x THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDA' | DEPOSITORS | Will find in the Bank of Tos {| i ronto that security for their j All money and convenience of de- i posit that | makes the Savings Accounts in and withdrawal i this Bank so great an ald to its - many depositors. INCORPORATED 1855. \ , i KINGSTON BRANCH | 107 PRINCESS ST. GEORGE B. MeKAY, Manager. | sume monthly meeld Ask for Book on Treat- ment of Floors and -Bample of Restorer. Mrs. Vlizabeth Skaw, of Thur Tow, ag eighty-five years, 'died on Thursday. | I ---------------------- HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN REVIV- "© ED IN KINGSTON. Officers to be Elected Next Thurs. Aay=--The Society wil Take Steps to Mark local Spots of Historic Interest. A meetitg was held in St, George's hall, Thursday evening, to revive the {old Kingston Historical Society which had been a conten. of interest in years one fay, Prof. George D. Ferguson, gon of the few survivors of the old or- ganization, was asked to 'take the chair, and Canon Starr aeted as see: retary pro tem. If was decided to re Jol. try and byaken interest "jn" 'the history and development of ofd Kingston and the dominion. ak The revision of the constitution was left to a committee, consisting of Rev. Dr. Macgillivray, Miss Machar, Profs. W. L. Grant and J, L. Mort son, gnd Canon Starr. The society will 'take steps to mark all spots of historic interest in and about the | city. The meeting adjourned tq meet on 'Thursday next for the eleetion vof of- ficers and adopting a gqghstitution. All interested in historic ingston are; invited. : The Reason. When a woman compares ' similar goods at different stores and then buys from one of them, there is cer- tainly a reason--this happens every day at Bedt's. Shop at Best's 2 find out the reason. Better goods at lower prices every. time. The purchase of Nelson & Lo's Ar- gentine meat plant hy Armaur & Co, has filled English salesmen with ap- prehension as they gee the complete manipulation of British transatlantic importing trade by American interests to the detriment of Canada and Eng land alike. . The Portsmouth philosopher an nounces the opening up of a new bar- ber shop in the village. He jokingly remarked that many a man at Hat- ter's Bay would now have a close shave, "A Christmas present , that lasts! life membership in Tabard Inn library for $1. Gibson's Red Crom Drug Store during month of December. "Vote for J.P, McInnes, the people's for choice for the Ontario legislature fo who Frontenac riding. He is a man will do things. The steamer Tagona was taken oui, to Portsmouth and will be laid wp therd for the winter. Lia At a ting. of the Smith's Falls school bosrd the penny bank system 8 adopted. J . "Life membership" for $1, if Tabard Inn library, at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. On Dee. 17th, Major James H, Dur- ham, Cape Vincent, will cole'yate his pinetieth birthday. : . Great sale of men's socks. Prices that will astonish. Dutton's, 209 Prin- cons street. Saturday, 8.50 rus 17 Long Heavy Winter Coats and Rain Goats, #8 to 14.00, turday 98¢c 26 Long Flannelette Kimopas, good patterns. Tegular $3.50. Saturday paint Ny ti LL * £ 98¢c 40 House Dresses, extra good value at §2. - Saturday © = - 5 ps. i Sh a "50 Extra Heav dion Saturday - 200 Black Sateen and Moire Skirts, lined with Red Flannel, - Regular $1.75, 2.00, 2 175 Ladies' Flannelotte Ni nt Gowns, well ; il nieely trimmed, Togular prices Soc Be Flannelette Wrappers, dark colors, good-valde at $1.75. 98c Shin 98¢ - Be BY BOCIETIES OF REE OF THE CITY CHURCHES. St. George's Womans' Aid, Princess Street Ladies' snd Cooke's Guild Held Their Annual December Events. ! The Churchwoman's 'Aid of St. George's cathedral held, perhaps, the most siecessful sale in years, m St. George's hall, Thursday afternoon, when about $250 was realized. "Mrs. H. Bowers took the money at door, and those present were geceived by Mrs Norten-Taylar. The ladies the different tabler were: Tea table, Mrs. George McGowan and Mrs. A, Klugh; candy table, Mrs. F. Brown field, Misses Dorothy Brownfield, Hilda and Doris Kent; apron table, Mrs. Easton Burns, Mrs. John Twigg; work table, Mrs. J. H. Seels; Mrs: Thomas Mills, Mrs. B. Watson, Mrs. F. Rees, Miss A, Muckleston; bag tahle, Mrs, J, P. Shine, Miss Norton- Taylor; home-made table, Mrs. Ste wart Robertson, Mrs. James Higgins, Mrs, W. J. Meleod, Mrs. Charles Tay- lor, Mrs. James Hamilton; "white elephant," Mrs. Russell Hale, Mrs. I. Prideaux. Cooke's Guild Sale. : The . Victoria Guild of Cooke's church held a successful sale at the home of Mrs, W. J. Paul, Clergy street west, Thursday afternoon and evening. There was a large number present, the tables were very prettily agiranged, and a very substantial sum was realized by the ladies. During the evening, vocal and justrumental solos and recitations were given, those tak- ing part being Mrs. 7, S. Casselman, Miss Edith Newman, the Misses Rich- ard little Miss Christine Diack and F. L. Newman. Mrs. W. J. Paul and Mrs, M. Fer- gugon received, At' the tea table Mrs, Jackson, poured tea and Mrs. R. J. Diack poured coffee. Among those as- misting were: Misses H. and W, Making, Stella Arniel,"E. Kiell and Anna Filson. Miss J. Pipe had charge of the home-made table, and Mrs. e 8, Casselman and Mrs. =, McMillan were stationed at the fancy' work tahle, At Princess Street Church, The amuual Christmas sale of work in connection with Princess Street Methodist church was held, Thursday afternoon and evening in the lecture radm of the church and the ladies of the cangregation why, conducted ' the affair wi rewarded for thejr work py selling out nearly everything in stock, In the evening an excellent pro- gramme was given, consisting of golog by Miss Grace Mitchell, Miss lorena Jenkins, William Mack, Harold An: grove, and F; G. Hunt, while Miss Mayell recited in an able manner, MeMaKon's orchestra was present and furnished a fine programme of musie. At Chalmers Church, Among the number of church sales which have been held this Week, none was more successful than that which the Ladies" Aid of Chalmers' church held on Thursday afternoon, in the Sunday school room. The ladies have every reason to feel elated oveb the reward for their labors, the sam of $150 being realized, Mra. #Herheért Rob ertson, the presi ival, The convenors of the different tables were: Tea ¥ible, Miss Muir; home-made table, . Mise = Richmond; faney- work table, Miss May Rosa, Miss Helen Liglow nnd Miss Florrie Stewart had charge of the fish pond, IN SPORTING CIRCLES QUEEN'S ATHLETIC COMMITEE HELD A MRETING. And Granted Boxing Funds to Buy a Néw Mat--Queen's Intersyear Basketball Schedule Opens Satur- day Afternoon--Hockey Meetings To-night. Queen's atheletic committee met on Thursday afternoon. The request of the boxing; fencing and wrestling clab for a new mat was acceded to, and this department of Queen's athletics wifl be provided with a sew mat to cost in the neighborhood of $100. A committee was appointed to draw up a schedule for hockey mutchts to be played among the juter-year students. Inter-Year Basketball, The dpter-year basketball schedule of sium, Saturday afternoon, wit doubleheader. Years "13 and "14 will lo they ace walling fore Queen's will be opened at the Fimna. ham, a BROTHER OF MES. D- ROSS, OF KINGSTON, -- Died at His Home on Cushing's Is- land, Portland, Maine--The Funeral Will Take Place at Mont. réal. } . On Thursday aftérnoon, there died at bis residence, on Cushing's lsland, a Francis Cushing, year: The late Mr, Cushing was born at Chatham, on the Ottaws river, snd: spent about thirty years in Mon He was a man of Jarge financial terests, many ob Sheu being, 1 On: tario. He owned Cushing's Island in Portiapd harbor, and a short time ago sold one-third of it to the Uni ted States government for fortipes- tion purposes. . It is likely that the government. will shortly purchase the whole island for the same purpose. The cause of Mr, Cushing's death was from heart trouble, was guite sudden, as he was in Montreal last week in his usual health. 4 The late Mr. Cushing, who was Thomas, of Montreal; Fi k George, in Mexico; William, in Brit. ish Columbia, 'and two sisters, Mrs. 1D. Ross, Alfred street, Kingston, and Mrs. M. P. Cochrane, of Montreal. The funeral will take place in Mon: treal, Saturday morning. Rev. Prof. Ross left on the ndon train on Fri day to attend 'it. * 'about by puttin in the harbor of Portland, Maine, theor; a | : in his sixty-dourth eriminal tase in America, married, is. survived by r nd : x '8, 1911. THE LATE F. CISHNG CONFESSION WRUNG] PROM MeNAMARA BY "SILENT IDENTIFICATION." Lipe of Old Friends Passing in Silence in Court Broke the Pri- soner's Nerve. Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. B.--James B. McNamara's confession into practice a e advanced in a The im- aginative theories of Sir Arthur Con- ¥ never {an Doyle's Sherlock Holmes pale into treal. insigni in comparison with t |i cane by Samuel L. Browne, chief of the Los Angeles county secret service buseau, to. "break down" the man who blew up the plant of the Los Angeles Times, causing the death of twenty-one employees, a little more thap a year ago. ar "science of Ailonse' ie serm at might 'appropriately appli to Cah theory in crimi " gs Three weeks ago the tion began to. bring into Blas, t was a veritable mental "thi degree" demonstrated in a grim way. Women J. B. McNamara had madé love to,"men with whom he had sky- larked and comrnges with whom he had eaten, slept and drunk were led into the court rom, one by one. Only 'a moment were they main in the court room--just long ens 'ough for the furtive eye of he young- er of the two prisoners to. fall on thesw--then they were hurried away. Ewentyreight of these "witnésses" CORELRICEREEELREERNE® A MUIR MEMORIAL, Toronto, Dee, B.A very fine memorial to mark the grave of the late' Alexander Muir, author of "The Maple Lei Forever," is to be erected next spring by the Loyal Orange 'Astociation. Tt will be of granite and bronze, #d is of simple and ° striking design, It is the work of a young Capadian sculptor and designer, Arthur - James Clark, of Toron#, The schoolmaster: 3 a) bard was a member of the Or ®) ange Association for nearly half a century, Se@aEe) PPP IL TIRES ------------------------------------ 1 LADIES' CURLING CLUB, Elected. New Members ! Rinks. The adjourned meeting of the Kings ton Ladies' Curling Club was held at the curling rink on Friday morning, and was presided over by the presi- dent, Miss Mabel Dalton. There were about twenty members present. The election of mew members was held, and the playiig members elected were: and Chose Colville and Miss Aileen Benson. The new tes members elected were Mrs. Brock Graham, Mrs. W. St. Pierre Hughes, Mrs. Robert Fraser, Mrs. Ber: nard: Browne, Mrs. T. W, SBavary, Mrs. James Higgins, and Miss Nan Paterson, The skips elected were Mrs, Ro J. Hooper, Mrs. ton; Misses Ada and Beatrice Birch, Florence Cunningham, Miss Mabel Dal- Miss Leta Carson, Miss M. Gordon and Miss Bessie Smythe. "TL was decid: ed to hold the first tea of the season on Wednesday, December 27th. Miss Mabel Dalton offered to give the prizes for the doubles; Miss. Betts, the prizes for the highest number of points scored «during the season; Miss M. Gordon, a prize for a drawing competition to be ved off early in January; Mrs. R. Waldran, Jr., Mrs, W. A. Mitchell and Miss Ferris euch offered a prize for points played in the months of January, February and March. The skips to choose these rinks : Rink, No. 1--Miss Florence Wiiliam- son, Miss Mabel Richardson, Miss A. Fairlie, and Mrs, Herbert = Dawson, skip. Wink, No. 2--Miss Hilda Fague, Misa Vera Carson, Migs M. Belts, and Miss Heatrice Birch, skip. Rink, No. 3-Miss Aileen Benson, Miss Frances Sullivan, Mra. Walter Macnee, gnd Miss Mabel Dafton, skip. Rink, N,. 4&-M Gordon Mylks, Mrs. George Mahood, Mrs. Vere Hoop, erg-and Mrs, Richard Hooper, skip. Rink, No. 5-Mrs. Colville, Miss Pdith Goodwin, Miss Mamie Garrett, and Mise Mo Gordon, skip, +. ws Rink, No. '6-Miss "flilda. Kent, Mrs, Hugh Nickle, Mra. W. R. Givens, and Miss Bessie Smythe, skip. " Rink, No. 7T=Mre. Rakiour Mudie, Miss Phyllis Knight, Miss Millie Fureis, ated Miss Florence: Cunning- am, SKip. > Rink, No. B-Mrs. Schaub, Wiss Daisy Ferguson, Mrs. R. Waldron, Jr. and Miss Leta Carson, skip. Rink, No. 9--Mrs, Elmer Davis, Miss ion Lesalie, "Mrs, Wo A. Mitchell, and Miss Ada Birch, kip. HEI gi * Hi 5 potatoes, ripe house, 3 There's lots Mrs, Schaub, Mrs. Balfour Mudie, Mrs Herbert Dawson, Miss! Dikeitle, cover the burned » | a Girl" Several high in the confidence of the prosecution declared that without the veflect of this campaign on the mind of the younger McNamara efioris to in. {duce him to eohfess would have prov- ed fruitless. | "The peculiar thing that did it," said Samuel Browne, "was the posi tive, 'personal identifioation day ul ter day. He knew that as these peo. ple came in and identified 'him proved that we had picked out anoth- er place where he had been and that it was going to plant him in the cen: tre of the circle, "He knew that it was a story that es ¥ was telling him without saying any thing to him, and I knew how to it and watched him. 1 didn't care about the witnesses identifying him; 1 watched him. 1 knew when he way identified, and he knew it. would tell Mr. Darrow and then he would whisper to Mr. Davis, and Mr. Davis would come to me and say: 'Who's this fellow you had in court to identify "Jim ?" And I woald say, "Forget it.' "The next day I would 'plant' two or three more--different ones from dif- ferent sections. They were women he had associated with, people he had taken rides with, bartenders who had sold him drinks and could name ihe drinks he was fond of and used to drink, and the bartender who sold him a round of drinks before he stepped out into 'Ink Alley' to blow up the Times." 3 » Special Perfume Sale. The latest perfume just received, New York craze, "Eeanty Girl," "To introduce this new odor we will sell a H0c. bottle for Ve. on Friday and Saturday. only, and as a bonus will give a large colored engraving (ree ready for framing, with = each ttle sold. Mahood's drug store, FIVE GERMANS HAVE CONFESS. ED AT LEIPSIC. "| They Were to Report to the British Government All Developments of the German Army. Leipeic, Germany, Dec. 8.--It in stat- ed, this morning, that Max Schultz and four German associates, including twa officers of the German army, have admitted their éonnectiod with a sys te, of British espionage which seeks to report to the British government all developments of the German army and navy, including secret gun-mak- ing and naval construction. This is the most serious admission so far as these men are concerned personally. They will' be . sentenced--to-morrow. There has been no representation to the British government in the matter. Geman espionage in Britain is ad- 'mittedly existing. Odds and Ends, Drink plenty of Yuttermilk for con: » ior. Lhiore rising and mor 4 & IH the furnace is hard to shake per- haps the shafting and gearing at the front. end needs oiling, My in pres-rving, the fruit is. tmro- of or caught onto the bottom of the a Friday and Saturday only we sell B0e. bottles y Girl" 8%., and give a large picture free. hood's drug store. W. BD. Black, M.P.V, to Parham = i ¥ ats the politi meeting at Un: . Thursday night. i perfume, regular Be, with large picture on Friday and |Saturday, for 39. Mahood's drug store. : The man who proposes to an heiress kis knees muy waut her to put him on bis feet. The market clerk is looking for the {owner lin the market You can't help | ing "Beauty Gat perfume. Don't miss Mahood's wale, in making promises ma At the right time, was brought | permitted to re} were brought in during the three| : , / ; And he of a mull, which' he . whi picked up eT ) BETOENANAN00000000000NNN0000600NNE00000000 BLL00000LLEL0000000 -------------------------------- "GIFTS | i . a EPEC EG TYRE REY IEEYYY Holiday Handkerchiefs ~ At "The Linen Store." _ For everybody, hundreds of dozens of Handker- chiefs, from the Plain Hemstitched Linen at dc each | up to the dainty lace one at $4.75, is the collection you _ will see when visiting our Handkerchief Counters. : NEVER in our history have we had a more pleas- ing and finer selection or better value in Handkerchiefs than now. FANCY EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS, many entirely new eflects at modest cost, 20c, 30e, 49¢, Toe, 2b¢, 33¢, 45, 65¢ and on down to 10¢ each. LADIES' INITIAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, 15¢, 20¢, 25c¢. MEN'S INITIAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, 20¢ each and 25¢. ; : Special, Men's. Hemstitched Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, 19¢ Each. Special 3 for 50¢. Special To-Morrow Morning : Only 65 Very Fine Embroidered Linen } Doylies He Or Table Mats. All Round. Some 17 across, others 12 inches across, : These are just a sample 16t sent us by the maker's agents and all we o get. These are worth pegu- larly 60c for the small sizes and 90c for the large sizes. Your Choice To-Morrow 49¢ Each These wonld make a most acceptable Christmas Gift. No telephone orders accepted for them. 2,000 Sample Boxes of Handkerchiefs These are in a great variety of makes, both for men and women. All in Beautiful Gift Boxes 25¢, 35c¢, 49¢, 75¢ up to $1.25 box. 9 a.m, to 12 Secure one or more of these. Even if not ready to buy we will place them aside. John Laidlaw & Son wl # i P0008 000000000000080060000080000000sseunbee Men's Fancy Slippers at CF inad Men's Carpet or Leather at .,........ A ara Ne vs ovinie Men's Felt Slippers from Men's Chocolate and Black High Slippers . . $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Men's Chocolate and Black Low Cut Slippers... ... ... ... i. oe aR ee $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 We Sell the Celebrated Dr. Jaeger's Pure Wool Slippers. . ... .. . : Th . . $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00. . « Basen BQO CLORP000000000D 0000800000000 000000000 7 1 g w 7 f