Are FEE oR ai and three months pro rata. ABTA othr TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE BE Bmallpeice ;....... 38 Church Bt. U. 8. REPRESENTA RT Mew York og rbd 7 Fifth Ave. ok rthrup, Manager, 0 iissesrseessasss Tribune Bldg. Frank 7 Wariseop Manaper Hy There hus extravagance, or tao much generosity, in connection with the Patriotic Fund, and the Montreal Gazette's Ottawa correspondent explains : "Wives and dependent relatives of Canadian soldiers at the front are in receipt of money from one} two, and sometimes three sources. In most cases & proportion of the hushand's staty- tory pay ffom the Militia Department ja assigned to them. In' addition to this, there is the separation allowance for wives. When these resources are insuflicient additional aid is granted from the Patriotic Fund." The Gazette is not correct in some respects. The sources of income of the wife and family of a front are various. The man may as- sign some of his pay to bis depend- ants. Most of the soldiers have made 'these assignments. But they are not taken into account by the Canadian Patriotic Committee, and because this is the ruling of the Militia Depart: meut, 'The Fund allows a wife $1 per PATRIOTIC FUND, been some complaint of soldier at" the day, or $31 for a month of thirty-one | days. o She. is allowsd a! certain amount per day for each child, the rate being ateording to the scheduls of age. . There is in addition the separation allowance: ol $20 per month. The Gazette correspondent errs when be says the deficiency is made up by the Patriotic Fund. The Fund ad: vances the first item, and the separa- tion allowance comes next, and is sihtracied from 'the monthly amount from the fund. The assigned pay is not taken into account in any case. ANNUAL COUNCIL DEFICITS. There is a section of the Municipal Act to which the city auditor has called attention--an amendment of 1914--and a section {o which the conncil has paid very little heed. It directs that no expenditure shall be undertaken for which ample provision has not been made in the budget. The legislature had ne doubt infor. mation with regard to a practice that is all too common, namely, that of a council incurring debts which it cannot pay. These debss are leit to a suceceding council and the law says that they are illegal, or illegal If" contracted. The question follows: What is the penalty for an infraction of the act * Every alderman should be interested in the answer. It is better that he should be cautious than that some one should take action against him, and the minutes of the council con- tain the record of his imprudence. In the Fipance Committee's report there is the repeated recommendation that certain améunts be paid = for which funds have not been provided in the budget. There is the evidence. The auditor is exempt from censure. He has done his duty when he has called attention to the vielation the law. By These 'annual deficits of the council depressing. (hing. - "They are which should not be left hy one council for the embarassment of another. One. body has no right, of an increase of the tax rate, and this has heen dome over and over again. islature has aimed to end he practice, and the sooner the at- "{orney-general 'makes an example of "some municipality the better. Hudgment; becuase thelr training makes them cautious, makes them in- [ vestigate, makes them ask questions in order to understand what is before them. The people aré to blame when they part lightly with the aldermen who are willing to serve them and have given evidence of their capa- city. There is a sort of lifting pro- cess now © going on. Some of the members of the couneil are retiring. Some others are being opposed. The mayor's chair will be vacant at the end of the year, and one aspirant for it is in the field. Another may pre- sently be announced. An acclama- tion is seldom endorsed, except in the case of one who has heen a sig- nal success, and whose continuance in office is desired for the good that he can do, In comnection with all these positions the electors have a 'duty to perform, " It is to lay aside politics ~which is the bane. of society--and remember that a council is a com munity of men whose interests 'are so local ard domestic - that anything which operates agaidiit the peaceful consideration of them is not to be commended. ; The debt of the city is high enough. Tt must be limited by n rvestriction. of city's wants to what is absolutely required. The taxes are ligh enough, indeed, too high, and nothing should be undertaken which can have a tendency to drive them higher. This annual economy must he preached by the people, and it is for them to elect the representatives who will. give an. assurance of their jurpose to retrench wherever henever it is possible: and EDITORIAL NOTES. Women are doing eggellent execution mn connection with the army in Bri tain, They are teaching the eruits how to shoot. © And they can da it too. They are crack shots. University has fired (lerman professors. At least have been relieved of duty for - the balance of the season at full pay. They do not suffer, then, on account of their culture. : -------------- Collier's cannot be reconciled to the light punishment inflicted by an Am- erican court upon Siegel for a major ofience. Justice must he blind when she discriminates 80 much in favour of a great offender. re- ils they Toronto The Ford employees, who share in the past savings of the ear works, must be married, single men of industrious habits, or "supporters of dependént "relatives. These 'men are not giving any of their time to pool or pokér playing. : Perth county triotic Fund the on the dojlar on ment, or a total will. give the benefit Pa- of one mill next year's assess- of $32,000. Thev will pay it out in monthly instal- ments of $1,400. Perth county things on a princely scale. ---------------- does How can the Second, Contingent ab- orb the two hundred surplus officers who are coming bury Plain? Most of the appoint - ments have been made. should never have gone out of country unplaced and unattached. | i . . home from Salis: The officers the Kingston Events Twenty-Five Years Ago Laborers are to-day engaged in cutting ice off the crossings and mak- ing them passable. C. Millan will contest |v wil in the council. Prof. Macgillivray, of 'Queen's Uni- versity, has been made a member of the Guelph Canadian Club. Queen's University Hockey vlocted. the following officers : = Hon. president, Dr. Henderson; president, Hi. HN. Pirie; vice-president, N R. Carmichael; eaptain, J. F. Smellie; scoretary<treasurer, HH! A. Parkyn; committee, S, M. Davis, C. B. Burns, \. B. Cunningham. SIGNS ARE INCREASING. Frontenac Club Tiat Germans Preparing To Retire : In Flanders. -. London, Dee. T--Further indica- tins that the Germans are prepar- itg for a retirement from their pre- seat battle line in Flanders before the allied offensive was seen here yesterday in"reports from the. con- tient. Amsterdam reports declare that the German commander im Antwerp lis ordered that no one be permitted te enter or leave the city during the n xt eight days. Such an order is teen to clearly indicate that mili- fury work is to be in progress about tha city during that time. It is be- lieved here that it foreshadows the erection of defences outside. the city, to which a position of the arms in Flanders will retire. From Rotterdam it is declared the German movement along the Yser is only a feint to cover a retirement. It is aecepted that the Germans will hold Antwerp at all eosts as nro- tortion to their flank in the event of a refredi. Sea-Fight V Found. Santiago, Chile, Dee. 7---The first report of the discovery of the body of any of the Brifish sailors or of- who were lost when the cruis- &rs Good Hope and Monmouth were dastroyed by the German fleet, reach. &d here yesterday. The schooner Gay- iota reported that 1,200 miles south of Valparaiso she found a portion of the body of a British sailor, fioating en {ife-Bouy from an English war- - " slip. THE HALLS OF QUEEN'S VICE-PRINCIPAL WATSON SPOKE ON SUNDAY. The Alma Mater Society Elections on Saturday Afternoon--W. A, Johns. ton, of Arts, Was Elected Presi: dent. >" The service in Convocation Hall on Sunday morning was conducted for the first time in years by Vice Principal Watson, who chose his text from John, iii,-9 : "He that saith he in in the light and hateth his brother is in darkness even until now." The speaker said he did not be- lieve in a contrast between the lay- men and. clergy. A religion does away with all opposition between things religious and secular. In spite of all distinctions. of class and oc- cupations, the nations of Europe and of this continent may he called chris- tian. By christian we do not mean (the unity of God and man, but a faith such as Luke described in his "words : "Glory to God in the highest and on earth, .peace, good- will towards men." One would be led to think that christianity is a religion not only of peace but one of force. Can it he that the character of christianity is misunderstood ? The time will come when we shall see the old Hebrew prophet's = vision, a time when spears will be turned into pruning hooks, and when nations shall no longer he at war. If this be true then we must leave the qld ideas and revel in the new gospel. To understand the special meaning of the text, said Dr. Watson, we must realize the circumstances under which it was written. The first epistle from St. John was written af- ter the end of the first century at a {time when the sect of Nostics was in a flourishing condition, and who with their fanatic ideas were aiming a blow at true faith. At this time apostles were looking for. the immediate appearance - of Christ, but as time passed and he did not come it dawned upon them that the enemies of christianity were inconsistent, with the outside cere monials. St. Paul taught that christianity was a world-wide religion, which could not he improved upon or prided by outside ceremonials. The laxity of external organization dis- wppeared and a new faith appeared and drew converts from all sides. Christianity came into violent con- tact with the Roman religion, which the Romans thought was the only true form of religion, with the worship of ancestral Gods. The chris- tians, however, prefer to go to the stake rather than to worship these gods of fame. Christianity found its greatest foe in the Nostics who claimed to he the renresentatives of a higher form of worship. They denied the unity of God and looked upon God as the oraduct of an inferior deity. St. John taught that Jesus is the son of God who has brought to licht the true nature. of God. The sinless nature can only he attained hy doing [will of God. | Speaking of the present war Dr { Watson said that christianity would emarge in the higher and truer light. {<The world passeth away and the i luets thereof, but he who doeth the | will of God liveth forever." | A, MS, Elections On Saturday night Grant Hall was filled by a cheering mass of en- thgsiastic students who had assemb- led to hear the election results. The first returns ceme in at 7.30 o'clock and the big hall resounded to vari- ous songs and yells until the last poll was heard from. The results of the elections were favorable to Arts as seven out of their twelve candidates were elect- ed. Medicine elected three men and Science two. The Levana society for the most part voted solid for the Arts men. W. C. Johnston ,the Arts candi- date for the presidency, defeated N. G. Stewart, (Science), by a major- ity of 74. J. Gilchrist, (Arts), for the second vice-presidency and Mr. Sellery, (Medicine), for the treasur- er headed the polls, each one re- ceiving 513 votes. The closest run was for the position of treasurer, Harvey Angrove, (Medicine), defea- ting A. Donaldson, (Arts), by one vote. The results: President, W. C. Johnston, (Arts): vice president, H. W Whytock, (Medicine) second vice president, J. Gilchrist, (Arts); secretary, C. M.Sellery, (Medicine); assistan sef: retary, A. Wynne, (Arts); treasurer, H. Angrove, (Medicine); athletic etick, W.'S, Holmes, (Arts); critie J. D. McCrea, (Acc., Arts); com- mittee, F. W. Quigley, (Science; J. House, (Science); J. L. McKinnon, (Arts): 1. R. Dodds, (Arts). A short meeting of the Alma Mater society was held aftar the election results had been announced, at which the medals won in the last track meet were presented to the winners. The Q, U, M, A, Meeting At.the meeting of the Q. U. M. A held on Saturday morning, Prof. J. F. MaeDonald gave an intercsting talk on the work of the Reading Camb association in Algoma. Prof. MacDonald related his own experi- ences of his work during the Sum- mer of 1901 and emphasized the fact that in -teaching the men of the camps 1o write and read, one has to hele with them and be one of the®. Unless this plan is carried out his efforts will count ing. for noth Basket Ball Games, Two fast basket bail games Were staged in the gymnasium on Saturday afternoon, when the fir-t games of the inter year schedule were ved. The junior game he. tween "15 and "16 resulted in a win for "15 by a score of 33.22 "15---- Kull, Melleville, Laird, Countryman. '16--G. Smith, Roach, West -Bar- rett, Mohr. : The senior, fixture between 'i% and "17 wag won by '16 by a score of 37-17. '16--Roach, Dodds, G. Sigith, Mohr and MeTiraith. ; Ee "1s . Rowlands, Wil Lang, To they Vogan; Eagieson. Prof. Matheson games. CHILE WARSHIP MISSING, Germans Discovered Trying To Evade Neutrality Law. Santiago, Chile, Dec. 7--Consider- able gnxiety is felt here for the war- ship Baquedani, sent out by the Chil- €an government to investigate reports that the Germans have established a base in the Juan Fernandez Islands. The Baquedanti should have return- ed November 30th, but is still miss- ing. The cruiser Zenteno sailed Sat- urday to search for the Haquedani. Further attempt of the Germans to evade neutrality laws is urged as the result of a raid by the police on the water front. The police captur- ed 1 cutter containing eight men, which carried provisions, food, and life-buoys belonging to the German transport Prinz Eitel. The cutter was alongside the Ger- man steamer Goettinger. e Ger- man consul and the manager of.the Kosmos line were found aboard the Goettinger. GANANOQUE FACTORIES ARE : refereed both RUNNING OVERTIME On MILITARY WORK. The Town Market Prices -- Tatke ys Cheap This Year, Selling at 15 and 16 Cents a Pound. ON Gananoque, Dee. 7.--~The local mar ket, which has béen given a new im- petus during the past few weeks, was fuite well attended on Saturday by both buyers and sellers. The prices were in the main about the same as Inst week. Fresh eggs were very scarce and brought 35¢, a dozen: but- ter, 30¢. to pound: hogs, oe Quite a large number of live hogs dis posed of to local buyers for ship- ment, Dressed icckens brought from ducks, R5¢. to £1} all of seeris to be on the It is estimated that this year the prices of turkeys 'will not exceed Ihe. or at most 16¢. a pound. The two local harness factories, Gib son's apd Acton's, are hoth still run ning overtime ou military work, With good prospects of its continuance for some considerable time, as from re cent reports the estimate that the present European war will last at the least for three years means a steady and continuous "supply of military equipment. This latter also affects the Skinner Manufacturing Co.) Lim- ited, vefy favorably. The works of the latter firm have been for several months past running seven and a quarter days a week, and has the large addition made to its brass foundry quite insufficient for the in- creased demands of business, and has been compelled to haye some consid- erable amount of brass castings monlded 'out of town. Of eourse, this helps some other finms, but if the class of work was of the proper kind, it would mean that the entire manu- facturing element of the town would be taxed to the limit to supply the demand. But as it stands several of the local iactories can give their em- ployees no more than three or four days' work a week. The solid nickel stirrups and bits for cavalry equip- ment made by the Skinner Co., lim- ited, are being turned out at the rate of some 2,000 gets a week. Rev. Melvin 'laylor, pastor of Grace church, preached missionary sermons on - the Lansdowne circuit yesterday, the pulpit of Grace church being filled in his absence by 'Rev. Mr. Spell, of Lansdowne, » Mr. R. D. Gordon, of New York city, who, with her husband, is the (guest of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Gordon, King street west, rendered a solo at St.- Andrew's church, yesterday morning, and, with I. E. Shields, a duet at the evening service. Mrs. C. W. Knight entertain. ed her class of gills. of Grace Meth- odist Sunday school on Saturday evening. Mrs. 0. W. Henoe entertain. ed her class of boys of Grace Sunday school - at her home, South street, on Saturday evening. Mrs. Rosevear, spending the past two weeks in town as guest of Mrs. E. 0. Webster, Osborne street, has re- turned to her home in Kingston. Frank H. Hurd, of Kingston, and daughter, Miss Helen, spending som@ time past with the formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hurd, Brock sircet, returned home on Saturday, Rev. R. Serson, an old-time resident of this section, located for the past few vears in Hamilton, js spending a "hort holiday season in town and vi cinfty, de, a dressed to lie. were alsa Toe. to 21 a pair; each. The prices on dressed poultry decling classes Neutrality Gone Mad. New York Herald. Things have come to a pretty pass when bluejackets and marines are forbidden to pipe the melodious ditty anémt the wearing stretch of the long, long road to Tipperary,and all because the vicarious longing ¢rooned in a British marching tune is solemnly ordained to be a viola- tion of the president's neutrality, Heaven save the mark! Longer and harder than the road to Tipperary will be the distance Sec- retary Daniels must covér before he convinces the people that this latest divagation is more than the merest idleness. It may, perhaps, go far and fare well with the German vot- er, but it can serve only to irritate the sence of dignity and proportion of the other ninety per cent. of our citizens, worn out with vagaries and foolishness that have hurt and afe centinuing to hurt our good name at home and abroad. ---------------- Crar Visits Wounded, Petrograd, Dee. 7--On a visit fo Tula, Czar Nicholas on Saturday re- ceived representatives of the nebili- ty, peasants aad merchants alike. The visit of the czar, during which he distributed deegrations to several of the wounded confined in hospitals here, aroused the greatest enthusiasm. Gifts of money were made by the wealthy residents of! the city, while the peasants contributed humble of- ferings toward meeting the needs of the war, 3 The czar visited the armé factory founded by Peter the Great and talk- ed with the workmen employed there tn msn ty eps. Poverty is no crime. Many a man ¥ a ma Club Bags And Suitcases * Club Bags And Suitcases We Meet or Beat All Catalogue Prices SALE OF PURE WOOL SWEATER COATS White trimmed with red, blue or green, some with eollars; ladies' and misses' sizes. Regular $2.00, $2.50, $3.00 values, while they last for ~ $1.00 EACH WORKINGMEN'S SHOE SPECIAL $2.75 The Just y Wright ¢ SHOE (}¢ Elk, tan or black, sewn and pegged soles, all sizes 6 to 11. A gennine $3.50 shoe for $2.75. BOYS' OVERCOAT SPECIAL $5.00 Sizes 28 to 33, collar, new two-way ecol- lars, belted backs, good patterns, all wool fabrics. Genuine $7.50 values for . $5.00 military BOYS' SUITS New Norfolk styles hloomer pants, sizes 26 to 33; rich brown and gray. The best $5.00 boys' suits in Canada. CLOTHES Cugraght Wa fit guaranteed. Sjzes 34 Are. made of English ster with new two-way Boruety Brad (F Pl f a Ca Bibbys Blue Suits at $12.50 Are made from pure wool worsteds, fast Indigo dye. Newest models. Good workmanship. Perfect to 42 Bibbys $12.50 Shawl Collar Ulsters Chinchilla cloth in nebby blue, brown and gray. Sizes 34 to 40, Bibbys $12.50 Weatherking Ulsters Are made from solid wool tweed, lined with a light- er weight.wool.tweed, nade in the I). B. style ul- collar. Solid comfort and durability: Sizes 86 {o 44, $12.50. See Bibby's $1.00 Silk Knitted Scarfs. See Bibby's $1.00 Kid Gloves, wool lined. Club Bags And Suitcases candy, suger bread--not Buy St. L in on Fortidge fruit or only pleases bat: ExtraG 'that Gen Carranza is right then be rich, : blowing Reports are current in Mexico City| - ; up certain tunnels. Phone, 1417, TE ---- Announcement ? present premises in the early of 1915, I am now prepared to reductions om J. FE. MULLEN BRIGHT XMAS LIGHTS - Have you ween our fashlights? iH wot you have mi = the best navortment shd¥vn in the ely, Je te batteries, We have flashlights for the boys and girls. Flashlights for service for men and $2.50. Dest bulb; West -