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ae RAISED INTHE DOMINION | Figures for January Show an Average of One Thous- and MenaDay : 4 A despatch from Ottawa says: Re- | eruiting f for January < show Be average of practically 1,000 men per day for the foli month. Command- | ing officers of each division say that | the men are enlisting now at a. most' Satisfactory rate. The continued keeping up of the flow of men to the | colors is 1! the more remarkable in | view of the fact that up to the end. of last year © a had already en- Canad listed seh 210,000 men. The 'total including number recruited to date, officers, is now over the 240 ,000 mark. To the total number the 1st mili- tary District (London) has contribut- ed a little over 20,000 men, the 2nd District. (Toronto) about B4, 000 men, the 3rd_ District (Kingston) a little < x . over 25,000 men, the 4th District (Montreal) about 22,500, the 5th Dis- trict (Quebec) about 5,500, the 6th | District: (Maritime Proves neatly 23,000, the 10th Military District ( Maritoba and Saskatchewan) about 46,500, the 11th District (Alberta) | about 23,000, and the i8th District ; (British Columbia and the Yukon) nearly 23,000. During January the Toronto Dis- trict recruited over 8,000 men, the Maritime Provinces about 2,000, West- ern 2,000, Maritime Provinces about 2,000, Manitoba and Saskatchewan over 5,- 000, Alberta 3,000, and British Col- umbia nearly 2,000. ON THE VERCE OF STARVATION Indisputable Evidence That the Ger- mans Are Suffering for Want : of Food. A despatch from London says: GERMANY BIDS POLES ENLIST. 4,000,000 More Available Men Occupied Districts. The Polish question is arousing more and more uneasiness in Russia and it is reported that alarm is felt also in Italy and France as Germany may find among the 15,000,000 Poles ! 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 young men capable of bearing arms. Germany, with a view to pacifying > in While the German newspapers are telling of the Kaiser and his armies ; marching on from victory and are re- | lating daily new exploits calculated to stir the people to enthusiasm, the , fact that Germany actually is on the verge of starvation is becoming daily | more apparent. This conclusion is not against Russia Poland will be the | Poland, has restored the Polish lan- |guage in the schools, the courts and | thé municipal and provincial admin- istration. Meanwhile Germany that if they do not help in fighting Markets ofthe Word : ee _Breadstuffs. . Toronto, Feb. 15.--Manitoba a hat --In store at Fort William, No. 1 Northern,' $1.28; do., No. 2, $1.20%4; do., No. 3, $1.18. S Manitoba oats--In store at William, No. 2 C.W., 43%4c;. No. \ 3 No. i feed, 39%4c. Americangorn--No. 3 yellow, 80%be, Canadian corn--Feed, 74 to Tc. -- Ontario about 4,000, Eastern Ontario about 3,000, Quebec about ' Ontario wheat--No. 2 winter, carlot,. $1.12 to $1.14; ~ slightly sprouted and tough, according to sample, $1.08 to $1.12; sprouted or smutty and tough,, according to sam- ple, $1 to $i. 05; feed poeats 90 to 95c. Ontario oats--No. 3 white, 43 ~44ce; commercial oats, 42 to 43c. Peas--No. 2 nominal, per cariot, $1.80; sample peas, $1.25 to $1.75, according to sample. -- Barley--Malting, aie 64 to 66c; do. No. 2 feed, 57 to 60c. Buckwheat--Nominal, 76 to Tc. Rye--No. 1 commercial, 92 to 94c; rejected, 83 to 85c, according to sample. Manitoba flour--First patents, in jute bags, $7.20; do., seconds, $6.70; strong bakers', $6.50, in jute bags. Ontario flour--New, to $5, according to. sample, seaboard or Toronto freights, in bags. to is t 'eonstantly pointing out to the Poles ' . Millfeed--Carlots, per ton, deliver- ed, Montreal freights: Bran, $25; shorts, $26; middlings, $27; good 'feed flour, bag, $1.75. Other unofficial quotations were:-- Spot Manitoba wheat--No. 1 |track, lake ports, $1.45%4; No. 2, $1.43%; No. 3, $1.40%. i Cornmeal--Yellow, 98-lb. sacks, in 'earlots, $2.20; small lots, $2.35 to $2.50. Rolled oats--Carlots, per bag of 90 lbs., $2.50; in smaller lots, $2.60 to $2.75. Windsor to Montreal. Linseed and Oil Cake Meal--Lin- founded on the statements of alleged , theatre of war for a third time, and | seed meal, No. 1, $4.75 per cwt.; do. "neutrals," whose impressions neces- | sarily are biased, but is based on re- ports of the actual conditions as re- lated by the German press. The theory is advanced that the Berlin Government encourages the! publication of alarming reports on the food situation with a view to mis- leading the enemy. This is obviously | absurd. The German press is filled not only with reports of a most seri- ous food crisis, but with advertise- ments of substitutes for missing ar- | ticles of diet and the feverish activi- ties of scientists seeking to discover new foodstuffs. cia eet lace nll cagaaionpatpcapbael 5 PROCLAMATION GOES TO BACHELORS KING'S Machinery for Enforcement of Con- scription Set in Motion. A despatch from. London says: Governmental machinery for the en- forcemenv of the conscription act was set in motion on Wednesday. The King's proclamation calling upon all eligible bachelors between the ages of 20 and 30 years to report for service, beginning March 3, was placed in the mails. _In London alone 40,000 copies of the proclamation were distributed. | Simultaneously large posters with final recruiting appeals appeared in | Trafalgar Square and other prominent | places in the city. They read: "Will; you march too, or wait until March two?" The day was marked by a lessening of activity among the re- cruiting sergeants. The big Strand recruiting offices near Charing Cross were closed at noon. 7, ie SKODA ARMS FACTORY SERIOUSLY DAMAGED Publication of News of Disaster Not | Permitted in Austria. A despatch from Bucharest to the Balkan Agency at Paris, which was delayed for five days, states that the damage of the Skoda armament fac- tory in Bohemia was more serious than at first announced. Roumanian official circles, the despatch adds, have received confirmation from Vienna of the destruction of all the cannon which. were in course of manufacture, as well as all the plans and drawings in the draughting offices. The dead number nearly 800, and several hun- dred were injured by the explosion which caused the disaster, and. which ! is said to have been the work of crim- inals, who employed melinite for the purpose. The despatch adds that the Austrian military censorship has pro- hibited the publication of news of the disaster in Austria-Hungary. <a THE BRITISH MINISTRY REMAINS UNCHANGED A despatch from London says: The report that Lord Kitchener is soon to leave the War Office and is to be suc- ceeded by Lord Derby was denied in well-informed circles on Wednesday. Tt was stated that no changes in the Ministry are contemplated. Ib was also denied that Kitchener will go to Egypt in the near future. foment Larry: "Treshpassing, it ut? Just wait till we git Home Rule. Ivery man'll do, as he likes thin--and thim that won't 'll be made to!" | will be ruined in the struggle with- | out having any guaranty of Autonomy | i from Russia, or in such an event from Germany either. This propaganda | Seems to be having some influence. ER ROME EN a: | CALGARY WILL HAVE NO GERMAN EMPLOYED Big Restaurants Wrecked by Mob | of Soldiers A despatch from Calgary, Alta., says: A mob of several hundred sol- ,diers completely wrecked the White Lunch Restaurant on Eighth.Avenue | east on Thursday nighft, following up | the work of destruction by wrecking | the premises of the same concern on 'Ninth Avenue. |manager had dismissed returned sol- | diers who had been hired as waiters, | and had replaced them with Germans 'was responsible for the attack. The | place was owned by the White Lunch} Company, and F. H. Naegel is the manager. Mr. Naegel denied that he had dismissed any returned soldiers, or that he had hired any Germans, but said that he had occasion to dis- miss a man who had a long time been a soldier, but was not now with the | overseas forces. | NEW STYLE HELMET SAVES MANY LIVE gq | A despatch from London says: Lieut. F. W. Bird, of the 29th Van- couver battalion, recently wounded, is in the Empire Hospital, Westminister. While on his way to the trenches one | | evening he was hit on the top of the |head by shrapnel, which has also af- | fected his arm. He was not wearing a helmet at he time, but says that ' 'these helmets, which are chiefly re- _served for sentinels, would undoubt- | | edly have prevented many. casualties if generally used. When he left, the mén of the battalion were in good condition and ecxellent spirits. <a GERMANY IS NOW FEARFUL OF GENERAL PEACE MEETING | A despatch from Amsterdam says: The Koelnische Volks~ Zeitung, dis- cussing peace possibilities, asserts that Germany will never consent to enter a general peace conference, but will only consent to negotiate with each individual enemy. Germany takes the ground the paper adds, that a general conference would give Great Britain the upper hand. eect MOBILIZE BRITISH WOMEN TO WORK ON THE LAND A despatch from London says: [It is officially announced that the Board of . Trade, in conjunction with the! Board of Agriculture, is taking steps to mobolize a sufficient number of wo- men to work the land in order to: meet. the shortage of agricultural | labor due to tht shortage due to the enlistment of men. f Reamer | MAY USE PRISONERS ' ON ROAD CONSTRUCTION | A despatch from Quebec says: It! was learned © on Thursday on good | authority ab the Parliament that ne- | gotiations are going on to employ | alien enemies interned in Canada on | the improvements to the roads lead- ing to'the Valcartier camp. s Serbian Army eee : : A despatch from Gordon says: The "Athens correspondent of the Daily Mail reports that the Serbian. Lega- | ton has reteived an official telegram stating thab there are 64,000 Serbian -- at Corfu and 8,800 at Salonica | Numbers 76,000 The statement 'says that the 'Serbian army totals 76,000 men newly equip- ped and armed. Transportation of men from 'Albania 'still continues and there will story be 80,000 Serbians at pee - Britain to Feed Cameroon Refugees ; A despatch from Paris says: The Spanish Government is sending a re- _"giment of marines to Spanish Guinea 'to guard the 900 Germans and 14, 000 erman toloial troops who took refuge there when driven out of the German | f ee colony of Cameroon eon British pursuit, according to a Havas des- patch from Cadiz on Wednesday. The Germans will be brought to Spain. The British steamer Cataluna is tak- ing on board a cargo of food for. the A rumor that the | | _ | $5.40; do., common; $4 to $4.50; feed- jers, good; $6.25 to $6.85; 700 to 900 Ibs., $6.10 to 86. 75; can- 'milkers, choice, each, $75 to $100; each, $35 EA 50 to $100; Heht A hungry fugitives. No. 2, $3.75 £.0.b. mills. Oil aie meal, $88 per ton, Gluton feed, $30 per ton. Country Preduce. Butter--Fresh dairy, 27 to 30c; in- ferior, 23 to 25c; creamery prints, 34 i; to 36e; solids, 82 to 34c. Eggs--Storage, 28 to 29c per doz.; | selects, 31 to 32c; new-laid, 33 to 35c, case lots. 12 to 1244c; comb, No. 1, $8; No. $2.40. Beans--$4.20 to $4.40. Poultry--Spring chickens, 17 to 18c; fowls, 13 to 14c; ducks, 17 to 18¢; geese, 15 to 19c; turkeys, 23 to 26c. Cheese--Large, 19c; twins, 19%c. Potatoes--Car lots at $1.90 to $2 per bag, on track. Provisions. ' Bacon, long clear, 16%, to 16%4c per lb., in case lots. Hams---Medium, 19 to 20c; do., heavy, 15 to 17e; rolls, 16 to 16%c; 'brenkfast bacon, 21 to 24e; backs, plain, 25 to 26c; boneless} backs, 28c. Lard--The market is unchanged; }pure lard, tierces, 18% to 14c; pails, '14%¢e; compound, 12% to 12%c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, Feb. 15,--Corn, 'ean No. 2 yellow, 85 to 86c. Oats, No. 2 local white, 51c; No. 3 local white, | 50c; No. 4 local white, 49c, Barley, | Man. feed, 62 to 68c; malting, 70 to | 72c. Buckwheat; No. 2, 80 to 82c. 'Flour, Man. Spring firsts, $7.30; seconds, $6.80; bakers', $6.60; Winter | | \ strong '$6.10; straight rollers, 'to $2.95. Rolled oats, barrels, $5.25; ) do., bags, 90 Ibs., $2.50. Bran, $24, Shorts, $26. Middlings, $28. to $30. Mouillie, $31 to $33. Hay, No. 2, per | ton, car lots, $20 to $20.50. Cheese, j finest westerns, 1814 to 18%c; finest | easterns, 18 to Bike. Butter, choicest |creamery, 34 to 34%c; seconds, 32% | j to 88c. Eggs, fresh, 37c; selected, 29 | | to 30c; No. 1 stock, 27c; No. 2 stock, | 24 to 26e. Potatoes, per bag, car bay. $1.85 to $1.90. Winnipeg Gents. | Winnipeg, Feb. 15.--Cash quota- tions:--Wheat--No.. 1 ied neti $1.225; No. 2 Northern, $1.20%; No. .3 Northern, $1.175; No. 4, | $1.13856; -- No. 5, $1085; No. 6 | $1. 00%; feed, 98%c. Oats--No. 2 C.W., 42%e; No. 3 C.W., 40%c; ex- | tra No. 1 feed, 40%c; No. 1 feed, 39%c; No. 2 feed, 38%c. Barley-- |No, 3, 68%c; No. 4, 66c; rejected, 57¢; feed, 57. Flax No. 1 N.W.C., ,$2.04%4; No. 2 C.W., $2.01%. } United States Markets. Minneapolis, Feb. 15. --Wheat, May, '$1.263%% to $1.26%; July, $1.24%; | No. 1 hard, $1. 3314; No. 1 Northern, | iets 27% to $1.80%; No. 2 Northern, | / $1.23 to $1.27%%. Corn, No. 3 yel- low, 76 to 77c. Oats, No. 8 white, 45 {to 45%c. Flour unchanged. Bran, $19 to $20. Duluth, Feb. 15.--Wheat, hard, $1. 27%; No: = 7 ; St. BOG > NO, -*2 -do,, $1.24%; No.2 Montana, $%1.23%; May, $1.26%; July, $1.255%4. Lin- seed, cash, $2.29; May, $2.3014; July, $2.31. Noe SE N orthern, $1.28% to Live Stock Markets. Toronto, Feb. 15.--Choice heavy steers, $7.75 to $8.25; Butchers' cat- tle, choice, $7.50 to $7. 75; do., good, $7 to $7.50; do., medium, $6.15 'to $6.75; do., common, $5 to $5.65; biitchorst bulls, choice, $6.50 to $7; do., good bulls, $5.75 to $6.10; do.,| rough bulls, $4.50 to $5; butchers' cows, choice, $6.75 to $6. 85; do., good, $5.75 to $6; do., medium, $5 to dtéckers! ners and cutters, $3.25 to $4. 50; do., common and medium, -- ta $60; springers, ewes, $7.25 to $8.25; sheep, heavy, $5.25 to $6; do., bucks, $3.50 to $4.50 yearling lambs, $7' to $7.75; lambs, ewt., $10 to '$12. 50; calves, medium to choice, $7 to $11; 7a. com- mon, $4 to" pics 50; hogs, fed anid wa- Fort | G.W., 40i4c; No. 1 extra feed, 41 tbe; per} winter, $4.80 "BRITISH AND RUSSIANS MAY a . JOIN. FORCES IN MESOPOTAMIA. ky me Te : xg ii " 3 f My», 2 "2. z : Bites Wet spore, ate (ada uy, oe ss aunaretl wah a Peas' ¢ 59 100 ee 4 = \ Seale of Miles. HAMAQAN ra KERMANSHAH success in the Caucasus and has west, may join with the British apart, but the country interveni will make operations difficult, and also with the British relief «xpedition. The map shows how the Russian army which has met with such marked been working its way south and force invested at Kut-et-Amara, The armies are not far ng is of a mountain nature which Honey--Prices, in 10 to 60-lb. tins, | ¢ 2, | , tered, $10.25; do., weighed off cars, | $10.25 to $10.60; do., f.0.b., $9.90 to| $9.95. Montreal, Feb. 15.--Butcher steers, | $7 to $7.50; good, $6.50 to $7; fair, | $6 to $6.50; medium, $5.75 to $6; rough, $5. 50; butcher bulls, best, $6) to $6.50; medium, $6.50 to $6; can-} ning bulls, $4. 25 to $5.50; cows, | of Ontarios,| $1.75 to $1.80, and new Brunswicks | Ameri-| wheat patents, ! patents, | choice, $6.70; straight rollers, $6 to! bags, $2.85! best, $6.50; good, $6; fair, rough, $4.50 to |$3.25 to $4; milking 1 $80. Sheep, 5 to 7c \b.; 194 lee Ib. cows, $60 to lambs, 8 to Hogs, selected, $10.25 to} | $10.75; roughs and mixed lots, $8.50 | to $10.15; common, $9.25; sows, $7.75 to $8 per cwt. Calves, milk ifed, 8 to 9%c per Ib.; grass fed, 4% ito bie = lb. x. hk | MAORIS' NEVER SURRENDER. es Always Keen to Meet the Foe--Fear | No Danger. $5.50; | $5.25; canners, | ARMED VESSELS ARE WARSHIPS U-Boat Commanders Are Notified to "Treat Them Ac- cordingly." A despatch from Washington says: Germany and Austria have formally notified the United States that begin- ning March 1 commanders of their | submarines will consider armed mer- chant ships of the -Entente allies to | be warships, and will treat them ac- , cordingly. Under such er passenger or freight carrying. The notifications were presented , orally to Secretary Lansing by Count | When the history of the war is \written the deeds of the Maori con- 'tingent of the New Zealand Expedi- {tionary Force in Gallipoli will send a | thrill of pride throughout the Empire. ' A few of those big-limbed dusky, | land handsome warriors are now in | London on leave; others are scats | tered about in hospitals from Ply-' mouth to Dundee; many have heroes' | graves' in Gullipoli They started | 500 strong, and to-day only rather | | 'more than a hundred remain fit to, | fight again. | They went to the trenches at An- | zac a few days after their arrival at | the Dardanelles at the end of June, land for a time their patience was |sorely tried while preparations for 'the advance were being made. "They could not understand why {they were not permitted to go right on with the business," said an offi- cer in the New Zealand Regiment to a reporter recently. "They wanted to get at the Turks. 'Why should we kep their heads down?' they asked their officers. 'When are we going 'to get on with the fighting?' "Some of them fretful at the delay, stood on the top of the trenches and defied the Turks. "At length the order to advance came, and the Maoris -were in the very hottest of the enemy fire. Ma- chine guns mowed them down, but the men were undaunted. They went on and on, fighting with reckless gal- lantry the whole way, shouting their famous war cries, and never des- pairing or in the least shaken by the tremendous shower of shell and bul- lets that met. them at every step they took. "Tt was a terrific encounter, and the slaughter was appalling, but the ? ,von Bernstorff, the German Ambassa- dor, and Baron Erich Zwiedinek, charge of the Austro-Hungarian Em- bassy here. Notes from their Gov- | ernments are to follow. oi "WHEN I AM KING." | The Prince of Wales and His Three Laws. Some interesting stories are given by Mr. David Williamson in his bio- |graphy of the Prince of Wales, which \has been' published. |to the effect that the young Prince jonce declared: One of these is When I am King I shail make three laws: No one shall .cut the little dogs; There shall be no more fishing with hooks; No one shall use bearing-reins to hurt the horses. He was, in fact, uncommonly fond | of animals--and continues to be, which is an excellent trait. At one time the Prince was being nursed through a childish ailment, and was told by his nurse of a little girl pa-) tient who had shown great courage. The Prince listened attentively, then said: "I would like to send that little girl something, because she has been so patient. * * *™ Take her my little statute of .Lord Roberts." The statuette, which was one of the Prince's greatest treasures, was duly sent. Once. a cadet asked him whether it was not a great responsibllity to be the son of a Prince of Wales. The answer was: "Pye never thought about it in that way. It's always ssemed to me great luck to be born the eldest son, be- cause when you're the eldest you haven't got.to. wear any. of your tails of the survivors are eager for more fight- ing. Maoris never surrender. them surrender. means death, and their famous war-cry is founded on this sentiment." : oh. EXPECTS BIG INFLUX b, - "OF AMERICAN SETTLERS Persident Scotti Confident of Success in Combating Anti-[mmigration. A despatch from Ottawa says: Hon. Walter Scott, Premier of Saskatche- wan, was in Ottawa on Thursday en route to Regina, after attending a conference of Canadian Immigration agents at Chicago. Premier Scott says that the measures taken to com- the States against immigration to Canada on account of fears of con- scripion, etc., would' undoubtedly be successful, He 'was confident that next spring would see a big influx -of the most desirable class of Amer- ican settlers to the Canadian west, Jk Improving All the Time, "Before we were married you used to send around a dozen roses every week," said she, "Roses are easy," Feplied he, "This week I'm going to send around To} bat the recent publicity campaign in| brother's old. clothes." sae nes aaah iisvuane RECEIVED FROM ILLINOIS SOCIETY aaa A despatch from Ottawa says: A large, well apointed ambulance given by the British Empite Association of Illinois to the British Red Cross So- | ciety reached Ottawa, on Wednesday; and at noon on Thursday was form- ally handed over to the society, re- presented by H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught. The presentation was made on behalf of the Ilinois associ- ation by John Crerar, of Chicago. ik BRITAIN HAS THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOSETEAT SHIP A despatch from London says! Bri- tain has the biggest hospital ship in the world. She is the new 48,000-ton liner Britannic, which was built at Belfast fdr the White Star Line, As soon as completed she was taken ihe by the Admiralty, towed to Liverpo and converted into a hospital | os The Mauretania and Aqu tania are also being used a hospital scrvicé, Livery dog ma may , have its day, but the nights cer nly. Pelee: to the two tons of coal and a rib roast" cats. i instructions comraan- | ; ders would be at liberty to sink with- | 'out warning any armed vessel, wheth- Harden, editor of the Zukunft, at a gees meeting in Berlin on Etuaky / He is quoted_as_ saying: "We are yet unconvinced that we are fighting with our backs to the wall. As soon as we reach this con- clusion, there will be war without mercy or quarter. The primeval state of civilization will be restored. Man will face man with wolf-like ferocity. A coe from London says: Ger- | man newspapers which. reached here ji _/ Wednesday publish long -- : "extracts. ; ~|from the speech made by Maximilian | struction. ose all its seni rod meaning. "Rarebe can still be res It is only the attidute of o x which conjures up the menace o If. the rescue, however, | is attempted at the expense of the Ger- man empire, then les the world not © deceive itself for a moment into think- = j ing there will be any means whatever --let the world think what pleases--which the German: people -- pie not joyfully turn Rania be oes." . THE TURK AS SEEN BY WESTERN EYES| HE IS A BEGGAR AND IDLER BY INSTINCT. " a At the Same Time the Cleanest and Dirtiest Man in Europe. Whether or not the Turk is as "un- speakable" as he is pictured, he is' certainly the most amusing bundle of contradictions in Europe, an uncon-| scious humorist in spite of his grave and dignified airs. One year he may be begging alms' in the street, receiving them with the air of a prince who confers favors; the next you may se him holding some high Government post, with his hand behind his back for the backsheesh he expects in return for his patronage. In both roles alike he is the beggar, | but a beggar with the respect of a! potentate. He thinks nothing of beating his_ wife if she displeases him; he 'may! even, if she goes too far, drop her into the Bosphorous, tied up in a sack, on, a dark night; but he would no more | dream of overworking his horse or | kicking a dog than of denying Allah's existence. Even for the pariah dogs which 'swarm in the streets of every town, the Turk provides kennels to shelter in and food to eat; although he will look on indifferently. while a relative starves without a roof to cover him. Ma-in-law Comes First. However devoted he may be to any 'one of his wives he always insists on her playing second fiddle to her mother-in-law, though the latter lady may be a perfect dragon for domestic ityranny. His mother is autocrat of | his home; and woe to the wife who disputes her sway. | ThérTurk is also atthe same time} the* cleanes® and the dirtiest man in Europe. His daily ablutions are as much a part of his religion as his /prayers, and yet he allows himself to be surrounded by dirt. He steps from} his door into a street often ankle-deep in mud or dust, and strewn with in- describable filth, through which he} walks sublimely indifferent. Although he is one of the bravest | soldiers in Europe, a born fighter, he! is also the champion shirker, seldom submitting to military training if he can pay another to take his place; and although he is constantly voting millions for the newest and most pow- erful warships, they are either promptly sold or never built, and he is content to possess a navy which is worth little more than scrap-iron. Lazy and Happy;go-Lucky, He is, in fact, the laziest and most | ; happy-go-lucky man in the world, | pens to Allah to take care of him, | while he indulges his love of ease and. luxury; and getting others to do his work--Greeks to act as bankers, Jews' and Armenians as merchants--while 'he skims their profits for his own ex- chequer. His laws are a model to other na- tions, but he only makes them __ to break them. He plans wonderful schemes for the good of his country-- | raising large sums of money for such. laudable objects as railway extension! yand education, but all that happens is, that the gold finds its way into the' pockets of countless beys. and pashas. | And although his country, in spite of its potential wealth, is always drift- ing'to bankruptcy, he never allows the knowledge to give him a moment's worry, so long as his: own purse is comfortably. lined. And this, which is all that matters, he sees to, x A Dream Which Has Vanished. The aristocratic caste in Germany, entered the war expecting as easy al vietory as they obtained over France in 1870. They thought that their pre- | paredness exceeded that of the other, countries, as much as their prepared- | | ness in 1870 exceeded that of France, 'Reasoning from that basis, they, would haye had France subjugated, ' England humiliated, Russia on _ her knees and Belgium annexed----all in-' side a year. Now, this dream has vanished, and the only hope 'that. still es Wie. will be some breach of the Allies, the war with credit. Every evidence of temper among the latter is against this hope. It does not seem likely to- day that the Allies will consent to "a peace that does not involve the evacu- ation and compensation of Belgium and Serbia, and at least, autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine. _ <i ys -A man does meaner things than he says, and & woman says sate' things than she does. R The epotist hateiatty leads a seals life because as all men are egotists| they do not want to listen to the other a | follow sustains the aristocrats is that there were more than the receipts. which will enable them to retire from is in for a good thing, ' ACROSS Tit BORDER if re WHAT Is GOING ON OVER : > BS THE STATES. Latest Happenings in Big Republic Condensed for Busy Readers. * Four youths in daylight robbery of a bank in Chicago,, got $15,000 and escaped. The Ford automobile plant in De- 'troit will be doubled in size at a cost of $2,000,000. Melvin E. Baldwin, Surrogate of Otsego' County, shot and killed him- self at Oneonta, N.Y. Major General Leonard. Wood before - 2 'the House Military Committee urged a standing army of 220,000. Nathan Pullman, who killed his wife : and daughter, ended his life by leap- ing from a New York hotel window. _ Keeper John Toomey, of the Reptile ouse, Bronx Zoo, New York, was bitten by a six-foot rattle-snake. Fearing the approach of blindness, Eugene Van Schaick, lawyer and |member of an old New York family, Killed himself. More than thirty persons were in- jured, five seriously, at Bluefield, W. Va., when a car loaded with black ~ 'powder blew up. Two persons were killed and two others badly injured when a Penn- sylvania express train bound for. Long Branch, crashed into an auto- mobile. After suffering fear: paralysis for twenty years as a result of a gun- shot wound he*received when six -- years old, John Karns, of Philadel- phia {s dead. The Odd Fellows' Temple in Al- bany, and part of the Milburn Wagon Company building, were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $250,- 000. ; Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, the authoress, is an inmate of the Homéo- pathic Hospital Pittsburg, where she- has just undergone an operation for appendicitis. s Aleck Azarwicz, a blind man, ar rested in front of the Crescent Ath- |letic Club, Broklyn, for begging, owns - seven houses in au- thorities declared. The Jews of the United States have given $2,000,000 for the relief of their war-stricken brothers abroad, accord- | ing to the estimate of those who had charge of the campaign. All salaried employes of the Hud. ~ son Coal Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., - have received notice that any seen entering or leaving a saloon will not be retained in the service of the. company. Hstablishment of a military aca- demy in each State of the Union, -- at which students should be under strict discipline and military in- struction, is suggested by Captain Joseph M. Locke, U.S.A, retired, of Washington. Word reached Lexington, Ky., that Edward Noland, who recently had been awarded $11,000 for damages sus: tained in a railroad accident, had been robbed of almostethe entire amount at his home near Eubanks, Ky. : An advance in the price ot wool- len goods was announced by Presi dent William M. Wood, of the Am- erican Wollen Company, Boston. Every other wool manufacturing con- 'cern in the country had been forced to ; itake similar action, he said. Almand Vadeboncoeur, 28, is dead, . and Henry Cassavant, 30, seriously _ ill at his home in Woonsocket, R.1., as a result of eating cream puffs 4 sent through the mail to Cassavant. The package containing the cream puffs was addresed in a woman's , handw riting. Pennsylvania, ¥ wo Ole RUSSIAN VICTORIES IN ; ~ CAUCASUS AND PERSIA A despatch from Petrograd says: In an official report on Thursday it is stated that in the Caucasus and in Persia the fighting' continues, witk -- success, for the Czar's forces. number of were taken in one section on the Cau-. casus front. "In Persia, south of Hamadan," says wan Pp report, "we de- > feated large enemy forces which were | holding positions near Nehoyend." i os ug Big Success. Mabel--Was your bazaar a successT Gladys--Yes, indeed; the | minister wid have cause to be grateful. © g fits? : Gladys--Nothing. The But ten _ of us got engaged, and the minister in wedding fees." %, Legal. Advice. Lawyer--I have By opinion of you) sir. Victim---Well, you The last opinion i cost me $50 : ean keep had. from aie é 8 j > ' ee The Rule, 3 a ay ou must neyer forget, .my bo that about one-third of all pte: sc pure luck." "But how this luck??? . : wa ty being sueeessful." eed oe ean you make sure. off . prisoners and two gun Mabel--How much were the' Spex a eigitrinen = iby youl