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¢ orm MUST BE AGITATION 10 The Liberals Are Keepi a HE 1 10 LOWER THE COST OF LIVING WHICH IS TOO HIGH IN CANADA, Vote on Laurier's Amendment to be Taken on Tuesday -- The Redistri- bution Bill the Only Contentious Measure in Sight, Ottawa, Jan, 26.--Fhe first week parlament ended as -it hegon last Monday, with the demands from the fiberal side for the government action to redeve business depression amd vo reduce the cost of living. Throughout the week the opposition reiterated this demand, and just as steadily the gov- ernment had indicated that there shall be no relief granted if that relief re- quires any interference with the tarifi, It has become clear that if the people will keep up their hopes for Wr times and will keep down agitation, the governmeni can be depended upon to keep up the tarifi More speditied declarations from both sides are look- cd for this week, I'he party whips have arranged for "a vote on Sir Wilirid Laurie's amend "yesterday Methodist church, the be ment to the address in reply to speech from the throne and it will taken on Tuesday. With fio naval bill or tariff legis lation, the redistribution bill is really the only measure which can be ye- garded' as potentially contentious..The degree to which it may be opposed will, of course, depend upon what the opposition think of it. The tories say ithe bill' will be an eminently fair re- adjustment of federal represantation in the light: of the last census. THE TOWN OF G Pith of John T. Nuttall, of Leeds Township. Gananoque, Jan. 26. ---Another of the aged and highly esteemed pion- eers of Leeds township passed away on - Thursday evening last his home near Taylor, at an advanced) age, in the person of John Thomas Nuttall. His widow, who was formerly Miss Harriet Bradley, daughter of Richard Bradley with one son. Joseph residng near Taylor, survives. The funeral was held 'afternoon to Springfield thence to the vault at Uananpgue cemetery, Entries for the annual winter show of the Gananoque Poulty As- sociation closed on Saturday even- ing. George Roberfion, of Ottawa, Lias been secured as judge, Wesley Stoliker, residing a miles north of the town, suffering for the past week with blood poisoning in his hand. 'eons tpacted from a sMght injury. John Bentham, King street, had the misfortune on Saturday to injure his right leg quite severely, cutting a deep gash some four inches long, a little above the knee, and bruising uhe bone of the knee, 'Rev. A. F. Ball, pastor of the Free Methodist church is conducting a series of revival services. The Methodist chureh hockey team after its defeat of the Anglicans on Friday evening by a score of 7 to 1 was entertained at an oyster supper at Krank Hick's restaurant by the proprietor. Fraderick B. Taber,. of Morton, license \uspector for this section was in: town ing the.past few days on duties pertaining to his office. Miss Charlotte Cross, Lansdowne, is spending a short time in towg the guest of Mrs. Wm. H. Nuttall, Mrs. David Abeles visiting her mother, DAILY MEMORANDA Band at Palace Rink to-night County Council, 4 p.m, Tuesday Humane Society, George's Hall, S$ pma Sea (op of page 2, at at few has bemn St right hand corner of 8C SECURE RELIEF Mra. Joseph Cadue, St. John's Isalnd, vas returned to her hme in Toron- 10. Miss Kate MeCartiey is visiting in Ottawa gtd Smith's Fails. Mrs. James Root 'who hag been' visiting for a short time with Mr. and Mrs Gilbert Root. has returned home to Montreal. Mrs. 8. A. Dawson, of Montreal, is spending a couple of weeks in' town guest of her daugh- ter, Mr: CC. A. Lewis THE WORLD'S NEWS, The Very Latest Culled Over the Word, , five were Killed Michigan Cen- From AW At Jackson, Mich in a collision on tral Railway Vanegas, Mexico, three hundred women and children were massgered by rebels. Former Congressman Willett, New York, convicted of bribery manded to jail for sentence Royalty and wany i cuished pecple attended tha funeral of Lord Stratheona in London. Compulsory vaccination for school children was upheld by the appellate division of the supreme court New York. the Wis or Ex-Mayor JJ. A. Ellis, M.P.P,, West Ottawa, elected alderman by majority of 967 over ex-Controller E H. Hinchey. J. D. Knox public school principal at Orillia for more than twenty-five years, died unexpectedly of hemorrhage of the brain. A severe earthquake occurred at Le- panto, Greece. Almost every house in the town was more or less damaged and. the fortress partially wrecked. The Canadian Northern railway re- ports net earnings for the first six ntonths of its fiscal year from July to December at $1,010,700, an increase over the similar period in 1912 of $587,700, Hsiung Hsi-Ling, premier and min- ister of foreign affairs in President Yuan Shi Kai's Chinese cabinet, has resigned, but his resignation has not been accepted. More than $42,000 out of the federa was had been paid public treasury up to June last on legal investigations into charges of partizanship against liberal oflice-holders. Paul Chevandor Valdrome, French diplomatic agent at Tangier, Morocco, 'was shot and killed by his cook, man named Sure, in the presence of guests who had (been invited to attend an official dinner in the legation, dames E. Gaffney, business and po- litical associnte of Charles 'F: Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, it is declar- ed, attempted to exact a $100,000 po- lLitieal---eontribition: James C. York 'state highway Stewart, a New contractor. AUTHORITY ON RELIGION ON SUNDAY NIGHT PREACHED ON We Are Living in Age When Author ity, of All Kindg Questioned, More Especially in Matters of Re- ligion. is Preaching in Sti: George's cathedral Sunday evening from the words "I 'am a man under authority" (Matt.VIII, 9.) the Rishop 'of Kingston said in part that this soldier arrived at the faith which won the marked admira- tion of our Lord, through his concep- tion of authority which kis experience in the Roman army gave him, Tas seemed strange to the modern mind, for we lived in an age when authority of dll kinds was questioned, more es pecially in matters of ligion. there could be no doubt that (he sire for some final authority . was in- herent in human nature. 'At the Re formation, when large masses of Christians rejected the idea of the authority of aw infallible church, they only put in its place the new idea of an infallible Bible. Now that views were in some measure changing on this question, the difliculty reasserted it seli and had to be met. Some sought to evade the question eS Yet de- for, probabilities. Allen Musical Comedy Opera House, 8.15 p.m. Hockey match, Toronto ve, Senior Frontepacs, covered £18 pom. Co, Grand University rink, No Restraint of Free Trade Competition is the Mother of Square Deal and the Police- man of Fair Prices. Newspaper advertising such as you See in this newspaper every day is an example of the finest. fairest competition to be observed in this country. Under cortain restrictions (to bar the dishonest or un- worthy) the advertising col umns of a newspaper are com- mon carriers. They are open, on equal terms; to all business men with a cléan proposition to put. Advertisers meet here fairly. Frequently the advertising of competitors appears on 'the same page. 0) The newspaper is your mar- ket place. It is brought to your doorstep. Ydu can buy 'where you ean get the best ps or the best merchandise. Readers of newspaper adver. Bing alwars enjoy the advan- tage of an open market and prides regulated by the law of 'Jby 'endeavouring to abolish all doc- trine and dogma as of no importance provided the Christian life was lived. A very popular 'recent novel had set out this view. But the fallacy under- lying tids idea, lay in the fact that such a life was only possible in an environment produced by centuries of clear dnd definite dogmatic and doe- trinal teaching of Christianity. To those who had no knowledge of. the gospel beforehand, as in the ease of the heathen, the Gospel of the Chris- tian life must be preached as based (upon doctrine; it must be shown tio thave divine sanction, if it is to econ vince: In the samo way, if a man be- Hieves the church to be a divine organ- isation, direeted by God's Holy Spirit, ho owms its 'anthority over lis spiritual life. Ii it is purely humsn, he will only accept it in so far as it seems to help him. Even in Christian conduct we cannot' really get away from auth- ority. The famous 25th chapter of St. Matthew which has done so much to influence Christian ideas of duty to their follow.men depends for its authority precisely upon the meaning which we attach to the words "'In- asmuch as ye have done it wato one of the least of these My brothren." If we believe the speaker to have been the Son af God, then we recognize that we have here a divine rule of life. But, if He were only a mam, 'then aol of the power of the appeal is lost. We cannot get away from the venture of faith, try how Wwe may. In the last resort we are driven back to authority. 5 But if we nceept this authority KINGSTON, ONTARIO, the restraints of morulity ends by becoming a bond-slave to his wices, The man who seeks popularity be- comes a slave to public opinion. The real symbol of human freedom is seem in the crucified Christ, 'who was obedient unto death. The man under the authority of Christ has the highest = freedom, in that he knows that nothing can compel him to be untrue to his faith. And it is by faith of this kind that the life giving and healing powers of the Christ are realized. GOETHALS WOULDN'T ACCEPT Had No Desire to be Governor of the Canal Zone, New York, Jan. 26.--If 'Col G. W. Goethals should be offered the posi tion of governor of the canal zone by: President Wilson he will not accept. This-is the interpretation Mayor John Putroy Mitchell placed on Col. Coe: thals' present attitude toward the po- lice commissionership of this city, which has been tendered him. "lf language means anything.' said the mayor, "Col. Goethals will become police commissioner of New York city, provided two conditions gvhich he im- poses are fultilled. 1 expeet these con- ditions to be vealized " GOLD BRAID EMPLOYEES 'LOAD AUTOS WITH COAL London Coal Strike Forces Students, Chauffeurs, and Soldiers to Work in Coalyards. London, Jan. 26---Th> {act that 10,000 coal carriers are oa strike in London was brought home to the citizens on Saturday by a Severe cold wave, The men left work last Tues- day, demanding an increase of two cents a ton for loading eoal, so as to bring their pay up to 20 cents a tea. Private luxurious antomobiles, taxi cabs, lanidaus, carts and barrows and perambulators were drawn up in doz- ens at the various coal yards where their owners themselves loaded them with coal with which to replenish their cellars About 100 medieal students dressed in white smocks, loaded and carted many tons of coal to the various hos- pitals while hotel emplo) in gold braided uniforms, ehaffeurs, fatigue parties from several of the gnards' regiments, tradesmen, and even wo men were among those working in the coal yards The strike is not expected to be a prolonged one, as some of the em- ployers have already yielded BEST EUGENIC BABY A GIRL Won Grand Sweepstakes in Rocky Mountain Engine Baby Show Denver, Col., Jan. 26.--For the se cond "guecessive time o girl-fins been ronouncead champion baby of the Rovky Mountain region. 'Betty Chambers on Saturday won the grand = sweepstakes prize in the eugenio baby show, which has been in progress hers this. week. She won ov er her nearest competitor by having a butter palate, better breast, and better muscles, Most of her competitors weve boys. Betty's mother says her victory futes the theories that bottle babies are inferior. Betty was raised on con- densed milk. THIRTEEN FIREMEN HURT In a Big Cleveland Fire on Satur- day. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. firemen -and one workman were wmijurs ed, and scores of other persons wera endangered, hy flames, fumes,' and smoke, when fire broke éut in the M. and M. Auto Supply company's plant here Saturday. Before it was placed under control it had spread to sever- al adjoining business places. The to- tal damage was $200,000. Three explosions occurred during the ed when a gasoline torch being used by a workman in the basement of the plant exploded A HAMILTON SMITH For a Share Of The Estate Of The Late Lord Strathcona. Hamilton, Jan. 26--That Donald A. Smith, 14 Spruce Side avenue, of this city, will in all likelihood share in the large estate of the late Lopd Strathcona, Canada's grand old man, who died recently in London England, has been established. Mr. Smith will not say anything definite- ly as yet as to the exact relationship Fhetween the two. [It is stated, how- ever, by people whio know Smith per- sonally that he is a grandson of Lord Strathcona. His father they say, is James H. Smith, who resides in Boston, and is a son of Dohald Smith, who was known in his later years as Lord Strathcona, and is a full broth- er of Mrs. recognized heir to the estate, Women Will be Court-Martialed Trinidad, Col, Jan. 2%. Two women strike sympathizers, arrested with eleven men when a troop of 'state eav- alrymen galloped into a crowd of sev- eral hundred women and children pa- rading the streets of Trinidad, will be tried by a military commission, in- stead of the civil courts, on charges of, creating a disturbance. Overflowing With Juice Extra selected fancy grape fruit from Florida, Sc. to 15¢. each, at Car- néveky's. Justice: seems almost a farce when we find that in fact we have won freedom. The man who throws off it is delayed until the grave is filled Imonum--En erected. 26. hited progress of the fire, Which was start- T0 MAKE A CLAM claim a! Bi ¢ ed and cargges could » i BR. J. fitiss Howard, the, and unloaded at the ultimate Ment of Canada," concluded Mr. Ma- 4 SIMPLE BURIAL The' Funeral Services Over Lord Strathcona's Remains NO POMP OR DISPLAY THERE WERE FEW UNIFORMS 10! BE SEEN 'mmy of the Empire's Greatest Not- ables Were Present--Only Twenty Carvinges Were on Line -- The Floral Tributes Filled Ten Auto- mobiles -- Full Anglican Ritual Service, London, Jan. 26.--With a ceremony | remarkable for its simplicity, the fun- | eral services of the late Lord Strath- cona were held to-day in Westministe: Abbey, before the body was removed to Highgate for burial. There was notable lack of! pomp and display, but attended. The cortege consisted of an open hearse and only twenty carriages. | it was not a military funeral and thers | were few uniforms. Among those present were represen- | iatives of King George "and "Queen | Mary and Queen Mother Alexandra. | Prince Albert of ' Connaught, Preppier | Asquith, Ambassador Page of the Un- | ited States, and various representa. | tives of the Canadian government were ! present. The full Anglican ritual and choral musi¢ was used' at the service in the Abbey which was very impressive. The floral tributes filled ten automo- biles*and were taken from the Abbey to Highgate by another route, : stededdesfesledededeedeofesdedodedodedededrdedodobde LJ ARE CONFIDENT. * of Dublin, Jan. 26.--The trus- tees of the Irish home rule fund are so confident of the home rule bill passing the House of Commons * within the next few: months that they. issued a formal notifica- tion to-day, stating that no appeal for funds would be made this year, either in the United States or elsewhere. * fe | | | | - $ret ddd dd dled dob do ded dd dd { (THE I DOEAN STHAMERS TO TRAVEL FROM MONTREAL TO DULUTH Decision to. Ask Cagada's Co-op- | eration in Project That 'May Cost! Three Hundied Millions. Washington, Jan: 26.--A project the joint construction by the gov ernments of the United States and | Canada of a deap waterway for ocean i going steamers from Montreal to Du- | luth, Minun., has been inaugurated | through the international joint. com- | mission which kas jurisdiction over | Jie beundary waters of the tio ccun- | tries, The discussion instituted through the international joint are the. result of a recent in Washington in which Bryan, Chairman James A. T of the American section national commission, and Senator Charles F. Townsend, of Michigan, participated. | It was arranged = that the matter | should bé takbn. up first with Canadian government through _ the | commission. Chairman Tawney will | confer soon with T. Chase Casgrain. 1 K.C., chairman of the Canadian see- tion. Ly | The project, for an deeah water way from the head of navigation on Lake Superior to the Atlantic: hae been agitated for many years' It was considered seriously at the time when, President Taft entered ciprocity negotiations with? Canada. Several routes Rave been proposed for the waterway, the cost of which is for commission conference | | awney, | of the inter the | into re- tn J 0 but the one most favored the the United States. provides for utilization of all the lakes and St. Lawrence river. i This route it is contended, would! not result in any material lowering of the waters of the: great lakes while it is said a considerable change in the 'lake levels would result if any of the other proposed routes were decided upon. : i Senator Townsend of Michigan is one of the most ardent advocates of the |project. He said recently : "It does mot require an economist nor an expert traflic man to show the economy which would result to the | stupendous industry of the middle west. {of the United States land Canada if jthe burdens of reship loaded at lake ports "destination. : ""I'his benefit would be increased by bound freight coast and from rates from the Atlantic foreign ports, but [these benelits, coming rectly from lar inquiry will be made into packing, The decansed {the actual use of the ocean waterway, would not be the only ones enjoyed by | industry. "Such a waterway would produce the result which has always follow- ed, and will also follow, from the creation of water transportation, namely, #t will eduse a reduction of rail rates and an improvement remotely competitive lines." Senator Townsend recognizes three obstagjes to the realization -of* this project. The railroads will - op its, the in tional ¢ ONDAY, JANUARY 20, of police city, to-day, general - been tipping Canadian | company | difficulties express an WATERWAY PLAN Nevertheless he intimated there was {companies of such importance as continue. ed to view the situation optimistic- Washington Conference Resulted in|: | haustéed when the | 1914, will have to be met ,and the necessarily will be so great as makes it realization dfficuit. The senator believes that if the question 'were properly handled the government of Canada undeubtedly could be persuaded to join in scheme, the burden of. cost to shared on the basis of proportionate benefits accruing to each country. Until the governments have actually pgreed on the project, Senator Town- send believes it would be wise for the United States to plan. every har- hor improvement on the great lakes, with a view to the ultimate const: ton of a 35-foot channel from Duluth to Montreal, DEVOURED BY WOLVES The Cold Spell Made Animals Rav- ' enous, Paris, Jan. 26.--The long-continu- ed cold especially jn the central districts of France, is bringing num- bers of wolves frantic with hunger out of the woods. A little girl re- turning from school at Locaquille, near Perigueux, was devoured by wild animals. The searching party finding only a torn pinafore and a few bones. Hunting partids are be- ing organized everywhere, al eee many of the empire's "greatest notables {LONDON THREATENED WITH GENERAL STRIKE It Looks As If the Call Will Be Made On Tuesday-- Thousands Concerned London, Jan. 26.--With: detachments guarding all the London under constructions, ' the was threatened with a ; strike of the building trades wmvolving two hundred thousand men. \lready fifty thousand laborers and bu Idings {coal porters are out and parading the strécts i muking demonstrations. Un- less the differences are settled to-mor- row and the locked employees 1oturn- ed to work, the strike call may 3 general to-morrow. be RATE WAR WILL BE BRIEF © P. R. Manager Looks Speedy Settlement. London, Jan. 26.--Seen return from Paris, where attending the North conference, George European manager of Pacific, said that was not involved discussed he opinion on For a after his he' had Atlantic McL., the as the in the could - not the latter, Brown, no reason to expeet that steamship the concerned present trouble to Personally he was inclin- big trans-Atlantic lines would allow the RUMOR SHOCKED BERLIN i German Capital Agitated by a 'Wild Story of Disaster at San Fraticisco Berlin, Jan." 26--Wild reports here of an earthquake at San Frandisco had a direct effect on the bourse and caused considerable ansiety in the American colony. American shares on the Bourse weni down several points. It was several hours before 'uthente information was obtaned, showing the San Francisco distur- bance was only a slight tremor, and will not have serious effect. DRIVEN OUT TO SEA Atlantic City Fishermen Picked Up In Exhausted Condition Mass., to sea 'Boston, Jan. 26.~Driven six when their engine was disabled in a teriffic gale, M. J. Steel- man, Bert Manery, Peter Lark, and one other fisherman of Atlantic city, werd picked up at sea after a ten hour fight and brought here yesterday by the t4g Patience. The men were ex- discovered rolling help- fess in a sea that threatened foment- urily to send them tothe hottom. WATERWAY PROPOSAL MAY SOON TAKE SHAPE milés | J& she { 2 Fa {estimated from $100,000,000 to $300, |The High Cost of Living Commission { 2 a . To Visit Several Gntario sat Cities Ottawa, Jan. 26.--That the proposal for an international waterway from Duluth to the Atlantic originated primarily with a number of influential Western Ontarians who called them- selves the Great Waterways Union, is the opinion of C. A. Magrath, chair- man of the Canadian section of the joint 'international commission. "The question has been under consideration for some time," said M#. Magrath this morning. Ze "The fact that W. J. Bryan is be- hied- the move would indicate that it may take very definite shape. nt were remov- Course, the question is one which willy have to be submitted to the govern- grath | The commission which is en uiring | y the similiar advantages resulting to in- into the high cost of living will visit | several Ontario cities where inquiries will be held. At these points, particu storage and marketing of fruit and dairy products. Returned to Los Angeles Mrs. Thomas Hersey and son, Ernest former residents of Kingston, who re turned here lust August, after twenty nine years residence in Califorgia, have latives in Kingston, Conway, boro, Toronto, and Chicago. White Rose Flour pleases the ' most fastidious, i Peter the be cost! to! Who Hla Been Out Of Con "mos For a Year THE MONDAY DEBATE LARGELY IN HANDS OF FRENCH. CANADIANS Both Sides to Held Caucuses Tuesday Morning -- Liberals Discuss the Moving of Other endments. ' on to Am- Ottawa, Jan. 26.--With the return of George E. Foster, minister of trade and commerce, who arrived in Otta- wa this morning, new interest will ho added to the debate in the Hous: of Commons. Mr. Foster has been at 'tending conferences of the imperial trade commission in London It is now over a year since Foster has been seen on the front henches of the commons. The last timo he spoke in the house 'was when he delivered his eloquent speech on the naval bill just before the Christ- mas recess of 1912: Now, however, economic issues, including the tariff and high cost of living will he fea- tures of the debate during the pre- sent session. On such subjects the government has no more effective de- bater than Mr. Foster, and the gov- ernment needs his assistance. So he has returned. Interviewed this morning, he stated that the conference of ihe imperial trade commission, which-he has just heen attending, was devoted largely to the consideration of preliminary ar- rangements for the carrying out of its proposed investigation into ocean freight rates. Next July, the com- mission will hold a session in Can- ada when the matter will be gone in- to from the Canadian side. Mr. To (mucus on Tuesday. It is expected that the debate op the address in the commons to-day will be {largely in the hands of French Cana- {dian members. Lafortune, the liberal ! member for Montcalm, leads off, dnd win be followed by a French Cana- dian conservative. On Tuesday morn- ing both parties will hold their first caucus of the session At the liberal caucus the advisabil- ity of moving other amendments after that of Sir Wilirid Laurier has been voted on will be discussed. will be tdken Tuesday evening. Some of the western liberals are inclined to the view that the resolution declaring for free wheat should be brought %n by private members. As an amend- ment to the address, it would bo a 'want of confidence motion in the gov: ernment and western conservative mem- bers for that reason would have a fair ly good excuse for not voting for the proposal, LATE G. W. MAXWELL AN ELDER OF CHALMERS PASS- ES TO HIS REST. | The Deceased Was With the Law Firm of Kirkpatrick and Rogers For the Past Thirty-cigth Years. "A loyal and dutiful elder and clerk of the session for the past twen- ty years," were the words of Rev. Dr. Macgillivray after announcing to his congregation: at the Sunday morning service the death of George Watson Maxwell. The Chalmers minister stat- ed that he would make further refer- ence to the departed next Sunday. "In the death of Mr, Maxwell, on Sunday morning, at three o'clock, at his late residence, 56 Rideau street, one of Kingston's most worthy citi. zens has departed. Though | reserved by nature, deceased was of a kind and genial disposition and the soul® of faithfulness at any work he took in hand. The most sincere expressions of sympathy are being tendered to his widow and daughter. The deceased, who had been failing in health for some time, was finally carried away at the age of about sev- enty vears, by an illness of pneu- | monia. He died as peacefully as he 'had lived. Mr, Maxwéll was born in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, where his 'par- ents. of Dunfrieshire, Scotland, had lived for a period. He receiyed his early education in France, and, during (his youth travelled quite extensively {on the continent. Canada attracted (him, to which he came, and lived in Kingston for over forty years. He 'married Miss F. 'E. Burke, of this city. thirty-eight years sgo. Miss Daisy Maxwell, an adopted daughter, {of the teaching staff of/ the public {schools also survives, with one sister in Bournemouth, England. In his earlier years, the late Mr. axwell was engaged in the banking business, and for thirty-four years of {his residence in Kingston was with {the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Rogers. was an offiee-bearer of | St. Andrew's Society.' Fraternally, he was afliliated with Kingston lodge, [No. 59, LO.O.F., being a past grand. By his death, Chalmers congregation "has lost one of the most reverent and {faithful worshippers and one of the most' active and loyal office-bearers it has ever had. § of returned to their home in, Los Angeles. | rail facilities from all points on.even Phey passed the inierval, visiting re | The Dominion Steel plant at Syd imey, N.S., which has been shut down two weeks for repairs, Mon- morning. : { Bie orders for steel have 'been placed "with the mills in Pittsburg. This vote | Near the King, London, Jan. 26,--~0On February 10th, shortly before the opening of the commons, five thousand women of England will Bucki Palace to demand from King George their right to vote. This was the at rangements made at a Hormy ing of the women's Social' 'politi- cal Union this morping. V er were also accepted for a sys! campaign to ereate a dist in theatres, restaurants and other pub lic places during the common's ses sion. Scotland Yard detectives: who attended the meeting said the suffra- gettes would not be permitted to ap- proach within a mile of King' George with their petition. p y * BUSINESS IS GOOD IN AMBRICA Less Trade Depression Than in Any Other Country, ' New Haven, Conn. Jan. 26--Assafle ing the new "prophets of evil wire far political pumposes preach natural pain," Secretary of Commerce d- field told the Chamber of Comerce here that there. is less trade depres- sion in America than abroad. The secretary admitted that the Balkan war and the currency and tariff legislation gave a proper cause for business hesitation. The tariff he said, has been veny helpfel, the currency \debate .is over, and the result is good ; and, finally, the *" destroyer" is mot to "rage in the land." AN ALBERTA FARMER SEEDED IN JANUARY A Record Established In The West -- Fifteen Acres Were Seeded, Lethbridge, Jan. 26. --~Duri this month George Kingsbury of Eyemore district sedded sixteen acres of whea on his farm. Ploughing and disving in Alberta in January is somewhat of & record, but this centre can claim the distinction of having actually weeded land to wheat in what is supposed to be the coldest month of the roe soil was inthe finest le i- tion for seeding, Mrs. Julia Mplean, a pioneer settler in Cope Breton, died at Guelph at the age of 102 b IS ON SALE AT THE FOLLOW ING CITY STORES Bucknell's News Depot ..208 King 1. Clarke, J. W. & Co. ....353 Princess College Book Store . Coulter's Grocery ... Cullen's Grocery, Cor, Princess & AMred Froutenne Hotel ,.........Ontarle St. Gibson's Drug Store . Market Square McAuley's Book Store ....08 Princess MeGail's Cigar Store Cor. Prin. & King McLeod's Grocery ....01 Union St, W, Medley's Drug Store 200 University Ave Paul's Cigar. Store ........70 Princess Prouse's Drug Store ....313 Princess Valleau'n Grocery ......008 Montreal DIED GRAVES--At Harrowsmith, Ont, on . 26th, 1914, Mrs. Dan. Graves, aged 53 years. i Funeral Wednesday. KBLLS In Storrington, on, Jan. 25th, LJ yea 8 1 1914, Robert 5, aged $8 Funeral from his late nesidence to Sand Hill cemetery, Sunbury, on Wednesday, at 1 p.m, Friends and Audusintances are res spectfully invited to attend. LEANY--In Cataraqui, on Jan. 24th, 1814, Mary Anne Leany, aged 84 years. Funeral at 2 p.m, "Tuesday. Friends and cquaintances spectfully invited to atten MAXWELL--In Kingston, Ont. 24th, 1914, george W. Maxwell, Funeral from his late residence, 56 Rideau 'street, esday, at 3 pm, to Cataraqui cemetery, : Friends and acquaintances are spectfully invited to attend. WRIGHT---At his residence, 827 Shaw St, Toronto, on Sunday morning. January 25th, 1914, harles Wright, . in" his ' fifty-third year, formerly of ngston, ie Funeral from G.T.R. City 'Depot, on the arrival of the noon train, Tuesday, January 27th, ! - * \ are re- a 2 ro-