PAGE SIX IN MILITARY CIRCLES THE LIBERALS FOUGHT FORMER NEWBORO MAN QUEEN'S ME DIC ALL MEN ACCEPT- ED FOR STATIONARY HOSPITAL FOR REAL REFORM OF QUOR LAW, THE LI- That Amendment Was Defeated 69 to 23--Premier And Hon. Hanna Defended the"Govern- Prof. W. T. Connell May Go As Sani. tary Officer---{( ol. son Iuspected the But By Mr. Septimus © Deni- 21st Battalion, The followipg Qu students and graduates Aeered and accepts Stationary Hospits is supplying for ov Mesérs hiolin, Wil Briscoe ford, L Shorey, tock, Walsh, Goodiell 4 Woodside Mil MeGire Shaver, Har icholson, rer Hz finer ment's Action, March 21 W offers as "well abreast the Teronto, overnment ion the temperance of publi : Opposition sharp! nd vigorously attacked in t yesterday afternoon econd regdi s bill to appoint a Pro- gion to administer the > law The announ » debate would b drew large ra to that filled the galleries ite hour and evidenced \the "th e temperance tion™fs i issue in Ontario Argu- ments by Opposition speakers ort ed that the proposals of the Govern- ment were entirely inadequate to ' meet present-day eonditions, and the amendment to the second read- by William Proudfoot on), pointing out did been Co gor, Price Fallis, , Car \ que 4 live Stonehoure, Henry Henderson, ' Campney Harris, McPhee, zie, Merrill, Thro Nichol. ! Prof teriologist tionary if the leve Fairbaira, Lachlan, McKen- M v , Grassie, Austin, £, moved W. 1 nt entre Hu I, Queen's bac- weompany the st as sanitary offi y authorities will after pet 'close ; him br, ( for ov Army kon has volun with ; z ith the whet ghould rema effect hops ice Medeal Corps . vide for mare wiping out the s addre of Mr. Rowell, shortly before midn rraignment of t i failure Capt. =F 3 wmrks on took aver | the 14th Regiment, W. Y. Mills. Wednesd n of adjut ceveding ant. of which ht, was a » Govern- the Pro progressive re the i$ { for to give Lieut. Hobart, 21st Batiakio : i it Lt . Bh, 18 OD i yinee a of the ch ind measurd form mea Lill he d tacle in a gre provisions of pitiable spec- The Lib Premier t defence of the rity wnneed : : time of crisis was followed hy Il €arnes action 's presentation of care was an statement on the introdue- bill, coupled with the an- nouncement that a clause would be added to the section givifig the Com- mission power to restrict the sale of liquer to any class of persons by giv ing additional authority' to declare 'any area, no matter how large or small, absolutely dry." The Liberal amendment feated by 69 to a a Seventy som Battery ronto on Allen, a sily, en re arrived Cin the Wednesday graduate of recruiting secured soveral lotes 'from Varsity "Duky"' West, Ds Gage, Hughes, for city the from 26th Fo leader Governme: Mr. Har Government's the prominent amplifiea Among Aguit, Sinuls ar, and Phillips, very ath them ar t Dat Are | tion of his "ioe, Tait tion of the Ar soon gx the cates the Arithior 26th Bat tery the 3rd moved 2st Park buildings, the ill occupy them, and headquart will be Richardson building. Battalion va: Division to the he neers =i} i was de- th Company Canadian 3 : calling for recruits for and home Engi both Letters to the Editor Acute Distress Prevailing. 216 Division street, March 30. (To the Editor): 1 wonder if the wealthy residents of this ¢ity are conscious of the acute distress pre- vailing. It is not only the common labourer; but the "mechanic with their families of four or five child- ren, existing upon g restricted diet, which will have to continue work opens up. Employers ¥ell as i there will be little doing this sum- mer. Sojprogpectively we shall have to face mext winter, debt burdened. Service with farmers (exceptions al- lowed), is merely 'hondage refined. Thanking you in anticipation of in- § Faithfully yours, H. BAR- T, one of the unemployed. Overseas ervice Fh& students who have enlisted with No. 5 Stationary Hospital (4 Queen's) were equipped with uniform on Wed- neaday, Sixteen third or fourth year medical wade mts are asked for the AM.C attached to the 34th Battalion Guelph. : Col. Septimus the 4th Brigade, arrived on Wednesdny and made tion of the Jlst Battalion. Denison, brigadier of in the city an inspe Buglar' Parry, fourteen years of age, has been taken on the strength of Ov Battery. He comes from | Cardiff, Wales. Twenty-four horses were dranforred to the 26th Battery from the R.C A. on Wednesday jor tact purposes. The farewell Bicker to the N.C.0.s taking the R.S.A. course which was postponed © from Tuesday evening, will be held on Thursday evening, The officers taking the R.S.A, course have only four more examing- tions und the N.C.0.'s one examina tion, / These will be completed on Thursda} morning and - the men will return to their homes on Friday. Lieut, George = K. Wilgress, Battalion, has been gazetted a tain's certifionte. He is the A. T. Wilgress, editor of the ville Times. Remodelling OF Kingston, March The Psalms. J1.=(To the "Edi- tor) : This is for the eye of "The Man on Watch," who prefers 'to sing the old Psalms, and not have them remodelled hy the Preshyterian Assembly. It has never been propos- ed to touch the eld Psalms of. David, as they cave . still called here and there What is proposed is to "tinker" the metrical version or ver- sions of the Psalter. Of these ver sons there has beea quite a number, ten or a dozen at least, all attempts to reduce to modern versitied form { the prose Vsalms. And nobody now knows just how many hands have "Linkered' improvement. lo the average Presbyterian the me: trical version best known ig that which goes by the name of Reus, a well-born Cornish mun (1579), of "wrent learning and genuine piety," of Puritan sympathies, and a staunch adherent of Cromwell. 1 he first edi- tion appeared as . "The Booke of Panties in English Meetor; by Francis Rons, London, printed by R. Y. for Philip Nevil, at the signe of 'ths gun, in Ivie-Lane, adil ll fa surgeon, at the New editions followed, brother. of Lisut +3648, amid LOB0; enh : tion showing considerable "tinkering on the preceding. Thus the 23rd | Psalm (1643), vs. 1, 2: 21st cap- son of Brock. The 21st Battalion Barrieflield on Wednesday shooting ai the Tanges, G. Rhys, 15th taking the Roval course here now, has two brothers at the front. Lieut. BR. G. Rhys; Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was reported kill but u letter from his home in England to Lieut. Rhys here states that hl report is wrong but that hiv bi other i* in hospital 8 Rhys, also mraded to morning for Lieut, J. Montrenl, of Artiller ry Battery, School jor 1), "Rhys, 1643 and I "My shypherd is the living lord And he that doth me feed; "How ean 1 thon Task anything : Whereot | stand in need? Kingston Young Man Han Made a Pay In pastures green and flourishing Clk and Pamala ta on "Which ui most' pleasantly. po. alter! them, and steadily to their | 180 is the farm house. WRITES ABOUT C T CANADIAN HIGH. [1 LANDERS AT FRONT, J. Williams Tells How Narrow An Escape They Had When Germans Trained a Machine Gun on Fatigue Party, Ww. 4. Williame, with the Highland First Canadian Contingent, writes mt Northern France to his frien M. Switzer, Newboro, €nt., un de February 25th. He was a esident of Newhora, and very popular there. A fart eresting letter follows : "When 'we were at were of his ii Hill there people so pessimistically to venture the remark Canadians would' pever Although we haven't done much, we can say we have been in the fring Kne. We spent twenty-four hours in the trencius last week, and We were gmployed in vorks. The battalion y inasmuch as jthey » he ad only two killed and gever al ie go far. We breast-works: again fart different crowd the first Lark sothe inclined that the front. as sep will be building to-night. It that ong to-ngght cor to the nigh we set out. 'The first night we were a very quiet crowd N knew hat really had and | think everybody magn' fisd the danger. To me the night was chilly unt mn to amg open 8 at {ahout wide) which we had to traverse, and heard the stray bullets i hining a short I then found that 1 te warm. It seemed hooting at us. Of that the British th didn't know and consequently they sent a few shot and then off chance of eatching some of Own company reached the trenches without mishap and we were merged with' the Fnglish resilars, who, T must say, | found to be ideal comrade. "They were willing to teach erything they had learned by experience, and | think they uncon svionsly taught our lads a lesson'in courtesy. We stood guard gad guard with them during the night. During the night the sentry looks over the parafet, but throughout the day they look "through the loop-holes or u the perisedy as it is almost der- rtain death to show a head above the parapet 15 a to trenches cn? to fue uals was as Lermans wet they | kn wat roagl, hut vhat "hour onl) n th us now Had A Close Call. S5th.~~8ince writing the we have had two changes of billets. We had moved out ef town. We spent the night of the 28th ult. and the following day in the trenches, As far as our company was con-! cerned--no easualties, although there were several close calls. A. number of us were on -a fatigue from mid- night to 3.30 a. m,, carrying bags of bricks Of course, you can readily understand all work not done under cover must be done after dark: Thesé bags of bricks wére dumped { off freight ears and we had te carry them inte the trenches. The Ger-| mans took a sudden notion to use their machine guns in our direction. They trained their gun away to our left and swung it gradually towards uk, sweeping the railway track. When | Wwe saw it coming our way, the sand- bag embankments suddenly appeared | 10 be a heaven. We did not stop to réason why, but all of us "beat it" for heaven. The last gan to get under cover beat the machine gun by a few seconds. The record run was made by a big Frenchman, who | afterwards remarked, 'Oh! I wasn't "fraid, I walk as usual.' "We left our billet in'town March 2nd and marched' approxi- mately ten miles to our billet in a, farm house, or rather the garret in the farm house. We were driven from thence by an officious little ar- tillery officer who insisted that that! farm house was a billet fof the ar- {tillory exclusively. We moved to our present quarters this morring, and I am pleased] to say that I think we bettered ourselves. For marching purposes, I must say that we have found the 'main roads in this part of France abomin- able, The roads are about forty- five feet wide: ~ Down the middle of the road is a strip about fifteen feet wide which is paved with blocks of stone which have been worn round on top by the traffic. On both sides! of the pavement gre strips of ma- cadam toad, the nud varying in depth from two to five inches. This mud, of course, Is tracked on the pavement and renders the Payement RICAFY ATE WEITR UN TET gt {Result: sore feet, until] one gets "March above * {the Battalion) are back about 'two miles from the firiug line. One of | {the German shells searched one of {our billets yesterday and wounded {four of our men. The batn we are. (at present stationed in is very eld; The farm and {out houses are arranged in a syuare, {and enclose a small court which is! about thirty feet square. = Every- 65467) fon | The Lord my _shephatd is, T shall Bagot | Not want; he makes me by the In pastures green, me Toads by | Wie Arthur A. 8. Wilkinson, of Mrs. H. J. Wilkinson, street, who went overseas with Pr Firet Canudiey Contingent, sh tem That de run aeiethe" tish War Office. While at . Salisbury XH Plain the War Office was anxious to ' man to All a position | and Pre. 8) or office. want, | He makes me down to le { In pastures green; he CR | The quite waters hy" a St {And soforth, Hopentel the positing. : bon attached to the War Office he | not. STeMY the. fn Tn a >of "much vo that he would was a seatibor. of 1 ! nize his own b o Milian vas th: Regimens] thes. va went overseas under t wn mandol Capt. G. T. Richardvon. lis to Beautital New Stock To Choose. on Brock has this i] Prevost, street i Jeae | Ini fine &nortment if Mr. avers heard from Mr. Sturgeon or! Mortgn yet, but ¥ hope to i Trusting that both of you and Mrs. | Switzer are eajoying the best of rhealth. 4 i (1650) "The Lord Is my. 0) beri rn not i : ing | on on {the other fellow is enabléd to pay. : endless Thus all Impression of being sidetracked in eTenl ski are ' The Sui IE e Su = : House Died At Battersea. At Battersea, on Tuesday ing, there passed away an old resi- dent of that place in the person of James Lynn, aged seventv-two years, Deceased was widely known as. an industrious and prosperous resident. In religion he was a Methodist. On Thursday morning at 10.30 o'clock, lev. Mr. Stewart will officiate at the funeral service at the house, after which the remains will be placed in Sand Hill cemetery vault, maorm- PITH OF THE NEWS Condensed Items By Telegraphic and From Exchanges North Toronto to get the same telephone rates at the older part of the city. George Nichols was even-foot fall in an at Taronto. At Windsor word was the death in action of man Macklin, - of the Corps of the Canadian General Felipe Angeles has been de- cided upon for Prov mal President of Mexico by the Villa and Zapata factions. Timothy one of the killed by a elevator shaft received of Private Nor- Automobile contingent. sit With every pfice between. Individual style guaranteed, W. Skinner, Oswego, oldest practising lawyers in the state, died on Wednesday at the age of 89. Fhe Alberta Government advance by "of the railway Radway of not per cent. of the line from Melellan, on the Fdmon- ton, Dunvegan & Dritish. Columbia Railway to Peace River Crossing. This amount, it is estimated, will be £2 000,000, N.X., will loan on the Central more than cost of the give Coverts, silks, reps, vets and fancy Tweeds. Dresses $3.95 an way OL curity Canada eighty to Every shade, from, CAN ADIAN C ASU ALTIES The List Announced At Ottawa On Wednesday Afternoon. (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, March 31.---These casual i are announced this afternoon : Princess Patricias--Killed in action, Pte. Arthur John Stripp; next of kin, W. Stripp, South Wales. Wound- ed, March 25th, Pte. Duncan McPhee; next of kin, Kenneth McPhee, (len- dale, Scotland. Third Jattalion 26th, Pte. William of kin, Mrs. Charles England. Fourth Battalion George R. Rodgers, in leg; next of n, gers, Barrie, Ont, Lies Fain ENS Crepe-de-Chenes, Satins, Voiles, Crepes, Lawns, ete. ever been Wounded, March Henry May; next May, Aldershot, our Wounded, Captain shrapmel = wound Mrs. Etta Rod-, WIPES orT GERMAN PARTY. The Canadians'In Surprise Attack at! Midnight, Lendon, March 31.--Writing from Erance a Toronto officer describes | how one company of the Fourth Bat- | talion wiped out .belweenr 25 and 40 | | Germans. "One night," he says, "the Ger mans fired on our working party, so | we decided to teach them a lesson. We knew their sentries were being re- lieved at midnight, so suddeny we let lose a oy fire from the whole company and the machine doubt, if any escaped. They between twenty-five and forty men. DISMISSED FROM SERVICE, John Wood Bottomley Tried By Court-Martial, al to the Whig) Toronto, March 31.-A eable to-day says that Lieut. John Wood Botton ley, paymaster of the First Canadian Overseas Dattalion, has been dismis- sed from the . service after trial by court-martial. Lieut. Bottomley is given militia list an officer in Lincoln Regiment. Lieut. ( Spec in the the 44th as "Pay-Up Week, 4 Windsor Retord It is now over a year 'sinc e a little | town in a Western State originated a. bright idea, which seems to have, taken root in a very largo section of | the State When the town in question an- | nounced its purpore of observing a "pay-up week," in which all debtors | would make settlement, everybody gmiled. int the thing was. done, and several thousand Ansettied bills, A AAA NN, ANN The Dress. House cities week." i The philosophy of the plan is sim ply this: that by paying your bills, are considering : "pay up! his. asd so ina sort-of 3 [ehain, which, finally comes around to Says ied in you again, with you out of debt and | ns Ey, Pi no one owing you. 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