PAGE SIX FOUND LOW BY THE UNDERWRI- TER'S INSPECTOR Chief Armstrong Reported To Civic Fire Committee--Ald, O'Connor And The Chief To Attend Ontario Fire Chief's Convention In Ottawa Chief Armstrong informed the Ci- vic Fire Committee at its meeting on Friday afternoon that the water pressure test made by the Under- writer's Association inspector, N. R Wilson, on Tuesday last was unsatis- factory. The Inspector reported that the pressure was lighter than at the previous test two years ago. Forty-two hydrants were tested. On forty of these hydrants tested two years ago the normal pressure at that time averaged 60 1-8 pounds, while this year tLe same hydrants averag- ed 54 9-20 pounds, The running pressure two years ago averaged 48 19-20 pounds, while .this year it was only 42 13-20 pounds. In anothe, er case, owing to a short extension from a main on the next street hav- ing connected the Russell street main, an increase of 14 pounds was found in the running pressure at Montreal and Russell streets. Ald. Fair said that this was a ser- fous matter and should be thorough- ly gone into. If such a state of af- fairs is going to exist, the fire rates will rise, he claimed The commit- tee should get the deficiency remed- ied and lose no time in seeing if the fault is in the machinery or in the \piphtres underground. The Fire Chief said that if the watertower had been full at the time the test was made a satisfactory re- sult would have been the finding. In- stead of the tank having the proper amount ip It, it i8 ¢laimed that the surface of the water was eighteen feet from the top of the tank. Some of the membérs present were of the opinion that the Utilities Com- mission should order the water-tow- er to be constantly full Ald. O'Connor believed there to be too much supposition. No action could be taken until an official re- Port was received from the Under writers' Association Inspector. Alds. Fair and Hughey expressed themselves as strong in favor of in troducing motor-truck fire appliances There are few cities now the size of Kingston that are using horses. They claimed that in the long run the mo- tors would be the cheapest. A mo- tion was passed appointing a com- mittee comprised of the Fire Chief, and Alds. O'Connor, Fair and Hugh es to take the matter up after the former two return from the Ontario Fire Chiefs Convention that will be held at Ottawa from August 24th to 27th. It was unanimously decided that the Fire Chief and Ald. O'Connor should be sent to this convention. Those present at the meeting were Alds. O'Connor, (Chairman,) Hugh- es, Fair, Newman and Hanley. COURT HAS UPHELD RIGHT O1 American Sailors To Man Trade Ships. : Washington, July © 3.--The law covering the cake of the Americans aboard the Armenian is as follows: In 1796 Attorney General 'Charles Lee laid down the rule that mariners were citizens of the world, and the Supreme Court has ruled to the same general effect in the Skinner and Taylor cases. In his opinion, which has been followed by the Supreme Court, Attorney General Lee said: Mariners may be said to be eciti- zens of the world; and it is usual for them of all countries to serve. on board of any merchant ship that will take them into pay, and this prac- tice, from the manner of their liveli- hood, seems, for obvious reasons, to be founded on convenience, and, in many instances, on necessity. If foreign sovereigns purchase ships in the United States, and load them with provisions for the use of their fleets or armies, those ships are to be considered as commercially em- ployed; and if they be not attached to the naval or military expeditions as part thereof in accompanying the fleet, or closely following the army from place to place for the purpose of following them with supplies, there can be no pretext for restrain- ing American sailors from hiring on board of them for the purpose of gaining a support in their customary way of occupation. A citizen of a neutral nation has a right to render his personal service as a sailor on board of any vessel whatever employed in mere comm \- ce, though owned by either of the bélligerent Powers or the subjects or citizeng of either, "and nothing hostile can be imputed to such con- net. Sir odmond Roblin offers, through counsel, to make a state- ment in connection with the Man- itoba scandal, on condition that his story shall not be used in evidence in anv other proceedings. J. Marshall Caughey, treasurer of the Annapolis Banking and rust Company at Annapolis, Md., commit- 'ted suicide by shooting in his room at his club. AN EXTINCT TRADE. fe Old-Time Hatter Has Given Way | to the Factory. Among the old domestic trades | Lat the great factory has made un- | profitable is that of the hatter. sld-time hatter usually made wool but occasiopaily be made a beaver to order. With an equipment that cost very little, he could turn | the raw wool or fur into a hat that looked fairly well--and that "lasted forever." The tools of his trade were two open kettles, a shrinking board and a rolling pin, a chopping knife and a fur trimmer, balances, hat blocks, and a hatter's bow. After he had washed and weighed the wool, a half-pound to a hat, he chopped it very fine, and "cut" it again and again with the bowstring. The bow was a light, round piece of wood two inches thick with pieces fastened at 'the ends, to which the catgut string was attached, so that it crudely resembled a huge fiddle bow. A rope was tied fo the balanc- ing point of the bow and passed up over a joist, so that the how swung over the cutting table like the sword of Damocles, » \ When the chopped wool lay ready on the table unde the bow, the hat- ter would grasp the bow as If he were about to discharge an arrow, and give it a rocking motion. Then, with a wooden pin much like those our grandmothers used to turn their spinning wheels, he twanged the cat- gut string loudly and at the same time let it strike the pile of wool, | The process, several times repeated, | made the wool as iight and fluffy as down. Next he took enough wool to make one hat, and divided and shaped it into two triangular masses, which were called patterns. These patterns | he placed carefully cone over the oth- 1 W i | | TO USE ON THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. SATURDAY, JULY 3. 1915 STREETS TO KEEP | DOWN THE DUST | ed as most people think. Tke | Ontario Street Very Dusty As Result | Of Traffic To Camp At Barriefield | --Extra Money For Working Fore-| man. The Board of Works will use oil on more streets. The question of the dust nuisance was under diseus-| sion at the meeting of the Board on| Friday afternoon, and it was decided | to recommend to the 'Council that a tank of ofl be purchased at 5 1-2 cents a gallon | Ontario street, from Brock to the! Barracks, will be given a coat of oil. Much complaint has been made about the dust on this street, since he] heavy traffic started to the camp, and the members felt that something | should be done in the m ter. Qther streets, as yet not name¥], however, will also be given oil. 3 In order to assist the City Engi- neer in his work, it was decided to recommend that the three working foremen be paid 50 cents a day extra, and that they be engaged ingspecial work for the engineer in overseeing the work, keeping the time etc., This will relieve the Efgineer of a great deal of clerical work. A committee composed of the chairman, Ald. Nickle and the Engi- neer was also appointed, with power, ! to secure a supervisor for the paving work to be done this summer. A petition received for street wa- tering on Johnson street, between Alfred and Frontenag street, was granted. It was decided to construct Ken- sington. Avenue. on the leeal improve=| ment plan. . A claim for damages was received | from Mrs. Fay, living at Sixth | 9a er, heated them rterming hot, and | street, as a résult of a fall she sus-| by deft manipulilion worked the edges together intu a seamless weld. lo ained on Chatham street. The | ity Solicitor and the Engineer will! The hat was then alternately dipped | be asked to report on the matter. in warm water and rolled to shrink | it, almost exactly as a woman rolls | taker of the dough. . That process made it a fin- ished "bennet," and the hatter set ft | out to dry. It looked very much like Cooke, a miniature tent. When the bonnets of his property were dry, the workman fitted them on the blocks for shaping and dyeing, | of sixty-six feet. The hats were boiled several hours | in a dye of logwoo.. and sumac, dress- : ed with pumice; nnd carefully ironed. Then they were ready for sale. Aj good hatter could make 12 hats in a week. A Paderewski Story. Paderewski was once at the house of a noted Polish poet, who gave it Westport, intend as his opinion that no living com-| dence in Calgary, Alta. poser could compare with Mozart. | Paderewskl sald nothing, next day he visited the poet again and said that he would like to play to him a little Mozartian piece which perhaps he did not know, The poet expressed his delight and was charmed with the music. "Ah!" he exclaimed when the pianist had finished. "Now you must surely acknowledge that that beau- tiful piece could not have been composed in our time." "Perhaps," dryly, "only it happens that I com- posed it myself this very morning." "That beautiful piece" was Pade- rewskl's now celebrated "Minuet." rn -------------------- Turkish Rhubarb. Possessing a savor all its own, we come on scores of large cases fall of big, irregular blocks of a bright yel- low colored root. *"'Rhubarb," Says our guide, indicating it. "Ah! Then it comes from Turkey?" we cry joy- fully, glad to display otir learning for once, but our friend smiles ¢ontempt- uotsly. '"There is fo Eh Thing 1 Tu rhubarb," he 3 what fs more, there never has been." All the rhubarb of commerce hails China, reaching us through Rus- sia for the most part, but because in olden days it made ts journey by way of Turkey it became known as Tur- key rhu , and Turkey rhubarb it will remain.--London Telegraph. Just For a Minute. +. Dr, Winningtpn Ingrani, the Bistop of London, England, is possessed of a somewhat cynical wit. He was once engaged in conversation with a very bumptious man, who was boring him terribly. "What a fine life a -hishop's must be!" exclaimed the bore, enthusiasti- cally. "I would give anything to change places with your lordship for just one hour to éxperience what it must be like." "Ah," replied Dr. Ingram, fervent- ly, "1 wish you could this very mo- ment." The Gloomy Guest. Young Engley married the charm- ing Olive, and after the wedding breakfast 'he chaneed to notice one of the guests, a young man, who ap- peared to be extremely gloomy and was evidently not having a good time. He stepped up to the young fellow with the idea of cheering him up. "Er--have you kissed the bride?" he asked: "Not lately," replied the gloomy one, with a faraway expression. ° -------- When Pins Were New. early history 0 when they were fin sold in "open shop" there was great demand for them that a code was passed permitting their 'sale on days in tho year. nd og January. Those which 'persons are their friends may State of their hes ing or ringing, an birth of a ch means of a | Guy, have taken over | East milling business. but the |egg which mea | fiv answered Paderewskl| ville, Hopetown and Rosetta church- | es, has roceived a unanimous call to made AL T. Marshall, John Doolan was appointed care- city dump pn Bagot| street. ! Permission will be granted J. B.| to remove trees from in front on Union street. | There are eight trees within a space DISTRICT NEWS. Bright Exchanges. | William J. Galbraith and son, the Camden | family, up resi-| Mrs. P. M. Bilton and to take W. C. Joyee, Gretna, had a hen's! sured 9 x 7 1.2 in. and had another perfect egg inside. A Merrickville resident has a Wy.| andotte hen that laid an ogg weigh- ing three ounces and measuring 6x8 | inches. } Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Stead, Lanark, announca the engagement of their | daughter Ethel to Mr. Alan RB. Ad- | amson, Winnipeg, Man. | Rev. F. Saunders, who for the past | e years has been pastor of Middle. | the pastorate of Burford Congrega- | tional Church. Miss Margaret Chalmers, formerly | matron of the True Blue Orphanage, Picton, died at her home in Adolph- ustown on Tuesday. Miss Chal- | mers was obliged to give up her po. sition in the Orphanage two years Ago on account of failing health. | Mrs. James Griffin, Picton, died Monday at~the home of Mrs. W. J. Frair, Upper Glenora Road. Mrs. Griffin was in her eighty-second year, | and had lived for many --~ars in Pic- | ton, Her maiden namo was Mary | Reynolds. | At his home in South Marysburgh, | on June 17th, Matthew Ostrander | pasgd away in his seventy-third| year. When eating dinner on the pre- | vious Monday Mr Ostrander was sud- | denly stricken and never rallied. The | deceased was born én South Marys- | burgh, and resided there his whole | Mfetime, { PITH OF NEWS. | rete | Despatches From Near and Distant | Places. The police of Witchita, Kan., raid- | ed a preacher's home looking for! liquor during a church convention. | After forty-one years as police-! man in Chicago, Lieut. Max Heidel- | meier has resigned, aged seventy; one. At Marseilles, France, fifteen men were killed and many injured by an explosion in a Government fuse fac- tory. Dr. R. E. Gustin, aged sixty-five years was ari e at Win r charged with performing a fllegal operation. ; The resignation' of George H. Perry, New York, director of exploi- tation of the Panama-Pacific Expo- sition is announced. G Porfirio Diaz, former pres- ident of Mexico, died at seven o'clock Friday night ih Paris. He was eighty-five years i British aviators are reported to have destroyed the' German aero- Stole gen Samia: Ostend, "That Charles acker, the forplr New: York police liéutenant, now in : 1 u HE Sa eas ae A al from his one of the {on in the | sorb much of the heat rays. ------ the day. {Clipped From the Whig's Many | ! mot been the only enemies of Ant- | this injustice, came in 1794 to the, | gone back. | wash yourself? Jack of his hand over his mouth sentence of | *°% Why Creatures of Tropical Climes | Always Have Dark Skins. | Animals are rot so easily acelimat- For in- stance, a monkey, -sed to living in the | trees in the shade, if exposed to the hot tropical sun, will die within] three 'hours. A rabbit will be acted! same way. It has been | shown that these particular animals | g have not developed a sufficient sup-| Asia Minor. ply of perspiration glands. An ani-| mal with a plentiful supply of these glands can stand almost anything| in the way of heat, for tho evapora- tion of perspiration has an enormous | ¢ cooling effect. tropical heat. | have already dria on the cruiser Tennessee. Bulgarian reservists in Greece and | Turkey have Therefore animals us-! in Rome ed to living in trees ot in the shade, { Bulgarian reservists in not having the glands, cannot stand | them to hold themselves | to leave for Bulgaria at ILL BUY MORE OL "ss ave mowwsnarvue. |BYLGARIA ABOUT TO TAKE PLONGE ? 'The Reservists in Gresce and Tur- key Have Been Ordered te Return Home. Milan, July 3.--Al Italian con- uls have received orders te leave Those from . Palestine arrived from Alexan- All received orders to reé- The Bulgarian legation has sent circulars to all Italy telling in readiness a moment's urn home. Another peculiarity is that ani-| notice. mals acclimated to tropical heat al-| ways bave dark or reflecting skins. | All animals domesticated in thet tropics that did not have them be-| decree was signed appointing fore have acquired dark skins. | I Black skins absorb more heat than | f white skins, ang it would therefore pressly declared that he seem to be the wrong color for thelo tropi€s. by the black skin produces excessive | s perspiration and consequent cooling! As soon as Salandra by evaporation, so it is really a bless- | C ing. A reflecting skin would not ab-|c Such a | skin is like a mirror, and is possessed | by sleek animals. But the absorption of heat! highest The greatest importance is attach- 0 the visit of Premier Salandra to he king at headquarters, when the the Juke of Genoa to replace the King or affairs of state. It was ex- liad plenty f powers except in matters of the importance. These are re- erved for the decision by the King. returns the 'abinet will meet to act on the de- ision taken. | . Black skins, while they absorb | heat more quickly than white, also lose it more guickly when the animal | gets in the shade. As a matter of | fact, nearly all dark-skinned animals | of the tropics hide during the day-| | time and come forth" only at 'night, | simply because they are not supplied | with glands and nat because of thefr | { | black skin, Animals in general cannot easily | adapt themselves to a new climate, | but it has been proved that man can | adapt himself to any climate, whether | his immediate ancestors were ever | subjected to it or not. The reason | is in the wonderfal heat regulation | of the human body. | When a man is hot in the summer | time and needs cooling he perspires | freely and the sweat evaporates and | cools him. When he gets cold the | pores close up and do not let the | | Sweat come out and cool him. This| regulation is minute and involuntary | and is on the job every minute of | A-man-ecan go naked ini snow and not suffer much discomfort. | The pores close up into tight knots | (gooseflesh), and thus have the body | covered with 4 skin almost airtight. | Tolls on Belgian Skippers. Bombardment, fire and sword have werp. Holland, lover of freedom as she 1s, was unable in the past to re- sist the temptation to play the part of a Rhine robber and levy toll on the ships saiMog uy the Scheldt. The French, after a century and a half of | | Tescue of Belgium, and compelled | Holland to relinquish the dues. Ant- werp then forged ahead, aided by the fine harbors ang quays that Napoleon built. All went well until the Bel- glan revolution of 1830, when the Dutch found themselves in a position | again to levy toll oa the poor Bel- glan skippers. The revived black- mail lasted for thirty ycars, and was only ended by the payment of 30,- 000,000 francs to the Dutch. Of this | vast sum Belgiuz: had to find one-| third. Since then Antwerp has never | Never Washed Herself, Benevolent Old Lady (to little girl)--My little dear, do you wash your face and hands every morning? "No, mum," "Good gracious! dreadful. That's perfectly Do you wash your face in | the middle of the day?" "No, mum." 1 "Dear me! When do you wash, yourself?" { "I never washes.' = | "Horrible! It is shocking how depraved the Tower classes are. I must organize a society to see that) children are properly washed. Tell me, little one, do you really never' "No, mum. 'Mamma washes me every morkigi™-- London Tele-| Superstitions About Sneezing, Xenophon, Prometheus, Themis- tocles and Cicero regarded a sneeze > as a favorable omen. Among the Hindoos and Persians, however, sneezing and yawning were ascribed to demonaical JSosacksion. The Hin- doo snaps his thumb and finger and repeats the name of one of his gods. The Moslems that the devil may leap into a gap! h hence when he yawns drews the and mutters this prayer; refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed." Breaking In. ; "How Is the new girl going to do?" asked Mr. Ferguson. "She hasn't had much experi- ence," sald his wife, "but I think she will be all right when, she gets Pn : loud sound of fall- } came a I ing Srackery from the kitchen, | about to take over the wireless sta- | tion at Sayville aroused Herman A. | port '| tain official ROBERT W. SERVICE Canadian poet, travelling in the war zone at the outbreak of war, is now driving a motor transport in the French army. eee een NO ACCESS TO WIRELESS British Attache Was Refused Admit- tance At Sayville. New York, July 3.--Sir Arthur Herbert, of the British Embassy at Washington, and Lady Herbert, who motored to Sayville, L.I., yesterday to visit friends, attempted to enter the grounds of the German wireless station, but were promptly stopped. The English diplomat is a wireless student and was anxious to inspect the plant. He protested to the guard. but was merely informed: "No ad- mittance." The incident was not éven report- ed to the supervisor of the station. This official, Ludwig Batterman said. "The man's nationality had nothing to do with it." The report from Washington that the United States Government is Met, in Brooklyn, who said it would | be a "manifest injustice," and would | be resisted in the courts. Dr. G. G. Frank, who represents | the German owners of the Sayville | wireless plant, said to-day that the! stories about the station sending se- | cret despatches to German submarin- | es and alding the German Govern- | ment spy systemi are ridiculous. | "In the first place, we use a wave length of 8,000 to 10,000 metres," | explained Dr. Frank; "and no Ger- | man submarine does, or could, use a| wave length so long. They must use | a much shorter wave length. "I am equally amused by the re-| that I am a German secret] agent. I have been in this country | fourteen years and ought to have my | | second paper as an American citizen | by this time. I have my first pa-| pers." | 1 3 To-day BURIED AT CAPE VINCENT, N.Y: Funeral Of Col. Hance Was Held In Seattle. | cape Vincent, N.yobsily 2: | vate funeral Servic 8S. Byron Hance, assistant adjutant gen- eral of General E: A. Paine's brigade ! during the Civil war, personal friend {of Abraham Lincoln, General U. 8. Grant and other famous leaders of that period and former United States consul at Kingston, Ont., were held Tuesday afternoon, June 22nd, from the home of his niece, Mrs. Herbert F. Blogg, 708 Belmont Place, Seat- tle, Wash, Canon W. H. Bliss, of the Trinity Parish Church, officiated !at the ceremony. Following the | services the body was sent te Cape { Vincent for interment. Three of | {the bearers, Arthur G. Dunn, Hor-| ace T. Stoel and Isaac T. Cross, were | former residents of Cape Vincent. | | Besides Mrs. Blogg, he is surviv- {ed by his sister, Mrs. Margaret Furs- | | man, and three nephews, Clarence {and William ¥Fursman, of San Fran-| iejsco. Col@nel Hance had heen al | ppsident of Beattle since 1907, { potoam Hance was born in Ithaca, | N.Y.on December 10th, 1820. In {1844 he was married to Harriet E.| | Ainsworth, daughter of Willard Ains-| worth, Cape Vincent, - Nine years! later he moved to Bloomingham, mn. | | where he"maintained a book store. | | It was while operating this store that { he became acquainted with Abraham | Lincoln, then an ambitious lawyer of Springfield, 111. | At the outbreak of the Civil war, {he enlisted in the Union army and | was soon appointed assistant adjut.. | ant general with the rank of captain | {and assigned as chief of staff of Bri- | gadier General E. A. Payne, then op | erating in Kentucky, He was later {raised to the rank of colonel. | | On his resignation in the fall of | 1862, President Lincoln offered him | the post as supervising special agent | at Vicksburg, Miss., which position | he refused. In 1864, he was ap | pointed Consul General at Kingston {and served in the capacity for eleven Pri-| for Colonel. 8 PUZZLE WIN A LOT a figure addiv at "Lakeview" largest lake anyone solving dlere arc nine squares, can (no two al 3) them so as to make t & them up and down ways. As an advertisement give a building lot on the north of MN this « your solution with Se in postage for Copy of prospectus to THE SHAWMUT LAND CO., 306 Read Bldg. Montreal, Que. and cor 30 x 86 ft re puzzle Send JL For € Thin dst Exh SLO por bottle, Davis & Lawrence On Monday evening menihers Chareh, gue members pre ented Rev. \ Harrisc a Main lea D. Street and Mrs. LY ng Tong Debdiiity Oo., Montreal of Pleton, and with a brass pillar reading lamp and an electric iron and purse of gold. Jacob foreman Picton, Minaker, in died trouble Glenwood Saturday | Death was the result o for several years cemetery, evening f pulmonary SE Fcc en es im | i [he 53 Tile i hy, In Canada at the outbreak of the Great War, the Government found the farmers with a huge apple crop on. their hands and the big export market closed against them. "Increase home consumption" seemed to be the only answer to the question of how to'! market the surplus, but that appeared easier to say than to do. Through the Cana- dian Press Association the Government was induced to make a small appropriation for advertising. The wholesomenecss of apples and the many ways in which they might be cooked urnished material for the newspaper ad- vertising copy. Canada marketed her apple cron at home--successfully and profitably. And it cost the Government about 212,000 spent in newspaper advertising to do it. This was ONE advertising campaigns in which the Whig DID NOT participate. A good Conservative Government would not, of course, bestow its patronage on a Liberal newspaper, even when admitting it to be the biggest and best between Toronto and Montreal. of the few big WILSON MARINE MOTORS 3 H. P. COMPLETE 6 H. P. 2.0YLINDER : MADE IN. CANADA -- NO "Pu Guaran teed for Five Years. WILSON MOTOR ¢0. : H. Milne, Agent, 272 Eagot St, Kingston, $ the # the biggest movement yet at- % tempted for the ad + of the city, Read the opening announcement on Page 9, Peete seta tbav ate London, July 3 ohrouEl a case in court where a promin engin- eering firm was charged with violat- ine ihe building laws, it became nown to-day that many large finan-| cial houses of the city are taking ela orate precautions to protect their buildings against raids. 0% The firm on trial had failed to ob- 8 permission to alter the roof of its building over which a framework dnd steel netting, weigh- ing seven and one-half tons, had dd. A building - inspector said that many sim- . reported. he Made To Please -- Made To Wear-- Made To Fit -- Everything you éan ask of Undep- wear or Hosiery is gssured vou when you buy "Im " Brand. BE ad : perial'"' Brand next time you buy. 11] ! 5 y