re fe ne, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915. IN MILITARY CIRCLES UNIFORM IS ISSUED TO "C" BAT- TERY, R. C. H, A. Medical Stricte Officers Than Heeruits For Overseas' Service. Required To Be r Fver In Accepting have been issued that will be commenced immediate the 26th Bat- these: men will be points until 1ssuea Orders eruiting re men for but recruiting order is ly to secure tery, R.F kept at the the mobilization { Uniforiz. for members of "C" tery, R.C.H.A., has nearly all issued, and the battery has a lot of men on parade I'be men are looking after the horses used by the © 22nd Pattery Guns are expected in the near f The N.C.O.s have future. nearly all been chosen. Bat been line Col H. Ogilvie makes an 'inspec tion of 'the battery every morning and is quite satisfied with the pre- the recruits gress being made by John McKay 140-157 Brock St, With the 'increased cost of stufis, the contractors supplying militia are complaining that loging money. food- the they Kingston. are Mafeh ie. gressing rapidly, the oflicers and N (.0."s doing splendid work. The sub- jects being. taught now are much more advanced than before the war, and to pass the examinations means oven harder study than before » course. is SPRING HOUSE CLEANING AND HOUSE FURNISHING IS NEAR. We can help you: In taking stock we found 40 ends of covers 3-4 to 3 yards long which we now offer at one half usual price----you can have choice of colors. Prices now run fro 1 50e. to $2.50 yard. A big chance to get your old. furniture done over at low price. An order has been issued that medi- oflicers when examining recruits take even more care that unde- The class OVErseas service The medical strict, hut be taken. cal niust are weeded out for only. very irables of men required hest heen care must be the oflicers have even greater must section being given Ihe signalling of the 21st Battalian is instruction on Barriefield commons. In buildings, or where they are only a short dis- tance away, if the message cannor be translated, it a temptation to speak acrost the distance, , but on Barviefield this caunot be done, and the section is now becoming highly proficient in sending and receiving 18 i port upon' the number of horses on charge of the RC. H.A. depot. A niedical board composed of Capts. R. ). Gardiner, J. F, Sparks and R. ardson, will report oh the con ion of four 2i8t Battalion privates dit the armouries the being riven mus- by Sergt.-Major At present 'seventy- per cent. of the men can make required score at twenty-five ards, The five shots must be kept inside of a one-inch circle, and this is being done so* well that the in- structor is confident that in a short hile ninety per cent. of the men vill be able to do this. Every 2st B on is ketry instruction Inst, Edwards. five n Ww r Lieut. Frank 'McGee is sick list, on the Ptes. V Harper, R. Tobico znd H. Northey have been taken on the strength of the 21st Battalion. Macdonald and D on Thursday night where they will go over the 42nd Blac) Watch xr ¥ Pipers 11d left Montreal with band Mae- for seas Pipe F. Newcombe t of the 21st in the A. K. Hemming Lieut. E adjn of $ acting absence pt hb EERE LEBEL IPL ISIN SPE * REDUCE WATER RATES, Now that a surplus of over $14,000 hag been shown by the water department in its busi- ness of last year, there is a feeling among the people that the Utilities Commission should inmediately give a reduction in the rates. At the beginning of the year, the closet rate was cut in two, but this was really no reduction, as it simply brought the majority of the rates to the amount at which they stood be- fore the big raise in assessment two years ago. It is now claimed that the bath and closet rates shold be complete. ly wiped out. To write them off would mean the dropping of about $6,500 by the water de- partment, but with a surplus of £14,000 for 1914 and an ex- pected surplus of $16,000 or ooo do oo ole oe Be oe de op bop * * | to his home, secured a HAD A NARROW ESCAPE LITTLE BOY SLID INTO OPEN WATER While On the lee Near Cataraqui Bridge on Thursday Afternoon -- Men Pulled Him Out With a Pole An. the Nick of Time. Sliding on the ice near the old fol Latest Authorized Military Text Books house at Cataragui bridge almost cost "Freddy" Morton, aged - six. his life fate 'on Thursday aftern He skid nto open. water, and would have been drowned but for the prompt action of some men, who happened to be working nearby and pulled him ont. The youngster and a companion nam. « Harrison were having a merry time m the ice, but somchow the Morton bay got nto the open water. An alarm was raised, and some men hurried to the rescue, One of the men secured a pole, and held * out so that the lad could get hold of, it, and m this way he was puiled out, but was almost unconscious, : A call was sent to the police station and Consiable Jenkins and Inspector W, H. Wyllie, of the Children's Aid Soci ety, hurried to the scene. The boy soon came around all right, and, after some questioning, Constable Jenkins suceeed- ed mn securing from the lad his name. It was found that be was "Freddy" Mor ny { James Morton, 119 Mon . 'King's * August 1st, 1914, 160 Princess Street. a son of | The College Field Service Pocket Book, 1914. Royal Army Medical Corps Training, reprinted 1914. We carry the most complete line of Military Text Books Open. Nights. ations and Orders for the Army, with Amendments up to ; 2 Book Store Phone 919. treal street Constable kins went hange of cloth- mg for him, ayd in the meantime he was cared for in the toll-house. NEW FRONTENAC BEEK. Five Hundred - Competitors Sought Fer. a Suitable Name! competition organized of "directors of the | Breweries Limited, Montreal, hoice of a name to be given heer, The board for to that « "Fronienac Chri a most remarkable worth winning has been SAC The win k." Prizes wer ner receives (One Hundred Dot gold. prizes wn pe of s of Fronte wk Beer to be divides the next 500 competitors, Out the tens of thousands $ sent in, the choice has not beer . and'it was only after a long dis m that the historical name "Tri anon" was chosen--the maiden name o dase of oi ql and colors; pretty designs ' { priced "up to $5 each. Fi od i ct of : --- mwrning special on the barg 30 only Ladies' Faney Silk#Waists; white, black in broken sizes, 34 to 40; roa Saturday $1 95 * ain counter. . Imported Gold Goods We have a shipment of Fng fish Gold Bar Pins and Brooches which' were delivered to us at » great reduction. The reduced prices are still on thet, and, in some oases, Brooches and Necklets can = be bought at half their regular worth, i TEVY VY EYYVYYYYT. There are a few small Pla tinum Pleces among them at 20 # | Mme. de Frontenac, Anne de Ia Grange Per cent. discount. 4 Trianon. 'It is"a new homage renderec 4 10 the name of Count Frontenac--"the # | greatest Governor that Louis XIV ever $17,000 this year, the opinion is that the Commission should give the people the benefit of the big profits that the plant is messages rapidly. On all clear days the heliograph is used. 200 yards of Shantung Silk, 36 inches wide, in a | OVO YORI OYY de and Twenty-five recruits have been taken on the strength of the 21st sattalion in the last two weeks, re- placing those who were not quick enough in pieking up the drill. Ev We bought up a large stock of ends of furniture stock from a Cana- dian factory at Clear out Prices - "ery man now being taken on is at Bere"s a sample--5 large full size least five feet, seven inches in ya, British Mpa oF, yop height and of high intelligence. ular J $20---dozeas of | , -- other bargains. Rugs, all colors patterns, sizes. Linolewm, all widths in block and floral patterns. Curtains, some entirely new ideas in Canadian and foreign makes. Buy during March, while stocks Are 'large and before the rush and have them delivered when you need. Phone 90. Yours | = T. F. HARRISON re ---------- The subscriptions to the $10,000 heing ralsed to buy field kitchens for the 21st Battalion are excel- lent. About $2200 has been receiv. éd from the north port of the divi- sion, and every section is doing as well. The amount asked for will he subscribed in a few days. -- The 21st Battalion on Thursday was given fleld work east of Barrie- field. lar to those which the battalion will recéive overseas. Alan P. McGregor, who is wants (ed by tie military authorities for the theft of $3,000, which was to { have been used for the paying of tie Gananoque Battery in France, is | now it is reported in Son Francisco. | He was in Brockville on New Year's day and crossed the border thore. * AUTO LIVERY Bibby's Garage Rev. W. K. Shortt gave an evan- gelistic talk to the soldiers in the militia Y.M.C.A. on. Thursday night, The choir of Princess Strect Church furnished music, On Sunday evening, Rev: G. 1. Campbell will conduct the usual set- | vice for the soldiers in the militia | YAMLC.A. hall, The Royal Canadian Horso Artil- lery has goined a wide reputation as an artillery unit, and on Thurs. day a special brand of cigarettes was put on sale, called after it. Friday was spent by riflemen of the 21st Battalion on the ranges, where dinner was. served at moon transport wag- 917, Residence. ~ For Sale Gramophones, Phonographs, Grat- Oholas, Columbia and Victor records; Odeon and Jumbo records, Bdison 2 Minute records, Blue Amberal re-| corda, ' Allen's ol Q . i ES Brock St. from the battalion gons. The report that the statiopary hos-' pital offered by Queen's University for use at the front had not as yet been accepted hy the imperial authori- ties is denied at headquarters. McGill find Toronto Universities. offered the | personnel and equipment of two base | hospitals, and. Queen's dfiered the Per- i | sonnel of a stationary hospital, but ff! only the McGill offer has been ac | cepted. } $ . {| + Two boards of afficers have been {ordered by Col. G. H. Ogilvie. One composed of Liewt.-Col. W. J. M gan, Major J. | i Db "Ringwood -- Ri Reasons Ve ok Glu wean 1-=You get the services of a - registered optometrist. These manoeuvres are simi-| g Kingston, officiated, : i | yielding. PRP PR PERL LSP P PPE TPIS BPS Bdddd oP + TURP bbe bp dd doled bdr ddd fod LATE MiSs MARY KENNEDY Died at Her Home on Johnson Street Wednesday Evening. On Wednesday, evening o'clock, Miss Mary Kennedy rest very suddenly at her dence, 267 Johnson street. years ago the deceased was Chippewa, Ont., and for the past twenty years had resided in Kings ton, where she was widely known, ! both socially and for her active work in church "matters. Heart trouble | was stated to be the cause of death. In religion the deceased was a Ro man Catholic, attending St. Mary's | Cathedral, and also being connected with the League of the Sacred Heart and the Lady of Victory and Chosen Frignds. Two brothers and one sis- ter survive : Michael Kennedy, Enter prise;, William Kennedy Erinaville, and Mrs, Thomas Keoney, Kingston. The funeral will be held from her late residence on Saturday morning to St. Mary's Cathedral, where a sol | com requiem mass will be sung by Rev. Tather A. J. Hanley at 9.30 o'clock. Later the remains will be taken to the C.P.R. station and on the 2.40 o'clock train, Saturday after- | noon, they will be transferred to Chippewa and taken to the home of | Mrs. Michael Kennedy.' On Monday morning another 'mass will be sung by Rev. Father Metlonald, belore the remains. are pla in tne vanlt. John Whalen, Watertown, 3 Miss Agnes Kennedy, Erinsville, and | others will attend the funeral here on Saturday. al 6.30 passed to late resi- Fifty-si:1 born at TELLS OF HIS TRIP. Letter From a Kingstonian Who Is Now In France. Mr. and Mrs, John Ramsay, Divi- sion street, have receiv a letter from their son, Private W. Ramsay, of the first Canadian contingent, in Which he says he is in the best of 'health. He is now in France. Ha {says that William Fleet, another Kingstonian, is also well. "We had a retty rough 'trip across," he sald. "I was sea sick, | At times 'we can hear the firing off Hi of the guns." The Late Osborne McKendry The funeral of tho i MeKendry, "Glenburnie, who 3 died | | suddenly on Wednesday night was yterian Church, ance was a: large i respects. The cortege was aboul cone of the largest ever held in this | meighborhood. The pall bearers wore members of the Glenburnie hockey team, of which | Player. ' They Blacklock, E. cana Willia { |. Visited S¢. John's Lodge sori i, Cae Tt A AMM, Of cs ¥ | District, paid an official visit to the the deceased was a were: -G. Vair, Jackson, 1 McKendry and Al- . The floral offer- were Very numerous, exander McKer in $ RA { tenac Christmas Bock late Osborne i and in attond- | | ering of coun } try and city friends to pay their las: | 1 G.l ¢ to New France." Count Frontenac has been adopted patron of the Fronte unac Breweries, 0 one woman," writes M. Alfred Garneau, "queen or subject, was more amiable and more loved than she. Al her life she was surrounded by Hatter- ers, but she was as proud as Diana, and held her sceptre high; it never escaped her hands." Is not this divine Counte just the one to give her name to the new Fromténac Beer, which holds higl the sceptre'of quality and will hold it agamst all competitors. Eugene Rouillard, Quchec, sas been named winner of the competition. He gets the prize of $100 in gold. The names of the 500 competitors who have | won consulation prizes appear elsewhere in to-day's Whig. : ! In the meantime, till the new labels are made, Fronténac Trianon Beer will |" still be sold under its old name of Fron- value. On Saturday morn em, mn nA mn, 200 yards of navy blu Our price on Saturday - 800 yards of White FI ' 36 inches wide; mill ends: New Suits GRAND CROWDED NIGHTLY. the Splendid Vaudeville Picture Entertainment. Every night the Grand Opera House is filled to capacity for the excellent vaudeville entertainment that is given and Manager Branigan is a very happy For and Pictorial Fashions for | perfect natural shade; veg. all wool; 42 inches wide; worth 69 a yard. On the bargain counter Saturday New Ideas for Ladies' Neckwear. "* 39¢ nm na ing per vard Fserge; pure Indigo dve, 50c A A et ee AN ara iit annelette; extra quality; reg. and Coats + for Spring Elegant Array of New Styles. April received to-day. Gourdier Smith Bros., Jewellers Opticians | Issuers of Marriage Licenses TY TUw - i Fu Tier 78-80 Bruck St. man over the splendid patronage his house 1s receiving. Last night, the bili was an exceptionally good one. Mile. iy appeared in national and fancy dices, which delighted the ladies: M. Permane, the wizard of the concertina, enraptured the audience by his clever playing of that instrument, and was re- peatedly encored. The © photo-pictures Swererespecially good, and included Mars! Pickford in "Such a Little Queen." | Mary Pickford is the highest paid film! artist in the world to-day; and anything | in which she appears draws big crowds At tu 3 J everywhere, There are also two other | Caused Trouble And Was Before the pictures shown-- "The Mystery of the Magistrate. Hindoo Image," in two reels, and "Left In the police court'on Friday morn- in the Train." The same bill will be ing it was said of Thomas Kennedy that gown at "afternoon and 'evening per- {jie had been drunk and disorderly. He! formances Friday and Saturday. fdid not detty the charge. The niagis-! {trate had been informed ahout his con- duct, and was ready for him when he | bobbed up in the prisoners' box.> i "Is there anything you can get to do, {out of town?" asked the magistrate, "I think I would be able to get work out-of-town." "Then | will give you 24 hours to go." "Thank you, your, worship," said Ken- nedy, as he left the court room, "I will | leave the city at once" . {+ Mrs. Squires, arrested on a charge of { vagrancy, came before the court and {was remanded for a week. It appears] ithat her mind has become unbalanced, land she will be examined by a doctor: She cried and asked that she be given | |a chance to return to her home. A first-appearance drunk was given a; chance. J NEWMAN WILL LEAVE THE CITY. Spring Sits The real trend of fash- ion is readily seén is owr present offerings of dies' New § i 1 Ladie | Vaudeville Men's Hard Luck.' °. | Messrs, Manning and Stone, two! | vaudeville artists, who were billed to figure at the Grand Opera House on rsday afternoon and evening, had a hard Tuck story to tell, They were at i} 0 and tried to be on the scene of | | their appointment yin time. However, | fe train from Oswego to Cape Vincent | } was late and after arriving at the latter | | rine she tng vaudeville men Sesuce df Lae ee Jo drive them! | and their eto Kingston, Both should have been here in the after- | on to figure in the ad they did not hause until seven o'clock in the evening. | Their contract was cancelled as @ result, greatly to. their dismay. 5 { -------- ---------------- . Weather Notes } The Texas disturbance is now ap- 4} proaching the great lakes Spri Suits. © The - styles oil the new suits are as varied as the rich and beautiful fabrics from which they are made. Whipeords, Serges, Honeveomb Cloths, ete. are the prominent na- terials, while = as: "to colors, new blues, tans, | | checks and sand shades | | will be in gredt demand. | b i - Special values at $1275, $15.75 ana $1075 | | 16) Incubatorsand ramme, but the od oe tl ph | roagers arg 9uly machines! &SH AW The Always Busy Store. t+ BUILDERS' SUPPLIEM ewe MADE IN CANADA GOODS. You may not. be" aware that we have one of the best wood-work- ing factories in the country makin all kinds of wood ghods.-- Let Kingston work- men spend your money here, . WOOD-WORKING. FACTORY, LUMBER YARDS, © OFFICE PHONE 66, FACTORY PHONE 1415, seseelamber, Cont & Woolesen stamped by the Underwriters' Insur. ance 'Coys. of Canada to be abso. © carry EVERY: Arends rear pe Sra A Detached Brick Dwelling on Will: fam $t. Containing 10 rooms, fur- nace, lighted with electric ity, together with stable and large yard, for $4,500 This is a good buy. Houses to rent, rents col- lected, fire insurance. E. W. Mullin, REAL ESTATE BROKER, Cor. Jobnaon and Sim