THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1015. back we had to eross an open field, | ing "the Lusitania? MURDER! Well, and to tell the truth, 1 don't know | we are here, waiting again for them." CAME BY THOUSANDS WAITING FOR THE PROPER TIME TO GET BUSY Then Come An Order To Retire. Be- longings Were Left -Behind--A Nice Speech By the Brigadier-Gen. eral. A letter from a member of the 5th Battalion, dated May 14th, reads in part as follows: "When the Germans broke through on our left flank, we could see them coming towards us by the thousands. We had been waiting for them for nearly a week. We went into the trenches on Monday night, and it was Sunday night that our part of the fun began. For three days we were Just "standing to," waiting, and with them. shelling us and sending that "gas" in our direction, it was hard on us, We could see our 8th Bat- talion (mostly from Winnipeg) on our left flank, all day Sunday fight- ing for their lives. About 7.30 that' evening we had orders to retire and most all of us had to. leave our be- longings behind. I managed to get all my letters out before that, but the Germans got my writing paper and many other useful things. But we gave thém + their share of it, when we retired to our second line of trenches. When we did drop how any of us did it. The Germans | had been firing at us all day with their machine guns and had that field under range! We were lucky, that's| gH. Though for a while we were surrounded in the fight we did not| know it On that old left flank they were calling to us in good Eng- lish, "Come over here," "Keep to the right" Jut it did not work. In faet, one Mr. ( did not last long, as one of our ser- geants got over to him and gave him 303 That night we came back to reser- ve and had a good hot meal, which we surely did need, as all day Sun- day we had nothing to eat at all and only a bite tlie day before. On Monday we were to it again, and stayed with the back and forward for nearly two weeks and a half. But, we are now back in billets "at home-in the hay" and are resting , up, and heavy on the drill. We had a very nice speech by the Brigadier-General Curry, and also one by our great Gen. Alderson him- self." over the world, praising the Canucks for their work; many from Canada. One of the nicest things was the way the General spoke of the ones who had gone, All hats were off, and I think a prayer went up from many to help their relatives at home. What do you think of them Bsink- 7 once RS A THOUSAND CHORUS. YEARS AGO. con moto. Hot Time In Action. A letter from Driver Ross Harker, sent to his mother, Mrs. W. B, O'- Neil, 58 Bay street, written on May 13th, says: "We have been over ni Belgium for a month. This is a nice little country, -and it is a shame to think that the Germans are knocking down ierman, who called it out|a}l' the nice towns and villages that they can, and settling fire to them. They shell all the places they can. They are using big "Jack Johnsons' fire them at a distance back about ten miles. They also use high ex- plosives to set fire to the towns. | Anything they hit in the way of wood | goes on fire, We just came out of | action, three days ago, for a rest. game Will be going in action again in aland the attractions | few days; the last time we 'were in action for three weeks. It was a little hot at times. You could hear drilling, | the little "Whistling Willies" as we | {call them (Jack Johnsons) a mile. | When they get up to{you they make | a buzzing 'sound, and the others | make a humming kind of a noise. He reads us cables from alll We have had a few casualties, two | killed and seven wounded. One of the killed is from Kingston. T h e rest of the battery is fine and so are | the officers. Robert Mann, of King- | ston, is looking fine and hearty these days. I am writing this letter in my "biryack'" which is two stakes driven in ther ground, and two blan- kets for a roof and rubber sheets and blankets to lie on. It is warm that way all right. Well 1 will close, as it is getting dark and there is no electric lights out here. Good-bye mother for now." PEPER E ERLE PEPPER * * 650 REGISTERED, BIG SHOW NEXT WEEK FINE EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT CRICKET FIELD Trained Dog, Pony and Monkey Cir- cus a Special Featuré--Good Clean, | Wholesome Amusement Is Motto | Of the Management, | The local committee was fortunate in securing the E. T. Piersons' Can- | adian Shows for the Carnival all next | week under the auspices of 14th Re-| giment Band, and you can rest as-|§ | {sured that you will witness one of the | cleanest and biggest shows on the | | road. The organization is strictly | | Canadian throughout. They feature] |the big "Made In Canada" exhibit, | are numerous and pleasing to both young and old, | | the features new and well worth a , visit, The trained dog, pony and monkey | circus is only one of the many feat-| ures of the show, an entertainment for the little folks and it pleases the | older minds as well, Nothing so delights the juvenile | mind as a performance rendered by | dogs, ponies and monkeys. This is | the finest exhibition of this character that has ever toured the American | continent. It may not be the larg- | est, but 'the management can safely | state, without fear of contradiction, | that it is the best and stands in a lelass by itself. It embraces dogs | ponies and educated monkeys, and | goats that perform tricks that are ab- i solutely wonderful, the most remask- {able display of brute culture ever | seen. Positively a performance {that is unequaled in originality and "4insurpassed in novelty. | The*Motordrome, the Circus side, Thous = ands of years & # | show, the Days of 49' Athletic Show, ® Crystal Maze and many others all # | go to help make up the biggest and # | best show that you have ever had # the opportunity to witness. Good, #% clean and wholesome amusement, is # the motto of the management and # | they live up to the motte as you can # | readily see by paying the show a vi: ® -- % The meeting of the Presby- terian General Assembly brought 630 persons to Kings- ton for from a week to ten days.. This is the number re- gistered at Grant Hall for re- duced railway fares. It includ. es about 500 Copyright by Leo Feist, N A Beautiful Song. Founded Upon Perey Y Mackaye's Play of the Same Name. FREE With next Tuesday's issue of this paper. Watch for the next one. Fresh Colu mbia Ig- nition' Dry Cells KINGSTON 29cEach FOUNDRY MotorBoat Supplies Tungsten to platinum. Columbia Ignitor Batteries, always. fresh stock. s Electric Halliday' Phone 94 : points put on Spark Coils--superior Shop, 345 King Street ~ rw a ~~ 4 sot of ek a SE letters, Ee Ee FREE! "ND NUMBER OF VALUABLE PREMIUMS GIVEN AWAY i ol Xo same ofa wild $100.00 IN CASH $10.00 in n cash arrange these 4 sets of letters in al? It is no easy XLURMCY LAE: 3rd Can + + commissioners. The other 150 is made up of commissioners' wives and of students who came to attend the Assembly proceedings. This is the largest conven. tion that Kingston has had in years, | SWE b bbb rb bre Lb 444040400 DID NOT MAKE THE TRIP. For the P SEPP EPP P EEE IES urpose of Attending a Pres- | bytery Meeting. | Rev. Peter Pilkey, Fort Fraser, B. { C., 1s here for the General Assembly | meeting. Some time ago a para- | graph appeared in the Whig, which {came from a Toronto source, stating {that in order to get to a Presbytery | meeting at Vancouver, Mr. Pilkey had himself appointed a special con- | stable and took a prisoner to the pro- | | vincial penitentiary at New Westmin- | ister, Mr. Pilkey says that the re- | port was not wholly correct. He had | been appointed a special provincial | constable some time previoysly, and {took a prisoner 2,000 miles to peni- tentiary, but he did not make the trip for the purpose of attending the Presbytery meeting. The fact is that he did not know the meeting was taking place, and only learned of it when he reached New Westminister. Of course he attended the Presbytery session, but he did not have it in view when he started out. A May Gathering The May meeting of the W. M. S. of St. Paul's Church, Amherst Island, was held at the home of Mrs. Alex- ander Reid on May 5th. Two de- lightful and intructive papers on the | work of the home and foreign mis- | sionaries were read respectively by | Mrs. Cumberland and Mrs. Cochrane after which the society proceeded to the business part of the meeting. A dainty lunch was served by Miss Ida Reid assisted by the Misses Reta Kil- patrick and Lena Glenn. There was an attendance of fifteen with a col- lection of $1.40. Received a Big Order. Messrs. J. M. Stoness & Sons, Westport, have received an order for 6,000 tons of feldspar from a New Jersey firm and instructions for 6,- 000 tons at least per year hence- forth. This firm has one of the largest and best feldspar pro- perties in Canada. J. M. Stoness is a progressive citizen, says the Mir- ror, and has never hesitated to in- vest his money to help in building up the town. His friends will be pleased to hear that the feldspar mine will be in operation and con- gratulate hi mon the success of his new. venture. Miss Gertrude Sauve, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sauve, Broék- ville, passéd away on Wednesday. De- reed {sit when they come here all next week. IN BASEBALL CIRCLES. ed Victoria By 12 Runs 10.C.1. Defeat | to 0. | Rubber Soled Shoes Men's Tan Rubber Soled Low Shoes Men's Black and Tan Bubber Soled High Shoes Ladies' Rubber Soled Low Shoes Boys' and Girls' Rubber ee A WHERE TO GO For a stylish Summer Hst is n Question that Is easily answered, if you come here, We have all the latest styles Each game that is played in the {Public School Baseball |seems to draw larger erowds than | {the one previously contested. On { Friday afternoon O.C.I. and ' Vie- |toria, two of the strongest teams in | the league met and the result was a win for O.C.I. by 12 to 0. League | {that faghion demands, and buy- ing in large qu ities enables us to offier values that are mot surpassed in Canada. Soft Straws from 25¢ up Straw Sailors, very spe- 0.C.1. has now won three games |and lost none, while won thiree and lost one. | 0.C.l..--Gowsell, p; Serutton, ¢; | McLaughlin, 1b; Ada, 2b; CH | Orr, rf. Victoria--Brouse, p: Davis, c¢; | Wheelock, 1b; Derry, 2b; Sawyer, 188; Johnson, 3b; HoMand, If; Davy, |ef; Beswick, rf. Score by innings: LOnC.1." «.:10110--12 Victoria . 2000 0-- 0 Umpire--S. VanAlystyne. "Where To Fish And Hunt." Reissue has just been made by thé Canadian Northern Railway of the above valuable sporting guide for the current season. All the varied and reliable information which characte- rized this publication last year has been thoroughly revised and new matter added, covering the northern reaches of Algonquin Park and the world famous Nipigon trout country. This is the only publica- tion of its kind covering sp many spots with such intimate detail. Co- pies are obtainable from Local C.N. R., Agent, or General Passenger Dept., Toronto. Lieutenants in R.AM.C, Word has been received in Ren- frew that Doctors George Burwell, Norman Gracé, Howard Box and Kenneth MeKinnon received their commissions as lieutenants in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and will | in future ,be stationed in London. The young men are recent graduates of Queen's Médical College and went overseas to Cliveden Hospital. Charles deCarle McCready second and younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam J. McCready, Brockville passed away on Thursday at the General Hospital after a very brief illness. He was thirty-four years of age. Mrs. Packman, formerly a resident of Alexandria Bay, has sold her beau- tiful home there to the Catholic church. The flock intends to build a new church and will use the form- er church for a Catholic school. Robert J. Hale, Watertown, N.Y., was re-elected president of the Jeff- erson-St. Lawrence Fire Association at the Clayton convention. The ot- ceased was born and always resided in Brockville. Are an important feature of every home--waking or sleep- herofficers of the association were also elected. Victoria Las Nickle, | Day 3b; Arniel, ¥; Wood, of; | ing you like beauty and com- fort. Our line of Oak, Ma- hogany, Walnut, is better than ever and pleasing to the eye and satisfactory to yout poe- ket. Colonial designs are the leaders Just now. ~ Chairs, Round Table, Buffett, all 'match, $85 up to $250 for sett. 90. Yours made by Dr. Chase's Ointment. Some doctors still advise internal treatment, but.the results ara sl w Fig Bley too often a la- |, ont: g i § £ ot i gl i g i = ] i i ils FREES: : i £ 3 i t ke iF i £7 i 8 ef 2 = =f i cial values, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50. Campbell Bros. THE BIG HAT DEALERS, WAS RM.C. GRADUATE TRIBUTE TO YOUNG CANADIAN OFFICER WHO FELL, ---- Lieut. Helmer, of Ottawa, and Lieut, Hague, Montreal, Were Struck Down by German Shell, The following letters give the de- tails of the death of Lieut. Alexis Helmer, with the First Canadian Ar- tillery Brigade, only son of Lieut.- Col. Helmer, Director of Musketry in the Militia Department. Lieut. Hel- mer was one of the most popular Young men in the Capital. Colonel] E. W, B. Morrison, former Director of Artillery, writing on the evening' of Lieut. Helmer's death, States that at the time Lieut. Hel- mer received his mortal wound he was standing with Lieut. Hague, of Montreal, on the slope of the Ypres cana] bank, where the Canadian Ar. tillery were entrenched, when a heavy ghel] struck close to him. He was instantly killed and young Hague was badly mangled. = They had just rejoined Colonel Morrison that morh- ing, and were looking over the en- emy's position when the shell burst. Lieut, Helmer was buried beside a hedge in the rear of the gun emplace- ments, 'Major McCrae repeated the service for the dead, and there were present Lieut.Col. Dodds, Captain Cosgrave, Captain White, Lieut. Blue and Colonel Morrison, As they were under heavy shell fire,, it would have been dangerous to assemble the men of the deceased's battery. The grave is on the west side of the Yser ca- nal about two miles north from Ypres. As lis commanding officer, Colonel Morrison bears testimony to Lieut. Helmer's soldierly qualities. Captain Donald A. White, of Lieut. Helmer's Battery, writing on May 3rd, states: "We are all feeling very sad after he had so safely and success- fully brought his section probably the tightest posi hotest fighting of the war. On the morning of May 2nd, about 6.30, Lex came into my dug-out and told us he had brought out his section and was in action 200 yards from us. About two hours later he was With Hague, of Montreal, just near ei guns, 'apparently selecting suitable to a German Erges over 'the very sudden death of Lex! 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