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BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES Five Battleships, Eight Cruisers, Sixteen Destroy- ers and Submarines to Be Built A despatch from London says: it is conceded that they will meet The British naval estimates for th ry a és 1913-14, which were announced on “ plage pete ee Gea Thursday, total $231,546,500, as|mne sdrmer declare ther the in. compared with $225,377,000 ea ie ought to be at least $15,- year. The new building program 0 greater, part of this for new Piuides for five. battieshipe ciht light cruisers, sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers and a number of sub- mal ines. and ignores the recent declaration ‘The personnel of the navy is to| of t rman Minister of the be increased to 146,000 officers and|Navy, Admiral Von Tirpitz, in SThene giles nda as uence wich te meted Gao ME Winston 1 eleven battleships, | Churchill’s rule, enunciated March, Apri ship cruisers, thirteen | 1912, that Great Britain must build isers, vive torpedo. warships | in the relation of sixteen Pesan enty-one |'to by ny. During the. Mae ioe They. 6: ae tat ae oie of so large a programme of new Pthulbns means a continuance hese ogi It is also point- ed out #1 the present sepens the shiping resources. 0! untry are so taxed that they ae not permit of a havese construction- al programme. closing four battleships, three bat- Vat cruisers, five light Sei aeies fifteen destroyers, eae three su marines were complete First Lord of the Admiralty has cut the estimates rather fine, although PRES OF FARM PROQUGTS Live Stock Markets. Montreal, March 18—The top price rea- lized for good steers way $7. but the bulk sales were made at $6.50 to $6.75, and lower grades sold from that down. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE | Butchers’ cows ranged from $3.60 to $6 and CENTRES OF AMERICA. bulls brought trom, $3.80 to pounds. Sheen, $4.25 to —_ B28 to, §8 per 00 Hounds, Calves Tai from $4.50 to $10 eac to size and qua- elas of Gattis, Grdin, cnesse ane Other lity. lected lots’ of hoga sold from juce at Home and Abro: 810.30 to goad per 100 pounds, weighed off Breadstuff: idadete Toronto, March 18. marlon Wheat — butcher” $6.50 to “eras Bake poris, No. 1 northern, #120; No. 2 01 %0; No. 3, 9% heat, Ontario Whest "No, 380 to, 90 for car | €2 lots outside, ranging down to Te tor poor | G 2% No. 2 white, 33c to Ontario Oats— ie “Sle to 8c on ais Toe bn count ny pointe; *Pauitoba Oa 2, (CW. oats, Slo, 0. Mi track, ne re ve 39 1-i a. | $18 She 2D. “Sad ‘Bombs is 1 ed, 35 er prompt pment eavy, to Cor: can Ko. re Ss all rail, bucks, we ‘to 86,. Hogs $2.0 to $9.65, fed ‘58 1 ae red, $9.15 to $9.25 fo. “Peas-No. 4 $100° to $105, car lots, out. e side. eR Sees Buckwheat—! Noi B 0 0 Se. YONDEREFUL FE Rye No. 2, 6 Macca tials WONDE RPUL TE furley=Good malting ‘barley, outelde, Blo to S60, The Great Steamship Olympic Has Rolled Oats—Per bag of 90 pounds, $2.- 15; per barrel, $4.55, wholesale, Windsor to Been Made Unsinkable. Montreal. Millfeed—Manitoba bran, $19.50 to $20, in A Bel: lfast ones to ve ane bags, track, Toronto; eae eae to Ale ay don e) of ee bran, $19 to $20 i - he ip bull ae MHenitoba Flour—First. patents, $530 in cei jute bags; second patents, $4.80 in jute feats ever known has been ae aie bags; strong bakers’, $4.60 in jute bag: auated on the White Star liner In ‘cotton bags, ten conte more per bar ic.- The nature of the work has been Eps secret, but w we are able to oe land & Wolff are sere feretcne elect thellsande tee tall, It sprictcs nearly the full length of “Ontario Flour—Wintor wheat four 9 per cent. patents, $3.99 to $3.95, seaboard. Country seetre Eggs—Cold-etorage, in cace strict- pe fresh eggs are selling a "be new-laid at 25¢ to 26. th Mone cae Twins, “wer, et, large, new, at 14 ld eh yak the turbi to 181-20; large, 150. room aft. If she collided with ice- aquutter, Creamery, prints, 31 to, 320; do. tah ley iint 2 to He} [berks asher sister ship Titanie did formes (bakers’}, 22 id her hull were ripped bya w caer ae tse slanting blow she would not oo iin 60-pound oy 123-4¢ i i The in: shell would keep her pound tins; com : (per doren: extra, 43 [Afloat almost as #€ nothing: a d. architects, believ: val e ~ the: pec ee yr roblem of the eee soly able eng, 160 to 180 live fowl, 140 to 170; dressed turkeys, 206 meena Primes, $2.50 and $260 for hand- Re. ornate & Firumawiok, ecto 38 TWO MEN suoT. ner ba : if. Cut of store: Be in car lots. Spanish Onions—Per case, $2.25 to $2.50. Fatal Shooting Affair in C. P. R. Provisions. Yards peg. Smoked and Dry Salted mete Rolls— Foisked, 190; hams, medium, 1814ce;| A despatch from Winnipe, avy, sl Seathaet one: One sh wi shot sna *ratally Ewe: Uisto: back it un 2 an ; Sade shot peameal), 2 hro' a ee deteecse er eoner Te Tht |i smokes y ) ork—Short cut, & to $28 per barrel; |night in the Canadian Pacific Rail- cae rk, $21 to way yard: Ths is eiatdTerces, ike oy tube: 161-2; paile, | WAY yards. pee Je lead Macdonald, the man in =the hospital Sapp W. Johnson both this city. Baled Hay and Straw. is 2 tions, track, Toronto:~Baled hay, es Wali ‘Dar y and x i 2 to $1250; No. 2, $9 to $10; No. 3, iced two men act- $9 and trailed them en to break oa) nm they stepped up Canadian. western, the under ar- ‘extra, Bo Po aa ng to information al white, 36¢. Bar- me ue “he seu a jo. malt-| resiste arrest, and in the scuffle to Tie. Biickwheat--No. 2,360 Se," ‘Flour—Manitoba spring wheat pat. the two men were shot d ent ‘lon, seconds, $4.90 st - a | Wve do., win! Eyes. SET acne ee ae ‘aight roller MACHINE SHOPS BURNED. 5. rel “min, a Ea o aoe i; | Disastrous Fire at St. John’s, New- ae lots 0, _ foundland. A despatch from North vnc: » Says - cable St. 220; "do., No. ag Tio “to taor don hn’s, Nfld., states that as Reid- snes tarts Ap to the - Potatocs—Pet bag. | Newfoundland C mpany’s machine shops were destroy ved by fire on United States Markets, Friday. No ils have been re- atiancapoin Pe Pee te | seived, but the. he it-is believed, + Bi FBos No. 1 hard, 6 dor Na. PURE: wil each several hundred thousand 831-20" {0 '85e; No. 2 northern, Bt Le Bite. Com No. 5 , M8 4-20 ide to 29340. Rye, Roh, to Bee. “Bran, $17 to $17.50, Flour abut at ‘h_18.—Whea: 1 oF. nluth, Mare! ard, (2c¢ 4 7Be to) 81-80; No. 2 northern, B78 ad Bre: “May, 197-80. 40" B60 ee July, od B12 to 875-8 asked; Reateken, 877-8 The family remedy for Coughs soe Colds, 50 mu bi “Shiloh costs so little ard does ich |"? TORONTO CORRESPONDENCE BITS OF INTERESTING pone FROM THE QUEEN ¢ Crandsen of a Famous Man Wants to Re Present North York—The Freldmann ure—A N Hon. W. L, Mackenzie King, at present a resident of this sity, and who hay just been nominated as the Liberal candidate in North York, has seen more of the lime- light of public life than perhaps any other of his years in Canada unless: all isigns a ae will fee. 6, poet eek attention f 00d ran amous grand. as, for example, maoubiee fine ‘public service. Sil, hls life in” public poaitio First he was in academic work, he made. a’ special etady conditions, ‘This eeomed to 6! lifeations for the Departmen which was at time being re transferred, puty hurly po eudto uesome & an It tuened Out of Bie Witla Taurior’s Gahinet The defeat of the Gov. ernment in 1911 ai ‘own personal de- feat left oy ae without nai eeas Stay in Pol For the sre he has decided to stay im the politieal Mite, He has Seputation speaker and a rand it “no family vely sy him 40 follow:nie indiaations eae: Braces of public speaking. Mac- kensio King has uals in goun: He suietaad as at sotee oxi very. oie sepne BoTe but. be erhaps lacking itt the fe is Ughter ~plemnents of hn he ha They tell a'story of hie capa i in i011 in North Waterloy, which is peo. bably not true, ut, which Indicates the ne who did "As. inti- mated, the story. ie propably “untrue. InN The other day the canadian Glu had Mr. King address it Navy que tion, abject lirgest crows" in tthe" h cor of the Clap turned out me The epeech mast oun ay ou erd oe according’ to the convictions of the individual listener. ‘The speech ilu- trated Mr. King’s strength and his weak: Tn other words, he was in spots, ef- ive and eyots unconvincing. ch Yor hich Mr. King has now is standard haa been. historia fighting ground between political partios for generations. It has been often repre- ed by aman prominent in the ‘coun: eils of hig party. ‘Chis and the fact th Mr. King's grandfather oe be polite out t is one of those cons & partiality for sn the party in r. 0 Investigate Friedmann's Cure. e enterprise the 'To- hag delegated, Dr. fort s that, shows mber who supports 1 for tuberculosis cand shaking ahservations on the progress a¢ i ies he Province generally are to be congravulated. on being able to, se: eure the oat who ha: ade a et ee aoe treatment for disedees in, whic ine Dr. Friedman's mee? ee Ros ot therefi De. utho! fe the Province the very Tast jubject. From the latest in able there is a dispos'. Hoa ts delve int lieve ti good deal in Dr -Friedmann’s cure, and that while it may not mpligh all that, has been claimed for it a great step forward in conquering the. white. plague.” Final conclusions must, layed thei Seer es ee tunity to observe inet eaten? suienoke report on ontarie Bub In New lat n streets. tarlo | cit is. the! ‘Eiberal Club, ‘organ! ized thre ith wofold an such as the PA Gib “has furnished Conservatives The Ontario Club started out by taking over the premises fosmeniy ooganied. by. the, National Club, but erty was esded for sine Darn the Inetitution had to move tuto a flat of ¢ office building while al available. toe outoftown members. Court, a aatbeer the activity of the Local Council of Women and other Women’s cr- fee sow ar women’s police court cas ~ LABORERS ROUT STUDENTS ‘Militants | Call Dockers to Their Aid at a caigte Meeting at. Glasgow r i but 0 casionally (a case ‘comes. to ight which aia! amply tastier aay eern the separate court_causes, FIRST HORTGAGE: an FUND 10 Ye ne old Feet m $100, 930) tas ie 10%. Marcil Trust Company Montreal Gn 3791). ae ees from Cine Scot- | back of the hall, slatted an Sues Students of Glasgow Lees the detachment of Gaver and — hundeed stew- 'd dol rers swooned Jock: laborers, town pee a herd a free fight fol- | grips at a ‘te ahs meet- lowed, and Hs Ma eee urs ue ee on them | The organi started the bad ‘were beaten, glen tryin) scores were ejected and 2 others ae tes the meline , but withoi fore a the ota whicl min’ steiards renew the Andrew’s| ing, but ‘were itscrecty well: ae expr yunpose aved. Siepalaie: up the pee They got | was ieee ae recived surgical | than they ained for-| attention, man “a bor: hen Misa: Janie alin was sate traces of the ing Mr: es bl pee STRAYED from the X Ranch Corral a wall eyed i te? es S on with the treatment. What Chief t Contractor says About According to a Statement made by | M OB ese SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL. Albanians Captured by Servian ‘Troops. A despatch from Frankforton- Thre re "inhabitants of the cae Province of Kossovo were on aay shot ee sual by Sevniih troops, acco: lespatch from Uskup to The zette. The ahahitan te of the dis- iret totalled 400. They were un- the e f the rest of the Al- beniane i in fling to the mountains. All aptured by a column of who Tas ahaahog ae of them arouse the surviving as prisoners to Prisrend, the capital of the province. ee ZAM-BUK UES Cc RE PILES. 1G Hiahaon, ite ob the pro- cee of the Commercial Hotel, suffered from piles Went to doctor after Spokane and peerenan: Twelve gts afterwards she as bad aga She say Teveen atone Zant Bak ead thought I would try it. The fi xes gave me more case than anything else I had tried, so I went In a short time I began to feel altogether dif- ferent and better, and I saw that Zam-Buk was going to cure me. g ell, I went on using it, and BS shestimel bea lee x0 | aalighied® tabinds cayealt avicly cured all druggists and stores. —__ TOWN WIPED OUT. Provencal, Louisiana, Suffers From a Cyclone. atch A. desp: from Alexandria, sane says: The town of Pro- storm swept everything before it at aspath ae se undres B an wi ede e hu sated a ae Thursday tial the town of Man: ed from the as ae ae a ets terrupted wire ppt smieeiis no details were oes TITANIC VICTL MS PROPERTY. “stin Remains Un- at Halifax. lespatch from Halifax says: gee to the Fonts: of the Eres 8 vincial Secretary, ich See down i in the Tewialatuee on m: Large Amount claimed out. still oles in the vaults. SMALLPOX AT EARLTON. eee) the Epidemic Well A despatch ee Cobalt says i lnecune cases of smallpox have ae the little Town of Earl- ties, and, NOL Railways and two-general stores, two po and_ several been quaran- 332 Hoe confined to their dwellings by Dr. George, Provincial Medical Of- eee, who is in charge of pe en The case Grigiaaied the Publig school wa a child Fro a fae. in the bt aoe QUEBEC otee WINNIPEG. A ae ear Ottawa says: "printed a te Eee ies "More than million copies have aay sl eine to advertise cur famous Pinto Shell gloves made from tough Bi hides, pes copy send postal to HUDSON BAY conte ce. Canada’s Expert Glove and Gtitt Maker: Quebee and Win oe Eabe Mies vu ibe gmat by the f this Sats nothin; | ae | Can: ion Press on Thar 0 i | interview with FAMOUS DR. FRIEDMANN. re Discoverer of the ‘‘cure’’ for tuber- culosis. 2 “frankfurt Gar | ComPrehen ol low u quickly stops coughs, cures colds, and heals the throat and lungs. 2" 26 cents. | th GOOD ROAD FOR THE FARMER. The DST 3 Drag Will Solve the es One of the greatest difficulties which the farmer i a os tario has. to ad Fs Es costly problem, “ She: ae is as ere of remedi it is umosbied true that both Dominion and Pro cial Govern- siewtd mill take up inthe tear fu ture the work of extensive road construction thr the Un s has stated that this will be but the beginning of greater things in a he way © si Th will be tortheoming shri, ae an a recent addre: Toronto the Hon. Martin Sa canoe that which men n most genero} easily seen, fistereres tae Ontario is on the verge of a new era of ro. at a great many years will pass etare improvements r eater per centage mileage in the Province will re- main common earth roads. W hile supporting the general move- ment, e, towards road im- provement throughout the Pro- wanes: the mer cannot afford to neglect the oe roads that pass his own door. 100) roads he ast find so and in his search he will find noth- ing that is Frcinie? and more effec- tive than the home-made drag al- ready EEL The big problem in dealing with roadways is that i tee tas are proper draining pro per grading. ds, how. ver, have received any permanent coating, it will be necessary to fol- up good construction with con- stant attention to the the surface, ae in keepin| good order the road drag wilt be Soutid to work wonders. In the first place, the dragging of the road has the shies of freeing it from holes and m is is pi ticularly true of ie roads. enemy of any road is wees and the effect, et Gavel on clay i for aste es prevents water from running aw Of course if the graded it would. presen: surface to water and the mud trou- ble would be climinated. If used at the proper tim rag pre- pares the surface, which, as it dries, is packed by travel and. be- comes harder and more impervious with every dragging. Then, too, in the summer the same hard’ surface is far harder to break up and, cons quently, less dus Making a aioe: soon accomplished, The best ma- terial to use is a a red cedar log. sort maple, low, however, ton Eoaeelennolense eter, is sawn or split in two. The halves are placed parallel to each other, ‘flat face to ethe front, and the heaviest base slab first. On. the front slab at a point four inches from the end that is at the sie | an- a line co} tre of apart, qodueta he es thick dnl four inehes wide shattd be placed at the diteh end, running diagonally from the end’ of the front slab to the angle etwecu tie a0 edge of the slab towards the middle, A pla should be the ie at the de-| sired age wee forward pars being cat the: outer a ~ | subject are as follows :— e ner at the centre. be made w The construction of a log-drag is | mad © jults. the Beat t Ee By eae Fiano is in e should get a drag and w t | a vata cael | doctors hope the neat ig in of mild. | will dimi: Despatches from Berlin give de- tails of the German Emperor’s pro- posals to tax private fortunes for the provision of a great fund to be used for the increase in German ar- maments, The salient figures of the semi-official statement ‘ssued ox the Fortunes up to $50,000, 3 n every $500. Fortunes of $50,000 to $125,000, $1.60 in,every 8500. oe 09. to $259,700, 50 i Porhined or $250, 000 to $2,500,- MW 5 in every $500 Fortunes of Fi 509, 00 to $5,000,- 500, co; to $12,- 12, 00,000 to $20,- 000,000, $12.50 in every $500 Fortunes of $20,000, ny to $25,- 000,000, $15 in every $50 To Be On Capital, Not Income, For the Provision. of Reional Fund for Armaments ey Fortunes of more than $25,000,- 000, $20 in every $500. si concrete example, pete tha ] rating Yon Bohlen, head of the reat Krupp works, will have to pay $1, 20, 000 as her share of the war When it i is remembered this is not rm rman trade expansion. Beers: aval be drag; wn with Germ: ent increase of the ieee es qui arate withdrawal. of so als an Se of capital from commercial~ hs means Aa fe bess of trad tivity and of e power of a to expand. edge of — road, and the rear cor. The drag s should diets No ae can be laid down as to ibs number of tim of road Apel bee ape roads ot stay in es a long as tides made of ¢l en, again, local grade conditions and exposure to hillside wash will de- ee repeated attention, road shows a tendenc cy to be- come -t00 high in the middle, it can be drag; = Baed Gees elf will even down any other inequali- ties in the surface. By dragging up one side of the road and down the other, the edges of the log lane off all ridges and obstacle: the loosened material ewis ial forward, thus filling the holes and ruts and crowning it at the middle of the road. Oo tes has eee pierre over and over gail is: Roary is ab- uecess, and that is thoroughness in dollowing up the practice of dragging the r. Spasmodic split-log drag is cheaply le a tony operated, but only through the concerted and sy atte: tie activity on the roads throughout district, can In counties where the drag has been used in this way the results have been Laced ee aot Bay. dave is been but the bee of aehaut: fet been. Breer. see great many suggestions have been offered as & Liee Plan shout be followed e of li } + township councils take ignite and let the job of dragging and ere on good condition sec- tions of earth Fink ie throughout] ‘The earth slide on the east ios the township ; these sections not to} of Culebra aa Panama Canal, 0 | exceed four nile in length, apie again in mo Bretarably two miles in length, an not less than one mile. 2. That each fa taking a con- tract be on-some of his tenders, eee will probably be a small amount, An average of $5.00 a mile will be dosing an induce- Hott a pes case: ork of using e3 split-log | ym. tim When any person in operating the rag is found to do inferior work or to neglect the roads, the work can be eo from him for the en- suing yea "The peer ain by the long drag are so“immediate, so appare ant so beneficial, that if it is once tried out in a community its use is sure to spread. The farmer who is Canada, tho Empire and the World forecast System Needed for Success. eats total $5,392,507, making the The efficiency of this smnple de. | total vote for ie current year vise in making an earth ag | 9174,618,874, od as an earth road pmo goc h 3 can ‘possibly Great Britain, Adi Dou ia, born in Quebee, died in Eng- ree pecuan the Ene refused to 0) z res memorik quarter of a million dollars, Fierce sto United States: re tos clined hee ath the aad, ot faith from N THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPH UAPPENINGS PROM ALE OVEB- THE GLOBZ IN A NUTSHRLE, (o General Before Your Eyes. Canada. There is less ice in the great lakes than a year ago. The hotelmen of Canada will or- ganize a protective associat Petrolea _and Wyoming Fruit ae Associations have been m kin, sen., of Ing soll, was ‘nebantly killed by ae as he walked in front of another. The York Highways Donctintok Pp! & er. in ‘Peters slaughterhouses re- vealed in the Sanitary Inspector’ report, Changes are to be made at the Toronto Observatory, by which it is probable the weather will b a week in advan el Supplementary estimates, tabled “a Suffragettes made, a raid on the lome Office on- mal Bek T uglas, who E ee ve suffragists, who attempted give nd, and wei jail, The British suede for Ben co of the century o he United States Bravia ‘for ae rial to cosi oe ee ie States. swept over ee oe Friday. Man; ‘ork Yacht Club Thomas Lipton’s chal- lenge for ae pan bac 8 Cup on the ground t it does orm ives ve The le- Ok General. The widow of Captain Scott sailed ealand. for England on tion ‘A German motor tank ship, using oy fuel and 3 Sepa xan 8,000. eaten a success! ieee ial. “pean ROLL OF or FOUR. ~ Great Dan ties and oo great and afloat. ver Cuguehait i leluge accompanied th s electrocute aenest about the road. problem Aust A despatch from Vienna, eee says: The PEN epidem ecord is ria. fi ailicting ie ali eases have been repor' ted dur » and the sbigene is still raging feersly as to tax a private and nursin Ss appear to, ears an fee! tit of the hanes, _Dronchitis indi- gestion and gene: ility. The iish the out- ational Drug mn ve ES oul RE not Spotior Stroak the not Spot or as there js {5.50 settling, . Tels the Handlest Kind” to st ‘iste te re 125 LI aye ‘Nie bait irene 8 ere weather s