A) x / " " Také When Bilious, Headachy, For Colds, Bad Breath, Sour Stomach 12PAGES a é YEAR R84. WEATHER HELPS | NO, 55 | ger and disillusionment, | part of the scheme fail. Allies rh of Energy. the othef side of the schem On £ 8 y {are the - British armies and tk | French armies, not resting idle, ar | not without planus of their own. The of our men is incessan fearful energy | machine will not stand much I can tell the enemy. H { withdrawal, though voluntary-- | great pressure and great fear entit | industry land the still. Th A Solid Fog-Aids the. i Their | Retreat. | such a movement to be called volun- should any of our war » The Daily British Whig | ss KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY e 1e nd i, is is if le tary---has heartened up our men en- | ormously. They don't care for the | he soe hopes of the enemy, and they see that he is clearing out of | pines which were very strong and o , costly to take. They find trenches BROWLEDGE or : ¥ HENEAW is | when moging after him, and they are FROM THEIR MEN. | rejoiced move He may call. it Until the Last Possible Moment-- The Enemy's Way Back Will Not Be Without a Fight, 2 | withdrawal, { think that this is one step nearer to | the end. . but. the soldier calls it a retreat. Our armies are vitalized by 'new enthusiasm; because they Whatever our own high Bf Philip Gibbs, With the British Armies in Fleld, March 5 --Wse favorable tg the enemy in his plan o withdrawal. Yebtbrday there wa over that one could, 'not see fifty ahesd. To-day it lifted a little, the I still and enemy schemes, ather is stil bu bad, S80 his withdrawal it is doubtful whether there any sensational happening. been sensatio self. ' Fantasti shells, al, except the stories are mergly conjured up by peopl truth is simple and stark. knockout blow, and in order fo save pleht's fleep jo abiormal, JL means his man-poyer, not only by €scaping| 0 YOU FIR TH) watery. It means| Parasol shading her from the sun. this great slaughter which was draw- ing near upon him as the weeks pass but by shortening his line and so liberating a number of divisions for offensive and defensivé purposes. One Alive In Gommecourt. la Gommecourt our troops found only one man living, and he was half dead and quite blind. He had been wounded: 24 hours previously by a bomb from one of our scouts and had crawled back into a dugout. It is as- tounding, but I believe quite true, that 'he knew nothing about the abandonment of Gommecourt, even when it had been accomplished. He would not believe it when our men todd him. This seems to show that =the German staff are hiding knowl- odge 'of their"Withdrawal from their men until the last possible moment, unless in places where they have been told because they can see the preparations behind the lines. Farth- er back even the Frencir civilians must know what is in Pre for these '"'useless mouths' re being sent back from the villages behind Bapaume, f ion Using the Prisoners. Enormous numbers of Russians, prisoners in German hands, and an army of Belgians have been put to forced labor, digging new trenches, building new roads and "railway lines and preparing positions from which the enemy hopes to hold ug. The German scheme undoubtedly is to delay our advance as much as possi- ble, and at the cheapest price to him- self, so that much time may have elapsed while his submarines are still at work, and his diplomats on his propaganda before we come up to him with all our weight of men and metal upon real lines to which he is falling back, He is falling back, he hopes, to make things easy for himself and manably difficult for us. They are hopes and not certain- ties, and they are hopes full of dan- BEST LIVER AND the all battlefields such a $olid fog | what effect the new German move- vards | the | finds invisibility good for his | and | our pursuit look as though they will] be slow, and for a few days at least will be | Nothing #0 far in this German movement has | fields will again be soaked in blood. fact it-| about gas | battles and great slaughter in| the capture of the enemy's positions | Ra ked or ex- who know nothing of the truth, THe] IMs, when you have wor The en-| "emy decided to withdraw in order to frustrate any preparations we might have made to deal him our famous {up and fortify your system against | command may be planning, and I know nothing of 'that, they will not 1, fail because of the men who have to f | carry out their plans, from divisional s| general to private soldier One may guess, but that is all, ment will have upon the develop- t| ment of the war. Whether it will | shorten or lengthen it is a pro- bi®m upon' which all may theorize with the usual value of such theories. This, however, is, I suppose, certain, that 'the enem®'s way back will not be without a fight, nor so easy as he | hopes. He may have to endure some heavy rearguard actions, and before the summer comes to France her Tired All the Time It is natural to feel tired some- | ercised sufficiently to cause a health- | ful feeling of fatigue. But you.should be refreshed by rest. A tired feeli that do#s not disappear even after that you need a tonic to build you such g condition. If you do not take prompt steps to improve .the blood you are inviting disease, because poor blood means that your power of re- sistance is lowered. Thin blood is Jargely the sufferer's own fault. It results from neglect, becausd the blood can be built up. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills 'supply the elements that the blood needs to make it rich and red and to enable it to carry more oxy#én. That is why these pills change weak men and women into robust, healthy people. There is no spot in this great country where you will not find some formgr sufferer who has been restored to the blessing of' good health (hroligh¥the use of Dr. Willlams" Pink Pills. If you are feeling at all out of sorts do not fur- ther neglect yourself, a fair treat- ment with these pills will give you new strength to meet life's duties. You can 'get Dr. Willlams' Pink Pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 fram The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. MILITIA ACT TO, BE PUT IN FORCE Quebec Will Be Called Upon W, J. Hindley, addressing his con- gregation in Central Congregational Church $tated he was authorized to next thirty days, The first call, he said, would be for 50,000 men, and the number to be supplied by each province would be apportioned to it by the authorities at Ottawa, having vince and the number of recruits al- ready furnished under the voluntary system, The man-power, Capt, Hind- ley sald, would be ascertained from regard to tke man-power of each pro- | conspiracy as --~ JAPAN DENOUNCES Many Attempts By Berlin to Sow the Seeds of Distrust. LOVALTY, IS UNAFFECTED LATEST GERMAN CONSPIRACY PROOF OF DISEASED MENTALITY German Intrigue at Bottom of All Efforts to Arouse Friction Be. tween the United States and Ja- pan in the Last Three Years, Tokio, March 6.--An additional statement 4ssued by the Japanese Foreign Office refers to frequent at- tempts of Germany "to sow peeds of to Bring Her Contribu= distrust between Japan and Great! tion Up. Britain and to cause the estrange- ---- ment of Japan and the United Winnipeg, March 6.--Capt (Rev.) |States," and adds: "The Government is confident that the peaples and governments of the Entente will continue to have confid-| announce that the Militia Act will lance in Japan's loyalty and its de- be put into effect within the next|iermination to extend all possible] sixty days, and probably within the laid 'and share the' difficulties and hardships until the struggle against | Germany and German cruelties| ends.' e In its editorial comment The Ja-| i panese Times alludes to the Sn! "proof of a diseased mentality," but 'thinks it will serve| a good purpose because it will clarify | in American minds many doubts and | sauntering over the sands in her newly introduced Hawaiian costume has caused much favorable criticism bathers at this famous resort. stint GERMAN N TRICKERY and Colds | expectorant properties of other ex- Czar's Troops Begin Advance "Cascarets Regulate Women, the registration cards returned under the National Service systems. Single men between the age of eighteen and forty-five will be caMed up first, said Capt. Higdley, and the Government will issue orders that Quebec must first bring her contribution. of men up to the level of Manitoba. The names of two or three times the num- | ber of men to be contributed would be placed in the box, and names would be drawn until the quota to be supplied by a district was obtained. Each man would be required to ap- pear before a board, which would decide whether he was rendering ser- | vice in his civilian capacity of more importance than if he were in uni- form, The men selected for the (army would be put straight «into khaki, and would form a home de- fence army of 50,000. It would not be a case of traiming ome or two days a week, he said, but they would be in continuous training for eigh- teen months, At the end of that 'time, if the war, was still on these 50,000 would be sent to the front. BOWEL LAXATIVE FOR FAMILY USE Men and Childepn Without Injury. HT ON BALKAN FRONT. Italian Troops , De Destroy German rsh pills; salts, rous calomel, why don't you cascarets handy in your FL act on the li: ed upon when a ver and bowel cleansing is a move the bile and from the bowels without grip- sweeten the stomach. You or two at night like candy wake up feeling fine, the coated tongue, sour stomach, consti- pation, or bad Mo- thers should cross, sick, feverish suspicions of Japan which, however, | unfounded, it says, they were unable altogether to free themselves from,! owing to continual poisoning. "Americans," says The Times, "now see that German intrigue is at| to arouse friction between the Unit- ed States. and Japan in the last three years." What has followed the exposure of the conspiracy, adds thé newspaper, indicates that Germany's ambition to gain a footing on the American coh- tinent rough Mexico will solidify the coh of the western hemis- phere against the dangers of German | | militarism. Ex-President William H. Taft, pass- ing thrdugh London, Ont, said in an interview that American ships would ibe armed, would attack the first sub- marine sightéd in the danger zone, and that the first clash would brirg matters to an issue. There is plenty of proof that he German losses this winter were the real reason for their retreat. + They retired because it was beconiing im- possible to keepythe men €teady un- der the relentless work ot the British guns. Trenches About Hill Ten Fifty. Paris, March _6.--Italian troops fought some violent actions at Hill | 1050 on the Balkan front, destroyed German trenches and brought back prisoners, according to a French af- ficial communication issued yester- day. A heavy snowfall on the Var- dar, as far as Presba, Jmpedes operations on tor, be considered, as nst A pretty house wedding took place Bulgaria. At the same time the Bul- on Wednesday at residence of i at Wi is in- the bride's parents, Mr. and "Mrs. to his : Raber era h Corners, Depend upon it, the average man | ; in mar is above the average. If you doubt it, ask him. aneously | awaiting this movement, has started the bottom of all efforts in America! on the march to join Gen, Maude's troops at Bagdad. city near the Turkish border, has a Teheran despatch received in Pe- trograd and transmitted by Reuter's. The message adds that the Russians are pursuing' who are in retreat. «| slightly more than 100 miles from * the Mesopotamian border, ficially confirmed by the War Office yesterday. from the Turks on March 2nd. Rus- sian troops further no tured a village within two miles of Bijar, eighty miles northwest of Hamadan and about the same dis- tance from the border. Bulgarian Minister Ordered to Leave press agency Bulgarian - n to the American Government next BATHING SUITS AS GEORGEOUS AS GOWNS AT PALM BEACH. Mrs. John E.' Liggett, of New York (Social Register) Mrs. Liggett's bathing amongst the Coughs "nA DR. WOOD'S Norway Pine Syrup All Wi coughs and colds yield quick "Da. Wood's" con- taining as 1 2 all the lung healing virtues of the Norway pine tree com- bined with the soothing, healing and cellent herbs and barks. Mrs. H. F. McCormick, Rodney, N.S., writes: "I had a severe cold oné winter, and had been coughing for a month. I could not sleep at night, nor could I speak above a whisper, After I had taken a bottle of Dr, Wood's Norway Pine Syrup I felt better so I took two or three more and was entirely cured. I have three children and I always givé it to them] when they have a, cough or cold." "Dr. Wood's" Norway Pine Syrup has been on the market for-twenty- five years and we claim that it is the best cure for a cough or cold you can possibly procure. "Dr. Wood's" is put up in a yellow wrapper, three pine trees the trade mark, price 25¢ , and 60¢, Manu- | factured only by the T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. mn, HAmMADAN FALLS . TO THE RUSSIANS to Aid the British in Mesopotamia. March 5.-----Contempor- with the advance of the | British up the Tigris from Kut-el- Amara the Russian force In Persia, which has remained stationary London, Hamadan, an important Persian been captured by the Russians, says the Turkish troops, The capture of Hamadan, which is was of- The town was taken Iso are on the offensive west, and have oap- MARCH 6, 1917 j me. to have a moiety, and that I shall i live in some small house taken by ] THE ORIGINAL CHAUFFEURS. French "Scorchers," Hold. Up Men. More than a hundred years ago, in the Rhenish provinces on the border- land between France and Germany, there flourished a' particularly atro- cious wariety of bandits. These des- peradoes made a practice of holding the soles of their victims' Jeet in front of a fierce fire in order to force them to reveal the hiding places of their valuables. So they came to be Were the known as "scorghers," or in French, 'chauffeurs. The most famous of these thugs' was called "'Schinderhannes," which is, being interpreted, John the Scor cher. He was captured near Lyf burg in 1802 and executed <n - vember the following year. The police had made a general roundup of chauffeurs by that time, and a re- cord was made at the execution. Twenty heads were har off" in twenty-six minutes. After, that the profession languished. Napoleon 1. was at the helm, and the protagon ists of this narticular brand of brigandage appeared to be dis couraged. But while it lasted it was a great trade. Bands of these outlaws ex- tended from Holland to the Danube; they had a language of their own- a jargon composed of French, Ger- man, Flemish and Hebrew, They had lines of communication through the country districts, and the posts on those lines were country taverns, the landlords of which were in league with thé robbers, After a century had passed the French were in need of a term to apply to the driver of an automobile, and with a certain historic humor they used the old "scorcher." The" term was applied in derision, and, of course, it is not closely applicable, but it has stuck. And though it is sometimes whispered that the pro- fessional chauffeurs of modern times adhere to the old traditions--that they are in league with the landlords of road houses and country taverns for the detention of passpngers--yet no Schinderhannes has arisen among them and their depredations have not yet demanded wholesale execn- tion. Considering his opportunities as a bandit, we must be grateful to the modern chauffeur for his forbear- ance, BISHOP LIVED IN TWO ROOMS. Willing to Sacrifice His Income for Britain's Cause. "I have 'lived for six months in two rooms at Fulham Palace," de- clared the Bishop of London, and he added that he was prepared to live wlhiere, how, and on what scale the diocese should decide," says The London Chronicle. He was ptesiding at the autumn session of the London Diocesan Con- ference, held at Church House, West- minster, and he was referring to what he described as the misrepre-+ sentations which had been made in regard to his income. "I am quite willing," he said, "that the Finance Board of the dio- cese shall take over the income of the bishopric, that they shall arrange for the Finance Board, which board shail however, keep London House (the London House has been used for the purpose of the National Mission. He would never, however, consent to the suggested arrangement if Ful- ham Palace were to cease to be in the bargain. It.would also have to be a part of the bargain that otherwise I should be disappointing those to whom I have sived my per- sonal word. "The other side of 'the matter-- although it will have to be consid- must be, somehow, placed in a posi- tion that he can have personal touch as now with all the important men of |; England. We shall have to consider whether that-can be done by living, say, in a villa at Hampstead." * Air Fight and Sniper. A good story is told in a letter |; from a British officer serving in France. "A Boche plane, chased by a British plane was descending rapid- ly, just midways between our front line and his own, right over the cen- tre of No-Man's Land. "Naturally the men in the trenches on both si were wildly excited about it. They were simply lining the parapets, yelling encouragement to 80 as not to give the show away too Sm TO DEMAND PASSPORTS. Washington. Montreux, March 6.--The Balkan ° announces that the Government has com- leted a note, which will be preseni- The note lays stress upon the s for peace" which rine bitterly "| into his own support lines, and . the soon. He did pretty well, but was disappointed when the Boche's Archibald forced our plane to rise just as the Boche airman man- aged to jigger-his machine somehow spectators took cover. " 'Och, no, not altogether so badly, surr,' says Scotty to his FPtosy Commander. 'Ab managed nine o' the feckless bodies; "Sut Abd hopet for the rooad dizcal v gn sr, A British destroyer was sunk with. all hands in the North Sea on Thurs- day, the Admiralty announces. It is believed she struck a mine. 3 The Commigsioner of Conservation urges householders to lay in dur- ing the supamer a sufficient stock of coal to carry them over the winter. FF. G. Daniels manager A -------------- - . SECOND SECTION The Effect of Union on the . * Great Departments of the Church By Rev. GEO. C. PIDGEON, D. D. , of Torento. HE Mission Boards of the Church the names are different in the lists T it is impossible t6 secure exact sta- tistics. On the other side of the account there is the consideration, -- that the village where the mission: are overwhelmingly in favor of Union. Whenever . men face 'seriously the problem of the exten: sion of the Kingdom of God in home or foreign lands, they feel the need ary resides and by which the field is of the heip of their brethren, and named is sometimes only a centre for anything like civil strife is a be. a group of preaching stations . and trayal of the cause. It is a significant ovérlapping at the centre may not fact that of the "170 missionaries mean overlapping at outside points. against Church Union need is greatest the desire is strong est for the conservation of our forces In the Foreign Field it is not finan cial pressure that drives Union. Under e Comity of Mis stons, each Chure its own to evangelize. under our Presbyterian Board.of For- ®ign Missions only one actually voted Where the toward has a district of Yet there the The money wasted In the 'one case may be counterbalanced by the needy places supplied in the other, so that the statement still stands that one eighth of our Home Mission 'money goes into work that duplicates that of a sister denomination t % These figures do not take into account the: larger amounts raised by the flelds themselves for their own New Managing Director of Excelsior the General Manager of the Northern | is on the Executive of many import ant businesg enterprises. lived in Kingston, dend of 4 per cent. and a honus of ! the | 2 report of the Bell Telephone Co. of | Canada for the year ered--is that the Bishop of London | 31st showed gross earnings of $10, 375,318, an increase over Net earnigs were 30.0 075, an in- | Craft Corporation, New York, crease of $247,25 ed, the statement now geing out to shareholders repofting a net profit Cy $2,218,948, an increase of. $476,83 ba twive per cent. over 1915 the Pulp and Paper Company, which es- tablished a rosstng plant at Hailey- bury two years ago, is planning to need of a united front against the colossal mags of heathendom is most keenly felt. To make any impression on that vast body, all must_act to- support. Add these, and the situ: ation is more serious, and the argu- gether. After converts are won and! expenditure" if it were to maintain admitted to the Church, our denomt: | anything vital. Recently an anti national differences perplex them unionist reproached a Western man sorely. Sgme of the most intelligent | with advocating I'nion because he of the tive Christians in different | was too mean to support his Church. countri have protested vigorously! "It is your differences that are not against}imposing western divisions worth paying: for," was his retort. and rivéliries on Eagtern Churches, This 1s just the point. For years we Christianity in these different have been co-operating with the Me countries should develop churches thodists. In hundreds of places one which will express each people's! has withdrawn, leaving the other in peculiar spirit or genius and meet its peculiar needs. The Church:of Christ in Ching should be a united body, as indigenous to the soil as Preshyteri- anism is to Scotland. So should it be with the Church in India. Their most thoughtful men affirm . that Westerners can never understand the mind of India, and, if that be so, we can never construct a Church for India, and we should not try to Im pose on them competing systems that have grown out of our own struggles and experiences, and therefore belong to us alone. Their own religious life and spirit must take a form of its own, In no other way can they be true to' the leadings of the Spirit of God within them. If they are to unite, the home Churches must lead the way. - All these considerations have weight in the Home Field. In addi tion, we have hers the great economic argument for Church Union. Between full charge. In"not one instance has it ever been suggested that any vital truth or principle was imperilled by such withdrawal. Each assumed that the interests of the Kingdom of God would be as faithfully and efficiently guarded by the one as by the other. Then when nothing vital"separates them why maintain separate gn) zations? Further, one would not object to rival congregations even then if the cause of Christ in the community were strengthened by them. - On the contrary, each weakens the other. In one Place after the churches had united, the attendance at the Union services was 50% greater than the attendance at both churches before, and there wa an enthusiasm and success in their. work previously un- known. The united church cén then become a community - centre and exert an Influence in ftsglife utterly beyond the pacity of. the struggling Qiebéc and the Pacific Coast the causes t preceded it{ "The Presbyterian, Church has 176 fields Churches are the only divisive influ. where the Methodists are also work. -ence among us" is a statement often Ing. These 176 flelds bear the same heard "In everything else we are all name on each of our lists. To these the Presbyterian Board voted $42,907 last year and the Methodist Board §51.395. That is to say, about one eighth of olr entire Home Mission revenue goes to support causes that overlap Methodist congregations This Statement, however, needs am plification. In addition to the 176 places mentioned, there are over 50 others where the two churches cover the same territery but call their con. together." In a time when the com- munity spirit is possessing our peo- ple, especially in the newer distric ts, this tells heavily against the pre. gress of true religion Both in the Home and Foreign fields, therefore, the interests of the Kingdom of God demand the Union of the Churches. Not one vital in- terest will be imperilled thereby, and at 411 points the cause of Corin will be strengthened. , gregatians by different names. Agel mn, ~~ mn nm FINANCIAL MATTERS fatect a large sulphite pliant in the | same neighborhood, Commercial Notes, The New York Stock membership of George Life Co. Toronto, March 5.--J H Exchange T. Maxwell Black, | Bishop's residence in St. James' Canada Power Company, has been | has been transferred to Emil A. C Square) and Fulham Palace for |elected Managing Director of the | Keppler. The seat sold for $65,000 + church, purposes." : of Excelsior Life Insurance Company, which is $5,000 below the last re- Fulham Palace, said the Bishop, Mr. Black wag formerly Supefinten- | corded sale. has been used as a retreat, whilst Lgent of the T. N. & O, Railway, and| B. A. Mathews has been elected a - director of the Standard Oil Company He once the death of V. P. Kline. C. G. Chaplin has been elected vice-presi- the hands of the church, or to be Paton Dividend and Bonus, dent, be ' secularized after 1,300 years. "Thay Montreal, March 5.---Paton Manu- At 4 special meeting of Quaker would have to be an absolute part of | facturing Co., hag déclared a divi [Oats Co. stockholders ito be held March 9th, stockholders will be ask- 14 per cent. for the half year ending ©d to vote on increase in preferred £1,000 a year which I give to char-|Jan, 31 st, payable 15th March, stock from $9,000,000 to $15,000, itable objects, and which I have pro- [record 28th February, Books: do 000 and common stock from $10. mised, must be kept .up, because |not close, j 200. 000 to $15,000,000, ------------ . Standard Oil of California in 1916 Bell Telephone Co: Earning. | showed net profits of $17,605,303 Montreal, March 5.--The annual! a8ainst $9,520,946 previous year. The Algoma Steel Company ane { nounced that $2,500,000 of Its three- year notes, due March 1st would be of $740,645 | bald. : last year, Operating expenses | Edward M. Hagar has resigned ncreased $348,216 to $3,718,422. the presidency of Wright-Martin Air to ac- cept service in an important capacity with another company, A Chicago packer has an order for 200,000 cases of canned corned beef for the Allies. The cost is $2,500,- 000, : §The Bethlehem Steel Company asked for the dismissal of an order restraining the stockholders from increasing the capital from $30,000 ,- 000. to $76,000,000, L. MoAilistery who has for some years been manager of the Royal Bank of Canada at Port Moody, B.C, ending Dec ------ ~&> Canada Cement Report, | Montreal, March 5. Earnings of he Canada Cement Company, Limit- reached a new high level in 1916, t eit twelvs months previoudly re- Chemical Plant Expands, Trenton, March 5.--The Seok British | has been transferred to Cuba. He is Theis Tepes TD ag thie, Chemical Co., have extended their|a New Brunswick man, H. B. Wal- down on the fire-stép aad began mak- | Plat and bave purchased a iarge ter, manager at Ladysmith, succeeds ing accurate' but rely target | PlOck Of land jn Patricia Park. him, practice, carefully pic out Boches The Canadian Shredded W heat Co. 40 or 50 yards apart from each other, _ New Plant. reported a Det income for 1916 of Montreal, March 5.+The Riordon $1,175,760 against $943,110 the year previous, and the Smart Woods Co. reported net profits of $516,190, compared with $397,050. / THE - STANDARD. BANK ---- NADA * TORONTO COLLECTIONS Business houses will find our facili- ties for making collections Pasticularly ist' vers favorable. 5 KINGSTON BRANCH, the Dominion Textile Co, was Taently appointed a director of the comnany, \ ment for joining forces still stronger. # Now, no one would object to this -- of Ohio to fill the vacancycaused by Br LS 14 4 1 4 5