flew York Office ank R. 0. ian T A | The Brith Whi 1 -- : " Published Dally and Semil-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, vv oases President anaging Director and Bec.-Treas. i G Elliott Leman A Gulla Telephones: Rafter Ron oria ms fob Office ro: SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) Pus year, delivered In city ......§ year, it pald in advance .. One year, by mail' to rural offices One year, to United States (Bem!- Weekly E : Dae year, by mall, cash One year, if not paid in ne year, to United States ... Bix and three months pro rats. Attached is one of the Dest erinting offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE | BH. Smallplecos ........32 Church Bt. U8 REPRESENTATIVES .225 Fifth Ave. , Manager. .«.Tribune Bldg. up, Manager. | dition) ce NOT A LIBERAL PAPER. Thé Mortreal Star is another news- paper the Liberal press persists in quoting as a Conservative newspaper. The owner of the Star received knighthood from Sir Wilfrid Laurier Ottawa Journal. | | Is our contemporary quite sure a Liberal Government brought knight- | hood to Sir Hugh Graham? Was! the title the result of the con- spicuous service which Sir Hugh ren- dered to Canada as one of the dele- not gation of newspaper men who at- tended the Imperial Conference some years ago? | The Montreal Star has been regard- as an independent paper, with ! Conservative leanings, and in succes sive elections it supported the Con- | servative party. In one campaign | its editor served as the party organiz- er in the Province of Quebec, the cause the publisher sands of dollars. In the last eleetion the Star was | against reciprocity, and when, as a! result of it, the Conservative party | succeeded to power, Sir Hugh Gra- fiam was in Ottawa, (he may have been called there), in consultation With the Premier and the men who | afterwards becamé his colleagues It may suit some of the Conserva-| tive papers to disown the Star, but it » i8 governed by one who does not take any notice of their sneers ed For spent thou- | HEALTH OF THE PUPILS. Hamilton's new schools are defee tive in ventilation, and the School Board is looking for an expert to ad-- vise its members as to what they ought to do The Government sends out inspectors, and they use up a lot of time and paper in writing criti cismg which sometimes appear to he frivolous But here is which affects the health of dren, and the inspectors very little to say about it Cannot the Government instruct its inspectors to give more attention to this questiay and have them go through the schodls of the cities report thoroughly upon their sanitary conditions in Hanmxilton the trustees talked of dis missing the principal and janitor of one school because the air in some of the class rooms was bad. How could it be otherwise when there was no way of admitting fresh air in plenti- ful quantities except through open windows. The Government can dis pense with some of its inspections. ' It cannot, however, too soon take on | a new and very i t inspection, namely, that of the school buildings, and with a view of making them healthy. No school can be ventilat-| -ed with a closet system in the base ment without air ducts or ventilation: chambers of any kind. a subjecty the chil have and THE INFLUENCE OF ALIENS. There is a growing local fear of} the Germans, and it is pot remarkable | that objection js being taken to their presence in publi¢ places, or in places | where they can, if they will, exert al banetul influence. oo The fresh outbreak of national feeling has been occasioned by the, fire at Ottawa, which, despite all ex- planations to the contrary, is inter- preted to mean that there was a carefully laid and complete plot to do Canada an injury. An enquiry, public and exacting 'in its character, | or a fire inquest, will probably lead to some reasonable conclusion gand one | that will go far to allay public mosity. The employers of labor are mean- while confronted with a serious ap- peal from the labor men. The sup- | porters of the British Empire--the @ who are called upon to mae! es for the cause, Who wee in! titanic: struggle in Europe the ani- a REAR over | ity ger, and, [detail of the war--are not willing to! i patiently endure alien companioship lin social and industrial circles. One can recall the manner in which England suffered during the early | stages of the war from the espionage 'of the Germans. The British were {80 guileless and trustful that - they | harbored, innocently, the people who | were plotting for. their ruin, and an end of this had to be reached. Public opinigh in Kingston "may strain the relations between the Brit- ish and their alien friends. There | may be a severance of the ties that {find them in business and indus- trial ways. It is hoped, however, | that prudence and justice will mark every act of those who are iu the ma- | Jority and who represent imperial in- terests, AMERICAN PREPAREDNESS. Whether Mr. Roosevelt will the next President of the United States, whether Mr. Wilson eocond term---and said one term would United States will have my and a bigger navy pledged to thjs The navy, accord- fing. to Mr. Wilson, rduks among the navies of the world be will have a he the or when elected do him a bigger ar- Both men are forth He thinks it should rank higher in view of the fact that $40,000,000 a have been spent year upon it for some years, and that its enlisted men have increased in thousand number by © several | The army must be If Mr. Wilson's will men, a force lar. plans ma least half there will be in which mobi lized and made equal to any national contingency Mr. Roosevelt will 80 as far as Mr Wilton in his military policy. The leaders of the people have become suddenly, and as a result of the w ar, stout advocates of force as it emplified in the army and navy Witton was . it million reserve ture, number at while a can be is ex- Mr somewhat handicapped when his Secretary of State left him as a protesta ginst his warlike talk with Germany over the Lusitania+ disaster But he has just made a trip through the middle and | wherever he has unfolded his scheme of preparedness it has claimed right. Thus, any event, and no matter who is the next President, the United Stateswillhave an army ang navy of huge propor- tions. Mr. Roosevelt, discussing his pro gramme the Metropolitan Maga- states been aeé- as in in | zine, wants to see the United States with a navy that will be second only to the greatest, namely, that of Brit- ain, in whose friendship he depends because of the interest Brifain has in Canada as a neighbor of the Repub- lie. Vall This tribute to Britain, as a power whose abiding sympathy can be de- pended upon, by Mr. Roosevelt, is important. There people in the United States would like to see a breach between Canada and the Republic, but they are in the minority and will stay in it with views and expectations which will never he realized -------- EDITORIAL NOTES, Four inspectors of munitions ap- pointed by the Militia Department? Why should the Canadian ment, er any departmeng point is under the Imperial Government? very are some who Govern of it, ap inspectors of a business which The Liberals will permit of Peel without opposition that Mr. Fallis retire But they will not let one whose repu an election in on condition tation has been besmirched go in hy acclamation, and they are tight in ha Packards, -leading wother the way Americans will follow stipulate thal hereafter no employee tan secure adv ancement unless he he an American citizen The sure and certain way lo guard st alien treachery, Why should the Liber to offences of Foster, Garland and Fallis, letting them go back to Parliament without opposition? The Conservatives may be to whitewash these men, Abe erals are not. s condone by willing but the here may be nothing offensive or indiscreet in the correspondence Which is carried on between the Ger- | mane in the fort and their friends in Canada, but it will stand a continu auce of the eensorship to which it has been' exposed. Mr. Roosevelt is not eager for war, | but if bis country were involved in jt he and his boys would be under arms "I'd rather," he my boys were in their graves than tineh in their duty when the nation calls.' These the words apd sentiments of a true patriot says, "all are os man | PUBLIC 'OPINION | Against Preparedness. \ Toronto World.) i \ American miners are hostile to! preparedness. But then, hostility is! one of their principal oily Where Is Home ? (Montreal Herald.) _A New York justice says a home is where his wife i i man's Then we : wa , required Icon Semin A War Machine. (Exch e.) Britain is creating a war organiz- action that will make her militarily as well as navally the most power Jul of European nations. ' Who's Afraid ? (Ottawa Free Appss "Don't be afr We tend to bring an election on," Hon. Bob, who prcbably afraid of it as anybody else ) don't in- Says much 8 as Berlin Bad Mark, « Windsor Ite Berlin, Ont, made a great at the fore part of the war by rais- ing $100,000 for the patriotic fund, which was evidently done for, adver- tising purposes. Now said to be a hot-bed of sedition The leo- pard canfiot change its spots, al- though army horses can painted up to look like colts it is be Hollow Boast, Hamil Sir Sam Hugl week boasted that commanding divisions at t front in the Houvse last two of the officers be were Liberal ut he Halifax Chronicle points out that this is no particular credit him as the ap pointments were made by the Brit ish Government, they ing prowot ed for merit by the home authorities - KINGSTON EVENTS 0) i 25 YEARS AGO * pega etend Alexander Gunn is the Liberal can didate for the House of Commons, and is being warmiy received His nomination took place at a most en thusiastic rally The car works is busily engaged on an order for 75 cars Capts. Murray and Martin are home from their trips to the back part of the county, loaded down with several barrels of fish. They are celebrated fishermen. BRIDGE PLOTTER DROWNS? Footprints Of Victoria Bridge Marau- der Led To Open Water. Montreal, Feb, 7 It was stated after a search had been made of the ice below the bridge, that the. foot Steps of the early morning visitor had been traced over the ice to -the edge of open water, and it is now be lieved many that in haste to escape the man may have fallen into the river and been drowned. No trace of bombs or other explosives found about the piers . "The police have learned that a man answering to the description of the suspect who was seen on the ice approaching the bridge, off train at St. Lambert's on the south side af the river He stayed in a shack 'until turned out by the pblice and then tried to get on to the bridge. Being suspicious, the guard turned him back. It after this that was noticed on the ice. his his t by was 201 a WILL TAKE LAVERGNE BACK. Quebec Garrison Cluby Will Not clude Him. Quebec, Feb, 7 After consider ing the case of Col. Lavergne and in- teryiewing him, the directors of the Garrison Club have now decided not to exclude him from the club for his speech in the Legislature contending that Canada should not help England by sendingNroops to Europe {o fight; Ex- the a It to be charity just moment you look for and expect money return for it ceases A A AAA plurge | La he | | CONSERVATIVE PRESS. | .. Britain's Enquiry Complete. { Toronto Telegram 3 i Britain made her own investiga-| tion of Sir Robert Borden's Shell Committee, i This country cafinot be deceived | as to the results of Britain's enquiry | into the work of Sir Robert Borden's | . Shell Committee. { { Sir Robert -Borden's Shell Com-| mittee defeated Britain's attempt to} establish a great production of com-{ pleted shells in Canada. " } Sir Robert Borden's Shell Com mittee first taught Britain: to be-| lieve that it was useless to expect' time fuses and therefore complete: shells to be the product of a con- Bibbs Am ma Hand T AA br tc ater rs ailored Suits tract placed with Canadian manufac- turers, . . Sir 'Robert's Borden's Shell Com- i mittee next taught Britain to under- | stand that Britain could nef get a supply of time fuses from a' con- tract placed by the Shell Committee with American brokers. Sir Rebert Borden's Shell Com mittee defeated Britain's attempt to place a $22,000,000 time fuse con tract with\Canadian manufacturers, Sir Robert Borden's Shell Com mittee failed to either give the $22,000,000 time fuse contract to] Canadian manufacturers or to secure | for Britain prompt delivery of time fuses from a contract given to Amer ican brokers, Premier Heart's HHness. Toronto World Premier- Hearst sick man when is said News) that "he may not during the session of the legislature' With the experience which the party has already had in the appointment of a*premier over the heads of the provinciai members, it would seem that it would wiser take the] party into the confidence of the cab inet, and let them know exactly how affairs stood. The health of" the premier is of considerable moment to the province, and of even more moment to the Conservative party. If the idea is, to repeat the coup that occurred after Sir James Whit- iy's death, and carry on with ev erybody in the dark until a new pre- mier has been arranged for by the powers that wish to be, without call- ing a caucus or letting anyone know | anything until the coup is effected, then we may be assured that the Con- gervative party has not omly lost premier but its vitality and its tiative, and that its successor treading on its heels. INDEPENDENT PRESS. Municipal Problems, { plainly a very | (in the be active js be to Is Ottawa fzen , Kingston will retain its twenty-one aldermen, the council refusing to ag ree to a proposal to reduce the num- ber to fcurteen. {ingston's alder- manic representation s to be a bit out of proportion to the number of inhabitants of the Limestone City, it has one aldermaw for every 900 ; . people or thereabonts. The mod- Extracte . ern tendency is towards a simpfitica- In glasses Se ceeas .17¢ & 20¢ f icip: zover ent by ans a ea son he rev. QUAI sealers... 50c syste all fd . { 4 {er the officials, tHé' more workable! 1-2 1b. tins ......3....85¢ the system and the gréater and more | : localized the responsibility. We have 5 1b. tins Ate rests ans all" suffered too long from a mul-|10 1b, tins tiplicity of civic cooks and a conse Also in 30 and 60 1b. tins. quent degree of © disorganization Jas. Redden & Co. brought about by a representation of Phones 20 and 990. Clover Honey In the Comb, 25¢ per large sectio 18 districts and interests rather than of the community as a whole Ottawa is doing better and there is hope for a modern form of municipal admit istration in the future, The aloption of proportional representation and commission manager forms of gov-| ernment are symptoms of civic lawakening to the nee@ssity of con- | =~ an PN ducting the affairs of the community on a business basis, Build Better Than Ever. twa Cit Canada Ott fzey Is at war, and the nation i unafraid It will not mourn, | will arouse itself The strbke | twelve, amidst the flame of the but of ce RANDOM REELS "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealln;, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings" THE VOCAL CHORDS. I'he vocal chords are long, sinewy attachments to the human neck which 50 as to produce loft and Every Sun- all over thickly and can he operated sal in the choir in the pew day morning and evening, this beautiful country, so sown with pelitical candidates isfaction con stérnation (grip germs, thousands of vocal chords are lifted up in song without reach ing the pitch they are aimed at, caus ing the music committee to be revil ed in loud, stentorian tones, The vocal chords are elastic at both ends, and when stretched to their full length produce some very terrify- ing effects. Tt is a painful scene to witness a high soprano attempting to grasp a note with a vocal chord which is about two feet short of the length. No doubt more people would attend church if the vocal chords of the minister could be shortened so as to"ontract around a sermon thirty minutes in duration. It is: difficult dor a business man in a boiled shirt to maintain interest in a discourse which never runs into the benediction until half-past twelve, ? © Rippling Rhymes ) tower, did not<gignify the end anythin It heralded rather a new day, begun with hard work and de tormirion to go on and build up "$0 build and than ever LIBERAL PRESS. U. S. Prospers From War. Windsor Reco The war in Europe United States exceedingly prosper ous A report from Washington shows that American ¢ Xporis increa ed seventy per cent 1415, and reached a total of 5,000,000, the depa breaking all previous Figures compiled ment of commerce that heavy exports and declining im ports together set new frade at $1, ano the strong better The vocal cliords are suspended: in upright attitude, where the wind strike them ' and draw forth muscular music. Some songs require more muscle than others and put a heavy strain upon the vocal chord They also put considerable strain upon people in the audience who know the difference between an intonation and a_ detonation. The greatest handicap a singer can have is a set of erratic vocal chords which lie down in the middle of a stirring climax and taper off into a splintered squeak, The worst enemy of ~the vocal chords is hoarseness, which is caus- ed by catching cold in the interior of the neck. Instances have been known where singers and 1dng-dis- tance conversationalists have been stricken dumb with hoarseness just exports, until December's reached when they were getting warmed up 350,900,000, The trade balance for the evening, causing a eling of | or close to to million dollars was peaceful security to settle upon the | five times greater than 1014, guests. There would be more hap- wheg it stopped at $324,000.000 py married men if hoarseness could Of course, the great bulk of the be produced at any time it was want- expofts has gone to Britain, France ed. : ang/Russia, but the trade with The vocal chords are all right jn |, 000) Scandinavian countries is their place, but the trouble is to keep dway above normal, proving that them in it. goods are being re-shipped. into Ger- ir -------- erro many, 1 This state of affairs is responsible for a demand in the old country that the blockade against Germany he made more effective, The Britisher Is quick to resent interference of pol itics with the work of the British navy. The best chance the Allies have an can sweet, is making the H5 record by American 772.000 a balance record Imports were since 1912, The country's total foreign exports' and imports-- passed five-billien-dollar mark during year, each month showing smallest trade the the heavie; Sn the You write happy phrases; ing of its prais country's borrowing your he'll he's eaten. the same home, in haste -such Pl The Just As Go ters, and makes a mess of Art and JUST AS GOOD wherever he can strike it; ers rise, and write some books "just like it." inundated story; and Jones and Brown and Jinks «nd Smith are wait for all who gain attention, and all their emulate; with you invent a garden gate, that has all others beaten, the Just As Gooder makes its mate before his grub If you turn out a type of old "trouble; As Wqooder sits and lies, and says he has a flments rise, at divers times, and eu the Jus A er trails along, like doom, in winning the war depends on the maintenance of supremacy in sea hit; it's full of Power, to quit a-sing- whe valuing buys, and then the Just As Good The sparkling a book that make and eager all vor Clean Shave Ordered. ' Raris, Feb. 7.-- Orders have issued to the French.army dire ting the soldiers to shave off their heards Not only the whiskers but even the moustiaches will have to go. The order is based on grounds, been with your type of glory. 'The Just As Gooder lies in Curves mention. H hygenlc gall too fierce to . Bequeathed $500,000. Chicago, Feb. 7. Pregbyterian pome, yous have Church organizations and various Gooder rushes | charitable institutions are to receive If you've a cold | approximately $500,000 in bequests rse one---- | under the will of Thomas Templeton, | capitalist of Evanston, Ill, who died | January 13th. ~The Templeton es { tate which _ went into the probate gourt to-day, is valued at $1,150, the Just to "write its double. As 1 i behind his bet- Song, Mechanics, Commerce, Letters, 5 * ARI Bier Barvicn .70c | $1.30 NEW SPRING STYLES ARE READY See Our $18 Young Men's Suits The young man we clothe this spring will get a lot of joy and satisfaction in wearing our sort of garments. New (ut, New Fabrics; New Designs, Hand-tailored throughout by the best tailors in the land. : New Slip-ons $15, New Chesterfields $15 Our New Hats Have Arrived A A WE MEET OR BEAT ALL OUTSID E SPECIAL ORDER HOUSES, AS WELL AS CAT ALOGUE PRICES. We bxtend a Wel come lo All Visitors During Carnival Week We are ready to supply all vour Foot- wear needs with the best quality goods at the right price. - Look for the Big Rubber Boot at the Door. NN Al PAA PPA At J. H.Sutherland & Bro. THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES. NN PANE ua tu Watehtown's Population 26,8075. Watertown, N. Y., Feb, 7.----The population of this city in 1915 'was 26,805, according the official fig ures Which have been received at the City Clerk's office from Secretary of State Francis M. Hugo The census in™1910 showed a pop- i ulation of 26,730 It eved that the present population 5 be tween 28,000 and 30.000, due to the increase resulting from the improve ment in labor conditions to is b Price of Dyes Quadrupled. London, Feb. 7 Reuter's spondent at the Hague sends { lowing: "The Courant learns that German anil'ne dye manufacturers have in formed the Dutch customers that the prices of aniline dyes in future will be quadrupled." A et ct A A NE & orre- 1e £ol- Call Up No. 9. Get busy! This eold weatheds but a mild | sample of more--on its wav, L L ne S | Take no chances, FOR KIDNEYS [ your coal supply . i short. phone nus vo car. Why Demanded Short, phone us your a der. 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