News From Brisk Eastern Ontario Points THE DISTRICT , NEWS CLIPPED FROM THE WHIG'S MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. In Brief Form the Events In the Country About Kingston Are Told ~Full of Interest to Many. Grenville county men to the colors, Canadian born. The late Harvey Warner, Napanee, left Albert College, Belleville a be- quest of $1,000, Mr. Allison, East WeHington, will take charge of an evaporator at Bloomfield this year. Mrs. Willlam McKee, late of Bel- oit, Wis., has returned to Deseronto, her former home to reside. Hubert MacRae Cornell, Athens, son of Mrs. S. 8S. Cornell, intends to enter the Medical Corps at Toronto. Rev, H. E. Allen, Baptist, Brock- ville, has = offered his services as chaplain with the Canadian forces." H. J. McNichol, assistant account- ant in the Union Bank Smith's Falls has been transferred to St. Cathar- ines. Mrs. Mary J. Cook celebrated her seventy-ffth birthday last Friday at the residence of Mrs. C. Cook Belle- ville. . J. Thompson 0%horne, a native ot fBgtieville, passed away at his home in 'West, Calgary, Sept. 23rd. Died 'at his home in Dinsmore, Sask., David Albert Caldwell in his sixty-eighth year. He was born in Stirling, Ont. William Farrell, formerly of Perth, has been appointed chief examiner , of the shell department at Point St. Charles, Montreal. Paul Costella, son of the late Paul Costella, Ennismore, was ordained to the priesthood, Sunday, at St. Basil's Church, Toronto. J. L. Murray has been chosen Pre sident of the Renfrew branch of the Eastern Ontario Speakers' League Mr. C. A. Duff'is Secretary. The prospects appear té be good for the establishment of =a wood- working industry in Bancroft, by a couple of gentlemen from Toronte. Rev. W. Gregory, pastor of the Free Methodist Church, Picton, for the past twe years, has accepted the pastorate of the Free Methodist Church at Odessa. The Canning asad Preserving Com- pany, at Coasecon, is running cannery early and late to keep up with the great quantity of sweet corn that is coming in every day. A. H. Allen, MacLeod, Alta, has been appointed manager of the Bank of Commerce, Smith's Falls to suc- ceed R. M. Watson, now Capt. Wat- son with the 80th Battalion. The barns and outbuildings of Charles Pattimere, three miles from Smith's Falls, in Elmsley township, were destroyed by fire, together with their contents, entailing a heavy loss. The Perth Carpet Factory has re- ceived a large order from the Italian Government for yarn, sbout 2,08) a day is wanted, whieh will neces- has given. 164 of these, 101 are on the |[ffurther service. » sitate the working of a Hay and night shift, Charles A. Lewis, for the past ten years manager of the Merchants Bank Gananoque, has been promot- ed to the managership, of the branch in Galt, and will leave in about a month. The death 'occurred at Gananoque on Thursday afternoon, of Miss Rus- sell, a hightly esteemed resident, af ter a short illness. Miss Russell was born in Scotland seventy,seven years ago The death occurred at the Brock- ville General Hospital on Monday of James Alfred Grey, C rosby. He was ill' for one week. Hes was nineteen years. His sister Mabel lives in Kingston. Pte. Matthew Brant, 59th Battal- lon, was convicted in Belleville of having taken certain articles, the property of Mr. Nealon, and was re- manded to jail to pwait action by the military rE Mrs. I. Coolidge, Fort William, formerly of Brockville, announces the engagement of her youngest dau- ghter, Grace, to Francis C. Hall, of Montreal. The marriage will take place November 1st. A pleasant evening was spent at the home. of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Bohl; Westport, the occasion being a shower in honor of Miss Lucy Wing who is shortly to be married to William H. Thake, Toronto. Mrs. Almeda Dafoe, widow of the late William Dafoe, died on Friday night at the residence of J. W. But on Moira street, Belleville. I rased was seventy-nine years of age, having been born in Sidney Township. In Brooklyn, N. Y., Rev. Father Fay united in marriage Charles Henry Larocque, oldest son of Mrs. George Larocque, Brockville, and Miss Irene Morgan; youngest daughter of the late John Morgan, Bedford, Ireland..- A prettily-arranged wedding was celebrated on Sept. 22nd. at the home of Mrs. Brunswick Pointer, Pem- broke, when her youngest daughter, Annie Gerdon, was married to W. Ralph Lett, Victoria, B. C., son of the late Rev. Francis G. Lett. on Sept. 20th, Pte. Powlis Honored. Picton, Sept. 28.--The Armories were packed on Saturday at a recep- tion tendered Private Austin Powlis of the 2nd Battalion, first contingent. C. E. R,, on his return home. Private Powlis was severely wounded in the thigh, which incapacitated him for He was presented with a purse of gold by the Towa Council and a handsome club bag by the Daughters of the Empire. Speech. es 'were delivered by B. R. Hepburn, M.P., Nelson Parliament, M.P.P., Lieut.-Col. Adams, R. A. Norman, ex-M.P.P., Mayor Heaslip and H. H. Horsey. o --t Four In One Family. Cornwall, Ont., Sept. 28.--Robert Roberts, painter, ' of Cornwall, has enlisted with the Montreal Red Cross for overseas service. Two of his sons are with the 38th at. Bermuda, and a third is with the Royal High- landers, Montreal. a YHE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1915. -- J | Gananoque Napanee Sept. 28.--Last evening a congre- gational meeting was held in St. An- drew's Church as a farewell to Rev. Dr. Gracey, who preached his fare- well sermon on Sunday evening. The meeting was of a reminiscent nature, and abounded in good will. At the close of the meeting thé Young Peo- ple's Association held a social, with a fine programme and refreshments. Rev. Dr. Macgillivray, Kingston, Moderator of the General Assembly, will preach the pulpit vacant on Sun- day next. The big storm of Sunday did a great deal more damage than at first believed. Trees were blown down, and telegraph and telephone wires broken to such an extént as to al- most isolate the town. The stand pipe on Block House Hill is being given a much needed coat of paint inside and outside, mak- ing a decided improvement in its ap- pearance. The schooner Horaee Taber arriv: ed this morning with a coal cargo for the Taylor Coal and Lumber Com- pany. William Alen, of the 80th Battal- ion, recently enlisted, spent the week-end at his home on Water street. Frank Jomes and George Blackhurst are among the recent men from town to enlist for overseas duty. Mrs. C. H. Hurd and Miss Gladys Berry have been chosen ag delegates from Grace Church Y. P. S. to repre- sent that society at the Sunday school and Epworth League Conven- tion at, Prescott on Oet. 5th and 6th. 70 BROCKVILLE RECRUITS. Enlistments Are Fairly Heavy In Rural Sections. Brockville, Sept. 28.--So far this month seventy recruits who have been accepted at the Armouries for active service have gome to Barrie- field. Heavy enlistments are report- ed from points in these counties. Brockville expects to roll up an ev- en hundred or better before _the month closes. \ The Re William McIntyre Prescott, Sept. 28.--William Me- Intyre, a veteran resident of Prescott died on Saturday. He was' born about sixty-five years ago at Irish Creek, and at Throopstown he%jwas married to Miss Finucan. Fox the past thisty-five years he conducted a blacksmith shop at Prescott and is well and. faverably known. Besides his widow, he is survived by -four sons and one daughter, Big Indian Preblem. Deseronte, Sept. 28 --Selling Ii- quor to Indians is a big question to be dealt with at the thirteemth an nual eouncil of the tribes, which in- cludes six nations, commencing yes- terday and continuing until Friday. ------ ' Sept. 27.--The severe wind storm which passed over here on Sunady wrought havoc 'in the orchards. in somef places fully two-thirds of the apple erop is lying on the ground, entailing heavy losses to some farm- ers. The storm also tied up tele- graph communieations and number- less complaints of interrupted tele- phone service were reported. The street lighting system also suffered. Earl Loucks, an employee of the Seymour Power Company, while helping to repair a break.in thé line on Sunday, fell out of a ladder and received a severe shaking up, be- sides bruises about the y. Lucki- ly he escaped serious injury. The farmers are busily engaged in bringing thejr grain to town. Prices remain steady. William "Cockney" Elliott, whont the local police have been wanting for three years, made an unlucky visit here yesterday. He was recog- nized by Chief Bargett, who placed him under arrest on two charges, one against the Liquor License Act and one against a town by-law. W. Patterson, a recruit of tie 80th Battalion, who wanted to fight every- body, 'and was creatihg a disturb- arice on Dundas street, was arrested by the ¢hief Some, time on Sunday. night the bar of the Pafsley House was broken into and severdl bottles of liguor and a box.of cigars were taken. Roof of Hotel Blown Off. Pembroke, Ont., Sept. 28.--A gale of wind estinfated by old residents to have been one of the worst ever ex- perienced in Pembroke raged all Sun- day afternoon and part of Sunday night. Many tyees, fences and bill boards were blown down and during the afternoon the reof of the Leland hotel was blown completely off of the building, but fortunately nobody was injured. Reports coming in from the surrounding country indicate that several barns and roofs .of houses were severely handled by the strong wind. -- Handsomely Remembered. Clayton, N.Y., Sept. 28.--Capt. Charles H. Kendall of the steamer housand Islander has been hand- somely remembered by James K. Hackett, whese daughter he saved from drowning a couple of weeks ago at "Zenda," the re-christened Hackett summer home. A handsfome gold watch charm, suitably engraved and a substantial check were 'pres- ented to Capt. Kendall this week. Summer Kesorts Looted. Brockville, Sept. 28.-- Dlepiity Sheriff Williams, of Watertown, N. Y., has spent several days in this vi- cinity investigating a number of rob- beries of cottages and other places at summer resorts on the Thousand, Islands. * KINGSTON INDUSTRIAL EXHIS-| TION OPENED TUESDAY, Fine Weather, Excellent Exhibits And a Good Programme of Attrac- tions Tend To Moke she vent a Great Success. The big show is on. It started on Tuesday morning and will be in full blast until Thursday night. In other words the Kugston. Industrial Exhibition is now open. ;. Some person said that perhaps it would rain for the fair, put R. J. Bushell "fixed" the weather man,| and as a result the best of weather 'prevails. | It was rather chilly early Tuesday morning, but by neon Old Sa came forth with one of his pre:- tiest Smiles, and Secretary Bushell and all the fair directors had good reason for wearing smil of the Sunny Jim type. The fair gives. ev- ery promise of being the greatest success in the history of -the King- ston Industrial Agricultural Society. Quite a number of people came in from the country om Tuesday to attend the exhibition. At the grounds, everything was hustle and bustle with the exhibitors. In the main building. a large space is de- voted to local merchants, who are putting up a fine display: There are also quite a number of outside ex- hibitors. The display . of vegetab- les, which is without doubt the fin- est coliection ever shown at any ex- hibition in eastern Ontario, was one of the first to arrive at the grounds, and much admired. Vegetables of all kinds, every one a prise-winner, were to be seen, and | the sight was enough "to make a vegetarian look with longing eyes. The vegetable growers in the King- ston district are to be congratulated on their display. The display of women's work is the best ever given. Dairy prod © are featured. Frontenac is a dairy- ing county. and the farmers engag- | ed in this jastness wre dn' the- front ranks in their line ess. A number of porn! attractions were onthe programme for the af- prograiume for each of three days. " « 'Queen's Oficers' Training Corps. 'A senate committee of Queen's dT the met aot 1st evening ta deter Sfiears Tralaldg Corps, SAVAGE FIGHTING. No Other Battle Has Seen Such Des ; perate Work. Paris, Sept. 28.--The Anglo- French batteries are deluging the German works with a blasting fire. Perhaps no other battles of the west. ern front have seen su savage hand-to-hand fighting. usands sl of dead and wouaded lie amid the burning ruins of the village of Soun- chez, now entirely in French hands; other thousands li¢ uhburied 'on the slopes of Hill 4%, captured by the British in-an impetuous charge. Ger- man trenches captured by the Freach in the Champagne region are choked with mangled bodies. » ------ AUSTRIA NEEDS HER BOYS. 18-Year-Old Landsturni Class Order ed to Colors. Zurich, Switzerland, via London, Sept. 28.--The Austrian eighteen- year-old Landsturm class has been ordered to join the army on October 15th, according to a despatch from Vienna. Other classes, including the ages of nineteen, twenty, twenty- four and from thirty-eight to forty- five, will he summoned to the colers the middle of November. The old- est classes, from forty-three to fifty years, will be called out at the end of November. 3 m------ Kingston Roosters. Guslph Mercury. . 'hat a peculiar people must re- side in Kingston! How _ utterly out of touch they must be with the great world of na- them. For hath not a Kingston man writ- tem to this, 'the agricultural, bub of Ontario; inquiring, appareatly in all seriousness,, whether we have a by- In regulating the crowing of roost- Res. nay, we let them crow. Ia fullest enjoyment. What's wrong with the roosters in on that their crowing machin. ery meeds regulating? Don't © according to the latest touch in ture that is everywhere round abeut ! for him a full 'medsure of life in all its The Mussulmans Have -Revolted At Adrianople (Bpecial to the Whig.) London, Sept. 28.--The Mussul- man population of Adrianople "has| J risen in revolt against Adil Bey, Turkish Vali of Adrianople, accord- ing to the Athens correspondent. ol Exchange Télegraph who cabled t» dey that thé Vaii's t #0 sons and two chauffetrs were Xilled and that his Wife vas injurad by a mob. The correspondent reported that money is being received from lead- ing Turkish banks and transferred to Asia Minor, and that the inhabitants of villages along the Sea of Mar- mora have been ' ordered to hold themselves in readiness to evacu- ate. rd S-------- ly \ VISITING IN THE CITY. Lieut. Wilkins Whe Was Wounded At The Front. Lieut. Wilkins, whose home is in Norwood, Ont., and who was wound- ed while fighting at the fromt, is vis: iting in "the city. He 'was shot through both lungs, the bullet going through him and killing a man mamed Robinson, who stood behind him. Lieut. Wilkins' injuriés were most painful but he is getting along nicely. Extra Eancy Crawford Peaches, In nine quart baskets at 3%: are "Peaches." See fhem at -Carnov- sky's. ] . A------------ . Sir Robert Borden and R. B. Ben- thousand RICH RUSSIAN CROPS. Plenty Of Wheat To Export. Wait- ing For a Way Out. In Russia the harvest is far better than that of 1914, a great deal above the average of the five years 1909.13, Taking all the crops together tht fig- ures indicate that 'when the cutting is-finished -the-yield-witl -be-about-2;- i $00,000,000 bushels. The winter- sown grain is harvested already. and a large proportion ofthe spring-sown crops,. The figure arrived at is 446,000,000 bushels better than last yéar's total and 291,000,000 in ex- cess of the five-year average. Of wheat, which is the crop which chiefly intérests Great Britain as an importing country, altogether there will be harvested 571,009,000 bush- els, against 428,000, 000 nm 1914 and a vfive-year average of 478,000,000 bushels, In the south-eastern and eastern provinces the yield of spring- sown wheat is the richest. The on- ly districts where the harvest is bad are Vilna and Grodno, which already are largely in the hands of the ene. my. For export there will be avail- able some 450,000,000 bushels, the greater part of it wheat. War and Peace, New-York Life. Henry Ford says he has ten mil- Hon dollars to spend if neg ary to persuade this e ory that ace is always the Henry does not Ben to realize that several times ten million dollars peace is the best plan and that ex- cess in preparation for war is about ok dangerous as no preparation at a Have patience, Henry. This is a War against war. Folks who sur- vive it are going tp be gun-shy for Some time. You have done a great is your great service to peace, be- cause the pleasanter Dlaasanter Jie people wast fu to die. brings a much greater lesson that the lesson of self.saerifice. No- body is much good who has not in | confirmation C deal to make life attractive. That TO KEEP HONOR ROLL. Minister of Militia Suggests THat Mayors Take Action. Ottawa, Sept. 28 --It has been sug- gested to the Minister of Militia that each township, town, city and county should compile an honor roll of the young men frém each of those gone to the front, with the names of their parehts or next-of-kin In the dif- ferent places in the United States which contributed soldiers ' to 'the Civil. War monuments. have been erected with the names of those who fell in the cause, and a roll is kept of those who went to the front, If the Mayors of the cities and towns gave instructions that the pdrents and npextof-kin woyld forward the names from their own families who had gone to the front to the clerk of each municipality an howor roll for future generations would thus be kept. CROWN 'PRINCE BOHIS Only twenty-one vears old, spoken k of as genéralissimo of the Bul- garian army. ROUMANIANS UNEASY, Conservative Leaders Urge Immedi- aie Mobitizaticn. Bucharest, Sept. 28. --The new Bul- gafian mobilization has caused little excitement, as it has been expected since Monday last. The Journal Adeverul publishes a statement attributed to King Ferdin- and of Bulgaria to the effect that Roumania need not intervene, since this threatened German invasion ot the Balkans would not have the ef- fect of isolating Roumania. In consequence of the mobilization of Bulgaria and Greece, two prom- inent Roumanian Cdnservative lead- ers, Joneseu and Filipicu, have ad- dressed a letter to the King declar- ing that the inaction of the Rou- manian Government is ruining the country, and demanding immediate mobilization of Roumanian army. After conferring with Premies Bra- tiano, the King arranged a confer- ence between Bratiane, Filipicu and Jonescu. No Official Confirmation. (Special to the Whig.) Londen, Sept. 28.----No official has come from either Petrograd or Vienna of. the rabor: that the Russians have recapiuared Brody in the north-east of Galicia, and are about to reoccupy Koivel, south-east of Brest-Litovsk. "LISTEN Food when properly Cooked, Can be served First Class, And the way to obtain it is' to COOK WITH GAS. Drop a card to the Office of Works, Queen Street, or' 'phone 197, and have the GAS installed Im your ome. 4 Light, Heat, Power and oS Depts. Trains will leave and arrive at City Depot, foot ot Johnston stregt. No. 19-Man No. 21--Leb to Tor. 330 a.m 0. or. 9. No: -1--Intl Lid, . 1.41 p.m. No. all 3004p. W p.m. 13.53 jai. Lid. , 1.08 p.m. 13p. >.38~Local to Nos. 1, 8, other trains but he Is} = jot" w Books: of an Kings, All orders: BH Pt _atiantion. Bhop | See! Our Exhibit it the Fair Or visit our warerocms for the following makes of Play- én Piahos:-- Ye Olde Heintzman & Co. Gerhard Heintzman Lindsay & Co. Wormwith & Co. Weber Prices fob Player as low as $495.00, with terms £25.00° cash, £10.00 month. to $2566. You may try many dif- ferent Player- --in your own home or in the home of friends --but eventually you will purchase a Heintzman & Co. Player-Piano if you demand complete this must be your choice. Satisfaction, not a _year or two years or three, but. for a lifetime. A demonstration is all that is Susded > canvinte you. Seeus You are invited to inspect our stock of Pianos, of the above makes, ranging in price, $280.00 to $550.00. We are headquarters for Victor Vigtrolas, from $21 a ahd Sold on easy payments. P. f just returned from summer ¢ careful buyers. 121 PRINCESS STREET. S.--~We have in stock a number of rental pianos, All & ottages. one' over and put in best condition at prices that will interest the Jost C. W. Lindsay, Limited M 8. Grace, Mgr. 40c, 50c, Two New Reo Cars| = Purchased for : Hire Large and Roomy Cars. | mmr card to i% Pine st f wanting aAnyt oy tn 1 carpen | tery line. a given on all kin re) and new work; also Bard: | ms CHARM CEYLON TEAS 60c, Lb. Charm Coffee, 40c Lb. For Sale at All Grocers. Ege -- Telephone 201 [ager s Electric Store| oui Dolders whe e Prie Tight this month. Fifteen Days' Offer Ffom now to 1st October, we will give free ONE BEAUTY ELECTRIC IRON will permit us fo wire Ther homes' for | to house- | { V Prices Moderate.