The Clinton News Record, 1916-06-29, Page 3_
REVISED PENSIONS S CALE
COMES INTO EFFECT
Higher Rates fOr Men Up to .Rank of Lieutenant Adopted and
Are Retroactive—Over 5,000 Names in Now—
Annual Bill Will be Heavy.
A despatch from\ Ottawa says: The
GoVernment has adopted the recom-
mendations of the special committee
of Parliament which last Session con-
sidered the revision of the war pen-
,
• mons regniations. The present Pen -
glans Board of the Militia Depart-
ment has been authorizg ' to adopt
the new scale, and to make it retro-
• active, applying to all pensions al-
ready granted since the outbreak of
the war.
A permanent Pensions Beard, ap-
pointed for a long period .of years,
and removed from all political influ-
ence, will be named later on, but
meanwhile the present Military Board
will apply the new regulations. The
new scale is considerably higher in
the case of privates and other ranks
Up to Ieleutenant than the scale
adopted a year or 80 ago.
Already there are •some 5,500
names in the pension list, and when
all the casualties so far incurred have
been dealt with by the , Pensions
Board, it is estimated the total num-
ber of pension awards will be -tap to
the ten thousand mark. The aggre-
gate of the annual pension bill is pow
over two million dollars. BY the trms
the war ends it is estimated that the
yearly bill for pensions will be fully
$20,000,000.
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS
WILL BE PROVIDED
Arrangements Made by the Gov-
ernment for Needs Of
Soldiers.
A despatch from Ottawa says': The
:;ar- -;•rittention of the Military Hospitals
Commission has been drawn to the
fact that certain persons are going
about the country soliciting subscrip-
tions to funds for the provision of
artificial limbs for soldiers of the
Canadian Expeditionary Force. "It
cannot be too widely known," say
the Secretary of the Military Hcispit
als Commission, "that the most anml
provision is being made by the Gov
ernment for the latest and best type
of artificial limbs, both in Canada an
in England, for all the members o
the C.E.F. who may have suffered an
putation, Special study has bee
made of the matter by the Militar
Hospitals Commission, in conjunction
with the medical authorities of the
Militia Department and in conse-
quence, a special factory is being es-
tablished by the Hospitals Commis-
sion in connection with the new Con-
valescent Hospital in Toronto, for the
manufacture and fitting of artificial
limbs for all who require them."
Markets of the World
Breadetuffe,
Toronto, June 27.—Manitoba wheat
—No, 1 Northern, $1.178; No. 2 Northern
$1,150; No. 3 Northern, $1.120, track Bay
Ports.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 C.W., 52c; No.
610;.14o. 1 feed, 45e, track Bay ports,
American corn—No. 3 yellow, 80e,
thraok Bay ports; 833e, track Toronto.
Ontario oats—No. 3 white. 48 to 490,
according to freights outside,
Ontario wheat—No. 2 commercial, 9S
to 99c; No. 2 commercial, 94 to 96a; No.
3 commercial, 88 to 90c, according to
freights outside; feed, 53 -"to 85c. fern --
Peas --No. 2, nominal, $1,70; peas, ac-
cording to sample, $1.26 to $1.50, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Barley—Mag, 65 to 60c; feed, 60 to
62c, according to freights outside.
Buckwheat—Nominal, 70 to 71c, ac-
cording to freights outside,
Rye—No .1 commercial. 94 to 95e, ac-
s cordln to freights t id
_ • Manitoba flour—First patents, 1 jute
e ....„d vatents,.in jute bags,
; s7:0ml.n7tlaeti°,4o$4"11:35ub:—::1171411. in u tees cboargclsi n'g$6.8t00,
di Toronto, prompt shipment; Winter, c
f 21ilionag;d!'oeggne' shipment,t"'"' ,b"";
Millfeed—Car lots delivered
ii 222401""gt" •i?.gssholthtsel,uphecil.:--to8.,44A;r'tT$1.21:
tniddli 2
Y dour, F". "r ton. $25 to $20' good feed
)er bag, $1.05 to $1.00.'
SELFRIDGEFTEEr;
DisAszER AALID
WILSON Cf‘ITINUES II1S
POLICY.
Says /it,trust Is firdwiim its /Great
Britain of the
States.
• One of the most notable pronounce-
ments on Anglo-American relations
has recently proceeded from Mr.
Harry Selfridge. This is a subject on
which the great merchant—perhaps
the greatest retail merchant in Lon-
don—is peculiarly qualified to speak.
For he knows Great Britain—or at
least he knows England—and be
knows the United States; he knows
the people of the tele:), countries, and he
is persuaded that they ,have so much
in common that it is a thousand pities
that they have not even snore.
"After the wee," says Mr. Selfridge,
"England will have to change some of
her habits which were born of ex-
cessive wealth, arid perhaps we Am-
ericans may gradually change some
of our own, which are the conse-
quences of excessive youth."
As has been said, Mr. Selfridge
knows both England and the United
States, but, of course, he knows the
United States infinitely the better of
the two, for he is 58 years old, and
of those 58 years -51 have been spent
in the United Statds, In which coun-
try he was born, and only seven in
England. He was once the partner
of Marshall Field, in the world-fam-
ous Chicago store, and it was in 1909
that, having taken up his residence
in England, he caused "Selfridge's,"
the London store, which he has made
equally famous, to be formally open-
ed. He bears the reputation of being
one of the very shrewdest and sanest,
yet most intrepid, business men in
he world—a veritable Napoleon of
ommerce.
GREECE CONCEDES
AWES' DEMANDS
King Suddenly Agrees to an Un.
conditional Surrender.
-- see-- A despatch from Athens says:
'Greece has accepted unconditionally
the demapds made by the Entente
Powers./ This decisioirewas communi-
cated to the French Legation by M.
Babnis, the former Premier, to whom
the. formation of a new Cabinet is re-
ported to have been entrusted. It in -
eludes the dissolution of the Chamber
of Ikeputies, the reconstruction of the
gendarmerie, and the holding of new
elections. The • sudden decision of
Eing Constantine was brought about
by the issuance of orders that the
allied fleet, under command of Vice -
Admiral Moreau, cruise before
• Piraeus, the port of Athens. A land-
ing party was to accompany the fleet,
its action to "depend upon results."
A PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY,
Canadian Order of Foresters Are
Prospering.
A report of the annual meeting of
the Canadian Order of Peresters will
be found in this issue. The reports
of the soforal officers of the Order
• show the same steady progress during
1915 which it has experienced since
rtio inception in 1879. The Insurance
Fund increases during the year to
$465,500.32, the largest sum since the
, Order's inception. After the payment'
of 592 death claims, amounting to
$592079.88, this fund showed $5,205,-
fl68,52 on hand -at end of the year.
The amount on hand at the present
time is $5,388,754.58. The yearly 're-
venue from investments now•amonnts
to nearly half the total amount paid
In death claims. The sick and funeral
benefit fund showe a larger. net in-
crease than in any year itethe Order's
history, Arrangements have been
made .or carrying enlisted members
without inconvenience to the general
fund, The death rate for 1915 was
only 0.50, but if the war claims were
deducted the rate woUld have been
6.20. Altogether the Order is to be
congratulated on its strong position
In every department.
GERMAN FORCES FLEE
IN EASTsAFRICA.
A despatch from Havre sage: Fur-
ther successes for the Belgian columns
Invading German East Africa are
claimed in an official statement issued
by the Belgian War Office on Thurs-
• day. The statement 'follows: "Gen-
eral Tombeur telegraphs that after
beating the enemy on ,Iun S at Kiwi-
tawe, our advance guard' again
caught up with the Germans on Tune
12, and forced an engagement with
them on the road from Kivvitawo to
Kitega, east of the River Ngokoma.
The enemy As routed and retreated, a
abandoning the Is4.1ted on the field, n
The pursuit continues."
Country Produce.
Butter fresh dairy,' choice, 25 to 27e:
Inferior, 23 to 24c; creamery prints, 29
to 31e; inferior, 28 to 29e.
Eggs—New-laid, 26 to 27e; do., in car-
tons. 28 to 29o.
Beans -24,95 to $4.60 the latter for
hand-picked.
Cheese—New, large, iso; twins, isle.
Maple syrup -91.40 to $150 per
ha-
lsoia0 gallon.
$ Messed poultry—Chickens, 25 to 27c;
fowl, 21 to 25c.
Potatoes firm—Ontarlos $1.85 and New
Brunswieks at $3.16 per bag, westerns.
• Provisiemi.
Bacon, long clear, 18 to 19c. per lb.
Banis—Mediunt 230 to 940c; do., heavy,
200 to 2100; rolls, 19 to 3900; breakfast
bacon, 243 to 251e; backs, plain, 200 to
271,e; boneless backs, 203 to 3000.
Larcl--Pure lard, tierces, 17 to 173c;
1a4nidc,palls, 173 to 17Sc; compound, 14 to
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, June 21—Corn—American
No. 2 yellow, 83 to S4c. Oats—CiusaUitj
Western, No. 2, 56c; No. 8, Mc; extra Me'
1 feed, 533c; No. 2 local white, 53e; No,
local white, 52a; No. 'lineal white, 51c.
Barley.11falting, 75 to 76e. Flour—
Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts
$0.00; seconds, $6;1.0; strong bakers
25,90; Winter patents, choice, 26.00 t
$6,251 straight rollers, $5.10 to $5.60
do., bags, 22.40 to $2.05. Rolled oats—
Bbis, $4.75 to 55.55; do„ bags, 95 lbs
$2,40 to $2.60, Bran, $20,00 to $21.00
Shorts, $24.00. Middlings 525.00 to
$27,00. Monhllie, $27.03 to $32.00. Hal,'
—No. 2, per ton, car lots, 220.50 to
$21.50. Cheese—Finest westerns, 171 to
173c; flne.st easterns, 163 to line. But-
ter—Cholcest creamery. 235 to 30e;
seconds, 231 to 25e. Eggs—Fresh, 26
to 27; selected, 25 to 30o; No. I stock,
27 to 28c; No. 2 stock, 24 to 25c, Foto:
toes --,Per bag, car lets $1;05. .
The Distrust Grows.
As is only to be expected of so keen
an observer, the changed attitude of
the British people teward the people
A. Gordon Selfridge:
' of the United Stara has not escaped
his notice. The Prevailing sentiment
of the former towards the latter is a
growing one of -distrust, and Mr. Self-
ridge, American to the core though he
be, does not blink the fact. "This feel-
ing of distrust," he says, "is evidenced
by the talk of workmen travelling to
and fro upon the trains and trams;
• ono hears it among shoppers; I fear
that it is general. It cannot be over- ,
come, I think, if we pursue our pre-
sent policy, and I.regard it. as discs -
trans.", This policy Mr. Selfridge
aptly terms President Wilson's "hop -
skip -and -jump" policy.
Mr. Selfridge finds the basis of the
coldness towards the 'United States
on the part of the British people in
the thought—the mistaken thought,
as he terms it—that the people of the
latter country are merely money- t
grabbers. In a very interesting ana- e
lysis of the different national char-
acteristics of the two peoples, he gives b
it as his opinion that Americans do
not love business for the sake of its 11
mere money profits—that they like it
for the sake of the game itself. In
short, he takes the view that busi- a,
Ives takes very Much the same place t
in the American, as politics and sport
—those twin idols of the British—do t
in the British scheme of things, Per- c
haps he overrates the place which t
business and the succasful business o
man should occupy in an ideal scheme
of things. But be that as it may, it
is certain that the British people, as
a whole, underrate that place—and
have been systematically taught to
underrate it.
Brethren at Heart.
Deplorable as Mr. Selfridge regards
these differences between the two peo-
ples, he does not view them as being
irreparable, given onbra sufficiency
of good -will on both sides. "I want
England," he says, "to get from the
United States, virility, initiative, °peril.:
ness of mind, and freedom of, expres- h
sion, You note that I do not say *1
frankness of expression. That she has
already to a degree which we have R
not, and might well copy. But she too
often does not speak. She suffers
frOITI her own reserve. I want my
country to learn much from England:
First of all, that frankness, then
calmness, honesty of underlying pur-
poses, and unalterable determination,
along lines of progress well plenned
in advance. We are the two great
peace -lovers among the nations."
OFFICERS' RELATIVES
BARRED FROM FRANCE.
, --
A despatch from London sayst
After Monday next no relatives of
sick or wounded officers- will be per-
mitted to visit France unless the of-
ficers' condition is dangerous and spe-
cial peimiesion has been granted, it
was announced on Wednesday This as
.estriction has been imposed, owing to oh
necessitice ciS' the military Mime- re
Winnipeg' iltrain,.
Winnipeg, Tune 27.—Ce.sh prices:—
Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1,113; No. 2,
do., $1.0611; No. 3, do., $1..000; No. 4,
$1.002; No. 5, 942e; No. 6, 003.0; feed,
543c. Oats—No, 2 C. W., 460; No. 3,
do., 453c; extra No. 1 feed, 453e; N'o, 1
feed, 443c; No. 2, do., 4290, Barley—
No. 3, Ole; No. 4, 63e; rejected, 59c:feed,
590, Flak—No, 1 $7,563e; No,
2 C.W., 21.5230,
United States Markets.
Minneapolis, June 27.—Wheat--July,
21.005; September, 51.080; No, 1 hard,
$1,155; No, 1 Northern, $3.002 to 11.121;
No, 2 Northern, 51.050 to 4.094, tiorn—
No. 8 yellow, '74 to 75o. Outs—No. 3,
White, 38 to 383c. Flomunchanged;
tirgents, 52,169 bble. Bran, 217,50 to
:Ouliith. June 27.—Wheat—No, 2 hard
51.120; No, 1 Northern, $1.11$; No,
tIlloerrt.131' eg, a Vi,04,0 Stf. 1.U12214Ci, Isi,3e,NO ttlg;
on track, 94 to $1,04sc,
•••••••••
Live Stock markets.
9110oronto, pine 27.—Choitie heavy steers
1.9;48 IC; 11.7gN111.u, Icrolds, $71,1letoct$1.121i
do„ medium, 88.55 to $2.85; ea, comillen.
50.05 to 2282101; dhouteAeore bullS, choice,
buils, 07.60 to
7.75; do„ rough "bulls, 64,76 to 06,26;
do. good, 0$7,158d i''ttil°6".75Pd2o2, to
Mo",;
$6.25 to $6.75; stockers, 700 .to 85'0 ISIS,
96.0' to "1 N0751inic"318152V2;r35(.1e""r""2'
and cutters, $4'.5b to MOD;
choie„. $00.1i0 to 2100,00; leant ewes,med losseli $40.00 to $60.05; $0.00
to :,10,0sg 11);1 sheep, Cc,' lb $een to 80.00:
opigds,topec'hoic'e,11V50 ttco' 51165%1
no., medium $7.25 to 28.50; hogs, foil
and Watered, $11.20 to 311.25; do., weigh-
ed on cars, $11.50 to $11.60; do., f.o.b.,
219.214o2n.
treal, June 27.—Butchers' steers,
choice, $9 to $9.50; medium, $7,75 to
li21;1710s;, 1()ITIra$7.‘?15fnii,;' t72255to ;$7.21)(')
. fair
gootl, $0.50 to $7; medium, $5.25 to $0.25;
coiranon, $5; cowS, clinic°, $7 to $8.25:
Pair to good, $5.15 to16.75; canners and
cutters, 24 CO $4.75. Sheep, 70 to Sc;
lambs, sprIng, 79e p0,' leue,7. Calves,
5o to Isle; mnsdu,s,e, 70c to So, SIege,
selects, $12.25 to 211.50; heavies and
BRITISH SUCCESSES
IN, GERM AN AFRICA.
A despatch from London says:
Allied forces which are invading Ger-
man Ent Africa are continuing the
dvance • suecessfully. It was an -
minced officially on Wednesday that
he column moving from British East
Africa into the north-eastern section
Britain Seizes Coffee Cargoes. of the German colony haa occupied
H
A despatch from Copethagen says: f
The Berlingske Tidende says that five ,
large Sevedish steamers with coffee '
ffrom South America have been seized
" the Beitieh and that the steamer
onprinzessin Margareta, alms coffee
den, has been taken to Kirkwall.
e actin is believed to have been p
e result of allegnbions that' German t
• gents were gaehering large quanti- d.,
'.a
% leo of coffee in Sweden for export to sh
.„0/Many so soon as the war, hi ended. ese
andeni. Another column, advancing
ram the south, has taken Alt Langen.
urge near the head of Lake Nyassax
Fiefs -hooks Don't Change.,
The fish-hooks used to -day are of
recisely the same form as those of
en thousand yesters ago. The only
ifference is in the material; then
ey were made of bronze, now they
o 'of steel. ti
GERMAN FLEET T30 LAME
MDBUND TO MOVE
Enemy LeteSes ist Skagerraeh Fight Are Found to Very Seriously
Reduce Possibility of Any More sr gal Battles.
. A despatch frim Londlen says;
Font' weeks halve passed Once the
battle of Simgerrack, and it is pos-
sible, in the light of an immense mass
of information from British 'and neu-
tral sources, to form what will prove
a verdict of the historians on one of
the most splendid 'incidents in Our na-
val annals.. ,
The German High Seas' fleet, weak-
er by five cupilAti ships, is so lame
that it eannotmove and so blind that
it could not move i. it ,dared to do
so. That is a ma tier on which there
can be no doubt.
Six Battle Cruisers Lost.
When the war opened, Germany
possessed the following ships of the
cruises' class (built and building) less
than fifteen years old ,those lost ill
She course of the war being given:
Battle cruisers—Original number
eight, since lost six, comprising the
Lutzow, Goeben Seydlitz (a complete
wreck-), Bluecher, Hindenburg and
another of a similar type, which, ibis
believed, is the Von Der Tann.
Large cruisers—Original number
seven, since lost five, comprising the
Yorek, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Fried-
rich Karl, and the Prince Adalbert.
The two remaining' vessels are the
Boon (launched in 1903, • therefore
thirteen years old), and the Prince
Heinrich (1900). The Fuerst Bis-
maNcic (1898) is of no military value
and can be ignored, owing to her slow
speed anti weak guns. She is believed
now to be serving as a training ship.
Light cruisers—Original number
thirty, shine lost twenty, comprising
the Karlshahe, Madgeburg, Koln,
Mainz;' Edmen, Dresden, Nurnburg,
Koenigsberg, Leipsig, Bremen, Un-
dino, Bostock, Wiesbaden, Breslau,
Frauenlob, Elting, Ariadne, and three
others, the names of which have not
yet been revealed,
Four'teen Effective Cruisers Left.
Out of the forty-five effective cruis-
ers of all classes which Germany had
built and was building when the war
opened she therefore possesses to -day
only fourteen, and of these a large
proportion was so seviously' injured in
the battle of Skagerrack as to be at
present Meffective. Those fourteen
cruisers have to suffice for duty as
scouts for battle squadrons, parent
ships for torpedo flotillas, and for
patrol work in the Baltic.
MON.UMENT 2,RECTED
TO GERMAN VICTIMS
'Canadian Wounded Subscribe
Fund for Graves of
Children.
A despatch from London says: The
patients at Ramsgate Canadian Hos-
Pital, which was struck by a bomb in
the air raid ef March 19, subscribed
forra monumelit to be eretted to the
memory of the Sunday School children
who lost their lives in the raid. The
necessary suns having been secured,
the Canadians have pieced the menu -
meat in position by the children's
,graves in Ramsgate Cemetery, It
tikes the shape of a maple leaf.
BEASTS ALLIES OF GERMANS.
Rhinoceroses Charge the British Sup-
ply Trains:
Details of the lighting between the
British and German forces in the jun.
gles of German East Africa, where
wild animals of all sorts abound, are
given in despatches received from cor-
respondents with Gen. Smuts, who is
entering the colony from British East
Africa, in the north.
The advance was made in the region
of Kilimanjaro, a mountain of 5,899
feet, regarded by the natives as a holy
place. An attack was delivered on
Salaita hill before the arrival of Gen.
Smuts to take command, but owing
to the cleverness of the German de-
fensive fortifications the British force
was repulsed with losses. " The Ger-
mans had very carefully concealed
their trenches and pits with living
vines aud trees; which had been trans-
planted.
The hill, however, was finally cap-
tured when the Germans retreated in
the fare of an enveloping movement,
which threatened to cut them off. The
advance of the British forces was at
all times hindered by the almost ins -
penetrable jungle- and the boldness of
the animals lurk -big' everywhere.
Startled rhinoceroses at times charged
the heavy motor lorries currying sup-
plies, and despatch riders mounted orf
motorcycles had hazardous encounters
vith lions and other dangerous beasts
alarmed at the invasion of their fast-
nesses.
Even the giraffes proved hostile to
he British advance, for they scratch -
d their long necks gainst the British
field telephone wires until the wires
roke under the strain.
The enemy made a strong stand at
loshi, about twenty miles from the
British border, and so well fortified
was their position that the British
voided frontal athaelt and sought to
eke it by an enveloping move. They
were not quick enough to surround
Ise place before the enemy had de -
limped, however, and the only spoils
aken was one of the four inch. guns
f the Koenigsberg., which was not
. • s
A , British force operating from
north-west of Rilmanjaro made its
way south to the road connecting
Moshi and Acedia, seventy miles from
the British border. The Germans re-
treated south from Moshi, which is
surrounded by rubber end coffee plant-
ations,
An mstte,enpt was made y
Deventer and his force of hurl hers to'
envelop the left wing of the Germans,
but again the nature of the country
'interfered with the British plans, for
e was' held up by a river infested
ith crocodiles. ,
,
UNC1MAN'S HEALTH "
SLOWLY la'PROVES.
A deepatch from - London says.
Walter Runeiman, president of the
Board of Trade, is slowly recoveling
from his recent iedieposition, but will
not be able to resume hit official
duties until the end of July. When
Mr. Runcitnais's health broke down
RHINE CITIES
ARE SHELLED
French Air Squadrons Drop
Bombs on Mulheint, Treves
and Carlsruhe.
Thursday a very marked aerial activ-
ity by
despateh from Paris says: On
by the French squadrons followe
a said on Wednesday night on ti
town of Treves, when 18 shells wei
dropped, resulting in a fire of large
dimensions. Thursday's operations
were extensive, and were attended by
much success. One flotilla of nil
aeroplanes dropped shells on Carl
ruhe, about 120 miles from Nane
while another flotilla of ten plane
readied Mulheire, On the right ban
of the Rhine, in whose military ental
lishments 50 shells were dropped.
squadron of Fokkers pursued thi
last expedition Ohs their return, an
the French machines gave battle. On
Fokker was brought down. and
French machine was forced by moth
trouble to make a landing.
H.Q1P. FOR •
37th Annual 'fleeting of the High Court--.0yer Five Hundred
Delegates Present.'
The 07th Annual Meeting the the fund at the present time stand-
ing at $462,639.95.
The General Fund is also in a satis-
factory condition. Many special
chargee, connected with the war
ofj'eaut(lin:11:Inici°iJitda:yer wa°Ifjateal‘n:roiecolt;:t8liti de conven-
ed nn2v 'theie)tl-i
City London, One; at 2 pan. Dele-
gates are in.attertdance from parte , and the arrangement for carrying
of the Dominion, every province being enlisted members hereafter referred
represented, to, have been arranged without any
The following officers of High inconvenience to this fund.
Court, were present at the opening In respect to membership, sub -
session: I. A. Stewart, High Chief stantial progress was also madc; the
Ranger, Perth, Ont,, in the chair; J. membership at the end of the year
A. A, Brodeur, High Vice -Chief Ran- 1915 standing at 94,,046.
per, Montreal, Que.; Robert Elliott, Besides the ordinary benefits from
High Secretary, Brantford, Ont.; Dr, its life insurance and sick and funeral
U. M. Stanley, Chairman' of the Me- benefit departments, special provision
clical Board, Brantford, Ont.; W. G.
Strong, Superintendent of Organiza-
tion, Brantford, Ont.; W. L. Roberts,
First High Auditor, Brantford, Ont.;
3. P. Hoag, Second High Auditor, To..
rent°, Oat.; W. A. Hollinrake, High
le made for assistance to those of its
membere suffering from tubercular
(rouble 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 ill any
Court Solicitor, Brantford, Ont., and of a number of samtaria Canada
A. Rs Galpin, London, Ont,; H, I making a specialty of such cases; and
Davidson, Winnipeg, Man.; A. R. Cot'. I the alembershin is urged to take ad -
fin, Truro, N.S.; A. E. Wright, To- vantage of such treaement in the in-
ronto, Ont.; Dr. E. W. Moles Nor- • elPient stages of time malady,
with, Ont., members of the executive
eommittee.
In addition to the above, D. Creigh-
ton, Dist. H.C.R., Brandon, Man.;
John Murray, 'Past Dist. H.C.R. Ha-
miote, Men,, and D. E. McKinnon,
District High Secretary, Winnipeg
Man., representatives from the
District High Court for Manitoba
were present.
The annual reports of the different
• It is gratifying to note, after a per-
usal of the reports of all the officers,
the far-reaching benefits that are be-
ing derived by the membership in
the various directions in which this
society -endeavors to be of assistance
to the individuals composing same.
Since 1879, about eleven millions of
dollars have been paid out in bene-
fits by this society, and, in fact, the
whole record of the Order is well
o meta of this Order are of a very worth the perusal of those who per -
steady progress which has been its the permanency and stability of Ira -
experience since its inception in 1879, ternal insurance societies. These re'
was continued in the year 1915. ports furnish evidence of careful man -
This order confines its business en- apment in the conduct of the Order's
tirely to the Dominion of Canada, and affairs, and reflect credit on its ad -
net -withstanding the tremendous ministration.
handicap imposed on the work of the A point of general interest, as he
society, as a result of the war, the dicating proper selection of risks, is
year just ;closed shows splendid pro- the death rate. This for 1915 was
gross. 6.50 in the thousand, but if we de.
The increase in the Insurance rand duet the war claims paid, it would
Busing the year amounted to pot. have been 6.20, and the average
500.81. This is the largest sunt added death rate since the inception of the
to the fund in any one year in the his. Order,. over a period of nearly 37
tory of the Order. The standing of years 's 5.31 per thousand.
this Fund at the end of the year, after In looking into the report of the
the payment of 592 Death Claims superintendent on organization, we
amounting to 5592,179,88 showed find find he has been able to report the
institution of thirty-four (34) new
ie funds- on hand of $5,206,868.32, the
Courts, demonstrating that the Order
.0 amount at the rese»t time being
$5,388, t54.58. The yearly revenue eontinues to establish egencies as new
derived from the investments of the holds for the prosecution of its ,buse-
tial amount of the annual
Order now constitute a very substan- nePs open up. Particular attention is
borne I evidently being peed to establishment
id Subordinate Courts only in end,
'elInterest eerned on investments of In-
a !Cent of the total Death Claims on eoge5dttio'ethose or its members who have
Onent that this Order has th4In°21edseprect to the matter of invest- .r1V rrIr int9ge or I enlisted for overseas service itas been
A I ments, it is interesting to know that as 01 gueue7. j:g1 and ;;;V„,' t;',e
the Ordee confines the investment of listed torsore'rseas is :t ill
, its fund to Government. Bends and ; force without any. increaseein rates.'' In
d1 Municipal and School Debentures in..ad08'dltionthe .to this, for the arm 18 months
the Dominion of Canada. During the all 'imizixn`gg s',7 and such
a:14st two years, with an exceptional members were pate out of the Generel
r market in such direction from the•in- iF4,11,9eec:.fe Lon the 1st ' Of
vestors' point Of view, the Executive • ehangeCiAnd stt the
111011(1 (1.!i7srti:s?Leytnstrits slightly
Yt to $251,435.51, and paid 42.45 per of permanency.
'places as offer a reasonable prospect
suranee funds during 1915 amounted
ac -
BARBED WIRE IN 'WARFARE.
Beet's First Adopted It During Soutl
African War.
Committee has been able to take very a member enlists for overseas servihe
extensive advantage of the situation.' t'm'e DalF4ahis L"`
The Order purchased $300,000.00 of maince. in 8gia'ci.a. Flimmetiso t.Tel;811ehlea4s.
_ 1915.
the War Bonds issued by the Do- cltha'" r""
minion Government in the Fall of proemens W(1.8 lit the Order I
n. „dud sn ens ums or assessments
overseas, he is relieved of
, pr or t
the declaration of war. At the ereeent
The Sick and Funeral Benefit Fund time there are about 2.000 members of
shows a larger net increase than that ; „yaw Canadian Order of Foresters experienced lly overseas This r t •
The idea of using barbed wire hi
werfare was borrowed from farmer
and agricultmists who, years ago, be
gtsn to cheaply fence their hinds with
such wire,. Big American catbl
ranches are so protected. The Bou
copied the notion in their, extensiv
grazing asses; and, when the Soutl
African War broke out, with tYMea
"slimness" they employed barbed
wire entanglements in order to chock
the onrush of our troops. Often grass
and other crops were allowed to grow
high on purpose to hide the wire.
Ls the great War of to -day Turkey
has led the way in the uee of super -
barbed wire—barbed wire that is so
thick as to more resemble cable—
wire of a diameter equal to that of
a drawing pencil, sometimes- as thick
as a man's little finger. Wire -cutters,
as worked by hand, are of no use for
cutting such wire.
For entanglements of modern barb-
ed Wire there is only one destructive
agent, and that is ehell-fire. Such tii
obstacle being encountered, our men
draw back; word is sent to.the guns,
and over the heads of the waiting sols
diers hurtle showers of shells till the
entanglement is' demolishgel. With
heavy -weight wire that is the only
Way.
On the Continent the herbed wire
Used by the. enemy is Meetly thinner
than that. But it, also, is too sub-
stantial to be severed byhand-cute
tors. Often it le pulled down. A spe-
cial kind of javelin is thrown, the
barbs of which catch hi the wire, and
then by a line attached to the javelin
our men pull the wire towards them,
thus tearing down the uprights that
support the wire,
the 'Order's illttleTry4ptrevliprtitsr year
in f
01' i'ari'iOmh hr this lnetnbers in S the .yeas being $,leo,308.81.c increase
Tose who ere 'rvin
- earned on Investments of Sick and . LilLeirthr mieinLeeiT the
tline toneat
• rnents being of a similar natter° to +.1,:,`;,?els'eeerlic-41veeitlef:n;' Yr» ?,',14t,.1.1:4"eal'S:1
e those made of the Insurance funds) ' metine' nior n 10
ay esse
o Funeral Benefit Fends (these invest- selves icr I eent rev 0114 Pi"Le,t?loem''In8:.;
amounted to $22,746.91, and after the sur': ted 113; ?44.1'." °:e war in"
payment of 7,472 Sick and Funeral As 4 I c" meich "c"41""' " "PI
Benefit Claims amounting to $197,- °""irier"111"'"""t or b"°1"°°8 waits
924.95, the amount standing at expected that ilia sessionsavii'l
the attention of the delta; es mmcl it Is
credit of this fund was $458,683...e; tketallir their attention till the 23rd in-
AID FRENCH FARMERS.
,
Britain Sends Seed end Implements
for -Devastated Farms.
The fund started by the Royal Agri-
,
cultural Society of Britain to help
farmers in the countries devastated
by the Germans to replenish their
c ings 'COW amounts to i about
$30,000.
So for the executive committee
have only been able to deal with the
parts of France from whith idea en-
emy has been deiven back: The con-
signments; of rams, boats, poul-
try, machmery, implements and seed
heat foewarcied in the autumn were.
tipplemented in the early spring by
200 sacks of seed oats and 800
ache of potatoes for planting. The
labile of Belgium, Serbia, and Poland
ill be considered as eircumetanees
2
he offered to resign, but Mr. Asquith I
refused to consider his withdrawal
from the Cabinet.
BARON WIMBORNE
NO LONGER VICEROY.
A despatch from London says:
Premier Asquith announced. in the
House of COMMOrIS on Thursday that
the resignation of I3,aron Wirt -thorn°
lord lieutenant of Ireland, tendered
ortly after the suppreasion of the
cent Irish rebellion, has been ac -
Orl.
permit. In the relief work that has
o far been accomplished the French
rid British Goyernments have co-
ncreted, the latter doing the work
transport mid the former ,,:,:des'.
king the distribution of the gifts
'Ge of cost.
It msey perhaps to inberpreto.1 as
sign of complete eonfidence ie the
sisting power of the French army f
at a large eroeortion of 1.11! oats
as sent to fnrins iminsOiately hrhind
Venetian lines, es the ses'il has
Ca ,SOV:11,--"C`l' sviihin range
of the ens.gy guise.
a
to
a
th
th
be
LACK OF FOOD TO END WAR.
PANIC REACHES
Doubtful If Conflict Will Last to End
of this Year.
Reports of death and privations in
Germany continue to be published.
Aeid,onee
titosugiis s oaTe erxeapgogretsractaxottn. bde %el*
some
may well be suspected of being made
in Germany with intent to deceive,
they are informativmi as showing what
is believed in neutral countries con-
, corning our enemy's internal condi-
dons.
Following are extracts taken front
the "Stiftstidende," a Danish paper
published within a mile or two of the
German frontier:—
In spite of the energy and capacity
which Germany is displaying in order
to settle her food problem, she will be
unable to carry on the war until the
end of the present year.
There are even people who think
that the war will not reach its second
anniversary.
Food was plentlful.for the army till
six or seven weeks ago, when rations
were curtailed. So far this has not
been acutely felt hI the firing lines—
the real fighting lines—but it has been
more severely felt by those in the re-
serves •
Meat has become scarce, only one
piece being obtainable now and then;
Use troops do not get enough breed.
Besides receiving a 12 or 13 as, loaf
daily, they used to be allowed to pur-
chase ball a loaf every week. This is
no longer permitted.
Their hot food now &insists of boil-
ed horse -beans, soup, boiled rice or
big groats or boiled macaroni, only
one course each clay. Rarely they re-
ceive "sweet " with prunes
saroomaetsi)e.stances a piece of dried fish Is
added to the "graupensuppe" (big
Our informant thinks that, even. It
the menu Is not the same for all the
German armissa, tt is truly indicative
Dl', general conditions.
Thee the physique -of the soldiers
has beets weakened; they return tunno
on leave sunbunit and apparently in
good health, bet they are underfed.
It will be lock of food which will de-
cide the war.
Troops., gems and aminunition Gew
many bah been able to command in
abundance, but they have suffered
dreadmi lasses. It looks is though
they are Coming to the end of their
reserves if they do not cad men over
45 to the colors.
1
COLOGNE THREATENED
THREATENED
WITH POTATO FAMINE,
A despatch from Amsterdam says:
According to the Vorwaerts, a potato
amine is threatening Cologne, The
quantity available at the present time
• two and one-half pounds per head
cr week, but, the paper declares, the
ale of potatoes is to be completely
topped in the next few days.
ENEMY CAPITALS
Feeling That Lemberg Will Fall
Into Russian Hands.
A despatch from Milan says: In-
formation from Vienna and Budapest
reports that panic reigns in Lemberg,
and that the exodus of the population
from Bukowina and Galicia is extend-
ing the feeling of panic to the Aus-
trian and Hungarian capitals. In or-
der to prevent further alarming news
from reaching Vienna frorts-the front-
ier Provinces, all telegraphic and
telephonic communication has been
stopped. Railway traffic also has
been reduced, and refugees prevented
from pouring into Vienna and Buda-
pest. In one weak more than 100,008
refugeee reached Lemberg. The feel-
ing there that the town will again fall
into Russian hands is general,
BEES AID GERMANS.
Turn Clouds of • Insects on Invading
British Forces.
The Natal Mercury of Durban pub.
fishes an account of the difficulties
confronting the British fighting forces
in East Africa, furnished by ell officer
ism the East African Mounted Rifles,
who was formerly a coffee planter at
Nairobi. This officer said the principal
difficulty was the great density of the
bath, which rendered effective scout-
ing almost impossible ad the pro-
visioning of the troops very difficult.
"Of the ingenuity of the Germans
there ciin he no doubt, as the follow-
ing incident will Prove: Round about
Tonga, where the Lancashires tended,
is a considerable bee country. The
natives have a device whereby they
place hollow logs in -the trees to en-
able the bees to construct their hives;
and from these the natives collect the
-honey. ill one place the Germans
tied a Whole lot of these logs together
and attached them to a wire in the
long grass. They also invented, a
plan whicb caused a white flag to
itiMp up when any one came into con-
tactswith the wire this being the sig-
nal for them to 'Corn a nmehine gun
onto the spot. A party of Laneashires
had the ill luck be stumble over the
wire, with the result that dozens of
the beehives fell and sprang the white
flag, revealing their whereabouts,
"The Lancashires imm&liately had
bees and bullets to contead with, end
between the two they had a 110.
time." -