Flesherton Advance, 18 Jan 1917, p. 3

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1^l'^:,:ifl^ f*?v^-wi ' S6)SW!Tk)rS?*S?PTai0>WÂ»? . TWO AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES CAPTURED BY ITALIAN NAVY Harbor of Pola Again Bombarded By Hydroplanes. French and Italian in NOTE IS CLEAR â€¢ ANDPOSmVE LEADING MARKETS GIGANTIC MUNITIONS SMASH IN CANADIAN CAR CO.'S PLANT War Office. The statement A despatch from Rome. says: The ^ Austro-Hungarian navy, also is capture of two submarines is report- j our possession. , , â€ž â€žâ€ž ,1 "Italian and French hydroplanes on ed in an announcement on Sunday . p^iday dropped bombs on the enemy '^ works at Pola. E^jiemy aeroplanes made a counter-attack, but were re- pulsed. Oi;e of our hydroplanes suc- cessfully fought three enemy aero- planes. "Enemy aeroplanes bombed our tor- from th follows: "The enemy submarine Vcl2, which the German navy ceded to Austria- Hungary, has fallen into our hands, and become a unit of our torpedo j pedo boats at sea without effect. , AH squadron!?. Another enemy sub- ; our units returned to their base un- marine the \T12, belonging to the i damaged." ITALIAN BAnLESHIPHFT MINE 675 MEN ON BOARD PERISHED The Dua:ster Occurred a Month Ago, But It Has Only Now Been Announced. A despatch from Rome says: It is j draught of 27 feet. Her usual com- officially announced that the Italian battleship Retina Margherita struck a mine off the Albania coast and sank Decembnr 11. Si.x hundred and seventy-five men on board perished. Two hunilred and seventy were saved. The bi'ttle.ship Regina Margherita was laid down in 1898, and completed board in 1915, in which a "lar;?e num in May, 1904. She was a vessel of ber of her crew, including Reur-Ad- 13,427 tons, 42G feet long, and had a i miral De Oervin, were killed. BRITISH WIN IN PALESTINE Anzac Mounted Troops Destroy Turk Position At Rafa. A despatch from London says: â€" The War Office reports: "On Tuei'day our troops captured A despatch from Tokio says: The Japanese buttle cruiser Tsuku-ba J i was destroyed by an explosion on -Sunday in the harbor of Yokosuka. a strong enemy position co,isi8tmg- of pj^g ^â€ž ^^^^, Xsuku-ba caused the SIX lines of entrenchments with six main redoubts and a central keep, covering Rafu, 30 miles north-east of El Arish, Egypt. The attacking force, composed of Anzac mounted troops and the Imperial Camel Corps, left El .\rish on Monday, and the at- tack on the position commenced at 7 a.m. Tuesday. The fighting lasted until 5 p.m., when the position was finally carried. "After the engagement a Turkish relief force was located, advancing from Shalal, lii miles east of Rafa. This force was engaged at a point about four miles from the Rafa posi- tion, and was entirely destroyed Demands Restoration of Bel- gium, Serbia and Montenegro. A despatch from London says: The Times' war editorial on Friday on the allies' note says: "Eminently courte- ous and friendly in tone, clear and positive in statement, closely reason- ed, and animated by the lofty ideals of politics, morals to which the people of the United States have always paid homage, the reply of the allies to Pre- sident Wilson's note must command the assent and approbation of the great nation who inherited, assimi'at- ed and developed the best principles and traditions of Western civilization. The German Government hastened to avail them.'sclves of a phra.se which they picked out of the President's note in order to curtly refuse the in- formation which he asked. They made no 'avowal of their views as to the terms on which the war might be con- cluded,' and told him in substance he was on a mi.staken road to peace. The allies do not pretend in the present posi on to state all their war aims in detail, but declare the general objects with more amplitude and precision than in any .statement they have yet made to their own countrymen." The Only Terms. ! The Times then ennumerates the ; I terms of the allies, viz: The restora- ' ; tion of Belgium, of Serbia and Mon- i tenegro and complete reparation for the damage they su.stained, and the ; evacuation of the invaded territories of France, Russia and Rumania, with | such reparation a.s is considered just. The reorganization of Europe, guar- ! antecd by a .â- stable regime and found- ' ed upon the respected nation:- lities ' and full liberty and security of all great and small nations. I I The restitution of territories pre- ' vioiisly severed from allied nations by , I force or contrary to the wishes of ! their populations. i The liberation of Italians, Slavs, Rumanians and Czech Slavs from foreign domination. I The retirement of the Turkish Em- ' pire from Europe. j The expression "they must provide restoration of the provinces torn from the allies by force against the wish of the inhabitants" is a clear reference, says the Times, to .Alsace-Lorraine. ' magazine to l)low up. Qne hundred j The editorial concludes: "We feel and fifty-three members of the crew ' ^onBdent th^ excellent impression of the Tsuku-ba were killed and 157 ' which the allies' reply to Germany I injured, many of them seriously. ; created must be confirmed and inten- plement was 730 men. The battleship carried four 12-inch, four 8-inch, | twelve 6-inch guns, twenty 12-pound- 1 ers, two 1-pounders, two maxims andj four torpedo tubes. The Regina Margherita was a sister ship of the Benedetto Brin, which was badly damaged by an explosion on JAPANESE SHIP BLOWN UP IN PORT Fire on Board Tsuku-ba Reaches ' , .Magazine and Destroys ] Ship. { Numerous members of the ship's com- pany were rescued from the water. ! Most of the officers of the crui.ser were ashore. The cause of the expio- ! sion is not known. i 200,000 BRITISH WOMEN TO WOltK ON THE FARMS A despatch from London says : â€" .\n important announcement regarding the employment of women in agricul- "Up ti) the present wo have taken ! ture will be made shortly, according 1.600 unwounded prisoners and four to the Daily News. The idea is to mountain guns. The enemy killed and ; raise an army of 200,000 women work- wounded in our hands amount to GOO." ers. Several ,<chemes have been under consideration, and the one to which President Pruthero of the Board of Agriculture has given special atten- tion, and which has been referred to Neville Chamberlain, Director of .Na- tional Service, provides for women be- ing: billeted and paid a shilling a day. liUMV. CONFERENCE TURNING POINT IN WAR. .\ despatch from London says: The "Times In an editorial on Wednesday regarding the recent War Council held in Rome, says: "The conference just concluded in Rome may well prove one of the turning points in the war. More than one vital decision was reached with complete harmony. The road to victory, though it may be long, is now running straight to the appointed end." FORTY TlllKISH VE.SSEI.S SINK BY THE RUSSIANS. A despatch from London .says: A raid on the Anatolian coast by a Rus- shrapne sian sciuadron is reported in a Central sponse. News despatch from Petrograd. The Russians sank forty Turkish sailing vessels which were carrying food to Constantinople. BRITISH CAPTURE POSFFIONS ON FRONT OF NEARLY A MILE Several Raids Also Resulted in the Bagging of Large Numbers of Prisoners. A despatch from London says: â€" .carried an enemy trench on a front The- British official communication is- "^ three-quarters of a mile, and es- ; , r,.. . â€¢ i-t â€žÂ»:tablished our position. An enemy i sued on Thursday night says: A! .. i, , u- Â«.. ' â- * ' I counter-atliicK his afternoon wast number of minor enteprises were un- ; caught in the cpen by our artillery. ' dertaken last night with excellent re- and broken up with lo.ss. One hun- ' eults. South of the Anere we enter- dred and seventy-six prisoners, iiichid- j ed the enemy trenches at two places ing four offiiiis, were taken in the. sified by the more ample answer we make at the suggestion of the Presi- dent." i "VICTORY LOAN" j GRIPS J. BULL Trt-mendous Response to Lloyd (Jeorge's .Vppeal. i A despati-h from Lonilon says : â€" i (ireat Britain's loan of victory was successfully launched on P^riday. Stimulated l)y the speech of Premier Lloyd George in the Guildhall on Thursday, in which he appealed to all classes uf society to place their capital at the disposal of the Government, the first investors began to pour their funds into the Bank of England on Friday morning. The Premier's de- claration that "a well-directed check" was now as powerful as shell and met with an instant re- By noon half a billion dol- lars had already bet'n subsciibed. j Early Friday thJj building leased by; the Bank of England to handle the I rush of war-loan bidders was crowd- I ed with a picturesque throng, whii-h I included many soldiers in khaki and I some women. The doors opened ear- lier than at the lianU, uid from short-: ly after H o'clock until closing hours, I the entry was filled with applicants for I the prospectuse.?, which are being dis-l tributeO broadcast over the city. Even the Ea.st End has its share in the loan,' one of the earliest visitors at the' bank being a costermonger wh^) wheel- 1 I cd away a pile of the pamphlets for j the small dealers in his neighborhood. .\!1 over Britain application forms ura\ being given out. The munition fac- \ I lories, in particular, are being sys-| tematically canviu^.sed by the Govern- ment, which is asking the workers, both men and women, to use the new loan as an invesfmont of their weekly savings. BreadstnfTs. Toronto. Jun. 10. â€"Manitoba wheat â€" No. 1 Northern J:;.07i; No. 2 lio., Â»2.04i; No. a <lo.. Â»-J.01i: No. 4 wheut, Â»1 S6i, track. Hut ports. Old crop tiaUliiK 4u aboN't! lU'W <'ron. Miiniloba oats â€" No. 2 C.W., TOJo. triuk, Hay porta. American corn. No. 3 yellow. Jl.OSJ. ahlpinent within 30 days. Ontai-lo oataâ€" No. 3 white. 64 to 6Gn. nominal; No. 3 white. 03 to 66c, nominal, acnordlnR lo frelKhts outside. Ontario wheat â€" New^o. 2 Winter, per par lot. $1.7a to Jl.SO; No. 3 do. $l.iÂ« to $1.7S, ancordinK to freights outside. Peaa â€" No. 3. $3.40, accordUiB to freltrhts outside. Barley â€" Multlnff. Â»1.13 to $1.20. ac- oordlnK to frelifhts outside. liuoUwheat â€" $1.26, aocorduiB to frelKhts outside. Rya â€" No. 2, $1.37 to $1.30. accordlnK to frolffht."! outside. Manitoba (lour â€" First patents, in jute baK.s. $l).9(i; 2nd do,, $9.40. stronif bilk- ers', do.. $U. Toronto. Ontario dour â€" Wlntar. according to sample. $7.30 to $7.50. in bass, track To- ronto, prompt Mhlpmnnt. Mtllfeed â€" Car lots â€" Delivered Mont- real Ireishts. baRS Included, bran, per ton, $32; fhorts, do.. $37; good feed Ilour. per buK. $2.70 to i2.K0. Hayâ€" No. 1. per ton. $12.50 to $13.50: No. 2. do., $n to $11, track. Toronto. Straw â€" Car lots, per ton. $9.60 to $10, track. Toronto. Coimtry Proanoa â€" Wholesale. nutter, fresh dairy, choice, 38 to 40p; ireamery prints, 46 to 47c, uoUdx, 43 to 43ic. Esgs â€" No. 1 Btoraue. 39 to 40c; .-itor- .i(fe. selects. 42 lo 43c; new-laid. In car- tons. 60 to 65c: out of usrtons, 68 to 60c. Cheese â€" Large, 25 J to 2Â«c; twins, 26 to 26i; triplets. 261 to 26iu. Dressed poultry â€" Chickens. 22 to 24c. fowl, 16 to ISc; ducks, 20 to 22o; squabs, per dozen. $4 to $4.60; turkeys. 26 to 3Uc; geese. 16 to ISc. Honey â€" White clover. 2i-lb. tins. 14c; S-lb. tins, 13 to 13ic, 10-lb.. 12i to Uc; Â«0-lb.. 12 10 13c; buckwheat. 60-lb. tins. 9 to 9Jc. Comb honey â€" extra fine and heavy weiiclil. per dos.. $2.75, select, $2.50 lo $2.70: No. 2, $2 to $2 25. Potatoes â€" <>iitar!o, per batf, $2.25; British Columbia, per tinsr, S2.26; New HruiiDwlck Lielawares, per bus. $2.46 to $2.60. He.ihs â€" Imported, hand-picked, pir bush.. $ii; Canadian haiid-plcked. per bush., $ti.DO to $7; Canadian primes. $6 10 $i; 60; Limua. per lb.. Hi to 10c. FrovlBioua â€" Wholeaal*. Smoked iiiciitt,- - Hunia. medium. 2.'< to 20c; do., heavy. 22 to 23c; cooked, 24 to Srtc; roll-i, 19 to 20c; breakfast baion. 25 to 27c; tiacks, plain, .6 to 27c; boneless. 2!i to 30c. Cured moats â€" Long 'leur bacon. IS to ISJc per lb.; clear bellies. 18 to ISJc. Lard â€" Pure lard, tierces, 21 S to 31 Jc; tubs. 21'( to 22c; palU, 22 to 22ic; com- pound. 10< to 17c. Montreal Markets. Montreal. Jan. 16. â€" Oats â€" Canndiun \V . No. 2, 71c. No. 2. 6Â»e; extra .N'o. 1 feed. 6'Jc. Uaile.v â€" .Manitoba leed. $1; malt- Ins. $1 30. Flourâ€" Manitoba .Spring wheat patent:^, nrsts. $10; seconds. $:<.60. stronii IjakiTs'. $9.20, Winter patents, oholie. $9.26; KinilEllt rollers, JS.OO to $S.Su; do., baits. J4.10 to $4.25. Rolled oats â€" nbls. $7.25 to $7.45, do.. baKS. 90 Ib.M.. J3.50 to $.i.Â«0. Uran. $32. Shorts. $3G. .MiddlinKS. $38 to $40. Muulllle. $43 to $48. Hay â€" No. 2. per tun. car lots, $13. Cheese â€" Finest wostern.s. 25c; finest easterns. 24c. Butter â€" Choicest creamery. 43 to 43ic: seconds. 4i' to 41ic; seconds. 40 to 41c. Eggs- Flesh. 56 to 60c; selected. 42c; No. 1 .stock. 40c; No. 2 stock, 34 to 36c rolatuuMâ€" Per baft, car lots. $1 73 to $1.95. Wlanlpaff araln. Wlniiipeif â€" Jan. 16. â€" Wheal Nu. 1 Northern. il.Hi; No. 2 Northern. $1.78i; No. 3 Nurihern, $1.74|. Oatsâ€" .No. i C.W, ri6Â».- .No. 3 CSV.. 541; extra No. 1 feed. Ti^lir. No. I feed, 62Bc; No. 2 feed. 5Hc. Barley â€" .No. 3. $1; No. 4. 94c, re- jected. 7Sc; feed. 7>T, Klnx â€" No 1 N.W C. t2.:<^h; .No. 2 C.W. $2,554. United States Markets. Mtnncapolia, Jan. I'i. â€" Wheal â€"Mav. $I.!(S, July. $1.7m. Cash â€" .No. 1 hard. $1 !<6 I.) $1 .'V. No. 1 .Vorthern. $1..'(9 to $1.92. No. 2 Northern. $1.S6 to $1 92. Corn -.S'o. 3 yellow. 914 to 92ic. Outs â€" .No 3 white. 53 J to 5 lie. Flourâ€" uii- chanBi (1. Bran. $27 .'iO lo $2S. Diiiotli. Jan 16. â€" Wheat â€" No. 1 hard. $l.S9i|. N.I. I Ncjrlliern. $1 b.sj; No. 2 Northern. $1 )>3sl lo $1..'*5J; .May. $1.S7J. Lliise<d. to .irrlve. $2.iOJ, .May. $2.90i, July, 52.;i2J. ZilTe Stock Markets. Toronln. Jan. 16. â€" Choke heavy stoers, $9.7S to $10 .t5. do.. Rood, $:t.26 to $9,50; butchers ((Utlu choice, $9.25 to $9.60; do.. Kooil. JS T."i to $9; do., medium. $S.25 to $s,riO. do c<mimoii. $7 60 m $s; butcbiirs' tmlls. chohe, $7.75 lo $s.75; do.. kimmI 1. -i;-. $7 25 lo $7.50. do.. reuRh bull-, I'i !â- â€¢ !.'i 1 1 Inilchers' cows, ciiolce. $7.75 111 $N "mi; do.. Â»!Â».ml, $7.26 to $7,50; do., medium, $6. 65 to $7; slockers, $6.65 to $7,;',''i. cliolce feeders, $7 to $7,75. can- iurs iiMil ciittefx. $4.50 to $5,50; milkers, chol'-e. ciui), $ ro to $UiO; do., common, and medium. euÂ»"h. $40 lo $60; Miirinjfers, $50 1,1 $11111; liRht ewes, $9,25 to $10; .sheet) liea\ y. $0 to $7.dii. i^iilves. jjotul to "iK'i.e. $11.75 to $13, lainlis. choice $13 to $14; do., medium. $9 75 to flu. 25; hoK"'. led .iml wuiered. $13; do., welRhed olT cniH, $i:!.2'': do., f.i.b., $12. MoiiMoiil, Jan. 16. â€" Choice steers. $9; (rood s|r...|.-i. .?7 .'11 to $.s.26; biitchors' buU.s. $7 to J,S; butchers' cows. $5..'iO to $7.5"; canneiM hull.s. $6.60: canners cows, $5.4ir Kr!i,-<s fed calvsM, $5.50: mljk fed ralxcs, $10; Iambs, $12 to $13..'.": select h...p-s. $12.75 to > ''.oil. USE FIRE HOSE ON EAST FRONT Half a Million 3-iuch Shells for Russian Government Destroyed in Series of Terrific Explosions at Factories In New Jersey. A despatch from New York says: â€" A fire which broke out in the muni- tion plant of the Canadian Car & Foundry Works near Kingsland, New Jersey, on Thursday afternoon com- pletely destroyed the factory, with a loss estimated all the way from $4,000,000 up to $10,000,000, forced the evacuation of a large part of the town of Kingsland, making 1,000 people homeless for the time. - For the space of more than five hours northern New Jersey, New York city and the western end of ; Long Island listened to a bombard : ment that approximated the sound of la great battle, a bombardment in; which more than half a million three- i inch high-explosive shells were dis- charged. Yet 80 far as the police and hospitals of all that section have ' been able Xo learn not a single life was lost, and no one was injured. Com- , pnratively few windows were broken in the surrounding districts, and, in- ' deed, the material loss outside the plant itseif and the telephone lines ' running near it was very slight. j Police Prevent Caaualties. ! Consequently, as the flames reach- ed each ease of shells, and exploded the charges, the projectile shot high into the air â€" often several hundred feet. But as it descended without the fuse, which alone could explode the charge, its fall was only that of so much metal. Even so, the fact that not one of the thousands of peo- ple in the neighborhood was hurt, so far as could be learned, was due prin- cipally to the prompt police measures in clearing out the houses in the en- dangered dif-.tricts near by. The munition plant lies in .th,; Jer- sey Meadows, seven miles west of the Hudson, and about a mile east of the edge of the hill on which lie the twin towns of Kingsland and Lyndhurst. The .company was just finishing an $82,000 (00 contract for the Russian Government, which had kept the plant busy for the past two years. Thirty- eight one and t%vo story buildings had been erected in the meadow, and three shifts of 1,400 workmen each, mostly negroes, were employed in filling the explosives purchased from powder- companies into the shell cases, some of which were brought from the Beth- lethem Steel Company and others made by the Canadian Car & Foim- dry Co., elsewhere. The contract was within two weeks of completion, and one of the shifts was laid off Tuesday night. Fourteen Hundred Men Employed. At work in the plant when the fire broke out were the 1,400 men, a con- sderable number of office employees and two or three hundred gtiards in uniform, who have been patrolling the factory ever since its erection. It was ;).40 when theb laze broke out in building No. ,'50, when ten or twelve men were at work cleaning the brass cases of the shells with denatured al- cohol before tho process of filling was begun. Somehow, from somewhere, a spark fell innto a tub of the alcohol and set it ablaze. One theory is that an electric drop light hung above the tub had become short-circuited, and that the spark was a piece of burn- ing insulation. There was another .story that the spark fell from the carbon of an arc light high above. However it began, the tub of alcohol was ablaze in a moment, and the workmen in the building turned and fled without de- lay. SHORTAGE OF COAL POWDER EXPLOSION NOT TO BE AUOWED SHATTERS FACTORY Vigorous Action to be Taken by 21 Government on Crow's Nest Difficulty. Men Reported Killed Wreck at DuPont Plant .\t Haskell. in A despatch from Ottawa says: No settlement of the Crow's Nest coal mines difficulty has been reached, and the prospect of a satisfactory ar- rangement which at one period during last week's conferences seemed bright, now appears to be remote. The de- mand of the miners last November for a war bonus to meet the extra cost of living was followed up by an investigation by an orticer of the De- partment of Labor, who reported an act':al increase of Oi-i per cent. The operators have refused to grant thia increase. Their refusal now seems I likely to result in vigorous action by I the Government, and such action will j no doubt be carried out at the expense : of the operators, in view of their j known financial .-strength. The Gov- 1 ornment recognizes a direct responsi- ' bility to see that no suffering will oc- ; cur to the .settlers of Western Canada ' through a shortage of coal during the Winter months, and to see also that sufficient coke is provided for smelt- ers in the Crow's .Nest in order that the manufacturers of miinition.s may not, be interrupted. A despatch from New York .says: Two of the powder magazines of the DuPont Powder Company, at Haskell, N.J., were blown up on Friday night. The explosions were of terrific force and were felt for many miles in all directions. The deienations were fol- lowed almost immediately by a fire, which could be seen as far away as Yonkers, and distant points in New Jersey. The Haakell plant covers sev- eral acres and is one of the company's largest. In the plant and the village were sev(!ral hundred buildings. The concussion blew a tremendous hole in the side of a mountain, near which the plant was built. The loss of life is estimtiled at 21. Four hundred thou- sainl pounds of powder was destroyed. -^. in the neighborhood of Grandcourt, and took prLsoners. Early this morn- ing a local operation on a large scale north-east of Beauinont-Hamel was completely successful. Our troops, course of the operations in this area. "Knemy tieiiches also were raided: last night ca.st of A;'menl:iorcs, and I north-east of Ypres. Many casual-! ties were inflicted on the enemy." MEN UNFFT FOR ACTIVE DUTY * TO TAKE PLACES OF FIT MEN A despatch from London says: â€" ; cliffe is being reorganized. Col. The scheme of co-ordinating the train- ! Watty Burla.n.l, who has done excep- I Â« r- J- â€¢ ir> 1 J -i-i. ti. tionally good work here, will com- ing of Canadians m England with the 1 . ' , , , u 1.1. i- " " mand a double reserve battalion. requirements in Prance, is proceed- 1 Special instruction is now given to tag satisfactorily. Officers from corps \ all men proceeding to France. A list and divisional schools have been trans- 1 has been compiled throughout all the ferred by the general staff to England, j Canadian centres in England of men and many of them are specialists in ! fit for active service. Such will be certain lines of instruction. The! replaced by unfit men and others in- Canadian military school at Shorn- ' capacitated at the front Why He Supported ;he Fund. The task of raising the Canadian Patriotic Fund is not all serious work. I It is illumined here and there by flash- ! es of humor, and everywhere there crop out touches of human nature that add /.est to the work. Take the case of a Quebec county councillor. ' His council had been askctl to contri- bute a certain .sum yearly, and an of- ficer of the P'und called on him to .secure his endorsation of the proposal. He listened to an explanation of the details, and then started to estimate what the new ta.xation would imply to him. Then he said: "All right. I'll vofte for the grant I find that it will cost me eight dollars, â€" but I'd rather pay even twenty dollars than go to the war I" There are no words of. more than six syllables in the Bible. How (iermans Direct Gas Clouds Agaiast the Russians. .â- \ despatch frpm London says: The Germans hav? added fire hose to the many novel implements of war used in the present conflict. The poisonous gases which they arc using now be- ing ejected against the Russian trenches by means of hose. Friday's Petrograd statement reads: "South of the village of Zubilno, bctwcoti Vladimir-Volyn.ski and Lutsk (Volhjuna), 10 versts (about seven miles! south of Kiselin, the enemy directed from his troiiches on to our flank 11 hoso similar to a lire hose, after which wo heard a pronounced hissintc noire ixnd the whistle of es- capiiifr gas. .\t first there aiipetired a yellowish .Treen, and afterwards a white cloud of gas, which, however, failed to reach our trenches owing to the wind blowing along our front. This release of gas lasted two min- utes, and Was not repeated." 18.3 SWEDISH SHIPS LOST DURING YEAR. A despatch from London says: An Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen says that Sweden lost 183 ships, aggregating 113,000 tons, last year, of which 100 were torpedoed, with the loss of 27 lives. This report comes from Stockholm, and adds that during the same period Sweden built 81 ships, aggregali'ig 17,000 ton.s. SELLING ABSI.NTHE COST M.VN $40,000 A ilespiitcli from Paris says : - Heavy fines were inflicted on Sun- day on the proprietor of the well known Mollani restaurant, outside Gare Saint Laxare, for selling ab- sinthe. Flight hundred and thitiy- eight bottles chri."tened "Our Elixir," had left the restaurant. The court ordered the properietor lo pay 1(;3 fines of Â£40 each. .A.lso Â£;J00 revenue dues multiplied five times. The court also ordered the absinthe seized, to be confiseatcil. The breweries, cafe and bar owned by the Mollard Company were ordered closed altogether. The fines amounted to nearly $40,000. GOLD PKODl CTION ESTABLISHES RECORD London, Jan. 15. -The production of gold in the Transvaal last .vear estab- lishes a record. The total for 12 months was Â£;J9,1Â«.1,9;!4, or Â£857,47:5 more than in 1915, which was greater than any previous year. .\s compar- ed with the years before the war the increase last year was Â£'i,ri(;,894. This achievr.ment in the mines was render- ed imposnible by the larger supply of native labor:. In .November, 1915, 210,008 natives were employed. Dur- ing the current year the protiuction should reach a still higher level, for a large and pi omising property in the ' Eastern Ran<i has just began crush- ing. Â»-- ANOTHER DISA.STER THREATENS i'.VRIS. .A despatch from Paris says: The Seine continues to rise and all naviga- tion on the river has ceased. The sit uation is serious and may become more so if the rain continues to fall. I'LBERCILOSIS IS SPREADINt; IN EUROPE. .All Increase of :tOO Per Cent, in (jer- many Reported. .\ despatch Irom Baltimore says: Dr. Alfred Meyer, of New York, a leading authority on tuberculosis, in an address on Sunday to the trustees of the National ,li-wi.;h Hospitals for Conaumptix OS at a meeting in connec- tion with the convention of the Union of Hebrew Cogcegntions, said that un- less ncces.sary pretaution.s were taken there was greiit danger of tubercu- losis being liroiight over to this coun- try by immigrants at the close of the war. Dr. Meyer said he had been in- formed by .Xmubssador Gerard, and the statement, while privately made, was not coiilidciitial. that in Germany the number of cases of tuberculosis had increased 300 per cent. â™¦ 8,000,000 BRITISH JOBLESS WHE.N THE WAR ENDS .A tlesiiatch fiom London says ; â€" It is estimateil that between six and eight millions of persons now employe<i by the Government, representing half the W!\ge-eiirniiig pi-pulutioii of the United Kingdom, whill have to be dis- charged at the end of the war, accord- ing to the report of the Committee on Labor Problems .After the War. All these Workers will not be discharged 8inlultallco^l^dy, but it is probable that within two months after peace has been deelured some two or three million workers will be turned ofif. Re- garding the army demonbilization, the committee lalculales that the rate of disbaiidnioiit cannot exceed five thous- and daily, tit which rate six months woulil i>e or.iipied in demohilixing less than one million of the huge army. -Â« Sfi6.1,000 For Province. .A despatch from Walkoiville .says: Succession duties of the $4,000,000 estate of Edward Chandler Walker, formof head of Hiram Walker ft Sons, distillers, will iimouiit to $(Hi;!,- 000 the Ontario Government has noti- fied the executors. This is said to he the largest amount paid into the On- tario Treasury from any one estate. ..L.Xi,}ihkA.ii^LiMti