"x | CAVNOGUE {From Our own Correspondent) Julie 19.--These officers were el. ected at the anual meeting of the Gananoque Yacht Club: Commodore, Charles Macdonald; Vice Com. Frederick D. Lewis; Rear Com., D1, Ford Jones; ~Treas,, Ww. Bal- four Mudie; Bass Com., W. 8. Mac donald, J. O, Willams, A. 'W. White, F. W. Bell, W. H. Britton; House Com,, Geo, K. Taylor, W. 8, Mae. donald, W. B. Mudie; Auditor, L. 8. Barr. Repairs are to he started shortly at the club house dock and the formal opening of the club house oe the season will be at an early te. The old time Gananoque Rifle As- lon was 'resurrected recently into & new Association, with these officers: Hon. capt., ¥. L. Fletchie; Capt, 8. A, McKenzie; sec, F. C. Reid; treas., Geo. Parry; committee, A, Dorey and William Pratt, An enjoyable excursion was run JE TURE EXPERT COMING New invention Retains Rupture " Withedt Pain or Loss of Time, Old-fashioned galling, slipping trusses and foreign mall ode Ding. away with b util lnventions of a Cansdia list wi 4 ars 0 es instant retention where others Dave fulled. 1t ition as aus 144 sed, Sod i je S000 A and res Eau away, Kgin's an, 10 Saalst Dab ure Dature ti her work of shortest time known men, xs lca k Yorentive 10 Investigate. | Br x BA examina on pin Ask hs 1 Vil Jor wy Kingston, Randolph--Saturday (All and t); Sunday (AN day and hight)y 2 are only, June 21.22, " THOMAS COPLEY Telephone 987 Wanting aaythisg done In the carpene tery line. ERtimntes given on all kinds A also hard- coors of an Kinds. | All orders prompt attention. Shop 28 Queen street. Fresh Cut Flowers Forum, lms, funeral Dern Sulu. funceal 4 ho Hort) F. J. JOHNSON, Floris. 10 Clayton last evening under the Suspices of Gananoque Lodge Ne. 4 ol the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of Nonth America. _The steamer Brock} OLIPPRED ville left abouy 7.30 p.m. with 'het complement on board. The Citizens Bagd rendered a fine programme, Several auto loads of represen fatives of Grace Sunday school left for Lyndhurst early yesterday afters oon to attend the aftérmoon and evening sessions of the South Leeds Sunday school association. A serious case of what was pre- umably ptomaine poisoning deveiop- © dhere on Wednesday morning when shortly after breakfast time Mr. and Mrs. Galloway; corner Brock and Charles streets and their four child- ren, were taken violently ill. Medi cal aid was summoned and was in attendance the greater part of the day, a second dootor being called in consultation. At latest reports all are improving satisfactorily. Mrs. V. H, Stunden, Wellington street, while on a platform in the yard | out clothes fell and seriously injured her knee on Wed- nesday. Pte. Louis Lalonde, acrobat, tum- bler, contortionist, female imperson- ator and slack wire artist, who has biden overseas for several years past where he was twice wounded, ve- turned home on Wednesday and was met by a large number of residents and welcomed. Mrs. C. E. Beerman came up from Brockville for a visit with her moth- er, Mrs. Flora Bullis, King street. THREE NURSES GRADUATED. Seventh Class of Tra School at Smith's Falls tal, Smith's Falls, June 20.--The board-room of the Chambers Me-|® monrial Hospital was filled on Wed- nesday for the graduating exercises of the seventh graduation class of the Training School for Nurses, The Chair wis taken by Canbh Bliss, and he principal address whs given by The diplomas and class ping were presented by Canon Bliss and Mrs. F. T. Frost. Miss Ferguson, who graduated with honors, wds present- 6d with a case of instruments by J. S. Gould. Speeches were made by Mayor Murphy, J. S. uld, M. G. Heunnigér, Mrs. J. A. Stewart, Perth, and Nursing Sister Bliss. Aftér the ceremony a social hour was spent. Ferns and summer fiowers decorated the rooms, and an orchestra fur- nished excellent music. The grad- uates are: Miss Annia L. Ferguson of Athens, Ont.; Miss Katte C. Plunkett of Brithunia Heights, and Miss Evelyn MeLaurin of Ottawa, Mrs. Helen Bailey, Lindsay, an- Bounces the engagement. of her daughter, Lilllan Helen, to Clifford J. Kpapton, Torofito, the marriage to ro place auielly the latter part of une, x » THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, JUNE. 20, 1919. NEWS FROM THE DISTRICI| PROM 7 THE WHIGS MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. in Brief From the Events In the Country About Kingston Are Told =--iull of Interest to Many. Lill Cavanagh, Phillipeville, was lodged in jail charged with theft, is Blanche Halladay, Elgin, who ora] underwent a serious opera- tion at St, Vincent de Paul Hospital, Brockville, is gradually improving. Mr. and Mrs. H, J. Kinch, Brock: ville, announce the engagement of their niece, Mary C, Brown, to Al- bert 1. Munro, Perth, Ont., the mar- riage to take place in June, At Brockville on Wednesday Rev. W. A. Hamilton united in mesriage Miss Margaret MacNamaia, Brock- ville, to William Aldrich, a well known resident of Fainfield, The residence of Capt. W. N. and Mrs, Bowen, Brockville, was the scene of a bappy event on June 18th when their eldest daughter, 'Miss Gertrude, was united in manrage to Wilfred J. Webster, Lansdowne. A pretty house wedding took place Wednesday at thé home of Mr. and Mrs. W, G. Richards, Frankville, when their eldest daughter, Hazel was united in marriage to M. D. Barber, Plum Hollow, There are about ninety men em- ployed in the C.N.R. shops at Tren- ton, who have been transferred to the O.N.R. shops "at Leasid All will be leaving shortly, in sev eral families have moved up already. Col. W. N. Penton, a member of Moira Chapter, Belleville, is now the highest figure in Royel Arch Mas- onry im Canada, having been alected e Grand Z of the Chapter of Canada. The matriage took place on Wed- nésday in Torpnito of Mary Olga, daughter of late 'Dr. O. ® Mal- loty, Delta, FE: Mrs. Mallory, To- ronto, to Eatl Victor Powell, son of Mr, and Mrs. B G. Powell Engaged a Principal. : Smith's Falls, June: 20.---At thet o regular meeting 'of the Board of Edu- cation C. J.. Burns was engaged as Principal of the Collegiate Institute at a salary of $2,100 and Miss Beu- lah Miller was engaged as Household Science teacher at a salary of $1,000. The other teachers were re-engaged. Panama Hat Sale, Hundreds of ladies' high grade Panamas for $1.48 to-morrow, George Mills & Co. 3 Thomas Hicks, Niagara Falls, N.Y., is building a fine new cottage on the north shere of Rideal Lake near Star Island, 4 Twenty men and women, accused of intimidating strikebreakers, were fined or sent to jail at Winnipeg. yi you see the wonderful values we're offering you Il know that Saturday is Thrift 0 Day Here A few of our special money saving items re listed below It is important in this day of high prices to obtain your full value in merchandise for every dollar you spend. Our store helps you do this. SHOP HERE. HAMMOCKS Le oo strong Hammocks, worth Fo i RR MEN'S OUTING TRY Bove' SHIRTS Boys' Fancy Stri Shirts, with co Special Negligee r. attached. a ROMPERS 8c ' ER Oa Children's Print and Singha Men's' all white free neck Oniting. Shirts. ! dalioi, srvh Cua ers and Creepers, crib be and 755, | LADIES HOSE SPECIAL 2%. dot Jeuicy' Hose, black, whise grey and cream hose BATHING SUITS Ba Rational Bathing Suits, neatly all stock ..90c, sin | A DARING OFFICER. Disguised as Stupid Boer He Out: witted the. Huns, The cablegram from Viadivostok, stating that the first boatload of 500 returning Canadians of the Arch- angel expedition sailediabout April 20, has revived some wery interest- ing stories. about the officer com- manding the expedition to Russia, Maj.-Gen, Ironside. en the Fourth Canadian Divi- sion went to France in August, 1916, there Avent with it, as general staf officer, Lieut.-Col. Ironsidés, a very big, stern young soldier in his middle thirties. He was suéh a. good tacti- tian and had such knowledge of Hun Ways and systems, that those with whom he worked sought for his past history, Of this he Mould say litte to his fellow Staff 'officers, but ohe day it leaked out from an officer on army H, G. staff. Gen. Ironside had beerl a driver in' the 'Gérman army in the grim cafh- paigns of East Africa! Disguised as "a Boer of rather meagre intellect and stolid disposi- tion, he accompanied all the move- ments of the Hun forces. He was thus able 'to study all their tins and systems, A master of strategy, De ag able by Hee a Sother all their plans and inten: canipalgns., He made a few friends with the eom- mon soldiers on the different Ger man staffs and from officers' ser- vants, grooms, chauffeurs and pass- ing despateh riders he gathered gos. slp that gave Him the key to the situations that developed. These bits of 'information were passed on through the various chan- nels to the opposing Dritish staffs He spoke Dutch fluently, and once sald that it used often cause him mya ee any to be 'bossed rutally a t pups 'of young German Do They treated: him, and the phlegmatic type of Boer whom Ne was impersonating, very much like animals. Upon finding that his saredr 4s a 8py was known to the others on the Fourth Divigional Staff, Gen. Iron- side would occasionally tel] a few of his experiences, his favorite story be- as follows: -- applied to the German staf discharge' as he wished to go of to his farm. After some difi- culty, and '& good deal of brow- beating from officers, this was ar- ranged, but he found that they were not paying him his full pay. He com- pldined, amd obtained an audience with lis officer. ' Ome tried to rright- en Hit with loud talk, but the gen- éral trde to the type he was im- personating, remained firm in his de mands. Losing all patience, the oth- er Prussidn officer arose to his feet and struck' him eross the face with his whip. Only with a wicily effort did he control the inclination to kill the of ficer, for stitched inside his tunic and in 'his breeches 'were all tle maps of the campaign, the strength and organization of the Hun army in Bast Alrica, and notes on their tactics and "iis informatiofi proved of im- mense Yalua fo the. anon Office in andalao.to hi later when the Corps when'it was learned that he 'was leaving the ans, but, 'when it was found that Te. was making the vie 3 Jump in promotion -< to 'becomie 'a majors | pal general, and to take command of g | the Allied expedition in Russia--the mien decided it 'was his' just due. A Do a rs poaxink | og, ' were a fam sight 10 the men in the front line. A | came editor of the okt me, the agai | Noske and his 8 solenguen. AS a re. SMASHED BOLSHEVISM GERMANY HAS NE NEW "MAN OF Gustav Noske, a Democrat, as IRON." Name Indicates, Defeated oo Spartacides In Berlin -- Some Facts About the Caveer of the | Minister of Defence In the Cab inet of New German Government. ERMANY has developed a new "man of iron." His name'is Gustav Noske, and . he is as democratic as his name implies. He is Minister of Defence ia the new German Cabhat (10000 Pounds n and Indian Tea W. pons lhe On Sale at 50¢, a er pound kers to buy the beat tea at a saving of 25 per cent. pes The Thompson Bottling Co. -o. THOMPSON, Prop. Fhone 804 A 31 202 Princess Street +--they used to call his job "Imperial Minister of War," but "war" and "imperial*' are unpopular in present- |: day Germany, so the title is changed. Bolshevism broke out ih Prussia re- cently but after a short struggle the Spartacides who had been shooting 1p the Berlin suburbs decided that the new Minister of Defence was too much for them. They wanted to call it quits and Withdraw, with honors even, Not if 1 can help 11," Noske re- plied. "Unconditional surrender are my terms. And every man who sure renders with weapons in his hands will be shot. Every plece of war ee Bathing Caps and Water Wings 'SARGENT'S DRUG STORE Telephone 41 Cor. Princess and Montreal Sts. ~ material must be turned over to the Government troops." Then the burgomaster of Lichten-] Berg, the suburb which had been in possession of the Spartatides for a week, appealed io Nokke for clem- ency. "The radicals are wiling to withdraw and leave us in.peace,"" he PHOTO FINISHING AND SUPPLIES A. G. WILLIAMS 171 Wellington St.. Phone 40. sald. "Why insist on more blood- shed? Let them withdraw and give ul a chance to restore order." "Unconditional Noske's answer, And then the Spartacides sur- rendered. Who is this Noske? The Brook- lyn' Kagle supplies an answer: Con- centrated into six 'words it would read: Woodworker, editor, Socialist, Reichstag member, anti-revolutionist. And he has been most sficcessful in each one of these six capacities. Like almost every member of the Ebert- Scheidemann Government, he 8 a man 'of the people. His father was & poor Brandenburg weaver who could not give his son more than the elementary achool education prescrib- ed by law. He was apprenticed to a woodworker in Brandenburg and for twelve years worked at his trade in surrender," was HOUSE CLEANING €adillac Electric Cleaners Make the Work Easy $82.50, $87.50, $42.50 Rental $1.25 per day J. J. R. C. Dobbs & Co. Tel. 819 41 Clarence St. Do not 'buy your new plano be- fore first having seen and Such cities as Halle, Frankfurt, Am- sterdam and Liegnits, taking a ont | mee interest in the Socialist movement against which 'Bismarck was making & vain fight. In the yéars when those Bismarckian laws of "exception" which oblige the German Socialists to carry on their propaganda under were in effect \Noske observed 0h Fey doctrine and began writing for the radical newspapers. His ability resulted in his appointment to an editorial on on the So" clalist Bra enburges Zaitang 1897 at the age of he went to the a ¢ Rootigs: berger Volkszeitung, and®in 1902 be- Socialist newspaper of 'Chem- He soon the acknowl- o? Bell "anlt Mii 10; wire, "1.Cohen & Co. 275 Ontarjo Street. Phone 534 Nr J heard the LINDSAY 'on Request. CW. LINDSAY LIMITED Kingston EE FoRsALE. OR SALE We have a large number of Military Tents hecame nt leader of the Social Democratic party in the Chemnitz distriet, and in 1906 at the first ren he was elécted to the Rei Chemnitz. housecleaning in heaven? te "Princess St, # 'What will women do if there fs no 1a From the first keshowed indepen dente and he was soon ow of sym- pathy 'with (he spineless attitude of his party with respect to the the war program of the German Junkers, He criticized the Government on num- erous occasions. In 'of last year 'he created a sensation by leading wh oped protest against 'the pro da 'which ihe new Fatherland Junker party hi Tanks of th the German army. This pro- da wag aimed against the democratic movement in and denounced as ot saat. Stag "peace resolu of July, 3917, which' ba bad 'been * forced nst ' consérvative penn hid sult of pagan Germany hrough St Brockville Bulletin Monday, June 16th-~Princess Street Epworth League Moon- light~=7 p.m, Tuesday, June 17thmAmherst Tsland--5 p. Wednesday, June 18th~-Brockviile, Teton, "County Council Excursion, + Thursday, June 19th-_Gananoque, Iron and Steel Workers' Excursion to Clayton. Friday, June 20th--Amherst Island--3 pam. pa Baturday, ands... Hogular' Batardny' Bacursion ong the Islands. Regular Baturday Excursion ion Cancelled. Telephone 1 100 for Fardcaiar. i Wet ox Tvs sain Canada x are cashed bY 3 sd id enable ge oe Ce Ye: Whete ah troyed, th