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â€" Ne ie | _ Snd In the opinion of lime the Canadian fited from lower he has been a mate Despite high egg prices this year, 18.62 per cent. more were placed in storage than during last year. On August 1 there were 12.444.971 dozen held. which was about the same as during the previous month. Cheese Should be Avai‘able Cheese stocks showed an increase over these of the previous month, and an increase of 23.51 per cent. over the same â€" month one year before. The total held amounted to 14,697,â€" 041. and the Commissioner comments: "Now that the British price has dropped for cheose, this leaves a large _ amount â€" of _ good food that should be made available for Canâ€" adian _ consumption _ at â€" reasonable prices." Olcomargarine stocks showed little change. there: being 344,902 pounds, or ahout oneâ€"third of a month‘s reâ€" quirements, Time Consumers Benefited In the opinion of Dr. MeFail, it fs lime the Canadian consumer bene fited from lower Leef prices. "There has been a â€" material drop in the wholesule price of beef," he says; "consumers and retailers should see REMEDY IS INCREASED PRODUCTION. Lloyd George, said in the Commons toâ€"day that pensions cost the Government 160,000,000 pounds yearly. The Premier declarâ€" ed that the country in the way it has gone its adverse trade balâ€" ance would be 1,000,000,0000 pounds, compared with 150,000,000 before the war. ‘The remedy, he said, was increased production as the present production had declined in everything but agriculâ€" "*We cannot prosper," Mr. Lioyd Geor:,e said," we canrot even exist without recovering and maintainir © our international trade. We must bring up the trade balance, :.dding to our exports and lessening our imports." COosT OF THE WAR FOR DESTRUCTION. London, August JK.â€"â€"'l‘he war _ cost 40,09,000,000 pounds, Premier Lloyd George declared in his speech in the House of Comâ€" mons toâ€"day on the financial and industâ€"al situation, stating that most of this sum was spent for pursoses of destruction. The preâ€" mier asserted that the chansc‘sg from war to peace conditions would take just as long as the change from peéhce to war. _ The first outstanding fact of the present situation was the alarming arverse trade balance. The import restrictions which will termiâ€" nite on September 1st, the Premier continued, had given British manufacturers an opportunity of making and dealing in goods which otherwise would have been spent in foreign countries. ture. LARGE STOCKS zj IN STORAGE About Million and Quarter Pounds Butter More Than Year Ago. Otfawa, Ang. 17.â€"Th Cosh of Livâ€" ing Commissioner‘s report concernâ€" ing the stocks of food in storage in Canada shows an increase of approxiâ€" mately 1,250,000 pounds more butter held on August 1, than on the same date one year previous. On August L, 1919, there were 20,43.991 pounds of creamery and 1486.031 pounds of dairy held. â€" "Morebver,‘ Dr. MeFall reports, "from our winter‘s supply of last year more than six million pounds were commandeetred from fall producâ€" tiom, besides the large amounts taken wut of wholesale stocks for the British Ministry of Food in the summer and early fall by the Canada Food Board." MORE EGGS STORED Premier Lioyd George, when he appeared in the House of Commons, announced that it was his intention in his address to deal only with Great Britain‘s trade relations and her industrial poxition, including the coal management problem. â€" Many members said they expected the Premier to announce the Government‘s plans for Ireland and expressed disappointr:~nt that this subject wasn‘t to be discussed by Lioyd George. ‘ London, Aug. 18.â€"The great public interest in Premier Lloyd George‘s expected declarations of vital labor and economic quesâ€" tions in the House of Commons toâ€"day attracted crowds to the House of Parliament. Virtually every member of the House of Commons was in his seat when the Speaker took his chair. _ The lobbies, galleries and outside courts were crowded when the memâ€" bers of the Ministry arrived. â€" MUST BRING UP BBRITAIN‘S TRADE nouncement That He ‘Would Only Deal WithU(Gzq b Britain‘s Trade Relations and Industrial Position. Premjer, However, Cauges Disappointment Wi JUST KIDSâ€" the Pillar Fight GEF! ow :A ma Amn wC GottaA) AET WE OR "‘,S 7 & CUMY Haay (,/n"‘ ie * * Cuay _ 4 heC s es (Canadian Press ) Budapest, Aug. 18. â€"King Ferdinand of Roumania, according to reports from reliable quarters, paid a visit to Budaâ€" pest last week incignito. to reports i. Office, Hoa Seylet »forc and the esd (Canadian Press.) London, Aug. 18. _ The RBolsheviki have hbeen driven | from Odessa, the mos‘ important port on the Elaek Sea by the poputace of the cify, according to reports rsceived by the Rritish War Office, M oas repoded also that the Sovlet â€"forecs acs evacuationg | Kiev and the eatite Uhkonine district. KING FERDINAND OF ROUMANIA AT BUDAPEST? Soviet Forces Are Reported to be Evacuating f Kiev. BOLSHEVIKI ARE DRIVEN FROM ODESSA w ie A T BY ao CARTER in port yesterday mornine to partiâ€"; N9 A cipate in the welcome to H. R.37L }®‘an [thv Prince of Wales. _ She was reâ€"| has b ceived with a salute of nineteem zuns | ment, from the Citadel. and was then| from boarded by the Italian _ Consulâ€"Genâ€"| the 0 N’al for Canada. the of â€" Thanks the Liberals. be su Wm Aug. 17.â€"Hon. W. L. Macâ€" kenzi@ King, Leader of the Opposiâ€"| Gen tion, WAs received through _ Admiral|comm: Halsey, the following telegram from | Engla H. R. H. the Prince of Wales from | Melita Halifax; Sir Robert Borden has joined the Renown as the guest of the Prince until the landing at Quebec . Italian Warship Present. Halifax, Angust 17.â€" The lHalian battleship Conte di Cavour arrived His Royal Highnees returned to! Inncheon _ on the â€" Renown. After| lunch he landed â€" in civilian clothes: at Point _ Pleasant and strolled throngh the park to the head of the northwest arm. Then he made a detour around the citadel and emâ€" barked from the dockyard at five o‘clock. In the evening his Royal Highness save a dinnerc on the Renown, to which were invited _ the Lieutenant Governor, Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden, Premier George H. Murray, Gen. Thacher, G.0.C., and others. | _ Halifax, N. S., August 17. â€" The Prince of Wales attended Divine serâ€" viee aboard the Pragon at 9 o‘clock this morning before entering Halifax harbor, â€" then â€" fransferred immediateâ€" y after anchoring, to the Regown, where be reccived _ the commanding officers of the â€" Italian and French warships. Ife then made a short in spection of all three foareien versels. Gives Private Dinner on Renown, With Two Premâ€" iers as Guests. Toronto, August, i3â€"Formal apâ€" plication bas been made to the federal minister of finance by the Hydroâ€" Electric Power Commission, of Onâ€" tario, asking that the Domtnion Govâ€" ernment reimburse it approximately $5,000.000 for extraordinary war exâ€" penditures incurred on _ unavoidable extensions, due to the necessity of providing power on a large scale for the manufacture of munitions â€" and other materials for war purposes in order to meet the demands made by the manufacturers and the power conâ€" troller. In support of this applicaâ€" tion the commission has â€" forwarded to Sir Henry Drayton a file containâ€" ing the voluminous â€" correspondence and orders covering the period when the extensions were made. PRINCE WALKS ROUND HALIFAX HYDRO BOARD WANTS REFUND No rify he knew of had a hetter knowledge of that carps than Halifax none perhaps kne® it so well. To no units in the corps, had he even looked with more conKdence than the old It. €%, It. and the 25(h. He hoped some day to be back ir Halifax, and he believed it would no require a war to bring him here. In his reply to the address Gen. Currie said it was hard to find words adequately to thank the citizens of Halifax for their kindness. He felt so keenly on returning that somehow the words to tell of it did not seem to come. Of one thing he was sure, that home in Canada, he would be able to renew the associations and comradeâ€" ships of four years of war. _ These would never be forgotten. . He would always prize this gift from Halifax for one reason, because it was the first tangile token of his countryâ€" men‘s @ppreciation, which Gen. Currie said he took as "a token of appreciaâ€" tion of the Canadian corps." Gen. Currie carefully inspected the guard of honor and following this the presentation took place The wife of the mayor presented to Lady Currie a handsome bouquet and cheers were given for Sir Arthur and Lady Currie. General Overcome. The address was replied to by the general in a brief speech in which he displayed considerable emotion. â€" His voice broke as he spoke of his pleaâ€" sure at being back and of the joy it would be to him to renew old friendâ€" ships and comradeships. The address testified to Gen. Cur rie‘s great work as leader of the Ca nadian army and to his marked con sideration for the men in the ranks. Sir Arthur was presented with a civic Ad@igess of welcome and a handâ€" same piece of silver "on behalf of the city and "the whoje of Canada," and left immediately afterwards on _ the Ocean Limited ter Montreal. The crowd present at the ceremony was not large wecause of the early hour, but it included many representative citizens and representatives of the Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Halifax early this morning on the transport Orduna after nearly _ five years overseas. OFFICER 18 OVERCOME Commander of Canadian Corps Réturns to His Halifax, N. S., August 17.â€"General for 1 (Canadian Press.) [ London, Aug. 18. â€"A decree declarâ€" ling Admiral Kolchak and all the Rusâ€" sian cabinet at Omsk to be outlaws has been issued by the Soviet Governâ€" ment, accordimg to a wireless received from Moscow. Admiral Kolchak and the officer comanding forces of the the officer commanding forces of the be subject to imediate arrest. 4 alto. Gen. Sir Richard Turner, Y. C., commander of the Canadian forces in England,, sailed for Canada on the M:l_lu. which probably brings troops KOLCHAK AND CABINET ARE CALLED OUTLAWS Western graimgrowers want the â€"‘The following report of conditions at the House of‘ Refuge in case of fire, has been submitted to the Board of Management by Fire Chief Guerin: Kitchener, Ont., Aug 15th. Mr. Samuel Cassel, Secretary of the House of Refuge Board, Kitchener, Ont. Dear Sir:â€"Acting on the advice of the Inspector, of Prisons and Public Charities in his report on the House of Refuge, dated April 10th,, 1919, togéther with instrucâ€" tions from the Fire and Light NEW AMBASSADOR FOR ITALY READY TO LEAVE FOR NEW POST. Mr. and Mrs. Brand Whitlock are now in Paris awaiting the confirmaâ€" tion by the Senate of Mr. Whitâ€" lock‘s nomination as Ambassador to Italy. foping _ your _ Honornble Body will give this your kind attenâ€" tion, the above institution in case of fire. 1 might say the putting up of two fire escapes aliminated the daner ol the loss of life in case of fire to a certain extent, but where there are so _ many helpless inmates it will be diffiâ€" cult matter to get them out, especiâ€" ally in winter, when the excapes are covered with ice and snow. My opinion is that this Imilding wonuld be a hnman griddle should a fire break ouf during the night, as there are no fire doors to preâ€" vent the fire from spreading from one end of the buiking to the other. | would recommenid, should a new addition be added to the old building, / that _ it _ be absolut ely fireproo{ â€" constrnction, with fire walls, fire doors, and interior fire escupes, as vyou cannot build a public institution of this kind too yafe. the hourly service from Kitchener will start at 12.05 noon and will con tinue until 1105 at night The last car to Galt however will leave Kitâ€" chener at 10.05 as the 11.06 car will only go to Preston. would be a hunma a fire break out i as Tthere are no fi vent the fire from one end of the . other. I would rec a new addition be building, / that _ it service on.Sunday afternpons . to an hourly instead of two hour service. Commencing on Supday August 17th opens to the fire escupe has to be kept screened to keep the inmates from getfing out. I also find that two men sleep in the garret with no means of escape, only a small stairway down to the third story. These are only a few of the serâ€" ious conditions which exist in the above institution in case of fire. 1 might say the putting up of two fire escapes aliminated the daner ol the loss of life in case of fire to a cerlain evient To eger e bett on (he Pfi found Committee of the City Council, I have made an inspection of the House of Refuge on this date, reâ€" garding the condition of the buildâ€" ing and fire visk. J find conditions practically the same as on the other occasions when I inspected the above building. There is nothâ€" ing done with rewiring, only in a few places where it is put in conâ€" duit. This 1 consider is a serious condition. 1 find on the second story there are 12 women who are practically helpless. Should a fire occur, which is possible at any time in an institution of this kind where there is no control over theâ€"inmates carrying ratches to their beds, the result would be serious, as the window | which opens to the fire escupe has to be kept screened to keep the inmates from getfing out. J also find that HOUSE opgnpwm DANGEROUS IN CASE OF FIRE Yours truly, 1 GCERIN, Chief of Fire Department (Canadian Press.) Washington, _ Ang. 18. Vigorous ) representations . were made to the‘ Mexican Government toâ€"day by the‘ State â€" Department concerning the‘ capture and detention ‘of two Ameriâ€". can soldiers by bandits who demnml-l ed $1500 ransom. D. J. Taylor, a farmer, of Wiarton, eral candidate at next election for the: Ontario Legislature was ratified STRONG PROTEST SENT MEXICO BY U. 8. GOVERNMENT â€" The City Council is evidently not taking very strong interest in the House of Refuge question, as only three out of the fifteen alderimen went out to visit the institntion on Satar day. The question of Imilding an exâ€" tension to the building will be disâ€" cussed at the meeting of the Council toâ€"night, but just how derply _ the aldermen will go into the question is hard to predict as there were only three who inspected the institution | Another important topic will be the King street subway at the G. T. R. ‘f‘mssinu. It is understood that Mr. tT. H. Rieder is greatly interested in :the proposed subway and if possible .will be at the meeting to give an outâ€" ‘line of an inexpensive way in which ;lho subway project may be accomâ€" ’plishml. The meeting will conclude {with a discussion of the fecessity of chaving a United States Consulatr esâ€" Only Three Members of City Council Visited House of Refuge on Saturday. . tablished here CITY ALDERMEN DISPLAY LACK Uniform Rates. Foliowing the railway discussfon will be a discussion of the uniform Hydro rates as being advanced by the Goderich Board of Trade, and deâ€" legates will be appointed to represent the local Board of Trade at a special committee meeting of the Western Ontario Boards of Trade to be held at London next Friday and Saturday, for the purpose of going into the arctâ€" ments advanced by Goderich. It is understood the Kitchener delegation will be opposed to the uniform rate idea. s . The Board of Trade meeting called for Tuesday night promises to be a record breaker as far as programme and interesting | questions are â€" conâ€" cerned. There are some big topics slated for discussion and the meeting should have a large attendance judgâ€" ing from the nature of the questions which are to be discussed. Theâ€" exâ€" tension of the Grand River Railway through Kitchener to Linwood and thence to Goderich will be promoted, an invitation being extended to Minâ€" ager Kirkwood of the Railway to be present at the meeting. _ It is underâ€" stood that the railway is seriously contemplating the extension and â€" it will be the purpose of the meeting to urge the company to proceed as soon as possible, General Meeting of Board of Trade Has Big Program. WILL DISCUSS MANY TOPICS Serious exception is being taken by a number of citizens, who claim to have learned that the Chamber | of Commerce proposes to establish the new municipal industrial area along the line of the Grand Trunk, miles from the city railway. A spirit of anâ€" tagonism to public ownership is allegâ€" ed to have manifested itself, as a reâ€" sult of which the business would be thrown to the Grand Trunk, despite the fact that money for the area was secured by vote of the taxpayers. ‘ Arrangements were made some time ago for a $50,000 credit to carry on the business of the railway, but the earnâ€" ings, even in the soâ€"called quiet perâ€" tod, were sufficient to cover all costs, and it was found unnecessary to make use of the credit. The report for the last fi #) year of the railway will soon be a@@!able. and & is claimed that it will show a substantial increase in earnings, while large sums have been expended on imâ€" provements to the property London, Ont., Aug. 12.â€"The London & Port Stanley Railway, electrifed &6 a mode} for the proposed system of Hydro electric radials, added to its lgurels toâ€"day when cheques for $48,400 were forwarded to City Treasurer Bell. The cheques, which were signed by Viceâ€"Chairman Philip Pocock, were drawn on the earnings of the road, and ipclude ful) payment of all accrued interest and sinking fund charges, and in addition $10,000 for rental due. As the alleged result of delay on the part of the City Council in disposing of debentures for the railway, interest charges are a po! higher than was previously exw\%&. road had. an additional §$10, %o .pay on that account. Eui. OF INTEREST ler, which may mean that Sir Adam Beck has something up Ris sleeve, or merely that estimates are being preâ€" pared of the proposed line from El mira to â€" Gait. A prominent local Hydro man also deelareil this mornâ€" ing that if the city asked for it the Hydro would resurvey the line from Guelph to Fergus, which would proâ€" HYDRO SURVEYS LINE FROM GALT ‘TO ELMIRA Guelph, Aug. 17. it is reported that the Hydro has surveying parties out th the . neighborhood of Kitchener, Waterloo, Galt, Preston and Hespeâ€" W E R E REMAEDED AUTO THIEVES TAKE RUNABOUT Get Away With Jerome Lang‘s Car; Caught Later. The results of the teachers‘ sum mer courses, as announced by the De partment of Education this morning, ‘mvlude several names of Kitchener tearchers. _ Mrs. Abbie McFadyen, of the kindergarten staff of _ Suddaby School, has qualified for her certificate as teacher of auxiliary qglasses. Miss Isabe] M. Wilson, of the Courtland Ave. staff, successfully completed her course for the interim | Kindergartenâ€" primary certificate, valid in a kindâ€" ergartenâ€"primary or for the position of aseistant to a kindergarten director. Miss. Marjorie Stumpf, of Kitchener, who is teaching in Bloomingdale, passed her Part 1 examinations, qualiâ€" fying ber for the position of assistant in a kindergartenâ€"primary class for one year. . Longon, Aug. 1$.â€"The coal miners of Yorkshire, of Wwhom more than 200,â€" 000 men have been on .strike since July 21, decided toâ€"day to resume work. This action was Bo & mass meeting of the d «t Barnsley i Recommended by Executive Gouwncil The Executive Council of the York shire Miners‘ Association, at a meet CITY TEACHERS QUALIFY FOR 1 HIGHER WORK Executive Councif of Miner s‘ Associati mmmmum Guelph, August 17.â€"‘The largâ€" est dividend in the history of the Guelph â€" Junction â€" Railway," is what the directors of the road said this morning at their meetâ€" ing in the office of Col. A. H. MacDonald, secretary of the railâ€" way. The dividend is at the rate of 12 per cent. of the capiâ€" tal stock of the line, and amounts to the handsome sum !0; the quarter of $20,400. ‘The neurest approach to this record _ was some | years ago, when 11 per cent. was declared making a total at that time of $18,810. The reports‘ presented to the directors this time indiâ€" cate that the current quarter will exceed the past. GUELPH JUNCTIOOL PAYS 12 PER CENT. Referendum on Political (Canadian Press.) ing ‘Tuesday, [mtum go back to *** ) posed direct action 0,â€" | the political ce | by the executive of mne | ance in London on & | in the policy of the «t pueeded consideration, ‘have ‘played an impor cil causing the postponement. kâ€" / Alliance is .composed of etâ€" ; railwaymen and the trangp Mr. A. H. Steen sold hiw perty to Dr. Wagnet of Ki week. On _ Wednesdag packed his furniture anid a Montreal, where he by Amesâ€"Holden, and and Mrs. Steen aré Kitchener for a few (Canadian Press.) Buffalo, _ Aug. 18.â€"Albor bauam, mgtor cy®Ié polfcei shot one of two # thie r »_ he was to "!he North ’l‘onun.g rlation,. carly toâ€"day. One B. Judge. of Niagara Falls arrest. _ His companion, ki as "Jack," who is alleged killed _ the _ officer, policeman‘s motorcycle. l Has Shipped Furnitur®; Escapes ons@ifficer Cycle After Mut Companion He AUTO THIEE KILLS @UFEI _ Halifax, Aug. mâ€"su-‘ig announced that Bir R et. would be unable to partich functions arranged in h ,\ Prince of Wales at least, w is reached. The injury evit the Premier when he sprained his ankle is M than at first supposed. . t have been severed and Sir q been ordered to keep to.h: several days. He got up f ed to dress this mofhing *ti impossible to use his foo an back to bed again. 2 SIR ROBE INJURES HM N Unable to Part Welcome to P: Wales. o‘cleck There â€"was «another crash and Foun streets enrl1 evening. g’smnlord car this. Od#@, car was turuifig Foundry St. ard the other wa along King street when : t came. Both cars were sl aged, but their was no ono'1 accident happened between [ Courtland avenue and QU intersection was thaifiug"i crash last evening," shortl o‘clock, when a Ford auk touring car came together siderable impact. > All off were moving rather of speed and they m intersection, two on aik smashing broadsi there > excitement for a y ately no one wnsm were badly bent. An .gi liston is bad enough 1 coming together, but there 1 interest to last night‘s w to the third car mixing the other two. The twog head on were promptly the third and sent smfl' eurb. There were some, of the cars and their scues mented the dmmnxlm moment. Two of. care . to get away on their ow and they did so, illtll’a impossible to e?thfil‘r io m believed â€"the & car wak‘ United States. +$ Cars Smashed By pants Luckily Bs Uninjured. TWO . COL me together act. > All of Nn b on dsi tharfl_ F & ment. was a:g but