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NEWS TOPIOS' OF WEEK
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iMportstnt . Evgel44 WICK Have
Occurred During010 Week.
, The 11110y World's itopperin t. Carle
font Compiled end tt Into
fferiay a04 Attr&etive Shope for
the Headers of ()or Paper — A
Solid Hour's I urloyment4. ...
, TUESDAY.
Von Lridnudorff predicted Victory
for the Central powers. ° d
The. United States Congress reser-
ea its session for war legislation.
Considerable anilitary,aid ;baa been..
offered to Great Britainby the Titi
betans.
The Toronto City Council voted. to.
allow the •soldiers a . alto in High
4 Park. .
The .British Government declines
to perintt entry of .Chriatnias present"
," • to' Great;.Britain .for, cxilians„
• ., `Sir George Foster said. 25,,OQdM•un-
trained draftees would be sent over-
seas 'lost
ver-seas'lost as soon as. transports e&1
be secured.
Mr. It, H, Dewart,. $,C„ •speaking
in the interests of air. Frank Den-,
• too, K.C., the• Laurier candidate in in the British•; House 'of Comni,on%
Liberal that no treatyexisted Supporting
"Italy agaiast"t 'Vatican,.
The British ' House. of Commons
will disenfranchise conscientious ob•.
jectors for the' duration of the war.
and for tire years thereafter.
A Belgian relief iihlp.collided erith
wrench munitionl, ship • in 'Halifax
eetlalo, Go a linlent om iaal plkaitd bS4'
elide or the Cotarniselon of t neery
tion with a view to witOpping Waaste
in mining of ,goal in the West.
• Paekere have bean warned, that
their price" for' eggs in ntorase s►ra
too high, and a further reduetioti of
15 per cent, is suggested by the toed
eontroller,. who may, if they *till re.
tinge to reduee, compel tiern to put
the eggs gn the market, irrespective
of .any loan.
FRIDAY. • .,
"PrerailitLloyd- rge is flip safer-
fig from the�effects of a chill,
The Germans made a daylight gait
on, London. Tie of their airships
were brought down..•• ,• .
The -Ger flan launched ,gyp nother. of-
fenstve%•against the Italleneaand timet
with slight Initial. euecesses.,
• Rt. Rev,• Bishop:. Fallon, • Rennin
Catholic Bishop of •Condom,, .issued a
statsinent eudoTsing the Union Goav-
ernment.; '
• Attempts made by' the Roumanians"
to fraternise with the armies or the
Central Powers were prevented ; by
theloyal. artillery.
The Russians in' tee- Caucasus care
continuing, their war against the
Turks, in. spite of the work of the
pacifists in Petrograd:
It was stated by.Lord Robert. 'Cecil
THS GERMAN MENACE
ON THB NREAT J AKES
The people in the chit. Ind, towns
Along the Great Lakes have been ,leap.
Ing soundly without any thought of the
l lermau menace •other then their ‘11,1211-
bore o! the. inland points, but there has
been e6tive work by agents of the enemy
on the aQlreat Lakes: icevertheless, And
that ...nothing_ seri ullly _damaging bas;,'
come of it is due entirely tt"I he vigilance
of p001444'of the secret Nervosa and the
, We reprint herewith a • portio9; of an
article 'from, a truetworthy American.
newspaper. The Chicago geld soya:
'Went York, gain the The Jewigh Correspondence Bit,
reau at the Hague says It Is reported,
by the Budapest press that -all Jewe
have been evacuated front Jerusalem..
• The Government has by an order -
An -council provided for immediate
action appeale by fanners for ex-,,
Wes. eel:tient indiscriminate •• Or en.
• -Ing regret for . the insult:. offered to
Premier, Borden last Saturday week,
- and extending' an aPologY to hint and
to the Canadlan people,
Sir aitiekenzie. Bowed, ex-Prenibir
•of Canada, .and the 'dean of Canadian
„Jeutnaliera, is lying 'critically 111 at
his home in Belleville. He caught
• cold while attending the . funeral of
1,1eut,-COh Harrison a week ago, and
for the past three or fain days has
• been' suffering from bronchoiniett-
Toronto master bakers de.cided to
set . apart, UM°. for eetentiflo re,
Mr.. R., P. -Parker appointed
Hon; *Arthur *. yotingest
tion of LOY. Strathcnita, it wounded
ler the fourth- time.
• ;meeting ft* Union Goiernment_ held
Kitehenet, in his ,sixtrilft.h: year.
is to .publish without delay . the, first
.. ;Judge. McDotigall.-fOund_four
• aldermen, seven hotelite.ePers, and
• Who acted its intermediaties, guilty,
merchants of •St. 'Catharines, perused •
away in hie 74th year, Just 'twelve
days after -the death ?Of hin brother,
That England. is almost cleaned
out or reinterceinents for the Cana-
..dian Corns IS the statement of Major
W.:I....Grant, whit hits retttrned from
• Principal ;of Upper Cnnada
Lady premptend writes •The Titles
pretesting. once ; more against' the
stateniengs asserting lack Of hospital-
ity in England to Canexibins, which
,ataternenr, she says, ie wholly under
nix charges of indictment chary.
ing of' trb,e espionage laws,
Yesterd wrests sentenced to ten year;
in the State Prison at Canon, City,
in the United States Federsi Citurt.
•• She accepted, eentenee without com-
--Genet:it-Vetch las. peered to ne
member of the War Council.
Ametican railroads *ill 'eeek to
Harbor. As a result of the explosion
that allowed the city otliantax. be-
came a .shambles. ,Aundreds of peo-
ple were. killed and thousands •in.
Satisfied that he was sane. a JurY
ner against William 'Bennett, a 20 -
year -old youth,,of 3(ontreal, who idiot
and killed Bruce Leitch„ the nue-
cessful soldier -suitor of the girl he
loved, at Sand Point in July last.
John, Wideman, one of the Pion-
eers of St. J'acob'is, died at' the age of
84 years. Ile wu Inns in the town-
ship or Markham, county ot York. In
1364 he engaged inthe general store
business. He was a meniber of the
Township Council kf Woolwicli for
number• Of- years, • Division Court.
clerk !et 27 years,.. and, .toWnehlp
clerk 32 years, and. yeara as pOst-
The percentAge of Ships cirrying
wheat to Great .Britain lost in. Sep-.
private. secretary to ,the ;Ministry of
Mintitione;• speaking In -the House of
Commonis. The percentage in Geto-
ber 'was '0.7. The percentage of ell
Incoming convoyed. ships lost since
the system wan adopted was only one*
•
• ,The following, disclosures of tl�e des-
'p�eerate:and silent warfare .on the • Great
Lakes' between evil doers of Germany
and the might of the United States Navy,
reveal an aetiyity of which . practically,
nothing ie,pubiicly known and details of
which have heretofore' been earefuliy
concealed:. ,
Six hundred spies anti` plotters have
been seized. in Great Lakes district and
thrown into Federal prisons, while oat a
few sleep "the long sleep" in • this out-
lying bay, or that harbor, their lullaby
the roll cf machine gun, singing death
songit'fri -speef =boatss: acros. lack.:
water..
Eight ,American sailors have been
killed. ""tiaidere" preparing wholesale
sinking of freighters by cannon fire have
been apprehended, Innumerableatteuipte
have been arcade to dynamite or smash.
the Soo `locks, Countless tricks, of
malevolent cunning have been forestalled
in time -to save the channel. •
And throughout Anti long etruggle
there fewbeen 60,000,000 tons of ore
alone carried through, the imperilled
locks and straits. The;vaunted.. clever-
ness of the eGermaati Secret Service has
been outdone at its own game.
Obviously the secret of the tremendous
work done and yet to be done -precludes
the use of names of people and dates In.
this narrative. Only when the , war is
done: will be. lifted completely the curtain
of mystery which has enshrouded the
lake since the declaration of war. But''
enough is told to show. the. fiend'ish ex-
tent to which Hun deviltry will go under
the very nose Of our own Secret¢ Service
workers. '
WIY: t1E ENLISTED
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Young' •Man Tells Ws Mother --
Couldn't Be •Content In htufti
Albert Allen, a son of Mrt and Mrs
Thoinas'Allen, Con.O. Kincardine, wrote.
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SATIIBRAt-
Germ* military works in Belgium
weee..effectively raided by British air-•
•.
' men..
The'. Prussian` electoral`"refori bill-"
was introduced by,.the Getman Chan-
cellor.
Most. of the bombs dropped • on. ,
London during the last isms were.
.incendiary. ,' i
H. A. • Benton, one of the most
sec cessful. public school Principalis.,
fnoi,Weate'rn Ontario, '. died --at
lns at Walkervill .
• • Evidence was given at the 'trial of:
Albert Kaltscbmidt in Detroit . • to
show that he. lied been well ;paid.,by.
the Germans for his work: •
Two firms in Canada have received
licenses : to manufacture Oleomar-
garine, .. tlnd threeufdred licenses
have been granted to import.. t.
Dr. D. M. Gordons. retiring princi=
pal 'of Qieen's University, has , issued
a: etlrring appeal- for -support of the
Union Government:: as • the one im-."
mediate Wei for Canadi&ns"to finish
our work... _ • , .
Albert Stewart,..living east. of Cor
'nth,- Ont., was struck l by a train
while driving across' • the M. C.
_ R.
•track near Springfield, and instantly.
killed, 'his •Horse also being killed and
the rig' demolished. •
Gen. Sir' Arthur . Currie. writes
a friend in..Vancouver that the Can-
adians willsoon feel. the. Dinah very
acutely,, which the:,, oven now being,
massed in Canada ae reinforcements.
will not arrite in tithe. to prevent. -
Mr: Justice Duff, as Central Ap-
peal Judg : • , ruled, • on a second
before him, .that.
he sole remaining.
the : C. E. F. he
d exemption, eape-
f-the family, has.al
•
ably "was killed by , a kick, 'Item a
horse -
, The trial of Naltehsmidt and inner
' alleged German plotters was hegun
RegUlations regarding( the menu-
portatiOn4 and side .
Saskatoen has filled even'. inunlef
vat, office by acclamation by consent
• tO reduce expenses.
The United StateaCongrees has.be.
Eight • Getman airplanes were
brought. down en Monday. by French
.ailaters, 'She War °Mee announced.
' The food controller is appealing.to
the" 'bikers lot recOmmetidatiOns to
meet the 'argent ,need of saving wheat
tor the Attlee.
olen to pray for the succest of Union
Government the polls, .
Henry. Antaya of OlibwaY, Ont,
cidentallY idiot With his own .guti
While fell Into the
river end was drotrited.
at the Ontario Agrfeultural' College
to accept the Secretaryehip of 'the
• Ales. Zanmov was found guilty at
Sarnia niiieder of Frank
Solitit another Passion, het Angiiit
Miring a Over tads, and
FAN/011 filOrtiwuy 11/.
last telling her he had joined the Flying
Dorm., tt not 'adventhre
plain sienneOf'duty that proinited—
Aiiinng ether things he says: •
"I Oa not Ciftein-thatI will mike a
Food flyer but hope ea, if not 'I will be
in some „branch of the service. To tell
yeu the truth. Mother I 'have always
felt'. that I shduld go and do my bit,. I
have never felt exactly right so sow4,1
have gone ind done it and MU mighly
lad„.'„,Pwrikin...the'ilretliaeL_3. going to
leave here fast Mt -Mt illernfitt
myself 'had a talk with the , recruiting
officer here and he has consented that
I report to him on the, 28th of ,this
month and then if possible will let me
stay another Week'so that I, ran get the
Man thoroughly broken in to the job.
. Mothers as, a rule feel badly about a son
going into the Army but I don't want
yoft-to feel that way. J. hope 'you, will
"feet that I -am doidg the -right thieg. I,
think it is right and em nap doing it for
the spirit of ed*enture'or for the life,
because I know that this life ie better
Tor Me, bitt-it is a-lnatter of- duty, so
no* am at peace with the weed: I
never have been atraid-te go. That has
never bothered me in the least. - It was
„always the selfish reason that, I 'Wanted
to ;stick with My job; earn more and
more money, get into business for mv
self and all the time te study and. im-
prove myself, and I was of the opieion
that if I went into the army • and caMe
out all right why at the:best,' the years
I was in.the army would be wasted,
but my idea has changed. I cannot,
apply myself to work for thinking 'bout
it arid all the time Iliept thinking ;that
I should be doing my share te beat the
-Germans and ea here -goes. '
al,t Man is•:-.%;.$ Anclorer
Men1 not
should be gran
daily whenorte
An enemy thrust In, the Verdiin re,
gion.was checked -by the French.
A revolution in -Portugal resulted
in the overthrow of 'the Goedrnmerit.
An American destroyer was sank
-by, a German subnikeine, *rid many
liven were lost. _
eit in Toronte al reeult of action
taken by exemption tribilnaln.
Anneals 'for the Halifax sufferers
Were &nattered by generous wart-
„,bittions of money and clothing.•
etruck on Escuntinee. Point and *HI
Probably be a totak less. lite crew
Canada elperienced the heaviest
sflowfall Oix *Ws and the worst
otter& for many years' at this tittle of
the seruion. .°
The steamer Geo, N. Orr Was dreg -
Oh ashore at Sewage Harbor Prince
EdWard Island, but the captitin and
crew of 22 landed stately,
.The report of loss of 8,000 bags of
.been eonfirined, Ottawa having no •
word trent Henan °Metals to. thet
the 'Magdalen Islands. The fate of
the ere* of forty -sit, mOstly from St.
Sohn, N.B, is unknown.
Archbishop Matheson Of IluPert's
Land, Peiniate of All Almada, has is-
sued a stirring Pakteral urging all, resource the defendant has throngh
to suirtt
Anglicatia in that dicmeee
slikiiks goopoki vola ism, to ea Net 0 04110$ sitio
HURON (AUNTY NEWS
The town or Seaforth , subscribed -
$202,050 to the 'Victory Loan.
SubScriptiona to the Victory Loan
in Huron County . amounted to
of Wingham district, died at his"home
Wingham on •Nov...28,..at—the age
Of 0791 Ile -was a natiOe of- Leeds -
county,' and came in the early flaye to
Delmore. Ile leaves a family of Seven
eons and five•daughtera
The Iluron County Temperance*
Association have issued a statement
that the twelve barrels of liAuor seized
over a year ago in a house in Seaforth
are still in the cold storage plant of
fesp'ector Torrance at Clinten. There
have been .rumors around that. the
HOW vow returned to' fleaforth, but
'this it not coma, Vie ease has been
appealed ta several courts, but the
"udges. have> held that there is TIO
soul herd the police Magistrate'i
decision and the appeals were in each
case dismissed with cOsts. As a last
will vote with:.
ourass
ressors
rm.
ee
acke
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the 'Onion- cause, which wao Iva n
Will Support Union Government
Citizens' CI hien Committee.
Verclsgn
Miss Annie. Dine was the' week -end
guest of her sitter, Urs.,,Sera Geddes.
Mt. and Mrs. A. Arinetrong .apent
evening of lag, week -int -Mr” Alex
Owing to.the severity ot the storm
which ewept through the country, 110
aervices were held in Pine Iliver church
craw a 'number from the neighbor.
hood took the ititicarripo nigh school.
po, 4 4044 4414004.4
- SCHOOL REPORTS
Milian, Ruby Kennedy, Clark MacLean.
Jr..IV—Jean Kennedy, George Fisher,
Fred Tiffin, Ruth MacLean, Sohn•Crow-
sten, Joe Ganht, Mae Jewitt.
Intyre, lielen Dawson, Gertrude Gaunt,
Grant MacLean.
II --Mary Maeltenzie, Kenneth'
MacKenzie, George MacDonald.
Dawson, Sean MacLean, Iohn Wraith.
I Class—Peter 'McDonald, , Russel
%Ma, rzer Ponies. ,
rtm. abut TAN Alex. MacKenzie,
GRAND -TRUNK RsIMEti LIVE FOWL
ME DOUBLE TRACK ROUTE Pvery, Tuesday
BETWEEN Any Quitatity
DETAOIT A111D CHICAGO CREAM. We iayl highest
Unexcelled Dining 9ar Service
Siceping ears °Weight trains and. Parlor
Cars on principal/day trains. .
Full informatiOn front any Grand Trunk
Ticket Agent, or 0. D. Horning, Distriet
Neal
, accurately as our °long
ience enables us to do.
Cans supplied.
Pot further particulars Phone 4%
Wow Fruit &Produce
Jest, ite0% *MOM* SAO 1114