ap;v x ? a'-vT?,/-, ';. k$&m*.v& Published in the interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People Volume VI. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9,. 1915 5 Cents Per Copy. No. 48. A CHANGE OF HEART Xx ��������� X-��������� ������������������ THE following is interesting as showing a beginning of a change of mind and heart oh IX the part of Germany: * * ��������� ��������� ��������� . A Rotterdam despatch says: Paul Michaells, in his weekly review of the war in the Berliner Tageblatt, is in gloomy mood regarding the present condition of the German armies, and he speaks of the spirit of modesty that now reigns in Germany. "We only see how tremendously difficult it is made for us to preserve our national unity and freedom. Many dreamed too easily of our victory over our enemies. People sought to gather in the harvest when really the drst preparations for the final result still had to be created. In the meantime, we have become .more modest, and it'becomes clear to us that even with the greatest self sacrifice, it ��������� will only be with difficulty that we shall be. able to conquer the opposition of a world of enemies. "Nobody, pretends not to have abandoned the expectation that between to-day and to-morrow the worid could be healed by the German spirit. We have had to be convinced unwillingly and,by hard facts that, in this war, it is not a question of putting through a tremendously fantastic world policy but a question of protecting our ��������� house and home. So little hps the war begun to lay a new yoke upon the world, that it certainly will have to be carried on for the self-preservation of the German Empire. "It would be idle to try to fix the details '������of-what the final peace will be, but in any case* our object must be the making certain of our national existence for the longest possible time." ''/ After referring to the course of the submarine war, the writer concludes: "We are confident* that this winter of our discontent will be followed by a glorious summer." I* FINANCIAL HELPLESSNESS of crnr of Vancouver EXCEPT for the single revenue-producing department; the waterworks, the city" of Van couver is non revenue producing. The class of men who have"held.the civic chairs of the city with few exceptions have thought of obtaining money from one source only, and that source has been first liens on the property of the citizens. Enormous sums have been spent. It v might hot be too much to say that enormous sums have been squandered also, and all of. it has been charged up against the property of the citizens. ;' ; At the present time large sums, amounting to $25,000 per month at the least, are being spent for the maintenance of non-citizens in large measure of aliens, and in still larger meas. , nr������ alien enemies, a*id these amounts also are being charged up against the. property of. the citizens. The council is banking very largely upon the generosity of the citizens. * It is not reflecting upon that generosity at all to say that the most of this is unnecessary and that it is wholly wrong. ==-XFhe work that-these men-have-beenVemployed- upon would have been good in normal times, but it has been work which was not absolutely required, and work; in Vancouver city as the jnatter now stands which is not absolutely necessary should not be undertaken. What .then?. Let the Dominion government take, care of the> alien e^neray population. That is: certainly theirresponsibility. Let the province take; care of the extra Vancouver population: That certainly should not be a charge against the city .of Vancouver Vsbut-against the province as a whole. In another column we have pointed out how thisrcan be done by employing them in getting ready for the market some of the timber and other material the province owns in abundance, and for which there will be a market shortly if there 'is not now. Thus the money expended in exchange for labor will return eventually to the treasury without being a charge against the people's holdings. In regard to the city .there are ways. Let the city put the services of. these men at the disposal of citizens who have lots to grade, but who cannot under the present conditions pay full ^yages to have it done. Thus let the' citizen "share the profit with the men sustained. ; "'-X":'V ^ r '.. - But above all let the city get to Work to take from private enterprises the service of the city and reap for the citizens the profits. The hydro-electric powers should be develop- ���������edfor the city for the profit of the city treasury. The telephone bonanza should certainly be the enterprise of the city as to the local'service and of the province as to long distance. V V Transportation should be supplied by the city for the profit of the city. A new order'of trans-. ;port has come. In some form it may have come to stay. Let no new franchise be granted, but let the city at once take '-this matter up, not by granting licenses but by actual operation, giving every present jitney man the right to, run until the city can employ him as driver and not further. "> From such sources'the city should draw much of. its revenue. /- Unless it moves,in this direction bankruptcy threatens it. ', ���������_..:-. The right class of qualified business men would inaugurate these things and that speedily. TAX SALES SOON there will be offered by auction to a circle of such men as follow these sales properties on which there is owing about four per cent, of the assessed value. True, it is war time, when everything else is at a standstill. Private individuals, banks, mortgage companies, etc., are not pressing as a rule their claims. But the bodies who represent the people ai.d who should be the best and most honorable of the people in the name of,the people are ignoring the consideration all others are giving, and are going on with the taking away of the people's lands for a ^song.s Well, we repudiate,the course, as far as we are concerned. We believe that the body which does this under the present circumstances will be dishonored and will dishonor the people in whose names the sales are made. There are other ways. Sue the delinquent if necessary. Under a judgment sale, the sale stops when the proceeds amount to sufficient to meet the judgment. But in the case *> of a tax sale there is no stay in the proceedings until every separate piece delinquent has been dissipated. < The expense so added will be equal.in many cases and in some will"be more than the taxes. Here is a case. A person bought a block of thirty-six lots. He sold some of them. But on account of the war could not collect. For the same reason he cannot collect other debts, commercial or otherwise. In a couple of months the property will be advertised for sale. His-taxes on this piece are $87. The sales of the lots, lot by lot, will run up expenses to the amount of at least $72 plus 5 per cent. That he will be able to pay later is sure. 'That he is anxious to pay is certain. But that he should have to pay a hundred per cent, for extension during the war is abominable, especially when the municipal treasury does not net the costs. Irf the community willing to stand for this?" ' PSYCHOLOGY OF THE WAR WE haVe already pointed.out that the war is more psychological than physical at the present time. If the reports which reach us are full' and are real, then we may safely conclude that the back of the physical struggle has been broken. Articles, which have been quoted from leading German papers and which have been allowed to be published appear to bear out this thought. The hope of world conquest has apparently pass-, ed from their minds. If there were not a great psychological difficulty in the way, already that Empire would have been suing for peace. ,But the dream inculcated in the minds of the, present generation of Germany so'fully-that'it iiad become part of their very mental life, cannot be easily awakened from. It will take months of hairtmering and great losses to bring the Ger tnand mind, at all times slow to change, to a practical realization that all is lost of that dream for all time. But when their mental attitude has been changed, perhaps the very slowness of the German type of mind to change will leave the change very radical, indeed. Should peace be prematurely made, although the physical struggle were won by the allies, and the mental attitude of Germany were left unchanged, there is no doubt butv that the whole matter would recur again at a later date. This is well known to the British statesmen. X There has been considerable discussion by the peace at any price people as to the possibility. ofso-crushihgGermanyHhat she will-not be able to again threaten the nations. This is not aimed at by any one. What is the aim o{ the Allies we believe is to so continue to punish Germany that she will cry "enough," not because necess arily of physical exhaustion, but because of change of heart. When the time of that change of. heart shall have fully come, and Germany shall have cried " enough V none will welcome her back to sanity and honor sooner than her present opponents. And, providing that her change of heart be sincerethey will" remember her insane actions only as a household remembers the ravings and deadly attacks of a member of that household upon the other members while under the control and influence of delirium of a virulent fever. AID TO THE POULTRY RAISER E call the attention of the government to a method of effective aid to the, poultry raiser which would be of vital importance to the people employed therein. Namely to the arranging with the transporta- ^ tion companis for a freight rate- for grain " such as would land grain here for local consumption at a usable figure. The cost pf transportation of grain for export purposes, say to Mexico, and the .cost of transportation of grain for local consumption is very different. 1 Why this should be the layman fails to understand. ������, The people of the localities of the Dominion ihayebeen saddled with the cost of bonusing the .roads. They have to contribute their share, of course,ltd the operating expenses. But why, there should be a so much better rate for the grain hauled for the Mexican than there is for the grain hauled for tbe Canadian, over the same piece of road is one of the wonderful and fearful things about a railroad freight schedule. The want of this equal rate is simply prohibiting the poultry raiser of B. C. from making a profit. We believe that the department could get this matter remedied if it tried hard enough. II it succeeded in doing this it would put an important industry on its-feet. AW, BATTOBireP DOWN" While the words "battened down" may not convey much to a landsman they mean all the difference between comfort and misery to, the sailor, with the risk of ill-health in the bargain. "BatteinW^wn"ltt^ ern sailor than to him of Nelson's time. In weather of which the oldo ships, with their high free-boards and protecting bulwarks, took little notice, the modern ship is battened down. The open, unprotected upper deck is swept fore and aft by high seas, and the smaller the class of ship the more is she affected. Everything that science can contrive has been done to alleviate the discomforts of '' bat- teuing down," which is closing all upper deck hatches to keep the seas which sweep over the deck from penetrating to the interior of the ship, but even then the mess decks are often awash. However, it is the lack of exercise and fresh air that tell most heavily on the health of the' crew. o WHAT IS THERE BEFORE THE WORLD AFTER THE WAR THIS is a question which many are asking and many more are wondering who have not thought of asking the question. There has been sufficient progress made in the struggle to warrant certain conclusions. Out of the scramble there will arise certain results, which should have a profund effect on the conditions of the world after the war. The German menace will, at least for a time, be eliminated. That is a sentence easily spoken, but not so easy to understand. In order to understand it we must realize that all the burden of modern armament has been imposed upon the world by Germany. We place that statement in a separate paragraph in order that there may be given tb it the attention which it deserves. That the whole manhood "of nations should be subjected to the military yoke, that the whole of the material, moral, and spiritual resources of empires should be bourid to a military slavehood such as the world never before realized, has been the result of. the ���������military madness of Germany. That the peace of. the world and the honor of it's manhood, as far as she could command it, has been, ruthlessly sacrificed is due to the lust for conquest of Germany That France should have been compelled to live under the conditions of a hideous nightmare THE WAR'S PROGRESS THE Russians have-been doing good work under difficulties in the Carpathians. In the midst of intense cold and deep snow they have kept up the double shifted struggle. One section of the army have fought by day and another section by night, so that there has been no rest for the enemy day or night. They have scaled the mountain crags and ridges in the face of all kinds of fire, against all kinds of natural and artificial obstacles, and they have won by dogged slugging. Now they have debouched upon the plains of Hungary and are sweeping the Austro German armies back. But. there should be no disappointment of the Russians are again pressed back into the mountains. For the moment the weather which' has fought against' the, enemy most of the winter is in favor of Germany. It is the time of the breakup of the winter in East Prussia and North Poland. Under these circumstances the armies in those regions cannot move to any grerit extent. The snow, water, mud, ice, eteT, all intermixed effectually prevent this. The front which has been held by'Germany with nearly two million troops can now be held until the ground begins to diy with half a million men. * The German railroads can rush the released men over to the south line in time to help stem the, Russian advance. But the Russians have not similar lines to move their troops to meet the danger. Thus, for a couple of weeks the Germans may be in great numbers at that point, and may roll the Russians back once more. But after that there will be no such opportunities. ' ! Have patience, therefore. ~" The end cannot be much longer delayed. for a generation has been brought about by the evident intention of Germany to overrun her. That Britain should have been compelled to bear the great naval burden she has carried on so unflinchingly for the last decade has been due to the deadly rivalry of Germany. Now for a time at least this burden is passing. From the time of the old Landgrave, the father of Frederick the Great, the house of Hohen- zollern has had the madness in heart and brain which has brought about this great sorrow to the world. -J And but for the fact that there were clear visioned men who idealized the danger in Britain, and but for the heroic resistance of Belgium and the no less brave tackling of the horror when it burst upon her on the part of France, and the providential readiness of the British fleet, and of the Russian army, the horror would have swept over all the world anoXirould have engulfed the' nations. - X But thank God the, great danger is passing, and the new day is beginning to show signs of the dawn. The shaking of the nations in this bloody conflict has caused men to examine many things and those things which could be shaken are passing away. : For instance, theVserfdom of Russia. Legally (Continued on Page 4) THE UNEMPLOYED AND WHO SHOULD FEED THEM THE City hag been*doihg its part for months in feeding-the stranger within our gates. But .that the city is called upon to continue the work of feeding the stranger-may be well, doubted, unless there' can be found work of a remunerative character for them to do.. What then? Should7the stranger be allowed to starve? By no means. The province should have the first responsibility for the unemployed who are not citizens or employees in Vancouver. These men come in to us from the various, works outside. From railroad camps, lumber camps and so on. Many of them nave never been in the city, or have nevej contributed to the support of the city in any way. That that part of the provincial community living in the city should be called upon to bear the whole bur den of their maintenance is not fair. For the residents of the city a^re in a great measure living at this time on their savings and are earning nothing. 0 Especially this is unfair because there would seem to (be no good reason why these men should be idle. True, there is not much doing in the lumber trade and the shingle business for instance. But there will again be a^market for bolts^and-logs- later. Now there is in the hands of the government timber limits with great wealth of materials To meet the unique emergency why not let the government open government camps and get out ties, logs and shingle bolts, etc.! No one could accuse the government of cutting in on private enterprise, for private enterprise in these matters has been stopped. Mills have not the capital to go on with their work paying wages and carrying the stock over, but if the money must be spent to feed these men then spend it to purpose eve nthough there be the necessity of holding the product uutil times mend. The government itself requires telegraph poles. The mines require timber,' the : railroads need ties. In cases where there are railroad bonds unsold as in the ca#e of the P. G. E. the timbers could be supplied and the bonds taken as pay. The railroad to this extent would be helped and the unemployed assisted. We throw this out as an illustration and say that in many ways the natural resources of the province could be used to mobilize the unemployed if not with profit to the community, at all events without loss. OUR BOTS The stream of boys who are leaving for the front from this city is remarkable. The times are such that' their absence is not hampering business to any great degree, but when the tide has fully turned, as it is now turning, these, the flower of our young men are going to be badly missed. ..'.". It is significant that among the bread line in the city there are very few English speaking men and those who are largely from the other side of the boundary. It is one of the sacrifices which will pinch harder by and bye. that when men are required the places will be taken by the youth of another race. Still, we may hope that the need ''will not last many months longer and that our own boys will come back in force, not at all the less useful because of the great experience through which many of them will be called upon to go. . We. say God bless 'em in the way they go. V" o 3 -Ml _��������� m ���������_n_a_Mfe THE WESTERN CALL Friday, April 9, 1915. 'Tride ofthe West" BRAND��������� OVERALLS, SHIRTS, PANTS and MACKINAW CLOTHING MANUFACTURED IN VANCOUVER x ��������� 3y MACKAY SMITH, BLAIR & CO., LTD. "Buy Goods Made at Home, and get both the Goods .and the Money." Hie Pioneer Meat Market Corner Broadway and Proprietor, Frank Trimble For Fresh and Cured Meats go to this Old Reliable Market It Is not excelled lor Quality or Prices In Vancouver Weekly Prizes Given Away Phone: Fairmont 257 CANCELLATION OF RBBEBVE NOTICE IS BBBBBT GIVEN that tbe reserve covering certain lands in ' tbe vicinity of Lund and other points, on tbe Straits of Georgia, by reason of a notice published in tbe British Columbia Gazette on the 27tb of December, 1907, is cancelled in so far as it relates to Lots 4174, 4175, 4176, 4178. 4179, 4180, 4181, 4182, 4184, 4188, 4187, 4188, 4189, 4190, 4191, 4192, 4193, 4194, 4195, 4196, 4197, 4198, 4209, 4210, 4317,4318, 4319, 4320, 4321, 4322, 4323, 4324, 4325, 4326, 4327, 4328, 4329 and 4330, New: Westminster District. The . said Irtti -will be' open to entry by preemption on Tuesday, the 18th day of May^ 1915, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. No Pre-emption Becord will be issued to include more than! one surveyed Lot, and all applications must be made at the office of the Government Agent at Vancouver. B. A. BENWICK, Deputy Minister of'Lands. Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, March'.llth,.,1915. BELIEVE 8TEFANS80N HAS PERISHED CANCELLATION OT BE8EBVE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tbe reserve covering certain lands in the vicinity of Trail Bay, Sechelt, by reason of a notice published in the British Columbia Gazette on the 27th of December, 1907, is cancelled in so far as it relates to Lots 4292, 4293, 4394, 4296, 4297, 4298, 4299, 4300, 4301, 4304, 4305, 4306, 4307, 4308, 4309, 4310, 4311, 4312, 4313, and 4314, New .Westminster District. The said Lots will be open to entry by pre-emption on Tuesday, the 18th day of May, 1915, at nine o'clock in the forenoon. No Pre-emption Record will be issued to include more than one surveyed Lot, and all applications must be made at the office of the Government Agent at Vancouver. R. A. RENWICK, Deputy Minister of Lands. Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, March llth, 1915. 45, 4T Ottawa, Canada PRINGLE��������������������������� ft GUTHRIE Barristers and Solicitors' Clive Pringle. N. G. Guthrie. Parliamentary Solicitors, Departmental Agents, Board of Railway Commissioners Mr. Clive Pringle is a member of the Bar of British Columbia. Citizen Building, Ottawa. WAR WARBLINGS OF A BRITISH TAR" Our readers will be interested to learn that the many bright and topical verses which have appeared from time to time in The Western Call will shortly appear in book form under the title of "War Warblings of a British Tar." Mr. W. A. Ellis, late R. N., the author, has given us pleasing lines under the different subjects, and no doubt the limited edition will be eagerly sought after. Special copies will be on sale at The Western Call office, at 25 cents. That Stefanssori, the explorer, is lost in the Arctic, is the belief of. Hon. J. D. Hazen, head of the Naval Service Department which equipped the expedition. The minister told of all the news that had come back from different branches of the expedition. Stef- ansson, with two other men,'left other members of the party over a year ago. They were on drifting ice, and hoped by spring to reach Siberia, or else lah4 on Banks Island, where they would find supplies. From Banks VJJand they would come across the ice again to the north coast of Canada if they did not meet a steamer.":- ���������".."It is possible, Imt not very probable, that Stefansson will be found alive," said Mt. Hazen, as Captain Bartlett, of the wrecked Karluk, had been in Ottawa, however, and said that Stefansson was very resourceful and would come through if any man could. BILLY SUNDAY-A PHILADELPHIA OPINION BWTWK APOFT NEW FOWNQ METHOD The old Spanish way of holding the rifle overhead in firing from the trenches so Vag to endanger only the hands of the firer, a method which has caused foreign observers to ridicule the fighting of Spanish American armies and which made the fire of the insurrectionists so ineffective in the Philippine war, has been adopted by the British army. But it is not haphazard fire for the aiming is done by periscope. Instructors are now employed in the English training camps to teach this method of. firing, which requires a new technique. These men have astonished sceptical officers by making shots that would be creditable to a sharpshooter under the old method of holding the eye to the sight. Just how it is done is not explained, but it isjknown that the gun is held at arm's length in the air upside down. It is proposed' to keep 50,000 Canadians in the firing line throughout the whole year if necessary, is the announcement of General Sam Hughes, minister of. militia. If the British war office decides that this number should be increased to 75,000 or more, this will be done, and more money will be required. Mrs. G. T. Pulford, widow of Senator Fulford, and her son-in- law and daughter, of Brockville, Ont., have made on offer of $100,- 000 to the Dominion government to meet the expenses of equipping a Canadian! regiment for overseas services, and the offer is likely to be accepted by the federal authorities. What Billy Sunday has done in America has now become incontrovertible history. The . Philadelphia North American in speak-ing of. his campaign in that city. said, that he wrought in a few short weeks what years of reform movements failed to do. Old line politicans who did the dirty work for the political gang are now jealuse fighters for temperance righteousness and religion. "Ah unexpected, unpredicted, and unprecedented social force has been unleashed in our midst" Investigators going back over Billy Sunday's trail for-twenty years find that the safest cities in the country for young men and women are those which have been through one of his campaigns, and that even the gutter bums who have "hit the trail" have in almost every instance become self- supporting workingmen. How is this man to be accounted for, and what is this force? In an intensely interesting book, "Billy Sunday; the Man and his Message," (John C. Winston Co.) William T. Ellis endeavors to answer these questions. In a time when the church seems losing on one hand and the religious hunger of the masses growing on the other, here comes a white hot force for righteousness sweeping the country. This is no new (condition in history; the fact that awes one is that in every such cycle the message of the man or men back of the uplift never varies in its essentials by a hair's breadth. "It is Billy Sunday's bed rock belief that Jesus can save anybody, from the gutter bum to the soul calloused wealthy man of the world, and make them both new creatures. With heart tenderness and really yearning love he holds aloft the Crucified as the world's only hope. That is why his gospel breaks hearts of stone and makes Bible study ing, praying church workers out of strange assortments of humanity." XsvX:X-V-' (Sod always seems to pick a man who believes Him and is not afraid to rest I absolutely oh His word. He imputed righteousness to Abraham because He believed him, He chose David because He "looked uj>6n the heart," and Billy Sunday believes His word unquestioningly. '������������������" The Bible was written that you might read and believe that Jesusvis the Son of God. The Bihle wasn't intended I for a history or a cool* book. It was intended to keep me from going to hell. I want to say that I believe that the Bible is the Word of God from cover to cover. Not because I understand its philosophy, speculation, or theory. I cannot, wouldn't attempt it, and I would be a fool if I tried. I believe it because it is from the mouth of God; the mouth of^God "has"spoken it; There is only one way to have the doubts destroyed. Head the Bible and obey it. You .say' you can't understand it. When you go to school you learn the^A. B. C's, and pretty soon you.understand something you thought you never could when you started out. So in religion. Begin with the simple things and, go ��������� on and you'll Understand. That's what it was written for, that you might read arid believe and be saved." Rare is the preacher to-day who dares to stand before a cultured congregation and tell them' they can never be saved from hell but by the atoning blood of God's only Son, and they receive the withering scorn of Billy Sunday for their "streak of saffron." He tells the preachers who question the personality, of the evil one that if they would preach the gospel straight they would find out sOon enough that he is a living being.; when they don't hear him roar they are not shooting to kill. Like his Lord and Master was, he is tempted by the devil. "Don't think because I am a preacher the devil doesn't bother me. The devil comes around regularly and I put on the gloves and get busy right away. Because Billy Sunday believes with every fiber in his being that it is Jesus Christ'or hell for every Jiving man or woman is the reason he is working at such white heat. His physical exhaustion after the intensity and vigor with which he offers every ounce of his energy at every meeting distresses his friends. But he is" right on the job eleven months in the year, under a strain more intense than that of a greatV.political.'campaign.-' It is slowly but surely telling on him. Off the platform his extreme modesty) and simplicity surprise reporters who have lynx eyes for hypocricy and who never fail to believe in Billy Sunday. Perhaps the truth about his income is not known by all. He gave up a finely paid baseball position to work for the TM.G.A. at $83 a month. He was offered from $500 to $1,000 per month at various times to bo back to ball, but he stuck to his "work for God," with his little salary six, months' overdue. After he became an evangelist he, has never specified any pay whatsoever. The freewill offering made on the last day of the campaign is all that is his. He never knows what it is to be and out of it he pays many salaries. When the enormity of his work is considered one wonders that: the offering is not greater than it is. The ter, rifio criticism he undergoes evidently cuts deeper than outsiders know. "It was a hard thing for me when God told me to leave home and go into the world to preach the gospel and be vilified and libeled and have my life threatened and be denounced, but when my time, comes when I have preached my last sermonr and "I" can-gp-hbme"to God and the Lamb, He'll say, 'Bill, this was the reason.' I'll know what it all meant, and I'll say 'I'm satisfied, God, I'mtsatis- fied.'"���������Chicago Tribune. NEW TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES If the European war were not exercising its powerful attraction upon the attentions of a world ordinarily business-minded, the Panama Canal and the influence of that Waterway for good or ill upon the affairs of the Pacific coast j and the western interior would be monopolizing the everyday discussion Of the people of the coast province. San Francisco is this summer commemorating the successful completion, and throwing open for traffic of the sea route which, at the very.least will inaugurate a new era in. the transportation affairs of the Pacific seaboard in Canada, as well as in the United States. But, more than that, a new railway, with the easiest grades of any line crossing/the Rocky mountains from the east, has been welded together betwee the Yel lowhead Pass and the tide water on the Fraser since hostilities commenced in the old world. Con sidered in conjunction >vith the completion of the big ditch through Central America, this ought to be a theme for discussion, at least of secondary importance to the people of British Columbia. ARGUE! ������wiv5obacco Strawberries���������50 varieties. ��������� Raspberries���������13 varieties. Seed Potatoes���������-10 varieties. Descriptive/' Jalogue TREE "THE LAKE VIEW FBUIT FABM" H. L. McCONNELL & SON . Port Burwell'"- - Ontario SHEfcDON IS REPENTANT Charles D. Sheldon, the Montreal broker, known throughout Canada five years ago as' ' - the wizard of finance,'' who was sentenced on June 16, 1911, to five years in the penitentiary on account of financial operations which cost investors thousands of dollars, and was released recently, declares his intention of settling down again in Montreal and working to repay every dollar which he lost to investors, especially the poorer speculators who could not afford to lose. Sheldon is over 60 years of age, but appears to be in excellent health. Sheldon, in the autumn of 1908, it was charged, was operating a "blind pool," offering profits of 50 to 70 per cent, to those who entrusted their money to him for market speculation. His business was the subject pf newspaper criticism, but considerable money was placed in his hands. The culmination came in' October, 1910, when criticism became pronounced and a demand was published for an examination of Sheldon's books. He disappeared, and was not located until March 29, 1911, when he was arrested in Pittsburg. Robert Raikes established the first Sunday school at Gloucester, England in 1871. TO .MANUFACTURE SHELLS IN THE WEST General Sam Hughes has met the special committee which has charge of making shells for the imperial army, of which Col. Bertram is chairman, and representatives of Western Canada cities, in order to take up the question of manufacturing shells in the west. The situation was carefully canvassed, and it is hoped that the various foundries and factories in the west will be in a position to handle large orders.. As a result of the conference, Mr. David Carnegie,. the ordnance expert, along with representatives from the mining department arid McGill university, Montreal, are on a tour of the .west and will make a study on the ground bf. the capabilities of various plants for making shells and their parts. They will visit all the western cities of importaonce. DRILL HALL TO COST $300,000 Hon. Robt. Rogers, minister of the Interior of Canada has made public the announcement that the new drill hall for Vancouver will cost $300,000 when completed. There are 2750 languages. Chinese invented paper in 170 B. C. Envelopes were not used until 1839. Experts on transportation matters have in the past expressed j varied opinions as to the effect which' the Panama./ Canal Will have upon shipping bound from} western Canada to Europe and upon shipping consigned in the opposite direction. But /almost invariably, such opinions have always been based upon conditions which prevailed at the time the opinion was formed*. Apart from what is going to be the future* tendency of. the class of traffic mentioned, under normal conditions���������and that the future can only demonstrate���������we are not dealing with normal but abnormal conditions. Canada has been requested, as a matter of Imperial urgency, tb extend this year, as far as humanly possible her production of foodstuffs. The farmers of the three western prairie provinces anticipate the harvesting of the greatest crop since the country was opened up for settlement. The Canadian Northern Railway announced a short time ago that the cultivated acreage along its lines alone in Western Canada is greatly in excess of any previous sea-. sonV The bulk of the exportable surplus .will be wheat, and Europe will be its destination. The prospect, is for a keen;-de* mand arid a state of need that will necessitate the use of. every available transportation .route by which the grain may reach its destination. ''������������������. . XXX" The present set of circumstances appears to indicate that the easy grade rail route, from the Yellowhead Pass, and the cut-in- two bulk cargo journey to Europe by way of the Panama will undergo a test during the approaching season under conditions which" would have b^e^Trej|arded as ideal a few months ago. -Long wheat trains should cut diagonally across British Columbia to the southern ports from the northern pass and the northern ports may also be placed inV a position to demonstrate their claiins of J advantages. In the event of these new traffic movements proving to be as successful as the people of the province expect, there,is no reason why goods and people destined for points east of the Rockies, say to a lirie drawn north and south through North Battleford, should not be handly^ ed in the opposite direction. The" Panama Canal was designed to work for this sort of development in connection with the ports on the American Pacific seaboard. It should prove to have a similar effect upon the Canadian ports, , < and, iri addition, our transfer points would .have the advantage of modern railway construction to rush the. J traffic inland. Had British Columbia, as a united province, set herself Vvthe task of jbending^circumstances to her fa-\ vor, a development ;more favor- ' able could scarcely have been achieved., ' ������������������"���������' X'v' THE WESTERN CALL -WHAT IS IT? fjThis is a natural and legitimate! question to ask and we wantl every citizen to ask it. IjThe question can be as readily answered by every citizen as by ourselves, but to do this you must have it delivered to your home! each week. This can be done by becoming a subscriber and the payment.of One Dollar annually ,-] in advance, X ���������J You Will not regret making ihis clean, live, progressive weekly one of your home papers. Old and young alike may read it and the children Xvill find pleasure and profit in its contents. ! ^Write or phone John T. Stevens; Mgr. Circulation I>ept. X .AN A0JH5 >0* tAmxtiim j Burining parallel with the patriotism, ind production campaign js the movement ori the part--:.o$>p a larjffe^ section of western iarijrir ers to. set aside one acre of their 1915 crop, and to devote the proceeds from this tov the relief of destitution arising out'.of thewar. This is not a selfish move to take advantage bf the higher prices due to war conditions, but a definite effort arid sacrifice in the 1 cause of humanity. The spirit * behind such a movement is most commendable and the endeavor to give the generous impulse cpii- lercter^xpressibiu irk la "definite amount of land devoted to a special purpose is a more practical way to implement a generous resolution. By all means have patriotic acresXyoluritaryj taxes are the easiest to bear and the most fruitful of good.'-',. :;'vXX^Xv/���������/V' "Q. B.M Means Quigley Brand Sweater Coats. ' "Q. JI.-" Means Guaranteed Unbreakable Welt Seams. "(J. B." Means "Made in B. 0." by White Help. The Vancouver Knitting Co., Ltd. JINGLE POT <Ml WILL REDUCE YOUR PUEL BILL MORE HEAT. LASTS LONGER. TRY A TON. LUMP - --'J-/ -$7.00 NUT X . . $5.50 PEA - - $400 SLACK - $3.50 BRIQUETTES - - $6.00 WOOD���������Choicest Dry Fir Cordwood $3.00 per load. McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd.] Seymour 5408-5409 ������������������A4::.:.:'/----.-.-- 'XV':' yjyykk Sliiililli X. X-; Wk yy/yy kJ:J-''���������'vj/'-^k/''/'^^^i'tS]*:?- ~k.'k' -;:;��������� ���������''���������:���������;':; ���������'������������������<������������������- :'X'VV /^:'kyyyk^k//^S{//-:\ ���������-'.-������������������ I:**".' XV;'X'V'. ^/���������Jy'y//?i ?82?||^?; '���������'.--.���������'^ Friday, April i9, 1915. THE WESTERN CALL 3 HOUSEHOLD GOODS and OFFICE FURNITURE aiij&M OLDEST AND LARGEST STORAGE CONCERN IN WESTERN CANADA CAMPBELL STORAGE COMPANY MOVING - PACKING-STORAGE-SHIPPING PHONE SEYMOUR 7360. , OFFICE 857 BEATTY ST _g| Phone Sey. 1076? 1077 Coal -��������� Fire Wood --������������������������������������ ' ' '- '���������������������������������������������/��������� ' . " ... "'��������� ! ���������''" J. 'HAiNBPRY & CO., LTD. Oor* 4-th Avenue and Oranvllle SU ; Wellington Coal, Cordwood and Plainer Ends \ The Comfort Baby's . Morning Dip <** r^ooDimss aJknows/I if WI A < s&ys the Comfort Baby's Grand- mo ther. "what we'd do without this Perfection Smokeless Oil Heater. "if I'd only had one when yoa were a baby, you'd have been saved many a cold and croupy spell" For warming cold comer* end ieoleted upstate roome, aqd. for conntleM special occaaiona when extra heat la wanted. 70a need the Perfection 8nokele������e Oil Beater. PERFECTION The Perfection it light, portable, Inexpensive to boy and to use, easy to dean and to re- wick. No kindling; no ashes. 8tnokeleaa and odorless. At all hardware and general stores, lookjbr the Triaofla trademark. Medela* ROYAUTC OH. Is fcMtfarelliww 9p9aaM9*} 9a99Wi*t99*^������ ^4^999**)^^1*^9*^l*^*t*^9 meter, T������ SUGGESTGIVIC LIGHTING a; Advocating a civic electric light plant as, a means of supplying cheaper illuminant to householders, the Central Ratepayers 'Association passed a resolution this week urging the city to take steps towards the installation of such a system. The resolution was moved by Mr. D. ��������� G. McDonald, who said that in no other city in Canada of similar population was more paid for light than in Vancouver. He pointed out that in Winnipeg light was supplied at three cents a kilowatt hour by the municipal plant. It was pointed out by Mr. Jas. Eadie, in reply to a question as to competition within the city limits, that while the B. C. Electric might exclude other companies, the city had the tfght to instal its own system. He said that had been established when the question was discussed before. Mr. G. R. Gordon, chairman, said that he heard some large consumers were getting light at one cent a kilowatt hour, so that the majority of the consumers were paying for the power sup:, plied another party, if that were the case. * The central association endorsed the resolution of the Grand- view association making a protest against any money by-laws being submitted to the people this year. The Grandview resolution urging that the Great Northern Railway be made to carry out its terminal work was endorsed. The suggested permission for an extension of time on the permanent bridges over the Grandview cut was also approved.' While reluctant to approve of the $100 pamphlet proposed by the City Council, the association deferred action pending a report from the city hall committee. Mr. J. N. Harvey and several others advocated the grant on the ground that good results would be obtained from the advertising this year. He declared that the city as a whole would benefit. The retail merchants were usually called upon to go into their pockets . for such purposes and should not be made to raise all the money this time. SERVICE FIIIST OUR one thought and purpose on all appointments is GENTEEL SERVICE. We leave no details for your care. 0(TJR CflAPEL and IlECEPTION ROOM ���������will; afford you any privacy you may "'������������������'desire.'-'". -V- -. ��������� "XXX" MOUNT W^^ CO. Phone: Fairmont 189 *54;������th Ave. |5. (near Wato) NEW VW4������ HAW AT x NO&ra VANOCflTVTSE The Dominion -Government -s new drill hall in Mahon Park, North Vancouver, will be completed in about two weeks, bar ring iinforeseen delays. As far as; tbe official opening .'is concerned nothing definite has as yet been arranged, but the general/feeling on the north shore is that something of a public celebration should mark the occasion. VANCOUVER COURT BOUSE BARS SASKATCHEWAN TO CLOSE ON JULY 1st SASKATCHEWAN NOTES MOUNT PLEASANT METHODIST CHUBCH Bev Dr. SippreU, the Popular Pastor of This Church, Has Been Invited and has.Accepted the Invitation of the Board to Remain in Charge V for Another Year In addition to the cultivation of all vacant lots in Regina the Vacant Lot Gardeners' Association aims to cultivate 50 acres of land owned by the city on a cooperative basis. The various movements such as "Patriotism and Production," "Produce Something, "etc., have all given a stimulus to this particular movement, and business men as well as artisans are attending the free courses of instruction in market gardening, in order to give material assistance to the movement. That Regina in particular and Saskatchewan in general was suffering less from the financial de' pression than the greater part of the United States, particularly the southern States, was the impression gained by His, Honor Lieutenant-Governor Brown, while on a trip to attend the celebration of the centenary of peace in the city of New Orleans, Alabama. His Honor expressed himself as delighted with the celebration and the kindly treatment accorded the Canadian representatives, and.believed that the demonstration would serve to further strengthen the ties of friendship binding the United States and Canada together. ": * * ��������������������������� An important move towards cooperative stock marketing was made at the executive meeting of the Live Stock Breeders recently, when a committee consisting of C. A. Dunning, J. A. Maharg, of the Grain Growers, A. F. Mantle and W. W. Thompson, representing the legislature; and A. B. Potter, of Langbank; S. V. Tomecko, Lipton; ' John Ames. Hanley, and the Hon. W. C. Sutherland, of. Saskatoon, representing the live stock men, were appointed a committee to investigate the question, and report as early as possible to the execu- tiveJ of the live stock men. The matters considered at the annual meeting of the swine breeders', association, where the necessity of adopting steps toward co-operation along the lines of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association was emphasized. The suggestion was that the live stock breeders' association be represented by a central organization through which the individual cooperative units could work. The Hon. Walter Scott officially sounded, on behalf of his government, the death knell of. the liquor traffic in Satkatchewan at a meeting addressed by himself and J. G. Turiff, M.P. Following a review of his government's attitude and policy on the liquor question during the ten years which have elapsed since Saskatchewan was created a province and pointing out the many advance steps taken, the premier announced that he and his colleagues were unanimously agreed that public opinion was now ripe for a further and greater reform, consequently the government had decided to abolish all bar and club licenses in the, province from July 1st next, and as a government to immediately take over the wholesale liquor business and conduct it under an officer responsible to the legislature as a government monopoly. The premier's speech, which was received with the greatest enthusiasm, was a noteworthy one even apart from the important and far-reaching announcement of policy which it contained. - '���������' -***' The speech in part was as follows: A. War Measure What the government proposes is in a sense a war measure, and if' we are to make effective the business sense ��������� of the province which we believe is that in this time of war less than any time can the province stand the drain of the traffic, then the >plan of the plebiscite is impracticable. The taking of. the plebiscite will now have to wait until after the war, and the government and legislature will have to take the onus of whatever action is deemed- advisable-duringV-the -period of the war. To take a referendum before acting will mean too much delay. The goverment's proposals re this liquor question put in brief and concrete form.are the following: 1. To at once issue a proclamation cutting the hours of retail liquor sale to' 7 o'clock in the evening beginning 1st April. 2. To convene the legislative assembly as early as possible in the month of May and submit to the House a measure, of which the outstanding features will be the abolition of all bar and club licenses from 1st July, 1915, until the ending of. the war, and the taking over by the government of the wholesale liquor business, throughout the province immediately. , 3. Provide in the measure that following the ending of the war the bar and club licenses shall not be revived except as the result of a referendum on the question to be taken at the time of the municipal elections held after peace is declared, but not earlier than December, 1916, a majority vote to decide, and the provincial franchise to. be adopted for the referendum; the government to provide most carefully framed safeguards against any irregularities such as personations, false declarations and the use of liquor or any other improper influences; and for the more secure discouragement of. mp^oper practices, appoint a public prosecutor to follow and prosecute infractions. 4. Provide in the measure for the maintenance by the government under a commissioner having status similar to that of the provincial auditor, of a Liquor Dispensary or Dispensaries Hn each city or town where at pre sent wholesale licenses exist, to be known as Saskatchewan Dispensaries for sale of liquors which must not be consumed on the premises and under strict regulations as to quantities, size of package, etc.; the question of establishing such dispensaries in towns and villages where at present wholesale licenses do not exist to be determined by- a referendum of the municipal electors to be taken at the time of the municipal elections. 5: Provide that in , the year 1919, or any subsequent year, on presentation of a petition signed by twenty-five per cent, of the number of electors who voted at the next preceding provincial elections, a provincial referendum shall be taken to decide the be disputed, that if the actual amounts ��������� of capital required to create the whole hotel premises and equipment in Satkatchewan were known, together with the aggregate revenues which the business yielded in these ten years, it would be found to be a fact that the business has completely paid for every hotel building and piece, of furnishing and also yielded a surplus sufficient to form a compensation fund which would pay it all over again. Unfortunately hotel premises for years took on a speculative value like some other classes of property. Premises which cost say $10,000 to create, were sold for $20,000, and resold for $30,000. In many cases the- present license-holders are not the men who made the large profits.; Yet as between the,people as-a whole and the liquor business, I think the fact remains and is unswer- able, that the people owe no debt to the business nor to the license-holders, and cannot in jus- continuance or abolition of. the x* l o _. proposed dispensaries. All dispen! **'% ZTSL^ff S saries taken over or opened to re- ff ������J"������j12J*X SSm.*** main .n nnAi..������:n������, ,;..*;i ..������~.~ the time had come to abolish the mam in operation until afore- ^ bw ^ put an end to ^ and any private traffic and profit in liquor. said referendum decides. These are the outstanding features of the measure which the government, in obedience to its interpretation of the public opinion of the province, intends placing before the Saskatchewan legislature and upon which necessarily the government is prepared to stand or fall: There are many details which will require to be worked out. There is. a {general question, a vexed and much disputed question, of compensation for loss of licenses. To this question the government has given painstaking attention, and the conclusion we have reached���������and it is a conclusion which we have reluctantly reached���������is that as between the whole community and the license-holders there is no fair way to work out a-^scheme-of compensation,���������any compensation to be paid would have to come out of the pockets of the people, and the only conclusion the government was able to come to is that as between the license-holders and the people there is no debt due by the people to the license-holders, and therefore there is no way of justifying any scheme which would take from the pockets of the people money to give as compensation to the license-holders. It is true that in recent months the retail liquor holders���������many of them, perhaps the most of them��������� have been doing business at. a loss, but it cannot be disputed that in the ten years since the province was erected the license- holders in Saskatchewan as a class made enormous gains. I do not believe this statement will To Help Those Who Lose But if the government could find any practicable way to aid and support and encourage the hotel owners and managers during the period of dislocation and readjustment which will follow the cancellation of the liquor licenses, we believe the way should be adopted from the point of view of the public convenience in respect to hotel accommodation. If without liquor in hotels good accommodation could have been ensured, many men for years past would have said banish the bar, who hesitated to say so for fear their town, lacking the bar, would have only discrediatble hotels or none at all. Not to compensate -the license���������holders-but - to help ensure hotel accommodation for the travelling public, and thus safeguard a highly important factor in making the new system without any retail sale of liquors successful and satisfactory, the��������� government would be glad if any practicable method could be seen to directly or indirectly aid the hotel owners. We have been unable to see any such method. But I point out to the agricultural and, commercial interests of the province that this matter of hotel accommodation is one which must not' be lost sight of nor neglected -if it is the desire to have a province free from the liquor bars. Show that good accommodation does not depend on the bars and I am satisfied that the people will never want the bars restored. The Cost of Operating Electric Household Appliances is Merely Nominal . The following table of hourly costs has been prepared with appliances such as we handle used for the test: Coffee Percolator 3V_ Cents per Hour Electric Grill 4 to 4V/2 cts. per hr. Electric Iron 4 to 5 cents per hour. Electric Toaster 5 Cents per Hour Electric Washer 3 Cents per Hour N. B.���������The appliances are generally used, but a fraction of an hour for cooking. The total cost for Iron and Washer depends upon the amount of work to be done. The appliances will be demonstrated for you at our salesrooms. B. C. ELECTRIC Carrall & Hastings Sts. 1138 Granville St., near Davie \ THE WESTERN GALL Friday, April 9, 1915 H. H. STEVENS, M. P. Editor-in-Chief PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE TERMINAL CITY PRESS, LIMITED HEAD OFFICE: 203, KINGSWAY, VANCOUVER, B.C. Telephone: Fairmont 1140. SUBSCRIPTION: One Dollar a Year in Advance. $1.50 Outside Canada. mt you do not get "CALL" regularly, it is probably because your subscription is long overdue. Renew at once. If paid up, phone or write complaint today. THE WESTERN CALL THE WESTERN CALL is not an echo of the news of the past week. In a weekly of this character there would be little judgment in giving a. rehash of the war news for instance, inasmuch as the readers of the Call are in nearly every case readers of thedaily papers.' Neither are the articles clippings of the1 other papers. >X[J !l In clipping articles there must be' either a repetition of what has appeared in the papers of the city, pr they must be clippings of papers of other cities written to meet other conditions and the activities of other localities, and so of no great importance to this community. The articles and leaders are chiefly written for the Call, and deal with either world conditions in which all are equally interested, or with vital conditions of our own city and neighborhood. ,.,."��������� At the present time the Call' is calling attention 'and trying to arouse attention to the Tax Sale abuse which is the order of. the day in the Fraser valley. In doing this the 6all is not - following a party lead, for the present government is in no way answerable for the institution. It is an inherited custom. But it is a custom which should be abolished or at,least modified, and we believe that when the demand by the people for such modifications has called' the at tention to it that the case deserves the present government will remedy the evil.. We want to strengthen thir hands to do this. " Later we shall have something to say regarding the land registration procedure. In this we have been and are subject to unnecessary hardships which were never intended, but which have developed under the various- amendments to the land titles act Other questions of like interest we shall in turn take up, and we hope to make the Call increasingly helpful in getting'through reforms which are badly needed and which only await the touch of public interest to bring the necessary* changes into line. Already the communications received regard* ing the tax sale question show an awakening in* terest in the question. Perhaps we should say that they show a crystallization of interest which the many feel and have long felt as individuals, but which has never been focussed before. "~ _ - - ��������� - Perhaps the outcome of the campaign will be the formation of a property owners' association which will annually meet and formulate representations to the government on such matters as require amendment. The Call would be glad to act as the medium for the formation of such an association: Help the matter on by sending in your sub' scription of one dollar for a year's issue of the Call. ��������� ��������� e PATRIOTISM , An interesting leading article in the educational supplement of the London Times discusses the subject of patriotism for children, and what the children are to be taught at'the present moment. It is not the duty of the teacher to communicate his own moods, but there is, says the writer, ''a patriotism that can be taught and ought to be taught, a patriotism that, leads to duty, not to boasting or hatred; and a teacher can have a clear idea of this patriotism in his mind and can present it to his pupils. "The patriotism which is sane and modest, and not the less passionate for that, is of. the same nature as the love which we have for our parents. It is, in, fact, a natural affection, and we owe it, and the duty it imposes upon us, to our country as to our parents. It is our duty to protect our parents from want." "It is mere vulgar egotism to believe that your country must be the finest in the world because it is yours. That cannot be true of every country and who are you to judge among them all and give the prize to your own? Pure unselfish love does not insist upon excellence in its object; and the more egotism there is in love, the less love there is in it. ��������� ��������� '. . "It is not a virtue' to think your country right, if it happens to be wrong, or to harbor any delusions about it whatever. It is a .virtue only to love your country for what it is and in gratitude for what you owe to it, and to do by it. as ���������you would by your parents/with love, but not with egotistic pride. "A country is like an individual; if it believes that it is perfectly wise and good to start with, it is sure to-do many things that are foolish and wicked. Its duty is to try to be wise and good, and the duty of every member of. it is to contribute as much wisdom and good ness as he can to the whole, not to assume that his country is a. perfect abstraction whieh needs from him merely what little encouragement his boasting and flattery can give it.'"' Turkey seeks peace, and emphasizes its necessity by cutting the throats of Christian women and children.' As well make peace with an unT tamed tiger. If the Victoria Cross is the fitting reward for a soldier who risks his life to carry in one wounded comrade under heavy fire, what is an adequate decoration for the man who risks his life fourteen times to carry in as many strangers? The French government has supplied the answer. Private David Shields, Dundee, 1st Black Watch, has been awarded the French Legion of Honor for carrying in fourteen French wounded under heavy fire at Langemarke. WHITE ROCK ITEMS Mr. Wm. Rickard has about completed three new eight room houses, on the waterfront, and they add much to the appearance Of that part of the Esplanade. X The Mills have made a strong appeal for the completion of the government wharf to deep water at low tide, At present the wharf can be approached by boats of any size when the tide is in. The loss to the mills of cargo orders which cannot be filled without shipping facilities, is large. Five thousand dollars will complete the wharf to \be necessary depth of water. The number of new faces met among the re sidents of this all the year round'resort shows the growing popularity of Jthe place. Not only are the flowers in bloOm now, but they have been so all the winter in the glorious sunshine of that south slope. The number of new faces met among the re- ing is also a feature of encouragement in a time like this, when the city itself has little movement in that direction. As a residential suburb White Rock's future is assured. OBSERVATIONS The visit of the Premier to the old country at this time gives evidence of the interest of the Premier in the matters of importance to the province. >.. . It is understood that he has gone to assist in placing the bonds of the P. G. & E. We wish him success in the attempt and think . that the chance should be good notwithstanding the war. i , But whether or not, it is not every mafr who would' in the very period of an election, drop everything to assist an enterprise through a tight corner. The province will appreciate this sort of., government aid. It is as it should be. . X ��������� '��������� V # ��������� # The time when the contestants will hear the , crack of the signal, and will take up the running is not yet set. In Vancouver there are many stripped and toeing the mark, waiting for the signal to go. It seems that it will be a sort of a free for all race in Vancouver. The latest announcement is that L. D. Tay*- lor will run as an independent candidate. Amid the many contestants for the honor the solid six will have little to worry them. ��������� ��������� ��������� , Volatile Joe and L. t>. Taylor appear to be carrying on a kind of war oi their, own. Joe hqs commenced proceedings again to unseat L. P.. and L. D's. suit against "Joe, is still pending, ty$;, suppose. Well, the city will have.a little fun in these dull times, we suppose, even though it is in danger of having to pay the cost of another election. Well, it will take the place of the more expensive going \ to the "movies, the dimes to do which are hard to find these days. Otherwise the city might elect to see the business of the city go forward even though it do so in not the best manner, or under the best guidance! Someone is getting too much free advertising for the good of Jhe community. "~- WHAT IS THERE BEFORE THE WORLD AFTER THE WAR. IS OVER? (Continued from Page 1) this has been abolished many years., In spirit it survived however. But now under the stress of this great conflict it has passed like the hid- ous dream of a night. The hew brotherhood which has arisen among the various ranks, millions of whom are fighting and suffering together in Russia's great army, can never pass away again. The value of the great peasant class-to Russia is being demonstrated in this war as never before and Russia will no,t forget., The passing of the government supplied intoxicants marks for Russia the greatest day iii its history. Thank God for a hew Russia. France, also, has been.born again. It is not so long ago since one of Britain's leading statesmen spoke pf France and-of Spain asV"dying nations." That may have been then true. In'' fact it was true. But; France and Spain also, has been born again. The^hew France promises gloriously. What of Germany? Germany will have fallen. But as a people the fall will be the finding of new life. The beauty of Paris is the result of the destruction of Paris in the days of Napoleon. Should, unfortunately London be destroyed in this war it would give to London the opportunity of a resurrection: which would more than repay any possible loss'she-might sustain. So with Germany. The destruction, of the "Hohen-* zollern obsession" will be. for her. the means of healing, from the most deadly of mental diseases Avhich appears to have effected the whole nation, namely, paresis, or that; form of madness which causes the patient to imagine himself the greatest person living, or even to be Almighty God. - The destruction of the trade of Germany will certainly mean the scattering of the manhood of . Germany everywhere. It is to -be hoped that the, lesson will have been welL learned by "them and; that wiU be content to dwell as neighbors with, the rest of the races. - - s ownesew ja-^aa w ��������� ���������' i������5r.������HKE?.Si35H������ swK' 4 _________K_____fc__Pii < :r 4| 4. ' ,s '" ��������� 4 r. ' <X-.. '% , 'V-.". ���������-._ '***������* ��������� <V'.r. *<% __H_H X vfci' ^d: * POETION OF VANCOUVER WATERFRONT The Empress of Bussia, shown on the lUght, is now an Auxiliary Cruiser on Duty in the Orient. COAST TEACHERS HOLD CONVENTION About six hundred teachers from all parts of the province and more particularly from the coast cities, convened in this city this Jjyeek. The teachers were officially welcomed by Mayor Taylor on behalf of the city,.and Mr. F. A. Welsh, on behalf of the school board. The sessions of the convention were held in the King Edward High School, and many notable papers and addresses were heard. One of the interesting features was the statement made by Mr. F. A. Welsh, chairman of the Vancouver school board, who informed the .gathering that the Vancouver" teachers would not have to submit to any wage reduction during the year 1915, at least. He pointed out that in 1893 the highest wage paid to teachers was $125 per month in the city, and only 15 were getting over $90 per month, while now several of the teachers were getting as high as $250 per month. Mr. J. M. Campbell, of Victoria, vice-president of the institute, replied to the address of welcome on behalf of the visitors. Mr. R. Sparling, the president oft the institute, gave a 'very interesting address on the moulding and Canadianizing of. these great elements which help toj make up the majority of the Canadian population. He pointed out that the school was the greatest institution in the Canadianizing I and civilizing of these various elements. In touching on the curriculum of the future, the speaker stated that in his opinion the teaching of athletics would form an important feature. Dr. Alexander Robinson, superintendent of Education in British Columbia, addressed the general session, speaking on the subject of Germany's attitude as demonstrated by the present war, into which her policy and principle had made her draw the nations of - Europe. He described the working and extensive prerogative of the govefnment, who controlled the universities, churches and daily newspapers, and compelled these bodies and institutions to conform to its decrees. He criticised American public schools in his assertion that they were Germanized, and, he saidKit would not he long bef6re the entire educational system of the States would be Teutonized. Mrs. Josephine Preston, superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of. Washington, gaVe an interesting talk on "Educational Movements of the Hour," in which she describe'd the jGarry Educational System of Indiana.'* There tbe problem of street children had been solved by making the hours for school from 8.15 to 5 p.m., during which time the pupils not only were taught by re- gular instruction but also did their studies under the supervision of tbe school authorities. The motto was, "Educate all the Children of all the people." Mr. E. Campbell, of Victoria, was elected by ballot to the posi tion of treasurer of the institute. A very interesting address by Judge Howay of New Westminster on "The Fraser River From 1758 to 1858." and a select musical program under the direction of Mr. G. Hicks, assisted by a cho^r of 100 children concluded a most interesting and highly instructive convention. IN GERMANY" Monday A rumor reached us late last night; Our submarines have sunk at sight A brace of British fishing smacks; All honor to our German '' Jacks.'' Tuesday We learn today without "surprise The "smacks" were of unusual size; And we may safely now assume TWo merchantmen have met their doom. Wednesday The "merchantmen," our subs avow, Seemed rather down about the bow; This points to quite a hefty haul; No doubt their destiny was Gaul, . Thursday England in secrecy we learn Regards her loss with grave concern; She would not weep for fodder! No! poubtless. we laid two Transports low. , FlWsy An English regiment or two Embarked last Sabbath on the blue; And (this should make Herr Winston wince)' None of them has been heard of since. gsturtay Official wires confirm this fact; Our gallant submarines attacked And sank, last Sunday night at ten Two Transports "and Five Thousand Men. 7 ���������Fronr London Punch. 1 Every map in tbe Community tHoiiW remember tbat spending bis money in tbe district where be does business is just that much more that be bas a chance of getting back through the channels of bis *xxvmhrV^ -yy-k^ Do you ever remember of making a sale to ; >������������������������������������������������������"������������������ ���������='"���������������������������..���������:-��������� '".vxXX;Xv -'V.. .Xx..'xxX- - ������������������ , XxX- 'xx. ... : that Printer ifBitdt East" to *vfi������m you sent your last order for PRINTING ? tlnk it Over, and remember, The Terminal City Press Ltd* has employees, spending their money right in your store every day. .i -������ kit Terminal City Press Ltd. 203-7 Kingsway Phone: Fair. 1140 i x ���������IE?? sepajr^cc-^j. -.j*' / ' -') mmu?mmm . -, Friday, April 9, 1915. THE WESTERN CALL $ Our Vancouver Kipling ''7 "ALL'S WELL' "With a nor'east wind, and the ice cold spray Biting hard at his rugged face, "He stands at his post in the middle watch Straining eyes o'er the blackened space, Not a light is seen, nor a sound is heard Save the strike once again of the bell, Then his voice rings out as he turns to the bridge With the cheerful words���������"All's Well." II. He can see the sweet face of the wife he loves Rising out of the storm-tossed sea, And he hears the lisped "dad" of the baby girl In the wind that is blowing free. He fancied that someone kissed his cheek, But 'twas only the spray that fell One���������two���������struck the bell, he was back once more And he shouted again-X'All's Well." III. He rubbed his hands, for 'twas mighty cold Bent his eyes again o'er the foam, ' The twinkling stare seemed to lead him on To the door of his childhood's home, His grey-haired old mother sat there alone But her God was of some avail, For the trust of her boy was in Him alone As he shouted again���������"All's Well." IV. The light crept again o'er the eastern sky, And he gazed on the great grand fleet, Silently watching, grim and grey, Awaiting the foe to meet, He was back once again on the raging main In the service that ne'er will fail, And he drew a deep sigh of content and cried, As the bell struck again���������"All's Well." o ���������W. A. ELLIS. - HEATING *onoX?Mrency' . Our Business his l>eei built up t>v merit alone LEEK & CO. Heating engineers, 1088 Homer St. Sey. 661 The Telephone x "jhe Advance Agent of ) COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE Forms a closer-union of Home, Business and Friends. fIFor a lithited time. Business or Residence Telephones /w$l be in- :',-.'. '.. .. ~\Ji������������������ x'. X' . J"<X ��������� .������������������ '��������� ������������������ stalled upon payment of $5.00 Rental in adv&nee. x;?vxx <J For particulars call Seymour 6070. Contract Department. B G. TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED -?c. :������ BRITISH COLUMBIA WATERWORKS SUPPLIES LIMITED Gate Valves, Hydrants, Braes Goods, Water Meters, *��������������������������������������������� Lead Pipe,Pig Lead, Pipe and Pipe Fittings. > Railway Track Tools and White Waste Concrete Mixers and Wheelbarrows. AN UNEMPLOYED MOB ALMOST CAUSES RIOT For a time Tuesday evening the problem of the unemployed threatened to assume a' serious phase. Rioting was perhaps ia verted by the prompt action of the police department. As ifrwas, three plate-glass windows on Hastings street were broken by a mob as they surged along the street, two fruit stands were raided and about $40 worth of fruit confiscated in each stand, and one cigar stand at the Traveller's Hotel was relieved of about forty cigars. ��������� Gus Erickson, Tony Valentine, Sam Pushoff, Frank En- strom are in the city goal under, a vagrancy charge, and A. Batth- toni is under arrest charged with malicious damage to property. The trouble began when some fifteen hundred men left the grounds adjacent to the city relief department at the corner of Pender and Hastings streets, where they had been waiting all day for information as to whether or not they could expect further relief work. .. - About 7 o'clock they left .the corner of Pender and Cambie oh being told that no definite information could be given that night. They made their way along Hastings street and down toward the White Lunch at 124 Hastings St. West. Here they jostled in front of the restaurant and something was hurled against the large plate-glass window, wrecking it. From there they crossed to a fruit stand at the corner of Abbott and Hastings streets and made a raid on the apples and oranges. The proprietor estimated his loss at $40. Officers^of. the police department toolt~ two of the men in charge, and were detaining them awaiting the arrival of the police patrol. Apples and oranges i were hurled at the officers as they , stood in front of- a store at 71 Hastings street west. Under the bombardment the constables took refuge inside the store_with their prisoners. The window, in this store was smashed by the flying fruit. Others of the jnen made a raid on the cigar store in front of the Traveller's Hotel at 320 Abbot street. One of the windows in the P. Burns & Company's store near the B. C. Electric Railway depot, was cracked. Around the corner at 339 Carrall street a small fruit stand was raided and fruit to the value of about $35 was taken. Meanwhile the police were doing effective work in rounding up the ringleaders of the disturbance. Reserves were called in from the outlying sub-stations and the mounted men were hurriedly summoned. In all twenty-four extra constables soon arrived on the scene. The mounted men kept the.mob on the move and-prevented more serious outbreaks. After the arrests had been made the crowd followed the police patrol along Hastings street and congregated at the alley leading to the police station. In the neighborhood of Carrall and Hastings the* extra police officers in charge of (Acting Sergeant McLeod succeeded in keeping the men in control. A rain storm in a short time after the trouble put a damper on the outbreak. When the relief work was stopped the men gathered to the number of about two thousand, and the miniature riot was the outcome. Meantime the city 'council are doing their best to ! find some form of relief for the 'unemployed. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD CONVENES IN VANCOUVER The annual synod meeting of the Presbyterian church of British Columbia was ' held in St. John'8 church, Vancouver, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this .week. Delegates were present from all over the province and the annual function was highly succesful. The retiring moderator, Rev. A. D. MacRae, of Victoria, opened the proceedings on Tuesday afternoon, and the new moderator, Rev. R. J. Douglas, of Vancouver, was appointed, and presided during the sessions. The annual report showed a satisfactory state of affairs. The total number of Presbyterian ministers and missionaries in the province at present was 176... Of this number 76 had pastoral charges, 36 - were ordained, 64 were missionaries and students. The report showed that there were 3802 single persons belonging to the church and 11,034 families in the synod.. A substantial increase in the number of Sunday school workers - and attendants was shown, there now being an increase of 1155 over last year. Many more communicants are now shown on the rolls than in previous years. The financial report stated that the congregations in British Columbia paid $130,027 in salaries during the year just closed,, re- /p resenting an increase of $14,- 242. The women's missionary societies raised approximately $10,- 000j an increase of $3,000. A similar increase was shown. by the Sunday Schools, Bible and Young People's Societies. A decrease of $766 occurred in the funds for missionary and bene volent purposes. A grand total of $362,730 was raised* for all purposes, representing a decrease of $25,000 compared with previous years. The value of the church properties in the province was;$iown at $1,628,408, with a debt'on church buildings of. $314,- 453.' At the opening of the session the moderator announced that it had hitherto been the custom to devote a portion of the evening discussion to home and foreign mission matters, ahd as it was the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Rev. John Geddie, the first missionary sent to a foreign field by a colonial church, it was fitting' that some-phases of his life should be sketched. : Rev. Mr. Clay, of Victoria, gave a brief outline of the life and work of Mr. Geddie, which was supplemented by Rev. El Leslie pidgeon, who spoke of the home Influence which should be brought to bear upon children, and quoted the dedication of Mr. Geddie to the foreign missionary service by his parents as an instance of such influence. Capt. James Logan told of a tour made by him through the New-Hebrides amid the scenes of the labors of the Rev. Geddie, and quoted an epitaph found in one of the missionary churches there, to the effect that when John Geddie landed there were no christians, but that at his death iii 1872 there were no heathen. Rev. Mr. Pilkey, representing the Cariboo Presbytery, 4ih telling of conditions in his district, expressed the opinion that it was high time that a policy should be adopted which would result in people settling on these lands so that the older portions of the province instead of importing the millions of dollars' worth of foodstuffs they do now might get their potatoes, oats, barley and vegetables from within their own borders. There, were some - pre- emptors and there was lots of land yet for the pre-einptors,^ but the curse of. the country was the purchased land, land best situated, which had been gobbled up and held for speculation. He expressed the hope tnat the people of British Columbia would wake up before t' f-y found that their b.'rtiirstflit J id l������:������n s,cid and that llioy l>:i\i- i.o; c'wn gor in exchange for it the mess of pottage. These lands, he said, had been purchased by people who had never seen the country and probably never would. Rev..J. S. Henderson, secretary for social service, presented a resolution calling for the enactment of legislation which would completely suppress the liquor traf- fic,and also one against the system of racetrack gambling. . He spoke of2the "legalized, organized vice" in"British Columbia, and said the times demanded that honest and ^ood men should be placed in the provincial government. 1 A resolution expressing, appreciation of the work of. Miy, Gordon, the provincial censor of, Bloving picture films and gratification at the government's determination to continue him in that office was carried unanimously, .^reference being made to what was described as an attempt alL over the Dominion to remove individual censorship and substitute a committee. Reference was made to the excellent work being done in baseball and lacrosse grounds, way of athletic organizations, es- baseball etaoinupjpunjpunnujpju tablishment of tennis courts, the different presbyterias in the Boy Scout and Girl Guide detachments and Boys1 Brigades. Ttt-B8B, BSOTOA.TXOVS Governing Timber on Dominion lands in Manitoba. Saskatchewan; Alberta, the North West Territories, the Railway Belt in the Province of British Columbia, and the tract of Three and a Half Million Acres Located by the Dominion- in the Peace River District ln British Columbia. A license to cut timber on a tract not exceeding twenty-five square miles ln extent may be acquired only at public auction. A rental of |6.00 per square mile, per annum, is charged on all timber berths except those situated west of Yale in the Province of British Columbia, on which the rental is at the rate of 5 cents per acre. In addition to rental, dues are charged on the timber cut at the rates set out in section 20 of the regulations. Timber Verialta and Sum Permits may be granted in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, to owners of portable sawmills, to cut over a definitely described tract of land not exceeding one square mile in extent, on payment of dues at the rate of 50 cents per thousand feet. B.M., and subject to payment of rental at the rate of $100 per square mile, pe" annum. Timber for Xoa_Mtmdtm Any occupant of a homestead quartet- section having no timber of his own suitable for the purpose may, provided he' has not previously been granted free allowance of timber, obtain a free permit to cut the quantity of building and fencing timber set out in Section 61 of the Regulations. W. W. CORT. Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. Mr. W.' H. Snell, general'agent of the passenger department of. the C. P. R. at New York, has been appointed to succeed the late William Stitt as general passenger agent of eastern lines at Montreal. Mr. Snell, who is,a native of Montreal, joined the C. P. R. as clerk to the treasurer in 1890. In 1900 be became eastern passenger agent at New Yorkand last year was promoted to gener- mona or co*& ma������vs*k\vtoma Coal mining rights of the'Dominion, in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Albenta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and In a portln of the Province of British Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 25t������9 acres will*be leased to one appll- > cant Application for a lease muse be made by the appVcant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district In which the rights applied for are situated.' . In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal sub���������divisions of sections, and ln unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. Bach application must be accompanied by a fee of $5, which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A. royalty shall be paid on the merchantable out- ��������� put of the mine at the rate of 6 cents per ton. f The person operating the mine ahall furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the full quantity of mer-- chantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the eoal mining rights - are. not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a yew. The Jease will Include tbe eoal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered necessary for the. working of the mine at ths rate of tio.vt an sere. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Dttawt- or to any, .Agent or 8u^-Agent -#t Dominion, Lands. W. W. CORT, Deputy Minister of the Interior. NT.' B.���������Unauthorised publication of this advertisement will not be paid for. al agent in New York. WASHINGTON. D.C. Phone: Sey; 8942. 1101 Dominion Building. TMMMTl M04HC THE HOUSE OF AMERICAN IDEALS HOTEL POWHATAN X * .y:;X/:vi* ������������������'������������������'; NEW. HREPROOF. EUROPEAN. RESTFUL REFINED. Rooms with detached balk, Rooms with prints beta, BeeUet A Map es rcqaett. REASONABLE $1.50 per dar ������P $2.00 per day so MlHtNOTON B. C. OWEN Manager "ROUGH OK EATS" clears out rats, mice, etc. Don't die in the house. 15c and 25c at drug and country stores. t.f. Phone Seymour 9086 Are you a Spender ? If so, do you realize the fact that you are throwing away the bricks with which you should be building your future? It's worth considering! Start a Deposit Account With TJs 4 per cent, interest on deposits, subject to cheque credited monthly. References: Dunn's, Bradstreets or any reliable Financial Institution, in Vancouver. Dow, fraser Trust Co. 122 Hastings Street West and McKay Station, Burnaby LAND ACT New Westminster Land District, District of Texada Island. TAKE NOTCE that I, Joseph Astley, of Vancouver, occupation engineer, intend to apply for permission to lease the following described foreshore for docking purposes: . Commencing at a post planted about one and a half miles from the southern point (on the east side) of Texada Island, jthence following the shore line in a northwesterly direction to the head of an unnamed bay (henceforth to be known as Astley .Bay), thence following the shore line around the bay to the east side, thence south-east for about 750 feet. Dated January 20th, 1915. JOSEPH ASTLEY. Tie Mt. PlMMOt PKYG00DS HOUSE New Dress Goods and-Suitings, Per yard 75c to $2.50 NEW SILKS, FANCY,- FOE WAISTS OE TOJWWNOS New Silk Poplin, newest shades dress length $7.50 NEW SPRING MODELS IN COSSETS Made in Canada Prices, pair $1.00 to $5.00 Black and White Check Dress Goods, per yd ... 60c to |2.00 Big Boot Bargains Men's Boots, reg. $5.00 to $6.00 Now ..$2.95 Women's Boots, sizes 6. 6% and ���������7 only, Kid, Suede and Gun- inetal ,��������� either button or lace. Reg. $5.00 and $5.50, now, per pair ............:..$2.95 Men's Working Boots, how $1.95 Misses' Boots, 11 to 2, now $1.98 New Frillings and Neckwear, new Kid Gloves. Special value in hosiery. F. A. Bingham Corner 8th and Maim tll 1 i'l THE WESTERN CALL Friday, April 9, 1915. . GASOLINE TRACTOR X ��������� i IS LOSING FAVOR Mount Pleasant Livery TRANSFER Furniture and Piano Moving Baggage, Express and Dray. Hacks and Carriages at all hours. Phone Fmlrmont B4JB Corner Broadway and Main A. F. McTavish, Prop. U. S. JOURNAL CONTRASTS ACTION IN STEAMER CASES Under the heading ''Laughing Outcome," the "American Railway and Marine News," published at Seattle, Wash., has the following to say regarding the Da- cia case, and the case of. President Wilson and his advisers: "The French foreign office has decided to pay the' owners for cthe cargo of cotton on the German steamship Dacia, which steamship had changed her registry in the United States and sailed from Galveston under that flag. The vessel is now in a French port and will go through the prize court according to French law, which is in line with international law bearing on the subject. "This practically ends the Dacia case, and in writing the epitaph it might be said that nothing has happened during this war to, put the United States Diplomatic Corps and the administration in a more ridiculous light. From the very first the jingo press and tbe administration photographs at Washington were loud in their claims as to what this country would do if England should seize the Dacia, but the United Kingdom, schooled in diplomatic and shipping law, telephoned over to France and passed the buck to that nation, which had not been sub-' ject to any of the criticism. : France calmly acquiesced, took the Dacia and made the United States officials and newspapers which had voiced their sentk ments the laughing stock of the world. '_ _ _____ / _ "When one compares the terrific onslaught hurled against the United Kingdom, following the first announcement of the Dacia case ,all of which was unfair, the Allies being well within their rights, with the calm, and polite, ladylike manner in which the U. S. Administration accepted the piratical destruction of the bona fide American ship William P. Frye by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel, one naturally begins to speculate as to whether^ or not there is any real patriotism or fairniindedness left among the cheap politicians of this country. X XX; - "On the one hand, we have the German ship Dacia, sailing under a subterfuge or false colors, and the Allies, acting well within their rights probably, taking her into a prize court, causing hostile words directed exclusively against Great Britain, with the upshot that France takes the aggressive and the matter is dropped. "On the other hand, we have a German warship, without any excuse whatever, disregarding all rules of international law and warfare, scuttling a bona fide United States ship, not a ~~ disguised United States ship, nor one sailing under false colors, but one that has been built and has forever been operated under American registry, and was carrying a non-contraband cargo. The piratical German who sinks this ship is feted and dined at Norfolk and given a seat of honor at the launching of the su- perdreadnought Pennsylvania. Jh reading the exchanges: we fail to find any reference that this country avenged the insult; but two months before, when the Dacia case was) first up, the talk was all for avenging a mythical insult upon: Great Britain, wbic|i insult Great Britain never offered; Saskatchewan farmers are apparently coming to the conclusion that gasoline traction power is less economical than was thought. The. Hon. W. R. Motherwell recently stated that the Saskatchewan investment Company had discarded the six large engines they had in use at Meringo, in favor of oxen, although .160 oxen were required to do,the work. At the Horse Breeders' Convention held in Regina last week, the secretary reported that the craze for gasoline engines was dying out, and that the use of horses was being reverted to. The result is that mixed farming in Saskatchewan has received a considerable impetus. LETTER FROM FRONT Extracts from a Letter from V Douglas M. Johnstone, Qr. Mr. Sgt., 72nd Highlanders of Canada. KAISER NEARLY CAPTURED BY HUSSARS and when the identical 'insult- was extended \ay polite France, I out oij the ridge saw two of them The following account of how the Tenth Hussars nearly succeeded in capturing the Kaiser has been given by an officer of that regiment: "On Christinas eve we occupied Boiselle and the Germans fell back to Betincourt, where the Kaiser arrived that evening. About 10 o'clock that night we learned that the Kaiser and his staff intended to proceed at 7 o'clock the next morning to the headquarters of. General von Mauben, at a village a few miles south of Cambrai. Our information was that the Kaiser would take the road going west to Cambrai, which would bring him to a point some six miles east of Boiselle. At this point the road lay below a long grass ridge. If we rode out concealed ourselves behind the ridge there was, if our information was correct, a good chance of our being able to capture fthe Emperor. We determined at all events to make the attempt.';". Peasant's Treachery "Accordingly, Major Blackwood; two other .officers and myself with 500 men left Boiselle at 5 o 'clock fc.m. and reaching the ridge van hour later. We stak tioned 3 men on the ridge to signal us'the approach of the Kaiser. Half an hour a troop of Uhlans came along the road, and 'then one of our men on the ridge saw some signs been made fro'm a cottage near the roadway, occup ied by a French peasant. We knew what that meant. It was one of the unfortunate incidents that have occurred fairly too often in this war.' We shot the peasant later in the day. v It was obvious; of course; that our presence behind the ridge had been communicated to the German cavalry troop, and our look the whole United States jingo crowd shut up like a clam. The unfairness of it ail, tbe cowardice and meanness of spirit is pitiable. Can it: be vpoMble that the fact that there is such a thing as a German-American vote and there is not an Anglo-American vote be the cause of the administration's method of forever blaming the United Kingdom and over-imagining affronts, while whitewashing Germany following the piratical and unlawful acts of that country?" THE WAR TAX A war tax of one cent has been imposed on each letter and postcard mailed in Canada for delivery in Canada, the United States or Mexico, and on each letter mailed for delivery in the United Kingdom and British possessions generally, and wherever the two cent rate applies, to become effective on and from the 15th April, 1915. This War Tax to be prepaid by the senders by means of a War Stamp for sale by Postmasters and other postage stamps vendors. Whenever possible, stamps on which the word "War Tax" have been printed should be used for prepayment of the War Tax, but should ordinary postage be used for this purpose, they will be accepted. This War Stamp or additional Stamp for war purposes should be affixed to the upper right hand portion of the address side of the enevolpe or post card, close to the regular postage so that it may be readily cancelled at the same time as the postage. In the event of failure on the part of the sender through over- gallop back, went on. while the others sight or negligence to prepay the war tax on each letter or postcard above specified, such a letter or postcard will be sent immediately to the nearest Branch Dead Letter Office. It is essential that postage on all classes of mail matter should be prepaid by means of ordinary postage stamps. The War Tax stamp will be accepted in any case for the prepayment of postage. "There was, however, still a chance that we might capture the Kaiser=:iatiavpoint_twou���������inilesVfurther south, where the road to Cambrai forks east and west, for it was not certain that the Kaiser, if he made the journey at all, would take the road going east, which would bring him some two miles behind his own trenches, but which would lengthen his journey to von Mauber's head quarters about four miles. It was, of cOurse, to avoid this long detour that the Emperor had selected to take the road going west of Cambrai. '' The SteelUead," the Great Game Trout that comes out of the ocean, is the subject of an article by the well known writer Bonnycastle Dale, in the April issue of Bod and Gun in Canada, published by W. J. Taylor, Limited, Woodstock, Ont. "The Wise Fish," by Wilfrid Hubbard, is a humorous ichthyological dialogue in which Sol Pike, Jerry Minnow," Bill Tench, Peter Perch, Johnny Roach, Tim Gudgeon, Jimmy Grayling and others of their ilk take part. The Forest Fire Problem in Algonquin Park is dealt with by W. L. Wise and the fishing department and Guns and Ammunition Department are of special interest this month. In addition. to those named there are many other stories and articles of interest to readers of an outdoor magazine. For Sale or For Rent Cards, 10c Each AT WESTERN CALL OFFICE "If. we were going to succeed at all, we should have to gallop hard to reach the forks of the roads before the Emperor passed, which he would probably do before eight. We had only fifteen minutes in which to. cover the' two miles, and the going was very rough, but we tried it. "It was the most exciting gallop I have had since the war broke,out. When we were.within about 400 yards of the fork, in the grey of the morning light, we saw a motor car come down rushing along the road leading from Betincourt to where the road forked.and with our glasses we could easily recognize the Kaiser in it, with three other officers. The car disappeared along the eastern .road in an instant. "We were just a minute too late. But Ave did not return quite empty-handed to Boiselle. We were in time to cut off the two cars following the Kaiser's and made three of his staff and two servants prisoners and captured a pile of the royal luggage. We could not bring the latter back with us, so we destroyed it by setting it all on fire with the petrol from the cars. We retained two despatch cases, which contained valuable papers and correspondence. Our readers will be deeply interested in the following extracts from a. letter written by Qr. Mr. Sergt. Douglas M. Johnstone, of Mount Pleasant, who is serving tlie call of the Empire in the trenches of France with the First Canadian contingent: "���������'.'���������-. France, Mar. 13th, 1915. Since last writing, <we have been shifted about to several new locations, usually at very short notice, ahd at present we are just in:the thick of the fighting. The firing line is about 2,000 yards from where we are, and the German shells are continually dropping all around us. This a.m. 3 Jack Johnsons stuck about 400 yards from us, but fortunately they do very little harm, and I think our batteries must have silenced the gun which sent them, as we have heard no more from it. There are about eight of our batteries stationed in this locality; Ones in our back yard���������64 pounders, and the continuous firing makes one quite drowsy by day, and also, prevents sleeping at night." It is one continuous' roar and trembling of. the ground. About two weeks ago I had my first experience of being uut der fire. The night we took our places in the trenches in company with a certain regiment of Scottish regulars, which has won great fame here, was the most beautiful evening I ever saw. It was a Sunday, quite mild, with the moon up and not a cloud in .the sky. You could easily have read a paper. The great stillness made me think of the Almighty power, and also what a strange thing it was with all the surrounding cialm; that within a radius of 1200 yards there were thousands of men ready to go at each other with hearts full of revenge and hatred. As we were going into the trenches the enemy opene fire on us with their Maxims, hut luckily no one was hit. The trench we were in was not a very good one, but the adjoining one was better, being well supplied with dug Outs and other protection. The mud is terrible, but we are used to it by now. We have some very exciting aircraft fights in our vicinity, our men generally having the best of it. Part of my duty is to see that provisions are taken to the men in the trenches, no mean job, as everything has to be put in sacks a^d carried away in the darkness. We are always fired on when going inv and if we could only see something to shoot back at we Would feel very much better, but we just have to stand and listen tov4he bullets whistlingV through the air. Luckily none of us on this duty have been hit yet. This morning11 had a narrow escape when a shrapnel shell burst about 70 feet over my head, and I cannot understand how I escaped, as the bullets and frag: ments dropped all around meXI was in the act of picking up pieces of the shell when two more burst overhead, so I continued my journey down the road at a quick step. Nice sensation! You can hear the shell coming, but you don't know where it is going to burst. It is no good running, so the only thing to do is to keep right along on your course and trust to luck. This evening as I passed the place again I found a piece of the shell, which I am keeping as a Don't Procrastinate���������Plant Soon. The British Columbia Apples, in a world competition, captured the Gold Medal Prize. 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To-night a terrific' bombardment is, going on about ten miles from here, so I suppose you will soon be hearing of another evicr tory by our comrades. My company, up to the present, hasVto^ and eight wounded.,- They have been holding a dangerous part of the line, and. certainly have done well. We all feel the loss of our com rades very much,'but will have to put up with it, for it is nothing but what -we must expect. During thirty hours^ pf my first spell in the trenches I saw only two . Germans; but I am sure I was seen several times, judging from the number of bullets that came my way. . Our battalion has had three spells in the first line trenches -up to the present, one day instructional with the regulars, three days by ourselves, and after three days' rest in again for four days. So you see I am having all the excitement one requires just now. XX 'A J. Dixon House Phone: Bay. 886 G. 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'��������� ���������'. ������������������ ���������.-���������;' '���������'��������� X '?' ��������� ._���������-.' ��������� t-,'X 's(. ��������� */��������� ��������� ��������� ' , ... ��������� '"��������� ' ���������' ''"���������'��������� Phone: Fair. 44 or at all Grocer* AT HOME iVT THE CLUB * AT THE HOTEL Ask for >>m-> The Health-Giving Natural^ Mineral Water Ref use Substitutes THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY SOLE IMPORTERS < '.'j. -Friday, April 9, 1915. THE WESTERN CALL Jt SPORTING COMMENT i The annual meeting of the Vancouver Amateur Lacrosse Association will he held to-night (Friday) in the Y.M.C.A. ��������� * ��������� Brampton has challenged again for the Mann cup, this time they may play in Calgary, and maybe not. *, * *- ��������� The semi-finalV Of. the Charity Cup competition between Cedar Cottage and Grandview will be played on Cambie street grounds Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Lachapelle, of the Montreal Nationals, who played on the coast for the cup several seasons ago, has enlisted and is going to the front with the third contingent. t ��������� m ��������� The annual meeting of the British Columbia Football Association -will be held on Saturday next in Victoria. Coquitlam and Victoria will battle for possession of the McBride Shield on the same day. The tournament dates of the North Pacific International Lawn Tennis Association have been announced. The British Columbia mainland championships will he hold at Vancouver July? 19-24 inclusive and the British Columbia July 26'31 inclusive. Bob Brown, the Beaver boss, is l all smiles over his recruits for \ this year. The weather man has lN been hoodooing the Beavers in their training to date, but with the lineup of'players Brown has gathered about him, Vancouver looks like a pennant winning team again'this season. ~*T' ��������� ���������y i ii t What is the ^-matter with the School '���������. League, lacrosse teams f If the game is ever to regain its popularityithroughout the Dominion, the -public school is most assuredly the training ground. Some of the lacrosse lovers in this city would be on the right track "if they interested themselves in the activities of the youngsters who spend their spare time on the vacant lots in this' neighborhood and interest theni in this great."game.;" ;X JJJ X��������� '���������'. J- . '���������"��������� ���������������:..*. J- Jt is fitting t������ comment that in the withdrawal Of the New Westminster team from lacrosse there passes one of the most effective lacrosse machines Canada has ever seen. The Salmonbellies Haye! held the cup for six years, Varidfif the lacrosse fans of, the Fraser river town were as ehthusr iastic as of yore, there is ho rea* son to suppose that the mug would move for several seasons to come, for while the boys are all veterans at the .game now, there is much good lacrosse in them yet. Suspension for one year and one month was the heavy punishment handed to Smith of the Cedar Cottage Rangers by the executive of the B. C. Football Association for striking a referee on the field. The offence" is a serious one. Discipline on the field of sport is equally as necessary as in the public school, and the loss of this player's services to his club ought to be an object lesson for other teams, some of whose members are prone to resort to rowdy tactics while playing the game. Lacrosse is likely to boom on the, coast this summer if the plans of the promoters mature. For some time negotiations have been in progress between Con Jones, representing the Vancouver team, and Boss Johnson, of the Victoria team, for the formation of a two-team; league comprising Victoria and Vancouver. At the meeting held in the capital last week, the move took definite form in the formation of the Western Canada Lacrosse League. It is the intention to communicate with the Minto Cup trustees asking them to put the cup up for competition, and this is likely to be complied with, as Tumour has it that the eastern league will be a defunct organization this year. Victoria will he strengthened by a number of the Westminster team, and it will be like old times to see How ard and Lalonde playing the cat and mouse game on the green sward. of lacrosse is too well known to have his motives misunderstood. In the west there is a tremendous laxity regarding amateur sport, and it is a time for stocktaking in this respect. * *. * The basketball tournament run off at the Y. M. C. A. last week-end resulted in New Westminster Y.M.C.A. winning the provincial honors In the 116 -lb. class., King Edward High School of Vancouver in the 125- lb. class, and Vancouver Y.M.C.A. in the 135-lb. class. The finals were witnessed by a large crowd of spectators and much splendid work was seen. Crescents, of Mt. Pleasant church, battled against Westminster in the first game, and lost out by a large score. Grandview high school had the edge on King Edward High school most of the second game, but an eleventh hour- rally put the latter in the lead which they managed to hold until the close. In the third game, Victoria, high school were completely outclassed by Vancouver intermediate Y. team. There was nothing to the game but a sure win for the latter, who played brilliant and effective basket ball throughout. At the close' Prof. WesbroOk, of the B. C. University, presented the shields presented by the Vancouver Y.M.C.A. to the winners. THE BLACK CHAMPION MEETS DEFEAT Many followers of pugilism were interested in the outcome of the meeting of Johnson and Willard on Monday-last in Havana, Cuba. Of recent years there has developed a strong prejudice against the black champion, Jack Johnson, for various reasons. His method of life, his violation of the recognized laws of decency and his vulgar flaunting of challenges far and wide had their ef- FIGHT AGAINST LIQUOR TRAFFIC WAB AND ALCOHOL The very deepest tragedy of the war is that so many hundreds of thousands of Britain's best breed, the young, the virile^ the fit, are marched out to wounding and death, while a percentage of the next generation of Britons, greater than ever before in British history, will be bred by the undersized, the unheroic, the unnerved, who will breed after their kind their handicapped and thewless progeny. War will kill the fit. The unfit will survive and their children will be made still more unfit by the liquor habits which destroyed their parents. War will slay its thousands, but alcohol its tens of thousands. V ��������� ��������� ��������� FORGING AHEAD The United States is going '' dry "at a rate that is surprising among even the most ardent advocates of prohibition. A year ago there were nine prohibition states in the union; today there are eighteen, the number having: exactly doubled in a single year; but this is only the beginning. Ohio and South Carolina toD vote oh state wide prohibition this year, and it has already been settled that eight, Carolina, Mor ida, Kentucky, Nebraska, Montana, South "Dakotay Vermont and Utah will vote in 1916, while prohibition; bills; are now pending in the legislatures^ of five other states, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Maryland and In- "dianas At the'present tirae over half the population of the United States lives where liquor. is not legally sold, and the "dry" territory comprises eighty-five per cent, of the land area. There are in the union only seven states which have no local option or There is a great fuss being made in amateur lacrosse circles over the Mann cup. Trustee Lally says it must go to Calgary, and the amateur lacrosse bodies of. the Dominion say Vancouver. The outcome^ will likely be the discarding ~of the mug as an amateur trophy altogether. The case has aroused much interest in all the Dominion, buj? spe^ung with a. knowledge of condiipff pn this end of the line, it shbui������l prove/ an object, lesson to the V. A. C. and kindred organizations that no halfway amateur methods be allowed to creep into supposedly simon pure ranks. There is ho doubt that Lally has some ground for his present actions. His reputation is at stake, and his position^ in: Canada as a promoter feet in public disapproval and it is no wonder that the world I pVohfoitioTw "The remainder was ^sentimentally against him. of the 8tftt excluding those Anyhow the great pugdom event which have alpeady adop8ted pro hibition, are more than half "dry" already by county and municipal local option���������Montreal Witness. happened on Monday last, and after twenty-five rounds of furious milling, mostly in favor of the negro, the black man took the count unexpectedly. The long sought laurels of the white pugilists have been gained by Jess Willard and the world hails him in that respect. At any rate the black man died game and withknki passing from th^Muar- ed ar���������aia.v th$'���������*}. goes or ^l the eV^rest scrppers tb^^^/d has fairer seen, '/ie new cSampion will f itt>~ doubt be besieged with vaudeville offers, but so far as the world at large is concerned there is no particular merit attached to the win. Radiators Artistic in design. Perfect in finish. Made in Canada. layjor-porbes Co. LIMITED Vancouver, B. C. START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT .:.... w<S*n by presenting your good wife with an up-to-date motor washing machine and ball-bearing wringer; one of ours will please her. We have a complete stock of Clothes Dryers, Washboards, Wash Boilers, Tubs and Clothes Pini We deliver promptly. AVR. Oweni Morrison Trie Mt. Pleasant Hardware Phone Fair. 447 2337 Main Street See Us far Quality Printing LOW) WJLNI5E ON PEACE That there can be no peace without consulting the leading statesmen overseas,/was the main theme ^of-an-address: delivered by Lord Milner in Whitehall recently. It was true that the people and the government of Great Britain had shown their warm-hearted appreciation of moral and material help the Dominions had brought to bear in the present conflict, but there was a far greater obligation than gratitude binding upon the mother country. Because the Dominions had played so splendid a part in a war they had no voice in declaring, it did not follow that they would equally endorse any terms for peace which they had no share in making. Lord Milner took a grave view of the matter, and foresaw a risk for which there was no possible excuse in running. On a previous occasion he reminded his hearers, it wasn't war, but the aftermath of war that brought about disruption of empire. He appealed for an exchange of views between the statesmen of the empire. There was plenty of time to think about it if the question were taken up immediately, and one can hardly fail to realize the necessity of such exchange of views with the statesmen of the Dominions, which were concerned in the movement of the war. For rank and file there was no better rule than to concentrate their efforts upon achievement of victory, but of those who had the destinies of the country in their hands, something more was expected. They had got to look ahead and to take counsel betimes with men, who occupied similar positions in cur overseas empire, so that when the time came, we might enter into negotiations for peace with a full knowledge: of their views and desires, and with something like sympathy with their point of. 'view. ALBEJtTA'S RAILWAY P0MO7 FOB TBJB YE.A* Premier Sifton has announced the government railway policy for the year as follows: Loan to the Central Canada Railway Co. up to an amount not exceeding 80 per cent, of the cost of the road between McClellan and Peace Iliver Crossing. Increase of the guarantee of the Canadian Northern western branch from Oliver, on the Canadian Northern Railway; eight miles east of Edmonton to St. Paul de Metis, from $13,000 to $18,000 per mile. Guarautee of a branch line of the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British^ Columbia 'RMlwayV Ifrom a point on the main line thereof to or through Grand Prairie city for a distance not to'exceed sixty miles, at $20,000 per mile. PUSHING P. G. E. HAILS TOWARD PWNOE GEORGE Mr. A. H. Sperry, general manager of the Pacific Great Eastern railway, announces that the bridge across the Fraser river at Lillooet was/now so far advanced that the track laying gangs were busy putting down the steel rails on that structure. With the completion of the bridge and the construction of the track to that point the track will be pushed still further ahead to Prince George and a junction with the Grand Trunk Pacific. Meantime a regular mixed passenger and freight service is being operated on the section between Squamish and Lillooet. During the spring, summer and fall the company proposes to conduct a regular week-end excursion to Lillooet over its line. Passengers will leave Vancouver on Fridays and return on Saturdays and Tuesdays. The connections with Squamish will be made by boat out of Vancouver. Grand Trunk Pacific officials announce that beginning to-morrow the company will operate each Wednesday a through tourist car from Prince Rupert to St. Paul to take care of the demand. Traffic on the British Columbia section is rapidly increasing. The most remarkable echo known is that in the castle of Simonetta, two miles from Milan. It repeats the echo of a pistol- shot sixty times. ��������� ,. 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WE PRINT CATALOGUES MAGAZINES BOOKLETS FOLDERS COMMERCIAL STATIONERY Terminal City Press Limited PHONE FAIR. 1140 203 KINGSWAY I J- rc Xi s THE WESTERN CALL Friday, April 9, 1911 ������4*******************4* *+*+*+*+********************* SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ��������� y*+*+4+4+44)4*4********<*********** Rev. E. G. Robb, of Mount Pleasant, has accepted a call to St. Stephen's church, North Vancouver, and'will take up his new duties shortly. Rev. Chas- H. Daly., of West Summerland, B. C, was a visitor at the Call office this week, while in the ci|ty attending the meeting of the .Presbyterian synod of British Columbia. On Sunday morning Mr. David G. Coleman, 2700 10th Avenue west, was found dead in his bed. Mr. Coleman had been employed as engineer in the customs examination warehouse. Heart failure caused death. Vancouver lost an old-timer this week in the demise of Captain Malcolm McLeod, a former harbormaster, of Vancouver, at the ripe age of eighty. Forty years ago Captain McLeod was a deep sea skipper from Prince Edward Island Xtrading between Nova- Scotia and the Indies .ports, and the various'social and moral reform societies of the city. The audience generally were well pleased and have spoken .very highly of the production. MT. PLEASANT Y.P.S.C.E. The regular meeting of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Y.P.S.CE. was held in the schoolroom Monday evening at the usuau hour. The topic, ''Conquering Discouragement," was very ably taken by Miss C. McKenzie, assisted by Miss M. McKenzie, and quite a number took part in the open meeting. The topic for ^ next week is "Getting Ready for the Next Life," and will be taken by Mill E. Smith, assisted by Miss Dawson. On account pf a benefit concert in aid of the, Red Cross, be; ing given by .the Dramatic So-'. ciety, the* meeting for next week will be held Tuesday instead pf Monday, at 8 o'clock. student for many years of the conditions leading up to the present conflict, and has an excellent grasp of the situation, .which does not fail to. grip and hold his audience on what might otherwise be a dull subject. ��������� * # NEW MARKET MANAGER The markets and industries committee of the city council has at last succeeded in reducing the number of names on application for the position as head of. the city market to three. These are Messrs. A. P. Cameron, A. W. Gooderich and CM. Forsyth. The salary recommended is .$100 a month. This has been one of the serious problems before the city councils in recent years, and it is hoped now that the committee have the matter well in hand this public institution will soon prove an advertisement and a revenue producer to the city at large. ��������� ��������� ��������� ALDERMANIC BYE-ELECTION ,. On Tuesday morning last, ���������through the courtesy of Mr. Sos- ' kin, local manager of the Famous Players Film Co., a private exhibition was given in the Colonial theatre of Vtheweelebrated temperance film adapted from ��������� Jack London's story '' John Barleycorn," ito a large and representative audience from the Ministerial Asociation, the W.C.T.tJ., Good Templars, Royal Templars, B. C. .Sunday School Asociation. EXCELLENT LECTURE ON THE WAR A lecture on "The War, Its Causes and Effect" was given by Prof..,. E'. O.dlum, in the Dundas Street Methodist Church, on Tuesday evening last, under the auspices of the W. C. T. U. The With a majority of 342 over his opponent, Mr. E. J. Clark, Mr. Thos. H. Kirk was elected alderman for Ward 1 in Wednesday's rbyeelection made necessary, by the retirement of Aldermaii VHep- burn to run for the mayoralty. There were 868 votes cast. Oi these Mr. Kirk polled 605 and Mr. Clark 263. \ ,,.vX;,xX'������ totetl vote was 55 -less The speaker gave many novel ideas in ^an Mr- Clark, received jU the connection with the ( war that were a revelation to many of the audience, and this made the lecture unusually interesting and profitable. Prof. Odium has been a close .Custom 8hM"Repairing P. PABIS, Prop. WORLD SHOE CO. BEST SHOE BEPAXBlNa IN THE CITY Work Done While You Wait ' Work Called for and delivered Iioggera', Mtatp', Cripples' .utd any Kind of Special Sboes Made f-' Jo Older - 64 BASTINGS STBEET.W. Next Columbia Theatre Phone: Seymour 1770. ��������� VANCOUVER, B. C. January elections when he ran third: In the annual election for alderman in Ward 1 there were 3757 vptes cast, so that Wednesday's vote in comparison was light,although it was much bigger than had been expected. \ :������ " ��������� '. XXi*'. '���������:���������: CASH PRIZES AT THE BROADWAY Manager Gow Will Give Premiums to Patrons on Tuesday . Night���������Chaplin Again Featured in Comedy Bill���������Black Box Coming in Pew Weeks. < you going to wear this winter? Why teckte's, of Course And I am going to see that my wife buys them for THE BOYS too. They are the best to wear and are made in Vancouver. Phone Seymour 8171 STOREY & CAMPBELL 518-520 BEATTY ST. VANCOUVER, B.C. MANUPACTUBERS OF Light and Heavy Harness, Mexican Saddles, Closed Uppers, Leggins, etc. A large stock of Trunks and Valises always on hand. BUGGIES, WAGONS, Ete Leather of all kinds. Horse Clothing. We are the largest manufacturers and importers of Leather Goods in B. C. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Manager Gow, of the Broadway theatre, is keeping up^his usual high standard of prograjn, and for next week -has p%ked as well balanced a bill as atiy of the best down town theatres; Every film shown is of the high' est-price-house variety, and iean be seen for less money, besides the saving in car fare. On Tues, day evening "��������� he is giving four prizes. A total value of ten dollars. ' ..; ���������'._���������-. V' ���������: ..._.._���������-;. ._'' . Charlie Chaplin is being featured again this week, appearing first on Monday evening in "Twenty Minutes of LoveX The program will also include a Flying U feature in two -reels en^ titled No. 329, a thrilling tale of false imprisonment, i George Ade's "Fable of the Syndicate liover-' is a coraedy^true tolife,= and one that creates a laugh all the way through, also with a moral that everyone will appreciate. , Francis Forde and Grace Cunard are now noted for their thrilling mystery plays and will; be seen in their latest effort "The Mysterious Hand" ofi Tuesday evening. "A Gentleman of Nerve" is a Keystone laugh from start to finish white Charlie Chaplin, Mr. Wow-Wow iltad Mr. Walrus, three comedians that will keep one in roars of. laughter. This will be shown on Wednesday and Thursday, with an original western thriller, "The Desert Breed," with Pauline Bush as the heroine. Followers of the "Master Key" serial will see the twelfth episode of this entertaining series oh Friday and Saturday, the bill being rounded off with the latest Nestor comedy "They Were on Their Honeymoon," showing the favorite juveniles Victoria Forde, Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. LA^VJST SEED FERTILIZER SEED OATS Early Rose Seed Potatoes Grace Darling Seed Potatoes Sutton's Reliance Seed Potatoes F. T. VERNON THE MOtJNT PLEASANT FEED STORE 255 BROADWAY EAST Two Phones: Fair 186 and 878 Try Our Own Diamond Chick Food for Best Results RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT Splendid Dramatic Production to be Given Under Red Cross Auspices on Monday Night- Mr. Pleasant Dramatic Society Will Have Charge of the Programme. ��������� -j-- ~ ���������' ������������������ ������������������ Programmes are out for a grand entertainment under the auspices of. the Cfentral City executive of the Bed Cross Society to be held in the Imperial theatre, Main St., on Monday evening of next week> commencing at 8.15. o 'clock. The entertainment will take the form of a four-act dramatic production by T. W. Robertson, entitled '' School,'' and will be put on by the Mount Pleasant Dramatic Society, an exceptionally clever and versatile company of entertainers. The affair bids fair to be one of the events of the season, and the players have gone to no end of expense and trouble in preparation. There are many congratulatory things which might be said about the entertainers, suffice to say, that they are probably unsurpassed for amateur work anywhere on the coast, most certainly not in this province. Added to that the patriotic nature of the affair, and the Imperial Theatre should be packed to the doors and from the '". manner in which tickets are selling, this will be the case. The Red CrOss - Society has been doing splendid work^all during the past winter on behalf of the cause for which they are banded together, and this their first spring entertainment should prove a/.winner. . Doors will be open at 7.30_ and the curtain rises at 8.15. Popular prices will prevail, 25c, 50c and $1.00, and the material fund of the Society should be largely augmented froih the proceeds. The caste of characters as follows:: ^ . Lord Beaufoy, Archie Strang; Dr. Sutcliffe, Glen Nixon; Beau Farm- tosh, A. De Twbrnicki; Jack Poyntz, W. Crighton; Mr. Cruxj! W. Leney; Vaughan, W. Strang; Mrs. Sutcliffe, Miss C.V Dowallp Bella,^ Miss Ethel Riches; Naomi . Tighe, Miss Nada Johnstone; Tilly, .Miss Ada Milton; Milly, Miss Mary Crotts; Laura, Miss Muriel Stewart;..'..'.Clara;.- Miss Ethel Butchart; Hetty,; Miss Isabel Gait; school girls, Jean Robertson, J. Strang, KittyXHugheS) Marion Wilson, J. Sheridan. ' RECORDING COW QUAI4TY In Afeny dairy s^ctio: GERMANY AND HOLLAND NEARING HOSTILITIES Rumors were" current in London within the past day or so of a declaration of hostilities between Germany and Holland. They were , not confirmed .by despatches from the Hague and the minister of The Netherlands." in London had no confirmation of the report. It is a well known fact, however, that Germany has leanings towards a strip of the Dutch f ront- ier, and open warfare ere long is not unlikely. kin Canada- itWAquite po^ibie.^dging frora,! Smft������il figureY tp fi&r*% herd of cows producing milkAi$ a feed cost of only sixty-two cents, or less, per hundred lbs., 'whiie.' on a farm two miles away milk costs perhaps ninety cents or more per hundred for feed- And on that farui where milk costs more, may often be found some daily requisites, such as a pure bred dairy sire, good ensilage, etc. Other requisites may be lacking, well rounded dairy judgment, cow quality. * Solid and lasting success is attained- both- easier-and���������quicker by the intelligent use of dairy records, this is just common sense selection of paying cows, instead of. the indiscriminate boarding of ��������� 'just / cows;" The individual cow of good promise is quickly and unerringly, spotted by the use of simple dairy records and fed for better production at less cost, while the antique souvenir, useless as a profit maker, is beefed because she lacks ability to produce milk at a reasonable cost for feed. ���������'" The man who raises ^ his own calves can take quick strides in building up a good herd, for he keeps only his best cows and knows just what he has got. The man who sells, often sells his best cows for a song (this is the plain history of some world-champion cows) just because he does not' know what good quality he has; dairy records woidd have informed him. A matter of ten minutes per cow per month spent in recording will put surprising, most illuminating results before any herd owner, indicative of great possibilities at present dormant JLa his dairy cows. Write to the Dairy Division, Ottawa, for samples of record forms, and start to lower your cost of milk production by selecting better cow quality. The British admiral commanding the fleet along the Atlantic coast, has notified the British Ambassador, Sir. Cecil Spring- Rice, at Washington and he in turn has notified the State department that no supplies whatever had been taken to the shops from American ports. The admir" al said ample supplies were being obtained from Halifax and Bermuda. Rrqadway FEATURES FOR NEXT WEEK Monday, April 12��������� No. 3^9, a thrilling tale of false imprisonment with Murdock MeQuarrie; Charles Chaplin, in "Twenty Minutes of Love"; .George Ade's latest film fable "The Svndicate Lover." . *j Tuesday- Three Reels of Mystery with Francis Ford and Grace Cunard, entjtled " The Mysterious Hand." Drawing at 8.30 p.m. $10.00 in Prises. Wednesday and Thursday- Charles Chaplin, Mr. Walrus and her Wow- Wow all in one comedy, ''Gentlemen of Nerye"; Pauline Bush in "The Desert Breed." Friday and Saturday- Episode No/ 12 of "The Master Key"; Victoria Forde, Eddie Lyons in " They Were on Their HoneyM>6ih^V " a THE WEST IS ONCE AGAIN OPTIMISTIC "People who have been most timid with regard to the financial situation in Canada are becoming more optimistic. The announcement that C. P. R. earnings were $507,000 higher in February this year is one of the signs of the times. From now on, says the Canadian Courier, the railway earnings should exceed those of last yearV There has been some question of the C. P. R. dividend, a few -pessimists predicting a reduction. With increased earnings and improved prospects there is practically no danger of a reduction; j-..- . " "Some of the pessimism is due to a misunderstanding of the annual reports which are coming out. These relate onty to business up to December 31, -and do not include business results obtained in the first three months of_���������,.'������������������ thisfw. year.XThese months bave boefJ much better than the last three months 'of 1914. The manufacturers have been busier. Municipalities have found it easier to finance, and hence have increased their activities. X y "As spring advances conditions must improve. The prospects for a bumper crop in 1915 are better than in any year during the past decade. Retail merch^ts in the west are ordering moreff-reely because their stocks are too low to meet even the ordinary re> iiuirem^sx^xflm^p^ nomical period. > .-"��������� '' Investors should not be misled by reports of last year's business. Nearly every company in, Canada will show larger profits in 1915 than they did in 19H." ,.. BRITAIN MAY ENFORCE PARTIAL PROHIBITION The government, as was ex- pected, has decided against universal prohibition, but the new' drink regulations have not as yet been decided. The general,���������policy now favored is prohibition of the sale^ of spirits .and wines, either throughout the entire country or throughout the military and munitions manufacturing areas, shortened hours of public house , opening - and the Compulsory reduction of. the strength bf beer. . Everything indicates drastic anti-spirit regulations, whisr key being held,largely responsible for the shortcomings of the workers. The prohibition of the saU'of wine is now more favorecf, lest workers nurse the grievance that the rich have wine while the poor are robbed of their whiskey. The, substitution of lager for the English heavy ales is ad- vocated by Lloyd George. The government is conferring with the leaders of the opposition for the arrangement ' of a mutual program. The opposition will place no obstacles in the way of any action the government, considers- necessary, provided compensation is granted to the suppressed^ drink interests. The government admits the principle of .compensation. V' & ; ' -������ MOUNT PLEASANT (Opposite Bingham's) * We have just moved from Granville. Street to our new store, ai/d invite your inspection of our stock. ���������. x , - X No need to go down town for bargains, v Get them here. Help youij'own district and save money byy doing'.'so.' ./.'/ ,;.X' x '"��������� '/'-'/ Jk-J Phone Fair. 2086 2424 Main Street We buy Furniture and give best Market Prices Phone: Fair. 817 r^ KEELER'S NURSERY 15th and Main Street *. For Easter Plants and Cut Flowers, all in first class shape. H3JW-36SK.. JL-. ���������ii;v^;.:;.'--.
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Title | The Western Call |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Terminal City Press |
Date Issued | 1915-04-09 |
Description | Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People. |
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Vancouver (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly Published by Dean and Goard from 1910-01-07 to 1910-04-01, Terminal City Press from 1910-04-08 to 1915-12-24, and then McConnells from 1915-12-31 to 1916-06-30. |
Identifier | The_Western_Call_1915_04_09 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2012-09-14 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0188560 |
Latitude | 49.2500000 |
Longitude | -123.1167000 |
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