-- ---- A ---------------------------------------------------- Le ------ = ------------ on : s 110 GILLETT SAYS WY ALEXANDER GRAHAM | BELL, TELEPHONE INVENTOR CLEANS LYE AND DISINFECTS 2 BY WIRE WARK BULLETINS. Athens reports on Wednes- day night said that the Allies i have reduced Fort Kilid Bahr & { guarding the Narrows on the & Smoking is Permitted, and Officers | Emropean side, and the town of Are Allowed Free Converse During | Nagara is to occupied at once Exercise by the Allied land forces. The 5 Turks are feverishly reinforce. London, May 20 The Press Bu- i a, communieation from ing all positions. ee #%! Ambassador Gerard enclosing a re- Socieiist Deputies have port from the American Consul at Co- joined the Italian Army and a logne, Mr. Nicholson, relating a general mcbilization of all arms visit he paid to thirteen isolated Brit. || has been ordéred by the Gov- ish officers under arrest. The Con- ernment, sul reports that their conditions have || been radically altered for the bet- ter, especially in the matter of exer- cise, the hours 'of which have been | . Iv 'he ereatest stock fas k 30 doubled. The prisoners, moreover, || ¥ Absolute ly he greatest stoc k of fast black hose are now allowed free converse dur- | in Eastern Ontario--at rock bottom prices. ing exercise and smoking is. permit. | aa a = SEER Wo rei ted. The food has beén brought up || " {to the standard maintained for in- || ahem GELS Moderate winds, fine to-day and most of Friday. + THEIR CONDITIONS RADICALLY - i ALTERED BY GERMANY, i : 4 =--=WOMEN'S Black HOSIERY Who Expects Further Remarkable Advances in Electricity--All 'Recent Steps in Electrical | Developments Have to Do With Vihrations, New York, May 20 Dr. Alexan der Graham Bell,inventor of the tele- phone, was the recipient of the Edi. |# son medal "for meritorious achieve-|% ment in electrical séience," at the an- | % nual meeting of the American Insti. % tute of Electrical] Engineers in the | # Engineering Society's building In % his response to the presentation ad- # dress by John T. Carty, chief engi-'% neer of the American Telephone and | + Telegraph Company, who had been | # re-elected president of the institute K % at a business session earlier in the |% evening, Mr. Bell dwelt briefly upon: ¥ CEP EPIEPOOG Pe It is announced officially that the Labor party will be repre- sented in the coalition govern- ment and possibly the Nation- alists. -- 404200049600 The Russians now oceupy GOOD AS NEW. $2150 2A Kodak and Case, for 20.00 3A Carbine 1200 1A Kodak (new) .. 19.00 6.78 2 Folding Brownlie , 400 And some remarkahbie values i in Box Form and Folding Cam- eras, all guaranteed jn perfect I} condition, Remember, we rent, exchange Land repair «11 makes of cameras and gell all makes of film, At Best's The Satisfactory Drug Store. Open Sundays. The Blessing of Sight Do you appreciate it? Ave you taking proper care of your eyes? Are you Wearing suitable glasses Being eyesight specialists we can tell you much obout glasses and eyes--the bless- mg of sight and HOW TO RETAIN IT, KEELEY Jr, M. 0.D. 0. Optometrist- and. Optician, 228 PRINCESS ST. 3 doors above Opera House. 4 Fthe remarkable advances (hat had been made in the application of | electricity since the telephone was in- | vented. "What will come next? Now we | have electrie' light, electric power, | electric speech, and a swarm of elec- {trical appliances that have come into | { use during recent years All our | knowledge of the external universe iis derived from our senses, and sei | (ence has brought electricity into the service of practically all .of our | senses, Are you going on? possibilities of further development | are inconceivable { "Men ean do nearly everything else | by electricity already, and 1 can im- agine them wjth eoils 'of wire about | I their heads coming together for com. | munication of thought by induction." The audience and their guests | {showed no sign of being incredulous | ever of this suggested possibility of | ! electrical development, Dr. Bell] added: "But that ig for you to make pos- | {sible," with the emphasis on the! "you," and when the laughter had! subsided he continued. "I have | been struck by the fact that nearly all of the recent steps have had to; do with vibrations. "Suppose you | have the power to make an iron rod {vibrate with any desired frequency! iin a dark room At first, when vi-| {/ brating slowly, its movements will be | | indicated by only one sense, that of | {| touch, Soon as the vibrations in-| || crease a low sound will emanate from | {iit and it will appeal to two senses. | { At about 32,000 vibrations to the| second the sound will be loud and | -bit-at-40:000-vibrationsit-wili--atelligenee be silent, and its movement will not be indicated by touch, Its move- | ment will be indicated by no ordi | nary human sense. At one hundred { thousand, up to about 1,600,000 vi. | brations per second, we have no sense | that can appreciate-any effects. Af-| | ter that stage its movement is indi- | | cated, first by the sense of tempera- ture and then, when the rod becomes ired hot, by the sense of sight, At three million' it sheds a violet light. "Now the thought has oceurred to | me that there must be a great deal | ternoon to the Gananoque Cemetery. | to be learned about the effect of those vibrations in the great gap] where the ordinary human senses are | unable to hear, see or feel the move- | { ment. The power to send wireless | | messages by other vibrations lies in | that gap, but the gap is so great that) | it seems there must be more. i | "You must make machines prac- | ticatly to supply new senses, as the wireless instruments do. Can it be i said, when you think of that great | gap, that there is no field in the fur- | {ther development of electrical sei. | | ence for you?" | | Thomas A. Watson, founder and | first president of the Fore River Ship- | building Company, now retired, came | from bis home in East Braintree, | | Mass, to tell of Dr, Bells first ef-| forts to talk ihrough electrically | . The ® 4 nearly the whole of Bukowina. + Reinforcements are being sent % to push the Germans out of + Galicia, * * + + * + + * It id fully expected that the Italian Parliament will de- clare war to-day. ¥ Lord Fisher has returned to his post as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. Winston Churchill has quit. > * * +» > + The position of the Allies on # the eastern fromt is still pro- + gressing. The weather is # clearing and heavy operations % are expected. S442 L 5300240 E PREP PSPS SPF F EPR e Od May 20.--Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Mullins, Brock street, received word from their son, Roy Mullins, yester- day. He went to the front with the First Contingent, enlisting from Winnipeg with the 90th Rifles, now known as the 8th Overseas Battalion and was recently reported as miss- ing. The card received was post- marked Munster, and said: "Am safe and well, but a prisoner of war." Mrs. Watson, an employee of the Provincial Hotel, received the sad ment yesterday that her son, Char- les, previously reported as wounded in aetion, had succumbed to his in- Juries. Mrs. John LaSha, St. Lawrence street, whose son, Kenneth, was re- ported missing, has received word from his from a hospital' where he is lying wounded, but not serfous- ly. The funeral of the late Mrs. P. A. Churchill was held from the family residence, Brock street, yesterday af- Rev. Melvin Taylor conducted the funeral service, A rumor is in. circulation about town that H. Ford Berry, B.Sc, a recent graduate of Queen's who en- lised from Vancouver, B.C., a short time ago, had been accidentally kill- No particulars were given. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kelly, Stone street" and the latter's sister, the Mesdames A. L. Wright, and G. A. Baker, accompanied by Miss Lk. Er- len Hurd, motored to Kingston yes- terday morning for a short visit {stock holders of record # | terned officers who are held in de- || | Black Cotton Hose 15¢, | Black Silk Lisle | tention, and the gaarters are approxi. | mately ¢lean. {| The officers in solitary confinement ®| are in Schurgasse, Cologne, a massive || prison for delinquents || {of the ranks of commissioned and | non-commissioned officers. The Con. || {old military t {sul had a conversation with one of the arrested officers, who sald that conditions had been strikingly im- proved recently. Other improve | ments are to be made at the sugges. | tion of the Consul. FINANCIAL MATTERS. The United Fruit Company Made Big | Earnings. Boston, May 19.--Earnings of the United Fruit Co., for April were the largest for any April in the com- pany's history and the best of any month in the last five years. "The total of net profits was in excess of $1,100,000, which is an improvement of very nearly $800,000 over the some month of 1914. Net profits for the last six weeks have been running at the rate of ap- proximately $300,000 per week. In other words, during the past six weeks the company has earned something more than an entire] year's interest on its bonds and notes, of which there were outstand-| ing as of Sept. 30th last $33,305,000. { Standard Oil Dividends. Standard Oil Co., of Kansas declar- ed the regular quarterly dividend of $3 a share, payable June 15th, to The dividend that paid three months ago. Prior to that time the last dividend was $6 paid on June 15th, 1914. On February 28th, 1914, a divi- dend of $3 and an extra dividend of $7 was paid. On November 29th, 1913, a dividend of $3 and an extra one of $10 was disbursed. Standard Oil of Nebraska has de- clared the regular semi-annual divi- {dend of $10 a share, payable June | 20th to stock holders of record May | 20th, On December 20th, 1914, a semi- annual dividend of $10 was paid, and a similar dividend paid June 20. On December 20th, 1913, a semi-annual dividend of $10 and an extra divi- dend of $5 was paid. On June 20th, 1913, a stock dividend of 25 per cent | was paid, and on April 15th, 1912, a { stock dividend of 33 1-2 per cent. was paid. -- Cobalt Bullion For London. Cobalt, Ont,, May 19.--The Dom- inion Reduction Company has ship: | ped 56 bars of bullion to London. The consignment contained 63.336 ounces and was valued at $31,670. To date no notification of the raising i At 13¢, i At 25¢c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, Silk Lisle; OPABIOr .....c..vvn coi canines s vase ss ish ve Silk; 3 pairs for ie rie Se Abies ATE Cre Cs Sa snk Sa aa | Black Holeproof In Radium, mAs ONT) and Leigh, imported makes, at 1.50, 1.75, WE INVITE COMPARISON. SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. 20¢, -2be. 35¢c, 50c. Black Silk $2.25, | $2.50, $3.00. All siges, | a Napanee -------- | of insurance on bullion has been re- | ceived locally, but it is feared that | the loss of the Lusitania will mean i | a further raise in the rate which is Corned Beef, 12%¢, le, 15¢ House Clean- ing Time er, price $32.00. Best and most powerful suction cleaner on market. We rent for $1.00 per day. H. W. Newman Electric Co., Phone 441 79 Princess Street, rm charged wires about 40 years ago. | now $10. o ~ | Mr. Watson was a mechanieial in| JENKINS Artistic selection of STRAW HATS Are worthy your thought and inspection. Our reputation for nobby straws will be more than sustained this year. : ' ENGLISH STRAWS. Made in Canada and in England on American blocks, combining STILE, GOA Peneil rim straws a great feature. Comfort and appear- ance great rivals. Conforming bands such as in use delight every weaper. Straws $2 $2.50 & $3 §~ Panamas, $6 & $7.50. t The pleasure is ours in showing you a Be | Boston at that time, and it was he i| who made the instruments with | whigh Dr. Bell experimented. | TO FIGHT AS INFANTRY, f Practically Every Mounted Corps Has | Volunteered. | Ottawa, May 20.--Practically ev- !l ery cavalry unit and every corps of | mounted infantry in Canada has vol. { unteered its services to the Minister { of Militia to go to the front ag infan- | try. This was the statement made | by General Hughes to-day, and he | added that the offer had not as yet | been accepted, though it is being se. | riously considered. It is understood there is some doubt as to whether it would be ad. visable, in view of the possibility that (ting the Germans on the move to send | these trained mounted men as infan- try or to keep them in readinesg for such an eventuality when eavaley would be useful, - 'It isi possible the problem may be solved by sending them forward equipped to fight as in- fantry with the chance that when they arrived in England they might be given horses and reorganized as mounted units again. It is understood the cavalry unit which has been organized and train- ed under Major W. A. Griesbach may { go to the front as & umit.' mew, | who are all s have been eager to get to the firing line as soon as possible, and it is un tood their wishes are to be and that they will go forward as a unit of infantry. } Harold W. Topham, explorer, was killed on Alaska | the Allies may succeed in again get- * May 19.--The Lennox and Ad-| dington Liberal Association is fitting! |p a suite of rooms in the Grange | Block In John street, which will be | | the hearquarters of the association. | {| ©. Nixon hasa secured a positio {with the Kingston Locomotive | Works in the ammunition depart- | ment. | Edmund Doupe left last night for {Sorrel, Quebec, where he will join | the steamer Rapids Prince as cabin | | steward. | ¢ G. Freeman, Tweed, Las been ap- |p ointed manager of the Bell Tele- | phone line here, and is moving into |& house on Adelphi street. | © A sumber of persons say they saw an aeroplane pase over here last ev- | ening between' seven and eight | o'clock, going in a south easterly di- | rection. i The steamer Lalonde frem Picton | nade her first trip of the season here -day. An exhibition game of baseball was played this evening betwee? teams representing the town and Napanee Collegiate Institute, result- ing in a win for the town team by a score of 6 te 1. ' To-day was a ved letter day for the local Salvation Army Corps, {when Commissioner Richards, the new head of that denomination in Canada, paid it a visit. An additional of welcome was read by Councillor Waller in front of the Town Hail, after which a procession of a num- 'ber of automobiles, led by W. T. Gib- bard, paraded the town. a Citadel In honor of the visitor and a public meeting was held in Grace Methodist Church, which Jas largely attended. Acting-Mayor ison in- troduced the Commissioner to the audience, and he with an address. Rev. C. B. Cragg and Rev. S. Sellery was om the platform | C | With the Commissioner's Staff. i May List Carriage Factories. Montreal, May 19.-It is stated the Stock of Carriage Factories, Limited, is likely to be listed on the local ex. change before midsummer, if present plans go through. The company suspended its dividends last fall, and is decreasing iis bank indebtedness. The plants, which aré located at Montreal, and Brockville, Alexandria and Orillia in Ontario, are doing well Jit ane exception, where orders are slack. Enormous Sugar Order. New . York, May 19.---Arrange- ments were consummated in New York for the sale of $45,000,000 pounds of granulated sugar to the Allies. The price quoted was 4.55 and 4.60 cents per pound in bond. ) The order is valued at about $2,000,- 000. The sugar is to be shipped this month and June. It is report- ed that the successful sellers are the Federal Sugar Refining Company and the Warner Sugar Refinitig Company. Stop Foreign Powder Orders. Montreal, May 19.--Despatches from Washburn, Wis, reeeived in Montreal, state that plants of the Du Pont Powder Co., near that place have stopped the manufacture of ex- plosives for a foreign nation and have begun to fll a bi the additions New York, May 19.--Commercial failures this week Mn the The Wm Davies' Co. for preferred dividend. there will be a large contingent account. Falls Through Floor. Clayton, N.X., May 20.--While go. ing into the Lachance store, one of the places damaged by fire last Friday, Joseph Longway stepped in- to a hole burned through the floor, and fell into the basement. He was found to be badly tmjured about his hips and legs. Wiljam H. Consaul on Monday celebrated his birthday, being seven- ty-five years old. Mr. Consaul is still very active, attending the big feed, coal and hay business, in which he is interested, and also attending to his duties as president of the First National Bank. Boots from $1.00, sizes 2 1-2, 3. Dutton's. A strike of coal miners in the Black Country, Pro) MotorBoat Supplies Tungsten points put on Spark Coils--superior to platinum. Columbia Ignitor Batteries, always fresh stoek. Halliday's : Electric Sho Phone 94. i : A Street APPEARANCE About SUN-KIST packages--just as distinctive as the quality.of their contents. UN-KIST Seeded and Seedless Raisins. GEO. ROBERTSON & SON, LTD. to-day and get a pair of Oxfords ul gut Jair Oxfords are more eomf . uf sell 8 move dresay, te a large assortment in all leathers, Prices from $3.