PAGES 9-12 na | The Daily British Whig Giga Eloi: KINGSTON. ONTARIO. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, i SECOND SECTION EE YEAR 85. NO, 298 TINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM, The Whig's Daily Condensation of the News of the Warld From Tele- graph Service and Newspaper Ex- changes, The British Columbian troops will £0 home via the Panama canal. One and a halt million French sol- diers were killed during the war. © A League of Indian tribes of On- tario has been formed to claim their rights. After Jan. Ist, no manufacturer in Hamilton will be allowed to use na- tural gas. Sips Arthur Pearson has left Lon- don on a visit to the United States and Canada. ' Count Romances, the Spanish Pre- mier, is in Paris to confer with Al- lied representatives, Mrs. George A. Brodie, Newmarket, is the president of the United Farm Women of Ontario. Hundreds of children In east side of New York are im danger of perish- ing for lack of milk. Shale fields in New Brunswick are to be developed next' year by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. Peru intends to carry dispute with Chile over provinces of Tacua and Arica 10 the Peru conference, Admiral Beatty, with the British Grand Fleet, may pay a visit to Can- ada and the Upited States, At London, Ont., Elizabeth Morris and Mary Lamess were fined $50 each "undertaking to teil fortunes." King George will give a banquet at Buckingham Palace on Dec, 27th, in honor of President Wilson. A German bomb which had been planted in a bridge at Guise, France, exploded, killing fifteen persons. Canadian gilways want 8,370 men besides their 15,200 employees who enlisted and who will be taken back. Four negroes, two of them women, accused of the murder of Dr. E. L. Johnson last week, were taken from jail at Shubuta, Miss, and lynched Two Montreal firms have had their licenses suspended for a week for serving beef and veal in prohibited 218 a . * No Girl Need Have ee "4 : : 3 ' A Blotched Face| | Lettersto the Editor |! | «Whether it be in capturing the! ; | heart of man, or making her way _ through the world by the toil of her Miss Mowat's Explanation, hands, a charming and pretty face Kingston, Dec. 21.--(To the Edi- gives any gir] a big advantage, Poor | tor): I noticed a report in your issue complexion and rough, sallow skin | ©f Friday, Dec. 20th, about the foeal are caused by blood disorders. The | Council of Women, and as a member cure is simple. Jubt use Dr. Hamil- | Of 'the executive and also a member ton's Pills--a, reliable family remedy | Of Several of the affiliated societies, I that has for years been the foremost | Should like to correct the impression blood remedy in America. That soft| that the report might convey. There glow will return to the cheeks, the | 14S been no trouble "over internal eyes will brighten and endurance will| conditions," nor has there been at come because sound health has been! 2ny time during 'the past year, any established, Get a 25c. box of Dr.| complaint or criticism of the admin- Hamilton's Pills to-day. Sold every- istration on the part of any afliliated where, society. Of those societies which have severed their connection, four are chapters of the 1.O.D.E. who have dropped omt, not from any dissatis- faction on their part with the local Council of Women, but because the chief executive for Canada has dis- continued in the meantime, its con- nection with the National Council of Women, and, therefore, all loeal ghapters must automatically follow suit Two of the societies were ors ganized as a war measure only and their existance is no longer necessary. Of the other societies only one gave any explanation as to why they were following the example of the 1.0.D.E. | The various committees of the local council have done much hel 1 The British governor of Cologme| work for the betterment cf Siptul has ordered the German Workman's! tions in, connection with women and Councils to discontinue their aotivi- | children, and as a member of the ex- ties at once an both banks of the' ecutive and the conncil's nominee for Rhine and to evacuate all public' the Boatd of Education, I wish to buildings. | make clear the facts in recard to 2] ! Polisi' troops now held most im-| matter \ portant parts of the Posen grain re- £lon, and are continuing to advance. The Germans are retreating before ---- them with little show of resistance, Richard Banth, member of the German Government, has proposed . that the Council of Six send a dele- | A Christmas Entertainment Goven on gation to Versailles immediately to Friday Afternoon, ask the Allies if they are ready to The following programme was conclude peace. rendered at the closing of the Ports- Robert Gooderham and his two! mouth public school on Fr iday after- children, aged four and two, were] noon: { suffocated by 'gas fumes that escap- Chorus, "O Canada'; chairman's' ed from a coal range at their home, | remarks; Christmas, greetings, Mir- 18 Alleen avenue, in the county out-| iam Hartrick and 'Lillian Deline: | side Toronto Saturday Mrs, Eva] Christmas wishes, Hazel Ewart: reel Gooderham, aged twenty-six, the| tation, Robert Burns: song, "Our | Prima Donna rano of the Metro. politan Opera proving by direct comparison there is no differénce between her voice and the New Edisons' "Re-creation"' of it. will be done pending the Allied con- ference in Paris, The conference which will elect a president of the German republic will assemble 'Dee. 29th, a Berlin de- opatoh states. The Workmens' and Soldiers* Council has decided that elections to the national assembly of Germany shall be held on January 19th. The Arbeiter Soldatenrat, at iis final session, adopted a measure pro- of German mines and all essential in- dustries. It also instructed the Peéo- ple's Council to begin socializing hm- mediately. Yours truly E. I. MOWAT PORTSMOUTH SOHOOI EVENT. hours. The military and civil authorities in London are arranging for a good] time for the Canadian troops there at Christmas. German troops have been sent mother, is recovering. TO VISIT DOMINIONS, Armada of British Warships to Make Tour. Christmas Stocking," six little girls; recitation," December," Nellie MeCam- | mon; recitation, Florrie Sampson; re- citations, Betty Halliday, Rosie Miles, Lillie Miles; song, "Busy Bee," two boys and two girls; hymn, "Hark! the | i Lp Mae wil agadnst Bolshevik forces who are ad- vanoing on Miau, thirty mi..s south west of Riga. The U.S. Fuel Administration has appealed to anthracite miners to take Christmas Day outy as holiday owing to coal situation. : _ Toronto policemen returned to duty at 10.456 o'clock Saturday night. Mat- ters In dispute are to be arbitrated re a Noval Commise on. Polish t , landed at Danzig, a Berlin despatch says, are command- ed by Gen. Joseph Haller, command- er of Polish troops in France, Canadian shoe manufacturers have formed an association and ask for no tariff changes affecting them to be made before consulting them. John Green Brady, Governor of Alaska from 1888 to 1906, died Tuesday at his home at Sitka, Al- aska, following a long illness: The Belgian consul-géneral for Canada today gave denial to a cabled report that Cardinal Mercier will vis- it Canada and the United States, James Noble Paget, a prominent dairyman of Western Ontario, ' for thirly years manager of the Canboro' butter and cheese factory, is dead. Over 300,000 soldiers have been discharged from the US army to date, and demobilization af the rate of 150,000 per week is now in effect. The Germans are turning over large quantities of war material. In- cluded in the artillery are 760 guns of large calibre and 3,000 machine guns. Serious 'conditions in Vienna be- eayse of lack of food and textiles are reported by Britains of the Mission to the prisoners of war now in Aus- +London, Dec. 23.--It is reported! Herald Angels Sing," school: recita-| that the Admiralty views favorably! tions, Lucey Mitchell and Hector Mae-' suggestion that a large part of Iver; song, Leverna Westlake; dia- British fleet commanded by Ad#; logue, "Living" the = Christmas miral Sir Dayid Beatty should vigit | Spirit," by the big girls; recitation, the United States It is asserted,' 'When Santa Comes," four boys; re. however, that no date for the visit? citation, "Oferheard at Christmas," ¢ has been fixed, but it is understood; Lillian Ewaft; hymn, "It Came Upon that it will be made immediately af-] 8 Midnight Coir," School: recita- ter peace has been signed. Subse-| tion, "Little Housekeepers," seven quently the fleet will make a tour of little girls; recitation, *Christmas | the British Dominions. Time," Wilfred Waller and Arnold | The War Cabinet and the Admiral- | Roddy; recitation, "Christmas," nine! ty, on the suggestion of the ministers | little girls; song, "Snowballs," George, of the Dominions, have decided that | Pettit; recitations, Pearl Holland, Admiral Viscount Jellico, former | Donald Mills, Gladys Kavaner and Chief of the Naval Staff, shall visit | Dorothy Marham; song, "Holly," the Dominions and India in February | Junior Third girls; recitations, Ed- to advise the respective authorities | ward Cledgebt, Floid White and Jes- on naval matters. sie Maclver; song, "Tinkle, Tinkle," It is probable that the Prince of | by £ix boys and six girls; recitation, Wales may make his announced tour | Bessie #Sampson; recitation, '"The at the same time, Cripple Dolly," Marjorie Nicholson; chorus, "The Glory of the Grand Old | Flag'; recitation, Arthur Clark; song and march, "Joan of Are," sen- ior girls; dialogue, "Christmas Plots," senior boys and girls. The school room was beautifully that the big council jof statesmen of | decorated with flags and evergreens. the world will be able to reach a just! Drawings done by the pupils adorned and reasonable solution of the pro- | the blackboards and walls. - The prin- blems that will be presented to|ecipal is Mrs. S. E. Revelle and the them, and thus earn the gratitude of / junior teacher, Miss Kasson. the world for the most eritical and necessary service gwhich has ever been rendered it," said President Wilson in an interview, referring to the ap- proaching Peace Conference, Fitzgibbon-Clendenniyg Wedding. Brockville, Dec. 23.--On Thurs- day evening Rev. R. M. Hamilton united in marriage Miss Gertrude A. Clendenning, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Clendenning, to Ed- ward F. Fitzgibbon, youngest son of Mr, and Mrs. E, J. Fitzgibbon, Ches- terville. The bridal couple, attended by Miss Clara Clendenning, sister of the bride, and J. C. Lang, left to spend their honeyr®on in Belleville . and Toronto. On their return ey ia Basssels, The armistice provided] w,)) reide in Brockville. There is no foundation for the re-| & ports that British reinforcements are 'being sent to Russia. It is under- stood that mothing of this nature - Choosing a phonograph for Christmas--it is merely a question of which model of the New Edison. We buy a phonograph because we want MUSIC. Unless we get Music we are pay- ing=for- something we did not desire or ex- pect to receive. To listen to the New Edison and by what we hear to ~~feel that the living artist is standing before us--is actually in our home with us--this--only this is Music. |, Two million people have listened to public tests of the - New Edison when the living artist sang or played in direct comparison with his or her PTs "Re. created" on the New Edison. No one could tell which voice or playing was the living artists' nor which the New Edisons' performance. Both are identical. Many may be satisfied with something less than the New Edison--with something that is not Music. But you who will want each remembrance, each sentiment, each pleasure of Christmas to be sincere and worthy of your best self will want your Christmas Music to be . equally genuine. f. s Hear this wonderful invention of the world's test foniue that actually "Re-Creates" all forms of Music. ith the New Edison there are to change. Plays all makes of records. Easy terms if you wish. | J. M. GREENE MUSIC C0., Limited 166 PRINCESS STREET STATESME WILL €CONCUR. President Is Confident Problems Will Be Solved. Paris, Dec, 23.--"I am confident Plenty Of rk. A member of the Canadian Loco- motive Company's board informed the Toronto Globe that the company had sufficient business on hand to keep its plant employed until the spring, when additional orders Yor locomo- tives will be forthcoming. "The de- mand for locomotives," he declared, "will undoubtedly be active for some time, as the Canadian railways are badly in need of motive power. We have had some enquiries on export account, but they have not so far led to any business." Arrangements have beem made by which a milMon tons of shipping will be released from the Army Supply Service for commercial and reilef purposes, Ger representatives returned. 380,000,000 marks in gold which they removed from the National Bank WAR PUZZLES Judgment For Plaintiff, Judge Lavell gave judgment for William Burns, baker, of Kingston, in an action brought by him against C. Wilson & Son for breach of contract |. in supplying a dough-mixing machine, The judge ordered the return of the promissory note given by the plain- tiff to defendants, and gave judg- ment for damages amounting to $100. The counter-claim brought by the de- fendants was dismissed. The defend- arts were ordered to pay costs of both claim and counter-claim. ie Austrian capital 'are }mothers are also without y : ain milk for init gil clothes for their infants . oSisien, the