The Baily YEAR 83, NO. 250 KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1916. ee CTY COON VOTES $6000 [] te Canadian Patriotic Fund For the og Ye. APPOINTS. A DEPUTATION TO BEE IF WATER LOT FOR WHARF CAN BE SECURED, Finance Committee Favorable to Grant Sum of $1,200 to the 253rd Battalion to Purchase Band In- struments. The city council én Monday night voted $5,000 a month during 1917 to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, It appointéd a deputation to see if the Dominion Government would grant the city the water lot in front of the city hall for a public wharf. It amended the trafic by-law with regard to automobiles, Ald. Kent announced that the Fi- nance committee was in favor of granting $1,200 to the 253rd (Queen's Highland) Battalion for band instruments, but withheld action till the battalion recruiting was under way. Increased its grant to the British Red Cross Fund, Condemned the . mutilation of trees on the streets by the utilities department. v In attendance were: Mayor Rich- ardson and Alds. Olugton, Couper, Fair, Gardiner, Gillespie, Hughes, Kent, Litton, Laturney, Newman, Niekle, O'Connor, Peters, Polson, Wright, White, Wormwith, Communications Read. These communications were ferred to various committees: Lieut.-Col. Campbell asking for a grant for the 2563rd. Highland Bat- talion, " Percy E. McDonald regarding mil- itary photographs, Central Ontario' Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association asking for a grant to their show in the Armour- les on Dec. 12th, Kingston Branch, Canadian Pat- rlotic Fund, asking for $5,000 a month for 1917. Council of Ontario, ' County \re- garding good roads movement and convention in Cobourg, on Nov. 7th. Ald, Fair was appointed to attend. The Kingston Matinee and Driving Club, asking for the use of the Fair Grounds track for matinee and racing purposes during 'the wintér season 1916-17. Granted on the wunder- standing that sheuld the city require the grounds, thé club be willing to relinquish its privileges. Ss . Finance Recommendations, These recommendations of the Fi- nance Committee were adopted. re- That the following accounts be paid: -- Susan and Cohen, . William Neill, Light Dept, Patterson Mfg. Co., ..... That the sum of $33.60 being amount from Mrs. MacGowan's ac- count as per order of the Judge be transferred to the treasurer of the Home for the Aged and Infirm Per- sons. That the tax collector be instruct- ed not to collect the taxes on the property of Ann Townsend, but that said taxes be held as a charge against the property. That the sum of $200 be placed to the credit of Parks Committee as a supplemental appropriation, That resolution Number 19, Min- utes of Council, Sept. 156th. 1915, be rescinded, and the following be sub- stituted in lieu thereof:- "That free light and water .be given to the Elm- hurst and Richardson Convalescent Homes." > That this Municipality pay to the Canadian Patriotic Fund the sum of $5,000" a month for 1917, and that debentures be eold to raise the money, Ald Gardiner asked that the Mo- wat Hospital, now under the juris- diction of the Canadian Military Hos- pitals Commission, be also given free light, and moved accordingly. The motion was allowed to stand over so that the Finance Committee could consider the matter. Board of Works. The following recommendations of the Board of Works were-adopted:-- That on the recommendation of the Board of Health the following sewers be constructed on the Local Improvement plan: \ Ellice Street from 30 feet East\of Division Street Easterly 155 feet to connect with tile sewer in Ellice St. First Street from Chatham St. westerly 115 feet. Bagot Street from Dufferin St. to Charles St. Ann Street from 33 feet west of Main Street westerly 175 feet to con- nect with a sewer in Vince street. That the tender of the Auto Tire and Vulcanising Company of King- ston to supply this Corporation with 300 feet patrol hose for $289.25 be accepted That the traffic by-law be amended 850 as to give all cars, vehicles, etc., to the right the right-of-way. That a by-law be prepared to pro- bibit the use of cut-outs on auto- mobiles within the city limits, The Board's recommendation that automobiles use oufy dim lights while running within the city limits was withdrawn as it was felt that the city streets, outside of the busin- ess section, were met well enough lighted. About Defective Pavements Ald Nickle asked for information about the repairing of detects in the Princess Street pavement by Folgy \ contractors. 0 and Gleeson the matter Ald. Nicklé said had been hanging for over a year. Ald. Peters produced a letter writ- ten by the City Engineer to the con- PRESIDENT WO will be deci Ee Te tractors. No reply had been received to it. Ald. Nickle thought it was high time that the defects in this and other pavements were attended to. He further asked if an agreement had been made with the Reliance Moulding Company whereby the city would receive a rebate of $2 a car on the siding it paid for. The city engineer stated that he had written about the matter, but had received no definite reply, The engineer also stated that Foley and Gleeson had done nothing about re- pairing the pavements although they promised to attend to them. A by-law was passed making the city's lleense year to begin oy-April '1st instead of January 1st. : Further progress with the capture of several 'mmchiné guns and erews was made near Combles by the French. ~ The British' artillory was very active near Loos where the Can- adinns are now stationed, GIANT INDIAN ToTEM POLE - FOR JASPER PARK-ALBERTA Through the efforts of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway there has been preserved for Canada one of the mast magnificent specimens of the Totem Pole in existence. This was obtained on the North Pacific Coast. the scenic territory served by the Grand Trunk Pacific Steamships, and has now been erected at Jasper Park Station in the of the D 's largest National Playground in the Rockies: This Totem Pole was for' generations the pride of the important tribe of Alaskan Indians known as "Canadda Clan." mystical beings who watched over the tribe. carries the Indian's mind back to the dim past, and fo the very foundation of the tribes. This Jasper Park Totem is read from the top to the bottom, and it tells & story of how the first Indian Chief obtained the help of the spirit power of the Raven. It is estimated that this Toiem took the tribe some three years to carve, it being fashioned out of 'a large cedar tree. | In accordance with Indian custom. when the Pole was finished: a great Pow Wow and Potlatch. with extensive feasting, rewarded the workers. The head and beak of the Raven at the top of the Pole can easily be recognised. Immediately beneath, protected by the wings of the bird, is the figure ot dyin which hu indicates that the Raven with the power of a God could change itself int The Totem presents the Raven as symbolic of the powerful and It is indeed an heraldic shield. which man form and move among men, controlling the destinies of the tribe through supernatural insight and intelligence. The Raven, according to the traditi man how to live, and how to make war, of the Indi taught also demonstrating to him the various primitive arts. and the season of the Potlatch. One of the stories of Indian Mythology tells of the overwhelming flood which submerged the good land and spread death and destruc- tion all around. At the time of the flood, the Raven is credited with flying above the clouds. with his mother in his arms, until the flood subsided. This is crooked. ' ; ' In addition to being one of the very best Totems carved by the Indians this Jasper Park Totem is one of great age. The carving of the Totem Poles became a lost art many years ago. although Indians still manufacture miniature Totems for sale to curio hunters. and by sticking his bill into the sky remained there given as a reason why the Raven's beak is bent fs 4 With Christian Missions active g the Indi ' i extinct, and the poles that are left standing in som: into decay. climatic action, and it will be Care has been taken to Liab, this fine passengers using the Grand Trunk's Tranecon tedly a tinental Whose fate regarding the presidency of the 'United States | Munitions, the Canadian government : FINANCIAL MATTERS. ODROW WILSON ded on Tuesday. a WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT CHANGE? Ottawa Citizen (Con.), Since the Dominion goyernment so thoroughly besmirched {tself, the faithful party papers, ready to shout for a general election at the end of the session of 1915, have developed a most virtuous oppostion to *"plung- ing this country into the turmoil of party politics with the disorganizat- ion of a general election during the war." In the desperate months of 1915, while Mr. Lloyd was organizing the Imperial Ministry of frittered away precious time forcing a bill through the House of Commons to-go electioneering in the trenches! What on earth did the' government , mean to do with its Votes for Sol- | diers' Bill? Why did it ship its bal- lot boxes te the old country? Plainly to introduce the "turmoil of party politics," Canadian brand, among the soldiers on active. sefvice, Fate, in the shape of a German torpede, put an "end-to the ballot-hox burlesque. What a farce-to expound in the party press now on how very unpatriotic it would be to hold a general election. Verily the bipartisan game, whatever ft may lack, at least adds to the gailety of this nation. SAW THE POINT OF THE HOOK \ & Saturday Night (Con ) The attempt on the part of Sir Robert Borden to hand a lemon to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in the shape of a seat on the National Service Board, has had little or no effect on the general situation.: As often pointed out in these columns, the possibili- ties of any success crowning a move- ment of this sort, at this late date, are very doubtful inden). Now that the beans are spilled, it 'was thought- ful of Sir Robert to ask Sir Wilfrid to come forward and share the re- sponsibilities. The mismanagement of our man power in connection with the war has been such that nothing that can be done will ever repair the damage. Muzzling Bourassa would probably be the most effective method of still accomplishing a little something, but of course, this will not be done. But to ask the Liberal leader to share the responsibilities of Conservative mismanagement was rather a good idea. The only trouble is the Old Man saw the point of the hook and concluded not to bite, -------------- DEATH OF ROBERT KELLY. His Aged Wife Five Years Ago Met With Exactly Same Mishap. Picton, Nov. 6.--Robert Kelley Passed away at his residence here at the age of ninety-two years, Mr. Kel- ley had been hale and hearty until very recently, when he fell and broke his hip, from which accident he did not recover. He was the father of, twelve children. w@six boys and six girls his C.P.R, Control Passing Into American Hands. New York, Nov. 6.--Before the war the New York market for Caa- adian Pacific stocks and bonds was an insignificant affair. Canadian was listed in Berlin, where. it shared with Baltimore and Ohio the _dis- tinction of being the only railroa stock in this market which was the Official list of the Berlin b London also had an active for "Can Pacs," The New York mar- ket was merely a reflection of Berlin and London. Berlin has since sold here as much as it could get over. London liquidation has been heavy, and now the new United Kingdom loan brings to bankers many more Canadian Pacific securities. It thus seems to be a fact that control of the greatest of Canadian railroads has gradually been passing from foreign to American hands. . British Sell Railway London, Nov. 6.--The British Treasury has given its sanction to the scheme whereby the Alabama, New Orleans, Texas and Pacific Junc- tion Railways Company (an English corporation) entered into a provis- ional arrangement for the sale tq American purchasers at the price of £2, 100,000 ($12,000,000) of securi- ties the company, holds in the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad and Southwestern Construction Com- pany. The proceeds of the sale are to be invested temporarily in B-~tish exchequer bonds. Contract Closed New York, Nov. 6 --Nipissing Mines Company has closed an ia- portant contract for the handling of its by-products. The company hand- led the by-products itself, but under the new contract larger earnings will result. The principal by-product is cobalt, used extensively in the manu- facture of chrome nickel steel, At present there is a record-breaking demand for chrome nickel steel for automobile partéP®¥shells and steel rafls. Expect Dividend Increase. New York, Nov. 6.--Thers is a belief in the financial district that the directors of the Union Pacific at their meeting next month will in- crease the dividend on the common stock from eight to ten per cent. It is also thought that there is likely to be an extra distribution to stock- holders after the turn of the year. New Canning Company. Toronto, Nov. 6,--With an -auth- orized capital of $40,000, the Sidney Canning Company has been incor- porated, with head offices in Victor- ia. It is announced that the Com- papy which will take over the busi- ness of Snadipgder. it North Sid- ney, will do a genera De 'cafi- ning, and curing business ,as well as manufacture products derived from fish offal. The company will draw its capital from Washington, Earning $20,000 a Month, Montreal, Nov. 6.--Howard Smith Paper Company, whose capitalisation is $525,000 common and $475,000 preferred stock, is earning over $20,- 000 a month according to reliable information, apd has enough money on hand to ky arrears of preferred dividend, Which on Dec. 31st will amount to 24 per cent. Last week the common sold at 30 in unlisted sections, but bids have been raised to 40 and 8fferings to 50. Chain Stores Expand. New York, Nov, 6.--D. A. Schulte, Inc., owning and operating _the Schulte Cigar Stores in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago has increased the capital stock from $375,000 to $1,500,000, as a home. in the expansion of the business throughout the United States, Scotia Steel Output Montreal, Nov. 6.--Col. Cantley declares Scotia's output for the first nine months of the year is up 40 per cent, Holly Earns Dividend Toronto, Nov. 6.--It is stated that the forthcoming Hollinger report will show that the dividend has been earned for the first time since the consolidation. A TEMPTING INVITATION. London, Nov, 7.--Military obser- vers here are guessing, now the initiative in the west has tely passed to the allies, what will be the next step. On the Somme front they have two objectives, Cambrai and Quentin with their raiiways, with Bapaume in the 7 gfgasees fi THE ARMAMENT RACE - THE ENTENTE ALLIES, WITH Feverish German Effort--The Short- age of Men Is to Be Made Good by Plethora of War Supplies. Paris, Nov. '7.--The war's final! phase, inaugurated this week, is in| the form of the most dramatic arma-| ment race the world has ever seen. Mr. Von Stein has announced that | Germany, surprised on the Somme by the Entente Allies' superior output, began at once to increase hugely her | supplies of guns and shells. "Every particle of the country's energy must | be devoted to the production of! munitions," sald Marshal Von Hin-| denburg, commander-in-chief. "I've come straight from the Somme," said Gen. Von Stelg." "We must do everything in our power to surpass | the enemy's gun and shell output. | I'm going to "apply myself to the | task." Last March the Allies began their greatest munitions effort and this | month tfey are taking up Germany's | workshop challenge. So that the| world war in this coming winter will| be fought principally in European munitions plants. Victory next spring will go to the side able to pro-4 ject the largest and deadliest shell screens. That the race already has begun is clear from the absolute famine in steel for commercial purposes. All over every avallable ton is going for military or naval purposes. It isn't permissible to indicate the stupend- ous dimensions of the effort being made in France, England, Russia and Italy in adddition to the American output, but I possess positive infor- mation showing a desperate counter- move by the Central Powers has be- gun. It includes withdrawal this week, of 17,000 troops from the east- | cessitio ern front for munition factories and means remodelling of the whale army organization. py In the summer of 1915 Macken- SOME INFORMATION. x X From the Presbyterian Church Union Committee, In view of the wide publicity given in the press and otherwise to the convocation recently held in Toronto at which a resolution. was passed de- flaring it to be the present duty of hose voting to maintain and con- tinue the Presbyterian church in Canada, the executive of the Church Union Committee of the Presbyter- fan church in Canada once mors, em- phasizes the fact that this union is not an ending of the Presbyterian church or a surrender of any vital belief or principle of government. On the contrary, these beliefs and principles, carried forward into 'the United Church, will become effective in a wider sphere. These great cur- rents of religious thought, experience and service will flow together in the broad stream of the United Church of Canada. That church will be a unique expression of the growing unity of spirit between the Christian denominations of Canada and will make possible more united and com- prehensive effort than has yet been realized in the Protestant churches. It will remove local rivalries, econ- omize and conserve our common re- sources, awaken new enthusiasm, and set free many more workers for ne- communities and for the foreign field. It is regrettable that many of the papers and discussions of the recent convocation, instead of dealing with the question of union on its merits, awakened suspicion and created pre- judice by suggesting that the moneys of the church had been misappropri- ated and that the Assembly vote had been secured by unworthy methods. Nothing could be further from the truth as has been shown by the pubd- lished statement of the treasurer of the church and joint clerk of Assem- bly. The Assembly did not act until after. twelve years of (consideration and discussion. During that time | two votes of the people were taken and a basis of union was prepared and twice referred to Presbyteries under the Barrier act. Every vote taken gave a large majority for union as did all classes and courts of the church to whom the question was presented; adherents, communicants, elders, ministers, congregations, presbyteries and General Assembly. The action of the last General As- sembly was deliberately taken after days of discussion, by open vote, "yea" and "nay," and that vote of 406 to 90 may bb looked upon as tin- al. There will be no haste, but in accordance with the past history of the Presbyterian church and the character of her people, it may be confidently believed that this church, having resolved upon union in = reg- ular and constitutional way, will be true to herself, will keep faith wilh the other churches, and after tho war will » d mate son's gun. phalanx BH fal blow in Galicia. This summer Ger- many made a similar munitions ef- fort to meet the Volhynia menace and effectively carry on the Ruman- ian campaign. To do this she had to create new divisions, most of which do not represent fresh ef- fectives, but old troops gleaned from old divisions. What is new about them, however, is the enormous war material where- with they have been furnished. Every fresh division represents one hun- dred guns added to the German ar- tillery total. The success of both Von Falkenhayn and Von Mackensen | in Rumania were won by the colossal | concentration of brand new heavy guns. While the scales in man-power are tipping more and more heavily in the Allies' favor, German shops are fev- erishly engaged in a gigantic gun- making effort in order to fulfil Hin- denburg's plan of making good the shortage of men by a plethora of munitions. Countless millions of lathes, therefore, are waging. unseen and secret war in every. town of bel- ligerent Europe. Near Predeali pass the Rumanians retired to mew positions, In the Dobrudja the Teuton forces are s*ill retiring. consuin union in accordance with the resolu- tion adopted. State Watches Dealers New York, N. Y.-Nov, 7.--Inspec- tors and investigators of the State Department of Foods and Markets will be sent out tomorrow to en- force the cold storage law as it re- lates to eggs. Superintendent Joha J. Dillon announced to-night. Mr. Dillon threatened that unless 'deal- ers co-operated with his department an order will be issued directing that every storage egg be stamped 'cold storage." Action will be taken, he said, because of the excessively high prices which are being charged for eggs which were placed in storage at an average cost of about 23 cents a dozen, Cardinal Volpi Expires Rome, Nov. 7.-Cardinal Francis Della Volpi, seventy-two years of age, died on Sunday morning. He was perfect of the Congregation of the Index and had been in the cardinal- ate for seventeen years. In 1914 he was appointed a chamberlain of the church by the late Pope Pius X. Too much of the noise in this world tries to pass itself off as music. seT'n 1978 q go HEAD orricE THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA TORONTO Thrift Thrift is the foundation of Great Britain's Thrift may be the foundation of your success in life. LW success in your surplus earnings iE Department. Interest is allowed at current -. rate and added to principal or compounded half-yearly. 233 KINGSTON BRANCH '