your parson, to - 0 4 bined action i W fof the suthorities ut the front and in the rear, but also of all the ---- 18 URGED IN HOPE OF A SPEEDY VICTORY. ; Gulls' Upon New Premier, Prince Golotzine, and His Government to Provide Better Supplies for Troops and in Transport. London, Jan. 23.---An Imperial rescript has been addressed by Em- peror Nicholas to the new Russian Prémier, Prince Golotsine, calling ipon him among other things to see that the Government devote its first attention to the question of supplies for the armies of Russia and concen trote itself upon the development on a large scale of the measures récently taker fa this connection. The text of the rescript, as transthitted by Newter's Petrograd: correspondent So rends:: C Ll "Having entrusted you with the re- sponsible post of dent of the. Council of Ministers, I deem it op- une ta point out to you the press- ng problems, the solution of which oo should be the Main object of the Gov-| Emperor 'Alexander IL" | ; ernmefit's attention. i " "At the present moment, when the tide of war has turned, all thoughts of all Rassians without distinction of nationality or class, are directed to- wards the valiant and glorious de- fenders of our country, who with keen expectation are awaiting a de- clsive encounter with the ememy, * quire, - iis "In pointing out' these the Council united na rry on to werve egislative institutions. wards "In Hs | the Govern: wir have pro maintain the they were war. wera as A ¥ year they were $2.988,000,000, over a explain ha Solidarity Is Essential, © "In compléte solidarity with our Alien, not tertalning a ple, supporting the burden o with, self-denin], will accomplish their duty to the end, not stopping at ae mai ral ces of our "The natu reson Lo : ; unending, There is no exhausted, : '. tasrh Cure sols | of the. blood on the mucons surface. "der pres ant and co call upon the YEAR AS of o ces, | wheat fields i be jlo foremost to the provisioning nt armies, and behind the those difficulties inevitable in upon it that differ. of the Council of Ministers. # Another problem to which 1 at- tach suprethe importance is the fur- ther improvement 6f transport, rail- way and waterway. The Council of Ministers. should devise means to show the full utflization of the trans- port in order to be able, through the co-operation of all. departments,. to furnish our troops on the firing line and behind it with all that they re-| 3 pressing problems for your attention I express that the activity of the Ministers, under your Pre- sidency, will meet the support of the Council of the Empire and the Duma, unanimous, ardent desire war to a victorious : persons called upon ¢ the State should act with woodwill wnrightness and dignity to- 8 ig activity in organiz- ing the 'econ fite of the country will find invaluable thelr work in time of peace and of that they piously ing traditions of my grandfather of imperishable memory, In no previous year did new Hst. ings on the New York Stock Ex- change approach gnywhere near what In 1912 they 816,000,000. Last or hillign Jupte. This helps to the share days AA AANA NIN NINN several months, be, ny cases rrh, which is an 0 Muools sur- ough of I give One Tlundred Dollars case of Catatrhal Deafness that y Td ST RAILWAY SYSTEM Carried Approximately 131,000,000 Bush- Cod Previous Year. Com © AITKEN BLAMES CANADA ports of the "Eyewitness." London, Jan. 23.--An answer to eriticisms in Canada concerning the alleged inefficiency of the "Eyewit- ness" reports of operations of thé Canadian troops, has been issued by Lord Altken, He explains that last autumn his services ap official Eye- witness terminated and that fallure of Canadian newspapers to agree upon a representative is responsible for the lack of reports, His * sé request to continue his work / was refused by the military authgrities, who could not be held liable for facia stated in press despatches, but that of necessity the tements of | an official Eyewitne rust he abs solutely authentic, and, therefore, eduld not be published in safety for 14rd Aitken says it cost the United States $3,000,000 ta compile Civil War records, while 'Canada has «voted only $25,000, which is being properly Epent on a comprehensive and accurate compil- ation of records affecting every Can- adian unit, THe man who is sure of his own ability, never has to brag about it. A word of praise to-day is worth a bucket of tears shed to-morrow. mn TRANSCONTINENTAL pany's Ontario Makes As- t of Operation. Located. nt. The great advantage this traf- fit has been to the Mother Coutry is touched upon in a striking manner in the Director's. report, in which they Hi as many of the security invested their funds in the mpany's undentakings, believing that of the Empire would some day need to. draw heavily upon .the of the Canadian West, it is with pride that the Divectors present e figures, illostrating the extent which the prairies have been open« made productive and the pro- arketable by the Company's There were - probably few wis thought that the crucial necessity would come so soon; but, having come, ft must be considered fortunate that the Canadian Northern Railway System and. the veuntry tributary to it were sufficiently developed to tak an impor- tant part in supplying the Empire's food requirements - "Some of the interesting. features of. o Board of Directors' report as dis & the position of the line and &rois. it has made include the ing! agreement of great importance n lopment of the Bystont 3 ight and passenger triflic was m with the Cunard Stesmship Co. Under | the terms of the agrPement the Cunard Co. has taken rer the A io steams hes up, oe mM the fol the Canadian North- GIRL OPERATORS AR These EATON ar «| Germany's seriously decreasing mili- '| changed in appearance. He walks like lowe Woriin alli« a \ Line. PACES 12 SECTION SECOND LN * > BRITISH LABOR MEN ___ARE DEMANDING MUCH s -- Minimum Wage, Maximum Day, Liberal Pensions and Conscription of Wealth. London, Jan. ~The. Labor party which has grown in seventeen years frone£376,000 to 2,220,000 members, Will hold a meeting' in Manchesteg, this week, and it is ex- pected to advance demands that will got new outposts in nationalization. Among other things, it Is reported that will be asked is advance pro- vision in employment and housing for seven or eight million war work- ers, raising the scale of wages, and adopting a minimum weekly yage of thirty shillings for common ° labor, and a maximam of forty-eight hours, nationalization of land, mining, banking and food distribution; and a general conscription . of aceumu- lated wealth. It is suggested that work people should be relieved of further increased taxation until all incomes Over a thoysand pounds are taxed fifteen shillings in the pound. and all unearned income over five thousand pounds to ha confiscaied during the war, liberal pensions for the war-stricken, and travel.studies. for all by sea and land are suggested, Evidently Jabor means to capitalize to the last dollar the temporary ad- vantagé enjoyed by its prep pderance in the national defence and the in- dispensabilyify of its party support to the present Goverpment. TORT BY THE GERMANS A General Smash Anywhere And Every- where is Decided Upon. RAISER A WORNOUT MAN THE = OHIEF MURDERER HAS AGED GREATLY LATELY. an 23 All Possible' Elements of Frightful- ness "Are Being Prepared--There Are to Be More. Horribley Gases and Other Barbarities, London, Jan, 23.--The Amsterdam correspondent of the Chronicle says: "I have just redeiyed reliable news from Germany that the moment when ailhope of success for the peace in- trigues must he abandoned and when naval and military preparations are complete there will be a sudden, gen- eral and widespread return to the most violent warfare, in which every shréd of restraint will be thrown to the winds ip an endeavor to restore v ry prestige - wrerTy arr prose of home ahd ahiond|. a Wi Pre : "The. Manitou has spoken 'tos Bs. new fleet of submarives will soon be son, the Red Man, according to" an ready to begin operations. old settler, and the great god has told "Phe information reaches me the Indian that he need not lay in.an through a prominent man who in the unusual supply of firewood: and course of his business spends much smoked- ham, and that he need mot time in the western German towns make his wigwam too powerful for an@ fortresses, and who happened to Tesisting the .cold of this winter-- be bn the spot during the Kaiser's re- that it will not be. a long? or cold cent tour in Alsace, Speaking of the Winter. as 2 , Kaiser, he said he was greatly The Indian has<'heard Manitou's mesdage, and is acting accordinglys The Indian summer, the = season vouchsafed to the first Canadian as his days of solace and joy,.and which brief geason of au warmth cheer is accepted by theipale-face brother of the Red Man as the time for getting the storm. sash into place ' and banking the cellar that thespota- Hindenburg Opposes Kaiser. f will not freeze and the $ « "Political conditions have grown toss N will not burst, has mo particu- very strained lately, owing solely to . lar inducement for the Indian. . He the conflict of views between the Kai-' may he chopping a little firewood and ser and Hindenburg, the latter being gathering corn.for the vegetable cel- rather a man after the Crown jo. but he is not unduly perturbed Prince's heart and desiring to Wage, by the imminent approach.of the. pro- war in a manner the Kaiger is said { (tected cold season, for has not the to regard with open dislike. | Manitou given him the . sign the "It is alleged that the pedce offer | spring will come.soon again. was none of Hindenburg's doing, and | nme Indians. are: basing. their belief now it has failed, popular feeling has {on the light corn: crop, the: scareity again swung over to Hindenburg, the squirrels at this xe thus has stolen a march on the: iser, = fearlessly their three ey within. a month new! caches, od fond foe fact that the tfulness will break out in all Its! pyskrats .dilatoi ding ferogity, « Vast hordes of troops, very | on are iY + In «bu largely consisting of men between the ages of 40 and 45, with young men of the newest classes of recruits, are now equipped and have been sent chiefly to the depots in Western Ger- many. The last bodies of thi new corps, which are said to number 120, will be enrolled 'by to-morrow. On the West Front. Fi "Either from the moral or military point-of view there seems; indeed, every' probability that thé next few he g ofa des- west t: a worn-out man. His grayish hair is not quite white, his face has lost that proud, defiant look, "giving, place to an almost melancholy expression, tired 'and 'worried with the burden of war and fears for the future. . hain . on whieh 30. ox~ he, opin =p News representative. Ag ro Ri EXOEFTION mr TNE RULE ON. BRIT 134 RAILWAYS. carry ns ri sign . - er to get under way; (3) Girl guardgrecelving their lamps before going on duty or gnalling all on board and to the driv 3 AM AAA NAA ; that the fur bear- | i north of the 46th parallel, in which 8g g= | New Hamil * |g. Phin Fh He con- : > the first time. : mn. CANADA'S FISHERY WEALTH » Prof. Prince Gives Many Fags in ' Brief Space. Prof. Prince, Director of Fisheries for the Dominion Government, ad- ~ dressed the Empire Club at Toron- to on "The Waste and Conservation of Canadian Fisheries He re- ferred to the magnificent lakes and rivers in Canada--the colossal St. Lawrence, giant McKenzie (2,500 miles long), the Saskatchewan, in- cluding the Bow (1,200 miles), 'the Nelson (1;600 tiles), the Peace and Churchill (each 1,000 miles), the Frazer (696 miles), the Ottawa, 685 miles), and 60 other noble rivers the Restigouche, the St. John, the Miramichi, Saguenay, the Nstashq- wan, for scenery and salmon angling without rivals unless they * be the lovely historic rive land. Nearly 200,000 square miles of Canada is covered by fresh water, The annual value of Canada's fish- "I tion with the CU. 8. RUBBER COMPANY. Result of Financing. |New York, Jah, £2.--W. 8. Kies, | vice-president of the International | Corporation,' J. 8. Alexander, presi {dent of the National Bank of Com- | spas, and C. B. Seger, vice-president ] | tree New Directors Appointed a } { ofthe Union Railroad, are soon fo be "1 dibectors of U. 8 Rubber Company. They will represent the new interests which enter+the company in commec- rédent purchase by Kin, Loeb Company of a large issue of the U. & Rubber bonds. 3 Underwriters of the $60,000,000 U. 8. Rubber have been notifiad by Kuhn, Loeh & Co. that they can re- cejve advance subscriptions for the Thonds at 98%; to yield over 5.31 per cent. Public. offering of the issue will probably be made in & day or so. Increased Bank Capital. Montreal, Jan, 22. The proposal to fferease the capital of the bank from $4,000,000 to $10,000,000 has been approved of by the shareholders of the Bank -of Hochelaga at their forty-second antiual meeting. It is stated by the president, J. A. Vaillan- court, that no new stock would be is sued immediately, but they the mem- i bers of the board considéred it ad- | visable to have the authority to do so ---- | A Mining Melon. | New York, Jan, 22.---Pope Bros. & | Chappr, the New York firm of mining | brokers who "recently made an offer- ing of Tommy Burns' gold mining stgek at 60 cents a share, announce th t out of their own holdings of the stock they propose to give a bonus of Crown stoek, one share for every five of common dow held. and one share for every three oriented now held. The bonus willbe payable té holders of record February 15th Blectrical Fo¥naces For Canada, New York, Jan, 22.--The U. 8. Steel Corporatien is reported to have A ------ AN BN APN of bonnie Scot- ' eries is officially placed at $35,000,- | 000, but the actual value much ex- ceeds this, because enormous quan- tities of fish caught and used by Indians, Eskimos, mining, and: hunt« ing camps, trappers, lonely settlers, remote trading posts, prospectors, | ste., are not officially accounted for. | Over 100,000 persons are engaged in' fishing, curing, and . Handling fish; | nearly 2,000 larger fishing Ww and '88,536 smaller craft, 11,097 ber ing gasoline motor boats. . A bird's eye view of Canada's fisheries may be afforded by dividing the country into seven fishery divi- sions; = (1) Atlantic deep-sea fisheries, | embracing the famous Cod banks, from which are taken cod, mackerel, haddock, "halibut, herring, hake, seals; and whales of annual value of $12,000,000. (2) The estuaries and inland waters of the Maritime Provinces and Quebec, prodpcing lobsters, clams, oysters, salmon, shad, gasper- eaux, striped bass, smells, fresh wa~ ter salmon, trout, lake trout, pick- erel, etc, annual value $4,000,000. (3) The Greit Lakes and tribu- tary waters, producing whitefish, pife, perch, 'black bass, maskinonge, catfish, etc., $3,000,000 annually. (4) North-west waters, from Lake of the Woods to'Lesser Slave Lake, producing whitefish, sturgeon, tall- pec, pike, gold eye (an excellent fresh water herring), value $1,000,000. (5) Rocky Mountain Plateau, em- bracin little developed fisheries, including salmon, whitefish, trout, grayling, ete. (6) Pacific Coast' Fislidries, in- cluding the great salmon canning and curing industries, the immense [halibut fisheries, value $14,000,000. (7) The Hudson Bay and Peri- Arctic division, embracing whale, walrus, sea-trout, herring, Sturgeon, | cod, salmon, gto. =--(he richest. whale and walrus grounds in the world. Canada's fisheries have three features in which no other fisheries can equal them: (1) the purity and coolness of our waters, all bei the best food and game fishes, the racy of the fish world, (2) The ® cold winter provide nature's own re- me, facilitate transpor- Sk Bank directors: and I Pitblado. = © pe and caviare, black cod, etc. if cording fo some observers, the esti- | mates heard in SIR CHARLES HIBDERT TUPPER Of Vancouver' who has.béen elected a Dirdctor'of the Grown Life Insurance Company r Snamrn closed contracts for ten electrical furnaces, having a capacity of sixty tons of steel for heat, with the Im- perial Munitions Board of Canada. The contract price is stated to be about $500.000. . Has Big Surplus. Toronto, Jan. 223.-~The Toronto Railway Company, the Globe says, Is expected to show a considerable sur- plus. over dividend requirements. in its annyal report, which will be out soon; : Commercial Notes, It is reported' that the Diamond Match Company earned $3,000,000 last year. D. Nicholson; M.P,, Is urging the adoption of a ship subsidy scheme to aid yards in Cgnada, > Net profits of $956,498 were shown in the annual report submitted by the directors 3f the Consolidated Mining tani Smelling Company of Canada at the annual meeting. The "Wisconsin Railroad Commis- i shon announces it has given the Chi- ¢ago and Northwestern Railroad au- thority to issue $15,250,950 worth of {stock to pay for improvements made | during thease five years. The Lake Winnipeg i pany, with a capital of five million | doMars, and Jheadquarters in Ottawa, | tops the list of numerous largesconi- | pany incor ations. The incorpor- | ators are: W. B, McDonnell, of Win- i nipeg; Edward Beybold, A, W. Fras. j ors W. G. Braison, of Ot ta "New York Sun financial says ac- thé Street of net v | when occasjorrsrequired such action, Power Com<"> Zs 7