~ QUESTION oF PENSIONS: DEALT WrrH COL. IN ADDRESS BY BIGGAR, : . Who Clearly Explained at 8 Meeting of the Monday Evening. Lieut. -Col. Biggar, visér to the Board of missioners, addressed a m the GW. V.A. in their last evening The speaker pointed out whole question pensions tremendously difficult business was a form of social insurance, whi¢h only one other example existent in Canada, namely, Workmen' 8 Compensation sions for disability incurred the Detail G.WV.A medical Pension ( eeting elub rooms that the of was wa the Pen- er- Act, on were earning a pS What any indivi employed at before is not taken into con- naither §s the employ- follows after dis ge to' pension Individuals are to enlist as lawyers, bricklayers, stone masons 1 sieigns, ete., but are judged lstment from the standpoint whether they are physically sions should, therefore, be ed on the same basis He stated further that it was un- stood that Many - cases differed ly very much, and many men a little handicapped disability gave up the struggle for existence. An investigation had taken - place in Cleveland, in which was proved that in a community containing six thousand persons suffering from some disability eighty per cent of such persons livelihood, the oth- er nineteen per cent, spent their time looking for a "hand out." It was understood that there would jual which he fit as- enta mental when vieg was the state activity to which | 1wavs be a cértain percentage' who the board gave attention, willing to pay enough to allow person suffering from such dis- ability to" live in ecomfort. The! greatest difficulty was found to bel in measuring the disability of dividual cases, In order tg do this & standard had. to be taken © fneasurement, which had human machine. The doctors who sdjudttate the extent ability are not Interested money end of the matter, have to do is to measure according | to the standard the percentage disability which exists. Col. Bigger slated further . that the majdrity of pensioners did not even know what their disability was, Disability did not consist of - having a stiff elbow, or having only oné foot, but in not being able to make full use of the arin, or in not being able to walk properly. Ac- cording to what extent normal abilf ties are lost or lessened the man is pensionable. An equitable estimate has® been arrived at from different opinions of experts on individual disabili- ties, as compared with the normal in of HIS KIDNEY Kingston Child Weltare Station Free Advice to Mothers by Mrs. Frances Robinson, R.N., Victorian Order of Nurses ang wag had not the necessary stamina, af- any jter istruggle fo5 ler in the way of being an art. been | believed, made. The perfectly normal healthy | whole a fto do his best. disablement, to continue the general a doe- but on Col. Biggar said that the {public often thought that if tor said a thing it was so, in- [the other hand medical men realiz- fed that medicine was not an accur- but rath- He on the object was tate matheriatical science, that man's however, medical Arrangements were in the course of the ate- | of being made whereby a man ap- the [pearing for examination -All they {told under what disability he was woul@ be | placed. W. F. Nickle, M.P., was then ask- by the chairman to address the Mr. Nickle stated that he ; interested in the pension question, and had studied it as much as possible. He said that many people advocated a scheme of pensions based on what the man's previous employment had been. He illustrated how this would be im- practicable in working, and endors- ed the statements of Col. Biggar re- garding pensions being based on the standard of comparison with the normal human machine, on the grounds that on enlistment the only necessary qualifications were physical fitness, Mr. Nickle then spoke of the period during which the G.W.V.A, club rooms were -handed over to the municipal duthorities for use as a hospital during the influenza epi- demie, and presented the associa- tion with a beautiful photograph of the assembly hall when used as a hospital, and asked that the same be hung in the club rooms. The chairman in tendering a vote of thanks to Col. Biggar, expressed the appreciation of the, association of his courtesy in addressing the meeting. He further tendered a vote of thanks to Mr. Nickle for his presentation to the association, and stated that anything the asso- ciation had been able to do during the epidemic was a source of gratification to them. Col. Biggar was heartily ap- plauded after his address, and it was felt that everyone attending the meeting had learnt a great deal of the way this most important sub- ject was being dealt with, lod {meeting was very Approves The ha Sages Kingston, Feb. 11.-=(To gre Edi) tion. + tor); Will you allow me to state, on 'Airing your babies to be weighed and 4 .No treatment---much advice Doctor ttendance behalf of the 21st Battalion Club, that we heartily endorse the remanks contained in your editorial of Mon- day evening, concerning a welcome for the 21st Battalion on its return from overseas, With you, Mr. Edi- tor, we agree that it should be a pub- lic welcome and not merely a club af- fair, and we hope and believe that the citizens of Kingston will give the 21st Battalion the hearty welcome howe that it. most assuredly deserves, The club will be glad to co-operate in any matter concerning the wel- come and reception of our battalion on its return home.--Yours, ---W. P, DOOLAN, Sec.-Treas., 21 Batt. Club, 10 James street. C.P.R. earnings" for week ending February 7th: $2,679,000; increase ofl $433,000. FOR or silk bow { Patent colt full In Gun metal, . FOR WOMEN Louis heel. Two MEN 'leather bow and vici kid I ond as | through | , Station, i Phillie. CHARLIE CHAPLIN w"ADOGS LIFE" rs FIRST MILLION DOLLAR PICTURE Strand Theatre. Thursday, Friday and S Saturday. -» A PARTY OF THIRTY SOLDIERS ARRIVED Reached Kingston on Monday Evening--Pte. J. Goddard Was Among the Number. A great throng of citizens gather- Grand Trunk Station on ening to welgpme a party soldiers: returning from overseas. The Salvation Army band was in attendance and played "0 Canada" and the "Maple Leal Forever" as the train drew into the The Ladies Auxiliary of the and Navy Veterans had hot and cake for the boys as they ed at the Monday ev of thirty Army coffee PTE. KENNETH BABCOCK A Wilton young man, whe has re- turned from overseas. alighted from the train, which was very much appreciated. Ald, George Wright, in the absence of Mayor Newman, gave an address in which he extended a hearty welcome on be- half of the city council and the citi- zens of Kingston. He expressed great admiration for their service to Canada and the Empire and assured them that the city council would be glad to do anything in its power to promote their welfare in évery way. Three hearty cheers and a tiger were given for the boys, in which a'l of the people joined. Among the returned men Driver C. A. McPherson and Pte. WV, King, who went overseas with the 21st battalion, and Pte. J. Goddard, who sérved in the employment com- pany «f the 4th division, and whose home is at 25 Arch street. Ma jor Scott received the men and had them conveyed to the Barriefield barracks Pte. Kenneth Babeock, so: Mr. and Mrs, Torance Babcoc was one of the number who retained, He enlisted and trained with the 146th Battalion in Kingston, trans. ferred to the 95th Battalion at Wes! Sandling, Eng., and later to the C.O.R.S. He was very young when en- listing and has developed into a fine type of manhood. Others in the pariy were: Lieut. V. A. Lanos, 111 Lower Union street; N. McMillan; H. W. Barnes, 360 Johnson street; J. Campbell, Kings- Junction; F. B. Jeffry; E. Lin- gren, 76 Earl street; G. M. McCauley; A. Forsythe, Portsmouth; H. 8. Ham- ilton, Godfrey; A. Hood, Cataraqui. were SIX OF THEIR SONS TOOK PART iN WAR The Proud Record of Mr. and Mrs. George Philips, Clarence Street. The family of Mr. and Mrs. George Philips, 37 Clarence street, has a military record of which they have good reason to be proud: They have six sons who have all taken part in the war, and have \coveéred themselves with distinction. Ohne son, Corporal R. Philips, Canadian Field Artillery, was recently recom- mended in the army orders of the Fourth British Army under General Sir H. A. Rawlinson, and has been awarded the military medal for gal- lantry and devotion to duty in action. He is now with the CF.A. in the army of occupation. Gunner Ernest Philips was with the ROCHA, in France, and is now on his way home. motor -eycle corps and Pte, Qeorge who is also at present in is expected to return home| shortly. Two other soms, Athert and Norris Philips, have returned . after seeing service at the front and are now in ton. It "will be hard to find a on family with # finer war record than this one can show. Needless to relate the par- [he mes prowd af tngse Warming Ganiots Sotinde the Al | Tar pen ER hole when Pte. Clarence Philips is with the EIR - The Late John Lee, John Lee passed away at the Gen- eral Hospital on Monday morning, after an illness extending, over a year. The late Mr. Lee was a native of China and had beén a resident of Kingston a number of years, being a laundryman. - 'He is survived by his wife and two children, who reside in China, . The funeral is to take place to Cataraqui cemetery on Wednesday, The Late Pte. Edward Connolly. The death of Pte. Henry Edwara Connolly, late of the C.P.A8.C, oc¢- curred at the Mgwat Hospital on Monday morning after an illness extending over several months. He was eighteep years of age, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Connolly, 48 Patrick street. Be sides his parents he is survived by one sister, Rose, and one brother, Edmund The funeral iswto take place with military 'honors on Thursday morning to St. Mary's Cathedral. Late H. W, Highland Park, Mich, Hugh W. Donaldson was born in Canada. of Scotch-lrish descent, for ty-two years ago, and died Friday morning, Jan. 17th, of pneumonia, at his home, 224 Beresford avenue, He exemplified fn his life the best type of American citizenship and Christian faith. This was seen in his interests and his endeavors to help humanity in the various organ- Agations to which he belonged. He wap one of the founders of Grace F#ésbyterian church, on Herman ave- nue, and gave unstintedly of his time and energy to erect a church build- ing, working with (iis own hands, early and late, to provide a place of worship for this fast growing com- munity. The training of the little children in the Sunday school was the one thifig that laid nearest to his heart. He was one of the charter mem- bers of Grace church, was elected a member of the first board of trus- tees, and served as the first treasur- ¢r of the church. The love and dp- preciation of Mr. Donaldson and his work was expressed in A resolution of sympathy anid condolénce to his wife andl family, which was voted with bowed heads by the congrega- tion on the Sunday following his deatH. Mr. Donaldson also was an officer in the Golden Rule, a beneficiary or- der founded on the principle, "Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you." In this order he gave much time, calling upon the sick and assisting the needy. He was also a member of and ma"ter- elect of Loyal Orange Lodge No 506, The confidence imposed in him by this order was seen 'in the fact that he had but recently been unanimous- ly chosen to "be the master. of his lodge, the highest office in the gift of his fellows, The funeral services were held at his home Monday afternoon, Jan. 20th, atstwo o'cjock, In charge of the pastors with whom he was so inti- mately' associated, Rev. Alexander Danskin of Grace church, and Rev. J. D. McDonald of the Highland Park Presbyterian churcH. Roth pastors in a heart-to-heart way expressed their appreciation of the loyalty of Mr. Donaldson, his ity. for friendship and fellowship and his usefulness as a citizen and Chr n man in the community. Appropriate music at his service was régdered by Willlam Waites, past worthy coun- sellor of the Order of the Golden Rule, and Mrs. Peregian, a friend of the family. Not only 'were there large delegations {rom these fira- ternal orders, hit the large number who could mot gain admission to the dervice testified to the esteem in which Mr. Donaldson was held. The services at the grave were conducted by the Otange, Lodge, in charge of Past Maste eonze Me- Wade, who used the beatiful rituals istic service of that onder an impressive sight to link in their the grave, and hear the solemn closed ranks to reform in' the city of God. Mr. ldson was an em- ployee of the Ford Motor ¥. the first to er Donaldson. Timas The ci 'His motiier still 3 lives at Joyceville, ie brothers and six sisters survive le. also two sisters, Thomas Cu and Mrs, Wilson, ee. Mrs. R. E. Ac- fon. Sand a Hill Is also a sister. | Israel - Cohen er, Robert, Hives at| | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1919. A CHILD SADLY NECLECTED WILL BE MADE A WARD OF CHIL- DREN'S AID SOCIETY. Fined $20 and Costs For Allowing His Nine-year-old Girt to Wander Around at Her Own Free Will Most pitiable was the Police Court on Tuesday morning, neglected his little girl, aged nine years. Hal a dozen wlinesses were called, and also make her way to Barriefield camp, at her own free will. Her old- er brother sells newspapers, and the girl also carried newspapers. = A kind-hearted sergeant, attached to Barriefield camp, took a kindly inter- est in the child, and on reporting to his commanding officer, the girl was taken in charge, and the necessary machinery set in 'motion to get after the party responsible for the éare of the girl. As a result the father was summoned, charged with neglecting his child. * The accused pleaded 'not guilty" and then the police brought on the evidence which the magistrate con- sidered ample to return a verdiet of "guilty." Cohen was fined $20 and costs, and the magistrate stated that he would issue an order making the girl a ward of the Children's Aid So- ciety. The case of Walter Stephen Wan- namaker, cdharged with being a de- faulter under the Military Service Act, was dismissed, after evidence was taken in the case. Wannamaker lives north of Eldorado; &hd told the magistrate he could not read nor write. On Oct. 18th, notice was sent out for him to report at Kingston, for military servide] he was ill in bed, suffering from the "lu. 'His father got the notice from the post office and read it, but both the father and the son did not know just what to do. 'The son left the matter to his father, and he did not report. "They expected.that another notice would follow this one if the young man did not report. The ac- cused was ill for three weeks. Magistrate Farrell stated that un- der the circumstances, he did not care to make a conviction, and dismissed the charge. 'The young man's illness was just prior to the gigning of the armistice. BODY OF DEAD SAILOR FROZEN IN THE ICE it Took Wolfe Islanders an Hour and a Half to tale told in iil gbout the way in which Israel Cohen |} who told about the girl being {lif allowed to wander around the streets) last, when the 4 Ceylon and Indian Tea Worth from 80c to $1.00. On Sale at 50¢, 55¢, and 60c¢ per pound. This sale ocers an opportunity to housepeckers to buy the best tea at a saving of 23 per cent, The Thompson Bottling Co. oro. json k Prop. . $ 202 Princess Street HUDSON BAY Insurance Company Ll B BY'S ii Asparagus Tips : FIER INSURANCE mE Oven, lar tins S00 $rean Office. Roya Insurance Bide | Salad Dressing ... .. + MONTREAL (Coast Sealed Oyoters). % PERCY J. SUINN, - W. H. GODWIN & SONS AGENTS, KINGSTON, ONT. ¢ MILLERS 'e , WORM POWDERS RELIEVE THE RESTLESS CONDITION sROUGHT IN BY THE PRESENCE OF WORNS AND RESTORE THE CHILD TO NORMAL MEALTH. ® NO NARCOTICS --PLEASANT AS SUGA hy hh a WR ha BIG SALE OF WESTERN BEEF AT HOOD'S TI Ask abotit our boneless Roasts of Beef Rib Roasts . .. 3 .y ; . Round Steak .. Sirloin Steak . . Beet Dripping . . . 5 Also a nice ot of Tamb ani veal # at ow prices: HOODS, Corner Clergy and Barrie Sts. 1 4 1 i .. 8385¢ . .B0e . B0c . B8e be Release It. ® ------ The body of the sailor. found at the head of Wolfe Island on Monday was brought to James Reid's undér- taking parlors on Tuesday by S. Ho- gan, who assisted George Todd to; take it from the ice. The Woody was discovered by Mr: Todd about 10.30 a.m. on Mbnday among the drift ice on the shore at Bell's Point. It took "Mr. Hogan and Mr, Todd an hour and a half to cut away the ice. The body is that of a man perhaps fifty-five years of age, though possibly young- er, and wore a life preserver of the steamer Minola. He was of heavy build and dressed in-black trousers, over which were corduroy trousers, a brown striped coat and a blue striped shirt. Ox his Mert'Nand was black enamel ring with a green stone. The clothing wes frozen fast to the body and it will be some hours be- fore it will be possible to discover anything that might establish the identity of ihe person. Eleven men perished when the steamer Minola foundered and this'is tite fourtg body found. The others were fountl near the same place. Grand Ball At Deseronto. A Grand Assembly and Peace Ball, under the auspices of the Deseronto Board of Trade, will be held at Camp Summerside. Club Rooms, Thang Street, Deseronto, Thursday, Feb. to eld le gathering the greatest evér held in the district. The cele- brated Valentine Orchestra pf Otta- wa---an orchestra that fills Ynumer- ous engagements at Gosernment House---has been secured for the oe- casion. So this announcement should be of special interest as this is the first appearance of this famous or- chestra in this section. - No effort will be spared * Building Brick Let us have your orders early. Quotations on application. Can supply all Kinds, intluding buff pressed brick, three shades, ~ No. 1 and No. 2 quality. Allan's Lumber Yard sacl; Victoria St. Phone 1042. s a -- ---------------------- ~~ ----. a ---- 3 Sm THERE IS NO ARGUMENT The Only Investment To-day is a High Yield Government Bond. Make Your Savings Earn a Proper Return, There is no possible argument from the banks-yaur money is as easy to £60 At in a good government or mnicipalibond as if 48 a savings bank and whl yield you twice ag much, We can Sell it for you at any time in ten minuteg and hand you your money. Mortgdges are often troublesoma at Interest time, The interest on a government bound is always there when due. Where will your principal invested show a good Increase In value in & Year's time? Wot in a savings bank, Not in mortgages, but in good government or municipal bonds. ~All of these will be worth more money as the days go. Buy at once. We carry all issues, to i%. BONGARD, RYERSON & CO. 237 Bagot St. Phone 1728 62 - The Brintanmy X @n. -- Jlayer-Hiano makes you so unconscious of playing that all your thoughts and feelings burst out in full ex.! pressiont, and you know it is better, more thrilling music than you ever dreamed you co play." With its patent aluminum action it is free from air ige, and is absolutely "weather - proof" and practically "wear-proof." C: W. LINDSAY, LID. 121 Princess St. Kingston INDUSTRIES GOING