~~ Prescott THE DISTRICT NEWS CLIPPED FROM THE WHIGS \MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES, i -- In Brief Form the Events In the Country About Kingston Are Told ~Full of Interest to Many. « James Patterson, an elderly resi- dent of Bolingbroke, near Perth, dled Wednesday, T. Chown, Is High School Trustee for Renfrew, R. I. McCormick for Pembroke, and Arthur Simpson for Arnprior, : Private J. E. MacKay Renfrew, late of the Princess Pats, has been made second lieutenant in Oxford and Bucks. At the Peterboro' police court Mrs. Keegan was sentenced to the Mercer Reformatory for six months, on a charge of theft, After an illness of some dyration, Patrick McCourt, a well known resi- dent of Belleville, passed away on Thursday, aged fifty-four years. The Women's Missionary Society of Grace Church will take charge of the entertaining of the men of the 69th at Grace recreation rooms this week. Mr. and Mrs. John Horton; Delta, announce the engagement of their daughter, Hazel to Charles Elton Chant, Chantry. The marriage to take place Feb. 23rd. The death occurred in Toronto on Wednesday of Mrs. Stephen Ship- man, a former resident of Brockville Mrs. Shipman left Brockville with her family about twenty-five years ago. The treasury of the Canadian Red Cross Society is $100 the richer as the result of performances in Delta and Athens of a Red Cross play pre- sented by members of the Delta Dra- matle Club. 'The home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilson, Latta, was the scene of an interesting event on Feb, 1st, when their youngest daughter, Lillian, was united in marriage with Wesley Moult, also of Latta. E. R, Puntelle, Reeve of Bloom- field, 'was elected warden of Prince Edward County on the fourth ballot. The new wardeh has been Reeve of Bloomfield and a useful member of the council for several years. At a meeting of the Pembroke Board of Education held on Monday Sheriff Morris was again elected chairman and the various commit- tees were named, the chairman be- ing practically the same as last year. Mayor Behan, Pembroke, on Tues- day celebrated his 69th birthday. The mayor, though finding that Fa- ther Time Is a hard man to rob, is not aging in spirit and to-day is just as youthful as twenty years ago. The townspeople generally will wish him many happy returns, A charge of assault was. laid against a Brockville woman by a man who returned to town after an ab- sence of two years. He had been on friendly terms with the woman before going away, but meeting her on the street he states that her greet ing consisted of a smash in the face with her Handbag. At the session of Renfrew County Council, I. D. Bruels, B.A., Inspector of Schools for North Renfrew, was placed under suspension by the Council on the strength of the charges dnd complaints made by se- veral of the members and the mat- ter will now go to the Minister of BJLLED BY CAVE-IN, A Sad Episode At The Petawawa Ranges. Pembroke, Feb. 8.---Another fat- ality which had surrounding it all the circumstances to arouse general sympathy occurred early on Tuesday at the ranges of the Canada Car and Foundry Co., at Petawawa, the vie- tim being Joseph Nedeau, son of Jo- seph Nedeau, sr., of Deep River, The young man, who had been in the employ of the company for some months past, was engaged, in com- pany with John Vandette, of Pem- broke, and two others, under Fore- man Marcotte, in recovering dummy shells out of a pit into which they had been fired from 'oné of the Rus slan cannon. They had recovered fourteen of the fifteen shells buried there and had made a tunnel about ten feet wide about five feet into the pit, leaving a roof -of frozen sand from two to three feet thick oveg their heads. Vandette and Nedeau were continuing the search for the last shell, the others having return ed to the camp, when suddenly the roof collapsed, falling on young Ne- deau and pinning him face downward in the sand He was unable to move, and expired in a few minutes, death being due to suffocation. The unfortunate young man was and was very well liked by every- body around the camp. A very sad is the fact that he had been married only about two weeks, his bride be- ing a Miss Fitzpatrick, of Osceola. DEATH AT POOLE"S RESORT Of Miss Phoebe Buell, Blind for Forty Years, Poole's Resort, Feb The farm- ers are filling their ice houses. Mrs. Robert Poole is very ill of pneumon- ia. A valuable boat-house owned | by F. A. Reed was destroyed by fire last night. The building was fur nished and quite a bit of the furni ture was burned, Word has been | received of the death of John But- | ler, New York, owner of a beautiful summer home on Butlers Island. On Thursday evening death came to the home of Walter Williams, and called to rest Miss Phoebe Buell. The deceased was about the house as usual on Thursday, and retired apparently in her usual health. In the morning they found her sleeping her last long sleep. Miss Buell was stricken with blindness nearly forty years ago, and bore her affliction with wonderful patience. Four sis- ters survived to mourn her loss. One, Mrs. Katharine Williams, is now suffering from an attack of} pneumonia. The funeral of the] late Miss Buell will take place from the residence of Walter Williams, to- morrow. Rev. Mr, Leach will offi- ciate, after which the remains will be interred in the family plot here Recently a drowning accident was | narrowly averted, when C. Comstock was ice-boating and sailed into the open channel. His cries | for help brought his brother Howard to the rescue, The boy was chilled and nearly exhausted from about a half- hour's stay in the water. Appointed Provost Marshajl | Arnprior, Feb. 8 --G. Arthur Dack,! former merchant of Braeside, has | been appointed Provost Sergeant of | the 130th Battalion, and is now in| Perth receiving instruction. He will] Education for investigation and a decision. the Council not having power to do any more than suspend the Inspector. A A A aa cman emma SCOTCHMEN DIRECT BRITAIN'S ARMIES. | Lloyd George and Lord Derby | Mentioned as Kitchener's Successor. » (Special to the Whig.) London Feb. 8.--David Lloyd- | (ieorge, Minister of Munitions, was | 'being mentioned to-day as a possible i successor to Lord Kitchener, if "K | of K" steps out of the War Office. Lord Derby, who directed the recent recruiting campaign, was another ci- | villan whose name was connected | with the position. | No confirmation of rumors of Lord Kitchener's impending resigna- tion was obiainable from any au- thoritative source. Two Sc6tchmen, it was pointed out to-day, are now |) operations of Sir Wil directing the chief Great Britain's armies. liam Robert Robertson has taken over Kitchener's most important task, that of directing. all military | operations, and Sir Douglas Haig, has only recently hecame Comman- | der-in-Ch!éf of the British forces in| France. GERMANS AND BRITISH Engage In Aerial Battle Between Dixmude and Poperingse. (Special to the Whig.) Berlin, .via wireless, Feb. 8.---A | German air squadron attacked the, railroad station at Poperingse and British camps between Poperingse and Dixmude. Teutonic aviators were attacked by British flyers and engaged sev -ral combats, but re- | turned safely to their own lines. i Distillery Being Guarded. Prescott, Feb. 8.--The Wiser dis-| tillery in cperation day and night filling a large contract to . supply alcohol for use in the manufacture of high explosives for the Allies, is being closely guarded by soldiers The contract with the Wiser company calls for 4,000,000 gallons of al- eohol. Prescott has gone extensively into, the manufacture of shells, one plant being operated continuously. John! | | { P. Dunne, J. B. White, Louis War- nock Dunne, Michael J, Coffey and George McCrea have organized the Manufacturing. Company, | Ltd., and will manufacture larger shells. Tt is understood the factory! will be located on the Queens -Ho-| tel property. f vday, and itt | have cHarge of all the military police of the counties of Lanark and Ren- frew. : NEI Late Edward Crillian. The death eccurred very suddenly at 501 Princess street, on Friday of Edward Crillian." Deceased was in the best of health up ti]l Thursday, when he sulfered a paralytic strike He is survived by his widow, four sons and five daughters: Thomas, Edward, Charles and Michael, Annie, Maggie, Irene, Carmel and Ivy; also two sisters and one brothers, Mrs. Jane Morris and "William Crillian Kingston, and Mrs, Stellri¢h, Buffalo, N.Y. FURTHER SUCCESS Of the French Artillery South Of The Somme, (Special to the Whig) Paris, Feb. 8.-- (Official). French artillery successfully bombarded a German train south of the Somme. | In the Argonne, French sappers blew | up a mine near St, Hubert and theee on the Vaquois Plateau. Princess Street Methodist Church The Quarterly Official Board of Princess Street Methodist Church met Monday evening. Reports from various departments were gratifying The treasurer's report showed a bai- ance after accounts were paid, A! comparison with last year showed great incre, in membership, miss- ionary fy and plate collections. A, Doggétt and E. Williams had their local preachers' licenses renewed, J. Gates, A. Doggett and E. Williams were re<appointéed leaders. * | this morning 207 {Toronto Star.) The Germans insist that the Kai- ser is healthy. His occupation, how- ever, grows more unhealthy every no insurance company would consider him a safe risk. only about twenty-two years of age | feature in connection with his death | | fountry will be most gratefully re-| | membered, He had always been an enthusias- | | Gananoque (From Our Own Correspondent.) Feb. 8.---The Ladies' Orange Ben- evolent Association held a well-at-! tended "cake and pie social' last] evening, A programme of a musi- ical and literary nature was render- | led. t | Willlam Wood, son of Mr. {Mrs. W. Wallace Wood, is among! the most recent enlistments in the 106th Leeds and Grenville Battalion for averseas service, W. D. Black, M.P., Parham, was a week-end vigi- tor in town with his brother, Dr. J.| A. Black, King street. T. 1. Ellis, | Brock street, has been appointed a member of the Board of Health, and {Chief Ryan and Constable Neal as | sanitary inspectors. E. H. Hurd |and son, Gordon E. Hurd, Kingston, | spent the week-end in town at their) fhome on Brock street, Cedric} (Jackson, who has been located in | Watertown, N.Y, for some time | past, is spending a short time with {his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jackson, near Willowbank. George Lackie passed away yes- terday at Finlay %fter an illness of some duration. The funeral will be {held on Wednesday afternoon. S. 8. Cheetham, of. the Kingston | Dairy School, spent the week-end at! his home on Charles street. | Town Councillor and Mrs. Francis Keyes, of "Orchard View," spent the past few days in Detroit, Mich., hav- {ing been summoned there hy the death of the former's aunt, Mrs George H. Keyes. Miss Loretta O'Connor, daughter of T. D. O'Con nor, Charles street, is taking a die tetic course in Toronto. Miss Flor- and | {ence Taylor, Toronto, is visiting with her aunt, street, Miss A. Fairman, River VOLUNTEE} AT COE HILL. Built A Drill Hall-- Villagers Suppli- ed Lumber, . Belleville, Feb. 8 manifested a great zeal recently. Coe Hill has deal of patriotic The village has thirty-one recruits of the 155th Bat- talion quartered in it, but did not have good enough, drill accommoda- tion, so the soldiers volunteered to build an extension to the Exhibition | Hall at the Fair Grounds if the peo- ple would supply the lumber This they did, and the recruits construct- ed a hall which is 65 feet by 44 feet and has a hardwood flour. On Fri- day night the hall was officially open- ed by a banquet which was attended by three or four hundred people Lieut,-Col. Adams, Commanding Of ficer of the regiment, was present. Coe Hill has twenty-six men on service and thirty-one more now re- cruited for the Bay of Quinte Bat- talion, although it is only a small vil lage. One family named Danford, of seven sons, has four drilling with the 155th; one, a member of the 39th Battalion, died while here, and one has to work the farm, with the help of the youngest brother, who is | too young to enlist. Rev. Mr. Herrington of North Hastings, Methodist minister, is the second minister of this denomination hereabouts to enlist within the last few months. The 155th Battalion is now over 600 men strong. . Mrs. Anderson Dead. Pembroke, Feb, 8 --The death has occurred of Elizabeth 8S. Anderson, Deceased was in her twenty-second year and leaves a husband and one young child I'ITH OF NEWS Despatches From Near And Distant Places. Sergi. Guynemer, a young French aviator, got four enemy airmen in nine days. : Oliver Daunais, a pioneer gold and silver mining man, died at Kenora at the age of eighty years Two small children of Thoma Hensall of Vancouver were burned to death Saturday at Sumas Ninety of the Six Nations Indians the reserve near Brantford have 114th Haldimand Battal on joined the ion. An official decree has been confiscating the entire stock of ther in Austria and Hungary for mil itary purposes, The Ottawa French teachers on strike filed garnishments against the city and the Sebarate Com* mission for $65,000 claimed in salar ies, Father Lacoste, Saskatoon, Sask., will resume his former position at the University of Ottawa as Profes- sor of Ecclesastical Law and Theo ology. J. O. Lavallee, M. P. for Belle- chause, reported missing after the Parliament Buildings fire, is safe at his home, not having been. in Otta- wa at that time. : The Plowmen's Association passed a resolution urging the Minister of Militia .to arrange with the military authorities to leave one capable farm hand on every hundred acres issued leay School 207 BATTALIONS ee " Of Canadian Infantry Are Already «Authorized. (Special to the Whig.) Ottawa, Feb. 8 --Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia, stated that up to Canadian battal- ions of infantry have been author- ized, No Sex In Death Penalty. | Hartford; Conn, Feb. 8. --Women i whp kill should be hanged just the It always makes a man peevish | when people compliment him on his success, and then add that they can't! understand it. { When a man swallows his pride it | is very apt to impair his digestion. { A boy is handicapped ffom the! start if his father has no backbone. | There are timés when nothing] Speaks more eloquently than silence. | same as men; according to Mrs, Paul P. Ives, of Guilford, a suffragist, who spoke the other afternoon before the Hartford Equal Franchise League. "There is one glaring exception to the equal administration of law be- tween the sexes, the undeniable fact that women murderers escape the punishment due their crimes almost without exception," she said. ; i { and [and his. mame will be medical expeff, whose services to the a tic soldier. Early in life he became identified with the military and when the South Afriean War broke out accepted a medical commigsion Served through that compaign In the most satisfactory manner. He was fittingly and honourably men- tioned in the official despatches. When the present war broke out be immediately tendered his services | and was assigned to an important position in conngetion with the First Contingent. An accident at Val Cartier retired him for the time be- ing, but still eager for the service he followed the University Hospital Unit and in due time reached Cairo, | where the climate seemed With: him, and where splendid service, The circumstances regarding his death aré not known and they will be awaited with profound interest The community he rendered ; has lost a good citizen, and the army an officer of distinction. Few men possessed his buoyancy of spirit, his tac t,t devotion. lent and Practically, he has given his life for the cause he had at heart; treasured a one who had put duty before other consideration. To his family, 'who h been bereaved through fhe exig: neie of the war, the community wil] « fler every already sincere sympathy, ---- BEATTY MOVES UP, for «ne C. P. R, Vice-President. Counsel is Now a Ed may may leatty has gone up again. You this You who Ed. Beatty He is so plain a man and so un important that has not place in Morgan's Men and Women of Canada, says James Grant in Cana dian Courier. As a matter of fact he is bound in something infinitely more substantial than the red cloth cardboard. of that cls «Ht grey walls of the C. P. R. head »ffice in Montreal that enclose him He is the new C. P. R. vice-president and general counsel of the road. He is less than forty. The news of his pro motion is like a report that and-such a steamer has just Rimouski ou ward Bound This" is Rimouski in his career. He may be going to Europe. You may work out that figure for yourself. Ed went 10 school in Thor- old, then later to Harbord Collegiate, Toronto, and finally Upper Canada College. After thit he went to ihe University of Toronto and Law not have observed not even know is. he even a passed | School. Then he was absorbed in the business of fifiding a tareef. He did his work willf McCarthy, Osler, Hos- kin; and © man, as all good law students do. There was nothing re- markable about that. He passed his examinations with creditable show ing. Only these who knew him well understood tHe kind of man he wa It was one of these that took him into the C.B.R., where good men are greedily sought after He might have ¢ any time in that service and ht haxe started up a law firm 0* his own, using to advantage what connections he had made But the man's passion was for big things ind his virtue was loyalty He conceiv ed a sort of affection for the dirty old building that housed the head of fices before the presént remodeled building made its He buried himself and his n the C. P. R. and its interests He worked for the C. P. R. and for no body consciously fo bimself. * Thus he mo I'he law department is obviously vital, Perhaps it is. not 43 obvious whet you look at Beatty's iy that you may gain a sort of reflected idea of the import ance of the work he does. Be- tween the two coasts there are mil- lions of dollars worth of C. P:R. property and there are millions of people having millions of transac- tions with that company In all those transactions there are possi bilities for the legal department, Cities decide that they want viaducts instead of level crossings. This means heavy expenditure for the rail- way company and not only that, but it may set a dangerous precedent in some respects. To fend against en- croachments, to guard against raids on the company's treasury-----these are part of the duty of the legal watch- dogs of the C. P. R. Then, too, it is essential to watch the course of even the most insignificant legal proceed- ing lest a precedent be set that might some day affect the whole C. P. R, structure. For a small thing to an individual may be endurable But a small thing to a company such as the C. P. R. may, if it is taken up and repeated at other points along the system, be dangerous. Thus when the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners holds its itinerant court, Beatty had his best agents watching the cases coming. before that board. If the cades seemed at all important you may depend upon it he had gone over the course of procedure before the court opened, and perhaps was there himself. Only foolish people praphesy. Ed- ward Wentworth Beatty may live and die-a C. P, may hop out on his "own." Or he may come to more. It is hard to tell about that, But you can usually tell by the size of the ship passing Rimouski Whether she is going all the way across--or only to New- foundland. « -------------------- The mysterious box discovered at Wingham was found to contain cor- dite \ King Ferdinand of Bulgar a, will shortly go to Germany tg, visit the Kaiser Lieut.-Col. Hagarty will command a battalion composed exclusively of appearance interests else, not even nted of a railroad f face { temperance men, 10 agrees | trict of Russia. R. 'vice-president, or he' an er ett ttt ert LIEUT. COL. CHAS. A. LOW, Q C. PROGRAMME FOR TO NIGHT: Band Concert by RC. HA. Band, under direction of Lieut. Juanita Fletcher, Mr. Arthur Craig t-At-Arms, Boxing, Ete. Miss Grand loans filled wit en nme Mid- Winter Carnival Military Bazaar ! A All This Week in the Armouries EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING Under Auspices of 146th Overseas Assaul CX Bazaar Opens at 8 o'clock. , Sergt. Addison \ Battalion, CEF Light. Soloists: : and others. Everybody Welcome, Adventures of Nurses, Many young Canadian nurses Europe have had exc iting experi lately, Miss Joy Whitehead Three Rivers, Quebec, is now a pri oner in Bulgaria, captured while assisting in the Veterin Corps of the Serbian Army. Miss Cockburn, of Toronto, who has also been nurs in Serbia, is now on her way and Miss St, ( in of ing home; vr Livingston, after a thrilling series of adventures in con nection with her Red Cross work in Belgium and Serbia, is going Balkans Margaret Bell Saunders, of Toron- to, who was wounded taube¢ gium, has recovered suffici to resume her work, Mrs. Innes-Taylor bravely kept things going during her absence, though very much upset by the death of her Belgian god- mother, who was killed at the same time that Miss Saunders w wound- ed. A bomb-proof nee been constructed, which w sen the danger to the ladies engaged this noble wor by a German tly cel Shook Hands With the King. Pte. Norman Blaney, in France with the Canadian troops, is a proud but modest bo for the King shook hands with him and com- plimented him on his game spirit. It happened just before the recent accident in France, and rews of the incident has reachec family and friends in Toronto The King was inspecting' ti of the troops "somewhere" gt front. He halted when be saw young Blaney and noted hig thful dp pearance fig "Where do you His Majesty guy | Majesty.' And how old a The young. soldier blushed a bii and hesitated Then he said In Can ada I would be 18, but in other coun tries it might be different." The King laughed Shake hands, young man," he extending hand the King, A GREAT CHANCE, somewhere King's 1 lines the you come from?" asked 1ada, Your * you? om Cs said Russia Will Afford an Immense Mar. | ket for Canadian Goods, There is a great ¢ dian trade in Russia, according to a returned war correspondent. will be need, too, for money, Prior mick says, 'nine Thera Canadian to the war," Mr. tenths of the goods ®sed in Russia passed through Ger- man hands. They bad German cash- iers for most of the banks, and much of the bank stock was held by ( mans. "Now Russia wants open markets to the world. The commercial leaders do not want to confine their business to one country "The military alliance with France and England is likely to result in a commercial alliance following the war. England and: France, no doubt, will desire a commercial treaty with Russia, so that they can control the sales. Russia feels, however, that if it can break. away from commercial serfdom it wants to avoid a possible trade dominition by England such as was exercised by Germans. McCor- "In trying for business in Russia it must be borne in mind that the language is different, the religion is different, weights and measures are different, and the customs are unlike ours The Russians ponde rously cling te theirqown ways and we've got to sell to them in their own way. "Russia is the biggest market in the world. Not in pur lifétime, or the lifetime of out" ~Eiidyen or grand- children, will it be a manufacturing nation. There is a demand in Russia in normal times for every manufac- tured article. The war is being fought now in the manufacturing dis~ These factories after the war will not be in use for some time. 'Anglo-Saxons are the slaves of interpreters and the interpreters are not always working. for the Anglo- Saxon's interests, d there ig no use hoping to do any considerable busi- hess without learning the Russian language. It is "easy to learn and our salesmen showid. be educated in the langage before attempting to make sales thee" Don't step on the pet hobbies of the Russians, They are easily insulted. "The longer a man does nothing the more he seems to like it. The intemperate tongue is a month | evil. neces | to the while doing relief wok in Bel- I in | his | And Blaney shook hands with | 1ance for Cana- ier- Value Creations in Men's Suits $18 Now Englis) h Wo 1aranteed dves fairly conservati and Imported Serges models made along ...$18.00 ~ Roney's, 127 Princess St. Fike Voll nay Want to cot acquainted and hear them. Whistler ang he Warbler's Hala Tonhine Dog Serennde Toots Fonts Paka Medley (Hols Gems. from | Gems from Home, Sw Old Folks at Home Auld Lang Syne (Burns) My Wild Irish Roxe-- Caprice Viennoix-- Vj i . Carry Me Back fo Old Virgiuns 4 Carmen Rigoletto Ten Victor Records Which Should Be in Every Home ve some of these records. vith the others, >» Come in Toots Vaka Havwaiing fF roupe Victor Light Opera (om'y--351%4 Victor Light Opern Com'y Aime Ginek Hori-Jacohy-MeCormack-Werren rat he----NHosn C. W. LINDSAY, LTD. 121 PRINCESS STREET. You'll Pryor's Rande----17i80 Pry Rand 10 $0.90 or's Hawaiian Troupe--67027 Eisle Baker Eisle Baker Julin Culp--g441x John Ved ormaek--G4426 Fritz Kreisler 71107 10 10 With Male Chorus--74420 12 } (Bizet) h=--Enrico Caruso--NS208 (Verdi) 12 5.00 FIRE DOORS SAVED LIBRARY Work Officer In Charge Helped Materially. Prompt Of 1 tgeed and --~---- i pp fd Hindenburg Warns Against Suicide, London, Feb. $.-- Measures taken Marshal von Hmdenburg to pre- it "suicides in the German are-sald. to have hean revealed hy order found on a prisoner and printed 'in a Russian newgpaper. His 3 ing includes the announcen "the names of suicides ribed in Germany's black wiv and children will ved of all rights and = pri and will not be permitted to draw any pension or subsidy: : vileges, Russia Makes Aniline Oil Feb. § The Trade and Industry states reduction of benzol has been de~ oped the Government and 1 rivate industry to sucha point now poss ble to furnish ti necessary for the man Petrograd, Journal that tha by ria aniline oil