PAGE FOUR The British Whis| y N al i ul JI MER (1 4 LER | \d Dally and Semi-Weekly by BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED, YH ¥. 4G. Elliott . President femau A Guild . Director .. Business Office . ®ditorial Rooms SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delivered in city .. 6.00 Ome year, if paid in advance 5.00 One yuar, oy mall to rural offic One year. to United States ......$3.00 (Seml-Weekly Edition) Ove year, by mall, cash . 00 Cme year, If not paid In advance $1.50 One gear, to United States $1.50 Ix and three months pro rats. Attached 1s one of the srinting offices In Canada: TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE KE. Smaliplece 32 Church Bt. J. 8. REPR ATIVES New York Office 2235 Fifth Ave Northrup, Manager, Ch Frank R. B a 0 Tribune A rank BR. Northrup, Manager. x best job | | | LOCAL POWER CONTRACTS. The differences over the terms of the agreement under which it was proposed to supply power, to a limit- ed extent, to the city, at ¥¢ per kilo-watt hour--and differences that were Tore between the Utilities Com- mission and the Hydro-Electric Com- mission than between Mr. Compbell | and the City Commission--are { course to be regretted. The delay occasioned Mr Camp- | bell some trouble and anxiety, but | . he was not a sufferer in consequence, | While the negotiations were going | on regarding the civic agreement, he ! was coming inte contact with private power users and making contracts which were more advantageous or accentable to him. He has posed of one large block of power to oque firm, 'and another ck will probably be used in the reopening of the flour mill at the foot of Gore street. The larger the numbér of. local in- dustries that can be successfully run in the city the better, and cheap elec- tric energy is absolutely necessary. The Hedley Shaw mill would have peen still in operation but for the cost of steam power which was very great when compared with the cost of electric power at Port Colborne where Mr. Shaw has his mill now. The Campbell proposition dragged as we hope no other proposition with regard to power will be allowed to drag, but the sale of the Campbell power to an advantage opens the way for negotiations with some other soured of power, and. at acceptable Let us 'wish Mr. Campbell in his new enterprise, as a tor to thee city's industries, let us at the same time hope the Utilities Commission will not loge any time in giving its .at tention to the question of larger pow- er for Kingston and its vicinity { | of | dis- nd WHY RECRUITING DRAGS. The drghvdack to recruiting, and | a reasod for the indifference of so] many towards it, is the apparent un- | certainty with which it is regarded | by the Government The Govern- | . ment should make it clear that ally the men it has undertaken to enlist are absolutely necessary, and fhat victory for the Allies is only possible when the necessary number of train- ed men have been put into the field. . There is reason to believe that the Government is uot doing its part with sufficient directness. . It has no information as to the number of men | it cap, command. in any particular | Wiftrict. In a general way calcula-! tions have been made, but they are the calculations which were made. in | England before the Lord Derby sch- eme of regristration was adopted. The Canadian Government should know where it can get the men, and it should jnspire the plans by which these men can be reached or-com- municated with: There .is some- thing very pointed in the suggestion of the Stratford Herald that the Government at Ottawa, through spec- ial officers, should be directing the recruiting, and that the invitation or. call 10 the colors should be made to the eligibles on a uniform basis, . backed by.authority which cannot be questioned. # : Premier Hughes, of Australia, in issuing a call to increase his coun- try's overseas forces to 300,000, brings out a point of importance. It is that a Government appeal will be "made by mall to-every man in Ans- tralia, within the military age groiip. based on the recent war census, tha* is the single men between eighteen and forty-four. . Why not try sonie- thing like this in Canada? It might, says one, look like the preliminary | { | ceptibilities, jas to bilingual teaching was not li- | of the Province of Manitoba in the | tario has provided for | cannot be cohiveyed or expressed ex- ; hot on step, as in England, towards conserip- tion, and the Premier of Canada has gone out of his way to say that there wiil not be any coercion in connec- tion with the recruiting in Canada. It 'was a nervy thing to do, under the circumstances, but Mr. Cock- shutt, M.P,, in the House, and in uni. form, being one of Sir Sam's honor- ary colonels, made- himself clear when he said that "if he had to chose between going in for conserip. tion and the loss of the war, he would be, a conscriptionist."" The voluntary system has been on trial. "You do not want conscription," he added, with emphasis, 'or taxation, but if you do not win out in this war, you will have both and under the German flag." Naw What is the matter with the en- listing" The people of Canady are hot aware of their danger. Like the people of England, they have been taking too much for granted, and in so doing they have been fm- pairing the future of the country. RACIALISM IN MANITOBA. The Manitoba Government has de- cided to repeal the School Act, or that part of it which has led to much confusion and strife over the langu- age question, The difficulty goes away back to 1897, when an attempt was made to adjust the school trou- bles which then existed, and with re- gard to which: the Federal Govern- ment bad suffered defeat "The amendments to the School Law in 1897," says the Winnipeg Free Press, "'werp intended to ameliorate an acute condition in Dominion poli- tics arising from the abortive at- tempt of the Dominion Parliament to anact remedial legislation fon the coercion of Manitoba; and this par- ticular concession as to bilingualism was intended to soothe French sus- In order to avoid ex- citing -anti-French prejudices in On- tario and elsewhere, the. concession mited to the French, but was made general to all non-English residents expectation that it would be taken advantage of only by the French and by them to a limited degree and by a few aud diminishing number of Men- nonite communities." Instead of that the various nation- alities in the province, some twenty in number, began the demands that in time have brought about an intol- erable condition of things. Dr. Thornton, the new Minister of. Edu- cation, quoting from the various pro- vincial laws, shows that in no pro- vince have there been the racial dif- ferences wltich exist in Manitoba, and that these must be ended as soon as possible, , In several of the "schools, the Poles, Ruthanians, French, Austro-Hungarians, Swedes, and others, mustering ten, the num- ber specified in'the law, caHed for the recognition of their language, and in the jars and disputes that fol- lowed the English-speaking people suffered through their children. The Government has not submitt- ed its remedial bill and the nature of it cannot only be surmised, but one thing is certain--that the abomin- able law which has led to so much contention must go, and in its place will be a law which will insist upon English as the principal language, the only one talked and taught; ex- cept under circumstances such as On- When ideas cept in the mother tongue, it will be used, but not as'a' special study, and the terms -and conditions which apply to the teaching and use of the English Janguage. ! The Winnipeg Free Press sums up the situation these significant words: "The law as it stands is unwork- able and impossible and it must be profoundly modified. The provis- THE DAILY BRITISH manhood and patriotism ofthe aver: age Canadian. Like Mr. Lavergne, he is a curiosity of his kind. " 1 Provincial farms and agricultural | schools, and farms for men who | wait them, with some financial help, fire in order, but the experiment does not warrant any very expensive start. The scheme merits careful develop- | ment, The recommendation of the On- tario Commission on unemployment, with regard to foreign markets and transportation, should go to the Min- ister of Commerce at Ottawa. What has the. Province to do with these questions? The Provincial War Tax last year amounted to $1,685,000, and it all} went in useful purposes in connec- | tion with the war. The tax is to be continved this year, and it will be needed. At least $150,000 will be wanted for the Ontario Base Hospit- al in England. | The proposed Labor Bureau and | the scheme of passing labor on from | one point to another as circumstan-| ces requiré is a German idea, and may suffer in consequence. or} course it is pot patented, and can| be used without any compunction of | "conscience. | iif ne | { PUBLIC OPINION | Batata a attest tte. | Not a Pessimist. (London Free Press.) Premier Asquith is quoted as say- ing that 1916 will bring peace. DPes- simism was never a faultof the Brit- ish premier. i \~ Valuable Tow. ( London Advertiser.) The Duluth cow that earns $2,-| 000 a vear apparently does more than chew her cud. This might be a hint | to gum chewers. Soaking the Distilleries. (Ha Herald.) Three dist s, found guilty: of swindling the German excise au-| thorities, have been-fined $6,500,000. The Government meeded the money. ilton Protects' Its Friends. " { Be ville Ontario.) | All the ns voint to anotherr raise .in the customs tariff. The | Government evidently would rather| tax the people than lay a hand on the war profits of its friends. ! SLANE | Revenue From Franchises. (New York World.) The net increase of $41,970,700 in| the valuation -of the special fran- chises of public utilities in New York city far the year peints to one source of tax revenue which shows no sign of running dry. | | Doing Something. 3 (Montreal Star.) Aldermen say the city will do "something" for, returned soldiers. Isn't it about time "something" was translated into action? Already some of our boys are back and many more will be fere shortly. | ' Smashing Treaties. (Hamilton Times.) - | The enemy is squealing because | the Allies have taken possession of RA se Sar A the Island of Corfu Suing thdt' the treaties are | gan the breaking of treaties? two years old with a wife and three or four children be forced by his con- science to enlist neighbor with no responsibilities and ; | capes, simply because he chooses to? | and the RBritish Empire. | out with a double- | That is the greatest scandal of the| 11,050,000 rhe v _WHIQ, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916. and they are ar- being roken in this way. Well,- who be- A Poser, (Simcoe Reformer.) Why should a married man forty- First Quality Rub. bers, $1 per Pair while his near nly twenty-five years of age es- Bibbys [-- tn, First Quality Rub- bers, $1 per Pair Men's & Boys' Wear at Wholesale Prices NCSTON EVENTS | 26 YEARSACO | Ice fifteen inches thick is being cut at the Grove Inn. While in Deseronto James Gowan boiight a tame beaver, and brought it home, . | The firemen are in mourning for their pet crow, "Pete," which was run over by a farmer's sleigh. | K COMMERCIAL PRESS. An Honest Tribute. Ottawa Journal i The Toronto Star has since the outbreak of war been fair to its po- litical opponents and .a power courageous, vigorous and sane Cana- | dian war effort in the cause of right It "has been reasonable and moderate in its criticisms of details of government action, but energetic and alert in its promotion of whatever has seemed to | be the best sort of Canadian and Bri- | tish effort. That is all that need be | asked at present of any Canadian |} | newspaper or Canadian public man. ENGLISH PRESS. Ihe "Blockade" Of Germany. Averyman, London, One of the morning papers come Sale of Boys' s B . crown poster in| ji large type, "How the Navy Block- | ades Germany." There is no more |} misleading thing than this. The Navy does not' blockade Germany. §i Milliong and millions of pounds of | importS-dre going into Germany ev-!§i ery week, and the Navy is rendered | powerless to stop it. A mere glance at-the statistics of exports to neutral countries is sufficient to make it clear | that the enemy is receiving, at the! express sanction of the Gevernment, food to feed her army and material | for the manufacture of explosives to kill our soldiers. There is nothing | which bears a semblance to a block- $5.00 and $5.50 Values Blue- Chinchilla - Clot lars; sizes 22 to 33. Refers bone Tweeds; two'way button up col- - Sale of 100 Pairs Workingmen's Shoes pacial Price $3.00 ? he Heavy Black ind Tan Calf, storm tongue, heav y solid leather soles, sewed and pegged, military style, as well as regular style; sizes 6 to 11. nr a at SALE OF MEN'S SUITS AND | OVERCOATS $15, $16.50, $18 and $20 Garments for i $12.50. Young Men's Ulsters and Ches- terfields, heavy Storm No old styles in this lot. new and popular Storm coats alike. Ulsters, ete. Absolutely models--no two Last one of a kind, ete. «Sizes 34 to 44. Suits for $3.75. MEN'S are Tweeds; sizes 93 to 42. Scotch and English UNDERWEAR AT SPECIAL PRICES b, Herring- 34 to 44. ade Certain German firms even have permits te export goods abroad. | Every officer in the Navy knows it! and gnashes his, teeth at the way in which our magnificent fleet is forbid- | den the strangulation of the enemy | through the thorough and effective | In the Comb, 25¢ per large blockade it has the power to set up. section, extracted l mn, . war, the mystery of which no man In glasses ........17c & 20c| is able to.solve, |Quart sealers ..........50c| LIBERAL PRESS. 2 1-2 1b. tins . ..36¢C | Reasons For Tighter Blockade. Be ha * Montreal Herald. , Ins... The import of wheat to neutral Also in 30 and 6Q1b. tins, countries contiguous to Germany has Jas. Redden & Co. increased over thirty million bushels Phones 20 and 990; | | in the past year; flour has increased by over four-million barrels; bacon has increased by over fifty million pounds; cotton has increased by over bales, automobiles by twenty million dollars' worth. All these increases represent a normal trade multiplied many times over. | { { They explain why Britain is at last | going to make her partial blockade a | real one, The neutrals may be in-| dignant. They must remember, | however, that there are fwo sides to a question, and that Britain also is, RANDOM THE TEMPER. The temper is a- combustible, sub- stance which at times combusts with great fury and produces -homicide, divorce suits, black eyes and contu- sions oh the masculine headpiece Many a trustful, unsuspecting mar ried man has been set upon by a high temper and covered with deeb, aching denis which had to be atiri- buted to being tripped up by the coal hod. Life is full of such self-sacri« fice as this, and yet wherever he goes the married man is reviled and mali- gned and labeled as a crass, calf- bound joke. f * There are two kinds of temper-- sweet and sour. The former of these two is to be preferred, as it fon whith makes it pessible to dis rupt an English school and drive out' the English teacher by device of col-| onizing the necessary number ten of non-English children is an intoler- able offence to the English-speaking people of this<Province; it must go. The law must make fnglish the lan- guage of instruction in our public schools; and any recognition of a second language must be subordin- ate to this. prime consideration. The Freheh can, with reason, lay claim to special treatment; but we fail en- tirely to see that any European ton- gue is entitled to any more recognl- tion in Manitoba than it receives in Albdrta and Saskatchewan.' ------ EDITORIAL NOTES. The Outarfo Commission has ap- proved of a Studholm idea. ° It has to do with settlement work. Hail to Studholm! Honor and recognition have come to him, though a little late. i i .- Up to the last report, Col. Ross, C.M.G., had not accepted the super- interidency of the Ontarib Hospital in England. Wis a very responsible position, but he prefers the activities of the battle front. All honor to him, A Senator' Choquétte, of Quebec, is not in Tavor of Canada's participa- tion in the war, or of Canada's pay- ment of the expenses of her army acrogs the sea. He is not in favor of extending the life of Parliament until after the 'war. He is not iff does not shatter so many pre-nuptial dreams or nose-glasses. A sweet temper is more useful in the average home than the self-dumping flour bin If bridegrooms would look more at the temper of a tall, muscular fian- cee and less at the real estate owned by her father there would be fewer, husbands carrying a furtive look and a split lip. A real sweet temper never has an off, day, and is invalu- able in| ironing out the rough, spots and smoothing the fur of a husband who comes home with his back arch-? ed like a pussy cat. Sour temper "is a disagreeable ~~ "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealin;, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." ** | indignant at the acyfve.aid they have been giving Germany as a return for British consideration. OTHER CAIRO NURSES ENVY KINGSTON GIRLS, Who Attract Much Attention At Cairo--Col. Anglin | REELS brand which can sometimes be cured | by a well-earned rest. 'Overwirk | and loss of sleep are responsible fori Looks Fine. most of the sour temper which now | | litters up the domestic hgarth. One The following is an extract of let- peculiar thing about this kind of a! ter réceived by a Kingston lady from | temper is that it will lie perfectly | a friend who recently visited Queen's quiet for several 'days, without show- | Statiopary Hospital at Cairo: ing a spark of vitality, and then if! "I went all over the Canadian Hos- dinner is delayed for four minutes pital the other 'day and enjoyed it will explode with a roar like a blow. | go much. It really is a splendid out in a 37x5 tire. This accounts | place and so well run. People al- for the wan, pinched look on the! ways say Have you been to the Can-| faces of so many wives who were on- | adian Hospital?" Everyone admires | ce blushing brides, but who canuo!}it very much. 1 saw Col. Anglin} blush with success any more with-| who looks remarkably well and as if | out four layers of waterproof rouge. | Egypt agrees with him.. The nurses | Temper is occasionally found in| wear a dark blue uniform with red | considerable quantities in children, | facings when aut. They- attract a| and should be extracted as early.as| great deal of attention, look very | possible with a shingle, It is a sad | smart and are the envy of the other| mistake to allow a child to grow up| hospital nurses, especially as _ they] harboring an aggressive, two-fisted | rank as officers." temper, when a few applications of ' ph ------ a red cedar shingle would render it PITH OF NEWS, as docile and law-abiding as a mulct/ saloon surrounded by dry territory. Despatches From Near And Distant As a rule, the temper disappears Places. . in old age and is succeeded by an un- Rev. F. W. Hollinrake has accept- broken calm. This is Why an old ed a call to Barton: Street Methodist | lady who is just a few steps removed | Church, Montreal. ! from the worries and frettings and| At Montreal the death occurred | janglings of earth life is such a bon-| ou Wednesday of Harry . Strikman | ny sight to those who cannot see be- | for many years general manager .of| yond the edge of to-day. - {the Bank of Brilish North America. | 4 Special legislation will probably! 3 . ~ Rippling {be brought in to cover the increase | |in.cost of the TorAnto-Hamilton {Highway from $600,000 to about! $900,000, | Beginning with the present, | month, all agricultural implements, | | machinery for manufa¢tures, ofl and | | wine may enter Greece free of ail| Rhymes 'says he has the blains flirt your "THE GRIP : | Now, when a man has got a cold, that makes him bark and yip, he talks abeut his aches untold, and | «, duties for a period of four years, | i ----------p------------ TAKES NEW POST. Major Morrison To Be Second =". Command. grip. As well to claim when chil| In} toes around about, and cause a Clover Honey | The See-our $1.50 Combination Suits, winter weight, e lastic ribbed; sizes Military | ~ Shoe Store --, MILITARY BOOTS . TAN RUBBER J We Can Supply Your Wants In:-- BOOTS STRATHCONA BOOTS FOX'S SPIRAL PUTTEES LEGGINGS, SPURS, ETC, For Nurses Goifig Overseas We Have: -- CARRYALLS TAN AND BLACK .SHOES - RUBBER BOOTS AND STATEROOM SLIPPERS J.H.Sutherland & Bro.| The Home of Good Shoes. Try This If You Have Dandruff§ There is one sure way that never) fails to remove dandruff completely] and that is to dissolve it. This des- troys- it entirely. To do this, just {get about four ounces of plain, or-| dinary liquid arvon; apply it at night| when retiring; use enough to mois-| ten the scalp and rub it in gently, with the finger tips. 1 By morning, most if not al), of! your dandruff will be gone, and three or' four more applications" Will.com- pletely dissolve and gentirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, ne matter how much dandruff you may have, : lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and| and digging of the scalp will stop in- stantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy; silky and saft, and look and feel a hundred tirggs-better.! You can get liquid Anis at any drug store. §t is inexpensive, and faur - ounces all vou will need. This sinrple remedy has never been is ; known to fail", -------------- A Lansdowne Wedding. The marriage took place at Lans --~-- ==-picayunish hurt, that you've rhfumatic gout. The! "grip, it is a fell disease, unlike the garden cold, and it| was shipped' across the seas, from Russia's frozen, wold. Oh, it is fierce, and it will cook the goose of any gents, and make the cold of commerce look like twenty-seven cents. The men who've had it should] receive due credi¥ for the same, and if they die they | ought to leave a long-enduring fame. Alas, distine-| tion for them moulds no laurel wreaths this trip, for the A with common ten-cent colds, all say they have the I've had the real imported-thing, indorsed by NicKT the czar, and I, of course, would like to Spring grip stoyies, near and far. Alas, this world no holds for one to whom it's due; for all the skates with tinhorn colds favor of anything that appeals to the A Vo I've been there, too !" g Jone on January 19th of Miss Ethel | Gertrude Johnston, daughter of Mr Major op {ae Mrs, F.W. Johnston: Lansdowne, ! {to Charles Francis Earl, son of Mr. tish, accepting the oer of second] y 5 sare in command of the' 173 Highland] pace Ron het Earl. of the same Battalion, which wili pe commanded at the ceremony, by Lieut.Col. Bruce. 'Major Morris< St. John's Anglican Church. The on 's a 91st officer who went with bride was dressed in white ninon the. first contingent and 'has been over net, with bridal. veil and orange several times mentioned in despat-| blossoms. Only the immediate! ches. He won his D.S.0, leading the! friends were invited to the reception famous Orchard attack at Festu-| following the ceremony at the home bert. of the bride's father. Little Gwen- ro - s dolene 'Mooney was flower girl. The Pay at your door" if you wish.| bride was given away by her father Phone 230, for drug store wants, A. E. Mooney rendered a solo during Gibson's, _ the signing of the register. The £ Hamiltén, Ont, Jan. was received here from rison, D.S.0., of the Canailian Scot- 21. --Word| which took place in f - Rev. W. H. Towle officiated "+ OUR CUSTOMERS say they cannot blame us for incessantly Singing the Praises of Our Coal Experience has tanght them it's the hest they can 'buy, and that it | costs no more than other yeonl. ey Try It Once Join in the Chorus GRAWFORD, of Queen Street. Phone 9. . | | Foot AAA AAA ANA A Arar ses church, which was nicely decorated, was crowded to the "doors with friends and acquaintances. "The groom is station master at Women River, Ont. Mr. and Mrs. Barl left for a trip to Toronto, Hamilton and Brighton. 2 : fd e