PAGE FOUR The British Whig 82ND YEAR. Published 'Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING ©O,, LIMITED, 1 a. Eliott . President oman A Guild Managing Director Pasinese #ditorial Rooms Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) Une Jour, delivered In city Une if pald In advance .. One Yea r by mail to rural offices One Fear, to United States . ix and three months pro rata. > (Bem!-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, One year, {f not paid in advance Soar, to United States .... ix and three months pro rata. Attached 1s one of the printing offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE HH. E. Smallpelce «+++ 32 Church St. U. 8. REPRESENTATIVES New York Office .... . 225 Fifth Ave. Frank RR. N¢ orthrup, Manager Chica, Tribune Bldg. a ask R. Northri up, Manager 8 cash best job A CLEAN-UP It is hoped the City Co the suggestion of the appoint a day later than the 20th, generally will be and paint up aud make its best holiday, DAY. uncil will, Board of or days, at Trade, in May, not when the people asked to clean the city with the be kept Good, up look Beginning public will the visitors, the visable which in mem there will there the verywhete, ory of Victoria be many and is no reason why the should not be made streets, lawns, and places e most presentable. A great deal can be accomplished by the leadership of the public bodies whose co-operation is so essential at this time. They can do wonders edu catiohally, and in the way ing or inspiring the somehow dormant at of reviv civie spirit which in the present time: Appeals should classes, of removal sightly sanitary sense be and especially property, that of everything their the and made to all all owners there that premises to to see 18 a is un from In a cleaner the city the the Health De the busiest part machinery. The through healthier it is, partment should be of the should come next ties of the Works' should that and dirt are carried away, tidy street makes for appearance. Then the ment has a duty it and it is to sce that waste is not cast into the street, pa per, to be every passing civie Council the activi Department, and it see the litter and rubbish for a attractive Depart should perform an Police especially waste about to worst form. be cleanliness. wafted by hreese, and become. a nuisance of the very The people what is called public As the will the things be does not want on the floor, must educated in oflice man not cast to be tramped on, so the citizen will not cast him in the the truok of which he wants to disposscss himself. 1f the city provides boxes, at intervals, as it should, will see the wisdom. of carrying from street waste one his waste and depositing it therein, Iy thé house owner and the of store and edifice, will use a paint in order to give freshness colour to the This vear, with every summer cottage down the river, and on main land and island, occupied, the boats will be bringing people to the city in thousands, and they must be given (he very best im- pression of its theilt, its cleanliness, tenant little and property. MK laste. DUTY TO THE CHILDREN, The schpol trustees of Kingston missed their opportunity when they did not have Mr. Sinclmir, a noted educationist, give his illustrated talk on school gardens before the school | Jeashurs and school children of the --He-- was here, on the invita: tion of Dean Coleman, to enlighten the graduate students 'of the School of Education, and incidentally, but too late, came into contact with those who would have been glad to widen out the sphere of his influence had circumstances permitied. This is war year. It is an pressive term. reasonable effort should be made by | all classes of the people to improve their posigion. In' the vity there | arg many acres of vacant or un- it should be cultiva- ex- ¢ industry the school | fompleyed, sa vic Final- | 1t means that every | has He nud the res Anne de Beaupre, of lege, ai Ste school the made a study garden is an enthusiast on has interest of subject, friends with He which illustrate surprised his he lantern shdes this gar can evoke. h 8 BCC the progress of lening. in various children of the pi view, and he of the and it becomes thi the da that wa countries, and among the malities, and as the nati before the its importance tures explains pass progress WOrkK, grows, that 13 once evident one of What while at quite the great issues of is, therefore, Mr the a pty it Sinclair brought school te school children in order that, beg in school garden in Kingston not before ach ers and conditions, a in under suitable could be made It interest ning ing. involves the of the education practically, of helpful tastes, the their phy stature, their know many things in children.-their the cultivation development of the applica- a sensible ical ledge in The outdoor ex tion of profitable physics trang, hildre and children who grow by are the better their clas treises and and more promising ol NOTES. popular. EDITORIAL Paying the war tax 1s But the idea that millions of it the may go into the hands af grafter.-is not =o popular. the late 1 needs Some imitation Alexander the > of one, im " Mackenzie, fo the across his Hon sit Ottawa, Robert of treasury aft with a rifle knees Borden 18 not doing it. at doar Sir The boodle fund must Te in a very healthy condition when Hon. Mr. ers is so eager for Rog He the is said an election. has given special attention to machine side of polities; and to be an expert oiler. be Auditor fixed Act so that Audit time, the some So is to up the General will not be locking the ury after it has been looted cial brake on the expenditure hundred millions treas- A spe of another is especially desired. finding some the rot- Canadian politics, as it in the Ottawa professed The satisfaction American press is in referring to tenness of has been exhibited scandals. love Canada's for purity has Teen seriously dis- counted. Rotten boots--hoots that mushy, like in the wet are still being served out by the Mili- No lesson from moccasins, tia Department. perience, from the sufferings and the maltreatment of the soldiers ? It ap- pears not. into the waste of pub- all the provinces The wrongdoing exposed, that will pre- being applied eo The lic to inquiry money in is not be allowed. wants all the but takes the vent the cept in certain places. ' i-- which (Government steps probe X- Mail, supports demands that the and that they have extracted from the people should This I'he Montreal the Government, grafters. must be when possible the money that punished, be returned. mutinous testing spirit is spreading. Government. at Ottawa would that the Soldiers' Vote only become operative of Lord the ministers lord would The consent should the not Act with consent Why ? Were the greaf war And suppose he says at the front, afrnid con- there what not gent ? will be then ? no voting What will they think of it in Fng- | land ? 'used to be the question when something occurred out of the com- mon and reflecting on the honour of | people | think in England when they hear that | the country. What will the it is proposed to have an election during the war? A | might 'ruffle the fdelings of some peo- ple at Ottawa. -------------------- i i PUBLIC OPIN JOM. Quite True Of That ! ! {Brantford Expositor.) In the event of a Dominion gener-| there was a rake-off | al election being brought on now, all] the David Harums in the country will | vote for the Conservative party. A London Rebuke: (London Math) The only prize-fight orth enter- | went | or pro- | Kitchener. | candid answer lin their protestations of loyalty to| § "| patriotic THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915. rm of Aun election wiil public 5 to take the allow place of nie: s are pot so v origin of the exterminating ial tersely put "hell." Publ much i word I'he apparatus pany Collins Bay Rafting Company's has reached Bi eXlov ile. Ti 's business this year will He Chambers purchased the McBride for #250. . 0. G. Dobbs, Carleton, has accepted the incumbency Paul's Church, Brockville son of Rev: FF. W. Dobbs, Portsmouth NB. of St. He St. is a John's » "Not Understood." H. lLatchfield, Springfield publican understand; asunder, paths grow wider mn Not move along Our as the sea son's creep; Along the wonder year marvel and we Why asleep life is life and then we fall Not understood. false Not understood, gather im pression And hug them go by; virtues closer at the years rill often gressions, And thus live and die. seem to us trans nen rise and fall and Not understood. Not understood; poor souls, with stinted visions, Oft. measured "giants by now gauge; The poisoned. shafts of falsehood and derision oft impelled who mold the their nar- Are "grainst those age. Not understood. understoad; how hearts are aching For lack of sympathy ? by day, many cheerless, are breaking, How many noble away ? Not many Ah, day How lonely hearts spirits pass Not understood. 0, God, that men would see a little clearer, Or judge less cannot see; God, that men would draw tle nearer one another Thee. harshly when they he ! 0, a lit- To and be nearer And understood. ex- | MURDER TRIAL SCE | Port Arthur Man First Denies, Admits His Crime. Port Arthur, April 15.- Amelia Palma, who was on trial for the mur- der of William Leihtenen, a Finnish homesteader on the Kaministiquia made a dramatic confession of his guilt imder the ordeal of the trial for his life. before the Assize Court yesterday. In the afternoon Palma denied the charge, and gave a con- fused account of his movements on the day of his crime. In his confes- sion later he implicates the wife of the murdered man, with whom he alleged he was infatuated. He claims she offered $300 to anyone who would murder her husband. Mrs. Leihtenen was summoned to appear as-a"witwess at the trial] but did' not appeag.,A warrant has been | issued for her arrest. In the confes- sion which he made Palma alleged Mrs. Leihtenen gave him the money with which he bought the revolver to slay fier husband. Mr. and Mrs. Leihtenen were Finlanders, while Palma is an Italian. The murder took place at the shack on the Lieh- | tenen homestead on October 5thand he was arrested by the Provincial Po- lice on December 7th. Then Graft In War Supplies. Grain Growers' Guide, Winnipeg Canada has earned a most unen- viable reputation in other countries by the exposure of graft in the pur- | chase of war supplies. When war broke out the politicians were loud | Great Britain, and- on the public i platform they gave utterance to | noble sentiments. Our soldiers were | enlisted and sent to the front and ! more are being prepared every day to sacrifice- their lives in defense of demoeratic institutions and idends And then came the exposure! our| | boot manufacturers © had | supplied eoldiers with rotten boots, {and it is charged that in some cases to In the purchase of -hospit- medical heelers. thi and ° | proven beyond dispute that there] | was a very carnival of graft. Now| Lit is being charged that there was; more graft in the purchase of hor-| | ing into at the present moment is the! ses, Jfleld glasses and motor- trucks. gigantic struggle in France, in which | I'issued® vital for Europe, for the Em-| zen' bow his head in shame. pire, and for the world, are at stake, and in which it is the duty and privi-| | lege of every man who is physicatty The fit to take part. Question Of AHumug ton (Toronto Mail Sir John French says that the Brit- | ish can break through the German | line if they have the ammunition. A] | million and- a half of British troops| | are holding a 40-mile front. Dante's | Inferno will not be in the same class {as that in which the Germaass will] | be? placed when the British really be- | {gin to advance. Promising Reforms. oronto World | (The Country will in ihe process | It is enough to make an honest: eiti- | Our | soldiers at the front need the very best of everything and plenty of it. enemies with whem our soldiers. {are now fighting in the open are; | far more honorable than these graf- | ters here at home, who are working { under cover. The penitentiary is | altogether too good a place for men { who will take advantage of their' { country's hour of necessity to line; {their own pockets at the expense of the lives and comfert of our sol- | diers at the front. In war time trait-| {ors are shot. This is war time, and {if such graft does not constitute! | traitorous action, then it is some-! {thing far worse. No one. will for | one moment accuse Sir Robert Bor-| | den of having, any part, either di- i rectly or indirectly, in the graft that has been exposed. But if he | compel the strengthening of the gov-| does pot ste that swift cer reprganization of the) ted out to ae rn arnmont, the of doi political | BRITAIN REJECTED _ YOUNG TUL TURKS TERMS An Endeavoi "Was Made Two Weeks Ago to Mt Athens, of the You a fortnight the question ised as the Turkish uid do event of the reing of elles by the d fleet ion that followed was reached, it i awail instructic At the same sitting At a meeting s committee, held Constantinople, to what in the she Dardan- In the dis- no decision creed to it was propos- and agreeéd that an attemptshould made by third neutral parties to obtain from the Allies their terms of peace. An attempt was made, but Great Britain rejected the proposals put forward, and came of the effort In Government circle tinople fe ATE en i ed nothing in Constan tertained of an in eems that Abdul whose move- n subject of so it pregent at Smy of a former leading which has been time by pert- itary commander My nforman tells me that Perter was recent to knee: on the balcony and Kis ss the hands of a very old man, apparertly Abdul. At rate, it is cert that a° Turk Perter's 1 only such respect exalted sonage This ceived much rumer, na in the house British inhabitar occupied now ter Pasha, the any of pay per would to a very lends col to a in Athens from source that-Abdul-is with fedulou be made of hi ent of a revolu of the present or report re- a reliable care so that personality tion use may in the ev- and the collapse FRANCE'S SPLENDID ARMY. Four And a Quarter Million Men Led By Young Chiefs. I.ondon, April 15.--A French official statement contains some information as to the splendid dition of the Freuch army. Including all ranksi France hus more than 0,000 men at the front, and every unit is at war strength. In the depots there area further 1,500,000 men. To them now must be added the class of 1915 and | men previously reasons, who men, The quality of the troops has proved perceptibly since the I'he men have 'become hardened their health is extremely satisfactory During the past five months not a single encounter can be cited in which the French infantry 'did not have the advantage oven the Germans. The superiority of the French. to the German artillery is recognized by the Germans themselves. The high command has been re- juvenated. All the old generals have been gradually eliminated, some the result of the physical strain war, others by appointment to ter- ritorial commands. The result' has been to lower the average of geniral officers by ten years. To-day than three-fourths of the commanding armies and army are than sixty brigade commanders are usually un- extremely . few general. officers over der fifty. There are at the sixty, and these are men who are in full possession of their physical and intellectual powers. Ability proved on the field of bat- tle is now immediately recognized and utilized. The higher grades of the French army are inspired by a tremarkable unity in military theory and by solidarity of spirit. The cav- alry and artillery still have an ex Teess of officers. The losses have na turally been higher in the infantry, like a want of officers. but in this arm there I'he army led by young, trained, and daring chiefs, and the lower commissioned ranke have ac quired the art of war by experience. exempted for number nearly various 500,000 im- war. and as of more oflicers corps less years of age. The i# nothing is well NEW YORK EXPORTS HEAVY And England Is the Heaviest Buyer of Shipments. New York, April 15.--Last week's exports from this port, the custom house returns were $25 400,015 ,as compared with $24.971,-| 173 8314 the week before and $1%.,594.- in the corresponding week last 912 as compared with ,b72 in 1914. Great Britain led last week's ship- ments with an aggregate of $7,301! 126 and the British possesisons took | Next came France with | $589,628. | $6,783,583. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Keeler, Pres cott, annvuuce the engagement of their daughter, Florence, to George Brownlee, Ottawa. The marriage is to take place on April 28th. supplies™ for the| | care of our wounded it has beer | * being cherished | remarkable | con- | front | as shown by The total to date this year is!" *= tive. The striking effect. Our See Our $10 | See Qur $15 Very e} assy: | Perfect tit guaranteed. and Worsteds. 32 to 39. AA PA a A MN Suits that are classy, fabries are e Sizes 33 to 44, Fnglish checks, plain greys and blues. See Our $12.50 2-Piece Suits New Tartan plaids. Cuff bottom on trousers; "Sie | Bibb AAA AAA AA Ae tAr dashing, and distine- ntirely new and rather prices are moderate. Tweed Suits Envoy Suits cut; --neat-stripes; Hand tailoped. Cheviots sizes Plain greys, Soriety Brand Clothew yS Shoes FARMS For Sale The following are some of our farm bargains. £1,660 $2,000 $2,000 $3,200 $3,300 $3,500 $3,750 $4,000 $4,750 $5,000 $6,000 $7,000 Price $10,500 Price $24,000 For particulars consult 200 114 100 120 150 150 200 260 400 YJ LOCKHART, Bank of Montreal Building, Kingston. Phone 1035 or 1020. NEW FRENCH REMEDY, Nel. NZ. THERAP ON Telit ospitals with SCHRONIC WEAKNESS, DISCHARGES, | Cone, BLADDER, URINARY D ISRASES. POISON, DRUGGISTS or MAIL AVE RS' "my NEW DRAGEE (TASTELESS) FORMOY ing an vp ~ THERAPION E225 = THAT TRADE MA WORD THARAPION © is on =) i 3 Tecumseh Shoes for Men Our new line of MEN'S SHOES are made on the newest lasts and we consider this shoe equal to most $5400 shoes. Try a pair and see the value we can give you in HIGH and LOW CUTS ai $4.50 J. H. SUTHERLAND & BRO. | The Home of Good Shoes. BOUT STAME ARRIEED TH ALT Border Outlaws Hanged. Douglas, Ariz, April 15.--Demos Lermos, one of the most notorious outlaws of the Arizona-Sonora bor- der, { companions, 40 miles east of P. of concealment in found by the patrol. followed. A short fight RIPPLING WALT MASON. ud LOOKING FORWARD. ha 1 often Wonder how this globe will struggle on when | I cash in, when I put on my long white robe and sleep! with cold but peaceful grin. that sua and moon drift along the skies, when everlasting sleep is mine. | What is the use of keeping up the long procession of | with | What is the use of dusk | the spheres, when gumbo in my eyes and ears? or dawn, of starless dark or glaring light, when 1 from | all these sdemes am gone, down to a million years of | Young men will vow the same sweet vows, and | Hearts will hear, beneath the chureh- | night? maids with beating and stars will shine, that clouds will | I'm beneath the buttercup, yard maple's boughs, and reck not that I'm resting] near. And to the altar, up the aisle, ' brides of June will go, and | and bells will Jing and t jad FL be 400 biamed dead to know. was hanged yesterday with three | Agua | | Preta, by -'a border patrol of General | Elias Calles' forces. The four were | driving sixty stolen cattle to a place | the hills when 1 find it hard to realize the looming | v Buy Now !! You. had better get your order in now for your Bicycle. Everything is going up, but we are selling Mas- | sey Bicycles for the rest of this month at the old prices. DON'T MAKE A MISTAKE. Massey Bicycles are the best wheels made. If you J {oun this, ask any of the 369 riders of Massey wheels in }jubt You may need repairs for your old wheel. Bring | them in to-day. 1 ;