« ta es Bo is Gere Ch i lt She CO i Si i FEE BS SA EL Bed " 16 PAGES HER ee FEBS eb be Daily Bri ish pil ig s 3 * . s PAGES 9-16 pops totes 1 YEAR 86, NO, 9 oy dh dh 0 RY "My Three Years in a German Prison" PA tN ENN By Hon. Henri S. Beland, Mo, Me. Arh Sadhu hairy i Chapter X. night from six o'clock until [o'clock The Word of a German, Towards the end of October, 191 two or three weeks after the evacu- "ation of the fortress of Antwerp, "His Eminence Cardinal Mercier sued a pastopial letter fo his clergy and p le | entreating the Belgia 3 who Wwo¥ refuge in Holland duripg the terrible weeks of the bombard- ment of the northern region of Bel gium to return to their homes, Thig lettér contained a special pro- vision which is remembered to thiy day. The Cardinal stated that, 4 a conference with the German 3 orities, he was convinced. the inl 4 tants of the Province of Antwek would be exempt from all annoyances and would not be molested for auy personal delinguency. "Phe German authorities," the Cardinal added, "affirm that in the event of any offence being commiited against the occupying authoritp this 'authority will seek out the guilty party, but if the culprits be not found thie <¢ivil population need have no fears as they would be spéred." This way quite clear. The episcopal document was, of course, published in Holland, consequently, many thoudafds of refugees returned to their homes ia Beiglum, 1, 18 L About the 15th of December of the same year, that is to say, about two months after the Cardinal's letter appeared, two Capellen lads, 14 or 15 years of age, boarded a locomqtive standing at the station, where it had been left by the engineer and fire- man while they went to dinner. The boys amused themselves with the lever and soon had the engine run- ning backwards and forwards along: side the station platform. Herve they were caught by German soldigrs who carried them off to Aniwerp, wheres they were summarily tried, and sen- tenced to serve three weeks in jail The inciaent was considered clos- ed; bat not so, as we shall see. On the following day, Major Schulze, if 1 am not mistaken, the commanding ofiicef at Capellen,.. requested = the burgomaster fo supply him with. a list of twenty-four citizens, including the parish priest, the Rev. Father Vandenhout, and 'a former burgo- master, Mr. Geelband, These twenty: four citizens, it was ordered, would® "be divified into groupk of cight men each, and group would, in turn keep guard oh the railroad every with ceive Was' n than his predecessor! lived in Spain or in Brazil. come straight from Eastern Prussia. He was _ violent and argogant. treated his orderly with extreme sev- The house trembled each time he started to scold the man, and this happened frequently enough. The of- ficer left after & stay of three weeks, and God knows his departure. erity this until ed a hue and cry citizens asserted, the boys guilty 1 a locomotive had Leen caught; that the offence fact, nothing at all bul the pranks of wo boy Cardinal surance i given' by nately, that "would be followed by reprisals a =the civil population. to be done? Counsel wis taken on all Y sides, secretely and decided to submit 'the ¢ General Von ase to But it WY _ Copyright 1918 Aadnbaiadeis seven following and irther orde § in the vjllage. Th with reason, that with interfering with the morning rs TE was not serious---was, in Everybody mow recalled argier's letter, and the as- Which it was based, as J German authorities, 0 personal delinquency ag- What was u The principal citizens = met the Governor of Antwerp, Huene. was of no avail; the twenty- four citizens whose names appeared on the list guard in front of the station during the cold, wet nights and Jannary. group to which the old priest, Father Vandenhout, belonged was on guard. This priest, about 70 years of age, and seyen companions, paced to andl fro in front of the station, throughdmt a cold and stormy night, unti} the 15th of January that an or- der came from Antwerp ended this arbitrary ruling of the local military authorities, It was at about that time that new officer appeared at the chateau request am in the ch less pleasant were compelled to keep of December On Christmas eve, the It was not a that we should, re- house. . This man in mgnner He had not He had He we never regretted Once again we were free from the Germans' presence. Jear their heels tramping on road outside, but under the domestic roof the family lived peace. . One o having returned from Holland, _ wife and I decided, after consulting the children, to take steps to leave the occupied country, with the inten tion of crossing later to Canada. True, we could the quietly in f the Capellen physicians my (To Be Continued.) A group of German officers at Anbwerp. The eross indi- "cates Maor Yon Winn, who had Hon. Dr. Beland arrested and .. interned. . MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ~ - Town of Picton Mayor---M.-R. Allison. Reeve--C. J. Clapp. « Deputy (ace.} Reeve---Albert Powers, Councillors--T. B. Whattam, D. R. Ellsworth, Dr. A. DeMille, Syl- vester Church, Arthur Pope (acd) Public Utilities Commissioners--I. Frith Fr ; Publi School Hallowell (ace. ) Brock "(dec.) Quinte Ward--W, « of (ace) {ace.) aser (ace.) Trustees Ward--John > Ww ; Coneilion EON ot, to be elected. Arthur Goodmurpby.' 4 | yards KINGSTON. ONTARIO. BATURDAY, JANUARY al° mayor, we s the town down to Kingston--anore But the peopie r more coal than banks. 3 would iil, Victoria Ward did not 'de- I d of Ki u's "John 3 Ald. a tae y Council Couneif church. sO000IN0OUsSe seems a pull, : members The to Four City pe- Ar- have There are still a. large mumber of men Who are too lazy to Nise .al 7 a.m. and use the shovel .on their sidewalks. wT i. After all it is the military medald and the milllary crosses that will count in the future, rather than the higher decorations - Men who talk one way and, vote the other still exist in Kingston: They would shine in the diplomatip service, fow Kingston they cannot ladies, who do without observe the Tenth Com- | ich says they must not covet maid rvant of their neighbor. > The mistress of the house is now becoming an adept at the washtub, owing to the scarcity of domestic help, for which there will soon be no 'need #f every housewife would dig in. ' byterian church "has » gown jts sextons, for | sh' officer who carries to the pulpit ahead The carrying of most inipressive The Pred good cause it is this chu "thé books™ of the 'mi 'the books" act. is a A certain city dhureh which has ot heard the Ten Commandments read from the pulpit for a long time, had the law laid down to it last Sabbath, and it is hoped some of its lively old lads will obey some of them this year. / ~The week of prayer meetings have had fair-sized audiences, but if the meetings had been advertised like the theatre performances. the attendances would have been, still larger. ~ITHE TOWN WATCHMAN. . . Serious lilness Avoided. Many a serious illness has heen avoided by the prompt use of Dr. Willams' Pink Pills. These pills actuglly enrich and purify the blood, and 'in this way build up the system, tone and strengthen the nerves and invigorate the vital organs. Serious diseases generally come from some simple disorder that has beeti meglected. Therefore any thin- ning of the blood should be looked upon as a warning sign, and more sertous illness Should be avoided by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. In the case of young girls and wom- get out of order--to hecome thin and watery--and to lead to a general breakdown in health. This can be avoided by the occasional use of Dr. Williams® Pink Pills, which are suit- able for the most delicate constitu- tion. These pills will give you a appetite, improve your digestion, tone and strengthen weakened rer- ves, banish depression and lack of energy, clear the complexion of pimples and blotches, cure pain in general weakness, cause the disappearance of head aches, «dizziness dnd heart fluttering. Give these pills a fair tral and you will soon note a wonderful in your condition. Your sp will! brighten, good health and i Will return, and you will Tike a; new Jerson, You can confirm these, statements by enquiring among your! friends almost anywhere, as thpus-| auds and Thousands. of hopeless suf-|: ferers va been restored to new health and nergy 'by using Dr. Wile Hamv's ik Pills. : ' You 'ean get these pills through any icine dealer or by mail at § cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Willams' Medigine Ca., Brockville, Ont." <3 i Hubbs} ward-CA. 6. Wagorn| H. Hayloek | Tecumseh 'Ward--John = Mahge | TheManon Watch | en the blood is peculiarly liable to}: Ltime the R.CH.A. was -being chamge, BES GARE EER LB 11, 1019 SECOND SECTION . THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL T. D.R. HEMMING. C.M.G. ASE GENERAL HEMMING--- AN APPRE- CIATION On Friday afternoon the mortal remains of Major-General T. D. R. Hemming, C.M.G., were taken to Cataraqui Cemetery and in their place is a memory of an. officer who, during his years of work in Kingston and elsewhere, built up a remember- ance that will not soon pass away. He is gone but for years to come there will b& fanidble evidénce of his conscientious devotion: to bis life's work; in the military systems and records throughout the Dominion, and in the minds of those with 'whom he came in contact. It is with particularly sincere re- gret that the Whig heard the an- nouncement of his death. Through out his life .in this city he earned the highest respéct ef all newspaper: men as a ¢ourteous and honest mili- tary leader, and one who was above the criticism uswvally lévellegr by certain class at the successful man. When the announcement of war came as a crash fo Kingston on that famous August ddy in 1614, General Hemming said to a Whig represen- tative, "1 want to get over tp see this scrap. It may be nity last," put. 1 want to go." HE spoke of the posi- tion that the permanent force au. in, in that they could not go while men with little or no personal gxifer fence were eagerly taken. At that hreder back and it appeared as ir only chosen few of thé professtonal sol- fiers could ever leave Canada: In the weeks that followed and lengthened into years, the General never forgot that wish. He would express it {ime after time, and in the same breath reveal his feelings toward those who refused lis ap! , , by Seed a | BAW ASSOCIATION. ------ New Tariff For. veyancing e At the annual meeting of the' Bron: tense Law Association the secretary treasurer's peport showed thesfinan- ces to be in a healthy condi The question of the of a county ceurt repo =| cudsed and a special to posed of 'Messrs. Cun To Consider a vl Tooke No Part in Wroggly Advertise tee Simi gham and {King was appointed to'take 8 1 Hatter Fe cotipletely "ekonerated, i+ known yesterday. persons would he present at the ens plication because they knew his worth to Canada and the weld™ 3rd Division.. It was this district's quo- ta to the now famous First Conting- ent that first required attention. Then it was the 22nd and then the 26th Batteries. Then the 218 But- talion came into being. In succes- sion there was the 38th. at Ottawa, 39th ap Belleville, 559th ab Kingston, 80th at Belleville, 93rd gt Peterburo, 109th at Lindsay, 130th 'fat Perth, 136th at Port Hope, 135th at Bow- manvilles, -146f(h at Kingston, 154th at Cornwall, 155th 'at ! Belleville, 156th at Brockville, 230th at Otta- wa, 235th at Bowmanville, all hat. talions of 1,000 men each, and a myriad of artillery, Army Service Corps, Army Medical Corps, and ofh- er drafts. : > Every one of these required months of preparation, and es each was officiered for the most pant 'by men newly taken from civil iife, it required the direction of headquart: ers for almost every little detail From the General's office were wires leading all over the district that kept him in almost perkonal contact with those who wére struggling to learn the: rudiments of = military work is reparation for thé fight in France, ne As a first step he Led to gather around Kim a Stal that was of real valie. It proved to be oye of the finest pleces 'of organization that has ever been attempted in Cadada. Every one of the officers and many of the sub-staff were personally sel- evted by the General and he kept it good in spite of the fact that changes Wilke going on almost daily, * ajor, now Colonel Bennett A.A.G. ACQUIT THE ABERDEENS | ing for Aid New. York, Jan. 11 --lLord and Lady Aberdeen, wh names were mentioned 'in connection with an in- vestigation by the District #ttorney's office for alleged fryegularitiés in connection with an' entertainment 3 ¢ last. May for the penefit 1d. Welfare Association of Ireland, have been : District: Attorney Swan has removed their names from Hist of. persons suspected of col Jesting Sande for parpo! war char~ es by falsely advertizing that noted that (floating specks hefo of Military Distri went h tl left a big ve 5 filled 1} Major, now + Bywater, who commands: the 2nd Depot Battalion, EOR., in Ottawa. The Colonel went overseas with the 39th Ba ter only a few short week Then came Majors Wilson and Brown, who took over respectively the positions as DUA.A. & QM G., and G.8.0. Both received their Colon. elies for splendid work in helping the General during those arduous months. Colonel Ogilvie, who retir- ed with: ithe sank of = Hrig General only '@ few weeks ago, was second in command and on him, perhaps most of all, the general leaned for help it Torentos, ron, and alion afi in office, During the months and years war, there were many changes. day the staff at the Armouries made up of almost all new faces, Only Major Turner, paymaster, wis in the position when the, war broken out, . Through it all "the Qemeral <1 was. alwiys edlled that after his more than well deserved promoiion came through-~wore that pleas smile and wote®d- his busy bral io the limit. LN It has been said that he was ever ready to receive vi 8. That does npt in any way ey his real courteous, open-hearted knanner. There Wag a regdlar stream of 0f- dicers, NIC O's. and men at his of- {ice door waiting ito interview Him and ayk his opiniofi or advise on Ay of thousands of questions. In spite of that press of anilitary business which. at times would ap- pear to an outsided to overburd®h the best natured person ifn the world, the general would greét in the self-same way each ealler dnd take the most honest "nd earnest interest in what he .or she had to say. Every man or worman---and there were many wemen--had his hearing, and inh Wis torn the goog old chief gave them his considera- Crema anime A SLUGGISH LIVER CAUSED Severe Headaches of To- i" ant The duty of the liver is to. pre- pare and secrete bile and serve as a filter to the blood, cleansing it of all tmpurities and poisons. 4 oa Healthy bile in sufficlent quantity is Nature's provision to secure régu- rT action of the bowels, and the liver is king properly, and does uot manufacture enough bile to thoroughly act on the bowels and ofrty off the waste pro- gues from @ system, hence the véls becihe clogeed up, the bile gets into the blood, constipation sets in, followed by sick and bilious head- aches, coated. tongue, bad breath, rihurn, water brash, bad taste in he mouth in the mo ( the eyes, ete. Clark, Myet's Cave, Ont, take pleasure ju writing he good 1 & Milburn's Laxa-Liver Miss Hig you 'concerning arsoment isu wordy metho Bich the other fellow tn 8A1- that yOu are wrong uggish it is not working! 8 jaundice, ave res nn iF ---- j Hon, seldom {reaso if ever refusing a able Pequest. Knowing this ' him, the Whig can to. some © understand the feelings in hearts of hundreds. of soldiers' Way of a man who was their Teiend and 'adviser. x Po the press the general showed his 'respect for the general public, assisted. in every possible way to the relatives of soldiers ery ohne else who was inter- through the medivin of the all that was possible In 'the of military information. In always LAL th day passed sehich did net bring a Whig vepresentativh *» the general's desk." In all that time 'there was ne a suggestion of a refusal to be interviewed or yuestioned." and 1 every possible way hy Helped this rewspaper give is military service. to the public. During the last vear of two Gene- ral Hemming started to show the igns that the Aremendous strain had brought on him. Only. ocea- sionally however w fhe heard to complain, and then 'he might say, "If. this war would dnly get over go that I can retire and settle down in 8 quiet country honfe."' Yiis dbject tied as a good soldief up to the very last In gpite of that longing for a well-earngd rest and quietness. It is strange that his end should come within a couple of months of the signing of the armistice. It would almost appear fo he a deol son. of 'Providence that he should give all for his. country in its crisis and 'then pass away without him- pf rest in. an era of peace, The Whig, with thousands of others, including those soldiers now In Fiance and England, and dn Can- the officers of all ranks for whom he did so much; henor his memory in the most reverend way and will always speak in the very highest terms of respect of the lav Major- General. T. DER, Hemming, CM.G. A oh re Pa add } wives and relatives at the passing; ada, thobe relatives of soldiers and. --_-- ose months there. was. hardly as: + ' That was | He carried on his dut- self being able to enjoy. long vears "