Exeter Times, 1916-6-22, Page 511G"'f3J)AY, ,'['UNI220.4, 1010;
Crediton
t Fred :laIwitts of Ziceter,r *peat Sun-
Way in town,
11M:rs. Yaeger of :barna is viu.itieg
alter another Mrs. Henry Atone for a
...new •daysi
I Or. anct Mrs. Harrison Becker are
emending. a few clays. al; the notate o'
1Menltw D, tliecker. f
llliverstide Nine baseball .team Cred-
'ton .East played• Fullarton a fast
;gaine of ball at Dashwcod celebration
1--0 in favor of Riveeside Nine, Creta
:$ton rust,
•
Mrs, Ian' Brown and daughter tot
Weirea.outon, Ann, Miss E. T.hompeon,
Miss Mildred and Frazer Brown.
',pant 'Sunday with Air. and 'Mrs. S,
Drown, •
. Mrs. G. R. Brown who has under -
event atit•„pp'eration at t'l elnlin has tr.r
lturneii .'home. We axe ,glad to see
mat Mrs. Brown has improved and
.ari able to be out again.
Bev. Jo G. Litt of .Berlin oondacted
Ate quarterly ,services in the ,Evanig
elical church Saturday and Sunday.
and fI.ev. E. 1). Becher assisted the
!pastors at Zurioh.
Mr. and 'alas. S. !B,rown were rather
li.ken surprise Sunday night when
lour ,erta loads or people from Mlcbt-
*gan arrived at their house, namely
Mr. and tints. Mose Brown and family
Dev. and Mrs. Ed. Brown, Mr. and
'Mn&. Joshua, Brown. Mr, and 'nine Soi
;bcl aucter and Mr. and Mns. Ruckly.
*Tteyi will, visit hero for .,a few .days
ellen motor to .Bright to attend the
•ily€dding of Miss 'Brown daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs.. kl.aron 13ro wu. •
Dashwood
inch :. L. Brown of London visited
'yteae over Sunaay.
Mr. J. liellermann spent Monday
in London on business.
'Liss L; Guenther of Stratford .nor-
tnaal is home for her vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. ]Berman Eidt of I+or-
t gisited here for a few days this
!week. .
Mr. H. Koffman moved the house-
• d effects of Dr. Schram to London
anaredducsday.
Miss Blue, milliner for Tlemen and
nflighoffer left for her home in Dut-
• n Friday, • •
• 'Dfrss 'McDonald, milliner for :Cel•
nermann and Son left for her home
in 'Woodstock, Friday.
Shipka
-Mins Ifattie Fin.kbeiner has return-
:ied from London.
A. number from here attended tha
<3a001 picnic on Saturday.
Tlfse
Methodist church will hold their
teeikal on Thursday June 29th.
diriesce4tunie Keogh and Ethel Lyn.h
4spent S today in Mt Carmel.
Titr. and Mrs. John Gooding visit -
.a the latter's -parents on Sunday.
Dinesre G. Finkbeiner • and L. 'Me
l&ttrdy of London spent the weeka-
tend here.
Quite a number from here attend -
mil the celebration in Dashwood on
'Tuesday the Brill;
IWrs. R. R. Saflows, of Goderi'ch, di d
on Jame 10th .following a paralytic
etroke about a week 'previous to Iter
+'Jleath. She, is survived by hes' hatband
end son and two daughters.
tea
Greenway
innate .1„ 'Brophcy bought a Ford car
:fast week.
Mrs. Nelson IRayter ire visiting
s[riends in Mich.
Mir. and .(\Ire: A. Goll...0 en1 son' Geo.
,sire Detroit visitors. ' •
Miss Edna and Mr. Irwin !Bell of
:Detroit are Lolidaying here.
Mies Net < Gcromette tainted heir
gaunt DLra Gilbert last week.
Dlisses Addie and Millie Mason of
Zondon are holidaying at home.
Lieut. Clew and Pte. Wilt BlcP.her-
Lon were home from London 'for 'the
3W -eek -end.
Bine. A. Mathews and 'children of
Denfield - visited Mrs. 'W. T. 'Mans
recently.
flhiss Adah DlcPherlson and Wass Mu
Lea Fallis of Stratford normal have
3eturned home.
Lr. and Mrs. C. Stone are visiting
thr-ir • daughter Mrs. A. Armstrong
nee; a few weeks.
I 3l 1r. 'anal' !fairs. IR. Pollock and eon
Mervyn. of Kerwood tadted 'relatives
▪ ere over Sunday.
Ttose wha oilseed the Sund . y 'S h-
aool ,:plica.', at Grand ''Bend on Satu:day
et:aimed a good time.
Mrs. Woodburn has accompanied
Ikea- s:seer Mrs. Thos. 'Maynard on a
ayisii•'if:ii`their brother in Mich.
Inn and! Mrs. Jos. Ilickey ware in
Park hill last week visiting Mile
nes. Hickey who is r`euf:'ering .From a
*stroke.
11ensall
'Waite driving into town Mrs.11ugh
',McDonald bad a narrow escape, as
*,er horse took flight front the splanh-
.ing of water from a hose operated
sg Illi engine, and ran down Queen
;t.
Two buggy wheels were cn the
eiidewolk and the other two wheels
were in the gutter. Mrs. McDonald
Vluckily held onto the reins, although
int momentary danger or being 'pitch-
lid out, and she finally ;succeeded in
;;getting the horse stopped.
.4. happy event took place at the
Iome of Mr. 'Donald Grassi^k, on June
"7th, when their youngest daughter,
•3ensie. Jean, was happily 'tinted 'in
(marriage to Mr. !David 'Debbie Ger-
g uson, o'! Toronto. The ceremony Was
Werformed by !Rev. Richardson, of
',Armen, tri the 'presence of a few in-
-Wiled guests. The lta.ppy couple left
On the evening train for 'Sarnia and
Detroit,'after which they will take up
ZLeir residence in Toronto, followed
lber the best wishe!e of the bride's
dnany friends. . . , , w.- e'en ,
Biddulph Council
The counei met ,lune 12th pursuant
to adjournment, the 'reeve •and all
mcinb rs 'present. 1
A deputation of 'ladies from each
division of the Township representing
the O:ted (Cross Patriotic 'Society wale
r stuned
e ,nt the1 im of their
p e and oa el
Society on the council,. On ''notion of
'W ,34 Dewan sec. by W. J. McFalls
a grant of $45 a month, Burinn the
pleasure of tllo council, was ,given
exclusively 'to the ladies of IBiddulph..
A ' large deputation of the rate
'payers of the northern part of div.
2, 'concession 2 and '3 addressed the
council soliciting a grant for 1Cen
tralia ede .!road which they 'repre-
'sented 'as being now nearly impaes-
ab:r. On motion of councillors "rhom-
son and Dewan the, •matter was ret
ferred to the 'reeve and councillor
Mclr alis with full power.
An ordea was drawn to the Police
Pillage of Granton for the price of
their debenturee staid re hydro 'Bleo-
tric Powers Commission,.$30$0.. • .`
The following accounts were order-
ed to 'be paid.— Wm. !Bryan, tile land
ditching, div. 5 3.00; Walter ICoiur-
sey rep., road, 50; Jas. Whalen grad-
ing dov. 3 55.50; div. 4 28.90; div. 2
22,50; '1+. A. Dobbs rep. bridge, div.
3 1.25; P. Dickens, rep. culvert, div.
3. 1.00; Jas. Toohey, work on ;grader
div. 4, 3,25; R. j3rabizon, rep. •fence
and Posts re !Blake'ts ,bridge, 2,00;
C. ICoursey, rep, culvert, div. 1, 2.00;
IRdbt, Flynn, rep. (washout, div. 2
2:00'; P. K. Keenan, ditching, div. 4
5.00; Jas. Casey, rep, bridge, div. 3
4.00; Wm. Brownlee, work on GS, B.
'div. 13,45; R. E. Butler, work on road
'div. 3, 2.00; Dennis Toobey, attend-
ing email pox cases and one day at
Board of Health, 10.00; Wm. Sover-
eign, printing road lists, 3.00.
The 1CourL of (Revision suet at 2 o'
clerk, appointed their chairman and.
adjourned to meet again on Friday,
the 23rd inst., at 1 a. m.
• W. D. Stanley, clerk.
Whalen
Mr. Jobe Wright spent Thursday
of last week with his non Wesley fof
Stratford.
• Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Freeman of:
Granton spent Sunday at Mr. Phil-
lip 'Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Hector Milison we':e
presented with a fine baby boy Sun-
day morning,
air. and Mrs. Frank. Morley ate
visiting with relatives at Leam:ng►
ton area Detroit,
Mr and Mrs. James Ogden land
family of Elimville spent Sunday here
at Mr. !Wm, Ogden's
Mrs. David. Long and Miss Annie
(Barkley are visiting this week with
Mrs. Joseph Morley.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel }Togdson and
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hogdson of 'Celia
tga.lia visite* at their brother John's
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathl;nie! Ogd. n, Mr'.
Wm. 'Brooks and Mary Brooks 'are
spending this week with friends in
Mt. Forest and Palmerston by auto.
Mrs. John Parkinson of Granton
and Mrs. David Parkinson of. St.
Marys (spent a few days of the' :past
week an the'r sisters Minn Geo: •Mil
'son of the. visage here.
Pte. IC, Miilson of the 135th London.
Pte. Gordon Morley of the 110th, Lon-
don, Pte. Rev. Hagh Hazelwood of the
temperance ,battalion, Toronto were
home over Sunday wi':h their lre'a' ivcs
here. .an:: en .
• Thames Road
Mr. John' Cann and daughters !Rorie
end. IReta were in London recently.
Sergeant Wilson of the 1351h 'Bat-
talion, London was in the vi: ini' y o•-er
the week) -end,
Mr. ''Charlie Preston visited hie
friend Mrs 'Roland Williams this week.
Mrs. George Kerslake return•_d
Lome Saturday" after visiting in Pal-
merston and Stratford.
Dns Moore of London, Campbell of
Kirkton, fyndman of Exeter pe -,-
formed an operation on Tlrs. (Dr.)
Fletcher last week, At time of writ-
ing she is doing as well as can be 'exa-
pected. le is with sincere hope of all
that this may bring about her com-
plete recovery in good time as Mrs.
,Fletclinr has been confined to her
bed for some months.
EJNG VISITS FLEET.
Name of. Navy Never Stood Higher,
Says Flip Majesty.
LONDON, June 20.—An official
communication issued Sunday even-
ing' gives an account of a recent visit
by King George to the Grani Fleet
and an address by the monareb to
the representatives of the units of the
fleet on parade. In his address King
George said:
"Admiral Jelllooe and Officers and
Men of the Grand Fleet:
"You waited nearly two years with
most exemplary patience for the op-
portunity of meeting and engaging
the enemy's fleet. I can well under-
stand how trying was this period and
how great your relief when you knew
on May 31 that the enemy had been
sighted. The unfavorable weather
conditions and approaching darkness
preventedthat complete result wbie,3
you all expected. But you dict, atll
possible In the circumstances. You
drove the energy into his harbors and
inflicted on him very severe prises.
You added another page to tike glor-
ious dradi'tions of tbe British navy.'
You could not do more. For your
splendid. work I thank you."
At the conclusion of bis visit the
King sent the following message to`
Admiral Jellicoe:
"I am thia.ukful that 1 bad the op-
portunity of congratulating you and
the Grand Fleet on the result of the
recent engagement in the North Sea.
Assure ail ranks andrating that the
name of the British navy never stood
higher in the eyes of their fellow-
countrymen, whose pride and donfid-
ence in their achievements are un-
abated. t d. hood luck and God -speed.
Mny your future efforts be blessed
with coanptete trueness:" .
THE EXETER TIMES.
Presentations to Mrs.
Baker at Woodham
Mr. +Alex Jameson is tytill `cltlite
poorly,
'Mr. 'George Ilern is suffering +roan
anev• v.
erI. cold..
Mrs- Wm, Kirk is vlst.ing Ler ;daa-
ghter Mrs, ".liert Bundle,
Our oltoirl furnished re usie; ad'Whal-
en anniversary Sunday last.
Mrs, John It. ;Baker of icarlingford
le visiting her wort Kiev. IC, W. at the
parsonage,
n
•
ndon vis-
ryhill.
rt visited
over Sun-
th! an accid-
e delivering'frightened
whir', 111x.
s and b,; wises
n.
,pa*'orth Lt:a-
P the choir
y acceptably
a�ingly ren-
pl.ndi•d' malar
The members of the Ladies Aid, the
Women's Missionary Society and. of
the Philathea Class turned, out in
force at the parsonage on Tuesday
evening Juno 13t1i 1916.
The ladies came to pay their trib-
ute of respect to the 'lens -trees of
the parsonage. A very pleasant even-
ing was spent during the •course of
wtich an address wan read and a pre'-
entation made. The address wh'ch w a
read by Mrs. Albert Switzer was as
follows ;—
To Mrs. �G. 'W. Baker, Woodham.
Dear Friend ;—
It is with feel'ng•s of regret that
we, the Ladies Aid and W. M. S. tare
assembled .here, previous to yourde-
partureparture from us. Life brings to tea
its changing scene`, and new exper-
iences, but your friendship hdlg all -
ways been the same, and 'we trust
that in your new home, and among
your new acquaintances, you may ever
be faith'.ul, Ona author hes put it thus;
"Help one another", the snowflakes
said
As they cuddled down in their fleecy
• bed
One of us here would not be felt;
LB_ut 1'1l help you and 'you'll help me,
Ani the , What a bis w•hi•.e apart we'.1
be.
Longfellow in his Evangeline hath,.
said;—
"Talk not of wasted affection, af4fect-
ion never vas wasted
If' it enrich not the heart, its waters
returning back to their springs liko
the rain .shall fill them full calaefeesh
meats
That which the fountaion sends lorth
returns again to the fountain." •
We also 'trust 'that in ;your new
and among other acquaintances
your life may always bre au inspir-
ation to others, as it has been to us.
The following might' be sail to be
your mot co,
"If any little word of mine, may make
a lifd the brighter, if any little song
of mine may a heart the lighter, God
kelp me speak the little word, and
take my bit of singing, and drop it, in,
,some lovely vale, to set the echoer
ringing.
•We desire that you take with you
these few words with a (small rememr
berance of the Ladies Aid and the
W. M. 'S. of Wcodh�am .
Signed on behalf of the Ladies A:d
and the' W. M. S.
A very handsome pie -fork and meat
fork,. with . the word Philathea en-
graved upon them, were presenticd
ivy Miss Carie Stephen, Pres. of the
Ptilathia class.
Mrs. 43;akeg although taken by sun
prise made a very suitable reply.
Master lfarold Berry, so of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh 'Beery is quite low at
the time al' writing,
Mr. and Mrs, •Clar,k of Lo
itecl at the home of the latter's parparrents Bir.• and Mrs. A. ,Bex
Mr, Albert !Roney and family and
Mr. +Robinson from •Habe
relatives at the parsonage
dray .
'Mr. Edgar 'Mills met wi
ent on Saturday, whit
meat his horse !became
and ran away, the waggon was upset
and !considerably broken
grills sustained severe. cut
He is able to be ,out ,agai
The 'Woodham, Jun'or E'
gue supplied the place o
on ' Sunday evening ver
A 'very (beautiful chorus was wellrendered. The duet •by. 11 IisseW ]:'rancis
Copeland and Verrla Hazelwood was
well chosen and most plc
dered. Our Jun'ons have a
ical ability.
At the meeting of the Junior Ep-
worth League on Wednesday June 14
tie the following address was read
by the secretary Doris McNaughton
and the presentation was made by the
President Francis 'Copeland.
To Mrs. C. W. Baker;—
Dean Saperintendant;—
We the noembars of the Wcodham
Junior League feel that we canuot
allow you to go away from us w•i':ho tt
in some way showing you our apprec-
iation of the interest you. have taken
in ate while here among us. You base
!ways been faithful in the work and
have attended whenever you could
and you have always• tried to teach
us to do what was right, and to ,give.
ourselves to Jeieus while young 'and
though in rfuture wln'may not see each
otter very often, we can look back
over the past, and think of the many
helpful and interesting talks you have
given ars, and we pray that God will
blears your laborts in the new field
you aro going to.
And we are hare this afternoon to
ask you. to accept this center piece
as a slight token of our' love and 'ap-
preciation and to Lillian we present
this ha.ndkerchicf and wo hope that:
in ilio years to •come, we may often
'think oft ca.ch other, and at last m:iy
'we'"all meet in that Better Henae,
Signed o,ol behalf of the League,,.
'Francis Copeland, Pres.
Doris 3icNaughtto.n, Sec;
Zurich
Mr. F. 'C. •1 'albaieisclf 'visited racy
latives in Detroit for a few days last
wee.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Hess, .Sr., Miss
1Ce'lia 3. loess and Mr. A. F. Here
motored to Owen Sound to attend
tbe I:less•- Watson nuptiele.
Mr. and 'airs. D. S. Morrow and
children, of 13eeton, visitedat the
tome of fh" latter's parents, And and
lyra J I''. ltickbeia
NEWS: TOPICS OF WEEK
Important Events Which Have
Occurred During -the Week,,
The BusyWord"s Happenings'n
g
sCare-
fully Compiled and Put Into
Handy and Attractive Shape for
the Readers 01 Our Paper --- A
Solid Hour's Enjoyment,
W' DNES»AY.
The southern Bulgarian coast was
bombarded by the allied fleets,
Four men were killed and $3,000,
000 damage done by an elevator fire
in Baltimore.
Gananoque has been placed by Col
Hemming out of bounds to soldiers
at Barriefield Camp.
Thomas B: Scott, aged 45 years,
was found shot to death outside his
shack in Blake Township near Fort
William yesterday.
Montreal has only $50,000 left of
its borrowed $2,000,000, out of
which the city's subscription of
$250,000 to the Patriotic Fund was
to come.
The Toronto harbor improvement
work probably will be completed
within three years, it was announced
during an inspection of the water-
front yesterday.
Liberal' ands. Coilee'Yrative "candi-
dates
dates were nominated in every con-
stituency in Nova Scotia for the Pro-
vincial Legislsat'ure:: Elections• take
pl.tee next' Friday.
The British Government has de-
cided to purchase througb the Liquor
Traffic Control Boardthe whole of
the breweries and public houses—the
latter number some 300—in the city
of Carlisle.
The Canadian Manufacturers' -As-
sociation, in convention at Hamilton,
discussed the suggested suspension
of the Lord's Day Act as applied to
a limited number of industries dur-
ing the war.
Yesterday was nomination day for
the provincial elections in Nova
Scotia. The Liberal (government)
and Conservative candidates were
nominated in every constituency in
the province. The election takes'
place on June 20.
THURSDAY.
A column of British troops has en-
tered south-eastern Persia.
The women of Holland have made
a demand for cheaper food.
A great shipping and colliery com-
bine has been effected in Britain.
--Premier Briand welcomed the dele-
gates to the Allied Economic Confer-
ence in Paris.
The Canadian Manufacturers' As-
sociation adopted a resolution de=
Glaring for immediate registration.
Church union was carried by the
General Assembly of the, Presbyter-
ian Church by a vote of 406 to 88.
The Russian Duma yesterday pass-
ed a bill providing that on four days
of each week no meat shall be eaten
by the public.
A Zeppelin was destroyed in a
windstorm near Chateli .eau, south
Belgium, Monday, according to
frontier correspondents.
The Militia Department tates that
the limitation of assignment of sol-
diers' pay to twenty days' pay is ne-
cessary for protection of the soldiers.
Calgary School Board decided not
to re-engage any of its staff after
June 30 who are unmarried, or re-
cruitable age, and without valid rea-
sons for not enlisting.
Warning is issued by the Dominion
Hospital Commission against unau-
thorized persons collecting money for
the alleged assistance of Canadian
soldiers blinded in battle.
"Janey Canuck," Mrs. Arthur
Murphy of Edmonton, has been ap-
pointed a police magistrate, with jur-
isdiction over all cases in which wo-
men and girls are concerned.
FRIDAY.
•
Sixty thousand men are to be
trained at Camp Borden.
The allied forces have made more
progress in German East Africa.
Russian torpedo boats sank two
German steamers in the Baltic Sea.
Turks claim to have gained success
against the British in Mesopotamia.
The trainmen's unions in the
United States will proceed to vote on
the question of a strike.
Wen. J. Bragg of Darlington was
nominated by West Durham Liberals
in convention at BowmanvilIe.
The "Anzac" Parliamentary party
had a hasty days' entertainment in
Toronto yesterday and left for Ot-
tawa.
Duncan McLaren, jun,. a farmer of
Hibbert Township, was run over and
terribly mutilated by trains at Dub-
-lin station.
The Ontario Government will es-
tablish a hospital at Cobourg for
treatment of soldiers suffering from
shock and mental diseases.
Harold Leggett and Hubert Mc-
Kay, of Gananoque, about eight
years of age, were killed by a light
engine at Lansdowne crossing.
The Presbyterian General Assem-
bly appointed a committee to take
steps towards consummating organic
union with the Methodist and Con-
gregational Churches.
The first boat away from the Bear,
which was wrecked Wedensday night
on Sugar Loaf Rock, upset off Eu-
reka, Cal., and almost ail of the 30
persons in it were drowned.
Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R.
Marshall were nominated by the De
mocrats at St. Louis for re-election
to the Presidency acrd .the Vice -Presi-
dency of the United Stated, respec-
tively.
The Grand Jury of General Ses-
sions, which visited the Provincial
Penitentiary at Portsmouth yester-
day, has recommended that the
•stone pile be abolished, and that
younger convicts be separated from
older and more hardened men.
SATURDAY.
Riots caused by the high cost of
living occurred in Rotterdam.
Vlore progress 'was made bX the LIVERPOOL, June 20.—Six per-
13rrtieh troops in German East Africa.
eons were killed and 11 injured in a
the
.w
aro a in Y _ria Hotel,
re Bund ,. t .
II h of Deputies
Xrap
French Camber
..her p
The
le .discussing .tae Verdun "i nfeis v+,
Ineasures in secret.
The New Zealand Budget pho'ks a
sul'plue of ;10,000,000, A $60,000,-
000 loan, mostly internal, is pro-
posed.
Michael Donnelly, a market gard-
ener of the Lake Shore road, near
Toronto, was found drowned at
Ml
nai o.
e
Dr. George Kennedy, for forty-five
years law clerk of the Department of
Lands and Mines, passed away, aged
78 years,
Premier Borden sent a congratu-
latory message to the Canadian corps.
at the front, and General Ilyng re-
plied,
Samuel Wyatt of Stratford, G.T.R.
engineer, was fatally scalded yester-
day when his engine was derailed at
Port Colborne.
The Canadian Eyewitness mentions
several Canadians who distinguished
themselves by valor in recent actions
at the front.
Hon. Martin Burrell says the
rainy weather has added a growth of
grass in Ontario that promises to
beat all records for hay.
The General Assembly, at its con-
cluding session yesterday,, appointed
a Military Service Board, and a Com-
mittee on Oriental Inimigration.
Rev. Dr. Robert Campbell and
seven other commissioners of the
General Assembly issued a "solemn
protest" yesterday against Church
Union.
The body of Frederick K. Hancock
of the 44tb Regiment post at Allan -
burg, who had been missing a couple
of weeks, was found yesterday in the
canal:
J'dlitt Carson, farmer, near Sau-
geen, while plowing in Winnipeg yes-
terday, was struck by lightning and
rendered unconscious, his team being
killed.
MONDAY.
Count von Moltke passed away in
Berlin after suffering from apoplexy.
Senator- Daniel Derbyshire, "the
eastern Ontario cheese Ming," died at
Brockville, .aged 69.
The rainfall for April, May, and
June this year is the heaviest on re-
cord for these mouths.
A committee of the Bar Associa-
tion urges reforms in connection with
the divorce laws of Canada.
Dr. John Chadwick Sing of Belle-
ville, more than 80 years of age, was
instantly killed by a G.T.R. yard
engine.
Pte. Michael Dugan, 176th Battal-
ion, died at St. Catharines after less
than three hours' illness of acute
kidney trouble.
James Torrance, M.P.P. for North
Perth, has resigned, and it is under-
stood he is to be appointed customs
collector at Stratford.
Franklin H. Walker, President and
Managing Director of Hiram Walker
& Sons, Walkerville, died at his home
in Detroit, aged 63.
Belleville Speakers' Patriotic
League resolved to ask for some
form of national registration, fol-
lowed by national service.
Rev. W. S. Gooding, Anglican rec-
tor at Frankville, died suddenly of
illness developed. it is thought, by
over study, following a cold; at the
age of 30.
Fire Captain John H. Case was
killed, several other firemen injured,
and a new $7,000 motor truck smash-
ed in collision with a G. T. R. freight
train on a level crossing at London.
TUESDAY.
Italians make much progress in
their latest offensive.
Mrs. William Hill of Toronto died
in her 99th year, leaving 89 living
descendants.
Russian haul in Galicia now totals
175,000 men and vast quantities of
guns, munitions, and stores.
The latest developments in Mexico
point to the fact that war with the
United States is inevitable.
Colonel Herbert J. Bowman, Coun-
ty Clerk and Treasurer of Waterloo,
died in Berlin in his 52nd year.
George Patterson, a well-known
farmer and stock raiser of North Ox-
ford, died after a brief illness at the
age of 71.
Berlin City Council refused Water-
Ioo's proposal to consider amalgama-
tion with Waterloo as the name of
the united municipalities.
Rev. H. H. Allen, for five years
pastor of Aurora Presbyterian
Church, who enlisted as a private in
the 81st Battalion, died in hospital
at ShorncIiffe.
The trial of Thomas Kelly, contrac-
tor, on charges of theft, perjury, and
false pretences in connection with the
Manitoba Parliament Buildings, is
going on without defence counsel.
A German air squadron dropped
numerous projectiles on a village
south of Verdun where a camp of
German prisoners' was located. Sev-
eral of these prisoners were killed
or wounded."
Rev. Charles E. Stafford, Fred
Hunt, and Mrs. Leonard. Scott of
Elora were seriously injured in a C.
P. R. train accident, and Mrs. John
Muir of Fergus and her ' young son
were 'also hurt.
The Allan liner Scandinavian
brought to Quebec fifty returned of-
ficers and men of the Canadian
forces, three officers and eleven men
of the 1st Newfoundland Battalion,
an about a hundred men from the
navy.
Austrians Have Not Withdrawn.
ROME, June 20 The Austrians
are maintaining their original plan
in pressing their offensive in the
Trentino, and have not withdrawn
troops .from that front because of
the Russian offensive in the east, it is
declared in Sunday night's official
War Office statement. Belief is ex-
pressed that such a withdrawal will
become more difficult because of the
counter -offensive which the Italians
are now maintaining. Further Aus-
trian attacks have been repulsed,
and in the Frenzala and Sugana sec-
tors tbe Italians have' made further
progress.
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Germans of Class of 1917 Captured
Before Verdun.
PARIS, June 20 An official state-
ment issued Sunday says: "We have
identified by prisoners taken two
fresh divisions on our Verdun front.
The proportion of men belonging to
the 1916 class brought up as rein-
forcements by the Germans has in-
creased considerably. We are able to
ascertain the presence of young sol-
diers belonging to the 1917 class."
A despatch from Amsterdam states
that an official order appears in the
German papers calling all the sol-
diers of the 1917 class to the colors.
Fresh attempts by the Germans
against the French positions north-
east and north-west of Verdun met
with no success, says the French War
Office, and the Germans suffered
heavy casualties in their attacks—
delivered against Le Mort Homme
and Thiaumont sectors.
Again there has been considerable
activity in the Argonne forest and in
the Vosges mountains, where the
French in the former sector used
their long-range artillery effectively
against German positions, and in the
latter sector put down a surprise in-
fantry- attack south-west of Cars-
pach.
The French forces made an attack
on the German positions north of
HiII 321, west of the Thiaumont
farm Saturday morning, capturing
some trench elements and taking
some 30 prisoners.
No infantry attack was made by
the Germans in the course of the day,
but their artillery continued its vio-
lent bombardment of the Frencb po-
sitions on Hill 304, and the second
line in the Chattancourt sector, on
the west bank of the Meuse, and of
the sector south of Fort Yana on the
east bank.
Considerable activity is reported
from the St. Mihiel region. There
was fighting with hand -grenades in
the forest of Apremont, south-east of
St. Mihiel, and French artillery bom-
barded German camps at Montsee, to
the east of St. Mihiel, and caused a
fire in the railway station at Vtgneul-
les-Hattonchattei, to the north-east
of the same town:
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U.S. TROOPS CALLED.
National Guard Will Be Hurried tio,
Mexican Border.
WASHINGTON, June 20.—Virg
ually the entire' mobile strength of;
the National Guard of all states and'
the District of Columbia, was order-'
ed mustered into the federal service
Sunday night by President Wilson.
About 100,000 men are expected to
respond to the call, although Brig...
Gen. Alfred Mills estimates that the
maximum militia forces available
Teutons Cannot Go Much Fur- would be 145,000 men.
They will mobilize immediately for
such service on the Mexican border
as may be assigned to them.
Secretary of War Baker Sunday
issued the following statement:
"In view of the disturbed condi-
tions on the Mexican border, and in
order to assure complete protection
for all .Americans, the President has
called out substantially all the state
militia, and will send them to the
border, wherever and as fully as Gen.
Funston determines them to be need-
ed for the purpose stated.
"If all are not needed an effort+
will be made to relieve those on duty
there from time to time so as to
tribute the duty.
"This call for militia is wholly
unrelated to Gen. Pershing's expedi-
tion and contemplates no additional
entry into Mexico, except as may be _
necessary to pursue bandits who at-
tempt outrages on American soil,
"The militia are being called out
so as to leave some troops in the sev-
eral states. They will be mobilized
at their home stations where neces-
sary recruiting can be done."
ther, Paris Thinks.
Allied Plan of Operations is Now in
Full Swing, and When Germans
Go to Meet Russian Drive, West-
ern Attack Will Begin—London
Also Expectant of Big Events.
PARIS, June 20.—The recent Rus-
sian successes have afforded great
relief to the French people, for it
has taken their attention away from
the slaughter at Verdun. The
French are encouraged, because the
activity of the Russians has shown
that the Allies are ready, and that
the heroic resistance by the French
has given the other allied armies
time to make ready for an offensive.
The French, baing ready first,
greatly served the Allied cause by
holding the Germans in -check until
the British and the Russians got
ready. The British claims that they
were ready during the Verdun bat-
tle were probably true, but the
chances of success from a premature
offensive have grown smaller. The
French have filled the breach and
have kept the main German reserves
busy at the western front preparing
for an allied attack, It is considered
likely that theRussiates will continue
their drive until the German armies
on the western front have been
weakened by the necessity of sending
fresh troops to stop the Russians.
When that has been done the Ger-
mans will be faced by a united attack
on all fronts, which, it is believed,
they will not have the strength to
meet. Then the central powers may
collapse. Already the Italians are
taking advantage of the withdrawal
of Austrian reserves toward the Gali-
cian front. At last the allied plan
of operations is in full swing.
Big Events Near.
LONDON, June 20.—Partly as a
result of the activities on the var-
ious war fronts this week a Wide-
spread belief exists here that the
next fortnight may prove the most
important thus far in the war.
The continued strictness of the
Entente Allies' blockade against
Greek ports is engendering a grow -
ing
rowing feeling of uneasiness in. Govern-
ment circles. Rumors are rife that
the Entente's ultimatum, which is
expected to be delivered Monday,
may present as an alternative to
compliance with its demands, tbe
rupture of diplomatic relations be-
tween the entente allies and Greece.
It is not thought that the Greek
Cabinet can lortg stand the pressure.
The lack of breadstuffs on the outer
islands of Greece and in the not read-
ily accessible parts of the kingdom
is already Matting n disturbances, al-
though
ahthough the GoVtnment insists that
tthe available
w
wheat supply at Piraeus
Blore then a month.
TURKS ROUTED. '1`r II
Petrograd Reports an Advance in the
Direction of Mosul.
LONDON, June 20.—In a Petro-
grad official an advance in the direeJ
tion of Mosul, north of Bagdad, he
recorded. A party of 27 Russiaaii
scouts attacked a Turk detachmenil
numbering 300. The fight lasted for,
two hours, and finally the enemy wall
dislodged from his position and forc-
ed to take flight.
The Constantinople official dal
that a British attempt to land
force on the northern bank of thi
Euphrates between Kerne and Nara.
selbe was prevented by the Turks,
who drove back the British after six,
hours of fighting, Behind them the'
British left 180 dead, it is alleged.
The Russian force which invaded
Mesopotamia from Persia in the see -
tion east of Mosul has been driven
back into Persia and north of the
town of Bane, five miles inside the
Persian border, according to the
same report.
The following official conimunica-
tion with regard to the operations in
Mesopotamia was issued Sunday
everting:
"General Lake reports that on the
night of June 16-17 the enemy Urn-'
successfully undertook to bembard:
our saps on the front of Sannayyat.
"The description in the Turkish
communication of June 17 of an
attempted English landing on the
.north bank of tbe Euphrates Mitt
either imaginary or adistort d
Ver
inion o1 the sueeessful punitive expo-
dition. mentioned in the British toll-
lnttnica tion or June 3.6.n
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