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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-8, Page 4Of.et er bvotn1e Sanders & Creech, Proprietors Subscription Price--Inadvance $1,25 Per year in Canada; $1.75 in this Ur-ited Slates. All subscriptions not pad advance 50 cents extra writ be wed, ADVERTISING RATES Display Advertising Rated Mair•. i;nowr on application 'S{ray Animals—One :, unsertton- 53c., three insertions $L00 Farm. or Real Estate for sale :0c, etch insertion foronemonth of lour kuertions • 25c. for each. saladequesst itaeext; an Miscellaneous Articles of not mops than five lines, for Sale, To. Rent, or Wanted Lost, Found, etc., each In.- sertiou 25c Local Reading Notices, etc„ 10c. pet One per insertion. No notice 1 ess than Sc. Card of Thanks 50c. Legal Advertis.Ing 10c. and 5c. aline Auction Sales, $2 for one insertion, Kid $' for two insertions. Professional Cards not exceediui 1 limb— S' per year THURSDAY, AUG. 8th, 1918 Grand Bend Mrs. Jac Des ja,rd:ine and Mrs., Wm_ Farrell, wirier have bte,n 'vinsi,ti,ng ` in Michigan, returned to their homes here last weak,',—Miss Retha. 1Di;sjarr dine went to the L=ondon Hospital last weer; to un,de -go an opera.t.uon for enlarged ttansas,, We are glad to report that she is doing welt—Mrs. Gill and \li-s. David Wilson and fanr- ily-,af Arkona v s;;ted here Sunday.— All the cottages here are filled, also all the accornrnodati;oau of the boarding houses are ;filled ` to capacity and still more are lloaing for accommocla-. taark Miss Susile Graft -elle of i3ad Axe, Milch., lis, visiting relat ives here. —Mr, and Mrs. Wm. 1•ial:lnvan, of Tiled - ford visited at Mr. Gravelle's Suer day.—_11r, Adolphlen has sold his Cltevnolet car ttta Messrs. Ross & Ravelle, Mr. Allen has since bought a -neither car.—Mr. 'Asaph Graveile has gone 'di) Thieclf:ord to visit, Shipka reg. ,.taken ,Off.—A very unfortun- ate accident chap, erred Mervin Pick- bring or the 17th cianc;es's an of Ste- phen. an Tuesidjzv last, when he lost a leg. H•e was wracking up grain in the field rvheti he atttenr,pted to stop a runaway team attached to a reaper which had been driven by ht7s brather Elmore. He gra=bbed. the horses by the -head, ;but they refused to shoo ialnld b bare he could get out of the wary was caught_ by then guards of the reaper, his leg bei=ng badly* torn' and mangled. Physicians were im- :nred.,ately summoned, when it was car etidered necessary to amputate the limit at the kn=ee joint. It is a.rnira.cle that h:e escaped being killed. . MORRIS FARMER 'itLILED. Blyth Aug. 5.—A. serious and fatal accident happened to Mr. John Mc- Elroy, a farmer Jiving in the Town- ship of Morris,, about three miles from Irere, this morning. He was alone at the tante, but as far as can be •teara- ed he was leading a team of horses attached to a bjnderi, ,quit of the barn when the horses took .fright, became Unmanageable and knocked .him dawn and dragged his body under the bind- er acrosis a field about forty rods. When found .life was extinct. Death ris supoosred to have been instantan- eous, as his neck was b: alien and his. body badly mangled., hen You (Apr to odor `'c T THIS store motor parties will find every accommodation and convenience for their comfort while in the city. A free Checkroom in the Basement, where you may have your wraps and luggage taken care of; Ladies' Rest Room and Lavatories on the second floor; Restaurant on the fourth floor, where, you will find continuous service. throughout the day. Breakfast --8.30 to 10.30 Course Dinner --11.30 to 2.30 Short Lunches at the Soda Fountainon the Main Floor. Make this store your head- quarters; its many conveni- ences are for the free accom modation of the travelling public. LONDON, ONT. Restattrattt License No, 10.208, NEWS TOPICS OF WEEK important Events Which Have Occurred Duiin the Week. rg The Busy World's Happenings Care- fully A Compiled and Put Into Randy and Attractive Shape' for the Readers of Our Paper — A Solid Flour's Enjoyment, TITh1SDAI'. - The Dominion Great War Vet- eraus' Association began its annual convention. Judge D. F. MadWakt't, Sarnia, was elected president of the County Judges' Association, An angry meeting on the coal situ tion was held by the British Imperial Association, Lariscourt. The T.J. S. State Department has ap- proved loans to China. It is said $50,000,000 will be advanced.. The order -in -Council increasing freight rates is thade public; it is to be effective from the 1st of August A reduction in the weekly meat ra- tion in Germany from, 250 to 200 grammes is reported by the Vossische Zeitung of 'Berlin. Mrs, Harry Bursey, aged 60, was killed and Mrs. Morris probably fat- allyau ally injured when an auto truck ran them down in Toronto. Ashton Van Volkenburg of Hamil- ton, employed in a munitions plant at St. Catharines, was fined $100 for. seditious utterances. Rev. Jas. W. Hodgins, in the An- glican ministry since 1883 and ac- tive in four fraternal societies, died at the age of 63 years. Oxford County Council, having be- come satisfied ,concerning Y..M.C.A, war work overseas, has decided to pay the :$18,000 grant immediately_ Lightning severely burned .Sergi. C. E. .Bradley, of Toronto, and play- ed numerous freakish pranks at .the home of Mrs. C. Brown in Pickering Township. Hubert Day, aged 27; Raymond Pritchard, 14, farmers, and William Graham, 27, a returned soldier, were drowned while bathing in the Gana- noque river at. Marble Rock. A sensation has been caused at Kiev through an order issued by the Ukrainian Government for the arrest - a' former War Minister Peshura and former Minister of Commerce Porsch. The partisans of the Ministers are charged .with revolutionary machina- tions. WEDNESDAY. Ministers in former French .Cab- inets have testified in favor of Malvy, now on trial at Parts for treason. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Douglas:, formerly of Niagara' Falls, Ont., wer>, drowned at Fauquier, near Cochrane. Hon. Dr. Cody, Minister of Educa- tion, outlined an advanced after-the- war fterthe-war policy before Toronto Conserva- tives, Hon. Mr. Doherty is hopeful of a settlement of the postal employes' strike in Western Canada within day or two. The headquarters of the Russian Socialists at Brantford were raided. six men arrested, and a large quan tity of literature seized. American citizens in Toronto or- ganize to protest against the income tax levy imposed by the United States on subjects living in Canada. Government officials in Ottawa who deal with soldiers and soldiers' de- pendents' affairs are expected to at- tend the Dominion G.W.V.A. conven- tion. In suppressing a strike which broke out at Kalk;Prussia, the Ger• man authorities employed' machine guns. Leaders of the movement have been arrested. Frank Nelson, of Orillia, was kill. ed by lightning as he stood at an open window in his summer cottag:- at Bass Lake, having just gone in out of the storm. Rev. S. W. Hann, of Sandwich, who volunteered four years ago to serve as a chaplain in France, was, notified on the eve of his marriage to: report for duty. Milton. Ireland, who disappeared in in April last year after coining into Brantford to attend the Collegiate Institute, turned up unexpectedly at his parents' home. The Japanese steamer Canada Marta bound in from. Yokohama and Kobe with a cargo valued at some $4,000,000, ran aground at .the en- trance to the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Steel requirements of the U. S. Shipping Board for the next three months call for a million tons, an increase of 250,000 tons over :the regular monthly schedule for that period. Pa3EIRSDAY. The restrictions on consumption of pork have been temporarily removed. H. H. Browning, Toronto, has a half dozen flourishing cotton plants. Four Halifax newspapers have raised their price from 2 cents to 3 cents. s Winnipeg and ,Ottawa delegates to the G.W.V.A. convention have seceded. M. Auguste Henri Ponsol has been appointed French Consul -General at ;Montreal. Contracts have been placed for the construction of twenty wooden ships in Victoria, B.C., Two conscientious objectors and a Sinn Feiner were tried by court- martial at Niagara. The wrecked Canada Marti as re- ported in a critical position, and pos- sibly cannot be' saved. The loss of life among aviators in training in Canada is only 25 per cent. of that in England. The Provincial Minister of Public Works has effected ' a saving of $3,000 by cutting down official tele- phones. Great War Veterans of Northeast Toronto, at a meeting in the Ryrre, building, decided to support Hon,, Jr. Cody. Corpl, Wm. Varley, soldier -Labor candidate for Northeast Toronto, criticized the salary increase to Pre- mier Hearst, The order of the Railway Board based on the order -in -Council auth- orizing increase in railway ;freight rates was issued. Brigandage is rampant in =Lublin, I?oland, and a' force of 700 Polish gendarmes .has been organlae4 to cope with the outlaws, - Dr. von Kuehlmann, former .(4er- man Foreign Secretary, will be a can- didate for the Reichstag 'at ,the com- ing bye -election in Berlin. The U. S. War Department has or- dered 510 locomotives and, 10,000 freight cars for service at the front. The cost will be about $45,000,000, A conference of -grain, rniiling'and banking men with the Ministers of Finance and Agriculture madear- rangements towards the financing of the Westernwheat crop. Two French aviators have made; a flight fi•otn Paris to St, Nazaire and return in five hours and fifty minutes, including a stop of three-quarters- of an hour at St. Nazaire. The distance of the round trip was about. 475 miles. FRIDAY. Stratford has started fuel ration- ing. The body of an unknown` man was taken from the waters of the lake near Toronto. Hon. Dr, Beland is expected to reach his home in Beauce, Que., some time this week -end. A broken truck caused the ditching of twenty-three freight cars on the G.T.R. near Onondaga, Bridge construction On the Hamil- ton Highway makes it necessary for traffic to snake detours. Strikers numering 150 out of 750 at the Riordon Pulp Mils at. Hawkes- bury nearly precipitated a, riot: One million dollars has been set as the amount for "Sailors' Week" in September for Ontario to raise. Five-year-old -Alfred Barber, 23. Nassau ,street, died from drinking poison used, to disinfect his home. A bonus of three months' salary is being sent to civilservants in the Customs Department at Nelson and district. Moscow and Petrograd have, ae- cprding to despatches, been without breadforfour days and are urgently appealing for relief, After Saturday evening at five o'clock; all vessels other than steam that have not been registered in' To- ronto will be seized. Geo. Strasser, of Guelph, ;was fin- ed $100 and costs for forgetting he had a copy of a forbidden book, "The Finished Mystery," in his possession. John Alexander, an ex -slave, who escaped to Canada -more than "'sixty years ago, died at Sandwich East at the age of a hundred and ten years Lieut. Jack Munro said he is not a supporter of Wni. Varley, and is opposed to an election at this time, although,' naturally, his sympathy is with the soldier. A coroner's jury found that negli- gence was shown by Frank Dineen, driver of the motor car that struck and killed three-year-old Joseph Landreville. • A shortage of 500,000 unskilled workers in the war industries is shown in incomplete reports of the U. S. Department of Labor's Federal employment bureau. The Roumanian Government has decided to drop the prosecution of J. C. Bratiano, who was Premier when the country entered the war. His acquittal was practically certain. British and .American capitalists are asking the repeal of an order -in - Council passed on the 17th March, 1917, giving extreme powers of ex- propriation, with possibly a minimum of compensation,. to the Government. SATURDAY. Returned soldiers raided a number of restaurants is Toronto. Lt. -Col. W. P. Purney, Halifax. was re-elected president of the Dom- inion G.W.V.A. A meetingof returned officers and men was held to discuss the forma,- tion ormation of a .new returned soldiers' association. King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, has reviewed 'the. American troops who have taken positions in the-Ita lian war zone. A sturgeon "weighing 185 pounds, containing 481/ pounds of caviar, andvalued at $90, was caught in the - River St. Clair at Sarnia. Defaulters and absentees under the Military Service Act who report themselves by the 24th instant will not be subjected to the penalties provided. Eleven Montreal restaurants have been ordered by the Food Board to Close for periods ranging from three to fifteen days on account of violating regulations. Germany as a sop to Finland for the adoption of monarchical form of government hat offered to use its in- fluence to secure the cession by Rus- sia of Eastern Karelia to the Finns, The Washington Post Office De- partment has announced the loss of 1,741 letters and other postal matter for Egypt through the sinking of a steamer in the Mlediterranean Sea. Irene Leverton, a respected em- ploye of the post office staff at Tim- mins, aged 17, was murdered in the Hotel Goldfields by an Italian, Bella Donna, who had persisted in' court- ing her, and he then shot himself' fatally. Canada now 'holds the continental record for speed in wooden shipbuild- ing, the -War Seneca having had its dock steam trial at Quebec 48 days after its launching, six days better than the best record in the United States so .far. Mount Carmel The sad. death; of Mrs. Theo, Deter- ichtook, pIm e on Tuesday morning, aged 40 years. Mrs. Deterich. had been ata, poor; health for the past year, A week before her death she con- tracted pneumonia, which 'resulted in her death, Site ys survived by her sorfawi,ng .husband and ftmaly of six small children, allso her lather, Mr Dnewer and several brothers and sis- ters ,Of St. C1emejiiltsi, , The funeral took plane an Thursday at 10 a.nt, Requiem Mass wits; sung by Mrs. 1)e terirh;s cousin,' Rev Fr, Schtioeder oak Zurich, desisted by Rev. Fr, Runtz of 'Kitchener. Pall bearers were her three brothers and three brothers-in- law.—Miss Mete Patton is visiting with irthends at Lucan„-111r, and Ivlrs. Jos,. Ziler of Lonndon called on ffiends on Sunday,—Mr. Joseph Rowland is: 'on the sack ,list,—H,}tlberti Mair and sister of London are spending their holidays with, relatives in this neighborhood,— Pte. Leonard Ryaaa spent Sunday at his ,h=ome near- here, --Mrs. O'Donnell was in Landon last week on business. —Miss Codey lof: Lpiniddn is the- guest ,of Miss Ht1bertarGlavhn,—Mr, and Mrs' Gus, 1-Iennesgsey, Mr, and . Mrs. P. Buckley and Mr. D. McILhargey of ClandeboFye called on friends here on Sunday.—Mr. Lela Carthy was in Lon- doa on Saturday on, bns(ancs,s.— Mr; Frank Rydin of Ciicagio is spending a few days at his ho=ne near ,here,- Mrs, Jahn McIslt c of Deitipit is spending a ,Eery days= with, her brother T. Collins," New Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. LONDON, Aug. 5• --Thomas -Fran- cis Molony, Lord Justice of Appeal in Ireland since 1895, has been appoint— ed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, Lord Justice Molony was born in Dublin in 1865, .He was Solicitor - General for "Ireland in. 1912-13 and Attorney -General in the latter year. In 1914 he was a member of the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland. He also was a member of the Royal Commission on Disturb- ances in Dublin. In 1916. he was a member of the Royal Commission which investigated the shootings during the Sinn Fein uprising, ' Russian Cities'I3readless, Moscow, "Aug. '5. --(Via 'Amster- darn).—The ;People's Delegates for Internal Affairs have appealed to the provincial and die.ti'ict committees, declaring that MVIbsco,v afYd Petrograd have been without bread for four days, The ptvincial 'anddistrict ec ntnittees are urgently requested; to h it 1 fr fani.in -•Winchelsea .: Mr: George Kellett, painfully in- jured ina rtunaway; accident on Tues- day m=orning last, httr. 'Kellett was driving htils .horse on ;the cream, route u'hien the betst' became friiglhltened at n tractor in the !field, and becoming unmanageable' ran away. " Mr., Kellett was ' thrown +falonr the rig and in. the Pali 'sustaine'd several fractured - ribs and was otherwise painfully Injured. The horse -ran flar a consiid•exa.biedis- tance, but niftier the horse nor rig was injur=ed, MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED by C. H Seeders at the Advocate Of- fice. Strictly coefidential no witness HOG PRODUCTION Itis a matter of the greatest importance that Canada should increaseherproduc- tion of BACON HOGS and other live stock -.: as there isatpresent n world-wide short- 1111 � �e � a � ffor short- age o meat.' Good "markets fc� s me time ' to n� r s e are assured. THE CANADIAN BANK OE COMMERCE w�l gladly loans to assist farmers in good standing i_ng to acquire live stock. 361 BRATS& RR: --A. is, Kuhn, Mgr CRE:I)ITON—J. A. McDonald blit. INCORPORATED 1855 LSONS Capital & Reserve $8,800,000 98 Branched In Canada A Business s T an Generale RankinTransacted - Circular LiBiters of Credit . Bank Moneg Orders S VINCS BANK DEPA RTMEN Iiitsrest allowed at highest current rats EXETER BRAINCH- W D. CLARKE, Manager. ,...LH....J..wad 7l0.414e.0a06...1, a...l.. aa..oe1/....A1 (7- `t zt o /11.4 y CANADA. - GEORGE the- FIFTH, bythe Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, RING, Defender of the Faith, Emperor; of India. To all to whom these presents shall come or whom the. same may in any wise concern, -=GREETING A Proclamation of conditional amnesty 'respecting men belonging to Class':1 under the 1lrlilita'ry Service Act, 1917, who have disobeyed our Proclamation of 13th October, 1917, or their orders to report for duty, or are deserters or absent without leave from the. Canadian Expedi- tionary Force. E L NEWCOMBE, WHEREAS consider- AND WE DO HEREBY STRICTLY WARN AND SOLEMNLY IMPR UPON ALL SUCH MEN, and ,as well those who ,employ, harbour, conceal or assist them in their disobedience, that, if they persist in their failure to report, absence or desertion until the expiry of the last mentioned clay, they will be pursued and punished with all the rigour and severity of the law,' SUBJECT TO THE- JUDGMENT OF OUR COURTS. MARTIAL WHICH WILL BE CON- VENED TO TRY SUCH CASES or other competent tribunals: and also that those who employ, harbour; conceal or assist such men will be held strictly accountable as offenders and subject to the pains, penalties and.;forfei- tures in that behalf by law provided for their said offence. Provided however that nothing contained in this Our Proclamation is intended to release the ,men aforesaid from their obligation to report for duty as soon as possible or to grant them immunity from.arrest or detention in the meantime for the purposeof compelling them to perform their military duty; Our intention Deputy Minister of Juetice,I Canada able numbers of men belonging to Class I under our Military Ser- vice •Act, 1917, -called out on active service in our Canadian Expeditionary Force for the defence of . Canada under Our Proclamation of 13th October, 1917, although they have thus become by law soldiers enlisted in the Military Service ;of. Canada, Have failed to report for duty as lawfully required of them under the said Military Ser- vice Act and the regulations thereunder, in- cluding' the Order in Council duly passed on April 20 last, . Or . have deserted, Or absented themselves without leave from our Canadian Expeditionary Force, And it is represented that the veryserious and unfortunate situation. in which these men find themselves is due in many cases to the fact that, notwithstanding the information and warping contained in Our Proclamation afore- said, they have misunderstood their duty or obligation, • or have been misled by the advice of ill-disposed, disloyal or seditious persons. AND WHEREAS we desire, if possible, to avoid the infliction of the heavy penalties which the law imposes for the offences ofwhich these soldiers have thus been guilty, and to afford them an opportunity within a limited time to report and make their services available in Our Canadian Expeditionary Force as is by law their bounden duty, and as is necessary for the defence of Our Dominion of Canada. , NOW KNOW YE that we in the exercise. of Our powers, and of Our good will and pleasure in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare, and cause to he published and made known THAT THE PENALTIES" OF THE LAW WILL ' NOT BE IMPOSED OR EXACTED as against the men who belong to Class 1 under Our Military Service Act, 1917, and who have disobeyed Our P,roclam ation aforesaid or who have received notice- from any of Our registrars or deputy registrars to report for duty on a day now past and have failed so to report ;' or who,' having reported and obtained leave of absence, have failed to report at the expiry of their leave, or have become deserters from Our Expeditionary Force, PROVIDED THEY REPORT FOR DUTY ON OR BEFORE THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST 1918. being merely to' forego or remit the penalties hereebfore incurredfor failure to report, absence without l'eave or desertion incurred by those rnen of the description aforesaid who shall be in the proper discharge of their military duties on or before the said twenty-fourth day of August, 1918. Of all of which Our loving subjects and all others whom these presents may concern are hereby required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. ' Witness: Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Counsellor, Victor Christian William, Duke of Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Earl of Devonshire, Earl of "Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwicke, Baron Cavendish of Keighley, (night of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter; One of Our Most Honourable Privy Council ; Knight Grand Cross of Our Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Knight Grand Cross of Our Royal Victorian Order; Gov- ernor General and Commander -in -Chief of Our Dominion of Canada. At Our Government House in Our City of OTTAWA, this ;FIRST day of AGUST,'in the year of Our Lordyear ninth one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and in the of Our Reign, By Command, Un� etary of State,