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THE VERNON NEWS, VERNON, B. C. Thursday, September 10, 1915. Carswell, Ltd. -forLumber, Lath, Shingles, Tar and Building Papers, Sash and Doors, etc.

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C. TO BE REPRESENTED Hon. James A. Lougheed Will Recommend Step to Insure This Province Getting Share of War Contracts. Victoria, Sept.

25-Hon. James Lougheed, who has come to the Pacific Coast on this occasion mainly with the idea of inquiring into the grievances of British Columbia manufacturers in respect to the allotment of war orders in Canada, was yesterday afternoon, at the Empress Hotel, waited upon by deputations representing the Manufacturers' Association and the Board of Trade. Prior to coming to Victoria the Senator had, at Vancouver, received similar deputations, and was very familiar with arguments made to him. His knowledge of the situation of this province in this respect was increased through his having acted as Minister of Militia during the absence of Major General Sir Sam Hughes, in England. At the meeting yesterday it was pointed out that thus far this province had not had its fair share of the business growing out of the allotment of war contracts and it was urged that 3.

representative of the Federal Government should be appointed to reside in this province. Such a representative should have in his possession standardized articles of equipment, so as to avoid the long delay which would ensue in getting samples from Ottawa. Senator Lougheed, in reply, stated that he WaS sending report to the Government on the representations which had been made him both at Vancouver a and Victoria. He was anxlous to see some one in British Columbia duly authorized by the Government SO as to afford facilities for the manufacturers and dealers in British Columbia being placed on an equality with the Eastern manufacturers in securing a share of the Complaint had made to him that British Columbia had not got 3. fair share of the contracts' awarded by the Shell Commission.

In this connection he desired to explain that this Commission was not controlled by the Federal Government; it merely assisted it with the machinery of the Militia Department, which had experts with knowledge which was helpful. But the Federal Government in no way has to do with the matter of letting contracts or fixing prices. The members of the Commission who assumed this responsibility were entirely independent of the Government and the latter felt that it ought not to have to suffer criticism brought about by any policy pursued by the Shell Commission. Sir Richard McBride yesterday received lette: from the secretary of the B. C.

Manufacturers' Association in Vancouver stating that they had been much gratified with the result of the interview with lIon. James Lougheed on the question of war contracts for British Columbia firms. The Senator had promised TO recommend that the Government opucint a representative in British Columbia for purchase of war supplies and had added that this policy was the result of statements made to the Dominion Government by Sir Richa-1 BIG MUNITIONS SCANDAL ALLEGED London Paper Makes Statements Concerning Purchases Reflecting on Large Firm Connected Wtih Cabinet Member. London, Sept. 25- Great prominence is given by the Globe today to what it describes as "The scandal of sulphuric acid." the spring of the year, for reasons believed to be good and sufficient, doubtless, but which we hope will be made the subjeet of an inquiry by the House Commons" says the Globe, firm C.

Tennant, So Sons of remotely connected in a family sense with a member of the cabinet, was commissioned to buy large quantities of sulphuric acid in America. Why no attempt was made to secure acid in this country we will not stop to inquire." The Globe asserts that the methods employed in the shipment of the acid were SO defective that hundreds of thousands of pounds were lost. It is asserted the acid was forwarded in an impure form of iron drums which even had the acid been pure -would have corroded and leaked. It is said ships were damaged by escaping acid, which released noxious gases, endangering the health of the crews. In one ease, according to this newspaper, the crew refused to leave port, and the acid was held up in New York for two months.

Two steamships have been damaged so badly that there was nothing to do but buy them at a cost of $300,000. The Globe suggests two questions: Why was the acid not shipped in the proper vessels, and who has made good to the owners, Tennant or the government? The city of Toronto has been cessful in securing a loan in New York, The issue, which is for $2,500,000, is in the form of notes to run nine months. The terms are on the basis of 5 per cent, per annum, The notes were sold to a New York bank, PROVINCIAL AND GENERAL Toronto exhibition closed with an attendance reaching 864,000. Not 8 million fair yet, but near it. The number of people passing the turnstiles was 7,000 ahead of last year.

A bulletin issued by the International Institute of Agriculture says the crops of cereals in Italy this year in the northern section exceeds by 834,000,000 quintals the average crop of the last five years. Commanders of German submarines have been given strict orders, it has been learned authoritatively, that in case of doubt as to the intentions of liners they are to take the safe course and permit the ship to escape rather than run the slightest risk of error. The German who swore falsely that he saw four guns on the Lusitania when she sailed from New York on her trip has been given an eighteen months' prison term by a United States federal judge for his contributions to Berlin's stock of perjured testimony. The Colonial Secretary announces the following among other gifts to "aircraft flotilla of the British Grain Company, Montreal, gun mounted biplane costing £2250; Major Leonard, St. Catharines, biplane costing £1500; Province of Nova Scotia, gun mounted biplane costing £2250.

For smuggling letters into Holland, German court martial at Antwerp has sentenced three Belgian citizens to death and 33 others to hard labor in prison for terms ranging from 15 months to ten years, according to the Echo Belge. The men condemned to death were Police Commissioner Alexis, Joseph Baeckelmans, an architect, and Alexander Frank, a merchant. The immigration figures for the year ending March 31, 1915, show a total of 154,789 immigrants to the Dominion against 384,878 during the previous year, Of these British Columbia received 10,127 against 37,608 a year ago, Japanese immigration amounted to 592 and Chinese 1,155, The Chinese immigration is only about 20 per cent. of the previous year, and the amount dropped in head tax is over two million dollars. Capt.

Theodore G. Roberts, the well known Canadian author and poet, has been appointed assistant Canadian eye witness with Sir Max Aitkins. Capt. Roberts enlisted with the Canadian troops as soon as war broke out, being attached to the 12th Battalion Valcartier. The 12th was left at the base when the First contingent was formed, so that he did not participate in the battle of Langemarck, His brother, Charles G.

D. Roberts, the poet and nature writer and historian, is also on active service with Kitchener's army. The 2nd Canadian division, which has now arrived in France and which will soon take its place with the veteran contingent, tile Royal Canadian Dragoons, the Stratheonas and the Princess Pats, on the battlefront, is representative in its composition of the whole country. According to reports of its work while training, it will be the equal of any Canada has sent over and will no doubt live up to the splendid record set by its predecessors in the field. The division is under the command of Gen, Turner V.C., D.

S. 0., who did such splendid service in South Africa. A thrilling tale of shipwreck and rescue in the shoals of Bermuda is told by survivors on the steamer Pollokshields, who arrived at Halifax last week on the mail steamer Caudiere. Members of the company of illfated Pollokshields told of the wrecking of their craft on the treacherous reefs at Elba Beach, Bermuda on September 7, and the loss of their galskipper, Captain oBoth, in the giant combers that swept the vessel. The storm, which drove their vessel ot her doom, was the most violent and prolonged succession of gales recorded in Bermuda waters in the last 15 years.

The Dominion Government has now under advisement the appointment of a resident governor in the vast northern known as the Northwest Territories. A suggestion embodying this important departure in administering the affairs of the territories was forwarded a short time ago to Sir Robet Borden by H. A. McKie, who recently returned from an extensive tour of the north country. At this time, the territories comprising about one third of the area of Canada, are governed by a commissioner at Ottawa and by Indian agents resident in the territories.

The Indian agency has its base at Fort Smith, a mile and a half north of the Alberta boundary line. If conditions are such that Sir Robert Borden can absent himself from the capital for a few weeks it is believed that, in October or November he will address series of meeting in the four western provinces. These gatherings will be in aid of recruiting and other patriotic objects and his addresses will be strictly confined to these subjects. It was Sir Robert's intention to have visited these provinces this summer, but state considerations called him to London. It is thought unlikely that more than two meetings will be held in each province and these will probably be in Winnipeg and Brandon in Manitoba, Regina and Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta, and Victoria and Vancouver in British Columbia.

These eight meetings and the time required to make the journey would take about two wee.s, all that the Premier could absent himself from the captial at one time. James J. Hill, the famous railroad man, just celebrated his seventyseventh birthday. He was born on farm near Guelph, educated at the Rockwood Academy. "Jim" Hill and, is one of the railroad men Canada has sent to the United States in exchange for many we have secured from south of the border.

As a young man Hill went to St. Paul, where he engaged in the steamship business, He early saw the possibilities of railroad development in the west and in 1878 he organized a syndicate which secured control of the St. Paul and Pacific Ry, the securities of which were largely held in Holland, In this work he became associated with the late Lord Stratheona, Lord Mount Stephen and Mr. R. B.

Angus. Mr. Hill is regarded as one of the greatest railroad authorities in the world, and in addition, is a keen student of economic and industrial conditions. As a matter of fact, no business man in the United States carries a greater weight than this former Canadian. Announcement 1a made that Sir Mex Aitken will in future act as the general representative of the Canadion Government with the Dominion troops at the front, A semi-official statement issued in Berlin declares that after enquiry German admiralty contradicts the statement of the British Admiralty and can now be stated that no German submarine was responsible for the attack on the Hesperian." It is estimated that the current war expenses of all the principal belligerents is $70,000,000 day, or nearly $3,000,000 an hour, day and night, Sundays and holidays.

This means over $2,000,00,000 a month and. over 000,000,000 a year. Austria, Germany and Russia have concluded an agreement under which the American Red Cross will be authorized to send twenty-five physicians and fifty nurses to Russia and Siberia to care for German and Austrian prisoners of war. The greater part of the Red Cross workers have been heretofore in Germany and Austria. Lady Drummond now has the names of 1400 Canadian prisoners of war in the lists of those who receive fortnightly parcels of food.

She asserts that all parcels reach the men via Berne, and that some have even been returned in cases where the men whom they were addressed had been sent to England before the parcels arrived. The war hospital donated by Ontario to the Imperial Government will be located at Orpington, in the County of Kent. Hon. Dr. Pyne, who went to England to make arrangements, has leased buildings in the place named.

Accoring to tht information given the press by. Premier Hearst, the property is 27 acres in extent and the building will accommodate 1140 patients as well as a number of nurses. A Canadian aviator named Hays was killed at Hartley, on the Northumberland coast, last week. He made an ascent, and after flying for some time was observed to The machine struck the considerable fallin, force and immediately burst into flames. Subsequently the charred remains of the unfortunate airman were a recovered from the burning debris.

The flight was Hays' first in England. Prices of many drugs have increased enormously since the beginning of the war. Potassium permanganate, which formerly cost 15 cents a pound is now $21,10 per pound. Castor oil has doubled in price, and cod liver oil which, was $5.50 per formerly gallon, $1.75 wholesale. per gallon Sulphate of atropia formerlf $8.25 per oz.

is now $35 per oz. Mercury formerly 90 cents per pound is now selling at $2.25 per pound. Phenacentine has increased from $1.35 a pound to $9 a pound. The postal authorities announce that a fraud order has been issued against Norman Barclay, Argyll House, Kensington High Street, London, England. This man has been forwarding to.

Canada literature of a fortune telling description. Letters are not to be forwarded to the above address, neither are money orders to be made payable to Norman Barclay, A fraud order has been issued against Captain Walter I. of Boston, on the ground that he has been using the mails for fraudulent purposes. A preliminary court at Tokyo, has found K. Hayashida, secretary of the lower house of parliament and four members and thirteen former members guilty of bribery in connection with an attempt to induce the opposition to support the army bill.

All the convicted men were remanded for trial. The court that Viscount Kanetake Oura, former minister of the interior had handed 40,000 yen ($20,000) to M. Hayashida to bribe the opposition. It is believed that Viscount Oura will not be prosecuted, Orders to recruit more men for the reinforcements' draft to be sent by C. P.

R. to increase the strength of the Canadian Overseas Railway Construction Corps have been received at Vancouver by General Superintendent F. Peters. A quota of 30 men is now ready to leave for the mobilization centre in the east. The men required for this branch have to be experienced railway workers and have to pass the regular military test.

The minumum height is fixed at five feet eight inches, which is considerably in excess of the regular requirements, Capt. H. W. Niven, of the Princess Patricia's who has been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery has had a spectacular military career, He joined the Princess Pats in Calgary as a private and so distinguished himself under fire that he was given a commission. In one of the fights all his superior officers were killed, and he took command of the regiment a position retained for a considerable time.

Niven has been through the whole of the heavy fighting in which the Princess Pats have taken part, was once wounded, and was given D. S. 0. He is a son of Dr. J.

S. Niven of London, Ontario. Premier Norris has announced that if A majority of voters of the province approve prohibition of the sale the of liquor when the referendum is submitted to them next March, no new licenses nor renewals of present licenses will be granted by the Manitoba government when licenses automatcally expire on May 31 next. A causus of Liberal members of the legislature decided that the referendum should be held in March instead of December of this year. The premier made it plain that the later date would not entail the continuance of the sale of liquor in Manitoba past the end of the present license year if the electors decide to make' the province "dry" The military expert of the London Times, Colonel Repington, tells the Germans some of the things that will happen to then when enter their winter campaign in Russia.

Their armies will waste rapidly by exposure and disease. Great masses of Cossacks are forming, who, when the snow arrives will begin to worry them, In Russia vast hosts of soldiers are preparing to renew the war, and in every allied and neutral country all available factories are working day and night to supply the munitions that Russia needs. The west offers the Germans no better prospect, eve, were they able to add a million men to the 1,800,000 now on that front. After immense losses, such as they would assuredly suffer, they would be unable to pursue their campaign either east or west with any hope of success. Col.

Repington conveys the impression that the invasion of Poland represented Germany's supreme effort, and that failure to destroy the Russian army inevitably brings in its train failure all round. Nearly 100 men are working at the Bluebell mine on Kootenay Lake. Ore was first dug out of this mine by Hud son Bey men in 1825. Lieut. Scandrett of the Canadian Field Artillery and Lieut.

MacDonald, Strathcona Horse, were received by the King at Buckingham Palace last Thursday and decorated with the Military Cross. When the Alberta Election Act is before the Legislature to consider alterations granting the franchise to women, even more far-reaching amendments will be considered. The entire question of voting qualifications may be taken up, with a view toward the establishment of regulations that will prevent illiterates and undesirables obtaining citizenship, Swiss, who has just returned from Constantinople, writes to the Gazttte De Lausanne that there is no gas, electricity or candles in the Turkish capital, and that conditions of life there are almost intolerable for foreigners. He says that 2000 workmen from the Krupp plant in Germany are idle on account of lack of raw materials. It is stated that there is a probability of the Princess Pat regiment being united with the other Canadian troops, instead of being brigaded with British regiments as it is at present.

Many of the Canadians in the regiment are said to desire this change and the feeling seems to be stronger since the McGill company was sent over as reinforcements. The growing popularity of soccer among American sport enthusiasts is noted in the fact that eleven teams are entered in the California Football League of San Francisco, which opened its season Saturday, The players of the 1914-15 season were largely of British origin, and teams materially weakened through drafts for active service at the front, the California boys having responded to the call in fine style. Unless the plans of the apple growers in the United States go wrong, millions of warriors on land and sea, in Europe and Asia, will be supplied with apple rations on or before Xmas. Present hopes are that at least 100- barrels will be shipped for distribution among the armies. Oranges probably will be included in the cargoes.

October 19 is National Apple Day and it is hoped that the shipment will be made from New York on that day, That Captain Frank Pott of Lethbridge, officer with the Tenth Battalion, was treacherously murdered by a wounded German in the field of battle at Ypres is now established by word from one of the soldiers who was with the Captain at the famous charge, Captain Pott in the charge came across a wounded German, who asked him to spare his life, which he did, but when the Captain turned to go the German shot him with a rifle, Disastrous effects on American trade in the Far East as a result of a continued shortage of freight tonnage on the Pacific are predicted in a report on the freight situation by ConsulGeneral George E. Anderson at HongKong, China, made public by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The report indicated that Japanese shipping lies which virtually control the Pacific trade will continue to discriminate in favor of Japanese shippers in apportioning space in steamers. Mrs. M.

Ross, of McKay, died at the General Hospital, Vancouver, from the effects of burns received a days ago, when her clothes caught fire while she was burning rubbish in the stove. Her body has been sent to Aylmer, for burial. Mrs. Ross, be who was aged thirty-five years, was well known the district as secretary of Park Poultry throughout, and Co-operative Association, and was very poular among poultry-keepers. She was a noted breeder of white leghorns.

Canadian maps of exploration available in the department at Ottawa make it evident Stefansson is in error in stating that he was the first white man to land where he did on Banks Land, as the island was visited by Clure in 1813. In the summer of 1909 Capt. Bernier visited the west side of Banks Land and a couple of members of his party made a lengthy trip overland Presumably Stefansson is not aware of this or had forgotten when he wrote the account of his trip. The C. P.

R. through Mr. F. W. Peters, general superintendent of the B.

C. division, has informed Mr. R. F. Green, M.

P. for Kootenay, of the company's willingness to furnish a site for the government dock which the member has been urging the Dominion authorities to establish at Arrowhead in line with its policy of providing facilities on navigable woters. The only deep-water landing at present at Arrowhead is the C. P. R.

wharf at that point, Mr. J. Carter Smith, a well known and respected resident of New Westminster for nearly thirty years, died suddenly Thursday afternoon under peculiarly distressing circumstances. He had cut the grass on his property at the corner of Kingsway and Wise road, Burnaby, and was burning it, when the fire got away from him and under the unoccupied house on the property, which it threatened to set ablaze. In trying to extinguish the flames, Mr.

Smith was stricken with heart failure caused by the excitement and strenuous exertions and by the smoke. The delegates attending the 15th annual convention of the Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants brought their deliberations to a close in Vancouver last Thursday. Delegates were present from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta. The financial statement showed the association to be in a flourishing condition. The officers elected were: President, O.

J. Godfrey, Indian Head; vice-president, A. Richardson, Edmonton; secretary treasurer, Thomas Grant, The convention will be held at Regina. Mr. Geo.

Edwards, Toronto, past president, was presented with a gold watch. Only the quick arrival of the liner Tuscania and the efficiency of her fire fighting apparatus probably prevented the recent fire aboard the Greek steamer Athinai in mid from resulting in another great ocean tragedy. The Tuscania arrived in New York last week with four hundred passengers which she saved from what seemed certain death. the Tuscania's and the At! nai's captains deBoth, clared that the Greek ship was the victim Everybody on the vessel was rescued, though one second class passenger died of heart disease induced by the excitement. Officers related a thrilling story of the blaze at sea.

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After four hours of debate, which at times became extremely bitter, last night's Labor Congress support of session of the Dominion, Trades and organized labor in Canada for the prosecution of the war without reservation until victorious peace is secured. The discussion arose over the question adopting Article 3 of the report of the executive council of that body, which contains this paragraph: "Under existing conditions it becomes the duty of the labor world to a render every assistance possible to the Allies of Great Britain, and for us in Canada, more especially to the Empire of which we form a part, in a mighty endeavor to secure early and final victory for the couse of freedom and democracy." On motion of Delegate Russell of Winnipeg, seconded by Delegate MeCutcheon of Winnipeg, it was proposed to amend Article 3 by eliminating the foregoing paragraph. After more than a score of representatives of various unions from all parts of Canado had spoken on the amendment it was defeated by a vote of 28 to 103 and with amendment disposed of the entire section was adopted by the same vote. Much of the opposition to the sentiments quoted came from representatives of the Vancouver Island miners, who bitterly assailed the Government for its alleged injustice to mine workers. Among those who spoke extreme heat in opposing the endorsation of the Empire in the conflict were: Delegate Guthrie of Ladysmith, Foster of Nanaimo, Peebles of Calgary, Naylor of Cumberland, and McCutcheon.

All disclaimed entertaining proGerman sentiments, but they were passionately opposed to backing up the Empire in what they declared to be merely clash between great capitalistic interests. Some of them spoke in slurring terms of the men who have gone and are going to the front, and their remarks in some instances seemed to impress some of the delegates as bordering on disloyalty, for there were frequent choruses of dissent and in one instance there was a cry of "shame." Pledge Full Support. report was ably supported by former City Comptroller James Simpson of Toronto, who cited Kier Hardie, Jowett Ramsay McDonald and other British labor leaders in urging upon the delegates the necessity of pledging their fullest support toward the suecessful termination of the war. Secretary-Treasurer Draper, VicePresident Fred Bancroft, Delegates Watchman, who is president of the B. C.

Federation of Labor, Delegate Lodge, Delegate Day of Victoria, and a number of others also spoke feelingly in advocation of the patriotic sentiment of the report. When the previous question was moved and the question came to a vote there was much wrangling as to the manner of recording the sentiments of the convention, those in opposition demanding a roll call. In the end, however, it was determined by a rising vote with the result above noted ond the names of those in opposition, by their own request, were entered in the minutes. GERMANY'S HOPE LIES IN REVOLT Army Exhausted Is Looking to Russian Domestic Troubles for Help. Petrograd, Sept.

25-Prince Eugene Troubetskoy made ar. important speech at the Moscow conference of Zemstovs and Municipal Councils. "At the present moment" he said, "this Zemstove conference is the most authoritative institution in Russia, If the conference were to content itself with passing a resolution it would be merely striking a blow in the air. "If we thus fulfil our duty as citizens shall we have a right to say 'now is no time for strikes and a "The German army is exhausted. It's only hope is in a revolution here, but that is not and must not be.

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David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, in 8 letter to one of his constituents, issued by the official press bureau, makes an appeal to the public to give the Government a fair chance to decide the question of compulsory service, and reiterates his view, that the situation is serious one, which demands that the country, must exert its whole strength, Mr. Lloyd George says; "You say, and say rightly, that the Government ought to give the nation 8 lead on the question of whether the moral obligation of every able-bodied to defend his country should be converted during this war into a legal obligation. "The Government, I can assure you, is fully alive to the necessity giving a definite lead. They are examining the subject with a view to coming to the right decision. Undue delay might be disastrous, Let us avoid both.

The issue is one of fact, not of principle. "If the figures demonstrate that we can win through and with, the voluntary system, it would be folly to provoke a controversy in the middle of a world war by attempts to substitute a totally different method, On the other hand, if these figures demonstrate to every unprejudiced person that the voluntary system has exhausted its utility and nothing but legal pressure can give us the armies necessary to defend the honor of Great Britain and save Europe from the triumph of military despotism, I have not yet heard of the man who would resist compulsory service. Would Carry, if Necessary, Under these circumstances, the men who say they would offer resistance to this expedient, even if proven to be necessary to save their country and the freedom of the world, have not yet appeared in the arena, and if they do, I predict that their protectars will not be found among the working classes. "It is all a question of ascertainable facts, Why, then, all this premature The determining facts have not yet been published. When they have been sifted and made known, the advocates of one view or the other will surely find that the whole eyelone of fervor and ferocity which they will then discover they ought to defend.

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St. St. (Near Vernon News Office.) Langill and Seventh St. 12- Pine and Seventh St. Mara Ave.

and Lorne St. Elm and Maple St. Pine St. and Pleasant Valley Road. 16- Pleasant Valley Road and Schubert St.

23 Barnard and Mara Ave. 24 Barnard Ave. and Eighth St. 25- Eighth and North St. 26 Mara Ave.

and North St. 27- Hospital. One single stroke after alarm: Fire under control, or out. Two quick strokes and one: Police call. Instructions for Giving Alarm.

Break glass door that covers box key, open door, pull down hook and let go,.