PAGE EIGHT Overcoat Talk Men speak of our overcoats in the high- est terms and they merit the comment. They are Beautiful- ly designed and ele- 'gantly tailored. Every man can find here an overcoat that will seem to have been made especially for him. Overcoats in all the .8eason's correct mo- dels. Mixtures in all the weaves that look well and impart a pleasing personality. $18.00 up to $35.00 We repeat what we so often ask in our advts., what do fig- ures prove before you see the value at- tached? It's quality that tells here. Livi ingston's BROCK STREET. If off your route, it pays to walk. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WHIG, TUESDAY, THE PORTSMOUTH COUNCIL! "RECEIVES COMPLAINT ABOUT WALK TO MOWAT HOSPITAL. Voted $50 to Navy League--Prison Convicts Too Busy Farming to Complete a Walk At a meeting of Council | on Mo was received from uperin: tendent Hopkins, Me- morial Hospital 1 1 coni- plained abc } ondition of the con unning from the village t« hospital He stated that he realized that there must of we- be some delay in the under- of such work these days, but félt that it was 4d hardship on v } Serving overs the Portsmo uth me ¢ as ne received from War- ton of the penitentiary, re- the construction of the walk, had been undertaken by con- He said he re gretted very «t the work had not been fin- but pointed out that the prison: ers Fad Leen very busy getting in the crops and the supply of coal. I'he council decided to take the mat- with the Inspector of Peniten- canvass in Portsmouth on "be. half of thé "Canada Navy League amounted to $50. The council voted another $50 to the fund, making a to- tal of $100 The council decided to make tem- porary repairs to certain walks, as it is too late in the year to construct con- crete The resignation of John Hannah as constable for the village was received and accepted The vacancy will: be filled at the next meeting of the toun- cil Military News A party of ten medical officers is leaving on Wednesday. Among those included are Capt. Buck, Capt. Mich- ael Kennedy, Lieut. Fletcher Sharp, and Lieut. Tichborne. The funeral of the late Lieut. Col. Hudon is to be held at 9.00.4.m. on Wednesday. It will be of a semi- military character. The R.C.H.A. Fi supply the gun-carriage and de-' tachment, also a detachment from the C.G.R. Officers: or tne Kingston Gar- rison 'will be present. The N.C.0's School at the Barrie- fleld camp terminates today. Brig.-Gen, T. U. R. Hemming, C. M.G., G.0,C., leaves today for Brock- ville and Napanee. Capt. C. F. Walt, €.A.D.C., has been granted the temporary rank of major, whilst employed in connec- tion with Dental Sérvices M.D. No. 3. Fall Suit The finest selection of fall and wint suits we have ever shown, made from high class materials: Poplins, gabardines and men's wear -serges, handsomely tailored and in every wanted color. Moderately priced from . ° $25 up to $69.75 Special Sale of Blankets | 36 pair white woolen blankets; large double bed sizes, with pink and blue bor- . BJ Best Canada make; unshrinkable; ders: slightly soiled. We pass the manufacture allowance for this on to you, and instead of i $13.00 put them on sale for $9. 98 a Pair = Recruiting figures just received from Ottawa show that since the be- ginning. of the war there have been 581,659 volunteers for overseas ser- vice in the Dominion, and that the Toronto Military District leags with 126,772, which i slightly better than giving one-fifth of the whole Domin- fon. Other Ontarfo districts have also made' creditable smowings, No. 2, Kingston, giving 48,236, and the London district giving 63,277. This shows that the Province of Ontario has given close to half the volun- teers to date. HAS FIVE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. |: Pte. George Crawford is Recovering in England. A card has been received from Pte George Crawford saying he had bees in hospital in France with five gun- shot wounds, two iii the leg and two in the arm and his jaw bone broken, He is now in England, and is improv. ing. ~Xpr. Ben. McCutcheon Died. Word was received in the city on Monday that Tpr. Bén. McC utcheon, son of John McCutcheon, for many years an employee of the Utilities Commission, and now a res sident of Rome, N.Y. had died in France from mustard gas poisoning. The deceas- ed young man, who was only nineteen years of age, enlisted in the antumn of 1916 with the 13th C. M. R. 'at Hamilton, and went overseas with that unit. Besides his parents. Mr and Mrs. John McCutcheon. he is sur- vived by three sisters, residine in Rome, N.Y. Mrs. Barney McCarey, Miss Marion McCutcheon, and Miss Jessie 'McCutcheon, and one brother, (Alired, now in England preparing for gervice in France. Canadian Casualties. Killed in action--]. A. Cardinal, Lanark: H. N. Maxwell. Bareroft; I. M. Wood, Agen; A. J Lewis. P. Bertrand, Peteshoro: A. E. Allen, Co- NM hourg: P. D. M. McLeod, Burnstown; Bl]. McGarry. Perth; J. Lober. Bains- m8! ville: I. Morin, Pembroke; W. Me- Cumber, Napanee: I. Wingett, Lake- field: F. Whitford, Athens. 'Prisoner of war--C. A. Summers, | Merrishurg: 1. G. Murray, Belleville. Missing--G. L. Deroche, Arnprior; . W. Crawford, Kingston. Seriously ill---T. E. Mitchell, Carl. tor, Place. Gassed--C. Lynch, Inkermagn: D. P. Malone, Almonte: F. A. Orr, Perth; C. W. Earle. Brockville: C4D. | \ckerman, Peterboro; E. J. Homgey, Kingston, Wounded--L, Larue, Cornwall; J. Howitt, Almonte: D. H. McMaster, Perth: F. Rathwell, H, J. Young. Brockville; H. H. McCuaig, South Mountain; A. Nicholls, Vankleek Hill; | Canonto. 'W. St. Amand, Pembroke; A .N. Pier.) At the Theatres At the Crand. The Grand presented an exception ally fine bill la pyening in the form of the Vitag Wild Strain n had 2 I Shipmar Everybody remem work in former pict of the Forest Ranger and in her latest rele: anything else she had « strong supporting cast 3 prominent part in this the scenes were mc wat, and some of 1 mosphere of the circus that gave t whole picture that tinge of enthusiasm about the sawdust ring that no person can resist Don't miss The Wild Strain," when it will | ye shown for the last time to-night along with Ay oth- e excelle i Tr done, were the Pathe News ,a screamingly funny comedy, an O. Henry story, and ther good "reel An act of topsnotch vaudeville consisting of AL len and Gray with th rounded out a good evening tainment, At Griffin's. Enid Bennett, the pretty and popu- lar Australian screen star, de ighted a large audience at this theatre last evening in "The Keys of the Right- eous." This picture is an altogether unusual feature, unusual as to story as-well as to the high character of its production in which her beauty and dramatic tal- of a young girl for her father, wha 'weakened by dissipation, has deserted his wife, returning just as the latter is about to die. The mother entrusts the keeping of the father to the young daughter, the part played by Enid Jennett, and just how well the girl carries out her mother's wishes is very interestingly told in the photo play Miss Bennett has opportuni- ties to prove her abilities -as a come- dienne, while her talents as an emo- tional actress are clearly depicted. Another attracti feature of our programme is William Russell, star premiere of motion picture adventure, whose innumerable combat with hard-fisted ruffians as he yre and afloat have made his famé as "Fighting Bill.) He has a splendid settin~ for his tal- ents in a new production, "Snap Judg- ment," which was received with much venthusiasm by the audience last night This picture is built on a story of mistaken identity, 'and leads through a maze of humorous adventure that ends in romances It is punctuated with thrills, sparkling with fun and enjoyably differént features In ad- dition to these two splendid feature pictures, "an unusually interesting chapter of "A Fight for Millions" and a Sunshine Comedy are shown, mak- ing the programme ond that is sure to win unstinted praise from all who {witness it either to-night or to-mor- row, (Continued on Page 3.) IN MARINE CIRCLES. Movements of Vesgels In and About Kingston Harbor. The trawler No. 54 passed down from Toronto to the Atlantic Oce n at 11 am. on Monday. The steamer Bickerdike arrived from Montreal at 3 p.ni., and cleared for Toronto at 10.45 p.m. on Monday. The steamer Jex discharged part of her cargo at Sowards® wharf, and the balance at Rockwood Hospital It vas expected that st would be able to clear for Oswego this afternoon. M.T Co's Bulletin: The tug Laura Grace arrived with the barge Quebec, coal-laden, from Charlotte; the tug Whalen arrived with the barges God- frey and Dunmore with grain from Port Colborne; the Noah is dis- charging here: the steamer Westerian arrived light from Montreal; the tug Thomson is due to-day with two_coal barges from Oswego, and will clear for Montreal; the tug Magnoli is due to arrive to-day with one coal barge from Charlotte, and will clear for Montreal with two coal barges. ---------------- The Government urges upon all citizens proper economy. In the mat- ter of clothing, men should be guided by their sensible requirements--for these may be met without extrava- gance. The Canada Food Board has ad- opted the Allled war loaf, and re- quires the use of twenty per cent. substitutes with wheat flour. Sir (Wilfrid Laurier will visit To- ronto next Monday. DAILY MEMORANDUM Don't forget Social Five dance, City Hall, Wed. Sept, 25th. See top of page three, right hand corner, for probabilities, BORN. JORDAN--In Westport, /Sept. 13th, to Mir. and Mrs, J. J. Jfrdan, a daugh- ter. DI HU DON~In Kings on Sept. 2nd, Lt.-Col. £4. A, G. Hudon, CM. a, jate R.CA.A., at his late resi. dence, 29 UJ . Funeral from Ais late residence to St. dral at 9.30 o'clock-on y morning for Solemn mass. acquaintances respectfully and Ottawa pers please ) onoRY SLI In Kingston on Septem. 'ber 23rd, 1818, John O'Donnell, 333 Brock street FI Wednesday morn 10 3% to St. Mary" sung or 1 the of his POTTER1h Kingston on Sept. 23r 14, Irene Jr, beloved wife Rideau treet, aged 20 years Funeral will take oe from her late residence at 2 o'clock, Wed afternoon to St. Mary's ihe where a solemn lbera 1 be st for whe repose of ne | soi. Frien 'and acquaintances ar vited to attend. (Motors) er films on the - programme which § Miss Bennett has a role! ents find wide scope for exploitation. | The story has to do with the devotion! ® Big List of Wonderful AIR BARGAINS WILL CLAIM YOUR PRESENCE AT aidlaw's All Day Wednesday EXTRA SPECIAL BARGAINS 900 YARDS OF PURE WHITE FLANNELETTE Full 30 inches wide. 25c¢ a yard. Special Wednesday at EXTRAORDINARY OFFERING 1000 yards' of excellent grade Canadian made BLEACHED SHEETING Full 72 inches wide. A real bargain at 50c a yard. oo REMARKABLE VALUES IN 300 LADIES' FALL VESTS In Turnbull's celebrated make. 60c and 75c each. 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