Cote; S-------- ABSURDITY OF SETTLING DIS: PUTES BY BRUTE FORCE, London, March 10, -- General Bramwell Booth, . of the Salvation Army, celebrated his sixtieth bi day yesterday and the War Cry p lishes a ¢ aketch by Harold Begbie, an article entitled 'The happy wa he "It is good to find such a man at er GEN. BRAMWIRLL BOOTH. 60," writes Mr. Begble, 'running over with the most splendid opti- mism, General Booth sees deeper into the calamity of this awful war than those who wring their hands over it as if Hell had suddenly been let loose upon earth. ° He feels as ; t agony and waste . . "plerced by its in- pressible horror; but he sees that out of it ia emerging a better world their gaze more steadily than ever before on moral idealism. " "The greatest change,' he said to . me the other day, 'which has come over life since I was old enough to between But look at the world to-day. - workman in the Black Country or in the Clyde no longer looks upon the workman in Italy or in the iron works at Petrograd as belonging to another planet. 'The pitman in the Rhondda Valley feels himself a bro- ther with the pitman in Westphalia; the peasant in Ireland does not want to crack the head of the peasdnt in the Swiss mountains. One thinks of the other, not in terms of national pride or military ambition, but in terms of home and family, of wife and children, of old age and sorrow. " "This change is most significant. Compare it with the state of things fifty years ago, and you can hardly exaggerate its importance. The new spirit in life is mdking for the world's happiness, the world's peace, and the world's progrebs.' "It .is the same when he looks back on the organized religious life of nations. " 'You cannot imagine the change which has taken place," he says, cheerfully, 'You are too young. Of course, there have been mistakes, but the great thing is that the awak- ening has come. On the whole, there is an advance. . The churches have broken free from sheep; they are awake; they are sincere; they are trying to make the world a bet- ter place, and the nations themselved are responding to this fresh sincer- ity. With all modesty, I venture to claim that the Salvation Army has been the first cause in this spiritual awakening. We have stirred up the priests and parsons; yes, really we have done that.' |__ "Another cause of his optimism is found rebels lnproved Po | sition of 'women. years ago women played an inconspicuous part Even Hospital Treatment for Kidney Disease Failed Well-known Commercial Traveller Says That Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills Undoubtedly Cured Him. News of his recovery from kidney . disease will be welcomed by the many friends of Mr. L. D. 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Every- where I am told that Dr. Chase's me- dicines are the best sellers and give, the best satisfaction of any medici- nes on the market. Shall be glad to answer any questions in regard to my cure if people care to write me." Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, one pill a dose, 25 cents a box, all dealers, ot Bimanse n, Bates & Com- ny,' Li , Toronto. puny. So s-- You Can't Expect a Fellow to Remember Everything I Toud THE Rin T - KINGSTON, ONTARIO, F » ade. temperance worker. in the national life. She was either # slave or a toy. Now women are co-workers with men, and the refine- ment and spirituality of women are gradually making themselves felt in the life of the nation. " 'In nothing in the whole range of my experience,' he says, 'do I see #& more striking or more beneficent contrast with the past than in-the position woman now occupies in the mind and heart of the world.' " AT THE GRAND. Saturddy Matinee and Night of "Joe Quinney." - "Joe Quinney," the play from the novel, took London by storm at the very time in May, 1915, when Zeppe- ling were also trying to take it by storm, and ordinary theatre audi ences were exceedingly small. But posisbly it was a relief to war-bound London t its cares in the nat- v comedy of this human play. That quality of hu- mane alréady discussed in re- gard to "Joe'Quinney" in novel form, has made it wonderfully possible to dramatize the book; the affection of humble, bumptious "Joe" Quinney for his wife and child give that char- acter in the play a living reality. And the background--the antique hop, with high lights on handsome "pieces," and more doubtful, firids in a mysterious background---is-unusu- al and effective, as seen in the thea- tre, and easy for the reader to visu- alize, so completely doés the reader of the play--or the novel--get in- side of Joe Quinney. At the Grand on Saturday, March 11th, matinee and night. "Birth of a Nation" Coming. D. W. Griffith's magnificent his- torical spectacle, "The Birth of a Nation," returns to the Grand for two days, Monday and Tuesday, March 13th and 14th, matinee daily at 2.30, evenings 8.15. "The Birth of a Nation" is one of the most widely discussed topics in the country." It established an absolutely new art in the realm of the theatre--the art of pantomimic screen spectacle with music, It also created a tremen- dous sensation because of its vaster and more forceful treatment of the same theme as Thomas Dixon's "The Clansman."" The consequences of the Civil War in southern reconstruc- tion are fully dealt 'with, and the nation re-born is apotheosized. Mr. ed. the stupendous achieve- AoW START CRANKING, HERE come} 'THE CAR ~ We'd Never GeT A : | Cre UKE THIS Aba | THLS Film Witt 86 Wor A MiLLign ButKS manag! ment without the aid of dialogue or speech, for motion pictures, accom- P Griffith, pioneer © among directors, |, RIDAY, MARCH 10, 1918 MONSTER PETITION FOR DRY ONTARIO. panying music and effects, tell the coherent, logical and moving story. A symphony orchestra of thirty mu- siclans is carried by the company. "The Only. Girl." "The Only Girl," which was the biggest musical comedy success in New York last year when it was pre- sented at the Lyric Theatre there, and enjoyed a season of nine months, is the work of Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom. It is said that in this new musical comedy these bril- liant authors have completed the most attractive of their many cellab- orations. It is also said that "The Only Girl" has the advantage that it tells a straight comedy story, which contains a real idea, and that every situation is so logical that it inti- mately fits the melody with a nicety so perfect that every reviewer quall- fied it as the most mwsical and origi- nal play with music seen In New York for a long time. This brillant musical comedy with an excellent vompany provided by Joe Weber, comes to the Grand on Wednesday evening, March 15th. Cyril Maude in "Grumpy." Cyril Maude, the celebrated Eng- lish actor, comes to the Grand on Thursday, March 16th, in "Grumpy." This is the play that he appeared in for a full season at Wallack's Thea- tre, New York, and. later took to London, where at the New Theatre its Broadway success was duplicated. "Grumpy" is a comedy with a good mixture of melodrama, and is the work of Horace Hodges and T. Wig- ney Percyval. It 'has a detective story of a very original type, and it] calls for character acting of the very highest order. The central figure is that of an octogenarian, a criminal lawyer, of London, who, when the honor of his household is affected, proves to still retain the astuteness and sleuth-hound imstincts that a This pilo.of bound volumes represents the prohibition petitions collected from all Ontario Counties which were presented to Premier Hearst by a delegation followed by twenty thousand sympathizers in par- The pile contains signatures of 825,562 residents of the Province. solid line of signatures three miles 1,600 yards in length. The petitions when closely piled together make a pile five feet in height, four and a half feet in length and four feet in breadth. right is that of G. E. Johnston of Brockville, secretary of the Leeds County Committee, and an energetic The lower picture is of K. P. Clement, K.C,, of Berlin, Ont., chairman of the Com- mittee of One Hundred, who presented the address to Premier Hearst at the Legistature Buildings. Pm. Tese signatures would make a The upper photo to the quarter of a century previous had made him the most feared prosecutor of Old Bailey. Three of the scenes picture the life of an Bnglish coun- try home and the other one glimpses stirring incidents in London. + HARD TO FILL HIS PLACE. Lance-Oorpl, Hicks With Capt. Rich- ardson When He Died. Lance-Corporal Charles Hicks, who was .of "C"" Company of the 14th Regiment, who was serving with Capt. Richardson, at the front, in writing to a friend about the death of the gallant young officer, says: "He digd as he had lived, utterly fearless and always fearful for the safety of his men. {I was with him when he died, and almost his last words were an enquiry after the rest of the party. We of his company feel his loss greatly. He was the finest officer in the division; amdeit seems hard to lose him. "He was buried two days later, in the churehyard in a town close to the trenches, I attended the fun- eral. There were only five of us, all that remains of the happy crowd that left Kiogston in: August, 1914, and we paid our last respects to the gallant gentleman who was at our head when we left the old city. The respect in which™. Capt. Richardson was held was very evident at the funeral. - Col. Ross was present as was also Capt. W. Harty. Rings ton will mourn Capt. Richardson's death, but believe me. his death is most sincerely mourned by his men, His place will never be filled as he filled it." SIR SAM HUGHES' TRIP, Not Going to England to Take Comt mand At Front. Ottawa, March 10.--General Sir Sam Hughes witli leave early next week for a short rest in Florida be- fore proceeding on his trip to Great Britain and Frante. , The Minister stated that he was going to England in his ministerial capacity and not with thé intention of taking a com- mand "at the front. Captain John Bassett will accompany him as staff officer. Lizzie Bell, aged- eight, of Pal- merston avenue, Toronto, was killed by a motor truck, and the driver is sought. A deficit of $2,209,348 is the esti- mate of C. M. Bowman in his speech on the Ontario budget debate. ) A A AAA AA AA A A AA i ANCHORED MINES LAID, By Germany Along the Trade Route To Holland. London, March 10.--The blockade of England by mines, repotted as threatened by Germany, is already In existence along the trade route to Holland, according to naval circles here, German submarines are re- ported to have been busy recently laying anchored mines between the mouth of the Thames and the Gal- loper Lightship. It is in this neigh- borhood that many disasters have occurred during the last month. Passenger ships, until recently, have been quite successful in dodg- ing floating mines by making their voyages in daylight, but no method is known of guarding against sub. merged anchored mines. Free Churches Want Temperance. rd, England, March 10. =-- ord { The National Free Churches Council passed a resolution culling on the Government to adopt a thoroughgo- ing policy on temperance questions, and to take more effective measures to prevent the squandering of the | nation's resources on drink, More than half a Century of Quality is behind every package of BENSON'S Always order the name BENSON'S in order to get what you want Practically every it er in J Fa BENSON'S. Against the Dominion Shell TO A XEMBER OF THE GOVERN. MENT. Sort Details Of The Contracts Show That Top Prices Were Secured The Regime Of The Shell tee. The following is a summary Frank Carvell's chagges against -- t members of the Dominion Shells' Committee : - The Vice-President of James Bert- ram & Sons, Dundas, was Alexander Commitee Te tal Sahel) mittee. t company had got orders aggregating $1,300,000, while the subsidiary companies there had been additional orders of more than $200,000. Mr. Carvel gave the de- tails of these contracts, showing that top prices were sefured during the regime of the Shell Pe Mr. Watts, another member of the committee, was closely associated said Mr. Carvell, with Mackenzie & Mann interests, and a Mackenzie & Mann company, the Universal Steel Tool Co,, and got contracts tisk $1,700,000. That had been organized simply for the pur Pose Of securing the orders, and these orders had been sebured through the assistgnce of the minis- ter of Militia. It was to be noted that the price given for the first ord- ers by the old Shell Committee was $5.70, while a similar order had been accepted ten months later from the new Munitions Board at $1.75. Two other members of the com- mittee were E. Carnegie and Col David Carnegie, who were interest- ed in the Electric Steel & Metal Co. | of Welland. They gave to their own company orders aggregating $1,800,- 000. In this case there was, too, the same course of top prices at the first, dropping down to something Uke reasonable prices months after wardg. 2 The Nova Scotia Steel Co. and rep resented on the Shell Committes by its General Manager, Col. Thomas Cantley. This company got business from the Shell Committee age t ing the SOEmO Sul of 5-000. § 000. Mr. Carvell again gave the de- tails, with the significant variations of peices, starting at the top and gradually dropping down to the mod- erate prices under "the New Muni- tions Board, ~ "Surely," declared Mr. Carvell, "this country," which is paying the bills, in part at least, ought to have a right to Know if the members of the Shell 'Committee who contract- ed with themselves let the contracts at the proper figures. The Prime Minister's statement that the prices are lower than they are in Great Brit- ain carries no weight unless he gives at the samé time the detalld as to the corresponding times at which orders were placed in Britain and in Canada." ° Mr: Carvell charged that on May 28th, 1915, the Shell gave an order for shell blanks and casings to the Nova Scotia Steel Co., whose General Manager was a member of the committee, at $4.25, while at the same time it gave a contract for the same requirements to the Drum- mond-McCall Co. of Montreal, at $2.95, the jatter firm sub-letting the contract to the William Todd Co, of Youngstown, Ohio, at & good profit. "So you see" declared Mr. OCarvell, "that the members of the Shell Com- mittee were feathering their own nests. It was no wonder Prem-~ fer was afraid to grant an investiga- tion." : v Mr. Carvell then passed on to oth- er contracts, which, he said, came even closer to the Government re- te | solve to grant an investigation. 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