PAGE FOUR The British Whig Een v mr a Pablished Dally and Semi-Weekly by THE BRIT WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, President Managing Director and Se "Treas i G Leman A Elllot: Gulla Telephones: Office Rooms Business Fiditorial Job Office UBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) red ity $6.00 1 in advance $5.00 offices .32.50 $3.00 One One One One year, Year year, b | ) Fura Your States Kditlon) h $1.00 $1.60 One 8 One year, ot paid in advance One vi glted States 3 and thre months pro rata Attached Is one of the best Job printing offices In Canada TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE TE. Smallpiece 32 Church Bt 11. 8. REPRESENTATIVES Now York Office 2256 Fifth Ave Frank 4%. Northrup, Manager Chicago Tribune Frank IR. N Manager H Bldg rthrup A SUGGESTIVE PICTURE A featnre of Christmas is the un selfishne which its spirit suggest One sees dn the papers a touching pie that who, the of ture It is of a woman with habe n arm dreams of bread she needs for the sustenance life Over her head in a dimuness that is appropriate of Dreamland is a bag of flour, which osting $2.50 will make enough bread to feed two Belgians for a month It is scarcely possible that any one can enjoy a Christmas dinner who contemplates this the picture and reads the appeals of Belgian Relief Committee, Who can be content while Master he knows that those whom the called His suffering the pangs brethren' are of hunger across the seas? A HEAD IS WANTED. A deputation of dabor men visited | the deed of gift of the Crocker Fund, | Ottawa upon a very important mis sion to The la he regard shells with for that regard been consulted rate felt with standard should the they to hor party consulted WARES paid or the That the cost of production department, even since il has | been reorganized, is not complete, and that its chalrman is not the final| arbiter in any appeal, is very ey dent Ihe the | Premier™He sent them to the chair-| man of the Committee, | Mr. Flavelle, who referred them back | to the them labor men interviewed Munitions Premier, and he in turn sent | the of the British Minister of Munitions, left England In| all this the fact was established that | the chairman of the Shell Committee | lid not the power he should possess to personal representative | who had just for | He certainly does not exercise the| power of the minister in England, ! } whom he so largely represents, and | cannot perform his duty so efficiently The Munitions in Canadas will be generally Minister of Mr. Flavelle accepted, but he have an increase of authority. | ¢ Hig should be the last word in Can ada demand is for a must ------ ee BRITISH COLUMBIA, \ war which is absorbing the ei- | Bible young men and drawing them Into its service, does not prevent an election in British Columbla. There one Government has disappeared, Sir | Richard McBride's, and another has | taken #5 place, that of which | W. J. Bowser is the head The ex-Premier of the Pacific Coast will be remembered as the most pleturesque political leader of the times He used his power not too nor too well evarvthing. "If says a Conserva tive paper, which 48 in a most com passionate mood, 'his recent experi- ence 'has not been as happy as might have heen the case, it was because, like many others, he permitted his optimism to carry him too far far- ther even than {or the time being the great possibilities of British Colum- bla could warrant." One has to read between the lines in order to realize the significance of this re- mark. Well, Sir Richard goes to London o act as Agent General for his pro- vince He leaves to his successor the task of appeasing the people if he can... Mr. Bowser has been pre- paring fpf this for a considerable time. /He has beén promising all sorts of things, and he may humbug the electors into giving him a gril. What tha province wants, however, Hon wisely Power is not $1.50] to feast at Christmas | The shell manufacturers had | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, F a tical 1 for he wil FRAITOROUS SP 1iffe IE Ww Conse Edward Carson an election SH ire dissatisfied Government hey reconciled to opposed whicl w ostponment ol re t the them presen for personal reasons, would sacrifice the Govern ment party to x hecked hie Nor is th by ordinary means Premier ay an election would be a natior al calamity Mr. Law says it would represent an affront to him and in h retirement from the hip Yet the It Government leader New par ty demands an election deter wed to wreck the and 1 stop at noth ecom plishment of its j t jeserve raitor nd ward ANCER Research Lae NO CURE FOR ( Crocker ( 1h I's oratories of Columbia Univer ancer ity have tested various alleged cancer cures without satisfactory result his is the regrettable announcement that Dr. Francis C director ofl the been made by the has Wood 000 $2,000 fund which was by the lats George Crocker to Columbia for re Cancer has so far the search purposes bafMed who have and disappointed men labored to check and extir Yet who pate it America pays homage to the man left his fortune in or that unremittingly der science may its la- until it pursue bors has su« | ceeded The details, report effect, shorn of its which in are only of a techni cal value, reads | "In conformity with the terms of {Investigations have been carried out on the effectiveness of eertain so- called cures for cancer, but unfortu- | been shown to possess the slightest influence on tumors in animals | Some of them have been tested in | cases of hopelessly inoperable carci {noma in man with equally uusatis factory results It is unnecessary to enumerate here the names and na-| have been still be- physicians, that their ture of these 'cures;' widely advertised and are | ing extensively used by | despite the knowledge tereapeutic effect is nil The effects obtained at these labo- ratories from the use of radium are stated to be interesting, but less im portant than are popularly supposed "There has also been carried out," the report continues, "an extensive investigation of the effect of radium on spontaneous tumors in animals and also orf isolated tumor particles, these exposed particles being after- ward inoculated into animals in or der to determine whether the dium had killed the cells or not results of these experiments been exceedingly interesting, have shown that these factors are concerped in the action of ra dium on tumor cells: (1) The amount of radium, (2) the length of exposure, and (3) the distance be- | tween the radium and the tumor tis-| sue The effects are noted whether | the radium is screened with metal- lic screens or not, and are much less | they The only and it should be very emphatic, | than have been popularly supposed." | The aged?" tists, that question, "Are discour- when addressed to the scien- | notwithstanding the failures have uniformly attended their labors during the last year, is an- swered, "No." They have a large and abounding faith that they wil) yet succeed. Some day they will] mmm you is ae - Government ra- | have | and in find a cure for cancer, and the world richer by their discovery EDITORIAL NOTES. McBride British Cc a handsome But it management, not good looks, of man in a Government outs war costs, to all nations co it, $80,000 000 « dav n it al that who 4" answer this predic the time hostilities will cease How oni rate? ques the one tion can when I'he New York Herald says the United States is on the edge of great things A war with Austria, and while per 3 preparedness is still on pa will be a serious thing of congratulations, [he China does not seek sympathy will Emperor desire He is thinking of what his dynasty to get or but happen to him and when the Japs have time in their work The Quebec Government purposes enforce the law When is the Ontario going the Lord's Day to rigorously against Sunday labor to enforce The Alliance ito have gone out of business law? seems ft tli Hirt Ap peel | PUBLIC OPINION | rarer are. | It Is Coming. Toronto Star I'he German Changellor SAYS fighting a defensive isnt, but Ger war going niany Not 0 is vet, she she is I'he Canadian Chotee -- Ottawa Byron British mou Citizen may poet 'but of rrepce's Shelly Canadian be favorite is the unani choice steel mag Vaughan Gives Thanks, Free Press Father Vaughan gives thanks that the war did not come ten It might then have been awaken England A Cheap Advertiser remark this Christma Is going to be an expensive Could any reader give the date | cieap Christmas London Re to God years henrve to too late Christmas, London Headlines one of a An Important Epistle Toronto Mail A deep psychological interest will attach to the international note that President Wilson will compose while he is on his honeymoon Questionable Gift. Times "here is a widespread feeling am jong the boys that a 20 cent pocket knife is not an adequate compensa tion for attending Sunday School | 1 Oswe 20 a | nately, no one of these agents has | five weeks before Christmas Where's the Source? | Hamilton Times, | The U.S department of commence reports that last week the western Allies took 5,799,200 pounds of their copper Germany says that she has all she needs. Where is she getting it? { KINGSTON EVENTS | 25 YEARS AGO | ! Eight hundred sheep were shipped New York to-day ? ('. Grass bought the new brick re sidence on Albert street, owned | Mr. Oxley, for $1,800 One hundred and engers arrived to-day on the excur {sion train over the Kingston and Tweed Railway to do their shopping Kingston to fifteen pass Lieut. T. Jones, of the Canadian Army Service Corps, has been gazgt- ted flying officer in the Royal Flying Corps. SKE PAGE 10. Owing to a re-arrangement, made necessary at this time of the year, the two special features--"Sleepytime Tales" and "Low Cost of Living Menugs"--have been removed to 'Page 10, where they may be found daily henceforth. Rippling Rhymes SENSE AND SENTIMENT. This babe," the stern phys better dead; Tor with to think kink,dnd suffering and shame be its heritage, I know. Therefore, I shall not try to save thi You'd think we'd all applaud the doe, for s line of talk; butdo, the senti- | have! ! s, throw dornicks at his bulg- | ing brow, and chasg him to the timber now, The sab soul rises in ils wrath, consigns putling up thi mentalists, w maudlin twist the doctor to infant grow, all kinds of ill and pain to know, to struggle through this vale bl tears, with sightless eyes - ed mind and with nature's game." Forgett doctor didn't interfere. life to it will be a curse, and to its something worse. ician said, courageously, 'were parents It hasn't brains where- . ils frame has every mortal and woe would s misfit infant from the grave.' hose thought machines the broth. 'Far better let an 'and flopping ears with stunt- palsied frame, 4han interfere selling, as they rant and rear, the r did hy persecute the dauntless doc? Why not improve the huméin stock? We are improving cows by | { will be in the running? NEW PENITENTIARY SURGEON Dr. Robert Hanley Said To Have the Appointment, DR. ROBERT HANLEY. It is stated on good authority that Dr. Robert Hanley of this city has been decided upon by the Justice De partment as successor to Dr. Daniel Phelan as surgeon of the provineial penitentiary at Portsmouth. The sal ary is $1,300 a yéar, and the new surgeon is to be allowed to con tinue hig practice. The retiring sur geon received $2,400, but could not engage in practice. The Justice De- partment is reverting to the old sys tem prior to 1896 when the late Dr. | 0. 8S to be Strange was surgeon And The Was n Chronicle nglish deed of v former lua awarded t Jews Lond he Jewry is ringing with | Corporal Issyl ihe Smith brave ndon Ghetto boy, | Victoria Cross It nnpari and | ented the 5 time. It while who wa gallantry 'a front to draw « or great would be between invidiou the are repre Empire at th sons VATIONS races creeds which in forces of our is fair to the English v a mercantile say, however, that wre almost entirely | ice, as they are else where in world they heard the call of their adopted coun try in its time of need and have ans-| wered it splendidly the yet have General From Private to Telegram not generally known General Logie was formerly a tle in the Princess of Wales at Queen's University, Kingston He | returned home to Hamilton and be came connected with the 13th Royal Regiment The sirange fact re-| corded that Colonel 'Mewburn," who is now his Adjutant-General, was then captain of the company that] Pte. Logie was numbered with To-| doy lise two officers are command- irg and conducting the largest divis- ion in Canada Prepared For Winter Fighting. | Inhabitants of Tukkum, Doblen,| and other towns and villages of Courtland now occupied by the Ger mans state that it is not difficult te get through the German lines (writes the Centrol News Petrograd correspondent) Fugitives have in- formed the Russian authorities that several lines of trenches parallel with each other have been made by the enemy west and southwest of Riga. The trenches are fitf¥d out for a winter campaign The interior slopet are covered with beams and planks, and stoves have been fixed in the numerous refuges | Toronto It that priv Rifles Is is Not His Fault With air of weman came i an determination the| nto the photographer's | studio { "Good-morning, madam!" said the | proprietor. "What can I do 2 I just called to tell you that those photographs you took of my husband are mos! unsatisfactory! snapped the woman Why, he looks just like an ape!" That touched the pride of the camera man "Well, madam," he replied cold- ly. "you should have thought of that before you married him." professional See the 1916 Strange books of Yhe present war. Obtainable only at the College Book Store. Instructive 1 lustrated in colors, 40¢ per copy The citizens are beginning to talk about the municipal elections. Who RIDAY, DECEMBER * 17, 1915. | it Pays to Do Your Shopping Early in the Morning Remember About the Early Bird Bibbys Store Open Evenings Unlil Christmas Headquarters for Gifts for Menand Boys BIBBY'S DAINTY NECKWEAR in Faney Boxes 50c. Imported Silks, newest designs and colorings large lowing ends This quality Neckwear he = ing sold in many places for 70¢ Bibby's Special Price, 18 SILK TIES. Plain and fancy stiteh- solid colors, many fancy and catchy combi- nation designs: Prices B0c, 75¢c, $1.00. es, BIBBY'S NECKWEAR ELEGANCE at 75c¢. New French, and India Silks. Shadow, Rainbow, Pais ley and Plain Velvolenes A real beauty show. Large shapes, new slip-easy style. HANDSOME NECK SCARF, CROCHET SCARF. 75¢, $1, $1.25, $1.50, $2, and $2.50. Persian BENGALINE SILK SCARFS. \ beauty for $2.26, in faney box, LARGE PAISLEY SILK SCARFS. Special $2.00, in faney box. tN) ) / is MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS, Linen Lawn Special, 2 For 25c. MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS. Linen in fancy box in box, Special values 3 for 50c, in neal pholo envelope. SILK HANDKERCHIEF. White. 28c, B50c, 75c, $1.00. MEN'S KHAKI SILK HANDKERCHIEF. 50c, 75¢, $1.00. MEN'S SUSPENDERS AND ARMLETS in fancy box, KING GEORGE SUSPENDERS, in faney box, PRESIDENT SUSPENDERS 50¢. in faney hox MEN'S NOBBY CAPS. Just received a ment of Men's Winter Caps. fur banders, goll shapes. in newest color mgs, of tweeds, same silk lined. 50c, ship 78c, $1, $1.25, $1.50. Our $1.80 caps are dandies MEN'S FANCY VESTS, I'he real The ladies remark when they look at them, "Oh, my,aren't they darlings? Prices $2.75, $3.50, $4.50, $4.75. PURE ENGLISH WOOL SWEATER COATS. We think we have the best assortinent of pure wool Sweater Coals to be seen anywhere in Can ada. At Popular Prices. classy Kind $3.75, See our " PURE BOTANY WOOL SWEATER COATS. $6.00, $6.00, $7.50. SWEATER COATS, $1 '50, $2, $2.50, $2.75, #3, $3.50, $3.75, $4, 4.50 to $7.50. SEE BIBBY'S SPECIAL $1.26 ENGLISH PYJAMAS. All sizes. SEE BIBBY'S SPECIAL $2.00 CEYLON PYJAMAS. All sizes, MEN'S FANCY SHIRTS. Real styles, fronts P.K.s, fancy box Prices $1.28, $1.50. chic and tunning fancy whites, < k Seoteh zephves ele Fach shirt is One Price Bibbys One Price Limited / / 37 Sw Java & Mocha | is bett than ever. The price is! the same, 40c Th, ! Is tastes good these cold mommings. Jas. Redden & Co. Phones 20 and 990. ef i The engagement of Count James | Minotfo, Italy, to Ida May Swiflt,| -» 78-80-82 Princess Street, Kingston Kingston's Electric Store. | Christmas = Suggestions Electric Toaster, $3.50; Electric Iron, $3.00; Table Lamps for $3.00 and up. Beautiful Chandeliers, Semi-indirect Fixtures, Heaters, Gril] Stoves, $5.00, Get your house wired for Electric Light, i Let ux advise you. y 79 PRINCESS ST. i. Foot of Queen St. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Swift, | Chicago."is announced. Never worry about troubles to- Be charitable The one in the It's easier to get people to take government. Mr. Bowser, as Sir Phone No. 9. Richard McBride's wicked partner, is ae miestomrdf]l [day that you cam put off until 10-| deepest distress may be powerless| your advice than to make them usc ef i to shed tears. it, responsible largely for the present po- j is sr r a + i morTow : ms and hogs and sheep and hens, and even dogs, but any sort of 'runt will do, if it is human stock, say you. Perhaps, a dozen and wants real bad, is a change of ages hence, we'll cultivate some common sense.