- EN w. against disability. 12 PAGES YEAK 86: NO. "SAY SOLDIERS HAVE NO Show . Members Claim That Veterans Ave Over- looked in Civil Service. HAVE NOT FOUND FAVOR WITH THE POWERS THAT BE, THEY DECLARE. 5 A Resolution tegarding a Better Deal For Returned Soldiers Was Promised. Ottawa, April pointments to the public service in future given men who have at the front By terms of the Civ Service Act pao ed at the last session of Parliamend i returned soldiers were supposed to ' get the preference when Govern- ment positions were vacant, Apart from appointments elevator Jobs of a princely salary of $3 a day, it was charged that men who "gavel the situation" Julien or broie the Hindenburg line do not seem to with the 1.-- Priority may be to served the Messengers, other odd at the as and similar character operators the at St have found favor powers that be There members afternoon declared great treatment, mation to their holler' from yesterday member of the was 'a big of Parliament Member after that the veterans had not received proper and gave detailed infor- House back up statements There was no dowbt at all that the resolution de- manding a better deal for the turned soldiers from now on would have passed by a large majority had it gone to a vote. war the to re- Submitting Resolutions. The subject was brought up by F .B. McCurdy of Colchester, whose view was that in filling Government { positions preference should be giv- en go disabled soldiers. There was an amendment by H. B. Morphy, the i®mber for North Perth, which went much farthergs it was in the following terms: "The Civil Service Aet should be aniended so that priority © maps poilntments to the public service shall after this date for one year be given to members of the C.E.F, Canadians in the Royal Air Force and Canadians in the Imperial and Allied armies who have served at \the front, disability, length of ser vice and efficiency to he consider- ed." There was a good deal of discus- sion, and it was significant that not 'one member taking part opposed either * resolution or amendmeft, Major Redman, of Calgary, who has a notable record of service with the first contingent, showed that out of over 16000 appointments made since the Civil Service Act went in- to operation only 1,800 went tp re- turned soldiers. W. F. Nickle, of Kingston, whose sons served with distinction in the Royal Air Force, suggested that the Government should insure 'all returned men He estimated fit would cost one million dollars a year, and thought it should be kept in force for tive years. Government Action Promised. The discussion occupied most of the afternéon, and the Morphy amendment would undoubtedly have carried but for the promise ot the minister in charge of the Civil y Service Act, Hon. A. K. Maclean. {le requested that the resolution nd amendment be withdrawn on the understanding that ample op- portunity would be given two or three weeks hence for an ameng- ment- to the act providing for the desired change. In the meantime, , the minister assured the House the Government will give every conside- ration to the principle embodied in the resolution and amendment. minister "Meanwhile the might 5 slip down fo the office of the Civil \Service Commission and put a flea iu the chairman's ear," said Mr. + Morphy amid cheers, in consenting to withdraw the amendment. , J $28,200 Required Yet, Principal Taylor of Queen's an- 'mounced on Tu#sday morning that the million dollar endowment fund was within $28,200 of being reached but no subscriptions have been re- "ceived in the last few days, Returned men from the SS. Regina "and 8S. BE of Britain arrived here this oon. v es Lowersd. CE the ar Teg tie Oils Win Out in : Mason's R ¥ injon: Sketeh of w Discounts On cepts; Chairman lated: man Theatre and : Sone) Needed: Anecdotes; «War Puz- £ ; he R tin of Women; Dis i ga: Aut Ww Dom a t | in ap-| v. | The AN ATTENPTED SIGE] WM. COX COMMITTED FOR TRIAL BY MAGISTRATE BRADSHAW. The Prisoner Is Subject to Epiliptic Fits--Nephew of James Hartwick, Alleged Murderer. Wiliam Henry Cox, twenty-seven ag Hinchinbrook, was J W and Years ol brought Bradshaw 1 committed for , © » Magistrate ay morning al on the charge of attempting to nmit sumeide last Saturday. The r is a nephew by nrarriage of James Hartwlek, who is now in jatl awaiting trial on the charge of murder It was brought er, who has | farm of W. F.C )€ ut that the prison- heen working 'on the od, three miles west tof Parham, since November, is sub- jected to epileptic fits and th | the reason for his act On Satur- | day morning he went to the barn and to kill himself by eating was found a would ae- is attempted paris green, fellow-worker | complish his purpose. magistrate decided to commit | him for frial but in the meantime has | asked that Dr on W. Richardson | Jail physician, make an examination but by before he DAYLIGHT SAVING. Incidents Regarding the Change In the Time, "The parliament at Ottawa could | not be expected to save daylight when it is not thelr jolicy ave any- thing," one heard to re- mark to-day. . Mayor Newman has been regarded) as 'the lather daylight saving.' As a result of the City Council's ac | tion to-put the clcek on he still hglds that title. The policemen on night will benelit by as they will have an put in, The county court started sion to-day at 11 o'clock, newspaper and railway time. In a few days everybody will be accustomed to the new time and there will be no trouble whatever. It will be amusing to see people looking at their watch many times during the next few days. Don't forget to turn on the clocks an hour at midnight to-night. The Whig was told about one father who put his clock on an hour Monday night, in order to play an Apri} Fool joke on his "kiddies." The youngsters fell for the joke, and after having their breakfast, the head of the household informed the youngsters that they could play for an hour before going to school, that they were observing daylight saving. One of the children threatened to go back" to bed again, but on 'second 'thought did not carry out his threat. Now that the City Council has de- cided to haye daylight saving observ- ed in the city, matters will not be so complicated at the post office. Since Sunday, when the railways went on daylight saving time, the post office stdff had to conform with it, in get- ting the mail out on the trains, and in the collection of mail from the street boxes, but now, that the city] will observe the daylight saving, the letter carriers will aiso observe the new time, so that the merchants and citizens will be able to secure their mail in proper time. The Collegiate Institute and the public schools will observe daylight saving on Wednesday morning. Fol- lowing the passi of the by-law by the City Council, the secretary of the Board of Education, John Macdonald, was busily engaged on Tuesday morn- ing in semding out notices to the var- ious schools about the change in time, . The local institutions will carry oul the 'city council's decision and such places as Queen's university will to-morrow be running on the new time, * The Gramd Opera House will ob- serve the daylight saving on Wednes- day, so paftons will govern them- selves accordingly. The matinee for "Bringing Up Father" will open un- der the new time, also the evening performance of "Bringing Up Fath« er. Some to citizen was of to- time to beats new less the the hour its ses- THLEPHONE CONFUSION. Over Daylight Saving Time--Long Distanev Line, In the matter of long distance tele- phone service, the confused situation regarding daylight saving offers op- portunity for no end of trouble and inconvenience. In making appoint- ments for long distance conversa- tions upless the parties are clear as to what time-standard or daylight savings prevails in both towns, com- fusion is inevitable. The peak Joad of long distance telephone traffic occurs between the hours of 9 and 12 in the morning and 2 and § in the afternoon, the great majority of Business calls being during these periods. Suppose Brown in a standard time community calls Jones in a daylight savings city at, say 11 o'clock. He finds Jones has gone to lunch. On returning to his office, Jones learns of the call and at once tries to get Brown, but finds that it is now the latter's lunch hour, and that he must wait for &im. Be- fore they can have their talk, two full hours have elapsed. In other words, \ phone day, already short, is reduced two tui hours and congestion is prob a The federal authorities, having de- light savings, might rates for g distance service wust be based on standard time, ; Notice. To my friends and new customers: Having added another horse and, cart to my equipment, I am ahle to give quicker and better services. 8 : ley Andve, 25 Charles Streét; 'phone 1T45W. he THE LATEST NEWS Despatches That Come From Nea and CL TIDINGS FOR OUR READERS The Whig's Dally Condensation of cided against the adoption of day- |i; long aily British MAP oF ZEPPELIN AND AEROPLANE BOMBS DROPPED BY HUNS ON LONDON. KINGSTON, K ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919, ~ Bs ~ Co fe Ainanssieio \ . . \ > PR PRA RAPA sons the exact places hit were aboul thrice as many wounded. ing the path of a Zeppelin raid. BRIEFLY GIVE PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. the News of the World From Tele- graphic Service and Newspaper Exchange. The German financial commission is due at, Compeigne on Tuesday, for its conference with the Allied repres- entatives. Army officials say they are not ap- prehensive for the safety of the Un- ited States supply ship in distress south of New York. Vienna report says thousands of lawy#rs and small business men are out of employment, as a result of a revolution, and are applying for work as common laborers. Sir Thomas White announced in the House of Commons Monday after- noon that it was the practice for the civil service, both inside and outside, to conform with local regulations in regard to time, London Evening News says it ua- derstands that in case the German delegates refuse to sign the peace treaty, Marshal Foch has authority to order a general advance of the Allied armies along the Rhine. While the amendments to the O. T.A. giving the Ontario Government control of the sale of liquor in the Province have mot been introduced in the Legislature as yet, prepara- tions are quietly going on whereby the License Board will be ready to undertake the work whenever the change comes into effect --likely May 1. mn ne. WHISKEY PRGES G0 UP DECREASE IN SUPPLY OF IM- PORTED GOODS THE REASON. Burke's Irish Now Costs $3.50 a Quart, an Increase of Fifty Cents ~--Canadian Liquor Not Increased. People whose taste runs to import] ed eys wil have an future to pay out more for this of goods, judging by the upward trend of) prices that the local vendor has found it necessary to charge. So far on one whiskéy-- Burke's the long-distance tele | ¥2¥ Kept seeret during the war. In The above map, reproduced from the London Daaily Mail, shows the points at which over S00 bombs were dropped by the Germans in their air raids on London. For, military rea- | all 522 persons were killed and In one Zeppelin raid alone fire damage to the amount of $7.500.000 was done. It will be seen that there are several well-defined curves, each indicat-| mdr mn THE THIN END OF THE WEDGE. On Monday evening at the city council meeting Kingston took tha first.step towards getting out of Lhe rut. After hundreds of dollars yearly in purchasing a mora *, expensive road oil than was neces- wasting sary, the contract for 1919 was giv- en to the lowest tenderer. This Is perhaps a small matter, a matter involving. a saving thi Year of some] nine hundred dollars, but it shows that at ast the city fathers are mak- ing an effort to get out bf the rut of old custom. It was hard for some of the veteran aldermen to do this, 'and they opposed it to the last ditch, but the few progressiv fought well, and they gained their point. In this particular matter, we feel sure that their opinion will be justified, for clear proof of tho value of the cheaper oil was given in the columns of the Whig last Thursday. * But the most significant feature of the whole transaction fs the fact that a change, a progressive stop, will follow. Perhaps those who op- posed reform and changes will now be satisfied that they can be mad> without +¢he world immediately coming to an end, or without the city forthwith going to pieces. in fact, the city can never hope to go ahead unless many drastie changes are made in the policies of its rul- ers. The result of the discussion on road end of the wedge has been inserted, and we sincerely, hope that the widening process will speedily take place. There are many ways in whieh progressive action can be taken by the council with inestimable bene- fit to the city. The housing pro- blem, the harbor «= improvement scheme, the building of a municipal dock and wharf, the sectiring of new indusiries, the appointing of an industrial commissioner, the bulld- ing of a free public library, and the ereotion of a big hotel are a few of the immediate problems whieh con- front the city of Kingston. We can- not hope.that they will be solved unless the spirit of progress and energy becomes a permanent thing in the city council. In our city the opportunities for expansion are un- limited, and the younger and mor: live citizens are 'eager to see things go ahead. oils shows that the ®thin ! A BOAT ADRIT FOR WHOLE NIGH Five Cape Vinecat Men Suffered Keealy During the Storm. THE ENGINE WAS DISHBLED THE CRAFT'S ANCHOR LINE WAS BROKEN, AND Burn Rags and Other Matérial in Fish Can to Keep Warm--Land on Point Peninsula at Daylight. Cape Vincent, N.Y. April 1.--- After drifting helplessly througn the night, tossed about by one "of the worst seas of the year, the en- gine in thir power boat dead and their anchor line broken, five men of this village drifted on to Hard Scrapple, on the west side of Point Peninsula, Saturday, and came to this village in an automobile. The men were on their way back from Duck Island, where they had goae in the morning, and were within seven miles of Cape Vincent when their engine broke down. The men were: C. W. Cole, Michael Mason, Capt. Howard, David Montonna, and Alex. Taylor. Fifteen miles of the return trip had been made when the carburetor of the engine went wrong. The men in the boat 4ook the engine down and started to repair the] wrong. Before they could make the repairs night was upon them | and the men had no way to guide| themselves. There were no light- houses to show them the way, as the lighthouses are not opened un- til navigation starts, and there was no compass in the boat. In addi tion' they had only enough gasgiine in the tank to complete th rip and none to spare. They decided to anchor for the night and start at daybreak. for Cape Vincent. When they left for Duck Island Thursday morning the weather was warm and the lake calm. In the afternoon a brisk wind came up and by evening a heavy sea was rolling. The weather had changed and though the boat was enclosed it did not serve to keep out the cold wind. A heavy snowstorm was blowing all night. The boat was tossed about dur- ing the night by the heavy sea. With the boat rolling and pitching in the trough of the waves the an- or line broke early in the morn and the five men were com- pletely at the mercy of the winds and waves until daylight. The boat, owned by Capt. Howard, was a seaworthy craft, and she rode the storm without any damage. Endured Hardships. The men had no fire in the boat | left ne of k ts froi uffered any il * experience however. Three of them experienced the sen- sation of sea-sicknéss, although all were trained sailors. | _ When it wwame day the men | were able to repair the engine and guide the boat to shore. The boat | was Jef on the shore of Point Pen- {ipsdla and the men came home in {#n automobile. The boat, which is {about 50 feet long and from 12 to {15 foot beam, was not damaged, jand when conditions are favorable | will be brought home { Mr. Cole is the owner of Island, and he decided to go Thursday morning to see how the {two men who had been there all Winter were faring. He hired Capt. {Howard's boat. Mason, Montonna and Thomas Corr were taken along, and these men were to deposit some small fish from the United States fish hatchery in the lake. On the {return trip Corr was left on the {s- land and Taylor was brought back It is about miles from Cape Vincent ¢o Duck Island The boat on the return trip about four in the afternoon, and had gone about fifteen miles when the en- gine was disabled Flight Duck out 29 drdededideod dob dd dedeb dr dodo ded Se fe op RETURNS THE $35,000. Ottawa, April 1 Thomas White read in the House a let- ter from Sir Charles Fitzpatrick in which he returned the $5,000 Over which there was consider able discussion by the member on the resolution Dr. Ed wards, who claimed it was {lieg- ally retained } Sir [ of XIII + FRAP RETR SBI l bP ONE Pb STOCK MARKETS. Quotations) Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson & Co., 237 Bagot Street. New York Stocks. Opening. Close. C.P.R NYC ... . Reading ... . Southern Pac So. Railway . .. St. Paul ... ... Union Pacific . Atlantic Gulf . . Marine ... .. Marine, pfd. Gen. Motors .. .. | Maxwell Motors . . Studebaker .. Willys-Overland Am. Loe. ... ... Baldwin Loco Am. Smelters Anaconda Chino, i500. Inspiration .. .. . Utah Copper .. .. . Bethlehem, Steel "BZ Crucible .. .. .. . Midvale . . Rep. Steel .. U.S. Steel .. . Allis-Chalmers Am. Can. .. Am. Car Fdy Distillers .. .. ind. Alcohol .. Am. Sumatra .. Tobacco Prods. 1103 91 Montreal Stocks, Ames-Holden, pfd. Brompton . . iE Can Car... .... Can, Steamship Can. Steamship, Can. Loco. . Can. Cement Dom. Steel .. Maple Leaf .. Montreal Power .. . Steel of Canada .. 53B. 57% pfd. Trustee Election Results. An announcement was made at Queen's on Tuesday morning that the electon of trustees by the grad- uates had resulted in J. M. Farrell, Kngston, being re-elected, and Mat- ron Edith Rayside, B.A., of Lancast- er, and J. G. McPhail, B.Sc., Ottawa, being added to the board To Keep Standard Time. An announcement was made the Court House on Tuesday that standard time would prevail there as the Government had made no ar- rangements to permit a change from this time, by any local offices. Court matters and othér legal affairs will, therefore, be handled during the old hours, THE PRICE OF MILK DROPS CITY'S LARGEST DEALER SELLS AT 11 CENTS A QUART. at A General Decline Is Expected Im- mediately--The Winter Contracts Expired On March 31st. The first of April brings to an end a number of milk contracts be- tween the milk vendors and farm-|year. Mayor Newman informed Couneil ers, and the retail price is already showing the effects with drops from thirteen cents to ten and eleven cents a quart. The contracts for a regular winter supply of milk between the retail milk vendors and the farmers are us- ually drawn up in October and run until the end of March. The guaran- teed price has this year been around $3 a cwt, which is the equivalent of between thirty-eight and forty quarts of milk. With the coming of My. ; The winter retail price has been thirteen and fourteen cents a quart. On Tuesday morning the Price Com- pany, ote of the largest retailers of milk, announced <hat it was selling eleven cents a quart. Other deal- follow suit and a general de- ten or eleven cents Is ex- Cre "ADOPTS. DAYLIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL PASSES A BY- RATES LOWERED The Power Rates AS Low As in te Magara District. ALL CONSUMERS TO SHARE IN THE REDUCTION MADE UTILITIES COMMISSION. BY Kingston Should Now be Able to Entice ' Industries Here--Provin- cial Commission Congratulates the Kingston Commission. Chairman R. F. Elliott reported to the Utilities Commission on Mou- day afternoon that after an inter- view lasting several hours with the Hydro-Electric engineers, he was pleased that the new [ratés as prepared were finally en- by the provincial commis- sion, who congratulated the Kings- ton Commission on its fine financial tatement for the year Sweeping reductions the to announce | dorsed fs | were made Utilities Commission, which [cut the power, eommercial and due | mestie rates, from 15 per cent, to { per All parties share in the reduction from the smallest ne- [ers of power to the largest indus- [tries. All public and charitable fn- stitutions, churches and privata | by {86 cent | | {houses are benefited. The new local power rates as low as in the Niagara dis- | trict, and the Board of Trade and | City Council may now get busy and increase Kingston industries, | It was moved by T. J. Rigney {that the rates as negotiated by the (chairman be put into effect at once. This was agreed to. The new rates and the old ones are: Power--Present rate, $1, 3e, 2¢, lc, less 10 per cent. New rate, $1, 2.5¢, 1.7¢, per cent, Commercial--Present 2%e, are | | | { .16e¢, less 10 rate, 10c, be, less 10 per cent. New rate, 8c, 4c, 2c, less 10 por cent Domestic--Present te, less 10 per cent. New rate, 3e, 4c, 2c, less 10 per cent. The above rates mean a reduc- rate, 3c, be, 21 consumers of Kingston. This large reduction made without the Power Commission rates, is bel Hydro-Electric lowering 11s SANG LAW CHANGING TIME. Clocks to Be Put Ahead One Hour at Midnight--The Citizens Petition For the Change in Time. Daylight saving goes into effect in Kingston at midnight Tuesday, when the City Council asks the citizens to put their clocks ahead one hour. At midnight the city hall clock will be turned ahead to comply with the day- light saving system, already in opera- tion on the railways throughout the country, and adopted by many cities and towns. The Council was on Monday night waited upon by three ulelegations which urged that a by-law be passed putting daylight saving into effect here in view of the inconvenience caused by standard time conflicting with the time adopted by the United States and by the Canadian railways. J. M. Campbell and J. G. Elliott spoke on behalf of the Board of Trade; M. 8. Grace for the Retail Merchants' Association, and William Buck for the Trades and Labor Coun cil. A letter was also read from the Commercial Travellers' Association favoring the change of time, so that all classed of the people showed them-~ selves in favor of the move. Ald. Chown later on introduced a by-law enacting that insofar as the jeity had the power all clocks should be put ahead one hour at midnight Tuesday and be put back one hour on the 26th of October. The by-law was unanimously passed. There was a discussion with regard Lo appointing a representative . on Suburban Road Area Commission. Ald, Smith moved, seconded by Ald. Kent, that W. J. Fair be appointed for this year, but afterwards changed their resolution to read that the mat- ter be referred to the Finance Com- mittee, which will obtain from Mr. Fair and Mr. Rankin a statement of what the commission will do this of the reduction in electrical rates made during the afternoon by the Utilities Commission, and the alder men expressed great pleasure over the good news. Ald. Mills asked the mayor when the annual fiscal statement of the commission might be expected. The mayor replied that he could not answer thet dguestion offband but would take up the matter with the manager. Ald. Wright wanted to know how matters were ing everything possible. The recommehdation of the Clvie Health Committee, 10 make the first week in May "clean up week" was adopted. The city cles reported that Mr. Rankin hdd mated that he AContinued on Page 6.) tion 'of $11,500. this. year 10. thes b