Daily British Whig (1850), 20 Oct 1919, p. 9

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ye 20.1919. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG f Certainly-- True value in clothing is measur gives. another to get Clothing with long wearing extra wear it hing and quite You get both It Is one thing to get good looking when you buy here. It is better to buy a SEMI-READY SUIT * OVERCOAT with a REPUTATION FOR HONESTY than gamble on a gar- ment that lacks the same record of good tailoring SUITS AND OVERCOATS, $18.00 TO $15.00, D. J. WILL "THE MEN'S STORE" P.S.--Jdust received a large shipment of Dent's and Fowne's Gloves, in Fall and Winter weights. FOR THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES ° His Royal Highness Is to Arrive at 10 a.m ~The Civic Dinner Will Be At 8.30 p.m t of His of Wales, be decorated for ock street to King C zton down lacdonald monument the procession will irk and cress to Ba- ng to West street cricket field where 1 will take place. dren will be assem- end of a platform rected and facing south and al Ww ence to rece} : school chi 1 the west vill be ¢ in a high grade Complete price, $30.00 This is & thorough dependable time- piece and recommend it for tl who need curate F the letters on a print | Or seem to run into each eye examination at the ! skilled optometrist is imperative will give your vision a thorough t and tell you whether you are near ot Other far sighted or both or if bec of prides fro: an imperfection of the cornea an as Kinnear & d'Esterre is eminently satisfactory JEWELERS 100 PRINCESS ST. we can time ause get in drse 1 OPI'OSITE POST OFFICE xgel poly ¢ 1 j umes tw let; » p API BUILDING, + . CoS. KIRKPATRICK N PREMISES, + TELE \ CLARENCE STREET | rare. KINGSTON ON BARGAINS IN HEATER NEW, ALSO FEW SLIGHTLY USED FIRE KINGS AND STATION AGENTS. ALL SIZES QUEBEC HEATERS MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE. Do Not Delay CAN BE SEEN AND BOUGHT AT A. SPEIZMAN'S 60 QUEEN, ST., KINGSTON. Also Plumbing Supplies. a LE. a wr front; heat mt | Ae Children's White Coney Coats and Goat Robes. Gourdier's 78 BROCK STREET, vewman will read the His , Royal other or g the Son y society that desires should hand it £ AY next a rans will be in val Hi 3 i 8 wil n two teams 't field the Royal Barrie stree ess to Onta- eet to the where His ca oyal Highness will C links where 11 of golf, Queen's University will Prince of Wales the ctor of laws a civic he w dinner will be al Highnesd ang upy the second and on his left yor H. W, N and vou will fir sion seated May nan 1€¢ 'mayor t His Royal divine service 11 a.m | | | Autumn Footwear +» YOU JRE INVITED TO VIEW NI Pavoni MODELS IN AUTUMN AND WINTER SHOES FOR 1919.20 For exclusiveness, beauty, grace, correctness and superiority of materiale, workmanship and finish, the new Fall styles excel anything ever offered for your consideration. : : DON'T FAIL 10 SEE OUR DISPLAY. Allan M. Reid, SHOE STORE fo Be Held at milton on Friday Night. the ex-members of Regiment C, 'M. R. to at end the banguet and smoker, to be held at the Royal Connaught hotel Hamilton, on Frid ¥, Oct. 24th, at 5 p.m. are rolling in in great style an evidence of the widespread Mn t of this reunion, names of ex- o intend to be present been received from points as away Oftawa, Owen Sound, Isor, Detroit and Baltimore. The ingements for the dinner and pro- mme to follow are being con at d, and a specially enjoyable 1 eing looked forward te T Depot Regiment C v ci was commandéd by Lt C. Broc names of he Depot members h ive far Wine | he M. R., Col. W, has the distinction of hav- ing recruited and sent more men ov- erseas than any other unit in Can ada. Fram its organization in 1915 until the regiment went over asaunit in November 1917, after having pre viously sent many drafts. between 2.- 900 and 3,500 men passed through its ranks. A record of the services of aH-offtcers and men 78 Being compi ed and will prove very interesting reading. Any ex-member whose name has not yet been sent in should forward it at once to Lieut. 8. Chambers, 508 Spectator building, Hamilton There has been some misunder- standing regarding the cost of the dinner. This will be taken care of en- tirely from regimental funds. ---------- BUILDING UNION CHURCH ---- | At Crow Lake--Kingston Business | Men Contribute Liberally, Rev. B, Pierce; of this city, who for the past several months has had charge of the religious work at Crow Lake and vicinity, is meeting with | splendid success in his canvass for funds to.complete the building of a | union church at Crow Lake. During | the pastorate of Rev. Ma. Ransome, | now stationed at Portsmouth, the | | wallls and roof were completed, but | | considerable additional money had to i i be raised in order to finish the! | church. Kingston business men have | | contributed very libzs:lly towards] | this worthy cause and the work will | now be rushed to completion, thanks! | to the efforts of the Rev. Mr. Pierce, | The church is undenominational and | will be open for worship by any de- | nomination, Smith-Emmons Wedding. : i The wedding took place in St. | Mary's Cathedral on Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock of Lulu Pearl, second eldest daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. Albert Emmons to Jo- seph Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. | Smith, The ceremony was performed | iby Rev. Father Nicholson. The bride looked charming in a gown of grey taffeta trimmed with georgette crepe and wore 3 hat to match. The brides- maid was Mrs, E. Davison, who wore grey silk with pretty black picture hat. The best man was John Smith, brother of the groom. After the cere- mony the wedding party motored to | the bride's home in Biginburg, where ia sumptuous wedding ' breakfast | awaitéd them. In the evening a recep- | | ton was held where supper was sery- | | ed to about forty invited guests. "The | | presents received were numerous and | | very pretty. After the reception, the | { happy couple left for the groom's { home at Eiginburg where the greom | is a prosperous young farmer. } Fpr the use of the blind a geo- i praphic and industrial atlas of Great ! Britain has been prepared. consisting of twenty maps in relief and 202 of embossed descriptive text oo 200s of THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME . haste to leave the {and jumped on the gup. | French Troix de Guerre, | identification by other British officers. | days later when by sheer gallantry CAVALRY MAN WINS V.C Was First Canadian To Do So. Lieut. Harvey icuous bravery and During an attack on a village a party y forward to a wired of the village; ¢ and machine ry close range, in the lead- st ir and opened rapid ment when the on whatever ar as still intense, Harvey, who was in command Ieading troop, ran forward of his men, and dashed still fully manned, shot the machine gun, 1g. an Lieut of the well ahead at the trench, jumped the wire, gunner, and ¢ His most cc act undoubt- edly had a decisive ect on the suec- cess of the operation. -- Official Record In the general retreat of the Ger- mans in the spring of 1917 the Cana- dian cavalry brigade was used to harass them in their departure from the Somme area. The Germans were fighting a rear defence action. The now famous Hindenburg line was their Qbjective and in order to give themselves time to gain this position and consolidate themselves therein they maintained a strong outpost ac» tion in the rear. Villages were forti- fied and many of thd best troops were left for their defence. The en- emy seemed sometimes to lose his us 1 strategical balance and to i peevishly Several ndoning positions he , the fortunes of war he British who were heels of the un- who was making territory which he had held f last two years. In March the brigade was ordered near Peronne, north the Somme river, So rapid was the retreat that the infantry were to it to keep up with the Germa as they left their trenches and strong points, de- stroying everything as they went, Peronne was laid waste. Civilians were turned out r homes i villages and the s blown up. And yet the retreat continued. Only the cavalry could overtake the enemy with speed enough to hurry him as he left In this the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery did splendid work. When th alry had driven the Hun out of a position it handed it over to the infantr) 1d continued the chase over /hills and through woods, where frequently strong ma- chine gun p had to be dislodged March the cavalry still in 8 In, the early village and ed from ck. driven ywstarm stopped pro- eral hours It was in the afternoon before the air was cléar enough for the horsemen to start out again. The daylight was failing when the Lord Strathcona Horse reached the top, of the hill overlgoking Guyen- court They found themselves faced by strongly held machine gun posts, 2nd wheeling they galloped around to the northwest corner of the town. Lieut. Harvey was in command of the leading treop. Riding ahead of his men he was first to reach the outskirts of the .town. and found ti 8s a would re going usua following welcome vis of HE of 1 ¢ tified wood Hun an 5 f th I for the off 5.15 o'clock "PAGE SEVEN lutchers oys' Brown NEOLIN SOLES, RUBBER HEELS SIZES 1470 5. SPECIAL $3.50. bernethy's Shoe Store $3.50 / i et A > mre ri RENAN EEN ENN RES HaiS THAT-ARE RIGHT You'll find an interesting variety in our Fall styles of Soft Mats and Derbies. New Derbies style all over. time se! article, under. FURNI that show New Soft Hats in colors and shapes to suit the most par. ticular, , New Caps in Tweeds, Cha- mois Cloth, ete. New Hats for Children. New Gloves--New Furs. CAMPBELL BROS. Kingston's Largest Hat Dealérs, again that the Germans had en- trenched a machine gun in front of the town and protected it with wire entanglements Springing from his saddle, he ran at the post, firing his revolver at the same time. He leapt over the wire, shot the gunner | When his men came up he -was+ possession of the post. The troop entered the town. For clearing the way for his men the troop leader was awarded the Victoria Cross. | Lieut. Harvey was the: first Cana- dian cavalry mah to win the Victoria Cross in this war. Besides this, the | highest award a soldier can win, | Lieut. Harvey wears two othet de- | corations, the Military Cross and the | The French decoration was conferred on him for being the first to enter the village of | Fontain, March 28, 1918, where he | effected a connection with the French | cavalry, It was at this time that | the French, mistaking Harvey and | his men for German spies dressed in| British uniforms, had them arrested and held for several hours, re leasing them with many apologies on The Military Cross was won a few | the Canadian cavalry stemmed the | y 3 N smiiil mg TTT dada aif Limburger Cheese endorson's Grocery 1 Brock street. Phone 279 Auk hahha A thihuhuhdkh Aah dh hdd 4 a & a advance of the Germans on Amiens. | - Lieut. Harvey was farming and | Tr --------------" | . : { ranching near Macleod, Alta, when | 00k's Cotton Root war broke out, In the spring of 1915 | he joined the 13th Canadian Mounts |: ed Rifles as a private, receiving "his commission before going overseas. He was with his unit at the time of | signing the armistice and 'just before i going into Germany with the army | of occupation went to England one | day in a fog in an airplane to get | the colors for his regiment, under | which te march into the conquered |i country. The colors were presented | by Lady Strathcona. ! Frederic Maurice Watson Harvey | was born in County Meath, Ireland, it | ~--Carolyn Cornell in the Toronto | Star Weekly, ------------------ Bluejay Helps Sunday School. The superintendent of the Sunday, school 'at Plainville, Kan. took charge of a sickly bluejay and nurs- } ed it to health, says the New York M World. He has tamed it and trained | it to do tricks and it follows him == around his home like a dog. The last | two Sundays the bird has gone with him to Sunday school, where it has done all the stunts it has learned before the class. Whenever there are others near the bird keeps: close to its master. There is so much inter- {est in the bird among the Plainville boys that Sunday school attendance | is increasing. ET ------ Stockholm is built on islands, and the name means "an island in a sound." For several months in the year it is closed by ice. 7 ea -------------- Dr. Wilson's Engagements. || McNAMEE & SIACK | 1 ing KINGSTON EVENTS jattend the meeting of the city coun- lell, to see what is to be done regard- ing giving out work ter. irlage licenses are going out {slowly this fall. jare not gelng in for married life as {of old: T A safe, veiiable £1 Medicine. Bold in de- res of stréagth--No. 1, $1; ) 2, $3; No. 3. $5 per box. Sold by all druggists, or sent repaid on receipt of price. ree pamphlet. Address: ii A TE Have your Sleighs repaired mow. Don't wait for the rush. OUR PATENT . Bob SI is correct and along with other advantages PREVENTS PITCH HOLES. They fit any bob Sleighs. See them at our shop, 54 Queen street. Horse . shoeing and general hinckamithing And carriage ror pair. Slelghs made to order. Phone 1217W, 23 YEARS AGO. - --~ TH iti - Three bunched workingmen will during the win- J. P. Gildersleeve finde that mar- | very, The young peoples Watkin Mills, a great English men know the The Busy Store With the Large Stock Sakell's Ice Cream Parlor HEE THE J Manufactured Specially for Whitening and 't THE NAME REID Comes to the lips whenever Furniture comes into the mind. Where a long- rvice is required REID'S FURNITURE proves its economy. Business value of a proven brand, they choose with confidence the whose demonstrated worth can be identified by the name it's sold That's why the TURE. JAMES REID name REID is a guarantee to you when you buy 'Phone 147 for Service. ENE ERE RR NEN NEES ERY OOOO TT 4 AND CONFECTIONERY STORE HOT DRINKS PURE ICE CREAM HOME-MADE CANDY AND CHOICE CHOCOLATES Sakell's EXT TO OPERA HOUSE PHONE 640 ETT Ari Kingston's New Industry : AVEL MANUFACTURING CO. Manufacturers of "KLEAN ALL" JAVEL WATER Contains--NO ACID--NO LYE aking ont Stains from white linen and Cotton Without Bolling. Iso cleans bath tubs, sinks, copper, porcelain, marble tling. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. 18c. A QUART BOTTLE Return bottld and save 3c. " 0 disinfect leave ggme in open container in room. Germs c¢ not live where it is used. TRY IT PLEASE. » JAVEL MFG. CO., 19 ONTARIO STREET, KINGSTON, PHONE 454. an- Se 0 NOTICE TO ELECTORS, Unionist Central Campaign 'Hes quarters are now established at- THE DAILY STANDARD OF} with a room upstairs especiajem tie served for ladies. All voters desiring infor to the election are cordial! make use of these rooms Secretaries will be "to give any desired inf GENERAL P/ i church preaches anniversary sermons {on John Street Presbyterian church, | Belleville. | On Wednesda} evening, Oct 29th, 1heds to address a great rally of { Young people in St. James Square Presbyterian chureh, Toronto, in eon: nection. with the Toronto-Kingston | i Synod meatine. Rev. Dr. R. J. Wilson of Chalmers basso, will sing in Kingston. Hood's sure constipation, Pills tiliousness and all | ver Qs. Do not § "ripa or jezitads Se, WR LADIES' F

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