i -- ---------- YEAR 82 NO, 23 -------- Determined Members of All Classes Form an ; Emergency Corps---Are Taught Signal- ling, Despatch-riding, Field Cook- WOMEN PREPARE TO MEET ANY EMERGENCY WHICH MAY ARISE | German invasion will find ready at ing and Regular n- fantry Drill. -------------------- London, Jan, 28.--~We read in des- patches that at least fifty German women' fighting in the trenches In men's clothing have been taken cap tive by the Russians near Warsaw If the Germans ever invade Great Britain, and the situation becomes desperate, they will be foced by an army of English Amazons, carefully drilled and trained to the use of the rifle, compared to-which-these Toeu- tonic. women warriors are a mere bagatelle, When 1 first heard of the Women's Volunteer Reserve, 1 thought it was » joke, or rather a new ebullition of | the suffragette class, but after a visit to Old Bedford College and a view of the determined women perspiriug through their military drills, T must confess that my feelings have chang ed. women will rush to the uy landing They will take up rifle only happy time the Reserve will simply aet as a disciplined body of women) skilled in first-aid, cooking, despatch riding on motor cycles, signalling, and the care of horses, "At the same time the rifle is nol being neglected," said the Women's Emergency Corps. "All the women are spending time"in the private rifle ranges and there. are some astonishingly good shots among them. There is' no reason in world why a woman cannot be as good a marksman as a man." -- Have Great Endurance, Reserve that It iz a well-known physiological fact that women are less susceptible to cold and wet thal the stronger sex. Their bodfes are better protected ny fatty tissue. 'This is seen on to enjoy when most of the meén seek the club- house, The same conditiéns should | tricts of Belgium and Fradce and an | be true in damp trénches. It is also accepted that a Woman, once her nervousness is over and her deter- mination inspired, can stand more! physical pain than man. "In fact," sald woman inform- er, "the only way be inferior to men soldiers would be in the long miarches.' At old Bedford Collége, which is Smergency Corps, I found Col. Vis: countess Castlereagh and the Hon. Evelina Haverfield, Honorary Col. hard at work with their recruits. Mrs. Haverfield is remembered for her carefully organized remount camp, which she built up at the time of the Boer War. Nearly a hundred women were go- ing through ths regular army infan- try drill. They were not women of leisure either. Most of them had put through a day's toil already in dn office or along some professional line. Several regular army officers in uni work, The war officers at, first too a contemptuous attitude towards this movement, but they have come to see the value of it just as the- useful- ness of the Bay Scouts is now gener- ally recognized. I had an interview with Capt. Ad- air-Roberts, the woman drill officer. "We are following the regular ar- my rules throughout," she said. "No It is not to be concluded that the | coast and} fight the moment the Germans make | the | when Great.Britain is in| ny | moments desperate straights. Till such an un-| { whither, will not be repeated in Great i Viscountess | Castlereagh, the Colonel-in-chief of | the | [are many professional women tele- It "was also' pointed out t0 me by. graphets jn the Reserve. Instruction Gne of the officers of the Womans iis given in Morse and semaphore sig- women bear cert:sd | nalling by flags and alse by sound. forms of hardship better than meni] Other branches of instruction include | open air | drills. the the islands, rapidly overcoming the bathing beach where women are able | indifference which it generally met : themselves on chilly daystat firgt. { Fim va. RAA commissions are granted except for) merit. When women are adjudged | ~gompetent to teach the drill the regu-| lar army officers drop out in their favor 1 "The Reserve ds strictly non-parti-| san and pon-seetarian. No women. of wealth are permitted to buy commis- | sions, although there have been | many at pts of this sort. | "Ica show you-a-tlitled woman | and one of her own servants drilling here side by side. This ig not, an isolated instances either, there are several such." Prevents Foolish Action. | At first the fear was expressed | that if women wera faught the use| of a rifle, the Germans would charge | "snipping" and ferocious reprisals would be the result,' but nowy it Is| realized that the organizing of the! women will prevent, instead of en-| courage, foolish individual action, | such as is fdertain to take place in| of great danger among an unorganized popllace The helpless rabble of Belghim women and child- ren refugees fleeing they knew not Britain. . 5 No woman is permitted to enter the Reserve without a careful phys- ical examination, Women doctors from the city hospitals see to this in their hour off. The women of the Reserve must be over 18 and under 40 years of age. Special attention has been paid to signalling practice, as this is an im- portant branch of warfare in which it is unanimously agreed that the fe- male sex may be of service. There cooking, carpentering, despatch-riding, fencing and Swedish The movement is spreading all over A vivid descrption of the { condition of women in the war dis- explanation of how their sufferings might have been mitigated by proper preparation and organisation is wus- ually, sufficient to convert every | "doubting Thomas." Branches are especially active in women would | centres where there is a large popu-| lation of working girls. Of course, | | there is a large proportion of { can, by their conduct, in case of | invasion.of Britain, present an un- | answerable argument for the bal- lot. i The sight of women drilling may | be seen at many big halls in Lon- {don. Two favorities are Knights Bridge Hall and the Armory of the London Scottish at Buckingham Gate. The majority of the women are clothed in khaki. Their suits con- sist of skirt, coat; brown shoes, spats putiees and hats, The cost of this uniform is $12,50. Most of the wo- men buy their own suits. The re- Berve is so far entirely sell-st ? ing. 8 Government Permission. The government has not as yet | given pel i to the women to carry r , 'The women do not an- ticipate trouble in this direction, how- ever. They say they hope the necess- ! They will co-operate with the | come a great recreation club. | pandie in museums never { the | | militant suffragetts, The latter have | the headquarters of the Women's | transferred their eénergy«in this dir-l,onefh1y for the use of the | ection. The suffragettes believe by n | will never come, but if it does they will be allowed to take their places % the firing line just as wives and #veethearts of British Colonists in many quarters of the earth bave stood behind the stockade and fired with their men-folk against the at- tacks of savages. As a result of {his movement a hand an organization of women who will keep their heads and who will have good health and claim nerves. hese women will have learned the i value of - organization, self-depend- ence, comradeship and self-control. mili- tary and civil*authorities. They will | direct the flight of women and child- ren from the scene of fighting, and 80 take this burden" off the govern-j# ment. It is Moped that after the war the Women's Volunteer Reserve will be- With this end in view a wealthy woman has offered a large tract of land for a personal camp, and it-is believed other gifts of this character will he made. "I wigh I was alongside him in the trenches," ment is re-échoed in thousands of women's hearts, and . this feeling is undoubtedly the prime motive in huilding up the Reserve. REOPEN PARIS MUSEUMS Many Art Treasures Did Not Leave City. Parts, Jan' 28. = Despite the semi- this city, resffliing from the -approach 'of 'the German army fn August, it seems, according fo the Figaro, that many of the mest famous art treasures in the actually left ~ the city, though they were removed from: their usual positions Over thirty immense led with pictures, were sent to rail* way statfons for trans-shipment to the provinces, but the greater part of them never started. The Figaro does not say whether the authori- ties regarded the journey more dan- gerous than the Germans, but con® cludes with the hint that the case® were guarded with due care. The authorities arg now restor- ing them to the muSéums, swhiel they hope ta re-open toward the end of February. FOOTWEAR' FOR FRANCE 1,500,000 Pairs Of Socks Ordered In Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Jan. 28. -- The French government has ordered 1, 600,000 pairs of - woollen = socks a Sharon (Pa.) mill, aceording to reports; current 'in » street - 'cireles here to-day, The soe"a are for the Frencl sqldiers, and quick delivery is requested. In order to fill the order in. time, the company has leased 4 kaitting mill at Corry and another at Niagara Falls. That the French government is also in the market for shoes is reported. Sever- al Philadelphia firms have heen asked tor quote prices. TO HOODWINK BRITISH New German Society "Will Wheat as Gift. Berne, Jan. 28.--Learn from Ber- ln that the German has organzied a powerful society in the United States," composed of German and German-Americans, to insure fhe import 'of feedstuffs Se civ Ship population in Germany. in order to hookwink the Bri- tish naval authorities, the shiploads if necessary will be ent as gifts. Herr Ballin, managing _ director 6f the Hamfburg-American line, is primarily responsible for this or- ganization. . A most valuable hot bever- age foreold weather. Rich--' stimulating--nourish- . ing--Oxo fortifies th system against, cold. | ity for their shouldering the musket A Cube to a Cup. ---- I ------ said the wife of ay' | British soldier recently. . This senti- Paris | chests fil- | | had the tables turned on them by | government | INTERCOLLEGIATE SKI CARNI- VAL AT DARTMOUTH. ! MeGill Wilt Compete -- Whithy La- dies' Hockey Team Claims To Be the Best In Ontario. Johnghl. Ward, who has withdrawn from the business managément of the Brooklyn Federals, says that in due time there will be another major league circuit to work in harmony with the Federals, and that some day there will be two world's champion- ships to be decided in the fall ! President Gilmore denies a report that Fred Falkenberg, pitcher: "for the Indianapolis Federal league team would be transferred to the Brook- lyn club The Detroit News publishes a pic- ture of Freddie Welsh wrestling with a calf as a training stunt, Throwing the call is a new one for a :hoxer; usually it is the bull he throws. Arrangements 'have heen, complet ed whéreby the MeGill Ski Club will compete at the winter carnival to be held at Dartmouth oan February 11th This is to take the form of a big in- tercollegiate meet and is to he held under the auspices of the Dartmouth Outing. Club. Many universities will be represented at this meeting, including Yale, Harvard, Minnesota, Dartmouth, MeGill. The meet will include snowshoe races and ski races | both in the sprints and longer dis- | tances. These races will be open ro any students of any American or | Canadian umiversity. The feature of the meet will be a four-mile ski re- | lap race between Dartmouth and Me- | Gill, over an eight-mlle course, This race Is confined to ihe iwo uwniversi- | ties, { Toronto News: Winners in three Junipr O. H. A,, groups have been de- | clared. Varsity, despite their de- feat by T. R. and A. A., last night, | are easy winners in their section, | Berlin Union Jacks have qualified in | Group 9, while Hamilton juniors | have reached the second round. The big surprise was the downfall of "Jim' Sutherland's Frontenacs, who Kingston C. 1. { Varsity will likely use Wilkinson; | the Galt reeruit, in the nets ip the | intercollegiate series. Levesque, the | good net guardian in the O. H. A. series, is not eligible for the college games. | -- The Wilby ladies' hockey team probably the speediest téam of 'Fins in Ontario, are réady to ladies* team In Ontario at abroad. Robert Deverell 1s manager. On the téam are the sisters of two of Whithy's star players, , Artie Blanchard and' "Dinner" Smith. The team consists of Miss: Gates, Miss | Amy Ross, Miss May Thompson, Miss | Nellie Blanchard, Miss Lena Smith, { Miss Flo Ward, and Mrs. Bryant. Miss Blanchard"s stick-handling is | the feature of the WHhithy. team's | play. -- They have been together for | several years, and {n that time have | beaten Stirling, Haileybury, Cobalt, | Ingersoll, and Oshawa. Mr. Deverell | is anxious to have his team meet the | best ladies' seven iw Toronto. | When the 19156 season opeas the White Sox will have Bert Shoiten, St. Lois Brown, centre fielder, or one of ;4he Mound City's left-handed twir, lers,, if plans of- Manager Rowland of Chicago, and Manager Ricky, of St. Louis are completed. -- St. Catharines' will be represented at a meeting to be held at Hamilton on February 6th to form a new .semi- professional soccer football league composed of teams from Toronto, Hamilton, St, Catherines, and Galt. -- @ Jess' Willard arrived. at El, Pass, Texas, yesterday to begin training Juarez, March 6th; for .the heavy- wel Ent cham plonship $7,000 features the as ice club meet of the Hull Driving . h will 'take' plate on the trom Jan. 28th to Feb. Th races will bé rin off each day, the 'river i | yestigdting tha lignite 'cided + for his fight with "Jack" Johhson.in | -- ed o Seven stakes evenis for a fetal of there will be one stake event worth $1,000. On the opening day the 2.35 Chateau Laurjer pace stake will be the feature Freddie Welsh of England, world's lightweight champion, outpointed Willie Beecher New York in eight rounds of a ten-round bout at Madi~ son Square Garden last night. Bee® cher was called upon to substitute for Charley White, cf Chicage, who wos taken ill Sunday. The N. H. A, scoring leaders: Ro- beris, Wanderers, 16; Pitre, Canad- fens, 16; T. Smith, Shamrocks; 15; Hyland, Wanderers, 13; O.-Cleghorn, Wanderers, 11; Malone, Quebec, 11; Wilson, Torontos, 10; Baker, Wan- derers, 9; Crawford, Quebec, 9; A tax of five per cent. of the gross recefpts of ball games io be paid weekly to the state comptroller by organized clubs, is provided for in a bill introduced by Assemblyman Kra- mer, Albany, NY J. D. Marsh, the Mdrathon runner of Winnipeg, and 8. J. Webb, west of England cycle champion, are inTo- ronto, mémbers of the-contingent at the Exhibition grounds. They are connected 'with 'the gutomobile sec- tion. That golf .is going to be one of the feature 'sporting events in con- vection with the Panama Exhibition to he held this year, is emphagized by the fact that invitations have al- ready been sent out to all the lead ing professionals in the States and Canada to take part fn a $2,000 tournament some time in Jupe, the | exact date not havizg been definite- | ly fixed. played on the links of the Sequanah | | Country Club, Oakland, Cal., and will The tourament will be comprise 72 holes medal play 70 ENTER THE FIELD. -------- Saskatchewan To Fight the German Tar Products. Regina, Jan. 28. --Most of the coal tar products that have in the past, been imported from Germany in lerge quantities will, in all probabil ity, now be made in Canada. It has been discovered that mapy of them can be obtained as a bi-product from the lignites found along the Canad- jan Northern railway in Saskatche- wan, which when properly handled will 'form one of the main fuel sup- plies of the province. A review of the trade of the past few years, shows that Canada and | the United States have heen bring- ing in tar products valued at the point of export at over twelve mile lion dollars, which probably ] & th by the time they 3 ak . Amongst ! thportant of these commo- dities are wood preservatives, parafs fin, analine dyes and various antisep: tics. i {ithanks, and have asked to have this Interests in Regina have been agti- | widely known. vely engaged for some time in in- fields, an their possibilities in conjunction Ww PAGES 9 TO I8 FINANCIAL MATTERS, A Newark, N. J. Bank Outs A ¥7,. 000,000 "Melon." Newark, N. J., Jan. 27.-- A spec- | fal dividend of 350 per cent. totalling bY ire PH fy iv 1 $7,000,000, was declared by directors City Property Co ittee Will 'Ask | of the Fidelity Trust company. {he Fair Association What Finan-| The declaration of the dividend cial Offer Tt Has To Make. | was due primarily to the sale of ap- The fair grounds discussion was | ProXimately 20,000 shares of stock resumed on Wednesday afternoon | i the Prudential Insurance company when the city property committee |©f America, which was recently mu- met. At a previous session a snb- | {ualized. 4 committee, including. Alds. McCann, | 0 addition to declaring the extra and Clugston ahd the city engineer | dividend, the directors voted a bonus was appoicied to make an inspec- | Of 10 per cent. of salaries to all em- tion of the fair buildings and repert | PIOyes At this meeting. This was done, | and the city engineer stated that $8,- | Less Than 50 P.C. Capacity New York, Jan. 27.--The mills of D406 would place the buildings and! {ike United States Steel Corporation TO PUT THE OLD FAIR 'GROUNDS IN SHAPE. { fence in good condition, : Fhis would be too much money to | continue to operate less than 60 per spend on. such a proposition Ald. |cent. capacity, but there is likely to Wormwith said... The Kingston In-| be an jnerease before the close of the dustrial Fair Association does not of- | mcuath. > fer enough inducement to 'go ahead | Since January 1st incoming busi. with these repairs. | ness has heen at the rate 'of about 1t was decided to agk the fair as-| 26.0 tons ao-day, compared with sociation what it would be willing to | 30000 in December. The corpora- do if the city made the repairs. {tion in fall operation produces Ald. Gardiner thought it would be | arcund 45,000 tops. @ good scheme to get all the smaller | nn fairs held about Kingston, amalga- | Had a Fine Year. mated Into one. Brockville has| Toronto, Jan. 27.--The done so sald Ald. Gardiner and made meeting of the Hollinger Gold Mines, | a wonderful success of it. This is Limited, will be held in Montreal on | what Kingston should do. Ald. Gar-| Feb, 2nd. During the year the com- idiner sald that unless this is done] pany made profits amount) to §1,- | there is no use spending money on| 786,679.66 and that during Tab year repairing the buildings aW the fair] $1,170,000 was pald in 'dividends. grounds. The total gmount carried forward to Those present at the meeting were: | the credit of the profit and loss ac- |Alds. J. 8. R. McCann (chairman) | count is $1,126,748 | Wormwith, Gardiner and Clugston. una! = E Lunah : | PATRIOTIC WAR VETEHAN DEAD | Nmbsrues Afver Busine Vaneouver, "B.C, 'Jan. 27.-It is i { being urged among Jlumbermen on Nelson H. Truax Died At Houte of |. 'p,cisic Coast that samples of the Daughter In Bay- City, Mich. woeds of British Columbia be sept { Word has been received that Nel- | to England that they may be Shown 'son H. Truax, aged ninety-seven | to be as good, if not better, than the years, veteran of the Patriot war, lumber which English dealers ' are | and who was captured at the battle | purchasing through their United | of the Windmill, died Monday at the | States agents. { home of his daughter, Mrs. Ada Wal- rath at Bay City, Mich, The body Company To Develop Coal Mines. will be interred in North Watertown! Regina, Sask., Jan. 27.---In order cemetery. . z i to develop the immense fields of lig- Mr. Truax, was one of the veter- | nite coal in the southern part of ans of the Patriot war of 1837-40, Saskatchewan, the formation of --a and. took part in the battle of the | company, composed of Regina busi- | Windmill. He was a prisoner for! ness men, is being proceeded with, i many weeks in old Fort Heary, King- | | stoh, now used to house alien enem- {ies of England. } | | Commercial Notes, New York bankers hear that a a--------------------. 1 tf $100,000,000 will he Lady Jellicoe's Appeal. on of § ! nade { Justice Hodgins would like it i0| The Baldwin Locomotive Works { be known to all contributors that has received an order from the { both Lady Jellicoa and the Ladies' | French government for: 100 ocomos cost | Emergency Committee of the Navy | tives for immediate delivery. ue have written acknowledging An advance in ' y it. | ve is negotiating for 'They both desire to "express their property. A A Chicago Board of Trade mem- ; Nine cases contain- | bership has been sold at $2,660 net ing 3,060 woolen articles, and $539.- | to the. buyer, up $60 from the last 60 in money, have already gone from | previous sale. Toronto, and others have sent direet, A syndicate composed of ; some pro- the government of the province, and | The comforts are distributed to the) minent Montrealers has just secured the active developments of these de- posits of excellent fuel has been de- pon. operation those undertaking this work intend to invade the open mar. In connection with this | m--------e . |. Fine Exhibit At Exposition. shipg by the Ladies' Committee pre- | the Canadian rights fof what 8 sided over by Lord Charles Beresford known in the United States as the | "Bpengler Cap," to take the place of cork' and other stoppers now In ut ! Tha Grand Trunk system has just! on bottles, : 'ket with their coal tar products and shipped a special ear containing, a | capture this valuable trade, the c0u-|large proportion of its exhibit for in- | trol which in the past has been to & isiallation in the company's buflding | | large extent:in the hands of the Ger- at the Pandma Pacific International [nah "huyer's bid for a certiin mans. GERMAN COPPER MINES." General Made False Statement In Interview. Bernie, Jan. 28.~General Von-¥al- kenhayn's statement in an interview ito a representative: of the Associsted Press, that Germany has no copper mines, 2 incorrect. Germany has argentiferous copper mines, jin cipally near Mansfeld, Saxoby. 'wenty five thousand German workmen are ployed in refining copper alone. Commander Refused To Leave, 108s em- "usual. Each best 'three out of five heats ged At Sydaey, Australia, at the wool { pales, the auctioneer refu n Qu. Exposition at San Francisco, which | of the material. 'opens on February 20th next. The aq and when the lot was ressubmit- shipment consists of a number of | (od for sale It was knocked down aplendid oil paintings of scenes in| is a French firm at the price the the Canadian Rockies, on the route | German 'had offered. / of {he Grand Trunk Pacific, from the | The man who can make children brush of the 'well-known Canadian | smile does not need to worgy over artist, G. Horne Russel. {his inability to preach sermons. A dispute follow- i THROVALBANKOFCANADA ~~ INCORPORATED 1869 - $11,560,000 . ow. ResergaFunds _. . 13578000 mines, | i ) 3 vi 0 3 !| COLLECTIONS [levies [a SEB ponies waived lies ezpatch. ; for handling collections with economy sud LONDON, Ena. Offic, BABE SLANE BRINETR. FESR F< BRANCH, NEW YORK AGENCY, can. WiLi1Am 4 GEBAR STREFYS E. E. NEWMAN, Managen od Fake ---- {i MAREN | NFUNNY TiNG | [A NAT, Muy " TWAS ty A gw " a ; 5 3 + w- > 3 LADIES AND CCT LE med! 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