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Daily British Whig (1850), 24 Aug 1914, p. 8

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Suit for Fifteen Dollars tt Pi Yes, Sir, we're right here hd show you the best looking, the best tailored, the most durable and the most stylish garments at this moderate ' price that your money ever bought. Fifteen Dollar Suits are onr hobby. All the new suit models, all the correct styles, tail ored excellently, from splendid fabrics, "We'll wager that you ean't pick out our fifteen dollar suits from among their higher priced assoc- lates, Test us on our Fifteen Suit Values, A AA AA AMA A BROCK STREET Little Out of the Way, But It Will Pay You To Walk cen ttt te a ct te ee eee eee en. NEW GOODS At Waldron's We have received and passed into stock over 100 cases and bales of new goods from Great Britaj nately the European trouble had not brok- en out until our buyer had secured ail of our fall and winter stock, and the shipments and France. Fortu- have arrived without any extra cost. NEW DRESS GOODS NEW SUITINGS NEW FLANNELS NEW HOSIERY NEW COATS NEW SILKS NEW COATINGS NEW LINENS NEW UNDERWEAR NEW SUITS Our policy of purchasing direct from the manufacturer and of personal visits io the markets of the old world places us in a 'position to give the very newest and best merchandise at the lowest prices. ' (THE 14TH TO GUARD THE GER- ! MAN SUSPECTS. From All Over Ontario--Fifty Of the | 5th Field 'Battery To Go To Val. ' cartier. The population at Fort Henry was increased on Saturday evening when two officers and one non-commis- 'sloned officer arriveu from Windsor {with J. H. Berger, an ex-German of- | ficer. The man in question was i looked upon as being dangerous to be at large during war time, and for that reason it was decided to put 'him under lock and key until the iwar is over. Berger acknowledges 'that he is an ex-German officer. } When he arrived in the city on Saturday evening, he was marched over to the fort and placed in charge of the 14th guard on duty From the conversation-of the man it is evident that he has been in Kingston before, az he appeared to know where the fort was situated Berger will be placed in a room by elf, and will be closely watehed by the guard All Spies To Come Here. On Monday morning word was re- cieved from the milliia department at Ottawa to the effect that the de artment had decided to ship all the German and Austrian spies, who are {arrested in the province of Ontario tao Fort Henry, where they will be kept in safe Keeping until the war the 'intention of 'the depart- me to fix up the rooms so that they will be fit for men to live in. Although it is eighty years since the last war prisoners were confined to he fort, the rooin fairly 00d condition supply taken out of which ret-class » four Giegtmans who are at confined to the fort appear enjoying themselves. Fach man is furnished with a wire spring and mat- trose to zleep on | It is the intention of the department | to place oflicers in separate gooms. At the present time there are three guards on 'duty for a period of twen ty-four hour Each guard has forty eight hours off duty The {in charge of the fort guards are Col. } SN. Fraser, H. B. Trotter and acting Walker Fach of the Germans is allowed out of his cells for a period of one hour in charge of an armed all the while are mn The a large well, water pres- sergeants ~erat | {gnard Artillery In Barracks. ajo CU. Barrett; of the 5th field | tery, is now in charge of 135 men | at de Pont barracks. Lieut j iewey, of the 5th artillery, of Brock- { Ville, brought sixteen men to the bar- { ks on Monday Fhirty-three men Loi the ninth brigade staff are expected ly arrive in the city from Belleville | Monday, and will be quartered in | + barracks. I'he ninth brigade is | compesed of the th of kingston, the to bel sth from Gananoque, and the 34th of | Belleville The men are drilling con- fstentiy and appear to be a fine look No orders have ing bunch of soldiers. it is expected ! been received yet, but that ope section ,of fifty men will be 'sent to Valcartier under Lieut. Smith, {on Wednesday or Thursday | Capt. Guttman For Special Service. 14th over Capt. LL. F. Guttman, of the | Regiment, who volunteered for [pleaded hard for a {eas service, was very much disap- {pointed on Saturday afternoon when {he was informed that he would not be | 'the 14th Regiment | {able to go with {overseas cbhntingent. time | A short mon was preached by Rev. Mr. Cooke, rector, Ja An Awstrian Arrested. | Fixcitement reigned high at Tete de Pont barracks, on Saturday afte' noon, when an Austrian suspected as being a spy, was placed under arrest and held until Monday morning. Lhe man appeared at the barracks for the purpose oi enlisting in the overseas contingent. When he was standing on the barracks square the sergeant-" major thought that he acted strangely and placed him under arrest. While he was locked up it was thought that, he would go out of his mind. He broke one of the windows in the guard room and cried" like a child BURIAL ON FRIDAY. Funeral of The Late Leonard Smith. The funeral of the late Leonard Smith took place Friday morning to Cataraqui cemetery. The service was conducted at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Smith, 58 Jarl street, by Rev. W. Prettie. The pallbearers were two of his brothers, W. J. Smith and 8. J. Smith, four cousins, H. Smith, C. Smith, B. Smith, J. Smith and I. !shell, brother-in-law. The fuperal was largely attended the deceased being. very popular, especially for his genial disposition. The floral tributes were numerous, showing the high esteem in which he was held: Wreath, Kingston fire department; crescent, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Smith; sprays, Mr. and Mrs. Isbell, Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sherman, mother and father, Mrs. ('apt.) Black, H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. George Fullerton, Charles Pur- dy, Mr. and Miss Myersfi, Mrs. Reid, Afr, and Mrs. F. Pringle, Mrs. Ma- honey, Mrs. Ledford, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pickering, Miss Bessie Scott,' Oc<wego, N. Y.; cut flowers, Misses ¥ithel and Florence Pringle, Mowat tospital Besides his sorrowing rents the deceased 's survived by four brothers, W. J. Smith, King- ton fire department, S. J. Smith, city and Masters Howard and Hor- » at home; also five sisters, Mrs. | M. J. Sherman, city; Mrs. L.- Isbell, *lify and Misses. Elsie Beatrice and Marion at home. The family have! he deepest sympathy of the com-! munity | The TRAMPS GO TO JAIL, a------ | They Have Been Causing Trouble | Near Cataraqui. Albert Mercer, James Wallace, John Love and Michael Connors, tramps by | trade, were gathered in by ounty | Constable Robert Smith and Consta- Lle Daniel McCarey, oi the loeal po- | lice force, on Sunday, on the charge vagrancy, and were all given 8 term in jail. Mercer got ten days: Wal , twenty days; Love, thirty days, and Connors, one month and ten days. | they appeared before Justices of the! Peace George Hunter and J. W. Brad- | baw, on Monday morning. | When arrested on the farm of Henry | Dalton, on the back road leading to] Cataraqui cemetery, 'on Sunday after- | noon, they had a number of cooking | utensils. Kor - some - time, the resi- dents have been complaining about | losing vegetables, milk and other arti-| cles, which had evidently been the! work of tramps. Mercer, an umbrella-maker by trade, | chance, but the | magistrates stated that they were de- | termined to break up the gang. } it is supposed that these are the | same men who attempted to hold up ticorge Amey, a butcher, and take his | Money on Saturday evening Mr \mey whipped up the horse and was | able to get away from the gang | 14TH RIFLEMAN DESERTED. {before the volunteers were due to | Laste His Clothes on Railway Tracks leave Kingston, Capt division 12 not officer of the change was made commanding Why the { known, but - 1t {quarters on Monday morning { Capt. Guttman had been ordered to | report valeartier, and in all probability will he attached to another corps. it 12 expected that' he to the intelligence staff who is a Mming, is able t« languages, and and his ser: more 1m that tached Guttman, Oueen's = professor choo! of peak a number of knows Europe well, mn some { are hikely required | portant sphere Rockwood Was Contributor. Roekwe gent. six of {its stafi to the and Ih Graham, ambulance corps wr. N. M. Fisher, wood hospital staff, is don ambulance corps, to the front. od hospatal has war--hve who is attendants, | with No. d of Rock Lon | going formerly with the which i= Carl Goldman In Trouble. Uarl. Goldman, a Ningstoman, refused admittance at Niagara F N.Y., on Saturday by the immigra- tion oflicers. He was going to Waco, roxas, to visit friends and had lor warded a money order to himself to a | Buffalo hotel. He had only two del- lars in his pockets crossing the border that was not enough to comply with the law, he was refused admittance Experience Trouble, It was learned on Monday after-! noon that the guards on duty Fort Henry are experiencing diffi- culty with the four Germans in con-| finement. One of the non-commis- sioned officers was called upon to take the two knives from the men | --- y | Five Hundred Baskets Of Plums. which they had tried to conceal. The knives were given to the men for eating their meals. Attended Divine Service. Ihe men of the 14th Regiment who were off duty on Sunday morning at- tended divine serviee at St. Mark's church, Barrviefield. The one hundred men in command of Major H. .J. Daw- sou, paraded to the church. 'I'he ger. | Guttman re | | ceived word of the change through the | Hooking for was learned at head | since that time. | to the commanding officer at | | his rounds on Ontario street, he spot- will he at ( Capt, |} in | DiacKsmitn {was examined it Hi longed 10 a ces | jof trousers and serge mearly-rolled up | | Fduecation 3a since at I'he officers of the 14th Regiment are | one of the riflemen who deserted from the ranks on Saturday end has not been seen or heard of | ! | Near Queen Street. | | | Un Sunday morning, when Police Constable Daniel McCarey was making ted a bundle of clothes lying on the ground at the Cockburn's shop the bundle was found that it member of the 14th was a cap, a pair rear of When Regunent F'here Ie clothes were taken to the police | ation und the military authorities were informed. There was no trouble in linding the name oi the man, as his clothes were all numbered and the cap- tain of the company had the number books of the company BOARD OF EDUCATION. on the A Special Meeting May Be Held This Week. \ special meeting of the Board of may be held this week. he board has not had a meeting | adjourned for the summer | season. A special meeting of the] finance and = management committees of the board were called for five o' lock this afternoon. The manage- went committee will consider the ap pointment of a moderns teacher in the Collegiate Institute and the fi-| nance committee has some accounts to pass. | The board also has to consider! the appointment of a caretaker for | V#atoria school, and there will be , other business in connection with the! opening of the schools on September | Ist. There is a movement on to | have the schools re-optn Sept. Sth, the day after Labor Day. 1 1 | i To arrive every day this week for Carnovsky. Principally Brad- shaw plums and Washington green | gages. Owing to the shortage in| peaches we advise you to put up a; double supply f plums. { John T. Montreal Clearing secretary of tl P. Inight, manager of the] House, and former | Canadian Bankers' i CASTORIA [5 ow Fam For Infants and Children. | F ! The Kind You ams Abas Bought } regh mushrooms at Carnovsky's. The xX steamer Mazablan' has been to clear from San Francisco with coal. John E. Lamb, Te is dead. Ht was a 't tiopal fam 5 Just Opened To-day A Large Shipment of Silks We bought these last March before the disturbance lead- ing up to the present war occurred, and secured an unusually fine collection at the then low prices, and you will now benefit by this purchase, as we have marked these silks on the purchase price, not the present prices in France. Black Duchesse Silks 36 inches wide and a beautiful soft make. $1.00 Yard Black Duchesse Silks 36 inches wide, the best at the price we have ever offered. Also 4 other qualities of equally good values. Black Chiffon Taffeta Silks Black Pailltte Silks Black Corded Silks Fancy Trimming Silks, $1 to $2 Yd SASH SILKS in all wanted shades GIRDLE SILKS, in all wanted shades .... 3 Te ots Rtg t » ' aH a wd = re a 4 , PLAID SILKS, in wide widths, 20ovelty designs. . 50c and 752 Si. SCR, camltod New Corsets for Fall are now being received, and the styles range through low, med- ium and reasonably high busts, the latter for stout, figures. The backs are slightly higher but the same snugness in hip lines. EXTREMES have been avoided and a general sanity of design marks the new modelss. $1.00, $2.00, $1.50, 350, $5.00 and up o-- ~ JOHN LAIDLAW & SON. A Boy's Boot at $2.50 C Strong enough for School and good enough for Best. Guaranteed solid and a Boot that will Wear. Different shapes to choose from and at

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