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Si = ---- INCIDENTS OF THE ~ Choice Fall Furs McKAY'S --are showing a really outstanding collection of fine Furs in smart and attractive styles. Prices will recommend them- selves tothe shrewd buyer, and quality guaranteed. Inspection invited without obligation to buy. JOHN CKAY 7 LIMITED 149-151-70157- Bro c k.ST KINGSTON ONTARIO SPECIAL VALUES FOR A FEW DAYS WOMAN'S WHITE PUMPS AND OXFORDS--Louis Can- vas covered heels. Regular value $4.00. To clear $2.75 CHILDREN'S PATENT LEATHER STRAP SHOES -- Mary Jane style; sizes 8 to 10';. Reg. value $2.50. To clear ... Steve J. Martin "Shoes of Merit and Distinction" 180 PRINCESS STREET. Phone 2216. PR REAL ESTATE| FOR SALE * Clergy street -- brick; 9; hot air furnace; all improve- ments--3$3,800. Collingwood Street-- Brick; 7 rooms; hot air furance; hard- wood floors; gas and electricity --$5,600. Frontenac street--brick; 10 rooms; all improvements--§9,- 200. . Mack street -- frame; 6 rooms; oak floors; lot 49x120 --$4,400. Number choice lots: §10.00 down, $5.00 per month. McCANN Real Estate and Insurance 86 Brock St. Phone 326 or 621 THE BRITISH WHIG JOB DEPT. will appreciate an opportunity of serving you in the production of ¢ Car Owners 4 Let us drive that knock from your motor, by burning the carbon m the cylinders. Yoy wi | get more mile- nd power an less ho 2 5 PER CYLINDER KINGSTON WELDING SHOP 43 PRINCESS STREET. ------ . Quotations on Application PHONE 292 Vacation Time To thoroughly enjoy your vacation 'you must be able to see the things that are going on about you--the scenery =' an your trip--and get comfort out of your reading. ARE YOUR GLASSES FIT? Before yon go let us supply you with Glasses that will do you a'service, as well as make you appear well to all those whom you meet. Your Glasses make the first impression on strangers. "You cannot look your best unless your eyes are well dressed." \ : J. S. ASSELSTINE 842 KING STREET LL Kingston, Ont. "THE BUSY OPTICAL HOUSE" : DAY | LOCAL NEWS AND ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. Happenings in the City and Vicinity | --What the Merchants Offer to the Readers of "the Whig. | W. Swalne, prano tuner, orders at { McAuley's, or 'phone-iédw - Mrs. R. Gates, Westhrooke, was a ie Kingston visitor on Wednesday. Den't forget St. Luke's moonlight excursion to Clayton, Tuesday, Aug. 10th. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Jenkins and Mies Mayell visited Pieton on Wed- nesday. Underwood typewriters for rent, also fire insurance written, R. Chas. Bell, 130 Clarence street, Mrs. Kennedy, Kingston, and the Misses Kennedy, Garden sland, were Picton visitors.on Wednesday, 'Art Dean, physical director of the Y.M.C.A,, is spending his holidays at the summer camp at Lake Couchich- ing. A large number of Kingstonians werey in Gananoque on Wednesday, sienfiing the Old Boys' celebration. They report a big time there. Now ss the time to have your piano tuned. We carry two expert tuners and will assure entire satls- faction, C. W. Lindsay. Limited. Miss Isobel Hamilton, Kingston, is spending two weeks visiting Mrs. Clara Milo, Watertown, N.Y., and | other relatives and friends. An aged man appeared in the po- lice court on Thursday morning, {charged with being intoxicated in a | public 'place, and was fined $10 and costs. " The acting market clerk, "Teddy" Green, is looking for the owner of some honey. It.was purchased on the market, but was ert there by the purchaser, F'. Wilson, general secretary of the | YM.C.A,, attending the meeting of | the Masopic-Grand Lodge at Niagara | Falls, is now enjoying his holidays iin Western Ontario. | The 21st Batalion Club held /an- | informal mesting on Wednesday evening and plans for the moonlight | excursion tobe held under | the | auspices of the club were discussed. | We will reni you a piano, and at {end of six months if you feel like | purchasing instrument we will allow | the six months, rental on purchase | price, and arrange easy terms on dal | ance, C. W. Lindsay Lloyd Davis, on Wednesday, had a | most enjoyable trip over the city in | the aeroplane which has been here from Ottawa for several days. his first trip up in the air, and he en- joyed it very much. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wagar, Hum- boldt, Sask., guests of Attorney and Mrs. Nathaniel F. Breen for the past Mrs. Nathaniel F. Breen, Watertown, N.Y., for the past two weeks, are again going to Enterprise, where they join a camping party. The Late Jesse Albert Edwards. Jesse Albert Edwards passed away at Cataraqui on Wednesday. De- ceased was seventy-three years of age, and was for many years care- taker of thé Methodist cemetery. He is survived by his wife. The fun- eral will take place at ten clock on Friday. 2 > The Late Joseph, Wickett, Joseph Wickett, a most highly re- spected and industrious farmer of Shannonville; passed away in. the General! hospital on Wednesday. He had been under treatment since Mon- day, the day of his admission there, but his health had not been good for about six months, He is survived by his widow, two sons, Percy and Rus- sell, Toronto, and one daughter, Mrs. Ridley, Belleville, The remain8 were forwarded to Shannonville by 8. S. Corbett, undertaker, and the funeral will take place there. PAYING THE PENALTY FOR THE "WHITE WASH" Comment of Dr. J. W. Ed= wards, M.P., on Penitenti= "ary Probe. Dr. J. W. Edwards, M.P,, who re- cently returned from an extended tour of western Canada, in referring to the Portsmouth Penitentiary, stat- ed that the government is now paying the penalty for the "white wash" ap- plied by the last commission of in- quiry. "Had that commission been ailf- gent in getting at the facts the pres- ent state of affairs would never have been revealed," declared Dr. Ed. wards. Dr. Edwards took a prominent part in the last inquiry attending the sit- tings held in the institution and, at times, asking pertinent questiops of witnesses. He was repeatedly rebuk- ed by the chairman, and there were strong expressions used on some oc- casions, Dr. Edwards took a deep interest in bringing to light irregu- es and as a medical man con- demned the hospital facilities, = #n- deed, it was mainly his championship of reforms in the House of Commons that resulted in the: appointdisnt of the' commission in 1914. 2 carried the excursion. of the Emmanuel church, of Belleville, to Twelve O'clock Point on Wednesday after- noon, wherd a most THE DAILY BRITISH I ------ It was | <r | - INSPECT NAVAL BRIGADE. V/ | Ministers of Crown Will Be Here On | Monday. | On Monday next Navy League | branch 122, and the lgcal naval bri- {gade will have as their guests the { Hon. C., C. Ballantyne, M.P., minister | of 'naval services, and the Hon. Hugh | Guthrie, M.P_, minister of niilitia and, | defence, | will be in the harbor and will be in- | | spected by the ministers, together | | with the Kingston Naval Brigade and | tmembers 'of the 'Porontor- Hamilton (and Welland brigades. The inspec- {tion Qf the training ship will take | place at nel Salle causeway, and | {the Inspection/of the naval brigade.on | | the whart opposite the ship. | The various military centres in the | [city will be visited, together with the | Royal Military College and places of | | general interest. 'The ministers will | | be entertained to luncheon at noon, | to tea in the afternoon, and at night | ito a full dress dinner at the British | {American hotel at 8.30, to which the | {staff of the district and garrison and | | Royal Military College have been in- | vited with representatives of the dif- { ferent features of city life. The min- ister of naval services and the min- | ister of militia will be the principal | speakers of the evening and this wil {be the first public occasion for the | | ministers to set before the people | | the policy of the government in con- | | nection with their own departments. The minister of naval services will | {be received by the officers of the { naval brigade, the officers of the staff and garrison and the guard of honor | |of sallors. The minister of militia | | Will be met at the station by the offi- | cers of Navy League branch 122, the | officers of the naval brigade, and | | the officers of the local staff with | rMayor Nickle and others, with a! { guard of honor from the permanent | force and band. Many officers of the | Navy League from all over Ontario | will be present, together with Lieut.- | | Col. Cecil G. Williams, Toronto, and | | officers of the naval brigade from | This' being the first visit of both ministers to Kingston | |every effort will be made to give | them an opportunity to see the his- toric places of the old city with its advantages in every particular, The training ship "Pinta," | other points, PASSING OF GOOD CITIZEN Thomas Cunningham Entered the Vale on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Aug. 4th, death claimed one of Kingston's most| widely known, and respected citizens, in the person of Thomas Cunning- | ham. The late Mr. Cunningham, was born in Castle Blaney, Ireland, and came to Canada with his parents !{ when a mere boy, his parents settl- ing at what is now known as Cun- ningham Corners, where Mr. Cun- ningham followed the occupation of farming for many years. Retiring from farming he came and located in Kingston, and engaged in the boot and shoe business, and was one of the pioneer merchants in his line in this city. His business was very ex- tensive, and prosperous, and for many years his place of business, on Princess street, was known to all in Kingston, and surrounding country. He gained the good will and confl- dence of all who had the pleasure of | knowing him, and his advice was al- ways valuable and sought after by many in business and financial mat- ters., In religion, Mr. Cunningham was a devout Catholic, and one of the oldest members of St. Mary's Cathe- drak He belonged to all the Catholic and Cathedral societies, and was al- ways. a cheerful and generous give} to all charitable organizations, His passing will be greatly regretted' by many. His wife predeceased him two and a half years ago. There loft to mourn, the loss of a true loving, kind an@*Christian father, three dau- ghters, and one son, Sister St. Tho- | mas, Superior of St. Francis Xavier Convent, Brockville; Sister M. Gab- riel, of the House of Providence, and Mrs. R. J. Lawler, of this city, and Peter T, Cunningham, of El Centre, California. The funeral will take place on Saturday morning. \ Grand Trunk Earnings, Gross earnings of the Grand Trunk Railway System for the last ten days of July show an increase of $7697243, or slightly over twenty-five per cent., as compared with the corresponding period a year ago. - The figures are: Last ten days, July, 1920 $3,887,569 3 o * 1919 3,068,835 ep e------ Increase . $769,234 FROM OUR BIG BTOCK AND SELECT YOUR OWN SKINS b This is the best time to choose, order or alter your Furs. A ment until required. Our enor- mous stock is all marked in plain figures. Visitors are al- ways welcome. Come in and dook around. George Mills & Co. ris £ Ss 5 » WHIG ' - . it ~ ! bg Desert Dreams, I'll See You in C-U-B-A, Tumble In, Marion You'll Soon 'Be Marrying Me, * Dear Old Gal Who's Your Pal To-night; Your Eyes Have Told Me So, So Long Oo-Long, That Eili Bil Melody, If You Could Care, Bells, Wishing Land, In Sweet September, Jean, Missy, The Hen snd the - Cow, Alla, Pip-Pip Toot Toot Good-Bys-Ee, I Might Be Your Once in a While, Swanee, etc., etc, SATURDAY BOOK AND MUSIC SALE Popular Music ....c.im unin ive ssainvn seme TWO for a Quarter Popular Copyright Books ................... Ninety Cents Each Save your United States Silver Coi ns--we pay 5% premium on them, TIP-TOP MADE-TO-MEASURE SUITS, $27.00, One prige only and satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded. \ . The College Book Store Telephone 919 Open Evenings Agent for TIP TOP Tailors. ~VOILES --PRINTS-- --CURTAIN --MARQUIS gains * GINGHAMS. CHAMBRAYS. ~~WOOL DRESS GOODS, --SILKS-- LININGS. NETS. ETTES -- SCRIMS. --TOWELLINGS. --FLOOR OILCLOTHS. --LINOLEUMS, etc., ete. at this store on Friday. A BIG CLEARING OF REMNANTS ON FRIDAY --WASH DRESS GOODS. "You will not require much money to land a good, big parcel of bar- (Newman & Shaw "The Always Busy Store" IN MARINE CIROLES The steamer Kingston called at Swift's wharf on her way from To- ronto to Prescott this morning. She will call again this evening on her return. . The steamer T. P, Phelan called at way from Montreal to Toronto. The steamer Arabian called at Swift's wharf on her way from Mont- real to Port Colborne this morning. What constitutes a record for speed in Brockville marine shipping circles was accomplished last week. The barge W. A. Sherman, of the George Hall fleet, left Brockville in day afternoon at five o'clock for Fair: haven, N.Y. | Friday at that port the barge was loaded with 900 tons of stove and pea coal for the W. B, Reynolds Company, and was back in tow of the same tug ready for the 'longshoremen to begin the work of unloading the cargo at seven o'clock Saturday morning, The tug Agnes, with dredge, passed down the Rideau River on Thursday morning. ' The steamer Concretia cleared from the Lasalle causeway on Thurs- day morning, to perform government service on Lake Ontdrio. The steamer Jex arrived from Os- | wego on Thursday with coal. The barge Condor, of the Sincen- nes MacNaughton line, which was sunk in the Cornwall canal last fall, was raised early in the spring and has been rebuilt at Montreal and day night. Making a Roadway. Work on the new highway pear Eastview camp, is progressing nicely. The Dufferin Construction Company had a big steam shovel on the work on Thursday. An extra big blast of dynamite will be let off to-night. Has Been Promoted. Edward Chapman, G. T. R. conduc- tor, Brockville, has been promoted in the service to take charge 'of pas- Swift's wharf this morning, on her |i tow of the tug Florence on Thurs. Sorel. She passed up the river Mon- . N Cor. Johnson and Storage for cars. 110 Clergy Street. -> A CENTRALLY LOCATED PROPERTY FOR SALE ON EARL STREET, A SEMI-DETACHED STONE DWELL- ING; HOT WATER HEATING, AND ALL CONVENIENCES; IN GOOD CONDITION, AT A REASONABLE FIGURE. POS- "SESSION TO BE ARRANGED. MADE WITH US TO VIEW THE PROPERTY. E. W. MULLIN & SON BUYERS AND SELLERS OF REAL ESTATM INSURANOM BROKERS, Division Sts. APPOINTMENT MAY BE - 'Martin's Garage We gre fully equipped with first class mechanics to do all kinds of. AUTOMOBILE REPAIR WORK ON SHORTEST NOTICE. Call and let us supply you with GASOLINE, OILS, etc, Country calls given best of attention. & J. W. MARTIN, Prop. Phone 1192W. Res. Phone 1705F. Phone 1750, MCALLISTER & DRAKE PRINCESS STREET GARAGE Automobile repairs done right. Let us re-bore your cylinders. 'Satisfaction guaranteed. Service calls promptly attended to. We sell White Gasoline and Rolls Royce Motor Oils. + 593 Princess St. 4 /' ', Phone Res. 1246J. Messages from Warsaw concerning the Raussian-Polish. situation show signs of censorship and in some cases jjcager rains No. 334 and 30, running are reduced to inconsequential in- . . hat af At Geneva the Socialists voted to remove headquarters from Brussels to London, : / Legal action by the government will follow the timber limit probe, - ~ . g