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The\nmatter was brought up by former Premier Asqu.th today,, who asked If the\nhouse might expect a statement from\nthe premier tomorrow on the communication which had appeared in tho press\nregarding changes In the geneial staff\nand whether there would be full opportunity of discussion.\nMr Bonar Law replied in the afflrm-\niltlve. He sa.d that the premier was\nsuffering from a severe chill, but had\nsent him a telephone message that he\nhoped-'-.to be in the house of commons,\ntomorrow,,-   .   *\n. Answering another question, Bonar\nLaw -announced that General Robertson had accepted the eastern command.\n\u25a0 James Myles Hogge interjected:\n\"Why not the Boy Scouts?\"\nThis had reference to the Inferiority\nof the eastern command to other commands which General Robertson had\nheld.\nMr. Bonar Law refused to say\nwhether General Robertson had resigned or was dismissed; nor would ho\nsay whether Field Marshal Haig and\nGeneral Robertson had approved the\nfindings of the Versailles conference,\nexplaining that he did not wish to anticipate the premier's speech.\nMr. Bonar Law added that if there\nwas any desire thut there should be\nun opportunity for a vote, the government would he willing to meet the\nwishes of the house.\nThis was interpreted as an expression of the readiness of the government, to meet a vote of censure, but\nin view Qf General Robertson's acceptance of another post, the prevailing opinion, was.that no serious situation would arise after the premier's\nstatement.'\nLondon Paper Attacks Government\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014The Dally News\ndeclares the retirement of Gen. Robertson is \"a final and complete example of thp methods tne administration Premier Lloyd George has practised since lie first took office.\n\"If they are accepted by parliament\nih this final form,\" the newspaper\nsays, \"then a revolution has been effected in this country. The method\nis: The premier and hla assistants determined upon a certain enterprise.\nParliament knows, nothing about it.\nThe same secrecy which attends its\nconception is observed throughout its\nexecution. Wherever possible the\nvictims are removed without notice.\nAll is done by kindness. Then, at the\naccepted time, the mine is sprung and\nparliament ?h presented with a fait\naccompli.\n. (Continued on Page Two.)\n*****************\n* TURKS AND BULGARS *\n* FOR WESTERN FRONT *\n* |          \u2666\n* (By Da'ty News Leased Wire)    \u2666\n* AMSTERDAM,   Feb.    18.\u2014The \u2666\n* Nleuew   Rotterdameche   Cournnt *\n* reports   from   the   frontier   that \u2666\n* 80,000 Turks and Bulgarians are *\n* understood to have   arrived   at +\n* Verlere, Belgium, 14 miles east of +\n* Liege. *\n*****************\nIN AMERICAN SECTOR\nDrop Many Bombs But Do Little Damage\u2014Cook Tent Hit and Six\nMen Wounded*\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nWITH THEJ AMERICAN ARMY IN\nFRANCE, Feb. 18.\u2014By the Associated\nPress.\u2014There has been considerable\nIncreaso ln aerial activity In the American sector since last night. Enemy\nairplanes again flew over the town\nwhere a few days ago an Amerioan\nfield hospital was located and dropped\nbombs, but without damage. One hostile machine was destroyed by an aviator.\nThe activity of the American antiaircraft gunners, machine gunners and\nbattery operators kept the enemy machines from flying low enough to do\nmuch damage. One attempted to fly\nlow but was hotly engaged and driven\noff. Another was chased down after\nit had been hit by nnti-aircraft fire,\nAll day hostile planes were over the\nAmerican position. The artillery action also was lively and a numhor of\ncasualties are reported. One shell fell\non a cook tent and wounded six men,\nThree men In the trpnehes were\nwounded by shrapnel. Including a second lieutenant. Several others were\nInjured when a town was shelled.\nOLIVER'S THREAT\nGIVENAlllNIll\nChairman of C. N. R. Arbitration Board\nRefers Counsel to Report in Vancouver Paper,\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nTORONTO, O.it., Feb. 18.\u2014Sir William Meredith at today's sitting of the\nCanadian Northern railway arbitration\nboard called the attention of F. H.\nPhippen, counsel for the Canadian\nNorthern, to an article in the Vancouver Daily Sun of Feb. 7 In which Hon.\nJohn Oliver, minister of railways, was\nquoted as threatening to li.s;itute an\naction against the Canadian Northern\nrailway for alleged overpayments by\ntho British Columbia government of\n$1,091,955.36 to the Canadian Northern railway. The minister is also\nquoted as declaring that he wa.ts an\naccredited official of the Canadian\nNorthern railway to discuss the matter\nwith him or he will go to the courts.\nSir Will.am Meredith stated that he\nhad received a garnishee order f*om\nthe supreme court of Edmonton implicating the Canadian Northern railway. The order Is for 11,015.11 and\nhas been taken out against James\nO'Connor and company, subscontractors of the Canadian Northern railway. Last June Mr. Justice Walsh\ncrave Judgment for the amount against\nthe contractors.\nNathaniel Duke, assistant freight\nmanager of the Delaware & Lackawanna railway, who is associated as\ntraffic expert in preparation of the\nLoomls-Fatten commission, analyzed\nthe grain, Implement, coal, fruit und\ngeneral merchandise movements of the\nCanadian Northern railway. , In many\nwas short hauled by other roads with\ncases the Canadian Northern railway\nroads with regard to traffic coming\nfrom the United States, he said.\nIll SHIPYARD\nSTRIKE IS ENDED\nIntervention of  President  Results in\nDeclaration That Men Will        i\nResume Today\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nWASHINGTON, Feb. 18.\u2014\nPresident Wilson's intervention\nhas terminated the eastern shipyards sti ike. Reports tonight to\nthe shipping board from union\nheadquarters in all districts in\nwhich carpenters are out, said\nthat the _t.*ikera would be back at\nwork by noon tomorrow.\nWilliam Blackman, director o.\nlabor for the Emergency Fleet\ncorporation, Issued a statement tonight declaring that shipyard\nstrikes threaten the lite of organized labor ln that a further shortage of ships will force the dosing\nof plants producing war munitions.\n\"This war can be won through\nthe construction this year of\n9,000,COO tons of shipping by the\nUnited States and the allies,\" the\nstatement said. \"This amount will\nnot only overcome the submarines,\nbut also will leave a margin\nnecessaiy to transport and care\nfor l.&OO.COo American troops overseas.\n\"There Is but one thing ahead\n\u2014a forced slowing down in\nAmerican factories until the ships\nare built. Not on'y are port docks\nnow Jammed with supplies for\noverseas, but there are also in\nAtlantic coast terminals alone\nmore than 30,000 cars loaded with\nHupplles for Europe. No greater\nsurplus of supplies can possibly be\npermitted to accumulate even\nthough the eat'mated amount of\nwar supplies needed this year for\noverseas shipment will total\n8,500,000 tons.\"\nGERMAN ATTACK\nON Fjp FAILS\nEnemy   Gains  Footing   But   is   Soon*\nSwept Back\u2014Huns More-Active\nin American Sector\n(By Associated Press.)\nOn tho battle front In France and\nFlanders the operations continue of a\nminor character, except for artillery\nduels on Isolated sectors and here and\nthere raids of more than the usual\nviolence. The on.y attack of importance along the entire front has been\nin Champagne, on the sector where\nthe French, aided by American gunners, bombarded German posts last-\nSaturday. At this point, which is\nsituated southwest of the Butte de\nMcsneil, the Germans, after heavy\nartillery preparation, attacked and\ngained a footing in French trenches.\nLater, however, thoy were ejected,\nand in addition the trench took pris-\noneis. On the American sector near\nSt. Mihiel tho Germans have increased\ntheir aerial reconnaissances and bomb\ndropping expeditions.\nAn enemy airman has been driven\ndown damaged by an American aviator.\nFrench Drive Foe Back,\n(By Dauy Nows Leased Wire.)\nPARIS, Feb. 18.\u2014The official communication from the war office tonight says:\n\"Both artilleries were active In the\nregion of the Miette river. In the\nChampagne, in the course of the afternoon, the Germans made another\nattack southwest of the Butte du Mes-\nneil. Our fire checked the enemy, who\nwas not able to reach our tines.\n\"The attack launched this morning\nIn the same region was carried out by\nthree German battalions led by shock\nbattalions. The enemy was everywhere\ndriven back and suffered heavy losses,\nleaving 20 prisoners, Including one officer, in our hands.\n(Continued on Page Two.)\nTREATMENT OF VETERANS\n~~~ON SHIPS TO BE PROBED\nLi.ut.-Col. Hulme of Vancouver Will\nConduct' Court of Inquiry Into\nComplaints.\n(By Dally, News -eased Wire.)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 18.\u2014The department\nof militia and defense, ln a statement\ngiven out this evening, announces the\nappointment of a court of inquiry under Lleut,-ppl.. Rulme of Vancouver,\nto Investigate complaints made by returned soldiers as. to treatment received by them on shipboard. The statement, which also deals with other com;\nDlalnts, is as follows:\n\"Notice has been taken of certain\n-omplalnts which have recently ap-\nneared In the press respecting the difficulty ln obtaining a list of soldiers\nwho disembarked from a certain transport. The department regrets that\ncircumstances arose in this Instance\nwhich made It impossible to obtain\nthese names for publication. It is der\n.In***\", *\u00bbow.eyer. fe, notify tha nubHo\ntli_t suck a.sliUat,lpn'\"ls'fipt. llljely. to\n\u00bbjlae In the future, as arrangements\n(*t\u00bb bfW -m-phrttA iw4\u00ab .whisk .<*\u00bb\nnames and addresses of all soldiers re\nturning to Canada will be cummiinl\ncaled oy wire to head .uarters or mill\ntary .districts, no matter at what port\ndisembarkation takes place. The names\nso communicated Will be available, not\nonly for friends and relatives out for\nthe press and all patriotic societies desiring them.\n\"With regard to the general system\nof conducting, troops from overseas at.\npresent ln lorce certain faults became\napparent to the department a considerable time ago anil before attention\nwas directed by the newspapers to\nthese. The matter was taken In hand\nwith a view to a completo reorganisation and a staff officer, fully conversant with t**e matter was despatched\nto England in order that discussion\nmight be had with the overseas authorities and complete coordination of\nefforts brought about. It is intended\nto put into operation a carefully considered soheme, under which permanent conducting staffs will* be assigned to vurious vessels; which will en-\n.;*-.:,..(owui*ttta m-M|\u00ab-'\u201e'~s>t\nP.M. WASHES RANDS\nOF IHE WHOLE AFFAIR\nOliver Informed Company Is Absolutely Abandoning Road\u2014Action It\nto Force Issue.\nVICTORIA, Feb. 18.\u2014Hon. John Oliver, minister of railways, makes the\nannouncement this morning that so far\nas hts information goes, the Pacific\nGreat Eastern Railway company has\nwashed its hands entirely of the whole\nsituation whioh has surrounded its affairs for some time past. Immediately\non receipt of the wire from Manager\nSperry on Saturday afternoon to the\neffect that he had been given instructions to close the- line and discharge\nthe employees, the minister arranged\nwith Chief Engineer Proctor to go to\nVancouver and' get Into touch with the\ncircumstances. As the outcome ot a\nconsultation with Mr. Sperry, the chief\nengineer returned with the Information\nthat the company' \"ls through\" and\nthat tt was absolutely abandoning the\nroad.   -    -\nWhile no official notification of this\nnew -situation has reached Mr. Oliver,\nthere appears to be no doubt that what\nwas supposed to be a more or less temporary order Is now a definite decision\nto force an Issue. The minister was\nnot In a position to. say. what, course\nhis department would take slnco It now\nresolves itself Into a matte; for lefal\ngotten, ________\nBeaten Back from the City\nLast _\\ight\n27 KIIIEdI 11\nPREVIOUS AITAd\nRomb Hits Hotel, Killing\nEight Persons Standing\nClose By\n(By Dally News Leased *Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014Hostile airplanes are attempt'ng a raid against\nLondon tonight, making the third raid\nin us many nights. No damage or\ncasualties are as yet reported.\nAn official statement, issued at\nm'dnight, says:\n\"Hostile aircraft crossed the coast\nshortly after 9 o'clock tonight and\nproceeded toward London. None of\nthe raiders penetrated the defenses,\nand so far there has been no damage\nand no casualties.\"\n27 Killed,. 41  Injured\nLONDON, Feb. 14.\u2014Eleven persons\nwere killed and four Injured In the\naerial raid on London on Saturday, It\nls announced officially.\nTho casualties In Sunday night's air\nraid were 1-3 killed and 37 injured.\nOne of the German airplanes fell Into\nthe sea when on Saturday night Lon\ndon was raided.\nSix or seven airplanes took part in\nthe raid on Sunday night. The first\nflew over Londc.^-dropntng homhs In\nvarious districts. All the others were\nturned  back.\nLondon's defenses again were tested\nSunday night, when German raiders\nbroke through the coast defenses. The\nGermans evidently made persistent efforts for some time to reach the capital, jtidglnjr from the prolonged heavy\nbarrage which rose and fe'l, first on\none side of the olty and then on the\nother.\nSoon after sundown the growing hrl!\nllancy of the moon saw few outdoors.\nexcent those engaged In their ordinary\nbusiness.\nThe text of the official statement\nsays:\n\"The casualties caused by last\nnight's air raid were:\n\"Killed: Men, 13; women, 3; total.\n16.\n\"Injured: Men, 27; women, 10; total,\n37.\"\nBomb Hits Hotel\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014One of the\nbombs dropped on London last night\nhit a hotel, killing six or eight persons were were in a street nearby\nwatching the progress of the raid.\nNo one In the hotel received worse\nInjuries than a few scratches. Threo\nservants, who wont outside a few\nmoments before, were kilted, as were\npersons standing on the sidewalk,\nwho were struck by the wrecknge.\nA taxlcab. fiom which two \"fares\"\nhad just alighted, and the driver ol\nwhich had crossed the street to a refreshment stand, wa? smashed to\natoms.\n*****************\n* BRITAIN HA3 ARMY *\n* OF 5,000,000 MEN *\n* ,  *\nh    <By Daily News Leased Wire)    *\n* LONDON,   Feb.   18.\u2014Estimates *\n<A for the army to be submitted by +\n* the  secretary of state  for war +\n* provide for 5,000,001) men. *\n**************\n, * *i\nFrenzied Mother Trtei to Commit Suicide but Has Fighting Chance of\nRecovery.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire,)\nVANCOUVER, B.C., Feb. 18.\u2014After\nshooting her 13-year-uld daughter\ndead with a heavy calibre revolver,\nMrs. Charles G. Mills, 126*3,Robson\nstreet, turned the gun toward heiself\nand sent a bullet through her body\nbelow the heart. Another bullet inflicted a wound on her forehead. Tho\ntragedy occurred shortly after 2 o'clock\nthis afternoon.\nAt tho General hospital, whero the\nwounded mother was taken, she declared tn hysterical sentences that sho\nhad been driven to desperation by\nworry. She has a fighting chance for\nrecovery.\nMrs. Mills la about 45 years of age.\nHer husband was forperly. a partner\nIn a drug store here, but for the last\ntwo or threo years has lived in Portland, though he supported hie family\nhere.\nMrs. MIUb had impressed herself as\n\"peculiar'' among thoiiq with whom\nshe came In contact ln the neighbor.\n[im*\\  ..    .-*\u2022\u25a0*\nOBJECT OE OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED\n*****************\n* LEADcR OF COSSACKS, *\n* KALEDINES,  SUICIDES *\n*\u25a0   *\n* (By Daily News Leased Wire.)   *\n* PETROGRAD,     Feb.     8.\u2014Ac- \u2666\nIf cording to a report here, General *\n* Kaledines, hetman  of   the   Don +\n*-. Cossacks, has committed suicide. *\n* =  *\nI-     A   Washington    despatch    on *\n* Feb. 16, said that the American *\n* consul at Tiflis had  transmitted *\n* an unconfirmed report that Gen. +\n* Kaledines   had   dropped   out   of *\n* sight and was said to be dead.      *\n*****************\nITALIANS EACE FOE\nALL ALONG THE LINE\nArtillery Shells Troops on the March-\nPatrol Detachments Carry Out\nSuccessful Raids.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nROME, Feb. 18.\u2014The Italian trcops\nare showing much activity and are facing the enemy all along the line. There\nhas been also considerable artillery\nfighting, according to the report today.\nThe text of the statement reads:\n\"Between the Poslna and Astfco our\npatrols have displayed remaikable ac\ntlvity and our small calibre batteries\nhave harrasscd the enemy with frequent bursts of fire.\n\"On the Asiago plateau our artillery\nshelled enemy troops marching along\nGalmarora valley and made concentrations of fire on the sector of Val Fren-\nzela and Val Brenta. The enemy' repeatedly shelled our positions on the\neastern edge. There was reciprocal\n'jannonadkig at the salient of Monte\nSola nolo,\n\"Our patrols carried out effec'.lvo\nraiding expeditions against enemy positions at Grav di Papdopolo in the\nmiddle Plave.\n\"Along the coastal region the enemy\nIntensified his artillery fire at different\npoints and pushed vurious patrols toward Courtollazo. They were driven\nback by the hand grenade lire of the\nsailors who garrisoned the bridgehead.\"\nDvina River Already Crossed-Isolation Of Russia from\nChores of Baltic and Uaptnrft of Kev\u00bbl tbe\nImmediate Plan\nBOLSHEVIKI CLAIM BIG VICTORIES\nover eoiatvimir forces\nPolish Legion-- Declared Pat to Ront New Minsk-Da-\ntaehraenfc of 600 Annihilated-iQ^O Killel, 7000\nWounded in Desperate Uattle-ltmstan Nobles\nOatlawed--Moscow Sacristy fiundered\nWANTS REVERSION\nOE LAND DISCUSSED\nDr. McKenna Against British Columbia being Lett out in Iviatter oi\nHe.ources Transfer.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nVlCXOiUA. B.U., Feb. 18.\u2014U riling\nto the Colon-st, Dr. J. A. J. MoKenna,\nwho was ono of the members uf the\nrecent royal commission on Indian af-\nla-rs, suggests Lho premiers conierencc\nat Ottawa should take up ihe question\nof the reversion oi all Dominion lands\nin British Columbia to the province..\nThe Peace river block and the railway\nbelt, he said, should be given bank to\nBritish Columbia und in consideration\nthereof the province should surrender\nIts reversionary interest in Indian reserves and convey to the Dominion\ngovernment such lads as are required\nLpr additional reserves.\n\"Such a settlement,\" he says, \"would\nbe in the public interests and decidedly\nln the interest of British Columbia.\"\nHo points out that if the premiers\nconference and the Dominion government have decided that tbe latter ls to\ntransfer to the prairie provinces the\nands therein and their natural resources without doing anything In this\nprovince the position here will be an-\namolous. It will mean that the department of the interior will have no land\nto administer except what is held In\nBritish Columbia. Dr. McKenna has\nolegraphed to Sir Robert Borden urg.\nIng that the suggestions he makes be\nconsidered.\nAMMIilM.\nBerlin Claims Outpost Steamer Was\nSunk, But British  Admiralty\nMakes Denial\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nLONDON, Feb. 10.\u2014A German official statement received here suys:\n'On the night of Feb. 15, German\nlight forces again raided the eastern\npart of \"the English Channel. The\nprotecting patrol forces heretofore\nencountered were no longer there. An\noutpost steamer off Dover was sunk.\"\nThe Hr.lish admiralty denies that\nany British .steamer was sunk or even\nfired on, und dcclaros that the patrols\nwere at their posts.\nTORQNTO, Feb. 13.\u2014John G. i^ent,\nacting honorary manager of tfte. Canadian National jBXhftytlpn. W\u00a3s. Jtpdgy\nappointed manager with a salary of\n$10,000 by the executive of tho t(4r. He\nsucceed* tbe Urto Dr. J. Qrr, . . . ;r\n(By Associated Press.)\nWith Russia in the grip of internecine strife and her battle\ntine denuded of men as a result of\nthe peace declaration of tho Bolsheviki, Germany already has ber\ngun the carrying out of the threat\nof invasion because of the failure\nof the Bolsheviki .to sign a poace\ncompact with the central powers.\nA despatch from Berlin announces\nthat German troops have crossed\nthe Dvina river.\nReports emanating from Sweden\nsay that the Germans' have begun\npushing forward their troops into\nRussia's two remaining Baltic provinces, Esthoiiin and Livonia, the taking of which would completely .solafc\nRussia from the shoies of the Baltic\nand give the enemy the city of Reval.\nsituated on the Gulf of Finland, opposite Ilclsingi'ors, whence they might\neasily operate against Petrograd by\nsea.\nAlthough Austria-Hungary had\nshatyn dissatisfaction over tht* stand\nthat Germany has taken toward Russia, the dual monarchy evidently has\nbeen placated by a promise of Germany that any German military activity wiit be confined to northern\nRussia and Austria-Hungary left to\ndual with whatever\" other problems\nmay arise in lhe territory adjacent to\nher borders.\nBolsheviki Win Battle\nBelated despatches from Petrograd\ntell of Lhe capture of Kiev, the new\ncapital of Ukraine, by the Bolsheviki.\nThe fighting la described as having\nbeen of an extremely sanguinary\ncharacter, 4000 persons having boen\nkilled and 7000 wounded. Great de-\nstructlon was wrought in tho town by\nshells and explosives dropped by\naviators.\nAt Odessa another big battle 1ms\nbeen fought between the Bo'shevlkl\nand the Moderates, during which warships in the harbor bombarded the\ncity. Polish legions at Minsk are declared to have been sanguinarily defeated and put to rout, while the Bolsheviki arc also reported lo have captured Tongorod, on the Black Sea, and\nVoronezh, capital of the province of\nthe same name.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nBERLIN, Feb. 18.\u2014An official statement  reads:\n\"On the great Russian front hostilities began today at noon with an advance on Dvinslc. The Dvina haa been\ncrossed without fighting.\n\"Called upon by Ukraine to help in\ntheir heavy struggle against the Great\nRussians, our troops have commenced\ntheir advance from the direction of\nKovol.\"\n(Bv Daily New* Leased Wire.)\nPETROGRAD, Feb. 16 (Saturday).\n\u2014Counter-revolutionary Polish legions\nwere defeated by the Bolsheviki ' at\nMinsk, Feb. C, the Polish forces suffering heavy casualties, according to\na despatch to the semi-official news\nbureau, dated at Minsk, Feb. 7. One\ndetachment of 000 Poles was nnnilii-\n;atcd, according to tlie despatch,\nwhich follows:\n\"A. desperate battle was fought on\nthe 0th between battalions of work-\nnun'!, and soldiers' forces and counter-revolutionary Polish legions, consisting of 2000 men with artillery.\nAfter bloody fighting, the workmen's\nana soldiers' troops were victorious.\n\"A detachment of. 6(yj-men was an**,\nnihilated, two guns wore dismounted\nand the Polish cavalry fell back.\n\"The local population received our\nforces warmly, supplying them with\nprovisions. The Polish troops retired in disorder, the democratic elements leaving them and joining tho\nranks of the revolutionists.\"\nPETROGRAD, Feb. 10 (Sunday).*\u2014\nA proposal of submission nnd complete obedience by the Poles to the\nGermans is contained hi a wireless\nmessage from the commander of tho\nPolish forces to tho supreme \u25a0 German\narmy headquarters, which was Intercepted at Minsk, according to th*\nsemi-official news ogency.\nGeneral Dowbormusnlckl, Polish\ncommander, in the despatch, ordered\nthe Polish forces to throw off tho\nauthority of the workmen's and eol-\ndiers' dep'tit'cs.\nSacristy Is Plundered.\nPETROGRAD, Feb. 18.\u2014The patriarchal sacristy at Moscow has been\nrobbed of gold church plate encrusted\nwith diamonds and other precious\nstones. Bibles with jeweled gold covers, one valued before tho war at\n-.000,000 rubles, also have been stolen.\nRussian   Nobles   Outlawed*\nPETROGRAD, Feb. 18.\u2014(Delayed)-*\nThe executive committee of the Ea-\nthouia council of soldiers' und workmen's committees has proclaimed tho\nbaronial caste outlawed and haB ordered the wholesale arrest of men abovo\n17 and women over 21, More than 1009\npersons already have been imprisoned.\nThe baron's are charged with plotting\nagainst tbe council in sending delegates to ask Emperor William's intervention and German occupation to save\nEsthbnla from ruin. The commissioner\nof justice has protested against these\nextreme measures and lias prescribed\nthe appointment of a revolutionary\ncourt with powers to severely punish\nthe guilty if a plot be proved.\nDiplomats Protest.\nPETROGRAD.   Kt.b.  8.\u2014(Delayed)\u2014\nAll  the  diplomatic representatives ot\n(Continued on Page Two.)\nCARNAGE IS FRIGHTFUL\nIN UKRAINE CAPITAL\nKilled and Wounded Fill Streets\u2014Kiev\nPeople Shot Promiscuously While\nArmies Fight.\n(By Dally Nows Leased Wire.)\nPETROGRAD, Feb. 9.\u2014News uf the\ncapture of _\\j_v wus communicated iu\nan u-iicial Ucspatcu by Boi-uevi^i\nneaatjuuriers. it ts stated that he\nforces oi Col. Muravioff, who du.eai.ua\nKcreusky at the beginning oi' ihe lust\nrevolution, reentered the ciiy, uotu\nwhich ihe Ukraine forces had fled utter releasing thu Bolsheviki aviators\nwhom they had imprisoned a few -days\nago.\nThe correspondents of the Petrograd\npapers describing the situation at Kiev\nsay It can be compared only to the\nhavoc, death and destruction wrought\nby the notorious Jewish uprising In\n1895. On Thursday when the fighting\nwas at its height, aviators were.bombing the houses and thero was promiscuous shooting from windows and\nroofs. Killed and wounded filled the\nstreets. Mobs .of hooligans ran unchecked. The; duma att^mgted to.nor\ngotlate an armistice but.failed.\nCol, Muravlett bu tsttytfcpbea ituvj\nhe succeeded in uniting the BoJsheViM\nai'imt, in uie uistiiui with uuiuiiomous\ni-vii_i.ri.uv district rtgimcnls combining\nagu.ust Utjaural Alt*.\\i-ait Ins mm, re-\nliuui-umuiLS arc puur.ng -ouUiward to\nthe aoviet forces, wlucu are reported\ntu huve defeated the advance guard of\nAlexietf's troopH iu a skirmish near\nVorcneah, but which have nut yet engaged in any real batile. The other\nAiexiefi wing umicr command of Gen.\nErdclH, is reported lo have advanced\nby lho Zcvervo after a skirmish in\nwhich Erdelli was wounded. Ensign\nKrylenUu, commander of the Bolsheviki arms, is coming lo Polrogra.-^ to_-\nmorrow to raise an army of 100,000 to\nproceed against Gen. Alcxicff and ha\nhimself  plans  to  tulm command.\nAfter the Bolsheviki captured jfflftj,\nono of their artillery divisions attached l'etchorsky moiiastory, the l^s.t\nEtronghold of the radu's lOraos. The\nother buildings were raided and. thp\ngarrison surrendered The remainder qt\nthe Ukrainian army, according to this\nreports was caught between the two\ncolumns, and, being wlthoy,t ammunition, surrendered.\nMinsk province la declarou to bf In\nft-9lat-?-<X0lCgttt        - '    \u2022*-.-'.     .__\n ****m\nfX'Qx. %\nPAGE TWO\n   \".*        *f\nTHS fl^ILY NEWS\nTUESDAY,   FBI.   11,   1118.\nLeading Hotels of the West\nWhen tti* Travolta*. Publle may  obtain superior aceommodatien.\nTHB HUME.\nA la Cart* T\u00bbbl. d'Hou\nGEORGE BENWELL, Prop.\nSpeoial     Sunday     Dinner,    $1.00.\nHUM'S\u2014J. Walnire. Blairmore* -R.\nE. Kelfy, Porto Rico; C. J. Vallance,\nTwedut, Mont.*, F. J. McGowan, Slocan; B. I,. North, Spokane; F. J. Mc-\nGougan, Vancouver; O. T. Bibb, Revelstoke; R. W. Mifflin, Salmo. John\nMorris, Bonnington Falls; Corp. Geo e*e\nJ. Cater. Bonnington Falls; C. J. Hooper Vancouver; H. B. Murray, Calgary;\nJ. E. Belmont, Calgary; W. S. Moll; S.\nC. Elmer, Vancouver; W. G. Carruth-\ners;,\"\"Vancouver; A. c. Dunbam. Vancouver. John J. Ryan, Montreal; W.\nW.'C. .danly, Grand Forks! L\u00bb; G. Denis,\nOttawa; W. Masmlllan, Montreal; C\nR. .Hickman, Vancouver; J. Mlnton,\nSergt.-Major, Bonnington.\nR LAW\nRMS TO SPEAK\nThe Strathcona\nEuropaan add Amarican Plan\nUnder new managoment ot\nH. W. SHORE.\nBusiness Men's Lunch, li to 2.GOC\nSpeoial Rates to Boarders and\nFamilies.\nSPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER\nQueen's Hotel\nEuropaan    and     Amerioan    Plan.\nSteam Heat in Every Room.\nA. LAPOtNTE, Proprietor,\n4UEENS\u2014J. Sprack, J. A. Start,\nThrums; Oster Foss, Poplar; Mr. and\nMrs. H. Beck, Kaslo; Mike Boilak,\nCity; C. Rutherford, Northport- Harry\nThomas, W. J. Palmer, City; G. M.\nGunn, \u25a0 New \u25a0 Denver; Mrs. N. L. Mc-\nGee. Crescent Valley; Mr. and Mrs. F.\nGalnor, Porto Rico; A. J. Bath, Fruitvale,:\nSPEND YOUR HOLIDAYS AT\nHalcyon Hot Springs\nSanitarium\nAND 8TOCK UP WITH HEALTH\nIf you suffer from muscular, Inflammatory, sciatic or any other\nform of rheumatism, or from metal-\ntic poisoning of any sort don't delay\nCome at once and get cured. Most\ncomplete and ***st r -i-anged bathing\nestablishment on the continent. All\ndepartments under one roof, steam\nheated and' electric lighted.\nRates: $3 per day or $17 per week,\nDAVIS & DAVIS, Props.\nHalcyon, Arrow Lakes, B. C.\nMadden House\nM.   J.    MADDEN,\nProprietress.\n: STEAM HEATED.\nCorner Butter and Ward Stn., Nelson\nMADDEN\u2014Thomas Melrose, Ross-\n-Rni.. j. Crosby,; Mr. and Mrs. Mona-\nghtm, Spofcqne; Angus McDonpaii.\nTrail; H. Calhoun; Miss F. J. Murray,\nGrand Forks,\n****************\nFEDERAL SESSION  TO *\nSTmRT  MARCH 20 *\n .     t *\n(By Dnlly News Leased Wire) *\nOTTAWA,1 Feb. 18.\u2014WednoB- \u2666\nday, March 20, Is now regarded as +\nas a date for the opening of tho *\nfirst session of the new parlla- *\nmont. The house meets on a *\nWednesday when thero Is a *\nspeaker to be arranged for, as this +\nis always necessary when a new +\nparliament assembles for the first +\ntime. As the session cannot be *\nsummoned until the soldier vote \u2666\nIs all counted and added to the +\nhome vote, considerably less than +\n30 days* notice will be given. \u2666\n****************\n(Continued from Page One.)\n\"It is clear that parliament under\nthis system is absolutely impotent so\nfar as any effective control of national policy goes, and if it is not to*\nrelapse finally into a position of\nmerely endorsing the premier, It must\nnow make a stand once and for all.\nThere is one tssne-r-oniy one-r-ln this\nIncident which matters. It is whether\nparliamentary government ls to continue to be a reality in this country.\"1\nSupports Government\nThe Dally Telegraph says It earnestly regrets \u25a0 that such a situation has\narisen, but believes the government\nhas done the right thing. It appeals*\nto every single-minded patriot\" to\nsupport the government in the present crisis and continues:\n\"We never thought, and do not\nthink now, that this great matter has-\nbeen handled In the best possible way\nas regards the relationship between\nparliament and the ministry. But we\ndo urge that the actual course pursued by the government, ln cooperation with the allies, and the general\npolicy decided upon at Versailles, arc\nnot open to legitimate attack. The\ntime had arisen, for such action as\nwas taken at Versailles and the complete unanimity shown at each stage\nof its development had the happiest\naugury for the cause. It heed be\nscarcely remarked that the dissolution of the ministry would be a serious move to the alliance.\"\nThe Express also makes a strong\nappeal to the public to support the\npiemler and the government and accept loyally the decision taken at\nVersailles.\nMOTHERS, LISTEN!\nWhen work exhausts yow\nstrength, when your nerves are\nirritable and restless, when am*\nbition lags and you feel rundown,\nyou need and need quickly the\nrich, cream**, nourishing food in\nsmriy\nGrand Central Hotel\nJ. A. ERICKSON, Prep.\nOpposite  Postoffiee.\nRoom and  Beard, $35 per Month.\nEuropean Plan, Roome Mo up.\nMeals, Sfe,\nGRAND CENTRAL\u2014Pte. J. Adams,\nF. Mayer, Gray Creek; Mrs. Peter\nCampbell, Salmo; Mr. and Mrs. H.\nWeber and children, CreBton.\nNelson House\ntil JULIEN, Proprietor.\nEuropean Plan.\nCafe  Open  Day  and   Night,\ntte\u2014Merehante' Lunoh, 12 to 2\u201436c\nPhone 275 Rooms, BOo end up\nNELSON\u2014E. Bergeron, William\nThornton, Nelson; T. H. Hooper,\nElko; M. D. Blackwe'l, Vancouver;\nR. Noolan, Winnipeg; George Tralnor.\nProctor; James Duffy; T. Oley Gordon, Nakusp; Mrs. E. Smith.\nTremont Hotel\nNelson, a. C.\n\u2022TEAM HEATED\nEuropaan  and  Amerioan Plan,\nRestaurant in Connection.   Regular\nMaals and 8hort Orders.\nA. CAMPBELL, proprietor.\nFRENCH BOXE.., VELGER,\nOUTPOINTS JOE LYNCH\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nPHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 18.\u2014\nVelgnr, the French bantamweight, outpointed Joe Lynch of New Vorlt Ih\ntheir six-round bout here tonight. The\nFrenchman had the better of every\nround and when the fight ended Lynch\nwas bleeding freely from constant Jabbing by Velgor.\nA roglmont of stevedores is: boing\nrecruited in the United States to help\nrehovc congestion at Atlantic ports.\nON INCH FAILS\n(Continued from Page One.)\n\"Two German airplanes were\nbrought down by our special guns. Our\nbombing airplanes carried out various\nexpeditions against the railway stations at Thlonvllle, Thlacourt, Metz,\nSablonz and Pagney sur oMselle, enemy establishment- at Htersons and\ndivers aviation grounds, upon all of\nwhich, numerous projectiles were\ndropped. Thirteen thousand kilos of\nexplosives were dropped, causing several fires. and, explosions.\nBerlin Report.\nBERLIN, Feb. 18. via London.\u2014The\nwar office communication today says:\n'Western theatre On many parts of\ntho front.the,artillery duels were revived, during the evening. The Infantry activity wns limited to reconnolterlng engagements.\n'In thb' clear, frosty weather,' aeria'\nactivity wag very lively throughout thr\nday nnd night. Bombs were dropped\neKtensively on military construction\nworks behind the enemy's front onfl\nour airplanes attacked London. In th\"\nlast two davs 16 .enemy airr-lnnes and\ntwo ',t captive balloons hove been\nbrought down In aerial fighting and\nby irunfire. \u25a0  \u25a0\n\"Elsewhere there Is nothing to re\nport.\" .\nHI WITHOUT FEAR\nOf KIN OR\nTREMONT\u2014John Young, A. C. McDonald, Sandon.\nNew Grand Hotel\nt \u00abTEAM HEATED.\nHM and Cold Water in Every Re*m\nAmerioan and  European Plana\nInttant    Relief!\u2014\"Papa's    Diapepsin\"\nEnds Your Stomach Trouble\nForever.\nWonder what upset your stomach\u2014\nwhich portion of the food did the damage\u2014do you? Well, don't bother. If\nyour stomach is in a.revolt; If sour,\ngassy and upset, and what you Just\nate has fermented into stubborn lumps,\nhead dizzy and aches; belch gases and\nacids and eructate undigested food;\nbreath foul, tongue coated\u2014Just take\na littlo Pape's Diapepsin and in five\nminutes you wonder what became of\nthe indigestion and distress.\nMillions of men and women today\nknow that It Is needless to have a bad\nstomach. A little Diapepsin occasionally keeps this delicate organ regulated\nand they eat tholr favorite foods with\nout fear.\nIf your stomach doesn't take care of\nyour liberal limit without rebellion\nIf your food is a damage Instead of a\nhelp, remember the quickest, surest,\nmost harmless relief is Pape's Diapepsin which costs only fifty cents for\na jargo case at. drug stores. It's truly\nwonderful\u2014it digests food' and sets\nthings straight, so gently and easily\nthat It is really astonishing. Please,\nfor your sake, don't go on and on with\na weak, disordered stomach; It's\nunnecessary.\n****>* a * * *\\ 4. ****** *\n* CANADIAN WOMAN +\n* DIES AT AQE OF 115 *\n*  . *\n* (Bv \"Oailv Newf. T.pnsed Wire.) +\n+ CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I., \u2666\n+ Feb. 18.\u2014Miss Lizzie Palmer, +\n+ the oldest person on Prince Ed- \u2666\n* word Island, if not in Canada, died *\n* in* the provincial infirmary here \u2666\n+ today at the age of 115. She +\n+ became blind two years ago. Her \u2666\n+ hearing was acute and other fac- *\n* ultles were normal. *\n**+ + * + * + * + * + * * * * *\nto check your wasting powers, en\u00ab\nliven your blood and build up your\nnerve force. 5coff'sis help- \"\ning thousands and- will give\nyou the strength you need.,\nScott a Bourne, Toionto, Oat        17-35\nPROBE TREATMENT OF\nVETERANS J SHIPS\n{Continued from Page One.)\nsure the -fullest possible measure of\ncooperation with the overseas authorities bo that troops may be handled\nfrom 'the discharge depot in England\nto their local districts with the great-\nist possible comfort and despatch.\n\"It Is further announced that owing\nto statements which have appeared\nfrom t|me to time with respect to occurrences or conditions on particular\ntransport vessels.a court of inquiry\nlias been ordered to assemble under\n,he presidency of Lieut.-Col .Hulme of\nVancouver, B.C., late officer commanding the 62nd battalion, C.E.F. The order-^convening this court will bo promulgated in a few days and arrange-\nmentsvwill be made for the taking of\nevidence of a large number of officers,\nnoncommissioned officers and men who\nembarked on these vessels with a view\nto ascertaining how far the statements\nreferred to were founded on fact and\nn order that the remedy, if such ts\nrequired,'may be applied. Announcement of the sittings of this court will\nbo made in the press and opportunity\nwill be given to any person desiring\nt to give evidence before it\n\"It is the desire ef the department\nof militia that the conditions under\nwhich men are transported back to\nCanada from overseas may be made as\nfavorable, as .possible and no effort\nwill be spared to that end.\"\nGERMANS START\nION OF\nNEW ORAND\u2014A. Q. Pearson,\nKaslo* 3, J. Flnlgan, Vancouver; John\nSmith, Walla Walla: A. Day, Creston;\nJ. Blomberg, Spokane,\nTHE STANDARD  RESTAURANT\n,*_> Amntr Street\u2014 two door. \u2022\u00bb\u00bb>\n' .        af Stanley.\n.-   OPEN  DAY   AND  NIOHT\n,12 to 2, Speoial Lunoh Mc\n.YOUR   PATRONAGE   8OLIC1 I tt\nUse Cocoanut Oil\nFor Washing Hair\nPHILIPJNOS ARE EAGER\nTO JOIN AMERICAN ARMY\n* (By Dally Newa Leased Wire.)\n\u25a0AN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 18.\u2014\nTwenty-five thousand Phiilpinos are\nunder arms and are drilling In the hope\nof :Mln-t called into the United States\nafatf tor service in France, according to*.1'#. O'Brien, who returned to-\n_kyfr6\u00bb Manila.\n'Mr. O'Brien says the natives are\nanxious to show that an offer they had\nmade of troops to the allies waa not\na* Idle one.'\nIf you want to keep your hair in\ngood condition, bo careful what, you\nwash it' with.\n*,, Jj-on't uso prepared shampoos or\nanything else thai1' contains too much\nalka,l. Tnli* dries the scalp, makes the\nhair brittle and Is very harmful. Just\nplain mulslfled cocoanut oil (which\nIs pure ahd entirely greasctess) ls\nmuch better than anything else you\ncan use for shampooing, as this can't\npossibly Injure the hair.\nSimply moisten your hair with water\nand rub It in. One or two teaspoonfuls\nwl.l make. an abundance of rich,\ncreamy lather and cleanses the hair\nand scalp thoroughly. The lather\nrinses out easily, and removes every\nparticle of dust, dirt, dandruff ahd excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and\nevenly and it leaves it fine and silky,\nbright, fluffy and easy to manage,\nTou can get mulsified cocoanut oil\nat most any drug store. It is very\ncheap and a few ounces 1$ enough to\nlast everyone in the family tar moots*.\nMATE 8AYS NO GERMANS\nWERE ON BOARD THE IMO\nPreliminary Trial of Mont Blano Captain, Pilot and Commander\nWyatt Is Resumed.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nHALIFAX, N, S., Feb. 18.\u2014The preliminary examination of Capt. Alme\nLaihedoc, muster of tho Mont Blanc.\nFrank McKay, pilot of the Mime s.up,\nand Commander Wyatt, R. N. R., former chief examination olficer at this\nport, all three charged with manslaughter in connect.on with the Halifax disaster, was resumed today before\nStipendiary McLeod. Second Mate\nBJonnes, of the Imo, which collided\nwith tho Mont Blanc, told W. J.\nO'Hearn, K. C, counsel for Pilot McKay that there were no Germans or\nAustrians on board his ship. He said\nthat he was in Germany five or six\nyears ago, but had no friends there ai.d \u25a0\nno Gel man relations. He frequented\nno German clubs in tho United States.\n\"Were.there any German papers or\nbooks on tho Imo?\" asked Mr.\nOHearn.\n\"Not that I know of,\" replied the witness.\n\"Would you be surprised to know\nthat there were some on board your\nship?\" asked the counsel.\n\"I would,\" replied Bjonnes.\nWitness told Mr. O'Hearn that he\ndid not know that Johanneson, helmsman of tho Imo, claimed to be a German.\nJohanneson was the only other witness this morning. Ho was recalled\nby A. Cluny, K. C, crown proseoutor,\nto whom ho said that he belonged tb\nthe same town ln Norway as the late\ncaptain of the.Imo.\nLieut-Commander Walker, R. N.,\nrepresented tho admiralty at this\nmorning's session and occupied a seat\non the bench with the stipendiary.\n*****************\n* BRITI8H CASUALTIES *\n\u2666 FOR WEEK JUST 4108 *\n*   \u2666\n\u2022 LONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014Casualties *\n* ln tbe British ranks reported dur- \u2666\n\u2666 ing the week ended today totaled \u2022\n\u2022 4106, divided as follows: *\n\u2022 Killed or died of wounds; OKI- *\n\u2022 cers, 38; men, 1005. \u2666\n* Wounded or missing: Officers, *\n\u2666 116; men, -rift,* ,.'   .    \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u2666'\n* British casualties reported  In *\n* the week Just ended reaehed th. \u2666\nO lowest total recorded   In   many \u2022\n\u2022 months. \u2022\n*****************\nCome in toddy and see the advance showing of the\nNew Spring Coats*\nSuits and Dresses\nwhich, in point ofheauty, will vie with each other for\nyour enthusiastic approval\nEvery day we are opening out new lines of Staple and Fancy Dry\nGoods\u2014A visit lo our store will prove both pleasurable\nand profitable to you.\nSMILLIE & WEIR\nLADIES'  WEAR  SPECIALI8T8\n(Continued from Page One.)\nthe H allied countries and six neutrals\nhave l'rotosted agalnfl-t the repudiation\noy the Bolsheviki government bf' the\nlatlonal debt and also aga.nst the de-\n_ree respecting the confiscation of\nproperty.- -    . *\nThey have declared that these edicts\nliavo no value so far as their nations\nire conoerhed and they reserve the\n.\u2022Ight to.claim damages.\nEntrance to  Petrograd  Barred.\nPETROGRAD, Feb. 9.\u2014(Delayed)\u2014\nXikolai Lenlne, the Bolsheviki premier,\nins issued an edLct forbidding war\nprisoners and refugees from entering\n\"starving Petrograd\" or any of the\nnon-producing sections in northern\nRussia. The edict says that the counter-revolutionists ore send.ng refugees\no Petrograd ahd Moscow in the hope\nof aggravating the food shortage.\nIn Petrograd the allowance of bread\nhas again been reduced to three-\neighths of a pound daily in an effort to\nsave suplpies. The fighting in Ukraine\nmd the Don territory threatens the\nsouthern supply of grain. The food\ncommissioner has gone to Siberia to\ninvestigate the wheat supply available\nfor Moscow and Petrograd, where\nmany people are starving.\nLease Hungarian Territory.\nAMSTERDAM, Feb. 18\u2014A Budapest\ndespatch to the Vossische Zeitung\n(Berlin) Bays that the Russians have\nevacuated the last section of Hungarian territory which they occupied ln\nLho e\"nst corner of Transylvania.\nGermany learns from Ukralno that\nBolsheviki guerillas are setting fire\nto the wheat stocks In many sections\nand are also destroying glowing crops\niiy plowing them out,\nKuhlmann Will Speak.\nAMSTERDAM, Feb. 18.\u2014According\nto tho Cologne Volks Zeitung, the German foreign secretary, Dr. von Kuhlmann, will address the relchstag on\nTuesday, when the -first reading of the\nUkraine peace treaty will be taken up.\nBUM HAS\nlltlffll PAPER\nQuestion of His Retaining It in View\nof Government Position Discussed in Commons\nLONDON, Feb. 18.\u2014(Via Reuter's\nOttawa Agency.)\u2014Replying to Frederick Whyte, M.P., in the house of\ncommons today, Bonar Law stated\nthat Lord Beaverbrook still retained\nhis Interest as proprietor of the Daily\nExpress, although he was Informed he\nhad resigned from the board. Mr.\nBonar Law said he presumed Lord\nBeaverbrook received confidential\ngovernment information.\nMr. Whyte asked whether the house\nwas to understand another newspaper owner received confidential Information.\nMr. Bonar Law: \"I presume the\n.efcrence Is to Lord Northcliffe's appointment as director of propaganda\nIn enemy countiies. I presume the\nappointment hus been made because\nit was thought Lord Northcliffe would\ndo the work In a more effective manner than anyone else.'*\nAfter some further questions regal ding Lord Beaverbrook, Claude\nLowes, M.P., said:\n\"Ib there any reason whatever for\nimagining that Lord Beaverbrook\nshould not be entitled to confidential\nmatter and has he not by his conduct,\nIn this house and his service to the\nEmpire proved, himself not only a,\nliiiist. enl.Rhtcned but a most trustworthy member of the community?\"\nThe speaker Intervened and no\nanswer was returned.\nThe financial battle is as\nimportant as the physical\ncombat. Housewives,\nsave your money by using\nIPURITy FL'OURi\n' It  goes  further. I\nUse  it  in  all  your  Baking.\nCARVELL Ij HOPfJUl\nON RAILWAY PROBLEM\nGovernment Operation t Tragio Fare*\nso Far But Thinks Present Administration Mora Capable,\nHouse for Rent\nNo. 419 Latimer street, situated on\ntwo lots. House has three bedrooms\nand usual living rooms; gas; $20 per\nmonth,\nC.  W. APPLEYARD,\nPhons 444\nSEVEN   ADDITIONAL  PILOT8\nAT HALIFAX ARE URGED\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nHALIFAX, N. S., 1-eb. 18.\u2014The\nHalifax pilotage commission has\npnssed a it'Kolutlon recommending to'\nthe minister of marine the appointment of seven additional pilots, not\nnecessarily permanent, to be chosen\nfrom the 18 applications received by\nthe commission.\nHAT MAKES\nYOU THINK\nymir akin trouble is Incurable f\nKaaj cares that hare bees given up\nhy doctors and specialists hava\nyielded to Zam-Buk. For Instance,\nMrs, Alphonse Larlvlere of 671 Rod-\nman St, Fall River, Mass., writes:\n\" For three years several doctor!\ntried to cure me ot a bad attack of\nea.em'a, but each In .turn gave up\nthe case as Incurable. I then Trent\nto a specialist, uho charged me a\nlarge fee, but did me absolutely ns\ngood. I was certainly discouraged,\nwhen I heard of Zam-Buk and commenced uslng.lt at once. I applied\nIt regularly,, and for bathing purposes used only Zam-Buk Soap, Before very long there waa tome Improvement, and anally the combined\nuse of Zam-Buk and Zam-Buk Soap\nworked a complete cure.','\nFor ulcers, abscesses, blood-poisoning, scalp sores, ringworm and\npiles Zam-Buk ls equally lnralu-\nable, as well as for cuts, burns,\n\u25a0cnlds and all skin Injuries. All\ndealers or Zam-Buk Co., Toronto,\n60c. bor, 3 fox tUB.\nMINERS CONVENTION\nOPENED AT FERNIE\nMayor Thompson  Welcomes Visiting\nDelegates\u2014Committees Named\nto Draft Resolutions\n(By Dully News Leased Wire.)\nl'-ERNIE, B. C, Fob. 18.\u2014The\nminers convention was opened here\ntoday, Mayor Thompson tendering the\nvisiting delegates a cordial welcome.\nPresident Thomas Biggs, ot tho United Mine Workers of America, responded and expressed appreciation of\ntho rccept'on tendered* and expressed\nthe opln'.on that the deliberations of\nthe convention would be conducive to\na broader spirit of fraternity than had.\nheretofore existed.\nThe remainder of the session was\ntaken up awaiting tho credential\ncommittee's report, after which President Biggs appointed the various\ncommittees to aot on resolutions,\nlegis'ation, scale, officers' reports, etc.,\nduring the convention.\nBAGGAGE OF PASSENQERS\n13 CLOSELY EXAMINED\nEfforts to   Thwart   Possible   German\nSpy Activity Mads on Arrival\nof Liner.\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nAN ATLANTIC PORT, Feb. 18.\u2014To\nthwart possible German spy activity,\nbaggage and personal effects of all\npersons aboard the Norwegian-American line steamer Bergensfjord were\nclosely examined by a force of men\nand women government agents on the\narrival of the vessel here today. Letters and all other forms of written or\n-printed matter were seized to be returned to the owners If proved Innocent. The matter taken Included aitl-\ncles prepared by several newspaper\nand magazine writers returning from\nRussia.\nThe Bergensfjord Is the second neutral ship to arrive here within 10 days.\nPassengers on tho first, the Holland-\nAmerican line steamship Nleuw Amsterdam, underwent the same examination.\nFARMERS IN PROVINCE\nRUSH FOR TRACTORS\nVICTORIA, B.C., Feb. 18.\u2014Applications are pouring In to the provincial\ndepartment of agriculture from farmers of tho province asking how they\ncan obtain tho motor tractor plows\nto accelerate land breaking operations.\nThe government here has received no\nInformation of the plan adopted by\ntho Dominion authorities, but has communicated with Ottawa on tbe subject\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nMONTREAL, Feb. 18.\u2014Discussing\nthe.railway problem ln the course of\na speech today, Hon. F. B. Carvea said\nthat up to date no government in Canada had ever succeeded In operating a\nrailway properly but maybe the present government possessed more ability\nthan Its predecessors and possibly\nmight be able to do what others hod\nfailed to do, but it was a lamentable\nfact that government operation of railroads had been one of the most tragic ,\nfarces the country had ever seen.\nAlluding to the government shipbuilding program, Mr. Carvell said the\ngovernment felt It its paramount duty;\nto make a start with $..,000,000 or\n140,000,000 and he hoped next year It\nwould be still greater because, although the cost per ton might be\ngreater, still the country must have\nships.\nFinanoial Position Unprecedented,\nMr. Carvell expressed a wish that\nthe people of Canada would give a\nlittle more attention to the great economic and trade questions which were\nbefore the Dominion today. If they\ndid, he had no fear for the futuro of\nthe Dominion with all its natural resources and wealth.\nMr. Carvell said there was hardly\na man In Canada who was not In a\nbetter financial position individually\nsince the war started than he was before. But tho government of Canada\nhas been getting poorer and today it\nwas faced with a condition such as no\ngovernment had over faced before in\nCanada. Before the war the revenues\nof the country wore about 8175,000,000,\npractically all obtained from customs\nand excise duties and that sum had\nbeen expended wisely perhaps or unwisely but It came so easy that It did\nnot mako much difference. During the\npresent year they had to raise $250,-\n000,000 to carry on the ordinary affairs\nof the country.\nSixty million dollars had to be provided for Interest charges and at least\n10 millions or more for soldiers' pensions, and that might go as far as HO\nmillions. In addition to that 8400,000,-\n000 had to be provided to pay for the\ngoods which were' being sold by Canada to Great Britain and the aires\nand which they could not-pay lor at\nthe moment During tbe present fiscal year Canada would send to Great\nBritain probably more than 8900,000,-\n000 worth of goods, including munitions, but. unfortunately sho only Imported about $90,000,000 worth and that\nleft an adverse balance of trade of\n$800,000,000 which must bo taken care\nof ln some way. The railway problem\nwould take up probably $85,000,000 or\n$40,000,000, cheesepare the best' they\ncould. The government had to provide at least $145,000,000 to pay Its\ndebts and carry on the army In Canada, In addition to $200,000,000 for the\narmy across tho seas, although this\nlatter sum would not be actually paid\nout.\nMust Be Self-Supporting.\nMr. Carvell referred to the recent\nVictory loan and said he had sufficient - faith ln the people of Canada\nthat If next August or September there\nwas a call for another $400,000,000 tho\ngovernment would get It\n\"Wo may Just aa well realise,\" he\ndeclared, \"that the time has come when\nwe must be self-supporting. Wo must\nbuy our products and send them across\nthe ocean and must furnish the necessary money and the only way to do It\nla for tbe people of Canada to die\nHo-Ke\nTHE  GREATEST  NEAR\nWHISKY    IN    THE    WORLD\nThorpe & Co*\nLIMITED\nSole Agents fer British\nColumbia\nNelson   Branch,   Telephone   60\nSafety Deposit Boxes\nFOR   RENT\nDon't keep valuable  papers ln your\ntrunk.   We will rent you a safety deposit box for $2.50 per year.\nO. K. BARBER SHOP\nA. L. Wilson.\ndown into their pockets and I believe\nthey will do It.\"\nThe minister referred to the balance\nof trade against Canada ln the United\nstates and said that there was at least\n$350,000,000 to be provided for this and\nsome scheme must be devised for this.\nFORMER  GERMAN  CONSULATE\nSECRETARY FINED $1000\nAdmits  Plotting to  Start  Revolution\nAgainst Britain in India\u2014Three\nMonths Alternative\nSAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 18.\u2014\nH. A. SChroedor, former secretary of\nthe Gorman consulate at i Honolulu,\nwas fined $1000 today by Judge Wll-\n1 am C. Van Fleet In the United\n3tatos district court, he previously\n'mving pleaded guilty to a charge of\nconspiring to foment revolution\nigalnst Great Britain's rule in India.;\nJudge Van Fleet ordered that he\nservo three months In Jail If he did\nnot pay. the fine.\nSAYS IE DRUG IS\nAN EIHEytlHPOID\nJust a Few Drops Loosens Any Corn\nSo It Lifts Out Without Pain.\nTou simply say to the drug store\nman, \"Give me a quarter of an ounce'\nof freezone.\" This will cost very little\nbut Is sufficient to remove every hard\nor soft corn from one's feet\nA few drops applied directly upon a\ntender, aching com should relievo tbe\nsoreness instantly and soon the. entire\ncorn, root and all, can be lifted out\nwith the fingers without pain,      \u25a0\nThis new drug called freezone is an\nether compound discovered by a Cincinnati man, who says that while free*\nzono ls sticky It dries In a moment and\nsimply shrivels up the corn without\nInflaming or even Irritating the surrounding tissue or skin.\nDon't let father die of Infection or\nlockjaw from Whittling at hie corns,\nbut out this out and make Urn try K\n 1\nYU-8BAY,   FM.   II,   1118.\nTHEMllfY NfeWS\n\u25a0 -*\u00ab'-u^\u00bb\u00bbi. iw*iiii.i-\u00bb\u00bbM_aB*_-\u00ab-r_a\u00bbsti>ft_\nPAOt THHM\nfnii \u00ab\u00bb -nimniiiHim *e \u2022_\nHllllillllllllllllll 111 in\nIS [MR\nON SPOKANE MART\nHalf-Point Gains Are Made by Utica\nand Rambler\u2014Standard Steady.\nTradinig\/wjis firmer .on..the. Spokane\nmartlet yesterday. Bbth Utica and\nRambler made gains, the former advancing V4 to 7*4 and the'.latter'going\ntoward to tho same extent to 6V4-\nStandard was steady at 80 and Slocan\nStar at 1_.\n.,...  Spokane  Stook Quotations.\nORaported by St. Denis ..Lawrence.)\n;':' Bid     Askeri\nCork-Province  ,*f,'02V_*\nRambler    *06>_\nStandard 80 .40\nSlocan Star OH.      .03\nUtica  07>_      .09%\nNew Vork Curb Closing.\nBid      Af-knil\nCanada (Topper .......$2.06*4   $2.12*4\nHa_j Hercules    4.37%     4,60\nStandard    37%      .43*4\nUtica   .........'.     .08 .10\n,\\. \u25a0   New   York   Exchange.\nHl-h     Low\ncHp.-B, ...........148*4\nChlno   44%\nGnuiby \u2014\nInspiration   47%\nMiami   ............ 88\nU. S_.Steel ,  97%\nSale's: C. P. R., 2100; Chin.,\nInspiration 45,00; Miami, 1900:\nSteel, ltf-Ofti total sales, 789,200..\n8 .02%\n.01\nWAR ISSUES ARE\nSTRONG UN MARKET\n147\n44%\n31%\n9\u00abV\u00bb\nClnsp\n148*4*\n44%\n75\n47*4\n32\n.87%\niSMi;\nu.\nC. N. R.,EARNINGS FOR\nWEEK SHOW INCREASE\n(By Dally'News Leased Wire.) t\nTORO\u00bb***PO, \"Feb; IS.\u2014The Canadian\nNorthern railway, system gross earn\nlngs >fbr the'Week ended Feb. 15 were\n1*388,005,.an Increase of,$86,000 over the\nsan>e (peripi*'.bf a year ago, when they\nwere $60.2 000.' From July 1 to date,\ngross earnings were $25 894,700, an Increase of ***n*5,T.OO' over the same period\nof 12 months ago, when thoy were $25,-\nB)j9,70,0... '...\u2022\nSpeculative Stocks Fare Even Better\n\u2014American and Baldwin Locomotives Advance,\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Feb. la.-M-onstructlve\nhome developments over the weekend,\nnotably the subsidence of Shipbuilders'\nstrike and tbe large earnings reported\nby several industrial companies, more\nthan nullified what was regarded, as\ndiscouraging news from abroad in today's stock market.\ninvestment rails, shippings, representative equipments and -numerous\nwar contract shares were encompassed\nin .a broad movement at substantial\nadvances, while some \u25a0 speculative ' ls'-\nsues were even stronger.\nOver half a score of rolls,, inplud\ning low priced\" western and southern\nshares, registered gains of 1 to. 2\npoints. Pacifies and coalers again furnished the stimulus, selling for profit\nwhich made-little Impression until thr\nfinal hour, when United States Steel,\nMarines and some .of the Inactive In-'\ndustrials yielded part of their gains\nAmerican and\"' Baldwin Locomotive-*\nmeanwhile Bhowed extreme advance-*\nof 514 to 7% respectively. Sales1\namounted to 800,000 shares.\nMoney on call and time was tighter\nthe rate,for the letter ho-ding, at 6 per\ncent bid, with few offerings.  .\nAll classes* .of 'bonds -were -strone*-\nthe several Liberty Issues supplementing last week's rally. Total sales, $5,-\n325,000.\nClosing Quotations.\nRme'ters  ...'........j,,....'...;.*.. 8,*1<S\nAnnornda ......'.....\".'.-.-.'  85\nO. P. R ...........;...148\nNickel   ....'.  ?\u00ab .\nII. R. Steel    8.7*.\nTi. R. Steel preferred * Ill;\nUtah    M....-.'.\"..,.-.  8'\u00ab\nti).* >rtfjff*\u00a7\nQuoted on London Market at 42\"_\u2014\nSpelter bull\u2014Lead and Copper\nPrlee*.\n(By Sally News Leased Wire.)\nNEW YORK, Feb. 18,-rBllver, :86H;\nat  London,  42**.    Saturday's -prices\nwere the same.\nSpelter quiet; East St Louis delivery, Bpot offered at 7.87%. At London:\nSpot,  \u00a354; futures,  \u00a350.\nCopper at*London: Spot, \u00a3110; futures, _Hl'0; electrolytic, \u00a3125.\ni  Lead:  St Louis, ,6.92%;  New York,\nT; -Montreal,  Si83i? London,   \u00a329  10s.\n\u25a0\u25a0Last year's -Imports, of.-mnnufactur-\ning material into, the,Ignited States\nwere practically' double those of 1915.\nT  LUCKY JIM STOCK\ni Transfer'. is now. being made of\nLucky Jim stock. If ydii 'hold a certificate.you,should .have .it tranrferred in\nyour\" name. We will attend to this\nmatter, for, yon without charge for bur\nservices.\n'   ST DENIS A LAWRENCE,\nPhone 39    609 Ward Ct.    Nelson. B.C.\nVOLUME OF TRANSACTIONS ',.\nSHOW DECREASE AT TORONTO\nPenman's Common Most Aotive Issue\nwith 100 Shares\u2014toronio Rails\nGet More Attention,\nTHE\nCanadian Bank\ncl Cwnmercr\nSir ^Edmund    Walker,    C.V.O.,\n\u00bb LL.D, D.C.L., President.\nSir John Aird, General Manager.\nH. V. F. Jones, Ass't. Gen'l Man.\nCapital Paid Up $15,000,000\nReserve   Fund v.w,-.v-,.\u2014\nSavings Bank Business\nSecurity, convenience and\ncburtesy are assured all who deposit their savings with this\nBank.\nIf It Is not conven'ent for you\nto visit the Bunk personally, you\nmiay open your account entirely\nby mail.\nBranches ln Kootonay and\nBoundary at Nelson, Fernle,\nCranbrook, Creston, Grand\nForks, .. Greenwood, Nakusp,\nPhoenix.\nNelson. Branch,   p.   B.\n.   . . Manager.\nFowler,\n(By Daily News Leased Wlre.)V\nTORONTO, Feb. 18.\u2014Little response\nwas made by the Toronto market to\nthe buoyancy in New York, the volume\nof transactions showing further .contraction, although a firm tone prevailed. Penmans common, by virtue of the\npurchase of a block of 100 shares, provided the largest turnover In the list,\nthe price, 74 li, being 2 points above\nthe previous sale.\nA little more Interest Is being displayed In Toronto Railway with the\napproach of the time for tlie special\nmeeting. Small lots sold today at the\nsomewhat firmer quotation of 60%.\nBrazilian-has ceased to attract attention for the time being, only 25 shares\n{.hanging hands. Dealings i In - thei\nstee's represented by H. shares of Do\nminion Iron at 61-&, up ***.\u00a3. and 40\nshares of Steel of Canada preferred at\n86, an advance of %.\nThe war leans were virtually un\nchanged,,,the chiof buying being in\nthe third Issue. The day's transactions:\nShares, 345; was loans, $16,200;\n* * ***************\nv SPIDER CLAIM AT \u2666\n* CAMBOURNE PROMISES       *\n* RICH ORE FiND \u2666\n* \"*.'; . ,.' .,... -\u25a0  *\n* l Spider claim* tt'^ropertj^ -the *\n* Multiplex   Mining   company,   at *\n* 'Cambourne, Is* the scene ef con*- \u2666\n* slderable activity   following   the \u2666\n* flnd'ng of a rich    body of high *\n* grade milling   ore,   according to *\n* word received .in the city yester- *\n* day. *\n* Three and a half feet of ore V* \u2666\n+ -showing on the face of the turnel *\n* Ana indications nre that the-Tike *\n* will prove a valuahlfe one.   From *\n* the point of the cross cut on No. \u2666\n* 2 level, 19 feet has -been driven on *\n* the vein. *\n*****************\nMININO MEN WILL GATHER\nAT\u201e VANCOUVER THI8 YEAR\nDebates    at    Spokane     Convention\nMake Arrflnner-en+s for Having\nSpeoial Conference.\nIT*** tv-i-'v Now Lefioo-i Wre.*\nVANCOTTVER. B.C., Feb. 18.\u2014Vancouver wi-1 welcome a snrc'al enn-\n'*-=n+ion nf ml*n)n_. men of the nnrth-\n\"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0nst t.Md: sumr-ier, .ana rppn't of the\nM- made *n STkapp ;*>y Mnvor Oa'e\n\"**th the delegation from the Rotary\niluh. . . .\n\u2022T;Pf>rnlmr th'nt the T^clf'c Northwest\nw'-n'n* com**An*lcn was In se^slnn ot\nPnrVpne. Mnynr Gole sepurert nn w>-\nnorMinl+v nf nrftlr^psinir the- -rtpWatPo\nfn-i Inv'ted th-*\u00bbm to'makp Vnpnmiver\n'h\u00ab pr\/*****'.'-! of tbf'r next ronvpnt'on.\nR-rtpkone, the mnvor w\u00bbs told. Ir thp\n\u25a0npr*r\"pnnnt -pnnven-Mnn fttv pf the ns-\nspcla*Irn. but en wpll did h** nresent\nthe c'ialms of Vancouver and the advantages to mining In the northwest\nto he gained bv holding a meeting here\nthat It wns finally decided to call a\nspecial conference In the city early\nthis year.\nWORM ON SHELLS\nREFUSED BWMI\nCentral     Appeal     Judge     Dismiss,!\nFirm's Applioatiens Respecting\nThree Employees\nOTTAWA F*b. 18.\u2014ISe -oenttfti\nappeal Judge has dismissed the applications by Messrs.. l_yall &. Sons,\nMontreal, for the exemption of three\nof their employees on the .pound that\nthey were skilled laborers. The three\nmen .are engaged .as machine operator*]\nin the manufacture .of shells,   .\nMr. Justice Duff, ln his Judgment,\nstates that \"the feet that these men\n'are engaged in the manufacture of\n-munitions -ls ho ground ior -exemption.*'   He goes on to say:\n\"The central appeal Judge has al\nready laid down -the -rule that persons'\nwho\" -apply   -for ' the   exemption\neuBnir.t\neepply 'the most precise information\na\u00ab te.the -nature of the work In whteh\nthe men are engaged, ae wellaB exact\ntntgnntatlon regarding the nature of\ntheir tt-ftltng* and *the -oha-racter of\ntheir qualifications ae \u00abi_chnnics. It\nIs well known .that people with little\nor no mechanical skill can acquire the\ndexterity for tending a particular\nmachine or for going through a particular mechanical operation In a very\nShort time, and that such persons,\nspeaking generally, can easily be replaced. There Is nothing in the material before the .central appeal court\nto justify the conclusion that these\npersons Who are described as 'skilled\nlaborers,' .as Above mentioned, could\nnot -readily be replaced.\"\noipeg officer, was in charge of fhe\nRegina boys, etnfl-Ialeut.C. H. Kerr,\n43rd battalion, wa* hi change of the\ntrain and proceeded to Calgary. Capt.\nH.* A. *v7hlltti_M, C. A. M. C, of Vlt!-\ntorla, was the medical officer on\nboard. Lieut A. O. Kerr, 128th battalion, of Moose lts.tr. was also on the\ntrain. They resumed their journey-\nwestward at 9 o'clock.\n8ECOND TRAIN WITH WAR\nVEtERAN8 REACHES WINNIPEQ\n(By Dally News *_easea Wire.)\nWINNIPEG,  Feb.   18.\u2014The  second\nreturned soldiers' special train with\n271 men for Regina and Calgary nr-\nof I rived Shortly after 8 o'clock.    Lieut\nmechanics in their employment must Charies Nash, 107th battalion, a Wln-\nOET H1AJOBITV FOR EQUAL\nSUFFRAGE IN GERMANY\n-VBv Dailv News Leased Wire.)\nCOPBVHAGBN, Feb. 18.\u2014The Berlin Tagehlatt save that a malorltv hss\nbeen obtained hi the election reform\ncommittee of the Prussian diet for\nequal suffrage.\nJOHN VIC-rCRS. MANAftFR\nAMERICAN EXPRE8\u00bb, DEAD\nCHICAGO. Feb. 18.\u2014John A. D.\nVickers, vice-nresldent n**d *-pne-al\nmanager of the American Express\ncompany, died yesterday after an Illness of several months.   He was born\n\u25a0DODD'S\nKEDNEY\n'\/, PJLLS\n-L'-HT'S    D\nin Toronto in 1858 and came to the\nUnited States 80 years ago. He became\ngeneral manager of the American _bc*-\npress company six years ago, havln-j\nworked his way up from the bottom.\nBurial willbe made In Toronto.   '      \u2022\nDon't Be Caught\nEFFORTS TO ACCUMULATE\nCORN STOCKS RAISE PRICES\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nCHICAGO,   111,,. Feb.  18.\u2014Corn  i\neraged   higher  today  owing .more  or\nj less  to  efforts  to  acumulate   reserve\nstocks   here   before   farmers   become\nbusy with field work.   The close, how\n[ ever, was unsfettled, March clos.ng at\nj $1.27% and May at $1.26%.   Oats gain\ned % to % to % net.   The outcome in\nprovisions varied from 17% decline to\na rise of 7% cents.\nAnchor-Donaldson Line\nPopular Service\nCANADA TO GLASGOW\nFor full information apply to apents o\u00bb\ncompany's office, 470    Grunviile    St..\nVfl'ncnnvpr.\nThe Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.\nof Canada, Limited\nOffices, Smelttn. and Refining Dep-utmemt\nTRAIL, BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSHELTERS AND REFINERS\nPurchasers of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc Ores\nTADaNAC BhAND PIG LEAD   BLUBBTONB AND BHBLTBK\nCANADIAN       ICANADIAN\nPacific Pacific\nCoast-Kootenay Service\nVIA KETTLE VALLEY RAILWAY\n6-Days Per Week in Each Direction-6\nEA8TBOUNO\nLv. Vancouver 8:30 a.m. except Saturday\nArr. Nelson 3:10 p.m. except,Sunday\nWESTBOUND\nLv. Nelson 7:15 a. m. except Sunday\nArr. Vancouver 10:05 p.m. except Monday\n.      ELECTRIC   LIGHTED   STANDARD   8LEEPER\nNELSON\u2014VANCOUVER   WITHOUT   CHANGE    '\nV\",'..,\"    J. S. CARTER, District Passenger Agent, Nelscn, B.C.\nSMELTERS REMAINS\nSTRONG AT MONTREAL\nQuoted at 251.\u2014 Shawinigan, with Gain\nef 3 Points Is Feature ef\nMarket. ,\nenv Dai'y News Leased Wire.)\nMONTRBAI., Feb. 18.\u2014A gain of 8\npoints In ShawlnlBan oil the eve pf\nlhe annual meetln-r of the, company,\nwhen a good statement Is expected,\nwa*. the. fenture of the Block, market\n-misHtess* toriay. The stock .opened at\n111%. h E\u00bbln of a pnlht, and sold, up\nto 113%. Penmans rose to 74%. a new\nhlcrh c-n the moveivent, hut lost the %\nbefore the close. The posslhil'ty of an\nincreased dividend explains the Penman activity. Thore wns >a revival of\nInterest In. Rlordon Paper, the stock\nchnng'ne*. hands at 117*4'.to 118. Iron\nresumed where It left off on Bnturday\n\u201461 *_\u2014and rose to 61-ft. Elsewhere\nt>*pre was'no chanire of note. Toronto\nRails wore 60*4; Smelters. 25*_: Cement, 57%; General Electric, J03U.\nWINNIPEG GRAIN.\n(By Dai'y Nows Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEQ, Feb, 18.\u2014Oats, .old. con -\ntract:  May, 91.   New contract:'May.\n91; July, 89.\nBarley:   May, S1.66V..\nFlax:  May, 13.49%.\nLIVESTOCK MARKETS.\n(By Dally Nows Leased Wire.)\nCHICAGO, III., Feb. 18.\u2014Cattle: \"Receipts,- 15,000; firm. Beeves, 8.50 tt\n13.85; stockers and feeders, 7.35 to\n10.61); cows and heifers, 6.40 to 11.70;\ncalves, 8.25 to 13.50.\nHogs:-Receipts, 45,000; strong. Light,\n16,55 to 17.50; mixed, 16.50 to 17.10;\nheavy, 1B:30 to 17; rough, 1630 to\n16.50; pigs,-13.25 to 16.25; bulk ot sales,\n16.80 to 17.\nSheep: Receipts, 2000; weak. Native\nlambs, 13.75 to 1665\nWinnipeg\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 10.\u2014Offerings nl\nthe Union stockyard today totaled 201.\ncattle and 490 hogs. Cattle market\nquiet; pricos about steady at last\nweek's close. Hogs dropped 75 cent:\nper 100 pounds, very few changing\nhands at the reduced price and consequently, the bulk is held over for tomorrow's market.\nButcher steers, 7 to 12; heifers, 6.5f\nto 10.50; cows, 4.50 to D.50; bulls, 6.5C\nto 8.50; oxen, 6 to 8.60; stockers and\nfeeders, 6.60 to 9; calves, 6.50 to 12.\nHogs; Selects, 18; heavies, 14 to\n15.56; sows, 12 to 13; lights, 18.50 to 15.\nBUTTER  PRICES ADVANCE.\n(By Dally News teased Wire.)\nMONTREAJL, Feb, i's.t-The prices of\nbutter scored . a further advance .of\n%. cent per pound today. .'Demand for\neggs good. -Cheese market without\nany new features.\nCheese: Finest westerns, 21 !4; finest easterns, 21%. *   i\nButter: Choicest creamery, 50 to %:\nseconds, 48% to 49.       J   V. \"\"*.--*\n' Eggs: Fresh, 58 to 60; selected, tt to\n64; No. 1 stook, 48 to BO; No. 2 stock,\n46 to 47.\nU. 8. WILL RESTRICT CORN\nEXPORTS TO DOMINION\n(By Dally Newa Leased Wire.)\nWASHINGTON, Feb. 18.\u2014Because\nof the scarcity ot the seed field corn,\nexports to Canada of corn for feeding\nanil manufacturing purposes will be\nlimited hereafter to thoso varieties\nand grades which are not eultable for\nseeding. The war trade boarfl announced this ruling today to beoome\neffective Feb. M.   *\nOrder your supply of liquor flow. After April 1 you oan't get it for beverage use In Britieh Columbia, tt will\nprobably be difficult -for you to flat it during the latter part of March owing to the enormous demand. Thia will\nexhaust the -popular brands and  probably mean an adv anoa in price on even lower grades.\nMORAL-ORDER NOW\nWe Ship All Orders from Calgarg\non bame Dag Order Is Received.\nAS AGENTS for Usher's (Edinburgh) famous whiskies and distributors oi other\n-\u25a0 \u2022 - i   well-known brands we are In a position to fill\nyour, orders to perfect satisfaction.\nWe Ship Our Goods With All\nExpress Charges Prepaid\nOUR prices tell you just what you have to\npay. for  wines  or  liquors,   delivered  at\n* -your home or nearest station.    No extras for\ndelivery, packing, war stamps, etc.\nMAIL ORDER PRICE LIST\nALL  ENQUIRIES ANSWERED  AND  INFORMATION   GIVEN  AT   OUR   VANCOUVER   OFFICE.\nRVE  WHISKIES\nBottle. Case.\nOld Canadian Rye  ''...'.'.*  11.76 $15.00\nSewn-Year-Old Special Rye  1.85 16.00\nNino-Year-Old Extra Special  2.00 19.00\nGreat West Rye  1.75 16 CO\nPrivate Stqck    ....;  2.00 19.00\nGooderham -Si. Worts' Ordinary  200 17.00\nGooderham _\u00abWorts' Special  226 19.00\nWalker's Iriperlal  2:00 19.00\nWalker's Canadian Club  2-5 22.00\nSCOTCH WHISKIES\nD. Murray _ Co. Royal Scots    12.76 62500\nCameron's fjflenllvet  2.76 30.00\nWm. Teacher's Old Glenlivet  .*.. ..'. 285 31.00\nAlex. Mackay Special -........*...  276 22.00\nWa'ker's Kilmarnock    2.90 31.50\nWalker's Red Label    3.75 42.00\nUsher's O. V. G ,  8.00 33:00\nUsher's Green Stripe  - :  3.50 39.00\nUrher's 0. O. H. (Black Label)   375 42.00\nTrain's Veteian   300 3340\nMountain Dew   _  2.75 30.00\nDewar's -Extra Special    3.60 39.00\nWhite Horse**  3.80 39.00\nRUM\nRobertson's Demerara or Jamaica   9340 333.00\nH. B. Demerara or Jamaica   3.00 30.00\nLondon Dock    326 36,00\nPrivateer  ,.  3_5 36.00\nOld Navy Rum  S3& 36.00\nNo. 47 'Deme'ara or Jamaica  3.50 39.00\nBRANDIE8\nLuc'en* Pduc_,ld \u00ab*>\u2022    \u00bb2.76 $30.00\nFelix Tlll'oc \u2022>\u2022   2.75 30.00\nRoubil'ec & Co _  3.00 33.00\nRoubillac & Co. *\u2666\u00bb  3,50 39.0C\nLouis Renay \u2022\u00ab\u2022  2.75 30.00\nBalzac & Co. \u2022\u2022\u2022   8.00 33.00\nMagnifM- '& Go  275 3040\nMagnler & Co. \u00ab\u2022\u2022  3.76 3640\nMagnie. & CO. V. O  3,60 3940\nMagrile'r \u201e do. V. S. O. P. .._ , S'76 42,00\nMagnler & Co., 20 years old  4.00 46:00\nBlackberry Brandy  326 36.00\nGINS\nBottle.\nBetts* Old Tom   $276\nBetts- London Dry ,._,  2.75\nClub Dry Gin  3.00\nOverseas Dry  .'  3\u20145\nGordon's Dry      _  3.25\nNo. 1 Old Tom   2.7B\nH. B. London Dry   2.76\nCoates' Plymouth  _..,  326\nBoord's Old Tom   8.00\nVlckcr-s Old Tom   3.00\nSloe Gin  3.26\nCastle Brand Hollands    2.75\nGo'd Cross Holland Gin   2-75\n(Holland Gin cases contain 15 Imperial Quart Bottles.)\nB. & D. Schnapps ....._  -3.00\nWoolf's  Schnapps     340\nAMERICAN. WHISKIES\nSunny Brook    $3.00\nPebbleford    3.25\nOld Crow   3.25\nJesse Moore A. A. Bourbon   2.00\nPORTS   AND   SHERRY\nSpecial Vintage Port  \u2022\u2022  $1-50\nCal'fornia Port   1.75\nH. B. Red Label Port  1-60\nH. B. Duoro Oporto Port   2 00\nFeuerheerd's Invalid    2 25\nPedro Morana\u2014Royal Emp're   2.50\nPedro Morana\u2014White Label  _  2-75\nPedro Morono\u2014Green Label  3.00\nWeise & Krohn Governador   326\nCalifornia Sherry    ,  1.50\nRoyal Crest Sherry   1,75\nFeuerheerd's One Diamond   2.00\nFeuerheerd's White Label    2 25\nWlllams & Herbert's Dry Sack  275\nFeuerheerd's  Imperador     2.76\nAmontillado   ;  240\nJ. de Fuentas Parilla  2.25\nJ. de Fuentas Parillo, White Label   2.50\nCase.\n$30.00\n30.00\n33.00\n3600\n3640\n30.00\n30.00\n36.00\n33.00\n3300\n3600\n37.50\n37.50\n3300\n33.00\n$33.00\n36.00\n36.00\n21.00\n$15.00\n18.00\n15.00\n20.00\n23.00\n2640\n29.00\n33.00\n3600\n15.0(1\n1800\n2000\n23.00\n2900\n29.00\n2040\n2300\n2640\nRYE   WHISKIES   IN    BULK\nPer Gal.\nGreat West $6.50\nSeven-Ycar-Old    7.00\nNine-Year-Old, Extra Special      7_5\nOld Canadian Rye     6.60\nPrivate  Stock    726\nGooderham' & Worts' Ordinary     7.00\nGooderham & Worts' Special     8,00\nWalker's Imperial    _.....    7.76\nWalker's Canadian Club  .,...   8,50\nBRANDIES   IN   BULK\nPer Gal.\nLouis Renay  ,,. $11.00\nMagnler & Co. \u2022  11.60\nBclzac _ Co. \u2022\u2022\u2022 ....-......;..,  1160\nLuclen Foucald \u2022\u2022>\u25a0\u00bb  11,00\nTl.lae   *>\u2022**    :  124P\nRoubillac  \"(i    ..i.i...  1340\nMagfnlers \u2022\u2022\u2022  13.60\nMagnler's V. 0  14.00\nMagnler-s V. S. O. P.  1M01\nHennessey's  \u2022\u25a0>\u2022  1640\nSCOTCH   WHISKIES   IN   BULK\nPer Gal.-\nMurray & Co., Fine Old   $11.00\nCameron's  Glenlivet     11.50\nTeacher's  Glenlivet    -  12.50\nBrown's XXX   11.00\nMackay's Speoial     11,60\nUsher's O. V. Gl   12.60\nUsher's Speoial Reserve   1340\nWalker's Kilmarnock    1440\nPORT   AND   SHERRY   IN   BULK\nSpecial Vintage Port ..; $6.00\nCalifornia Port     640\nFeuerheeidls Portuguese Port   8.50\nWelse _ Krohn's Old Port   8.60\nTaylor's Very Old Port  9.60 .\nCroft's  Imperial    _  10.60\nCalifornia Sherry  5.00\nFeuerheerd's Fine Old .,..\u00ab,.*  6.00\nMacKenzle's Sherry  7.00\nDie. Amontillado    1040\nJ. de Fuentas Parillo  840\nGINS   IN   BULK\nPer Gal.\nBetts* Old Tom   $8.00\nBetts'   London  Dry    800\nGordon's  Dry     9.00\nDe Kuyper's Holland  1040\nCastle Biand Hollands  10.00\nRUM   IN   BULK\nRobertson's Demerara or Jamaica  ...... _.$13.00\nH. B. Demerara or Jamaica   13.00\nLondon Dock  1440\nPrivateer    .'  14-50\nOld Navy Rum, 35 overproof   16.00\nPURE  GRAIN  ALCOHOL\nPor Gal.\n165 Proof   $16,00\nImP- Quart\n165 Proof    HO0\nOrd. Quart\n166 Proof    \u26663-00\nDIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING\nAll orders must be accompanied by.\nPostofflce or Express Money Order, Certified Cheque or (Cash in registered letter,\nC. O. **>. orders can not be accepted\nlegally. \u25a0 '\".'..\nAttach to the order your name and personal address and name of nearest -station\nat which express agent ia located.\n8PECIAL  DI3COUNT8\nOn all  above   prices, following   discounts\napply:\nCaae goods, on three bottles tb six bottles,\nall 15c .per bottle.\nNo allowance on straight case lots, as these\nprices an quoted neL _____\nBEER   AND   STOUT\nRemember\u2014Not   Near   Beer,   Imitation   or\nTemperance Beer, but Real Genuine Beer.\nCASCADE   BEER\nExpress  paid   to   any  express   station   In\nBritish Columbia, or freight  paid   to  any\nNorthern Point.\nBarrels of ten dosen pints \u2014 ..$16.50\nBarrels of six dosen quarts   16:60\nCases of one dozen quarts    3.50\nCases of two dosen pints     3,75\nWestern Wine & Liquor Co.\nCALGARY, ALTA.\nVANCOUVER   OFFICB-662   BEATTY   STREET\nPHONE   8EY.  3810\n8\nIM\nr\n\u25a0\u25a0-t^f,;.   \"V-\n MM IMS R-\n\u25a0mttmamsmmssmm\nTHEBiiAILY NEWS\nTUESDAY,   TE-T'-'IS, ,' \u00ab1t?'.-A\ntfflmY NEWS\nshed \u00abv\u00abry morning exoept\n. ' by The News Publishing Com-\np\u00bbny. ^Umlted, Nelson, B.C, Canada.\nBusiness letters should be addressed\nand checks and money orders made\npayable to The News Publishing Company, Limited, and tn no case to individual members of the staff.\nAdvertising rate cards and sworn\ndetailed statements of circulation\nmailed on request or may be seen at\nthe office of any advertising agency\nrecognised by the Canadian press\nAssociation.\nSubscription Rates\u2014By mail 50 cents\nper month; $2.60 for six months; (5.00\nper year. Delivered. SO cents per\nmonth; 13.00 for six months; $8.00 per\nyear, payable tn-advance.\nTUE8DAY,    FEB.   19,    1918.\nATTACK BY GERMANS MAY FORCE\n.... . RU88IA TO ORGANIZE.\nIt Tff&a only when attacked by most\nof. continental Europe that the French\nrevolutionists took strong action to reestablish some sort of order and to organize within the country a government which was capable, if only for a\ncomparatively short time, of providing\nreal government for the country. It\nwas faced with the alternative of the\ndestruction of the revolut'on by its\nexternal enemies, aided by tho royalist\nemigres.\nEvents, are apparently following\nsomewhat the same channel ln Russia.\nUnder Bblshevtkl anarchy Russia cannot defend itself. It cannot cease production and carry on Internecine warfare at home and press back the Invader-at the same time.\nIO mine will also tend toward forcing the people to Insist on the erection\nof some form of- government which is\ncapable of reorganizing the affairs of\nthe   ountry.\nTHE FAMINE IN RUSSIA,\nThe food situation in Russia Is evidently becoming acute. It could hardly\nfail to be Otherwise. The Russian\npeasant, having decided that under\nthe Bolsheviki system he Is entitled to\nall he desires without working for It\nahd without'respect to the fights of\nothers* or to any authority except his\nIndividual caprice, has ceased to produce. At the same time he is preventing others from producing.\nStores of foodstuffs, in the few\nplacjjs where they exist, cannot be\nmoved' because the railroada are either\nnot allowed to transport it or the\ntrains are seized and looted before they\nhave traveled many miles.\nTHRIFT   CAN    EASILY    PROVIDE\nTHE MONEY.\n' HorKT. B. Carvell presents some\nstriking figures' to emphasize the necessity of the exercise of a max mum\nOf thrift by the people of Canada. He\nshows that Canada in one way or another must expend Bomethirg over a\nblll.on dollars this year. Not all this\nmoney is a permanent expenditure.\nAbout $400,000,000 of It, he says, represents loans to Great Britain'on behalf of the allies. This money must\nhe loaned ln the orm of credits to enable Canada to ship its produce overseas and, of infln tely more importance, to enable the allies to s;cure the\nsupplies they need from this country.\nPart of the billion dollar bill will be\ncovered by loans, to which the people\nare subscribing magnificently, and part\nwill be met out of revenue.\nMr. Carvell forecasts another loan\nabout the end of .the summer. He suggests $40,000,000 as the amount, which\nfs the same as. the total subscriptions\nto the Victory loan. Such loans, are\nsplendid investments for everyone who\ncan invest in them. And there are\nvery few who cannot to some extent.\nThrift will work wonders.\nRUSSIA .ULTIMATELY  WILL  PAY\nITS DEBTS.\nDiplomatic representatives at Petrograd 6^e'l'4*;'Uftedy^tiiw'11^ the\nsix neutral countries have made a joint\nprotest to the Bolsheviki against the\nRussian repudiation of natloral debt\nand the decree-of confiscation of property. The right to claim damages ls\nnoted.\nWhen the order of repudiation was\npassed'the Bolsheviki, as far as it lay\nIn their power, made Russia an outlaw\nfrom civilisation. It established a condition of economic isolation which under modern cond.t.ons cannot 1st.\nRussia cannot ln the future, any more\nthan in the past, live without trade\nwith other nations. It cannot trade on\nn cash basis In which payment is made\nIn gold, which would be the only condition -upon whloh foreign merchants\nwould sell goods to It\n. It is safe to predict that ultimately\nRussia will cancel Its order of repudiation, pay any damage that fairly may\nbo claimed and meet its obligations.\nBolsheviki who burn wheat stores\nand plow up grain crops In the Ukraine\nare, tn this case, oo.ng a service to\nlho allies. The Ukraine will be un-\njtble to ship any of this grain to Austria, as It has, under its peace agreement, convenonted to do.\n- TWs German' relchstag has made\nfurther progress with its electoral re-\ntorin ijl&jjfc-ot all.the reforms of this\nWnd t^iiiccobld- bo imagined: would not\nflAre OVM-Any * democratic govern-\n*$*% ft lwifWtU goverameat Is re\nsponsible to the kaiser and not to the\nrepresentatives of the people ln -.-the\nlegislature.\nIn future the names of returning soldiers are to be telegraphed from the\n! Atlantic coast to district military headquarters bo that they may become\navailable to the public at the earliest\npossible date; This arrangement will\nprove of great convenience to relatives\nand friends desirous of welcoming veterans who are invalided home.\nGermany has decided to take upon\nitself-the business of fighting Russia\nin what ls known..as \"great Russia\"\nand to Austria It has allotted the task\nof carrying on any fighting that may\nbe necessary to. hold the Ukraine. It\nis beginning to look as if the Teutons\nmay before long have to reverse itB\nmovement of troops and return to the\neastern front a number of the divisions\nwhich have been transported to the\nwest and to Italy.\n*- <s>\n| WHAT THE PRESS IS 8AYING I\n\u2022 ! \u00ae\nKins a True Democrat.\nKing George has offered three of\nhis palaces to the nat.on for war purposes. His majesty Ib showing himself a true democrat in the time of\nwar trial.\u2014Calgary Herald.\nJericho  Next.\nJericho is said to be the next objective of the British lorces ln Palestine. Its capture Is likely to be effected without the ancient custom of\nblowing trumpets and marching around\nits historic walls.\u2014Province.\nReads His Own Obituary.\nA Calgary soldier, reported killed,\nreturned to the city alive and well\nyesterday, after months of serious illness. It is not given to many men to\nreturn from the shades and read their\nown obituaries\u2014Calgary He: aid.\n$ \u00ab\n| TERMS    OF    PEACE I\n^ _ : 1$\nNapoleon died tn captivity at St.\nHelena, Where the kaiser will die.\nor in what place of detention, does\nnot at present appear, though events\nof that complexion may be ardently\nwished for. But the discussion of\npeace terms with Napoleon wh'ch\ntook place a hundred and four years\nago, reminds us very strongly* of tho\npeace talk which has been going on\nlecent y. On Feb. 4, 1814, when Napoleon was getting towards the end1\nof hla tether, a congress was opened\nnt Chattllon, France, at which representatives of England, Prussia, Russia. . and. Austria discussed terms of\npeace. The negotiations, which continued until March 19, varied accord\ning to the success dr failure of the\narmies In the field. Nnpoleon had\nreached a po'nt where he would have\ngladly accepted the terms offered ln\n1813, but the allies refused to renew\nthat proposal. They decreed that\nFrance must come down to her limits\nof 1789. \"What!\" cried Napoleon,\n\"leave Fiance tma'ler than I found\nher? Never.\" He swore and fought\non against tremendous odds.\nAt tho Chatillon congress Napoleon\nwas represented by Coulalncourt.\nWith his imperial master in tho field,\nshut off from quick communication,\nand with the allies steadily closing\nin upon Paris, Coulalncourt played\nfrom the start a losing game. JYom\nthe battlefield Napoleon .sent contradictory messages to his agent. After\nwinn'ng a victory he was jubilant,\nand instructed\" Coulalncourt to remain\nfirm. Then, when- the combination\nof forces again began to close In on\nhim with deadly precision, he frantically appealed to Coulalncourt to\nObtain liofico at any price. The terms\nof the nlllcs grow more exacting as\ntheir nrmle.. penetrated further Into\nFrance. The Czar Alexander of Russia, although not in attendance at the\ncongress, was near by, and his determination to wipe out the humiliation of Moscow by a triumphal entry\nInto Paris was such that he opposed\nall attempts to bring about a peace.\nThe final proposal, calling for a reduction of the empire to the original\nlimits of France, was agreed upon\nduring a game of whist. The Corsican i ejected this offer with scorn.\nThus nothing came of the congress\nand Napoleon stood at bay against\nthe world, but only to be brought ultimately to defeat. Exchange ln the\nforegoing, the positions of France and\nGermany\u2014Auslra also\u2014and the situation Is practically the same, as it. ls\ntoday. The allies of today-r-France,\nGreat Britain and Italy\u2014are determined \u2022 that Germany shall restrict\nherself to pure'y German territory,\nnd shall return to France the. territory taken from her ln. 1871.. .ln.in.t_.\nULteim naticri, they aro backed by the\nUnited States, as well as by the opinion of a small German minority.\u2014\nProvince.\n\u2666 - \u2014\u20144\nI THE WEATHER I\n*;> : ;\u2014: ____,: $\nMln. MAX.\nNelson   14 28\nDawson  -14 0\nPrince   Rupert   ........ -14 28\nVictoria  .... 28 36\n.Vancouver   .... 24. . 32 .\nCalgary .........22 ' 4 ;*\nEdmonton  -24        4 \"\nBattlc-ord  -18 -10\nPrince Albert     -20 .. -8\nMedicine  Hat     -22 -6\nMoose Jaw    -9 -1\nReg.na  .,,.,.  -15. -5\nSaskatoon  -20 -11\nWinnipeg    ; -12 -6\nPort Arthur  2 18'\nParry  Sound  0 24\nLondon   -2 26\nToronto  8 26\nOttawa          -8 24\nMontreal  2 22\nQuebec  -6 16\nSt John  2 25\nNEW ENGLAND AS8URED\nOF HUGE COAL SUPPLY\nWASHINGTON, \u2022 Feb. 18.\u2014Transportation for one million tons cf coal\nfor a month was assured New England\ntoday by Chairman Hurley of the\n\u25a0hipping board, and Director-General\nMcAdoo, of the'railroad admi ilstratlon.\nSix hundred thousand tons of coal will\ngo hy water and four hundred thousand tons by rail    .\nI      Rationing Impossiblemty \\\n(By Ernest B. Roberts.)\nHave you noticed how the public always loves a first class really -senseless\n\"'parrot cry?'! It is not one of the\nnew ma n4tcBtations of the war. The\nthing seems to fill a crack In the national life. Certainly It saves thinking. Tho only drawback is that opinion framed in one mould Is more apt\nto be wrong than right.\nA call that ls being caught up Is:\n\"Wo must ration ln Canada.\" There\nare those who no doubt honestly think\ntt Is as easy as A, B, C. But those\nwho think so do not know the A, B, C\nof food control. The writer does not\nwant that to go as his \"ipse dexlt;\"\nthere is far better authority. Mr. J.\nR. Clynes, M, P., parliamentary secretary to the British food ministry, in\nspeaking from the shoulder to as important a body pf British labor men\nas have gathered since the war began,\nsaid, as recently as Dec. 29, last:\n\"The foods we deal'with run Into\nthe scores and scores ln number,\nbrought from the ends of the earth;\nany man who thinks he Is master ot\nthe'problem only lets it be known how\nlittle he knows about It. Twenty million people are fed now In the country\nby the small traders and shopkeepers\nwho have not the opportunity nor the\nmeans to arrange the mnss of clerical\nand other detail work that would b6\nrequired by a complete rationing pyB-\ntem which some people are advocating. If we commandeered all the food\nnext week, we should find we were\nlust a week nearer to absolute starvation.\"\nWhet Is a \"Ration?'*\nCanad'an people have not y*\u00b0t caueht\nwhat a \"ration\" is. Do they fully comprehend that it is a measured, weighed\nand allotted meal, not once a week,\nbut three times a day?\nUnder the most rigid rules the\nweighing and apportion'ng would not\n\u2022H.: done *'n the home, either. To do\nthat thoroughly and with fairness to\nthe poor as against the rich who can\nstore more food than their indigent\nneighbors there must, first of all, be\nactual possession of the foodstuffs by\nthe controlling power. The British\ngovernment, row that compulsory rationing is .in force, has taken possession of the whole food stocK in the\nUnited Kingdom, or so nearly fo that\nthe whole of the uncontrolled food is\nnegligible. In an importing country\nlike Great Britain, which, before the\nwar, only held in stock a national food\nsupply for six weeks' consumption,\ntaking possession is easily done. All\nfood must pass through a gateway, ene\nor other of the ports of entry into the\nkingdom. From there it can be traced\ndownwards to the consumer.\nBut in Canada the conditions are almost exactly reversed. . The vastly\ngreater part of the national lood Is\nfirst in the hands of one-half of the\npeople, the farmers. Only when wheat\ngets to the elevators or meat reaches\nthe market can they be \"controlled.\"\nIf the farmer desires to retain his own\nstock of wheat, meat and all other produce on which our cities are dependent equally with him, what power\nhave we in the Dominion to mike him\nput in on the open market. The decree, it is true, might be made.. We\nmight see an addition. to a grow'ng\nmass-of very ideal legislation, .but In\npractise It would be titter disappointment. The city dweller might cry out\nagainst hoarding In the country, but\nin the absence of a police force as\nlarge as the permanent population, the\nstocks could not be moved.\nWould End in Ill-Feeling.\n. Rationing in the Canadian cities, in\nMontreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, in Halt-\nfax. In Calgary, in Vancouver and In\na few other places, could be carried\nout. But It would have no results at\nall in releasing food stores. enough. for\nthe allies. That course, would'be imposing a hardship on the city man as\nagainst the farmer and the dweller in\nthe small town. The last named at all\ntimes buys In large quantities. Who\nwould be responsible to report him If\nhe exceeded normal supplies?\nIll-feeling between city and country\nts far more easily roused than most\npeople conceive. The two interests always conflict; It would be regrettable\nIf this feeling were sharpened now.\nRationing in Canada would be an\nenormous experiment without any\npresent sign that It wou-'d even approximate to success. All-the ailed\ncountries have begun with a control ei\nscheme of sugar, because sugar can be\ndistributed ln the cities once a week.\nBread has to be delivered three times\nas often, if not dally, and the complications grow by square measure.\nEven in the United Kingdom it took\nfrom Sept. 8 to Dec. 31 to put the\nsugar scheme fully into working order.\nOver 56,000,000 separate cards ard )e ***-\niets had to be printed. \u25a0 In how ma y\nyears after the war could we have at-\n.ainod success with a similar scheme''\nNo Fair Distribution Assured.\nLord Rhondda, as late as Jan. 3, thir\n\/ear, said he regretted compulsory rationing. \"I say that,\" he reir.arl-ed\n\u2022'because I would rather that it would\nnot come. Don't think that when H\nhas come there ls going to bo an absolutely fair distribution.\" He added\nthat \"the various sections of the community had done splendidly, but It was\nthe small minority he had to deal with\n\u2014the people who were selfish and did\nnot recognize the altered position,\"\n. There are 15 regional commissioners\nwith two thousand food committees In\nthe United Kingdom. It Is believed\nthat over 60,000 people are directly cooperating in what Is--\"civil police\"\nwork for the food controller. Again\none might ask how many such workers\nshould wc require in the Dominion.\nIt Is infinitely worse ! In Germany\nand we must remember that any rationing is ln essence a Prusslanlsm\nwhioh the allies have had to. adopt to\nbeat down militarism. In Munich, the\ncapital of Bavaria, 700 persons are Required In the food bureau to look af-\n.er the feeding of 600,000 population.\nIt is true that ln Brussels ur.dar the\nvoluntary system of the Belgian relief\ncommission, In which the spirit of the\nwork was \"one for ell and all for one,\"\nthe same work was done for a larger\npopulation by 70 persons. But a conquered Belgian c.ty In 1915 Is altogether a different thing from a sparsely populated Canadian province into\nwhloh all tho area of Belgium could bo\ndropped and lost\nRations Vtry In Germany.\nEven In Prussianized Germany,\nwhere the railways and all olio are\nstate owned and worked, there Is no\nuniformity possible in tho distribution\nof food... The rations, havo to differ\ngreatly awarding to tha low&Uy.  T&a\nfollowing table will show the difference\nin three staples as late as last November: ^\nHamburg\u2014Bread, 3 lbs. 8 02s.; meat,\n8% ozs.; buttor or margarine, 8 1-6\nozs.        . .: \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 v   \u25a0 '\nMunich\u2014Bread, 4 lbs, .6 ozs; meat\n&% ozs,; butter or margarine, & 1-6\nozs.\nDueren\u2014Bread, 8 lbs. 18 okb,; meat\n6-K ozs.; butter or margarine, 1-3 oz.\nDusseldorf\u2014Bread, 8 lbs. 13 ozs.;\nmeat, 9 ozs.. butter or margarine, \\fc oz.\nOur best method in Canada is to\nadopt voluntary \"home rationing.\"\nEach family would agree to live on a\nlimited amount of foodstuffs each\nweek, paying especial attention, not to\npurchase more flour, bread and meat\nthan It would strictly require. Thus\nautomatically the grocer and the\nbutcher would not order large supplies\nfrom their wholesalers and the market\ncondition would quickly adjust itself\nto the lessened demand. By that\nmeans a surplus would be available\nfor export. By no otner means would\nit be feasible. Until the unexpected\nshortage of food in England in the\nlast few weeks this voluntary rationing, in homes, relying on honor rather\nthan on the policeman, worked excellently.\nAdopt Homo Plan.\nThe British food controller merely\nasked the people to adopt the same;\nscale of rationing ln the homes as had\nbeen enforced In the restaurants: 1. e.,\nBread and flour* 4 pounds; meat 2%\npounds, and Sugar % pound per person\na week. He had a splendid response\nfrom the greater part of tbe people.\nBy June, 1917, it was stated the amount\nof bread consumed In England had\ngone down 15 per cent as compared\nwith the previous February. Portsmouth reduced Its per capita consumption of meat to three pounds, one\nounce, while Ke.ghley, tho Yorkshire\nmanufacturing town which came to be\nknown ns the \"model town,\" went\ndown successfully to two pounds seven\nounces a week.\nThen consider that we have no \"public Opinion\" In Canada which brings all\nclasses, If they offend, down to the\nplain-level. j&S\nThe scale of penalties for infringement of the food controller's orders In\nGreat Br.tain la unrelnxlng. It ts now\nwell known that Marie Corelll, the famous novelist, was fined $260 and |21d\ntor costs, for-hoarding. Lady. Mabel\nGore Langton, who declared she always\nbought In large quantities, and who\nhad 12 people to cater for, was fined\n$4-00 lor hoarding. A N ewcastle- under -\nLyme schoolmaster, who bought sugar\nfrom his brother against the rules,\nwas fined }250, and $100 ccsts. A\nwoman m; Wales who fed part of the\nmilk she bought to 17 dogs was fined\n4125. A Howe baker, on six sales of\noread, making only a few ce.its' profit,\nwas fined $850. The Newcastle Cooperative society which sold tea, making\nft a condition that sugar should be\nbought also, was fined $60.\n\"Thero Is No Magic Way.\"\n\"There is no magic way,\" says Prof.\nKellogg of the Belgian relief commission, and now of tho United States\nfood administration, \"of making food\nwin- the war.   It can be done but In\none way, the way of voluntary ahd\neager resolution and action of the\nwhole people; It Ib a matter of dally\npersonaj -Service on every farm, finally in every little shop and every\nkitchen and at every table In the land.\"\nRationing In Europe Is In force to\ntry to distribute a fairly short supp'y\nof food among the people there. In\nCanada we have the food. Those who\nask for rationing ln tfie Dominion\nreally proclaim to the world that we |\nintend to be greedy, selfish and so\nblind to the allies' shortage that we\ncan only restrain ourselves from* eating the surplus under the shadow of\nthe big stick. Does anyone want\nCanada branded In.this way In 1918?\nALMOST INCREDIBLE\n0 _H.--.if\u2122 \u25a0-,' * : >-\u00b1-*'\nWhatever may be . the attitude of\nthe.average man towards the Canadian Northern railway, D. B. Hanna's\nrecital of the company's achievements\nls one of the most interesting narratives in the country's history. The\nroad has opened up the most fertile\npart of 4he Canadian West to thousands of farmers. It has placed 561\ntowns and villages on the map. Its\ntrackage has grown In a few years\nfrom 100 miles to 10,000 miles, and its\nannual gross earnings from $70,000 to'\n$43,000,000. This story of rapid development* .would be regarded as a\nfairy tale were It not supported by the\nhardest facts. Altogether It is cl ;&r\nthat in taking over the great railway\nconstructed by Sir William Mackenzfo\nand Sir Dona.d Mann the government\nIs-ob'a'ning an asset which will prove\nof enormous value to the Dominion for\nall time to come.\u2014Toronto News. ,\n. Distinctive badges will be provided\nfor all across the line who are rejected or exempted by tho \u25a0 draft\nboards.\nEvery village school in New Tork\nState Is to have a pig raising class\nwith 60 porkers. This moans an additional 60,000 hogs in tbe state.      x\nCOLD 8TORAGE\nThe latest example of English as\nShe is spoken comes from Egypt where\na native interpreter, who had overstayed his leave, wrote the following\nletter to his chief: \"My absence is impossible. Some one has removed my\nWife.    My God, I am annoyed.\"\nAn 'editor received this letter from\na fresh youth: \"Kindly \u00abtell me why\na girl always closes her eyes when\na fellow kisses her.\" To which the\neditor replied: \"If you will send us\nyour photograph we may be able to\ngive you the reason.\"\nThe customer was paying the merchant an account, and handed over a\nwad of twenty five-dollar bills, \"I\nnoticed,\" remarked the cu tomer, smilingly, after the merchant had placed\nthe wad in his inside pocket, \"that you\ndidn't flick' up the last ene.\" \"No,\"\nwas the canny reply, \"I dinna dae\nmore than look nt the last o.\\e. That's\ngtild enough for ine without toac ing\n,t; there might be antther underneath it\" '\nThe PYREX\nPie Plate\nBakes* so uniformly\nand quickly that pies\nactually taste better and\ndo not bum easily.\nThere is something\nentirely different about a\nPYREX Pie-a whole-\nsomeness\u2014a want-some-\nmore.\nPYREX your kitchen-it\nwill save you diiheB, \u2022hell-\nroom, drudgery. 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Burns & Co.\nUNITED\nPHONE 32\n8YNOP8I8 OF COAL\nMINING REGULATIONS\nCoal mining rights of ths Dominion\nIn Manitoba, Saskatchewan and A.1-\nherta. the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories, and In s portion of\nthe province of British Columbia, any\nhe leased for a term of twenty-ons\nyears at an annus) rental of I) par\nacre. No more than 2E60 acres will\nbe leased to one applicant\nApplication for lease must he mads\nby the applicant In person to ths scent\nor aub-agent of the dlstrlot of whioh\nthe rights applied for are situated.\nIn surveyed territory the land must\nbe described hy sections or lets] subdivisions of sections and In uneurvSy-\ned territory the tract applied for shall\nbe staked nut by the applicant hlm-Mlt\nEach application must be sccomp-t-'\noled by a fee of IS which will he ret,.'\nfunded If -the rights applied for aro\nnot available, but not otherwise. 'A.\nroyalty ahall be paid on ths merchant-,\nable output of the mine at ths rats ,i*\nof five cents per ton.\nThe person operating the mine shall\nfurnish the agent with aworn return,\n.mounting for ths full quantity of\nmerchantable coal mined and pay the\nroyalty thereon. If the coal mining\nrights, are not being operated, suoh\nreturns shall ho furnished at least ones\ns year.\nThe lease will Include the coal, mining rlghta only, but the lessee may ba\npermitted to purchase whatever available surfaoe rights may be oonsldsrsd\nnecessary for the working of ths mine\nat tha rats Of llo an acre.\nFor    full    Information   application,\nshould bs made to the Secretary of ths f -j\nDepartment ot the Interior, Ottawa,' or\nto say agent or sub-agsnt df Dominion\nlands. W. W. CORT.\nDeputy Minuter of the Interior.\nN.B<\u2014Unauthorised publication of\n-T.I. aAv-M-'-laMnt'n. \u00abHil \u00abrt* *-*\u2022\u00bb \u00ab\u2022'-* ,**-**; .\nDsily News Want Ads will hslp *\/\u2022\u00bb\n...-.\u25a0-\u25a0'.     ovsr every difficulty,  ' -\u25a0\u25a0*\"\n ^^mm*\nlb<{\nTuesday,  feb,  t\u00bb,  m_\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nPAG* MV\u00bb\nline Star\nMRS.   HAiNES'   HOMEMADE\nMARMALADE\n*.    GRAPE FRUIT\n.b. Jar  35c\nk.Pall   S1.00\nORANGE\nlib. P-ii  .81.00\nPECK FREAN'S 8H0RTCAKE\nIsrlb. .....:.*,.. BOc\nKADANA TEA\nlib.: package 46c\nlb. package    SI.30\nitar Grocery\nPHONE 10\n1 FURS\nuaranteed hlgn class furs, nice se-\nIon kept In stock or made to ordei\nn selected skins. Customers'- fur.\nle up, remodelled and repaired\nas dressed and mounted at moder\nprices. Best price paid for raw\nhs... . ,\nGLA8ER, Manufacturing Furrier\nWard St., Nelson. B. C. Phons IM\n19406\nIs the winning number for lsst\nweek in bur weekly drawing for\na pair of f 5 Shoes. Ask for ticket\nwith your purchase.\nR. Andrew & Co.\nLEADERS IN FOOT FASHION\nCLAIMS NEW RAILWAY\nRAILS JUSTIFltD\n mii.mm  ....mi. \u00bb\u00bb<\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\u00bb\n\\Kootenay and Boundary\nSOO VOLUMES FOR\nI\nBook Tea at Cranbrook  Proves  Big\nSuccess\u2014Memorial 8ervice Held\nfor Lieut. Wilson.\nWhat Does a Long\n[Distance Call\nMean?\nWhen you ask Long Distance\nto get you a certain party, your\n(request sometimes means that\nthat country hns to be searched\nifor the person -wanted. The\nother day a subscriber made\n'such a request, tho person want-\nfed being engaged on an outdoor\ncontract, and had been gone a\nweek. Place after place was\n{called, and finally Long Distance\nwas successful. She generally\njis. The appointment was made\n{and the call completed.\nV The cost was 25 cents for a\nthree-minute talk. Not much\nmoney for the work, but Long\nDistance was greatly pleased\nthat she was able to supply the\n'service.\nYou place your call. Long Distance does the rest!\nThe\nOriginal\n&1KSI   and\nOnly\nGenuine\nSr-7jn?r4*i\ni&Be\nHoisetik\n. ifflnigi\nSold\non the\nMerits of\nMlnard's\nLiniment\nBeware\nof\nImitations\nWinnipeg Papar Maintains They Will\nNot Have Discouraging Effect\non Production,\nWINNIPEG,  Feb.  18.\u2014The following editorial appeared In the Winnipeg Telegram today:   '\n\"Probably the lease Justifiable objection made at Ottawa against the\nrailway board's order for an increase\nof freight rates was that based on the\npredloitlon that the proposed Increase\nwould discourage production df grain\nand livestock by putting an unnecessary burden upon the farmer. It Is\nobvious that no 'unnecessary' burden\nshould be put upon the farmer, or upon\nanyone else. If It could once be established that the proposed rates Increase\nls -unnecessary' then the whole caae\nof the railway boaid falls to the\n'ground without further argument.-But\nthis has not been established, nor does\ntho Telegram believe, that, considering\nthe deplorable financial condition of\nevery Canadian railway,, with the sole\nexception of the C.P.R., it Is at all possible to establish It. .**\nIf we admit, then, that the Increase\nis necessary' to preserve the weaker\nlines from complete ruin, let us turn\nto tho evil effect that such a rise In\nrates might have cn production. In\n1914\u2014the year. In which tho war started\u2014wheat sold for 90.2 cents a bushel.\nThis sum carried 11.3 bushels from\nBrandon to Fort William\u2014a distaVce\nof 552 miles. In 1917\u2014after three years\nof war\u2014a bushel of wheat sold at 82.21:\nThe sum paid freight on 28.2 bushels of\nwheat from Brandon to Fort William.\nUnder the railway board's proposed\nIncrease, a bushel of wheat at 82.21\nwould pay the freight charges on 24.B;\nbushels from Brandon to Fort Wllllani.\nThus, under the proposed Increase, the\nprice of one bushel of wheat will pay\nthe freight tolls on 13 bushels more\nthan ln 1914. In other words, even\nwith the new rates In force, the farmer\nwill obtain for his wheat a price that\nwill make one bushel pay the freight\ntolls on 113 per cent moro wheat than\nIn 1914.\nDiscouragement That Pleases. -\n-'If this should prove to be 'discouraging* to tho western farmer, the Telegram believes that it will be the kind\nof 'discouragement' which most of\nthem will take with a smile. Now, let\nus see how the new rates will -discourage* J*.og raising. In 1914 hogs sold at\n$7,66 a hundred, pounds. This sum\nwould pay tho.freight charges, on-4640\npounds of hogs from Mlnnedosa to\nWinnipeg; ,a distance of 135 miles, ln\n1917. hogs were worth 814.95 a hundred\npounds. This aum paid tho freight\ncharges on 9370 pounds from .Mlnnedosa to Winnipeg. With the proposed\nincreaso ln rates and with hogs selling at the same price\u2014$14.95\u2014one\nhundred pounds of hogs will pay.the\ntransportation tolls on 8125 pounds\nbetween the same points. In other\nwords, the farmer will be able to ship\n75 per cent more hogs for tho price he\nwill obtain for one hundred pounds\ntoday than he could under 1914 hog\nprices nnd 1914 freight rates.\n\"It is, indeed, difficult to find any\n\u2022discouragement' in these figures.\n\"Then, look at beef. In 1914 the price\nof cattle was $6.88 a'hundred pounds.\nThis sum would *'pay the freight\ncharges on 3931 pounds of cattle from\nSbu'rls to Winnipeg. In 1917 the price\not cattlo was $9.03 a hundred pounds.\nThis Bum paid the transportation\ncharges on 5320 pounds between the\nsame points. Under the new freight\nrates this same price will still pay tho\nfreight charges on 4*830 pounds. In\nother words, one hundred pounds of\ncattle ot the 1917 price will pay for\n17.7 per cent more transportation, even\nunder the advanced rates, than one\nhundred rjounds 1914 price would pay\nfor under present rates. Where Is the\n'discouragement' of production?\nAnd, besides there Is very good rea-\nBon to believe that the prices of farm\nproducts during the present year will\nbe considerably higher than in 1917.\nReal Reasons for Protests.\n\"No, clearly It Is not any fear that\nthe new rates will cause 'discouragement' of farm production that accounts\ntor the protests against them. The\nchief reasons are but two\u2014and they\nare both natural and not altogether unreasonable.\n\"The first ls that we all dislike paying more tor anything than we have\nbeen accustomed to pay for It. Whether\nwe really believe the 'kicking' will do\nany good or not, It Is a time-honored\ncustom to make a kick anyway on the\noff chance that it might produce results,\n\"The second'reason for the opposition Is the general and possibly sound\nbelief that while the roads must obtain\nhigher prices tho C. P. R. does not\nneed them and will make unreasonable\npioflts If permitted to charge them.\nThis second argument ts the only\nsound one and can readily be disposed\nof. Ttje C. P. R. like every other business enterprise ls entitled to a fair\nprofit and to no more. That ts all It\nsays It wants. Very well, then, let us\ntake It at Its word. Let the government\nmake special provision, when putting\nthe new rates Into effect, that no railway shall be permitted to keep for Its\nown uses profits greater than a fixed\npercentage, all over and above that\nrate to go to the government, to lighten our ever-growing load ot taxation.\n\"This would dispose of the ohly serious argument against the new rates,\nwould eliminate the possibility of the\nmost highly efficient organization profiting unreasonably by tho weakness of\nthe other roads, ahd would give the\nother systems a chance to pull themselves out of their embarrassments,\nwhich are a constant menace to the\n\u2022esurlty of Canadian floanofc\"  \t\n(Special to Tho Daily News,)'\nCRANBROOK, B.C., Feb. 18\u2014WlthJ\na view to Increasing the library at the;\nmilitary sanitarium at Balfour, the\nlocal branch of the St. John Ambulance association organised a \"book\ntea'* on Saturday last. The Palm building was attractively decorated and\nearly In the afternoon a stream of visitors commenced to arrive, bringing\nwith them an excellent assortment of\nbooks snd.bv 8^ o'clock-a huge pile of\nover BOO vbliifiiei had' accumulated.\nDuring the afternoon vocal ond Instrumental muBlc was provided by Me_-\ndamex Manning, Rvokman. Wal'lnger\nnnd Wbltehnuie, M'ss Delia Greaves\nand MIsb Edith McBrlde, Tea was\nserved by members of the. association.\nIn memory of Lieut*. John Wi'son,\nnews of whose death ln Mesopotamia\nwas received a few days aeo, a memorial service was held ln the Methodist church lsst evening. Lieut. Wilson was a member of the staff of the\nBank of Commerce here prior to his\nunllstment in 1915. He secured his\n--ommls-jion In Irelpnd and was attach-\ned_ to the Imperial forces. He was\nwounded In France In 1**'lt and'on his\nrecovery went tp Salonlkl. The sex-\nvice was attended by the local branch\nG.W.V.A. Special music was rendered\nand a forceful and appropriate sermon preached by Rev. Titos' Keyworth.\nPIG PEN RAIDING COUGAR\nKILLED AT GRAY CREEK\nCoyotes Numerous  Ar'und  District-\nGovernment Pheasants Conspicuous by Their Absence.\nRAY JONE8 OF TRAIL\nHOME FROM OVERSEAS\n(Special to The Dally News.)\nTRAIL, B. C, Feb. 18,\u2014Ray Jones'\nhas been Invalided home from service\noverseas. He enlisted and went to\nFrance with the boys of the first contingent. He went through all of the\nsanguinary battles of the early part of\nthe war and wns finally wounded and\ntaken back to England. Later he served as a chauffeur to the Canadian ad-\nJutant:geheral. After six months In\nLondonhe again returned to the front\nlines, where he was again wounded\nahd Invalided home.\nSPORT\nHHS DRUBBED\nBY\nTRAIL PERSONALS.\n(Sneclnl to The Daily News.)\nTRAIL. B.C., Feb. 18.\u2014Miss Christina Larnen spent Sunday In Rossland.\nMiss Gladys Greerorv spent tho week\nend at her,home in Rossland.\nGRAY CREEK, B. C, Feb. 18^\u2014H. C.\nHaddon shot a cougar here early on\nSunday morning. This is probably the\nsame animal that raided a pig pen\nabout 10 days ago and killed a bunch\nof pigs. The cougar was tre,ed by;a\nfox terrier within 10 yardB of the house\nand was secured without difficulty\nWith a load of buckshot.\nW. Lamont has obtained employment ln the shipyards at Seattle.\nMiss C. Smith Is visiting friends in\nNelson.\nSergt. A* W> Lymbery has been admitted into hospital in England suffering from the effects of wounds received three years ago, and expects to\nbe invalided back to Canada, f. \"\nCoyotes are very numerous around\nhere this winter, and several have be.n\nseen lately. Lynx are not as .plentiful\nas usual. Frank Martin, who has bapn\ntrapping in Baker creek, reports-, fur\n.V^y. spares, .find the .snow veiy ,$e_ep\non the summits.\nMost of the ranchers around-here\nare going In for lncreasd livestock\nthis year. Norman Anderson has just\ncompleted a new cow barn and, A. J.\nLewis is putting up several pig pens.\nLeonard Clark, who left hero with\ntho first contingent, has been gazetted\na lieutenant with the Imperial artillery,\nand has returned to the front.\nThe pheasants that were liberated\nhere by the government have not\nproved a success. Last winter quite a\nnumber camo around the ranches and\nwere fed by the ranchers, but so far\nthis winter none has been sner>, a-d It\nIs feared that they have not survived.\nColds Cause  Headache and  Grip\nLA_XAT1V1<_ BRO&iO QUININE Tablets remove tne cause.   There is only\nuiie \"Bromo Quinine.\" B. \\V. GROVK'S\nsignature on box.    30c.\nROSSLAND  NOTE'S.\n(Special to The Daily News.)\nROSSLAND, B.C., Feb. 18.\u2014C. F. R.\nPincott returned Saturday from spending a week In Spokane with Mrs. Pincott and daughter, Eileen.\nMr. and Mrs. W. M .Archibald returned Saturday afternoon from at-\ntendlngitho mining convention which\nwas held there last week.\nMr. and Mrs. E. Levy returned Saturday from spending the week ln Spokane.\nMrs. A. M. Betts entertained a number of friends at bridge Saturday evening.\nMiss Margaret Fraser returned to\nTrail this morning after spending the\nweekend at her home.\nMiss Gladys Gregory was a weekend\nvisitor to the city returning to Trail\nthis morning.\nPostmaster W. Wadds haB returned\nfrom a week's visit to the coast.\nThe Misses McNeill entertained a\nnumber of their girl friends on Saturday evening at their apartments on\nColumbia avenue.\nMrs. Seraphlne and daughter left\nthis morning for Hillyard where they\nexpect to remain.\nRobert 'Stevens has returned to\nRossland after an absence of some\nmonths.\nAt the meeting of the Thomas Talbot chapter I.O.D.E., he'd Saturday\nevening the following officers were\nelected: Regent,* Miss G. Martin; vice-\nregents, Miss Hazel Wallace and Mrs.\nJ. C. Robson; treasurer, Florence Henderson; secretary, Florence -Henderson; standard bearer, Josephine Deschamps. .    ,\nCABLE APP'-ICATION\nRECALLS A WAR SCARE\nHow a RnHiiov C\u00bb\u00bb.e \u2666*\u00bb Be Mounted\non Waterfront No Man's Land\nVTCTORTA.\u2014A fratafmpntof for-\npntten hMorv fcns hppn dls'nterr-M by\nthp senroh of titles nectary In ernm-\nlnin$ the anpllcat'on for a sub'rnarin'-\nrahle station on Dallas road, onpos'te\nthe end of Douglas strset. It also\nproves the truth of *he old saying that\nhi'-forv rp-^^ats Itself,\nThe public apprehension early in the\nwar of a Oermnn bombardment Is too\nfresh In the nubile mind to rp-qu're em\nphnpis. hut the present generation has\nforeotten that a menace from Ritss'n\nnrnupod the cltv to examine Us lank\nof defences in the fi'^Tin-r of 1878,\nThp'-pM*' hnmrs the connection.\nIt hns he.pn found that wh'ie the\nwestern boundary of Benron Hfll \"nark\nactually embraces the port of Douglas\nstreet frontimr the park' from, the\nforeshore io the northwestern end of\nthe park.'fhere Is aetrlp of land on\nthe waterfront immediately west of It\nwhich Is not In the conveyance of the\nshore lands.\nA considerable area. Including part\nof .Tnmef-i \"Ray now built upon was set\naside In the early days for cemetery\npurposes, but be'.nir found unsuitable,\ntbe locution at Ross Bay was chosen.\nT*e phore lands were transferred in\n187ft by provincial act to the cltv for\npark purposes, and part was sold off.\nThe area was further reptrlcted when\nI thp city transferred port of the re\nnminder In 1912 to the Dominion gov\nI ernment for harbor works. That leaves\nthe reserve around Holland Point In\npublic control. However, the. little\nspace between Douglas street and Dallas avenue, where the steps lead-down\n!to he beach. Is not frrthp. conveyance\nas far as can be ascertained. It Is be\nlleved the reason was that during the\nRussian scare of 187$. When the em\np'scement for a' battery was established at that roint, the land was held\n.bacic for.possible mll'tary purposes.\nBefore Berlin Congress\nI While the Pacific coast was shuddering at the prosnect of a share in\nthe threatened conflict between Russia and Great Britain following the\nj Rusbo-TurkIsh war, which had come\nto a cessation at San Stefano on\nMarch 3, and the diplomats, of Europe\nhad yet to meet at Berlin for the\nfamous congress, the cables here were\noften out of ordor, and rumor played\nthe same merry pranks to which Victorians have been accustomed during\nthe past three or four years. There\nwas a strong squadron of Russian\nwarships off San Francisco, cruising\nalong the coast, and Victorians applied\nfor protection.\nAmong the fortifications hastily\nerected on. the advice of an artillery\nofficer was a naval battery at Esquimau harbor, guns at Fort Macaulay\nand a battery at Flnlayson Point in\nBeacon Hill Park. Close to the Fin-\n1 ayson battery of three guns was\nplaced the base for a further battery,\nwhich, however, was not mounted, on\nthe area where the mounds may still\nbe seen.\nWar Was On?\nOn one occasion, according to a gunner in the company formed in this\ntime of uncertainty to man the batteries, a Russian man-of-war actually\ncalled In at Esquimau to Inquire If\nwar had broken out, and the officers\nof the naval station, shut, oft from\ncommunication with the world by a\ncable Interruption, did not know\nwhether to salute the Russian flag\nwith the proper respect due to a\nfriendly nation, or to open fire.\nBe\" that as it may, the \"\"war* scare\npassed and the second battery on the\nwaterfront was never mounted. It is\nnow suggested that the title to this\nland should be ascertained from the\nproper authorities, so that the cable\nmay be brought In at Dallas avenue,\nor some point in tho proximity. Olym-\npla avenue is recommended for use instead of Douglas street, as the council\nhas no power under the. trust deed to\nallow the company to lay an underground cable 425 In length through\nthe park lands. The supreme court\naction of 1884 defines exactly what\nmay be done with the park trust,\nhence the Impossibility of -granting\nleave for the cable within park limits.\nTwo thilllon women nre working on\nfarms In the United States, of whom\n750,000 kre under the age of 20.\nJews.^ih tho United -States are\npleading for sufficient flour to make\nunleavened bread for the Passover.\n^QYA\nL\nB&_roNTO_fe\nROYALYIAST\nNn keen Canada', favorite yeast for over <-.\nquarter ef \u2022 century. Bread baked with Royal\nYeaet will keep freed and moist longer than that\nmade with any ether, ee that a full weok'e eupply\noan easily be made at one bakinf, and th* lost\nleaf will be Just ae good as the first.\n. MAPC IN CANADA\nEWGniET- COMPANY UMITED   yA\n*W1N\"**_-**B0   TORONTO, CT--.T.  rtoNTnffAL\nMillionaires   Get   8   to   1   Victory-\nCombination of Forwards and\n'       -  Defense Perfect\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)  _\nVANCOTJVBB; B. C, Feb. 18.\u2014\nBefore 8200 wild, hockey . fans, the\nVancouver Millionaires tonight sprung\niomothlng, maybe a board of strategy, on the Seattle Mets and downed\nthem by the score of 8 to 1 in a game\nthat had everyone's spine curling from\nbeginning to end. It was not that\nthe Mets wore outclassed, for thoy\nkept coming all evening and there\nwasn't a moment in which the locals\nJid not havo to play their \"worst\" to\nkeep on top, but with the Millionaires\nplaying perfect combination in the\nforward line, a perfect defense, and\nLehman showing some marvelous\ngoal tending, Lester Patrick's gang of\nchampions simply could not get anything that counted until Foyston\nhorned through and scored ln the last\nperiod. As a result of the game\nSeattle apd Vancouver are now tied\ntor lead.\nFrom a Vancouver standpoint, the\nhero of the game was ancient Fred\nTaylor, who added four points to his\nscoring record and jumped far. in the\nlead by beating Fowler four times,\nafter making numerous attempts to\nbottle him up looking foolish. He\nwas in secure possession of Lester\nPatrick's goat, Lester having started\nout with the Intention of giving an\nimitation of a piece of fly paper sticking to the Cyclone. Line-up:\nVancouver. Seattle.\nGoal.\nLehman   -    Fowler\nPoint.\nCook   Rickey\nCover Point.\nGriffis      Bowe\nRover.\nMackay  Foyston\n'*'       Centre.\nTaylor  \u2014...  Morris\nLeft Wing.\nMoynes V...'.......  Wilson\nRight Wing.\nStanley    _   Roberts\n\u25a0Referee, Irvine.\nSummary\nFirst period: Vancouver, Taylor\nfrom Mackay, 10:20. Penalties: Wilson, Seattle, 3 minutes.   -\nSecond period: Vancouver, Cook.\n:S9; Vnncouvor, Stanley from Griffis.\n6:26; Vancouver, Taylor from Stanley, 8:32; Vancouver, Taylor from\nGriffis, 3:02; Vancouver, ' Stanley\nfrom Moynes, :11. Penalties: Patrick.\nSeattle. 3 minutes. Substitutes: Riley\nfor Wilson, Patrick for Riley. Vancouver, Macdonald for Taylor.\nThird period: Vancouver, Mackay.\n8:56; Vancouver. Taylor from Griffis.\n4:20; Seattle, Foyston, 3:62. Penalties: Stanley, 3 minutes; Patrick, 3\nminutes; Rowe, 3 minutes. Substitutes: Taylor for Macdonald, Riley for\nRoberts.,\nMIENS SHUT\n1\nOutclass   Blueshirts  in  all  Stages   ot\nUsnitf anu rue on tiflru\nUo.aiB.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nTU-VJiVi.U, i*eu. la.\u2014in tueir first\ngame piay.u in uie Arena in ine b'ec\nonu nun vt tne iN.li.t-. Bdieauie, me\n\u25a0L.unuu-t-*ns, tresn uoui their victory\nover tue Senator s at Montreal hauir-\nday. nignt, registered a complete snut-\nout at tno ejtpt-ntse of Turumos, tne\nscore being it to 0. The .brenenmen*\nwho tonlgut nad the assistance ot i\u00abi-\nlonde, outplayed the local sextette at\nall stages of tne game,\nTho opening exchanges were lather\ntame, but toward the end of the period\nmatters livened . up and Pitre drew\nfirst blood with a shot that beat\nHolmes. The period was by no means\nexciting.\nCanadlens opened the second period\nwith a rush and the Torontos goal was\nsoon in jeopardy. After four minutes\nMalone scored and tins was quickly\nfollowed with goals by Hall, Pitre, Lalonde, Hall and Laviolette. The Blue\nshirts were completely swept off their\nfeet and backchect.lng was a negliglblo\nquantity. Torontos woke up in the\nclosing period and rained shots at\nVezina for a time, but he was unbeatable. After 12 minutes Malone scored\nthe eighth and shortly after Lalonde\nnetted the final score making it 9 to 0\nfor the visitors;   The lineup.\nCanadlens\u2014Vezina, Cor {*au, Hall,\nLalonde, Malone and Pitre. Substitutes. Berlinquette, Laviolette, Couture and Macdonald.\nTorontos\u2014Holmes, Mummery, Cameron, Noble, Meeking and Skinner.\nSubstitutes: Corbctt, Denneny, Crawford and Adams.\nReferee, Lou Marsh; Judge of play,\nSteve Valr.\nTED  LEWIS  KNOCKS OUT\nDUFFY IN FIRST ROUND\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nTOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 18.\u2014Ted Lewis,\nwelterweight champion of the world,\ntonight knocked out Jimmy Duffy of\nLockport, N. Y., in the first round of\nwhat was to have been a lS-round\nbout.\nTIPPLE AND MARKLE WILL\nPLAY FOR ST. PAUL CLUB\nNEW YORK, Feb. 18.\u2014The Ney\nYork American league baseball club\ntoday announced the release of Pitchers Ban Tipple and Clifford Markle to\nthe St. Paul club of the Amerlcaa association.\nTipple was purchased from the in\ndlanapolis club of the American also*\nelation (or $11,000 ln 1916, but was\nnext sent to the Baltimore olub of the\nInternational league. Markle was sent\nto tho International league club at Toronto to wind up the season or 1916\nand did not report to the Now York\nolub In im* -'\u25a0\u2022\u25a0'               J\nTwdDijys\" Sale af\nr\nCOMMENCING  THIS  MORNING. >\nWE   PLACE  ON   SALE   OUR   COMPLETE   STOCK   OF   LADIM\"\nFUR   COLLARS,   CAPES,   MUFFS   AND   THROWS       ^ *\nAT  HALF  THE  ORIGINAL  PRICE  ,\nThis is a splendid opportunity to select good Furs, as the*\/ are\ncontinua-ly advancing* in price, and the savings at our Salo Prices\nare enormous. > ,\"  ...\nOur showing consists of Red Fox, Brown Fox, Black Lynx, Persian\nLamb, Alaska Sable, Labrador Mink, Marmot and Muskrat.\nPrices Range from $10.00 to $160.00 th* Pi-ice.\nSale Prices Today\n$5.00 to $\u00a30.00\nthe Piece\nMEAGHER & CO.\nTHE  STORE   FOR  STYLE\nTHE  8TORE   FOR QUALITY\nLOCAL BONSPKL\nKeen Ice Encourages Nelson Fans to\nPut on Wednesday Half Holiday\nExhibition.\nA local bonspiel Is the last word\nfrom the curling rink. City curlers\nyesterday arranged to hold an informal\nbonspiel at the rime 'the first part of\nwhich will be played this evening and\nthe finals will be played off Wednesday afternoon.\nThe first half of tonight's draw will\nbe played at 7:15 and the second, half\nus 9 o'clock, as follows:\nBunyah and Wasson, Jeffs and\nGuthrie, Dill and Hodgson, Douglas\nand'St. Denis.\nWallace and Holmes, Blackwood and\nStevenson, Proudfoot and Robertson,\nSmyth and Andrew.\nThe Players.\nThe names are listed in this order,\nskip, third, second and lead. Here\nthey are:\nWalley, Ledingham, Boles and Ro-\nnan.\nJeffs, McHardy, Borden and Nelson.\nHolmes, Redpath, Sterling and Donaghy.\nHodgson, Uindy, Truflt and Mal-\nlette.\nSmyth, Williamson, Benwell and\nGansner.\nWasson, Sutherland, Emory and\nWharton.\nProudfoot, Laughton, Ferguson and\nMcLean.\nBlackwood, Robinson, Abbott and\nCrosby.\nAndrew, Biker, Keith and Gellnas.\nBunyan, Stark, Myers and Bell.\nSt Denis. Bush, prowd and Drake.\nStevenson, Ritchie, Hall, R. D.t and\nBard.\nRobertson, Bishop, Annable and\nMurphy.\nDill, Benson, Otterbura and Potter.\nJones, Miller, Graham and McGul-\ngan.\nGuthrie, Barnes, Davidson and Bara-\nclough.\nGibson, Horstead, Lelth and Romano.\nMcMorrls, Winter, Fard and Hil-\nIlard.\nWallace, Perrier, Cornwell and Morris.\nDouglas, Meagher, Kenny and Sewell. m\nTHE ONLY\nthis year at the\nSkating Rink\nWednesday, Feb. 20\nA regular feast of Hockey.\nAfternoon at 2:30,\nNELSON   TIGERS   VS   ROSSLAND  RED SOX\n4 O'Clock\t\nNELSON   TIGERS   VS.  TRAIL\nRED 80X.\n\u25a0*\u00bb\nEvening at 8:15 o'clock,\nWINi.ERS    OF    2    O'CLOCK\nGAME\nVS.\nWINNERS    OF    4    O'CLOCK\nGAME\nFor    Junior    Championship    of\nWest Kootenay.   Trophy donated  by  Nelson   Rink   Company,\nvalue, $15.\nSenior Game,  9:30, '\nTRAIL VS. NELSON\nAdmission,  afternoon,   25  cents\nfor all.   Evening,   Children,   25\ncents;   Adults,  50 cents.\nYPRES CLOSES  SCHEDULE\nWITH VICTORY OVER VIMYS\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 18.\u2014With a victory of 8 to 4 over tho Vimys, the\nYpres, champions already of the Winnipeg Military hockey league, closed\ntheir schedule tonight Though the\nZebras started out well and for a time\nheld a lead of 2 to 1, the Ypres, who\nhad secured Jack Hughes of last year's\nVies, to play centre In place of Dick\nIrvin, Ineligible for tho Allan cup\nseries, came through with the noces-\nform<fitCQILA&\nSary finish to double the scdre by half\ntime. In tho second half the Vimys\ndrew first blood again, but they failed\nto keep it up and not till Ypres had\nadded four more did thoy secure their\nfourth, the last of the game.\nTHREE RINKS UNBEATEN FOR &\nWINNIPEG GRAND AGGREGATE\nRochon,   Wood   and   Finlay   Survive\nGamts\u2014Adams, Regina, Successful  in  Birks. js\n(By Daily News Leaaed Wire.) 4\nWINNIPEG, Feb. 18.\u2014Threo remain\nbut three rinks without a loss in the\nrunning for the Grand Aggregate, Gllf\nlespio of the Winnipeg Granites sufi\nferlng his first defeat tn the + o'cloclf\ndraw in the Dingwall event_, Tho thre-g\nundefeated skips are Rochon,-, Th.tte\ntics; Wood, Granites, aud Finlay, In\ntho semi-finals. \u25a0>'\u00ab\u00a3\nIn the 10 o'clock draw this morning.\nAdams, Regina, won his game in th\u00a3\nBirks, while Ross and Lowe, also of\nUeginn, won ln the McLaren and Lle.Uj\ntenant-Governor's events. Woolhousa\nSaskatoon, won In* the McLaren, while\nhis townsman, Bruce, lost out in ths\nRobinson. Bowyer, Moose Jaw, waf\nknocked out of the Hudson's Bay b*\nMac Rochon. At 1 o'efock, Adams an<$\nRoss won their gumos in the Sir John\nEaton, whilo MoKee, Regina, was de-i\nfeatod. After playing 14 ends In this\nevent, Bruce, Saskatoon, lost out tp\nKerr, Mlnlota, 10-11. Dowe, Regina,\nwon his game In the Hudson's Bay.\nIn the Dominion Match, at 4 p. m.,\nRoss and McKee, Regina, were beaten,\n16 to 19, by Ronanghen and Oibson*.\nNaplnka. In the Birks event Lowe.\nRegina, won'from Kerr, Neepawa, Vb\nto*    '  ** '     '\u25a0\" *      \"'\n \u25a0\"\u25a0\"-I\". SIX\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nTU--DAV,   Wfc   18,    1019.\n,* . ,:SHit___d_K                                                                                    ffl 1                                                                                                                            1   ?*T*i. \u25a0'   '\u25a0     \"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0_..'-\"'\",    \u00ab\"*:.'         .- i'''.      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'^M-^ai -.<^jM\nThe Business House that declares regular dividend$ is the one which has\nreduced Team Work to a Science.            :  ;                        :;        .%:;;.    :\n\u25a0                              .... *. *..\nThe Retail Merchant who can say \"I push Nationally Advertised Goods*'\nis signed up with the Winning Team for life.                    i ?\u25a0%$&   ;    v.\nHe stops figuring long profits on unknown brands.    He never loses customers through substituting.     He turns his back on the difficult, old-fashioned, expensive methods of \"playing it alone.\"                                  i-7 ^v\nHe sees his customers more often.'    The ring of his cash register is more\nfrequent.   He earns the reputation of selling quality goods.  For theinaanur\nfacturers who spend thousands of dollars advertising their products dare not\njeopardize their investment with doubtful quality.                       ,                                  \/\n'.             .                                                      \u25a0      *               \u25a0\"\u25a0\u25a0..\u2022     \u25a0\u25a0    ii   1   *:f -*\u25a0   ' \u25a0   *.**\u2022:\u25a0-   .\u2022;,'Wi*.| *j    f.   -j*   m A  \"\"'    '   \"\"*   \"f   \u25a0  r-*>-v-i\u00bb.    \u25a0' \u25a0    |\nHe earns the reputation of being progressive.     He has in stock what his\ncustomers see advertised in their newspaper.    He sells what his customers\nwant and plays the modern merchandising game of rapid turnovers on\ngoods already half sold for him.                                                  ;      r                                J\nHe combines his store, his stock, his windows, his advertising with the\npowerful efforts of the big National Advertisers and their highly organized\nmarketing facilities, and follows the line of least resistance toward the goal-**-\n\"BETTER BUSINESS.\"\n\u25a0 ..\u2022**                                                                                                                                                                                '\n&\nThe Daily News\nNelson, B.C.\n\u25a0 \u25a0   ,_ \u25a0                             .,.:\u2022\u25a0\u25a0                                    ,-\u2022-..     ...       #      \u25a0\u2022-....\ni- i <\u00a3 i V> \u25a0. \u25a0:.!> *) \":'i>-. stf&*ik&$ptyy^w&tffav-f-'\nfrz.\"<:\n*********\n*\u25a0*.;:, :i.-\n,;..,(.., M. *\"\u00bb*;\n. ,**    - -..**_*i*.. \u25a0\u2022r.<tr.\\: \u25a0\n\u00ab\u2022:>*.:'\n ********\nIb6\n-TUESDAY,   piB,   It,   MIS.\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nPAQE SEVEN m\n\u25a0   m\nlittle Ads that Bring Big Returns\nIENSEO ADVERTISING RATES\nam-rilon, per wort     lo\nlure oharge   M**\nBonnoutlve   InBortioM,   per\na    \u00ab<*\nty-itz conseoutlve Insertion!\n_ month), per wort  15c\nk one Insertion  \u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022 BOo\nkges, one Insertion  BOo\nIs, one Insertion  BOo\nof Thank  BOo\nih subsequent Insertion 25c\nand Funeral Notice 11.00\ncondensed   advertisements   are\n[In advance,\nlomputlng the number of words\nclassified advertisement count\nword, dollar mark, abbreviation,\nletter and figure as one word,\nertlsers are reminded that tt Is\n,ry to the provisions of the pos-\nWs to have letters addressed to\ni only, therefore any advertiser\njus of concealing his or her Iden-\nlay use a box at this office wlth-\n117 extra charge if leplies are\nfor; If replies are to be malted\nvertlsers allow 10 cents extra In\non to price ot advertisement to\nbstage.\n! News reserves the right to re-\nny copy submitted for publioa-\n[**^I5!!i^C*ii3^-^~\nTon employment agency-\nParker, 809 Baker 8t\u201e Phone 283.\nE AGAIN\u2014At your service.\nfTED \u2014 Threo swampers, threo\nSere and two four horse teamsters.\nis Cedar Co., Park's Siding, B.C.\nI (8216)\nFURNISHED ROOMS TO RENT.\nKERR APARTMENTS.\n(8139)\nFURNISHED  modern  suite.    Campbell's Art Gallery, 716 Baker Btreet\n__^ (8022)\nFURNISHED housekeeping rooms for\nrent over Horswill's grocery store, $10.\nApply C.  W.  Appleyard,  Phone  444.\n(8244)\n^^^^jNESS CHANCES.\nWILL RENT OR* SELL 12 acre fruit\nfarm, B00 apple, 40 plum, small fruit.\nHouse,  barn, 15 cords wood.   Write\nMrs. McFall, Slocan City, B.C.   (8229)\nCLEAN, comfortable rooms for men;\ncentral location; Hot and cold shower\nbaths.   Rate moderate. Y.M.CA., Stanley and Victoria (8138)\nARTICLES FOR SALE.\nFOR SALE\u2014Milk, 36c per gallon at\nPerry Siding.   Thomas Zuccolo.\n(8143.)\n\u00ab*OR SALE\u2014Mentgea newspaper (old\ner;  folds 4, \u00ab, I, 10 and 12 pages*.\no first class condition.   Snap for out\n.he Daily News, Nelson. (6781\n'OR SALE\u2014Edison  Dictograph colli\nplete; eloctrio power.  Apply to Dull*.\n\u2022lews buBlaess office. (664,\n-roR SALE\u2014Shaving machine for Ed)\nion records.   Bos 685. Dally Newa\n,TED\u2014Smart   bell\nathcona hotel.\nboy.\nApply\n(8253)\n., j;,UAT]ON8^ANJ*f^O-MjaE^\nflON WANTED\u2014By' practical\nling mill foreman. Change of cli-\ndeslred. Give full particulars ln\nletter.   Box 8240, Dally News.\n'EMALE   HELP    WANTED\nTED \u2014 Girl for general house-\nrk. Apply 824 Mill street or phon<\n(8209)\nOULD YOU LIKE 81 TO $2\n\"villy at home, knitting war\ni'jcks on Auto Knitte.s- E.tpe-\n)j*nce unnecessary. , Send 3-\n, nt stamp Department 82C,\njto Knitter Company, Co.l-go\nSt, Toronto.\n(TED\u2014At once, girl for\ntenay Steam laundry.\nmangle,\n(8245)\nFOR SALE\u2014The following Black Diamond Oct Steel, 1 in. diameter: 5<i\npieces about 1 ft .long; 50 pieces, IH\nft. long; 16 pieces, 6 ft. long; 28 pieces,\n7 ft. long; 32 pieces, 10 ft. long; 34\npieces, 12 ft. long; 15 pieces, 15 ft.\nlong; 13 pieces, 20 ft. long; 2 pieces,\n12 ft. long IU ln. dla.; 2 pieces, 9 ft\nlong, IU In. dia.; about 100 double-\nfaced striking hammers, 8 lbs, each.\nSome of the steel has been used for\ndrilling and shows marks of the sledge.\nThe hammers are all ln first class\nshape. All or any of the above for sale\nat'ten cents per lb. Apply to the Hod-\nson Hdwe. Co, Maple Creek, Sask. i\n(8206)\nWANTED\nWANTED\u2014SPLIT^EDAR  POSTS\u2014\nKootenay   Lake   Cedar    Company,\nMelson, B.C. (8140)\nWE WANT LISTINGS at attractive\nprices, of really good Improved\nranches near Nelson. We havo buyers,\nexclusive listings only. J. W. Ford,\nAlta & B. C. Agencies, 207 Herald\nbuilding. Calgary, Alta. (8193)\nVHEN RBPLV1NO TO ADV_KT1S_-\nments In Condensed Columns, klndl*.\nnentlon you saw It In The News\u2014II\nfill help you.\nFOR MINT.\nRENT\u2014Garage,  corner Vernon\nFOR\nand Josephine streets.\nJ. Malcolm.\n(8190)\nWILL TRADE 5 acres ln the famous\nWillamette valley, Oregon; % mile\nfrom town and good school. All ln\nseven-year old standard apples, for lot\nand modern house ln Nelson. Apply\nbox   145,   Nelson. (8242)\n ^PROPERTY J_0RJ8ALE.\nRANClfFOR SALE\u20142 miles from\npostoffice, 5 acres, 2*,. acres cleared,\n5 roomed house, good water first class\nland. Part payment, balance easy\ntepns***. A- Tamkln, Star grocery.\n(8206)\nLIVESTOCK.\nFOR SALE\u2014Holsteln bulls.   Write foi\nprices  to   O.   A.   Abbey,  Flagstone\nB.C. (8110)\nWANTED\u2014Yshtre boar, 3 mo. up; pali\nBelgians;   calves  to  raise;   express\nwagon; must be bargains.  Ross, Silica\nFarm, Rossland. (8160)\nFOR  SALE\u2014Ayrshire  cow about  to\nfreshen.   Farm horse and harness\nAddress box 8207, Dally News.    (8207)\nPOULTRY   AND   EGGS\nFOR SALE\u2014A few hen-hatched Leghorn cockerels at (4.00 and pullets\nat |3, Ferris 250-egg strain direct Order from this ad. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Book your\norders now for hatching eggs guaranteed laid the same day when shipped\neven in incubator lots of 150. Stock\nfor sale. Crown Hill Poultry Farm,\nbreeders of White Leghorns exclusively, Balfour, B.C. (8227)\nFOR SALE\u2014Three White Orpington\ncockerels; stock from Ina Williams,\nNorth Yakima;   fine  birds.    Address\nbox 153, Cranbrook, B.C. (8239)\nLOST AND FOUND.\nLOST\u2014Went adrift from boathouse at\nMacdonald's Landing, 50-gallon gasoline storage tank.   Doyle, R. R. No. 1.\n(8226)\nLOST\u2014Bunch of keys, loft In box. 946.\n' Finder please leave at Dally News;\nreward.   . . (8251)\nLOST\u2014Friday night on Baker street,\nbetween - Starland and Meagher's\nstore, little grey silk handbag with\npair of gold spectacles. Suitable reward If returned to room 32 Annable\nblock. (8262)\nMother and Children\nHad Awful Coughs\nWERE CURED BY\nDr. Wood's Norway Pine\nSyrup\nMrs. Arthur Appleyard, Novar, Ont,\nwrites: \"This past winter my children\nand \u25a0 I had awful colds and coughs\nwhich we got by being in drafts. I\ntried a number of different remedies\nfor us, but got no relief. I thought 1\nwould try Dr. Wood's Norway Pine\nSyrup and I found it a most excellent\nand sure cure. It gave relief to the\ntickling ln the throat and stopped the\ncough and with a few bottles we were\nall cured.\"\nDr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Is a\nremedy that has been on the market\nfor over twenty-five years and wo can\nrecommend it as being, without doubt\nthe best cure for coughs and colds that\nyou.can possibly procure.      ;:,.-\nThere are a lot of Imitations, on the\nmarket, so when you ask for \"DW\nWood's\" see that you get it. Put up\nIn a yellow wrapper; three pine tretis\nthe trade mark; price 25c and 50c;\nmanufactured only by The T. Milburn\nCo., Limited, Toronto, Ont\nPrivate   Hospital\nLICEN8ED BY PROVINCIAL    '\nGOVERNMENT\nWe give particular attention to ali\nemalo trouble\u2014home-like apartment*\n(or ladles awaiting accouchment. Cor-\ntitled nurses sent out on private cases,\ntown or country. Highest references;\nreasonable terms:   Inspection Invited\nMrs .Moors, Superintendent,\nTHE   HOME   PRIVATE   HOSPITAL\nFalls and Bskar Sts., Nelson, B. C.\nP. O. Box 772.\nPhons 372 for Appointment\n- . \u2014\nusiness and Professional Directory\nACCt*>UNTANT8.\nW. H. FALDING,\nI o Accountant, Bank of Montreal\nChambers, Rossland, B.C.\nIf\nA8SAYERS.\nI. WIDDOWSON. box -.-1108, Nel\nI;, B. C. Standard western charges.\nJ'N REPL.1NQ TO ADVERTISE\nRita In Condensed Columns, klndl*\n1 on you saw it lo The News\u2014I\nJfielp you\nw\nH? AUCTIONEERS;\t\ni WATERMAN _ CO., Opera blk\n[CUTLER,  AUCTIONEER.\nI',: phone 18.\n[ RRI8TERS AND SOLICITORS.\nlAGHY  IS. DONAGHY,  Barrlsteri-\nI cltors, etc, McCulloch block. Net\nB.C.; Flack block, Vancouver.\nJ)ETECT|VE AGENTS\n| PRIVATE DETECTIVE Agency.\nMetropolitan Bldg., Vancouver,\nttihono, Seymour 4462; night phone\njjont 3016. Head offloe, 312 Hlb-\n|ione Bldg., Victoria, B.C. Phone\n (8142)\n|N REPLYINO TO ADVERTISE-\nl:ta In Condensed Columns, kindly\nIon you saw tt In The News\u2014It\nHelp you.\nIFUNER ALJJIRECTO RS^^\n\u25a0ROBERTSON, F. D. D.& E., 803\ngloria street.    Phone  292;   night\n, 1B7-U \t\nf REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nkts in Condensed Columns, kindly\n\u25a0on you saw It In The News\u2014it\nuelp you.\nENGINEERS\nGREEN BROS. BURDEN A CO.\nCivil Engineers, Dominion and B. C.\nLand Surveyors. \u2022\nSurveys of Lands, Mines, Townsltes,\nTimber Limits, etc.\nNelson, 516 Ward street A. H| Green,\nMr.; Victoria, 114 Pemberton Bldg.,\nF. C. Green; Fort George, Hammond\nstreet, F. P. Burden.\nA.  L.  MoCULLOCH,\nHydraulio Engineer.\nProvincial Land Surveyor*\nBaker St, Nelson, B.C.\n^JOB PRINTERS\nTHEN E wTpiJBlJSHiNGlsbr, Ytp*\nAll  Kinds of\nCOMMERCIAL  PRINTING, RULING\nAND BOOKBINDING\nHigh  Class Work\nCareful Attention Paid to All Orders\nOPTICIANS\nIt. L. DOUGLASS,  Nelson, Graduate\noptician and optometrist.   Room 18,\nK. W. C. Block.\nA. D. NASH,\nMining Engineer\nConsultation,    Exploration,    Development Reports,\nPoom  1,  Royal   Bank  Bldg.,  Nelson\nWHEN REPLYING TO ADVERTISE-\nmcnts in Condensed Columns, kindly\nmention you saw it in The News\u2014It\nwill help you.\nFLORISTS.\naRIZZELLE-S^SR^EENHOUSES, Nei\nson.   Wreaths,   wedding   bouquets\ncut flowers.   Phone 187.\nINSURANCE   AND   REAL   ESTATE\nMoQUARRIE & R0BERT8ON\nReal Estate, Insurance, Timber, Land\nValuators, Notary Publio, etc. Ward\nSt Nelson, B.C. Branch office, Trail,\nB.C.\nALL  KINDS  OF  IN:\n.  E.  DILL,  Insurance\nURANCE\nAgency,  508\nWard St., K.W.C. block, phone 180.\n^AJNJ^FJS^AN^DIiCOJiJ^JW^\nW. J. MURPHY \u2022_ SON, 604 Vernon\nSt.   Our 1918 wall paper designs are\nin.   Select yours today.\nJ___f_AJH____i______Su\nH. R. KITTO, NELSON.   GUN, LOCK,\ncycle and general repairing.\n 8EC0NDJ-AND DEALERS\t\nTHE ARK pays cash for second hand\nfurniture, stoves.    606 Vernon.\nJ. P. MORGAN, DEALER IN METALS,\nold rubbers, furniture.   Highest price\npaid for hides and furs.   Phone 45.\nSTENOGRAPHY.\nSHORTHAND, Typewriting, Penman\nship.    Day and  night classes;   82n\nVictoria St., box 746. (8141)\nMAJOR M'KAY GETS MILITARY\n8ERVICE ACT APPOINTMENT\nMade Chief Public Representative for\nAdministration   of   Law   in\nBritish Columbia.\nVANCOUVER, Feb. 18.^Registrar\nLennie has appointed Major W. M. McKay to the position of chief public representative in relation to the administration of the Military Service act in\nBritish Columbia.\nThe duties of the public representative are to see that while the requirements of the military are being met in\nthe way of raising troops, the machinery for the production needed at home\nls not interrupted.\nThe major has just returned from\nthe front, where lie fought with the\nimperial 17th corps. He is well acquainted throughout the province and\nhas the advantage of being a lawyer,\nwhich will help to facilitate his* work.\nPITFALLS IN PEAT\nFUEL  MANUFACTURE\nThe fuel famine has aroused interest In .the manufacture of peut fuel\nand hns also stimulated the organization of companies to develop the large\nareas of peat ' bogs which Canada\npossesses. It is, therefore, of Interest\nto the general public to kmow that the\nDominion government, through tho\nmines branch of the department of\nmines, thoroughly investigated the\nmanufacture of peat fuel some years\nago. The investigation proved that,\nas the water In peat is in what is\ncalled the \"colloidal\" form, it cannot\nbe expelled by pressure. Similarly,!\nprocesses for expelling the moisture\nby the application of artificial heat\nwill Inevitably fail on account of excessive cost. It is because such\nmethods of manufacture have been\nstubbornly adhered to In tho past that\nso much money has been, lost in attempts to create a peat fuel Industry\nin Canada.\nRaw peat contains from 86 to 90 pel-\ncent of water. Pressure will not reduce this to less than 80 per cent.\nTho only economical method.for expelling the moisture is by the action\nof the sun and wind. The chemical\nproperties of the ray peat foredoom to\nfailure any procCKs of manufacture\nutilizing pressure to reduce tho moisture, content.\nThe commission of conservation at.\nOttawa has issued a pamphlet, \"Peat\nAs a Source of Fuel,\" of which copies\ncan be obtained on application.\nEX-CZAR'S FAMILY\nJiVHOLE8ALE^\t\nA. MACDONALD \"&\"C0, WHOLE-\nsale Grocers and Provision Merchants. Importers of Teas,. Coffees.\nSpices, Dried Fruits, Staples and\nFancy Groceries, Tobaccos, Cigars,\nButter, Eggs, Cheese and Packing\nHouse Products. Office and warehouse,\ncorner of Front and Hall Sts. P. O.\nBox 1095; telephones, 28 and 28.\nSON NEKS OMtOA)\ndays, whist drive. Everyono cordially\nRebekahs will meet tonight at\nFlower drill. (8266)\nj\u00bbrve Saturd-y, March 16th for\n[-.trick's tea given by the Daugh-\n~ the Empire. (8254)\n[the best dry wood, tamurack and\nEo for Gait coal, lump or nut size,\nlular prices see Macdonald Cart-\npd Fuel oompany. Phone 504,\n(8249)\nInvited.\n(8250)\n\u25a0CHANGE OP ADDRESS.\nberiberi  notifying  the   olrcula\n|spartment of Ths Dally Newa of\nof address, must give old as\n\"new address to ensure prompt\n\u25a0on. (5314)\npeclal meeting of Ladles Court,\nwill bo held In K. P. hall at 3\n; this afternoon.   By order Chlof\n\u25a0 . .    ' <SSB5)\nI ladles of the Bonnington Patrl-\nssoclatlon havo  organised  an\nJilnment every Friday   at   the\n|ks,   Lower   Bonnington.   First\nIU month dancing; other ITU\nTho Knights of Pythias will com.\ninemorate their 54th anniversary in\nthe Eagles hall tonight at 8 o'clock.\nThe honor -roll of enlisted members\nwill be unveiled and dedicated followed\nby songs, music and short addresses,\nThe public Is cordially Invited to attend. All members are requested to\nattend regular meeting at 7 o'olock. D.\nLaughton, K. of H .and S. (8267)\nFINE MICHALIUK FOR\nFAILING TO  REPORT\nAudri Mlchalluk, an Austrian, was\nfined $20 and the costs ot tho court\nyesterday morning when he was arraigned before Magistrate E. A. Crease\non a charge ot having failed to report\nto the authorities aa required by law.\nTho fine waa paid.\nHOLD NEW DENVER\nMAN AS ABSENTEE\nOn a charge of being an absentee\nfrom the army, George Hughes of New\nDenver has been apprehended by 'tho\npolice and was brought Into- the city\nunder escort last evening. He had been\nworking In a logging camp at Summit\nLake.\nGIB80N  WILL ADDRES8\nSAVE FOOD MEETING\nJ. W. Gibson, of the provincial food\nconservation committee, Vancouver,\nwill arrive In tho city tonight to address a publio meeting In the city hall\nWouito.l chambers. The object of Mr.\nGibson's visit ls to assist ln local organization for the conservation ot food.\nThe meeting will be called to order at\n8:30 o'clock.\n1             AT THB THEATRES\ni\n\u2014*\n\"Happiness\" at Gem.\nEnid Bonhett as a pretty young\nheiress, whom tho newspapers have\nfeatured as tho \"richest and most snobbish girl In America,\" stars In \"Happiness,\" a Triangle play written by C.\nGardner Sullivan and produced under\ntho supervision df Thomas H. Inlce,\nwhich will be shown at the Gem theatre Wednesday only.\nThis role is In striking contrast to\nthose which Miss Bennett Interpreted\nin \"Little Brother\" and \"Princess of\nthe Dark.\" It gives her a better chance\nto exert her personality and hence\nshould prove tho most popular of the\nthree characterizations whloh sho has\nmade for the nratn.\nSLUGGISH UVER\nCAUSES\nLOTS Or TROUBLE\nWhen the liver becomes sluggish It\nIs an Indication that the bowels aro\nnot working properly and tf-^they _dp\nnot move regularly many complications are liable to set in.\nConstipation, sick headache, bilious\nheadache* jaundice, heartburn, water\nbrash, catarrh of the stomach,,etc., all\ncome  ffom a disordered  liver.\nMllburn's Laxa-Llver Pills are\nspecific for all diseases or disorders\narising from a slow, sluggish, lazy or\ntorpid liver and they have been unl\nversally used throughout Canada for\nover 20 years with tho greatest success.\nMrs. W. A. Harrison, 7 Poplar Grove,\nHalifax, N.S., writes: \"I take pleasure\nIn writing you concerning the great\ngood I have received by using Milburn's Laxa-Llver Pills for a sluggish\nliver. When my liver got bad I would\nhave severe headaches, but after using\na couple of vials of your pills, I have\nnot been bothered any more.'*\nMllburn's Laxa-Llver Pills are 25c a\nvial at all dealers, or mailed direct\non receipt of price by The T. Milburn\nCo., Limited,  Toronto,  Ont, f\nSkin Sufferers\nTou will sigh with relief at tbfe flM\nmagic touch of D. D. D., the soothing\nwash of oils. Many of our customers\nthank ua for this advice. You will too,\nTry D. D. D. today.   We guarantee it,\nCanada Drug and Book Co., N\u00abl\u00bbn,\nB.C.\nFormer Emperor of  Russia   Haa   No\n' Modern Faoilitiee in House-\nUsual  Dally Routine\nPARIS.\u2014Though things Russian are\nrather in disfavor Just now a short\naccount of the life led by the Romanoffs, the former Imperial family, may\nprove of Interest to our readers.\n, Tolbosk has been called the \"City of\nDeath,' its temperature rarely rising\nabove the freezing point. Most ci Its\nhouses are built of wood, the one\nwhere .the Imperial family lives being\n.ne of the few brloc buildings in that\npart of the country. Its ground floor\ns occupied by a company of soldiers\nnstalled there as guard. The two upper floors, consisting of fourteen\n.'ooms most simply furnished, constl-\n.u'te the apartments of \"Col. Roman-\nThere is neither running water nor\nlaa- neither electricty nor bathroom,\nrhe servants are obliged to draw from\nv nearby well the water needed fo;\nlotisehold purposes. The rocms an\n'teated by brick ovens which burr\nvood. The largest room is not mou\nnan 16 feet by 10 feet.\nThe windows of the house look out\nm an unattractive landscape. Then\nis .not even a garden where the ex-\n2zar might dig and forget his bore-\nlom. A narrow balcony and a court\n\/ard enclosed by high biick walls fur-\nlish the only breathing spots for the\nimperial prisoners.\nNicholas Romanoff and his wife arc\npractically condemned to the lives of\nrecluses. Their sole outing consists in\nattending mass at the Cathedral of tho.\nAimunciation or at' a neighbouring\nmonastery or going to the publ c baths\nwhere, as a special favor, the revolutionary authorities permit them to\nbathe once a week. Whenever they go\noiit they are.escorted by a platoon of\nsoldiers commanded by four officers of\nthe guard.\nThe fare imposed upon the pris.neis\nis of the most frugal nature. Once accustomed to the delicate refineme.its\niA French cooking they are forced to\nae; content with ordinary Russian\njishes, pi.ng, a sort of roll covered\nwith caviar; bortsch, a thick soup\nmade of beets and other vegetables;\nkalacha, a cheese paste.\nThe people of Tobolsk show neither\nhostility nor sympathy toward the exiled family. Life in the small town Is\nconsistently monotonous. The ex.s-\ntence of the former Emperor drags a-\nlong in drab sadness. Now and then\nho is authorized to receive the visit ot\ntwo faithful high functionaries whom\nthe revolutionary Government permit-\nLed to accompany him in his cxi.e;\nCount Fredericks and Gen. Voyekov.\nTo them he confides his regrets, his\nmemories and his hopes.\nNicholas Romanoff snld recently to\nGen. Voyekov in an accent of profound\nresignation:\n\"Has my life not always been that of\na prisoner? I do not regret my lost\npower. All I ask is to be allowed to\nrot.re to Crimea, where I could live\nsurrounded by flowers. I feel more\nthan ever that I would be peaceful and\nhappy as a simple citizen of a republic.\nHis resignation in no wise is shared\nby the former Czarina Alexandra,\nEverything in her new mode of life\nwounds, shocks and irr.tatcs her. She\nwas allov\/ed to bring little luggage, fifteen trunks in all. Though at first\nglance this seems a large amount, it is\nnot excessive when one takes into consideration that it composes tbe complete wardrobe of five women and cf\nthe former Czar; who knew that their\ndeparture was for ever.\nIt is almost Impossible to buy suitable\nclothes nt Tobolsk. The princesses took\nwith them only four dresses. They left\nall their jewels at the Winter Palac?.\nRumor says that the ex-Empre s\nfound means to send secretly to Darmstadt before the revolutionary outbreak a great part of the crown jewels.\nNowadays Alexandra devotes herself\nto her children, whom she teaches not\nto resign themselves, but to remember.\nWhat makes her mo3t indignant ia\nthat sho allowed neither to write nor\nreceive letters that, nre not opened hy\nthe revolutionary officers. She constantly repeats to her daughters;\n\"Never forget what we are forced to\nbear at the present moment.\"\nHer only confidante Is Countess Na-\nrlschklne, who was her lady-in-watting, and who w'ds allowed to follow her\nto Tobolsk.\nIf the Grand Duchesses are allowed\nto come and go freely in the town\nwithout tho vexation of any surveillance the same thing ia not true of the\nex-Czarevitch. Prince Alexis, who is\nfamiliarly known as Alloscha, can go\nout and play In the public parka whenever ho. likes, but he is watched by\nguards specially attached to his person\n\u25a0He is bqsides always accompanied by\nthe giant Bailor, Derevonko, who is\nknown, bl'.his many photographs, and\nwho carried the littlo Prince ln his\narms after the mysterious acc.dent on\ntho Imperial yacht. Alexis is well now,\nbut his right leg is still a bit stiff.\n. The daughters of the former Czar\nlead a simple life, Grand Duchess Olga\nthe most serious of them all, has enrolled herself among the voluntary\nunrses of a military hospital to which\nara sent convalescents from Siberia,\nahd where she conscientiously passes\nseveral hours a day.\nGrand Duchess Marie has taken up\nstenography and typewriting to help\nher father write his memoirs. But he\ndKt'.es nothing. Sometimes he leans\nout of the only window, which overlooks the town, and watch\u00bbs his children when they go for a walk. He wears\nthe undress uniform of a colonel of\nthe Prevbnjenskys and puts on a dignified, air as soon as ho thinks he Is\nbeing, observed.     But when he thinks\nYon Will Have to Come\nEarly if You Want to Get\na Congolenm Rug at Thi\nPrice\nREMEMBER, YOU'LL BE PAYING MUCH MORE FOR THESE\nRUGS AFTER THIS LOT IS SOLD OUT. THE ONLY REASON*\nWE ARE CLEARING OUT THESE RUGS IS THAT WE HAVE A\nCARLOAD ON THE WAY AND WE MUST HAVE THE ROOM.\nPRICES WILL BE  MUCH  HIGHER  ON  THIS  SHIPMENT.\nDON'T   PUT  OFF\u2014GET   DOWN   EARLY\nCONGOLEUM   ART   RUGS\u2014In   beautiful   Oriental deslgn_, rich\ncolorings and make a handsome floor covering for any room.   Needs\nno tacks;  lays perfectly.\nTwo Only, 9 ft. x 12 ft.\u2014 Ol Q Cf)\nEach       -JHtJiUU\nTwo Only, 9 ft. X 10 ft. 0 in.\u2014 \u2022SI\/.  7B\nFive On'y, 3 ft. x 3 ft\u2014 \u00a9(I-,\nAss-rted Colors.   Each  .-  dUb\nFLOOR OILCLOTH\u2014Wo l*ave fro re lis to clc=r out. One Is a\nbeaut ful Floral Design on Light Fawn Ground, the o'.her is a geometrical Design on a Green Ground. Splendid quality cloth and pQ.\ntwo yards wide.   On Sale, Per Square Yard   u\u00abJu\nPASSAGE OR HALL L'NOLEUM\u2014In Dirk O'lve Oreen with Graek\nKey Borders; 27 inches wide; a quality built for hard wear. PQ>\u00bb\nOn Sale, Per Yard  -  \u2022'\u2022\"'\nCOJSUOLEUM RUG BORDER\u2014In Oak Pattern, Imitation of hardwood parquet flooring; 24 inches w.de. **-***\u2022>\nOn Sale, Per Yard  -  \u00ab\"\"\u00bb\nBEDROOM RUGS\u2014Six Only; pretty effects; size 24x28; made\nof good wearing cotton material with fringed ends; colors Oreen and\nWhite, Pink and White, Hello and White, Black and While, 0*J AQ\nNavy and White.   On Sale, Each  _   <J I itU\nA Clearance Sale of Women's\n$3.00 Overshnes at $1.00 Pair\nWOMEN'S MANITOBA TWO-BUCKLE AND THREE-STRAP\nOVERSHOES\u2014Best quality rubber and Jersey top for medium and\nlow heels. This ls u splendid opportunity to finish out tho balance\nof the winter or lo have them ready for another winter when you can\nbuy them at th's low price. Regular prico per pair, $3.00. Q*l flfl\nSale Price, Per Pair     -^liUU\nHave You Seen Our\nPortrait Window?\nIt's the Marvel of tho Trade\u2014Crowds\nVi-avv it Daily and Hundreds Profit. We\noffer a beautiful Convex Portrait\u2014For\nOnly\n29c\nBut  to   take   advantage   you   must   act\npromptly,\nWE EXPECT the department to be crowded nil the time, for who\nwouldn't take advantage of nn opportunity like this, when for 29c\nyou can have your postal, stamp or cabinet picture mnde into a beautiful bust portrait, really wcith ?3.C0.\nThis offer will enable every family to receive a beautiful life size\npicture of a dear mother, father, soldier boy, whose 1 lioness they wish\nto preserve; the small cost of \u00a39c.\nBut thi.s offer ia for a limited time only, so bring in your photos,\nright now, and let ua make a beautiful convex portrait of it.\nWE HAVE NO OUTSIDE AGENTS\n(foe Button* Bay ffitprm\nhimself atone his back loses its stiffness, ho hides his care-lined face In his\nhanes, and this man, whose hair has\nturned quite white, falls into melon*1-\ncholy brooding.\nL*\nindicate buoyant health. When\nthe eyes are dull, liver and bowels need regulating. Quickly\nrestore healthy conditions with\na dose or iwo\u2014la time\u2014of\nBEE-HAM'S\nL-t-U_*.t Snle of Any rti,<*'lci-io In tlie Wo.t.'.\n9\u00abU \u00abv**) -wiut*.  la but**. 3k.\nLAUDER TURNS DOWN\nVERY TEMPTING OFFER\nRefuses to Sing for Ten Minutes at\nBanquet   to. Earn   $3500.\nLauder was appearing at the New\nYork theatre. Across the street in the\n\"Hotel Afltor a big organization with\nnation-wide ramifications was holding\nits annual banquet. One cf its pro-\nmotors said that tho organization\nwanted Lauder to sing a few songs\niit the banquet. He expla'ned that it\nwould take but ten minutes of the\nfjlnger's time at the most; that lie\ncould jump into a taxtcab and be taken\nacross the street, and bp back in timo\nto go in his turn at the theatre, For\nthese ten minutes the organization waa\nwilling to pay  $_500.\nA while later Lauder came and his\nmanager told Lauder of It.\n\"Hero's a few easy baubeea for you,\nSandy,\" raid Morris, addressing him\nby tho name ho has always used to\nHarry, \"and I havo no objections to\nyou malting them.\"\n\"Of course they drink a lot and have\naltogether some uproarious time at tha\ndinner,\" said Lauder. Mr. Morris said\nthey probably did, and after a moment's thought Lauder turned down\ntlio offer flat. Ho commun'cated the\ncomedian's decision to the representative of the organization, and the 'alter promptly raised tho ante to $3300\nfor tho few minutes. Tho decision was\ncommunicated to Lauder. I won't attempt to glvo his characterLtic talk,\nbut this ls the gist of tt.\n\"You know I tako a deep interest in\nmy work. It moans a lot to me,\" said\nLauder, \"and I couldn't hope to get\nthe attention Which.I think it deserves\nfrom those jolly boys over there. Tho\nmoney makes no difference, and muca\nas I appreclato tho offer I couldn't accept It.\" Then turning to Mrs. Morris,\nwhose- Interest In charitable work is\nwell-known In New Tork, and to\nplease whom he slugs ovary year for\nthe insane poor on Ward's Island-,.\nLaudor said: ..*\"   .  .\n\"But don't forget that to-morrow I\nhave an ongagemont to sing to your\npoor boys and girls down on the Island, and nothing is going to interfere\nwiLU Ulttt,\"\nNEW YORK IS HAPPY;\nHEATLESS MONDAYS OVER\n(By Daily News Leased Wire,)\nNEW YORK, Feb. 18.\u2014Respite frcm\nthe heatless Monday program was eu-\njoyed today by the people of New York.\nWith tiie recent mild w. alher r-cnin^a\nof fuel have become normal and the\nsupply is now conslueied mple Ij meet\nthe requirements of Industries, public\n; buildings, office structures and homos.\nIf representatives of the canning\ntrade do not on or before Feb. !_*..\nshow cause why seed peas should not\nbe exported, the food controller ia\nprepared to grant export permits.\nSays She Is Feeling\nLike a New Woman\nSince Dodd's  Kidney Pills Cured  Her\nKidney Trouble.\nNova   Scotia   Lady   Who   was   Weak,\nNervous and Irritable and Suffered\nFrom  Sore  Back   Finds the  Right\nRemedy for All  Her Ills.\nANTIGONISHE,   N.   S\u201e   Feb.   IS.\u2014\nSpecial.\u2014That    Dodd's    Kidney    Pills\naro   keeping   up   their   good   work   ln\nNova Scotia Is evidenced by Miss Mary\nJane De Wolfe, nn esteemed und popular young lady living here.    Miss De\nWolfe auffered for seven years from\nan aggravated form of kidney trouble.\nSix   boxes  of   Dodd's    Kidney     Pills\ncured  her.\n\"I am feeling like a new woman,\"\nMiss De Wolfe states In an interview.\n\"I am Indeed thankful for the good\nDodXii Kidney PUIs have done mo and\nI hope they will give benefit to all\nr.ufferera from kidney trouble. I believe my trouble started from a strain. .\nI became tired and nervous and had\nheadaches and neuralgia.\n\"My back pained, I did not sleep\nwell and I was Irritable. My limbs\nwore heavy and I had a dragging sensation acro-FB the loins, I suffered ;\nfrom cramps in, $ho muecles and i^y .\nheart fluttered It Just took six boxes\nof Dodd's Kidney Pills to take away all\nmy troubles.\"\nKidney trouble ls what is making\nweak, nervous, Irritable women.\nDodd's &duey pills M*)_ the fwu*^\n *****\nMM UOMT\nTHE DAILY NEWS\nTUESDAY,    FIB.   %i\nUNEQUA .LID FOR GENERAL USE\nW. P. TIERNEV, General Mm Again,\nNelson, B.C,\nCars aupplled to all railway polnta. i\nPocket and\nOffice\nDiaries at\n25 Per Cent\nDiscount\nCanada Drug\n& Book Co.\nThe Ideal Cash Grocery\nPHONE 266\nTea Talk\nThe price of tea is still climbing\nand on account of the scaicity of\nships will go higher. We recommend the housekeeper for economy's\nsake to put a little supply ahead.\nOUrt 60c  QUALITY\nWe have just placed 500 lbs. splendid quality Ceylon\u2014of exceptional\nquality 5 lbs. for S2.25\nSIR W. D. REID 18\nDISCHARGED  BY COURT\nWas Charged with Criminally libeling\nCooker,  Newfoundland  Cabinet\nMinister.\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nST. JOHNS, Nfld., Feb. 18.\u2014Sir W.\nD. Reid, under arrest charged with\ncriminally libeling Hon. Mr. Coaker.\nhas been discharged by the police magistrate. The judgment says that the\ncomplainant failed to produce evidence of others or himself to deny the\ninnuendo complained of, that Coaker\nwas in collusion for the purpose of\npromoting confederation, or that the\nexpenses of the trip to the United\nStates and Canada were defrayed by\nthe Reid company. Counsel for the\nprosecution intimated that at a later\ndate he would move that recognizance\nbe taken on behalf of the prosecution\nfor the magistrate to transmit the Information and depositions to the court\nin which the indictment should be\nheard. Under the law the prosecutor\nhas this right when the magistrate refuses to commit the accused to trial.\nSTRIKE SITUATION   IS\nUNCHANGED AT  DRUMHELLER\nMen  Prove As Obdurate As  Manager\nMoody*\u2014Fernie Convention Will\nDiscuss Position\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nCALGARY,     Alta.,     Feb.     18.\u2014The\nDrumheller coal mine strike situation\nThe Senational Melodrama.\nThe Jockey\nof Death\nTwo-reel Comedy,\n\"THE BATTLE OF LET'S GO\"\nTomorrow,\n\u25a0     \"Happiness.\"   \u25a0\nThursday, return showing,\n\"On Trial.\"\nMonday and Tuesday,\n\"The Auction Block.\"\nTHE ARK\nLinoleum, printed, yard..80Ci \u2022**\nCongoleum Ruga, 9xUU_. S14.00\nBedroom Rugs, 7Hx9 S4.00\nPrinted Scrim, yard 15C\nHeavy Flannelette, JS-ln. Me\nMen's Night Shirts ........ tl.BO\nCheese Cloth, 3 yards, 23c\nTable Oilcloth, white, yard...s\u00bbOo\nWanttd Ssoondhand Furniture and\nRanga*.\nPhone ML. Nt Varnon St.\nPromptness   and   Aoouraoy\nCharacterlit\nOar Optical Work\nSpecializing Means\nEfficiency\nWe Guarantee Our Optical Work\nat Moderate Prices.\nDon't wear unsatisfactory\nglasses or handicap yourself by going without glasses\nCOME IN TODAY.\nJ.O.Patenaude\nSPECIALIST IN OP1.CS\ncontinues unchanged, the men proving\nas obdurate as Manager Moody. Tne\nfact that the annual convention oft\nthe United Miners of America is now\nIn session at Fernie, will probably delay any action on the part of the\nminers until after the convention, as\nthe convention will go into the Drumheller strike situation very fully.\nMr. Armstrong, federal commissioner ,has nothing to report tonight\nexcept that there was nothing new.\nSAY8 ALBERTA COURTS\nCAN GRANT DIVORCE\nCounsel   Raises   Important   Point   in\nConnection With Edmonton\nMan's Petition.\n(B;* Daily News Leased Wire.),\nEDMONTON, Alta., Feb. 18.\u2014Claiming, that the cpurts of Albert^ have\nthe power to grant divorce decrees, H.\nC. Macdonald, of the firm of Short &\nCross, today filed a petition in the supreme court in behalf of William\nBoard, Edmonton, who Is seeking a\ndivorce from his wife, Mary Board,\nand who names William Kuzek as corespondent.\nThe petitioner states that he waa\nmarried ln Edmonton In 1902 and has\nthree children from the union. He,\nalleges that his wife left him In 1915,\nthat she has misconducted herself and\nthat she now lives near Vegreville.\nVON   HEDERVARY,  FORMER\nHUNGARIAN PREMIER. DEAD\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)'\nAMSTERDAM,  Feb.  18.*\u2014The   German papers report the death of Count\nKhuen  von Hendervary,   the   former\nHungarian premier.\nThe death qf Count Khuen von\nHedervaiy, the former Hungarian\npremier, was reported In a paper In\n1914. This report was contained In a\nBuda Pest despatch, which said he\ndied on April 25 of that year, at the\nage of 65. *\nAs late as December, 1915, however.\na lengthy article on the war situation\nwas published under the name*\nVETERANS DISPLEASED WITH\nSYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION\n(By Daily News Leased Wire,)\nOTTAWA, Feb. 18.\u2014Dissatisfaction\nwith the present methods of transporting returned soldiers to their home\nprovinces was expressed by the secretaries of all the provincial returned\nsoldiers commissions, in session with\nthe military hospitals commlsson today. A resolution recommending reversion to the system In vogue before\nthe army medical corps canceled the\nQuebec medical boards Is being drafted\nfor presentation to the minister of\nmilitia.\nFor Breakfast\nTry Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour,\nper package 20c\nPride of Canada Pure Maple Syrup,\nUn  75c\nLocal Honey, per tin  750\nLocal Fresh Eggs, per dozen..70c\nJ. A. IRVING & Co.\nTHE   GREAT   SUPPLY   HOUSE\nTELEPHONE 161\nHeating Stoves\nHAVE YOU  BOUGHT YOUR  HEATING  STOVE YET?\nWl HAVE STILL A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT TO CHOOSE PROM\nAND WILL BE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU MAKE YOUR\nSELECTION   FROM   OUR  STOCK\nWood-Vallance Hardware Co.,Ltd.\nWHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL NELSON, B.C.\nNEED $51,491.92\n F0RSCH00LS\nBeard af Truatoea Place Eatlmataa for\nYear 1918 Before tha City\nCounoll.\nQOE8   TO   FINANCE. COMMITTEE\nAldermen Do Not Enter Into Disous-\nalon Other Than to Mention\nAdvanoa Over 1917,\nHigh and public school estimates for\nthe year 1918, as recommended by the\nboard of school trustees and read at\nthe council meeting last evening,\namounted to J1B.491.92. or an increase\nof about $9000 over last year. The ear\ntitnatea ware* referred to the firance\ncommittee. The only discussion on the\nsubject was the suggestion of Aid. J.\nA. Macdonald that the Item of $6000\nfor the Installation ot a heating plant\nbe reconsidered with a v|ew of Installing equipment tor heating by electrlc-\nty, He .said that the city's surrl s\ntt po-ffer prompted the suggestion. Aid.\nI. A. | Austin pointed out : that Items\ncovered under the heading, capital account, could be dealt with separately\nby the council.\nl>****************\n* 80ME OF THE ITEMS.        \u2022\n* : rJ. *\n* , Total estimates. $61,491.92. *\n*>     Salaries for. high school. $10,760; \u2666\n* for public school, $16,890. *\n* Typewriters   for  high   school, *\n* $1000. \u2666\n* Total for high school equipment, \u2666\n* $3476. *\n* Heating, plant for high school, *\n* $6000. . \u2022>\n* Total for fuel, $2360. \u2666\n**- Paper, pens, paste and other *\n+ supplies for public school, $1000. *\n* \u2666 \u2666 * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\nSalaries of the high school principal,\nsix assistants and the substitutes, $10,-\n760;' Janitor, 12 months at $80, $980;\nextra help and maintenance, $240;\nscribblers, foolscaps, Ink, chalk, supplies, $460; repairs to buildings and\ngrounds, $600; fuel, $500.\nEquipment \u2014 Typewriters, $1000;\nblackboards, $260; seats, $400; seats,\nassembly hall, $225; lighting nek\nrooms, $50. science room, $250; stoves,\n$300; toilets, $1000; installation of\nheating plant, $6000.\nFor Publio Sohool.\nSalaries of the principal, 16 assistants and the substitutes, $16,890; Janitors' salaries, $1700; .maintenance\ncharges, $650; supplies,.foolscap,'pens,\nscribblers, Ink, paste, drawing paper,\netc. .$1000; fuel, $1,860; desks and blackboards, $250; basement floors, $750;\ngrounds, $300; repairs to coal bin, roof\nof building and sundries, $900; Insurance, $336.92; night school, $600; domestic science, teachers salary, $1070,\nsupplies and equipment, $400; manual\ntra'nlng teachers salary, $1660, sup-\npiles and equipment, $150; medical\nhealth officer's salary, $510; miscellaneous, $700.\nPAY IAS! KI1IS\n10\nLarge Attendance at Funeral Service\n\u2022nd Many Floral Tributes Evinoe\nEsteem of Friends.\nGeorge R. Cooper, who came to his\ndeath through accident at the smelter\nat Trait on Saturday morning, was\nburied ln Nelson cemetery yesterday\nafternoon. The body was taken from\nRobertson's undertaking parlors to St\nSaviour's church where the funeral\nservices were held. Rev. Fred *H. Graham officiated at the ceremony. Besides the relatives of the young man,\nfriends in the city and country nearly\ntilled the church to Its full capacity.\nScores of those in attendance had\nbeen school playmates of the well\nknown Nelson man who had prior to\ngoing to Trail lived ln the city and\nattended the schools here.\nFloral remembrances practically\ncovered the coffin, among them many\nnoticeably large wreaths and crosses\nwhich had been giyen as a token of the\nesteem ln which Mr. Cooper had been\nheld both in the city and In Trail.\nFRLE PORCH\nKT\nLIGHTS\nOnly   Aid.   Selous   Opposes    Motion\nWhleh Is Put Tnrou.h at\nCouncil Meeting,\nFairview residents will be supplied\nfree porch lights, according to a decision of the city council last nl_ht.\nEach light must be installed by the\nresident and must not exceed 25 watts.\nThe subject was brought up at a\nprevious meeting and was laid on the\ntable until a time when Aid. Rose was\npresent. He Introduced the quos.lon\nby stating' he saw no reason why Fair-\nview residents should not have the\nlights.\nAid. Macdonald and Austin fell in\nlino, but' Aid. Selous objected strenuously by pointing out that the ratepayers inside of the city limits were\npaying for tho maintenance of city\nutilities. \u2022:..\u2022.,\nWhen the motion was carried It was\nremarked that Installation of lights\nshould be made without ooat to the\ncity.\nGIVES MEDAL TO\nARMY VETERAN\n8argt.-Major John   Minton  Gets  Memento for Long Service In\nAuxiliary Forces.\nOVER    33    YEAR8    A    SOLDIER\nMajor J. A. Forln of 107th Regiment\nMakes Presentation at Returned\n8oldiers' Club Rooms.\nCompany Sergt.-Major John Minton\nwas the recipient last evening of the\nColonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal as a memento of services in\nthe.arniy covering a total period of a\nfew months over 33 years. The presentation was made by Major J* A.\nForin, officer commanding the 107th\nregiment. Besides guards of the\n107th and members of the Great War\nVeterans' association In the city, several friends of Sergt.-Majbr Mlnton\nwere present at the function, which\ntook place at the Returned Soldiers'\nclub. A smoker and program given\nunder the auspices of the war veterans\nfollowed the ceremony.\nSergt.-Major Minton first joined the\narmy in Brecon, Wales, In September,\n1883, when he volunteered with the\n24th regiment (South Wales Borderers) After serving for 12 years with\nthe Borderers, he was transferred and\nmade a corporal in the 4th Middlesex.\nFrom fhe Middlesex he was. promoted\nto lance-corporal in the 1st Herefords,\nwhere he remained for seven years,\nwhen he left the old country and came\nto Canada.\nShortly after his arrival in Canada\nhe was made color-sergeant in the\nKootenay Rifles and from 1905 to 1913\nwas attached to the original Kootenay\nreserve.- In October, 1914, after the\noutbreak of the war, he waB promoted\nto Sergeant-major of the 107th regiment, tlie rank which he stilt holds.\nIn making the -presentation Major\nForin dwelt upon the contl uit-y of\nservice of which the medal was evidence In the case of Sergt.-Major Minton. The Instance was one which portrayed splendid loyalty, Major Forln\nsaid.. Services in the old country and\nIn Canada had not been given by the\nsergeant-major for pay, b.Ut f\u00b0r l\u00b0ve\nof his country.\nPLAN HOCKtY RSI\nAI NELSON I\nTrail, Rossland and Nelson Juniors to\nPlay for Championship\u2014Seniors\nto Stage Battle.\nThe first and only skating carnival\nof the season In Nelson has been arranged for Wednesday afternoon and\nevening and nn oldtlme series of games\nwith teams from Rossland, Trail and\nNelson, is scheduled. It will take place\nat the Nelsoti skating rink and the\nprogram will open at 2:30 o'clock in\nthe afternoon'.\nThe chief events will be a senior\ncontest between Nelson and Trail and\na battle for the junior championship\nof West Kootenay between Nelson,\nRossland and Trail.\nNelson Cubs, will meet Trail Midgets\nat 2:30 o'clock and Nelson Tigers will\nplay Rossland Red Sox at 4 o'clock.\nThe winners of these two games will\nplay for the championship trophy,\nwhich ls being put UP by the Nelson\nRink company, at a game which will\ncommence at 8:15 o'clock In the evening.\nThe big senior game will begin at\n9:30. Both Trail and Nelson are training strong teams for the contest.\nOn account of the Wednesday half-\nholiday It ts expected that the attendance will be large.\nA. S. Horswill S, Co.\nNOT SATURDAY ONLY\u2014EVEM\nDAY.\nImported Castile Soap, large\nbar  i 36c\nCanned Strawberries or Raspberries, tin .'..'. .'..'..260\nChristie's Soda BlBouta, cartons,\neaeh   ..... .........3M\nBlack Knight Stove Polish, tin. 10c\nPeanut Butter, Squirrel Brand,\none pou.-d 3bC\n.Fine t Potatoes, per sack..S2.10\nPastry Hour, 9-pound sack.. 75c\nPrompt Delivery at Your Command.\nNEXT CONVENTION\nMAY BE AT NELSON\nFred   A.  Starkey   Declares   Spokane\nMeeting Hug* Sues, and Intimate! Next Gathering Here.\nThat Nelson may be tha meeting\nplace of tho next mining convention\nwas the Intimation made by Fred A.\nStarkey tost evening on his return\nfrom Spokane, where he has been attending the Northwest mining convention. The gathering of mining men\nwas a most successful one Mr. btarkey\ndeclared. The Kootenays were well\nrepresented, about 100 delegates having registered.\nOne of the Important questions\nwhich was taken up waa that bf the\nduty on ores shipped from Canada to\nthe United States. The convention\npasBed a resolution which will be forwarded to Washington and which urged the American government to immediately consider the matter of free\nentry of ores into the United States.\nA protest on raining taxation was\nalso made at the convention, Mr. Star-\nkey said, and a resolution waa passed\nto that effect.\nDelegates from Stevens county,\nWashington, were especially interested\nIn the building of a road from Spokane'\nto the boundary line and which would\nconnact with the proposed Ymlr road\nand so afford direct connection < between Spokane and Nelson. Stevens\ncounty was prepared to grant 1.26,000\nfor the completion of the..; road* lp\nWashington, Mr, .Starkey said.\nThe mayor of Vancouver extended an\nInvitation to the convention to hold\ntheir next meeting at the coast city,\nbut before any decision will .be made\non the matter the question will be taken up with Mr. Starkey and other\nKootonay delegates.\n__-**-\nON ALL HANDS WE ARE   URGED   TO   CONSERVE, BUT\nPARTICULAR*.\/   IN  MATTERS OF  COAL  AND\nPOOD   SUPPLIE8\nThis being th* \u00ab\u25a0\u2022\u2022\u2022 would It net be advlaabl* to burn slab*\nand .av. eetl. W* hav* a Urge supply of Dry Slab* on hand*\n\u2022nd have r\u00bbduo*d th* prig* fl-M par oord and new; *ff*\u00ab -\nFOUR-FOOT DRY SLABS   .\u00bb?..\u00bb par Cord\nSIXTEEN-INCH DRY -SLABS ,\u00bb3.00 p.r Two Rloka\nBOARD END8   ............\u00bb_O0 par Lead\nLong Distant Mauls, 2So Extra\nCharles F. McHardy\nREAL   ESTATE INSURANCE   \"\nIA \u25a0\n\u25a0F-j*;\"-\nWAYWARD BOY GOES\nTO\nPolice    Catch    Nine-Year-Old    Child\nRed Handed in Petty Theft-\nWas Former Offender\nFour years In the reformatory,\nwhere he will be taught to become a\ngood citizen, was the Immediate future\nlaid out by Police Magistrate E. A*.\nCrease yesterday for a nine-year-old\nboy who robbed Meagher & Co.'s store\nof |3 and a knife and the City Drug\ncompany of '10.60. He was seen in\nthe drug store by Constable Wight-\nman at l:3o o'clock Saturday morning. .The officer called-the proprietor,*\nJ. H. Argyle, and the boy was caught\nIn hiding behind some stock.\nHe entered the Meagher store before the closing hour and hid in the\nbasement until the doors were locked.\nThen he went through the different\nparcels of goeds which Interested him\nand then he emerged through a rear\ndoor bearing with him a knife and f.S\n.aken from the till, leaving behind\nhim traces of his Investigations into\nthe dry goods in the store.   .\nTne child is a foimer offender, having entered two other business places\nrecent y. One was tho City Drug\ncompany's store and. the other was a\nrestaurant. The magistrate sent him\nlo the reformatory, in order that he\nmight be kept under control.\nSTREET RAILWAYMEN\nWANT WAGE INCREASE\nA petition s'gned by Btreet railway-\nmen was presented to. the counoll last\novenlng, In which an Increase of 315\na month In wages was asked for. The\nmatter was referred to the street\nrailway committee.\nFIRE DEPARTMENT\nHAS QUIET MONTH'\nJanuary was a quiet month for the\nfire department, according to the report of Chief Guthrie, which waa\nread at the counc.l meeting last\nevening. No fires were reported. The\nchief asked that the representatives\nof th council visit the fire hall for\nheir annual Inspection.\nI\nSocial and Personal\nMiss R. Starkey spent the weekend\nvisiting friends in Trail.  .\nThe councillors last evening decided\nthat J. II. Wallace, city clerk, act as\ncity collector,\nApart from the mayor and aldermen,\n12 women and one man attended the\ncouncil meeting last evening.\nAid. 1. a. Austin last evening gave\nnotice at the council meeting that he\nwould at the next meeting introduce\nan amendment to the gas bylaw.\nMrs. Kathleen Riddcll waa a Creston\nvisitor over the weekend, the guest of\nMiss Beatrice Hardman.\nMrs. J. Joy has received word that\nher husband, Pte. J. Joy, who enlisted\nwith the 225th battalion, has been admitted to a base hospital in France\nsuffering from rheumatic fever.\nThe officer ln charge of the military\nsanitarium at Balfour acknowledges a\nbundle of magazines and pictures from\nMrs. Slater of Waneta and a bundle\nof papers and magazines from J. M.\nMacauley of Vancouver.\nW. S, King, manager of the Hudson's\nBay store, left the city Saturday for\nthe coast, where he will spend a few\ndays on business for the company. He\nwill also visit eastern and United\nStates ditles, including Toronto, Montreal, New Tork, Boston and Chicago.\n**.\u00bbMttt\u00bbtttt\u00bbM\n* Unless water and   light   bills \u2022\n+ due  the city are.   paid,   service *\n* will be discontinued, It was stat- *\n* ed at the  city  council   meeting \u2666\n* last evening.   The only alterna- \u2666\n* tlve is that satisfactory arrange- \u2666\n* ments are made with   the   city \u2666\n* clerk.   ,. #\n*****************\nMEASURE WILL INCREA8E\n.    REICHSTAG  MEMBERSHIP\n(By Dally News Leased Wire.)\nAMSTERDAM, .Feb' 18.\u2014A bill on\nthe compoBlt.on of tlie relchstag and\nproportional representation in the gro_t\nrelchstag electoral districts, according\nto Berlin despatches, passed the federal council Saturday and now goes\nto the relchstag, Thia bill raises the\nnumber of members of the relchstag to\n441. (The number at the present time\nIs 397.)\nIt Ja. pointed out ln an explanatory\nmemorandum that while every federal\nstate retains Its'present representation\n^he districts where there have been a\nbig increase, in tha population will\nelect more deputies than heretofore.\nEIGHT WESTERN MEN\nIN CA8UALTY LIST\n' OTTAWA, Feb. l8.-*^here wero\neight western men and officers In the\ncasualty list Issued tonight\u2014two killed in action, four wounded and two\nseriously ill,\nKilled Si Action     :\" '\"\"*\"\"\u25a0\nLieut,   w.   B.   MifOW,   Chapman,\nNew Crop\nW* Hav* Lately Unloaded _.\nNO. 4 YELLOW CORN-NE]\nAlso Hav*\nB.C. WHEAT, B.C. BARLEY\n\"B. A. K.\" SCRATCH * M\nALFALFA  MEAL,   MEAT\nSHELL, ETC;\nThe Brackman-\nMilling Co., Liml!\nPublic Meeting\nWill Be Held In th* City Hall\nCounoil Chambers\nTONIGHT AT 8i80 SHARP\nJ. W. GIBSON\nOf   Vancouver,    member    of   the\nProvincial Food Conservation Committee, will address the mooting and\nassist in local organization.\nEVERYONE   IS   ASKED   TO\nATI END.\nHot water Bottles\nl-pt Red Rubber, guaranteed..750\n2-quart Red Rubber, guaranteed    S1.7B\n2-quart  Red llubber,   seam'lens,\nguaranteed $2.00\n2-quart  Fountain   Syringe,   Red\nRubber      91.75\nRubber Sponges\u201425o and 35c\nMall   Order*   rilled   Promptly.\nRutherford Drug Co, I Id.\nCORNER WARD AND BAKER\n80ME 8TORES KEPT OPEN\nAT VICTORIA ON 8UNDAY\n(By Daily News Leased Wire.)\nVtCTORIA, Feb. 18.\u2014The fruit a\u00bb-d\ntobacco stores were all open yesterday\nand no names were taken by the police, No attempt will be made to enforce Sunday closing so far as can be\ngathered.\nFOOD WILL DECIDE\nMEXICO'S WAR POLICY\nSo Thinks V'slter Who Knows Country Wall; the Naw Spain of Today\nVICTORIA. \u2014Food versus money\nwill be the determining factor in Mexican relation to the war. The Mexicans are very short of food, especially\ncereals, and the embargo by the United States on exports of these essential commodities is likely to force the\nsouthern republic into a definite\ncourse with regard to the war. There\nis a strong pro-German sentiment in\nthe army, but although it is backed by\nthe money of the Teutonic capitalists,\nit is realised that Germany could not\ngive any effective a,'vd, and that it\nwould bWng down upon the country\nan army of occupation which would\nchange tho whole course of Mexican\nhistory.\nThese are some of the perronal\nview* of E. S. Burrows, manager of\nthe Oliver American Trading company,\nmerchants und shippers, who is visiting Vancouver Island on business, and\nis now in Victoria with his sister-in-\nlaw, Mrs. Burrowes.\nU. S.  Embargo\nMr. Burrowes has been ln a position\nto judge intelligently of the situation\nduring the'last few months, as he\nmakes his headquarters on the border\nat Brownsville, Texa_, and is frequently in different parts of the republic In\nconnection with the bus'ness of his\ncompany. \"It is the general impression,\" he says, \"that the embargo on\nfoodstuffs will force Mexico tb come\nout in the open and declare herself for\nthe Allies. Orders were coming in\nwhen I left for the north from the cities begging for flour shipments. The\ninternal conditions of brigandage and\ndestruction of grain has decreased the\nnormal condition of the crops, which\nhave always suffered from primitive\nmethods of cultivation and lack of Irrigation ln the central plateau. It Is\nnot to be expected that the peons\nwould grow produce when they were\nliable to have it burnt or harvested by\nthe brigands for their own sustenance\nas soon us ripe, Thus the dependence\non imports has been increased, with a\nconsequence that famine stares the\ncountry ln the face In many parts of\nthe republic.\n\"The Government, so far as Its\nauthority goes, is on the whole friendly to the Allies, but German money is\nkeeping up a resolute propaganda, and\na paper devoted to the Teutonic interest ls published ln Mexico City, in the\nSpanish language. However, it is appreciated that action by the Mexicans\nadverse to the United States would\nlead lo an intervention which Germany\nwould be powerless to resist.\"\nHalf Million Mon\nAsked whether Intervention will be\nessential after the war to straighten\nout the wreck of organized government which remains in that distracted\ncountry, Mr. Burrowes estimates that\nIt will require action by the United\nStates on a similar but more extended\nscale than which occurred in Cuba and\nthe Philippines. He saya that 500,000\nmen would be required to carry out an\neffective occupation, and that would\nnot be a man too many.\nT*N.OHT ONLY *\nFeature starts at 7:80.\nvllle at 8:46,   Adults, BO\nChildren, 25 cents.\nCanadian  Conc.rt  and  Vaj|\nShow.\nEntire Charge\nVaudeville\nMISS HAZEL DOWNINfl\nViolinist.\nMISS ISABEL -hOSS,\nLyric Copranp.\nMR. JOHN R. HALL,;\nBaritone, j i      :|\nHARRY HINES,\nComedian.\nFannieWai\n\u2014in\u2014\n\"On the Lerf\nFive-part feature,\nTomorrow Only\u2014\"Tha P\u00bbt|\nDoll,\" Russian Art Feature.\nThursday and Friday-\nFrederick  in \"Double Cros*\nDON'T WASH YOURf\nSilk Waij\nHaze it cleaned; it Is chei\"\nH.K.Foot\nHigh Ulan Dyer and Clei\nNELSON, B. C.\nAgencies\u2014M. Papazlan, 411 *\nstreet;   Ross Fleming,  Fairy's!\nIn some   respects It Is the\ncountry In the world, and yet c\nsome of the most degraded condli\nSilver mining, which   has   been]\nstaple IndUBtry for exploitation\ntho white men displaced the Aztec]\nfllzatlon, has been given a tremetjj\nencouragement by the steady a\nation of silver,   which   would\nMexico nt forty-s'x cents, but\nquoted \u2022 from    eighty-five\neighty-seven  cents an ounce,\never, he Btntes that the IndJS'J\nhave to see somo readjustme]\nwhile the product has doubled I\nthe operating expenses have <\npled, on account of cost of mat**\nand difficulties of transportation\nBallots, Not Bullets\nThere can   never be   any   true!\nvance   in   Mexico, Mr. Burrowes\/\nuntil the ballot Is a real proteo]\nand the system   of   nomination <\nflees by the executive abolished,\nare declnred elected whether theM\nthe highest or tho lowest vote ci\nreturns.    He denies there is ahsj\nprejudice against the foreign\n1st in Mexico, and states that I\nons would sooner work for f\nman than for the natives.\nYE CANNY  EDITOR\nSometimes people get very\nwo refuse to print    items,   s\nwithout a .signature.   When ws-j\nyoung at the    business    wc    j\nted an Item sent In without   kn-f\nthe writer, that read sometbin\nthis:   -Jack  Smith was the I '\nman. in 'steen townships and .\u2014,\nsomething that arrived at his !\nTuesday\u2014It'a a girl,\"   Now Jacl\na bachelor and a girl of apoutj\nsixteen arrived to visit hla'forr\nwife.   Jack was also a husky\nWell, to make a long.story sho|*\nwe got out qf the -*osplttl w\na solemn declaration never, n\npublish a.nythlnfj without kno*\nwrft-sr'-*  nameA^-lelchen  Csil\nUnable to rail*- from shock I\nan operation performed to' t\nbullet, Harry Gibson, aged 10,\nHotel Dleu, Windsor,\nHoleproof Sox\n\u2014_\u2014 _________        .__-_ t_\u201ei--   rtimrn-nrppf-l    Silt   11\nm\nSix Fairs Guaranteed Six Months\u2014 {\nBlack, Taii, Grey, White    '\nByT  TH*3JJ TODAY\nThis line will positively be \u00bbJ.B0 when\nshipment for spring arrives.\nTHREE PAIRS BLACK CASHMERE\nFINISH\t\nJAEGER, PURE) CASHMERE,\n\"Per Pair .._.'.........>\u2022....\nGOOD WORKING SOCKS\u2014\n.   Three Pairs for  ,...,\nSUN\n60c, 7S|\n,;$i.c\nEmory &TOH&\n_____u_______\n","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"The Nelson Daily Miner was purchased by F.J. Deane in April of 1902 and renamed The Daily News. 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