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a. 7 Eri Rg a ° PAGE EIGHT Spring Tailoring It's none too early to order ee THE DAILY BRITISH WHI IDESERTER GIVEN A CHANCE | Pte, { years | to | you to go on suspended sentence. 1 i a Sod | | the front should be shown some ocon- | | sideration. I | at G, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918. spaces for years finally discovering a rich gold depos i, to face new difficulties sne s were placed in the Sway of successful prospectors in those On the ie programme will ibe shown the ever popular favorite | Virginia Pearson Virginia Pearson Newton Wil Get Back to the | in "When False Tongues Speak," a : . Mrst | 1YPI ¥ good 'Pea n photoplay, Firing With One of Firs | providing this brilliant artist a won- Drafts to Go Overseas--Given| gery) opportunity to display her Good Advice by the Magistrate, | marvellous histrionie ability The . vo and a half | eleventh episode of "The Fatal Ring" I am going | 2dds just the right touch of variety to allowing | this pleasing programme and is the [| climax in the great serial for in- at | tense and thrilling action. only YEARS AND HALF ERONT, Al Line "You have se the fre you a at Bive chance, DY think that a man who has been CHARTRAND RETURNING TO THE PENITENTIARY Thus did Magistrate Farrell, in the | Lifer Has a Mania For Escap- Police Court, on Thursday morning, | ing--Outwitted at Parry address Pte. Newton, the young! chap who was gathered in by the Sound. military Authorities on 3 tharge il A Parry Sound despatch says: desertion, or rather being abse Shh a alia vs a without leave. He wis founded ap] Joseph Courtrand, alias Duval, un D rave. hs {der life sentence, who escaped from a heville, Farrell asked Newton | the provincial penitentiary at Ports- Magi ate arre as C NE hope that you will] take advantage of this chance, and | i not do anything that will hurt your | | present good reco : i | 2 | mouth, also from the asylum for the | ¥hy he had deserted, and the eXCUSe | criminally insane at Hamilton, was he gave was that he could not work | r | Miitary News Sin Lieut.-Col. T. C. D. Bedell, M.D.. | who went overseas for the second | time as officer in command of the 156th Battalion, has been appointed officer in command of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Red Cross Hos- pital at Bexhill, a Canadian training centre. Lieut~+Col. Bedell is a Mer- | rickville man, was first on active service with the 15th Battalion and returned to Canada; to command the ! 156th, training hers. * | It is probable that a battalion of men whose physical condition places them in a category lower than ¥A" will be raised shortly for garrison duty at Halifax, for the purpose of | relieving physically fit men now on duty at that point, 'who are anxious | to get overseas, but who cannot be relieved for this purpose unless men | of some lower physical standing can | be secured to take over their present | work. Several are to OF SWEET AND your spring suit or overcoat do not wait until the rush that always comes with the first few warm days. Order early and get the best service, while we're not so busy. | in the battery in which he had been { placed in Kingston, He was all { right with the battery he was attach- | ed to at the front, but could not get along with his work here. | The military authorities state | that Newton did not try to get along. | and that he skipped out before he had a chance to make good. Newton is anxious to get back to The spring woollens are on display -- and the patterns and colorings are beautiful. Many old values in stock which you ei Yas sent 1ome on furlough would be wise to secure, even ------ = AF you pick out the heavy The Theatres - eights and have them made "There She Goes" To-night. | he will be given a place in the next | draft that leaves. He was overseas | three years, and for two and a half was in the ick of the fight- the sr Goes," yest \ Ll for next fall and winter's Sparkling with youth and beauty, . dancing fetching melodies, the pretti- 2 est and sweetest of girlies gowned in ® @ Ny 1artest of frocks, "There ¢ x presented by Harvey D. O : { 1¢ Grand Opera House to- h the original cast and pro- i uty chorus that was ever coaxed . 1 } dear old Broadwas "There Brock Street. y She Goes' is something different for "0 "pe . the jaded theatre<goer who is tired Civil and Military Tailors. the old-fashioned conventional comedy. The music is de- If off your route, it pays to : v . is clean, : walk. everything is bright and cheery and x effer t. 'A few of the song hits are: 1 She Ge * I "When You're Twenty-one," "To the Musie {of the Old Jazz Band," "In Hono- lulu Town," '"The Seaside Rag," Dreams Come True." | i Return of "Robinson Crusoe." "Robinson Crusoe," TF Stuart- | Whyte's English 'pantomime been booked for a use, polite, pretty and pleasing, a hodge- + podge of exyberant humor, smart including the Orr Brotners singing and dancing musical lightful and refreshing, the comedy there are no full moments, | "Hawaiian Moon," '"Seme Girk in the {Summer Time," and "Sometime, If i production, return engagement at the Grand big has £ FineWhiteCotton and Nainsooks for Underwear Bought before the big advance. We offer these desirable materials at very attrac- tive prices. Opera House on Friday and Satur- day, Feb th and 16th. "Robinson Crusoe" proved to be the big- gest musical success of the season in Canada, having played from coast to coast, everywhere to crowded houses. So phenominal have been the success of this tour that Man- ager Whyte has heen booked over the Klaw and Erlanger circuit of theatres throughout the United States, and will begin that tour im- mediately after the second and final engagement here. There will be a bargain matinee on Saturday at 2.30 o'clock; so that all the kiddies may see this delightful production. "Peg O' My Heart" Coming. There is a subtle magic in "Peg 0' My Heart" which ean be explain- 'ed by cone word-- genius. It has a spontanetity of careless laughter and a4 sweelness and calm so often lack- {ing in popular comedies. "There is r nothing half so sweet in life as love's jyoung dream," says Peg, and J. Hartley Manners has suffused his BB comedy with the sweetness express- | ed in the line. "Peg 0' My Heart" | comes to the Grand next Monday, | Feb. 18th, bargain matinee and = night, and fells the story of a little BB irish girl, 'who is taken into her IB aunt's family 'in England to be rear- { ed under the peculiai provisions of {an uncle's will. She is as natural pril weather, and 'almost as way- : ; las A FINE WHITE LONG CLOTH in the best. a A a a et, staal English and Canadian makes, at 18c, |= . possiblé manners." In the course of 20¢, 25¢ and 30c per yard. the drama 'the charm of her cha- racter grows constantly more liamin- NAINSOOKS, fine even weaves, soft finish, wide widths, at 25¢, 30c, 35¢, 40c and g | mn. At the Strand. The film production, "Macbeth," which is the attraction at the Strand Theatre, under the -auspices of the Great War Veterans' Association, for the last three days of this week Is the only {iim version of any of Shakespeare's plays in which Sir Herbert Tree, the eminent English actor, has ever appeared. Sir Her- bert Tree was one of the greatest Shakespearian actors of history, and his portrayal of Macbeth in this pro- duction. is even greater than his Stage characterization, on account of the wider scope which the sereen af- fords for his dramatic ability. The film production was made under the personal supervision of D. 'W. Grif- fith, the famous director, whose twe wonderful screen spectacles, "The Birth of a Nation" and "Intolerance" are known to everyone. The screen f| Production of "Macbeth" was pro- duced on just as lavish a scale as either" of these spectacles, and with them ranks as one of the three of the world's greatest motion pictures. Comedy and topical reels will also ji be shown. : ous and the characters of her rela- tives cast deeper and deoper shad- 50c per yard. MULLS, in very sheer makes, ~~ 35¢,and 40c per yard. 8 FINE WHITE BRIDAL CLOTH, full yard : wide. Special value at 25¢ per yard. INDIA LINENS, VICTORIA LAWNS, SPOT MUSLINS, DRILLS, DUCKS, * PIQUES, REPPES, : § And other new weaves, all at less than pres- ent mill prices. : at 25c¢, 30c, At Griffin's, " William 8. Hart, the famous por- Bi trayer of the w the firing line, and it is likely that | a | congregation. | outwitted at the district jail here, | 9fhere he attempted to clear out with 2A aid of a table knife and a piece of [ Wire. The prisoner is now on his way | Mack to the penitentiary in charge of {4 strong guard. He had been arrest. 1.451 here after breaking jail at Chat- { ham, where hé was held for passing {| bogus bills The Dominion police | traced him here and he finally "con- i fessed that he was the escaped lifer. { The abve prisoner's name is Chart- rand He had a mania for escaping. Several times he was caught in the act at the Portsmouth institution. He was originally sentenced at Sault { Ste. Marie for murder, but was ad- judged insane | CHALMERS CHURCH .YEAR. | $10,559.99 Raised for the and 'its Schemes. | The annual meeting of Chalmers j congregation was held in the Con- | vocation Hall of Queen's, Wednes- day evening. The attendance was | good, considering the state of the | roads and the distance of the place | of" meeting from the centre of Fuel being scarce in | the churches, the hospitality of the juniversity authorities was much ap- | preciated After devotional | cises, Charles Livingston was called |to the chair, and A. GQ Ftett to the | secretary's desk | The following reports were then | Presented, received and ordered to |be printed: Sessions, Ladies' Aid, | Women's Mis nary, Macgillivray Band, Sunday school ,choir and trus tees. All indicated & good deal of activity, and;.a progressive condi- tion of affairs. In families and membership there is a slight ad- vance. The missionary offerings not quite as large as the lastf but that was 'in liberal response tp an urgent eall to meet a grave deficit whole church. Apart from that, special contribution, this year's give ing is larger than the last by a con- siderable mangin. There was raised for strictly congregational, mission- ary and benevolent purposes $i10,- 559.99. Of his there went to church schemes $2,516.39. To other objects '$1,179. A creditable record in itself, and the more so in con- sideration of the fact that an amount in course purpose. 'The retiring trustees were WwW. H. Macnee, R. Uglow and R. McRae. Mr. Uglow declining re-election, the two first named and D. G. Laidlaw were elected for the usual three- year term. Messrs. Bowie and Dick were appointed auditors, of ithe year for TWO YEARS FOR DESERTION. Three Men Entered the "Pen" on a Short Term, ~ The big gate at the penitentiary opened on Thursday morning and took in three husky chaps who could be doing good work at the front. They were sent to the penitentiary for 'a term of two years each, on a charge of desertion, High Chief Constable Benjamin Watterworth and one of his dbnstables brought the trio down from London on Wed- nesday. One of the men seen ser- vice at the front, hut did not care to return, Now is the time plano tunsd. We carry two expert tuners and will assure entire satls- faction. C. W. Lindsay, Ltd. DAILY MEMORANDUM "There She Joes," Grand, 8.135, Civic Finance Committee, 5. Board of Kgucation, 8, See top of page 3, right hand corner, for probabilities. DIED, PATTISON---In Kingston, on Feb. 14th, J '1918, Jennie Murray Pattison. Interment at Milton, Ont, SUDDARD---An Kingston, on Feb. 13th, 181 Elza Ann Stanley, beloved wife of John Suddard. Funeral from her late residence, No. §, Chatham St, on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock to Cataraqui cemeteny. Friends and acquaintances respectfully invited to attend. my ROBERT J. REID . Church | the | exer- | : i : < ¥ i in the missionary operations of the! but. little less was cordially given | another | to have your | reports coming i light about farmers and othe-s being | erroneously called to the colors be-| fore their case is finally disposed of. | The Leave of Absence Board formed | at headquarters, with Col. Ogilvie as; president, has these under considera- tion and already the work is piling up rapidly. Offers a most unusual oppor- tunity for the most discriminating woman, who loves fine whitewear, and indulges her taste for chic, dainty styles in garments, so well made, and inexpensive that their purchase will be a source of real economy, The invitations to Principal Tay- lor, W. F. Nickle, Brig.-Gen. T. D. R. Hemming, Mayor Hughes and other | officers-and prominent .aen of the district are being issued for the [opening of the Great War Veterans' Association new hall next Tuesday. | Brig."Gen. T. D. R. Hemming was {| expected to arrive back from Brock- | vife and Ottawa on Thursday. R. J. Gardiner, A. D. left on Thursday for Ottawa | on duty. | Lieut.4Col S., M | | -- | Major 'R. Crocker, Depot Batter- | ies, is in Ottawa on inspection duty. | Lieut. N.C. Kerr, 1st C.M.G- De- | pot, has been appointed to the Se- cond Depot Battalion Among the officers who have re- | turned from overseas lately are { Lieut. F. T. Wood, 19th; Lieut. J. | L. Mitchell, 139th; Lieut 5 | De Salaberr 2nd; Capt { Chandler, C.AMC.; Major W { Irwin, P.P., iICd..1 | Lovely materials, 5 soft white nainsooks, '\/ 42 substantial cambrics, ~~ € delightful, witchery, filmy crepe de chenes and silks are the dainty materials Laidlaw's undermus- lins are made of. COME TOMOR- ROW And make your sel- ection for the season. D. & i | -- ' } | Lieut. F. J. Mooney has been de- | | tailed as adjutant of the Depot Bat- teries. ICapt Herbert Swaine, district pensions officer, who is in the Gene- | ral Hospital, as as well as can be ex< | pected. { --r= i | Capt. T. W. Kirkconnell, of the | | Kapuskasing Interment Camp, is spending a few days in the city. As | the thermometer dropped to fifty- i five below zero during' the recent cold spell, the captain deserves the trip south. * WAS FIRST WOUNDED NOW IS MISSING Lance-Corporal Edwin Coppins Went Overseas With 59th | med silk crepe de chene Battalion, and nainsook night Lance-Corpl. Edwin Coppins, of | this city, who went overseas with| gowns. the 59th Battalion, is Teported miss- | In sweet and pretty ing since January 21st. His sister-| > . . in-law, Mrs, Frederick Coppins, Que-| lace finished nainsooks and crepe de chene un- derskirts. bec street, has received notice to. this effect. | In beautiful and dainty well made crepe de Lance-Corpl. Coppins suffered shrapnel wounds in his right shoul-| chene, and nainsook chemise. der, and was admitted to No. 4 Con- | In most elaborate lace trimmed camisoles. SRE wn In lovely, lace trim- valescent Depot, Trouville, France, | on November 16th, 1917, and after! recovery went back to the firing line. | + Lance-Corpl Coppins is twenty- | two years of age, and has a host of! friends in Kingston. He has been overseas two years this spring. He is | a native of England, but resided in| Kingston five years previous to going overseas, --. Big Baten of Valentines Passed [fff - CALL FOR YOUR NEW MARCH © "Through the Po omens IR. DELINEATOR TOMORROW JOHN LAIDLAW & SON POSTMEN WERE "LOVE-LADEN." | ! St. Valentine's Day was not for-| gotten by any means, February 14th! is a big day for the letter carriers, | and it might well be stated that the "'posties" were '"love-laden," as they | started out on their rounds on Thurs-; day morning, for in their bag they! carried some very fine valentines. | The old custom of sending vulgar; valentines through the mails has, been discontinued, and it is a good | thing, too. ' ! -- I Miss Edna Johnston, Brock street, spent a few days last week visiting ! friends in Napanee. NA ~~ This is the Rubber = Boot Weather Get your kiddies a pair of our rubber boots. Nothing better for this weather. Noce fresh stock. Size 6 to 10}, children's .. .. ... . _. oizellite2. girls... .. ....... 23 Szeto, adies ;. ........... C0") Telephone 24 and we will send them right up.. The Lockett S © -- heal 829s are 3 oe Store