THE QUEEN'S FRESHMEN WHIG TOBACCO TUND Ld 'We Fit All Sizes Never mind your size or vour shape. Bring it in. Tall, Short, Stout, Slim, Extra Large or Extra Small. We've a Suit and Overcoat to fit vou per- fectly. Suits... $12.00 up to $22.00 Fall Overcoats .... $12.00 up to $18.00 Winter Overcoats . $12.00 up to $25.00 Raincoats $ 8.00 up to $18.00 Just right Furnishings. Take a look. Take a-look. Livingston's, Brock St A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk. 98. Sale Saturiay 830 : Conditions have heen unfavorable for some Canadian manufacturers. We purchased this lot of oot at prices that have.not been quoted for years. This is just one instance of our buying large quantities where cash reduces the price. 19 doz. Ladies' Long Flannelette Kimonas; nice patterns and colors; goods made to sell at $1.75 and $2.00. Saturday 22 doz. Ladies' White and Colored Flannelette Night Gowns; nicély made and trimmed with Silk Enibraidery and Insertion; regular $1.50 and $1.75. Saturday 17 doz. Fast B red flannel. Saturday 14 doz. White and Natural Wool Combination Suits, high neck, low neck, long and short sledves, our $1:50 and $1.75 line. * Saturday ........98¢c 19 doz. White French Manufactured Corsets, handsomely trimmed and daintily finished, non- breakable; four garters to each pair; our regular 71.50 Corset. Saturday 21 doz, Ladies' Penman's Vests and Drawers, natural color; the line that always sells for $1.25; all sizes, Saturday * 9 doz. New Flannelette Pyjamas, ail sizes in | the lot, in nicé patterns; extra value at $1.50. 21 doz. Men's Flannelette Night Gowns, made frou extra heavy quality English flannelette; $1.50 quality. Saturday ..... : 98¢c 6 doz. Black Moirette Underskirts, large in - Size; the regular $1.50 line. - Saturday 98¢ 5 doz. Tweed Skirts, a good 'walking skirt; all size barids and lengths--a snap. > . Saturday, 98¢ pecial jn Suits' Coats Sa Special in Suits Coats Saturda 'S Opoline Skirts, lined with This skirt always sold at $1.50. Ths ses I | who wore a Fenian Raid me#lal hig- i tion, | Students" {eign Mission work has been | i | | | | | | i | | i | | { | i THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1915. FIRE AT PORTSMOUTH WERE THOROUGHLY INITIATED | THANKS SENT TO POSTMASTEK FRAME DWELLING WAS DAM- ON THURSDAY MORNING. | STEWART. AGED THURSDAY MORNING. They Were Decorated After a Cam. | There Are Stl Collection Books at Chief Armstrong And Some of His pus Fight -- Officers' Training | Corps Is Being Organized. On Tuesday a meeting of Arts '18 | was held and a proclamation sent to the freshmen year Arts '19, and this was the origin of the annual' rush that began on the lower campus on Thursday morning, and ended on Princess street with the freshmen, very gorgeously decorated, riding on wagons. About 9.30 o'clock Thursday morn- | ing the sophomores and freshmen lined up on the lower campus, and tle royal The freshmen -- were about sixty strong, and there are cer tainly some sturdy specimens in their | ranks. The fight went on, both Sides gaining minor victories for a few minutes, until at last the or- ganization of the senior men counted | freshmen were thoroughly | defeated. They were tied and placed | and th in a circle and the scheduled pro- gramme was carried out. without a hitch. Fly-paper as hair detora- flour to whiten their clothes, and shoe-polish to decorate their faces were soon on the scene, and in| a very few minutes the difference be- tween the seniors and juniors could be seen. After their shoes had been taken off, the freshmen were untied and had to face a battery of cameras. After cheers had been given by both sides, the initiated freshmen were driven in wagons through the prin- cipal streets. One student had his thumb broken and another is in hospital {rom a kick in the stomach as a result of the rush. Other Queen's News. The work of organizing Queen's | the Tniversity Officers' Training Corps is | progressing rapidly, the captains o# the different companies arranging nreetings to stimulate the movement. The students are enlisting in large numbers, and a large turn-out is ex- Mrs. pected when the nominal roll is com- plete. pany, has called a meeting for Satur- day, and other companies are holding meetings at different times, A meeting of organization Volunteer Band of the for For- called for- Friday afternoon by the leader, J. H. Barry. Russian Aid - The Minute It Is Available (Special to the Whig.) London, Oct. 14.--Russian troops' co-operation with the other Allied forces in the Balkans was promised by Foreign Minister Grey in the House of Commons this morning "the niipute they are available." It was supposed he meant as sdon as a 10ad was available for getting the Russians to the fighting zone THREE OF TRAVERS' SONS | Are Fighting For. Their King and Country. Toronto Globe W..R. Travers is back home in To- | ronto "after paying the price" for his connection with the Farmers' Bank. He had little to say to the newspa- | Bulgarians in Canada as alien ene- permen. He brightened up and talked a little, however, when men- tion was made. of his sons." Three of them are at the front fighting. "Twe of them," stated the father, self, "have come through four t- tles without a scratch. One of them { was Manager of the Crown Bank at | | Napanee and he enlisted. | the one who is a Lieutenant. i i i to the Strand for Thursday; Friday 85 Model, 60; Ontario, 21; Parham, "That's The | two others are fighting side by side in the same company. { Mr. Travers added that his wife had received a lefter from Richard Reid, Agent-General for Ontario ih London, stating that his sohs had done heraic service. Mr. Travers said that he was feel- ing fit, although he has aged consid- erably. He had absolutely. no bag- age and said he had just $4.90 ip his | pockets-- 'what they give all grad- uates of Kingston, except those of Queen's: University, to save them from being arrested as 'vags.'" FRONTENAC CHEESE BOARD Sales Made at 15 1.8 Cents On Thurs. day Afterncen. wd Cheese took a slight jump at the Weéeting of the Frontenac Cheess| Board, on Thursday afternoon. There: was boarded 25 'boxes of white! chese, 'and 877 boxes of colored. Of} ibis number 762 boxes sold at 15) 1-8 Cents. The following factor. | fes boarded: : White--Gleadower, 25. . Colored ~ Arigan. il Co'd prings, 70; Inverary, 30; Glenbur- nie, 60; Glemvale, 50; Gift +Edge. 50; Hartington, 30; Howe Jsland, £8; Hinchinbrooke, 30; 100; Rose Hill, 30; St. Lawrence, 20; Silver Springs, 30; Thousand ls- lands; 38; Elginburg, 35 50; Wolfe lg'and, 50. At 15 1-8 cents Mr. Smith bought the entire offering, with the excep- tion of Bay Vicw, Verona and Glen- dower. ; -Last week cheese sold. on this Roard at 14 9-76 cents. : § At the Strand Theatre, feature photo-play booked Saturday is entitled "Jewel™ the famous novel of the same name by Clara Louise Hurnham. It in five charming parts, and fea- tures the cameo of the-film's sweet "Ella Hall," a child's play for grown- for over half an hour there was bat- Capt. Klugh, O. C. "D" Com- | Mrs. the Whig Office--The Men At the Front Are In Need Of Encoursge-| ment. | Postmaster Stewart has received a | letter of acknowledgement from Ev- | elyn Wrench, London, Eng., the Hon-| erary Secretary and Organizer of the| | Overseas Cub. The Kingston pos:.- | men collected considerable money { tor the Tobacco Fund which is coi- | ducted under the auspives of the Ov | | erseas Club. In regard to these con ! jtributions Mr. Wrench writes as fol-, lows to the Postmaster: { "Pleace accept my warm thanks) | for the contribution of $57.85, your district has so generously made .o our Tobacco Fund. Perhaps yo would be good enough to display | this letter so that those én your List may know their . subscriptions ara, sincerely appreciated. 3 ! "Your Canad'an .ads have doar] magnificently at the front, and here in London we are extremely proud] of the splendid courage and: ini. | ative they have shown. "I hope you will continue the good | work. We mnst keep on sendin! them smokes, mustn't we?" | The collections made by the Post-| men referred to in this letter were acknowledged some time ago in the | coumns of the Whig. There is still work for other energetic col.ectors to do, and collection books await] them at the Whig Office. There is al lot of hard work ahead of the Can- adians yet, alike in France, the Dar-| danelles and the Balkans. They will] need every encouragement and i] their hours of tail or relaxation cal | be brightened by sending them tobac- | co and cigarettes, by al. means let {us do it. ilvory donation sent in to Whig will be acknowledged in the paper fre2 of charge. The fund now stands as follows® Previously acknowledged $764.64] Mrs. Whithead, Kingstcn -25 J. B. Gibson, Stella Archie Grant, River ... Ta ee W. T. Rathbun, E. Orange, N.°¥.co. sve sae J. J. Baker, Cy ... ... Mrs. J. J. Baker, City ... | Sergt. Snodden, City | Stephen Graves, City ... . { Cyrus Garrison, Colebrooke. Montreal i Additional collection made by Miss Strachan, 248 Div- | ision street: | B. Gordon, Wastbrooke .... 00 Mrs. W. Borland, City 00 Miss S. Black, Havelock, .25 .25 A PFPHeml ii dh adios 19 Callections made by Beatrice Upton, Elginburg: + Beatrice Upton, - Elginburg, I. Ont : | Albert Ont. Na a a ea Cy Clarence Mclver, Cataraqui, Ont. ops S50 0 Roy Ewing, Elginburg, Ont. Maude Knight, Elginburg .. Stephen Knight, Elginburg . PITH OF NEWS. 'Horley, ~ Elginburg, Despatches From Near And Distant Places. | &D order has yet issued aligning mies, A "Tenants' War, League' has been formed in Great Britain to fight rent increases. : German steamship traffic in the Baltic Sea has been paralyzed by the British submarines. Orville Wright has sold his entire interest in the Wright Aeroplane Company at Dayton, Ohio, to a syndi- cate. : Sergt. George Birch, of the Army Service Corps, confessed to misappro- priating supplies of the 33rd Battal- ion at London. C. A. Masten, K.C., Toronto, has been appointed, Justice of the Su- preme Court of Ontario, in succession to Justice Teetzel, superannuated re- cently. The serious illness of Lieut.-Col. H. R. Casgrain of Windsor, Ont.. a brother of Hon. T. C. Casgrain, post-! master-genaral, is recorded in tas casualty list. Norman Thompson, aged eleven, | only son of Dr. Alfred Thompson, | M.P., was instantly killed at Rock- | liffe, mear Ottawa, by grasping al dangling live wire. ' A Rev. Prof. Law has decided to re- tain his present chair in Knox Col- lege, Toronto. He was recently in- i vited to become principal of Manitoba | College; Wihnipeg. Herbert Thackeray King was at the Owen Sound Assizes found guilty of murdering twelve-year-old Eddie | Nicholson last spring, and sentenced | by Mr. Justice Clute to be hanged on the 22nd 'ember. i Seventy thousand dollars, the high- | est price of the year, was paid oy | Wednesday for a seat on the New | York Stock Exchange. The previ- ous high price was $68,500. During | the period of suspension last year | seats sold down to $32,500. ! A GENERAL ATTACK : By the British From Ypres To (Special to th ig) i] Berin, via. Lora Do 14. Xl general attack by the British along almost the whoie front from Ypres to Loos, accompanied by the bombard-| ment of the Belgian coast, is report- ed in the Official statement, of to-day from the War Office. All attacks of | the British are said to have failed. -------------- A Tremendous Battle, (Special to the W London, Oct. 14.--A } { advices. . Bulgarian Consul Resigns. pecial he Whig } : Paris Oct TH Count De La Far Consul here becanse he 2 g 35 sk Bulgaria's war policy, | | Mr. Westlake. pb vom Men Given Permission to Fight the Blaze--Good Work of Extinguishers. Chemical Chief James Armstrong and some im of his fire-fighters were called upon to make a run to Portsmouth on Thursday morning for a fire. A telephone message at 9 o'clock told of a blaze in a couple of two-and- a- half-story frame dwellings, owned by One is occupied by William Kirby, the bther being va- cant, ~ Ald. O'Connor, chairman of the Fire and Light Committee, gave the Chief and His men permission to gO to the village. Previous to the ar- rival of the firemen, chemical extin- guishers had been secured from Rockwood Hospital, and every effort was made to chéck the blaze. Extinguishers weré also brought from Newcourt. and with a combine effort the fire was confined to the roof and the second floor. A por- tion of the roof had to be chopped away. The firemen from -No. 2 station made the trip to the village. The damage will not be very great. During the progress of the fire { Chief Armstrong suffered a nasty cut on one of his fingers, The wound was dressed by Dr. E. Ryan. This was the first call the firemen have had in several weeks. ini---------- 34th Battery Won. The 34th Battery at Camp is composed to a large extent of athletés brought down from To- ronto by Major R. F. Massie, officer commanding. The men, in a very exciting .tug-of-war competition on Wednesday evenifig won the tug-of- war championship of the 'camp. Teams were entered from the 59th Battalion, 80th Battalion, Provision- al School of Infantry, 32nd, 33rd and 34th Batteries. The winners in the pull defeated the 80th Battalion squad only after very hard work. Allies Hold All Positions Against Huns (Special to the Whig.) Paris' Oct. 14.--Violent artillery fighting here and there throughout the Artois region continued all of Wednesday night, said the official statement issued here to-night. Northwest of Hill 140, between Souchez and Givenchy, there were fierce trench encounters with bombs and torpedoes. In the Champagne region about Li- hons, suffocating shells were thirown | j ato the French lines. Everywhere the Germans attacked, the statement said, the Allies' guns answered hotly and all the Allies' po- sitions were heid. A German attack was reported re- pulsed near - west of Tahure. A continued cannonading was in prog- ress it was stated on both sides be- tween Rellton and Lientrey. Thursday's Market Prices. There was a good market on Thurs- day morning. The following prices prevailed: Lamb, 16¢c to 18¢c a Ib; pork, 12c¢c to 14c a lb.; turkey, 16¢ to 18c a 1b; fowl, $1 to $1.25 a pair; chickens, 70c to 80c a pair; ducks, $1 to $1.25 a pair; eggs, 30¢c to 35¢ a dozen; butter, 33c to 35¢ a 1b.; ap- ples, 26¢ a peck; potatoes, T5¢c to $1 a bushel. John Sudds, Simcoe Island, had a load of salmon for sale, selling them from 50c¢ to 60c each. Patriotic Fund Cheques Ready Thé Patriotic Fund cheques can be had at the office of Hugh C. Nickle on and after Friday Oct. 15th. Hours 9.30 to 11 am. and 2 to 4 p.m. It is officially stated that thera are 60,000 Canadian troops now in France, and at the Dardanelles an" 30,000 in England. Figs and dates at Carnovsky's. Announcements Notices of awy character re- lating to future syents, where an admission fee is charged, are inserted in the advertising columns at 1c a line "for first insertion and 5¢ a line for each consecutive insertion; or 10¢c a line each insertion. If reading matter. Announcements societies, clubs, or other organizations of future events, where no admis. sion «fee is charged, may be in- serted in this. column at one cent a word, with a niinimum of 25¢ for one insertion. for Barriefield || You Can Select a - Wonderfully "Smart Suit fromthe new models at $15.00 to $25.00 b/ These are well tailored and come from the firm considered the best in its line in Canada. Unless vou could see them vou hardly realize just what these suits are like at the price, so vou are invited to come to-morrow. -- whether prepared to buy or not makes absolutely no difference. You are welcome to examine these new Suits and try them on if vou wish. Stylish new models at . $15.95 Stylish new models . .. $17.50 Stylish new models Is $21.50 And on up to | New Fall Coats A number of vey stylish new Fall - and Winter Coats have just reached us, and as these cannot be duplicated when present numbers are * sold, we invite you to see these to-morrow. You may secure any Fall or Winter Coat now; even if not ready to buy. : \ Something Very Special 'Will be announced in to-morrow night's Whig-- We have just concluded an important purchase and will have the goods here for sale on = Saturday Be sure and read our advertisement to-mar- row night. mn JCHN LAIDLAW & SON Diamond Tip Shoes The New Shoe for Ladies Diamond Tips ave riew and very smart. and Laced styles with Black Cloth Tops. These Shoes sell for $5,00. : , " south of Arras to-day, according to if bl Mer We have Button \, 5 Shoe Store 0 I0 STE 300 TNR 8 NO SS