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Women's Initial Handkerchiefs. * Pure Linen Embroidered Handkerchiefs, in pretty folders, suitable for ans onl), : Hand Embroidered sd Handhorchiofs, handzome . terns, from, each . 25¢ to Sa ll Real Lace Handkerchiefs, each | . Coloured _ Embroidered from, to 75¢ Bandkerehiets 20c Bas aR E Testers ees peas "ow a s Handkerchiefs ............... 6 for 2c ..... Tc to $3.50 QUEEN a Public Library Board Invites the Sol- diers ta Use Reading Room--Thir- teen Doctors Try Examinations. The overseas battéry in com- mand of Capt. C. P. Fee, paraded to Macdonald park on Tuesday, and at noon fired a salute .of twenty-one guns in honor of the seventieth an- niversary of the birth of Queen Mother Alegandra, Four guns were used. . The militia department is making efforts to obtain the use of the skat- ing rink, for the use of the addi- tional troeps that will soon be or- dered to mobilize here. The malt house would make an ideal bar- racks; but the floors are in poor con- dition and not safe. There is a possibility that the department will ask the Board of Education to allow it to put in a new floor and use the new additions to Victoria school Jana the Collegiate 10 quarter the soldiers." The fair grounds do not seem to be: 'poken of, as the expense of repairing the buildings would be too much. The public library board of King- ston wish it known that it will be pleased to leave the N. C. O's and men of the 21st battalion make use of the reading room in connection with the library, | A board of officers composed of (Major C. C. Bennett, president; iCapt. Sills and Lieut: II. E. Pense i will assemble on Wednesday to re- port on the quality of boots Sp plied to the men. / Prof. J. M. Lanos gave a lecture in French to the officers of the bat- Italion on Monday night. One drunk was touched two dol tars in military court on Monday. Fdward Reynolds is the fourth Wa- {tertown man on record to have join- ol the Canadian forces to enter the y Furopean conflict. Mr. Reynolds 'worked for the J. B. Wise company J this fall for about six weeks, driving one of the .company's waggons. He "oft the employment of the company about four weeks ago, and on Thurs- { day started for Kingston to enlist in tthe Canadian forces. Little was | was known about Mr. Reynolds at the iJ. B. Wise plant, except that he had { boarded in this city and had no fam- tly here. Mr. Reynolds is described as a man qf six feet two inches in height, and of powerful physique. Thirteen doctors began a series of examinations in the armouries o8 Tuesday morning. Lieut.-Col. H. Duff and Major F. Etherington, = the examiners, Jehn Duquette, one of the staff of the Montreal Bank, Stirling, has left for Kingston to join the second contingent. Mr. Duquette, is of Hu- grenot descent, and speaks French and German fluently. He goes now as a private, but expects to be em- ploved as interpreter. Col. W. G. Ketcheson and Capt. R. Vanderwater, of the 49th regi- ment of Belleville, were in the city on Monday. The following students at the col- leziate have been recommended for officers certificates in the Kingston Collegiate Institute cadet battalion. The names are: John McGillivray, H. J. Farrar, A. C. Murray, J. T Gow, L. W. Asseltine, 8S. VanAlstyne and John Giles. The battalion is numbered forty-seven. The 21st battalion soldiers were supnlied with rifles on Tuesday morning and went through their first musketry parade. The railway companies are being acked by the militia department to give a special rate to officers and men of the second expeditibnary force now in training who desire to vigit their homes while on leave of ahrence A single rate will prob- ably be given. A court-martial was held on Tues- day in-the armouries, in which a soldier was charged with stealing gn overcoat from a comrade. ST. LAWRENCE CANAL REPORT. The Statistics Given For The Season of 1914. let passes were issued at the St. Lawrence canal office during Novem- ber oor 475,570 bushels of grain en 1oute 0 Montreal for fifty toms of iron pive. The report of the p..ce for tho season 1544 is as follows: Bushels «f gain arrived in store, 6,839,043; ghijvéd in cars, 723,826; sent for- ward by canal, 6,115,217 bushels; 254,722 feet (7,097 tons) of squa.» timber on rafts through St. Law- ience: coal, 71,676 toms; iron pip- ini. 0 tons; vessel tonnage, bar ges, 87,196; steamer, 24,10! tons The report shows a failing oc with the business of 19°35. Wants Photograph Of Ontario. Major G. H. Gillespie has réc®ived a very humorous letter from a friend in Fugland. While in the old coun- io Uajor Gillefpie met several peo- Hig who Melt wists inquiries about Canada, with the idea that some day they ht come here to settle. This , since the major's re- turn, evidently been thinking very ! of coming out, and asked | him in a Sete for a otograph of be might ve a better eS: 8 Granite Lodge, I. 0. O. F. TO ENCOURAGE THE GERMANS TO QUIT BELGIUM. i IN ON THE MAN SQUADRON ARE CLOSING GER- Shortening Line Will Be Dangerous | pi hh and Japanese Warships Are Proceeding Unless Germans Decide to Retire Upon Their Positions on The River Meuse, Western. Flanders, Dec. 1.--In the last few' days the situation along the After Enemy ---- Travel is Hazar- dous in the South Atlantic. Montevideo, Dec. 1. British and Japanese warships are reported to- day 10 be closing in on the German Yser and at Ypres has undergone a}squadron in South American waters, very significant change. The offen- sive has passed from the kalser's ar- my: to the allies. When and how A big naval battle is expected at any time and traffic in the south At- lantic has practically been abandon- the allies will make use of the new |ed. situation cannot at present be stated but General Joffre and Field Mar- shal French have sufficient mobile force at their disposal ready for the day when the Germans need some Belgian encouragement to soil. leave -1 have ample knowledge of strong positions on the flooded Yser being abandoned in the course of the last day or two, a fact which shows the last realizing what is only a small point in this situationthat the German trenches in that awful swamp will kill by sickness, even should the German general staff is at allies' guns cease to bombard them with shrapnel. At Dixmude, the French have been left in almost undisputed possession of the country before them. The Ger- The German squadron of Admiral Von Spree is now reported off the mouth of the River Plata. Ten Bri- tish warships were reported off the Brazilian coast yesterday and are headed for the Germans while the Japanese Pacific squadron is like- wise following in the German's trail. is The British -steamer Voltaire, bound for New York, heard wireless messages being exchanged between German warships and put into port fearing capture. cers of the Voltaire said the . mans were calling for their supply ship. All vessels have been warned that travel will be hazardous until the hostile warships are out of the viei- nity. Offi- mans have withdrawn much of their 2 artillery. 1 helicve we have seen the end of the kaiser's fight for Dunkirk and Calais. ruins, but over the ruins the Bel- gian flag is still flying, and the Ger- mans are now miles away. The influence of the severe Ger- i man losses in the western theatre of || war has made itself felt sooner than} I expected. There are signs that the Germans have been driven to the shortening of their line, but that will be -an extremely dangerous proceed- q ing unless they decide to retire upon their positions on the Meuse. KINGSTONIAN WOUNDED WHILE AT THE FRONT. Named Wright Man First ies. Aid. Hugh Nickle, -at 4 meeting in the Salvation Army citadel, on Mon- day night, spoke of' a Kingstonian who had been wounded at the front, and was under the care of a nurse re- lated to Kingston people. She had written here, saying that she was caring for a man who came from this y city. Thert 'was no intimation as to the character of his injuries. inn to suffec as a result of service at the front. It has since heen learned that the man's name is Wright, and it is said that his wife resided here, and his ad- dress was given as Nelson street. There is no person of that name on this street at the present time, al though it is stated that within the past year there was a family of .that name residing there. It is supposed that the wife has removed to some other part of the eity. BARWIS AT THE FRONT. R. M. C's Great Punter With British The Troops in France. Cuthbert Barwis, two years ago the sensation of the Intercollegiate rughy union, with his punting for Royal Military : College, is at pre- sent fighting in France with the Bri- tish forces. Barwis has been attach: ed to the 3rd battalion of the York- shire regiment, and left London for the war area on Oct. 30th. Last vear there was some talk of Bar- wis going to MeGill after his course at R.M.C., but he was gazetted to the Indian army. At the com- mencement of the present season he turned out to practice with the Ot- tawa Big Four team, and 'in Sep- tember left to join his regiment in India. He got no further than Eng- land, where he was transferred to the regiment already mentioned. was a large meeting ar) the mem of Granite Lodge. 1.0 Monday night for the Seton oF electdd were: Noble i stands Ji Milne: vice fi grand, B. Whitney: recording secretary, J. Higgins Daley: DISCUSSED DOG BY-LAW. Humane Society And Kennel Club Convened. fin Monday night members of the Kingston Humane Society and the Kingston Kennel Club convened for the purpose of discussing the proposed dog by-law, as presented for adoption at the City Council by Ald. Gillespie. There are some points .in the by-law which the lovers of the dogs say they do not believe will work ont well, and it was for this reason that the meeting was held to talk over matters, No definite action was taken, but an- other meeting will be held, and it is altogether likely that a deputation from this gathering. will wait on the City Council at its nex{ meeting, and present the dogmen's case. Ald. Gil- lespie has been asked to give the final reading of the by-law a further two weoks' hoist. A Young People's Social. The Young People's Union of the First Phptist church held an enjoyable social gathering Monday evening. An entertaining programme of songs, in- furnished, almost entirely by the young people themselves, and every number was excellent. Dainty refresh- programme, and, a pleasant hour was spent in social intercofirse. A Pleasant Evening. The Epworth I of Queen Street Methodist. "hueh had a social evening, last atte not : games and a programe, and Miss Landeryou and her efficient com: mittee served refreshments. December Price List. ed Onions, 2¢ pon-d. ellow Onions, 3¢ pound. Spanish Onfons, 5c nou.d. Green Onions The hunch. Ypres has been reduced to SERVING WITH TROOPS defini ni sine san aie Soldier From This City to Be Wounded-- No Mention of Character of Injur- It is thought that he is the first Kingston- Right, with a splendid Miss Ross introduced PROGRAMME For $t. Andrew's Society « Relief Concert. PART I. Pipers. Address by President, i Larant. Belgium 2. (a) March--Bonnie Brier Bush, is (b) 'Overture--Tancrede... Rossini hingston Symphony Orchestra. . Dance--Highland Fling Thos. (i. Bowie, Champion Dancer. 4. (a) Polonaise Militaira (b) Waltz, Delictation The Orchestra. 5 Song--Blue Bonnets over the Bor- Scott Highland Chopin Ralfe' Mrs. Andrews. 6. (n) Fantasia, Hands Across the Sea (loternatl) ... ,.Tschaikowsky (hb) Belgium Music, Maidens" Song . Musin The Orchestra. Standard on the Braes Laing 7. Song-- Arthur Craig. PART IIL. Address by First Prof. .!. Ei Morison. I. Violin Concerto in E Vice-President; Minor Mendelssohn Miss Madora Walker 2. Song--Afton Water... ... ...... Mr. Bankier. Trio, ' Clarinet, Bassoon and Trombone, Three Jolly Musicians Stone, Secker and Brooks. 4. Dance--Sword Dance Mr. Thos. G. Bowie. 5. Fantasia, Gems of Stephen Fos ter, U.S.A, "ite JTobani The Orchestra. Nolo--Mv Miss Chalmers. 7. Giuy Mannering, Scotland For- ever...... Bishop | Burns The Orchestra, Auld Lang Syne. God Save the King. Accompanists--Misses Shaw and Walker. above programme will be given at the Grand Opera House to-morrow evening, Left To Board Of Education. The mayor called a meeting, on Monday afternoon, to consider the proposition of organizing a branch here of the Canadian Technical Fdu- cation association. There were a number of interested gentlemen pre- sent, but, after discussion, it was decided that as the Kingston Board of Education had already had repre- sentatives of its board at the asso- ciation meetings the 'correspondence, sent to the mayor, was ordered to be forwarded to the Board of Educa- tion with a request that the mat- ter therein be considered. The desire is to have a number of lecturers vis- it the city during the winter to set forth the benefit of technical educa- tion and to show the demand there is for skilled mechanics. Death Of Mrs. Sweeney. Nrs. Campbell Sweeney, the superintendent of the Columbia branches of 'the Tank of Montreal, is dead at Vancouver. She was the mother of Lieut. Sweeney, an R.M.C. graduate, who was recently wounded while with the British army in France. wife of British Anniversary services ap the First Baptist church next Sunday- Rev. Dr. W. T. Graham, cf Toronto, at both services. Silicon and ammonia for cleaning brass buttons, sold at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. immediately, Ger- , Mills | LADIES' many novelties from 25c to .. .. SELECT YOUR CHRISTMAS HAND. KERCHIEFS FROM THE LARGEST STOCK IN TOWN. WE HAVE GREAT ASSORTMENTS FOR Men, Women, Children We mention just a few of the many: LADIES' Pure Linen Hemstitched, special makes at ...1 Special make at Real Hand Embroidered, 50¢c LADIES' Hand Embroidered and Lace edged, new designs. LADIES' Pure Linen Hemstitched with INITIALS. MEN'S Pure Linen Hemstitched 12%¢, 15¢, 20c, 25¢ MEN'S Pure Linen Hemstitched, spec- ial, 3 for 50c Put up in gift box. 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