THE Step in and take a look at our Fall Suits and Overcoats. ' Examine the fabrics--note the «Take special ndfice of the splendid tailoring. You'll certainly like our "Better Clothes"--you'll like our prices, too. Suits $12.00, $15.00 and $18.00 Fall Overcoats -:.8512.00, $15.00 and $18.00 Raincoats . . $8.00 to $15.00, guaranteed Te Fe -- A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk. style worked into the garments, Livingston's, Brack St. perience War conditions are gradually being brought home to the women of Kingston in the purchase of their Woolens and Linens ' a ER A Ae errr AR We are ONLY to offer a full assortment of Hosiery, Underwear: ~ Flannels, Blankets; At prices no higher 'than before, but once the stocks are sold out we shall be compelled to-ad- vance onr prices, as we cannot obtain anything to equal the value being offered. ima BA nl TRG SR 3» ; : Sri ; ' 3 5 Many manufacturers absolutely refuse to ge- cept any orders, as they are 'busy making goods for the military. : 3 NEWS FROM OVERSEAS BIG SMASH BY ALLIES Is EX- PECTED SOON "Corporal William Holthon That He Receives Parcels Home Every Week, Under date of August 23rd! BE. C MacDermoty, the Ringston France, with the motor transports, writes as follows to his father: "I'he war has stopped tor the past month on our front. We are hav- ing a genuine good time now. We have two or three concerts a week and baseball ne arly every day. We received word yesterday . that ITeave was stopped until further no- tice. No explanation was given but as thé port of Boulégné has béén closed, I think it has some bearing on the matter. We have all kinds of soldiers now, and everybody is waiting for the big smash. I think it will come pretty soon. Have not seen my brother Frank, lately, but a member of his .unit told me this morning that he is well and getting along O.K. The aeroplanes are very busy these days with their usual good luck in dodging the slirapnel There 'is not much news to write about, with the exception that the boys are all having a good time, and are in good shape. The crops are all gathered and the people say it was as good er better than most years. I see the German submar- ines are getting a few of our ships but they represent a very miiniite por tion in comparison to the number they don't get. Writes From ~J Letter From War Prisoner. Mrs. Holtham has received. the fol lowing letter. from her husband, Corpl. William Holtham, 2nd Canad- ian Battalion} who is war in Germany. "I am writing you a few more lines { In answer to your two kifid letters I | received together, those of the 4th and 20th, and also another parcel with the ham in it. There was an empty envelops in the parcel so 1 suppose you sent a bose that I will not get it unless you send it through the mail. not send any more food like ham and biscuits. I had the parcel from you now, and am getting one every week | 50 you see that I am: not doing bad | ly. When you send again just send me a/littlé tobacco, milk, sugar, tin- ned fish or bloater paste. Don't send oxo or any soups, as it is all soups here. I had a parcel from the Prisoner's Relief of Leicester." Had a Good Trip. A batch of letters have been re- ceived in the city from members of Queen's Staticnary «Hospital. The members arrived at Alexandria on Aug. 12th and left the next day for | Cairo. . They had a fine trip. | -- | W. H. Swann Writes. | Mrs. Rufus K. Ovens, 416 Johnson | street, Kingston, has received a card | from her adopted son, W, H. Swann, | formerly of the Whig staff, who was | Wounded and a prisoner in Germany. | He is now out of hospital, and con- fil | from England," he writes, "and fl | which he 'himself was made a pris- | [ omer. . 2 f | | letters of July prepared. FOR A SHORT WHILE | fined in a camp at Munster, It took exactly a month for his mother's let- {ter to reach him, but a parcel she | had sent was still expected, Tinned { milk, jam, cocoa, tea, sugar and bis- | cuits, he says, made acceptable gifts. "The Canadian Red Cross Jo- | clety very kindly sends us bread some |of the boys. with parcels have been {very kind to me. different from the hospital." © Swann speaks in touching language of his chum from Regina, who has not been reported since the battle in Rev. Gore A, Bell's Son. Rev. Gore A. Bell, 44% day morning from his son, Carman, in France. He went as a private soldier in a draft from the 61st Bat- talion, Edmonton, sailing from Mont- real on the 14th of June, Shorncliffe on the night of the 2nd of August, and were' at the base in | The following | France on the 4th. are some extracts from his letter bi. Aug. 23rd.--Glad to receive your 26th and Aug. 3rd, | | which came to hand Saturday night. Might say that the two rolls of Whigs caught me 1h the trenches, and were much appreciated. When we are here at the base we can get the Lon- don dailies, but just the same I was if | lad to get-the eastern Canada news. They were read over by us in our dug-out, and some Canucks in others pawed over them also, and then they came in very convenient for wrap- ping grub in; tablecloths, ste. Kind- ly repeat the dose, putting in a ---- or two, if you still take it. . Might say that I'm still jake, al- though sadly in need of a bath. . |. ~Aug. 24th.--Had to stop yesterday noon for dinner, then five walk for bath, , . ty good time in 'the trenches, | though kept on the 'jump. So far | as-1 can see; getting hit is purely a | matter of luck, as some have gone | for months without getting a scratch, while others get laid out the first day. Our little bit is rather amus- | ing, as it seems to be purely a case | of "tit for tat." If they send over | , and t | if we attempt'to wake them up with | a little rifle fire. Otherwise, during | the day pay not bo a thisg do | ing. but at night every one "stands to," ready for trouble, and sends occasional shot to let them 1 could never | to 'throw a ton of lead a mile to get a | man, but I can see the idea new, | days, and were daubed with mud | from heel to hip, but on the whole | rather enjoyed it in case of continued bad weather, i wy expect t. >a Which | & sian armies, stab at, | ¢ € of an old biscuit tin, | #ication of France and her Al- : t part of our comfort and try to keep them supplied with and firewood for best 'sergeant wh have that the platoon to it, and a boy in! at a prisoner of letter but I sup-| I would | The camp is very | Pte. | i Albert | | | street, received a long 'letter Tues- They left | miles' | 5 Had a pret- | The Late Miss J. Fallon. S004 000 0000000000000 "++ We had a couple of damp i$ after drilling; but 4 or | 4 to to grow | & France We get | my-ahare, We & seding of DATL.Y RRITISE WHIG. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER. 7. 1915. of Kingston wouldn't tumble to the fact that the'way to end the war is to whip the Germans. "Hoping and { praying" is. all very fine, but I'd rather apply it to the weather than the war I quite agree with you about the five \whaplains at Barrie field Camp. If they knew what the soldiers say abut them, they might for their time." And then, again, they might. not, as I'm sure it is far more Christlike than slug- ging a rifle, and of more use to their country. I dont think lots of fel- lows manage to get a snooze during their brief remarks, but I haven't arrived at that blissful state vet. . There is nothing very strange in Germany being willing to buck the whole works, as she is a hig nation, | and preparation for war has been her main business; and if the remain- ing able-bodied civilian gawks in the empire, like these in Ontario, don't wake up, they will be under arms for the rest of their natural lives, in- stead of a possible year or two; and the same applies to the States, though I hope to goodness they don't don't get into it, as if they do we'll | never hear the end of it. Vers: Cruz, with their eight killed and nineteen wounded, "won't be in it." "ask I?read in the Whig about some Ontario woman weeping about her | dear boy enlisting, and others mov- ing to the States for fear their men folk would have to enlist. I'll bet four dollars to atin .of bully beef (and would rather lose) that thir- teen months ago you could hear them ten blocks AWay screaming about the glory of the British flag and Empire. . We are quartered. in a formery | piggery. It is a splendid building, all right and strictly weather-proof, but the mut who designed it never figured on its housing two-footed | swine, as he left out the hollows for a fellow's hips and shoulders in the concrete floor. Canon Forneri's | Daughter Was | on Hesperian Nursing Sister Robinson, daugh- | ter of Canon R. 8S. Forneri, rector of | St. Luke's Church, was a passenger | aboard the Allan Liner Hesperian, | torpedoed by 4 German Submarine on Saturday night; Canon Forneri when seen by | Whig on Tuesday morning, stated | that he had received a cablegram | from his daughter on Tuesday morn- | ing, stating that she was safe, and | {is at the present time at Queens- | town, | {| ' Nursing Sister Robinson went | overseas with the Queen's Stationary { | Hospital. When the unit arrived in | England she was sent to France, but | was recalled about the time that | Queen's Unit left for the Darda- | nolles, to do duty in a convalescent | hospital in England, She secured | a nurse & °f place in the Eng- | | lish h sailed fof home, a 4 > the | Is i The Late S. C. Rose. _ | The death gceurred in Yonkers, N. { Y., on Saturday night of Skeaf Coffin | Rose, son of the late Col. George S. | Rose, who was a gurgeon in she W.S. {A. Army. The deceased was also a |. 8randson of the late R. M, Rose, who | formerly was the registrar for the |eity of Kingston. On Monday the remains arrived in | 8 matter of judgment on the '| big favorites Francis BABY DOLLS ARRESTED IN Al Three Young Women Given a Month | WHEN POLICE GATHERED WOMEN FOR VAGRANCY. In Jail by the Magistrate Tues- day Morning--Other Cases Heard By the Court. Tuesday was * Bistrate Ladies' Day" in Ma- Farrell's Court. No less than three women came before the | Cadi. Annie Goulach, and Clara Cothers stood accused of vagrancy, Were given a month each. train from Toronto by Naylon and Nicholson, creating a disturbance. A couple of them had baby dolls in their pos- session, and on their arrival at the police station they handed over the babies into the care of the constables who arrested them. Orton Fuller and his wife Martha were up again for vagrancy. They were rounded up by Constable Jen- kins. Both have spent time In Jail, and have given the police a/great deal of trouble. "Let nie off this time and I will en- list for the front," pleaded Fuller, "No use for you to do that,"". re- plied the Magistrate; "they would not have-you.' ' Fuller was given two months in jail, and his wife was given a chance to go to work. "I can get lots of work to do," she explained, "but when he is out of jail he makes me stop work." "Well, I wilh give you a chance to make good," remarked the Court, as Mrs. Fuller took her leave, "1 stagger, whether I am drunk or not." This is what a first-ap- Pearance drunk said to the Court. Hé had. been drinking, but did« not consider that he was tinder the in- fluence: This, however, was just part of the constable, who nabbed him. He was given a chance. Another drunk was hit up for $1 and costs, Constables ---------- DOUBTS IF THE POPE. Sent Any Peace Message To Presi-|; dent Wilson. Special to the Whig.) Sept. 7, (via Paris).-- The d'Italia says. ( Rome, Glornale "Having obtained authoritative jn-|! formation, we are able to state that the Pope sent to President Wiison ne .autegraph letter, no message concerning peace and not even the original copy af the Pontifical letter to the heads of the belligerent peo- les." This newspaper says further that Washington reports to the effect that Cardinal Gibbons presented to Presi- dent Wilson a letter from the Pope are open to doubt, especially in view of the fact that The Osservatore Romano, the organ of the Vatican, suppressed that pertion of Washing- ton despatches which related to the message Cardinal Gibbons is said to have presented to the President. FREE FREE FREE Cunard Day At Ideal Theatre, Wed- nesday and Thursday. The Broken Coin, the Universal' latest, biggest, most gripping, 5 cinating serial story; featuring thodg Ford and G Cunard, (of Lucille - Love fale, commences at the Ideal Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday. This is our treat. If you are not one of the thousands who love Grace Cunard, this is your chance to get acquainted. Remember the opening episode will be shown on Wednesday and Thurs- day but on Wednesday admission is free. Ladles and children please at- tend matinee and avoid rush. Recei ved Bad Injury. | the city on the Cape boat and were | taken in charge by R. J. Reid; un- | dertaker, and were busied in the ram. | | ly plot at Cataraqui Cemetery on | | Tuesday morning. | --y | | The Late Mrs. John King, | At the™General Hospital on Tues- | |day morning at six o'clock, Mary | | Macpherson; widow of the late John | L King, passed to rest after a lingering | | illness, . ' Eight years ago the de-| j ceased was. strickén "down. with al | slight stroke, and since then had] | been rendered an invalid. | She was born fu the Township of | Lanark and for. the past thirty-five | years had resided in Kingston. In| religion the deceased was a Metho- | { dist, and attended Queen Street | | Church. i Two sons and one daughter are] [left to mourn her loss; Mrs. Mary | Pollie, Syracuse, N.Y.; J. B. King, Juanita, Sask.,; John King, contrac | tor and builder of this city. The remains will be buried Pine Grove Cemetery, ! in| At her late residence 23 Redan street, on Sunday morning, Misi Jennie Fallon; third daughter of the late Patrick Fallon, enteréd into rest | after several years of failing health. | The deceased was born in Kingston | and always resided here. In religion she was a devolt Ro- man Catholic and si Mrs. James John Linagh, and Pat rick Fallon, Jr., all of this city, -and Miss Sarah Fallon, at home. The remains were duried on Tues day moraing in St. Mary's Cemetery. -------- mm---- 4 : CZAR TO COMMAND, {Special to the Whig.) * Paris, Sept. 7.-- In a message President Poincare of 3 Emperor Nicholas an- # nounces that he has placed him- | % self in command of all the Rus- | i , Poin- care has expressed the gratifi- * * hth | ® lies at the Crar's action. It is & {+ thought this means the supers 4 he Grand Duke Nich- by a new general staff. * | | %_olas + i - to-day is every grade peaches, 50e¢. edn . William Rea, an eniployee of R. J. Reid, suffered a painful injury to his right leg on Monday night. A horse reared up and when it was descend- ing the corkS of the front shoes struck him and tore into his flesh Seven stitches were required to close the wolind at the General Hospital, where the injured. man was taken The scené pf the accident was on Bar- riefield Commons. Home From the Frout. Lieut. R. M. Haultain, R. F. A, was in the city on his way . homo to Port Hope {fom the frant. been. given leave of absence ds a re- | sult of suffering from trouble with his ears. On Tuesday morning, in company with Capt. J. C. Stewart and Capt. Crossley, Woodstock, he paid a visit to the camp in Barrie- field, and left in the afternoon for Port Hope. ---------- Eat All You Can. And can all you €an't of our ex- | celient Crawford peaches. 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