Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LINNTED. Elliott a A. Guild .. . President Managing DArector and Sec.-Treas J. G. Lema Telephones: Business Office Fditorial Rooms Job Office SUBSORIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city One year, if paid in advance One year, by mail to rural offices. Que year, to United States ..... ix and three months pro rata (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mi . One year to United States .... Six and three months pro rata Attached Is one of the printing offices in Canada 'TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H BE. Smalipel ce 32 Church St, : U. REPRES ENTATIY ES New York 'Om 5 Fifth Ave Chi Frank Re Norbrup, Manas ord une ag cago R. Northrup, Manager best job COUNOIL SYSTEM FAILS The sums up, in a advences that municipal government. Review the been made in National Municipal series of articles, have In New Jer- sey it is proposed to make the com mission form of tory in all the cities of the In New York state a bill has been draft ed which all second and 'third class cities forms of govetament, city manager, commission, and federal. Fl mira, Dunkirk, Ole White Plains, and Lockport, are the cit¥ manager plan, and demand it in pre ference to all others. Bufiaio, which was seriously and strongly against it, has agreed to a commission govern The act has passed the legis the Cal., government manda- state. empowers to select from six including out for ment. lature and proval. San change in its charter which will to hire a city manager Ohio, Wash. clamouring Ohio, manager awaits mayor's ap- Diego, wants a en able it Salem, Oregan, and commissions. Montrose, Colorado, commissions ndusky, want Lat Seattle, and are for Irontown, has just voted on a charter. The movement grows away from the council system That is clear. It certainly has not gained mm popularity. The municipalities that have tried other found them defective, or they were expected to be, do not talk ap and in Eng city systems and not altogether what of going back to the council. It parently has had its day, land as well as America. There is wonderful tween the tap rooms and tea of England for the patronage of the "people. The tap rooms lead. Hence the consumption of liquor last valued at hundreds of thousands of pounds. competition be- rooms IN EDUCATION Superintendent Education, has himself public obinion by expressing his sonal respect to, Thomas Marshall, the Mr. Marshall has attentjon to Dr has in official the real ov Education De who has had must FAILURES Dr. Seath, the not raised per- . member for Monck paid particular Seath, and, timated that it is were retired. Seath is working head of partment, and any to do that there is something amiss and will not hesitate about laying the blame upon Dr. Seath. It is not dignified of him to to "the press charge that Mr. Marshall ure as a teacher, and that he was re- commended for dismissal while on the stafi the Dunnville school. Mr. Marshall may reply that then, as now, Dr. Seath was not perfect himsell and cannot afford to his tory. Thirty odd years ago the Su- perintendent oi Education was a high school teacher, and spent his leisure hours in criticising the Fducation De- partment. Hon. Adam Urooks was thea its head. Hon. Mr. =i George) Ross succeeded him; and offer od an inspectorship to Dr. Seath.' It was accepted. One is curious to know whether he later put into force the re forms which he advocated, or whether, like too. many others, office aficcted his judgment and service. Mr. Mar shall, fet us repeat, has been quite candid in his criticism of the Fduca- tion Department and its head. He ex- presses the views of many who have not been under the lash or ban of the Superintendent at any time. They. think that all the heads of the de partment in recent years have heen disappointments, and there is no sign of gn improvement in them. The Whig is asked, "Is the council not somewhat disappointing ?"' Some: what? His very disappointing. It has one great and serious defect. It does not tackle important issues with any kind of vigour and determina: ; Fou wang. time servers. | | in the legislature, time this the one with our schools realize write and was a fail- of revive ancient year | sof its right A VERY, CANDID CRITICISM. The Whitney ~government--or the local government without Whitney-- has merited the castigation which the Toronto Telegram has' administered. The Telegram has a peculiarity. Jt is pronouncedly tory. It has never been known to emdorse the cause of any liberal individual or liberal gov« It has been found the sup- party crisis. however, it devotes i the ernment porter of its in every Between elections, some of its time and talent to candid discussion of passing events, aml occasionally 'of its party frignds come in for a "trimming." t. last one to receive the atien; tion of our contemporary is (i. How ard Ferguson, the 'chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Last year he bulked largely in the eye of one the people because of 'his double per- formance, He prevented--deliberatelv so--the enquiry into the public - ac- counts. He made 'a farce of 'the spe cial committee and the $300 eleetion Hanna. He is, this the obstructionist fund act of Mr. session, playing and forbidding witnesses to give ans Public because wets to questions before the Accounts Committee. It is of this that the Telegram remarks : "Loyalty to party requires G. How ard Ferguson, M.P.P., to officiate as a traitor to himseli. 'The of Mr. Ferguson should not be fritted away that ability in the manufacture of rulings deprive the Ontario opposition to wide-open) enquiry. he Proudioot throttled by the strong-handed chairmanship of (+. Howard M.P.P. I'he same authority is being operated as a curb on the activity of the The of Chairman Ferguson may be fied according to the strict letter oi The multiplicity of these glory of enquiry was Ferguson, Pub lic Accounts Committee rulings Just the law rulings tends to impair the the Whitney and to less en the possibilities of Mr fhere will be government Ferguson's own future usefulness fewer blunders in public life when re refuse to the process of attempt enquiry the bunglers and blunder presentatives of the people put to themselves. on the road scrap heap in the ing to prevent into performance' of ers." The hint is Mr. guson i¥ not serving the people, very clear Fer and the Telegram refers to him in a uni He is the heap." the ylue way "preparing for scrap Sooner or later man who betrays the public confi dence will get his reward The Guelph Mercury says the King- of Trade will conduct a Frontenac un ston Board competition in der an auspices ' that the quantity and guality of the goods The competition will omly go when it is financed. the taneous gifts of tht people ed po'ato must imprave on and spon are want A PREMIER ON TRIAL Mr. Flem- Jrunswick, I'he colleagues of Hon New demanding the particulars with regard of the ming, premier of are to the charge which a member assembly, I. N. has preferred. a reading of Dugal, One would suppose, from it, that indictment is clear en the the ough. The declaration of accusing member reads "That the Flemming, James Kidd agency of Wil Berry; Chief Superintendent of the Crown Lands De partment of this province, and under the direct control of "the said Hon James Kidd Flemming, in the vear A.D. 112, did unlawfully extort from divers large lessees of Crown timber limits within this province a sum of fifteen dollars per square mile of their said timber limits over and above the amount of bonus paid by them re spectively, forth in the fifty. third aruual report of the Crown Lands Department of the province of New Brunswick for the year ending the 31st day of October, A.D. 1913, there of, both inclusive, which said amounts unlawiully extorted from said les- sees amounted in the whole to the sum of about ome hundred thousand dol lars, no portion of which sum was ac counted ior or paid into the revenue of this provi ince, and said moneys were extorted from said lessers and paid to the said William UH. Berry with the knowledge and consent and under the direction of the Hon. James Kidd Flemming while occupying the said of- fices of Premier and Minister of Lands and Mines, and all of said moneys were so paid before the said lands were classified under the provisions of chapter eleven of the statutes of New Brunswick for the vear A.D. 1913 lhe strangest feature of the case is said Hon through the as set so the profound, the inexplicable, of the premier. He said nothing ic He offered an expla the silence his own behalf. nation through attorney-general of the province, but on at least two occasions, when he could have spoken effectively, he had not a word to offer and the provincial press marvels at it The government, without the premier who stands aside for the present, open an enquiry, at once. ' It remains to bé seen whether it will be of the well-known Ontario type. Because if [7t is the facts will not be known--un til there is a change of government A Royal Uommission is suggested. It will have the t ducting an investigation in a judicial way. If may remove the lid. A com- mittee oi the house would keep the lid on. | H. F. Neleod. wp. and a'former colleague of Flemming's, is aceused of grafting. He ix said to have acceps- od Of $1,500 whieh was part of the will merit at least of con | Privy Council, funds paid by. certain congection with the railway. Mr. MeLeod he received the money vice, ment. contractors in John Valley does not deny for legal ser- while a member of the govern- "In these days," adds, "1 cannot live by politics alone." St. he EDITORIAL NOTES Time the people "were cleaning The movement, to become general and effective, cannot be begun soon. It takes time to organize a community. up too The Mail refers to the liberals in the, house as "an umpiloted 9 It has Sir Wilirid ior its guide. Could it have a ter? It would be a good thing for opposi tion. Laurier bet the government. if its leader were as | skillful. Mr. Borden has hurried back to Ot tawn to make peacg dn his party-on \ the Canadian Northern Railway loan Ii he can reconcile some of the mem bers now acutely disgruntled he will be awfully clever. Lincoln's admonition against the trading of horses while crossing stream is commended to those who would have a change of privecipal at Queen's College just now. is passing from one condi had better university tion to another. It keep pilot near the helm The Brantford Wilirid Laurier is reform. now that the liberal majority He the way it able Courier says anxious for senate is diminishing was 'but accomplishment of favour of it, cannot he found for the work. The Borden government's ex- perience emphasizes the fact. the (Conservatin they they supplemented under The the clamour reformers, that that could be more could the Pro the economical, reduce he rates gressives, (or liberals), in l.on don County Council. The rates, as a matter oi fact, rising annual tv and huge defects are piling up. It are is the usual conservative experience [PUBLIC OPINION Hard on the Montreal Ts Kaiser legraph Having shown an invinetble dislike for the kaiser's moustache, Paris peo ple are now objecting to his bust Why not tell him they don't like at all and have done with it Woman's Wants Hamilton Spectator Greenwood Ledge "woman wants but little here nor wants } that little long.' Dead wrong--it's man. Woman wants all he can earn for her, and them some I'he ! below, Tip to Col. Ottawa Free Col we Sam has overlooked the remind him that he might his prize colonels to the way this fellow [est matter wend some of Mexico to watch Villa does his work Now for Settlers. Toronto Globe With the completion of all our trans continentals next vear we ought so to reorganize the immigration department that its chief business will be to plant settlers the land and nurse along till take on they actual them root Natural Inference New York Ma'l of the servieg New York have been a certain city earnestly try York At the close minister in Jrethren, | ing to reach the poor of New and have been urgently to come to church. 1 amount of collection £3.75-~that said from the taken infer the Just they : have, come * Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. There were ninety-two Kingston in March The Easter contributions Mary's cathedral amounted 400 The sum of $15,000 has been pro- vided by the government for the in- in St to $1,- troduction of the electric lights into the penitentiary TUESDAY, APRIL TWENTY.FIRST | IS HONOR D. B. MacTAVISH, indge of the county court of Carleton and a prominent and | public-2pirited: citizen of Ottawa, cele | brates his sixty-second birthday on this date. He is now one of the most eminent county court judges in On- tario, possessing a splendid -eputation among members of the bar. Before being raised to the Bench he prac tised in the capital, time city solicitor. He was retained at various: times br the Dominion : Government to argue cases before the Since Ddecoming a Judge he has more than once acted a8 a royal commissioner to luvestigate charges of corruption. Ta private Jife Das been active In the promotion the | The great | always in! ham | man; says inviting them | deaths in! being for some SINE FUTURE EVENTS THE PROPHECIES. MADE BY FRAU NELLY VON HEYMAN Germany Will Make Alliance With Fugland and Three Monarchs Will Die During the Year Four Earthquakes in Europe. Berlin, gApril 21. Interesting to those 1 believe mm occult revela: { Lions are the prophecies of iuture events made by Frau Nelly von Hey- Bremen, the "Madame The bes" of Germany. Frau vom Heyman has atime ted much attention as a seeress, and lihe Mme. Thebes, - of Paris, is consulted by persons high in social, political und Hnancial circles of Germany, and has won favor by her predictions "of events. As her name in- she belongs to the so-called nobility," and is a woman of Like Mme. Thebis, of von Heyman once a a series of world pro- ! phecies, but she Cconsenya- tive than the French i Among the prophecies just by Fran von Heyman jor this are the following : "It will not soon come 'tween America and Japan, | will be much controversy and a | rious disagreement, long-drawn out. Japan eventually will give way, but i should America lose her rudder, then will * come confusion." "Germany will make an | with England during 1914 | "Germany will lose much and weep many tears. "Thrée monarchs will 1014. "It can said that no approaching in 194 four earthquakes in man, of { political | dicates, "lesser education | Paris, Frau year issues is more seeress. issued year to war be- but there se- alliance this fall die during be European War 1s "There will be Europe during the year. "There will be rapid development in aerial navigation, but also many deaths. The ocean will not be cross- od by airship or aeroplane during the vear Zeppelin will lose his principal airship." Less Talk of Militarism Toronto Star There is, perhaps, rather too much lof a tendency to exploit the sc hools | of Ontario for purposes which are not strictly educational Complaint is made that education is superficial, land that it does mot fit the children for their life work. Too many things are attempted It is qute right that a serious view of life and its duties <hould be imparted to children But there is danger of giving a dispro- portionate amount of attention to the duty of preparation against for- eign foes, and too little attention to {the fight against such common enem- jes of mankind as poverty, disease and vice. The problems which will confront ihe children of Ontario when they ¥o {inte the world will be how to earn a living, and hoW to live in right re- lations with their families, with their fellow-citisens, and with other nations Defence against foreign | enemies is a part of this problem of human relationship, but it ought to he presented in' its right proportions, not unduly maguified. A child should {be taught that he is a citizen of the school, a citizen of the nation, a citi- | zen of 'the world, and that he has ! duties arising out of all of these re- lations. 'The duly of social service <hould be taught---net as a new sab- to add to an already crowded program, but as something ~ which should permeate the whole teaching, and be part of the atmosphere of the school. ject -------------------- Canada and the Canal mdon Chroniel Dx, F. Vroom's lecture yesterday at the Royal Colonial institute brings forcibly before us the possibilities which the opening of the Panama canal may have for the Canadian west He calculates that the area which will be able to ship its grain to Liverpool more cheaply via Van- couver and the canal than by the present 'eastern routes, includes the | whole of Alberta and about half Saskatchewan He reckons the saving on freight to the Alberta farmer to average 5d. a bushel, and to the west Saskatchewan farmer 5d.: and as the grain grown in Al- | berta in 1912 exceeded 150 million | bushels, and one-half the Saskatche- 'an crop yields about the same fig- the money value of the change, if correctly estimated, is very sub- | stantial Vancouver, of course, | though it has already seven railwa) running into it and considerable har- bor facilities, would need great ex- tensions to cope, with all this traffic, : and would become one of the chief | ports of the world. Taking soil ! and ¢limate alone, there seems no doubt that the fertile areas of west | Canada are both richer and larger | than those of east; and when once | they have access to an equally ser- | viceable sea, the political and social centre of gravity in the dominion {may quite possibly shift to them, ! ute, Died in General Hospital { David Huchipson, who last Thursday, | arrived here irom New York state, where he had worked for the vast two died in the general 'hospital, night {hn arriving here he | found his relatives had 'moved, and, tbwing ill, he went direct to the hospi- tal, where he passed away from: he it trouble His remains were taken | charge by James Reid & Sons, vad !sent to Gananoque, whete his brother, i Richard resides. The deceased leaves {five brothers, TR of Kingston; i harles, in. Ulvde Forks: David, in { Mexico, N.¥.. and Richard and Wil: liam, in Gananoque; also two sisters, Mrs. Guy and Mrs. Hague, of Sharbot | Lake. 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