The Daily British Wh 1917 12 PAGES PAGES 9-12 NS SECOND SECTION YEAR 84.NO. 229 ONE PROBLEM SOLVED BWIDEN HAS ALWAYS HATED | AND FEARED RUSSIA. > : KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2. a HOW FO0D CONTROL RULES " ELOPEMENT HALTED BY SPEEDING THE A large proportion of the area of | PRICES FOR GREAT BRITAIN IN| « Siberia is not adapted to agricultural | WAR TIME. A colonization. Since 'this territory § ; | | OF CANADA serves as an outlet for the surplus | Figures Show Effect of New Regula- i 3 HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO population of European Russia, great | tions on Market Values--Com importance is therefore attached to Risse Ne wider ison Thus Easily Made Be- an roject to enlarge the area of | par ) ios 2 iy i tween These and pig Prices, | i e Part of Siberia Will Be Re- claimed, aw The Three Scandinavian Countries Occupied Difficult Position Dur ing Early Days of the War. but the Slav Revolution Has Altered Materially Their Position wards the Allied Cause, - . land available for agriculture. A | Your surplus earnings in our project of this nature in the shape of Montreal Star. | an irrigation scheme for a district in | Many enquiries have ached The | south-west Siberia received the sanc- | Star as to the exact manner in | tion of the autherities concerned 1 which the control of food and coal | some months ago. Although in view ) is being directed in Great Britain, j } seT'p 1072 €St at current r of recent political events it is .uncer- and in reply The Star published the | 2 t t ate. tain when this project will be carried | following taken from. recent Lon- | | out, it may nevertheless be of inter- | don newspapers: -- | KINGSTON B RANC H, : a ¢ 3 . } i | €8t to give some"details in regard to | . ne 2 et oz. Jods io} ut h J. M. Sutherland, { it. The successful execution of this | ma mum F 3 S Re $s fo : IESE SS project, should' result in similar un- hi nea and all eqreals. dertakings being proposed for other Yee) Lee. sections of the country. } a 1 Jad oth | The bulk of the population of | Na on. HO aso 2 western Siberia is settled in the black P mo . Jacl SWeets, earth region, which extends south of Bo ng ! the forest belt between latitude 55 | Caner, Plums for fam : : |and 57. - This is the section that is | Haag Dr is . | man forces in the shortest possible | noe attractive for emigrants from | B . > Je Se rin} time, whilst only the narrow stretch | European Russi Farther to the ) am, Norwes an Aerial of the Baltic separates Norway and | south are the d steppes, which are Lard. Sunt and Jae s Sweden from the north coast of Ger- | inhabited chiefly by nothadic Tartar azar. Maize foods. many. Economically, all three coun- | tribes with flocks of cattle, horses, 0 i toes Rave tries are very much between Scylla | sheep, and goats. The soil of this | i o 8 prices 1A Ve and Charybdis. They are under the | region is rich, but has no underlying | i o ORINg 8366: -- : 10 necessity of obtaining many things | grata capable of hoicing water. The | van es Dr int pee ni or we which they need from Germany, and | jung therdfore lacks sufficient mois- Yarions Su 3s and is, 3 J" 1 By these Germany declines to Supply | tyre for grain and other crops. Pro- | per 1b. While the pp prices in | unless, in return, it shall receive | nogu)s have been made at. various the stops should work t at 1s| certain other products which these ' 1e shops should work ou s| times for the construction of irriga- i k 3%d h . : ! "hi iv 3 er 1b., the publie must not countries can supply. This supply- | jon canals to draw off water from | Y = 74d p p : | Ing of Germany the Allies naturally . expect to get the best joints at that | the rivers that flow through this ter- | figure, but other cuts are 2d to 3d | wo Todi hohe Zerg. The frst of these proposals | below it. * Butchers are allowed to | matter where they turn, the northern, ;oceive official sanction relates to | charge %d extra for credit and ed | states are confronted with difficul- | 4 gigtrict in the south-west of Akom- | op oe I a ed | tes linsk Province, about forty miles to | Butter--At prices per 1b. giving | a Sie south of 1he seytlement of lagh | the retailer a profit of 2%d per Ib. | 'countries, as far as the weight of its | ky) The area of the district to | Plus 1% d extra for credit ¢ deliv fighting force is concerned | which water will be supplied is ap- | ery, and making the price 25 3d to | course, Sweden; and It is in Sweden proximately. 2,200 square miles, The 25 3d per 1b. | that the most extraordinary changes | con of the district js a rich black | Sea wien: $%d per 1b ford bave been rendered possible by the fe4rth, but at the present time the | pieces to 6%d per Ib. for preserving events of the last few months. Be- | wpa area is practically waterless. | * | fore the war, the hostility of Sweden To- Savings Department earn inter- NE of the most complex and problems In the of development in Europe to-day is the posi- tion of the Scandinavian countries in Geographically, acute 236 Course anager. regard to the war, as has been frequently pointed out by their statesmen, all three coun- | tries are seriously situated as regards | Germany. Denmark, with its prac- tically undefended frontier on the , is liable to be overrun by Ger- soutl ESTABLISHED 1842 THE RIGHT PAINT TO PAINT RIGHT been fixed in the " q And now for a grand clean- up. Ramsay's Paint the smartest, brightest and most economical helper you ever employed. Quality Pays in Paint 3 A. RAMSAY & SON COMPANY MONTREAL & three is, of Makers of Quality Paints TORONTO VANCOUVER ? sugar. SY It is therefore proposed to construct to Russia was one of the platitudes of international diplomacy to be said of the Swedish army that "a weapon with. its point ever Russia Russianizing steadily | was lay- rail vays across Finnish was building a naval base at Hango, there was something more than an excuse for the Swedish hostility to Russia steadily increased to the point when it became almost a national shibbol- eth, and produced such remarkable statements as Sven "Word of Warning," s statement by Professor Fahlbek, in the Berliner Reichsbote, a quadruple alliance of the four northern states, with Germany as the principal partner, an alliance aimed, of course, at Russia. it was towards was carrying out policy crushing Finnish ing strategic territory, and attitude. more fi urging It used famous the still a system of canals, from which pipes will be built to convey water to the various settlements. In this way conditions will be rendered suitable for 200 communities of agricultural colonists in the district. | be required for the execution of the project. proximately 7,000,000 rubles, which 1,000,000 rubles will te re- and equipment and the remainder for sary to excavate yards of earth, large quantity of machinery and equipment will be required, includ- ing five excavators, caterpillar trac- tors, piping, etc. A large part of the necessary supplies will have to be im- ported from foreign countries. All orders will be given out from Petro- 13,000,000 It is estimated that five years will | The total cost will be ap- | of | quired for the purchase of machinery | administrative and working expenses. | It is estimated that it will be neces- | cubic | For this purpose a | Mrs. Sprague Stiness; of Paris, France, temporarily lost her chance to elope with Captain M. Pardanei, of the French artillery, now in the United States testing ammunition, when she was ar- rested and fined for speeding and colliding with another machine in Baltimore. She was in the ¢ompany of her intended husband when the accident occurred and on the way to have the marriage Tea (a proportion).--2s 4d to 3s per 1b., according to class. | Jams.--From 9d per lb. for plump and apple to 1s per Ib. for | apricot, cherry, black currant, pine- apple, strawberry, and pineapple and apricot Jellies.-- 1% d per lb. jams. Maize flour and other maize foods --3%d per Ib. Oats and Oatmeal--i4 1d per 1b in Scotland; 5d per 1b. elsewhere in | the United Kingdom. Cheese--1s 4d per 1b. ment control cheese). Beans and Peas.--Large beans, 8d; haricot beans, 6d; haricot beans, white, 5%d; blue and green peas (whole "and split), 9d; large manufactured lengths, 8d; small ditto, 7d; yeliow split peas, 6d per Ib. Potatoes--Profits of a wholesale dealer must not exceed 7s 6d per more than (Govern butter colored, For Sale by McKELVEY & BIRCH, LTD. COAL CME HULORINLTESR, LOCAL BRANCH TIME TABLE Customers Take Notice We will take your order for delivery this month, All sales for cash. Phone orders C. 0. D. The James Sowards Coal Co. Phone 155, ! Hem. rn'l Ltd. 1.41 p.m. z No. 1. $5.04 p.m, CUNARD LINE In effect Aug. 19th, 1917. Trains will leave and arrive at City Depot, Foot of Johnson Street. sEpe g pAPzs Mail .. .... Express i Mall Intern'l . 2.58am, 12.20 p.m. 1.08 p.m. TEPEPQ TUR ceremony, performed. It was postponed because of the accident, 'Ltd. , Within one short week, last March, and besides Mr. 28 Local . , .. 8.48 p.m, . the whole situation was changed. |, Russia ceased 16 be a menace to Sweden. Finland was not only granted liberty and complete auto- f nomy, but it was clear, almost from the first, that she might ultimately secure practical independence. Then, t it was always well known that, al- though there' was very much pro- |; German sentiment in Sweden, a very f large part of that sentiment was due t rather to hostility to Rusisa than to friendliness to Germany; whilst the opinion in the country has always been preponderantly in favor of a maintenance of neutrality, Now, t such men as Herr Branting, the So- clalist leader, make no secret of their t opinion that a German victory would t be disastrous for the northern states, and in many other ways, although little that is definite has yet emerged, it is becoming clear that the desire of these states is, more and more, to place themselves on the side of the Allies, at any rate, to the extent of a very benevolent neutrality. From an economic point of view this is almost inevitable. The awakening, however, of the northern states to the real import of the war, and the real purpose for \ghich it is being waged by the Allies) is an undoubted fact, whilst this awakening is a fac- tor in the conflict by no means negligible. eC t I i May Write on These Walls, Why would children rather write on immaculate walls than on writing paper? Because, first, their mothers caution them not to do it, and se- cond, because the walls are whiter and the writing looks better on them than it does on paper. But the.time has come, says the Popular Science Monthly, when the mothers need fear for the white nursery walls no long- er. They can, indeed, be changed frow a source of irritation to educa- i tional purposes by means of a finish which makes them washable. In other words, all pencil, crayon, and pen marks may be washed away. Consequently, the wall surface is as £001 a place for drawing pictures or working examples as the ordinary blackboard. Although the finish is intended primarily for the walls of the nurs- ery, it may b> used in the kitchen, living room, or othér part of the. house where children are wont to Ary out their artistic ability on the walls. The finish may be in any one 'of 4 number of different shades. } To Frighten Submarines. ; When a Chinese crew sets sail 'these days, says The New York Times, it always takes along a lot of {firecrackers. The Chinese is super- istitious. He has always belfeved {that the exploding of a firecracker {was the most efficacious method of putting evil spirits to flight. | Now that the U-boat is a danger to {ships, the Chinese sailors take with them on voyages great strings of fire- lerackers, which they explode in the danger zones to frighten away the German U-boats along with other levil things. : ! } eee foemei Corsican Forests. The forests of Corsica are man- aged by the French Government. They produce lumber, firewood, and pontine, i i i sur Lod ha of Land. sources is going newspapers. when writing to prisoners of war not age of food. says the warning, "keeps up the de- with vegetables, significant of the attached to such food as urging peo- ple to hold out until the next har- vest. tured prominently in the newspapers, which state there is every reason to believe that the caulifiower is the harbinrer The cauliflower comes from Holland. though in one the whimsical ment is made: surances of splendid fruit crop pros- pects, prices of. fruit which the mid- dle classes must pay are still high. Obviously the weather man is not working on the side of Germany, at least so far as vital fruits and veget- ables are concerned." sounds although the voice is significant. 1deographs, or writings of ideas or things. Hence the Chinese have no alphabet, strictly speaking. Science Monthly for Chinese must employ am astounding number of characters. It takes about ten thousand characters to print a book in the Chinese language; sometimes an entire thought or & whole sentence is represented by one character! character, : "dead," "yes," "yellow," and a great many other words. With such a con- glomeration, is it any wonder that the Canadian printer wonders how it is possible to print anything in Chinese? grad by the technical committee of he Départment of the Improvement This project will probably beé"the orerunner of a number of dther un- dertakings of a siggilar nature de- signed for rendering cultivable large racts of land in this part of Siberia. The report of one engineer has urged he expenditure of 50,000,000 rubles or this purpose in the near future, en per cent. of which sum would be required for the purchase of machin- ry and equipment, Manufacturers of ditch-digging and other machinery suitable for carrying out such under- akings should therefore investigate carefully the possibilities presented or doing business in connection with hege projects.--Bulletin + of Cana- dian Department of Trade and Com- merce, "Hunger Lefter" Warning. A warning inspired from official through German The people are urged 0 give any information as to short- "Such information," usion that Germany is at the end of ts resources," The German newspapers are filled news concerning fruits and which is, of course, vital importance "The first caulifiower" Is fén- of fuller stomachs. The same attempt to cheer people is made in welcoming the first arrival of strawberries, cherries, and goose- berries in the Berlin market. This cheering statement is placed prom- al- com- "Despite expert as- nently in several newspapers, Chinese Printing, Chinese characters do not express pitch of the Their letters are For this reason, says the Popular August, the yet The word "black" is one and so is "mother," Coffee Cigarettes, Cigarettes are sometimes made of the leaves of the coffee plant. Many who have tried them prefer them to tobacco cigarettes, 2 | | | | his work. Baltimore. A COBOURG LADY'S REPLY TO FOUR TORY WOMEN WHO OVERSTEPPED AUTHORITY. Mrs. Macdonald Has Son at Front, But She is Opposed to Conscrip- tion of Men Except as Last Resort. The following letter appears in the Toronto Globe . In all fairness to those women mem- bers of the organizations represented by Mrs. L. A. Hamilton, President of the National Equal Franchise Union; Mrs. Albert Gooderham, President of thé Daughters of the Empire;. Mrs. ."H. Torrington, President of the National Council of Women; and by Mrs. E. A. Stevens, President of the Ontario W. C. T. U,, will you publish in your valuable paper the following protest from one member against the stand taken by these ladies in favor of the war-time franchise act? First. let me state 1 am the mother *f a dear boy overseas whom I have not seen for three years, who, al- though a university, student, enlisted as a private, later joining the Royal Flying Corps as an officer, and has been flythg for one year in France, passing through many perilous adven- tures. I am heart and soul in this war, but [am absolutely opposed to conscription of men except as a last resort, Al am in favor of securing as many more vol cers as possible, and of conscripting fifty' or one hun- dred million dollars, or "silver bul- lets," which Bonar Law says are now beginning to have as much importance as "the last reserves of men." I want to ask these four leading Conser- vative ladies, Heads of the above named women's organizations, the fol- lowing questions: What women and what societies of women did they consult, and I desire to ask them to publish in the public press, over their own signatures a full and complete list of those women and those societies so consulted? I am a member, and have been for eleven years, of a large and very im- portant chapter of the Daughters of the Empire, having held different of- fices iN the same, at one time filling the office of First Vice-Regent. The Regent of our chapter has been several thousand miles distant from her home all summer. so who spoke for our chapter? 1, for one, frankly state that the first intimation 1 had that I, as a member of that chapter, had been consulted was when I read in the public press that I, with other members of various wdmen's associa- tions, had unselfishly (in the interests, no 'doubt, of the Conservative party, with which these so-called leaders of women are in such close touch) de- sired to be disenfranchised. 1 admit, -with all due deference to these so-called "leaders of thought, that I think they should have taken time "to think" a little longer before thinking out such a very. weak and poor reason why we British-born wo-| men should have the votes withheld from us. . How could the giving of the fran- lise to women have brought about any disastrous results to the carrying Pardanei had to return to Sandy Hook to continue The couple are well known' in Narragansett and tn. es on of the war by the Canadian people, when the British-born women out- number the foreign by at least four to [ These ladies have offered a dire insult to the intelligent and pa- triotic Brit.sh women of Canada when they take such a position and state it so publicly in the press If upon consultation and investiga- tion it was\ decided not wise to-en- franchise the foreign women during the period of the war, why did not these four Conservative ladies lay 'stress upon this feature of the fran- chise but, at the same time, urge upon the Premier that that should not be a deterrent cause why the British-born woman, thoroughly patriotic and loyal, should not receive it? Why should the wontap's franchise be conferred upon the select few? Can it be that these four prominent Conservative ladies, upon due consultation with others of the same 'political brand. have very thoughtfully decided to of- fer up as a sacrifice on the altar--not the altar of their country, but on the altar of their political party--the votes of all women, British-born and other- wise, who might possibly vote against the b.ll on which their leader, Sir Rob- ert Borden, hopes to be returned to power? It was a very thoughtful, un. selfish act of theirs, but savors too much of the unselfish, patriotic devo- tion to his country of Artemus Ward, who considered his duty in the Civil War was shown by the willingness with which he "sacrificed all his wife's' relations." Can it be that, instead of consulting as many representative women societies as possible these four Conservative ladies consulted their Conservative husbands instead? EDITH KERR MACDONALD. "The Maples," Cobourg, Ont. FORM HABITS IN ARMY. Soldiers Who Perform Duties by Clock Never Forget. Ottawa, Oct. 1.----One of the strongest recommendations for mili- tary life, in the opinion of men back from the front, is that it tends to give gne settled habits of living. The soldier has a regular round of daily duties, including lengthy periods for he grows used to this mbthod of or- dering his existence quickly. It is a tradition of the race that the easiest way to-go through life enjoying oneself is to rgfm good habjts, such as regularity'in rising, going to hed, eating, shaving, and the like. All these are jJearned by men in the army. Their] duties are 30 ordered that they may perform the day's task with the. least possi- ble delay and without confusion. Furthermore, the discipline main- tained in the citizen armies which are fighting in the present was is by no means like that of former times, win harshness and severity were considered Sse It has been found out by those Who did not realize it at once that the men of the present Allied armies work and fight better Bott treated as self- respecting individuals, each one pos- sessed of -his ua, it willing to observe discipline for the good of the whole. ton, and no potatoes may be sold at retail at more than 1%d per 1b. over counter. Potatoes can only be sold by weight. An extra charge of 4d per lb. is allowed for credit or de- livery. The price of bread has been fixed at 9d per 4 1b. loaf and flour is not to be sold at retail at more than 2%d per 1b. As to coal, retail prices must not exceed the prices in operation in the twelve months prior to the war by more than 6s 6d to 7s 6d per ton, and the net profit on' coal de- liveries is not to exceed 1s per ton, this net profit to include all interest charges and salaries to owners, partners and directors of the busi- ness. (Calitag Falmouth to land passengers) Ae oply to local agents or to The $0 King Street Fast, Toronto IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE ! 1, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 run daily. Other trains dally except 8 Direct route to Hamilton Buffalo, Chicago, Bay City, "Epa Passenger Service Montreal and London ° Saginaw, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Portland, St. John, Halifax, Boston, and New York. . For Pullman accommodation, tickets and all other information, apply to, J. P. Hanley, Agent. Ageney for all ocean steamship lines. Open day and night - --- A Art Montreal and Bristol For particulars of eallings ana rates obert The price of hard coal in Winni- peg is likely to remain at $12.50 per ton. ford Co., Limited, General nts TO AND FROM KINGSTON" Any person desiring to compare | the above prices with those ruling | in any part of Canada can, of course, do so on the basis of one | fcent being. equal to one halfpenny, 2 cents for 1d, and 24 for 1s. | | | | John W. Plewes, principal of the | Central School, Chatham, was | nominated to oppose A. B. McColg, | Liberal member for West Kent, at | the coming federal election. The G.N.W. strfke was called off from five o'clock this afternoon. P. D. Perry promised there should be no discrimination when the men came back to work. Harrowamith, Yarker, Napanee, Des- to, Belleville, Trenton, Hrighton, » Port Hope, and Teroato, Portland, Smith's Richmond and Ot- 4.40 P.M. ARRIVE FROM 10 «JW. ABE For Tickets, Reservations, Literature and Information, apply to J. E. 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