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• yf ' . m m. • â€" â€" - i m^% \ Sun Li/ix^^iis^^is S«mM b|J2ANADA 18/^ HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL 1915 STRONGER THAN EVER In spite of continued financial disturbance, the year Nineteen Fourteen was a period of uninterrupted progress and prosperity for the Sun Life of Canada. At the present moment the Compemy occupies an even stronger position than at any time in its forty-four years' history, as is clearly shown by the substantial and highly satisfactory increases registered during the past year. 1914 1913 INCREASC S 64.187.666 $ b&.728.IH7 f 6,481.309 (I6,2-^I 16,062.276 I3.W»0,40I 1,066.874 (7.6*^1 1,676,298 1,128.328 647,970 (48.8;) 861.763 706.424 166,339 (22>.) 777.036 421.S04 356.131 (84.2',l e.603.784 i.Vo2.<m 760.808 (13^0 6,161.287 4,a82,6SS 1,178,734 (23.67.1 AHft'iuiit I>o<'. SIst I • « -. Cash liK'Oine • Bun>l^i* I'-t^rne'l • Biirulus distributed to Polii;. holders . Added tol ndlMributedgurplui . . Ket8nr|)!u«nl iKv. Rift . . . . Totol ["aymeiit-ito I'ollcyholdors . AuiiniiH'ct Issued and pcld (or lu Ca.ib 111 Cantda Aa>ur»accs In Force . . . . 15.988.430 218,299,838 IS.599.76* 202 ,363,996 388.666 15,936,838 (2.6;.) (7.9»l Pirmcnti to Poltryliolilcrs ftliice urgaDlzallon 149,646,676 PsjrmenU to I'olleyholdera since ornnizAtlon and A*jiet4 DOW held fur their beneQC Premiums received since orga> ulzatlou <105,431.677 m 1109,734.231 Assurances issued and paid for in cash during 1914 totalled $32,167,339 â€" the largest amount issued by any Canadian Life Company. In this respect as well as in amount of Assets, Assurances in Force, Income, and Surplus the Company again established it* position as CANADA'S LEADING LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY The Company's Growth YIAS Ill cons «SSITS tIFS A«UMHCiS IN POSCI int laat UM 1904 1914 $ 48.210.93 i.78,379.86 l,373.0ua.6O 4.5fll.S3«.l9 16.062.276 24 1 96.461 as 83«.897,i4 4,618,419.63 17.8»1.7(iO.S)-2 64.187.666.38 $ 1,064.360.00 6.844.404.64 31.S28.0GB.74 SB,32:.atrj.8r. 218.299.836.00 Policies in the Sun Life of Canada are sale Profitable Policies to Buy. and ROBERTSON MACAULAY, encsiseiir. T. B. MACAULAY, HANAQr.G OlAICron AND SfCIIKTASr. OUTER FORTS HAVE FALLEN Gateway of Dardanelles is Secured by Fleet of the Allies ,\ dcipatch from London bays : The I'-duction of all the forts at the entrance of tlie DardanoUes by the .XriKlo-I'roiuli battleship tquad- rcn was aiinoiiiu'f'd in a statement ifsiird liy tlic Oniiial Press lUireau. Tlie (illiod fleet was able t-o attack t-he Turkish forts at close range. }{a|iid devolopment.s in the situa- tion are oxpected, a.s tlie Admiralty fctates that the operations are being continued. The combined Anglo-Frenoh fleet) which roii«iRt.s of 3-J .ships, has been boinhnrding the positions at the en- trance of the straits intcruiittently for more than two months. TBie feat is regarde<l in official circles here as one of the most im- portant acconiplis}iiii<'nts of the allied power«i since the beginning of the war, an<l jircdictions are freely heard now tliat the fall of Constan- liiKipIe will come before lonp. Xn- val e.vpcrts, liowevcr, admit (hat this is merely the first step in a Htiipendoiis ta.";!.. and that enorinons ♦••ffDrts will be reuircd to force a passage 'if the re.st of the straits, which are lined with strong forts and modern defensive works for a distance of forty miles on both sides. Ftirtliei-more, the Turkish fleet, which, under such conditions, is not to be despised, is supposed to be stationed in Nagara roads, at the narrowest part of the water- way, and extensive mine fields have been plaiit-cd at strategic points. The allied fleet is under command of Vice-Admiral C'ardeii. and is the Ktronge-vt aggregation of warships on the allied side with the excep- tion of the British liome fleet. It comprises vessels of all classes, in- cluding submarines and destixiyers, and lias a i>trong det.ichment of aeroplanes and sea-planes con- voyed by the aeroplane ship. Ark lloyal . The strongest units under lllie Bri tish flag arc the battle cruiser In flexible, which carries 12-incli guns, and the battleships Againeinnov, Coinwalli.H, Vengeance an<l Tri- umph. Under the French flag are the battleshiiiK Siiffren. Gaiilois and Bouvet. l.S. TO STARVK NATIONS. Aim nf Bill Inlrotliieed in the Houhc â€".V (ieiieral Kinhargo. A despatch from Washington says : Word for word with the text employed by the act of June 4, 1794, by which all trade with Europe was stopped by the United States. Re- presentative Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania introduced a hill au- thorizing the President to declare an embargo between th^s country and the warring nations. The measure, if it becomes a law, will enable the Chief Executive to forbid the commercial activities of all ships in the foreign trade. Should an embargo be declared, however, it is specifically termi- nated by a. provision of the measure fifteen days after the convening of the ne.xt sc'i.sion of Congress. "Congress should not adjourn," said Mr. Porter, "without placing in the hands of the President every IX)ssible assistance with which to meet the complications as they arise." 861 German Papers Suspend Publication THREE BRITISH AVIATORS LOST Seven German Officers Killed and Two Aeroplanes Shot Down by One British Airmen A despatch from London says : In iih (iflicial statement on Wednefwlay night the .Vdniiralty announces that three nf its aviators have been miss- ing since the recent joint attack U])on Obteml. Zecbrugge, and the Bruges districts. The statement is as follows: "In the re<ent naval nir attack upon Oslend, Zeebnigge ami llie Bruges districts four flying oflicers were re|Kirt-ed missing. One «f these. Lieut. Murray, lias since rejiorted himself from Flushing. Murray was (-onipelUMl Ui alight in the open sea and eventually was picked up by a l)uU-h torpedo boat. Ttie other niisiring an- Lieut. Rigall, 1 Lieut.. Hon. D. O'Brien and Sub- Lieut. Spencer. It is regretted that n<i further news lias been obtained of them." Seven CJernian ofTicers were kill- ed, two aeroplianes shut down, and a tliir<l badly damaged by one Bri- tish airman, aci'ording U> a de.'.jiat<h to f'lie .\niHterdani T.\<i here on We<l- nesday. PursiH'tl liy (jerinim avia- tors between Thouroiit and ()sten<L Belgium, the British birdman suc- eeedeil in getting above them, the <li"spatch stated. He .shot down two of the machines while fleeing from them, and hit a tliir<I. tianiagiiig it SI] that it lia<l to descend. To Conquer German Colony \ df'.'-patch fnnii London says : .\ •erions invasion of (Jerman South- west Africa by the Union of South Africa forces is now under way. Tlic tprmps which land«yl in Wal- fikeh and Lnderitz Bay are advaiic ing along tl.'e railways from th( sc ports to the main line, which runs north and south through \irtually the whole lengtli of the colori.\' while another force is concentrating in northern Cape Colony to .id\ ame from the scuilh. Gen. Botha him- self is lending the fnrrrs which n<l- vanced front Walfi^ch Bay and is directing their o)>eiations. In a fpeeeh to Jiis liioiipa (Jen. Botha saitl the campaign would continue until the CJerniiin colony was con- quered!, ami he promised them also I. lull, the rcl)elli<in in the Hnion was being (luelled. He said his troops wdiild be joine<l by strong reinforce- ments, which would make their suc- cess certain' A desjiatch from Amsterdam sa,ys : Figures compiled by tlic postal authorities show that since the beginning of the war HG4 (ier- niaii newspapers have Buspentled publication. PRICES OF \m PRODUCE REPORTS FROM THE LEAHINO TRAOB CENTRES OF AMERICA. Breastufft. Toronto, March 2. -Manitoba first pat^ eiitu, $8 in jute bagu; neoond pateiin. $7.50; htrong bakers'. »7.20. Ontario wlicat Sour, 90 per cent, patonte, »6.2a l<> $6.10, eeaboard. Wbeai-Maiiitoba No. 1 Northern, $1.6/ ; No. 2 at, $1.6J, end No. 3 at $161. Ontario wheat. No. 2. nominal at $1.50 to $1.55. at outeidc points. Oate -Ontario, 60 to 63c. outeide, and it 63 to 65c, on truck. Toronto. Weetcrn Can- ada. No. 2, (luotod at 71 l-2c, and No. J at 68 1-ac. Barley-Good malcing gradee, 85 to 88c. outelde. Bye -$1.25, outside. Peafi-No. 2 quoted at $1.90 to $2.05, cut- • ido. Corn No. 2 •!'?â-¼â€¢ American 82c, all rail, Toronto freight. Buckwheat- No. 2 at 85 to 87c. outeido. Br.iii and ehorts Bra-i, $27 to $28 a ton. and dhorta a', $30. KoUed oaleâ€" Car lota, per bag of 90 Ibe., $3.45 to $3.50 Country Product. BuUter-Choicc dairy, 25 to 26c; inferior. 20 to 21o; creamery printe, 32 to 33 l-2c; do., solids, 30 to 3k'; larmem' separator, 27 to iSc. Egge $3 to $3.10 for prime and $3.1S to $3.20 for hand-picked. Honey-60-lh. ting sell at 12 l-Zc, and 10- lb. tJne at 13c. :"o. 1 comb«. $3 p«r dozen, and No. 2, $2.40. Poultryâ€" Chlckenn. dreeved, 13 to 15c: ducke, dre««ed, 14 to 16r: fowl, 10 to He: geese, 14 to 15c; turkeyn, dressed, 19 to 20c. Wieese-l? J-4 to 18c for large, and at 1$ to 18 l-4c for twir.8. Potatoeeâ€" Ontario, 65 to 75c per bag out of store. 60c in car lots. New Brunewicka, car lota, 6Sc per bag. Froviilen*. Wholesalers are gelling to the trade on the following price basia:â€" Hmoked and dry salted meatiâ€" Eolltâ€" Smoked. 14 to 14 l-2e; hams, medium, 17 to 17 1 2c; heavy. 14 1-2 to 15o; breakfast baron. 18 to 23c; long clear bacon, tons, 13 1.2c; ca«ee. 13 3-4 to 14c; becks, plain. 20 to 21c; epecial, 22c: boneless baoka. 23 to 24c. Green Heatsâ€" Out of pickle. Ic less than smoked. Lard-Pure, tube, U 3-4 to 12c; paila. 12 to 12 l-4c; compound, tuba, 9 3-4 to 10c; palls. 10 to 10 1-4'.'. "^F" \feast d BEST YEAST IN THE WORLD. r DECLINE THE f4UMER0US INFERIOR .- IMITATIONS THAT ARE BEING, OFFCREr ^ AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL EXPOSITIONS ^E.W.GILLETT COMPANY UM'TED. ^ WINNIPCO TORONTO ONT. MONTREAL. THREE LE FT OUT OF FORTY But the Trio of Britishers Held Enemy at Ba> Till Help Came WInnlpag Grain. Winnipeg. March 2. -Oaeh :â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 Northern. $1.M 1-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.51 1-2; No. 3 Northern, $1.47 3-4; No. 4, $1,43 3-4; No. 5, $1,39 1-4; No. 6, $1,35 1-4; feed, $1.31. Oats-No. 2 C W., 64 l-8c; No. 3 C.W.. 61 l-8c; eitra No. 1 feed, 61c; No. 1 feed. 60c; No. 2 feed. 59c. Barleyâ€" No. 3. 75.'; No. 1 N.W.C, $1.61; No. 2 C.W. $1.58. Montrtal Markott. Montreal. Marcti 2. -<;ornâ€" American No. 2 yellow, 84 to 85c. Oatsâ€" Canadian Weet^- ern. No. 2, 72 l-2c; do.. No. 3. 69 l-2c: ex- tra No 1 teed. 69 1-2c; No. 2 local •white. 66c; No. 3 local white. 65c: No. 4 local white. 64c. Barleyâ€" Manitoba feed, 79 to 80c: malting. 96a to $1. Buckwheat, No. 2. 98o to $t. Flourâ€" Manitoba Spring wheat patents, flrits, $8.10; seconds, $7.60: strong baken', $7.40; Winter patenta, choice, $8.30; straight rollera, $7.80 to $8; do., bags, $3.70 to $3.80. Boiled oaHâ€" Bble.. $7.25; bagt, 90 Ibe., $3.50. Bran, $27. Rhone, (29. Middlings, $33. Houillie, $34 to $37. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $18 to $19. Cheeee -FincBt wasterns, 17 1-4 to 17 l-2r: ftneet easterns. 17 to 17 l-4c. Butterâ€" Choi«e«t creamery, 32 to 32 l-2c: seconds 31 to 31 l-2e. Eggsâ€" Fresh, 35c: selected. 28r: No. 1 itock. 27c; No. 2 stock. 24c. Potatoes, per bag, car lota, 50 to 52 l-2c. white. Bran, hard. No. 2 May Unltsd 8tate$ Marksti. Minneapolis March 2.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 1 hard. $1.51 5-8. No. 1 Northern. $1.47 1-8 to $1.51 1-8: No. 2 Northern. $1.43 l-« to $1,48 5-8: May. $1,47 1-8. Cornâ€" No. 3 yel low, 68 3-4 to 69c. Oat«â€" No. 3 53 3-4 to o4c. Flour unchanged. $23. Duluth, M.irch 2 -Wheatâ€" No. 1 $1.62 12: No. 1 Northern, $1,511-2; Northern, $1.47 12 to $1.49 1-2; $1.50 1-2. Liva Stock Marktts. Toronto. Man'li 2.-.\ few odd etoerfl brought $7.80 per hundred-weight. Modltim to gtml. $6.50 to $7.25. Top ox)WB Bold at $5.75 to $6.2.'i. the bulk, -which were good. brought $5.50 to $5.75. Cannt-rs, $3.90 to $4.35 and cuttero, $4.25 to $5. For etockerti, 800 to 900 pounds. $5.75 to $6.35 woa paid. Medium to good brought $5.25 to $5.75. Milkorw oteady at $70 to $90 for good to choicr and $50 to $70 for medium. Sheep and lamlw were firm. Swine, fed and wa- tered. $7.75, $7.90 was paid off cars, and $7.40 fob country points.* .Montre.\l, March 2.- Best cattle sold at atK>ut 7 l-4c. and from that down to 6c for medium «nd from 4 3-4 to 5 3-4c for the common, l.'ows. $40 to $80; ehopp, 5 to 5 l-3c; lambe, 8 1-4 to 8 1-Zc; hogs, 8 1-4 to 8 3-8(.'. AH Cereal Stocks Seized by Austria .\ tlespat-ch from Vienna eays ; Tlie Government has taken over aJl storks of rye, barley, maize and flour products. The distribution of bread will be undertaken in vari- ous districts. TOTAL OF FOURTEEN SHIPS IN ALL Alarm Caused by German "Blockade" Threat Has Disappeared Even in Scandinavian Countries A despatch from Ixindon Bays ; The .seventh day of the Ocrmaii "l)lo<'kado" of the British Isles brought news of the destruction of one more mercHntile vessel, making a total of fourteen fhips of British and lUMitnnl nationality sunk or daniaRCil by mines or torpedoes in the first weflk of the snbmarin'O war- fare, which began on February IS. The latest victim of a submarine was a siiinll British coasting steam- er, the West/ern t'oast, which went down in the dauRerous zone oft Bearliy Hcia<l in the English Chan- nel. All of her crew ' were saved and landed at I'lynioutih. Fifteen members of the crew of tlie Dcpt- ford, hunk off Scarborough in the North iSea, were landed at South iShickls. The enginecr^ot the ship says he was ati his post when an ox- jilosion broke the ship in half. He was thrown down and stunne<l, but manage<l to reiaeh tlie deck and get intxj n lifeboat. Hoin*" t)f tlie crew say they saw the wnko of a sub- maiiive nflerwai'tls. They spent s<^inie hours in a small boat during a \ iolent Knowst<irni aint were nearly frozen when they reache<l land. On the way ihf^y jiassed a steamship, which paid no attention to their signals. Jyater the steamer Fulgens picked iheni up. ^ Tlio Western (,'oast was sunk on Friday afterncHUi much in the same manner as the Deptford. All of her crew wore saved and were landed in Plymouth Thursday morning The vessel was a small coasting htcanier. While eight Britisli ships have been destroyed in the woek that the hlockado Ivas been in force, it is pointed out tJiat they aro for the nlo.st part small vessels and that t,he majority of them, instead of having f<KKl fur this country, were either in ballast or carrying coal or other freight for neutral countries. It is tlelicvcd here, aliw, that the destnictitin af neutral ships and cargoc.s will embroil Germany with neutral countries, {in<t that in tJte long run the losses w'liidi the allies \\ill suffer will be more than offset by the anger aroused on the part of neutrals an<l the possible refusal of countries, such as Norway to allow goods to be sihip)>ed from tiheir ports to Germany. .V Stockholm despatch says: Tn shipping circles the alumi caused by the lieriiinn blockade threat has al- most disniipeared. The regular lines from the went roast of Sweden to England h,a'. j resumed sailing and mail boats are being despatch- "d as usutU. A despatch from London says: "All the ground near the front line is plowed up with shells and fur- rowed with the remains of old trenches and graves. The whole place is a vast cemetery, in which our trenches and those of the enemy wind in every direction. "This statement is made by the British ofiScial "eye-witness" at the front in a description given out of the recent battles south-east of Ypres and of the country in which the armies are fighting. "In a sheltered spot tliere is a little graveyard where sonle of our owrt dead have been buried. Their graves have been carefully marked and a rough square of bricks has been placed around them. In front of the trenches German bodies still lie thick. "At one point of the brickfields recently some thit^y men tried to rush our line. At their head was a young German officer, -who came on gallantly waving his sword. He almost reached the barbed wire and then fell dead, and he lies there yet with his sword in his hand and all his thirty men about him. "It is the same all along the front in this quarter. Everywhere, still, grey figures can be seen lying, sometimes several rows together, and sometimes singly or in twos or threes. "This description might serve with a few minor alterations for many of the localities along our front where the fighting has centred around some wood, a village or line of trenches. It is as if each had been swept by a withering blast be- fore which every object, whether a work of nature or of man, had crumbled into ruins or become twisted and deformed, even the very ground itself locks as if it had been shaken by a violent convulsion of nature. "To the south of the Ypres-Com- ines Canal the ground, although there are some enclosures, is com- paratively open. Tp the north of it, however, there are many woods, and these have become a tangle of fallen trees interspersed with shell cra- ters. To add to the hardships of such fighting the troops have been attacking on ground in which the men sink up to their knees in mud." "Despite all these drawbacks," continues the observer, "counter- attacks have been carried out with such resolution vhat in nearly all cases the original line b<»s been re- gained. "In one trench, which became in the course of the fighting more or less isolated, 40 of our men contin- ued to hold firm until every one of them had been either killed or wounded. Eventually there were only three loft who were capable of firing, and these three continued to hold the enemy at bay. In the meantime word was brought to those in the rear that their atna^u- nition was nearly e.xhausted. and seven men, the strongest available, were selected to bring up as much ammunition as they could carry. Tliese latter found the three wound- ed survivors still standing amid th« bodies of their <iead and disabled comrades and still firing steadily., The supiKirt, slender as it was, camei in the nick of time, for at that mo-' nient the Germans launched an-i other assault which, like the previ-' ous ones, was beaten off and the position was saved Chief of German Navy Removed S. despatch from Kiel says : Ad- miral von Ingenohl, coiniiijander of the German high sea lleet, has been removed from his post and sent from Kiel to Berlin. It is rumored that Prince Henry of Prussia will take his place t-'onf-rR from the Bluccher brought his captors a curious story. It was that not all the h-frads of the Ger- man navy approved the ix>licy of raids on unfortified British towns and that Prince Henry of Prussia, as a consequence of his opposition, The Nation says one of the pri-.had lowered his flag. Two-tliirds Enlist In English Colleges A despatch from London says : To what extent university students in England are showing their patriot- ism by responding to the call to the colors was indicated on Tuesday when Sir John Simon introduced a bill in Parhament giving emergency financial )x)wers to the universities on account of their sudden loss of revenue. It was stated that many colleges were being used as military establishments or for billeting, and about two-thirds of the (itudents in Oxford and Cambridge had enlist- ed. The majority of the sttidents re maining in residence are unfit for service. Mabelâ€" "So you and Ja<'k don't (iijieak. VVlia't's the trouble?" Mar- jory â€" "We had a dreadful quarrel abmit w'hidi loved the other most." GERMANY TO SEEK PE.VCE. Information Claimed hy Copen- hagen Corrc^nonilent. A despatch to the I.^lndon Daily Telegraph from Copenhagen sajs: It is learned from a source inti- mately connected with the German General Staff that (iermany intends to start peace negotiations in about two months. Accor<ling to a special tefcgram from Berlin, in the course of the discussion on the Budget in the Prussian Diet a member attacke<l .\ustria strongly, -saying that Aus tria was unable to beat Serbia, and that dissatisfaction with 'Austria's weakness was general. All the members applatided, but the official report makes no reference to tho incident. Often a man who is a« good a« hs word is U'lt much good. MARVEIOIIS eALSAMIC ESSENCES CURE CATii NO DRUSS TO TAKE-A DIRECT Statistics Prove Ninety-Seven Per Cent, of Canada's Pop- ulation is Infested Witli the Germs of Catarrh This disease is most dangerous ow- ing to Its tendency to extend to tho Bronchial tubes and lungs, wliere It eaiisea Consumption. Unfortunately the people have tiad faitli in .sprays, ointment.*! and snuffs, wliich can't poa- slldy cuxe, and in consequonco catarrh- al disease lias become a national curse. Science is advancing every day, and fortunately a remedy has liccn discovered tliat not only cures tint prevents Catarrh. This new treat- ment "Catarrhozone" has sufTiclent power to kill the germs of Broncliitis, Catarrh and Asthma, it contains pure (line essences and healing balsaiug that go to the remotest part of tlin nose, throat and lungs, carrying health- giving inedlcatlon to every spot that is tainted or weak. Vou don't take Catarrhozone like coukIi mi.xture â€" you Inhale Its healing vapor at the moutii and it siireads ill through the hrcatU Ing organs, sootlilng and curing wher- ever t'alarrli exists. Tills i.s nature's v,ay of supplying the richest balsams, tho purest antiseptics known to science. A sneezing cold is cured in ten minutes. A harsh cough is eased in an hour, the most offensive catarrh la thoroughly drawn f.-oin the system. For Asthma and Rronchial irritation nothfiig can equav Catarrhozone â€" every physician and druggist says so, and we advise our readers to try this treatment If suffering with an w'nter ill. The complete outht cost-< $1.00, medhim size GOc, at all dealers.