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WILL | "THE MEN'S STORE" (Semi-Ready) == CINPRONSE _ SETTLENENT seek § x select Brocaded greatly do not wait. JEWELERS 100 PRINCESS ST. Silk, Leather and Fancy These Wwe are clearing .at reduced prices and only have a few--so0 Kinnear & d'Esterre IT BEFORE PRICES ADVANCE Why should an old Tire be re-built ? BECAUSE: --It is a first class Tire when rebuilt. ~--It costs less than half the price of a new Tire. --It will give 3,500 miles. --We back these state- ments with facts. --We gmbley experienced tire builders. We carry in stock a co plete line of DOMINION T The House of Reputable Tires and Tire Repairs. AAO 2 5 Get A Re-Build--GET IT NOW Men's Mahogany Calf Bluchers: rubs. |<. "ber solesand Iba 4 heels; a real bargain $5.75 Women's Chocolate Kid and B X Calf: high cut bals; while wR last . Chasse Hoan ne tease .$4.95 = | started to come down. {Continued from Page 3.) i tory stalls in Macdonald and Fron- itenac school buildings; estimated | cost, $200. That additional radiation be placed | {in two Victoria school rooms; esti-| | mated cost, $200. 5 { at a sink and an electric two- i ple#t@stove be placed in the teachers' | room; Victoria school; estimated! | cost, $50. | That electric lighting be installed {in Sydenham and Rideau school buildings; estimated cost, $150, That trees be placed in the spring on Macdonald school grounds at a cost of $40. N That repairs be made to the s in the boys' lavatory, Victoria schooX | at an estimated cost of $35. ' Theat Joseph' Gould, caretaker of Central school, who is seriously ill, be granted two months' leave of absence with present salary. That the finance committee place $2,600 in the estimates for repairs during the year, That a sink, with connectioas, and a gas supply pipe be placed in the gymnasium of the Collegiate Imsti- tute at an estimated cost of $102.40. -- - Communications Received. ~ The following communications were received and referféd to com- mittees: Mrs, E. Hill, of the Parent-Teach- ers' Association of Rideau go 1, asking permission to use thé school on certain"evenings of the week for working for a sale and that lights be placed in the school. H. C. Nickle, asking how many tried their matriculation in 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919; what percent- age passed, what percentage failed, what percentage tried for the second time before passing; what percentage of those who tried for the second time failed. E. O. Sliter, J. W. Kelly, Miss H. L. Chown, G. R. Smith, W. M. Shurt- 1iff, of Collegiate staff, thanking the board for increases. The chairman of the Board of Edu- cation of Smith's Falls, stating that the board would be pleased to allow Mr. Fluker, teacher of music in the Smith's Falls schools, to come to Kingston and give the board informa- tion, Reports of School Officers. The school nurse, reporting that during the month, cases of sickness were: Measles, 66; diphtheria, 13; scarlet fever, 5; whooping cough, 4, and chicken-pox, 1. Principal Ettinger, of Victoria school, wrote, asking for definite in- formatilon about the period of quar- antine. There appears to be a gdif- ference of opinion among the dochers and the provincial Board of Health. The matter was referred to the man- agement committee, with power to act, Public School Inspector Stuart re- ported that there was an enrollment of 2,744, with an average attend- ange of 2,020 during the month, The attendance in February is thirty. seven less and the average attend- ance lower.by 180, as compared with February, 1919. % E. O. Sliter, principal of the Col- legiate Institute, reported an enroll- ment of 593, with an average attend- ance of 516. . Mrs. Basson, school attendance of- ficer, reported non-attendance,: 90; rnmber of visits to the homes, 180; axemptions asked for, 3, and grant- In attendance were Trustees Tho- mas Mills (chairman), F. R. Anglin, L, T. Best, W. M, Campbell, J. G. El- Hott, J. M. Farrell, W, H, Godwin, James Henderson, J. W. Jones, Allan Lemmon, L. C. Lockett, J. F. Mac- donald, H. V. Moore, Miss E. G. Mowat, A. W. McLean, W. J. Renton and Frank Sm¥the. SAVED A VICAR'S LIFE. But He Never Forgave or Forgot His Deli verer. A Bancroft cor ndent, writing to the Belleville rterio says: -- "At the time of the Eldorado gold exgitement; I was running a sawmill in Madoc. The boom brought lumber up to nearly a quarter of what it is now and we thought that times were pretty good. Our mill was of the most primitive' deserip- tion. The saw was an upright one fastened.in a heavy frame of oak plank called a gate, and as the saw, gate, stirrup and pitman, weighed the force of the water added, it came down with great force. "One morning when a neighbor who had some business at the mill, happened to be around, we had a momentary delay in starting, and 1 had just arranged the matter and signalled my helped to start the wheel when I turned around and saw the vicar standing directly un- der the gate, while the saw had just "To have spoken to the man would have been worse than useless, and in & quarter of a second his skull would him a blgw between the ulders that - knocked him fiat in- to the sawdust, but saved his life. He got up and rubb! out of his eyes as! me what I meant more than a quarter of a ton with] KEEPING SPAIN NEUTRAL. Bull Fighter Tipped Scale In Favor : of Allies, Did Spain at one time plan to enter the war as an ally of Germany? The question is not ef great importance now, but it is of no small interest, and recently documents have been published indicating that Spain was about to take the plunge. Spain's attitude for several years was widely discussed, and there was a consensus that her sympathies were with Ger- many. About King Alfonso's feel. ings there was much controversy. It was known that his favorite haunt in pre-war days was France, "and that he had much admiration for the French people. The fact that his wife was an English woman might incline hifn to the cause of the Allies; and again it might have a directly con- trary effect. Again it was said on what appeared to be good authority that the war was never discussed in his presence. After the armistice a statement was given out to the ef- fect that as soon as the war began King Alfonso, sent a message to the French that they could remove all their troops from their southern frontier in the dertain knowledge that they need fear no aggression from Spain. Not long ago Alfonso wisited Paris and publicly showed his deep satisfaction that the Allies had triumphed. So far as the King of Spain is concerned the evidence shows him a pro-Ally. But there were other important factors that were pro-German. The church in Spain was sympathetic to Austria. The army had been built on the German model and among. .the high officers there was a belief in Germany's invincibility. The aristoc. racy's attitude was given by the church and the army. The middle classes were probably making money | | out of the war. Germany was spend- ing vast sums with them. Great numbers of the poorer people, too, || permitted the church to do their || thinking for them. A staunch pro-|: Ally element was that of the "intel- lectuals" and the Socialists. These people saw clearly enough that the struggle was between freedom and autocracy, and knew that a victory for Germany would put back the hands of the clock of human pro- gress all over the world, The most brilliant Spanish writer of the cen- tury, Ibanes, was a passionate pro-|: Ally, and has to his credit the most || powerful novel dealing with the war in any language. It is as well a ter rific indictment of Germany. All these facts are familiar to the public. The new evidence is supplied in a letter by Admiral Decker, of the United States navy. Admiral Decker believes that if the United States had not entered the war Spain would have plunged in to help Germany. Her motive was not sympathy for Germany so much as a desire to stand well with the victor, and as long as she picked Germany as the winner this danger remained. Entry of the United States caused her to hesitate, and it was the duty of those in charge of Allied propaganda to fill up the newspapers with propa- ganda showing that Germany had no chance with the tremendous weight of America tossed into the scales. The Press Bureau claims that there was not a German lie it was not able to expose the day after it was pub- lished. "Opposed tothe Allied propa- ganda was a German fund which spent an average of $4,000,000 a year in Spain, and we have ' an idea "that $4,000,000 a year would go a long way with Span- ish public opinion. Shortly before the United States came in, according to a gentleman who worked under Admiral Decker, a mobilization of Spanish troops was ordered at Bur. goes, only a few miles from the French frontier. To this it may be said that the news is so startling that it is difficult to believe. But the vital factor in the crisis was not the press bureau, but a bullfighter, Belmonte, the most fa- mous toreador in Spain, who was known to have pro-Ally sentiments. On his return from a triumphal tour of several South American countries, the Press Bureau secured an inter. view from him in which he flatly came out as a friend of the Allies. The intérview, having good news value, was telegraphed all over Spain. .It had greater weight with the Spanish people, says the Ameri can propagandist, Mr. F. J. Marion, 3% Miami, than if the King had given t Aviation In Africa. In East Africa, says Major W. T, Blake in the Wide World Magazine, it was almost impossible to find open ground suitable for airdrome, and space had to be cleared in the dense bush sufficient to allow a skilfully- piloted machine to rise and land. Fre- quently the alrmen were away from 1HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG_ PAGE SEVEN $3.95 To Clean Up This Week : Ck "Small lot Women's Brown Kid Laced Boots; most all sizes. 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