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The Exeter Advocate, 1917-2-15, Page 7( 110LIANDS DEFENCES FROZEN UP EAST FRONTIER LIES EXPOSED For That Reason Netherlands Government Declines to Follow President, Wilson's Lead. . A deSpatch from The Hague aYS: The Netherlands Govermnent, through the American Legation at The Hague, has formally declined to accept Presi- dent Wilson's suggestion that it fol- low the course of the United States and break off diplomatic relations with Germany. Holland's refusal to follow Presi- dent Wilson's lead has naturally given satisfaction• in German and pro -Ger- man circles, where the efrectiveness-of the German principle of terrorism Is regarded as once more vindicated. It •would be a mistake to assume that the Dutch are not in sympathy with Presi- dent Wilson'e action, but the German menace has overborne their generous natural impulses. ADM MARKETS Toronto, Feb. 13--Martitobe. wheat -- New No. 1 Northern, $1.88; No. 2, do., $1.853; No. 3, do., $1.80;• No. 4 wheat, $1.71,3, track Bay ports. 010 crop trad- ing 4c. above new Orel/ • • Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W. , 67c; No. 3 C.W., 65c; extra No. 1 feecl, 65c; No. 1, 04c, track Bay ports. American corn -No. 3 yellow, 31.13, ' subject to embargo. - Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 62 to 64c, nominal; No. 3 white, 61 to 68c, nomi- nal, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per ear lot, $1.70 to 31.72; No. 3. do., 51„68 to $1.70, according to freights outside. Peas --No. 2, 32,35, according to freights outside, Barley -Malting, 31.15 to 31,20, ac- cording to frol hts outside. Buckwheat .1.28, nominal, according to freights outside. Rye -No, 2, 31.38 to 21.40, according Lo freights outside Manitoba flour--ll'Irst patents, In jute bags, $0,50; second patents, in jute bags, $9.00; strong bakers', In jute bags, 38.60, Toronto. Ontario flour -Winter, according to sample, 37.0,0 to $7.19, in bags, track, Toronto, prompt. shipment; 36.90, bulk seaboard, export tsade. Millfeed-Car iota, delivered Montreal freights, bags Ineluded--Bran, per ton, 335; shorts, per ton, 340; good feed flour, per bag, 32.70 to 35.80. Ilay--Bxtra No. 2, per ton, 312; mixed, per ton, 39 to 311, track Toronto. Straw -Oar lots, per ton, $9, track Toronto, Country Produe--Wholesale Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 36 to 35c; creamery prints, 43 to 45c; solids, • 42 to -43c. '•-•• Eggs --,-No. 1 storage, 44 to 45c; stor- age, selects, 46 to 480; new -laid, in car- tons, 65 to 560; (nit of cartoqs, 52 to 540. Live poultry -Fowl, lb., 16 to 18c; chickens, lb., 18 to 20c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 22 to 250; fowl, 20 to 22c; ducks, 22 to 25c; squabs, per doz., 34.00 to ,34.50; turkeys, ,2S to 310; geese, 18 to no. Cheese -New', large, 255 to 26cg,twins. • 26 to 265c; triplets, 265 to 5620; old, large, 265e; twins, 265 to 27c. Honey-W,hite clover, 25 -ib. tins,, -14c; 3 -Ib. tins, 13 to 1350; 10 -lb., 125 to 130; 60-1b., 12 to 13c; buckwheat, 60 -lb. tins, to Ole. Comb honey -extra fine and cavy weight, per doz., $2.75;„ select, 2.60 to 32.75; No. 2, $2 to 52.25. •Potatoes -Ontario, per bag, 62.60 to 82.75; New I3run8wick Delawares, per bag, 32.90 to 33.00; Albertas, per bag, 32.85 to 32.90. , „7 Beans -Imported, hand-picked, per bush., $6.26; Canadian, hand-picked, per bush., 37.00, Canadian prunes, $6,00 to 36.60; Limas, per ib., 10 to 105c. Provislons--177holesale. Smoked meats --Hams, niedium, 26 to 26c; do., heavy, 22 to 23c; cooked, 85 to 37c; rolls, 21 to 220; breakfast bacon, 25 `to 2Sc; backs, plain, 27 to 28c; bone- less, 29 to 82o. Lard -Pure lard, tierces, 215 to 222c; tubs, 212 to 22c; pails, 22 to 223c; Com-, geTs the ionpliutacsil eGovernxnent'saeenti P nt awk ei n defences apparently do not possess as seriously in some quarters, but in fair- nesssays,largely lies exposed at the to the Dutch it should always be remembered that their east frontier, as the Nieuwe Rotterdarnsche Courant pre- sent moment. After such a long per - led of hard :frost its chief system of much value -as they are reputed to ll have in normal times. I undoubtedly be approved by the Dutch people on prudential grounds. It is interesting to note that the Frank- furter Zeitung hint of a few days ago that European neutrals would etnbarle on a highly hazardous adventure if they acted on President Wilson's sug- Curecl meats -Long clear bacon, 18 to 1,82-,c per lb.; clear bellies, I6 to 1313e. CANADIAN ORDER OF FIISTEB IAS SPLENDID RECORD EOR 116 WiLL READJUST jrS RATES Society Proposes to Place Its Business on a Basof 100 Per Gent, Ac aerial Solvency, ' The Canadian Order of Foresters nes had a record possibly without Parallel lo the history of Fraternal Insurance Associations operating hi Canada. This Society was instituted in 1879. In 1885 it enaeted a table of monthly assessments which has been in force from that time down to the present without a single change. During that _period all other Fraternal Insurance Societies, it is claimed, have found it necessary to revise rates, until this Society stands as the' only prominent institution operating upon a remark- ably low schedule of rates. .In 1916 the Society paid out in death claims over $726,000.00. Notwithstanding this large payment it added to the Insur- ance Fund, for the year, over $422,- 000,00, The balance Standing to the credit of the Insurance Fund on the 31st of December last was $5,628,343,00. In spite of this most unusual record, the Society decided to have a most thorough and comprehensive investi- gation made of its actuarial etanding. This course was thought wise on ac- count of the legislation passed by the Ontario Legislature at its last session. The Legislature in 1916 passed-- an A.ct which requires that all Fraternal Insurance Societies shall, on or before the first day o2 April, 1918, file a re- port with the Registrar of Friendly Societies, which report shall contain a valuation of all its Insurance Certi- hcates in force eni the 31st December, 1917. This report must not only show the Insurance Liability which the So- ciety has undertaken to pay, but 'also the Assets which the Societe, has avail- able, in the way of accumulated Funds, and future assessments for the pay- ment of the Insurance Liabilities as they mature. The object of this state- ment is to show the degree of actuar- ial solvency which each Society has, as of December 31st, 1917. The Act provides further, that at the end of each three-year period, after 1917, a similar statement of valuation shall be filed in order to ascertain whether or not the Society has maintained its degree of actuarial solvency. The ob- ject of the Act is, that where a society shows at the end of the first three- year term that it has not maintained its degree of actuarial solvency that there shall be such an increase in rates as will insure that the society shall maintain the degree of solvency which it had on 31st December, 1917, or improve that position. In view of this legislation, the Can- adian Order of Foresters decided not to wait until the 31st Deeember,"1917, to ascertain the facts required by the Act, and, shortly after the Act was passed, in 1916, this Society engaged Mr. Abb Landis, of Nashville, Tennes- see, for the purpose of investigating its actuarial standing, as of the 31st December, 1915. Mr. Landis is one of the leading actuaries on the American continent to -day, and is so recognized in the Insurance world. His experi- ence extends over a term of twent • fve years, eighteen years of which 11- b l een. devoted exclusively to Fraternal Insurance Associations. In these eighteen years Mr. Landis has advised with one hundred and eighty-six socie- ties, six of these societies being Cana- dian. He has also been for fifteen years on the Committee of Statutory Legislation of the National Fraternal Congress, and has been prominently identified with the drafting of all bills dealliig with Fraternal Insurnce 1egis lation. Mr. Landis is also the author of eight books on Insurance, which are accepted as authorities to -day. The Actuary has found that during its whole experience of thirty-six years, the Canadian Order of Fores- ters has had an exceptionally favor- able mortality experience. Because of this exceedingly favorable mottality exterienee, and the large amount of aecunmlated funds, Mr. Landis has :Montreal Mark et a Montreal, Feb. 13--Oats--Canaillan western, No, 2, 72c; do., No. 3, 69c; ex- tra No, 1 feed, 080. Barlcy-Man, Feed, 975e; malting, 31.30. Flour -Man, Spring wheat patents, firsts, 39.00; econds, 39.10; strong bakers', 58.90; Winter patents, choice, 39.25; straight rollers, 38.60 to $8.80; do., bags, 24,10 to 34.25. Rolled oats -barrels, 20,95 to $7.15, do,., bags, ., I s., 3.35 to $3.4g. Bran -$33 to 334. Shorts -.$36 to 33r. Middlings, 228 to 340. Mouillie, $18 tq $48. Ray -No. 2, per ton, car lots, 113. Cheese ---Finest westerns. 26 to 261o; eastern, 25 to 253c. 13utter-- Choicest creamery, 42 to 4230; seconds, 89 to 41c. lligg-s-Fresit, 58 to 60c; selected. 40c: No. 1 stock. 43e; No. 2 stock, 35c, Potatoes ---per bag, car lots, 32,75 to 33.00. G Winnipeg rain `119nnipes, Feb. 13 -Cash prices Wheat -No. 1 Northern, 31.05; No. 2 Northern, 31.625; No. 3 Northern, 31.57; No, 4, 31.48; No. 5, 31.28; No, 6, $1.02; Teed, 90c. Oats -No. 2 C.W,, 637,c; No. 3 C.W., 525o: extra No, 1 feed, 523c; No. 1, 505c; No, 2, 495c, Barley -No. 8 C. 98c,• No. 4; 83c; rejected, 75o; feed, 750, Flasc-No, 1 N.W.C.„ 32.55; No. 2 Vaited States Markets 'Minneapolis, Feb. 13 -Wheat -May. 31.73; duly. 31.705 to 31.71; cash, No. 1 hard. 31.813 to 31.831; No. 1 Northern 21.748 to $3.778 Corn -No. 8 yellow, 073 to 9850. Oats-No.'3 white, 615 to 525e, Flour unchabg,ed. Bran -351.00 to 382.00. Duluth, Feb, 13 -Wheat -On track, No. 1 hard, 31.765; No. 1 Northern, 31.751; NC. 2 Northern, 31.705 to $1.733: Lin- seed, --To arrive, 32.823; . May, 32.855; July, 32.855. lave Stook markets • Toronto, Feb. 13---Cheice lidavy steers, $10.75 to 311.26; do., good,310.35 to 310.50; butchers' cattle, choice, 3 0. 5 to 310.60; do., good, 29.75 to 310.10; do., medium, $9.10 to 29:25 rio., common, 38.15 to 38.25; butchers' bulls, choice, $9 to 39.50; do., good bulls, $S.25 to' 18.50; do. medium bulls, 37.50 to 38; do., rough bulls, $5.15 to 35.35; butchers' cows, choice, 32.80 to 36; do., good., 58 to 38.20r do., medium, $7,25 to 27.75: stockers, 36.26 to 38.00; choice feeders, 38 to 55.50; canners and cutters, 55 to 55,40; milkers. choice,'each, $70 to 3115; , do., corn. and med., each, 340 to 369.; springers, $50 to 3110; light ewes. 59.20 to 310.60; sheep, heavy, 56 to 37.60; calves, good to choice, 211.75 to 314; lambs, choice. 313.60 to 215; med„ 50.75 to 310.25; hogs, fed and watered, 314.60 to 414.75; do., weighed off cars, $14...90 to 315.00; do., f.o.b., 513.76 to 313_85. Montreal, Feb. 13 -Choice steers. 310.50; good steers. 38 to 310; butchers' bulls, choice. 37.60 to 39, canner s bulls, 55.50 to 35.75; butchers' cows, choice, 37.50 to 35.60 ; good, 56 to $7: canner's cows, $5.25; calves, milk fed. $12 to 314; hay fed, 36 to 37; lambs, $13.50; sheet), 37.50to 39, hogs, choice selects, off cars, 515; sows and light, 313; stags, 312, SLAVE RAIDS IN RUMANIA SIMILAR TO MDSE IN BELGIUM been able to prepare unusually favor- All Males From 16 to 67 Are Being Transferred to Germany French, Russians, Italians and Portuguese Are Protected' ' by %Amish Legation. -.e A despatch from Paris' says :-The Rumanian Minister of Foreign Affairs telegraphed on Wednesday to the Ru- manian Legation in Paris that Ger- many has begun to transport for in- terment- in Germany all Rumanian males from 16 to 67 years old, al- though the French,. Russians, Italians and Portuguese, protected ,by the Spanish Legation, are being left in the country. "This treatment, .so the German say,12 reads the telegram, "is be- eause Rumania gave up to Russia the Germans in its power'and that these were transported to 'Siberia. It is absolutely false that Rumania has ever delivered German subjects to Russia. It has not, then, been pos- sible for them to be sent- to Siberia. "The German Government itself counts so little upon the pretext in -yok- ed that before announcing its decision to transport Rumanians to Gefmany it proposed to the Rumanian Govern- ment the exchange of Germans intern- ed in Rumania for Rumanians in Bel- gium." able monthly assessmenterates, which 'theenable the Society to provide for the payment of all future claims. These rates of assessment, as com- pared with rates "deduced from other mortality tables, is very much to the advantage of the members of the Can- adian Order of Foresters. In constructing a mortality table on the experience of the Society, Mr. Lan- dis has eliminated the first five years of membership duration. The object of this course is in order to insure the death rate under more nearly normal conditions than would be possible by taking the first five years of duration into consideration. During the first five years there is a gain from recent medical selection. Ile has recommen- ded a sehedule of rates, which, based upon the report which will be filed as of the 31st December, 1917, should show more than 100 per cent, of actuarial solvency, because of margins of safety which may be classified as fellows :-- First: There would he gains from. actual interest earned in excess of 4 per cent., which is the amount the • pp gm ft_ 44, 0. 40 Om NI ets trAll, &MY. WJIkt4 SI 1' IIIPAIIK.111. or ..r.,00motoo Aett ary Axes as the basis of calcula- tion As a matter of fact, the average., ince 'est earned by the Society, upon its Inseratme Fund, as at present in- vested, is 5,44 per cent. As the 'Se- curities held by the Society are most- ly for long terms, there should be a substantial gain on Interest account. Second: There Would be a saving .from a lower death rate by reason. of the fact that the first five years of menthership has been eltininated by Mr. Landis In, ,constructing MS mor- tality table. Third: There would also bo gains from accumulation forfeited through lapses, No allowance was made for such gaine. in fixing the schedule of rates. • 'Fourth: There would be a surplus in contributions owing to the fact that, after eliminating the first five years of membership, the Actuary "loaded the tabular rates by an arbitrary sum to make assurance doubly sure. Notices of motion have gone out to the membership providing for read- justment, and this legislation will be considered at the next meeting ofethe High Court of the Order in June. The rates for members who are new in the Order start at sixteen, with a monthly assessment of 65e; , at twenty the rate is 69e; at thirty, 85c; at thirty-five, $1.08; at forty-five, $1.58, with gradually increasing rates for the older ages. The rates for new mem- bers start at sexteen, with a rate of 65c; at twenty, •73e; at thirty, 31.02; itt thirty-flye, $1.23; at forty, 31.52; at forty-four, $1.832 Two options are given to those who are already members of the Order. One option provides that all mem- bers who are between the attained ages of sixteen to forty-five, inclusive, ages elect to take term Insurance, which will entitle them to carry their present Insurance at their present rate until they have attained the age of sixty years. Members between the attained ages of forty-six and fifty- five, Inclusive, may elect to 'continue the present amount of their Insur- ance, at tb.e present rates., as terne In- surance for a period of fifteen years. Those members who are between the attained ages of fifty-siX and sixty- nine, inclusive, can carry their pre- sent protection as term Insurance, at their present rate, for ten years. Term protection of members between the attained 'ages of seventy to seven- ty-six gradually decreases 'from Bine years at the age of seventy to three year's at the age, of seventy-six and over. • The second option insures to all members no matter when admitted, when they attain the ago of seventy, and over, the right to paid up Insur- ance for amounts set out ine the schedule prepared by the Actuary, where such members do not desire to continue to pay the life rates. This schedule entitles the members from sixteen to eighteen to paid up Insur- ance for 3900 at the age of seventy, which amount gradually decreases as the attained age of the member in- creases. The adoption of the proposed re- adjustment will place the Samety an a basis of absolute solvency from an actuarial standpoint, and enable It to maintain its splendid position in the world of Fraternal Insurance. BATONS AND RIFLE BUTTS USED UPON WOMEN A despatch from Amsterdam says: -Hunger riots are occurring in Wesel. The Telegraaf learns from the frontier that Dutch workmen living in the Rhine Province who spend Sundays in t 1 tl t wee distur- Holland std e t la as w e bances occurred in Wesel. Hundreds of women marched to the town hall •and implored the burgomaster for potatoes. The burgomaster replied there were na potatoes. They pro ceeded across the Rhine, invaded the village and plundered potato stores. Soldiers and police dispersed the wo- men. Many women were struck with batons and rifle butts and fell sense- less and were taken to hospitals. This IS described as' typical of frequent similar occurrences elsewhere. HAIG PUSHES HIS SIICCESS IN FRESH DRIVE ON ANCRE Advances Also Reported Beyond Village of Grandeourt-Takes The Suminit of the Sailly-Saillisel HilL A despatch from London says :- The suceess of the British squeezing movement which is closing in on Bap- aurne„.both from the west, and south- west , was accentuated 'op ,Thursday when General. Haig's troops captured the highest point of the Sailly-Saillisel Hill, just northwest of the point where. the French were held up in the Somme drive last fall. Advances are also recorded beyond the village of Grand - court, which was captured on. Wednes- ,elay. Referring to this sector, the official statement says: "The ground we have gained on the Anere since the new year now represents an ad- vance of an average depth of nearly three-quarters of a mile on a front of over three miles,' On the crown of the elevation at Sailly-Saillisel was an important Ger- man position which the British report declares was captured in its entirety. -Seventy-eight prisoners, including two officers, were taken together with a inent refers to the engagement which is spoken of as "in prog,ress," but is eilent on any further fighting along the, Ancre. The British, however, declare that they have made progress on both sides of the Ancre. During the night the Baillescourt Farm, on the road be- tween Beaucourt and Miramont, was attacked and captured, and on the south side of the stream a hostile trench near Grandcourt was carried. These two operations netted an addi- tional eighty-two prisoners with one officer. That the resumption of the British offensive ott the Somme has widened to a front of about seventeen miles is indicated by the report of a successful raid south of Bouchavesnes, not far from Peronne. General Haig also chronicles the re- pulse of German attacks at Gueuecle- court and La Bassee and the explosion caused by artillery fire behind the enemy's lines near Ypres. STORMY WEATHER HARb ON BABY The stormy, blustery weather which we have during Februarysand March is extremely hard on children. Con- ditions make it necessary for the mo- ther to keep them in the house. They I are often confined to overheated, bad- ly ventilated rooms and catch colds which rack their whole system. To guard against this a box of Baby's Own Tablets should be kept in the house and an occasional dose given the baby to keep his stomach and bowels working regularly. \This will not fail to' break up colds and. keep the health of the baby in good condition till the brighter days come along. The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, °zt FRANCE WILL LOAN 3300,000,000 $300,000,000. TO ALLIES. A despatch from. Paris says: The Chamber of Deputies on Thursday passed a bill authorizing the Minister of Finance to loan 1,500,000,000 francs to the allies and friendly nations. This is in addition to 2,300,000,000 ad- vanced to the allies and friendly na- tions authorized by the law of De- cember 29, 1915. Deputy Emile Con- stant enquired as to who were "the friendly nations" referred to. The Fin- ance Minister explained that the ad- vances were made in common, and the question' should continue confidential. ''GERMAN ANTHEM TABOO. Michigan High School Hisses "The Watch on the Rhine." A despatch from Albion, Mich., says :-A good mob scene for a movie photographer was obtainable when "The Watch on the Rhine" was an- nounced as the morning song at the Albion High School chapel services on Thursday. Hissing, cat -calling and other disturbances greeted the an- nouncement, and with 0110 accord the I students stood to their feet and gave the most enthusiastie rendering of "America" ever heard in the vicinity. The German anthem is 110137 taboo as a chapel song. $30,000,000 A DAY COST OF WAR TO BRITAIN. A despatch :from London says: Boner Law asked in the House of Commons on Monday .for £550,000,000, the largest amount asked at any single sitting by any statesman in our financial history. No less than £200,000,000 needed to carry the war to March 31, the end of the financial year. We are therefore spendingnow in five or six weeks as much as was spent in the year immediately before the war. The second vote of £350,- 000,000 is needed to give a good be- ginning to the next financial year. The average expenditure in 1914-15 of £1,500,000 per day grew to £3,500,000 per day in 1915-16, and will be nearer £6,000,000 than £5,000,000 per day for the middle of 1916-1?. ENTENTE TO FINISH THE WAR BY THE CLOSE OF SUMMER A. despatch from London says :--- Addressing a meeting. in London Wed- nesday night, John Hodge, Minister of Labor, said he thought he was giving away no secret in saying that at the recent conference between representa- tives of the Entente allies the deter- mination bad been arrived at to ter- minate the war by the end of Sum - FOR A RAD COUGH Marc is a fine , old-fashitlfred recipe for coughs, colds or catarrh trouble that has been used 'With grea.t success. Get from your drug- gist 1 oz, of Parmint ,(Double Strength) about 75c worth and acid to it 3 pint of hot water and 4 oz. of • granulat ed sugar. This will make full half a pint when mixed. Take one tablespdonful 4 times a day. • No .more racking 12our whole body with a cough. Clogged nos- trils should open, air passages of your head clear up so you can breathe freely, It is ea.s.y to pre - Pare. costa little and is pleasant to take. 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