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The Exeter Advocate, 1918-8-29, Page 4city ;‘bvacnte Sanders & Crea;c,til, Proprietors Subscr, ptian Price -In atirance$1,iS *Mer year in. Canada; 1L75 in tha United States. All subscriptions not pad.. in advance 50 cents extra. will be charged. THURSDAY, AUG. 29 , th,, 191.8 Zurich Mr Chris, Schrair, of ,Stanley has Soizl, has 75 acre farm, the one he lives on to Mr. Ross jOhntsttc o of Blake ,w•ho gets possession next March -Fires in the swamp In Stanley 'Iowa- ship Iona_shii): along the Ton isiine b'etween Slay and Stianley have dlestroye:d hundreds' of .dollars worth of wood and zit time> -threatened to destroy farm builda,ss:-MLss Lottie Bolster !s at- tending the mtul'luriery opeuungs at and friends in Lucan and vicinity. - London. imr. and Mrs, J. Preeter are Mr, P `B• Dignaiti inch son Allen of Toronto visited MIr, and Mrs. W ld,J Dignan, last week.-Rle\'. and Mrs. E, G. Powelland claugh,ter, hiss Blossom spent a. ch in Brussels last week, The Lunar: Driving Association will B iyfielcf and Vi r1e, this were ,^- ir."�"does not agree With the policy of, p the NEWS TOPICS OF WEEK on Hintze, the nos Foreign Saert�- I' D t id L' cl who has 'been vls t a iaga sister Mes, Rildle'y, returned t West last weep, -mass Maud Hodgins in. a Detroit viisitoa ltliss Florenve ;'Vaison. 4rrss returned 'to:;her home. Arikonn utter a vlisi!t with, hes• aunt Mire. h Edtwnatdsi`. Rev. H. \Viii ens tie to preach Anniversary serum s on the Gras%on (It cuirt next Sunday The pulpit an, the Methodist church aero, will lie occupied. by,Rev, R•obvn- son of Granton, -Mr. and Mrs, lfemir Eggert pre vis.iling their daughter, Mrs. Shepherd in Detroit, LUCAN Miss Clatrr. Howard is vieiting her sister in Goderiell,,-\sirs; Annie Atkin-- or. tkin-or, is visiting liter Cairn \Zt's. Joseph Hoclgiita; at St1-atkauoy-Mr, ittucnand Miss jean Ba;rn.by .of Springfield are visiting fiends is town, -Mrs. M. 0, Carey of Barrie is visiting relatives vrisiting in Monti -teal, Mr. Andress Mitteiheoitz and soli Anthony, dir, R Desch and Mr. Leslie Benedict left on. the heevest excursion for -the we't' on Thursday. -Mr. and Mrs. Hintz, Mr G. kluge, ia3: Tata. Tad have, their races on Thursday, Sept, AneMies Myrtn Hintz of Wash va tc n 5t1r;. 111, G A, Staenley,lelt last week ,itlach., trio \Loss L. W'alper of E xe in the interests: of Luca1u and vicinity ter visited .'it the lionte, of Mr. 7i for the cash regions of Penns)1vauia,, Preeten-Mr, and Mra Eclighoifer left with the hope O.rbe:,ing able to sec - for their home in \'L ch gami, Mira M, une a greeter sup.1y, of coal. Mr. IF, H Jeffrey of Cltruthain as visiting her Ned at 'Mafpie Avenue Stool; Farah mother here, -Miss Hazel and Master made a s'hipnient of 250 pure-bred ram Russell Ste„ ck of London are bolt- lambs lest Wee.kt. to Salt Lake. He heel d?yiag with relatives here. Miss 1005 purchased and the balance will Ro' c Eslbe.r is attending the tmilinn be shinned saber. Mr. Neil fallatited ere ()peelings Terontio. tee, stook to the 'West. -Miss L. Betts lyes accepted a cio,ttaio:v at C3atr41'1 drowned in an effort to save an air - 'Phone Office. -lairs: Wail. Cross and plane: which landed on the beach daughter Miss Beryl of London are and blew out into the lake, ependieng a few driyu wi;tlu Miss E. E. Property Commissioner Chisholm Atkeiniaon.-Mt. Albert Simpson has of Toronto stated that he will en- force the regulations limiting the coal supply for householders. DsabliIt has been severely visited by the intauanza epidemic which be- gan ai;'B '!,act. There have been near• ly athousand cases, but few deaths. Hon; Dr. Cody, Minister of Educa- tion, was elected in Northeast To- y route, and Hon. Geo. S. Henry, Min- mien of Agriculture, was re-elected in East York, in the Provincial by- elections. M. Henri Bergson, French philoso- pher, has been tendered the post of civilian head of the French Economic Mission to Australia, to succeed. M. Albert Meton, deceased. Five thousand persons in' China are homeless and 250,000 are :with- out proper food as a result of a flood in the Tung -Kiang river. The. Amer- ican Red Cross is providing tempor- ary relief. A petition that the trial court at frrfportant Events Which Have San Francisco be, direeted" tint gi'isit' Phona.as' Mooney a now trial On $he OCeurred DUI ing the 1Neek. round that his conviction was g brought about through malfeasance Title Busy World's Happenings Care• practiced'by the District Attorney has fully Compiled and Put Into been denied by the Supreme Court. Handy and Attractive Shape for FRIDAY, the treaders of Our Paper (I A temperature of S 6 was, reported Solid Hour's Enjoyment, in loronto yesterday. Fish waste may be used for the TUESDAY. manufacture of stock foods. Flight Lieut. Hill of Stratford is Toronto made. a fine response to reported missing, the appeal of the Italian Red Cross, An increase in wages for all post prince Arthur of Connaught visit - men is announced, ed Quebec City and Valcarties Camp. H. S. Scott a Canadian customs of- The French eritiser Kersaint. has fiver, is dead in Chicago, joined the allied warships at Vladi vostolr. Walter °Alford, architect and build Hon Dr. Cody stated that more er, of Belleville, is dead, time will be devoted to .vocational An alleged draft evader near Sud treuning. bury was shot by the Dominion \Vm. Henderson; Earlscourt, was police, killed by a fall down' a steamer,. Yes Ic Township Council decided to hatchway at Quebec, take all steps necessary to secure The .1- Reconstruction Committee of coal for•the people of York. the Dominion Government will con - C, E. Babcock, of Rednersville, u stion. •thehousing e ' e1 l - Sl 1 1 r aa b ie from injuries re near Belleville, d d j ceivecl in a bicycle accident; der Militaatelyry 2,ery000 defaulters Two Motor cyclists collided with taken the iti2i Service Act have v 3 theamnesty. of taken advantage Y n 'struck n ire t car, and was Tor to s e 0 aA Finnish delegation has soli by another, receiving serious injuries. Dr, G. °C, Ci•eelman, Commissioner 1-leisin ;tors for Germany to offer ,the crown of Finland to a German prince, of Agriculture for Ontario, and Presi- Splendid reports of Red Cross dent of the 0.A,C:, left yesterday for his trip overseas. work in western Ontario were pre- Posimaster-General Burleson has seated at the annual meeting in approved the 10 per cent, increase in London' wages of employes of the Wester'!} the appointment of a Governclent Union Telegraph Co. Board is announced in. connection' Charles Austen, of Brighton, was with the development of the western lignite coal areas: Ten ships with a total dead weight tonnage of 51,700 were added to the American merchant` 'marine •in the week ending August 15, Wages for telephone employes are to be increased in Toronto Sept.. le and the company trill apply for power to advance rates to subscribers. Cologne art collectors are, moving their collections to Cassil and Bruns - trick, where they will not be in dan- ger of destruction by Allied aviators bombing German cities. Greenway \Ls ; Russell of Buffalo and Miss Gilhelm of Bright are guests of Miss.; Ad_h McP'heeeonl_We are sorry to purrlawect a nen* tractor and 3 -plots report Mrs. W. England is ill and outfit. -Harold Stanley is visiting his under the doctor's care, Rev. and mother,, before moving front London. Mrs. J L. Foster and family are vis- to Toronto Miss Mary Webb is vis- iting relatives and friends here, -Mrs frills' her brother at Welland and sir- W. J i'v'tilsotla is visiting friends in, ter ark Buffalo, WIXOM • r,„ 9 009 in THE LONDON FREE PR ELL S 7• offers a pleasant and profitahl�- div'e-siLri to the resi--e..ts on'ario AUTOMOBILES. PIANOS, SEAUTIF SETS, FURS. GRAPHOPHONES. CABINETS SCHOLARSHIPS, KITCHEN CABINETS. CASH C PRIZES, FTr, TO BE tIVFN AWAY AGSOLUTE TO ENERGETIC AND AMBITIOUS MEN, WOMEN CHILDREN OVFR t6 yEEARS of AGE. , UL FURNITURE OF SiLVER, MMISSION LY FREE AND FIRST PRIZE a. ue $2,345.00 60 H. P. First prize in The Free Press Automobile Contest is a 7 -Passen- ger 60 h. p• =a'IcLaughlin "I3ix Six," pith a. cash value of $2,345. The McLaughlin "Big Six" holds soma'.of :floe most: coveted automobile records of the day. Its 60 horsepower develops' the utmost in power and speed. Purchased from and on- exh'hition at the McLaughlin Carriage Company, Richmond, street, LonAon, Ont. THE FREE • PRIZE' LIST $2,545,00 MCLAUGHLIN "BIG SIX', TOURING CAR. $1,435,00 GRAY DORT "SPECIAL" TOURING CAR. $1,325.00 OVERLAND TOURING CAR.,, $700.0:1 FORD TOURING CAR, $500.00 SHERLOCK-MANNING UPRIGHT PIANO. $450.00 SHERLOCK-MANNING UPRIGHT PIANO. $400.00 SHERLOCK-MANNING UPRIGHT PiANO, And numerous other articles, among which will be three $300.00 Sherlock -manning "Baby Grand" Phonographs, three $165.00 Rayolas, three $150:00 Furniture Suites, three $50.00 .Kayo?a's, six $50.00 Satin -Lined Cabinets of Rogers', 1347 Silver, three $45.00 Kitchen Cab'. nets; three $25.0.0 Sets of Rogers' 1`34 r. Enver, three $25.00 Rayolas, cash commission checks and other pr'nes, which will be announced later. It will take votes to win the free prizes. Secure the votes by clipping them from The Free Press or by securing Free Press subscriptions and renewals, PRIZES FOR ALL. THERE WILL BE NO LOSERS. One of the unique features of Everyone who makes- an 'ear - The Free Press Contest is that nest effort in the contest will re subscribers who assist candidates ceive something, for his or her of In the contest will also have an forts. Cash commission prizes opportunity to win an automobile. are provided for "Ton -thinners. ENTRY COUPON... GOOD FOR 5,000 VOTES, (Enter your own name:o! that of a friend,) Prize Contest Dept, of The London Free Press, Gentlemen,—I hereby nominate as a .candidate in your Automobile Prize Contest: NAME .,, ADDRESS .....,....,.y.. NOMINATED BY ....... .... ... NOTE—Only the first entry coupon rece ved for each candi- date will entitle the Candidate to, the. 5,000 votes, OBEY THAT IMPULSE Send in your Entry Coupon TO -RAY. Receipt books are ready at the Contest Department of The Free Press, London, and there is nothing to prevent you from getting a runaway start while others are matting up their minds as to whether they will enter or not, As soon' as you have sent in your Pntr3+' Coupon nee all 'our! .� friends. Tell them you .are going to enter the. competition and that you would appreciate their support, Phone or write ail of those whom you cannot personally see: ` ;g ;•, NOT LUCKI NOT CHANGE! EFFORT' ALONE WILL WIN THE PRIZES! , ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO Prize Contest ` Department Sof The Free Press LONDON, ONTARIO "•„° , PHONE—LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE, 100. WEDNESDAY. Two thousand harvesters left for the west yesterday. Ethel Fletcher, of Brantford, was burned to death when her dress caught fire, Edward Mulhern, of Raleigh Township, was crushed to death tin- der a separator. The law respecting defaulters will be rigorously enforced, the Govern- ment announces. The Bolshevik! are reported to have blown up the tunnel at Lake Barkal, on the Siberian Railway. Bills for damages against the city of Toronto because of the recent dis- turbances, amount to nearly $45,000. R. A. Barron, B.A., of Port Dover, has retired after teaching school in Ontario for forty-two and a half years. Seven persons were injured near Islington when their motor car over- turned in a collision with a horse and buggy. Two elderly brothers and their sister were found overcome from sul- phur fumes in their home on Jarvis street, Toronto. All strangers have been ordered to leave Salzburg, Austria, the one-time famous tourist and health resort, ow- ing to the scarcity of food. Hereafter no gold lace, gold em- broidery or gold thread can be worn by an civilian in Great Britain. This is by order of the Board of Trade. Toronto letters -carriers decide to leave the acceptance or rejection of the Government increase to the On- tario convention,.but sent a protest to Ottawa. German war correspondents are spreading the report that American regiments are using shotguns, each carrying five cartridges loaded with buckshot. ,Hughey Dougherty, the veteran minstrel, died at the Pennsylvania `ti'HoSpital for the Insane. He was 7fi years old and had been an inmate of the institution fo' about two years. THURADAY. Railway ahopmen are demanding higher wages. Five•,, robbers raided the Spadina Cafe, Toronto. . Two more deaths occurred in Chat- ham from fever. Richard Skidmore, Humber Bay, was killed by lightning. Sarnia's street railway men are asking for an increase in pay. Some Toronto suburbs' have been apprised of their coal allotment. At Welland the first large steel vessel built on the canal was launch- ed aunched successfully. A regular steamship service be- tween Japan and New Orleans is to be inaugurated. Jonkheer Coyyii, former Minister of War, will be the new Dutch Pre- mier, according to Amsterdam re- ports. Three men are dead and a fourth is dying in Strassburg; S,ask., as a result of drinking a substitute for whisky. A German submarine seized Cana- dian trawlers and fitted them up with guns and wireless for raids on the yl4d "`'SCotia coast. The former Russian Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch has been arrest- ed, according to a Moscow despatch to the 'Berlin Local Anzeiger. Of the Russian officers arrested in Moscow several hundred ;have been shot by the Bolsheviki. Those with German leanings have been liberated Dr. earl Kelfferich, the German Aiubassador to, Russia, has resigned frwn.'Moscow and will riot return._-rlt is stated his i'efudal is because he SATURDAY. Sir Robert Borden arrived at Ot- tawa to -clay. Ruth Tozer, aged six, of Brace- bridge, was drowned. Lieut. -Col. B. 0. Hooper, M.C., of Hamilton, has been wounded. Hon. Newton Rowell addressed his constituents at Orono on "Canada as a Nation.” The study of Spanish will be aisle optional in commercial courses in secondary schools. The dispute between the Toavnto Railway Conapanv avid their men 'ate settled satisfactorily. The body of Lottie Devins. Woo', bridge, who was drowned -Aug. 10, was found yesterday in Toronto. Votes" are being taken on the C:P.R. System forthe acceptance or rejection of the telegraphers' award.. At least -one billion dollars will be raised in Canada during the present fiscal year from extra war taxation. Mr. H. L. Hoover, U. S. Food .Ad- ministrator, has returned from his trip abroad. Attempts against the lives of army officers in Austria are on the increase. Commandants of corps advise sub- ordinates to carry revolvers. The British Ministry of Munitions has ordered that the wages of women munition workers be increased five shillings weekly after September 1.. • Soldiers - have been put to . work lading vessels at Montevideo. They take the place of strikers who refus- ed to obey a Government order to go back to their jobs. Emperor Charles of Austria has ,pardoned twenty-four defendants" awaiting trial on the charge of high treason at Serajevo, Bosnia. Among them are South Slav politicians. SIR'EMUND WALKER. LLD., D:C,L,,President' CAPITAL PAID UP, $15,000,000 ERCE SIR JOHN AIRD, General Manager H. V,, F. JONES, Asst. Gel 1, Manager RESERVE FUND, $13,500,000 When opening a Current account with a Bank a busi- ness house considers the efficiency of the services rendered Consult the and the financial strength of the institution. officers of this branch. wiatri 1t k. Kuhn, Me.r 47 CaEVIT©N--J. A. McDonald KV MONDAY. :• John Jones, former street commis-. missioner of Toronto, is dead. The Canadian National Exhibition opened its gates this morning. Wm. A. Corcoran, Toronto, died . while on a visit to a friend. C.P.R. telegraphers will submit an ultimatum to the company to -day. Prince Arthur of Connaught in- spected military` establishments at Halifax. ; ' Premier Borden met the Cabinet• Council within half an hour of his return to Ottawa. The Duke of Devonshire at Cha- pleau took part in the welcome ex- tended to Corp. Chas. Ryan. Hon. Sir Horace Archambeault, .. Chief Justice of the King's' Bench, died suddenly at Trois Pistoles; Que. -.Mr. Louis Sievert, who was prob- ably Toronto's oldest • tobacconist, passed away at his home in Toronto. Archibald Gillen, Toronto, died from injuries received when. his motorcycle, collided with a street' car. The Ottawa StreeeRailway Co. and its employes have accepted the find- ings of tire Dominion Labor Board of Appeal. Rev. Dr: ,. Andrew Robertson, -who is leaving for Nashville, Tennessee, preached his farewell sermon at Parkdale Pres:.Church, Toronto: Windsor and other border munici- palities and Hamilton will oppose the application of the Bell Telephone Co. for permission to increase its rates to subscribers. Explorer Stefansson is expected to arrive at Dawson; Y, T, to -morrow from Fort Yukon, where he has been convalescing since his severe illness of last winter. Miss Ruby E.• C. Mason, of Strat- ford, has been appointed dean of wo- men in the State University of Illi- nois at of atripaign; 'one of the high- est paid positions of its kind in America. 1 JNcoRpo A ED 1655 T kM QLS NS Capital 4 r Reserve $8,800,000 P • 88 Branches in Canada A General{{ Business Traasac • Baskin � Oircular--Loners of Credit Bank Money Orders SAVINGS BANK BANK DFA TM EN" L'ntetest allowed at highest current rate EXETER' BRANCH - NW D. CLARKE, Mhttag . R i •e • •a arias•s • ••res•as••Rt/.eN•••R4 LMA LADIES' COLLEGE (Canada's National Residential School for Girls) OPENS ITS THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR ON SEPTEMBER SIXTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN Thorough courses in Music, Art, Oratory, High School, Business College, Domestic Science and Superior Physical Training 33 Por terms, address: R. I. Warner, M.A., D,D., President, St: Thomas, Out. FIRE AT CLINTON Clinton. Aug, 23. -Damage age to- the extent of 51000, was caused by fire. at 3 o'clock this afterinlolan, when a spark from eel engine set fire 10 the G. T. .R, fneiighit .sheds, ' and which spread to the warehouse of the Do- leert)r Piano Co.,, which is close to the; freight sheds. Very littlel damage was done to the freight Sheds. The fire, which was making great headway,, when the fire department arrived, would no doubt have wiped out :the entire building if it had not been for the quick action of the brigade. Fire.; main Chrairle;s Gannon was badly bruis- ed and shaken up when hee. was run, over by the .hosle reel, but sustained no serious injury. Auction Sale OF HOUSEHOLD EFFBCTS, ETC. at-Simcoe Street, Exeter, em SATURDAY, SEPT. 7th, at 2 o'clock the following, -- Sideboard, dining room suite, lounge centre table, cupboards, rocking chairs, kitchen 'tables and chairs, 2 ,bedsteads, bedroom suite, set ,springs and mattresses, feather mattress, mu- sic rack, flower stand, •gasoline stave, : bedding, lamps, Iliamiging lamps, lan- tern, clock; carpets, rugs, lunoleums, sewing machine, pictures, 2 tubs, dishes, sealers, forks, shovels, spade,. stump digger,: garden rake, and many other articles: Terms -Cash. Mrs. J. Northcott, Prop; I C,. W. Robinson, Auct. Britain Buys, Salmon .Pack, OTTAWA, Aug 26.-Sir'-rph'oma0 White, Minister '" of • Finance, r.Uiirices^•that he has 'arranged -'with - re fat f•ti)x authorittes to purchase ],is 'year's sa`ll;ibii track of British jltlit,Iiia. ' The 'amount of money c,,rinl owl will be eight or nine m1T- ,,:on dollars, which will be furnished the DominionGoverniiient out of tie proceeds of the Victory Feu r Dar 110111,11111.7, 111f11111I�i��I Consider carefully these three rea- sons why it is wisdom to; get a Model 90 Overland car. You need this modern method that enables you to do more.work in less` time. Its :price' is unusually low consider- ing its quality, its room, beauty, com- fort and efficiency. Back of it is a real Canadian institu- tion fortunately prepared to • care for all service and parts requirements now and later: rive points of Overland superiority - Appearance; Performance, Comfort, Service and Price' Local Dealer, T. H. Newell, Exeter Willya-Overland, Limited W 1 ye -Knight wild Overland Motor Cars and ;W t':,I.igh,t.G'oinmorcial Wagons Neadpilee and Works, West Toronto Ontario 11011111110111