EE OI TR RS SAT ey A t + printing offices In Canada. 8 . THE BRITISH WHIG { PIRATE THEORY STRENGTH. 88TH YEAR. "ring ign ENED. Strength is added that pirates may | sible for the | the fate of ships a *ws that have | | disappeared off fhe Altantic coast in | | the last few months by the report {of a skipper that his vessel had been | approached by another. craft, whichs | later speeded away without answer- AUTeast thie government | places sufficient credence in the story .to cause it to send out wireless wakn- ings to ships at sea to be on the watch for a craft that might approach {in the darkness with lights veiled. { That is the manner in which it came | to "the theory been respon- surrounding have myst 'lupon a Munson liner, 300 miles east' Published Daily Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH iG PUBLISHING CO., LIMITED ' J. G. Eloy .. President Leman A. Gulla ...... Editor Managing-Directoe TELEVHONE! Business Office . Editorial Room Job Office SUBSCRIPTION RATES: & (Daily Edition) year, delivered in city year, if paid in advance ...-. year, by mail to rural office year, to United States «+243 .229 292 $6.00 5.00 2.50 3.00 Leo 1.50 $1.50 OUT-OF-TOWN REPRESENTATIVES F. Calder, 22 Bi. John St. Montreal F. W. Thompson King St. W. Toronto. Letters to the Editor are published only over the actusl name of the ~ Writer. ttached Is one of the best job The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO > ~~ Audit Bureau of Circulations. Why worry? Blood is thicker than the skulls of Jingoes. Fists The great need at present is fewer sxperts and more exports. # Disarmament ought to begin with that new gun that will shoot 300 milés. Our idea of a sinecure is serving op the jury in one of those Leipsig trials. x ------ France thinks the. war trials in Germany are farcical. Farcical, but not humorous. een These are the days when cupid is captain on the quarter deck of many & summer canoe. Nearly all great men are married. It is struggle and opposition that levelops latent genius. At times it is difficult to decide thich causes the greater heart burn- ng, an empire or an umpire. Perhaps these "mystery" ships merely are propaganda to revive in- 'erest in fiction of the briny deep. To groom: Verb, meaning to feed. lo curry, to brush and wait upon. | Noun: One who assumes these duties for a bride. 'The cheering forecast is Issued that by the time most of us are dead, Canada, if-it works hard, 11H "be vut of debt. ------ Food prices remain high, but a re- duction of the tariff on poker chips will 'lighten the burdeg of feeding the kitty, % N A physician says lew grade whis- key makes man A morose and stub- born. Low grade gasoline also Las that effect on a mator. & S---- Married persons lead in the num: ber of New York suicides, bit per- haps many who are married see no- thing siagular about that. --intt. Stefanson y travel 350 miles 4 Lagond the North Pole, but applause "is suspended until he shows that the trip is worth the gum drops. ---------- The ladies may muffle and hide their ears, but when a married man strays from the narrow path they Still contrive to hear about it. When the villian in the movies pours a drink from a bottle, it isn't 'Teal hootch. You know it isn't be- - cause he doesn't pour the glass full. The sew BAT Th ania the United States places fossils on the free list. It won't help much, Every tommunity the is well supplied ---- . New Jersey justice says hugging ot girls steering automobiles must tease, It is a dangerous practice Many a man has been led into matri- mony that way, . -------- Dazzling headlights are one of the most frequent causes of accidents. Yet such lights are still to be seen on the highways. Isn't it time that the provincial secretary enforced tae new law? -------- Professor Einstein is amazed at the temerity' of Americans in at- tempting to understand his theory. That's nothing. There are plenty of Women who ask to have baseball ex- Plained to them, of Philadelphia, according to. the re-' i port of Captain Giles, who apprised | | the owners of the affair alter he had | brought his vessel to port. Fully a._score of ships have vanish- | ed in the vicinity of where Captain | Giles encountered the vessel of mys- | tery since the first of the year. The unusual circumstances surrounding | the disappearance of the ships result- ed in--varied "possible explanations, | among them being one that a sea | marauder, either a pirate ora "sov- | | let cruiser," was responsible. These | views later gave way to the opinion | that the missing ships had been lost |in storms. Still the situation re- | { mained Puzzling because it seemed '| improbable that so large a number | also anticipate of vessels could be wrecked and leave Do trace whatever of their fate. Now 'the -other theory has some solid ground- seemingly and, with that as | a basis, it'is likely that the possibility | | of the operations of an outlaw craft | | Will be followed up untij it is proved | {no such vessel exists or until jt is | | captured or destroyed. WOMAN'S DRESS HER AFFAIR. { Just when mere man got to going | good in his censure of the stylg, of gowns worn by woman comes news | from Paris that a prominent design- | er has sent out his mannequins wear- | ing gowns with skirts extending to | the ankle. But what difference will } that make as far.as male complaints are lieard? There probably wil] be some other feature about the new dress that will prove offensive to the masculine mind. Such has been the case for all time, and probably it al- ways will be so, The long skirts--really long ones, the hem of which extended to the soles of the feet and farther--are | remembered by everyone who has | reached the neighborhood of middle age. Of their modesty there was not a bit of doubt and yet men com- { } i 4 Plained. They swept the street and why/didn't women relieve themselves of such unsanitary contraptions? was the complaint. Then came a shorter skirt, ostensibly to be worn on wet days, the "rainy Daisy" first hailed as a sensible innovation but soon rousing the scorn of man to the point where he said that women who wore them looked like dowdies, The style of dress now popular among women recently was comment- "ed upon by Rev. J. Whitcomb Broug- her of Loe Angeles. "There is. not one woman in a million," he said, "who would consent to wear Co8- tumes modeled by a bunch of preach- ers, It is best for all concerned if the preachers look after their ser- mons and let the women model their own shirtwaists and skirts." And who will say he is not right? Why are women not just as able to pass judgment on what is modest and sensible as men? ------------ THE ALBERTA ELECTIONS, +The Alberta elections bears out the forecasts that the farmers would elect a majority of the members of the new legislature running on the U.F.A. ticket, following the example of- Ontario. The latest summary gives the standing of parties as fo!- lows: United Farmers Liberals .. Labor .. ee , Independent ,, .. ante. We are informed by despatches that the election was fought, not-cn the record and policies of the Stew- art government, but upon the alleged iniquities of the old party system. terest was the determining factor showing that, in the future, the funec- tion of government is to be utilized to promote the interests of whatever las may succeed in dominating the country. The success of the U.F.A. means that the farmers of Alberta have broken with the traditional parties and in their hands the government must become an agricultural' insti- tution. In a purely rural province there might be nothing objectionable in this, but when we consider the federal field with its multifarious in- terests, there must be a broader, at national outlook expressed in policies and principles rather than in class and occupational interests if govern- ment is to be carried on in the inter. est of the country as a whole. The struggle in the immediate fu- ture is to be one between class con- Science and national conscience. Al- ready a retrograde movement has set in throughout the country as in. dicated by recent provincial elec- tions. Men are everywhere engaged in a Pernicious self-preoccupation which pursued to its logical conclu- sion spells' weakness and disaster. TR ------ | and in geological research. | companied by two experts in the sub- Undoubtedly the appeal of class in-|" until Aug. 4th, groups and the formation of govern- | ment by compromise cannot give a | strong and representative govern- | ment such as we have had under the two party system, and the great prob- lem in Canadian politics to-day is to cngage the attention of the electors on real national issues rather than on the pursuit of the pork barrel. =} OFF FOR BAFFIN LAND. ___ ""When Commander Peary discover: ed the North Pole many persons re- | marked that the days of Arcticexplor- ation were over and that scientific adventurers would have to find some | fresh outlet for their activities, * But it was soon apparent that there was } much left in that region to be ac- complished in the way. of charting the vast unvisited wastes, in studying animal and vegetable life Dr. MacMillan, of Crooker Land | expedition fame, will shortly sail | from a Main port in the schooner Bowdoin for Baffin Land to explore | the interior of that little-known is- | land which is now reckoned the third | largest in the world. He will be ac- ject of terrestrial" magnetism, who will make imiportant observations in the vicinity of the magnetic pele from which both electrical science and navigation, it is expected, will widely benefit. Weather observers some interesting in- form@tion from the continuous wire- less pervice which the members of the expedition hope to maintain. Dr. MacMillan and his companidns are examples of the scientific men who, without thought of financial re- ward, boldly encounter dangers and hardships for the sake of adding something to the world's store of knowledge. There is no thought of making discoveries of direct commer- cial value. No one expects to find gold or other mineral treasures in Baffin Land. But for scientific men there are riches of another kind only awaiting discovery and development, And so the nation bids these brave men Godspeed, a successful voyage and a safe return. . And as we think of these explorers sailing in the teeth of the chilling north wind, the frigid spray dasaing in their faces, icicles forming on the whiskers of the sturdy old sea dog at the wheel, the mercury marking 10 above zero afld falling rapidly, the crew shivering with the cold as wrap- ped in furry garments they endeavor to climb the mizzen mast, splice the main brace or wind the starboard watch, some of us can't help wish- ing 'we were going to be with them, sharing their frostbites and chil- blains. For even Baffin Land must bave its advantages in July, Walt Mason THE POET PHILOSOPHER St THE STRAIGHT PATH. It doesn't pay to rob the mails, though profits be enormous; at last the robbers lie in jails, the records all inform us. And if in prison they don't rot, through warrants and sub- poenas, they're hunted down at last and shot like Warthogs or hyenas. The bandits flourish for a time, when favored by conditions, and striplings read the tale of erime, and have some wlid ambitions. Whyg hew the log or till the soil, or stick to labor cheesey, why buckle down to honest toil, when robbing is so easy? In fic- tion and in movie shows the thieves appear before us, romantic figures, who are foes to all the laws that bore us. We see them there as Robin Hoods, in colors most alluring, fine heroes driven to the woods by wrongs beyond enduring. The stripling sees the lurid screen, or reads the lurid story and sighs, "I'll get a gun, I Ayeen, and harvest coin and glory." And it is well if some one's there to tell him. where, he's headed, that crime can only bring despair, and sorrow double-leaded. In films the bandits wear glad smiles, as though by life enchanted; but they're shot down like crocodiles, and Jailed and hanged and planted. Not two in nine ty-nine escape the prison' or the cleaver," and when they croak there is no crape on any mourner's beaver. --WALT MASON. London Eating Seng Birds, London, July 21.--"Unless a strong effort is made to suppress the whole thing, it will not be long be- fore robins and warblers grace the tables of British Caligulas. On the other hand, practical effort would soon have its effect." So sadly, yet threateningly, states the annual report of the Royal So- ciety for the Protection of Birds. It adds 3 "The small supply of singing birds as gastronomic tidbits in poulterers' shops and the provision departments of large stores has again come iiito prominence through the . increased exhibition of ekylarks and continued attempts to introduce thrushes and other species. : "The custom of serving up larks at city dinners and smart functions bas long deprived England of her justification for protest against the eating of robins and warblers by the Freach and Italians." : ------------ As the result of an important com- niunication 'seat to 'Washington, it may be necessary for Premier Mei- ghen of Canada to remain in London Moorish pirates are again active off the Moroccan coast, an attack by them upon the Spanish sloop An- {'shrinks grievously in hot + Hei=Wea ber. attendance | the moment. to the board within one week. The election of clags or gccupational tonia Torres béine reported. | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. 3, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1021, | PUBLIC OPINION | A Spiritual Barometer. | (Orillia Packet) 1 Whatever statistics may appear to | prove, bank little on the spirituality | of "a church whose congregatio 1.| weather. | is-pretty nearly -as reliable a gauge as .atten- | dance at the week-night prayer-meet- { ing. : -- Evidence of Decline. (Toronto Mail and Empire) Rev. John Roach Straton, a Naw | York reformer, after attending the Dempsey-Carpentier fight, said that | the United States was in much the | same position as Rome just before the fall. 'Rome was pretty tougn, we know, but at that Rome's clergy did not go to prize fights in the days of that empire's declina. ------------ Keep Cool. (Victoria Times) | It is cool 'in British Columbia at | Bnt campers and those | who snend mcst of the summer out | of doors would do well to remember | that a heat waive may bé at hand -- which means that every care should | be taken witn the camp fire and light- | ed cigar and cigarette ends. The Prize Winner. | (Hamilton }erald) { The Dempsey-Carpentier bout was | a prize-fight all right; but it was Uncle Sam, and not Mr. Dempgey who ! was the chief prize-winner, for Uncle i Sam's winnifgs from the affair, in| the form of income-tax, amounted | to more than the total sum" received by both the fislhters. | Building Stagnation. {Toronto Globe) | Investors' will put up with incon- | venience and resort . to makeshifts, | and there will be stagnation and un- | employment until building costs fall to a more reasonable level. If the} building schemes and plans suspend ed throughout Canada until prices re- cede were to be carried out the stim- ulus would be felt everywhere and ia every branch cof business. ------------------ Slipping Back Into Old Ways, | (New Orleans Times Picayune) Three years ago public opinion here | and abroad demanded a world organ- ization for preservation of peace. That opinion reached high tide at | the Paris conference and produced a League of Nations--whnich America, with all her love of peace and peace | societies, thus far refuses to join | €ven on her own terms. So far as Am- erica is concerned, therefore, we seem to be returning--or rather slip- ping back--to the old conditions, whereundar there is much talk of | peace and great activity of peace go- cieties--but nothing accomplished toward permanent peace that deserv- es the name of action, -------- DEVOTE BENEVOLENCE. The Greatest Sum Ever Set Aside For Such Mission. Ottawa, July 21.--Business was transacted by the Board of General Purposes of the Grand Lodge, A.F. and A.M. in the province of Ontario, at the Masonic Temple here. An interesting decision was the allowing of $82,000 as the estimated expenditure for benevolence in Ont- ario next year. This is the greatest amount set aside for such a purpose since masonry was founded in the province. It.exceeded by over .$10,- 000, that used for such purpose last year. In addition to this amount, there will be an estimated expendi- ture of $15,000 by various individual lodges in their local fraternal work. The money is used for the widows and orphans of Masons and incapa- citated Masons themselves, PR c---- U.F.A. Member-Elect Dead. Edmonton, July 21.--Percival Baker, just elected U.F.A. member for Ponoka, died in Edmonton Tues- | day as a result of-an injury he suf- fered some weeks ago. Mr. Baker suffered his fatal injuries while en- gaged in pulling trees off his farm and a tree swung around and hit+him on the head. He had been in an Edmonton hospita] ever since and took no part in the campaign whih resulted in his election. Mr. Baker was a former Baptist minister" He was vice-president of the U.F.A., and had been. spoken as a cabinet possibility in the new legis- lature. --es in To Cut Live Stock Rates. Ottawa, July 21.--An imporiant reduction on lve stock rallway rates on all Canadian lines is assured, as the result of a conference held be- tween representatives of the lve stock industry and the railways. A basic 25 per cent. decrease is pro- bable. In view of the sympathetic.) attitude of the railway companies, it was felt that an order of the Railway Commission .would be unnecessary. The railways will submit their offer Cost Four Billions. London, July 21.--England may count herself lucky the Palestine mandate was not awarded her in Biblical times. According to the Right Rev. T. E| Bird, who lectured at Cambridge Universit}, Solomon's temple, in terms of modern values, cost $4,000,000,000 to build. The lecturer did not mention the discov- ery of any building scandal in Jer- usalem, e A -------------- Prince May Visit J cc London, July 21.--Japan's invita- tion to the Prine of Wales to visit Japan at the conclusion of his Indian tour has not yet been officially ac- cepted. It is understood, however, that the king approved of the visit and that the Prince will go to Japan in March or Abril, 1923, - Boys' Wash Suits, 98c. Boys' Wash Suits, 98¢. | | BIBBY'S BARN ee a EERE ET July attractions are well worth coming miles to see MEN'S UNDERWEAR Athletic style--the $2.00, $2.25 variety. OUR SPECIAL $1.50 MEN'S FINE SHIRTS Arrow Brand--perfect fitting. Sizes 14 to 17. The $2.00, $2.50 variety. OUR SPECIAL $1.48 MEN'S FINE SHIRTS Real good ones--sold in most stores at $3.00. OUR SPECIAL $1.98 ' WASH TIES Tubular, reversible--reguiar 50c. 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