THE DAILY BRITISH Military ~ Supplies Just: Arrived © Tress & Co. English Trench Caps, with ear lugs; Puttees, Leather Leg: gins, Sam Brown Belts, etc., etc. Officers' Uniforms { There is a satisfaction in wearing a good uniform. 'This satisfaction is as: sured if you order from ? ~ C.LIVINGSTON & BRO. Brock St "| vestigation," Articles Now | AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRE. SENT LOW PRICES. / ~ Pattern Table Cloths 3 -3ands3 1-2 in the newest desien. ' : With Napkins to miateh, 2, 2 1. ards long, Damask "Best Trish makes, at Tabi All sizes in a less than present mill 4 Ae e Napkins great variety of patterns. Pure Linen Huck Towels Herfimed and hemstitehed. | Ends of Roller, Hand and | Glass Towellih In lengths from 1 to 6 vards, 7 not Bleached and Unbleached ASKS INVESTIGATION 3 INTO THE QUESTION OF WAR MUNITIONS. Hon. Dr. Pugsley Said That the . Country Would Not Be Satisfied With Merely a Government En. Quiry. Ottawa, Jan. 20.-- Parliament will be asked to appoint a special inves- - tigating committee to probe, "in the fall light of day' the conduct and operations of the Government (through jts agents in relation to war munition contracts and the expendi- ture of public money voted for war purposes. Hon. Dr. William Pugs- ley gave notice of this intention -at the conclusion of his serious speech in the House of Commons yesterday. He quoted from a large number of Conservative newspaper editorials calling for an investigation by - the Government. "The country will not be satisfied with a Government in- commented Dr/ Pugs- lev, > "The charges are made agents of this Government, appoint- ed Wy this Gavernment, and for their conduct the Goverament stands re- sponsible. The investization can he propery conducted only by Parlia- ment in the fall light of day." Hon, Dr. Pygsley submitted a se- ries of direct and serious charges. He spgke quietly, without embelklsh- ment of language, and without the castomary accompaniment of parti- san plaudits The House listened silently and seriously. At one point Hon. Arthur Meighen, the Solicitor- General, interrupted with a some- what petulant exclamation" that' cer- tain Liberals had shared in the war contracts. Dr. Pugsley replied that, while his information was to the ers fect that Liberals who had secured contracts were bona fide" ontractors who had experience and capital and plants, at the sanre time the purpose of the investigation should he patri otic and not partisan, and that it ould he condpeted without fear or favor, with, "the determination of sternly disclosing the wrongdoing and placing the responsibility, mo matter who suffered At the present time, maintained, a special gravity must attach the words of representa- tives of the Canadian people in Par liameiit Pending the investigation and the production of the actual evi. dence it was not "seeming to impute motives 'But," he added, "if the motive had heen to hleed the British and the Canadian taxpavers for the profit of political favorites, this Gov ernment could not seemingly have gone ahout it better." There was a hideous list of transactions destined to "make profits out of the sacrifice and agonies. against Dr. Pugsley fo nation's Machine Guns Inadequate, Before concluding, Dr. Pugsley re ferred briefly to the question of the supnly of machine guns to the (a- nadian troops at the frent There was no doubt, he said, that too few field guns had been supplied to the men of the first contingent, and many men had been lost in consequence, But no vigorous action had heen ta- ken to remedy conditions till public opinion was aroused hy the stories of returned officers. The subscriptions from every part of Canada poured in, aud were gratefully received hy Hon. 8 itor Lougheed on hehalf of the vernment Every sub scription, said Dr. Pugsley. Wis strong indictment: against the Gov emment's lack foresight The total amount of these subscrintions had -been about $2,000,000, and row no one knew how much was on hand or how the Governmgnt was going to spend it, A The responsibility for of the Shell.-Committee. Dr. Pugslev, must rest with the Gov ernment which created it and prac tically directed it The blame does rest with the manufacturers, who simply and naturally took ihe prices . offered by 'the Government There must be a fulf and free in quiry. into all the orders placed, gregating $265.000,000, or than $80,060,000 in excess of whole Government expenddture domestic purposes : or the Concluded actions ag- more the for RIGHT OF CRITICISING. s Government's War Methods Not to Be Abdicated. # (Special to the Whig | Ottawa, Jan. 20. --The Libgrals "held a caucus this morning which lasted from eleven until about one o'clock. Questions as to the. atti tude of the party in connection with the estimates were debated. The question of extension of the life of Parliament was also considered, and it is understood thaf the matier was left in the hands of Sir Wilfrid Lau rier. The caucus, it is stated, was unani mous that in so far as Canada's par ticipation in the war is concerned, the Opposition is at one with the Government, but that 'the right of criticising methods and modes of im- "plementing the will of the people should net be abdicated How He Knew. "Don't you want to-he on the win< ning side?" said the soldier to a {group of civilians who he was sug- gesting should don khaki. | " "How do you know purs will he the winning side?" asked a prospee- tive recruits ! : "Well, my lad," said the Rergeant,® "you know the Germans have been {trying for more than a year and-a half to win apd have failed. don't you?" "Yes," .replied the guestioner "Well, then, we've been trying to lose during the same period and we couldn't." China's Soft Wood Supply. China draws its principal supplios of soft woods from the United States 'and Japan. In 1913, China import ed from the United States, approxi- | mately' 79,700,000. feet" hoard meas- jure, valued at $1,500,000. These Amiports 'were more than twice the ('amount of the preceding year and {116,000,000 feet in excess of 1910 "Do not suffer with Gripp™ Gripp ure Tablets at Gibson's, | Reports are to the effect that Bul- | garians and Turkish troops le to the | | number of 100,000 are to be sent to | the western front. Torinto Star . If this additional 250,000 men are { Cormick,' " BE WHIG, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1916. Xx. i ¥ -* tt atte mt tei gnats (Continued From Page 5.) Lieut.-Col C_ a Low and his offi cére, 3s part of their recruiting stampede, have decided that tour platoons will 'he seq aside to accom- odate the recruits The four pla- toons vill be us follows: Sports. men's, business men's, college men's and mechanics' Captains for re- cruiting purposes will he appointed to each platoon. A. J. Tupper, R. Parker, H. C Thompson and R. White have been promoted to'corporals in the 146th Battalion, The following men have been ac-' cepted as recruits in the #46th Bat- tallion: Wm. Hughes, William O: Clow, C. Knowlton, M. Swerbrick, C. S. Woodruff, E. J, Charlton, E. W. Redmond, E. Knowlton, E. D. Bai- nee, H. W. Kelly, C. RB. Gowdy, P.H. Keenan, W E. Cookes, L. Gillett Owing to the fact that Major Dep- nett is not now with the 21st 'Bat- talion, and Major McLean is still in' England, the illness of Lieut.-Col. W S. Hughes will. throw éven more re- sponsibility upon Capt. A. K. Hem- ming, adjutant, Like his father, Col. T. D. R. Hemming, however, the popular adjutant of the 21st Battal ion, is quite capable of meeting the emergency i tecruiting repots for the 146th Battalion have 'been established at the C. P. R Station, Randolph Ho- tel, Y. M. C. A; Dominion Express office, Crawford and Walsh, corner of Princess and Sydenham. streets, Covered Rink, Gibson's Drug Store, and in the Windsor Hotel --- The business houses of the city are being canvassed now for recruits to the 146th Battalion A very for the Paul's evening of the entertaining "At Home" soldiers was given A. YP. A., off Miss Berpy was in efMirge arrangements. King asd Country," accompanied by LV. Farmer Refresments were served Lisut-Col. ¢. A. Prof Low and L. W. Mulloy addressed a recruiting | uRéting at Cataraqui on Wednesday evening, speaking to a large numbfr > The 146th Battalion band played at the corner of Bagot and Princess streets 'at noon on Phursday The soldiers attending the 'School of Signalling . under Major D. E. Mundell are now using Grant Hall tor their work. There are 150 men taking the course and during - their work at the hall they use deck slip- pers to proteci the floors. Major Mundell is highly pleased with the class of Me he has in his Mass, and is of the opinion that they will qualify into. first-class signallers in a very short, time. The re-inioreements for No. 5 Sta tionary Hospital (Queen's) are drill- lug every morning in the Armouries and 'are 'now well advanced in stretcher work Their marchin: is also excellent Lieut. White has been detailed to laok after the quartermasier's stores | of the 146th Battalion, in the absence of Capt. James T. Sutherland, who will likely be on sick leave for couple of weeks W. E. Steacy left on for Toronto on recruiting Capt day Thurs- work The men for the 45th Battery have not vet been chosen but the battery will be formed immediatély on Capt. | Steacy's return Lieut. Patton took twenty-two men of the 146th Battalion to Flinton on Thursday morning . Fiiteen men have the strength of "C" been taken Battery. on lajor Massie is in Toronto' Corpl. F. R. Bailey, A. M. C., has been detailed for duty at Fort Hen ry, vice Sergt. G. Hanley * \ | The barracks now occupied by the | Oth. Brigade Ammunition Column (34th Battery) will in fiture known as the Rideau Barracks he Raising of the Other 230,000. to be raised as well as authorized, the Government must address itself to the 'undertaking in ways it has not used so far in The work cannoi be done by ordinary recruiting as carried on by local mili- tary officers and sergeants. It will be necessary for the Government take the whole situation in have a registration made of all avail able men in the Dominion, and. a clas sification of skilléd workers and es sential industries, It is not possible to withdraw 500.- 000 men from tJ country inthe same haphazard wiry ' enough when only one-tenth of the number was being withdrawn. The forces of Canada can he rais<, ed to the half million mark, but it is a considerable undertaking, and the best ability of the nation is called for in organizing the doing of it, so that the men who go will be those most useful in war and those ' who stay behind will be those most essen- tial in carrying on the necessary in- dustries and Wbisifhess of the coun- try. . 'Gen, Hughes in 1813 proposed to have prepared a mustef roll of all the able-bodied men in Canada liable to be called out in case of emergency for militia service. Why does he not go on with it now, the need for ¢ such 'a registration or muster roll being now urgent? : A ---------------------- p Victor record by John Me- "Somewhere u Voice is Calling." Give us a call and let us play «his record for you. C.. WW. Lindsay, Limited. A. new by St. | Wednesday, recruiting men, ' hat #hswered well i - Seeing the "Quinneys' There was a large audience the "Quinneys' " at the Gr Wednesday night. It Was n¢ strong production, though staged and with a good caste was comedy with a slender plot audience laughed and laughed, hut that was the sum total. There was no vivid living lesson to carry away The story is that of a buyer of an tiques and his domestic troubles aris ing from the fact that his only daugh ter, second only in his heart-to his beloved "sticks and stones," as his wife indignantly terms his treasures, has set her heart upon marrving her { father's foreman. "Joseph Quinney" was well pre- sented by Frederick Ross. His lan. guage, however, was' not pleasing, swearing is an.gahomination in Cana. dian life. The other seven chétracters fairly interpreted the comedy. Cecil Fletch. er was an excellent "James, ' sturdy land upright The orchestra played finely - | to see » finely At the rand. The feature photoplay for the last three days of the week at this popu- lar_theatre is one of the wonders of the scientific world, being the first and only submarine motion pictures. They are known as the "Williamson Submarine Expedition," and some remarkable pictures taken at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, amongst which are a fight between a man and a shark, native boys div- ing for pennies, diver exploring an ancient wreck, and a thousand oth er exciting and intensely Interesting This is one of the greatest educational films for children ever shown, and parents should make a4 point to see that their children se these truly wonderful pictures In New York alone ten thousand school teachers and one Thousand pupils of the public schools crowded the thea- tres to see them Other good reels will also he given at the Strand on Thursday, Friday and Saturday scenes, it Durinefthe | evening Q. M. 8. Addison sang, "For | NERY The Late J. PD. McCrea. Brockville, Jan. 20 --The death occurred on "Wednesday of a well- known resident of the town of Brock- ville, when J. D. McCrea passed away at the age of fifty-seven years. The late Mr. McCrea 'was born at Alma, 'County of Wellington, and was in business at Guelph previous to com: ing to Brockville Besides his wid- ow, one brother and three sisters sur- vive, James / of Guelph; Mrs. Mil ler, St s Mrs. McIntosh, To- ronto, and' Mrs. Fairweather, Dray ton; His w'dow was formerly Miss Clark, of Guelph. Mr. McCrea was a man of sterling character, honest and upright in all his dealings, and was highly respeet. ed. He was of a rather retiring disposition but made many warm friends. Mr. McCrea was very fond of boating -and spent many happy hours in his motor hoat on the River St. Lawrence : Late William Minshull, William MinshgH, a well-known resident of Balmy Beaéh district and a former Kingstonian, died Monday in his 79th year at the hofue of his son, Frank Minshull, Born at Sandbeach, England, Mr. Minshull emigrated to Canada about 35 years ago, and settted-im-Kingstom: (wenty years he was foreman at the Kingston Locomotive Works Fif- feen years ago he removed to Toron- | to and was for some time employed at the Polson Iron He was an Anglican. H wife and two sons, Frank and Wil [ liam, survive | as machinist Works Late Mrs, Sands, Sunbary. Mrs. Mary Jeanette Sands, widow {of the late William Sandg, passed jaway_ very suddenly We esduy night from heart failure. The de- ceaséd was about eighty-four years of age, and had lived some time with i her 'daughter, Mrs. Thomas MeWat- | ers, Sunbury. She was one of the oldest residents of Sunbury, having lived all her lifetime in Storrington township. She is survived by two i sons, Robert, in the west ,and Tho- | mas, Kingston, alse four daughters, | Mrs." Jo#n Lemmon and Mrs. John | Hall, of the city; Mrs. George Ritchie and Mrs. Thomas McWaters, Sun- hury. "Sure Cure Gripp and Cold Tab- lets" at Gibson's Red ('ross Store, re sb | } { | | In rnin i. | Leather soles, which We all large sizes and regu THEATRICAL NEWS | show ! For Th Locket Shoe Stor | e Very Best of of Values In Towels, Sheets and Pillow Caging. Our housekeeping section was never hetter prepared than now to give von real value in Pillow Slips, Pillow Casings, Sheetings, Towels and Linens and ('ottons of all ROIS, PILLOW SLIPS- -Spegial .at PILLOW SLIPS Special at 20c PILLOW SLIPS of many Kinds and in all want- od Sizes. PILLOW CASING in the hest English makes, ) including Horroekses' famous * Pillow Ce / (lottons. 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