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fl 'Here shall the Press the people's rights maintain, Unawed by interest and un- bribed by gain." $mir King an& (Country Vol. V, No. 14���Established 1911 VANCOUVER. B.C.. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5. 1916 Price Five Cents The Welch Leek Decorates Last Conservative Convention The Plugging Conspiracy against the School Board Investigation and Vancouver Patronage Committee COMMENT on the Conservative convention in Vancouver has been most instructive, It lias chiefly been one of comparison. "Behold our chaste"���and chas- tencd���"premier who threw all his influence into the scale for a new convention in order to give those Conservatives who criticised his policies an opportunity to choose new representatives. Have the wicked, vote-stealing Liberals done the same? Nay'. They fear such a convention. The machine has selected the men to run and those men must; run whether the Liberal party as a whole wants [hem or not?" That summarises the comment of the partisan. He cannot rid himself of his prejudices, lie reads into a convention which was necessary, a sermon which has no re- latioii at all to facts, and ascribe.-, I i self-righteousness an attitude which was entirely due to the pressure oi circumstances. The Conservative convention was necessary in order to advertise the premier as the unanimously chosen leader, and also gel rid of one whose actions as head of the Conservative patronage committee in Vancouver, and purchaser of supplies on the school board, had put the nobse round the neck of the Conservative party. It was absolutely necessary to eliminate .Mr. Welch and send him off to England to lake up some other collection than thai of patronage. It was simplest to put in his place the Honorable Dentist McGuire, whose previous retirement had been an error in bridge work. Before the school hoard inquiry, the Conservatives probably had determined to drop Mr. Thomas Duke, whose relations to the Traders' Trust concern had been so keenly criticised by Judge Grant. But, finally, it was considered that by throwing Welch ���overboard, it might be possible to get the grape juice representative into port. APPLES OF DISCORD Exactly why the Liberals should hold another convention because the Conservatives had to do so, is not clear. Both the WORLD and the NEWS-ADVERTISER stated that it was necessary to the Liberals' salvation to hold another convention. Apparently neither of these two organs of public opinion are satisfied with the present Liberal candidates. They do not appear to realise that their dissatisfaction is understood by the man in the street to signify fear. Presumably they desire to throw apples of discord among the Liberals. That is the only opportunity they have of counteracting the effect of the revelations of the activities of the Conservative patronage committee, under the aegis of Mr, Welch. They refer continually to the plugging conspiracy as a reason for another convention. They ignore all the evidence in that conspiracy which implicated the Conservative patronage committee through Mr. Sullivan, just as much as it implicated Mr. Macdonald. 'They have, in fact, fallen hack on thc plugging conspiracy as their last line of defence. If the Liberals can persuade J. T. Scott to return it is probable that tlie truth, if he ever tells it, will disappoint a great many people. Probably tllat gentleman desires a price for his "sensational" disclosures. The Conservatives do not seem ready to pay that price, and the Liberals have not got the money in any case. THE PATRONAGE COMMITTEE These articles have already dealt fully w ith the plugging conspiracy, but it might be as well to repeat certain points which are utterly ignored by the partisan press. If one thing was proven at the inquiry, it was that Mr. Macdonald had no ready money with which to pay his workers. The fact that he paid some small sums out to certain people ���who appear to have been mixed up witli the plugging conspiracy was made much of, but that this fact proved he had not much money was ignored. The Liberals have shown themselves quite ready to investigate the whole conspiracy, and in this connection it is advisable to distinguish between the Liberal party as led by Mr. Brewster, and the remnants of the old guard which is still trying to control the destinies of the Liberal party, just as the old guard Conservatives are in control of the destinies of that party. That guard is in control of patronage, and has ruined the party and disgusted the sincere Conservative. If tin- Conservative politicians ��� it is necessary also to distinguish between the politicians and the party ��� had been wise, they would have discarded the old guard, just as the Liberals hate been trying to do for a considerable period. There is no need to enter into personalities. The old guard of the Conservatives is, unfortunately, the nucleus of the party. It is the patronage committee. Just as the old guard of tlie Liberal party revolved round the patronage committee, so does the old guard 'Conservative revolve round the patronage committee of the party. Patronage killed the old Liberal party and patronage, unless present indications are entirely -wrong, will kill the provincial Conservative party at the coining elections. [THE PORK BARREL But there are certain interests which, owing to the nature of their business and the doubtfulness of the result of thc elections, naturally desire to stand in the good graces of both parties. These interests would contribute to the campaign fund of both parties. But whereas there is only one receptacle for campaign contributions in the Conservative party, namely, the patronage committee, in the Liberal, party there are two. The "hi guard among the Liberals is, unfortunately, the only source of large funds, outside those which can be raised by ordinary individual contributions. The office of J ihn T. Scott represented the old guard, the office of the Vancouver Liberal Association, the new real Liberal party. Both worked for the election of Mr. Macdonald. But the office under Scott handled sums of money of which Mr. Anderson and others of the rank and file knew absolutely nothing. It is doubtful if Scott himself knows for certain where the money originally came from. He knows who he got it from, and the instructions he probably received with it. But whether the whole sums contributed svent through that iffice, or whether part of them were used for other purposes in connection with tin campaign, i.- most probably unknown to Scotl himself. Mr. Macdonald has convinced everyone who knows him personally that In- had nothing whatever, to do with the "conspiracy." IS THIS THE TRUE STORY? Probably if Scott were to return In- night tell the true history of the plugging conspiracy in tllis wise. There were about 1MI names of voters on tin- li-t wlm had crossed over to the American side, and were dwelling iu Seattle, Bellingham ami other places along the Sound, Scott determined to try an-! locate those men. am! was given some $400 which was raised from various sources i ir ihc very legitimate purpose of bringing these voters up on election day. Hut alter the money was raised, Scot! may have been unable to locate the men. It was then he either remembered, or was told that a certain Monti- White���whom possibly lie had known before���would In: able to locate the men and see that they were here on election day. X',w Monty White is apparently a professor of the electioneering game, and may have scented not only the $400 in Scott's hands but also a little work which might be well paid for by other parties. So possibly he approached his friend, John L. Sullivan, in Vancouver, with a scheme to make more than $400 out of the game. Alter all, it would not be necessary to prove that each man brought up here was a legitimate voter, as the list of the 100 in Scott's hands could bc passed as correct. If Scott could be persuaded to leave everything to Monty White, that gentleman would see that the men were here. This would account accurately for the evidence given at tlie investigation and also for the manner in which Mr. Macdonald was tricked like everyone else. PLAYING BOTH WAYS But what happened after is not so clear. Did Monty White, scenting money on both sides, approach his friend, Sullivan, as has been said. Did Sullivan go to his friends on the Conservative patronage committee? He certainly appears to have done so. Here was a grcat opportunity. Monty White could lie recompensed for bringing up the men, and they could bc traced and all the evidence necessary to convict the Liberals of plugging gathered as it was given. It was proved at the investigation that the Conservatives knew all about the plugging, and tliat members of the patronage committee such as ex-Alderman Hoskins went down to see that they arrived alright. The police could not act, as they evidently suspected a political trap, saying as much when they stated they took no notice of any information coming from the Sullivan source. Was Mont) U bite expected by Scott to bring u; legitimate voters.and expected by Sullivan and his friends to liriny up pluggers? The pluggers themselves were told they [oing to i otc for the "we( te as an addl ement i" 'in- fee of $10 for which they were lupposed t" work. Whether Scotl would tell such a story or mil i- the purest surmise, bul thai story fits in with all tin idence, and what is more, accounts ior the willingness of the Liberals to bring back Scott and the reason - e premier refused to withdraw the warrant for Scott's arrest. The premier did not know anything about the source of the money which paid for the pluggers, but, on the evidence given by Mr, Webb and others, he was told about the pluggers. In what form was the story ��� Id him? Was In- told the truth, or was he, like everyone else, simply in the hands of a professional political expert like Mont) White. That the Conservatives paid for the expenses of Mr. Sullivan is known. But h iw much went to Monty White? A GENERAL MIX-UP As has been said before in these columns, it would not bc at all surprising to find both Conservatives and Liberals were, unwittingly, more or less mixed up in the plugging conspiracy. Thai is, possibly, the only "sensational" disclosure Mr. John T. Scott could mak,-. The NEWS- ADVERTISER has almost daily, driblets about the plugging conspiracy, bin it carefully ignores the school board investigation, Mr. F. C. Wade in the SUN issued an un- usual challenge t i Mr. Bowser to go down to Seattle with him and bring Scott back, if Mr. Bowser would promise to withdraw the warrant issued for that canny person. At a recent Liberal executive meeting, hot words were exchanged on the subject, the majority of the official Liberals insisting oil Scott's return, while, curiously enough, Mr. Wade appeared to oppose it. In any case, Mr. Bowser as attorney-general, has refused to give Scott immunity, and it looks to the ordinary man as if the Conservative machine was not over-anxious to have Scott back. luspected facts against Mr. Macdonald, the plunging con- spiracy ma) be written off the Liberal liabilities, The public is not al al! convinced that Mr. Macdonald lias any knowledge of the affair h is no use i indulge in semi- maudlin reflections day after day on cxactl* the ,aint lines against Mr. Macdonald, in the hop, that some mud will realty -tick. Any student of psychology ran perceive that the public is nol caught by thi* sort ol thing. It may appeal to the prejudices of a few bide bound partisans, but those who carefully studied the evidence were loom convinced that most of it was extremely unreliable and were disgusted that the expenses of such witnesses were paid, presumably out of the public fnnds. Moreover, the school board inquiry with its revelations of discounts to tbe Conservative party and its patronage to Conservative members, countered the plugging conspiracy absolutely. The barefaced manner iu which Messrs. Welch and Leek were shown to have acted in connection with the purchase ol supplies, was sufficient. Premier Bowser's utter want of tact���to say the least of it���in packing off Mr. Welch to England to "look after" the soldiers' votes disgusted many of his most ardent supporters, They threw up their hands at that and "quit cold." They may not vote Liberal, but they will certainly not vote Conservative. THE CONSERVATIVE TICKET The Conservatives have made a gr convention. Their ticket ,\a- referred party for ratification, amendment or thoroughly democratic process" they him- placed tlx-ir candidate they represent the current j the party membership." li thi the party, how was it that befor desperate efforts were made to ���al todo about tile "back to the whole rejection. By this are supposed "to OLD AGAINST NEW The truth of the matter as far as the elections are concerned, is this. The Conservative party appears to consider it lias a chance to pull Mr. Bowser and the patronage committee he controls to victory if it can only fix the blame for the plugging conspiracy on Mr. Macdonald. The Liberal party is anxious to get at the truth of the affair, no matter whom it implicates, so as to eliminate any guilty person from all connection with the party. For that reason, by an almost unanimous decision, it read Mr. Eyre. Scott's counsel, out of the party. Mr. Alex. Henderson and Mr. Wade hotly opposed this���but neither of them I ma-v be doubted. Orangemen bel are candidates and their influence on the destinies of the a position to know that 1 considered judgment oi ticket really represents the convention was held tbtain other men I fill some of iln- places? If, for instance, Dr. Procter could have been prevailed upon to run. would the convention have endorsed its present ticket? The fact is that the Conservative party as a while is anxious to sec whether Premier Bowser can carry liis "ticket" to victory. Very few of the party really believe he can. But they prefer to see this ticket defeated and the "old guard" put out of business, to risking any chances in the future. If I'rcmier Ilowser is defeated the "ticket" will go down to oblivion. It is probable that Messrs. Tisdall and McGowan will survive. Mr. McGowan is popular and straightforward, and Mr. Tisdall is honest. But beyond these two. is there any I chance of the citizens of Vancouver electing any of the others? It is possible that what is known as the Orange vote will follow Messrs. Bowser and Duke, but even this ng to both parties, and although Mr. Duke, is a leading member of that body, it party is nil. They belong with some others, just as Mr. wou-d Probably be a mistake to imagine that the Orange- Bowser and his patronage committee belong, to the old | '"en as a body will solemnly vote for him, or anyone else time political parties. The difference being that Mr. Bow-! f"r that matter. They have their opinions outside their ser has control of his party, while Mr. Wade and his cot- ' oriU'r- The Conservative machine, however, is undouhted- erie have lost control of the Liberals. The contest today -J' depending on the Orange vote to keep it going, is really between an old time party which believes in old THE PREMIER AND THE EX-DENTIST time methods and a new party calling itself Liberal, but T,R. ,,,,��� w , Bowser, the Hon, Dr. McGuire. Messrs. backed by nearly every independent. '(Thomas Duke and Waller Leek, are the nominees of the llvention, outside Messrs. Tisdall and McGowan. THE WELCH LEEK What is really required i miles Io clear away D id wood, and John Scott���if he returns���reveals some entirely uii- Of the premier, the Hon, W, .1. Bowser, it is hardly necessary lo speak. He lias appealed to the Vancouver [electorate to endorse his political morality, lie said to i the electors at one of the up-country meetings that it was for'Vancouver to judge of his connection with the firm of Messrs. Ilowser. Reid and Wallbridge, and the precedents which he quoted as allowing such a connection. But aside | from tliis. Mr. Bowser is not popular. He is considered i a good fighter���that is all. As has been said several times j in these columns, liis defeat means the breaking up of pat- I ronagc which has been exercised grossly, as'is evidenced I not only by the school hoard inquiry, but by the Sewerage Board and many other things. Of Dr. McGuire. tlie iniquitous,- so-called prohibition I ill is sufficient advertisement. That biil alone should settle Dr. McGuire. He used to have a name for independence, Tint failing the senate, he has returned to active political life as the prohibition representative. Mr. Bowser undoubtedly believes thc whole prohibition vote will be behind Dr. McGuire. it is extremel) doubtful, Those people who contributed so much a month to the :ampaigi feel they have been swindled. When they discovered this same ex-dentist drawing a salary of S300 a month as "organiser," they made such a row that he gave up his job and Mr. Bowser promptly gave him the Ministry of Education. A more pusillanimous distribution of patronage iias never been witnessed. Dr. McGuire may lie relied upon to follow his leader. CURRENT AND CONSIDERED JUDGMENT Finally, consider Messrs. Puke and Leek. Mr. Duke is a member of the Conservative patronagi mmittee. It is .piiii- surprising that thc Conservatice convention did not select either Messrs. Woodside or Hoskin, two 'ther members of that notorious camarilla, to take the plact so suddenly vacated by Mr. Welch. Mr. Duke was also president of the Traders Trust Company, which persuaded a lady to invest a thousand dollars or so in a mortgage, and instead of making such an investment, applied the money ther purpose. The directors of the company had to some Af> IDEAL WORTH rillHTIMI FOB llritisii Culiinihln c.\pcct�� every honest cltir.cn io come to her aid between now ami September 14, in the liuliv to kill tlie liliin! mounter of political patronage, in ivIionc slime Im cU-trloped graft, bribery, thofi and fraud. to repay the money and Judge Grant's stinging reference to Mr. Duke should exclude him from any publicity for years to come. But no���Mr. Duke lias the "nerv:" to ask the electorate to put him in another position of trust, presumably for his excellent work on the patronage committee. Is he so sure of the Orange vote that he can ignore public opinion? Then behold Mr. Leek, the hot water engineer or plumber, whose position as a member of tlie license board is presumably as valuable to him as his position as a contractor to the school board. Really it is an insult to the intelligence of the people of Vancouver to set such men as these before the electorate and request its support. What was it Mr. Leek's firm charged the school board? "Two valves, 6c: Cartage, $1.25; Total, Sl.31: 10 per cent, commission. 13c; Total, $1.42," or something of that sort. And these arc thc men who "represent the current and considered judgment of the party membership!" THE OLD LINES Perhaps further comment is tiresome, but it is as well that the electorate should thoroughly understand the position. The Conservatives are fighting thisbattle on the old lines of patronage and trying to attract the vote of vari- TWO THE STANDARD SATURDAY, AUGUST 5. 1916 Shr Slanuarb Published every Saturday at 4!C Homer Street, Vancouver. Telephone Seymour 470 Reentered at the Post Office Depa-tment, Ottawa, as Second Cms Mail Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES To all points In Canada. United Kingdom, Newfoundland, Sftw Zealand and other British Possessions: $2.00 Postage to American. European and other foreign countries lt.tt per year extra. The Standard will be delivered to any address In Vancouver or vicinity at ten cents a month. Member of the Canadian Press Association. The Standard, with which is incorporated the Saturday Chinook, circulates In Vancouver and the cities, towns, villages and settlements throughout British Columbia. In putties the paper ia Independent Liberal. Publishers The Standard Printers ous societies which are believed to have much political influence, There is a nebulous intangible feeling that all Orangemen vote for Orangemen at an election, whoever they may be. In the same way, every temperance reformer is supposed to vote for a man who has taken an active part in any temperance campaign. That explains the selection of such men as the Hon. Dentist McGuire and Mr. Duke on the Conservative ticket. It also explains why Premier Bowser is confident he can carry his seat in Vancouver. Since he and the Dominion member, Mr. Stevens, made up their differences, the Orange vote is supposed to go solid for them. Well, it may do; on the other hand, it may not. Orangemen have tlieir convictions like other people. They are not guided entirely by the politicians who make so much capital out of being members of that body. A little inside group of politicians will join the Orange lodges and become active members in order to gain, as they think, a certain political support. But more than once they have been disappointed in that support. It does not respond to the crack of the official whip as easily as it used to do. The business community has been amazed at the sort of legislation thc Conservatives supinely allowed to pass at thc last session, and some of the Orange lodges have a good sprinkling of business men among them. In brief, it is the professional politician who probably will be a sorely disappointed man after September 14. The electorate demand men with some imagination, and especially men who are not bound to any particular group, and thus have independence. CLINGING TO OLD SHIBBOLETHS It is true that a good many people ask whether the Liberals have any men who know anything of government. "What experience have the Liberals?" is generally asked. Well���they may have hardly any governmental experience, although Mr. Ralph Smith and Mr. Brewster and some others have plenty of political experience. But we need common sense, not experience. The government of British Columbia is not such a terribly difficult task for any man of ordinary intelligence. It is difficult if every petty prejudice and every group or order has to he considered and a hid made for its support. But that is exactly what the electorate want to avoid. What the electorate wants is men who have little knowledge of politics, but much of honesty. It is politics, politics, politics which brngs about patronage, and patronage is the canker which lies at the root of our troubles. When thc Conservatives, after "current and considered judgment," as the NEWS-ADVERTISER puts it, choose such a ticket to put before the electorate of Vancouver, they stamp themselves as utterly wanting in imagination. The official party clings to the old shibboleth of political management. This group or that group must be placated and members placed on the ticket. It does not matter who those members are, what their record is, or what abilities they have. Their one recommendation is that they are supposed to "swing" a certain number of votes. Thc Liberal candidates do not represent any particular group of men. They may not be so well known in official circles as the Conservatives, but, after all. seeing that thc Conservatives have held the reins of government for so long, how can any other men have experience? Tliat argument would leave the house This remarkable legislation, brought forth for the purposes of political expediency, places no limit on the amount of liquor which may he ordered at "lie time, ll makes no stipulation as to the frequency with which orders may lie placed. It makes no provision whatever for government knowledge or regulation of thc shipments. Under such conditions, the reader is asked to judge for himself whether the "Prohibition Act" does not provide for all the liiptor thc citizens of British Columbia want coming into the province, without let or hindrance, regulation or control by the authorities. Is sucn a condition for the best interests of the pro vince? Is it wise In throw overboard the license laws now prevailing in British Columbia, under which ther has been built up a hotel system of the highest staudard- to give up the right of strict regulation and control now exercised in general by the province and in particular by the local license commissions and to substitute for this tried plan legislation which allows liquor to come into the province by importation just as freely as il is now distributed but without government regulation or control to the slightest degree? Which is best for British Columbia���the regulation and control of the liquor traffic by the provincial and municipal authorities through the existing license system or the policy of unlimited, unrestricted and unregulated importation of liipior, with absolutely no general or local control, as is proposed by tlie B. C. "Prohibition Act?" * * * In place of the present method of selling liquor under government license (carrying with it the right of the authorities to regulate and control the business as well as amend these regulations according to existing conditions), this act would arrange it so that liquor might be imported in unlimited quantity, orders being placed as frequently as the purchaser tlesires, without the least control or regulation by the government���so long as the orders are placed outside the province. It means, for the sake of illustration, that it would be legal for a man in Vancouver to place a standing order with any liquor dealer outside of British Columbia for a daily, weekly or monthly supply of liquor, the shipments being made regularly according to the order just as long as a monthly account for the purchase was met. Because the Bowser liquor act will not prohibit the sale and use of liquor in British Columbia. THE STANDARD, representing many sincere prohibitionists, refuses to advocate support of the measure. While cutting off the right to sell liquor hy the glass, the act encourages the system of buying liquor by the bottle and by the barrel. While making it a crime for a regular hotelman to sell the stuff over his bar, this act says that any man in almost ally line of business but the hotel business may slop out booze wholesale. Unless it is designed here to provide new business for express and cartage companies and for the mail order houses, we do not see why it would not be just as well to allow the traffic to be carried on under the present system. * * * So far as the whole question of prohibition' is concerned, there is only one remedy and that is the stopping of the sale and manufacture of liquor. British Columbia had it in her hands to wipe the traffic out in its entirety, but political expediency only demanded that the people should be fooled and hence the introduction of the act now before the people. �� Everybody knows that until the sale of liquor is absolutely wiped out and its manufacture discontinued, that tig law will stop drunkenness. Nothing can stop drunkenness hut education. It was not so long ago that the average statesman, the majority of prominent men, in England, drank to excess. Pitt was an outstanding British statesman, lie was a drunkard, and Fox was a drunkard. To write a list of England's great men of a hundred years ago would be to prepare a list of famous drunkards. The same applied iu thc United States. History tells us that Webster was a drunkard. We haven't to go far back in Canadian history to find great men who were addicted to the bottle. Today the drunkard in public life is practically unknown in England, the United States or Canada. Xo legal pressure has been brought to bear upon thc prosperous drunkard. Indeed the British Columbia "Prohibition Act" would allow all the prosperous drunkards to keep their cellars full of wine. The oldtime drunkard was not pestered by policemen, blue laws, political prohibition acts. lie could get all he wanted to drink whenever he wanted it. Yet of his own accord the prosperous drunkard lias reformed and became temperate. Xo man today can be drunkard and be respected-���even il lie is a member of a prohibition executive. Education, without an opposition all the time. The fact remains that I experience aud common sense, without the clap-trap of a as far as Vancouver is concerned, the ticket will probably Billy Sunday, have done their work, and drunkenness is It might be just as well if our patriotic independents would sweeten the war fund with their hundred dollars and use their oratorical talents and their ability as organizers for some more lofty purpose than that of assisting to entrench the Bowser interests. This talk of independence from the political parties is for the most part just noise and fraud. If the several parties now operating do not offer scope for the activities of these fiery "independents." it is plain that further "independent" parties would merely add to Confusion. BILLY SUNDAY, DEVIL CHASER IT is to be hoped that when Billy Sunday, the sensational Yankee evangelist reaches the boundary line on his journey to pick up easy money in Vancouver, that the lm migration authorities will give him tlie sanu- treatment as accorded that other humbug, dear old I'astor Russell. Pastor Russell, as is well known, is Ami-British, Anti- Ally and Anti-Christ. Throughout the States be had been delivering addresses against the war and against the idea of national defence. The Dominion authorities bail no other course than to refuse the man admission to Canada on the grounds that he was an undesirable. Billy Sunday has vied with I'astor Russell in the antiwar campaign. He has referred on a dozen platforms to the great war in terms which were most insulting to British or Canadian ears. In view of this, there seems no course for the Canadian Government to follow other than to forbid Sunday admission to Canada, lie may be expected to continue, if allowed to come here, his hysterical tirade against tbe war and against the cause of recruiting be split. Predictions are always dangerous, bul Mr. McGowan ami possibly Mr, Tisdall will probably be tlie only Conservatives representing Vancouver in the local legislature after September 1916, ���CRITICUS. ���EDITORIAL OPINIONS- THE PROHIBITION FRAUD Till-: entire "Prohibition Act" suggests i, us that it is the weapon of a man desperate to retain the support of thc people. The premier's paid henchmen on the "Prohibition" executive designed the act as we now have it. and it is thc plan of the Government to use it as a vehicle to carry the administration back to power. The tenor of this remarkable piece of class legislation is throughout of a character to arouse the distrust of the electorate in the premier and his minister of prohibition, thc Hon. Mr. McGuire, who had a salary of $300 a month for helping to promote the bill���a salary paid by the good people of all parties who took an honest interest in the support of the Prohibition movement and contributed to its funds. Some idea of the sincerity of the premier in introducing this measure may be gathered from the fact that he now endeavors to play both ends against the middle, to retain the support of the liquor men on one hand, while on the other, deceiving the prohibition people into endorsing him. On the Bowser tour through thc Kootenays, the left bower of his party was the purist, McGuire, there on every platiorm to create the proper background that the prohibition people might he pleased; the right bower was Mr. H. B. Thompson, o{ Victoria, for years one of the powers behind the throne of the government, and one of the merchants mst heavily interested in the whiskey business in British Columbia. now left to self-indulgent fools or to those whose lives are made dull by poverty or whose hearts have been broken and pocket books stolen by smooth sharks���to these, uii- iorunalcly, alcohol affords the only escape from horrible nil)',tony. It would perhaps he worth while for the advocates of the British Columbia "prohibition" Pleasure to study the causes which have practically eliminated drunkenness from the most intelligent classes of uii-n. Education undoubtedly is the greatest factor. In nearly all tllc public schools rfow, lhe evil effects of alcohol arc taught, not in a lackadaisical way with sentiment nr religious duty or Billy Sunday as a basis. They are taught as facts. Facts appeal to the mind and they persist in iheir effect in later life when moral suasion and religious appeals are forgotten. As a matter of fact, drunkenness, like dirt, is mainly an accompaniment of poverty and a sad, hopeless life. For the man or woman given to drinking, when the troubles of life are no longer to bc borne, some relief must bc had. If we would make the lives of the people of British Columbia more comfortable, make good food more plentiful, spread education, afford protection to widows and orphans from the fanged hypocrites who go about with swindling schemes, secure a good reliable set of policemen to protect the people and to watch government officers and politicians of the ilk of the men who have brought in this "prohibition" measure���if we would do this and spread education, we would solve many problems and incidentally create an atmosphere in which Mr. Barleycorn could not live. OVERLOOKING PATRIOTIC FUNDS WE observe that in Vancouver and other constituencies a number of independent candidates have thrown their hats In the ring. Most of these chaps have no more chance of election than did the independent who ran last spring against Macdonald. Yet each, man will put up a hundred dollars of a deposit, which in most cases is supplied by the machine, and this money will be forfeit. ��� THE FOLLY OF SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLOSING LAST Saturday the "Makttra" docked at Vancouver and the "Empress of Asia." Both great trans-Pacific liners carried a large passenger list. There were more than 250 first-class passengers on the "Asia," and as many in the second cabin. Trains from the East and South and Xorth, and the usual coast boats drew into Vancouver last Saturday morning. Thousands of strangers, then, were in the city, the majority of whom had concluded trans-continental or transoceanic journeys. AND VANCOUVER, WITH ITS CRAZY SATURDAY AFTERNOON CLOSING LAW, REFUSED THESE STRANGERS THE RIGHT TO BUY A PAIR OE GLOVES IX THE CITY. It is not surprising that one worthy lady at the Vancouver Hotel, who lives in Xew York, said to a reporter, "My, what a quiet, restful place Vancouver is. None of that horrid commercialism you see in other cities on this continent. Xo rushing for cars or rushing away from itttos in crossing the streets. The stores all closed up and none of that vulgar effort to make profit!" One of the greatest errors we ever made was the passing of tint by-law to appease thc counter talent. We have made our cities jokes in the eyes of the traveling public with our Saturday afternoon closing. Strangers from abroad who arrive here on Saturday now pass the port up as they would a country village. Wc extend no courtesy to them whatsoever, refuse them every right and I privilege which they would enjoy in neighboring cities. So | they are glad enough to get on a train and leave us behind them���unless they he neurotic persons from the big cities! who. like the Xew York lady, was in love with the peace; and tranquility of the city. Vancouver should make every effort to secure all the trade possible in these strenuous times. It is a patriotic necessity if nothing else. It behooves us also to he hospitable to the strangers within the gates. If there is outlaw more foolish and short-sighted than thc Saturday afternoon closing statute, it is the blue law which makes it a crime to buy a postage stamp on the Sabbath. It is to be hoped that the steamship companies will arrange their schedules so lhat no big vessels will dock at this port any time between Saturday morning and Monday morning. Our silly laws will, of course, he repealed when the people get another chance to vote upon them. In the meantime, we should pray the shipping interests to be generous to us and keep tourists and travelers away from Vancouver on the week-end. CHINOOK Breezes of Indignation And Information IN VIEW ill-' the difficulties legitimate theatrical men are encountering in meeting overhead expenses and salaries, it doesn't seem fair on the part of the Prohibition: Movement to stage Billy Sunday in Vancouver. * * + BILLY SUNDAY'S LECTURES in Vancouver are not likely to add one jot or one tittle to either the Red Cross or the Patriotic Funds, �� �� * HOWEVER. |F BILLY saves a few of the politicians who will appear mi the platform with him under the guise of prohibitionists, his visit will not have been made in vain. * * �� WE WOULD BE delighted to see Gibson and McGuire under the influence of religion. * * * THE LAST TIME McGuire was saved was tbe time the real prohibition people put him on their payroll at $.VI0.0O a month. �� * * IN VICTORIA. MR. BOWSER'S candidates are a gloomy lot. The Dead One Dillworth Undertaker Hayward Liveryman Tate Tombstone Maker Stewart * * # ALL THAT IS required to make the Victoria ticket into a political funeral is a slow dirge which will likely he supplied when the time comes from that squeaky old organ, the COLONIST. * + * OXE 'OE THE curious characters of British Columbia resides at Port Alberni, Vancouver Island. Among other articles, the Curious Character handles spectacles. An oldtimer called the other day and complained of failing sight. "I know what's wrong with you," said the Curious Character; "you're spectacles are too young for you. You should have a pair ten years older." "How d'yoit know?" asked the oldtimer. "Know?" said the Curious Character, "dammit, it's my business to know. I'm an octupus and oughta know if anyone knows when it comes to sizin' up a man's eyes." * * 4 HONEST JOHN OLIVER and Billy Sloan are touring Vancouver Island. A combination, for electioneering purposes, without equal on the .North American continent. * * * "WILLIAM SLOAN AND myself addressed good meetings at Wellington on Monday night and here last night. The meeting here was a crackerjack. There was a large number of Conservatives present, and just enough interruptions to make things interesting," writes Mr. Oliver in a letter to THE STANDARD. * tf * IT IS SAID that John and Hilly sleep together while campaigning. Sometimes the Delta veteran talks in his sleep. While al Parksville, Honest John started to talk land policy iu his sleep and the bed, being narrow, and the room small, it is not surprising that thc prospective Liberal candidate lor Nanaimo quickly donned his trousers, coat and shoes and left the field to his brother-in-arms. * * * SIR ROGER CASEMENT was hanged by a man named Ellis. The Ellis family is coining to the front. We have our own Arthur Ellis, wlm hangs around Canada a great deal and apparently there are other famous members of the Ellis bouse interested in the hemp industry. * * * IF ALONG WITH Casement, Carson and Redmond were also strung up, the Irish question would not be so much to the front lor some little time to come. * * # WE HAD HOPED that lhe British Government might have put Casement ill a padded cell for the rest of his days. He was tin- soft-brained tool of a hunch of politicians. OMINECA ROTTEN WITH PATRONAGE Sir George I-'.. Foster, one of the oldest and wisest men in Canadian public life, has stated lhat nearly all the evils connected with Canadian politics are due to the patronage system. Those of us who live in Britisli Columbia, and the Omineca riding in particular, must agree with Sir George. Onr public morals have been sapped and the public purse, drained by the parasites of thc patronage system.. In this riding probably one third of tin- male population is drawing down public money, and few, if any of them, are giving good value in return. This may be an astonishing statement but it is a regrettable fact, and the more regretable because this waste and corruption is wholly unnecessary to the welfare of the country, the individual or even a political party. What has the patronage system done for Omineca? ��� Omineca Herald. * * * ' MUST DISMANTLE HELIGOLAND Whatever else she may be able to claim in the way of naval trophies or naval achievements, Britain cannot afford to let Heligoland remain as a menace it is to her naval supremacy. She never fortified it herself, and if she had suspected the use to which it has been put, not even the cynically good-natured Marquis of Salisbury would have consented to its conveyance to Germany. Britain has, in this as in other ways, suffered heavy penalties for her lack of suspiciousness. For this she may well be pardoned on ethical grounds, but if she allows Germany to retain the fortified naval base of Heligoland after the war she will be running a risk that no nation with the power to avoid it ought to run. The dismantling and destruction of the fortress of Heligoland should be one of the British conditions of peace.���Toronto Globe. * * * prisoners���a Contrast As Jane Anderson, an American writer, recalls in The London Chronicle, 1000 typhus patients, prisoners of war at Wittenberg, were abandoned by their German guards. Tin- supplies for the hospital were passed in on a trolley, worked by winches, that there should be no contact between the prisoners and the outside world. When she visited Sl. Mary's Institute, a British internment camp, where England houses 75<i German subjects, she found lhe prisoners provided with workshops, with recreation grounds, with reading rooms, with every facility that would promote (heir comfort ami well-being, A maitre d'botel, a prisoner, is iu i barge of tlieir cuisine. St. Mary's Institute, she adds, is typical of all British internment camps. What a contrast have we here between British and German methods���between British and German civilization. ���Toronto Xews. THE TRIALS OF A SOLDIER'S MOTHER This here details the trials of one soldier's mother. These trials do not make pleasant reading for Canadians whose duty it is to see that thc burdens of soldiers' wives and soldiers' mothers are lightened and not made intolerable. The woman we speak of lives in Byng Inlet. She had a sixteen-year-old son who was thc sole support of a family of five. Over six months ago he enlisted in the 94th Battalion at Rainy River. Up till thc time of writing the poor woman has received no separation allowance. All that has come her way is thirty dollars, being her son's assigned pay for two months. A daughter of the widowed woman writes: ��� "1 think it is a dirty shame when boys of sixteen enlist and are brave enough to fight, can't get any money for their widowed mother, while shirkers, men who should be at the front, are getting the money poor people should have. What would you advise mama to do about it It is useless to write to the Patriotic Fund for that has proved in vain." The only advice that we could give in a case like that, is to kick up such a deuce of a row at the Militia Department, that the blundering fools there will be glad to do something to get rid of the trouble.��� Jack Canuck. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5. I'JIO THE STANDARD THREE : Vancouver Personals The Georgia Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire was fortunate in the choice of a day and had the first fine weather this week for the children's garden party which was held yesterday afternoon in the grounds of Parkside, Lady '["upper's residence. The rounds were gaily decorated with the flags of the Allies and made a bright setting lor the affair. All kinds of sports and games were en joyed by tlu- children, whilst bowling, putting and tennis were provided for older guests. The girls' orchestra of the chapter played several selections during tlie afternoon, and the following programme was rendered by the children: Sailors' Hornpipe, Bernard Bennett; recitation. Sheila he-Men; Irish song and dance, Lily and Josephine Dodge; song. Sheila l-'eddcn. :oiig, Beatrice Merrill; Spanish dance. Winnie and Norah Taylor; recitation, Beatrice Merritt: recitation. Charles Merritt; Dutch song and dance, Lily and Josephine Dodge. Tea was served in the rosary with Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Gibson in charge. Miss I. Wilson and Miss II. Darling had charge of the ice cream. The candy booth was looked after by Miss Dorothy am! Miss Riteen, Fancy work was sold by Miss Mary Rogers and Mrs Synu-s. The duck pond and cannon was in tlic hands of Mrs. Colin Graham and Miss Alix. Wilson. Mr. Leslie Creery and Mr. Allan Fellows looked after "Aunt Sally." Amusements were arranged by Miss Mary I'ybus. fortunes being told by Miss LeFeuvre. Tennis at the residence of Mrs. Buscomlic adjoining was in charge of Lady Piers and Miss Kathleen Watson, and howling and putting were in charge of Miss Charleson and Miss Cambie on the lawns of Mrs. L. G. McPhillips' residence across the street. Among those helping in various ways were Miss Betty Jukes, Mrs. Mackedie. Mrs. W. A. Bauer, Miss Waghorn, .Mrs. Manson. Mrs McLorg, Mrs. Boultbee, Miss Seymour, Mrs. Braddock, Miss Lockwood. Mrs. Cecil Merritt. Miss Buscombe and Miss Hickey. A few of those attending were Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. Wag- born, Mrs. Alexander Reid, Mrs. B. T. Rogers. Mrs. Gillies. Miss VVhiteley. Mrs, Jonathan Rogers, Mrs. Connon, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. D. A. McRae. Mrs. Gordond, Mrs. McPhillips. Miss Ruth II m Store opens at 8.30 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. McLean, Mrs. Tiinpiand, Mrs. Griffiths. Mrs Lothian Russell. Miss Lang. Miss Helen Law. Mrs. Plunkett, Mrs. Shallcross, Mrs. Farquhar, Miss Freda Kendall, Mrs. 11. II. Watson. Mrs. D. II. Harrison, Miss Susie Cambie, Mrs. McMillan. Miss Godfrey, tlu- Misses Phair, Mrs. Morkill, Miss Jukes, Mr,. Shaw. Mrs. I'.ul roughs. Mrs. Calland. Miss Crofton, Miss Oughton, Mrs lia- vemeyer, Mrs. McLellan. Mrs. Donald Mrs. Hayward. Mrs. Douglas Armour. Mrs. W. I'.. Graveley, Mrs. Bushncll, Mis. Gilman, Mrs. Herbert Kent. Mis. W A. James. Mrs. Cochrane, Mrs. John I turns. Miss Springer, Miss Cler- mont, Mis. Gatewood, Miss A. Robertson. The handsome sum of $201.90 i was realized. * * * Mr. am! Mrs. Angus I. MacDonald aiu! Miss l-'rankie Gillespie returned this morning from Seattle, where they s lent tlic week-end. =:. * * Mrs. J. I'.. Mcllreevy, "��������(> Comox street, has is her guest. Mrs. William I!. Franklin, of Washington, D. C. who will remain here for about two weeks. * + * Mr. and Mrs. J. I!. Boyle. 2210 Macdonald street, have as .their guest Miss Boyle of Edmonton. * * * Mrs. Stanley Smith and Miss Gladys Smith of Auckland, New Zealand, are taking up residence in the city. * * tr Mrs. II. A. Moore of Calgary is here visiting her mother, Mrs. James Dawe. at Douglas Lodge. * * * Mrs. William Ginn, Bayswater street, has been called to Gleichen. Alberta, by the serious illness of her mother there. Capt. and Adjutant II. II. Gillson, I2lsi Batalion i \\ estern Irish) is in the city from Vernon camp for a fe�� .'lays, visiting friends before proceeding overseas, * * * Mrs. James Dick is spt tiding a few days with Mrs. Duff Stuart at he; summer cottage on the North Ann of the inlet. Robertson Presbyterian Church was the scene of the marriage of Winona I Mae, daughter .,' Mr. and Mrs. Mal colm Macdonald, 1938 Lakewood drive and Mr. Frederick Joseph W'i! son of this city. Key. Mr. Thompson performed the ceremony. Thc bride, who was given away by her father, wore a costume of Alice blue silk poplin and a dainty -lii-lure hat an.', carna' mis. Tiu- bridesmaid .--as her twin sister. Miss Victoria Macdonald. who v,ore a pi-'jHy blue-flowered vo-ic dress and carried a bouquet of pink carnations and maidenhair fern. Mr. Crawford Macdonald, brother of the bride, acted as best man. Alter the | ceremony thc relatives and immediate friends returned to the home of the bride's parents, where a buffet supper was served. The couple intend spending their honeymoon in Victoria. Seattle and the Sound cities. The bride's going away suit was of navy blue poplin. The groom's gift to the bride was a beautiful pair of pearl earrings, and to the bridesmaid a pearl necklace. Many heautifi.il gifts were received by the young couple. On their return to the city Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will take up their residence at .122,? Seventh avenue west where the bride will he at home to friends after Aug. 15. * # * Mr. and Mrs. TllOS. Levy arc visiting iu Duncan. These Knitting Needle Holders Are the Rage ���every woman knitting should have one; they are made from a used Canadian military cartridge��� and they are just perfect for keeping your knitting needles and wool together. Keep the stitches from slipping off the needles and protects the workbag. Price 25C Very Smart Housedresses Only $1.48 For Present and the New- Season's Wear ���you'll like these useful garments and the value is really wonderful. They are fashioned of good quality gingham in neat stripe and cheek effects with high or low neck and trimmed with collar and cuffs of contrasting material. Colors of blue, pink, mauve and grey, sizes 34 to 46. Very special value at $1.48 Bathing Sandals For All the Family ���don't run the risk of cutting your feet, wear a pair of sandals: they arc genuine foot protectors when paddling and bathing, etc. Our prices make buying easy. Read��� MEN'S BATHING SANDALS in white only, pair 656 and $1 WOMEN'S BATHING SANDALS, in plain black and white 50c WOMEN'S BATHING SANDALS, in the season's popular colors, in cross straps and Roman sandal style. Pair 75c CHILDREN'S BATHING SANDALS, in sizes 11 to 2 .. ..50c You have probably got $20.00 and you expect to wear clothes for some time to come. Here Are High Grade Suits at Only ��� ��� ��� ��� $20 They're worth much more than $211. Vou can judge how much more when ymi see them. Excellent fabrics, including English worsteds and fine tweeds tailored in tlie latest models and suitable for young men, or the more conservative dresser, ami sizes lor every figure. Suits of highest quality at this popular price��� $20 New Sports Skirts Silk Sports Suits $4.50 and $4.75 &*) 7C Values for . . . ��P*.I��> ���made of fine linen and poplin in the newest wide and narrow colored stripe effects, with two pockets. Very good wearing aud fitting and economical. Special, each $2.75 Regular $19.75 (If AA and $25 Values *?1��>.UU ���made of pongee silk in wide stripe effects with belted coat fitted with large sailor collar and fancy buttons, and plain skirt with deep hem of striped silk to match coat. Smart suits for summer wear and wonderful value $15.00 Women's Cham- oisette Gloves Correct for d�� | A A Summer Wear . . ��pl.UU ���always stylish, but more so than ever this season. Made of good wearing quality fabric with one dome fastener. Come with self or black points in all sizes and shades of natural, beaver and grey. Pair, only $1.00 (RirRudsonsHayCrompan INCOPPOBSTTH IQ7Q lUMEItTE.MMtKE STWRCOHHISMOUt* Mr-. T. II. Iluntly with her daughter Miss Frances Iluntly, is here visit ing her brother. Mr I. R. Spray on her way home to San ErancisC0 from a t<��ttr in Alaska. * * * Vancouver visitors t., Brentwood Beach, Vancouver Island, during the past week, included Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Sherriff, Mr. and Mrs. Turquand, Mrs. Alsoii. Mr. and Mis. .1 H. Browne. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thompson, Mr. E. S. Thompson. Mr. aiu! Mrs. I-'. R. I'.egg. Mr VV, I). Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Adams. Mr. A J. Kayll. * * * Dr, Allison dimming returned yesterday from Victoria, where lie hal been spending the week-end. �� * * Mr. and Mrs. Waller Evans are spending a ivw days at thc Empress Hotel in Victoria. Mr-. Foster I limiting lias her mother. Mrs. Day, visiting her Mrs. W. I). Brydnne-Jnck left last evening for Fishermen's Bay. * # * Commander and Mrs. House arc visitors in tlic city. * * * Mis. Charles Parson ol" this city is the guest of Mrs. Robert Ferguson at Calgary. ���t * * At 949 Eleventh avenue east the wedding took place this week of Mr. William Lee Walsh and Miss Ada Catherine Ross. Dr. Fraser performed the ceremony. tt * * Mrs. Dalby B. Morkill is tlic guest of Mrs. A. E. Tregent at "The llun- igalow," Qualicum Beach. Vancouver Island. * * * Mrs. J. S. Wink of Port Arthur, and Mrs. Wilson Herald of Shaughnessy Heights, spent th eweek-end in Victoria and Seattle. t :. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lang are spending a few days at Powell River. Mis. Henry Ridley will leave tliis week witli her son. Donald, for Qualicum Beach, where they will spend a few weeks. * * + Lieut. Watkin Boultbee is in town for a few days anil expects to leave shortly for Calgary, where he will join his battalion. * * * Mrs. Edgar Lee and her son Douglas, returned home this week from Bowen Island, where they have been spending a month ai Mrs. Charles Pcnnock's summer cottage, * W * Mr. S. S Taylor. K C, returned on Monday from Victoria, win re lu- spent tin- week-end. + + + Two Handsome Styles in Silk Sports Coats for Women 2019���A smart Sport Coat of Italian silk; is made with patch pockets, wide lapels, and loose belt; comes in old gold, rose, or paddy green ; all sizes, al $19.50. 2020���A very fine Sports Coat and Cap of Milanese silk; the coat is made with sailor collar, loose sash and turn-back cuffs, the whole being trimmed in self color and white stripes; colors available are canary, Russian green, cerise, grey, black, white or brown; all sizes, at $25.00 the set. fC Mr. William Whyte spent a few I days with Ins sister, Mrs. Charles ' Meek, on his return from Victoria, and left ibis week for Winnipeg. The first iJuke of Devonshire was one of the first of the English Whigs, as the eighth IJuke was one of the last. The Cavendishes, though, whose origin was the village of Cavendish, in Suffolk, had emerged lrom obscurity quite three centuries before the name of Whig had supplanted as a party designation that of Exclusion- ist. The fifth Duke was distinguished for the marrying of the duchess whom Reynolds painted, whose attentions smoothed the wrinkled front of Sain Johnson and who gave the butcher a kiss for his vote, an incident that was magniloquized in the "purple patch" on Macaulay's essay on Warren Hastings. "And there the ladies wh -s-- lip-, more persuasive than those of I-'. > himself, had carried tin- Westminster leection againsl palace am! treasury, shone round Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire." Oddly. though, her son. the sixth Duke, die! without issue, vet. through t, ��- distafl side the late Duke traced his descent from the beautiful Georgiana. The hereditary line of succession, was I.. >rd Burlington until he bet ame Duke in 1858, when he was 50 and his eldest son 15. so that it was only then that the son took tlic title of Marquis of Hartington, by which he was to be known so much better and so much longer than hy his later title or by .the earlier, which was Lord Vavan- dish, by which or by an affectionate diminutive of which he continued to be known to his family and the ! friends of his boyh 1. It was as Lord Cavendish that lie served his first 'term in the House of Commons. His next brother i ens, Lord Frederick Cavendish, wh.,, as Chiei Secretary I for Ireland, was murdered in Phoenix ; Park in Dublin in INS2, Mr. A. 1-'. Ewing, barrister of Edmonton, one of tlic members for that city in llie Alberta legislature is at the Hotel Vancouver.- He is accompanied by Mrs Ewing Madamt Est< Vvery, tccompanied hy Miss Ellen Dllthie am! Miss Dorothy Cowperthwaite, lefl yesterda* for Si .uili. .v I ere sin �� iii staj for a 111..Ilill. The picture shmvn the ruin* oi a ulmit Zeppelin. The akeletOM U all broUR-ht flown near Salonika hy Brltlnh gun*. thai remain* of The engine In thin German nhown war craft which was ���"���--*- HaMBBaMHNHMsl FOUR THE STANDARD SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1916 Kapelle, the Lawyer Who Attacked The Vancouver Police Dept., Once Wrote a Book "Utopian Snapshots" is a Contribution to Literature which all members of the Police Force Should Read 'I )h that mine enemy should write a hook." The last man to spring a sensation in Vancouver, Mr. A. J. Kapelle. lKth Avenue West, has given the world a book, which, if there is anything iu the old saw quoted above, should be read immediately by Chief Macl.ennan of the local police force, "Utopian Snapshots" carries within its covers a number or short articles dealing with subjects as Woman, Policies, Water Wagons, Politicians, Dollar Umbrellas and Alcohol. In one place the author takes a rise out of the bankers, as the following: BANKERS In a way these men are iu a class bv themselves, although in some res- bankers, as well as other men in large corporations, have to do. Some of our bankers visit our city clubs regularly to see what their clients are doing and Imw they are conducting themselves. They had far better stay at home and read and learn something. �� �� * Some oi our bankers are very conceited. A conceited man is always a man of link- or no intelligence. So soon as a man thinks he is belter than the other fellow, I prefer to meet the Other man. A leally intelligent man of experience knows he is only a "unit.'' and never yet have you seen him pass a friend on the street, pretending to he looking al something in own; in fact, he has no mind. If he had he would not be there. How many managers of our banks have any power?���very few. They walk on the street like "managers nf a bank"���they look the part���act the part���but they arc bogus, like bogus coin. If a man be honest and can be the head of a banking institution, the' position which he would then fill would be a good one. because it requires brains; in fact, he is the bank. Sometimes you apply to your bank for a loan. You arc referred to the bank manager, and, of course, after enquiring into your early history���how many children ymi have���how much property you have, and when you intend to pay���he requests you to call tomorrow, when he says he will give you an answer. Of course, yon are much better than he is. even when ymi went into the bank, but still you thank him, and you try to make him believe lie knows something and is conferring on you a favor���of course, you don't mean it���if you are intelligent. Next day you call in to the bank and you are informed by the bank manager that he is sorry that he cannot accommodate you. because lace a decent and honest man's shoes. Too many people spend too much money on too much gear, in order to steal their way into a class to which they do not belong. What the word "society" means, no one knows. A good, intelligent and honest man does not have to steal anything���everything comes to him��� and probably, after all, the true interpretation of the word "society" is "a class of people, intelligent, decent and honest, who are, on that account, in a class by themselves���a small class." This is probably the reason why they say that "society" is a "select class," because it is "small." According to this interpretation of society, the class Is small, unfortunately, because there arc so few people who could justify it. However, judging from the ordinary acceptation of thc word, 'society" does mean this, am! is comprised of men and women |who know nothing ami are nothing, but who have something���that is ��� money. This is all they have, and they may and will keep it. because the money is dirty, and honest people arc clean. I'.e good and pay your tailor before vou buy a frock-coat. PIER A, C. P. It. DOCKS, VANCOUVER, II. C��� JULY 3rd | Japanese Steamer 1'nkal Mnru \o. 5, loudlnu: for Vliuliumtoi-ki 'OinprcHH of Asia from Hongkong) Canadian - Australian liner Niagara from Auxtralln pects they are likened unto men working for other large corporations. As a rule they enter into the banking business when they arc very young and stay there until they arc old���in other words, they become a part of the institution they work for. They do things for the institution which they would not do for themselves���what 1 mean by this is they do mean tilings ��� small things, and contemptible tilings, which if they were requested to do in their own private affairs they would not do���I know what 1 am talking about. The whole trouble is that bankers���from the manager down��� become wedded to thc institution through the habit of being there, and finally get into what is commonly known as a "rut." Good men generally get out of a rut. A rut is a bad place for a man to be in. If he is a good man, he will get out, and when he is out he knows he is out. Men should remember that while it is very easy to walk on a level or roll down a hill, it takes a certain amount of physical exertion to climb or get out of a rut. The words themselves suggest action. A man who stays in a bank is a man who, to my mind, is not capable of vigorous action or moral courage���in other words, he is afraid to face the world on his own merits, and is happy in his own little world, in his own little way, because he draws his salary regularly���knows that he is sure of a job so long as he is willing to do the dirty work which a store window where ladies' costumes are iu evidence. A conceited fop is not intelligent���he is not honest ��� moreover he is a man "low born," as they call it in Germany��� thinks he is "it"���acts like a school boy in his first long trousers or a stiff hat���in other words, he is narrow and a "stiff." Hankers arc a poor class of humanity. Bank clerks sometimes find themselves otlt and out���yet out. The fact remains that most of the clerks in the banks today are young men���why? Simply because they would not be there if they were not young and inexperienced. When a man gets experience and common sense, he resigns. The man who resigns from a bank generally has more brains than the manager. The ordinary manager does not resign, because he would be in the poorhottse if he did���unless depositors or shareholders have been paying him an annuity. Of course this latter class are criminals in the strictest sense of the term, and while some of them do land in jail, unfortunately some of them don't. Bankers are here today���tomorrow they are "there," and when they die ���well���honest people don't see them again. The honest man wants an overdraft ���the poor "slave" of a local manager says "Xo." lie has no authority or mind of his HOW DO YOU BUY BREAD? Do you ask for, and get, just a "loaf of bread," or do you, like the wise, discriminating buyers, order SMAX and SUNLIGHT "THE BETTER BREADS" These are wholesome, nutritious���made in a modern, sanitary bakery���in every detail as good bread as conscientious effort can make them. Every loaf crisp, tender, delicious���done to a turn. If your grocer cannot supply you, phone Fairmont 443 and we'llget it to you prompt. HAMPTON-PINGHIN Bakers of Better Bread he has received a wire���from a $5(1 a month clerk at the head office of the hank���to tlie effect that "our policy is changed." Our Government should *ake this up at the periodical revision of the Banking Act. In conclusion, all 1 wisli to say is, tliat hank managers should remember that 90 per cent, of tlie men who come in to see them arc "honest" and more intelligent than they are, and also, that the fact that they are employed Ion a small salary to do dirty work and to misjudge human nature does not 'give them the right or privilege of insulting and being high handed with decent, honest and intelligent men. "Bank" and "bench" were originally the same word. Then, it follows that a "shelf" is in the same category; a shelf being a high bench���in other words, a man in a bank is -on the shelf." This term is used when you put things away to lose���otherwise not worth discussing. Sometimes "bench" or "bank': means a piece of ground rising above the rest constituting a long acclivity, or an elevation of some other form. In most cases a bank means "dirt" situated high���looking down��� but���"dirt," * * * Dealing with society, Mr. Kapelle writes as follows: SOCIETY Very peculiar, absolutely dishonest, all poor acting off the stage, full of lies, conceit���and���money. Gossip runs rampant���slander fills the tea cups, and sometimes men disgrace their sex by becoming professional sandwich and cake rustlers. For God's sake, let us be men and women, and try and realize that the hest man is the mail with brains and not the man with a stiff hat, or a weak mouth scarcely concealed hy a light mustache, nor the man who has his face massaged or his nails manicured twice a day. Bc decent and sensible, ami, of course, honest. Take a bath like a Christian; cut your nails yourself; hold your own hands���because��� sometimes men of your class need their hands held���but not by decent women. Don't be a fake ��� don't think because you have stolen a bank account that you are good enough to Get busy���read intellectual books by intellectual men���learn to be clean ���dress ^decentlv���lock up your silk hat and your patent leather shoes, and forget about everything except being honest. This is all true���so get busy and worry���worry is good for you���sometimes. * =���, * He pays his compliments to trade unions in the following words: TRADE UNIONS AND STRIKES Perhaps I am bold in discussing this matter���] know 1 am bold���in trying to. Someone will have to bc hold and discuss it some day. Unions are good things. In tlie ordinary language, a "union" means "a pearl of great beauty and value;" sometimes it means "the state of being united," or "conjunction," "coalition." Again it means "concord." At any rate, in all senses of the word, it means strength. In other wortls, i unions are good things. They are not good, however, unless they have for tlieir object���good things. If the idea of a union is to get something for nothing, then there is something wrong with the union. No unions have been formed with any ostensible objects but those of unity and strength, and to insure equalization of rights. Un- foriinately, however, for the class of men who find it necessary, or expedient, to form unions, there is always a very small class which is superior to the rest of the member^ of the union, but which is too lazy to do' the work which thc legitimate members of the union have to perforin���these men are the cause of many of -our strikes. They could not earn an honest living wilh a pick or shovel, with a trowel, saw, hammer, anvil or with any other instrument of toil. Bc honest ill all your thoughts, and it will hurt you when you discover I that iu some of the most serious Strikes to which our different countries have been subjected, the "men behind tlie guns" have been men of li- I editions and immoral habits, "smooth" hands, long fingers and perverted brains. Be a strong believer in -t man's rights. Every man is entitled to get what he earns, but not what he can get. Wake up! It is a very simple matter to get what is coining to ONTARIO'S NICKEL INDUSTRY Is there anything at the back oi the Government's continued refusal to take action to give the people of Canada an absolute assurance that none of our nickel can reach the enemy? Rumors are beginning to float around and they are perfectly justified considering the inaction of the Government and their failure to do anything more in this important matter than make a useless agreement with the International Nickel Trust insisting that the latter close corporation will not supply nickel to Germany. An agreement of that kind, as wc have said, is useless and ineffective. So far as preventing nickel from getting to the enemy is concerned, it might as well have never been made. Everyone realises the importance of controlling our nickel output at the present time. Nickel is essential to the manufacture of munitions of war,, and Canada has a monopoly of ninety-nine per cent, of the output. The importance of taking even the most drastic measures to secure absolute control is not a matter of debate anywhere outside tbe Provincial Cabinet of Ontario, and the Cabinet of tbe Dominion. In these circles, where the power to deal with the situation lies, there has been unpardonable delay and traitorous negligence. The people of Canada arc beginning to seek for a cause of tllis indifference mi the part of the Government and suggestions are being made which are ii"t complimentary to the members of these governments. Some of these insinuations have reached our ears, hut so far. we have not been able to verify or substantiate them. An investigation of tlie International Nickel Trust's- Ii loks. however, might result in putting an end t.. the rumors. When ?. loyal citizen of Canada sees tlic Government neglecting to do something which they should not even require to he told tt. d... a wry natural suspicion arises within him tliat llie Government must be tinder some obligation to those whom their duty calls them to acl against. The difficulty tliis country had in getting rid of the Boss rifle was due to the fact that too many of tin- "political pullers"' had an interest in the continued manufacture of tliat rifle. Financial interests . f certain individuals hail more weight with the Government than had the pleas of the men who tried to defend their lives with it and found it inadequate for tliat purpose. For all wi- know it may he the same with the Nickel Trust. The control of the nickel output is even more important to the successful prosecution of the war than was lhe discarding of the R.iss rifle, and in case the same kind of interests are preventing lhe Hon. Hilly Hearst and Sir Robert Borden from taking the necessary actii n and tlu- only action that sane people ai war would take, it would he well for the people of Canada to demand an investigation into the business of thc Nickel Trust. We ourselves, for instance would like, to see a list of the shareholders of that Company and a list of those I,, whom the big divldfends are being paid. Thc result of a thorough probe, we believe, would give us a better idea of lhe reason why the Government does nothing more effective than it has done to make dead certain tliat no Canadian nickel can by any possible manner of means, reach the enemy.���Jack Canuck. THE BOYS YOU USED TO KNOW When you're busy, busy, busy, with the big affairs of life, And tired, tired, tired witli tlu- everlasting strife; When in spite of every effort you cannot play the game, And you feel there's something lacking, something that ymi cannot name. And you don't know what on earth to do. and tlon't know where to yo, llow'd you like to spend an hour with the boys you used to know? How'd you like to close your office up and shut and lock the door, And pack your grip and take a trip to your old home town once more, And meet again your boyhood chums upon lhe old schoolgrnund, And iu the spreading elm tree's shade just rest and lie around. And call each other Jack and Jim, and Will and Fred and Joe, And live the old days over with the boys you used to know, And tell about thc fun you had at the games you used to play,' . And "Skin the Devil," "One Old Cat." town ball and pull away? Perhaps your eves would moisten as you called the old class roll And found that in the passing years tliat Death had taken toll And in your hearts you'd wonder who'd he the next to go In answer to his summons, of the boys vou used to know. And how-d you like to go again a pleasant hour to roam Across the fields and down the creek to the bluff called "Hunter's Home," And see again the ledge of rock above the swimming hole, Where you used to fish in springtime with a hazel brush for pole? lhe old grist mill and dam are gone but the waters overflow, l.ike the constant love that hinds you to the boys you used to know. And liowil you like to climb again the bluffs which seemed so high When you were boys together in the happy days gone bv And breathe again the air of spring, all laden with perfume Of honeysuckle, crab and plum, and violets in bloom, And gather around a fallen log and in a campfire glow Eat a,lunch of mother's cooking with the hoys you used to know 1 nose-loyal chums of byegone days are scattered far and wide And all have tics that hind them to the place where they reside But no matter what their station, no matter where they roam' At tunes they feel a longing for the town they still call home; And m Iheir hearts the filling, as their Inisv ways they used to'know I lie years are passing swiftly by, the time will not be long When you can meet those hoys you knew when life was one sweet song* So pack your grip and lake a trip and spend a week or two In the town that always will he home with the latchstring out for you And send a bunch of letters out and let each letter show lhat you would like to meet again the boys you used to know. ���Wiil Cundill. you. Go about it in the right way; do not let the other fellow think for you ��� particularly when he is a "crook." Think for yourself; do for yourself; get busy; act. Put your "labor" leaders where ihey belong; "hang them up," and you will find that tin- ordinary crow, which is supposed to he a scavenger, won't touch him. Do not he like sheep led by a shepherd���Who���rin yOUl ease���has "hoi ns," Many strikes are proper���nut . mly proper. Inn advisable, lu many Instances it is absolutely necessary For a laborer to use this, form of persuasion, Ile should n..t have to. but should be able to get what is coming to him without placing his own and his family's future in jeopardy. This subject cannot bc disposed of here; it is too broad, but think it over ���use your brains���and think! Don't imagine, because you use a pick and shovel, tliat you arc not as good or better���than tin; professional man who does not speak to you and who wears a tall hat���sometimes a silk one���and nothing under it. Don't Ih- a foul���you can buy them all out���and still have a balance in the bank���which "belongs" to you. Get busy and think���it will not hurt you��� Sometimes it does, hut it is only because you are using a force or muscle you have not exercised���keep going ���think���use your brains���and���don't worry about the other fellow���worry about yourself. Your blue jeans are better than lhe best broadcloth that money can purchase���they are the trademark of "honesty" and just tleal- Ing, Your dark hands are clean in comparison with the manicured hands of many men with whom we "have to" (but should imt'1 shake hands. Your sweat-grimed face is honest, be it from stoke hole, mine or workshop. PIER D, C P. H. DOCKS, VANCOUVER, B. C, JVI.V 3rd Thc Ntrlmlii Nonce, it \iinvi-Bliiii trailer, linn her name In large letters lor Information of sul,murines In the war rone that ahe la a. neutral hoot SATURDAY. AUGUST 5, 1916 THE STANDARD FIVE The Spy Who May Have Put 0$ The Great War The Strange Case of Col. Albert Riddle, the Austrian Officer who Was Ordered to Slay Himself Because He Knew Too Much, and Obeyed the Order By Herbert George Macauley Would the preservation of the life ( f an officer of the Austrian army on May 26, 1913, have prevented the present devastating war iu Europe? And ii the same man had lived would it have precipitated a war at that time between Austria and Russia? These questions may remain unanswered to the end of time, but there are students of history who do nol hesitate to give an affirmative reply lo each of the momentous queries. The story of Colore! \lliert Riddle ���that is near enough to his real n tnie to make it clear to those who were within the inner circle and far enough away to protect the feelings of liis descendants who are still living���is one of the strangest in history. hi its way it takes its place with the Mystery of the Mail in tlie Iron Mask, although in tile present case tliere was never any question of the identity of the victim or of the fact of his death. Colonel Kiddle was connected with the general staff of the Austrian Eighth Army Corps, lie was one of the favorites of the Vienna c-.urt���young, handsome, attractive, and with a dash and go about him that made him a general favorite. Ile hail won an enviable record and was considered an efficient officer in every sense of the term. Presently the time came when it was desirable for Austria to learn something concerning the secrets of (he Russian army plans. Austria, like all other great countries in' Europe, had any number of spies, but very few of them were available for the character of work which would be necessary in order to learn the plans oi the higher military officers of the Russian empire. 11 was in this emergency that Colonel Riddle was called upon, lie had a young soldier's love of adventure and he eagerly volunteered for the delicate and difficult task. He was well supplied with 1110- rey and authority and eventually went to St. Petersburg, where he posed as a sort of military attache of the Austrian embassy. The social side of life in the Russian capital attracted him immensely, and while he devoted part of his time to thc work for which he had been assigned he nevertheless found numerous opportunities for the pleasant things of life. Indeed, so genial did he find his surroundings that he had little or no desire to return home. He became very popular with the ladies ol" the Russian court and participated in many of the social events for which that capital was noted at the time. But everything has its cud, and finally the day came when it was deemed necessary for him to return to Vienna, lie reached Austria iu due time and made a comprehensive report of his discoveries, a report that was considered acceptable by the higher officers of thc Austrian army. After that he retired to his home in Prague. Bohemia. He had many friends there and indulged in what was regarded as a well-earned rest. His activities���his military Activities���were suspended for the time being, and this high- grade spy enjoyed life witli more zest than is granted to the ordinary or (commonplace person. �� * * But suddenly and most unexpectedly came the report that Colonel Kiddle was suspected of treason to his country Ile was summoned to Vienna to defend himself. Xow whether they were true 01 not has never been am! never will be definitely determined. At all events the military and social circles tif the gayest capital in the world were filled with stories which were not creditable to the fascinating and highly popular colonel. These stories, it may be stated with surety, lost nothing in thc telling, and as they went from mouth to mouth they assumed proportions which represented Riddle as being one of tlie most marvellous deceivers of his time. In the meanwhile, the talk took on a new twist. It was said that if Colonel Riddle lived to be prosecuted for treason, thc revelations at his trial would make it impossible for Austria to maintain friendly relations with Russia. The gossip said more than that���it said that relations witii Russia would not only be broken, but that the bonds between Austria and one of her fully trusted allies would be severely strained. As a matter of fact, there is no telling to what extent Germany and Austria might have found reason to suspect each other had Colonel Riddle gone on the stand and made the revelations which would have been necessary in order for him to defend himself against the charge of treason. He was accused by persons unknown to him of not only giving military secrets of Austria and Germany to Russia, but also of having betrayed to Russia the Russian officers who were selling Russia's military secrets to Austria am! Germany. Those who wen- acquainted with the man were vehement iii denying his guilt of any such deal iugs. At all events, one of tin- results of all this talk was that Ausiria am! Germany materially revised their plans for mobilizing tlieir forces along the Russian frontier. -;. ,. * In the meantime, while Colonel Riddle was in Vienna preparing for the court-martial, thc government had its agents ill Bohemia collecting evidence to be used againsl him. Two of the secret service men who were in Prague hurst into his room for the purpose of securing any information thai might he obtained there. At first il | looked as if they were to have tlieir labor for iheir pains. Nothing out of the ordinary was found. It was a soil of apartment tliat might be expected to belong to a comparatively wealthy and popular young man. There were trophies from all parts of the world; souvenirs of his stay at St. Petersburg���tliis. it must he remembered, was before tlie days when the capital of Russia assumed the name of Petro- grad���and other interesting places. There were numerous private letters, some of them tender love missives.! Finally, the secret service men discovered a private desk in a corner of the room which, when broken open, disclosed a number of papers of an incriminating character. It was positively declared at the time that if certain of these papers ever became public, nothing could prevent a war between Austria and Russia. And here another curious twist is introduced in this strangest of strange stories. It was asserted in a way that gave it the appearance of verity, that some of the papers, had they come to light, would have ruptured, if not entirely broken, the relations between Austria and Germany. The Austrian authorities were seriously alarmed. They could not contemplate a struggle between their own country and their German ally with equanimity. The question was what to do under these critical circumstances. One of the first things was to take charge of all of the possessions of the unfortunate man. Everything was seized ��� not only the official papers, hut private letters, tailors' bills, photographs .of all kinds, and all the other articles that were found in the room. Tin- papers were not only seized) and sequestered, but the apartments wen- sealed, and that concluded thc first act in the tragic drama. * # * But the most serious part of the business was still to come Tin- papers were out of tlu- way; there was no documentary evidence in thc case, but the man still remained, and what he might say or do was the unknown quantity in the problem. Tlie strangest pail of the queer affair was lhat in spite of all these charges and counter charges against the fascinating colonel he was still looked upon as a patriotic person. It was assumed���and probably with correctness���that while In-1 had been indiscreet and possibly blameworthy, he never really intended to betray his own country. But tllc cold facts remained, It was a condition and not a theory which confronted those in authority. Tlic court- martial had been ordered. It was fixed for a certain day. If it look place according to schedule, it might strike the spark which would cause a terrific explosion in Europe. If it was postponed, how could the postponement be explained? And even if it were, there would still remain the man who had been indiscreet and! who might be again. Tt was at this stage of events that Colonel Riddle, who was kept in strict confinement, received a call from two of his fellow officers. They smoked and chatted, and the three even had a glass of wine together. All of the facts were placed before him in an orderly manner. He was shown that he could not escape under any circumstances and that if he should live, the life of the empire might be threatened. It was the existence of one or the other. He was told, and he knew very well, that any attempt to defend himself would place Austria in the position of having attempted to steal the military secrets of Russia, and further, of being faithless to Germany. Finally, about midnight, they parted. and as the officers left the room one Diiiii,- I'iisliioi, tlcmailll.H ih;,I 'lil.-iil.-s Suit must lie in.-iili- niter the Illicit Known tib'ove of them, with a significant gesture. handed Colonel Kiddle a loaded revolver. The next morning when iln guard made his regular rounds, liis eyes met a shocking sight. Colonel Riddle lay- prostrate on tile flour with a bullet wound in his forehead. Tlic weapon with which tlie deed was committed lay hy his side. * * :!< There was much regret, of course. The highest officials of the Austrian court were heard to express sorrow at the untimely taking off of the popular young officer. His high standing, his unusual ability, ami his bright prospects for tlie future only made the tragedy the sadder. A five-line cablegram told the story to America. It is doubtful if one person in a thousand either read ii or paid any attention to it. It was simply reported as the suicide of a sol-' dier who was about to he placed on trial for treason. What could In- more natural than that a man in tlic face of impending disgrace���especially when : he had been a trusted officer���should I take his life? Such tilings had hap-j pencil before. Why should il excite 1 any comment? In the early part of tile following month there were whispers concerning tlie real facts that lay behind the curious story of Colonel Riddle's suicide. These facts came to light little hy little, and finally became a coher enl and connected story. Many friends of tllc dead soldier, win. knew thai In- had acted as a spy In her interests, also knew that he had become a mar tyr for the fatherland. (Im- of i'u results of the tragic affair was a reorganization of the en , tire spy system of the Austrian army, i Secrets which had hitherto been known to a score of men were now . confined to a comparative few. Every man was placed under suspicion, and j even spies whose fidelity had never been questioned before were subjected to the closest scrutiny of other spies whose existence was unknown to them. At the same time, thc German secret service was reorganized and put in a position where thc likelihood of a betrayal of state secrets was exceedingly improbable. Even those who were unwilling to believe that Colonel Riddle had been guilty of treason admitted that the looseness of the Austrian spy system placed it within the power of many men to he- tray those for whom they were supposed to be working. "The government." said one officer, alluding to the tragedy that had occurred, "found it imperatively necessary to close the mouth of one of its own sons. I hope thc necessity for such a thing will never occur again.'' Germany has never expressed itself officially in this matter, but those who know a thing or two .about military methods may be sure that the important officers in that country fully approved of the manner ill which this unfortunate incident was handled. Experience has.proven that there is no way to-ktcp. military secrets, that there is 11b' protection against the . weakness or cupidity of one's own \ spies. Only "lie man can bc trusted I with a mobilization plan, and that man j is the chief of the general staff. If J he fails, it is madness to put him on [trial. The only reasonable thing to do under the circumstances is to have j him efface himself from the earth. 'Exile is impossible. Death is the only j remedy. Such were the arguments thai were u>t:t{ a little over three years ago in order to justify the Kiddle case. lu a short while after tin- death of Colonel Riddle the incident was forgotten, am! so far as people generally were concerned, it was relegated to| tl + FRENCH. RED CROSS SOCIETY THE FRENCH TAG i By IKI.1X PENNB) Onli a liit nl white ribbon��� Marked with the blue and the retl, Hut Its dear to tin- gallant French soldier, Fur ils honor he's fought, and he's hied. Will you buy it- -that wounds y be tended; that white, hungry lips may he nil' Only a dime���or a quarter Km- t li its French tin; of red, white anil him-: And some comrade's wife, mother or daughter Will breathe "Benediction"��� for ynu. Km- a comrade we And tin- brave Frenchman, A comrade, tried, trusted, and true! ***����� + ��� To light France, wu oft crossed the blue ocean, British blood the French soil has oft dyed, Yes! wc conquered, hut still, we've a notion��� We're hest off���with lira-,e France on our side- And Ihey fought us as men and as soldiers; We can speak of each other with pride! We remember���how can we forget it��� The glories of brave Waterloo. And our i-omrailes: they still love to let it. Linger on. in Iheir memories, too. For we fought with each other like hemes��� And shook hands when the righting was done, So, respecting each oilier as comrade, and brother, WE JOIN HAND.1-' now to Punish the "Hun!" Buy a tag! Come! 1 am sure it is pretty: (live a quarter���you'll not feel the loss, See Ihe emblem of love, and of pity��� Everywhere in the world���the Red Cross. "Vive la France!" Aye! they've well won the guerdon By their conduct���brave, noble antl true, And the heroes when fighting at Verdun Are fighting for me���and for you! "Vive ia France"���with a tag on your coat, sir, With good grace that refrain you can sing. And our comrade with joy in his throat, sir, Will reply with his 'God Save Ze King." . the lumber room of undiscovered mysteries���tn that , hazy am; uncertain section of history which is filled with stories that everybody believes an 1 no one is willing to. affirm. But it seems curious indeed that three years after a life had been Sacrificed in urder to avert war. the nations, "f Europe should be engaged ill a death grapple. War, like politics, makes strange bedfellows. The fate of nations often rests on the tossing of a coin. Human lives are but the pawns with which kings and emperors play the game. This was pathetically illustrated in the case of Colonel Albert Riddle. By i snuffing out his own life he prevented war between two great empires. And yet, as if by the decree of Nemesis, the Goddess of Justice, these same countries are even now at one another's throats. Money is everything to the poor chap who hasn't a cent. Doctors used a lance to bleed their patients in former days. Other methods arc now employed. * * * A thorn in the flesh is more troublesome than two on the bush. * * t- Some people seem to think that others expect loo much of them. * * * 11 a man's business runs down the sheriff comes along and winds it up. * * * Always give the devil his due���but it is better to keep ot*t of his debt. About the only tiling a man-wants after he gels all the money he needs is more, * :|: * Train your servants in the way they should go and before very long they are gone. . Here Are the Standard-Bearers for 1916 COMPLETE LIST OF CANDIDATES THUS FAR NOMINATED FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION Below will be found THE STANDARD'S tabulated list of all the constituencies which have nominated their candidate for the coming provincial parliamentary elections, along with the nami ��� I tin gentlemen who are to represent Iheir different parties. --�� Constituency Liberal nservative Socialist, Lab. ir Independent Alberni .. Atlin Cariboo .. Chilliwack Cowichan Columbia . Comox ... II. C Brewster Frank Mobley J. V rston E. 1). Barrow K. 1 Min, an Ji hn P.ii.kain Hugh Stewart Cranbrook Delta Dewdney Esquimalt Fort George Fernie Greenwood Grand Forks Islands Kamloops Kaslo Lillooet Nelson Nanaimo North Okanagan . South Okanagan .. Newcastle New Westminster Omineca Revelstoke Rossland Richmond Saanich Similkameen Skeena Slocan North ancouver .. South Vancouver . Trail Vancouver Dr. 1 II. \. I). ,ohi King Patterson ( (liver W. McCurdy A Gaskell I. Fisher *. J. D. McLean E. Thompson . Jackson Anderson Keen Bryson Johnson Sloan Dr. K. McDonald Leslie V. Rogers M. B, F. W. Tohn J. B. A. M. Wm. Victoria Yale David Whiteside A. M. Manson Dr. Sutherland W. D. Willson G. G. McGeer F. A. Pauline R. S. Conkling T. D. Pattulo Chas. F. Nelson Mayor Hanes J. W. Weart Michael Sullivan Ralph Smith M. A. Macdonald P. Donnelly Dr. Mcintosh J. S. Cowper J. W. de'B. Farris H,. C. Byewster John Hart George Bell H. C. Hall Joseph Walters 1. 0, C W : It. X, Mil) nal 1. A. Fraser VV, D. Macken W. II. Hayward Dr Tail I M. Mai - -. T D, Caven r i. Mackenzie W 1. Ma,-.. ������ R, 11. Pooley W. R. K iss j. R Jackson E. Miller W. W. Foster J. P. Shaw Neil Mackay Archie McDonald Dr. W. O. Rose A. E. Planta Price Ellison Mayor Jones Dr. Dier 11. W. Maynan .1. A. Macdonald (Soc.) John Mel T. P. i I'C Jack Tlace (Soc.) Parker Williams (Soc.) F. M. Dockrill Hon. T. Taylor L. A. Campbell W. T. Baird D. M. Eberts L. W. Shatford Wm. Manson W. Hunter G. H. Morden Rev, Boulton Jas. A. Schofield W. T. Bowser C. E. Tisdall F. W. Welsh Walter Leek; A. H. Macgowan Thos. Duke E. T. Kingsley (Soc.) W. Bennett (Soc.) Ernest Burns (Soc.) ��� Alex, Lucas J. Harrington (Soc.) J. Sidaway (Soc.) C. Lestor (Soc.) ..W. A.Priicbard (Soc.) J. Kavanagh (Soc") W. VV: Lefeatix (Soc.) J. H. Hawthornthwaite (Soc.1 V. Williams ,(Soc.) Dr. E. A. Hall (Ind. Lib.) H SIX THE STANDARD SATURDAY. AUGUST 5. 1916 How Jules Verne Foresaw the Modern :: Submarine :: 11 )n July 21). lXf>6." says Jules Verne in the introductory chapter of "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea,' "the steamer Governor lligginson sighted a moving mass." Thus he I egius his story of tlu- submarine -up Fifty years later, within 11 days of the exact date thus recorded in that most daring piece of fiction, ihe submarine ship "Deutschland" emerged from the Atlantic Ocean and entered the Capes of the Chesapeake. I Tin- year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable series of incidents, vessel after vessel reported having met an enormous thing at sea���something of surprising power of locomotion and which moved off promptly. The ship put on steam. The thing increased its speed correspondingly. Commander Farragut sent orders to llie engine room to put on all that the boilers could hear. The frigate's masts trembled to their stepping holes. "Nineteen miles and three- tenths, sir!" reported an officer Still the creature kept ahead. The forecastle gun was manned. The firsl shot went over. The second struck full���but it bounded off the animal's hack! Again tllc chase was resumed. The "Abraham Lincoln" was driven to a speed of 19 1-2 miles. Night fell, and the thing was ahead still An iron plate moved suddenly. Eight strong masked men appeared in the opening and dragged the three into their formidable machine. Thus began the strange voyage of a French scientist in the submarine ship 'Nautilus" with her strange, silent crew amUher still more strange, mysterious commander.' whose very name remained unknown to his pris- oners nil ''������TpfllLaT**'1' ;l;i~ addressed only as Capt|fflj.'eiiio. fife For ten months they cruised midcf the seas of all the world, frotn the North Pacific to the Indian Ocean, through an underground passage be? low the Isthmus of Suez into tllc Mediterranean, through the Atlantic Ocean, llie Sargasso Sea and the Gulf Stream. Though the commander kept thc seal of silence over his own previous life, he permitted liis guests and prisoners to examine the marvellous ship freely, lie showed them the electrical Tlie DetttNeliluiMl. whleli ftot away from Baltimore WetlneHilny, with n enrnu of Canadian nickel for ('erniiiii munition milnuritctlire. Humor ku>k that n number of these lioniM lire I't'lnic hull! null (lint one will visit New York slinrtlj bringing nitHNeiiKcrK unit u cargo of cliemlculM worth S'JO.AOO.MOO. The DeiitNeliliiuil wiih rnllmvt-il out Into the Atlantic by ���Irltlnh online��� nnd there In little likelihood llnil she will ever make her home port. endowed with peculiar life, something far larger than any whale ever seen by a whaler, something that was as large as the ships of that day. At last the United States government fitted out the "Abraham Lincoln," a frigate of great speed, and placed it tinder command of Commander Farragut to search for the monster. Among the scientists invited for the voyage was Professor Pierre Aronnax of the Museum of Paris. The direct field of search \vas the North Pacific, where the mysterious thing had last been seen. For many weeks the frigate cruised without anything to reward its watchful ship's company. Rut at last one night when the quest was being abandoned, a voice rang out: "Thc thing! On our weather beam!" There it swam, an immense oval form, very much elongated, with a radiance shining from il, Straight at the frigate it darted. "Up with the helm!" cried thc captain. Thc frigate described a great semi-circle, but the supernatural animal moved with twice her velocity. When day broke, (he thing tay motionless within full view of the American warship. Those ou board estimated its length accurately at 250 feet. The frigate moved toward thc object, Graduation Day is Over PARENTS ���Have you purchased that bicycle you promised your child if he or she did well in the school examinations? I can fit you out with the exact machine you want. You 'cannot give a child; a more health-giving or economical gift. Call and talk the matter over with me. Bring the youngster with you. FRED DEELEY The Cycle Man 1126 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER Send for 47-page illustrated catalogue���post free. Those on board gave up hope when the darkness hid it from their sight, but just before midnight they saw thc strange light again, and the frigate advanced silently. It was within a hundred feet of the thing. A har- pooner, crouched' under the bowsprit, cast his weapon mightily. It struck with a sonorous clang and rebounded. Instantly two enormous spouts of water rose from the object and flooded the ship's deck. A tremendous shock followed almost at once, even as the deluge swept the deck, overthrowing men and gear. Professor Arronax found himself floundering in the sea, and to his horror saw the frigate moving away on an eccentric course. He was clutched suddenly and supported. It Was his servant who had jumped overboard for him. The faithful fellow told him that the ship's rudder had been struck and smashed by the monster. They tried to swim after the ship, hut the vessel disappeared. Toward morning, just as the professor was sinking, his servant cried out in amazement antl terror. The next moment Arronax was dragged against something hard, a rough fist seized him, and he was lifted out of the sea. His astonished eyes saw the frigate's harpooner, Xed Land. "Wc are on the top of the monster!" said the harpooner. "I have found out why my weapon would not enter it." The professor stared about him. They were crouched on a big, oval, rounded back, astonishingly like the back of a whale. But this was not a whale's back, nor was it thc shell armor of sea-turtles. It was black, smooth, without scales. Another look and thc professor saw riveted plates. The monster that had puzzled the world was simply a human construction! engines which propelled it, stored air for it, and served every other purpose that men could need to live. He explained to them his own inventions��� the manometer, which gave the navigators the exact depth to which the vessel was submerged; the electric speed indicator; the compression pumps for storing compressed air; the small boat which was carried in a water-tight cavity on deck; and the apparatus for extracting the chloride of sodium and other chemicals from the sea to produce stored electricity. Electricity did the cooking, and it distilled sea water to make it drinkable. The engine room, 65 feet long, was fitted with Biinsen's coils. In the course of time Captain Xemo told Professor Arronnax that, when completely immersed, thc "N'atilus" displaced 1,500 tons. "The reservoirs are in the lower part," explained the commander. "We can fill them by turning taps, and thus sink the vessel as wc desire. There are also two deflecting planes, one on each side, that serve as rudders to steer the boat upward or downward." "But how did you succeed in constructing this wonderful ship so secretly?" asked the professor. "Each part was ordered in a different place," was the answer. "The keel was forged at Creusot, France. The screw shaft was made in London, the plates for the hull in Liverpool, the screw in Glasgow, the engine by Krttpp in Prussia, the beak of the ship in Sweden, and the mathematical instruments in Xew York. These parts were all assembled on a lonely island in a distant ocean by myself and the men who are with mc now." The prisoners in the strange ship saw the wonMers of the deep sea unknown to men. They witnessed Homeric battles between whale's and killers, they saw in vast depths the hid eous, unearthly monster devil-fish, they fought giant squids, sharks and mammonth sea-spiders. Twenty thousand leagues they journeyed with their mysterious host, before they found an opportunity to escape. It was off the coast of Xorwaj when they succeeded in detaching the small boat from the "N'atilus" arc* making shore. Their last sight of tbe wierd ship was as it struggled with all the strength of its enormously powerful engines against thc Maelstrom, that dreaded sea whirlpool between the Ferroe and I.ofoden Islands. \ ���m (Perhaps no more refttarkablc fore cast of a future scientific achievement has been made than this prediction by Jules Verne of a ship to move at will under water. He describes the "N'atilus" as 232 feet long and 26 feet beam, which is very close to the average sizes of the modern submarine. The new fleet-submarines of the United States navy are to he only little longer, tlieir projected length being 2t>51 feet and their displacement 1.000 tons. In another part of this story (which | is full of minute details) he gives the cost of the "N'atilus" as $735,000���not far from the cost of a sea-going sub- inaiine as estimated by tllc American naval authorities today. I Communications of interest should he adtlresscd to the "Society Editor," TIIE STANDARD. A large and fashionable gathering filled the Metropolitan Methodist church, Victoria, for the wedding which took place at high noon Saturday last of Florence Georgian, youngest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. David Spencer, Sr., Moss street, Victoria, and Lieut. Arthur Graham Gray, C. E. F��� of Toronto. There were no invited guests, but the church was crowded with girl friends and relatives of the bride, who is very well know in Victoria and Vancouver. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Robert Hughes, of Esquimalt Methodist church, assisted by Rev. C. E. Bland, of Edmonton. The decorations were particularly beautiful. Shasta daisies, palms aud ferns banking the whole rim of the pulpit, and almost concealing the organ loft. While the congregation was gathering the organist, E. Parsons, played the "Corn Joyeuse," by Marks, and before the ceremony commenced Miss Charlotte Spencer, a sister of the bride, rendered very beautifully Haydn Wood's "God Make Thee Mine." The bride, walking beside her father, who gave her away, passed down the main aisle of the church to the accompaniment of the bridal chorus from Lohengrin played by the organist. During the ceremony she knelt on a white satin cushion, and was greatly admired in her exquisite dress of white Georgette crepe made with a very full skirt and vogue bodice, her veil of Brussels net made in the pretty Italian style and edged with deep rose point lace, falling in soft folds round her shoulders. Orange blossoms were in thc cap and in thc corsage of her dress, and sprigs of the same snowy flower decorated the veil and looped up the skirt here and there. The bouquet was of Madronna lilies and white heather, and as an only ornament) she wore a cameo brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. There were no attendants. Mrs. Spencer, the mother of the bride, was handsomely costumed in mauve satin. While the bridal party were in the vestry signing the register, and as they left the church the organist played the Mendelssohn Wedding March. At the church doors the bride and bridegroom were pelted with rose- petals by girl friends of the former who stood at either side of the steps with baskets of fragrant blossoms. At the home of the bride's parents, Moss street, a family wedding breakfast was served, only immediate relatives being present. Tlie reception rooms were beautiful with garden blooms, j sweet peas being the principal flower used. The honeymoon is being spent motoring through the island, and in a few days Lieut, and Mrs. Gray will leave for the east, where their home will be until the departure of the former with his unit. They have the best wishes of a very wide circle of friends both here and in Toronto, where both bride and bridegroom are well known. * * * Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Hargraves and their son Jack left yesterday for Qualicum and Campbell River, where they will stay for three weeks. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dollar moved yesterday into the residence of Mrs. Ridley. Shaughnessy Heights, which they have leased for a year. * * * Mrs. McLellan, wife of Col. McLellan of the 121st Battalion, Western Irish, has left for St. Catherinees, Out., where she will spend several weeks before joining her husband in England. * * * Mrs. Charles Worsnop left on Sunday for Powell River, where she will visit Mrs. E. G. Blackwell for a few- days. * * * Miss Smith and Miss Zoe Smith, of Sudbury. Ontario, have arrived on a visit to Miss Gladys Story, and will be in town for two or three weeks. For Sale $150 CASH Through their representative going to the War, the famous Australian firm of Trewhellas want to immediately quit 6 (SIX) of their world-renowned- Tree and Stump Grubbers THEY WILL TAKE $150 EACH CASH for the full equipment, which was selling at $200 before the big rise in materials. Otherwise���we are instructed to return them to Australia if NOT SOLD WITHIN 60 DAYS. THIS IS A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY for anyone wanting the world's best clearing machinery. Send CASH $150 and Order Now to The Campbell Storage Co., Ltd. 857 BEATTY STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. ���saBsaWsaHBsjsjBsjsflSjs^sjsjsa CANADIAN PACIFIC BACK EAST SUMMER EXCURSION FARES Tickets on sale daily, June 1 to September 30, 1916. Return limit tliree months, not to exceed October 31. For full particulars apply to any C. P. R. Agent Massey-Harris Bicycles For Rapid Delivery or Messenger Service, the "MASSEY" is a general favorite. Built to stand the hardest usage, very easy running. MEN'S ROADSTER, $45.00. 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Limited THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST HAS BEEN' DESCRIBED AS THE EIGHTH WONDER OF TIIE WORLD A VOYAGE "North by West in the Sunlight" IN ONE OF OUR Eight Vessels "8" in Regular Service WILL, HELP YOU TO REALISE THIS TRUTH Apply to our Publicity Department for brochures "Outward Hound" and "Xorth by West in the Sunlight," and particulars on Special Fares, Hotel Accommodation and Tariffs, etc. Head Offices mill Wharf: UNION DOCK, FOOT OE CARRALL STREET Take Car to Columbia Avenue Phone Seymour 30fi DRIVING CAPITAL OUT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Reference! have been made in these columns regarding the short-sighted legislation passed for the protection ol mortgagee! and others, in the local legislature. It lias been some years since llntish Columbia lias been blessed with an able Minister of Finance, and the work has been performed by amateurs in the world of finance, The Moratorium legislation enacted here is tending to impress llritish, and especially foreign capital that it is becoming unsafe to place funds here. Other western provinces have enacted similar legislation, and the situation created cannot fail to have a very unfavorable effect un the financial situation in general., Moratorium enactments are too frequently based on sentiment and political expediency. The situation is being closely watched in the United States which, since the war, has become our chief banker, A citizen of the L'nited States, who has placed considerable funds in Alberta, discusses the matter in a recent issue of the New York Annalist. Ile says: "It seems unfortunate that the popular law-making bodies of Canada do not have to secure Unsanction of definite written constitutions to their acts. There is obvious itacles instead ol placing them in tin- way of capital investmi m-. It can i.i saiil with safety, however, that the Moratorium legislation meets with popular favor, but th.- voting public will find out in time just how shortsighted the legisalture has been in putting all this protective legislation on the statute books. ��� * * BANKERS FAVOR LIFE INSURANCE Many prominent bankers have gone on record as to the importance and necessity to the business of the country of life insurance protection, but no one has expressed it more accurately or concisely than did A. Barton Hepburn, formerly comptroller of tin- currency, now president of tin- Chase National Hank of New York, who said recently: "When a man comes to us to borrow money, wc want to know how much life insurance he carries. This is not so much because of its bearing on his financial power, but as an indication of his type of mind; for tintype of mind that induces a man to insure his life is the type of mind which makes for success in business." This is becoming widely recognized. Hanks everywhere are inquiring more SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR THE Dominion War Loan TO BE ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER^ By purchasing a bond you will help to WIN THE WAR and obtain for yourself an investment of the highest class yielding a most attractive rate of interest. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE' OTTAWA. * in London, on war finance, paid special attention to the question of ta V tion, something which is becoming a heavy burden in Creat llritain. lie estimated that the total taxation tor ernment, met by wholesale borrowing. The position was put in this way by Lord George Hamilton:��� They all know that the enormous nditure of the government was 1916-17 will amount to ��358,500,000', forced upon them by the exigencies and draws the conclusion tliat inchtJ- mg the new taxes antl allowing for the increase in the income of the carefully into this question of life insurance. From the standpoint of tin- bank, the insurance not only serves I working classes .luring the. present danger if the impulsive, short-sighted I as a measure of protection in the period of war expenditure, the burden acts of a popular body which infringes event of thc untimely death of the | of taxation is still a very light one on the fundamental rights of the min- borrower, but also as a sinking fund ority or the individual���tin- sacred- ultimately to liquidate Ihe loan. ness of contracts, the rights of priv-1 * * * ate property, etc.���arc not at once questioned in the court-. Recent legislative acts in some of the provinces illustrate this danger. The thought- TO PROTECT INVESTORS Husiness men of Los Angeles. Cal. realizing that their city has beconif of the war���they must have certain tilings. They had commandeered the whole of the manhood of the country; they were paying very high wages; they were compelled to buy wholesale rtain articles which were necessary Having regard to the incomes of the for ,iK.m ,,, convert into munitions ot income taxpaying classes, the burden I w.,r :ini, ,|u.y hilcl pai,i ;11, enormoua proce for those articles���and the mo il direct taxation. tin- ks be considered unduly heavy. To justi-1 ment peace u;ls declared, or in sight, fy tllis view Sir George Paish states tne vast majority of that productive that after the close of the N'apole >nic ,work wouid ,:t.;ls(. t,, |,ave any value tin- Mecca ior irresponsible proniot- wars iu 1816-17, when the income ofL, au ful men of the Dominion, however, al-1 ers, are discussing measures to pro- the United Kingdom was about E303,- '.,.,' ., ., ,. , , , , , , ., -, ,,,-���, Ihc Monctarv I line- in inclined though they deplore these particular tect the public against these unscrup- 000,000, the sum raised in taxation ,vas . .... acts, do not fear for the general sittta-1ulous sellers of wild cat securities.] fficOOCCO or over !0 tier enl \t/" ' ' V'CWS "' '"'" 'L'"TU'' Hamilton. Whatever good things may be in -tore for the time when tenant-governors of ihe provinces and, ,o form a bureau through which the | tl,e remuneration paid to the army and "a,!��!lS ^ "f!" "" * Peace .b*sls' 'still there must be an acute period 01 , transition between peace and war. mn ��4O0.00O,C0O I mending post otfice and , , .... ! International conditions, in such a minor receipt- in addition to taxation! i. or over _'.i | mmittee thc present time he figun f the Crown, exercised by the lieu- to prosecute these frauds; another is a] income at t*3.0C'I.O0O,( tion. They point to tin- veto power One plan is t irganize a eluding the governor-general of the Domrn- public may obtain trustworthy advice |naVy. ;ul(i :l governmental revenue ion. and to the grcat body of court about the standing of promote decisions, without exception granting their prop sitions, A third plan i protection to the rights of individual, to solicit tin- :o-i iteration of th,- de have violated these traditions will be undesirable financial element. |0{ ��450,000,000 would represent onlj speedily repealed and repudiated." When it is known lhat I."- An- i; .,.,- ccnt '[-i,,. natioa's debl bel in There is no defence for the.insti geles already has mon than one stockLjle nar tt;i��� E/07000000 it :- now tuiion in Western Canada -t some - f exchange and others are planned, �� ter another twi 1- i . will not be far -1: 000. For the purp war it | the legislation which has been enacted can realize lhat the plucking of suck- in recent years The use ol tbe veto ers ;n the far western city has been ��������� power of the Crown is unlikely, but if very profitable game. I'm Los blithe present tendency continues, it may geles realizes that the aftermath of money to carry on the war, ir George be necessary. It is a well-established laxity against swindlers is likely to ir.- pajsn ,. 1Ilsj,*ers .1 essential f' r every fact that funds for ordinary first mort- j���re the rity's reputation in the eyes | dtizen ,,, ; ase,,j y hard- gages are practically unprocurable. of the resi I th< world, and is pro working as possible, in order to main- throughout British Columbial L.uanL,erly taking measures to ward off any |tajn tn(, country's prod i and its company managers and investment|8lIC], damage to its f I name. Los inCome, and at the same th - to bi as agents cannot reasonaDly be expect. ^ \ngeles is to be commended for her economical as is compatible wit! ef- to aclyisc tin- investment of Funds proper conception of her dutj ������ the [jcjency first mortgages as they arc absolute!) public���Financial \\ rl ' unable to foresee whal legislation I be enacted next year, with lie sa - disastri us effects on esti d n >rtgi - interests as thai which has conn ii I ,���,. ,,,,,��� arc ., fruitful insc ol force during the past two sessions "'opinions. Tin- pri spects dc| nd la ihe legislature. |;, upon tlu- duration of iln- war. If this province is cm to drill into George Paish. i-hose optimism is stagnation for some time to come, the qasionally questioned, in a. ressin seeing that it has been entirely caused government will have to remove oh [recentl) ihc Royal Statistical Society by the ..i-- expenditure of thi gov- ureal war. cannot adjust themselves would, represent only 1.- per cent, of . , , .,, to an entirely new basis without considerable inconvenience and conse- uent depression. It is to prepare for thai period that effort should now b< . turned.��� Monetary Times, t far short .: tj.-l I, I, an,', af-1 AFTER THE WAR The prospei Is for thc peri I Thai t!:i- is to bright a \ i- w. was I 'in- position la en b; !.. - I lei irge Hamilton, who participated in the Liscussion fi 1! >v mc tin Iress Sir Gi irgt Paish ' I< :i: : . tin estimate of national incon e y . .'. eas ll i i ri lia ' figure, Phone Seymour 9086 SOMETHING YOU NEED for the safety of your valuables and Documents. 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Every suit finished to yum* measure by nur own tailors. Investigate our suit values al $15, $18, $20, $25, $30 and $35. JUST ARRIVED Shipment of Sill< Knitted Ties in new designs, 50c and $1. STRAW HATS AT HALF-PRICE WM. DICK, Ltd. 33 and 47-49 HASTINGS EAST -HI I- When the B.C. PROHIBITION ACT was discussed in the House Prohibitionists Were Plainly Told 1. That the Act provided a "Wide Open" Door for thc purchase and consumption of liquor. 2. That Ihc Act did not lake advantage uf the powers of thc Legislature lo enact real prohibition legislation. Read this Statement of Mr. H. C. Brewster (Liberal Leader), made during the House Discussion of the Bill: "I am surprised that we are not asked to pass an Act that will actually prohibit; that is, that advantage has not been taken of the Dominion legislation giving power to the Province to prohibit the possession of liquor. "When full Prohibition is now possible by Federal law, it is surely a remarkable thing to find this wide open door for liquor provided by this Act. "It is amazing to me to read this and other sections and find that no attention has been paid to or advantage taken of the Doherty Act (Federal Legislation Act 66).". Not one word was said in reply to Mr. Brewster's straight declaration that thc Prohibitionists were knowingly supporting a Prohibition Bill that would not Prohibit and also did not take advantage of the full powers of the Legislature. ' In view of the above facts, can Prohibitionists now claim that the Prohibition Act is as strong as it could be made? Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree "Every time the baby looks into my I "I Ijuess so." face he smiles," said Mr. Meekins. "Welt when hi "Well," answered his win-: "it may (tell him that on not in- exactly polite, but it shows he has a sense of humor." In her hook. "Recollections of an Admiral's Wife," Lad) Poor* sa>> ihai obituary notices in Australian papers are oi'u-ii accompanied by poetic tributes to the departed. These irihmes sometimes tumble into awkwardnesses, hut she quotes as champion in lhat way a pp.se tribute in these worils: "Mrs. II. has just passed BjWay al lhe line of eighty-five. For some months she has been in failing health, but during the last few days approached the grave in leaps ami ounds." * ��� * Senator llo.ire used lo tell with glee if a {southerner just home from New England wlm said to his friend, "Von know those little white round beans?" 'Yes," replied the friend; "the kind wc feed to our horses?" "Thc very same. Well, do ymi know, sir, that in Boston thc enlightened citizens take those little white round beans, boil them for three or four hours, mix them with molasses and I know not what other ingredients, hake them, and then���what do you suppose they do with the beans?" "They " "They eat 'em, sir," interrupted the first Southerner impressively: "hless me, sir, they eat 'em." * .: * The Guv'nor���You are accused of being habitually lazy. Jorkinsl That s comes in vvill yon his way from the cheese factory I wish he'd stop and gel thai pig of Herman Suit/'- and lake il down lo Henry Parker's and tell Henry I said he could have it for that single harness even up, if he'll fix up lhal bridle and throw in Ihem russel lines instead of the old hlaek ones; and if he won't trade, tell Tom tn hriug the pig down to my place and put it in the extra pen, and he sure and shut the door to house, or all the chickens'l Sure there ain't no mail? Mr. Postmaster." "Morning, Hill." the hen- I get out. .Morning. so. Jones, isn't it? Jones (the fjore- nianl���Well, sir. 1 don't like to hurt Jorkins' feelin's hy exactly callill' him lazy, hut if any voluntary effort Was needed to digest his food, Jorkins 'tld die of starvation, 'e would. "1 cannot understand why my second husband is so fastidious," confessed a Washington lady to her bosom friend. "He scarecly eats anything. My first husband, who died, used to eat everything I cooked for him." "Did you tell your presi nt husband that?" "Yes." "That's the reason." * * * A Pretty but Quiet Wedding Major George W. Tiedeman, of Sa- vanah, Georgia, tells the following about the old-time Georgia editor win vvas usually mayor, justice of tlu peace and real-estate agent as well. Upon one occasion one of these editors was busy writing an editorial on the tariff when a Georgia couple came in to be married. Without looking up, without once slacking his pen, thc editor said: "Time's money; want her?" "Yes," said the youth. "Want him?" the editor nodded toward thc girl. "Yes," she replied. "Man and wife," pronounced the editor, his pen still writing rapidly. "One dollar. Bring a load of wood for it. One-third pine; balance oak." * * * Of One Trade Doctor���"How do you feel, colonel, when you actually kill a man?" Colonel���"Oh, not so bad. How do you?" * * * Bad Both Ways Charles' mother was reproving him for not being more tidy about his hair, when his uncle, who was very bald, thinking to soothe his feelings, said "Charles, don't you wish you were as bald as 1 ? Then you wouldn't have any hair to comb." Charles heaved a sigh of resignation. "No, I don't," he said. "There would be that much more face to wash." * * * Editor's Response "I have written a poem on���" The editor looked up wearily. The blue- eyed blonde young woman was merciless. "I have written a poem on 'The Old Red Barn on the Farm,' and���" The weary look disappeared from the editor's face. "Ah! Delighted! Written on the old red barn, eh? Fine! I'll be going along by the farm in a day or so, and I'll stop at the old red barn and read it." * * * All in the Day's Work Tn a town of Maryland one Bill Morton appeared before the postmaster one morning and the following colloquy occurred: "Morning, Mr. Postmaster." "Mornin, Bill." "Has Tom Moore been in for his mail yet?" "No." "Will you be here when he conies?" Back-Firing on Satan Tin- paslor of a church down in Houston, Texas, believes in fighting the devil with fire. Taking for his text "This is the life," he uses a glass of beer and a shotgun in the pulpit for purposes of illustration. And going a bit further, he offers a two-and-a-half dollar gold piece to any young man and women who will demonstrate the "strangle hold of the modem dance" on the church rostrum each Sabbath. Thus far he has had no takers but is reported still hopeful. This pastor may be on the right track; at any rate, overflowing congregations seem to sustain such theory. Hilly Sunday, who will appear shortly in Vancouver under the distinguished auspices of the prohibition movement, uses the fire and brimstone method with success and there's no good reason why Hilly should have a monopoly. But if the shade of old John Wesley happened to stray into that Houston meeting house some Sabbath morn, to see a stein of beer and a shot-gun on the pulpit, while a couple of young folks bunny-hugged to a rag-time tune on the pipe-organ, we fear, we sadly fear, the pastor's pass thro' the pearly gates would he cancelled without warning. stood hegan, was a barracks, tw. storied, of a dun color, and built of stone. The road in front of the house was sandy, dusty and brown. "fin the other side of the river the houses were few and straggling, and belonged to poor people. They hail but one storey and wen- built of logs placed horizontally one on the top of iln- other, and were roofed with iron, hut ou the right of tin- road was a larger house, painted white, with a tall chimney, from which the smoke proceeded: this was a factory of some kind. Next to it was a 'tall, wooden windmill; one of its four fans had been broken off and was missing. Right in the distance, on the horizon of the plain, you could see a bare brown wood. ' "As we leant over the bridge we observed at thc foot on the left hank of the river, a raft, and on it, a little wooden house with windows and a flat roof; on the raft a whole bevy of women, iu colored prints, were washing their linen. Five or six sol- diers were looking on. The soldiers |JV ������ ,���.���,,, .������, ���������������..,,, .������ . ., had got on their dun-colored, rough- ties, stuff gray coats; some of them were Try tbis excellent milk. Phone bringing bundles of linen to be wash-1 Fair- 2624 -ini' our driver will le SAFE FOR BABIES" MILK THAT IS REALLY RELIABLE and uniform in quality is difficult lo secure in Vancouver. This bold statement may seem like a scheme Oil our part to get new business, but we simply repeat what scores and scores of people have told us lately���many in' Kitsilano and other districts we do not serve. Why ihis should be, we know! not. But we do know that better, richer or more wholesome milk than Sou-| Van Milk cannot be obtained in Van-' couver today. We go the extreme limits in handling Sou-Van Milk���the pasteurizing, clarifying and bottling is all done by' a scientific process tliat is approved by the health and municipal auth chaffing the washe j you a trial bottle. South Vancouver Milk Co. SCIENTIFIC DAIRYMEN 29TH AVENUE AND FRASER ed; others were women. "There was not a sound ill the air, i except the splash made by the wash-' ! ing. And then from the plain, along the dusty, rutty road, a whole line of flat carts creaked along, one iu front of the other, five of the foremost being without drivers; all of these carts were full of sacks. Alongside the sixth walked the owner, a bearded peasant dressed in a brown " leather and very dirty coat lined with the table cloth. In taking sugar, use sheepskin. And every now and then only the sugar spoon." he influenced the march of the line of carts by shouting a word to the horses. Not long after this, the line of carts crossed the bridge and turned into the town and the creaking died away in the distance; the lazy stillness fell upon the place once more; and so grcat was that stillness that WHAT RUSSIA LOOKS LIKE 6TH CO. CANADIAN ENGINEERS the whole landscape seemed like colored slide of a magic lantern." A LESSON IN ETIQUETTE "In Prince Serge Volkonski's interesting Lowell lectures, 'Pictues of Russian History and Russian Literature,' he tells the following characteristic anecdotes," Maurice Baring writes in "The Russian People"; "'I remember an American girl who frankly confessed that she did not like Russian books representing Russian life; she thought the things they pictured were not original enough, lacking "local color"; she much preferred English novels about Russia, they were so much more "Russian." This is characteristic'" Mr. Baring, after picturing Russia as he, and most other people who have never been there, had pictured it, gives us some glimpses of what it really looks like. He describes, for instance, walking out one afternoon from a small provincial town where the annual meeting of the county council for the district was being held, with a Russian friend. ''Just as we had reached the outskirts of the town," he says, "and we looked round on the landscape, we both said, simultaneously, 'What a typical Russian scene!'" "It was an autumn day in late October. The sky was cloudless and of a light transparent blue, clear and dazzling. So clear was the atmosphere that the distant features of the landscape were as distinct as they are in a kodak photograph. The view had the sharpness of a photograph. We were standing on a wooden bridge which stretched over ri narrow and utterly sluggish brown river; the banks were of shelving sand, aud you had to go down some wooden steps to reach the bridge on one side and to go up some wooden steps to reach the farther side. On one side of the river, and about thirty yards from it, was the town, standing on level ground; on the other side, of it the level country stretched out into the distance, a flat, dark-brown plain, cut by a road. "What you saw of the town was, on the right, fourth biggest was Palladian, I suppose, that is to say, it had a front of five large Corinthian pillars supporting a pediment, and a dome; walls, dome, and pillars were all whitewashed. A little further to the left of it and beyond it was another church, which had a white spire and a round cupola painted ultramarine-blue. Round the church was an open space, and then along the river began the line of houses which formed the limit of the town. They were low, two-storied homes, most, of them, some built of bricks and whitewashed, and some built of wood. The corner house of the street, which ended where the open square in which the cathedral If there is a revolution in the table manners of the people who live in the small towns of Ontario shortly, it will bc due to the efforts of some wag who recently played a joke on a number of the weekly papers published in the country districts. As most people are aware, these weeklies usually contain eight pages, four of which are filled with local news, while the other four are supplied by an agency that furnishes "insides" for such publications. All these agencies know that they must cater to the women, and accordingly they invariably run "household hints," which, of course, include instruction in conduct. A few weeks ago, there appeared, under the heading, "About the House," in many of the village papers a half column of "Etiquette of the Table." It would be interesting to know how it came to be printed, or whether someone supplied it as a joke, but most of it is worth quoting. Here are the table manners that are being taught in the small towns of Ontario:��� "Sit upright, neither too close nor too far from the table. "Open and spread upon your lap or breast a napkin, if one is provided; otherwise use a handkerchief. "Do not be in haste, compose your- elf; put your mind into a pleasant ondition and resolve to eat slowly. "Possibly grace will be said, aud the most respectful attention and quietude should be observed until thc exercise is passed. "While you wait to be served, it is thc most appropriate lime to put into practice your knowledge of small talk and pleasant words with those who are sitting near you. "Do not be impatient to be served. If soup comes first and you do not desire it, you will simply say 'No, I thank you.' But make no comment. Or you may take it and eat as little as' you choose. Another course will be along soon. "The soup should be eaten with a medium-sized spoon, so slowly and carefully that you will drop none up- Training that is Useful in Civil Life- Innumerable Trades Taught Men Who enlist in Engineering Units for Overseas It is not generally known that in addition to being taught everything that an infantryman is instructed in, thc sapper of the Canadian Engineers learns many things useful in civil life. He is therefore continually being prepared for the return to civil duties at the end of the war. He is taught bridge building, building construction, road building, use of explosives, geometry, construction of piers, derricks, incinerators, drains, water systems, the use of the blocks and tackles, knots, lashings and splicing. Careful thinking men who are going to enlist should remember this. More men are wanted, and wanted quickly, for the Engineers. Sixty men are wanted immediately. Men desirous of enlisting in tlie Engineers should apply at the nearest Army Doctor or Recruiting Station, or communicate direct with the Officer Commanding at the Headquarters, North Vancouver, B. C. On receipt of attestation papers and medical history sheets, transportation will be forwarded for journey to Vancouver. The officers and non-commissioned officers' school of military engineering commences on Monday, 31st July. Anyone can join this school and successful candidates -will obtain a sergeant's certificate before going overseas. A considerable number of men have received commissions after obtaining this certificate. m your person or the table cloth, large cathedral, thej Making an effort to get the last drop Russia: the style and all unnecessary noises when eating should be avoided. 'Formerly it was thc fashion to pour your tea into the. saucer: not so now. Tea should be sipped gently from the spoon or cup, taking cup and spoon in hand when drinking. Thc spoon should never be removed from lhe cup when the guest is satisfied with the contents. Should the.cup bc empty and more he desired, to take the spoon out and place it beside the cup is an intimation to tbe hostess to have it refilled. If not empty and the spoon is placed in the saucer, it is an intimation to the hostess that you want the tea changed. Do not call for 'milk': call for and speak only of 'cream.' Never set your teacup on Phone Highland 137 Grandview Hospital 1090 VICTORIA DRIVE VANCOUVER - B.C. Medical : Surgical : Maternity Rates from $15.00 per week PHONEl SEY. 000 MacDONALD & HAY Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. 1012 Standard Bank Bldg. Vancouver, B.C. Classified Advertising FLORISTS BROWN BROS. & CO., LIMITED, Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen, 48 Hastings St. E., and 782 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. WATCHMAKER 10,000 WATCHES and CLOCKS wanted to clean and repair at the factory, 438, RICHARDS STREET.
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