-------- TRICT " MANY BRIGHT »xcHANGES, Country About Kingston Are Told ~Full of Interest to Many. Rey. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Saunders, Brockville, celebrated the fourth anniversary of their marriage « 80 their cottage, Butternut Bay, on Monday last, At Brockville Rev. Dr. P. L. Rich- ardson united in marriage Amos Blanchard Slack, a well known young G.T.R. employee, and Miss Florence Marion Woodcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Woodcock. At the home of the bride's par- ents, Victoria avenue, Belleville, on July 18th, Miss Annie Mae Ashley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ash- ley, was united in marriage to Charles Loral Clement, Deseronto. The death of William Conner oc- curred somewhat unexpectedly on Tuesday at Carleton Place. The de- ceased was 77 years of age in June, and for some time had been suffering from arterio-sclerosis, The marriage took place at Card inal on Tuesday of P. Anderson, clerk in the supervisor's office at the G. T. R. station, Brockville, to Miss Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Alex Wood of Cardinal, formerly of Brockville. Werd was received in Peterboro of the death of Patrick Connolly by drowning, at Broadway, Sask., on July 2nd last. Mr. Connolly was a member of the Peterboro staff of the | Canadian Bank of Commerce up to June 27th, when he was transferred to Winnipeg. The Smith's Falls Board of Educa-| tion has engaged the following teach-| ers to fill vacancies on the Collegiate staff for next term: Miss Grace Burns, | B.A, Oshawa, art and junior work Miss M. A. V. McWhorter, Smith' Falls, modern languages, and Miss! M. McCallum, Smith's Falls, English and history. Giles Poole, a well respected resident of Forfar, died on | Tuesday after an illness of some duration, owing to heart ailment. De ceased was a prosperous farmer and lifelong resident of the loaclity. His! wife and one daughter, Mrs. B. M. Cannon, Crosby, survive. Capt, Albertson, Carleton Place, | celebrated his fiftieth anniversary as| an Orangeman by attending the dem- | onstration at Almonte on the 12th. | The captain has taken all the de-| grees of the order up to the Red | Cross, and was the first elected Grand | Master in Manitoba,although fe never | "Bat in the chair as he left the pro- | vince between sessidns. | Died In Hospital Portland, July 20.-- Word was re- | ceived here of the death of W. §.| Gallagher, who passed to the Great Beyond at the General Hospital, Smiths Falls. The body was brought | to Portland on Tuesday night to the | home of his brother, "Albert Gal- | lagher, merchant. The late W. H.| Gallagher was born in 1847 and was | well known and highly respected. I Amn AN ENOVBLE CONGR FAREWELL TO 109TH AT CAMP, | WEDNESDAY NIGHT. | known and Many Officers and Others in Address- os Spoke of the Splendid Character Of the Lindsay Battalion--Good | Songs Rendered One of the most enjoyable concerts ever held at Barriefield Camp was that of the farewell entertainment to the 109th Battalion in the recreation tent of thé unit on Wednesday even- ing. The programme wag a long | and varied one and every number Was greeted with hearty applause. Cel. T.D. R. Hemming, Camp Commandant, spoke a few words of farewell, stating that he had two sons at the front and was proud of them as he was of every man who had the courage to put on khaki and MENDELS | | Silk Dresses I Silk Dresses We are showing of silk dresses in n $8.95. All Summer Goods are being sacrificed t This warm weather Summer Sun Shades mer Dresses and Su "and Blouses and Whi OLIFPED FROM THE WHIGS | forty- | | made the Supreme sacrifice for his nearly a year, and went overseas with was a fine haha Sentenced F Ao se | vited to take advantage of avy, brown and black. R fo SE THE DAILY -- NEWS FROM €APT. HOOPER. Improving in Health, But Still a Pris. | sn sure Gananoque | Carleton Place, July 20. --Mrs. | ttt tet ttt ttt tttaent Hooper had a letter last week from July 20.--The town council Foli- her husband, Capt. W. H. Hooper, who is still a prisoner of war in Ger-| daying unti] September, held a Spec~ many, and written on June 7th. He| ja) session on Tuesday evening which The | says: | | "I got parcels containing cereals, | main BusinearSel,, attended. | Just what I've wanted. All arrived | : ho 3 268 'Was the {. Oh, say, a Lieut. O'Grady,|}) Un8 through of a by-law author- from Edmonton, who up "to three| /ZNE the issue of $8,000 in deben- months ago was in hospital with | LUe8 for the extension of the local Clyde Scott, tells me there is nol pater works and sewer connections. doubt in the world but Clyde will be| © COlé&, Arthur street, had a couple | n press in one | of fingers crushed in a sent to Switzerland. I'm sq glad, | ; rind op {for O'Grady says that Of the local factories on Tuesday af- with special | ternoon. Dr. C. H. Bird dressed his ttenti 1 apt. a attention and in time he wil suffer! ;. fies which. will lay him up for only from a stiff knee. He says the | | brothers in the hospital all think the, S0me Hie, : { world of Clyde, and, that they can-| Mrs. E. H. Hurd, Brock street, is | not do too much for him. 0'Grady | Copfined to her home quite serious- {1s here to appear before the Swiss! WY ill . The local mercants and Commisison. I tell him He is a lucky | Professional men observed yes- beggar. Three months ago I'm sure terday afternoon as a half holiday. I could have passed easily, but now Several of the local factories are also I am so well finished that it's out of | 8iVing their men the half holiday, At the question only the muscles of my the Driving Park yesterday after- left leg still cause me anxiety. I am| hoon the local baseball team met the indeed lucky, for had one of the Havana Red Sox in what proved to wounds gone an inch deeper into the! be an excellent exhibition game. The Stomach it would have been fatal." | locals after a hard fight won by a score of § to 3. There was a large attendance, and the game was an in- teresting one from start to finish, low left yesterday for Mon- ccept a situation | HARRY KIRK ELECTROCUTED, | Detroit Papers Tell How Former George Pe Peterboro Man Lost His Life, treal to a Peterboro, July 20 Detroit pa-| C.F per gives the following account of , The remains of the late the death of Harry Kirk, former well! Connor, a former resident known Peterboro resident, and son-in-| tOWn who has been located | law of Edward Courtney, Concession | ral years past at Carleton Place, street, 1and who passed away there early Harry Kirk, forty-nine years old, | this week, were brought here yes- of § 5 Pennsylvania avenue, was in-| terday afternoon for interment stantly killed when his arm came in Gananoque Cemetery, Deceased contact with an electric wire in the| Was a brother df John Connor, King plant of thesGemmer Manufacturing | Street west, and father of Dr. Wii-| Co., of 741 Merrick avenue, Thurs. | liam Connor, Gouverneur, N. Y, day afternoon. Kirk was employed John B, Gould who has been yisit by the company as a millwright for ing relatives here for the past few hree years. days left yesterday morning to. re- Sume his duties in Montreal. Frank H. Hurd, Kingston, spent yesterday in town with relatives Dr. Wil- | Shares! liam Connor, Gouverneur, N. Y., is | | in town having been summoned here | Picton, July 20--On a warrant] to attend the funeral of his father | issued by the chief police of Picton,| the late William Connor, sr. Carle- | Sidney McBrien, Toronto, was ar-| ton Place rested by Detective Levitt on | charge of the theft of $1,800. [It i alleged that McBrien sold certain shares of stock in an American cor poration which resulted in the charge being laid against him. An officer has gone to bring him here to face the charge, William of WANTED IN PICTON. Charge Involves Sale of American Corporation. is| Heavy Fines for Fighters Belleville, July Judge Der- oche 'handed out severe penalties for Alex Wanlkinshaw ait David Liv Ingstone, Rawdon township, the two principals in an assault case. After hearing the idence Coveney was quitted but Walkinshaw and Living-| stone were each fined $100, or in de fault, four months in jail. | Port Hope Man Killed. Port Hope, July 20 Word has been received here that another man from this town, Lewis Peverelle, has Boy Shot. i Deseronto, Ont, July 20.-- While Chief and Mrs. J. J. Hill, residents of | the Mohawk Indian Reserve, were in| Deseronto, their two sons, aged elev- | en and fourteen vears, began clean-| ing a gun preparatory to shooting! Crows. While the weapon the hands of the elder boy it was ac g and a series of thefts, Mrs Arm- | cidentally disc harged, the bullet en- was sentenced to serve | tering his brother's temple and in- six weeks in the local jail. Her | flicting a wound from the effects of daughter, May Scott, arrested with | which the unfortunate boy died at 1er, was acquitted. | midnight, Indian country. He had been at the front | Pte Peverelle dier, the 21st' Battalion Theft. Brockville, July 20.--For shoplift- | in strong Scott i "do his bit." While commanding | what the Military Distriet" No. many Africa. ands had gone overseas but of no | Lieut.-Col. J. I one unit was he more proud than | 8ave a short patriotic addres the 109th which represents Lindsay | wad followed by Lieut.-Col. J. and Haliburton, | The latter i: popular with the Mr. Wilson, Y.M.C.A., when called | 38 he calls them in his unit referred to the splendid work being | he had an opportunity to speak he dohe for the soldiers by that insti- | Was forced by cries from tne front to tution of which he is a member. The | men of the 109th were cordially in the ser- vices the institution offered at all times after reaching England and the front, Lieut, Frederick Ingledew, ma- chine gun officer 109th Battalion, was called to the platform and pre- sented by the Kingston Veterans' as- sociation with a beautiful moroco travelling bag. Major King, head quarters staff, Ottawa, was called up on for a few words, After re- | ferring to his inability to get over- Seas he delighted the audience by re- Citing a composition..by himself, of | In 3, thous- and J. Fee "boys" were given a great reception. In his address the colonel thanked the | artists who were so kind in furnish- ing the programme for the evening's | entertainment, During the even ing Miss K. Harte, Miss K Ryan Miss Anita Sutherland, Miss rett, Miss P. Devlin, Mrs. T A. Simpson of the "Y" Jack Kellatt, 109th Batt Ryan of the city, gave numbers that were thoroughly enjoyed and heart- ily appreciated by all present I { LOCAL MEN PLAYED WELL. | Many Cases Beaten by Small Scores. J. M. Elliott, president of Queen's Bowling Club. returned to day from the Eastern Lawn Bowling "Associa- {tion's tournament in Brockville. He stated that the men from the local club played very well all through, and | (that in the majority of cases they I | 1} 1} | | | | | | { { The local bowlers won their share of 'the games, although they were not fup in the finals He also said that | the weather was oppressively hot { while they were at the tournament, lll | Nevertheless the men enjoyed the {| outing and there was much en- fH | thusiasm, ---------- | Murdered Sweetheart's Father. Freehold, N.J.,, July 20.--Forbid- | den to court fifteen-year-old Florence | Hopkins, of this village, John Solax, | twenty-four vears of age, a shoemak. ier, forced his way into the girl's home, and, after shooting her father to death, perhaps fatally wounding { her mother and a younger brother, |'committed suicide by shooting him- self three times through the head. | Miss Hopking, her sister and another | brother, succeeded in escaping the i crazed man's bullets. the most serviceable copen, tan, green, egular $14 line for o clear for fall goods. bids us not forget and Parasols, Sum- mmer Suits, Middies te Skirts. t Canadian Casualties, | _ Killed in action--Harold Wright, | Picton. Died of wounds--@G. E. Reed, Pe- | terboro. i Prisoner of war--G. R. Peterboro. Seriously ill--Ira Welsh, Picton. | .Wounded--J. T. Dutton, Campbell- | ford John Guest, Picton J. A. Fitz- i patrick, Osceola. Butcher, At Ogdensburg, N.Y, Adrian W. D E L S I {Sabourin, a well-known musician, ; lil} was drowned on Wednesday in the Grand Opera House > 217 Princess St. {St Lawrence river near the Oswe- jgatohie Yacht Club dock while bath- (ing. , "JI An electric storm @id serious dam- age lo the Eastern Townships. 5 BRITISH WHIG, TH with the | >. R. Express Company. | | A | was in| NT A ----------------. | Ith Hussars had---dene--int lL. Stuart, camp staff, Before | bring Mrs, Fee to the platform. Both | s M, Gar- i {were defeated by only small scores, | URSDAY, JULY 20, 1916, OFFICIALLY REPORTED DEAD |A MESS. Pte. W. Styles, who went over. 4 : 3 SE RECEIVED BY MRS, Seas with the 2nd Battalion, and is] . ET, RAGLAN RoAp, now with the 12th geserve, was at! Sa -- headquarters on Wednesday to make| Her Son Had Been Sea, | application for a discharge from his position in England, so that he may | remain in Canada. Pte. Styles was | Mrs. J. Fleet, 111 Rag} wounded twice at the front and was has received the folionsian Road. | invalided to England. He unfortun-| from Frank Beard, in charge of the | ately came before an Imperial Medi- | record offices for the adjutant-gen- | cal Board, the officers of which de- eral: | cided that hs be given fatigue duty in| "I haye the honor to acknowledge | England until the close of the war.| the receipt of your letter of the 19th | It is this decision that will be revers-| ultimo, and in reply I beg to inform | ed is Major Ponton, 'Who is making | you that the only official report which the. application for him, succeeds. has been received at Militia Head- The man will be allowed to stay in quarters concerning Private Fleet is | Canada and live with his friends, that he Was missing between April 22nd and 24th, 1915, | since it is absolutely impossible for; him to return to the front where "Owing. to the length of time that | he 80 much 'wishes to go, has 'elapsed since he Was. reported | missing and to the fact that his name hag not appeared on any official list of prisoners-of-war, mor that, after] full inquiry made, has any informa- | tion been received which would indi- Cate that he was alive, it is regretted that the only conclusion which can be arrived at is that he is dead. For official purposes, therefore, his death | is presumed to have occurred on or | since the 22nd day of April, 1915, as | stated in the accompanying certifi- | cate." | Accompanying the letter is a death | certificate signed by Major-General | W. E. Hodgins: | | | | | PTE. W. STYLES Who Was Wounded at the Front Was in Camp. rched For For Over a Year Without Avail--He | is Now Officially Reported as Dead, | ------------etmien THE NEW BELVIDERE CAFE A Special $1 Dinner Served Every Evening. The new Belvidere Cafe, at 164) King street, will be open tomorrow. A special $1.00 dinner will be served from 6.30 to 8.00 o'clock. The eca- terér in charge will be A. Verger, who has had twenty years' experience in the business. For ten years he was private chef to Lord Derby. The following will be the attractive menu for the opening dinner: "Certified that No. 8095, Private] William Fleet, 2nd Overseas Battal- ion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, | has been officially reported as miss ing between the 22nd and 24th of | April, 1915, and that, after full in- made, no information has come to hand which would indicate that he is-not dead. It has, therefore, been presumed for official purposes that he died on or since the first named date, "On attestation he gave the name and addregs of his next of kin as fol- lows Ms. Jane Fleet, (mother), 111 Ragl#p road, Kingston, Ont." | LIBERALISM SOUNDS PROGRESSIVE NOTE, Steps Into Social Reform Van- guard--Pensions and Insurance. Ottawa, July Owing Importance and number of the sub-| jects under consideration by the Na tional Liberal Advisory Council the | agenda was not finished yesterday | as expected. The subjects under discussion in cluded agri lture, social legislat on, roral credits, techmical education, ete. ® Menu Melons Cantalope Glace Consomme des Allies Saumon Froid Mayonaise Poulet de Grain Maryland Agneau de lajt Boulangere Petits pois Nou Veau au beurre Pommes de terre Parisienne Peches a la Melba Gateaux tartellons Demi Ta - NO GENERAL ELECTION IN GREAT BRITAIN. London, July 20.--The ques- tion as to whether a general election should be held when the present Parliament expires in November led to the Govern. ment receiving a rebuff in the House of Commons yesterday. Herbert 1, Samuel, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, on behalf of the Government, sub. mitted a motion in favor of the appointment of a committee to consider the advisability of pre- paring a new electoral register, including the adequate repre. sentation of those engaged in the war and war work, and to take other measures necessary to the] Want Old-Age Pension, The Committee on Social Reform and Health Legislation, which re ported through J. E Atkinson, To-| ronto, recommended immediate leg- | islative action for old-age pensions and mothers' pensions, and that "national systems of health jinsur- ance and unemployment insurance should be established as soon as pos- sible, after thorough investigation, so 4s to effect as wide an insurance as | possible against the suffering of pov ously, however, he said, the ex- erty and economic loss, which is con-| | istence of the present Parlia- sequent upon sickness and unemploy- | | . nen | | ment could not be prolonged ine The Committee on Rural Credits, {] definitely, and the problem had which reported through John Bain of} 10 be faced. The Government Ottawa, strdngly urged the adoption | he declared, would accept the of a comprehensive system of ruraly the House . and credits to assist agricultural develop . : ment. Hon. Edward Brown of Mani | withdraw motion, but toba and Hon. J. A, Calder of Sas- | would consider the issue more katchewan gave some illuminative | fully. data showing the benefits of such a| system, and the Council endorsed the committee's recommendations. | The establishment of a Federal | bankruptey law and more adequate | control of limited liabality compan- | és Was recommended by a commit- | tee 'under the Chairmanship of H | W. Jacobs, K. C.,, of Montreal, Hon, Sidney Fisher presented the | report on agricultural questions, and | several legislative proposals were adopted by the Council looking to the encouragement of land settle ment and more equitable conditions for the agriculturists. . In the evening the members of the Council were entertained at dinner by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, -- To-day's In oceedings, (Special to the Whig) Ottawa, July 20.--The Liberal Advisory Committee contin- | ued its deliberations this morning and received reports of the various sub-committees, The sub-commit-| tee on rural credits suggested that a solution might be found along the line of the establishment of provins A Youth Improving. cial banks, with Power to issue | burned in the | bonds, to be guaranteed by hoth the | to the holding of a general elec. © tion during the war. ..The motion was warmly op- posed "by all sections of the House as being merely a move to shelve the issue. After a number of members had spoken, Premier Asquith | said the motion appeared to { meet with little favor. Obvi. Judgment of the THE WOUNDING OF LIEUT. W. STEACY. He Was Hit In the Face By Shrapnel, Ana Had Right Eye Damaged. Particulars have heen received of ' in which Lieut. Walter Ste /, Of this city, was Several days ago the official notice! came that the young lieutenant had | been wounded, and that he had lost j his right eye In one of the engage- | ments the Germans were trying to lo- i cate the guns of the battery to which | Lieut. Steacy was attached in order that they might be destroyed The Germans sent over some shrapnel to kill off the men in it, and one of the | fragments or bullets in the shell hit Lieut, Steacy in the face, and his eye was permanently injured. wounded National | | { | George Cresmont, fire in the boathouse belonging to| Dominion and Provincial Govern- | Wednesday after-| ments. The sub-committee on land | noon, is improving. He was some- | settlement said it would not he desir- what severely burned on 'the arms, able to settle soldiers without farm- and his injuries are quite painful. Af- ing experience, on land after war, ter the fire was extingushed the but recommended the appointment | launch, which belonged to the gov- of federal boards to take up the | ernment, was grounded, and is now whole question of occupations of {laid up at the foot of Cataraqui! the returned soldiers, bridge The boat was said to be -------------- worth $2,600, and the boathouse was Grand Trunk Service Unexcelled worth several hundred dollars. A tourist party from Boston, who eT travelled over the /Grand Trunk rail- - | way system from Chicago eastbound . to their homes, have written to an of- FIRST LINE TAKEN ficial of the Grand Trunk conveying N ILE FRONT. their impressions as to the enjoy- ment they experienced en route. The following is an abstract' from the lef | ter: "Some of our party had been out of New England and h | passed over eleven different lin this journey, and through twenty- Seven states, it may please yon to | know that all agreed your roadbed land equipment was equal to any we had seen, while the service was un- excelled." ------ "Foot Powders" at Gibson's. Columbia University, New York, | loses approximately $4,000,000 un- {der a verdict rendered bv a jury set- | ting aside a will executed by the late | Amos F. Eno shortly before his death 2 year ago. "Almond Face Cream," Gibson's. Mrs. Tillie Gellar, a bride of three days, ended ip life in Toronto by taking earbalic acid. | "Witch Hazel Cream" at Gibéon Frank Blake on (Special to the Whig.) °t London, July 20.~To-day's announcement from Paris indi- cates that the French have tak. en in their new victory the en- tire first line of German trench. es on a five-mile front. 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