LEVT-GOL. RH. BRITON WRITES ABOUT HIS OLD GANAN OQUE BATTERY COMMAND, He Says His Promotion Was Appre- | (iawa, is spending a month wir ciated, But It Was an Awful Blow [her sister, Mra. (Dr.) Cooper, to Leave the 3rd Battery. Gananoque, Russell H, Britton writes under date of Oct. 6th: Y 1 cannot sever my connections with | the 3rd Gananoque battery without writing at least one letter to express my gratitude for the way all the Gao- anoque people looked after the in- terests of their Gananoque soldier boys, and I do sincerely trust they will continue to support Captain How- ard Taylor as loyally as they have the 3rd when it was under my command. I have been given command the 5th Artillery Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division, and while I appreciate the promotion it is an awful blow to leave the 3rd Battery. I can't express my feelings. 1 felt as if the world had come to an end, and have been vey lonely mighty often since. a The tobacco has been a life saver good many times and it hardy ever pened that the Gananoque zift did not arrive just when the issue had |, played out. No one who has not gone through it can realize what it is to be without tobacco when there is a scrap on, or when being sphelled or firing steadily for 12 days with perhaps one hour ever fifteen off. Then if there are no cigarettes or tobacco it hits hard. 'We are heing kept pretty busy lat ly and letter writing is really diffi- cult, but the business now Is a great pleasure because it is caused by our giving on Fritz a dose of what he has been giving us for the last (wo years and I can assure you he does not en- Joy it. He is down in a few of the hollows and is realizing that it is rather a different proposition to shoot when you can't see, than it is when you are on top of a crest and look at everything like you would an open book. Although we are getting quite a re- spectable piece of country away from him, there is a devil of a lot of fight in him yet, and the war is not over by a long way. He will appreciate our fighting abilities very soon now, as things sure are moving in the right direction, and are at a point where the oid: Hun will need ail his military cunning to "stem the tide': I heard a few minutes ago that Howard Taylor was wounded, but fortunately it Is not serious, and I am told two telephonists were also wounded. I am waiting to hear who they are- I do hope the good luck they have always had will not desert them. They are far too Rood a lot to be shot up. I'never had to do more than ask them to do a job and it was done. Dig: Lord how they can dig. Pick and Shovel is their middle name, and it i% due to that, to a very gneat extepf, that they had had so few casualties. They realized wit strength meant as soon as 'they hit this country and went to it, and avery osition was stronger than the last nd as they built a new one nearly every week, you can easily imagine what the last one was like. ; o- TWO BELLEVILLE 'BOYS KILLED Tdeut. Carroll and Pte. Dingman Pay Supreme Sacrifice, Oct. 26 --Lieut.-Col. ..jand Mrs. N. M. K 5 fn Ontario Points . RE EET----== LANSDOWNE TIDI NGS DOINGS AT SYDENHAM -- -- | ys Have Been Added to | the Population. | Lansdowne, Oct. 26--Mprs. Gamshy, Kingston," was visiting friends b:re | friends of Miss Lillian Guess and {on Saturday. Mrs. Fred Collin?, ol Mrs. W. Gordon are pleased to hear n! they are hoth improving, each- having undergone a serious operation. Sunday evening Dr. C. C. Nash anc Judge Lavell spoke in the Methodist pulpit on "The Missionary Cause." Each gave an excelient address, and everyone who heard the addresses were interested. The friends of Mrs, William~Hobbs are glad to hear of her improvement in the General Hos- pita) . On Wednesday evening the people of St. Paul's church held a social. A good programme was given, and the large crowd which turned out made the event a success. A large sum was realized. On the students of Two Wee Held a Fine Social, Sydenham, Oct. 24.---The many Mr land Mrs. L. D. Johnston motored to | Vankleek Hill, where they spent a {few days at the home of Mrs. Johns- |ton's "mother, Mrs. Mulloy. P. C. of the Methodist church will {hold a social evening on Friday. The |delegates attending the Teachers' In- {stitute will be the guests of the so jelety, Mrs, E. Earl had the misfor- tune to fall and cut her head severe-| ly on Monday last, Mrs. Hannah {Horton has returned home after an extended visit at Mrs. Robert Mod- ler's, Mooretown. W. W, Mitchell has | purchased a McLaughlin car, Arthur! Ww atsom, of Kingston, is renéwing ac- quaintances around here, Miss Cross lefi last week for Rochester,| There was a large crowd of specta- {N.Y + Where she purposes spending | tors, and the sports were enjoved by the winter. Walter Patience is re-!evervone. Miss Ruth Percy, Picca- [Soyiag to W. O. Boils Bouse, Ar. | aitty, who has been renewing ac- and Mrs, |] carl are rejoicing | quaintances here for a few days, re- Sees the birth of a son. Several from {turned home on Tuesday. Mr. and | pore Bpent Tuesday in Kingston.| Mrs. J. Smith, who have been visi | Bors 16 MY. aid Js. Flwood Slack | ing friends here for the Past tw son. 1 ssed aw reel N ams, N. Y last week at the home fF prothenl asks, returner Adams, N.Y 00 The Yemain were taken to Seeley's! Miss N. Snider aas returned home, | Bay. } acher's convention is be- | after visiting friends in Auburn, N.| {ing held on Thursd, riday. Mr.|Y Miss H. Charleton is visiting ! cott, visit-| friends at Yarker. Miss Eva Guess, J theis dang] r.) Camp- | Yarker, spent the week-end with her | . TE y. Earl & | s. F. Guess. ) {chased 4 farm near Guelph, WB |fueiney, Mie N. po es {Warren has rented Mr. Earl's farm. after visiting her sister Mrs Rut- |F. Criss' annual sale took place to- | lad e, Syracuse, N vy. lday a | ge, Syracuse, N. Y. ; |day, Miss. A. Varrett is visiting friends { | at Cape Vincent. Mrs. W. Trousdale, : | Forest, has moved into Mr. Tuscott's p { house. Misa L. McKnight spent the arties - in Picton District | week-end at her home- at Godfrey. ) Have Been Fined, {Miss 1. Lake, Forest, and M. Curran, Picton, Oct. 26.--The following | Kepler, spent the week-end at their parties residing in this district have homes, Miss M. Gray spent -the Beek fined for selling adulterated | week-end at her home in Sharbot hilk: Lake. Thomas Wright, Elmbrook Fac- tory, $20 and cbsts; J. Lazler, Elm-, brook Factory, $25 afd costs; George | Hatley Fimhuack Fuctory, $26 Aid| Ravegion at Brockville for Veteran ' ; H. . ' ellers j ' 3 Factory, $26 and costs; W. J. Bryans of Theos ¢ IRA. rock~ Rodgers Factory, $50 and costs: J. Brockville, Get. 3 TLC Brock Minike HARI a LenS deville soldiers, Privates T. Glazier, F. and costs; Joe Lajoie, Grafton Fae. Mir Service with the Caswdian tory, $30 and costs; Porter Coulter, |t/00PS in £iance, Were accorded a York Road Factory, $10 and costs [C1 welcome at the Opera House \ ' COSI8. Inyesday night by Mayor Wright, who presented each with an illuminated |address. Private Glazier is 71 years ---------- of age, a veteran of the Peniag raids Brockville Man Se and South African war. e holds the verely Injured in| ecord for having endeavored to en- Mysterious Fall, 2 ar i tations in Brockville, Oct. 26.--Through the] £1 valious recruit ne a wh rope of a hoist breaking, . Richard |{Cauaga, od being ee dit sue- NC En a huiitasds |veaden (u getting to the from, ARe right leg and injuring his back. B13 Seed St Som. on: Vr tr Mystery surrounds the case. as it {rendered Sailor gio cei a is thought that some malevolent per- | a. appeal was made for recruits son entered the building during the [for the 207th Battalion by the som- The arile wan attonk ane. and | Mamtoen a looks as though the strands had beer bi nate 0 SNR, cut almost through and then left PILE DRIVER FOUNDERED. awaiting a_victim. The pollcé were notified and are working on the case. | Sydenham High SOLD ADULTERATED MILK, | Several AGED SOLDIER RETURNS, WAS ROPE TAMPERED WITH? ns Down With Her Near Port Hope. : Port Hope, Oct. 26.--1It has been learned that the boat . which went own in Lake Ontario about five miles south-west of Port Hope last Tuesday morning was a pile-driver, Took Two So Amberst Island Red Cross. } The Amherst. Island Red Cross So- claty for September and October re- ceived the following: Anglican, Church Guild, $11.56; balance of Belleville, * Oct. 26.--Pte. 8 H. Dingman, sonof Mrs. M. A. Dingman, this city, who went overseas with the First Canadian Contingent, has been killed in action. Before enlisting he conducted a ge in Belleville. Lieut, H, ¥. Carroll, son of Mrs. Charlotte .Carroll, Belleville, has fallen in action. He was a bank clerk, and had been stationed at Deseronto, Ottawa and Montreal, He enlisted in Ottawa with the 77th Bat- talon, and later was attached to the th. TT / BEFORE HA di, EEE THAT YOU ARE IN COMPETENT My Proven Service AND SATISFACTION (WHICH 18 GU ) IS PROOF OF MY ABILITY TO PRESCRIBE, GRIND AND FIT GLASSES TO "YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. Appointments Made For Any dL Dewart uD with two scows, the property of Cal- laghan Co., of Toronto. The boat was working in. Bowmanville, and broke away from the pier during the heavy storm of Monday, drifting down the lake, The 'company will send a tug to Port Hope this weel to endeavor to locate the wretkage. PORTLAND BOYS MISSING, children's fair, $8.15; Messrs. Rich- ards and Kilpatrick, $8; Orange Lodge, $4; Mrs. Sandwith! $145; Mrs. Nelhon Instant, $2; Mrs. R. Kil- patrick, $2 Mrs. R. P. Sanders, $1: Mrs, 8. K. Tugwell, $1.55, It paid to the Duchess of Con- naught irisoner of war fund $10, and sent a parcel of socks and shirts. The Society is collecting paper, 6ld books and magazines to sell for Red Cross purposes. | Brockville Soldier, With Father and Brother in 256th, Wounded. Brockville, Oct. 26 --Pte. Eeslie F. Moreland and Pte. E. 0. Olmstead, infantry, both of Portland, are report- ed as missing since Oct. 8th, Pte. William Murray, this city, was admitted to hospital on Oct. 6th with a gun-shot wound in the right leg. His father, brother and brother-in- law are members of the 156th Bat- talion. . AAA A AAA ANAS government's policy toward Mexico, in co-operation with Villa or other bandits, had arranged for a spec- tacular attack on American troops on the border to bé made before thie elec- tion to create sentiment against the agministration, FIGURES OF CITIES SUPPORT PROHIBITION Cases of Drunkenness in To- ronto Drop From 31 to : 9 Daily. Toronto Oct. 27.--~Reports from the chief centres in the Province show that prohibition is working sat- isfactorily, Cases of drunkenness in Toronto, on a five weeks' wet-and- Arthur Newman has the distinction to be the first civilian rounded up for drunkgnpess ia Bellevilla since the a pt. th. was Sata) Sunt. He ounded up A Brockville baker for. sellin, bread below the legal weight of 24 o 48 ounces was fined $1 and $3 hO8ts, PLOT AN ATTACK ON AMERICAN ARMY? { Claimed President Wilson's | Enemies Arranging With i Villa to Start Trouble. | Columbus, N.M., Oct. 27.--Villa forces operating near Namiquipa, only twenty-five miles south of the American expedition's southern out- | post, have demanded the shortening {of the American troop line and grad- {ual evacuabion of Mexican territory! {by the United States army, Americans {coming to the border frofn Mexico | report. Spectacular: Attack. Washington, Oct, 27.--Secretary Baker announced late yesterday that the War Department had received de- | thi i SX Wiggin 5 finite information that enemies of the reports from Windsor also tell in fa- vor of .. Any reaction will EE Cd handling given to lawbreakers. Young People of 8t. Panl's Churéh Friday aft€rnoony C.|School held their annual sports day. | AMERICAN. CONSULATE'IS VERY BUSY PLACE. ~~ ------ Tremendous Amount of Work Invol- ved in Getting 500 Boxes Ready For Prisoners of War in Germany. | . The American Consulate could be | termed a 'packing housé™ on Friday | with hundreds of large boxes being | packed and wrapped and addressed { to Canadian prisoners of war in Ger- pany. The work required to accom- lish such a task is tremendous, and {no one who does not visit the con- sulate during such a time can realize | what this shipment-of 500 packages | means. Several friends of the consul | and his staff were engaged in pack- ing, wrapping and labelling and fin- 'ally piling the packages along one side of the office. To show what 500 such boxes amount te it is only nec- essary 10 state that piled two deep they fairly covered one wall of vthe big office, Bach box contains various articles that will be more than wel- Lcome in a prisoners-of-war camp, and ch box is carefully and securely wrapped in thiek brown paper and adornell with three labels. Tha mail. ing is being done immediately so rat all will reach their German destin- ation by Christmas. [rae | cb rrr tbh Pret b eb bb ibe + ONE SOLDIER TAKES + ' 102 GERMANS. + * ah -- ° London, Qct. 27,--One of fif- + teen Victoria Crosses, the award # of which are made in yesterday's % London Gazette, is to Pte. Thos. Jones, who, accordifig to the of- ficial account, affer killing three snipers who were shooting at him, entered the German trenches, .and, single-handed, disarmed one hundred and two (eqmans, including three or four officers, and masched them tack to the British lines through a heavy barrage fire, + + + + * & + * + W * BSE hb edt HGH PRICES DEBATED OF DUTY ON BUTTER REMOVAL ' AND EGGS Would Cause the Prices To Fall at Once--The Government Should See That Agriculture is Looked After, 7 Montreal, Oct. 27,--That if the Government removed the duties on eggs and butter coming into Canada the prices would, fall at once very living and agriculture, in which he late. Mr. Fortier, while wanting duty, on but was still of © tan farmers fiot suffer, and to support this contention of no pro- tection for the Canadian farmer on eggs and but said that the pro- ter months when the Canadian far: mers had no preduce to sell the im- portation from other countries would reduce the cost and at the same time effect no harm upon the farmer. Mr. Fortier made a plea for the farmer, saying that steps should at once he taken to bring about a greater production than at present, otherwise there would be disaster at the end of the war. Through the lack of help and instruction, be said, the farmers were not able to produce the articles of food needed, giving up their land almost exclusively to grains and hay, and producing but little more than they actually need- ed for themselves in the way of but- ter and eggs. *t He advocated that the Government should put a good practical farmer in each county, with an ar small experimental farm in the same county, and it amwould be the duty of | this man to direct in a measure the farming of the, county, The cost of eggs and butter in Can- ada in the last three years had been the same as the prices in the United States, plus the duty, said Mr. For- tier, and he quoted a letter from W. Flavelle, of Lindsay, one of the lar- geet dealers in butter and eggs, in support of this contention. "It was small use casting abuse on groups here and there because of the high cost. of Jiving, but instead aid to the argiculturalist and the removal of the duties would be needed. The prices paid were extraordinary, went on Mr. Fortier, and with a greater production it would be im- possible to contre} the prices. "It is time that we opemed our eyes, and demanded that the Govern- ment take steps to see that agrieul- ture is looked after," said Mr. For- two months in ti * country studying conditions at first hand. Referring to what was done by the governments in the way of lectures, he said that this was often Age of practical ben- efit, for the lect: would not know ts. conditions of soil, etc., in the neigh-| ma borheod in considerably was, the argument of Diplock Adelard Forties, speaking at yester- Lv wp ks a day's meeting of the Chambre de|yeapg Commerce, on the question of high |Engiand. has made considerable researches of | ¢iernoon from 310 University avenue t the | 1 vie conduc and. eggs. removed, oq was a member of the Congrega- fon that the Canad- | 1 ducing months in Canada were May, |y Sharpe died on Thursday at Rich- June, July, August, September, while |, q after only a weeks' illness of in the United States and other coun- |p ight's disease. tries "which would send produce t0|p,ry forty years ago, and was the Canada the season was practically daughter of David Weese. continuous, and that during the win-|mgins will be interred at Napanee. tier who has been spending the last|be PLAINTIFF HAD SUED FOR $100 COMMISSION, Was Non-Suited Because He Had At- tempted Also Becure Commis- sion For Selling Property to His Principal. The action which H. 8. Crumley, real estate agent, brought against Ar- thur E, Howard to recover $10@ com- 'mission * was dismissed. by Judge Madden in County Court Friday morning. The defendant bought out Mellquham's livery for $6,000, giv- ing in part payment some property valued at $4,500. Previous to this deal the plaintiff had been trying to dispose of the defendant's property, and had been asking $4,100 for it. He suggested, however, to Howard that he ought to be able to get $4, 6500 in the MclHgquham deal. Crum- ley's evidence was, to the effect that dre had practically negotiated the deal between Howard and Mcllqu- ham, but the evidence for the de- fence indicated that it had been ne- gotiated by A. J. Darragh, who as- certained the lowest price which Me- Ilquham would accept, namely, $6, 000, which was acceptable to How- ard. Crumley, according to his evidence, gaid that Mcllguham had told him that while the livery was worth $11,- 000 or $12,000, he would be willing, to accept $6,000 for it, and that if he could sell it for anything above that figure he could have it for his commission. He suggested then to pleasure the Feintzman & Cn. Ylager-Fann will cpen up for you? You can yourself render any class of music--any piece of music--like a great artist, and without knowing a note of music. A. demonstration will convince you of its wonderful qualities. Let us give you this dem- onstration, C. W. LINDSAY, "121 Princess St. Howard that the livery was valued at $11,000 or $12,000, but he thought it could be secured for $6,500.¢ The judge, in dismissing the case, said that the law expressly stated that a real estate dealer who _gecured or attempted to securé a commission ftom a party for selling property to the person whpse agent he was, was not entitled to'a commission from his principal, and that if he recovered a commission from the other party his principal was entitled to recover it in the courtg of law. The plaintiff had avered to secure a commission of $500 from Mecllqguham in selling property to Howard, whose agent L was, Hence he was not entitled to receive a commission from Howard, Accordingly, the case was dismissed with costs. x Tm A Late Mrs. Harriett M. Sharpe. Miss Lucy Diplock," daughter of passed away on ge of sixty-two The deceased was born in The funeral was held on Fiiday Rev. Mr, Deceas- o Cataraqui cemetery. the services. ional church. ' Late Mrs Hirriett M. Sharpe, A well-known resident of the dis- trict inthe person of Mrs, Harriett The deceased was The re- Late George A. Simpson. The funeral of the late George A. { AND * BUTTER JARS All Sizes. " Ideal Silver Cream For Gold and Silver D. COUPER 341-3 Princess St. Phone 76. Save the Babies FOR THE EMPIRE'S SAKE USE ONLY PASTEURIZED MILK Our Milk is Thoroughly Pasteurized and sold in SeaJed Bottles. gor Phone 845 Price's Charm Ceylon Tea Black, Green, Mixed. Packed in King: ston by . GEO. ROBERTSON & SON, Limited. N the residence of his father, John Simpson, at Inverary, to the Method- ist church of that place. It was very largely attended. Rev. A, E. Oliver conducted the services. The pall- bearers were: Lyle Hartley, William Newman, Preston Gibson, Frederick Buck, William Dennee and Elmor Lake. Beside his parents, the deceased is survived by four brothers and five sisters, The sisters are: Mrs. Jo'u Clark, Mrs. Andrew Drader and Mrs. Robert Murphy, of Estavan, Sask , and Mri Herbért Gibson, Inverary and Amelia at home. The brothers are-William, Oliver, Roy and Isaas, all at home, Late Francis Joseph Laveque. --Many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Laveque, Rideau street, will deeply sympathize with them in the cis Joseph, after a week's iHness. In- terment took place on Wolfe Island on Wednesday, EXCHANGE OF CIVILIANS. Text of the Agreement Between Rri- tain and Germany. Berlin, Oct. 27.--Details of the agreement reached between Germany and Great Britain for the exchange of all German and English civilian prisoners detained in Britain or Ger- many or thelr possessions, and who are more than 45 years of age, are printed in the semi-official Nord Dustschie Aligmeine Zeitung. they reach the age of 45. Both countries; how- ever, are this persons of the military reasons Simpson took place on Thursday from| death of their bright little son, Fran- | S85 adds: "It is further | == to except from - age | == wir |= Motor. Boat and Automobile ~ Supplies Adare" Phone 94 Sui Roney's, NORFOLK 24 to o to 35, 50 to $10.00 ' $3.50 to $12.00 $4.