12 Pages YEAR 85. NO. 54 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, MARCH 5. 2! be Daily British Whig | 1918 Pages 9-12 a lb ---------- SECOND SECTION Kings- retro- little of the past record of the brief ton C spect of t the healthy life and usefulness of any} MISS MACHAR'S ABLE ADDRESS Delivered Before the Local Council of Wo™ men's Annual Meeting. TOLD OF THE WORK DONE By last quarte useful and' ure, The ing of to-day annual meet our Council, the first having held in 1895, on the twenty-fifth of April, under the auspi president, have alwa in the personality sident, Mrs. Hug} gsteemed' Honorary has heen repeated] THE COUNCIL FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS, * Se ---- PAST Fraser, now President, ~~ pronounced The Retiring President Declared That the Council's Chief Strength Must be in the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace. The following address at the annual Council of Women on February 23rd by the retiring president, Miss A. M Machar Members of the an ideal president for those ive years women, representative of was given pose wheat which seemed to many meeting of the Local indefinite, naturally met But Mrs. Fraser's and public sp unfailing warm , combined with geniality and Kingston Local Council---In retiring from the office of president I think that created made an esprit de account of corps as we have smah the many new recent- workers who have spirit vitall ssentic t ly joined our number, who know but @ Spiri tally essential to ~~ a me Standard Bank - Canada The 43rd Annual Meeting of the shareholders of the Standard Bank of Canada was held at the Head Office of the Bank, 15 King Street West, Toronte, on Wednesday, the 27th February, 1918, at 12 o'clock noen. A large number of shareholders were present. The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. W. F, Cowan, and Mr. E. A, Bog, Chief Inspector, acted us Secretary for the meeting and read the follow- ing report: The Directors beg to present to the shareholders the 43rd Annual Report and Statement of the affdirs of the Bank for the year ending the 31st of January, 1918, fhe Net Profits, after making provision for bad and doubtful debts, rebate of interest on unmatured bills under discount, exchange, cost of management, ete, amount to $649,546.44. This amount, together with the balance forward from last year and $120,047.86 for premium on new stock issued, makes the sum of $923,187.93. J This has been appropriated as follows: -- = Four quarterly dividends at the rate of 13% per annum $442.782.77 Contributed to Officers' Pension Fund 20,000.00 Contributed to Patriotic Funds. ... 31,250.00 War Tax on Bank Note Circulation to 31st of December, 1917. ... 33,801.48 Transferred to Reserve Fund from Premium on New Stock 120,047.86 Reserved for estimated depreciation in securities 100,000.00 Balance of Profit and Loss Account carried forward 175,215.83 Your Directors deeply regret to record the sudden death, in March last, of our late general manager, Mr. George P. Scholfield, who entered the service of the Bank as a junior clerk in 1883; becoming general manager in 1905, and a director in 1912, under whose management the Bank made marked progress. Your Directors appointed as his successor, Mr. Charles H. Easson, formerly of the Bank of Nova Seotia. «We also regret having to record the death of Mr. T. H. McMillan, who Became a director of this Bank in 1909, when the Western Bank of Candda, of shich he had been general manager, was amalgamated with this Bank. The vacancies in the Board have been filled by the appointment of Mr. T. B. Greening and Mr. James Hardy, F.CA. During the sear, Branches and Sub-Branches of the Bank have been opened at Lethbridge, Alta.; Orion, Alta.; Richlea, Sask. (sub. to Eston); and esterham, Sask. (sub. to Estuary). The Sub-Branch at Cherry Valley and the Branch at Schumacher, Ontario, were closed. The usual inspection of the Head Office and Branches has been made, and the duties of the staff have been faithfully and efficiently discharged. The regular audit of the Bank's affairs has also been made by Mr. G. T. Clarkson, F.C.A., whose report is appended herewith. Mr. Clarkson's name will be again submitted at the Annual Meeting for reappointment as Auditor for the ensuing year, WF COWAN, Presidents. GENERAL STATEMENT LIABILITIES. Notes cf the Bank in cireulation........ccovusneieninrnovess.§ 5,484,383.00 Deposity fearing interest (including interest accrued to date)... «+ «++ $40,301,688.95 veo 17,779,014.95 eens §58,080,703.90 Dividend No. 109, payable 1st February, 1018........... 0000.0 112,094.17 Balances due to other Banks in Canada 1,180,042.63 Balances due to Banks and Banking Correspondents elsewhere than in Canada aversnarvan, 'Acceptances under Letters of Credit....... Capital paid Up. .vvvvvnnnse . Reserve Fund .....v...va0 . Balance of Profit and Loss Accoun teers aans serevuns Deposits not bearing interest. ...... tras ivars 1,000,951.10 70,036.80 8,453,290.00 4,453,290.00 175,215.88 $73,990,907 42 ---- SSETS. Current coin held by the Bank. . - Dominion Notes held. . o 10,085,781.00 Deposit in the Central Gold Reserves. £,500,000.00 $14,123,114.80 265,096.00 2,822,442.85 Notes of other Banks. .......v.0us Cheques on other Banks Balances due by Banks and Banking Correspondents ~ elsewhere than in Canada... Dominion and Provincial Government Securities not exceeding market value Canadian Municipal Securities and British, foreign and colonial public securities other than Can. AAIAR + va vas aviinns ' Railway and other bonds, (¥bentures and stocks not exceeding market vale . 892843.09 Call and Short (not exceedhy thirty days) Loans in Canada on bonds, debentu¥es and stocks. .. 1,051,210.57 3,963,501.66 7,192,950.65 2,087,525.70 "ave ", ee 18,225,660.53 $32,848,775.32 Other Current Loans and Discounts in Candda (less rebate of TDDOTBEE waves. saunas: «vee 39,853 6877.77 Liabilities of Customers under Letters of Credit as per contra... Real Estate other than Bank Premises Overdue debts, estimated loss provided for. .e Premises, at not more than cost, less amounts written off. . Bank Deposit with the Minister for the purposes of the Circulation Fu a Other Assets not included in the foregoing. WW, F, COWAN, Gen DERS. President. 1 have omuDITOR'S REPORT SHE SHARERO accounts at the chief Standard Bank of Canada, and the certified returns received from its the cash and ve the ratiches on January 3lst, 1918, and correct view of securities at the chi I certify that in my state of the Bank's der my notice have, : GC. T. CLARKSON, F.CA., . of Cranxson, SR ore Foose. Canada. The ent reforred to the satisfactory progress made during the yea and the Vieo-President, Mr. Wellington Francis, K.C., and the Geseral Man. ager, Mr, C. H. outs also addressed the meeting. : Th and the following Directors were elected PF, Cowan, W. Francis, Re, H. Langlois, W. F, Wood, T. B. Greening and James Hardy, F.CA. + of the Directors, W. P. Cowan was + Francis, K.C,, Vice-President, C. H. EASSON, General Manages, the twenty-fourth annual meeting of been a year after its foun- dation, which took place in this hall 1894, 8 of pur advisory he Countess of Aberdeen, and of the late Principal Grant, We counted ourselves happy of our first pre- our who Jady Aberdeen herself to have heen format- The novel idea of a coun- verse associations, for a pur- some- with some doubt and questioning at first' patriotism her kindkiness, quickly disarmed all objections, and iieh Hor differences which must always exist, the A A A AA MAIN A it : Local ncils should, if possible, rs a | local council { Growth of the Council. Our Council at first included only twelve federated societies, most of them long established, and number- | ing many of the leading social work- ers of the city; societies which have faithfully stood by it during the in- tervening years. Under our devot- ed president we all worked fogether in hearty fellowship and harmon Having occupied the post of corres ponding secretary during the nine-| teen years of Mps. Fraser's presi- denty, I can testify that no bragk or shadow of one ever marred its unity of action. The youthful Kingston Couneil did not "mark time," but at onee took up important work. During its very first year it united with other Local Councils in urging the introduction of manual training into the public schools, and it was not long before | it succeeded in getting at least the | useful feminine art of plain sewing | taught in our city schools, though it required the aid of an address be- fore the City Council by the late Mrs. Hoodi , to secure the addition | of domesti science, of which she was so untiring an advocate. We also supported an effort towards providing civic work for the unem- ployed, brought about some improve- | ment in the police court arrange- ments for women prisoners, suggest- ed the appointment of a police mat- ron, amd petitioned for the passing of a curfew by-law, which was grant- ed, and its useful reminder continu- ed to ring until a few months ago, when it was repealed by the City Council on the ground of insufti- | eient enforcement As the reason | for this is traceable to defect in the statute, this is a matter which might well, by permission of the National Couneil, be brought before the On- tario Legislature for amendment. The Council's Early Activities. In some matters of wider scope, also, our Council took an early and active pant. Onq of these was the subject of unduly long hours during which women operatives were oblig- ed to work in many factories. Through the representations that were made as to the actual condi- tions existing and the information secured by the appointment of a standing committee, a resolution in favor of shorter hours was passed by the National Counecfl, and its con- tinued efforts eventually brought about the much improved conditions | now prevailing Another important subject was | brought to notice from Kingston in| these first years. Am alarming num-| ber of demoralising books, magazines and picture cards were finding their way dnto Canada, mainly from the United States. Warned by teachers and --others that these were found | even in the public schools, I had the | honor of personally bringing this serious .menace before the National Council, and of being appointed the first ndtional convener of a standing committee which has now to a great extent accomplished 'its object. Our Council also co-operated with the rest of the National Council in peti- tlonifg for amended legislation in the protection of women and child- red, in the best interests of the com- munity, and in supporting the ef- forts of the Victoria Local Council towards the reduction of the opium traffic in British Columbia.' I think this list of work during the first two years of our Counecil's life will show that we were by no means *""slack- ers" in promoting the gredt aim and basis of our Council, declared by its Constitution as "the application of the golden rule to law, custom and socigty." - A still wider early éffort, most successfully carried on, was a cam- paign for the jubilee commemoration of the sixtieth year of the reign of our good Queen Victoria, by the es- tablishment in 1894 of the Vie- torian Order of Nurses. This bene- ficial undertaking, suggested by Lady Aberdeen, then president of our National Council, met with not a little opposition at first, arising chiefly from misunderstanding or prejudice. But "nothing succeeds like success; and the Victorian Order during its twenty years of existence has amply justified the wisdom of its founders in the bessings it has brought to thousands of humble homes in cohgested cities, as well as to the isolated dwellings of our western settlers. In Kingston; dur- ing its first years, it was so closely connected by its origin with our Local Council as to be considered one of our standing committee; but as time passed, it grew into a vigorous independent society, with its own annual meeting and its own Com mittee. And I cannot forear a pass- ing tribute to the devoted and self sacrificing labors of our first Vie dorian nurse, Miss Baker, still resi- dent among us. Social Activities. i During the two past decades the Kingston local council has continued to take its share in the many social activities for which the National Council has/so faithfully stood, in- cluding perhaps nearly ° all the points at which the lives of women and children have needed improved conditions. A glance at the Mst of the thirty standing / committees of the National Council will show the manysidedness of The council's work. 'And here let me point out that intention of the committee J clearly 'is that the comveners chosen to convene, with- out which they can scarcely he much more than reporters of local condl- tions. Our devoted first president faith- fully filled her post for wnineteen years, until, to the great regret of her associates in office, strong per- dein 1913. 'We then unantfiously sonal reasons obliged her to resign | succeed her . | operation in the various ¢ last four years. § elected Mrs. Crowe, the wife of the then commandant of the R.M.C., {| whose term of office was unexpected- y cut shont during that year by the sudden transference of Col. Crowe to another sphere of duty. At the annual meeting of 1914--as most of you will remember--I was elected to I have to thank this council for hearty sympathy and co- important and truly patriotic objects that have claimed our attention during the Some of you here remember how, not to-day wil | dreaming of the great calamity that lay hidden in the near future, we planned to celebrate our twentieth Council birthday by taking an active part in an endeavor to provide bet- ter housing for our most needy fel- low-citizeng than the dilapidated and insanitary abodes in which some of "them are still forced to find shelter. The interesting lecture of Mr. Adams, in this hall, increased our zeal and our hopes of progress. But the sudden outbreak of the great war, with all its accompanying needs, dispersed our dreams and postponed our hopes for improvement or even more urgent issues. Patriotic old Kingston promptly rallied to its new "call to the colors" as our Local Council responded to that of the Na- tional ecutive. Within four days after Britain's declaration of war our Licoal Executive held an emer- gency meeting at the summons of the National President, to consider the project of the "hospital ship," which at once enlisted all our femin- ine organizations in an active and united campaign. Since then we all know how one kind of war work af- ter another has kept all hapds and brains busy --Red Cross work, patri- otie work, hegpital equipment, food conservation and production, even Government loans--all for the sav- ing, not only of our own brave sol- diers and our Allies, but of the world and humanity, from unspeakable catagtrophe - Great Changes Coming. Great changes, we are warned on all 'hands, may be expected to come out of the melting-pot of the colossal war. Great openings for good may yet open before our National and our International Council; and though there are deep problems to be solv- ed, which few of us can pretend to understand; yet if we hold faithfully to our constitutional basis--the golden rule--inspired by the Divine Jaw of love, we may follow a guiding "gleam" which may help to bring about a true .world-pesce and re- union, on new and happier condi- tions. The full rights of citizenship which we Canadian women have won and are soon to possess, in common with our British sisters, should sup- ply new strength and responsibili- ties for our Council work. In order to ude thesé to the best possible ef- fect, more and more do we nead to remember that our chief stre.gth must lie in the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace," and to follow faithfully the article in our Con- stitution, barring the introduction of any sectional propaganda that might waste our efforts in controversy, if not in dissension. It is often said that Canada hard- ly realizes the war and its responsi- bilities. Yet we are constantly con- fronted with the heroic self-sacrifice of our own brave lads, giving them- selves freely for the good of their native land. 'And in the published let- ters of young soldiers of France who fell in the gallant repulse of the first German rush towards Paris, we might well feel our own patriotic emotion greatly quickened by find- ing, in young . student-soldiers of 18 or 19, expression of ' pure and noble patriotism as this. More and more in the face of all who have struggled and fallen--of the mighty effort which has been made, my thoughts turn ceaselessly towards the France of to-morrow--ito the divine France which is bound to be! --~A consecrated France it must be in which there will be no purpose in life save duty! Men will live only in so far as they realize their duty and strive to fulfil it." Let us think whiat a fonce our National Council might become, if inspired and led by the spirit of these words! 'We are plainly told that events in Europe are thickeniyg fast; that terrible realities of & great crisis are near; and we know not what may lie before us. In such circumstances J should like to close these fragmen- tary remarks, with a sentence or two taken from a strong appeal to the women of America, from a ieading woman-writer, at the entry of her na- tion into the purgatory of warfare on last Good Friday. After allud- ing to the far-reaching and moment- ous events with which our time is teeming, she refers to 'the tidal waves sweeping on every shore of humanity." No one can say what is approaching. Times fraught with" astounding jes -- awful dangers! Yet no ideal or hope is too ] for possible fruition. Each : it we are going to need now faculties of the spirit RE § ii i 25 tion, salvation of all 2 "My soul! wait thou im silence on God only, for my - expectation is from Him. Trust in Him at all times ye people. Him. God is a refuge for us!" Germany's peace terms to Ruma- nia involves the King's abdiction in favor of this brother, Prince William, Pour out your hearts before or the taking of a referendum in Ru- mania ~sgarding his suecessor. THE WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in| a Pithy and Pointed i Way. The South Africa Assembly, by 78} to 22, granted leave of absence to] General Smuts, ! Stefansson, the Canadian explorer! now at Herchel Island, was reported | to be seriously ill, 21 Retail grocers must obtain licenses from the Food Board by the 1st of May. Some 22,000 are affected. l No protests in connection with the Dominion elections have been enter-| ed within the necessary period. | Mary Jane Lyons, of Toronlo, is] applying for divorce from her hus-| band, J. Lyons, formerly of that city. Letters patent have been issued | increasing the capital stock of the | William Davies. Company, Limited, from $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 ! Senator William Alden Smith, | Michigan, a Republican leader in the! Senate, will not be a candidate for| re-election. i The girls, clerks in the Trade and| Commerce Department, Ottawa, went | on strike and as a result forced an| increase in salary of from $50 to $60] a month, Thomas J. Mooney must hang at! San Francisco as a result of eanvie-; tion on a murder charge growing! out of a bomb explosion which killed | ten persons in 1916, unless executive] clemency intervenes, | Major-General Peyton CC. March] will take over the post of chief of staff formally on Monday, and plans then to make an announcement of! a re-organization within the generalll staf! i Orders to deport all alien mem-! bers of the LW.W. or any other or-{| ganization advocating violence | | against that Government, was order-!| ed Saturday by the United States De- partment of Labor. AT METHODIST CHURCH, Lord Mayor Hanson Goes in State To Wesley's Chapel, | London, March 5.--Lord Mayor of} London Hanson attended Wesley's 'Chapel in state Sunday and read the lesson, this being the anniversary of | the death of the founder of Method ism, | He is one of the three Lord Mayors who, within a quarter of a century, SR Trey THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA J. F. ROWLAND, Toronto, Can. have officially attended other than { the state church. HEAD OFFICE + TORONTO A General Banking Business conducted, offering special facili- ties in the handling of business ayy 1a accounts. : KINGSTON BRANCH, Manager. ? ATT TOE YT ER OC ORE TR * Security First™ EXCELSIOR surance |] [FE comrany EXCELSIOR FACTS, NO. 5. Average rate of interest earned on our invested assets--86.87 per cent. 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