4 A Subscription to the War Loan Helps End the V THE VICTORY WAR LOAN a a i NEW LOAN LIKELY TOBE MOST | SUCCESSFUL YET. Popular in United States--Has Not Checked Run Fog Savings Certifi- fore the Finance Department receives reports by mail from all parts of Can- ada as t6 the subscriptions for the new War Loan, all advices so far in- dicate that the loan will be even more successful than the two preced- ing ones. Reports from financial houses in the United States show that the loan is a very popular one across the border, and it is expected that the ii Are 'W his | fully twenty-five million dollars will many under a promise of .cxemption in the Sy pant of the yar. Th » applied for by United States inves- Gt ; rE aarvisd 'he h accounts for the recen Se 'anadi ] Yom military service. When | that | fifteen hundred miles of Canadian tors, One Canadian financial firm was revoked they went to Russia, and i ured miles oe Dadian | reported that one of its American | whan there, too, conditions changed fc ana [or tus lusisient agents received subscriptions for up- they came to Canada and are now RL: i wards of $200,000 within a few! anout 50,000 strong, The members An urgent appeal for men for hourg after the loan was advertised. | of the delegation were Abraham oat ape i or s WwW hy that the issuing of ny n a p | such wor 8 ng made by : Ee iihy that the lsuing 31 | Dosrksen, David Tolms, Hermueh Militia Department. As the men will the mew loan has not stopped in any | Doerksen, Benjamin Ement, and not be required ® for fighting or -degree the steady flow of applications Klaas Peters. an wa a bon a or for the war savings certificates. They were received by Hon. Robt. . They are still being sold by the hun- dreds every day. More than four mition dotiars have now been--turn- ed into the Dominion Treasury by some sixty thousand purchasers of the certificates. SEVENTY MILLION ALREADY OBTAINED F Church in Canada waited on the Gov-, ernment people were entirely such service answered that the signing of the Na- tional Service cards would not. mean ARE UNIQUE CITIZENS. The delegation wa delegates referred to the history of Mennonite wanderings since the time their ancestors left sixteenth century and went to Ger- Holland Rogers, Mr. R. B. Bennett, M.P., and Colonel Hugh Clark, M.P. tothe detegates "Hon, Robert Rogers stated that the signing of the Na- tional Service cards would not mean | that the Mennonites were committing necessary for all citizens in the safe- guarding of their freedom to share exempted from in the In reply » RAILROADERS TO ENLIST. Mennonites Came to Cayada [ 0 Canadians Given Charge of Vital Escape Military Service, * Work in France. : ive bishops of the Mennonite A signal honor has been bestowed upon Canada by.the Allied Powers in ent recently to ascertain whi France. Canada has been given ther ihe registration of. CanadlaB | .oopleie charge of the Whole OF tho man-power by the National Service Allied railway construction on the cates. Board was to mean 'military Service western front. Colopel J. W. Stew. Ottawa, March 16.--Although it for them, E8deF ap era. ted® | art, of Vancouver, is in command of | will be a couple of days or.so yet be y order-in-Council in Ad = this important work. Colonel Stew- . art is a member of the railway firm built hundreds of miles of Canadian lines. . In preparation for the spring t Falingiisument of any of their offensive the Canadians are building rights in this respect. cas hundreds of miles of road in France In presenting their petition the {and Flanders and are evidently con- structing behind the front lines raise the age limit of enlistment to lard. In connection with this work four new companies have been au- thorized in Western Canada, one in each of the four Western Provinces. the Ives to National Service. 1p The Manitoba battalion will be E mae.ves ig onal Ne 5 was | commanded by Major Lanigan, a © Dresent erisia, lowever, If Was | ou of Ma]. B. Lanigan, General Freight Manager of the C.P.R. The | | Saskatchewan company will be com- -- the national burden. Mr. Rogers 1 . i manded by Major George Robinson, WwW. oa suggested that the Mennonites, as t ne Public Realizing ar Loan Is capable agriculturists, could render a member of the First Contingent, Patriotic Duty and Splen- did Investment. Toronto, March 16.--So great has been the response to the third Domin- ion war loan for $1560,000,000. that Toronto brokers who are 'handling part of the issue are confident that the total sum will be subscribed some \ days before the list closes. It was estimated yesterday that the amount now subscribed isin the neighbor- hood of $70,000,000, and as the sale proceeds the volume of business is becoming greater. Brokers report that the number of applications for purchases from financiers, corpora- tions and wage earners in every walk of life is daily increasing. They state that the response from the leading financial interest has been surpris- ingly large and most gratifying. . A pleasing feature of the issue is the interest being taken by the gen- eral public, but it is the opinion that it should be even more popular, as preference is given to the subscrib- will ment sand 210 ratio fuel will population, cheap, where fuel has to be imported. The industrial a very useful service by doing every- thing possible to increase their pro- duction of grain and cereals. Canada's Water Power, The demand for more hydro power at Niagara raises once again in con- crete form the problem power Among the important questions that of development in Canada. engage the attention of govern- ments after the war the utilization of Canada's water resources is one of the most urgent and comparison slows that the develop- practical. A per capita of hydro-electric power is 487 horse-power per thou- of population in Norway and in Canada. In Manitoba the falls to 111 per thousand of In Fomparisn with power the hydro-electric is very In Canada this is important, growth of the Dominion depend very largely on : : of the country on the coal mines of er of small amounts No argument the United States ' will some. day Is necessary to eonvince the experi- prove of serious concern to Cana- enced investor of its attractiveness, dians, unjess steps are taken to but the man with a small "'nest-egg' hag not yet become cognizant of the exceptional character of the invest ment opportunity. 'Never before in the history of Canada has sueh a first class investment 'been available v on sugh favorable terms, x A member of the Wood, . Gundy fifin told a reporter that if the rank and file of the Canadian people real- ized their opportunity the subseribers should number at least 100,000 in- stead of 35,000, as in the last loan. "The. empire necessarily is leaning more and more on Canada for the supply of munitions, the building of ships, and the financial support of the men in the trenches," he said, "and the extent to which we carry out our obligations depends largely on how generally the average citizen of large or small means supports our war loans, ~The importance of everyone doing the part which lies within his power cannot be too strongly em- phasized." Prof Were ous, until & The mere fact that you disagree Misg with the preacher is no sign you are broad-minded. As a rule, you mean you want to be reasonable, you mean you want; him to be agreeable. Apple | April, the late Robert Place, take place in Montreal utilize available waterpower for heat- ing as well as lighting and driving power. ing skill buildings from a central plant. It no longer baffles engineer- to heat widely-scattered As ir J. C. 'McLennan recently pdinted-out, this is now done at the University of Toronto. ~The heating of a city or town from central plants is as feasible an engineering pro- position as the lighting of a city. the United States at war and all exports stopped or railway com- munication interrupted, quences for Canada would bo seri- the conse- One of the "key" industries of Canada is cheap and uninterrupted power, by the Dominion in any of her na- tional industries and undertakings No great strides can be made statesmen realize the import- ance of mobilizing the waterpower of the country and of harnessing it to the manifold needs of the nation. n -------------- Mrs, D. J. Miller, Montreal, an- | noune es the engagem« .. of her niece, Lena E. France, daughter of France, Carleton to Melville J. Sproul, M.D., Hill, Ont. The marriage is to ». early in A TAWA AA A -------- OO EE ---------------------------------- ~ water- the | cheapness of power. The dependence who won the Military Cross, Capt. George Gardiner and Capt. Fitzsim- mons will raise jointly the Alberta | company and the British Columbia company will be recruited by Major Marsh, a contractor of New Waest- | minster. | The two new Railway Construe- | tion. Battalions, recently authorized, 256th and 257th, will look after re- | eruiting for Eastern Canada, In | addition, the 143rd Bantam Bat- | talion of British Columbia and the | | 228th Overseas Battalion have been converted into Railway Construction Corps and will leave for overseas | soon. It is understood also that a num- | ber of battalions have been created { from the Canadian forces in England | | for this work, | Altogether there probably will be | | ten thousand Canadians engaged | soon in this important and vital operation. . Seed Garden of Canada, According to officials of the Cana- dian Seed Branch, the Okanagan | Valley, B.C., promises to become the seed garden of Canada. Before the war most of the seeds~ysed in Can- ada came from Belgium, France, and | Germany. This supply has been | largely cut off and the question of | getting sufficient seed has been a ! serious matter. One of the most | difficult problems ~ has been to get | sufficient sugar beet seed which be- | fore the outbreak of hostilities was | nearly all shipped from Belgium and i any. | Xperiments have been made inn the raising of seed in the Okanagan | Valley, and this year several car- | loads of sugar beet seed will be pro- | cured. This, along with several | other valleys with similar climate, | are the most ideal in Canada for ~ seéd raising and are the equal of i California points, the only places hitherto able to compete with | Europe. Officials in Ottawa believe | | It will develop into a big permanent | industry. At present i { high, and there is no doubt that _pro- | | its will be made. For instance, | sugar beet seed is 22 cents a pound as compared with six cents before | the war, Whether the Canadian | growers will be able to continue to | compete with the European countries | after the war depends largely on the | labor market. | Was Given Up As Dead. | Lieut, Charles Glover, a former | | Wycliffe College student, who was | believed to have been killed in action | almost two months ago, and whose | loss had been deeply mourned during that period, recently acquainted his alma mater by letter of the fact that | | he is well, but a prisoner of war at | Osnabruck, Hanover. Lieut. Glover | | was in England when war broke out (and he immediately enlisted in a Yorkshire regiment. He bad only | been a short time in the trenches {when one morning he led his men | over the parapet and was never seen | alive again by any of his regiment. | What happened him he tells in his | letter. The early morning attack | was made during a mist, and he and | his men were soon floundering in a | sea of mud, fronting the German | trenches. here many of his men | were killed or wounded and himself, | with two other officers, taken pris- oner. Lieut. Glover had a remark- ! able escape from death. A bullet | broke the butt of the revolver he was using, smashed his whistle boy | pocket, pierced a pocket case full i of lefters, and a steel mirror, | finally spent its force by grazing the | akin over his E : fat § 92 5 » i i si | E of Foley, Weleh, & Stewart, and has | strategic roads such as gave Ger-| many such a tremendous advantage | 48 and to lower the physical stand- | prices are | He Has Difference With the Society London, March prints from the British Weekly the following "eXtpact: ling, in enclosing a cheque for £100 towards the pension fund, has sent his resignation from the society of -- KIPLING RETIRES TTT i HUSH EE of Authors. , 15.--The Times S'Rudyard Kip- = r Et New War Loan cent of the amount subscribed, must be forwarded through the medium of a chartered bank. Any branch in Canada of any chartered bank will receive subscriptions and issue provisional receipts. This loan is authorized under Act of the Parliament of Canada, and both principal 'and interest will be a charge upon the Consolidated 'Revenue Fund. Forms of application be obtained from any branch in Canada of any chartered bank and at the office of any Assistant Receiver Genersl in Canada. Subscriptions must be for even hundreds of dollars. In case of partial allotments the surplus deposit will be applied towards payment of the amount due on the April instalment. Serip certificates, non- iable or payable to bearer in accordance with the ice of the applicant for registered or bearer bonds, will be issued, after allotment, _in exchange for the provisional receipts. "in full and When She Serip sontifionten have been: puid nt endorsed thereon the ban they may be for bonds, whe Ee money, may , when with attached, to bearer or registered ia to principal or for fully a wi e 'November, 1915, or 'be allowed in authors, on the ground that the ac- = A | tion of the committee, and its ac- ceptance by his fellow-members, proves that he is altogether out of sympathy with the present views of the society. Kipling's resignation, 2 . which was apparently caused by a | |= difference of opinion 4 to the char- = ¢ ' ' acter of the charity books it pub- lishgd in aid of the war, ig greatly a eS t 1S ana a S regretted by the committee. He has Sx : ? been a member of the society for a twenty-five years. = éé ' 2 HALIFAX OFFICER KILLED E ICtory Oal } Major Cecil Strong, 23 Years Old, | Had Won Military Cross ; | Halifax, March 16.--A despatch 3 from the War Office, London, an- : : b nounces that Major Cecil Strong, of . . : . the Royal Engineers, son of Percy Our services are free .in attending to T. Strong, of the tadia Sugar Re- - | finery Company, Halifax, was killed ES : : in action on March 10th. He was E your subscription 23 years. old. Major Strong was graduated at the . Royal Military Collége, Kingston, = and when the war broke out went | overseas as a lientenant of the = 4 Royal Engineers. ' FE ein si el 6 DOMINION SECURITIES ORPORATION | only recently wag made a major. He E had won the Military Cross and had E : A Wasi 2 President LIMITED. MONTREAL SAANCH : been twice wounded, Tw Ma : Jaelveident Established 1901 nade bi : wiieing Canadian Casualties, W.S Hetgws - : Jeon HEAD OFFICE y LONDON. ENG. BRANCH Died---Harold McAfee, Deseronto. = T.H. Andison - Ass't Secretary 26 KING STREET EAS No. 2 Austin Friars Wounded--P. H. Gardner, Arn- = AF. White - . Ast Treasurer TORONTO A. L Fullerton, Manager prior; W. G. Warrington, Omemee; = . Lloyd Snider, Westboro. = . 3 ------ E 8 On Thursday last Mr. and Mrs, ENE nn nn ! TTT Robert McLachlin, of Franktown, IER ! TRI were at home to about twenty-five mE on Car pends from the near viein- | =], OQ, HUTTON, '18 MARKET STREET = Representative. ity, Carleton Place, Smith's Falls and -_-- ee A LL | wedding, ; ------------------------ Electric: power is being installed A dog can say more with his tail Conceit is to character what paint By listening to his critics you dis- in the C.P.R. shops, Carleton Place, in a minute than the average man is to beauty; it is not only needless, | cover that everybody knows how to the current to be obtained from can express with Wis mouth in a but impairs what it is suppesed tof run a public office except the man | Messrs, H. Brown & Sons. week. improve. who holds it. - a» 4 - CE BB Ey BERR : WAR LOAN ; Iv nd [3 ANADA : he : 5 J p a : 4 07 4 a 5 Issue of -$150,000,000 5% Bonds Maturing 1st March, 1937 8 ] ~~ Payable at par at Ottawa, Halifax, St John, Charlottgtown, Montreal, Toronto, 2 Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Victoria, and at the Agency of , 6) : the Bank of Montreal, New York City. : : 4 : . ; I) 3 INTEREST PAYABLE HALF-YEARLY, 1st MARCH, 1st SEPTEMBER. o i; ; PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN GOLD. A I < . jk --% ; ; [\) 3 . ISSUE PRICE 96. 5 ] . Lie 2 ' IS 4 A FULL HALF-YEAR'S INTEREST WILL BE PAID ON 1st SEPTEMBER, 1917. A i .. THE PROCEEDS OF THE LOAN WILL BE USED FOR WAR PURPOSES ONLY. 5 : Ig Tae Minister or Finance offers herewith, on behalf Delivery of scrip certificates and of bonds will be made o of the Government, the above-named Bonds for Subserip- [| through the chartered banks. os tion at 96, payable as follows: -- " The issue will be exempt from taxes--including any J 10 per cent on application; income tax--im in pursuance of legislation enacted ois ] 30 ¢ 16th Ire, 1917; by the Parliament of Canada. . K 1] . : LS) 3 3 « 15th May, 1917; The bonds with coupons will be issued in denominations XX 3 2 - 15th June, 1917. of $100, $500, $1,000. Fully registered bonds without : : is 3 : . Toe i The total allotment of bonds of this issue will be limited || coupons ill ve iasied In Semoutinations of $1,000, $5,000 x to one hundred and fifty million dollars, exclusive of J} OF any autheri muitiple' of $5,000. 4 the amount (if any) paid for by the surrender of bonds The bonds will be paid at maturity at par at the office {8} as the equivalent of cash under the terms of the War Jl of the Minister of Finance and Receiver General at [8 R$ Loan prospectus of 22nd November, 1915. Ottawa, or at the office of the Assistant Receiver General or 4 5 i ; id in full on the 16th day of II &t Halifax, St. John, Charlottetown, Montreal, Toronto, a - 4) The instalments may be paid in full on the By o Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary or Victoria, or at the Agency XX ®§ April, 1917, or on any instalment due date thereafter, under of the Bank of Montreal, New York City. Ad) x discount at the rate of four per cent per annum. All . J : wi B: payments are to be made to a chartered bank for the The interest on the fully registered bonds will be paid 7% 34 credit of the Minister of Finance. Failure to pay any § by cheque, which will be remitted by post. Interest 8 8) instalment when due will render previous payments liable f| on bonds with coupons will be paid on surrender of coupons. 18 . 3 §} to forfeiture and. the allotment to cancellation. Both cheques Soupons, at the option o the holder, . o . br i > branch in Canada U Subscriptions, accompanied by a deposit of ten per will be payable free of exchange at any branch i of any chartered bank, or at the Agency of the Bank of Montreal, New York City. Subject to the payment of twenty-five cents for each new bond issued, holders of fully registered bonds without coupons will have the right to convert into bonds of the denomination of $1,000 with coupons, and holders of bonds with coupons will have the right to convert into fully registes bonds of authorized denominations without coupons at any time on application to the Minister of Finance. The books of the loan will be kept at the Department of Finance, Ottawa. ~ Application will be made in due course for the: listing of the issue on the Montreal and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Recognized bond and stock brokers having offices and carrying on business in Canada will be allowed a commis- sion of three-eighths of one per cent on allotments made in respect of applications bearing their stamp, provided, Honeer, that a colmamive will By. als vay in respect of the amount of allotment paid for by the surrender of bonds issued the War tus of 22nd Jn segpent of 7g mien of any allotment paid for by of five per cent debenture stock maturing 1st October, 1919.' No commission will respect of applications on forms which have not been printed by the King's Printer. >