THE MAM . ---- ON WATCH... The Lampman would like to shikeé hands with the man who advartises pianos, liquors, tobacco and cough medicine as market basket specials The Queen's college athletiz as s¢ciation is not the only bod' that is in need of funds. The govern uvients of Turkey and Germany are likewise in wan". The Rev John Dawson will please nete this. If Queen's college wants ifs etn] dents to drill, it should guarantze the safety of their clothing while dhey are shouldering arms. The Lampman has long marvei'ed at the morbid "desire of peonlo w be shown through the penitentiary to view the poor unfortunates tliere incarcerated. Jie is glad to Know that these curiosity visitors are hure- after to be kept out. They ae? .no better than thoge people who nose around the police ¢ourt when some unsavory case is on the docket. The Sydenham street Methodist church needs no precentor while it has Mayor Shaw. The way his wor- ship raised the tune at tha town hall one night recently marked hini as a musician who would aitain to the rank of "artist" in a Harrowsmith or Sharbot Lake choir. The milkmen figure that if people can afford to pay (twenty cents a quart for beer, they can pay eight cents a quart for milk. As the town council, is already the gas man, and is considering the question of also becoming the iceman, it might take anothepiplunge and become the milk man, It is not true that any Kingston concern has a contract for making iron crosses for German decorations, but a contract to make some big iron crosses on which 46 nail the kaiser and some of his breed would be wel- comed. An @baerver fnformi® the Lamp- man tH cur dogs have been cruelly maligned, as it is not the non-pedi- gree panies that cause annoyance to townspeople, but the blue-blooded fellows, which constitute three-quar- ters of the deg population of King- ston. - This is dpparently <rue, judg ing by the number of costly dogs that 'meet sudden and lamented deaths. hecariing. one of their number, who Ix #. himself, the members of the town council are a lot of as sed. © Thisiwould agfipear to be a ter- rible a . Fale Kingston mu. nicipal tthe Lampman is re minded. of i's ass of scripture story. Hee Was an ass that knew more than it8 master. Its foresight proved greater than its hind legs. So the Kingstén town councilmen needs not bé dejected over the com- parisop ' ; TOWN WATCHMAN -- or _Ghe Mail i CARRYING SEVEN CAPTURED GERMAN STANDARDS INTO THE PALACE OF T Great ceremony attended the which the French prize above all oth er war trophies to the Museum of the Invalides in Paris. shows the flags being carried across tho court-yard, ed with spectators who watched the A A AAA Al nat ~~ At SA BERLIN AT LAST HEARS THE RUSSIANS ARE AD. VANCING EPON IT. THAT Information Brought to Capital by Refugees From Prussia -- Silence of Newspapers And the Suppres- sion by Censor Increase Alarm of Populace. Copenhagen, Nov. 14 Profound smdy his Been caused in Berlin by vesmews witich had been carefully uppréssed by the censor, that the Russian invaders have again crossed he eastern froutier and have ad- anced into the provinces of Kast Prussia' amd Posen. The news, though not published in the newspapers, has 'eched Berlin through _ refugees {rom the fremtier districts of the nvaded provinces, who fled to es- 'ape the horrors of war The memory of the earlier lan invasion: of Bast Prussia was just beginning to fade from the nemory of the Berliners, and prac- ically all the. fugitives, who after bose earlier days, when they flady 0 the capilal, had been re<eSpaie Ished in their homes, Their reap- waranee in Berlin and other towns Mf the inferior in a siate of greater Janie than ever his thus created a arngh greater impression than the earlier flight The smppresson of news by the censor ' merely increases public anxiety, afid the prevailing depres- yion hae heen further augmented by news whieh has leaked through from Vienna that the return of civi- lians to their homes in .western Falicia around Eracow has been doppetd bv the "Austrian govern- ment, These fugitiees rushed from Galicia to Vienna during the earlier periods. of the Russian invasion. More gpecontly during the operations 'n Russian Poland, the authorities have béen sending them hqme in batches. The suddén order that no more be allowed to return to Galicia for -the present has created a very bad impression in Vienna, and in- lirectly, in Berlin The news of the latest Russian wdvance is being carefully suppres- sed by all the German and Austrian newspapers The Austro-German forces are gtill thought to be in the heart of Russian Poland and on the verge of capturing Warsaw Rus- Those War Reports Berlin reports that German Of victory are showing signs lines French German And Paris wires the gallant Are cleaning out trench, each And London sends a word to tell | The British troops are doing well. And so, of course, our battle views Depenil on where we get our news. ough . ate preparatory to teaching Longfellow's poem to her children, poem works very hard. and hag great arms that can lift such heavy things. ened 'with soot that comes from his fires, 16 réd, and whenever he nminkes any- thing: he must use this fire. the sparks fly about his head as he beats it. CORY RIGHTAUNDERWOOD ALUNDEAWOODLNIXS i INVALIDES, PARIS. occasion of the conveying of the seven captured German war standards triumphant procession of the "war GITRMAN FIRM POR PEACE | Hamburg Publishing Concern | veals in a Circular. : Paris, Nov. 13.--A circular being sent abroad by a Hamburg pub- lishing firm has beén received here, It urges the duty of neutral powers a to intervene on behalf of None of the nations engaged, as serts the document, really wants war, which is an- ins to good ommon sense, relifion and humani ty. The circular appeal to human lift up their voices and of war. Stop all sacre and devastaiiar Ap- concindes with an | beings ct large to say: "En- this ma Recognized. Miss Brown was giving an elabor- description of a blacksmith, first grade class. "Now, we are going to learn a to-day about some one who He is very large His face is black- And ANTH e wears a dirty black nag a fire that grows And Now, which little boy or firl can tell me what I have been de-! wribing ?" _ A lttle maid who had been listen- ing to these vivid details with open Yes, Sprang to her feet and said, in mn awed whisper: "The devil!" -- Women's Companion. it Home Their Only Chance. Apropos of the wonderful bayon- 3t charges of the French, Col. Ar- hur Riggs, of Denver, said: "The bayonet is a French weapon. was invented in Mayonne on the Hence its It southwest of France. name. "i poor shots w isn't because the French are that they resort to the bayonet. No, indeed, they are fine shots." He smiled. "Not like a squad of recruits I once drilled | "I never saw such wretched shots | as those recru'ts were. sergeant tried them first yards, then at 500, then vain. "Then the drill sergeant looked the squad and said: a " 'Fix bayonets and charge target! It's your only chance.' at | ar"100 in| w 1 | at the Not Sane Yet. | In an asylum two worthies named | Sandie and Tam formed a plan to viake their' escape. Sandie said to | Tam : "Bend doon and" hack and get on the topo' the wall | he said : : that time ¥ in front of youn?" and "aul. ye up Sandie got on the top of the wall and slid down the oth. er side, saying: "Tam, 1 think ye'll better 'to bide anither fortnicht, | vou're no near sane yet." for Evettovich, of has published an article fixing 1916 Ho than aval Germany England mest difficult. | Of All Germans and Austrians much engineer in the employment of the municipal resigned his position and the local board of control has asked all other Germans and Austrians in the civic eluploy. to. do. likewise. oe em Philadelphi ad in the more widely spread by the official agents of health. of Public Health, contributes Phila- delphia's' mite to with a weekly bulletin. urging fresh air as a preventive of all the "colds" of falls cines. monia ean be all stayed off through the winter ill dows open. health will defy Jack Frost. 750 | newspaper men last night that as the gr time O1 aimed me gun at a duck | other wan come right between us The photo The balcony of the upper floor of the palace was crowd. lord's" war banners. ELD MARSHAL'S VIEWS. A Fi I Naval Battle Inevitable and English Invasion Difficult. Nov. 14.-~Field-Marshal the Austrian army, Rome, the extreme limit of the war peace. |Next spring, he writes, England can Iput another army into the field and |in the summer and autumn | oelligerents can collect fresh forces, {but in | | raised other 1916 no more can possibly be euirance of neutral states in conflict will prolong rather abbreviate the war. A great battles will: be inevitable, and will find' the invasion of The the TORONTO GETTING RID In Civic Employment. oronto, Nov. 14.--As a result agitation, Dr. Kohlmann, of an has works department, Heaven's Germicide, Fresh Air : Ledger. Right living rather than medicine, fresh air as the best of germicides That is the 'new therapy. Every day becomes more generally recogniz medical profession Director Harte, of the department the propaganda winter. hefore Grip, bronchitis Not only tuberculosis that cheapest of medi: and pneu months if only people sleep and work with the win- They can have |the of summertime if only they Becoming Modest. "What makes you say that?" "He had the effrontery to declare My drill | before a lot] of literary fellows and he test' actor on earth." "I shouldgtall that strangely mod- { est for De Sutrey." "How do you mean?" "He used to say that he was the | greatest actor that ever lived." Why He Didn't Shoot. | An Irishman was out gunning for ducks with a friend, who noticed that although Mike aimed his gun several PT Get on ver | times he did not shoot it off. At last "Mike, why didn't you shoot The whole flock wns right Mike, "but every "Oi yknow,"" said an | | i | | { | | | | Quebec. and | day Pitish KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1914 FINANCIAL MATTERS. Six Months' Earnings Of Dominion Steel. Montreal, Nov. 1%--Net earnings of $694, 084, aftér . ilowance for de- preciation, sinking fund, ete, and payment of fixed charges, are report- ed by the Dominion Steel Corpora- tion for the six months ending Sept. 30th, : The statement is the first half- yearly report to be submitted by the corporation, but comparisons are possible through the medium of the quarterly statemends issued in 1913- 4 In that year the corporation re- ported net available for dividends of $705,263 in the first quarter, and $843,640 in the secomd, or a total of $1,548,903, against the $694,084. shown in the half-yearly statement covering the same period, now issu- ed by the p corporation. The de- crease of $864,818, or about 55 per cent:, may be taken as a fair index of the depression against which the steel manufacturers have been strug- gling. Liabilities Smaller. New York, Noy. 13--Failures in the United States in October, as re- pacied lo Bradstreet's, numbyred 1,- 444 aggregute liabllit's $01,580,458. This is the largest nuriber of failures reported MH any tv onth gince January, but on otiicr hand the Habilities a reported. since May of alist southern Pacific Year. New York, Nov. 13--A taiture of the Southern Pacific , company re- rort for the year ended Juue 29th just issued, is the payment of extra utidvads of 20,6 per cent., amount ing to $17,449,100, on the common and the preferred stock of the Cen ral Pacific All of this stock is owned by the Southern Facific, which gets the benefit of this plum, Dominion Trust Co. Toronto, Nov. 13.--That the fail- ure of the Dominion Trust Co., will »e widely felt throughout Canada can be judged by the following list of shareholders in each province. Shares. Holders SOE" British Columbia. 267 Alberta. . ., Saskatchewan Manitoba. Ontario. . 322 880 141 1,010 3,885 618 646 2,154 2,423 2,946 25,000 New Brunswick. . Nova Scotia. . . . .aih Prince Edward Island . United States. . , ..... Gt., Brit. & Foreign . .. 67 83 115 837 Will Be Wound Up. Toronto, Nov. 18----An order was made at Osgoode Hall . by Justice Britton, winding gp the National taibway Assoc ation which was in- cogporated in 1911, with nofiingl capital of $40,000 and in- creased in 1912 to $5,000,000. The company has six thousand share holders, employes of railways, who owe over $260,000 on the stock sub- scribed by them, The company has Tracer throughout Ontario. A state- ment of assets and liabilitjes exhibi- ted at the end of Octobér, showed liabilities of $61,400 and assets of $426.5 37, including $269,983 on capital stock. towns Idle Surplus A Record. New York, Nov, 13--The Ameri- "atu-Railway Association reported to- that the number of 'idle freight the country over was greater on November 1st than at amy date in any previous years since records were first kept. cars Fin#l Payment Made. Timmins, Nov. 13---It is known here that the final payment of $50.- fhompson property by the Huronian Belt company, the Canadian branch of the English interests represented by Dr. J. M. Bell. The payment was made on November 5. The amalga- mation of this property with the Porcupine Crown is still under dis- cussion. New Cement Company. Ottawa, Nov. 13------A new rival to the Canada Cement Trust has been federally incorporated by a firm of Toronto lawyers usually associated with Mackenzie & Mann enterprises. The new company {sg the associated €ement Company (Canada), Limited with a capital stock of two million dollars, and head office Victoria B. ( : Crucible Steel Deficit. Montreal, Nov. 13--Owing to de- I KINGSTON BRANCH, H. E. Richardson, ann : Mages: THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA INCORPORATED 1869 Capital Paid Up Reserve Funds Total Assets $11,560,000 13,575,000 180,000,000 . - COLLECTIONS Having 370 Branches throughout Canada snd the Vest Indies, this Bank for handling collections with economy and LONDON, ENG. OFFICE, SARK $LDGS., PHINCES RTREEY, £.C KINGSTON BRANCH, Jrssesta unrivalled facilities espatch. NEW YORK AGENCY, COR. WILLIAM & CEDAR STREETS E. E. NEWMAN, Manager. pressed general business and the Eu- ropean war, the Crucible Steel com- pany reports a deficit of $734,961 for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31st. compared with a surplus of $3,155,- 836 the previous twelve months Gross profits decreased 3,96¢ and net $3,890,847 More War Orders For U:S: New York, Nov. 13--An order for 100,000 single army blankets, plac- ed with & large Philadelphia woollen manufacturing concern by a foreign government, has been reported, and another for 140,000 single blankets with a New York woollege commis- sion house. » Financial Notes. It is announced in Washington that practically all the first instal- ment of the Reserve Banks capital has been subscribed. U. 8. Steel Corporation is to re- duce wages, January 1st, according to a Pittsburgh despatch. It is stated Tm New York that cots) rid. ton growers have been "hit" to the extent of §456.64C0,000 by the war. London despateh says the British and general stores at several | ¢ | | due | pe paic | | | 1 | {and {after { week since August 6th. Seven thou- American 'Tobacco Co., has disposed of its German subsidiary at: Dresden, The directors of the Canadian Car Foundry company will defer pay- ment on the company's' $7,000,000 preference stock, due on the 25th of last month. Formal declaration of dividends to announced in the car- rent week, assure a distribution dur- ng November and December of $6,153,262. The mills of the Alexander Smith Sons Carpet company, Yon- kers' biggest industry, resumed operations on {ull time to-day running only three days a sand hands are employed and full time operation increases the pay roll $35,000. Twin-@ity Rapid Transit Co., ep- erating the street railway lines of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the inter- urban lines between the two cities, despite the almost general falling off in street railway revenues, is con- | tinuing to show fair gains over last year. Going Away Back. Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, talk- ing to a friend about the antiquity of his family, was told roughly that he was "a mere mushroom." "How is that?" he asked, indig- nantly. : "Why," sald the other, 'when I was in Wales a pedigree of 'a partic- ular family was shown to me which filled more than five .large parch- 'ment skins, and enar the middle of it was a note in the margin: 'About this time the world was i created." -- Exchange Te ---------------- DIED AS HE WISHED, of Famous 'Historian Killed in Battle. > Paris,' Nov. 13.--Though he fell near the end of August, the Heath has only just been announced of Er nest Psichari, grandson of the French philologist and historian, Joseph E. Renan. He was a lieutenant of ars tillery and was killed during the re- treat of .the gllies in Belgium : while defending his guns agaimst. over whelming numbers of the Germans. «Jt is recalled that one of his'books, 'Appel Des Armes," 'ends ' with might die on. the field of battle. might die on tae field of battle. ---------- Cruisers vs. Dreadnaughts, Hamilton Times. Australia is being acclaimed all over the British empire on account of the brilliant exploit on her wir vessel in putting the Emden. out of action and destroying her. Australia followed the naval policy of Sir Wii- Laurier in TR " & navy her own, and had the liberals Youn allowed to out thelr policy Candda would alse' have had eruis- ers in the Pacific and have prevented the disaster that overtook the Good Hope and the Monmouth. But for the sake of office, Sir Rob. ert Bordén allied himself with . Botraess and men who wanted to shoot holes in the British a thus defeated the Hop Sond which had the approval of the Bri. tish admiralty. Bonlen's Quebec allies wanted to give no help to Bri- tain, and when he proposed that three dreadnoughts be given tain some of them resigned, al- though it was made plain to the Quebec people that nome of them would be made food for Powder In British wars: we Believe that Ca- nadian cruisers in the Pacific have been of more help to Britain than would three Canadian dread- noughts in the North Sea. Britain has more than enough uoughts there, but she was short of dread- Grandson STyctd in the Pgeific. The noughts are doing thelr appo! duty, even if it 2e only atching waiting. . Their. very presence Swept the seas of German sh without the need of them to €o in- to action. -------------- Bossy's Good Digestion. A b-cent piece, sixteen tacks, two eight-penny nails, several small pieces of iron, a piece of wire three inches long and a number of peb- bles were found in the stomach of a cow butchered at Walla Walla, Wash., packing house. The discov- ery of a nickle embedded in the lin- Ing of bossy's stomach led to an in- vestigation; and the, collection of Miatzls and minerals was found in- , side, Te Jeff Couldn't Keep the Rain OF With Omar IOUT. NOTHING GEE, IT'S RAINING sav, J€ =F, RUN ACROSS THE HALL AND BoRRrRow [SMITHS "Omar KYHAM YoU CAN'T BEAT IT FOR & RAINY DAY 8 vd AND A nce PIPE _-- " ~~ A Rainy DAY AIN'T 50 BAD AFTER ALL IE YOUVE hy GOT A CoPY OF Omar' \ IL FORGOT WHAT | You Toto ME To Ger, Buy I GoY AN UMBRELLA, WONT THAT ul By "Bud Fisher"