PAGE FOUR Too Bui, Whis nd ERA Published Daily and Seml-Weekly by Re BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING | CO, LIMITED, . G. Eldott tarsssessasssss i President | an A.. Guild ....Managing Director a and SBec.-Treas. Telep Business Office .. Faltarial Rooms b Offic LE . 292 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in eity . One year, If paid in advance . One year, by mall to rural offi One year, to United States .... and three months pro rata, emi Sakis Edition One year, by mail, » 1.00 One year, if not paid a. advance. . One Jear, to United States .......$1.5 jx and three months pro rata. Attached Is one of best joo printing offices In Can TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE H E. Smalipeloe 32 0 St. REPRESENTATIV New York "Office . 226 Fitth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager. Chicago vs Tribune 'Bldg. KR Northrup, Manager. the ada.. SUFFERS Antwerp can WHY BELGIUM attack only be explained on the ground that the little the Germany's on she cannot forgive state for its obstruction of kaiser's way 'He great in his move to conyper the world has submitted Belgium to the est savagery. has followed in his wake everywhere. Wanton -~destruction have' marked Murder and rapine have been the distinguish- ing qualities of the German soldiery There must be nothing left of life, of and of treasure, in Belgium. Cruelty and inhumanity every movement of his army. money, There is no punishment too severe for the 'people who would dare trude themselves between the crown- od murders: of Emrope and the ject of his plans. It was not enough that they interfered ut the outset, them They have been meddlers in the war. They left nothing of their ancient glories. Drussels is mined and ready for its fate. Antwerp must fall if the devil- try of a besotted nation can accom- plish it. Women and children, ed and homeless, must be driven out. The last evidence of art, of industry, and of thrift must disappear. gium must be an abandoned land, and then the kaiser can talk die happy. Such ferocity is without a parallel. ob- ob- with his schemes and practically spoiled persistent must be maim- Jel- of peace or in @ man TO HIM. the more Mackenzie ALL HONOR The more one thinks of it he is persuaded that W. L. King has been highly honoured being selected by Foundation to report on the industrial conditions of the The tions between capital and labour have been made the subject of many a the or debate but nearly always there the language used the ment that has been reached. Rockefellex, one of the has put a large pakt of his at the disposal of tasks are of the greatest importance 5 Mhey- can administer only, They cannot investigate must do this, men with special train- ing, and Mr. King leads He is to be congratulated. selected for the position his mevits, He studied economics spe- cially. He" graduated from college with special honours. He followed this with original research work. He added to his calling .by additional de- grees, which marked him out as a man of brilliant attainments. Add- ed to all this was his service under and in the goverment of Canada, in the laboyr department, where he dis- tinguished himself asa His is to be a world's study, look- ing to a "bettering of the condi- tions under which modern industry is hearried on and industrial workers live." As the reports appear they will constitute the greatest text books of the age. in the Rochefeller world vela wis or controversy, is a colouring in judg- Mr men, or in richest fortune trustees whose however, Experts the staff. He was uson pacifieator. THE ASSESSMEN 1/18 HIGH, It is pleasant to read that the as- sgesmont of the city remains high, that #t has been. in fact increased within the year. But this is only pleasant to- some extent. The great « advance of over a year ago was the result of a boom which affected everything, and nothing so much as the real estate of the city. As values were understood to have risen all the way from ten to fifty per venmt., and this higher valuation was dem- | onstrated in the many transactions which took place, of course the as- sessment had to move with thew, The result was an"exhibit which _ te- lighted the municipal managers a | ~ year ago: The congratulations had scarcely pad ayay than some peo- * » THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1914. which increased during 1914, 'aad be- came most The tax rate of this year, intense as the war set in. based up year's revised a nt It has hit some peo- and they see a repeti- t year, in the nssees- | ment>thut has now been made, pro- vided it iv confirmed. Real estate values are not as high now as they a year ago. The assessment should not be as high. Two things, however, confront the council--(1) the | necessity of keeping up the basis of taxation, in order to procure ° the | money the city must have to meet its and (2) the difficulty of once it has is fon last is burdensome: {ple very hard, | tion of it next | were | obligations, reducing the been raised. rious because ipower "of all the people, , barassed position of quite a few. assessment The situation of the timited earning and the em- se- i | CHURCH LOSING POWER. Ihe General Conference of the Me- { thodist church accepted from a spe- | cial committee the strongest arraign- has ever been presented against it. The church, it was was failing to meet the of the age because of likeness unto the world. Her fluence is waning because she some of Christ's plasnest And recovery is silenced and there men "the old sense of moral influence." "The ple of Christ must again hecome ifi the realm, | ment which subs de- her | mitted, niands in- dis< regarded only teachings. can be. had as eriticism is aroused in " peo- a peculiar people, ticularly of business and The old idea that the should be composed of those lives were examples unto others, par- polities." was church whose and whose influence for good would the whole community per- meate in which di- they lived The pastor was the rector of this great forward move and aided The of a ment and he was seconded by the leaders of classes. pre- sence and co-operation few good men would transform little lump really SO- leaveneth the difficult, the leaven It would be ciety as a whole to analyze and describe led to tht very perhaps, causes that apparent power the there has been a by the Metho- The suggestion that relations; or ethics of political policies decadence of spiritual in chugeh, but that decadence is admitted dist church. the business business * men, and is good enough, but be The Me- church "no solution. bé reformed, how is it to effected ? thodist offers Specialists in religion, or evangelists, a passion for revivals but the conference laid The day of revivals The church con time with what melancholy ~--men with were proposed, the matter over. is seemingly tents herself for over. the called - "a one delegated wail of despair.' Se EDITORIAL NOTES. The Rockefeller proposes to investigate industrial con- fund of £100,000,000 on to suf- Foundation, which ditions, has a which to draw It ought not financial fer in a way. I'he new premier of Ontario is des- as an athlete, and especially a He of agility by jumping over the heads cribed his of jumped gave evidence Hanna and Lucas into office. Lhe on the Ontario government is putting market a million dollar bond issue at five cent. An indication the per ol value of money and the price people who want it" must pay in in- terest. president of the Sherbrooke Boards Ivade, week, the only es which ~ I'he Associnted of at a said Germany meeting la¥t tablisiment in was working full time was that "for. the magufacture of widows and orphans." I'he force saibed transport Canadian expeditionary from' Quebec in thirty-one ships that had an escort of lhe feat and perhaps for ithe censorship papers and cables. seventeen battleships would have been nm f 0 risky, possible, but I'he Toronto News says that regarded the Sir James Whitney "'afways conservative party of Ontario as part of a political organization." He nev- as the batk Kitchen of under the er regarded it house, which, may become. the federal new premier, it The Toronto World suggests vival of tax reform. Would this be according to the Whitney tradition ? Ii only the things that the late Sir James approved are to be taken up tax - reform is doomed, and the World wants the Whitney tradition made the test of everything legisla: tive. a re now, Dr. Adam Shortt, of the . Cyna- dian Civil Service Commission, finds that in Britain all outside appoint: ments in the civil 'service are. non: political and made on' their mekits. Ne may as well make up his mind 'that with a party in power which believes in the spoils system the Bri- tish system cannot be had in Can- ada. : New Carnegie Library, Tonten, Uet. '5.--~The corner stone of 'arnegie public library at Stirling [ae laid - with Masonic ceremony if {ihe presence of 1,500 fieople. Lhe vi lawe provided the site oe recoived | gif of $5,000 from Carnegie. municipality will maintain the ineary. He ap trod MU [PUBLIC OPINION] Work Kor Hume. Toronto News : Buy woods made in Canada, employ (Canadian labor, * stimulate domestic industry, and improve home markets Knows How It Feels, Boston Transcript , Germany is now in a position to appreciate. just how it feels to be heat en after you have had your ball on your opponents fifteen-yard line. Ardent Wish. Journal of Commerce Lord Roberts at eighty-two, active- ly engaged in 'encouraging recruiting, inspecting new regiments and advising the war office, is showing a fine spirit Would that we had many mere "Bobs ! An Road-Hogs Of Europe. Halifax Chronicle Mr. Lloyd-Gec ois ammtable an his popular thrase-making. His cha acterization of the Prussians as "the -road-hogs of Europe" will catch popular fancy. , Everybody detests the road-hog the Kaiserism In Clinnds ol Toronto Tele We have heard a ood kaiserism of late, but this a premier) is kaiserism in pr.nciple com to Untario, and it 1s to start fighting it wher appearance, and before active, about (choice of ing right home just as well it puts in an it becomes more Kingston Events 25 YEARS AGO. nib} The city council amended the transi ent traders' license and made the #200 instead of #40. Ald. Minnes pre sented the by-law and it went through in two minutes, not two of the alder men knowing what the change was. There will difliculty over the change very The following gave addresses county teachers' convention: | Prof. Cappon, Br. Knight, Dr. Spankie, Mr Brough, M.A. P. Joyner, Misses Jowman, Shaw and Chown. fee be soon at the ANSWER MAKES SOUL? Winnipeg, Oct. 5 poem, called "Canada's Word," by the Rev. Chas. W. Gordon, D.D. L.L D., (Ralph Connor), author of "The Sky Pilot," "Black Rock," and other fiction, was made public here Satur- day: 20, WHAT MY The following Canada! A voice calls through the mist and spume Agross the wide, wet, salty of foam For aid Whose voice trates thy peace? Whose? Thy mother's Canada; mother's voice leagues thus pene- thy Canada! A drum beats through the night and day, Unresting, eager, strident, ing To arms Whose drum thus throbs persistent? Whose? Old England's Canada, England's drum. 0, summon- Old 0, Canada! A word gleams, leaping swift to strike At foes that press and brave men, On guard. Whose sword thus fierce death? Whose? "Tis Britain's Canada, Great Britain's sword. leap to kill 0, Canada! A prayer beats hard a Heaven's gate, Tearing the heart wide open to Ged's eye, For righteousness Whose thus pierces Heaven? Whose? 'Tis God's prayer, Canada, Thy Kingdom Come. «4 prayer to ng What answer make voice and beat 0, Canada! calling drum, sword-flash and prayer of God, 'For right? Whit answer makes my soul? Mother, to thee help sword." EXPRESS COMPANY IS BEING SUED For the Improper Handling of Let- ters of Several Calgary Firms. Calgary, Alta., Oct. 5.--Because two Calgary firms undertook to- save few dollars sending correspondence in wholesale ots to outside cities, and then taking advantage of the one-cent drop letter rate for distribution through the respective post 'offices, the post office wants $57,620 from the Do minion law, which prohibits persons being tak to obtain that sum through the courts, the saméd being apparently recoverable under the* do- minion law, which prohibits persons not in the service of the postmaster: general from carrying letters. To to pleading Thy my God to Quick, FAMILY OF WARRIORS. All Its Members Arve Tghing Part in : Campaign. Renfrew, Oet. 5.--Something like a record "is being "iiade by the Barnet family, of Renfrew, in the matter of service rendered the empire during the prékent war. Mr. Barnet is insuring the' lives "of Renfrew married men go- ing to the war. Mrs. Barnet is con- venor of the local committee of the Red Cross Society. 'Their son, Capt. Barnet, organized the Renfrewe con- tingent, now away to Europe, and is busy getting a home guard together Their daughter, Mrs. Code, 'goes! to France as a Cross nurse, hile her husband has enlisted as 4 member of the Siiton Gun Corps. i digd in Bloomfield, on Septer- th, 'Eliza' Rundle Branscombe, ite of William H. Branscombe, iv the. he | fift hil eat, hii do de oy : and 7th there will be held: Une On Uetober Ee Eh of the B ITHE LATEST TIDINGS PRESENTED IN IN THE BRIEF EST POSSIBLE FORM. Condensation The Whig's Daily of the News Of the: World From Tele- graph Service and Newspaper Ex- Changes. All plans for the Hague peace con- ference next year haye been called off. : Dr. George Mitchell, ex-warden of Kent county, died at Wallaceburg at the age of seventy-eight years. Hon. Sam Hughes has turned up at Ottawa, having been aboard trans ports in the Gull of St. Lawrence. A permanent highway between Brantford and Hamilton is proposed by the council of the former city. Capt. Samuel H. Burnham, one of the best known marine men onthe Great 'Lakes, died in Port Huron; in his 77th year Rev. H: J. Kieth Kpox church, Peterboro, accepted a call fo the pas torate of Westminister church, Ed- monton. Arthur E. Birdsell, Brantford Township, vorce from his wife. address is unknown Ethel Davis, five years old, ghter of E. Davis, Niagara Ont., was fatally burned while ing with matches, Millard Shaler, an American re- siding in Brussels, is in London en- deavoring to arrange for a food sup- ply for Brussels. The Ontario cabinet ¥ to in- creased in the near future There must be new minjster of lands and a minister without portfolio. Great Britain and Holland reached an understanding is t-, the exportation of foodstuffs from Holl and to any of the countries at war On Sunday, it snowed in Calgary, and with - a strong wind, and heavy clouds gathering, it looked as if the district -weuld register a fall Capt. Eustace Grant the West Yorkshire been killed in action Mrs. Grant Dalton was Farrell, of Halifax Jessie Bradley Victor F. Lawson, cago Daily News died on Lake Shore a protracted illness. had been an invalid for twenty years The Methodist general conferen ence appointed a committee of sixty to continue negotiations with the Presbyterians and' Congregational- ists for church union: A flag-raising ceremony was at the recently<opened Queen Maury public school in Belleville, and the new Centre public school in Sault Ste. Marie swvas formally opened I'he health bulletin of Ontario for the past month has been very encour- aging' to the protincial health board In making the returns, special refer- ence 18 madeto the decrease in scarlet and typhoid fevers. The members, eof , the orchestras of the Orpheum, Gayety and Princess the- atres, Montreal, having decided to on striae in sympathy with the stage handsg the managers of these places of amusenient are filling theirplaces with women. At Fort de France, island of Mar- tinique, a strong earthquake shock was experienced Saturday afternoon The direction was from north to south, and the tremors lasted for thirty seconds. No_damage was done As a "parting shot" at the United States administration, A, Rustem Bey, Turkish ambassador, issued an- other statement Saturday, declaring he was forced out of Washington be- cause of the view taken .by officials of his statement ealling attention to American lynchings A despatch to the graph company from the Transvaal, South Africa, ays that an attempt by Gen. Christian De Wat to address a meeting of pro test against the government's action in regard to the war resulted in the breaking up of the meeting after a demonstration which approached the proportions of a riot I'ite method by which the Fetrnessee was able to raise £1, 400,000 iy, New York, all bank ing institutions had refused to accept the proposition was revealed Saturday known that William 6, MeAdou, retary of the treasury, broke all banking precedents by de positing $1,000,000 of the federal gov ernment's gold coin with the National Park bank, of New York. a farmer of is suing for di whose present dau Fallg, play- be have Dalton, Regiment, has at the front a Miss Kitty of wife ot Chi home Lawson, publisher of at her drive, Lier Mrs. Lawson held go Reuter Tele- Potchefstrom, state of a Joan of afte when it became RUSSIANS "PREVENTING Flanking Movements On Their March to Berlin. Rome, Oct 5.--Cossacks have seized the passes of the @arpathian mountains, and are' now moving south and have occupied Hosszum- ezo. They have also cut the. rail- way at Cziget, thus isolating a great portion of Hungary. The invasion of 'Hungary, i8 first of all to prevent any flanking attacks by Hungarian troops in the Russian march to lerlin, and generally to interfere with . Hungarian mobilization and in- struction of troops, .by providing an even present menace. ded dbbbbbb bbb Ebb bbbbd bid dd WAR BULLETINS, Allies have once more as- sumed the offensive, and the re- tirement of the German crown prince has been accelerated. German defeat was complete by the Russians in the battle of Angustowa. The czar and the kaiser were both on their respective firing lines on Sunday. Turkey has closed the Bos. phorus to all comers, and has heavily mined the approaches. Germans fighting Belgians asked for armistice to bury their dead in front cf Antwerp. 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