a . boys. under age NO TAX T0 BE City Council Voted Down By-Law. © ---- PETITION OF PROTEST WAS RECEIVED FROM THIRTY - SEVEN VENDORS, Ald. Fair Held That a Heavy Tax Would Decrease the Places of Sale And Give a Monopoly To the Down- town Stores. : ~ A by-law to levy a tax of $25 on vendors of cigarettes was voted down by the City Council on Monday night At its last meeting, the council pas- sed a motion of Ald. Litton to in- crease the fee, but the by-law to con- confirm the motion saw its finish.' Ald. Couper said that the small stores that sold tobaccos did not make much profit on them, and .to impose a tax would simply mean that they* would be forced to give up sell- ing those things. Most of the small stores kept thelr supply for the con- venience of their customers and not for profit. Ald. Hughes said he had no doubt the by-law would be killed, for he noticed that the man who introduced | the by-law was enjoying right at the council board. Ald. Litton arose, and, laying his 'smoke" on his desk, proceeded to defend the by-law. The tax would not break any gtore, he' declared; Furthermore, it would not be the storekeeper who would pay the tax but the consumer, "No, he won't," Couper, "Well he ought to," replied Ald. Litton. "That's good grit doctrine," said Ald. Richardson. Ald. Nickle wanted to know if it was proper for aldermen to legis- late one way one night, and turn around next night and legislate the opposite way, The council had car- ried a motion at its last meeting to Put a taxe on cigars, tobaccos and cigarettes, and it should be econsis- tent now and pass the necessary by- his cigar declared Ald. law. He could get a petition three or | four times the size of that presented against the tax asking that the tax be levied. Ald, Graham declared that the tax! on cigarettes should be made $50. instead of $25. The by-law should be passed for it affected the budget. | Ald, Fair was of the opinion that the increased fee would not protect the boys from getting cigarettes, but would simply give a monopoly of the cigarette business to the downtown stores, just as the reduction of the 1i- quor licenses had given a monopoly. A voté on the by-law was taken, and resulted 11 to 7 against increas- ihg the tax. i . " Petition From Vendors. A petitioh was received thirty-seven vendors of protesting against an increased 1i- cense fee being levied against them. from i They considered that the tax was in. | the city by April-1st, and that the at- | opportune and objected to cigarettes being termed a luxury. They sald that it any 'stores are selling cigarettes to ,. they should be nam- ed and proceeded against, 80 as t olear the reputation of the others. Furthermore they said they beMeved that all or nearly all the cigarettes smoked by boys were obtained from sources outside the stores altogether, and consequently the responsibility for boys smoking cigarettes should be placed with the parents of those boys and the onus not placed on he storekeeper. Finally, the petitioners held that if the increased tax was for the purpose of raising revenue to meet, the deficit of last year's coun- cil, the whole city should pay and not the few business men. The petition was signed by Rigney & Hickey, A. K. Routley, D. Fitz- gibbon, B, Fy Martin. J. J, mons, E. a... Ix T. Best, R, H. Toye & Co, W. W. Gibson, W. J.-McCormiok L. W. Murphy, E. Robbs, H, WW, Med- Jey, W. J. Nesbitt, M. V. Ainslie, J. A. Lemman, James McParland, A. S, Prouse, F. J. Hoag, George Masoud. Get a 25-cent hottle of Danderine at any drug store, pour a little into your hand and rub well into th scalp with the finger tips. By morn- ing most, if not all, of scurf will have, bit of and Hin LEVIED ON CIGARETTE al; class B will mest the. , ing Tdesday, March 28rd, at VENDORS H. 8. Wilder, J. Gilbert, H. M. Stoy- er, J. Schofield, C. R. McLeod. Ald. Graham remarked that three- quarters of the petitioners were Prin- cess street merchants. The - corner grocery men were not raising any protest, so he did not think the coun- cil needed to take any notice of the petition, Ald. Hughes declared that every corner grocery keeper, in the city would sign the petition if it was pre- tented to him, AT THE GRAND. St. Patrick's Day Matinee and Night | On St. Patrick's Day the Uhited Irish Societies will present the King- ston Dramatic Club, under the di- tection of Capt. I. 'E. Prideaux, sup- ported by an excellent cast, in . the three-act play, "A Message From Mars." Special scenery has been peintefl for this attraction and tirstglass performance is as the company 'has been rehearsing for several weeks. Some high-class specialties will be introduced between acts, includi Irish 'picfures, songs and musie, Fhe Evans sigters, two Dainty Colleens direct from" New York, carrying special scenery, will sing several 'songs, - making an excellent | entértainment for St. Patrick's Day. "Long Way to Tipperary." Gus Hill, that irrepressible s pur- | veyor of amusements for the messes, | offers a pew play unger that inter- nationally famous Long Way to Tipperary." As the {name implies, it is a play of a son {of "Erin's Isle," Allen Dopme, whose | misforiunes in both fove and war {lead him: into many thrilling adven- tures. The love romance is inter- | spersed with sweet Irish songs, | vollent comedy of a refined {and a little pathos, Though the i theme ig of war and stirring in its { patriotic sentiment, it is minutely | neutrgl and offensive to no nation jor people. Williamx Anthony Me: | Guire, the author, has written a play {that will xank with "The Littlest Re- f bel)" or "Shenandoah," in its matic worth, Mr. Hill has given it an excellent and eldborate séenic produstion and has engaged a most oxvellent company of performers Hts a Long Way to. Tipperary" will order, come to the Grand Opera House on | Saturday, March 20th, matinee and night, s ' | CIVIC UTIIATIES COMMISSION Agreement Re-Power Supply Still Hanging e. The agreement between the Civie Utilities Commission and J. { Campbell, for the supply of power from Kingston Mills is still hanging Hire. At-the meeting of the com- | mission on Monday afternoon the {chairman was instructed to interview Mr. Campbell ahg report back again {to the commission regarding some | points in the proposed agreement. | Mr. Birkett made the remark that cigarettes | the matter Bad been under discus- | {sion for about eight months, that { Mr, Campbell would be able to serve | titude of the commission would mean | a lobs of $4,000 to the city. | The thairman, however, question- | ed this statement. It was decided to grant a petition for an extension of a gas main on | Collingwood street. Property owners on Ellerbeck | street will be given an opportunity | to express themselves on the {tion of gas extension. | The | be | of 'meters; and the = Hpdro-Electric | commissioners will supply the trans | formers. : i The chairman, T. J. Rigney presi: | ded, and the other members present gvere J. H. Birkett and G. Y. Chown. i Home 'Nursing Classes. { ~Most of the classes in First Aid { Work, h=ld in the city during the win- ter, have finished, and examinations 1 held. in follow-. in the same room. Tt is Roped Sasi all' who' gan" will 'attend. Nig pital a promised, | title of "It's a | ex- | dra- | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1915. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. GAVE BACK- IN COIN JOHNSON'S ATTACK ON THE PULPIT. t Mary Pickford Again The Feature Photo-Play. The splendid programme presented at the vaudeville entertainment at the Grand 'last evening was thorough- ly, enjoyed by the large' audience in attendance. The great Ringling, di- rect from the, Folics, Bergere, Paris, in gymnastic work, would be hard to surpass. He gave a fine show- ing of hand-balancing and teeth work, holding his assistant with his teeth while suspended in the air. The Evans sisters,' two charming Irish maidens, in the costumes of their native land, sing sweetly, and are greatly assisted by a fine view of the" Killarney lakes. Miss Billy Evans features "For Killarney and You," and Miss Masie Rag: i Phe Colleen 1'1eft In Dear and." , h They then gave as a duet the "l.a- jana Rumbiy ties test Irish War Song," and "The Kel- | Master's footp: h lies Are At It Again." T con claded with "The Irish Tango,"" dan- times cing artistically. They were re- | : | peatedly applauded. * t +The two-reel photo-play was "In| Old Italy," showing some beautiful Venetian scenes," .while the comedy play was "A Gentleman . of Nerve." The 'feature photo-play was Mary | open Pickford as "Cinderella." This new | and modern version of ¥'Cinderella" iis a delightful blend of comedy pathos, and provides a treat rfor peo- JW. : Calls For Some Unanswerable Obser- vations From the Kingston Con. tributor of "The Presbyterian." The Kingston contributor to "The Preshyterian' of Toronto has the fol- (lowing searching and unanswerable communication in the issue of March ¥lith: One reads that the pulpit got a shaking up the other day, and as no | institution of man is perfect-- not, even the Ontario Legislatuyre--an | cher may cause him "to sit up and { take notice." He to walk i frankness, some-! He wants to see the truth, and to see it whole. be arduous and long, but he takes it, | and so many cross:the path of the | | politician, and some other people. It | | may be granted that his ethical stan- | | dards, and his guilelessness, and his | fearlessness and frontal attacks on the wrongs he sees, are disconcerting to certa in- | | terests and certain types of men; | {but granted also that, without these | traits, he couldn't be a preacher. ! ple of all ages. . | And he &as to be put up with, just The same bill will 'be presented this | as he is. {evening. There will be no vaudeville |, J. W. Johnson, M.P.P,, for West! | entertainments until Thursday, wma- | Hastings, almost belongs to the re-| tinee and evening, when an entirely | gion hereabouts, and we are inter- new programme will be presented. | ested in his round with the brethrep. | Semv------ We did not know that he was 'not! a teetotaller," Many a respectable | | man has not been. So he cannot! claim any that score. Also, many other kinds | Raise $5,200. . {of men have not been teetotalers, | The local management of the and they may have bragged about it, | | Young Men's Christian Association, too, which may, 'or may not, have! {entered into its campaign. to raise| been to their Sell , All the minis- | the sum of $5,200, with all optim-| ters in Mr. Jobdson's riding Were | |ism on Monday evening. Oliver| against him but ont--supposedly on | Chown, president of the association, | the question of closing the bar. Well, | | occupied the chair and gave some didn't the day go with the two -of | valuable instructions as to the best|them? The bar is still doing al | ways of procedure in raising' this rushing business, and he and that | amount. There were in attendance Minister after his own heart are not | {forty workers, headed by W. H. happy. If Mr. Johnson was, he| | Dyde, chairman of 'the Finance Com-| Would not have clawed the air, the | | mittee. These will go out in pairs| Way he did in the Legislature. They | {instead of teams and hand in re- have the bar, and can "takeaa drink | { ports on Tuesday and Wednesday ev-| When they feel like it, and continue] | enfngs, terminating in a final report to take a drink until the very end. | Y.M.CA. MONEY CAMPAIGN. | Forty Workers Have Started Out To| } " | | Friday evening when the full re-| The bar is "doing business as usual," | | suit bh the ph will be made|and Lloyd George says that the bar! | known. | --drink-- is a deadlier menace to| | To start the ball rolling there was England than the German submarine | | occasional "blast" against the prea- Ji is one of the! ji | most teachable and docile of men, Ji in the Hi And that may! Ji {be the very reason of his awkward | The way may | J ques: pstinghouse Company will ; given the contract for the supply !a cheque for $152 handed in on | Monday night. . The whole city is to be canvassed {and the forty workers are not goO- {ing to leave a square inch of the | Limestone City without paying a | visit to it. | _ Before the business meeting on {| Monday evening; a,supper was ser- ved to the workers by the Ladies { Auxiliary of the Y.M.C.A. This sup- M.{ per will be repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday. < CIVIC. BUDGET PASSED | 5 | FIXING TAX RATE AT TWENTY. FIVE MILLS. | A 'Resolution to Issue $6,200 More { Debentures So As To Make the Rate 243 Mills Was Defeated. | The City Counéil adopted thé i budget for the year, practically as { presented by the Finance Committee, {on Monday night. Only one change was made, and that was necessitated by the decision of council not to place a tax on vendors of 'cigars, to- bacco and cigarettes. This tax would have yielded the city a re. (venue of $700. Alds. Graham; and Clugston intro. duced a resolution to fix the rate of taxation of 24 1.2 mills by jssuing debentures for $4,200, which repre- sented the overdrafts on the railway 'sidings built into the plants of the tile and moulding companies' plants, and for $2,000 expended on the King street breakwater. They were sup- ported in their move by Ald Nickle, who asked why the people to-day should pay those extrf expenditures. The council, however, voted down the améndment, as follows: Yeas--Alds. Clugston, Nickle, Richardson, White.--b. Nays---- Mayor Sutherland and Alds. -Bews, Couper, Fair, Gardiner, Gillespie, Hanley, Hughes, Kent, Litton, McCann, Newman, O'Connor, Wright.--14, /~ Pg ~ Ald. Graham imimated that the Graham, two or three ¢ an injunction was issued mayor need not be surprised if in Hid Reh {5 he wise and deuitable; and a. P3507 followed Chis season in various oth. Western centres... | Russian publicists*say that the abeg | lition of vodka has increased the effi- | | eleney of the people by thirty per (cent. The same, as to the French! {abstinthe. And the last word is| | from Lloyd George. When Mr. | Johnson found all the preachers but | one against him, on"that issue, didn't { he think the fact: well worth his ser- | lous consideration? The day went | against the great moral and social issue which the. preachers so finely supported througout the province, but that is omly saying that thous- | jands and thousands who, when their | | convictions were nottested, used to| | claim they were temperance men, in reality were not, but hollow shams. And this soured.critio of the preach- | | ers has a word "of rébuke - for Mr. { Rowell also because he 'continues is | | assault on the bar.' | June election settled the question | {for ever and for ever. Some of_the | | stodgy, old cave men thought the | | some when they temporarily checked {a pretsing reform in their day, But | | things inoved on. The day is really! | Soing 'with tH® preachers. The sup- | pression of lMquor usages occupjes | only less spate on 'the world stage | !than the great war itself. Let Mr. | Johnson resume his church-going, {and persuade all his backsliding | ! friends to-do likewise. t ------ ! VACANT LOT GARDENS. { | Work Carried On By * Citizens at Saskatoon, | Two yéars ago at Saskatoon, Sask., | {a committée of "citizens arranged | | with 'the owners of vacant city lots! whereby these would be handed over | for gardening purposes to whoever would cultivate them during the sea- | son. The ¢ity agreed to plow, disc | and harrow new land for $1,25 per! lot, and old lund' that had been pre: viously broken for $1,10. This sum the applicant for the lot paid, all the produce of the lot being his, The first years seventy of such lots became most atfratcive and productive gar- dens. second year the number had increased to 236, and some of the 'gardens were truly remarkable, notwithstanding . the unusually dry season. This year ently to be de- 2 advantages from the cultivation df such E LC The He thinks the | A tent up the lace holes--q spring's Sand Color And Grey Tops. wo] ABERNETHY'S solicitory eminence on! | i Speaking of Hats | Our new stock has arrived and awaits your inspection. It includes al' phe latest styles. known to the haters! art, as well as the more con. | servative shapes. 1 As usual, we have the lead- | ing makes at the popular | prices, . Wonderful values. $200 $250 MARBLE HALL the ci styles for ladies' wear. uite high heels are the ne Lace Boots witn patent vamps--colored cloth tops with a strip of = west creations in' thi PEN len "oe $4.50 $5.00 SUIT CASES. EE -------------- ---------- RB RAAAAAAMM |ICE CREAM BRICKS OR IN BULK 7 Delivered to all parts of the City By Government Test, Best in Kingston. { SAKELL'S, Next Opera House. Phone 640 "| Baby Walkers - Pure Ice Cream In Bulk or Bricks. Packed ' and delivered to any part of If | ty. GEORGE MASOUD, 238 Pr incess 'Street. amy Campbell Bros. a BUSINESS OF COUNCIL WAS TRANSACTED . IN. SHORT TIME MONDAY EVENING. The . les' tailoring has i | ANNOUNCEMENT 1! | spring season for lad- am better prepared than ever before to. give perfect satis § | faction to my customers. Low. | | ~est prices obtainable, + ; } LL. WINSTIN. 1560 Wellington St. PH ONE 093 Protests Against Garbage Being Pil ed On Division Street Lot>Com- | munications Read, Reports and | By-laws Passed. 2 : The general business of the City | Council was transacted - in a very | short time lagh evening, the way be- | ing cleared early for the budget. In attendance were: Mayor utherland and Alds. Bews, Couper, Clugston, Falr, Graham, + Gardiner, Gillespie, Hanley, Hughes, Litton, Kent, Me- Cann, Newman, Nickle, = O'Connor, Richardson, Wright and White, | -These communications were read: | G. Y. Chown re license. of. occupa- | tion a lot on the South West corner of lot 24., T.8.K.; now City of King- on. # ; To all Ladies : red for the com with all the latest sty oods fo! NOTIGE. - |} We are fully season and LADIES TAILORING, |} | Prices lowest in the eity. Guaranteed good- fit and work- ip. "indly call at | COHEN, 207 Princess Street. Phone 851° w-- City Solicitor re Reliance Mould- ing Co. Salvation Army, making applica- tion re band concerts. Rev. Douglas Laing, President Children's Ai Society. for increased grant, : Sa Toe pendent. Humati Y, & nt. " Electric, Water iby ments report for 1914, - W. J. Baker, wgarding nine months billiard license for the Orp- heum Billiard Hall, ey ' L e y Grace M; Paul, Ada B, Rusdvear = sie y rene Martin, Hazel Moxley, Marion | Joyce, Eseie Stunden, and Marie Lovett applying for the position of stenographer in the City Engineer's & Farr xarding corner Pine W. D. Carmichael asking permis- sion to erect a front extension to his! house at the corner of Mack and Al- the council saying. that b; derstanding he had n inspector of licenses: had not acted as such, 'but ha the request of the different licensed : and the leensé fee collected. by the police, and handed over to the trea- | Surer. preven understanding,.the chief resighation as license inspector. The mayor will arrange with the chief : antil ing a successor. To continu by-law some misun- i He said "ae city rea | places t any further mis- tendered his e to act #s inspector is changed, appoint- Teach the Baby to walk, strengthen 'the limbs, and save deformities, Something new for ehil- dren, Cadillac Baby Seats. Children's drop side iron cots with mattresses: to fit. Reid's high Reid's low prices, at JAMES REID ni Sadak, EJ. COUSINS FURRIER 221 Princess Street Remod Neti ot Seema ' : quality, -