PACES 8-14 The Daily British Whig 14 PAGES me YEAR 82 NO. Ing vr KINGSTON ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1918 ° = og a; BIG WHEAT WILL TAX Supreme Effort Being Mae to Increase Atlan- tic Fleet---A Bumper Wheat Crop. The New Storage Elevators Will Save the Situation---Eigh- teen Steamers Have Been Detailed by Admiralty To Do the Carrying. 3 | $e. Ottawa, July 10.--The promise of | , @ bumper wheat crop, the greatest in Canada's history, adds a new impor- tance to the shortage of ocean ton- | nage, . { The withdrawal of most of the | Jarge steamships from the Canadian | gervice by purchase or under requi- | gition by the Admiralty has already resulted seriously in its effect upon | Canadian trade. Every effort had | been made by the Government to] bring about an improvement in the | situation. To some. extent smaller | vessels have taken the place of the | larger ones. - i The problem of forwarding the | enormous supplies of war materials | and equipment was, as announced on | Tuesday, lessened considerably RY | the detailing of eighteen steansg.os| for this purpose by the Admiralyy, mn tie | r ® THE SPORT REVIEW | ob "Jack" Murray, the veteran out- fielder of the Giants, who was Yeeent- | that the Kaiser, a | ly released unconditionally by New Yprk club, has accepted the terms offered by Manager Roger Bresnahan of the Chicago Cubs. Fred. Clarke, of the Pittsburgh | Pirates, says that he has the fastest | team that has represented the Smoky City in the last ten years. The Pi. rates are leading the National League | in stolen bases. Despite the alleged falling off in basebal] interest, four American League clubs seem destined for a prosperous season. The White Sox, Tigers, Red Sox and Yanks are draw- ing very well, 'Baseball has been a big failure in Newark, both at the International League Park and also at the Federal | Park. The International League | club was shifted to Harrisburg, and | the support of tho Feds has been so poor that the Federal League offi- cials are seriously contemplating the scansfer of the club to another city. Edouard Fabre, fresh from his lat- est Boston victory, announces that de bas already entered for two other New England aces. The first will be run on Saturday at Lewiston, Maine, and the second on July 24th at Lowell, Mass, Hamilton Herald: Alarmists have been quite strong of late in their assurances that rugby football will not be played in Canada this fall, and that if it is it will be on a small scale and quite uninteresting. This betief was given a slap in- the face to.day when one prominent in local football circles stated that there would be football and that it would be just as productive of enthusiasm as it was last season. The Interpro- vineclal union wil] bo beg" on the job, and there wil] be no cuange what. ever, Ballplayers around the American Le . have been steadily picking the Red Sox to catch up and win out. } ig Jewish World Says Report is Current r CROP SHIPPING ovement Under Fa EEE------ ~ =BECOND SECTION Wa &) SOME OTTAWA GLIMPSES | 3 Special Correspondence by H. F. Gadsby. McBride and War Scandals \: Ottawa, July 10.--A 'breezy inter- Inde last week was Sir Richard Me- Bride's evidence before the Royal Commission on War Scandals. It was bounded on the north by Powell, the stool-pigeon, and on the south by Garland,--Garland is the name, but garlic is more like the smell--and it fitted in neatly. Everybody agreed that Sir Rich- ard was in good form. He follow- ed the usual course of statesmen 'charged with breaking any of the commandments and denied 5 every- thing. He did it handsomely, too, talking rapidly to prevent the truth from curdling. His evidence re- minded the hearers of the old recipe for making chicken soup without any chicken,~--it was largely remarkable for what it omitted. However, it was plain enough that Sir Richard was hiniself again. Al- though he was not charged with of- fering his Kingdom of British Colum- bia for a horse, he was volunteering an explanation of why he spent $1,- 150,000 of the people of Canada's money for two bargain-counter sub- marines that wanted to sink when they were supposed to swim and wanted to swim when they were sup- posed to sink. According to all re ports they were the devils' own sub marines, those two--always wanting to do the wrong thing. Sir Richard, it will be remember leaving gther available tonnage free] for ordinary cargoes. Efforts *are | still being made to increase the num- | ber of ships in the service, but it Is] probable that the supply will still be far short of normal by the time the] wheat is ready for ocean shipment.| This will doubtless mean that. the) elevator storage capacity of the Do-| minion will be taxed to an unpre- | cedented extent. In this respect, | however, there is said to be no ceuse | for anxiety, as the elevator capacity | of the Dominion has been increased | enormously- since the change of Government four years ago by the | construction of interior 'términal | elevators in the West, the building, of | the big Government elevator at the] head of the lakes, and by additions! to the elevators in Ontario and Que- bec. : - ed, purchased these submarines. on his own responsibility and then sent the bill to Ottawa. The bill seéms to have been as badly behaved as the submarines, for the first rough draft | KAISER POSED AS MESSIAH. In Russia. | London, July 10.--The Jewish { World says: "An extraordinary re- | port has gained currency in Russia | during a visit to} Lodz, entered a synagogue, and rais- | ing a scroll of the law, told the con- | gregation he was the Messiah whom | | they were awaiting and that he had been sent by God to save them." | i Driven From Home Our boys and girls are leaving the farms and Home Towns by the thousand and swarming into the congested CITIES. There they work and struggle against of it was for $1,060,000, which was subsequently changed on receipt of telegrams, to $1,500,000. Second thoughts were $100,000 more expen- sive, The same ill duck which pur. sued the submarines and the bill for them, beset the cheque which settled for them. It got split on the way to British Columbia and the final des tination of ome fragrant has never frightful odds, the majority never getting sting a chance ce. . : Shiai igen definitely traced to. this day. pe gin Wine play, Moyty ya i "If WE had always Spent oti money at hothe we could have built up industries at Fri Shara i £4 Such on these have suddenly adopied the practice | home to give employment to these boys and girls. How many children has OUR asked the question which led up to of wearing sprays of ivy as an expres- i them: There is no reason to be- | . ; lieve that he would have been any sion. of loyalty to Belgium and the | NEGLECT of home interests DRIVEN away into the Big Cities? less candid in his answers on this Gen. von Bissing, the German | : i 1 military governor of Belgium, a few | Just in so far as we failed to give OUR support to our home community are we : warships sed] the demonstrative display of Belgian | responsible for this condition. We are the ones who have blocked THEIR chances. | on the" nimi opin, oTine) | which, was the right and roper thing to do. Nobody exporiod a statesman of his parts to do less, On certain matters of 'detail Sir Rich- ard was not quite so convincing. It takes more than a blithe air and a bonny smile to wrestle with figures, and Sir Richard is no mathematician, as the present condition of British Columbia Government finances pret- x ty well proves. Sir Richard said eT that in a period of great nervous tension, "he could not hesitate about the price"--and that is true enough. He didn't hesitate long encugh to Query Ottawa--he bought the sub- marines first and sent the bill after- wards to be ratified by Order-in-Coun cil. What's more he paid 3.250000 tor them without blink- on mple assurance of an Pure Ice. English navy officer that he couldn't have them built in England for less than $600,000 each. Sir Richard could not afford to hesitate. He was 80 anxious to save that approximate difference of $150,000 between the Seattle price and the Tyneside price that he closed at once. It is true that the Chilian Government was only go- ing to pay $750,000 for the pair and had sed to come across with the honey, not because it didn't have the IAAP srt Pt psn st - subject. He put the purchase of days ago issued an order prohibiting | colors as personal adornment. The the two submarines for defenceless Belgians obeyed the order, but the WE have placed a handicap in THEIR lives. They are not OTHER people's chil: British Columbia (with two German following day almost every man, an ivy spray. the sienitconco of dren. They are OURS. But it is not too late to do our duty by the NEXT genera- hep JuuEunge OF Sow irs: ' tion. They belong to us, too. . pe | Let us do everything in our power to keep these children at home. FRANCE BUYS CARGOES | OF NEUTRAL VESSELS Senate Appropriates Big Sum to! The "Community Builder" idea is endorsed and approved of by, among others, Pay For Goods Seized the following well-known and reputable business concerns: \ on Ships, | ANGLIN, 8. & CO., Manufacturers of Fine Woodwork, Sash and Paris, July 10.--The French Sen. | Doors. ate unanimously appropriated $600, ROS. Clarence tomobiles 000 to be used by the Minister of Ma- | ANGROVE B 128. C Sky' Au rine in payment for cargoes of neu- | Supplies. tral vessels that have been seized, ASSELSTINE, J. 8, D. O. S., and especially of that of the Ameri. Gl 312 King St. can 'steamer Dacia, The Dacia formerly belonged to BELL, R. CHAS, 230 Bagot St., Insurance and Real Estate. 'Phone 1002. the Hamburg-American Line. After BELL, DR, GEO. W,, 1.0 Clarence St., proprietor of changing her registry she sailed from Galveston, Texas, with a cargo Dr. Boll's V ar We, --, popular medicine in Canada. of cotton destined for Germany. On BEST'S, the Popular Drug Store. JENKINS, E. P., CLOTHING CO. Agents for Fashion Craft and 20th Century Clothing. KINGSTON ICE CO. LTD. Phone 1307. KINGSTON HOSIERY CO., Manufacturers of high- -. gragle "Imperial" Underwear and Hosiery. KINGSTON BRIUK '& TILE CO., Manufacturers of Brick and Tile, 611 Division St, KINNEAR & D'ESTERRE Manufacturing Jewellers, 100 Princess St. Phone 336. LIVINGSTON, C. & BRO., Clothiers, Gents' Furnish- ers, Military Tailoring, 77 Brock St. for Perfect Vision picked up by a French cruiser and taken into Brest. A French: prize coin, but because the submarines had the colic, but that is neither here nor there. A bargains a bar- gain and must be snapped up when you can get it. A bargain is very much like a gift horse--you mustn't look it in the mouth, Sir Richard didn't and never will. Take it or leave it--that's Sir Richard's policy and see where British Columbia is now. Considering the beautiful window- dressing he did at Ottawa, it is hard to understand why Sir Richard should have been so peevish when subsequently interviewed by the Globe in Teronto. It couldn't have been the submarines which he had explained to his own satisfaction -- brushing them aside, so te speak, just like that. . It must have been local conditions in British Columbia which caused him to speak of politi- cal opponents as "liars" and talk of suing if they didn't shut up. The change undergone by this debonair and gallant young knight between Ottawa and Toronto can only be ex- plained by the fact that Toronto is two hundred and fifty miles nearer home than the other place. Sir Richard talked like a man who feels that the rapids are near and the daylight is past; like one who was coming to his own and ex- pected his own to receive him not; was apprehensive that his old side- kick, Attorney-General Bowser, would be waiting for him. with a club. It was a strange, savage way for a successful young statesman to talk, especially when approaching his home country, and the province which has enjoyed the blessings of his promissory-note-hand-it-out-to- the-railways government for the last ten years. Ome would almost think that he wasn't sure of his welcome. There may be something in that too. Sir Richard is not in the first flush of triumph. His flush is » dottait now and. Beitish. ide 8 for a showdown, seq Sir Richard has been restless ate. Like Sir George Foster who found no rest for the of his feet until he lighted in North Toronto, and the Honorable Bod Rogers o is look- ing for a soft spot in Carlton Coun- hy. Sir Richard is casting about for a new place to perch, Like Noah's dove though perhaps more spotted, he is making inquiry where will land after the deluge" For the last three or four years, Sir Richard has been as agile as a moving picture, skip- ping all over Canada and the Mother country in search of pe t lodg- Ings. He is toying § now with the idea of being Agent- eral for British Columbia in England. Not a bad idea at that. Toying is one of the best things Sir Richard does, He toys as long as events or men will let him. About four years ago when British Colum- bia began to notice that toying was his long suit, he toyed with the idea of the Conservative leadership for | the Dominion of Canada. But Lead- er Borden and a general slection put a stop to that. Since them he has toyed ever and anon, expecially w British Columbia got peevish, the idea of a Cabinet portfolio at Ot- tawa. But toying was &8 far as he got. Like the man who was kick- ed down. stairs three times he came to the conclusion that they didn't want him in there. : ' The general opinion seems to Le that Sir Richard has gon ap far as a head of hair will and that from now on.his progress will be backwards, HH. F. G. court, after hearing the case, recom- mended that the French Government purchase the cargd. -- ; , Le iriit CARROLL, J. K., AGENCY. Real Estate and Insur- GUARD AGAINST BIMES, ance, 56 Brock St. Phone 68. LOCKETT SHOE STORE, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Suit reaching European waters she was COOKE, J. B., Dist. Mgr. Imperial Life, 332 King St. Phone 503. Res. 842. . LAIDLAW, JOHN & SON, Dry Goods, 172 Princess St. Phone 397. ER EE have never figured the White J ye to maintain their run-mak. ing dive. And with their full strength in the field the Red Sox aro strong / enough to go far and fast--even fast enough to win it there is any break in the White Sox batting. Work has started on a new motor way at Philadelphia to cost $2. = o 10,000, 1t will be two miles around on conctete, with con. crete curbs hub high, thus eliminat. ing the danger of drivers Hlvaging rough the tenn ne stands of brick laid Precautions Tahtn COLLEGE BOOK Cases, etc., 116 Princess St. .... The Man on Watch Fabra Liner hn In Case Pictures. SIGRE, Stationery. 'Mule. and MENDELS, Kingston's Only Exclusive Ladies' Ready-| WH to-Wear, Store, 132 Princess St. New York, Juiy 19---Becaus» of COLLIER'S TOGGERY SHOP, Opera House Block. : wd | i A Claas Li | 4 McKELVEY & BIRCH sell the Happy Thought. Hange. We uysterious blasg iu the Aiiauti. Husherlin and Campbell Clothing for the best There are 4,500 of these in use in and about DOMINION TEXTILE €O., Manufacturers: of Cottons, ington. : . L Prints, Sheetings, ete. . - NEWMAN & SHAW, the Always: Busy Dry Goods jfor . DAVIS DRY DOCK CO., Manufacturers of Motor Stufe, 173 Prine Bt. «+ Boats, Gas and Steam Engines. Phone 420. DAE: GRIMM, N. R., 102 Princess St, Best Home Made Candies and Ice Cream. Phone 797. PERCIVAL & GRANGER, Local Agents McCormick | | Mig. Co. All kinds of Biscuits and Confectionery. ev y and REDDEN, JAS. & C0., Grocers, 176 Princess St. tors were allowed on Lhe "hip : . rk ee sailing time. The Lap aad GILBERT, JOMN, Grocer, 104 Barrie St. and 94 carried 245 passengers, inciuding ¥ : Americans. yay Gore St. HARRISON, T. ¥. 00., Furniture, Carpets 'and Lino- a 3 : Ff : who takes his turn on guard at the Stores building, trotting up and down with the sentry at shat point. like a Prime Minister, in short, who . -