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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1915-8-19, Page 445seter lbnora ei Sander: & Creech, Proprietor" ' In advance $1,00 per year in Canada S1.5C in Unite -el States, If not paid in advance SOc. extra per year may 'be charged. THURS. AUGUST 19, '15 Dashwo ►d Addison and Pearl Tiernan, son tnd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Tie - man are receiving congratulations On -their success in passing the.Middle .Schoo. Normal Examinationsheld in Ju}y Mise Pearl is only 15 years of age and her success is particularly pleasing to her many friends. The leacher Mr. Shore is also ;to be : on- igratulated on the success of his pu- pas. D Tieman's rink of bowlers won the Special. Event at the Exeter Bowl- ine Tournament. Miss Robb, nurse, who was on i'er irons Exeter to Grand Bend, ,in a ',al c',-ay.t; by a Mr. Hunkin of Exeter, sustained e broken -arm by acing throws out of the car ,on Saturday nigh, 1oct She was brought haek t o the hotel sere, where the inturt d oat teadressed. after which :,he entinucd her journey to the Bend, 1Mt. I.at: may er and Mr. r asne'r 'called on their friend Mr. John Goetz Wednesday. coming here int heir Sr.. Misses Ora and Lennie Hoffman of Ttvistte,.'t• are here visiting with friends Jir Harry Guenther has gone to Exeter where he has taken a position in Connor Bros. machine shop. Mr John Wein of. town ,and Mr. C. Zwicker of Crediton went to fort Huron this week to buy a bean thresher Norman Kellerman has returned from Pt Huron races, where he had hi': raee horse. 1; quart basket peaches at :5e. Tiernan & Edighoffer's. Crediton SHIPKA Miss Fredai., Finkbeiner teontlort visitec, her parents here this week - Mrs. 1lcEachen is spending a week with trends in Detroit and - Saline \Mich, -lir and Mrs, leZlton Baxter left on Monday to visit with friends. in 'Toronto.—Mrs,. Downing and family of St. Charles, Mich„ are visiting with Mr. and' 'efts. •James Hannan -Mr, !John Mcisaac Wha 'spent the past } month with his brother Dougald ,e- tuined, to his home in ,Mt. Pleasant on Friday, -Senator and Mrs Rats of Nett Hamburg called on ;nerveshere one day last week. L OJMLEY The continuous shovers are ma k- ing the farmers rather .t estless, but givin_ them lots of holidays. -Miss McNaughton of London is the guest of _Liss E. Williams and Miss Miller, -- Mrs -Johns A.Bolton very pleasantly entertained a few young ladies ane afternoon in honor of her guest Miss Beatrice Stewart of Seaforth. and also Miss McKenzie of Indian Head, -Mr, and Mrs Slavin of Chiseihurst pent Sunday with Mr. T. Last. -Mrs. W. lee Glenn was in Forest .City visiting her mother and -sister,-.--eir, Gordon Bohol has purchased a fine young roadster from Mr. 'Mitchell, Exeter, and is busy breaking it to buggy. - Mr. George H'obkirk has improved his ;ate -way by a good coat of gravel: -Gordon Bolton has built a fine sum - e:»• house to complete his •fine out- buildings and yard, -A ,"ew from here attended W Workman's barn raising on Friday and Saturday, -.Mr. enc.. Mrs. Etherington of Kansas ,and Mrs, Broadfoot of Brucefield spent a few days with. Jas. Broadfoot and family ,-- Mr. and Mrs, Ellerington went to Toronto to visit his brother 1 Robert, who. we are sorry ,to 'report is very ill., this week. --Mr. •T. G. Glenn's , fri.04s her will be ;Teased to learn that he has been transferred to the 'Toronto Branch of ,the Dom- inion Bank from Whitby at an in- crease }n,.,Salary. --o-- . - :note that gr. Fritz Finkbeiner eon of Mr. M. Finkbeiner, has been very successful in winning several gars .e: in the Roadster class at the 1 diarney- Exhibition. Mts.. Murphy of Detroit has 'e-' 'turned home atter a month's 'isit wit'. Miss Flanagan. Roy Fainter of Chatham is spende hg holidays at his home, • Harry Sweit e. returned home Sat - :dee. from a business trip to Berlin. Senator and Mrs. Rats of New Hamburg spent a few days here last week the esleets of Mr. and Mrs, C, Z•x ieete r•. Mr anti Mrs. Ben Bertrand and net L ale; kr, Detroit are holidaying t town Rt.v, Je tersou was in London far a;ew days this week Dr. ' arrpbell of Zurich made our town flying visit on Tuesday. Art expert from the Hydro Elect- ric Commission Toronto was in _ the village last week for the purpose of getting; imformation. necessary to prepare his estimate of the cost • of the proposed Hydro line from Devon. to the village. As soon as the es- timate is received our Police Trustees will Very likely ask the people 'o vote on the money by-law. There shoulc be na objection to tins ven- ture' on sun part because where ever Hydro is in use, the people are per fectly satisfied. Mi and Mrs. Jos. Heist have nen: turned home after a pleasant visit with with relatives in Michigan. Chas Finkbeiner of Seaforth fns ited hi: parents last Week. H. Eilber M. P. P. .has returned•; from New Ontario after a ,weeks Vacation. Mr and Mrs. Frank Benkle .. pl. Detroit are visiting here at .the home of Mr and Mrs. W.H. lWenzelG. The Dorcas Band of the ,Evangel- Ical church held an ice ,cream soc- ial on the church lawn on Tuesday evening The Band was in attendance and al had a very enjoyable time. This past week has made some change:. in the local bank staff. Mr. Bales has been moved to Cobalt and his place has been filled ‘by Mr. Al- lison of Grimsby while the Ledge- keepei Mr Stone has enlisted • with the Princess Pats and is .expected to leave for England in a few days Mr. Spence of Sarnia is his sucessor, The Ban': of Commerce has alone sac rificed over 500 men wha have .heard the call to arms. The manager Mr. Kuhr is having his holidays. HisT place is being filled by -Mr. McDon- ald of the Exeter Branch.. Centralia Mr J and W. Colwill shipped two carload of cattle to Taranto en :Sat - day last. J. Cola accompanied them and returned on Tuesday evening. The few fine days are giving the farmers a chance to get busy and save the crops. We hope this weath- er may continue Tar some time as we have had rain enough for a couple weeks. Miss Margaret Quinton is holidaying: at Grand Bend, Mr. and 'Mrs. R. McFalls of Lone don arc visiting with Mr. and Mrs. T. Willis. . Mrs H. Fry and children .arevisit- ing relatives at Ayton. Miss Gertrude Andrew is '-isiting relatives near Lucan. Rev • Hazelwood of Kirktan preach- ed twc very Mine sermons on. Sunday', last and a Mr. Taylor of London w•il� occupy the pulpit on Sunday next. _Miss,Eule Abbott and Hazel Essery are visiting relatives and friends at Zurich • Mr. and Mos Smith are spending at�feu -days, the gtteSt, of I'sIr, and ars el ilfon r St: Swithin, th`taftyr""mho •take, a horrible revenge by causing the rain to descend far 40 days Of by„ ;tiny chance a shOas er should sail on rhpe. anniversary -of his birthday, las:; lis inning this year, but he will sole he struck' out, 'far his inning comes 10 en enc on Wednesday,when the ,4O a lays, will have expired, WHALEN -0— Mr and firs. Luther Oke ,of rear Exeter spent Sunday here with her sister Mrs Thomas Morley. -Miss Irene and Reta Denham of Kirktort visitee their cousin, Miss Bertha Bat- ten,-Athefla Routly of Clinton spent a few days last week with her cousin Laverne Morley here, -Thomas Has- elwooe of Kirkton took the service here or Sunday. Next Sunday Mr. Israe. Taylor of London will preach, -Mrs. David Johnston of St Marys spent the past week with her brothers and sisters around here, -Quite a number of our young people have been holidaying at Grand Bend dur- ing the past week. Among those camping are Miss Heilda Gunnit ng Vera Hodgson, Bessie Morley and. Bessie Morley. Those who have driven hack and enjoyed a day's put - Ina are Wm. Hodgson, Earl Johnston, Clarence gillson, Delbert Morley and F Squire. -Mr. and Mrs. John Wright spent Saturday with friends in London. .\IEMORIAL AT PARKHILL Parkhill, August 16,-A memorial - service held in St. James' .Church,yes- terdar for Private Bruce McCall, of this town. killed in action, .was large- ly attended. Rev. E. M. Farnye made a stirring address, full of sympathy for his relatives and friends and of praise for the heriosm .of all those who fall in the country's cause, • PURCHASE HOSPITAL COT. Clandeboye, Aug. 13 --The Clande- boye Women's Institute held a social at the home of Mr. those Simpson at Mooresville and a considerable sum of money was taken in. Musical num- her: were given by the !Misses Hod- gson Mrs. L. Kilmer and iJ Cotin Andrew Craven and others. The pro- ceeds will be devoted to the purchase of a hospital cot. CLOUD BURST OVER OSHAWA Oshawa... August 15,-A cloud burst caused by the meeting of two storms between. 3 and' 4 o'clock this after- noon some f' miles from here caused a flood, Which swept the Main street and carrying away a large quantity' of goods from the Oshawa Canning: -Factory. Much damage was done in the vicinity, cattle 'being drowned, grain Iields and orchards swept bare arid seven cement bridges erected at a cost of $20,000,being carried away. It is feared that ;he outlying.. districts near 'Columbus and Brooklyn,..where the storm originated have suffered -even more severely. In the town the flood was ea deep that ,dangerou&:-,ar as were raped off by the police - and fire 'departments to avert accide its to spectators. One effect he •the flood, was ,to plunge ,he to:wre to -night into darkness, the el- ectric light poles being, washed .out, The only one who never misses a train is a man':' mother-in-law when she comes to•pav him a visit. Only a Married than can fully ap- preciate the comforts of his club. Sir Wilfred is despeneing magni- fecent oratory around Quebec- hut never a word about the three dread- naughts. Imagiination is the principal ingred- ient in a good time. Many a man is not on speaking terms with his own conscence. _ BAY -FIELD. -Mr. ;John Castle had the -index finger on his right 'hand badly hurt by having it caught in ne lifter ,.on the fish tug, ;the Edna K. Fortunately for him he had a perch hook in his hand, otherwise (the finger' would °hive been tarn off. He has a ver- sore;.hand and wilt be laid elf wore fon- a time: STO R 1 For Infants anti • ,children In Use For Over 30Ye Always' bears , the Signature of NEWS TOPICS OF WEEK Important Events. Which Have Occurred During the Week, The Busy World's Happenings Care- fully Compiled and Put. Into•. Handy and Attractive Shape for the Readers of Our Paper — A. Solid Hour's Enjoyment. WEDNESDAY. Australian casualties in the wer to date total 2,783 dead and 11,027 Wounded, it was announced yester- day. - Dugald. McColl, sheriff of Elgin County, and former M.P.P., died at St, Thomas yesterday morning, after a lingering illness, aged 69 years. The Armenian Bishop at •Petrograd has received information that 60,000 Armenian refugees have arrived at Igdir, the principal outlet of the Vila- yet of Van. An official communication issued at Berlin yesterday tells of an allied air raid Monday over Zweibruecken and Sanktingbert,.-Bavaria. Eight per- sons were killed and two wounded in the latter town. Five men are in the Monteral Gen- eral Hossp:tai suffering from severe cuts t' _ bruises as a result of an ex- plosion at the factory of the Canadian Explosives Co, at Beloeil, shortly after noon yesterday. Premier Norris arrived. in Winni- peg yesterday, for the first time since Friday's elections, and was given an enthusiastic welcome by a big crowd which met him at the station as he arrived from Brandon. John Thom. -ea, aged 73, oneof the most prominent farmers in Kent County, dropped dead on his farm in Chatham Township while watering his horses after a hard day's work in tt e fields. Heart tenure was the cause, - Private John McLean, of Ramsay- 'Pilie, Ont„ 18, and Private W. J. Royston. 20, of Ottawa, recently of Rent, England, both members of the 17th Battalion, in training at. Ottawa, were drowned yesterday afternoon in the Ottawa River while bathing. THURSDAY. The Emperor of Japan will accede to the throne on November 10. Provincial officers report much need for laborers on Ontario farms. The new Hydro -electric system of street lighting was formally opened in Renfrew. General S. B. Steele, of the Cana- dian militia, is gazetted attached to the Headquarters Staff. The Official Gazette announces that Sir David Beatty has been pro- moted to be a Vice -Admiral. Fred Moyse, of Toronto, was drowned yesterday at Etobicoke Creek by the overturning of a row- boat. It is officially announced that the Austrian submarine U-12 has been torpedoed and su.ik with all hands in the upper Adriatic Sea by -an Italian submarine, Lord Selborne, replying to a de- putation of the Canadian Cattle As- sociation, said he could not accede to the request to remove the em- bargo on Canadian cattle. An Athens despatch to The London - Daily News says British submarines have entered the Black Sea and tor- pedoed the Turkish cruiser which formerly was the Breslau, one trans- port, and one gunboat, The will of the late E. C. Walker, of Walkerville, filed for probate in Essex County Surrogate Court, dis- poses of an estate of $4,126,000, and is said to be the largest in volume and value ever probated in Ontario. Henry J. Chute, at Kentville, N.S.,- whose son Roy sold an unserviceable horse to the remount department, asked Sir Charles Davidson, Commis- sioner on war contracts, for permis- sion to refund the price, $165, to the Government. - - FRIDAY. The Austrian submarine 13-3 was sunt; in the lower Adriatic by Italian airships yesterday morning. General Hughes arrived in London after a visit to the Canadian troops in France, and called at Shorncliffe on the way up. The great volcanoes of Southern Italy, which have been disturbed dur- ing the last few days are becoming increasingly active. Official announcement was made to -day of an airship raid last night on the east coast of England. Six persons were killed. Earl Mertens, aged 15, 15 Maitland street, Toronto, shot himself through the heart yesterday afternoon, while examining a<.38 calibre revolver in his beds_ogm Althou gin Mollie gill, 2 years old, of -Toronto, tumbled over the top of a balcony to the ground, a distance of 20 feet, this afternoon, she escaped with a bad shaking up. _.=An Athenian correspondent • states that British aeroplanes bombarded Zagazik, near Smyrna, two days ago, destroying the barracks, the tele- phoneofflce, and eight houses. The German authorities in Bel- gium have advised all German civil- ians to return immediately to their country, presumably to avoid hard - Ships during the ,winter in Belgium. SATURDAY. - After an • illness extending over about three weeks, Monsignor Joseph McCann, Vicar -General . of Toronto Roman Catholic Diocese, ' died last night in Toronto. Robert Bowie, for years one of the leading brewers of eastern Ontario and long g associated• with the firm of Bowie. 8c Co., of Brockville, died yes- terday at, the age of 76. William Lefler was sentenced yes- terday at Windsor to ten years in Kingston Penitentiary, on the charge of -being anaccomplice in the dyna- mite explosion of last June. Permits for: the shipment of 50,- 0¢•0liags ot<beehsugarerg e„d„ i'om Ger- many to the United' State :ave been. *stied by the British..- Government, 'after lengthy formal negotiatixtus. In the course: of 'his discussions with the Government departments in London, Sir Robert Borden,, Can - theIsteg ada'sPremier, has brought forward ability of Nova Scotia to supply coal of equal quality to the best South Wales article. .-It was learned in Rome yesterday on good authority that representa- tive, of Great -Britain France, Italy, and ituneialire exerting further pres- sure on. Serbia in the, hope of induc- ing her to make the desired territor- ial concessions to Bulgaria. , Commissioner Lee, of North Bay, is the authority for the statement that a big gold strike has been die-. covered at Mileage 153 on the T. & N, 0, The whole Township of Pecud. has been staked out, and the rush of prospectors is growing daily, Fire believed to be of incendiary origin, completely destroyed the three-storey brick building and plant. of the Hunter Bridge and Boiler Cts. in Kincardine early yesterday. The company was about to start manu#ars- turing shells, Germans are sus- pected. MONDAY. A virtual ultimatum was sent to the warring feet:WM in Mexico to atop fighting, Rudyard Kipling, the famous Eng- lish author, is on a visit to the French front. Wm. Moulton,66 George street. Toronto, was drowned in the bay see- terday afternoon. Archbishop McNeil laid the corn- stone of the new St. Vincent do Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Toronto. Thomas A. Ivey, a florist, lately from Port Dover, was killed when a jitney in Hamilton was struck by 4 G. T. R. train from Port Dover, Colonial Secretary Bonar Law setae ed Governor Davidson of Newfound- land yesterday that the let Battalion, Newfoundland Regiment, was order- ed to Egypt. W. H. Berry, a rural mail carrier, was killed and his daughter Edith seriously injured, by a special car on the London & Port Stanley Railway striking his buggy. Peter Sobitski, an Austrian, was fatally shot by the son of the iro- prietor of a store in Montreal, into which he and another man were try-, ing to effect an entrance. The first car of wheat of the 1925 crop came into Winnipeg Friday over the C. P. R., and graded No. 1 North- ern. It was cut August 3, on the farm of E. B. Wiebe, Rosenfeld, Man. The proclamation of the Archduke Karl Stephan of the House of Haps- burg . as King of Poland is expected shortly. It has been recently report- ed that Germany has agreed to his selection, Mr. Joseph Vezena, 14 Sumach street, Toronto, was killed, and Miss Margaret Frizzell, 34 St. Paul street, was probably fatally injured when hit by an automobile while walking on the Kingston road last night. According to mail advices from Pekin, Capt. von Pappenheim, the German engineer, who was reported to have led an expedition into Mon- golia with the object of damaging the Siberian railway, was killed, with hie entire party. TUESDAY. Samuel Stocker of Belleville utas drowned in the Bay of Quinte. The first car of new wheat bee reached the head of the lakes, two weeks earlier than usual. The Government has passed as order -in -Council providing for boun- ties on refined zinc from Canadian ores. Despatches from Berlin yesterday state the Government has comman- deered the 1915 crop of oats through- out the Empire. Mrs. Archibald Leitch of Toronto, complainant in a Police court case st i.'f4'sault'against her husband, died' from her injuries. According to information from Vienna, Austria now has mobilized allher able-bodied men within the possible age limits. Canadian imports fell off move, than $155,000,000, or nearly 30 per cent., during the year ending with May, as compared with the previous twelve months. Mr. D. A. Thomas, representing Mr. Lloyd George, Minister of Muni- tions, is in Toronto to -day, and will start an inspection of munitions fac- tories in Ontario. Mrs. Campbel Bushey, of Chatham. was killed by lightning striking a tree under which she and her ten boys were sheltering. The horse also was killed and one boy rendered un- conscious. Miss Charlotte Wegg, B. A., of St. Thomas, a graduate of the Univers- ity of Toronto, and former teacher in Alma College, died as a result of in- juries received _in a motor accident six years ago. -= - , ' Miners Still Restive. LONDON, Aug. 16.—Miners, meet- ing at various places in the South, Wales coal fields yesterday, adopted resolutions expressing dissatisfaction` with the delay in completing a new wage agreement, and recommending that unless a settlement is reached soon another conference be held to consider the renewal of the strike. Galata is Shelled. ' LONDON, Aug. 16.—A despatch to The Daily News from Athens says: "French and British aeroplanes have flown over Constantinople. They threw ' bombs on Galata, causing heavy casualties." - Galata, on the north side of the Golden Horn, near Seraglio Point; Is Constantinople's largest -suburb. - Landlords Turned Wife Away. LONDON, Ont., Aug. 16.—Private Samuel Brown, of the 33rd Battalion, C.E;F., in training here, says he has the names of six London landlords who refused to rent a house to his wife and two children, solely 35ecause Brown wasa soldier, and despite the fact; that rent was offered in advance in each case. Attack on Saisi Repulsed: LONDON, Aug. 17.—A message which has just arrived from Living- ;atone Post Says that Saisi, on the northern border of Rhodesia, was at- tacked on Judy 26 by 2,000 Germans with field guns. The attack 'was re- pulsed. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, G.V.Q.. LL. D., D.C.L., President ALEXANDER LAIRD, General Manager JOHN AIRD, Ass't General FF,a fig CAPITAL, $15,000,000 RESERVE FUND, $13,500,000 FARMERS' BUSINESS The Canadian Bank of Commerce extends to Farmers every facility for the transaction of their banking business, including the discount and collection of sales notes. Blank sales notes are supplied free of charge on application. 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