10 CONFER ONCE AGAIN With Street Railway Company Regarding Power. UTILITIES COMMISSION TO DISCUSS SEYMOUR POWER ON THURSDAY NIGHT. With Répresentative Of Company -- Waterworks Finances Large-- Commission To Try and Overcome Mizunderstanding With City Couns cil, : Befors the Utilities (Commission enters into an agreement with the Eireet Rallway Company for power supply, which is to be given at 1.20 cents a kilo-watt-hour, a conference will be held with representatives of the company, .as there are several niatters that require friendly discus- sion---namely the ownership of the iron poles on King and Princess treets, the notice for cancellation of the agreement on the part of the company, and the right of the Com- misston to cancel it should water power be secured by Kingston from an outside source, At Monday afternoon's meeting of the Commission a letter was: receiv- ed from H, W. Richardson, President of the Street Railway Company, in reply to the Commission's letter re garding power stating that the com- pany would agree to give nine months notice of its intention to cancel the agreement instead of three as men tioned in first letter With re gard iron poles on King and Princgss streets, Mr. Richardson emphatically declared that the company would not vield its claim. It had expended $14,060 on these two streets, and he was surprised that the Commission should suggest such thing as the company rele: right the lamp poles, The President Company would not agree to mination of the power agreement should ty enter into an agree ment for water power from side source. Feeling that a conference with the Street Railway Company would faci litate matters, the Commissioners withheld discussion until next meet- ing ors a 10 also stated that! the a ter the « an out- To Discuss Seymour Power, Mayor RicKardson, on behalf of the Chairman and himself, told the Commission' what had transpired at the conference in Toronto with Sir Adam Beck regarding power for Kingston from the Hydro-Electric Commission, He said that he had been asked by. the Board of Trade President to address a meeting of the Board and give a resume of what had occurred at the power conference and he had agreed to do this. Chairman Rigney said he had at- tended the Board of Trade meetings when power was being discussed, for the purpose of "self.defence". He found it a good place to get Learned from a Sample Nineteen Years Ago That He Could Depend on Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills to Cure Many of the Living eighteen miles from drug store Mr. Carr found it necessary to keep in the house some treatment to regulate the action of liver, kidneys and bowels, To the. habit of keeping these im- portant organs active by the use of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, when required, he attributes the good health of his large family, Here, surely, is evidence of the va- lue of thesé pis as a family medi- cine to protect the members of the family who use it from the common ills 80 many of which arises from constipation of the bowels and torpid condition of the liver and kidueys. Mr. James Carr, Maynooth, Ont. writes: -- "About 19 years ago 1 re- ceived an envelope containing two of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, 1 was doctoring at the time with two doctors, and as they did me no good I used the Pills, and by the time I | er Company and to ask the company to thi company's claim on the' 1 7 : | the people regarding the Utilities | closing a resolution . opppsing - the i Commission; and he advised the oth- | monthly collection Hf gas and elec er Commission members to make a! tric rates, practice of attending thosé meetings. | Commissioner Chown remarked Mr, Elliott said he-had it upon re-| that this resolution could be consid- | liable authority that so far as geit- | ered later on as the Commission in- { Ing Hydro-Electric power, Kingston | tended going fully into the question | Was gp far away from it as it Was | of rates. five'Yeéars ago. "Be that as it may," James Maxwell was given the con- sald Mr, Elltott, "I think taat We | tract for sheeting with wood, the in- are justified in going ahead and #2e-| side of the roof of the power house ing if there 4s anything in the Sey-| 1 prevent dripping, for $496, his mour Company's offer." tender being the lowest. Mr. Chown remarked that the Sey- In attendance were T. (mour Cowpany's offer contained (Chairman), Mayor i Quite a saucy clause. He referred | y, to the one stating that the Utilities Commission could operate its steam plant only in case of a breakdown. The Commission, on motion of Mr. | Elliott, decided to meet on Thursday evening at eight o'clock to consider the offer made by the Seymour Pow- | FORMERLY OF ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE STAFF, i J. Rigney, Richardson, G Chown, R. F. Elliott, and R. H. Toye. 3 : to send a representative to the meet fog. Served In Crimea And Afterwards Was With the Royal Canadian Re- The City Treasurer reported that: giment, Known as the Bullfrogs. the amount saved in interest through Michael Leaden, at one time a re- | the monthly collection, gas and elec- | sident oi Barriefield, but who for the tric system, 1s $650 a year. The aver-| last twelve years lived with his son age monthly cost of this ¢ollec-| in Toronto, died in the Toronto Gen- tion in excess of quarterly collection | eral Hospital on Feb. 2nd, after four is approximately $136. days illness of grippe. Deceased The treasurer gave the earnings was in hig 84th year, and had been of the electric plant for the six| in good health up to this period. ; months ending 31st December, 1915 When a young man he enlisted in as follows: the 63rd Regiment in England, and Domestic, $9,901,67; Commercial, | gerved through the Crimean War. $13,635.82; power, $8,306.78; street | His regiment made a name for itsetf lighting $10,804.65; street railway, and at one roll-call just seven men $2,154.48; total, $44,803.20, | answered. After the war his regi- Mr. Elliott held that the Commis- | ment was sent 10 Halifax, N.S. glon was holding up some power us | where Mr. Leaden was promoted to ers in not géttling the question of the rank of pay-master- sergeant: On rate revision. Some former users! the removal of the regiment to ano- | were not using power because they | ther section he with several others were waiting to see how the rates volunteered in the Royal Canadian were to be adjusted. Rifles (British Coloffials), common]y The General Manager said he had | called the bullfrogs by the othej re- settled with a number of the power, giments. In this he was app nted consumers, but found difficulty in! grderly room sergeant, and Be had dealing with others charge of the printing department, Mr. Elliott said he being a printer in hig boyhood. the misundérstanding On completing his service he ao with the people and cepted the. position of station agen Council was removed on the Northern Railway, (DOW part Chairman Rigney agreed that this | gf the Grand Trunk) On the open- should be done, and he was satisfied | jpg of the Royal Military { oliege at that the whole trouble was due to! Kingston in 1876 he was appointed misunderstanding chief clerk and accountant, whieh Mr, Elliott gave an example of the | yagition he filled tilt--he was long misundergganding that existed. At He was a man the last City Council meeting, there law and wi was a discussion upon the advisabili- who knew ty of having a meter in the City laid veter Buildings to measure the electricity for the street lamps, If a commis- sioner had been present he would have intormed Council that all elec- | tary Toronto, He survived by tricity was measured at the POWer|iwo daughters, Mrs Clifford Raulph, plant as it went ont to the various | ana Mrs. Robert Goodfellow, Toronto sources. When he told an alderman gpd three sons, W liam, of Detroit, this, the latter expressed "surprise | Albert, of 109th Battalion, Lindsay, and said that if Council had known gnd Frederick, the Mechanical | this, it would have made all the dif-| Transport, Kingston ference in the world. The advisability of having the City Clerk present at the Commission meetings was discussed, and the clerk's services may be ulilized ------ Electrical Revenue. was 'time existed the City at it that with over the age limit well yersed in military highly respected by all him. He was a Fenian an of 18486 The funeral to morning to Mount Friday Pleasant ceme Kk place ol DOG PAYS THE DEBT. Save | Whose House Is Burning. Two months ago, when the dog Waterworks Statement. catcher was leading Sport, a home- The Waterworks finangial state- | jess black and tan dog, to nis death, | ment was submitted, and in brief is! \w_ F. Steinkamp, a merchant at {as follows.: Lenox, lowa, intervened, $38,403.14; excess of revenue over! erstwhile orphan dog as a pet of the expenses, $17,007.07. Steinkamp household Number of water takers 4,730. A few days ago Number of baths, 2,760; number of debt. © During the Closets, 4,300, kamp home caught fire Debenture debt, $169,300." flames spread rapidly. A A communication was received gfrer midnight Mr. Steinkamp paid the the Stein- and Sport night the Grip, en-| He shouted to the dog to be quiet, but Sport would not be stilled. Then Steinkamp arose to see what wus wrong. Ag he opened | Kingston Knights of his bedroom door a burst of flames and smoke met him. He had scarcely time to save Him self and his three small children be- fore the walls of the house crashed in. Lenox buy Sport medal to real planning with a residents are a collar and attached Common Ills of Life. hero had finished one box I was cured of {the pain in the back and shoulders. "We. have great confidence in Dr. ame w : 'hase's Medicines. I have a family | Rev. Dr. Boyle Will Not Go To Capi- ten children and have never had tal, a doctor in the house for any of them, At North Woodward Avenue Pre We live eighteen miles from a drug, © Chiireh, Detroit, Rev. Di store and find that these Pills cure pb Wings Boyle, the pastor, an- nearly all the ordinary ills by regu- inrad to his congregation that af- lating the liver, kidneys and bowels, ter much consideration he had decid- De re a Tore] Gown. | edito decline the Sul] wxtontet 124i; mended them to hundreds and given | 10 LAK! charg away many a box because I believe Dr Boyle two Weeks ago and was & there is no medicine so good." unanimous one. By awakening the action of liver, kidneys and bowels Dr, Chase's Kid- ney-Liver Pills cleanse the system of poisens and remove the cause of bili-| tained about seventy-five of the ousness, headaches, backache, um-| ong people from St, George's and bago, kidney disease and rheuma-|g j.nes' Churches in St. Luke's tism. One pill a dose, 25 cents a box, Hall on Monday evening. Canon all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & | pgrneri presided for the entertain Co., Ltd., Toronto. "™ | ment, which consisted of songs, reci- {tations and instrumental music. Am- PECLINES OTTAWA CALL. ( of Ss. The AY P.A. of St. Luke's Church Special February Sale Furniture, Carpets, | Rugs, Linol eum, Draperies You save money buying now, We will hold your pur- chases until requir- ed. Have your uphol- stered "work done now hefore the rush --save in cost--and have large seleetion of newest fabries. Yours Phone 90. au ) jong the various amusements was a b | guessing contest in which Mi Dean secured first prize and Miss H. Billings second. After the concert part of the entertainment, refresh- ments were served, devil is an extravagant 4 The miser, pro- Headaches, = sleep- lessness and tired, draggy feelings soon disappear when you restore the ex nerves hy 2 Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. 50 cents a box, all dealers or Edmanson, Bates & Co. Limited, | Toronto. T. F. Harrison Co. LATE MICHAEL LEADEN od From Death, Warns Rescuer, | He paid] Revenue, $55,410,21; expenditure, the tax on Sport and installed the| the short time | wasy into, from W. H. Dalby, secretary of the | awakened by Sport's frantic barking. | touch with the feeling and views of PAA AAA tr The Ottawa call came to} i. DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1916 'LIEUT.-COL. DUFF DEAD | PASSED AWAY AT CAIRO, EGYPT, | t TUESDAY MORNING. 1 -- Was Stricken With Puneamonia~--Met | With Accident at Valeartier, and Myvas [ll When 21st Left Kingston. Kingston was slibeked wheh the news was made knpwn that Lieut.- Col. H. Ramsay Diff, with Queen's Stationary Hospital Corps at Cairo, Egypt, had died, early Tuesday morn- ing. On Monday afternoon Lieut.- Col. J. C. Connell, Dean of Queen's Medical Faculty, received a cable from Lieut.-Col. F. Etherington, stat- ng that Col. Duff was seriously ill, with & recurrence of his old trouble, At 8.30 a.m. Tuesday a second cable nnounced Col. Duff's death. Many were the tributes paid to the | deceased medical officer" who was | one of the very best in fae Canadiani | service. He was a gedtleman and lenient | | LATE LIRUT.-COL. 1. R {a patriot, and desired nothing better {than to die in the service of the Em- | pire on the field of battle, His wish | has been 'gratified, and another of Kingston's has been added to the roll of honor In the South | Duff had a jchiitis owin sous African war Col, attack of bron- hardships that {the Canadians endured in that cam- paign. Ever since he arrived home ih 1901 he was subject to the trou- ble, and last spring he had an attack | ot pneumonia It is apparent from ithe cable received by Col. Connell | that it was this trouble to which Col Duff succumbed Letters received from Col. Duff last week spoke of be- ing quite well o> The deceased was the son of the late Lieut.-Col. John Duff, Police Ma- gistrate of Kingston, and in com- mand of the 4th Hussars for years. He was born in Kingston on the 20th September, 15859, and graduated at Queen's Medical College' as a doctor of medicine .in 1889. For some years he practised hig profession at | Newburgh, and in 18837 returned to | Kingstan to enter info practice. His military caregr began late in| the '70's, 'when hé hftathe a trooper] under his father. came captain and quartérmaster- of | the 4th Hussggs. e was made sur-| geon-major ol that gerps on the 1st of Juby, 1884. A } In 1899 Dr. Dull velunteered for service in the South African war,| and served till 1901 with the R.C.D.| and the 2nd Regiment, C. M, R. He gained a medal and four clasps for] this service On the second of was appointed major M. C., and took medical officer of | manent forces On the 1st of May, 1911, he was appointed assistant director of medi cal services, 3rd Divisional Area, which position he held till he went to Cairo He was the second in seniority in Canada in the' Army Medical Corps when war hroke out in August, 11914, Col. Duff volunteered for over- seas service, and went to Valcartier { There he mef with an accident, and | was invalided home. He again took over his duties here, but later i beeame attached to the 21st Battal- ion as medical officer. Just before the 21st wag due to leave Kingston he took ill of pneumonia, and was in the General Hospital when that. unit] sailed for England. (After his re- covery he made another attempt to} get 'overseas, and last August became attached to Queen's Stationary Hos- { pital, which he joined at Cairo in | Septémber, and with which he did ex: | cellent work owing to his large expe- severe to the | | hel A, of | Kingston per-| July, 1904, in the P. over the duty the | ce | rience : | The late Col. Duff was an elder | of St. Andrew's Preshyterian Church, |and in politics a Liberal. He served las a member of the City Council in iW1 for Rideau Ward He ,was nominated when on his .way home from South Africa, and the people elected him at the 'head of the poll. He was a member of the United Workmen; Cataraqui Lodge, No. 10, I. 0. 0. F.; St. John's Masonic Lodge, No. 3, and of the Sons of Scotland. He Was also a member of the govern- ing bodies of the Kingston General "Hospital and Mowat Memorial Hos- pital. «Surviving are his Migs Amy Strange, he married in 1884; two sons, J. M. Duff, accountant of the Bank of Commerce in Winnipeg, and Hew, at { home; two daughters, Miss Jean, at { home, and Miss Helen, a nurse-in- training in Toronto; two brothers, t M. Duff, manager of the Bank of Commerce, Guelph, and Lieut.-Col George Duff, with the Royal Engi wife, formerly Kingston, whom neers, India; and one sister, Mrs. No-| bie, Toronto. Runaway A. 8S. C. Team. | A team and wagon belonging to ithe Army Service Corps ran away Tuesday morning. The team was making a lively pace along Bagot street, when Robert Tait, a- driver for 8. Anglin & Co., ran out and | brought them to a standstill in front iof A. Chown & Co.'s hardware house. | 'No damage was done, as the team {turned out well and cleared every {ether rig. is i Promising alwavs | paying. easier than Ladies' 10 Button White Spats at $1.00 We have just received a few dozen Ladies' All White Spats--also a black trimmed White Spat with black buttons, retailine at one dollar. J Abernethy's Shoe Store Annual Fur Sale An event where gen- erous price concessions, elegant styles and desir- able selection make a wonderful buying op- portunity. Discounts that genuine. are Now is the time for bargains in fine Furs at Campbell Bros. 84 Princess St. In 1882 he be-ii Hair Often Ruined By Washing With Soap Soap should be used very careful- ly, if you wint to keep your hair looking its best. Most "Soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scdlp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. The best thing for steady just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and | better than the 'most expensive | soap or anything else you can use. | One two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thorough-| ly Simply moisten the hair with| water and rub it in. It makes an| abundance of rich, creamy lather, | which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the! scalp soft, and the hair fine and! silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and | easy to manage, | You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at any pharmacy, it's' very cheap, | | use 18 is or and a few ounces will supply every member of the family for months. | AA A A THE CITY'S GAS TANK GUARDED, SHOULD BE BETTER SAYS ANDREW MACLEAN Utilities Commission Decides' To Again Ask the Military Authorities | For a Special Guard. Just before the Utilities Commis-| sion concluded its' session on Mon-| day afternoon, Andrew Maclean, Jr.,| of the firm of A. Maclean & Co., On-{ tarfo street, asked that he be heard upon an important matter, | "Gentlemen, you should have a! much larger guard on the gas tank," said Mr. Maclean when he was invit- ed to speak. "If that tank: should be blow up, the whole eastern part] of the city goes," continued Mr, Mac-| lean, | 'I suppose vou kaow we have a guard on the tank," sald the Chair- man ; "Yes, but what is one man!" said Mr, Maclean, "why there should be thirty men around that block." General Manager Folger stated that on Saturday night he had heard of some suspicious. characters who, had arrived in' the' vity and he had! put two extra men on guard at th tank. Chairman Rigney intimated that the Commission had more than once asked the military authorities to put a strong guard on the tank, but it had not been done, He thought that another appeal should be made to headquarters. ' Mr. Maclean declared that the mi- litary was as interested in the gas! i tank as the citizens and should aid in|season a day's shripment of 722 cars protecting it from attack. | The Commission instructed the General Manager to make another| appeal to the military authorities for a special guard. Home-Made Candy and' Chocolates Fresh Made Every Day Cs SAKELL'S ext Opera House. The Kindel Kind of Beds and Divanettes Phone 640 Fares od Sarre Wa sms 5 Wiadel For people who have not sufficient space, the Kindel fills the long felt want. : Linen and Utility and Fur Boxes--In genuine Ten- nessee red cedar, copper bound, with loek and key, nicely finished--at Reid High Quality and Reid Low Prices. dames Reid, " THE LEADING UNDERTAKERS. Phone 147. Pegsonal Services. A Big Rent. Mail order houses have to pay heavy taxes, big rents, high priced labor, and all the expenses in- cidental to a large city. Your local merchant is more favorably situated in every particular. Do you not think he can fill your requirements as well as the out-of-town concern? : In addition he helps support the schools and the churches. These institutions are better and more efficient because of the merchant's presence in the community. Live and let live. Deal with your local mer- chant. Yor will find his announcement in the advertising columns. ! NEW SHIPPING RECORD. winter, with half the country buried * in snow, it is nothing short of phen- omenal. The cars were routed north, éast, south and west and Overland officials declare that this early activity on the part of the purchasers is but a fore- runner of what may be expected spring. - The increasing demand for the Overland product is startling, even to those in close touch with the situation. > In Janwary 1913, the total num- ber of cars that left the factory amounted to 4,613, while during the month just ended the shipments amounted to 12,393, In one year the company has increased the manu- facturing facilities so that it is now possible to build 1,000 machines ev- ery twenty-four hours, - Silk and calico are both all right when paid for, land Company. When the last freight train pulled out of the hig Overland yards en January 1st, it was found that a ew shipping record had been estab- lished by The Willys-Ovérland Com pany. Exactly 722 autbmobiles had heen shipped during the day. This is not enly the high water mark for the big Toledo factory but it stands a record never befare equalled by any other manufacturer of medium or high-priced cars, In the height of the spring selling would be considered a remarkable performance even in this time of tre- mendous productions... But when that number of automobiles is ship- ped out to purchasers in the dead of | ,