a Dail T0 APPROVE OF BLOCKS Used in Street Railway Track: Mipvae:, THE BOARD OF WORKS SEEMS TO HAVE MISINTERPRET- AGREEMENT City Council Refers Matter Back.-- It Is Held That the City Engineer Should Advise As To the Type of Block To Be Used, The Board of Works will again have to deal with the question of the type of block to be used on Princess and King streets. According to the council distussion on its recommenda- tion with regard to referring the block question to the Montreal Tramways chief engineer, it seemed that the board had misinterpreted the agreement be tween the dity and the street railway company, and that the latter had to approve of the block to be used. The view was also advanced that it was the city engineer who should advise the council as to what kind of block that should be used, and not T. H: Mather, of Syracuse, N.Y.,, who was only engaged to assist the engineer in preparing plans and specifications for the street railway work. The following letter was received from J, L. Whiting, K.C., solicitor for the street railway company : "As we understand that you pro- pose to submit to the chief engineer of the maintédhance of ways of the Montreal Tramways, Limited, the type of block to be used on Princess street. I would call your attention in behalf of the street railway company to the provisions of clause yen Of the contract. Under ite i the type of block is to be appro the er company, (the word improved being by mistake for approved) The Montreal engineer is only empower- ed to decide any di as to the method of construgtion and as to this 1 understand there is no dispute. The type of block is not a matter for his The recommendation of the Board of Works was as follows. Committee's Report. UT UTEE WHOTERS the Tesult of the conference between Thomas. IH. Mather, engineer for the corporat jon of the city of Kingston, and Prof. Kirkpatrick, engineer for the Kingston street railway company re. the type of block to- be used for the track allowing in connection with the paving of King and Princes) streets, has been to the effect that Mr. Mather has recommended vitri- fled brick and Prof. Kirkpatrick oreosoted wood brick, that this maf- ter be submitted to the chief en- gineer of maintenance of the Mont real Tramways company for a de oislon. 1 Ald. Elliott wanted to know what was to be referred, and also what it was to cost. He also wanted to know who was city engineer Ww Mr. Mather engaged as enginaer or merely to assist the council aid the city engineer. 1 he was to assist the latter, then Ald. Elliott claimed the recommendatior of Mr. McClelland should be taken. Ald. Graham, who represented tha Board of Works report in the absence of Ald. Fair, read the cians: ~f the agreement regarding Mr. Mather, and admitted that he was appointed to assist the city engineer. As to the character of the block, Ald. Gra- ham held that the city had the richt to choose whatever block it desir- ed; for # had to maintain the road- way, Ald, Graham took the view DAILY MEMORANDA See top of page 3, right hand corner for orohabilitien All 's Xmas stationery at Liv price a an esday. eR- Wellington Sst 1 1 Christma rsonal Chris 8 tie Flats iat na By Trey ednesday will elivere: 8 ane! The Jackson Press. : The advertisements ular bulletins of "Joy Town" They tell us that Santa Claus or his twin. brothers are al And the hints they throw out of new and marvelous toys Just run your eyes over the ments in = to-day's and see how they breathe spirit of the the attention of a trained help- " "Here I am, at your | To-morrow is the last Christ mas shopping day! Are you 5 gad Vans a '| robbers, 4 ALD. J. W. LITTON. Announces himself as a mayoralty candidate. that no reference had to be made to the Montreal Tramway engineer as to the type of' block. Ald. Ross wanted to know there was any disagreement be- tween the city and the company with reference to the type of block. He could see none. There was noth- ing on record 40 show it. Mayor Rignaey pointed out that the Board of Works has never recom- mended to council any particular block. Ald. Grabam claimeu that the city engineer should first have recom- mended the tvpe of block before he it i drew the plans and specifications. Ald. Couper pointed out that the city engineer' had made a veso't as to the block that should be used, and the Board of Works refused to con- sider it. FAMOUS BEAUTY SUES FOR MILLION Brings Action to Break Million-Dol- ar Wil, Which Disioherits | Her, 2 ; a ------ U ~~ British Whi KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, SAVED BY BIBLE. Ballet Fired At Anti-Saloon Crusa- : der Was Deflected. . Blairsville, Pa., Dec. 23.--A deliber- ate attempt to assasinate Rev. Dr. R. Ea, a She Bt Uni ian © i ent of the Indiana County, Anti- alood League, failed late last night when a bullet fired at the minister penetrated a Bible which he carried under his arm, and made a slight abrasion gpon Dr. McClure's left side. The authori- ties are searching for two men, one of whom fired two shots at the clergy- man and who dropped his bat in es caping. Dr. McClure had made a sick call and was returning to his home. He visited his church to secure his Bible, which he left there after prayer meet- ing services. As the minister reached the street leading to his home a whis- | tle sounded and one of two men raised i a revolver and fired. The bullet went | wild. The minister picked up a stone, hurled it at the men and ran toward them. As the assailants retreated, the one with the revolver fired a second } time, this bullet tearing through the] | | minister's Bible and clothing. men then fled. KAISER HAS AGED IN PAST FEW MONTHS The Year 1913 Has Left a Deep Mark on His Counten- ance. Berlin, Dec. 23.---Many persons who have seen the kaiser recently { have observed that the year 1913 {has left a deep mark on his coun- tenance. The monarch has aged tremendously in the past few months; It looks as if the cares of state-and the interests of his fam- ily never rested so heavily on V shoulders. Those who saw the kai- ser last week for the first time in three months, noticed 'that his hair has grown very grey and thin; his face is thin and haggard, and bears the lines of care. Among the worries w hich have af- fected him has been the political situation, efforts to maintain peace and prevent the extension of the war in the Balkans, the Zabern incident, and efforts made in the press and the Reichstag to bring about the diemissal of Dr. Von Bethmann- Hollweg, the imperial chancellor { Maximman Harden, probably the best informed publicist in Germany, hints in an article on the subject of the kaiser, at "Black family cares, worries ad annoyances." New York, Dec. 23.--Aliette Anne De Carriere, famed for her strange attraction, and 'known Europe over as the "Bessarabian beauty," hao brought suit to break the million dollar will of the late Nelson Tay- famous beauty shattered his mance and left him alone after thrée years of happiness. She claims to be his widow, and the will specificially disinherits her. ro- OUTPUT SHOWS INCREASE Shipments From State Owned Mines Almost Double. St. Paul, Dec. 23.--Shipments of iron ore from state owned mines in 1913 totalled 2,860,190 tons, almost double those of 1912, according to figures given out by the state audi- tors' office. The 1912 output was 1,646,726 tons. : The increase in the state owned mines is more than two-thirds that ranges. The total shipments for 1913 was 36,195,187 tons, and In 1912, 34,10,270 tons. Viscount a Deacon. London, Dee. 23.--Viscount Mount- morros was ordai deacon of the Church of England, and. appointed curate of Ryde, Isle of Wight, Vis- count Mountmorros, who is forty- one years of age, is married and has one daughter. His heir-apparent is his cousin, who is a clergyman Christmas Eve, my friends, when the shepherds, who were poor travellers too, in their way, heard the angels sing, "On earth, peace, Good will toward men!" CEPI Per? | | BANK ROBBERS LEE BILL Tried To Hold Up Bank of Ottawa ot At Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C, Dec. 23.--Twon robbers Saturday entered the Rob- son street branch of the Bank of Ot- tawa in this city, but failed to get away with any money. In fact, they left a small souvenir in the shape of a ten-dollar bill. just after the bank opened at ten o'clock that two young men approach- od the tcller's desk and pushing th a ten dollar note, asked for ge. volver and com reach the bills, but could not. to rush tov Hil firing, started heavy, at the time, has the ten dollar bill brought in by the robbers. $1.50, , who killed himself when the] of all mines in the threé Minnesots Ger Pee ie It was; The teller reached for were fifiy-aight his cash and, at the same moment, 'that terminated fatally in one Cali- each of the two men produced a re- fornia community. In each instance r shooting. The: the disease was . tracéd to sausage, teller ducked under the counter. The eaten in an uncooked condition. Other robbers fired five shots and tried [0 outbreaks of the disease with many THE GREAT MEANING. 4 * +» + + + + + | &* [ | | Phillips Brooks, D.D. Lift up your eyes to the great meaning of the day, and dare to think of your human- ity as something so divinely precious that it is worthy of being an offering to God. Count it as a privilege: to make your offering as com- plete as 'possible, keeping nothing _back, and then go out to the pleasures and duties of your life, having been truly born anew into his divinity, as he was born into our hu- manity on Christmas day. PEPE P HPI FEY TEE ERTS E28 | PEERS IN BUSINESS Teeth Society Has Started Artificial In Lo h London, Dec. 23.--Lord Haldon, who has started an artificial teeth so- | ciety with Lady Haldon in Oxford man. " p Lord Londonderry is, strictly speak. ing, a coal merchant. and the carte bearing . his name may often be seen in the streets of London. Lord Ray- leigh's milk shops are well known in {the west end, and a former Lord | Hampden was in the same trade. | "Other members of their lordships' { houses turn an honest penny on the { stock exchange, in the cigar trade, | in the perfumery business. FATAL PARASITE IN UNCOOKED PORK people, the department of apricaliure i a warning against t con {sumption of raw or uncooked pork products, the declared source of the malady. In many districts of the country, particularly in sections with foreign populations, the state. said, large quantities of pork consumed during the Christmas resulting frequently in cafes of serious impaired health, if not in Hail % | The | November and large | ment. {are that during 1911, there of trichinosis {fatalities are cited. People in the neighborhood began! Toe disease is caused by a parasite ds the bank and the or worm, mi ic in size, found known oy. Lin bog flesh, and. Shere is no They escaped in the fog, which was effective method treatment. i The bank stil), tics based upon i er £ sient Both ! street, is only another member of the | upper house who is alo a buiiness MAYOR RIGNEY Has Invited Santa Claus to OLD SANTA CONSENTS AND WILL HOLD FORTH IN CITY HALL On Wednesday Afternoon When All Children, Under Eight Years of Age, Are Invited By the Mayor To Be Present, The Whig learned on Tuesday morn- ing that Santa Claus would be in Kingston very early on Christmas eve, 'and one of the reporiers was referred to Mayor T. J. Rigney, whom, it was said, had first-hand information re garding the visit of old "Santa." The Whig man "rounded up" the chief magistrate in the city hall. Here the first thing that attracted the for: mers attention was a large Christmas tree, around which Mrs. Rigney, her children, and a number of assistants were decorating the cedar. The mayor was standing by admiring the progress with the city r fey "Yes," repkied the mayor to the query. "Santa will be here at five o'clock to-morrow aiternoon." All children of the city under eight years of age have been invited by his worship, who retires from office in a {eouple of week's time, to assemble in | the city. hall at five o'clock on Wed- nesday afternoon on the oocasion of tke arrival of Santa Claus. That is the hour at which he is to make his appearance. He will remain for about one hour, and will likely distribute gifts from the tree. This is the may- or's Christmas tree, and he invites all little people to be present to greet their old favorite, Santa Claus. PUT MONEY IN OVEN WIFE STARTED FIRE And All That Was Left of $300 Was Fifteen Charred One- | St. Catharines, Dec. 23.--~When Fd- ward Servos, of Youngstown, N.¥., just across the river from Niagara- yon-the-Lake, ' left. home for Lewiston y, --ToRFy HigHeRy Yob- bers, he hid three hundred dollars 'in bills inthe oven of the kitchen | stove. is wife, returning unex- ipectedly, started to cook some bis- icuits for supper, and when Servos {returned all he could rescue from the burning .of his three hundred, was fifteen charred one-dollar bills. SECURED A HOT PUNCH FOR THE WIFE OF MAN "PROHIBITED LIST" ON Wife Did Not Get the Liquor, How- ever, ani Man Who Securea Liquor and Member of the List Were Both Fined. The story that George Smith told the magistrate on Tuesday morning, when he was charged with securing liquor for a member of the '"'pro- hibited list," did not go with thé court, and he was fined $15 and costs, or twenty days. The poor unfortunate on the list was taxed $10 and costs, : Smith stated that he secured the liquor for his friend as he had a sick wife. "I got it so that she could have a hot punch," he said. The man on the list had a differ ent story to tell, however. He said that Smith suggested that the two secure a bottle of whiskey, as the weather was rather cold, He secur ed the money to buy the liquor and gave it to Smith, who was not very long in delivering the wet goods. "I'll swear that I never knew he was on the list," said Smith, strik- ing his fist on the railing of the prisohérs' dock in quite a dramatic fashion. His little speech did not al- ter the magistrate's opinion. A stranger dropping into the court might have imagined that he was in some foreign land, as for a time there was some great '"'jabbering" in the case of Evan Shelgon, an Austrian, charged with stealing $70 | from his room mate, a fellow-coun- tryman, Michael Schro. The two men have been boarding at the old Brunswick hotel, Ontario street, and Schro alleged that last Friday night, while he was asleep, some on entered his room and robbed him of $70. He had tht money in & small bag, which was tied around hie neck. He charged Shelgon with the theft, but the latter strongly denied the charge. An interpreter was present to put the eourt right.on the evidence, but after about half an hour was spent in hearing details an adjournment was made until Monday next. The ad] was made owing to the fact that another Austrian, whose first name is Peter, is alleged to have been seem coming oul of Schro's bed room. Peter will have |to explain his movements ! t of the The ease ith 1918. solicitor will be asked to take up the case. "Yes, it did happen," James O'Brien, registered as a drunk, who made his third appearance of the year before the magistrate. This could not be overlooked so the court made it $2 and costs, or twen- ty days. Lester Brown, who has only been in ww midst eleven months, made his sesond bow before tne magistrate in that time. He was given thé same fine as O'Brien. RESCUED UNCONSCIOUS From Building Which Was Destroy- ed By Fire. Alvinston, Dec. '25.--Frederick Wills, his wife and ten-months-old baby were taken unvonscious from rooms above the Wills store, early to-day, overcome by smoke from a fire which completely destroyed the building. Wills only bought the place a few weeks ago, and is a heavy loser. FINDS HIS WIFE "DEAD IN. CHAIR Oren Durham, Farmer Near Water- town, Startled by Dis covery Watertown, N.Y., Dee, 23.-- Re- turning from the barn after feedish: his stock, Oren Durham, a well- known farmer living on the Stare street road about four miles from this city, found his wife dead in a chair late yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Durham, who was eighty-six years of age, had been ill about one week, although not confined to her bed. Monday she spoke of feeling much better and was busy baking for her Christmas dinner. Mrs. Durham was born in Adams. She had lived upon the farm near here since 1873. her husband are three children, Oren F. Durham, who also resided on the farm; Fred Durham of this city, and Mrs. Nellie E. Kirch, also of Water- tcwn. She also leaves one sister re- eiding in Wisconsin. Mrs. Durham came to Watertown a few days ago and obtained medicine from a physi: aan. Mrs. Durham had conversed nver the telephone yesterday with Ther daughter in this city and at that time remarked that she was feeling much better. "It's the spirit of Christ- mas which really counts. The love, the faith, the good will which springs from the deart. A gift amounts to little or nothing, until The joy of the giver, the love, the thought Unto the giving have all been brought. PEP PE PEPER EE hd | DIED A NATURAL DBATH Finnish Girl Tn Toronto Was Not . Abused. Toronto, Dec. 23.--Almost perished with cold, in a demented condition, and forced from starvatiog to eat raw corn gathered in the fields, it is be lieved Anna Yokinen, the young Fin- nish girl, came to her death as the result of natural causes. The post- morten examination, while it has not been made public, is said to have de cided the fact that the girl had not been subjected to any violence, and was physically unharmed. It geems almost incredible to believe that the young woman could have wandered about Toronto's outskirts for pearly twenty-one days unnoticed. by any of the -residents in that neighborhood, but this appears to be the only solu- tion of the mystery, To Make An Audit. On Tuesday morning' * Price was called upon to settle a "dispute in connection with some matters re- lating to the Sydenham high school. Clayton Brown, the former treasurer of the board, was asked by the chair- man to show certain vouchers. For some reason or other the business in connection with the school has evi- dently not been conducted in a busi- nesslike manner. It was decided to appoint an auditor agreeable to both parties to audit the books and LIVED WITH A MAN SECRETLY FOR YEARS She Had Maintained Partnership |v: For the Past Fifteen Years. Monticello, N.Y., Dec. 23.--That the was educated in Oswego, N.Y., and Bufialo, N.Y., and has several rela tives in Eastern and Western Ontario, is the statement, this morning, of a i and - good-looking® woman oA partnership in ttorney Couch, of revealed by an in- quest into his death yesterday, For the last three years she lived 'secretly with. him in a private room off his office; even his wife 'and daughter, who visited him nedrly every day, had no suspicion of his duplicity. The mys- terious woman candidly admits that the name she gives is false. Miss Surviving besides | the Judge Madden Says "No." Judge Mctibbon "Yes." COMPARISON OF VIEWS OF THE TWO JUDGES ARE TERESTING. IN. Brampton Judge Says Municipalities Cannot Collect, Following the De- cision of Kingston Court to the Contrary. Canadian municipalities can collet income tax from Canadian govern. ment. officials.--Judge Madden, of Kingston, op December 19th. Canadian municipalities cannot col- lect income tax from Canadian gov- ernment officials.--Judge McGibbon, of Brampton, on December 22nd. Toronto, Dee. 23.--Ignorance of the law, they tell the unfortunate layman, is no excuse. But when learned judges themselves fall out over it, there can be little wonder if 'the unsophisticated go wrong once in a while. Four days a Judge Madden, of Kingston, disallowed appeals against income assessment made by eight Do- minion government officials at that city, including the postmaster and in- land revenue collector. Yesterday Judge MecGibbon, of Brampton, ruled that the city of Toronto must refund income assessment it collected from Jud Morson, of the county court, and which was paid by the lat- ter under protest. He gives an equal- ly definite rulings just the other way. Judge MoGibbon's Decision. Judge McGibbon has rendered Swewping decision in favor of the plaintiff in the action brought hy Judge Morson against the city of To- ronto to recover taxes paid by him under protest on his inc received by him from the Dominion govern- ortance to Dominion ment offivials, in Ontario at least and is not unlikely to be taken as a precedent throughout the whole of Cana h, Judge MoGibbon holds that no au- the British thority 'can be found in North America aot authorizing * the imposition of an income tax on do- minion government officials hy or through municipalities under the authority of provincial Aegislation, and that under a federal system of government, such as exists in Can- ada, one government cannot tax another, nor tax the means and in- strumentalities used by each, such as officials and employees engaged in maintaining and carrving on its pow- ers and authority and the various departments of government, and ex- ecuting and administering the «law and other affairs of state. He also holds that the Ontario assessment act does not authorize the imposition of any such tax on fede ral officers, but that, on the oon- trary, the act impliedly exempta them from such s..., snd does not apply to Canadian government officials at all. He states that the weight of judicial decision and authority is all against the contentions of the defendant city and the privy council decision relied upon by the city of Toronto is not appleable to the Canadian con- stitution; WOULD HAVE GOVERNMENT BUY TELEPHONE LINES And Proposes. That Some Be Operated as Telegraphs to Furnish Competition. Washington, Dec. 23.--Government ownership of the nation's telephone lines would cost less than $900,000,- 000, and would present no greater difficulties of financing than did the Panama canal, Representative Lewis, of Maryland, told the house, Mon- day, in an exhaustive analysis of hig proposal to have these lines opera- ted gv the post office department, Representative Lewis does pose to have the over the telegraph nies, plan is to have the government, first own the telephone lines, operate some of them as telegraphs, as is now possible, and haye the govern: ment system compete with the pri- vate telegraph companies at the out- set in the same proportion as the parcel post now competes with the express companies. ." "The perversion of the, laws of public and private financiering,". said Mr. Lewis, "by which governments have been disinherited oftheir nor- mal functions, has let to such de moralization that cities like New York, with its street railways; Phila- delphia, with its gas works, and San shamed the scions of Roman ecorrup- Francisco with jts telephones, have tion in their days." not overnment take The G.T.R. and Christmas. Toronto, Dee. B.--~In an effort to i } | let everybody be at home for Christ- mas that can be spared, the G.T.R. has issued orders to cancel all way- freight trains and cut off many yard crews that can be spared. 2 « x 2 delivery" from Gibson's. 4 govern- | most dishonourahle Amn LI LAST EDITION * ARE CIVIL SERVANTS | EXEMPT FROM TAXATION? | rsh S---- * + A CHRISTMAS MOTTO. % The more we know, the better $ + we forgive; LJ + Whoe'er feels deeply, feels for # + all who live, . * Little, Boy Taken To Hotel Dieu, Where Opin Removed. On Monday ing, the year- old son of Sito, ellington street, was playing with a cept pieces and a five eent hit, and , pl the Maney 3 his mouth. In a-ghott time the child swallowed the money, and had to be taken/to the Hotel Dien. Upon arriving there one of the sisters took an X-ray picture and located the copper in the child's throat, but the five cent piece, being smaller, went down into the little fellow's stomach. After a short time the cent was re moved, and the child was reported to be doing nicely on Tuesday. Kingston Woman On Bail, The Kingston young lady, who wad arrested in Troy, N.Y., on Monday, Dec. 15th, for misrepresentation when entering the United States from Can- ada, is reported to be out on bail, {and the case will come before the jury lin the spring. She, it appears, after | being rejected heve by immigration In- spector Lewis, of Cape Vincent, down to Gananoque and crossed o. It was to meet an ex-soldier the was permanent force here thafl she anxious to get to the United States, {and she eventually joined him, . and went on to Troy. [It is reported that they are to be married. The Salvat- lion Army in the American city and the local oflicer are working on the case. ' STRUCK BY TRAIN Couid Not See In a Blinding Snow Storm. London, Ont., Deo. 23. --Fdward Fitzgerald, aged eighty, of Misgburi, {father of W. C. Fitzgerald, to-day, while earrying {home Christmas letters and presents from the post office, and sustained fatal injuries, In a blinding snow storm he failed to wes. or hear the fast Grand Trupk freight proaching and was hurled some tance, sustaining broken arms | internal injuries, > | Children's and Sweaters 50c, Dutton's. THEDAILY BRITISH WHIG IS ON SALE AT THE FOLLOW ING CITY STORES Bucknell's News Depot 00 King | Clarke, J. W,_ & Us 553 Princes: College Hook Store 190 Princes: Coulter's Grocery Oullewn's Grocery, Frouteane Hotel MeAuniey's Book Store MeGalls Cigar Store MeGull's Clger Stow Meleod's Givocery Mediey's Lrug Store, 900 University Awe Paul's Cigar Store JONES~In Kingston, on Dec: 1913, to Corpl and Mrs. W. Jones, a son. NEVILLE--At Kerrobert, Sask. on Dec. 21st, 1913, to Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Neville, a son. \ DIED. McBROOM---In Washburn, on Dec. 22nd, 1913, Henry McBroom, aged 91 years. Funeral notice later, SOWERSBLY--In Murvale, on Dec. 23, 1913, Mary, widow of the late Wile liam Sowersbly, aged 64 years Funeral from the residence of D, J. aggart, Murvale, Wednesday, st 10 o'clock. Interment will be in Detroit. are respects Friends. and acquaintances fully invited to attend. WEIR--At Pine Hill Cushendall, H Russell Welr, youngest son of Mr, and Mrs. John Weir; Sunday, Dect is, aged 22 years, § month, - 14 ays. - Funeral will leave his father's resi- dence Wednesday morning at o'clock, to Pine Hill ethodist tery, Friends and acquaintances are re- spectfully invited to attend. ROBERT J. REID The Leading Undertaker. "Phone 577 230 Princess Street. JAMES REID | Spi GEE Mr Me ig Something : Entirely New true fruit flavor. JS. REDDEN & © 3: ® wo 11. church, thence to Cataraqui cemes a +3