In broad daylight, on Wednesday af oon, two German war = ers made their get-a~way from Fort Henry, and the tary authorities are scouring >ntario for the missing mel of Hun de t. 'made their escape about three ofclock, but just how 'they got away, will be the subject of an official investigation. As far as can be learned, the Germans simply walked off in front of the nose of their guard. Both men can speak very good English and this is some- 7] thing that will benefit them a great deal in making a successful escape. It is understood that the absentees tr nay noticed until roll call in the evening, and if such is the case they would have quite a goo! start. How- ever, several clues are being fol- lowed, and it is expected that the drag net will be able to land the two missing men, As a result of ghis recent outbreak, é edly there are now five Cermans missing AUSONIA ov nc from (the fort. It will be remem- Lo Unbin and bered that early in the summer three Gérmans escaped in a' motor boat. The men had been assisting in, mak- ing some repairs to the boat when tliey made their escape. They got away to 'the States, and although search was made for them, no trace could be secured "of their where- abouts. : The two men who got away on Wednesday afternoon, no doubt headed for Uncle Sam's territery, as over there they would have a far bet- ¢ Cabin Passengers Only, For information Local Ticket ais Be, or The oben, Reford Co., ited. 60 King Street East, Toronto. s---- ter chance of keeping their identity v : under cover, i All the night trains were searched, and the authorities along the border have been advised to be on the look- out for the runaways. ES pp An Intern Anxious for Work, That time hangs heavy on hands of the interned soldiers and civilians in Fort Henry is apparent from the [etter which is printed be- low. The Geérmans, evidently, are not overworked in these times when labor is so scarce, and many of them have difficulty in keeping them- selves employed. | The following letter was written to Chicago by No. 794, Gustave H. Kiefer, several days ago from Fort Henry, and the desire for work om the part of the prisoners is shown, "I have as much as twelve to four- teen hours of leisure a day, and would like to use my idle time in some kind of work such as address- ing envelopes, rewriting statements and books, translating English into German and vice versa, or working out calculations in any currency, or anything it all that will pay forty te fifty cents a day. I would be great- ly obliged as td how I shall be able to get in touch with some people who need such work." The writer of this letter is a very clever man, and has been at the fort for some time. He is a German re- cated. Limi MANAGERS Senta 'What Can Done With Them? Kingston, Aug. 24.---(To the Ed- itor): Regarding the remarks of the City Engineer as to keeping grass cuttings and other refuse off the streets let me remark: This is all very well but what aré the scav- engers there for? And 'where are we | Letters to tha Feitor | STORM DIDN'T HURT CROPS GRAIN HAD MOSTLY ALL BEEN HARVESTED. Corn Too Short to Be Injured--Rain Greatly Benefited Root Crops-- Alexander Clarke, Near Sydenham, Stannad When Cows Were Killed. Reports coming in from that part of Frontenac county swept by an W. C. Salmond, formerly Peeve of Barrie township in Frontenac Coin ty, now of Grand Prairie, Alberta, writes the Whig that a destructive fire visited that place early in. the morning of August 10th when four insurance. ; The fire started in the Prairie Inn, A -- ---------- A tt a servist, and apparently is well edu-}. } W. C. SALMOND which was completely burned to the ground, also Hunskass pool room. From there the flames spread to Shuttleworth's drug store 'end Watcher's jewelry store, all being destroyed. Salmond's hotel at one time was in imminént danger. This hotel and livery stable caught fire Children's White Canvas Boots. | Children's White Canvas Strap Slippers. Infants' Patent, Cloth Top Boots. : A few pairs only, Women's White Canvas Pumps. All at $1.00 This Week. ABLRNETHY'S SHOE STORE § Campbell's Big StrawHat Sale Is in full swing. Any Straw Hat in the Store PURE ICE CREAM Best in Kingston. Made Fresh Every Day. SAKELL'S Next Opera House Phone 640 A Furniture Event electrical storm on Tuesday --- the|in several places as also did Bowen's Harrowsmith Sydenham section-- | Block and Portuo's hardware store. show that while the storm was-very| The Bucket Brigade did noble work severe the damage done was compar-| in saving the last mentioned build- to throw our grass cuttings? The garbage collectors are so particular that they will not remove ashes, clinkers, and empty cans etc, al- though citizens are heavily assessed for that purpose. ~--CITIZEN. r Weather Notes, ! A shallow depression is passing quickly over Lake Superior, while pressiie 1s highest over the north western portion of tha dontinent, Scattered showers or thunder storms have oceurred in the Maritime IPro- vincee and over Lake Superior, other- wise .the weather has be:n covery- (Where fine. '0 EXHIBITION "Ag. 26th to Sept. 11th. ' ood going Aug. 26th to Sept. 7th, inclusive. Return limit Sept. 13th. ~ $6.36--Going going Aug. 26th to Sept. 9th, inclus- ive. Return limit 7 days from date of sale, but not later than Tuesday, Sept. 12th. For tickets and further information apply to Rs. H. Ward, Station Agent, or M. C. Dunn, Town Agent. : | RAVEL IN COMFORT ALT V-N We) ag]: TTA he Trave JPA CANADA'S GREATEST RAILWAY Canada's Greatest Annual Exhibition Reduced Fares From all stations in Ontarlo, also from Niagara Falls, Buffalo, N.Y.. Png La and Detroit, Mich. ForSpecial Train Service and Special Excursion Fares See Large \ Poster. Particulars from ¥. Conway, C.P.A,, City Ticket Office, Cor. * Printess and Wellington streets, Phone 1197, atively slight. Inquiries made by the Whig revealed the fact that very little injury was done to the crops. Practicaily all the grain in the storm- swept area had been harvested, a good deal of it having elready been threshed. two short, to be injured by the wind and rain. The great quantities of water that fell was a godsend to the root crops, especially potatoes, The water penetrating the ground for several inches. So, from the view- point of the crops, the storm was beneficial rather than injurious. The high wind brought down great quan- tities of apples, many of the. wind- falls being for sale on the market Thursday-morning. Some buildings were destroyed, but there was no} loss of life, and only a very few cat-| tle were killed. Two cows belong- ing to Alexander Clarke, a farmer living near Sydenham, were killed by lightning, and Mr. Clarke, who was standing nearby, received a shock, being dazed for a moment. Some of the Damage. A number of silos were destroyed in the storm, some of the sufferers in this respect being Wilson Camp- sall, near Harrowsmith, and William Hobbs, Sydenham. Several barns were in the path of the storm and were destroyed by the lightning or the wind. A barn be- longing to Harry Cairns, north of Odessa, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, with the sea- son's crop. Part of the roof and one side of the barn of James Babcock, Sydenham, were blown away, and a machine shed belonging to Mr. Bab- cock collapsed, destroying some of the machinery. A barn owned by George Barker, of Arden, was de- stroyed, along with the season's crop. The cross on St. Patrick's church, Railton, was blown down and broken. Mrs, Robert Cochrane, her daugh- ter, and Miss Foxton, of Sydenham, who were out on the lake when tit storm came up, had a thrilling ex- perience. They lost control of their boat, and were tossed about by wind and waves until they were finally thrown on the shore of an island in the middle of the lake. "BOWLING ON WEDNESDAY The corn, as a rule, was | ings. On Sunday Mr. Salmond says that section of Grand Prairie was visited by a very heavy frost. The ther- mometer dropped until it recorded 12 degrees of frost, The gardens were completely déstroyed and also wheat, oats and flax. A great deal {of the wheat will not make feed. The farmers are cutting their fields for | feed for their stock. , Quite a number of young men of Grand Prairie have enlisted for over- seas service and have gone to Edmon-~ ton. It is estimated that since the war commeneed 400 men have en- listed from the Grand Prairie dis- triet. This speaks well for this northern country. In the honor roll is to be found the name of some of the young men from Grand Prairie city who enlisted in the early part of the war. In travelling through this north- ern country, Mr, Salmon says you will find men from the city of Kings- ton, the County of Frontenac, Len- nox and Addington and Leeds coun- ty, and all seem to be doing well and like that country. Some have been living there for the last "hine years and this is the first ¢rop failure they have met with. It does not seem to discourage them as in talking to the farmers, regarding their loss, they say: "It has hit us hard but we will make good next year, as we will | have a larger acreage in for the sea- | som of 1917." PATRIOTISM IN COURT MANY DRUNKS AND VAGS LIBE- RATED ON PROMISING TO ENLIST | Those Who Come Back Again a Se-| cond Time, However, Found That Promise Would Not Work Again-- Just One Case in Which Man Re- | fused to Fight For His. Country. It may not be géagrally known, but patriotism has played a big part in the Kingston police court since the war began. A great mmny drunks and vags have been given their liberty on their promising to don the! khaki. Kingston's police court has been doing some recruiving work. Magis- The Enthusiasts Were Out in Force and Played. The coolness of Wednesday even- ing did not deter the enthusiastic bowlers from playing a number of interesting games. Several singles were played, and J. W. Corbett's rink won from C. F. Smith's Jy 18 The runks: H. F. Price, Dr. A. E. Knapp, M. Manahan, J. W. Corbett, skip. R. R. Creighton, W, M, Baillie, J. E. Singleton, C. F, Smith, skin 'Baseball at Barriefield. : Queen's 'Engineers in 'their third baseball game with the IS. of IL, living up to their well-earned record, again registered a win, defeating the bi school-by-a score-of 8 10-5. The Of the very latest design and finish 'in Mahogany, black * Walnut, golden Oak, fumed Oak. * We have a large stock of Buffets and Tables in stock at present with chairs to match. Every one good value. . .* Rugs, in Wilton, Axminster and Brussels; all sizes 'to suit all robms. : : : was lively throiighout, but rather plentifully sprinkled with errors by both teams. Hughes was pitching again for the Engineers, adding another win to his already good record, and he was ably supported by the whole team. Clark pitching for the 18. of I., showed {some fair form in the first part of the game, but as the" game progressed he began to show the tiring effect of the hard work, and was then hit more plentifully. ; Lieut. James Buckley, of the LS. of I, officiated very ably, and show- ed considerable level-headedness in some exciting moments of the game, C. J. Brunke' of McEay's and friend, Mr. Barber, Toronto, returned } home from New York last evening. _ Is spend- guest of her i . : game iss Charlotte Hartrick her vacation 'in Montreal, the trate Farrell has been very amXious to deal leniently with a drunk or a vagrant, or even a man ona more serious charge, providing he is will- ing to fight for his country, Old of- fenders whom a threat of a two-year sentence could not frighten out eof town have eagerly demanded to be released in the mame of the King: However, offenders who have de- clared that they wanted to enlist and (then failed to do so when given their liberty have been tripped up on their second appearance before the beak. At first the men were liberated on their word that they would sign up with a recruiting officer, but as a re- sult of some of them failing to carry out their word, they ate now kept at the lock up until they have donned {the khaki and are under military dis- ~gipiifie, A Score or more have been given a 'chance at the police court this summer. on their promising to go overseas. Drunks and vagrants were the most numerous, and it is safe to say 'that all of them have turned out to be far better men by having this chance. Many of the offenders have asked the magistrate for the chance to go overseas, while others had jhe ques- tion put to them by the mapPistrate and were glad to seek their liberty, even though they were called upon to fight. : Just one case is recalled in which a. man refused point blank to fight shame, for he is, ® big husky fellow, and with his fighting togs on would be a power of strength to any com- pany of soldiers. But the question was put to him, and the court's offer for his country, and it was indeed af met with a flat refusal. either to pay & = ¥ fine or sign up He ool $1.00 Panamas greatly re- duced. 5 o'clock closing dur- . ing August. Campbell {Bros The house of success- ful hat styles. Prouses Stomach and Liver SALTY! HERTS, A mild, pleasant, saline laxative for constipation, tor- pid liver, sour stomach bilious and sick headache, . prickly heat and hives. Cools and cleanses the blood, invigorates the nerves, tones up the stomach. 35¢c a Bottle ) Prouse's Drug Store Opposite St. Andrew's Church j --~-- for overseas. And he chose the pay- ment of a fine. Surely there was no patriotisin displayed here. SSTH GOING TO FRONT SOON, Expects to Leave England in Very Short Time. Horace Attwood, City Buildings, has received a card from his son, Pte. Harry Attwood, of the 38th Bat- talion, which # wat Bramshott Camp. Pte. Attwood writes that his battalion expects to go tocthe frontis eo og any day. The writer received a pleasant sur- prise recently when his brother, Pte. Fred Attwood, of the 109th Bat- talion, also at Bramshott, unexpect- edly dropped in-on him, . SCROFULA AND ALL HUMORS GIVE WAY | of Importance ! Has Rgen inaugurated by us. We have procured a large stock of strictly high grade furniture from the best makers; single pieces and suites, that we are * selling at prices that represent a great saving. is is an exceptional opportunity to furnish your home for a low cost. investigate? James i" Won't yo Reid, Undertaker bq Nothing Tastes As Nice as a good Chocolate. We have them fresh every week. Nylos', Patterson's, Lowney's and Ganong's All Canadian Goods. , SARGENT'S DRUG STORE Cor. Princess and Montreal Sts. Phone 41 Lightning Flash Destroyed Barns. Kemptville, Aug. 24.---The large frame Da of I. Sparks, three miles south of here, were destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening during a severe electrical storm, which passed over here, The loss is heavy, as there were abou! thirty tons of new hay, be- sides six pigs, a binder, and other machinery, The amount of insur- afice on the buildings and contents was $1,000. This is the second time within a few years that Mr. Sparks has lost his barns by fire. Considerable other damage to buildings and oreh- ards was caused by the storm, which was accompanied by hail. Thursday's Market Prices. There was a large market on Thursday morning, and much garden produce was offered for sale. Pota- Ww. DT ae only childres 4 hb Huy now ind save money. Cg ISAAC Z % SA ZACKS, DIES AT KINGSTON HOSPITAL. etapem-- ro Miss Sadie: Peo Dies Following Surg cal Operation. : Cape Vincent, N.Y, Aug. 22; -- News was received from Kingston. of EE Taam Ou aughter of the late Mr. a "were as usual. Potatoés sold at $2 a bushel, or 60 cents a peck, while tomatoes were 70 cents a peck. . There were great guantities of apples on sale, and also butter and eggs. The apple crop appears to have been a in this distriet. The funeral of the late Felix Len- non, corner ..of : Barrie streets, was held from his late residence on Thursday morning to St. Mary's' Cathedral, where a solemn requiem mass was subg for the re- pose of his seul. Many friends of the deceaszad ed the John tl Huntington, W. Vir ginla, is ig the city. s daughter, Dorothy, will go south with Mr. Les- lie when he returns. Mrs. Pre 2 440, Was removed to the General mbaanesday wight in James Reid's ' Road and | of Bay | Misa Peo had been mi health for seve) mon ly grad weaker. It was final i y