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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY Minister of Railways Appointed Receiver for the Dominion Under The War Measures Act To Ensure Continued Operation of the System. Ottawa, March 9.â€" When the Grand 1 menf a Intention to ask Parliament to Trunk Paeillc Railway System goes provide a further vote tor the Grand after midnight to-night into the hands Trunk Pacific Railway while the nejio- of Hon. Dr. J. D. Reld, Minister of Railway!), who is appointed Receiver by an order in Council passed Thurs- j day, the first defiiiite step of the Gov- ernment is taken in a pro<:es3 which ' 1b bound to go on until all Canadian railways, with the temporary e.'tcep- tlations with the Grand Trunk Rail- way Company remain in their present unsatisfactory condition." The acquisition of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company adds 1,964 miles of main road and about 1,000 of branch line to the Government sys- tlon of the Canadian Pacific Railway tem after the receivership days are Company, will be owned by the Gov- 1 over,, and. as a result of the action, it â- emment. ; is almost certain that the 3,556 miles This i.s the direct result of the Gov- ' of the Grand Trunk Railway System «rnmenfs stand taken In February, will, in a reasonable time, come also when it infprmed the officials of the into the Government's hands, and on Grand Trunk and Grand Tnink Pacific more reasonable terms than hitherto Railways that "it is not tho Govern- seemed probable. MarkcU of the World ! Lard â€" Pure, tierces, 27 to 27M..C; tubs, 27^ to 28e; pa,ils, 27»i to 2Si4c; i prints 28V2 to 29c. Compound, tierces, ! i25% to 26%c; tubs, 25% to 26V4il I pails, 26 to 261A; prints, 2714 to 2714 MUTINOUS OUTBREAK AMONG CANADIAN SOLDIERS IN WALES Several Persons Killed or Woundedâ€" Disturbance Due to Delay in Sending Men Back Overseas â€" Many Arrests Made â€" Great Property Damage Done by Rioters. A despatch from London says:â€" ] promises given the men, the state- From eijjht to twenty-seven persona ' "lent adds, owing to the shortiffo ol are estimated to have been killed and ^'essels to convey them home, from twenty-flve to seventy-three The authorities, however, do not ro- , , . . . I yard the riotinfr as juftifieu, and the wounded m noting during the past offenders, man-/ m whom already are three days at the Kinmel Military Camp at Rhyl, Wales, according to a Liverpool despatch received here on Friday night. Great property dam- age was caused, the despatch adds. According to the latest reports from Liverpool the riot was started under arrest, 'vill be •••jgorously dealt with. A number 0' civilians took part in the disturbanc, and twelve of these also have bec.i arrested and banded over to the -?ivil a-.i*'\or.tift3. In the course of th? trouble thre^ nreadatuffs. Toronto, March 11.â€" Manitoba •w*ieatâ€" No. 1 Northern $2.24 Vi; No.! ., „,„ „, «„,, ,, 2 Northern, S2.21U; No. 3 Northern, I -Montreal Markets. f2.17»^; No. 4 wheat, $2.11i,<., in store Montreal, March 11.â€" Oat5â€" Extra ^ Fort Willii-m. ; No. 1 feed, 78 '2 c Flourâ€" New star- Blind Man Making Brooms at Toronto. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 71%c; dard grade, $11.10 to $11.20. Rolled ; This is a power machine installed to sew brooms in the factory of No. 3 C.W., 64'sc; ertra No. 1 ie«l, oats â€" Bags, 90 lbs., $3.90 to $4.00. ' the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The operator is a Toronto «5%c; No. 1 feed, 62V8c; No. 1 feed, Bran $40.25. Shorts, $42 25. Mouillie, j^^j, ^^^ ^9 ^^^ ^ ^ ,^ifg ^^^ tj^g^ children. He lost his sight three ''^^^ki't"cbf "ba^rS^':^!^:^'=3 C.W.. stoo! ^h^^Te^-fin^'^t^^^as^-e^rnir^sl^'t^o >-- ^f°-/°-";>- '« ^^ ^^^^"^ ^ ^ l^^^^^^ ^"^^ wi sewerl^ 87%c; No. 4 C.W, 82^,^0; rejected 25c. Butter, choicest cream-ry. 52V-i^>« ^""^ *>'« machne to turn out as many broms as three han.-se^^er3. 75%c; feed, 7!-'ic, in store Fcrt Wil- to 53c. Eggs, selected, 43c; No. 1 Another machine of this same type is on order and when it arrives all tne liam. stock, 38c. Potatoes, per bag, car brooms, excepting the heavy rattan lines, will be machine sev.n. American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, lots, $1.75. Dressed hogs, abattoir â€" $1.55; No. 4 yellow, $1.52 track To- kiUed, S24.50 to $25.00. Lard, pure, ___^ ^__^_„,..,^ „.- ! ronto, prompt shi;.'ment. wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 28 to 29V2C. Ontario oats â€" No. 2 white, 58 to â€" â€" €lc; No. 3 whit2,_57 to COc, according; Live Stock Markets. by about 200 malcontents. There were ' rioters and tw 1 sc trcs were killed 25,000 Canadians in the camp await- 1 and twenty-one p<?>-.;')r..« were Injurod, ing demobilization and embarkation. : -ncluding two officer-?, accordin'f to The men who caused the trouble were! the statement. war casualties who had served for I London. March 9.â€" Gen. Colquohoun. three years or more in France. They ! who was In command of the camp. In complained that their embarkation j the coui-se of a statement on the not< had been postponed while other men ' ing of Canadian soldiers at Kimmel who had seen less service were sent said that no attack was made on tho home. j officers, who were treated witli I to freights outside. Ontario wheatâ€" No. 1 winter, per Toronto, March U. â€" Choice heavy; car lot, S2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do., export steers, S16 to $17.50; do., good, $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3, do., $2.07 to 514.50 to S15.50; choice butcher steers, $2.15 f.o.b., shipp.ing points, accord- $13 to $13.25;- butchers' cattle, choice,' ing to freights. $12.50 to $13.25; do., good, $11 to $12; ' Ontario wheat â€" No. 1 Spring, $2.09 do, common, $9.25 to $9.75; bulls, I to $2.17; No. 2, do., S2.0() to $2.14; choice, SIO.,50 to $11.50; do, medium, I No. 3 do., $2 02 to $2.10 f.o.b., ship- $8.75 to $9; do, rough bulls, $7.50 to i ping points, according to freights. $8; butchers' cows, choice^ $10.75 to FEED GERMANS IF ; 76,799 HOME SHIPS ARE GIVEN UP After the destruction of stores of all kinds on Tuesday by the discon- tented men, the situation took a more serious turn on Wednesday when the cavalry v.-as called out but forbidden to use its arms. Troops from Chester .intercepted the rioters in their march upon Aber courtesy. "I myself went In and out among the men freely," he added, "and soma of them actually put down loot in or* der to salute u:e â€" then they picked uj the loot again. "The reports of the damage to th« camp are greatly exaggerated. Soma Allies Agree to Revitual Foe Un- til Next Harvest â€" Payment in Kind. A despatch from Paris says: â€" The ary, according to figures issued _ , , „ ^ , through the Militia Department. A Peasâ€" No. 2, $1,80, according to $12; do, good, $9.75 to SI0.25;; do. Council of the Great Powers took ac- ^jj^j^jj percentage of this total num- freights outside. medium. $8.50 to S8.75; do, common, tion on Friday toward relieving the ^^j. jg g{.;j[ ^^j jjjg ocean The Febru- Barley- Malting, 81 to S6c, nomin- $7.50 to S8.75; stockers. $8 to $10.50; ; rather acute situation created by the : ficTir^, *how that ''7 l-'S soMiers *!• , ^ ,, feeders, $10 50 to $12.25; canners and , interruption of the negotiaiions at Spa ' TJ'Jl f-om Enir'and" 'durine the Buckwheatâ€" No. 2, 85c, nominaL cutters, $5.75 to $7; Milkers, good to ' ,.__„_.,,,_ the takiue over of Ger- i • ,^.-,o fj- ,^ a \ Rye-No. 2. $1.35, noni nal. choice, $00 to $150; do, com. and medJ "-^^^^'^.t 7„rt ' Si. r^-n,^nv ' "°'''"^" ^'''^ "'^"^ soldiers' dependents Manitoba flour-Government stanX $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $150; j '",^° '^'J^^ ^^ supp>y.ng Ge.man> dard, $10.75 to, $11.00, Toronto. ^ light ewes, $10.50^to $12; ye.irlings. *'''^ , • . , .., c . Ontario flour- Government stan- $12 to $13; spnng lambs, $16 to $18; ^â- Â°^' 2'^"°° ^^""^ °'^'" ""''' ^='''""- dard, $9.55 to Si),75 in b„,;s, Toronto calves, good to choice, $16.50 to i '^^y- '''i' meantime, at a conference and_ Montreal, prompt shipment. $18.50; hogs, fed and watered, $17.60; i between David Lloyd George, the gele, near Rhyl, and also prevented a 50 or 60 men got out of hand and at- threatened raid on the latter place., tacked some canteens. The men in Five men were killed and 40 injured | one camp, anticipating danger, armed in the course of this fighting, it is j themselves and, contrary to e.xpres3 reported. , orders, fired. That was on Wednes* There was further promiscuous, day, when the fatalities occurred. shooting early Thursday morning, | "The girls' camp was not attacked. but at no time was there organized As a matter of fact the girls were ClXlf-V /[Ti'^^lCT'^P^ firing by any armed party. Most of â-  treated with the utmost chivalry. No 11 nil r Asv'^'l - 1 iLfj ^^^ deaths were due to crushing, it i man entered the girls' rooms while ^**^^'" rtiiiiiik^HViJ [^ ggjj _^jj unn£m.ed major holding ; they were occupied. : the Victoria Cross and believed to be ] "One man raised the red flag in an A despatch from Ottawa says: â€" A from New Brunswick, is reported to attempt to introduce Bolshevism. Ha total of 30,356 Canadian soldiers and have been virtually trampled to death was shot." dependents sailed from England for | while attempting to defend the offl- The Abergele correspondent of the Canada during the month of Febru- cers' quarters against great odds. I Manchester Guardian wires that many The Daily Mail says that the Cana-! who participated in the disturbances dian authorities restored order with- at Kimmel Camp It Is not believed out the assistance of British troops have had any serious Intention of ra- and declares that the matter is solely ^ volt Some regarded the proceedinga one for Canadian disciplinary action.' as rough-horse play. The Canadian officials have in-! Writing of the most serious part of formed the War Office that they do the outbreak on Wednesday after* not desire any increase in shipping noon, the Llan.Iudno, correspondent facilities as a consequence of the out- of the Associated Press, says:â€" "It Ever since the work of bringing home the men started, subsequent to Millfeedâ€" Car lots, delivered Mon- do. oc cars, $17.75; do, f.o.b., $16.75, *';«J*iJ'"e'eht,i, bags included. Bran, Montreal, March 11.â€" Choice select '1^%P^^'«"' ^K^o^^-H---^-..f?n*^°°'.hogs. $18 per 100 good .feed flour, $3.2o to $3.o0 "o--â€"^' ^. ' bag. Hay -No. 1, $20 to $21 per ton; mi.xed, $18 to $19 per ton, track To- ronto. Straw â€" Car lots, $10 per ton. British Premier. M. Clemenceau French Prime Minister, and Col pounds off cars, ward M. House, of the American ' P®' Choice steers, $12 to $14 per 100 pds; ' Peace Delegation, a resolution, drawn ' Vo,-em''ier poorer quality, $7.50 to $8 per 100 1 by Lord Robert Cecil, member of the ' " pounds. Butchers' bulls and cows, ; uritish Peace Commission, was ten- he signing of the armistice, the j break, as they do not intend to be was at this stage that the casualties monthly totals have been growing. I coerced by the action of the rioters. \ occurred. A detachment with loaded ri.les grimly stood their ground, an officer warning the rebellious mob of the gravity of the situation. This did not appear to be fully grasped by a number of the men. Still there was $10 to $11.50; cannerg, $5 to $5.50 Sheep, $8 to $10.50. per 100 pounds. The grand total of soldiers and de pendents sailing from England up ^'^' ' to the end of February is 76.799. By months it is made up as follows: 4.921; December, 18,925; : January, 23,227; February 30.356.. The smallness of the November Lambs. $15^61 tajively approved for adlusting the ^^^^j ^^ accounted for by the fact that . affair. This resolution provides that transport work did not begin until on the delivery of the ships the Allies ^^^ 5^^^^^. ^ of the month. -GERMANS GUILTY ESCAPE and other products wnich Germany has and the Allies want. Country Produce â€" Wholesale. Butter â€" Dairy, tubs and rolls, to 3^c;> prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery, fresh made solids, 49 to 50c; prints, 50 to 52c. , Eggs â€" New laid, 36 to 37c. Dressed poultry â€" Chickens, 26 to S4c: roosters, 25c: fowl, 27 to 30c; duckliiigs^ 32c; turkeys, 40e; squabs. Officials of Central Powers Un- i expectation that the Council will ac- i cept the settlement en Saturday, and ! that the negotiations at Spa will be resumed. It is stated that 20 or 30 of the ring- leaders, most of foreign extraction, have been arrested by the Canadian authorities, co-operating with the civilian police. It is undorstood that these men will be brouglit to London no room for misapprehension as the and lodged in the Bow Street station. \ mob still c.ime onward. The order The Official Report:â€" Canadian 'svas given to lire aad the ranks of the military headquarters in London on mischief makers were forthwith Friday issued a statement with refer- 1 broken. Besides an officer, four of ence to the riot by soldiers at Kinmel tbe rank and tile lost their lives, and Park. The statement says the dis- 'â-  about 20 others were more or less Many arrests fol- shall undertake to revictual the Ger- mans until the next harvest, payment BRITAIN'S LARGEST AIRSHIP being made In coal, potatoes, nitiates ^^ ^^^j^ READY FOR FLYING turbance was entirely due to the de- seriously wounded â€" lay in getting the men back to Can-! lowed, "^his was practically the las! . J . , , A despatch from London savs:â€" ada. It was impossible to keep the incident of the outbreak." The agresnient reached between 1 _ /^ ,>-,.â- . 1 ,. • \.-"_ 1 the British, Fiench ami American ^reat Britain's largest airship isl . . , members of the Council leads to the , ^^'''V"^ 1° ^^^ Everything is ready j^j,, ^^^ incurable Ca.ses, likely to Salter Physical Punishment. doz., $4.60; geese. 25c. ' Live poultry â€" Roosters. 20c; fowl 24 to 30c; ducklings, lb., 35c; turkeys, 35c; chickens, 28c; geese, 18c. , Cheeseâ€" New, Large, 28 to 2S%c;! Paris, March 9.^The findings of the twins, 28'72 to 29c; triplets, 29 to , Commission on Responsibility for the 29V2c; Stilton, 29'4 to 30c; old, large, War are still incomplete. It IS under- 29 to 29V2C; twin, 29^ to 30c. 'stood the Commission will conclude Wholesalers are selling to the retail that the officials of the Central Powers trade at the following prices: Butter â€" Fresh dairy, choice, Revolution Has Been Launched In Scandinavian Countries A despatch from Christiana says: â€" _ . 46 to ' ^'^^'^ morally guilty of the most heln- j ..y strong revolutionary agitation is ,ioi'.""'''„^_'„„Jli.T,^' ^^I't/J 'â- ki"^T'« COâ„¢. ' ous crimes, but that physical punish- . h-.ino- cqrripd 48c; creamery, solids, 51 to 53c; 1 ^ ,' ., *^./ , '^. 1 o>-''ig carrieu nrint-,: -.o (â- â€ž F,Sc- i ment would of necessity be retroac- northernmost tive. The Americans have announced themselves as unwilling to adopt any expedients the constitutionality of to launch her at Selby, Yorkshire Whether or not the airship will at- tempt a transatlantic flight is for the Air Ministry to decide, but ex- perts say she is capable of thj flight. Although she weighs 30 tons she has a lifting capacity of an additional 30 tons. Speed cf possibly 80 miles per 135.000 HOMES IN BELGIUM Hoping to Stop the Contagion DESTROYED BY THE GERMANS A despatch from Stockholm says: â€" • """" In certain Russian provinces the | A despatch from London says:â€" mortality from typhus is so great Ernest Smith, correspondent of thi that the Bolsheriki have issued a London Daily News at Brussels secret order to kill the incurable telegraphs: "In a message sent or eases, hoping tlius to counteract, tho February 21 I gave the figure of thi hour is expected and. in that event, eontagion which is almost impossible dwelling houses destroyed in Belgiun prints, 52 to 54c, Margarine â€" 32 to 34c. Eggs â€" New laid, 45 to 46c; new laid in cartons, 47 to 48c, Dressed poultrv â€" Chickens, 35 to 40c; roosters. 28 to 30c; fowl, 32 to 35c; turkeys, 45 to 50c; ducklings, lb., 27 to 29c' '''"''^'' '^°^" *^'^°' ^^"*'i Europeans would have to act alone If Potatoes- Ontarios, f.o.b. track! '•'^ey '*'^''« •'^t«''â„¢'"«''i '° P^'^'^'i ^''« Toronto, car lots, 90 to 95c, | officials involved, -\ possible solution Beans â€" Canadian, hand-picked, ! suggested is the formal dcnunciatiou bushel, $3.50 to $4.00; primes, $2.75 1 in the preliminary peace treaty of the which might United States, out in Fenmark, the northernmost part of Norway, by an organization which is planning a re- volution on the Russian j^ian, accord- ing to report from Kirkenais to tho Aftenposten. The organization plans New Y'ork could be reached in less than two days. __ o AUSTRIA-GERMANY ELECFtJ .\. PRESIDENT A despatch from Vienna says: â€" The National Constituent Assembly be questioned in the | to carry the revolution into Finland v,as elected Karl Seiiz, leader of the and in that event ilie , g^^j Scandinavian countries. German Social Democracy in .-Vustria, President and Herr Hauser, Social Democrat, Vice-President. to $3.26. Imported hand-picked. Bur- officials of the Central Empires. 339 YA.NK SOLDIERS TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES Washington, March 9. â€" Statistics 1 ma or Indian, $3.25; Limas, 15c. T'""'"'' â€" â€" â€" -'â€" compiled by the War Department; Honeyâ€" Extracted clover: 5 lb. tins' „ „ , ,.,.., , _, 1 show that from the date of the entry 26 to 27o lb.- 10 lb. tins, 25 to 26c; Peace Conference Will Award • j of the United States into the war to 60 lb. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat. 60 1 Slice of Germany to Belgium | February 21, 1919, there were 339: lb. tin, 19 to 20c, Comb: 16 oz., $4.50; 1 cases of self-destruction in the army. to $5.00 doz.; 12 oz., $3.50 to $4.00 Paris. March 9.â€" The Peace Confer- of these 193 took place in the United doz. I ence Commission on Belgian claims, states and 146 overseas. Maple products â€" Syrup, per gallon, 1 it ig renorted. has aurpert in i>rinol«I« f2 Maple productsâ€" Syrup, per gallon, ; it ig reported, has agreed in principle .25 to $2.35; sugar, lb., 27 to 28c, (^ the Belgian demand for Malmedy Provisions â€" Wholesale. Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium, 36 and the surrounding district. In Bel- gian circles It is expected that this will result in the Peace Congress ap- to 38c- do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, proving the handing over of this re- 49 to 51c; rolls, 81 to 32c; breakfast gion to Belgium. The Malmedv dis- bttcon, 41 to 45c; hack, plain, 44 to trict is just e.ast of the Belgian fron- 46 boneless, uO to y2.. jj^j. ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ German do- Cured meat3--Long clear bacon, .8 ^i^^tion for a number of years. to 29c; clear bellies, 27 to 28e, 1 L.\KE ERIE OPEN TWO WEEKS EARLIER A despatch from Cleveland .^ays: â€" Passenger navigation on Lake Erie opened two weeks earlier this season. Boats to Detroit made the fir.st trip March 10, and between Cleveland and Bucalo will commence .\pril 15. to stop by any other means. Hardly during the early stages of the inva any medicine is ava.;lable. _ â-  sion at 25,000 completely destroyei * i and about 2,000 partially destroyed 332,000 ROUMANIANS I Although the figures from the dia KILLED IN THE W.VR tricts where the last fighting occur i red are not definite, Senator Emil( .A. despatch from Paris says:â€" The Vincent, Director of the Towns an< Roumanian Press Bureau announces Communes Union, which is collecting that 332,000 Roumanians, combatants the figures, tells me the total numbel in the war. were killed or d.ied from of dwelling houses completely de? wounds. ' troyed is at least 55.000." 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