# THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1916. sii SCRUTINY OF THE FACTS, The agreement of Parliament, to | extend its life for another year, and | { even further in order : to avoid an | election during the war, is well re- | celved by all classes Of the people i It I# a most sensible Proc eeding, but | there Is nothing in it, expressed or | implied, which can interfere with "a | demdnd for an enquiry into the con- { tracts that have been effected in con; | ection with the war. Investigation into the shell con tracts is objected to on the ground jthat these were of an imperial char | acter, and involved the expenditure | of imperial money, Is that any ! reason Why wrong doing should ex | cape exposure? Surely not. The correspondence of the ers' Association with thé Premier | : { last year, and kept under cover until Pabilahed Dally aod Demi Weokte oy | aly b this year, reveals the fact that they PRB BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING | Were not the only ones of a spspic- CO., LIMITED, i fous character. There were others Elliott It was charged that with a | there wds favoritism; that T men had a profitable pull: 243 | who could tender for supplies were 2 not given the opportunity; that radi- { cal changes were desired, and that | above all the business of the coun- President | Director | them middle: that many Gans Telephones: Business Office fditerial Rooms Job ce SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dally Edition) year, delivered In city .. year, if pajd In advance . year, oy prail to rural offices . year, to United States .. (Beml.- Weekly Edition) year, by mall, cash ..... year, If not pald in advanc : pi to United States . ix- and «Bix and three months pr "Attached ia 1s one of the #rinting offices In Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE RES Iplet OS RE PRI 8 NTA flow York Office 225 Firth Ave. | Frank R. Northrop: Manager. Chicano ribune Bldg. Frank R. NoXthrup, Manager. © GERMAN PU BLIC OFF 1CIAL 5. Gustav Heidmann, the private s tetary the Minister of Marine, was very. indiscreet in rushing into print off it } » which he of the Government during the war, sholild be conduc ted accord- Ing to business principle 8. The mier's reply denial of favoritism, of fairness. his statements 3! pon the representations been made to him He had no spe- cial knowledge of the Charges and deni avail, What wanted a gern i tiny direct and incisive, into the contracts without regard to the per- sons who may be affected thereby, | For scrutiny the opportunity will exist, and the country will have its conclusions if it be refused. Pre was a general of discourtesy un- He base Pest e based that have transactions, | not is 2 this of i m order to ward as were the has been of safely gruel criticism of the re cipient man birth, feft his who was yer % generous NEW Tha « JITY CHARTER, of because he is Ger have ty Saskatoon has th minister, y his praise He could given great in Govern- old forme without that perfect or within itself, brought other cities in tie far west Municipal Council detenc 6 with a object leg ment, on I'he in flattering in his confidence of not official and very He who idmann is the only Government, ha being at and mind associations number have been referred in the When things had become badly com- Ntawa correspondence Am- | plicated decided ap- and in-| point Commissioner, and give formation to which they have access: Dim, as an expert, would do serious harm to the cause hand in the administration of the Alles if divulged to their lic affairs tmies," come ganization which is ne- least by under sus of mn pieion cessary, about entangle ments of a most irritating character biased his feeling national of the Council because the to rican press, 'the a to a tolerably free of pub en At the present ses of katchewan Legislature an Act will be passed the city of Saskatoon clearly the sion the 1 There is the ficial were Chief Intelligence Of who could, it would, and at home, spoil many of the plans of the Militia Department But he is in the front tren~hes with the Allies. .Next stands the mechanical superintendent of Domin- ion Dredging, familiar the location and of many of the Canadian barbours. The erintegdent, full-blooded German, was only naturalized Canadian after the war broke out. The head ments; there was no general mana- gf the Mines Department, . of "the' gement of the City's affairs, each de a German, So, partment carried oh its work separa tely without regard to each other: in fact there was an entire lack of organization. Works had been plan ned and the City committed to con tracts entailing very large expendi- tures without regard to the first ele mentary principles of political eco nomy, with the result that the City The | was gradually being strangled with dismiss them, ite own inexperienced expansion reti '"Thé position to-day is as follows (1) It is inrpossible for expendi tures to be incurred without the sanction of your Commissioner (2) 'By a system of weekly r¢ ports made by the head of each de partment to your Commissioner, the work provided for in the annual ap propriations kept under control Matters of -routine requiring the de cision or co-operation of cne or more departments are expeditiously with in 3 systematic manner (3) By a system of monthly United | cords compared with the annual t propriations the latter are n« ceeded. "(4) The work of ing'efliciently carried out with a gen eral Tax Levy of 29,938.0k (ex | cluding fixed charges) compared wit $591,357.00 in 1913, an annual re duction in expenditure of $372.419 - 00, or 63 per cent, (5) The local improvement an nuat levies have been reduced from $210,000:00 to $129,642.00, or uR per cent, "(6) The annual appropr » #tead of being submitted in the mid dle of the year, after 50 per cent. of the expenditure has been incurred, are always submitted 'to the first meeting of the Counce " (7) The utilities #7: being op erated upon business principles at 16w rates for electricity and water. "The chief reason for the abdve alteration in administration is the application of experience in munici pal work to the | City affairs." them. | le added: oun. "No business it revising the more charter of and define duties of the Council and its Commissioner. When tha Com missioner was recently asked for explanation of the changes in and the gffeet of them, he line an the charter, said: . "When your v Commissioner fir took up his duties it was found tl there was no cohesion and co-opera tion between the - various depart who is with he condition sup a at as a Geological Survey, is f= the chiel botanist About 0 is concerned f "hese the Gavern- because. "it puts. it, "for fatherland for a few all ment is bard," as man to renounce he simple means in another a by one critic hi of living years country." Government need not it can suggest their temporary ment from official duties, or the formance of a work in which it be betray the per- can- not said they can con heir superior fidences of 4) The German threat that it will is sink all armed liners does not alarm the British Government, nor should | it give any to the American Government. In deferring (rermans in this matter tire States is in a fair way to paralya ocean trade, deal alarm to the re ap ver ex the City is be TRIBUTES TO WORTH. In several of the churches day fitting tributes were paid to the | heroic deatlrs of Col. Duff and Capt Richardson. The both men had been very duty yester vision of much alike It did to decide what should hq the great struggle, one in which the people were at stakg flash the conviction that they were called to fill any post or position which might to them, and when thi hecame settled in of it. Ther: were calculated They could try most acceptable the circle the take their part national vision of not them long ation in in ideals of Like ra them the came {to be as ned conviction ye change | were many influenced which to restrain - have served their would Be a and in patriotism would impressive, bat when heard the call for service they felt that this was a por- sonal appeal them, that thing should interfera with their re sponse: : A greal ren felt by their | ferent departmental heads." removal from the scene of their ac Sagkatoon will have the tivities, but a great object lesson has | thing to a Council and City Manag- been taught to the thousands of men | er, It will have a Council and City "who have already enlisted, or are | Commissioner, this cominissioner @bout to enlist, The example (hat | performib many of the duties that has been sot is of the: most valuable | formerly devglved upo the Mayor. character. The' memory of liveg|' Munici pal Government, especially consecrated to the highest and nob! in the West, is changing Yapidly. The lest of purposes will be as an aroma old Council is not Mling the bill, but which can fiver lose its sweetness. | the new Council with a Ci * at home, thew most (1) The management was chang ed every year, "(2) The fenced in whore have been anager was not exper- they 1e particular class of bu- to and no i minister, i 3) manager There was more than loss has be - next Manufactur> tine adminigtration of the! sucess! siness which he was expected to ad- | one | with equal rights, and both | of a issuing instructions to the dil- Manag- ? 7 ler or a City Commissioner may fill | on the ground that the majority was | too small for it to make the change. | all demands. > EDITORIAL NOTES. Some people in Berlin want to i change the name of the city. What | | some others want this, but a change of heart. ---- i Get At the Facts. - (Montreal Star.) The investigation into the supply, of boots furnished to our First Con-| tingent cost the epuntry $4,600, but the money was well gpent. The| slightest suspicion of wrong-doing in| affairs of this kind makes it imper-| ative that the facts be ascertained, no matter at what cost. BA ee Bee Prete) KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO erates. - ; The railways in the back country are blocked by snow, On the occasion of his leaving for | the United States. "Capt. Beaupre was presented with a watoh, chain and eharm by his friends. There is much distress in the city at the present time. Employers of labor are overrun with applicants for (yA is not A high-school teacher in Brantford, who cannot g¥ to the front because of physical disability, gives half his monthly salary or $50 to the Patri- otic Fund. Here example worth talking abeut. is an The Canadian Government should not refuse to accept the resignations i of Germans who want to retire from the public the Public opinion prove of his retention i pects in the nublic offices, service at present ' ap sus does not any of said have Jritish let Lord Northcliffe is been offered a seat "in the Cabinet The idea might | him carry out some of his suggestions with gard To criticise thing, however, to execute is another The al to Lord Northcliffe be bluff to be (o Late James Smith, Westbrook. "The death occurred early Monday mor#ing, Feb.7th, near Westbrook, ot James Smith, after several months' illness of heart disease. Deceased, who was a very healthy man until the SL few years, was in his seventy- ninth year, being born on June 4th, 1837, on the farm on which he al- ways resided, and was well known and highly respected He was the only surviving member of his fa- the family, and his death is the first in his own family. He was married fifty-two vears ago to Eliza heth Elleanor Gates, daughter of the te John Westbrook, aad leaves larg: well respected family > The funeral at the family r day gfternoon hy plans and re to the war 15. one may a great A New York Symphony Orchestra led by a German, gely Damrosch, and larg ol Canadian owing has them composed accept at ing against Germans, cannof any appointments feel- manifested Harry Lauder' 0 highs od much more present to a national which been Gate music may not be but A ind it is ve acceptably - ervice was conducted ence on Wednes Rev. L. M. England, 'staraqui, and was one of the larg- est held for some time in the vicinity. relatives and friends being present from all the surround ng villages and communities, from Parham and Long Lake Deceased is survived by his widow, who is in a helpless condition from heart disease and paralysis of the nerves, and ven sons and four daughter George A, Parham; Wal ter and William, near home; Overton A. and A. Victor, North Dakota: Alon 20, Vancouver, B.C.; Frank, Odessa: Miss Eliza. at home; Mrs Jame; Doyle, Bath; 'Mrs. Levi Storms, Ver ona, and George Shepherd, El-| ginburg Il were present at the! rightly said, man- funeral except two sons, Alonze and now divided into two classes Victor The remains were placed nit yand Germanity Nobody 'ataraqui vault, to be interred lai the German word of honor Prego | PUBLIC OPINION | re 0 0 es ee ee 9 Bend If He Only Wood. London Advertiser.) If Canada would only mobilize her honor Pgolonels there whould be no shortage also Ontario's public and of nection complete monopoly of all water-powers, the services operated in con therewith. Two Classes. nireal Herald ) é Tix has kind can trust now Sir Adam Warned CHamilton T ) vho ae mand the internment Germang German-Canad tht tell upwhat we should do d Petr Adam Beck 1 SILENCED BATTERIES On the Turkish Shore Batteries Near Vitze. ial to the Whig.) Feb, 14,--The Rusbian Sea fleet silenced a portion of Farkis! shore batteries near Vitze during a heavy bombardment on Wednesday and Thursday, it was officially announced to-ds Ly Honored Von Papen. (Special to the Whig.) Romg, Feb. 14 Swiss despatch - to-day reported that Kaiser Wilhelm Kingston's Council. has conferred the Order of Red (Windsor Recard Eagle upon Capt. Franz Von Papen ty of "Kingston has upheld the tlled German military attache principle of the three-fifths ma- to ti 1e United States. jority Although the ratepayers at nes the recent munic ipal elections by Graham-White Not Ycunded vote of 1,256 to 1,175 signified their ( Ww ) degire that the numbe r of aldermen I -C ie should be reduced from three to two English avia in a ward, or from 21 to 14, the city denied the couneil defeated the third reading been seriously of by-law by a vote of 11 to 5, "3 A Ai grad, It Was Sure Change, gary Ate rer 1 Hughes as gentle the way that the read a couple of days ago we shall hear that ded "at pink tea. tan.) al and | headlines The next Hercules te polite, is thing pres a Fhe red Feb, 14, the noted personally he had France, andon, ham-White tor; ports that "wounded Gra- to-day re the in RANDOM REELS "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealin,, Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." FEBRUARY. the history February is a idal Roman February rartieul north, is SHC effort empire in short days and It is the CONCIse the shortest . and many it Ii twenty al days, breeds titillating nine h : but full everything influenza back to the great many sick | except in they are - attacked and-have to be stim 'ayenne pepper tea and hom athic pellet. The weather bureau : annual vacation in Febru there nothing to forecast snow, sleet, rain, hail general debility Once in a while, the sun will come out in February gd scare the hon but Tin: occurrence, Despite these drawbacks, February has mand things ment it. The coal bill js shorter in February, too, to extént offset hy ish demand for the handkerchief. Then February is an other lap toward spring and straw be and Y-cont 1 night ot the ninmber of trouble frowd the to locomotor pl of peopl Februan the month in year people midd e aleo shorter while is on to to going owing bill ataxia and beginning A any other time ace the January at ney . aving rever met 5 lace \ when clim With tering ¢ chit f of takes ary, as except face When aT tte the calendar under which now doing business was being Rome it was found that wweral good, serviceable days were left over, and a bright Roman cen turion named Numa moved that they be worked into a beb-tailed month and labeled February, which should a't as a bluffer state between Janu- ary and March. Thus was enacted cae of the earliest specimens of bone~ leg! legislation. How much better would it have becit to have added those remnants to the month of June, for instance, or to Labor Day or the Fourth of July, instead of creating a damp, grippy, sneeze producing vightmare like February out gf them History relates that when Numa dis green corn. an covered his error, he slink away and gasoline, so let's make the Boot of it committed one of the most thorough und grumble not igi PA tis Ao po oo Ns et on Rippling Rhymes MONEY TO LOAN. Oh, "Mgdey to Loan" where greets these eyes waysg in this small town, drawn up in however, to coin- several feet but thiy is some the fever A pti IS a common sign; of mine In tweiity : the cheerful legend is hang ' ing down, There's money to loan to the merchant prince when bad collections have made him wines. There's money to loan to the farmer bold, who owns wide acres of fertile mold. There' most any skate who has abundance hogs or cattle, or bonds or stocks. to be securitd for the rocks. But not a plunk, or a dollar's ghost, to lend to pe ople who need it most ! Go up those stairs, where the "Loan" sign oh, busted pilgrim with pallid phiz, and ask the gent You will find up there, to lénd you a buck to relieve despair. You will hit the! walk, when he throws you down, so hard you'll, rat-y A ALT MASON A tle the drowsy town. There's money to loan if you're cutting ice, there's money to loan if you have the price, but not a rouble | or yen or buck if peradyenture you're out of luck. ONL Ee. ~ (Baas Pesos. it every money of real estate is, and | {., ture this is i) hemstitched sta = thy to fean to: Wiglaan The Manitoba : | HoT fire cold than one of Manitoba Ulsters. Made of Heavy Scoteh Tweeds. Chinehillas and Melton Shawl Two-W av Collars, ete. Prices $12.50, $15.00, $18.00. -- There's no Overcoat table SH weather Obl Cheviots, Collars, STORM REEFER COATS sin lined with oh S1ZOS speelal WINTER CAPS HEAVY MITTS AND GLOVES SEE OUR 50c WOOL LINED MITT SEE OUR 50c DENT'S KNITTED GLOVES Bibbys Maclaren sProducts Are being del qamonstrated our store Imperial Jelly Powder Imperial Peanut Butter Imperial Cream Cheese .. Imperial Prepared Mustard Everybody Welcome Jas. Redden & Co. Phones 20 and 990. in FAILED TO BREAK ICE Cobourg Car Ferry Steamers Had To Return. ) ICE WAS 100 THICK BOATS MEN'S FELT BOOTS MEN'S OVERSHOES MEN'S MOCCASINS RELEASED 3} DYN AMTIE, LSE Ol The Boats Gog Down As | Snake Island And Were Or Being Frozen In Ax Danger Ay Cold Weather Footwear This is the time to have your feet warm and com- fortable. WOMEN'S OVERSHOES WOMEN'S FELT BOOTS WOMEN'S MOCCASINS CHILDREN'S MOCCASINS JH. Sutherland § Bro THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES. .$2.00 and $2.50 $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 .$1.50 and $2.00 .$2.00 and $2.50 $1.50. and $2.00 .. 31.25 65¢ to $1.00 always pur * 1 8 n 1 Gov tu "Kindly Fruits of the Earth™ . aston » 8 ny "| The expression in the prayer béok, "kin#y fruits of the earth," has for . most persons no definite meaning' be- Ti ¢ 1 chatue th sught ". cause of the difference in significance now attached to the word kindly from | that used when the expression wus first written. 'The word kindly in that wuld | ip or ufhcient erghiice hes tl Fhey did not] connection means as nearly as possible "of its kind," and the expression "kind. ly fruits of the earth" meant "the fruits of the earth each after its kind." | =--Exchange. * : ------------------ It Sounded That Way. The cat settled herself Idzurionsly in front of the kitchen range and began to g ' Little Dolly, who was strange to ; goes ways of cats, regarded her with =| borror. "Oh, gran'ma, gran'ma!" she cried, : "Come here quick. The cat's begun to urday that it wonld plete the trip und MPO ss for i No Chance. b "Why don't yon ask that young man up to tea some evening, dear?' . 1 dow't believe it wotild do any good, I mother. He's a confirmed bachelor."-- until a : s blowi : Brevity. rade at Madge Long" engffgements are not ; i fashionable these days. Alarjorie--Oh, well, neither are' lug. marriages.-- made tity of re 1amite oburg v on i he turn considerable qua of dy wa ACEH there sidents the different islands who might cha to er the ice notified by tele phone about there being an open chan i nel Vater No Li "What do yon do with your car when ! your wife 1s away?" "Everything," Were rien Ye pm 4 --Y When it comes to making angels of men the minister isn't in with the dortor, Sir Hugh Wyndham died at his residence, Rogate Lodge, Petegsfield. | Eng. Thursday. Sir Hugh was ohce| Jniliscer to Brazil. He was born in Aristocratic Coal | It has the "Blue blood" and worth. of yual- the record of zood ¢heor | { | and dependafenecss. : the "crest" of character, '88, and 'satisfaction. not besmirched is with dirt or linkers. . CRAWFORD, PHONE 0. 'Foot of Queen Street. A man full of - 'hope can always soe the stars behind the clouds. The, man with a hot temper may develop indo a cool friend.