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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-07-02, Page 7The Easy Way of Going a Ifarit Days With Comfort Soap. BIG COMMERCIAL COLLAPSE Leading New York Wholesale Firth in the Hands of Receivers. A clespatcb from New York aays The H. B. Clallin Co., the oldest and the leading whole:sale dry geods company of the country, went inth the hands of receives Friday be- cause of its inability to meet notes amounting to several million dol- lars, now due or comieg due within a few days. The failure, is the big- "- gest single commercial collapse in many years. • The 'company is said to have out- standing notes amounting to more than 534,000,000, and the liabilities ratty amount to $44,000,000. In • some quarters, however, it is said that the aseets, eccercling to the hooks of the eompany, exceed the • liabilities. • The company, or its president, John (-flail'', (MRS or controls at leant twerity-five retail dry goods stores throughout the United States and C.Janada. Three of these con- eerns also went into the hands of receivers •be -day. They are the Henry Battenznan Co., of Brook- lyn; the Bedford Company, of Wil- • liamsburg, and Jones Store Com- pany, of Kansas City, Missouri. • Similar action, it was announced, would be taken in the ease :of the rest. Their business will be con- tinued- under receivers' manage- ment until their financial affairs have been adjusted. The cause ci the failure w.as first- ly an over extension .af notes issued by the company as maker oz en- dorsed by it; secondly; the stagna- tion :of business throng:In:Mt the country, whieh caused the banks to refuse further eredit and • resese extension of the notes they already hold. . • The other eanses whioh are named were the fact that Maw York is no longer the- jobbing eenthre in dry goods for the 'whole country, and, secondly, tbat the banks bolding the notes feel they must have more liquid assets in preparation for the new banking aystetra The failure was a shook to the entire country. The H. B. Claalin Co., whioh for more than seventy years has passed through various • vicissitudes, emerging with a higher reputation as to soundness and bigger business, until within the last few years, had commercial con- nectiona throughout the United States and Canada. Its paper un- til recently had always been .in eager demand by the banks. About 25 banks in New York are said to hold apptoxisnately $7,000,000 of the notes; Boston, $10,000,000; Chicago and St. Louis large amounts. The paper of the com- pany is said to be atored away among the assets of between 2,000 and 3,000 baiaks in the United States, THE HS IN A PARAGRAPH GAPPaNINGS FROM ALL OVEE THE ql,ORE IN A NUTSH ELL Canada, the Empire and the World 'In General Refers Tour Eyes. Canada. • Patrick Ha,mmil was instantly 'klled by a G.T.R. yard engine at Sarnia while under the influence of The Mayor of Lethbridge Alba., after visiting Hillcrest • ordered a big supply of groceries and a ear load of flour th be sent. The explosion of a gasolene stove being used by electraeians in the Senate wing of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, caused a 'small • flre and big excitement. Manager Dobson, of the Cana- dian Alkali Company, which is building an immense plant at Wind- sor, stated that enough salt to last the company 220 years has been struck in four wells. Terms for the eoraposing el all iebernational differences between -the United States and Heide° have been conclqded. The conditions under which diplomtatie relations will be resumed were embodied in a protocol and signed by those at- tending Niagara Falls eonference. Great Britain. . • Militants in London attacked let- ter boxes and raided west end the - The Gothland, wrecked off the Scilly Islands, is likely to prove a total wreck. United States. The automatic revolver carried by MayorMitchel of New York deopped from its holster While he was alighting from his auto, and dislodging, a bullet :struelt former Senator Reynolds in the knee. General. Spanish *troops had a long en- gagement with Moors near Tetuan, Morocco. A Scottish woman in the Delagoe, Bay distriet of Africa shot four lions out of a herd of six. • The London Telegraph's corres- pondent in Pekin reports that the bandid "White 1:Voll' was executed three months ago. King Peter of Servia denies that haa abdicated, but has delegated his duties duaing his illness. Par- liamentary elections have been call- ed for August 14th. Enrico Malatesta.; the Italian an- archist, whom the Italian Govern- ment has been seeking to arrest in connection with the recent, eevolu- tionary risings. in Italy, has ea - caped. -Greece has communicated a new note th the pewers, accepting the Pothe's proposale that the property of Turkish refugees shall • be ex- changed for the property of Greek refugees, land 'that a Graeco-Turk- ish 'commission be appointed to make a valuation. Greece invited the powers to designate a neutral chairman, LABOR CONDITIONS BAD. Never Did Things Look 'Worse for Workers, Says J. C. 'Wafters. • A despatch from Montreal says: "The induatrial conditions all over Canada are in a deplorable condi- tion, many are ,starving because bhey cannot get a chance to earn even the bare necessities of life, and never in the history of Canada did things look so bad for the work- ers," Such was the statement made on Wednesday by J. 0. Watters, president of -the Trades Congress of Canada. "410. • Canadian Municipal Debentures The quilncss in commercial business is, as evidencetrby VeLfrIfi bank sintements fins:luring important accumulations of moneys by large financial institutions, yob ich in turn must tend to lamer into, est rates, anti likewise deoreaec the intorest Yield on IJ ie better class of investment securities, Our advice to clientsis to take early advantaee of all meritorious monicifial offer. lugs at Current arises Yield TORONTO, ONT. 486% PROT. ONT. (AN.) . PROST. AZ33/1ATA. 460% OWEN SOUND, owe. ..4.90% BRooxvex,e,es, pens ..5.00% BRANDON, MAN, s10% TP. BRUCE, ONT......s.12% RESPELER,• ONT. ,. s..5.12% BURLINGTON, ONT. ..5.20% irireNzar, nes. .... , .9.2o% LINDSAY, ONT. 520% BLEGRA, ONT. 5 25% NORTH BAY, ON'T, . , SUDBURY, ONT. 520% WESTON, ONT. „ .5.38% lapnzoiciati NAT, ALTA 5.38% Sena for Snly list, giving complete Partioninle. on request. • Yield ST. LAURENT, 91711....5.36% TP. ISICHMOND, 8.0...5.40% sannseraysx.x.E, ONT. 5.50% DUST-, NORTSI VANCOU- • VER, B.C. . ...... SUDBURY (errs SHOES), . , ...... EfeTEVAN, SAS, PORTAGE /se, eh/stare, MAN. (Guerienteed) ..5.40% ESGUIMALT, B.O. .., .5.60% 5I2160011, ONT. 5 25% WATICCSUS, SASX. ALDEItTA SCHOOL DISTRICTS t., . . .... .0.75% Gladly sent A. E. ,AMES & CO. 1'7,T,t47:* Union Bulk Builaing, Toronto E612gred PRICES OF FARM PliODOCTS annon,as mem TRII nnemirto TRADE CENTBES OP AMERICA. • Breadetnifs. Toronto, Juno 30.-Flour--CIntario wheat flours, 00 per sent„ 53,75 55 53.80, seaboard, and at 53,80, Toronto. Manitobas-Pirst patents, in jute bags tet;a dbo,..„,gsseteoinstlk _55; strong' baker''' ,Nanitoba .w ee.t-isaY ports -No, 1 Northern, 943c; and No. 2, 030. Ontario wheat -No, 2 at 51 to 51.01, Outside, and new at 82 to 850, outside, August and September df.livery. Oats -No. 2s Ontario oats, 41 to 42o, outside, and at 43 to 440, on track, To- ronto. WeStern Canada oats, 42c -for No. 2, and at 421c for No, 3, .Ray ports. Peas --Prices nominal. Barley --Good malting barley.' 57 to 69c, according to eualitY. Rye -No, 3 at 63 to 64c, outside. ' Buckwheat -00c, outside. Corn -No. 2 A.merican, 790, on track, Toronto, and at 75e, Bay ports, Bran --Manitoba, bran, $28 to 524 ton, in hags, Toronto freight, Shorts, $25 to $26, Country, Produce. Butler -Choice dalv.v, 17 to 19e; in- ferior, 15 tc 160; farmers' separator prints, 19 to 200; creamery prints, fresh, 20 to 24c; do., solids, 21 to 220. Ames -Strictly new laid, 24 to 25e goezredno.zen. and good stock, 20 to 230 per HoneY-Extracted, in tins, 101 to lle per lb. Combs, 52.25 to 52.50 Per des - en for No. 1, and $2 for No. 2. Cheese -New cheese, 141 to. 141c for large, and 141 to 143e for twins. Beans -Hand-picked, $2.20 to 52,25 per bushel; erimes, $2.10 to 52.16. • Poultry -Fowl, 16 to 17c per 151 chickens, yearlings 20 to 2211; turkeys, 19 to 21e. • Potatome-Delawares, 01.15 to 51.20, on track here, and Ontarios at $1.10 per bag, on track, Peovisions. Bacon -Long cigar, 14 to 141c Per /b., in case lots. Hams -Medium, 18 to 185e; do., heavy, 17 to 171o; retie, 14500 15c; •breakfast bacon, 18 to 190; backs, 22 to 23c. Lard -Tierces, 121c; tubs, 125e; palls, 13e, CompoUnd, 10 to 101e. Baled Hay aud Straw. Baled hay -No. 1 at 514.76 to $16 0. ton, on track here; No. 2.quoted at $13 to 514, and clover at *IL Baled straw -Car lots, $8.25 to 58,50, on track Torento. Winnipeg Grain. Winnipeg June 30.-Casb:-Ne, 1 Northern, 8958; No, 2 Northern, 881e; No. 3 Northern, 870: No, 4, 8210. Oats -No, 2 C.W., ssie: No. 3 C.W., 30c' ex- tra No. 1 feed, 803; No. I feed, 381c;' No, 2 feed, 881c, Barley -No, 3, 621e; No. 4. 5111Lrejected, 49e; feed, 485c. Flax - Ne. 51.395; No. 2 Coss, 51,361; No, 3 C.W., 51,241, Montreal Markets. Montreal, Jurle 30. -.Corn, American No. 2 yellow, 79 to 80c. Oats, Canadian Western, No. 2, 44 to 441e; No. 3, 431e to 435e; extra No. 1 feed, 42e' to .43c. Barley, malting, 55 to 660. Flour, Man, Spring wheat patents. firsts, $5.60; sec- onde, $6.10; strong bakers'. 54.90; Win- ter patents. choice, 55-25 to 06•50: straight rollers. $9.70 to $4.90; do., ags. $2.20 to 52,35. Rolled oats, bar- rels, 54.55; do., bags, 00 lbe., 52-15, Bran $23. Shorts 525. Midelings, $28. ouillie, $28 tO 582. leaY, No, 2, per San car lote, $14.50 to 810. Cheese, fin- est westerns, 13 to 13/c; finest east- er, Cholcest Creainery, 245 to 2io; seconds, 23 to 281e. Eggs. fresh, 23 to 24e; selected, 26 to 27e; NO, 2 stock, 20 to 21e. Pota- toes, per bag, car lote, 51 to $1.20. United suttee markets. Minneapolis, June 30,--Wheat-July, 34C; September, 805e. Cash -No. 1 hard, Mei NO. 1 Northern. 958c to 875e; No. 2 do., 831 to 868e. Flour -Fancy pa- tents, 84,45; first clears, $4.42; second Clears, 52.55. Bran -$19.25. Duluth, Tune 30 -Wheat -No. 1 hard, 895c; No, 1 Northern, Mc' No, 2 do., sos to 8050; July, • 875e. Linseed - Cash and July, 51.593. Live Stook Markets. Toksonto, June 30. -Cattle -Choice butchers', $3.15 00 58.60; good, 57.90 to $8; common cows, 54.75 to 55.25; canners and cutters, $2.60 to 54; choice fat cows, $0.26 to 57.10; choice bulls57 00 57.00., •Calve -Good Yeats, 58,25 to 511; common, $4.75 to $7. Stockers and feeders -Steers, SOO tie 900 lbs., $7 to $7.50; good cusality, 700 to 800 lbs., 56.75 to $7.25' light 56.10 to $0.50. Sheep and lambs -Light ewes, 56.76 to $6.25; heavy, $4,26 te $4.76; bucks, $4.76 tO $0.30; Spring lambs, $10 to $12; yearling lambs. $7.60 to $8.60. Bogs -$7.60 to $7.60 f.o.b., $8.15 to 58.20, fed and evatered, $8,35 to 58.40 off cars, Montreal, lune 30. ---Prime beeves, 8c to 840; rneditsm, 51e to 75e; corm -non. 45c to Sec. Cows, 530 to 575 each. eatves, 38 00 74e, Sheep. 5c to 68c. spring lambs, 56 to 57 each. Hogs, sic. SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM. Many ;Gilled and Injured, and Much Damage to Crops. A desparteli from Chicago says: Seven deaths, scores of injured, •CNA) dainage amounting th thou- sands ef dollars, and :heavy damage to buildings, were caused in an electrical and wind storm that swept Itilinnesota, and Wisconsin from the North-west on Wednesday. Communication between many cities was out off owing to the pros- tration of telegraph and telephone iiires. It was feared that a, still larger loss of life would be revealed when the full extent of the storm is known. KILLED BY TRAIN. Resident of Point Edward, Ontario, Was Run Over. A despatch iron] Sarnia 'says; •Paithelt Hamill, sailor, three days out of jail, was run over and killed by a G.T.R. freight on Wednesday afternoon at 5.30. The -man was mangled in the chest and 'head. Deceased was a resident of Point Edward. THIHTY-FIFTII •AiNUAL MEETING OF THE HIGH COURT CANADIAN ODDER OF FORESTERS; • FIVE HUNDRED DELEGATES IN •ATTENDANCE The thirty-fifth annual meeting' of the Canadian Order of Foresters convened on Tuesday afternoon, June 16, in the Hall of the Knights of Columbus, in the city -of 'Quebec, at 2p.n1. As lienali &legates are .in attendance from all parts, of the Dominion, the order Confining itS business entirely to the Dbaninicie of Canada. A representation was present from every_ province in Ca,nada,, and though this society's thirty-fifth year will be completed in November 'mato while annual meetings have been held in the pro- vince, never ,previously ban each meeting convened in the • city of Quebec. The Mayor and aldermen of the city welcomed the delegates in felicitous terms. Mr. Stewart, the high chief rangeto replying in an eloquent manner on behalf- of the order. • . '- The following officara were pre- sent at the opening session: J. A. Stewart, high chief ranger, Perth (Ont.); J.. A. A. Brodeur, thigh vice - chief ranger,Montreal;' Alf. Fovan- Someren, bigh secretary, Brant- ford (Ont.); Herbert Eiliatt, high treasurer, Brantford (Ont.);W:''.G. •Strong, sapeaintendent of organiza- tion, Brantford (Ont.); W. L. Rob- erts, high • auditor, Brantford (Ont.); A. ShatItis, second high auditor, Brantford (Ont.); W: M. Couper, high registrar, Montreal (Que.); H. J. Stevenson, Toronto (Ont.); R. T. Kemp, Listowel (Ont.); A. R. Galpin, London (Ont F Davidson,, Winnipeg (Man.), members of the executive committee. In addition to the above, A. X. Berry, diatriot high chief ranger; Holland (1VItun.); John Muaray, past district high chief ranger, Ilainiota, (Man.); D. E: McKinnon, district high secretary, Winnipeg (Man.), were present as representatives of the Distriet High Comet for Maei- toba. The annual reports of all the High Court officers of this order are, again, very satisfactory. They demonstrate that the year 1913, Which is the period covered by the reports referred to, was no excep- tion to the aeries of satisfactory re- ports that have occurred from year to year in the order's experience. An interesting feature, in connec- tion with the business ,of the order is, that since its inception in 1879, it has confined its business entirely to the Dominion of Canada, and the excellent re,ault which the chair- man of the medial board has been able to report as to the death rate, which was 6.12 per thousand in 1913, and 5.28 over the society's ex- perience, is, no doubt, very largely due to the original decision of the founders of the order to operate only within this Dominion. In all departments, material betterment is shown in the financial position of the order. In the year, the increase in the insurance funds amounted to $375,- 095,86, tthis fund standing at the end of the year under review, ether the payment of 554 death • claisna, amounting to 8562,361.19, at 542- 365,072.07. In this connection, it is interesting to note that the revenue aecruing frosn investments., realized last year 8188,416.28, which was a, sufficient income from this source to look after the 33.34 per cent. of the death lenses. In further reference to the matter of investmente, it, will be of interest to our readees to know that the order confines its investments, en- tirely, to anunieipal and school de- bentures, of the Dorninion of Can- 'ada. It, a matter of general knowledge among investors, that, over and above lb& admittedly gilt 'edged nature of thege'se'eurities, the market for the last ,two years has been a -very, advantageous ono, frornathe. investor'a point of view, and the reports indicate that the order has been in a pbsition to take full advantage of Meth desirable conditions, , Besides the, insurance department, the order operates a sick and funeral be,nefit• department, and the increase in the funds in this regard, during the year 1913, amounted to 550,746.32 .after the. payment of 7,271 sick and funeral benefit claims, ambunting to 5180,- 979.10. Funds in, this department are also invested in the arsine class of securities as the insurance fund, arid the amount colleeted in interest during 1013 amounted to 514,095.02, She total amount at credit <if this fund at the end of the year being 5348,213.19. The general fund of the, order, which is the expense account fund, it being maintained by a levy of ten cents per month on each ,member, is also in satisfactory :shape, leaving the order in a substantial position in reapect to We, prosecatien of its work. Regarding meinfiership else, sub- atantial progress.is indicated, the net result of the yeaa'a operations showing a gain for 1913 of 3,019, making the total membership of the order on the 31et of December, 1913, 90,555. 0. • Besides the ordinary benefits ac- cruing to the members of the or- der, from life insurance and sick and funeral benefits, this eociety provides for special grants in addi- tional directions; one in respect to amputations, and a further special grant over and above sick benefits, w,hieh enables tubercular patients to have special treatment, for six months, at any one of a number of sanitaria, making, a specialty of this disease, A perusal of the reports of the various officers brings to attention 5110 large amount of benefits that have been de:rived by the member- ship, as, since 1879, a. sum of 591- 000,000 haa been paid in mortuary and other benefits, This society would appear to have been carefully guided since its ince-ption. Even in spite of recent stringent monetary conditions, and other hinters that have militated against the general progress of fratemal insurance concerns, the year 19132 which :might well have reflected in the reports of the offi- cers such conditions, on the con- trary, demonstrate a substantial and satisfactory progress. The mperintenclent of organiza- tion has been able to report the institution of forty-four new courts, ,scattered over the Dominion gen- • erally. This indientes that the or- der is alive to the desirability of establishing ita ageneies, in locali- ties both in the older and in the newer parts of the Dominion, as the circumstances of the district give reason to believe such courts may become 'permanent and useful centres for the acquisition of new business. • The officers' reports we're submit- ted to the usual committees for their consideration. A considerable amount of business, as usual, is de- manding the attention, of *Um dele- gates, and the session et tbe high court -will extend over.several days, probably taking up the attention of the representatives from the 16th to 29th inst. THREE, OVERCOME BY HEAT. Windsor Workman Grew Faint and Fell 20 Feet. A despateh from Windsor says: Three peraons ha.ve been prostrated from heat within the past 48 hours. Norman Norcott was overcome on the street, and was taken th the Hotel Dieu. While picking eherries, Donald tinn, 14 years old, was taken with a fainting spell, super- induced by the heat, and fell to the ground. He sustained a fracture of the right arm a,nd minor cuts and bruises. Enoch Harris, em- ployed at the Windsor plant of the Lufkin Rule Company, fell 20 feet from a ladder when he was over- come by the heat. Hie head and shoulder Were painfully injured. "Nal, does a eanniba4 ever go to heaven?" "No, :sonny." "But suppose he ate is missionary ?" WHY EMPRESS SANK SO SOON Two Hundred and Sixty Tons of Water a Second Rushed Into Her Gaping Side A despatch from 'Quebec says : The ewplanation of all the sugges- tions that have been made during the enquiry into the wreck of the Empress ,of Ireland about the ves- sel'a steering goar caine out on Weoluesday afternoon when Percy Hillhouse, belonging to the Fair- field Shipbuilding Company, which, construoted her, continued his evi- dence before the Dominion Commis- . .. emn. Mr. Hilithouse gave the first adequate, expianation*of the actual init/ries.tu,the EmPress, and his telling of the Water rushing through a wailed .e28 senere, feet in climen- aions 'at the rate oa,260 tons a sec- ond gave a cleateut.impreasion of how it came about that the liner listed over quickly and shortly af- terwards oapsiied. Another aioteworthy feature of a,nd dangers. '• the coromission'e hearing on Wed- nesdaywas the evidence of Gunner Wilfrid Whitethead, 'the, diver from H.M.S. Eeseic, vrho, in addition te inspecting the hull of the Empress, risked his life in an effort Ito save that of Edward Cossboon1 the American diver, who „died from in- juries received at the wreck. White- head and other divers from the ES - sex were ordered from the court to the scene of the wreck Wednesday afternoon after 8. conference be- tween Oept. Walsh, marine *super- intendent of {Wm C.P.R,, and Capt. Watson of the cruiser, at which it was cleCided to once snore try to get the 800 bodies entombed in the Em- press, despite the 'fact that this work had been abandoned following a report indicating its difficulties 300 COAL MINERS STRIKE. . Rave Organized 'Under United Mine Workers. A despatch from Calgary says: Three :hundred minces in the Brae seen Collieries, Limited, at Nor- clegg, Alta., are on atrike for higther wages. In April of this year the miners organized under the United Mine Worker e of America, but were, unable ito get :the company to sign an agreement. A verbal agreement was made, according th union offi- cials, that the ereee,nt scale of wages would be in effect till June 15, and that a new schedule wit - able to both parties would Ise:draft- ed by that time. Both, aides appear determined to fight until they get their own teams. FLIGHT LASTED 15 HOURS. German Made a World's Iteeord at • Johannistlial. Aerodrome. A <lee:patch from johannisthal, Germany, says: A world's recird for She duration flight of an acre-, plane carrying only the pilot was created on Wednesday at the aero- drome here by Gustav I3a,sser, German airman. He remained in She air for 18 hours and 10 minutes Without making a landing. The best previous duration record of a simi- lar kind was that made by .Bruno Langer, also a German aviator, on Feb; 3 this year, when be made an uninterrupted flight lasting fa boars 7 minutes. • GANG ROUNDED UJ?. Montreal Police Believe They lIave Inter»ational Burglars. A despatch from Montreal says: With the errest of four men hereon Wednesday, the pollee believe they have members of an international gang of burglars ,who for the past few months have been terrorizing the city, and who are known to have committed 37 extensive burglaries in the last two, weeks. The men give their names as Alex, Divarkin, George Wallace, Thonuts Hatley and M. Tattle They tare believed to 50 thieves fromsEurope. Corniffent on Events Serious State of Agate(' in Italy, 1111 e° rditalsrfceded s flet, inZpitched b;ttle in the streetlo t 60fldot„ storesi:cd ziewspapers suspended and cabs and street oars laid off, ItalY has been get- ting an unusually -severe dose of So- clalist agitation. The burning etrail- way stations and tearing up of tracks showS the desperation el! the , strike, which Is a prntest against the trilling 01 Socialists by carbineeve at Ancona. 530 doubt the government bayonets and lets will soon set the better of. the riot,. ere, but there must lie something radi- cally wrong with labor conditions in a country _‘vhere sh • widespread an out- tbi'Metkrta6laile°seelluo'C'e, atnoathiiteje0oXtryw.°nder Mobilizing Aeroplanee.. Now that the experimental and spec- tacular stage has been passed, a Yak amount of most useeul work of which the general public does not hear ;,snsch, is being done in aeronautical develoP- ment. Probably the greatest Progress le :being made in the perfection ok mili- tary and naval aeroplanee. Germany, in particular. has made greet progress Within the, past eighteen months, and the margin of France'e former aerial supremacy over her neighbor on the other .side or the Rhine has for some tine been greatly redueed, "Germany'e future lies in the air," has been said blc One authority, and a sufficieist nes-O- ber of his countrymen are apparently Of his opinion, One of the most remerk- 'able performances In the history of niiti- tary aviation is certainly the ecinadron flight reeently made from seven of -the Principal German flying centres to the Doberttz camp. Not only did all the starters arrive and complete the Jour- ney at very high speedo, but the squad- ron fortnatiort was practically maintain- ed throughOut. Ten bilflanes of • the British Royal Flying Corps have been engaged on a similar test, and nothing of the kind hae been attempted before in Great Britain on so,large 'EL scale. The British test Is of epeeist' interest, since it also represented a ,mobilization of the road transport vehicles required to sup- plement 'the flying craft on active ser - "Extension Work" By a Prifion. Who does not know what extension Work is? STnierersitlee and other educa- tional institutions maintain extension departments in order to enlarge their sphere of influence, to reach elements that cannot, because of age or economic conditions, take the regular courses. But the state pigeon at Jackson, Mich., has started a new kin± of extension work, the object of which is to keep peo- ple out, rather than to take them In, It has decided to send its chaplain and a staff of assistants to the various com- munitiee of the state Sor the purpeee of impressing them with the need of active and anti-crimeand anti -prison .Dropagancla. The prison authorities firid that the average age of convicts is shifting downward steadily and sadly. A decade ago the average age was 28: to -day it is 23. The significance of this is plain. Too many boys are neglected and suffer- ed, to lapse into delinquency. Home and society are not providing the discip line needed by the young. The state Prison, wishing to arrest tho evil at its source, will through its agents tell the communities Just what crime and crim- inals are as studied in prison, what con- vict life is, what might be dOne to pre- vent the eonseant recruiting of the pris- on population. In the idea of preventing crinie and delinquency by education and wholesOme recreation there is nothing new. But a prison, taking the Initiative and eat - playing lecturers to cutoff its supplies of human material Is a novel spectacle under the sun, lame °pintoes. Opinions crowd the street corners; they, race up and clown sidewalks; they reek and doze in the porches-opinimus on all subjdots poiltleai, religieue, im- olai, moral, municipal, national, and on every subject two or more opinions. and each opinion regarding itself spend and wholesome. Years pass by and oblivion wipes those opinions with a Sponge, and no Ina» knouts what side he was on then, nor does he care to know. Opinions are Use creatures ef stand - Points, prejudices, self-interest, envir- onments, and so are as varied as these incidents are. If two good men, who are 'Miners:Ad by these incidents, would get away from them all and consult their eonsciouenese, their common sense and their regard for the right and trne, these opinions wotild Skip away to the hills like wild goats, leaving the men In sweet accord. Time levels all opin- ions and firially leaves the mind serene and haPPY. Atrocities Report. The Cartegie Peace Foundation in- vestigated the alleged atrocities in the Balkans during the fretricidel war in which the allies indulged alter their brilliant suecees against Turkey. The Greolcs are 'Pretesting against the find- ings in this report and once more blaln- ing the Bulgarians. The Caenegle report is, however, not the only doeument available, The truth of the memorable resistance offered by the 26,000 Bulges clans to the Greek advance has long since come out, That there were atro- cities on both sides is undoubted, but all the evidence adduced goes to show that to say the least of it some of the Greeks were 100 better than the Bulga- rians or Servians. The Bulgarian repl- iers behaved magnificently. All through both Wars there were bandit leaders in Macedonia of the Mexican Villa type taking advantage of the situation to rob and plunder. Is It not time that these recrinuna- tions ceased? Bulgaria undoubtedly gave every facility to the various cbm- missions to gather ail the evidence Pos. ethic which Servia for one did not, But Greece can not afford to riak nil else hack won by °perking old' sores. It is or the utmost Importance that Greeee, Bul- garia and Servia should cultivate god relations. Bulgaria has snuch to forgive and by all accounts is doing Magnificent work in making good her appalling losses. She has paid for her ambitions In blood and' tears. Greece would be well advised to seek by what means she may to wipe out the memory of a year ago. If she prefers to keep old wounds bleeding she will find them fester and eventually entail a terribly severe ore matins Next time Bulgaria will be the operating surgeon. The Kaiser as a Huntsman. The German Dinperor is a mighty huntsman. Statistics of his prowess With the gun are as carefully kept as those affecting the vitality of his sub- jects, The figures for 1913 are just PUblished. TheY show that William II. laid 6000 pieces of game low during the foregoing year. Of pheasants he killed 3,185, 111 foxes, 84 wild boars, 39 stags, aed 13 partridges, Since he became a huntsman thirty-five years ago, the kais- er's total bag amounts to the very re- spectable total of 79,308 head of game. This list ist headed with 44,806 pheas- ants and includes 18,026 hares and 2,113 stags..,About two dozen of the kaisers (if tY-roUr royal residences are shooting boxes in various portions of the empire, He is passionately fond of the chase, and although able ,tosbandle a rIllo with only ontharm, is a really fine shot. ! SEVERE RHEUMATIC PAINS DISAPPEAR Rheumatism depends on an aeid in the blood, which affects the inuseles and joints, producing ia- flarantationy stiffness arid pain. This acid gets into the blood through some defect in the digeative process. 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Mrs. Yensdn is a widow, living on a farm near North Bay, anti the transcontinen- tal line of the Canadian Norther :Railway passes throagh her proper- ty near her house. Owing to litiga- tion over the right-of-way Mrs. Yenson had remained in her house, and was hanging out clothes in the ya,rcl when the accident took place. A construttion train tame along, caboose first, a,nd she started Ito cross the traek, but was caught and hurled to one side. She was token at once to the hospital, but died shortly afterwards. A ER OPL,iN ES AT F UN BRA L. Twenty Machines Aet as Escort for Dead Air 'Rea. Vienna, june 24. -An escort of twenty aeroplanes, flying mourning flags and manned by aviators from severat nations, formed a flying guard of honor at the burial of the nine . Austrian officers and men killed in the tragic air catastrophe a few miles f tom Vienna, on Satur- day. An enormous concourse of people, including several arch- dukes, meinbers of the Austrian Cabinet and foreign military at- taches was present at the graveside. While the funeral service was in progreas the small air craft circled round and round the e,einetery and then flew off in company. TRW) TO BURN A CKURCII. Timely Arrival of the Sexton Sated • Irish Edifice. A despatch from Belfast, Ireland, says; An "erson squad" of mili- tant Suffragettes caused extensive damage to the Episcopal Church at Balyleasen, neer here, ati an early bow' on Thureclay. The destruction of the entire church was averted only by the timely aarival of the sexton, who succeededin eietia- goishing the blaze. Helound quan- tities of burning petroleum, fire lighters, grease and cotton Wool lit- tered around, while the woodwork of the building had been thothughly drenched with petroleum . $19,000,000 LOSS IN FIRE Over One Thousand Buildings in Old Nlassachussets • City Destroyed. A despatch from Salem, Mass., says: Nearly half of the old "witch city" of Salem'rich in :his- toricNbuildings and tradition, was devaatated by a fire that ceusted an estimated loss of $19,000,000, des- troyed one' thousand buildings, in - eluding a Genre Of manufacturing establishments, and made ten thou- sand of the 40,000 residents home- less. , The fire originated in the Korn Leather factory on the west side of the city, about two -o'eleck Thurs- day afternoon, swept through the shOe and leather manufacturing 'dis- trict, ruining every building in a curving path two miles long and more than a half a mile, wide. Burning embers, carnet' by a strong north-vvest wind, started fires in two other sections, the faahimm,ble • realtlential district, :ad- jacent to Lafayette Street, and a manufacturing end tenement house district en the Peninsulas bounded by Palmers Cover, South River and the waterfront, "The house of eeve,n gables" was also in the ala,naer sone. The fire burned a semi -circular path. Ori- ,ginally driven in a south-easterly direction from the foot of Gallows Hill, the pla,ee whete witches were hanged two ando a, half centuries ago, it 'spread to South Salem and then changed its course and erept steadily in es northerly direction to, wards the Town Hall square, the centre of the city's retail business life. For a time the whole city seemed doomed. Then the firemen concen- trated their energies in a sip& point, of defence near the 13oston and Maim Railway Statioe, Sevs exal buildings in this vicinity 317010 dynamited, every available line of tlibremeets, som edagain:fi t tty jured persons were reoeived at the