_ still mentally and morally subject to & * tempts that have bgen made at differ-] © ent times to corral certain votes in l cast aspersions upon the 'leyalty or | men, wlio, putting their politics to] one side, had enlisted for the. de- fense of their country and had suf-| fered for it. ; Ward Five conservative Associa- tion, when it met, was assuredly un-| «der restraint, and no oné was expect-| ed to ray a "word which eould be) challenged. But Mayor Church was| there, and he was not to be muzzled He was not going to stamd for any disloyalty talk. "I want to say," said he, "that Tam proud of the citi-| zens of Toronto, all of them. All the| loyalty is not .in one party, and any- one who says so does not realize what he is saying." In the good, patriotic, noble enlistment that has gone on.in Toronto, the liberals deserve great credit, For all recruiting work and generous gifts of mogey. the liberals and conservatives have shared alike. Both parties have reason to be proud of their loyal and patriotic records." Perhaps the O'Brien faction will hold their peace in future, or if they must talk avoid the intimation that the conservative party only is fight- 3 ing the battles of the empire. nn {Te ng I Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BD WHIG PUBLISHING 3 \ CO. TED. {5 Flliott dd (5 FIealdant an A. Gu «os Managing rector maa er and 'Bec Treas. Business Q Editorial > gon x Stewart Lyon, of the Globe, favors state ownership of railways. He is expressing his personal views. They o have no more to do with the great 9| newspaper which he represents than $1.00] a former editor's opinion now has ae to de with the ex-premier whose bio- graphy he wrote, VOTE IN AUSTRALIA. "Are you in favor of the Govern- ment having. in this grave emer- gency the same compulsory powers over citizens in regard to requir ing their military service for the term of this war outside the Com- monwealth as it is has now ir regard to military service within the Com- monwealth?"" This was the question, 'end ihe only one, asked in the referendum election which occurred in Australia on Saturday. Alreay, in the Com- monwealth, as the question implies, there is the right to call to arms from month to month, but it is a limited compulsion and is not so sweeping or 80 exacting as that which the gov- ernment has sought. The new move- ment is the direct outcome of the visit to England of Hon. Mr. Hughes, the premier, of his study of the situ- ation, and of his personal peruasicn that without compulsion such. as iie suggests it will be impossible before next July to secure the 100,000 men which the Commonwealth has prom- ised, It will be some time before the re- sult of the referendum vote is known because the men at the front, and in England, must be consulted, and must, by their votes, express their opinion .on the subject of the hour. It took over a month to collect the votes of the soldiers from British Co- lumbia on the question of whether the Bowser government should be continued in office or whether it should be supplanted by a govern- ment which would more surely repre- sent the minds and feelings of the people. The Australian conscription will be carried "so far as the soldier vote is concerned.' Those who have gone through an experience in battle will know what is required better than the men at home, and the unani- mous voice of these who have suffer- ed in pergatorial fires will have no hesitation To' commanding a support of the battle lines by more men and by compiftsion if need be. The government may, however, be wreckqd by conscription. The labor classes are against it, even the men who ated Mr, Hughes to high of- fice and supported him in the govern- ment. He claims to represent the needs of the dmpire. He is an imper- falist who is ready to sacrifice him- self rather than show any weakness at this crucial period. If he goes down it will be to rise again, and in the land of his adoption attain to greater prominence and power, EDITORIAL NOTES, The minister of war wants 100,000 more men for - the production of munitions. He is not figuring upon an early ending of the conflict, (Bemi-Weekly Edition) One year, by mail, cash One year, i not paid in advance One year, to United States _ ... ... "atx and three months pro rata. Attached is one of the best job printing offices in Canada. The circulation of THE BRITISH WHIG Is quthenticnied by the Audit Bureau of Circulations EEE II TT TE TR EEE THE GERMAN VOTE, Dr. Frank Bohn, who professes to knows whereof 'he speaks, estimates in the New York Times the power of organized German-Americans in the presidential 'election. .According to the census of 1910, there were 8; 000,000 persons of German decent in the United States. Of these 2,500,- 000 were horn in Germany.. They are influenced more or less by con- siderations for the Fatherland. A million of them are voters, Fifty per cent. have been Democrats, forty per cent. Republicans, and ten per cent Socialists and Independents, The Socialists will lose a relatively small number of their votes to the German Nationalistic party. If the pro-Ger- man party had favored a Democratic candidate, the Republicans would have lost 400,00 votes, As it en- dorses the Republican candidate the Democratic party will lose about 600,000 votes. : Mr. Bohn comments upon the at- e interest of certain causes, without result. There cannot be a German party in America any more than there can be an Italian, or Russian, or Hun- garian party, No foreign force can produce a serious ¢leavage in na- tional political parties, and the thought has been emphasized that 'any attempt on the part of the sup- porters of a European monarch to politically organize those who are him in America is doomed to failure." 'While this may be true, it is re- markable that the Hughes campaign, which began so promisingly, has lacked in force, in startling effects, and in imagination. One expects a candidate for the presidency to re- present high ideals, and Mr. Hughes has for some reason, been disap- pointing to his friends. He has been under evident restraint, and it seems 10. be the restraint of the German vote. 'The Department of Education ex- pects war history to be taught in the public and high schools. It ought to do more than suggest the study. It should prescribe the books and limit the cost of them. The supplementary reading to which #t refers is not in the schools, and it costs money. No teacher should be expected to buy it. SLANDERING THE LIBERALS, Some years ago a mayor of Kings- ton, and mayor by virtue of liberal as well as ve votes, lost his head 'politica. meeting end jor word caine to his usually glib tongue, ho called the liberals "rebels," At once it was ap- parent that he had made a mistake. There evidence of tin tho'meel- community for many days $fter the election. This particular mayor lived 'long encugh to repent of his folly in tloth tes. He was evenlu- has enabled the Empire, says Lloyd- George, to carry on the war. But there are "millions of exemptions." These have 5 be sifted, and that is The British National Service law Indian five years. : A father in Toronto and one in | Kingston tell the .magistrate that 'they cannot control their ns, boys under fourteen years of age." This is remarkable. The father is respon- sible for the up-bringing of his son. He should set him a proper example and not complain, as some fathers do, | that while in their infancy command is lost of them. er ------------ Mr. Ferguson, the member of the Hearst-government who was so un-| mercifully snubbed in the late To- ronto by-elections, promises to do great things for Northern Ontario if he is tontinued in offide for five years, and greater things if kept in power for fifteen years. His limit is probably fifteen months, or un- begin his house-cleaning in good time, Hon. G. Howard Ferguson wants it to be understood that the Hydro- Electric Commission is the-creation of the Conservative government, "and," said he, at a recent political meeting, '"we don't propose that any of our grit friends shall steal any of the glory "from us." Not much glory attaches to the government of which Mr. Ferguson is a member. Sir Adam Beck madé the Commission what it is against the opposition of the party which Hon. Mr. Ferguson Row presumes to lead. " | PUBLIC OPINION | Not Expensive. (Ottawa Free Press) H. H. Dewart's victorious cam- paign in Southwest Toronto cost him $2, 787, but it was cheap, very cheap, at that price. ( vk Don't Need Peeling. Np (Hamilton Spectator) " An edict has been issued in Ger- many against the peeling gf potatoes before boiling. But hogs never bother with a little formality like that. Showing Independence. (Victoria Colonist) -» To be a supporter of Sir Robert Borden or Sir Wilfrid Laurier does not mean that a member must sit idle until his leader, like the angel in the New Testament - story, has stepped down and "troubled the waters." He ought to feel able to do a little "troubling" himself, Why Shoes Are Dear. (Syracuse Post-Standard) Boston reports the sale of 750,000 sides of sole leather, aggregate price $7,600,000, to Russia. At the same time the sale of 50,- 000 dozen skins of glazed kid to Rus- sia Is reported, price $1,000,000. All Europe is calling on us for leather,' at fancy prices. Meantime the prices are mounting at home. Keeping the family shod has become éxpensive beyond all precedent; and the top has not been reached. JacsTON EVENTS| | 26 YEARS ACO The city «firemen have made ar- rangements to hold a ball. Thomas McAuley says the popula- tion of the city is getting smaller, and by next year the school board will have a school to sell. Three fishing inspectors are at work on the Rideau lakes trying to put an end to illegal fishing. ---- til the next election. He had better | | Bkeletons Found on Island May Be Remains of Murdered Party. When the discovery of the rémains | of several human beings on Griffith's | Island, near Owen Sound, became | knéwn recently the logical explana. | tion seemed to be that the remains | were those of Indians. On further jexamination, however, new facts de- | velop, and it may be possible that | more mystery lies back of the skele- {ton "find" than was at first sup- | posed. | Mr.iH. G. Tucker has made quite la study phrenology, and on éxam- ining the skulls he is thoroughly convinced that the skulls are not those of Indians, but of white men, Mr. Tucker saw only three skulls, {and his theory of the matter leads [back to a mysterjous disappearance |that occurred about _forty-eigit | years ago, over which Sthe- whole | oantey as aroused. This was the White Cloud Island mystery. A Captain Charles Fothergill 'of { Delby owned a sawmill' in White { Cloud Island, and in the fall of 1868 | he started for that island in a sail- « boat with the intention of paying the | wages of his mill hands with some | $2,000"in cash which he had received from the sale of a farm. The wea- ther was good, and he had induced a number of his friends to make the voyage with him. These were George Brown, Postmaster of Owen Sound; John Robinson, a gentleman from the southern States, and Charles Kennedy, an invalid sailor. The boat was seen to pass Big Bay with an- other sailboat following close be- hind, and many afterwards believed that this second boat contained out- laws in pursuit of the party, which was never seen again. To reach White Cloud Island a boat would pass right by this south- west corner of Griffith's Island, where the skeletons were unearthed, and if it is true that the Fothergill party were the victims of foul play, the most convenient place for the concealment of the crime would be this very point. Mr. Tucker thinks this a most probable explanation, and his statement that the skulls are those of 'white men will no doubt be confirmed when the matter is more thoroughly looked into. Ve \ TO PREVENT FRAUD. Illegal Wearing of a Uniform is Now | Severely Punishable. As a result of the abuse which has | grown up since the war in connec- | tion with the wearing of military and naval uniforms, medals, and the like | by those who are not entitled to do 80, the Dominion Government has | taken action to prevent a recurrence | of this in the future. Regulations | have been enacted under the author- |ity of the War Measures Act, *vhich | prohibit the unauthorized wearing | of uniforms, medals, etc., under pain of penalties provided. The order-if- Council passed is as follows: Whereas during the period of the present war there has grown up a practice which tends to bring the military and naval services into dis- repute, to discourage recruiting, to | weaken discipline and facilitate the commission of frauds, the practice, namely, of the wearing of military and naval uniforms and decorations and medals by persons not author- ized or entitled to wear them, there- fore if any unauthorized person wears any naval or miltiary uniform or any uniform so nearly resembling any such uniform as to be calculated to deceive, or if any person without lawful authority supplies a naval or military uniform to any person not being a member of his Majesty's forces or of the Canadian militia or if any person without authority or right wears a naval or military de- coration or medal he is guilty of an offence under thé Criminal Code and on summary conviction is liable to a penalty not exceeding $50 and in de- fault of payment is liable to impris- onment for a term not exceeding three months, NIA eis 3 Men's Suit Special $12.50 This week we offer good looking s ts. sizes 35 to 44. 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He was born in a Massachuett® farm which could be plowed from one end to the other with a rock crusher, but at the first call of duty he left his plow with its teeth firmly imbedded in a hardhead and flew to the colors on a patriotic roan mare. eral Putnam was a man of frame, being size, and early in life could throw anybody in the township three times out of five. During the French and wars Putnam was captured by the red brother and condemned to be burned at the starting , and returned to the farm with ue in an excel Random Reels . tocsin of war he was engaged in largely over- with his feet. He was rescued, how- Wax of Cabbages and Kings." ee ad steering a fourteen-inch stirring plow amid the granite boulders which imparced a .rich scenic effect to his new 1 in Connecticut. Without stopping to get a shave or doll up to any extent, he mounted his faithful steed and galloped to the front. The British commander tried to get Putnam to work in his Ladies Attention! 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