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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Times, 1912-7-18, Page 20 tilLINiON IS BUILDING, ix MonthsRecord in Twenty.Seven Cities ot Twenty -Eight Per Cent A despatch from Toronto ova According to reports from, -official eours compiled y The Ooatract Record the building operations iu twenty-seven Canadian ces or the first half of 1912 aggregated $0083,674, twenty-eight per eent. snore than for the seine period in 1911. As illustrating the steady grewth of the country the journal points to the fact tha-t the handbags erected in 1911 exceeded in -value those of /910 by 20 per cent. The bklings for the month of Tune alone represented an expenditure ef' $17,645,709, as eompared with $12,346,908 in June, 1911. Toronto ie in the lead with a six- monthe' record of $13,195,271. Wiz- nipeg's figures are $11,205,600. Van- oouver, with an expenditure of $8,- 182,720, is $65,000 ahead of Mont- real, and Edmonton is not far -be- bind 'with $7,725,622. Edmonton's expenditure ,shows the remarkable gain of 376 per cent. Stratford UP Gain showed a, gain a 278 per cent., Brantford in, Fort Willie& 132, Fort Arthur 124, Nelson 118, The building returns for six months of 1912 and the same period of 1911 are as follows :- 1912 1911 913,195,271 911,939,955 Winnipeg ...... ... 11,2.06,600 9,058450 `V ancormer . A • . • 1 • • • 20 9,191,524 7,306,136 1,620,431 2,574,441 Hamilton ,..„ ...,, ,.... 2,246,780 Regale .... ,.., ...... 2,936,930 Ottame .... a., .....- 1,393,370 Port William ..., .... 750,075 Mateo/at:leave 748,900 New Westnainster .. .. 613,580 Lethbridge .... .... .. 528,960 Port .A.rthur .... .,..,. e12,985 Brantford ..., ... 282,228 .1.1eatreel . Ildraont,on .„, $asketoon .,•.•. • • 8,130,7 9,065,993 7,725,622 4,635,654 3,145,600 2,549.770 2,120,000 1,743,42e $17,428 785,676 719,343 700,994 657,230 509,598 433,830 394,530 332,950 Windsor .... St Beanfeast Berlin, ,.... • .• $t. John • • " ••• • •• Sydney .... ...• Kingston. .„. Nelson a- Stratfora • • • Peterborough Wellamd 315,950 264,616 224,069 204,032 198,016 202,791 188,858 124.186 458,423 396,795 467,889 242,585 211,700 282,952 133,223 • 162,920 • 90,70$ 53,590 186,786 1.1,4•60 MAKE SAFE INVESTMENTS THE EFFECT OF LONDON INVESTORS ON THE CANADIAN MARKET. The Present Dullness In London Has Made Quite a Noticeable Change in the Price Of Several Canadian Municipsit flatlets - tures -What London Took Frani Us Last year. The articles contributed by "Investor" are for the sole purpose of guiding pros - ;motive inyestore, and, if possible, of save Ing them from losing money Mixough pliteing it in "wild -eat" enterprises The impartial and reliable charaeter of the information ream be relied upon. The writer ef these articles and the publisher of this paper have zo interests to serve On connection with this matter other than those of the reader. (By "Investor.") °Male difference does it make whether Lotalon investors are buying our securi- ties or notP" a. man asked one day. "The bond houses in Toronto and alontreal alone appear to buy by far the greater part of Catuedian bond offerings. Thie talk of London market, affecting prisms appears to me to be all humbug." Of oourse, this man didn't know any- thing about the matter. Be was quite oorreet (at least he wotnd have been quite correct) had he said that "Canadian" houses absorbed a. large past of the bonda offered here, and left out the rest. lEte forgot (or never knew) that during 1911 alone onr railroads -steam and eleotrio- sold DO less than 985,000,000 of bonds and debentures in England without the inter- vention of Canadian helms. This one item, then, is a very goo& and sufficient reaeon for watching carefully the tendeney of prices in London as a baro- meter of our own. Last year England bought no less than $208,000,000 of our se- curities, the greater part of whieb were bonds. Unfortunately, last year, Canadians didn't take sufficient 00,148 in preparing offerings, and as a result some of them disappointed their purchasers. This had the further unfortunate result of making the public cautious until now there is little chance of any Canadian securities being successfully- issued in London that have not the backing of some interna- tionally well known Canadian bond house. Land, and pamticularly timber compan- ies, bare gone a long way to help dis- credit Canadian eecurities in London. Per - baps it would be more accurate to say that the British investor bee become very skeptical with regard to the extravagant promises of a number of these. More than a few of last year's issues were taken to London, which were in no pose tion to be offered as investments. As a result the underwriters were loaded up with s lot of stuff that they are still ezeinly trying to unload on the public. This bas, of course, affeeted the market tor high grade Canadian bonds, so that we find very excellent raunieipal issues felling fiat on the market. The effect of thie has been marked. A year ago Bran- don debentures could be readily sold on a 41-2 per cent. basis. NOW these may be bought at 43.4 or even 47.8 per eent. This is just a sample of the effect of the dullness In London on our market here. What the bond houses and raunicipalities are hoping for is, of course, a reversal of form in London, and a renewed de- mand for our ranuicipal debentures. This would mean that many bonds purchased during this year will show a very hand- some increase in prim of two to four points, 'it would also make a very good demand for many debentures which city muncils have been afraid of issuing ow- • ing to the lack of demand frara London. Por though practitally all our munieipal debentures are sold to Canadian bond houses, most of these plates the greater percentage of the large issues in loodon. That is one reason why the London Market Is so important- Another reason Is that the English investor is satisfied with a lower yield than the Canadian and so most of our low yield bonds are sold there. Moreover, our railroads do preoticalla all their financing in London. Last De- cember the •Canadian Northern sold no less than $36,000,000 of bods in one block London at a tomparativela low rate. It would have takse years to heve placed those bowie in Catiada. The railroads need more Money to keep up to Me teat expenditures they are making on 319W construction. The pessimist referred to in the first eenterce had better talk to some of our railroad presidents before Ise persuades himself as to the accuracy of his statements. • THREE NEW LEPERS Now 22 Inmates of the Lazaretto in New Brunswick. A despatch from Ottawa says : The Director -General of Public Health, Dr, F. Montizainlaert, re- ports that three new cases of lep- rosy were admitted to the Leper Lazaretto at Tracadian N.B., dur- ing the year, and one death occur- red. According to him there are at this date twenty-two patients there'twelve mal, and ten females Eighteen are of French Acadian ori gin, two of English, one of kelan dic and one of Russian origin. The Minister of Agriculture sanctioned the gift of a small organ for the use of the patients to relieve the mono- tony of their lives. The Leper Laz- aretto at Darcy Island, B. 0,, has not been occupied by any leper since the last one was deported, previ- ous to this year. • TB:E FEDERAL REVENUE. For First Three llonths.of Year the Gain Exceeds $8,000,000 A despatch from Ottawa says: The financial statement for the first three months of the fiscal year, closing on June 30, shows total re- ceipts of $27,838,110, as compared with $29,239,646 for the genie pexiod last year. For the month of June alone, the reeeipts were $13,181,174 as compared with $10,666;205 in June, 1911. The big increase is praetically all due to increased cus- toms collections. The total -expen- diture for the three months, so far as accounted for at the end of June, was $12,481,931, as compared with $8.935,732 for the like period in 1911. In addition, there have been expenditures ehargea,ble to capital account, amounting to $1,533,920, as against $2,303,'730 for the first three months of 1911. During the first quarter of the fiscal year, the debt has been decreased by $6,021,- 138, as compared with $3,739,960 for the same period laat year. IMPROVE VICTORIA HARBOR. Government Will Spend a Million on the Pacific Port. A. despatch frem Ottawa tees: It is understood that the Government has decided to call for tenders in the near future for the construetion of important harbor improvements Vieteria, B.C. The work will probably cost over a millien (loners. The contemplated improvements will do reach to increase the irapor- tame° of Victoria as a Pacific port, GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOITE NEIGHBORS. _yr If you are genteel in appeararce and courteous in Your manner, you will be welcomed in every home in your looalitY, when you are showing samples of our sto perior toilet goods, bousehohl necessities, and reliable remedies. The satisfaction which our goods give, pleoes the users under an obligation th you, which wins for you the same respect, esteem, Etna, in. timate friendsbip given the priest, physi- cian, or pastor, and you will make more money from your span time than yet dream of, besides a hoot of friends. This ie your opportunity for a pleasant, profitable and permanent business. Ad. dram The Herne Supply Co., Dept 20, lier. rill Blanding, Toronte, Ont. A NEW NORTHERN RAILWA •Edmonton Will Be Given Connections With Hudson • Bay and the North. A, despatch from Edmonton says: • Fireweed by British capitalists of international repute, holding a Fed - •feral charter, which provides for 1,- • 800 miles of new railway construc- tion, giving Canada a, new. tra,nseon- tinentad line, with Fort Churchill on the east and Port Beeington on the west aa terminals, and tonneeting Fechetentert with Lae la Riche, Fort Melleurrey and Lake Athebasee, the Northeeet Tettiterial :Railway tureey of ife route from Edmoriton north-easterly rti the course of the next few days, and before the elose of the season a start will probably be mede on the actual eonstruction of the grade. The eorporation is capitalized at $40,000,0001 and tinder the charter, width was greeted by the Domin- ien Parliament at it's last seesiot, has 'bonding powers amounting be $40,000 per mile. The length ef this new trensteontinentaI fleet the conet Lo Fort, Churchill will be 1,450 miles. TORONE0 CORRESPONDENCE INTEFiESTINCI NOTES MOM THS TAI., OFelnin .PROVINCE, Laorosse and Base Elall-A Abattoir -Toronto's Harbor -The Lets ter. H. N. Dwight. Something is the matter with Canada's national sport "Big aver" ebeinaleasble Iaaresse games between the best teama in the world thet moueeau, laire draw a smart 2e000 es/mai:tors, etbile enedioore base ball between eaetern league teams. Q11 A Saturdaa will easily bring together 8,000 to 10,000 persons. Even motor ceele rams, a newly established sport, of detnitful staring Powers, attraoted 15,000 peeing the other day. _ Sortie critics say that the trouble lies With the "Big Pour" organization. Al- ready there are rumors that the N. L EL, will be revivified next season and will get a team in Toronto, probably la. 3. Plem- ingn Torontos, tor the latiounasela man- %gement and the N. 11, IT. °Metals show no sign yet a burying the hatohet, RODGH PLAY THE T10OU131.4311. But the trouble probably lies deeper than any mere question of league organization. In the writer's opinion it dates back sev- eral years, when brutal play was allow- ed to play a prominent part in the de- cision of the big league lacrosse oontests. Big crowds attended the games, "games" by courtesy, for many of timen were dis- graceful exhibitions. It is hard to say wily the brutality was perraitted. It may have been incompetent officials, or a mis- taken iciest.. on the part of the manage- ment that the crowds wanted to see a sort of Spanish bull fight, or Just a species of depravity on the part of the players themselves, or a combination of all of these. Por a period the best PlaYer was the an who could lay out the most opponents and not get caught at it The result Yves inevitable. A large propor- tion of the decent publie got disgusted and out out, lacrosse. And even those wao delight in seeing the gore fly want to be In decent company. So the setend- ance fell off, and when the peualties be- came more numerous the games became farcical from their one-sidedness. And the attendance, dropped some more. Therein seems. to lie the real trouble with Canada'national game in the big leagues. It can be built up again, but it will probably take some years of hard and careful work. CITY ENTERS BOTORER TRADE. Tbe Oity Council leas committed itself to an expenditure of $300,000 ter a muni - Mimi abattoir; in, other words, a muni- cipal wholesale ,b,utcher shop, and thus expresses a determination not to let the meat business of Toronto fall into the /ands of a meat trust, each as dominates the famous Chicago stock yards, and through them most, al the cities of the United States. It will be interesting to see how the problem works out in Toronto. Toronto bas been in the nettle market business for sna.ny years;• 112 feet for a long time it had a monopoly in that department But it did not take full advantage of its opportunity, with the result that now the city cattle yawn; are altogether too small, are inconveniently situated, and a big proportion of the business is going to the privately -operated union stock yds, which °coupe- commodious premises at West Toronto. It is said the Union Stook Yards form a potential nucleus for a Canadian meat trust. One .of the most aotive firms op- erating there is the Canadian branch of theSwift Co, of Chicago. Recently the two largest Oanaaitin firms, the Harris Abattoir Co. and Gunn's, which formerly bought cattle both at the city yards and the Union Steck yards, announced that in future they would buy only at the latter. And it is said the fourth large firm, Park - Blackwell, will shortly follow suit The result is that the city, to save its eattle market, is forced into the abattoir business. A municipal abattoir will en- able the small independent veholesale butchers, of whom there are perhaps a there, to kill •their animals and distri- bute to the retail trade economically; and their business, on the other hand, will keep the city °little yards going. Without the city abattoir, and with the biz firms buying only at the ;anion Stock Yards the business. in the city yarde would soon dwindle to insignificant proportions, the independent wholesale butchers would be compelled to go to the big fellows for their suppliea, and the whole business would be effectually centralized in per- haps four firms. This is what the City Council wants to prevent. A HARBOR. 811T NO PORT. Toronto's new harbor Commission has not got much 1,o show- eor its efforts yet. But, of course, it has not been on the Job long enough 'to 'have had a chance. As everyone knows, Toronto has one of the finest harbors, if not the very fineet, on the great lakes. And yet the amount of shipping it accommodates is practi- cally negligible. • For example, the ton- nage of the Sault canals for the month of June was 10,700,000 tons, as compared to 7,400,000 tons in Tune, 1911. While To- ronto barber's traffic for the month was cony 271,000 tons, as against 251,000 in June, 1911. Relatively, the lake shipping from To- ronto has been dwindling year by rear for the last generation, It is only OW - Zane well on in years who remember when the waterfront used to be dotted with grain elevators and • the docks were al- ways busy. • Perhaps- the day of grain traffic by boat from Toronto is past, but tbere are plans on foot to make Toronto again a greet port for other purposes. That's the chief purpose of the new Herber Commission. The eity owns a large acreage on the waterfront and to this acreage i1 le hoped to attract large industral factories. Docks and wharves whose oast will total many hundred tlaottsands. of dollars are being projected. At present when a 'boat from the Atlanta, works its way up through the St. Lawrence oanals it caneot and a place to dock But that is to be quickly •°hanged. Tlae sympathy of the Dominion Government has been enlisted and extensive dredging operations are now under way. But, of course, the greet boon will be the now Wellaud canal and the deepening of the St. Lawrence route Then Toronto hopes to he a real ocean port and also on the highwey from the ocean to the head of the Lakes. If the factory development prognoses, as hoped for, Toronto harbota will change from a piece of pretty' scenery to the centre of a bive of industry. THE PASS/NG OF H. P. DWIGHT. The passing of Mr. 11, P. Dwight, Pre. stdent of the 0, N. W. Telegraph Caro Pane, removes one of Canada's leaultntarlte The eldeet eurviying telegrapher in Am- erica, his reminiscences wit back to' Primitive cloys in Canada, Ile "discover, ed" Hoe. George A. Cox, took him i000111e ettiploy ef the G. N. W. �o as office MM, and taught him the language of the wire. Senator Cox was a proiefnent moan nor at the graveside. Mr. Dwight was one of the most likeable men. The bent Of 'his mind was well in lustratea by the chief hObbY of his later years. 11 was the Royal Cananian lin- niaCe Sonitty While lied for its chief purposes tbe rewarathe of deeds of brave ere. To hear of a deed of heroism, ne matter now enspectacular the circuses ,Stennee end rmeard, the hero Wee a source of pleasure *bah never lost lis power. He tholt it. keen interest le pubile, affaire lip to WO last dens, bet never succumbed to the reociern theories of public' owner., ship with which he was Enisfers aosiewast, mit of eseneethe. He wag a ear/neat Mr. restsomiera of the riewspapers over the cage faun "Dv," but 'he was alwams mod. erste tbe expeessiott of his -Mown she et teem:mete heente to oublish his let, tees, 10011 when. they Were opposed to the eualistera tolfey. to was pewter ere eweerehans Stalest envoorite. PRICES OF FARM PROOLICIS REPORT* FROM THE( eeeeine THA OgNTREO OF AMERICA. Prices of Cattle, Crain, Cheese and Other Produce at Homo and Aerate,. BREADSTUPPla, Termite, July 16,-Plour-Winter Wheel. 90 pee cent patents. 94.15 to 94,20, at MEN lima& and at $4,29 to 94.25 for home oom fiusuption. ,Meuitoba floors -Pint patents), 95.70; eemed patoPts, 96.29, and armee bakers', 416, on track, Toronto. Manitoba Wheat -No. 1 Northern, $10 121-2, HEW ports; No. 2 at $1.09 1.2, and No, 3 at $1.90. Bay ports. Peed wheat hY ample, 62 to 640, Bay ports. Ontario Wheat -No. 2 white, red and mix- ed, 91.04, outside. Peas -Purely nominal. Oats -Cr lots of No. 2 Ontario, 46e, and No. 3 at 450. OU •track, Toronto. No, 1 extra W. C. feed, 48o, Bay porta and No, 1 at 47o, Bay ports. Barley -Prices nominal. • Corn -No. 3 American yellow, 76o, on track. Bay ports, and at 79c, Toronto, Rye--Pricee nominal. Buckwheet-Prioes norainal. Bran -Manitoba bran, 922, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $24. • COUNTRY PROT/110E. prBimeaer 9211,6eindtomi9ot7e5d, 93 Pea bushel; Honey -Extracted, in tins, 11 to 12c per lb. Carobs, 92,50 to 92.76 per dozen. Baled 111117-110, 1 at $/5 th 916, on 'brae*, Toronto; No. 2 at 911 eo 912. and railed clover at $9, Baled straw -Good straw, $10 to 910,60, on trek, Toronto. Potatoes -Car lots of Ontarios, in bags, 91.40, and Delawares at $1.60 Poultry -Wholesale priees . of choice dressed poultry. Ohicliens, 15 to 17o per lb.; fowl, 11 th 12o; turkeys, 18 to 19o. Live poultry, about 2o lower than the enove, BUTTER. EGGS, CHEESE. Butter -Dairy, choice. 23 to 24; bakers', inferior,. 19 to 201 creamery, 27 to 28o for rolls, and 26c for solids. tggs--New-laid, 24o, per dozen, and of fresh at 22 to 23o. , Cheese -New abeese, 14 to 141-80 per lb. HOG PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long cleat, 14 to 141 -lo per lb., in ease lots. Pork -Short cot, 924 to 325; do., mess, 920.40 to 921. Hams-Medinrci 10 light, 171-2 to 120; heavy, 161-2 th rolls, 13 th I31 -2e; breakfast bacon, 121-2o backs, 20 to ale. 14L1,2ord-Tierces, 13 3-4o; tub % e, 1301 Pail • MONTREAL MARKETS. erltn,onireo.a12..1-ly , 48ut0164„8-014eate-0; do., Nadol.a3n, 1747e1,-.0 471-2o; do., extra No. 1 feed, 48 th 481-20. Barley -Mae. feed, 64 1-2 to 65o; do., malt- ing, 91.05 th 9107, Plottr-Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, 95.80; do., seconna, 9330; do., strong bakers', $5.10; do., Win- ter patents, °holm 96.40 to 35.60; do., straight rollers. 54.9 to $5.003 do. straight rollera, bags, $2.40 to 92.45. Rolled oats - Barrels. 94.90; do., bags, 90 lbs., $2.32 len Bran -$21.. Shorts -$26. Middlings -$27, Mouillice-$30 to 934. Hay -No. 2, per ton, oar lots, 917 to $18. • Cheese-Pinest west. erns, 13 th 11-8o; do., easterns, 123-8 to 12 6-8e. Butter -Choicest creamery, 25 1-2 to 253-4c; do., seconds, 243-4 to 251-4c. Eggs -Selected, 25 to 26c. No. 2 stock, 16 to 16o. Potatoes -Per bag, oar lots, 9/.50 to 91.60. • • UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, July 16. -Wheat -A117, 91;- 061.8; September, 91,011.8 to 91.011-4; De- cember, 91,021-8; No. 1 hard, 91.091-2; No. Northero, 91.08 3-4 to 91.09; No. 2 North- ern, 91.07 to 91.07 1-2. No. 3 yellow corn, 70 th 72c. No. 3 white oats, 47 to 471-2. No. 2 rye, 68 to 70o. Bran. 920.50 to 921.00. Plotir, first patents, 95.20 to $5.45; second patents, $4.90 th 96.16; first clears, '33.60 to $3,65; second Mears, 52:50 to 32.80. Buffalo, July 16. -Spring wheat, No. 1 Northern,mewing, store, 91.13; Winter, No. 2 red, 91.13; No. 3 red, 91.12; No. 2 white, 91.16. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 78o; No. 4 yellow, 76 1-4e; No. 3 corn, 75 3-4 th 76 1-4o; No. 4 corn, 741-4 to 743.40, all on track through billed. Oats, No. 2 white, 62 1-20; No. 3 white, 51 14o; No. 4 white, 501-2o.. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal, July 16. -The top price for best steers was $7, and the lower grades from that down to $5 per cwt. Prices of butchers' cows ranged from $3.50 to $5.50 Per cwt.; bona sold at $3.00 to 53.50 Per cwt. Sheen sold at 94.00 to $4.50 per cat., aud Iambs at 96.00 to 5625 each. Sales of calves were made at from 93.00 to $10.00 each, as th size and quality. Hogs sold at $8.40 to $8.65, and mixed Iota as low as $8.25 per cwt., weighed off cars. • Toronto, July 16.--Catt1e - 'Exporters, choice, 97.90 to $83 bulls, $4.60 to 55.25; cows, 35 to $6.25. Buteher---Clhoice, 57 to 97.50; medium, 96.50 to 96.90; cows, $5 to 1 96.25. Ca1yes-$7.60 to $7.85. Stockere-134,- 50 to 95.75. Sheep -night ewes are steady at 94 to $4,60; Imavy, 93 to 54; spring Iambs, steady, at 57.75 th 98.50. Hogs - Selects. 97.50 f.o.b.„ and 97.85 fed and wat- ered. 74 110 MB-IIIROWING TUBES. A despatch from Berlin says; The Technical Monthly gives the parti- culars of the new military air crui- ser, Zeppelin ITL The ship is fit- ted with bomb -throwing tubes and an observation turret on top of the frame for a machine gun, which has been specially constructed for a minimum recoil. M111111111Mille 11•11•11101MINIOMPIIIMI.MelICIMMAIINNIMONO, 4611.5111M11111 Savo Money and IllePeaSe its Earning Power WE have issued a Book- let describing the "PERIODICAL PAYMENT PLAN" for the purchase of stocks and bonds, This Booklet shows how you can create eapital • through a amall tntonehly savings, It also shows how. these savings are protected and how they are available for nee et any time if required. Write to Inv-estraett Department TIIE METROPOLITAN SECURITIES AGENCY* LIMITED 60 St, JAMAS 51., MONTIZHAL in Mountain UHL (8.1ieHtle ....,,,,roanwromonnowninemogeesi.40,,•...noninim, DARING IIOLD.UP, Ran and Women Attacked by Rue., Elall$ Moutreal. A eleepateh from Montreal saya: Fivet burly rairtans, believed to be foreigners. one armed with a shot- gun and, two carrying revolvers, held up Themes rime of Blue Bon - Pets and Miss Grace Brown of Montreal Qn Sherbrooke Street on Thursday night, Fenn was knocked down and held by three ef the gang, while the other two dragged the girl into a shanty on the side of the road. The screams of the girl and the sheets of Finn for assistance attraeted the attention of a couple of men who came along the road in an automobile a few minutes later. When the automobile rushed up to the spot where Finn was be- ing held the three Italians fled to- wards the shanty to whicii the girl lied been dragged. They gave the alarm to their companions, who were. struggling with the girl., and the fi-ve escapee' through the Neds towards Montreal. West. WIVES AND BABIES STARVING , Terrible Results of the London Transport Workers' ,Strike. • A despatch from_ London, Eng- land, says: 'File distress due to the transport workers' strike has bo - some keenest in Westham, where there is a population of 187,000, the majority of whom under normal conditions are below the poverty line, In ouch a district as this the nip of the strike is felt immediate- ly and there are now some hundreds of men, women and children literal:. ly starving. Thousands of men axe out of work, who have received on an average $6 of strike pay since the strike began. The pawnshops are filled with pledges and the pawnbrokers refuse further ad- vances. The landlords have given up hope of collecting rents. Fortu- nately the children of school age are supplied with two meals daily, but there is no food for the young- er children and the mothers, OPERATOR'S DEATH. Tragic End of a Vancouver Tele- phone Girl. A. despatch from Vancouver says: The eenonel suicide of the week by a young woman occurred early On Thursday morning, when Miss Olive Smith, aged about eighteen, died in the city ambulance on the wa,y to the hospital, She had taken car- bolic acid, and her groans were heard by other roomers in the house where she was staying. Ae- eording to witnesses at the inquest on the body of Miss Maud Harrison, who took her eife two days ago by gas -poisoning, she was suffering mental torture because a telephone subscriber had sworn at her over the telephone in the Bayview Ex-- chaege, where she worked. She felt exceedingly hurt at this inci- dent, and on the same evening took her own life. •••••,+...•••141.=•"••••••• STRATHCONA ,,GIVES '$4,000. Cables Handsotne Addition to Ber- lin's Y.W.C.A. Fund. A 'despatch from Berlin, Ont., says: The Young Women's Chris- tian Association .on Thursday after- noon, under whose auspices a cam- paign for $30,000 for the erection of a new building was successfully elo.sed Thursday night, received a cable from Lord Strathcona in Eng- land, contributing $4,000 ,to the fund. $26,000 POle A Imo. Eight Feet by Five, but of Persian Silk. A despatch from London says: At the sale of the celebrated Taylor collection at Christie's on 'Wednes- day the best price of the day was realized for it Persian silk rug, eight feet by five feet five inches. It has a quatrefoil green panel in the centre on pink ground, with green border and pink edge, It sold for $26,250. PP • THREE SIIOT IN RIOT. Trouble at Toledo Between Non - Unionists and Strikers. A despatch from Toledo, Ohio, says . Three men were . shot, two seriously, and one was severely hurt by a thrown brick on Thursday night, pi a riot between non-union teamsters, strikers and sympathiz- ers of the latter in front of one of the stables of a trucking firm, whose men are on a strike. The pollee have made more than fifteen arrests. The injured men have been taken to hospital, WOMEN BURNED ALIVE. Atrocities Narked „Caetere of Chi- nese Town by Tibetens. • A despatch from Changhai says: Horrible atrocities marked the re.' cent capture of the City of Liteng, In the Provitee of Sze -Chuen, by the Tibetatie. Many women and children were hurried alive or other- wise situghtererl. The garrieen defended the cit y foe an hour, end then fled, leaving /0 dead it the sereett, ANY brands of Baking Powder contain alum, which is an injurious acid. The ingredie,nts of 'alum baking powder are never printed on thelabel, Magic Baking Powder contains no alum and is the only baking powder made in Canada that has all the ingredients plainly printed on the label. EleteGILLETT COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG recneesteee eHreetscute etescres -.ease 7185 01 iStaelrigl) E0lINHNOIN49I01^ 0i07:00:0501:0:: Pti0IPSAILSKAIO !Friknat sees 1. DISEASE ON EVERY VESSEL Q uarantine Station Reports a .Bacl Year Among the Immigrants. A despatch from Ottawa says: In a report to the Minister of Agri- culture, Dr. G. G. Martineau, <A the quarantine station, Grosse Isle, Quebec, states that the year ended March 31,1912, has been a bed one as far as quarantinable disease is concerned. Six passenger vessels arrived in quarantine with small- pox on board, two with cholera, and one with typhus fever. Two births end seven deaths oecurred in the hospital during the year. The doc- tor announces that two very uncom- mon cases have made an appear- ance, choley, and typhus fever. Three hundred and sixty-seve11 vessels underwent quarantine in - speed.= during the year ending March $1, 1912, a decrease of eleven as compared with last year, due to labor strikes in Great Britain dur- Mg the summer. ' The total number' of passengers exa,mtr ed ras 193,313,- an inerease in the year of 15,140. Infections or coaca.gions diseases 1 was reported or d;scovered at the quarantine station in every pessen. ger boat sailing to that port on one ok more occasions with the excep. tioe of two, and the patients trans- ferred from - vessels to hospitals were 192. THE NEWS IN A PARAGRAPil El 4PPENINGS FROM ALL LIVED TIM GLOBE IN A NUTSHELL. Canada, the Empire and the World . in General Before Your Eves. CANADA. ,Tudge ettahafffly of Bra,cebridge died in Englarte. Scores of eraericens are flocking to farms in Eesex county. The. crops in Saskatchewan are in splendid condition. The Whitby hospital for the in- sane will be a model asylum. • Nearly $38,000 was raised for the new Y.W.C.A. building at Berlin. Larabton county farmers are mak-, mg big strides in scientific agricul- ture. The latest crop reports from Wes- tern Canada are highly satisfac- tory. A faetm watchman at Hanover, Ontario,' fell down an elevator shaft and was fatally injured. An airship dropped on a, crowd of spectators in Winnipeg. No one was seriously injured. TheeDorainion Railway Board ap- proved the Canadian Northern Railway's tunnel scheme in Mont- real. Seven hundred Indians took part in the celebration of Bishop Grou- ardes golden anniversary in Alber- ta. A seven -months' -old girl living near Galt has two grandmothers and four great-grandmothers Hy- . The Provincial " Government through Hon. I. B. Lucas will in- vestigate public ownership of tele- phones in Britain. GREAT BRITAIN. The King went down a coal mine and wielded a pick. The Wimbledon Cup was won by an Irish marksman. The reproduction of Elizabethan scenes and pageantry at the exhi- bition in London was a brilliant euccess. The British Foreign Office haa commuticated to the Malted States Government Canada's proposed ob- jections to the Panama Canal regu- lations. Sixty-five, incleding three Gov- ernment inspectors, were killed by an explosion in the Cadeby colliery, Yorkshire. It is feared that the number of dead may reach 80. GENERAL. Signor Mascagei, the composer, eloped with a chorus girl. ' • The Federal foeccs drove the Mexican insurgents from Sate, Strike riots broke, oat at Zerich, Ilhowommivonum•ex Switzerland, and the troops were ealled out. The Portuguese Parliament closed its session to cries of "Long live the Republic." . The Royalist fames make no headway in Northern Portugal. The rising appear p to be fizzling out. George Goulding of Toronto Won the 10,000 metres walking champion- ship in the Olympic games at Stoek- holm. PLAGUE AT SANTIAGO. Steps Taken to Rid the Cuban City of Rats. A despetch from Washington says: The plague alarm has reach- ed Santiago, Cuba, according to ad- vices to the State Department on Thursday. One ease, suspected of being the plague; was found in the business section on Wednesday, and the discovery of the suspect caused great eXCliernent. Energetic mese sures have been taken far cleaning the entire city and exterminating the rats. A house to house cam- paign of elimination has been in- augurated. ),B BEEP FAMINE IN LONDON. Price Rises Phenomenally, Due to Foot andeilouth Disease,. A. despatch from London sayer The price of home -killed beef rose $7.50 a carcass in London on Wed- nesday on account of the footand mouth disease which" prevails • among cattle. Two fresh cases were discovered near London. Ireland exported 121 cattle last week, com- pared with 36,290 in the same week lest year. 7 eto umulative Preferred ROA PES -HOLDEN itilcCREADY LIMITED 1 (Carrying a Bonus of 40 96 Common Stook), Priee and fell paeticula,rs will be gladly forwarded on request. CANADA SECU CORPORATION RITIES LTD,. Eng. Montrea I, Toronto, Lend 021/61a3M1041.411.ASOVOn ......*•••••*3.•••••••••••mamommor•O••••*•....... 61 INTEREST AND SAFETY Price Bros. and COMparly Bonds pay 6 per ceat on the investment, They offer the strong security ef first mortgage on 6,000 square miles of pulp and timber lands -which are insured at Lloyds against fire. The earnings of the Company at eresent approximate twice the bond interest. The new pee) mill in tourse of construction will double this earning power. Parehased at their present price they pay interest at -'the rate et 6 per ceet. The beet posted investors in Canada And England have purcbased these hones, Owing VS the eectleity and increasing demand of the products of the Company, these bonds will ungueStiOn- ably increase hi value If you have money to Invest write us for complete itiformetion. ROAI E C*4 R TIES 4 ce-)F.peDi),,,A.-r-loN LimITED 4 f tiMig BUR.D0r;(7; AND OtIV.;EN OTRHtTS ' R M. Weltre„ TOI4ONTO MONTREAL.'043EtIEC.NALIPA*504rWAWA LONDON inNd.)