\nwith the Consolidated company and\nwill leavo on Monday morning for Victoria, where he has accepted a position.\nTho Misses Vivian and Helen Camp-\nhell of Trail wero guests of Miss Martha Smith on Friday.\nThe Women's guild of St. Andrew's church held a most successful\nsale of home cooking on Saturday.\nThe condition of Sam Bolsjolle, who\nis a patient at the Sisters' hospital, Is\nvery serious today.\nTho Rossland hockey team will go\nto Phoenix on Monday to play a\nscheduled hockey game.\nMrs. Binns of Kaslo, who is a patient\nat the hospital, is improving.\nThe Misses West of Paterson were\nthe guests of Mrs. H. R. Townsend on\nSaturday.\nEDGEWOOD NEWS.\n(Special to Tho Dally News.)\nEDGEWOOD, B. C, Feb. 18.\u2014The\ndeath uccurred at her homo in Fire\nvalley Feb. 7, of Beatrice Agatha\nScair, aged 16, after a lingering Illness. The funeral services wero .conducted by Father Althoff of Nelson.\nThe interment was made at the Edge-\nwood and Fire Valley  burial ground.\nA hard times dance was held Feb. 14,\na large number being present.\nThe ice on the lake is breaking up\nfast and enrly spring Is confidently anticipated.\nA birthday party of young people\ngathered at Mrs. Lanyon's residence\non the evening of Feb. 12 to celebrate\nthe ninth birthday of her daughter,\nMargaret.\nA whist drive to secure wool for soldiers' sock was held at the Cots-\nwold ranch on Friday.\nPROCTOR SOCIAL REALIZE3\n$39 FOR RED CROSS\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nPROCTOR, B. C, Feb. 17.\u2014The\nsocial in aid of Red Cross funds Wednesday was the most successful of the\nseries to dale, thero being about 80\npresent. Mrs. lluffncll and A. Hudson won the first prizes for whlat,\nwhilst'v Airs. FT J; Walton find Ff J.\nSummons won consolation prizes. In\nthe raffles, a camisole yoke, donated\nby Mrs. W. A. Slater, was won by\nSergt. Will, and a fishing rod and reel,\ndonated by Mrs. .lornsou, was won by\nW. Colllngwood. The sum of ?39 was\ncollected.\nMr. and Mrs. P. H. Pearse and\ndaughter arrived from Slocan Thursday, aud have runted ,1. Grundy's\nhouse. Mr. Pearse is taking the placo\nof Mr. Hawthorne as chief engineer on\nthe tug Hosmer.\nMr. and Mrs. Grundy will leave for\ntheir ranch at Kamloops next week.\nPte. James Kennedy of the 16th\nCanadian battalion, who is home on\nfurlough, came up from Nelson to visit\nhis ranch today.\nW. Price, who left here to join the\nforesters, is now at Creston.\nHALCYON NOTE8.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nHALCYON, B. C, Fob. 18.\u2014Mrs. R.\nWoodhouse and son and A, H. Hay-\nhurst, Armstrong, arrived on Thursday and expect to stay a month.\nW. E. D. Tighe, of Toronto, returned\nfrom Nelson on Saturday.\nW. J. Lightburne, Jr., Arrowhead,\nwas here for two days.\nMr, and Mrs, McCartney, Macdonald,\nMan., who are on a visit to the coast,\nare expected here this week.\nL, Hunt, England.\nPreviously Reported Wounded, Now\nNot Wounded\nThomas Thompson, England.\nA. Clark, Sydnoy, N. 8.\nSaturday's  List\nINFANTRY\nReported Killed In Aotion\nH. Sabiston, Victoria.\nDied\nH. Stulte, Telkwa, B, C.\nSeriously III\nH. Clarke, Vancouver.\nWounded\nCorp.   G.  Foulston,   Columbia  Gardens, B. C.\nCASTLEGAR NOTES\nCASTLEGAR, B. C, Feb. 16.\u2014Miss\nTimaeus has completely recovered\nfrom her recent Illness and has resumed her duties as principal of Castlegar\nschool.\nMrs. W. G. Mara was the hostess at\na valentine party at her residence\nWednesday night. Somo 22 guests\nwere present. The rooms were nicely\ndecorated with red carnations and\ncolored lights. The winners of bridge\nprizes were Mrs. Call and A. Luff.\nArthur E. Plttaway rendered several\nsongs during the evening.\nA number of local ranchers have\nundertaken to get out logs for the\nEdgewood Lumber company. The mild\nweather of the last few dayB has\nhampered  operations,  however.\nA. Peterson and family, late of Nelson, have moved to Castlegar, Mr.\nPeterson having secured tt position\nwith the Edgewood Lumber company.\nNAKUSP WOMEN WORK\nBUSILY FOR RED CROSS\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nNAKUSP, B. C, Feb. 16.\u2014The following members of the Nakusp Red\nCross auxiliary have contributed comforts during the past month: Socks,\nMrs. Bailey, Mrs. Anthony, Mrs. Wag-\nstaff, Mrs. Parkinson, Mrs. Gregory,\nMrs. Harvey, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Bowes, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs.\nBill, Miss Allen, Mrs. V. Harvey, Miss\nR. Gregory; pyjamas, Mrs. Dilley, Mrs.\nAnthony, Mrs. Cowan, Mrs. Kerr, Mrs.\nBenton; hospital shirts, Mrs, Dilley,\nMrs. Anthony.-Mrs. Cowan, Mrs. Patterson, Mrs; Gtcndennlng, Mrs. Herridge, Mrs. Quance; pillow slips, Mrs.\nDilley, Mrs. Anthony, Mrs. Mayoh;\ntrench caps, Mrs, Parkinson, Mrs.\nPatterson, Mrs. Harvoy, Mrs. Bennett,\nMrs. Bowes; dny shirts, Mrs. Kerr;\ndressing gown, Mrs. Herridge. \u25a0 Tho\nfollowing shipment was made to headquarters Feh. 15: 76 pillow slips, 41\npairs of socks, 20 trench caps, 16 suits\nof pyjamas, 11. hospital shirts, one day\nshirt.\nA spirited hockey match was played\nhero between tho Nakusp and Now\nDenver teams on Thursday evening\nbeforo a big crowd. It was ono of the\nbest and cleanest games seen here,\nNakusp winning by a score of 3 to 2.\nMAYOR OF PHOENIX TO\nATTEND HIGHWAY CONVENTION\nPHOENIX, B.C., Feb. 17.\u2014Mayor D.\nJ. Matheson of Phoenix has been appointed a delegate to attend the convention In Vancouver urging that tho\nnational highway through British\nColumbia be completed via the\nBoundary,; v:?^[\\;\u00abx.' -..-\nTWO SOWS FROM\nPROVINCE KILLED\nJ. Cardwell,  May wood, and H. Sabiston, Victoria, Fall in Action\u2014Nino\nListed as Wounded.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 18.\u2014The names of a\nnumber of British Columbia men appears in tho casualty lists issued Saturday and Sunday nights. J. Cardwell,\nMaywood, and H. Sabiston, Victoria,\naro reported killed In action. E. Stults,\nTelkwa, is listed as died.\nNino men ure given as wounded: C.\nAnderson, Kltiwat; O. A. Cameron, 619\nHamilton street, Vnncouvor; O. C.\nClark, Ladner; O. J. Chapman, Glace\nBay; C, O. Wood, 1160 Davie street,\nVancouver; O. Cowan, Kingswny, Van-\neauver; C. Goyer, Mllliardsville; A.\nWuinwrlght, 182 Twenty-seventh avenue, Vancouver, and R. Walton, Duncans.\nK. Sangstcr, New Westminster and\nH. Clarke, Vancouver, are listed us seriously Ul.\nINFANTRY.\nKilled in Aotion.\nCorp.   W.   Mlchle,   Scotland.\nJ. Dolg, Scotland.\nJ. Cardwell, Maywood, B. C.\nM. Owens, Scotland.\nW. Gorman, Ireland.\nJ. Ralphson, Peterboro, Ont.\nJ. Henderson, Westvllle, N. S.\nE. Murphy, Canobic, N. S.\nPreviously    Reported    Missing-,    Now\nReported  Killed in Action.\nSergt. F. Currle, Scotland,\nV. Cole, England.\nC. Bennett, Cobourg, Ont.\nDied.\nJ. Baker, England.\nA. Abel, Lucky Strike, Alta.\nPreviously Reported Missing, Believed\nKilled, Now for Official Purposes\nPresumed  Dead.\nH. Anderson, Toronto.\nSergt. J. Dunn, Winnipeg.\nA. Living, Bowmansvllle, Ont.\nPreviously   Reported   Dangerously   III,\nNow Died.\nD. Anderson, Sydney,-.;*!. S.\nC. Uertson, Eagle Bend, Minn,\nDangerously Mil.\n: 'Corp. H. Riley, Sencotf Road, P. E. r.\n11. Pier, Eastern Harbor, N. S.\nJ. Rice, Quebec.\nCorp. H. Hunt, England.\nK. Sangster, New Westminster.\nG. Waterman, Edmonton.\nWounded.\nCorp. A. Jackson, Ireland.\nW. Owens, Bangor, Sask.\nC. Wood, Winnipeg.\nR. Gurney, Winnipeg.\nJ. Mead, Calgary.\nW. Mitchell, Scotland.\nW. Sutherland, Fort William.\nA. McLachlan, 1-ambton, Ont.\nF. J. Mason, Ottawa.\nG. Anderson, KItlmat, B. C.\nA. Cnmeron, 619   Hamilton   street,\nVancouver.\nO. Clark, Ladner, B, C.\nF. Noah, Thamesvllle, Ont.\n15. C. Sloan, Toronto.\nC. Roberts, Winnipeg.\nJ. Chapman, Glace Bay, B. C.\nLieut. C. Clark, Cleveland, Ohio.\nR. Dent, Grimsby, Ont.\nA. Rogers, Scotland.\nC. Dunning, Ottawa.\nA. Kerr, Irclund.\nC. O. Wood, U60 Davie street, Vancouver.\nG. Barr, Ireland.\nR. Johnston, ltalcarres, Sask,\nW. White, Chicago.\nW. Stewart, Trenton, N. J.\nG, Orr, Calgary.\nJ. Curtis, England.\nO. Cowan, Kingsway Road, Vancouver.\nC. Goyer, Millnrdsvlllc, B. C.\nJ. McGee, Englnnd.\nA. Walnwright, 182 Twenty-seventh\navenue, Vancouver.\nIL Klrkman, England.\nLieut. F. Gtlllngwater, Stcltarton,\nN. S.\nR. Strome, Winnipeg.\nCorp. T. Lumsden, Woodstock, ont.\nJ. Day, Hamilton, Ont.\nW. Pare, Ottawa.\nR. Waldon, Duncans, B. C.\nH. Bavlngton. England.\nF. Nason, Liberty, N. J.\nLance Corp. W. Cary, Toronlo.\nR, Dick, Forward, Sask.\nG. Brick, Mordon, Man.\nWounded\nF, Lang, England.\nMissing\nR. Patterson, Scotland.\nPreviously Reported Missing, Now Not\nMissing\nThomas Mains, Brockvllle, Ont.\nGas Poisoning\nH. Keating, England.\nARTILLERY\nWounded\nLieut. G. Flteb, St. John. N. B.\nR. Simpson, England.\nMOUNTED RIFLES\nPreviously Reported Missing, Now Reported Killed.\nThomas Dean, St. John, N. B.\nS. RogerH, Nowmnrket, Ont.\nR. Loyat, Arden, Ont.\nMissing\nH. Hanno, Toronto,\nPreviously Reported Missing, Now Believed  Dead.\nA. James, Toronto.\nCorp. J. Hall, Toronto.\nL. Crow, England.\nWounded\nB. Franklin, England.\nJ. Angus, Toronto.\nJ. GHkos, England.\nW. Evans, England.\nCorp. W, Watt, Edson, AHn.\n,   W&  \u2022\u25a0\u25a0   ENGINEER'S\nrtiqei Seriously  III\nLieut. A\/'Wolby, England.' - '\nWounded\nLieut. E. Woodhouse, England.\nA. Thomas, England.\n*,                 Gee Poisoning\n.. R, Lain*, Quebec; :*\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 <\nPAGE FIVIE\nWEEKLY WEATHER REPORT\nVICTORIA OBSERVATORY\nThe following is tho weekly weather\nreport of the Victoria observatory for\nthe week ending Feb. 13:\nVictoria\u2014Total amount of bright\nsunshine, 12 minutes; rain, .15 inch;\nhighest temperature, 47, Feb. 10 and\nFeb. 12; lowest, 36, Feb. 9.\nVancouver\u2014Total amount of bright\nsunshine, 2 hours and 30 minutes; rain,\n.60 Inch; highest temperature, 46, Feb.\n11; loweBt, 30, Feb. 9.\nKamloops\u2014Total amount of bright\nsunshine, 15 hours and 24 minutes;\nrain, .04 inch; highest temperature, 38,\nFeb. 9, 10, 11 and 12; lowest, 23, Feb.\n13.\nNanaimo\u2014Total amount of bright\nsunshine, 3 hours; rain, .32 Inch; highest temperature, 48, Fob. 11; lowest, 32,\nFeb. 9.\nNew Westminster\u2014Rain, 53 inch;\nhighest temperature, 49, Feb. 12; lowest, 28;  Feb. 9.\nPentlcton\u2014Rain, .17 inch; highest\ntemperature, 43, Feb. 8; lowest, 29,\nFeb. 13.\nNelson\u2014Snow, 1 Inch; highest temperature, 42, Feb. 12; lowest, 29,\nFeb. 13.\nGrand Forks\u2014Rain, .02 Inch; highest temperature, 38, on Feb. 9 and 12;\nlowest,1 26, Feb. 13.\nCranbrook\u2014Highest temperature, 38,\nFeb. 7 and 12; lowest, 12, Feb. 10.\nBarkerville\u2014Snow, 3 Inches; highest\ntemperature, 38, Feb, 8 and 10; lowest,\n20, Feb. 12 nnd 15.\nPrince George\u2014Highest temperature,\n13, Feb. 7; lowest, 16, Feb. 13.\nPrince Rupert\u2014Rain, 1.16 inch;\nhighest temperature, 54, Feb. 7; lowest,\n32, Feb. 11.\nAtlln\u2014Rain, .04 inch; highest temperature, 40, Feb. 7; lowest, 6 below\nzero, Feb. 9.\nDawson\u2014No snow; highest temperature, 10, Fob. 8 and 12; lowest 16 below\nzero, Feb. 9, 10 and 12.\nFRUITS MARKET CHIEF\nTENDERS RESIGNATION\nW.  E.   McTaggart Taking  Charge of\nCirculation Department of Western Farm Paper\nVICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 17.\u2014W. E.\nMcTaggart, who has occupied the\nposition of fruit markets commissioner, with headquarters at Calgary,\nhas handed bis resignation to William\nE. Scott, deputy minister of agriculture. Mr. McTaggart Is leaving the\nservlco of the department to take\nchargo of tho circulation department\nnf one of the best known farming\npapers In the west.\nEver since his high school days Mr.\nMcTaggart has been closely connected\nwith somo branch of the newspaper\nprofession and during the post IS\nmonths. In his capacity as fruit markets commissioner, he has been in\nclose touch with publishers In the\nprairie provinces. Mr. McTaggart's\nnew headquarters will be ln Winnipeg\nand his many friends In British\nColumbia will be sorry to learn thut\nho is going so far afield.\nINDIA WILL INCREASE\nOUTPUT OF MUNITIONS\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014A Reutcr despatch from Delhi says that among tho\nnew war measures adopted by tho Indian government are the severe curtailment of railway services and tne\norganization of India's Industrial and\nnatural resources with a view to increasing the output of munitions. In\naddition nn order hns been issued forbidding women and children to sail for\nEngland except for the most urgent\nreasons.\nNEW COMMANDER FOR\nAUSTRO-HUNGARIAN   FLEET\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nAMSTERDAM, via London, Feb. IS.\n\u2014Vice-Admiral Maxmlllan NJegovan\nhas been appointed commander of the\nAustro-Hngarian war fleet, and vice-\nAdmiral Karl Kaltenfels has been appointed to bo chief of tho naval section.\nADVERTISING WORKED\nWONDERS FOR GROWERS\nWith  Extension of This Markets for\nProvincial  Fruit Will\nInorease.\nVICTORIA\u2014That advertising pays\nIs admitted by the fruitgrowers of\nBritish Columbia, after their experience of It for the past year or two,\nand If it is Increased during the coming and future seasons it will havo\ngreater results In making tho. virtues\nof the fruit produced in this pruvinco\nknown over the length and breadth\nof tho prairie provinces.\nIn his address to the association, tho\npresident, Thomns Abriel, Nakusp, explained at length what was dono last\nseason at an expenditure of a fe\\v\ncents under ' four thousand dollars.\nGovernment grants wero supplemented\nby contributions from growers of\nsmall fruits of %\\ an acre and from\nshippers of $1 a car. Mr. Abrlei suggests that the shippers increase tholr\ncontributions to $3 a car, and In support of thlw ho said:\n\"Wo aro living In an age when we\nmust advortiso or let tho other fellow\ndo tho huslness. Thero are many Illustrations on every sldo as to what\ntho people to the south of us are doing In the way of advertising their\nfruits. To hold your markets you\nfruitgrowers of British Columbia must\nadvertise, and unless this advertising\nkeeps pneo with tho growth of your\nincreased production It would be of\nsmall uso. This is a matter that I\ntrust will receive attention by those\nwho aro Interested In tho fruit industry. This advertising Idea should not\nbo thrown into tho waste paper ibns-\nIttit, for if you do this your Industry\n\u25a0will fall. Your fruits may look beautiful today and things may lie fair,\nbut If British Columbia fruits aro to be\nkept abroast of your competitors\u2014and\nIt should be your motto to keep them\nln advance\u2014you must advertise, and\nto advertise you must have dollars.\"\nk# \\ * J\nJfiil\nHelps to Spring\nSewing\nBeautiful\nEmbroideries\nTo Give a Finishing Touch to Spring\nand Summer Woar Things\u2014\nValuta Never Better\nNEW   CAMBRIC   AND   NAINSOOK\nEMBROIDERIES\nThreo to Pour Inches Deep.\nAt 10o and 12'\/ic per Yard\nNEW   SWISS   EMBROIDERIES\nTwo to Six Inches Wide.\nAt 10c to 40c per Yard\nNEW PLOUNCINGS\n24 to 30 Inches Wide.\nAt 50c, 60c, 75c and $1.00 per Yard\nNEW VALENCIENNES LACES AND\nINSERTIONS  IN  GREAT VARIETY\nSpecial Value in White\nCambric at 35c Per Yard\nBeautiful fine, soft cloth with even threads and no dressing. Just\nright for Nightgowns, Corset Covers, Combinations, etc. Also suitable for embroidering. Full 50 inches wide. Regular value, BOc. 4C.\nSpecial, l'er Yard   UVU\n*\u00a3sr\nNew Neckwear Just Arrived\nA NOVEL COLLAR WILL ENHANCE YOUR ENTIRE COSTUlIB\nA number of pretty styles hove just been opened. Novelties that will\ncombine effectively with Blouses or Suits. They are Inexpensive too,\nwhen you consider the time it takes to produce such dainty affairs\nnnd the mnterlals they are made of.\nPrices  35c,  50c. 75c. S1.50   up   to   S3.50\nMEAGHER & CO..\nTHE  STORE  FOR   STYLE\nTHE  STORE   FOR  QUALITY\nBENGAL SCHEME TO\nENCOURAGE  INDUSTRIES\nCALCUTTA, India.\u2014Lord Carml-\noheal, shortly after he same tn Ilengal\nan governor, succeeded, after strenuous efforts, in tracing the habitat of a\ncertain kind of silk handkerchief to\nwhicli his excellency was partial, to a\nremote corner of East Bengal, The interest in homo or cottage industries\nwhich this search evinced, has always\nbeen retained both hy Lord Carmlchael\nand his wire, and the latter at a recent exhibition of the products of the\ncottage Industries of Kalimpong, expressed a strong wish that an association might lie established, having for\nits object the encouragement and marketing of the products uf tin; cottage\nindustries of ilengal as a whole.\nThis association is now actually In\nexistence, having been formed at a representative meeting called at government house, Calcutta and over which\nLady Carmlchael herself presided. A\nstrong committee was appointed with\nwide ramifications through the official\nterritorial and commercial classes and\nthero is every prospect that the affairs of the Bengal Home Industries\nassociation will bo ordered in a sound\nand businesslike manner.\nOne of tho speakers at the preliminary meeting. Hon. J. Q, Cummlng, remarked on the general ignorance uf\ntho very existence of any industries\namong those who ought to be well informed on tho subject. \"The gentlefolk of Bengal,\" he remarked, \"have\nhardly any idea what an amount of\ngood work is being dono In their very\nmidst.\"    This is all the more regret\ntable, because, as the statesman remarks: \"There is scarcely a district\nwhich has not some distinctive craft.\nIt is sometimes highly original and In\nmany cases is a genuine expression\nof the artistic ldeus of the people.\"\nMany of these are languishing for\nwant of encouragement and wise direction. The wood carving of Monghyr\nand Patna, the blrdo ware of Purnea\nor Mursidabad, the clay modeling of\nKHshnagar, the ivory industry of Mur-\nshidabad and many other crafts arti\ndeclining because the workers have no\nenlightened patrons and have no ready\nsale fnr their host productions. It\nmay lie hoped that with the advent of\ntlie Bengal Home Industries association these drawbacks will ibe done\naway with. One of the first cares of\nthe association will doubtless bo- to\nestablish a depot where products can\nlie not only Inspected b\" bought. It\nwill, of course. Inaugurate a vigorous\npropaganda to bring these Interesting*\nproducts Into general notice and it may\nalso be expected to introduce new industries such as the lace work of Ko-\nlimpong, which though not indigenous,\nhas proved a highly successful Importation, as Bengal women take readily\nto lace making nnd find it not merely\na congenial occupation but a moBt ac-\neptable method of increasing their\nincomes.\nJoseph D, Lloyd, 87 years old, one of\nDuluth's pioneers, and for many years\ncaptain and owner of the Lloyd line\nof steamers that traversed the Great\nLakes, is dead. Capt. Lloyd was born\nia England and came to this country\nin 18.r)ti.\n-\u00bb<fryfrN^<W\/7N>^^\nsans: gnpHszawssass - i aso ggs\nmgnannzEEgmmigBggiBZu^^ -\n\u25a0 .VlV.V11j'l\\jU..VV4*1j..LT\ni URE Chocolate, pure\nsugar, fresh fruits make\nMoir's Chocolates all that\nyou expect of a good candy.\nEvery package is full of\ndelightful and toothsome\nsurprises.\nMom's Ch\n3ZEssa=5;\n-\n PAGE SIX\nTHE   DAILY  NF.:^\nMONDAY,    FEB.     Ill-     l!Hj>, ,\"-1\nMOBILITY KEY TO SUCCESS\nIN BALKAN WAR THEATRE\nLONDON, England\u2014Last January\nKing Constantino informed the writer\nthat a recent distinguished English\nvisitor hud given it as his opinion that\n\"nobody but a goat could fight In the\nBalkans.\" That is the opinion held\nIn some influential circles to this day,\nnnd it is from time to timo widely\nadvertised by persons whose knowledge of the peninsula is limited to a\nstudy of often misleading maps.\nCertainly a general staff which expected to operate In Macedonia with\nsame equipment as has been scheduled for uso in western Europe would\nbe playing for a fall, and a pretty\nrough one at that. Generally speaking, the peninsula consists of a series\nof imposing mountain ranges alternating with a series of basin-like plains\nand valleys. Railways are scarce and\nbad, roads are conspicuous by their\nabsence, and transport bas very largely to be carried out over tracks compared with which the natural highways which surround remote American hamlets and boulevards. Yet In\nthe spring, summer and autumn tho\nhind is so sunbaked that, as was shown\nin the two Balkan wars, the French\n\"75\" can be taken almost anywhere\nand the native oxen-drawn wagons can\nhe utilised fnr the supply of an army\nof 250,000 men over one series of\ncommunications.\nIt Is now generally recognized that\nIn western Europe victory will live\nwith the side which possesses the biggest guns and the largest stocks of\nammunition. In the Balkans success\nlies in mobility. A. 42-cm siege gun\nIs of less value that a battery of\nmountain cannon, and half a dozen\nlight American farm wagons would be\nmuch more useful than a three-ton\nmotor lorry. In November, 1914, tho\nAustrian army entered Serbia with\nregulation army service wagons drawn\nby teams of four or six magnificent\nHungarian horses; they were driven\nout by means of the light Serbian\nfour-wheeled, slat-sided trucks hauled\nby a couple of sturdy bullocks, Given\nadaptability io the requirements of tho\ncountry, military operations are as\nfeasible in Macedonia as they are in\nFrance and victory, when it arrives\nis likely to be more decisive.\nIf we examine the military situation\nas it exists In tliis theatre of war, wc\nfind that, be tiie difficulties however so\ngreat, the allies are in the moro favorable position in the matter of communication, and, in the case of a successful offeasive, would be likely to\nremain so for some considerable time.\nTheir object being to advance on the\nltolsmde-Conslnntinnplo line, they\nhave three routes open to them, viz.,\nfrom Monastir (left), up the Vurdar\nvalley (centre) and up the Struma valley (right). The Gerraanmo-Bulgars\nwould doubtless offer their chief opposition at Bubuna, Demlr Kapu and\nBupol, respectively\u2014all three of them\nnatural passes through a formidable\nmountain chain,\nNow, ajj.a matter of fact, the allies\nare thus far comparatively well served\nby their communications. Monastir\ncon he supplied by the railway from\nSalonika and a respectable automobile\nroad from the Albanian port of Santi\nQuuranta. The Oriental railway runs\nright up to, through and beyond Demlr\nKapir, and Bupet Is served both by the\nSnlunlkl-Constantiple line and the\nSalonika-Seres-Demla HIssar road,\nthrough whioh, though it has gone to\nrack and ruin in Turkish days; has\ndoubtless now been put Into serviceable condition by the allies over ,the\nextent of their occupation.\nIf the facilities at the disposal of\nthe Germano-Bulgars are considered\ntheir position is found to be much less\nideal. For supplies to their Babuna-\nDemir-Kapu line they have to depend\nentirely upon tbe one single line of\nrailway running south from Belgrade,\nwith such additional assistance as can\nbe rendered by railing to Kustendll\nfrom Sofia, and then transporting in\ncarts on the road from Kustendll to\nKuomanovb. To Itupel they have no\nrailroad communication (the Xanthie-\nDemir-tlissar section of the Salonika-\nConstantinople line is already under\nthe control of British guns) and are\nobliged to bring all their ammunition\nand foodstuffs down the road wtiich\nfollows the Struma valley from Uub-\nnltza.\nThe first real clash of arms would,\nthereforo, find tho allies in the more\nfavorable position from this point of\nview. Admittedly, the situation would\nlie gradually reversed in the event of\na successful offensive from Salonika,\nbut tbe time that the difficulties\nwere even equally distributed General\nSam-sil's army would have advanced a\nlong way toward victory.\nIt is not permissible to say much\non the question of the purely military\nprospect of the offensive\u2014nor indeed\nwould it be advisable. It may, however, be noted that while the Ger-\nmango-Biiigars are holding a series of\nvery formidable positions, there are\nspread overu very wide front, which\nis vulnerable at several points if attacked by really mobile columns in\nfarce. In Oils theatre Hie attacking\nside really works at a considerable\nadvantage for they can mass and attack at any chosen spot, while the\ndefenders, in view of the absence (and\nimpossibility) of convenient lateral\ncommunications would not bo In a\nposition to rush up reinforcements\nafter the offensive bad commenced.\nFor this reason tho difficulty of breaking through a Balkan front Is by\nno menus so great as it is in western\nEurope, and once through the defense\nwould be obliged to retire immediately\nover a considerable sector or risk destruction or capture.\nCertainly the storming of even one\nstronghold is by no means easy, but\ntbe Serbian success at Monastir proves\nthat, despite tlie absence of complete\nequipment, It Is by no mcaps impossible, and in tliis connection it should\nbe remembered that- the Kaymak-\nchalan range, which the Serbians conquered, is as formidable as anything\nwhich lies between the allies and the\nRhodope mountains. The essential\nrequirements of successful campaigning in Macedonia nre mountain cuonon,\nlight carts or wagons, and a generous\nsupply of pack animals. The forces\nWhich can lie employed by either side\nare limited, and while the allies ought\nto be able to operate with 700,000\nmen from Salonika, if desired, the\nGermano -Bulgars would find it difficult, if not impossible, to maintain\nmore than 500,000 on a war footing.\nBERNARD SHAW SPEAKS\nON TAXING BRITISH CAPITAL\nLONDON, England.\u2014In nnother in-\nleresting letler to tlie Times,\nGeorge Bernard Shaw discusses the\ntaxation uf capital. What Is a millionaire capitalist'.' Mr. Shaw asks.\nMany people think he is a man witli\nC 1.000,000 in his pocket. He is not;\nlie is only a man with \u00a3.10,000 a\nyear; Tax bin million at tiie current\nrale of r>s. In (he pound income lax\nplus 3s. ttd. supertax, and the collector will demand from him more\nthan eight times his entire income for\nthe year\u2014three hundred thousand odd\npounds. He will simply reply \"I haven't\ngot it.\"\nBut tbe practical man of business\nwill stand no nonsense of that. kind.\nHo will say, \"You haven't got. it; but\nyou can get it. All you havo to do\nis to Instruct yuiir stockbroker to sell\nyour Income of XoO.OOO a year, and\nhe will get you a million for It before you can say .lack Ibibinsmi.\"\nFantastic as the operation seems, it\nis not impossible under certain conditions. The first is that the millionaire's investments, have been so\nwidely distributed thut he can sell\nout without throwing upon the market a huge block of shares in any\none concern; a condition that would\ncheckmate most of Industrial\nmillionaires. The second Is Hint all\nthe other millionaires and investors\ntfcnnrally are going nn just as usual,\nbuying and selling neither more nor\nless than tho average. But this is\njust what would not happen as tlie result of a general tax on capital. All\nthe other capitalists would lie selling\nout at tlie sume moment to pay tlio\ncollector, and the conseqiienco would\nlie not merely depreciation, but zero,\na total disappearance of tlie capital\nvalues, owing to the fact that alt\nthe capitalists would be trying simultaneously to sell to one another, not\nthe existing produce on whicli thoy\nwere living for the year, but the as\nyet non-existent produce of next year\nand many succeeding years as well.\nNow, even In a world wiiich lives, as\nours does, mostly from hand to\nmouth, it may be possible, as nn Isolated transaction to sell \u00a350,000\nworth of the wheat or coal or hardware of 1920 to a very rich man, be-\npause he can afford to wait for it.\nBut you cannot put your hand on the\nentire harvest and output of that\nyear ln 1917-19 for Immediate consumption at the front. Yet that Is\nexactly what a tax on capital would\nattempt.\nThe point is one of pressing importance, because the war has driven us\nInto a phase of collect I vlst activity\nwhich we have confided to a great\nextent to experienced men of individual business. Now it happens that\ncollectivism lias always been one of\nthe hobbies of experienced men of business who have made targe fortunes.\nFrom Robert Owen to Joseph Pels, a\nlong string of them might be named,\nA great deal was expected from their\npractical, good sense and knowledge\nof men and affairs; hut tho truth Is\nthat la collectivism they were all lu-\n\u2666+.\u00bb^\u00bb\u00bb.\u00bb *\u00bb \u2666 \u00bb\u00bb>*\u00bb>\u2666<\u00bb\u2666 \u2666 \u2666 * \u00bb-*-\u00bb-\u00bb+-\u00bb\u00bb-\u00bb\u00bb-\u00bb>7\nNews of \u00a7port\nBRILLIANT MATCH\nmm AND NELSON\nTO III WET\nNIW8 Or THE  MARKETS\nCROP DAMAGE PUIS\nWHEAT PRICES\ncorrigible UtOpnlon failures, with the\nsingle exception of William Morris,\nwho was n poet forced upon business\nby the inadequacy of the people who\nhad devoted their lives lo It. Wc already see how the practical man of\nbusiness, having experience of the fact\nthat an economy can be effected in a\ncountinghouse by cutting down the\nffice boy's joy rides, infers that a publio economy can be effected by hampering the locomotion of the whole\nnation at a moment when facilitation\nof transport both for men and goods\nhas reached a value that Would probably justify us in doubllngj.ho number\nof trains and abolishing fares. This\npseudo-practicality Is precisely of the\nkind that may lead its possessors to\nconclude thut because an isoloted individual or firm can \"realize his capital\"\nand spend It In shooting, a whole nation can do the same.\nMr. Shaw considers the case of a\nslatesmau who is discussing With a\ncommandor-In-chief the national resources. \"First, you will understand,\"\nthe statesman says, \"we must win;\nthnt goes beforo everything. Now,\nas to our resources, let me see. The\nnational income before tiie war was\nestimated at .t 2,000,000,000. How\nmuch capital does that represent?\nI will take It al 5 per cent. I, therefore, beliiR pledged always as a practical man looking facts In the face,\nto tbe last shilling of our money and\nthe last drop of our blood, have at my\ndisposal C 40,000.000,000 ready capital\nunder the hand of the chancellor of\nthe exchequer. And I dare say I\ncan borrow n lot more if the worst\ncomes to the worst. You can lay\nyour plans accordingly. Are you satisfied?\" The soldier points out that\nOWln gto the prodiRious impulse given\nto production by the war the national\nincome must have at least doubled\nsince 10U, and that the capital now\navailable must, therefore, be nearer\nC 100,000,000.000   than      ,t 30,000,000,000.\nThe statesman congratulates him on\nhis practical knowledge of business,\nand admits that it is so.. The soldier\nproceeds to plan his spring offensive on the assumption Hint he\nhas .C 100,000.000,000 ready money to\nplay wllh. In the middle of May, he\nsurrenders at discretion; and all tho\npractical statesmen are torn to pieces\nby an Infuriated patriotic mob In Palace yard.\nLet hohody think that this is a joke,\nsays Mr, Shaw In conclusion. It Is\na quite possible mistake; and If it is to\nbe made at all. I hope it will be made\nby lhe imperial chancellor and not hy\nour prime minister.\nSeattle  Defeated\u2014Roberts Runs Wild\nIn First Period\u2014May Be Tie\nfor Championship\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 18.\u2014Solving\nSeattle's defense In the first period of\nthe fastest and most thrilling hockey\nmatch played in the city this season,\nFrank Patrick's fast climbing Millionaires secured a three-goal lead on\nthe league leaders, which they were\nable to maintain through the remaining two periods, sending the invaders\ndown to defeat by a score of -i to 2 at\nthe local arena last night. Upward of\nfiOOO fans witnessed the contest and\nfrom the first toot of lhe whistle until\nSi Griffis slammed the rubber against\nthe boards back of the Seattle goal,\nt here was not a moment when the\npiny was not scintillating with brilliant work.\nDr. Gordon Roberts, ho of the curved\nshot fame, ran wild during -the first\ntanza, and the result was that he\nbulged the Manila behind Holmes for\nall Hie gonls accredited to the home\nplayers. As a result, the Vnncouver\nteam Is now one-half game behind the\nSeattle club, and there is a possibility\nof a tic and a play-off for the championship.    Summary:\nFirst period: Vancouver, Roberts\nfrom Stanley, ,4:20; Vancouver, Roberts, 6:10: Vancouver, Roberts from\nStanley, :30; Vancouver, Roberts from\nStanley. 4:10; \"Seattle, Foyston from\nMorris. 1:25.\nSecond period: None.\nThird period: Seattle, Morris from\nRowe,  7:10.\nThe teams:\nVancouver. Seattle.\nGoal.\nIjchman       Holmes\nJ'oint.\nPatrick     Rowe-\nCover  Point.\nGriffis      Carpenter\nRover.\nMackay       Walker\nCentre.\nTaylor       Morris\nRight Wing.\nStanley   Riley\nLeft Wing.\nKoberls     Foyston\nReferee, Fred Ion.\nQUEBEC TAKES LEAD IN\nN. H. A. SECOND SERIES\nDefeats Ottawa in Fast and Brilliant\nGame\u2014Overtime Played to\nDecide Tussle\n(By Dnlly News Lensed Wire.)\nQUEBEC, Feb. 18.\u2014Quebec gained\nthe-load in the second series ofJ tin*\nNational Hockey association race by\ndefeating Ottawa here on Saturday\nnight by 3 to 2 after 16 minutes of\novertime. Carey scored the winning\ngoal on  McDonald's pass.\nThe ottawas raised a kick over the\nwinning goal, but Referee Smeaton\nassured them that the counter was a\nlegitimate one and declined to overrule the umpire's decision.\nThe   gnnlkeeping   of   Hebert   und\nBenedict and Carey's playing featured\ntbe contest, which was a fast, brilliant\nexhibition of hockey.   The teams:\nOttawa May Protest.\n< ITTAWA, Feb. IS.\u2014Thc Ottawa\nhockey club likely will file a protest in\nconnection with the game which they\nlost to the Quebecs last night. Secretary Rosenthal announced that the\nfacts tire to be bud before the directors\nat a special meeting of the Ottawa\n(lnli, which may be held tomorrow.\nln the third period Jack Darragh\nscored on a pass through Shore. Judfee\nof Play Labrecque recalled this, though\nthe ottawns claimed that It is one of\ntlie fairest goals over stored. Referee\nSmeatfin was n6t near at the time, and\ndid not care to overrule the decision of\nills assistant. In the overtime play\nCarey's shot, according to the ottawas,\nStruck the top of the bar, bounding\nout again, whereupon Gerrard seized\ntbo puck and started up the Ice, but\ntbe crowd shouted goal and the umpire rolsed his hand, after Quebec\nplayers and supporters had rushed\naround him. Tbe Ottawa officers declined to comment on the matter.\nQuebec. Ottawa.\nGoal.\nHebert       Benedict\nPoint.\nCrawford      Gerard\nCover   I'oint.\nHall       Shoro\nCentre.\nMnlone    Neighbor\nWings.\nCo rey       Darragh\nRitchie    Boucher\nWill   Be   Most   Important   Game   of\nLeague With Local Team Only\nHalf a Game Ahead.\nThe chief topic In hockey circles is\nthe much delayed game between Rossland and Nelson, which, it was given\nout. last night, will be pulled off at the\nNelson skating rink on Wednesday\nnight. The three final games of the\nleague woro postponed on account of\nthe Rossland carnival, and were further delayed by soft weather. However,\ntlie league executive has taken the\nmatter into Its hands, and It was stated by Frank McCrohan, Nelson's representative, last night that it had arranged to play off all delayed games\nwithin the next week. Rossland will\ngo to Phoenix Monday and will play\nhere Wednesday nijmt. and Nelson will\ngo to Rossland-on Saturday night for\nthe final game.\nThe game here on Wednesday night\nis tho most important gamo of the series, as Nelson is nt present only half\na game ahead of Rossland and a win\nfor either side means practically the\ncups. The Rosslnnd team romped\nthrough tho carnival without a loss\nand took all prizes and must most certainly he ill great, form. However, although It Is expected that tha local\nhoys will be kept on the jump to keep\nthe Iouk1 ond of the score, yet no anxiety is felt among the fans as to the\noutcome, and there is plenty of kale\nfloating around to make B Interesting\nfor the rooters from Rossland, who\nare bringing over a bumper special lo\nsupport their boys. The ice in the\nrink, thanks to lhe sudden cold snap, is\nnow ln first eluss shape ami Baddy\nlias been working bis savages out regularly and is confident of victory.\nGirls'   Match   Arranged.\nArrangements have also been made\nto,bring the Rosslnnd girls' hockey\nteam over and they will cross sticks\nfor the first time tills year with the\nlocal girls immediately after the senior\ngame. The girls have been practising\nsteadily, but have been unable to arrange a game hitherto, and great Interest is being taken in their first effort. This, is the first double header\nof the season and the citizens should\nmost certainly receive a treat.\nReports of Poor Prospects in Kansas\nand Missouri Give Bulls De- ,\ncided Advantage.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nCHICAGO, Feb, 17. \u2014 Many complaints that abnormally dry weather\niu the southwest and west was causing\nserious crop damage gave an upward\nslant today to quotations on wheat.\nThe market closed unsettled at the\nsame as yeserday's finish to I-J4 higher\nwith May at $1.73% and July at $1.49.\nOats gained % to V* and provisions\nshowed a rise of io cents to 20 cents.\nNotwithstanding a good deal of Indecision ut the outset, bulls in wheat\nsoon obtained an evident advantage\nfrom messages that flooded in telling\nof poor crop prospects throughout a\nlarge portion of the winter wheat belt,\nespecially Kansas and sections of\nMissouri. High winds and dust were\nsaid to have added to the injury due\nto lack of moisture.\nWINNIPEG  WHEAT, $1.73%\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 17.\u2014Wheat: May,\n$1.78%; July, $1.71%; Oct., $1.39*14.\noats\u2014May, B9%! July, 50Ya.\nFlax-\u2014May, *f 8.68ft; July, $2.60.\nCash wheat\u2014No. 1 Northern, $1.70%.\nNo.  2.   $1.07%;   NO.   3,   $1.05%;   No.   4,\n$X.53%; No. 5, $1.53%: No. \u00ab, $1,08%;\nfeed, Hfi.\nST. PAULS SPORTING LAURELS\nRETRIEVED BY JUNIORS\nPresbyterian  Boys of Efficiency Tests\nClasses Defeat Methodist Boys\nin  Basketball Game\nMembers of the younger generation\nof St. J'atils Presbyterian church retrieved. Us sporting laurels, lost to the\nMethodist men's curling rinks'several\nweeks ago, by trimming a team composed of the; younger members of\nTrinity church by a score of 35 to 2 In\na basketball game at the V. M. C. A.\nSaturday night.\nThe players represented the Canadian standard of efficiency tests\nclasses of W. S, Stanley of St. Pauls\nand E. Wright Of Trinity. The Presbyterian's had It all their own way\nfrom the start, and dropping the ball\nIn tho net became almost a mailer of\nroutine before tho game concluded.\nThe teams were: W. S. Stanley's\nclass\u2014.lames Curran, W. BJanchard,\nJoseph Ringrose. P. Young and T,\nJerome, K. Wright's class\u2014il. w'alley,\nGeorge Thurman, C, Cryderman, H.\nDuck and F. Sleeves. Secretary Macdonald  acted as  referee.\nThe Military Hospitals commission\nhave been offered by the Ontario gov-\nernmcnl the Whitby asylum building\nand the dormitory accommodation at\nthe Ouelph prison farm. If accepted,\nthe majority of the'Inmates at Ouelph\nwill be sent to Burwash and the balance among other prisons In the province, Tho prison farm quarters will\nbo used for vocational training of returned soldiers.\nCANADIENS SECURE\nWIN OVER WANDERERS\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL-, Feb. 18.\u2014Canadiens\nlost night defeated Wanderers in a\nclose and bitterly contested National\nHockey association gamo by a score\nof 4 to 3. I^ack of team work wus\nonce more the cause of Wanderers\ndefeat, ln contrast, the Canadiens\nplayed well together. The threo Toronto men secured by Wanderers\nstarted out with that team. The\nFrenchmen had all they could do to\nbeat out the Red Bands. Tho teams:\nCanadiens. Wanderers.\nGoal.\nVezina   Lindsay\nPoint.\nCorbeau   Camrosc\n('over  Point.\nMummery   S. Cleghorn\nCentre.\nLalonde   0, Cleghorn\nWings.\nPItre     Skinner\nNoble    Randall\nAUSTRALIAN AND ITALIAN\nWIN SIX-DAY BICYCLE RACE\n(By Daily News Leaded Wire.)\nCHICAGO, Feb. 18.\u2014Reggie McNamara of Australia and Francisco\nVcrrl of Italy, the favorites, last nisjbt\nwon Chicago's sixth annual six-day\nbicycle race, which onded at 1:80\no'clock. The riders covered 2413 miles.\nThe record for tho time is 2770 miles\n8 laps.   Seven teams finished ths race.\nBROWN   BEATS   HICKMAN\nIN BOWLING MATCH\nA bowling match was played at tho\nV. M. C. A. Saturday evening. Brown's\nlearn beating Hickman's by 122 pins.\nThe standing at the end of the second\nname was one phi In favor of Hickman's team.   Scores:\nMcGulgan     147     141     121\nHickman  103     100     147\nAllen      182     157     148\nGraves       139     125\n602 600 511\nBrown     157 172 187\nEbbs   201 134 130\nRonan   150 16fi 184\nHamm ..r  121 157\n508     593     664\nSLIGHT  GAIN   MADE   BY\nSMELTERS AT MONTREAL\nGeneral Tendency of Prices Firmer\u2014\n\u2014Iron and Steel Issues Advance\n\u2014Quebec Rails Drop,\nMONTREAL, Fob. 10.\u2014Saturday's\nshort session of the local stock exchange marked the close of a week of\ncontracted business dealings that has\nnot bfi-cit equalled for a long time. The\ngeneral tendency was firmer, especially in the steel group, where gains of\n\u20224 to 1% were registered In light trading.\nDominion Iron, after opening at. -00,\nrose lo 6014, und that price was bid al\nthe close. Steel of Canada held firm\nal 59, an advance of % from Friday's\nlast, while the closing bid wns % better. Scotia Steel rose 1% to 101% in\nnominul trading and finished at that\nfigure bid.\nSmelters opened with a gain of %\nat 31%, and held this gain until the\nfinish, although It sold as high as 31%.\nShawinlgnn sold 1 point off at 125,\nwhile Quebec Ralls dropped % to 24\nat the close. Car common whs marked\n% down at 26.\nBusiness in the war loans wns unusually brisk, the older Issue being\ntraded in to the amount of $53,400, hold-\nng firm nt 97%, or nchanged, The\nnewer loan was even more nctlve In\ndealings of almost $75,000 and after\nopening at 98% eased off to 97 at thtf\nclose, or unchanged.      '\nTotal transactions were 894 shares,\n$135,300 bonds and 1200 mines.\nSPECULATIVE BUYING IS\nQUIET AT TORONTO\n(By Dally News leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Feb. 17.\u2014Buying of the\n1925 war loan for which there wes .1\nfair demand, was the only feature 01\nan otherwise listless session of the Toronto stock exchange this morn'iu.\nSpeculative buying was \\ery (pilot ar I\nbuying of a few broken lota of Mackay common made that issue thj? most\nnctlve stock on llRt, While stock transactions In other stocks wero comparatively Insignificant proportions, g'.ilns\nof % to 1% points were the rule. War\nloans were dealt In to the extent of\n$11,500, and It closed at the high for\nthe day at 97%, which Is % above\nFriday's closing figure for both loans.\nSteamships common was l% higher at\n34-Si. Dominion Iron and Steel of Canada gained % to 30% and 59 respectively.\nIll III III Jlj lii Wiuthi..,,. *\u00bb\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\nTHE BEAUTY OF SUNLIGHT\nis that every garment washed with it bears the\nimpress of purity; a purity begotten of sweet,\ncleansing oils, and maintained by absolute cleanliness in manufacture; a purity exalted by the\nco-operation of workers united for the purpose:\na purity demonstrated by the \"$5,000 guarantee\nwhich rests upon every bar of SUNLIGHT SOAP.\nA substihtti f.r Suntltnl il not as good and MVir\nten ti.    \/.silt \u00ab\u2022*>--. tht tmitinf\u2014Suitlitkt A'c-)***.\nTbe name Lever on Soap ii \u25a0 Juirantee\nol Purity end Excclleace.\nSTERLING  EXCHANGE\n(By Dnily News Loaned Wire.)\nMOW YORK, peb. iu.\u2014sieilliiB exchange, $4.7ri^A for demand,\nCHICAGO STOCKYARDS\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nChicago;  peU. 10. \u2014 nog*:  nc-\ncelpla, 1S.OC0; firm, 5 to 10 cents high.\ner. Hulk, i2.2fjffi.IS.-IO; light, 11.68\u00a9\n12.85; mixed, il.OS01l.<6; heavy, i*>r*i,\nlH.BO;   rough, ISO 12.06;    pigs,   9.40\u00ae\n10.75.\nCattle\u2014Receipts, S.0O0; wenk. Native beef, 7.85*912; stockers and feeders, 6,25\u00a99.20j cows and heifers, 5.20\nlrlO.40;  calves, 9.75*^14.,\nSheep\u2014 Receipts, 7,000; weak. *vy*e-\ntbers. 11W12; ewes, 8.50611.75; lambs,\n12.40 614.75.\nBUTTER  MARKET FIRM.\n(Hy Dnlly News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL, Feb. 16.\u2014Butter firm\nwith a steady demand. Cheese quiet.\nEggs scarce nnd in good demand. .\nCheese\u2014Finest westerns, 2G*f$26tf;\nfinest easterns, 25S25%. ;\u25a0.\nHotter\u2014Choicest creamery. 42#48;\nseconds, 39*il41, .'.i.\nEggs\u2014Fresh, 55058; selected;- 48*.\nNo. i Btock, 45.\nPork\u2014 ItfGavy Canada short mess,'40\n041; Canada short cut back, 38*839.\nHockey\nDouble Header\u2014Rossland at\nNelson, Wednesday, Feb. 21\nMOST   IMPORTANT   GAME   OF   THE   LEAGUE\nALSO    LADIES'    GAME,    ROSSLAND,    VS.   NELSON,    AFTER\nSENIOR  GAME\nADMISSION,     ADULTS,   50c;   CHILDREN, 26c.\nBAND   IN   ATTENDANCE\nPEACE  IMPOSSIBLE WITH\nGERMANY AT PRESENT\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014Addressing a\nmeeting tonight In London, the speaker of the house of commons, Hon,\nJnmes l.owtber declnred that it was.\nImpossible for llrltish statesmen to\nmake any agreement with Germany, as\nnow constituted. It would be necessary\nbefore Signing any pence or any agreement, be said, to Insist tbnt It must\nbe with a government different in essence nnd constitution from tlie pres-\nollt one.\nIt Is reported In New Vork that in\nthe event ol* the United Stntes going lo\nwnr with Germany n regiment of Ca.\nnndluns now living In the Cnltcd\nStutes will bn organised. This, It Is\nsaid, could be easily accomplished, nnd\nwould be n return compliment to Americans who have enlisted In the Canadian forces for overseas service.\nDODDS\nfKIDNEY\n|^ PILLS ^\nREACH ALL\nTHE PEOPLE\nIn order to reach all the people of\nNelson with your announcements of\nmeetings, entertainments and amusements, all you require is display advertising in The Daily News.\nIt goes into ninety-five per cent of the homes, offices\nand business places in the city No other method can give\nyou anything near as good service.\nIt has been tested thoroughly. Try it next time you\nneed any publicity.\nPut the money you would spend in other ways into\nincreased display space. You will be surprised at the\nresults.\nCall 144 and talk to our advertising man about it.\n MONDAY,    FEB.    19,    1917,\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nW\np*f oe seven\nLittle Ads that Bring Big Returns\n9NDEN8ED ADVERTISING RATE3\nlie Insertion, per word,     lo\nllntmum charge \u2022\u2022\u2022  2Go\nll   consecutive   Insertions,   per\nm wd......     4c\nIrenty-slx consecutive Insertions\n((one month), per word   15o\nrths, one Insertion    BOc\nrlages, one Insertion    BOc\nlaths, one Insertion   BOo\n|rd of Thanks    BOo\nISacta subsequent insertion   26o\nlath and Funeral Notice  $1.00\ncondensed   advertisements   are\n|\u00abh ln advance.\ncomputing the number of words\nj a classified advertisement count\nph word, dollar mark, abbreviation,\nal letter and figure as one word.\njVdvertlsers are reminded that it Is\nhtrary to the provision of the postal\nIrs to have letters addressed to inula only;   therefore any advertiser\n(ilrouH of concealing his. or her iden-\nt may use a box at this office wlth-\nany extra charge if replies are\nlied for; If replies are to be mailed\nI advertiser allow 10 cents extra ln\n11 tlon to price of advertisement, to\nr postage.\nthe News reserves the right to re-\n|t any copy submitted for publica-\n|i.\n\u25a0SITUATIONS VACANT\u2014MALE.\nfLSON. EMPLOYMENT AGENCY\u2014\n, Parker, 309 Baker St., Phone 283.\n\u25a0VNTED\u2014Sawyers; third class engineer; scaler; waitress; fireman; la-\n\u25a0\u25a0erfl; register you a mill cat ion a for\nIp or work.\t\n^^JPROP^PTY^CJJJBA^E^^^\nFOR   SALE\u2014Summer   cottage, \u25a0 five\nminutes from car line, on lake shore.\nCheap for cash.   Apply T. H. Waters\n& Co., Front street, or phono 278L.\n(4867)\nFOR SALE\u2014Seven room    houso    on\nthirty foot  lot;   close  in;   concrete\nfoundation.   Box 847, Nelson,      (4027)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nments in Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw it in The News\u201411\nwill help you.\nWANTED.\nWANTED\u2014To buy Toulouse  gander\nwould exchange for young pig.   Apply H. Nixon, Perrys, (4957)\nWANTED\u2014Good,   clean   number   one\npotatoes,    cash f.o.b. growers' station    for    suitable- stock in car lots.\nWrite E. Norman, Mirror Lake,  13.C.\n(4061)\nWANTED\u2014Two  or threo airy  rooms\nfurnished, bedroom, sitting room and\nbath, or use of bath.   Apply box 4952.\nDaily News. (4052)\nWANTED\u2014Donkey   engine   from   fivc\nto ten horsepower.    J, Tier,  Rose-\nbery, B.C. (4972)\nWANTED\u2014Low steel farm wagon, one\nhorse,    Robert  Quln,   Harrop,   B.C.\n(4973)\n\u25a0\\NTED\u2014Male dishwasher at ~L.~ D.\nl'afe. (4984)\n\\NTED-rrLaundryman. Apply, stating terms to B. H. Olson, Capt.,\nIdicul Superintendent, Balfour Sanl-\nflum.  (4983)\n\u25a0VNTED\u2014Men to learn automobile\n\u25a0lrivlng and repairing In our own\nlip.    Call or write for    particulars.\nfdan Auto   Academy,   215   Granite\nJjck, Spokane, Washington.\nA.NTED\u2014In month from date, gurd-\n\u25a0mer.  Apply stating terms and quail-\nlatlons.   B. H. Olson, Capt., medical\nfCrtntendent, Balfour Sanitarium.\n (4964)\nSEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nnents In Condensed Columns, kindly\nhntlon you saw it In The News\u2014it\n111 help you.\nFARM   PROPERTY.\nFOR RENT\u20145-aore orchard,  trees 7\nto 11 years old. Apples, plums, pears,\nand  cherries,   some   small   fruits,   \"\u25a0-\nI roomed cottage, stable, packing, house\nand   chicken  house.    Good   irrigation\nsystem;   in town of Midway.    Apply\nMrs. Henry Lee, Kettle Valley, B.C.\n(494S)\nIjjnjATiojj^y^cAi^\nOMAN COOK wants camp; husband helper or other work. State\n|ges.   Box 4921, Daily News.   (4921)\nARTICLES  FOR SALE.\n\u25a0)R SALE\u2014Mcntges newspaper fold\nmr\\ folds 4, ti, 8, 10 and 12 pages; in\n1st class condition.    Snap for cash.\nlie Daily News, Nelson. (078)\n|>R SALE \u2022 CHEAP\u2014Ono cabinet\n[Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine,\n| first class condition.    Apply A. L.\n|llson, O. K. Barber shop. (4953)\nPRIGHT PIANO, sllghtiy~TisedrMa-\nIson & Rlsch; very sweet tone; cost\n|00, sacrifice lor $300.   Box 1007, Ncl-\n (4902)\n!}R SALE\u20142-horse mowing machine,\nll'oot knife, in good shape, -$35. p. o.\nlx 357, Nelson. (4976)\nJDR SALE AT A SACRIFICE\u2014The\n\u25a0library of the lato Sheriff Tuck,\n\u25a0llch Is one of the most select in the\nlovlnce, containing more than fifteen\nIindrcd volumes of the world's best\nleraturc. An unusual opportunity for\nIcily, community or individual. Apply\n1 box 4117, Dally Nows. (4117)\n|)R SALE\u2014Edison Dictograph com-\nlplcto; electric power. Apply to Daily\nTaws business office. (654)\n|}R SALE\u2014Shnvlug machine for Edi-\n|\u00bbon records.    Box \u25a0685, Dnily News.\nTHE NfiAL INSTITUTE.\nlit makes no difference how much,\n|>w long or how many treatments\nKvo failed, tho Neal institute will\nIvo  satisfaction.    Cranbrook,   B.C.\nFURNISHED   R00M8   TO   RENT^\nOR RENT\u2014Suites of furnished house\nI keeping rooms ln Annable block.\nInquire room 32. (4896)\nJOR RENT\u2014Furnished housekeeping\n1 rooms, $8 per month, ovor Poole\n\u25a0rug. (4778)\n\u25a0URNISHED SUITES for rent.  Ap-\nlply Kerr apartments, (4897)\nI.W.C, BLOCK-Housekeeping suites\nland rooms for rent. Terms mnder-\nA, Mucdonuld & Co. (1898)\nJJV^STOCK.\t\nOR SALE\u2014Team of ponies; drive\n\u25a0 doublo or single; broken to riding\nlid pack saddle; $125.00 cash, harness\n\u25a0eluded. Or will apply them on trado\nIr sound, heavy farm horse. Robert\nlendry, Burton City, B.C. (4886)\nOR SALE\u2014Buy team, double harness,\nI wagon with new box, blankets, hal-\nIrs, etc., ?250. P.O. box 357, Nelson.\n(4977)\nfc>R SALE\u2014H-olsteln bull, 1 year ln\n|May; Ayrshire bull,. 2 years in April.\nBourgeois,  Crescent  Valley.\n. (4971)\n\u2022ANTED\u2014Threo or four good young\n|sows in pig, duo to farrow In May,\n933, Dally News. (4933)\niDR SALE\u2014Brood hows    to    farrow\n{March and April.    Wills, Fruitvalo.\n(4944)\nLAUNCHES AND MOTOR BOATS.\nFOR SALE\u2014A motor boat in A-l condition, 4 h.p. engine, value one hundred and fifty dollars. Will accept a\nmower and rake or an Edison grama-\nphone as purt payment. C. W. Lamb,\nSlocan City, B.C. (4959)\nGROCERIES.\nA. MACDONALD & CO., WHOL\/E-\nsalo Grocers anil provision Merchants. Importers of Teas, Coffees,\nSpices, Dried Fruits, Staples and\nFancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars,\nButter, Eggs, Cheese and Packing\nHouso Products. Office and warehouse, corner of Front and Hall Sts.\nP.O. box 1095; telephones 28 and 23.\nFUNERAL  DIRECTORS.\nD. J. ROBERTSON, F. D. D. & E., 303\nVictoria   street.     Phono   292;   night\nphono. 157-L.\nAUCTIONEERS,\nC. AMVATERMAN & CO., Opera blk\nWM.~ CUTLER,\" AUCTi6nEEr7 BOX\n474; phone 18.\nASSAY ERS.\nE. \\V. WIDDOWSO'N, box A-1108, Nel-\nBon, B.C. Standard western charges\nSECOND  HAND  DEALERS.\nTHE ARK pays cash for second hand\nfurniture, stoves; \u00abot; Vernon.\nLODGE NOTICES^\nKNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS\u2014MEETS\nTuesday nights in K. of P. hall,\nEagle block.\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS.\nGREEN BROS., BURDEN &  CO.\nCivil Engineers, Dominion and B. C.\nLand Surveyors.\nSurveys of Lands,  Mines, Townsltcs,\nTimber Limits, etc.\nNelson, 516 Ward street, A. H. Green,\nMgr.j  victoria,  ill Pemberton  Bldg.,\nF. C. Green;   Fort George, Hammond\nstreet, F. P. Burden.\nA. L. McCULLOCH,\nHydraulic Engineer.\nProvincial Land Surveyor.\nBaker St., Nelson, B.C.\nTAYLOR & LUBAR,\nFinancial nnd Insuranco Agents, Notaries Public. Conveyancers, Accountants, Auditors, Assignees, Estates\nmanaged; 602 Baker St.   I'hone 254.\nPATENTS.\nBABCOCK & SONS, Registered Attorneys. Estab. 1877. Formerly\nPatent office examiner. Master of\nPatent Laws. Book \"Patent Protection,\" free; 09 St. .lames St., Montreal. Branches: Ottawa and Washington.\nACCOUNTANTS.\nW. H. FALDING,\nPublic Accountant, Bank of Montreal\nChambers, Rosslund, B.C.\nMESSENGERS.\nNELSON MESSENGER CO.\u2014Baggage\nand express.    Prompt and  reliable.\nDay and night.   Phone 242.\nJMUSIC^\nMISS HELEN MOHR,\nTeacher of Music, pianoforte and\nTheory,\nphono 373R Oak St., Falrview.\n(4879)\n^DiRJMM^KINa^^\nDRESSMAKING\u2014Dress   goods,   silks,\nsuitings,   Splrella   Corsets,    Misses\nLemieux. (4834)\nPOULTRY AND EGGS.\nBOOK ORDERS NOW for vigorous\nbaby chicks and hatching eggs from\nheavy laying strains of Whito Leghorns, Whito Wyandottes and Rhode\nIsland Reds. Price list on request.\nDerreen Poultry Farm, Sardls, B.C.\n(4895)\nFOR SALE\u2014Cockerels, S. C. W. Leghorns from trap-nested layers. Mating list on request,   Chalmers, Thrum**\n(4923)\nBARRED ROCK Cockerels from heavl\nlaying strain.   Burred rock hutching\neggs.   McDlarmld & Squires, Robson.\n(4907)\nFOR SALE\u2014Pen Black Lungshans, 9\none year old hens, 4 pullets und\ncook bird, winner third prize provincial Poultry Show. Two pair of Buff\nCochin Bantams and two cockerels. C\nI. Archibald, Salmo, B. Q. (4981)\nEGGS FOR HATCHING\u2014Heavy laying strain s. C, Rhode Island Reds\nBarrons, White Leghorns. Blnck Lang-\nshuns, Buff Cochins, Bantams. Prlct\nlist on request C. l. Archibald, Salmo\nB. C. (4982)\nBUSINESS   CHANCES.\nFOR SALE\u2014The Starland motion pic\nturo business, Nelson, B.C. Goof\nterms to responsible parties. Applj\noffice over theatre. (4899\nFOR SALE\u2014A well established hors\u00bb\nund auto livery and mail stage line\nApply W. Schad, Bull River, B.C.\n(48251\nJJUJCELLjJNEOUg^\nHEAVY portable sawmill is open'for\nlarge contract to cut lumber on Arrow lakes or vicinity. Capacity* tci\nthousand or better. Box 4930, Dail>\nNews. (4930)\nWILL RENT to responsible party. Bell\npiano in first class condition. Appll\nbox 4975, Dally News. (4975)\nONLY $3 PER DOZEN for the Sepia\nphotos in folders. Wo also develop\nfltms nnd muke enlargements. Mail UB\nyour orders. Star Photo Co., Nelson,\nB.C. Studio In Alan block. Box 702.\n(4934)\nSPAIN   AND   FRANCE   BEING\nBOUND CLOSER TOGETHER\nPARIS, France\u2014The Journal has\npublished an eloquent plea from Senor\nJacomto-Octavlo Picon, a member of\ntho Spanish Academy and an admirer\nof France of many years' standing, tor\nthe strengthening of the relations\nbetween  Spain  and   France.\nBeginning with a generous appreciation of tho French of his epoch,\npenned by Gutlorro Dlez de Gomez, a\nSpanish chronicler of the fifteenth\ncentury. Senor Picon affirmed that,\nallowing for the development of tlie\ncharacter of both nations In tho meantime, it still expressed what the Spanish thought of the French of today,\nln exchange, lie wrote, they felt thoy\nhad the right to demand that the\nFrench should form n similar conception of themselves and that ns both\nnations cherished tbe same noble\nideals of life, it would be a grave mistake if they did not wish to see the\n'rapprochement   inaugurated   between\nthem realized.\nThe recent visits paid to Madrid and\nPurls by French and Spanish professors, artists, and writers, respectively,\nought be maintained, to be tho beginning of common action designed to\nrender closer the relations between\nthe two countries. There had never\nexisted between Franco and Spain\ncauses for enmity such us those which\nformerly existed between Franco and\nKngland, and yet these, two great\nnations were now fighting, united, for\ntlie same cause. The French and\nSpanish, moreover, were said to he of\nthe same origin, and In any ease It\nwas sufficient to know that they bore\nthe same moral character, ami hud lite\nsame veneration for justice, and the\nsame regard for honor. Again, in no\nsphere of human activity wero the\npresent-day Interests of Franco opposed In tiiose of Spain, ami on ntimor-\nmis points their needs were common\nAdded to this, as In the existence of\nmen so In the existence of nations,\nthere was something superior to male-\nrial Interests, the conception held of\nlife. That was why France and Spain\nneeded tn know one another belter in\norder to found an Indestructible\nfraternity on a basis of reciprocal\nesteem.\nIt was upon the Intellectuals of the\ntwo nations, Senor Picon continued,\nthat the Initial task of paving the way\nfor that union must full. France\nwould not need much time to assure\nherself that Spain had the same Ideals\nand tho sume qualities as herself, und\nthe way to effect   a   rapprochement\nbetween the two peoples would be to\nsee that anything beautiful or noble\nproduced by tho one should bo Immediately made known to the other. It\nwas tlds that the elite among them\nmust undertake by the mutual facilities each could afford the other in all\ndirections, from tlie translation of\nliterary works to the organization of\nvarious enterprises. Individual good\nwill would open the way; literary corporations and industrial centres would\nonly have to follow It, and there would\ncome a moment when official action\nwould have nothing to do but to sanction und strength the existence of\nthe ties created.\nThose French Who know Spain,\nSenor Picon concluded, know What\nmay lie expected for our honesty und\nour chivulry. The French genius\nwith Its penetration and clearsightedness can eomprehond that the prosperity of Spain presents no danger for\nFrance.\nWith thefapproach of Springlthe Poultry Column will be one_of\nthe best readjin the Classified pages. If lyou have any! birds or\nsettings'of eggs for sale a small Want Ad. will dispose of them for\nyou. Try one of these efficient little workers today. You willlbe\nsurprised at the results.\nNow or Next Winter\n,WY YOUR FURS TODAY. .IT MAY SEEM STRANGE\nBUT \"THERE'S A REASON.\"\nWE ARE OFFERING A FEW HIGH-GRADE SETS AT\nSUCH TEMPTING' PRICES THAT IT WILL PAY YOU TO\nBUY MOW,\nI\/AST WEEK THOSE ADVERTISED .PO'UNO NEW OWNERS AND TODAY WE OFFER YOU THE BALANCE OF\nTHE SHIPMENT,\nNO.   106\u2014\nIMKK   .MARTEN   THRUWOVBR\u2014Nearly   70   inohea long, nlcoly\ntrimmed tails, etc.   A garment that will fetch $11)5.00 next\nscuaon.   Price Today  *\t\nNO.  108\u2014\nMARTEN   STOLE\u2014Six  full  skins;   lioth  ends  finished  with  two\ntails, four nnws; trimmed on shoulder two heads, two tails, four jmws.\nThis will sell next year for *lt>5.0l>.\nToday's Trice\t\n$76.50\n$69.50\nNO.  101\u2014\nMARTEN STOLE\u2014Straight long shape, made of eight large skins\nvery thickly furred; length 65 inches; finished at each end with two\ntails and four paws, making extreme length 81 inches, one of the\nmost handsome pieces to be seen in British Columbia. -u-QQ Cfl\nEasily worth J200.00.   Today's Snap Price   i|IUlliWV\nThese are all the very highest grade pelts and If shipped to London\nwoidd command high prices, but the risk Just now in sending big\nvalues over the water Is too great\u2014we would rather sacrifice them\nhere.\nNO. 88\u2014\n-MINK MU1**F\u2014Exceptionally good color and of good size.   Worth\ntoday $126.00.   The skins alone are worth much more money,\nour Price Today \t\n$67.50\nJpSi iDo\nNO.   193\u2014\nMARTEN MUFF\u2014Is open shape but can easily he closed,   lias four\nbeautifully marked skins, four tails and paws.   Worth today f\n$130.00.   A bargain any eyes can see.   Special Price\nNO. <I09\u2014\nMINK STOLE\u2014In tiie throwover shape; always fashionable; good\nwidth skins and bright In color.   Worth $105.00. -C\/I7 Rfl\n  w4l ,\u00ab,---\nSpecial  Snap\nivIU\nInvesting your money in these furs is as good ns railway or government bonds.   The skins alone always fetching their money.\nWe have suoh confidence In the extraordinary value of these furs\nthat we will send C. O. D. with privilege of Inspection anywhere. This\nplan worked so successfully hist week that we commend ll to your\nnotice, it gives you the privilege of seeing the article before you make\nyour decision.\nHUDSON'S BAY FURS nre known the world over, but not at sucli\ntempting prices as arc advertised today. It does no', require magnifying glasses to sec \"such values.\"\nDON'T   FORGET  THE   K.  OF   P. BALL  ON   TUESDAY   EVENING\nIt Is to Be the Event of the Season\nWe have already sold several very handsome Frocks for the occasion. You may only make up.your mind to go ut the eleventh hour;\nbut never mind, we have a Frock you can walk right into. We can\noffer you right at the end of the scasun a Chic frock cheaper than you\ncould buy material for.\nTHE NEW DEN1I.E GREEN IS ALL THE RAGE\nSeveral Charming Little Dresses at $9.50 Are Waiting Mere for a New\nOwner\u2014Others at $14.50 te $30.00\nSEE  YOURS  TODAY\u2014YOU  CAN  SAVE   MONEY  AT  \"THE   BAY\"\nutteotfe Bag (fompmw.\n\u25ba*\u00bb<*> ran m as,** m n      ion u \u2022 \u2022*\u2022 at a* a*s> \u2022\u00bb    ar     \u2022 \u2022\u2022*& a \u25a0***\u25a0\u2022 m      *>*\u00ab\u25a0*\u2022       on-aiHiaaiMtitB\nINCORPORATID    1\u00ab*\u00bb0\nHtaiEDT i. aunt.ooi, sroms  eon*i.ttioHin\nNELSON NEWSJDF THE DAY\nSkating in Hie rink tonight.   Band\nm attendance. Hii-Sli)\nSec Baby Mario Osborne, the world's\ngreatest child actress at the Starland\nSaturday. (4901)\nWe will pay 7c lb. for clean cotton\nrags, whito or colored, in largo pieces,\nfree from buttons.   The Daily News.\n(4848)\nThdro will ho ;i meeting of tlio school\nboard in tho .Wlsou public school Monday night ot s o'clock, <4!ii\u00bb2)\nCARD OF THANKS\n-Mrs. .1. T. Androwa wisiii's to thunl<\n\u25a0ill who so kindly helped in various\nvvuys ut her ten in aid of the Women's\nAiiNiHary. (-11180\nTho Young People's Fellowship oltlb\not Trinity Methodist church are holding ji \"surpriso'1 meeting tonight at. s\no'clock to which all young people are\nInvited. (IDSil)\nThe Mothers' Club of St. Saviours\nwill servo a pancake tea on Shrove\nTuesday the ^ntb Inst., in the Parish\nhalt from ;t to ti p.m. Home eookhiK\ntablo, A whist drive at 8 p.m. Re-\ntieslunent.s and music. Admission 26\ncents, Proceeds go towards new hall.\nt4U87)\nMrs. Scalr and family of Kire valley\nwish to thank their many friends for\ntiie extreme kindness and sympathy\nshown during their recent bereavement. (4988)\nClub hotel for best draught beer\nand porter, ulwnys fresh. Big schooner\n10c, 3 for H5c\u201e G for 50c. Bottled beer\nand porter, 25c. G. & W. draught rye.\n10c AH best brands of cigars, 10c\nMeuls, !!S conts. Hates: $1.00 and 51.LT\ntier day. . (4000)\nGOAT BREEDERS IN\nPROVINCE ORGANIZE\nAbout 100 Join Association\u20148. H. Hopkins Is President\u2014R. Heddle,\nNelson, a Direotor,\nVICTORIA, Feb. IS.\u2014The British\nColumbia Goat Brooders' association\nwas duly incorporated on Fob. 3. Almost 100 gout breeders in tbe province\nhave already Joined or havp-signified\ntholr intention of becoming members\nimmediately.\nTbe officers of thy association for\nthe present year uro: President, S. H.\nHopkins, Victoria; vico-prusldent, B\\\nMowat. McKay; secretary,-treasurer,\nGeorge Pllmor, Victoria; directors. Arthur Crowe, Victoria; G. IT. .Cowell,\nPort Alberni; R. Heddle, Nelsou; N.\nF. Tunhrldge, Pentlcton. '  ,   \u25a0\"\u2022\nPractically every goat breeder in tlio\nprovince has been circularized lu an\neffort to find out how njnny goats\nthere aro In British Columbia. The\nmembers nre urging thut ull gouts be\nkept In tho province and .that none be\nsold outside Its boundaries, as'It Is\npointed out, tJt-^\/ihe demand within\nthe province lp*$*hU-greater th\u00abn the\nsupply and willy In aU;j\u00bbrob\u00bbhillty, con>\ntlnue  lo  be  so  for snmo   'years    to\nl+ \u2666\u25a0\u2666\u2666\u25a0\u00bb\n\u2666-\u2666-\u2666-\u2666\u2666-\u2666-\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00ab\u2022\nAT   THE   THEATRES J\n\u00bb\u25a0+\u25a0\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666**\u25a0> \u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u25a0\u00bb\u2666^\u2666*-\u00bb-\u00bb-A\nAt the Gem\nThose who aro young and thoso who\narc not so old as to have forgotten\nbow tbe blood stirred, how tho goose-\nflesh broke out on ono when reading\nthe old penny shockers, \u2022will enjoy\n\"The Mysterious Man in Black,\" \"Fan-\ntomas,\" to be seen at tlie Gem Tuesday night only.\n\"Fantomas\" Is the most clever\ncriminal of modern fiction. Tho picture bas to do witli bis crimes and\nwith his thrilling pursuit and final\ncapture by the master detective.\nSossue  Hayakawa  at Starland  Today.\nSessue Hayakawa will be soon today\nnnd tomorrow at the Starland in \"Tho\nSoul of Tsuru San,\" a powerful and\nunusual Japanese-American play, in\nwhich the eminent Japanese undoubtedly surpasses his work in \"Tbo\nCheat.'* Myrtle Mtedmau and Tsuru\nAokl are also featured in the cast.\n\"The Shrine of Happiness,\" u very\nbeautiful western play in Pathe color,\nwill bo shown at tho Starland, Wednesday, tin' ^Ist. Friday Valentino\nGrant will appear in \"The Daughter of\nMcGregor,\" a Famous Flayers story,\non Saturday Baby Marie Osborne, the\nlittle five-year-old leading lady, will\nbo seen lor the first time in Nelson in\n\"Joy and the Dragon.\"\nPOLYGLOT  VERSION   OF THE\nBIBLE SUBJECT OF LEC\". URE\nFD1NBFRGH, Scotland\u2014Al a meeting of the Edinburgh Bibliographical\nsociety held recently in Edinburgh,\nJames P. R. U'ell, a Fellow of the\nRoyal Historical society, London, read\na paper on \"Tho Conplutensian Polyglot Bible or Cardinol Ximenes.\" Mr.\nLyell began by reviewing the position\nof Spain in 1541, at which date this\nBible was printed at. Alcala. and traced the development ot\" tbo nation,\nwhich ut time had only recently become united by the union of Aragon,\nCastile, Navarre, and the Moorish\nkingdom of Granada. Mr. Lyell then\nreferred to the -establishment of the\nuniversity of Alcala by Ximenes, and\ngave an account of his labors during\nthe 15 years this polyglot version of\ntlio Scriptures, which contains the odl-\nto princeps of the New Testamenl in\nGreek, was in preparation. The lecturer then  wonl  on  to give a diserip-\ntion of the alx volumes comprising tho\nwork, ami referred to the beautiful\nfount of Greek type employed in tho\nNew Testamenl, bused on tho letters\nof an old uncial manuscript. Robert\nProctor of the itritish museum, bo\nstated, designed a fount, of typo lu imitation of It. Mr. l.yoll also discussed\nthe work of Arnold de Itrocur, the\nprinter, comparing it with that of Anthony koherger of Nuremberg,\nIn conclusion Mr. Lyell Have a sum\nmary of his census of existing copies\nof the Com plot ensian Version based\non enquiries mado in all parts of the\nworld over a period of about threo\nyears.\nThroe mobilization depots will be established at Toronto, Hamilton and\nSudbury,\nAfter Grippe\nVinol   Restored   Mr.  Martin's  Strength\nWapakoneta. Ohio.\u2014\"I am a farmer\nby occupation and the grippe loft mo\nwith a bad cough and in a nervous,\ntk, run-down condition, and I could\nnot seem to get anything to do mo\nan> good until i took Vinol wiiich\nbuilt mo up and my cough and nervousness aro all gone, ami i can truly\nsay Vinol is all that is claimed for It.\"\n- .lames Martin.\nVinol is a constitutional remedy for\nall weak, nervous and run-down conditions of men. women and children, anil\nfor chronic coughs, colds ami bronchitis. Rutherford Drug Co,, Lid., Nelson. Also at the best druggists in all\nBritish Columbia towns.\nSjomoC Salve\nCURES SKIN AFFECTIONS\nOne package proves It.   Sold and\nGuaranteed by above Vinol druggist.\nCondensed \"Want'\\ Ads Order Form\nUse this blank on which to write out your condensed  nd., ono word  in each space.    Enclose money\norder or chock and mail direct to The Daily News,  Nelson, B. C.\nRate:  One cent a word each insertion, six consecutive   insertions  charged   as  four.     Each   initial,\nfigure, dollar sign, etc., count as one word.    No charge less than 25 cents.\nPlease publish the a\nmes, for which  I  e\nAddress\nIf desired, replies rr\nmailed enclose 1\nay  bo addressed  to  Box  Numbers at The  Daily News Offioe.   If replies are to be\n)o extra to oover cost of postage and  allow five words extra for box number.\n.   .\t\n \u2022PAGE EIGHT\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nMONDAY,    FEB.    19,    1917.\nUNEQUALLED FOR GENERAL USE\nW. P. TIERNEY, General 8ales Agent,\nNelson, B. C,\nCan supplied to all railway points.\nTRUSSES\nWhy suffer with your old\ntrues any longer? We have\na line that gives absolute\ncomfort and no chance of\nrupture slipping below the\npad. We will be pleased to\nshow them to you. Call in\nand  be  convinced.\nCanada Drug & Book'Co.\nMail Orders Pilled Promptly.\nEastman Kodaks  and   Supplies,\nWlllard Chocolates,\nPRENOH ACTION AIMS TO\nPREVENT FACTORY STRIKES\nPARIS, France\u2014The recent strikes\nin war factories at Ivry and In other\ncentres resulted In a visit of a delegation from the Metal Workers' federation to M. Albert Thomas recently.\nIt is stated that the delegates impressed on M. Thomas tho necessity for a\ngovernment regulation concerning the\nwage tariff, and that as a result of\nthe interview the government Is about\nto enforce obligatory arbitration by\nwhich the present strikes will ibe dealt\nwlh and furher trouble prevented. The\ndelegates assured M. Thomas that\nthey had tried to localize the trouble\nand persuade their fellow workmen to\ncome to somo compromise, but what\nwas really needed, they said, was the\nenforcement of a ruling which would\napply to employers and employees\nalike.\nGustavo Herve, in an editorial on the\nrecent strikes, says: \"The strike\nmovement is not yet very serious, but\nif it should become at all general it\nwould assume the proportions of ana-\ntlona lcalamity. Certain papers seem\nto believe thnt the movement Is fomented hy certain syndicalists who are\nmore or less in league with Zimmer-\nwaldlan pacifism, and that they themselves are inspired with the belief,\nwhich Is even more idiotic thnn criminal, that by hindering the national defense they will precipitate the end of\nthe war. It Is quite evident that it Is\nmuch to he deplored that there should\nstill be at tho head of certain labor\norganizations leaders who, in the present storm, shoald have preserved old\nclass enmity ideas with which German\nsocialism has long poisoned the mind\nof the French working class. It Is\neven more to be deplored thnt this\nsyndicalism which favors class enmity\nshould have led some of their number\nto the bleating pacifism of Zlmmer-\nwald. Such men cannot, it goes without saying, bring to the troublo which\nhas arisen between employers and the\nNorma Talmadge\nA winsome actress In a winning play,\nTHE SOCIAL SECRETARY'\nA   two-reel  Keystone   frolic,\n\"A   LOVER'S   MIGHT\"\nTomorrow\nFANTOMAS\nThe Mysterious Man in Black\nA real honest to goodness detective story with trap doors,\nsliding panels and all the rest\nof the paraphernalia you used\nto enjoy so much.\nComing\nDouglas  Fairbanks\n__in\u2014\n\"Manhattan Madness\"\nFeb. 26 and 27.\nH.    8.    Warner    and     Enid\nMarkey,\nIn  the  stupendous  spectacle,\n\"Shell 43\"\nHelen Holmes\nIn   her   latest   and   greatest\nserial,\n'The Lass of the Lumberlands'\nTHE ARK\nThree only full   length   Kimonas,\nregular, $1.75      SI.00\nThree only Congoleum Rug's, 9x12;\neach  Slf.25\nStair Carpet, good quality, per\nyard       -85c\nBone Cutter,  second-hand, one  of\nthe best makes  S6-.60\nNew  and   Second-hand    Furniture,\nCheapest In the City.\nSIGN RED ROCKER, 606 Vernon St\nVERY IMPORTANT TO OPTICAL\nPATIENTS\nI expect to go east\u2014Montreal,\nNew York and other large centers\non a purchasing trip\u2014leaving next\nMonday, tho 19th. Any customers\nhaving any optical work to be done,\nrepairs, glasses to be made up, or\naltered, eye examination, etc., please\ncome ln at once.\nI will give my optical work special attention balance of this week.\nJ. 0. Patenaude\nSPECIALIST   IN   OPTIC8.\nUSE   DAILY    NEWS   WANT    ADS\nworkmen that concilatory spirit which\nis so desirable.\n\"But It is doing these conflicts far\ntoo much honor to suppose that they\nare Inspired by any kind of Ideal whatsoever. As a matter of fact they ar?\nthe result of the enormous selfishness\nwhich this war has .brought from under cover both among employers and\nemployees. National defense calls for\nthe rapid manufacture of shells, gmu\nand rifles, regardless of price. Tno\nnation has no time to make bargatr.-;.\nIt must have this war material or\ncease to exist. Now is our chance,\nsay the employers. Now we can mak*-,\nour fortunes In a few years, and,they\nproceed to make a few millions out of\nthe sufferings of their country and\ntheir fellow countrymen. To add to\ntheir gains they cut down the wages\nof the workpeople as low as they can,\nand if they grumble they kick them\nout.\n\"Why should you expect tho work-\nIngmen and working women to be any\nmore conscientious than their employers? They, have a first rate opportunity of demanding exorbitant wages\nand they shamelessly make the best\nof It. Living is dearer; the best of\nreasons why these women whose husbands are at the front and who have\nlarge families to keep should ask for\nhigher wages, hut the others profit as\nwell from circumstances which are not\naffecting them at all. We shan't always have war, they think, so let us\nhave a good time now, and they buy\nnew clothes, perfumes and the most\nexpensive food. And the men, In their\nline, do the same, if the employer\ndoes not cave in immediately to their\ndemands thoy instantly go on strike.\nNever mind If the boys at the front\nwho risk being killed every day for\nfive sous pay are short of shells and\nammunition. We cheered them on the\nboulevards on July 14, last, what more\ndo they expect of us?\n\"The employers and the workmen of\nIvry and other places can have no Idea\nof the disgust and the anger with\nwhich they Inspire the rest of the nation.\"\nBRITISH COLUMBIA  HENS\nWIN PRIZES AT BOSTON\nVICTORIA.\u2014Some interesting Information to poultry raisers was given\nout by the provincial agricultural department. A shipment of five White\nCornish hens to the Great Boston poultry show brought a firBt prize to British Columbia, as well as other prizes,\nfor all the hens distinguished themselves In their various ways.\nFrom Fort George comes another\nstory of what Is considered here as a\nrecord and adds moro fame to this\nportion of the province. During this\nseason for a few days it got pretty\ncold there, and, for a time, the thermometer threatened to freeze up at\nflfl degrees below zero. However, a\npen of five hens, according to a report of Norman Saunders, government\nagent, did not lay off during the cold\nsnap, but continued their work unceasingly and uvetaiged durlnlg 'the\ncoldest of weather, two eggs a day.\nThe department has also received\nan inquiry all jthe way from Shanghai\nregarding the possibility of getting\nsome British Columbia hens to work\nover there In competition with the\nChinese hon. The inquiry specifics no\nparticular breed, but just British Co\nlumbla chickens.\nEvery month 40,000 pairs of fine\nshoes are shipped from St. Louis to\nRussia via Japan, thence to Vladi\nvostock, where they are repacked in\nfibre boxes, each box holding four\npairs and go to their destination via\nparcel post. Shipments take two full\nmonths In transit and the shoes are\nsold in Moscow at $8 and $12 a pair,\nwhich In the United States would sell\nfor from $4 to $7.\nWE   HAVE   JUST   RECEIVED   A   CARLOAD   OF\nPENDRAY'S\nLime-Sulphur Spray\nSOLUTION\nAND    CAN    SUPPLY    IN    SMALL    QUANTITIES    OR    BY    THE\nGALLON,  CASE  OR  BARREL\nLET   US   8UPPLY   YOUR   WANTS\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Ltd.\nWholesale and retail nelson, b. c.\n\u25a0\nNelson News of the Day\nWOMEN TAKE FIRST STFP\nTOWARD USING FRANCHISE\nCommittee   Named   to   Discuss   With\nConservative Committee Matter\nof Securing   Registration.\nWomen of Nelson took the first step\ntoward the exercise of their right to\nvote at a meeting hold Saturday afternoon In the rooms of the board of\ntrade, when a committee of five women\nwas appointed to confer with a com-\nmltec of five men, appointed by the\nNelson Conservative association, for\nthe purpose of forming plans for taking declarations and registering women of the city who are ellgiblo to\nvote.\nThe meeting, which taxed the capacity of the board room, was addressed by Dr. W. O. Rose, M. P. P. for\nNelson riding, who welcomed the women to the ranks of the electors of British Columbia, ifnd declared that he\nwas much pleased that they would now\nhave the same voice in the affairs of\nthe province us the men. Although, he\nsaid, British Columbia was not the\nfirst province to give women the right\nto vote,-being but a few months behind the province of Alberta in this regard, It had been a good second, and\nhe believed had helped pave the way\nfor the speedy falling into line of the\nother provinces. He thought that he\nmight, In the near future, be one of\nthose who would welcome women\nmembers to the floor of the legislature\nat Victoria.\nDr. Rose explained the requirements\nof the election act with regard to registration before voting, nnd declared\nthat he presumed, since the franchise\nhad been granted, the right to appoint\nwomen to take affidavits and declarations for registration also went with\nIt. He assured the women that he\nwould take this matter up with the\nprovincial government and urge that\nsuch appointments be mode.\nThe granting of the franchise to\nwomen, he said, had come by the process of natural development. It had\ncome so quietly and without campaigning or excitement that, after the\nlast provincial election, the people of\ntho province scarcely realized that\nsuch an Innovation had actually gone\ninto effect. This, he said, wos the result of a conviction that the time was\nripe for women to take on equal place\nwith men in the government of the\nprovince and not, ho was glad to say,\nthe result of riots or coercion.\nNow that the women had received\ntheir rights In the matter of the suffrage, he said, It was the duty of every-\nne to see that is was exercised, the\nfirst step toward which was the enrolment of women voters on the voters' lists. Dr. Rose explained what was\nrequired in order that this should be\ndone. The act, he said, gave every\nwoman resident for six months in the\nprovince and 30 days in the riding\nwho was 21 years of age and a British\nsubject either by birth or by naturalization, or whose husband was a born or\nnaturalized British subject, the right\nto vote.\nBeforo this could be done, he said, it\nwas necessary to register their names\nbefore some qualified person appointed to take their affidavits. This must\nbe done between March 1 and April 1,\ngiving the women of Nelson, interested\nin the proper conduct of affairs of the\nprovince, a little more than one month\nto register. In concluding Dr. Rose\npledged himself to give his fullest attention to any matters brought to his\nnotice by the women electors of the\nriding and to press their interests beforo the legislature.\nThe meeting was opened by C. D.\nBlackwood, president of the Nelson\nConservative association, who briefly\noutlined the purpose of the meeting,\nwhich, he said, was to assist the women of the city In enrolling their names\non the provincial voters' list. The\nchair wns then taken by Mrs. George\nH. Fraser, ahd the following committee appointed to meet with a committee from the Nelson Conservative association: Mrs. .1. A. Gilker, Mrs. N.\nM. Cummins, Mrs. J. M. Bulger, Mrs.\nCharles Haggit and Mrs. J. H. Mathe-\nson.\nF. C. Moffatt, secretary of the Nelson Conservative association, in offering the services of the association and\nits members in case any information\nwas required, pointed out that considerable difficulty hod always been experienced In inducing men to toke the\nfew minutes necessary to register. The\ntaking of the declaration, he said, was\na simple matter, and a name once\nregistered remained on the list until\nsuch time as the government cancele'd\nthe entire lists. This, he said, occurred\nabout every five or six years. It was\nexplained that in registering, a woman,\nIf married, used her own and not her\nhusband's Christian name, but used\nher married name without the prefix\nof \"Mrs.,\" the following case being\ncited: \"Mrs. John Henry Smith's Chris,\ntian names being Mary Jane, she\nwould, therefore, register \"Mary Jane\nSmith.\" In the ease of on unmarried\nwoman, she would register in a similar\nmanner, without the prefix of \"Miss.\"\nIt wos announced that declaration-\npapers might be bad from S. S. .larvis,\nacting government agent, upon request.\nSmith, and is a daughter of Rev. and\nMrs. .T. A. Smith of 806 Silica atreet.\nShe is survived by her parents, her\nhusband and two sisters, Mrs, Thomas\nKeith and Miss Mae 13. Smith.\nMr. and Mrs. Howker made their\nhome in Nelson several years ago,\nwhen Mr. Hawker wos in the employ\nof the Dominion Express company,\nbut had been living at the coast, where\nMr. Hawker has been in the employ\nof a Vancouver firm as a traveler,\nMrs. Hawker had been in the city on a\nvisit to her family.\nPREFERS OVERSEAS WORK\nTO GUARD  DUTY AT HOME\nSergt. Walsh  of Cranbrook,  on  Way\nto Esquimalt, Hopes to Regain\nHealth and Go Back to Unit\nSergt. A. W. Walsh of Cranbrook,\nwho returned from overseas recently\nsuffering from shattered nerves and\npassed through Nelson on his way\nhome about 10 days ago, reached the\ncity last night bound for Esquimau,\nwhere he will enter the convalescent\nhome for treatment. He Is a guest at\nthe Grand Central.\nSergt. Walsh looks forward to regaining his heolth ot the home, but\nIs greatly In fear that he will be\nplaced on homo guard duty Instead of\nbeing returned to tbe front when recovered. He declares that after being\nacross and returned he would not be\ncontent to merely do guard duty at\nhome, but that, if he can pass the\nmedical board, bo will return overseas\nand, if possible, rejoin his battalion.\nHe leaves this morning for the coast.\nNO PEACE IN SIX\n,2 IN II\nSpokane  Man  Bets $50  Against  $100\nand $25 Against $50 Peace Will\nCome in Half Year.\nWill the war end in six months? A\nSpokane man is sufficiently inclined\nto that opinion to accept a two-to-one\nbet that it will not.\nTwo Nelson men aire sufficiently\nconvinced that it will not end within\nsix months to give the two-to-one\nodds.\nThe money was put up Saturday.\nThe Spokane man made two bets. One\nwas of $50 to $100 and the other $25 to\n$50, in each case bis bet being that the\nstruggle would end within six months,\nthe givers of the two-to-one odds con-\nlending thut It would not.\nSocial and Personal j\n*\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666\u00bb \u2666\u2666\u2666\u00bb\u2666\u2666 +\u00bbt\nJames Compton of Creston is at the\nHume.\nW. A. Wllmot of Fernie is a guest\nat the Strathcona.\nMr. and Mrs. A Johnson of Rock\nCreek arc guests at the Queens.\nMiss M, Oudln of Ainsworth Is registered at the Strathcona.\nMr. and Mrs. D. A. Mackenzie of\nSandon reached the city Saturday and\nare at the Hume.\nBorn, Saturday In Nolson to Mr.\nnnd Mrs, H, F. Lumb of Proctor a\ndaughter.\nMrs. D. A. McKay and Miss Dorothy McKay of Trail are spending a\nfew days In the city.\nW. Mark DeCew of Grand Forks arrived in the city Saturday from Winnipeg and Is registered at the Hume.\nMr. and Mrs. McKinnon of Castlegar were visitors to tho city Saturday and were guests at the Grand Central.\nAUSTRIAN 0FFEN8IVE\nREPELLED BY ITALIAN8\nROME, Feh. 18.\u2014Increased activity\nof our reconnoltering parties,\" says\nthe official statement issued today, \"led\nto small successful encounters at Ca-\nvcifto Ademello Pass, at Val Camonlca\nIn Vallarla, In the upper Posna, at\nAstlco and Fellzon ln the Bolte valley\nand ln Frigldlo valley. The enemy offensive was driven off. Some prisoners\nwere taken. In the upper But and on\nthe Carso considerable artillery action\nwas reported.\nKaflileen, three year old daughter\nof Sanford Perry, wns burned to death\nwhen her parent's home at Aylmer,\nOnt., was consumed.\nCYPHERS STANDARD\nINCUBATORS\nbrooders And hovers\nWe have a full stook at -our Coast\nHouses and have a couple of Small'\nIncubators here that wore used only\nonce.\nEXPERIENCED POULTRYMEN USE\nCYPHER8\nThe Brack-man Ker\nMilling Co., Limited\nSTANDARD        \u201e\nCYPHERS INCUBATOR (\nfir, Prcofod-lnsurobt...\nA Want Ad. is both cheap and efficient. Try\nMRS. A. J. HAWKER DIES'\nIN CITY HOSPITAL\nMrs. A. .7. Hawker died at the hospital Nelson Saturday afternoon. No\nfuneral arrangements have yet been\nmade, pending tbe arrival of her husband, who Is out of town and is expected to reach tho city today.\nMrs.   Hawker  wus   formerly   Miss\nDON'T COUGH, USE 201\n25c Per Bottle\nSEND US YOUR MAIL ORDERS\nPROMPT ATTENTION GUARANTEED\nCITY DRUG & STATIONERY COMPANY NE\"\u2122 B\nc.\nnumbers: Harold Brett, A. B. Gilker,\nA. Bareuther, Mrs. C. W. Tyler, Mrs.\nGeorgo Stevenson, Mrs. Andrews, Miss\nEdna Malone, Miss Helen Mohr, Miss\nPhyllis Whitebread and ,T. Hughes. The\nraffles were in charge of Mrs. Genest\nand Mrs. Malcolm Shaw and the candy table was presided over by Mrs.\nHugh Bobertson and Mrs. W. N. Cunliffe. Fred Irvine auctioned a \"missionary cake\" which was bought by\nF. W. Sterling who returned It to be\nraffled, which was won by B. Scott\nMcGregor, who also carried off a bouquet of carnations.\nB. H. S.\nFormer   Missionary   to   Peace   River\nCountry Conducts Morning and\nEvening Services in City.\nRev. H. S. Bagnall, formerly Baptist\nmissionary to the Peace river country,\nand now connected with the Temperance and Moral Reform league of the\nchurch, preached at both morning and\nevening services In the Baptist church\nyesterday.\nIn the morning Mr. Bugnull spoko on\ncooperation in church work, taking for\nhis text the passage In Judges 7-21\nwhich says: \"And they stood every\nman of them in his place around about\ntlie camp.\" These were the three hundred men of Gideon's army which overthrow the hosts of Midlan. They were\nvolunteers chosen for their courage,\nand because they were \"alert to know.\"\nThe speaker drew an analogy between\ntho attributes of this tiny army and\nthe requirements for successful church\nwork. Thero was no \"preBs gang\" In\nthe kingdom of God, he sold. The work\nmust be done by volunteers. Workers,\nhe said, must have the courage to\nstand firm for what they knew to be\nright, and alert to know God's will, for\nwithout these attributes God would bo\nunable to use them.\nIn the evening Mr. Bagnall dealt with\ntemptations. .The purpose of temptation, he snid, was that men might exercise their will to do right and in its\nexercise strengthen it. He urged his\nbearers to record their temptations so\nthat they might know them und be\nable to cope with them more successfully. He advised meeting eoch temptation as It came and overcoming it\nat the time it presented itself, thus\nrobbing It of much of its power In the\nfuture, To avoid temptation, ho said,\nwas not the act of the coward, but of\na wise man. Tho man who knew\nwhere his temptations lay and avoided\nmeeting them, showed wisdom and\nlot weakness. In conclusion, he urged\nhis heorerB to crowd temptation from\n:heir lives by filling them with good\ndeeds.\nfA\n13, A. Llndsley of Spokane, who has\nbeen visiting the city and is a guest\nat tho Strathcona, will return to Spokane tills morning.\nCapt. David Martin reached the city\nSaturdny night on six weeks leavo of\nabsence from the Canadian army medical corps stationed at Montreal.\nOne of the most successful teas of\nthe winter was given by Mrs. J. T. Andrews ot her home In Falrview Sat-\nurdoy afternoon, In aid of the Woman's ouxiliary missionary fund of St.\nSaviours church. Tho rooms were\nprettily decorated In honor or St. Valentine while the tea table glowed with\ncrimson carnations, ferns and smllax.\n$70.50 was realized. Mrs. ,T, T. Andrews ond Mrs. Thomas Bloylock, president of the auxiliary, received and\nwere assisted by Mrs, Redpath, Mrs.\nF. P. Armstrong and Mrs. Gordon\nLambert. The tea table was presided\nover by Mrs. Thomas Bennett and\nMrs. John Cooper, while the. following\ngirls dressed In costumes representing\nvarious missionary fields, assisted:\nMiss Chorlotte Armstrong ond Miss\nFlorence Eyton as Japan, Miss Ruth\nArmstrong as Armenia, Miss Effle\nWhitebread as the East Indies, Miss\nHelen Barnes as a Canadian Indian\nand Miss Lillian Hunter as China. The\nfollowing artists  contributed   musical\nIS INTO\nOF SCAL\nPAIL\nDING WATER\nCoal and Wood For Sale\n $10,00\nCARNEY LUMP COAL\u2014\nNo Clinkers,   Delivered, Per Ton \t\nC. W. C. STOVE COAL\u2014 \u00a9O 7R\nJust the kind you need for kitchen range. Per Ton *y Wi I 3\n\"\u2122\" DRY WOOD, 12-inoh, 16-inch and 4-foot '\nKootenay Columbia Fuel Co.\nCHARLES   F.   McHARDY,   AGENT ,\nPHONE   135 dREEN 'BLOCK\n\u25a0mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm\nFivo-Year-Old   Daughter  of   Mr,  and\nMrs. W. S. Stanley Badly Burned\nSaturday\u2014Is Recovering\nCella, tho five-year-old daughter of\nMr. and Mrs. W. S. Stanley of 002\nObservatory street, wos severely\nburned about the back and legs,\nthrough falling Into a pall of scalding\nwater Saturday afternoon. She was\nattended by Dr. I* E. Borden and was\nreported last night as progressing\nsatisfactorily.\nMrs. Stanley had Usfcj filled a poll\nwith boiling water from a kettle and\nhad placed It upon the floor, preparatory to using It, when Cella ran in and\nstood besldo It. Her mother warned\nher to move away from the pail and In\ndoing so the little girl lost her balance und fell Into the water.\nMrs. Stanley quickly undorssed her\nand opplled remedies to the scalded\nparts, whicli had broken out in largo\nblisters, Dr. L. E. Borden was summoned and dressed the burns, which\nwere principally about the little girl's\nback, right leg and knee.\nDrug Store\nSelling Out\nZambuk, Gin Pills, Frulta-\ntlvcs  38c\nTaloum   20C\n3 for  SOc\n7 for  S1.00\nCastoria, Cuticura Soap  28c\nTooth Paste or Powder, any\nmake 20c\nCarbolic Salvo  15c\n2 for  25C\nH. D. Corn Cure, liquid 15c\nPeroxide, 4-oz 20c\n8 oz 35c\nLlsterinc    20d  40c.  80c\nVaseline, 1-pound bottle 25c\nBlue Seal Vaseline, 5-oz. bot..15c\n2-oz bottles, 4 for  25c\nCarbolated Vaseline  10c\nRussian Oil, liquid parraflne, pure,\nPint  75c\nWild Cherry or White Pine Cough\nCure  20C and 40c\nWitch    Hazel    Cream,    Carnation\nCream, R. D. Cold Cream... .20c\nPackets    Salts,     Sulphur,   Borax,\nAlum, Bornclc Acid, 2 for.... 15c\nCod Liver Oil Emulsion, large.80c\nScott's Emulsion. .50c and $1.00\nHot Water Bottles, guaranteed.\n2-quart  51.40\n3-quart  SI.75\nGARDEN  SEEDS\u201420 PER CENT\nOFF.\nMAIL    ORDERS    FILLED\nPROMPTLY.\nRutherford Drug Co.\nNELSON, B. C.\n\"The House of Cheerfulness\"\nTONIGHT   AND   TOMORROW!\nJesse L. Lasky Presents the Col-1\nebrated Japanese Star,\nSessue\nHayakawa\n\u2014in\u2014\n\"The Sou! of Kura-San\"!\n(Five^ Parts)\nWith\n\u2022   MYRTLESTEDMAN AND\nTSURU AOKI\nA  powerful  and  unusual  Japanese-American drama, in whichl\nthe  famous   Hayakawa   ecllpses|\nhis 3Liccess En \"The Cheat.\"\nSELECTED COMEDY\nWednesday, Feb. 21\u2014\"The I\nShrine of Happiness\" in Pathe J\noolor,\nFriday, Fob. 23\u2014\"The Daughter of McGregor,\" Famous Play j\ners.\nSaturday, Feb. 24.\u2014Baby  Marie Osborne, the   world   famous I\nchild   actress,  En \"Joy  and   the J\nDragon.\"\nFeb. 27\u2014\"The Independence of ]\nBelgium.\"\nMarch 5 and 6\u2014\"The Battle of ]\nthe Somme.\"\nJAME   McASTOCKER   BURIED\nFROM CATHOLIC CHURCH\nThe funeral of .lames McAstocker\ntook place from the church of Mary\nImmaculate Saturday morning. High\nmass was conducted by Hev. Father\nAlthoff, assisted by Rev. Father\nP. W. Yahner of the Slocan Catholic\nmission.\nTho pallbearers were: William\nMaher, David Laughton, .1. McDonnell\nof Willow Point, Thomas Moran, P. ,f.\nGallagher and V. Rahul.\nLleut.-Col. John Bond, editor of tbo\nCanadian Wur Cry, and a Salvationist\nof International repute, will leave Toronto shortly to take up work nf a\nsimilar character lu Australia.\nHer clothes becoming Ignited by\nplaying with matches caused the death\nof little Joifcla    Ulggu,   daughter   uf\nylmrles and Mrs, UI-SifH, UrunUoi'd,\nWINDING UP OF ENEMY\nBANKS IN ENGLISH CAPITAL\nLONDON'.\u2014Tho report of Sir William Plender on the winding up of the\nfive enemy banks in London, viz., the\nDeutsche nnd Dresdner bunks, Uiscon-\nto Os ell sch aft, Oesterrelohlsche Lan-\nderbnnk, nnd the Anglo-Austrian bank,\nhas been Issued In the form of a blue\nbook. At the commencement of tho\nwar ll persons were managing Die m-\nfalrs of the five banks, namely, four\nGerman subjects, four naturalized Germans, two Austrlans und one Russian.\nThere were 068 persons on tho staffs\nof whom 473 were British subjects or\nnaturalized, and 55 allied or neuirals.\nImmediately mobilization orders were\nIssued, however, large numbers of the\nenemy clerks left, and by Aug. 13 the\nnumber of clerks of enemy nationality had been, reduced to 164. On the\ndate of tho report the staffs bud been\nreduced to 166, lo of whom were enemy\nsubjects.\nThe assets of the five banks were\nshown to be over \u00a31:3,000,000 with an\napparent deficiency of more than\n\u00a35,000,000. The assets collected at the\nend of last September aggregated\n\u00a330,000 over and above this estimated\ndeficiency and the Ingathering of assets was still proceeding. Control and\nsupervision up to Juno 30 cost sllgiitly\nmore  than   \u00a320,000.\nBriefly slated, tbe following results\nhave been obtained: Since tbe inauguration of control to Sept. 30 lust, thero\nhnve been paid \u00a327,600,000 of llabllt-'\nties to Hrltish, allied and neutral subjects. Securities of British, allied and\nneutral subjects have been delivered\nof an approximate value of \u00a37,800,000.\nNearly \u00a323,500,000 has beon realized\nln cash from assets and from Interest\nand dividends collected. The accommodation of \u00a311,750,000 afforded by\nthe Rank of England to thoso banks to\nenable thein to meet their acceptances\nhas beon reduced to \u00a34,750,000. Of the\nsecurities still hold by tho banks at\nSept. 30, valued at approximately\n\u00a326^,000,000, detailed particulars In respect of \u00a33,000,000 had been supplied\nto the custodian up to net. 31 lust, and\nthese securities may at uny moment be\nvested.\nThe following undor tho terms of tho\nexisting licenses Btlll remain bo be carried out: Tho Ingathering at outstanding assets must lie proceeded with as\nfar as possible and any surplus ussots\nmust bo deposited with the Rank of\nEngland, With the exception of tho\nDeutsche bunk, the Bank of England\nadvances have not been repaid and in\ntho Instance of(the Landerbank unsecured creditors' claims have not been\nmet In full. The romnlning balanco\nand securities hold by nononemy customers nnd still In the bunds of the\nbunks must be withdrawn. Securities\nwhich uro not nt the free disposal of\nenemy customers must be vested lu\ntho custndluti und tbo heavy Hens nf\nthe bunks realized.\nSir WHHuui Plunder fools lhn| ns It\nGloves Cleaned;\nLIKE NEW.\nWHITE COATS OUR SPECIALTY\nButler Houston Co|\nDYERS, CLEANERS\nPhone 355 Box I\nbus been decided to sell tho prcmlsl\nof the Qernmn banks and there is stl\nmuch remaining to bo can-led throun\"\nIn respect lo- the above mentioned urnl\ntors tbe reasons for any continuun**!\nof tbo existing arrangements wl\ncease when onco the purchasers haf\npossession and he proposes that If\ncontrollership should terminate,\ncustodian taking over the ndmlnlstri\ntlon of outstanding matters. Rcferriii\nlo the allegations that the German ail\nAustrian banks exported\" unusuf\nquantities of securities and bullion\nthe continent within the first few dal\nof the outbreak of wur, Sir Wllllal\n1'lender caused the official supervlsol\nto mako thorough investigations ail\nIn every case they found no ovldonl\nof nny abnormal movement of secuil\ntics and bullion between the LondJ\nbranches and their head offices ln t|\nfortnight before the war.\nNew\nNeckwear\nTHE ALWAY8 POPULAR RE-j\nVERSIBLE TUBULAR TIE8 .IN-]\nCheney Silks\nAlto tho Wide End. In ill New]\nDesign..\nTubular**  850 I\nWide Eiidn   91.0*0 ]\nEmory&Walley\n","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"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. 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