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ose Presldent sun ai] rector and Bec.-Treas. A id Telephones: Bl 2 243 Jeily year, vered in city savas © year, ¢ olive in advance gon y "nail to rural Foficens. 2. gar 19 United States .:......$3.00 and three months pro rata. i2omi- Weekly ait One. your b Year, ar ie United States . 3 d three months pro rata. Attached #s one of the best job printing offices in Canada. TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE HE. Sinalipeles . 3 Q 'hurch St TA es Fo Fifth Ave. CTO IUD, Manag er. nt oh Bldg. Ve une SCREAMS OF THE EAGLE, The American Commission for the Relief of Belgivm reported that not a mouthful of "food supplied through the generosily of the people abroad went to the Gérmans. It also went out of its way to excus¢ German rapacity saying that the invading nation could not hel p the Belgians, as it had a right to do under internutional law, because it had a need of all the food- stufls it possessed for its own troops. But the American Commission knows that the Gefmans were making exces- sive levies on the Belgian people, and were robbing them of the food they had and the means of procuring it. This same Cominission, in a loud and bombastic way, declared that but for the American people, the Belgians would starve, and by "American peo- ple" it was not apparently intended to include the Canadians. The Aus- tralinns were "surely overlooked, with their generous contribution of food 'and money. : The American Commis sion has not, then, been fair in its criticism of the situation. It set out to magnify its own' importance, and the importance of the people -it serves, and it has not succeeded very well. SOME DAZZIANG SALARIES. One wonders sometimes why athle- tice have such a hold on the youth- ful minds. It is but nalural. ,' Play is essential to hie, to growth, to health, and play that is associated with skill wins gecogmition and ro ward. This is seen in the case of ~ Walter Johnson, of the American Base ball League, who has been fluctuating between it and the Federals, which is the newer organization, and the one that is making inroads upon the older organizations in its bids for the bet ter players. Jobnson was engaged by the Washingtons at $12,500 a year, and wae offered $16,000 by the Chifeds 10 transier to them. He accepted of £6,000 on salary account, und then rued his bargain, or was bulidozed into repudiating it by his old club. Salaries like these dazzle the boys, end make so many of them ambitious of becoming stars. Of course it is a very small percentage that reaches the line where they can dictate terms, and whence, after a few years' service, they may retire with hovors and wealth enough to maintain them for the test of their days in'. comfort. Suc oss in any - profession means hard work, and even the pitcher who gets $12,500 or $16,000 a year earns it. The cultivation of bis. muscles, his physical powess, his head, his judg- ment, means a devotion that is not to be measured by money" alone. 4 ----t CANADIANS AT THE FRONT, The Fidst Contingent from Canada, "and identilied with the expeditionary foroy; leaves England for the front by early in January, fitted, according to! Tord Kitchener's idea, for any service "#o. which it may be assigned. It is only lately 'that the' British and French have been in a position to ad- vance. All they could do, for a while, was hold the enemy in check. or re- ules ibs attacks,and how they could do successfully itits that are necessary for aggressive work. There the elimination has been going on, and when we do eventually cross thé chapuel. it will be to meet the difiienltics of the hour in British form and spirit." Dr. Ross, M.P.P., as the head of No. 1 Field Ambulance Corps, has been especially successful. His branch of the contingent has been recognized as ome of the best units, and it grows in favour upon its "mer: ibs. n THE LONG PURSE WINS. The New York Post discusses "War and the Economic Exhaustion." Will the time come--is it near--when. the belligerents must end their operations for want of money ? The Post does pot know, and cannot cite from his- tory, any war which had to end for A financial reasons; and, there does not sem {o-besany prospect of collapse in the present war for lack of cash. Germany achieved the phenomena success: of « floating: a billion dollar loan' at wingty-seven and a half, and people. The rate was high, namely, five per cent. Brit- ain went one better when she sold a billion and three-quarters of German hobds at ninety-five, with interest at three 'antl a half per cent. So there has been no and war loans have been raised with the greatest of ease. of the British the day, - he smong ber own far The Chancellor Exchequer anticipates however, when the long in the war. Supplies must be pro- duced as well as bought. Prof. Usher, in the Atlantic, indicates that Ges- many has a scheme by which it will carry on the work of agriculture, next year, by the alternating, if necessary, of iis soldiers as workers in the field, But the scheme has a chimerical look, and has to be tested before can be said in its behalf. Lezan with a citation from the New York Post. Let us close with anoth- er, which embraces the opinion of a well-known German authority : "In a wilitary deadlock where both sides inspired with ejually strong mor- al purpose, success would come pre to the belligerent 'who can hold out financially longest." "" Which endorsement what Lloyd- George has contended all along, and contends now. very much The wir: sumably is an of VENTILATE THE FACTS. I'he Board of Trade has been asked to consider the by-laws vu which the people will pass 4t the municipal elections. The idea is to thoroughly veulilate all-the facts, and $6 enable the voters to act intelligently, It is not at all desired that the most im- portant items of the year should be treated lightly, or that men should be asked to use their votes in ap- disapproving of them, without the fullest consideration. One by-law affects several industries in that it provides them with"& rail- way proving or connection which they must have if they would do business. The: loco- motive works compauy can get. along without it, an independent vounection with the Grand = ruuk Railway, but it can get along better with this second connection, and it is indispensable the ' Shipbuilding Company, d to Selby & Co., the During the winter season > chit off from the outer world only get into touch with it slower and moe expensive use of horse power. Kingston wants industries and must have them, and the municipality do its part having to by the is expected towards them. : The railway compuny lays the track, but the grad- ing which is necessary, vand prelimin- to this, the city must do at an estimated cost of 83,000. It is a small favour which the people should (not hesitate about granting. Lhe other cheaper to Wry ' by-law concerns which the flour mills and which they must have. to the value of $100,000 is sold annually in Kingston, and 'most of it is brought into the city. There "is no reason why the city mills should wot eet the demands of the dis- trict, and they would be able to do it with power which Mr. Campbell is propured- to supply them. One mill bas been idle for some time. It will remain idle so long as it costs $10, U0U a year for steam puwer which it hus been obliged to use. Fbere is an objection tothe Camp- bell franchise, and if ises with those who do not want any private contractor to step between the city and the consumer of electricity. But the consumer in this case is the pro- ducer; the man who has the power lo spare and wants to sell it, and $0. far has been unable to make a cou: tract with the city. It costs the de- partment about two cents per kilo- watt to deliver electric power at the switch board. Mr. Campbell has of- fered it to the city for three-quarters of a cent a kilowatt, and to guar. antee a certain quesiity daily if the the power desn Flour in the South scarcity of coin, purse will, be the determining factor' article Campbell cannot. = Every ratepayer will agree that the cheaper power of Mr. Campbell should be acquired, and the Hydro-Electric Commission should not act like the' dog in the! manger, declining to aecept or let any one wise accept it. Mr. Campbell does not, want any concession from the people that he has not a right to expect. EDITORIAL NOXES. The reduction ithe 'electric. rates is under consideration. It is all right if it can be done without loss finan- in cially. - Europe Am- (. M. Schwab says that has placed contracts with the erican manufacturers 'to the value of three hundred millions, and that '© an ern of industrial activity is fast opening up. ¥25,000 King-» Motors to - the value of have been put out of use in ston by the change from direct to alternating current. And still the power plant must, produce direct' cur rent for the street railway, Seventy liquor licenses cut off by the Board of License Commissioners in Montreal. And no kick' and commo- tion... - Why ? | The vides compensation to the extent of $5,000 in each case in which a license is. refused. government pro- of the Company says the The president International Nickel dominion government knows the destination of every ton of nickel which leaves Can Aud the against it? amiss and the the better. ada. admiralty protests There is something sooner it is adjusted In St. Lamberts, burb of Montreal, joicing over tree." which is a su: there was great re- "a municipal Christmas Had any one proposed such a thing in Kingston he would have been: criticized. But the municipality can do a good many things if it wants to, and there is some one the council to lead the way. n The inspector of charities, jails, and public institutions, Dr. . Smith, a graduate of Queen's, is referred to in Sue paper as "colonel" and "auto- crat." THis position demands that he exert considerable power, sometimes arbitrarily, in order that ideal ditions may be reached. But he is not an autocrat,. but a reasonable and most eflicient man. Bruce con- Public Opinion True For You. Toronto Globe. The aviator has proved his value. An army, without flying scouts is an army courting disaster. Decidedly Short. Windsor Record, Getting short--December days and the kaiser's presumptious partoner- ship with the Almighty. Turkey I Turk. Montreal Mail Lord Cromer says Egypt must still pay over $3,000,000 yearly of lier ueot to Turkey. The Turks seem to be trying to go in and collect this year's instalment Baqual To the Task, Brantford Courier Lord Strathcona died tune of over one hundred millions in his sole possession. This money carried with it tremendous responsi- bilities. Did Strathcona fulfil them? with a for- Send Him To the London Advertiser Harry Thaw looms up again, his case having reached the supreme court, Evidently the oniy way to be rid of him is for the United States to enter the war and send him to the iront. Front, The Cold "Shoulder. to Mall and Empire. Bourassa is getling the cold shoulder from the libetal party, of which he was once considered to be an ornament, and thee are few men of French blood whe would identify themselves with what seem to be his racial opinions. A' Prince Od India. Hamilton Herald. The gaekwar of Buroda, the weal- thiest of India's princes, got into dis grace at the imperial darbar near Delhi by what seemed to be a studied =light to the king-emperor. This same gackwar of Baroda, since the war began, has contributed moré money than any other Indian pringe-to the British cause. His latest gift to the empire is the C.P.R., liner Empress of India, which he has purchased and will turn over to the imperial author- ities Tor use as a hospital ship. Tilis gort of thing can he classed "fruits meet for repentance." ' Kingston Events Twenty-Five Years Ago 3 Five men, timed lo eat Christinas dinner in the penitentiury did vot do escape. They bound and gagged three guards and two convicts, Their . escape caused a big sensation. i The new organ for St. Andrew's church has arrived. Principal Grant dedicated a Pres- byterian church at Ottawa. "=A General Dead. London, Dec. 26--Gon, Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny died at his home at Hove, Sussex. He was seventy-four ug omin ® vas pr ent can war. as | ! him, and for a number s0,.a8 they managed to make their} from ser- he FIGHT FOR MAYORALTY THERE ARE TWO CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE. A Number of Acclamations Resulted -- Buying Fish to Send Away -- Various "Presentations. - Gananoque, Dec. 26.--Although the nomination meeting on © Wednesday evening last in Turper's Hall resulted in the usual large number gf nomjna- tions for the municipal offices of Cananoque fqr 1915, when the time limit for qualification had expired the outlook was not nearly so sormidaple. The results at present show the fol- lowing _acclamations: Reeve, David Darling; deputy reeve, W. J. Wilson; water commissioners, George Toner, J. Acthur Jackson, John Paul and Visti Edwards, Jr.; school trustees, Us. A. Black, Dr. A. H. Mabee, W, ¥. Ton and E. P. Wright. The contest will, therefore, be for the mayoralty, between ex-Mayor W. N. Rogers, and Dr. Fergus J. 0'Con- vor. Aud for the council board, where four of the 1914 council are again in ihe field, C.K. Wright, George I. Faylor, James Karr and Frank Keyes, with three = new aspirants to fill the two other seats, Louis Pecor, George Dowsley and George S. Cowan. From these an efficient councd should be se- lected: Just what may be the out- come oi the mayoralty 'contest is a little premature to predict. ~ Ex-Mayor 'Rogers is a hard fighter, and the \ie- tor in many 'hard-fought campaigns, while the doctor, although downed in the first. round last year, has come back suliling and fresh for the second round, and his wany friends are of the opinion that he will put up a pretty stiff fight. Throvwgh the Kindness -of Postma ter J.T. Green, the Socal office vesterday from 8 a.m. and from 4.30 until 6 p.m. mas mails he the entire was open until noon, The Christ. heavy and Li has heen taxed to the utmost. Upwards of 250 bags of mail matter have been received and sorted here, as well as the attending to the outgoing mails, During the present 2k there have been very large purchases of fish made here hy local dealers for shipment, the main amount being from the lake to the nerth. Christmas<BDayisras in 'idedl; the snow of the pagt two weeks furnished splendid sleighing, and the drop in the thermometer to five degree be- low zero made the weather condi- tions all that could be desired. The day itself passed very quietly, ser- vi being held in the Methodist, Anglican and Roman Catholie churches during the ferenoon. Miss Nellie Lake who has taught efficient- ly in the Victorig"avéntue school for the past few years, and recently ten- dered her resignation to accept a more lucrative situation in-the Sud- bury school was entertained at tea, together With her colleagues of the Victoria avenue school, hy Miss Edith Jackson, Princess strect, this week, when occasion. was taken to present her with a handrome Cameo ring as a slight token of good will and es- teem from her colleagues... Class No. 8 of Groce Methodist Sunday school waite! on their teach- er Clifford Sine at' his home, on Thursday evening®and presented him with a beautiful electric reading lamp as a slight token of their ap- preciation of his services. Although rather early in the season for a gen- eral freeze up the St. Lawrence has frozen over and on Thursday a cross- ing was made on the ice by Mr. and Mrs, William Gauthier from Leek and, On Wednesday Henry Cook, John's Island, drove down on the ice a distance of about eight miles. Capt. D. J. Kenny has purchased the vacant lot on the corner of St. Law rence and Main streets, and purpose: creeting a double residence of cement blocks inthe early spring. Mrs. C. 1. Hurd and daughter, Migs L.- Erlen Hurd, King street, spent Thursday in Kingston. William Haynes, Osha v is holiday.ug in town with rela- we been very section Capt. and Mrs. D. J. are spending a week in Toronto with friends. Mrs. William Scally, King- ston, is spending a few days in town with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil Kam Whitmore. Sherili McCangnon, Brockville, is spending the holiday season in town with his wile and fumily.. Colin €. McKellar, Mon- treal, is holidaying iu town with his paveuts, Mr. and Mrs. James Mec- Kellar. Albert © D. pending a short time in town, vuest of his mother, Mrs. H. Fone Messts. William and Roy | France, located for some time past in Ottawa, are !glidaying here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph LaFrance. William Patterson, Michi- gan; is in town for a visit with his sister, Mrs. H. Aikens. Mr. and Mrs. Jolm A. Webster have gone to Co- balt for a visit with their son, Ar- thur ~~ Webster. - Somers 0'Connor, dudent in Ste Michael's Collége, To- ronto, is spending his vacation here with his father 71. D. O'Connor Rev. and Mrs. George W. Dustin, Yarm, Cue., are the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dustin. i. W. Flemming, Belleville, is spend- ing a few days with friends and re- lutives in town. Mrs, Randall Mills was taken to Kingston™General Hos- pital on Tuesday for treatment for appendigitie, Kenney | Aikens, Thornlow, is the Aik La- Was Hotel Manager. Carleton Place, Dee. 26--Hawmplon it. Hilliard died, here on Thursday aliernoon. He was born at Paken- of years was manager of the Mississippi Hotel in this town. Mr--dillliid was a son of the late Daniel Hilliard, at one time member for North Lanark. . To Take A Million. The Hague, Dec. 26.--Queen Wilhel- mina, in signing aban, bill. for a war loan 25 florins ($110,000,000), o 1! I. * informed the finance minister that she would personally underwrite 2,500,000 farins 1,505) of the amount. Robert Norrath; 'the actor, who re- cently was wounded by a shrapnel Hullet while"servin tlie B forces on the cont to England to expects to Sizes 6 to 10 To-night and Saturday SPECIALS . Men's Overcoats! Real Beauties, Society Brand $22 & $22.50 Garments for $15.00 Big Boy's Ovescoats $7.50 & $8.00 values for $5.00 Men's Suits $15.00 Hand Tailored Garments, Blue Cheviots Worsteds and Vicunas, Newest Models English Parametta 'Raincoat Special $8.50 Men's Shoe Special for $3.50 Goodyear Welt, bench made N - Farms For Sale 400 acres Price $1500 20 " . " 1600 0" . . -" 2 " " " "« " T. J. LOCKHART, Real Kstates and Iusurance Bank of Montreal Bullding. Clarence & King 8ts., Kingston QUEEN MOTHER'S MESSAGE. Tells Danes She + Hopes for Peace by Next Christmas, Copenhagen, Dec, 26 -- Queen Alexandria Las | sent.the following Christmas message, through the don correspondent of the National Fidende of Copenhagyn, to the Dan- ish people: "I am happy to send Christmas greetings to the people of my dear na oti land. I wish that this ght ful war may be finished before mext Christmas, and that the peace and toleration whick "England always strove | for may 'again' prevail 'in this worl ; I PUPS oe IC ¥4 Was 1 dave decided to vacate my Present premises in the »] of 1913, I am now yn on reductions on any monument on I have in stock. If it is tention of purchasing it would be - your advantage to buy sow. J. E. MULLEN Cor. Princess and U5 par Phone, 1417, "a SKATING TO.NIGHT ARE YOU READ X? IF NOT, SEE US. buy, her he whites fo THERE 18 A REASON--W nod city, won't skating ix speecinit evan only "a, You to Open Every "Eveding hd wad il hate Shaping a star,