continues to arrive from England. There is no ad- vance in price. HTT SN AR gy Wouldn't it be yo to worth while try a bottle now? ur H. MILNE Electric Carpet and Vacuum Cleaning, Sewing and ; Laying. Cleveland, Standard and Falcon Bieyeles. Phone 542. 272 Bagot St. Antminy, -- Live Lobsters Dominion Fish Co. 63 BROCK ST. PHONE 82v, A little more than one-third of the | workers of this country are agricul- turists, Take notices that 1. The Council of the Corporatio construct as local hmprovements the below, and intends to specially abutting directly on the work and uj mediately benefitted by the work 2. 'The estimated cost of the work, the amou Uorporation, and the estimated special rite Ra Ne The special assessment is to be paid in twenty | SeNate, in which it originated. in the schedule below, annual instalments. the latter country." BEING MISLED AND COUNT OKUMA EXPLAINS THE CHINESE SITUATION. Seeks to Allay Suspicion--Puarposes China Accord With Treaties, Asserts Statesman--Mischief Mak- In ers Scored. New York, April 8.--The Inde- pendent has received from Count Okuma, the Japanese Premier, the following ""mescage to thie American people." re "Tokio, April 3.--The uneasiness! and suspicion in the United States in connection with Japan's negotiations at Peking are due to misunderstand- ing and misinformation scattered broadcast by interested mischief makers. "When the negotiations closed it will be found: "That Japan has not infringed the rights of other nations. "That Japan is not attempting to gecure a monopoly over China. "That Japan has adhered strictly| to the principle of equal opportunity. | "That Japan is not attempting to, create a protectorate over China. "That Japan is not seeking to se- cure in China any advantage which does not--accord with the Anglo-Jap- anese alliahce or with any treaties or undertakings with the United States. "We have fully informed the Unit- ed States and other interested Pow- ers as to Japan's purposes. "We believe that they are satis- fied. '"The negotiations between and China ara conclusion "I am now willing to state pub- t licly through The Independent that Japan is quite ccnfident of the recti- tude and good faith of her position "Japan is merely seeking to settle | outstanding troublesome questions in a way looking toward permanent peace and good understanding." are dig | | Japan nearing a satisfactory GERMAN TOYS IN BRITAIN, Shipped From U.S. And American Goods. London, April 8.--The Times says: "The importation of German toys into England appears still to be car- ried on. According to statements of British factors, toys made in Ger- many are entering Britain under the guise of American-made articles. "For a long time past German- made dolls classed as American are said to have been shipped from Ital- ian ports to America and then re- | shipped by American-Germaa houses to England. These articles are sold | [in thi§ country at a comparatively | low price. "It is suggested that naturalized] Germans have gone to Italy, found German goods there, and sent them | to agents in.America for trans-ship-| ment. China tea sets described us| | American made are in other mases| Sold As | believed to be of German origin. | "Fhe United States seems to have] | been used in this way owing to the | | Increasing difficulty of getting goods | through Holland, although suplies| are said still to be coming through } | ting in the watchman's box at the! the | Concord crossing along the Balti-| Nevertheless | more & Ohio railroad, Gurnnie Man- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY |= CANADIANS WORK HARD -- In Preparation For Big Effort At Front, London, April "8. News of the Ca- | nadian contingent up to March Blst | reached London to-day shows the | men are working harder than "Ven, sixteen hours daily, being taught the fine points of the game of mining, grenade throwing, wire cuttimg, | erecting © wire entanglements, A Montreal infantry officer writes ; | 'The men still look smart. 1 really | believe 'my men are away ahead jn | this respect. Our brigadier has ev- | eryone at work clearing wp = ammu. nition, ete. Things will go better next time than at Neuve Chapelle. The ground is drying. Thousands of troops are waiting far a chance to move." The Bishop of London's addresses to our men aie splendid. He first ad- dresses the officers, then the m General Alderson also . spoke. said he was" surprised and greatly pleased at the way we had dome our part. He said soon there would | hot work for wus; hard work, | too. Our regiment is now in splen- | did shape." | on. He | be UNION ORDERS STRIKE On_All Beebe Lines From Syracuse To Buffalo. Syracuse, N. Y., April 8.--A gen- eral strike order affecting the Em- pire United Railways and Associate Lines between Syracuse and Buffalo was issued in this city last night by International officers of the Amalga- mated Association of Street and Elec- tric Railway Employees of America. The order is expected to becomé! effective within twenty-four hours. ! It was issued to committee chairmen on the various roads with instrue- tions that every effort be made to ef- fect a complete tie-up of traffic. Late last night officials of the Em- pire United Railways said that not a single road had been tied up, al- though =ome of the Amalgamated men had joined the strike in obedi- ence to the general order. Despite this statement union offi- cials who are engineering the move- | ment insisted that there would be a! complete tie-up within twenty-four | hours. per -------- CHASED A MILITARY TRAIN. Two French Aviators -- Damaged Railway and Stations Along Line, Geneva, Switzerland, April 8.---Two French aviators pursued a military train yesterday from bach to Villingen, in the Black Tor. est They damaged vhe railway and stations along the line.v On their return they dropped bombs on Muel- beim and Neubourg. 1 A French biplane, which was being pursued by German aviators, lost its way 'in the mist last | night, and crossing the Swiss frontier landed | near Poremtruy. The pilot said he and his companions had come from Belfort, but had not been able to return, The aviators were taken to | Delmont, where they appeared be- | fore Col. Audeoud. Neither of mex were injured, They will be in. terned. ! German | Mar- USED RED-HOT POKER. Watchman Tries To Press It Into His Breast. Wilmington, Del., April 8 --8it- gine, aged thirty-nine, attempted to cof kis own the |/ ! the members and THE WHIG'S JUMBLE. A General Review otf Country District and Local News. "Celery Tomic" at Gibson's Cross Drug Store. ests, two for 25¢ pairs 25¢.; Red : 'Black hose, two | corset covers, 25¢. Dut- | ton's. Mr. 'and Mrs. CU. H. Grass, Belle ville, celebrated the = fiitieth anniver sary of their wedding on Monday. 25¢c. ice cream bricks at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store, i Col. McBain testified as to the pur- | chase of lands at Valeartier camp | ground, stating that his commission | totalled about $12,000. Ice cream bricks at Gibson's Red | Cross Drug Store. 24 Sale ! Booty sizes 2, 23,°3; from $1. | Dutton's. ] Major Fletcher satisfactorily plained the exchunge of three for animals he ex- horses | had bought for the Government. "Do you need a spring tonic ?** Gg | Store. | to Gibson's Red Cross Dru, Joseph Snyder was fou guilty at Welland of attempted treason, and. A. Nicoloff was sentenced to one year on the same charge. "Ii you need a spring tonic" go to Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store, The Parliamentary Boot Commit. * tee completed its taking of evidence and conferred on its report, which | will probably be presented Friday. 52 foot-easer, ¥1.50. Dutton's, Syrup Figs. 154. Gibson's. Lawrence Callon was found guilty of manslaughter ~ by a Hamilton jury for causing the death of a girl | by an iceboht on the bay on Jahu- | ary 16th, Music { Prize package worth 40c., 3 sheets 10e, { Dutton's, opposite Grif- | fin's. Beef, Iron and at Gibson's Red 50c., $1 and $2. Hon. Dr. Reid moved a recommen- dation from the Public Accounts' | Committee of the House to instruct | the Department of Justice to enforce | rgstitution' in the matter of middle- | men's excessive profits on binoculars sold 16 the Government. Wine spring tonic, Cross Drug Store. CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH. Paris Exchange Keeps An Ear On All Telephone Messages. | Paris, April 8.--Prohibition of speaking English on the telephone is enforced in Paris more strictly than ever. . Even talking to the American embassy in English is carried out with the greatest difficulty. An American, * who is unable speak French, was talking over the phone with the American embassy | when he 'was interrupted and told that he must not use English. } The official at the embassy protest- | ed," saying, "But this is the United | States embassy." Le The operator replied, ! 'That may speak English, but the gentleman must speak French." | The conversation was: interrupted | until 'an appeal was made to the superintendent of the telephone com- | pany, who allowed the eonversdtion | to be carried én. PARLIAMENT'S CONSENT. to vou | other | | To Be Obtained Before Buying G. TP, Branch. i Ottawa, April® 8.--Parliament was | sparsely attended yesterday. Most of all the spectators | were in attendance at the sittings of | two investigating committees, | considerable work was | done in the Chamber. | After further extended discussion of | | kill himself by pressing a red-hot the Government bill to authorize the | | poker into his breast at a point above toking | were so great that he fainted. n of the City of Kingston intends to works as described in the Schedule | assess a part of the cost upon the land! pon the following lands which is im- | | called it a device "to destroy labor! ferent parts of Ontario met here | SCHEDULE. the heart. After the hot iron had | gone to the depth of more than an tion of the National Transcontinental, | inch the agonies the man suffered His | clothing was ignited by the hot pok-| er, and he was badly burned about the upper part of the body. NO LIMIT TO APPRENTICES, Bill Forbidding Restriction Passes California Senate. Sacramento, Cal., April 8.--A bill forbidding any restraint wpon the | i i | tice of the nt ta , id by ti | number of apprentices in any trade! tice o [por foot at mgd 33 Sia) was passed yesterday by the State; and for the In debating the measure, the opponents unions and establish the open shop." Its advocates said it "was a Dill "ito give the American boy a chance in! life." | wi Margaret Anglin In a New Role. Baltimore, Md., April 8.---Margar- {et Anglin presented at the-Aeademy { of Music for the first time last night. { "The Desert Island," a new comedy by Paul Kester, in which she played | | the leading role, with a supporting company including Ruth Holt Bouyei- | * w Yable. per foot ¥ frontage. No. pa of annual in lal assessr 0. be Estimated special ments b pec over of the Lake)Superior | branch of the G.I.P. and the opera- | on. Frank Cochrane, Minister of | Railways, submitted an amendment | under which it is provided. that before | the line is purchased or leased for | | more than five years the approval of | Parliament must be secured. This | | amendment was put sthrough the com- | | mittee by general consent, and the | bill now stands for. a third reading, Canadian Flax Association. London, Ont., April 7.--In order | to bring the flax industry to the no- | Provincial, Governent, purpose of co-operating | generally, uvwards of twenty flax| growers and manufacturers from | £. Mr... G. | yesterday at the instance H. Campbell, president of the Cana { dian Fax Mills. The result was that | the Canadian Fax Association made! organized and arrangements made for the frequent executive meetings | so that the members and tne Govern- | ment might be kept in touch with, conditions. { Died Of Meningitis. Blieville, 8~The second | ngitis in the ranks of . ) APRIL 8, 1915. Te -------- TheA bsolute S upreme rr = SL ER et wr of All Mystery S WRITTEN BY THE ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER OF MYSTERY STORY WRITERS, E. Phillips Oppenheim IT IS THE MOST THRILLING AND ENTHRALLING SERIAL EVER PRODUCED It is marvelously unique from start to fimish. It is completely new, novel and strange, with a gripping power that gets and holds you. If you do not know Oppenheim, here is your chance. Millions read his books. In this story his genius outdoes itself: The result is stupendously mystifying, baffling to the extremest limit. : rials E THE HERO T : OINE This photo-play started in y New York March 15th. King- stonians are going to see it April 12th and 13th. - How is this for action? It is'a case of the IDEAL THEATRE keeping up the repu- tation it has made of giving its patrons the very latest and best in hoto-plays. Anna Little. Herbe Thirty-three. Theatres in Toronto have will not show the "BLACK BOX! realize what we are giving von? It has broken all box office receipts in the short three shown, You know our standard, whén we say 'It is good." tell you with all confidence that if you miss the the best photo-play ever shown on any screen, ive booked this serial, 25 of them until after it appears here: Do vou weeks it has been "It is good." We "Black Box" vou will miss Y WILL BE PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK IN THE v 16 COMMENCING SATURDAY, AND THE PICTURES AT THE | 8, Ideal Theatre KINGSTON'S PROGRESSIVE PHOTO-PLAY HOUSE, EVERY - - DAY AND TUESDAY, COMMENCING APRIL 12TH AND BIH I) yo he «* rate @ < 39th Battalion, Belleville, geeur | Wite of Employer When She Resist. ed Attack. Utiea, N.Y., April 8.--~When Mes. lle: villo N. Helmer, of Cass Bridge, near had heen ill since. Wednesday fnes. | Reriames_wile- ols a Sell to-do fo fa The unlortunate soldier 'Was aged thir-| wer, reitied an attack rE rcs ane free. months. He had eget 20 vahor Ber. te Tho tts Bo' relatives in Canada. side with a thirty-eight-caliber re $ 29500 439 20 155 88 3 20 cauit, William Boyd, Harry Barfoot, eq Tuesday afternoon in Bellevi 29. Mrs. Charles G. Craig, and Pedro de Hospital, when Pte. Harry Driver. | Cordoba.. The play is in three acts, | who came from Lindsay with the 45th | 20 ith svanm ini io Seow ng Md, detachment, succumbed to the disease. | {introduces Miss Anglin in a role He 134 64 ant different from any in which | | she has been recently seen. The | | ia ohureh choir singer, who has been | mR +p | character iF thal of a young Virgin- Cowdy Bt. fee 3 t Corrigan St , South from ddeau College St. west side, from lot 5, southerly 434 feet west side, north Ah weg x + from Adelal of to Rideau vingst St. west Nmit. lot ain St, west side, from Ann to Raglan . 7 from Sydenham nance St, west side, to, A Patrick: St, west side, from Stephen. Hiv to south limit lot tL. worth Sixth St houth Thomas St, Division Victoria. St. struetion, : "Kingston, April Sth, 1015, 3 pecidion against the work will not avail to prevent its cone, aragva: 5 46 06 179 20 135 68 135 36 236 18 296 19 65 82 40 16 34930 267 6 L118 52 Hy fui 00 23248 93 8 218 00 LEE 299 55 my 20 reared in the more cultured environ- | 2p Ment and who is suddenly thrown in- "| to the turmoil and excitement of | 0 | New York Hf | 201 en . Fdihon 20! West Or de' to 249.30 495 90 827 75 108 80 Making Dyes. yi . NJ, Apri. 8. L-| ison predicts that the| i} acon be A - own and. that the 39 So-called famine in dyes, due to the; 20 war, was about to end. At his plant a9 t Silver Lake. NJ, he sald, he had! | alreody made large quantities of the! 20 best aniline dyes, and he asserted) | that it was only tex- 20 on Jan EL 108 00 51760 + 331.00 south 20/ Panama, ' April 8.~The United | | States cruiser Shatiancoga sailed | rush: ord fen Cor- | a Nr iineiave been 4 on the west coast of Nie » | been s 2! Revolution Reported At Nicaragua. | fait to cure. Bend for list of Testis Oficial he ba iano nerta, late Mexican dictator, was on his way from' Spain to the United States, was i at the State Department on Wednesday from the American consul at Seville. i A proposed constitutional amend- | ment yiving women the right of suf- frage in Connecticut, was rejected by | the Connectiout House of Representa- | tives on Wednesday, 124 to 16. $100 REWARD, $100. there is at least | that science has to cure ian all its; nd that 1s Catarrh. ly positive cure ical fraternity. pleased to learn that one dreaded di i i i Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting directly upon the blood and mu. Cons surfaces of the system. thereby destroying the fou of hy § and giving the patient . strength Ring, 0, Guna abt nature in n proprietors have 'so afth tu fx curativ they offer Qne rative ers at & that ¥. J. CHENEY & CO. To- ait Drugias he Family Fills fof consti, RETR § tol bn ve { volver. aunoungmment_ hat Vietor- | JESS, Pe a et probably die. | Brayton {and when he was ordered to Brayton shot himself over the heart. He, too, is in the hospital and has fa chance to live. , {was [tion to leave the Helmer farm when | the al The readers of this paper will be fo have Hall's | that Connie Beare, wanted charge of robbing his employers, the Dominion age, uire, titutional treatment O00 in bills from the i re rés a Cons i i in ¥d i % Al by | di Fhe | bill, is it)! She is in the Herkimer The sherifi and a deputy overtook two miles from the place stop : NE All Take Time by the Forelock. hy ! fi If you know just what you want before going iy shopping, you will save your own time, as well as the storekeepers. A few minutes in making a list of your requirements will save trouble and annoy- "ance, and prevent your forgetting some impertant items. . #3 a reminder of your needs, read the adver- - tisements. Merchants who use the advertising ' columns do 5 for your tonvenience, believing you will appreciate it and that it will add to their Tale in'your eyes. ou are not.getting the full value of your paper unless you read is advertisesaents. Brayton had been discharged and packing his things in prepara- leged attempted assault is raid occurred. : -- ---------------- % Word has been received in Toronto on =u} , of 83, indsay office, ion Express Oswego harbor: gets $100,600 un- er the apportionment of the $30 .- 00,000 in the Rivers and angounced by Secretary of ¢ connection with an