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A DEMAND ON TURKEY! THE TOWN OF GANANOQUE. |e % { Death of Edgar Kéne--Town Fin | -t | ances Are Good. 18 TO CEDE EVERYTHING BU T| Gananoque, Dec. 18. The statutory i DARDANEELES, {meeting of the town council tor the} : A ipresentation of the town's financiai|§ #1 She Refuses, the Allies Will Open | a1ement for 1912, was held at the | , (town ball, on Monday evening fhe | Fire on Adrianople--Turkey's (gun's affairs daring 1he Counter Proposals--~Greek andl! show careful handling #4 Turkish Fleets in Action, | Mrs. Lawrence Sherby, King street, {wWas/ taken to Kingston general hos ipital in charge of Lr. J. J. Davis, on Monday meorming, for treatment. Lat esl reports state that the patient is Is the most resplendent Holiday feature of the Shopping District by night and its brilliantly lighted floor presents the most radiant Christmas store by day | past year | London, Dee. 1¥.~Dr.. Danefi vester day made the following statement: "If Turkey does not promptly cede Mo the allies all territory west of the doing nicely. line of Media Maritza, including Ad | The Willing Circle of King's Daugh nianople, retaining only Dardanelles, | fore held a session at the home of 1 will telegraph imme lately to our Nie. Clifford Sine, Pine street, last army to open fire on Adnaoople. evening. | "We will Sacto Rodosto. The amount | Kdgar Kane, a well known and "es of the Trish indemnity and of the "teemed resident of the north ward, Turkish debt the. allies will assume, passed away at his home on Prock is not determinable at this conference, street on Dec. 13th, after a short ill Jbut awaits action al a later confer! : ed: "This is a Store That Smiles." It is the store that quickly and delightfully solves all Christmas problems It is the Store that glows with Christmas cheer, courteous - When planning for the improvements in this store we aimed to make it the most brilliantly lighted store in the city. : : What a delight it is to see everything elearly and ence between the allies and 'the pow- | ers, "Financiers are attempting to make favorable terms by maintaining the integrity of the Turkish debt, This means that capitalists are arrayed against us poor allies. ! "The status of Salonika was not de- | termined by the allies in their pre | war arrangements, The allies will set- 'tle that point amicably after pence has | een made with Turkey. The European | situation is clearing, and | do not | anticipate an Furopean conflict," Turkey's Counter Proposals. The terms formulated by 'I urkey have been kept secret, but it may be asserted on good authority that they include the renunciation by both sides of any money transaction under the form of indemnity or otherwise, ex- cept the taking over by the Halkan states of a portion of The Ottoman public debt proportionately to the new [spending a few days this week in To- lerritories they acquire. 'l'hey provide also that the Sultan shall have a re presentative in the territories passing to the allies, where Uttoman courts shall be instituted for Mussulman sub- ts. Adrianople, the fust Turkish capital in Europe, and surrounding territory, shall remain to Turkey. The Turco- Bulgarian frontier south of Adrian ople shall be marked by the Maritza river, while the territory west of Man tea as far 'as Struma river goes to Bulgaria, which thus would have the port of Kavala, to which she has long red. A ctr Ore, Yurkey will demand that Saloniki, over the possession of which, it is pointed out, serious Graeco-Bulgdrian antagonism has arisen, shall remain to Turkey, and, together with Monastir and Scutari and their respective districts, shall form Ottoman territory surrounding Albania. Servia is to have Uskup, Pristina, Mitrovitza and part of the Sanjak of Novibazar, the remaming part going to Montenegro. To Bulgaria is conceded the island of Thasos, but Turkey claims posses- sion of the other islands in the Aeg- ean; including Samathrace, Imbros, Lemnos and Mitylene, together with those now occupied by Italy, because the latter belonged to Asatic Turkey But the administration al Constant: nople pledges itseli to obtain from pgland, Russia, IKrance and ltaly, the four protective powers in Crate, their consent that thus island shall be annexed. to Greece. Greek Fleet Again Attacks. Constantinople, Dec, 18.4The second naval agement between Greek and Turkish fleets in the Aegean is being fought off the western entrance to the Dardanelles yesterday. "A dispatch from Kum Kaleh states that the battle began shortly after daybreak, the (reek ships taking the offensive. The Turkisn war fleet kept ander the range of the guns of the Tugkish forts, which kept up a con- tinious bombardment against' the Greek warship. BEAR BREAKS UP SCHOOL. Pupils Dispersed When Bruin Sauntered Boldly In. Bloomsburg, Dee. 18.-A bear in truded itself bodily into the curricu- lum of the Hoffnagle school in Mifflin township, Columbia county, broke up an examination and created no end of excitement. Just as one of the pupils completed hee examination and was about to leave the room, she exclaimed, "What a funny dog, teacher," and pande.] monium reigned when the teacher de- clared it to he a bear, Examinations ware thrown aside and the children dashed for the door. The bear beat a retreat with the children after him, but the chase was reversed when he tired. of running away, and turning, started toward the children. The schoolhouse became a place of refuge. . Howard Steely,- one of the pupils, tan home and got his flobert rifle and gave chase. He hit the animal several times and drew blood, but Bruin coolly ssuntered off. y To Enlarge Cartridge Shop, s Quebec, Dea. 18.--That the Militia department intends to enlarge the gov. Samet cartridge shop here is the he ae ben. The Greoks have silenced the gguns of Fort Bizani. aka a parents, Mr. and Mrs. John ness. 'Lhe remains were interred on Sunday at Gananoque vault, Word was received here this week by relatives of the recent death of Rowse Parish, wife of Samuel Parish, at Col umhbus, Ohio, where they have been located for a number of years. Deceas ed and her husband were former es- teemed residents of the town. He, in company with the late W. Randall, made up the business firm of Parish and Randall, and conducted a mill on the east bank of Gananoque river, They I#t here some twenty-five or thirly years ago. Deceased was an aunt of Mrs. A. D. Howe, Uak street Mrs. Charles A. Watt is spending a few days in Kingston with friends. A. W. Taylor, business magager ol the Parmenter & Bullock Co.,"is spend ing a few days in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lynn, Sunbury, are spend: ihg a short time in town guests of the Scott. A, Alan, South street, 1s ronto. S-------- BANDIT'S FIERCE FIGHT. Sheriff Killed and Three Deputies Wounded Before Desperado Shot.. Santa Ana, Cal., Dee. 18.--In a fight in the hills at Tamato Springs, twelve miles north-east of Santa Ana, between a young desperado, and more than one hundred county officers, mili tiamen and citizens, the outlaw, who had attacked a young girl, was killed. Under Sherifi Robert Squires also Was killed and three of his deputies were seriousiy wounded. The battle was the elimax of an all-night pursuit of the bandit- by a sherifi's posse, which brought him to bay at dawn on the summit of the rocky hills overlooking the waterholes. Turning on his pur- suerw, the bandit, entrenched behind the rocks, opened fire. One of his first bullets fatally wounded Squires. He lag in a gulch calling for help throughout the long fight, but each time an efiort was made to reach him, one or more members of his posse fell wounded. 7th Regiment, California National Guard, had been summoned, and, flanking the baadit's position, had shot him to death, that the body of Squires was recovered. He was dead when picked up. The bandit appeared at the ranch of William Huff, in the San Joaquin dis- trict, and attacked the latter's niece, Mies Myrtle Huff, a fourteen-year-old girl. The 'attack was made after the man had tied Miss Huff's elder sister, Jessio, to a fence near the barn. Jessie managed to work herself' free from her bonds after the bandit had fled. She ran to the aid of Fer is- ter, and then gave th#®alarm. Sheriff C. E. Ruddick dispatched a squad of officers under Squires to take the train of the fugitive. This posse included Deputies James Stacey, Wil ( It was not until Company L., of the liam Culver and William Brothers, all of whom were wounded in attempts to carry the bandit's stronghold and rescue Squires' body from the gulch, SAVE D FRO MM POORHOUSE. About to Lose Home Widow Re- celves Legacy. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 18. ~The $50,. 000 inheritance to Mrs. Hanpa Case, a widow, sixty years old, of Harris burg, Pa., a niece of the late J. K. Zimmerman, millionaire Kansas City cattle man, saved her from the poor house. The mortgage for $1,000 on Mrs. Case's home was to be fore closed soon. Without money or rela: tives, she faced the poorhouse. One day last October, after she had igned hersell to the impending fate, she received a letter from Kansas City tolling her she was a niece of J. K. Zimmerman, whose estate of $1,200, 000 was to be divided between his twenty-seven nephews and nieces, One hundred thousand dollars of the estate was divided. Mrs. Case's share of this distribution was $51,000, 'MRS BUCHANAN SUES DD. MORDY Beachburg Couple Figured in a Thin Lawsuit. Pembrove, Ont., Dec. 18.-Mrs. .J Buchanan, of Beachburg, has enters! suit against David Mordy, Beach- burg, for defamation of character. This is the third lawsuit or case in which this couple have figured in Renfrew county. It will be recalled some years ago Mrs. Buchansn sued Mr. Mordy for the support of a child, and secured judgment. Some months ago Mrs. Buchanan was acquitted on a charge of attempting to poison Mordy. The present case is based on alleged statements by Mordy reflect ing on the character of Mrs. Buch: panan. a --.,,...,,,,)A2 ,) EE --.- M------------ Boaster Nearly Hatged. Pottstown, Pa. Dec. 18. --George of Bechtelsville, has been EE] WH i i: 0 L f hi iH Motori g SEeE when a thing "looks so different when you home."' Fritzi Scheff when in the store Monday exclaim- THE STORE OF A THOUSAND GIFTS BOOKS FOR MEN. Reminiscences of Sir] Richard Cartwright, $3.00. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone and Songs of a Sour- dough, by Robt. W. Service. The Battle of Baseball, by Christy Mattheson and C!, H. Claudy. Drummond Poems, com- plete, in one volume, $2.50. FRAMED _ PICTURES . FOR THE HOME OR 5 DEN. EF Such subjects as "My, Dear Old Home, Farewell," "For All Eternity," " Bair- nies, Cuddle Doon,"' the New Harrison Fisher Sub- jeets, Christy and Reming- ton Pictures. BIBLES AND PRAYER BOOKS. A complete assortment of Bibles from the world's three great publishers, Samuel Bagster & Sons, London: the Oxford Uni- versity Press, Oxford: and the Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. English Church Book of Common Prayer, with and without hymns. Presbyterian Hymn Books. 'Methodist Hymn Books. Peloubet's Sunday School Lessons for 1913. Chureh GAMES OF ALL SORTS. Direet importation of the finest shipment of Games ever made to this city. Made in Great Britain. Retailed at prices that other stores would have to pay Toronto jobbers for them. Home Stores--The Child- ren's Game of Model Shop, complete, with Seales, Bil! Heads, Window Tickets, Imitation Money, ete, 25¢, 50¢, Toe, £1.00 and $2.75. Blow Football at 20¢, 35e, $1.00 and $1.50. Home Post, 25¢ and 35e. | Atlantic Records, 25¢, 35¢ and Toe. Aerial Derby, 25¢ and 35¢ Table Tenms, Toe, £1.00, $2.00 and $3.00. Snakes and Ladders, 25c. Scouting, 25¢, 35¢ and Td Lotto, 19e¢, 35¢ and Toe. Skilly, 25¢, 40¢ and Tbe. Table Croquet, 20e, 50e, and £1.00. Steeplechase, 25¢ and #1. Across Canada, 25¢ and 35¢. : Parchesi, 20e¢, 35¢, 75¢ and $1.50. - Tailless Donkey, 15¢ and 25¢. ha Golfing, 25¢ and 35¢. Ring Quoits, 25e, 35¢, 85¢, $1.25 and $2.25. Winkles Wedding, 25¢. Ally Sloper, 25¢ and 50c. sy 20e. Red Indian, 35¢. CHUMS, The greatest Boys' An- ual ever issued and far ex- ceeding in point of sales all other annuals combined. Over 1,000 pages of. solid reading written for. the boys, » : Note. -- Last, year this} 'hook was. at a remium, copies being unobtainable after December 20th at any get It and intelligent service. It is the busiest, bright est, safest and most @n- | | ; 4 : 4 distinetly, so that there are no regrets such as follow | It .is the Store that gives pleasing, Toys and Dolls New Goods imported direct from England and Germany for the holiday trade The reinforcement of these stocks goes on steadily, as provided for, and stored close at hand for briging down to the sales floor to fill up the with- drawals of each day's heavy sales. When the most eritical shoppers tell us that our line of Toys and Dolls is the best ever shown in this city we rest content. TOYS AND DOLLS OF QUALITY. venient store in Kingston. No mouldering or sodden last year's stocks to elear out in a Christmas ! rush. Books at 50c- Over 1,000 copies of these Books received this week stock. 1 $1.50. Following are a few of the leading numbers: -- The Master's Violin, by Myrtle Reed. Petticoat Rule; Baroness Orezy. The Husband's Story, D. Graham Phillips. White Magie, by D. G. Phillips Purple Stockings, by F. S. Field Freckles, At the Foot of the Rainbow and The Girl of {he Gene Strattan Porter. Exeuse Me, by Rupert Hughes. Ailsa Page, by Robt. W. Chambers. Max, by Katherine Cecil Thurston. Poppy, by Cynthia Stockley. Gioing Some, The Barrier and The Silver Horde, b¥ Rex Beach. Rules of the Game, by Steward Edward White. The Blazed Trail, by Steward Edward White. The Trail of "98, by Robt. W. Service. The Dop Doctor, by Richard Dehan., ; Sewing Seeds in Danny and Second Chance, by Nelly MeClung. Hopalong Cassidy, by Clarence F. Mulford. White Sister, by Marion Crawford. Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary, by Anne Warner. Calling of Dan Matthews, bv Harold Bell Wright. Trail of the Lonesome Pine, by John Fox, Jr. Siege of the Seven Suiters, by Nicholson, Forty Minutes Late, by Hopkinson Smith. White Fang, by Jack London. The Inner Shrine. A Splendid Hazar, by McGrath. The Game, by Jack London. Truxton King, by McCutcheon, Third Degree, by Klein & Hornblow., The Gambler, by Klein & Hornblow. The Music Master, by Charles Klein. Potash & Perlmuttér, by Montague Glass. and placed Most of them have never sold under the net price of from $1.20 to Limberlost, by Latest Fiction Corporal Cameron, by Ralph Connor.. $1.10 net. Sally Salt, bv Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Melting of Molly, by Marie T. Davies. The Place of the Honeymouvners, by Harold MeGrath. The Secret of the Clan, by Alice Brown. The Lovers, by Eden Philpotts. My Lady's Garter, by Jaeques Futrelle. The Girl of the Golden West, by David Belasco. The Long Patrol, by H. A. Cody. Ry The Rieh Mrs. Burgovne, by Katherine Norris, Mother, by Katherine Norris. : . Romance of Billy Goat Hill,by Annie Hepan Rice. Peggy Stewart, by Gabrielle F. Jackson. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, by Stepbzi BRacsek. LN The - Radiopticon Thursday of this week is the latest we can aceept orders «fith guarantee of delivery for the hie liday. The Greatest Invention of the Age. for Dembnstration in our beautifully appointed Demonstration Jogi PRICES FROM $3.00 $30.00. YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION to some of the LEADING MA INES. A yearly subscription to a good PERIODICAL makes an excellent and ap- propriate CHRISTMAS GIFT. A beautiful engrav: ed certificate accompanies each subseription. COLES PHILLIPS' BOOK A Young Man's Fancy. The popularity of C. Coles Phillips 1s now at its height. His vogue has swept the country and become nation- wide. The twenty-one full page sietures which illustrates A Ay Man's Faney will capture the fancy of any man or any woman, young or old. There are forty- eight pages of text sur- rounded by handsome des corations in full color. The decorations and dignified cover design are hy Earl Stetson Crawford, £3.00 inet. HOLIDAY STATIONERY, oe The finest line manu- factured in the United States, that of Geo. B. Hurd & Co. Made in beauti- ful hinge cabinets covered with imported paper, in Holly, Rose, Poinsctia, ete, and filled with Hurd's Fab- ric Finish Writing Paper, ribbon tied; also stick of sealing wax; some boxes handsomely ribbon trim- med. FOUNTAIN PENS. Waterman's Ideal Foun- tain Pens in a variety of styles, ranging «in price from $2.50 up. Best English Manufacture Self-Filling - Pens, guaran- teed by the manufacturer for two vears. Prices, #100 to £2.00. Stylo Ink Pencils at $1.00. BABY BOOKS. Have vou a friend who has lately been visited by the stork. If so give her a Baby Book (two styles, for boy 'or girl, $200, PHOTO BOOKS AND SCRAP BOOKS. Photo Books ini Leather, Cloth of telegeopie construe- tion, allowing new pages to be added and preventing a bulky appearance when fill- ed with photos. Ideal Serap Books, allow- ing seven eolumns to the page. Both sides of a elip- ping shown. A book that 1s indispensable, CANADIAN ENAMEL LED JEWELRY. A most distinetive gift for friends in the US. or Eng- land is the Canadian Enam- elled Jewelry on Sterling Silver backgronnd-- Waist Sets, Buckles, Stick Pins, Bar Pins, ete. Sterling Bil- ver Spoons, enamelled han- dles, with local views in bowls. § A IN GIFT EDITIONS. All the Standard Authors and Poets in Beautiful Gift Editions in Padded Leather ranging in price from 60e to $2.50,