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The Exeter Advocate, 1917-9-6, Page 1t'. •4, RUSSIA ABANDONS RIGA TO IIL; FOE 40 GERMAN DIVISIONS +DESTROYED ON' THE ,WEST FR ONT. ITALIAN .DRIVE OR eTSUCCESS.. EXETER FAIR ON MONDAY & TUESDAY; SEPT,14-18 THIRTIETH YEAR EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY SEPT. Our: Corner. Mobshave been rioting in Mona treat since ic,onscription passed, but stiff afeV"provided penalties , as pl of Pd d by the bill, should soon settle them, ---0 The fishery industry in Canada has received a stimulus by the campaign of the Food !Controller. Thefish in- dustry already employs 98,600 men; over 68,000 al' which are employed in the Sea .fisheries and the balance in the inland fisherie,s, Our postmaster formulates ,the fol- lowing rules for the benefit of his patrons, and that you may know what you may ,expect No letters given out until they have been receiwjed, If you "don't get a letter or a paper, on the day you expect it, have .the postmaster look through all the box- es and down the cellar also. It ought; to be there 'somewhere' and he likes to hunt for it just to, please ,you, If your friend don't ,write rave, ,at the the pastmasiteri, He is to blame. If be tells you no put an a grijeved Look there ought toe be some. He is probably heiding your mail for the pleasdre :for having you call for it. Ask him to look again If you are buying stamps make him lick them and put them on, that's, his busin•ess't A- mortgage is a strange institution. It makes a man ,rustle, it makes )aim poor It is e. strong incentive to ac- tion ,and a wholesome -reminder ' of the fleeting ariionths and years:, A mortgage represents industry, because it is never 2dle. and 'never rests. It is like a soldier; it never hesitates in changing nor fears to close on an enemy'. 'It is like, the grasp of the devil fish, the , onger it holds the greater its strength;. It will exercise feeling, energy and lead activity to the sluggish brain', No matter haw hard the. debtor ;works,: the mortgage works harder !still. It makes a fel- low sour, cross, 'selfish, unsociable and miserable, and. (rarely does hire any good to exercise him. TAMAN'S PHONE 81a Great Values IN O'COATINGS ETC., ETO. SUMMER SUITING,S WERE ((BOUGHT EARLY AND WE ARE , ABLE TO SELL BELOW TO DAY'S VALUE. ORDER YOUR SUIT AT ONCE. t LIGHT OVERCOATS IN BEST FOR OF, THL COOL EVENINGS— AT PRICES THAT WILL ' SURPRISE YOU MOST AGREEABLY. OUR PANTINGS ARE SOLD AT THE RIGHT PRICE. SEE OUR LIGHT UNDERWEAR Ill •COMBINATION AND 'IN TWO PIECE, A FULL LINE OF READY - TO - WEAR CLOTHING. - YOU PROBABLY NEED A RAIN- COAT FOR THE WET DAYS. WEAR OVERALLS AT YOUR ROUGH WORK. LOOK AT OUR LINES IN THESE GOODS. ALSO Furnishings .=. _.: ri SOCKS in Cashmere and Silk THE NEW CAPS CHOICE SHIRTS FLASHY TIES ARROW COLLARS W. W. Taman. Tailor & Furnisher PHONE Sia British casualties for August were. about' 12,000 killed, or died of wounds and 47,500 wounded ,or missing, Corn is good food.' The Italians are assustomed to eat corn in large quan- tity, Since we 'kinow in Canada how to prepare it for consumption., Weare going to spare wheat willingly enough for the !needs of our foreign allies, There is an ,article of diet of which there are large,. stocks in storage in Canada and for which there has been practically no demand. This commod- ity is frozen poultry. This unusual sit- uation has been caused this year. through the shortage of ocean tannage, A large part of the ' stocks on hand had been Gold for export but could not betransported owing 'to 'the un- availability of refrigerat ,dtspace, It le given as a suggestion that frozen poul try could be utilized economically as a substitute for beef and, bacon on Tuesdays and. Fridays. Every line ,in a 'newspaper costs the proprietor something, If it ds for the benefit of the individual it should be paid for. If the grocer were asked to contribute groceries to. one abundantly •tbleto pay for therii, he would refuse The proprietor of a newspaperp_must pay for ;the free advertising if the beneficiary does not, and yet it ,.is one. of the hardest things to be learn- ed by many, that a newspaper has space in its columns to rent, and must rent them to live. To give away rent for anything less than living rates is as_ fatal to a ;n,eiwspaper as for a land- lord to furnish rent;, free. The . enemy loses during the Ital- ian offensive total 128,000. Russian detachments om the Riga front are so. disaffected that they voluntarily leave their positions and imperil' the whale line.' .Consequently the whole region is ordered abandon• - ed, and the road is opened to th,e capital of Russia. A drive Pa that city is not anticipated, though, be- cause. it is considered that the foe can have no great desire to lengthen, their froat to any great extent. The trouble in Russia is a sore spot to the allies, however. In a single month the Allies on, the west front have put 40 German divisions out of action, and at pres- ent 19 others are being, r edac ed" by the, same methods to the same con- dition.. German. airplane; made. raids on Eng land on Sunday ,and Monday :night:s, but little damage was, done. LETTER FROM MAJOR HEAMAN. Major W. J. Heenan, who is Town Major at Haplincourt, near Bapaume, France, writing`. to R, N. Creech,, un- der date of August 12 says in part: My dear Dick,—I am under impres- sion I owe yo•u a letter,. No doubt you know I am be .k in Franco;, and ane with the Imperials, as you may not know they asked for 150 Senior Canadian officers, and alt least there are a thousand !being' held in Eng- land, Col. Conzbes, Major Sinclai,rland I agreed togo, and were lucky to he sele'cted; Of ,course our pay is re- duced, but anything was preiberable to hanging around Blighty. I don't know where the O}Q, is but under- stand he is tin, command of area 'in connection with ,ane of the British armies. Both Sinclair and myself are Town Majora, I am. at .Haplincourt, not far from the liner. The 'town is nothing but bricks and mortar, hard- ly a wall left standing -not a roof or cover on a building, and I saw ohm way up here ,at 1enst;:25 towns in the same ruined state, The oi,d Hun sure belt devastation. behind him. I haven't any idea where the civilian popula- tion are, •possibly- the other side • of the line, 1 'haven't seem a man, wo- man or child, civilian, since ;arriving, 1 dicln.tt believe half the stories of Hun devilishness, but I have seen enoug.h to make ,me believe anything.. in the cemetery here, the tombs,w.hich the French take a great deal of pride in, are all opened and the coverings of zine aeicl other metals; areall gone and the bones exposed. In one sep- ulchre eight bodies or the bones of ;sane are lying on the, cement floors, Some sight-evc,n the stones have been replaced over the Hun: dead and new epitaphs in honour of their dead -Enough. My duties 'at, present are' ,not very onerous; have same twenty. men employed on sanitation, water supply Y.M.C.A., salvage, baths etc.: and in fact am in charge of the town; The few Imperial ;officers I have .net are gentlemen,, and have been very kind, . which I' appreciate I can tell you very much, I have a shack built up against an old gardgnt wall cover- ed with ,galvanized roan and, am very .comfortable and sleep even rho the guar are 'booming half the night. You can get accustomed to anything out. here,•. e.. We are `pr palling winter quar- ters so it looks like another winter. I.haven't had any ,Canadian mail for three weeks, and when y(ou consider that it is usually a nionth olds ii .i.; ancient when it reaches here, but it is very welconve;. I believe ,i.t has rain- ed every ,day ,since I landed! here; in fact every time ,the British" pttt on, a show it pours, 5a no doubt the firing must affect the atmospheric condition. Haw is !everythdtg inn: the old ' town? If you get a rely mintit;ex write me a tongletter, They are tPPvciat e d out here and ,tesla lac all the ,natwa, Telt Caleb I saw Heck at Witley and we had a good laugh over our former dii•ferentes ,iJn Borden. Rememeer me to all the .boy, and with best tvishee bo you all, I ate, Sincerely 'Yours' V. J Heatnate The Roll of Honor District ' casualties reported BILLED IN ACTION Pte George Handy n ' e, g y O1 Goderich. Ptc, John 'Chalmers ,of Mitchlell 'Lieut. F. J, Foster of Goderich!. Lieut, Richard. Houston of Wing - ham. Pte L. V. Nelly of Mitchell, Died of Wounds Pte. C. C. Gowan of Granton. Wounded Pte. ' Douglas o Stewart of Exeter, Pte. Bert Harness ,of Exeter, Pte. James Thorne of Mitchell Pte, H. I. Hobbs of Granton, Pte, A. Stead 'el Goderich Lieut • E, ,H. Jorl:an of Goderich( ;Pte. I. Middleton 'of ' Granton. Pte, P'. G. Meager of Dashwood, Pte. W, Smith of Dashwood; Pte, R. L. Drake of Hensall Pte, Thos. W. Fry of Goderich Corp. Wan. Richardson of St,Marys Seriously II1 Pte, Wesley Ballantyne of W ing chain Gassed Pte. Pierson of Ailsa Craig. o-- Last word received from Lieut. i Vit. E. Torrance : says. that ,his lost eye has, been replaced: by one of glass and he is on leave in Scotland, expecting to return to the front. EXETER A CENTRE T,be work of donating exemption tri- bunals under the Military Service Act has been coihpl,eted. Huron has 8 centrers—Winghanl, Brussels, Gorrie Seaforth, Exeter, Gadericb, Clinton and Duagentertoe Other centres in this district are St. Marys, Mitchell, Kirkton Lucan, !Parkhill, :Ailsa Craig, It is !expected that the County Judges will immediately appoint those who. are to preside. over the Tribunals. LUMBER MILL AT •GODERICH IS DESTROYED BY FIRE -.-o Goderich, August 29—Fire of un- known origin completely destroyed the Goderich Lumber and Manufact- uring Company's plant about 1.30 this morning. Lfire The + d ha gained can;- siderable headway 'before, noticed,the company not employing a niglrtwatch: man The. absence of wind prevented the flames from catching lumber piles and residences near by. The factory was very busy :and 60 workmen will be thrown out of employmtei t4 The building was a brick structure, three stories high and ,was a' fine factory. It is not I:ikely that1it wi111' befrebui*t. It was valued at abiout .$100,000 and was half ,covered .by insurance. CARD OF THANKS.—Mr. J. Cook son and the family sof the late i'Irs. Cookson desire to thank the friends and -neighbors for ;their many kind- nesses during the (illness and death. of the late wife andmother.' Crediton Ervin Fahnner left for Toronto, oin. Tuesday- to attend the School o>l Pharmacy!. We wish him 'every suc- cess.. t Miss Link of 'Exeter and Miss Wen- zel of this place have resumed their duties' as milliners at Zwiickfpr's and Feist's. Quite a number from Mere took in the Gala (Day tat Grand Bend on Lab- or Day, The Band :Was engaged to furnish music, Mr ansi Mrs, Ezra Faist ansi Mr. and: Mrs. Harry .!Beaver mraton,e d to Hamilton on ;Saturday, ,where they visited Mr. and �1l'Lrs, Russel Huxtable While going to 'church last Sunday evening Ed,, Lawson had his Ford, car slightly damaged by nooth,er car ram- ming um.. It appears he "turned to the left to enter the church gate and the car following' 'h;i.m didn't notice him turn: Mr, and Mrs. Jahn F, Brown visit- ed friends in. Lrondon over the week- end. ,. Miss Martha Wind has return.ed to ,Detroit, after a short visit- here,. Mr. Edward Lawson has sold lois 100 acres of land to Earl Geiser, who receives possession in the spring. As yet lir Lawson hasn't decided where he will locate. School opened fo • the'fall`s m p aterm on Tuesday with a new staff of teachers, comprising of Miss !Lulu Geiser, : B. A, of', this place, as principal, Miss Kienzle of this village also for the the second room, and Miss Stunt of Goderich for the primary department, We trust the teachers and pupils will do well :AMiss'Vei•a Holtzniannis visiting friends in Tavi'sttac k. 14Ir•, and Mrs. Jahn S\veitzer and Mr, Garnet 'Sweizer motored to 'Kit- chenee and New. Hamburg Last Sun- day. 1i b1r. and ;til a, Herb Silber have re- turned t a.L21.� turned:home from Grand Bend, alter a fewweeks' vacation. <. 1vIiss Vera Fothetingham of London spent a few days ;here ,last week, the guest of Mrs, W A4Sambrook. On Friday 'evening ,of this week the ',local branch of the Upper Canada Bible :Society will have their annual meeting- in 'the Methodist Church al 8 p, t. Rev; Bowen' of London, who has been in England for sonic' time, will address the Meeting, .All are cordially invited to attend. Mr, and Mrs, llewlitt, Mrs, S, Sat et- zer and son Simon motored from Windsor and spent Labor Day .in Creditor'. and vicinity. 'Local News Lucas will hold races on on Friday Df this week. T113e' barns were destroyed !near AM't c,b e 1 .in the Sunday ' morning b ,: to . Rev. at W Baird, after his holidays, occupied has own pulpit in James -St, clluscl' on Sunday. The- price of a length of stovepipe has int t eased f from .twelve to' itv.rte¢ity- five cents +,i length, 1,, ,he Exeter rinks that a e t nded the Mitchejj. Bowling Tourney failed bring borne any of ,the; cut glass, to Caveh Presbterian Church Sunday evening service was withdrawn for the Trivitt Memorial anniversary ser r Labor Da' i' , , y n ,xeter ltas of the usual quiet nature. Many people went out of town ;either by train or auto, and many visitors ;were in town, On. Monday' , Eddie .Ducllai'ine of Hay, pieaded guilty before Magistrate Andrews to an infraction of the C. T. A. and wasfined:$50 and costs. iIis Ethel Case, who has oeen. teaching in 'S. S. Nor. 1, Usborne, has acceptec: the 'position as Leacher in No 2.. Hay and Miss! alergart ,ud�iI1 the vacancy in Usborne, Mr. Nelson Shreere's auto was. by a London ;car near Grand Beard e t- Sunday and throwtn into the ditch Luckily no q,'pe was hurt; but the car was somewhat damaged. The Jackson Mfg. ,Co,, have a Cline ._- ton truck for carrying their goads from their branch .factories at Sea - forth, Exeter and Goderich. It saves a lot of freight and delay at present. )'lies Bary 'Balkw.11 gave an inter- esting address to the Young Men's Class of James 'Street Sunday School' at the regular :session on Sunday last on her recent trip to the Western States. After an operation in London for cancer Mr, Fred 'East was brought to his home here on. Saturday, and . is now recovering 'nicelyE It well be two or three weeks before he is out around as usual, Mr. Harry Horton of the : 4th con. of Usborne on Monday bought the farm avross the road, being 100 acres, from Mr. 5. W. Camas, The purchas- er V aaSr„S. ' �r sial '.ill the p r spring. �Ir. P e Cann is quitting farming and will pro- bably move to tawn.> Intrying to pass .each! other on the narrow road north of 'Main • Street bridge on, Saturday the occupants of one car had a narrow escape. when it tore up the ,plank walk and nearly went over into the gully below. A woman was thrown out of the car but not injured. School re=opened an Tuesday after the holidays. The new principal is Mr. W. M. Eadie of Toronto, and the High School assistants are as last year. ' In the Public School, Miss Love and Miss Horton fill the vacancies in, the two lower rooms, owing to the resignations of Miss Quac,kenbush and Miss DOW. We are in receipt of a canununi- cation from military headquarters, Ot tawa, stating that .awing to there having been a suffi.ceent ;number of successful candidates at the recent examinations for admission to the Royal Military College for the year 1917, no applications by matriculants, tor entrance to. this college, can be considered. Goderich Star -°The local 'butch- ers have decided to discontinue de- livering parcels on, and after Sept. 3rd, as vacation. is over and they cannot get boy, to deliver and, they say the present profit on .meat does not war- rant them in taking mens from work where they are needed worse and . payinv them the wages a man is entit- led to these days. They claim it costs two cents to deliver a pound of meat at present, and by carrying their own parcels the consum.er will savc this as the price of beee and pork toil be dropped that amount;. Owing to the high price of lamb ansi' veal in. the. ;country the ,prices on those lines will' remain the 'same. .until the marksats' warrant a change. They willalso close' their stores on Mondays and Thurs- days at 12.30 noon, not fo'i• a holiday but to save labor budoing theis'killing and other outside work that requires (two men. They ask •the, public to give these arrangen nits a fair trial ane) feel sure tlaiat 'they will be to their mutual benefit. Exeter bowlers together with a quartette of visitoss from Hen,salI, enjoyed a_li-ttle, tournament on Mon, afternoon, The seen were div- ided into leads, seconds, ,and skips, and five qualifying games of 8 ends each were played, with the result that rinks dripped by W. W. Taman and R N. Creech ,were high, and played off the finals lin the evening, Creech winning by ' a scone of 22-14. The gualifyin,g games resulted ' as fohows, 1,—R,N,Rowc, E. ,Fow'ell, R,G,Seldon, won 1, last 4. 2—McEwen, ,` V,Itivers, F. W. Gla<iman won 2, last 3. 3-5. Medd :W Fuke, C. '.McDon;ell; wan 2, lost O. 4-E HarnessJ.A.Stewart, G, Snell J wan 2, lost '3. 5.12, elawhinney, McLaren, R, Ore cch won 4, ;lost 1, 21 up. 6—McDonald, T. Acheson, W Taman won4, U lost 1, 26 . ), i Miss Rota N, Rowe left Monday to attend the Collegiate .aaa Cliartane Mrs T.hras Appleton and children meturned from Port Stanley Saturday Miss V, Johnston lane) .Miss V. Rolv'e teturrmed Saturday nom ,a visit in', Landoll." t i 1917 PATERS DELAYED Delay of 'frieight has cautfed The Advocate and Timestobe a little late this weelc. Miss Gladys 'fCestle''bas accepted a position as teacher .at Ca'rli'.sle, Several of our business men are out helping the farmers this week, ir, and Mrs. Chas. Dale of St. Thames: are guests at the Central H otel. Judge Dickson is presiding Division Court sittings th at then in•take Town Hall this Thursday nuarning. Mr. James King of Forest was in town Wednesday and reaeared his subscription to the Advocate. Mr. King is one of our oldest subscri,bers! he having taken ,the Advocate foe ever thirty years, Rev. R. J. Bowea of the Canada Bible Society, just ;returned from England. will preach,„in Trivitt Mem- orial Church Sunday morning, and Jaynes Street Methodist church in (he evening, following tvluich he, will hold c'1. union meeting tin, it 1e, Town, Hall at 8.30 o'clock. A pleasant entertainment was held in Trivitt 'Memorial Church Sunday School on Tuesday evening when Little ones .enjoyecl a series of \ the c Lantern Views,'and a ,number of geld buttons and diplomas were awarded a number of the pupils for regular attendance at Sunday School. Rev .and Mrs. Trumpet, Miss A.lrisli Miss C Dyer, Miss Ewlegton, and Mr. H Dazzi,,ddon, twha is the, guest of his sister, Mrs. Trumpet-, attended the Church 'Wbsikers' 'Convention in Clinton on Monday last. They report' having had a very interesting and enjoyable day. The sermon, iliustrat- edby lantern views, was of a spec tally ,interesting khar'acter. x—o—x— ANNIVERSARY SERVICES The Anniversary and Harvest Thanksgiv- ing services of the Trivitt Memorial Church were held on Sunday last and were attended evith unqual•'j£d'd success in every particular. The church was beautifully decorated with grainand flowers, while the pulpit was embellished with the large Un:1on Jack. The weather was ideal, the congrega- tions large and the services, were of a t Aa C r1 uar 1 l bra htd an te. a i• character. The choir contributed very high class music, the services being fully choral, and the anthem at the evening service was mast beaus',- fully- render.d. Mr.' J. H. Markham, as usual,' presided at the' organ. The Offerings amounted to over 5200,00. Th'e special preacher teas Rev. A. L. G. Clark of Goderich and his sermons proved deeply interesting, morning and evening. Li the evening the Rev. gentleman took for his text tv'o por- tions of scripture, ,namely, Phillipians 4: 4 -"Rejoice in the Lord always again I say rejoice"; •J)eut. 16:13-14 He said the ferast of Harvest Thanks- giving had itsorigin. at the time of Solomon, when, after the harvest a representative from each family wend- ed his way to Jeresulemi the national Jewish religious centre, .to attend the National Harvest Thanksgivivngr. It SANDERS & CREECH was a national holiday when thanks were offered, up to the Great Jehovah for their �prosperity, and ach eve- ments, in addition to a confes'aian of sin ansi a renewal ref the, covenant. If the Jews lad, a reason for giving thanks, how much more wo, as Cann - diens to -lay, and this year especiele ly, First—For the abunclant harvest. t which He has bestowed upon us at this time of direst need and short- age. .Seyeond—We should be thank - ltd for our national prosperity, Nev- er before have we, as a country, been sa prosperous,. War has not touched our shores and (intead of deaoi'ation we have been biessted with" increased prosperity and goad business and goon standirvg are pars. Should we not be thankful Third—Our gratitude should be returned for the awakening . of public conse5ence and for the re - lig oris awakening. The church has; at. last opine to )see tlaa.t it is not; merely a local ,institution, but the spirit -bear- ing body ',of the whole world, and', ,through this we 'Jaave come); to, realize; Our duty to our fellow men and the o'Iow:irfg eV.* is ;Irav'e ,been dealt with: Liquor and roamblirlb evils have been lessened, the practice of the white - slave • traffic has been reduced, and our criminals are given a chance by beide- placed at useful work at the Guelph fare); and lastly we :have right to thank God for our personal bone - fits, and 'should ' Ibe led= to think how His divine eland has led, guided and; shielded usas individuals. Thus if we counting our ibiessing,s, .,personal a'nd' national. and by returning the thanks . due fa the giver, we, can fulfil iii the present day God's icommand to His ancient chosen people Israel. BIRTHS Fisher -In Usborne, on'Aug. 31st to Mr, and MrsClark Fishe , a daugh- ter. Hedden.—In Stephen, an Aug. 30th to � r. and Mrs. George Hedden, son. Ratz,—In Stephen, on Aug. 31st, to Mr,' and Mrs, Jacob Rat; a daugh- ter. Hawkias.—In Usborne, on .Sept. 2, to Mr. and „Mrs, Wilson Hawkins, a daughter. MARRIAGES Frene,h—Hnwaed—In. Main St. 'Meth- odist Church, Exeter, on Sept. 5th, Viet•o, Coleman French of Wetas kiw:n Alberta, to ;Miss Flarenwae Winona Howard of Edmonton, Al-. berta, daughter of Mrs. Lucy How- ard of Exeter. DEATHS Smith—At Centralia, on Sept. 1, Dan- iel Smith, aged 70 years. Sheriday,—In Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 24, to Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Sheridan, (nee Alma Stanley„ formerly of Lucan), a son. :'oston.—In Mitchell, on Aug. 26th, Leonard Arthur, beloved child oaf' Pte. Frederick tC'oston., aged a months, 7 days. Dalton—In Staffa, on August 26th Mrs. Robt. (Dalton, tared 86 years. PHONE 16 PHONE 16 LADIES' AN COATS SUITS We have received our first shipment of new Winter Coats anal are expecting more every day, Call 'early and pick one out frau( our new styles. 'LADIES' HOSE, We have a full line of Cash- mere hosefarLadies, in plain and fine ribbed. Old dyes aril) old prices, SUITS FOR MEN AND YOUTH We have a fine ;range of Men's and Youths' Suits in nice Serges Worsteds and Tweeds, • The. newest colors and styles. SAXONY.BLANKETS. An extra good quuality of blan- ket, in several size. -s. Yrouu will be wise in .getting your winter supply now. They rural from 51.75 to 53.50 per garment. SHOES FOR MEN We have our rvew fall shoes in black and tan with the Neoli,n solus. Different styles, sizes and widths—Priiccs ftiom 55 'to 57,50 WASH SKIRTS Ladies, we have 7•u ;t a few Skirts left and we are going to sell them :regardless of Price, Call and take one homer. ENGLISH GINGHAM A Case of fast washing ging- hams has jn 'at arrived. They run from 10 .to 18 yards and are worth to -day' 25c. Special price this week per yard 173fc. SERGES Now is the time to buy your winter dress of a nice Navy,. Brown, Black, !Green or Grey Serge in an all-w;aol qu ality—the very- lhi,rag for Fall and Winter.•. Dress or Suit, HATS FOR MEN AND BOYS A .few . nice. ,Straw Hats left which we intend 4o sell this week at a great /reduction ;iln price. eVe pay the highest prices for Poultry, Buttc.r, Eggs or any other Produce. PHONE 16 m STEWART PHONE 16 The BigStore �� W1%lx the Little Prices