v - PAGE FOUR _ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG: FRI DAY, APRIL 12, 1918. Sp------ THE BRITISH 'WHIG i S5TH YEAR. I i | istatement iat it k | | publication {best and n {not, as hithert lin Published Duily and, Semi-Weekiy by THE BRITISH PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED, J. G. Bott . Leman A. Gu .. President Editor and fad cs Managing -Director Telephones: Business Office ; Ednorial Rooms .. Job OMee .... .ocopsienrse Ares SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Dafly Fdition) One year, delivered in efty .... One year, if paid in advance One year, by mall to rural offices One yeas. to United States (Hemi- Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash One vear, if vot paid in advance One vear. to United States : #ix and three gponths pro MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE A. Brtice Owen 23 St. Peter St TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE F.C Hoy .... 1005 Traders nk Bldg. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: fF. RR Northrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York ¥.R. Northrup, 1210 Ass'n Bldg. Chicago 9 $1.5 $1.50 ata Letters tix the Editor are published only over the actual. name of the writer, re Attached Is one of the best 3b printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ; ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. Eat These are the crucial days of the war. (More than ever before is it true that he who is not with us is against us. Up to the present t'me, the army of manoeuvre on the western front "seems to be about as much of a my- stery as the armies in Macedonia, + Hats off to Ald. W. H. Newman, the father of daylight saving. in Kingston} He espoused the cause when it had few if any friends, but fie can mow rejoice in the Dominion wide realizatfon of his ideal. Nearly all the newspapers in Canada to-day retail at two cents. A two-cent piece would, therefore, be a great convenience to the public. ~ Is there any good reason why the Dominion mint should not Issue such a coin? he Russians ¢ank a number of their warships in the. Black Sea rather than let them fall into the hands of Germany. That is not the British way. History records the undying tight of the little "Revenge" against fifty-three Spanish ships-of- War. w ch - - - -- tt & "Somewhere near Philadelphia," says a despatch, is a long range gun superior to that . of the Germans which has been bombarding Pans. Pity 'tis that this gun anda few more like it were not "somewhere" fear Amiens," where their effective noss would be much wiore apparent. "---- pyuring the 'first three months of this year the Province of Ontario fssued permits for automobiles to the number of 48.500, an increase of about 10,000 over the same period ' last year. That showing would in- - dicate that Outario is still blessed Ad with' prosperity. "Crothers forced out O'Connor. The wrong n got out," declares the Winder: Retr That seems to be the gene opinio. If ever a public servant should have been en- couraged and sustained, that man was O'Connor. The Government cannot afford to let the matler rest where it is. "Everything," declares President Wilsor, "that Ameriea has lived for and loved and grown great to vindi- cate and bring to a glorious reallza- tion, will have fallen-in utter ruin 'and the gales of mercy once mors _ piteously shut upon mankind. - The thing is preposterous and imposs- _ ible. And yet is not that what the "7 whole course and action of the Ger- wan armies have meant wherever they have moved?" : ------ a ---- mel appointment of CHANGE. Union Gov- and busi- ent is shown by the is considering the an advertising man- 11d take charge of all advertising, the country's ad- vertising would placed in those which could render the efficient and in those which lend a servile support to the party in pow- 1 WELCOME ¢. proof that the gressive ment nesslike goveri ager, who v Dominion Government In such an event be service, This would be an important step the abolition' of respectable, worth- of the Dominion the change. business on the basis of the service they can ren- der, and have no desire to bé under obligation, to agy party, any organ- ization or any government They re- coghize a dyty and an obligation to their. readers and to the public in general far stich considera-| tions. A free and independent press! the direction of patronage The while newspapers would welcome Such publications seek gladly above is one of the best safeguards of de-| mocracy. The Whig believes that the great majority of Canadian news- papers measure up to~this standard | -------------------- POETRY AND THE WAR. It is a fact of recent notation that] more and more poetry is being writ-| ten to-day. Undoubtedly it is true, and the reason is-that war, tualizer, has troubled the the soul Whenever man breaks into song, For song is the mode of expression upon wirich we fall back in great mo- ments of despair, of sorrow, of vie- tory, of death. Blind Homer sang his epics along the dusty Ionian high- ways. Milton, in darkness and tra- vail, concelyed his immortal odes. David in sorrow or exultation hymn- ed the Psalms. We have the sagas of the Norse, the Ukranian ballads and the folksongs of every primitive people, The simple men of the sea made chanties--make them Every newspaper can show in its "In Mem- oriam' column verse, crude perhaps, but ringing true, torn from laboring breasts. Every youth in love breaks into song. For moments of exalta- tion prose will not do, and that is all there is to it. More poetry being written to-day? Aye, the world is in. travail and giv- ing birth to voices. "Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong; They learn in suffering what they teach in song." the spiri- waters of that occurs, vet KINGSTON AND DAYLIGHT SAV. i ING. At two o'clock on Sunday morning the clocks will be advanced an hour. With that change daylight saving will come into effective operation: Though Canada has lingered behind nearly all the rest of the civilized nations in adopting the scheme, there is good reason to believe that she will carry out its provisions whole-heartedly and successfully. Kingston has taken a very promin- ent part in this movement. It is in- teresting to recall that 'the subject was first introduced into Canada in a public way by Ald. H. W. New- man, who moved a resolution in the City Council on May 21st, 1915, as follows: i : : "That from and after two o'clock in the morning of the first Sunday in. April until two o'clock of the first Sunday ig. November in each year, the standard time shall be one hour in advance of the standard time now in use; the time hereby shall be known as standard time, and when any period of time is mentioned in any Act of Parliamen:, deed or other legal instruments the time. mentioned or referred to shall, unless it-is otherwise stated, be heid to be standard time. "That an act be passed by the Provincial Legislature bringing this change of standard time into effect. "That the city clerk be authoriz- ed to forward a copy of this resolu- tion to every town and city in On- tario with a population of 5,000 er over." This initidtive led many cities and towns to endorse the resolution, buf the provincial Government held its hand on the understanding that the Dominion Government would short- ly take the matter up. During an automobile trip in the summer of 1516, Ald. Newman visited a num- ber of municipalities and -addressed several meetings in the interests of daylight savi As a result many resolutions were passed and for- warded to the Provincial Govern. 'ment. or Again on May 22nd, 1816, Ald Newman introduced the dalight re- solution as wu local measure in the City Council, acting on a petition signed by all the wholesale mer- chants of the city, all thé 'manu- facturing industries, and many of the rtetall merchants... The resolu- tion was adopted, to come into ef- 1916. Owing to the fact that it was national measure, it was subse- quently rescinded. > ' 'In September; 1918, man, Trade of Ont ilton in | sterdam despatch says. {of fect on the morning of June 1st} a local, rather that a provincial or} Ad. New| tion of the 'Association of Boards it] 0, to be held at Ham-| T similar Ald. Newman and | the | Novembg action | should be taken Mr. Ro Meok wepresgnted local Board.at this convention, and | strongly. in favor al.ibe | It pageed unanimously. | in Febrtiary, 1917, and in | Later on, February, 1918, the measure wag) i | both spoke resolution again introduced at meetings of the} Kingston Board 'of Trade, when was brought forward as a Dominion- | measure. Ald. Newman | in his' éfrorts it | wide pers ( to about daylight saving im Canada, | and it must be highly gratifying lo} him to see his labors at last crown- | ed with success. He can quite | truthfully be called the father of daylight saving in Canada. Once in| a while, as in this case, a prophet isi honored even in his own country. | PURC OPNON_| Criminals, { Kapsag City Times) German criminals are to be en- rolled for military service, an. Am- Well, it's about time eo unkers get a tasjte the fighting The Worm Will Turn, State Journal) Some day the patient German peo- ple are going to get to wondering whether it's worth while to lose so much man power and to keep so much Crown Prince power. ( Ctivbo Misjudged, {Rochester Times-Union) Don't judge the . Germans too harshly on account of the use they're making of that big gun. Maybe they didn't intend to blow up that Paris church on Good Friday. 'Maybe they were only aiming at a hospital. i Te Explanation Wanted. (Toronto Star) F. O'Connor, K.C., has made a splendid reputation' by his ex- posure of food monopoly, and to him is due largely the credit for the reform that es been made. His resignation is great]y to be regretted and the country awaits the explana- tion. Ww His Liberty Restricted. (Windsor Record) We're. all law-abiding folks around here but withdrawal of our liberties makes us sort of touchy. We can't got a drink, we can't have a Sunday paper and we can't cross the river to Detroit without show- ing 'a marriage certificate, even though we have perfectly good passport. Don't monkey with us much - more We're getting rather hot under the collar. a «The Keylog In The Jail. (London Advertiser) Bourassa has been, and continues to bé, 'the keylog™th jhe Quebec jam. the volors 'early in the war, and the jam he caused has become larger and capable of greater resistance. But the lumber boss in charge of the drive set his lumber-jacks picking at the outside logs with their pike-poles and peevies. They bruised the skin of the legs, but they did not release the jam. The boss seemed afraid to tackle the keylog 'for fear the jam might fall over upon him, The late Chief Justice, H. M. Howell, Winnipeg, was born in Thur- lqw township, Hastings county, Sept. 17th, 1842. Picton Council has voted a $6,000 grant to the Y. M, C. A., for over- seas work among the soldiers. this paper of casualties, He stopped the flow: of men toward, a, { ; £ s CASUALTIES Relatives Are Requested to Notify the Whig. Upon receipt of messages of casualties relatives are requests ed to notify the Whig, By do- ing this they will take the most convenients and expediti< ous manner of conveying the news to theiy friends. The names are mot published in the - casualty lists till four or five days following the receipt of the official telegram, and the publication of the news is therefore delayed unless the Whig is notified. : Relatives who reside in the vicinity are also asked to notify i { * n i i } | | | { ALD. Tl. W. NEWMAN Father of Daylight Saving ' The in [Canada KINGSTON WAS HIT BY APRIL SNOW STORM Once More the Citizens Had to Haul Out Their Snow Shovels. How did you enjoy the April snow storm? The Weather Man was ahout the most unpopular fellow in the city on Friday morning, when citizens awoke to find a white mantle over the ground. Just as the roads had been cleared of ice abd, snow and made good for automobiles and bicyeles, Old Probs, in the we sma' hours of the night, sent along a snow storm, Snow shovels which had been pack- ed away, were hauled out again and put into service on the sidewalks. The fall of "the beautiful" was of the wet, heavy variety,.and it required some labor to get i,pff. Paid a Fine, After spending three weeks in the county jail, Willian} Blitk came to the conclusion that it would be better for him to explain to Magistrate Far- rell how and by what means he had gecnred his liquor, apd 'whén arraign- ed before the court he did so. A fine of $10 and costs was then imposed. To Hold a Dance, # Nothing brings demoralisation tion. We know that Great Britain is stuffs. 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The dance will be under the | auspices of ladies prominent socially and representative of societies such | as the Daughters of the Empire. ° IAA. ws Bibbys WHERE SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES COME FROM TTT er ---------- ; Rippling Rhymes SMALL T the same; in du foolish game. go the Teuton chide them and drunkenly she swerves, it keeps a fell Some skates are thinking treason, and others talk until his patience balks, and. then perhaps he'll sh them with rusty nails 'and rocks. { phoney traitor will make a lot/more noise, a-shooting off his crater, than ninety loyal boys; so when we hear one wheezin' and pawing up the ground, we think there's lots of treason a-cireulating round. you'd count your traitors they're mighty hard to meet, and they have in their gaiters the coldest kind-of feet. 1 often hear of fellows who'sympathize with Teuts, who like to work their bellows like trajtorous galoots; but when I go to find them and read the riot act, to "THINGS THAT NEVEP HAPPEN RAITORS e and proper season, wd'll spoil their The government's way; our Uncle Sam will boot them oot One cheap nd But when remind them of many a loyal fact, Lh, 4 their patriotic manner disarms nie right away. they , love the spangled banner as much as any jay. 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