PAGE TWO Furs OF QUALITY Made to Special Order Em John McKay Limited, 149-157 Brock St, Kingston. Ontario. PA | -uamBLE HALL Pure Ice Cream jn Bulk or Bricks - Packed and delivered to any part of the city. GEORGE MASOUD, | Phone 980. 838 Princess St. Be "Warted" The name and address of any person who is desirous of using a CHEAP, CLEAN, and CONVENIENT method of COOKING, Call 197, or drop a card to the Office of Works, on Queen Street, and have the GAS installed in in your home. Light, Heat, Power and Water , Depts. C. C. Folger, General Mgr. | Seamless Tapestry- BrusseisRugs Many handsonie soft, pretty colors rooms. ~~ Oriental and Conventional 1 designs for living rooms and dining rooms, in fact for any part of the house. A good, serviceable, hard wearing Rug. designs in for bed- THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1915. SAD STORIES TOLD i woman WANTED HER HUSBAND PUT ON "PROHIBITED LIST" ' -- - Declared That (losing of the Bars Would. Be a Good Thing--Moley Spent on Strong eink ily Neglected, and Fam- ia very are Lo The There is .one woman who glad to w that the hotels be elcsed early in the evening woman in question has had more than her share of trouble, all of whieh ean be traced to ng. drink H is the old story of the husband spending hjs money liquor, and tallowing his wife and cidldren to suf- ter. The woman, who has a famiy of 8ix chidren to provide for, was a call ér at the police station, where she told her troubles, and is endea voring to have her husband. placed on the "prohibited list," with hope that this will help to keep him sober, "He ha: not on he | the been working for weeks," said the woman, "and it is hard to get along I have my little children to look after, and the money { we should get from him he js spend {ing in the bars." 5 No person could hear "her pitiful i plea without feeling that it was a good thing for the bars tg be closed | The plea has been made -that the clos- ing of the bara will deprive the work ingman of his liquor Here is a {plea put up by a poor woman who | says that the closing will be a bene- fit | During this week another woman | called at the police station and asked the constables to get track of her husband, who had been on a spree, with the object of getting him sober- ed up so that he might be able to go to work and look after his family . Many are the sad stories told to | the police, and all are due to the use! | Of strong drink, LEAVING FOR TRIAL. { Pay" Sergt. Allan PV, McGregor To Appear In England Pay Sergt. Allan P. MoGregor, "harged with the theft of several { hundred dollars from Major Britton, of the First Contingent, left under escort, on Friday, for Mentreal, where he will be sent to England. | McGregor has had a sensational ex- | perience since he left England last | November. It 'will be remembered {he landed at New York and came from there to Erockvilie, where he {was on N Day. .He left! | before the police could arrest him and was rounded up a few weeks |ago in Rochester, N.Y. He has been {in Tete de Pont Barracks gince his arrest and trip across the border. He is being taken back to England where a general court-martial will {be held at which Major Britton, | 0.C. of the battery, of which he | was a member, will give evidence. { | RAIN! i RAIN! RAIN! | This District Is Certainly Getting | More Than Its Shave. { Kingston and district is certainly! getting more than its share of rain] | these days. Farmers are crying] out for a dry spell so that they can | gather in the crops. Everyone com- | {ing in from the country states that there is too much rain, and city folk have the same story. The man with! the hose has had quite a vacation. The lawns are looking fine, but.vege- tables are getting too much rain. Early Friday morning another very heavy rain set'in. { BASEBALL RECORD. National League, New York, 5-2; Cincinnati 2-1, Chicago, 4; Boston, 3. St. Louis, 3; Brooklyn, 2. Pittsburg, 1; Philadelphia, 0. American League, New York, 3-2: St. Louis, 1-0, Detroit, 11:8; Philadelphia, 5-8. { Federal League. St. Louis, 1; Baltimore. 0. Chicago, 3; Brooklyn, 1. ! | the headquarters party. | London, READY TO GET AWAY. Kingston Boys Anxious to Get Into Service. Corpl, Fi» W. Noyes, of the Field Ambijance, at Otterpool, Eng- 1d, writes a very interesting letter 1s father, George Noyez, Fronte street, which reads In part: "Deo f you do not hear regu- e, because we are all not always get a a table to ite when we do have time. Received a letter from: George (brother/who is recov. ering from 'wounds received in Langemarek), and coming to Ifythe, which is-but four miles from > will be together quite a lot if all goes well It is certainly a great 'plece of luek Tor him to be sent here "Rumor has it that are due for the Dardanelles, and as far as I am concerned -it does not make any difference how soon they send us away. "We were inspected by Gegeral Hughes and Sir R.L. Borden last Sat- urday, and it wa¥® a 'great sight for anyone to see, There were thousands and thousands of us, and What I saw looked fine, It is expected that the King and Kitchener will visit us al- most any day now, "Am receiving letters regularly, and there is a lot of news in them; they read a lot different to the pa- pers here There are new troops moving near to us each day. Just came off a twenty-four hour guard, and am feeling tired and sleepy, so will close," om me, yusy and ca the he is here, go that we we Gunner Dixon Writes Home, Sergt, W. Bolt, "C" Battery, R. C. H. A, has received an interesting let. ter from Gunner Thomas Dixon, who went overseas with - the last draft from "C" Battery, and is now at Maregfield Camp, Sussex, England. The letter reads in part: "We were thirteen days coming over; had a goed voyage, but I was seasick fora weak The first night we were in camp we were all in the same build- ing; eight of us are now in another place. » The building is divided into compartments. The room next fo us is being used by Sergt, Murphy, | Sergt. McKay, Corpl, Austin, and Gr. Richeson, batman to Sergt, McKay. We are known here as the headquar- ters party, and have done some fa- tigue work since we came, Some of the drivers have been on a ride, and both gunners and drivers have had a couple of days at section-gun drill, ete, All the drivers have to learn gunnery as well as us. We all eat in the same place. We only drill a few hours a day and break off at 4 p.m. The detail is ten men each (day from the different detachments. Each of wus has to.do a about omce a month, about 5.30 a.m., have breakfast about 7.30 a.m,, fall in at 9 am. They are' not nearly ®o particular with their horses here as at Tete de Pont Barracks, © We were out last night digging trenches about four' miles from the camp, and all the batteries picket |@re going out again to-morrow night, | The place we dug last night was for They in- tend to dig a series of such trenches to accommodate the both batteries. They will cover them over, making them bomb-proof, 'the same as at the front, They will all be connected by telephone, The telephone wag gon carries eight miles of wire. I have been to two lectures on the use of the heliograph and the telephone. The signalling instructor here is Sergt, Wampeton. 1 was at a court- martial yesterday as an escort. Corpl. Wolfe was one of the witnesses. There are two dry and one wet can- feen here and a Y. M. C. A. There is a concert in the latter place every night. Beside the R .C. H. A_ here, there are several detachments of Yeomanry, We age eighteen miles from Brighton and orty miles from We get very little news of the war here, . , 'We get good grub, have comfort- able quarters, lighted by eleetricity, Mr. Williamson rode to London a short while ago. Mr. Stewart and he are gtill our lenténants. "We lozt twelve horses on the way over, I met a fellow here that I worked with in Alberta." eet Attention, Ladies! Just ring Phone 665 and let us show you what nice Eider Down ¥ \ man. We get up| AR ------ SHOULD HAYE GONE FURTHER. | - This Is the View of Women's Chis. tian Temperance Union. Mrs. (Revi) William: ( pretident of the Women's ance Union, when asked if the uniony had done anything in conpectfon? with the action of the Provincial Li-} cense Board stated that nothing had been done since the announcement. Mrs. Lyon, president, is out of the city. It is the feeling of the wo-! men that the board could have gone farther. It is the desire of the wo- men that the soldiers who are traln- ing at Barriefield Camp should be kept away from the bar-rooms and for that reason so time ago a dele- gation. was sent from the union tol wait upon Col. Hemming, command- ant, and asked that something be] done fo keep the men away from the hotels. It is likely that a meeting] | will be called shortly when the mat-} { ter will be taken up. ] ---- -- raig, viee- Temper- England. Pocket size. ton: Forty Years After WAS BADLY INJURED, every home. Driver LaRose Had Wounds Dressed It --Took Bad Turn. |: William LaRose, a driver in the { A.S.C., Barriefield Camp, was imjur-| {ed on Thursday afternoon by being) jthrown out of a waggon he was driving, when the horses became | unmanageable. Severe gashes and | bruises were inflicted about the {head; he had to be taken fo the|. | Military Hospital, Queen streét. Here {the wounds were dressed and none jot them are thought fo be seriops.| Driver LaRese went to his boardifig| { house, 94 Barrack street later and { shortly afterwards took a bad turn {and had te be taken to the General Hospital in James Reid's ambu- | lance. Driver LaRose is twenty-four | years of age. WILL BE ARRAIGNED SATURDAY | {Albert E. Suddard To Answer. To ! Charge Of Murder, h |, Albert E. Suddard will answer to | the charge of murder, in the Police | Court on Saturday morning, when AMAA , ce ee - Out They GO. 1 All Summer Lines Must Go Prepa- 4 ratory to Receiving Our 'Big . An, he will come up for his preliminary trial before Magistrate Farrell, The] i latter has been holidaying out of the| city all week, but will return to the | n i city to hear this case. The evidence | will be taken and he will be commit- | ted to stand trial, no doubt at the] [fall assizes. .D. A! Givens will be | t as counsed for the young | presen in all sizes. abi Ladies' Cream Serge Skirts All wool, nobhy styles, | Ag Lake Ontario Park . There was an immense #tendanece | at Lake Ontario Park last evening, The fame of the fair musicians drew | out large numbers of lovers of grand {music and singing. Miss Mayflower Jeasey ovened with a violin solo, | "Spanish Dance," and when encored | played a "Minuet." Miss Violet | Beasey "displayed the sweetness of | her rich soprano voice in her rendi- | tion of tha "Open Secret," and re- | sponded with a violin solo. They } { concluded with a violin duett, "Wil. | Ham Tell." The applause bestow- | ed upon them after their chaste sing. ing and magnetic violin playing was acknowledged with a simplicity that was charming, Miss Hattie Williams, the expert J y bag puncher, certainly well earned the applause she received for her sei- entific ond novelty work, The mov- ing pictures were fine. z Ladies' Summer Dresses, values up to $4.95 . AN Hear, Children's Middy Jerseys, all Ladies' Middy Blouses, popular styles, $5.00 Garments Saturday half price, $2.50 in a variety of chie styles; .. .8aturday-yours for $1.95 Valués from $5-to $6.50, Saturday yours for $2.50 colors . Saturday 29c broken sizes, $1.00 line for 69¢ | Men's Heavy Working Shirts-- Black or bhie. Saturday 43c A few Fancy Parasols for Children, 50c line on Saturday at half 'price, 25¢ Edgar Glynn, the sweet voiced ten- or soloist of Primrose & Dockstad- er's Minstrels, on the 8.8. Thousand Islander, Saturday, August 7th, at 2.15 p. m. sharp, on her famous and exclusive 100-Milg ramble through the 1000 Islands, / Ladies' Fancy Parasols, priced up to $2.00, Saturday at 75¢ each Ladies' Summer Corsets, 75¢ line on Saturday 49c Bo : Weather Notes. Pressure remains comparatively | low over Joratio with a continuance | of shower®; elsewhere the weather is fine and in the west very warm. When little ones are peevish, give Rexall Orderlies; constipation is often the cause. Sold only by Geo. Shaw, The Always Busy Store. W. Mahood, The Rexall Store, 10c., 25e. and 50c. boxes, CLOSING OF MAILS, British mail closes irregular- "ly. Information posted at P. O. Lobby from time-to time. United States, dally .. 1.00 p.m. Grand r=sBUILDERS' § PPLIESewsy | The Tall Telegraph War Books ONE SHILLING IN LONDON. ONE QUARTER HERE. "A series of cloth bound books, 200 pages, by the best posted writers in How the War Began, W. I. 'Courtney, L.L.D.; The FI Archibald Hurd; The Campaign of Sedan, - George Around Leige, J. M, Kennedy; In the Firing Line, A. St, John Adeock (Bat tie Stories of Soldiers at the Front); The Red Cross in War, M. F. Billing- C. Bailey (Story of the Francodierman War): A Serap of Paper, E. J. 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Pessession at once, | Houses, Furnished and Unfurhished, Comforters and Feather Mattresses Trunk, going | we can make out of your old feather beds. Our prices are very low. We | buy old used feather beds, east . Do. (includ'ag States) International League Buffalo, 6-5;. Harrisburg, 6-1. Richmond, 3-2; Rochester, 1-8. Toronto, 4-4; Jersey City, 2-0. { {the heavy rains. Oat Crop Damaged. J. A. McFarlane. grain merchant, Brock street, stated that people could hardly believe the damage which was done to the grain due to During the past three days Mr. McFarlane was in Pittsburg Township and had a splen- did opportunity to see the extent of {the damage. Some fields appean {as though a steam roller had been {Tun over them. | more affected than any other crops due to a greater guantity of it still being green. Oats which were near- 1y ripe are not so badly affected, aaa Ontario Feather Company, 208 and 210 Division street. Made ) hy A recent appointment of interest in Motnreal insurance circles is that of A D. Shibley, who wil] in future represent the Railway - Passengers' Assurance Company, of London, Eng- land, as provisional manager, replac- ing D. K. 'Macdonald, who takes over the management of the British Col- umbia branch at Vancouver for the same y. Mr. Shibley is a brother-in-law of Archdeacon Carey, Kingston, Sn ------------ A Uittle Bit Of Heaven. "Mother Macree," "Somewhere a Voice is Calling," "1 Hear You Call/ ing Me," "When I Was a Dreamer," and other selected songs by Edgar Glynn, tenor soloist of Primrose & Doeckstader's minstrels, on the SS. Thousand Islander, Saturday, Aug- ust, 7th, 2.15 p. m. ; : Fy . Buy a Fresh, New Straw For a Dollar, . It doesn't pay to wear a soiled or diseolored Hat when you ean huy a new one for a dollar. The Straw you bought "early in June must be setting soiled and out. the shelf and get a new one. Your choice of any Straw Hat in the store for $1.00. 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