TUESDAY, APRIL 1, Change of Policy at the Capitol Theatre The Manager of the Capitol Theatre takes pleasure in announc- ing that on April 8rd (Thursday next) a change will be made in the policy of the prusent programme to that of a conibination of Vaudeville and Pictures As we are presenting the best in Photoplays that can be pro- cured and are desirous of adding further te "Capitol Entertainment we have decided to present high-class vaudeville at each change of programme. We Teel that this will hé welcome news to thé patrons of this house and that we are answering a long teit want. As good vaudeville acts are ex ' operating expenses of the Theatre, we feel justified in changing our from thirty-seven. (87) to forty (40) Cents, which latter price will include the, ernment Tax. ed to by the tlieatre-goers of Kingston as the additional entertain- ment will more than justify the slight increase. 1924, nsive and add greatly to the We feel that this will be respond- Pi / gE ---------- LL ~ Ta best of "The Cheat" and "The Spanish Dancer" packed into one~~that's "Shadows of Paris" Now Showing USUAL PRICES "S-T-R-A-N-D MARY PHILBIN (Star of the' Merry-Go-Round [ *Age of Desire" Cataragui Ledge No. 10, 1LO.O.F. The regular meeting of the above lodge will be held Tuesday evening, April Ist. The First Degree will be exemplified. W._H, MALLORY, TN Ge Notice of Meeting - Board of Audit R. M. DOUGLAY, - Rec. Sec. Meeting of the County Board of] A Audit, will bé held at the Court House, Kingston, on Friday, the 4th of April, 1024, at the hour of tem o'clock in the forenoon. All accounts should be de- "livered to the undersigned before the drd of April, 1924. Dated LA Kingston, this 31st day of roh, 1924. 27 T. J. RIGNEY, Clerk of the Peace FRONTENAC stn: 400 NOTICE BFF IS HEREBY GIVEN that "March, 1 N 'JANET FERGUSON, of the City of Hin , in the County of Frontenac, in Fe Province of Ontario, Married Woman, will apply to the Parliament of Cdpada at the next session thereof for a Bill of Divorce from -her husband, Peter Dalglish Ferguson, of the City of Uttawa, in the Colnty of Carleton, Me- chanie, on the grounds of adultery and desertion. 4 DATED at Kingston, in the Province of Duthil, this 36th day of February, A.D, Mn CUNNINGHAM & SMITH, $ Solicitors for Applicant. enna M «veo. Murbura BLUNDERS * |at.the.Caplito) theatre to-day, to re- / o® + | "Merry-Go-Round," rep £ : WHY IS THIS WRONG? Thousands of letters are delayed in big cities because business men | dress on letterheads.and envelopes, Even though a company may be an | important one, all pdstal employees do not have its address committed to memory. Consequently its mall | will surely be delayed if persons { who must reply to its letters are. | given no street address. An 'Address on Missions Mrs. W. 8. Gordon, district organiz- | er of the Woman's Missionary society | for the Kingston Methodist distrieti gave a very interesting address he- fore the members of the Young Peo- ple"s League of Sydenham Street Me- thedist church on Monday evening. Mrs. Gordon dealt with the homg mfs- sion problem and tld of the'thou- sands of people who are coming from foreign lands .to make Canada their home.. She showed héw impor- tant it was'that they hear the word of God. Miss Ruth: Lyons rendered a solo. Miss Lilla Coulter, president of the society, presided. Sir Richard Squires' Statement. Halifax, April 1.--That in - his judgment the finding of Walker, royal commission deafing 'with lig- uor control the department, insofar as the' finding affected him, was "absolutely contrary to the weight of evidence," and he proposed seek- ing an early opportunity of demon- strating that fact by other process, was the statement of Sir Richard Squires, former premier of New- foundland, on his arrival here to- day enroute to Toronto. Dismiss Topping Appeal. Toronto, April 1.--The seeond di vision appellate court, Chief Justice Latchford, presiding, .this aftefnpon dismissed the appeal of Clatencs Topping under sentence io hanp-en April 10th, for the murder of his sweetheart, Geraldine Durston. . last November. : Wealth can be made the stepping stone to miSery as well as happiness, Tinsmith and Roofing Jobbing a Automobile Radiators repaired. 69 BAGOT ST. PHONE 2158m. FOR SALE" Tenders will be received for the purchase and rengoval of {wo frame buildings on- hospital groupd, known Laundry and Ice House building. Apply Superintendent, Kingston Géneral Hospital. Kingston, Ont., March 28th, 1924. PHONE 316 GODKIN'S LIVERY For Livery, Bus and Taxi Service. Buggies and Saddle Horses. Street, St. Paul's hu Moving and Hanling PIANOS, ETC. Local and long distance giv- C.L. HENRY ' 547 Albert Street 1 . A ; =_ 1! in delivery from two to ten hours | THINK of a picture with the || | do not place their return street ad- | Walter Cannem Ri We DOM sos cos 200 sad 4, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG AMUSEMENTS What the Press Agents Say About" Coming Attractions | { ' Dmg v POLA NEGRI AY THE CAPITOL Pola: Negri in "Shadows of Paris," { Paramount production, is surround- | ed by a brilliant array of supporting players. Adolphe Menjou, Charles de Roché and Huntly Gordon head the beast in featured roles. Adolphe Men- jou. but recently scored heavily in | Charles Chaplin's "A Woman of Par- | ig. He has appeared time and! again under the Paramount banner. | Charles de Roche, since he'¢ame to | America from France, has support- |ed Dorothy Dalton in "The Law of | the less." He also appears as | King Pharaoh in Cecil B. De Mille's | forthcoming Paramount. production | "The Ten Commandmefts." ["Sha- | dows of Paris," which will be shown | | | | main for three days, is from the | French play, "Mon Homme" by An- | dre Picard and Francis Carco. MARY PHILBIN AT STRAND. Mary Philbin, beautiful star of the returns to the | Strand theatre to-day, in her great | picture, "The Age of Desire." Those | who remember her in Ler form- er successes will welcome hér return to the Strand in a role that gives [her unusual beauty and talent full sway. See her to-night and -Wednes- day. : ; STOCK MARKETS (Reported by Johnston & Ward, | 86 Princess street. 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Thirty-three candidates, them a number of adults, were' con- firmed on Sunday morning at Christ church, Belleville, by the Bishop of 'Ontario. Fifty. persons were confirmed at St. Thomas' church, Belleville, on Sunday night. Fourteen of these were men and youths. The Bishop of Ontarto officiated. i A farewell dinner will be tendered H. A. Tofleld, who 1s leaving for Belleville, to assume the manager- ship of the Bank of Montreal, in the Frontenac Club on Thursday, April 10th. : The funeral of the late Romain yMosier was held, in charge of the James Reid firm, from the residence of his son, W. E. Mosier, Wolfe Is- land, Tuesday afternoon, and was largely attended. The Recreation Club of the Y. Ww. C. A. gave the inmates at the Home For the Aged a concert and-enter- talnment at the home on Monday evening. The ¢lub was in charge of Miss Buhleg, the secretary, and Miss Shepherd presided at the plano. Re- freshments were served. SOCIAL SERVICE AIDED By Mission Work--Address by Mrs. John Wright, A well attended and enthdsiastic meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society of Bethel church was held on Monday evening. = The subject un- der discussion' was, "What Mis- sions Have Done far Social Service". Mrs. John Wright was the speaker of the evening and told of the class of work .being done in our city and country by the social and moral re- form hoards. She explained fully the system' of relief work and the'hous- ing problem of trying to bring about Ja housa for each.family and away from the practice of segregation. un- der unhealthy conditions, Mrs. Mitchell, representative of the Upper Canada Bible Society, was also present and interested the young people in Bibles and testa- -ments, v During the evening thé budget for the year was brought down, which provides for a generous contribu- tion to missionary causes. ------------------ Belleville I élub at last Belleville" got organized Yor the season, and the following officers elected: Hon. Presidents, J. D. McMillan, Mayor Mikel; president, Charles Han- na; vice-presidents, N. P. North, N. M. Kerr, R. D. Ponton; secretary- tréasurer, Newton Thompson; 'com- mittee, Rev. D. C. Ramsay, Newton Thompsén, Stan. Hagerman, George Savage; manager, Walter Jerow. It Is understood that Oulette and Kuh? will be the mainstay .of the team on-the mound. Hagerman will act as substitute and second catcher, Mills, Meagher, Weir and Williams will be the regular infield. Ross and Casey will mind the gardens again, with the assistance of one or two Dewcomers. ---- Queen's University Elections. In the election. of trustees by gra- duates of Queen's University which closed on March 31st, the following were elected to the board. Judge H. A. Lavell, Kingston, who is one of the retiring members; R. OQ. Swee- zey, B.Sc., Montreal, who replaces Sir John Willison. : In the election by graduates of a representative qu the athletic board of control, Dr." Dennis Jordan, To- ronta, the retiring member; was re- elected. Prof. Mauley Baker was re-elected by the staff asa member of this board. At Pentecostal Church A splendid service was held at the Pentecostal church, Queen street on Sunday evening at which there was an Increased attendance. The hea-ty congregational singing, a 4 which takes place at these services, is worthy cf note. The selections sung were: "Stand Up For Jesus," Adam Geibel; "Awake! Arise!" W. Stilman Martin; "Master, the Tem- pest is raging," H. R. Pal ;_ and "The Sinner and the Song," solo and quartette. The pastor gave an interesting discourse on the evange- listie call and immediate response of Matthew, the Publican, and clear- ly showed that Christ came not to call the righteous, but sinners to re- pentance. am TE ? A ------------ To' Lecture Susan's. : 1 . ' 4 Ay sorb Unlygrsity, Hall- fax, N.. 8, will deliver two public lectures at Queen's University as fol- among | THE HUMAN ZOO Cléthier--"That's THE mn ee etmet-- . s | SPORT || O Two . ,The Kingston C.0.B.L. team exe- cutive this morning announced that two of last year's regulars had been signed again for this season, Tee- pell and Cherry "being the 1 players mentioned. Both rendered good service on the team last year, 0.B.A.A. Annual. Thé annual meeting of the On- tario Baseball Amateur Association is to be held in the Carls-Rite ho- tel, Toronto, on Saturday next. The officers for the present year . as nominated are: President, D. D. Me- Farlane, Harriston; first vice, W. J. Snyder, Hamilton; second vice, J. J. Solomon, - Peterboro; secretary, M. B. Duilmage, Owen Sound; treas- urer, A. J. Walsh, Toronto; A. A. U. of C., Governor, W. J. Smith, 'To- ronto. Many amendments to the con- stitution will be proposed. The re- port of the treasurer, which will be presented, shows some {Interesting figures. Semi-final games . between Galt and St. Thomas in the sénior series netted the association $1,083.- 60; the three games between Galt and Royal gave. the association $1,- 677.70. These immense sums show that the total gates must have been immense when the Jeague's per- centage would come so high. The surplus of the assoeTation at the' present time is $3,691.63. \ 1 | Evidence Was Destroyed. 4 In connection with the tippler!ar- rested on Monday "dfternoon, near the corner of Market and Ontario streets, the Whig stated that the po- lice had noticed the fellow drinking out of a bottle, hut such was not the case. When the police constable ar-| rived, the bottle had been broken on the pavement. Had the police notie- ed the man drinking out of the bot- tle he would of course have had to face a charge of "having liquor in a place other than a private dwell ing," but it so happened that evi- dence of this kind had been destroy- ed before the constable reached the scene. As a result 'the man had but the one charge, that of being intoxi- cated to answer to, and on this he was fined $10 and costs. , Gets Important Post. Dr. W. J: Cochrene, a nephew of James Cochrane, of the: Kingston post office staff, who since graduar ing in medicine at McGéll University, has been for soine years prosecuting post graduate work in Montreal and at Yale University, has been ap- pointed first resident surgeon of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. A change in the existing arrange-| ments at the Royal Victoria Hospi- tal was recently considered advis- able and 'the appointment of a resi- dent surgeon was decided upon. Dr. Cochrane was the choice of selec: tion. SEPP 09 FCO OPOY Sel ! Model'--full skirt to the coat. lots Justice Orde Deulden Against' Copyright. 1934, dy Public Tolyer Company thing. in Tuxedos this spring. of Bask room.™ FOUND NOT MARRIED TO LATE J. N. KNOWLTON ' Woman Who Lived With Him Forty Years. Toronto, April 1.--That Rosy Knowlton was never married to John Nejson Knowlton with whom she lived in domestic felicity for forty years, and that her four children are not thé lawful children of Knowlton is the. decislon of Justice Orde on the trial of an issue to de- termine the question, \ Knowlton was a farmer of the township of South Crosby, near Kingston. In 1883 a man named Lapointe was working for him, and knowing that Knowlton wanted a housekeeper brought his sister, Rosey, to the place. Rosey stated that while she was in hospital at Kingston awaiting arrival of her first born, Knowlton came to see her with an old Baptist minister, and they were married in hospital. No corroboration of her story was forthcoming from the records. His lordship states that his sympathy is for the reputed wife, As he regards her story as a fabrication, he gives the costs against her, By Knowliton's will, made two days before his death, he left his estat§, which includes a' 75-acre farm, to his lawfu] heirs. These, according to the result of the judg- ment, are two brothers and two sis- in Kingston over a year ago. P.W.O.R. OFFICERS ANNUAL 1 Seen At the. annual meeting of the P.W.O.R. officers held Monday eve- ning, Liéut.<Col. F. B. ks whe presented with the officers' long .ser- vice medal. Lieut.-Col. J. 8. Skin- ner; a former commanding officer of the regiment, made the presenta- tion. -- = It was decided that the first bat- talion parade of the season would take place on Monday evening next, and parades would be held on every Monday and Friday evenings in fu- ture, with shooting on Tuesday eve- nings. 'The reports of the different com- mittees showed that the battalion was In a very healthy condition. The financial standing® was considered to 'be very good. Among the former commanding officers: who were present were Col. H. J. Dawson, Lieut.<Col. J. 8. Skin- ner, Lieut.<Col. W. Y. Mills and Lieut.-Col. H. E. Pease, and they all complimented the p t rs on the excellent standing of the regi- ment. \ { Bri§.-Gen. W. 8. Hughes, Ottawa, sent a letter of regret that he was unable to be preseat on account of official duties. A A deputation has arrived in Ot. tawa, representing the Canadian Council of Agriculture. It will ask, for reductions iam the tariff, for We call it 'The Scofiaw to draw up ci providiag Methodist and Presbyterian congre- gations may, by vote stay in 'thel® mother churches and retain" their congregational property. the bilk" 4 11 By C. D. Batchelor . . _ DESTROY PRINCIPLE, ~ OF CHURCH UNION BLL By Ordering Amendment Ale * lowing Congregations to Decide the issue.' Toronto, April '1.--The private bills committee of the Ontario legip= lature early this afternoon passed, by a vote of 36 to 26, an amendment ° to the church union bill whereby law. clerks of the Crown are instructed ses to add to the dif that Congregational, The vote on the amendment was not a party vote and the members in some instances voted against oth- erseof their own religious denomina- tions. During the discussion on the amendment, Charles McKeown and W. E. Raney, who were in favor of the bill without amendment, said that the effect of the amendment would be Ao destroy the principle of ~ WOMAN 18 RELEASED FROM PENITENTIARY TV -- Lin. Wie. of. Hor-C Serving Two Years for Petty Larceny. A Toronto woman who was serve - ing & two year sentence in the Ports mouth penitentiary, and who is short- ly to become a mother, was n from the prison on Tuesday and left for her home. The woman, who fis twenty-one years of age, was sents enced for petty larceny. At the time she was sent to the Portsmouth ine stitution; there 'was a great deal of objection taken in view of the fact. that the woman was in a delicate con- dition, and the sentence was consid- ered altogether too severe for the ofs fense which she had committed. The matter was taken up with the depart J ment of justice at Ottawa with the re= ol sult that orders were issued for the . release of the woman on parole. or Rt "HERE is an at- tradtive adver- tisement in this pa- per headed "THE ORLD'S It gives us a good | deal of pleasure to say that the company has a Ideal office and that its focal repre- sentatives shared in | | the making of thai * record. a Metropolitan. Life Insurance Co., N.Y, JOSLPH MOORE, | Manager, »