ata EE CAR 239 he ciesssanienve 393 exiivp,... SUBSCRIPTION RJ ir, (Dally Fle year, on year, by rural i year, to United States . ( Week! Jost mall, cash . 1 al ly Edition) ttached Is o printing offices | of Toe best job nada. 3 a 32 Ch 3 Bt aw ero BRITA Jean k Bx Northrup, Slanager ve 3 > "Northrup, a: TALKING TWADDLE. For a generation Governments in Canada protected the rascals within hte party. Through the example. of Sir James Whitney and Sir Robert Borden a new fashion has come in. In the Dominion and in Ontario there is now no more toleration for Con- servative rascals than there is for Libera} rascals. Unlike the ' Laur- ier Govern dnt, which blocked and denied inquiry, the Borden Govern- ment grants and assists investigation into charges of political wrongdoing, ~Toronté News. Now if the people did not not know all about the performances at Ottawa, and especially about the desperation with whith the govern- ment sought to shield or protect the shell gamblers and fakirs and ras- cals, this certificate of oar contem- porary would have meant something. As it 18 the Toronto News is simply Yank R . talking twaddle, ¢ LEGISLATIVE REFORM. Mr. Proudfoot has before the legis- lature a bill, the object of which is to p { munfe elections. al The, Hare- . Spence system is approved under the | bill, and thé 'voting, if @mdopted by the local house, will be according to it. The system can be explained in a few words, The names of all the can- didates are printed upon the ballot paper. Every voter has as many choices as there are names upon the paper. His first choice is marked one, his second two, and so on until the preférence of some kind has been expressed for as many candidates as there are in the field. When the first choices have been noted, and no candidate has secuegd a majority of the vetes cast, all the second choices will be taken and dis- tributed over the candidates. There being still no decision, the third and fourth choices will be distributed, and if necessary the fifth and-sixth, or as many other choices as there are upon the ballot. Eventually some one gets a ma- jority vote, and the election will be the fairest and most satisfactory pos- sible. . If the bill were a government one there would be some hope of its adoption, But it is the handiwork of a member of the opposition, and may elicit nothing but an academic discussion of the highest value. Edu- cationally these discussions may pe illumingting, 7and perhaps at a later date government of the day, conservative or liberal, may see fit to take up and passthe legislative Yeform, THE NEW , CONTRACT. The Sleisons 'glad to know that the mission and the pa Compaty have at last agreement. with regard to power. a ednpany will remove its machinery from' the com- mission's power house and the com- mission will guarentee all the power the company needs, 'at any time, at 1.20 per kilo'Watt hour. The com- " misston is assured of a plentitul sup. Nothing Dotter in the way ot a contract could be desired, and i will be to the advantage of the Commission and Mr, Campbell. Jt may be added that the Kingston Mills falls have generated a Jargér supply of power than a a that it should be used by the city and to the limit of the plant's ' pacity it possible, - Indeed with this supplementary BO oa the of J ny 'be protected against dny mi Hip. aad 18 1s 20 well-equipped for the j {lie emergencies of the future thet' be _ | tally, with the brain mit a' preferential voting in| there need bé mo occasion for anx- fety. The Hydro-Electric Commis sion can take its time now . about | 4 hooking up with the city, and the transmission lines have built eastward from Napanee, Kings- ton will b&'in & position to make bet- ter terms thm jt could ~ have done without the connection with the Kingston Mills hydro power plant. lr ns PROF. LAVELL FINDS HIMSELF.| The return of Prof. Cecil F. Lavell to consciousness and friends is an incident of the greatest interest. For three years he has lived, with a de- sire to serve, with a limitqg exercise of his energies physicallpddnd men- ing normal- ly along certain lines, and yet inef- fective and deficient when he pre- sumed to engage in any occupation which involved the use of memory. Amnesia in other persons has manifested symptoms very similar to t| those which were shows in Prof. La- vell's case. A characteristic of it is to substitute one name for another 'and one 'word for another, and usu- ally with peculiar results. The Whig has before it the experience of a friend who, during a long illness, suffered from . forgetfulness, He could not recall his own name, and he.had a fondness or faculty 'for sub- stifuting another for it.. At times he would hesitate, unable to recall the finish of a sentence or a state- ment, and when it was suggested he would immediately dash off the re- mainder of what he wanted to say or write. . Prof, Lavell exhibited similar symptoms in that he readily recalled his wife when it was suggested he had one, and regretted the anxiety which his long absence and wander- ing had occasioned to her. He may be able to recall the past as it is sug- gested to her, little by little, The mental darkness into which he wag plunged three years ago was but a development, perhaps the climax, of a condition that had been growing upon him. In Toronto, some time before he disappeared, he went down a street one day and lost himself. He could not for the time being re- member the name of the street on which he lived, and so failed to get guidance from those with whom he talked. Let us hope that he will gradually, and ere long, recover the mental clearness which was his and which marked him as a man of great intel- lectual power. The lesson of the hour will do every one good. It is that the brain cannot be over-worked without the danger of serious ,if not periaanent, impairment. EDITORIAL NOTES. Disfranchise those who will not go to war is the latest proposal. It is not a substitute for national or com- pulsory service. e------ The Ottawa Citizen calls for the appointment of a great statesman to the office of Minister of Militia. The premier, in imitation of Mr. Asquith, should take it himself until he has foerpd a suitable successor, Sir Sam Hughes is spoken of as a Jonah of whom the ship of state nust be rid as soon as possible. If one may judge by the news he re- ceives from Ottawa steps are 'being taken to cast Sir Sam overboard, "The government," says the To- ronto News, which is the most slav- ish and unreasonable supporter of the Borden government, 'cannot and does not ask for consideration." It asks for power to keep the liberals from exposing its sing unduly. The objection to the Royal Com- mission which has been appoirited to | examing into He shell scandal is not to'its composition; but to the limita- tion of its powers. It is not per- mitted to probe as it sees fit. There is precious little it is allowed to do. 4 The Toronto News laments because the; Hberals jubilate over the Allis- on windfall. "If the charges are true," it observes, {the guilty men should go to prison." But all the government will permit ig an enquiry into the misconduct of Allison and his chums, all of whom are outside of Canada and propose to keep out, "In Saskatchewan to-day no fewer than four royal commissions of jud- ges, created by thé Scott govero- ment, are probing charges of brib- ery and corruption instituted by a conservative on. "Toronto News. And pot one of them was limited in the scope of its inquiry. Each one had power to go anywhere and as far as the probers desired, in order to complete the work to which it had set their hands, In Ottawa the Royal Commission will be allowed to look into only four charges out of hundreds, St nint a A td Now's a Chauses (Hamy Sir Sam will pri ave the oppor- tunity of telling us how Col. Allison saved Canada $50,000,000. A Serious Reflection. Hamitton Spectator). J Monaro Jaride are aileged to paid to two moving picture art- ists Mary - Plekford, ~ $600,000 year, and Charlie Chaplin, Serods Yet we wonder at 2 J00F dey 1 steal- ing to keep body soul fogether. Fooled in a Matue. "J. Wes Fy Probably 'what fodled Sir Sam Hughes in estimating 'the character of Hon. Col. Allison. » Not Strong. John Globe.) The ice fs 'about to break in Toron- to Bay. But it is still too cold for Col. J. Wesley Allison to risk his health anywhere in Canada. = Rose Too Rapidly, {Ottawa Free Press And they say that J. Wesley start- ed on his dizzy way to fame as a poor farmer's boy, just the same as many other notables, .A Cool Milligan, (Ottawa Citizen, Col. J. Wesley Allison, * 'the soul honor," cleaned up a cool million, feat which causes up dumbly to con- plate what might have happened had the colonel 'been even a little mite crooked. LIBERAL PRESS. 5 Sir Sam In Danger. Winnipeg Free Press. Sir Sam plainly need not look for Sympathy to his friends; for him it 'is already a case of "thumbs down,' But the public, and even his political opponents, have no desire that he should be condemned unheard, He bas a right to ask that judgment be kept open until he submits evidence in his own defence. This is all the more desirable in the interests of fair play, because there is no get- ting away from the faet that the charges established will be quite fatal to him even though it should be shown that he is chargeabls only with misplaced confidence in men who should not have been trusted and who betrayed his trust, A Party Cobol. Windsor Record While the ¢harges of Mr. Kyte are extremely serious there is every ap- pearance of a cabal among certain Conservatives against the minister of militia, who is more cordially hated by some members of his own party than by mest of the Grits, Sir Sam has ridden rough.shod over everybody and everything that hap- pened to stand in his way, Natural ly he has made some strong enemies who have their hatchet out for him. Attacking the Housegold Gods. Montreal Herald. Unable to take the stronghold of Verdun by military force, the Ger- mans are firing incendiary shells into the town. in order to burn up the homes of the absent people. That is warfare, according to the German criterion -- the kind of warfare they give the German 'children holidays to celebrate. Nickel Mystery Weepens.: Toronto Globe In making an excuse or explana- tion regarding the trifiing tax of $40,000 on the nickel output, Hon Mr. Ferguson said that after investi- gation there had been a five-year agreement made, based on the com- many's average liability under the law imposing a tax of three per cent. on the value of ore at the mine. When Mr. Rowell asked regarding the agreement, the Premier ex- plained that it was not definite or binding, there being no statute aug thorizing any such method of im posing the tax. There had been a undersianding that a payment of $40,000 would be regarded as suffi/ nt, provided no devel- opment Ad i, vilorveen alter- ation. "There certainly 'has been an unfor- seen development and a complete transformation, The nickle out. hput in matte has increased from $5,- 000,000 to $17,000,00 in a year. This more than three-fold increase has baen due largely to the war's demands. It could not be unknown, for it Is recorded in an official report. Yet the taxation has continued the comparatively trifling sum $40,00C. Mr. Carter, Mr. Elliott; Mr. Bowman and other Liberal mem- bers of the Legislature have point- edly called attention to this peculiar line uf Governmental generosity with publie revenue, but some pecu- liar influence prevenis effective ac- tion. There seems at present no prospect of an explanation, CONSERVATIVE PRESS. A Revolt At Ottawa. Toronto Telegram. thing. It sticks out clear and dis- theories--that a strong factdon of the Conservative members have de- manded the Minister of Militia's head. Nor will anything else sat- isfy them. The Government, too, are quite content to lose Ci it he ould consent to go out tly. But they would pay a Eo pre- miam for a policy that uld in- sure his going out without taking the door, and, possibly, an edd dogr- post, along with him. He has op- ponents enough in the Cabinet to have provided him with outside em- ployment long ago if his exit could have been conducted quietly and widrsafety. Railway Charters. Toronto New As Acting Minister of Railways, Hon. Dr. Reid assured the Railway will have runuing rights over any trackage the Canadian Northern Railway may build under the exten- gions of its charters. The Govern- undertaking, because it owns two- fifths of the Canadian Northern Railway's common stock;7and can grant or' withhold privileges until the company lives up te™Tis agree- ments. For the future no fran- chise or charter for an electric rail- way is likely to be considered at Ot- tawa, or in Queen's Park, dro-Electric Commision. can the territory to be served. the future, the Governments have a free hand. As to the past, they have not. cover oo KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS AGO The members of the: police force | were to-day inspected and paraded before the police commissioners, Three frame houses near the cor- ner of Bagot and Ordnance street were sold to V. Ackley and son for $2,100. H. B, Telymann is studing law in New York, The .drama he wrote "Against the World" will be produc- ed by a professional company at Bridgeport, Conn, Miss Eva Booth 111, New York, April 4.--The condition of Miss Evangeline Booth, com- mandeér of the Salvation Army, who has been ill for some time, is giving concern to her followers and friends. She is suffering from an attack of acute gastritis. She is confined to her home in Hartsdale, RANDOM REELS "Of Shoés and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Cabbages and Kings." THE DRESSMAKER The dressmaker is a female archi- tect who hangs clothes upon the cus- tomer. She also hangs a bill upon, the customer's husband which leaves lim in a dizzy stupor for several ars afterward but it is a very poor of husband who will complain out the cost after his wife has been taken out of the human stepladder class and, converted into a French doll. . The dressmaker leads a lonely life, and most of them seem to be nurs- ing some secret sorrow. It is a ter- rible thing to be a dressmaker and have to fit a tight mousselaine de soie wedding dress over some Tobirst bride who, would breathe easier in u Mother Hubbard with 106-inch wheel-base. Another of the dress- maker's heavy trials is the society bud with piercing shoulder-blades, who has to be padded, lined, built up and reinforced until she can be told from an isosceles triangle at the first glance. Home dressmaking is the kind which looks like it. The tools used in this work are a tape measure, a wab- ble-jawed sewing machine, a wire- dress form with adjustable hips, and hope in the final triwmph of the right. Every year thousands of blue denim kimonas are made by this pro- cess, and 'fit everywhere excepl around the neck. If it were not for this kind competition the dressmaker would be able to go to Palm' Beach every winter and might occasionally reve] in the delights af a soft-boil- od egg. Dressmaking in the large cities is done mostly by titled foreigners whose time is not worth aver $10 a linear foot, They do not make any- thing but gowns, frocks amd smocks, which are not worn in the west by anybody but the hired man. "After a New York husband had-paid for three or four light-weight summe smocks, heavily charged with erino- line and Fifth Avenue overheard ex- penses, he will decide to remove far- ther uptown. where his wife can wear the same dress twice without being looked upon as a hardem®d criminal. Dressmaking has done a great deal to make husbands more contented with their wives, and on that -ac- count should be indulged in now and then, but not to excess. Pe Rhymes den sass ? it is outclassing pious works our sorrow ended we go down in our jeans; and then we kee rooster nutty that crows until it jars the putty from neighbors' window Panes. THE GOLDEN RULE Remember that we all are brothers, so let's be good and kint-to others, acknowledging their rights; why make Jones hotter than a hornet, by playing on your flute or cornet, when he would sleep o' nights? " Why keep a swarm of hungry chickens, which cause more trouble than the dickens, as golden spring days pass, conmnitting crimes no man "can pardon, by! ~geratching in the neighbor's garden, ylestroying gar- Why keep a dog that is so batty it thinks spends all the evening howling, and pouring diabolic Jowling, in torrents through its face ? While of our oodly deeds we're spieling, we're stirring up much yu Bitter feeling by little, thoughtless sins; we keep a cow that makes Brown maddish, because it eats his early radish--why bark that neighbor's shins ? Patti, or even Annie 'Case, when it In zeal is splendid: to see all vice and ~ is o WE CLAIM TO HAVE m BT T 500 SUITS AND OVERCOATS IN CANADA I) There can be no doubt about one i tinct above the mass of rumors and | Committee that the Hydro radials ment is in a position to enforce this if the Hy- As to} A ew Overcoats! The choice new models are here and hand- some they are. SEE BIBBYS COATS--In Grey Cheviots'and Seotch Tweeds; Special value SEE BIBBYS NEW BELCOURT OVER- COA'P'S--New sewn in sleeve, full back, shield linéd euffs and sleeve, patch pockets; very dres- sy; special value SER BIBBYS' CHESTERFIELD OVER- COATS--Special values at J eure] YOUNG MEN'S SUITS SEE BIBBYS ( 39: new fabrics; new patterns. l SEE BIBBYS YOUNG MEN'S SUITS, "THE BU Deiat K nelish | style; ready to try on, finished to your order in four | values at . SEE OUR BUTTON cloth top. or Black; SEE OUR ENGLISH SHOE, eceding toe, SEE OUR JUST WRIGHT SHO--Tan, Patents, at $5.00. Bibbys for Men's Fine Shoes at Close Prices SHOE AT $3.50--Kid or "THE FARL"--T $4.00. - Blacks, an very moderate. No Chloroforming Wanted. Toronto Star. ! The chief danger in a reference of charges to a Royal Commission is that public opinion may be chloro- formed. It should be distinctly un- derstood that the discussion and in- quity in Parliament shall proceed. It.is not only the rake-off that ought to be investigated. The cur- | tain has been partially lifted on a | scene of gross incompetency and { carelessness, 'which delayed and weakened Canada at a critical period in the war. The subject must be discussed now, without waiting for the dilatory procedure 'of a commis- sion. : Too Many Wolves, Toronto, April 4.--The Provin- cial Treasurer seeks to place a"bounty of $6 on brush wolves and coyutes in addition to the $15 on great tim- ber wolves. . Brush wolves and coy- otes have been coming from Mani- toba and settling in the district west of Port Arthur. nmr nn ens. War Tidings. Italian aviators comBarded an Austrian camp at Adelbfirg causing many casualties to soldiers. Russians in Mesopotamia are fight- ing a big battle with the Turks be- seiging Kut-El-Amara, French counter attacks Monday re- ~ Vaux. The Germans have again changed the direction of their offen- sive, Automobile We carry in stock all sizes of electric lamps for headlights, side lights, ete. The quality of these lamps are the best obtainable and the prices are Auto Tire and The Tire Shop 206. WELLINGTON STREET. covered nearly all lost ground around | Vuléanizing Co. Fish FRESH MACKEREL SOUSED MACKEREL MACKEREL IN SAUCE' PRESERVED BLOATERS KIPPERED HERRINGS HERRINGS IN TOMATO 7-DEVILED CRAB MEAT ~ FLAKES ORAB MEAT SHRI TUNA FISH Jas. Redden & Co. Phone 20 and 990. $10Suits to Measure $10 ar you want your Suit for Easter, : Come Now. OUR PRICES ARE: a Suits ba ae Sport Coats $5.00 Skirts $2.00 Fees see ee All Our Work is Guaradteed. N ww ork Sic & Sut Co $10,-$12, $15 $10. $12, $15, $18 'LINTON SUIT AT &5.00_s0ft roll lapels, patch | pockets, pleated back only, cuff on sleeve, high cut vest, with collar; sizes 34 to Owners