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| AT GANANOQUE Ha s» of Lt" Russell | Harold Adair, Willlam Applin, Geo. Bowyer, Peter Baker, Fred L. Davis, | 12 UNVEIL SHAFT In Memory of the Town's Sons Who Fell During the War. 16 till furth Gananoque, De Gananoque citizens gave s of their unswerving lo} 3 day afternoon at 2 o'clock, when compliance with a proclamation is- sued Mayor Wilson, for a citizens to observe the ternoon holiday it was absolutely adhered to, and in th ace of a blinding snow storm the town park and King street was thronged with men, women and children to do honor as best they could to the memory evidence iy Il good as a by war. A plot of ground, surrounding the centre of interest, had been rop- ed off, in the centre of which the handsom memorial col where were heped, the ladies the local Red Cross and War Work- ers' organization, the Women's Aux iliary of the Gréat War Veterans' As- ciation, pupils of the public schools igh school cadets," local Boy Scou Gananoque Veteran: marched from their ciab led by "the Citizens' Mayor Wilson acted as director ceremonies. Among the notables in attendance and taking part in the ceremony of unveiling of the hand some memorial shaft were Brig.-Gen King, 0.C., of the d Military Dis- trict, Brig.-Gen. Ro M.P.P., Capt Rev. W. KE. Kidd, Ca Rev. Father Nicholson, Capt. Rev. Alexander Gor- don, Dr. Fergus J. O'Connor, (ex- mayor of Gananoque), Major Andrew B. Gray, M.P.P., W. E. Turley, Dom- inlon Secretary of the G W.V.A,, Frederick J. Fietcher, president of the local branch of lhe G.W.V.A Rev. Walter Cox, Toronto, Rev. Fa ther J. P. Kehoe, Rev. Daniel T. Mick, Rev. A. R. Spencer and Rev. C. E. Kidd. The service was of a most impres- sive nature, and started with minutes silence in memory of the de parted loved ones; a short address by Mayor Wilson, hort introductory service by Capt. Rev. W, E. Kidd; patriotic selections including 0 Can- ad," which was sung also of the public schools; un emony and a short address Brig.-Gen. King; reading of list of those whose names are recorded on the shaft by Deputy Reeve Clifford Sine, 'and short closing service by ,Capt. Rev. Father Nicholson, after rose of who room roops, of two elling cer- which Bugler Charles Swann sound- | ed "The Last Post," and the outdoor part of the ceremony was over. Headed by the Citizens' band through the blinding storm, the crowd wended its way to the Delaney opera house, which it packed to the doors. Some musical numbers by the Citizens band opened up the after- noon's programme, and were follow- ed by kev. Walter Cox. F. J. Flet- |; ther, President of the local G.W.V.A., ev. C. E. Kidd, who introduced Capt. Rev. Alexander Gordon, Rev. Father J. P. Kehoe, who introduced | Capt. the Rev. Father Nicholson, Rev. | A. R. Spencer, who introduced Capt. the Rev. W, E: Kidd, Rev. D. T. Mick, Brig.-Gen. King, Brig.-Gen. loss, M.P.P., Dominion Secretary Turley, G.W.V.A., Dr. F. J. O'Connor | and others. A class of boys from the public schools also rendered * with grand effect, "We'll Fight For The Grand Old Flag." Major Gray also . appeared but excused himself as he was billed to speak at the Veterans' banquet at 530 p.m. The beautiful .memorjal unvejled comprises a shaft of Stanstead gray granite, standing on a base of sim- ilar material and is surmounted by a life size bronze statue of a Canadian soldier leaning partially on his rifle and seemingly in contemplation. The memorial faces King street and is clearly visible, approaching it from either direction. On the front of the column are the following words of dedication: "Erected by the citizens of Gananoque in honored memo ry of the men of the town and district who | fought and fell in the great war 1914-1918, Their Name Liveth For- evermore." : On the back of the shaft is the list of engagements, Ypres, Festubert, Givenchy, St. Eloi, Hooge, Somme, Courcelette, Donal, Mons, Vimy Ridge, Bourlon Wood, Arras, Amiens, Cambrai, Lens, Sanctuary Wood, and Passchendaele. Facing the east appear the names H. Britton, DS.0., Capt. W. Eimer Brown, Harry Brown, V. C., Hagh Calvert, Willlam Ches- ter, Frederick H. Glover, Stanley Compeaun, William Dailey, Fred. Car- ter, Aionzo Cowan, William J. Demp- fter, Geo. H. Davis, Ernest J. East- wood, William Garrah, Fred. Flet- cher, Jr, M. J. Flynn, Norman J. Clitiord, William Deir, Jas. Grundy, E. J. Gibbins and W. H. Gibbins, and Chas. Watson, Facing the west are the following band. | ypupils| from | and | Lu- ght, Rolph Chas. Mat- rick O'Con- H. Pecor, Ranger,. B. Ewart M. Wm. D , Fit. Lt Stoliker, on, Bren- , Jas. Kin- Jas. Drum- Jas MecKeil, thews, § nor, Her Norman Richards, Al Richardson, Ha Street, V. A Amyas, T William Watson, {ton Haynes, Jas nier, John lace, and mond. | Followi monies local b ed a sple soldiers at my Chas Ivan Herbhe Samp Auxiliary of the » (.W.V.A. tender- 't to all returned rooms on King street, at 30, when there was 4a dance, excellent bill and an inform Alyprogramme. lock the Gananoque Board 16d the out-qf-town ernoQn function : Provincial hotel large Are At 8 o fr Only One Adverse Vote On Mission Field Union of their hero | sons slain in battle during the great | Belleville, Dec. 16.----The Decem- or sion of the Kingston presby- v was held yesterday, pre- ied over by Rev. A. J. Wilson, Nap- Y r r. The report of the here lera chur lative to the saving mission funds and men, was pre- and showed that out of twen- in the presby- one gave an adverse vote mittee was continued, and t ke readjustments that 1 concerned 8 involved Brockville Council Wants Better Bread Delivery Kville, Dee. 16 The ouncil last night authorized the issue of debentures to the sum .of $143,964, to cover the cost of pav- ling work It acquiesced in the re- lcommendation of the town Waterloo that the legislature grant | municipalities half the revenue! {from licensing motor vehicles with- in their borders, and decided -- pny bro town of health to bring about improved | methods of bread delivery, |A Big Cut is Made In Woodmen's Wages Ottawa, Dec. 16.--Local agents of I Abitibi Power and Pulp company 't a cut in woodsmen's wages of one hundred per cent., due to » number of men available. to one hundred dollars a {month with boas prevailed up to a week age, but this is now reduced to | forty-five to sixty. . | ee i ei | Scarcity of Serious Crime in Brockville Brockville, Dec. 16.--Chief Con- stable Burke's report submiited to the town council last night shows 248 cases heard in pglice court this year, an increase of 143 over 1919. Of these. 156 were for breaches of the O. T. A. The report motes the carcity of serious crime during the ear. Doctor Identifies Body of J. T. Hammill Ottawa, Dee. 16.--Dr. D. M. Rob- ertson, Ottawa, family physician of Ottawa the late John T. Hammill, has identi- i ficed the 'body of the man found at [ Galveston, Texas, as that of Ottawa's missing merchant, so the Ottawa Ci- tizen was informed last night by the chief of police of Galveston, speak- ing over 2,320 miles of wire. Disarm Wrangel's Forces. Londen, Dec. 16.--A wireless des- patch from Moscow asserts that England and France have decided to disarm the troops of General Wran- gel, recently driven from the Crimea by the Russian soviet forces. General -Wrangel, the message re- ports, has applied to the Brazilian government sire to return to peaceful labor" to settle in Brazil. » Has Doubts About League. Paris, Dec. 16.--Doubt relative to the future of the League of Nations has been expressed by United States Senator Medill McCormick, says a Geneva despatch to the Echo de Paris. The despatch asserts Fé has declared that he has an impression that "the. league will be smothered .by the eloquence of it§ me nbers, and that a great deal tbo muc time lost In useless verbiage." A Severe Earthquake Recorded. Washington, Dec, 16.--+The sever- est earth shock in two years is now being recorded on the seismograph at the Georgetown University. The shock is estimated to be twenty- eight hundred miles from Washing- ton. Remember free publiz lecture on Christian Science on Friday even- ing at Christian Science church, 95 Johnson street, AN are cordially in- vited. ing with the Met- | to | memorialize the provincial board of | requesting permission | for a part of his soldiers, "who de- | i thousand French-speaking The Unemployment t Policy Decided The Dominion Government | Announces. What Aid It Will Give. cere- | | Ottawa, Dee. 16 The unemploy- | ment policy of the dominion govarn- { ment announced to-day The | gist of the announcement is this: { "The situation should be met to the hy but was providing should become {utmost possible extent | work instead p emergeny relief measures necessary by reason o? atterly un- | avoidable shortage, the government Iwill willing to co-operate with municipalities and provincial gov- |ernments on the fulfillment of cer- regarding be tain conditions adminis- [tration "Organization for g where relief must go and for distri- buting the shail be municipal authorities, {cach case before" relief is given a j certificate must be obtained from the government employment service {showing that the afplicant cannot {be given employment. The general | system must be approved by the federal government "If this is done federal ernment is willing to contribute in | places where relief on anv subs tial scale appears to be nece one-third of the amount actually - bursed on this relief, provided the {other two-thirds is either paid by | the municipality the municipality and province joi ' determining gama provided by and in ihe gov- { "w the Late Miss Dickens. Miss Jane Dickens passed away on Wednesday evening at the Hotel Die u {| Where she had been under treatment {for some time. The dece ased was | fifty-six years of age, and is survived by one brother, Samuel Napanee, and one sister, Rose, Kingston. The re- mains were sent to Napanee by J. Cornelius, undertaker. Attempts of Communists i Fail in Czecho-Slovakia Paris, Dec: 16.---The | which have been made by 'com- munists in Czecho-Slovakia to over throw the government and scize the power ini that nation, have failed entirely, according to latest de- spatches to the French foreign of- fice. The Czecho-Slovak govern- ment, it is declared, is emerging | from recent turmoil in a strong pos tion, The communist leaders have attempts, | land AE kth THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. -ry § fodeded sp godesiedd PPP) oo» ow Ed] FOUR NEW NATIONS MEMBERS OF LEAGUE oe Four new members of Geneva, Dee. * nations were m the League of Nations by the : assémbly here to-day. were Bulgaria, Costa Finland and Luxem- bourg. France and Australia abstained 'from voting when the admission of Bulgaria was before the assembly for deci- sion, | { | | league : They Rica, Plt blr ber Lee PEEP ELE E PET T REED > Six Fined in Athens ! For Violating Game Act Brockville, Dec. 16.--At Athens | éight men of this district appeared before Capt. Fleming, a fishery in- spector of Ottawa acting as magis--| trate, in answer to charges of violat- | ing the Fish and Game Act. Capt. | Carson, Peterboro, as inspector | under the act, was prosecutor of the | charges. Six men were fined $20 and costs, five for using more than twenty yards of net per license and one, an assistant inspector, $10 and for refusing to show his offi- cial credentials. Decision was re- served in-two other cases. costs, SPORTING NEWS To Arrange Exhibition Game Ernie Sliter, manage: of the Queen's senjor hockey squad, when peaking to the Whig on Thursday, ed that he was trying to arrange for an exhibition game to be played | on or about January 7th. He has a number of teams in wjew, but so far no deal has been closéd. As vet there is no sign of ice at the covered rink, and players who are trying out for the t ams, are speading their time work 1g 11 he gymnasium, Badminton Club Organized, A number of the professors at 'en's University have decided to organize a badniinton club at the university. On' Thursday James Bews, physical director. was busy arranging for the nets. Arts Won Game. Although there was snow on the ground, it did not interfere with the students representing Arts and Science playing a game of associa- tion football on Thursday morning. After many minutes of overtime, the boys representing Arts '21 won 'rom Science '23 by a score of 2 to 1.- At full. time no score had been reg :- tered, so it was decided to viay overtime, Kingston Skating Club, | The annual meeting of the King- | ston Skating Cluh was held at the! curling rink on Wednesday evening, the officers appointed were : Hon. president, Major-Gen. Sir | Archibald Macdonel, K.C.B., K.C., | M.G., D.8.0.; lady vice-presidents, | Lady Macdonel, Mrs. Elkins, Mrs. | Schmidlin, Mrs, W. F. Nickle; hon. | Dominion Steel ., | been imprisoned, advices state, and | communist newspapers have suppressed. i Street Disease Epidemic Deplored by County Judge St. Catharines, Dec. grand jury in the county court, said the young people were afftected with | street diséase. Home seems to have | no attraction for them, they do not | wish to read or improve themselves, but seem only to want to wander aimlessly up and down the street at [night. The judge made these re- marks in commenting on the large amaognt of crime here of late He said he strongly favored the curfew law. AN ADDRESS IN FRENCH. | To the U.F.0. Delegates in Session at Torontd. Toronto, Dec. 16.--At this morn- | ing's session of the U.F.O., the dele- | gates were treated to an address in | French by the twenty-year-old son been | | Dor { tee, Col. Schmidlin, manager, P. D, Lyman; hon. secre- tary, Miss Anglin; las Chown; Gordon, Miss Kilborn. |of J. N. Caron, director of the U.F.0,' | in Prescott qounty, and organizer {among the French-speaking farmers of the province. There are now five members |in the U.F.0. of counties of Essex, | Kent and Prescott, Mr. Caron de- | clared that next year he expects the |mumber will reach fifteen thousand. | City Memorial Windows. | Ou Friday evening the work ng irzalling three memorial of {in the city hall will be completed. | | The two windows which have been | | erected represent Ypres and Mons. windows | {The Ypres window shows a Cana- | dian soldier standing at the side of | {a gun and also the Canadian flag. | The Mons window represents a wo- | man sewing the seed of peace after! {the armistice was signed, November 11th, 1918. The third window, | which is yet to be put in place, re- i presents the British navy. | Missouri i United i Worthington Pump 4014 hon, treasurer, | National Breweries executive commit- | N. Y. Exchange J. L. McKee, | Riordon Hanke Miss Carruthers, Miss Jones, Miss | Steel of Canada .... Such Bling | For Small's Body Toronto Pohice May Be On the Verge of Important Discovery. Toronto, Dec. 16.--The Toronto police may or may not be on the verge of an important discovery in connection with the strange disap-| pearance of Ambrose Small, million- | aire theatre owner about a year ago Detective Austin Mitchell has begun the search of the upper floors of a| storehouse on the lower end of Church street, following complaints | from neighboring tenants that pecul iarly offensive odors were noticeable in that vieinity.*Among thé contents | of the building in question are old {trunks and other paraphernalia from {the Grand Opera House which was { formerly owned by Mr. Small. These | contents are now said to be property of a Calgary man. Up to 2 p.m. the | search had not been completed. It is regarded as *significant that Mr. | | Small on the night of his disappear- {ange last December was traced to the i vieinity of Church street. | BTOCK MAKKETS. | Quatations Furmished by Bongard, | Kyerson & Co., 2387 Bagot Street. New York Stocks. 'Opening, Closing. | 49 46 1207 Am. Beet Sugar American Car American Locomotive American Sugar Baldwin Locomotive, Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel Anaconda CP. R, Crucible Steel General Electric General Motors International Nickel Lackawanna Steel Mexican Petroleum Pacific New Haven 1 Northern Pacific 765 Republic Iron & Steel 615g Reading ... 82 U. 8. Rubber Royal Duteh (N.Y.) Southern Pacific Studebaker Sinclair Oil ey Tobacco Products Rly. Inv, Pfd. 501, 201, U. 8. Steel Canadian Stocks. Brazilian Brompton Canada Cement . 57 | Canada Steamships ! Canada Steam. Pid.. | Cons. Smelters | \ . 44 | Dominion Textile ...1043% \ 47 | « 1784 { .140 | 60 Spanish River ... 85% bia! nd em OIL PAINTINGS Special ofering, s able r better class Xmas. Gifts ENGLISH SCENERY SCOTCH SCENERY IRISH SCEN WELSH SCENERY CANADIAN SCENERY PALETTE KNIFE PAINTINGS PEN AND INK ETCHINGS Works of Art, from $5.00 to $300.00. will and other choice A value as time A gift g worth while. good painting outlast any other gift, increases in passes and improves od for 108 years, therefore by ag it" in a manner J. LOXTON RAWBON, Artist and Restorer, 0 Studio: 159 Wellington Street, (Over Carnovsky's) Studio open from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Come in and get acquainted. THE OF MERIT Gifts for Men Who Care Benson & Hedges' Cigars or any of the 30 other Brands that we carry to choose from. HOUSE Pipes, all shapes, sizes and quality. Tobacco Pouches, all kinds; Cigarettes and Cigar Cases an Holders, Cigarettes, all makes, in packages of 10's, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 100, at: GEO. 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