, Pressing and airing fin er_irns x F. PATTON, Prop. Near Princess St. Phone 314 A tdi er ate Xmas Wants At Bests is vm urs we scot up with good sensible holiday goods: Cameras, Tollet Sets, Chocolates, Fc, _. Let us assist in selecting ac- ceptable gifts, At Best's THE POPULAR DRUG STORE Open Sundays KEELEY Ir, M. 0. D. 0 Wind Breakers Cold Killers | Can. General Electric Co. 125.19 |C. P. R. Co. 3.23 { Debentures apd Interest. 15,135.79 C. Donoghue 35.70 { William Drury 35.06 | Etec. Equipment Co., Ltd. 129.15 | Factory Products Limited 75.63 Grand Trunk Railway .. 120.05 { | Hydro-Electric Pr. Com.. 405.18 | McKelvey & Birch, Ltd... 93.95 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3 FINE SYST SHOWN IN CANADIAN CAMPS New Training Command South of England Has Fine Equipment. London, Dec. 12.--The new' Cana-| dian training command in the south | of England, unlike the training divi-| sion at Shorncliffe, is made up of] (AL te GY' Power House By .23 Caats 3) 3 Keeier go | Kilowatt Hour | McKelvey & Son, Ltd. .. 159.49 | Macey Sign Co., Ltd. .... 18.00 JIN SAVING OF $5.645.4 | Packard Electric Co., Ltd. 26.80 W. J. Paul 50 Selby & Youlden 12.76 | James Sowards Coal Co... 207.70 | Susman & Cohen 4.00 rw wanlT. C. White 20.00 ARRIVE FOR|ciyrk Wright & Sons . .. 5.00 MILLS POWER. Light Department 19.08 $19,677.61 KINGSTON J. M. Campbell Will' Be Able to Sup-| { | ply 600 Horsepower--A. J. Murray 4 I. A Chief A Water Accounts. \pp of | Water Pay List Utilities. | Canadian Customs ... The Utilities Commission at their! City of Kingston meeting on Monday afternoon ex-|Grand Trunk Railway .. pressed themselves as highly grati-| McKelvey & Birch, Ltd... fied at the report of General Manager| LCieivey & Son, Ltd. .. . t Pp ADAKeT| Naptune Metre Company . Folger that the electric power house) Selby & Youlden operation (labor and material) for| Standard Publishing Co.. the eleven months of 1916 as com-| Water Department pared with the same period of 1915 per kilowatt hour has been decreased | TRANSFORMERS a Acc $11,924.96 In attendance at the meeting were {of the power house in 1915 was 1.30 Chairman T. J. Rigney and Com- missioners R, H. Toye, G. Y. Chown and Mayor Richardson. GAGGING THE NEUTRALS AMIRICAN WRITERS IN GER- MANY BOUND BY PLEDGES. Those Correspondents Who Wished to Write About Affairs in the Central Empires Were Allowed to Do So Omly After Accepting Humiliating Terms of Vassalage to Teuton Interests. ANY disclosures regarding the military, social, and economic situation in Ger- many are being made by Mr. D. Thomas Curtin, the London Daily Mail eye-witness, who has re- turned from there after ten months' adventurous touring... He shows in the following how the German Gov- ernment 'works' the neutral, and particularly the United States, press: In order to understand thoroughly the importance the Germans attach to the possibility of their forcing the United States to ° intervene against England, it is necessary that I should explain, and at some length, the extraordinary measures taken by the German Government in regard to American newspaper correspondents now practically imprisoned in Ger- many. It is imperative for the under by .23 cents, which represented a saving of $5,643.44. The cost per kilowatt hour at the station meter cents, as compared with 1.07 cents In 1916. The station output in 1916 has increased by 449,083 kilowatts. Mayor Richardson thought this was a remarkable saving, in spite of the way prices are at the present time. In reply to a question, Mr. Folger sald that the Commission had got its coal "right," but there had been great care taken in operating the plant. The other members agreed with the mayor that the manager was en- titled to praise for the reduction in the cost of electric production at the Station, and Chairman Rigney stated that fitting reference would be made in the minutes. Ready for Campbell Power. Manager Folger also announced that the electrical transformers had arrived, and that very soon the plant would be able to connect up with Mr. Campbell's power from Kingston Mills. Mr. Chown stated that Mr, Campbell had told him he would be able to supply the city plant with 600 horsepower. He had developed more than he had anticipated. It was pointed out by Mr. Chown that the Hydro-Eleetric Commission chief engineer had agreed to allow the Kingston Commission a leeway of a year on the whole power agree- ment entered into last week. . This means that full advantage can be ta- ken of the Campbell power next year. The Commission decided to ap- point A. J. Murray as chief account- ant of the Utilities in the city treas- ury' department at a salary of $1,200 a year. He will be in charge of wa- ter, gas and electric collections, By amalgamation of offices the Com- mission will save $600 a year. It was decided to grant a gratuity of three months' salary to the widow of. the late Edward Moore, collector of gas and electric rates, and to place on the minutes a record of his faith- ful service to the city. The Commission will net demand the penalty from the estate of the late A. McCartney with reference to the non-completion of the stores from the other side of the Atlantic in : the next few weeks that the condi- tions under which the American jours nalists are working should be under- stood here and in my native country. It is they whom the Germans rely upon to stir up war feeling in the United States. Towards the end of 1915 the Am- erican newspaper correspondents in Berlin were summoned to the Kriegs- Presse-Bureau (War Press Bureau) of the Great General Staff. The offi cial in charge, Major Nicolai, noti- building within the time specified in Sad Sum thas the German Govern. the contract, owing to the unusual] Den : shatures n conditions which have prevailed durs| pEreement Zavesting th sh 4 urs ge ing the past year. gio, Just ln un] Sd, MA NS A; Sepia the salary of Manager Folger from oth ean 4 I oe Oval j300 to- 2,600, :from January 1st, gular intervals, but before this was These accounts were passed ms it would poi Bg Jor them were, mainly: I Haat nd Electric, o|. 1: To remain in Germany for the Electric Pay List duration of the war, unless given Gas Pay List apeiat pRtplAon to leave by the Emery Mig. Co. , 1... .. 2. To guirantee that 'despatches TE would be published in the United Mrs. Ellen Chapman 0 States precisely as sent from Ger- Edward Stantord . . many--that is to say, as edited snd Canadian Customs passed by the military censorship. 3. To supply their own headlines for their despatches, and to guaran- tee that these, and none others, would be printed. After laboring In vain to instruct Major Nicolai that with the best of intentions on the part of the cor- respondents it was beyond their power to say in exactly what form the "Omaha Bee" or the "New Or- leans Picayune a " would publish their ate 147.50 50.13 Braden & McKegney .... Acme Stamping & Tool Works, Ltd. ... What Is Uric Acid ? THE CAUSE OF BACKACHE, RHEUMATISM, GRAVEL standing of the news that will come four rather widely separated camps, with headquarters at Brighton. What the command loses in compactness is! more than compensated for by the| splendid 'location of all the camps,| and ample room is afforded for every| requirement of training. General] MacDougall, of Ottawa, General Of- ficer Commanding, who made a splendid reputation while command- ing at Shorncliffe, is fortunate in having Lieut.-Col. John A. Gunn, managing director of Gunns, Limit- ed, Montreal and Toronto, as General Staff Officer. The first-grade Col. Spry, of Barrie, Toronto and Win- nipeg, is Assistant Adjutant. The Quartermaster-General js the chief administrative officer. One might reasonably expeet some. slight con- fusion in the new command, where! tens of thousands of soldiers of all stages of training have been sudden- ly dropped down--ceonfusion was on- ly distinguished for its utter absence. The thousands of troops were moved in day after day. After twenty-four hours one would never know they had ever been any place else, so quickly are they absorbed. "Their training for trench warfare is in pro- gress before the troops realize it. Its system makes the handling of mil- lions of men possible. The training command at Brighton is a splendid example of system at its best. War Tidings. The Allies are landing large bod- ies of troops near Corinth, which is on the road to Athens. Germany has moderated Belgian deportation following the United States' protests. Greece has promised Bulgaria by wireless to make no more concess- ions to the Allies. A Berlin despatch says that the Rumanians have lost 100,000 men and 3,000 guns since they entered the war, in addition to wounded. General Petain, the defender of Verdun, is to succeed General Joffre in supreme command of all the Allied forces on the western battlefront. FRANCE IS FORMING A NEW CABINET Great Britain's Reconstruction Government Will Be Close= ly Followed. Washington, Dee. 12. Premier Briand has begun formation of a new French Cabinet, Ambassador Sharpe cabled the State Department yester- day afternoon. An earlier cablegram from Ambas- | x -e nt PREMIER BRFIAND . 'Who ls reconstructing the French! Cabinet along the lines adopted by Britain's new Premier. rman sador Sharpe had said Premfer Briand had tendered his resignation to President Poincare and that it had been refused. The later message said in effect: "Premier Btiand ig re- organizing his Cabinet. informed regarding his resignation." It appears certain to-day that Pre-{| mier Briand will reorganize . the French Cabinet along the lines of re- construction adopted by David Lloyd George in England. Newspapers confidently predicted that Premier Briand will not only follow the general lines of Englands' reconstruction of government, but will actually form a war council of five members, exactly similar fo Lloyd compact board of di- rectors for the war. to The shakeup will probably alse ex- a h "of It Probs: Local snow falls; becoming.colder. JUST 10 SHOPPING DAYS THEN CHRISTMAS pecial Tomorrow FROM 9 TO 12 O'CLOCK | Double Discount Stamps »> As an extra incentive to shop early we offer this great saving op- portunity -- think of it; for three hours tomorrow by shopping early you can save 10% on all your cash purchases! C © SOMETHING IN THIS GIFT STORE FOR EVERYONE 'And not just anything. . This gift store is one of discretion and in making selections has taken great pains to provide only gifts, that have the merit of real value, both artistically and practically. e spirit of cheerful service pervades this Xmas Store--our salespeople are ready and willing to do all they can in the service of real helpful- ness -- it is their wish and their desire to be of assistance to you! was mis-|° £2 Footwear Gifts for all the ranges are good for 0 you ----- eat more of them. When you order today, ask for Sunkist. They are uniformly good oranges. / » ~~ > The old question of what to give splendidly solved if you visit this store. Evening Slippers, Dress Shoes, Hoc- key Boots, Moccasins, Overgaiters, Felt Slippers, Overshoes and Numerous other useful presents that will surely please you. 1] 115i) HHHHTTHIRS ~~ Babbitt's Cleanser Keeps Kitchen and Bathroom Clean and Bright FULL WEIGHT, PACKAGE Why pay more! 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