12 PAGES 2 PAGES 9-12 Che Daily British Whig | . - c . ie pen -- ------------------ I EO ree - -- Ee -------------------- S------ a oe - s---------- YEAR R4. NO. 79 \ TON, ONTARLO, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1917 > SECOND SECTION : . wy : --- . tan" ment received" here, or expressed by [ © HAVE PURCHASED PLANTS BLISHED 1 Germai military erities, turi | | . ESTA H 1873. on the ability of the new li) Power Companiek Under New Man-| to resist the battering of the en-| agement. tente offensive, and the Teuton com | + = Perara Fall Ny April 3 ? manders are sald.no longer to bel That. Bertrom Dri be need . 4 hat Bertrom Driscoll and Com- C AL RESOURCES conicerned with 'the possibility. of a pany, of Bost i 2 purchased the - ANADA great battle in the region between lant of th Sadie i Terao . : ar f th Niaga Falls Power {Arras and the Aisne, because. the plant ot the Ning valle Power Statement of Affairs, Condensed from Government Statement S------ , destruction of roads and communi- Nant it Niag ap Falls, Ont. Ww 18 re 31st January, 1917. For ont More . y Effort inst ihe Sations has rendered it unfit for a ported here Aesterday The pur 2 : Mighty Agai battlefield bhasers are \aid to be negotiating RESOURCES t has ar 0 lati i LIABILITI Entente Allies 1 i GY i a gigantid\power plant at ia- { ES . | Retirement Not Over. gara, and have, it is learned upon Cash on Hand ~~ - $10,762,524.47 | Capital Stock . -$333324214 -------- (German newspapers are now thor- freliable authority, practically closed Due by Banks - - 2,574,239.34 | Reserve Fund and Undi- oughly, broken to 1€° censorship, a deal for the > of the y- ove. : - 7.244, | Vv rofits - - 7 ( 3 hiv. brok th hig eal f * the: Hj Govt. and Other Bond 244,943.58 ded Prof ,486,835.7 and the publication of field post let- draulic Power ny's plant Loans on Call and Short x | Notes ia Circulation - 4,546,513.00 {ters has ceased, so the most care- Also $200 a sha paid for the Date . ie - 1,656,956.71 | Deposits - - . 4629256457 -------- - { ful scrutiny of the German press Falls Power Company's stock. The Sime Louas wad Discowrt J664834.76 | Bins Oils Bake : 10207406 ZR , x > AN | gives no indication as to what direc new holding company will, it is in-| posit wil ovt. for Dividend Payable 1st Feb- EVERY AVAILABLE GERMAN | the troops, released by the derstood, have. a capitalization of Circulation - - - 150,000.00 | ruary, 1917 . . 106,399 61 CALLED TO THE COLORS, | shortening and straightening of the $100,000,000 Prominent Wall Bank Premises (freehold 3 1,229,935.38 | Acceptances per Contra - 58,045.84 v line, are' going. Street interests are associated with Acceptances under Letter®t ~ . A Vast Output of Munitions is! There is reason to believe that the the Boston bankers in the deal Onl Cedi pe: Contra - 58,645.84 © Counted Upon Under New retirement has by no means reach- The shortage of power caused the Ausets - . 108,144.91 -- as w P , ed its limit, particularly in the amalgamation and centralization $59,850,274.99 $59,850,274.99 Scheme--Hindenburg's Plan Well southern sector The map of the and efficiency are the objects of the ------ = oe S-- Kept. | retirement appearing in German deal jh ree Copenhagen, April 2, via Lon- | newspapers, shows a big salient still | of the Bankers' Trust Co, one of the ed Dec. 31st, 1916, showed net don. --Germany, according to in-! existing westward of Laon which, Maple Leal Dividend largest in the United States, and the | profits of $9,307,976; an incease of formation reaching here from Ber- if straightened out, would make the ay : vs te Astor Trust Co., was announced here | $4,014,089, i : : . von Hindenburg line run in almost Toronto, April ~The directors | 1o.day, bringing under one manage- Announcement is mad in New lin, is now gathering to the colors|, girgignt course from Arras through of the Maple Leaf Milling Company | ment institutions with deposiys to] York City of the organization of the every available man for a supreme St. Quentin, and Laon, to a point Yecluted sividend A = pe: Font: the amount of $260,000 Voy The | Mercantile Trust and Deposit Com military effort to bring the war to on the Aisne, near Berry-au-Bac ow ne quatie : Shanes Jone : of Astor Company will be operated as a I pany. with a capital stock of $1 . --_-- Ne rk, one of the directors not , - , ae : : : a victorious conclusion'in this year's . at the meeting is in sym- branch of the Bankers', of hh [900,600 and a surplus of $500,000, : | an 8 Jeward Prosses is Preside The stock : campaign--a goal which Field Mar- Rheumatic Sufferers with' the proposal to put the| >" ward Prosses is President B The stockholders of Harrison z K sr ce i » -- rothers and Co ne., of Philadel shall von Hindenburg and his ad- stock on a ten per cent basis : : hi re uw Of § I isers consider by no means impos-| A tendency to rheumatism once LATEST HOSPITAL DEVICES USED IN ARMY felipain w for a: \iunees. fr ie: ae pn: visers side 8 of : EE : ye ATES $ AL ) 8 SE N / . x os a indsor - thi the | fer made by the Du Pont Company established in the system is mani-| Bethlehem Stoel. indsor, April Within" the i . ible attainment | festedt by the return of the acute , This is one of the new streteher-transporters invemted by Thomas New York, April 3.--Net profits] Past two weeks Ford Company' of or augion, Del, rd ig faint Without altering formally the law | pajns with every spell of bad weath= | Crawford, of Bristol, England. 3y means of this device d nurse can now] of the Bethlehem Steel Corporatien | anada stock listed on the_Detroit ubsid iy fhe o : ae : Pom : T . m % , i . , 31 O¢ OX ( va has a e AO subsiararies ! price pa 3 ) of military service, the German an- er This is the reason so many peo- jook after the wounded men once they have been carried a certain distance" January and February were Ap Se x Bx ang ly Wyden] ue yeh 700,000 cash 2s pail : : . a ink tha > § 3 . . ro vd 1 the | ty-five s, and is quoted at 310 » 3 ' jos re actice extended | ple still think that the trouble is due ? . Hedst ee . . ek Nebr i ves es proximately $11,000,000, or at the y-iive poin 1 ; horitie have In pracHic exte to cold or damp. The fact is known, back of the firing Hue, And as the streteher-transporters hold from two rate of 66,000,000 a vear. This was | NO explanation of the rise offered President Loree of the Delaware the 'period of service beyond the however, and acknowledged by all | to four stretchers, from Your to eight stretcher-bearers can be relieved of | a; the rate' of $110 a share per year | ©lher than rumors of a possible issue and Hudson, who has been in charge 46th year, and are retaining with the pagjcal writers, that with. the ap- | a good part of their carrying sluty just back of the lines, andl can, therefore, | On the new stock In this connec-| Of new stock of the work, has issued his LIS colors, and in 'many instances for pearance of rheumatism there is a | peturn and collect more-wounded men than would othergise be possible. tion 1 pHs well known that February Liam? Pea SF ites 3p Jhilroud securities : ' ' i i > { § 1 > > wa: i S a 1 th I ah i 4 . hs y ) 4 > og a - ' fighting duty with active units in the ag Juning of the blood, and that | The machine is so balanced that a nurse can wheel it ldaded with four a : oh mon 1 avd that oh ' Manitoba Bonds Sold. showing that as of that date there ' i ithe rheumatic poisons are only ex- 0 'nty off mary ar ebruar . a an : 1 as at di front line, landsturm men who have pelled from ag svaten: when the | Passengers along the ordinary wagon road ¥oute to the ofdinary dressing | were $ighpored by inadequate trans pe &, April 3.--The Province | were securities of American rail Sys i h 3 { ' : anito a8 SO to Woi 3 rl 'ne ¢ SE passed this age | blood is restored to its normal con- stations. Ordinary stretehers are fastened securely by means of adjustable | portation facilities ~ of c ansoba hi - h 0 ¥o 3. Sung Fouds gwned abroad of a par value . . . 0. oronto, ang he Nationg y 36,1 4 h } ke The policy of the German war de-| dition Enriching and purifying the | clamps, Sy Bank, of Se Bz rk ¥s > k anal ti y Ce : Sey £ oa & market i essa : 3 : 3 . { K, Ne 0 29H 0 alue ) 2 partment, as stated in the Reichstag blood by means of Dr. Williams Pink | nnn nr AA nn AAR np i co a : Big Increase in 4 apital, five per cent five You gold bonds y -- : § ae ; { : renresonta.|PHIs 18 the best known cure forif. ' , Chicago, April 3 Notice of. an a : Es he . ' this week by a military representa rheumatism Lumbago, it may be |SPring is in the alr Everybody Fhe Manitoba Patriotic Pupd-does | increase in capital from $3,000,000 pavanle 4 New York aig Canada Mr. William: Nelson, West Bloom- tive, is to withdraw those men over remarked. is merely a form of rheu- | happy, excepting, perhaps the man not require this yeat any mpre sub- {to $100,000,000 has been filed by the fie price which the province re tield. having soi his plac . Mi A 2 to sd a oat = T ' . : eive « ind interest eR] . » ANE 8 ace to Mi 45 from the front line after they |matism, attacking the muscles of the | from whom we bought our coal, but scriptions from individeals, having | Standard Oil Company of "ndiana Bejved 8 and inter less an un Walkershaw, Campbellford, has pur . 4 : : rd " s . rig ai rie} . . rith the Reeret PF Rtate , re- | derwriting commission . SR , + Hdd PL have done six months of duty there, |back and loins and is similarly cur- ha has the consolation of the certain- | received sufficient for all expected eb the Secre tary of State , The re r ( nnjssion chased Mr. Reuben Noxon's house but military exigencies compel the ©d by the use of Dr. Wiliams' Pink | ty of another winter in store, In joutlay. until the end of the year. cording fee totalled $100,025 . - and 'lot of the same place. ey : . | Pills At the first twinge of either | the meantime, lie should have made In New York it is announced that -------- Commerc Notes. Mrs. Norah M. Chisholm, 'Well- holding of these over-age men fori . pv... (roubles these pills should sufficient money to invest quite a $120,000,000 will be spent for new Trust Company Consolidation, The American Zine, Lead and|ington, has purchased a new iour- service in the so-called etape, or re-| pe taken and the poison that causes bit in the new Dominion war loan. | Cunard line steamships. New York, April 3.--Consolidation 'Smelting Company, in year end- ing car - gion Héhind the actual fighting front. [the trouble will soon be expelled The good housewives Of LS COI | Se A Ae A A AAA ee tt A tA A wt Poa A tA tattoos tsi om aaa a sin For some time the German au-| from the blood. Here is proof. Mr. | munity are preparing to celebrate thorities in a grand combing out of M. Syapauck, Armes, Man., says: the arrival of &pring by a great a eK. Ee unfit for| "1 was almost crippled with rheu- service, have been mustering men | matism and suffered greatly from the on the very verge of the age Hmit, | almost constant pains. 1 tried sev- but up to the present they have an-| eral medicines 'but without benefit. nounced that the necessity has not| Then I was advised to use Dr. Wil- vet arisen for legislation raising the|liams' Pink Pills and after taking age limit to 65, as has been done in| them for a couple of months every Austria-Hungary. : vestige of the trouble had disappear- ed, and I have since enjoyed the In view of my men earlier pronounced rn fect health. Scheme Rich was s on ras I tion. most per ] $ 3 , whi was supposed to re coms Sdsti MO anton. a_there is 00 | distri Japadian people i -LIELe 18 NO. Band - The operations - the labor 8€r-T gee. of rheumatism Dr." Willlams"| concentrate * their ole Dore vice law. now in full swing, are}pi,i ping will not cure." power upon the basic industries, Gov- further releasing for service at the) front every available Joan behind | dealer in medicine or by mail at the lines capable of carrying a rifle, | 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 #0 that the next two or three months| . phe Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., You can get these pills through should see the German armjes at! grockville, Ont. their maximum in size. | Simultaneously with this draining| Tr . to the dregs of human reservoirs of | > soldier material Germany's indus- | ing every available factory and em-| ploying every available machine on| war work and manning them with la-| (From Our Own Correspondent) bor obtained undez the labor service The work is to the | of trial mobilization also is approach- | ing a climax. A scheme for convert- | . law is contemplated. be done in three stages, and construction, of a third batch munition plants is to begin diately. its maximum, | Secret Well Kept. -1 The secret of Field Marshall von Hindenburg's plan of employing the army so reinforced and supplied to| their maximum extent in the 1917) campaign still is well kept. It is un-/ certain whether the offensive will be | directed In the east or in the west, | and the Germans' strategic reserve, at last accounts still' within Ger- many, has not begun to move in either direction. The German main headquarters, according to reports received here, is now established at Kreuznach, on the Rhine, the general staff head- quarters at Charlevillille and Mezi- eres, twin French towns, where Em- peror William's military capital was located for almost two yedrs until von Hindenburg"s appointment to chief command, havin been abandoned shortly verre the Somme retirement. Playing for Time. This change in headquarters per- haps may throw some light on Von Hindenburg"s plans as the new choice, while centrally located as re- gards the "ole western front, is better situ for control of the operations &Ioug the southern sec- tor of that front than was the for- mer line. . On the | surface there are indica- tions that the purpose of the Somme etiemep) appears to be develop- ing not/as a scheme for bringing on a great open field engagement at that-particular part of the front, bit to avoid the impending on- slaught by the mighty array of An- glo-French artillery massed on that section and to delay a renéwal of an Anglo-French offensive, by the time required to advance the big guns to the new line. Recent references to the retire- imme- | The output of cannon mu-| nitions, therefore, should soon reach | | tapped, | buggies & | { Darlingside, March 31.--The river is now open and quite free of ice | with the exception of the bays. Those who have sugar bushes havo We do not look for a very heavy run of sap this year, as there is little or no frost in the ground. The roads are quite bad again, as the sleighing has disappeared, and and wagons have made their appearance. Mrs. McCauley, Echo Lake, has been quite indisposed, of late, with grippe, The spring appears to be coming in with a rush. Mrs. John Ivy was unfortunate enough to slip while engaged, in per- forming her household work, falling to the floor with sufficient force 'to fracture her hip. Dr. Bird, Ganan- oque, was called, and succeeded in reducing the fracture. She is now resting as comfortably as can be ex- pected. We understand Mr. Ivy is also indisposed . There is considerable talk, in the cities and towns of Ontario, this year, about increased food production, many owners of vacant lots offering the use of same to parties who will cultivate them for the production of vegetables, etc. We fear, that unless this is carried out under some sort of regulation it will in the end lead to annoyance and expense, Western cities, like Calgary and Edmenton, have been put to considerable ex- pense fighting noxious weeds, caused by the neglected use of lots, which were used for a time, for growing potatoes, etc, and then neglected. The weeds spreading so that a force of men had to be employed, for some months in fighting the weed nuis- ance. Edmonton produced so many potatoes one year that the price went as low as fifteen cemts per bushel, after which production fell off, with the refult that vacant lot cult on was neglected, --hence the spread of noxious weeds, Old, grim King Winter, who has ruled as sovereign for many months past, is slowly losing his reign. Sun- shine and southerly winds, the allies of spring, are slowly but surely loosening the iron' grip in which he has held us so long. Though the grim old tyrant is gain that which the sunshine of the day as wrested from him it is in vain. The end is in sight. The birds are twittering a new note, telling of nesting, 'blcssoms, leaves and fat bugs tq come, y At mid-day, a deep-blue. Italian fighting bard during the night to re-| house-cleaning, while mere men are trembling already in anticipation of that horrible time, when everything in the house is in a jumble, and thay are set to work beating carpets in the yard, and the smell of soap suds and furniture polish hangs over all National Service Under the ernment agents are now touring the United States offering immunity from conscription to farm laborers who come to Canada to work during the summer--wahile, the Director General of the National Service says there is a 'surplus of labor idling about Can- adian cities. It is unfortunate and humiliating that the' impression should have heen created in the Unit- ed States that Canada is governed on the principle of the Huns; that foreign residents of a country are liable to be commandeered, and forced to do either military or civ- ilian service. It is still more humil- fating that this impression should have been created by the threatening | language of Canadian Ministers and | the head of the National Service system. 'How widely and deeply the impression has' been spread is indi cated by the fact that it is regarded as hopeless to try to entice United States laborers to Canada even for the short farming season without, giving them certificates of immunity from conscriptory measures. What hope or chance there is of reviving the immigration movement while that idea prevails among our neigh- bors can be surmised. If, as Mr. Bonnett says, there is a surplus of labor in Canada, it is in the cities, mainly the large cities'. Why does not the National Service department transplant this surplus labor to the farms of Eastern and Western Can- ada, before going to the 'United States for an army of farm laborers to carry out of the country the wages of a summer's work? Or do the muni- tion profiteers object to this surplus labor being dispersed into useful ser- vice, and insist that it be kept with- in reach of their factories for pur- posts of their own? Oh, April, you your skies may arch But you're a cheat no doubt You stole the blustering winds o' March, To blow your curls about, * HELL GATE BRIDGE OPEN Took Four Years to Build and Cost $27,000,000. New York, April, 3. --With the opening of the Hell Gato bridge, the fourth to span the/East River, here an all-rail route was established con- necting New England with points south and west of the Hudson River. The bridge, which took four years to build and cost $27,000,000, links *he Pennsylvania and New Haven | railroads. It is the longest steel arch bridge in the world, having a span of 1,017 feet between the faces of op- posite towers whieh rise to a height of 250 feet. N. W. Campbell, B. A., thirty-one years Inspector of Public Schools in Grey County, died suddenly while getting ready to go to church at Durham. Canadian Trade Commissioner Beddoe reports that Canada could capture much New Zealand trade, if not too busy on war orders. y No appreciable results have fol- signing the National Service regis- sky, und the sunshine over all, make the view across the river and up the Lost Chanmel beautiful, indeed, tration cards, whieh expired Satur- day. . There is a possibility of an An- glo-Swedish agreement, (7 = INL Rs [) oll -- "The States" Come In ! Now that official action has struck off the fetters of «__ neutrality, our cousins across the Line are free to throw their whole weight into the world's struggle for freedom humanity. : Unofficially' and individually they have already contributed much to the Allied cause--in moral and financial support, in munitions and machinery, and by no means least in those brilliant inventions for which they are famous. The Lewis gun, the Curtis hydroplane, and a wonderful submarine detector are products of their genius which in our hands have done most efficient work by land, air and sea ; while the American-invented, Canadian-made Gillette Safety Razor has been a friend indeed to our officers and men on active service everywhere. Much as men have appreciated the Gillette at home, its real test has come in barracks, billets, trenches and hospitals, and no article of equipment has proved more satisfactory. Those who have returned from the firing line speak with enthusiasm of the convenience--the comfort--the necessity of having a Gillette Safety Razor if the man at : : the Front is to enjoy a clean and regular shave. ; " : If there i anyone dear lo ou in Canada or Overseas without a Gillette and a good supply of blades, it's a chance Jor you to do him a really good turn by completing his equipment .