THE .. LOST WORLD Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures Challenger, Doyle's central character creation in this thrilling nd highly adventurous story, easily contests for first oovelty and craftiness of conception with the author's Immortal of Professor enger Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World again acclaims Doyle the master of unique sonceft and mystery romance, ivalling The Hound of the Basker- villes in tensity and strategy. place This hook has challenged its author's mightiest effort In de- | scriptive art. UGLOW"S 141 PRINCESS STREET The Price $1.25 copy at ngston General Hospital «ts - Treated Over ONE THOUSAND Of City's Poor During 1912 "Enclosed please find ONE DOLLAR Xmas Donation. Name. . ae CUT THIS OUT AND MAIL TO-JAY. [ Ei: BLAKE THOMPSON, Real Estate, Union Assurance Soc'y & Liverpooi-Manitoba Assurance Co'. OVER NORTHERN CROWN BANK. MARKET SQUARE, 'Phone 286. -- Agent for-- Loans and Fire Insurance KINGSTON, ONT. L el Be JOHNS "Ww For Men. Leather Lined, Goods Welt, Heavy, Double Sole. for $5.25. Absolutely : aterproef. Wet Weather Shoes A $6.00 Boot TON'S SHOE STORE i 70 BROCK STREET. 8 . The hostess who gains new serves ~ LIPTON'S TEA Try the Grey Label Blend, 40c per 1b. 'THE QUZEN MILLINERY | THURSUAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Any trimmed hat in our parlors for $3.00 Mounts, Feathers and Veilings, . To ¢lear at less than half-price. 174 "WELL'NGTON STREET . ea are very neat. 3 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912 KINGSTON PRESB TERY TO SECURE. REPORT ON SOCIAL AND MORAL REFORM WORK. And Jt Will Be Dealt With at the Next Meeting--Business Taken Up at the Tuesday Afternoon Ses- sion. and moral reform work will with in a special manner at meeting of the Kingston pres Socal be dealt the next bytery. At the Tuesday afternoon session of the presbytery in St. Andrew's school room, Rev. J. D. Boyd, the convenor of the social and moral reform com- mittee, referred to the special report on the work throughout the presby- tery, which was being secured, and the following recommendation was passed : '""I'nat the presbytery urge fibst siren- uously that all the sessions through- out its bounds, to whom schedules with queries, are now being sent out, give early and careful attention there- to, and forward to the convenor their replies, before the close of January next, giving as full and definite infor- majion as possible, that be may be in a yo on to submit a thorough and practical report on the subject, to the March meeting." Considerable sutine business was transacted durin he afternoon. 'the members of the Prosbytery' expressed their sympathy with the moderator, Rev. A. H. Drumm, of Belleville, in his illness, The treasurer's hook, submitted for audit, was reported to be in a most satisfactory condition. Kev. J. A. Shaver, in the ushsence {of A. 8. Kerr, submitted a report on young people's societies, which recom- mended that the convenors of the tvoung people's societies and Sunday schools, be asked 10 amalgamate un- der one convenor, so that reports of {the work of the year could be given. The recommendation was adopted. Prof. A. Laird submitted a report on the superinfendence and examina- tion cf students, recommending that the following be certified to for the continuance of their studies: A. D. Matheson, Fort Stewart; Lieorge Rawland, Consecon; James Robinson, Bath; 1. A. Muttitt, May- nooth, John Dawson, Portsmouth; J. F. Wedderburn, Tichborne; S. A. White, The Ridge; W. E. Banner | man, Lavant Station; P. N. Sinclair, | Wolfe Island; James Pearson, King | ston. { 'Rev. Mr. Gracey vacated the chair and as convener of the home mis 'sions, augmentation and French evan- { gelizatipn committee, submitted an {interim report, setting forth progress {heing made as regards augmented ,charges, 'and arrangements for sup {plying all 'the home mission fields during the Christmas holidays, The report was received and thanks tendered to Mr. Gracey for - his dili- gence. |" Rev. A. Laird reported in regard to Collinge Bay and Portsmouth, and | requested that some one be appointed in kis place as moderator. Rev. Mr. Fairlie was appointed moderator for Portsmouth and Collins Bay and Rev Mr. Shaver was appointed moderator for Consecon and Hillier. { Presbytery adjourned to meet again the first Tuesday in March next, at 10 a.m., in the school room at Chal: mers church. OFFICERS' MESS BUILDING At Tete de Pont Barracks Is Near. | ing Completion. Lhe officers' new mess building at the Tete de Pont barracks is at last near- ing completion. It is hoped that the work will he finished about Christmas time. ~The building is most complete and up-to-date. It is built < stone and finished on the inside with beaver board, The ceilings are finished in the colonial style, and the lighting fixtur- It is stated, how- over, that the Building has cost the government considerably more than the estimated cost suggested at the outset. This is attributed by the con- tractor to changes in the plans un- foreseen at the first, which have added to the expense. i | A Successful Chef. | Edward B. Moore, a native of Kingston, is now chef on the Twenti- oth Century Limited train, on the New York Central railway, between Buf- falo and New York city. He went to the United States when a boy served his time in the culinary art, and later worked in the finest hotels in the, United States. On three occa- sions i he' was awarded first prize for ability as a chéf. For some time past he has been writing recipes for the newspapers, and he claims that he can show people hoW 'easy 'and ap it is to have parties--that they often think so expensive--at their own homes. Used for First Time, | The addition to the post office was used for the first time on Wednesday. | At present the postmen are maki their headquarters there and this will relieve the crowding ih the other de- | partment. The mail is increasing ev- ery day now, A majority of the failures may ba found in the don't-try class. | is taken promptly and regularly after the fever subsides and | OPENING CEREMONIES Pensa ; Start Your Xmas Shopping Now. i Hospital. ; The Sir Oliver Mowat Memorial hos pital at "Kirkleatham," Portsmouth, will be opened on Thursday afternoon, | and the citizens of Kingston and vi-! cinity are invited to attend and to inspeet the building, which is pro- nounced Al by the inspector of pri sons and charities. Dr. Connell, presi- dent of the Kingston Health Associa- tion, assisted by Mrs. Il. R. Duff, will receive, and during the afternoon the Daughters of the Empire will serve tea. At 3 p.m. the chair will be tak. en by J. G. Elliott, chairman of the committee in charge of the opening, and after prayer by Rev. T. W. Neal, pastor of Sydenbhm Street Methodist church, Dr. Connell, president, will give a review of the organization and work of the association, after which Dr. A. E. Ross, M.P.P., will jusroduce Hon. W. J. Hanna, who will declare the building opeprald deliver an ad- dress. He will fe followed by Sheriff Mowat, of Toronto, son of Sir Oliver Mowat, who will acknowledge the hon- or bestowed to the memory of his father, by the institution of the hos pital which bears his name, and to which the family. very cheerfully gave consent for its institution. Anthony Rankin, M.P.P., and possibly W. F. Nickle, M.P., and others, will speak, and Dean Bidwell, of St. George's ca- thedral, will make the closing prayer. Those who go out by street car will find vans ready to carry them to the hospital. | | ADVERTISERS HELP US! The Christmas Whig is to be issued on Saturday next, and it is earnestly desired that the advertisers assist in securing an early issue on that day. This is desired as the edition Will be a very large one, and will entail considerable work in being made ready to be handed to our subscribers. We also desire to ald the newsboys in their work of distribution, if advertisers will see that every line they wish in Saturday's issue Is in the hands of the printers by Friday noon, they will have our gratitude; we assure them we will be able to handle 'their advertise- ments in a tasty manner. Church notices, readers from organizations and the liners from merchants are also desired by Friday noon. If all help in this matter we will issue a fine paper and make prompt delivery. vat PPP RRP pte RRP RNP RL Peet ree ic, 0 ein | STEAMBARGE SOWARDS DAMAGED BY FIRE EARLY WED- NESDAY MORNING. The Toss Is $1,500---The Vessel Was to Have Made Two More Trips Across the' Lake for Coal Bofore Going Into Winter Quar- ters, The steambarge Sowards, owned by John ¥. Sowards, of this city, took fire at 530 o'clock on Wednesday morning and blazed away until afte: eight o'clock. The cabin was destroy- ed and damage to the amount of about $1,500 was caused. Not only was there the logs by. fire, but the steambarge was lo have made two more trips for coal this year, and this | will cause some loss to tne owner. I'he fire started while the crew were in their rooms and they saw the blaze none Loo soon to make an escape, hall clad, from the cabin. Those who were aboard at the time were Captain Max Shaw, Captain Mitchell, of the schoon- er Katie Kecles, Engineer James Te tro, two firemen and John Lobb, the cook. Ihe latter was down in the kitchen and 'was preparing breakiast when the blaze took the crew wholly by surprise and chased every one on deck. After two hours' the firemen had the biaze well under control, and by eight | o'clock nothing was left but the smudge and steam around the char- | red framework of the cabin and engine room: 'The machinery was un- injured. The lire means a loss to Mr. Sowards as the boat was not insured, | Mr. Sowards was expecting a buyer. on Thursday to look the boat over, and was intending to sell. His plans lare mow to start directly to rebuild 'and the vessel will be in service again | next season. } The cause of the fire is a sort mystery, although it seems pretty cer- tain that the blaze started in the en- gine room. A Presentation. On the morning of December 2nd, the Odessa Methodist choir, and Jpgior _ of good-bye to Mrs. J. Herbert Lindsay, prior to her departure for Prince Al- | bert, Sask. After spending the even- ing in music, H. J. Smith, leader of the choir, of which Mre. Lindsay was ber; pr i her with an ad- dress and i Joust behalf of her school | an address, 'and the gift of | prevented hy Miss Willana ' in " joes sas | I We Meet f 2 E : Fe £ gave was i i ? gf TE i, i IEF £ i ' : | 273 il HE iH 7 Ia the 'Sir Oliver Mowat Memorial if of followed her subject from these ES It's none too early to do your Xmas buying. You'll be glad you started early.. things that make the best gifts. ; Suit Cases, Travelling Bags, Slippers, We are showing a large range of Overshoes, Hockey Boots, Overgaiters, Leggings, Rubbers, Rubber Make this your Xmas Store. ~ ABERNE FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT ON THE WORK OF DEPARTMENT DURING YEAR. There Were 100 Calls to Date--The Loss Amounted to Only S839. 930.03--The Dalton Fire the Largest. = At the meeting of the civie fire committee on Tuesday afternoon Chief Armstrong reported that during the year 100 calls had been received and answered, the largest number of any previous year. The loss on build- mgs had been $7,184.83; loss on con- tents, $32,745.20; total loss, $39,- 930,03. : There were twenty-four fires where the loss was less than $50; four between $50 and $100; six between $100 and $500; two between $500 and #1,000; two between $1,000 and 81,500; gfwebetween $1,500 and $2, 000; one between 82.000 and $3,000 and one over $3,000. Of the tota loss $28,826.35 was incurred in one fire, that of Dalton's hardware store The chief expressed thanks to the police force for assistance on all or easions. His personal thanks he ex pressed to the chairman and mem bers of the fire committee, remarking that it was a source of satisfactior to him that not once during the yea: was it necessary Tor the chairman oi members of the committee to fine fault with the workings of jhe de partment. It was reported by the auditor tha the committee's appropriat.on wa overdrawn by $143. This was dur to the fact that a floor at a cos! of $100 was laid in No. 1 statigr M1 that horse feed had taken $25 more than anticipated. The finance committee will be asked to provid $175 till the end of the year. A discussion took place on the mer its of the fire motor car, which the people are asked to authorize the purchase of in January. ° In attendance at the meeting wer Alds. Fair (chairman), Bailey, ~ Han lev, Stroud and Turkinglon. SPOKEON 'THE DRAMA™ A LECTURE GIVEN BY Mist FORBES-ROBERTSON In Grant Hall on Tuesday Night a Large Awdience--Made an Ap peal for Establishment of Native Drama mm Canada. Miss Forbes-Robertson attracted « very large audience in Grant Hall, Tuesday cvening, when she gave a splendid lecture on the "Drama." Th name of Forbes-Robertson is nc stranger to a Kingston audience anc in the handling of her subject Mis Robertson proved herself no mear exponent of the art of which sh Muss Forbes-Robertson reviewed = the history of the drama as it emerged from the Greek religious drama and the Sanscrit drama, which was the earliest to deal with the relation be tween man and woman. It made love the ideal, while to the Greeks the ideal was friendship. The speaker re mote times through the various stages of its growth, recounti its intro- duction into England as the religious play given bt the monks to educate the people, and how battling in la- ter days the opposition of the Puri- tan England bad finally developed a native drama sceond only to that of Germany. In Canada and United States we have no native art and Charles attain any great degree of merit. plays afe pruned and changed so as 10 be merely vehicles for the star. Miss Forbes-Robertson made int at the close of her lec ture regardi ivati tive art play. Plays written at home and played by local players may not atsain any great merit, but they will be native, and that is a step toward native dramas means a great deal. i ---------- A Good Begintling. Ll which | second [Moir's Chocolates 50c a Ib. 50c a Ib. °* 5 French Cherries - Nougatines - - Oporto . SA Next to Opera House @CTE Whipped Oream - . - - EL THY"S L' Phone Xmas. Plum Pudding R. H. 302 King St. N SPORTING CIRCLES THE CITY HOCKEY LEAGUE HAS ORGANIZED. B Jordan Was Elected President-- There Will Be Six Teams in the Senior Series and Three in the Junior, The City Hockey League got a good 4art-off for the season at the annual aeeting in the Y.M.C.A.. building, on 'uesday evening. Representatives were wesent from most of the teams which ntend entering the senior and junior wries, and the enthusiastic atmos there augurs well for sport among he puck-chasers this winter Harvey Milne, the past president, rave an "account of his stewardship," wd spoke of matters of general in- terest to the league. Any notice of notion regarding change or amend nent in the constitution must be made 1! pext meeting. The officers elected for the ensuing vear were |: Honorary president, Dr. J I. Harty; honorary vice-president, A. W%. Wheatley; president, S. Jordan; Ace-president, Harvey Milne; secre tary, H. J. Bongard; treasurer, KE. F Marshall. The new president held a like posi tion in the league a few years ago, and from his experience and interest in the amateur game, he ought to be a stimulas to the league. Intimation was made by representa tives that teams from the Royal Ca- nadian Horse Artillery, Queen's, Bank. rs, Iroquois Club and Wormwiths, will try eonclusions in the senior ser- es, and the Tecumsehs, Collegiate In- siitute and Connaughts will clash in the junior. This will be the debuf of the Bankers and the Iroquois Club into the senior series, and the club which hae coined the governor-gen- sral's title will make its initial ap- pearance with the juniors. A Portemouth enthusiast stated at the meeting that an endeavor would be made to take advantage of the material and have the boys from the "Bay" represented in both series. Apd it was mentioned. that the Y.M.C.A. was considering entering teams. Frontenac Hockey Practice. The Frontenac hockey club had workout at the armouries on Tuesday evening. A large sumber of last year's team were out and a nam its Guaranteed fresh made this year. Tom Smith's stockings all sizes. Tom Bmith's Crackers large assortment. i TOYE Phone 141 Suitable Gifts for Xmas FANCY ROCKERS IN OAK OR. MAHOGANY. Order Early. Get the Choice, We Store your Purchases tll Christmas Eve. JAMES RED'S Pho» games played at the YMCA yg nasium in the SS AAA. series on { Tuesday evening. The first ame! be tween Sydenham and St. Joba's 'was very close. Some of St. John's iy ers did not turn oul so the team Was allowed to choose two other I The second gate was to have between Brock and Queen, but the lat- ter teum did not turn up, and sd! ex- hibition game was played which re sulted in a win for the regular Gum. . Favors Back Snap System. All the officers of the Quebec | Foothall Union were reclecied af » meeting held at Montreal. There Were no amendments - offered 10 the consti tution which Had been revised a year ago. It was decided to support should there be no other notice of tion at' the U.K.F.U. meeting, to pose the Jullawing changes in the pj ing rules: {1) To reduce the pumber of pla; on s team from 14 to 12 men a hy which in the general opinion w go » long way towards making! game more open and faster. 4 (2) To empower the ecemtre io "hy put the ball in pley from a dow soapping it*badk, ; (3) To abolish the present yard bude dud make it read a "fair estch. : ¥. J. Carikie, belonging to ville, waa ki a ¥ CPR. was