OF PERTH, HAD A CLOSE CALL IN THE FIRE, | Escaped Through Window With Col. Arthurs, Member For Parry Sound, Ottawa, Feb. 5.-- pr, 'Steel, mem- ber for South Perth, had a thrilling story to tell 8 his adventure in get. ting out of the burning buildings. "I was reading in room 16, Conser- vative headquarters," he . declared : "when Albert Bradbury, brother of . : the member, came rushing in, tell- | § SESE Under the Auspices of the 146th Battalion, GE F. | was on fire. = All in the room moved LIEUT. COL. CHAS. LOW, 0.C. Armories for 1 Week | From Feb. 7th to Feb. 12th I ran for my overcoat, about a rod away, in my locker: By this time Sports, Band Concerts, Street Parades. Every phase of military life exhibited - ; in Bazaar Booths. | EXCURSION RATES ON ALL RAILROADS 1, in darkness, No admissio "I could not get out of the main, entrance and ran again into room n fee to any of the events. GANANOQUE SHOVELS, | WILL BRING BODY HOME. Found Very Handy By The 21st Bat- | Sir Sam Hughes Cables Instructions talion. . Regarding Remains. Gananoque, Feb. 4. ~Drummer 8. Lindsay, Feb, 5.--Gen. Sir Sam Swan, nh Battalion, writing on | Hughes has cabled Gen. Carson to January Sth to friends in Gananoque | have the body of Col. F. Holmes Hop- Says:.. | kins sent home and to give his brot ; "I wish to state that the 21st Bat- | er. Lieut. Hopkins, -every Sare and talion is doing fine at present, We | assistance. Later eabigislnte eut, have just finished ten days work in | Hopkins is uninjured, but suffering the trenches and are now at the rest | severely from shock. It Sphere camp for six days, then we expect to | Col. Hopkins had only tecently Je. £0 back for another eighteen days. | turned from the trenches. The ea Things are quiet at present, but we | ly report that Col. Hopkins wis far expect a big rush very soon. All | riled and practised law wit 8 bro- the Gananoque boys with us are do- | ther is an error. He was unmarried ing fine. We expect our passes to | and practised law with his father, G. start very, shortly which 'most of us H. Hopkins, K.C., Col. $opying are looking forward too. | a gallant young officer, only thirty- Major Britton's Battery is not far | five years old, cool,eapable and cour- {away from us although 1 haven't | ageous. He was one of the Best | seen many, We spent Christmas volunteers to go to the front, and a and New Year's days in the trenches. | his officers offered to go as a batial They were both very quiet except for | {on with him, and since then most o the shouting from both sides on | them have gone and those remaining Eourtyard Christmas day, which capsed fun to | are raising a battalion 'here. The "Fortunately a Dominion police. some of the boys. 9 Hopkins boys are natives of Lindsay. | man wis op uty. Tominion police. tigi 10 She. etoahes Than. ay ore. | THE LATE J. P. HANLEY. | Sd he succesved Ju nding a ladder, 2e 25 the ing Division sn | He Passed Away in on| Thomas MacNutt were rescued. We . : | then found ourselves imprisoned in vels for dry ground, most of us are | Wednesday. | the court yards, as the gates were using them every day digging tren- | Napanee, Feb. 5.--There passed | fastened, but finally found. an exit ches and making dugouts. We have (away at. his residence, on Bridge | through the messengers' rooms and a lot of new faces in the Battalion. |gtreet, on February 2nd, one of Napa- | succeeded in getting out." The mud is awful, which makes it | nee's oldest and most respected citi-| Dr. Steele assisted in endeavoring hard for us to get about, but it isn't | zens, in the person of J. P. Hanley. | to resuscitate the two guests of Ma- very cold. The Belgium people [Phe deceased. born in Kingston, came | dame Sevigny, who had been over. still Jive In their houses with big | to Napanee in 1875, as agent for the | come with smoke, They were 100 shell holes all around | One | Grand Trunk Railway. In 1902 he| rar gone. They were Madame Bray house here a shell went oun it lwas appointed assistant customs of- { and Madame Morin. The bodies and they still live there; they seem |ficer, and held that office until his! were found by the firemen 'in the | to be quite used to the shells. | death. Mr. Hanley, seventy-two | 1 | THE DISTRICT NEWS RD. ied "\ CLIPPED FROM THE WHIG'S MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. we un In Brief Form the Events In the Country About Kingston Told ~=Full of Interest to . The many friends of Walter Lea- vens, Picton, will regret tq learn that he is #till in a very critical condition. b machinery hall to be reared at Renfrew Agricultural grounds will be built on the west side of the Drilk Hall, Mrs. Patrick Ward, Picton, has knit over 756 pairs of socks for'the front, She is oné among many who in doing her "bit." d AL the statutory meeting of the Athens High School Board, A. W. Johmston, P.M., was re-elected chair- man and H. H. Arnold secretary, At a langely attended official board meeting Rev. Charles E. Cragg, B.D., was ited to return for his third Year.as pastor of Grace Church, Nap- anee, i CoE eg ' 't'ne Almonte Board of Education met on Wednesday when P. A. Greig was reel chairman and James McLeod ré-appointed secretary treas- urer, A number of Gananoqueans hold stock in a mining company in the Michipicoten district, and hope their holding will become valuable in the near future, The Gananoque Patriotic and Red Cross Funds Maintenance Cominit- tee has so far received promises of No. 16. There was there Col. Ar- thurs, member for Parry Sound, and the caretaker. The smoke started to pour in and we closed the doors and opened the windows into the Napanee We are now in the trenches again. This motning at 4 o'clock our guns op' payments aggregating $765.13 a month. atin The death occurred at Erle Hos pital, Buffalo, on Jan. 23rd, of T. Talbott Smith, formerly of Picton, aged fifty-five years, after an illness of pneumonia. Percy Dancey, who arrived home from the West recently for a few + weeks' vacation, has been supplying in Miss Donaldson's place on the Public School staff, Picton. The marriage of Miss - Jessie B. Stewart, . daughter of John Stewart, . Calabogle, to Thomas C. Montgom- | Father lucky. ery, son.of, William Montgomery, TTT | took place in . Renfrew Wednesday Tobacco Shower For 21st Batt. Cornwall, Feb. 4.--A little th fied up with terrific fire on ene- my"s lines, not long afterwards Fritz retaliated, shells dropping uncom- | fortably near, which, lasted a few hours. One of the shells went on to the dugout and just wounded two of my comrades. helped to carry them out of the dres-,J. sing station, we said good bye and then we returned to our lines again, everything was very quiet then. I an be! to evelting. The young people will settle down in Lanark. The Prince Edward County Orange Lodge held its annual meeting at Hillier on Tuesday of this week, when a rat ot $100 was given to the 156th Battalion. It was decid- ed to Ed 12th of July ge- Jebration at WeMngton. A report from the Provincia ceived from Major R. M. Gray, France, by Long Sault Chapter, 1.0. D.E., for tobacco for his men. 1 an- | Was received, as well as $130 in cash of alyist on samples of water sent from | which will be sent to. England to pur- | man. chase tobacco. » fe the Bélleville water supply calls at- | peutith to the large number of colon | baccilli present and states "such wa- ter must be looked upon with great | Capt. Oraig Back To Duty. . suspicion, as it contains large quah- | Cobourg, Feb. 5--Capt. C. 8. ~ tities of inorganic impurities.' | Craig, after several momths in the Andther of Almonte's old residents | hospitals and convalescent home in gt passed away on Feb. 2nd., in the per- rn son of Mrs. Jessie McPhail, in her {front with the 17th Battery, ninefy-third year. She was born | Brigade, Second Canadia in Ramsay, on the 11th line, and |Division. * Captain Craig was very! gh Was a daughter of the late John and | seriously wounded upon the occa-| bo Fumerton, and Was one of a sion when he displayed such valor as| family of eight. to win for himself the Military Cross. | Mrs. (Rev,) PF. Bowerman, of| i -- Freemont, Mich,, and sister, Miss B. | ; Hitchens, of Toronto," came down | Petition Largely Signed. { Cobourg, Feb. 5.--The local | With the body of their mother, Mrs. | R. Hitchens, to Bath on Wednesday | branch of the Committee of One Hun- last for burial, and afterward spent | dred reports that the petition for a! Co "dry Ontario" by July 1st is being | a few days with their cousin, Mrs. largely signed, especially by ed n Artillery | w fri the or friends. years of age, had been for the past was a member of the School Board for over thirty years, and always took slightly | service took place Friday at St. Pat-| I|rick's Church. think myself we got away with if all Capt. Ackerman Weds Miss Hilda B. pl | usual interest took place {| Church of England at Picton, Wed- more | nesday, when Rev. F. L. Barber unit- | than a week ago a request was re-' éd in marriage Miss Hilda Bernice t now | Hepburn, | with the 21st Battalion, C.E.F., in! Ackerman, | mony was quite military; a guard of | On| honor being présent from the 155th | Saturday a shower was held, and a| Battalion, and all the ushers | great deal of tobacco and cigarettes| military officers. train for Toronto, ood t England, has returned to duty at the will 5th County spected and esteemed for his many excellent qualities as a citizen" and | fied to fill the position. Cobourg, Feb. 5.-- uncil of Durham 3 and has made a ree years in very poor health. He M interest in public matters for the tterment of the town, He leaves | mourn, his widow. The funeral | fo pr 'He was an uncle of P. Hanley, Kingston. MARRIED AT PICTON. Hepburn. . | & Picton, Feb. 5.--A wedding of un- t | fi in ° @ | h Picton, and Capt. ni C. H.} Peterboro. The cere- were | in Major Keith Lech the 9 Captain and Mrs. Ackerman motor- | to Belleville, where they took | °F The New Registrar, Brockville, Feb. 5.--It hat J. T. Gallagher receive the ' appointment of ex Régistrar, succeeding Col. er . H. Cole, deceased. Mr. G | er is a life long resident of ro where he is universally , Newboro, | re- end. Mr. Gallagher is well quali- er. on $60,000 For Patriotic gu e Joyties of d Northughber- tio grant of $60,000 On $5,000 a month, to the Cand Speaker's quarters. "had a narrow escape. on the window of 'her apartments | out all around her and she exhibited wonderful pluck." 2 - Fire of a mysterious origin ¢om- | etely destroyed the Grant, Holden | | Ing plant, engaged in making clothing | | Parliament "business as usual" and struck out | hundreds of volumes of ithe burgh Review, the Quarterly Review | 3rd Battalion was grooms- | fin! clock has | strengthened and the flames | lung from the north to the south | . | and west, is under-| the tower. alla- | Mines Branch is a Ge New- | here from the United Stayes w young man. retaries is of German parentage. The ! superintendent of dredging is anoth- | Nn! Two policemen and two plain clothes "Madame Dessault, a guest of adame Sevigny," said Dr. Steele, | ; She hung | °F end of the corridor were two more { men, one of whom was stationed at the reading room. Théy were scat tered throughout the House. ------------------ TREAT WATER POWERS. r a long time until f net could be | ocured. The smoke was pouring | | Some Questions in Parliament And The Privileges to Them, ronto Globe Hon. George P. Graham asked if the report was true that, following a conference between the Dominion and Provincial Governments, it had been decided to turn over to the On tario Government the water powers now under Federal jurisdiction, e midnight hour.__¥ kept on run- Premier Borden replied that there ng, stopped finally at 12.30. » |-had been some negotiation between It is positively' known that some | cohinsel representing the two Govern- Edin- | ments concerning. "the prospective rights of the Dominion and Province He understoon that no arrangement had been reached, but that the nego- tiations were "progressing favorab- Jy." "Progressing favorably toward turning the water powers of the Do- were | minion over to the Province, do I un: derstand?" asked Sir Wilfrid Laur ier. * Premier Borden said that was not the point. It was the sentiment of | questions which had been before the courts, The endeavor was to se- cure settlement without further liti- gation. \ Hon. Mr. Graham stated that he had read in the press a statement credited to Sir Adam Beck to the ef- fect that an arrangement was being made under which the Eastern On- tarto water powers were being hand- ed over to the Province to be subject "to the Legislature. "That may have reference to some particular feature concerning which 1 have not yet been advised," replied " Notes Of The Fire. T¢ Graham Company's manufactur- | r the army, Loss, $20,000, | With fiames all around it, the old | tower clock kept up| d other such valuable periodicals, | ting back as far as 1807, have been | ~- The main portion of the clock tow- | still stands," but all above the gone" Till the wind there was hope of saving] There are some people of German | traction in the employ nment. One of the ] _came | hen a | Ong of the private sec- --. There are two others, experts, e in the experimental farm. The Dominion polite force had a| ard of twenty men at the House | Commons during session, in addi. n to the many plain clothes men. e officer was at the main door lobby to the House, while at the oth- The Musician finds in the #rintzman & Co. © Art fliano his demands more than met. He finds a tone unequalled----a touch that meets every require- ment---an appearance that pleases the artistic sense. He finds a piano which is an inspiration in itself---a piano from which he can obtain effects not possible from any other instrument. C. W. LINDSAY, LTD, 121 Princess Street. | Watts-Florist b Telephone 987. . Drop a card to iy Pine direst Shen 179 Wellington Street. || mantine sayining done ia thi carpes? Phone 1763 of repairs and new work; also hard | . | wood floors Of all kinds. All orders | will receive prompt attention. Shop Te = "0 Queen 8 { James B. Miller, Morven, and other people of the townships, / Patriotic Fund. men at the door leading front the the Premier, =| Buy Pasteurized Milk IN BOTTLES. You are sure it is perfectly safe. | Phone 845 :: Price's | Value Creations in. Men's Suits $18 \ CKY Turns Down PROHIBITION - to the Constitution of Kentucky providing for state-wide Prohibition was defeated, 20 to 14, on January 25th; in the Upper House of the General Assembly of the State, where it originated. Which goes to show that old Kentucky has not failed to learn the lessons taught her by her sister states of the South, which lessons are certainly sufficiently plain, backed up, as they are, by a mass of incontrovertible facts and figures. Takes Warning From Sister States For example, owing to the 8, Pro- hibitory Law, by which the State lost £600,- 000 of revenue, West Virginia was literally '""broken" financially. In Tennessee there was, owing to the introduction of Prohibi- tion, an inerease in the cost of criminal pro- secution, that is, of crime, of 100%; while as to the financial situation, The State Manu- facturers' Association said: "There is a ten- dency throughout the State to increase taxes on an already overburdened people, both by constant increase of the assessment as well as the rate." In North Carolina 57.5% of sll "the boys and 34.1% of all the girls were em- ployed in gainful occupations and thus de- prived of all educational "Prone ¢ TY BILL submitting an amendment The following tables are also luminating: DRY Number of Persons in Almshouses to Every 1 Tennessee. . .. .. -H.8 Florida . North Carolina.. |. ... .63. Louisiana .... .. .. .. | Homicides per 100,000. Memphis, Tenn... .. .. ..6 New Orleans, La. . . Savannah, Ga. .. .. .. . Louisville, Ky. . . Nashville, Tenn... .. .. . Buffalo, N.Y... .. .. .. Atlanta, Ga. ... .. . Brookiyva, N.Y... ...... Charleston, S. C. .. .. ..30 - Milwaukee, Wis. cs The following illicit stills, by the way, were seized and stroyed by United States Revenue Officers in 1914: Alabama . 308 Georgia .. .. .. .. 802 North Carolina . 535 Tennessee . |. . .. 249 South Carolina . . 253 WET 00,000 Inhabitants. vine si 20D 1.3 24. 15. 4. 4.8 3.4 de- .48.3 39.4 33.3 8 2 9 New English Worsteds and Imported Serges --guaranteed dyes--all new models made along -fairly eonsgrvative lines $18.00 Sf \ T ¥ = r | And s6 on we might go through the whole gamut. Prohibition is a failure, not only economically, but morally and in every other way, And Kentucky knows it. 5 THE PERSONAL LIBERTY LEAGUE OF ONTARIO