'Published Daily asd Semi-Weekly by _ srinting offices In Canada. , Yoluntary system with and walked away. THRE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING 00., LIMITED, , If paid 1 year, by mail to rural offic One Your. to United States .. (Sem'- Weekly Battion) One year, by mall cas Ry jo if not ald i 3 advance ear, to United States three months pro rea. Attached is one of the best job Whe elreulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations ™ A STRIKE HELD OFF. '| as black a heart as any representa- | | evidently of the opinion that it suf- men who left Fort Henry some time a year, and this is something. pot | ago. These were not offenders. One | [Pleasant to soptemplate, was taken off a train while passing ree through Canada, without any desire to do fiiischief anywhere, The oth=| er was taken while at work, in the | east, and interned simply because he | was a German by birth. He was] not serving the enemy, was a trusted employee of a certain firm, and had, | 8ive the peace cranks something to befors the war, an engagement with | experiment with the Australian government to serve | it in an important capacity. hey will not trouble Canada and will hot | do her harin, but Fay is a rascal with | I PUBLIC OPINION [i | EE It iat - (Ottawa Free Press) A labor war in the States might | No Hanker Recorded. (London Advertiser) {other dry and hot spell. No, "We Pid Not. (Toronto Star) Have you noticed, how the South- West Toronto results fades inp the | background as the 16th of September | draws near? tive of the Kaiser, and is only sate | 'when in prison somewhere and pref-| | erably In a dungeon. Ford, of motor fame, made on his nearly 40,000 cars, turned out last year, over $59,000,000. Next year he expects to manufacture 60,000 cars, and the profit ought to be $75,- 000,000 at least. Later Ford may rank as the richest man in the world. Standard Oil is not in it with Ford cars, A Doubtful Question, (Toronto Globe) For farm laborers the call comes from the. west. favor production whet surplus men are likely to be in demand where? still | E vening the Record. (Toronto Mall) The Russians having disposed of | so many of the German rank and file, | von Hindenburg hastens as 'Chief 'of | the General Staff to put some, 30] German generals out of business. cn cer ettna---- Why He Wobbled (Ottawa Journal) It may be that Mr. Hearst made al mistake in sanctioning a beer and) wine candidate at all. | But that in | itself showed that tempefance senti- ment was not strong in. Southwest | Toronto, that Mr. Hearst was merely | bowing to the constituency's tem- per. THE PEOPLE TO BLAME. Has the lowering of the franchise the effect of lowering or reducing the public interest in the quality of the men who, constitute a city council? Or does it tend toput the municipal . government inthe hands of men who can manipulate the vot- ers, when these voters do not put a high value upon the taneliise Wisich they exercise? -° The peopls of Mon- treal, a grossly misgoverned city, are i government through their inefficiency. Manhood suff- fers in its civic | | The senate of the United States] has given some consideration to an|ing to one of the Montreal act which may remove the necessity | of the most unique character. for a great railway strike beginning | to 'be made to the lieutenant-gover- with Monday. The measure will have temporary effects, if it be pass- ed through all the necessary stages in the meantime. time they are occupied in trips that are not covered in the scheduled time, : "A man on a passenger train knows how long it will take him to cover a certain number of miles and reach his destination. A man on a freight . train does not know what time a cer- tain trip will occupy. He will not worry if his day be shortened and his overtime be duly compensated. The laboy leaders have certainly scored in the conference which they held with the senators, and when, in the presence of the rajlway managers, they detailed their grievances.® The climax came when it was asked whether the strike ordered could be recalled. > Mr. .Garretson answered Sor all she labor leaders. Some of the brotherhood presi- dents, he sald, had not the power to annul their-edicts. They had been favored by a vote of the men, - and once issued upor this vote could not be recalled or cancelled. One president had the power to recall his order. But in doing so he assumed a great responsibility. Failure fol- lowing his action there would be written across his honorable record of thirty years "Traitor," And he could not face that contingency. The extent to which the strike was expected to affect trade and commerce has been indicated by "the fluctuations in stock and corn ex- chanfes. The railway is the com- mon carrier, the people's greatest * public convenience, and its success- ful operation is the higHest contri- bution to the operations of the day. New Zealand has provided for re- Eiatration and compulsion if neces- sary. But it is announced that the of' recruiting has New Zealand supplied for Britain's greatest ¢ A RASCAL AT LARGE, A desperate man has got away, He has broken jail in the United States. He is one 'who deserved even more * than he was given in the way of a sentence. 14. Fay was an officer of Germany and was picked\out for sav- 'age service in America. He came direct from Wilhelmstasse with mon- -ey..and instructions. He -was--'old not to appeal to the Prussian author- ities in America but to accomplish not failed. her quota army. - his errand of blowing up steamships. Somehow he managed to get in touch - 'several prominent Germans hile obtaining explosives and it was through the small quantity that he usked for that suspicion rested upon him, and 'he was followed by men of the New York bomb squad and caught when he was testing trinitritoluol in "the New. Jersey woods. Fay was tried in New York, _ convicted and sent to the peniten- * tiary at Altanta, Ga., for eight years, . had only serxed two.months of his term when he escaped. He was, as expert, sent 9 the power house of ed by another German, Krolback, be _essayed the job, picked"up some "tools, told the guard at the gate that fie was going outside to fix a wire, He was helped It will give the| railway employees the shorter day . and grant them pay for all the over- ppert, is trying unsusccessfully to hm- torhey-general could 'very well give rage practically prevails, and the result isa council which is seriously disappointing. There is to be an appeal, I -- EVENTS 25 YEARS AGO Alfred Hauter of Harrowsmith, is | collecting for the Kingston Macdon- | ald Memorial Fund in the county. Millan Bros. are sending 1,700 | pounds of meat daily to the Belleville military camp. While digging an artisan well at | Rockwood Hospital to-day, natural gas was struck at 'w"depth of 171 feet. The gas was ignited and burned to] the height of six feet, accord- Pages, It is nor in-council for the suspension of the city's charter, a recall of the mayor, controllers and aldermen, and the appointment of. a commission of seven men. These would be men of the highest integrity, of course, and unlike the men who have pre- sumed to serve, the city and brought it to its present pass. The city of Galvaston, many years- ago, was deluged and largely des- troyed by tidal waves from the Gulf | 'of Mexico. Previously it had been | sadly mismaneged, so that in its unfortunate state it seemed to be without hope of restoration. A few men were indiiced to act as a commit- tee on ways and means, and these men acted with an exceptional abil- ity and made a record for themselves. They were so successful that out of their efforts grew the demand for government by commission, and it his continued until this day, and ig many places has given the highest satisfaction. Montreal seems to have reached a point where only some extraordin- ary service can rescue it from the hands of the spoilsmen. Will the local government respond to the ap- peal which is being made through it to the liputenant-governor-in-coun- cil? There is no precedent for it, and the remedy for the present troubles in Montreal really lie with the people themselves, Why do they not rid themselves of the despollers? They can do it. GREAT FIGHT IN CARLTON CO., N. B. Ottawa Citizen (Com.) A provincial bye- -election campaign is at present under way in the County of Carleton, New Brunswick. The Conservative candidate, Mr. B. Frank Smith, has been selected as Minister of Public Works for the provincial government, Carleton County is re- presented as Conservative in the pro- Dominion. The federal M.P, for Carleton is Mr. Frank Carvell. Hon. J. K. Flemming used to represent the constituency in the legislature, until a royal commission found him guilty as Premier of New Brunswick taking money from government contractors. The charges were mainly brought home to the recreant Premier by Mr. Carvell; and he is, in consequence, as much feared and hated by the forces of political corruption in the province as in the federal profiteer- ing arena. It is apparently believed that" the election of a Conservativi*member to be provineial Minister of Public Works would open "ways to under- mine Mr. Carvell"s position as federal M.P. It is said, however, by people outside the bi-partisan groups, Mr, Carvell is held in high, esteem by the plain people of New Brunswick. He is a man with the reputation of lead- ing a clean, home life and of being straight and fearless. Certainly he is needed, and more with the same courage, in the federal House of Commons. He is. one of the few Liberals, apparently, with the ability to lead a drive against political wrong-doing in the House of Com- mons without fear of what may be trained against " him in retaliation. There are other Liberals with the] ability, but few apparently without the clammy hand of ernment' holding them back when | they should be speaking out. Carvell would seem to be hacking a way through the wire. EDITORIAL NOTES. Dr. Eady, who was one of 'the Fords peace party, says money was squandered upon the trip. It was literally thrown away with both hands; and this waste did not appeal to Dr. Eady and his sense of steward- ship. Sir Adam Beck does not know any- thing about the control of the Hydro- Electric Commission by the attorney- general' s department. The pro- position has never been before the commission, and it has 'never been heard of by him. Toronto's wine cellars are said to be i:ding with liquor before prohibi- tion foes into effect. The men who hays had a favorite tipple are noty apparently, going to be deprived "of it. 'Toronto as a city may go dry, but it will have certain wet spots as usual. 3 There may ¥ be sOWe detect in the] POOR RECRUITING' OFFICER IN QUEBEC Montreal Herald. We wonder what the effect will be of the patriotic speeches in favor, of | recruiting which the Hon. Mr. Blon- _~ Will accident | ev ery- | vineial legislature and Liberal in the "invisible gov- | Mr. | political barbed get lain has been delivering? It is cer- tainly is remarkable to. find the man who, five years ago, was going around telling the people that it was sometimes necessary to- shoot MNoles|iiH in the British flag in order to breathe the air of liberty, now starting out to stump the province calling for re- 1 a to protect the flag. Will this | inspire recruits to come forward, or will it injure recruiting? | Le Canada refuses to believe in i his sincerity. It remembers that Mr. Blondin was one. of the most ener- | getic of the Nationalist orators in seeking to imbue the people with Up to the minute we have re% the idea that Canada should refuse. | ceived no requests for prayer for an-| to participate invan Empire war un- {der any circumstances whatever. It | regardgihe spectacle now presented | by Mr. Blondin and his Nationalist] |confreres as one of the most striking examples that could be given to op- ponents of ecruiting. to support their argument that those who 'go «| forth preaching the necessity of re- { cruiting do so only out of personal interest, either to guard their port- { folios, or to obtain portfolios or other favors. 'Le Canada adds: °*"Our French | Canadiaps are logical. They knew Mr. Blondin for a man who; in op- | position, fulminated against any | participation in war, and declared | that we owed nothing to Great Brit- jain. And to-day they see this man, fn office, waxing eloquent in favor of sich participation. Can the do oth- erwise than to attribute his onvers- ! fon to his portfolio?" 5 A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE MEAN F | Winnipeg Free Press It is the business of Sarrail's army advancing from Saloniki to shatter this new German Empire into pieces; fo restore, the Balkan nations and free them from Germaf* control; and to provide a future for the lands {now under the Turkish Sultan in | which the Prussian will have no | part. If German military domina- |tion in these areas is broken, there {will be a jatural re-adjustmemt of the situati in the Balkans. No Balkan St > desires to be a vassal | of. Germany, In Bulgaria, a Slav | people, have been betrayed by Ger- |manized rulers and hy an army staff { whi ich accepted without question the {legend of German invincibility. If the Saloniki offensive is effec- | tive, the connection bet een Berlin {and Constantinople will be broken; Bulgaria will be conquered; Turkey, | cut off from supplies of money and imaterial which keep her going, will . |offer a steadily-lessening resistance], to the Russian and British armies; | and the end of the season will find a | third army menacing Austrian terri- {tory from the south. The Allied programme for this year looks to the elimination of Turkey and Bulgaria and the virtudl destruction of Austria, With these objects achieved, the way will be clear for the closing in of all the Allies or¥ Germpany amd the batter- ing down of Yesistance by blows which cannot be withstood, In 1917, if thes plans work out, the German people will learn what war really means. This is a lesson that is necesiary to the future peace of the world, ------ Golden Text lyn.' *r . Sep. 3; "My grace is sufficient for thee." Tune: "Oh safe to the Rock." On life's upward, journey, mid sor- row or joy, My talent and time for the Lord I'll employ; His order, "Go work in | My vineyard," obey-- The burden I'll bear in the heat of the day. Chorus-- Tenderly He speaketh to me The promise, '"My grace is cient for thee." suffi- "My strength is made perfect in weakness," says He; So, tho' I am weak, He still strength- enth me By His mighty Spirit sent down from above, O'erflowing my heavenly love, soul with pure | Oh, give me the vision, dear Lord, of | the seer, | That bringeth by faith | nium near; { Then pleasure nor suffering, labor, nor rest, Will dim the bright hope that illu- mines' my breast. the ilien --W. W, W, More Munitions Plants. London, Sept. 2.--The Ministry of | Munitions announced yesterday- that {161 additional establishments had | been brought undér its control. The | Ministry now has supervision over { 4,212 plants, according to official statements, : - Most young lawyers spend more time 'practicing economy than law. A fool is a person who is not ad- dicted 'to your brand of folly. Prohibition Act by which the liquor ! \. men may defeat it. But the most of Toronto's liquor men are taking no chances. They are selling out their goods, at a discount. The slogan is, "Ye who haye céifars to fill prepare to fill them now." "Rippling Rhymes Frank H. Simonds, the Eales. ex- agine what will happen when Von Hindenburg fails The map of Europe is certainly changing very quickly. The Austrian empire is) shrinking and some of the territory which was invaded by the Germans is slipping away from 'them. the mer's presentative of" the Hydre-E Commission when' a vaeaney man Why not make a vacancy? The 4 at | ON NT | _ CHARLES'ANDL Ra : I mat Charles Hughes in Estes. Park. where large and rocky mountains be; and 1 shall treasure each re- | mark that this great man addressed to me. The gems .of thought from great men's lips are pearls we hum- /bler men should prize, nor can the passing years eé- bservations of the wise. ' "1 shall bé glad ceased," he ig "the heat has been hi "See Bibbys Nobby © See Bibbys $18. Seb Bibbys English % $15.00 "Bud" Suits 00 Regent Suits. Blue Suits, $15, $18, $20, $22.50. New Fall Overcoats See Bibbys Chesterfields at $12. 50. The Belcourt at $15.00. The Howard at $18.00. ™- New Alpine Soft Hats for $2.50 Are Beauties. Men's Fine Shoes The The Summit at $4.00 The John Bull at ox 5.00 Duke at $5,00 : See Bibbys Dressy. $4.00 Trousers Bibbys 78-80-82 Princess Street. Limited coun, Ont. Random Reels "Of Shoes and Ships, and Sealing Wax, of Oabbages and Kings" bay | ICE CREAM. Ice cream is a cooling summer drink which lowers the temperature of the human body faster than don- ning the knee-length union suit, Dur- ing July and August one of our greatest American industries is to gather at an icecream parlor and or- der everything that looks as if it would cool the parched neck of the consumer, A great change has come over the ice cream business in the last few years. Formerly there was only one kind of ice cream made, this being a rich, IMmpy product which could be tasted for several hours after passing hence. Great care was taken to in- sert plenty of salt in the cream in the original rock formation, and one dish was usually sufficient for a man with a hard constitution. People formerly used ice cream as a pastry whereas nowadays it is ordered in feverish relays and consumed with graphophone accompaniment. Plain ice cream is not used any more, except by the lower classes. The ornamental . concoction known as the sundae has crowded it off the little round table. The sundae is composed of a pinch of ice cream bur- ied under flavoring extracts, canned fruit and nuts which were shelled by a near-sighted eniployee. When this is all run together and applied to the digestive mechanism of the buyer, his temperature will drop twenty degrees at once and the sale of toothpicks will be greatly stimulat- ed. There are something like 784 distinct varieties of sundaes, and new ones are being invented so fast that they are harder to keep track of than the changes of administration 'in Mexico. Some people prefer to make their own ice-cream at home, 0 they can see what goes into it. A spry wife od can do this easily In half a day, if ~the baby does not fall down the cel- lar stairs. After a healthy house- wife has turned the hide-bound crank of an ice-cream freezer for a couple of hours and then discovers that she , / Discovers that she has left out : the vanilla extract. left out the vanilla extract, she will not want to drag her husband®out to some social event until she has had time, 'tg recuperate. This teaches us that there should be an ice cream | freezer in gvery home. The ice cream cone is #n-fogenius dbvice which consists of one part ice- cream and nine parts vacuum. Men who could not be induced under any circumstances to eat the crust of the bread will devour five or six ioe cream cones on circus day without a mur-| mur, although the cone by itself is about as appetising as a red cedar shingle. This shows us how high Dominion Fish Co. Bulk Oysters htm @ pee. . SPECIALS AT | PICKERINGS FOR 10 'DAYS. | Large Pkg. of Soda Biscuits . . .. | 2 Ibs, of Sweet Biscuits | 3 ting of Custard Powder . . | 8 pkgs. of Jelly Powder Our Meat Department is Stocked With the Best of Meats. | 490 and 492 Princess St., Phone 530. - SAY Have you had your photo taken at Weese's new studio? FRAMES oS mission, mahogany, walnut, , frames regilded. PIANO One at a Bargain. WEESE CO. 168 PRINCESS STREET man stands in the scale of intelli- Egg-0O Baking Powder Aug 28th -- Sept. 2nd. cellent in quality. Reasonable i in price. JAS. REDDEN & CO. Phone and 990. Weight? Yes! Walt? pod It's the same with coal as with any other of Nature's products; "There is Superior Coal, There is Inferior Coal. Depends upon where it is min- ed and how jt is handled. fs Yo cont Full Weight, Full Measure of Service and Full Value. Q \