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I\t\nh. Daily News has ths Isrgsst sir-\n'atiih  of  any daily  nswspap.r  in\nit^da in proportion ts ths population\nif Us horns town.\nf OL. 15   No. 262\nNELSON, B. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1917\nISH OFFICIALS BLAME\nHERMANS FOR CUBA REVOLT\n[Tell-Tale Papers Found ou\nArmy Officer\nIP TO FORM SUB.\nBASE LONG SUSPECTED\n|Lansing Again Warns Rebels\u2014Revolution Will\nNot be Tolerated\n(By Daily News Leasee! Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014British officials\n\u25a0are greatly Interested in the news of\n\u25a0(the revolutionary outbreak In Cuba\n\u25a0where, they assert, they have reason to\nIsuspect Gorman agents have beon at\nTwork for a long time. Only tt few\n\u25a0Jweeks ago Capt. Hans Boehm, a Ger-\nnan army officer, was taken from the\n\u25a0Dutch steamer Zeelandla at Falmouth.\n\u25a0He had In his possession a chart of\nISiinta Lucia Bay, Cuba, where, ac-\nl<cordlng to other papers seized at the\n\u25a0same time, German agents had secur-\nled an oil concession,   it Is the belief\n\u25a0 here that the Santa Lucia project was\n\u25a0 being developed by means of money\n|sent from New York to Havana.\nThe British naval authorities, while\n\u25a0they have failed to discover any Gcr-\nIman submarine base in the West In-\n\u25a0tlies, declare that they have long bad\n\u25a0reason to suspect the Intention of the\n\u25a0\u2022Germans to establish one thore and as\n\u25a0a consequence they look with suspicion\nIon the Cuban oil project as possibly a\n\u25a0blind to hide the establishment of a\n\u25a0refuge from which submarines could\njoperato. Hoehm was not a loader In\n\u25a0these projects but had only been carrying out the orders of a superior, whoso\nJnanve Is known to the British outhorl-\n|tics although It has not ben disclosed.\nLansing  Again  Warns   Rebels.\nWASHINGTON,    Feb.    14.\u2014Reports\n\u25a0telling of the spread  of theilberalJi^pi^atlM'where wmww^.\n\u25a0hens ion   here   today   that   Secretary\n\u25a0Lansing cabled a second warning to\n\u25a0the  people of the  republic  that  the\n\u25a0United   States  would   not   regard  as\n\u25a0legal   any   government    set   up    by\n\u25a0violence.      Tho     message    went    to\n\u25a0Minister Gonzales at Havana and to\n\u25a0every American consul,  to be circulated all over the Island.\nMr. Lansing pointed out tho responsibility of the United  States in con-\nluectton   with    Cuba    and    intimated\n\u25a0clearly that the revolution was not to\n|be tolerated.\nOfficial news from Cuba convinced\n\u25a0the administration that  the rebellion\nTalrcady has assumed greater proportion than had been anticipated.    De-\n\u25a0velopments   of   the    movement  were\n\u25a0reported from widely separated points\nlind the Cuban government's call for\n\u25a0volunteers served to support the success claimed by tbe rebels.\n\u25a0TEUTONIC ALLIES ARE\nREPULSED BY ITALIANS\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nROME,   Feb.   14,   via   London.\u2014To-\npay's war office statement reads:\n\"In all the war theatres there has\npeon the usual activity of the artillery\nJind reconnaissances by patrols. Our\nfirtlUery fire hns again reached and\nhit the station at Tarvls. In the zone\n\u25a0north of Sober, in the Gorlzla (listliet,\nIm enemy attack last night was completely repulsed.\n\"Enemy aviators dropped n few\n\u25a0bombs on Levallon, on tho Carso, und\ngn Golametto, on Laguna di Grado.\nThey were driven off by our artillery\nland pursued by airplanes.\"\nBOARD OF TRADE TAKES\nOVER BRITISH COAL MINES\n(By Dally News Loused Wire,)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014The board\nof trade will take possession of\nthe ooal mines throughout the\nkingdom for the duration of the\nwar, according to the announcement made today. It will create a\nnew department for the administration of the mines, headed by\nGuy Calthrop, now general manager of the London & North Western railway, as controller.\nSAYS MING\nIS HOW MON\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nEDMONTON, Feb. 14\u2014Inquiries\nwere made at the provincial temperance and moral reform convention this\nafternoon regarding the working out\nof Alberta's new liquor act.\nThe enforcement of tbe act was attacked by somo of the delegates, particularly by Rev. W. H. Irwin of Ed-\nson, but others felt that the failure to\ncurtail violations of the measure rested more in the unexpected shortcomings of the act itself than upon the ad-\nministration of it. Rev. W. F. Gold\nof the attorney-general's department,\ndid not let the attacks pass unnoticed,\nbut struck out vigorously in defense.\nReports from many parts of the\nprovince, however, were full of optimism as to the beneficial change that\nhas been wrought by prohibitory legislation, the effect being strikingly\nmarked in community, financial, social\nand home affairs.\nHighly interesting was the forceful\naddress on the hotel situation In the\nprovince from the traveling salesmen's\npoint of view, given by G. Hilton of\nCalgary, representing the Northwest\nCommercial Travelers\" association. Ills\nquiet, but stirring remarks on tlie subject were aceorded a sympathy from\nthe convention and practically all the\ndelegates signed the petition of the\ntraveling men which will be presented\nto tbe provincial government, together\nwith a large number of representative\nresolutions from various organizations\nin Alberta,' urging the appointment of\na commissioner to inquire into, regulate and Improve conditions of hotel\nesolut'lon wlil mcety be endors'ed at\nthe convention supporting this application which comes before the government on Feb. 23.\nIt was following the remarks of Mr,\nHilton that the session was stirred by\nthe attack against tho administration\nof the liquor act by Rev. Mr. Irwin,\nnnd the defense of Mr. Gold. At one\npoint when tlie latter was responding\nwith heat, President Virtue ruled\nagainst the Introduction of anything\nof a political nature In the discussion.\nRev. Mr. Irwin cited instances where\nin his constituency gambling was carried on to such an extent that where\nformerly families bad suffered deprivation due to drink, they were now but\nlittle better off us a result of money\nlost by the wage earners In games of\nchnnce.\n\"We have only 55 detectives,\" replied\nMr. Gold, \"and we have trouble In obtaining the kind of men required these\ntimes. However, we now have a plan\nin shape whereby action will not be\ndelayed more than seven days after (i\ncomplaint is received. While some\ncases have been delayed there are\nmany others where convictions have\npromptly been made. The wonder Is\nthat we have accomplished so much\nunder tho circumstances.\"\n$25,000,000 APPLICATION\nMADE FOR NEW WAR LOAN\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014The Times says\ntoday: \"Wc ure informed that an assurance company yesterday sent an\napplication for .CLJii.OOO.ooo of the now\nwar loan. Or this \u00a310,760(000 represents new money, und the remainder\nthe conversion of 4 ',a per cent war\nstock.\"\niTAND OF SCANDINAVIAN\nCOUNTRIES IS PRAISED\npro-Gorman Papers in Stockholm Declare Protest of Submarine Policy Is Justified,\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nSTOCKHOLM, Feb. 14, via London.\n\u25a0\"This lime the Hammerskjoeld gov-\n(rnnieut hns tbe whole Swedish nation\nin Its side with tho exception of a few\nDenationalized individuals\/' says the\nTiberal pro-entente Sagens Niheler, In\nloneludtng Its editorial today on the\nllcundlnavlan nation's protest against\n\u25a0no submarino blockade. The Conser-\nlative pro-German newspapers, tho\n\u25a0Stockholm Dngbludt and Svonska Dag-\nlladt, likewise commend in the highest\nlerms the attitude of the Scandinavian\nlountrles.\n1 The note, says the Svonska Dogbludl,\nJs a defdnae of the inalienable right of\nloutrnls to the freo use of the open\n\u25a0en. The measures of the central pow-\n|rn, It declares, cannot be acknowledged as a valid blockade and tho\nJerman thoory that the British proclamations of 1914 and 1917 croated a\n\u25a0low Internatlonul law regarding war\n\u25a0ones cannot he recognized as having\nIny foundation,\n1 The newspaper Insists the protest Is\nBio Judicial gesture of a Platonic nn-\nlire,'* as Is shown lu its reservation of\n(ill liberty of action In ense lives or\noperty  suffer.\n(.\"The note,\" it comments, \"is couched\ni firm and definite torms which ought\ni inultc an ImpivHsbiit ll) the countries\nagainst whose Illegal measures It Is\ndirected.\nThis newspaper says the note proves\n\u25a0Sweden's Impartial neutrality; that\nthe country's grave protest against the\nviolation of the law of naval warfare\ncannot depend on sympathy for ono\nside or the other, but Is supported by\na united people whose protests against\nInjury to their countrymen's life and\nproperty are far more than a juristic\nformality.\nTho Stockholm Dagblad says: \"Quite\napart from ull other considerations,\nthe proclaimed submarine blockado\ncontains an element of complete negation of a right which In an important\ndegree makes impossible any comparisons with other blockade methods, no\nmatter how much the latter mny bo\ncondemned from tho viewpoint of International law. This element is tho\ndisregard for human life and the almost utter neglect to make any effort\nto regard that right.1'\nThe newspaper says that what\nmakes the situation worse is the fact\nthat the zone8 In which tho central\npowers proclaimed there Is no safety,\nHe In the open sea and exceed greatly\nIn urea any reasonable blockade zone\naround a belligerent country.\n\"Even a submarine blockade, which\nin any event would be of the most\ndoubtful legality,\" It adds, \"could In\nthis respect show a greater regard fop\nthe rights of neutrals which the central powers, with just' as doubtful Justification as the allies, profess to take\nns their guiding principles,\"\nMotion Censuring Mussel-\nman Voted Down\ni\nLEFT TO HE\nS\nCUM\nDecision Beached by'Moose\nJaw Convention After\nHeated Debate\n(Hy Daily News Leased Wire.)\nMOOSE JAW, Sask., Fob. 14.\u2014The\nafternoon session of the Saskatchewan\nGrain Growers convention was far\nfrom being plain sailing for the executive, and on two different occasions\nthe discussion waxed so hot that it\nlooked as If It might have serious consequences for tbe association.\nThe first signs of serious trouble\noccurred when Delegate McLaughlin\nIntroduced a resolution with the Intention of censuring Secretary Mus-\nsolman for his expression of opinion\nIn an article credited to him that appeared In the Reglna Leader of Sept.\n9, dealing with the great racial problem of Canada. The resolution was\nfinally voted down and Mr. Mussel-\nman was upheld by the convention.\nDelegate King of Tlngley brought\nup the amalgamation with the United\nGrain Growers, Limited. The assembly was ngaln In nn uproar. The proposal was then made that the Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator company take over the trading activities\nof the association. Many of these\ndelegates were of tbe opinion that this\nwas something new being thrust upon\nthe convention, and they were of the\nopinion that more time should lie\ngiven before the resolution wns acted\nupon. Addresses by tbe Hon. George\nLangley and Hon. C. A. Dunning\npointing out the advantages to be derived from the amalgamation cooled\ntlie meeting down somewhat and the\namendment of tbe secretary putting\nthe matter In the bands of the central executive was placed before the\nconvention nnd adopted.\nCentral  Organization  Discussed\nThe question of the central organization also came in for a good deal of\ndiscussion, the Impression of a large\nnumber of the delegates being that\nthe Grain Growers Grain company had\npaid the Grain Growers association\nmore money than the association had\npaid. Mr, Musselman pointed out that\nthe statement of the Grain Growers\nGrain company only presented one\nside of tho case, and this he considered\nunfortunate, and to complicate matters\nstill worse the two financial statements of the two associations in question were not tho same, that of the\ngrain company being for the fiscal\nyear, ,fuly 1016-16, while that of the\nassociation was for the'calendar year\nof 1916, a difference of five months.\nMr. Musselman further stated that as\nfar as the trading activities of the\nassociation were concerned he was\nwilling lo hold up tlie trading department of the Saskatchewan Grain\nGrowers association and compare it\nwith uny other retail organization and\nho was convinced that tho comparison\nwould be more than favorable.\n\"We have to take risks tlie same as\nany other concern and we have taken\nthem and whenever anything Is taken\nInto consideration,\" said he, \"I do not\nthink any of you will find very much\nto grumble about.\"\n10 TO G VE\nAll\nTHE VOTE\nAge Qualification Will Be Removed\u2014\nMay Also Extend the Franchise\nto Women\n(By Dally News Loased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Feb. 14.\u2014On the\nassumption that mon who arc old\nenough to fight aro old enough to vote,\nthe Ontario legislature this session\nwill enfranchise all male British subjects, whether 21 years old or not, who\nhave enlisted In the naval or military\nforces of Britain or the allies. This\nwas announced In the house toduy by\nHon. T. W. McOarry, provincial\ntreasurer.\nThe government may also give votes\nto women, it is stated. Several members of the cabinet are known to he\nIn favor of this step, and tho rank\nand file are also strongly behind the\nproposed concession.\nSHOULD POTATOES BE\nEXPORTED FROM PROVINCE?\nQuestion Will Be Considered\u2014Vancouver  Council   Sends  High   Coat  of\nLiving Report to Ottawa.\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 11\u2014Without\ndiscussion of the different affidavits\nsubmitted, the city council today ordered that all the Information collected by the high cost pf living committee bo sent on to Ottawa without comment. The only action it took In connection with the general question was\nto decide to take up with tbe provincial department of horticulture tho\nmatter of the exportation of potatoes\nwith a view to finding out If it Is not\nthe case that tbe potatoes of this provide should he onrtsnrvod for home consumption,\nBRITISH CAPTURE\n11\nSuccessful   Coup  Brought\nOff Near Grandecourt\nENTER TR\nAT\nITALIANS REGAIN\nI\nOTHER POINTS\nGerman Airplanes Bombard\nFrench Cities-Kill\nSeveral Civilians\n(By Associated  Press.)\nOn the French front the British in\nthe Ancre and other regions, continue\nto make raids on German positions.\nWednesday's most successful operation\nwas northeast of \"Arras, where King\nGeorge's men entered 250 yards of\nGerman defenses und reached their\nthird line. Many Germans wero killed\nand some prisoners and a machine gun\nwero captured. Tho Ancre raid was\nsoutheast of Grandecourt, where a\nstrong position, was captured. German trenches on the Somme and north\neast of Ypres also have been entered\nby the British.\nAll along the remainder of the front\nthero have been artillery duels and\nbomb dropping exploits by aviators of\nboth belligerent groups.\n(By Daily N<jws Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014The following\nofficial statement was issued tonight:\n\"During the day we captured an\nenemy strong point southeast of\nGrandecourt and took a few prisoners.\nAnother very successful raid was carried out this morning northeast of\nArras. Wo penetrated 250 yards Into\nthe enemy's defenses and reached his\nthird line of defenses. Two machine\ngun emplacements nnd a number of\ndugouts wero completely destroyed.\nMany of the enemy were killed in the\ndugouts, which they refused to leave.\nWe captured 40 prisoners and a machine gun. Our casualties were very\nlight.\n\"We also entered the German lines\nlast night on the Somme and northeast of Ypres and Inflicted considerable casualties.\n\"A hostile raid attempted east of\nArmentieres during the night was repulsed; a second party reached our\ntrenches south of Messlnes, but was\nquickly ejected.\n\"Three of the enemy's ammunition\ndumps were exploded today by our\nartillery fire. North of Ypres we\ncaused a fire in the enemy's line. One\nGerman airplane was destroyed In the\nair righting yesterday on our side of\nthe line and one of our machines was\nbrought down.\"\nGerman Airplanes Bomb Cities.\nPARIS, Feb. 14.\u2014Tonight's official\nstatement reads:\n\"East of Reims we carried out a surprise attack lu the sector of Prosnes.\nThe two artilleries were active during\ntlie day In tlie regions of Les Malsons\nde Champagne and St. Hlllalre and\nalso on the left hank of the Meuse in\nthe sectors of Hilt 304 and Lemort-\nhommo.\n\"In the Woevre our batteries destructively shelled enemy organizations north of Fllry, Tho duy was\ncalm  everywhere  else.\n\"The German airplanes dropped\nbombs in tbe region of Dunkirk; several civilians wero killed and others\nwere wounded. Nancy ulso was bombarded by airplanes this morning,\n(here being no casualties.\n\"Lust night our air squadrons\ndropped projectiles on aviation grounds\nat Etorlllers (Alsno) and Rancourt\n(Somme) on the railway stations at\nAthtes, Hombleux Verenne, Ourchy St\nQucntin and Ham, also one factory east\nof Tergnler, where several explosions\noccurred.\"\nTho Belgian communication: \"Lust\nnight an enemy attack on our posts\neast of Pervyse failed. Today there\nwas an artillery duel along tho whole\nfront.\"\nBerlin Report\nBERLIN, Feb. 14, via Sayvllle.\u2014The\nsupplementary war office communion-\nlion issued this evening says from\nnone of the theatres have there been\nreports of any large action.\nMake  Successful  Attack on  Germans\nin   Macedonia\u2014English   Fleet\nBombards Neochari\n(By Associated Press.)\nEntente attacks against heights recently taken from them by the Germans In the Cerna river bend on the\nMacedonian front were repulsed, according to Berlin. Paris reports tho\nrecapture of the greater portions of\n(.renches occupied by the Germans\neast of Puralovo.\nThere have been artillery duels on\nvarious sectors of the Austro-Itallan\nfront   and   several   surprise   attackB,\nwhich netted the Italians prisoners.\nItalians Successful\nPARIS, Feb. 14.\u2014A German attack\non Tuesday on Hill 1050, east of Para-\nlovo, after fierce fighting, gained\nthem a footing at several points In the\nfirst line trenches, but an Italian\ncounter attack has already resulted in\nthe capture of the greater part of\nthese trenches and is being continued\nunder favorable conditions, according\nto the official French communication\ntonight.\nReporting on operations in the enst\nem theatre the communication said:\n\"On Feb. 12, after a very violent\nbombardment, large German forces\nattacked Hill 1050, east of Paralovo.\nThey were able to gain a footing at\nseveral points In the trenches of the\nfirst lino after fierce fighting. An\nItalian counter attack, launched nt\nnight, resulted in the recapture of the\ngreater pnrt of the occupied trenches,\n\"On Feb. 13, after a preparation by\nheavy and mountain artillery the\nItalian counter attack wus resumed\nunder good conditions. Fighting con\ntinues.\n\"On the rest of the front there was\nonly moderate artillery activity.\n\"The English fleet bombarded Neo\nchari, Macedonia. French airplanes\nbombarded the railway station at\nKrivo Lak, and a British air squadron\nexploded a depot of munitions north\nof Demfr-Htssar.\"\n38 SURVIVORS OF SHIPS\nTORPEDOED ARE LANDING\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON,     Feb.     14.\u2014Thirty-eight\nsurvivors of the British steamer Asml\nand the sailing vessel Kudora, which\nwere sunk by a submarine, arc com\nIng ashore.\nThe name of the place where the\nseamen are landing evidently has been\ndeleted from the above despatch by\nthe censor in London. The Assul, a\nsteamer of 3074 tons, was reported,\nFeb, 12, by Lloyd's us probably sunk.\nMONTREAL STILL SUFFERS\nFROM SHORTAGE OF COAL\n(Hy Daily News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL. Feb. 14.\u2014There wus\nno relief In sight today in the coal\n[\u25a0shortage situation here. Many deulcrs\nare refusing orders because they have\nno coal to deliver. Others accept orders at -512.50 n ton, but decline to\nguarantee delivery. One dealers today\nusked ?20 a ton for the few tons he\nbud on hand. Many carloads for Montreal are sidetracked at Rouses Point,\njust across the border. The railways\nstate that they have not the motive\npower to bring them In and blame the\nsituation largely to shortage of skilled\nlabor. The shortage Is beginning lo\nassume serious proportions for tlie industries here.\nEE\nSABLE TO\nTOLD TO GO\nAction Taken by Department of Railways and Canals\u2014Single Men\nOnly Being Dismissed\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 14.\u2014Outside service\nemployees of the department of railways and canals who nre presumed fit\nfor military service ure being dismissed at the end of this month.\nNotices to this effect wore received\nyesterday by some of the employees\nwhen they received their pay envelopes, and It is understood that the\nwhole outside service of this department will be embraced1 In that, order.\nThe department was recently augmented by the Addition of a number of\nclerks taken on to expedite the work\nof the Quebec und Saguenuy rallroud\nwhen taken over by the government.\nTheso nre now being released and nre\nthe first men to be dismissed. This\norder applied only to single mon,\nFROM TWO HEIGHTS\nCapture   of    Positions   Admitted    by\nPetrograd\u2014German Attaoks Are\nRepulsed in Volhynia.\n(By Associated Press.)\nIn the Rumanian theatre, near Meste\nCanestl, tbe Germans have captured\nand held against counter attaoks several Russian positions. Petrograd admits the capture by the Germans of\ntwo heights oast of .lacoheni, near tho\nBukowina-Rumanian frontier, and a\nretirement by tlie Russians there of\ntwo-thirds of a mile.\nTo tho north, in Volhynia*; German\nattacks southwest of Lutsk wero repulsed by the Russians. Still farther\nnorth, in the Lake Drisviuty region, tlie\nGermans penetrated Russian trenches,\nbut  later were driven out.\nCABLE SAYS VOTE GOES\nAGAINST   PROHIBITION\n(By Dully News Leased Wire.)\nVANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 14.\u2014\nA cable was received today giving\nthe results of the vote on the prohibition referendum up to 6\no'clock last evening in London.\nThe total vote gave 1406 against\nprohibition, 221 for the measure\nand 41 spoiled ballots,\nOHIO WOMEN  ALLOWED\nTO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT\n(By Dully News Leased Wire.)\nCOLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 14.\u2014Tho\nOhio senate this afternoon passed the\nReynolds bill giving Ohl6 women the\nprivilege of voting for president. Tho\nvote was 20 to Ki. The bin already\nhns passed the bouse and Governor\nCox bus Intimated he will sign tt,\nDOING BRAVE WORK\nHave   Good   Records   for   Service   in\nEngland and France, Says Flight\nLieutenant Soper.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 14.\u2014Flight-Lieut. W.\nE. Soper of Otawa, was a passenger on\nthe Kroonland, which reached New\nYork on Sunday.\nLieu. Soper has been overseas with\nthe Royal flying corps for the last 14\nmonths and saw active service over\nthe German lines In France. He has\nreturned to Canada to join the Canadian flying squadron as ono of the instructors.\n\"The Canadian hoys,\" said Lieut.\nSoper, 'aro doing bravo work in the\nvarious flying corps In England und\nFrance, and have good records. The\nlate Don. Borphy was one of the best,\nHe was a very careful and efficient\npilot and his death was duo to an un\navoidable  accident.''\nThe Kroonland was the first Amerl\ncan boat to come through the war\nzone. Her passengers witnessed the\ntorpedoing of a Dutch steamer by a\nGerman submarine off the coast of\nIreland.\n\"The captain of the Kroonland,\" said\nLieut. Sopor, \"Is a quiet man, who It Is\nsaid, never swears, but ns the Dutch\nboat disappeared beneath the waves\nhe nervously paced the bridge with\nclenched teeth and apparently had\nreached the climax of self-control.\"\nARRANGEMENTS Fi\nNEW WAR LOAN MADE\nIs Likely to Be Brought Out Early in\nMarch\u2014Financiers Give Assurance\nof Cooperation.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 14.\u2014It Is practically\ncertain  that  the  next Canadian  war\nloan  wilt   be brought out    early    in\nMarch.    Last week the minister of ft\nnance, summoned tho executive of the\nCanadian Bond Dealers' association to\nnttawa for a conference ns to the out\nlook,  and  today  he had a conference\nwith the representatives of the Canadian   Bankers' association   upon    the\nsame subject.\nNo Information is forthcoming at\npresent as to tho amount, terms or\nprice of tiie loan, as these details will\nnot be settled until Immediately before\nthe Issue is mnde. They will be deter\nmined upon then in the light of pre\nvailing conditions.\nIt is understood that Sir Thomas\nWhite has the assurance of the earnest\ncooperation of tho financial community and of the bond dealers und brokers\nwho contributed materially to the success of the last loan. In view of the\nexchange situation between tbe United States and Canada, which is at\npresent adverse to Canada, it Is regarded as probable that the securities\nof the new loan will be made payable\nboth In Canuda and New York. Today's conference was attended by representatives of nearly all the chartered  banks of Canada.\nGERMAN TROOPS WITHDRAWN\nFROM   DUTCH   FRONTIER\n(By Daily News Leased Wire,)\nAMSTERDAM, Fob. 14, via London.\nThe majority of the German troops,\nconcentrated on the eastern border of\nHolland now have disappeared from\nthe frontier towns, according to tho\nHnndelsbladt.\nBROKER SENTENCED TO FIVE\nYEARS FOR CONSPIRACY\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Feb. 14.\u2014E. L. Bnugh, a\nbroker, of Montreal, was convicted of\nconspiracy In two trials and sentenced\ntoday to five years In Kingston penitentiary by Judge Winchester. The\ncourt of appeal ordered a new trial after his first conviction, The second\nconviction was also appealed, but tho\nhigher court this time refused to interfere.\nBRITISH   STEAMER  SUNK\n(By Dnlly News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. M.\u2014It Is announced\nthat   the   British    steamer   Inishowen\nHead  has  been  sunk.    Her crew was\nlanded.\nA previous despatch from St. John,\nN. B., announcing the sinking of the\nInishowen Head, said one member of\ntbe crew wns lost.\nWilson, However, is Moving Cautiously\nus. vessel sum\nBY AUSTRIAN SUB.\nIncident Likely to Hasten\nAnticipated Break\n\"With Austria\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\n** LONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014Spairfa\nintervention in the war on the side\nof the entente allies is considered\nprobable. The pope is still trying\nto induee Germany to modify ita\nsubmarine warfare plans, and has\ntold the Spanish king that if his\neffort is unsuccessful he will announce to the world that he approves Spain's entry on the ground\nof self-defense.\nThe kaiser has been warned that\nif Spain intervenes similar action\non the part of all the other European neutrals will follow.   It ia expected   that  the    pointiffs    condemnation of the submarine campaign  measures will  have a profound effect    on    South  America\nalso.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nN E W    YOR K,     Feb.    14.\u2014The\nUnited States destroyer Sampson,\nthe largest   vessel   of   her   class\nafloat,   sailed   from   the   Brooklyn\nnavy yards at noon today for an\nunknown      destination.        Lieut.-\nCommander Allen was given sealed orders.    Naval officers refuted\nto discuss the sailing.\nWASHINGTON,       Feb.        14.\u2014The\nsteady  accumulation  of  violations  ot\nAmerican rights by Germany made it\nappear possible  today  that  PresTdec*\nWilson  would  go  before  congress  to\nask  authority  for   further   protecting\nlives   nnd   property   without    waiting\nfor    serious    disasters    which    might\nshock the country.    However,  it was\nagain   stated   authoritatively   that   he\nwould move deliberately and with full\nappreciation  of  nil   the  conseriuences\ninvolved.\nOfficial reports of the sinking of\nthe American schooner Lyman M.\nLaw In the Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine added only slightly to\ntho tension, for while the act Is believed to have been illegal, no Uvea\nwere lost, and the vessel apparently\nwas warned. Tbe Incident was not\nlooked upon us one In itself sufficient\nto hurry the development of tho\nsituation.\nGoods Pile Up\nPreliminary reports begun coming\nto the government departments showing the piling up about the Atlantic\nseaboard of goods destined for export\nto European ports. No serious effect\nfrom this condition will be felt, however, until lapse of sufficient time for\nships remaining in American ports to\nhave gone to Europe and returned.\nWhile only approximately 10 per cent\nof American commerce with Europe\nis carried on in American ships, tho\nsailing of vessels of other nationalities in many instances bus either\nbeen cancelled or postponed, and.\ntherefore, the result of the ruthless\nsubmarine campaign in time will result in fur reaching disturbance of\nthe industrial life of the United\nStates.\nPreparations by the government for\nany eventuality still are going forward\nWithout interruption. Much Importance Is attached to the work of the\ncouncil of national defense, which Is\nholding daily sessions for the purpose of learning at first hand from\nAmericans of experience what provision must be made to coordinate\nAmerican resources. E. S. Stettlnlus\nof J. I'. Morgan and company. Now\nYork, was again before the council\ntoday, furnishing Information gained\nfrom experience as head of his firm's\nhuge transactions In war orders for\nthe entente allies.\nWill Not Arm Ships Meantime\nIt was stated during tho day that\nIt wus entirely possible the government would take no steps toward actually furnishing arms to American\nships unless uml until the president\ndecides lie should go before congress.\n(Continued on Pago Two.)\nFIGURES SHOW GERMAN\nSUB. BLOCKADE FAILS\nOut of  140  British Arrivals and   Departures in One Day Only Four\nVessels Were Sunk.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014While naval officers hore express the belief that tho\nsubmarine operations may continue at\nhigh tension for a couple of months,\nthoy show the utmost confidence In\nthe ability - * \"*- \u2022\u2022\"'\u2014 to cope with\nthe latest campaign, with npproximate:\nly the same success as the campaign\naguinsl the submarines In IDlfi.\nAn admlrnlty official showed the Associated l'ress ,\"'1\"-- the figures of arrivals    and    dopariures yesterday  at\nEnglish ports, p ovm Jun a iarger\nnumber of vessels entered and departed\nthan on any day aurlng the last six\nmonths. Taking a day at random\nduring tbe period since tho latest war\nzon\u00a9 was declared, out of 140 British\narrivals and departures only four vessels were sunk, nnd these figures, according to tho official, give an excellent Idea of the percentuge of loss to\nvessels taking the risk.\nIn the English channel where British communication^ are most vital, the\nofficial Bays, the losses have been extraordinarily sninli ut a tlmo when\nmoro ships than usual are being routed\nthrough the channel,\n PAGE TWO\nTHE  DAILY NEWS\nTHURSDAY,   FEB.   15,   1917.\n[ Leading Hotels of the West\n1      Whsr. th* Traveling Public May Obtain Superior Accommodation.\nTHE HUME\nA ll Carta Table d'Hota\nGEORGE BENWELL, Prop.\nSpecial Daily Lunch, 50c.\nHUME\u2014W. O. Anderson, !\u2022*. L.\nCummings. P. J. Smith, D. MoDou-\n\u2022jald, A. N. King, Trail; D, Thomns,\nItoBsluntf: P. Maguire, city; 11. Now-\ncomen, Knslo; George A. Llngard,\nRiomlel; Prank T. Abey, Knslo; A. D\nChristie. noHshinil; P. Miunlslcy,\nNorthjiori; ftl. Mckean, Now Denver;\n1'-. H. Skeels, City; Prank Parry, Toronto; R. D. McColl, R, C. Stoddard,\nVancouver; A. I.. Wiser, Grand Forks;\nG. Y. Spring, Vnncouver; 1*-. A. Slndel,\nB. Downes,  B. .1. Smith, Trail.\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 get cured. Most\ncompleto and best arranged bathing\nestablishment on the continent. All\ndepartments under one roof, steam\nheated and electrio lighted.\nRates: $2.50 per day or $16 per week\nDAVIS & CALDER, Props,\nHalcyon, Arrow Lakes, B. C.\nROSSLAND HOTELS\nThe Hotel Allan\nRECENTLY  REFURNISHED\nSMITH   &   BELTON,   Proprietors\nAfternoon Summary\nBright   Flashes   from   Yesterday'a\nTelegraph   Service   to   the\nAfternoon  Papers\nThe Strathcona\nF. B. WHITING, Prop.\nSpecial    Sunday    Dinner\nSTRATHCONA\u2014W. .7. llnloy. Vnncouver; Nohle Binns, Trnll; M. O.\nRllcy, Victoria; Miss .I. Morrison.\nCity; O. L,. Boynton, Vnncouver; F.\nGrouat. T. Ktlpatrlck, Revelstoke;\nMiss D. C. Smiley. Palm Bench, Cal.;\nM-Iss Ada A. Wafer, Richmond, Ya.:\nP. ]\u2022:. Bradley, Seattle; Miss Gertie B.\nCaldwell, .Miss Gladys S. Scotl, New\nCarlisle. Que.; Ellas 10. Briald, Paspe-\nblae West; J. A. Thagar, Montreal;\nW. McQulre. Portland; B. l.e Grand,\nCaplin; P. K. Steams, Bonavcnture,\nQue.; .1. T. Price. Ymir; A. M. Black;\nCity; s. Thorburh, Blnck Cape, Que.;\nAles Palrservico, Cross Point,\nQueen's Hotel\nEuropean     and      American    Plan.\nSteam Hoat in Every Room.\nBusiness Lunch, 35 Cents\nA. LAPOINTE, Prop.\nBY WAR\nm\nHealth Triumphs\nover disease every time you\nuse Lifebuoy Soap. For its\nmild healing and cleansing oils\nare charged with cleansing\nproperties that mako it simply\ninvaluable.\nHEALTH SOAP\nMild and pure enough for\nBaby's skin\u2014therefore eminently suitable for yours.\nThe mild, antiseptic odor\nvanishes quickly after use.\nLever Brothers\nLimited\nTORONTOJ\nAt alt\nGrocers \\\n\u25a0^OAt.\n. QUEENS\u2014J. C. Tnylnr, Vancouver;\nMrs. .1. R. Brandon, Umlo; 0. \\V.\nPratln, Perry Siding; .1. Dbcrlng,\nAinsworth; Miss Jl. Vnlueh. Miss C.\nValuch. Silverton; 10. I*:. Ulrlch, Silverton; E. Hawks. Hall; 1). Surtees,\nCrapbroolt; ,T. T. Price, Ymlr; ID.\nOlson, New Denver; A. B. McGregor,\nCrawford liny: K .1). Wcstcott, Vnncouver.\nNelson House\nEuropean Plan.\nW. A. WARD, Proprietor.\nCAFE\u2014Open Day and Night\u2014BAR\nMerchants' Lunch, 12 to 2.\nPhone 97. P. O. Box 597\nNELSON\u2014V. I*'. Bnuer, E. 10. Smith.\nMarcus; T. Oloy Gordon, Knelt Creek;\nJ. h'. Kurdy, South Slocan,\nGrand Central Hotel\nOPPOSITE POSTOFFICE\nAMERICAN     AND     EUROPEAN\nPLANS\nJ. A. ERICKSON,  Prop.\nGRAND CBNTRAXr-MrB. Crow,\nBjocau City; John Kain, Butte, Mont;\nM. Crosby, tidnnlngtbri; A. McDonald,\nGrand Forks; D. Lowland, G.Us Raulj\nRaymond, Alta.; U G. Watson, Halls;\nJlal Stlnson,  Revelstoko.\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014The American\nschooner Lyman Rt. Law was sunk by\na submarine on .Monday, according to\na despatch from tlio Stefanl agency\nat Rome. The crew, Including eight\nAmericans, has been landed.\nPrize Offered for Sinking Sub.\nI'ARKS, Feb. 14.\u2014A prize of 50U,000\nfrancs for the crew of any 'French or\nallied or neutral vessel which succeeds\nIn destroying aa attacking submarine,\nis provided for ia a resolution introduced iu the chamber of deputies.\nPatrol Boats Guard Ships.\nNEW   YORK,    Feb.    11.\u2014Travelers\nfrom Europe arriving here on BrltlBh\nships, speak of the extreme activity of\n(lie British patrol boats which, they\nsay, swarmed ubout them during their\njourneys through the submarine war\nzone. They say that armed trawlers\nand other patrol boats accompanied\nthem part of the way lu relays.\nLIFEiff LEGISLATURE\nAlberta Member Says It Would not Be\nFair\u2014Premier Denies Discussing\nMatter  Privately.\nilly liailj News Leased Wire.)\nEDMONTON, Alta., Feb, 11. -\"Then\nhas been no conversation between tin\nleader of the opposition und myself\n\u25a0pt what has taken plucp in the\nhouse here,\" was how Premier Sifton\nthin afternoon In the legislature disposed of the reports that have been\ngoing around as to an extension of the\npresent term of the provincial house.\nThe statement was made during the\ndebate on the address, and the incident was an Interruption rof the\nspeech of L. Bb^Jroau, Liberal member for St. Albert, according to whom\nthe members of the opposition are\ntnxlous for an extension of the life of\nhe provincial legislature Whito he\nook their action as a com pl! in ont to\nthe premier, he suggested that p plight\nhavo had its origin in telegrams that\nhe sold had been passiiiR between Alberta and a curtain minister in Ottawa\nwho recently had been very much in\nthe limelight. So far as he personally\nwas concerned, Mr. I'.oudrcau came out\nstrong against any extension. Tho\nmembers might havo (In- right nf voting for an extension of the term but\n11 would not be fair, lie said, to their\nconstituents1 to exercise it. Dealing\nwith tho argument of the opposition\nthat an election should not be held In\nwar time he pointed to the elections in\nNova Scotia, Quebec, .Manitoba and\nBritish Columbia and he remarked the\nConservative members must admit\nthree of the provinces, at least, wens\nas loyal as Alberta.\nC. Weldenhammor, Conservative,\nStony Plain, followed and crilici'\/cd\nthe administration of the government,\nespecially tbe department or amicui-\nturo. Ho was still speaking when the\nhouse adjourned,\nOF\nRIGHTS ACCUMULATE\nPRAISES AMERICANS\nFOR RELIEF WORK\nNew Grand Hotel\nSTEAM HEATED\nHot and Cold Water in Evory Room\nAmerican and European Plana\nNEW GRAND\u2014C. .1. Tlolto, A.\nKitsin, Sandon: Mcilffc ttluckm-irn,\nSandon; A. RohhI, City.\nHotel Castlegar\nCASTLEGAR, B. C.\nW.   H.   GAGE,   Prop.\nOverland train to coaat leaves hero\ndaily at 8:50 a. m. Excellent accommodation for drummers. Nice place\nto apend a weekend. Rates, |2.00\nand |2.50 per day.   American plan,\n;An action has again been entered b>*\nEdward Smith at Osgoode hah, Toronto, against the Merchants Bank of\nCanada to recover $500,000 far mrtneya\nalleged to have heen procured by the\ndefendants. The plaintiff has on several occasions brought actions against\nthis bank, claiming a lar-go sum in\nconnection with their dealing with tbe\naccount of his commission business,\nfciit they hove all been dismissed.\nDOM'T\nAHYTl\nla ueoless experiments witli ordinary and out-of-date ointments. If\nyou have any slvin trouble whatever, use Zam-Buk in the first place,\nand save yourself needles suffering\nand unnecessary expense.\nFor two years Mr. E. E. Gardiner.\nof Marquis, Sask., suffered with salt\nrheum. Then he used Zam-Buk and\nwas cured.   He writes:\u2014\n\" I had salt rheum on my feet for\ntwo years, and the pain 1 suffered\nat times was indescribable. I tried\nall kinds of so-called remedies, but\nnothing brought me rolief until 1\nused Zam-Buk. After the first few\napplication** I noticed a distinct\nimprovement, and after persover-\nonce.Zam-Bukcompletely cured me.\"\nZam-Buk is also unequalled for\nringworm, scalp sores, old wounds,\nabscesses, bolls, pimples, blood-poisoning, plies, scalds, burns, cuts, aud\nall skin Injuries. All druggists and\nstores, or Zam-Buk Co., Toronto.\nDOc. box, 3 for $1.25.\nKM BUI\n(Continued from Page One.)\nWhile lhe state department takes the\nposition that the government has the\nright to furnish guns other questions\nwhich make the matter more complex\nhave arisen. The greatest of these is\ntlie determination of the presldont to\ndo nothing which might give Germany\nthe excuse In any trouble which may\nfollow to place the responsibility upon\nthe United States. .Most serious of\nthe aspects of the Law case is tin.\nstatement that the sabinarlne wn\nAustrian. In replying to the uuerles\nthat will be sent to Vienna ns to the\nfuels of the sinking, it is thought\nmore than probable that. Austria may\nmake a statement which will proclpl\nlate the expected break with that\ncountry, officials have admitted that\nAustria hns sent a submarine note\nIdentical witli Germany's, Inn so far\ntliis country hns held off from extending the severance of ivlatin-gs.to that\ncountry.\nAnother Impjlry was sent to Turkey\ntoday asking Ambassador Klkus why\nlie hnd not been able ]# report to the\ndepartment as lu the condition of Iho\n1000 Amor leans, naturalized and\nothers, marooned in Syria, nnd as te\nwhether Turkey plans to carry <<ui\nQermnny's submarine policy with the\nsuitnntrims uhe is known to havo.\nSteps were also taken to learn where\nall reports from both Turkey and Bulgaria since the break with Germany\nhave been held up. It is assumed\nthut It Is at Vienna, through which all\ncommunications to those countries\npass.\nLIST  OF  CASUALTIES\nISSUED AT  OTTAWA\n(Uy Dally News Leased Wire.)\nINFANTRY\nPreviously    Reported    Woundod    and\nMissing,   Now   Killed   in   Action\nL.   Ityntt,   Winnipeg\n13,   Walker,   Saskatoon.\nPreviously     Reported     Missing,     Believed Killed. Now Killed tn Action\nC. Sldebottom, England.\nCorp. If. Drlscoll, England.\nDied\n.1. Foster. 1miisfalt. Alta.\nDangerously III\nA. Hanson, Mabel Lake, U. C.\nII. Hurpor, Perth, Out.\n(.'. Jonos, England.\n1>. Anderson, Cape Breton,\nThomns Heeve, Meadowvnle, Ont.\nA. Roy, Liverpool, X. S.\nWounded\n.). Duniluk. Russia.\nA. Burke, Weymouth, N. S,\nS. Johnson,  c i.sliawa,' < int.\n.1. King, North Uny, Ont.\nW. Howling, England.\nARTILLKRY\nPreviously Reported Seriously III, Now\nDied\nC.  l-'ox.  McGregor,  Aran.\nSeriously III\nK.   Newton,   Ladysmllh,  Que.\nR.  Gallagher,  Trenton,   Ont.\nMOUNTED   RIFLES\nSeriously III\nV. Farmer, England,\nl'\\   I Hike,  Ireland.\nSERVICES\nSeriously III\nII. Taylor. Toronto.\nPeople Hit by High Cost of Living-\nMany Schools Closed Through\nCoal  Shortage.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nBERNE, Switzerland, Feb. 14, via\nLJarls.\u2014At the moment when Germany\nbegan unrestricted submarine warfare\nand the rupture with the United States\noccurred the general financial situation\nof tho empire was dominated moro\ncompletely than ever before hy tho war.\nIt cannot be suld that the break with\nAmerica precipitated a marked bear\nmovement on the bourse. Trading at\nno time assumed a panicky character.\nThe general market was dull.\nIf the German war loans may he\ntaken as an indication tho general fi\nnancial and political temper of the\ncountry was confident at the time of\nthe correspondent's departure from\nBerlin with Ambassador Gerard. It Is\ntrue that one frequently heard pessimistic expressions, but such expressions havo hardly influenced the\nbourse. A considerable number of operators are still disposed to speculate\nfor tho rise upon the expectation that\nthe submarine campaign will force the\nwar to an early conclusion. This calculation undoubtedly Is maintaining\nthe balance of the market.\nThe sixth war loan, due In March,\nsus not yot heen announced. It is\nhardly expected that past records can\n>e repeated this time, Inasmuch us the\ncapacity of the people to save has\nl)een diminished too greatly by increased cost ot! living.\nThe impression in Berlin Is that the\ntotal of subscriptions will show a comparatively 'smaller result than in the\ncase of the fifth loan.\nGermany is now living under such\nabnormal circumstances that business\nconditions in the ordinary sense hardly\nexist. The language of peace times\nfails to meet tho present case. Virtually nil industries are dominated by\nthe war. All energies of men and P^i-\nehlnes are bent on producing and distributing war materials, Within the\nhalf year, for example, the great German Iron industry has become almost a\ndepartment of the government. Prices,\nwhich underwent a final sharp advance\nlast autumn were then fixed through\nan understanding with the government\nwhich is now almost the sole buyer.\nPrivate customers obtain little iron and\nexports have been suspended for many\nnonths. \"\u25a0\nThe coal trade nlso is made subservient to war purposes as far us possible\nand private consumers are compelled\nto meet their requirements with minimum quantities hi order that the war\nIndustries and railroads may be amply\nsupplied; lu many cases schools,\ntheatres and other public Institutions\nin Germany are closed temporarily on\naccount of lack of coal.\nOther Industries such as textiles and\nchemicals, also are dominated largely\nby the war. Entire branches of industries have been shut down or restricted sharply because they do not\nadminister lo the requirements of Ihc\nwar, but olbers which supply military\nneeds arc working to their utmost capacity. The nuichfcvory and electrical\ntrades are extremely active as most\nof tholr output is required for war\npurposes. There is great activity in\nthe shipyards, main- of which are now\nturning out submarines,\nBritish      Blockade      Minister      Says\n10,000,000 People  Kept Alive  in\nBelgium and Northern France\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014On the occasion\not the withdrawal of Americans on\nthe commission for relief In Belgium\nfrom Belgium and northern France,\nLord Robert Cecil, who, in his\ncapacity of minister of blockade, has\nbeen brought into intimate touch with\nthe Belgian relief commission, declared In a statement to the Associated\nPress today that Herbert C. Hoover,\nchairman of the commission, and his\ncolleagues would leave behind them In\nEurope a reputation which the United\nStates could count on us a national\npossession In future years.\n\"The withdrawal of the Americans\nfrom participation in work of the\ncommission for relief of Belgium and\nthe withdrawal of Walter Hlnes Page,\nthe American ambassador here, and\nBrand tV'hltlock, American minister to\nBelgium, as patrons to the commission, will be very sincerely regretted by\nthe entente allied governments,\" said\nLord Robert. \"The commission still\ngoes on In the hands of the neutral\nmembers, but you know how In practise the organization of the relief\ncommission, both here and at Rotterdam, ami in Belgium and northern\nFrance was created by and is depend\nent upon Mr. Hoover and his American colleagues, who for more than two\nyears has sacrificed every personal\ninterest to this great humanitarian\nenterprise.\nUndertaking Gigantic\n\"Now I am not going lo pay any\ntribute to their business organization\nor their efficiency, wonderful\nthese things have been. The mere\nfact that for 2X months they have\nkept alive ten million people, without\na single hitch in the machinery of\npurchase, transport and distribution\nshows what their organization lias\ndone,\n\"What i do want lo say is this:\nWhen the first proposals were made\nIn October, 11114, fur the importation\nof foodstuffs into Belgium after the\nfall of Antwerp those proposals were\ndirectly counter to the very ordinary\ndictates of military prudence. The\nnatural feeling of the people here was,\nand long continued to be, that the\nGermans were In complete control of\nBelgium and how could a dozen or\ntwo neutrals safeguard the supplies\nImported? It was only with great\nanxieties and misgivings that we con-\nicnted to allow the Importations, and\nI sometimes doubt whether the pro-\nal ever would lane been made or\nour consent given if we had known\nhow long the work would have to last\nor the extent to which it would grow.\nVet, In spite of this, the work hus\ngone on uninterruptedly for 28\nmonths and has grown from small be\nglnnings into an undertaking which\nmay literally be called gigantic.\"\nMiddy Waists\nTHE   POPULAR   MIDDY   WAISTS   ARE   AGAIN   IN   STOCK   IN\nLARGE   ASSORTMENT\nQUALITY,  STYLE   AND   FINISH ARE ALIKE   UP   TO   A   HIGH\n.STANDARD\nJust to Remind You\nOUR    RIBBON    DEPARTMENT    FOR    ALL    SILK    AND    SATIN\nRIBBONS   IS   HARD   TO   EQUAL\nOUR   GLOVE   DEPARTMENT   IS   WELL   SUPPLIED   WITH   ALL'\nSIZES AND SHADES OF ROYAL DENT KID GLOVES\nOUR     STOCK     OF    SMALLWAHBS    IS    AT    YOUR   DISPOSAL\nASK HERE FOR  THE  LITTLE   DRESS   ACCESSORIES\nSmillie & Weir\nLADIES'  WEAR   SPECIALISTS\nLIEUT.   HUDDART   DEAD.\n(Canadian Associated Press,)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014Lieut. Lindow\nHuddatt, Royal engineers, who has\njust died on active service was the\nlast surviving son of James Huddnrt.\nthe founder of the Canadian-Australian\nSteamship packet line.\nCOAL   SHORTAGE   BECOMES\nMORE ACUTE IN OTTAWA\n(Hy Dailv News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Peb. 14.\u2014Despite a breuk\nin thi' temperature the local conl shortage Is becoming more acute, Many\nhouseholders arc now burning wood In\ntheir furnaces. Coal dealers blame lhe\nrailways, but Canadian railway officials assert that the rail trouble Is on\nlhe other side of the line.\nThe embargo on freight west of\nBuffalo to points east will not affect\nthe local coal situation, according to\nrailway officials. Very little coal comes\nto Canada from west of the greuj.\nlakes, the vast bulk coming from i'onn-\naylvunla and being shipped here over\nNew York railways.\nJUDGMENT  RESERVED\nIN   VANCOUVER   CASE\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA. Fob. 14.\u2014In tho supreme\ncourt today the appeal was heard in\nthe ease of the Hank of Toronto vs.\nllarrcll. In 180-1 the respondent, a\nlumberman in Vancouver, signed an\naccommodation on behalf of the Rex\nAmusement company on the representation of tlu> bunk manager that the\nproceeds, $10,000, would he applied hi\npaying off lien-holders having claims\nagainst the company. The note was\nreduced from time to time and renewed until finally about $7000 was due\non the renewal note upon which the\nbank sued the respondent. The defense was that respondent had been\ndeceived hy the bank manager and\nfraudulently deprived of Ihc benefit\nhe would derive as to his claim against\ni company by the failure in paying\noff the lien-holders and the bank H|;\nproprlatlng the money for the payment\nof one of Its customers who wa.1\ncontractor, At the trial Ihe Jury a\nwered quest I.ms submitted hy tin- judge\nand also found a general verdict for\nthe defendant, hut lhe\" trial judge,\nconsidering the general verdict inconsistent with the answers, entered judgment for the plaintiff. The court of\nappeal for British Columbia reversed\nthis judgment and gave effect to the\ngeneral verdict hy dismissing lhe action.   Judgment  was reserved.\nCANADIAN   GENERALS'\nHONORED BY FRANCE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 11.\u2014The following\ndecorations which were conferred\nsonic time ago, were gazetted tonight,\nwith the Intimation that the King had\ngiven* permission in all such cases to\nwear these decorations:\nCroix de Conuiiandeur de la Legion\nd'Honneur\u2014Major-Gen. Turner, V.C.,\nnow commanding the Canadian forces\nin England,\nGrand Officio!' de l'Order de la\nCouronne\u2014Gen. Sir Julian Byng, commander of the, Canadian forces In\nEngland.\nCANADIAN OFFICERS\nDISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014The following\nofficers have been discharged from\nGray's Inn road hospital: Capt. J. K.\nNesbltt, Capt. A, E. Jukes, Lieut. R.\nB. Carter, Lieut, C. H. McDougall,\nLieut. C. R. Dale and Lieut. J. P.\nBearcb.\nThe following officers have left tho\nMlUbank hospital: Capt. J I. R. North-\nver, Lieut. C. W. McQueen and Lieut.\nJ. G. Allinson.\n23 KILLED IN RAILWAY\nACCIDENT IN  FRANCE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nPARIS, Feb. 14.\u2014Twenty-three persons are reported to have been killed\nIn  a  railway  accident at  Sorqucx.\nRev. W. K, Thompson has taken\ncharge of Ersklne Presbyterian\nchurch, Kdmonton.\nFOR THE BEST IN\nCigars, Cigarettes |\nand Pipes\nGo to\nTHURMAN'S CIGAR 8TORE.\nFOR RENT\nTHE BEST HOUSE I HAVE HAD\nLISTED  FOR  MONTHS.\nVERY CENTRAL\n4 bedrooms, steeping; porch, linen\ncloset, furnace, open fireplace, cement foundation, gas; all in excellent condition.\nS25.00 A MONTH.\nDon't Miss This.   It's the very best\nthere is.\nC.W. APPLEYARD\nJUDGE ROBB DEAD.\nTORONTO! Feb, 14.\u2014Judge James\nRobb, county JUdge for Norfolk from\n1800 to 11)11,\" when he retired owing to\nfalling health, died today. Ue was 70\nyears old.\nWANT MOUNTED POLICE\nTO RESUME AFTER WAR\nSaskatchewan Legislators Urge Return\nto Former Duties\u2014Tribute Paid\nForce   for   Fine   Work.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nREGINA, Feb. M.\u2014Interest in the\nlegislature today centered around a\nresolution in connection with the R\nN. W. M. P. Introduced by .1. D. Wylie.\nMaple Creek, as follows:\n\"That this house, deploring the fact\nthat owing to the war conditions the\nDominion government has deemed It\nadvisable to ask the provincial government to take over the duties In connection with the R. N. W. M. P.J. be\nIt resolved, that immediately upon the\nconclusion of peace, the Dominion gov-\nernment lie requested lo allow the R.\nN. W. M. P, to resume ihe full powers\nand duties heretofore carried by\nthem.\"\nAfter a brief discussion, lion. W. F.\nA. Turgeon moved the. following\namendment:\n\"This house, desires to express Its\nappreciation of the groat services rendered in this province and the Northwest torritorltlos by the R. N. W. M.\nF. and regrets that the exigencies of\nthe situation created b ythe war have\nmade 11 uecessary for 1 he I)ominbm\ngovernment to withdraw the uatd force\nfrom the work so long and so efficiently carried on by them; and further, tbe\nhouse expresses Ihe hope that upon\nthe conclusion of peace the government of Saskatchewan will, if it should\nthen be deemed advisable in the interests of the administration of justice,\napproach the Dominion government\nwtth a view of resuming the agree -\nment between the two governments\nwhich has been suspended.\"\nTbe amendment carried on a straight\nparty division.\nBELLEVILLE, ONT., IS\nFACING  COAL  SHORTAGE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nB1SLL10VILLK. Onl., Feb. 11.\u2014The\ncoal situation in this elty is'becoming aciile, the dealers today delivering only in quurter-ton lots. Unless\nthere is nn arrival of ears here within\na day or two there virtually will be\na fumine. Some of the public buildings have a supply for only a few\ndays.\nUnable to obtain coal sufficient to\nkeep fires going the university of Ottawa officials have been keeping their\nbuildings heated by burning sawdust\nduring the past few days. This they\nsecure from a mill In Hull, across the\nriver.\nThere arc ubout 300 families In the\ncity without coal.\n31\u00ae.\n%\/0   X BERWICK\nm Arrow\n%m% COLLARS\narc curve cut tojit tlie shoiildas\nperfectly. \\$ cents eadi,6jorc)Cf\nCUim.PEABODYhGOilNCflkW\nVANCOUVER MAN IN PARTY\nRETURNING TO CANADA\n(Canadian Associated ITess.)\nLONDON. Feb. 14.\u2014Among civilians\nwho have Just sailed for Canada are\nK. Cann, Winnipeg; B. Drew, A'ancou-\nver; M. K. Griffiths and S. A. Tun-\nncr, Hnskatuon.\nCONDUCTOR  OF   FAMOUS\nTORONTO CHOIR RESIGNS\n(Hy Dailv News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Fob. 14.\u2014Dr. A. S. Vogl,\nfor many years conductor of the fa.\nmoils Toronto Mendolsshon choir, hns\nlaid down the baton, and will he succeeded by H. A. Frlcker of Leeds, England, who has been appointed organist\nof the Metropolitan Methodist church.\n\"Listen to This\"\nYou will not want to sit and listen\nto it, you will want to join in the\ndance. It is a Victor One-Step Record (18203) coupled with \"Brown\nSkin\"\u2014Fox Trot. You will enjoy\nboth. This month has an exceptionally fine list of popular songs,\ndance, vocal and instrumental selections. 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' Ward Strest\nLargest Victor Dealers in Canada\nCOMPLETE   LINE   ALWAY8   ON   HANO\nMASON & RISCH, Ltd.\n\"The Home of the Victrola\"\nANNABLE  BLOCK,  813 WARD   STREET NELSON,  B.C.\n I&i\n-*-*\n\u2022THURSDAY,   FEB.   16,   1017.\n\u25a0iiuii-*^a*.ii.iiiiL.ijA-* i\u00ab\n^HE  DAILY  NEWS\nPAGE THRE8\nLVER AT NEW VORK\nS QUOTED AT 78 5-8\nprice on   London   Market,  38'\/4\u2014Cop-\nm per Firm with Good Demand-\nLead  Unchanged.\n(By Daily News Leafled Wire.)\nNEW YORK, -Peb. 14.\u2014 Silver, 78%;\nat London, 38*14.\nCopper, electrolytic, firm with good\ndemand represented   for   the   second\nquarter at quotations ranging from 33\n, bo 34.   Spot and nearby remained nominal In the-absence of sellers, while the\nj third quarter  quotations   rnnged   be-\nI tween 31 and 32.\nLondon not received.\n'Lead; At St. Louis, 7.1*2%; at New\nI Now York,  8;   at  Montreal,  9.90;   at\nLondon,  \u00a330 10s.\nISIW STAR STOCK\nMOVES UP SLIGHTLY\nI Rambler and Utica Unchanged en Spokane Market\u2014Electric Point\nDown Two.\nSlocan  Star moved   up \"%   on   the\n\u25a0 Spokane market yettterday. Rambler\n|wa\u00ab unchanged, aa was utlca. Lucky\n1.11m wiia-quotcd at H%. Caledonia yield,\nled <&: Electric I'oint dropped a couple\nlot\", .point*, hut Hypotheek advanced\nIfrom 11% to 12%, while Snowstorm\n|apd Mcailllvray were unchanged.\nSpokane Closing Quotations\n(Reported hy C. W. Applcyard)\n. Bid.     Asked\n\u25a0 Lucky  Jim    ? .08%    $.09\n\u25a0Caledonia  58 ,r.7V4\n\u25a0 Rambler   18 .lay\n\u25a0standard or, .75\n1 Slocan Star  ,    .22% .23\n|'*tlcn   14% .14%\n\u25a0Hypotheek    12% .12?*,\nIs'nowstorm    .64 \" .04%\n\u25a0McQIlllvray   15\n[Electric Point      .*00 .70\nSLUMP TAKES PLAC\nIN STOCK TRADING\n|PRICE8 GENERALLY ARE\nLOWER AT TORONTO\n|Sp.culative Trading Almost at Standstill\u2014Steel  Stooks  Neglected\u2014*\nMackay Strong.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Feb.  14.\u2014Today's trad-\nling on the locul stock exchange was\nI light'and: with prices ranging between\n\u25a0 narrow limits, most of the Issues trad\nled in yielding slightly.   Declines were\n\u25a0between V, and %.   There was no de-\nIcidod  trend   to'the  market  and   tho\n\u25a0 movement of prices were irregujaf dur\u00bb.\nling the: duy. with speculative- tfad'p\n|pracfloally nt a  standstill  there  was\nvery'little buying on tho pnrt of In-\nI restore.   The easier tone in Wall street\n\u25a0 exorcised a pronounced effect on the\n\u25a0 local trade. in the afternoon session\n\u25a0the turnover of listed stocks hardly\n^exceeded 200 shares.\nMuckay was strong at S\", and it sold\n\u25a0at 88 early in tho afternoon In antlol-\nIpntlon. of the annual meeting. Sleani-\nIshlps eased off slightly, with the com-\nImon losing % to 34 and the preferred\n|closlng*nt 93 In very light trading. The\n\u25a0steel stocks wero neglected.\nI The wnr loans wero nulet, wllh the\n11925 lkkuc closing v. \u201e,. and the 1013\nToan closing % off at 07% In each ruse.\nIWHEAT PRICES ARE\nLOWER AJ CHICAGO\n\u25a0Demoralized   Traffio   Conditioni   and\nChances of Wider Breach with\n'.' i      Germany  Cause,\nm \t\n<jfpy Dnity News Leased Wire.)\nCHICAGO, III., Feb. 14.\u2014Demoralized\n1 truffle conditions and the chance of a\n\u25a0wider breuch hetween Oermnny und\nIthe tTrilted States hud a depressing ef-\nIfect today on the wheat market,\nll'rlces closed heavy \\% to 3y, net\n\u25a0lower..with May ut J 1.7I'd and .Inly\nI$1.47%. Oats lost % and provisions\n|elosed 5 to 20 cents up.\nNotices of fresh embargoes on important- railways .sharpened the attention of wheat trailers today 'to the\nIhuge aggregate of cereals tied up In\n\u25a0elevators and on side tracks bore\n\u25a0uwnltlp-Bf shipment. Ono estimate put\n\u25a0the total at 40,000,000 bushels, not\n\"jem-mtlng op,000,000 to 7 ii, Olio, 000 bush-\npis uddltWnui which bos also been tied\nVip In country elevators owing to lack\n\u25a0of available railway curs and locomo-\n\u25a0tlves. Under such conditions the\n\u25a0wheat market showed a decided dOWn-\nTwitrd tendency the greater purt of the\nKay, w|th bearish sentiment evidently\n\u25a0increased by reiteration from Berlin\n\u25a0that the submarine campaign would.be\nTuctlvely carried out despite prospects\n[of war with the United States.    ,\nRain and snow in tho southwest,\n\u25a0wheta moisture has been below normul\nJ)ut a further handicap on wheat hulls\nfind it'Was not until nenrly 4 cenls hud\n|>een rllpprd from prices tbnt tho mur-\nitet showed any notable power to rally.\n|Vt that point profit taking by shorts\nled to a reaction but the market wns\n\u25a0igalri beginning to sag us trade ct.ine\nfo nn end.\nScantiness' of offerings rather than\nactivity of demand steadied tho oat\n\u25a0narket. About the only selling came\nTrom pit speculators.\nOperations  Confined   to   Few   Professional Groups\u2014Reported Sinking\nof U. S. Ship Hits Prices.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Feb. 14.\u2014Trading on\nthe stock market was superficial to\nthe laBt degree, total sales of 300,000\nshares being almost the lightest of\nany full session this year and the\nsmallest with one or two exceptions\nsinco tho middle of last year.\nOperations were confined to a few\ngroups of professional traders, that\nelement reversing its moderate optim-.\nIsm of the previous day to the extent\nof renewing commitments on the short\nside.\nThe only noteworthy feature wns the\nrelative activity of Central leather,\ndealings at an extreme advance of 2%\npoints overtopping the turnover in\nUnited States Steel.\nOvernight developments, particularly\nthe situation In Cuba found reflection\nin the course of sugar issues, Cuban\nj American Sugar muking a decline of\nj 6 points, while South Porto Rico made\nan extreme gain of 12 points.\nUnited States Steel ranged between\n106% and 105%, closing at 105%, a net\nloss of 1 point. Related industrials\nwere 1 to 2 points lower, with as much\nfor metals, while shipping, oils and\nutilities, particularly gas shares were\ndown  to almost  4 points.\nRalls were under steady restrnlnt,\nprobably In consequence of the weakness of Now tHaven, which recorded\nthe minimum price In Its history nt\n37*^, to the accompaniment of fumlllnr\nrumors respecting the future of that\nproperty. Lowest quotations were\nmade all around In the final hour, the\nmovement being accelerated by reports\nof the sinking of an American mor-\nehantmnn In the European wnr zone.\nAll foreign exchnnges were ut a\nstandstill.\nBonds were irregular, Anglo-French\n5s muking a new low price of 00%\nbefore recovery, while Paris 6s gained\na point. Total sales, pur value, aggregated $2,460,000. United Stutes bonds\nwere unchanged on call.\nClosing  Prices.\nAmerlcnn Zinc   36\nAmerican Smelting    96\nAnaconda   75H\nButte & Superior   44%\nC. P. R 152-V*\nChino   53%\nChile   ..' j  22\nQreene-Cananea \u25a0.' ;  41\nInspiration   65ft\nKennecott    43%\nMiami   -37%\nNevada  :  23%\nLead-  *$&\nRepublic Iron     7*5%\nTennessee' Copper     IBM\n#\"\"& Smelting    ffi#\nV. S. steel   I0#)i\nU. S. Steel preferred 117%\nUtah    107*4\nCurb Market.\nCan. Copper     1%\nHowe Sound      7 *4\nMldvalo   e*A%\ns*b=\nVULCANISM AFfECTS\nOFSORE\nWINNIPEG 'WHEAT $1.71%.\n(By Daily News Leusud Wire.)\nWWNIPBO, Fob. 14.\u2014Mny, $1.71%;\n\u25a0Tub',  $1.69%;   Oct.,   $1.38%.\nOats: May, 58; July, WA,\nFlax: May, fiMiBtt.\nCaflh wheat: No. 1 Northern, $1.67;\n\u25a0tfo.;^ $1.64%; No. 3, $1.59%; NO. 4,\nJ\u00bbU0%; No. 6, $1.30%; No. \u00ab, $1.04%;\nleed 93c.\n-    STERLING EXCHANGE.\njCBy Dally Newa Leased Wire.)\nNEWARK. Feb. H.-8torllng exchange, 4.75Vi for demand.\nSMELTERS UNCHANGED\nON MONTREAL MARKET\nTrading    Continues    Dull\u2014Quotations\nGenerally Lower\u2014Riordon Regains\nFour Points,\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL, Feb. 14.\u2014Loeui stocks\nfailed to show any indication todny of\nan awakening from tbe dullness into\nwhich the market hns fallen, sales aggregating fewer than 200 sbnres. The\nclosing quotations were generally low-\n\u2022 than on  Tuesday,\nCanadlnn Car preferred opened at\n70%, or fractionally above the last snlo\nyesterday, but gradually slipped off to\n\u25a038 ut the close, a net decline of 1%.\nSteel of Canada wus the only one of\nthe steel issues to receive any attention from tbe traders, with tbe close\nat 50 or down % point. A hundred\nshare, block of Iron preferred sold at\n91, whilo Scotia Steel in light trading,\nwaft unchanged at 103. Dominion iron\nwas almost totally neglected, but closed\nat 60 bid against 01% \"11 Tuesday.\nA recovery of 4 points in Riordon\nPaper was one of the exceptions to\nthe general trend, tbls being traded\nin lightly at 114. Spanish River, tho\nonly other active Issue of this group,\nclosed nominally unchanged, though\nthe closing bid was 15 or I14 below the\nclosing bid of yesterday.\nPublic utilities were generally weaker, Detroit Railway selling off % nt\nlllM\/i, while Stenmship common nnd\npreferred were mnrked down % to %\nrespectively at 34% and 93. Shawlni-\ngan wns 1 lower at 126, with the closing bid 125%, while Civic Power was\nunchanged at 81. Quebec Rulls closed\nunchnnged nt 25 bid, though the Inst\nsale wns % better. Smelters at 30 was\nunchanged. Bonds displayed little activity, the new wur loan furnishing tho\nbulk of the trading at 97% or Unchanged.\nTransactions for the day amounted\nto 1978 shares and 11,900 bonds.\nBUTTER MARKET FIRM.\nMONTREAL, Feb. 11\u2014Further soles\nof round lots of creamery butter were\nmade at firm prices. Locul demand for\ncheese steady. Eggs strong nnd active\nat an advance of 2 cents per dozen.\nCheese; Finest westerns, 26 at %;\neasterns,  25%.\nButter: Choicest creamery, 42% at\n13; seconds, 30 at 41%.\nEggs: Fresh, 55 at 58: selected, 48;\nNo. 1 stock, 45.\nPork: Heavy Canada short mess, 40\nat 41; short cut buck, 38 at 30.\nCHICAGO STOCKYARDS.\nCHICAGO, III,., Feb. 14.\u2014Hogs: Receipts, 46,000- weak, ft cents higher.\nBulk, 12.25 at 18.45; light, 11.70 at\n12.40; mixed, 12.10 ut 12.50; heavy,\n12.05 at 12.50; rough, 12.05 ut 12.20;\npigs, 0.50 at 10.86.\nCattle: Receipts, 15,000; firm. Nn-\ntlve beef, 7.8B at 12.15; westorn steers,\n7.8ft at 10.25; atockers and feeders,\n8.25 at 9,25; cows and heifers, 5.25 at\n10.40;   calves, 10 at  14.25.\nShe-op: Receipts,. 15,000; , strong.\nToothers, ll at 12; owes, 8.40 at 11.65;\nlambs, 12.50 at 15,\nRemarkable Examples in the Spanish\nPeaks Volcanic Region of Colorado Are Described\n(By Prof. Arthur Lakes.)\nAs tho subject of vulcanlsm and\nvolcanic rocks Is important from their\nInseparable relation to ore deposits,\nsome field experiences with these\nphenomena may he of interest. In\nColorado, as elsewhere, the noted\nmining camps are located in centres\nof great volcanic activity, some of\nthem being even on the sites of craters\nof old  extinct volcanoes.\nVulcanlsm has not only Influenced\nthe deposition of the precious and\nmetallic ores, but on entering the coal\nregions has at times exercised both a\nbeneficial and destructive influence.\nIn some cases volcanic heat has gradually changed the coal from an Inferior lignite to a bituminous and\ncoking coal and locnlly Into a first\nclass anthracite. In some cases the\ncoal has been burnt out by hot Intrusions of igneous rock or changed\nlocally into a hnrd, useless coke or a\nworthless Impure grnphlte,\nOno of the most remnrknble examples of vulcanlsm In Colorado is in\nthe coal region of southwestern Colorado. Two noted mountnins, called\nthe Spanish Peaks, stand up as conspicuous landmarks several thousand\nfeet above the coal plateaux. As we\napproach them we encounter a number\nof long cyclopean walls loading from\nthe summits of the peaks to their base\nand radiating from them like the\nspokes from the huh of a wheel, and\ntraversing the surrounding country\nfor many miles. Ho symmetrical arc\nthese stone walls thnt nt a distance\nwe might, think them the worU of\nsome ancient Inhabitants. They nte\noften utilized by the Jlexlcan herders\nas corrals and protections for their\nflocks of sheep nnd goats. These\nwalls of black rock nre dikes of volcanic lava thut emanated in a molten\ncondition from tbe great lava core or\nreservoir of tlio peaks.\nTho molten rock enme up through\na series of radiating fissures in the\nshales and sandstones, filling them\nlike a mould, traces of which are seen\nin patches of shale hardened into slate\nby heat, adhering to the face of the\ndikes. The mnsslve core of the peaks\nmight suggest the congealed plug of\nan ancient volcanic crater, hut Is\nmore probably a \"laccolite,\" or congealed reservoir of lava, intruded\namong the strata.\nGeologic History of the Peaks\nThe history of these slngulur peaks\nand their accompnnying dikes appears\nto lie that at a comparatively Into\nperiod of geologic time, some disturbance in the bowels of the earth found\na vent upwards for molten rock till It\nreached thick beds of shules and\nsandstones, and unable to overcome\ntbo weight of enormous masses of\noverlying rock and reach lhe surface,\nforced itself between the beds and\nraising them up Into a stupendous\nsubterranean cavity, filled thevupuum.\nwith the molten rock, 'forming\"whal\nis called a \"Inecolite\" or stone cistern.\nTho force of the Intrusion opened\nnumerous cracks to, or near to, the\nsurface, up through which lhe lava\nwelled, filling them like a mould and\ncongealing on them to hard rock.\nWhen erosion subsequently removed\ncubic miles of overlying surface rock,\nthe hard blnck lava remained stnndlng\nup above the soft sandstones of the\ncountry.in dikes or walls many feet\nthick and a hundred or more feet high,\nradiating ovor the country for a great\ndistance. So numerous are these dike\nwalls that an area hus been called\nStonewall Park, and a peak In the\nvicinity, composed of rudlnling dikes,\n\"Murnlla,\" or \"wall peak.\" A geological mnp of the region reminds one\nof the body of a huge octopus or devil\nfish, surrounded by hundreds of long\ntentacles.\nThe lavas of this eruptive region\nare not nil of one variety but of\nseveral different kinds of igneous\nrock, as appears to be commonly Ihe\ncase with grout volcanic centres which\nhnvo been the scene of constant disturbance, eruption following eruption,\neach of somo different variety of rock\nfrom different depths, composed of\ndifferent combinations of minerals.\nDiorites, lamprophyres or hornbhndic\nrocks, like some In llrltish Columbia,\nwith lighter felspnthlo rocks, like\nrhyolltes or quartz-porphyries, occur\nwith busnlt, which appears to have\nbeen the last of the rucks erupted and\nts tbe prevailing lava cupping tho surrounding coal bearing plateaux nnd in\nsome enses intruded into the coal\nseams. In the cores of lhe peaks some\nprecious mineral has been found and\nsome mines opened but not of tlie Importance that might have been expected from an area of such great\nvolcanic manifestations.\nAlthough nearly all important mining regions are located on. areas of\ngreat volcanic activity, the latter may\nOccur without giving rise to important ore deposits. It is not nn uncommon experience In the mining\nfield for geologic conditions in un\narea to be all that could be desired In\nfavor of the existence of ore deposits\nand yet no ore deposits to occur.\nBRITISH WOMEN SPEED\nUP WORK ON THE LAND\nWILL URGE REMOVAL OF\nEMBARGO ON OLEOMARGARINE\n(By Dolly News Leased Wire.)\n\u25a0OTTAWA, Feb. 14.\u2014A delegation\neprescntlng the Ottawa city council\nprobubly will wait on the government\nthis week and ask for the removal of\nthe embnrgo on oleomargarine.\nNEW  YORK  BREAD  MEASURE\nALBANY, N.Y.\u2014A fine of not more\nthan $500 or imprisonment for not\nmore than ono year Is tho penalty\nwhich would be Imposed by the terms\nof a bill just introduced In tbe legislature, upon any one offering bread\nfor sale by the loaf which Is not mude\nof one or more of these muterinls:\nWheat flour, rye flour, corn flour, lard,\nvegetable oils, butter, sugar, malt extract, corn syrup, sail, yeast, water,\nmilk, corn sugar, cereal flakes and\nany other substances commonly sold\nat retail aa food.\nRichard Bell, Sarnla city waterworks\nengineer, injured about a week ago\nwhen ho fell Into the flywheel of the\nbig pump. Is suftering from a broken\nneck, and Is paralyzed from tho waist\ndowu.\nLONDON, England\u2014Changes and\ndevelopment In the social fabric take\nplace so rapidly nowadays that no\nnew venture seems impossible of success, but the record of the work\nachieved by the Women's National\nLand Service corps from its formation in February, 1916, to September\nof the same year reads like a romance.\nThe doings of the corps ure set forth\nIn the interim report, a modest publication in a brown paper cover issued from the headquarters, 50 Upper Baker street. Anybody who will\nread through the brief pages, will\nrecognize at once thnt admirable as\nthe Initial stages of Its work, both\nprojected and accomplished, are Us\npotentialities aro practically boundless, for Its scope need be limited to\nno one area, but Is cupable of extension to the whole Empire. The object of the Women's National Land\nService corps was, as hns been stated\nin these pages before, the speeding\nup of the recruitment of all classes\nof women for work on the land In\norder to Insure the maintenance of\nthe home grown food supply. The\ngovernment established an organization throughout the counties when\nwar broke out, which, through Its\nlocal committees was to urge local\nwomen to work on the land; a canvass was held, a register of those\nwilling to work being formed. The\nfarmers, however, rarely applied for\nhelp, and in many districts a bad Impression wns mude by the efforts of\nsomo nmateur societies who sent out\nunsuitable women at the beginning\nof the war. nnd village women did not\nvolunteer in nny numbers for various\nreasons.\nTlie Women's Farm und Garden\nunion, an old established Institution\nand the only one which before the war\ndealt with women's labor on the land,\nsent a deputation to the president of\nthe board of agriculture, Lord Sel-\nborne. early In 1916. The question hnd\nto be dealt with by those who recog\nnized its difficulties and who had had\npractical experience, and as a result\nof the deputation, a grant was allowed\nto the Women's Farm and Garden\nunion with which to organize the\nproper training of women. Then the\noffshoot of the society, tho Women's\nNational Land Servlco corps, came\ninto being In order to deal wtth the\nproblem of emergency war work as\nopposed to permanent employment.\nCooperation with the board of agriculture and the board of trade marked\nthe very beginnings of the work. Lord\nPortman lent the house at Upper\nBaker street; an important meeting\nwas held nt Grosvenor House, with\nwell known speakers and a message\nfrom the prime minister to speed the\nwork on Its way; all the ngrlcul\ntural experts, including Mr. Rowland\nProthero, promised their support\nwhich they havo given unsparingly\never since. It was Inrgely to the edu-\ncnted women that nppenl to come for-\nwnrd wns mado, nnd the response bus\nbeen remarkable,, the necessities of the\nnation having invoked her sympathy\nand energy at once.\nOf the executive committee, Mrs.\nRolnnd Wllkins is the chairman, tho\nHon. Mrs. Norman Grosvenor, who\nhas done so much for the Intelligent\nemigration of women Is the hon.\ntreasurer, while amongst other well\ntried women workers are Miss Oldham, who represents the Head Mistresses' association, and many county\nrepresentatives of war agriculture\ncommittees.\nThe work falls naturally into two departments, viz.: (1) Propaganda and\norganization, nnd (2) the, provision\nof workers. It: is obvious that the\nshicoro desire of the Women's Land\nSeh'lce corps to serve the country\nand avoid all -sensation methods has\nbrought about its exceptional results,\nand a thoroughly effective Hnklng-up\nwith tbe government organization has\nprevented overlapping of any kind.\nTn many countries representatives of\nCRIPPLE CREEK VOLCANO\nAND ITS ORE DEPOSITS\n(By Prof. Arthur Lakes.)\nThere was nothing In the region now\noccupied by the important mining\ntown of Cripple Creek and its mines\nto suggest the former presence in its\nmidst of a great ore-ebaring volcanic\ncrater of the vast wealth that has\nsince been found henonth the surface.\nIt was simply an area of low rolling\nhills, near tlie base of the great granite mass of Pike's Peak, covered more\nor less with fir trees, quaking aspens\nand ineudows, a fnvorlte feeding placo\nfor wandering cattle, with here and\nthere an outcrop of coarse red granito\nand occasionally bf some other rock\nwhich a geologist might have recogniz\ned as volcanic and dubbed at first i\ntrachyte and later determined It to\npe phbhollte. But'there were no ev\ndenies of grout luva flows, nor wns\nthere any deep bowl-like depression\nsuch us might suggest the fllled-up\ncrater of an ancient volcano. Flocks\nand herds und cowboys roamed over\nthe area and even geological surveys\npassed along but did not observe anything of special interest worthy of\nmaking ;ui elaborate examination. The\naccidental discovery of some rich\n\"flout\" in a creek bed by a cowboy and\nIts assay at Colorado Springs was what\nchanged thut unpromising region In 1\nshort time Into a scene of unprece\ndented mining activity causing Its hills\nand valleys to be overrun by nn eager\narmy of prospectors, searching evory\nsign nnd outcrop, followed up by the\nopening of great and Important mines\nwhich have brought from their depths\ngronter values in gold than any area\nof Its size ia the world. The importance of the mines led to a thorough\nand exhaustive examination by the\nUnited States geologicnl survey and a\nglunce at their elaborate maps shows\nwhat a wonderful and interesting region it Is apart from the great values\nrealized. This map us well as tlio\nmines and researches for ore and ox-\ntension tunnels and workings show\nthut tho nron now occupied by the\nprincipal mines is the site of a great\nprehistoric and once active and explosive volcano, tho crater of which was\nof rude elliptical shape many thousand\nfoot long and wide and of unknown\ngrent depth. Within the circumference\nof this crater most of the Important\nmines are located. Outside of this area,\nalthough there are many Igneous dikes\nand other volcanic indications radiating from and tributary to the central\nvent, there ure few mines of any Importance. The crater Is, or rather was,\na vast pit or chasm encircled by granite walls, opened in the Pike's Peak\ngranito of the surrounding region by\nsteam und explosion vapors. The map\nshows this crater to bo now filled up\nprincipally with volcnnlc breccia and\ntuff with fragments of volcanic rock\ncemented together by a pnste of volcanic snnd. Tliis plug or filling is\ntrnversed in every direction by ramifying dikes of various klndH of lava or\nigneous rock resulting from eruptions\nnt different times and from different\ndepths, characterized by different nl-\nthough generally allied varieties of lava, all more or less ore-benrlng, but\nsomo more so thnn others.\nOre  Deposits\nThe ore is found principally in oral\ncontact with these Igneous dikes and\nintrusions, and the volcanic breccia\nand tuff and In some cascu in intrusions branching off Into tho granite\nwalls. There are many good ore-bearing zones capable of being followed\nbut not many true well-defined veins\niu the ordinary acceptance of tho word.\nThe ore occurs mostly in impregnations of the volcanic rock, not easy\nalways to follow except by those well\nacquainted with the mines nnd the po-\nculiuritles and appearance of tho ore.\nAt times It occurs In what are called\n'sheared dikes,\" thut Is, a dike of\nphonollto or some othor Igneous rock\nsheared or sliced up by a number of\nracks parallel with the course of the\ndike there mny bo filled with ores till\nthe dike Is fairly Impregnated with\nthom with an ore preference for the\nzone of contact un cither side of tho\nIntrusion.\nThe tellurlile gold bearing ores, are\nSometimes, though rarely, visible to the\neye in minute bright tin-like crystals\nor flukes 'impregnating the volcanic\nruck or in a dull gray hornlike, quartz\nknown ns tellurlde quartz, showing no\nmetallic signs, but when this is roasted\nout on a fire shovel or over a blacksmith's forgo it \"blossoms out\" on the\nsurface In little gold bubbles about the\nsize of a pin's head. Mingled with\nthe tellurlde ores is commonly some\niron pyrlto, but no other metallic mineral. Tho ore-hearing zones are sometimes stained purple from fluorlle or\nfluor spar. Such stains on the surface\nhavo led to valuable ores beneath. The\nrichest ores were found mostly near\nthe surface in tho early bonanza period of the camp, but the tellurldos\nhavo been followed down to a thousand\nfeet or so with more or less success,\nand tho ore In mnny of the mines still\nkeep down with no material change In\nIts character. The whole surrounding\nregion around the crater and lhe orator\nItself has been honeycombed with\nworkings, Including shafts and tunnels, somo of tho latter being deep\ndrainage tunnels driven Into the crater\nat tlie greatest depth available in tbe\nregion. Below this again ore continues\nto bo found.\nGeological  History of Cripple Creek\nTlie geological history and origin of\nCripple Creek Is reasonably inferred\nfrom the discoveries and researches\nmade during Its years of development.\nAt a late stage of geologic time,\nknown as the tertiary period, disturbances in the bowels of the earth, perhaps due to mountain building and elevation, took plnco under the granito\nregion at the western huso of the well\nknown mountain of Pike's Peak. Tho\nfirst indications of this unrest woro\nprobably a scries of earthquake\nshocks Increasing in severity, due to\npent up steam, which at last found tt\nvent in the locality now occupied by\nthe Cripple Creek crater, and a chasmlike hole was blown out of tho granite\nand columns of roaring steam and vapor charged witli rock fragments and\ndust, shot heavenwards und formed a\ndarl*:. ominous Cloud overshadowing\nthe landscape, till, with the condensation of the steam und other vapors, it\ndescended in a \"cloud burst\" upon the\ncrater aad its surroundings, deluging\nthe country with floods of volcanic\nmud which, on settling und consolidating, formed the rocks known in the region ns \"volcanic breccia'' and \"tuff.\"\nThe former is an ndobo of fragments\nof granito and volcanic rocks cemented\nby volcanic mud, tho latter a sandstone\nformed of volcanic mud alone. Constant showers of this material Issuing\nfrom the pit, collecting around the orifice, built up in timo a cone, like that\nof Vesuvius, Etna and other modern\nvolcanoes. After the breccia and tuff\nhad settled aud consolidated In the\nthreat of tho volcano, the plug was\ndisturbed by later eruptions of several\nvarieties of ore-bearing lavas, especially one of a peculiar gray rock called phonollto, notorious In the region\nas. particularly favorable to occurrence\nof tellurlde ores. Those molten lavas\ncame up through cracks and fissures In\ntho lava plug of the crater and on con-\ngealing nnd hardening became dikes\nIn the softer breccia and tuff.\nAfter an unknown lapse of time both\nexplosive and quieter eruptions censed,\nand the throat of the crater was filled\nwith Vttppr from Innumerable hot\nsprings and tumaroles or aolfataras,\ncharacteristic of the dying stages of\nvolcanic activity. This was the period\nin wiiich the ore deposits were formed.\nHeated waters and vapors, such ns\nfluorine, pnrtiully decomposed tho\ndikes und breccia and leached from\nthom their metallic contents and redo-\npositod them In every available cro-\nvieo or weak zone in the breccia and\ntuff, particularly at lines of contact\nof the phonolltos and othor volcanic\nrocks with the breccia and, in some\nenses, wllh the coarse granite of the\ncrater wails. In timo all volcanic\nmunlfeslutlnns died out and tlio ores\nburdened In theso fissures und volns\nas wo find them today.\nDuring uges of subsequent surfaco\nerosion tho volcanic cone, which towered over lhe region, being built up\nof fragmental and moro or less incoherent, friable material, was washed\naway and razed to lis foundations,\nleaving the outline of tho great cavity\nto bo traced out by the geologist by\nhelp of tho beds of breccia and tuff\nlimited by the semi-circular walls of\ngranito.\nthe county committees were asked to\njoin the corps committee, the practical advantages of which are a great\ntribute to the wlde-mlnded efforts of\nthe organizers. Thus the district\nrepresentative of the corps is In touch\nwith the authorized central government organization with the result that\nshe can more easily procure workers\nor candidates for free training, supply\ngangs of holiday workers or organizers for village squads. This cooperation also insures that members are\nonly sent into a district where therp\nIs a shortage of local labor and then\nonly with the knowledge of the district\nrepresentative. Tbe corps discovers\nthrough the representative whether the\nfarmers are suitable employers, whether thero are good housing conditions\nand also whether there Is a local officer to whom the girls can apply in any\ndifficulty.\nFive full-time organizers and trained speakers wero appointed, including\na member of a party of speakers sent\nto France by the Berkshire committee\nto seo the agricultural work of French\nwomen behind the firing line. A very\nlarge number of ladles, serving as parish registrars and district representatives under the government scheme\napplied for the help of the organizers\nIn various capacities, and altogether\n161 meetings were addressed and assistance in organization given In nine\ncounties.\nThe provision of the right typo of\nworkers had already perplexed tho\nboard of agriculture and the board of\ntrade, and thoy asked the Women's\nNational Land Servlco corps to concentrate on recruiting and training the\nyoung women for urban areas. In order to insure success the corps determined to send out only those workers who were fit for hard work in\nevery respect. Thoy might have enlisted countless numbers of unfit and\nunprofitable workers and it is to their\ngreat credit thnt they have so persistently worked at the very great problem of selecting only the really capable\nwomen. The work of the selection\ncommittee  is of the first importance.\nAll applicants aro shown that thero\nare drawbaoks to the work; they are\noffered no rose or Utopian path, but\nwhat oncnuroeement and care on do\nto assist women to take part in the agricultural welfare of tho country is\nbolng dono admirably. Training Is\ncarried out at various farms at the\ncost of a pound a week, though free\nmaintenance and also free training has\nbeen placed at the disposal of tlie corps\nby various Interested friends. Since\nthe start 791 women have been trained\nand besides those 1312 women have\nbeen placed either as permanent workers with previous experience or ns untrained workers In gangs. The work\nnf the organized trained workers in\nvillages is very interesting, fnr one\neducated woman can, by her example\nand power be the means of making \u00ab!'\nuntrained women Work,\nThe Women's Land Service corp\u00bb\nsends a well educated capable woman\ndown where labor is required to act aa\na kind of captain and organlier to \u00bb\nsquad of untrained local'women, with\nthe result that-the prejudical farmer*\nenlist their services. Education In this\nas in all other modern work, Is of tlie\ngreatest value, and it is to these train.-*,\ned women that we must look for the\nbettering of rural conditions and to tho\nsolution of the \"back to the: land-' pro]?'\nidem. The following case Is typical\nof the really Imperial work of the Wq*?\nmen's Land Service corps,\nMiss X had a short war course. She\nwas sent as a leader of a small squad\nof educated women to a neighborhood\nwhere village women had refused', t-ff\ngo on the register. She started 'by\nworking for a farmer. After a week\nor two she was asked by the farmer\nif sho could get some of the village\nwomen to come and hoe with her, aa\nhe was so shorthanded, She did this\nwith success. A neighboring farmer\nthen approached her and asked if she\ncould not get some for him. She went\nInto the neighboring town and was put\ninto touch with the county war agricultural committee, and through them\ninterviewed various women on their\nhooks and took a gang out herself and\nset them to work. She was then approached by a third farmer In tho\nneighborhood to do tho same thing.\nAt the annual mooting of the Dominion Cattle Breeders' association nt\nToronto, John Gardhouse, the president, said thnt the shortage in tho\ncattle supply assured high prices fofr\nsome time to come.\nSTOCKS\nWILL SELL\n500 Standard Silver Lead 71\nTelegraph  Quotations  Received\nDaily.\nC. W. 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Vortical Boiler.\nOne 20-h.p. Vortical Boiler.\nOne 100-h.p. Corliss Engine.\nOne 100-h.p. Ball Engine.\nOne 6x7 Vortical Engine.\nOne 20-h.p. Fairbanks Oil Engine.\nOne 8 x 10 Link Motion Hoist.\nOne 6-h.p. Fairbanks Motor.\nOne Buffalo'Form Co. Fan,\nOne 46 K.W. Qenorator, D. C.\nOne Lot 8-in. Standard W.I. Pipe.\nOne 16 x 8 x IS Knowles Sinking\nPump.\nOno Ti 10 Blake Cruaher.\nOne Five-Ton Chain Block.\nOne Small Assayer'a Cruaher.\nOne Small Gates Crusher.\nTwo Large Gyratory Crusher*\nOne Hydraullo Elevator.\nOno 6 x 24 Surtacer and Matcher.\n PACE FOUR\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nTHURSDAY.   FEB.   15,   1917.  \"T\ni Published    every   morning   except\n^on-day by the News Publishing' Com-\npany, Limited, Nelson, 8. C, Canada.\nPOBB SU'PHBRLAND,\nGeneral Manager.\nBuilnesa letters should be addressed\naftd checks and money orders made\npayable to the News Publishing Company, Limited, and In no case to individual members of the staff.\nAdvertising rate cards and sworn\nderailed statements of circulation\nmailed on request, or may be seen at\nthe office of any advertising agency\nraeognUed by the Canadian Preset\nAssociation.\nSubscription Rates\u2014By mail 60 cent*\n*er month, $2.50 for six months, |6.0fl\n-00* year. Delivered: 60 cents per\nmonth, |8.00 for six months, $6.00 per\nVoir, payable in advance.\n'   ^THURSDAY,   FEB.   15,   1917.\nBLOCKADE     HURTS     NEUTRAL8\nMORE    THAN    BRITAIN.\n',,Having regard to the relative num-\nWtf-'-or ships flying British and American \u25a0 flags, the German submarine\nblockade has been more effective\nagainst the United States thanagaloBt\nGreat Britain. American ships ure being held in port, American exports are\npiling up, because of fear of submarines by American and other neutral\nshipowners. On the other hand the\nnumber of ships entering nnd leaving\nthe United Kingdom ports has hardly\nbeen affected. In fact the total on\nTuesday was greater than on any other day during the past six motnhs.\nBritish ships have their own means\nof protection. Neutral ships have not,\nexcepting for the general protection\ngiven by British patrol boats and other\nmeasures taken against submarines,\n: Other neutral nations are suffering\nas much, if not more than the United\nStates. The burden on Holland and\nthe Scandinavian countries bears particularly oppressively.\nIt does not seem conceivable that\nsuch a situation can continue for long\nto exist. It Is evident that the patience\nof the people of the United States, at\nleast, is near the breaking point.\nFAVORABLE      METAL      MARKET\nCONDITIONS.\nMetal prices continue to hnrden.\nSliver was quoted ut 78% at New York\nyesterday, one of the highest prices in\ndecades. Copper is quoted at 33 to 34\ncents and lead has reached S cents in\nNew York. Zinc has risen several\nfractions In the past two or three\nweeks.\nDemand for copper, lead and zinc\nwould Increase immediately if the\nUnited States engaged in active warfare, as one of Its first steps would\nnaturally be to manufacture grent\nstocks of munitions.\nSilver Is not dependent upon the demand for munitions. Its present price\nreflects silver mnrket conditions in the\nOrient, in India and in the European\nCountries which have bought largely\nof the white metal for coinage purposes\nin recent months. Statisticians, who\nhave studied the supply and demand,\nthe stocks on hnnd and production capacity, say the price is morally certain\nto remain high.\nThe opinion in now pretty generally\nheld that the demund for Industrial\nand reconstruction purposes after the\nwar for lead, zinc and copper will prevent anything approaching a serious\nsluntp In those metals.\nTHE  ASPIRATIONS OF THE\nPAN-GERMANISTS.\nLight is thrown on Pan-Germanic\naspirations, which are part of the very\nfoundation of Germany's attempt to\nwin world domination, and upon tlie\nreason for British determination to\nblock the way to the Persian gulf, by\nthe following quotation from a book by\nDr. Paul Rohrbnck, a leading apostle\nof Pan-Germanism:\nEngland can only be struck and\nseverely wounded In one place-by\na European power\u2014iu Egypt, If\nshe loses FJgypt she loses the lordship over the Such canal, and her\n- connecting link wllh India and\nAsia, perhaps also her possessions\n-in Central and East Africa.\nThe Bagdad railway from the\nbeginning was Intended to unite directly Constantinople and the inlt-\n'Itary strong points of the Turkish\nempire In Asia Minor with Syria\nand the provinces of lhe Euphrates and Tigris. Naturally, it\nwas foreseen that the Bagdad railway would supplement the Syrian\nand Arabian railways, either completed or projected, In throwing\ntroops in the dlroctlon of Egypt.\n'\u25a0\u25a0The Bagdad railway Is thus in the\nnature of n political life insurance\n'\"policy for Germany.\nApart from other consldorn lions.\nthese nre compelling enough reasons\nfor British determination thnt Turkey\nmust be driven out of Europe, As long\nAs sho remains in her present position\nand under German domination Germany's way must always be open lo\nEgypt and India.\nIt must feet like old times In Cuba\nto have one of Us harbors mined,\nBetween Feb. 3 and Feb. J 2 German\nsubmarines sank 34 neutral ships.\nIf that \"overt act\" has not been\ncommitted it Is not the fault of tho\nGerman submarines.\nThe West Kootenuy Liberal nominating convention was evidently quite\nharmonlotis after tt had been decided\nto postpone nomination,\n\u25a0*   In another five wcekB or   so   the\nGermans will be entitled to receive a\nticket from the food director for another egg apiece,\nSpuln Is In a better position to\nenter the war agulnst Germany at this\ntime thun any other European neutral.\nIf others joined at this time it might\nonly add to the burden of the entente\nallies.\nThe Dominion government war certificates offer many advantages to\nthe patriotic small investor who has\namounts of $21.50 and upward to add\nto the country's war fund. They nre\nabsolutely safe. They pay excellent\ninterest. They may be surrendered\nfor cash at nny time the Investor\nneeds the money. They have the further advantage of being registered nt\nOttawa in tho owner's name and, it\nlost or stolen, nre therefore valueless\nto anyone else. ,\nWHAT THE PRESS  IS SAYING\nA Giddy Giver-Away.\nFrom a Montreal newspaper: \"The\nbride was given away by her uncle,\nwho wore a suit of gray gaberdine,\ntrimmed with plush, with old rose picture hat.\" These Montreal clubmen\nare the giddy guys.\u2014Toronto News,\nThe German Position.\n\"The military situation as a whole\npermits us to accept all the consequences which unrestricted U-boat\nwarfare may bring.\" Thus suys Chancellor Bethmnnn-Hollweg. This Is the\nkey to the German position. They ure\nsatisfied that their military position\nwill not bo affected seriously by any\nnew enemies which unrestricted U-\nboat warfare may tiring; into the field.\nAnd, that being so, they propose to\ntry for the advantages which a slnk-\nut-sight policy might possibly reap foi*\nthem.\u2014Montrenl Star.\nThrift or Failure.\nAdvocates   of   the   national   thrift\ncampaign might take a hint from the\nremarkable results following- the publication in an Ainerlcnn journal of the\nopinion of the late .Tames J. Hill, thnt\nthe first essential to success was ability to save.  \"If you cannot do that,\nyou are out of the race,\" said Mr. Hill.\nYou   might   as well confess yourself\nfailure In  life,  for you  are  one.\"\u2014\nittawa Citizen.\nNot United States Business.\nConsidering the sacrifices being\nmade by the people of Europe, we can\nhardly foil to sympathize with the\nview not Infrequently expressed\nabroad that the terms of whatever\npeace or accommodation of differences\nIb arrived at is a matter strictly for\nthose who have paid the price.\u2014Chicago Tribune.\nThe  Danger of   Militarism.\nThere Is just about as much danger\nof the United States becoming \"militaristic\" by giving a few months' training to all Its young men as there Is\nfor nn office clerk to get the bug of\nbeing a prize fighter by taking If) minutes' systematic exercise every day.\u2014\nKansas City Star.\nWishbone and Backbone\n\"Our aim is the same ns President\nWilson's, What he is longing for we\nare fighting for.\"\u2014Andrew Honor Law.\nAhsent treatment and direct treatment, idealism and experience, wishbone and bnckhone, dreams and brass\ntacks,\u2014Chicago Tribune.\nDidn't Sulk When \"Scrapped.\"\nIn England there is a soldier who\nmust be Intensely interested In the report that the old hero, Joffre, will be\nwithdrawn from active circulation\non Ihe western front. The name of\ntlio Englishmnn Is John Denlson Pink-\nstone E-'rench, late commander-in-chief\nof tho expeditionary forces In France,\nwho did such memorable work with\nthe first one hundred thousand and\nwho did not sulk In his tent when ho\nwas \"scrapped,\" but set about reorganising and training the home army.\nHe hus made a fine job of It.\u2014New\nYork Sun.\nMERE HANDFUL.\nGeneral Pershing and his expeditionary force constitute a splendidly\ntrained fighting unit, but one that is\nscarcely more than a handful, as armies are counted these days.\nOf what, avail are ten thousnnd\ntroops, no matter how well trained\nand equipped, In a modern day war?\nWith troops numbering millions\nused In the European war, a force of\nten thousand cannot hope to effect\nmuch excepting In quick sorties and\nthe like.\nTime was when ten thousand :iol-\n('lors formed a very considerable\nfighting force, but that was In the\ndays before tbe present kind of equipment t veu was dreamed of by tho\nmost advanced military experts.\nNevertheless the ten thousand trained soldiers of General Pershing's command combined with tho other well\ntrained troops had by this nation form\na very efficient nucleus for an army\nthat could accomplish wonders.\u2014Butte\nMiner.\nI THE   WEATHER X\nMln. Max.\nNelson       31 39\nDawson     -II -6\nPrince Rupert       -14 -Ifi\nVictoria     32 42\nVancouver        40 44\nKamloops         20 36\nCalgary     30 48\nMedicine Hnt     24 40\nEdmonton     20 44\nBattleford      12 30\nPrinco Alhert      18 24\nMoose Jaw        14 24\nIleglna       4 21\nHuskutoon          12 23\nPort  Nelson        -4   \u2022 -2\nWinnipeg         .6 24\nPort Arthur         0 20\nParry Sound   -10 10\nLondon          9 20\nToronto      14 24\nKingston        10 22\nOttawa     -12 14\nMontreal   -la 14\nQuebec    ......: 10 10\nSt. John       4 18\nHalifax      S 26\nX    A    LONG-NEEDED    LESSON\nI                      LEARNED\nMMomm mihk\n, AH the stumbling blocks In tho path\nof the reformer\u2014the economic Impossibility of housing labor in the country, the \"magic of property\" itself\u2014\nthey have all vanished away before the\nflat of a determined minister acting\nunder the pressure of a great national\nnecessity. Even the deer are no\nlonger sacred; some of them are to\nbe killed; the impossible feat of turning deer parks iuto ^agricultural land\nIs on some estates already in process\nof achievement; and the damage done\nby the deer Is no longer a matter of\ncontroversy, but an undisputed axiom.\nThe only spell which is working these\nmarvels is the frank and honest recognition for the first time by all concerned that the interests of tho community take precedence of any possible individual interests; that the\nlatter in fact cannot be allowed even\nto be pleaded against them. That Is\na practical discovery which will certainly not be forgotten when tbe war\nIs over.\u2014London Daily News.\n; A   RECORD   IN   RAILROADING\nI \u2666\u2666\u25a0\u00bb\u25a0\u00bb*) \u2666\u25a0+ *\u00bb\u25a0*>\u25a0\u2666\u25a0\u00bb \u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666 \u2666\u00bb+\"\u00bb\u2022+-\u2666--\u00bb\nThe Canadian Northern appears to\nbe doing better than Its most opti\nmistic friends predicted that it would\nbe able to do. For a number o\nyenrs, while it was being brought to\ncompletion the system was under the\nhammer of persistent adverse criticism. In parliament and In the press\ncomments have been frank and analysis searching; It must be admitted\nthat many people In the country were\nled to the conclusion that a white\nelephant was being developed with\nthe help of the Canadian guarantees,\nand that a system created which\nwould not figure as a useful factor in\nDominion transportation. The last\nannual report of the company should\ngo far toward reversing such opinions.\nThe company has evidently been developing an immensci business), which,\nshortly, should yield It grjwvt profits\nabove all its expenses, both operating\nand fixed. In the year covered by the\nreport Its business amounted to $35,-\n476,000; it handled almost 130,000,000\nbushels ol' grain, more than double the\nquantity carried the year before; Its\npassenger traffic showed a great Increase. It reduced Its deficits to less\nthan a. quarter of a million dollars.\nWhen it Is remembered that traffic\nhas been built up in many cases right\non the heels of the rail-lnyers, tho\nperformance Is the more remarkable.\nIt should go down in railway history\nas a real achievement in traffic development. Few systems anywhere\nwill he able to produce as bright a\nchapter as that shown by the Canadian Northern In its Inst annual report.\u2014Calgary  News-Telegram.\n: MR.\nOLIVER   AND\nTALK.\nELECTION\nt THE   END   OF   IT t\nHappily Canada has heard the last\nof the notorious Ontario bilingual dispute. * It would seem that a privy\ncouncil decision which gave no satisfaction to tbe blllngunlists, and some\npointed remarks from His Holiness\nPopo Benedict nn the subject of the\nrelation of the church to such disputes, have had some good effect.\nIn all Roman Catholic churches of\nOntario and Quebec on Sunday, Peb, 4,\nnn announcement, signed by all the\nleading prelates of both provinces,\nwas rend to lhe congregations without\ncomment. The announcement sets\nforth the belief that most of the bilingual trouble was caused by a misunderstanding of tho famous clause 17\nin the school regulations. it also\ndeplores the divisions and dissensions\ncaused by the controversy, and adds\nan exhortation to clergy and laity to\n\"obey all the just laws and regulations enacted from time lo time by\nthe civil  authorities.\"\nIn addition there is a request to lhe\nmajority in OnlSirlo to consider sympathetically the aspirations -and requests of their Prunrh-Canadinn fellow-citizens in the matter of the\nestablishment and operation of English-French schools, facilitating an\nequitable teaching of the French\nlanguage together with a thorough\nacquisition of English.\nWith a demonstration of such good\nspirit on the part of the leaders tn\nthe Roman Catholic church In both\nprovinces, wiiich must have Its effect\namong the faithful of the church,\nthere would seem to be no reason why\nthe annoying dispute should ever\nagain bo heard of, -Certainly nothing\nunreasonable Is asked In the announcement. Neither Is the request\nmore than the education authorities of\nOntario were willing to allow. There\nIs no objection to the children of\nFrench-Canadians learning their\nmother tongue in the schools provided\nthey are also properly taught the\nEnglish language.\nAnd while on tlie subject, would it\nnot be a good Idea If more attention\nwere paid to the teaching of French\nin all public schools of Canada? It,Is\na language which is of particular Interest to us as Canadians, and the\nmore so on account of our close association with the French people,\nbrought about through the war.\nAbility to converse freely with our\nwar friends In their own tongue will\nbe an after-war asset that will go far\nto cement the friendship now existing\nand make It of even greater value.\u2014\nCalgary Herald.\nSHIPBUILDING     IN     THIS\nPROVINCE\nCongratulations lo the Cameron\nGenoa Lumber company, builders, and\nto H. B. Thomson, chairman of tho\nshipping commission, on the successful launching of the first largo vessel\nbuilt In Victoria ship ynrds under tho\nprovisions of the Shipping act. The\nwork has been carried out promptly\nnnd successfully and augurs well for\nthe future of the Industry. There are\ntwo other boats already contracted\nfor to be built in Victoria, and Tho\nWoek ventures to express the hope\nthat Mr. Cameron will be successful In\nhis efforts to secure the registration\nof thoso boats as from \"Victoria, B.C.,\"\ninstead of, as In tho case of the Margaret Haney, \"Vancouver, B.C.\" It is\na simple matter of Justice, and one\nwhich the West Coast Navigation\ncompany can hardly refuse to concede.\u2014Victoria Week.\nIn his contribution to the debate\non tho speech from the throne last\nweek Mr. Oliver went vory strongly\non record as in favor of an early election.\nWe have a parliament elected under\npeace conditions, when there was no\nthought of'war; we have a government\nin power representing the mind of that\nparliament and carrying on the affairs\nof this country and administering Its\nshare of the war in the year 1917 on\nthe Ideas of 1911 ... If we ure to\nhave an effective administration of\nour affairs, we must go back to the\npeople and get their mandate as to\ntheir mind today.\nTho Journal thinks that Mr. Oliver\nIs entirely wrong and Its reasons for\nthinking so cannot be better expressed\nthan they were by a paper of which\nhe may have heard, the Edmonton Bulletin.\nIn the summer of 1915, a year after\nthe war had started and there was talk\nof the government appealing to tho\ncountry, the Bulletin said:\nSurely the news from the front will\nput an end to the talk of deflecting\nattention from tho war and diverting\nourselves by a political controversy.\n... If we do not now concentrate\nthe whole attention and effort of the\nnation upon the single object of beating the enemy, we shall be unworthy\nof the men who have fallen and their\nequally heroic comrades who are holding the line against the most formidable foe that ever undertook to smush\nthe British Empire and to lay civilization In ruins. This is no time to talk\npolitics,\nWhen it was stated that there would\nbe no election, the  Bulletin congratu\nluted the premier on his decision, but\nadded:\nIf we are,going tn have nn election\nany time during the course of the war,\nIt Is a question if the business interests\nand patriotic duty of tlie country\nwould not suffer less to call it on now\nand have it over with.\nThese opinions wero expressed so\nfreely for several months by the\nBulletin that there is no question\nof Mr. Oliver's responsibility for\nthem. The Journal was in complete\naccord with them and it is in complete\naccord with them now.\nHow is Mr. Oliver's remarkable\nright about face to he explained? What\nhe said in the house last week about\nparliament being elected under peace\nconditions was as true in 1915 as it Is\ntrue now. Is the war at a less critical\nstage now than it was then?\nAre the evils of a war-time election\nso graphically described In the first\nBulletin extract quoted above, not\ncertain to be even greater in 1917 than\nthey were In 1915? It Is true, ns Is said\nIn the second extract, that an election\nwould have inflicted less injury in 1915\nthan it would now. Are we to have\nno explanation of the change of front\nof the member for Edmonton. He has\nbeen savagely attacking Mr. Sevigny\nbecause of vlew,s which the latter\nexpressed between six and seven\nyears ago, long before the wnr, and\nwiiich Ma;._. Sevigny has frankly renounced, at the same lime clearly\ngiving his reasons for doing so. If\nMr. Oliver hns so long and persistent a memory in Mr. Sevlgny's case\nand will pay no attention to anything which that gentleman has said\nor done within recent years, why\nshould he expect the people or Edmonton to have such conveniently short\nmemories in his own case?\nIf his present opinions on the\nquestion of an election are all\nright, those of a year and a half\nago on the same subject must have\nbeen all wrong. Doesn't he owe it to\nhis constituents to tell them what\nit is that has brought about the\nchange?\u2014Edmonton Journal.\nt\nTHE NICKEL LIE  BURIED.\nI      FARMS    FOR    RETURNED\n\u2666 SOLDIERS\nIt Is Impracticable for the government to make farms out of the wild\nlands and bestow them upon returned\nsoldiers. But it can apply the principle of cooperation in a way that\ngreatly ameliorates the lot of the\nsettler nnd at the same lime multiplies\nproduction. No settler should be\nIsolated. When a township is thrown\nopen to settlement arrangements\nshould bo made to have every lot\noccupied before any location Is allowed\nto be taken Up, Soldiers who are\nthus placed on the land In communities should be subject to an arrangement for exchanging help until they\nhnve thoir homes built and some area\nof land brought under cultivation\nThey should be allowed to form cooperative societies for various purposes, such as credit systems; and\nought to have every aid and sympathy\nthe government can properly render.\nThus industries will tend to come Into\nexistence, roads to bo built, and the\nspirit of progress to cheer everybody\non. Before the Impetus of comradeship the difficulties In the way of\nsettlement will vanish as the difficulties In the way of victory will vanish.\n\u2014-Toronto Mall nnd Empire.\najvggii\n\" Come Out of the\nKitchen\" into the world\nof brightness and beauty.\nNo iieed of spending all\nyour time in the kitchen,\nhowever attractive it may be,\nwhen you know Shredded\nWheat It is made of the\nwhole wheat and is ready\ncooked and ready-to-eat.\nWith Shredded Wheat you\ncan prepare a delicious,\nnourishing meal in a few\nmoments for husband who\nmust hurry off to business,\nfor children who must hustle\noff to school\u2014a meal that\nsupplies all the nutriment\nfttowork or play ait a cost of\na few cents. For breakfast\nwith milk or cream,' or for\nany meal with fruits. Made\nin Canada.\nF. A. Mackenzie, tho noted London,\nEnglund, correspondent of the Liberal\nToronto Star, has driven tho final nail\nInto the coffin of the nickel He. In\na cable to the Star, since . reproduced in other Liberal newspapers,\nMr. Mackenzie frankly admits that\nhe finds \"everyone here satisfied that\nthe precautions taken to keep our\nnickel from the enemy are adequate,\"\nand goes on to give the following authoritative statemont Issued by the\nBritish authorities:\n\"Export of nickel from the United\nStates is finally controlled by British\nofficials, not the Mertbns. Two certificates are necessary from the British consul general in New York and\nUie British war trading department\nbefore exportation. Certificates are\nonly granted after the most careful\ninvestigation of consignees. They\nare pledged not to resell.\"\nThis authoritative statement of\nBritish control of all Canadian nickel\nexported from the United States,\nagrees almost to the point of phraseology, with the explanation of tho\nsame question by Hon. Arthur Meighen, solicitor-general, in his speech in\nToronto on Nov. 23. Said Mr. Meighen:\n\"The government of Great Britain,\nthrough Its committee on Enemy\nSupplies, at the head of which sits\nSir Francis Hopwood, are by themselves and by our agents in daily,\nweekly and monthly control of all the\noutput of the International Nickel\ncompany . . . 1 am In a position to\nsuy, and ut the proper time in a position to prove, that not a pound of\nnickel goes from thnt company to a\nplant In the United States, and not a\npound passes from It to a boat on\nthe water, save wjth the approval of\nthe admiralty and the British government.\"\nIn the same speech, dealing with\nthe position of Henry Merlon and\ncompany, the solicitor-general said:\n\"After the war broke out, by arrangement.; with, the British and\nCanadian ^..government, Henry R.\nMertqn and company were made the\nLondon representatives of this company (tho International Nickel company) not only for British orders,\nbut for all orders overseas. And\nwhy? In order that there might be\none single funnel, one single point to\nwhich all orders must come, that\nthese orders might receive before\ntheir being filled tho ratification and\nimprimatur of the British admiralty. It Is the British admiralty-\nit is not Henry R. Morton & Co., or\nanybody  else\u2014who  pass    upon    the\noverseas orders of   the   International\nNickel company.\"'\nThis combined, final refutation of\nthe cruel He that the Dominion and\nOntario governments were part and\nparcel to a conspiracy to send Canadian nickel to Germany to Bhoot\ndown our own sons will not only\nsatisfy the Canadian people; it will\nserve to throw Into bold relief the\ncharacter and the calibre of the men\nwho are seeking by hook or crook\nto turn the whole matter to political\nand partlzan advantage.\n\u00bbMMM MMMMU1\nt COLD   STORAGE I\n\"Didn't you feel resentful When that\nman beat you In a horse trade?\"\n\"No,\" replied Farmer'1 Corntossel,\n\"Hoss.es ain't my specialty no more, I\nbet you he couldn't of got the best of\nme In an automobile trade.\"\n\"Bliggins says he got on by burning the midnight oil.\"\n\"Well, keeping late hours did help\nhim some. He danced all night\nthree or four times a week till finally\nhe met a rich girl and married her.\"\n\"Some day you will bo rich enough\ntu  retire  from  business.\"\n\"Qive up my nice, pleasant office\nand stay home?\" rejoined Mr.\nGroucher.   \"I should say not.\"\n\"He's been named in a suit.\"\n\"What? ' I thought him to be a most\nexemplary person!\"\n\"He Is; he bought somo expensive\nclothes and his tailor sewed the\nname inside the coat pocket\"\nMurphy was taking a day off, and\nwishing to enjoy himself thoroughly\nne walked round to watch \"tho\nboys.\" He was surprised to see his\nfriend Kelly working as If carrying\na hodful of mortar up and down a\n'adder were tho only thing he took\nJohn Burns & Sons \u2022\"SSSSf-\"\nSA8H   AND   DOOR   FACTORY. NELSON   PLANING   MILLS.\nVERNON   8TREET,   NEL30N,   B.C.\nEvery Description of Building Material Kept in Steak.\nEstimates Given on 8tene, Briok, Conorete and Frame Building*.\nMAIL  0RDER8  PROMPTLY  ATTENDED  TO.\nP.O. BOX  184 PHONB ITS\nElectric  Heaters\nANOTHER    SHIPMENT   OF    ELECTRIC    HEATER8   JU8T   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\nSEE  OUR   WINDOWS\nNelson Hardware Co.\nPHONE 21\nNEL80N,  B.C.\nWhy Delay\nuntil the last minute before\nplacing gour 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 in a hurry-\nand in such circumstances\nguarantee the best possible\nservice.\nTRY US-Phone 144 for\na representative to call.\nThe Daily News\nJob Department\nany real pleasure in, relates Youth's\nCompanion,\n\"It's yourself that's working mighty\nhard today, Kelly,\" expostulated Murphy.\n\"Whist! I'm just making a fool of\nthe boss!\" said Kelly, winking slyly.\n\"And how are you doing that,\nKelly?\"\n' \"Sure, Murphy, it's as easy as kissing your hand. He sees me going up\nthe ladder with my hod full of mortar, and,he thinks I'm working. But,\nMurphy, It's tho same hodful I'm carting up and down all the time!\"\nr\n=3Dmq\nBirks'\nUmbrellas\nIn the selection of our umbrellas we have In mind\nonly one thought: the supplying of serviceable and\nstylish umbrella, at prices\nthat suit .v.ry purse.\nFine etyles in euitcase urn-\nbrellae for ladies or gentlemen.\nMen'e popular Crook Handle Umbrella, from 85.00\nto S20.00\nSee our catalogue.\nHenry Birks & Sons ltd.\nVancouver, B. C.\nPrivate  Hospital\nLICEN8ED BY PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.\nWe give particular attention to (II\nfemale trouble\u2014home-like apartments\n(or ladles awaiting accouchment.\nHighest  references;  reaaonabl.\nterms; inspection invited.\nMrs. Moore, Superintendent.\nTHE   HOME   PRIVATE   HOSPITAL\nFalls and Baker Sts., Nelson, B. C.\nP. O. Box 772.\nPhone 372 for Appointmnnt\nRAW FURS WANTED\nTrappers, farmers, ranchers, It doei\nlot cost you anything to get our caah\niffer on your furs. Express tbem to\nia. We will pay all charge, over a $1\naluation. We make you our offer and\ntold your furs for your reply, return*\nng them at our expense if not pur*\nhasod. Try us. Special prices paid for\nlark marten. In business elnce 1888.\n.end for price list\nMACKAt  & DIPPIE,\n\u202218 8th Ave. W.. Calgary\nTENDERS FOR LUMBER.\nSealed tenders will bo received by\nthe undersigned for the supply ol\nibout four million (4,000,000) feet of.\nlumber necesHary for tlio construction\nif tbout twenty-fivo elevators In till\nTovinco of Alberta. Specifications\nnay be obtained upon application to\niho Alberta Farmers' Cooperative.Elector Co., Ltd., Calgary, Alberta., A\u00ab\nIds must bo deposited with the undersigned by Thursday, March 1st, 1917,\nENGINEER,\nL'he   Alberta   Farmers'   Cooperative,\nElevator Co., Ltd.\n3YNOP8IS   OF   COAL\nMINING   REGULATIONS\nCoal mining rights of the Dominion\nia Manitoba, Saskatchewan ahd Al-\nuerta, the Yukon Territory, tha Northwest Territories and In a portion of\nche province of British Columbia, may\nie leased for a term ot twenty-one\nfears at an annual rental ot 81 pM\nicre. No more than 2560 acres wll\nue leased to one applicant\nApplication for lease must (M\nuade by the applicant in person to th<\nigent or sub-agent of th. dlstriot of\nwhich the rights applied for ar. situated.\nIn surveyed territory the land mus\noe described by sections or legal sub\ndivisions of sections and In unsurvey\nad territory the tract applied for anal\noe staked out by the applicant himself\nEach application must be accompanied by a fee of 85 which will b. re<\nfunded If tbe rights applied for an\nnot available, but not otherwise, A\nroyalty shall be paid on the merchant'\nable output ot the mine at th* rati\nof five cents per ton.\nThe person operating the mln. shal\nfurnish the agent with .worn return!\naccounting for the full quantity o\nmerchantable coal mined and pay tlu\nroyalty thereon. It the coal minim\nrights ar. not being operated, suel\nreturns shall be furnished at I\nonce a year.\nThe lease will Include the coal mln\nlng rights only, but the lessee may (\npermitted to purchase whatever avail\nablo surface rights may be oonsldera\nnecessary for tho working of the mln\nat the rate of 810 an aore.  *\nFor full Information appllcatloi\nshould bo made to the Secretary ot th\nDepartment of tho Interior, Ottawa\nor to any Agent or Sub-Agent ot Do\nminion lands. W. W. CORY,\nDeputy Minister of th. Interior.\nN. B.\u2014Unauthorised publication \u00ab\nIbis advertisement trill not be nald.M\n \/5t)\nr    THURSDAY,   FEB.   15,   1917.^1\nTHE PWJIX NEWS\nDEAL AT THE\nBEALBY'S   HOME   MADE\nand Apple\nJam\n15-pound pails  \u2022 500\nStar Grocery\nPHONE 10\n1500 Club\nThe annual general meeting of\nthe above club has been postponed until Thursday, Feb. 22,\nat 8 o'clock In tho Veterans' hall,\nEagle Block, Nelson, B. C,\nBy order,\nR. J. STEEL,\nSecretary.\nPURS\nGuaranteed high clans furs, nice section kept In stock or made to order\nselected skins.   Customers' furs\nado   up,   remodeled   and   repaired,\nhkins dressed ahd mounted at moderate prices. Best prioe paid tor raw skins.\n. GLASER, Manufacturing Furrier,\n|16 Ward St.. Nelson, B. C.   Phone 106\nRAW FURS\nI To obtain best prices send your furs\nI to tho   manufacturer    instead   of\n,   ,      to a dealer.\n. G. GLASER\nMANUFACTURING FURRIER,\nNELSON, B. C.\nI Will Pay the Highest Market Prices\nISU-R&\nwir\nFor  Dyspepsia,  Indigestion,\nheartburn, Belching, Sour Stomach,\ni in Stomach, etc., take a teaspoon-\ntul of Bisurated^ Magnesia In a half\n\u25a0class of hot water aftor eating. It is\n|;nf<\\ pleasant und harmless to use\nI gives instant relief from all forms\nbf stomach disorders. Sold by drug'\nplats everywhere.\nThe\nKfiSKSl  and\nOnly\nGenuine\ni&Bb\nHoeSets.1\nSold\non the\nMerits of\nMinard's\nLiniment\nBeware\nof\n1 Imitations\nShoe\nSnaps\nLook them over. It will pay you\nto buy now. Here are some of\nour stook taking prices:\nMen's $4 and $5 Shoes.. S3.25\nMen's $6 Shoes   84.35\nWomen's $5.50 and $6\nShoes S4.35\nWomen's $5 Shoes  S3.35\nWomen's $5 Slippers S2.0S\nWomen's $4 Slippers ... S2.60\n20 PER CENT OFF ALL FELT\nGOODS.\nR.Andrew&Co.\nLEADERS IN FOOT FASHION.\nAsk for ticket with   your   purchase. Pair of 16 Shoes free each\nweek.     Winning   number   last\nweek 12596.\nCold Feet\nNo need to have cold feet when you\ncan get a hot bath at the\nO. K. BARBER SHOP.\nA. L. WILSON.\nReturned Soldiers'\nAid Committee\nThe, annual meeting of tho\nNelson and District Returned\nSoldiers' Aid Committee will be\nheld In tho council chamber, City\nHall, on Thursday, Februnry 1-5,\nat 8 p. m.   Public invited.\nJ. J. MALONE, President.\nR. G. JOY, Secretary.\nKootenag andBoundarg\nEstimates for Current Year Shew Big   Ed   Roach   Gets   Cordial   Welcom\nWOUNDED ROSSLAND\nSOLDIER\nReductions\u2014Five-Cent   Electricity   Rate  Disoussed.\n(Special to Tho Dally News.)\nGRAND FORKS, B. C, Feb. 14\u2014At\na meeting of the city council, held on\nMonday evening, Mayor Acres in the\nchair, a communication wns read from\nthe attorney-general stating that Aid.\nWebster and H. W. Gregory had been\nappointed police and license commissioners.\nThe membership fee of the Union of\nBritish Columbia Municipalities for\n1917 was ordered paid.\nA deputation from tho patriotic fund,\nconsisting of Judge Brown and E, C.\nHennlger, waited upon the council and\nasked for a contribution toward tho\nfund from the city, to be raised by increased taxation. Tlio council decided to take the matter into consideration at the next meeting.\nThe council practically decided to\nhold a tax sale in 1917.\nThe estimates from the different departments were handed in and showod\na considerable reduction in the expenditure for the current year. An\noxtentlon of tho electric light system\nto T. Humhprey's and L. Madison's\nresidences was ordered. The chief of\npollco was granted free light in his res\nidence.\nThe proposition was discussed re-\ngardlng a 5-cent rate on electricity foi*\nheating and cooking.\nThe mayor appointed the   following\ncommittee  as  members  of the  local\nbranch of the Returned Soldiers' com\nmission:    Aldermen Sheads, McArdle\nand Harkness.\nPte.  Wilfrid  Holmes of the 225th,\nwho has been home on sick leave, re-\nturned to the coast on Monday, and\nhopes to be transferred to another bat\ntalion going overseas.\nWOULD PLACE RECRUITS\nUNDER CANADIANS\nNEW   YORK.\u2014The   possibility   and\ntnry forties and recTUiT.f in conjunction\nwith tlfe Canadian land forces in case\nof war, Is pointed out by Prof. John\nBates Clark of Columbia university, a\nmember of the executive committee of\nthe League to Enforce Peace.\n\"In case the United States goes to\nwar,\" he said, \"tho policy of the government would be to make the most of\nthe navy, to develop an adequate aviation corps, to build up the submarine\nfleet and to appeal to the country for\nvolunteers for the Canadian military\nservice. Incidentally it would be tho\npolicy, If It wore not too late, to prevent the interned German ships from\nbeing blown up. And It would be tho\nfurther policy to assist the entente allies financially in every legitimate way,\n\"If we go to war it would be very\nstrange if tho grand result should not\ngreatly overbalance any advantage\nGermany hoped to gain by her policy\nof barbarity on the seas.\n\"We havo few trained soldiers and\nfewer trained officers, if wo sent our\nrecruits Into the Canadian service they\nwould get the opportunity for quick\ntraining in actual service, a training\nthat would be Invaluable to them. Then\nthey could become good officers and\nsoldiers so efficient that promotion\nwould bo In sight for them. It Is\nworth while pointing out that this possibility, this desirability of using United States soldiers In conjunction with\nCanadian troops lessens the Importance of the fact that wc are so far\nfrom the seat of land action in Europe.\nIt Is uIho an indication that our army\nwill not bo entirely Idle while tho\nbulk of the work, If we do go to wur,\nIs done by our navy.\n\"Ah for the effect of going to war on\ntho plan for the League to Enforce\nPeace, I may nay that If we go In ond\nthe entente succeeds it will be called\nthe League to Enforce Peace. If the\nUnited States cooperates with the entente In this war, that would be almost\nthe only circumstance which would induce the people of tho United States\nto Join a leaguo to enforce peaco which\nIncluded European nations. I do not\nthink Germany would be taken into\nthis league in the fullest sense, for if\nthe entente trusted nt all to German\nforce to help preserve the peaco the\nentente would not he doing Its duty by\nIts component parts.\nSLOCAN   CITY   NOTES\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nSLOCAN   CITY,   B. C\u201e  Feb.   14,\nMrs. R. D. Kennedy of Lemon Creek\nwaa a visitor In town Monday.\nCapt. M. P. Reid has returned from\nNelson  und    Is   charge   of   the   tug\nSandon,\nMrs. M. Cameron, Mrs. Joseph Law\nand Mrs. George Long were visitors\nto New Denver Monday.\nSergt. G. W. Waistell Comes\nHome Next Week.\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nROSSLAND, B. C, Feb. 14.\u2014Ed\nRoach of the 102nd battalion returned\nlast night and got a cordial welcome.\nMr. Roach was wounded and is homo\non sick leave, and leaves shortly for\nEsquimau. Sergt G. W. Waistell of\nthe same battalion, who has been suffering from shell shock, returns next\nweek.\nL. A. Campbell returned today from\na few days' visit to Bonnington.\nMrs. Harold W. Schorlemer was\nhostess at a luncheon Friday in honor\nof a party of friends from Republic,\nWash., who were guests for the carnival. The table appointments were In\nred and white carnations, and covers\nwere placed for Mrs. John Stack, Mr.\nand Mrs. Joseph Walsh, Miss Marie\nStack and Miss Ella Stack.\nMrs. F. W. Peters will entertain\nabout 20 girls at a skating party in\nhonor of her niece, Miss Lillian Acorn,\nof Colville, on Thursday afternoon, after which tea will bo served at Mrs.\nPeters' home. In the evening they will\nbe entertained at a movie party.\nMrs. G. Urquhart entertained friends\nat the tea hour Wednesday afternoon.\nMrs. W. Elletson was hostesB at a\nsmall tea on Tuesday afternoon.\nMrs. C. F. R. Plncott entertained a\nnumber of friends at the tea hour on\nWednesday afternoon in honor of Mrs.\nLangford.\nH. S. Langford expects to leave for\nhis new appointment at Calgary the\nfirst of the week.\nA number of curling rinks from\nTrail came to the city this afternoon to\nplay friendly games. They were:\nClegg, Atkins, Hartys, Klnnis (skip);\nDawson, Brown, Tyson, Buchanan\n(skip); Prltchard, Truswell, Murray,\nMills (skip); Campbell, Mills, Sr\u201e Dod-\nImead, Curless (Bklp); Hunter, Weir,\nThom, Thom (skip).\nHUGE AMOUNT OP COAL\nBEING 8ENT TO CANADA\n(By Daily Nows Leased Wire.J\nBRIDGEBURG, Ont, Feb. 14.\u2014Following the visit of Sir Harry Drayton,\nchairman of the Dominion railway\nboard to the frontier, tho Canadian\nrailway officials made a strong effort today to relievo the coal congestion at the Brldgeburg, Welland and\nBlack Rock terminals, where about\n10,000 cars are awaiting shipmont to\nCanadian points. As a result, the consignments of coal started on their way\nwere the largest since last fall.\nROSSLAND AT PHOENIX MONDAY\nIt was announced last night that\nthere would be no hockey game until\nafter Rossland meets Phoenix Monday\nnight. No date has yet been set for\nthe contest between Nelson and Ross\nland at Nelson.\nGREENWOOD RED CROSS       AUSTRALIA ARRANGES FOR\nSENDS OFF SUPPLIES     SETTLEMENT OF SOLDIERS\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nGREENWOUD, B. C, Feb. 14.\u2014On\nTuesday the Woinens institute sent to\n1^P<^bSs^tadtiiiaIlt^^aVi(?6tiv*ftc!f\nbox containing the following: H5-\nsheets, 02 pillow slips, 30 operation\nstockings, 24 pairs of socks, 40 hot\nwater bottle covers; $4.lii was sent to\na prisoner of war.\nt )n Monday evening tho Rebekahs\ngave a Red Cross card parly In the\nI. O. O. F. hull, at which the sum of\n$22 was realized. Miss McArthur\nwon the lady's prize and P. II. Mc-\nCurrach the gentleman's.\nMeeting to Arrange\nfor Registration of\nWomen Electors\nAs a consequence of the o\nColumbia voters have given in\nof the province will havo the rl\ncommencing on March 1. To be\nof revision, names must be reg\nIt Is necessary that somo ste\nthat the greatest possible numb\nlist, In order that they may be\nhas therefore been suggested th\nhold to consider the matter and\nmeeting for Saturday afternoon\nrooms, Nelson. .\nDr. W. O. Roso, M. P. P. for\nverwholmlng majority that British\nfavor of woman suffrage, tho womon\nght to be placed on the voters' lists,\non the list in tlmo for tho May court\nIsterod by the first Monday In April,\nps should be taken toward insuring\ner of women should bo placod on the\nqualified to exerolso tho franchise. It\nat a convention of women should be\nI have muoh pleasure In calling a\nnext, at 3 o'clock at tho board of trade\nFeb. 10, 1017.\nNelson, will address tho meeting,\nC. D. BLACKWOOD,\nPresident, Nelson Conservative Association,\nMILK TESTING MACHINE\nFOR ROBSON ARRIVES\n(Special to Tho Dally News.)\nROBSON, B. C, Feb. 14\u2014The monthly meeting of the Women's institute\nwas held at the Columbia house on\nSaturday afternoon. Work for the\nRed Cross society wns proceeded with\nby the members.\nMrs. Call of West Robson and Mrs.\nKimball of Castlegar were visitors to\nRobson on Saturday.\nThe six-bottle Babcock milk testing\nmachine purchased by the Farmers' Institute has arrived, and will be in\ncharge of A. D. Clyde for lhe use of the\nmembers.\nA car of mixed feed and flour has\nJust arrived and will be distributed\namong tho ranchers. Arrangements\nare being made by the Farmers' institute to make the supply of lime and\nsulphur for spraying in the district, a\n50-gallon boiler having been ordered\nfor the purpose.\nBandsman A. O. Fowler arrived\nhome last Friday, having got his discharge from the 225th on account of\nhis health.\nMiss Gladys Clyde of South Slocan\nwas home for the weekend.\nMiss Edna McDlarmid Is visiting\nMiss Wolverton in Nelson for a fow\nweeks,\nPLANS TO MAKE ALBERTA\nGREAT LIVE STOCK PROVINCE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nCALGARY, Feb. 14.\u2014The plan of\ntho Alberta government to make Alberta tho greatest live stock province\nin tho Dominion was announced today by Hon. Duncan Marshall, minister of agriculture, to the annual meeting of the Alberta Agricultural Fairs\nassociations meeting here. Tho government, accordln gto Mr. Marshall,\nintends to assist In the stocking of Alberta with the best of stock, and Is\nprepared to encourage the formation\nof neighborhood associations of five\nmon.\n19 ALL KIDNEY SUFFERERS\nBhenmstlim, iwollen Joints, con-\n\u2022tut htftdwhes, pains la tlie back\nand sldif ara all indication! of\nkiduty trouble, such u li rafornd\nto In the following latter.\nDaTiaviUe, North Toronto.\n\"1 haw groat ploaiaro in writing and rocommendinf GIN FILLS.\nWo hare und tbam for tbo lait\ntwo Mara and they b\u00bb\u00ab new\nfailed ns. Wa took GIN FILLS to\ntho Old Country some time ago and\ngavo somo to relatlMi and friends\nand they have asked us to find ont\nwhere they can buy OIN FILLS\nover there. Will you let mo know\nif von have any agenti in Eat-\nland?\nA. Simpson.\"\nAU dntnifU sell Gift Pills at\n50o. a boi, or 6 boiea tor IB.B0.\nSample free if you write to\nNATIONAL DEXJO * CHEMICAL\nCO.  OF CANADA,  LIMITED\nToronto, Oat. 78\n(By Daily News Leasted Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014The Australian\ngovernment, with representatives of\ntrid'fAustralian states \u2022 lit* \u25a0 conference,\nhas*'ugrced upon a scheme for settlement not only of Australian soldiers\nbut for British soldiers and sailors as\nwell, who have fought in the wur. The\nkeynote, says the Australian high\ncommissioner, Is that all shall share\nalike. The commonwealth has already\nvoted two millions for promotion of\nthe scheme in Its Initial stages.\nPOPE WILL URGE NEUTRAL8\nTO MOVE FOR PEACE\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14\u2014According to\nan Exchange Tolegraph company\nmessage from The Hague, it ia reported from Munich that the Vatican\nhas informed the Nuncio at Munich that the pope contemplates an\nappeal to all tho neutral govern*\nments to take joint aotion In fa*\nvor of peace.\nINDIA'S WHEAT SITUATION\nAGAIN BECOMES ACUTE\nCALCUTTA, India.\u2014The government has issued the following communique at Delhi: The attention of\nthe government of India has been\ndrawn to the grent increase of speculation in wheat In northern India, and\nto the holding up of stocks and the\nconsequent inflation of prices. If tho\npresent state of affairs continues, It\nmay be necessary to take drastic action to deal with the situation.\nCommenting upon this announcement, the Statesman says: Before a\nhasty Conclusion is arrived at, as in\n1914, that cornering Is in process, it\nwould be of Interest to know what has\nheen the effect on existing Indian supplies of the sudden decision of the\nhomo wheat commission to export to\nEngland In tho months of November,\nDecember and January 400,000 tonH of\nIndian wheat. This decision was\ncabled out to India on Nov. 16, or\nthreo days beforo the rise of retail\nprices In northern India is said to\nhave begun. Before a cause can be\nassigned for the rise in prices it will\nbe necessary to know how far the\ncommission's three agent firms have\nproceeded with its Indian program,\nand to what extent the withdrawal of\n400,000 tons from the Indian market\nwould be likely to affect Indian prices\nIt. is known that before the home\nwheat commission announced Its decision, no less a quantity than 9,000,-\n000 hundredweight of wheat had already been exported from India during tho present season. If to this\nquantity thero be added the 8,000,000\nhundredweight the commission proposes to absorb, a total or 17,000,000\nhundredweight Is reached, which compares very favorably with tho amount\nexported In six out of the 10 years\npreceding the war, when conditions of\nentire freedom prevailed In the wheat\nmarket, and when the exportable surplus was drained ofr steadily and It)\nduo proportion during the whole year\nBefore a hue, und cry Is raised uitef\ntho alleged cornorers, as In 1914, 11\nwill be advisable to sottlo this point.\nIf the absorption for home needs of\n400,000 tons is more than can bo\nspared from tho Indian market, then\ntho Indian government will bo to\nblame for consenting to the withdrawal of so large a quantity with\nthree or four months still to run he-\nfore ttttf new harvest is Available. If\nind id's iff jijjjivp.^Justifies the wlthdraw-\nal of tlita,quantity, resort to Ordlnanco\nIX. of 1914 to compel tho declaration,\nand if necessary, the dlsposul of stocks\nby holders, should be adequate to relieve the high prices.\nLAPLAND GETS HEARTY\nSEND-OFF ON TRIP\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Feb. 14.\u2014The\nAssociated Press says that harbor\nand river craft saluted the steamship Lapland o fthe Red Star line,\nlate today, aa the liner, carrying\npaaengers and a cargo of war\nmaterial, passed through the bay\non ita way to the war zone. The\n' Lapland is believed to be bound\nfor Liverpool. No information\nwas obtainable tonight as to the\nnumber of passengers it carried\nor if Americana were on board.\nCOL. NEWBURN  WILL\nMOBILIZE  HOME  GUARDS\n(By Dnily News Leased Wire.)\nHAMILTON, Ont, Feb. 14.\u2014It Is\nreported here that Col. Newburn, chief\nof staff of the Toronto military division, will be appointed to take charge\nof the mobilization of the Canadian\nmllltla under the new plans which are\nnow being worked out at Ottawa.\nPEMBROKE AVIATOR A\nPRISONER  IN-GERMANY\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014Lieut. R. W.\nWhite of the Royal Flying corpi\nformerly of Pembroke, Ont., ts offl\nchilly posted a prisoner in the hands\nof the Germans.\nAVIATION SOHOOL TO BE\nLOCATED AT CAMP BORDEN\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 14.\u2014Tho Canadian\naviation school is to be located at\nCamp Borden and Col. Robert Low Is\nat present engaged in the construction of the necessary buildings as well\nas clearing the ground and making nil\narrangements, \u00bb\nThe Curtlss school at Toronto will\nbe moved to Camp Borden and everything Is expected to be In readiness by\ntho end of March. It will be under\ncontrol of tho imperial authorities.\nKILTED REGIMENTS DOOMED\nTO WEAR TROUSERS\n(By Canadian Associated Press.)\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014AU kilted regiments  hereafter  proceeding  overseas\nuntil April 1 arc to wear trousers in\nstead of kilts.\nKING DECORATES\nOFFICERS FOR BRAVERY\n(Canftdfan Associated Press.) '\nLONDON, Feb. 16.\u2014At Buckingham\npalace yesterday the following investitures were made;\nDistinguished Service Order\u2014Lieut.-\nCol. William Anderson, infantry;\nLieut.-Col. John Shaw, army servlco\ncorps, and aMJor Merril Allen, cavalry.\nMilitary Cross\u2014Capt. Gerald Anglln,\ninfantry; Capt. Edward Martin, engineers; Lieut. John Millington, Infantry; Lieut. James Stuart, infantry, and\nLieut. Hurry Urle, engineers.\nLORD BEAVERBROOK TAKES\nSEAT IN UPPER HOUSE\n(Canadian Associated Press.)\nLONDON,   Feb.   15.\u2014Lord    Beuvor-\nbruok (Sir Max Aitken) took his seat\nIn the house of lords today.\nCOL. GRAY, FENIAN\nRAID VETERAN, DEAD\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO. Feb. 14.\u2014The death occurred today, at the age of 80 years,\nof one of the oldest residents of the\nwest end, in the person of Lleut.-Col.\nJohn Gray, for many years prominently Identified with military matters In\nToronto. He was a Fenian raid veteran, and was on active service at the\ntime of the Northwest rebellion in\nI88!i. He was elected member of the\nprovincial parliament for West York\nIn 1883.\nBILL AIMS AT PROTECTING\nTHE PUBLIC  FROM  STRIKES\nALBANY, n. Y.\u2014Establishment of\ncontractual relation between employers and employees on public utilities\nis the basis of u plan for protection\nof the public from interruption of\ntraffic, as a result of strikes or lockouts, embodied In a bill latroduccd in\nthe assembly by Assemblyman Schuyler M. Meyer. This plan was originally proposed by Henry R. Towne, as\nthe result of the threat by the railroad\nbrotherhoods last summer to participate a general strtko.\nThis plan is Intended primarily for\nnational application, and it is being\nurged upon the attention of congress,\nalthough no legislation Is expected at\nthis session. As nn Illustration of Its\npracticability for legislation enactment\nIt Is applied, In the present bill, to Interstate commerce In this state.\nThe bill provides that every employee of a public utility corporation\nwhom the corporation wishes to retain permanently, shall enter into a\nservice contract for not less than one\nnor more than three years, whereby\nhe may not bo discharged or quit. The\nform of contract shall in each cuse\nbe submitted for the approval of tho\npublic sorvlce commission.\nThere would be fines and other penalties for each violation of the contract, and stipulations providing a mo-\nthod of appeal by either party. Finos\nagainst the corporations would be paid\nout of a fund deposited by the corporation with a trustee, Tho employees would pay theirs from a fund\nraised by the corporation's retulnlng 20\npor cent of tho wnges of each man for\n10 full-time woeks from tho contract's\ndate. On each anniversary of this date\nthe corporation would pay to the employee 5 per cent interest on tho average amount of wages so retained during the year and would pay to him\nfi\\\\y balance remaining at tho expiration of the contract, Tho sums so\nwithhold would be deposited In a special trust company account.\nClaims would be adjudicated by mutual agreement and consent, or by a\n>A\u00abrwv*  ;:\u2022\nin in ,\u25a0*..\nA Flurry in\nUNDERSKIRTS\n\u2022C \u2014\u2014\u2014 \u2014\u25a0\nSpecial Black Sateen Underskirts'at $1.35\nHeavy quality material, splendid Black.    Good wide skirts with\npleated frills.   Sizes 36, 38 and 40. VI OR\nSpecial Value at     fllllw\nEnglish Nearsilk Underskirts at $2.00\nGood wide skirt with pleated frill, in colors Black, Navy, M (111\nKing's Blue and Paddy Oreen.   An Excellent Skirt <P*tlWW\nA Better Skirt at $2.50\nAn Ideal Skirt for Spring Wear. Pull width, with tucked or pleated\nflounce; light weight; colors Navy, Myrtle, Paddy and King's (SO Cfl\nPlue; also Black.   Splendid Value at   #fciWW\nEnglish Mercerized Silk Poplin Underskirts\nat $5.00\nA soft, clinging skirt; full width, with tucked and pleated flounces.\nColors Navy, Grey, Paddy, Ollvo, Rose, Cerise and Alice. *BJC fill\nThis Skirt Is Proving a Hummer nt   tJJlWU\nTwo Specials in\nHouse Dresses\nAt $1.25 Each\u2014Good Fast-Color Chambrays and Striped Percales,\nIn sizes 3C, 38 and 40.   Medium and light colors. -91 OR\nSpecial Value at\nAt $1.50 Each\u2014Splendid Qualities in Chambrays and Gingham\nEffects. \u25a0 Good washing cloths, in medium and light colors. \" \"*\nSpecial Value at\n$1.50\nMEAGHER & CO.\nTHE  STORE  FOR  STYLE\nTHE   STORE  FOR QUALITY\nboard of award, or on appeal from the\nboard's decision to tho publie service\ncommission, or by court action to enforce or set aside the commission's\norder.\nThe .board of award would consist\nof not less than three nor moro than\nnine members, one named by the commission and the others in equal numbers by the company and its employees, The employees would choose\ntheir representatives by writing on\nsigned cards tlie names of the men\nthey favor, these cards would be tabulated by the secretary of the corporation, who under oath would announce\nthe names of the winners. Tlio Board\nwould make its own rules and the employee members would not lose their\nregular wages for the time served on\nIt.\nThe corporation would have the\nright to terminate the contract; He-\ncause of any misconduct by the employee defined in it as a cause of discharge, because the business no longer renders his employment necessary\n(discharge, in this case being subject\nto 30 days' notice, or Immediate If accompanied by a fortnight's wages);\nbecause of disability of the employee\nsuch as to disqualify him from rendering the service for which he was employed, to wlilcb case the man shall\nbe entitled to 30 days' pay and immediate release, unless such disability\nIs certified by the board of award to\nbo due to wrongful conduct of the employee.\nThe employee could terminate the\ncontract; Because of valid family or\npersonal necessity, certified to by the\nboard; because of disqualifying disability or unfavorable occupational effect; for cause not stated, without\npenalty, provided the employee shall\ngive not less than 30 days' notice and\nshall obtain the corporation's consent.\nThe bill provides that the company\nshall recognize the employee's right\nto membership In any lawful organization, and shall not discriminate\nagainst him because of that membership. The employees would have the\nright to request concessions in wages,\nhours of work or conditions of service.\nThe corporation would be required to\ngive prompt and fnir consideration to\nthese requests, and not discriminate\nagainst, nny employee because of his\nparticipation therein.\nOne section requires tho employee\nto respect of the public to uninterrupted service.* Another makes, it a\nmisdemeanor, punishable, according to\nlaw, for any corporation, during the\nterm of the contract, to dlschargo an\nemployee except as provided, or for\nany employeo to wilfully refuse or\nneglect to perform the services required of him by tho contract. Tho\nnew agreement would not affect any\nexisting contract, nor prevent abrogation of such a contract by mutual\nconsent. The bill would take effect\nSept. 1.\nI     GERMANS IN THE STATES.     J\n**\u25a0\u2666\u2666\u2666 M\u00abHI 4\nWill there bo a backfire In the United States from the German element?\nWo doubt it. Men of German parentage\nborn In the United States have all\nalong been at heart with the allies In\nthe cause of civilization and human\nfreedom. Men in that country of German birth are comparatively few In\nnumber. They have been noisy, but\nnow the clamps will be applied. Tho\nbetter class of them, when they havo\nto choose between loyalty to the kaiser\nand their oath of allegiance to the\nAmerican republic, will choose the latter. Thus thero will only be left the\nhyphenated crow who have been willing Instruments of German machination. They can be watched.\u2014Hamilton\nSpectator.\nAt a conference with the hoard tf\ncontrol the Hamilton city and district\nhydro-electric interests nrranged for\na deputation to go to Ottawa to fight\nthe Canadian Northern's application\nfor on entrance through the north *\u00bbnd\nof Hamilton. It Is felt that tho hydro\nradial bylaw which was defeated mar\nbe amended so as to be satisfactory to\nHamilton and carry when voted on\nagain. The C..V.R. route is tho me t'.;o\nhydro radial proposes to follow.\nAT TUB STARLAND TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING\n -f>AOE SIX-\nSTR KE OF BASEBALL\nPLAVtRSIS AVERTED\nCompromise Reached\u2014Assurance That\nFraternity Men Will Not Be Discriminated Against Is Given.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Feb. 14.\u2014There Will\nbe no strike of baseball players this\nyear. The ending of a long controversy\nwas assured when David L, Fultz, the\npresident of the Baseball Players! fraternity, Issued here today the following statement:\n\"Owing to the unfnir position In\nwhich tlie major league owners have\nbeen placed In the present baseball\ncontroversy between owners and players, the fraternity has submitted to\nthe owners the following proposal: To\nrelease all players from their pledges\nnot to sign contracts upon the understanding that the owners will not discriminate against fraternity players\nnor discipline them for their loyalty\nto the fraternity In observing their\npledges.\"\nEarly in the day Manager McGraw\nof the Now York Nationals and President Fultz held a conference at which\nthe fraternity executive said that if\nthey were assured that tbe members\nof the players' fraternity would not lie\ndiscriminated against financially or\notherwise by'the major league club\nowners ho would release the men from\ntheir pledges.\nNo   Discrimination   Pledged.\nManager McGraw immediately went\nto seo President Tenor of the National\nleague, and after the situation had been\nexplained to'him Mr. Toner said:\n\"Yon can assure Mr. Fultz that I\ngive my word of honor, as the president of the National league, that the\nNational league will not discriminate\nIn any way, shape or manner, against\nany ball player because of his connection witli the fraternity.\"\nWhen President Johnson of tlie\nAmerican league arrived here late in\nthe day lo attend the annual schedule\nmeeting of his league tomorrow, ho\nwas  informed of the action  taken  by\nNotice\nOwing to a large number of requests\nfor dollar tickets on the drawing for\nthe Ford automobile, we have reduced\nthe tickets from $2 to $1.\nAll those holding $2 tickets may exchange them for two $1 tickets at the\nplace where tickets wero purchased,\nor If out of town by mall.\nIf you have not already purchased a\nticket, get one today aa we expect to\n\u25a0ell the remainder in a short time.\nPAUL NIPOU\nNelson  Steam  Laundry.  Nelson.  B. C.\nPresident Toner, and in reply to a\nquery as to whether he would glvo\nsimilar nssurances, he said:\n'So far as the fraternity is concerned, we give no assurance. All of our\nplayers look alike to us. About 85\nper cent, of them have signed 1917 contracts, and if the. men come along to\ntheir training quarters well and good.\nThat is all the assurance the American\nleague will give.\"\nChairmnn Herrmann of the national\ncommission stated there was a clause\nin all major league contracts for 1917\nwhich protected the players from discrimination on account of membership\nin tbe fraternity, and both of the major league presidents also called attention to tills fact. At. the meeting of\nthe National league today it was unanimously decided that no change In the\nregular form of contract would be\nmade. The national commission wos to\nhave held a meeting here today, but\nit will not meet until tomorrow morning. The American league's schedule\nmeeting also will be held here tomorrow, but It was announced there would\nhe no session of the joint rules committee and the pennant race of 1917,\ntherefore, will be decided under the\nrules whicli governed the struggle last\nseason.\nThe National league officials finished their session late today, leaving the\nplaying schedule for 1917 in the hands\nof President Tener, who will make it\npublic the last of this week. Last year\nMarch 1 was the earliest date allowed\nfor beginning training,\nTho National league board of directors was increased from five to eight\nmembers, tin* president of each club\nbecoming a director. No player In the\nleague can In; released between Aug.\nL'O and the close of the championship\nseason, except through the regular\nwaiver rule.\nAt the meeting there was no mention of the proposed military training\nof players, and no ehungo in the player\nlimit of the clubs was discussed.\nDuring the day it was announced\nthat the New York American league\nclub had released First Baseman.Char-\niey Mullen to the Toledo club.\nWhen asked tonight whether his order catling orf tiie strike applied to tlie\nminor leagues as well as to the majors, President Fultz said:\n\"Ail our members, in all leagues,\nhave been advised to sign their contracts. Our differences with the minor leagues will lie adjusted by negotiation.\"\nANCHOR-DONALDSON\n\u2014 Glt-.s\u00a3ow Se>rvie\u00bb\u00bb \u2014\nGLASGOW re ST JOHN, N.B.\nDIRECT\nPORTLAND TO GLASGOW\nDIRECT\nHALIFAXoTO GLASGOW\nFor (nhrtntlian u to t-*.I\u00bb\u00bb knJ thilint(.\n\u2022Mly >* LmI At*\"\u00bbri or to *\nKt.UDMAN Corral Af-.nl\nVANcouvin ssi GrknviU* 5*-\nWINNIPE6    449 Main SI Ptum* M 5313\nrem cms our\nOF JEWELRY CLASSES\nDick  Ross  and   Broadfoot  Defeated\u2014\nStrathcona \"Kid\" Rink Beaten by\nPepper of Deloraine.\n(By Dally Nows Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 14.\u2014The feature\nin the bonspiel today was the defeat\nof tbe Strathcona \"Kid\" rink by tapper of Deloraine, In the Purity Flour\ncompetition, by the score of 8 to 7, an\nextra end being necessary to reach\na decision. Dick Ross and Broadfoot,\nboth of Regina, were knocked out of\ntheir last chances of jewelry today, tho\nformer losing out to Macdonald of\nFort William in the Eaton event, unci\ntho latter to Finlay, Strathcona, In the\nHudson's Hay company competition.\nFollowing are the results of westerners' games;\nDingwall trophy, 12 p. m. draw\u2014Crerar, liumblodt, 9; Muinwaring, Blrtle, 7. 7 p. m. draw, semi-final-\u2014Crerar, Humboldt, 12; Sutherland, Thistle, 10.\nHudson's Buy company, -I p. m. draw\n\u2014Armstrong, Keewatln, 14; Crerar,\nHumboldt, 13; Finlay, Strathconas,\nit); Broadfoot, Regina, 7.\nEaton trophy, -1 p. m. draw\u2014Hodder,\nPort Arthur, 14; Hartley. Kerrobert, ii:\nMcDonald, Fort William 14; Boss, Regina, 10. 7 p. m. draw\u2014Hudson, Granite,   15;   Tripp,  Oxbow,  12,\nDominion match trophy (double rink\nevent), 7 p. m. draw, semi-final\u2014Gillespie, Moose Jaw, 10; Wood, Granite,\n9. Bowyer. Moose Jaw, 10; Houston,\nGranite, (J. Totals, Moose Jaw rink, 20;\nGranite rink, 15.\n\u201eTHE- DAILY f^WS\nHBMW     j \"\u25a0  mm   -\u25a0-- _:_jiW-t)fp.\/ -*\nOTTAWA WiNS FIFTH\nVICTORY OF SEASON\nTHURSDAY,   FEB.   15,   191;* *\"4*>\nRound Trip\nExcursion\nFares\nWinter Sports and Bonspiel\nBanff\nFEBRUARY  5  TO   15\nFARE   AND   ONE-THIRD   ROUND   TRIP\nON   SALE\nFEBRUARY  2  TO   10\nRETURN    LIMIT\nFEBRUARY  18\nFROM    ALL   STATIONS   ALBERTA   AND   EAST   MIDWAY   AND\nREVELSTOKE   IN    BRITISH   COLUMBIA\nCANADIAN        CANADIAN\nPacific        pacific\nRevised\nRevelstoke-Nakusp-Nelson\n(VIA   SLOCAN   LAKE)\nEFFECTIVE   SATURDAY,   FEB.  3\nNorth\u2014Read Up South\u2014Rend Down\t\nTues., Thur., Sat. 16:55 Ar... Rovelstoke ..Lv. 7:15 Tues., Thur., Sat.\nTues., Thur., Sat. 15:25 Lv... Arrowhead ..Ar. 8:45 Tues., Thur., Sat.\nTuea., Thur., Sat. 15:15 Ar... 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Slocan City .Lv. 17:20 Tues., Thur., Sat.\nTues., Thur., Sat.  6:45 Lv Nelson ....Ar. 19:15 Tues., Thur., Sat.\nThe above replaces the regular schedule between Revelstoko and\nNelson through Slocan Lake, Tuesday, Thursday nnd Saturday, and\nregular train schedule between Kaslo nnd Nakusp.\nMonday, Wednesday and Friday the regular schedulo will bo\nmaintained between Nelson and Slocan City and by Slocan Lako\nsteamer, '\nLOCAL  SERVICE\u2014Revelstoko,   Arrowhead,   Nnkttsp,   Burton,  also\nLower Arrow take, West Robson, Edgewood contalnued as ut present.\nJ. S. CARTER, D. P. A\u201e Nelson, B. C.\nMONTREAL WANDERERS\nMAKE POOR SHOWING\nEasily  Accounted for by  Quebecs Although   Strengthened   by   Three\nof Toronto's Best  Players.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL. Feb. 14\u2014The Montreal\nWamlirers, reinforced though they\nwere with the three best players of the\nnow defunct Toronto team, were badly\noff color in tho Natlonnl Hotkey association contest tonight with Quebecs\nat the local arena. The visitors won\nan easy victory by a score of 7 to 3.\nThe Wanderers were practically outplayed all the way through the three\nperiods. Skinner, on Wanderers' right\nwing, was the only man in tlie Red\n]land's line who showed consistent endeavor. The othor two ex-Toronto\nstars, Randall and Cameron, the former playing as substitute during a\nlarge part of the game, could not become used to their team mates' style\nof play, and the two ('leghorns, playing\nforward instead of defense, also ap\npeared lost. Art Ross played a fair\ndefensive gnme.\nGood combination, work In which\nCrawford, .Malone and Ritchie chiefly\nfigured, was the strong point with Quebec, who played good, fast hockey.\nThe teams:\nQuehce. Wanderers.\nGoal.\nHebert    Lindsay\nI'oint.\nHall   Ross\nCoverpoint\nCrawford       Cameron\nCentre.\nMalone   O. Cleghorn\nWing.\nCarey S. Cleghorn\nWing.\nRitchie    Skinner\nDefeats    Canadiens    and    Keeps    on\nEqual Terms With Quebec in\nRace for Championship.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 11.\u2014Ottawa won its\nfifth straight victory of the season\nihere tonight, defeating the Canadiens\nby a score of 4 to 1 and thus staying\noil equal terms with Quebec in the\nchampionship race. The match was\none of the greatest of the season and\nthe recent shuffle did not affect en-\n'thusiasm to any grent extent, as there\nwere nearly six thousand people in the\nurona when the teams lined up.\nOttawa led by 1 to 0 at the close of\nthe first period, and though the Canadiens tied it In the second, the Sena-\n\u25a0tors went right ahead, Neighbor scoring again. In tlie third Ottawa ran In\ntwo straight, while the Canadiens were\nshut out.\nThe match,proved the cleanest of the\nseason. Ottawas did not draw a penality. Corbett Denneny of the Torontos\nplayed for Ottawa, while Noble made\nhis first appearance with the Canadiens, both doing good work.\nThe line-up:\nOttawas. Canadiens.\nGoal.\nBenedict      Vezina\nPoint.\nMerrill   Corbeau\nCoverpoint.\nShore       Mummery\nCentre.\nGerard    Lalonde\nForward\nNeighbor      Pltre\nForward\nDarragh       Lavlolotte\nAUSTRALIAN SIGNS FOR\nFIGHT WITH   MIKE  GIBBONS\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK. Feb. 14.\u2014Les D'Arcy,\nthe Australian middleweight, signed\narticles here' tonight to fight Mike\nGibbons in Milwaukee on April 10. for\na purse of $50,000 to be divided equally.\nThe 10-round bout will be staged by\nFrank Mulqtieen. II was agreed that\nin addition to the purse, the boxers\nshall divide equally two-thirds of the\nmoving picture rights, The fighters\nwill weight 100 pounds each.\nOne or the stipulations in the agreement was that If D'Arcy is knocked out\nby Al McCoy in their bout in this city\non March 5 the mutch witli Gibbons\nshall be declared off. O'SUlllvan announced that before meeting Gibbons\nD'Arcy would train for two weeks in\nChicago. *'lifflll\nINTERNATIONAL SOCCER\nMATCHES ARE POSTPONED\n(By Dally News Lensed Wire.)\nTORONTO. Feb, 14.\u2014The series of\nInternational soccer matches between\nCanada and tbe United States, which\nhad been arranged for this spring will\nnot be played until next fall, at the request of the Dominion Football association.\nMONTREAL   CALEDONIAS\nWIN  CURLING  MATCH\nBeat Ridoaus in Contest for Governor'\nGeneral's Prize\u2014Duke of Devonshire Prosents Trophy\n(By Dally News Lensed Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 14.\u2014The Caledonian\nof Montreal defeated the Ridoaus at\nGovernment House rink today In the\nannual mutch for tbe governor-general's curling prize, the Montrenlers\nwinning by five points. They were 13\nup at the close of the morning play,\naad though the Rldeuus made a plucky\neffort to overcome the handicap they\nwere unable to do so, though they won\nin the afternoon by eight points. The\nfinal score was 43 to 3S for the Gale-\ndotiias.\nMis Fxcellency the Duke of Devonshire presented the trophy and expressed the hope that next yeur's final\nwould be held under brighter conditions, hopefully predicting success for\nBritain and her allies on nil war\nfronts this year.\nHOCKEY STOPPED AT\nSPOKANE FOR SEASON\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nSPOKANE, Feb. 14.\u2014No more hockey matches will be played In Spokane\nthis season, T. S. Lane, president of\nthe Spokane Arena company, holder of\nthe Spokane franchise in the Pacific\nCoast Hockey association, announced\ntonight. The throe home games remaining on Spokane's schedule will be\ntransferred to the cities of the opposing teams, one game going to Seattle\nFeb. 20, and others to Vancouver, Feb.\n2\" and March. Poor attendance at Spokane was given ns tlie reason for the\n\u25a0transfers.\nEIGHT TEAMS TIED  IN\nSIX-DAY   BICYCLE   RACE\nCHICAGO, Feb. 14.\u2014Eight of the\nteams In the six-day bicycle race were\ntied tonight at the end of tho 70th\nhours. They hnd traveled 1291 miles\nand five laps, with two teams, tlje\nohrt-Grimm f\\ml Carman-Lawrence,\none lop hehlnd. The riders are more\nthan  135 miles behind the record.\nWRIGHT SIGNS CONTRACT A8\nUNIVERSITY CREW COACH\nPHILADELPHIA,      Feb.      14.\u2014Joe\nWright today signed a thrco-ycur contract as crew coach of the University\nof Pennsylvania. Wright, who como\nhere from Toronto, has been coaching\nwithout compensation nt Pennsylvania\nfor several years. His contract salary\nwas not disclosed.\nREPORT THAT TORONTO\nARENA   WILL   CLOSE   DENIED\n(By Dolly News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Feb. 14.\u2014Denial has\nbeen made by the management of the\nToronto arena that the big Ice palace\nwould close p'n Saturday night for tlie\nseason. It Was rumored that because\nof the shutting off of professional\nhockey and the big overhead expenses\nthat the arena company would suspend operation lor the year.\nSTANDING OF LEADERS IN\nTEAM BOWLING UNCHANGED\nKeen   Play   Features   Tournament   at\nWinnipeg\u2014Positions  in  Doubles\nAltered  Greatly.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nWINNlPEGi Feb. It\u2014At the close\nof the last shift tonight in the Winnipeg Howling association tournament,\nthe stand lng jo^the leaders In the five-\nman team event remained  unchanged.\nTlie standing in the doubles is\nchanged considerably, though the five\nlenders remain tbe same as yesterday's\nstanding. O'Donnel and Messer, Winnipeg, rolled into sixth place with a\ntotal of 1139 and May and Kain. Winnipeg, went into seventh place with\n1122. Paulson ami Chapman, Winnipeg, who were sixth yesterday, are now\neighth. Elliott and Smith. Winnipeg,\nare ninth, and Irwin and Heine of Regina and Fleet and McDonald, Winnipeg, nre tied for tenth place,\nIn the singles, a general shake-up\ntook place, .lack McDonald, Winnipeg,\nrolling into second place witli 632, and\nL. M. Flngard, Winnipeg, coming fifth\nwith 590. .lultus Emrtia, Winnipeg, is\nseventh, with 592 and Walter Doyle,\nWinnipeg, ninth with 587. In the aggregate standing Kernahan, Winnipeg,\nand .lack McDonald, Winnipeg, with\n1726, have slipped in ahead of Snyder,\nMinneapolis, and are tied for fourth\nplace.\nThese arc Ihe final standings as fat*\nas the five-man teams are concerned.\nTHROWS LIGHT\ni GREEK ACTS\nPARIS, France\u2014Tho Temps has secured a statement as to the situation\nin Greece from M. Diomedc, who was\nformerly minister of finance In the\nVenlzelos cabinet, and who has now\nbeen sent on a personal mission to\n'ranee and England by the head of\nthe Greek provisional government. The\nevents of the Inst six weeks, he began,\nmust have dissipated many illusions.\nEvery one l suppose has grasped that\nwhat the king has for months called\ntolicy of neutrality has been from\nthe outset pro-German. All those who\nhave lived in Athens in 1915 and 1916\nhave been enlightened in this respect\nby fncts of public notoriety. Tt ts well\nthat these facts should be enumerated.\nFirst of all I would point out that,\nn speaking of the Greek general staff\nand its notions, it is wrong not to add\nthat that genera] staff has been constantly directed by a German officer,\nMajor von Fulkenhausen. It is he who\nfrom the beginning of the war up to\nthe expulsion of the legations, was the\nreal master of the Royalist army. It\nis still at his inspiration that the work\nof the general staff has proceeded\nsince his departure. Herr vonFalkeii-\nbausen, the military attache to the\nGerman legation, passed his days\ncither at the palace, to which he had\nfree access, or at the war office, where\nlie shared the office of Colonel Metax-\nas, who hns been the most active of\nhis executive agents. Tt wns he who,\nafter the entente note In .June, conceived and executed the new concentration of tlie Greek army which followed\non the demobilization. It was he who\ndisposed it in such a way that the\nvarious units, quartered In the neighborhood of the Larlssn railway, could\nbe concentrated at any moment, in\ntwo or three days at the most.\nlie also drew up the plan, executed\nafter his expulsion, for the distribution\nof artillery, munitions and provisions\nin   the villages .where  they are more\neasily concealed than. In the ordinary\nbarracks. Ho urraoged at - the same\ntime for the accumulation of cereals,\nWhich, despite the blockade, will enable the king to feed an army composed of three army corps for several\nmonths. It was also Major von Fol-\nkenhausen who Insured constant -communication between Athens and Berlin, and who, thanks to information\nfurnished him by the Greek general\nstaff, kept the German high command\ninformed of the movements of the Saloniki army. He further organized the\nT. S. F\u201e the Athens-Berat telephone\nline, by means of which the king Is\nstilt In dally communication with the\nimperial government. Finally It vtan\nthis officer who Initiated the degree\nconcernin-g the psuedo-ReservIsts\u2014set\nup after the model of the Swiss army\neach man taking his arms nnd his\nequipment home with him, and being\nable to join his corps in a few hours\nmerely In response to u proclamation.\nHerr von Falkenhatisen has been for\ntwo years the absolute master of tho\nGreek general staff. He hns never\nceased to be since his departure from\nAthens. Today they are still his orders\nthnt are executed. He hns succeeded\nIn m.'iklng the king believe that he is\ndoing it all In his service. Is there\nany need lo add that he was first of\nall in the service of Germany.\nUnder the German direction, M. pio-\nmede continued, the. Royalist army\nwas awaiting the order for It to attack the allied forces. He was unable\nto say when that order would be given\nor what the objective of the attack\nwould be, but what he did affirm was\nthat, the attack was certain, and that\nall the king's acts were in the nature\nof preparation for it. He pointed. In\naddition, lo the accumulation of. the\nstocks of cereals, to what he said was\nlhe systematic non-execution of the\npromised withdrawal to the Peloponnesus, The number of men withdrawn\ndid not amount to 4000 be said, and\nto bis knowledge, not a single gun or\nshell has been moved. As to the forces nt the king's disposal, there were,\nhe continued, -15,000 men immediately\navailable, while the calling up of the\nReservists would bring the number up\nto 75,000, that  was,    to    three   army\ncorps coinposed of threo divisions,of.\nthree regiments oach. With regard..to\nartillery, there wero no heavy guns;\nthese, to tho number of 150, .having\nbeen in Macedonia, and delivered up to\nthe Bulgarians with their ammunition.\nThe field nnd mountain artillery'Was\ncomplete with the exception of 40 guns\nhanded over to the Bulgarians and 18\nIn the possession, of the provisional\ngovernment. The ammunition available amounted to 1200 rounds per gun,\nwhile as,,to machine guns there were\ntwo to each battalion, the number of\nthese being about 180. Those ordered\nsince the war had been held' up at\nMalta. Finally, there were In .the\nGreek army 4500 officers, i300 of whom,\nhad gone to Saloniki; which left about!\n3200, quite a sufficient number foil\nthree army corps.\nAs to the assistance which the proJ\nvisional government could furnUh thd\nallies, It amounted nt present, M. DIoJ\nmede stated, to but one division, which!\nwus alreudy engnged. But that, he in4\ntimated, was the fault of the allien\nrulhor than of,M. Venlzelos, as bud\nfor the shortage of arms and equip-]\nment, it would be possible to raise and]\nmaintain five divisions at least. Fort\ntho past three weeks, he added, thel\nnecessary supplies had been coming inf\nregularly, so thnt a rapid expansion\nof the provisional government's forces]\nmight be looked for.\nHut thnt, concluded M. Diomede, waal\nall that could, or that must be donc|\nThe traditions of Hellenism, tho\nion of the whole of Greece, must beL\nrealised, and that could be done onl.\\f\nIn one way; by destroying the rootsT\n\u00ab\"l\" Germanism represented by the king]\nbis government and his Immediate.i\ntoiirago. Once the national conscience)\nwas awakened and the people learned\nthe truth about all the falsehoods thOyl\nhad been told, the present regime)\nwould be repudiated; but In that emf\nenergetic action must be taken. TwJ\nyears will hove been lost, he remnrkJ\ned; but if tbo end is attained, .tho!\nmemory of the trials endured wlll.fadoj\nRev. Robert Dewur has resigned hlfll\npastorate at Prince William to accept!\na call to Fort Frances.\nI AT   THE    THEATRES J\nAt the Gem\nWhen Frederic S. Isham's novel,\n\"The Social Buccaneer\" got into the\nclass of \"Itest sellers\" offers come\nfrom many sources to embody tho\nnarrative in moving pictures. But\nBobbs-Merrill company bided their\ntime until Bluebird Photoplays happened along and then the choice was\nmade\u2014because Bluebird could give\nthe story a fitting production, cast it\nwith skilful players and put It In\ngood company ntnong its many other\nsatisfying and well-produced features,\nThe result will be shown at the Gem\ntheatre on Friday, with .1. Warren\nKerrigan and Louise Lovely sharing\nthe honors as Chutt field itruce and\nMarjorle Woods, the hero and heroine\nof the fascinating story.\nRev. Gordon Dickie, who has left\nSt. Stephen's Presbyterinn church, St.\n.lohn, to accept the pnstornte ut St,\nJohn's church, Newfoundland, was\npresented with ?300 from his old con-\nigrogutlon.\nDODD'S '\/\nKIDNEY\n<%\u00a3\nPILLS\n*HkidneyJv\nThe Endless Chain.\nMr. Retail Merchant; your business depends entirely on the prosperity\nof your customers. 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(4888)\n\u25a0OR RENT\u2014Furnished housekeeping\n1 rooms, $S per month, over Poole\n\u25a0rug. (1778)\nJRNISHED SUITES for rent.  Ap-\nI Ply Ken* apartments. (4897)\nJ.W.C. BLOCK\u2014Housekeeping suites\nJ and rooms for rent. Terms moder-\nIto.    A. Macdonald & Co. (4898)\n\u25a0then replying TU- advertise-\n1 ments in Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw it in The News\u2014it\nJill help you.\nLIVESTOCK.\n\u25a0OR SALE\u2014Team of ponies; drive\n1 double or single; broken to riding\nJnd pock suddlc; $125.00 cash, harness\n\u25a0icludcd. or will apply them on trudo\nFir sound, heavy farm horse. Robert\nTCendry, Burton City, B.C. (4886)\nIM.NTED\u2014Threo or four good young\nJ sows In pig, due to farrow In May.\n(ox 4933, Dully News. (4933)\n\u25a0'ANTED \u2014 First class cow, just\n1 freshened. \\V, Jacobs, Now Denver,\nf. C. (4919)\nOR SALE \u2014 Registered pedigreed\nJlSnglish settor dog; three years;\nJdendtd   points  and  markings;   bred\nf the Warden Kennels, Victoria.   V.\nnlth, Gray Creek. B. C. (4919)\nOR SALE\u2014Brood sows    to    farrow\n{March and April.    Wills, Frultvule.\n(4914)\n|-HEN REPLYING TO ADVERTI8E-\n1 ments in Condensed Columns, kindly\nlentlon you saw It, In The News\u2014it\n\u25a0ill help you. *\nL08T   AND   POUND\n\u25a0OST\u2014Oh Tuesday, postofflce koy on\nIstrlng, either at public school or on\nvard street. Finder please return to\ntally News. (4949)\nIfHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nT ments In Condensed Columns, kindly\nlentlon you saw It In Tho News\u2014It\nnil help you.\nPOR    SALE\u2014Summer   cottage,    flvo\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\u2014A five roomed house and\ntwo-roomed cabin at Trail East, or\ntrade for team and other live stock.\nMartin Anderson, Trail, B.C.       (4908)\nFOR  SALE\u2014Seven  room    house    on\nthirty  foot  lot;   close  in;   concrete\nfoundation.   Box 847, Nelson.      (4927)\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nments in Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw it In The News\u2014It\nwill help you.\nBUSINESS  CHANCES.\nFOR SALE\u2014The Starland motion picture business, Nelson, B.C. Good\nterms to responsible parties. Apply\noffice ovor theatre. (4899)\nFOR SALE\u2014A well established horse\nand auto livery and mail stage line.\nApply W. Schad, Bull River, B.C.\n(4825)\nFARM   PROPERTY.\nFOR RENT\u2014B-acrc orchard, trees 7\nto 11 years old. Apples, plums, pears,\nand cherries, some small fruits, 5-\nroomed cottage, stable, packing house\nnnd chicken house. Good irrigation\nsystem; In town of Midway. Apply\nMrs. Henry Lee, Kettle Valley, B.C.\n(4948)\nPOULTRY AND EGGS.\nBOOK ORDERS NOW for vigorous\nbaby chicks and hutching eggs from\nheavy laying strains of White Leghorns, White Wyandottes and Rhode\nIsland Reds. Prlco list on request,\nDerrccn Poultry Farm, Sardls, B.C.\n(4895)\nFOR SALE\u2014Cyphers 390 egg Incubator, good condition for $30 f.o.b,. Slocan City.   II. D. Curtis, Slocan, B. C.\n(4920)\n$5.00 EACH\u2014For sale or exchange,\ntwo splendid Leghorn cockerels, sired\nby Banbn Rooster that cost $25. 1\nwant hens, pullets, incubator, hatching\neggs, also English wringer and mangle,\nP.O.  box  182,  Trull,   B.C. (1939)\nFOR SALE\u2014Cockerels, S. C. W. Leghorns from trap-nested layers. Mating list on request,   Chalmers, Thrums\n (4923)^\nBARRED ROCK Cockerels from heavy\nlaying strain.   Burred rock hatching\neggs.    McDlarmid & Squires, Robson.\n(4907)\nGROCERIES.\nA. MACDONALD & CO,, WHOLE-\nsale Grocers ami provision Merchants., Importers of yeus, Cpffees,\nSpice's, Dried Fruits, Staples and\nFancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars,\nButter, Eggs, Cheese and Pocking\nHouse Products, Office and warehouse, corner of Front nnd Hull Sis.\nP.O. box 1095; telephones 28 and 2'A,\nFUNERAL  DIRECTORS.\nD. .1. ROBERTSON, F. D. D. & E., 303\nVictoria   street.     Phono   292;   night\nphone, 1C7-L.\nAUCTIONEERS.\nC A. WATERMAN & CO, opera blk.\nWM, CUTLER, AUCTIONEER, BOX\n474; phone 18.\nASSAYERS.\nB, \\V. WIDDOWSON, box A-1108, Nelson, B.C. Standard western charges,\nSECOND   HAND  DEALERS.\nTHE AUK pays (fiish for second bund\nfurniture, stoves; fifiil Vernon.\nLODGE NOTICES.\nKNIGHTS QF PYTHIAS\u2014MEETS\nTuesday nights in K. of P. hull,\nEaglo block.\nPROFESSIONAL CARDS\nGREEN BROS., BURDEN & CO.\nCivil  Engineers,   Dominion  aud  B.  C.\nLand Surveyors,\nSurveys  of  Lands.   Mines,  Townsltos,\nTimber Limits, etc.\nNelson,  510 Ward street. A. II. Green,\nMgr.j victoria, ih pomborton Bldg.,\nP. C. Green; Port George, Hammond\nstreet, p. P. Burden.\nA. L.  McCULLOCH,\nHydraulic Engineer.\nProvincial Land Surveyor.\nBaker St., Nelson, B.C.\nTAYLOR & DUBAR,\nFinancial and Insurance Agents, Notaries Public, Conveyancers, Accountants. Auditors, Assignees, Estates\nmanaged:  002 Baker St.    Phono 264.\nBABCOCK   &   SONS,   Registered   At\ntorneys, Estab. 1877. Formerly\nPatent office examiner. Master of\nPatent Laws. Book \"Patent Protection,\" free; 99 St. .lames St., Montreal. Branches; Ottawa und Washington.\nMISCELLANEOUS.\nWANTED\u2014To  buy  Toulouse   gander,\nwould exchange for young pig.   Apply H. Nixon, Perrys. (4957)\nWANTED\u2014Two or  three  airy  roomB\nfurnished, bedroom, sitting room and\nbath, or use of 'bath.   Apply box 4952,\nDally News. (4952)\nHEAVY portable sawmill Is open for\nlarge contract to cut lumber on Arrow lakes or vicinity. Capacity* ten\nthousand or better. Box 4930, Daily\nNews. (4930)\nONLY $3 PER DOZEN for the Sepia\nphotos tn folders. We nlso develop\nfilms and make enlargements. Mall us\nyour orders. Star Photo Co., Nelson,\nB.C. Studio in Alan block. Box 702.\n(4934)\nSOCIALISTS' OPINION\nIN   INVADED   BELGIUM\nLONDON, England\u2014^'Independence\nBeige publishes a document, whicli It\nhas received from Belgium, in which\nare expressed the views of the Belgian\nSocialists in invaded territory for the\npurpose of indicating to M. Vandervelde and L. do Brouckero the attitude\nwhich they should adopt at the conference, of the ally Socialist parties, a\nconference unanimously approved of by\nall those militants that it has been\nfound possible to consult. The Belgian\nLabor parly declares that It is hostile\nto any meeting with the Socialists of\nthe central powers at the present time\nBefore any such meeting can tuke\nplace they consider that Franco and\nBelgium should be evacuated by the\nenemy. Moreover, when a meeting Is\nheld preliminary to any discussion, the\nBelgian Labor party intends to demand\nfrom the German Socialists an explanation of their attitude towards the\nultimatum of August 2, 1914, and the\nviolation of Belgian neutrality, and\ntowards the atrocities committed .on\nthe defenseless civilian population.\nThe Belgian workers consider that International Socialist deliberations on\nthe subject of peaco would, at the present time, be worse than useless, and\nIf such deliberations took place they\nwould feel no confidence whatever that\nany conclusions arrived at would be\nadhered lo by the German Socialists.\nThe distrust of the Belgian Labor\nparty is tlie more justified, they declare, from the fact that at this very\nmoment wholesale deportations ol\nBelgians are taking place without the\nmajority of the German Socialist par\nty and the Gorman Labor syndicates\ndoing anything more than to express\nvague and timid sentiments of pity for\ntheir \"brothers\" who are being reduced\nto an odious slavery.\nFurther, the Belgian Labor party\nthanks the Socialists of the neutral\ncountries who both at Copenhagen\n(1911) and at The Hague (1916) proclaimed the rights of Belgium, but\nthey question tho Impartiality and sincerity of those Socialists who did not\nhesitate to come to Belgium to get information as to the general situation\nof the country under the administration of the invading power, and yet,\nnever made the least effort to get Into communication with tholr Belgian\ncomrades in distress. Such an nttl-\nlude, ns is evident, was inspired by\ntbe Intention of misinforming international opinion. The Belgian labor party remains faithful to the tenets of the\nInternational. It favors free trade, the\nautonomy of colonies, and the open\ndoor policy in new countries, I hit\nwhile declaring itself opposed to an\neconomic war, following on the present\nconflict, it refuses to allow itself to\nbe duped, and while demanding an im -\nmediate lowering of customs barriers\nIt is of the opinion that precautions\nshould be taken against dishonest\ncompetition, and :i system of free\ntrade only adopted after the ravaged\ncountries, stripped of all means of Industrial activity, shall have been restored  to  their normal  conditions.\nJohn Mitchell, ;i prominent farmer\nof Roblln, Man., district, died from Hie\neffects of burns received while lighting the flro with coal oil. The (dl\nexploded and tbe fire catching oil to\nhis nigh) clothes ami burning him so\nthat there was very little skin left ou\nhis body. He is a son of James Mitchell, a well to do farmer who has\nresided in tho district for the past 30\nyears, lie leaves a widow and one small\nchild.\nR. A. Simmomls. curate of St. Mark's\nToronto, will become the rector of the\nAnglican church at Colborne. Out.\nHO\nHER! DON'T\nCHANCES IF CH\nME IS C\nm\nID'S\nATED\nACCOUNTANTS.\nW. H. FALDINO,\nPublic Accountant, Hunk ut Montreal\nChambers, Rossland, B.C.\nMESSENGERS.\nNBLHON MESSKNGER CO.\u2014-Baggage\nanil ox|>ress. I'rompt und reliable.\nDay und night.   Phono 242.\nMI83 HELEN MOHR,\nTeaohor ot Music, pianoforte nnd\nTheory.\nPhono 373R Oak St., Falrview.\n(4870)\nDRE88MAKINa\nDRRHKMAKING\u2014 DresH   goods,  silks,\nsuitings,   Splrolla   Corsets.   Misses\nLomloux. (1SIH)\nIf cross, feverish, sick, bilious, clean little liver\nand bowels\nA laxative today Bavea a nlrk child\ntomorrow. Children simply will not\ntuko the tlmo from play to ompty their\nbowels, which becomo clogged up with\nwuMti*. liver Kct.H sluggish, Btomaoh\nsour.\nLook ut the tongue, motherl lc coat-\ned or your child Ih listless, cross, feverish, breuth bud, restless, doesn't cut\nheartily, full of cold or bus sure throat\nor uny nther children's ailment, Klve a\ntenspounfui uf \"California Syrup of\nKlgs,\" then don't worry, because ll Ih\nperfectly harmless und in u fow hours\nnil tbls constipated poison, sour bilo\nund fermenting wuste will gently movo\nnut of tho bowels and you have a well,\nplayful child ngnin. a thorough 'Inside cleansing\" is oftlmes nil that is\nnecessary, it should be the first treatment given In nny sickness.\nBeware nt* counterfeit fig syrups.\nAsk your druggist for u .10-cent bottle\nof \"California Syrup ut Kins,\" whioh\nbus full directions for babies, children\nof all ngos nod fur grown-ups plainly\nprinted or. tlio boiiie. Look carefully\nand soe thnt It Is made by the \"Cnll-\nfornlu Pig Syrup company.\"\nNELSONNEWSOF TBE DAY\nSee \"The Romantic Journey\" at the\nStarland Saturday. Mystery and thrills\ngalore., (4965)\nAberdeen Review No. 12, Ludlow of\nthe Maccabees will bold their regular\nmeeting tonight nt 8 o'clock.      (4951)\nWe will pay 7c \"lb. for clean cotton\nrags, white or colored, In large pieces,\nfree from buttons.   The Dally News.\n(4843)\nThrough the kindness of Mr. nnd\nMrs. Whiting, the Daughters of the\nEmpire will again hold their annual\nSt. Patrick's tea nnd sale of work at\nthe Strathcona on Maiich 17.       (4954)\nLadles and girls wishing to join the\nsecond dressmaking class should meet\nin the y.M.C.A. from 3 to 6 this afternoon.    Girls'  fee, $1.25 per month.\n(4950)\nCARD.OF THANKS.\nMrs. Guthrie wishes to extend her\nsincere tbunks to all who helped In\nmaking tbe second annual Rod Cross\ndanco a success. (.1950)\nClub hotel for best draught beer\nand porter, always fresh. Big schooner\n10c, 3 for 25c, 6 for 50c. Bottled beer\nand porter, 25c. G. & W. draught rye.\n10c All best brands of cigars, 10c.\nMeals, 25 cents. Rates: $1.00 and $1.25\nPer day. (4900)\nThere will be a Mothers' meeting In\ntbe Methodist church tliis afternoon at\n3 o'clock. Miss Brigden wlll'speak on\nthe subject of \"My Daughter.\" In the\nevening at 8 o'clock she will speak to\nyoung women on \"Tho Marriage Tie\nAmong tbe Birds.\" This will be a\nmeeting particularly for young women. (4958)\nMUCH WORK DONE BV\nAlthough, as an organisation, it bas\nnot basked overmuch in the limelight\nof publicity, tbe Nelson Girls' club has\naccomplished considerable work for local members of the 54th overseas battalion, since its formation last fall.\nAlmost 200 pairs of socks have been\nKent overseas by the club, as well as\n41 Christmas boxes containing comforts of various kinds, while the\nmembers are at present busily engaged\nIn collecting 10-cent pieces by the\nyard. Tbe coins are being attached to\nadhesive tape and each member is endeavoring to contribute at least one\nyard of dimes for the continuance of\nthe work.\nDuring the early port of December a\nsock lea was given at which 107 pairs\nof socks were donated, and later lhe\nproceeds of a concert held in tbe Gem\npicture theatre enabled tbe dub to fill\nand send the 11 Christmas boxes referred to overseas to Nelson and district men, who would not otherwise\nhave bad any Christmas good things\nof their own. In this the club was a:\nMisted by a large donation from the A.\nMaedotialii company.\nQuito recently 71 pairs of socks were\npuri'biised and forwarded| to Nelson\nand district men attached to A company of the 54th battalion and more\nactivities of a patriotic nature are being planned for the future.\nNEW ZEALAND'S PREMIER    \u2022\nHONORED  BY   UNIVERSITY\nEDINBURGH, Scotland\u2014The Rlu'hl\nHonorable W. F. Mussey, prime minister of New 'Zealand, was recently\nawarded the honorable degree of LL.\nD. by the University of Edinburgh.\nPrincipal Sir Alfred Ewlng. vice-chancellor, conferred the degree, and Mr.\nMassey, in thanking tbe authorities for\ntbe honor done bltu. said that within\na few weeks very Important changes\nbad taken place in the war outlook\nfrom the point of view of the allies,\nand he wus glad tu be able to say that\ntiny bad much more reason to be op-\nttmlfltlo than they bad seven or elirhi\nweeks ngo. Referring to the grent war\nloan meeting held at thr Guildhall Mr.\nMassey said be bad ind the slightest\nheal tat Ion in saying thai all the money\nthat was wanted would bo willingly\nand eagerly found by the citizens of\nthe Umpire, [u munitions and ordinary equipment, he declared, they bad\nevery reason to believe that the supply was equal to the demand, but the\nstrongest reason lor \"carrying on'' was\nthat they were iu the right and Germany In the wrong. Germany began\nthe war, and Mr. Massey declared, we\nare going to finish It. adding that the\n\"spirit of British citizens today was\nthe spirit of the army and navy.\" As\ntbe principal citizen of New Zealand,\nMr. Massey said, he could tell them\nnothing was being loft undone to on-\nable that country to do her share.\nTurning to tbe question of the dominions conference to be held in London shortly, Mr. Massey said he would\nnow make tho prediction that tbe\ncoming conference would be mie of the\nmost important events in the history\nof tlie Empire and would practically\nopen a now era. The proposal, he\nsaid, bail been hailed with satisfaction\nby bis fellow illlzens In the overseas\ndominions, and It would turn out for\nthe benefit of tlie whole Empire. The\nconference was only the forerunner of\nwhat would happen later, and would\nlead to the reorganization of the Empire and of the United Kingdom so fat-\nas its parliamentary methods were\nconcerned. In time it would lead to a\ntruly imperial parliament. The men\nwho would represent, tbe overseas do-\nminions would be simply average Intelligent British citizens who had been\nexperienced in past years In administration and In legislation and whoso\nopinion would bo worth having, not\nonly during the present crisis, but In\nthe years to come, One thing they\nought, never to lose sight of, he added,\nwas the unity of tbe Empire,\nMr. Massey then went on to speak\nof postwur trade, and In conclusion\nsaid that if tho people of Britain wero\ngoing to hold their own In Industrial\nmatters they would have lo sernp their\nobsolete machinery and methods which\nhad been proved to be obsolete and replace them with something much better. The matter he said was In the\nhands of tho British 'people themselves.\nHe hoped and believed that Britain\nwould get back all that trade which he\nbellevod Wan.only temporarily lost, arid\nthat she* would again he able to plyo\nthe world a lead. *\nSpecial Notice to Nail Order Customers\nA COMPLAINT HAS BEEN MADE THAT ALL. SPECIALS ADVERTISED AltE SNAPPED UP BY\nTHE NELSON PUBLIC AS SOON AS THE ADVERTISEMENT APPEARS IN THE MORNING\nPAPERS. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO US THAT ONE DAY OCCASIONALLY SHOULD BE\nSET APART WHERE ALL GOODS ADVERTISED AT SPECIAL PRICES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE\nONLY POR MAIL ORDERS.\nWE GLADLY ACCEDE TO SUCH A REQUEST AND FOR THIS DAY ONLY WILL ACCEPT MAIL\nORDERS FROM OUT-OF-TOWN CUSTOMERS VOR THESE GOODS. NATURALLY WE WANT TO\nMAKE THIS ATTRACTIVE AND HAVE GIVEN SOME VERY SPECIAL PRICES. WE WILL\nUNDERTAKE TO DELIVER EVERY GARMENT FREE OF ALL CHARGES TO YOUR NEAREST\nPOSTOFFICE AND REFUND THE MONEY IN FULL, PAYING POSTAGE BOTH WAYS, IF GOODS\nARE NOT SATISFACTORY.\nLADIES' BROWN VELVET FROCK\u2014 Sizo  Hi.\nSkirt   full   at   waist   line;    loose   belt;    trimmed\nbuttons;  high at neck or convertible OIO Q\u00a3\n   p ItlvJ-J\ncollar.    Special Price\nCREPE-DE-CHENE FROCK\u2014Color Black;\nwaist of Orange Georgette veiled with Black and\nWhile Ninon and trimmed Black Lace. 00 7K\nSize 38.   Worth $17.00.   Special Price... $QiltJ\nCREPE-DE-CHENE FROCK\u2014As above, only\nwith Blue Grey Ninon. Size 3B. Worth 00 7R\n$17.50.    Same Price     $0.1 l*\nAFTERNOON FROCK\u2014In Navy Taffeta,\ntrimmed Paisley Trimming; skirt has three\nflounces; waist with V-shape neck. Size 0Q ^|J\n3S.   Worth double.   Special Price   p3il 3\nONE ONLY, VELVET DRESS\u2014Color Copenhagen Blue; trimmed Black Silk and Velvet\nnations and Silk Cord at Waist Line; silk collar\nand cuffs. Size 16.\nSpecial   Price\t\nONE   ONLY,   VELVET  DRESS\u2014New   Purplo\nShade;   trimmed  Black  Silk.    Sizo 40.\nSpecial Price \t\nLADIES' NAVY SUIT\u2014Mude of excellent\nquality Serge, with new pleated back, side\npockets and serge covered buttons; lined heavy\nCrey Satin. Size 38. Skirt has the new\npleats.    Worth $20.50. 01Q7K\nIs a Tempting Offer at   pl3ll\u00bbl\n$9.50\n$9.50\nA LOVELY QUALITY SUIT\u2014In Brown Scotch\nTweed; although a mixture appears to be a Self\nBrown; coat Is plain tailor made and lined with\nsatin to harmonize. An excellent garment and\nwill give good serviceable wear. Size -010 RO\nIS.   Worth today $^9.5U.   Special Brice $ I UiiJU\nA GABMKNT FOR A STOUT FIGURE\u2014 Fine\nBlack Serge Suit; coat, trimmed Black Military\nBraid; full skirt. Size 10. Worth \u00a91Q Kf|\n?:'t;.r>u.    Special price   ylUiilU\nBLACK SILK TAFFETA FROCK\u2014Trimmed\nBleated Frills and White Luce; neat belt and\nsash.    One   size   3ti   and   one   size 38, CD Kfl\nSpecial Price\nS>\u00ab|\nAn excellent frock for a very little money.\nSend us $0J*0 and we will mail it to you and\nrefund money In full if not approved.\nTHIS IS THE PLUM OF THE BUNCH\nGREEN GABARDINE CLOTH SUIT\u2014Coat Is\ntlie long shaped effect; pleated back; trimmed\nvelvet, collar, buttons In new square effect; skirt\nfull, with yoke. This was a traveler's sample and\nwe bad It at less than half price. Size C1Q 7R\n38.   Worth $17.50.   Special Price  ^IvilU\nTo the first mail order customer sending us\n$11).75 we will mall it free of all charges anywhere and refund money In full If not approved.\nWe know this to be an excellent snap and with\npleasure draw your attention, as it Is made and\nfinished In the very best style, us ull samples are.\nBLACK   SILK   COAT   FOR   A   MATRON\nBLACK    SILK   CORD   COAT\u2014Empire   style;\npleated at back.    Size 3S.   .lust  fit for Immediate\nwear.   Another sample.   Worth double. 010 Cfl\n    $l\u00a3.i\u00abJU\nSpecial   Price\nGOVERNMENT SETS UP THE\nDEFENSE OF BENGAL'S POLICY\nCALCUTTA, India\u2014Lord Carmlchael, governor of Bengal, whose term\nof office Is rapidly drawing to a close,\nheld a farewell durbar at Government\nhouse, Calcutta, and after bestowing\na number of honors and decorations\nupon various people who bad been singled out for these distinctions, addressed the durbaris upon the political situation in tbe province.\n\"The wnr.\" said bis excellency, \"hns\ntaught us to realize more clearly than\nwe ever did before that if the Hritlsh\nEmpire Is to go on being the greatest\npower in the world for good, every\npart of that Empire\u2014India no less\nthan any other\u2014must, toe allowed, nnd\nif need be, helped, to develop to the\nfull nil that Us people feel themselves\ncapable of doing for the mutual welfare of the whole 1 believe that.\nwe have a right to expect that when\nthe war does end an advance will be\nmade In the direction which ihosc with\nwhom tbe ultimate control rests think\nthat of progress.\nThe governor then proceeded l<> explain and defend his administration\nunder the defense of India act at great\nlength. The act. he pointed ont, although duo to the wnr, and though\npassed mainly to meet evils arising\nout of the war, was also passed In\norder to deal with a danger to society\nwhich existed in Bengal long before\nthe war was even though! of by most\npeople, \"aud whicli mny,\" be added\n\"Inst and even become worse after the\nwnr Is ended.\" Me nnd his colleagues\nbelieved that there was in Bengal a\nwidespread, well organized conspiracy,\nwhose aim was to weaken tbe present\nform of government, and. If possible,\ntu overthrow it by means which were\ncriminal.\nLord Carmlchael wont on to divide\ntho conspirators into three great,\ngroups. Tlie first group consisted ol\nthose who planned  the crimes.   \t\nThe second group, his excellency\ncontinued, furnishes the bands of the\nconspiracy\u2014those Who actually carry\nout the terrorist program.   It is not nl\nways easy to say what their motives\narc. Originally, perhaps, they were\nactuated by what seemed to themselves and their associates high ideals.\nThe third group consists of quite\nyoung men and hoys, connected.\nthough some in a much less degree\nthan others, with the conspiracy. They\ngive or let out their bouses as resorts\nto those who are engaged in crime;\nthey help to arrange tot\" tbe defense\nof any members of the organization\nwho are prosecuted in the law courts.\nLord Carmichael proceeded to define\nhis policy with reference to these\ngangs, \"The defense of Indian act.\"\nhe said, \"alms at the prevention nf\ncrime rather than al its punishment)\naud as a preventive act, it bas been a\nsuccess, t confidently assert that it\nhas saved Bengal from much crime,\nand from much suffering which that\ncrime would assuredly have brought\nnn. 1 du not admit, I do not believe.\nthat wc have administered the act\nharshly; neither do 1 admit or believe\nthat wc have administered it weakly.\nI know that there are people who think\nthat we ought to have arrested or taken steps against n large number of\npersona at an early stage, we. could\nonly have done so blindly. We might\nby chance have got a few real criminals, but we should certainly have\nhurt a number of harmless ami even\ncompletely innocent people; and, what,\nperhaps, some of those who make the\naccusation nf weakness against im may\nthink worse, we should have done\nnothing against those who arc now,\nwo feel, a danger to tbe state, except\ntn give them a  warning, which  wntild\nhave helped them to elude us, while\nwe should have made many people feel\nthat we were unjust aud should have\nsecured for crime their sullen, though\nperhaps silent, sympathy. Knowledge\nslowly and gradually gained through\nthe defense nf India act bas given us\na sure foundation for our action, and\nwe havo a right to feel satisfied that\nWe did  not  act  hi a  hurry.\n\"our administration of tbe act may\nat times have to be modified,\" pursued\nbis excellency; \"it must be adapted\ntn circumstances as they arise.   As our\nJ. P. Morgan\nBuys for Cash Furniture, Stoves,\nOld Clothes, Boots, Rubbers, Brass,\nCopper.\nPHONE 47\nand ask us to call.\nknowledge becomes moro complete,\nand as we get more control over the\nmore dangerous of those with whom\nwe arc contending, we shall be able\nrightly tn refrain from using our full\nPowers against those who arc loss\ndangerous,\"\nlu conclusion, Lord Carmlchael reminded bis bearers that \"a government, though it may be powerful and\nsuccessful, can never, from the British point of view, be a good government unless it is trusted by tbe people, and 1 beg you tn think whether\nyou cannot use your influence not nn-\nly from preventing people from coming tn hasty conclusions, to whicli\nthey would not come if they had fuller knowledge, but also tn prepare the\nway for a fair and full consideration\nof the question which must in any\ncase come up after the war, and which\nI personally think cannot conic up too\nsoon\u2014the question of how tn alter a,\nstate of affairs under which so many\nof our most thoughtful and best-In-\ntentloncd young men nre ready to tolerate, sonic nf thom even to join, a\nconspiracy whicli. in the interests of\nBengal moro than nf any other part\nof the Empire, it is our duty to destroy.\"   .\nof i\na th\nculn\nl\nnlei Sherlock, brother nf the chief\ndie(. of Niagara-on-the-Lakn, hud\nrilling experience by being cirri* -1\ninto the Niagara river on an Ico\nwhich broko away from tho main\nwhen be was nut shooting ducks.\nlife-saving crew ul Fort Niagara\nched a boat and succeeded In res-\ng him, after ne was fnr a few\nthis dangerous position.\nCondensed \"Want\" Ads Order Form\nUse this blank on which to write out your condensed ad., one word in each space. Enclose money\norder or check and mail direct to The Daily News, Nolson, B. C.\nRate: One cent a word each insertion, six consecutive insertions charged as four. Each initial,\nfigure, dollar sign, etc., count as ono word.    No charge less than 25 cents.\nI\nPlease publish the above advertisement timei, for which I enclose %\u25a0\nName \t\nAddress\nIf desired, replies may be addressed  to  Bex  Numbers at The  Daily News Office.   If replies are to be\nmailed enolose 10c extra to oover cost of postage and  allow five words extra for  box  number.\n PAGEEIGHt '\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nTHURSDAY,   FEB.   15,   1917.\nJ\nUNEQUALLED FOR GENERAL USE\nW. P. TIERNEY, General Salts Agent\nNelson, B. C.\nCan supplied to all railway points.\nTRUSSES\nWhy suffer with your old\ntruss 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.\nMall Orders Filled Promptly.\nEastman Kodaks  and  Supplies,\nWlllard  Chocolates.\nTHE ARK\nThree only full   length   Kimonos,\nregular, $1.75  SI.00\nThree only Congoleum Rugs, 9x12;\neach  $12.25\nStair Carpet, good quality, per\nyard  85C\nBone Cutter,  second-hand, one of\nthe best makes  S6.50\nNew and  Second-hand   Furniture,\nCheapest In the City.\n8IGN 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, the 19th. Any customers\nhaving any optical work to be done,\nrepairs, glasses to be made up, or\naltered, eye examination, etc., please\ncome In at once.\nI will give my optical work special attention balance of this week.\nJ. 0. Patenaude\nSPECIALIST   IN   OPTICS.\nUSE   DAILY    NEWS   WANT   AD8\nRED CROSS\nDANCE\nSUCCESSFUL\nMany   Beautiful   and   Novel  Costumes\nat Fanoy Dress Carnival in\nEagle Hall.\nOne of the prettiest and most successful events of the winter was the\nfancy dress carnival dance in aid of\nthe local hranch of the Canadian Red\nCross society, organized and arranged\nby Mrs. Donald Guthrie and given last\nnight In Eagle hall; J86.76 was realized for the cause.\nExceptional ingenuity was displayed\nhy the guests in the matter of costumes, which ranged al! tho way from\na befurbeilowed graado dame of the\nLouis XIII period, to a shock-headed\ncountry boy, presumably on his first\nvisit to a great and wicked city. As\nusual with Mrs. Guthrlcs' dances, the\nhall partook of the spirit of the event\nIn the matter of decornlions and its\nprettily draped walls and softly shaded\nlights made a splendid setting for the\nWo repeat today the admirable program    of   yestorday.\nFifth Episode,\nThe Iron Claw\n\"THE   INTERVENTION   OF\nTITO.\"\nRed Feather Production\nTemptation and the Han\nYou  will   naturally  expect\ngreat things at\n\"SHELL 43\"\nYour expectations will   be\nrealized 100 per cent.\nmany  colored  costumes  that wove\nand out to the music of an excellent\norchestra.\nBefore supper was served the guests\nwere supplied with rolls of colored\nribbons, which tossed about the iblg\nroom, fell upon the dancers in multicolored spirals so that the guests moved about as if in the meshes of a gnyly\nwoven cobweb. Following the ribbon\nbombardment supper was served in the\nbalconies and adjoining halls, all the\nguests being seated and served at one\ntime. Tbe refreshments were donated\nby the Red Cross society and served by\n12 of its members, dressed as Red\nCross nurses.\nThe prize winners were: Miss Gladys\nFoote, for the best women's fancy\ndress, as Madame Pompadour; Miss L.\nQgilvle, the best women's comic costume, as a Leghorn chicken; Miss Stewart, the best original costume, us a\nFrench peasant; J. Morris, best men's\nfancy costume, as Boy Blue; Carl Larson, best men's comic, as a country\nboy, and H. E. Ferguson, best men's\noriginal costume, as a cavalier The\njudges were Mrs. Alex. Leith, Mrs. A.\nG. Nash, Mayor J. ]\u25a0;. Annable nnd\nJames  O'Shea.\nDr, John W. Ross, pastor of Calvary\nPresbyterian church, Buffalb, is un advocate of church advertising and Calvary church is tbe best advertised\nchurch in Buffalo. Newspaper, circular nnd street car advertising ure the\nmediums lie employs.\nCowan's Empire\nBreakfast Cocoa\n1-pound gluss jars 30c\nCOWAN'S     EAGLE     SWEET\nCHOCOLATE.\nH-pound cakes    20c\nTETLEY'S GOLDEN TIP TEA\n1-pound tins   (g5c\nCRANBERRIES\nPer pound  |5c\nJ.A.IRVING&Co.\nTHE GREAT SUPPLY HOUSE\nFlour\nPANTRY QUEEN\nBreakfast Food\nGRAIN\nAND FEED\nThe Macleod Flouring Mills, Ltd.\nPHONE   134\nP.O.   BOX  71\nu\nNelson News of the Day\nLIBERALS GET HARMONY BY\nPOSTPONING THE ISSUE\nWE   HAVE   JUST   RECEIVED   A   CARLOAD   OF\nPElMDRAY'S\nLime-Sulphur Spray\nSOLUTION\nAND    CAN    8UPPLY    IN    SMALL    QUANTITIES    OR    BY    THE\nGALLON,  CA8E  OR   BARREL\nLET   U8   8UPPLY   YOUR   WANTS\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co., Ltd.\nWHOLESALE   AND   RETAIL NELSON, B. C.\nmmssmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm\nLet   Question    of    Nominating   West\nKootenay Candidate Stand Over\nto Be Fought Out Later\nComplete harmony at the Liberal\nnominating convention for the \"West\nKootenay federal riding was secured\nyesterday by the expedient of postponing nominations until an Indefinite\ndate In the future.\nThe convention was therefore turned\nInto a meeting to organize a new\nLiberal association for \"West Kootenay\nNoble Blnns, police magistrate at\nTrail, was elected president.\nThe official reason given for post'\nponing nominations was that there\nhad been some constitutional irregularity in the calling of tho convention.\nSupporters of W. A. Anstie of Revel\nstdlte said last night that the reason\nwas that If the delegates present had\nvoted they would have nfimlnated a\ncandidate \"who wouldn't stand\nghost of a show.\" They contend that\nthe postponement, when one or two\narrangements have been made, will\nprobably give the nomination to Mr.\nAnstie,\nSomo supporters of W. B. Farris of\nRevelstoke gave the same reason as\nthe supporters of Mr. Anstie, but, of\ncourse, they didn't mean that Mr.\nFarris would have been nominated.\nOn the whole Mr, Farris' strength\nseemed to have been dissipated to\nsome extent by the arrival of delegates from Rossland, Trail and Kaslo\nyesterday morning, although he had\nsupporters among the new arrivals.\nThere were strong nntl-Anstle men\nwho asserted that Mr. Farris would\nbe the nominee when the next convention was cnlled. They did not\nseem to approve of tlie adjournment\nand Intimated that \"something had\nbeen put over.\"\nWinlaw Had Support\nThen there was Nelson Winlaw of\nNelson, who was favored by\" some of\nthe local Liberals. It was asserted\nthat he would have received 30 or\nmore ballots on the first vote and\nthat anything might have happened on\nthe second vote. Supporters of Mr.\nWinlaw appeared convinced that on a\nsecond vote neither the strong antl-\nAnstfe nor the strong antl-Farrls\ndelegates would have switched to the\nother Revelstoke mun. Some of the\nAnstie men and some of the Farris\nmen didn't hesitate to let It be known\nthat they would not support their\nopponent from that city for the nomination under nny circumstances.\nOne Anstie man asserted that a\n\"vociferous trickster\" had led Revelstoke Liberals away from the path In\nwhich they had set thoir feet two\nyears ago when they endorsed Mr.\nAnstie.\nAnd the Farris mon, ns a general\nrule, were equally strong for Mr.\nFarris, although there were one or\ntwo who last night seemed to think\nthat Mr. Anstie might get tho nomination after all.\nSituation Pretty Welt Confused\nBut the situation was pretty confused. There was, for example, the\nquestion of an entirely new candidate.\nJ. S. Deschamps of Rosslnnd was\npopular with the delegates and J.\nFred Hume of Nelson had support, but\nIt appeared to bo the general opinion\nthat neither would accept a nomination If It were offered.\nAmong the reasons advanced by\ndelegates for postponing the convention wus that there was no election In\nsight and thnt it was inadvisable to\nput a candidate in tho field too early.\nOne delegate asserted after the convention that he did not believe that\nSir Wilfrid Laurier would force a\nwartime election. But In that opinion\nhe seemed to be in a minority.\nSummed up, tbe situation after the\nconvention appeared to bo In the\nmelting pot. The delegates came to\nNelson to nominate a candtdato and\nInstead of that the convention was\nswung into a meeting to organize 11\nWest Kootenay Liberal association.\nAnd in the general uncertainty as to\nhow a vote would go, none of tho\ndelegates appears to have offered\nvery strong opposition to the plan.\nEven those who feared that \"something had been put over\" appeared\nwilling to go home and think tbe\nmatter over again, although there wero\nsome wiio talked of waste of money\nand time. These were consoled with\nthe argument that it was a good thing,\nanyway, for the West Kootenay Liberals to get together once In a while.\nThe actual meeting, which was not\nopen to the public, was declared by\nthe delegates to have been perfectly\nharmonious. With Mr. Blnns as president, the other officers wore: B. A.\nCrease of Nelson, vice-president; J. A,\n1\\ Caley of Rosslnnd, secretary; G. G.\nMcLaren of Nelson, treasurer.\nGive Official Story\nTlio official statement, which was\ngiven out after the meeting, Is as\nfollows:\n\"The Liberals of West Kootenay assembled In convention hero yesterday\nfor the purpose of reorganizing a district association for the new federal\nelectoral district of West Kootenay.\n\"About 135 delegates from various\npoints of tho constituency were present oither personally or by proxy.\n\"It wus by far,\" the statement says,\n\"the most enthusiastic and well attended convention over held In the district and augurs well for the prospects\nof  the   Liberal   cause.\n'About 3 p.m. the credentials com\nmittee, composed of W, I. Brlggs of\nRevelstoke, J. p. Vroom of Nelson, W.\nA. Clader of Edgewood, F. T. Abey of\nKaslo, L. F. Tyson of Trail and J. A.\nP. Coley of Rossland, completed Its\nwork and the convention got down to\nbusiness.\n\"Noble Blnns of Trail was elected\npermanent chairman of the convention\nand J. A. P. Caley of Rossland was\nelected secretary.\nThe New Officers.\n\"A committee was then elected to\ndraft a constitution for the new association, which, after some discussion\n'\u25a0by the convention as a body, was approved. The association then proceeded to elect officers and the following\nwore selected:\n\"Hon. president\u2014Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier.\n\"Hon. vice-president\u2014Hon. H. C.\nBrewster.\n\"President\u2014Noble Blnns, Trail.\n\"Vice-president\u2014E. A. Crease, Nelson.\n\"Secretary\u2014J. a. P. Caley, Rossland.\n\"Treasurer\u2014G. G. McLaren, Nelson.\n\"The president and secretary, together with three other members of\neach district association, will form the\nexecutive of the new association, Each\ndistrict association also has tho right\nto name a vice-president for this asso\nelation.\n\"Resolutions of confidence were\ntransmitted to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and\nHon. H. C. Brewster. The convention\nstood in silence for a minute and adjourned for five minutes out of respect\nto the memory of the late Hon. Ralph\nSmith and a resolution of condolence\nwas forwarded to Mrs. Smith and family expressing the deep sympathy the\nassociation felt toward them in their\nbereavement.\n'The association also telegraphed to\nVancouver to have n wreath placed on\nthe bier of the late minister of finance.\n\"The convention then adjourned to\nassemble again on the call of the new\nexecutive under the provisions of the\nnew constitution.\"\nThe Delegates.\nA list of those present was given\nout as follows:\nYmlr\u2014W. J. Turner.\nTrail\u2014W, G. Anderson, Noble Binns,\nL. P. Tyson, D. Macdonald, Patrick\nSmith, J. Murdoch, S. Goy, A. N. King,\nF. C. Cummlngs.\nAinsworth\u2014Thomas Lane, Joseph\nDcarin.\nNew Denver\u2014Colin J. Campbell.\nSandon\u2014S. Dennison, W. J. McDonald.\nKootenay river district \u2014 William\nRutherford, J. Marsden, J. Bannister,\nJ. Fred Hume,\nEdgewoqd\u2014W. A. Caldor.\nRevelstoke\u2014L. Masson, W. Bell, r.\nHowson, W. I. Biggs, H. C. Laughlln,\nR. J. Stewart, W. B. Farris, M. Fee,\nJ. Lee, S. Crowlc, A. Hobson, G. Matho-\nson, L. Patrick, .1. Jenkins, W. Tomlty-\nson.\nAlbert Canyon-^Fred. Forrest.\nClanwllliam\u2014P. Thlbedeau.\nArrowhead\u2014Harry Johnstone, H.\nFraser.\nRossland\u2014J. H. Freeney, J. A. P.\nCaley, Thomas Embleton, A. D. Christie, J. H. Honey, Frank Lemieux, J. S.\nDoschhmps, C. Fraser, George Dingwall, William Mulligan, Dan Thomas,\nA. Evans.\nCreston\u2014J. H. Doyle,\nErickson\u2014R. Lamont.\nSirdar\u2014J. Daly.\nLardo\u2014Harry Newcomon.\nHowscr\u2014H. Matthews.\nRiondel\u2014George  Llngard.\nKaslo\u2014F. T. Abey, A. Jardine.\nFerguson\u2014Alexander McRae, W. A.\nAnstie.\nCrawford Bay\u2014Roy McGregor.\nNelson\u2014William Richardson, John\nP. Vroom, 'Hector McKenzle, a. N.\nWinlaw, W. H. Jones, w. E. Coles, p.\nH. Dubar, N. G. McCallum, David\nLaughton, G. G. McLaren, William\nEbbs, J. R. Hunter, M. B. Scully, E.\nW. Wlddowson, A. G. Shaw, Carman\nMaglio, A. G. Carpenter, P. j. Gallagher, Edward Ferguson, W. 0. Wells,\nWilliam Cutler, W. J. Mohr.\nSocial and Personal\nJ. T. Price of Ymir is registered at\nthe  Strathcona,\nA. D. Christie of Rossland Is a\nguest at the Hume.\nB. Downcs of Trail arrived in the\ncity yesterday and Is at the Hume.\nMrs. J. R. Brandon of Lardo is visiting the city and Is nt the Queens.\nMrs. Crow of Slocan City is a guest\nat the Grand Central,\nAlex Smith of Kaslo will leave this\nmorning for Toronto, via the Crow's\nNest.\nNoble Binns of Trail reached tho city\nyesterduy and Is a guest at the Strathcona.\nT. Kllpatrlck of Revelstoko reached\nthe city yesterday and Is a guest at\nthe Strathcona.\nMurdoch McLean of New Denver\nreached the city last night from Spokane and is at the Hume. Ho will\nleave today for New Denver where he\nwill spend a vacation.\nJ. R. Barker of the city fire depart-\nCoal and Wood For Sale\n$10.00\nCARNEY LUMP COAL\u2014\nNo Clinkers.   Delivered, Por Ton\nC. W. C. STOVE COAL\u2014 *5C 7K\nJust the kind you need for kitchen range. Fer Ton spui I U\nDRY  WOOD,  12-inch, 16-inch and 4-foot\nKootenay Columbia'.Fuel Co.\nCHARLES  F.  MoHAROY,  AGENT\nPHONE   136\nGREEN   BLOCK\nA. S. Horswill\n&Co.\nHandplcked Spuds, sock S2.00\nNabob Coffee, per pound 45c\nNabob Tea, per pound 45c\nHorswlll's Special, 3 lbs. for.S1.00\nBlue Ribbon Tea, pound 45c\nMalkins'  Best Tea,  pound\u201450c\nKing Oscar Sardines  20c\n3 packages Corn Starch for...25c\nPrompt Attention to   Mail   Orders.\nTHE WATCH SHOP\nOUR  IDEAL\nLADIES' WRIST  WATCH\nIs the Daintiest Creation of Today.\nIt Is small, has a good dial and a\npretty little bow.    The bracelet part\nseparates from the watch.    We have\nthem In gold filled at 818.00\nIn solid gold at .$30.00 and S3S.0O\nAll in 15-Jewol movements.\nA. T. NOXOIN\nJEWELER AND WATCHMAKER.\nIn the Centre of Business.\nGloves Cleaned\nLIKE NEW.\nWHITE COATS OUR SPECIALTY\nButler Houston Co.\nDYERS, CLEANERS\nPhone 355 Box 832\nGreen Oat Hd]\nCAR JUST UNLOADED\u2014NICE AND\ni GREEN\nWe Also Have\nNO.  1  TIMOTHY  HAY\nALFALFA   HAY\nIRRIGATED   BLUEJOINT   HAY]\nand\nWHEAT  8TRAW\nThe Brackman Kef\nMilling Co., Limited\nH.ICFoot\nNEL80N, B. C.\nFor\nHigh Class Dyeing\nand Cleaning\nAgencies:  V  Papazian, 411 Ward\nStreet  Ross Fleming, Falrview.\nment, who has received leave of absence for overseas service will leave\nthis morning on the Kettle Valley for\nVancouver, where he will join the Canadian army service corps.\nM. S. Davys of Kaslo, who has been\nin the Kootenay Lake General hospital,\nsuffering from pneumonia, has so fnr\nrecovered as to be able to travel and\nwill leave Sunday for Pasadena, Cal.,\nby way of the Canadian Pacific railway.\nThe following members of the Nelson Red Cross society served refreshments at the Rod Cross carnival dance\nin Eagle hall Inst night: Mrs. R. M.\nBird, Mrs. Redpath, Mrs. Georgo Hunter. Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. F, P. Armstrong,\nMrs. R. L. McBrlde, Mrs. W. E. Wesson, Mrs. J. H. Lawrence, Mrs. Gordon\nLambert, Mrs. W. B. Steed, Miss Hayden and Miss Helen names,\nTho wedding was quietly celebrated\nyesterday of Andrew Johnson of Johnson Bros., ranchers, Rock Creek, and\nMiss Gertrude Annie Rayment, daughter ol' Nathaniel Rayment, of Leamington, Warwickshire, England. The ceremony took place at the residence of\nMrs. Ellen Carlisle, Falrview, at 4\no'clock, in tho presence of a few inti-\nmato friends. Rev. W. P. Freeman officiated. Mr. nnd Mrs. Johnson will\nmake their homo at Rock Creek.\nThe following officers were yesterday elected by the Nelson chapter of\ntlie Imperial Order Daughters of the\nEmpire: Mrs. N. M. Cummins, honorary regent; Mrs. A. L. McCulloch, regent; Mrs. Robb Sutherland, first vice;\nMrs. Alex Leith, second vice; Mrs. W.\n0, Rose, secretary; Mrs. R. Thompson,\ntreasurer; Mrs. F. B. Hawthorne, Echo\nsecretary and Miss Mary Waldle, standard bearer. The members of the council nre: Mrs. William Waldle, Mrs. E.\nA. Crease. Mrs. William Seaman, Mrs.\nThomas Gtbson and Miss Cameron.\nThe Good Cheer club of St. Paul's\nPresbyterian church last night raised\n$14.50 by means of a St. Valentine's\nparty in the lecture room of tho church.\nSeveral Ingenious games originated by\nthe members of the club were ployed\nand a splendid musical program provided. Thoso contributing to the concert wore: Tho members of the church\norchestra, under the leadership of J.\nLaughton, Miss Margaret Arthur, Miss\nEileen Mackenzie. Miss Bcrnice liob-\nertson, Miss Lorna Rees, Miss Katie\nMclnnls, Miss Gladys Worth, Miss M.\nSimmons, Miss Will, Miss McCluro und\nMiss Marion Waldle. Candy was sold\nby Miss Marjory Ingram and Miss\nBertha Covington. The entertainment\ncommittee consisted of Miss Bcrnice\nRobertson and Miss Hazel l,aur[e\nwhile the refreshments were in charge\nof Miss Charlotte Notman. Miss Joan\nMcVicar and Miss Helen McCaslan.\n\"MORNING WATCH\"\nSUBJECT OF TALK\nValue of Communion with God in Early\nHours Pointed Out by Rev. W.\nW. Abbott.\nMore than 60 boys and about lo men\nattended the supper preceding the\nregular weekly meeting of the Canadian standard of efficiency tests\nclasses In the Y.M.C.A. building lust\nevening.\nThe gathering wus addressed by Rev.\nW. W. Abbott on the subject of \"The\nMorning Watch.\" The morning watch,\nit was explained, reforred to a period\nspent before the labors of the duy began, In Bible reading and in prayer.\nMr. Abbott Impressed upon the boys\nthe need of beginning the day hy appealing for divine help to accomplish\nthe tasks beforo them, with thoroughness and In such a manner that they\nwould earn divine approval and at\nnight find themselves further upon the\nupward path.\nThe value of the morning watch, he\nsaid, was In the fact that it enabled\ntho observer of It to begin right, to\nget Into touch and harmony with God\nbefore tho mnny duties, pleasures anil\nvexations of life begnn to crowd In\nand upset the freHliness of tlio new-\nday. Mr. Abbott pointed to several\nmen who ranked high in tlie affairs of\nnations all of whom he sold hnd\nthrough lift: been faithful observers of\ntho morning watch rind v6Uo<l upon\nthat period tor thur Inspiration for the\n(lay.   Among those   mentioned    wen*\nIs It a Bluff?\nLet's hope not, may the springlike\nweather continue. Are you longing\nfor greens? Joy has Cabbage, Celery, Lettuco and Carnations, Fresh\nEggs and Home Cured Bacon and\nHams.\nJoy Bros.' Store\n415 Ward Street near tho Postoffioe\nDrug Store\nSelling Out\nZnmbuk, Gin Pills, Fruita-\ntives  38c\nTalcum   20c\n3 for  50c\n7 for  S1.00\nCastoria, Cuticura Soap  28c\nTooth Paste or Powder, any\nmake  20c\nCarbolic Salve 15c\n2 for  25C\nR, D. Corn Cure, liquid 15c\nPeroxide, 4-oz 20c\n8 oz 35c\nListerinc    20c.   40C.   80c\nVaseline, 1-pound bottle 25c\nBlue Seal Vaseline, 5-oz. bot..*|5c\n2-oz bottles, 4 for 25c\nCnrbolated Vaseline  10c\nRussian Oil, liquid parrnfine, pure,\npint 75c\nWild Cherry or Whito Pine Cough\nCure  20c and 40c\nWitch    Hazel    Cream,    Carnation\nCream, R. D. Cold Cream\u201420c\nPackets     Salts,     Sulphur,   Borax,\nAlum, Boracic Acid. 2 for.... 15c\nCod Liver Oil Emulsion, large.80c\nScott's Emulsion. 50c and SI.00\nPlot Water Bottles, guaranteed,\n2-quart  SI.40\n3-quart $1.75\nGARDEN SEEDS\u201420 PER CENT\nOFF.\nMAIL   ORDERS    FILLED\nPROMPTLY.\nRutherford Drug Co.\nNELSON, B. C\n|iro\nThe   world's   greatest   theatres\nshow the pictures we shew.\nTONIGHT ONLY\nThe wonderful, hand-colored\nPathe Play,\nUll *L~ A__*\n(Four Parts.)\nA play you want to see twiee.\n\"SIBERIA,    THE    VAST\nUNKNOWN\"\nA remarkable scenic.\n\"THE  CURSE   OF  THE\nFORE8T\"    .\nShowing the work of forest fir...\nPATHE NEWS.\nTomorrow\u2014Maurice and Florence Walton in \"The Quest of\nLife.\"\nSaturday \u2014 \"The Romantio\nJourney.\" Th. biggest thrill.r\nin years.\nA   UNIQUE   SCREEN   EVENT\nThe STARLAND\nTOMORROW AFTERNOON\nAND   EVENING\nThe photoplay debut of the internationally celebrated dancer.,\nMAURICE    AND    FLORENCE\nWALTON\nIn a fascinating photoplay,\n\"The Quest of Life\"\n(Famous Players)\nIllustrating   the   Apache   Dance\nand many others.\nDavid    Lloyd   George,  the late  Eo\nKitchener, Gen. Sir .John French and\nthe luto William Ewnrt Gladstone.\nFollowing Mr. Abbott's talk the boys\nmet with thoir mentors, concluding\nwith half an hour on the gym floor and\na, plunge in the swimming tank.\nNEW8 PRINT MEN\nCONFER WITH   BOARD\nSubjects Discussed Thought Connected\nwith Move to Bring Indictments\nAgainst Manufacturers.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nWASHINGTON1, Feb. 13.\u2014News\nprint paper manufacturers enme here\nunannounced today to confer with the\nfederal trade commission concerning\nthe government investigation of their\nindustries. Conferences will continuo\ntomorrow. Neither the manufacturers\nnor officials would hint what was under discussion, but there was a strong\nIndication that the subjects considered\nbear close relation to the activities of\na federal grand jury in New York,\nwhich haa been asked by the department of Justice to bring indictmonta\nagainst the manufacturers, charging\nvlolntlon of tho nntl-lrust laws. Until\nevidence gathered by the trade commission that would Indicate trade restraint hus been turned over to the\njustice department, no action will the\ntaken.\nTho trade commission, in its investigation of the news print situation, has\ndirected Its efforts largely toward\nbringing manufacturers and newspaper\npublishers together in an arrangemont\nthat would give oil publishers enough\npaper at prices less prohibitive than\nnow obtains. Any agreement ho worked out would have to be of an unofficial chnracter as the trade commission\nhas no price-fixing powers.\nNowhere Is  Competition\nMore Keen\nAAnd the accuracy of a watch more*\nappreciated than at the horse race;\nThe watch, like the horse, must be\ntoned to the highest pitch. Fine\nwatch work Is our specialty. See\nus about It.\nA. D. Papazian\nWatchmaker, Jeweler and Graduate\nOptician.\nBaker Street Madden Bleck\nWANTED FOR CA8H.\nTop prices received from the Tr\u00ab|\nhide dealer.  Correspondence sollclte\nGreen, salt cured, sound Cow an\nSteer Hides, 16c lb., Green, salt curt\nsound Bulls and Stags, 10c lb. Gree\nsalt cured sound Calf Skins, 20c 1\nUnsatted cured skins and hides, 3c\nAo less than salt cured. Culls, ,htd<\nand ekins, \\i less than sound hide\nDry Cow and Steer Hides, sound, 2(\nto 25o Ib. Dry Calf Skins, sound,\nAlso wool and pelts wanted. Buy o\ncopper, brass, old rubber boots an\nshoes free of leather and nail\nTho above prices are subject to Chan;\naccording to tho market and promi\nshippers get the best satisfaction.\nA. BERNHEIM, TRAIL.\nUPPER PORTION OF TORONTO\nCAFE GUTEO BY FIR\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, Feb. 14.\u2014Approximate!\n$1\u00bb,000 damage was caused by a fir\nwhich completely gutted tho two m\nper floors of Bingham's New pah\nGarden and tea room at 146 Long\nstreet today.\nLEGISLATURE  OPENING\nPOSTPONED ONE WEEK\nPostponement for one week of\nthe opening of the provincial legis-\nture at Victoria was announced In\na telegram reeelved last night by\nDr. W. O. Rose, M. P. P., from the\ngovernment at Victoria. The legislature's opening had been set for\nFeb. 22,\nSpring\nSuits\nNew Styles\nNew Effects\nNew Patterns\nIn a day or two wo will have the\nnow Spring styles ready to ahow>\nyou. They will be worth seeing.\nSo please accept our Invitation\nto spend a little of your time\nlooking over the smart creations\nof tho Fit-Reform designer.\nEmory&Walley\n","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. 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