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able Ei ii Y BRITISH WHIG ballot. Before the election of of- ficers took place, Mrs. Shibley took Occasion to thank the ladles for the co-operation shown to her while she held the office of president during the past four years. The result of the election were: . President--Mrs. 8. F. Ferguson, Inverary. First vice-presiden{--Mrs. D. Me. Donald, Mountain Grove. Second vice-president--Misg Blea nor Kells, Sunbury. * : Secretary-treasurer--Mrs. G. W. McNaughton, Sydenham, Representative to Federation-- Mrs. G. W. McNaughton, Directors -- Mrs. J. 'D. Clark, on THE : BAIL -- 71 HE INPORTANCE OF SPORT _ || ones somes | T------ | OTTAWA BOWLERS WON | OUT IN CUP MATCH | Kingston Players Take Part In the Tournament. at the Capital. A rink from Rockwood Hospital, | Som possd of Dr. Kilgour, Dr. Ryad, . Sears and C. C. Hodgins, and a Thursday, June 24, 1926. Those In Frontenac County Are Rendering Good Service "Annual Meeting Here, The fifth annual meeting of the |' | Frontenac County Women's Institute | opened its session on Thursday mor- ning 'at 10.45 o'clock (standard time) in the Assembly Hall of the Eastern Ontario Dairy School with MORE AMAZING THAN THE PLAY kh N 10 |, E. ROBBS : BARBER AMUSEMENTS What the Press Agents Say About Coming Attractions SHOP. | New Beauty nN ly Parlor with lady wpeeialist. MARCEL WAVING, SHAMPOOING, HAIR BOBBING you is our specialty, THRILL AFTER THRILL BROUGHT BY "THE BAT" Long Awaited Screen Production of . Renowned Melodrama Comes : to Capitol. When the . screen' melodrama, "The Bat" M s big mystery makes its local bow at the Capitol Theatre, to- day, the problem of its audiences will 353 PRINCESS STREET | A rink from Queen's Lawn Bowling lub, composed of H. D. Bibby, J. FP. McMillan, W. McCartney and C. Creer, too part in the doubles tour- Rament at Ottawa on Tuesday and Wednesday. Bibby and McMillan played four games and won one: McCartney and Creer played "five games and won {wo; Ryan and Kilgour played four games and won two, and Hodgins and Bears played five games and won three. None of these teams were able to get to the finals and at the end they defaulted games in the Presidént, Mrs. J. D. Shibley, in the chair. Following the singing of "The Institute Ode" by the large ga- thering, the minutes of the last an- nual meeting were read by the secre- tary, Mrs. G. W. McNaughton, 8yd- enham, and were passed without comment. RX The president, in presenting her report declared that the' Frontenac Women's Institute was an organiza- tion that was looked upon as one that did a great deal of good. She Mountain Grove; Mrs. C. D. Bate- man, Parham; Mrs. C. D; Godfrey, Godfrey; Mrs. B. E Day, Harrow- smith; Miss Helen 8. Kerr, Harrow- smith Exeelsiors; Mrs. F. Grant, Syd. enham; Mrs. Richard Arthur, Inver- ary; Mrs. ya Anglin, Battersea: Mrs. C. Smit Sunbury; Mrs. R. C. Hawkey, Glanburnte; Mrs. Henry MacLean, Pittsburgh: Mrs. Wilfred Sproule, Westbrook; Miss Flora Sproule, Frontenac Juniors. FERGUSON REPEATS can fillaWaterman's to its maximum ink capacity. Other than the cap you don't have to take your apart in order be to detect the identity of the title character as the film progresses. Thrill after thrill, with everybody fooled to the top of their bent-- that is the thunderbolt awaiting the placid fans who may suppose they will get one of those easy movie plots to solve. As remembered for & perennial stage success and as now presented on the screen as' a Ronald West pro- duction, "The Bat" is a fascinating detective problem, with averything in it calculated to interes: the most jaded of audiences. "The Bat" is one sensation after another, with neo solution bubbling up until the mo- ment the story gives its secret up. There Is the shuddery, expectant and destructive atmosphere of unexplain- ed evil doings, with a doszen people under suspicion all at once. Ro- mance shines undefeated through- nut all the troublesome plots and order to get home. An Ottawa rink was successful in defending the Kinnear-d"Esterre tro- phy against a rink from Rockwood The score was: Ottawa. W. J. Perkins R. B. Yorston Dr. V. H. Craig J. McJanet SAME-OLD STORY He Is Wary of Suggesting a for the Next Election. ---- Bayfield, June 24.--IJt was an old, old story whieh Premier Ferguson told here yesterday to upward of 5000 of the Western Ontario Conservative: Association, and representing, to a marked extent, the County of Huron and the southern part of Perth, Anticipated or otherwise, Mr. Ferguson devoted some of his time to the Ontario Temperance Act ques- Hon, reiterating, in this connection, the Government's determination to canvass public sentiment from one end of the Province to the other, and ys HF Oddfellows Annual "PICNIC } BROPHY'S POINT JULY 1st THE BEST PICNIC OF THE SEASON. BOATS LEAVE AT 0.80, 11 ain, 12.80, 2.00, 8.80, 7 p.m. Rockwood. Dr. Kilgour Dr. Ryan B. Sears C. C. Hodgins Skip .. At Bowling Green Owing to the heavy rain, which came shortly after 6 o'clock last evening, only two of the scheduled six games at the Queen's Lawn Bowl. ing club could be played. The re- sults were: J. Singleton, 12; J. Haw- key, 14; A. Turcott, 12; M. Mana- han, 15, The Waterman's Spoon Feed-- an exclusive patented feature insures an instant flow of ink, smooth and even, down to the last drop. - Waterman's, made of rubber, is Blase. Cardinal and Mottled FRIENDLY GOLF GAME. A FARE 8Bc. CHILDREN 15¢. The annual meeting of the Stock. » of the Cataraqui Cemetery Co. will be held st the Office of the Presi- = R, E. Kent, Esq., No. 01 Clarence Saf day, 26th June at 10.90 am. for the elec ion of direct. | ors 8nd for general purposes relative to © the management of the Company. JAMES CRAIG, Sec.- Treas. & DIAMOND TAXI For two, three or four persons to or from any one point In city 'Phone 32 AT The Gab That Unt. counterplots, gaged on concrete street. William Swaine, west, 'phone 584w. | Cheese A safe place to scriptions filled. Store. . : there. ahah dd 4 wv | PAPER HANGI PAINT- ~~ IN@ AND RAINING Bat golf championship. 8 and 7. principal Kingston. cate A matters in general, {Chueh dynamiting cular, resulted in a Ontario, Provincial &| #loner:General Vv, A, | |ende yesterday in the office of W. FP. Nickle, Attorne Kingston Defeated Napanee Team by HEARD ON TEE STREET Locz! Briefs Gathered by Re- porters--What the Merch ants Are Offering. "Buy Nestles food" at Gibson's. Mayor Thomas Angrove went to Belleville on Thursday morning. The engineer's department is en- 'work om York plano tuner, Orders received at 100 Clergy street touched 20c. a pound on ther Watertown, N.Y, market, the highest price reached this season. On June 24th, 1913, Rev. Br J. Bidwell was consecrated as 'Bishop of Kingston and Co-Adjutor of On- tario, = have your pre=1 Gibson's = Drug They are all double checked Mrs, George Deer, of Godfrey, is | Making excellent progress after un- dergoiug a serious operation in the Kingston General Hospital. The many friends of W. G. McDon- ald, Lansdowne, will be pl i to 20 to 17. A very enjoyable match was play- ed on Wednesday afternoon between members of the Napanee Golf Club and the Cataraqui Golf Club. There wera twenty members on the visit- ing team. The game was very close, resulting finally in a win for Kings- ton by the score 21 to 17. After the game a delightful dinner was served in the club house. Napanee. Kingston. W. Wiggins... 1'F. H. Day ».. 1 W. VanDusen. . F. Etherington 1 D; B. White .. C.E Willis .. 1 'H. W. Huffman W. A. Mitchell 1 M. P. Graham. W. T, Kingsley 1 J. W. Rigney. 0 W, H. Herring- ton J. B. McLeod. W. Jackson W. Campion A. J. Minnes 1 1 2 1 1 3 0 W. K. Huston. G. L. Datos ... W. C. Smith ,. A, 8. Kimmerley (M. Pepler .... 0 FP. K. Mahood 3 +W. 8. Holmes . F.K HII... 8 Dr. McLaughlin 2 G. W. Mahood 0 2 0 «2 +3 3 | There was an unlimited field of ac- MRS. FIELD ROBERT LANARK, The Provincial Presffle f the Wo. men's Institutes. INIA tain stated that it was well to take stock 'of the Institute at different intervals and check up on the progress being made, She made a strong pléa for an increased membership, pointing out that in membership there. was strength. . Mrs. Shibley stressed the work of service to be carried out in the In- stitute and urged that the members Increase the importance of the In- stitute in the community, She stated that the district could reach heights only by the greatest ¢o-oper- ation of every branch and it Was up to every member to' increase the strength of the branches as well. tivity and although not as much had been accomplished as would ¢ have been liked, Mrs. Shibley felt that it the branches aimed at one particular object, that more' would be accom. plished. The report of the secretary-trea- when satisfied as to the proper course to pursue with regard to the act, to submit thet course t8 the will of the people. "Public Sentiment," he said, "placed the Ontario Temperance Act on the statute books. It will stay there if it is the wish of the peo- ple." "Sure! Sure!" crowd, "But," came cries from the the Premier continued, 'if raiment finds, after careful consideration, that it can make an Improvement that 1s considered to be in the welfare of the people, then it will submit that improvement, and on that issue it wil be defeated or re-elected." Premier Ferguson sald he had been criticized from many quarters for his stand with regard to pleb~ iscites, but in declining to submit an. other plebiscite he was but follow- ing, he. felt, the souna British con- stitution of _ resentative democra- tie goverdmien "We will face the issue fearlessly," he sald, "and we shall not hide ourselves behind wo- J. Roblin T. G. Bishop . 0 21 17 | STOCK MARKETS | learn that he is recovering nicely from his recent operation and is re- turning home to-day. . MISS -OEOIL LEITOH GOLF OHAMPION AGAIN ted Harlech, Wales, June 24 Miss Cecil Leitch today for the time won the British women's open fourth She defeated Mrs. Perey Garon in the final round Miss Leitch is the grand- daughter of Rev. Dr. Leitch, oncé of Queen's University, NICKLE DISCUSSES KLAN, . i Attorney-General ' Refuses to Indi. Toronto, June 24.~Ku Klux Klan and the Barrie affair In parti lengthy conter- Hoa. ) of Police Commis- 8. Williams and U. Deputy Attorney-General Bayley be- ing eral closeted with the Attorney-Gen- ¥ » Hon. Mr. Nickle had before him Inspector Miller's report and the Signed statements of the thres al. (Reported by Johnston & Ward, corner King and Clarence Streets, members of the Montreal and Toronto Stock Exehapges). a New York. June 24.-<1.30 p.m, Amer. Loco.. .. . 103% Amer. Can... .. vases weit DR Baldwin Loco A rine 1M B&O... ..". YN... ey California Pete .... .. ., . 34 CrP. RR... a 165 Chrysler, . . ve 833Y% General Motors. . «142 Hudson Motors. : ie 52% Inter. Comb. Bug. . .. .. bd Inter. Nickel.. .. .. 36% Mack Trunk... .. i... . 117% Mérlsnd Of. .. .. .. .. 613 NAN Orr rie 131% Northern Paeifie.. .. THY Pan. Amer. Pete.. .. 2% Pan. Amer. Pete "B". T4 Plerce Arrow .... .. .. 2 Inter. Pete... .. ..'.. -.". 13 Sou. Pacifie.: .. .. .. .. . 104 Sinclair OIL. .. .. ., .. . 23% Standard Ofl of NJ... .. .. "yy Studebaker... .. .. .. ., aay, AL 11 White Motors. . . Woolworth. . ry a] 'Montreal. June 24th, 1.30 p.m, SEEN wea bas OR ans iy aves BE badd inl Te Cement Com. ......,.,.102 PH aL ER surer showed that great strides had been made in membership in the In- stitute during the year. There were now 441 members. The executive had met only once during the year but a great deal of business had been carried on through the mail. The report stated that the thirteen bran- ches of the Women's Institute had Joined the Horticultural Society and it was expected that great interest in this branch would be taken. Mrs. McNaughton in her report, thanked the Agricultural Represen- tative, Mr. A. W. Birrett, for the as- sistance given to the Instityte during the year, also Mr, L. A. Zufelt, Su- perintendent of the Eastern Ontarie Dairy School, and the press for the assistance given. 3 ; The financial report showed the General Institute with a balance of 20.42 at the start of the year. The receipts, for the, year had total. led $251.29 and the expenditures, $250.21, leaving a balance of $1.09. The branches showed 'a balance on hand of $1,287.03, the receipts hav ing totalled to $3,627.48 and the expenditures to $2,321.76, leaving a balance of $1,305.93, Splendid Advice Given. Miss Ethal Robson, Denfield, ad- dressed the meeting. She sfated that she had jus: completed a six' weeks tour of the district vigiting th» branches and she delivered an ad. dress containing splendid advice for the women. She told them to not re- gard their efforts in the Institute as |: 8 burden but to enter whole-hearted- ly into the work with a spirit of adventure. She advised, n to get the best out, of their work and men's skirts, chureh organizations or any other kind of barrage." : Yale Honors Dy, gs Toronto, June 24.--Rev. Dr, George C. Pidgeon, Toronto, who has Just completed a term as moderator of the United Church ot Canada, will receive an honorary degres from Yale University-at the forthcoming com- mencement. ------------ The House of L ords to-day, for the third time, rejected bill, spons- ored by Lord Astor, to permit peer- esses in their own right to sit in the Upper House of Parliament, The Los Angeles Attorney-Gener- al announces that every angle of the kidnapping story told by Mrs. Me- Pherson will be investigated. The largest fresh water freighter in the world, t Glenmohr, was launched at Midfend on Wednesday. Union leaders urge the British miners to accept a compromise to settle the strike, Sanger eines at $5.50, preferred by Court' and Com mercial Stenographers on ace count of its * and perfect ight d tertatned A Toronto, Jute 24.--Hon, James G. Gardiner, Prime Minister of Saskat. chewan, will 'be entertained here to- day by T he will-be the guest of Dr. J. HH. Cascaden, president of the . To- ronto Liberal Association, at dinner at the Outing Club. Later a reception will be held in honor of the visit. ing premier of Saskatchewan, -------- en Two and a half inches of rain fell in Porth Arthur in 24 hours, the heaviest fall in 40 years. P. G. Lafrance, formerly general manager of La Banque Nationale, died at Quebec, aged 87. Carpenters in Montreal have been. granted an increase from €5 to 75 cents an hour. . General Bir George Higginsén celebrated his 100 birth at Rugby, England. Bureau of Standards at Washing- ton has discovered a sugar called gentiobiose. U.S. Government expects to end the fiscal year with a surplus of $390,000,000. Heaviest rain \#*18 years has en- hanced prospects for bumper crops in Alberta. 3 Latest figures give the total num- ber of telephones in Great Britain as 1,317,633. 4 ---- Montreal, June 24.--Directors 'ot the Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines, Limited, at a meeting held Montreal yesterday afternoon creased the dividend from 20.8 cent. to 26 per cent. per annum. future payments of 10 cents share will be made every four instead of § cents as heretofore. first payment at the new rate wil be made July 15th to shareholders of record June 29th next. ry A rate of 26 per cent. per annum means that Hollinger in future will distribute $6,396,000 Der year or $492,000. every four weeks. At the old rate of 20.8 per cent. the com- pany distributed $5,116,800 each yoar or $393,600 every four sk Thus Hollinger shareholders will re: ceive increased disbursements | $88,400 each dividend period of 8 aggregate increase of $1,279,300 for the year. \ . » 1 ---------- Shortly after she applied for eral housework, Mrs. B Chapman, 65, died in Hamilton. , . Deposits in Canadian Post Office Savings Banks have dropped 5 1 million dollars since 1921. © Geneva hears rumor that Argen- tina will also withdraw from the League of Nations. Te Mussolini is credited with a plan to marry his daughter to the Italign €rown Prince. ed