THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1915. --it is the usual style, quality and appearance of our suits at That -pérsuades so many wen to wear them. The service they yield prove' the soundness of those judgments. FOR THE YOUNG MAN Very English models, with pateh pockets and rod fronts. FOR OLDER MEN More conservative mod- els,but up-to-date in style. Of course we have a wonderful - showing of splendid models in the new fabries and styles. at from $12.00 to $20.00. But notice - especially our Suits at $15.00. Sup- pose vou step in and try on one of our New Spring Overcoats at $12 or $15. Protect vour clothes from April showers. Get Raincoat, $8, $10, $12. Livingston's Brock Street. { A Little Out of the Way, But It Will Pay You To Walk This department is a specialty with us, and { this season, notwithstanding the oreat searcitv and rapid advance in prices, we are showing a larger a nd better assortment than ever, all at the ol@ low prices. Fine Black Dyess Materials in - SERGES, BENGALINES, POPLINS, CASHMERES, SAN TOYS, SATIN CLOTHS, CORDS, PANAMAS, And many other fabries, all pure wool an perfect colors, from 50c to $1.50 a yard. Crepe de Chene, Crepe Meteor, Crin kles, Eoelines, Peau de Sole, Silk and W Mixtures, from $1.00 to $3. 00 a yard. French Broadcloth, Venctians, 1 Men' s Wear Serges, Gabardines, for skirts and suits, from 80c to $2.50 a vard, Black Silks, the best Freneh hide: . full vard wide, special at 98¢, $1.25 and $1.50 a yard. evra Tr ------ WRONG i CONVICT MAGISTRATE _ SCORED Released From ¢ the Peniten- tiary i is Alleged. A MAN NAMED RILEY WAS PARDONEP OWING TO ILL. HEALTH. -- ' Was This Riley the Man Who Com- mitted Murder in London, Instead Of Riley Who Killed His Wife ? Has there been a sensational blunder on the part of sbme person communicating an order to the Portsmouth penitentiary for the re- lease of a convict? The following is taken from the london Free. Press of Saturday: Information received by the Free Press' Ottawa reporter from the Min ister of Justice and chief of the clemency branch who prosecuted in- quiries there this morning concen ing the release of Thomas Riley, who was serving the first few months of his 15 year term for the murder of a Londo: bartender, re veals what is believed to be a sea sational blunder on the part ol! someone, who communicated the order ef the minister to Portsmouth penitentiary. In reply to a Free Press query as to the release of Thomas Riley, the former Kansas and Missouri rail roader who shot George Blackburn in the bar of the Hotel Cecil about a year ago, the following reply was received 'A man named Riley has been pa roled from Kingston penitentiary and deported to the States because his health had broken down and he 1 became insane He was sentenced to seven years, and served two. This | particular Riley manslaughtered his wife, a prostitute. It is the only Riley who has been paroled aad ap- parently is not the Riley from Lon- don, who killed a bartender. This information is from the Minister of Justice and chief of the clemency branch. The latter is enphatic ip saying that the man ordered re- le d is not the same Riley referred to in the message." Free Through Blunder. The circumstances of the London crime and the description ef that of the man ordered released is so far diametrically opposed that there can scarcely be a doubt that the London convict has escaped the penaliy im- pred upon him and reached This heme 'in Missouri through a blun- der. It-appears that the explanation must be that the Riley who murder- ed his wife two years ago 'and who has put in that time on his seven- year term, broke down mentally and physically. Further punishment of a man deprived of reason is not un acord with the principles of Cana- dian 'justice; and with this regard it appears his release from custody was ordered. In the'same prison was "Tom" Riley, who a year .ago murdered George Blackburn, in London. Riley, a big, strong, and robust rail roarder, well knew that he had es caped with light punishment ° and that any action to seek parole thus early would no doubt meet a deaf ear. The chief of the elememcy branch, iso the Free Press Ottawa man re- ports, is emphatic in saving that the London Riley has not been re- leased. No doubt the inquiry has already brought about an investigation into the circumstances of the case which will reveal the facts that a criminal { whose case had not been considered has been liberated because he was | listed "Riley, crime, murder," in the prison records, and another of the same surname was recorded, with the same description appended. Thus, while the convict-lunatic beats himself against the bars, from be- hind which official process was to take him, the proprietor of the Lon- don crime is enjoying his freedom in the haunts of his boyhood about Everton, Missouri. This announcement from Ottawa ax- plains the lack of knowledge as to the manner in which Tom Rilev's deliverance was brought about. Ril- ey, in his letters to friends here, de- clares that he was startled . when linformed of the fact that he was. to be given his freedom; and in his !epistle to Governor Carter, of the {vounty jail here, most carnestly ex- presses his gratitude to that oficial j for influence that was never exerted. Would Make No Statement. | Warden R. Criighton wae Interview- ed by a representative of the Whig lon Monday morning. He stated 'that he had no statement to make and that anything in regard to the case would have to Come through the | Justice 'Department at Ottawa. e stated, in. onbony that the Riley from {London was the man who had been ! relegggd from the penitentiary. CALGAKY SOLDIERS PROTEST | Stay On Strike Until Citizens Retract i Immorality Charges. | Calgary, Alta. April 12.---Parad- {ing the streets in protest against al- leged intimations that they were | drinking 10 excess and responsible lf for other immoral copditions while | recruiting Canadian soldiers sang: "Are we bums? Are we toughs?"| The 2,000 members of the thirty- | first and fiftieth battalions were still {out on a strike, and are steadfastly | refusing to return to drill duty until | Members of the citizens' committee ng re-| marks furnish an apology. CASTORIA ha Kind You Kame ows Bought Mears the Signature of MOTORCYCLI THE S WHO JED LIMIT. IGNORE Two Were Charged i in Police Court Monday Morning But Cases Were Dismissed--City Solicitor Will Press All Charges. "It is scandalous the way im which Some people on motorcycles travel on Barrie street," said Magistrate Farrell in the Police Court on Mon- day morning. "I think the only way to get a case against those who vio- late the speed by-law is for the po- hice to have stop watches or have men on motor-cycles to follow them Was certamly scandalous the way some of them were travelling. It is not only dangerous to the drivers but to people who are travelling. 1 think it would be in the interests of all the owners of motorcycles if they would bring all "the careless drivers before the court. The specd oi motor-eyeles was under discussion when two citizens were ar- raigned on a charge of driving at an immoderate rate. (Constable Samuel Arniel laid the charge. He stated that the 'two men were speeding over crossing at the. corner of Princess and Division streets at the rate of fiftess miles an hour on Friday night last, about 6.15 o'clock. Workmen were Passing that corner at the time, and drew his attention to the speed of the men on the motorcycles. One citicen said he had a speedo- meter and that he was not exceeding twelve miles an' hour when he went over the crossing. lhe other citizen stated that while he had no speedo- meter, he would swear he was not gomg over ten or twelve miles an hour. Constable Arniel swore that he served the last "witness with a sum mons, that the driver had admitted that he might have been travelling fifteen miles an hour. After hearing all the evidence the Magistrate ' dismissed the charges. D. A. Givens, as City Solicitor, drew attenticn to the speed: at which many drivers were going, stating that it was dangerous to pedestrians, and that he would = have to press évery ccse. A. B. Cunningham appeared for the two drivers charged. Another motorcyclist was chatied with running without the neces sary but explained that the delay in." se- curing his license had been caused by the department at Toronto, He was excused. 3 WAR OFFICE CANCELS BUYING COMMISSIONS To Canadian Government Owing to the Graft That Has Been Revealed. (Special to the Whig.) Oftawa, April 12.--Revelations of war purchases on boots, bandages, binoculars and bad horses apparently have croseed the Atlantic. The Bn- tish Government has begun to sit up and take notice. Soon after the | opening of the war the British Gov- ernment entrusted the ( anadian Gov- ernment with the purchasing of huge war supplies in Canada for the use of the British and Allies force. It is understood that within the last few -days the British Government has cancelled the buying commissions, which it. gave to the Canadian Gov- ernment. This does not mean an end to the purchase of supplies in Canada, by the British Government, but that War Office buyers are on their way to Canada and the United States to deal direct with producers and manuiacturers. VERY LOW WATER May Cause Trouble In Rideau Lake This Season. The exc optionally low water in the Rideau Lake is beginning to cause some anxiety, and it would appear as if the situation rather warranted | it. - There was not much snow dur- ing the winter, and what there was melted away in February without any apparent crease in the volume of water in the lake. March was a very dry month almost without snow or rain, and the feeders of the lake, that are usually running full at this time 'of the vear, are only feeble little streams instead of rushing torrents. The result is that the water haf not come up in the lake as it always'has every oth r spring, and now it is said to be five fvet lower than it was. at this time last year. Not in the mem- ory of the oldest inhabitant has the water been as low in April as it is this year, and unless there are very heavy rains and the creeks and streams that How into it beginito run, the outlook for navigation for the big boats is not very promising. The river and canal depth is what governs navigation, and the shallow places in these have to he reckoned with. It is only three now until navigation should open. wiles COMMONS STILL DISCUSSES The Bill To Give Voies To The Soldiers. Ottawa, April 12.--Section one of tLe biil to give votes to soldiers was adopted in the Commons on Satur-| day. Hon. Charles Mareil and oth-| er Opposition members, contend that | the franchise should be extended to. all the volunteers, whether under: twenty-one years of age or not. Sir Wilfrid Laurier suggested sending a| commission to the front, upon which both Government and Opposition would be represented, for the ary pose of taking the vote. Hon. Frank Oliver complained that| the Conservative candidate in his rid-| ing was a commandant of the camp | at Edmonton, and under seefion one of the bill votes could be 'massed in! West Edmonton to the colonels ad-| | vantage. Two important, changes in the bill were foreshadowed by the Minister of | Justice. One is tbat the soldiers In| Canada are to vote in camps, but] under conditions as similar as pos- sible to the ordinary election. That | is to say, they will all vote on ele | tien day with polling clerks, scruti neers, and all legal safeguards. An-/ other is that the distribution of bal-| lots to the soldiers at the front will be made threngh regimental, pay-| masters. ; Improve Your Figure And cause it to reflect the correct new lines of fashion. The new "French Model Corsets" Are a necessity as well as a comfort, $5, $3.50, $2.50, $2, $1.50. CORRECT STYLE CORSETS from $10 to $1 Also ready for Spring wear, CHILDREN'S CORSET WAISTS MAIDS' CORSET WAISTS New Silk Crepe de Chene A beautiful soft make, Just the right weight for Waists and Dresses, has been received in the following colors: Battleship Grey, Pink, Maize, Ivory, Copenhagen, Belgium Blue, Reseda, Mahogany, 'Taupe, 'Black, and the new Kitchener Brown. The Crepe de Chene.is 42 ine ches wide and the price is $1.49 yard Becoming Neckwear The latest and best of the spring's styles are now here. VESTEES with high backed collar in white organdie. VESTEES with Swiss embroidered edge. THE SMART CHIN-CHIN, the high pleated collar. THE BUSTER BROWN, in fine white organdie. THE DONKEY EAR COLLAR, with long car-like points flaring at each side. WIDE TULE RUCHINGS, WIDE CHIFFON RUCHINGS, and many others. May Delineator Now Ready, Also But: terick's Summer Fashions This is a large quarterly book with hundre ds of new designs for sum- ner, now shown for the first time. JOHN LAIDLAW & SON For Those With $3.00 We have just opened up a case of Ladies' Plain Toe Patent-Button, Black Cloth Top, good walking sole; all sizes, 2 1-2 to 7. ~The Lockett S| Shoe Stor Store