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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-8-2, Page 1Conscri tion Bill in the Senate. THIRTIETH YEAR. Our Oonl r, If Sir Wilfrid,.Laurier- is returned to power it ,Masi. that Canada will drop out ,of the were, said Sir Clif- ford Sifton, The Conscription Bill having pas- sed the House of Commons, is now in thee -Senate, and is expected to pass that c.laknber this week, \--.-cry— Some Grits object to the Senate appointments going to Conservatives, Who: ever heard of a Consfelrvat:ive being, appointed when Liberals were in power? Well,, Well The Russians have lost territory in Galicia, and guns' and mein in consid- arable quantity during the past week through disaffection among the sol diets caused by German agents.' There seems to be no trouble slang the tat-• her parts of the eastern line held by them Stern measures have been re- sorted to, it is hoped with the de- sired effect. The Roumanians along their front have, had a large measure of success, capturing many villages men and a number of guns, In Africa the British are fast clos- ing in on the German troops and, com- plete ' success is looked for soon. In Asia Millar and Egypt the re.- ports e-ports are few, It is undoubtedly too hot there to even fighf, On the western front fighting con- tinues in localities along- the line, but nothing like a general enga.gementis' taking -place. Successes vary. Ships sunk by subs numbered some what, higher in last week's report be- ing about twenty. A big new drive is a on, by the Brit- ish and Frenchaon the West front, tormenting on Tuesday along a front of 30 miles north of the river Lys. Al- lied troops an Tuesdpy captured all their first objectives and many pris- oners were. taken. Foe lines to a depth of two and a half miles` were ;penetrated, and 3,500 prisoners were ,captured the first rush. TAMAN'S SHONE 81a Great Va1iies IN SUITINGS, 9 O'COATINGS ETC®9 ETC® SUMMER SUITINGS WERE BOUGHT EARLY. AND WE ARE ABLE TO -SELL BELOW TO DAY'S VALUE. ORDER YOUR SUIT AT ONCE. LIGHT OVERCOATS IN BEST OF CLOTHS FOR THE COOL EVENINGS— AT PRICES THAT WILL SURPRISE • YOU MOST AGREEABLY. OUR PANTINGS ARE SOLD AT THE RIGHT PRICE, SEE OUR LIGHT UNDERWEAR IN COMBINATION AND IN TWO MECE, A FULL._LINE OF READY-T0.� WEAR CLOTHING. YOU PROBABLY NEED A RAIN- -COAT FOR THE WET tDAYS. WEAR OVERALLS AT YOUR ROUGH WORK. LOOK AT OUR LINES IN THESE GOODS.. ALSO Furnishings ,SOCKS in Cashmere and Silk THE NEW CAPS CHOICE S IRIS O H FLASHY TIES ARROW COLLARS W. W. Taman Tailor & Furnisher PHONE Si* .Russia retrea s but ca ps bask sane, British and French make big new drive, EXETER Meatless days, cold tea and 'mos- quitoes are the order. A man tisn't, necessarily a foal be- cause he has the faculty of making others think he is, Liberal Editors -meeting. in Toront endorse conscription and • support coalition. government. The citizens :of Exeter would •lik ou,' bakers to explain why the-..,peo pie of town have to pay eleven cent a loaf for bread, while the if in the country can buy it fro the same bakers for ten cents a los There is no doubt a minister ha a right to holidays, just like anyon else but an (editor, But ,if a minis,te has holidays why not the congrega tion? Who can listen to a -sermo and receive any benefit when th thermometer soars to nearly 100?• Serious Outbreaks of midge mege in wheat are . eeported in Lincoln and Welland, counties. The insect is a tiny pink maggot and when presen in sufficient numbers gives the en tire bead of the wheat a reddis. tinge,, The insect also works in rye 0 a e s e m f, s e r n e tl h • Take no notice of any man selling goods, either wearing the uniform or. in civilian clothing or professing 'to be a member of the Great War;Vet erans' Association of Canada, unless he can produce a lettar signed by the 'Secretary of the Great War Vet- erans' Association of Canada,; Since the beginning of hostilities 366 persons have been killed and 1,092 injured by air raids in Landon metro- politan area, according to a statement made by Sir George Cave, the home secretary, in the House` of Commons.. During the same period, the secretary noted, 2,412 persons were killed, and 7;863 injured in ordinary greet ac- cidents in thesame territory. It is estimated that 25- per cent of the potato crop of Ontario', or ap- proximately 5,000,000 bushels, is lost annually due to attacks of the late blight and of the Colorado beetles This loss can be prevented by spray- ing .,thoroughly at regular intervals with Bordeaux mixture as a fungicide g e to prevent blight, and paris green .ar arsenate, of lead as a poison to com- bat the beetles. Por. ten or twelves days now wehave had it just about as, hot as anyone .in this country would desire; it has been. pretty 'nearlir jsnbearable sone days, while ` on others a re,treshi.ng breeze helped matters considerably. The bay is being gathered and is a bumper crop, wheat will be cut very soon, and is much betterthan at first anticipated. The roots could stand a bit of a shower 'now, but they are, not hurting just yet. Lloyd George said that Great Brit- ain now has betweien 'five and five and a half million men enrolled as soldiers, without counting a half mil- lion belonging to the navy, or nearly a million risen from the dominions ov- seas, Great Britain has placed at the disposal of her allies from 1,500,- 000 to 2,000,000 tons of merchant ships Next year's building program for.:mer- cha-at- ships which already has begun, amounts to 4,000,000 tons,` or twice as much as in a goad year during peace times. Summarizing events on the western front since the battle of the Somme is July, 1916, Reuter's correspanden't at France :headquarters, shows that Anglia -French armies.' during the 12 months took prisoner 170,000 of the enemy of whom '3,500, were "officers., We also captured, he says, 948 guns,- 780 uns,780 trench Mortars, and 2,500 machine guns and forced the enemy to aban- don ane hundred ,miles ,of tortifiied front. The superiority of the - Anglo- French armies has ,steadily increased, while' recent combats have shawnthat the morale of the French is as high and their fighting spirit is as keen as ever. A person to be of any use should have enough initiative ,to do some! - thing.. A fellow you have to tell how, watch him do it, see hien do' it, and then do it 'yousej;f, is a mighty poor article on any kind , of a job. Ratlt- er'tban have him • around, you would be` money ah.eacl ,to roll up your sleeves, spit on ;your : hands, wade in and clo the job from, the start, There are people who 'can never,, see past. the end of 'their own nese, pniess it be the clock at quitting time,, : If such people ` expiect :,to ,rise in the world, they'll have Ito get up and shake themseaveesi. There are lots of tai en, A strange featuretof the high cost of living in Canada . is Haat bread is selling in England at ,less cost than in this country, although Canadian wheat is shipped about three thousand mile across the' ocean at a big : cost, the British getting the, finished product, which• is bread, at e lower rate than the people in the. country where the wheat is grown. Much the same con- dition exiles with ;bacon, eggs, and cheese. The hogs are born, fed and raised in Canada, but the; Britisher is able to get et the finished product, bacon, cheaper than prices ,in Canada. Cheese is sold ,two toe' three cents lower pee pound in the 01d Colrntry than in Canada, where it is made,— Exchange, We doubt whether this condilion prevails at the present war time, 36c. to $82e. a pound, ONTARIO THURSDAY ..TTG-. 2, 1917 CREECH. Theoll f Honor District casualties reported Killed Pte. Robert Faliis of Wingham Pte G. Monk of Wingham, Died of Wounds J. H. Bates :of Goderich, a member of the Huron Battalion, Prisoner of ' War, Gunner 1=I. P. Warrener, Goclerich, Wounded Pte A. D. McLean of Brussels. ,Pte. B, Cronin ,of Teeswater. Pte, G. G. Hunter of Wroxeter. Pte, C. B. Forest of..Blurevale, Pte. J. R. Skilton of Clinton. Seriously 111 Pte. S, E. elacArthur of Hensa,l Word has been received from Gun- ner Francis V. Hill, drat he is enjoy- ing good health, and thathehasbeen removed from London, Eng;, to 01 terpool, 'Kent County, Eng. Major Heaman writing to Mr, E. J. Christie frorn England says he has now been. connected,:with the Imper- ial forces, retaining his rank but re- ceiving lesser pay, He expects ` to go to France at once. Capt A. T. 'Malone oft S rath.roy is listed with the wounded in Tuesday's despatch. Mrs, Malone is a former Exeter women, being before her mars riage. Miss I-Iatile White. Thecap- tain's wounds are not serious. British casualties on all theatres of military operations published d,n news- papers during the r an,th of July total. 71,832 officers and mein. The officers killed, wounded or missing total 2,503 while the men 'number 69,329. Pte, Earl Parsons, arrived home on Saturday ;afternoon on furlough from the front, after being there two years T'he Advocate announced last week. that he had arrived in Halifax, a,rsd after arriving at Toronto he motored up with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and. Mrs Roger S. Crocker, Earl is look- ing well and Ms old friends are glad sto shake :hands with him. His arrival had been expected for some time, as it was understood he had sailed oa an earlier boat, and consi1, rao lea, iety was felt, A QUEBEC NEWSPAP1,R VIEW. "On the fiftieth anniversary ,of Con- federation. Mr, Borden thought it proper to adderss ,a message to Can ads, as would a mere president oftlie United States to his awn people. "The• message has the breadth and strength of the Prime Mi,hir`st(et's speeches before the House of Com- mons since his 'return from England ft is deyaid of senseand wreltched as' to style, Once again Mr..Border'i has tried to divert the attention of the p.e,ople from 'the problems which all seriousminds are trying -to solve, In a dithy-rambic worthy of a school bray extolling 'the very confederation he is preparing to destroy, he has wildly waved before the; eyes of 'the nation. while betraying her most sac- red interests the. ,,red flag .of democ- racy of civilization and of freedom of, humanity. "Mr. Borden 'dares invoke the" sen- timent of the Fathers of Con,federa- tion while sacrificing on the altar of the liberties of 'humanity hundreds of thousands of our fellow -citizens whom he proposes to force away from Rhein homes to send themto the -'battle- fields of Europe.. What think you of this, Cartier and Macelanald? What think you of it,. Tupper and McKenzie Powell, the last. of the Anglo -.Canadians 'who had -the heart 'to remiarf loyal, at the, pride of our political ;downfall, to the principles of 'justice, liberty and Can- adian patriotism which, inspired - you in 1867 ? "Thefreedom of 'humanity I "This sterotyped phrase, after go- ing the 'rounds of Europe. and being rehashed in President Borden's ' mes- sage., The ,freedom of humanity, How can it interest a people whose in- dividual and ,nati;onel liberties are trampled 'upon?, Why should it' con- cern the French-Canadian childrenof Ontario and the 'West who are den- ied the right to learn and, speak their mother tongue? How `_can it effect the. Ca'tholic artisan on whom 'Sunday`. work is imposed tinder threat of star- vation? Ian what, can be intere,seed the hundreds, ,Of ehlusands of Can- adians who are dragged to a "foreign land to sacrifice 'their lives for the benefit of the ,manufacturers of war material? Etc, etc,, etc- That its the kind .of trash they are dishing up to the Quebec people. FOOD IN GERMANY DEAR. In.formation ooncerning food costs in Germany shows that -many edibles, particularly those containing fats, are selling at almost prohibitive prices. Fat for frying is bringing more than .w ;4,00 a pound. Goose fat is sok! at $5.36 a pound. Fowls generally are high. Fresh'Lewis bring ,$.1.01 a lb, larded goose' breast $2,78; salted goose legs 94c. ,• young country laying hen"§ $3,32 each; well fed geese, $11 to $19 each, The egg ration at Hamburg for one week was one legs for each person, Horses are in ,gre;tt demand for food and ],arse flesh sells at from :53c ;to 86e. a pound. Rabbits are sold at 52 each, Cheese is quoted at from, VILLAGE 0 .FEXETLR CIVIC HOLIDAY As per resolution of the' Council ,of. the Village of Exeter Reeve B.W.F, Beavers has proclaimed Monday, Aug G,th as Civic Holiday far Exeter. All citizensare hereby requested to ob- serve the clay as such. God Save the Ting; Jos, Senior, .Clerk. Loyal News Seaforth Bowlers are here this af- ternoon, as we glo to pewee,' , Monday night was a dandy l:or sleeping—I don't think. It was shn- ply a cooker. While we go ,to press the Trivitt Memorial Chinch Sunday School are holding their annual .pic,nic in Victoria .Park, Huron street, when the usual program of sports will be carried out. To Correspondents -We would be very pleased if correspondents would get their budgets of news in, by Tues- day morning's mail next week. In fact a day earlier every week this hot weather helps. The James Street Methodist Sunda* } Schaal is to picnic at Grand Bend to -day (Thursday.) ` Arrangements have been made to carry the large crowd by auto and every available car has been secured for the occasion. With a temperature of 98,5 en the shade ,Tuesday 'established the record of being the •hottest day of the year coning within two degrees of the tropical record attained a year ago Monday when 100 degrees was reg- istered. 52nd Annive,rsar*yc.—Mr, and airs. David Mill of Guelph, formerly of Exeter, on July 29th celebrated the 52nd anniversary of their marriage. The Advocate, joins the many friends in the hope that the aged couple may enjoy many more such, anniver- series Miss Mary Toni attended the event on their way home. from Grims- by. The following taken from the God erieb Signah'in an account of a reci- tal under the auspices of the Maple Leaf Chapter I. (0..D. E., given by the Misses Lusca ;Elliott and Grace Seager at Uoderi'ch, pays a merited, and deserving compliment to oae. of our gifted and talented young ladies: "Miss Edith :Toncur of Exeter, who sang twice, was heard for the first time in Goderich, bet will be wel- comed back on future occasions, Her voice is a clear, sweet soprano, and her songs were admirably chosen to 5;ttit it" OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTS— After January 1st, 1918, head -lights on automobiles must be so arranged that direct rays do not rise more than 42 inches from the ground, measured 75 feet or more aheadof the car when on level surface. Spot -lights and. search -lights are :forbidden. MUST LABEL 'ALL LIQUOR,=In- structions are being (issued this week by the Ontario Lice;nse Board for the benefit of their inspectors governing the delivery of ,packages containing liquors must be plainly labelled so as to show their actual contents and the name 'and address of the consignor. Sectioort No. 3 of the act provides a penalty of from S50 to 8200 or im- prisonment up to six months, or both for sending liquor improperly labelled tg a ficttitious person or address": CHURCH. WEDDING,-Th:e marri- age to* place at the Trivitt Memor- Tal. Church, Exeter, On August first, el.. Charlotte Louise, eldest daughter of Mr. 'George A. Hyn;drnan, to Mr. Harold Ashton. Strangways, son of \Irs. E. T. Strangways of Beeton, Ontario, Rev. Ashlyn, Tramper offic rating. The bride who svas given away by her. father, was unattended, and wore a blue, ,taffeta suit, with grey flat, and corsage bouquet of sweetheart roses and sweet pias. Mr, and Mrs Strangways left latex for their wedding trip to Muskoka, before taking up their •,residenee in Beeton. The Advocate joins the many, friends. in best wishes. Mrs, Powell has returned from a visit in part :Elgin. Mrs. McGillicuddy has return.ed af- ter a visit in Welland. Mr, Earl 'Browning of 'T;;ingstotn is visiting his :parents "stere. Mr. and Mrs. A. E 'Kuhn have -re- turned from 'their holiday trip. Miss Beatrice Essery of Pabneeston, is visiting here.' and in Centralia, Mrs. Livingstone and daughter of Stratforcl are visiting the fornter's parents, Mr, and ,Mrs. ; John Hawk-- sh'aw, Mrs, A. J. ISoeli and son, Jahn. W. left Tuesday io visit at Sarnia and from there will go. to Windsor to - visit for a time, Miss Laura ,Tory and Miss Rothe King of Crediton have re, turn;ed,from ° a visit in St. Thomas and Larne Sta- tion, Miss Pearl Kestle of the latter place returned with them. COMMITTED SUICIDE Clinton, July 31.—An unfortunate event occurred this morning at the home of Mr, Wm. Hardy, on the. Lon- don Road, a short 'distance, from this municipality, when 'Mrs. Hardy was found dead aby her husband on his return from town. Cre Hardy, had been in, poor health for several months, ;send being alone in the house, she took her own life, Whenfound dead, she was hanging to the railing on the hall stairway. The family are very highly respect- ed, and no doubt, the rash event occurred when she was not in her normal conditions Crediton Itirs. Crawley 'of °Detroit is visit ing, her sister, Mrs. W. 'I -I, Wenzel Nicholson ` & Hodgins have bought a flax-puller,which is worked oa an ordinary binder, the power being sup- plied by a gasoline. •engine, Scarcity of labor has brought this about. ,The craps are in fine shape and will soon be ready to be pulled, Berry picking has commeneed, They are ' quite plentiful and of a splendid quality. _lar. Everett Fah,ner and friends motored to Tavistock an Sunday and visited 111r. and Itirs, Jahn Hoffman. Mr and Mrs. John Sweitzer v;s'ted. Mr. and Mrs. Decher :of Zurich last Sunday. On account of the Dominion Rub- ber Tire Go„ 'Kitchener, closing down last week Ezra Ewald, Hilton Rau, il'laurice Brawn and alrs- , Jathew Gin- ter visited friends here, Mr. and Mrs. Harry 'Kuhnand !alis. Chas. Brown of Detroit and lam?lies are camping at Grand Bend. Mr, and Mrs. Oakes of Detroit vs' iced, Mr. arid Mrs. Gottlob Brawn last week,. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Brown and chil- dren, of 'Kitchener are visiting at the home of Mrs. Sam, Brown. We un- derstand Mrs. Brown intends having an auction sale ,of h,er property '.n thenear future. Owing to :theexcessive heat last Sunday the services in our churches were short. It has been hard totted , a cool spot this past week. The man who insists on wearing a high Lollar these days is more to -be pit- ied than laughed at Clarence Eilber and Norman Holtz mann of Detroit are visiting their parents. Rev- Otto Brown ,of Erie, Mich, visited his parentts last week and preached a very acceptable sermonin the Evangelical church. Sunday night. Qute a large clyowd a1 the young People attended the dance at th,e. new pevillion, Grand Pend, last we;eib• Mr and Mrs. Gus Coughlin of To - 'onto were calling on friends here• this week, As a few more cars of coal have arrived at the station the people are forgetting the . hot -weather and t:h;nk-. ing of the cold days, that will bo, sure to come, So they are real busy now getting in a supply for the winter. Miss Mary Hanlon :has gond to De- troit ori' a visit. CLINTON GIRL DROWNED Bayfield, July 30,—Marjorie C11o1-e n Owen 21years of age, a popular eIerk in the Clinton post office, eves drowned in,. the lake, near •Phe south pier, here shortly before noon to -day: The Is rang; lady. withher sister and a_ girl friend, also from Canton,' went bathing irithe rather heavy surf, and was knoclted off her feet by a wave. Her sister endeavored to retain hold ' hut another high wave broke the, grasp, and Miss Marjorie, although in:' nater well within her depth, was un- , ab;e to .recover herself. Her sister and friend ran for .h,c"lp, hut when Clarence Hill of London and other - men on the pier heard the alarm and returned so th'e ,scene she was not to be seen. -After: some time her body was recovered in comparatively shal- ':ow water, but with much difficulty,, owing to the size of the waves break- ing over the beach. Medical students - worked with the, . body for upwards of art hour, but no purpose. The oth- er . young ladies suffered greatly from shock and themselves had a narrow escape. The place they ,selected` for- bathing is rsot much frequented; which accounts for °'the fact that help, was riot immediately at hand. Centralia Mr. and Mrs. Woad of London are visiting at the .home of the Missies Wilson for a few days. Mr F Fairhall and friend of Wind- sor motored here last week toi spend a fe w days Y visiting his parents. Mr, and _Mrs. Fairhall, Haying is the order of the day. Everybody busy. Mr. and _Mrs. Sidney Andrew of London are ;spending a few days v;s. Ring `01 the village. Mr and ItIrs. ,P, Hanlon -attended the funeral of their nephew, ;Mr. Jahn Flannigan in Stratford on Thursday last: e Miss Clara Hennessey of London spent a few days of last week the guest of Mrs. Wes. Hodgins Miss Eileen Glavin and brother Clement, have retiu+ned to th'eir4iome in Detroit, after spending a few days at the home of Mr, and Mrs. P. Han- lon. , Mr.1lorris Bobier and friends of Buffalo were callers in the village this week. ST PHONE 16 MARRIAGES Strangways—Hyndman—At the Trivitt ?Memorial Church, Exeter, on Aug. 1'st, Harold Ashton Strangways of Beeton, to MissCharlotte Louise, daughter of Mr. George A. H nd- Q } man of Exeter. Edwards—McGregor—In Stanley ' o i . JLly 18,,Ar ntra, sego d daugh- ter ofMn and Mrs. Archibald Mc- Gregor to Basil Edwards of -Hay, Township. -eYEN D•EIS Holt—At Grand Bend, July 25, John-: Holt, aged 69 years, 7 months, and' and 16 days. McKenzie—In 'Fullerton, , July 20th'. Robert McKenzie, in. his 76th year Seoddy-In St. Marys, July 20, James Edwin Snoddy, aged 32 years. Atkinson—In Lucaa, on July 27, Edna Irene, aged 17 .years, 9: months, be- loved daughter of &Ir. and' Mrs, R Atkinson, Buswell-ln Usbonne, on July 28th, Obrey Blair, son of Mr. and Mrs, Homer Buswell aged 5 months and 17 days. PHONEi6 BUY BLACK : , wKB ; THIS.1 NT H you are considering buying a Black Silk Dress our adi,-ice to you is not to delay. Silk of all kinds have greatly adv,noed in in price. We are showing a range of Beautiful Black Silks that we are selling away below to -day's price. Per yd. '51.65, $1,75, $1,85, and $.2,25, STRAW HATS FOR. BOYS AND MEN The best values we have had fit want at the. !price to suit your an Straw ,,:Hats during the next years. Wehave the style you pocket book. Special prices on two weeks. TRUNKS, CLUB BAGS AND SUIT CASES This is vacation ,time. You will need a .Steamer Trunk, Suit Case, or Club ,Bag when you take your holidays. We have a com- plete assortment of these goods which we will be glad to show Yogi, "HOLEPROOF" HOSE FOR MEN AND WOMEN. Take a box of Silk Holeproof when you go oi4i your vacation They look well and are guara.n teed to wear three niofiths with- out holes o•r new ones are furnished, FREE OF CHARGE. ENGLISH GINGI-IAMS A case of Fast Washing English Ginghanis has .ju,s't been Op- ened They runfr'om 10 to 18 yards and on account of them being mill ends ,we bought them at a low price. Worth to -day 25c, Special Price this (week per yd, 17uc, HIGHEST PRICES PAID) FOR LIVE POULTRY. PHONE 16 J. e T ART PHONE 16 The Big Store with the Little Prices r 7 1 y