PACERIONT "THE RIGHT SUIT THE DATLY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915. WAS SHOT THREE TIMES A PRAYER BOOK SAVED YOUNG SOLDIER'S LIFE. Purdie, Nephew of Miss Margaret Purdie, of Kingston. Many thrilling stories have been told about the war, but there is none | CANADA CAN SUPPLY Three War Contingents Within Three I Weeks. Ottawa, 'Feb. { 26.--Canada can supply Lerd Kitchener with three ' do. x more contingents within two weeks ® The Remarkable Escape of William should it be found necessary to so d Such was the assurance given to par- liament yesterday afternoon by the minister of militia in response to an inquiry by Sir Wilfrid Laurier as to Both the Hberal leader which is more thrilling than that | and Hon. George Graham thought] Nunc ning William urdie, aged sev. | the paramount duty of the moment entoen, serving with a British regi. | ment, and who is a nurse at Te 110 he The Supplementing of Bationgl th i home of Mrs. William Harty, jr., '¢ | patriotism by national contributions; WPSIE IF 157 pm. | RECALLED BY GOVERNMENT EN- | QUIRIES FROM OTTAWA. -- f Murder of a German by a Frenchman, Both of Whom Were With the Can- adian Force Sent From Quebec, Communications are now passing be- tween. Kingston and Ottawa over a cold-blocded murder in the year IST | when the Canadian militia was under | arms in the North-West to quell the | Red River rebellion. ~The principals were a Frenchman awd a German, | Stuart street. on | of : { He 100k part in. men and supplies whose respective nations were at war | tight at Labassee, : { General Hughes was the bearer of | i; he great Franco-Prussian strug- three. times: "3 a i pa {glad tidings which set the whale ge. in which the 1 French) lost : him up to carry 'him off the battle | house. to. cheering. '_ Recruiting, he| Leavily. It seems both men had got- | field, was shot dead while he had said, Was. most: satisfactory. Some | ten cold feet when the young man in his arms. Pur | 850 men for a cavalry force had been out, and deserted the armies to die, although suffering serious injury { secured within six hours, and east-| which belonged. lt js mot | is reported to be getting along nice. | ©T8 On%agio alone had within 24 | known whether either of the men i ly. \ ! hours, furiished far more Han her kaw nach shes at She Site the to The wounded hoy w Save | quota. n places where en stment | sertion ik place, bu at any rate | death by his cua Mved He fom {seemed slow It was because it had they hoth came to Canada from Eur- | it in, his pocket, along with some | Deen discourdged, as equipment and | ope on the same boat and landed at | this war broke | It's the man inside the clothes that wins, of eourse, but the clothes are on the outside-and they count, and they count just in proportion as the make, the fit and the style are accurate, Our Men's Clothing has to pass all sorts of hard "Exams," is criticised by cxperts who know the ing" of good tailoring, as well as the styles Mnd finish that characterise correct elothing for men and young men. We place great stress on our £15.00 and $18.00 Suits, Come and see them and then just match them if you can, | Livingston' Brock Street. A litle out of the way, but it will pay vou to walk. « | first counter-chirges, raged for two hours. post cards and letters, and the bul- | Jet which struck him made a hole | clear through mhe prayer book, cards and letters. He was engaged in a bayonet charge at the time. The ball | passed through his arm to his breast, but the book broke the foree of it. The gallant young soldier did not feel any pain, did not know that he had been shot, and continued | fighting. The first intimation he had of be ing shot was when he noticed blood pouring from his wounded arm. Still | he did not give up. He fought for some time until he was finally shot in the leg and fell. A sergeant. in his régiment picked him up to carry him off .the field but as he had him in his arms the young man had ene of the fingers on his left hand blown off by a bullet which came from a "sniper," the bullet striking the ser geant and killing him. The young man was then 'carried away frgm the firing 'ling by another soldier. Miss Purdie has received a telling hier 'about her nephew's row escape. He 'says shells are terrible. letter nar- the German 'When, they come," he says. "you | see nothing but men thrown 'high in | the air, and when they come down they are literally cut 'to pieces." Young Purdie had but six week' | training when he went to the front He was a crack shat .and passed this examination with honors. in made in the letter to a fifteen vear-old vou who was wounded, and it is stated that many 'young lads | are on the firing line. It is stated that when the full de tails of the'battle at Labassee are permitied to be publishgd, it = will of the British army. one. of the most furious the war has ryet ween. ? A hand-to-hand conflict, varied with a series of bayomet charges, and ae Germans, ably outnumbering their opponents, | finally melted away before the Bri- | tish 'bayonets. A letter dated February Sth, from Lieut. Calvin W. Day to his family | here, stated that he was in charge of platocn 15 in No. 3 company of the Canadian { This company .is made up largely of ff | soldiers from Lanark and Renfrew. . For Suits & Dress: EE i B hi | iit | The company js in charge of Major South MMricen Veterans, ior offi- cers, Tn 'addition to {ise apt Lieuy. Bi dsall, Colourg: ISeut. Ackerman, Peterboro: Lieut.~Day, Kingston, and Lieut. O'Flynn, junior officers. Despatehes recently mentioned in- clude a. casualty list stating that Pte. John Ross, Renfrew, was injured by shrapnel, and from this it can be gathered that No. 3 company is upon the firing line. Day, barrister, . from his: brother, Lieut. Day, dated Bristol, February 35th, ays : . . bd "Late Saturday night (February 13th), we got orders to be we, just turned handsprings and il Set about to get the multitudmous odds. and ends finished up. After mus- d we came up last AD Amesbury at mn. autrained i and loaded on the first . lin i i Sr Avonmouth Reference | accommodation were not ready. Every regiment was up to full strength. In Edmonton and Cape Breton particularly new regiments could be raised within 34 hours. "I can supply three more contingents within two weeks if necessary," de- clared the minister. SEEPS LPIIEL EPI E SLI EIIE » * NO CASUALTY LIST. + -- + Ottawa, Feb. 26.--A report ¢ + that the militia department is $ + holding a lieavy Canadian casu- &' % alty list pending notification of & + relatives is emphatically denied & #+ by the government, + + F422 PRR ER REPRE FREI THE WHIG'S JUMBLE, A General Review of Country District and Local News. Se. Rmulsion, 25¢., at Gibson's. A German aviator wounded some British soldiers in South Alrica. "Snap Hand Cleaner," at Gibson's. John P. Blakely, tictons assessor, {is recovering trom a fall on the ice, I by which his shoulder was quite seri- | ously injured. "Sve. Beef, Iron and Wine." son's. major-General Sam Hughes claims { the right, undér the government bill Gib- | Quebec. | volunteers _to go to | and the two common enemies, having | nothing in particular to employ their | | ing, Chassez pullec Here there was a call for | the North-West | time, enlisted in the Quebec Rifles. $ Hatred steadily grew between them as time expired during their encamp- | ment in the west, and the other sol | | ders of the regiment noticed it. 'The! Frenchman, whose name was Chassez, | arose early one morning and stealthi- | the cot where the Without warn- | out his revolver | and fired at the slumbering German. | | killing him almost instantly. "The! guards seized the Frenchman and had | { him placed in confinement. 'I'he mur- | der:r was given omly six months' im- prisonment lor the dreadin) deed: The inc'dent has bedn 'revived after a lapse of forty-four years. At pres. ent the government authorities at Ot- | tawa are corresponding with H. A. Miller, cabinet-maker, Queen street, | | Kingston, who is a Red River veter- an, and who was in camp when the! murder occurred, and knew the de- tails of the 4ffair. What the gov | eroment has in view is not known, -------- FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT ly stole aver to German lay sleutfug, Struck Mine In Antivari Harbor and Paris, Feb. 28.--The French tor- | pedo boat Dague struck an Austrian i mine in the harbor of Antivari, on the Montenegrin coast, and was! | to retain his portfolio if he goes oun | sunk, it was officially announced to- | active service at the front. day. _a crew of thirty-eight men "Snap Hand Cleaner,' at Gibson's. | Were lost. | er rose was sentenced at Pei-| The torpedo boat escorting food | {erboro by Justice Britton to mpine|ships bound for Montenegro, official | form a glorious page in the history | The fight was | although consider- ¥ chief of police of Picton. The last lstter, received hy Alired E. | | months' confinement in jail for caus- {ing the death of William O'Brien « Buy kodaks, at Gibson's. Walton W, Vanllusen, aged fifty-sev- | en years, formerly of Picton, died on | February 20th, jollowing a brief ill- | | ness at his home at Rochester, N.Y. | NKhone 230, Gibson's, for drug wants. | Tnomas Portland has been made He was | formerly on the lirantiord and Coch- A salary | rane; forces. year. om 3 | Buy kodak films ai Gibson's, | says the government is seriously con- | sidering an appeal to the country expeditionary force. | immediately after the close of the Ciety in the world. | session. Tonics: "at 'Gibson's. The associated Boards of Trade Bolster. and Capt. Hooper, Perth, both | of Ontario. aj, their annual conven. Elsie Ki tion passed a. resolution favoring state control of the nickel output oi i the province. "Unbleached . Tooth Brushes." Gib- son's. { I'he Bangue d'Hochelaga purchas- ed the Liverpool and London and {Globe Insurance company's building, {on a 'prominent corner in Montreal, i for about $700,000. "SOc. Beef, Iron and Wine." i last few years, has returned to Prince | Edward county, where he will engage tin farming; havj Na- i] to : + an MON at any time: the following day. | thaniel Gordon farm in Hillier. | "Your spring tonic" is waiting for {vou at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. I At Cape Vincent, N. Y., the wed: "ding took place of Miss hel Ber- nice Grant, daughtér of Mis. Sarah Grant, and Dr. Eugene Andrew Ham- | mond, New Berlin. * THE PRINCE OF WALES is PO al 'Tue Ottawa Journal, conservative, Gy | 8 {Burton Baxter, in the west for the | despatches said. An explosion { wrecked her yesterday at entrance to the Antivari harbor. : Honor For W. G. Miller. London, Feb. 26.--The gold medal of the lostitution of Mining and Me. | tallurgy, london, bas been awarded | to Willet G. Miller, LL.D., provincial | geologist, of Ontario.» Canadian geologists and engineers | will be especially . interested in the {award to Dr. Miller \becanse it ro- presents the highest formal recogni- {tion 'of the Mmost select and out: | standing 'mining and metallurgical so- Mrs. Cornaire Expired. Watertown, N.Y., Feb. 26.- Mrs. py Cornaire, twenty-eight, | i wife of "Milford Cornaire, who died | Wedn:sday night at her home in Fast | Watertown, formerly lived at Cape! Vincent. She was born at Three Mik Bay, but up to a short time ago had | lived in C Vincent. Surviving are | hr aban, four children, Bernard, | } Katharine, Margery and { her parents, two sisters and a bro | ther, Another Berlin Lie. 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