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SIMPLE FUNERAL OF NINE VICTINS ji Cornishmen Bid Farewell to Their Dead Country- : men "TOUCHING SCENES _ ing of Hymns and Scrip- ture Reading Timmins, Ont., Feb. 17.--In the traditional manner of their fath- ers, hallowed by generations of observance in the homeland, the #Cousin Jacks" of the Porcupine | Tuesday afternoon bade farewell to their dead in the Hollinger disas- ter. Under the low skies of a gray day, their heads bared ta the keen mortheast winds, these Cornishmen singing as they went, familiar hymns known wherever Baglish is spoken, carried through the streets of their adopted town two com- yaes, Charles E. Richards and Harold Barrett, victims of the greatest mining tragedy in North- ern Ontario. At the corner of First avenue and Pine street their burdens were Jaid down for the last time. Then grouped about the open sleigh which was to convey the coffins for the rest of the journey to the cemetery out in the township and lifted up their voices in final tri- bute. The words were those of Cardinal Newman, and in rolling tones of wonderful harmony and richness the gathering sang "Lead Kindly Light," as all stood with bowed heads. Rev J, D. Parks, pastor of the United Church | pronounced the benediction, and as touching a scene as ever was witnessed in the north was brought i to a close. | Through the main streets from { the church following the id | there the bearers had marched in slow procession with their dead over the flower-strewn Newman's hymn was again rend ered. At the words "And I Am earlier days. The United Church was filled to capacity for the funeral service. Three other well-known hymns, the reading of the Shepherd's psalm and of cdmforting verses from Revelations, a brief address by the minister and the pronoun- cing of the benediction and the ceremony was over, Them the Cornishmen who were pall-bearers took up their posts, moved out of the church with solemn step and slow and singing as they went, proceeed hetween lines of sym- pathetic citizens toward the grave. All marched with - hats doffed. The task of laying their countrymen to rest had been com- ' pleted. ST. KITTS PUZZLED BY MYSTERD BIRD; St. Catharines, Feb, 16.--A mys- tery bird has appeared im our midst. Residents of Queenston { Road district are puzzled over a queer-looking feathered creature which is at present resting in a barn at the home of Mrs, Dunn on the Queenston Road. It looks like a barn own with the extraordinary exception that its face is smooth- skinned without a feather om it. Its features are like those of a monkey, The Aird's eyes, further- more, are much larger than an ordinary owl, while it is of a buff color, All efforts to learn the species of the strange bird have failed up to the present time. Bird lovers of the district and bird guides have proved lacking in the quest for the name or species of what some ingenious person, for want of a better term, has called "a monkey-faced owl." I ---- WELD € URN, "DIRECTLY FACING THE SEA" ATLANTIC CITY "Burapear Plan" Famous French Grill ana Restauram "A rendezvous for those wir sech the best" MUSIC SHELBURNE CONCEK } ORCHESTRA Eropre1ary Mancgemens, JACOB WHIKEL -- _--_ Reduce the Have a skilled craftsman Chevrolet regularly. 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That question was press- ed in vain from the Labor benmch- es of the House of Commons this afternoon. Answering Col. J. C. Wedgewood (Labor) the Foreign Secretary said that Sir Esme Howard's dispatch on the United States proposals af- fecting the quota of British 'im- migrants is now on the way to En- gland. At present the British Government had only newspaper reports. : Col. Wedgewood: "We should, I suppose, welcome any change to increase British immigrants to the States?" Howard Bury (Conservative) "Why not encourage immigration to Canada rather than to the Unit- ed States?" The Foreign Secretary: "Wg must wait to see the exact nature of the proposals." Answering the Rt. Hon. N, BE. Buxton (Lahor) the Foreign Sec- retary said the British Government was carefully considering as a whole the proposals of the United States regarding arbitration and renunciation of war as an instru- ment of national poliey. MINE VICTINS ARE BORNE TO GRAVE Funeral of Nine Attended By Throngs Whe March Behind Timmins, Feb, 15,--The largest funeral in the history of Northern Ontario was held this afternoon in Timmins, when the bodies of eight Finlanders and one Ukrain jan were interred in one comunity grave. The deceased were: Os- car Ahuenkoski, Armas Valo, P. Hede, Charlie Maki, John Kangas, A. Kumpuls, W, Y. Altanen and A, Aho, also M. Swaity, the Ukrainian, The Finlanders' Hall on Forth Avenue was crammed to capacity with mourners and friends, while the sidewalks were almost impas- sable for a couple of blocks, The eight caskets were arrang- ed in two groups of four so that a line of people could view the remains. Over . 1,000 persons passed through the edifice within an hour. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. The principal speaker delivered eulo- gies of the deceased men, and a few minutés after 4 o'clock the long procession formed for the last stage of the journey. Sleighs Bear Caskets The Finlanders' band, playing their national funeral music, headed the procession up Fourth Avenue an dthen south alopg Pine street, The band was followed ny three sleighs, each bearing hree caskets, with a large num- yer of pallbearers walking along- side. Then came three large Jdeighs filled with women mourn- rs. Many more men and women fol- owed on foot. The number of sersons in the procession was more than 800, while two or | three thousand more viewed the 1 scene from the sidewalks. Viewed from the boundary of the town. the cortege wending its way along the snow road present- ed a sight that was solemn apd pathetic. From the main road an eight-foot passage had been dug out of the snowdrifts to the large community grave at the west side of the cemetery, sn dthis passage was floored and lined with ever- greens. 'In the excavation of the large grave a ramp had been left at one end, and caskets were carried down by the pallbearers by side. , The grave was nine caskets were in place. Twenty Funerals Today saw the larges number of funerals fn connection with the Hollinger Mine disaster, no less than 20 of the dead miners being paid the last respects of their sur- viving comrades and friends. MacDonsld's undertaking par- lors early this morning sent the bodf of Eli Leblanc to L'Orignal, Que., and later four others were taken to St. Anthony's Church for service. These were: 0. Bastien, Orphir Chenier, Joseph Aubry and Albert Aubry. . The funeral of four members of caskets were placed on one sleigh. The Union Jack and the Jugosiay national flag were then draped over the coffins, and the cortege proceeded to the Thnmine Come yy. Seryice for Isaac Whitney of Schumacher was held at Trinity United Church, Schumacher, by the Orange Lodge. There was a large attendance of brethren and friends and the remains left on J was made outside the noon train to Havelock. Ma- sonic rites marked the funeral of Robert J. Irvine. Halifax, Feb. 15.--Under a judg- ment handed down in the Surpeme Court today by Chief Justice Har- ris, Capt. Herbert Coffin, master of the Customs cutter Grib, was made liable for damages of $9,806, arising from his illegal seizure of the Lumenburg schoomer M, E. Haines and its cargo of liquor about nine miles off Lunenburg, some months ago. The plaintiff, Capt. Ross Mason of the M., E. Haines, claimed that the seizure the territorial waters of Canada, and this was not denied by the def: The schoon- er has been delivered to its own- er. The damages, $9,806, repre- senting value of the liquor cargo, were assessed. It was stated that the decision of Chief Justice Har- ris was the first judicial decision ever handed down in Canada re- garding the legality of seizure be- yond territorial limits, and that an appeal might be made, , Culture requires a fan, says a Chinese scholar. How about our baseball variety?--Chicago Post. AD GP. R. IN WEST Means Work for Thousands --Extensive Expansion 'Plans for Spring Winnipeg, Feb. 15.-- Work for tousands of men in Western Can- ada, and payrolls running into millions of dollars, are indicated in the Western building and ex- pansion program of the Canadian Pacific Railway for the 1928 sea- son. The details of the program were announced today by D. C. Coleman, Vee Presdent, Western Lines. Tenders are already out for some of the work and opera- tions will be pushed to the ut- most as soon as spring opens up, Mr. Coleman said. New Statfons In Saskatchewan new stations will be erecte at McMahon, Arm ley, Sylvania, Laevert, Neilsburg, Crane Valley, Tuberose, Rockglen, Coronach Fox Valley and Carmi chael. At Queenstown and Heb- bena, in Alberta, new stations will also be erecte, the program states, JA number of stations will be erected at different towns im the Province of Manitoba. The ca- pacity of the Weston freight car shops, mear Winnipeg, is to be doubled and the ocomotive shops enlarged. - Brandon is to have a new power plant; extra trackage is to be lal down in hte Winniveg yards to facilitate the handling of grain, and 150 miles of rock ballasting between Winnipeg and Fort William are to be completed. At the towns of Hardisty, Wil- kie and Goudie, in Saskatchewan, new coaling plants will be built and the same construction will occur at Vulcan, Alberta, and at Crowsnest, Nelson and Tadanae, in British Columbia. Aditiowal washout plants will | William, | be installled at Fort Kenora and at Calgary. Grain Facilities To provide for the ever-increas- ing grain trafic, additional track age will be constructed at Fort William and Port Arthur; Kenora yard will be very materially cn- | larged; Red Deer terminal will be extended; additional trackage will be provided at Ogden, Cal- gary and Winnipeg; and at Van- couver new tracks will be built to sreve the company's piers and al 80 to serve the grain elevator to be constructed near the second narrrow bridge. Win Your Way to NIAGARA FALLS "The Home of Shredded Wheat" Many Scachere and school chil will visit us next summer at our expense. You can, too. Write for particulars to \ THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, Lud, _ Niagara Falls. Ontarie | MEMORIAL TO GALT'S DEAD company also sought the property | MAY BE ON OPERA HOUSE SITE | but there was another option on if | Galt, Feb, 16.--Dr. H. F. Mac-|and the War Memarial Committeq | kendrick, Chairman of the War | has succeeded in getting the Para. Memorial Committee, today made | mount Theatre Company to make {the statement that he could confi- | over their lezse and option on the | dently say that the memorial to| condition that it should be used | the city's dead will be erected om | for a memorial. It is understood |the Scott's opera house site, An oil | that the property will be donated, =" or ---------- -- SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA A TOWER OF STRENGTH zation 1927 1927 ASSURANCES IN FORCE (net) 1,487,990,000 An Increase of $231,500,000 New Assurances Paid For - An Increase of $62,518,000 Total Income - An Increase of $23,801,000 Payments to Policyholders and Beneficiaries Total Payments Since Organi- An Increase of $56,054,000 eighth successive year $ 328,408,000 102,774,000 42,224,000 300,040,000 Reserve for Unforeseen Contingencies | 2,5 00,000 Surplus over all Liabilities and Contingency Reserve - - An Increase of $11,269,000 ASSETS at December 31, 45,280,000 401,305,000 Dividends to Policyholders increased for one hundred million The high investments has been appraisal of The strength and resources of the Com have been further enhanced , , py eaTing power of the Company's has again demonstrated. The pet rate of interest earned on the mean invested assets, after fully The wisdom of the investment policy which consistently followed in past long term bonds and the a and very carefully selected cor- , has been once moré emphasized. Pe our securities shows that the values over cost increased year by $19,235,889.99. In addi- $5,028,033.20 accrued from EXTRACTS FROM DIRECTORS' REPORT Substantial advances have been made in all departments during the year. . . The total net income for the year exceeded dollars roviding for in- This the redemption or sale of securities which had risen to high premiums, The quality of the investments listed in the assets is testified by the fact that on both bonds and preferred stocks not one dollar, due either as interest or dividend, is in arrear for even one day, while the dividends accruing td mon stocks are greatly in excess of the divi- dends payable on the same stocks at the time of purchase. The su appropriations have been made: $5,000,000 has been deducted from the cet value of our securities as a further provision against possible future fluctua- tions, increasing the amount so set aside to $10,000,000. $1,500,000 has been added to the account to provide for unforeseen contingencies, which pow stands at $12,500,000. $1,000,000 has been wriiten off the Com- Office building and other years, in stocks of pany's Head properties, com- rplus earned during the year amounted to $38,511,029.67 from which the following $500,000 has been set aside to provide for the Greater longevity of annuitants, bring- ing the total provision under this heading to $2,000,000, $50,000 has been set aside to provide for claims in respect of total disability as yet unreported, $11,090,056.61 has been paid or allotted as profits to policyholders during the year, In addition, $6,205,573.00 has been con- tingently allotted to deferred dividend poli- cies issued prior to 1911, and to five year distribution policies, to provide for profits accrued but not yet payable. : _ After making these deductions and alloca~ tions, $11,269,330.89 has been added to the w% undivided surplus, bringing the total over all ties, contingency account capital stock to $45,280,896.14. Your Directors are gratified to announce, for the eighth successive year, a ial in- crease in the scale of profits to be distributed to participating policyholders during the en- suing year, N LIFE ASSURANCE OMPANY OF CANADA