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USE OF AIRCRAFT FOR WAR PURPOSES ABOLISHED BY PEACE CONFERENCE Supreme War Council Decides That Dirigibles and Airplanes Shall No Longer IJe I'sed Except For Commercial Purposes â€" Aeronautic Commission to be Sent to Germany. A despatch from Paris says: â€" The aerial terms of the German dis- armament as adopted by the Supreme War Council provide that airplanes and dirigibles shall no lon>?er be used for military purposes. The Council concludetl that it was not feasible to prohibit airplanes for commercial uses. The drafting committee was directed to make clear the distinction excepting commercial airplanes in the terms inoorporaterl in the peace terms. All forms of military airplanes are barred to Germany, the only excep-i tion being the temporary use until ! October 1 of 100 hydro-iurplanes andj 1,000 men in gathering mines in the North Sea. The Havas Agency says: "Ger-j many must deliver all airplanes to i the allies and muot prohibit the con- struction of other airplanes until the conclusion of peace, the Supremo War Council decided. The terms do not decade the future fate of the air- planes which may either be destroy- ed or divided among the allies. The British and Amei'ican delegates brought up the <iuestion of a distinc- tion boween commercial aerial navi- gation, which will bo authorized for Germany after eoncluiidon of peace under certain guarantees and mili- tary aerial navigation which will be prohibited. "The Council decided to send an aeronautic eommis.iion to Germany to investigate the question of com- mercial aerial navigation. Deputy Aubigny, of the French Chamber, will be chairman." Markets of the World Hreadstuffs. Toronto, March 18. â€" Manitoba wheatâ€" No. 1 Northeni $2.24 Vi; ^o. 2 Northern, ?2.21V2; No. 3 Northern, $2.17'/2; No. 4 v;heat, $2.11»/2, in store Fort William. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 72%c; No. 3 C.W., C7i.kc; 'extra No. 1 feed, 67%c; No. 1 feed, (iSVsc; No. 2 feed, 62y8C, in store, E'ort William. Manitoba barleyâ€" No. 3 C.W., 91 lac; No. 4 C.W., 8t5c; rejected, 79>^c; feed, 78 Vic, in store Fort Wil- liam. American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, ' $1.62; No. 4 yellow, .?1.5D, track To- ronto, prompt shipment. Ontario oats â€" No. 2 white, 62 to 64c; No. 3 white, 60 to 62c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. 1 winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do., $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3, do., $2.07 to $2.15 f.o.b., shipping points, accord- ing to freights. Ontario wheat â€" No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to $2.17; No. 2, do., ;j2.06 to $2.14; No. 3 do., $2.02 to $2.10 f.o.b., ship- ping points, according to freights. Peas â€" no. 2, $1.75, according to freights outside. Barley â€" Malting, 87 to 92c, nomin- al. Buckwheat â€" No. 2, 85c, nominal. Rye â€" No. 2, $1.37, nominal. Manitoba flour â€" Govi.rnment stan- dard, $10.75 to $11.00. Toronto. Ontarfc -vflour â€" Government stan- dard, $9.55 to $9.75 in bags, Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment. Millfeed â€" Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freigljts, bags included. Bran, $40.25 per ton, shorts, .?42.2o per ton; good feed flour, $3.25 to $3.50 per bag. Hayâ€" No. 1, $20 to $21 per ton; mixed, $18 to $19 per ton, track To- ronto. Straw â€" Car lots, $10 per ton. Country Produce â€" Wholesale. Butter â€" Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 to 38c; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery, fresh made solids, 49 to 50c; prints, 60 to 52c. Eggs â€" New laid, 35 to 36c. Dressed poultry â€" Chickens, 26 to 34c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to 30c; ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 45c; squabs, doz., $4.50; geese, 25c. Live poultry â€" Roosters, 20c; fowl 28 to 32c; ducklings, lb., 35c; turkeys, 30c; chickens, 28c; geese 18c. Cheeseâ€" New, large, 28 to 28%c; twins, 28% to 29c; triplets. 29 to 29M!c; Stilton, 29^3 to 30c; old, large, 29 to 29%c; twin, 29% to 30c. Wholesalers are selling to the retail trade at the following prices: Butter â€" Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to 48c; creamery, solids, 52 to 53c; prints, 52 to 54c. Margarineâ€" 32 to 34c. Dressed poultry â€" Chickens, 35 to 40c; roosters, 28 to 30c; fowl, 32 to 35c: turkeys, 45 to 50c; ducklings, lb., 35 to 38c; squabs, doz., $5.50; geese, 27 to 29c. Potatoes â€" Ontarios, f.o.b. track Toronto, car lots, $1.10. Beans â€" Canadian, hand-picked, bushel, $3.50 to $4.00; primes, $2.75 to $3.25. Imported hand-picked, Bur- ma or Indian, $3.25; I^imas, 14c. Honey â€" Extracted clover: 5 lb. tins 26 to 27c lb.; 10 lb. tins, 25 to 26c; 60 lb. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60 lb. tin, 19 to 20c. Comb: 16 oz., $4.50 to $5.00 doz.; 12 oz., $3.50 to $4.00 doz. Maple products â€" Syrup, per gallon, $2.25 to $2.35; sugar, lb., 27 to 28c. Provisions â€" Wholesale. Smoked meats â€" Hams, medium, 36 to 38c; do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked, 48 to 61c; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 45c; back, plain, 44 to 46 boneless, 60 to 52v. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 28 to 29e; clear bellies, 27 to 28e. Lard â€" Pure, tierces, 27 to 27V4C; tubs, 27V2 to 28c; pa,il3, 27% to 28'4c; prints 28% to 29c. Compound, tierces, [ 25% to 25%c; tubs, 25% to 20',4c; pails, 26 to 26%; prints, 27% to 27%. Montreal Markets. Montreal, March 18. â€" Oatsâ€" Extra No. 1 feed, 78 Vic Flourâ€" NcW stan- dard grade, $11.10 to $11.20. Rolled oatsâ€" Bags, 90 lbs., $3.90 to $4.00. Bran, $40.25. Shorts, $42.25. Mouillie, .S64.00. Hay â€" No. 2, per ton, car lots, $23.00. Cheese, finest easterns, 25 to 25c. Butter, choicest creamery, 54 to 55c. Eggs, selected, 39c; No. 1 stock;, 38c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.75. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $25.00 to $25.50. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 28 to 29 %c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, March 18. â€" Choice heavy export steers, $15.50 to $17; do, good, $14 to $15; choice butcher steers, $13 to $13.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $12..50 to $13.25; do., good, $11 to $12; do, common, $9.25 to $9.75; bulls, choice, $10.50 to $11.50; do, medium, $8.75 to $9; do, rough bulls, $7.50 to $8; butchers' cows, choice, $10.75 to $12; do, good, $9.50 to .$10; do, medium, $8.50 to $8.75; do, common, $7.50 to $8; stockers, $8 to $10.50; feeders, $10. .50 to $12; canners and cutters, $5.50 to $6; milkers, good to choice, $90 to $1.50; do, com. and med. $65 to $75; springers, $90 to $150; light ewes, $11 to $12.50; yearlings. $12 to $13; spring lambs, $16 to $18; calves, good to choice, $16.50 to $19; hogs, fed and watered, $19; do, off cars, $19.25; do, f.o.b., $18.25. Montreal, March 18. â€" Choice select hogs, $18 per 100 pounds off cars. Clioice steer.s, $12 to $14 per 100 pds; poorer quality, $7.50 to $8 per 100 pounds. Butchers' bulls and cows, $10 to $11.50; canners, $5 to $5.50. Sheep, $8 to $10.50. Lambs, $15.50 per 100 pounds. * NAVAL FORCES IN COM.MAND British Control the Situation in the ! Caspian Sea. Naval forces under British com- mand now dominate the situation in the Caspian Sea, according to official information secured by Reuters, Ltd. For some months past there have been naval forces on this sea, the of- ficial account states. They were originally sent to prevent the Bolshe- vists from controlling the situation. This naval force seized certa,in armed steamships, which now are manned by Russian crews, which marched up by land from Mesopotamia with a British force as a nucleus. These steamers are commanded by British naval officers. The original Russian flotilla in tlie Caspian, it as added, consisted of two gunboats, two dispatch vessels and three steamers. These also have just been taken over by the British-Rus- sian naval forces. British troops liave been operating on both banks of the Caspian, in the Caucasus and in Turkestan. HACKED SOLDIER PRISONERSTO DEATH Berlin Women Armed With Knives Commit Outrages Dur- ing Last Days of Civil War. A despatch from London says: â€" A Rotterdam despatch to the Dally ! News says: "TolographinK late last night, the Dnrlin correspondent of the Nieuwe Rotterdamche Courant en- ables one to catch glimpses of the de- moralization and nnuerlul destruction in Berlin during the last few days of the civil war. There, many women, â- â€¢rmetl v;ith knivc^s, hacked to (loath soldiers who had been niado prisoners, wliile other priaonurs, having. been stripped and placed In the niiiidle of open spaces, were mado living tar- ' gets for missies of all sorts, including ! hand grenades. The mutorial des- truction is enormous and romintls the i eorrospondont of v.'hat he saw in the ' battle area on the western front, ; where towns were reduced to little • more than jagged skeltons of walls, i Mines have been exploded in the ' streets of nerlin, adding to the desj- tructlon. Amid this turmoil which ' has made everybody extremely ner- vous, oven semi-hysterical, one sees mothers of families darting desperate- ly out of doorways in the endeavor to reach places where food can bo ob- tained. Luxemburg to Form Alliance With France and Belgium A despatch from. Paris says: â€" The' commission appointed by the Gov- ernment of Luxemburg to study economic problems resulting from the war has decided upon an econ- omic alliance with Belgium and Prance, despatches received here say. This allianco would control an output: of 55,000,000 tons of steel annually and will put an end to German mono-' poly in continental Europe. BRITISH HAVE 902,000 IN OCCUPATION ARMIES A despatch from London says: â€" The Government aniM>unce<l in the House of Commons that the total strength of effective and non-effec- tive British troops in the armies of occupation in all theatres of the war amounts to 902,000 men, incluling officers. The strength of the Biptish army in France, Belgium and Ger- many, including Dominion troops, on February 15, was 1,324,106. It was stated that 197,000 German prisoners are being fed by the British Com- misL^ary Department. SUB OUTRAGES REACT ON HUN Enemy to Blame for Lack of Vesacio to Diatribute Food. Control of the German s'hips is a necessary condition to the feeding of the German people and the Ger- mans have made that s,ituation, de- claro.'j the Westminster Gazette in discussing the break in the ahippinS negotiations at Sp.n. "Again and again 'during the last two years," the paper adds, "it has been pointed out to them that the destruction of merchant tonnage by their ruthless submarine warfare would produce a situation ,in which it might be totally impossible to sup- ply Germany hen-eif with the food and raw materials which she would need when the war ended. This is tlie often predicted nemesis of 'ruth- less submarine warfare.' "If the Allies are unable from lack of tonnage to send sufficient coal and food to their friends, the use of Ger- mAi tonn:i,ge will enable them to do justiice to their friends and at the .»ame time provide for their enemies, but we are obliged to tell the Ger- mans that this is the only way and if it seems harsh and repugnant they have themselves to thank for it." The stand taken by the German representatives -at Spa in refusing to deliver German merchant ships is commented upon by the newspapers as an attempt to blac.km.iil the Al- lies, says a Paris despatch. The newspapers say that the incident must be regarded very calmly. The Homme Libre, tho organ of Premier Clemenceau, says that such attempts at resistance will prove fu- tile, "Premier Lloyd George having demonstrated that the Allied govern- ments will be still more exacting than the miliary experts in regard to disarmament." The Matin says: â€" "Germany -for- gets too easily that she is vanquish- ed. The sole result of this incident will be that the rsvictual'.ing of Ger- many wfU now depend on the accept- ance by Germany of all conditions of the new armistice." HUNS TO BE HOUSED IWORK OF FEEDING ATVERSAIILES Slg^natories to the Peace Confer- ence Not Allowed to Enter Parin. A despatch from Paris says: â€" When the time for the signing of tho peace treaty anives, it is under- stood, Germany's representatives will be housed in one of the palaces at Versailles, and will not be permitted to enter Paris, as the French Gov- ernment does not care to undertake to afford protection to Germans in Paris. While the German signatories will not actually be prisoners, and must not be treate<l as such, public sym- pathy against Germany ;s so high in Paris that the French Government is unwilling to risk unpleasant inci- dents which might occur were the official Gei-man representatives to appear publicly. GREECE AND ITALY SEEKING CREDIT LOANS FROM CANADA A deKpatch from Paris says: â€" • Greece and Italy have joined the list of European nation:^ that are negotia- ting with Canada for credit in loans which would be employed in the pur- chase of supplies of manufac^ired goods in Canada. France and Ron- mania havo already signed contracts involving credits of $23,000,000 each, and discussions with Uelgium regard- ing a similar loan havo been pro- ceeding for some time. The negotiations with Greece and Italy am still In their infancy and the amount of the credits desired by these nations lias not yet been stated. It Is believed, howover. that Greece will be in a position to pay cash for most of tlie things she needs and would re- quire only fi small credit. TO ALLOW GERMANS VERY SMAIL FLEET A despafch from London says:â€" The Paris correspondent of the Lon- don Chronicle says the allies have agreed to limiit the German fleet to six battleships, five cruisers, twelve 800-ton destroyers, and 26 smaller desti-CAers. FRENCH GENERAL TO ASSIST COMMANDER OF POLISH ARMY A despatch from Paris says: â€" Major-General Henrys, of the French army, has been sent to Poland by the Supreme War Council as military aide to General Pilsudski, the com- mander-in-chief of the Polish army, j General Henrys was in immediate command of the French troops in the victorious Macedonian offensive of last September. The decision to send General Henrys to Poland was reach- ed by the Council after it had heard a statement by .M. Carton De Wiart. who recently returned from Warsaw. Canadian Red Cross .'ViKist Starving Prisoners in Siberia A despatch from Vladivostok says: â€" The desperate condition of enemy prisoners and returned Rus- sian prisoners in Siberia is now oc- cupying the attention of the Britisli and Canadian authorities and pro- posals are now under consideration by which the Canadian Red Cross would assume charge of the situation. Five carloads of supplies havo al- ready been shipped for the pnisonera, but immense operations are neces- sary to relieve 200,000 enemy prison- er.'? and 300,000 returning Russians. The British Red Cross unit in Siberia has been demobilized and the Canadians are carrying on the work. GERMANY BEGUN Large Stores Accumulated in Holland (o be Released â€" Payment in Coal. A despatch from London says:â€" The revictualUng of Germany begins this week. According to reliablo re- ports from Hullund reat supplies of foodstuffs whicli have been piling up there since the middle of February will now bo released. American ox- porters have been co-operating with tlie Relief Commission in tho last ten i days in getting wlieat and meat across tho .\tlantlc. The Chicago packers arranged for big meat shipments, and these are ready to be released the instant word comes from Brussels. They will he despatched to prearranged distribut- ing points within Gennany. I Several American exporters, after I making investigations of their own, re- ported tliat food conditions in Ger- j many and Austria were now at the lowest point and that starvation con- . dltions wore already apparent. This • Is particularly ti-ue in tho remoter parts. By the latter part of March the v.'hole of the enemy countries will re- ceive supplies, and these will continue to go forward until the ne.xt harvest. In London there is belief that condi- tions in Germany are exaggerated and many believe these reports are facill- tiited by tlie Government of Germany, which is anxious to impress the allies ; with their desperate plight and thus force revictualling on easy terms. The British Government, however, obtained reliable reports, and the real condition is known to be bad. Both Groat Britain and Franco object to the payment for food in German goods and prefer to have coal, and this will be supplied in suliicient quantities to moot Immediate needs. Hitherto the Ebert Government has balked over the terms of payment, and particularly over the question of giving up ships. Cut there can be no sham now. Jiither food must be supplied or the country turned over to the terrorists, and they know it. â€" ^^ Haig Turns Over Command Of Rhine Army to Robertson A despatch from London says: â€" Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has been appointed to succeed Gen. Sir William R. Robertson as Commander -in-Chied" of the Home Forces. Gen. Robertson is to be Commander- in- Chief of the Army of the Rhine. NO IMPOST ON CANADIAN WOOD A despatch from London says:â€" It is officially announced that all raw materials are now exempted from tho operation of the imports ban, in- cluding all kinds of wood and timber, hewn, sawn, planetl and dressed. WATER TURNED INTO NEW NIAGARA MAIN, A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont.. says: â€" Water was turned on Friday into the uew 13-foot wooden water main constructed through Victoria Park to give ."iCOOO additional horse- power to the Ontario Hydro Commis- sion, which will remedy all power shortage for the present. It is ex- pected one raiK:hlne at the Ontario Power plant will be in operation from the uew pipe on Monday. Tunnel Under Berring Strait Canada to London 'by Rail A despatch from London says: â€" The Daily Graphic, in publisihing further details of the Channel tunnel echeme, says it includes the construc- tion of a tunn^ from the Asiatic side under Berring Strait, where there is already a railway to Cape Prince of Wales, near Dawson City, Alaska, which would enable a paa- sengrer to make a through railway journey fi*om London to Canada, the United States and South America. -"'"-^ #â-  '?v."*^*-**:'-?'s; - fe«S^^--^ DIES FOR ATTACK ^ ON CLEMENCEAU .\ despatch from Paris says: â€" • Kmile Cotiin, the anarchist who re- cently made an attempt upon the lite of Premier Georges Clemenceau, was on Friday sentenced to death by the court-martial which was trying hira. The verdict of the court-martial wa? unanimous. CJX RELIEF BASES IN EASTERN AREAS A despatch from Wasliington says: Official advices on Fri'.lay f:om Con- stantinople said the committee for relief in the .N'ear East had established bases in Asia Minor at Trebizond, Erivan, Karput and Aloxandretta, from which food and clothing were being supplied to Armenians, Greeks and other sufferers. AMERICAN SOLDIERS I MARRY FRE.NCH GIRLS ! A. despatch from Pari.-i says:â€" I Within the iwst year 6,000 .\meri- i cans in F'-ancc have married French I women, according to The Petit Jour- ' nal. The brides for the most part, says the newspaper, were country girls or employes of town establish- ments. A British Cnmpetilor for the CrotB-.\tlantic Flight The Kennedy-Dawson biplane specially built to compete for "The Daily Mail" i;i0,000 Atlantic FUght Prize. Above, a sketch of the machine in flight; below, the interior arrangements, showing tho pilot house, crew's quarters, storage accommodation, and the entrance in the tail. "Let not the blessings we receiv* daily from God make us not to valu* or not to praise Him because they ar« common." â€" Ivuak Walton. The dairy business of .Alberta for 1918 has been valued at $27,500,000. The creamery butter output was well over 9,000.060 pounds, representing a selling value of $4,000,000 at tht creamei-ies. K««V<«,^^.»J^--.. ^XlM-O-XDNTOt X7: JE-^a^'X'scxaxc