mm--------r-- , BRITISH WHIG 9aRD "| real oll famine. sdar-eunds in known flelds;. UREN IEEE Rl WHIG Pi , KINGSTON, rent DAVIES . year, n ity year, by mal) to rural offices, year, to United Staten Maa sateen ibis pt Sr Letters to the Kditor are puliished ¥y wver ithe Gctusl same of the ter, a oc---------------- be circuintion of The British Whis I wuthen wacrd bY the Audit Hurean of A RT -- ---------- KING'S DAUGHTERS AND SONS. It required the presence of a con- wention to recall to mind the §plen- work accomplished in Kingston | ~-and we believe -the same applies | 10 other Ontario cities and towns-- 'By that quiet, noble organisation the King's Daughters and Sons. The members have been going about 'these many years doing acts of ben- 00. 0f mercy, 'and of devoted helpfulness in His name. Unostenta- ously these lovers of humanity Have worked and gacrificed their on- reward beipg the consciousness that they were serving Him, the 'Master of all mankind. Thousands of cups of water have been dispens- od, and much of refreshment and 'gheer carried Into homes of dis tress and sorrow. Relief in times of destitution has brought comfort and dsfaction to the dispensers, equal- ge it has to the sufferers. It was Gults an epigrammatic sentence that yor Angrovk gave expression to In '8 welcoming address when 'he eall- od them "princesses of the King of gs)' Jt was, assuredly gratifying to Bear, at the gathering of the con- stant, abiding and influential work mecomplished by the noble bands of senlor and junior ladies in years The stick-at-itiveness of the ére 6f the Food and Fuel Fund f the Charity Circle was certainly yemarkable. In thirty-one years the r people of the city were en- "gouraged to be thrifty, to save the : jes and the gilver bits for un- onates occasions and ft was surpris- the result, some $37,668 were fered up day by day, week by , to be given back in food and when 'eirgumstances rendered necessary. It truly was the lay- 'up "lor a rainy day." No one will begrudge the praise owed on Miss Gertrude Strange, eity union president, whose work ough many years has been a sti- tion and a pattern for her dtast helpers. It was fitting, on occasion of the convention ban , for the city cireles to proffer her with unstinted love, a royal gl tribute as an appreciation of "tireless energy and unfailing * To this tribute' we fain the whole citizenry will # appreciation and commendation the tevoted lady, who in the Der unchanging Friend, has av plished so much in succobing ng the sorrows of 80. many afflicted ones convention has been a real it in doing nothing more telling to the world the great that have accrued to King tor power purposes of ail kinds in a fow yefirs' time will be faced with a. Canada, as a large importer of ofl and as a potential exporter, is vitally pinterested in. the report, Those re- commendations iu the report which relate «to the fatare and have parti- citlar interest to Canadians are as follows: "¢1) Continued exploration for extension of known sands and deep (2% com= tinued exploration for new fields; (3). systematic research and experi- ment upon methods of securing a larger proportion of the oll from the 4 (4) systematic research and expériment . in new methods and apened costs "In refining and racking olls and waste elimination; (5) eo-opeTative methods in eane de- velopment of new fields to prevent wasteful flush flow and overpro- duction; (6) research and applica- tion by engine-builders of more eco- nomical use of petroleum products; (7) expansion of American holdings in foreign oil fields." The threatened ofl shortage in the United States should give an impe- tus.to the development of Canadian B05 oil fields, remarks the London Free | Press. In Alberta for years there has been prospecting for oil, with every sign of oll on a large scale, but few strikes. Turner Valley, in Southern' Alberta, however, has now several wells producing, and the outlook is that it will develop a big field. In Northern Alberta, and particularly in the Peace River country, there is every indication of oil, but transpor- tation difficulties have Hitherto held back development. There have been reports also recently of signs of oil in Northern Ontario, in the James Bay district. The plight of the Unit- | ed States should be to the advantage jof Canada. | + SCOTT'S INSANITY PLEA, } / Co Once again the execution of Rus- sell T. Scott has been stayed at Chi- cago. This former young Toroato finapcler, found guilty of slaying a drug clerk, was adjudged insane by a jury and incércerated in am asy- lum. medical experts to be sane and com- demned by a judge to the gallows. Now Scott's lawyers will again try ito prove 'that he is Insane and { should not be put to death. Scott's case recalls the cases of Harry K. Thaw, millionaire, who glew Sandford White, New York ar- ehitect, and John Buchan Pirie, the young Englishman, who killed his common law wife and their two children in Ottawa two years ago. Thaw was declared insane at the time he shot White because the lat- ter was alleged fo have ill-treated his young wife before he married her. Pirie was also judged iusane when he ended the lives of the wo- man with whom he lived as wife and their children. The public was 'fever satisfied that Thaw was in- sane; but it was very elear that Pirie was of unsound mind owing to an injury he received in a fall from an aeroplane daring the war. = Thaw was confined for years in an asylum but is now a free man. Pirle seeks deportation to England, Deing now thought sane. Russell Scott was not judged as insane at the time hé was a party to the drug store crime, but was found to have become of unsound mind during bis long incarceration; and as Christian countries do not hang insane persons he went to an asy- jum. Now he has succeeded in his appeal, and there will be another battle between two sets of allenfsis. The probability is that Scott will again she judged Insane and once more be put in a place for those of unsound mind. The Illinois conrts have certainly given this uufortun- ate young Canadian the fairest of trials and have again saved Ljm from the noose. Sn SALT 18 DANGEROUS, Danger both to the mind and the body lurks in the salt cellar. So says Dr. Jean Bouchon, an eminent French surgeon. In an article m the Nouvelle Review Dr. Bouchon says that salt is"one of the worst of modern social poisons. Because of it surgeons are constantly operating for appendicitis, gastric ulcer, llver and penal caleulus. It atrophies, dries up or hardens muscular tissues and causes persons with tendencies to arthitism to become stout and those of Iympathic temperainent to. become thin. According te Dr. Bou- chon, salt also has a deleterious affect on tle intelligende. A NEW SENSATION! & French inventor has produced a sensation iin' sutomotive vehicles. Tt is a gasoline-less, wood-burning Qutomobile, a proved success, which 1 generally adopted cuts the cost of » | Operation to a minimum, but evea ) that may not be perfection. "This new invention takes charcoal and develops a gas which is explod- od in cylinders, as ordinary gas from gland tush but she great difforeucs 1s (hat the cost is nearly ail In'com Lately he was declared by | can produce two gallons of fuel where only "one grew befdre™ is a benefactor whose name will be re- F membered for -ages to come. If this} new method of propulsion comes 0] Canada it will promote an even; larger use of Motor machines than | at' present, and somehow there are those who wonder, if they increase much more, whether travel in some of the cities. will not be next to fm fil gas 'and 50 cheaply" 1s a wonder. It will have greater uses than just for motor car purposes. EDITORIAL NOTES. * rp-- . The New York 'State apple. crop will, this year, exceed thirty-eight million Du , six million byshels more than § 925. Edison's new phonograph record will play for * forty-five minutes. Families will be able to take their music in sections. One thing that keeps Niagara Falls popular, says The Publishers' Syndicates is man's inability te paint a sign on them. Over a million dollars' worth of confectionery came into Canads from the United States. And Cana- dian made candy is better than tha VU. 8. article. ! On ithe 1927 motor markers the name of Ontario will be spelled out. It is a good step. Outsiders will understand fit. President Coolldge has decided to spend his next summer in the west. He will hear things there of a political charaeter as to 1928. The comic strips in the news- papers are constantly growing ia popularity. Everybody looks them over. | ---- | The first vaudeville entertainment éver given in the United States was presented at the Lafayefte Theatre [im New York City in December, 1826. : Very few parents are on spanking terms with their children, asserts the Montreal Herald. Their hands are now used in playing cards. A posta] order issued thirty-four years ago that had never been cash- ed has just turned up and been hon- ored by the postal department. Can- ada will always meet her dbligations, remarks the Toronto Globe, 1 A great German chemical trust has been formed as an effort to re- store the impaired finances of the country. Through scientific research it is hoped to discover still more ways of turning waste matter to profitable account and improving existing Industrial methods. Miss MRcphail, as the only woman in parliament, naturally comes in for special attention. Someone during the recent campaign twitted her with having received a note from Mr. Mackenzie King, "Yes," she said, "1 got many notes from him. I also gat notes from Mr. Arthur Meighm, and Mr. Bennett sent me maple sugar as well as notes." Mrs. Sidonie M. Gruenberg, direc- tor of the Child Study Association of America, reports that children In Europe have better manners than American children. have. But she believes that their courtesy is some- times attained at the expense of re- pression or subservience. American children have more initiative and adaptability along with their rude- ness. - h aa Fred Hobson, Brandon, Mage Club dressed the london Kiwanis and said what 'the west needs i¥ more people. Saskatchewan can house, heat and feed 30,000,000 peo pie; Alberta can do about as well, and' Manitoba nearly as well. The chiss and nationality of the people does not matter so much as long as they are people with a desiresto work and live honestly and learn our edu- = Viewpoint I War on Tuberculosis. La Presse: "Our friends the Am- ericans may well feel a legitimate pride in being able to proclaim rom 1907 to the present date the tate of | mortality from tuberculosis has de- clined fifty per cent. This encourag- result may ba attributed to the + voneered §T0As of the governments and such societies as the National Tuberculosis Association. May we not hope that by resorting to the Same means we may succeed in our turn in reducing the number of deaths from this scourge in the Jravises of Quebec? According to Mr. Homer Folks, secretary of the Society of Publig Assistance for the State of New York, the United States would have lost more than two hun- dred thousand human lives if tuber- cujosis had continued to kill people at the rate it was doing in 1907. From another point of view, the anti-tuberculosis campaign 'repre sents a saving of $56560,000,000 to the American nation'during the last twenty-five years. Obviously there is nothing to regret for all the trouble and expense incurred in the battle against this terrible plague. "The Government of the province | of Quebec has given good evidence of its determination to continue to fight with every resource within its power to chase not only tuberculosis from our territory, but also cancer | and other diseases that play such | havee with our human capital. This | is certainly a wise and opportune! policy to carry out. It is all right | for us to adopt every means we can | to develop the rich natural resources everything it is our duty to guard the public health and keep intact as possible the population of the coun- try. Human life is our principal wealth, for without that the material wealth the country possesses is use- less. It is for us therefore to imi- tate the determination of the Ameri- cans and study tha methods through | the adoption of which they have so | admirably succeeded. With enlight- ened and devoted doctors and nurses; with our sanitariums and dispensaries. with our clinics, and also through the education of the people, we may surely obtain results i similar to those our powerful neigh- bors are so justly proud'of. Success does not depend so much __aupon money _as upon a general organiza- tion that shall be as perfect as it is possible to make it." News and Views. The Town Manager Plan. Leamington Post and News: The advocacy of the town manager plan by The Post and News as a substi tute for the present ineflicient sys: tem of municipal government, has been approved by some of our best. thinking citizens. Jt 4s believed tha the presemt overlapping, waste and mefMciency would be done away with and better results secured atl eround. ' To Prevent Accidents. Indianapolis News: The burden of making sure that children are not the victims of accidents ought to rest on those passing through the stfeets | in motor vehicles. They can not do too much in co-operating with the police, the school officials, the pupils | Jand parents. The time for eaution is | now. Driving both carefully and at | a reasonable rate of speed will pay | dividends in the safety of the chil-| dren. Adult pedestrians also will be | thankful. | . The Empire Bias. | United Empire: "The links which bind the empire together are largely the traditions of Bnglish public schools--traditions that have made | the British Empire somg@hihg quite | differenit from the empires which | were built up by force alone." So | said Mr. Amery when, in presenting | the prizes at Saffron Walden school | on speech day, he expressed poo | ure in knowing that the governors and beadmiaster were taking the | wider outiook by giving the school "an' empire bias." Though Saffron Walden happily does not stand alone, it bas besn among the foremost in| fostering the empire spirit among | : i i [its boys. If is the merest truism bo | say that what is sown mm the sohools be reaped by the eoun- years to. come. But i tan- | cation and Canadian ways, rocsihodono kept in mind. | "QUEER. Qu The Blind Digger in the Earth. BY ARTHUR N. PACK | President, American Nature Ass'n. Long before we have commenced to note the first welcome signs of spring; the little mole way under- , has known all about the re- awakening of life and has started busily on his new year's work. His home, deep down beneath our feet, consists of runways, tunhels. and emall chambers. In the deepest. where the spade and plow do not 1 penetrate, he has his bedroom, with its bed of fine grass stubble and leaves, and from this and other deep runways. up and out in all directions, branch the less import night for a "Jchange of diet--but, practi- eally ling, does not court the glare of Alter bis Tepring cleaning" tan. wvel-fepairing and the buiiding of {the hunting gounds, ready to start TURE some new paths -- he construets a | "I nest for the young. This is in one of | the passages nefirer the surface, ! where the warmth of the gun can penetrate, but is beneath a good . thick/ roof of sod. So by March or April all is ready for the family; three young are born o the western mole and four to the common eastern one. When born they are nakefl, Blind and quitesfat, with a prominent Cyrano-like pro- bosels. However, having notably poor sight themselves, the parents care for them as tenderly as !f they were beagtiful. and within a few weeks the children are furred and owt on out by themselves These . jittle animals are trom three to four inches in length, with fine silky costs. varying In: color from silvery gray to brownish black. Their fur is much admired. but the skin of each mole is so "small that bundreds may be required to make | a single garment. 0 . Pr of the province, but first and before |B THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG BIBBY'S THE YOUNG MEN'S SUIT AND OVERCOAT SHOP THIS WEEK WE ARE FEATURING Suits ad Overcoats ani ET _sHigh grade ailoving fine quality English. ALishg Irish and French pure wool fabrics OVERCOATS - SUITS are Crombie's British Chinchil- [are genuine English Nerges, las and Cheviots; O'Brien's | French All-wool, fancy Worst. Irish Cheviots; Montenac's | eds, Scotch and English Fancy French Brushed Cheriots. | Tweeds and Chevipts. Am execllont farm of 200 sores. heer K Yon, and ose mile from With cement posts; watered by wells and ortek; lame through fettre leading te all fields. A chenp farm We have just received a small shipment. of KEILLER'S SUGARLESS AMS 'AND ARMALADE Specially prepared tor diabetics. Jas. REDDEN & co. We fit all types--Stout, Slims, Shorts and PHONES 20 and 990, - Regulars. BIBBY'S KINGSTON'S ONE PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE Memorials Before placing your order for Monuments call and inspect our stock. Y Cemetery Lettering a specialty, J. E. MULLEN TELEPHONE (417. Corner of Princess and Alfred Streets, Walter Cannem Tinsmith, Roofing and Furnace Work Jobbing a Specialty. Automobile Radiators repaired and recored. a0 39 BAGOT Or ST. eT hing 1890. 1896. TT THOMAS COPLEY Carpenter it "Phtne 987 See us for all kinds of Snrptnte; | work: Estimates given on sew Goers lnld. Have your hardwood floors clean. od with our sew floor cleaning ma. chive. Solvay Coke--812.50, Ansco Speedex | Ecce FILM | Dennee & 'Morris "Phone 2444. Packed by automatic machi- fi Offic rpeand yards, 39 reet. nery, in air-tight foil wrapping. "lls: 32 Brogk Sues Fresh supply, all sizes. | bryos There is no better food, and no more welcomedish than CLARK'S Pork..Beans The housekeeper finds added " satisfaction in the low cost and absence of work--Simply heat and serve. Sold everywhere W. CLARK Limifed - Montreal EO ---------------------------- COAL You will save money dealing with us, Scranton Stove, Chestaut and Si5h0 per ton, delivered. 5, Jalperan Anthracite----a wonderful hard coal--$18.00, Genuine Pocahontas $11.00 Stove Coal w= a] | REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT Dr. Jor. dan's dwelling, 116 Bareie St. FOR RENT -- Avonmore Apart. \ments; Store, 350 Princess $1. Yon SALE---Dwellings $3000 awd" up. Lets, all in best locations. Insurance in sll its branches. KINGSTON AGENCIES, LTD. Tel. 708. 67 Clarence Sireet. J. 0. HUTTON, Mgr. 27. SPECIAL!! SPECIAL !! 25, 40 and 60 watt Tungsten Lamps Decorated and Colored Lamps Come onrly as we have gnly a few of both © these lines lef Don't ba-disappoiuted. ~ LADIES! Just arrived the new NATURAL MARCEL WAVERS, $3.50 The Saunders Electric Co. 167 PRINCESS STREET. TELEPHONE 441. SPECIAL! five for $1.00 Full Course Dinner 55¢ WE INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR RESTAURANT WHIC Ras BEEN ENTIRELY RENOVATED AND REDECORA See our new paintings, done by Chinese Art ann "A Player Plano with Full Orchestral Accompaniment." FIRST-CLASS MEALS OPEN 6 A.M.TO 2.30 A.M. THE CROWN CAFE PHILIP TOY, Manager 208 Princess Bireet Choice Body Hardwood, Soft Mixed Wood. Kindling and Slabs, N Chas. Bedore & Son 840 NELSON STREET 'Phone 17464. : Telephone 2886 i Electric Motors «I can furnish detail dimen- gions and all particulars, in- {eluding prices, ~ for any size motor. Save time and mon {and do your business locaily, A i Tools F or Everybod y No mechanic . consi- ders a job hard to per- form when his tools work right. And re- member that perfect tools are the only kind we sell. ; Any kind of a tool at reasonable prices. See window display ! Stevenson & Hunter $5-47 PRINCESS STREET. TINSMITHS AND PLUMBERS Correct glasses re- lieve and save the vision from se injury and strain. bd