BE THR iil Ag 1 CRE J Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING COs LIMITED... LG BIBOtt ...ueuitoreriaonn President A. Guild ....Managing Director and Bec.-Treas. Telephones: Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, Jelivered in city * Meneses «51.00 year, i paid In advance: $LE8 eas to United States .......51.80 and three months pro rata. ed 2 ash M4 1s _ohe of the best job in Canada. RONTO REPRES ATIVE HE Smalineice Church Bt How Zouk Oca thrup, Man . Fran orthrup, or. » Tribune Bulag 0 rani R. Northrup, Manager. ATTACKING CANADIANS It is very kind- of the Germans to inform the people of America that they will bé wise in avoiding the usu- al trade routes across the Atlantic. Canada, it is understood, wil! shortly send a second contingent to England, for service in the war, 'and the Ger- man war oflice will see that, .if possi ble, the ships are jutercepted and de- "stroyed. All of which is pure bluff, and quite becoming to the German general stafi under the circumstances. The empire that rules the seven seas, that is now shipping. her troops by thousands daily from England to France and UBelgiom, in perfect safety, will see 'to it that the way is fear when Canada sends her Second CUon- tingent to Europe. + Toy There is no hurry about departure, but when it does take place, with not a German cruiser in. the Atlantic, and the transports accompanied by a flo- tilla of wat ships, the Cunadiaus can {rot content aboud the, salety, of the voyage. The German menace is sug- géstive of adother Bernstiorff puffball. COMPULSORY SERVICE Some fault has 'heen 'fonnd" certain counties that have not tributed 'men to the military con- tingents. The answer is given by some of the farmers. The = govern. ment watits increased production, and how can this be geoured if the farm- ers' sons are called to the war? The farmers go further and say that the government should legislate for the employment of her people. The par- liament of: Canada is now meeting. It will not debate compulsory miili- . tary service, or conscription. It has 'no (occasion to do so. All the young men needed for military service, and the best in the country--no others are wanted--can be had by volunteer en- listment. Dut there is a certain number of men, and a large number in every community, who are not dis- posed to serve the king. They should be compelled to do ove of two things when the spring opens, namely, either work on the farms, at a fixed and or service in with con- ACCeDH justified in imitating. the government of Germany, and seeing that they are employed in some way. Ouly by the occupation of évefy man will Canada WISE USE 'OF THE PRESS. y i ? k of foodstuffs when so many of _ the young men of the country were call- ed-to arms. Incidentally a shot was at the idle of the rity. They vere advised to help on the farm; re fired placing the farmers' sons, and to their work when they would not er list ior military activity. Lockie Wilson, of the Department of Agriculture, , showed that 1914 'had improved on 1913, in the acres used for field crops, and in the wumber of fair competitors,' and waxing warm over the presumed = emigrants who were not occupied, he said: "They should be offeretl work on farms, and join the army and if they wouldn't do that, it would perhaps be best to kick them out of tie country." Mr. Creelman, College, put the sityation in a nut shell when he said that the war had transferred 0,000,000 men to the war" They were no longer producers, but consumers and destroyers. All others available should be assigned to their work on the farm, in order to keep up the world's supply. DEPENDING ON THE EXPERTS. The President. of the Harvard Uni- versity lays great stress in the ser- vice of the municipal expert. He is not, in England, a showy man. He is seldom, if ever, heard in public. He is, however, the proficient official whose duty it is to Enow whereof hie speuks, to tabulate 'and present all available information on any subject, and guide the members of the Council into sound conclusions. Mr. Lowell, (the aforesaid), says that the American Councillors are afraid of the experts, but he does not say why. president He would be -nearer a correct descrip tion of the experts ii he said the Am- erican Councillors had ne confidence in them, and, by showing their depre- ciation, made it impossible that the experts, (behind the succeed. Couneils), could said to be dilfer- appears = to have study of the situation, and finds that behind the committees, that usually do the business, and especial- ly behind the chairmen, stand the men who know their business. They prime the chaipmen, the chairmen in- struct the comnfittees, and the com- mittees generally carry. their recom- mendations in the Council. The ox- perts, in England, correspond with the official heads of the departments of city government in. Canada. These officials are always gaining in knows ledge and , experience. When they want light on any point they seele it, and a8 fully as possible they sare posted. 28 It would be well for our Council jf it, like the Fnglish Councils, t#usted in the judgment and advice of the of- fieials the more. The aldermen ars free to do 'as they like, of course, mt if they were trained, as in kng- land, to depend more on the perman- ent experts there would be fewer blup- ders, fewer things to lament and re- gret. Thomas Adams, an English expert, will visit Kingston about the middle of "the month, and ode municipal leg- islators will do well to listen to him, and Yearn something of the British system of government, which is the best in the world. In England it i ent. Mr, a Lowell made EDITORIAL NOTES. The Saskatchewan surtax is declared to be workalMe. It is a tax on va- cant land. Could not a similar tax be imposed upon vacant land about the city? A real good tax would put some of the land to good use or into the market for sale. ' A Port Arthur man wants Canada to buy a couple of battleships which the navy. And add, by borrowing, forty millions to the one hundred and fifty shg.is now trying to finance ? Canada and Mr, White may be equal to thé strain. : : In order to save his Ship-Purchase Bill President Wilson announces 'that he favours permanent: ownership, but pot: the ~ purchase of any of the fn- Siie- angarante, J the SppouEuts of the bill kindly allow themselves to be chloroformed ? Tt -is doubtful. | © The city Way have occasion to re a depreciation fund as 'suggested. by ¥ do if they didn't want to, then let them | | of the Agrioulitural * | Twenty-five Years Ago \t a meeting of the Uddfellows' Re- ei 'Association all the members were ' present, with the exception of W. J, Livingston; who is in California. Dr. F. Fowler. was. re-elected president, and W. Dunn vice-president. Col. D. Callaghan was re-elected treasurer, and Robert Meek secretary. The'busi- ness of the year opens most success fully. W. Mitchell saved a boy from drowning when he fell through the ice at the foot of Prineéds street. A communion service costing over £400 has been purchased by A.. C. Johnston for St. Andrew's Church. Tt is: a handsome sett. DECLINED THE OFFER. Conon FitzGerald Asked -to Accept Senior Curacy. Canon FitzGerald has declined the offer of the senior curacy of Roch- dale parish church, diocese of Man- chester, England. Two cablegrams were replied to by Canon FitzGeraid this week, one offering to await his coming till- May, the next offering a very handsome net iicome and free holise. Before making the eof- fer the Bishop of Manchester and Archdeacon Clarke, rector of Roch- dale, commuaicafed with the Bishops of Ontario and Kingston and Arch- deacon 'Dobbs; Last year Canon FitzGerald declined the offer of the parish of Burscough ip the diocese of Liverpcol, England. Rochdale has one of the first par- ish churches in England. Their are four clergy on the staff including Archdeacon Clarke. | DIED, AGED NINETY-FOUR, The Late Mrs. Carruthers, Formerly of Glenvale. Mrs. Katharine Carruthers, an old resident. oi Glenvale, died in Cobourg on February lst. The deceased was ninety-four years of age and was born at the former place. 1n religion she was a Presbyterian. The funeral service wae held at her son's resi- dence, Cobourg, on Wednesday. The remains arrived in Kingston on the noon train, Thursday, and were taken in charge by Undertaker 8. S. Cgpr- bett, wno transferred them to Cata- raqui vault. The deceased leaves two daughters | and three sons: Mrs. W. Boyd, Uhi- cago; Mrs, Justice Sherbino, Emmer- son, Man; W. A. Carruthers, Atlanta, Ga.; "A. 8. Carruthers, Cobourg, and John Carruthers, Glenvale. SHOOT ALL PRISONERS Record Of Ordér Found In German Soldier's Diary. London, Feb. 4.--The Times pub- lilies. oxtracts from the diary of a German soldier, Reinard Brenneis- sem of the Fourth Company of the 112th Regiment, which describes his experience, first in the neighborhood of Murlihausea and afterwards, in Flanders. One passage, which #he Times produces in the German fac- simile reads: "There also came a brigade order that all French, whether wounded or not, who fell into our hands, should be. shot Rp prisoners were to be made." Nara a Feb abt ARE VERY ANGRY. Amsterdam, Feb, 4~On the RPE P EPP IROIP IES sn, ars RUSSIAN HEROINE HONORED. Enfisted as Man and Fought in Nine. teen Battles. Moscow, Russia, Feb. 4.--A the wounded' ho 'hdve arrived in 08- cow frogiesthe front is Olga Krasilui- After t : in nineteen bat- i was wounded in the Kingston Events | LEA EE EE EEE EE EE AE EE EE EE EE Er EE RI RE EE I EY) was an absolute agreement be- 4 tween the parties to confine legislation to the war, "Anoth- er big money vote is to be made. News despatches Wednesday night indicated that the Ger- mans made further terrific at- tacks on the British lines in Flanders but were unsuecess- ful. 2 Turks attempting to blow up a bridge on the Suez canal were surprised and defeated by Brit- 4sh troops. Lieut.-Col. Kemp and a com- mando of Boer rebels have sur- rendered to "the government forces, ad Bulgaria will wot enter the Wir at present, according to the latest declaration of the pre- mier, Lance Corporal W. J. Huston, of Fort William, is dead of wounds, and Sergeant Major H. G." L. Smith is dangerously wounded. Both were with the Princess Pats. It is believed in London that the Russians bave been forced to abandon their march on Koenigsberg. Seed Fed bbb blll db bbb ddd EAT CREAM AND CAKES. Imputation Against Viennese While # Men Die In Trenches. Vienna, Feb. 4.--The ministerial de- crée reducing the proportion of wheat or rye flour in bread-making from eighty to fifty per cent. comes into force next Saturday. Burgomaster i Weiserkirchner at' a political meeting, to-day, complained bitterly that thousands of families in Vienna were living just as though there was no war. Elegantly dressed women, he said, sat in cafes drinking whipped cream wilh their coffee and eating the finest of cakes, heedless of the fact that sons and brothers wers giving their lives for the fatherland. The burgomaster fiercely denounced covetous tradesmen, who," he said, "sought 'despicable gain at the ex- pense of the whole population." Both the Austrian and = Hungarian governments haye ordered, now that the maize is ready for milling, that flour must consist of fifty per cent. maize meal. } AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN. i: Battles In the Carpathisns May. Hell Petrograd, Web!' 4. wilitany circles 'in Petrograd ft is Supposed that the Carpathian 'battles may ue of a.protricted claractep ., Although the Austrign offensive cotnmenced ten days ago, the ration has not as yet been fuily defined, for all the troops deputed to take part have not yet been brought' into 'action, The great batt1d Which 18 foreshad- owed is only ripening and the pre- cess is more than usually complicat- ed on account of the mountainous nature of the theatre. Circumstandes allow one to sup- Dose that the Austrians have set ev- erything at stake in attacking at'the Carpathians, when threatened by the Serbs and not being sure of the ney- trality of Rumania. Therefore, in the event of a bad' turn to their op- erations an Austrian retreat is still possible before the great battle comes -------- VALUE OF INOCULATION. Canadian Medical Corps Captain ; Writes to Times. London, Feb. 4.--Captain. Harry Morell, of the Canadian Medical Corps, writes to the Times adding his testimony to the value of inocula- tion. Speaking of the process at Valcartier, he says: "To inodhlate about 27,000 men required 57,000 in- me, Ti] this series, which I believe is the lar- gest on record, we did not have any cases of severe constitutional reac- tion or any infected arms. This speaks volumes for the technique "{employed, which 'was simple." HBR e blr r bre SEPP E Per ebb SPSS Eee tered ships of the belligerents. - With hire geet. that it did not, years ago, bave [8 Smith passed away ence, 79 High Park his. Mr. Napanee, Ont., Tuesday, in The '* CAVALRY REINFORCEMENTS -' ¢ -- Ontario Squadron Under Orders To : Leave Immediately. ~ 2 + London, Got, Feb. 4,--It is re-. ported here that "C" squadron of the Seventh Regiment, Canadian Mount- ed Rifles, which is in training in Tor- onto for service with the 3rd contin- gent, will be despatched overseas al- most immediaiely to act as reinforce- ments for cavalry of the first contin- e gent. As a result; it is said that £|another squadron. for the 'mounted regimen: will be raised in the second division and brought to this ety; the ~ | mobilization base of the corps. pm ie. 5 hs tor) {in equippin And Rubbers Suits and Ulsters style; heavy wool tweed, Shawl collar or military two-way and browns; sizes 34 to 44 Overcoats for Men and Boys at Wholesale Prices See Our $1000 Storm k See Our $1250 Speed- way Ulsters Real Beauties Scotch Kersey cloth lined with all wool tweed, double breasted style; belted or plain backs: sizes 34 to 42. nobby greys Semi-Ready quality; bl and greys. Wool Sweater browns, made in B Saadeh anand hE ) Overshoes And Rubbers denna s®%zesassas2zz2zs T. 1. LOCKHART Real Estate and Insurance, Bank of Montreul Bidg. Kingston, Ont, "hone 1035 or 1020. CALL FOR MORE MEN -- Made By the A Melbourne, Feb. 4.--The Hon. G. | F. Pearce, minister of defence, speaking at the anniversary luncheon of the Australian Natives' Associa- | tion, declared that the government | placed no Hmit on the number of men it will send to the war. He urg- | ed the men to come forward and do | their duty, saying the ernment would carry out their resfonbilty g, {raiding and ne ne them. ! e urged rifle gluse to' take up drift aid | Sdvorated ous sporting organ 8 Reming (rifle clubs and undergoing drill, He § gratification that' the second Aus- tralian contingent reached Egypt without accident. Mr. Pe : thusiastically = ehes papers, commend the 2 nt 8 4 franknes his speech, os ken' to 'See Our $1 5.00 Ulsters Régular $20, $22.50; sizes 34 to 40. Fine Chinchilla cloth, shawl collar, military style back, pleated and belt- ed, hand tailored, Society Brand and See Our Great $4 Pure With storm collar; greys, reds and ustealian Minister of | Ta HE despatch- | 'anmouneed with | Pearce was en- | ered. The news. p Workingmen's Cold Weather Clothing Heavy Mackinaw Coats, storm col- lars, $4.75, $5.00 ; Sheepskin Coats, $4.00, $6 and $7.50 FRIEZE REEFERS Extra length, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.50. OVERSHOES AND RUBBERS WARM MITTS Pigskin mitt, heavy wool lined, for 50c. Other lines, 75¢ and $1.00. CAPS Heavy Beaver Caps, wool. Fur inside bands, for 50c, ues, browns Coats ngland. Bibbys i i Overshoes And Rubbers |Our Red Letter Shoe Sale in Full Swing 20% Off Al Shoes Except Military Boots, Many Odd Sizes 30 to 50% Off H. SUTHERLAND & BRO. jp "The Home of Good Shoes. L Bargains ! Bargains! Let Everyone Have a Flashlight 0 lights, SOc: SLES Mghts, T5e.: $1.50 1 1.00 F200 Dehin BLE0; photo! Hush Hebe roe Sule Vise, . We hayé make room for our big stock of bicycles and bic ele wee Sih hy Cy Burnieg No. 6 dry cell wold for S230, to clear oul ug $1.50 : : 'effme gets best cholee. They won't last Tonk al thénd prices. : Fok A 3 4 5 wi