COAST TO COAST "TORONTO and VANCOUVER 'OPENS NOVEMBER 19TH CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY THE NEW ROUTE TO Port Arthur, Fort William, Winni Calgary, Edmonton, Kam UNITED STATES FARMER'S POCKET 1S FILLED. ENRICHED BY THE THE Thé Cropped Area Is More Than Ten Millions Of Acres In Excess Of Other Seasons. Washington, Nov. 15.--While at- tention has been attracted to sensa- tional "war stock" fluctuations in Wall street, the American farmer has been quietly pocketing big profits as a result of the European war. Figures compiled by the Depart- ment of Agriculture statisticians and made available to-day to the United Press, indicate that the American farmer has seized the psychological moment to boom his business. Euro- pean nations, so busy fighting 'that they could not maintain their usual agricultural production, bought more freely of American foodstuffs than ever before. The aggregate production of all crops this year is estimated to be seven per cenf, larger than last year, Last year (the first year of the war) the United States exported possibly less than ten per cent. of what was produced in agriculture. 'If half of the increased production be regard- ed as available for export, the total _ of this year's crops for export will be twenty-five per cent. more than the amount shipped 'abroad in 1914, The first year of the war resulted in a thirty-two per cent. inerease over the year previous in the value of agricultural products. The far- mers, noting this * demand, immed- iately planted more. The result was the total acreage of the 1915 crops is estimated at more than 10,000,00( acres larger than last year--3.4 per cent, -- The Demand Greater, The "war commodities" that show- \SHAMED he ® BIR] Omtn (STW {a3 01! o_ - AJ A Talay eal ~ . saw Evelyn pick them up,' Winnipeg Service NOW IN EFFECT Leave Toronto 10.45 P.M. Mon., Wed., Fri. ~ J NAN =oRTHE - peg, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, North Battleford, loops, New Westminster, Vancouver and All Western Points 5 "- Connecting at Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver to and from all points. J ELECTRIC LIGHTED SLEEPERS, DINING CARS AND FIRST-CLASS COACHES. For Full Particulars, Through Tickets to All Points and Berth Reservations, Apply to M. C. DUNN, City Agent; R. H. WARD, Station Ageut, or Write to R. L. FAIRBAIRN, General Passenger Agent, 68 King St. E., Toronto, Ont. ed increased acreage were: sugar beets 29 per cent. increase; rice, 13 per cent, wheat 11 per cent., sweet potatoes 10 per cent. tobacco 8 per cent., corn. 6 per cent. oats 5 per cent., hay 3 per cent., ry 2 per cent. potatoes nearly one per cent. Flax, barley and cotton acreage is decreased. Not only did the acreage increase, but the department's figur- es indicate an increased yield per acre, The demand for wheat last year practically exhausted the reserve us- ually carried over from one year to another. The demand for corn was good ----fifty million bushels ) 2 per cent.) being exported from a crop of 2,672,000,000 bushels last year. How the European war has affect- ed the American farmer during the first year of the war, is shown as fol- lows: Exports of agricultural pro- ducts increased 32 per cent. Stimu- lus of increased exports resulted in a 3.4 per cent. increase in acreage. Grain exports particularly high; cot- ton exports particularly low. What the American farmer has to sell abroad this year; in excess of the amount required at home, America could spare for export: 375,000,000 bushels of wheat; 250,000,000 bus- hels of corn, 7,000,000,000 bales of cotton, 200,000,000 bushels of oats, $330,000,000 worth of meat and dairy products, ! DRAWS ONLY ONE SALARY. Government Cancels The Double Sal. ary Provision, Ottawa, Nov. 15.--An order-in- Council has been passed providing that from November 1st civil ser. vants enlisting for overseas service will draw their pay as civil servants only where the employment of sub- stitutes is found unnecessary. It is also provided that in those cases where civil service pay is con- tinued the amount of military pay will be deducted. In any case only to those in the service at the be-| ginning of the war will leave under these conditions for service overseas be granted. When the war broke out the Gov- ernment undertook, to continue the salaries of their employes while on active service, but this has proven very expensive, as in many cases a substitute had had to be employed while the absentee was drawing his salary as a civil servant and his pay as a soldier. 2 THAW FIGHTS FOR DIVORCE ---- Sherift Slipped The Papers Under =. Evelyn's Door, Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 15.--Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, speeding toward St. Louis, has the "papers". Not satisfied with the service recently obtained at New York, Deputy Sheriff Bradley, after a desperate chase through a Pullmau here, handed Evelyn Tresh| legal notice that Harry K. Thaw is suing for divorce here. 3 Evelyn fled to her stateroom the papers uader the door, then ran outside, and peeked in. He said he lion bushels during t and] slammed the door. , Bradley slipped : GRAIN OF UNITED STATES. Worth Billion and Half-- Cotton Slump About Over. New York, Nov, 15.--The grain crops of the country are estimated as worth $5,5600,000,000 this year, or half a billion more thay in 1914, by the Department of Agriculture The latest estimates of yield show even further increase. The corn crop is placed at 3,090,500,000 bus- hels, or 415,000,000 bushels above last year. A wheat crop above a bil 1915 is a cer tainly, and the final figures for the year may show that it is considerab- ly beyond that figure. Export buy ing has kept wheat prices at above $1 a bushel at Chicago, but the pres- sure of huge supplies has prevented any buying enthusiasm and has add- ed shorts in making small reactions. The slump in cotton seems to be about over, and a recovery is ~ now looked for even though recent crop estimates and Government figures of ginning, ete., indicate that the sup- ply from the 1915 crop will be jn ex- cess of earlier estimates. A heavier export movement is expected before long owing to the belief that there will be a big demand for cotton cloth in Europe this winter, as =o much cotton has heen diverted to war use that a shortage of cloth for the civic population is said to exist. INDIA RUMORS PERSIST, . Germans Are Busy Spreading Alarm. ist Stogies Of Uprising. London, Nov. 15.--Concerning re- cent reports of trouble in India the correspondent of the Telegraph says: "The situation in India is arising interest in Japan. However, there is no official news. The Government is not disposed to take serious view of the situation though Japan's obligations under the Anglo-Japanése alliance are recognized." A telegram from Petrograd to the Dailly Mail says: X "A message from Telferan says the Germans in Persia, are circulating all sorts of ridiculous stories about an armed uprising in India." SHOULD ASK INDIA TO BE REPRESENTED AT IMPER- IAL CONFERENCE N. W. Rowell Speaks At London, Ont.,~The Imperial Conference Should Be Called To Consider the Empire's Danger, (Special to the Whig.) London, Ont., Nov. 15.--That re- presentatives of India ghould be ask- ed to meet with the Imperial Confer- ance this year in a war session, was the hope expressed hy N. W. Rowall, K.C., M.P.P., in a speech he gave on Saturday evening at the banquet of the Provincial Older Boys' Conferen- ce. Mr. Rowell's address was on &er- vice, the privilege and responsibility of service to country, church and hu- manity. He illustrated and enforced %is points by lessons drawn from the present war. Mr. Rowell has several times urg- ed that the Imperial should be called this year and he now suggested that representatives of India should also be invited. "I am sure," he said, "that we mast all feel that India by her devotion and sacrifice in this war has earned her right to app il for a place in the Im- perial Conference representing the free nations of the Empire and while one must not prejudge the action which the conference will take, one instinctively feels that all the free nations of the Empire will be pre- Conference | pared to lend a sympathetic ear to India's appeal. | "The Imperial Conference has a right to speak for the whole Empire | and from it we could have a united | statement and an appeal to which all | the nations of the Empire would cheerfully respond. Po we realize how such an act would stir the ima- | gination and quicken the deyotion! of the more than three hundred mil- | lions of people in India, representing | about.75 per cent. of the total po-| pulation of the Empire? What a res ponse it would.ensure against any German or Turkish advances; what | a symbol it would be of the Empire's | unity, what a demonstration of our | solidarity; what a convincing proof | of the determination of the free peo- ples who have enjoyed liberty and self government to preserve these | rights and to help the smaller na-|hought a bottle and tions of the world to preserve theirs' take it regularly. "Our leaders", declared Mr. Row-| ell, "tell us.that our Empire is ir peril and is fighting for its existen- ce. Therefore, we as ils citizens, have the right not only to expect but to request that this supreme council' of the Empire; the Imperial Confer- ence, should be called to consider the situation." : % : Applications For Divorce Ottawa, Név. 15. Two more ap- plications: for divoree legislation have been made this week. Robert C, Vondreau. Preston, Of Clarice Smith, Teroute, ard the ap- plicants and are asking respectively to be fréed from Ida Vondreau, Ham- ilton, and John- Henry Smith, Tor Onto, newspaper agent... t nt. and Mrs. tonic Wine. + GERMANS HIDE LOSSES. The E Boats In Baltic Victims. London, Nov. 13.--A despatch from an English correspondent at | Stockholm asserts that the work of | the British submarines in the Baltic | is greater than has become known. | Germany, he says, conceals the] losses of the ships, the crews of which reach Germany, while some | crews have been landed on the coast | of Finland and .interned. Losses | afte immediately reported, he says, | only when the crews land in Sweden | or Denmark. Many steamers arriving at Swed- | ish ports, the correspondent says, re- | port having been stopped by submar- ines, The Swedish newspapers ag- ree that the loss of German ore ships | is serious for Germany, which sent an exceptional number of these ves- sels to Lules, aiming to get a supply of ore before the port freezes. | The correspondent adds that an| enormous number of mines are] adrift in the Baltic, some being] round "éven as far away as Bothnia, Steamship traffic between Sweden| and Finland has been stopped. « The German mine field laid in the.Sound in October is not effective, the corres: pondent says, as a result of the break lug loose of the mines. 1 Have Many POSED AS THE WIFE 01 £ Soldier And Drew Frgm Patrio. | tic Fund. L Toronto, Nov. 13.--Mrs, Eva Vine, | alias Simmons, who gave her address. as 737 Dufferin street, was placed | under arrest on a charge of obtain-| ing money from the Patriotic Fund | and the Government by false preten- | ces. The arrest followed the inves-| tigation made on the complaint of a| CIVIL WAR VETERAN. | -- | Tells How To Retard The Infirmities | Of Old Age. "I am 77 years old, and for 35 years have worked on the P. C. &| St. L. R. R. Also a Civil War Vet-| eran. I suffered from a general nervous breakdown and would have such weak, dizzy speils 1 would have to go to for a day at a time. | When visiting friends in Bradford, ! Ohio, an old doctor. recommended that I try Vinol. That very day I "continued to | It has done me a! world of good, built me up so I feel stronger in every way, and have gone back to work again, and I.want to] recommend Vinol to any old comrade] or person who needs strength! for it is a grand medicine". W. H. | Bowers, Steubenville, Ohio. ! | The reason Vinol is so beneficial - {to old people is because it contains | the very elements needed to replace { de¢lining strength with renpewd vig-| jor, viz.; the medicinal elements of | fresh cod livers, without oil, peptof- | | ate of irom, beef peptone and a mild | Borer iad SL { | We ask every aged person in King-| | stoh to try Vinol on our offer 10 re. {turn their money if it fails to create | strength, Geo... W. Mahood, » gist, Kingstog, Out. E | afternoon teas." f rouft young man, who claims that he was robbed of $21 while at the house of Mrs, Vine, According to the story of the police, Mrs. Vine had lived for | four years with a soldier named Sim- | mons, who went to the front with the | first contingent, and on his depart-| ure she representing herself to the] Patriotic Fund and the Government officials as his wife, She has since then -been paid $14.50 a month se- paration allowance from the fund) and $20 a month by the Government. | Mrs. Vine told the police that] Simmons was not her real name, but | that she assumed that name when | she started to live with the poldier. | Her husband, she alleges, lived in the | same house with another woman| while she was posing as the wife of | Simmons. . Order For Bombs In Canada. Ottawa, Nov. 15.--~Bombs have been added to the munitions pro- ducts which Canada is now produe- ing for the British War Office. An! order for 5,000 of these projectiles] have been received by the commis-| sion, and is being plated for speedy delivery. The bombs are to be used in 'trench warfare, and are to be fired from what are known as mine or trench guns. Moore and "Lalla Rookh® ~ It-was in 1815 that Tom Moore det himself to produce his oriental ro- | mance "Lalla Rookh." The poem, says the Pall Mall Gazette, was the subject of one of the most curious agreements ever made between poet and publisher, | Longman undertaking to pay Moore -8,000 guineas for an eastern poem and | to take it for better or worse at any time tak suited the author's conven- | lence 'without any power to { gest changes or alterations. wr) An Egg Trick. Hold a raw egg on end and spin it on a plate or other smooth surface. Quickly place the hand upon it for an | instant, stopping the motion momen- tarily. When the hand is removed the egg will resume its spinning. This is because the liquid contents of the shell continued to whirl rapidly when your hand stopped the shell, and if it is quickly released the whirling contents will again set the shell to spinning. An Irascible Mood. "I want to ask your consent to my marriage with your daughter," sald the formal youth. "Young man," replied Mr. Cumrox, "don't you bother me with any more | such talk. If you and Gwendolin get married it's her and her mother's do- ings, and I don't want to be brought | into it. I'm tired of baling held respon sible for every kind of trouble that comes up in this family.™; , _ Wy The Roads of Norway, * A curious feature to tra on the highroads of Norway is the num. ber of gates--apward of 10,000 in the whole country--whieh have to be open- ed. These gates, which either mark the boundaries of the farms or sepa rate the home fields from the waste lands, constitute a considerable incon. venience and delay to the traveler, who has to stop his vehicla and get down te open them. NY Very Much So. "I wonder what the poet meant when be alluded to woman in her hours of ease as being uncertain, coy and hard to "» "l don't know about tha coy part™ | said the saleslady, "but when it comes Acrobatic Feat. . "Percy gets along all right at these | "Does, eh? "Yes; he can hold. a plate of salad in one hand, a cup of coffee in the oth- 5 and blancs a dish of ito creas on shoulder."--Louisville Courier Journal i! a! Why He Was Late. { "Sam, you are late this . of "Yas, boss. I lost mah hat, an' 1 did have t' go after it" you walk after it, Sam? one, Dat 'onery mule kicked me after it.""--Yonkers States man. © o « of their bright colored materials, which might | | possibly lead to the discovery of thelr to picking out a hat she's all the rest of it."--Louisville Courier-Journal A At Niagara, "Yon bad a day at Niagara, I under "Falls were pretty fine, eh? "Why--er--we didn't see the falls. We spent all our time at the movies" ~Judge, And Then He Was Fined. Judge--Then when your wife seized the weapon you ran out of the house? Plaintiff--Yes, ' sir. True, your honor. Maybe she picked up the flatiron just to smooth things over. ~ Boston Transcript, Who would pot bave feet set on His seck let him not stoop. --Italian Prov. Place of abode by an enemy. . | wh -- "Is he an apostle of | "Is he? He The Woman's Auxiliaries of the | Anglican parishes of Leanos and Ad | dington will hold a conference | St. Mary Magdalene's church, Nap in Lanee, 'on Nov. 17th,