$s PAGE TWO THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1915. PIGEON RACING SEASON THE KINGSTON ASSOCIATION Is VERY ENTHUSIASTIC Races Held Twicé a Month--The | Sport Once Again Thriving In This Old Military Centre, I'he Kingston Flving Homer Asso ciation extends an invitation to - all bona fide owners of Racing Homers, Reliabl resident within the city limits, to t join the Agsociation. Meetings of orage the club, are held monthly, , During *the racing Faces are held at least twice a month for young birds, for distances up to YOUR FURS one hundred miles or nore, and also FOR £4 for old birds for much greater dis wn tances Races for old birds will this season from To to hold sue and Wind- season be held edrly and it cessful rac Our receipt protects you sor before season. Several members have trained against loss. Telephone 489. ;,n ther dgrds trom the Our wagon will call. chub has never held direction but will inau- ing this season from seve- al eastern points, and it is! likely from as lar east as that racing Montredl will be in order by the end of the vea Rmgston was | 0 n C 4 bout the 3 place on the line to take up organized pigeon racing _al- though beeri many | valu- able bird ) here for * many © ywever, in yiew of the pro- 149 157 Brock St. jmineut, part facing pigeons Rave Gar : taken in warfare it is only expected that the sport should + in this military wentre. ronto, is hoped es from Sarnia close of and bast but the races from that plate ra there have LIMITED, owned alwe nays AUTOMOBILES AND CARRIAGES 10 be FOR HIRE. thri Phone 1177 ho Hourishing Sudiion Xe George W. Boyd, only been: in existence three and the gratifying enthusiasm its 'members, bid fair to interest taken in the hig Electric Carpet and"Vacuum Cleaning, Sewing and Laying. clubs in Toromto, Ottawa and Mon- treal. It is no exaggeration to Cleveland, Standard. and Faleon Bicycles. say that Canada thanks to the Phone 542. 272 Bagot St.| new has years, shown by rival the thousands of dollars paid , out in the past few years by fanciers for French, English, Belgian and Ameri- ean stock, now possesses as + fine. a type of racing homer as is to be fond anywhere inthe world. 1 Racing pigeons fly -.about forty miles an. hour on an average, but the speed varies greatly, depending om wind, weather, clearness of atmos- phere, and various other factors. The Bath speed attained under the best of conditions being about ome mile & minute. The Secretary of the Association is John Hughes, 159 Wellington street. SUBSCRIPTIONS. RECEIVED | For Queen's Stationary Hospital Go- ing to the Front. Previously acknowledged, $2,623. AUTO LIVERY | Bi ' $50-- Ladies' Aid = Chalmers| iby S Garage Church (beds.) : - | $25--Dr. D. A. Coon; Lieut.-Col. D. i M. Robertson, Toronto -(bed); -Dr. Leonard W. Jones, Roches- A-1 Auto Mechanics gna Mrs. Leouan Agents, Dodge Bros. $10--Prof. W. E. Macpherson, Dr. | . . . C. Hiscock. Phones: 201, Garage; $5--H. E. Elliott, Listowel; Frank i : E. Perney, Ottawa; Rev. A. P. Men- | 917, Residence. zies, Whithy; W. R. Sills. | $4.55--Junior Year Dance Com-| mittee, Queen's University. and Mrs. | Mission Band Entertainment. The Mission Band of Princess] Street 'Methodist Church held- a| bright enfertainment in the Sunday School Hall on Thursday. evening that afforded pleasure to all those in| attendance Rev. H. E. Curry was chairman. To a large extent the sue- cess of the programme is eredited; to Miss Laura Wilder, superintend- | ent of the Mission Band. Two ex- i ceptionally clever drills were acted by several of the older voys | 13 and girls that was a marvel. One| was @ patriotic drill and each mem-| ber im it bore the name of a coun-| try. Choice choruses were rendered by the children and solos were sung by Ruth Curry, Jane Goodwin and] Florence Ferris. Recitations were given by Ruth Curry, Muriel Pierce, Jane Godwin, Helen Gardiner, Hel-| en Kennedy, Maggie Timmerman, | Stewart Quirt. Miss Annie Mouldy land Alice Treadgold- were heard in| in interesting diologue. A net sum! was realized from this entertain- ment and will be devoted towards the missionary funds. Auction Sales We are now booking our spring sales. Book early and secure] choice of dates. We will buy the contents of any house. ' Allen's Phone 252, 113 Brock St. Pure Marmalade Orosse and Blackwell Chivers and Son's In 7 Ib. tins 841.8 Princess D. COUPER Phone 76, Prompt Delivery. (Coast Bealed Oysters) Watch Your Tea. When buying tea, you naturally ex- pet satisfaction for your money. Un- ess you specify "SALADA" the deal- er may hand you out an ordinary tea that shows.him greater profit but will surely fail to give you the sat- isfaction that is certain when vou get | Iresh clean "SALADA." Conference Transfers. | Among the Methodist Church| transfers from the Montreal Confer-| sence are: Rev."W. E. Baker to To-| [ronto Conference. Into Montreal! Conference: Rev, T. E. Holling from | Hamilton Conference: Rev. 6. cl if Burton from Newfoundland Confer- | jence; Rev. Lorne A. Pierce from } + Saskatehewan Conference. i i | Insurance Co. | {For An Joa Premium | it is all the same. | Sam Hughes' | if you will not sign it, { his | side the tracks near his home. IN MARINE CIRCLES Movements of Vessels Reported Along AT THE POLICE COURT The Harbor. The schooner' Katie from 'Oswego with coal for Crawford. The . schooner | Julia B. rived from Sodus with glin's, The steamer Stormount, of the Mon- treal Transportation Company, will clear from Midland for Fort William on April 20th. Ihe following steamers of the Montreal . Transportation Company will clear during Saturday for Fort William : Westmount, Fairmount, Northmount, Rosemount, Kinmount and Glenmount. The vessels will load grain for Montreal. The steamer Lamonte will run be- tween Deseromto and Picton. Capt. Bongard will ibe in command and Gilbert Arthur will be mate. The steamer Sowards will clear for St. Clair on Saturday. The cual boat has been sold to parties there who will use her as a "sand suck- or." FRE PP PEER PEEP NRE E EPRINTS WALT MASON'S POEMS. Eccles arrived Robert Merrill ar coal for An- The Whig is now publishing daily, on page four, one of Walt Mason's prose poems. There has been no newspaper feature in many, many years so popular throughout the United States and Canada, as this. The whole- some humor, the homely philos- ophy and the spirit of cheerfal- ness that breathe from each po- em find a response in every heart. There are thousands of peo- ple who are retaining these po- ems in scrap book style, clipp- in them out each day from the paper as they appear. They are well worth preservation, and we pass this idea along to our read- ers. PEPPERS P EPP R rrr eb rbrrd PPP PIPER EPP P REEL FEE RED | FEES PLES P LEST LER PR EP PINS Letters to the Editor Soldier Alleges Bad Treatment. Kingston, April 16.--(To the kdi- tor) : Allow me to state through your valuable paper that there were not six misfits returned to Kingston, as stated in the Standard. M. Black | was invalided home, having had both i legs broken last November, and 1 had my collarbone broken and shoulder dislocated . five weeks ago, having no use in the arm now. I could get no attention from the so-called doctors of the First Canadian Contingent. All they can give aman is a number of pills no matter if he has a broken arm, a cold, or a corn%on his foot, Ii some of your readers kmew the hardships we have had for the last eight months they would be sur- prised. | have seen men who could not ge to the stand-pipes to wash for one or two weeks at a time, as | | they had nothing on their feet but | | deck shoes, and there were mone. to | be given to them. Sweaters and | | Balacava caps sent to different units were never received at Valcartier. They were given to the officers' | friends, 1 have seen whole sheep which should have been cooked for the men, given to soldiers' wives whose husbands were at the front. dope for fighting men was bread, cheese and jam. 1 ean mention names if required and tell Jou a Jot more which would open the of the public. No man ever SD when he is going to get any money or how much, as they bring a blank pay roll' for you to sign and | then fill it in to suit themselves, and the 0.C. or for you. Farrier Ser orderly will do it HARRY BEARDSELL, geant, C.A.V.C, Received A Bad Fall. William Peters, waterworks col- lectors, received a bad fall and pain- ful injuries when getting off the C. P. R. train outbound shortly after { five o'clock Thursday afternoon. In! stepping off and at the same time lifting a dog from the train, his foot caught and he fell headlong along- He was dazed for a few moments, but | after being assisted to his feet was! | able to proceed home. i sprained his left wrist and received | Mr. Péters some bad scratches on his nose and chin. Notwithstanding the fact that he looked like a scarred soldier re-| turned from the war zone, Mr. Ve. {ters was at his. work in the City Treasury Department Friday morn-| ing. | Flected Their Officers. Thé Ladies Aid of Queen Street | Strest. Methodist Church, after a very | successful year's work, elected ther | officers on Wednesday last, resulting : President--Mrs. W. H. Warren. Vice-PFesidents--Mrs. R. E. Sparks, | Mrs. .J. Nicolle. | Secretary--Mre. T. Milo. } Treasurer--Mrs, W. J. Crothers, dr. | Buying Committee--Mrs. R. Craw- could get to do ed in to paint the 'town, ,tourt room he was very STRANGER STARTED IN ING THE TOWN, PAINT- But the Proposition Was Too Big For Him--Flag Poles and Chim- neys More in His Line of Business. Ee ------------ Ye ~~ James Donnelly in a' painter. He arrived in the city on Thursday to paint flag poles, chimneys and "any- thing pK in the "high line" he I'his 1s what he instead he start- and nightfall he landed in the ontls, As it was his first ance before the court the gave him a chance. When Donnelly intended to do, but before pohice appear- magistrate out of the much stirs still had $10 could not ac- came prised to find that he to his credit, and he count for. it 'Why, 1 didn' t when I started said "Well, you nave that much mow, at any rate,"" he was told by one of 'the constables. , There was a charge of assault lodg- ed against a young man by a young have that much out yesterday," he woman, but when it was read by . the | magistrate the accused did not 'put in an appearance. The voung wo- man said that she wished to draw the charge and the magistrate allowed her to do so, on payment of | the costs of the cane From what could be learned it ap- | pears that the two parties involved are employed in a local factory, that they had some trouble over some- thing, and' in his anger the young man slapped the young woman in the | afterwards expressed his and thus a settlement face, but sofrrow, was reached before the case had a chance | to get aired before the magistrate FOR FIELD KITCHENS, The Citizens Have Opened Up Sub- scription List. As other Battalions of the Second Canadian Contingent have been equip- | ped with field kitchens and the citi- zens of Kingston have opened a list for public pose for the 21st Battalion. Muniei- palities in this military division have | given liberally and 'hingstonians gre | the fund | subscribing handsomely to as is evidenced by a few of amounts printed below, These kitchens cost apiece and five are required for needs of --a-- battalion: thermos attachment food hot for twenty-four hours. the the Anyone wishing to subscribe to this send their sub- | worthy object - may scriptions to the "Whig office. The following subscriptions already received : James Richardson & Sons C. JAVIER ry W. C. Kent . 'is British Whig wis W. G. Craig & Gor ; "Limited J. J. Harty ... ¥ W. B. Dalton & 'Sons King & Smythe Charles Baillie Daily Standard Col. Giles Beautiful New Stock To Choose. Prevost, Brock street, has this year | fine assortment of tweeds, serges for his His an extra cheviots and clothing department. made clothing and gents' departments | new goods. Strong Corcet Clasps 15c. Dut- | ; tons. AT "THE HAT STORE." 'Spring Hat There's a time and place for everything. With headavear it's like A 7G. Ellistt. Sick and Membership Committees were appointed. | s25. 00 this: Soft Hat--week days. Silk or Darby Hat-- Sundays. Cap--windy days. The place is "The Hab Store," 126-128 Street. Special value at $2, $2.50, $3. We save you some- thing on every hat you } buy. 126 and 128 Princess St. with- | subscription for this pur- | about $1,250 | They have a which will 'keep | is a partial list of order | ready- | furnishing | are well assorted with | ana saibanns New Fiction at $1.10 Regular Price $1.35, Peiiyauna Grows Up, second GLAD book. The Man of Tron, by Richard Dehan, The King Albert Book. The #'retender, by Robt. W. Service, Hambi, hy Cooke, The Laughing Cavalier, by Bgromess Ovczy. Innocent, by Marie Correlli. Quick Action, by Robt. W. Chambers. The Marjorie Benton A et tt ft st ct. 160 Princess Street. anaa amb SPECIALS SATURDAY ONLY a tA, Pt ast 2 for 25c. Popular Music \ We carry the fullest line of | § § § { Popular strumental. hits. 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Ladies' and Misses' Tailored Suits--made Canada, by Canadians, for Canadians--see our magnificent range, up Ladies' and Misses' Coats--built along the newest lines, by artist tailors, up . 49c $1.00 in $1.50 All shades, sizes 'and Nobby Neckwear for Ladies with taste--all the most up-to-date ideas, pried at wt 25 Quality Kid Gloves for, a every pair eamitend, mm, Newman "The Always Curtain Scrims and Nets Hundreds of pairs of Lace Curtains, 35¢ and up 10c a yard and up Good Woolen Socks for our soldier Boys, 25¢ pr. Pictorial Magazine for iF MaY - & SIT Busy Store. Men's Tie } Pin Special For this will offer Tie Pins' counts. Now would be a good opportunity to provide yourself with an attrae- tive scarf pin at a con- siderable saving. saath we our "Men's; at special dis- SSRI Smith Bros., Jewellers . Opticians Issuers of Marriage Licenses FURS STORED AT Gourdier's 'Phone 700 and we will call. INSURANCE Real Estate Investments J. 0. HUTTON 18 Market St. CLOSING OF MAILS, British (letters) Thurs- days . 11.00 pm British past) do 500 pm United States, daily . LOU pm. Grand Trunk, going east 11.50 pm Do. (ine Tud ng Eastern States) 11.50 am Grand going west . Do. (inl Western States) 11.50 pm Grand Trunk all west of eity ........ 2 2.30 pom. | C.P.R ..1050 am. and 4.30 p.m. i CN. i Trunk, ' 11.50 am, uding rE -- THE "MOVIES" LAW | | | Has Been Changed Bs Back To Former { Reading. Children under fifteen years of al {will ia future be granted admission | to moving picture theatres if accom- | panied by an adult, the law now be- vears. By a pew ear the regulation the hip a { guarding or Settler from the child's admission was | 2 providing relat being theatre ai | Chilien will now be admitted if in Skugaty with a responsible man or Will Go To Work. A week ago the magistrate gave a young man who was him for being drunk a Adin to get work. Friday morning the young man came | Before the aot, stated that he had | secured a job, and the case against him was then dropped. - The Magis- | trate is determined that all men must | et Gibson" 's. th moth proof bags." sought, Sy. J Miriies because of | BUILDERS® It is easier to keep out the flies than to chase them out. The Screens should be put in place before fly time. Our ' special made-to-order Window and Door Screens are the most satisfactory. Order early before the usual spring rush. , Yerbum Sopientibus Satis est." S.ANGLIN&CO. WOOD-WORKING FACTORY, LUMBER YARDS. OFFICE PHONE 8. FACTORY PHONE 1415. Poultry Pay Our complete stock of Incubators, Hovers and other standard articles now open for your Inspection. We | | stock the famous White Star Orit | Cyphers Poultry Foods, and Reme- ! dies: If interested, give us a call. large illustrated catalogue given | AVAy free. Incubators . ., $17, $25, $34 . $9.50, $10.50 Suppers Too and $1.00 SUPPLIES sewny | weeeseslumber, Coal & Woodeses How to Make BUILDERS !! Have You Tried GYPSUM WALL PLASTER? It Saves Time P. WALSH, Barrack 'Street. EE EN A i BR ----