SOME STOCKS ARE ABOVE MINI- MUM PRICES. Nearly Sixty Issues Being Dealt In Through N. XY, Clearing House, Commercial Notes. New York, Dec. 4--Fifty-eight railroad and industrial stocks are now being dealt in through the New York Stock Exchange clearing house, at or above the minimum prices per- mitted. Six weeks ago such a list would have contained three or four stocks; the list to-day contains some issues that are quoted 3 to 5 points above the prices prevailing when the Stock Exchange closed on July 30. More than a dozen of the stocks now quoted above July 20 prices are so-called "international stocks," in which part of Wall street looks for heavy liquidation so seon as the Stock Exchange reopens, yet which another part of Wall street is will- ing ---to- buy with assurance that Europe's selling will not send prices beneath their present level. Last Week's Failures. New York, Dec. 4---Failures in the United States last week as reported "by R. G. Dun and company, number- ed 394, against 474 previous week, 443 in preceding week, and 356 cor- responding week last year, In Ca- nada the number was 75, as against 67 prévious week, 70 the preceding week, and 41 last year. Cement Dividend Safe. Montreal, Dec. 4--In a letter sent out to a client who had made an en- quiry as to the position of the Can- ada Cement company, O'Brien and 'Williams, of Montreal, say: "It is true that sales have fallen off, but we have every reason to think that net profits will be quite as good as they were last year, a happy state of affairs brought about by effi cient management resulting in sub- stantial reductions in operating costs It is, therefore, our view that busi ness will have to be a lot worse than it is now before the preferred divi- dend is endangered." To Liquidator First, Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 4 Chief] Justice Hunter decided that all Dom- | inion Trust company trust deeds in| any hands inside or outside the offi- ce must be handed over to the liqui- dator. To Issue Debentures. Montreal, Dec, 4--The sharehold- ers of the Intercolonial Coal Mining company, at a meeting authorized a debenture issue of $100,000. The proceeds are to be used in December Disbursements, New York, Dec. 4--Total dividend and interest disbursements in the United States for December are esti- mated by the Wall Street Journal at $100,600,000, compared with $94. 000,000 last year. Commercial Notes. Chicago hears that Argentina will have 120,000,000 bushels for export. One order for 15,000,000 cans has been received by the American Can company. Lignite, which under certain con- ditions of compesition maybe usedas fuel, has been found while boring ~ wells in North Cobalt. James G. Cannon was elected to the board of the Guarantee company of North America. The head office is at Montreal. The return of traffic earnings of the Canadian Pacific Railway com- pany for the week ended November 21st shows earnings as $1,729,000, a decrease of $1,390,000. Willlam McLeish, connected for the past ten years w'th the manage- ment of the Great West Permanent Loan company will leave in a few days for Edinburgh to become mana- ger of the company for Scotland. - At a meeting of the directors of the Imperial Bank of Canada, Mon, "thing to substantiate the report of a Robert Jaffray, who i president, was unanimously elected president of the bank, Peleg low land, of H, 8. Hew!und, Sons, & Co, who has been vue of the most active directors, was elécted vice-president. WORK ON THE WELLAND. Making Good Progress, Says Con. ! struction Superintendent. Ottawa, Dec. 4.--Superintendent Wel- ler, in charge of the construction of the new Welland ship canal, states that good progress is being made: in digging the new waterway and work will roceed all winter unless excep- tionally severe weather sets in. Five sections are now under contract--sec- dions one, two and three at the Lake Ontario end; section four and section five, the latter being the section from Allenberg to Port Robinson, on which heavy cutting §s being done. Nearly three thousand men are engaged in the work. An evidence of the pro- gress made is given in the fact that the contractors are now putting in concrete in all the sections for the walls of the new canal. The estimate that the canal will be completed by 1918 stif holds godd and it is expect- ed that before long contracts for sec tions six to mine will be let. Superintendent . Weller has seen no- projected' attempt by ' Germans to wreck the canal and does not think any Germans have been near the work. The canal, he says, is well | guarded. . HONOR FOR A DEAD boa. i Marquis, Despatch Bearer, Mentioned in French Orders, Dunkirk, Dec. 1.--Marguis, the regi mental digpateh dog of the 23rd! French Infantry, has been mentioned | in the orders of the day, having fall- | en in duty at the battle of Sarre | bourg on the Pelgian frontier. At this action is hecame for an ollicer to send diately to his time the German fire was to allow a man to cross the fire zone, | and Marquis was charged with the mission. | Off he "ran, the fire swept | zone, and nearly at the ob-| a German ball | right and necessary | a report imme- but at the too intense superior, across ived jective point when struck him the brought him down. He struggled to | his feet, though losing a great deal of blood, and dragged himseli up to | the position where the officer was di- | recting a section of machine guns. He let fall the order, reddened by his | blood, and breathed his last. Hig soldier comrades are raising fund for a monument an which is be inscribed, **Marguis--Killed on field of Honor." in side a to the | 7 ESCAPED, Zouaves Killed 50¢ Trenchess Paris, Dec. 4.--w from Arras, gives story, of front : "On the night of November 21st, force of one hundred zounaves crept stealthily towards the German trenches until it reached the protect- ing earth works, where it stopped awaiting the co-operation of the French .72 millimetre guns which it had been agreed would fire for twelve minutes exactly. Sudddenly their can- nonade began and assailed the trenches with a storm of shrapnel. When the fire ceased a whistle blew, and our whole party immediately began stab- bing down with the bayonets, our only weapons, into the trenches. Not oné German escaped out of five hun- dred. We lost two killed and five wounded." zouave, writing La Liberte this his regiment's work at the a RED CROSS IN TURKEY. Anglo-French Hospitals Under Amer. ican Control. Washington, Dec. 4.--British and French hospitals at Constantinople are now being managed by the Am- erican Red Cross chapter in the Turkish capital. A cablegram an- pouncing this , reached Red Cross head- quarters here yesterday, just after it had been decided to accept a for- mal invitation from the British gov- ernment to take over the operation of the English = hospital at Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey. : The British authorities believe thei hospitals in Turkey will secure from molestation under the American Red Cross flag. Pictures of Belgrade which has recently been reported to be evacu- ated by the Servian army and telegraphic communication cut between it and Nish, the present location of the capital. BENEFITS ALLIES ONLY, Count Calls U. 8S. Contraband Posi. tion Technically Correct. Berlin, via The Hague and London, ! dec. 4.--~In commenting on the state- ment made by Ambassador Gerard to the German government regard. ing the pesition of the United States on the subject of contraband, which is generally reprinted in the German press, the Kreuzzeitung says no ob- jection can be raised to the position taken. Writing in the Tageszeitung, Count | Ernest von Reventlow says the American standpoint is technically correct, but argues that such ship ments 'are of benefit only to the al lies and constantly strengthen the military effort directed against Ger many, thus actually working to the benefit of one belligerent as against another and in a way violating the spirit of neutrality. Rev. 0 i killed in New m | icy sav that » POLICY PROMPTLY PAID Dr, York Story. London, i the Ont late Iev Dec. ry insu Ross, 4 ~The the rance A Ae PAA tr tA At a itr Ross's Family Deny New family who was York eity in an autos | package might subject bile accident, in November of 1913, | there is absolutely nothing the story, arising from | gation into the coroner's department, | the accident in investi- company had persuaded the coroner to decide oO I German Governor of Limburg Measures. London, Dec. 4.--It is reported by | wn fault. was made romptly. ARREST Drastic by BEI the /GIANS, Full payment 6f the pol- | company | | Adopts The: writer suggests that the Uni- [the Amsterdam correspondent of the ted States government use its fluence in London to insure the livery of such supplies to Germ and its allies, thereby demonstratis indubitably its loyalty to a policy of strict neutrality. Explaining gets to habit with some men. de- | | { in- | Exchange Tele Major-General rest of all young Belgians in that lege there, says a despatch to district who are liable for military Times from Cairo. be a chronic | T! 0 ary graph Keim, company German that GILBERT PARKER'S APPEAL. Begs American Prelate to Tell Needs Of Belgians. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 4.--Cardinal Gibbons has received a cablegram from Sir Gilbert Parker, the dis- tinguished Canadian novelist at Mae- stricht, Holland, appealing to the cardinal to assist the American com- mission for Belgian relief in their "staggering task." "Here 1 watch penniless, homeless Belgians fleeing from their naked land." The message adds : "Many towns and cities are 'abso- lutely destroyed. Countless homes are stones and ashes. Hundreds of thousands Jack food and clothing. They ask for bread and salt, no more, and it is not for them. Some ask for half of a soldier's ration for each starving Belgian. "In your land of plenty there are millions who would give if they knew.' Will your emminence not help to make them known? In the name of christianity and human compas- sion I make this appeal." > WORK FOR ENEMY ALIENS. Will Be Employed on Crown Lands In Quebec And Ontario. Ottawa, Dec. 4.--Gen. Sir William Otter, who has charge of interning the enemy aliens in Canada, has ar- ranged for employment during the winter months for the majority ' of them in clearing land for agricultural purposes. Those in Quebec will short- ly be removed to the abitibi dis- trict, while in Ontario they will be put in the Algonquin Park and at the Petawawa training u .. Th [men seem willing to accept any kind if work during the wintef with em- i ployment conditions stringent as they {are in Canada at present, 1 le | NO MESSAGE ON GIFTS. | « | Germans Suspecting Code Communi. | cation Might Confiscate It. i New York, Dec. 4.--Not even the | words "Merry Christmas' may be written on packages of supplies sent the starving Belgians. The | American Commission for Relief in| Belgium announced to-day that the | to of any sort inside or outside the ignment to confiscation by offie- suspicious uf a militar®™ code sage con B. C. SALMON PACK. { that 'death was due to the vietim's | Put Up Million Cases--Fraser River | sident of a shoe manufacturing com- Supplied Third. | hart's apartment in the fashionable 1@ | residence section of the city. salmon pack this| part immediately notified the police approxi- | The | one-third | of the pack, while canneries on the! Vancouver, B. | British Columbia year was 1,000,000 cases, mately, half being - sock-eyes. Fraser River contributed C., Dec. 4.---~The Skeena and other northern put up the remainder. Turks Demand $20,000. 1a London, Dec. 4.--According to ad-| mili-| vices from Beirut, Syria, the Turks! governor of the Belgian prov-, have demanded $20,000 from Dr. nee of Limburg, has ordered the ar-' Bliss, principal of the American col- ervice in the ut Belgium. army class of 1 915. the The Turks declined Dr. Bliss' off- 1is action is to be extended through- | er of $5,000 for full settlement of the claims they made. ENGLAND, NATURAL PROTECTOR Has Been to Mutual Advantages of Both Countries. London, Dec. 4.--The Cairo corre- spondent of the Daily Telegraph cables an interview "given to him by Rushdi Pasha on the advantages of British rule in Egypt. | "England is the natural protector of Egypt on many grounds," said the prime minister. "Her predominence in Egypt assures for her that the great highway to the east will be kept open, Her control guards the European financial interest in' Egypt and to us it means the integrity of our territory. = "An. enormous majority of Egyp- tians appreciate Great Britain's work and on every ground would greatly regret a break in England's interest in the country. We shall have more hope of realizing our ambitions to become an important state if we work under England's guidance. No other power could help us in the same way." Rushdi Pasha spoke in warm terms (of Lord Kitchener's work in Egypt and expressed the hope that when the British secretary of war's task in England is finished he would re- turn' "The Egyptians would be most happy to have Lord Kitchener back," he added. 'One does not ex- pect great soldiers to be statesmen, but Lord Kitchener has proved him- self, byt his clear-sighted policy in Egypt, to be a statesman of the first rank." IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY, Gets Control of Several Pern Companies. New York, 'Dec. 4.--~The expansion on a large scale of the Standard Oil company, of New Jersey, to the South American fields, is indicated, according to a story published by the New York Times, which gives de- tails of a letter sent out to stock- holders of the Imperial Oil company of Canada, calling a special meeting at Sarnia, Ont,, next Tuesday to ratify the purchase by the Imperial company, of three oil companies of Peru. The Imperial Oil company, it is said, is controlled by the Standard Oil company of New Jersey. The meeting of the Imperial com pany, it is stated, has been called to ratify the pltchase of control of the London & Pacific Oil company, Lim- ited, the West Coast Oil Fuel com- pany and the Lagunitis Oil Co. Lim- ited, made on April Tth and July 27th and to turn them over to the International. Petroleum company, Limited. It DAY OF BERLIN ENTRY. Famous Cooks, Now At Fron ¥é Menu Ready. London, Dee. 4--Early in the war twenly cooks in ome of the best: known restaurants in London re- | they are now engaged cooking | these cooks lave one ambition, placing by donors of an ingcription | the | "EY : entire | allied armies. | and club rivers| with having an elastic sense of hon- | { | The Kind You ave Always Bought | Satur of signed and went to the front, where for the '"Tommies." According to several officers have returned from the firing who line, and that is to be given permission to cook the dinner for the victorious armies of the allies on the day they march into Berlin. Even the menu has been tentatively dfawn up, but what is causing some misgivings is to find some things which will be agreeable to all the elements of the Clubman Is Killed. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 4. --James P. Callaway, prominent young business man, was shot and in- stantly killed by W. B. Carhart, pre- pany. The killing occurred in Car- Car- and surrendered. Carhart claims he mistook his victim for a burglar. An operator in rubber is charged or. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Bears ths Wil You Help Th Hopi for, Sick Children, he Provinclal Charity ? ~~ Dear Mr, Rditor:-- asks te the privilege of r your columns on the Hospital for Sick Children. Hospital takes A purses of the generous rento and Ontario, to endeavor to save the ones in the child-life of Last year there were 394 from 210 places outside of and in the past twenty years thers have been 7,000 from places in the Province other than Tordnto. It costs us $2.34 per patient per day for matateyate Fig loins pay for ents $1 per pa t per day; the Government allows 30 cents per patient per day; so, $1.20 from $2.34, it leaves the with $1.14 to pay out of it receives from the people of and the Province. The r year ran to $18,000. Since 1880 about 1, 0 g of year with the Hospital; a day of battle; every Hospital needs money, not sake, but for the children's Hospital is the batt} Armies 9¢ 110 have graf L h k Ei fe hii HE 1 MONEY "RESTITUTION", Hon. Frank Cochrane Reebived $250 Through Maik * = Ottawa, Dec. 4.---2Wher Frank Cochrane went mail to-day he discov with $250 enclosed. from St. Catharines. ] explanation and no name." was enclosed was a slip the word "restitution" it. What Mr. Cochrane it trying to figure out is how ' the': ce stricken man who. has returned $250 ever owed or beat the ay and canal department out of this amount. It is ten years since thé government charged fees on the Welland canal, and it is possible this $250 dates back to that time. Japanese Studying Mine Methods. Cobalt, Dec. 4.--An important vis- itor to the camp is Prof. J. Naga- zumi, a professor in University of Kiushiu, Japan. > fessor Nagazumi was furnished with references from the Japanese govern- ment, and is making a careful study of the silver and' gold camps of north- ern Ontario. He is studying the field in all its branches from the min- ing of the ore to its rendering into bullion. He has already béeén through the Coniagas and Crown Reserve mines and some of the reduction com- panies, ; Jeff Ought to Have the ~~ G'wan Youre CRAZY, THIS (3 A NEUTRAL Coury NY -- * MADE IN q [A aie US sat and a bit from drugs, o 4 p flavour, ge ing enp of THAT, THEY ARE FIRING on THE Use SHIPS UST Only Dog in the Show Like This, at That ---- WHO'S FIRING Ons ' Et -- 3 ™e SToKERS -- By "Bud Fisher"