PN lt Nt Nt Published Dally and Semi-Weekily #y THE. BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED. Editor and Managin, g-Director. Leman A Guild Telephones: Pusiness Office . Editorial Rooms Job Office BUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) delivered (n city $8.00 if paid fn advance .... $5.00 by mail to rural offices $2.50 year, to United States $2.50 (SBemi-We kl Edition) vear, by mal cash .. year, if not pald in advance year, to United States Six and MONTREAL R. Bruce Owen TORONTO F.C One One e ° One One One year, year, year, 00 50 60 REPRE Traders Bank EPRE STATI Ww York Chicago Bl de. Vi 1510 Ass'n Bldg. nd a seat another ard work {o make Alderme« Cor- {i The movement sye- io. + L Opposition in but f« this be rces were at ¢ 101 impossible tt and Smith. ceeded, 'and so an 'election forced . 0 has been TAX the with a instead of THIS YEAR'S The fact -that closed the year over $2,000, RATE. . City Counell surplus of carrying an overdraft as has been usual during | the past ten vears, was due to in- creased license fees (thanks to these being fully collected), an ad, ditional $1,300 in taxes not esti~ mated and 3780 rent of the paving plant which was used by the Militia Department in building the road Barriefield camp. 1917 cost there to : Street lighting about $22,000, but hope of this amount being reduced in 1918 through the coming of Hydro-Electric Commission pow- er. When ibis reduction comes then the citizens may feel like nieet- 18 desire of the member of the ties Commission and doing some enthusing over Kingston's fortune in being linked up Trent power, which the _late Seymour Company was instrumental in harnessing for ®he benefit of this district. The total Loy 0 k F F t good with t tax rate paid by ratepayers bf Kingston during 1917 29% mills. As there is a small surplus from last year, instead the usual overdraft, and with the possibility of the street lighting tire}! I was ¢ of {I © Attached is one of the Job printihg offices In Canada best The clrenintion of THE BRITISH WHIG is authentiented by the ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations, -------- ra : : p \ The ice crop is safe, anyway. Any New Year "yet? resolutions broken Encourage trade and home | industries. nore get chance t Nobody The $ a 0 nment swear | off it him. Gove does for Russia! whers® I'oor Know on a old dosen't She | she's going, but ses) hér way--to what? - given a | place at the board. And Iphor knows' championed its cause | at council . Labor has last been who As the Cleveland aptly enquires: Plain "What is it taken the French out of Canadian?" Dealer | that has the French- Germaus, A Turks are getting quite a few stiff punches various their military anatomy, rovernment as the manhood Canada. now equalize things by the wealth of Canada Fhe and good, parts of 80 to speak. istrians on The conscripted May conscripting of it Toronto has declared emphatical- ly in favor of public ownership of the street railway system. Wonder how Kingston wduld vote on a simi. lar proposition? No one these days can sit back and wait. He must up dnd doing Admiral Jellicoe in England and the Union Government in Canada here neet, on commion "ground. be ~ Sm | It took the British encompass the fall of Jersusalem. i AS an example of bull-dog tenacity | this is a record.' The Hun must to-, day realize he up against when he delies the Anglo- Saxon race. rn, | 700, years to what is -- ----- 3. ca * The Kaiser, in a New Year order, again proclaims: "Forward with God to fresh deeds!" Fresh deeds what--brutality and - devilishness? To link the name of the Almighty with Hun atrocities is the essence of bypropisy. { of To-day is a red-letter day tor mili- tary Canada. The new army starts, #o-day to report tor duty. They wili | | add, we feel sure, adilitional glory | to the record made by the immortad | Plrst Contingent and those who fol Jdowed them. y A record of forty-six years on the Staff of the Poftsmouth Penitentiary is a service t6 be proud of. The : Whig heartily congratulates Michael J. Kennedy on such. an unusual achievement. t. The staft' of the in- stitution afo also deserving of praise in recognizing the value of his ser- vices, as shown 'by the presentation of a valuable gold watch. If the timepieces is as faithful in its duty as. Michael has: been .in his, it will not lose a second of time In the next fow hundred years. FRONTEN AC Ww ARD. The Whig has already st reasons for 7 its return Utili- Coun- good The ated advocating whe by acclamation of the Mayor, ne Commissioners ind City ci Thode same redsous hold in respect to Frontenac Ward. three representatives af that- ward in I&st year's cQunedl were. able and energetic aldermen and deserved: por , big, 'lowered, levery {Rumania and Italy. jto [recovery into use for growing crops. { help them because we have prospered while they have suffered. Bo rates being reduced, it would appear hopeful that this year's Council will not called upon to increase the Thirty mills of taxation looks t be f rate ont step it ti It alleviate word of praige sisters, ure a suffering hero. The and of ¢ who have whole work is int K of one of the left Dassidg years. ! a DON'TS m OR DRVERS hospital t o greeting J at home rom ts friends and supportel 3 LONG LIST OF INSTRUCTIONS WHICH SHOULJ BE FOLLOWED Step by of hospital of of surpassing interest shows init from a st beds ' revel 1ent he Gevelopment y i Be --- Exe re ise ( aution] ationary Aceidents Can Only Avoiiled by, 200 to its present statis wit Proper Care accommodation fer 300 patient and Common Sense, | is a story of hare Safety for the motorist! Yoh mes - have written and] volumes will be written about how to i it, bat-al in vain unless the] | | hardships been C conquered devotion to duty [ul things which the and of the wonder: : nl SECUTE are being done to|S%ecM motorist himself adheres to the care'! our ful suggestions of those who have | 8p {had wide experience among car users | nursing who have paid the price of careless untiring ren-; ness, In this advanced age of the auto- | mobile, the 'motorist is as safe in his| car as he is in his armchair at home! | -provided he is not careless It {the man who "takes a chance," e ither| given through ignorance or because of al of departme nts of the! natural recklessness, that is a menace 0spital, especially the surgical, |to himself and others. pathological and X-ray departments. | There follows a list of DONT'S aud a mob of suggestions hook profusely illustrated by! vhotographs of the hospital, its staff various departments. It con lydes with a cordial of thanks 0 sgcieties indiv lent i sufferings of ick A given to the and wounded soldiers recial is whose zeal and ergy have made hospital life a pleas- Yhe and have many for soldiers who brought comfort and ease to Inter descri the ting are various tions of i5 ' Maxims for Motorists. to a full stop before Phssing | standing trolley cars. 4 flow down and proceed with cau- tion at intersecting streets, blind cor-| ners, school ¢rossings and bridges | Come to a full stop ing railroad tracks : wa, Always give signal when préparing to turn or stop Always give signal so that the man in back will knéw what you ire ing to do Don't back up wit behind you. note Come all the and fduals assistance to The sely interesting to} valuable he hospital since its formation. before cross-| Singstonians, for it records the story finest units which ever the' Limestone City Those who wave the good fortune will have ecord to obtain a Z0- opy in their possession a of war will be- out first looking valuable gratitude 0.C., ope this work which ome more and more A debt Etherington, with of n due Col, ¥ he production and publication of ine history of his Take Chances. suddenly Don't Don't stop s ; In passing another car going same direction turn out ut least feef back of it in order to get a clear the unite but it must be remembered that the size of a tax rate depends upon assessment. Kingston property is not assessed high. If it the view of the road ahead If there is another car coming, don't try to pass : | Don't PUBLIC OPINION: a was increased the tax rate could be but it is hardly likely that such a plan will be followed. a t AN APPEAL TO FARMERS, Many have been the demands upon the generosity of the 'Canadian peo- ple_during the war. The response, on occasion, has been prompt and {1iberal as befitted a young and pros- ! perous nation. And now still anoth- er requices their support. A British Empire Fund is being raised by voluntary contributions to render | first-aid in restoration of agri- {culture on farms in the devastated regions of France, Belgium, Serbia, The object is help reinstating the peasant farmers in the invaded countties of our Allies. This will be done by gifts of seed, livestock, implements, ete, to enable them to make a fresh start. This is above all things a far- mers' cause, and should strongly ap- to all tillers of thé soil.. The mivisters of agriculture and the leaders of the agricultural organiza- tions in the various provinces have expressed themselves as entirely in sympathy with tf8 movement to ex- tend practical financialfaid "to -their brother farmers who have sufféred so greatly, The 'British Whig, along f t 8 cause t the b. b Le. colonies in t I a peal é september) we can see where German rule? trian jugglers A An rm the same direction while | corner | | n't try to pass on the right of] bs Carrs 0 going in the same direction In passing a car standing at the] side of .the road, sound warning and] exercise extreme caution { Don't take chances. Don't assume that the other driver will play safe --he may take the sdme | chance vou are going to take. { Drive Siow ly in entering or leaving | a publie garage. turning ay Get Together, (Brantford Exposilor) If the twentieth century da"s it is time she got together so as 0 make the most of it for herself. A Missing Spirit, (St. Thomas Journal) The spirit of the holiday season ills the air, Dut the spirit that used 0 accompany it (prior to a. certain are hapiily absent The Store ibbys That Keeps the Prices Down - r Canada. - and $22.50. Don' t Worr vy A High Prices Don't be stampeded into buying. immense quantities of men's and boys' wearables ha enabled us to almost 'guarantee goods for. spring and fall of 1918 at present prices. And mark you, our present prices defy competition anywhere, in Watch This Space For January Prices Something different every few days. of young men's overcoats, marked at $15. 00. Other stores ask $20 A 'Early and careful buying ol See our window display oul Bibbys Limited Canada's Advantage. (Guelph Herald) » Von Tirpitz says 'it is only a ques- ion of keeping cool.' t that's all, Canada can safely! e relied upon to win the war. Don't DSS a horse at high speed; him a chance to get acquainted | . giv wit h an automobile If vou see a horse is frightened, | speak to him gently. Your "whoa,| } will mean more than his driv-| It will go far toward convine- that your car is | his intelligence such a strange monster after all. # boy er's. ling | not The Important Point, ¢ (London Advertiser) { Germany Wants her colonies back, ut the most important point is: Do wish to-go back under] passing children. - | You want | i Go slow Be considerate of others, them to be considerate of you. Don't bug the wrong side of the road in order to take a corner at high| speed There may be a car coming | from the opposite direction and the; driver needs all, the room you can) give him. . ' America, Eng gland, France and taly are mot gding to accept a peace rranged bhetween German and Aus- and Russian anar- hists, : Rippling Rhymes with other organizations, will receive and acknowledge contributions. The farmers of gur Allies, in the devagted regions, have lost every- thing in the war. In some places tie land -itself is torn beyond any possible The farmers 6f the whole British Empire want to help these brother farmers to get on their feet as soon as they obtain possession of thei BY COMPARISON When anything goes wrong with me up and curse, but think of chaps agross the sea, who suffer nine times worse. I have. rheumatics in my bones, these marrowbones of mine, and sometimes I would hand out groans, and shed some tears of brine; and then I think of men who fight in trenches far away; they crouch in water through the night, and toil 'through mud by day. They have so many kinds of aches, so many sores and sprains; they think rheu- matic twinges fakes, mere imitation pains. Then I'm ashamed to roar and beef and cuss my duck ill starred; I don't rear "farms. They have nothing left with which to begin farming again. Their houses and machinery have been destroyed by the Huns.' We want to help them for the sake of the good nume of Canada: we want to ¥ Our dairy- i grain-growers, our live- stock mien, our poultrymen and fruit- growers © and 'our country' women should remember and 'help their kin- dred across the.seas. Think kindly, therefore, of giving some aid to the { Doasant farmers in war-stricken I urope who have epdured more suf- fering than we in Canada can ever| realize, men, our ------------ ------ A RECORD OF MERIT. , When the full story of the war is | written the work done by the Medi- cal Services will come in for a large 3 {share of the praise und honor due to 'our armies, so that the record of the work done by No. 7 (Queen's) Cane adian General Hospital is of special) interest. ' This story has just come from the publisher's hands and is contained in a neat, well-bound little{ volume, for wu copy of which the Whig has to thank Col. Etherington, thé commanding officer of the unit. The book tells of the mobilization of 'the unit, then known as No, § Canadian Stationary Hospital, at Kiggstoi on March 26th, 1915. Then follows a graphic description of its work on St.' Martin's Plains, in England, and its transfer for service tor Egypt in Angust, 1915. After eight months of hard work at Cairo, the unit increased in size until it passed into the category of general hospitals by becoming No. 7 (Queen's) Canadian General Hospi- tal, with an establishment of 1,040 beds. "As wuch it was transferred|- to France in April, 1916, and since be: returned to Coudeit, Ald. Jvright thew It as, done, pind orice sof AAT WASH, 1 take my little tinhorn grief and plant it in the yard. Sometimes depression comes along, and burdens down my: "sonl: 1 feel that things'are going wrong, and hope s in the hole. Presentiments of-coming ill through all my being flow; and then [I think of Kaiser Bill, who's cornered human woe. How long would any ill] of mine compare with ills of his? And now the sun begins to shine, and I rémark, 'Gee whiz!" Though ou may feel misfortune's prod, affliction's jolt and jar, if you will only ook around you . see h¢gw blest you "WALT MASON. THINGS THAT N EVER HAPPEN By GENE RYRNES mM BEGINNING To Look LFofi BIRTHDAYS hs HORROR -- JUS THINK | WAS THIRTY 3. NINE YE bed 5. Pr A ) OLD YESTERDAY Give Kiddies a Chance. i A PtP PtP APs sat rr Be careful in passing the front o a standingstrolley car, ! Pedestrians Have Rights Look out for children dodging from behind.a trolley car which is 'stand- {ing and which came from the op- posite direction. In day driving, 'jay walker" into the street cross walks. Don't forget look out for the -he is sure to walk out that a pedestFian ff between the regular is | more apt to skid on an icy pavement than you are. The man who runs across the road | in front of you just as it is gétting dark may be hurrying home for sup- per. It takes him longer to get there than it does you, so give him a chance. Look out for boys stealing rides on teams. 4 Don't drive one that is nearly worn out Don't allow your spotlight to shine in the faces of drivers of approaching cars. Whatever alcohol you use, put it in the radiator. -Install a good device -for cleaning, rain or snow from the windshield. See that your set if you ieave your tar on an in- cline, and also turn your front whe els toward the curle Watch for the pedestrian who tries to cross the street after you have re- fast with a soft tire or| | | | | | | brakes are properly i ceived the traffic ofMcer's signal to go! ahead. " Exercise caution when being towed dr in towing another car Don't hurry: take corners slowly; look out for: pédestrians who may try to cut bétween the cars, not observing the tow rape, If you stop on the road to make a répair-or a tire changé¢, see that the car is as far as possible from' the travelled portion of the road. 1{ forced to stop at night, don't al tow anything or anyone to stand so as] to hide the tail light from the view of approaching cars. if working on the feft or road side of the car, exercise extreme care. Look Ahtads Not Behind, Don't try to talk to persons in the tonneau if you are driving. In using an elevator, don't drive on or 'off before the elevator comes to a full stop at proper level. Don't run the Motor in a closed garage. The carbon monoxide in ex- 'haust gases is odorless and colorless {and a small percentage of it in the air is fatal. Don't park your car headlights undimmed. Don't allow children to drive. . Don't employ an incompetent chauffeur. Insist on good 'recom- mendations before hiring. : Persons should. not be allowed to drive along until they have become experienc ed operators. Install a good no-glare device in and leave your lights and keep your lights ad-|" justed Don" t.park your car in-the middle of the, street. or dn the way ot other drivers. British Envoys To Retire, London, Jan. 3. --8i Rice and 'Lord Bertie, according to' the Daily Chfonicle. will shortly re-| tire from the British embassies at Washington 8. The newspa~ per adds that it is rumored that Sir George Buchanan is about to 'resign his post as Ambassador at Petrograd. --------------------. Thomas Porter, an thmate of the House of Refuge at Woodstotk, 70 years. of age, slipped away, and was found frozen to death. Michael 'Rafter; Arngrrior, a re tired farmer; bas passed away after a Tong illness, aged eighty years, r Ceci] Spring] ---- AAA AAA \ TO OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS rman am We tender our hearty thanks for the confidence shown us during the year that is past and extend to them sincerest good wishes for the New Year. DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 7 185 Princess Street. Phone 343. A a etter "Stop, Look, Listen! AND BUY Our Christmas Goods Are Here. Come and buy early and often at « The Bon Marche Phone 1844. Cor. King & Earl i --_--t J TN AA AAA Arr Aetna e a Carpenter and Builder | W. R. BILLENNESS Specializing Store Fronts and Fit. tings. Remodelling | Buildings of all 1 ESTIMATES 8 EXPERIENCE Address 272 University Ave. -------------------------------------------- RO het hh a Have Your Car Over- hauled and Stored - for the Winier AT THE Central Garage, 235 WKisg St. Proprietor, > r ED. WALSH "GREETINGS 1918 May health and hap. piness attend you. throughout the year. - Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 and 990, RA J -- ATTENTION United Grocery 138 Princess St. shipment of government this week. . Usll Tirst to arrive Chinese Lillies. SPECIAL THIS WEEK: Martin's Petsto 'Flours, Tesular price Zhe, snle price... de Curn Starch, regular pries - male price, for 500 hs choice dairy Inner, 47e It, Overseas Hoxes, all sirens, See our window for Christmas candies, stockings and chocv- ointen, i United Grocery. BEN LEE $ co, | COAL CUSTOMERS Please Notice r | On and after first of May Coal Sales will be for Cash Only. BOOTH & CO. Phone 133. JORN M. PATRICK Sewing Machines, Umbrellas, Suit Cases, Trunks repaired and #hfitted, Saws filed, Knives and Scissors | sharpened; Razors honed; All maken of firearms repaired promptly. Locks | repaired; Keys fitted, All makes of {lawn mowers sharpened and repair | od. | 149 Sydenham Street i v EE ---------------- ------------ CRAWFORD COAL SALES will Be For CASH. - At price current Tor the mi when the onder i ive .. The Coal situation United States rt Foot of Queen <t, Phone9, thie en i | | | | aL | | i | | i i i