Dally and Semi-Weekly by PHE 'BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, GQ. Elliott ............,...President an A. Guild ....Managing Director and Sec.-Treas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) [low rate for a certain amount of {towards a contract for power in con- counsel at any point which is not agreeable to it.' J The Campbell contract was orig- inally desired because it meant a power, and at a time when the city proposed a very important deal witi the Locomotive Works Company. An agreement, by the way, as to 4 rate, has been signed by the Company, and the contract wij be catrtied out in any event as, the manager of the power plants reports that the power can be supplied. The Utilities' Commission has in. vited a discussion of terms and rates with the Hydro-Eleetric Commission and the Seymour Company, looking siderable quantities, and they will no doubt be heard from at once. If the Hydro-Electric Commission cannot supply power for a considerable time, as alleged by Sir Adam Beck in Kingston some time ago, then the fact can be stated and the way will be opened for a contract with the Seymour Company. If i, ag the Whig understands, in a position to negotiate for power. FINISHING THEIR CAREERS. delivered in city .... 8 aid in advise .e y ma 0 rur 3 to United States ......$3.00 Seml-Weekiy Edition) by mall, cash 51.00 if not paid in advance $1.50 zear, to United States 1.50 X and three months pro rate. Attached 15 one of .the best job drinting offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE ¥. E Smallpigee 32 Church St. U, 8 PRESENTATIVES ce 225 Fifth Ave ED ae bute. R. Northrup, Manager. THE POLICY OF DRIFT. The. Street Railway has enquired from the Utilities Committee why it referred the question of a rate tao the people when. that rate had not been agreed upon by the company, The reply of the chairman of the Commis- sion. is a surprise, It is that the Commission wanted authority to sell power to the company at 1.20 per kilowatt hour after the expiry of the company's contrast last year, and through the reference to them the beople had conferred this authority. The Whig is distinctly disappointed if that is all that was aimed at. I Was important, of course, that the Commisison's action in continuing the old rate for power, for the time being, should be approved, but it is important also that an arrangement shall be reached as soon as possibie by which the car service will be main-] tained. What is necessary? What is wanted? The company suggests a conference with the Council, and it has been urged By the Board of Trade, representing the business jn- terests of the city. "Why has this most reasonable recommendation not been acted upon? Against the pol- icy of drift the Whig has protested. It protests again, and hopes the re. constructed Commission will rédeem itself by its prompt and Vigorous dis- Position of this question. ------ THE PATRIOTIC FUND. The Council of 1915. and at a meeting near to the close of the year, passed a resolution which rec- ognized the Mayor as a member of the local Patriotic Fund Commit- tep, His place and function in the new order of things will have to be defined. The Patriotic Fund is an Ottawa organization, authorized by Act of Parlfament and having for its use certain machinery of a very efficient character. The Fund may 'be raised by vol- untary contributions, or by taxation, but in any case the money goes to Ottawa and is from there checked out in-relief from month to month, Whether the amount to the credit of the city be large or small makes no difference 'at Ottawa. The demand | of the month, whatever it is, is,| promptly met, - # The situation does not change be- cause the source of revenge has changed. Thé fact iat the whole amount contributed for Kingston this year may be the produbt. of a special tax .does not matter, 'It win go. to Ottawa as usual, the whole of it, and | in-advance of its collection with the usual rates there may be advances through the banks, Apparently, there wust be a use of some of the local men outside of the Council who have had to do with the Patriotic Funda, AL its constitution is to be continued and applied. ------ " SOME POINTS CLEARED UP, The Utilities Commission has Wade clear a point which the Chair- man has' tried several times to em- Dhasize, namely, that this Commiiss. fon is not tied to, and so not under the domination of the Hydro-Elec- tric. Commission. Then wh¥, it may be asked, has the. local Commission heen so willing to lend itself to the - advice and direction of the Hydro? The answer is (1) that tie Coun- «il authorized the reference to the Hydro-Eleectric Commission of the - Campbell proposition, and (2) the Hydro's advice was sought on the Tate question because it had su ex- perience which warranted it.in speak- > ing or acting with positive effects. ~ There is nothing binding in the relations between the two Commiss- fons, as the Whig understands it, and there is To obligation on the part of the local Bn to take he »* The war is finishing the usefulness of some of Britain's 'greatest war- riors. Sir lan Hamilton was a hero of South Africa, and there must have been something in' his career which warranted the War . Depattment in sending him to the Dardanelles. He commanded the land forces. Time will vindicate him if he has been mis- judged. He admits that he was ot dered home because he refused to close up his ill-starved and adventu- rous command. He wanted 50,000 more troops, and with them says he would have succeeded with his plans and opened the way to Coastantin- ople. The Government was not im- pressed with the reasonableness of his views and declined to send him the additional troops, His recall 'followed, and his suc- cessor, of his own volition, or acting on the advice of Lord Kitehener, im- mediately undertook the transfer of the troops from the Peninsula to the main land. Ashmead Bartlett, the British cor- respondent now in America, is merci- less in his criticism of the Hamilton report, He charges that both the British and Australian troops were sacrificed through the blundering of the General, and had he been sent 50,000 more men, which hé had re- Quistioned, he would have lost them too, and without result. A controversy of this kind has a most disheartening effect. Recruiting cannot be successfully carried out, when, at home and abroad it is open- ly charged, that men have fallen the victims of misplaced confidence. The Hamilton report cannot be fyled a- way in the archives of the War Offi- ce. It should 80 to experts to be thoroughly examined-and to the end that men may know who is to blame for the large number of casualties in the Dardanelles. [It is not enough to know that mis- takes have been made. Were they without justification. Were they at- tended! with circumstances which Jes. sen the responsibility Sir Ian Hamil- ton was obliged to carry? Ford Minus His Fortune. * ¢Montreal Mail) H Henry Ford suddenly lost His nioney, he would sink to the level of the ordinary barber-shop statesman. Figure It Out. : (Hamilton Times.) . People who wonder why the Brit- ish do not drive the Germans out of the' trenches should sit down and count over the 59,666 casualties that hit the British in the battle of Loos, ng On Him. A (London Advertiser.) Mme. Schwimmer et al evidently imagine Mr. Ford has undertaken to keep them. They want him to, buy new dresses for them, and later would probably demand annual in- comes, : Socialism Lure, (Toronts Star.) The Montreal Gazette is quite dis- tressed by the way the turbulent democracy of Toronto and Ontario votes for public ownership, "It's Socialism," says the Gagette. "That's what it is!" . -- Two Views. (Victoria Colonist.) Mr. Bourassa says the Canadians are not bound to fight for Britain, This is quite true, and there is also another thing that Canadians are not bound to do, and that is to put up with Bourassa's seditious speeches, and the sooner he learns it the bet. ter, : A Paying Job, (Ottawa Citizen.) "Joe" Murphy, who, as the "Kerry Gow," made real horseshoes on the stake is dead, aged eighty-three, with a modest bankroll of over three mil- lion dollars. There must be some- thing in the horseshoe tradition, but it is worth noticeing that Murphy made his horseshoes instead of pick- 3 FORMER KINGSTONIAN AP. POINTED AT HAMMOND, IND. f Dr. J. A. Gram Will Endeavor to| 'Prevent Violent Deaths--Office bs Second Most Powerful in State. A former Kingstonian, Dr. J. A, Graham, has been promoted from | deputy coroner to coroner at Ham- mond, Indiana, according to infor- mation which has Just been received in the city. He has' taken office, and has outlined ga strong pro- Rubbers and Overshoes Stampe, which he intends to carry out. . Dr. Graham was born in Kingston on Jan, 10th, 1877. His father was a member of Parliament. The son | | was educated at Queen's University, and at the time of his graduation | was circulation manager of the Mont- real Herald, He is a post-graduate of the University of London, the Lon- don Hospital of Whitechapel, and the » University of Edinburgh, going to | Hammond from London iu 1907. He is thirty-nine years of age. > Dr. Graham points out that there are between two hundred and three hundred violent and vicious deaths in| { his county every year, and he consid- | {i ers that it is his duty to prevent vi- | if «| cious deaths as wel] as to investigate *ty first bn street cars, in the mills cannot be | § dvocated, he says, and | J industries must observe the precau-| tions fixed by law to safeguard the fi lives of workmen, "The coroner's office been | §i more or less sneered at by politicians | Ji because of tive small fees connected |} with it," said Dr. Graham, "Yet the coroner has more power than any | | other official, He can stop a mail | | train and search jt for witnesses, | close up a plant, arrest the sherif, | and there is nothing to hinder him in| the performance of his duties." { Dr. Graham intends to carry out | his duties to the fullest extent, 2 | has | MEN'S MACKINAW | |i | to do all that is in his power to fur- ther his Programme of prevention. Dr. Graham is at present acting in the case of Frank Holder, the. Kings- ing them up. -- A Man Among Men. (Montreal Star.) John Thompson, K. C.. of Ottawa, has for months past devoted his time gratuitously to the direction of the War Contracts Enquiry under Sir Charles Davidson. Now he has en- listed for overseas service. If this patriotic son of a noble father comes home safely from the war, this coun- try, whith needs such faithful ser- vants, should keep its eye on him. ; | KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO There are eighty 'boys the night schools. James Richardson & Sons used in weighing phosphate. . Frederick Folger shot a large owl on Cartwright"s Point, -- LIQUOR CONTROL ABROAD. ( -- What Has Beén Gained In England --~lons Drunkenness Now, Winnipeg Free Press. \ John Bull struck a siirewd blow for the higher efficiency When he put into effect his drastic drink restric. tions, the telling force of which be- comes more and more apparent. One only needs to study the records to see just.what the nation has gained, and the most instructive records are those of the police court. The dock- ets of the police courts in the muni- tion centres and ports of England tel] a striking tale, EDITORIAL NOTES," 'The United States War Department contemplates national service. It re- wards this as the only alternative to compulsory military service. Mr. Ferguson, will not stand for any Ottawa people on the school ques-| tion. He won't, eh! What can he do to bring about a calm? Is there any discrimination in the assessment? Or is the law as it is now understood and enforced against the smail Property owner and in fav. or of the men of large property in- terests? It is a point which should be Tooked into by a committed of the Council. J : | ---------------- The vote in favor of & reduction ir the number of alder was not as great -as it might have been, but it was large enough to show the drift of public opinion, It must be acted upon by the Council. The Aldermen did not solicit a plebiscite. They, asked for the approval or disapprov. al of a certain by-law. } ---- The Patriotic Fund, under the old, conditions, is practically closed. That Is about al] the money has been paid that is collectable, from voluntary subscriptions, and henceforth the lo- cul contribution' to. the Fund must be from special taxes. How should the Fund 'be administered locally? That is the question of the hour. -------- Frederick Palmer states that the advantage of efficiency has passed from the Germans to the Allies in the proportion of one hundred - to eighty-five. He expects a forward movement on the part of the Alljes in the spring, and this forward movement with efficiency 'in their favor should amount to a great deal. A ------------------ . Why Hold Back ? (Windsor Record.) What's. the delay, boys, about ea- listing? De YOu want to force con- scription in this country? It so, keep on holdir~ back. The acting Minister of" Education, | convictions reco hore nonsense on the part of the since the "| total ed for active Monday. From 1913 to that portion of 1915 before the order went into force, 80,- 000 convictions for drunkenness were annually recorded in four represéunta- tive controlled areas, these being the Metropolifan police district. Liver- Pool and district, South Wales, and the Northeast goast. The huge total had s y risep from the 60,000 xd in 1910. Yet in the short time which has elapsed order went into force the has slumped tremendously. Taking the number of convictions in this period on an annual basis it is seen that it has fallen from 80,000 to about 45,000, or 15,000 less than in 1910. Of the convictions recorded about one-third were "women. in 1910 there were about 16,000 wom- | en convicted for drunkenness, which total. increased to 23,000 and after restrictions dropped to 16,000. © areas mentioned loom large in the war scheme, either as manufacy turing, mining and commercial cen- tres or as ports. The increase in ef- ficiency which follows greater sobri- ely cannot but have its effect on the conduct of the war from the indus- trial 'end, at the same time lessening the grist of the courts and. releasing Police and prison officials for pro- ductive work. Bourassa's Cousin Different. Winnipeg Free Press. - 'Henrl Bourassa must be quite dis- gusted with his young cousin, Talbot Papineau, who has just been promot- ed to a captaincy in the Princess Pa- tricias. He is the only officer re- maining of the original crowd which went overseas with the Patricias. Papineau has been in the thick of the fight from the very outset, and acquitted himself so well that he was |. ,Biven a distinguished conduct medal and frequently mentioned spatches. Papineau is a grandson of Louis Joseph Papineau, the French-Canadian rebel of 1837, and the young man inherits' all the fight- in de ing qualities of his belligerent grand- |. # x Our idea of a man 'who has! sire. not the lest resemblance to Henri is Talbot Papineau. attending | ®Slimated at forty million are ion erecting a large platform scale to pe| 2 0dition | ton man who was murdered at Ham- | J | mond by a gunman, | See Our $5.00 Line. Navy Blue, button-up neck, cuff- ed sleeves, belted, ete.; sizes 36 to 46. Other lines $6.50 to $8.75. Sheep nel Dots, etc, $4.50 to SEE BIBBYS $10.00 MEN'S STORM ULSTERS Sizes 34 to 42; © : SEE BIBBYS MEN'S STORM ULSTERS The Manitoba Heavy 'Tweeds, with pure wool linings; two way collars, $12.56. REEFERS SEE OUR WORKINGMEN'S MITTS, , Special Value, 50c. Pure Wool Knitted Wrist, MEN'S SWEATER COATS Two way collars, heavy wool, hand made button holes: Cardinal and Heather. Special value Brown, Grey, aie $2.50--all sizes. -------- 'NEXT CZAR UNDER FIRE, | Heir To Russian Throne Often With. | in Range of Guns, I Manchester Guardian. } A year or two ago it would have been almost unthinkable that the| | heir to the Russian throne should be! ji taken to any point of danger, but [ | the Czarevitch, who is now eleven| | Years of age has been within range| {of guns on a visit to the wounded {And he is to be rewarded--if | Czar permits--with a medal. private for s ch js| POLAND | fortune of the Romanoff » which is TALLY-HO | VICHY GURD'S CALEDONIA | IMPORTED GINGER ALE | IMPORTED CHAMPAGNE CIDER | "GURD"S GINGER ALE i pounds, | and will have control over 500 es- | | tates, employing 30,000 servants. In| the government has made {him an allowance of fifteen million | nds s | pounds a year since his birth, GURD'S SODA WATER | | Natura) Result. L | | Kansas City Journal. { "What -happened when her fath- J ed er put his foot down on the nate?" | as. R den & Co. "What always happens when you | . - { but your foot down on Phones 20 and 990. | | a match? | ' There was an explosion." No wise man will waste his | has | strength. in a battle with impossibih- | | ties. : n i ----_ | Fight clear of the excuse that to be bolstered up by falsehood. [ » | RANDOM REELS { "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealln, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." Srtnon BALDNESS. { Baldness is a relentless and cold- erate 200 candlepower on a bright | sunny day, All. over this fair, | | blooded malady which strips the hu- strictly neutral land of ours, go rich | ba head fit leaves 1M history and ammunition factories, | {man head of its verdure and leaves are to be found smart, brainy men | {it in a state of glistening decollete. wip shining cupolas from whence all i It is one of the most determined ail- but reason hath fled. In its search [ments ip all materia medica, © and for intellectual companionship, bald- | when once firmly seated is harder ness seems to settle upon newspaper | to shake off than the one-piece bath- men with great violence, which pro-| { Ing suft. bably accounts for she large yumber | Science, has long studied the cause of doctors, ministers and lawyers | and cure of baldness, buf has not Who have more hair {han an Angora | | succeeded in locating either. We goat. 1 | pay out a great deal of money in Although the bald-headed man has | this country every year to keep sci- much to sadden and depress him, he| ence from dying a natural death, js never downhearted éxeept in fly] {and what do we get for it? Sdme time, when he circumvents the do- of Lhe best and longest-windéd sci- Iuestic house fly with a skull cap. entists on the pay roll carry. with Baldness is never the result of dissi- them to their daily tasks a translu- 'pation, Hut is caused by thinking up- cent dome which jis entirely denuded " on deep subjects which other people of everything except thought - and haven't room for. Some forms of glittering of perspiration C baldness have a nefarious accomplice And yet all that science has to offer in the person of the derby hat worn to the victim of this merciless epi. during business hours, which has the demic is a vacant look and some new Same degree of ventilation as a rol- dandruff remover, ler-skating rink. Baldness seldom attacks. any bul - Baldness Jever attacks the female men of bulging intellect. John Quin- sex, except in some spot which can cy Adams, président of the United be, immediately poulticed with a States, was so hald that he could switch four'shades removed from the shave himself in" a dark room by color of the original hair. This is moonlight, and his massive, bump- ope of the two beauties of being a besprinkled dome would easily gen- woman, The other is housework. . Rippling Rhymes HARD WORK It's hard to keep smiling when troubles are pil- their weight on your neck till it's sprained; it's! al ! 6 - ing prizes for which you have strained. cheery on days wet and dreary, you looks drowned; it's hard ~ Your meney is sunk in a 'It's hard to be to be sunny when all of hole in the ground. It's Major-General Sir Sam Hughes has you have the colic, or gout at the end of your legs. received a telegram from Vancouver stating that between 15,000 and 20,- 000 desirable men can be. two hundred men volunteer: i pri service in Toronto But how will it aid You; when woe has waylaid you, to ru and grumble and that's healing in kicking the ceiling, or biting the fungs from a chair. It's anguish is present, and yet ft is strictly worth while; . hard to keep laughing wien wearily quaffing the fla-| [fi ~ Bon of grief to the dregs, it's harder to frolic when! Swear ? There's nothing i hard to look pleasant when |i r scowling dnd fussing and Browling can show off your grit! | Limited | SS ee i WATERS | This| E | Young man may claim, without fear! eRe {31 contradiction, to be the most| {¥aluable boy in the world, for if he| " | {succeeds to 'the Russian throne he! 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PATRICK COAL [owe Comort | Resolve now to Buy | Your Coal Here during the New Year. 3 > { Ring usp and order as | much as you need for [the rest of the winter, | CRAWFORD, Foot of Queen Street. f Phone 9. Possibly the wisdofn of man may surpass that of woman, byt when it | comes to tact--well, he isn't in ft. Some men can make a dollar go a long way. but not as far as a Tesery- | ed seat in heaven, . ary | Shoe Store| sr Be