PAGE FOUR. E-- | St SW TRAE DATLY RRITISA wma. FRIbAY, MAY They pay a handsome divi- dend. In an average life of 60 Years a man spends almost two-thirds of his time in shoe- leather--startling, but true. It is easy. then, to realize | the necessity to invest in good shoes. "INVICTUS" Shoes are made for people who appreci- ate the value of good feet. | Sawyer Shoe Store. AGENTS: ---------- ---------------------------- rere Hardwood Flooring Cleaner and better than carpets. " 'Can be laid over an old floor. "MAPLE and OAK in & Co S Jogi & Go = "Phone 66. - Fancy Summer Suits ancy Sus Finest of materials, best of work: manship and lates: designs. Your choice at $5.50, $7.30. $8.30, 510, $12, $13, £14.30 and S18. A Suit at a prica to fit every pocketbook. Algo a full line of Collars, Ties, Underwear, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Boots. Shoes. ete ISAAC ZACKS, 27 PRINCESS STREET, Representalives WANTED to sell Montreal City Real Estate. This is a proposition offering special inducementsto buyers, thus making selling easy. Liberal commission to good men. Write for full particulars. REALTY CO. B $03 Board of Trade Butiding, - 10% CASH Given to lots in NEw Soc .jtario, at §6 per year. Editions at THE WHIG SEVENTYNINTH YEAR DAILY BRITISH WHIG, "™ ERY BRITISN WHIG, 16 r ring a a , be sdde I Ae of Daity $3 published at 306310 Rng Street, Kingston, On 39 and 4 p.m Dages, published in parts on Monda To United Stases charge for postage and of Weekly $1.60 per year. and ad to Attached 1s cne of the best Job Printing Offices In Canada; rapld, stylish, and cheap work; nine improved presses THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED J. @, Elliott, President Leman A. Guild, See~Treas TORONTO OFFICE~Buite 19 and 20 Queen City Chambers, 33 Church Street, Toronto. H. E EBmaliplece, J P, representative. POLITICAL CONVERSIONS. ---- The unionist party, created by the defection of British liberals from the liberal party over the home rule ques: tion, under. the distinguished pilotage of Joseph Chamberlain and the Duke of Devonshire, has ceased to be. The aforetime liberals, like all converts in religion and politics, became the most ardent and zealous members of the conservative arty and forfeited for ever any claim they had to be liberals and defenders of liberal principles. The extrome radicals--the Chamber- lains--excelled the conservatives in (he adveacy which they opposed and in the liberal party. of all those things antagonized when It is not surpris- A ing then that, after this thing had gone on for years, there should be a desire to drop all reference to the de fection, and the cause of it. ty henceforth will not the liberal-unionist, tive only. The par be known as but the conserva: It is the unevitable result of change The man who breaks with his party in any way breaks from it for good In Canada sbmegmen have posed as rebels on principle, princihle, but later managed to adapt account they themselves or on ol in life have to cir cumstances and principle ever thus. conditions in which was not apparent. It wa FINANCE DEPARTMENT CLEARED. i msiniend, One admission was made by Tin vers at the inquiry into the Traders' Bank case, which Chief Justice Mers- ;dith is conducting. ito a cheque for $3,000 which It had reference went through the bank in its early history and in the procuring of its charter. Mr. Travers does not forget that before his fall he shad 14s friends, and they were he needed help. One of them got this $3,000, but for what purpose or what service only Mr. Travers knows. When pressed for information he declined to give it, saying that he would sooner go back to prison for the full of his sentence, helpful to him when length or for a longer per- than make the exposure that had been invited. It was hinted that some one in the finance department might be the recipient, and Mr. iod, Travers answerad : "Mr. Fielding did not get the cheque, anyway." It was shifted that to pointed out the the this only suspicion some one in finance depart ment, and Mr. Travers had no hesita tion in saying that the the "no. one in finance cheque," départment received method be found for the charted ng of banks, and that the ex- perignce with the Farmers' Bank may bave its illuminating effects. 1f that is the or if that is the expected result, of the second enguiry, well and good. Enough has transpired, It may be that some better or routine may aim, how- ever, to clear the finance department, with Mr. Fielding as its head, indifference or of any the in and confession of the genexal manager irregulafity, this respect is not without its | significance, ~ great ENGLAND APPEALS TO CANADA. The naval question will probably become an intense issue in Canadian politics and because of circumstances over which the government has little or mo control, The imperial gov- ernment realized, in the last general election, how deeply the people were affected by the talk of men questioned . England's supremacy of the Lord C. Beresford's book, "The Betrayal," created a sensation, though it was finally accepted as the work of an alarmist. My Jord the admiralty differed on certain points, and he prematurely retired command in the navy. He spoke and wrote in a hostile spirit, and his views had to be taken at discount. who sea; and from his n British discontent, tish uneasiness, however, or Bri- suggested a change in the naval programme, and in the direction of the naval department. Mr. Churchill, a young but aggressive man, became first lord, and under him things have been moving quickly. The Haldane mission to Germany will be remilled. If it was a pleasurable mis- sion--if my lord carried the olive branch as he is said to have done-- nothing came of it. wont on with its policy of naval expansion. Lioyd George followed, handsome surplus in the year's nances, which surplus he set for the emergencies of the navy. Churchill ordered a naval review Germany a fi- aside Mr. at announcing the close of which he revealed the plan of a British patrol of all the waters and in protection British possessions. Finally, of and as a reply to German defiance, in its extravagant outlay on naval armament, Mr, Churchill de picted the new British scheme of add ing rapidly and indefinitely to the to to contribute this great cause in: the interest of British unity. Clearly the proposition of the Dritish admiralty is that the over- seas dominions shall provide units, as many as possible, which shall be under the direction of the dominions and un- der the command of the British miralty in times of war. navy of Britain, and of looking the colonies to naval in times of peace, ad- This was the Laurier government's policy,' it Us important to note that it being revived*® by the British admiral ty, and it will be urged upon the re- presentatives and is of the overseas domin- ions when they meet in London pre- sently, Mr, Churchill lauds and magnifies Australia and New Zealand for what they have done, and he dearly pects Canada to do better than whens the plans of the imperial gov- drament been revealed. The wealthiest of all the colonies is called upon to do its part in imperial fence, and it cannot be ignored deferred. ex- they have de- or STREET RAILWAY MATTERS. -------- The city of St. Thomas has had ar experience . with its street railway which is very suggestive. The railwa; was projected by a private corpora tion and run by it for many a year al a loss. Finally it was abandone by the company, or sold to the city council, with the people's concurrence for a consideration. Its founders rea ized that a city had to be of a certair size. in ordor to produce profitabl trafic for its street ears. The popu Jt is uald, should. be 8} Joos le of St. Thomas bad be L they have voted for the necidsgry re lief. A sum of $30,000 is to De spent nu the railway, as a public conveni- nce, and with a low rate of power, upplied "by the city, a pew start he made. Kingston has not had exactly same experience with its street rail- way, but there is a similarity and a basis for comparison. The road hore was mot abandoned, but it would have suspended operations for a time had not a couple of the stockholders made a mighty effort to keep it run ning. It may or may not be making money now. Its aflairs are private, and there is no public announcement - | with regard to them. The 'track on Princess street should be raised and renewed, when the street is paved, and the peviiig, would probably be done at once but for it. The company dees not see its way clear to assume go a aula on this account, and the is to the of organizing are thew department, where a general manager is realizing that his man One can see ir connection with ithe utilities plans can only become eficetive when a ommit tee acts, and it is «dow souk The city would not do tha perhaps not as than company with well, but the railway would be run as a public convenience, aod as such its service would be ht much musi sooner or later ap- if consider preciated looks very as the city the expediency of taking aver the road and a valuation olf the "DITORIAL N OTES. -- -- hod Wd and plant, operating il in people Mr. tion in Cuebee, tellier, the leader of the opposi- has been dumblounded late The has suffered through to Lavergme, defeat the election. he the errors of men who presumed by in party, RVs, Surely--Hourassa, al, lead it. Prevost, et Congress seeks to extend but limit the American presidency to six years It does not take into account that a man like Roos ther extension, if may desire a fur will get al any velt amd he it ble, a king ? wh he wants, Why would look well in print. poss rice. not make him Feds 1 the the A great change Yan come over people, and their sentiment, in Irish home rule question. i» regarded with so much favour, that its adoption is now expected. This but to the discretion with which the 18 lue to many causes, principally Irish ed leaders have the in recent years 'discus sub The British enquiry into the Titanic weident bringing that is I'he war enough to see rockets sent up by he Titanic, is out some evi- lence new. California was bat the eaptain did not respond because he did not think they yroceeded And a hottom steamer, to the from a passenger freighter--could go able-bodied bat wre being Two heartless men prosecuted in Toronto under ui act passed in the time of Elizabth recanse they will not contibute to the maintenance of their aged and helpless It 'ty has been mother. i= well that some author found for the procedure, ind the law should he revived and em- shasized. Ey calling it. eryvon himself a man must endorse the of raising Objection has been taken to "barn 'storming methods' money for missions. There is such a thing as too much organization, too much method, but the church wants a stirring up and" anvihing that brings highly fanlt-finding result about is to be Ii the would little mg ik would do them g this re rarded. some of clergy do a barn yor The Western pany had better duce its rate ght and power to Brantford at Its treasurer another place, Whodstock, the Ilydro-Electric legs than cost, is by Commission and Brantiord's it would get all tha other place at It is time to redeem assur- ance was that any received ten cent, less, that pledge. £PIRIT OF THE PRESS. Well He Was Saved, Hamilton Herald It's just as well that J. Bruce Ismay didn't go down with the Ti- tanic. He and his wife have start- ed a fund to provide Jpensions for the widows of seamen lost at sea, and have contributed $100,000 to it. Where Responsibility Rests. Toronto Mail The responsibility naval armancnts many. offer of limitation made by Great Britain, and has shown no sign of desiring to bring the mad race of battleships to an end, or even 10 confine it within reasonable bounds. ot rests increasing upon Ger It All Depends. Montreal Herald Mr. Borden is "assuring Toronto that he will erect in that city a series of Government buildings of which any eity might be proud. Sir] Lomer Gouin has done that al- ready for the City of Montreal, and the friends of Mr. drive him from power on account of it. Bvidently it all depénds upon who is the builder. Champ Clark eaptured the Maryland delegation. Swagger Shoes of the | I'he, proposal | storm | bas clearly proven that | sovied) at | per | 7 Her Government refused an! Borden tried to! | | | | Smart Oxfords $4.00 and $4.50 Our New Oxfords are designed for Young Men, and they are the Season. Hat » . Dainty Shirts New Peter Pan Styles. We're sure that we're holding the greatest shirt sale in town ! Handsome colorings im new tints of Blue, Grey, Cream, Tan, ete, Priced at 75¢, $1, $1.25. $1.50, $2 Sale ALL THIS WEEK The Celebrated King Hats, Bibby's Special New Flat Derby. New Colors. All 1912 Regular Price, $2.50. $1.50 New Soft Hats. New Shapes. Models. BIBBY'S $15.00 Are Beauties Our New Models in Young Men's Suits have a smartness, dash and vim about them that is very" pleasing to Smart Dressers. some very stunning new Exclusive Suiits We are showing fabrics and colorings. Styles. Counties Electric com- | for | once, Men's |" { SALVATION BRIDE IS FREE. She Tried to Reform Grandson, Bus She Failed. York, May 17.--Mrs. a former Salvation Army las obtained, yesterday, from Supreme Court Justice Guy. a decree of separa tion from William | grandson of the iniss New Furniss, gle, IB. Alice Furniss, the Fur at m Ponsonby founder of now estimated | than 340,000,000 week was awarded. When the was called for trial several weeks ago it announced that an amicable arrangement had been effected and that Furniss would pay his wife a larger amount of ali mony than the sum specified by Jus tice Guy yesterday. Testimony on the trial showed that Furniss was a heayy drinker and that the Salvation girl, who met him at a meeting, decided to reform him. She {thought she had accomplished her pur- {pose and they were married; i niss soon returned to his old habits. i When drunk he threatened to shoot her and often assaulted her, his wifo said. "His conduct was such," Furniss, my. life." Counsel for Furniss, in asking that alimony be made moderate, said beth parties were at fault and that Mrs. Furniss. knew before she married what kind ol man Furniss was. "Iv -makes no difference what she knew 'about. him before she married him," said Justice Guy. "When the de- fendant married her he assumed cer: [tain obligations." Furniss is a brother of Miss Graee Livingsion : Furniss, writer. estate, ore ie of 31> a case was said Mrs, that 1 feared he would take . FRENCH FAR-EAST PLAN. The Trans-African Railway Idea of Strategic Value, Paris, May 17.--~France will hold the key 10 the fax wast if the present pi- gantic project of a trans-Atlantic rail- way is carried out. rom London to Twdia in less than five days is what M. Gautier, senator and former minister of works 4 in French gewius, French Latest Styles in Collars, » but-Hor: | The Ladies of Kingston May Now Have Beautiful Hair. All Druggists Sell the Ar- ticle and Guarantee it to Grow Hair or Refund Your Money. SALVIA the great hair grower, backed up by the manufacturers of SALVIA, the Grdat Hair Grower, guarantees it to grow hair. SALVIA destroys Dandruff days. I'he roots of the hair are so nour: ished and fed that a new ervop of hair springs up, #0 the amazement and de- light of the user. The hair is made soft and flufly. 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