i i r i 1 i t 1- f Fi r ,_ _.\_~¢. _ s $1 ,_ V7* ii l_ . _ if Y? in '_' i 1 I i i r > v ~ 1 1 .1 'i il. _.vi ,_ .1 5. b ¥!§' T O _Vid *WEEK* i i THE f I6. 1916. merelde, Alperton, Bourla and llonlapue. Evening Daily (founded 1907) $1.50, (dellvend er by mall) In canada, and 82.00 lor \.l.8_.A. - Baturday Weekly (founded 1881) 01.00 per annum-liy_ mall In Canada or U.8.A. _ Subscription and Advertlelng Phone. ... .......1I2 Newe and_Edit Pliene...... ... ... ...H88 ‘ Member of Audit Bureau of Gircule-tlona. Morning Daily founded 1891)), $8.50 per year- (Dr llverad) in advance; $2.50 per year (mailed) In advance. to anywhere in Canada? Ill# $3-59 ("ll||¢4) *° U-3-N SATURDAY, Ssrrsiiasx 16, 1916. BRITISH 'COLUMBIA ELECTION » Sir Richard McBride fully anticipated the defeat of his Government, and so in December last he resign-_ ed the Premiership to assume the office of Agent (je-. neral for British Columbia in London at 11 salary of $15,000 per annuni. His anticipations have not been helied. l-lis successor the Hon. W. j. Bowser, K. C., has gone down to defeat with :ill his colleagues, the returns so far received indicating that as the result of Tliursday's election 35 Liberals and I0 Conservatives have been elected. At the general election of 1912, the Liberals were in the unique position of having failed to win a single seat. ‘The present “landslide” is therefore worthy of some consideration with a view to elucidation. The public memory is proverbially short and we may be excused refreshing it on one or two iniportaiit poiiits. _ _ Sir Richard McBride was first elected Premier in' _lime 1903, and his Government was sustained by ever increasing majorities in 1907, 1909 and 1912 when he swept the constituencies, the returns showing 40 Conservatives, 2 Socialists and 0 Liberals. At the outset he \vas_facecl\\\'itli tremendous obstacles. Bri- tish Columbia was reputed to be the richest in natural resources of all the provinces in the Dominion, but it lacked the necessary capital for their development. Sir Richard is it born optimist without exception or 'dlnate to th° gl'¢3t_ Pflmaflf' ¢3'~1.§¢» and had "bf .G@"' Ottawa. from Brackley Bench, where One' of the very pleasant events many and 'Austria first irisidiougly un(je;-mined the they spent a couple oi’ months this of the week was the presentation of 1 1 - - . sunimer. an address and valuable sterling sil- _ structure, these _.would have 1had little or no effect. ver tea po; to premier and Mm But to the unthiiiking they loom large and instead af The hostessos at the Golf Links Mathieson by the members oil the _ - I '_ d. . . this afternoon are Mrs. Bartlett and Government and their wives on the _ mere y consequences are cre ited with being causes. Mm B|auchm~d_ anniversary of their cliiiia 1 H M U htli ki d M pfedidlng which they celebrated yes- - ' _ ' B . _ __ _ € F. f?.nTaymf<’>ro§re slitenlililiin fliie Hiffl- y ’ * * il- :__ 1 _ reservation of any form or description. His views- arc all rose-tinted, and his active optimism and un-__ questioned capacity initiated a decade of substantial* progress and ever growing prosperity that made Bri- tish Columbia a name to conjure with in the world of finance and industry. When he retired from the Pre- miership Sir Richard was able to show _that the pro- vince scarcely owcd a dollar more than it did when lic first took office though, in the meantime, millions had been spent. The public debt, per capita, was not one half what it was then, and the people had much bcttcr roads and three or four times the railway mileage. At present there are 1,500 more miles of .f `l' l l" W of an ml #modem snuui csismim, was me _ -_1="""""'~"-i-------- __ - __ - entities came tumbling down in value, while it was di _the _slump in 1914-j--15 'which 'firnmodiately1 preceded H Sir RichardVMcBride was, of course, made the scapegoat. He was blamed by the very 'people who had most benefited by his administration with‘,having` been too optimistic and too extravagant in his devel- opment policy and in his financing thereof. No al- lowance was made for the untoward events in -Eu-' rope which had brought about the catastrophe. The failure of the Dominion Trust which was a direct se- quel to the German-Austrian boycott added to the the German oligarcy, which had decreed that the first step in their aotive campaign for world power should like the iorni of st ikiiib .1 blow at Canadian prosneii- have assisted to bring about the downfall of the Bri- tish Columbia Government, but these are_ all siibor-` )X( the outbreak 0f}_tl'ie_ `Wdr,»ali`d we are all familiar with -1'-'ff-‘-1~f--‘-='-‘-‘~‘-'- the51co,,d;ti0,,, Sfnce the'n_ '~ ' . - troubles of the Government, and the populace, everf railway costing $80,000,000 than in 1903 and $36, 000,000 had been spent in useful and' necessary pub- lic works. Immigrants flowed unceasingly from Eu- ropc and thc United States, for British Columbia was the land flowing with milk and honey to which the oppressed and ambitious denizens of the old countries of [Europe and the enterprising farmers and miners of tlic republic to the South turned with hope and what capital they possessed in material and siiiew, .-\iid they were not disappointed. British Coluni- bia prospered beyond measure. Money circulated in aliiiiiclaiicc, and everybody seemed to have ` their drcanis of worldly comfort realized. The pinacle \\':\s attaiiicd in |912, and then the rumblings which evcntuatcd in the present world conflagaration began to make thcinsclves felt. ln the middle of 191.: (icriiiany coiiinicnced an ac- tive caiiii.:|i_f_;n against further emigration of licr |i<-ople to Caiiada. She followed this up in 1913 by .selling out her Canadian securities, iiienihcrcd in june of that year her sellings of C._ P. R. stock were such as io bring about almost a panic in the stock cxcliaiiges, which was only averted liy the :iciion of thc C. P. R., directorate and the Cziiiarliziii llaiiks combined. ln the following year, 1914 Alis- iria-lliingary followed the example of (iermaiiy and, forbade hy law ilie emigration of /\ustrians to Cana- da, and forcibly drove Canadian emigration agents out IM sufferer from these coercive measures of thqil-C-9 . _ _ if .ii i "T if 'C _. 1" 'N' i H . I " ' ' _ -T _ ._1 p __ -1 11 _ '_ ' lad" 1 lf 'W as ‘ ”1 7’ N 5- 31-. I ..s, 1' _ _== .. .,==. _'-Central Powers. The practical cessation of Euro- == 1,, _ ew C om" “_ ¢|,.,|,¢g,¢,w,,, Ig,-"si, ggi.. .g gum. pean immigration and the throwing of Canadian S¢C\\~ _ -' ' ' ' I0! ~ -. -- _ __ ‘ Tie! rities held in Germany and Austria upon London andf -_ _‘ 1 - ` ~/_ ‘ _ ~ ' New York immediately depressed the .money nlaflwls. 1 ` 0 S t and Canadian, and especially British Columbian, se- ` li S » -' ei e ~ _ -» ‘ ' . fficult to find _underwriters for nepkientirprises. Su1t-! _ estate which had been booming i t e prover ia" “5 ~" "* ' ' 1‘ ° green bay tree, received a check, and then became de- and _ pressed; money which had for ten years been flowing " iifsuperabundancefbecanie tight, _pnd then there was #‘1 *-rs; O0 sf' ( . -\ ly. The unbiased investigators of the future will place the blame where it rightly lies-at the door of I ( _ run.. ` ` 1 ning" from 85c to 3.50. _Coal 8558. ii1.'.i..d |.~1’n...riiyiiii..'i'.if'British C0isinbia_ Bai ii.. 5“l*°'"'¢l‘ Palle'"° Samples for the asking Causwlignwgnig lirrigsigifal-1wf\li1itnk‘§Tli)1‘;i=‘i‘-.Yi=i'§;1.`ig.=;=,;,;:,,~¢.f.=_.¢ made frotn, :Q1 Australian, 6'” ` 'i '°' ‘E '”~" Wool either plain or belted effects $6.00 and $6.50. _ _ Shaker Knit Sweater Coats in Shawl or button up collars $3.00;3.50, 5.00 and up to 7150 all colors. .1 \ Plain weave and rope knit Sweaters in Maroons, Browns, Greys, etc. 2.00, 2.50 and up to @_ ;>3“, - '*'.=‘J-~;Z; =-=-- - --i ........ .....__________ _ ...-;.-‘....- r" -vm- ,-.-. ;. ;~.¢:;.' 52;! .0 ._.¢_t: __._ -----'-=---__-_-_-.-2-2-.===.-_-=..-.E-I:`=:::a=~ --_<...“.---"".,."‘::¥¥::'.:'.'.‘:.'.:::-:=e.- mm .---ga-.'.'.':.-..-.-.'.'.-::;:.' ‘ 'm'-"..".-.---"""-.'..=-=._=.'-1-'.=s@= mem" %F53EE}E‘ i ..-1--_-"'“ -_-_°*"‘_,_::Z'-”_*.‘_”`7 \-' _-,-s..-..-_--..-..=-“..._._~»u-\_;;=@..,,` ,,. _g,~»--1'="“"='-....,. _‘ __ -....,...__,..- ' ' \§ -nr. l P Fine Gashmere knit pull- overs 1.75, 2.50 and 3.00. In all the finest lot of Knit Sweat- ers we have ever shown. Come and look them over. .-- . . .~.° ‘».° ~ . ¢ -»' Lovely Caps ,_ I- _ Q by .> 1 / ,. `%; ,___ . , W., , 4/-L fr'-* '/ Haberdashery” is showing as they always have the latest. i All our new Fail Caps are now in £- E fax exhibition this week. im Henderson & Cudmore l0l Grafton St. -` _ 2078-9-16Mtf. /` Dr. Ross is being warmly weleom- ' e e e ed homo `t`ro_m England and his iid- _ .1 _ . . M,~5_ Ha 1|,-md me tamed g G _ dress in St. Jaines' Hull on Tuesday -»=-- _ What would the Empire mean to me if my son den tea von ,véimdngsday ;‘m;no‘;‘;l evening WM mu§h__§nj0y0d by mcse were killed? asked a father while discussing the her guests thoroughly enjoying an ill “U-011081100 IIB it Save 2 Splendid' _- ~ . - V . hom- spent in social mt _ idea ofthe great worig being so ~ question of his sons enlistment. The question, the wondered ,Hound ezfloursietzs ably carried on by the medical au-‘. 1 though perhaps natural, is not relevant and does not grohnds and house: Dalntyerelireslii fllofllles ill Elll-ilailff a ' - 1 ~ ments w r d l l l toiiclrtlic matter at all. The real question is “WliaiA young lagigs. Serve ly Ciarm ns Mm McKay md "we daughter’ _ does it matter to me whether or not my son doesfhis » s » ‘of Wick, Ontario, are the guests of -_--for Quick Cheap Heat You have aportable heating system for your home duty?" It is hard to lose a son, a husband, a father Mrs' A" D' Canwrlgm Wm’ has bee". Mr' and Mm' T` C' James' a broth b t ` I ` , _ ‘ summering at Bmckley Beach. husl er, u a_ tiousaiid times _harder to see him returned to hex home ln Ottawa. shirlt his dut 1 to see him throw a burden u tl - . 1" cr which he liimself l ll be' pon mm I Mm Sianley 'Bggilall has as her smut ar. guest this week her- sisters Misses The ,mm who rcgpomlq to the can of dm thou ,h Vivien and Eileen Christie oi' Northl _ I _ _ _ ` ` Y’ l> s ii ` it lead him into war, docs not do it either to bc killed ~ y ney' if 4 -i or to\stii°vii'v}\li.t_. He nothing to do with the con- Edqvlaigf l;=1;’m:*“I*;g{";°l;pgfcl::‘°Col;’I§{:;‘f ulyiiinhcolin _Ji tluiikpboliuoii Luikc- scqucnccs. is path is clear before him. VVith what sion a meeting ortho ladies of Char- V e'_ as ww ved t 9 io ‘iw ng k "d - _ _ I . . » lettei from Miss Caveihlll.- is .tt the cud, or by thi. way, if impclied by duty, con- klflgzgvlin wg; mild ln tiito iaoglsliifitlvé CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCiL\l‘Y, ceriis hinilnot at all. 'l`hat, he leaves to his- God “gin f5}ythe 3.1::-p?,;0i;,iB0‘i-i;;ai:,liz|€g°i:, “|16 C°°kBD1;:'0nSd'-;'lf;°f»S W and be it life or death, he ts prepared to accept it. If ml” City B l"`a“°h Of U18 CMI#-Illall Dua, Sir- ' ` ` death, the fact that he did his duty will mitigate, for Handicrafts Gund slmili"-t-0 that now 1 beg £0 ll“f0l`m Y°“ UW-1 T- M _ in operation in Summcrsiue. There . ' those who lovc him, “thc pangs of death and light WSIS Present fl large Humber Of la- gf;rggb`;;;'m§`;:`“§;' ‘$364 liisfigiuiif, ilic tomb,” and the linipirc for which lic fell becomes $1228'migixnfgiigcgiidaoirizhimgfgg gi “°W at L°“d°“ SW- AUX- Military a sacred thin Mrs J A Mathieson it was ilecl H°"’"al' B"’°kla"dB' Chen" ha” bw" ` 3' - '- ' °- » isteiy visited ny Mrs. ie. wiiiiisiifi' li was with tlic blood of those who I k d i t and” “gunz” n brand' °i "ho guild Hnd you will be clad to liem' that he U0 C "U U iii Charlottetown and oflleers were is dom H the end biit to the wa that the Pritish Em ire was 9|°0l@fl- Ml” Ca"`l° 14011111111' “ml g~“i(i ` - ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ ' - welded into the thin - _ . . ' P Miss Hunt _of Siimmc-rsidc both gave m'“AHuL'P“ ("Avhm"[“-I.” l \' ' ' ' gltls t0daY» lt 15 With that blond excellent addresses settln forth tho." 1°' H‘ Il' ' ' that it is to be sustained. It is being, wglded ggday objects and aims of the guilt] :-‘ind their" THE STANDWG OF HEATHER e-I _-l 11-1- -1 _.1 . ~ si t h ated. ' ' 1 and it will be rc- more iirmly than ever __and_to those whos.; Sons have “H S “"9” “'“” ’“”° “9l"`°° DALE scHOOL. O 0110 S ( lll_\ =‘~`-1'f-'-'ri-`=~'~'-'-'=---‘-'-='->------:<=-=~=>==-<-_ .-.-.-.~_-_-_-_-_-_-,-_~,-_-_-_~,-_-_-_-_-_-_e-_-_-,-_-s:_-,-,,_._._._._._.,,, ,__,__,_______.;_____,________v_______Y__,____________`_`_______Y_*_:v_Y__L_A_ liore, the guests ol’ lVIrl._ Norman Mc- i ~ DAILY SELECTIDIIS FOI tlillllbllll IIEIDEBS v--we Furnlehed by - W. 8. Leueoli. K¥*¥*§ TH E COUNTRV NEWSPAPER Up through my office window came the eity's ceassless din. I just 'had paused a moment when the evening mail came in- A pile of business letters and the pap- ers with the news Of wars und murders, ilres and wrecks- -most anything to choose. I cast them one by one aside and found beneath them all A homely country paper, blurred with ink and somewhat small, That seemed to steal my preference ' to its columns up and down- .lt was the little weekly sheet they print in my home town. This little country paper tells things in a quiet tone. lt deals noi. with the outside world. but topics all its own. It tells about the 'foliil that visit in and out of town, ‘_ That meat ie soaring upward and that 1 eggs are going down; That some old chum is married, or a lifelong friend has died; The stark has brought the newlyweds their berohead .ivy and pride, You don't enjoy tlila_ paper until away some place you roam. ‘ 'l‘lieu all you care to hear le what is going on at home. ' .1 f-Prod li. Dlx. lp-¢\.....`..r. ease .~. . , . HiPPlil|l|GS lf lHE*WflK SEPTEMBER The goldenrod is yellow; the corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards with fruit are bending down. The gontlnn’s bluest fringes are cuii- lng in the sun; _ ln ilusky pods the mllkweed its hid- den silk has spun, The hedges flaunt their harvest in every meadow nook, -'\f“‘| “BNN by the brookslde made _ esters in the brook. From tlewy lanes at morning the graipes sweet odors rise; At noon the toads all flutter with golden butterflies. By all these lovely tokens September _ daye.are lierqi With sum1ner's best of weather and autunin's best of cheer. ' -Helen Hunt Jackson. Several small informal social af- fairs have brightened this week; luncheone at the golf links, one and two table Bridge. afternoon tees and parties being the popular entertain-Q' ment. _ _ ' Mrs. F. P. Ceivhlf, who is leaving on Monday for ber home in Montreal has been widely entertained by-her hosts of friends here who vled with one another in making her visbt en- joyable. She will carry with her very pleasant memories of- the weeks spent in Cbarlottizwwn. _ I Mies Maud Bauld ot~New York, who ia the guest of Captain and Mrs. Taylor ie being warmly welcomed by former friends. , _ _ . _ _ ...if 2/ , ` ` '_ 'I ‘ `*aae»_. 1 »\,,.,14_».,,,- _., _,(.,_. _ Lady Davies was among the host- osses entertaining tlils week st after. noon tes. On Thursday "Riverside" Presented a :pretty eight .as dairntily dressed ladies in pretty summer cos- tume! _Were gracefully made welcome by Lady Davies and her daughter. MTB- 'F0111 DHVIBB. who is her house guest. Assisting were Mrs. McNutt. who poured tea, Miss Nessie Fitz. 8'8F8-ld. Mldii Ethel' Haszard. and Miss Vere Hyndman. Miss Edith Bi-ollivii arrived in the city last night. from New York to spend some weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Blown. Her slister,'Miss Kate Brown. from Bslti. more, is expected home tonight. 'I/Ira. lngs is °leiivTng on Wednes- day of next week for England to _loin har husband. Col. lugs. 0.C., l05f.ii Battalion. Her son, Lleu. Wel- ter Inge. let on (Phuisday for over- seas service. and her two younger sons. Roy and Jasper. went to Roth- iiay to continue their studies. 1 ir.. 1-isriiixii-"1 l<'."*ns`iia‘.. hs’ ii. .‘:1ar1:ii.r~~.:“°~.:- ___ rp 1' _ .5 m ogere, h is ootnpoversx W 0 O O O Wien Mary Davies has retumed to Ottawa. having spent the summer here. Blr Louie end' Mrs. Davies, and Miseoertriale Davies return to ward the and ol’ the. month, Lady Dalton entertained at‘1st. An. thonys Ville on Thursday evening 3 a email but olieriningly arranged ridge. ' a a e Colonel and Mrs. Douglas Cameron nnil their ilniiitlitoi have rf-nu-nnqi in daughters who have been suninioring Leml, Tho. Misses Mclsood and Mrs. Dewar loft Thursday, on return to Calgary. ` e e e Mr. and Mirs. Harry Jenkins and family who have been visiting the forms-r‘s' father and mother. Dr. J. T. and Mrs. Jenkins, are leaving th-ln morning for their western home in Hligh River, Alta., after a summer of gayety, spent among their old' friends. They will be accompanied by Mrs. Holyrod, who will visit them for semis months. e e e Mrs. Tidmarsh entortn)ned the Wonien's Auxiliary of St. Peter’s church on iThursday afternoon at ii nicely arranged eftemoon tea; her beautiful home looking e en loveller than usual wld# an, allundance of choice cut tio ers. Assisting Mis. Tldinarsh was her sister. Mrs. Web- ber, Miss DeBl0le. Mrs. W. E. Hynd- mnn, Miss Donotliy Simpson. Miss Hegan and' Misa Margaret Cotton The 5th -Sie;e °Beftery boys were entertained moot. agresably by the Zlonchureli young- people on Thurs- day eveniiing to a eocigl of games, O FO Miss oiuiiam. matron ef the P. E. i. 1-fospitai. isuvss-:thier morning to :sim up ner new duties In Bydllewfollow- ii :°:-1.a:»g,.,°:...";i"- roug ou e= - .' ea Graham was the “ln -lblwlfatl severelpleaeent eileire this week in- cluding the preeentetion of vgry ap- music, ete. _ . _ proprlate gifts from bhp _true ees of the lioepital_aii ` - ' the nurses* ,with whom. 1 V 1 n§po|mli\r. ‘V Mp* '_ _. 1s‘ 1 ` l' 'd d tl =` ' ` ‘ ‘ - ' 4 . . “__ .11 own icir lives for it, it will become what it MIS Hector BZCLSU an and son mm ,mowing is the smnd,mg_0f should be to every true Hriton. ai cause to live and, if Charm; leave by the siiamey for New rzxgliligl ..;ri-12:21:31!-