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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-10-15, Page 1• Exeter to give 200 bushels of Pot ,to s Farmers are sked to innate products, ee articles elsewhere RENEW 'e OUR SUBSCRIPTION Now is the, time to renew your subsex1Ptian to The Advocate Help the editor by reaming early Help yourself by getting alive pa- per, Help the community by giv- ing :,us all the News, TWENTY:SEVENTH YEAR EXETER4 ONTARIO, THURSDAY OCTOBER 15 1914 CLUBBING Ween renewing your Advocate remember that we Club with alt ibe .City Dairy, Weekly, and to 4Vionthly papers and = periodical Get the benefit of these clubbire rates. Call in and see us, SANDERS & CREECFt the War Situation Even, ts have been pr ogressing eared - 1Y cur.h the past week. Th e Gea - msa , after 48 home bontbarclxent of Adtwerp with 200 big cannon caused the Belgians to give up the city, The I $rig . and garrison, of which eight thousand were. British marines, escap- ed to Ostend ,with thej ekception of 200,0 who were forced into Holland and there lay dawn their armee The Allies' battle front now ex_ tennis over 350miles, and along this £mint results have been in favor of the Allies The Russians are progressing favor- ably Ln their campaign in, the east. Jalpati it doing nicely in the, far east O,n the water R,uissia lias .lost a cruiser and Germany a destroyer, • At 'present it loolEs as though Hol - lead will be forced into) the war, .on bee side or the other, War Summary THURSDAY At first the conviction of an easy TAMAN'S Fall Allllouucelneli! --o-- OUR FALL CLOTHING LINES IN BOTI}. ORDERED CLOTHING AND READY MADES VRE MOST COMPLETE, WHILE OUR FURN- ISHINGS ARE NEW IN STYLE, & UP-TO-DATE IN .EVERY LINE, Ordered Clothing RANGE IN PRICE FROM $18 to $28 Ready-made Clothing FROM $8 to $20 Furnishings IN UNDERCLOTHING, SOCKS THIN, FAMbUS ARROW SHIRTS & COLLARS HATS AND CAPS, TIES ETC, GIVE A FINE CHOICE. TARE A LOOK THROUGH OUR STOCK. W.W. TAIIA TAILOR FURNISHER conquest of France 'ancl Russia ' was sc comelete the Germans actually 11 Y fix- ; ed the amount of the, indemnity at $5,000,000,000' for France and $2,000,- 00(,,00e fc. Russia. A riot t occurred in. Berlin.ni„ a t night s ht among the thousands of unemployed, 'who waited all night outside cheap foot stores for charity , I The 43rd German casualty y t list t ltas been made public, I tcontains 10,000. names in dead, wounded and missing. The complete blreakdown of the linAtustria.t military machine is indicated the report that the Austrian armies in Gallicie have been placed . under I the control of the German: general staff. I Submarine E-9 of the British • navy, made another raid intoe German wat- ers errs aft the mouth of the R' , ing in sinking a German Farmers Give ! • HURON PRODUCE FOR THE WAR At a meeting of the Warden's Com- mittee held it . Clinton last week to discuss ways 'and means of collecting i'rcin the Farmers of Huron: County, their donations to the Britieh Gov- ernment in the shape o4• apples, oats, potatoes beans, butter and cheese, . it was decided to set aside $5000 to- wards suppl ying to the farmers the necessary barrels and, bags, and tar expenses of pa.ckin g at the several collecting points. The council of :each township will earl succeed Iver lams be as eo to take charge of their for eels k own municipality. p boat destroyer. It was this The municipality. oats and potatoes will be same submaline under the same crnm- delivered by the farmers at the dif-. mandee which tmade a. similar dash feren centres and thenpacked anal sank the German cruiser Idella' . p ke by off'%Teligolartd. on September 3rd. experienced men. Nothing but hard varieties of win- ir ter fru' cart , be accepteds such as FRIDAY Baldwins Golden Russets, Mann's, Can ala Reds Nonpareil, Ben Davis, etc, Bags will be furnished for oats. and beans. • Cars will be at Centralia on Oct. 19; Oct.saOct.Exeter. Oct. 20; Hea s 11 O21; Brucefield. Oct. 22; Clinton, Oct. 23; Lucknow • Oct. 19; Wingham, Oct. 20 Belgrave. Oct. 21; -Londesbara' Oct, 22; Clinton, Oct. 23; Goderich Oct, 21; Seaforth, Oct. 24, and ort into North Huron. • Circulars will lee prepared .and sent to the several municipalities giving all the necessary information and, it is hopes that. the people of Huron, who have beer, blessed with such an.abun- dant crop, willbe generous) in their donations to this worthy cause. The Canadian troopslanded in England to -day, and will be : ent to an inland training camp. The South Shields s c1 trawler been blown up in the North,Sla•ltas, The Belgian Government to -day was moved from Antwerp( to Ostend. The bombardment of Antwerp started last negate with great severity. Non 'combatants left the . city int great numbers. SATURDAY The German newspapers are .calling for an. invasion of Great Britain. t British airmen destroyed a Zeppe- by dropping a boinb on the hangar at Du,sseldoaf. The. Allies 'captured 1600 prisoners in the Last two days.. Antwerp fell on, Saturday morning 1 but the garrison and King Albert es - ca el tcs, Ostend. - MONDAY Germany has imposec1 a fine of one. hundre 1 ' million .dollars on Antwere as a war indemnity, If Zeppelins raid .Landon all the members • of the British flying corps bave pledged themselves to dash their machines right thru the airships, even if both are brought to earth. 1500 British marines were forced in- to Holland to avoid capture. 20 bombs were dropped on. Paris resulting in three deaths. TUESDAY The Allies' statement—"We have gained in places and nowhere have we lost," The fail of Antwerp is estimated to be an advantage instead of otherwise to the Allies. Earl Curzon says more than one Christmas will roll by before Ger- many is beaten. .-- A German submarine torpedoed a Russian cruiser Pallada which sank with her crew in thel Baltic Sea. The nearing of the seat of war to England is booming the recruiting in that country. The Belgian .Government has been transferred from Ostend to Havre France A Boer General, Maritz, with a num hes oc men, has started a small re- bellion in South, Africa, but the great preponderance of the Boers are loyal to Britain .and may be trusted to put down the trouble easily Britain has lowered the standard• for infantry recruits from 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet, 4 inches in height, and the chest measurement from 3514 to 3434 inches. WEDNESDAY In an engagement near Ghent the Germans lost 600 dead and the Allies none The Russians captured 3000 pris- oners and two batteries from the Ger- man; near Suwalki, Kiaa Chau is reported to have been captured by the Japs. Gentler, papers praise 'the English aviator who destroyed a Zeppelin at Dusseldorf Russia claims that the Germans lost two submarines when they 'sank the. Russian cruiser P,ailada The Canadians are in England and encamped on Salisbury Plains. Germany has again promised .to re- spect the neutrality of Holland and not abuse the river Scheldt • RELIEF FOR THE DESTITUTE The Municipalitysof Exeter e,s de - 01. strous of contributing 200 bag; of po- tatoes to be sent to the .British Gov- ernment for the purpose of relief tot destitute English and Belgians. The Council has decided to purchase from the citizens 200 bags oT pata.toes ai 50c pee bag. This price will be paid oat delivery at G. T R station Tues- day. October 20th Persons wishing to seP potatoes !will kindly leave word. with B. W. F. Beavers as. to the num ber of bags they will supply. Free donations of potatoes end oats will be received on. the sante date and go as a contribution from Huron Comity. Further particulars can be had (rant B. W. F. Beavers. The East Harron Teachers' Associ- ation in session at Beu.ssells last week donated S50 to the Patriotic Fund. The campaign to induce Ontario fanners to sow a big acreage of wheat in, view of the prospective high pric- es next year has had considerable ef- fect. Id parts of the provincel where beans are extensively grown this crop has been fallowing by a seeding( of wheat . so that it is said that with. favorable conditions, next year's On taria wheat .crop should brealt; all re- cords --o-- • We aro indebted, to Mr. G. G. Gib- son ca St, Louis Mo,,;a former resi- dent of Usborne, for a copy of The St, Louis Republic, which contains an article on suggestions made by Mr. Gibson regarding the collection of clothi:ny for the relief of the Bel - gains, in which he paints out how winter's cold will add to the woes of this !noble people. He suggests that a movement be started in St. Louis to collect clothing, boots, shoes, cast cff garments, etc., Mr. Gibson, volun- teering to give 'free space inthe warehouse of the New York Storage Company as one of the .several re- ceiving stations for gifts. "It is said there are Germans . in the southern, part of Huron who are using language that is ungrateful to the country in which they are anjoy- ung a prosperity quite unattainable in the lane from which they sprung, and that is disloyal to the flag under which they havo a liberty of which their for- bears had no conception. It is quite possible the Dominion Police will take. a few ofthe more talkative chaps in hand as a warning to others."—Clin- ton News Record, . The Advocate hard previously heard nothing of any such reports and has too high an opinion of the Germans of this dis- trict to think any of them disloyal. GERMAN DIPLOMACY,. Lard Cromer Cromer discussing German diplontace in a letter to the press, Russia and Germanyate preparing fog a mighty, battle near Warsaw. says • "The Germans have been wrong ot, every single point of impar- tante wrong as to the probable ac -- tion of Russia England, Belgium` and Japan; 'wrong es to the value which they apparently Attached to, the nal - ;AIL alliance; wrong as ton the feeling likely to be evoked int America and in other -neutral countries; wrong a8. to the Irish situation,; wrong in re- spect to the relations existing between Great Britain acid her self-governing colonies; wrong as to the sentiments of the people bath , of South Africa anti of India; wrong asi.to, the effect of a declaration, of war in,Egypt and other Moslem countries, and , wrong as to the oppositianit likely; to be err- countexed through the civilized world by the iaauguretion of a poliicy of reac tion" NOTE AND COMMMENt Members of the Government 'are, de- lighted with the success of navigation in the Hudson Bayroute& this season. Last year with no aids to navigation there was several minor accidents which gave the Liberal press the text for persistent criticism • of the route, This year lighthouses were established along the straits and ' the Charinel at Par., `Nelson; marked., With these few aids to ;navigation this year steamers have plied back and earth to Port Nel so nwitl, equipment and supplies, so far without a solitary accident. • Local Items Mr L EI. Dicksoal, was in Landon' cat, basinesa Wednesday. Thr M's Th seg T ' e •' z I e d rax of Berlin i m 1 were, home for Thanksgiving. Mies Vera Hunt of Seafortb is vise istroting ttg, pita her cousin, Miss Ida Arm- iss: Verde Hoffmann of Crediton is visitin' her cousin, Miss Bertha Harney • Mrs B .Spicer and daughter' Pearl of Landon were the Thanksgiving vis - iters with .eliss Spicer. Mir Phylis Jackson of London vis- ite( at the home of Mr, Robert Gil- lies for a few days this week. Edgar Horley and Clifford Burges oe' Petrolea visited the former's par- ents „Mr and Mrs. C. H. Harney, •aver the holiday Mr - and Mrs. H. McCreath,Mrs. Davidson and Miss May Armstrong of Lucknow were among the holiday vis- itora here this week. Mrs .Wm. Wilson and daughter Gladys of Petrolea visited the arm- er's parents, Mr, and Mrs, C. H. Harn- ey over the holiday.' ' Mrs Wm Dearing" received word Tuesday that her sister, Mrs. William Hedden at Crediton is dangerously ill with na• hope of recovery. MiS Ethel Dow several Dome after s v rat weeks visit at her hone. here, return- ed to .;Yorkton . last week. Miss. Edna Dow also returned to Toronto. The follow ng from London epent Thanksgiving Day in Town: Mr and. Mee J C. Inwood and daughter, Mr; Richard Bissett; Roy Davis, Owen At- kinson. : Miss Cousens, Mr. and Mrs. Jermaine, Garvey Acheson anda lady friend- Walter Dearing, Stanley Fisher Mr George Thomas, Wilbur Luker,. Miss Lillian Boyle, Miss Mabel Wal- ters and lady friend. OVERCOAT LOST. -Dark colored overcoat lost about October 1st, ee- tweet). Exeter and Elimville, or in Ex- .eter Kthaly'return to this office or to. Rev J. A. 'Barnarc1 Elimyille, cR r ;BURGLARY.—On Tuesday eight last . a thief entered the store of Mr. W. J. Heaman by way..of the coal cel- lar window and stole several 'dollars f in silver from, the cash drawer. The I tiv,neot4`,,although fastened, was pried .:atsex .tee .tlye<into-oder scrambled river the bin of coal tol get in. The mat- t ter is funder, investigation, and suspic Lion rests on :a certain person: GREAT NEED OF CLOTHING.-- The LOTHING.—The people of Exeter and vicinity are living et long distance from the war: They have never seen the results of `a war -the awful havoc and cfestitu•-' • tion that .follows in the wake of an army --consequently they do not real- ize the condition of the, people • of ' Belgium If they did they would be falling over . each other in their ef- forts to supply clothing that can be sent to' the people of that ,unhappy country. The Exeter Patriotic League desires you to send, all the clothing you can spare to the store of Mrs. Yeo, or Mr Fitton U RN A WAY— A horse driven •a MrY George Smith of near Elimville, took fright at the approaching five o'clock train at the depot Monday night and becoming unmanageable ran away. At breakneck speed it ran east on Sat- tion street with Mr. Smith hanging on to the lines as best he could but with little effect towards stopping the brute. Mr. Smith was eventually land- ed t the ditch,sustainmg several al wounds about the 'face anti. head and was otherwise shaken up.. The horse was captured at the Metropolitan. Ho- tel. but the bugger and harness were badly broken. Mr. Smith, had his wounds dressed and was afterwards able to• return to his) home. STRUCK IN THE HEAD.—William Kernick, son of Mr. William Kernick, Usborne, narrowly escaped instant death on Wednesday of last week. Sanders Bros, were threshing on the farm orf Mr, Wm. Dayman, and all was going smoothly, when the cylin- der box became looee and caused the cylinder ,to break. Young. Ker - nice was feeding the machine, at the time amts a large piece of iron flew front the cylinder, striking him in the head an& knocking him about ten feet from where he stood. He was picked uta uaconscious and hurried off to a doctor ,when it was found that no bones were broken, the iron riaving strict.;. him on the flat surface? butthe blow was a severe.one and might eas- ily resulted in; his death. EXETER PATRIOTIC FUND Previously acknowledged $• 666.46 j'o'hn Rawcliffe, subscription 2.00 Hon Members, B. W. F. Beavers 1.00 " " R, Sanders 1,00 Tea Room receipts Oct. 11„ 7,70 $.678.16, The Tea Roam is open; every Sat- t rday from 3. to 10 p. m., for the serving of tea, Alga an Friday after-: noon; fat the purpose of making over clothing into garments suitable for the etelgiar tlestttu;te. Clothing may he left at any time at Mrs. Yea's, err 5, Fitton's Store. • The ladies of the Jiutioi' branch 'of the Patft tic :League are requested to meet ir. tete Mown nag • this Wednes day evening nt:8 . ()Meek. Thr, lad- tee will give, a Hallowe'en. Tea on. Oct 30th in. alt! of the Patriotic Fund A amendment to change the time limit far Methodist ministers from four to six years was voted down at the general conference as was an- other to extend the term to five years. Rev W D. Co ac W. liras has accepted a, P an invitation to o prettcl to Zurich Lodge No 224, A. F. & A, Nf„ in St, Paul's Charch : ieat.sall, ea Sunday :afternoon next, at 3 o'clock. The brethren of Lebanon Forest Lodge have kindly been i-:•t:te:l to attend. The "melancholy days" have seine. RUC; AND COAT FOUND—A rug mil coat have been found and owner eaut have sameby praying property area paying for this advertisment,—W. E. Sanders:: Latest War News From the Front— The Germans have taletl "Pilsner" misdate now surrounding 'delicatessen' when the "Wurst" is expected: The Belgian "hares" have had a falling out with the Welsh "rarebits" and the Swiss "cheese" is shot full of holes. This will make the Irish "Stew" end the English "Mustard" hot, and if the Russian "Caviares" the French "pastry" it may start a Swiss. "Move- ment Watch". The Spanish "Onions" are strong fa: a mix-up and if the Home "Preserves" are called out . and spread over the German "Noodles" they may "Ketchup" with the "'Navy _'leans" thereby causing an uprising of the, Brussels"Sprouts".—From the War General who's suffering from m a "Brai,nstorm WHEEL BURST.—While cutting ensilage an the farm of Mr. George EIuntes, Usborne, an Monday, an .ac- ident happened that might easily lrave resulted. in lass of Iife. The cutting box was being runat a high speed when the fly -wheel, to which the knives are attached, burst, pieces flying in all directions, and the men engaged had narrow escapes with their lives. Two in, particular -mac - Lein.- the pieces coming in their direc- tiea dodged and thus escaped injury. One piece flying in an easterly direr- tiom. penetrated through an inch beard through to the opposite side of the barn,~'forcing open a door fastened with hook and, staples, both of which weir drawn, and splitting two inch boards continued in its course unit it had travelled 56 feet, The machine is ownee , by a syndicate of Hunters, Coates and others— -: Dashwold Miss McBride of Zurich spent a few days here with her friend Miss Wood. Miss Finkbeiner spent the holiday at her home near Crediton.) M' Elmer Willert visited friends in Woodstock over Sunday. hfa Henry Eilber'of Credit= was here on Saturday collecting the ass- essment levied by the Hay Township Fire Insurance Company.— Several from here attended Mr Louie Kraft's sale on Tuesday afternoon. Several young people gathered at the home of Mr. George. Stire Wed- nesday evening, and spent a Social ev- ening. Mr. Norman ICeilermann has moved into the rooms over the Post office. Mr. Ezra Kaercher of Berlin spent a few days last week visiting his daughter, Mrs. Norman Kellermann. Mr. Frank Bossenberry a Berlin was in the village over Sunday. Mr, Jacob Kellermarm is conducting a sale at shoes at Grand Bend, The Ladies' Aid of the, Ei'aatgeliceI Church gave a successful entertain- ment and supper on Monday night. ° Mr, John Hoffman and family of It..stcclsve,nt Sunday and Mondaya with friends 1ds ere, t Mr Sins Ireland and family of Strat feel and. Mr, and Mrs. George Wam- h :' I spent Sunday with friends here, going home on Monday afternoon, Mr seal Mrs. John Eidt and Rev, • P. Graupner and wife motored to S ,ratford are Sunday afternoon, return tag here Monday evening, Mt Henry Bossenberry won ; the Free-for-all• :ace at St. Marys on Monday Several from here went dawn to see the !race,. i Mr. and Mrs: George Koch visited with friends in New Hamburg, aver Sunday ,and Monday. 3 E Plenry spent the( holiday with friend., in Clinton. Centralia Mr, Victor Blatchford of Listowell spent the holiday with his parents at the parsonage. Mr Thos Mitchell returned on ,Saturday after spending a month with his daughter at Udara. - The Misses Wilson spent a few days: visiting relatives in London. Mr and Mrs. Greenway. of Crystal City elan siert last week vsi:tzng relatives and friends, in the village. Mr. arid Mrs. Eastcott returned to their home •i n Michigan on Saturday last after spending a week with Mrs. Evans Miss Salton el London spent the holidays with her sister, Mrs. E. Col-- will. ol-wdi. Mr Harald Duplan spent the holi- day:wader the parental roof. Mr. Coughlin of London spent the hcliclay with Herb Hanlon. Mrs Spencer and daughter of Lon were the guests of eas, S, Andrew on. Saturday last.: Mr Fred Fairhall spent the holiday under the parental roof. Th Patriotic Car will bel at the depot here on Monday next to re- ceive donations of potatoes, Oats and apples to be sent to the relief o1 the Belgians- who have suffered much loss during tht war raging in their counfry FARQUHAR ,lire `Wni :"Kay. underwent '.ani qpetat- ion .a• St. Josep h Hospital, totidon• for appendicitis and is improving as well as can be expected -Mrs, Foster Bray spent thanksgiving; at borne—Miss Maggie spent •Thanksgivuing at Blyth; Mist Vera Campbell; is visiting in the neighborhood.—Mrs Dav id Brown has purchasedthe blacksmith estate. -_Miss Ida McDonald of Hensall was Miss J. Allison's Thanksgiving guest. -,A. ball is to be . held in Farquhar Hall on the 16th of this mane's( ,in, aid of the Patriotic fund. The home of Mr. and Mrs, Ed Campbell was lightened by the arrival of a little daughter on the 4th inst. BIRTHS Skinner—At Elimville Oct. 1, td Mr, an.t Mrs Everett Skinner, a son. Campbell—At Farquhar, an Oct. 4th, to Mr and Mrs. Ed. Campbell, ;a daughter. : Dobbs—Or: Townline Biddulph, Oct. Stb, to Mr and Mrs. Minor Dobbs, a son. STEWART'S PHONE 16 Where •Reasonable Prices Prevail, New Fall and Winter Coats WE ARE SHOWING BY FAP TETE BEST AND BIG- GEST ASSORTMENT OF NEW FALL AND WINTER COATS FOR LADIES AND The Styles and Cloths rr,e last seasbn's ,Colne en and see with you , MEN'S OVERCOATS We are pealed of our show- ing of Youth's and Men's Overcoats. You will find the Style you are looking for here The price will be what you are willing to pay SWEATER COATS Such a variety of colors in the newest Styles, See our Special for men with red, or• green or garnet trimmings. Great value at '$1.50. MISSES EVER OFFERED so entirely different • from .then:' and .., bring your friends sun, 'You will soon be needing Furs, We have a big assort- ment of the newest styles for the early buyer. We will be glad to show thorn to, you. UNDERWEAR Combination underwear is becoming more popular ev- ery season. This year we have a large renge int the different weights. i/r ,c#;• ST I AR.T