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# are presented _ excerpts om the comments of great UniM‘ ates‘ newspapers on Admiral Beat B North Sea victory. There are ose people in Canada who . claim at the United States . is constantly ying into the hands of the Gerâ€" . that she sympathizes with them :“‘fi.mwmm Such wims are not correct, if one may take general American press . as . a de to public opinion. tyâ€"fifth annual report of the| . ‘4. ’“E 1” ‘ploncer CanBddian Mutual. In |P t adverse conditions due to the| 2 d the period of business deâ€"| , i that seems to bave reached |t ‘the war broke out, the| 8 lins in every department of the|, iny‘s business. Although . the q ‘:.. severe testing time for ’ i financial institutions, particuâ€"| . y ‘in regard io the soundarss **}, \ investments, the Mutual "Lifé|, ‘the enviable distinction of ‘again| ‘whis to report that not a dol |( ol its invested Tunds have been } | since the inception of @he Comâ€"|4 . No better tribute to the care} iy the directors‘and officers of the Apany in dealing ‘with its rapidly ling investible funds could be| , ‘This is in keeping with the Mpany‘s policy of making the Fu ‘gafety of its policyâ€"holders its A f figures will serve to give an ea of the Targe proportions _ to bich this old ‘established company 8 attained. The total amount of ance now in force is $94,477,359 pvering 54,139 policies. The income aSt yegrt was $4,539,073, out â€" of :, ich sum $1,591,446 was paid back w policy bolders in the form of death lims, ‘endowments, dividends, etc., nd alter deducting all other expens i#, $1,035,778 remains.to be added to @ew omments on the â€" Beatty: vicâ€" w_‘:-â€"â€" y -,_A.._Avl' Eplus which now stands at $3,818,â€" !.:‘mtohluuumtuchth rge Aotal of $24,642,314. A FEW "NEUTRAL" OPINIQNS :“ Eonpmm Fartune." Philadelphia Inquirer:â€" ‘It pagth a 0 4+ x ‘(‘Oontln\l'ed on page‘ 3, Col. ooo vannnn‘ on ppieatie w.-“ GRATIFYING REPORT P _ cusdn ie fave attacks the lun f and the breataing pa res. ‘To cure it you need togut t gans direct. Orginary cough mix id syrups do rot touch the lurgs, : dirgct to ,w:;:mach. which is. / ~Peps, on the contrary, » very seat of the trouble. C + ‘ e ; 'ubl.en containing . essences l£:fi,l| ingredients so prepared mediately turn into. vapor, and fid.w.&t'!"f!“‘ * of must be left at p mm- Saturday id your bad cold. _ * _ *Festimonialaor Peps have been given y members of the Canadian Parli i o mt w hew ma Pan ave been found a cure for throat A chest tu;bl;.dm when cle, with 1e stump (for reâ€" iné}%m‘ Co., Dupont 8t., ' 1 send ® of Pops. A\{::-ll %&flm& box or 3 Poue Cour fies =‘ _ aall ADVERTISERS o i. s n fone in P1 im t tad ‘broathioy Pineâ€" ndew consumption and cures chest weak: ‘‘Tightness across the chest, pain i the shoulders, hack cough, Câ€"m xk f s Â¥ i ‘"to cure , .+ Peps will gee net be in nu:g-fl"‘ ted up to Wednesâ€" wet as paldc.| was ®| One of the effects of the war was . &) seen in the change of aides. Colonel. Fargubar and Captain Graham, who wrie present at the war session last ‘ August, are nu.uflh%;t the front. Colonel Riversâ€"Bulkeley been ki‘lâ€" e ed. and Captain Boscawen is a prisâ€" + omer in the hands of the Germans, l The new Military» Secretary , Colonel y Stanton, who was. himselft wounded a o few months ago in Belgium, and a new staff of aides. officiated. % Threse ol the members of the f_?t_)m- RESPONSE TO ~ > CALL COMMENDED *"aderatepnete t Ast * the Empire. session of Canada‘s Patliament, It is the fifth. and possibly the last of the present Administration. Whether Of Veather ‘and m | rm.flulfiwrm# Made Magnificent :| + The Erench blew up a ‘trench t thevut‘ .. ... at Ottawa. \ | Arras, on the Lille road, making prisoners of all its Gerâ€" ;ESPONSE TO f man occupants, and immediately installed thenselves in ~a1** / MAMAUBUNERD m"edl’o‘ifim ’ Ottawa. Feb. 4â€"It took less thap . ids c mcanttnc e o : only five tes in passing the usual Qntrodwtorymhnfiou and then adâ€" journed til} Monday _ next, when the Address in reply will be moved and: adopted without â€" amendment. The two new Ministers, Hon. Messrs.Casâ€" grain and Blondin, and Mr. F. 8. Scott, memberâ€"clect for South Waterâ€" loo, were introduced, Sir George Fosâ€" iter doing the honors. _'rhn_dm io!:t next A crisp and clear winter day weather conditions idea}. ‘There was the usual military guard for the Governorâ€"General and the usual saF ute of guns from Nepean Point. The Senate chamber was crowded to caâ€" yacity, thisâ€" being practically the on« ly large social function of the year at the capital, since the drawingâ€"room and the state ball have been ‘elimiâ€" mated. The militia _ was represented by Generals, Colonels and naval ofâ€" ficers in dress uniform, the service usiform, which _ marked the opening of the special war session, being seen only on the Minister of Militia him« self, Col. Hdérry Baker, MP., l::‘l.l DEpEmIaes s MBBRAOTCCEY C CCC uio |.mm.. the Duchess of Connaught and ‘the Pringess Patricia, with his Honor tlie Lieutenantâ€"Governor of Ontario, few others of the Headquarters Staft; ~Phges ol‘the members of the Comâ€" mons, ‘Messrs. Beland, Curri¢ and Mcâ€" Leod, are at the war, and Colonet Baker is preparing to go with the seâ€" cond combmigebt. ; . â€" ce Forcign Repreuntotiui (Present. _ Another indication® that this is & war session was the large attendance }ut al* the Con-ulzuanl in Canada. and the presence . Of Captain Dupont of the French army, who has\ come from the front to cepresent. the French CGovernment _ in the purchase army horses in Canada. For the opening day there was an unusually© large ~attendance of both Senators and Conimoners.‘ Sir George Foster led the . Commons* in â€" the > alâ€" sence of the Premier,â€" and Sir Wilfrid Laurier: was iwhin place at the hoad ol the: Libexal. Opposition. is : 4 ‘The Speech from‘ the ‘Throne was as follows : "ffonorable Gentlemeh of the Senâ€" ate, Genticmen of the House ot Comâ€" mons: DPuring the months which have elapsed: since . tile outhreak of wat the people of Canada have given ‘mtllnfit and comvincing | 6viâ€" dence of their firm Ioydlty to ~our Sovereign and of thbir profound . de» votion to. the institutions. ot the Briâ€" tish ‘Empire: "Since iJ last addresset you ‘a Canâ€" adian expeditionary _force of mof® mmywâ€"hofl . despatched agross: tile Atlan tic, And after arriving in the British Tise uesd m Tad agk (~ o ~vfiâ€"‘~ 6 A Brilliant Setting. €hange of wilt hrone in the Sen« Commeners spent r passing ithe usual ns and then adâ€" y next, when the vill be moved and: amendment. _ The Westminster Gazette Declares Use of Bubmarines Wil $ Mphlfibogmanddm j New Yark, f.L 5.â€"â€"Representatives of the Atlantic Shipping Co. hold th Wtwmumusmlmmmnuwm after: February 18th will have ho effect on the movemsents of steamships be mmvflnurnmammAmn&uml:S h es & 44 6 t a e OCCC 000 on New Yark, Fob. 5 â€"Representatives of the Atlantic Shipping Co. hold the *wmwumnfiw-muw > after February 18th will have um-mm&mu mh-MMM“â€"mm ‘The risk is admitted, but it u-muW;m4nmfiflnpwdm The New York Times says it is the decia/ of a "paper blockade," and m@wwwmlymdgtphvmmfiuwmu ‘MwMNMoO.uWnlqu.vmuwcwuu- avoidable and excusable. y % t The Tribune says Germany‘s detiaration is a vicieus inviolation to interâ€" utlwm.flhhpmwmnln...m time to protest to make our national resolve clear in now. When the Américan flag has been fHiouted and an American ship terpedced the epportunity for clearing away the disputed contentions will be poor indeed. "Ay P 16 GREETED WITH SATISFACT ION, Beriin, Feb. 5.â€"The German â€" admiraity‘s deciaration satisfaction by the German preas. The Beriin Post says t mmhmmmmuwumomnmm dapmed to sink., . y EaEmteedt . C PC TT The Berlin TEka Anzeciger says, Engiand‘s own weapons Mws‘m ed against bereelf and when Germany déstroys the English yoke which the world haduuffered for centuries, it will have accomplished a high history misaion, and freed the world from one of its mest dangerous enemics," 'w‘:ll oofm;n-;'&wm from legitimate war to piracy !t °® mate war they have had no success. The use of submarir merchantmen will ho more induce the Government to sca mmmammm ta iders, than did the zmmwnmumma,amfi» " THREE MILLION MEN AVAILABLE. ‘ Loendon, Feb.. 5 â€"Army estimates, to which Parliame ‘ early part of next week, give the numb er of effective men sive of those serving in India, at three million, Government, says:â€" Neow York Times Says German Admiralty Cannot Supâ€" *‘ pose that Destruction of Neutral Ships Will be Overâ€" d L Cl se _ .AE nc t ONE L1GENSE COMMISSIONIS | _ _ PROPEsED FOR ENTIRE PROVINGE Toronto, Feb. 5.â€"A drastic change in liquor _ license administration is ;a.illtobeonthetapil.' It is reâ€" ported ‘that atâ€" the coming session of the Ontario, < Legislature Hon. W. J. Hanna, Provincial Secretary, will, on Hanna, Provincial Secretary, will, on! behalt of the Government, introduce d hill doing . away with the present system of Riding License Boards, and establishing in . its place a Commisâ€" sion of five men, who will assume charge of _ the license branch of the Provincial Secretary‘s Department and have control over it. Such legisâ€" fation will mean that the local Comâ€" missioners in the cities, towns, my municipalities of the Province â€" will "Notwithstanding . the unusually severe weather conditions which have prevailed in the British Illfl'fll; tiho 1 PCEA 2C U Cbnaatace e trairing bas rroceeded SAS aniâ€"it is anticipated that wilk very shortly take its ; fiel1 of action. ""The earnest and resolute SPIH!® M patriotism which animates the . whole Deminion has evoked . a magnificent response ‘to the call for sepvive Loâ€" youd the seas.~â€" Large additional forees have . been * organized . from wiich further contingents are ready ‘h be . despatched as soon *aAs the Ee l esc n e s o 4 looked as Unavoidable or Inexcusable. eded satisfactorily, 1 & ted that the 'omol Canada‘s > Stability . take its place in tile} "Notwithstanding the inevitable disâ€" turbance of trade which â€" was created d resolute spirit Of by the outbreak of war on so vast a animates the wholt ‘scale, the financial and business cOnâ€" nked _ a magnificent ditions of the Dominion have. .""i‘ ols e < 1t Calk ave them and confpleting the can be consummated. e war ‘to piracy it is because in legitiâ€" The use of submarines against British Government to scatter the fleet tor ME EC T C ata s Cearman mines and to which Parliament will devote tlho ____â€" ‘The . idea seems . to. be that the be abolished. Commission. ‘will perform its duties in similar fashion\ to the Railway Commission, and that the Provincial License Commission ~ â€"will hold court in the principal place of each district. ‘The license for each district will ‘be illmdonadiflet!ltm.inotur“ fit the scheme of the Commissioners holding courts at the various logaliâ€" ties to deal with the licenses. * ‘Interrogated with reference to the truth or otherwise of impending legâ€" islation on the lines indicated, Premâ€" jer: Hearst would neither confirm nor dleny whether the Cabinet had _ had _such under consideration. * nec{ssary arrangements for por€oul apestp in 9 4 < snAE N127 country has adapted itsslf to the new conditions in a very effective way. :. ‘"My advigers will submit for your considetation measures rendered necâ€" than did the German mines deciaration © is greeted with Post says that after February , but under a neutral flag, are of Submarines Will in the army, excluâ€" v<F as Hka swhale the s for receiving their â€" training ind o CC Phosphorous on a Rampage A wild scene was started at the P¢â€" troles High School laporatory, when a large lump of phosphorus became macnned Jns aond.. Ahe wsite fotm nitric acid. The third fotm pupils had just had tif> danger of the \poiwmu oxide pointed out to fiâ€":.; 7 e A db d d Li and were busy experimenting nitric acid, when the phosplio enE =T is hs t Aiinsthaos. ":;.mw..gg:: the rooms and a dangerous blaze . ¢nâ€" suing. No damage Must Have Liconse There are â€" several livery© drivers, have not taken out a license as . yet uwmfi.‘uuwuâ€" pired with the end of December, ‘Child Scaided to Death. Gladys, the threeâ€"yearâ€"oid daughter of Mr. and Mrs.~ Benjamin Demaray, of 37 ‘Hill street, in London, fell backwards. into â€" a pail ~of boiling ly afterwards., water on The First Rokiin. While â€"working along the readside in the vicinity of Mount Vernon near Brantiford on, Tuesday, four linemen of the Automatic Machine Telephone Company saw the first robin reportâ€" ed in this district since the;.. r breasts migrated to warmetr. dl:' in the fall. 4 d# s t C.M.B.A. Wants Old Rates. ‘A mig Catholic Mutual Benefit Asâ€" sociation convention ‘~ will* open . at Kingston Tuesday for the purpose of protesting azainst the _ increase. in rates â€" announced some‘ time Ag0; Were will be representatives from all ver Canada. Solidifying Sympathy. Mr. Alexander Dams Noyes, Finahâ€" tial Editor of The New“:nrk Even ing Post, speaking ° to Canadian Club of Toronto, said that proâ€"Getrâ€" man political agitation in the United States would have the effect of soli difying the sywpathy of the .""3... EY The Jackson Manufacturing Compaâ€" nyv,, of Clinton, has received a conâ€" tract for ©5,008 pairs of military trousers and will supply them to tife Canadian Government as soom as they im be manufactured. It will mean that the staf will work night _ and day for several weeks to complete the ] order. % Be Loyall Be Patriotict ‘Givre your trade to the merchant who keeps store the year round, and not t>strav pedlars or: men with irs from outside cities. . Buy from the man who stands at yOUr side wilen the tax collector is on the warâ€" path. Buy from the man who * is your neiglibor, _ your acquaintance, your friend. Buy from the man whiyy is a factor in the town you live in andg who helps to make a market for the things you have to sell, _ Clinton Gets Big Order. BARLESS HOTEL faror of Britain and her Allics. Wednesday morning and was scalded mc-:n::':fa shortâ€" n Brantford was with es E92 THE DOMINION BANK Center of business on SAVINGS BANK Two. Floorsâ€"Agents‘ Sample Room§s qi epseunb 5. CBLER, MP., is conducted at every Branch of the Bank where ts of $1 ‘ 200 Rooms, 200 Rooms, 100 Rooms, 100 Rooms, "aoas vrdefetin din." A GENERAL Capital Pald up â€" s« _ > . * Isoerve Fund ud Undivided Profits | .7 w Jt is a safe and convenient depository for BERLIN BRANCH : BADEN " : t A Savings Department New CiACULAR LETTERS OF CRED aawK MONEY ORnDERs interect atiowed at bighest carrent #; n, i»., Ph€moent. | . w. o. uayrmews worenti : Detroit, Michigan . â€"| _â€"|_ _ s on Grand‘ Citcus Park. â€" Take . Woodward cat, get of at Adams Avenue ‘ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF: © e Private Bath, $1.50~Single, $250 Up Pouble. Private g‘g' :.00 Single, s..oo %P Double. Private Bath, $2.50 Sirgle,â€" .00 Up e Private Bath, 3.00 to 5.00 Single, 4-52%" Total 600 OQutside Roomsâ€" _ ALL ABSOLUTELY QUIET: 18. HOTEL TULLER N. EVANS, Manager: > E. R. FITZGERALD, Manager. DEPARTME 1 C Kictsatiick, M your money. e en