___PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH WHIG 85TH YEAR. . ol he Published Dally and Semi-Weekly hy THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING : ©O., LIMITED, vor +. President Editor and Managing-Director. J. 6. Eliott ... Leman A. Guild Telephones: Business Office .. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES {Daly Edition) One year, delivered in eity ...... One year, if pald in advance One year, by mail to rural dffices Ome year, to United States (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mat], cash ' One year, if not paid in 50 One year, to United States $1.50 Bix and three months pro rata. MONTREAL REPRESENTATIVE R. Bruce Owen , 123 St. Peter St. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE F.C. Hoy .... 1005 Traders Bank Bldg. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE: fF. R.Nomhrup, 225 Fifth Ave, New York F.R Northrup, 15:0 Ass'n Bidg., Chicago Letters to the Editor are published only over the actual name of the writer. ; 0! 0 2.60 § 0 is one of offices in Canad The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is authenticated by the the best job a. ABv Audit Bareau of Clirculations. General Maurice thas paid the price for his indiscretion, having been retired by the War Cabinet. He could have expected nothing less, Sir Sain Hughes wants to know if the proposed Civil Service Commis- sion is to control the appointment of senators? Few of the present mem- bers 'would be wble to qualify under]. its provisions, The Collegiate Institute ought to be weny proud of its roll of honor, uhwveiled on Friday last. It Is a noble record, a glorious record, and will prove a source of patriotic in- spiration to coming generations, Reports from various sources in- dicate that the wheat crop. in the western provinces will be far in ex- cess of that off any previous year. Manitoba alone will produce about 5,000,000 more bushels. The mew Russian ambassador to Germany refuses to meet the kaiser or bow down to him. Would that there were a few million like him * back in Russia, His attitude, how- over, may not be Mat sight of by those mow under the German yoke. The appointment of a woman constable is being considered by the Board of ' Police Commissioners. There is plenty of work awaiting such an official in Kingston--work that only the right kind of a woman is capable of performing. History, as Principal Bruce Tay- or happily points out, has never yet recorded a triumph of, might over right, and it is not likely that #t ever will. Those who are inclined to pessimism to-day ought to find much of comfort in that fact. Snob snot. / In order to avoid long night ses- sions, the city council of London, Ont., will probably change its hour of meeting from 8 pm. to 2 p.m. The giving up of two afternoons a . Month to the oity's affairs ought not to mposé too great a task upon any alderman. The farmers ave not the only ones who are sulfering because of lack uf help. This paper has given eighteen of its employees to the cause, but by butting forth extra efforts those that remained have been enabled to ~ Yearry on" seme way or othe: Nearly ali other city organizatjons ould tell a simtlar story. ; = AN ENORMOUS WASTE. T*he fire report for the large total of §851,- AVE Ontario in nonth Nineteen of these fires were reported from Frontenae, was $49,675. In a ses reported during months, curiously though the ghort- ", showed the marshal's hows 9 with a loss to } MITE one 176, Plvis where the loss summary of lo last fifteen enough, February, the est month in the greatest nuinbher of s, viz., 1,020, with a loss of $1,329,268, Though most of these losses are covered by insurance, the marshal wisely points out that fire fmsurance does nof re- place lost property; it is merely an assessment on all to pay one. Using ordinary precautions and eliminating carelessness will reduce the fire dose over 54, per cent. dodlars can thus be saved annually, and our resources conserved, It costs every man, woman and chil in Canada approximately $3 e 5 annum to pay for the fire wast- ac alge in this country. In England, 18re greater precautions are taken, the loss is enly 64¢ per capita. The use of matches as a plaything is still the most prolific source of fires. Perhaps the new 'tax on matchés, making them more valuable and costly to the household, will result in the supply being mofe carefully watched. At any rate, they should at all times be kept bevond' the reach of children. IS THE SUBMARINE HELD? The latest official report of sub- marine activities shows a decided drop in the jlosses inflicted upon Al- Hed shipping by this arm of the German war services. "The elosing of the- eeespied ports of Zehrugge and Ostend, the most important U- boat bases in the hands of the en- omy, and the constant bombing of these places by British aireraft, aro operations of a most effective nate ure. The Hun must now, for a time at least, Jaunch all his submarine campaigns fom his own ports, 300 miles or more to the east. The laying of a mew and extensive mina field just outside this territory, which work the [British have but lately completed, is \going to further restrict this menace. When the U-boats sank the Lusi- tania Germany lost the war. Not only did this monstrous act deepen the determination of the Allies to once and forever put a stop to such barbarism, but, what is vastly more important, jit brought the United States into the war. The average submarine sinkings for the last three mothe, #f eontitued for a year, would result in a Joss of 4,500,000 tons of Allied shipping. To offset this we have the assurance that tf United States will build at least 3,- 000,000 tons this year. England will launch about 1,500,000 tons, while from Japan and other sources at least 500,000 tons will be secured. This gives a probable total of §,- 000,000 tons. The present great drive is Germany's acknowledgment that she must win mow or never. She realizes that the submarine has failed to starve Britain into subjec- tion and that it has totally failed to prevent the landing jin Frande of a vast and ever growing American army. If she cannot win a decisive victory in the field within the next two or three months her cause is lost, and ne one knows that better than Germany (herself. OUR RAILWAY PROBLEM. The most important problem eon- fronting Canadians to-day, outside of the prosecution of the war, is that having to do with the railway situ- ation. The Canadian Northern will be taken over by the government as soon as ifs valuation has been arrived at, and it is likely that the Grand Trunk will also be absorbed into the Gov- ernment system. There are those who advocate the nationalization of the Canadian Pacific, but the shme arguments do not hold good in this case. The C.P.R, is a model trans- continental and world-around ghip- ping route, efficiently managed and extremely prosperous. A writer in to emulate.' He writes: "If the government continues in its policy and soon has $2,000,000, 000 Prunk Pacifies, National Transconti- nentals and Intercolonials, ete., Can- ada will have a $3,000,000,000 rail- road system, of which $1,000,000,- 000 will be Canadian Pacific and 00,000,000 government roads, -the Canadian Pacific under pri management with one-third the ty will ds of the total rail ny railrosd man money, Millions of the Wall street Journal points to thisi railway as an example for Americans} ° in Grand Trunks, Grand! be found earning two-| THE DAILY BRITISH obtained by a shrewd and far-sighted | policy, No freight congestion was | permitted on any part of the line, Noi train started for. any port until the ship was in harbor, and no ship had | ever to wait an hour for its railroad, freight. "A hundred per cent. effl-| ciency road,' this writer calls ip, and | he is not far astray. ; PUBLIC OPINION. | i What Boziers Him. (Macon Telegraph) Of dourse, the German fleet may come out, but what bothers the all-| highest, alias, Gyp the Blood, is the, thought it may never come back | again, | } "Gott Be Praised!" (Laopisville Courier-Journal) The Kufser's last joyous telegram | to Mrs. Hob@nzollern was: With! Gott's help our most gracious long-| distance gun tore a hole in a French. church and killed many women and | children, for which Gott be praised. | it --a i Good In Principle. | (Ottawa Evening Journal) However, the admission must be made, we think that the principle of graded taxation of incomes is a more sensible revenue-producing principle than the flat taxation of tea or of any other desirable commodity used by the mass of the people, unless the latter sort of taxation can be shown to have some useful parpose in addi-| tion to mere production of revenue. Grow With Your Garden. (Louisville Courier-Journal) Grow a garden so you may have the satisfaction of being a producer, Put your hands in the soil so you will be a real soldier of the soil, a piece of the backbone of the country. Dig deep into the soil with the feel- ing that you are really getting back again to first principles in living. Watgh the tender green things grow with: a reverent spirit, so you may be made over spiritually, mentally and morally, Grow with your gar den, 'No Cause For Gloom. (Toronto Star) In every particular the facts today regarding the essentials of suceess encourage confidence. The allies are holding magnificently in France and Belgium. American troops are pour- ing by the hundred thousand onto the continent. The enemy sub- marines are being checked severely. The allied output of ships has caught up with the enemy's destruction of tonnage. The factories of the United States, whose production fell behind expectations, are about to produce on a colossal scale. The supply of food- stuffs is immeasurably better than we had any right nine months ago to expect 'it to be. It seems probable that 'the allies have taken the Théd sure of the enemy on the = western front, and that American reinforce- ments will turn the tide during the summer. There is reason to believe that already 250,000 American troops | March, taken: from a German pr 600 are overseas, that 700,000 more are in course of training, and that plans to brings the total up to 3, 000,000 will be In operation during the next few weeks - Let us be done, therefore, with this talk ahaut these being the darkest days of the war MILITARY PAYMENTS Made For Supplies and Services a Year Ago. The following amounts over one thousand dollars were paid out in Kingston during the year ending 1817, for military supplies, nd services, according to the Public Accounts: z Anderson Bros. S. Anglin & Co. Booth & Co. .. J. M. Caines .. .. .. Campbell & Wright . . T. R. Carnovsky .. James Crawford .. Thomas Copley Ww. J. Crothers . eas W. B. Dalton & Sons . Dominion Fish Co James Edsson Finkle & Co., .. WwW. H. Gollogly .. J. Green . .. 8. Green "ale Hooper & Slater |. Henry Hunter . a John Kelly & Son .. City of Kingston .. .. .. Kingston General Hospi- ~ tal A Ty ERIN A Hofel Dieu Hospital .. Kingston Ice Co, .: .. Kingston Milling Co. . Mowat Memorial Hospits Lemmon & Sons . . H. 'W. Marshall . W. J. Moore & Son . R. N. F. MacFarlane . A. Macleall .. .. .. .... H. W. Newman Electric O00 wis oa vai J. Y.'"Parkhill & Co. .. John Peters as Jas. Richardson & Son Roney & Co. .. Simmons Bros. Sowards Coal Co, .. Standard Printing Co. Jas. Swift & Co. .; .. Taylor & Hamiltod . . Warwick Bros. .. ' (George C. Wright TF. Burke .. .. Coffee & Bruee . . A. Glover .. J. W. Litton .. i. McKelvey & Birch .. . $40,875.20 7.130.84 1,056.02 2,675.93 11,081.62 3,385.17 6,919.22 2,176.72 19,232.40 2947.28 4,669.74 ..4,617.15 1,008. 1,371.6 9,826.8 00 NIT DD py i = iy Ee TE w 8. CURIOUS GERMAN CHAIN Taken From German Prisoner [France and Sent to Canada. Mrs. John Tupper, Brock street, thas received an interesting memento of the great war from her son, Pte. Jack Tupper, who went overseas with fhe 146th Battalion and is now in France with the 20th Battalion. It 4s a silver chain of curious design ) er cap- tured in gome of the recent fighting. The owner was evidéntly a member of the [Free (Masonry from some of the ingignia ¢n the chain, and little charms at regular intervals bear the Genman inscription, * "Glueck Auf," are available for fighting, that 800,- meaning good luck for the wearer. Rippling Rhymes rubes; how ghd pests Shrieked, I called morticians shroud. martial sires. 1 prunes, and blow portion of long green to SPRING MOTORING The cheo-choo season has arrived, the roads are good, the fields are green; I'm thankful that I have survived to burn a lot more gasoline. cold and long dnd drear, killed off a lof of jays and self for inner tubes! rheumatism through me streaked, and wrenched my joints like everything. down from Nome, were brawling angril 'But I hung on through sleet and snow, the lamp of life maintained-its flame: and now that spring- time breezes blow, you'll see me in the motor game, I'll buy some bonds to save the boons inherited from ee J cut o ch cigars and wines, and made a simple bill of fare; I « to pay my fines for busting speed laws here and there. help the Red Cross work, that's Eo for gasoline--mechanics then will get the rest. The winter, am I that I'm still here to blow my-/ Sometimes I thought, when tem- wouldn't live to see the spring, for 8, whooping x,and loud, I to my home, to figure oh a bier and When blizzal 'll spend some bones for bread and some more for rubber tires. I've Il need my I'll blow & blest; the bulk will --WALT MASON. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN 1 al By GENE BYRNES He WHIG, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1918 Fo ens in A ES A -------- i TR h---- -- BIBBYS -- | Men's & Boys' Wear ry Our Boys' J ~~ Wealways count it a pleasure to show our . boys' clothes to parents who are just looking. See Our $7.50 Suits For Boys. Sizes 30 to 34. Norfolk or Reefer style, straight knicker or bloomer. ° See Our $9.00 Pinch Back and Belter Suits. Fine cheviots and tweeds. Sizes 28 to 33. Big Boys' Suits Sizes 31 to 36. The Collegiate. $9.00, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $16.50, $18. 00 ~ es It will pay you to do so. Stations. Phone 388 Now is the Time to Start Spraying with a Spraym Used by We have a book on Spraying BUNT?'S Hardware otor Experimental for asking. Government free King St. Farms For Sale 50 meres, ® miles from Kingston, om ---- onl], fair bulidings; about 30 meres of gsod lund under cultiva. tion. Price 100 meres, 11 miles from Kingstony fair bulidings; well watered and fenoed; wood encugh for fafl; about SO ac- ren first clnss plow land. Price 135 meres, well located; 75 serves good plow land; plenty of wood; bulld- ings nlome worth the money, Price $2,000, on easy terms. Possession of any of these farms can be had at once. . I. J. LOCKHART Kingston, Ont. Carpenter énd Builder W. R. BILLENNESS Specializing Store Fronts and Fit. tings. Hemodelling Buildings of all ESTIMATES 1 EXPERIENCE > Address, 272 University Ave. uy Women Everywhere Use Lemon Juice To Beautify Skin "The beauty lotion which is be- coming so popular throughout the country is easily prépared by any- one, and a whole quarter pint doesn't jtost any more than a small jar of creams. fresh lemons white and cold Add the juice of two to three ounces of orchard shake well in a bottle, § = + tH {proved that an ditions of the artist' TTY i The Edison Tone Test Answers Your Question "What instrument shall | buy?" That's been your question. And the Edi- VY YY YY YN Fresh Garden Add aa a a Seeds From relisble seed houses, in package and bulk. Also a few Dutch bulbs, for spring blossoming. DR. CHOWN'S DRUG STORE 18 Princess St., Phone 848 PUR Maple Syrup $2.00 per Gallon. Now is the time to put it up for next winter's use. Jas. REDDEN & Co. Phones 20 and 990. L ed it. The tone test has instru- ment has been finally perfected which re- creates the singer's voice so faithfully that the hu- man ear can not dis- tinguish between the ten, a that of & pis meant hy the, phrase Music's Re- ' Phonograph with a Soul" - Call B our store and learn what] i son tone test has answer-| = TTV VY oN vy . WEHAVEA § SUPPLY § 'OF ; i J TrYTTTYY