PAGE FOUR THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MARCH $, 1915, The British Whig CHEE Ee = *| When a Minister, in petulent mood, | Published Dally: asd Semi-Weekly by TRAE _BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING | by political animous, he offered an in- [are said to be already stranded . - CO., LIMITED. J. GQ Elliott President Lema n A. Gulld ....Managing Director an i d Sec.-Treas. ' y Telep) 'Business Office ... Editorial Rooms Job Office ssase 243 sesennes 220 292 SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) One year, delivered in city . $8.00 One year, if pald in advance .... $5.0 ® year, by mail to rural offices $2.50 One Fear, to United States . $3.00 Ix and three months pro rata. (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash One year, if not paid in advance 1 1.50 One year, to United States Attached As one of" the . Printing offices in Canada. TORONTY REPRESENTATIVE H. BE. Smallpeice 82 Church St. U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES New York Office 225 Fifth Ave. Frank R. Northrup, Manager Chicago Tribune Bldg. rank R. Northrup, Manager best job MILITARY BOOT SCANDALL., The Ottawa correspondent of the | Toronto © News reports that nothing damaging has come out in comhection with the military shoe scandal, or | words to that effect. Well, here are some of the admissions from the Di- rector of Supplies: That many | boots had been improperly fitted; that | the toes of some had come out; that the stitchthg of others had come | loose; that after {we weeks' use they | had leaked, become shrunken, and | felt like blotting paper; that thous- | ands had been inspected and passed, | only to be rejected, and the director confessed that he had not read some | of the reports respecting them, and | had not reported the defects to any | sone. Nothing coming out of pg | damaging nature ? What is all this, | and what do the people think of the | men who serve them at high salaries { in high places ? : : ---- ---------- i _ PILING UP. THE DEBT. | What is the bonded 'debt of the | 9 | ronto | took practically the same view. The, | Ministers should, if they believed the | | charges, refer them to a committee, to be investigated, or Dr. Shortt should be allowed to appear at the bar of the house and justify himself. That is the only course the Ministers can pursue, honourably. Will they do it? We shall see. does the Whig. | was an honoured professor in Queen's University. He is a publicist whose reputatian is superior to that of any of the men who. have slandered him. He did not accept office as a party man, for party purposes, and he hag performed his public duty conscienti- ously, without fear, favour and affec- tion. ' | | felt that he must say something and hinted that Dr. Shortt was influenced | | sult to a high-minded public 'official | that will reflect upon himself, | F---------------------------- i A VERY SUSPICIOUS MOVE. In the party caucus Hon. Mr. | Hanna explained his bill for the --ap- pointment of a Central License Board. The need of this board hasnot been | publicly explained and it will take a | lot of talking to make any unpreju- diced person sec the necessity of it. Local license boards are not some- times held in high favour. Fo- an absolutely independent | board, under the presidency of Mr. Flavelle, was hounded out of office because it would net lend itself to the schemes of the party hack. Its successor has not been criticized by the Conservative and the inference is plain' that it is working run In heelers, in harmony -with the men who elections In Kingston it is announ- | |ced that the license board will not | brook interference with any one, and | notice is said to have been served, before the last election, on the license holders that they were not to con- | tribute the party funds. They | may haverdone it, nevertheless. The license bomrd has put itself on re- | cord as against the subscriptions of license holders to the party funds. It is not at all clear that the | central license board is a creation of | the provincial secretary because he | does not approve of the actioms of certain local boards. The man who was willing to work prison con- | tractors for election purposes, and ac- | cept of their contributions, is not | likely to be disgraced by enything a | local board may do if it happens to | be in wrong; on the contrary if the ! central license board means anything it is an institution which' will for- ward the. party's schemes or it will not be adopted. | to {seem to be a fearless and | growing potatoes. of the gfficial return, which was some time ago. Over and above all the re- tiremenis and resignations, or com- bined wacancies, most of them forced, there have been in three years 11,000 appointments, That is going some. Hon. Mr; White--who, like all poli- tical converts or perverts, is very vi- Mr. Nickle knows Dr. Shortt. So p¢ious in his views--cannot find any : For many years he | liberal paper in Canada that has dis- cussed his budget editorially. Where bas he béen looking for them ? The usual subscription to "Clippings" would produce more excerpts from the Liberal press than he could read. * 3 Stranded In Panama, Hamilton Times. Visitors to the Panama exhibi*on in San Francisco. This war is hard on everybody. For Canada's Good Name, Guelph Mercury. I the "Made in Canada" stamp is going to count for anything in fu- ture they had better put all the evi- dence about these boots in a safe and then throw {he key down the well, Putting In The Plug. Montreal Mail. A New York man will get a fortune if he remains sober for two years, At the end of that time, by all ae- | counts, he will need all the money to accommodate his thirst. ' Fearless Senators Indeed. Montreal Gazette. In Vermont the State Senate has killed the woman suffrage bill, whic was passed by- the lower house of the legislature. Senators everywhere hardened lot. x | A Choice Here. London Advertiser. : A Toronto gentleman suggests that Canadians use their front lawns for Good. Most peo- | ple would prefer the neighbor's hoe to his lawn mower at daybreak of a summer's morn. Two Objections. Montreal Mail. The Boston Transcript objects to the British blockade of German ports on the ground that ,it wil not be ellective. Germany objects to it e the ground that 'it will be elec- ive. . i Oh, Of Course ! + Ottawa Citizen. The Montreal Daily Mail is demand- ing that the odorous Mousseau . case in the Quebec Legislature be re- opened in the interests of public morality. This is sominendable and | the Mail, no doubt, will follow up its | auspicious, Doghniig by calling upon | federal authorities to look - into | the evident jobbery in the demanding punishment for the offen- | | PUBLIC. OPINION | = | paper, has proved | to the prestige of permanent fortifi- | | cations. ~~ Yet there is no case for a | 215T MAKE ATTACKS ON BARNS IN THE VICINITY FOR PRACTICE. Ranges in Constant Use--The 21st Includes 698 Old Countrymen -- Sunday Divine Service In the Ar mouries, The field work fhat the 2Ist Bafta- } lion has been doing this week is not only instructive but interesting to the men. The plan usually followed is to give out the general idea to the a and they are responsible for the working out of the details. | At some distance, say over a certain | hill, is a barn which is to be attack- | The battalion spreads out fan- wise, and seeking every possible cov- er, gets as close to that barn is passed along the line and wit blood-curling yells the men, constantly, storm the desired The ranger were in constant use all | pars of Saturday, and the | Friday and remainder of the 'men were engwged in carrying out difierent movements, | such as attack in extended order. A number of recruits are playing football in the Artillery Park square | between drills. In the 21st Battalion, whose total | strength is 1,130, there are 698 Fng- lishmen, Irishmen, Scotchmen Welshmen, Capt. the Rev. W. E. Kidd, chap- | lain of the 2Ist Battalion, will kon: | duct the divine service in the armour- ies on Sunday afternoon. Detach- ments will parade to several churches on Sunday morning. of for a stationary hospital The reason why the offer personnel from Queen's University was refused | is given to be the lack of offering of equipment. to Universities 'offered a base hospital fully equipped, and s fed assistants. Queen's ol ered eighty men only, and this is the reason the i offer has not been acceuted. , THE NEW FORTRESSES, Permanent Fortifications Not To Dis- | . ... Appear. Paris Correspondent of Navy Journal. Army Thel ease with Which the Germans | successively captured Liege, Namur, Antwerp and the camp retrenches of | Maubeuge, Lille, Laon-La Fere and Rheims, all very strong positions on rather damaging wholesale condemnation of forts firing | posi- | tion. i ibid and | the | Both McGill and Toron- | with | and | 7 BIBBYS SPRING APPAREL Men's Blue Suits, $15. Hand tailored from pure wool, worsted or Cheviot. These Suits cannot be duplicated elsewhere for less than $18.00. as | possible. Then the order to: charge | hi " Men's Scotch Tweed t Suits, $15. Tailored by experts in the new two and three butfon'/ models: look like $20 Suits. Per- feet fit guaranteed. - Men's Grey Worsted Suits, $15.1 The real genteel Grey Worsteds in two or three piece style suits. Several shades to se- leet from. Hand tailor- ed. "The Best $15 Suit Values in Canada. Men's Tweed Suits, $12.50. New Tartan Pweeds, new English models; plain or cuff bottom trousers. Would be good value at $15 or $16.50. Bibby's [Ml special price $12.50. Plaid when circumstances are carefully ex- | amined. Both Belgian and French fortresses were sadly out of date in| to which they tive reply... But, of course, reliable informa- | tion as to the value of fortifications the test of war. Now the ce\ips re- | | armament as well as in defensive or- | | ganization, and were crushed at long | | range by an artillery of superior cali- | { ber (280, 305 and 420 millimeters), | could gake no effec- | Men's Tweed Suits, $10.00. Grey terns; ness. Sizes 34 to 46. Men's Tweed Suits, $8.50. A'good quality Cana- pepper dian Tweed 'in and salt effects. Cut the favorite three hy ton models. _ Fashion after the more suit for the price. ---- i Men's New Hats, $2.00. The new Flat Croy Soft Has, heights of erown; ne shades with fancy bind- Blues, browns and greys. Sizes ing and bands. 6 5-8 to 7 3-8. . brown' plaids, plain brown, all neat patterns; good colorings, smart models, designed by artists in the busi- expen- sive garments. A dahdy several Men's Sample Hats, $1. Twenty - five dozen Men's Soft Hats, Fedora style. These Hats are worth $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00; while they last our price will be $1.00. speckled pat- Men's Fine Shoes, Bibby's Special $4.00. > Beneh' .made Shoes, Tan or Black Blacher, or Bals. New style toes, new lasts. A genuine $0.00" Shoe at, Bibby's for $4.00, : in 1t- ed $4.00. Por boys 6 to 10 yrs, in neat pattern Tweeéds; Norfolk style with bloomer pants. Boys' Suits, Special at $5.00, Sh MY v " . Norfolk or reefer styles, plain or bloomer pants, all new patterns, for boys 10 {0 15 yrs. Boys' Suits, High School, Special at $7.50. Sizes 30 to 35: beauties. real 3 Boys' Suits, Special at the } | : 7 5 3 placing of | can only 'be derived from a study of | | B : ] {army and other countrpcts awl by | the way modern fortresses have stood | A : : t city? How is io x A central board cannot possibly | it d ?--EN- | | QUIRER. Hinde up I-EN | ders, with political deeapitati f make itself familiar with local condi- fra w Hiting the yey 0B At the present time $1,607,916.41, | tions in order to pass upon them ef- | made up of five items, as follows : { fectively, The lopal hay for will | General Purposes .. .. $346,062 15 | have a new responsibility forced upon | KINGSTON EVENTS Schools 04,886 14 | him, or the local member must per- | | not quite up to date in armament, 430,565 97 | form duties of a most irksome char- | 26 YEARS AGO | not having Peceived the long-range ' 179,700 00 | % § i KT mia | naval guns that now arm them. And 01a" ba sini 456,702 15! ater on sly Tv ag . any =f {it is a fact that they have up to the | i ~sem. | Snse, the Hanna baby shou Forty men are now engaged in the | present defied the whole might of | Jotal ........w..... Bid %1,607,916 4] | strangled at its birth. dry dock, and the work is being push. | hea¥y German guns. and the repeated | The interest Payable on this debt. | ed along. { and well-led attacks of the masses of | this year, amounts to S$T5.808.01 Un | Since the first of the year 231 [German infantry, especially Verdun, elie | ir hav ister ice | Which is yet partly encircled, though | mé--of local, iniprovements' alone amps have registered at the police yet partly em 8 "the item for interest, is $22,994.57. station. During February there were [at very long distance, over 20.000 | Some people fail to realize, when they | difference between them is that ong 100. 5 | yards. These camps retrenches, | A Deputation from the Kingston knit- | Which have been wonderfully improv. | petition for local improvements, or [1% Under the Hydro-Electric det and Consent to them, their effect an the | the other is not. It &s well to make ting fattory waited on the Ministers | 0d both in armament and in defen- | of Finance and Customs, to ask, an | sive Sualitites since the war, dave got | d . adjustment on: the duties on tri -| rid of their civilian population, and | tax levy. On this account the people | * Note of this. in - contribute in 1915, $11,086.09, in in- | terest, in sinking fund, $10,920.32, and acres, about four ~ mings, {are defended by: armies animated ! in principal, $1,095. . - miles from King | with the spirit of offensive. They | Kingston is not the heaviest dobt- 7 { have fulfilled the role expected of | ston. ; BILL'S DOWNFALL. | them and must be considered as in-| ' { Yoaded municipality, assessment and population considered, in Ontario, but Denver News. | expugnable, even should the fortune i I. J. LOCKHART, | it is carrying a big sum, and the | I've got a letter, parson, from ny son | Of War cause them 8°88 blockaked. Real Estate and Insurance. ratepayers will sooner or later, and away out West. So fortifications have come to stay, | ithe sooner . the better, debate how Bank_of Montreal Bidg. ol' : | though it is agreed that the present | grap is heavy a5 an anvil war will lead to a series of modifica- | they may 'escape some of it, or guard Rilgstom Out, against the further piling up of it. -------- | To think th h f e tions in design and armament. The | ae anlobegverpemt for | Conca ronly platmed | | SHAl for of circuar thape wth ls sisting the passage of a compulsory | Should ander from the path right rison Quarters crowded 'over a limit. : education bill. * In these days edu- I told him when he left us, only three | 8d &rea--a true "nid a bhombes."" said | cation should be forced upon the : Western cities have been comparing | their finances and there is inforination. in the process. The. current opind * that posterity should pay for some of ithe improvements, is a popular one, .. short years ago, 5 Gen. Langlois--may be considered a | young. There should be no illiteracy |He'd find. himself a-plowin' in a tDiDE Of the past. The large Franch when the people are so willing to be witht" the men whe incur the liability, but posterity may. have occasion to { tranches of Verdun, Toul, Epinal and i Belfort are the only ones that de | terve at all to be called modern, hav- ing been<the object of ceaseless im- | provements in recent years, though | | at the beginning of the war they were ; l.Loan of about $4,000 on Fam roperty, wort $15,000, and as- 'sessed for 13,500 2. A purchaser for Farm of 200 . The Boy going to. school needs good strong FOOTWEAR at this time of year. WE HAVE THEM. : _OUR BOYS' BOX CALF AND GRAIN LEATHER | $2.50 Are All Solid Leather. oy . Local Improveme Water Works Light Works ..... .., be | EDITORIAL NOTES. The electric department is not tax- able. The water department is. The The fixed charges in connection with the gas department are $18,638.91, and in. connection with the electric department $20,085.85, a total of $38,725.76. Tt is assumed that these | An' my are not subject to any modificmtion. | . H. SUTHERLAND & BRO.{ "The Home of Good Shoes. Ed .mighty- crooked row; fort of the future will aim at'being | -- af i] to all comers for-range; and a ow ERE sc HEAVY MEAT EATERS Tea To i Mr. Nickle has reminded the pro- i : HAVE SLOW KIDNEYS yo : f« : superior - it ought to be when it is wonsidersd But he said the farm was hateful, mier that it Js time he was doing mother's prayers, too, that its armament can be transport- an' he guessed he'd have to go something about the redemption o y RL Eat Less Meat'If You Feel Backnchy Bladder . ed and fitted at leisure in time of I know thar's big temptation for a |Peace. Its long guns of naval type 3 youngster .in the West, ; his pre-election pledges, ro civil . ser- | BU I vice reform. } Three years in office i Or Have Trouple. . | a i of extreme calibers and range will believed our Billy had the cour- | Command, with the help of aeropla-. age to resist; ¥ - An' when he left I warned him o' and not a word about his pet sub- . the ever-waiting snares jvet while in opposition. - What is the | That . No man'or woman who eats meat i be larly can make-a- by | nes, a radius of some 18,000-20,000 lie like hidden mater? But Bill he promised faithful to or » ee] Nahin the pe Hi] says a 'well known authority. ; Motor 'Bicycle Will Fit Your : under imperviable armer, and be made proof against any aerial pro- Jectlles. An. elaborate system of |. trenches for infantry at long distan- £8 = Ph; garrison shelters di Ove vast area, together with quick means yards round.. They will be placed ts in life's pathway Yara he ris ? fs g 1 to sate "mistake He'd build, & reputation that'd make vor B Meat : nq Bow the boy's th trouble of the us proud; But it seems as if my counsel sort o' faded from his mind, of transportation for smaller artill- ery, are also to be'adopted. But superiority for range over fleld arm fes must remain the firs¥ forms uric a id which excites the | kidneys, they bechme overwer ked | from the strain, get slugish and fail : Wheel to filter the waste and poisons from ET the blood, then We get Sek. = Neary with pleasure. You can a " in five minutes. Will run 20 miles on a gallon of gasoline. ing Goods Co. tam in all places-fortes worth. that, very wustest kind. His letters come so seldom that I Tao, > sort 0° know'd .._ Combine business this motor to any estimate their aver- | old S$ age circulation at 10,000 copies each full 5 day, a figure probably below ra Aa ANE el