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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-06-24, Page 6TURKISH REFUGEES' STORIES' There is a Shortage of Food, and Government R sources Are at a Low Ebb' A despatch from Rome says; A correspondent of the Idea Nationale, telegraphing from Dedeagatch, gives a terrible picture of prevailing condi- tions in Turkey, which he evidently obtained from refugees from Constan- tinople arriving on the Bulgarien frontier. • The troops, he declares, are short of both food and ammunition, the army is ravaged with typhus and there is an appalling increase in the number of sick, The shortage of coal, too is pronounced, and the scarcity of too, is responsible for the immobilizing of the Turkish fleet, which, no longer . able to take the offensive, is now anchored in the Sea of Marmora. Talaant Bey, he continues, produces each day for the edification of the population glowing accounts of vic- tories on land and sea obtained over France, England and Russia, but the number of sick and wounded arriving in. the capital tells other 'tales, The houses of Christians, especially Greeks in the Phanar quarter, have been sacked by mobs, often with the con- nivance of the police. Christians at- tempting to flee from the capital are set upon, robbed and maltreated by the Turkish officials and soldier.. The authorities wink at these out- rages and encourage their perpetra- tion in order to keep alive the flame of hatred of the Moslems against the Christian allies. BOARDS TO REPORT ON PENSION CLAIMS Medical Men Will Be Appointed In Every Military Division of Canada. A despatch from . Ottawa says: 'Boards of medical men are to be ap- pointed in every military, division of Canada in connection with the grant-- • ing of pensions to wounded soldiers or the families of those killed on active service. Already between 300 and - 350 pensions have been granted; most of them being for the families of dead soldiers. It is already apparent that the shin of $2,000,000 set aside for pensions this year will be quite in- sufficient for the purpose, If more is needed before another .session of Par- liament it may be obtained by Gov- ernor -General's warrant. The establishment of medical boards. in the different divisions will materially assist in the work of pay- ing pensions, which is expected to reach large proportions. Report will • be sent from these medical boards to • the pensions board in Ottawa, which will then pass on each case. When a man is temporarily inca- pacitated the practice so far has been to ,pay him his regular active service pay until he recovers. Where it is eeident, however, that the injury will outlast the war, the man is put on the pension list at once. The problem of caring for conva-. • lescents is expected to prove one of the heaviest burdens of the War, and notion will shortly be taken to deal specially with it. • To Plan for Future in the Food Supply .espatch -,frons London says: The' Earl of Selborne, President of the Board of Agrieulture, has ap- pointed a committee, of which Lord • Milner is chairman to investigate and report as to "what -steps, should be taken by legislation or otherwise, for the sole purpose of maintaining and, if possible, increasing the present production of food in England and • Wales on the assumption that the war may be prolonged beyond the harvest of 1916." •. 30,000 WAR 'CONTRACTS LET FROM OTTAWA Purchasing Commission Will Assume Full 'Charge. A despatch, from Ottawa saye: Con- siderably over 30,000 different con- tracts' have been let since the begin- ning of the war. Up to the beginning of last session 11,000, had been let by the Militia Department alone,' not. taking into account those let by a subesommittee of the Privy Council, and the number has been greatly in- creased since. The War Purchasing Commission is now working almost night and day clearing up the rush of contracts. It is probable that al- • thoegh. the cOmmission will continue. to use the services of officials of the purchasing branch of the Militia De- partment, it vill in future- institute a new syetem by which not only the • calling and accepting of tenders for war ,necessaries, but every step lead- ing up to it, will be directed under its jurisdiction and all information avail- able oe such sebjects oa file he its own offices. ENQUIRIES ABOUT PENSIONS. Should be -Addressed to Peesident of the Board at Ottawa. A despatch from Ottawa says: A statement from the Militia Depart- ment is to the effect that enquiries in regard to pensions should be ad- dressed to the president of the Pen - alone Board in Ottawa, as that of- ficer is in a position to give prompt information in regard to such mat - tem NEAR THE HEAD OF LAKE GARDA Italians Occupy Mori on the Western Side of the Trentino. A despatch from Rome says: Ital- ian troops have occupied Mori on the railroad from Rovereto to Arco and Rive, important towns at the head of Lake Garda.. As there is Only one railroad in this section the fall of Arco and Riva•before- the Italians in- vading the Trentino from the west- ern side is believed to be only a question of a few diiys. Mori is about five miles south of Rovereto, the objective of a strong Italian movement, but the road to that place is fortified to such an extent that it will be a hard task for the Italians to force the Austrian defences. Fierce fighting in the Monte Nero zone, north of lolmina, on the Isonzo front, is reported in an official re- port from Gen. Cadoree, the chief of staff, issued by the War Department. The Alpine troops are giving a good account of themselves in this region, using mountain paths unknown to the enemy, mid lading unawares on the strongly fortified Austrian trenches. Almost all of this.regiOn is now in the hands of the Italians. A daring raid by an Italian airship on a railroad station eight miles into the interior from Trieste is reported in an official annouheement, which says: "An Italian dieigible passing over the enemy's entrenched camps threw high explosive bombs on Di- vazza railway centre. Notwithstand- ing the enemy's intense fire the dirig- ible returned undamaged." Diva= is on the railway from Laibach, the Austrian headquarters, to Trieste. It is 70 miles from the coast of the Adriatic: A despatch from Verona, the Ital- ian headquarters for the Trentino op- erations, says that among the prison- ers recently taken in the Lago di Misurima district was a Bavarian, which is taken to indicate that Ger- man troops are aiding the Austrian forces. 'W IT AND WISDOM. "Have you ever been up in an aero- plane?" "No, but I once acted as judge at a baby show." Wife: "There are so very few really gee!" men in the world." Hubby: "Yes; you were mighty lucky to get one.,, "I am doing my best to get ahead," 'aesettecl -Cliellie. "Well, you certainly need one," assented. Dollie. "You are a disgrace to humanity. How could I have inarried'you? I, a Van Twitter?" He (wealthy, but err- ing): No decent woman would ever have--hic-married me, any way." She: "Women are snore resourceful than men." He: "I guess that's right! A man has to get his clothes made to fit his shape, but a woman can get her shape made to fit her clothes." "My poor man!" said the fussy lady to a workman who had a finger amiss- ing, "Did you lose your finger?" "Oh, no ,mum," replied the man. `I left it at a manicurist's this morning to be done up." "Now, madam," said the judge, "do you swear that you will speak the truth, the whole truth, and-" "Oh, "I say!" cried thefair witness, "Shall I be allowed to talk all the afternoon? That's lovely!" Smith made an unfortunate remark at Jones' wedding yesterday." "What did he say?" "Congratulated him on the treasure he had won, and every- one but Smith knows Jones married her' for -her money." Ice is not considered strong enough to 'bear the weight of a man unless it is at least two inches thick and sound all through. Ice that is four inches thick will bear men on horseback. FIGHTING STRENGTH OF ENEMY Nearly Four Million German and Austrian Soldiers Permanently Out of the Field. A despatch from London says: Belloe, the military expert, es- timates that the German and Austri- an losses up to 'the present total nearer four million men than three million men. He bases this calcula- tion on a careful analysis of the fig- ures of the British casualties given by Premier Asquith in the Commons. Those figures, he points ont, show one-fifth of a total of 258,000 are dead. The total British casualties, theeefore, work Out five to one- for • each life lost. The total enemy losses he estimates a* six to one per man killed. Basing this multiple of -calcu- lation their losses haye been greater than those of the allies. Mr. Belloc believes this multiple is low, for the german lists of killed are belated and the Austrians lost enormously more in proportion in prisoners theSi the British, To the Prussian lists .of killed must be added rather less thaii one-fifth for non -Prussian lists of the German Empire and further 80 per cent. for Austria and Ifungary. Multiplying these by six, Mr. Bellec arrives at 3,250,000 enemy casualttee before the great Galician effort. This, according to Ids eetimate, cannot count for less than half a million; this makes a grand total of three and three-quarter millions perman- ently out of the field. OThe enemyls potential manhood for actual fighting within the first year," Mr. Belloc con - chide, "has probably beet diminish- ed by nearly one-half from all causee." • - Robe.4.2. Z.7dc51.7116 ,Signed the Second Note to the Kaiser. The new Secretary of State ad in- terim, and ivho it is expected will eventually receive the permanent ap- pointment by President Wilson. He was Counsellor of the State Depart- ment, prior to being commissioned to succeed Mr. Bryan, and is an expert in international law. .14 RARING AVIATOR FALLS TO DEATH Lieut. Warneford, Who Recently De- . stroyed a Zeppelin, Killed in Paris. A despatch from Paris says: Limit. Reginald Warneford, the young Cana- dian aviator who recently won the Victoria Cross and the Legion of Honor for destroying in mid-air a Zeppelin airship, lost control of a new aeroplane he was testing near Paris and the machine tumbled from a great height. Lieut. Warneford was killed instantly. Henry B. Needham, the American writer in Europe to get impressions from the war, was a passenger with Warneford. He, too, was killed. The exact cause of the accident is unknown, and will remain so, as the aeroplane and its engine are a mass of tangled wreckage. But the cause may be found in part, at least, by the fact that Lieut. Warneford remarked before leaving the Hotel Ritz for the testing ground that he felt sick and dizzy, and would not fly, although he had been asked to experiment with some new machines. By the time he reached the avia- tion grounds, however, he had re- covered his usual buoyancy of health, and immediately set about to ascend in one of the aeroplanes to be tested. He took the machine up alone, put it through some of the customary manoeuvres and alighted without mishap. . Then he got into the second ma- chine, welch was of the same type as the first, and taking Needham as a passenger soared into the air. There were a few spectators on the grounds and some of the men connected with the aerial corps. The machine glid- ed from earth, but there was no hint of anything wrong, and the young lieutenant and his American passen- ger had soon become but a speck in the sky. It was a perfect day for testing work. The sky was clear and there was no wind. There is no tell- ; ing the exact height the aeroplane had attained when the mishap, what- ever it was, occurred. But it was so high that nothing out of the ordin- ary could be detected by the specta- tors on the ground until the machine came plunging downward. LIGHT STEEL HELMETS FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS A despatch from Paris says: French soldiers in the field soon are to begin wearing light steel helmets, suggest- ing in their design the antique head- pieces of men-at-arms. In color they will be the grey blue, harmonizing with the service , uniforms which ' French soldiers have been wearing for several months past. The Ministry of War has adopted a design for this helmet, aftee a pro- longed examination of various differ- ent types submitted. The new helmet will afford considerable protection to the head from fragments of shells and rifle bullets travelling with lessened velocity., The customary cap will be retaited for service behind the front. _44 Stupid Lawyer Body. RUSSIANS. WIN ..SUCCESSES: Vital Portion ofthe Muscovite Line Holds Firm Against Constant Assaults, A deepatch from London says: A notable success was scored by the Russians on the Dniester above Zile- awna on June 14 and 15, which re- sulted in the capture of 8,746 men, including 202 officers, 6 guns, 21 ma- chine guns, caissons and other booty, according to an official statement is- sued in Petrograd. Austro -German forces also are reported to have been hurled back on the same front further to the south-east, while another force which crossed the Dniester above Nizniow wee destroyed. In the Shavli region and west of the middle Niemen there has been no essential change. The engagements continue, On the Bemis above So- chaczew we repulsed on the 16th attacks by small German forces. On the Dniestm front on the night of the 16th in the sector between the Tismenitza and the Stry Rivers the enemy was thrown back in disorder. Our notable captures on the Dniee- ter above Zurawna in the course of the 14th and 15th include 202 officers and 8,544 men, 6 guns, 21 machine guns, caissons and other booty. On the 15th the enemy crossed the Dniester above and Below Niziow. The forces which crossed above were destroyed, and those which crossed below were checked. PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS REPORTS rRoM THE LEAD1NC TRADE CENTRES OP AMERICA. 13readstuffs. Toronto, June 22a- Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $1.25% to $1.26%; No. 2 Northern, $1.23% to ;1.242/a; No. 8 Northern, $1.204 to $1.21%, on track, lake ports. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 59 to 60e; No. 3 C.W., 68 to 59e; extra No. 1 feed, 58 to 59c, on track, lake ports. American corn -No. 2 yellow, 80 to 80efie, on track, lake ports. Canadian corn -No. 2 yellow, 78c, on track, Toronto. Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 55 to 56c; No. 8 white,54 to 55ce according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, per car lot, $1.15 to $1.17, according to freights outside. Peas -No. 2, nominal, per car lots, $1.50 to $1.60, according to freights outside. Barley -Good malting barley, 70 to 78c; feed barley, 65c, according to freights outside. Buckwheat-Nominal,car lots,. 75 to 77c, according to freights outside. Rye -No. e, nominal, $1.05 to $1.10, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -First patents, in jute bags, $7.20; second patents, in lute bags, $6,70; strong bakers', in jute bags, $6.50, Toronto. In cot- ton bags, 10c more. Ontario flour -Winter, 90 per cent. patents, $5, seaboard, or To- ronto freights in bags. Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights. Bran, per ton, $25; shorts, per ton, $27 to $28; middlings, per ton, $28 to $29; good feed flour, per bag, $1,80. Country Produce. Butter -Choice dairy, 21 to 23c; inferior,, 18 to 20e; creamery prints, '28 to 29e; do„ solids, 26 to 28c. Eggs -The market is steady, straight new -laid being quoted at 21 to 22e per dozen, in case lots, and eelects, 28 to 24c. Beans -The market is quiet at $3.10 to $3.15 for prime, and $3.20 to $3.25 for hand-picked. Poultry - Chickens, yearlings, dressed, 46 to 20e; -.Spring chickens, 46 to 50c; fowl, 13 to 15c. Cheese -The market is easier, be- ing quoted at 18% to 19c for large, and at 19 to 1914,c for twins. Potatoes -Ontario, 55 to 60c per bag, out of store, and 45 to 50c in car lots. New Beunswicks, car lots, 55 to 600 per bag. Business in Montreal. Montreal, June 22. -Corn -Ameri- can, No. 2 yellow, 80% to 81c. Oats -Canadian Western, No. 8, 69%c; extra No. 1 feed, 59efie; No. 2 local white, 59c; No. 3 local white, 58c•, No. 4 local white, '57c. Barley -Mani- toba feed, 72%c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $7.30; seconds, $6.80; strong bakers', $6.60; Winter patents, choice, $6.80; straight rollers, $6.40 to $6.50; do, bags, $3 to $3.1.0. Rolled oats- 13b1s., $6.50 to $6.75; do., bags, 90 'lbs., $3 to $3.10. Bran, $26. Shorts, $28, Middlings, $33 to $34. Mouillie, $85 to $40. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots, $19 to $20.50. Cheese - Finest westerns, 16% to 17c; finest easterns, 15% to 15%.c. Butter -- Choicest creamery,' 271/2 to 28e; sec- onds, 20% to 265Sc. Eggs -Fresh, 22 to 23c; selected, 24 to 25c; No. 2 stock, 19 to 20c. Potatoes ---Per bag, car lots, 42% to 45c. Dressed hogs - Abattoir killed, $13.50 to $13•75. Pork -Heavy Canada short mess, bbls., '35 to 45 pieces, $29; Canada short-cut back, bbls., 45 to 55 pieces, $28.50. Lard -Compound, tierces, 375 lbs. net, 10%c; pure, tierces, 375 lbs., 12c; pure, wood pails, 20 lbs net, 12%c. United States Markets. Minneapolis, June 22. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.23%; No. 1 Northern, $1.17% to 0.257/; No. 2 Northern, $1.14% to $1.23%; July, $1•16%. Coin -No. 3 yellow, 71½ to 71%c. Oats -No. 3 white, 45% to 46c. Flour and bran unchanged. Duluth, June 22. -Wheat -No. 1 hard, $1.24; No, 1 Northern, $1.20 to $1.23; No. 2 Northern, $1.15 to $1.20; July, $1.18. "Well, James, how are you feeling to -day?" said the minister to one of parishioners, an old man suffering from chronic rheumatism. "You are not looking so brisk as usual." "Na, sir," replied the old fellow, sadly. "I've been gey unfortinit the day." "How, James?" "Weel, sir, I got a letter frae a Glesca lawyer body this mornine tellin" me that ma cousin Jock was deid, an' that he had left me twa hunner poune". "Two hun- dred pounds!" repeated the minister. "And you call that hard hick? Why,' it is quite a fortune for you, James."' "Aye," said the old man sorrowfully,1 "but the stupid lawyer body didna pit eneuch stamps on his letter, an' I , had a hale twopence to pay for extra' postage." Live Stock Market. Toronto, June 22. -Butchers' cat- tle, choice, $8.10 to $8.40; do., good, $7.50 to $7.80; do., medium, ;87.15 to $7.40; do., common $6.60 to $7.10; butchers' bulls, choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do., good bulls, $6.25 to $6.50; do., rough bulls'$5.25 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, $6.75 to $7.25; do., good'$6.25 to $6.50; do., medium, $5.25 to $6; do. common, $5' to $6.75; feeders, good; $6.50 to $7.25; stockers, 700 to 1-'000 lbs., $6.25 to $7.75; canners and cutters, $4 to $5.25; milkers, choice, each, $60 to $95; do., common and medium, each, $35 to $45; springers, $50 to $35; light ewes, e6.50 to $7.50; do., heavy, $4 to $5; do, bucks, $3.50 to $4.60; yearling lambs, $6.50 to $7.50; spring lambs, cwt., $11 to $14; calves, $4.50 to $10.25; hogs, ompulsory Levy Suggested But While This is Discussed, it is Believed Terms of New Issue Will be llore Popular. A deepatch from London says: That the new war loan will be issiled early in July is anticipated by the Stock Exchange, and it is believed that it will be more popular in its terms than was the first one, the expectation being that it will appeal to even the smallest investors. The Manchester Guardian although opposing obligatory military service, is discussing the practicability of a compulsory ,levy frail." all classes to the war loan. fed and watered, $9.35; do., off cars, $9.60 to $9.65. Montreal, June 22. -Sales of good steers were made at $8.25 to $8.50, fair at $7.75 to $8, and the lower grades at from $6 to $7.50. Butch,. ers' cows brought $4 to $6.75, and bulls from $4.75 to $6.75 per cwt. The market for small meats was steady, with sales of sheep at $5.50 to $6.60 per cwt„ yearling lambs at $7 to $7.50, and Spring lambs at $5.50 to $6 each. Calves sold readily at prices ranging from $1.50 to $10 each. The market for hogs was weaker, and sales of selected lots were made at $9.50 to $9.90, and heavy mixed lots at $8.50 to $9 per cwt, weighed off cars. BRITAIN IS FULLY AROUSED GREAT CHANGE HAS COME OVER THE NATION. The People Think and Talk of S Nothing Else .But the War. A cable from London to the New York. Tribune says: No sign is lacking at the present time to show that the war has grip- ped the very heart of England. Or- dinary persons think and talk no- thing else. As compared with June, 1914, Britain is a new country. A year ago the season was at its very height; restaurants, theatres, and dressmakers were doing an enor- mous business, while, the prospects for the Ascot race meeting furnished the chief theme of conversation. To- day several fashionable hotels are so empty that they would be better off if able to close down .entirely. Smart restaurants have lowered all their prices, and depend mainly on the patronage of officers on leave from the front. The leading milli- ners and costumers have discharged over 70 per cent, of their employes and are doing practically nothing. Women are paying no attention to the new fashions, and altering gowns instead of buying new ones. Expen- sive private automobiles grow fewer Recruiting Stimulated. One sees thousands of khaki fig- ures marching along the public thor- oughfares. The entire country has awakened to the gravity of the situa- tion, a state of mind due largely to the Zeppelin raids, and recruiting proceeds faster than the authorities can find equipment. The number of men under 30 who have not proffer- ed their services is almost infinitesi- mal. Many London regiments are holding "recruiting week." This is aided by bands and recruiting offi- cers, but all state that they are get- ting comparatively few young men, 'because practically all able to serve have already enlisted. Present day recruits are most of them married men between thirty and forty. "The slacker" has almost disap- peared. Of apparently eligible young men to whom recruiters appeal no more than one in twenty is deliber- ately refraining from joining. Making Munitions. This receniting stimulus is charac- teristic of the change which has come over the nation. Practically all the engineering works throughout Britain are now devoting themselves in one way or another to making munitions. Retired engineers and men with engineering knowledge, many of them amateurs, are giving up their whole time to working in these factories without pay to in- crease the output. Women Doing Their Share. More than 100,000 women have registered themselves at the labor exchanges as willing to engage in war work. Women are going into every branch of life to fill men's places. A new station opened by the Underground Electric Railway is staffed entirely by women who work the elevators, and act as ticket dis- tributors and collectors. Many women are acting• as drivers of motor lorries, others chive milk carts, some are doing 'postmen's work, and several hundred are taking the places of commissionaires --- old seidiere who rejoined the army. In hotels and clubs they have almost en- tirely filled the vacancies• caused by men enlisting. All this goes to show that every 'class of society is now giving itself up to the war and no- thing else. 'There is scarcely a family which is not personally affected by the strug- gle, and the country is rapidly reaching the Point where every per - eon, in seine fashion, will be assist- ing in fighting the Germane. 36TH ANNUAL MEETING -0Y IIIE-RICIVCOURJ CANADIAN ORDER OF FORLSTERS .P7-7 • Over Five Hundred Delegates In merits being of a similar nature to Attendance. ' those made of the Insurance Funds), amounted to $18,723.10, and after thl Canadian 'Order of Foresters convened benefit claims, -amounting to $188,- The 36th Annual Meeting of the payment of 7,319 sick and funera on Tuesday afternoon, the 15th of 430.35, the amount standing et the Ste. Ginstahtati.einnde:11' at the same fund at the present time credit of this fund was $403,284.77; J2epnom, Delegates wer from all parts of the Dominiere everY standing at $409,583.63. province being represented, The High Court meets in this city for the first The General Fund is also in a satisfactory condition. Manr special time since its inception. charges, incident to the war, including 7 donations to National and Patriotic Funds, and the arrangement for carrying members on overseas servicei hereafter referred to, have been arranged as anticipated without any inconvenience to this fund. In reppect to membership also sub- etaatial pregress Was made, the mem- bership at the end of the year 1914 ' standing at 91,657. Besides the ordinary benefits from its, Life Insurance and Sick and Funeral Benefit Departments, special provision is made, under the constitte, tion of the Order, for assistance to those. of its members suffering from tubercular trouble of any kind. A special grant is made extending over a period of six months, with a view to assisting to defray the cost of treatment in any of a number of sanie taria in Canada, making a specialty of such cases, and the membership is urged to take advantage of such treatment in the incipient stages of the Malady. - ,It is gratifying to note after a per- usal of the reports of all the officers, the far-reaalting- benefits that are be- ing derived by the membership in the various directions in which this Soci- ety endeavors to be of assistance to the individuals composing same. Since 1879, about ten and a half mil- lions of donate have been paid out in benefits by this Society, .and, in fact, the whole record of the Order, as sub- mitted in theta reports, is well worth the Perusal of those who perhaps have been skeptical regarding the perma- nency and stability of fraternal.insur- ance concerns. These reports furnish evidence cif careful management in the conduct of the Society's affairs, and reflect credit on its administration. A point of general interest, as indicat- ing proper selection of risks, is the death rate. This for 1914 was 0.64 in the thou- sand, and the average death rate since the Inception of the Order, over a period of nearly 38 years, Is 5.31 per thousand. In looking into the report of the Super- intendent of Organisation, we find he has been able to report the institution of forty-two (42) new Courts, demonstrat- ing that the Order continues to -establish agencies tts new fields for the prosecu- tion of Its business open up. Particular attention is evidently being pald to es- tabliehment of Subordinate Courts only In such places as offer a reasonable pros- pect of pernutnencY. The Order has Pursued a very policy in respect to those of its member- ship who have volunteered, or enlisted, for overseas service. Not only is the in- surance in such eases kept in force at tile ordinary rates, of those who were In membership at the date a declaration or war by England, but the Instira.nee and Sick and Funeral Benefit Assessments for all such members are being paid by High Court out of the General or Ex- pense Fund of the Order. New business involving war risks has of necessity to be declined, and is the only safe course for the Order, but the arrangement as made relieves the members of older standing from the necessity of payment by them of their 'ordinary assessments, and yet provides for the proPer Premium being,eollectod and credited to the Insur- ance, and Sick and Funeral Benefit Funds of the Order, in the usual way. The following officers of High Court' were present at the opening session: J. A. Stewart, High Chief Ranger, Perth, Ont.; J. A. A. Brodeur, High Vice -Chief Ranger, Montreal, Que.; Alf. P. van Someren, High Secretary, Brantford, Ont.; Robert Elliott, High Treasurer, Brantford, Ont.,. Dr. U. M. Stanley, Chairman of the Medical I3oard1 Brantford, Ont.; W. G. Strong, Superintendent of Organization, Brantford, Ont.; W. L. Roberts, First High Auditor, Brantford, Ont., and A. Shultis'Second High Auditor, Brant- ford, Ont., and N. J. Stevenson, Toronto, Ont.; R. T. Kemp, Listowel, Ont.; A. R. Galpini London, Ont.; F. II. Davidson, Winmpeg, Man.; A. R. Coffin, Truro, N.S., members of the Executive Committee. In addition to the above, A. L. Jones, Dist. H. C. R., Brandon, Man.; A. K. Berry, Past Dist. H. C. R.? Rol- land, Man., and D. E. McKinnon, Dist. High Secretary, Winnipeg, Man., representatives from the District High Court for Manitoba, were present. The Annual Reports of the various officers of this Order are again of a very satisfactory nature, showing that the steady progress which has been its experience since its inception in 1879, was continued in the year 1914, which is the period covered by these reports. This Order confines its business en- tirely to the Dominion of Canada. In all its departments, in spite of the ad- verse general conditions which have been experienced in Canada, uniform progress is demonstrated. The increase in the insurance funds during the year amounted to $375,- 296.94, this increase being the second largest in the Order's experience, and only some $5,000.00 less than the largest increase in any one year, which occurred in 1912. The standing of this fund at the end of the year, after the payment of 599 death claims, amounting to $613,890.12, showed funds on hand of $4,740,368.01; the amount at the present time being $4,884,441.13. The yearly revenue de- rived from the investments of the Order now constitute a very substan- tial amount of the annual income. Interest earned on investments of in- surance funds during 1914 amounted to $228,761.64, and paid 36.44 per cent, of the total death claims on the Order. In respect to the matter of invest- ments, it is interesting to know that the Order confines the investment of its funds to the purchasing of muni- cipal and school debentures of the Dominion of Canada. During the last two years, with an exceptional market in such direction, from the investor's point of view, the Executive Commit- tee has been able to take very exten- sive advantage of the situation. The Sick and Funeral Benefit Fund shows a larger net increase than that experienced in any previous year in the Order's history, the increase for the year being $55,071.58. Interest earned on investments of Sick and Funeral Benefit, Funds (these invest - As usual en mach occasions, a very considerable amount of business awaits the attention of the delegates, and It Is expected that the sessions will Probably occupy their attention till the 18th in- stant. --41 Look To The Future Canada can benefit by hearkening to the recommendation recently made by the British Board of Agriculture, in a notice issued to farmers. It strongly urged them to raise as much stock as possible during the war, and gives the following advice: Do not send breeding and immature stock to the butcher simply becaese prices are attractive now. Do not market =finished animals; it is wasteful of the country's re- souces mind is against your own inter- ests. Do not kill calves -roar them; it is well worth it. Do not 'reduce your stock; when you cannot buy stores, buy calves. Maintain your flocks and breed your sows; it will pay you to do so. The board adds that the above re- commendations are made not only in the national welfare, but because it believes them to be for the ultimate benefit of British agriculturists. Her Pride Touched. A teachers' meeting was in pro- gress'and it Was decided that the more difficult subjects should come in the morning, and those that required less application later in the day, His- tory was last on the list, and Miss Wheeler, the young teacher, protested. "But it certainly is easier than science or mathematics," the principal ineisted. "As I teach it," replied the young teacher, "no subject could be more difficult and confusing." The blood of a men weighs about 201b. I Buy Safe Securities While the Market is Low. Our Approved PARINAL PAYMENT PLAN enables you to buy safe dividend- payi ng lesnee in any quantitles-,- • One, live, ten, twelve, sixteen, thirty, by making a smell first payment and balance in monthly instalments as you can .afford - 55, $10, $20, $20, $40. You re- • °sive all dividends while making payments, and may sell Becuri- ties at arty Woe. Many itecuri- , ties are selling at below their normal level and at present prices yield a most attractive in- come. OPV Of FREE 6001ILE1' MAILED ON REQUEST. iT X151; I Pie cles r to accumulate in• - SpRCIAL CONSTABLES AT ROSS RIFLE FACTORY A, despatch from Quebec factory have been Sworn in as special' Several women will be sult of -the deveral fires that have secret service Work. This is the re' I op NEW YORK occurred quite mysteriously of late. Biestsmtenri 6912,2eou4raill,xtes.vier otzeot,, Ntentfar. oRYANT, DUNN 4f° CO DONSOLIDATED gTOCI, IXOHANO al.pmseRs 'Twenty einployes of the 'Rose Rifle constables to guard the buildings. employeen FRENCH GAINS AT SIX POINTS Army of 200,000 Germans Hurled Attacks Allied A gLaiinnesst. the A despatch from Paris says: The heaviest fighting of many weeks is reported by the French War Office. In the north, between Souchez and Neuville, the fighting has been furi- ous. On this front the Germans ar- rayed an army of 200,000 men, with heavy reserves in the rear, drove for- ward against the French in a deeper - ale effort to regain the ground lost there during the last few days. Repeated attacks were hurled back by tha French forces, which, striking quickly. while the Germans were in confusion, pressed forward making important gains on three sides of Souchez, and advancing in three di- rections from Neuville. The French batteries during a fierce battle of 24 hours fired nearly 300,000 shells, fwehwile. whiletheGermans used probably no The death toll in the face of such artillery work has of necessity been very large. The French War Office admits that the French losses have been serious. It asserts, however, that the German casualties have been even greater. In spite of this fact the spirit and morale of the French troops is said to be excellent More than 1,000 German prisoners have been made during the struggle -600 on the Souchez-Neuville front and 600 in the Vosges. In' the Vrisges, Altenhof, a suburb of Metzeral on the River Focht, has been captured. Steinbeck, a little to the north of Metzeral, has fallen into French hands after a furious assault. It would appear that Souehez, north of Arnie, and Metzeral, in the Vosges, me doomed to fall into French hands. The new positions won about Souchez will give the French , batteries clean sweep toward the , German positions in the town, and the Same is true respecting Metzeral. The Doctor Was Satisfied. When a well-known doctor, an en- thusiast on phrenology, visited a lune, tic asylum in Paris, he was shown round the establishment by one of the inmates, who was quite rational in his tads, Tile doctor theeefore felt Ins head, and reinfirked:-"I find hero - riot e vestige of madnese, What brought you into the asylum?" "Net a bit likely that you will de- tect Any trace Of lunacy on the head which yop hoT see on a i yct it ti my shoulderit;-' ij2 htsA4.,b all. I only Iiddc ,tuck after I was guillotined, during ebb revolution." The doctor /was satisfied with the explanation.