(From Our Own Correspondent) March, 22.~Apother. of Ganano- que's elderly and esteemed residents | passed away on Saturday in the per- | son of Mrs, John C. Thomson, who | for a number of years has been lo-| | cated at Major, Bask, Several months | y 8g0 on account of poor health she . returned to Gananoque, and had | ! heen staying with her son, John W. | "Thomson, 0ak street; where she pas- | sed away. With her husband for | many years they farmed in the; South lake séction, and on retiring | ! from ve farm work they located in Gananoque. The funeral was held | this afternoon to the vault at Gan- | anoque cemetery. Rev. W. 8. Lennon | pastor of Grace church conducted the | funeral service. Rev. W. S. Lennon, pastor of Grace | church, opened a series of special ser | « vices in Grace church yesterday | | which will be continued during the | ! next two weeks. In the evening a very interesting and profitable lan-| tern service was given on the topic | "To the Cross with John Bunyan, or| the triith about the way to find| peace." Rev. D. A, Lough of Brock street | church, Kingston, will conductathe special service im Grace church on| | Wednesday evening, March 24th. Sunday, April 11th, has been set | | for the anniversary services, of Grace church, Rev. Principal 3gmes Smyth, of the Wesleyan Theological college, Montreal, will conduot the services. | ' What gives every evidence of be- ing a most interesting debate has been arranged for Friday evening of this week under the auspices of the literary committee of the Young Peo- ples Society of Grace church. The question under debate will be '"Re- solved that Woman has contributed more to the world's sin than man." Deputy Reeve Clifford Sine and Miss Gussie Dempster will handle the af- firmative and E. J. Neal and Miss Sadie Meggs the negative.' At the t regular session of the 'omens Missionary Society of Grace church Mrs. ey.) William Henderson was ht he with a life 'membership in that organization. On Thursday évening under the auspices of Deputy Reeve Clifford Sine"s Knights of Honor bible class | tf Grace Sunday ool the hockey eams of the Inter-church league and the managers of the Park rink were entertained at a 'banquet at which the young men officiated in a most becoming manner. Grace church or- chestra furnished a fine programme . of fousical selections and a number 1 of enjoyible solos were all rendered. ! A very fine plano recital 'of the ' pupils of Mrs. LaRiviere, Stone street was held at her home on Thursday ' evening when.a thoroughly enjoyable time was spent all acquitting them- selves in a most creditable manner. D. F. Moore has purchased during the past week the brick residence on Charles street recently occupied by Miss Seale. Miss Geraldine McDonald enter- tained a number of her friends at a tery enjoyable dance at her home on "+ dav evening. villlam Jeroy, Kingston, spent the 15 few'days in town with his par- (nts, Mr, and Mrs. Allan Jeroy, "ock street. 'Freeman Cowan, spending the past ek in New York City, has returned * town, Mrs. 'Ford Gillespie and Mrs. Ed- irl Root of Ottawa are visiting Wp Mrs. Gilbert Root, Charles 'reat. Tames Lucey of Belleville, is spend- 'ng a few days in town with his mo- her, Mrs. George Lucey, Main street, FOSTER, OF B.C. +3 a Dominion A. /Mrs. Fos- & War 8 & nursing "twice decorated for Vice-president 0 Ei eet at Sebo Ah Teptomt ¢ Dominton con- 'vention Montreal, fleult Japanese music was sung. in per- | ville, THE | DAILY BRITISH SH_WHIG Daughter "Settling the Irish Question." one hundred words. confidently) -- Oh, JUST A SMALL REQUEST. 2 ~ Dad, I'm lo address the T} All L need bother you about is ere winkers' Club 10-morty on to tell me how to settle it in CONTRACT AWARDED TO JOHN W. LITTON Who Will Erect Macmorine Hall at St. James' For $30,000. At a meeting of St. James' church vestry, Sunday evening, it was un- animously decided to build the Mac- Morine memorial hall this season. Tenders were opened and considered, and the committee, which consists of the rector, wardens and advisory board, decided to accept the tender of John Litton, contractor, for $30,- 000, Mr. Litton to build according to his own specifications and subject to agreement with the board. Qn Monday the board were busily en- gaged in going over the specifica- tions with Mr. Litton, who agrees to commence construction at once and have the building ready for oc- cupation in the late part of the sum- mer or the fall at the Jateat, , LADIES' MUSICAL CLUB. Enjoyed a Very Fine Recital on Sat- urday Afternoon. Seldom, do Kingston music lovers have the gpportunity' of spending an afternoon with the talént brought forward on Saturday afternoon at the Kingston Musical Club in Cons vocation Hall. The firgt\ number of Schumann was played with much feeling. Mrs. Callander's numbers were well ren- dered in her very pleasing manner. The symphony was a marvel In technique and the entire number was given by Miss Chown from memory. Mrs. Clark sang very sweetly in her high, clear voice. The concerto was given with much feeling and showed a mastery of technique and tempo. Mrs. Coleman's voice was at its best in her two selections. The last num- ber was a treat in itself, as the diffi- fect tone, Miss Drummond, as ac- cotpanylst, deserves especial men-, tion, as her sympathetic touch con- tributed much to the vocal numbers. Want Convicts A despatch from-<St. Catharines says: The Crown is sending to Ports- mouth penitentiary to bring Stanley West here to testify against his al- leged partner in bad cheque opera- tions, twenty-yegr-old Leola Green- wood, who is held here on forgery charges. The girl was further re- manded for a week. It is alleged the pair operated in many cities. West received a three-year sentence at Nia gara Falls, In the passing of Mrs. Susan Green on Friday, at the residence of daughter, Mrs. Edward Taylor, Bel an aged lady entered into rest. Degpased was in her: eighty-sixth year and had been {ll for some time. «Vote for Public Library By-law. { IS YOUR NAME ON THM VOTERS' LIST FOR 1020 ¥ IF 80, YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE ON THE PUM. LIC LIBRARY BY-LAW, THURSDAY, MARCH 25. Tt will depend on you if Kingston is to have a E LIBRARY OR NOT {he chikiren of thelr right to the best Books and § STS tat | 11 Ril » Literary aan' give 'them, bo a BENSON THE MAN, SAYS ADMIRAL SIMS (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, March 22 --Rear Admiral William kK S. Benson, chief of the United. States naval operations, was the official who told Rear Admiral Sims not to let the British "pull the wool over your eyes; 'we would as soon fight them as the Ger- mans," Admiral Sims testified to-day before the United States senate. Witness declared Admiral Bepson repeated the admonition on two subsequent occasions, but he paid little attention to the statement as he = beliaved Admiral Benson was intensely anti:British, a belief éntertained generally in the service. ADVERTISE ALEXANDRIA BAY, J. B. Reid Was Chosen the Village President. Alexandria Bay, N.Y., March 22.-- The annual village election was held on March 16th, apd resulted in the election of the follwing ofticers:---- President, J. B..Reid; trustee for one year, William Heatly; trusteé for one year, James Parker; treasurer, Chas. U. Putnam; collector, Miss Beatrice Ellis, The $1,000 advertising 'ap- propriation was carried by a large majority, also the appropriation of $600 for band concerts next sum-g mer. It was also voted to abolish the board of water commissioners. ROLLED DOWN EMBANKMENT Two Coaches Left Rails Near Yar- mouth, N.S,, Monday Morning Yarmouth, N.S., March 22.--Thir- teen wgre injured, a few seriously, when a pullman. and a first class pas- senger coach of the east bound Hali- fax express on the Canada National Railway left the rails and rolled down an embankment at Belleville, eighteen miles from here, this morn- ing. A special train carrying doctors and nurses was despatched to the scene 'and the injured were brought back here for treatment In a local hospital. Reward for Honors Student, Professor rovedani, Queen's University, ha8 just received from the Hon. A. M. Huntington, presi- dent of the Hispanic Society of Ame- rica a facsimile of the 1605 edition of Cervantes' Don Quixote. This magni- ficent volume is one of an edition de luxe of 200 copies, and will pre- sented next year to the ho stu- dent making highest standing in Spanish, at Queen', 8. No Mote Tight Suits,' New York, March 22.-The tight- fitting suit for men is no more~The New York Custom Cutters' Club has decreed a "nat fitting coat,. not so narrow and a fraction longer." The "toothpick" Ae is also ban- ped. Narrow sleeves will be retained. iausers will be pasty unchang- . Teddy, Jr, Boosts Wood. New York, March 22. Lieut.-Col. Theodore Roosevelt is supporting qa Leonard Wood for sident, according to 'an announce by Rep. Norman J. Gould, Wood's eastern manager, Proclamation before Bast Easter of ma j tial law throughout Ireland is ex- acted a 4 A Sonsdquen ® of the situa. tion arising from Hng of the HIRED MAN FACES {Is Accused of Attempting to | telligent comparison was impossible. ing distribution were not generally given because there was no standard of practice in keeping the Murder Ward of Orphan Home. Brockville, March 22.--When ar- rdaigned in the police court, Saturday upon a charge of attempting to mur- der Miss Margaret McGee, & ward of Fairknowe Orphan Home, at the farm of W. A. Moulton, near Lans- downe village, ten days ago, John O'Connell, aged twenty-three, plead- ed not guilty, Sufficient evidence, however, was taken to commit him for trial at the spring assizes. The prisoner and Miss McGee were em- ployes of Moulton, and it is chérged that during the absence ofsMoulton and his wife, O'Connell, without ap- rparent provocation, lattacked the girl in a barn, whither she had gone to feed some poultry. She was the principal witness called. According to her testimony, the accuséd, after beating her into insensibility, locked her in the barn for dead with the in- tention, it is said, of returning to hide the body, but Miss McGee, Te gaining consciousness, SERIOUS CHARGE | RHEUNATISH FOR OVER 16 YEARS No Retum Of The Trouble Since Taking "Fru-a-tves" 108 Cromcm Sr., Mowresas. "I was a great sufferer from Rbew- matism for over 16 years. 1 consulted specialists; took medicine; used lotions; but nothing did me good. Then Ibegan to use "Fruit-a-tives", and in 15 days the pain was easier sod the Rheumatism much better. Gradually, ""Fruil-a-tives" overcame my Rhewmalism; and now, for five years, I have had no return of the trouble. I cordially recommend this fruit medicine to all sufferers." P. H. Me HUGH. 50c a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 250. At all degjers or sent postpaid by Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. | Summers, died a few days ago at | Winchester, in her 91st year. -She | was born in Brockville, 1829, and is | survived. by four children, thirty- {four grandchildren, ninety-four | great-grand-children, and six great- | sreut-grandthildren. | M, F. Boudreau, B.A., West- | port. Morte: three years in the minis- | tty, and Rev Hugh Cameron, Mor- | risburg, forty years in the ministry, {have applied for leave to retire, A rich gold discovery is reported | by George Egstead in Alsask, Sask. i Vote for Public Library By- law. i Te p-- tisers. | records. of chaos. LIS... quest. through an opening used for the re- moval of litter. The only reason the girl could give for the assault was that she did not recipfocate the pri- soner's advances. The examination of the witness was conducted by the crown attorney;\the accuged mot be- ing represented by couns; STOCK MARKETS. » Quotations Furnished by Bongard, Ryerson & Co., 237 Bagot Street. New (York Stocks. a Opening. Closing. Atelrison a C.P.R. . NYC. ... Reading ... ... Southern Pac. ... Union Pacific .. Marine ... .... Marine, ptd. ... .. General Motors . .. Studebaker .. , Am. Loé. .. Am. Smelters 68% Baldwin PE 3g3 'Anaconda . .. 31% Bethlehem, Steel ge sti Int. Nickel ... .. Ins. Copper . Rep. Steel . U.S, Steel ... .... Midvale ... ... .. Money ... 124% , 81% 102% 122 39 99% 3756 110% 1063 69 10 «121% 395 100 407 Sa T10% . 1086 Canadian 8 Stocks, Brazilian ... ... Can, Cement .., Can. Sieamabip i Dom, Steel . . Am. Funds . 3 Bg... .n a cx FIRE WRECKS BIG CONVENT. : | 69% B. T4% 12% os JA1 11-18 74 . . eral Republican nominatibn for Pre-|Orde E i ii ff | Rachael Donley, widow of David A. Many of them were truthful. NDAY, MARCH 29, 1020. | ssi. Thompson B Wholesale Tobacconists. 202 Princess St. t Place Your Order With Us Why place your order out of town when you can got the finest DUBLIN GINGER ALE, ENGLISH GINGER BEER, CLUB SODA, at All brands of Domestic and Imported Cigars and Cigarettes. ing Works - Phone 304 "Geo. Thompson, Prop. Telephone 41 WILLARD'S CHOCOLATES Fresh Stock at 'SARGENT'S DRUG STORE Cor, Princess and Montreal Sts, A ar A AA AA THe Roumanians are maintaining| a striet guard alon g the Bessarabian ross the border to any more refugees. St. Catharines Board of Education Kas decided tg, remove the vaccina- tion ban imposed since the Christmas holidays. LS --Y frontier and are SE . ng passage ac-| The oly of Harry Tisdale, the eighteen-year-old Charlotteville lad missing since the 10th inst, was found in Young's Creek, near 'Sim- coe, Two hundred British and Ameri: can business men were taken from Leipzig to Coblens by special train. BEFORE THEADVENT of the Audit Bureau of Circulations in 1914, each publisher made his own circulation statements to adver- -\ Some were not. - But there was confusion and lack of uniformity. An in- Details regard- Ate Audit Bureau of Circulations has brought order out To-day the Bureau's system of keepi records is almost universal among the better re Uniform reports are furnished to»: advertisers verified by that absolutely independent organization. The experienced advertiser demands A. B. C. reports and if the publisher has/nothing to hide, he gets them. A. B. C. reports in the British Whig are furnished qn re- No other Kingston paper gives this service. The Telephone Eituation The World 'At The - Telephone The demands upon the telephone nowadays Everybody telephones. result the complexities and perplexities of the business, were never so pressing. «fast growin ' are enormous. Wherever you turn, especially in the larger telephone men "are wrestling with the greatest difficulties they cities of this continent, have ever faced. Very heavy demands for new. connections have come right atop of world-wide shorlage, of vital material. The heaviest traffic loads in the history of the business have come when facilities were lack- ing because of the scarcity of when labor unrest and unsettlement were 'most _ acute. . i Expanding business in all lines means in- sistent demand for exlensions of facilities. sources to the limit ! We were never tying {o-day to make our facili The cumulative requirements of a conymunity like ours 8, {ax our re- harder than we are ities and service meet the Semends of a difficult situation. + As a ¢ - material, and telephone