PAGE EIGHT - ToN ww Ask To See Anything %/ 7 % 7) YOU ARE NOT OBLIGED TO SPEND ONE CENT. Here's one <lothing store, at least, that lets you have your own way. stay, of trenches, Our clothes | resistance. We don't want to UNDERTAKEN BY ALLIES Seems to Have Taken Ber- mans Wholly by Surprise. ~ COURT-MARTIALS HELD ON GERMANS WHO WOULD NOT » ADVANCE, An Officer Returning to England From France Says That the Can- adians Advanced at Neuve Cha- pelle Cheering, Laughing and Singing. (Special to the Whig) London, Mareh 15. The Daily Express Correspondent on the Bel- gian frontier telegraphs: , "The sudden offensive of the AT lies from Champagne to the sea, re- sulting in gains at many points, seems to have taken the Germans wholly by surprise A convincing indication of a partial or temporary demoralization of the troops, which bere the brunt of these five days of i successive onslaughts, is the arrival at Ghent and Brussels for trial by court-martial. of parties of soldiers sent under escort from the trenches for having failed to respond to the order to make counter-attacks with sufficient enthusiasm. In some cases, it is sald, they even iailed to advance at all." Canadians Advanced Cheering. London, March 15.--An officer re turning from the fighting in France, thus describes the recent work of the Canadians at Neuve Chapelle: "The Canadians raced forward, Nobody even urges vou to buy anything cheering, laughing, and singing, and or tries to change your mind. , You can come an and look as long or as little as you.want. are good enough to sell themselves. hurled themselves into the first line Here they met little There were in fact precious few men there to give any | resistance, most of thém having sell vou a lot of Dissatisfaction, Weather like this makes |been laid out by Canadian guns ad your winter overcoat very uncomfortable. ready to change to lighter weight? Aren't SPRING SUITS, $15.00 and $18.00. SPRING OVERCOATS, $12.00, $15.00 and $18.00. Try us for vour-spring suit and next fall vou'll come ~~ here again of vour own accord. Livingston's - Brock St. ak A little out of the way, but it will pay vou to walk. A D {wal -. RON' seem We offer snecial values in the newest S mirably sereened. of Germans continued to hold out, but fierce onslaughts by the British would allow no resistance, especially from the men who had been so shak- en by the previous volcanic attacks of | the artillery. "The Canadians paused to make good the ground gained, and allow for reinforcements to come up later in the day. The same tactics were again adopted with complete success, not, however, without 'serious loss, By night fall, the Canadians were in possession of the whole of the en- emy's trenches immediately in front ENGAGED IN A FIGHT AND HAD TO PAY A FINE IN THE POLICE COURT. i | Aftermath Of a Lively Row on Prin- | cess Street in. Which Two Citizens Figured--Both Were Fined $5 and Costs. : Robert Lipman and Harry Green ff! berg were principals in an assault i} | case, which came before Magistrate if | Farrell on Monday mormmng. Eech i} | charged the other with assault, but after about hali a dozen witnesses had been heard, the magistrate dl not know just where to lay the Llane | but arrai the two on a charg: } of fighting on the street. Lipman 8 guilty, but Greenberg pload.d self-defence. 'The magistrate imposed {8 fine of "96 wnd costs upon each. About an hour of Magistrates ¥ar- i rell"s time was taken up in the hear if ing of the'case. The row ocencred on Thursday last, cess street. Lipman had a lamp on his head which he claimel bad heen caused by a blow from Greenberg s fist, and Greenberg had a. soratch on his face which he alleged had been the result of his emconnter with Jip- T. J. Rigney appenred on be of Lipman, while +1. Li Winting looked after the Juteresis of Grosh- claimed that Lipman had fol'owed him blocks, and that it was only when ne tried to prevent him from going into ten-cent store, that he spruck out Lipman . te glass window and punched Riewey Santed to know of "he did not Sends ; ant to have any trouble, and that e felt of himself for gei- ting into such a mix-up. As fur as the court wae able to other hand, claimed Ea Ww » er E. Teht Hie aafgrosor, | if Lipman had annoy "suid he did not' KNOCKED DOWN BY BICYCLE. A Russian Severely Injured on Prin. cess Street. ' A serious accident occurred on I'rincess street, near the Grand Opera House, on Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, when a Russian, Mich- ael Nickolajehyk, who was attempting | to ¢ross the roadway with his ~bro- ther and another companion, was struck by a bicycle ridden by. a lad, and knocked forcible on to the pavement, receiving some internal in- juries. The injured man was ear- | ried into a doorway next to Parker Bros. meat store, where Dr. Law- rence I. Crowley ' found that his spleen was affected by the all. The victim could not stand and he later carried up stairs und | placed | upon a lounge until an ambulance was summoned and removed him to the Hotel Dieu. : Fight weeks ago the same man met with an accident whlie at work in Davis' tannery, having the first fin- ger of his right hand badly mangled. PRIN. -GORDON'S SON | NOW WITH KINGSTONIANS AT THE FRONT. He Held a Protestant Service In a Roman Catholic Church--Kingston | Lads All Happy, Writes Lieut, Me- | Connell, In a letter to a member of the Whig staff, dated Feb. 26th, Lieut. A. D. McConnell, of No 1 Canadian Field Ambulance, writes interesting ly of happenings in whith his fellow! Kingstonians participated. In part he says: "We have at last got to the scefe! of action. We were brought by] transport ship to a port on the con- tinent and by a circuitous route in box cars to where we now are. | "We are billeted in quaint farm houses, which combine barns, stab- . In various parte? les and house en bloc, surrounding YOU of the front, however, some groups & very odiferous court yard. Our lads call the fragrance arising there- | from eau-"de-cologne."" We are _al| present running a hospital "somffe- | where 'in France," and our officers and men are going in relays into the trenches, Our boys stand their] baptism of fire very well, only thei foolhardy ones suffering casualties, One foolish lad saw a German heil | met in front of the trench, and, il! looking good to him crawled out to get it, and was immediately! riddled. "This ground has all been fought | over, as is evidenced by the ruined | buildings and old trenches. The peo- | flo here (natives) have become so ac- | tergifying features of war that wo- | Meo are seeh sowing grain in fields | interspersed with reserve trenches un- | ff der a hail of shells from the enemy's fi big guns ! One of our officers known | in Kingston, whose name I must not | mention, was getting a hair cut ina! barber shop in the shell zone. During | the operation a shell burst in the street outside the shop. "Liens! a! shell," said the parber. Then he turn- | ed to a boy of ten and said: "Get1 § the women in the cellar." After these! Ji instructions he went on coolly at his sk. The Kingston lads are all happy, but even now looking forward to| home coming. We now have ona moye | Kingstonian added The son of tached to us as chaplain. He Jhas won his way into the hearts of the J | men by avcompanyi them on their | | marches and er unique experience of taking us toa | | Cathclle church nearby, and holding a | r invitation and | fi St. appears; am Price kindness of the parish priest. Protestant service by MILITIA DRILL DROPPED. {Win Be No Training In Canada This} Year. Ottawa, March 15.--The announ | tement is made that there will be no training of the active = militia this year. This follows naturally upon the war mobilization the training of | i . troops at the mobilization centres | and their removal to training camps (8pecial ] Rh" GE was | castomed to bursting shells and other | to our strength. Hi Principal Gordon is at- | i dutisa: Ha Gad the rath- | {if THF. DATLY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1915. : |THE SUDDEN OFFENSIVE JOHN LAIDLAW & SON = 4 - «Don't Miss This_ JUST RECEIVED THIS MORNING AND WILL BE READY TO SHOW TO-MORROW. 50 Ladies Stylish These are exceptionally good value, and are all different in design and material. To-morrow Will be the proper time to secure your Suit or Coat for Easter You may choose what vou wish---cven if not ready to buy, 80 come to-morrow. Attractive new models, all ready for to-morrow. None of thése can be duplicated, so we ask you to see these to-morrow, In shades of Navy; Black, Russian Green. Crepe de Chene, pretty tints of wild-rose. ¢ a ASN DIFFERENT STYLES OF REGAL SHOES. On Fifteen Different Lasts. Four Widths, B, C, D, E. | We think that we Bave a Shoe to fit every foot and fit it properly and at a price to suit you. Trunks and Travelling Goods.