TAR SIX THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. hes be en (News Fr ews From Eastern Ontario | war, has return FROM E BLOWN THE ow Pte. ton Met Death. NEWS FROM THE DISTRICT CLIPPED FROM THE WHIG'S GANANOQUE MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. In Brief Form the Events In The Country About Kingston Are Told | of =Full of Interest to Many. M. J. Hendrick, 1 Belleville has Windsor, The marriage was solemnized ir Toronto of Lena E. Gr Toronto, to Duncan J. Fames, Gananopue Miss Dorothy Findlay, Carleton | Place, left a week ago to enter raw Me! Donald Institute Anne, Que. | ~ lay g ait W. A. Nichols, Carleton Place, has| le ny bot 'E a large contract for sash-frames and | hd windows for the mew Wampole build-l {, ia11y Ang tn Perth. The steamer Mrs. Mary Ash, years of age, passed at Belleville. The taken to Crookston. The annual convention of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Brockville district ie to be held Spencerville on October 10th At Clayton, NY., Alexander Yolt, aged fifty-four years, a caretaker at one of the cottages on Bartlett's Point, died on Tuesday He had been in poor health geveral months Miss Minnie McEwen, Beckwith, an experienced teacher, has taken charge of the new public school room recently opened in the old Queen's hotel building, Carleton Place. Her class comsists of about forty pupil St. James church, Carleton Place was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday when Miss E. Vidi Hal penny, daughter of J ¥. Halpenny, was united in marriage to Frederick G, Mann, organist of the church 8t. Mary's church, Carleton Place, was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday when Elizabeth, young est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Angus McPhee, was united in marriage to Dr. E. J. Charlebois, Alexandria. A pretty wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gra- ham, Smith's Falls, on Saturday when their younger daughter, Grace a few Margaret, was united in marriage to Case Milton Forrest Davidson, Smith's Dr. Gordon W Falls David A. Wilson Consul been transferred was chairmar Kingstor thal = '8 | gdod at St a widow, seventy . very Monday F were fair r( ( or the cond rolling mill depart the Ontario gs compelled to pairs on account their machinery get going again to Quite a large were offered on terday local away remains 8 at th buye for price being 16 Y« Mrs. O, A. Mere Miss Madeline Prof. Meredith h winter, he having leader of the Citi coming year Miss is spending a in Kingston family and of Oswego, N.Y. town for a visit Mr. and Mrs. First street Stene street, time in daughter, Wallace Sherbrooke, rs for few Mrs Miss Al Mrs 18 Mrs. Wi Heasli Que., John L John W mer res Heaslip, Scott of days with Scott, Stone SE ENRERNNENNRRRNRRNERNERE | Grand large nereased numt Steel of a number of live all of which Meredith, Rebecca with their parents, Peterboro, holidays here with his mother, dent of the ilson, Of Our Fare-Refunding Friday and Saturday spondent) auspices organizati in co-0} Hanna F¢ of expos ition Que Gananoque and drew O'Connor my your stock you is useless last seen he gun and » gun and blown action, and i omrades searched number went him everys re they were ning and afternoon trace of. him very ma , when it happened, er of auto loads ce several very squol also took up att ack, and lost ere ever heroes your son rades were, and they met 1d fighting stubbornly Products Co to the enemy At down for re-| ig opportunity : breakdown in "1 would like hey expect to ope that he may day am afraid to do so son in the here in 2nd Battalion, Know his gterling qualities egret vening Mavor drew out anothe Gananoque y heavily, but if time this week the ment of the works 's er faces close we to hold have out hogs | yes- by the e local market taken transhipment, a pound dith and-daughter, have joined ere to spend the been engaged as ze¢n's band for the and and the were had double As 1 cause to re ldren of my home r can f el for you, that it is useless for me to say than that he was one of my best trusted men, a general with his comrades, and we him from his platoon much The men of the wish me to convey to you thei Gertrude Bamford > sympathy and once have arrived in |er memories, I remain, | cerely, Charles W. Cooper, ant, 2nd Battalion, Canadians." KILL ED IN ACTION West Belleville Boy | Sacrifice 27 Alfred own most lite | IR alow, Elm street, | 1188 days with friends toy Marshall and | more yours exander "Bamford, Joseph LaFrance, spending a short the guest of her liam (lass p of the is wpetding Record, a few Mrs. Victoria avenue North Bay, a for town is spending his mother, Mrs street, Belleville, Sept. Prest, received the sad from Ottawa that his youngest Harold, had been killed in 59th Battalion transferred to the was born in years ago. and 77th, Mrs who son of Brock street, my Endin Sale, PARAPET. George Covert of Welling was reported: a four from unable |jand Du we hi violent counte men and a 501i with will look again Some got out, but I was with your} 155th Battalion and again also his loss but realiz and favor wili very platoon sin tend 3in lienten Pays Supreme intelligence son, action Harold enlisted at Kingston with was afterwards Ottawa Belleville twenty-three BARGAINS THAT MAKE OUR SALE A SWEEPING SUCCESS. = TWO DESPERADOS ARE DEPORTED (Continued from page 1 much of } 3rd, his brother was notiaing career a8 visited until by , regarded as bad as him-! allowed to have| Al WO were lengthy ce watch ove nothing but a brotherly chat aware of the were ade language con rsat Ja. = r mu, but he what appeared Tae guard! that the| the deaf | and failed to rapid and silent coaver- , carried on by the wily broth- their fingers Eight days (Charles was at work with a convicts at the quarries, near ison, when his brother Bert,| disguised, drove along in a| in order to get the lay of the | as it were, for the planned es- it 2 After getting a good line on ing, he telephoned 'the war-| of the penitentiary, and posing] as his brother's lawyer, who his | working for a pardon, arranged for an interview This was granted, and carrving out his scheme with a| loadeg revolver, held up the guard who had his brother in charge while on their way from the quar- lw jes she penitentiary for the in- the supposed lawyer, to he w fact t at € on later gang of Lhe the al- | well for | buggy, gveryth den the to terview with | The guard man named endeavored to get his-gun into ac- but Bert Mecum got the drop on 30 | tion him and fired first ped like The hold-up occurred deserted part of the roadway, t | a log at | on a re and the de 'own way Made Daring Escape. The Mecum Brothers t buggy, but before going, ged, blindfolded, the guard; twenty vived He was bleeding from a| wound in his stomach. He called for | help and it so happened that another guard heard him Word daring escape was soon despatched to | the warden and almost the entire prison staff went out on the hunt for he desperadoes. N So quickly, ably had the lesperate escape, escaped in they gag- It was Hamaker fully so cleverly and so pair conducted their that 'they got clean | away, and save for a rumor of their appearance here and there, they | vanished completely out of sight. "Alive or dead, get them," was the order, as Hamaker's life hung in the balance. A description of the fleeing men was sent broadcast over {the country, but the Mecum boys kept in the dark, HamalRer recovered slowly, but was forced to carry a bul- |1et in his body as a memento of his thrilling experience, the | He Held Up Express Train, Some time later, a Northern Pa- cific Express train was held up by (three masked men outside of Fargo, N.D The express car safe was blown open and, the mail bags rob- bed. The description eof the three men who pulled-off the '"'trick' tal- lied wita that of the three Mecums, anotlter brother, W. Mecum, ing joined the first two after their escape from Anamosa. A big re- ward was offered in this case, but no | person was apprehended. In August, 1911 the police at Win- {nipeg were stirred by many. com- BW plaints about robberies, and after a ww most. sensational chase in which one] 1913, was | Hamaker, | | The guard drop-| :speradoes had it all their | and lashed to a tree | minutes before Hamaker ve- | of the | hav-, rhe WORLD'S NEWS IN BRIEF FORM | Tidings From n All Over Told In! a Pithy and Pointed Way. Toronto Railway on Wednesday, has sold at since The president Ad Clubs of $8%00,000,000 advertising. Italian troops have completed | their occupation of the entire Bain | izza plateau, which | in Italian hands. ! One hundred and twelve nets, | {contatuing more than two toms of | fish, were seized by"the fisheries | | protection cruiser Vigilant oft" Port | ! Dover ! { Every American | of more than 2, jeapacity | 69 it} stock struck the lowest price 1897 of the Associated | America says that | is spent annually on | merchant vessel 500 tons dead weight available for ocean service will be requisitioned by the govera- | ment. Major Charles Bethune Lindsay, .8.0., son of G. G. 8S. Lindsey, {.C., Toronto, has been gazetted a | brigadier-major He went overseas bs : gantic were not edsy obtain. Shaughnessy came to the Govern ment's by loaning Mr Trafe Representative of the C snd righthaudman Bosworth, experts selected from various ents of the C. nucleus for Office. grown amazingly, Harris directs no less than four-fifths oat the export trade of Canada, and overscas, and the best that the work is being the fact way and steamship interests are satisfied, while the general business of with a minimum of disturbance fect, the number of people in Canada who are aware of conditions is in. finitesimal. in May, 1915. Nova Scotia apples are already on {their way to markets in Central and ! Western Canada, under the direc- | tion of officers appointed by the | food controller Ninety-one Germans, caught in | the U.S. Government's drive against enemy aliens plotting to hamper war work, were taken to Ellis Is land Thursday and interned. General Tcheremissoff has been appointed commander-in-chief on the Russian northern front. General Volestchenko succeeds General Tcheremissoff as commander-in- chief on the south-western front Hon. Frank Cochrane, Minister of Railways and Canals, in again ac cepting the candidature offered by Timiskaming Conservatives, said he fully expected a union government would be formed within a month Divorce law for Manitoba will be enacted at the next session of the | Legislature. This is because of the | difficulty » sof obtaining divorce un- der the existing legislation unless a | heavy outlay of money is incurred The exclusion of the representa | tives of the press from the initial meeting of the committee on milk supply callgd by Hon. W. J. Hanna, food controller, subsequent to state- | ments by Dr. McKay, relative to the { rapid increase of milk prices at| Halifax, has caused some stir at the | | capital. STOCK MARKETS. Quotations Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson & Co., 44 Clarence St, Howard 8. Folger, Mapvager. New York Stocks. Open 99Yy 963 661% 1651 21% 29 1 2.45 p.m. 97% 96% 6414 148% 211% 28% 87% 763% 80% | 92 128 138% 61% Am. Smelters Atchison B. & O. {€. P. R {Erie Marine .. 'eo Marine, pfd. {. ¥. C. .. Reading 'ww | Southern Pac. Union Pac { Alcohol 'Am. Loco. ed February, were vessels; between February, date transports have been by the Admiralty ment negotiated by london. done on this side, under the dire and supervision ie when necessary Department may be fact that, representatives gary, 'Edmonton Fort William, Toronto, Quebec Rivers, Halifax, and West there is a clerical staff of 45 in Most} And Arden Farmer night, den, gasoline tank sprang a leak and while he was attending his stock lantern the See get his auto out, m---- 'Behind The Guns W | , August, Imperial and Can- adian ments were faced by no greater pro- biem thas that of the and tragsport overseas army supplies re. quired from is now firmly | ¢ for the Canadian E x peditionary Force, for the British and Allied Armies Expert knowledge was otherwise sion, delays, expensive tion would be in- evitable, perts necessary kno w- Jedge for such gi- H EN war broke out in 1984, the the Govern assembling of the this country, not only but also required confu- and opera- and ex- with. the business to Lord H. Harris, Special Traffic Representative of the C. P. R. Special rial alsne. PR, The number of checkers, longshore to Vice-President men, and dock laborers under con with a large staff of t trol of the Department at the several depart- Canadian ports used by the Depart P. R.. to act as & ent pow exceeds 1,600 men, with g Overseas Transport pay roll of $33,000 a week. of this office has The volume of tonnage cleared so that to-day Mr. from the seaboard has been facilitat. cd. and delays minimized from the fact that the Presidents of the Cana- dian Pacific and Grand Trunk Rall ways, recognizing the growth of the 'Transport Service, considered con- centration of authority necessary to <fcient direction and accordingly 1s sued instructions to their Operating Officials that the regulation and con trol inland of all Imperial transport should be vested in the Director ot Overseas Transport, Instructions were coreurrently issded that all transport corsigned to his order should be given priority of movement on the railways over all traffic, excepting pugsenger. As a consequence there of, notwithstanding the volume of tonnage affected, transports have not been held for cargoes, nor has there been congestion at the Capadian sea Loard, such as has been experienced at U 8. Ports. vessels | The actual time occupied by vessels in loading at Montreal has been urder 4} days. » Canada has indeed reason to point with pride to the successful operation of its transport service due to Mr Harris' administrative ability and the tireless energy of an efficient staff, assisthnce AH Harris the The werk inland evidence well done is rail ail that the Government continued In the country has been Between August 14th 1915, War Office moved overseas in 1914, and Supplies chartered 1915 and supplied an arrange Harris in under Mr is tion as ' The bunkering of transports of the decking director also the d-y ot The magnitude of the work of the gauged from the! of officials and Vancouver, Cal Regina, Winnipeg, Three John exclusive at St EXPLODES | pr Have You Tried Our STEEL CUT COFFEE ? try it. You'll be back for more, AAA GASOIANE TANK Loses House, Barn and Contents, Tamworth, Sept. 27.---On Monday Melvin Eee, living near Ar- put his auto in his barn. The with a If not, tank exploded and burn-| barn and gontents M1 narow escape trying to house, had a Baker's Grocery Phone 1016. Anaconda 70% READ THESE OVER--THEN HATS Hundreds to choose from, in season's latest, in silk velvet and velveteen. Our prices $1.25 to $5.75. Our previous record in this line will suffice, COATS In tweeds, velour, beaver, chinchilla, etc., high waisted and belted styles. Regular $12.50 to $75.00. Special prices $8.50 to $55.00. COME IN AND SEE THEM. SUITS In this season's latest styles, in serges, gabardines and tweeds. Regular $20.00 to $50.00. Our special prices, $15.00 to $40.00. BLOUSES All the newest voile blouses in high and low necked styles. Big. assortment. Special price, $1.00. White silk blouses; regu- lar $1.98, our price $1.50. Our prices are very moderate on Raincoats in fancy tweeds and silk, in latest sport coat styles, from $5.00 to $20.00. DRESSES The last word in afternoon dresses, in taffeta silk, crepe de chene, messaline, in all popular colors. Regular $20.00 to $35. Special price $16.00-to $25.00; Serges, priced from $5.95 up. crepe de chene and georgette. NECKWEAR The new collars in crepe and fine organdy priced from 25¢ to 1 WHITE FUR STOLES Only a few left. They're beau- ties. Regular $10.00. Special price $5. 95. THE BEST $1.00 CORSET IN TOWN. THE LARGEST DISPLAY OF CHILDREN'S WEAR OF ALL KINDS. THE LARGEST DISPLAY OF INFANTS' WEAR OF ALL KINDS. THE LAR THE PRETTI § A MENDELS WE HELP PAY YOUR FARE 136 Princess Street. - Opposite the Randolph Kingston's Foremost Ladies' Exclusive Wear Store and Millinery. "pr 93% 701, 33 39% 92% 801 109% 93 51%. 101% 110% and Charles | Beth. Steel |'Mecum were Fo up as the! Crucible | guilty parties, Bu. were given fif-| Inter. Nickel | teen years for attempted murder. | Kennicott ml Much of the credit for their capture | Mexican Pet ll | was due to the brave work of a Win-| Rep. Steel | vives policeman named H. Brown,|U. 8. Steel .. | who dn spite of the fact that the| Utah ' desperadoes. were armed, chased| Midvale ane them with only his baton as a wea Atlantic Gulf pon, and cornered them after they Am. Sugar had boarded a street car, Rert de | officer was shot, 102 110 Canadian Stocks. 39% 59b 27 60 137b 65% 655% yx Brought to Portsmouth. Brazilian The Mecum boys were sent to Can. Cement Stoney Mountain penitentiary, but in| Cons. Smelters March, 1912, along with George Dom. Steel Brown and Arthur Bonnar, noted| Dom. Bridge eriminals, were transferred to Ports-| Tor. Railway mouth. It will be remembered that| Steel of Canada while their train waited at the Union| War Loan, 1937 station, Toronto, they almost escap- ed from their guards, one of whom | was Deputy Warden O'Leary, of the Portsmouth prison, who was sent 40 60a 26% 59% 142a 66% 56 94% Wedded at Camden East, Tamworth, Sept. 28.--On Tuesday A-mass meeting of C.P.R. and | press operators, Toronto, decided to | send a message to Ottawa, urging the Government to interfere on be- | half of the C.N.-W. employees. | After October 1st the wholesale | fruit dealers of Canada will do busi. | | ness under strict supervision of the | food controller's office. | RCI an) We Have a Nice Assortment of Pure Corn Syrup | in 2-1b. tins, 5-1b.' pails, and 10-Ib. | pails, which we are sell for one week only at the old price. E. H. BAKER At The Uni {TRY Princess and Frontenac Sts, 8 Grocery GREEN CORN, CHLMRY, APPLES, TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, POTATOES, PEACHES, PEARS, PLUMS, OUR SPECIAL BLACK AND GREEN TEA, 40¢ 1b, Home of Choice west for them. "Their daring attempt at escape from the Portsmouth peni- dentiary on April 29th of the same year will be recalled. They were captured a few hours after they as- saulted their keepers and boldly walked out of the prison. Two years 'ard labor for escaping, and seven- teen years for assaulting penitentiary bfficers was the penalty imposed on "the Meécum boys by Judge Madden. George Brown and Arthur Bonnar, who took a hand in the get-away, re- ceived a similar senténce. The court hearing caused much interest as Bonnar and Jones boldly pleaded *not guilty" to making an escape. Each of the prisoners conducted his own case and the trial was a most sensational one. Bonnar, who id a polished young Englishman, made an eloquent ap- peal on his own behalf, and also that of his pals. ---------------- T DISPLAY OF FANCY UNDERSKIRTS. They T WOOL SCARF AND CAP SETS. GADIER MILLER ba years in Salvation Army be adel on Saturday and Sun- « Starting a: Gan Vi ao pDraperty secretary. e qwill Cheese sold at Brogkville at 21 §-16¢c to 21 3-8e. Sept. 25th the marriage was solem- nizéd in St. Luke's Church, Camd East, by Reverend S. E. Harringtof, rector of Tamworth, when Miss Fan- nie May Milligan was united in war- riage to Charles Vader Wells of . After the ceremony the bridal party accompanied by Mrs, | Wheeler, mother of the bride, and Mr. Wiheeler, and Mr. and Mrs. Wells, parents of the groom, motored to Kingston on their way to Ottawa and other points. Upon their return Mr. and Mrs. Wells wil reside in Tam- worth. Millions Homeless by Floods. Pekin, Sept. 28.--The city of Tien-Tsin is threatened with de- struction by flood. The Chinese city and portions of all the foreign con. cessions are under water, which is rising rapidly and which covers the, great plain to the south-east of Pekin. It is estimated that one million Chinese are homeless. Died Very Suddenly. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Toronto, Sept. 28.--Charles Me- Keown, aged 38, manager of Lig- getts Drug Stores, here, died sudden- ly of heart failure last night during the excitement attendant upon the fire in the hydro offices next door to his store. He came from New York but was borm in Belleville, Ont. Placed Wreath on Morrisburg, Sept. 27.-- ; Pyne, minister of education; wi he principal speaker, and represen the provincial government at the an- sual decoration of the last resting place of Sir James Whitney, which took place Tuesday in the presence of quite a number, of the residents of this vicinity. Remar: Canadian Pacific Rallway. Effective Sunday, Sept. 30th, gen- eral change of time will take place. Consult agents or 'W. B. Howard, District Passenger Agent, qForonto, Ont., for partieviars. Phone 1268. 1916 FORD in perfect condition, must be sold this week. Central Garage, 335 King St. Phone 2185. FOR SALE Sale of cars at great- ly reduced prices for Fair week at BOYD'S GARAGE 129. Brock St. Phone 201. "THE RELIABLE KIND." WE HAVE JUST OPENED A SPECIAL SHIPMENT OF "ROGERS" FAMOUS SILVERW ARE, COMPRISING BISCUIT JARS, CASSEROLES, BAKERS, SFOON TRAYS, PIE PLATES IN THE LATEST DESIGNS AND AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES. R. J. Rodge 132 PRINCESS ST "Where the Clock s on big o FOR TEN DAYS ONLY _ SPECIAL PRICE OF $3.50 FOR TOASTERS. "GENERAL ELECTRIC 'or CANADIAN BEAUTY Halliday Electric