+ i BRITISH 89TH YEAR. Pnblished Dally and Semi-Weekly by PUBLISHING 0 THE BRITISH WHIG CO, LIMITED J. G. Elllott Leman A. Guild ------ TELEFHOMES: Business Editorial Job Office .. SUBSCRIPT ¥ RAT {Daily Edition) One year, In city ran year, If paid In advance to rural offices One year, to 1 ted States .... .., (Semi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mall, cash .. One year, to United States Sener at een mee, UT-OF -TOWN REPRESENTATIVES, hon Montreal w, + Onlder, 22 St, John St. ¥. W. Thompson ....100 King St. Toronto, Letters to the Editor are published cha rao the ORly over the actual name of wri Attached is one of printing offices in Canad: ne 'WHIG . President Editor aud Director $5.00 live 8230 10, . 81.090 A One year. If not paid in advamce p1.30 I0 $4.50 ga the hest job Tha a, | The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG is authenticated by the ABO Audit Bureau of Circulations ee Pe PAA PPP Pa tA Summer resort hotel rates always #mclude "and up." Money talks, and 'what nonsense a fool can make it spill. Bven in summer, the open fireplace 'has its uses in the tobacco-chewing belt. Lawless persons outside the pris ons are the ones who cause the trouble. on how he depends these days has left after All much a man bis taxes. pays ., Whom the gods would they firs. make indifferent ing brake linings. "A shin you love ¢loser examination proves been retouched, destroy, concern- touch," on to have to Vacation trips would more pleasant if the first stop wasn't the savings bank be much Anciher need of the times fancy fly that will delight fish as it delights fishermen. is a They call it good Mquor now if it has sufficient kick to make one for- get how rotten it is. Oorrect this sentence: "The accus- ed woman was beautiful, and a jury "of men found her guilty." shoes too If bis feet crowd his tightly, rest assured his brain doesn't | treat his skull that way, Our civilization seems to be little more than a slow and painful pro- gems of tinkering with the tariff, _ One reason why conferences are forever on the point of a rupture is because they haven't got Russia sow- The reason the oM-fashioned girl THE DAILY BRi11iSH WHIG, » WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1922, THE HANNA ORDER. H ler was an ordet of y Orde 1 nd ex- 1e he ser adm immediate effect of the famous order Was to stir up the bitter résentme western labor, resulting in to the Manitoba legislature nion parliamen: of the Conservative gc vern- ul prosecuting 16 H r of the rtainty of. its « nsequences, not he justified on anv er mnels of policy reg: less of the Mr. Hanna in 0 National support of it ag head I 0 ms he Railways de- 1dr positi the men| of tk ause pted a right of and coming f 1 the C¢ nomination was to Inbor to representa. nserva- government itself was ve ry. bad Premi King we T nothing fail to too astute to tt 's blind trail party of his purpose lealing that have heen th n of his foll Wenrs, and whic? hou opr highmir esly of and fair Ler ze leader, which h Montreal Gazette profs ses 10 In the reorgan tion of v board woul ave | but reorganization carried out by the late Conservative BOVe fact that it and foot, ests it rnment except for the } d was bour hand k 80 to speak, hy the inter. served, and was powerless to ict It was forced to Create a separ Trunk Rail Liberal gover: unde the ate board for the Grand The was placed way new ment necessity imalgamating parate execu lives under one head for which pur be absolutely pose the resignation of the ards that had been set Up was | nécessary It was nece sary, too, to the railway administration tical control, and in doing Premier Kin'g within his clearing himself from the under which in the pol 0 was nights in ignominy scence Icy enunciated in the famous Hanna Order wounld_have He is bound to dissocj- ate his government | placed him cal animosity expressed by the Mei- len government through the old board, and he ¢ an be depended upon | to maintain an uncompromising attj- 'ude the newly constituted | board takes over the railway admini- stration, when { ! IBRITAIN'S MARITIME SUPREM- ACY. as Britain the world power, just so long for her to lead So long remains greatest {will it be Necesss | the world in shipping, for, as a mat- ter of fact, Britain's world power de- pends fundamentally on the supreni- lacy she holds on the seven seas. That iche is still a long, way ahead of all rivals, although the United States has [made a great gain in the past eight Years, is shown by the figures pub- | ished in Lloyd's Register for 1922- [23. The feature of the report for | this year is an interesting eompari- {son with the shipping tonnage of the | various nations previous to the wal in 1914. The significant points in this comparison' are two in number. { The first ds that, in spite of the mil- lions of tons of shipping lost by | Great Britain owing to submarine ac- { tion during the war, her total was, in Jume, 1922, higher than in June, 1914. The second is that the United States, which in 1914 was fourth in y e (Steam tonnage, her pre the could | arguments of-| ladness, | from the politi- | {didn't call her beau *'daddy" was be- would like to see a straw hat given [the list of the world's shipping na- | : {tlons, to-day stamds sécond with a 3 wasn't ol to be her he t old enough . j tonnage which is more than ien times y | greater than jt was eight years ago. | : {A third, but less important feature, | ' Speed doesn't appeal to us, but we | ! {is that Germany has dropped from | : second place on the list to seventh, | 0 lair chance on a good track in Rs | h 'wind. | with about one-fifth of the tonnage | " |she had in 1914; and, apart from | Greece, she is the only mation now Was worth the price to keep the |OWning less tonnage than in 1914. folks home nights for a few | The position of Great Britain and ® | the British dominions stands unchal- | lenged at the head -of the shipping In this turmoil and strife, the only f list. Last month Britain had 19,- that will keep the poor from | 053,000 tons of shipping registered suffering is n more economica] |8t Lloyd's--a small but, under the aretor. | circumstances; satisfactory increase : over the 18,877,000 owned in 1914 Proof of woman's shrewdness |The dominions' quota, in the sar@ ( 't ¥ie im her ability to capture a | period, has increased from 1,407,000 but in her ability to make him [to 2,201,000 tons. The United States, lieve he did it. Even if the radio loses popularity, | of Jadge { Skrek." | however, largely, owing 10 war-t shipbuilding activities, has 1d The shipp 1914 totalled ime | g own- very great gain ed by that country in 1,837,000, 2.508.000 while amourits to 1 crease which is phenomen ificant of the fight whi an republic is making and mariiim crease ig la Britain in the world's fact that while Great | owned 44.50 per cent snt propor- 29 a3 ition is 50 per cent Taking into cons i bined totals of B in [dominicns and the United | sdes at verwhelming | superiority Saxon peo | ples as seafaring nat about the com- British States, one a glance the ¢ of the A 18 Between them they control two-thirds of the world's shippir The natural be drawn that the English-speaking race is still destin- hold the maritime { supremacy, with in the lead, and so loag a the world leaders! f the Anglo-Saxon ndt The because inference to led to world's Britain wel] this is mo, nations wil puted | 2 | world will } rter place this is so e-- | ---- "DRY" SENTIMENT. 10,000,000 voters of which Di- to "WET" AND The pol the questi prohibition, being made by the Literary progressed far enough yma interesting differences among the in States regarding the op- mn f is | gest, has present lof opini | the Uni leratior to the co electors e eighteenth amendment nstitution The question is being ,put by the Digest in triangul 8.1 favors of ar form---whether the voter strict enforcement, the Volstead law to permit light win modification | es and beer or repeal of the amen.l- So far 357,600 votes have! expression being enforcement, ment been received, the 135,834 for 145,727 for modification and 76,039 for repeal The combination of re peal and modification as against the strict bone dry sentiment shows 221.766 0 35,834. The wet majority is around 86,000. Should this ratio keep up to the termination of the poll, granting, of that propagandists are pre- from forcing expression one way or the other, it indicat» ja decided dissatisfaction the course, vented would with present operation of prohibition by |a majority of people in the United | States The wisdom of taking any such poll after instead of before the fact, so to speak, is being ques- | tioned in some quarters, and the ar- | | dent prohibition leaders are charg- | ing that even to seek expression ot | opinion regarding modification of the prohibition amendment is an. at- tack on the constitution. itself. This Is an extreme view, and the volcing | thereof is likely to arouse opposition. | Intolerance of contrary opinion will not put a quietus on such opinion, | Whether recognized as an actual is- | sue or not, the questions of enforce- ment and modification seem bound | to stand as matters of popular dis- | cussion for some time to come. his acquie- | i | Our Canadian Question And Answer Corner | Q.--What was Canada's fur pro- {duction worth in 1920-21? | A.--Canada's fur production re- | presented In 1920-21 a yalue of over $10,000,000 from nearly 3,000,000 pelts. | Q---What Canadian cow holds the | | world's record for both milk ard but- {ter in strictly official tests? A.--Canada has the world's record for buiter and milk test in DeKol (Plus Segis Dixie, owned by D. Ray- {mond, Vaudreuil, Que., yielding in {1921 32,632 pounds of milk and {1,439 1bs. of butler. Q.--Who was "Sam Slick"? A --'"Sam Skck" was the pen-name Haliburton, of Windsor, N.S., who wrote many books a gener- ation ago, some of a humorous na- ture, uwder the pen name of "Sam FARMER BADLY BURNED. Fell While Carrying Cauldron of Boiling Water. Chatham, Ont, Aug. 2.--In at- tempting to remove a cauldron of! boiling water from the stove in his | farm dwelling, Henry Martin, aged | forty nine, a farmer, of Dover ()wiui-| ship, suffered terrible burns, which! cover the entire front fo his body. He was moving the cauldron fiom the kitchen range, according on a statement secured to-day, whea he slipped and fell, the bolliagy water splashi: g over him. Martin is in St. Joseph's Hospital. The United States may yet find it | to scrap the present mer | fleet and build another with bar space. J f women keep on learning the Pofessions, a wife of the future can't ot much from her husband ex- Pt moral support. The number of people who hate the bition law because it doesn't bit is exceeded by the number BO hate it because it does. STUCK t-------------- Now, when you read that she rais- | her eyebrows, you don't know | it means an expression of | the rocks in the Lachine Rapids, w | sengers on board. Officials say ® of 8 bit of pencil work, ROCKS IN RAPIDS. . The steamer, Rapids Prince, which is reported fast on ith over four hundred pas- the steamer is in no danger. +Montreal, BBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY [5] meeps HARV- a man reap THINK OF THE EST: --Whatsoever soweth, that shall he also Galatians 6:7, FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR CRUEL TRIFLERS rn Hunt and Mahoney Tricked Women by Marriage Promises. 4 7 Toronto, Aug. Vir day, alias William Hunt, es Madison, and John D Mahoney, were sentenced to four years in pe tentiary by Magistrate Cohen, f - Ing their conviction for the theft of $400 and a diamond ring from Miss Roselle Patterson, an employee of the T. Eaton Company Fletcher Kerr, counsel for Hunt, announced that he would appeal According to the evidence, Hunt told the girl hq had come into a $55,000 legacy and would receive $10,000 on his marriage. She ad¢ vanced him $400 to meet expense The meeting between the two was the result of advertisements pla in the newspapers respecting matri- mony. Mahoney was also convictad of obtaining $50 from Miss Ida Jud- kins. The crown pointed out Hunt had previous convictions in Ottawa and elsewhere and that Mahoney, who represented himself to be a Mr. Alexander, a Montreal solicitor, in connection with the papers shown to Miss Pat- terson, had been convicted before for illegal use of the mails M:. Kerr protested against the severity of the sentences, comparing them to those given men for stealing more than half a million, namely, two vears less one day He stated that Hunt had been| willing in court marry Miss Patterson but she hautily refused ° that HEARD VIA RADIO. ------ Furnished by Courtesy Canada Radio Stores. Tuesday evening was a ve-s night for receiving and the «an from Pittsburg, Pa., Schenectaly, N Y., Rochester, N.Y., Newark, and other cities in loud distinct. =. The baseball broadcasted by Rochester, at 7 tively, and when Items of came again and scores wer Schenectady and 8 pm, r it was announced spec- me ------ | BIBBY'S ° | ALL SUMMER SUITS | and Toggery 'Must be Sold We have received word from headquarters to sell all our Summer Suits and Furnishings by middle of August, as new Fall goods will be rolling in on us. IT'S UP TO US TO GET BUSY New and attractive, as well as pleasing prices attached to all summer wearables, SUMMER SUITS Values 835 to $37.50. Your choice for $25.00 SUMMER SUITS Values $25 to $28.50 Your choice for, $18.50 MEN'S FINE SHIRTS Values $1.50 to $2.00 Your choice for $1.00 SUMMER SUITS Values $20.00 to $25.00 Your choice for $15.00 FANCY SILK AND LINEN SHIRTS $5.00 to $6.50 values. Your choice $3.85 PURE SILK SHIRTS Values $7.50 to $8.50 Your choice for $4.75 BIBBY'S that Toronto had won from R): hes-! ter by ane run, it surely please many listeners. It has been announced that La Presse station at Montreal, will soon be in operation, br ing every day and evening | lish and French. The Rochester station W.d A M in Eng-| has been requested to start a series | of small programmes eyery evening and they have acceeded to this re-| quest. The programme last avening included the famous Thornton Bur- gess Bedtime stories for the kiddies. Many a youngster is put to sleep with the adventures of Uncle Wig- gely and Peter Rabbit ringing "in their ears. As one youngstay marked last evening, "Gee, isn't this great." ---- CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Mother, Restrained From Running Into Flames, St. Catharines, Ont., Aug. The twenty-two months' old child of Thomas Barnes, of Louth township, was burned to death, when the Barnes' home was destroyed with contents. The child had been left sleeping in the house while the mo- ther started with her five-year-old son to draw some water, Wher 150 feet away she noticed the house in flames. She rushed back but was unable to enter. Campers from a nearby beach restrained her from Jumping into the flames. The fath- €r was away at the time. FOR SALE First Class Grocery Store and DWELLING, exceptionally well-located; will sell store and dwelling combined or store only; splendid trade. For par- | ticulars, apply: T. J. 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KENT MACNEE J i commerce Bullding, Brock ag { Ban Streets. Phone 701 or 36M. General Insurance Ageney Automobile, Fire, Acecident ! es Plate Glass Burglary, ete. | wepresenting Only Reliable Companies KIA-ORA ORANGE SQUASH. LEMON SQUASH. LIME JUICE CQRDIAL. Guaranteed, made from fresh | Fruit and Cane Sugar only. | Plumber Ideal summer beverages, | } Mix with plain ar Bada water. Jas. REDDEN & Co. The House of Satisfaction Phones 20 and 990. jalty. All work guaranteed. Ad- dress 145 Froutenac Street. Phone 1277. AAA AAA AAA A A ii A deputation from Canada and the United States coal fields go to pro- test against the shipping of British coal to American and Canadian cit- fos during the strike, Crawford Scranton Coal Poone 9. Foot of Queen St. 4 It is definitely established that Eamon DeValera's headquarters arc at Clommel,