t one of the quickly constructed huts in halifax which has housing capacity for six separate families larkets of the world wheat do 2201 broadstuffa i toronto mar 12 manitoba o 1 northern s223s no 2 di 0 3 do s217s no 4 wheat s2101 j store fort william including 2jc tax manitoba oats no 2 cw 991c no cw 961c extra no 1 feed 95c 1 feed 923c in store fort william american corn no 3 yellow kiln d s205 track toronto ontario oats no 2 white 99c to si so s white 9s to 99c according to reikhts outside ontario wheat no 2 winter per car lot 222 basis in store montreal peas no 2 370 to 3s0 according ito freights outside barley maltlnc 173 to 175 ac- i cording to freights outside buckwheat 17s to j1s0 according j to freights outside rye no 2 235 according to i freights outside manitoba flour war quality 1110 new bags toronto ontario ilourwar quality 1070 now bags toronto and montreal freights prompt shipment mulfeed car lots delivered mont real freights bags included bran per ton 35 shorts per ton 40 hay no 1 per ton 17 to 18 mixed 14 to 16 track toronto straw car lots per ton s50 to 9 track toronto 47 4sc v country produce wholesale butter creamery solids per lb to 474c prints per lb 4i2 dairy per lb 3c to 3sc kggs new laid 41to 42c poultry dressed chickens 26 to 38c fowl 25 to 27c ducks 23 to 24c eeese 21 to 22c turkeys 30 to 35c wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices cheese now large 23 to 231c twins 231 to 23sc earlv cheese 35i to 2cc large twin 26 to 261c butter fresh dairy choice 40 to 41c creamery prints 51 to 62c solids 49 to 50c eggs new laid 4g to 47c new laid in cartons 4s to 50c no 1 storage 40 to 42c dressed poultry milkfed chickens ss to 37c fowl 30 to 33c turkeys 40 to 45c live poultry turkeys soc chickens lb 2c to 28c hens 30 to s3c beans canadian handpicked bushi 5825 to 850 imp handpicked bur ma or indian 650 to 675 japan 8 to 326 limas 19 to 20c provisions wholesale smoked meats hams medium 34 to 85c do heavy 28 to soc cooked 45 to 47c rolls 2s to 30c breakfast bacon 40 to 42c backs plain 42 to 43c boneless 45 to46c cured meats long clear bacon 28 to 29c clear bellies 27 to 28c lard pure lard tierces 291 to soc tubs 291 to 301 palls 30 to 301c com pound tierces 251 to 26c tubs 253 to 261c palls 26 to 261c montreal markets montreal mar 12 oats canadian western no s 111 extra no 1 feed tlil no 2 local white 110 no 3 local white 106 no 4 local whlto 1106 flour new standard spring wheat grade 1110 to 1120 rolled oats bugs 90 lbs 560 bran 36 shorts 40 middlings 48 to 50 moulllle 00 to 62 hay no 2 per ton car lots 17 winnipeg grain winnipeg mar 12 cash prices i pats no 2 cv 99c no 3 cw l61c extra no 1 feed 951c no 1 1 92c no 2 feed 883c barley c i 7 51s2 rejected fl63 feed 150 flax no 1 nwc 3835 no 2 cw 37s1 no 3 clw calves good to choice 10 to 17 hogs fed and watered 1975 do weighed off cars 20 do fob 187o montreal mar 12 canners cattle 550 to 6 per 100 pounds milkfed calves 12 to 15 sheep 11 to 13 lambs 14 to 16 choice select hogs oft cars 1950 to 20 per 100 pounds british cruiser calgarian sunk torpedoed off irish coast 48 lost out of 610 a despatch from london says the british auxiliary cruiser calgarian was torpedoed off the irish coast on saturday last she was struck by four torpedoes but of the g10 persons on board all but 48 were landed at an irish port the people of the same town who a few days ago won the gratitude of the american people by their kindness to the survivors from the tuscania have extended their hospitality in the last few days to nearly 500 men from the calgarian one of the finest auxiliary cruisers in the atlantic service the calgarian was torpedoed in the late afternoon not far from the place where the tuscania met her doom united states murkotb minneapolis mar 12 corn no 3 hllo 180 to 185 oats no 3 vhlte 921 to 931c flour 1 carload ms standard 970 a barrel in 9spound ptton sacks bran 3398 iduluth mar 12 unseed 411 to 123 arrive 411 may lilt bid lily 083 bid october 370 asked wvo stock markets toronto mar 12 extra choice heavy b ii i i b d0 sood heavy r h b cattle cholco i n a b 10c0 to 11 medium io 1o io5 do corn- in 9 to 925j butchers- bulls cholco bulls 9 to to 850 butchers good s850 9 to 660 j10 do drlngers tdji4s0 yoarjlni do not use more than a mere dust ing of flour when kneading the bread one of the surest methods of reliev ing pain is to use hot moist applica tions the articles needed for this treatment are hot water pieces of soft flannel twice the size of the area to be covered a protector which may be made of folds of flannel or better of cotton batting quirted between lay ers of cheesecloth and some kind of a wringer the flannel is wrung out by placing it in the centre of a towel and twisting the ends of the latter in opposite directions this device can be improved upon by making a hem in cither end of the towel and running sticks through the hems by twist ing the sticks in opposite directions the flannel can be wrung very dry to apply cover the painful part with the protector then remove flannel from the wringer test it with the back of the hand and if it is not too hot place it under the protector and put it down slowly to avoid burning the patient change these applica tions every few minutes do not al low them to become cool german treaty wffoumania province of dobrudja as far as danube is ceded to central powers a despatch from amsterdam says a preliminary peace treaty between rumania and the central powers has been signed says a despatch from bucharest under the terms of the preliminary peace agreement rumania cedes the province of dobrudja as far as the danube to the central powers ru mania also undertakes to further the transport of teutonic troops through moldavia and bessarabia to odesso an official german statement said rumania had accepted the conditions of the germans for an armistice ap- parently the signing of a preliminary treaty followed almost immediately a despatch from london says the drastic terms imposed by germany upon rumania it is contended here not only definitely takes her out of the war but places her geographically at the economic mercy of the en emy all pretence of no annexa tions no indemnities is openly aban doned in the clause requiring recti fication of the austrohungarian fron tier which involves the loss of i the valuable oil fields the cession of dubrudja not to bulgaria but to the central powers suggests that there is a conflict in the quadruple alliance over the division of the booty from the spoliation of rumania new issue y- offering of 6900000 five year 6 refunding gold bonds city of montreal dated 1st december 1917 lue 1st december 1922 interest payable halfyearly 1st june and december principal and interest payable in gold at the city treasurers office montreal or at the agency of the bank of montreal new york bonds issued in coupon form in denominations of 100 500 and 1000 issue price par a full half years interest will be paid 1st june 1913 the bonds therefore give a net yield to the investor of about 6 the bank of montreal fiscal agent of the city of mont real is authorized to offer the abovenamed bonds for publicalo on behalf of the city at par without accrued interest payment be made in full on 8th april 1918 against delivery of the bonds r any branch in canada of the bank of montreal or of aly bank the applicant may specify or at the agency of the bank of montreal new york or chicago finland republic signs peace treaty with germany a despatch from amsterdam says official announcement was made in berlin on thursday of the signing of a peace treaty between germany and finland and also of trade and ship ping agreements and a supplementary protocol finland by the conditions of the treaty agrees to cede no territory nor grant territorial rights to any foreign power without the previous consent of germany who undertakes to exert herself to secure the recognition of finlands independence by all the pow ers the fortifications of the aland islands will be removed the issue is made to refund a like amount of montreal three- year 5 notes the original issue having been made for public works in anticipation of a permanent loan beginning 25th february 1918 applications for the bonds will be received by the bank of montreal montreal or any of its branches from whom application forms and copies of the prospectus giving full particulars of the issue may be obtained on request the offering is subject to withdrawal on or before the 18th march 1918 applications should be addressed to the bank of montreal montreal and should contain full instructions as to place of delivery and payment suitable to the applicant and the denominations of bonds required the issue is made with the approval of the minister of finance ottawa us transports moving on time strategic points at which japan may strike at russia in the far east transportation facilities for gen pershings army are satisfactory a despatch from washington says troops and supplies for general pershings forces now are moving to france on schedule time it was learn ed on thursday on high authority while figures may not be published it was stated positively that transport ation requirements of the army are being mot by the shipping board and the immediate situation as to ships was described assatisfactory in view of this assurance that the united states will be able to main tain its place as a fighting unit on the battle front reports from the western front are being scanned more eagerly than ever by officers here for the first signs of the 1918 campaign it is felt strongly that the opening of major operations in what president wilson has predicted will prove the decisive year of the great war will not be much longer de layed production of pleasure autos reduced a despatch from new york says production of pleasure automobiles will be cut 30 per cent during the pre sent fiscal year as a war measure ac cording to a decision reached here on thursday by the national automobile chamber of commerce the reduction applies to the entire uncompleted sche dule for the year germans watch crew drown norwegian ship sunk six sur vivors rescued a despatch from london says the norwegian steamer havna of 1150 tons gross has been torpedoed without warning she sank in less than one minute the crew of 18 had no time to launch a boat and jumped into the sea the captain and five survivors were landed monday night with five companions capt her- mansen spent a terrible night on a raft exposed to intense cold they found an upturned lifeboat at dawn and managed to right her theyliad drifted about for 50 hours when res cued by an american destroyer one man died in delirium the others had their feet frozen the germans watched the men struggling in the icy water said capt hermansen but did not offer any help pitemiss uv- av- wi is knowledge golden a university president was com plaining about the worship of wealth that has seemed to characterize the twentieth century a young man he said asked me wlych was the more estimable riches or brains brains said i of course but it sometimes seems as if in these times the only way for a man to convinco people he has brains it to get riches ffi v m feeling a despatch svv more submarivo- t0 the allied and o- in december tliai s to build during til 0o to information red this fact dqvelopea discussions of the statement mrj parliament on thursday by c geddes first lord of the admiralty that the submarintj being checked whether succeeding montu shown a net loss in german ines is not known here itl however that the antisubil paign has proved so efiect creased efforts this spring steady decrease in the boats available to prey onj americanshipping american naval officii to be satisfied that the wenpons with which they expect to crush final- ly she submarine menace arc forth coming increased numbers of patrol vessels of various types appliances and devices to make them more ef fective against underwater craft and the increased skill of navy personnel are among the things urn whichjthey count it has taken time tonevtse and build the weapons bufthey arc be ginning to become available now a pair of scissors will be found an endless convenience in the kitchen