A little gut of y 24th, Victoria Day SETS THE DATE FOR WEARING A NEW SUIT ' We bring good news to careful men dressers ll Se . | trouble The man of good sense needs no argument as to the importance of donning his new suit not later than the ever popular 24th of May, Victoria Day. Beaut- iful models, $15.00 to $22.00. Big saving chances for you at our Alteration Sale A good range of odd suits, all sizes, values $12.00 to $18.00. Your choice for $9.95. LIVINGSTON"S Summer Underwear At Waldron's ( Women's Cotton and Lisle Vests, long Sleeves, short sleeves and sleeveless, all styles, all sizes. 10c¢ to 50c each Women's Lisle Thread Vests, with the new V shaped necks. 25¢ and 35¢ Women's Fine Wool and Cashmere Vests. : 50¢c, 75¢, $1.00 Women's Lisle thread Combination Suits, ankle and knee length, short sleeves and sleeveless. 50c, 60c and 75c¢. Women's Knit Drawers, all styles: 25¢, 35¢ and 50c.. Girls' Vests and Drawers, 1J¢ to 50¢ each Boys' Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, in - all sizes 20c, 25¢ and 30c. Men's Balbriggan, Merino and Light Wool Shirts, Drawers and Combinations. MEN WERE RESCUED. A Survivor of the Fourteen-Day Cruise in Lifeboat Tells of the Aw- ful Nightmave, f Halifax, May 19.--With both feet so swollen from cold and exposure that they will have to be amputated, Robert Tiere, 22, first officer of the fik-fated steamship Columbian, lay in the sick bay of the revenue cutter Seneca yesterday and told the story of the fateful fourteen days' cruise , of the missing lifeboat in which elev- 'en of its crew of fifteen died of hlin- ger, thirst and exposure. | He said: "There was a strong southerly wind blowing which drgve j us northward. . There was no time to | put nayigaiion instruments in the tboat, and as we drove northward we soon, realized that we might have "we did not meet any ship quigkly. © ; "Barly In the morning we saw a steamer, 'a 'light looming up: She canie on quickly and from the size of her we Judged it was the Olympic Then we found .there were no dry matches in the boat. In the hurry of leaving the exploding ship a sea swept into the lifeboat and all the matches were dampened. | "There we had to sit; helpless to signal to 'the Olympic as she swept by, a blaze of light. . We all stood up and shouted at the tops of our voices but"she wis three-quarters of a mile away and we couldn't make her hear at that distance. r "Next day we saw a tramp steam- cor, which was about seven miles off. | We had hoisted my raincoat on an oar as uw signal, but it wasn't any use. | About 5 -o'ctack that afternoon we jsaw what 1 think was the Francon- 1a. | "From what I have learned on the Seneca 'we must have been witnesses ito her rescuing our first lifeboat. We saw her steam up, stop- and judged At the time she was taking a boat aboard, Then she steamed away in a circle, as we thought, looking for us, but of course she could not teH where we weré, and instead of com- ing to us she went away off and that" was 'the last we saw of her. "There was a cask of water in the boat and.a tin tank full of biscuits. I allowed each man a pint of water a day and a. biscuit for each meal. Then after 'the-first week the water ran prey snare. We got a little rain on Thursday but on Friday some of the | men: started drinking salt 'water and that 'was the "beginning of the end. "Gradually | éut the rations down until Friday last there were but five biscuits and l¢ss than a pint of wat- er for the five who survived then. We { cut Jup-some hoots and tried to mix Yup a sort of a paste with the broken biscpits"but it wasn't palatable. When the Seneca hove in sight our last bis- | ent way gone; and we were painfully , Scraping the crumbs in the tank to- gether to mix with more shoe leath- eer." : TRAINER OF KING'S PLATE FAVOR- ITE. Harry Giddings, Jr, of Oakville, who has charge of Beehive, the favorite for the K'ng's Plate this year, who has al- ready won two King's Plate rades with Nt, Bags in 1911, and Hearts of Oak in 1818. Mr. GNdings is considered one of the most capable and painstaking of tratners, and his horses are always ready for a hard race when they go to the post. Hubert, Osborne in Toronto. Toronto Globe, e Old @iends in town are welcoming Hubert Oshorne, who is here with Miss Adelé Blood's company and is staying at the Westminster. Mr. Os- horue, «ho is an ex-cadet and a some- time *Queen's man, and incidentally a cous'n ¢ W. F. Niekle, the conserva: tive .mgmber for hingston, is an en- thusiastic Canadian, and fnore than ase over. the prospect of 'a few months' stay on native soil. Te has been. on the stage for some years; re- ceiving mich of. his earlier train with 'Greet; and has just: now en: ed an seighty-weeks' engagement with the "Evervwoman" company. Besides acting, Mr, GOshotne has begun play- writing, Beis convinced that the time bas gome for a purely Canadian dra- ma. Aleeads,. of one play, "The Shakespense Play," Dean Paige has said most laudatory things, and Mrs. Fiske, ou reading another play, "A Word (0 Womien," wrote that it had cought her. with its unusual note, and "akked "its author to meet' her. | Parisibas a woman's club in which only: divorced women can giln mem- dl terpoon, for Wolfe "Spring Tones. ox" Gibson's. White Rose flour stocked by all the trade * William Swaine, plano fuser. Orders Dr. TF. R. , of Stratiord, was. riying friends in this city on Tues- ay. : i : **Neilson's ice cream bricks." Gib- son's Red Cross drug store. _ William Jacobs, garter, purchased a. fine bay horse from Mr. Patterson, of Pittsburg. : "Neilson's ica cream bricks." Gib- son 8 hed Crone, ding store. _ Mss May Amey, hingston, is visit ing Mrs, Gordon Bo: Alexander street, Belleville: Sin: Ales J. Johnston, Brock street, . left Tuesday for - Clayton, N.Y, to vjsit friends for a week.' "Kodak films." Gibson's. _ Miss Alice Clarke, Kingston, is vis- iting her grandmother, Mrs. Doolittle, Front street, Belleville. "Charcoal Tablets," 10c. box. Gib- son 8. . Edward P. Byrne, visiting his parents, on Johnson street, will re: turn to Ottawa on Friday. Ladies' up-to-date dressmaking. Terms moderate. Miss A. Keys, 33 Colborne. street, in the city to-day, and left, this af- "Liver Regular," at Gibson's. The steamer India, of the Calvin company, will pass up, Tuesday even- ing, on its way to Ashtabula. _"Nyal's: Corn Cure" has no equal for removing corns. Sold at Gib- son's Red Cross Drug Store. Philip 'Sunce, of 'I'oronto, brought down three patients for Rockwood hospital, on Mouday afternoon. _H. Cunning piano suner, 21 King street. Leave orders at Mo Auley's book store, Br. A. Bilodeau, of the R.C.H.A., leit, on Sunday noon, for St. Boni- face, where he is going to instruct. "For that tired feeling take a spring tonic from Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. ber? D. J. Millan has returned home from Belleville, where he went to at- tend the funeral of his uncle, Michael Kelly. . Come to the great jewellery sale at Dutton's. One of the new electric lamps at the post office corner. was lit on Mon- dav night. 1t throws a very strong light. : "Nyal's Corn Cure," a really won- derful corn remover, Sold at Gib- son's' Red Cross Drug Store. C. E. Maclean, of RR ewington, gov- ernment inspector of weights and mea- sures, came to the city, on Monday evening, for inspection purposes. "Charcoal Tablets," 10c. box. Gib- son 8, Dr. Bruce Smith, inspector of pris- fous and cities, wad 'hurried fo a Toronto hospital on Monday. Later | it was found he had a mild attack oi appendicitis. _ "Kodak films." Gibson's. Capt. J. J. Jarrell, of Port Col- borne, who will be in command of the steamer North King, arrived in Kings- ton on Tuesday morning, to take charge of that boat. "McConkey's sweets." Gibson's. (. Ganong, of Toronto, who ii in codnection with placing the new store front in Mahood's fancy store, was in the city on Monday afternoon, look- ing over the work, "Neilson's ice cream bricks." son's Red (Poss drug store. Next Saturday is the big day «ll over Ontario for the racetrack fol lowers. The famous track, the Wood- bine, Toronto, always has the King's Plate race on the Saturday before the 24th of May. As 5 rule, many King- stonians go to Toronto on this date and this year promises to he no ex- ception. Gib- PERSIA'S RUIN COMPLETE Gloomy Picture Drawn by German Army Officer. Berlin, May 19.--The once world em- pire Persia is described av a land that has gone "completely to rack and ruin" by a German army officer writing in the current number of the official organ of the general stafi. He says that the country is practically) deserted by all persons of either wealth or refinement, and that those who are left hehind are going into bankruptcy in. Increasing numbers irom day to day. Persons who stil had fortunes to preserve have emigrated, and are now fiving abroad on the interest of capi- tal safely lodged in foreign banks. No- ody cherishes the hope of rejuvenat- ing the country with the aid of colon- ists, not only because of the absolute msecurity of life and property, but also because the Persian laws. do not permit foreigners to hold land. The German commentator says that the Persians' decadence may now be considered complete and irreparable. + Dropping Old Customs farper's Weekly, King George and Queen Mary are not remarkable for originality or daring. When therefore they drop- ped the tradition against guests starting new subjects in conversa- II. C. Percy, Verona, was a visitor {in ONTARIO So as to Make Provision for T. and N. R. Extension to Hudsor'§ Bay.-- _F. F. Pardee Speaks on the C. X. R. Bil, Ottawa, May 19.~In the commons this morning Sir Wilirid Laurier . a resolution, of tice was given, providing. for the | Manitoba of -jwanted ta know if it was Jropoed 8 ! transfer to Ontario from toba a strip of land required provision for the extension of the Timiskaming and Northern rails way to a port on Huddon's Bay, Hon. Dr. Roche said that correspon: dence was taking place in regard - to the matter and jt was doubtiul if the legislatio 'with. : The bill renewing, for another five years, the federal vote of $200,000 ou, to the cost of aholition 0 vel crossings, was - & committee. Hen. wl. PW nounced that during the past - five vears only $61,000 of this fund Thad been suent. Sir Wilfrid Laurier said that either municipalities were not tgking ad: vantage of the opportunity or the railway commission had been unable to deal with the applications receiv- ed. The minister promised to haw more information on the third - ing. ; ' i) "The government would force Can- ada into partnership with a. com- pany which is absolutely broke; and, more, 'itis a policy which is oppos- ed to every Canadian interest. In- stead, the control of the stock; of the Canadian Northern and its allied companies should be given into the iiands of the dominion, the govern- ment should appoint the directors, and give into the hands of expert railway men, not railway Samra ors, the task of operating this rail- way in the interests of the Canadian people." With this declaration, earnest, un- qualified, F. F. Pardee (West Lambh- ton) brought enthusiastic applause from liberal benches last might. STOCK MARKETS ¥. B. McCurdy & Co. 86 and 8H Brock St.--I1. W. Nellis, Manager 2.45 p.m., May 19th. Canners Cement pid. ('ement com. R. & O. Toronto Railway Brazilian .... a Textile ...... Shawinigan ....... Detroit: iin iin Dominion Steel .... Twin City ey Bell Telephone ...... ..... ..... cues Ottawa Light, Heat and Power... Montreal Power .. .. .. New York Coppers... Smelters .... GPR... Realling ........ .. Union Pacific ....... United States Steel . Ere a pees B00' aii Atchisan ii canes Northern Pacific ...... aE Fev Brooklyn Rapid Tranmsit .. RUBDOE oiavis ns ori Lehigh Valley . American Can. eet New Haven Railway .... Southern Pacific ... MAY gins sens July Oct. Dec. Wheat-- Nay ........ . IY vii Lorn July . May ........ 'Oats-- July Sept. .. Mayor's Life Threatened. Montreal, May 19,--Mayor Martin has received many letters containing threats against his life. Most of the letters complain that Mayor Mar- tin is trying to play the role of a boss. . The police are investigating, and they think the threats are all made by one man probably one of the unemployed. England has more than 22,000 bar- maids, of which one-half are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five | to "make |} id be { wou ..- Precio 1 W All materials that fash- ion has approved of ~ will be found in this collection. White Crepes 18¢-20c-25¢ White French Voiles, White Piques White Bedford Cords White Ratines White Repps EES i In colors we have many novelties Fancy Striped Ratines Checked Ratines Fancy Floral Crepes Plain Shades in Crepe Linen Suitings in the New Shades One of the Newest Shoes tion with rovalty, they doubtless re- sponded to the drift of opinion. Ed- ward was full of tradition and so was hig able mother. They were full of belief in etiquette and other protee- tions to royal dignity. The new scheme has the advantage of allow- ing royalty to learn a few things. it frees it from the need of pretend- ng to know everything. Therein it helps to put it'more pearly on equal- ity with other statesmen, by enabling it to keep in touch with facts and opinions. The - old tradition was more than absurd. It was obstrue- tive. & » To Raid the Treasury. ' Ottawa, May 19.--The aldermen in the Ottawa city ns voted themselves an $300, 4 y of cont been provided - Patent Vamp Very Stylish Very New Black Cloth Quarter + Kidney Heel of Leather ' Dorothy Dodd Make Widths in stock C.'D. & E. in all sizes Price $5.00