Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press winnipeg1, Friday ath Host artillery to be Strong Force consists of three brigades with most modern equipment and ammunition column. Expert opinion is that division will compare favourably with British artillery. Ottawa aug. Detail of the artillery division of Canada s expeditionary Force was announced tonight by colonel Morrison director of artillery. La will consist three brigades guns each making a total of 51 guns with one heavy Battery of four 60-Pounders additional. The to Tal Force will be 23 officers 772 men and 746 horses for each brigade Mak ing a grand total of 69 officers men and 2.138 horses for the three brigades. The heavy Battery for the will be taken from the Montreal heavy Brig Ade and will Eon Aist of six officers 190 men and 144 horses. In addition to this there will be a divisional ammunition column of 15 officers 553 men and 709 horses. Mobilization ordered. The batteries have All been ordered to mobilize at once at the brigade Headquarters in Ottawa Montreal and Toronto respectively. They will be and placed upon a War foot i ing at each of these centres before they Are sent to Val Cartier. Owing to the fact that the British system is to to adopted in regard to the size of the batteries there will be six suns instead of four in each Bat thus necessitating the breaking up of the present Canadian unite which have Only four guns each. Headquarters of brigades. The first brigade will consist of the Ottawa Belleville Gananoque and Kingston batteries and will mobilize at Ottawa. Tho second brigade will con Sist of the third Battery of Montreal the 22nd of Sherbrook the 21st of Westmount. And the Moncton and Sydney batteries. They will mobilize at Montreal. The third brigade will consist of the fourth Battery Hamil ton 7th Battery St. Catherines 9th Battery Toronto sixth Battery Lon Don and the 14th Battery of Coburg. They will mobilize at Toronto. In addition to these there will be a. Detachment of artillerymen from Leth Bridge consisting of major Stewart germans on boat at Montreal prisoners Montreal aug. German members of the Crew of the . Steamer Ruthenia which arrived in port in Montreal this morning from Antwerp were taken prisoners of War and re moved to the immigration head quarters. Postage selected use of the Canadian contingent. It is expected that an advisory order will be issued for the vaccination of All men going to the front. According to orders 100 Royal Cana Dian dragoons with 60 horses will leave tomorrow night or Early Satur Day morning for Val Cartier. By the end of the week 260 men will be patrolling the . Lines in this province to guard against any possible injury by foreigners. Thirty eight recruits for the Prin Cess Patricia regiment air a service men left tonight. Organization of infantry battalion men to report for duty. Horse dealers try hold up on mounts Ottawa aug. 13. Horse dealers who took their horses to Lansdowne Park today to sell to Che military authorities asked abnormal prices. Major Mclean Toronto Captain s. Macdonald Toronto major Gil to Ottawa and major c. D. Spittal Ottawa were the co Camittee appointed u buy the 200 horses required for the local forces. About 7 5 horses were offered for Sale most of them not very Good ones yet prices ranged from to major Spittal said that the govern ment needs the horses but wants them at a fair and reasonable Price and that is All the committee intends to pay for them. At the militia department this evening it was stated that thousands of horses live been offered from All parts of Canada the department while desirous of. Pur chasing horses required for the Vari Ous batteries at the Points where the batteries Are raised does to pay More than they Are Worth. If. Dealers do cot come Down in their prices the department will go else where for the ten. And 25 men. This in the Only representation the West will have in the artillery division. For the divisional ammunition column there will be four sections Mon Treal Quebec St. John and Charlotte town furnishing one Section each. Will be powerful Force. Canada s artillery Force will it is declared by military sex crts Here compare very favourably both in equip ment and effectiveness with the Brit ish or French artillery. The guns Are All modern and the equipment is of recent Purchase. is Pounders have a Range of from two to three Miles while the 60-Pounders will carry seven Miles. Canadian ammunition which is of the same Standard As the British sisting in the maintenance of the police coastguard and Post office ser vices in guarding Telegraph lines As messengers for the red Cross society and in various other ways. The Dominion Council is assured that Canadian scouts will be found willing land prepared to lend a hand in the j Oronto aug. Toronto i War preparations now under Way by regiments in accordance Wilt instruct doing whatever it May locally be in ammunition will be used. Toronto regiments still recruiting 30y so gifts can help War preparations Ottawa aug. Following announcement is made on behalf of the Dominion Council of the Canadian boy scouts All Over Canada within the past two weeks boy scouts have been of Fering their services in Aid of both the civil and military authorities in the present emergency. At this stage it does not seem Wise for the Dominion Council to advise As to the exact form or forms in which the organization As a whole can Best take its part in the existing struggle. There is so much to be done quickly in every locality that All Boi s who Are desirous of helping will find plenty of opportunities of doing so. In the British Isles their brother boy scouts Are As tums from Ottawa Are still holding their recruiting Lints open. The High Landers have added 150 men in the no Days and the Queen s own have about 3 men on the supple mental list. The engineers have enrolled i to Man since recruiting opened. Starting today All Are on Active service pay. A concentration Camp for practice prior to embarkation next it Elk for the mobilization Camp at Vak Cartier will he established at Long Laranch. Their Power to do. Duke for Camp most capable Soldier in Canada to keep Eye on troops at Val Cartier. Ottawa aug. Royal High Nesses the Duke and Duchess of con naught Are going to Camp with the Canadian expeditionary division. The Duke is a Soldier. He has seen col. Jones director general of he i fighting and has had practical sex array medical corps has accepted the i Prience of organization. Having pass ofter of the Ontario Board of health j de through All grades. The British to Supply anti typhoid vaccine for the army from sub lieutenant to fled mar i Shal having seen Active Eek vice in Canada and Egypt having commander in. India in Ireland at Aldershot Anc at Gibraltar to is unquestionably the Moat capable Soldier in Canada Anc one of the Best in the Empire. The Canadian Force now being organized is to have the Benefit of his experience. His Royal highness pro poses to go next week to the Rendez Vous and stay with the canadians until they go aboard transports for the voyage across the Atlantic. A Camp is being prepared a few Miles from Val Cartier and during the next few weeks their Royal High Nesses the Duke and Duchess of con naught and Princess Patricia will live in temporary quarters on the Shore of Lake St. Joseph a few Miles from the tents of the soldiers. There will be telephonic communication be tween the Camp of the Duke and the Camp of the commanding officer of the Canadian division. Swift motors will be on hand to instantly convey the Duke to the Camp whenever ills presence there is. Desired. Until the contingent sails Rideau Hall will be practically deserted. Is the Only fact Cream which keeps the skin clean and healthy in this Cli mate. It gets Down into the pores and removes the dirt and grime embed ded there which soap and water cannot reach. It makes the skin soft and velvety and prevents it from drying and peeling off because it re stores to the skin the Oil of which the Section the aun and wind robs it. Mil injurious fat. And cannot grow hair. It will not go bad however not the weather. Men find it invaluable after shaving. Oatlene is supplied in two Cream for cleansing the pores and feeding the and Oatlene Snow for whitening the skin and for use during the Day As a Protection from exposure. A free Sample of Oatlene Cream will sent on application or for 6c. In we will Send a Box containing preparations and a Booklet on culture. Yail Willis co., room Foy building front Street Toronto. Sold by leading druggists and departmental stores w. E. C. D1xon, local agent. Distributors Mccullough co. Co. W. F. C. Brathwaite. At Cartier. Summer cottage doctor 10 Miles bad Cut children Hurt insect s1ingsjbarbed wire take along a Box of Zam-buk.1 in eve soothes bleed-1 a pleaded for bites and stings sunburn chafed places. So nature s herbal Toronto troops plan to insure each Man for and give for comforts. Toronto aug. A result of a conference Between slay or Hocken general Lessard and the Garrison colonels at the regimental Headquarters Soracoe Street this afternoon the former will ask the Board of control tomorrow to Forward a recommendation to a special meeting of Council next week that each Volunteer Dent in the City be insured for out to the next of Kin. In addition to he will ask per Mission to Sanction the gift of to the commanders of each unit Leav ing Toronto for the Purchase of com forts for the men while on Active ser i vice. J a meeting of insurance experts will be held in the mayor s office tomorrow morning with a View to approximating the Cost of the insurance. Post office warning service to Europe irregular and to Germany and Austria suspended. Ottawa aug. Pos1 office department has issued the to lowing Nemoia Nicum the British Post office advises the mail service Between the United kingdom and Germany German col onies Austria Hungary and. Luxem big is entirely a Aspendell that mails our other Jcu countries can be for despatch As poor Turotsy offers but that services arc irregular Anil pm certain. In accordance with this Post masters throughout the Dominion jul until further advised not accept Man matter for Germany German colonies Austria Hungary and luxe Bur for Onward transmission by our Canadian service to the United urges strictest Economy. I Montreal aug. A hard Winter in Montreal. For workers in every line of employment. Mayor Al arts this morning made Public a proclamation urging the working classes of the City s population to the strictest Economy and to Ottawa aug. Militia order issued today authorizes the Organiza Tion of an infantry battalion with Headquarters at Portage la Prairie. The town of Portage la Prairie will provide three companies including two companies now included in the 99th Manitoba rangers Carman two companies and Austin Sidney and Carberry one each. The organization of a battalion of infantry corps with regimental Headquarters and a and "3" companies at b.c., a company at Rossland a company at Kaslo a company at grand Forks company at Greenwood company at Creston and a company at Proctor is authorized. One Hundred under arms. Portage in. Prairie Man., aug. 13. Tha officers commanding the local units it. Col. C. D. Mcpherson of the 18th mounted rifles and i. Or Snider of the 99th regiment received instructions pcs Jay from. Ottawa order ing All men. Who have volunteered in response the recent Call to at once report for duty and As a result officers and men Are donning their uni forms and Active training will com Mence at once. The instruction is to be in infantry Drill. As soon As the men pass medical inspection they draw equipment and will fall in daily for instruction and it is expected that by the end of the week about one Hundred men will be under arms in this City awaiting instructions to proceed East. Last evening the Isth regiment held medical inspection but Only 35 out of the men who have signed the Roll were inspected by the doctor and the remainder Wiir re port tonight for inspection. The ladies of the two local Chap ters of the daughters of the Empire Hope by tonight to be Able to report to Headquarters in Winnipeg that had been raised Portage for the Hospital ship fund this morning the fund amounted to and there has been a general response today the regents of the chapters being eid in front of the Post office to receive subscriptions. On War basis Montreal Active service volunteers to begin training at once Montreal aug. Man who has enlisted for service is now under military Law i Rolf receive his Dollar a Day pay and must hold Julma Elf in readiness to go wherever he la sent this morning military Headquarters Here received an order from Ottawa to place All Tho a overseas volunteers in Montreal on War service basis and begin training at once. This has been done. I the who Are under detention Fin the City have been transferred immigration build ing in St. Antoine Street and a detail of 20 picked men of the 3rd Battery sixth brigade Canadian Field Artil Lery was despatched there at 11 o clock this morning to act As guards. A 72 officers and men of the 5th big phlanders left the City this morning Ai 9.40 for the Soulanges canal to relieve the. Men who have been on duty guarding this waterway during the last to can Days. Montreal Wom Jsn societies join. Aug. Ironi All the women s societies and clubs of met today at the . To consider the Best Means of assisting the War funds of Canada and to elect representatives to sit on the Montreal fun fid committee. It was decided societies should be officially represented the Victor Ian order Montreal women s club cd Knadjian club local Counci of the daughters of the Ottawa watching food prices. Aug. Proclamation calling upon the to use disc re bloc and not to buy excessive Quanti ties of food supplied and Upo inthe City not to place undue and prohibitive prices upon table cities is to be Issue esd by ithe mayor of Ottawa at a Early Date. Emerson cheers plucky Trio. Emerson aug. 13. Three Young men of this town Chas. Edward is p. F. Brown have enlisted with the .90th for service at the front and left Ito Feht on the . To join their regiment. The town turned out in Masse and gave the boys a rousing Send off. A of autos gaily decorated w and Bunting escorted them depot and was out selections of patriotic Watson read a Short address departing Soldier boys and words off encouragement. Rifles for waterworks guard 5 Montreal aug. On guard watching the City s works system have been Anaed revolvers. To say mayor lir gave orders that they should plied with rifles. Pay of c. P. R. Montreal aug. C p a issued a circular stating to their employees going to would receive full pay for is they May be any Case their positions will equipping Val Cartier Ottawa aug. Camp equipment have shipped from the militia to Vai Cartler and More is Beni at the rate of four or five Day. Store opens at 8.30 . N co. Ii my d remarkable clearance Higrade summer shirts a turd a Feigh t thirty to one men s pure silk r. Fancy summer shirts .----.-._. Tooke s coloured summer shirts Hagen Negligee and lounge shirts with values from to All one p race saturday y m Loo will prove tomorrow. All n a team Roble Dollar shirt sales in our history. A glance at the to window. Tonight ail sizes and All one Price for a final summer Clearing shirt Bale. Be Early it will pay you Well grand final clearance Sale of ladies and misses summer dresses reef no. Cute Little Outing dresses made in chambray crashes and american made regu Lar prices to it 1 it it special reel no. A Fine Choice w colors As welf As whits. Some have smart coloured Coates with White skirts. There Are also pretty flowered muslims and crepes. Sizes 16 and 18 years and ladies 36 bust Only. Regular Price fat n or to special o reel no. Dresses made in crepes ratings and splendid values. Regular Price us to m it special ._.__________.__. Reel no. Pretty White frocks suitable for party or Street Wear. Regular up to special reel no. Lovely lot of dresses in flowered crepes and embroidered voiles. All the latest styles. Regular to pm up to special o reel no. Of the finest embroidered and lingerie handsomely trimmed with Lovely laces. Regularly priced up to to a special o the balance of our summer suits to Clear at and do not fail to Call and see these wonderful bargains. Dress department second floor two extra specials in blouses for saturday morning at 55c and 29c. No. Dozen ladies Dressy waists and. Middy blouses comprising voiles crepes Omjra nottes and 10 Doz. Mid Dies Ages 12 to. 18, and sizes at to 42. Values to special Doc no. 2 fifteen dozen White pique waists Good Quality materials made with Low necks and Short sleeves. Sizes 34 to 42. Values to special ladies knitted underwear dept. Ladies combinations in silk Lisle and Lisle trimmed with Brochet tops and Fine lace Low necks and Short sleeves and no sleeves tight and Loose Knees. Sizes from 36 to 42 regu Lar up to set saturday special a women s walking skirts. Regular up to for there is Good style Good material and workmanship in these handsome and fashionable skirts which we Are settling at greatly reduced prices All have Girdle tops. Colors Navy Brown Terra Cotta plaids Green and Cream also Black. Lengths .36 to .42 waistbands 23 to 28. For Satur it a f o Day a half Day special Only children s goodnight pyjamas made of Good print and a few Small sizes in size Flannelette All colors. Cottons Range from. 2. To .6 years. Good variety. Regular Selling saturday Clearing Price o t7 c half iday bargains in White Wear department. Regular up to for ?2.49. Big clearance in ladies 1 Nain Sook a in and Cambric combinations Princess slips drawers petticoats and. Nightgowns daintily trimmed with Good Val. Laces and also a limit tid number of French hand embroidered chemises and Corset covers and also crepe de Chine. Don t miss these great bargains in traveller s regular up to for we can recommend our mountings As the Best Robinson s optical department second Albert opposite of remnants of Black and coloured dress goods saturday morning Worth 50c, for Yard tiie greatest remnant Sale of the season. Your Choice of any of our Short ends of dress materials at one Price. Here s that Only comes once in a great while to buy children s dresses ladies waists skirts and dresses from 1 to 5 Yards All double fold hundreds of remnants to choose from in Black Cream and nearly All colors 40 to 50 inches wide. Ends of our Best Selling lines. Think of it Black and coloured dress goods Wiorek from 5qe to a Yard to sacrificed up to 1 . Saturday at Robinson s for per suit Case Sale saturday seventy five Only suitcases22, 24 and 26 inches the Best suit Case on the to go on Sale saturday morning. Regular prices to Satin Day 1 o morning sat Day morning specials in the Corset Section corsets a few pair of corsets just enough for a few Tours sell ing saturday morning in the following popular makes d in White or drab grand Duchess Odd lanes Worth up to 3.00, and a few 52.00 Warners All going at of i and Sample kid gloves saturday 50c sizes 6j Only. 360 pairs of women s kid gloves to Clear saturday morn in an extra Fine Quality perfect fitting with two dome colors Woite. Tan and Black. Regular value to s 5qc women s and pure silk Hose 0 pairs of women s pure silk Hose to Clear saturday in an Keavy weight Garter tops and double kit feet. All coir is and sizes Robinson s bargain ._._. C handkerchief Sale. Regular 25c and 50c each Sals 3 for 25c. Tro Clear on saturday bargain 3 for clothing special this is As Fine a suits to last All men s to Dressy suits the sixty Odd these finely tailored suits of new fall shades and one Price. Special three brassieres for an immense collection of Odd lines in our High class bras Sieres mostly Large sizes but ail sizes in the lot to Clear out at three for cantaloupes California Bartlett pears new apples Ripe cob Corn and cucumbers half Day priced at 25c Ripe Cantaloupe for .____250 California Bartlett special per new appear for cooking or eat nil half Day special 4j ibs. Ontario Ripe special 3 ibs. Manitoba cob special per dozen______._25c Manitoba Green special 4 for__l_____25c saturday specials in the hardware All watering cans clearly Fig at half Price. Japan Ned and cans from 6 quarts to 14 quarts with clean out roses and Strong handles. Prices from 50c to 75c. Saturday five dozen japanese Pamolo fishing rods three nieces brass Ferrules. Leg by 11 feet saturday Sale ._-.__.__l__15c three dozen Houggy whips including Rattan Rawhide variety prices ranging from Zoc to jl25. Mail. Boxes Black Japan Ned with weatherproof ton and fitted with lock and Frey. Saturday four dozen Only finest Quality steel spading Forks 4 the strapped Ferrule fitted with d handles these Are the Best digging Forks pro curable. Regular it on Sale saturday a o c no phone. and to con-1 i Raen saturday morning to get a no. 1 High Grade Waterproof at a very profitable s Only thirty five Coats in to it. So be Here when the open at 8.30. Ali shades of . Tan and Evjy Ana Clearing Entrance to the m Block. The i in to tie the the foe -mr1 Obj Tes Ven Yueen Quality shoes and save Money. Saturday to mine special special Sale of White bed at greatly reduced prices August Sale four Only Whitto enamel trimmed. Regular Price August Sale in 3 it. Size Only brass 6.1. August Sale two c August Sale _ n basis 2 in. A joists sind in 4 it f1110118 regular value p q by Eft August Sals Jtj .50 pour Only Empire Oak Golden finish fitted Bevel plate a Airry r. Legs value August a ._1 a 1j_ no phone orders Fiir goods on 3 dozen 14x23. Regular i excl i saturday a morning 45c 2 dozen 16x26. Regular saturday Moratal Yos 2 dozen 18x30. Regular saturday Norn Silsoe one dozen extra Large global door Mats a Ruth Green or red Borders. Size 26x40. These suitable for Bloofe or offices a prices j2.50 and patterns per squad Yard in oilcloth and linoleum. A Good Range of and Floral designs. Saturday morning these goods Are All 2 Yards wide Yards Irr and Ecru. Regular 69o per Border both i axaua4j11lk or Width Cream around Wilh Pink design. Regular 75c-Yard. Saturday China and Bric a Brac 50c be will Clear our counters of Sample and inc a Brac at this Low Price. Early Jeave selection. Choose from salad the and Cream sets cake plates chocolate trays biscuit jars vases Large jugs syrup Isis. It parts Etc. Ore Guiar saturday ii ale "._. _ _ no phone or c.6.d. Orders ;