ON SALE. fpecial Bargains in SHIRT {ECKWEAR, CAPS and HATS Our best grades only Collier's he ish Wh KINGSTON, ONTARIO. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1920. ON SALE. Special Bargains In SHIRTS, | NECKWEAR, CAPS and HATS Our best grades eoaly - Collier's LAST EDITION. YEAR 87 : NO. 319. THE BANQUET | OF THE MAYOR Attended By Sir Heary Dray- ton And Semator Gideon Robertson. Mayor Nickle's banquet, Monday night, at the Frontenac Club, mark- ed the close of the business of the city council for 1920. The occasion was one of more than usual inter- est, because of the presence, as guests of His Worship, of the mem- bers of the dominion tariff commis- sion, Sir Henry Drayton, minister of finance, and Senator Gideon Robert- son, minister of labor. There were also present: Dr, J. W. Edwards, M.P., A. E. Rankin, M.P.P., Major- Gen. Sir A. C. Macdonell, Brig.-Gen. King, G.O.C., M.D, No. 3." W. PF Nickle, K.C., Brig.-Gen. A E Ross, C.M.G., M.P.P., W, R. Givens, J. G. Elliott, Elmer Davis, Thomas Mills, chairman of the Board of Education, Rev. Father Hanley, chairman Ro- man Catholic Separate School Board, the aldermen, city officials, Chair- man R. F. Elliott and members of the Utilities Commission, represen- tatives of the Kingston veterans, and ! representatives of the new indus- | trial concerns started during the year. Dr. W. W. Sands, city clerk, acted | as toast master. The addresses were | all of a high order, full of interest, and were listened to with very close | attention. Salisbury's orchestra gave | a fine musical programme. Alderman F. J. O'Connor pro posed the toast to the "Dominion | Government," which was responded | to by Sir Henry Drayton, Dr. J. W. f Edwards and Senator Robertson. | Sir Henry at /he outset expressed his very great pleasure to be present and meet once more such a fine, gathering of his constituents. Since Sept. 11th last, he had been on a tour of the whole dominion looking for information respecting taxation, | where to tax, how and when to tax. The subject was one that presented tremendous difficulties, but despite the vast amount of work involved, it was abundantly well worth while. It was a good: thing to obtain some close and in' mate information as to - what is wan § aut why it is wanted and to asce n how the maximum revenues we | to be obtained with the least eff /ts upon the individual It was just «s much the business of the people as it was of anyone else. The war, through which we have passcd, was just as much the peo- ple"s war, and the burden was theirs. The task wgs to find out where to place our feet with the de- termination to succeed. It was a fairly heavy job, but Sir Henry be- lieved that Canada will do it, and it was worth her while to do it. Of last year's budget, the sum of $296,000,000 consisted of items con- nected directly with war expendi- tures. The tofal expenditure for 1914 was $164,000,000. The best advice must be sought before any final action is taken. He was glad to finish his task in Kingston. Many of our difficulties are not difficulties at all. But there exist misunder- standings and ignorance of the real "ation. It was necessary to learn che 'A.B.C." of the tariff. There were many points of view--the hu- man point of view that appealed to everybody. Sir K~ury Drayton. | PEI F PEPE PTR rT rN Te Extravagance Curtailed. . Sir Henry told of the conditions prevailing among the people before the luxury tax was adopted. Extra- vagance and luxurious expenditure were rampant. It was necessary that the Canadian people should find the value of money, and that extrava- gant expenditure meant giving away something that had nothing to do with the cost. What happened ? With spgar at twenty-one cents, the people were buying and hoarding. Twenty-two dollar boots, when the tax came, dropped to $12 with the luxury tax added. There was tre- mendous inflation and extension of | credits, and the piling up of com modities could not go on. The lux- ury tax caused deflation, and to-day Canada is in a very good condition (Continued On Page 12) Port Arthur Gets Power From Nipigon River Port Arthur, Dec. 21.--Power de- veloped by the Ontario Hydro Com- mission on the Nipigon river seventy- five miles distant, was turned on to the Port Arthur municipal system last night, the contract with the Kaministquia Power Company hav- ing expired. Two Toronto Mayoralty Candidates. Toronto, Dec. 21.--Mayor Thomas L. Church was to-day nominated for the seventh consecutive term as chief magistrate of Toronto. His only cpponent in nomination was Samuel! McBride, ex-controller, who ran aga- fnst Mayor Church at the last elec- tion and lost. . Population of Japan. Tokio, Dec. 21.---Japan's popula- tion, as revealed by the census r cently completed, is 77,005,000, 4 which 55,960,000 afe in Japan an 17,284,000 in Korea. SEPP PP PETE HT Ree + + DE VALERA TOLD TO DISGORGE FUNDS Boston, Dec. 21.--A request & that he lpimediately send to # Ireland the funds collected in & the Irish Liberty bond drive was telegraphed last night to #» 'Eamonn de Valera as "presi- & dent of the Irish repdblic' by ® the Massachusetts council of the #4 Friends of Irish Freedom. * SEPP PRESLEY * + * * > + + > &* + + + + 4 * * WILL NOT SUSPEND RAILWAY RATES Ottawa, Dec. 21.--The rail- way board in the judgment handed down this morning de- clined to suspend the increased railway rates, which became ef- fective on September 13th. The request for suspension came from the Manitoba government, In refusing the application, the board claims that not with- standing the criticism to which it has been subjected, its find- ings cannot, on the most searching analysis, be fairly characterized as other than just and reasonable. | WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE RAPALLO TREATY D'Annunzio Makes Reply to Commander of Italian Troops. Rome, Dec. 21.--Capti Gabriele D'Annunzio, head <f the "'Regency of Quarnero'"' has informed Gen. Caviglia, commander of the Italian troops along the Dalmatian coast, that he does not recognize the Ra- pallo treaty and will resist its en- forcement. Information from other sources says the regency has decided to fight the treaty to the uttermost. | Before officially notifying D'Annun- zto of the fact that royal assent had been given the law approving the treaty, Gen. Caviglia wrote the poet fraternally, exhorting him to obey | the orders and bow to the country's will. Gen. Caviglia yesterday receiv- ed from the soldier-poet, a reply { which banishes all hope that the re- | gency will submit peaceably. CPE PP PPE R RRR RFEEN + CANADA'S WARSHIPS ARRIVE+ AT HALIFAX Halifax, N.S.--H.M.C.S. -Aur- ora, Patriot and Patrician, the cruiser and two destroyers pre- sented to Canada by Great Bri- tain arrived off the harbor this morning, and anchored off the dockyard shortly before eight o'clock. The governor-gefieral was re- ceived abroad the Aurora this morning by Captains Moss and Adams, with a guard of honor, and after a brief inspection left for a'visit to the remaining ves- sels in turn, his departure be- ing heralded by a salute of twenty-one guns. Hon. Mr. Bal- lantyne then boarded the Aur- ora. (EZR EEE EEE EB J + LE 23 + *% REDUCE C.N.R. WORKING HOURS TEN PER CENT. For Three Months so as Not to Lay Off Any Men. Monzton, N. B., Dec. 21.--Beginn- ing Jan. 1st. it is understyod that ten per cent reduction in working hours will be put into effect in the Canadian National Railway shops here and all over the system. Ths management proposed to the em- ployees instead of laying off men, they should consent to & toriy hour week instead forty-four hours, from January. first to April first at a meet ing of the labor unions here ast night this proposal sas accepted. Insurance Companies Suspend Business New York, Dec. 21.--One hundred and thirty-eight fire™thsurance com- panies are suspending their business in Mississippi where the aggregate policies amount to approximately a billion and a quarter dollars. This action is the outgrowth of a suit filed against them by the state revenue agent of Mississippi, charging that in collecting the samme rates, the companies have created a combine in restraint of trade. Portsmouth Council Finished Year With a Clean Slate The Portsmouth council held its final meeting of the year on Monday night, and the presentation of tha financial report showed that the council had a clean sheet on the year's business. The work of 1920, under Reeve James Halliday and his councillors, has been carried on in able manner, and the people of the village have reason to congratulate themselves, Awaits Royal Signature, London, Dec. 21.--Irish Home Rule bill, as slightly modified by the house of lords, was adopted by the house of commons today. The mea- sure now needs only the royal signa- ture to become law. The measure will become effective at the discretion of the government at any time within three and a half vears. The government reserves the privilege of applying the law when the opportune moment arrives. Crushed in Machinery. James Patterson, employed at a coal derrick in Prescott was seri- ously injured internally by becoming entangled in the machinery. He was removed to an hospital at Ogdens- burg, N.Y., where he lies in _scriti- cal condition. i Dr. Rumeley, former publisher of the New York Evening Mail, and two others were sentenced to a year for, withholding knowledge of the alleged German ownership of the paper. The date lor the opening of par- liament is still indefinite, but at the present time expectations are that that event will take placé about the middle of February. Committee in chazge of estate of A. J. Small sceks further information concerning bonds, PEP Per SPF PI reer bree The United Farmers of Frontenac county believe that It is the duty of the government to foster agriculture and to relieve tHat industry from the many burdens that it now bears. the Dominion Tariff Commission, on Monday afternoon, R. J. Vair, Glen- burnie, chairman of the committee of the U.F.0. Frontenac county, sub- mitted the following .report to the commission: "We, the United Farmers of Fron- tenac, respectfully beg to call your attention to the fact that this great ditions, grain, hogs, cattle and their products milk, butter, cheese, bacOm basis of the value upon which we sell our products is fixed in the open markets of the world; while, on the other hand, the cost of our imple- | ments of production is increased by | the cperation of this protective tariff. | It has been truthfully said by some | of our prominent statesmen that our huge war debt must be paid from the top six inches of the soil. We there- fore believe that it is the duty of our government to foster agriculture and to relieve that industry from the many burdens that it now bears, by, "1. Placing on the free list agri- cultural implements, wares for maple syrup and dairy supplies both on farm and in factory, farm and house- hold machinery and utensils, sugar for preserving our fruits, vehicles, fertilizers, coal, building material, cement, gasoline, illuminating fuel and lubricating oils. "2. A very substantial reduction on other eommodities in general use | by the farming community such as | cottons, woollens, boots and shoes, | moulded rubber goods, low priced { automobiles and trucks, "3. In grateful recognition of the CATTLE PERISH | IN FARM FIRE The Immigrants to Canada' For Six Months Totalled | Ottawa, Dec. 21.--Sixteen head of | cattle and five pigs and fifty chickens perished, and forty tons of hay and straw were totally destroyed by a fire which mysteriously broke out on the farm of George N. Nash, Aylmer, at midnight, Three large frame buildings were completely destroy- ed, with the loss of eight thousand dollars, Persons residing on the farm all were able to make their escapa| from the threatened farmhouse. An Aylmer telephone operator warned the household that the barns, were on fire. rie-- Immigration Increases. | Ottawa, Dec. 21.--Statistics of the immigration to Canada in the six months ending November 1st, show a total influx of 109,856, an increase of thirty-two per.cent over last year. Of this total, sixty thousand came from Great Britain, nearly thirty- five thousand from the United Sta- tes, and nearly fifteen = thousand from other countries. | Irish Railway Men { Vote to Abandon Strike | Dublin, Dec. 21.--T'ne Irish rail- way men, in conference here today, decided unanimously to abandon their strike against the carrying of munitions, and to return to work. The men voted to carry all traffic offered, provided all the men are re- stored to their former positions. J. H. Thomas, secretary of the national | union of railwaymen, will negotiate this condition with the government. Posse Capture Robbers | Who Attacked a Bank New Brunswick, N.J., Dec. 21.-- New Jersey's crime wave engulfed Milltown early to-day when four men attempted to rob the First National bank. A posse of thirty citizens cap- tured two of the alleged robbers, af- | ter a fight in which scores of shots were fired. Appeals Dismissed. British Whig Publishing Co., vs. Eddy Co.--C. C. Robinson and A. B. Canningham (Kingston), for plaixn- tiff. G. F. Henderson, K.C., and M. G. Powell, (Ottawa), for defendant. Appeal by plaintiff and cross appeal by defendant from judgment of Mid- dleton, J., of 28th May, 1920. Judg- ment: Appeal and cross appeal dis- nissed with costs. Riddell, J., dis sented as to main appeal. The Toronto confectioners and chocolate makers at a meeting held Monday decided to send a deputation to Ottawa as soon as an appoint- ment could be made with the finance minister upon whom they will urge the necessity of removing the luxury tax on candies and confectionery. is understood that H. . Brown, acting assistant deputy min- ister of militia will be appointed to that office in succession to E. J. Jar- vis, who has vetired owing to ill- health, Saskatoon, Sask.--Forty cases of smallpox were reported in Saska- toon, Sask., Monday. At the final session in Kingston, of | industry of agriculture is to-day car- | ried on under disadvantageous con- | Our main commodities are | The | 109,856. bg The Farmers Are Not Asking For Free Trade, R. J. Vair Declares to the Tariff Commission They Would Like a General Reduction Along the Line of Farm Implements And Farm Produce---Point Out the Desirability of Pursuing a Policy That Would Retain the Rising Generation on the Fram---Retail Merchants Express Thanks. debt we owe the Motherland and of | the economic fact that ships for | cheap and profitable operation must carry cargoes both ways; a gradual | extension of the British preference until within a limited period there | shall be no tariff against imports | from the United Kingdom. Keep Young on Farm, "We believe that the pursuit of | such a policy would retain the ris- | ing generation on the farm, would | offer inducements to new-comgers to { make this, Canada's primary and | greatest industry their life's work, thereby eliminating the housing and unemployment problems of the | cities; would greatly increase pro- duction thus materially lowering the cost of living and would enormously add to the wealth of the nation. "In view of the evidence given by Mr. Daniels, of the Dominion Tex- tile Company, before the Cost of Liv- ing Commission as to their 310 per cent. profits on actual cash invest- ments; by Mr, Findlay, of the Massey Harris Co., to your Tariff Commis- sion at Winnipeg that his and many others can exist and prosper without tariff protection, and that the Cream Separator Companies of Canada have for many years received no protec- tion and have conducted a successful trade both at home and abroad. We, the United Farmers of Frontenac, are no longer content to be taxed and tolled to provide huge dividends for great corporations." Spoke For Farmers, Mr, Vair, in his remarks following the reading of his report to the com- mission stated that if the govern- ment fostered agriculture, it would mean a great benef. to everyone. The speaker was of the 'vinion that there should be no tax any of the | tarm implements. » _ Yair remark- Aman, | | | ! | ed that he was called upon to pay a | luxury tax on a new spring waggon, | but he was reminded by the chalr- | man of the commission, that there | must be some mistake, as there was | no luxury tax on spring waggons. | Mr. Vair declared that he had no | objection to paying a tax if the money | went into the dominion treasury, but he did object very strongly, to pay-| ing a tax for the benefit of manufac- turers. He felt that this was the | same position taken by all the farm- ers in Frontenac county. i "We farmers are not out for free trade," said Mr. Vair. "Please get that out of your system. The farm- | ers would like to have a general re- | duction along the line of farm imple- | ments and farm produce." | Sir Henry Drayton asked Mr. Valr if farm values were going up. | Mr. Vair remarked that many | farmers had been selling their farms | because they could not work them, | and because they could not get men to work them. The chairman wanted {nformation | from Mr. Vair as to what he would | consider a fair tax, but Mr. Vair said | he was not in a position to say. He | felt that the men at Ottawa 'who | were well up in the finances of the | country; could take this matter up. | The farmers did not object to paying | a tax, but they wanted the dominion | treasury to. get the money, and not | have it go as a tribute to some of the | manufacturers. Want Farms Built Up. | James W. Bell, Glenburnie, secre- | tary of the U.F.O. committee, sub- | mitting the report to the commis- | sion, gave the commission some in- | formation about the price of milk and also made some suggestions. About six years ago, milk was sold during the summer, at 6 cents and | (Continued On Page 4) POOR RELIEF FUND Up until Tuesday morning, the sum of $138 had been collected for the fund to be used to provide some cheer for needy families around the Christmas season. Only three days re- main before Christmas, and it is hoped that citizens who are thinking of contributing towards this fund will kindly send their contributions to the Whig office as soon as pos- 1 The _ following contributions were received at the Whig office on Mon- day: Previously acknowledged A Friend I. M. M. C. Dunn A Friend J. 'Lowry A Friend G. Holland .. $117 66 00 C1 C1 LD js 0 i $138 00 rere rrr re err rtrd 3 VESSEL SEARCHED FOR + DE VALERA + -- + 4 Southampton, Eng., Dec. 21. % % --A .thorough search of the + # steamer Aquitania was made s upon her arrival here this & morning, but no evidence was + found to lend color to the re- # cent rumors that Eamonn de + #% Valera, "President of the Irish + Republic," was aboard the liner. # > * ow hb bdr rrr bebe GIVEN THREE YEARS FOR ROBBING MAIL Arthur Beaulieu Sentenced by Judge O'Reilly at Cornwall. int Cornwall, Dec. 21.--Arthur Beau- lieu, mail carrier, charged with rob- bing mail at Cornwall post affice on | three occasions, 'elected a summary ! trial yesterday. He pleaded guilty to all three charges, and was given three years in Portsmouth peniten- tiary on each, charge by Judge O'Rielly, the sentences to run con- currently. Beaulleu's offence was detected by his having torn up money orders and thrown the frag- ments on the street. ' | J. H. GUNDY * . Canadian delegate to the Internation- al Financial Congress at Brussels, who has returned to this country and will spend some time explaining the work and aims of the Congress. IGNORE DEMAND OF GEN. BOYD, Dublin Corporation Will Not Give Passat of City Dublin, Dec. 21.--General Boyd, commander of the Dublin district, has sent notice demanding possession of the city hall and municipal build- ings by Wednesday. The Dublin cor- poration met yesterday, and resolv- ed by sixteen votes to seven to ig- nore the demand. The ambushing of a number of [policemen occurred at KRathronan, Tipperary. county, Sunday morning. One of them was wounded, the otn- ers rurrendered their arms and were allowed to proceed. Michael Walton and Patrick O'Connor were shot dead Sunday at | Clonbally, county Tipperary, for re- fusing to halt when challenged ac- cording to a statement by .Dublin Castle. It js not stated who did the shoo{ing. The Freeman's Journal says a party of troops was ambushed yester- day afternoon at Mullinahone, in the mountains of Tipperary. It is under- stood, they fired mpon the ambush- ing party, killing ten and wounding or capturing thirty. The casualties | to the troops is variously reported. | Another report says the troops sur-| rounded a house near the scene of | the ambuscade, and killed a large number of volunteers, BLAME THE SPINNERS FOR FLAX SLUMP Western Ontario Growers Are Squeezed by Market Conditions. London, Ont., Dec. 21.--Western Ontario flax growers are reported to he greatly agitated by what they claim Is a concerted movement on the part of the spinners of the world to Make no purchases, thus to drive the prices down. In previous years simi-| lar refusals to buy have been en- countered, but an independent mar- ket wag found in Belfast. This year, | according to Howard Fraleigh, of Forest, one of the leading growers, | Belfast has joined with the rest, and | many farmers are in a critical finan-, cial condition. Some who have har-| vested large acreages and who have| spent héavily on the crop are report- ed as badly crowded, and the West- | ern Ontario Association has been ap-! pealed to for remedial action. Soe | beginners report that they paid $14 a bushel for their seed and that they | are now offered only $1.30 for seed, | and there is no present market for | the fibre. 8ays Shoeshine Money Chicago, Dec. 21.--"If all the men | in the United States would shine | their own shoes the money saved | would be sufficient to pay off the | national war debt in the period of | a year." This was one of the state- ments made by Edward James Cat- | teil, City Statistician of Philadelphia, | at the banquet of the Congress Hotel. ! Guelph, to. succeed the late Mr. Moore. | with more. than 1 161 DISCOUNT ON CANADIAN MONEY New York, Dec. 21.--New York ee: hange on Canada, which hag been declining rapid- ly throughout the past week, yesterday went to the rate recorded since the war be- gan. On Wall street the price paid yesterday for drafts on lowest | \Canadian cities was 83.9 cents per Canadian dollar; which meant that the Canadian dol- lar, whose intrinsic value is the same as the American, was sell- ing at a discount of 16.1 per cent. in New York. SHIPS TOOK 12,000 PASSENGERS TO U.S. Half a Dozen More Large Liners Expected at New York During Week. New York, Dec. 21.---The Christ- mas rush of immigrants and other passengers anxious to spend the holi- days on this side of the Atlantic reached its height yesterday, eight trans-Atlangc lners arrived ,000 passengers Four of the steamers arrived early enough to unload their 7,000 pas- sengers while the others proceeded to their docks this morning. A half dozen large liners arc expected to | arrive during the week. The four early arrivals were the Carmania and Baltic, from Liver- pool land Queenstown, respectively; Leopoldina, Havre; and De d'Italia, Genoa and Naples. The Carmania and Baltic each had 2,000 passeng- ers. The others were the Imperator, from Southampton and Cherbourg, with 2,000; Drottningholm, Gothen- burg; Madonna, Naples'and Marseil- les; and La Savoie, Havre, each with | 1,000, Among the passenger liners due before Christmas are the Olympic, from Southampton and Cherbourg; Susquehanna, Danzig; Bergensjord, Bergen; Hellig Olav, Christiania; Duca d'Aosta, Genoa and Naples and Nieuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam. FIRE P ROTECTION IN QUEBEC HOTEL Improvement is Demanded by Commercial Travelers at Montreal. Montreal, Dec. 21.---Declaring that they took their lives in their hands every time they went on the road in the smaller towns of Quebec pro- vince, owing to lack of proper fire] protection in the hotels, a number | of delegates to the annual meeting of the Dominion Commercial Travel- lers' Association, held here, urged that the matter be brought to the at- tention of the provincial government without delay. It was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the incoming executive with the under- standing that steps should be taken in the New Year. HIGH EXCHANGE RATE PREVENTS ADDITION To Bring Funds From Europe Would Cost, it is Said, $100,000. Brockville, Dec. ' 21.--Because of the unfavorable situation in 'interna- tional exchange the Laing Produce & Storage Company, which had planned the erection of a half-mil- lion-dollar addition to its plant here, has heen obliged to postpone the project. J. Gill Gardner, presi- dent of the company, estimates that to transfer the necessary funds from Europe, where the industry is con- trolled, would cost $100,000. Are Forging Labels On Whiskey Bottles New York, Dec. 21.--All the whis- key that comes to the United States is not what it purports to be, accord- ing to Dominion officials. A letter calling attention to the | use ot forged labels and counterfeit | revenue stamps on bottles of whisky crossing the Canadian border into this country was received by the Un- ited States Attorney's officés here yesterday from F. J. A. Demers, commanding the Qucbec Dustrict of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, "The imitation labels are very poor," the letter said, 'but might easily dece've the buyer'i Wilt Use Plows to Keep Provincial Roads Open Brockville, Dec. 21.--The Depart- ment of Public Highways has arrang- ed that during the winter the prov- incial highways between Kingston and Prescott shall be kept open by the use. of plows, which have been ! stationed at strategic points along | the route. The department has not yet had occasion to make use of this equipment, but will do so at the first big storm. Sinn Fein Hostages » On Military Lorries London, Dec.21.--A proclamation has been issued by the authorities in County Kerry that.on account of the ambushing of officers while on pat- rol duty, here-after officers and lead- ers of the Irish Republic army will be sent as hostages to accomapny military transports on the road. out killing their own friends. J. H. Fife Found Dead, . Hastings, Dec. 21.--John H. Fife, A former reeve of Otonabee, found dead in bed at his home in that township. He was a son of the late Alexander Fife, one of the early settlers of the district. He is sur- J. B. Leadley chosen city clerk of | vived by his wife, th¢ze daughters ship, near Miiton. He was seventy-five 8 and three sons. years of age. when | ONTARIO WILL D0 ITS SHARE | Ready to Contribute One Third of Emergency Re- lief Fund. Toronto, Dec. 21.--The Ontario | government stands ready to contri- bute one-third of the amount dis- | bursed by the municipalities of the | province on emergency relief, pro- | vided the other two-thirds is either | paid by the municipality or by the municipality and the dominion gov- ernment jointly. But before the gov- { ernment hands over any money, it | will seek very definite assurances {about the manner in which relief { had been given. The policy adopted | by the government was set out in a statement issued by Hon. W. E. | Raney yesterday. Would Stop Betting. Toronto, Dec. 21.--The | government will find out if it has power to stop betting on race courses. An order-in-council, pass ed by the cabinet yesterday pre- pares the way. "There w{l be an ap- plication to the courts to discover provincial jurisdiction in the mat- ter The government has received | requests for such action from the {Inter-church advisory councik and | executive committee of the Social Service association deploring that | betting is allowed on the race | courses of the province E. Bayly, | K.C., deputy attorney-general, is to | take action. Ontario AUDIT CANTEEN FUNDS Canada's Share of Profits Not Yet Fixed. | Ottawa, Dec, 21.--The question of | Canada's share in the profits aris- {ing from the transactions of Cana- jajan troops with the Navy and Army | Board canteens in England and the | expeditionary force canteens in the | field, which has been the subject of | negotiations, is still undecided. | Auditors have 'been appointed for |determining the amount of Canada's | share, and the president of the Insti [tute of Chartered Accountants, Lom- { don, England, has agreed to draw up ithe term of reference. 'Sir George | Perley, high commissioner for Can- ada, is watching proceedings. RETIRES FROM OFFICE | William Mackenzie ' Leaves Depa ment of External Affairs. Ottawa, Dec. 21.--Official nouncement wag authorized 'yp retirement from the public of William MacKenzie, who April, 1908, has filled the imy, position of secretary of imperid foreign correspondence. / Mr. MacKenzie, who has I superannuated at his own quest, was at the time of his pointment by Sir Wilfrid Laurier April, 1908, the doyen of the pars liamentary press gallery, and prob- ably "the best known press corres pondent in the capital. NO FURTHER REMISSION Minister of Customs Speaks of Busi« ness Profits Tax. : | Ottawa, Dec. 21.--There has been no decision by the government as to [removal of the business proftis tax, | according to Hon. R. W, Wigmore, | minister of customs and inland re - | venue. Mr, Wigmore stated that the only charges contemplated im the taxation measures at the present were those which became effective with the partial remission of the luxury and manufacturers' taxes Monday morning. i | Resume Phone Hearing. : Ottawa, Dec. 21.--Notice has been served on the Bell Telephon Co. and all interested parties thal the final hearing of the Bell Tele phone increased rates case will iheid in Ottawa, on Jan, 6th, next. Tie hearing, it is expected, will tak up a* least the balance of the week, A decision can hardly be expected, in the opinion of those most closely, . fn touch with the case, till late a January. BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HIS MOTHER Moosomin, Sask., Dec. 21. Mrs. C. C, Mitchell, wife of a farmer living five miles south of here, was accidentally shot. and killed by her ten-year-old 'son, whose father had given the | boy a gun to take into the house. 'Saw Road Planked | For Qovernor-General Belleville, Dec. 21.--Mrs. Cathar- line Finkle, who has just celebrated her eightieth birthday, has spent hes | éntire life on the Finkle homeste front of Sydney She knew the fro of the township when Indians wer | numerous, saw farms worked Ww sturdy men, wis present when | road between Toronto and Kingst | was laid with plank for the go¥i | nor-general to ride over. She the. first steamboat on the Bay Would Pay U.8. War Debt | This action means that the military | Quinte, and remembers when eve { believes that the Sinn Fein will be one ) | unable to shoot from ambush with- homespun flannel, wore long-jegged ° boots and sw leverything with maple sugar. Her many relatives took part | the anniversary, and Mrs. Finkle | celved numerous gifts. was | i Havoc Among Sheep. {- Milton, Dec. 21.--Dogs have playing havoc with sheep' be {to farmers in Nassagaweya Several | claims for damages have been he townshi o 457 Soe iran vvuyed sagen