THE KAISER'S AGENTS = somoos semen som How Criminals Are Tracked By the Postal Secret Service, The postoffice secret service, known cflicially as the postal secret inguiry branch of the London general post- office, has the right to open any let- ter or package which passes through the post. The members of the de partment are such masters in the craft of arriving at the contents of an envelope that the person to whom the envelope is addressed never rus pects that it has been tampered with. The secret service is divided into two branches, the higher and the low- er, and it is under the charge of cer- tain permanent officials, who are in- directly controlled by the Home Sec retary and the Prime Minister for the time being. The lower branch has to do with the prosecution of dishonest men in the employ of the G, P. O., while the higher is now and agaip called upon to assist Scotland Yard. If Scotland Yard officials are watching or endeavoring to track a criminal and they discover he has friends in certain quarters the postal service Inquiry branch might be in- formed of the fact and asked to keep & sharp lookout for letters addressed | to the criminal's friends. If this is done and such communications are found they are opened, the contents read and copies or extracts made for the yard. The letter "spies" of the postoffice ARE REPORTED TO 'BE PAYING THE KURDS, Germans Blamed for Attacks on Christians' in Urnmiah Region -- Relief Committee Prepares to Send Food From Russia. Julfa, Transcaucasia, Russia, | April 6, via London, April 7,-- After several days of investigation in the Frumiah district of North-western Persia, a correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press made his way to Julfa, over the frontier in Russia, to file this dispatch. It is the opinion of well-informed observers that the situation of Chris-| tians in Urumiab probably will be-| come more dangerous in a fortnight] or so. When the rainy season comes! to an end which will be in about| two weeks, large movements of Kur- do-Turks are expected, and wander- ing tribes of Kurds will pour down into the valleys to the west of Lake Urumiah, according to the traditional customs at harvest time. Already there have been some collisions be- tween Kurds and Christians at a point near Kotur, which is to the west of the river, It is curréntly reported that Tur- ko-German emissaries have been ac- tive in rousing the Kurds. It is de- clared with authority in Urumiah have perfeeted the fine art of open that the German Embassy at Teher- ing letters without leaving any traces an has been supplying a German re-| of the operation. There are many sident of Urumiah with money and| Ways of opening an envelopes Most Instructions how to use it, and a rich | envelopes will bear the steaming pro- Urumiah land-owner, Meji Sultan, cess without leaving after effects. If, has received twenty thousand Tur-| however, it is deemed unsafe to mois- kish pounds (about $90,000) from | ten an envelope, it is cut open. An the Turks. Following the receipt] 8 knife is passed of funds from 'the German Embassy, | 81008 the edge of the flap. When the the German resident of Urumiah in| ©outents are replaced the edges of the question started to bring the chiefs ®BYelope are stuck together with a of the Kurds into some form of or-| tRiR line of powerful gum and sub ganization. At the same time the Hitted 1 Jressure for a few minutes. commander-in-chief of the Turkish | Bam es in reclosing the flap of a forces opposite the Persian province | pel envelope a narrow strip ot of Azerbaijan, Ogevdet Pasha by| Summed yapor is fastened on to name, was engaged in organizing! = ° T side of the flap. This is done when the paper has been Kurds and other Mussulman volun-| yightly damaged in the teers, Crowds of Christian refu- | opening | gees are at the present time Totus: | ------ rt ley ing from the Caucasus to their des-|, reas troyed homes at Dilman (a town | (7% New Use Wor Auios, 1% fifty miles north-west of Urumiah.) A new use has been Many Christian orphans in the! for automobiles, that of hunting Urumiah district are in need of im-| in Australia, and it furn- mediate assistance. A relief com. | ighes real sport of the most exciting mittee will begin work in about one | . The chase is productive of week's time distributing to the needy | many thrills, for the hunters must food, clothing and money collected | Use a fast car, guided by an adept in Russia. Another committee al-| chauffeur with nerves of steel. While ready is at work endeavoring to get| the country where this new form of back the property of Christians from | 8Port is being carried on is compara- the possession of the Mussulmans,| tively level, to pilot a motor car Already this committee has been suc- | cessful in so ¢ y { We Sages a a speed of 45 miles an hour | or steady nerves, a cool head BROUGHT DOWN BONDS | and consummate skill | ------------ | sh . Holds $1,615,000 In Treasury and of the eas or iy Cone OTe the side Pays Interest To Itself. is forced to manoeuvre his machine Detroit, April 7.--The News makes | alongside the fleeing animal to give the assertion that according to a| the sportsman a chance. Even then, statement made by Frederick T. Bar-| the hunter has to shoot from a croft Detroit United Railway has| DUmDIng, swaying car at a target brought its own bonds to the amount Which is bounding over the ground rer; THE DAIL | ¥7n7 DOMICAL PENGUINS, 17% They Cut 8 Grotesque Ficure, These Birds' of the Antarctic, During the explorations of the fll fated Scott expedition to the South Pole Dr. Murray Levick, the zoolog- ist, who accompanied. the party, made a special study' of that inter- esting. and peculiar bird, the pen- guin. The results of his studies are given in his book, "The Antarctic Penguins," in which he says: "Imagine B ~little man standing erect, with two broad paddles in- stead of arms, with a head small in comparison with his plump, stout body. Imagine this creature with . his back covered by a black coat, tapering behind to a pointed tall that drags on the ground ard adorn- ed in front with a glossy white breastplate. Have this creature walk on his two feet, and give him at the same time a droll:waddle and a pert movement of the head, and you hav before you something irresistibly at-: tractive and comical. "Each year the penguins travel from the pack ice in the north to the far south, where they breed, and this journey over ice and sea covers hundreds of miles. The young pen- guins travel back with their parents afler the breeding season. - "When the breeding season ! gins the male bird sallies out in search of stones, of which the nest 'is to he built, and deliberately takes the most useful stones from another | nest, if he can get them away una- observed. He then deposits them on the snow and leaves his mate to do the building. His proposal of niar- riage, too, centres round the build- ing of the nest, for when he has seen the lady of his choice he brings her a pebble. If she accepts it all is well and he then proceeds to bring the stones to build the nest." Spoke to Empty House, To talk to an empty "House" is & very unusual experience, but such a one befell Sir J. Rees, M.P. for E. Nottingham, in the British Commons For .a quarter of an hour | he addressed a deserted chamber. It was on the motion for the adjourn- ment Sir John seized the cpportunity to draw attention to some remarks made by the Chancellor of the Exche- quer respecting the drink traffic be- ing more deadly to this country than German submarines. Talking and laughing among members at once be- came general. After a few minutes ' there was an exodus, and Mr. Ac- land, sitting on the Treasury bench as the representative of Mr. Lloyd George, was the only member left. A minute or so later Mr. Acland receiv- ed an urgent message, hurried out, and Sir John Rees was left with no one but the Deputy Speaker, press- men, "strangers" in the public gal- | lery, and the officials as audience. | Ignoring the slight cast upon him Sir John held steadily on with his speech, A small group of members, tittering, peeped at the scene from the shadows behind the Speaker's chair. Another group. peeped through the glass doors from the lobby, echoes of their merrimen? drifting in- to the chamber. Then Mr. Acland of $1,615,000 and holds them in hel at a speed equal to his own, and treasury, pays the interest to itself| Many times faster still, for at close and that they would figure in the pur| Quarters the kangaroo chase price of the city lines bought | forth a tremendous effort to out- on a $24, 900,000 basis, distance his relentless pursuers. The ; Taife Yasies from 50 to 100 yards, New Lake Superior Secretary. contin ot iB found ey Toronto, April 7.--Alex. Taylor, | Toronto, formerly assistant secretary has been appointed secretary of the miles an hour with injuries that Lake Superior Corporation, the Al-| would stop a human being in his soma Steel Corporation, and the sub- | tracks, A wounded 'roo can sldiaries of these concerns, Mr. Tay- | outdistance the fleetest horse. lor succeeds Thomas Gibson, who is| In the course of one morning re- now president of the Lake * Superior| cently 34 kangaroos and an Austra- KLorporation, succeeding Frater Tay-| lau emu were bagged by men in lor. Mr. Taylor has also been added two cars, The new sport promises | to the board of the Lake Superior to become, popular with Australian | Corporation. | hunters. | ey di Another Merger. jr ore | Dallas, Tex., April 7.--Announce- ment has been made that the South- western Life Insurance Co., has ab- sorbed the National Temperance Life Insurance Co., The latter company had insurance in force to the amount of $2,225,000. Dividend May Be Out. London, April 7.--The + directors! of the Canada Company, the well- known concern dealing in land around Toronto, are making the same distribution of fifty shillings per share as in the two previous! years, but caution the shareholders not' to expect the same rate again in view of the probate increased taxa- tion in the Dominion. Dividends In April. New York, April 7.--April divi- dend and interest disbursements are estimated by the Wall Street Journal | at $163.5 ey compared with $164,000,000 last year. Dividends 50 far declared aggregate $84,790, on. 1 of $4,381,909 . Interest totals $78,730,778, on $4,016,6680,150 bonds. -- The directors of the Senaca Su- pefior } have declar- ed a div d of toh per ra end ot 15th to sharehold- ers of record April 4th. With the of this dividend the com- |x pm "have returned to its share- holders $746,770.60. hae ! Bank has declared ir quarterly dividend at the on May 1st to shareholders of 23rd. with in of Explosives in States during 1813 was y y (231,757 short ed with 489,393,131 (244,366 short tons) « for Of an issue of $7,000,000 Montreal ---- > and Ltd, Sometimes the harvest of great ex- trust | pectation finds few in a hill and un- dersized : : tons), as ( usually puts imm I "I beg to call your attention to the fact, Mr. Deputy Speaker, that there are only two members present." It was his maid- en speesh, A "'count" had been chal- lenged, and Sir John Rees could do nothing but subside gracefully while members were given an opportunity of assembling. At the end of the allotted two minutes the Deputy easily speaker announced that there were npt the necessary 40 members (a | quorum) present, and the House in- stantly rose. | { Never Got Through the Book, | During China one of the missionaries was reading Lord Charles Beresford's {book on "The Breakup of China" expenses $12,882,403. while the bullets of the Boxers were raining around. He had not gome very far into the volume when the in the book, but failed to penetrate it. The missionary jumped up, gave thanks for his escape, packed up the book ready for the first parcel post and addressed it to Lord Charles Beresford with a my bullets can get There was a little diner once giv- | {en to William Marconi of which one | remembered by some ' ratorical member il i i Some men self-esteem o A ag Co BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, Aor lack =e Fg Bod { 77 WORK FOE THE BLIND, | .| Canada Is Laboriously Acquiring Lib brary For Its Many Unfortunates. | The first school for the blind in the world was founded by the French philanthropist, Valentin Hauy, in the last quarter of the 18ih century. The first school for the blind in Canada was founded by a French priest, Pere Rousselot, at Montreal in 1861, | Since that date only four other edu-! cational institutions for the blind of Canada bave been opened, the last being that of the Montreal Associa- | tion of the Blind, which began its work in October last. i At a very early period in the his-! tory of the work for the blind, it was realized that the school would, to a large extent, fail in its object if means were not found to keep the sightless studeat in close touch with | the world of books after his' gradu- | ation. For individual blind persons | to collect private li es was im- possible, both on t of the enor- | mous bulk of embossed works and | of their prohibitive price, a book in print costing many times | more than its ink original. The opening of Departments for the Blind | in the ordinary public libraries was | found to be most unsatisfactory; the | books gathered dust on the shelves | of local readers to take | them thence. | At last, in 1888, I think, the Hali- | fax School for the Blind established a circulating library for the purpose | of supplying embossed books to the | blind of the Maritime Provinces and | of Newfoundland. The success of | this venture proved conclusively that | all that was necessary was a central | distributing point and a regular mail | service in order for the Canadian | blind to take eager advantage of | their literary opportunities. | The volume of good done by this library was still further increased | in 1898 when the Federal Govern i ment began to transport embossed books free of postal charges. In that ! year a small circulating library was opened at the Ontario Institution for | the Blind at Brantford. But these activities failed of their maximum pessibilities because, in the first place, tho attention of their staffs was divided between the school-room and the book-shelf, and, in the second place, because the RL -Buk. aad mo ing mattes, preparation, blind themselves were not actively | J engaged in their management and | extension. Hundreds of Canadian | blind persons remained ignorant of | the existence of these libraries, be- | cause. no special effort, in the nature | of things, could be made to carry | this knowledge to them and to enlist | their active co-operation. Realizing this fact, a number of | ind men and women organized, in | 1906, what has since become known | all over the Dominion as the Cana- dian Free Library for the Blind. In- corporation was secured under the was obtained from the Ontario Gov- ernment with which to purchase books. To defray the necessary run- ning expenses of the enterprise pri- { vate individuals were solicited and ' ~~ Cook's Cotion Root Compound, "3 UP: mit, oti rpuiasiog | ks of : $5 r responded with as much readiness as could be expected when it is consider- | The objects of the Canadian Free Library for the Blind are wholly na- nal, Victoria and Halifax being served as im as Toronto, in | which city the library is located. Its | oard of more than 32,000 books and pieces of music speaks for itself. "Phones Increasing. The telephone business of the coun- : try is increasing rapidly, as indicated by the annual report, issued recent- ly. Gross earnings in 1914 were $17,297,268, an increase of over two and a quarter and o Net earnings were $4,414,866. Gross earnings were equal to $33 per telephone in use, and the operating expenses an average of $24 per telephone. The number of miles of in ber of telephones in use was 521,144, or one for every fifteen of the popu- lation. Only one other country, the United States, is known to have as telegraph- $5,983,204, perating expenses $4,242,639, leaving a net profit of $1,741,665 on a capital valuation of about nine and a 'quarter millions. The gross were a decrease of $112,008 as with 1913. There were 193,276 miles of wire returned as being in use in 1914, Ontario easily leads, with 66,246, : : ¢ 5 fi ing for. is the kind we [os Scranton Coal Is good Coal and we | prompt de- livery BOOTH & CO. Foot of West St. guarantee The Many a man owes his start in life to the purchase of an endowment { This has proved the beginning of many a fortune. a good thing going at once by purchasing a policy in the Mutual Life of Canada. policy. S ROUGHTON Phone 610 or NGI. 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