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TheWeek H British Columbia Newspaper and Review Vol. XIV, No. 45—15th Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, April 21st, 1917 5c a copy $2.00 a year Appalling THE admissions made by the chief actors in the drama staged in the committee room, where the enquiry into the expenditures of the Pacific Great Eastern is carried on, form unusually interesting reading. The frank statement made by Mr. D'Arcy Tate, the lawyer-promoter, that the contractors had given him half a million dollars for use as a reptile fund is hardly believable. If the statement had been made by Mr. Tate's implacable enemy in order to injure his reputation, charity and fair play would require everyone to suspend judgment. Mr. Tate himself declares it and in- addition gives some details of its use, and suggests more. The astounding character of the crime against the people of this Province is such as to demand the most searching and complete enquiry. The uses made of the fund, its beneficiaries, and the purposes of the payments made, must he fully disclosed. If—as partisans on both sides aver—the money was used to corrupt both Conservative and Liberal members, then the people should have the facts plainly stated. The prompt denials made by the Attorney-General as to his participation in $25,000, and of Mr. John Hart, campaign manager of the Liberal party, cleared the atmosphere in some degree, but the Legislative chamber would have been purified still more had the leader of the Opposition made an opportunity for a like disclaimer. It must not be assumed, however, because Mr. D'Arcy Tate stated that the money was given to him for electoral campaign purposes, and that he used it for such purposes, that therefore either of the political parties profited hy the fund. The man that receives money for a corrupt purpose is not of the class whoBe word should be taken at its face value. It is easy to throw mud, and thoughtless people are ready to condemn the persons that are dirt-bespattered before hearing their defence. What is certain and safe to conclude is that the man who had the moneys paid to him for improper purposes and who openly and without any shamefaccdness avowed it, might and probably did, devote a good portion of the fund for his own private and personal ends. It wns well that he made tracks for parts unknown before the gathering indignation of an outraged public expressed itself. The cowardice of his flight is only equalled by the cool nonchalance of his attitude towards a transaction that is bordering on rascality. Apologists may suggest that because the money came from contractors who were paid for Services rendered to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company there wns no great wrong done. The contractors and Mr. D'Arcy Tate knew that the money paid was derived from funds voted and provided by the Province of British Columbia for railway construction. Each and all knew that the people would have to provide more money and eventually pay the interest thereon. Each and nil knew that the object . / contribution made was to unduly influence the Government that might nttain to power to further subsidise the road or guarantee further bond issues. If the corrupt fund wns paid—directly or indirectly—to party treasurers for political purposes, it can safely be assumed that Mr. D'Arcy Tate intended to get a quid pro quo for his beneficence. In the enlarged modern cyclopedias and dictionaries there are phrases and words to be found that nre expressive of abhorrence, contempt and disgust: but The Week confesses that tho strongest possible invective that could be used and applied would be inadequate to describe the shameless chnrncter of the transaction which Mr. D'Arcy Tate admitted to the. P. G. E. Committee. Disastrous THE influence upon the moral sense of the community of silch disclosures is simply disastrous. Fear and distrust permeates the air. Is there any honesty left in public life ? Are all public undertakings worm-eaten with corrupt influences ? Were the then leaders of the Government, Sir Richard McBride and his chief adviser and confidant, Mr. Bowser, privy to this use of public money? Tor under whatever guise the money came, through whatever channel or conduit it flowed, thc money originated from public sources, and wns voted by mnny in the then Legislnture for public good. Whnt must be their chagrin then, their astonishment to find thnt $500,000 of the Provincinl income wns set nside to corrupt the electorate? The P. G. E. Rnilwny may or may not hnve been conceived in the public interest. Sir Richard McBride and his collengues may hnve thought that it wns nnd courageously acted up to their belief. The influence of the Government carried weight even to doubting members of tlieir own political persuasion. Scarcely a dissenting voice was raised in the House, and with a whirl and a whoop the Bill authorizing its construction passed. It is inconceivable that the men who voted for the measure believed that it would become a political miasma front whence the most deadly immoral malaria would arise to infect tho moral life of the Province. The Week openly challenges such scandalous transactions. The Week calls upon honest men of all parties to denounce such crimes against the body politic, nnd specially urges Liberal and Conservative members to probe to the utmost the disgustingly shnmeful wrong inflicted upon the people of this Province. Miner, Yet Unpleasant THE unexpected intrusion of the late member for Vancouver, Mr. A. H. Macgownn, into the P. G. E. enquiry is disconcerting to his best friends. Ho states that he received about $0,000 as a sharer in profits made by a firm of sub-contractors nt the time when he wns a member of the Legislative Assembly. For this sum he certainly gave no adequate return. He "toiled not, neither did he spin." He provided no capital, nor gave any professional ability. He wielded no axe, nor shovelled any dirt. He was innocent of driving spikes, and guiltless of sawing wood. But his bank book swelled its receipts by a cool $9,000, an amount not to be despised by the thrifty Vancouver member. In a vague, unimpressive fashion, the committee were assured that he had practically called off a strike promoted by the I. W. W.'s. Whether the Independence of Parliament Act has been violnted by Mr. Mac- gowan is not for a humble editor to pronounce upon, but it may be hoped that the erstwhile member for Vancouver may be ready and willing to disgorge his ill-gotten gains. In these hnrd times, $9,000 is not a sum to be despised, and the Provincial Treasury would be pleased to place it to the account usually described in Government bookkeeping as Conscience Money. Incidentally, it may be observed that the respected member used to boast of his independency in the Legislature. The letter from Sir Richard anent this $9,000 cigar- money transaction sheds a little radiance upon the boast. Still, Mac- gowan might fairly claim that he was very moderate in his profiteering adventure into rnilwny contrncting. Like Mr. Bumble, in Oliver Twist, he might have exclaimed, "I went cheap, dirt cheap." Insurgency ONE of the surprises of the present Legislative Session hns been the insurgency of two Liberal members, Dr. Mcintosh and Mr. Cowper. Rumours are rife as to the reasons for this insurgency. The two gentlemen chiefly concerned openly state that their reasons are chiefly that the Premier and his colleague, Attorney- General Macdonald, are not living up to their pledges regarding an investigation into the alleged political misconduct of the Attorney- General during the elections at Vancouver. There may be merit in this statement, nlthough it does appear that there were reasons why undue haste could not be made. An Act creating a Royal Commission of three Judges is not a measure that could be passed in a day. The consent of the Judges must be obtained, the Act must be so framed as to give nmple powers of investigntion, and- it must be of a character that will ensure confidence in the results. The Week, however, protests against any gibes or jeers diverted towards insurgent members of any party. Freedom of speech nnd liberty of action in representative assemblies are bulwarks of pure democrncy. The "thumbs up" brigade in any Legislature is a menace to good Government. The pnrty caucus is a useful orgnnization .and gives steadiness and nssistance to concerted action, but if it attempts to throttle free discussion, to suppress unwelcome statements, to prescribe for members the limits of conscience and speech, and proscribe the men who dare to tnke independent notion, then it should bo relegated to the dust-heap of political oblivion. Better fnr the blunders of freedom, than the niceties of precision induced by the party whip. Better Late Than Never THE Dominion Government has passed an Order-in-Council placing wheat, flour and semolina upon the free list. The object to be attained is not so much the relief of taxation— for there is naturally but little importation of wheat or flour into the Dominion—ns it is to automatically let down tlie bars for exportation of wheat to the United States. In the latest Tariff Act enacted by thc C S. Congress provision was made that these products should be admitted free when other countries also admitted them free. The Prairie wheat growers have for some years agitated so that advantage should be taken of this concession, nnd although it has been a "long pull," it was also a "strong pull," and at Inst the concession has been made. "Peace hath her victories no less renowned thnn wnr," but although peace tried to win the fight for reciprocal free wheat and flour for commercial reasons, it was reserved for war to create conditions of transportation nnd food problems thnt enabled the flag of victory to be waved. Civil Service THE ACT providing for the establishment of n Civil Service brought down by tlie Premier is n fulfilment of pledges given to thc electorate during the campaign. In this respect it is a proof of tlie honour und loyalty of Mr. Brewster tn his ante- election manifestoes. The pntronuge system wns denounced by him in no measured terms. It wns tlie cause of much corruption, the source of much injustice nnd the medium through which the public was robbed and the fair name of the Province disgraced. The Civil Service Act is designed to remedy some of these evils. It is bnt. an instalment of reform, and does not rid the Province of tho accursed thing—called the Patronage System—root and branch. It does, however, write in plnin terms upon the legislation of the Province the principle of nn educnted, efficient public service. Details of the Act nre, of course, open to amendment. The main purpose of Ihe Bill is excellent, and deserves support. This was recognized by the House, for although the Leader of the Opposition offered some trenchant criticism, and Mr. Cowper, the leader of the third party, interjected some bitterness, yet the House passed unanimously the second rending of the Bill. The Week does not agree with thc provision which contributes a one-man commission. Tlie gentleman—wo beg pardon of the Indies—the commissioner may hnve great experience nnd wisdom, but he is not likely to' bo infallible. There is safely in two or more persons. "In the multitude of counsellors there is wisdom" is nn ancient proverb, but experience shows the old writer lias grasped the truth, Autocrncy is not good, nnd tyranny often results from concentrated authority. Nor from the standpoint of economy should this be urged. It is not necessary to appoint one man with large ideas of salary. Engineers with $15,000 a yenr for park purposes are not popular appointments just now, and the "man on the street" is muttering that he could do the work of a $15,000 Agent-General for half the amount, and then save money. There are three methods by whieh the commission could be enlarged. The first is by enacting that one of the Cabinet Ministers should be n Commissioner without additional salnry, and two others on reasonable snlaries. This plan is, in the opinion of The Week, the best. The Minister would he the medium through which the Legislature coulcl obtain information of all Civil Service employees, would co-ordinate the business of administration, equalize salaries, ancl promote efficient work. This plan would not interfere with a Minister's control over his own department. The second method is to appoint two Commissioners, one of wliich would be chnirman and the other secretary. The practical effect of such plan would be to ensure unanimity in all appointments and decisions. To quote again an old proverb, "Two heads are better than one." The third method is to appoint three Commissioners. This appears to he the most popular in the House, judging from the gossip of the lobby. It is doubtful whether this method would not entail a larger expenditure than is necessary. There should be no necessity for a larger salary list than $6,500 for the Commission: $3,500 and $3,000; or, at the outside, $4,000 and $3,500; and the middle course of two appointees would be far better • than one man highly-salaried, or three men under-salaried. If three are appointed, then it is most desirable thnt one of the Commissioners should he from the ranks of the newly enfranchised women. Another criticism of the Act is that the civil servant is not declared independent. His position is held "during pleasure," or he may be removed by authority of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. There should he some proof of misconduct, some enquiry or investigation at which the offender may make his defence before dismissal is decided upon. Democracy protests against bureaucracy, and the well- being of the community is bound up in nn independent Civil Service. Other criticisms of n minor nature might lie offered, which will probably he dealt with as the Bill passes through Committee. We repeat, however, that the main purpose and object of the Bill meets with the cordial approval of The Week, nnd we think, too, will win support from nil well-wishers of the Province. Too Much Paternalism A BILL introduced by the new Attorney-General entitled An Act Regarding the Maintenance of Sick and Destitute Persons by Near Relatives is one whicli will bear the very closest scrutiny. The Bill provides that thc cost of maintenance of persons in necessitous circumstances who need medical aid, and persons who are physically or mentally incapable of maintaining themselves, shall be charged against any near relative or relatives who may happen to reside in the Province. A near relative is defined as "Father, mother, brother, sister, half-brother, or half-sister." Under the bill n sister or half-sister is made liable for the support in perpetuity of any brother who happens to be in necessitous circumstances, irrespective of whether those circumstances were self-induced by lnzinoss, dissipation or otherwise. The cost of such maintenance can be collected by legal process through the courts of the land, even if distress of goods and sheriff seizures have to bo resorted to. Such legislation is doubtful in the extreme and should be passed cm for mnturer consideration in another yenr. There nre surely matters of wide national importance urgently calling for attention without consuming time with such hastily conceived legislation ns this. Unless the necessitous cir- cumstnnces of one brother can bo directly traced to thc wrong doing of another brother, why in tho nniiie of justice should the Intter lie mnde legally responsible for his support '■ Brothers do not bring brothers into (lie world, nor do they have nny sny in tlieir subsequent course of life. To economic conditions, education, and environment, over wliich tlie state properly exercises considerable influence, can be traced most of the human wreckage strewn along tlie path of life. Let the state therefore assume tho burden of salving the wreckage thus caused. Another serious objection is thnt Ihe burden will fnll unequally upon the near relatives, Only those relatives who chunce to live in thc Province will bo reached. Tims mi indigent person with ten brothers, only one of whom live? in the Province, will full exclusively upon tlie Intter, even if the other nine nre in much better finnneinl circumstances. Whore is the justice in distributing burden in this arbitrary manner. Editorship THE arrangements necessitated by n change of control and policy naturally occasions some difficulty. Readers of Tut: Week will doubtless exercise n little patience. It is not easy lo secure n pcruiniieiil Edilor who will hnve lhe intellectual and educational qualities possessed by the late Mr. Blakemore. The Week is, however, fortunate in securing contributions from several nble writers whose views on social, moral nnd economic lines will be of groat vuliie to tlie citizenship of the Province. Signed articles will appear from time to time expressing the personal views of the writers, wbicb views in the main accord with the general policy of thc paper, Tn this issue nre presented articles by "The Rambler," Dr. Ernest Hall, Mrs. Alice Christie nnd nn address by Mrs. Irene Moody, chairman of the Vancouver School Board. The Week hopes to enlarge its staff of writers with ench succeeding issue. Page Two THE WEEK Saturday, April 21 wm SOTTO VOCE By the Hornet | D0MI1 TO INVESTORS THOSE WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING INVESTMENT MAY PURCHASE AT PAR DOMINION OF CANADA DEBENTURE STOCK That the Provincial Government hns n hard row to hoe. That the Minister of Agriculture is urging additional cultivation for i'ooil, hut finds that Ploughmen Cowper and Mcintosh have declared a strike. That the P. G. E. revelations make very interesting rending, hut the cost of the revelations is too high. * Thnt D'Arcy Tate and Pat Welch are "slick and slim" hrethern in distress. That Pat Welch must not be confused with "Soapy" Welsh of undying notoriety. Thai a.contribution of $500,000 for ' political purposes may be considered generous, but not thrifty. That the public generally want to know, "don't you know''! m That D'Arcy Tate would rather say "No," or skip out. That the new way to build railways is for the Railway Company to contract with itself under another name to build, and the second company to contract with a lirm of Kftilway Contractors to build, who will sublet to small contractors to build, who will arrange with smaller contractors to bleed Ihe poor devil of the underdog who does the work. That "Little Hens have smaller fleas Upon their hacks to bite 'em. And smaller fleas have lesser fleas And so ad infinitum." That shades of Harry P and Soapy W and Mrs. Jimmy A are saying, with mingled sorrow and regret: Oh, for one hour with that $500,000 roll; what fun we could have! * That Mayor Todd is doing the right thing in pushing the vacant lot cultivation business. That Mayor Todd and all the aldermen are expected to blaze lhe wav. * That The Week is prepared to publish free' of charge the locality of the vacant lots cultivated personally by any member of the City Council. That the same offer holds good with the School Board. That the School Board, High School teachers and pupils might get busy on the unsightly mounds in the High School campus. That such campus is a disgrace to all concerned. Thnt Chairman Jny should start the business. That Superintendent Paul should organize the work. That Trustee Hiddell should "blow lhe pipes." That Premier Brewster, from all reports, looked well "holding forth" .in lhe Baptist Church on the woman franchise question last Sunday. % That Mrs. Grundy "doesn'l like Hint sort of thing." That it is not true that lhe Pastor of the church offered to got Mr. Brewster a job ns preacher when he retires from politics. That Brewster's private opinion is that his job is good for a quarter of a century. That Bowser snys "not while I am camping on his trail." That "Insurgency" is considered patriotic or scandalous according to which side is helped by it. * Thnt Bowser once led the "Insurgent" ranks against Sir Richard, and is now receiving Insurgent Liberals into his fold with open arms. That "birds of a feather Hock together." Uf SOUS OF $500, OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF Mndpal repayable let (Mober, Utt. Interest payable half-yearly, lit April and tat Oetober by ebegne (bee of en—nge at any chartered Bank in Canada) at flu rate of five per eent per annum from the date of purchase. Holder! of this stock will have the privilege of eurrendaing at par and accrued interest, aa the equivalent ot eaeh, in payment of any allotment made under any future war loan iesae to Canada other than an issue of Treasury Bills or other like short date security. Proceeds of this etoek art for war purposes oojy. A commission of one-quarter of one per cent wfll be allowed to recognised bond and etoek broken on allotment* mad* to respect of applications for this stock whieh bear their stamp. For application forms apply to tha Deputy _—Mr tt Finance, Ottawa. DEPARTMENT OP FINANCE, OTTAWA OCTOBER 7th, 191C. That Brewster did the graceful thing in securing Lieutenant MacKenzie's seat in the Legislative Assembly, and in signing the cheque for his sessional pay. That Bowser did not oppose. That Cowper did not oppose. That Mcintosh did not oppose. That the Cabinet is "mum" on the Prohibition question. SK That the "Wets" are hopeful. ni That the "Drys" nre hoping. THROUGH THE WOMEN'S WINDOW B. C. FUNERAL CO. (Hayward's, Ltd.) 734 Broughton Street Victoria, B. C. Established 1867 When necessity requires you to have the services of an embalmer or funeral conductor Phone 2235,2236,2237 or 2238 and experienced assistants will respond to your call at any hour. Our modern Chapel and Private Parlours are at your disposal. REGINALD HAYWARD, Secretary CHAS. HAYWARD, President FREDERICK CASELTON, Manager By MRS. ALICE M. CHRISTIE It is rather new to ine to take up my pen to write about woman's work. I hnve been more accustomed to write about the "Woman's Cause" or "The Woman's Movement," but thanks be to Providence, there is now no longer any need for that work, and women can use tlieir energies for something more practical. Wc must begin to think how woman's work may he organized for national ends. Woman's speciality will always be the conservation of human life, and this work is of prime importance to lhe nation, particularly in days like these. The woman's work in government should he the safe-guarding of the human family. The time has come for women to take tlieir place as the heart and soul of the nation, just as they have been the heart and soul of the home. , To those who huve the welfare of Immunity at heart, today is bright with promise and all women should awake to tlieir duty as citizens, for they will now be responsible ton far greater degree than ever before for existing conditions. The snlvntion of our cities will depend largely upon their efforts, for women will hnve the opportunity to become public forces for the betterment of human conditions. The time hns come for the women of British Columbia to make application for registration. Let no woman neglect this opportunity for every woman who has her name on lhe voters' list will he able to do her bit for her country when the time for action comes, and Hint time is not fnr nwny. In their hands has been placed a new power for the social and moral uplifl of the human race, nnd more particularly for lhe betterment of the community in whieh they live; and llie more women that are placed ou the voters' list, the greater their power for moral and social reform. Women should claim their full share iu the general life of men, not alone for the removal of their own disabilities, but, rather, for the privilege of offering the fullest service of which they are capable, As I remnrked in lhe beginning of lhis talk, that it was God, and not mail, or woman either, who inaugurated this reform, und placed men and women on n more equal footing. Men ancl women, parties and organizations, aro but instruments and cliannels that are used to bring nbout His purpose for humanity. Therefore, because it is God's doing, let the women not slight the call Hint hns come, hut take up the new responsibilities Hint has been placed upon us, in the right spirit: not for the gral ideation of our ambition, hut for Ihe spiritual enrichment of mankind. MADAME KATE WEBB, M.I.S.M., PRINCIPAL DOMINION ACADEMY OF MUSIC 1146 Fort Street (Near Linden Ave.) Instruction in Singing (Italian method), Voice production. Pianoforte, Theory of Music. Preparation for the Assoc. Board, R.A.M. and R.C.M. exams., London, Eng. Madame Webb offers a Singing Scholarship (one year's free tuition). For particulars apply personally at the Academy. RES. PHONE, 3060. The chief work at present is to get ready for the light for righteousness and we can only do this through the power of the ballot: so let me remind the women again that now is the lime to register. PANTAGES THEATRE MADRONA NEW-LAID EGGS are famous for their flavour and their freshness The bill which will be presented at ; the Pantages commencing with the ; h matinee on Monday is one offering mnny points of attractive interest. The Texas Round Up, whicli consists of the greatest aggregation of cowboys, cowgirls and horses ever presented on a vaudeville stnge, featuring some startling work. It is described as " The Wild West • De Luxe.'' Adler and Arline will present "A New Idea," wliich is offered for laughing purposes only; it is one of the cleverest comedy acts presented in some time. A surprise is also connected with this number wliich it would he unwise to divulge. Bruce, Duffett & Co. will present a sensational scenic comedy, playlet entitled, "A Corner in Wireless," which is sure to plense nnd interest; a practical wireless outfit is used in the act, which should prove worthy of attention. Webster, Beck nhd Frazer will offer n combination singing nnd comedy number; Le Hocn & Dnpreece hnve a novelty attraction whicli will be appreciated; and the eighth episode of "Pearl of the Army" will complete a most splendid programme of vaudeville. PUBLIC MARKET STALL 9 AN UP-TO-DATE CAFE FOB LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TIGHE & WHEELER CAFE Lunch Counter and Bakery The House That QUALITY BUILT 653 YATES ST. VICTORIA, B.C. PHONE 1634 DEAF PEOPLE DEAFNESS AND NOISES IN THE HEAD can now be most certainly cured by the newly discovered "French Orlene." This new remedy goes right to the actual seat of the trouble, and effects a complete nnd lasting cure in a few days. One box is ample to cure any ordinary case, and lias given almost Immediate relief ln hundreds of cases wliich had been considered "hopeless." Mr. D. Borthwlck, of Dalbeattie, N.B., writes: "Your new remedy, whicli I received from you Home time ago, HAS COMPLETELY CURED MY HEARING, AFTER MORE THAN TWENTY VEARS' DEAFNESS. I will be pleased to recommend it to all my friends." Scores of other equally good reports. Try one box today, wliich can lie forwarded securely packed and postpaid to any address upon tlie receipt of postal order for $1. There ts nothing better at any price. Address: "ORLENE" CO., H. T. RICHARDS, WATLING STREET, DARTFORD, KENT, ENGLAND. Please mention this paper. NOTICE TO CBEDITOBS. IN THE MATTER of the Estate of James Kidd Simpson, late of the City of Ottawa, ln the Province of Ontario, deceased, NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any claims or demands against the late James Kidd Simpson, who died on or about the 3rd day of September, 1316, at the City of Victoria, ln the Province of British Columbia, are required to send by post prepaid, or to deliver to the undersigned, agents for the solicitors herein for James Garland Kidd and Joseph Kidd, Executors under the will of the said James Kidd Sirnpson, their names and addresses and full particulars In writing of their claim, and statements of their accounts, and tlie nature of the securities, if any, held by them, duly verified by Statutory Declaration. And take notice that at expiration of one month from the date hereof, the said JameB Garland Kidd and Joseph Kidd, will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the' persons entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have had notice, and that the said James Garland Kidd and Joseph Kidd will not be liable for the said assets or any part thereof to any persons of whose claim they shall not then have received notice, Dated at Victoria, B. C, this 31st day of March, 11)17. BARNARD. ROBERTSON, HEISTERMAN & TAIT, Tenth Floor, B.C. Permanent Loan Bldg., Victoria, B.C., agents for George E. Kidd of Ottawa, Ontario, solicitor for the above named Executors. March 31 April 21 PANTAGES Unequalled Vaudeville WEEK STARTING MONDAY, APRIL 33 Gus Hornbeck Presents "THE TEXAS BOVNS-UF" With Aclele von Ohl riding Del- mar, the greatest of all hind-leg walking horses. A scenic broncho- busting act, with a great aggregation of cowboys, cowgirls and bronchos. DAN BKUCE ft JHARQO DTJTFET OO. Ill "A Comer in Wlreleli" Sensational Scenic Comedy Playlet E. Harry— —Anna ADLER & ABLINS Offer "A NEW IDEA FRANK WEBER, FBED BACK h JACK FBAZEB Those College Entertainers, offering a Brilliant Brand of Wit, Jollity and Melody Max— —Leone LE HOEN & DU PBEECE . Present "Something Different" FANTAOEBOOPE Bth Epl.ode of 'Pearl of the Army' TBSBE SHOWS DAILY—3, T AND • Matlneu 16c. Evening! Orehostra ana Baloony loo. Sou* (0a. Collegiate School PHONE 62 1157 Rockland Avenue. Victoria, B. C. Private Day and Boarding School For Boys SMALL CLASSES-INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION Summer Term Commences Monday, April 23rd PRINCIPAL - . . A. D. MUSKETT, ESQ. For Prospectus, giving full particulars, apply to the Principal THE PLEASURE OF TRAVEL is fully realized in traveling on the lines of the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all points in Canada and the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its. own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent Mountain Scenery and the excellence of the Dining Car Service have made the favorite route for tourists across the American Continent. For Sleeping Car and Steamship reservations and any further information write or call on CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY 1102 Government Street Victoria B. C BRENTWOOD BEACH HOTEL MOST ATTRACTIVE SUMMER RESORT ON VANCOUVER ISLAND Ten Miles by the B. C Electric Frequent Trains Both Ways Good roads for motorists, by West Road, 12 miles; East Road, 14 miles. Good Boating, Bathing, Fishing Tennis, etc. Free Rowboats to guests staying in hotel except on Sundays. ::-:: Bar, Billiards. Special Winter Rates: Write or Telephone Manager Price of Meals: Lunch, 75 cents; Dinner, $1.00 Private Dances and Dinners Catered for Phone 21L, Keatings, or write H. 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In surveyor territory tht land mutt ba described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and ln unsurveyed territory tht tract applied for shall bs staked out by the applicant himself. Each application must ba accompanied by a fee of 15, which will be refunded lf the rights applied for art net available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of live otnta per ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returni accounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay tho royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will Include tho coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be pel? mltted to purchase whatever available ' surface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of 110.00 an acer. For full Information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of tht Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY. „„ Deputy Minister of tht Interior. N.B.—Unauthorised publication of this advertisement will not be paid for. March SI. Saturday, April 21 THE WEEK Page Three ment of the country by one or the other of the great parties. While there have been other parties formed, 8. Prison reforms and convicts' wages. 9. Education for the prevention of 10". Asylum reform. 11. Nationalization of tlie professions of medicine and dentistry—to put it tersely, that the skill of the At The Street Corner GHEE BY ITHE LOUNGER ■nam. gBEE ^^gs^r-^^^^^g-raiHi I have recently acquired the owner- on the mainland, there are many who , ship—and still more recently, the think such a series would not be very control—of an autoombile, and it has desirable. It seems Ihat the 231st given me n decidedly different view- Battalion team, whieh was conceded point. In the days when I wns a mere the mainland championship beyond pedestrian, I was the sworn enemy of the shadow of a doubt, wns compelled all motorists. As a matter of fact, I to leave for active service before the believed that many of them enjoyed conclusion of the series. There was a terrifying us and that they vied with strong feeling that, on account of one another in seeing how close they their undoubted superiority, tho could come to us without knocking championship should be awarded to down. I am beginning to see that them as a matter of courtesy, or at Ihere is quite another side to the least that no other team should he question. The apparent prevalence named as champions for the year, of idiocy and of suicidal mania in The league officials decided, however, , , , , . , , ... ... .. , , . ., the city is positively astounding, that the schedule must be finished «*"<* bmIi forever,and has proven betterment of humamty, and doing it That mav sound strong,' but it is hard and points awarded to opposing teams 'iat sie h,as, !be !*>**! '° ,ake her U,''0"g1' to explain the performances of many when ever the 231st should default. Place besu\e '"?' ln P™**^ every politics, pedestrians in any other way. Take An unsuccessful effort was made to *«~-ant °f tlle »^^m\ world- --» «■■ nn instance. The corporation of the have a reconsideration of this deei- „ ,, . ., . . .,. , ,.„ City of Victoria hns provided ample sion, and now we have the spectacle alJ tb°t f^fs of cml,zed hfe concrete sidewalks for the use of of a team of stay-at-homes, pedestrians. Yet it is a very com- could not beat the soldier team, tak- none hnve developed sufficiently to tuberculosis, und its care in the home, have any material bearing on the political history of these countries with the possible exception of Australia. And so I believe that wo- men's place in the political world will two professions be controlled by the be by the side of the men, in one state, to keep our people in health, or other of the established parties in 12. National schools of agriculture existence today. and stock raising. 'It is well that it should be so. The 13. Pure food laws, gift of the vote marks the final 14. Forest conservation, emancipation of woman, and - she All of which will benefit the nation takes her place in the world as the at large, man ns well ns woman; and comrade of the man, sharing his re- women urging such legislation will, sponsibilities, not only in the home, by reason of tlieir vote, receive that but ill the government of the conn- consideration wliich hns been denied them in the past. I believe that woman's association Let me appeal to the ladies present with man in political activities will tonight to lake their political respon- be for the betterment of every de- sibility seriously. As women we can partment of the world's work. I be- accomplish so much for the better- licve that in this as in other lines, ment of the world, that it over- woman will tend to raise the moral shadows any consideration of trouble tone und the ethical responsibility, involved. nnd if this nlone is accomplished, A well known writer has said: "All then it is the world's loss that the the reasoning of man is not worth one franchise was not conferred many sentiment of woman." And if today years ago. we feel we lack the experience of As to any lingering superstition man, time will remedy this, and ours against woman's equality with man, is the opportunity now of deinon- the last thirty months of war hns dis- strating our woman's desires for the through the medium of the world of The opportunity is great, nnd the women of British Columbia therefore she should share with man will rise to it. ^ that who we enJ°y '"day- Pto. James. Henry Taylor, who was The advent of woman into politics ™P°rt(;tl missing on November 16, mon thing to see a person, walking ing advantage of the fact that the wil1 bring to the along at the edge of the sidewalk, soldiers have been called over to take mucb- needed from a woman's stand- suddenly step off into the roadway part in the Groat Game, and allow- without, the slightest attempt lo see ing themselves to be named chain- whether such a proceeding would in- pions. Surely the terfere with the progress of np- be for our local soccer people to proacliing vehicles. Either such a ignore a team whose ideas of sports- person is tired of life, or else his mnnship ure so perverted and whose mind is so slightly developed that appreciation of true patriotism is so he ennnot realize the possibility of far short of what is fitting, his becoming entangled with a motor oc* <rtc*j>&/rt and the unpleasant consequences that would result from such nn entanglement* If cases of lhis kind were rare, comment would be unnecessary. But Ihey are, on the other hand, very common. For instance, I hnve stood at the corner of Yates and Government Streets and counted as many as a dozen people crossing the street in all directions, at points other than proper street crossings, in the short block -between Yates and View ——■__—_____«_»i_ Streets. If onlv people could learn m.Y pleasure at being present this to use what little judgment they evening. This, I believe, is the flrst l,ave| occasion in the West, where the men But my bill of complaint does not hav6 ^cognized their new comrades end there. There are a large nitin- ln the political world to the extent I ber of people who take particular de- of iuoluding one in the list of speak- light in crossing a street intersection ers at a °«»q™t held under the aus- diagonally, especially if they have a Plcea o£ one o£ the great parties. It lit tie youngster toddling beside them. ls. 011e of the indications of the be- Then, too, there is the nurse-maid, or glnn™g of the new era, and I con- the parent, who, taking the baby out grattilate you on having accepted the for nn airing, decides that the effort inevitable so promptly, and thank you of lowering and raising the ''pram" most sincerely for conferring this at each street crossing is too great, '">'«"»• l'P°n nw. and who accordingly takes to the roadway, "pram" and all. point, such as:— ^^^^^^^^^^ 1. International Peace, which may wise course would well head the list. 2. Property rights of women. 3. Labour laws, affecting both women and children. 4. Mothers' pensions. 5. Improved marriage laws. 6. .Better babies, a raising of standards in child culture. 7. Elimination of prostitution through education. November front leo-islation 1316, is now officially mentioned as a prisoner of war at Dulmen, Germany. He left here with the 07th Battalion, Western Scots, having been employed for some years as a surveyor in the Alberni district- WOMAN'S RELATION TO THE POLITICAL WORLD By MRS. IRENE MOODY, at Conservative Banquet at North. Vancouver By MRS. IRENE MOODY May I first be allowed to express OREGON _ CALIFORNIA RAILROAD CO. GRANT LANDS Title to same revested In United States by Act of Congress dated June 9, 1916. Two million three hundred thousand acres to he opened for homesteads and sale. Timber and Agricultural Lands. Containing some of best land left in United States. Now is the opportune time. Large map showing lands by sections and description of soil, climate, rainfall, elevations, etc., postpaid, One Dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co., Box 610, Portland, Oregon. It is not my intention to speak at length this evening. My subject, I wish some way "could be devised "W?"«(n> ReIa,tiou to 1tllf Politieal World, is one that would be intensely interesting to consider, from the One of the notable for protecting these people from themselves. I admit that the prob- , , . , lem is too much for me. Certainly Pmod enrly ln the wol'ld s mstor.y» the man who ultimately solves it will when the supremacy of woman was earn the undying gratitude of every unquestioned, and the people lived as motorist. Conditions could hardly °lle h^ family, through the time get much worse; if they should, it when Prlvate ownership and the re- may become necessary to inaugurate tentlon of wenlth tbrmSb inheritance a system of examining the hearts of bra»Sllt llie slavel'y °f wom™ into all 'drivers of motor vehicles, other- existence nnd then down through the wise the rate of mortality from lonS aSes whe» w°me" ™>re dis" hearl failure among that class will <»""« generally. And yet, through increase to a most alarming extent. »" tlle years> tlle influence of some woman,—wife, mistress, or even of a slave,—has been the power behind ____——_ things about tbe throne, to mould policies, make this war is the way in which the peo- 01. ,mmnk(, dynasties, or even to pie who have had to stay -at home ollange the lmlp of the whole cjvjiiZ0(I have met lhe many demands made W()1.ld However, such is not possi- upon tliem. Whether it has meant ,b|e lhis evenillg. and i must) of neces. money or lime or personal effort, the s;tV| lonve mnou nusM. response has been prompt and eager. The world) llt timeS| moves rttpidly There has lately come to my notice, Uideed. Five years ago, the franchise however, one thing which seems to fol. women wns something to be longed have been rather neglected. A short ;,„., uoped fnl. worked for> but it (li(1 time ago il wns announced that the not appenl, to bo vei.y emmjnont, Bnt men at the Esquimalt Convalescent wllnt scemed in tllose ,lnys n aiatant Home would be grateful to any possibility, is today, by tbe gift of our motorists who could lake them for splc,mii(, „,„„, B11 accomplished fact, time. there nm] woman's p|nce in the political has been "some response to this ap- world is „ subject demanding immedi- peal, but only slight. Apparently nte consideration, each motorist thought that a number There nre many and divers opinions of others would be attending to the ns to the posjtjon Women will take matter; in the result, the men have in regai.d to politics. Some think been doing without the drives that that women should stand aloof from would do them so much good. That the preacnt partieS) alld form n wo. is not as it should be. Especially ma„>g party Many claim that now that the good weather seems g.reatei. good „„„ bo tiu|s accomplish- to have come at last, every one who ed. others believe that married wo- DUNLOP TIRES Getting The Unusual €| More tread than usual, more mileage than usual, more satisfactior than usual, only go with unusual tires like Dunlop—"Traction" or "Special." 3< Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co., Limited Hud Office and Factories: TORONTO BRANCHES: Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina, Winnipeg, London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, St. John, Halifax. has a car should make an effort to men will vote ,,.,,,, -- —■ ■•- their husbands do this little thing to help make life desire; „nd that lmm.jed mell wilI a bit more pleasant for these men tlms have ft double franebiso bestow. who have done so much for us. If ed upon them. It might be just as motorists could realize the pleasure truly said that the married men will vote as tlieir wives wish them to. it gives the men, I nm sure the ina tron at the Home would be overwhelmed with offers of motors. I hear that there is a possibility nf a Provincial championship series between tbe so-called soccer cham- Then, again, it is believed by mnny that tlie women will ally themselves with one or the other of the two great existing parties, and possibly this is the most reasonable prediction. Political history of all democrnti- Makers ol High-Grade Tires for Automobiles, Motor Trucks, Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Carriages; and High-Grade Rubber Belting, Packing, Firs Hose, and General Hose, Dredge Sleeves, Military Equipment, Mats, Tiling, Heels and Soles, Horse Shoe Pads, Cements and General Rubber Specialties. 'wSS) flREs ^lOFQUM** A. 6; E> Madame iOatts 1175 FORT STREET PHONE 1623 Expert Ladies' Tailor Day and Evening Gowns, Wraps, Etc. A Good Selection of Tweeds- Serges, Gaberdines, Silks, Etc., Always Kept in Stock f^im^iM^^S^^^S^^^m^aal 642 Yates Street, 11009 Government Street 556 Johnson Street Best of Food and Service Economical, Absolutely Sanitary Phoenix Lager The Old Candidate for Public Honours THE HARBOUR AND CITY OF VICTORIA, The Port of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, By THOS. C. SORBY, Secretary, Inner Harbour Association of Victoria. Price 25c. On Sale by T. N. HIBBEN & CO., Government St., Victoria LAND ACT Form No. 11 pions of the mainland and the local cally governed countries for many champions. In view of the situation yenrs past, has been that of govern- Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co. Ltd. 853 Yates Street, Victoria, B. C. - Pkone 2190 Form of Notice Victoria Land District. District of Cowichan. TAKE notice that Q. C. Grubb, acting as Agent for the Canadian Explosives, Limited, of Victoria, B.C., occupation Manufacturers, Intend to apply for permission to lease tlio following described lands:—(Tidal) Commencing at a post planted at low water mark, about one (1.) chain north nf a post planted on high water mark, Lot 64, Cowichan District of British Columbia, and distant one hundred and twenty-eight and thirty-eight hundredths (128.38) chains more or less ln a direction about North thirty-eight degrees nnd forty minutes. West (N38°40'W) from the survey post on tho Wost shore of aforesaid Lot 64, tlienco North eight degrees and forty-six minutes ICast (N8°46'E) four and seven-tenths (4.70. chains thenco North eighty-one degrees and fourteen minutes West (N81°14'W) four nnd twenty-four hundredths (4.24) chains, thenco South eight degrees and forty-six minutes West (R8°46'W) threo and seventy nine hundredths (8.70) chains more or loss to low water mnrk, thence following low wntor mark ta point of commencement, tho whole containing one and seventy-nine hundredths (1.79) acres moro or loss. G. C. GRUBB. Namo of applicant (In full), Acting as agent for Canadian Explosives, Limited. Date, 12th February, 1917. Feb. 22 April 21 IkAND BEOIBTRY ACT In the matter of an application for fresh Certificate of Title to Lot 1, In Block "A" and Lot 28 In Block B, Fairfield Estate, Victoria City, Man 840. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of my Intention at the expiration of ono calendar month from the first publication hereof to Issue fresh Certificates of Title In lieu of the Certificates of Title Issued to Michael Dowdall on tho 17th day of Decomber, 1906, and 14th May, 1908, and Numbered respectively 13484 C and 17825 C, which have been lost. DATED at the Land Registry Office, Victoria, B. C, this 22nd day of March, 1917. B, S. STOKES, Deputy Registrar General of Titles. Mar. 24. Apr. 21. CARLTON CAFE 1218 BROAD STREET Breakfasts Afternoon Tea Luncheons Dinners The Best of Cooking J. C, RIVERS Proprietor GENTLEMEN Mail your Gillette Blades to be re-sharpened to FOX'S 1239 Broad Street, Victoria We Charge Only 35 Cents Per Dozen BOOT REPAIRING \ By HIBBS 607 Yates Street The Best of Workmanship Guaranteed "IMIIMII ♦*-»*- DOROTHY TEA ROOMS Specialty Afternoon Teas—Also Light Lunches 1006 Broad St. (Pemberton Blk.) Page Four THE WEEK Saturday, Apri %mMmmmmMmmm#mg all the others and a "Student in "You're Maister Campbell, sir!" Arms" is one of tliem. It was written "Yes, Sergeant." by one of the boys at the Front— "You're the son of Maister Camp- Donald Hankey by name. Since the bell of 1" book was flrst published in April, "Yes!" 1910, the author has laid down his "Then you'l ken whae I am? I'm All Sorts of Men | and Things § By "RAMBLER." ^ I have been invited to occupy a little corner in "The Week," and on making my debut I want to say a word about myself and my intentions. I shall write under the pseudonym "Rambler." I do this not because I am ashamed of my real name: nor because I wish to be able to say things which can more easily be said from behind the dark defences of anonymity. People who write anonymous letters and articles to the newspapers and say ugly things about their neighbours ought to be shut up in an asylum. Personally, I would scorn to stoop to such meanness. Neither do I choose the name "Rambler" because that describes me as an individual. A Rambler may only be polite for hobo and hoboing is not my occupation, although I have often looked with envious eyes upon the professional hobo. Betwixt millionaire and hobo it would be hard for me to choose. The name Rambler, however, appeals to me because it aptly describes the kind of contribution I would like to make to this paper week by week. I shall write a good deal about books, but I shall want also to write about all sorts of things and all sorts of people and ideas and movements. If readers of "The Week" care to go with me and will be patient and docile, and not too critical, or fractious, or grouchy—they can be as inquisitive as they like—I shall do my best to take them on some rambles through the world of men and things in which we live. The world is a big place to ramble in and to ramble in it is about the only thing really worth" doing. I sometimes hear people of my acquaintance say that the world is, after all, a very small place. They generally say this in a slighting sort of way, and they usually say it when they happen to meet with somebody, or to hear of somebody, who came from some remote part of the world, where a grandfather's second cousin was born, or a mother's maiden aunt once kept a grocery store, and sold buttons and hair oil, and hairpins; all of which was known to the aforesaid individual who made the discovery, and then snid, the world is after all a very small place. But, in my opinion, to talk of the world in this way as being a small place amounts almost to treason. It is treason against the C. P. R. and other railways that I have travelled on anyway. As a matter of fact, the world is a very big place when you come to look into it. There are a lot of people in it, and there are whole heaps of things to find out about and talk about and discuss, and so I propose, with the Editor's permission, that is, if he does not "fire" me right away, I propose, with you who care to look for this column every week, to go for some rambles and to take note of and talk about all sorts of things and people. And yet, although I call myself "Rambler," instead of my real name, the readers need not be afraid. He will get to know me all right. In a book I am reading at present, the author says: "All writing is autobiographical. Write, and in spite of your best efforts at concealment, your feelings, passions, prejudices, your good qualities, failings, sympathies, will become apparent; where you least expect it, you will give yourself most away; your true self will lurk between the iines ' and it will peep from the pages.'' So readers of "Tlie Week" may feel encouraged, I cannot hide myself altogether. I may try, but I shall fail. You will get to know me. You will know the things I like and the things I dislike. You will know the kind of people and things which in my opinion ought to be encouraged and you will know the people and things which I think ought to be consigned to the dustheups of oblivion. My one hope is that wc shall be able to do somethings or at any rate get the people who have the power nnd who are in the position to do things, to do some things for the general good and so for our own. Later on we shall see bow all these intentions of mine work out. When I started to write this, my first appearance, I meant to write nbout a book wliich I have just finished reading. It is n fine book nnd should nppenl to nil sorts of people. "A Student in Arms" is the title. There are stacks of books about the war, many of them worth rending nnd some not. Personally I cannot stand a grent deal of rending about the war. It gets on tho nerves nnd sometimes interferes with sleep. But there nre some war books that Bland out nhove A CASUALTY CLEARING STATION life on the battlefield. And a great Jimmy Duncan." life it must have been. The Editor "Jimmy that used to sail the 'Jane of the "Spectator," who acts as a Gray' fishing smack?" kind of sponsor for the book, speaks '' The same, sir.'' of Donald Hankey as "an inspiring A hearty handshake follows and spirit, an invisible flame that burnt heartier greetings, for Scots are kin in the man like a lamp." "A Student the world over. News of the home in Arms'' is not a story, but a series town and of friends is interchanged, of short articles descriptive of life and the officer learns of the death of in Kitchener's Army. The reader an old school chum iu the same hos- will not easily forget, once he has pital a few days before. Next morn- read the hook, the'chapter on "The ing while the hospital train is filling Beloved Captain"; or the chapter on up with the casualties, another officer "The Religion of the Inarticulate." is approached by an R. A. M. C. cor- The characters in the book are all poral. The corporal and the officer's thoroughly human, even to the par- brother were at the same university sons and to the Cockney warriors. I together. laid the book down with a feeling Great business capacity is shown in of gratitude for the glimpse which the general management of the place. it affords of the heights of true no- Quite apart from the medical effioi- bility and heroism to which men of cucy of the staff, the multifarious very common and ordinary stuff can details connected with the transport rise, in the terrible stress of the of the patient himself and his belong- thundering guns and bloody horrors ings are attended to with great care of the battlefield. And yet what a and system. An officer, for example, loss to the world that a brilliant bringing private kit with him re- writer such as Donald Hankey should ceives a receipt in which every article have been cut off in the glory of bis of that kit is specified, and thereafter youth! the authorities take all responsibility for its safe delivery at the officer's destination. He will lose sight of it, say at Poperinghe, and next see it being carried in to the store room of a London hospital while he is wait- The Clearing Station lies on the ing to be admitted. The manner in outskirts of a large town on the which records are kept of every farther side from the trench area. It patient and details of his case sent was once located in some large build- on after him also speak of careful ings in the town itself, but as the organization. No matter how few or German long range guns made an how many cases come in each day, no occasional target of the railways, one is lost sight of, and when an at- close by which the Clearing Station tack sends the wounded in hundreds stood, the situation became too dan- down the line, each case gets the geror.s, and a new Clearing Station necessary attention, and the system was built on the present site. does not break down. The station consists of about a score or huts ranged along the railway LOCAL CASUALTIES line where convenient access can be had to the hospital trains, and no de- Lieut. Roderick H. Finlayson, son lay is caused in transhipping the of Mrs. W. H. Finlayson, of Verrin- wounded. The hnts are large and der Avenue, and only grandson of airy,, and have accommodation for the late Hon. Roderick Finlayson, one many casualties, and while the pas- of the founders of Victoria, has been sage from one hut to another is kept wounded at the front. Neither the clear of the encroaching Flemish mud casualty lists nor private advices tell by solid metalled paths, the huts of the extent or nature of his injuries, themselves are guarded from surface although further particulars are ex- damp by being raised a foot or two pected shortly. above the ground on stout wooden Lieut. Arthur H. K. McCallum, of props. Victoria, who left here in the spring Here for the first time since leaving of 1916 as an officer in the 103rd Bat- the trench area the soldier comes in talion, has been lost while serving on contact with some of the amenities the Western Front in the Royal Fly- associated with home. His bed- ing Corps, and, according to word re- clothes are but the ordinary army ceived here on Sunday by his grand- blankets, and his bed may be only a mother, Mrs. McCallum, of 657 Lamp- stretcher supported on trestles, but son Street, Esquimalt, he is probably he enjoys the luxury of pyjamas, and a prisoner of war. there is none of the crowding and accompanying dirt of dug-out quarters. His food is served in a much less rough and ready fashion than characterizes mealtime in the trenches and above all he is almost out of sound of the guns, and his whole being revels in the unaccustomed peace „,,.,, and quiet. Here, too, he comes in con- fleld of an ""dependent medium for tact with his own countrywomen as the free expression of sentiment will nurses, and just to hear an English- be appreciated by the ever-growing woman talk and see her moving about percentage of our population who means more to a soldier, accustomed occasional,y think otherwise than jn tor many months to strange women jgRMgmWfflRR DAVID SPENCER, LTD. i___K*KJliB sn Lfi THE POPULAR j "Billie Burke" I Dresses $12.50 and Up -Made from fine quality Serges, smartly trimmed in a variety of ways. -Thus making them suitable for street, business or afternoon wear. -Spencer's Exclusive Value at $12.50 and Up. Fashionable Covert Cloth Coats $15 to $25 —Smartly tailored in the season's latest styles, of which the cut is a good example. —Seven-eighths and knee lengths also the short sports style. Variously finished with large Collars and Novelty Pockets. —Mantles, First Floor mHMmWE&m DAVID SPENCER, LTD. i^l!fil!^!fi__i! SOCIAL JUSTICE—A PROSPECT By ERNEST A. HALL, M.D. The entrance into the journalistic 1. Destitution and Its Relief. 2. Disease, Destitution and Poverty. 3. Unemployment and Poverty. i. Moral Causes of Poverty. 5. Luxury, Its Perils and Consequences. 6. Unjust Wealth. 7. Lessening Poverty and Increasing Efficiency. 8. Poverty Attacked by Remedial Measures. 9. The Question of Distribution. 10. The Control of National Resources. SKY-HIGH By WALTER FOSTER talking a stranger tongue, than peo- terms of yesterday. We welcome the pie at home realize. emergence of "The Week" from the The title indicates tbe purpose begrimed bonds of the past into the which the place is meant to fill. Here freedom of truth and progress. We the wounded and sick from the trench have read of there being "joy among area are collected, and as soon as the lhe ,s eto „ then wh nature of their disability is deter- slmM „t similar reconstl.action in a mined they are sent on to hospital yictM.ia ei.iodicaI be just cause fol. where the treatment best suited to , tHude „d „ tlllntions» their case can be obtained Slight T1]e „ forum„ licy of ,<The cases go to hospitals only a few miles Week„ ;8 ,0 bfl commende(i. it ia to from the trench area, more serious.be ,|le medinm of free expregsion of cases go straight to the big 'station- iniol)| „ weekly noll.aicoholie tonte) ary" hospitals at the main bases of to b„B(, ug upj morally! sociallV] j__ lhe British Army. In times of attack with the resulting rush of dustrially—politically I was going to grent rusu oi say_but nationally would be ft more casualties, nearly all cases are passed appropriata term. In fact it is tho down the line to the base as quickly ,icv of m |o iye „„ extra as ambulance and hospital train can mm.n, univcrsitv course upon „„ mat. carry them, often without a stop till (el.s M pertnin to ,mman jift hospital ships bound for England are socin, development and national pro- reached. The stall and equipment provided is requisite for any neces- In' complianc(! with the request sary treatment and sometimes very fl.om „)e mamgement the writer bas serious cases have to be detained, but congente, ,0 givG a series of articleg the place is a clearing station and not (]ca]jnij with: n hospital, and casualties nre cvacu- nlcd with all possible speed. navigable waters pboteotiok The place often acls as a clearing ACT. .... .. „ ,. , ' (R. S. O. o. 115.) station in another sense of the term. Men from different parts of the line The Sidney Conning Company, Limited, will, no previous opportunities of gffi f1?^?,% %?&%&'%& mooting are now able to exchange the Minister of Public Works at Ottawa, ,,,,,.„ ,, , . ,, . B and In the office of the District Registrar llrsl-band information about their va- of the Lnnd Registry District of Vlc- riniio frnnls nn.l (Wivn mnnli miitnni torla' at Victoria, B. C, a description of nous ironts, nnci (icme mucii mutual the slt0 an4 plans of B wharf pl.oposei] cheer thereby nnd often the staff of to bo hum In Haro Strait on the north- ,, , ,. ,* ,, . . ., erly part of Lot 10, part of Section 14, lhe hospital lire nble to give them Range 4, E. Map 1170, District of North news of friends and acquaintances. ^"exp'irltlS, ^ N°TIC'*: """ """'' __ one month from tho date of the first publication of this no- . , . , „ ,. j, tlce, the said Sidney Canning Company, One large nut is nearly full or Limited, win under section 7 of the said officers bound to Ibe base next morn- ^rltr»1^slo«ltc'e^n"he1Cl'try o°f Ottawa ing. Up between the long rows of for approval of the said site and plans ., , „ , ., ,, . n . nnd for leave to1 construct the said silcnl forms qmellv tip-toes an R. A. wharf. ' DATED nt Victoria, B. C, this 17th '" 1D17. CANNING COMPANY, LIMITED, by Its Solicitors, conversation ensues: Bass & Bullock-Webster. Here is a typical incident: M. C. staff-sergeant. He bends over an£AJTPrll, #17 one and gently rouses him, nnd this sidnet_caj Farmer Grouse's wheat and oats Once got a touch of rust. He kept it quiet all he could, And eased his worry sawing wood, But the profiteers scented blood And prices went to bust. Another farmer lost a steer— Forgot to look the door. The beast was really at the creek, And having drunk fell fast asleep, But one old josser noised the "leak" And beef began to soar. A thriftless Chink in Sen-o-link, Who spent his time in joints, Forgot to gather in his crop (Which in the ocean was a drop) His bossee Mandarin tnlkce shop and rice jumped twenty points. Our Uncle Sam has gone to war With patriotic choler. So everything we get from him, Including gum, and meats and sin, Tobacco, cigarettes and tin, Have gone up nigh a dollar. The miners started in to win (The same old dreary round) Again the profiteers step in, They see another chance to skin, The docile folk, already thin, And fuel takes a bound. The oil wells down in Tampico, Some greenhorn shouted "AreI" And yet 'twas but a drunken snipe Who "took the waters," lit his pipe And quickly started out of sight— Yet gasoline soared higher. Ono lovely day we'll nil unite And send sky-high, not steers, Nor flour nor beans nor rise nor tea Nor honey from the busy bee, But just the hoggish hogs, i.e., Those measly profiteers. CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY TRANSCONTINENTAL THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PASSENGER FARES TO EASTERN DESTINATIONS Modern Equipment—Courteous Attendance Travel Comfort Consult Our Nearest Agent or Write DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT, 605 HASTINGS W., VANCOUVER. Telephone Seymour 2482 NOTICE! m m Having moved to more commodious premises (rendered necessary by the large increase in my business) I have now ample room in which to display cloths, etc. You are invited to inspect a choice selection of new Spring goods, including Donegals, Serges and Tweeds. Come—you will not be importuned to buy. m m H. H. BROWN Late of Jay's Oxford Circus, Society's Tailor Graduate of London Academy 730 FORT STREET TELEPHONE 1817 W. J. WRIGLE8WORTH A Splendid Selection of Fresh and Smoked Fish 651 Johnson Street Telephone 661. 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