THE DAILY BRITISH ap -- MOST OPTIMISTIC RETURY OF RECRUITS FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN NOVEMBER. The Return as Issued on Thursday Shows That 407 Joined the Colors in the Previous Two Weeks, - The recruiting return for the half nonth ending November 15th was is- O ver coats sued on Thursday morning and gave - Tight and loose fit- 'ting coats in fall the colors in that time. For infantry inits the 235th won the honors by securing forty-four men Kingston secured 4 total of 113 men. The re- \ port is as follows: : Recruits Strength 72nd Battery ., ..13 85 73rd Battery . § 75 0 { "5th Battery . . | Cobourg Battery { 207¢h Ottawa . . 230th Brockville 235th Belleville. { 240th Renfrew 247th Peterboro.,.. | 335m Lindsay CO de Wt = weights or heavy winter materials if 253rd Kingston | 254th Belleville . .. you prefer. | Signal Co. ... | Queen's F. A Our OVERCOAT C.A D.C. DEPARTMENT fff c.» sc { Una tached Recruiting Band BY bt =) 00 0D ps = T3 : 17°C" R.C.H.A. contains to our no- No. 3. S. 8. Co. Outside Units: 216th { 5th Pioneers | 239th | C.M.R. tion the most won- derful display of overcoats we ve 407 3,690 Officers of the 254th. ever had the plea- | Capts. Sharpe and Macnee and Lieut. It was announced at headquarters { here that the following officers have been appointed to the 254th Battal-| {ion at Belleville, is commanded by | Lieut.-Col. P. C. Allen: { Lieut. A. G. Sandford as adjutant. | Capt, Hyman as quartermaster. | Lieut. D. V. Ketcheson (overseas | | with 21st) as machine gun officer. | Lieut.-Col. W. W. McCullough, 3rd | Dragoons, as major and company | commander ! Lieut, R. D. | vice, major |'mander Capt, 8. E tain, Capt._C. A. Bleecker, 15th, as cap- | | tain | Lieut. H. IL. Wallace, 15th, as cap- tain, Lieut. H. L, {tain Lieutenants: R. Dufferin, 15th; G. ® ® . 9 : W. Lynn, 15th; W_'P. Nugent, 49th; BM A. °R. Gribble, 15th; R. B. Cooper, 9 fl}! 15th; C. Bugener, 3rd P.A.C.D; H. C. | Leavens, 15th; J. R. Cooke, 15th; R. Brock Street, | P, Coulter and W, E. Tummon, 15th. A little out of the way, but it will pay you to walk. sure of showing you. See our very snappy youngish models at $15.00 to $25.00. Also the very popular military style, belt- ed back overcoat, $15.00 to $22.00. Don't fail to see this model. Weller, and Ser- com- | Special company Carman, 15th, as cap Ingram, 15th, as cap- ® ELECTION AT QUEEN'S. | Arts Society Preparing--Special Med- ical Military Course. | A special meeting of the Arts So- ciety was held on Wednesday after- | noon to appoint an election commit- tee to choose the Arts candidates { who will represent the faculty at the SAAS | Rs. "ections. "Vas "aeciden == | that the presidents and secretaries of ==| te various year societies would form M i A Half Price Sale of Winter Coats { constitute the committee: D. R. G. Cowan, H_ P. Folger, George Kelly, W. G. Coles, A. L. Blacklock, E. H. Reynolds, O. D. Cliffe and E. H. May. 56 ONLY WOMEN'S HEAVY WINTER COATS, taken from our regular stock for a quick clearance. These are made + of high quality tweeds in the most fash- ionable effects, all bought for this sea- son's trade and are expertly tailored and properly finished. Full of sizes. Prices range from $10.00 to $20.00, and on Saturday only you can have your choice for exactly Half P Lieut. J. O'Neill, -formerly battal- ion sergeant-major of the Queen's University contingent, C, O. T. C., is in the city renewing acquaintances, Lieut, O'Neill is a graduate of Queen's, and is now with the 235th Battalion in Bowmanville, The special military course for the final year medical students who wish to be attached as officers to various medical units commences in a week's time. The course will come in the midst of the examinations, but no doubt will be well attended, as the majority of the final year students are intending to join some unit. Lieut.-Col. Gardiner is making ar- rangements for the course, which will extend for 'some time. It is not known definitely it is thought that some of the il be kept in\Canada and will do medi- cal work in the military hospitals and convalescent homes instead of being sent overseas. WERE WEDDED IN WEST. Dr. E. J. De Beaupre Was Married. at McRorie, Sask, Dr. E. J. de Beaupre and bride ar- rived in the city Tuesday. They were married at McRorie, Sask., the home EE formerly of Winnipeg, =| ceremony being performed by Rev. Father Erny. On their way east they stopped off at Winnipeg and Toronto. | The groom, who is a son of Mrs, de =| Beaupre, Joknson street, is a gradu- ate of Queen's and has seen 'service =| overseas, having been on the staff of Queen's Hospital. He is now con- nected with Queen Ambulance Corps. 000 0 MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVED Joyce, Division Street. The mystery surrounding the pig which ran into lMolice Constable James Cotter's yard has been solved. Mr. Joyce learned through the Whig on Wednesday night that Constable Cotter had a "porker" and after- wards identified it as his. He says that the pig got out on the roadway, was chased by a number of boys, but that the pig gave the boys the slip, and had evidently gone into Constable Cotter's yard for protection. of the total of 407 new men drawn to| {Kingston for the big opening here oh | was the most suecessful yet held and | men | ilizing here they will be sent to To- | ronto for final training and organiza- tion Anaconda .. N. 8. Steel .. Inter. Nickel .. s Runaway "Pig Was. Property 'of R. st 4 WHIG. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1916. 3 i | MILITARY CIRCLES | One of the most enthusiastic re- cruiting agents and organizers in this ! y district is Lieut.<Col. BE. J. , commanding the 240th Bat- , with Lanark and Renfrew as {recruiting area. His men are train- ed to accept no excusze for an eligible man not being in Prospéctive 1 have the chance to enlist in the 240th, but if" they héilige on the sub- ject and offer the excuse that they want the artillery, engineers or some | other branch of the service they are "not allowed to get away with it." It has been suggested that Col. Watt bring in. 100 of his best men for Kingston.! They could start the re- cruiting ball rolling for the 253rd ! Queen's Battalion and incidentally 'bring in many recruits for themselves. Major G. I. Campbell, chief recruit- ing officer, will go to Belleville to |assist-in the organization of the hig recruiting opening for the 254th Belleville Battalion, commanted by { Lieut.-Cok---Allen, He will return to khaki | { Monday. From this date (Nov. 16th) any person who has enlisted for overseas is exempt from the payment of the amusement tax. service Sharp and Capt." WalteeK { Macnee, Kingston, who have been in charge of the bombing school in Ot- have been ordered to proceed bombing apt | Cag tawa, Belleville to conduct a 100l. The School of Bomb Throwing, | which was s0 successfuly started and | carried on at Barriefield camp by [ Migney, has concluded two courses awa, and will start one from 5th Battalion in Belleville next week The last course at Ottawa the Ottawa authorities are loud in their praise of the work done. The Army Service Corps recruit- ing campaign is bringing results in this district, inasmuch as nineteen have already been secured be- fore yesterday, when an additional five came from Cobourg After mob- The following officers from this district are attending a course in musketry in Toronto: Lieut. M. J. O'Brien, 207th; Lieut. R. Patterson, 207th; Capt. B. J. Dickson, 235th; Lieut. G. 8. Manning, 240th; Lieut, J. C. R. Manning, 240th; Lieut. A. G. Stewart, 252nd; Lieut. E. W. Skin- ner, 253rd Queen's Battalion A new course in bayonet fighting and physical training starts here on January 3rd. Sergt, W. Troup, who is recruiting for~the 240th Battalion of Renfrew, has enlisted Frederick L. Davis, of Joyceville for hisiunit. Capt, W. Peters is carrying on the duties as officer in command of the Military Hospitals Commission Com- pany here until the appointment of a Successor to Capt. Tett, now on duty with the 253rd Queen's University Battalion. The approval of the appointment of Major Date #&s commandant of Fort Henry has not yet been received. Owing to the fact that practically all the officers and N.C.0.'s of the 14th Refgiment Guard have enlisted for everseas with the 253rd Battal- ion, Lieut.-Col. P. G. C.- Campbell is considering a new list for this week. A BULL MOVEMENT, And Thousands of Shares Were Hand- led To-day. (Special ts the Whig.) New York, Nov, 16.--Nine hundred and seventy thousand shares of stock were traded on the Stock Exchange this morning in a bull movement which sent prices up from two to thirty-fouf points. Steel Equipment, Copper ajd Corn Products shares were the centres of the movement. U. 8. Steel sold as high as 124%. Two million shares day was indi- cated when at one o'clock the shares totaled 1,230,000. Lackawanna Steel jumped four and a half to 1017%, record high. New York Stocks. Opened 1.30 p.m. Atchison. .. .. ., .. 104% 104% Baltimore & Ohio ... 85% 85% CPR... A 171% St.Paul .. .. .. 92y 93 Erie .. «one ni Sg 36% New York Central ...106 107 Northern Pacific .. .110% Reading. .. .. .. ..107 Union Pacific .. L147 Car& Fay. .. .. .. . 69% Amn. Loco. .. .. .. . 93% Amn, Smelting .. Rep. Steel . : TEATRGAL News | At the Grand. For to-night and ing half of the week an ex cellent programme. has been ar- ranged. Theda Bara willbe seen in the feature picture, "Romeo and Juliet," a magnificent picturization of the world's greatest love tragedy. A two-reel Universal Teature, a one- reel laugh-producer, and the Pathe News will also be shown. In vaudeville will be 'seen May Hixon, | in a singing and ' character change! act also the Parie-Duo, in a high-| class-accordion and clarinet act. This bill will be seen.for to-night, Friday | and Saturday. | the remain- , -- | At the Strand. { For the last three days of this week | an exceptionally strong programme has been arranged for theatre. Miss Dorothy Gish will be | seen in the iatest five-part Triangle Fphoto-play, *"'Gretchen the Green- | horn," Miss Gish plays the part of ay Duteh lassie from Holland. Arriving | in America, she falls in love with a young Italian musician. Later, | through no fault of her own, she be-| comes associated with a counterfeiters, but is saved by lover Assisting Miss Gish Triangle kiddies, who have played! important parts in a number of Tri-| angle photo-plays shown at this | theatre. Danger Girl," and other good: reels| will 'also be shown." Two high-class| vaudeville acts, Gertrude Dudley Co. in anything from 6 ragtime to grand opera, and Richard Hamlin, the "melody man in brown," come highly recommended. i At Griffin's | The leading feature at Griffin's for} to-day, Friday and Saturday is al Famous Player production entitled, | "Rolling Stones," a picturization of | Edgar Selwyn's great stage suecess, | with Owen-> Moore and Marguerite Courtot in the leading roles. It is one of the best comedy dramas pro-| duced in pictures. Both stars are well and favorably known to all Jaw} ers of high-class screen dramas. The] vaudevitfe, Rowles and Gilman, are a | team of clever singers and dancers. The management also' shows another of those popular Athletic Weeklies| and a Musty Suffer comedy, which is} one long laugh, the whole making al very entertaining bill. | The Phantom Crook, All Paris had been upset by a ser-| ies of mysterious robberies, and mur-| ders. Since the perpetrators of these! crimes eoutd not be found, they were! attributed to an elusive eriminal call-| ed Fantomas. No two of his victims] described him alike; but because of | his ingenious methods and calculated | daring, it was felt that one man com-| mitted all crimes. There will be aj series of five pictures of thrée eels | each complete in itself. They are) considered the most thrilling detec-| tive stories that Paris has ever pro-| duced, The first will be shown at the | King Edward Theatre to-night. | Late John F. Ward. John F. Ward, one of the county's best known residents, passed away on Wednesday evening. He. was born sixty-eight years ago in the township of Kingston, and had been living at Cataraqui, where his son, Percival, has a general store; The deceased was a 'Methodist in religion. WAS FURTHER REMANDED. William Phillips Will Come Before ||| the Magistrate on Monday, The case of William Phillips, ar- rested three weeks ago, charged with assisting in the escape of a German prisoner named Henry Muller, was booked for the Police Court on Thurs- day morning. The accused was but Magistrate Farrell further ad-|§ journed the case until Monday, and! Walter Runciman, President of the British Board of Trade, announced the Government about the pooling of engineering re- sources in order to expedite building. The rush of parcels continues at|Hf the post office. Since the beginning|]| of the waek no less than 1,600 pack-|J§ ages have Yeft the local post office for overseas. King George received J. P. Mor- gan, in audience at Buckingham the} this popular | iii band of | Mi A Keystone éomedy, "The |} i 25¢ and 35c. brought down from the jail in a taxi, | [| Phillips was taken back to the jail. ||} intended to bring! ship-| |} Your Eyes and Your Fingers DO NOT HAVE TO BE YOUR GUIDE WHEN BUYING HERE. We are simple enough to believe that we fare best when we guard your interests of quality and price. IT conduces immensely to the con- tent and pleasure of shopping to know that there is a place in Kingston where one who is not a judge of goods, or one not much accustomed to shopping is sure not to be taken advantage of in price, or cajoled by super-salesman- ship into buying what they do not need. - ~ We would rather not make a sale than make one for the buyer to regret. Winter Hosiery A most attractive stock now ready. Women's winter stockings, special Women's cashmere stockings, 50c, 59¢, 75¢. Women's white cashmere hose, the soft, unshrinkable makes, 50¢, 75¢; 85¢, $1.00. Children's kinds. Warm Underwear Warm Vests and Drawers For children, for young girls, for women, for boys, for men. Six different fall and winter makes for women now ready. . * Men's fleeced shirts and drawers. Men's natural wool shirts and drawers. Men's Scotch wool shirts and drawers. CHRISTMAS DELINEATOR w Ready -- Call for your copy To- morrow. stockings of many N.S Cor .. .. Steel Corpn. .. mers .. Re Steel of Canada .. .. General Electric .. .121% 3 Grain. Wheataeas 5 $1.85%:; Mav] $1.90. Corn--December, 95 %ec. New York Cotton. December, $20.35; March, $20.58; Mas. $20.79. - Toronto Stock. Receipts, rather ' heavy: trade slow; light sheep, $8.50 to $9; spring lambs, $10.75 to $11.25; Salven, $8 to $11.50; others unchang- ~ "Over $14,000,000 will be needed in Canada during the year 1917 to the nents of the : We we thawing a very pretty assortment of warm slippers for children. | / slippers in following colors: Red, grey, chec., See and \