PAGE SIX £ ¢ a ir "RRITISH WFIG. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1915. 2 THE DAILY ¥ i3 CBITUARY Business Announcement. Ce] N : INCIDENTS OF THE DAY, fll Local Notes and Items of. General Interest, | W. B. Mudie, Gananoque, was the city on Wednesday. lige Lavell held Division den on Wednesday afternoon he O¥th Battalion took a route march west of the city on rsday Cancelled Library dooks, , at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store the late Péter Queen's defeated the 32nd Battery! away on Thursday in} : * + ews From Eastern Ontario Points _ : : : Ws > axl . I beg to announce that I shall open a store at 171 Wel- EE 3 lington St. (opposite Waldron's), Saturday, Nov. 27th. My stock is composed of all the leading Proprietary Medi- cines, Toilet Goods, Drug Sundries, Candy, ete. Your =~ HAD A SPI = -- Court AT ERNESTTOWN STATION. DID TIME. - -------- -- 1 Déath Near Odessa of Mrs, James The Ladies of Wéllington Did the Grand. Wellington, Nov. 25 - Arrange- ments were made for "D" Company Miss A. McKim, 8 A. McKim daugliter of . § s McKim, passed Inspection invited. morning at the Late A. A Thompson, Ernesttown Station, Nov. 23 .--Mr o 8S. Madole, Napanee, filled the pulpit The Dramatic Club of A f Christ Church drew a large attendance to its pro- duction of "Just For Fun," in the Parish House last evening Those taking the different roles acquitted themselves in a creditable manner. Brigadier Bettridge, Toronto, con- ducted services at the Salvation Army Barracks yesterday afternoon and evening, and drew large attend ances on both occasions. George Walker, an aged and re- spected resident of the town, passed away on Tuesday at the family resi- dence, Garden street, after an illness of a year or more. He leaves a grown-up family to mourn his loss The funeral took place this afternoon to Gananoque vault, largely attended. /)¢=" The local branch of the W.C.T.U the A P 0 [" took. charge of the midweek service in Grace Church last evening. Rev. Alfred Brown, Sydenhah Street Methodist Church, Kingtton, will conduct the service in Grace Church on Sunday evening, and Prof Graham, Mont#®1¥ in _the morning will preach an educational sermon. William Pickett, recently injured by a fal! from a scaffold, breaking two ribs, has so far recovered as to be on the streets again Privates William Allen and Wil- liam McDonald, who have been spend ing a few days in town with their families, returned to their duties with the 80th Battalion at Belleville last evening THE DISTRICT NEWS. Clipped From the Whig's Many Bright Exchanges. C. B. Leggo, accountant in the Bank of Ottawa, Carleton Place, has been transferred to Haileybury. H. A, Thomson, manager of Molsons Bank: Trenton, has transferred to the Owen branch. Mrs. Appleton, died at her home in Toron to of pleurisy, after an illness of some duraticiu. The opening of a new public schoo! building on Huff's Island, Prince Ed the been Sound ward County, was made the occasion| | recruiting | of a fine meeting. Lieut. J. H. Bates, Carleton Place, has been elevated to a captaincy, and is likely to be in charge of the new recruits, at present in course of train ing in this section. A pretty wedding took place Tues- day at the home of Mr. and Mrs James Cavers, Carleton Place, when their eldest daughter, Miss Jean, was united in the golden bonds with Rey Fraser, M . Brooklyn, N. Y. patriotic and Give One Day's Pay. Tweed, Nov. 25.-----The employees of the Nichols Chemical Company at Sulphide near here, have voted to give one day's pay, to be divided be- | tween the British Red Cross and the Canadian society. The total amount will be in the neighborhood of $400. Prue aan i TA A eect SHOT THEIR PRISONERS. Huns Dive: Prussians in Front i Advance, Petrograd, Nov. 25.--At the office of the Special Commission appointed | 101d me he had just returned from! ing by the Emperor to inquire into Ger- man and Austrian methods of bar-| barism and publish details of all au- thenticated cases, there were exhib- ited photographs of two letters| !D&t Hindenburg issued an order to|young fellows greet with and was quite | Robert Cornish, formerly of | at the Union Sunday last, giving an address in the interest of wmiiusions Mr. and Mrs. F. Hudson have moved on the farm recently purchased from Mrs. Stone. A hearty welcome is extended them. John Deldersfield, jr., has returned from the west, after spending several weeks in Saskatche- wan district gssisting in harvesting its immense crop, but John considers old Ontario good enough for him, Mr. Forrester, Guelph, purchased a carload of cattle in this vicinity and shipped them Tuesday of last week to his home. Mr. and Mrs. W. | Young have moved into the vacant { house on Winslow Thompson's farm. William Amey had the telephone in- stalled in his. residence last week. Harry Young has rented W. Doyle's farm for a term of years. Mb#..Q. Link is still confined to her bed from her recent attack of paralysis. F. | Laidley ¥nd son are buying grain at | the station. Miss Laura Crowe is | making preparations to spend the winter in Cincinaati with Mrs. W. | Gillerlain. | Farmers' Friend cheese and but- | ter factory is still getting a good sup- | ply of milk. Mr. Forrester intends | keeping open as long as possible. The | present high prices of cheese induces | farmers to sénd milk. { Miss M. Williamson, | spent Tuesday of last | Amey's Mr. and Mrs, BE. Gilbert | spent Sunday last at H. Raworth's. Master Gerald Amey, Mill Haven, was ! the guest of his cousin, William Amey, for a few days this week. Pre- | parations are being made for the {annual Christmas entertainment of | the Union Swuhday school. The re- { cent rains have enabled farmers to finish ploughing. ' Death has removed another of the old landmarks of Ernesttown in the | person of Charlotte French, relict of { the late James Thompson, who pre- | deceased her eleven years ago. Mrs. | Thompson passed away at her old home near Odessa on Tuesday, 16th inst., after, a short illness, surround. ed by her family, wie tenderly min- istered to her evéry--ueed. Fifty-nine years ago she came as a bride to the old home, casting in her lot with the many pioneers of Ernesttown She was knewn for her many qualities of mind and heart, beloved by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. Her end was peace. In religion she was a Methodist. Three daughters and one son are left to mourn the loss of a loving mother. They are: Mrs. McCoy, Peterboro; Mrs. Young and Mrs. DSnider, Er- nesttown, and Donald, off the home- stead. A brother and a sister also survive: Wesley French, of Springs, Michigan, and Mrs. Connoly, Varker. ty-first = year. Rev. Mr. Barnes, { Odessa, conducted the funeral ser- vice at the house the following { Thursday? Her remains were placed | in Mill Haven:vault to await inter. { ment later at the Union cemetery be- side' those of kindred dust. The | many assembled to pay their last | owes of respect testified to the high esteem in which she was held. Mill Haven, week at A estimable | Cedar | Deceased was in her eight- | of the S0th Regiment, now stationed at Picton, to march to Wellington and return. Thursday was selected, but had to be changed to Friday. The weather was anything but favorable, with plenty of mud, but intelligences along the route told the men were | coming merrily with songs. They arrived at eleven, wet through, but a contented lot of youngsters. Our classic town hall was ready far them, with good fires to dry both uniforms and rifles, At the call for dinner {the hungry men found well-laden ta- {bles in the summer dining hall of the { Alexandra Hotel, kindly placed at | {their disposal by Col. Ferguson. | | Plenty there was. The whole town | { was intérested, so the ladies produc- |ed double-header chicken pies, and nearly one hundred other Kinds of | {fruit pies. A splendid meal was en- | Joyed, supplied with smiles from our | | village beauties. The weather con- {tinuing bad, it was decided to keep | the 'men over night, meaning of course. 4wo other square meals, but | | . | the ladies were equal to it. Chicken | {ples again all round, With plenty to | | spare, loads of celery and other good things, our ever generous townsman, Mr. Niles, supplying the men with cigars. Short 'speeches of welcome were given by locals, and greatly ap- | breciated by the men. The hotel was thrown open all day, {| s0 billiards and pool made thé men {happy. What shall we do with them during the night? Captain Hodg- ing, O. C., sent to Picton for blankets, | {a quickly-arranged concert was put | {on in the hotel dining room, with | | nineteen numbers furnished by local | {talent and the men--the best enter- tainment the town has known. Then blankets and sleep in the concert | room of the Masonic Hall. Next | | morning, with cheerful faces, each | | man happy with a flag from table de- | | corations, they again faced the rain | and mud. S | Wellingten feels well rewarded for | the effort made. A better bunch of {| men could not be found, not a wrong | | word or action the whole day, but at | jall times civil and military law pre- | | vailed | Grooms-Brooks Wedding, Nov One of the pret- Autumn weddings took place home of Mr, J. W. Brooks, "Rockwell Green." Solina, on Nov. 10th, sixth. anniversary of his eldest daughter's wedding, when his| second daughter, Effa Mildred, was| united in marriage, with Harry E, Grooms, Toronto, son of Z. A. | Grooms, Napanee. Solina, | tiest of the 9: the Barn And Grain Burned. Belleville, Nov. 25.--A large barn owned by James R. Anderson, | Ameliasburg Township, was on Tues- day destroyed by fire The wind- mill above the barn ger-~rated sparks, which caused the fire. The barn contained about 2,000 bushels of grain, and a large quantity of hay | and 'straw. The loss is estimated | {at $5,000, partially covered by insur-| { ance. . | they (prove the state of mind of alit is ill-becoming to these who so} | number of German troops and the ried on. The secretary of the commission Moscow with half found on Germans. examined forthwith. Quently prove useful, so a ton of letters They fre- trequently These will be | men who make the sacrifice. | elect that they should, in public at of spirit in which the war is being car-| any rate, treat enlisting as a sub-| | ject of levity, It adds to their own | | disgrace if they, in addition to shirk-| themselves, attempt to find| | material for jocular remarks in the { The subject is discussed here be-! | cause we have noticed . dozens of! laughter found on dead German soldiers, One| Ris troops not te go into action' with | and coarse jokes the street parades of these rufans had written: "When we find it very, difficult to advance we | 108 to the official organ of the Rus- such callow jokesters | letters in their possession. Accord- have heard of men in uniform, and 4 | indulge in| s i ¥ i le upon the men who are! push Russian prisoners in front of] Sian army he recommends both offi-| cheap ridicu us towards their fellow-countrymen.| Crs and men to refrain from writing | Participating in such parades. | Thus to some extent we reduce our losses." = The other letter, written by a man belonging to a regiment which was in a tight place, said: "We do not know what to da with our prisoners. | { home and to tell their families not | revelation | ! quoted are very] to fight for him and his" country. by some of his friends across the | the | The time is coming when the shirker| border, and as a result an application! | to write to them. Such | of savagery as I have {awkward and | German leaders. unpleasant for The least the shirker can do is to] respect the men who sre going out| | will be the subject of than | ridicule. more | Barrow, and John Hogan, both of | by Rev, | for soldiers, has been taken over for | that purpose. | Queen's | nesday | quartette favored the | Portsmouth, and was fined $5 and | Graham and N. W. Rowell at-recruit at soccer foothall on Wednesday by, home of G. A. Bateman, University 2to 0 = javenue.. After a short illness of) I'he boxing, wrestling and fencing about ten days which developed into} class at Queen's will 'begin next Mon-| pneumonia, Miss McKim spent her/| day lifétime in the city and was a faith.| the 146th Overseas Battalion has! ful member of Queen Street Metho-| been authorized to be recruited in! dist Church. Tue funeral will take this city and county. | place on Saturday. The remains Twenty-eight names have been ad- will be interred in Cataraqui cem- ded to Kingston's list of dependents] etery. The deceased leaves to mourn! on the Patriotic Fund. her death a number of friends be-| Mrs. Mary E. Holmes is dead at| sides the following sisters: Mrs, John| Lindsay, aged seventy-three years. A. Gandier, vity; Mrs. G. A. Bate-| She was born in Newburgh. | man, city, and Mrs. (Rev.) Charles! Kingston Curling Club will select| Mearing, Hiawatha, Ont., also one! its skips on Dec. 6th not on Nov. | brother, John McKim, Smith's Falls, 29th, as heretofore arranged. | Another big overseas mail left the| city on Thursday, and another willl 'eave at 12.15 (noon) om Friday. Wednesday afternoon, Miss Gladys BASKETBALL GAMES. Played In the Queen's Gymnasium Wednesday Night. i Two fast games of basketball were in marriage| pulled off at Queens gymnasium A. F. €ecil 'Whalley. | Wednesday night, when two bv.fery Major R{ J. Gardiner, AD.M.S,, is teams met and also Queen's and the in Ottawa on militia business. Capt.|Y. M. C. A. The first game was R. B. Richardson, is acting A.D.M.S.| played between Y. M. C. A. and in Major Gardiner's absence. | Queen's, the teams being: . The home of the late Mrs, J. Rich-| Y. M. C. A. ardson, 100 Stuart street, which was| W. Simons giver over for a Convalescent Home| H. Twigg .. . D. McDonnell . . Forward | M. McConnell. . Forward {E. Davis .. Defence .. D. Douglas .. Defence Neferee--W. King. Score---39-21 in favor of Queen's. Kingston, were united Queen's, .. Peever +. Smith .. Mills . Centre. . Forward .. . Pervis « . McCormick Prof. W. Morgan Y. M. C A. afternoon. addressed the meeting Wed- The Theology audience with a few selections. Immigration Inspector Peter Dev lin left Kingston on Thursday noon for Guelph, where he will take in charge an insane convict and remove him to Mississippi. Lieut. 8. H. Powell, who went to the. front with the 39th Battalion, and is now doing instructional work with the 80th Battalion was in the city on Thursday. There was no meeting of the Fron. tenac Cheese Board on Thursday af-| ternoon. There will be a meeting on next Thursday and it is likely that this will be the last of the sea- son. The members of the Frontenac County Council were entertained to an oyster supper by William Toner, caretaker <. the Court House, on The second game was between the two military teams, and was quite exciting, as the leams were pretty evenly matched. The line-up: 33rd Battery 3%th Battery. Kinchman .. Wright Bush . ..Egles Marshall .. .... Barber Mackie .. . .Cook Fowler .. .. Defence .. . .Jones Gimblet .. .. Forward .. ... Finlay Refere C. R. Powers. . Score--23-20 in favor of the 32 Battery. Forward Forward .. . Centre .. ../ Defence . . rd | | { : i Lockett's Annual Sale, { Continued on Friday and Satur. | day, new stock added each day.| Men in need of winter boots will find Wednesday night, it to their advantage to be on hand! Several Toronto girls have come | Friday Morning. { down for the dance at the Royal Mili- ,, f tary College. Among them are Miss! Enlists in Queen's Battery, Margaret McCuaig, Miss Muriel Scho-! Guy Gamsby, son of Mrs. G. Gams- | field and Miss Vivian Ross. { by, Hale's Cottages, King street, has | Leo Houston was found guilty of | enlisted for overseas in the Queen's | breaking the Motor-Vehicle Act by|Battery.. ~Mr, Gamsby has been on | running his automobile past a stand-|the Merchants Bank staff at Lans- | ing street car at Shortt's corner at | downe. i Karl Kessler, a German prisoner-| of-war interned at Fort Henry, is} now a father. Mrs, Kessler is aj Kingstonian. Head Lettuce, Spinach and Golden Heart Celery at Carnovsky's. Costs, - Dr. D. A. Coon whe has recently | resigned as superintendent of the Kingston General Hospital -has opened a surge A189 Brock street. He has installeq an ultrawiolet ray and electrical e§liipment. | ANGUS G. WILLIAMS - - Phone 40 of " | KITCHENER Is tha name of the new Electric Iron made by the Canadian General Electric Co. Under the new power rates, it will cost only 2 1-2 cents per hour to operate this Iron. --FOR SALE AT-- Halliday's Phone 94 Music Cabinets Centre Taules FOR XMAS AND THE. BOYS AT THE FRONT, A BOX OF -- LR Specially prepared and al} ready for sending. | Sold at All Cigar Stores and Druggists. Endeavors ar¢ under way to have, Capt. R. D. Poaton speak in Kings-| ton, at a recruiting meeting before he returns home. He has spoken with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Hon. G. P ing gatherings. SEEKING THE RELEASE | i i i OF A MAN NOW INTERNED " FORT HENRY i i Young Man Charged With Attempt-| ing to Tap the Wires at Barrie: | | field Camp Claims To Be Ap Am erican----Application Made For His Release. . 2 | A young man named Ripton, who} is confined in Fort 'Henry as a spy,| and who claims to be an American §i citizen has had his case takea up| Of Princess has been made at Ottawa for the re. |} Tease of the prisoner. Ripton was, At Mendels' | Ready-To- Wear Store | Just Around Te Corner ~ and Bagot Streets (Near Brock) WHERE: MENDELS' MARVELLOUSLY LOW PRICES PREVAIL-A LIST OF CLEARING PRICES THAT CANNOT FAIL TO TEMPT YOU - | taken in charge while the Barriefield| ji {camp was on. He enlisted with one! of the overseas battalions, and it is/ If Sir Sam Hughes Follows Up His alleged that he attempted to tap J Henceforward every ome captured| . Additional Disgrace. | i is will be "let loose in front of {Ottawa Free Press * | OFFICERS MAY RESIGN. Uri Under the system of #v lunt i trenches and shot down there." i 5 ohm Nas hun ary I asked if T could see the originals, Emnce: Which prevails in the British | nn but I was told they were at present at Moscow. The photographs, how- ever; and the high character of the senators who compose the Special Commission leave no doubt of their genuineness, It must not be as- sumed from them that such practices are genera! or even common, but "HR YWANTEIX Hy Co. Piano Than it does an ordinary piano, but it is so thoroughly built that when once com. pleted it will last a life time. Every piano is built as though for a special order. Empire to-day, the prerogative home. for his course. rate, is with himself. of | whether or not he shall enlist for mi-| litary duty rests with the man him. sell, Recruiting sergeants may assist | him in deciding as to the end of his | services, but the man himself decides! whether he is to go or to stay at| The man who elects to stay at| lice may or may not have reason | CiNticism. { (Special te the Whig.) London, Ont., Nov. 25.--It is un.! aerstood here that if Major General Hughes follows up his criticism of t.e 23rd Battalion officers at the] conference to be held this afternoon. ! many will tender their resignations. house, Clergy The firemen were called to-day to) The choice, at any| put out a fire in a shed at the rear If he hasn'tiof J. L. Whiting's feason, the disgrace is his own. But! street. day, the wires at the formation. i Ripton, so It is 'understood, came} frem Quebec, but when he enlisted |} for overseas service he claimed that} he was a Canadian. - His case is now! § being congidered. | camp to secure in-'§ | Ladies' Fanc $8.00. Price 4) The Book Magazine. JE The hulor of Irvin S, Cobb seems to grow a little more mellow each | Bi year. ' It may be also that we ap-| preciate it moré*in contrast with the | vivid articles which he has written | Reg. $9. on the European war. At any rate, | there is no question any more that his humorous short stories are by far the most popular writing of its kind which is being published to- The Jatest example' of Mr, Cobb's humér is '"Ihe Gold Brick Twins" a short story in the Decemn- ber issue of The Red Book Magazine The story deals with two wholly dis- feputable but h ily rysing a i ence uien. issue e ) Red Book Magazine also contains Ladies' House serial novels by Rupert Hughes, Me- redith Nicholson and Gilbert Parker ~--an array of novelists, by the way, such as no ne has at to present ) other short stories. Maude Radford Warren, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Al- bert Payson Terhune, Ida M. Evens, Ellis Parker Butler, Ray Sprigle and $3.50 to $7. Mendels' Price _ Ladies' F. G Reg. $3. Mende Price : Ladies Earth tities nt me Tn ata Serge Dresses R: ll Ladies' Wool Serge Skirts -- Reg. $1.95 to $4.49 Ladies' Fancy Corduroy Dresses dels' Price . 3 Ladies' Fancy Dresses--At Mendels' srg srr s scr a rasan Reg. $1.50. 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