Alt By Bs Loriship n! re ne, -- 1S" THE' VERY DEFENCE CHRISTIANITY OF 'Agalust (he Forces of Unbelief--The Stipends of the Clergy Have a Deterrent Bfiort Upon Young Men, : At the Tuesday afterpoon session of the Omtarlo Synod, Bishop Bid- wall delivered the following charge: In delivering this my first charge to the clergy and laity of the diocese, 1 feel thats foromast. duty is fo express both for you and myself the regret, mt 1 am sure in the minds of all, that another should be called' upon te address you ingtead of our beloved and respected digeesan. Yet we may thank God that he is still with us, and ready to offer whatever counsel his ripe ex- perigpee way suggest towards the welfare of the diocese he has served 50 faithfully. We trust that be may long be spared to enjoy a well-earn- ed 'rest from tail, and pray that his re tion to health may be main- tained and preserved. The chiet feeling, in my own wind, 15.8 sonse of the great, and at times, almost' overwhelming responsibility of the office entrusted to'me by you. afi care of all the churches is in- deod a Serious task, full of unceasing ansgieties, But the burden can be, and 18, greatly lightened for a bishop 'who has to support him the earnest prayers - and ectionate loyalty of Ais people. 1 counting on those prayers, I. am depending upon that yalty, which while quite compat- ible with occasional givergence of view, one is infallible, always thd Blot the Bishop, recoghising that he is endeavouring ' diocese to the best of his bY that. very loyalty ncouraging him, as in ¢ can be cheered and his dificult work. r port, affection 4 fd since the last meeting 'our' syaud, "I will give first place o an event In which this diocese is intimately ¢oncerned, the first meet- ing of the synod of the new ecelesi- agtical province of Ontario, inaugur- ated in gtreal in 1912 by separa- tion "of t dioceses of Toronto, Huron, Ontario, Niagara, Ottawa and Algoma, from the old ecclesiastigal provinee of Canada. The provincial synod,. composed of delegates from each of these dioceses, wet in Toron- to. last September. Apart from the histori¢ inférest attaching 'to such an on; the meeting was of consid- erahle' importance, not so much for anyildog It actually accomplished, as for the ingications given by its pro- ceedings that we have now an organ- izatioh hy which - the Anglican chyreh in. this province can speak witli ane voice upon matters of gen- , ' DAILY MEMORANDA and at' the Palace rink to-night nd at the Covered rink to-night, Liv, Zwerner In Convocation hall, § pm. * & bee top of tor. probabil Brig sermon by SL George's Cathedral jigs 3, right hand corner,' ties, Bishop Farthing, § pm, 2 & ) . Buying With A Double Guar- - anlee any "When you buy a standard tationally | advertised article 3 i Be of rour local mer- chabis: you are protected with | a double guarantee, go aii 10 the warrani "of |. the 4 ufacturer you have me! ection of your own nt, : "In a'sénse your storekeeper 4s your attorney in the trans- { action. He will. make good to You 'and in turn look to 'the i manufacturer to protect him. It I9always best to do busi- With the merchants of : 'down Yo-the goods you want. joy-.are in duty bound to at Rou are satisfied. In your heme merchaat to Sibi » "BISHOP E. J. BIDWELL Who delivered charge to Ontario Syn- 0d Tuesday afternoon. eral welfare, both social and religi- ous, which demand its attention. But oie thing is €¢lear. . If the new pro- vincial synod is to accomplish any effective work, its activities must not be allowed to lapse till the next tri- ennial meeting. It is most earnestly to be hoped that the committees ap- pointed to deal with various' quess tions of the utmost importance will take their work seriously, so that the provincial synod, at ity next meeting, may find Hself in a position to take vigorous and prompt action on any-matters which come before it. Otherwise it is liable to become merely a pléce of, cumbersome mach- inery. -- New Policy of the M.S.CC. The next matter which claims our attention is a remarkable change 'in the plan of action which has up to now been followed by the general board of the missionary society of the Church of England in Canada. (Continued on page 9,) including deacons' and 15 justices of today (ri Ba @ ETP snow storm for years. ore are fifteen feet of snow in many places. No trains or steamers are moving and all business has been at a stand- still for twenty-four hours. T0 MAKE AMENDMENTS T0 THE STALLION: Law Will Be Strengthened To Im. prove Breed Of Horses In Ontario Toronto, Feb. horse breeders will several proposed amendments to the stallion enrollment which will be brought up in the legislature this kes: sion. After' two years of operation under: the - present act: it. has been found that the objects for which this legislation' was designed could uot be secured without compulsory registra- tion. - The enrollment board have found out that without compulsory registration and inspection many in- ferior breeds of horses will be perpetu- ated. . A large number of breeders have. al ready taken advantage of the stand- ing that registration gives their stal- lions, but others, whose animals: are not sound and healthy, or of inferior breeding, have ignored the existi law beeause it places them at a-disad- vantage in competing with higher- dass animals. It is ynderstood that the department is anxious to climin- tte all public stallions except those 'hint pass a proper ' veterinary test and comply with certain regulations that will bring. about a . better, class of breeding throughout the provinee, and acting on suggestions thal have been made by the curollment board, important amendments to &he law will be made. the powers of .the board widened and penalties for failing to comply with the regulations im 5 17.--Farmers and be interested in Condemned -Crewn Authorities Toronto, Feb. 17.-<Vietor Pointin, of Niagara Full, Ont., died of ty- id fever in the Central prison, hav- ing 'been ill of fover when taken there, and 'the coroners jury . the action bi the crown authorities for not having sent Pointin to' an hospital in- stead of prison. ; " -------- a ---------- b Nonconformists' Protest London, Feb. 17.--A protest against the disendowment clauses of the discs: tablisyment bill bas been sent to Pre- ero h by 133%) oucoufacuists St. Asaph, fe natures i i 20 'mjuisters, 158 the peace. Ninety-five; Still Preaching | | quantities from judia. fio ou lft semi than notes, {| COULDN'T GIVE MONEY 1 So Professor Hequeathed an Eye. | Heart and Brain Berlin, Feb. 17.--Professor Doer- rler, of Vienna, has bequeathed one 68, n.""sick heart" and brain yletic Museum at Jena asa contribution to the foundation which will be established to-morrow on the oceasion of the eightieth birthday of Professor Ernst Haeckel. Prof. Doer- fler, who edits the magazine, de voted to Haeckel's theories, writes he is so or he cannot contribute anything except his corpse' to - o museum founded to Haeckel, "aud not even all of that." the pro- fessor adds, "as my pative town has secured by promise to let pre- sere my ashes in a memorial urn; but there is nothing to prevent the transfer of one eye, my heart and brain to the museum, whioh urgent- ly requires anatomical exhibits for the purpose of establishing the truth of four great principles." . FINE PAPER FROM BAMBOO German Professor Announces New : Discovery. Berlin, Feb.. 17.-- Prof. Sch- walbe, of Eberswalde university, 'an- nounces in the Caemical Gazette that he has found it possible to pro- duce a very floe grads of white pap- er, especially suited for printing pur- poses, from bamboo caus and rice! straw, which cag be bad in large By a roasting process a fibrous pulpy by-product is obtained which can- be shipped to Europe cheaply and easily converted into the raw terial for paper-making., HE BURIED GOLD; WAS: CALLED CRAZY When In Asylum Gold Was Found Where He Said It Was Dublin, Feb. 17.--An /extraordinary find of hidden treasures was made at Balbriggan North, county Dublin, on Friday. A man was taken from the town, to Richooond lunatic asylum some weeks ago, and since his con- finement in the asylum. has repeated: ly asserted that he had hidden £200 in gold on the shores of Bal- briggan. The statement was regarded as evidence of the man's disturbed.state of mim, 'but as he persisted in his assertion' the authorities decided to test its accuracy, On Friday the {ulan was: taken in 'a taxicab to Bal- brigg: where Le pointed to Sontain £183 in gold. The man i Liberty once more. TANGO BARRED AT ELYSEE Forbidden at Ball Given by Presi. dent Poincare Paris, Feb. 17.--~A final been placed on tho tango at the Elysee. President = Poincare has is- sued invitatidns for the first ball of the year, and the protocole has de: cided that the tango shall not have 8 place on the programme. i From now until the end of ban has the Rpwinter there is likely to be a great [struggle for supremacy between tango and the furlana, Paris rooms being the scenes. of the tle. Although it has been denied that the pope saw the tango and com- pared it unfavorably with the furlana, nevertheless, the "'pope's dance," as it is called, will undoubtedly be a formidable rival of the tango. Teachers are at'no pains to conceal their perturbation at this state of affairs. the ball- bat JAPAN'S NAVAL SCANDALS Five Officers Held in Confinemest Awaiting Court Martia Tokio, Feb. 17. -- Five naval offi- cers including a rear-admiral, are held in confinement in the navy de- partment pending the organization of a court martial in connection with the naval scandals, In the lower house riotous scenes occurred on the floor during the dis- 'cussion of the tux business. The members of the opposition employ- ed. various methods of obstruction. during the course of the evening a man, not a member of the house, en- tered the committee room and as- saulted a members who was taken to & bospital, The maa was arrested. TRIBE EXTERMINATES VLLGE W Arc Explorer Tells Of Slaughter Of 200 Men, Women And Children Nairobi, British Bast African Pro- tectorate, Feb. 17.--Boran tribes men exterminated recently an en- tire village composed of 200 men, 'women and children of the Readile tribe in the Lorain swamp in the northern part of the Protectorato ac- cording to an explorer just returned The Borans, who are a 'peaceful pastoral; people, had been incessant- ly harrdssed by the Raadiles. This so exasperated the Borans that they retaliated by killing every gue of the Rendile tribe they iconld nd, . re Frouch Mint, Obliges Gamblers Paris, Feb. 17.--The mint hay jusi put in circulation. 30,000 gold hundred- eee gf houses, w desire easier to han- this form of money, as + he ein HIS MAJESTY ASKS BOTH PARTIES TO TAKE CONSIBERATION The Question of Sie Imperial Parlia- ment Idea -- Si tion Made to Drop Irish Home Rule Question For Time Being. London, Teb. 17.~That King George is taking a more active part in poli- ties in relation to the home rule ques- tion than has any © Beitish monarch wince the institution' of constitutional government, is indicated by the an- nouncement this morning that his ma- jesty called attention to both parties with a request that earnest consideration be given to it, the pro position that the present opportun- [iby should be utilized fg the onrnest consideration of. the imperial parlia ment iden, Commenting on this the Westminster Gazette suggests * leaving over the INTO ' nas to enable a commission from both parties to take up. the whole consti tutional problem, bringing to its aid and counsel representatives bevénd the seas who would have the power to say what their respective countries de sive on the i parliament action, and be prepared to take a nino INCENDIARIES BUSY Albany, N. Y., Feb. 17: One man is dead, (wo dying, 8x hurt; Seores of families homeless, and $300,000 dam- age, is the résult of fifteen fires . in 'this. city within twenty-four hours. Whole blocks have been .destroyed Incendiaries are suspscted in many cases, PRP PPER RPT ed be ; Assigned Thirty Minirg Claims Ottawa, "Feb. 17.-The Miners and Traders Limited hs designed by 'order-iti-couneil, mining claims situated on Clark ran and. som! 3 gd a 5 did: not. become part of the provines of Quebec when the northern' territory was recently in- cluded in that province. Work to the value of about 210.000 has already been done on these island elaims Ungava we been thirty » Cur- Hud- yEin- Ignores Labor Men London, Feb: 17.--A cable to (he Morning Post from Sydney, N.S.W.. states that Premier Cook has refused to forward to the imperial government resolutions from Australinn trade unions depreciting the deportation of the South African labor leaders. New York,: Feb. 17.~A London table says: King George becomes 250,000 richer this year when an en- dowment policy. on his life matures. The policy was taken out for him by Queen Victoria on his marriage in 1804 th gts agree or disagree tong the mat potent, the n | An Active Part In The Home home rule question for the time being | question' of an imperial | FPREREEERER Rd Std bl | * % | the electors % | James: Whitney, ONTARIO LEGISLATURE be Opened at Three O'Clock Wednesday Afternoon Toronto, Peb. 17.--The opening of | legislature to-morfow afternoon at {three o'clock, which will be accom- panied by the usual pomp, will be unusual to the extent that there are four new members to be introduced after the initial ceremony of welcom- ing the lieutenant-governor and the reading of the speech: from the throne. Since the elose of last ses- ba there have been feur bye-elec- tions,--Colip = Cameron, of . North Bay, Messrs. ¥ollis and McFarlane, {of Peel and East Middlesex; George 3. Henry, of Bast York, respectively. The duty of meeting Sir John Gib- son at the front entrance and escort- {ing him to the dias, will devolve jupon Hon. J. J. Foy, acting prem- | of Sir James i {wm ier, in" the absence { Whitney Refuses to be Cliane Candidate Montrea,, Feb. 17.~Major G. W. Stephens, ex-chairman of harbor com- | missioners, cables from Paris his will- {ingness to be a candidate jor the mayoralty, but says he will not be a candidate of any party or clique. Sixty Persons Hurt Springfield, Mo., Feb. 17.--Sixty persons were hurt, some very serlous- lv, when the Kansas City day St. Louis flyer side-stepped the Memphis train at Nichols Junction. ---- Bargains Yor Power Classes | Ottawa, Feb. - 17.--A warm discus- sion took place in the house over the proposal to reduce the cost of divorce in order to bring it within | reach of the poorer clgss. 'DESIRE TO POSTPONE "DAY OF RECKONING . And Get Another Lease Of Power Before Whitney Retires From Politics Toronto, Feb. 17.--~The reasons now being advanced for the likelihood of the to | { | lan election, to the effect that | conservative © party will appeal once more under the | leadership, even' inactive, of Sir raises most interost- {ing questions. If this forecast is cor- {rect it shows that the gplit in the conservative party over the succes sion to. Sir James Whilney, is, for the present at least, incapable of a peaceful solution and'that a hurried election under the present prime minister is a necessity 'to keep the » a party. together. df Hon tor London ag high comm! rivalry between hin and Hon: My. Hanna for the leadership will be- come acute. / I, apparently looks to the conservatives good tactics to postpone the evil day of reckoning on the question of a new leader and attenipt in tWe meantime to got back to power under the old The whole proposal, liowever, re- veals graphically the lack of unity in the conservative party and at the ame time a surprising want, of con- fidence in 'a government which has such a large numerical msjority. It {evidently is afraid of 'the growing { power and populazity of the opposi- {vion under ils present leader and is | anxious to have a general election {at the earliest possible moment in the hope that it may get a menewal of power before the movement to- wards the liberal party bebomes over- whelming, i | LLOYD GEORGE Taken on his fifty first birthday a few days with the little chancellor, ago. . Whether there is no doubt that most. hated, loved, feared, and British. political arena. His carcer from village, 'till now has been the time The Calgary Member Starls A Row MADE A DECLARATION THAT CREATURES OF CORPOR- ATE INFLUENCE ¢ Were Among the Membership of Both Parties -- The Railway Measure That Caused the Trouble Stands Over. Ottawa, Feb. 17. -- Something approaching a return to the spectacular fighting of last session. aroused parliament yesier- day afternoon. Members lost taeir tempers momentarily and made charges and affirmations in rhe open of the housq which are usually re- served for the secrecy of th» cloic ters and corridors, R. B. Bennett, (Calgary), doclar- ed that there was a rea>ionary element among the membershin o. both 'sides of the house-- 'solicitors of the railway companies and crea- tures of corporate influen::." he called them--who came to heel in parliamentary committee or in the chamber itself at a signal of ae rail- ways corporations to do their bid- ding. + He raised an gugry storm in the chamber, which had scarcely subsid- ed before Dr. Michael Clark, (Red Deer, Alta.,) was on-his fest charg- ing that special consideration was granted in bastening railway con- struction when favored oll lands in the west were to be tapped, but promises of railway facilities to homesteaders and settlers were ex- tended by the wholesale year after year. Then came Dr. D. B. Neely with the charge against the government that it had shown itself to be a mere servant of the railways in the matter of granting extensions to charters, notably the Canadian Northeru projects, the Thunder Hill extension of which he instanced, as it * passed through the constitvency he represented. The humboldt member made a direct charge in conpevtion with this = brawvel line, The house, he stated, red in 1911, on the promise of pass T ® | Sir William Mackonzie, president of the Canadan Northern, at the time that this line should be proceeded with immediately, yet not a single move had yet been made. Bill Deferred; Corridors Agog For.an hour or so the atmosphere of parliament was somewhat elect- ric, and it began to look as though something of an awakening was about to take place. On a final motion by James Douglas (Strath- cona) 'the bill under discussion at the time---an act respecting the Calgary &. Edmonton railway com- pally, a branch of the C. P. R. -- stands over for further considera- tion. : Meantime parliamentary corridor are agog with gossip concerning the whole situation, and whether the time had not come for the country's representatives to assert themselves in connet¢tion with all railway legiz- lation. The railway committee of the commons this morning' granted a charter to the ambitious railway project in western Canada at the back of which is S. D. A. Thomas of Capdiff, Wales. It will start thirty 3r forty mi'es north of Prince Rup- ert, and extend eastward to Ground Hog coal deposit the only deposit: of smokeless coal suitable for the British navy on the Pacific. Presentation by Ray Marchand Montreal Herald. There was a sudden departure from scenes of assault and battery when the damaged athletes of the Canadien hockey team made their way back to the rooms on Saturday night. Ra: Marchand, the spare net-minder, who comes from Kingston, was married this week to a young lady from hia native city, and on Saturday night his team mates observed the occasion by presenting him with & handsome cabinet oi "silverware. The presenta- tion was made by U. P. Boucher, president of the Club Athletique Ca- | nadien, who was also the orator for the occasion. Marchand replied blush- ingly. TWO BIDIES FOUND ENCAUSTED IN Ic: After a Big Firs In New York Wan Bod o So Lit New York, Feb. 17.--Poking about the ruins of a fifty-thousand dollar building land mark in the Bowery' district, 'which was de stroyed early this morning by fire, firemen came across theice-encrusted ' and James Franko, aged two. dently Baran had lost his life ing to save that of the little lad. There were _ several miraculous es- capes in convection with the fire: Firemen carried several down a ladder Evi try- he was seekng charter consideration, ! had been | Th STORM IN THE COMMONS 3 . JOHN GOWANS. | Charged with house-breaking. was tackled by Mpa, Dr. Fenton home 'in Toronto, and after a sedere le Gowans escaped, only to for twenty minutes by the eitls ns before being captured. Gowanus 13 wanted in many Canadian cities for the same oltence. y Bad Storm in New York New York, Feb. 17.~Gotham no counts up thirty-four dead oi 4 as a result of the recent cold weath- er... A' storm army of 8,000 men began, to-day, to cléar up the snow from . the streets, which have. been clogged by drifts more 'or less' fora: week. FREER RRR PRP MERE PR I PEN ¥ was maxeup To-pay Calgary, Alta., Feb., 17. W. J. Nicholls, Missouri, man who murdered his partacr on a lonely ranch near here, was hanged this morning, despite' the eleventh hour attempts of influential United States. ers to secure a reprieve. At. first he acknowledged mur- der, but later repudiated his confession. The minister of Justice declined to' infere. - > : 3 +» * > : » +>. 3 PEPE r Peed Hockey Excursion to Belleville Arrangements 'are bei the G.I.R. to run.a spedl Rallevi for . the Oshaws + id leaving game reserved for exeupsionists. + Spe cial oar for 'Indies. Fare, $1.50 0 trip. This will bo 'the 'gréatest event of the winter. Cong slong. and cheer your own boys. to victory. Nt A Serious Fire Sarnia, Ont,,. Feb. 17.--A forty thousand dollar fire ococurred in the coal chutes of the Northern" Naviga- tion company at Point Bdward. THEDAILY BRITISH WHIG | Clarke, J. bodies of David Baran, aged forty, | IS ON SALE AT THE FOLLOW ING CITY STORES Buckneil's News Depot ..205 King W W. & Cou .,.,303 Prideess College Book Store ......100 : Coulter's Grocery .. vo «DOB Cullen's Grocery, Cor. Princess & Frontenne Hotel ..........Qutarle Gibson's Drug Store .. Market Sq MecAuley's Book Store ....93 ' McGall's Cigar Store Cor, Prin, & Kiag Meleod's Grocery ....51 Union St, w, Medley's Drug Store 260 University Ave Paul's Cigar Store .... 78 Princess Drug Siore Valleau 6: BORN --1n Yeatort, od + ith, to nd Mrs, M. J, Speagle, a ter. DIED; wil el Civw oungest daugh- Aig Madot, in fopy.) IN MEMORIAM i In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Fred. J. Lucy, who depart ed this life on Tuesday, Feb, 20th, 1918, For IA No. we ApYer Will, a 0 low m here. we love him stil Nor "love him less. 'he's From us to his "because ho sone; her 3ist vear, (Montreal Star pléage