CLIPPED FROM 1THE WH.uS MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES, In Brief Form the Events In the, Country About Kingswon Are Told --Full of Interest to Many. Athens contributed $307.62 to the British Red Cross-Fund Lanark County Council will meet Eastern DIES AT HUNDRED AND TWO Francis McManus Of Maitland Was Il Only One Week. Brockville, Nov. 13. --After 102 years and well on his way to 103 years, Francis McManus, Mait- land, probably the oldest resident in Eastern Ontario, passed away on Thursday. Two weeks ago the late Mr. McManus was as alert as many men thirty years his junior He complained of feeling unwell and while he was up and about the house he did not.take to his bed until a living Ontario Points | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1915. J ii' i! | Ganan | {From Our Own Correspondent.) Nov. 15.~The Rugby game ar- nged for Saturday afternoon be- tween the Livingstone Club, Kings- ton, and the G. H. S. team of this town had to be postponed until next Saturday on account of the inability of the former team to play on the oque | {ON THE CANADIAN FRONT FOR .. Nov. 5th to 12th the general situa- A LULL IS REPORTED THE PAST WEEK. The Gernian Working Parties Pro- vide Unusually Fine Targets For the Canadian Snipers. Canadian General Headquarters in France, Nov. 14--During the week tion on the Canadian front has re- mained unéhanged Rain fell in heavy showers at fairly frequent 'in- tervals, and at times fog prevailed As the result of the employment by the enemy of large numbers of men on repair work, there has been little machine gun and rifle fire from CHURCHILL DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SO-CALL- ED ANTWERP "FOLLY." Says Kitchener And French Author. ities Originated Antwerp Scheme--. Dardinelles' Enterprise Considered. (Special to the Whig ) , London, Nov. 15.--Winston Chur- chill, a former member of the British Cabinet, this afternoon disclaimed re- sponsibility for the sending of a British force to Antwerp, one of the so-called "'follies'" of the British Ad- ministration in the early days of the War. Mr. Churchill said that the project Maturely } HIGHCLASS Confectioner --TFOR THE -- | the German trenches, and only occa- sionally have German snipers dis- played their customary activity, The enemy artillery has displayed a ten- | dency to bombard certain sections of jour front line more heavily than { usual, and to concentrate a consider- Ross Richardson, George Gibson |able fire on some of the farm build- and Wilfred Ellis were elected to re- | ings within our area. Very little present the Young Men's Bible Class [damage has heen done. In every of St. Andrew's Church at the con- |¢ase our artillery has taken advan: vention being held in Peterborough [tage of its superior weight and retali- Nov.19th to 22nd. {ated with a heavy fire, which has ef- During the past week F. J. Fletch- | fectively silenced the German batter- er and James Bowman have enlisted | ies. . in Kingston for overseas vice, the On various occasions during the former with No. 5 F. C. C. E,, the lat- | period an organized bombardment of ter with the 33rd Battery. | sections of the enemy trenches and On account of an accident which | defence works has been carried out damaged the cover as well as the cyl- | by our, artillery, and several of the inder of the engine at the electric.| German fortified places have been light power house, no current was | destroyed. available yesterday Major S. A. Me- Our patrols and snipers continue Kenzie, 32nd Battery, spent the | to maintain their general ascendency week-end in town with his wife and [over the enemy On several occa- family, King street. Jesse Smith, | sions officers' patrols have penetrated an employee of the Kingston Loco- | the German wire entanglements and motive Works, spent the week-end in |seflired valuable information as to town with his wife and family, Brock | the condition of the German para- street. W. E. Meggs, Toronto, spent | pets. Few indications of hostile pa- the week-end with his wife and fam- | trols have been found. ily,"Garden street, The training of our troops is pro- gressing well, and continues to re- ceive every attention. A large pro- { portion of the personnel of our infan- | try units has taken a grenade course {in one or other of our schools. In | spite of the wet weather the health of our troops centinues good, and all former date, On Wednesday evening the A. Y. P. A. of Christ Church will hold a missionary evening, and 'on the fol- lowing Wednesday evening their dra- matic. club will produce a short play entitled "Just For Fun." Boys in the Trenches Assorted Fruit Drops, Old Fashioned Lemon Drops, Hunibugs, ete. The Purest of Food, Very Palatable, Highly Nutritious and Most Satisfae- tory. Send your Friend at the Front a Package of these Candies. He Surely Would be Delighted. We Have Prepared a Sealed Tin Package, Pro- perly Wrapped, to go Through the Mails; Your Grocer Will Be Pleased to Show Y thé Package and Receive Your Order. Pri¢e Within the Reach of Evervone., originated with Lord Kitchener and the French authorities. He had noth- ing to do with it. From the Antwerp expedition Churchill turned quickly to the much-condemned Dardanelles campaign, the blame for which was put cn his shoulders by many critics. "In the beginning, the Dardanelles enterprise was "profoundly, mature- ly and elaborately considered,' Churchill said, thus meeting the ob- jections of some critics, that the Al- Les were off ""half-cocked." "It is true that Sir Joka Fisher, in January, while First Sea Lord, de precated reducing the margin of our naval strength in home waters by sending a fleet to. Dardanelles," said Churchill, "but at no time did Sir John criticize the method of at- tack at the Durdanelles.™ Mr. Churchill defended certain phases of the Antwerp expedition, though admitting it had failed to ae- complish its first aim of checking the Germaaus. , | "But it is a mistake," he said, | "to regard the failure of the British troops to relieve the Belgians as nothing but military misfortune. History will determine that the en- terprise had the effect of causing one of the greatest. battles of the war to be fought on the Yser instead of fur- ther south." week ago, Since then he gradually failed, the hitherto bust constitu- tion giving way to the weight of years. The late Mr. McManus was a na- tive of Ireland. In the Emerald Isle he learned the trade of cooper which he followed for many years both here and in the Old Country. For seventy years or more he had been a resident of Maitland. Mr. Me Manus was probably the oldest mem- ber of the Masonic craft in these parts. Sixty years' ago he joined St. James Lodge, No. 74,and retained his membership in the craft until the end. He passed through all the offi ces in the gift of the craft, also those of the Royal Arch Masons, Deceased is survived by two sons and two daughters, his wife having | predeceased him several years ago. The sons are Williain, of Maitland; David, of Prescott; Mrs. McMicken, Deseronto, and Miss Victoria McMan- us, at home. The late Mr. McManus was a man widely known throughout the-county of Grenville and also ii Brockville, For many years 'he had charge of fell on the pavement on Picton street| rug the wal from She S12 at the top of the hill on Saturday | Station to the village yos ae, 4 5 ac 2 his thigh. | ways punctual in the discharge of his fracturing his r duties and possessing a disposition Several of the officers of the 45th By : : eo 3 of cheerfulness he endeared himsélf Regimeiit, Lindsay, have volunteered | 10 alt He also possesesd n remark- their services for overseas and have! able Srp ime Br 1 any been accepted. ' leg Redford, Athens, was| Company was always welcomed. kicked in the face by one of his hor-| His nose 'was broken by the force of the blow. Mrs. Sarah Brown, Athens, last week received the sad intelligénce of | tiie death of her sister, Mrs. Hudson, in the Canadian West. Mrs. A. A. Hastings, Renfrew, is| advised that her som, Pte. John Hast-| ings is put down as missing, and al prisoner in Germany, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Palmer, Picton, will spend the winter in New| York. Mr. Palmer having secured a in Perth on Nov. 23rd, and following days Last week, John shipped 137 head United States Capt Ernest Hall, Napanee, is ex- pected home on leava from the fir ing line in' France George Sexsmith is loading a ves- | in Picton harbor with buckwheat rice T0¢ per bushel, Reeve Jordan, Lindsay, has defini- tely decided to enter the contest for the Mayor's chair for 1916 H. Smith, Sr, Lanark, is confined to bed as the result of a paralytic stroke whith seized him on Sunday H. E. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Brown, Picton, is with No. 1 Canadi General Hospitgl in France, Mrs. W. C. Caldwell has returned to "The Hielans", Lanark, after spending the summer at her cottage, Dalhousie Lake Major Gray, in troops quartered rented Mrs. O. R for the winter. Fred. Membery, Adolphustown, Athens, to the Layng, of cattle "ou MANUFACTURED BY command of the at Napanee, has Laidley's residence A REMARKABLE FAMILY, . Nine of Them Are Living and En- joying Life, Picton, Nov. 13.--A remarkable record of longevity is that of the Bull {ranks remain in excellent spirits. family of Bloomfield. Of the ten] Sp ---------------- children born to Corey Bull of this village, nine are living, and their] combined ages amount to 665 years. Corey Bull was the son. of John | day morning thirty-seven grain-lademn Bull, who was born 21st of Nov. | vessels downbound from Port Arthur 1777 in Duchess County, N. Y., and | and Fort William cleared from Thun- \ was the son of Josiah Bull, who was | der. Bay harbor. . The majority have said to be descended from Henry | been lying in shelter during the past Bull a member of the Society of | forty-éight hours owing to the storms Friends, one of the early governors | which swept Lake Superior during of the State of Rhode Island. | that period. Josiah Bull, Corey Bull's grand-| @ Dicelesoi Falls Wheels Near Crossing. Watertown, N.Y., Nov. 15.--Vin- €inego Dicelesoi was run over by a train in Carthage on Surday and both feet were cut off. The man was brought to this city by automobile ard taken to the Sisters Hospital, where Dr. F. R. Calkins of this city and Dr. F, G. Metzger, Carthage, am- putated the legs. His condition is reported as very serious. According to the railroad officials the accident Vincinego Under THE SOLDIER'S CLUB. ses Stormbound Vessels Clear. It Will Be Feature At Napanee For Port Arthur, Nov. 15.--On Satur- Men, Napanee, Nov. 13.--A meeting of the women of Napanee was held™or the purpose of forming a soldiers' Club, the object of which is the pro- motion -of the comfort and welfare of the troops billeted in town for the winter. Dr. and Mrs, C. EB. Wilson have very kindly offered their home business position in that city. It will be pleasing news to the friends of Bruce Harkness, Renfrew, | to know that it is now Capt: Bruce] Harkness, of the Royal Engineers. | Dr. R. L. Christian, . Edmonton, | has volunteered for overseas service! Dr. Christian's wife was formerly Miss Kathleen Despard of this town. A. M. Lee, Athens, is superintend- ing the remodeling of a residence in} Brockville recently purchased by W.| G. Parish as a home for his son, Ar-| thur, ph | News has been received of the death, in Brockville Hospital, on Thursday, of Mrs. R. D. Boyle, wife of one of the prominent citizens of! Cobden. i A white deer was seen about three miles from Lavant, but the hunters| were not successful enough to get Lim. The party from Westport now Lave three, Mrs. O. Knapp, Athens, has moved | into the Freeman house on Prince] street and Mrs. Arthur Cowle of El-| gin, will take up residence in the| house vacated. | Bremner Ward, the fourteen year! old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward, | Renfrew, sustained a fracture of the left elbow on Monday ds a result ol a fall from a roof. W. W. Millar, Parkenham, ) I v nylng hate te He Har day De av the presence of mind enough to wind ar's attention and they both watched | Mer hands in a large roller towel, ex- it as it ran up a tree. A' wedding that has mach interest | for Lanark folk is that of Raymond Oscar Berwick to Shirley Gertrude Mitchell, which took place at Rosth-| ern, Sask., on Nov. 3rd. J. A. P, Haydon, the former editor] of the Eganville New Enterprise, has | enlisted with the Machine Gun sec- tion of the 77th Batt, Ottawa, and} has been made a Corporal. | Roy McVean, Renfrew, has left for | Montreal to assume an important po-| sition with a munitions firm. Before | leaving he was presented with a gold! watch by his co-workers of the Ren-| frew Machinery Company. i Mr. and Mrs. James McKay, Mid- | dleville, have just passed the fiftieth | anniversary of their marriage day, 31st October. Their family of nine, six boys and three girls, are all liv- ing, and are in homes of theig own. Flight Lieutenant Garnet Hughes is in Picton en route to England, hay- ing been accepted as a member of a British aeroplane squadron located near London. Lieut. Hughes is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes, Pleton. The members of St. Andrew's Church choir, Lanark, waited upon Mrs. W. J. Robertson last Thursday just before she was to leave for New York to train for nursing, and pres- ented her with a wrist wateh and an address. On Thursday George Lewis with a gang of men started digging the foundation hor the building of a dreamery on West street, Messrs. E. Francisco and Fred, Hag- gerty, are the proprietors of the new J Redmond who ing thé summer in Tuesday for « their Jeg. Early in the year purchased the resi- dence of James Hepburn and has been making alterations. for such a club. cers were elected: Wilson. tee--Mrs. Frank Boyes. Mrs. William Templeton. J. Cragg, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Waller. | Arms Burned Cleaning Gloves With Gasoline. : about the hands and arms gasoline. Mrs. Soule had the gloves was | Tea Napanee. has been The following offi- Honorary President--Mrs. C. E. President--Mrs. Sneath. Secretary--Marjorie Simpson, Treasurer--George Gibbard. Convenor_of Furnishing Commit- Convenor of Music Committee -- Convenor of Food Committee -- Mrs. Ward. Patronesses--Mrs. Madden, Mrs. M. C. Bogart, Mrs. John Walsh, Mrs. F. F. Miller, Mrs. Jemmett, Mrs. Rudd Perry, Mrs. Templeton, Mrs. W. Robinson, Mrs. Sellery, Mrs. Ww, T - } St, Mary Magdalene's chureh has kindly given aprons and China, and the W. C. T. U,, chairs and tables. SAVED HERSELF. Cobourg, Nov. Mrs. Soule was: painfully burned while cléaning a pair of long gloves with them and was ching over the stove for a cloth hén the fumes ignited. She had on while cleaning tinguishing the blase, else she would likely have been burned more severe- ly. As it was her hands and arms were painfully burned. Held A Reception. Picton, Nov. 13.---On Nov. bth. Mrs. Bertha Hubbs, aud ler dauga- ter-in-law (nee Gladys Ringer), the bride of Frederick Hubbs--received in their splendid home on the ou:- skirts of the village of Bloomfiald. The bride was very charming in a dainty gown of pe-de-chéne aud shadow lace; and s assisted by her young friends, Mifs Ella Bengard. Miss Maude Purtelle and Miss Irene Cooper, who were alsb very daintily gowned for the occasion. Mrs. Hes- bert Ringer, mother of the brite, presided over the teacups. Mrs. Ber tha Hubbs and = Mrs. Ringer wor: handsome dresses of black silk. The callers were many and everybody was delighted to meet the pretty little lady who has come to reside permanently in our midst, and the friends of the young couple wish them many happy and prosperous years of married life. Hope For His i Picton, Nov. 12.--Philip Head whose son William is among the miss. ing has received a letter from his daughter Mrs. Lyndemann 18.--On Tuesday! Clarke, J. W, Davison. Representa- father, died in. Duchess County, N.| Y., but his grandmother came to Can- { ada in 1817. Gilbert Bull, Harriet, aged™ 81, Albert, aged 76, of Bloomfield; Mary | E., aged 72, wife of Jacob Fraligh ot | Wellington; Frances L., aged wife . of Frederick Biggs; aged 67, and Alice, aged 61. last three live in Brandon, Man Belleville Curlers Elect Officers. Belleville, Nov. 13.--At the an-| nual meeting of the Belleville Curl: | ing Club, the following officers were! elected for the ensuing season: Hon. | President, F. E. O'Flynn; President, | J. G. Galloway; Vice-President, F.| D. Diamond; Secretary, H. B, Stock; | Treasurer, R. W. Adams. Manage- | ment Committee--J. D.. Clarke, S. Robertson, A. P. Allen, Geo. Dul- mage; O. H. Scott. Auditors--J. D tives to 0. C. A--F. BE. O'Flynn, J. F. Wills, Representatives to C. 0. C. A.--J. A. Kerr, F. Mitchell. Ice Com- mittee--H. A. Kerr, F. Mitchell, F. Fletcher. Entert®finment Committee. --F. Quick, Dr. Day, J. A. Borbridge, Patrons--E. Guss Porter, K. C.,: J. W. Johnson, M. P. P.,.J. F. Wills, K. C. Patronesses--Mrs. E. G. Porter, Mrs. J. W. Johnson, Mrs. J. F. Wills. Started Machinery Going. Perth, Nov. 18 The three-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Buxton had 2 very narrow escape from death the! other morning: - He is a stirring lad-| die, and with his kitty in his arms he slipped over to the shoe factory afid started the - machinery going. Knowing that something was wrong the employees ran to find out the Cause, and found the boy in among! the electrical appliances and the cat! dead in his arms. The cat had been! killed by electricity. i tle Act Of Insane Woman. 'Belleville, Nov. 13.--At the assiz- es before Justice Sir Glenholme Fal- conbridge, Lena Banford, a married Woman of Trenton, was on trial for [attempting to drown her child in the River Trent at Trenton, After some evidence had been submitted the Judge directed the jury to return a verdict of not guilty owing to insan- ity on the part of the accused, which confined in a proper institution. R---- Wound Giving Trouble. Renfrew, Nov.- 13.--Pte. Archie Kaight's wound has been giving more trouble lately. He had a ccn- of Irvington, N.J,, which has revived hope that thé missing boy may be a prisoner in eh a sultation with Dr. Murpby this week. Shooting pains along the nerves of the injured leg have been bothering the boy consid . He was advised te not walk om it so and 'if there is no relief. Pte. Knight will likely go to Ottawa to have another X-ray examination. i 3 -------- Only Eighteen Left. Renirew, Nov. 13.--0f the eleven hundred of the First Conting- ent we now have one hundred and dight in our battalion. Of the one; hundred and thirty that marched away * Renfrew that morning last year, about ' 'CASTORIA Corey Bull was born in 1808, and | Major John W. Wynne, of Toronto, his family now living are as follows: | who has been in for Some time at the ed 82, of Bloomfield; | home of his sister in Port Huron, is wife of Ichabod |COnsidéred critical. Bowerman; John, aged 79, of Pie-| Was officer in command of Canadian ton; Selick, aged 78, of Bloomfield; ordnance at Toronto. 9 | Col. Shillington, Ottawa, is Pheobe, | Sent to' Serbia, and No. 4 University, mal] The eres, is going to Salonika. the jury. did. Mrs. Banford will be, ginal] . clantomn: Major Wynne Very IL. Sarnia, Nov. 15.--The condition of Major Wynne -- No. 2 Stationary Hospital, under being Toronto Hospital, under Col. Rob- The Victor Record of Caruso's voice is just as truly Caruso as Caruso himself. It actually is Caruso--his own magnificent voice, with all the wonderful pewer aad beauty of tone that make him the greatest of all tenors, Every one of the hundred 'and twenty- four Caruo' occurred when he jumped or slipped as he was preparing to jump from the car. He was twenty-three years of age. IE NEW R . Ne2. NeB, THERAPION 111% itals with great SUCCESS, CURESCHRON IC WEAKNESS, DISCHARGES. KIDNEY, BLADDER, Uk POISON, POST 4 CTS OF LYMAN BROS DR. 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