SAY GOCD-BYE ! To your old Winter Suit. When everybody élse is blossoming out in spring things. There are many new style features this spring.and youn certainly do not want to trail along in the rear of the procession. --_Drop in any day; just to see-what's--what in spring suits. With all our supdrior style and suit goodness we're never up in prices--never. $15.00and $18.00 Livingston's, Brock St. : We are still selling linens at last January's low | prices, which is less than the manufacturer's price to-day, owing to the scarcity of raw materials. eC lh PURE BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK --Guaran- teed all pure linen; in all the new and best de- signs, 68, 70 and 72 inches wide, at 60¢, 75¢, $1 and $1.25 a yard. x SILVER BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK -- Will launder white in a short time; the best kind for hard wear, at . . ......35¢, 40c, 50c, 60c and TS¢ a ss SETS OF CLOTHS AND NAPKINS TO MATCH, in all the wanted sizes, at special prices : " ODD CLOTHS AND NAPKINS, in "from broken sets at 20 to 30% off Te nf and every thread po. ead THE DAILY BRITISH WHIC. MONDAY, MAY 17, 1915. | JOHN LAIDLAW & SON PTE. WILDER LOST EYE | IN LANGEMARCKE BATTLE Pte. Sherbourne Wilder, son of | Mr. and Mrs. H. 8. Wilder, corner of | rincess and Frontenac streets, suf. | fered the loss of his left eye and | H also fresh wounds in his stomach | J ind legs in the battle of Lange | marcke He is now in the Ameri- | I can Women's War Paignton Hotel, | ! jouth Devonshire, England. t | A card received by his mother on Monday morning brousht the sad | news. It was ds rollows: i "Dear Mother,--1 am at the Amer- +ié%fi Women's Paignton Hotel, South »evonshire, suffering from a cou- ple of slight flesh wounds in leg and | stomach, and dlso the loss of my left | §i aye. Don't worry. The right eye | § is first class. 1 expect to be out of | 8 hospital and home soon. 1 think | Hi that I have done my liitle part." | | "There are a lot of Kingston boys | who will never come home again,' | said Pte. Wilder, He also states | Hi that he wants to write home oftener, | § but the authorities will not stand for | it. He lost all of his belongings. The ecard was written on May 2nd, | I ib a a SB y the day after the cable, stating that i | he had been wounded, had been re-| Pre. SHERBOURNE WILDER. IR ceived in Kingston. | Shortly after he was wounded he! While in England last fall he got was taken to the base hospital in |acquainted with a number of Eng. France, and later moved to England. | lish people, who took great interest Pte. Wilder was a member of the | in the Kingston volunteer. When machine gun section of the 2nd Bat- | he was wounded he immediately got talion. He enlisted with the 14th Company, in command of Capt. George T. Richardson. When his ability as a marksman was noticed, he was immediately transferred to the machine gun section, where he did service until he was knocked out by a German bullet, STILL MORE MISSING THE GERMANS HAVE CAPTURED OTHER KINGSTON MEN, aoutul- Busi, Brockviller Hows an 1 Arm--Major R. H. Britton Suffered a Shock, But No Injuries. Pte. William Clement, 2nd Battal- lon, C. E. F,, is officially reported missing dfter the battle of Lange- marck. Before enlisting for over- seas service with the 14th Regiment, Pte. Clement was employed as team- ster for the Grand Trunk Railway. His home is at 304 Earl street, Mrs. Thomas Litchfield, 236 Viec- toria street, received word on Satur- | day that her husband, Pte. Thomas Litchfield, 2nd Battalion, was offi- clally reported as missing after the battle of Langemarcke, Pte. Litch- field was: an Englishman by birth, coming to this country a few years ago. He was employed as crane- driver at the Locomotive Works be- fore enlisting. . His wife and seven children live on Victoria street. Mrs, William Kelso, 14 Vine street, received word from the Militia De- partment on Saturday that her som, Lance-Corp. William Kelso, 2nd Bat- talion, was officially reported as miss- ing. He was a plumber, employed by the firm of McKelvey & Birch, and left the city in Capt. G. T. Rich- ardson's company. Daniel McDonald, 114 Bagot street, received word on Saturday that his son, Pte. D. E, McDonald, 2nd Bat- talion, C. E. F,, was officially reported 4s missing. Pte. McDonald was an employee in the Locomotive Works before going oversea with the 14th Regiment detachment. George Hagan, 6 Orchard street, received: word on Saturday that his son, Pte. George. Hagan, 14th Regi- ment company of the 2nd Battalion, was officially reported as missing Pte. Hagan was employed in the Da- vis tannery before enlisting for over- sea. He was an Englishman, com- ing to this city some years ago. His brother-in-law, Pte. O'Hanlon, Fifth street, was reported missing in Fri- day's casualty list, Tost An Arm. Lieut.~Col. Buell, of 'Brockville, has suffered the loss of an arm. He was injured some time ago, and it was found necessary to amputate the arm, ) Luckily Was Not Injured. in a fetter from one of his com- mand to friends, it was stated that Major Britton, Gananoque, had been thrown to the ground by concussion from a shell which struck the ground close to where he was stand- ing, but that he was not injured in any way. Lieut, Bishop Wounded. oo Lddeut. Ac ke Catharines. duate of the Royal Mili aa lin communication with his English | friends, and as a result his parents were informed direct from England, before the Militia Department made the announcement at Ottawg, { Mrs. Wilder has also regeived a letter from England telling. her son's injuries, IN MARINE CIRCLES, Movements of Vessels Along the Harbor. Reported morning Richardson's elevator, The schooner Katie Eccles arrived { from Oswego with a cargo of coal for Sowards. laden from Oswego, is discharging at Anglin's. The schooner Charley Marshall ar- rived from Oswego with coal for P. Walsh. The schooner Abbie L, Andrews ar- rived at Crawford's wharf from Fair- haven, with coal. : | MM. T, Cos Bulletin: Steamer India | passed down with grain from Port { Colborne for Montreal; tug Emerson {is due to arrive to-night with two {barges from_ Port Colborne; tug | Bronson is dué to arrive to-night | from Montreal, with three light | barges. {| The schooner St. Louis is at the! | penitentiary wharf, discharging coal | from Oswego. {| The Collingwood Shipbuilding | Company, Collingwood, has received |an order for a steam barge from the Imperial Oil Company of Sarnia, and the announcement will be received with unusual satisfaction in Colling- wood, especially as there is said to be & promise of a second contract later Ji x Steamer Belleville up Saturday night. Steamer City of Hamilton up Sun. lay night. teamer Rideau Queen up Satur- day evening, and cleared Monday morning for Smith's Falls Steamer City of Ottawa is due in port Monday en route to Montreal. Steamer Ralph T. Holcomb up Sat- urday night from Cardinal, and will slear Monday for Oswego. Steamer Plummer down Sunday night, Steamer Bickerdike up Monday morning. JUNE 3RD CELEBRATION, Arrangements of the Committee Are Progressing Well, The arrangements for the King's Birthday celebration @re coming along splendidly, The advertising matter is being distributed all through the country and the men who are doing this werk report that great interest is being taken by the farmers. One of the events arranged by the Sports Committee, of which 8. E. Trotter is chairman, will be a mo- tor-cycle race between three men from western parts of the province. A platform will be built for the vaudeville artists who will give an exhibition in front of the grand stand fternoon \ ' about | ll The steamer Barn Whittaker ar- | rived from. Port Colborne on Sunday | ji ing "with a cargo of oats for ji The schooner Julia B. Merrill, coal- | i For To-Morrow "You will be interested in these new things we have ready for you to-morrow, . NEW BLOUSES NEW VOILE DRESSES. : NEW PALM BEACH LINEN DRESSES PONGEE SILK DRESSES PONGEE SILK WAISTS - WHITE PIQUE SKIRTS Tne, Silks You Should Know We are now showing a large stock of silks for summer wear, and some of these are very speeial in price and cannot be duplicated later. We can only mention a few here: BLACK DUCHESSE SILKS, 36 inches wide; special at 75¢ yard BLACK DUCHESSE SILKS ....51, $1.25, $1.49 BLACK PAILLETTE SILKS .. $1, $1.25 BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETAS, at ..................... $1.25 BLACK CHIFFON TAFFETAS BLACK CORD DE SOIE BLACK CORD DE SOIE Colored Silks for Summer Dresses NAVY TAFFETA $1.49 and $1.25 DUCHESSE, 36 inches wide, in the following colors: id gen, Pink, Maize, Navy, Sky, Tan, Havana, Reseda, Amy- thest, Tango, Currant, Ivory $1.00, $1.25, $1.00 Silk Crepe de Chenes For Waists, for Dresses; 40 inches wide, in the followi colors: Ivory, Pink, Black, Coral, Maize, Beetroot, King rs Bins Navy, Copenhagen, Nile, Reseda, Kinora, at ..$1.50 yard Navy Reefers for Boys and Girls ; Just the thing for summer, these smart coats, for all 45 2 years to 14 years, and the prices are $3 99 to " Laidlaw & Son lower than ysual sET Rade tsar vases s Shoo in one width ony (D), snd a the popu.