PAGEEIGH? ~~ i Sedat C--O 'HE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914™ | WIFTY MILLION DOLLARS | VOLUNTEERS OF 47TH... 255. or av. MET DEATH IN PICTON ~Other Projects. Ottawa, Aug. 19.--Canada's war j vote for the present emergency ses- ! {ion is to be $50,000,000. Sir Rob-| : - The 3th Field Battery Will Go as, ert Borden gave notice in the house | By Falling Of a Telephone Pole-- Soon As the Necessary Horses of commons of a resolution yester- | Deceased Was Married in Kings- hi Sectived. ~|day afternoon providing for an ap<{ (on Only Two Months Ago. Have Been Secured. | propriation of that amount to be de- : ca 4 ; Orders voted to the defence and security of! Edgar Scott Coulson fell off a | EDGAR 8S. COULSON, FORMERLY i ; WILL LEAVE FOR VALCARTIER, fio OF KINGSTON KILLED | QUE., ON THERSDAY. We always order were sent out from the eT ---- EE OE ac our British Woollens for early Delivery And fortunately they arrived before the war complications. Therefore we are now ready with our fall suitings, overcoatings and trouserings. There isn't a man in Kingston who cannot find a pattern to his liking in our stock of choice woollens. The sense of being: well dressed will come with a glance in the mirror when you - put on the garment we make for vou. ® Suits to measure ... $22.00 to $35.00 Overcoats to measure $22 to $30.00 Trousers to measure $5.50 to $8.50 'Test Our Excellent Tailoring LIVINGSTON'S BROCK STREET A Little Out of the Way, But It Will Pay You To | Walk Mid - SUMMER PRICE Reductions At Waldron's Table Cloths Pure Irish Lineppwith border all around, 2 x 21-2 and 2 x 3. yds all good patterns, slightly defec- tive in weave. Regular prices $4.00 and $4.50. Special for $2.48 Fach Table Napkins 40 dozen Browns' celebrated Shamrock quality, 23 x 23 inches, all new designs. Regular price $4.50. Special $3.00 a Dozen Bath Towels White Bath Towels, some slightly dust soiled in dif- ferent sizes; at spedial 'reduction off regular prices. * : Remnants of Bleached and Unbleached Table Lin- ens in lengths from 1 to 3 vds. Renmants of Linen Towelling. Remnants of Sheetings. All at special prices. | slikely that they % headquarters of the 3rd division on Wednesday for the volunteers from {the rural regiments of the division to entrain for Valcartier on Thurs: day. It is evidently the intention of the militia department to have the {rural corps from the different disi- rets on the camp ground beforé the city volunteers arrive. The. volunteers from the 47th re- | giment who have been quartered in Artillery Park barrac's will be only {one locally that will be affected by 'the order. The commanding officer of the division has re. jteived no word from headquarters' as to the movement of the volun-, teers from the 14th° regiment. i | -- : Queen's Crack Engineers The engineers from No. 5 com-| nany of Field Engineers from | Queen's university have been de- tailed to Valcartier for the purpose | of doing engineering work around | the camp grounds. | The engineers from 'Queen's are ilooked upon as one of the best en- | {gineering corps in the province. | Major Alexander Macphail in com-! wand, has his men in first-class] {("naition The work which thev | i %iil do at Valcartier will do credit | i1¢ the university. A number of the | 'men have volunteered for foreign | service | Field Battery in Readiness. | | The iaen of the 3th field battery, | , who uave volunteered for over-sea i | jSeprice, are in readiness to be ca:- Add at gny moment. It is not at ai will be called for « as horses are to Lo ipurehused at the sovare at Tete de (Port tarracks on Thursday mort ving No gray or white horses wi be taken by the militia department. leocitle of days, | The officers of the division, who have volunteered for over-seas 'ser- (vice, have been instructed from the { headquarters to report at Valcartier {at once t { i Officers to Report. CANADA'S OVERSEA FORCE Total 22,218 -- How It is Composed. Ottawa, Aug. 19.--The order-in- | council providing for the Canadian expeditionary force of one army di-| vision defines the number of officers ' and men in the various units. The! total embarking strength of the force is to 'he 22,218, although up-| wards of 25.000 men will mobilize at Valcartier. Commanders and | stalls total 90; cavalry, 157; artil-| lery, 3,888: engineers, 442; signal | service, 160: infantry, 12,025; ar- my service corps, 567; army medi- cal service, 698; army veterinary service, 11; ordnance corps, 18; ar- my pay corps, 2. postal corps, 15. Tn addition to these, there will be 1,. 750 officers and men at the over geas base, and 2,395 in the admini- strative units available for reserve or reinforeing purposes The militia departmeat has acquir {will jed several aeroplanes of recent de- His fullest support, and he was cer | we sign for use in connection with Can-' ada's expeditionary force. if on trial {they are found to be up to expecta i tions FIRST WAR PRISONERS i p---- {To Be Placed in Fort Henry Since | 1837. i For the first time sifice the vear { 1837. war prisoners are confined to {the cells at Fort Henry. The four (Germans who were arrested at Gan- | #noque on Wednesday, August 12th | charged with 'being spies, were tak- {en over to the fort on Tuesday ev- ening and will detained at that place until orders are received from Ottawa as to the intention of the militia department + of the old men resi city stated that as can remember Von ho headed a rebel force in Canada. was the last war prisoner confined to the , where he was {executed i | LOSS OF THE AMPHION. teport Made -- Cruise: Struck Two Mines. hoindon, . Aug 19.--~A port made by Captain Fox, com mander of the ill-fated eruiser \m- phion, the first British warship lost in the war, ten days ago, was made public to-day. It shows that the | ; cruiser actually struck two mines aod | | that the second one fired the * Am { phion's magazines. The wreck of the | Amphion sank within three i after the 'second explosion "The officers and crew behaved with | the utmost gallantry," said Capt. | Fox. "All the men rushed to their | posts immediately upon ihe ; Detailed detailed re minutes | | sound | of the initial éxplosion and the en-| gine room forces remained on duly until the signal to abandgu the ship was sounded." 4) - l ------l ie | THE ONLY GREAT POWER { | pe Not In the War Will Be the United | States. | London, Aug. 19.--The Chronicle in! an editorial to-day declares that be! fare very "long the United States will! be the only great power not em-| Itoiled in the present war. Italy, it] says, will have to come in sooner or | later. The Chronicle emphasized the value to the British of United Stages' friendship and jgood-will and points | out that the amicable relations ex-! isting between the two Anglo-Saxon | ugtions are of inestimable value to { Canada at the present juncture. Bulgaria and Turkey Neutral. London, Aug, 19.--Bulgari tatives again to-day notified | ed necessary or advisable by the gov-| before going into i the government | either by way of tariff adjustment | or by way of imposing any war tax. , not promise that they would be al : ment. | soughtitto join the fighting forces Despatches From Near and Distant | needed for the war by the Canada, to the conduct of military telephone pole and landed head first or naval operations in or beyond 20 the road in Picton at 7.45 o'clock Canada, for promoting the continu- Wednesday morning. He died im- ance of trade, { y d business | M1lately. , industry an BSS pd by " communications, whether by means' Deceased oi Swemy-three Foals of insurance or indemnity against, 34 King oe west, Kingston war risk or otherwise, and for the." bon here and went to the carrying out of any measures deem-|, 0000 collége here four years ago, " oud edhe i the employment ne exisence of a slate OF WA + | Ho vas sneha ao It is further to be resolved that ent as an inspector in the-.com- € be empowered to]... o's Belleville office. He was raise by way of loan such sums of | {hen promoted to section foreman at money as are required under the ap-) pjeton, propriations. It is evident that the, The late Mr. Coulson was married government does not intend for the two months ago to Miss Mary Bour- present to increase the revenue yan Bf this city. Mr. and Mrs. Coulson were in the city on Sunday. He 'leaves to mourn his loss his wid- ow, his father and mother and three | brothers, Stanley and Fenwick, of | Kingstqn, and Douglas, of Arnprior. The body will arrive in the city at eight™ o'clock Wednesday evening | and will be buried from his father's { home, King street west. ISMAY, LIVE 3 | SOLITUDE. | Titanic Survivor Pwells in Lonesome | Seclusion in Ireland. { Where is Bruce Ismay? For two | years the steamship corporation of- | ficial, who drew the criticism of the { world after the sinking of -the Tit- { anic, has been missing from the ! places that-used to know him. i The captain of the lost liner went { down with his ship, the first mate | ended his own life, and Bruce Ismay | making his way into a lifeboat and {to the deck of the rescue ship Cor- | pathia, sailed to safety. | Then of a sudden he disappeared. { Rumor whispered that his one-time, | friends avoided him, that club eom- | mittees desired his resignation, even that his mind had failed under the | terrible strain. | Englishmen have scant sympathy | for a coward. Few men would be | willing to live the life that Bruce | Ismay saved from the sea. No long- jer a steamship magnate, no longer a Beau Brummel in Belgravia, the question of his whereabouts assumed the significance of a mygfery Meanwhile the lost director was | living in a remote house on a place :t | known as the Heel of the Sea In the heart of this Irish wilder- -- i i ness & solitary lodge shows white COL. CARLETON'S STATEMENT inst its Surroundings patch of -- IF 'n A locked gate forbids en- Was as Helpful as Possible to Let' trance. Sheumas, the old 'sidecar Men Enlist, driver, flourishing an accusing whip Yo den : ; | lash through the teeming rain. te al ian Coane, 54] "Look there where ho hides. Ne. 9 i] . 3 "jy ver a gentlethan have F brought here that therg should be any misunder- {but was turned away from the very standing wus to the attitude of the o ard : : door. Money he has and all that mos stafi towards those of the Servants | ney will buy. But he cannot shake who wished to enlist for overseas ®er- | off the memories on his mind. Day a uve Jens o Sow Ris alter day he must Hear them the 3 shrieks of drowning men crying list and the colonel says he down the wind. That is his curse. heartily commended the spirit mani-! what he did will be remembered fested, and while, ut once, he could |, i] the Titanic is forgotten. ! "Lonely enough the place is. He *» thought we would know him that stood around the Marconi tain it would be granted As they ' masts at Clifton waiting a long week were married men with large families) for a word from across the sea Cast this fact required couvsideration, and, | your eye about this place, bog, and naturally, as the minister intimated, | moor, and fields of stone. I have the consent of, | seen men and women here decent tial. Another consideration was what | civil people, starved with hunger and could be promised---as they asked for | blue with the cold But not one vay and reinstatement. As to this] of them all, old or young, would he wrote the department, feeling as che » places with the man who ured that arrangements could be | lives in that lodge." easily made. The matter was gith | headffuarters, not with him, and an: statement he might make might be miglgpding. An authoritative fhe ould be obtained with delay So iar as the staff 'was had been, needlesa to THE KING OF fespateh from Rom ent there fs keer } s ordered not the governme N lowed to go, yet their purpose had the wives was essen Offers Cheese Gift. (ue City, Aug. 19._The gov states | orpmant of this province has offer- little | oil ona million pounds of cheese, or con- |; {eet e'ght hundred thousand dol- cerned there | lars worth, to the British war office say, no attempted obstruction, rather las a zift for :)e field force of th: the heartiest support. and encoubage- | British army, 'ncluding the Cana If compliance could be made | dian contingent vith the government's requirements | rae the man roa have the cordial best | A Possibility Admitted. \ of every one associated with] "That clerk hadn't been around The staff was as max- | these offices a month," said the rail- other institution or cor-| way, president. "until ke thought he the most cordinl| knew more about the business than to all who |the directors." "What happened to him?" | 'Nothing. After we got through | being investigated we had to admit | that maybe he did." > Quebec wishes + college. as any pctation to give and generous support PITH OF THE NEW.S means saving those Self-denial sometimes | monev to be squandered by who have never practiced it. a bushel of corn to some people and "they will want you to Several hundred recruits are = still turn in ahd help shell it. Toronto American women in London gave regiments. { 250,000 the. first day to a war relief Vassil LL. Delmage, 3 Merchants' | fund > Bank clerk, pleaded guilty, iat Mon treal, to embeezlin £7,000. Two hundred Toronto street rail: way employees, who are British re- | servists, left for the war | Sheldon Lyons, Toronto, was fatal ly injured bv falling through a barn floor in Mone township. Plans for whirlwind campaign to Places. Two (T.R. sectionmen were killed by a Wabash freight train near Jar vis, Ont. Give To -.Morrow In spite of the great advance in the price of wool goods we have secured several * bargains lately, where firms required ready money, and were willing to take a loss in order to get cash. : Tvwvwww ry ew 290 Yards Navy Blue Dress Serge Full 54 inches wide and worth regularly 75¢ yd. Yours To-Morrow, 49¢ Yd Mothers Getting children ready for school should take advantage of this special bargain as "this serge is a most economical one to use, being so wide, 54 inches. AA A AA A AlN AP A ANN * A Butterick's LARGE QUARTERLY Fall Fashions Pages of the latest and best designs for fall, the price of this book is 25¢ a copy, and with each book you get any Butterick pat- bi FREE FASHION BOOK To-Day We have just received a number of Ladies' Fall Suits and Fall Coats Come and see these to-morrow John Laidlaw & Son Men's Boots at $3.50 be inaugurated next Tuesday in To-| ronto are being. completed by the | Patriotic Fund association. Col. Victor Williame,. adjutant-gen weal, will be placed in eharge of . the big camp at Valcartier, where " the! Canadian forces are to mobilize on| Thursday. The Russian general staff announces that the invasion of the Austrian provinces of Fukovina and Galicia is in progress. with several divisions probably 70,000 men engaged. I. P. Morgan & company have proposed loan. 10 France owing to Washington's at- titude on the subject. This is ex- pected to awect other similar fin- ancial transactions which were un- der negotiation. ~~ #Handoned a and Turkish represen! the foreign office that these; nations were determined to maintain complete neutrality { 'throughout the war, 7 ? . Lf Just received a very finc & line of MEN'S BOOTS Calf Uppers, solid soles, Good: year stitched, button or laced J styles. Sizes 6 to 10. $3.50.