Daily British Whig (1850), 27 Aug 1915, p. 8

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---- Boys' Suit Sale a : : ~ The cut in this advertisement shows the style of Boys' Suits which we have placed on sale for a few days at ' One-Third Off Marked Prices Double breasted coats, full' bloomer trou- sers. They are good School duty. If the boy is in need of a School Sit, this is a sale that will certainly interest vou. All Suits marked in plain figures. Prices Ranging from $5 to $10 Take off one-third and pay us the balance. It's a School Suit opportunity. All sizes, fit boys from 9 to 17 vears. All sales for cash; no suits See display in our window. Livingston's, Brock Street A little out of the way, but it will pay you to : walk. ramen - on approval. Suits, built for" Your New Fall Suit Is Here You will have no diffi: culty \ in choosing from our large assort- ment allthe new styles, colors and materials in a full variety of sizes 'and moderately priced. New Coats for __THE DAILY BRITISE WHIG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1915. THE LATEST TIDINGS | PRESENTED IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of Th: News Of the World From Tele- graph Service and Newspaper Ex- Italy assumes control of munitions plants. A British ship with a gun mount- ed is held up at a United States port Washington hears Austria will im- pose an income tax to meet war debt Alexander Stewart, a pioneer of Artemesia, 'is dead in his' eightieth year. Amerizay gucret service agents ar- {rested a German with maps of Fort Monroe. ' Pope Benediet, suffering from an attack of overwork, has refused all audiences. The Earl of Aberdeen and Lady Aberdeen have arranged to visit Can- ada this fall. Several University of Toronto men have obtained commissions in ' the British army. Rev. Father Carberry of Our Lady {of Lourdes, Tofonto, was suddenly stricken in New York. School trustees declare the cigaret- te habit among scholars will impair the usefulness of the schools. G.T.R. employees in Windsor and London divisions will co-operate to raise at least $100,000 for patriotic purposes. . ~ John Richardson, Clerk of the County Court of York, and former M. P. P. for East York, died on Thursday. * Charles Honsinger, late of Brant- ford, was instantly killed by falNng headlong from a ladder at a tannery in Penetanguishene, The Bank of France ig getting 90,- 000,000 francs in gold each week. Over 2,500,000 francs have been re- ceived from conquered Alsace. Feeling is running high between French and Irish Roman Catholics in Ottawa over the dismissal of English- speaking professors from Ottawa Uni- versity. Complaints had been made to the military authorities, because a son of Professor Mueller is one of three operators in charge of the wireless plant at 'the Toronto Island. Hon. W. T. White states that the | tariff and special taxation have fully realized his expectations, and_he ex- | presses satisfaction that the reve- nues so far are up to those of the last fiscal year, which included an ante-bellum period of four months. | A decrease of only $21,100 in | gross earnings is shown by the Cana- dian Northern Railway for the week ended Aug. 21st, the earnings being $286,600, as, compared with $307,- | 600 for the corresponding week last | year, From July 1st to date gross | earnings are $2,001,500, a decrease {of $574,300. : | In sentencing a soldier for fraud { in connection with separation allow- | ances, Magistrate Sir William Tre- { loar in' London remarked that he | understood the nation was now pay- {ing something like £40,000,000 | ($200,000,000) a year in these al- | lowances to families of soldiers ab- { sent at the front. Assurances received by the Mili- tia Department indicate that there will be a generous response by the | public to the appeal for the Disable- | ment Fund. In a number of cases il | it is anticipated that. organizations which have on hand money not need- will apply it to the other fund. "Returning from Folkestone to the Canadian camp, James Brown, Mont- real, was struck by an express train and killed instantly. The inquest brought out a verdict of accidental death. Brown was a driver in the Army Service Corps. The dead sol- dier's real name was William Dris- coll, but he enlisted under the name of James: Brown. + OLITA HAS FALLEN s That Russians Have Evacuated it. (Special to the Whig) Lond Aug. 27.--Berlins official statement this afternoon declares that the Russian fortress of Olita on the Niemen river, thirty miles south of Kovno, has been evacuated. In all the wide sweep of Russian terri- tory, south of the Baltic provinees, which has been covered during the great Austro-German offensive move- ment, the fortress of Grodno is now the only strongly defended position remaining in the hands of the Rus- sians. Olita: was on the principal Russian line of defence, midway be- tween Konovo. (already in the hands of the Germans) and Grodno. It is about fifty miles south west of the Imperial Railway centre of Vilna, which is on the direct trunk line to Petrograd, « . Olita is ihaphiuth important Rus- sian 'fortress Yo fall before the in- vaders in the last three weeks. 2 BALKAN LEAGUE PLAN Said to Be Upset by Bulgaria and Greece. | i (Special to the Whig. Washington, Aug. 27 Unoficial advices to representatives of the Bal- kan nations here say Bulgaria has signed an agreemeént with Turkey, which includes the provision that she remain aeutral, dnd that the at- te form a Bal League has News cf the formation of the new Cabinet by Ministef Venm- Berlin R OTTAWA STREET RAILWAY Ama. in Is Chaagivg Fare For Th ' In Arms. A special, despatch to the Whig from Ottawa says: "The Ottawa Electric Rai.way has put in force a new regulation bywhich all ehildren up to tén years of age must pay a three-cent fare. This applies to children in arms." Kingstonians certainly have better rates than these. Here all children in arms travel free. Chi.dren be tween 5 and 12 years are sold ten tickets for jwenty-five cents; or a straight fare of three cents. And -addition to this the ecompany | every | Wednesday "throughout the summer .season gives the children a one-cent fare each' way to Lake On- tarie Park. Childien LOOKING FOR FACTORY For the Manufacture of Shells In : . This City. 7 Ald. J. M. Hughes, chairman of the Civi¢ Industries Committee, has been put in touch with a manufac- turer who is anxious to get about 30.000 feet floor space ii some On- tario , city, with equipment for the manufacture of shells for the war His comniittee will take up thé mat- ter with the Industry Committee of the Board of Trade. The plant would emp.oy two hundred hands. The manufacturer wants to lease such a plant and it is understood that if it is suitable iu cvery way he would purchase the entire plant SS. HESPERIAN ARRIVES ---- At England With Varidus Canadian Reinforcements Ottawa. Aug. 27.--It is officially announced that the SS. Hesperian. which sailed from Canada on August 17th, has safely arrived in England with the following drafts of reio- forcements: Canadian Dragoons. 20 officers and 15 men; Horse Artil- lery, 2 officers and 50 men; Field Arti.lery, 4 officers and 190 men; Engineers, 3 officers ind 100 'men: Signallers, 1 officer and 50 men; Ia- fantry from Ontario, 24 officegs and 1,246 men; other details, J officers anbd 6 men. Baseball Games. The baseball game between Alex- andria Bay and Victorias wiil com mence at the cricke. field on Sat- urday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. It promises to be one of the best of the season. Stanley Trotter, president of the City Baseball League, has completed arrangements for the exhibition game between Havana Red Sex and a picked team from the City League for Tuesday afternoon, August 31st, in and of the Kingston men at the front. Now Really--'"The War Lords." A. G. Gardiner, the author of "Prophets, Priests and Kings" --has just published a companion volume ----entitled "The War Lords." The new book is. issued, neatly bound in cloth at 25 cents per volume. Every reader of current history will enjoy the new book. Telephone R. Uglow & Company for a copy. Visiting In Kingston. Norman Newlands, B.Sc., with his ed for the purchase of machine guns Vite and child, are in the city visit- ng Mrs. Isaac Newlands, Ordnance street, Mr. Newlands has recently completed his work on the recently finished Catskill Aqueduct at Yon- Kers, N. Y., at which he has been engaged for the last few years. He is _on_ his" way"te Chicago. Lieut J. McNab Killed. Winnipeg, Aug.. 27.--Word hss, been received in Winnipeg that Lieut. -J. MeNab, son of J. C. McNab, this city, has been killed at the Dardan- elles, He was a well known mem- ber of the Winnipeg Rowing Club and left for England with General Houghton's gun crew, later taking a commission in a British regiment. Gallantry Recognized. London, Aug. 27.--Gold watches and cash awards have been present- ed to the crew of the steamer Anglo- Californian, now in port at Mont- real, for gallantry displayed in es- caping when attacked by a German submarine on July 5th, after a num- ber of the men had been killed. Manitoba Women Want Vote. © Winnipeg, Aug. 27.--A vigorous effort is to. be made by the Social Service Council of Manitoba with a view to influencing the Gqvesnment to allow women to vote an the liquor which will probably be next year. ' Paris, Aug. 27.--Field Marshal an important military conference on | Monday at Chantilly close behind | question when a referendum on pro- | hibition is taken in the Province, | Allied Army Chiefs' Meeting. . | Joffre, Lord Kitchener, General Foch | Brockville, has. been transferred to and several other army chiefs held | Head Office, Montreal. 1 TTI " « Late Robert Saunders. The deathfpeeuired at the General |l Hospital, on August 23rd, of Robert! Saunders. Peceased was eighty-two | years of age, and death was due to] arterio selerosis.". He was born on| Amherst Island, and for some years made his home with his nephew, H. S. Patterson. He was unmarried. 'The funeral took place on Tuesday Aug. 24th fFom the residente of his brother, Capt. H. Saunders to. Pentel; ton cemetery, at the foet of the is- land. Rev. James Cumberland, St Paul's Chureh, officiated. ' The bear- ers were: R. Kilpatrick, W. H. Pres- ton W. Montgomery, R. Filson, Capt. H. Glean and T. J. Hill Among 'the relatives present from a distance were deceased's brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William Saunders, Des- eronté. The late Mr. Saunders was a Presbyterian in religioh, and a Li- beral in politicis. the lakes, The Late Mrs. Dennis, Ottawa. The death occurred in Ottawa on Thursday at her late residence, 295 Cooper street, of Mrs. Sarah Maria Dennis, widow of the late Lieut.-Col. J. 8. Dennis, C.M.G., in her eighty- seventh year. The funeral will take place in Kingston on Saturday, upon the ar- rival of the train from Ottawa, to Cataragqui cemetery. The Late Mrs. R. Montgomery. After ailing for the past three or four years, Mrs. Eliza Montomery wife of Robert Mcntgomery, 128 Union street West, passed' to rest on || Friday morning at 11.30 o'clock. The deaceased was a member of (Cooke's Church. - She is survived by -her husband, faur sons and four|| The sons are Robert A., |! Samuel S., Arthur R., Chicago, and |' daughters. Wallace H. of this city. The daugh- ters are Mrs. Mrs: W. J. Burns, Kingston; Miss Fannie L., Montreal, and Miss Flor- ence A. at home. A Wedding at Athens, A very pretty wedding of two popular young people took place Wednesday evening at Athens, when Walter H. Sniith, B.S.A., district ag- ricultural representative, and Miss Opal Purcell, both of Athehs, were united in marriage. The wedding took place at the residence of the || bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Purcell, at seven o'clock, the home being daintily decogated for the oc- casion. The officiating clergyman was Rev, Mr. Swain, of Athens An- glican Chure¢h, and the young couple were unattended... The guests pres- | ent numbered twenty-five. After {the ceremony a dainty lunch was i served and a reception tendered the | bridal couple, who left on a trip to { Toronto, Buffalo and other places. | The bride was charmingly attired | for the ceremony in a dainty costume - | of white silk, covered with silk chif- | fon, her going-away costume being of "olive green. | | Mr. Smith, as district agricultural | representative, © has made many | friends in this vicinity by his abh- | {ity and uniform gourtesy, and Miss | Purcell was one of the falrest and | | most popular young ladies of Athens, | where she enjoys a large circle - of | friends. The best wishes attend them for a long and happy married life. i Grateful For The Gift, { Lady Ross in" a letter to Miss | Mabel Gildersleeve expressed her | great pleasure and surprjze at se {large a cheque, $191. oming to | her fund from Kingston., She as- ' sured the contributors, through Miss Gildersleeve, that their gifts weuld|| be most judiciously expended for the|! j'tomfort of the soldiers. i Prpsentation to Lieut. J. W. Stagg. When he was leaving with the overseas reinforcements of the 59th Battalion on Thursday afternoon, i Lieut. J. W. Stagg was presented 'by Major. W. Y. Mills, on behalf of the | officers of the 14th Regiment, with a, | beautiful travelling bag set. 'Likely The Candidate. Ex-Congregsman Frank O. Lowden "Castle Rest" "Alexander Bay, will it is said be the Republican candidate {| for the Governorship of Illinois. He { will have a great support from the party. Saturday Afternoon Ramble. S88. Thousand Islander to 100 {Islands at 2.15 p.m. Fare S0e. - § F. MeTear,. Bank of Montreal, In his early days || he was a sailor both on the oceah and || John Laidlaw & Son A A A mt HN a a Oe a ttt NE Early Buyers Will J Find Selections | Best We have just received a number of Stylish Fall Suits Many of these with only one or two of each model, so we urge early selection. * The values in each instance will be found well worth eon- sidering. W. J. Livingston and {| Women would greatly like to have a first choice of the new suits when they are shown--hesitate because not quite ready to buy. It Is Just Here We ean help vou, because if not quite ready to buy--you are at perfect liberty to come and make any selection' you wish NOW and have it placed aside until required. Fine: All Wool Serges English Serges, known the world over for their reliability both in wear and color. We have a special make that should prove very at- tractive for Suits, for School Dresses, for Sep- arate Skirts; it is 42 inches wide and per vard ... , ALL-WOOL SERGES IN. MANY MAKES - From 49¢., 59c., 75c., 90c., $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and up. Many Subscribers To the July Delineator Have not yet called for their September Num- ber and we would ask vou to come for it toamor- row if possible. ~~ a John Laidlaw & Son - the lines in northern France. Great | significance is attached to the coun- | eil. les i Saturday, August 28th, 1915. day Carnovsky's sold. 2,000 baskets peaches, plums t the fow- est prices ever known and allowed five cents off every basket taken at Will long be remembered as 'the! Weare showing many noveland exclusive de- R I= Far ats 210 HAN. aii R signs that can not be asl pitiisnte. the detiization af a i: duplicated later on in a Fria Lhe ae hs woas D . the season, and would a i: | advise an early selec- tion. zelos reached Greek legation to-|the store. 1 x it is sald here that . ee. : 4 ' ., Comsts Are Blockaded. oq i Another shipment just received: Prices range * from $3.00 for a small canvas trunk to $6.50 for a large size brass bound trunk. Ye nu ¥ is - : y . * Ai # $0 Our other trunks in stoek run up to $85.00 and couver: down to $2.00. W# think wé can satisfy every trunk déaliug with the dispute buyer. ema the ln. C. Electric Company and its Teco! a duction in, wages. OUR PRICES ARE LOW Unfortunately the scenery along §f . - . - ' . the straight and narrow path is less . : tees : x : wn "| The Lockett Shoe = 4 w Store the broad road leading elsewhere. = : ! Many night resolves die before dy Zo ¥ : your shoes are on in the morning.

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