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SANDERS & CREECH
the War Situation
're
Oe French territory the Allies have
been steadily delaying the kiarc1 of
the Germans on Paris; and it appears
that non all is in readiness for the
great battle outside the city, 'The
Germans will find in this battle that
they axe not fighting. with such Mg
odds; in .their fvo as,the.Allies forc.
en ;lave ,been increased and are ready
to take ;the offensive..
Jr , the east„ Russia has nearly put
Austria out of business by 'two oh
three smashing blows and during! the
week have got 50 miles ,nearer Berlin.
�an ; batteries Four German cruisers
oe<
auxiliary uxiliary' cruiser, ttvo+ destroyers
an 1 a submarine and one Austrian
cruiser have been sunk, - A .German
Drearinovhgt and cruiser have fled
without fighting and have taken refuge
ht the Dardanelles. The loss tothe
British Navy :has been one light cruis
eronly
War Summary
J
The Japs are beseiging the GermanTHURSDAY
:fortress in China.
•T ualrey and Italy are on the verge
of war and it is almost certain they
will he in the fight shortly.
Litdle Pelgium is stili fighting visa•
orously 1
At the end of the first month of
the war the command of the sea is left
unchallenged in the hands of Great
Briton: and her Allies. The main Ger-
man and Austrain fleets remain in their
hai bc*rs udder shelter of their mines
TAMAN'S
Fall
Anl1011tiCCIDCilI
•
! The Japs have landed between; 10,-
000 and 15,000 troops at Lugnow,
newly opened Dart about 100 mile
north of Tsigtau.
Thec'seat of the French Govern -
meat, has been transferred from Paris
to Bordeaux.
1 An English trawler was blown up
by a mine in the North Sea to -day
anc: seven of her ;.crew are missing.
The trawler was endeavoring to avoid
one mine when it struck another.
a
s
Thc decisive retreat of the :Aus-
trian forces defending Lemberg, the
Pcapita and strangll'ald' of the Province
of Galicia and their sudden abandon-
ment of the battle, leaving their guns
and goods behind to be picked up by.
the invading army, is the, outstanding -
feature , ,I
IDuring
the
bombardment
r
dment
of
VI -
grade
the Austrians destroyed a ma-
ternity hospital over which the Red
Crass flagwas flying, killing 100 c it-
drea
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FRIDAY,
Lt response to• the call for 22,500
met there are today at : Valcartiver,
within three weeks of the issue of
thy, call 32,000 men, 'that is, about
10,000 more than were asked for,
in tht fieldnbesides 6,600 men in ser-
vice garrisoning fortresses,; bridges,
public works etc., .throughout the
Domiauon, 1,000 men in the Princess
Patricia Regiment, and 1,000 men, go-
ing to Bermuda. a total under arms
to -day of 40,600, mein, second to none
in the world. In addition to all these
there are 150,000 the at their homes
who have volunteered and who are
ready to march at a moment's notice
tcu the; front.
It is a reasonable supbosition that
General Jaffre prefers to accept a
decisive battle against the Germans
in front of the forts enol the entrench-
ed camp of Paris.
One report, which is generally, cred-
ited, says that the army of Franz
Josef at Lemberg last 100,000 men;
killed wounded and captured; besides
67. cannon. •
In the 'fighting at Nish, in which
200,00C Austrians were defeated by
180,00E Servians, ; a total of 140,000
Austrians were placed hors de combat
Acting Premier Clark announced to-
day that New Brunswick's gift in aid
of the motherland will be 100,000 bus-
hels of potatoes.
4n immense and complicated system.
of entrenchments is being constructed
outside Paris. It - le reported that
the engineers in charge of the work
are keeping several hundred thousand
men. busy
Kitchener's latest instructions, —
"Never mind whether they know any-
thing about drill. It does not mat-
ter iii „they •donotknow their right
foot from their left. Teach them to
shoot. and, .do it quickly.",
In consideration of the fact that, the
pre -dominant demand of the empire
while -engaged in the present inter-
national conflict is for food,in abund-
ance Han Jas. Duff, in co-operation
with hi. colleagues, is callingupon the
Ontario farmer to place greater areas'
of Iand than ever before, under crops
that, will be utilized ,aS food.. stuffs.
Thc growing of fall wheat is especi-
ally urged and also of other cereals,
and , standard vegetables,
SATURDAY
Britain is reported to have landed
80,00(° Russian troops in France by
transporting them from Finland, north
of the Scandinavian peninsula. They
hat c'ee
b x safely landed at French
parts
Canadian civil servants decided to
give one day's pay to, the Patriotic
Fund. or about $20,000
The conduct of the war and Kit
chener's call for men has resulted in
a mobolization of nearly a half mil -
liar of men in the British army,
Unofficial report comes of another
nava` engagement in which seven Ger-
man torrpeclo boats were destroyed.
The Canadian gift of flour will be
made into bread ,free of charge by
English bakers.
The casualty list of the British op-
erating on the continent, issued ` last
night, shows that the British lossee
in the seco d battle were appreximat°e1y
the same as in. the firsit and make, a
total of 10,000,
MONDAY
Paris says that 1,000,000 tnen un-
der arm; are now gathered ttwaitittgss
the grans' battle of the nations.
The latest casualty fist issued by
the British .War Office eamprises.
4,79f men, the two previous lists
accounted fol. 10,355 killed wounded
atici missieg, making a total of 15,151
It ie explained in another statement
publisher' to -day that a flambee of
the :missing will ,rejoin their corps,
having, heroine- separated therefrom
daring the fighting.,
Two German cruisers and four de-
stroyer succeeded in sinking fifteen
British fishing boats in the North, Sea
They captured a quantity of fish, and
the, fishermen were taken to Wil-
helmshaven as prisoners ,o war;
British Columbia will send '25,000
nese, of tinned salmon as a special
gift to the Empire, There are 4
tin, in each case, arid the shipmen
is worth approximately $135,000.
Russian troops to the number o
150,00( have passed through England
attic are now at the .rear of the .Ger-
mate army in France.
ANNIVERSEj.RY AND HARVEST
THANKSGIVING SERVICES.
The ;nniversary and Harvest
Thanksgiving Services ' of the Trivitt
Memoria' Church held on Sunday last
were ind $1 brilliant and of a most
t. iiite�resti character, The" cangrega-
tion' were large in the eveningthe
f clittreh being crowded to its utmost
capatetse •;,The interior of the church
looked beautiful, being decorated with
grain, flowers and productsof the
field while the pulpit was, embellish
ec' with British flags. The choir ren-
dereci the musical part of the services
most beautifully, a full choral service
beim sung in the evening. The solo
,. by Miss Nora Weldon of London was
admirably rendered and much apprec-
• fated: Ma. John ,Marham presided at
the organ in his usual preficient man -
tier andmuch credit was reflected
dei him for the excellent character of
the musical part of the service.
The Wilson passenger liner Runo
will. 60e passengers on board, struck
a mine in the North; Sea and Was
suntk yesterday afternoon. All of the
crew and passengers, Ni'ith the excels,-
ton
xceltion of ,about 20 Russian refugees
were saved,
Neutra; merchant vesselsare known
by the .Admiralty to have been de-
stroyed by German, mines, in most
case: with lass of life among the
crews Five Danish, two Dutch, one
Norwegian and one Swedish.
Thc Province of Manitoba has cle-
ciae: to offer a gift of 50,000 bags
o.' flour to the Imperial Government,
Rota W. J. Hanna intimates, the pos-
sibly calling of an emergent_ war 'ses-
s+or: 01 the Provincial Legislature.
Antwerp says that a bag containing
2,00e aluminum identification elates of
earner's who have been killed,• in the
fJhht'ughave reached Brussels f
rn
Faa,nce These ,plates are destined
far Berlin ."
Russia France and Great l3ritain
t
efthe
sigale ar agreement that none
three would make peace without tee
consent of all three nations,
11 message ., from Tokio stated that
tin British destroyer Welland " has
setae several German torpedo boats.
TUESDAY
Two• German officers. imprisoned at
Antwerp estimate the total German
Losse: up tofour days ago are bet-
weee two and. three hundred ,thousand
Irian -
The nava' hospital which is the gift
of the women of Canada, will be sup-
plementary to the Royal Naval Hos-
pital at Hasler, England, and will be
known as the Canadian Women's ,Hos-
pital,
The island of Jamaica .will present
Great Britain with $500,000 worth of
sugar`
Reports say that desertions from the
Austrian army are increasing daily.
The allied armies reinforced .and
occupying a.splendid position, turned
on the German invaders and after a
battle lasting from Saturday to Mon-
day it was officially announced that
the Germans have retreated along the
whole front- of 120 miles
WEDNESDAY
Th.' Russian troops in France are
estimate) at 250,000.
The casualty . list shows that the
Iaidiai, foarces are with the British"in
France.
Under. present , circumstances Ger-
man landlords in Canada cannot col-
lect rents in court
The Germans apposing the British
have beenpushed back stet ':miles
The report is persistent that' the
Emperor of .Austria is dead.
Eve i, the militant suffa-agettes s of
Englan 1 are supporting the govern-
ment and Mrs. Pankhurst says; they
arc ready to go eto, war.
The battle naw, on to the east of
Paris promises to be the most im-
portant of the war to date.
BURGLAR IN POPLESTONE AND.
GARDINER'S STORE.
On Monday night last est a load of
pickoickers arrived at their :z.arne in
Blyth they noticed a light in the store
of Poplestone & Gardiner, former ies-
identso1 Exeter, and after investigati-
gating they found that a bur-glarl was
inside so they called uip the con-
stablee and same others, and as they
thought guarded all means. of exit.
The one which the burglar took,
however,. was over the roofs of a
cartrolc of buildings and through a
window in Dr. McTaggart's office.
When he got in there he took out the
fanlight over the door and came down
stair+ ane out on the street. Atfer
the, proprietors of th'e store went
throughi the building theyfound a
bay filled. with wearing apparel, so
they think the party had his trip for
nothing
POPE BENEDICT XV.
Rome. Sept 3.—Cardinal Giacomo
Della Chiesa,. Archbishop of Bologna
Italy was to -day elected supreme pon-
tiff of the Catholic hierarchy in( suc-
cession to the late Pope; Pius. X. who
died ort August 20: He will reign
tinder the name of Benedict XV:
The conclave •af the sacred college,
whase duty it is to elect the poise,.
wen) into session the evening of Mon-
day August 31, The announcement of
the outcome of its deliberations was
made this manning shortly after 11
&clock
CIDER AND CII -TOPPING MILL
•-•weal'-+..+
We are pew prepared toll do chee-
ping. of all kinds ani shortest notice;
and are also ready to made cider and
aenlc butter. We solicit your work,
SWEITZER, Shipka
The Rev. R. N. Norwood, M• A.,
d
y
e work
occ.upied the pulpit both manning an
eve t n; and addressed the Sunda
School inthe afternoon. His clis
courses were of a, deep spiritual char
anterand were delivered with an el
ogee,nce that could not fail to prov
aleasieg and beneficial to the hearer
Ii the morning the Reverend gen
tlema took k
-t' his text m
fro PS 26; 8.
"Lor • I have laved the habitation of
the house and the place: where thine
haul- dwelleth," "This Psalm" said
the speaker "was a Hymn, of Thanks -
'Ti
a a
ut praise t '
ethe runic t
n and es-
tablished-friendship, which existed be-
tween David and God, and which con
siste 1 of" memories, associations, good -
nes. arr.N, mercy. Real friendship is
the Soul's love of God, or the passion
foe eternity for which relation. real
harmony is requisite, 'We love Him
because efe first laved us.' The lave
of God is essential prior to loving
anything . pr anyone. Any . human
friendship that is not touched by Di-
vsee Love is valueless. The Psalm of
i the text has been.. suitably called a
'Psalm of friendship, which condition
can exis to -day between soul and His
maker' ; but familiarity is needed in
eerthly comradeship, but when we
a -eau John, 3; 16 ttnet need no fear,or
;hesitation about approaching :God.
1 The text 's also the climax of boast-
ing OT p roof of fidelity is ` love of ,
being in ;iead.s`house. Boasting in
shape' oa''`remernbrances are excusable
if lave is real. How can we reveal
love foe God and one another? By
revealing it in home; bytrue earthly
Y
friendship ; by attendance at God's
sanctuary. and by accepting and; par-
taking God's gift in the Holy .Sacra-
ment" "Some"` said the speaker,
"take n=om interest in church, because
Gpc is not their friend and are there-
fore uninterested, but those who have
fauna peace.; comfort, consolation,
st;eeungth and hope will show their loy-
alty by love words and deeds.".
Grand Patriotic
Promenade Concert
IN Air OF THE RED; CROSS WORK WILL BE HELD IN rHE
Skating Rink, Exeter, Friday,
Sept 11
COMMENCING Al 8 O'CLOCK P.M.
Show your patriotism by making this entertainment the hest ever,
helc in Exeter.
The Program will consist of selections b the band, a male chorus,
anshort addresses by resident ministers
Reeve John. W. Taylor will preside
The members of the Patriotic League are requested to contribute
calk or homemade candy, which together with Ice Cream will be offered
for sale
Admission 15c,
Let Everybody came out to this eniextainment and help on the good
Ia the evening the text was taken
Lon. Mat 6; 28, "Consider the Lil-
ies., of the field how theii grow."
"Goch can only be understoodt by his
works of creation as revealed' to us
itt nature. The results of religion . are
ideatica• to that of agriculture and
yieln the best fruit under good nur-
ti.re persistent labor—not emotional
fervor. Irl. Christ's sermon on the
mount we; find all necessary docu-
ments of salvation and if all :he 13i -
hie were eliminated except ±•his por-
tiq; you wouldstill have the key -note
to true religion, . `Consider' means
mor, tiros' the mere idle. glance of
curiosity; it includes pondering, spend
int time ' concentration of thought un-
to the mastery of. the+ secret of the.
my stere is 'obtained. He doesn't want
hall -heartedness, which is the sign of
the average mala,, bat persistent :ctiv-
i"y —no eiiiotionralism draws ,nen to
Christ The law of the farm is the
lays of the Christian and Christianity.
Grace and forgiveness not obtained
by prayers; hut by the working out
of your owe salvation—the faith of
justification is the faith of haxdt work.
Do not wait untie old to consider
death and repentance—the lilies do
not grow that way, they develop grad-
ually from root to plant and then iced
ori God's bounties and, grow stronger,
Selvatioa; means character, Christ
died to make us Christ -like, which is
salvation There are two kinds of
plants the natural and they hot -house
or forcec growth. We pay the twice
N: forcec fruit and flowers. True
sou' life must be natural,; not forced.
So in religion A convertech man
alas have outward appearances, but
tulles, his religion exceeds the mere
formalities of the Scribes and Phar-
isees he cannot enter Heaven. If re-
ligior does not make you pleasing,
Ira able patient, hopeful and prayer -
fu` it is huh and void. Christ ;oil-
steers mare the fragrance a,nd beauty
cIr aur lives than Ha does our words
an actions. In early days Pagans
were attracted to the Christiark
by the magnet of love. Do we
lava one another here ? Church un-
ion can only be obtained, by our
study of the botany of Jesus Christ
and by the abolition of all rivalry and
dogmatic precepts. Don't preach at
cbildren but lave them set them a
Christian example to draw them to
Christ 'Na- temple is so' holyyi as the
hone' If this were eractised we
would have a world full of the !outs
of lilies. May we 'become sweet,
beautiful and tragrant, , To set a
worrthc ,example for others 'torch let.
there be n;a show of•' forced growth,.
Abolish till selfish thoughts, , study
Go 1 as rrevegled in human; nature arid
yet. wil. not iau'bt the true coneep-
tinc of the religion of Christ."
The total collections amounted to
$190.00
EXETER CQUIVCIL
The council met in the Town Hall
Friday evening, 4th inst. Previous
minutes were approved.
Repori e o
of F Finance ;nonce Comiuttee,
"We recommend that accounts as re -
[erred to IDs at last council meeting
be paid with the exception of John
Eltinkin,whom we recommend be paid
$33,25 instead of $37.00 as per ac-
count rendered." The same was
adopted on motion of Beavers and
Horton.—Exeter Band, 56,25; John
Fore 37.50 • T. B. Carling, pt salary
33 33 postage 5.00; W. J. Bissett,
41.00. Canadian Bank of . Commerce,
coupons 39.89; Canadian Brass Co.,
16.49; Canadian Rubber Co:, 12.41; Gar
loch Packing, Co, 6.68; S. Sanders,
telegram 25c.• Canadian Fairbank Co
28c. • John elunkin 33.25; Jno Norry,
labor 27.40 • T. Cornish 4.00; Sid
Sanders 12.80; Thos. Flynn 11.20; F.
Eas: 5.87; Robert Sanders 5,00 R.
Davis 3.40; T. Houlden. 10.00; Geo.
Os-a:age 4,00;• John Bell 2.00 t Geo.
iS eters. 3;00; Wan Gillespie 75c.; S.
Haun,di`osd 12.60 Theis. Sanders 11.25
rvlr Thos. Newell trade application
for a license for two billiard tables,
accompanied by a cheque for $1.75.00
ea payment of same. The application
was rejected awing to a former report
dates' • January 17th, which reads as
fsllows.—"The Special Committee re-
pose- that we humbly beg to state
we recommend that no action be tak-
en it regard to granting a, license for
a poo: or billiard room!' The same
was adapted on motion of Hind and
Beavers
T. B. Carling, Clerk
• The Cover cut of Rod and Gun'_Ma-
gazinc for September illustrates the
-ac that the open. season for wild
ducks irr Canada starts with Septem-'
i
ler •The list 1 of she contents which n
t h i
s
sure to appeal to all, sportsmen read-
er• contains many excellent articles.
W J Taylor,Limited, Woodstock, are
the publishers.
BIRTHS
Burke—Ian Exeter, an Sept. 6, to Mr.
an•' Mrs .Wm. Buake, of Ingersoll, a
sae
Efacmiiton.—In McGillivray, on Aug., 27,,.
to Mr and Mrs. William J. Hamil-
ton a son.
Pepper—In:Tuckersmith, an Sept 3, to"
Mr <artd lairs. Fred Pepper, a son.
Triebeer—In Hay, on. Sept. 1, to Mr..
and' Mrs John Tri.ebner, a san.
Cann. In. Usborne, on Sept., 4, to Mr.
ane; Mrs Orville Cann, a son.
MARRIAGES
riiigham—Wheatley-Ori Wednesday''
Sept. 2nd in Clinton, Miss Pearl
Wheatley youngest daughter or.W.
ane Ners, Joseph Wheatley, to W'ii,.
Stringham of Woodstock Ont..
Glavia:—Sullivan—In the R,C. Church,
Mt. Carmel on Sept. 9th, Clia's-les
Glavin to Miss Mary Ellen, Sullivan,
DEATHS
Lang.—In Granton, on Sept, 1, Elias
James Lang, aged 70 years.
Spackman.—In Exeter, an Sept, 9th,,
John Spackman, in his 82nd year.
HOW THE
Wars
England and France -
Crimean.
United States Civil.
Franco-German
Russo-Turkish
Unitec States -Spanish
Boer -
Russo -Japanese
Balkar
BIG
WAR.'. COMPARE.
Years. Duration Loss- life
1793-1815 22 yrs. 1,900,000
1854-1865 734 dys 485
1861-1865
1870-1871
1877-1878
1898
1899-1902
1904-1905
1912
2,456 dys
405 dys
334 dys.
101 dys
962 dys
576 dys
302 dys
290,000
290,000
180,0000
2,010
90,898
555,900
145,500
Cast money.
$6,250,000,000
1,525,000,000
3,700,000,000
1,580,000,000
950,000,000
4,000,000,000
1,000' ,000,000
2,250,000,000
200,000,000
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PHONE 16
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Special at '8 yards' for $100
SWEATER COATS
You will vwasit one to wear
these cool evenings. New
Styles and Calors, for Men,
Women, Boys and Girls•
LADIES' SUITS
We have 15 Ladies Suits
All this season's. styles, In
the lot is Black and T31tte
Serges sad a few Fancy
Cloths, For quick ,selling
we have marked these $16
to $,22 values for $10,00
MEN'S . FELT HATS
King Hats give s<atisfac-
tioaz. We are showing the
snewest, shapes in heft and
stiff hats 2,00 and 2,45,
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