THE WEEKLY ONTARIO AND BAY OF QUINTE CHRONICLE
311 I.EVII.I.E. OXTAKKX THUKsi'.' DECEMBER 27, 1S>17. MOHTOX s HEKITY ......
the shilling of troops, now being carried out with the greatest And ihen you hoard [U> tli» Armouries tonight b-gmnRg speed possible. MESSAGE FROM about tho groatit battleKittle otC\f IPaaachon-’ <1 nan r.n _ r. I ...... n _ .. • . the Belleville... Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik foreign minister, has called daele. That whh a great day for uh. Rifle Club. ITALIANS MAINTAIN the attention of the peace delegation to this fact. A special des Although elightly wounded, I wan patch from Brest-Litovsk announces the Germans were not THE TRENCHES able to stay with it till we were tak en out, this being the third time, On ChrlfttmaB Eve., Albeit ready yesterday lo reply to the Russian peace terms, and conse- . . < Imppell, Formerly of TIiouuls- and glad to say I am able to fight quently the meeting of the peace delegates was postponed until Johnstone was the recipient or a THEIR FRONT AGAINST iur-. Sends Note to the Editor on, hoping to see more come out handsome pear brooch presented bv Monday afternoon. Il is reported that tho refusal of Germany —Wus Wounded Three and give us a hand. tha O.V.It Club ot St Michael’s Wishing you all a Merry Xmas 1 to issue passoprts to the German Socialists, Haas, Lodebour and Times Academy. Kautsky, who desire to go to Stockholm to acquaint them and a Happy New Year, Yours truly, TERRIFIC ASSAULTS selves with the Russian revolutionary conditions has produced The editor acknowledges with L.-Corpl. J. K. Chappell. in Russia an impression which may hamper peace negotiations thunlCH tho receipt ot a calendar No. 50448, 21st Battn. Hurts Making their Last Supremo Effort, to Reach She Venetian from Lanco-Corpl. Jos. E. Chappell, ACCLAMATIONS — Minister Trotzky has sent, a telegram to his delegates at. France. Plains before Winter — Paying a Fearful Cost in Lives ot Thomasburg, who has tor nearly Brest-Litovsk in this connection, declaring that if the Germans two years been doing his duty over I FOR S.S. BOARD Bolsheviki Government's Power Gradually Declining —Bri refused their socialists passports this would create such a bad seas.■ Though he has been wound । Six Retiring Trustees Re-elected — tish Air Attack on Mannheim Beginning of Reprisal Policy impression at Petrograd that it was deemed necessary that the ed on three different occasions, he Toronto Officer Spent Few Hours on sticks to his job. Bolshevik! Government Will Send Propngandists ' nil German delegation, which is expected here Thursday, should Christmas with Relatives go to Stockholm instead. Trenches. Dee. 5, 1917. Editor Ontario;— ,There will be no elections for the The Bolshevik commissioners have issued a manifesto to Lieut. Harry Wickett, Toronto, Of trustees AIR REPRISAL POLICY’ INAUGURATED Just a tew Unes to you to let you the C.F.A. who wan wounded the Separate School all Russian workingmen declaring that as the armistice will at Board this years, as the seven va see I haven’t forgotten you. 1 am Paaschenduelo In the toot, was IjONDON Dec. 26—An official announcement issued today, probably be transformed at an early date into a general peace in cancles were filled at noon today by sending you this little calendar, hop the city and spent a tew hours acclamation at the nominations * at says Monday’s British air raid on the German City of Mannheim to all the European peoples, preparation of military equip ing you get it O.K. You may not Christmas day with his aunts, Mrs. St. Michael's Acodemy: was the first instance of an exact reprisal policy for Hun air ment is a waste of national labor and funds, and that conse know who I am. but just tieit Walter Stocker and Mrs. Splan. Lt. Wickett The members elected today by Embury. went overseas with the 73rd Bat raids over England. quently the output must be stopped immediately and replaced acclamation are: Well, I guess we will be in the tery and served at the front with by the production of peace supplies, which the country needs. Father Killeen f reelected) for PEACE NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED The newspapers announce that a delegation from the ene trenches another winter. I have the 15th. He is home on a month’s Bleecker Ward. been In the trenches twenty months, leave. A rather unique Incident Is des- my powers is coming to Petrograd to participate in a conference J. M. Truaisch (reelected) Sam- LONDON, Dec. 26-—According to a Times Petrograd been wounded three limes, but nev that in July last while at the front son Ward presided over by Trotzky to discuss the political aspects of an er have been out of France only ten he dreamed he ate his Christmas patch the Russian-German peace negotiations have been sus- M. R. Doyle1 (reelected) Coleman pended pending consultation by German delegates with theii eventual peace’conference. Another enemy delegation will days leave to England, so I think 1 dinner with his aunt, Mrs. Stocker. Ward. have done my bit. That thought had been in his mind government on Russia’s terms. The Russian delegates, it is participate in the commission meeting at Odessa to discuss Belair (reelected) Baldwin Woll, I am glad to say we are hav quite often since and after ho was Ward. stated, are returning to Petrograd to negotiate. technical' questions. wounded he saw the way the ing good success. Pretty cold at open to Hughes (reelected) Poster present but not very wet. There fulfilment ot his dream. Lt. Wickett Ward. NINE THOUSAND ITLAIANS CAPTURED, BERLIN CLAIMS. POPE BENEDICT RECOMMENDS PRAYERS FOR PEACE are lots of Belleville hoys here. I returned last evening to Toronto. W. Hogan (reelected) Mame may say I saw Bert Allen killed BERLIN, Monday, via British Admiralty, .per wireless Ward. ROME, Dec. 26—Pope Benedict yesterday received the at the Somme. I was wounded RIFLE SHOOTING Dr. O’Callaghan in place of Mr. G /members of the Sacred College for an exchange of Christmas press, London, Dec. 25—The capture by AustrovGerman forces when I saw him killed. I was also A spoon shoot and competitions Fitzgerald (retiring member) /greetings. His Holiness renewed his recommendations for in of Col. Del Rosso and adjoining heights on the Asiago Plateau wounded at Hut 70. (hat is the bat lor the Winchester Rille will be held I Kctebeson Ward in Northern Italy, together with the taking of more than 6,00b |______cessant prayers for peace and expressed the hope for a brighter future and rejoiced at the liberation of Jerusalem. prisoners, was announced today by army headquarters. Thei statement reads: i~______~ ————— RUSSIAN GOVT. WILL SEND OUT PROPAGANDISTS “Italian front: Between Asiagd and the Brenta troops of ||l , ------Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetzendorf sotrmed Col Del Rosso JJ ■—------—■ PETROGRA D.Dec. 26—The government has decided to and the heights adjoining to1 the west and east. Up to the pres- lii ! IT) send out special envoys to all countries, beligerent as well as ent more than 6,000..prisoners have been brought in.” } I iV neutral, to further the propaganda of internationalism, million rubles have been appropriated for this purpose. LONDON, Dec. 25.—The Austrian official statement of Mon- lii day as received here supplements the German statement of that I; FINLAND WANTS INDEPENDENTS date regarding the capture of Col Del Rosso by reporting the ! Economy Prices On PETROGRAD, Dec. 26.—Finland, according to reports re capture also of Motte Valbella. It states likewise that a colonel ij vived here, has asked Germany to recognize her Independence and several Italian staff officers were captured. BERLIN, Dec. 25, via London. --Ita’inn counicr-attaclcs up- III on the positions taken in the Austro-Gerinan attack of Sunday HINDENBURG AWAITS REINFORCEMENTS BLANKETS were repulsed yesterday, as was an Italian drive at Monte Per- II LONDON, Dec. 26—Today’s war office statement says there tlca, army headquarters announced today. More than 9,000 III If you have blanket needs that have not been looked after as yet, then by all is nothing special to report on the British front. Headquarters prisoners were taken in the Col Del Rosso fighting, says the of- | means buy now, and at RITCHIE’S, for here you will find exceptional values when despatches indicate that Von Hindenburg is waiting further re flcial statement, which reads: one considers the splendid qualities. Note these: — inforcements before commencing the expected German offensive “Italian front: A lively artillery duel continued throughout II the day between Asiago and the Brenta. Enemy counter-attacks III ITALIAN LINES A*! PACKED UNCEASINGLY against our newly won positions and a thrust at Monte Pertica I i Unshrinkable were repulsed. The number of prisoners captured as a result I I MWFSI LONDON, Dec. 26.—Italian army headquarters despatches of the engagement around Col Del Rosso has increased to more JI say that fierce fighting between Buso and Monte Valbella is in Wool progress today. Despite, violent Italian attacks the enemy at a than 9,000, including 2700 officers.” fearful cost still hodls to the two-thirds of a mile gain which he achieved Monday. A despatch from French army head CANADIAN AIRMAN KILLBP quarters in Italy says the Teutons are making a last supreme Blankets Burned to Death, Following Ac* Kingston Cadet Crashes to Huth In effort to reach the Venetiain plains before the winter checks cident nt Fort Worth, Texas Texas all operations, and that since Saturday they have attacked the Our large range ambraces Blankets I talian lines unceasingly. Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 25.— Fort Werth, Dec. 23.—Cadet A. ■ from the best Scotch and Canadian Manu Lieut. Rainboth and Cadet Manson, Ross Harrison of the Royal Flying facturers. Foreseeing the demand there POWER OF BOLSHEVIKI GOVT. WANING Canadian aviators, who had been Corps was killed today at Everman, must be for wool, we placed our order many here about two months in training, when his machine chashed 400 feet months in advance of other seasons and LONDON, Dec. 26.—Despatches from Petrograd are prac were incinerated in an airplane acci- to the ground. Harrison, who was can therefore offer Wool Blankets at a sav dent yesterday. Their identity was born in Kingston, Ont., had enlisted tically unaimous in asserting tha the power of the Bolsheviki ing to you of 20% to 25%. We have them government is waning, the. prime causes being lack of authori made known by Royal Flying Corps in the Royal Flying Corps iu Cana officers to-night. Both of the men da and had come to Fort Worth two in 6 to 8-Ib. weights, in White or Grey with ty, drunkenness, the reluctance of the population to work and were members of the Royal Flying months ago to finish his trainig. Pink or Blue Borders, sizes 60x80 to 68x86. the scarcity of food. Corps for several months previous Priced $7 to $10 a pair. to coining to Fort Worth. SLOW RETCHN OF BOXES DESPERATE FIGHTING ENDS IN VICTORY’ FOR ITLAIANS Investigation proved the men were burned to death after they struck Three ballot boxes used iu the NASHUA WOOLNAP BLANKETS ROME, Dec. 25.—In a desperate battle which lasted all day the ground. recent elections i.-. West Hastings yesterday, the Italians fought their way back to the positions machine was Dying at a height of are still somewhere in North Hast We are sole Belleville agents for this most wonderful Cotton from which they were forced the previous day on the Asiago .two hundred feet, when it struck a ings. Returning officer, Sheriff M very expert inspection can one J^^et They^vrc loftv and thick ami Plateau, under an Austro-German attack, according to today’s “side slip.” When the machine B. Morrison, is accordingly unable nap Blanket from a well-finished all Wool Rlanke . J harsh to sleep between, struck the ground the gasoline tank to make his official declaration as to finely woven and soft and warm, like wool, but not i - shades with borders war office statement. Some guns and numerous machine guns was torn open and ignited by a spark the vote. This morning he Nashua Blankets are absolutely unshrinkable and come in plain shades witn which had been abandoned by the Italians in their retirement The men were strapped in, and ’ith telephoned the tardy deputy officers also fancy plaid designs, size 66”x84”, and priced low at $5 a pair. were recaptured when the old positions were reoccupied their m--chine and clothing afire to return the boxes at once. were unable tp rimove the straps. KOBNILOFF DEFEATED. BOLSHEVIKI DECLARE SHORTER HOLDING ITALIAN FOR MYERS—MIKEL FLANNELETTE VAGRANCY PETROGRAD, Dec. 24.—News of a revolutionary plot A marriage of considerable inter STORE HOURS against King Ferdinand of Rumania has been received at the est in the communities in which tho Tony Rossetti Was Put Oil Train BLANKETS Smolny Institute, the Bolsheviki headquarters, according to the contracting parties resided, was Commencing Thurs Bclcau.se He Had No Ticket Close examination of the Cotton Blankets which we iiyenmg newspapers. There are also said to be disturbed con quietly solemnized at the Methodist day Dec. 27th. we will At four o'clock yesterday morning parsonage, Frankford, by Rev. J. P. show this season will reveal the fact that from E11® *®we‘ ditions in Rumania. These reports are confirmed in some res an Italian, Tony Rossetti, aged 22 D. Knox on Wednesday, Dec. 19th at to the highest priced lines they are manufacturetLfro mt close our store every day pects by despatches received here indicating unsettled condi- very finest cotton procurable, resulting in a Blanket that at 5.30 yearH, was arrested and held on a 10 a.m. The principals were Mr. Ts soft and warm, yet inexpensive. Our showing embraces except Saturday hTg t P0UtiT! CriSiS' A Balsheviki despatch announces vagrancy charge. It appears he rode Fred Earl Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. the 3 standard sizes—10/4, 11/4. 12/4, in YYliite or Irey p. in. This will continue hat 6,000 troops of General Korniloff’s command have been de on a train from Port Hope, when Samuel Myers of Sidney Township, luring tho winter searched he had on his person aland Miss Edna Mikel, daughter of with pink or blue borders; priced from #!.<.<• to bated near Bielgorod by Bolsheviki. chiefly soldiers and sailors slug shot (a small leather bag filled | the late Johnstone Hope Mikel and month?. Making the of the Black and Baltic Seas fleets. Many machine guns and with shot) and on his finger a large Mrs. Mikel of Murray Township. EIDERDOWN Store Hours 8.30 a. m. much ammunition are said to have been captured. and dangerous ring made of a horse .Both bride and groorn are popular in to 5.30 p. ni. Saturdays shoe nail. It is said he was in their homo communities and de COMFORTERS jpen at S.30 a. m. and Trenton on the night of Friday. NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE GET BIT OF SETBACK servedly so. doses as usual at 9 p. m. Mrs. Myer, in removing from Mnr- Sizes 60”x72” and 72”x72", priced $5 to $15.. DeC’ 25—The Bolshevik commander-in-chief, WICKKTT—MITCHELL |ray will be much missed, especially Cotton Comforters, $1.85 to $5. A quiet wedding took place at the in Zion church of which sho has al Chief, amxwEnsign.su xvryienKow,Krylenkow, reports the transference of large < westpr^fTY i<|Crlr’ai|l tr°0I'|S WeStern front and the south-|afternooniTabernaclo Dec. parsonage 26, 1917, on Wednesdaywhen Mre. ways been a member and a valued worker, especially in tho choir. w .stern rront. Civil was in Russia seems to be spreading. The Me,lasa E- Mitchell, of this city, was Immediately after tho ceremony the negotiations between the Bolsheviki and the central powers ap- “nlte‘l *“ marrl“S'’ wlth Mr. Charles young couple left by train to spend ™EritCHIE th. parently are not proceeding smoothly. Time gained bv tho Wlckett’ of Saskatchewan. Mr. and a short honeymoon before taking up Germans in tbi negotians would mean in . Mrs’ w,ckotl 10tt ** 1110 afternoon their residence in Sidney, where the( w wouia mean so much more time for train for Toronto and points west. groom is a prosperous young farmer. THE WEEKLY ONT/MHO THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1!>17.
not boon on furlough ulnco tho be-' ceremony ftt the family residence Ini Iwas built had to b< constructed after Ossington Avenue, where a large] ginning of tho war. They have no I the contract was let was hailed, by BELLEVILLE number of guests, many of whom homo to go to. and how oan they bo U. 8. NAW NEWSPAPER I;Shipping Board officials ar.
Night camo Hill to send a message to Kingston lock* d McCurley up. on and they pitched camp at Rac- Before going he borrowed a gold aftorwnrdi Christmas quetto Falls. Henderson talked watch from one of tho men and $5 wards found out that tho clvlllui. frooly of Canadian Army life, but [ from another, and was not seen by whom Henderson hud locked up nt Xmas avoided saying anything which । them again. Meanwhile, the chief Patterson wan not u soldier at all, might identify him witli tho acts of of police of Nupanou had boon try wan an American citizen and had Footwear outlawry ho had committed. Dur ing to locate him by telephono and worked at this particular munition Ml ing tho evening two men appeared telegraph, also Cupt. J. .1. Graham, jfactory for nearly two yearn. When if ( in canoes and asked if they could Provost Marshal of Kingston, had the mistake was discovered he wiw Gifts two mon pursuing HendcrHon but Trunks, stay at the camp overnight. Dr. (allowed to go, with an apology fpom Graham granted their request, and they could not catch up with him. inotho American Government, and a I unconsciously worked out his own Tho cur that was stolon from Nap- military Inquiry wan ordered by the. Nothing else does quite so well for a Christinas gift I salvation and Henderson's down-1 mice was lator brought back hero military authorities at Plattsburg. I Bags to a Man as something he can wear, and the fact that fall. The nowcomers, after a few | and all trace of Henderson was lost Henderson next turned up at Tar minutes, connected Henderson with for a few days; but it afterwards rytown, N.Y., where ho abandoned ire’ll wear it is the best tost of His appreciation. । tho stories of tho Canadian's deeds transpired that after leaving tho car tho car he obtained in Plattsburg in other parts of tho States. Hon-lot Havelock, Henderson hired a set- CHATHAS' Suit Cases Our Store is filled with serviceable Gifts! after having driven it 2,189 miles, (doraon, however, remained so close’tier to drive him to Coe Hill. He running up a livery bill of $612, Even outside of our Holiday stock, there isn’t an to Dr. ~Graham ~ ' during" * “ the night ...... that was next hoard of at Marmora where which tho owner of the car Is still the newcomers were unable to com he engaged an auto from a livery trying to collect, without success. article or garment in the store that would not make a municate their suspicions to the doc- man. Maying he would want it for a Walking into a garage in Tarry Ladies’ Slippers j handsome and most acceptable gift. tor. It was not until the party wore (few days as he was looking for d fi town Henderson demanded a car a- res dy to go away in the morning sorters. Displaying his handcuffs, gain showing tho emblems of his of Felt Juliets, Brown, CD that Dr. Graham was made aware revolver and badge, ho was given a fice. On the strength of his story Red or Black...... Q) I .UU of who Ids companion was. During car chauffeur. I he was given a seven-passenger Lo A Merry Xmas For Him their conversation Henderson had (through to Denbigh, registering nt zier car belonging to the sheriff of I been heard to remark that he could the Denbigh House as Sergenat Mc that county, and drove the car to I Handkerchiefs Cozy Felt Slippers -j_FFI_~| FOOTWEAR jv Suits Raincoats Hat | not swim. With this in mind the Donald, and making inquiries for Bridgeport, Conn. Driving the ear Overcoats Pajamas Hosiery Fancy Vest | party proceeded to an island in Long deserters. He learned that there into a garage there he again repeat Pajamas Padded soles and cushion Trousers House Coats Night Robes [Lake where the two men kept guard was an absentee from the C.E.F. at ed his story of being a military po Sweaters heels, all colors,' $1, $1.25, Gloves Neckwear Shirts over Henderson while Dr. Graham Slate Falls. Proceeding there Hen liceman from'Canada but, nowever, ( Mufflers Bath Robes $1.50. Umbrella? j Suspenders went to Tupper Lake and informed' derson located him and placed him his inability to handle the car prop the police who arrived shortly after under arrest, at the same time ob erly aroused the suspicions of the Extra fine Felt Cozy Slippers and placed the deserter under ar taining from him, the absentee. $50 owner of the garage who telephoned Nile Green, Laven- (hS 7 p. Come to a Man’s StorejFor n rest. He was later turned over to as security, saying he would be back the police that a men was there with der or Pale Blue Q) I . I U Provost Marshal J. J. Graham at again to take him to Kingston. He a car and he did not seem to under Kingston. Ont., and by him brought also passed a bogus cheque on the stand it. Sergt. L’>. Coughlin of the Man’s Gift back to Kingston where he appeared hotelkeeper at Denbigh in payment city police force was sent down to before a military court and was sen of his account there, obtaining the bring Henderson to the police sta- You can hunt the map all over and you can’t find tenced for being absent without balance in cash. He also passed altion where he was questioned by Men’s Slippers leave to twenty-one days detention. bogus cheque on a local constable. Captain Cronan. Not being satisfied A large variety from $1.00 up. another store in this vicinity where there are so many Henderson remained, in Kingston for $5.25. He then went to Tweed with>•••*'• tho ------answers given by Hender- where he paid the chauffeur from1 appropriate gifts for Men and Boys till Oct. .12, 1917, when he succeed son. (’apt. Cronan ordered him lock ed in getting away with a military tho Marmora garage by a cheque for ed up for future investigation, Hen- police badge, revolver and hand- $60 which upon presentation at the <1 arson ry indignant and 3, Women’s cuffs. Coming to Napanee ho regis-i bank. was returned marked "No kinds of reprisals ered at the Lennon Hotel as Ser Good." against the captain for daring to He next went to Kaladur and by and Quick & Robertson geant James Henderson, announcing I lock up a representative of the Can- himself as a military policeman look this time Sergeant Major Hayes and ]adiiui military police. Within a tew ing for deserters. Hiring an auto- Calhoun of the military minutes after locking up Hender- , mobile from the proprietor of ‘he Kingston were close on his|Hon the Bridgeport police received Childern 'Hotel Lennox with Star McDonald. trail. Henderson stayed at Kaludar (long distance telephone’ culls from Inn employee of the hotel, as chauf 'overover night,night and iu the morning he patterson, N.J..N.J Tarrytown, N.Y. t'eur, presumably to go to Selby, saw the escort that was looking for Plattsburg, N.Y, to try and locate Leggings JIM, THE PENMAN’S CAREER about four'miles north of Napanee I him. When the C.P.R. train pulled anj arreat if possible a man answer- Instead, however, they went to in to Kaladar station going east.1 jng fpp description of Henderson as i BROUGHT TO A CLOSE Belleville, where Hender on prevail Henderson got on tin- ba< k of the.}le was wanted in each place. Also [ ed upon the police sergeant there to engine while the men were looking a telephone message was received' detail an officer to assist him in for him in the coaches. He rode on from the British consul general at all James Henderson, alias McDonald, late of the Canadian Mount searching two houses for a supposed the same train as far as Sharbot New York tu the effect that Hen- colors, from $1.00 to $2.50 ed Rifles, Deserter, Highway Hoffer, Jail Breaker, Forger, deserter. Failing in the search. L^ke, where the escort left the train jersou was wanted by the Canadian i i Henderson proceeded to Trenton., and Thief, is given Five YeYar Term in ti e Kingston Pen to go to Kingston. Henderson going military authorities. He was later twelve miles west, where he suc on to Montreal. handed over to Capt. J. J. Graham, Skating and Hockey Shoes itentiary by Magistrate Ranking of Napanee. for theft-i>7 ceeded in fooling the chief of police Reaching Montreal. he went to late provost marshal M.D. No. 3, an Auto in Napanee, on October 12, 1917. into believing his story, also bor the office of the provost marshal, Kingston, and by him brought back rowed u pair of handcuffs from him there announcing himself as Ser- to Kingston. In incidentally passed a bogus:Remit McDonald, military police. The military authorities at King (From the Napanee Express) led into the auto which the girl had cheque on a merchant of that Lown. Kingston, and asked for the assist ston concluded it was a case for trial Ladies', '' PR9FES5IW., Private James Henderson a de waiting, and got away. He next From there he went to Col borne, ance of a soldier in rounding up a I by civil court for his many offences. &$\H?CKEy serter from the /Canadian Mounted turned up in Ottawa, joining the passed a. couple more cheques, ob deserter. Private M. J. Wall, 1st He was ordered by the deputy assist Men’s Rifles, who, since taking French Canadian Mounted Rifles, and was taining cash and goods. He return Quebec Infantry, was detailed to as ant adjutant, M.D. No. 3, to be Jeave, has posed as Sergt James Mc sent from there to Kingston, Ont., ed to Brighton, passed a bogus sist Henderson in the capture of the handed over to Chief of Police Bar Donald of the Canadian Military Po deserting soon after He was next cheque on the hotelkeeper there and supposed deserter. Obtaining an rett, of Napanee, who held a war- Boy’s lice and who has blackjacked and heard of in Montreal, where he pass borrowed a revolver automobile. Henderson with Pte. rant Henderson’s arrest on robbed chauffeurs, stolen a number ed two more bogus cheques. Com that there were two men in that vil Wall and a girl left for Lacolle. P.Q. [charges of theft and obtaining mon- and Girl’s of automobiles, successfully parsed ing up to Brockville he passed an lage who were absentees from the where he attempted to cross over to ley by false pretences and was bogus cheques iu every place Lu vis other bogus cheque there. Hiring Imperial Munitions Guard at Tren New York State. The customs offic [brought from Kingston by the chief AT POPULAR PRICES. ited totaling hundreds of dollars, a car from a Brockville livery he ton. Locating them. Henderson er held him up as he had not the to Napanee where he appeared be- caused the arrest and temporary de drove around the city and paid the placed them under arrest, taking necessary passports, but again Hen- |fOre Magistrate Rankin charged tention of a number of innocent per driver off with a worthless cheque. them Io Castleton where he had Iderson bluffed the officer by his d's (with theft of an auto from Hugh sons, bluffed the police in a dozen He then went to Morristown. N.Y.. them locked up in the village lock play of revolver, handcuffs and Fitzpatrick, obtaining money under cities and towns, also an officer com where he victimized a storekeeper up. This was on Sunday, Oct. 14. badge until he was allowed to pro false pretences from Stein, Albert THE HAINES SHOE HOUSES manding an American battalion, and who accepted another bogus cheque. 1917. While in Castieion Hender ceed, also obtaining from the cus Lockwood and Harvey Thompson very much wanted man by He was next heard of in Theresa, son had tire trouble. Going to a toms officer a certificate directed to Pleading guilty to all the charges BELLEVILLE, NAPANEE, SMITHS: FALLS scores of police departments. N.Y., where he engaged a taxi but storekeeper he was informed that th? provost marshal at Kingston to he was sentenced to flvb years in the His career of crime in Canada and the driver was strong for the “mon the proprietor of the store had gone the effect that Sergt. Jas. McDonald Kingston Penetentiary for the theft tho United States would put many ey first'' principal and when the me to church. Henderson. / however, had crossed the border at 12.45 p.m. of an auto to two years on each of a movie thriller to shame. He has ter registered $3 worth refused to went into the church during the ser Nov. 3, 1917, bound for Plattsburg, the other charges, sentences to run been described as the most cunning drive Henderson any farther, as that vice. getting the storekeeper to go N.V., looking for deserters from the concurrently. and desperate character the local was all the money Henderson could to the store and get him an auto-*- Canadian Army, signed by the cus When asked what excuse he had police have been called upon to han produce. The taxi driver left Hen mobile tire and tube and some other toms officer and stamped witli the to offer for committing this long list dle for some time. derson one mile outside the town of accessories to the value of $35. pay customs office stamp. of crimes, Henderson said it was the After his arrest special precau Theresa. Later the same evening a ing for them with a bogus cheque. He was next heard of in Malone, result of a dare by some of his Let Us Help tions were taken to see that he did Mr. Harris, of Theresa, while com Later the two men who were locked N.Y., where he had evidently aban chums in Kipgstdn that he could not repeat any of his former success ing towards that town, found some- up by him in Castleton were releas doned the car he had obtained in not repeat his doings in Canada, in es in getting away. one jump on the running board of ed by order of Provost Marshal Gra Montreal. In Malone he hired a car the United States, leaving Kingston The ease with which people can' bis car and immediately something1 ham. M.D. No. 3. and chauffeur on the pretext of look with $5 in his pocket and travel bo separted from their money in struck him on the head, rendering After getting the car fixed with ing for deserters from the Canadian You Decide 5,000 miles, pass himself off to the these days off prosperity will be him unconscious. When he recov new tires, Henderson then went to Army. After going a short distance various police authorities as a mil flbown by reading the escapades of ered, his assailant had disappeared, Wark worth, putting up at the hotel out of the city he struck the chaffeur itary policeman, and remain at large Henderson which have been corn I also $40 in money which he had in there, and succeeded -in disconnect on the head, rendering him uncon |for thirty days,- which he succeeded piled from documents and papers 'his pocketbook. As soon as he could Your What-to-Give ing $15 in cash from the hotelkeep- scious. dumped him out of the car in doing, incidentally making a in the possession of the local chief I get his car going he reported the Ier by means of a bogus cheque. He on the side of the road and drove] of police. home fox’ himself for the next five | matter to the chief of police of Ther also visited the storekeeper there I tho car to Plattsburg, N.Y., where years' in Kingston Penetentiary, also Henderson who is twenty-live esa. The following day Henderson and obtained another supply of gas- he reported to Colonel F. A. Wolfe, leaving a long list of storekeepers years of age, 5 feet 7 inches in Problem boots cleaned and buttons polished, oline. and another tire, to the Oilicer Commanding ap American height, .weighs about 140 pounds, t bewailing the loss of goods and mon- turned up at Norwood N.Y., where value of $30, which he paid for by battalion in training there, saying At was bom In Leith, Scotland, came [he1 registered at the Whitney Hotel another bogus cheque. he was a military policeman from to New York seven years ago and s With all the money that Hender as James Henderson, of Ottawa. He He then went to Eldorado put Canada and had been detailed to went from there to Texas; vorked I son secured, when arrested at hired an automobile from J. E. ting up at the hotel, and in payment come to Plattsburg to arrest a de The Busy Christmas Store for the 101 Ranch and other con- i Bridgeport, eleven cents was all he Creighton, liveryman at Norwood, for his account there tendered a serter. and asked for assistance. corns in that state nearly four years. ; had in his possession. Unlike other also a chauffeur named Phillips, and cheque for $32 which was accepted, On the strength of his story, Sergt. having to make, a sudden exit with * offenders, Henderson committed the volunteered the information that he Henderson getting $20 in cash. He J. McCurley was sent by Col. Wolfe two bullet wounds in his leg owing 1 ! crime simply for the excitement it Just Received would stay in the neighborhood for then went to Havelock, registering to assist him. Securing a car from to tiding mixed up in a gun tight. > offered and not for gain. Putting a fow days looking for deserters at the Armstrong Hotel, announcing Benjamin Baker, a liveryimin in When the warjaroke out in Eur his wits against those whom he fleec A Shipment of Dainty Xmax Biouses from the Canadian Army. He and that he was looking for deserters. Plattsburg, he went to Ewlyoke, ope Henderson camo across the bor ed he succeeded in demonstrating! Phillips drove around Essex County Ue bought a rifle and u supply of Mass. Going up to a munition fac-1 at $2.50, $3.00 up to $9.50 der and. enlisted with the Canadian the truth of that old saying, "there for three days and when on the ammunition, some civilian clothes tory there, he bluffed the guard in Army, deserting battalion after bat is one born every minute." Waubeek Road, near Tupper Lake, from a storekeeper there, and paid to letting him into the factory. The talion. His first appearance in East During his short but spectacular j Brown Cashmere Hose he struck Phillips over the head for them by a cheque. He hired first man he saw inside the factory ern Canada was in Chesterville, career since October 12. 1917, Hen with the butt end of his riding two local men to guide him to Stony Henderson placed under arrest, Ont., in June, 1917, where he passed derson was successful in obtaining Just placed in stock a shipment of Brown I whip, stunning him, took $12 from Lake some twenty miles north of I with the assistance of Sergt. McCur- of bogus xe^pral cheques, obtaining goods about $500 by means ।him and departed. When Phillips Havelock, promising them $2 pcY I ley, despite the protestations of tho and money from the local merchants cheques besides running up livery all wool Cashmere Hose sizes 9, 9 1-2 and I recovered, his car was upset in the day, on the pretense of looking for employees, taking him in the car to of that place. He was arrested in bills which he paid for by cheque [ditch and considerably damaged, as a deserter supposed to be in a lum Patterson, N.J., where Henderson 10 at $1.50 Smith's Falls, brought back to Ches to the amount of over $1,000, vic when he was struck he lost control I ber camp near Stony. Lake. They turned him over to the city police, terville, found guilty and sentenced timizing tho people in every place ho of the car. went with the car as far as the road asking to have him locked up until to three months In the Cornwall visited until ho ran against a snag Henderson was next heard of by would permit, which was about ten he was ready to call for him. goal. He was only\ there a short at Bridgeport. Conn., when his car Dr. C. F. Graham, of Albany,., N.Y.,------miles. Here they broke a spring Sergeant McCurley became sus Earle & Cook & Hine when he escaped with the as eer came to an abrupt end. who was making a canoe trip up the'and the car was abandoned. The picious of Henderson and communi sistance of a girl with an automobile Racquette River and had reached a —------’ ’ cated his suspicions to the chief of Tom Montreal. party then proceeded on foot until w. H. MABEE Henderson point eight miles above Tupper Lake, they came to a lake where they hir police of Patterson, but Henderson tied towels and beddlnK Into a rope when Henderson, fresh from his lat ed a canoe from a settler. They succeeded in convincing the chief, General Agent Canadian and Amor- and when let into the yard tor ex- est escapade of assaulting the chauf- paddled about fifteen miles, but no as well as some detectives that were can Periodicals nt the Standard erclalnK one morning, escaped over i four, Phillips, and robbing him, ap deeerter was discovered. Coming in the office at the time, that he real iBank every Saturday from 10 a.m Why not try “The Ontario” Want Cohnniw for th-* the wall of the goal with the assist-' •---- ...... o.voini- pearedpu.irtiu uuon methe shore,si calling out that back to where the car had been left ly was a representative of the mil Ito 3 p.m. Special Club rates given. ance of the improvised rope, Jump I he had tost his way. He asked Dr. Henderson changed his uniform for itary police a*. Kingston. Ont., and d6-3md house you want to rent, or article for •ak” TTTE WEEKLY ONTARIO.
CmtfT’O EATS DIRT The Canadian «;-(*< 'J / VMM'' Red Cross Belleville Cheese Board District .. <• Branch Report for December. | ■ S—USED FORilS .1 .'.'.'•TCR- FOR MAKING B Letters acknowledging ^hlpmontSj Sec.—6 sheets, 6 housewives, 2 bal- • ,.v > . vr soap------run ■ ® , i< IS WITH EACH CAN. * have peon received from Mrs. Me acava caps, 12 prs. socks, 1 trench Luren-Brown. of tho Con. War Con | cap, 8 prs. bed socks, 2 personal tingent Assn.; Northamptonshire I property bags, 6 face cloths, 12 low- [of winning the war? If the Defence War Hospital. Dunton, Eng.; No. 16 els, 2 trench boxes. Iof tho Realm Act is not strong on- ^an General Hospital, Hastings, Melrose W.L: Mrs. C. Haight, ough to put an end to this scandal, pjng . un(| (jie following lotter from I Pres.; Miss Marlon^ McFarlan, Sec 1 (t should be amended so that these Lt.-Col. H. R. Casgraln:— 12 doz. mouth wipes, 12 prs. socks idle vampires shall be swept into a I Moira R.C. Hoc.: Mrs. Walter Sal net and made to earn their own isbury, Pres.; Miss Mildred Clare, We hive all kitihhf Prapjrtie* ia ' 7' c locked arll.rs. ;£JJ bread ns honest women and girls do. Sec. 16 prs. socks, 16 towels. G How much longer is the scandal to sheets, 18 pillow covers, 7 suits py every pirt of City ail Cintry. acknowledge with, go on? beg jamas. thanks the case of clothing contain I Plainfield W.I.: Mrs. P. Hubei, Gul birgiins for investment or spec- 1 ing 3 doz, and 2 suits pyjamas, half Pres.; Miss Annie Hamilton, Sec.— (2 boxes illation. doz. bed socks. 17 towels. 36 towels. 192 handkerchiefs, candy and I pkg. maple leaves for suits pyjamas, 10 trench Let us show you some nice homes at ; FOOD SHORTAGE prs. sock's, 1 trench box. (Quilt made by Plalafield W.I., won handed to tho Sister in charge, to I rij'it p*ic5>. by Miss E. Moult and donated back bo distributed amongst, our patients. I IN BRITAIN to Red Cross.) As you are no doubt aware, this Queen Alexandra R.C. Soc.: Mrs. hospital has been established by the I Angus Lawrence, Pres.; Mrs. H. - Canadian Government, for (he ex-' Ilubble, See.- 11 trench caps, 1 elusive treatment of French soldiers stretcher cap, IS l’s. socks, 8 suits V|» Daily to and it is with deep satisfaction, in pyjamas, 1 trench box. Branch So-1 ] fact with real pride, that I beg to ciety, pupils of S.S. No. 4; Miss Ver- ] (hank the English-speaking ladles na Stinson. Teacher 10 towels, 10 GET UNDER YOUR OWN ROOF London, Doc. 26.—Tho food ques-l of Canada and to congratulate them face cloths, 1 stretcher cap, 2 trench | 1 BELLEVILLE. ONT tion in Britain is rapidly approach for the noble share they are taking caps. ing a crisis. The fourth winter of Roslin W.L: Mrs. Wm. Kincaid. - tho war finds tho public, rich and1 France, the heroes of Verdun and Pres.; Miss A. Fargey, Sec.—11 tow poor alike, driven to stand for long I the Marne. els, 9 suits pyjamas, 23 prs. socks. A PLAIN LETTER FROM hours to secure daily necessities, The officers, (ruined nurses and River Valley W.L: Mrs. T. J. ROCKING HORSES such as tea, butter, margarine and men under my command are all Smith, Pres.; Miss Fannie Heasman, sugar, of which the minutest portion Canadian born and for three years Sec.—1 night shirt, 6 prs. bed socks SHOOFLY MOCKERS |is doled out to each customer regard- have given their care and attention 17 prs. socks. 17 towels, 8 suits py --—IB. . Wl< J(teif ! ««■ a less------of the --size of the family or act-1 DOLL CARRIAGES, (o the wounded of our sister nation jamas. I Cannot, the Canadian authorities ua^ needs. in the present conflict. Sir John Colborne Chapter I.O.- SLEIGHS, BABY SLEIGHS BLiXS OF MORAL CONDITIONS! take this matter in hand? It has This condition exists in nearly This higher comprehension of na D.E.: Mrs. C. T. Head. Pres.; Mrs. I As We Have All Cl 7h(St Gccds.Weleu Ctl 1 his Siason .WOUT CAMP AND EI.SE- been going on three years too long, every large city of the country and tional duty in this hour oi trial will W. II. Colton, Sec.—15 grey service’ We Would Advise You To:Buj New I ENGLAND and demands immediate action. is worse in London, where the ever be a subject of praise and ad shirts, 15 doz. face cloths, 12 doz. I have written plainly in this situation is so serious and public miration for the noble women of handkerchiefs, half doz. pillow cov THE The following very plain letter is matter, as it is no time to mince °PJnion risen to such a pitch that [Canada, in having so kindly contrib- ers, 2 hospital shirts, 4 cheesecloth CHAS. N. SULMAN | words. I know whereof I write for PromPt official action to relievo the BEEHIVE written by Sergt. T. p. Lapp, former- , uted to alleviate the sufferings and suits. 1 have seen to my great sorrow, do- situation has been promised and will foreman of The Ontario Job Office, Stirling W.I.:—20 trench boxes, who went overseas some months ago zens of mep who have come over- soon be forthconiing French heroes and allies. contents not specified. If public recognition and praise with the 235th Battalion:— seas inspired with high ideals and! A Daily I* Tweed R.C. Soc.: Mrs. R. Patter 'are broken in body, mind and spirit [ should come later please |et me, my son, Pres.; Mrs. C. W. Huyck.'Sec. Witley Camp, Surrey, Eng., majority of shopkeepers sell । dear madam, offer you at once my 24 prs, socks, 6n | The Fuller Xmas tree in the Me- Nov. 27, 1917. i by the great evil that is still allowed The | to gather in its daily toll of victims, [ouly a certain allowance to each cus- sincerest and deepest thanks in the personal proper- thodist church was a grand success. Editor Ontario; — name and on behalf of these great Griffin’s Sincerely yours, j tom er. The result is that these wo- ty bags. 144 stretcher caps, 1 pr. The program was unique in every I Dear Sir: The enclosed editor men buying for a. large family, are I soldiers, who through superhuman |mitts. |way and the church was packed to' ial from The Weekly Despatch (a T. (’. Lapp. 'forced to stand sometimes almost all courage and sacrifice have helped । Thomasburg R.C. Soc.; Mrs. A. the doors so much so that one load Opera House Northcliffe publication) has prompt I day in several different queues to us to save everything life is worth jBeatty, Pres.; Miss Mabel West,'of young people who came late I Following is rhe editorial from ed me to write a few facts concern obtain enough for the family dinner?' living for. [Sec.- 25 towels, 2 pillows, 34 face dould not enter, thus having to re-' ing the greatest evil that the Can The Despatch: — Wednesday, January 2nd Moreover, this is a daily performance I With kindest regards to you al) cloths, 19 personal property bags, turn to their homes. adian Army has to contend with. “Let’s All Go Down To The Strand” lor in no case is it possible to pur- and with many thanks on behalf of 12 suits pyjamas, 9 prs. socks, 151| The sleighing is almost gone but Direct from New Princess both in England and Franc( -im- । . — !chase sufficient food to last any; the wounded French “Poilus”, I am. trench caps. Santa Claus may come with his Ford I venture to say Theatre, Toronto moral women. Let us take a walk down the]length o( tinie A quarter of pound Yours very sincerely. I Wallbridge W.I.: [car anyhow. I Mrs. Clem. H. ( Best Comic Opera Seen that there isn't a Canadian soldier Strand. Any day will do. Wet or;of toa i8 the most anyone is able to (Sgd.) li. R. Casgrain. Keteheson, Pres. Mrs. Lawrence || Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kellar mo- who has visited London that has line rajn or shine, we shall see theige^ while butter, margarine and Lt.-Col., O.C. Ketcheson, Sec. -4 feather pillows, 'tored to Belleville on Saturday. not been accosted by these creatures, sam0 disgraceful condition ol the[SUgar are doled out in amounts ।sugar are uoieu out m uuiuui it is my privilege to have 12 trench caps, 221 personal proper- Might we, Mr. Editor, through the •THE LILAC DOMINO” and_ , _a __great^^4. many men havehave rrnnogone pavements. . .quarter pound or two ounces. under my command Nursing Sister ty bags, 12 prs. socks, 7 suits pyjam pages of your valuable paper give with own to physical and moral ruin as I F1.0IU whence do they come— Miss Milburn, of your city; by her as. 12 prs. bed socks. some advice to those young men who a result. The number ot these de- theBe dirty slu(s of fifteen to eight- 33 — Ensemble — 63 kindness and sympathy in the dis | Wicklow W.I.: Miss Florence Hall it is reported want "fight” There graded females seems to increase ' cen years of age? Why should the and charge of her duties she has endear- Sec.; Mrs. G. Findlay. Packer— is a place in Europe where if they daily, as is evinced by a remark' ),usjest thoroughfare in London be arrived, Company’s Own Orchestra ed herself to her patients, and re- 68 hospital shirts. "sign up” may have all the fight made by two boys whose homes are obstructed from midday to midnight adding considerably to the suffering] fleets great credit upon her profes- West Huntingdon R.C. Soc.: Mrs. they want and some shells stronger Prices 25c to $1.50, Box Scats 2 in Prince Edward County, and who .with gangs of young female ruffians of those poor women who were oh-' sion. 1I.R.C.” Wilson. PJres.; Mrs. Geo. R. I than peanut shells to do it with. recently visited London after a year lying in wait in twos , ''Bed. to stand in line outdoors. Two and thieves The following Branches of the Post, sic.— 21 service shirts. 12 There is free passage over also. Scats Monday Doyle’s 320 in France. They said that a year JI and threes for Colonial soldiers hours is the average wait in any] I Belleville Cheese Board District, [suits pyjamas, 19. prs. socks. ago several of these women attempt-] London queue and those who arrive I Mr. Miller, the organ tuner, has passing through London or here for |C.R.C.S., ive contributed to the ' Donations: been doing a flourishing business in cd to stop them, but now they were 1 late have to wait from three to four! a few days’ leave? I December shipment of soldiers’ increased a dozen-fold. hours or run the risk of not being | ------Fourteen -pounds ------of cut sugar this vicinity lately. A fool could not mistake them. comforts and hospital supplies sent from Belleville Cheese Board Dis-1 a number from here intend tak- We have lectures occasionally on supplied. ‘1 HF. LII/AC DOMINO” AT GRIF They are young, mostly very ugly, overseas: trict C,R,C,S, ing in the entertainments at Moira. how to prevent venereal diseases There is alleged to be a great deal I FIN’S, BELLEVILLE, NEXT with an ugliness bred of criminal or Acme R.C. Soc.: Mrs. D. I. Rose. । Beulah and White Lake next week. and precautions to take regarding 'of ruthless profiteering indulged in j Cash from the following for the WEDNESRAY NIGHT semi-criminal upbringing, shabbily Pres.; Miss Iva Harry. Sec.—11 them, but there seems to be no con in this connection, probably one out purchase of a wheeled chair to be but often "fashionably” dressed, suits pyjamas, 17 prs. socks. certed action to cut off the source of every four standing in line buying presented to No. 16 Can. General The Metropolitan Comic Opera with dirty and sometimes painted Adams R.C. Soc. : Mrs. (s
Evidence of a German plot, to al •> M. (except Sunday) lions.” From Toronto and Intermediate ign the nations of South America l-OKTKR. BUTLER * PAYNE, No. 63, sent on July 7, 1917, against the United States is reveal- Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries *<-' read: “Our attitude towards Brazil • 10 P.M. (except Sunday) has created the impression here that Fro mTrenton, Picton and Inter 1 notorious Count Luxburg former E. J. Butler our easy-going good nature can be I German charge in Argentina, made •oints; 1.60 P. M., 2.03 P. M. (ex Ch as. A. Pflyne I counted, on. This is dangerous in Money to loan on mortgages public today by the State Depart •«pt Sunday) South America, where the people From Maynooth and Bancroft i and investments made. Officer- 219 Front St., Belleville. Ontario. ment. under thin veneer are Indians. ♦ .<6 P.M. (except Sunday) Forty telegrams sent by Count •'A submarine squadron with full ^From Tweed, Yarker and later von Luxburg of “spurlos versenkt” powers to me might probably still Mediate pointe; 11.40 A.M. and 6.09 fame, foimer German charge in Ar save the situation. I request in r* M. (except Sunady) gentfna, and constituting another WM. OARNEW structions as to whether after a rup From Kingston, Naponee and In Chapter in tho intrigues' of German Barrister, Etc. ture of relations legation is to start larmedlaxe points; 5.00 P.M., 8.26 diplomacy in neutral capitals, were County Crown Attorney for home or remove to Paraguay or ■M (except Sunday) made public here by the State De Office, Court House— possibly Chile. The naval attache From Smiths Falls, Ottawa ano —Tel. 238: House 4iV< partment. • arenuediate points; 3.20 A.M. (ex will doubtless go to Santiago de Chile.” i 00 P.M. and 8.25 P.M. (except In addition to the messages sent INSURANCE On<- of the messages revealed there were 13 telegrams from the CCORDING to a recent state cent official report issued by the Min along the C. P. R. as in former years. "iuday) । that Luxburg had induced the Pres- I Berlin office to Luxburg at Argen- A ment by Prof. W. L. Carlyle, ister of Agriculture for the Province In Alberta the other week a carload Jdent of Argentina to seek a secret,tjna late Dean of the Oklahama of Saskatchewan by the Secretary of of 20 three-year-old Aberdeen Angus H. HUDSON, representing the State College of Agriculture, the live GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY * Liverpool, London & Globc- agreement with Chile and Bolivia, the Provincial Livestock Board steers was sold at Calgary to a Xtme of departure from BelleviU* 'nW sura, nee Co.. North British ft Mer- stock outlook in Alberta cou’d hard shows that returns were never more Chicago firm at 12 cents a pound, ora •inrtl*- Insurance Co., Sun Fire In a “mutual rapprochement for pro ly be excelled anywhere. Stockmen satisfactory. The value of the live total of $3,427.20. Their average j Station surance Co., Waterloo Mutual, Goit tection against North America.” It all over the country are looking to stock in Saskatchewan is estimated weight was 1,428 pounds. Recently Going East Mutual. Farm and City property the Pacific slope sections for im Insured in first-class reliable corn- also showed that Luxburg did every at $173,207,848, ?.nd these returns one of the largest single cattle deals provement in breeding, and Western deal with conditions only up to in Canada was closed in Edmonton, no. 13—11.30 a.m.—Mail train dally oanlea and at lowest current rates. thing possible to have Peru brought tfo. 18— 1,00 a.m.—Fast train, fiy ' Office 19 Campbell St- Bellevilh CanaddPis admirably suited for rais April 30th last. There has been a great consisting of the purchase of 2,500 into such an agreement. ing stock. 'It is generally recognized increase since that date as farmers head of choice beef steers, weighing er dallj. The correspondence deals large- bins Through Famous Clay Belt of that increase in live stock In future realizing the value of mixed farming not less than 1,350 pounds each, the s—11.10 a.m.—Mail and years must bring an improvement of have taken to raising stock. They sum involved in the transaction being ed 1894. |ly with efforts made by the German New Ontario and the Cobalt press, daily. W. ADAMS, Established the present breeding stock. The west find that the straw from the wheat between $300,000 and $325,000, and it R• Insurance. Municipal DDoben|-— minister to prevent any rupture of was looked upon as the base future will require 140 C. P. R. cars to tran Ko. 14—11.16 p.m.—Express daily urea and Real Estate. Marriaars - Mining District can be utilized as a cattle feed in the Jenses issued. Office 27 Campbell-aZP- '•« relations with Argentine and supply for the eastern breeders. The winter time, consequently there are sport the animals to their destination Wq. 18—5.45 p.m.— Local passes St. Phone 868. ■ throughout the despatch there was On your next trip to Western live stock industry in the west was not so many straw fires »o be seen Summer feed is cheaply raiae-i in great abundance. ger except Sunday. a warning to his government to flat Canada why not travel over a nev never better than it is to-day. A re- burning in the extensive wheat fields Going West ter the Argentinians and to word oute, see the wonderful land opened IP— 3.15 a.m.—Mall and Bx the note in reply to the Argentine ip in Northern Ontario by the Trans press daily. 1 protest against the sinking of the continental Railway and gain s 1—3,05 p.m.—- inte rnationa UT1CK Jltlll'll'lK" MOBILIZATION Reduction Of 10c for lightning rods steamer Toro in such a way as not limpse of Temagami, and the Limited daily. or meta! roof. Why pay hlghei '-obalt silver mining region? rates when you can get chcapei to offend them. Mo. 7— 4.50 p.m.—Dally. rates and Company guaranteed. You may use two famous trains One of the outstanding features of these years. And yet it is probable Bring In your policies and let me Mo. 17—11.40 a.m.—Passenger, unto many rates before you renew m your journey without any added the present war has been the abso-(there has not been an adequate co-' cept Sunday. your Insurance. CHANCE' ASHLE) xpense for railway fare as compared ordination of all this spiritual effort, 299 Front Street. Belleville. | Evidence of the apparent pliabil ute necessity and supreme value of Wo. 18— 4.85 a.m.— Limited vith any other route. The Inter- and it ought not to be beyond the ity of the Argentine President and co-ordination of effort. It is prob press daily ational Limited will carry you to bounds of possibility to accomplish of the opposition of Minister of For able that the power of unity has 33— 7.50 a.m.—Passenger daih eign Affairs Puerreydon is disclosed 'oronto, much more in this way with refer never been so strikingly proved as except Sunday. F. KETCHESON, representing in many of the despatches. Fre tarts on its westbound flight. “The ence to the Christian forces of the Returning leaves Toronto at 5.30 H• North American Life Assur quent reference is made by the rational” uses the rails of the Grand today in questions of finance and in allied nations. It has, therefore. ance Co., Anglo-American Fire In ’rank to North Bay, the »m., arriving at Belleville 9.20 p.m surance Co-. Equity Fire Insurance charge to difficulty, he was having all matters connected with produc- |beeu su?sested that at some definite ABE YOUB GLASSES BELLEVILLE & PETERBORO Jo.. Commercial Union Assurance ’emiskaming & Norther Ontario , mu > • |moment multitudes of Christians, Co.. Montreal-Canada Fire Insur in dealing with the foreign minis tion and manufacture. The domi-' . t v L Going West Provincial Government line) to ance Co., Hand-In-Hand Fire Lnsur ter but emphasis is placed upon the ,wherever they chance to be, in office, SOOTHING I Leave Ar Peterboro anee Co., Atlas Assurance Co., Mer jochrane, and the Canadian Gov- mint requirement is mobilization forjor store, or field, or home, or street,' chants Fire Insurance Co., Indepen ease with which he communicated rnment Railways to Winnipeg, dent Fire Insurance Co., Wellington with the President. the sake of highest possible effici- or trenches, might focus a united in- TO YOUR EYES Fire Insurance C>>., General Acci where it links up with the Grand 8.26 p.m dent Fire and Life Assurance Co., { In a statement accompanying the ency. Everything connected with in-1tercession for the triumph of right Going East London Guarantee & Accident In Trunk Paciflc for all important your glasses sopthe surance Cu..Guardian Casualty ft telegrams, the Argentine Foreign divMualism has been for (he time and the comlng of Peace- And If this 'Oints in Western Canada. • ?rves something is Lv Peterboro Boiler Insurance Co. Office 12 Minister announced that there were , . , levy could be made definite and con-1 Bridge St. Phone 223. Marriage A pleasant daylight run to Tor torgotten, and no interest has been e , w ' ’g with them Accur 8.25 a.m Licenses Issued. three messages not published, as stant by the choice of some hour for. nio, an evening in the Queen City allowed to compare with the necessi- united prayer every day. as it is un-! ate./ jilted, correctly made, 1.30 p.m • 11 hoy related solely to Chile and Uru BELLEVILLE and MADOC nd “The National” is ready to ties of the situation demanded by a tier the King’s call for prayer on and properly adjusted, they guay. They have been delivered to Going North arry you westward. The depart- united nation. In the face of the January 6th, the result would soon should afford you relief those governments. Arrive Mado< T. THOMAS, London Mutual .re of “TJie National” from Toronto great emergency, any form of dis be felt and seen beyond al| question. | from all eye strain. • Fire Insurance Co., Phoenix An indication of the means used Mixed 1.60 p.m iH of London) Assurance Co., Nova s at 9.00 p. m. on Tuesdays, Thurs- union would be fatal. The remark This does not imply that the Al-1 Ray’s service assures you of by Count Luxburg to evade detec Mixed 7.30 p.m Scotia Fire Underwriters, Union «of ays and Saturdays. North' Bay is able efficiency of Germany has im mighty has to be approached as Paris) Fire Insurance Co. Insur tion in communicating with his gov the utmost eye comfort it Going South ance of all kinds transacted at low eached next morning and there pressed the world with the wonder though all the virtue were on one est rates. Phone 733. Office, P.O ernment is found in one despatch is possible to get with glass Arive Leave Mado« pens up for your admiration all power of mobilization, and against side and all the wrong upon the Box 81; Dominion Bank Chambers. where reference is made to his fear es. Mixed 3.20 p.m the this menace the Allies have done and .other, but it does mean that in the that “secret wire” had been discov Mixed 7.45 a.m erritory served by the T. & N. O are doing their utmost to mobilize conviction of the people of God the ered. Another refers to an inter None of th.© above trains run on _,ine. These are followed by a their resources. Men, ammunition, iDivine Lord undoubtedly distinguish- Alexander Ray obert bogle, Mercantile Ag ruption of his wire to Mexico. Sunday. R ency. Estates managed. Ac wonderfully interesting trip through ships, Red Cross work, labor and es between good A SERGT. HARRIS Christmas in War Time HONG KONG derry Christmas ARRIVES HOWIE S I N < LAI R’S S I N (’ L A I It’S To Each and All ix Huiicrers to hand. Tho Governor-General received u Harris. Iio whh In tho 34tth 1 cablegram from Walter Long, Bec- ory before tho war broke out. rotary for the Colonies, stating that August 1914 he enlisted and THANKS Hong Kong had given ten thousand overseas with the artillery in endearment are broken, shattered by tho iron hand of human hate forged in the fires of hell, and wielded by tho power of Satan. pounds "with an expression of thc| first contingent. In England ho deep sympathy of the colony in thp| was kept some as his Thore are vacancies, In family circles, which never can bo filled For Your on earth. Thore are empty chairs, with only a glimmer of hope, that [terrible disaster hlch has befallen Horvloes wore very valuable as them." sergeant instructor at Shorncllffo. when tho cruel war Is over tho former beloved occupant may return. Admitting that all this Is true, when should the angels’ song of Tho Governor-General has also re Finally to go overseas ho threw up peace and good will sound sweeter than now? ceived a cablegram from tho Gov went as a Generous When should the Divine promise of peace be more welcome than ernor of British Guiana, that the co months on gunner. For twenty-six in time of war? In just such circumstances, and frightful doings on lonial council there has voted five fronts he earth the heavenly “Fear not!” Is most significantly full of cheer and the Belgium and French thousand dollars in aid of tho suffer fought and won buck his st ripus on ' comfort. At such a time as this, “good tidings’’ brought by Heavenly ers. Tho cablegram adds: "Tho peo this long Messenger from the throne of God, should Indeed, be welcome and re Patronage the battlefield. During ceived with gladness. leave of ple of British Guiana have heard period ho had only one Instead of dwelling in thought upon human hate and its fruit, with the greatest concern of the dis absence. Sergeant Harris was re let us think and speak of God’s love, and what it has done and Is doing. aster which has befallen Halifax and coin mended for a com mission in the To many of our soldiers, in. the far-flung battle line, the message desire to convey their sympathy. artillery but bo did not seek the of Divine love and salvation has been far more of a blessing, than honor and so stayed with the guns. they ever knew it to be while they were enjoyhlg Ih comforts of lilimUCb home and the ministry of loved ones. Finally ho was wounded in the face Above the roar of battle, the angels' song of peace may sound and leg with shrapnel. The face । sweeter, and clearer the harmony of Infinite Love, than it ever could SOLDIERS AND wounds are now scarcely visible, the in church, or home where the need of a Saviour is not deeply felt. Injury to his ankle seeming the most Some of our soldiers have made room in their heart for Him which serious. "Came to seek and to save that which was lost.” POLICE CLASH He came out by way of New York And there, amid the horrors of war, beneath a khaki-clad-breast stained with the blood of comrades was, for the first time, cradled the abd is home on 15 days leave from Christ Child! And the soul of a warrior rejoiced that for him a ARREST OF DRUNKEN VETERAN Sinclair9 s Queen’s Hospital. Kingston. Saviour was born, even Christ tho Lord, The King of Peace! On the body of a young British officer, slain in battle, was found BAND a diary. In which was written: “I have seen with the eyes of God. 1 have seen the vanity of the temporal and the glory of tho eternal. I toughly Hand- YPRES HERO have despised comfort and honored pain. I have understood the vic Staff Xmas Afternoon & Night tory of the Cross. O Death where is they sting?” Let this Christinas bo the best the world has ever known, because Kingston,— Last night shortly Admission 30 Cents peace and good will never shone so beautiful as when seen through' LAID TO REST after 8 o’clock a returned soldier smoke of battle! Let us rejoice that Christmas peace is the peace of Jesus! The Clashed with a coiiple of police- Joins With peace that abideth. The peace that the world cannot give with all its men, and ii their efforts to health, wealth and prosperity, and -cannot take away with all its hu arrest him tho policemen were set man hate and cruel severities. upon by a number of returned men Just because of the fearful things which are coming upon the and several cvilians, and the two AH that was mortal of the late. earth: we shall listen for angel voices proclaiming "Peace and good will.” and be glad that tho very dissonances of earth make the har policemen were roughly used in the Santa Claus Gunnor Thomas Yateman was laid co mony of Heaven sweeter; and that the conflict of unrighteousness, ^mix-up. The two officers were com rest on Saturday afternoon in the makes the coming triumiSant reign of the King of Righteousness and pelled to relinquish their man, but -100 Pairs of Skates Belleville cemetery under the aus Prince of Peace more glorious! । later in the evening they again secur to be tfold at pices of the Belleville Branch of the Wishing the Ontario, Editor and staff and readers a joyous ed him. and this morning he was Great Veterans’ Christmas and happy, prbsperous New Year, given a heavy touch in the Police The obsequies of the dead hero I remain gratefully, Court. Bargain Prices IR A L C IN S Ypres were largely attended A. M. HUBLY. Officer Edward Graham was stand many flowers bore witness to the ing near the corner of Princess and C. J. LEWIS public’s sympathy with tin parents . Wellington streets, shortly after 8 The Bicycle Store 333 Front St. of the deceased young The CHILDREN’S SHELTER SANTA PRINCIPAL o’clock last evening, when the return bearers were all returned young men ed soldier and a companion passed. _ who had fought in the heaviest bat- A paragraph in the report of tlie, After passing, the soldier brandished Hing of the West Front—Se gt Maj. Previously acknowledged 5 115.00 Board of Education meeting, u bottle of whiskey and told all and i Gerald Spafford, Sergeant Reyn.ud . sundry what he would do to the po- Mrs. Lambly...... 2.00 published in Saturday’s issue te Sergeant Tett, Corporal Styles, Bom 1.00 ferred to Dr. Forrest as acting. liceman who attempted to arrest him. Mrs. A. E. Lazier...... ’ bardier Blaylock, Driver Saunders 5.00 principal of Belleville High School, Officer Graham followed him to the S A Lover of Children...... SHOP and Gunner Newton. Rev. Dr. R. CJ . middle of the block, where he met 1 Misses Hatt...... 12.00 in the absence of Principal Mac- Officer Leslie Clark in front of the Blagrave of Christ Church offici teo Pearce Co., Marmora . . ■ • 5.00 Laurin, Mr. W. W. Knight is the act r Randolph, and when the soldier 'S IR A L C IN S At The .at the last sad rites^ Mrs. (Dr.) Dolan...... 1.00 ing principal. Dr. Forrest having demerged from that hotel the police- List of people who sent flowers Santa Claus St. collection . . joined the staff during the absence i men arrested him Belleville Pharmacy to the funeral of the late Thos. E D. Vandervoort, Deseronto LOO of Mr. MacLaurin. Dr. Forrest is a Yateman:— sprays from, Miss A They brought him to the corner of Mrs. S. S. Lazier...... 10.00 former High School principal. Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Princess and Wellington streets Mr. R. TanntjJiill...... 5.00 J. McGuire, Belleville War Workers, where they were set upon by the Mrs. D. V. Sinclair...... 10.00 To-night LAID TO REST crowd and so badly handled that they Mr. and Mrs. J. Phillips. Miss Mrs. G. E. Deroche, clothes, toys and Walton, Miss Barrager, Mr. and Mrs. had to relinquish their hold on tho $1.00 and get your G. N. Spafford, Lieut.-Col. E. D. The remains of the late Mrs. Mary soldier, who was thrown into a cutter Mr. Robertson, Belleville Creamery, O’Flynn, Mr. and Mrs. W. Rutton Morton, widow of the late William------by his comrades and taken away. Of- 1 turkey 1918 Calendar and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Ross Morton, arrived in the city from’fjccr Clark, however, had the bottle 'Mrs. Wilfred Holmes, candies, nuts Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wrightmyer, Mr. Toronto, on Saturday and were of liquor which the soldier had, and and fruit. in Wishing with our Sincerest and Mrs. G. Carson, Mr. and Mrs. taken to Belleville Cemetery for in- n was produced in court this morn- J. Graham. 1 turkey. Harry Lazier, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. R. terment. Mrs. Morton died at the ing. NCLAIR A L C IN S Seasen’s Greetings family, Mrs. Booth and Viola, Mrs. The Children’s Shelter, home of her son. Mr. W. W. Morton i The two officers, unable to handle 2-13 Dundas St. Bongard, Mrs. Salt. Mr. and Mrs. in Toronto. She was a former Belle- the crowd------of soldiers, went Beaumont and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dear Reader— ville resident. Besides her son, she headquarters for reinforcements, and Everybody de Belleville Pharmacy A. Lott, Mrs. Baldree and family, The children and staff will be leaves five daughters, She was' a when they returned the soldiers had Mr. Leo Hamilton, Mr. Jack Donavon lighted to welcome you to-morrow sister of* tho late Mrs. Thomas vanished. But shortly after 11 o’clock Gunner C. R. Belnap, Mrs. C. J. (Xmas Day) three to six p.m. Father Watkin and of Mrs. George Maybee they saw their man come down Brock THE KODAK STORE Bo well, Mr. Ernest Phillips and Christmas will visit the Shelter at 3 Belleville. street and enter restaurant there. 21 Bridge St. E. mother, Mr. William Hulley, Mr. and by special arrangement. Come and They immedaitely arrested him and Mrs. Fred Holmes, Mother and see Old Santa distribute the good 'placed him behind the bars without RED (ROSS PENN! ’ Family. Wreathes from nurses things to the children. difficulty. S Belleville .General Hospital; Mr. and The children and staff Join in wish COLLECTION I After being locked up the soldier Mrs. Hope McGuiness, lilies; Great ing you all a very happy Christmas boasted that of the time he was over- Says She is Feeling and a prosperous New Year. May the The convenor of the Red Cross'seas most of it was spent in the Merry War Veteran’s Association, cross; IR A L C IN S Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, Harold St. King of Peace reign in all your penny bag movement desires to wish “clink” and that he had served but a Like a New Woman wreath; Mrs. Jackson, Station St. hearts. one and all of our generous patrons week in the trenches. He undertook spray. Yours sincerely. a very happy Xmas and we hope that to smash up the cells at headquarters DODD’S KID1VEY The family wish to thank those Thos. D. Ruston. our brave boys at the front, of whom and did damage to some of the furn Christmas CURED HER KIDNEY who sent sprays and wreaths and we will all think so often and so ishings there. The officers of the TROUBLE whose names have been unintention BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS SER lovingly on Xmas Day will be night staff had considerable difficulty ally omitted from this list. VICES AT BRIDGE ST. CHURCH Tangibly remembered when the n quieting the unruly man. >va So din Lady Who Was Weak,- The Christmas services yesterday collectors call on the following day This morning Officers Graham and Nervous nnd Irritable and Suffered EDGAR STAPLEY RETURNS both morning evening were for the contents of your bag. Red Clark felt the effects of their maul ’ From Back Finds the Sergt. Edgar Stapley, a member of marked by the appropriate choral Cross penny bag collection Wed- ing at the hands of the crowd, in S Right Remedy for all Her Ills. the 155th Battalion, has returned numbers sung by the large ohoir nesday, Dec. 26th. which several civilians were noted. home bearing honorable wounds under the direction of Mr. V Several cases may develop out of the Antigonishe, N S. Dec. 24th— received in the conflict at the west- Hunt, organist. The anthems melee. R. CHURCH BURNED ON IR A L C IN S (Special.)—-That Dodd’s Kidney ern front. Edgar was badly wound- eluded, Sing a Song of Praise, by A number of returned soldiers un Pills ure keping up their good work ed but his vitality pulled him Stainer, I Will Sing of the Mercies stintedly condemned the action of in Nova Scotia is evidenced by Miss through. He is well-known in of the Lord Forever, A Legend by their fellow-soldier in making the Mary Jane DeWolfe, an esteemed Belleville, having been with his Tschaii^jvsky and Glory to God Montreal, Dec. 24.—St. Stanislas disturbance and of those who inter • nd popular young lady living father in the parcel delivery business from Handel's Messiah, The Beauti- Catholic Church, completed here fered with the police in their duty. here. Miss DeWolfe suffered for and later engaged in recruiting the i’ul Opening Recit, from the Messiah. about five years ago, was completely They pointed out that the returned seven years from an aggravated 155th Battalion. Comfort Ye My People, and the destroyed by fire this morning. The soldiers must obey the law tho same form of kidney trouble. Six boxes Recitatives, There were Angels, and structure cost $500,000 and was in- as anyone else, and officers and men •if Dodd’s Kidney Pills cured her. LATE WILLIAM> The Angel of Tho Lord, and sured tor $170,000. The curate in alike from overseas stated that a “I am feeling like a new woman,” The obsequies of tV late William Suddenly there were with the Ange! charge, the Rev. Father Piette, was ’ repetition of such conduct as that of S Miss DeWolfe states in an interview. ।Watts were held on Saturday after- beautifully interpretedinternreted bv Mr to kave celebrated today the 20th the soldiers in question last night ’I am indeed thankful for the good noon from his late residence, Front Staples and Miss Stork. Mrs. Bower- anniversary' of" 'his * ordination,~ would surely prove distasteful to citi Dodd’s Kidney Pills haw done forjstreet, where the Rev. S. C. Moore man’s solo. The Christmas Message] 4.30 this morning he was zens in general, and would work to me and I hope© they will give officiated at an impressive service, with violin obligato by Miss Helen called to the church by a messen- the detriment of the returned men IR A L C IN S benefit to all sufferers from kidney The funeral was very largely attend- B. Hunt was a delightful gem, also S©r, the interior was on fire, but he themselves. —Kingston Whig. rrouble. believe rny -trouble ed. Many beautiful floral offerings the duett, Gound’s Divine managed to save the altar adorn- started from a strain. 1 became had been made out of respect to the Redeemer by Miss Stork and Mrsjments and the various sacred ves- tired and nervous and id head- memory of the deceased . The Bowerman. The The highest whose information and fragmentary. I of Highways In INSIDE NEWS over 3 2 cents per pound, soldiers wore helpli BBNE DRY CANADA tho most mnjlptlc bird c A ployooH. again hoard contradict- a total expenditure of $2421.71 on OF RUSSIA roads and requesting tho grunt pro- others went at $7 Hu. >al situation until pansongers from $4 and $4.50. PROCLAIMED UNTIL io suburban stations Joined the Tho buyers were quoting today rough dressed i Windsor Water Commission-] no visible signs of traffic. The turkeys. YEAR AFTER PEACE 1 Nvvembor 13. The London Daily/ ere enough to fill a Hbroniole's special correspondent Dr. I Thorn wore shutters on most of the Tho goose was a good seller at and Poll-clerks for the year 1918, Harold Williams, who has been on I shops and many wore closed, hut tho I.CO, $2.75, $3 00 id $3.50. most successful German aviators and a visit to the Caucasus, describes jitrains worn running as usual. Near Mention is to Discourage UnneceHKiiry Ex pend Huh** During These prices were maintained SUCCOHROr Boojke In corn- War Time what he saw and heard of tho------civil li :my house I mot a squad of tho Red throughout the market. Tho goose mostly were fat. Buyers paid 25c. been killed. two young men, miles to Petrograd. via Kieff and franco to my to 30c. per pound for rough dressed. Andrew J. Peters, formerly assist 1917, be collected with costs. OTTAWA, Dec. 24- Oflicial aiiir/incement wsa made by Moscow. I residents of house, word on. Ducks generally brought $1.50 ant secretary, was elected mayor of the prime minister at noon on Saturday of the prohibition of tb<* Returning trom u short visit lol [guard. Residents of each house now Jech. They were jiot. very numerous. Boston, defeating Mayor James M. take turns In policing doors and I importation of intoxicating liquors into Canada after today. The rough dressed bird wholesale | Curley, his nearest opponent, by ap tbo Northern Cuncasun, I traversed 'gateways; wo are all special consta- The only exception is in I he case of purchases made befon Russia from south to north. at 25c. to 80c. proximately 9,000 votes. October meeting was then taken up [blos now. i t hat date. Throughout the te)i Kuban terri Three dollars per pair was the With a decision upholding the Id and on motion by J. M. Hess, second- tories order was undisturbed. At top-notch price on chickens. Those aho prohibition law, the U. 8. Su The announcement reads: “On December 17 the people of tho Petrograd rumors, and parly Rostoff on Friday I learned a. few de wore fine birds, large and plump. preme Court held that u citizen has <*d to purchase a copy of “Merldlth’s gave to the government an unmistakable mandate for the vigor tails of the rising of the Rostoff gnr-l wrangling. and furious recrimina Two dollars and fifty cents was the no consltutional right to possess Canadian Municipal Manual.” tion, and felt again the bitterness of liquors for his personal use if a. ous prosecution of the war and for the employment of all the rlson and tho workers were in a general price of chickens. A Jotter from the British Red tho Russian tragedy as 1 hod not State wishes to forbid it. countyr’s energies and resources necessary to achieve victory. state of ferment and had passed Butter and eggs absorbed only a Cross Society was read, acknowledg । felt It through all the long journey Fire in the Canadian Northern sta ing the recipt of $500 from the Sid( jit is essential and indeed vital to the efficient conduct of the Bolshevik resolutions. ----But —in - -the । small Interest today, although pri neighboring town of Novotcherkask.joverovnr thothe nlain.pbHn Outside Petrograd, ces were kept up to the standard. — tion at Port Arthur did damage to ney Township Council and express war that wasteful or unnecessary expenditure should be pro- the capital of the Don country, the; it is easiei V _ ___ , Butter brought 50c and eggs 60c to materials and records to the extent, ing gratitude for the generous re-. 'hibited, and all articles capable of being utilized as food should Here the "atmosphere of catastrophe about $65,000. Cossack government under.. ___ T.-..Kaledin 1^,4■ Unro the Til spouse to their appeal. I be conserved. It is beyond question that the use of liquor af- Brantford local council has passed had immediately declared for the Is stifling. Sauer kraut was sold at ton cents The Reeve read a letter from the fecfg adversely the realization of this^purpose. Provisional Government, assumed] per quart andd was quite a seller. (a resolution demanding that tho au- Navy League, which was placed on •*j,he subject has been under consideration by the war com- brought $2.00 per bag. thorlties take steps to remove the Call power in its own territories and Potatoes tile for further consideration. —i-i- - The frosty atmosphere resulted iin name from Kitchener, Ont., and not i Moved by M. Finkle, seconded by niittee of the cabinet, and therefore conclusions have been established contact with the Cossack jpermit the rename of with any name government of the neighboring ter PASSING OF OR. [restricted offerings. iChas. Ketcheson, that the Treasur-1 reached:; r !of any allied hero. er’s salary for 1917 be increased by ritories. There was no hay offered today "(1) Any liquor or beverages containing more than two and $50. Carried. Shortly after the rising, tbo Cos- RICHARD JONES Oats, wheat barley and buck ahalf per cent, alcohol shall be regarded as intoxicating liquor. On motion by W. A. Finkle, sec K.Hcks of tho Don, Kuban, Tver and wheat. are unchanged. •‘(2) The importation of intoxicating liquor into Canada is Astrakhan territories, tho Kalmuks Received Preliminary Education Hides are down to 10c per pound. onded by W. Reid, the Township of the Steppes and the mountain! The hog market is steady at BILLY SUNDAY Treasurer was authorized to pay S. prohibited on and after Dec. 24, 1917, unless it shall have been tribes of Daghestan and the Black | per cwt. Beef and lamb remain un- S. No. 11, the sum of $4.55, being actually purchased on or before that date for importation into Colioge Belleville taxes collected from the Hydro-Elec Sea coast had formed a league of changed in price. Canada and unless, having been so purchased, it is imported in WALLOPS HON tric Power Co. autonomous units with a common Christmas trees were sold on the The death occurred at his late res to Canada not later than the 31st day of January, 1918. The final federal government over the wholo market this morning. Moved by J. W. Hess, seconded^by idence, “Avaloa”. D’Arcy Street, on I Allanta, Ga., Dec. 24.—Before a determination upon any question respecting such purchase territory north of the Caucasus be M. Finkle that the minutes of this Saturday morning, of Dr. Richard screaming, yelling audience of thous tween the Caspian and the Black meeting be now read and adopted shall rest with the minister of customs^. This regulation shall Jones, aged 84v years, after an ill- ands of men and women at the Tab Soa. The existence of this league and that the Connell adjourn. Car- not apply to importations for medicinal, sacramental, manufac ness extending about two years. ernacle last night, Billy Sunday when guaranteeec complete order in that turing or chemical purposes. Though he had not been in good AS BUSY EYES nearing the close of his revival here II. Nobes, Chas, Ketcheson, territory, which includes the richest health during this time, his condi fought a fast and furious fist fight Clerk. Reeve. “(3) The transportation of liquor into any part of Canada i granary of Russia. tion was not considered serious, and with a German sympathizer on the wherein the sale of intoxicating liquor is illegal will be pro- On Thursday, Kaledin’s govern SEE IT ALL platform. While the exchange of SERBS ATTEND 1 hibited on and after April 1, 1918. ment declared martial law in the his last illness was of eleven days’ duration, pneumonia being the blows was about even, Billy had de ------j “(4) The manufacture of intoxicating liquor within Canada disturbed mining area df the Donot’s H.AI’PENINGS THE WORLD OVKR cidedly the better of the argument cause of death. The late Dr. Jones Deceased compatriot I'rom Point Basin, and an engineer whom I saw BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED before the crowd near the platform will |)e prohibited on and after a date to be determined upon fur- was a son of the late Rev. George, Anne later in the train declared that the Jones and Laura Mallory, who were! separated the contestants. I ther investigation and consideration of the actual conditions of miners had resumed work. The Cos-i' From Fai* and Near His attack came just after the of United Empire Loyalist stock*. I | . The funeral of Mijo Smolie. ihe industry. » '*^^.14 sack Congress, which happened to ' stunt Reading evangelist had begun a vigorous at He was born in Clarke Township,! Serbian who died on Thursda 1 “As above mentioned, the prohibition of importation be- be sitting at Kieff, immediately took tack on the Germans and their allies Durham County, January 9, 1834, the hospital of a fractured skull and ’ cobes effective today, (December 24). command of the’ situation there, ar in this war. and received his preliminary educa I spinal column sustained in an ac- rested the Ukranian Council and 5 Peru Congress convened to discuss, He had just said that he “didn’t “The regulation to carry into effect the other provisions suppressed the Bolsheviks. The last ’tion at the public schools and Al itidentmorning at tomPoint MessrsAnne, Tlekelltook 01ace * Sonsthis' ‘‘?h ove mentioned are being prepared- and as soon as'approved finance. think God would be on the side of a I heard in Rostoff was that the Cos- 1bert College, Belleville. He studied Wheat bread is what Italy’s people i dirty bunch that would stand aside sacks were arresting the Bolsheviks 1medicine and graduated from the .Blagraveundertaking of rooms.Chrlit ChurchRev. Dr. official- R. C.| theAct.y w111 be enacted under the provisions of the War measurer,Mpaonr. need most, according to the Ameri- and see a Turk outrage a woman.” i i at Novoteherkask. 1University of Buffalo about 1S6O(|-— ------o ______At this point there came cries of;' later taking post graduate work in can Red Cross. Jag. A number of\ compatriots ot| ‘ The foregoing provisions will remain in force -during the Indiguation With Kerensky New York. He started practicing John Henry Hammond, of New “Look out, and stop him!” and W. the deceased attended the last sad] his profession at Madoc in the early |York, is made directoV of the U. S. South Prior street, pushed by Sun “The foregoing provisions will remain in force (luring the rites and acted as bearers. Inter From Rostoff onwards there was a I day workers who ere trying to keep war and for 12 months after the conclusion of peace.” 60’s,, being there when the first gold Bureau of Enemy Trade. ment was in Belleville Cemetery. । complete absence of definite news. In 1869 he | The council of the village of Cree- him off the platform and advanced Order prevailed at all stations and discoveries were made, Smolic was 51 years of age having! threateningly on the evangelist. removed to Port Perry, going into: niore» Ont., donated $200 to aid the been born in Zagrebu, Austria, in View, and Mrs. C. Frost, of Fran? fewer soldiers than usual besieged Halifax sufferers. Turning to see the cause of the in the train. The more intelligent sol- Partnership with his brother. Dr. 1S66. He was known at Point Anne ford, spent Sunday at Mr. W. H. John Wilson, a retired farmer, of terruption, Sunday crouched like a diers with whom I talked were in-,Ueo' W' Jone3> who some time later la s M. Tamczuk, the name given in SUDDEN DEATH I। White’s. Hertsall, Ont., was burned to death prize fighter and looking like a ring dignant with the Bolsheviks, and remove<1 to Michigan. He remained the report of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Way and chi? while living alone, general, launched an attack on the Mr. Esau Langman dropped dead though the Socialists declare for at Port Perry for twenty years, car- dren visited at Mr. C. Chase’s ou Everett J. Wallace, for 16 years U. intruder. as a result of heart failure while at Kornilotf, other and simpler men ' r>’inS on a large and successful prac- DIED AT GREAT AGE Sunday. S. Assistant Commissioner of Immi Billy led for the face and missed, work at Deloro last Saturday. Up inew little of politics and cared less. tice- Ho was a doctor of the old Congratulations to Mr. and Mr . gration at Montreal is dead. and the stranger, who outweighed to the day of his death he was appar Nowhere throughout /the journey |acho°l and "as known everywhere I Airs. Sarah Homan was in Her 9Htb W. J. Josnson on the arrival of a | Dugald Brown, formerly sheriff of ently in good health and the report did I hear a word of sympathy for'418 1,10 P““r man's doctor, not only pilly by about fifty pounds, landed son. Elgin county for 25 years, has died at a glancing blow on tho face. Then of his demise came as a great sur ifir md Mrs. Horace McMuner Kerensky. Educated passengers were Slving hi» services free, but gave of iSt. Thomas, aged S3 years. prise to the people of Marmora. The Billy countered with, heavy wallops । The death occurred this morning took :.hcr at Mr. A. Chase’s on infuriated by his laxity In permitting|his own t0 make the lot of his poor- California State Committee recom deceased was born in England and er friends a more agreeable one. to the chest, and the crowd was on of a very aged lady, Mrs. Sarah Sund; the Bolshevik agitation, and the sol-. mends the importation of Chinese was seventy-seven years of age. He Here he was given every position the platform and tore the fighters'।Homan, at the residence of her Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Powell ami diers were indignant that he was un-[ I laborers for work on farms. the municipality could give\ filling apart. [grand-daughter, Mrs. Fred Wheeler, has been a resident ot Hastings Mrs. N. Bates visited in Belleville on able to maintain authority and or | The dead body of a jvoman with at various times the office of' reeve, ]190 James St. Mrs. Homan was 97 County for many years but he also Thursday. der. A railwayman said Kerensky, । B „ injuries on the head, was found in a! 'I ES OF DECEMBER MEET. lived in California for eight years. A large congregation were pres Lenin and Trotsky ought all to be, icouncillor and member of the Board; , , years and 11 months of age and was| i „ :meadow at Shoreham, Essex. He carried on business as a butcher ent on Sunday evening and listened thrown into the Neva. There was of Education. In1887 heremoved T> > « i i . ■ mi , , ING OF SIDNEY TOWN born in Thurlqw. She was a Metho , Rabies has broken out in Thorold,; and grocer in Madoc for seven or to an inspiring address by Lieut.- not a trace of enthusiasm for the to Toronto, where he practiced un-1 . , . , , , . SHIP COUNCIL dist in religion. Mourning her death H land an order has been issued to de- eight years. Col. (Rev.) Williams, a former pas Provisional Government, which was til 1901, when he came to Cobourg, are one son, Samuel Homan, of stroy all dogs running at large. In September 1908, the late Mr. tor. felt to have deserved its fate; but to reside. He practiced here until Chicago and two daughters, Mrs. Fire in an oil, paint and leather Sidney Town Hall, Dec. 15th, 1917 Langman was married to Mrs. E. Mr. and Mrs. Morley Davidson and everywhere along the line was ex about five years ago when old age Council met pursuant to adjourn Joseph Millemas, of Vancouver, and store in Aberdeen did damage os- Southworth, who survives h^m. He mother visited at Mr. S. R. Ostcr- pressed a longing for real order, for and ilness compelled him to retire, ment. Mrs. Samuel Bonter, of Chicago Itimated at £20,000. was previously married three times. hout’s on Sunday. real authority, for someone who since which time he has devoted । The Fort William City Council । The members present were: Chas. He is also survived by one daughter, Mr. W. J. Bryant has sold h.s could at last save Russia from her himself to his garden. Dr. Jones Ketcheson, Reeve; J. W. Hess, Dep [voted $3,500 to the Halifax Relief) MARMORA Mrs. J. Sager, of Griswold, Man., house to Mr. L. Moran. terrible fate. was married in 1865 to Miss Lucin- [Fund in addition to the $1,500 al- uty Reeve; M. Finkle, and W. A. and two sons, D. J. Langman, Wol- Mr. Urquhart took tea at Mr. Nor At Khartov station on Saturday 'da R. Mallory, daughter of the late ready sent. Reid, Councillors. Mr. Geo. Cdllins, of Trenton, was) sely, Sask., and J. E. Langman, man Simmons’ on Sunday. there was again a scarcity of news c- R* Mallory, Front Road East, and After five years* service in the The minutes of the August regular whereabouts unknown , A daught I for fifty-three years they lived a life । in town yesterday on business con <»wing to r local newspaper strike. (Baptist church, Campbelllford, Rev. meeting and of a special meeting er, Mrs. John Canniff, died last June [of devotion to one another. She nected with the C.N.Ry. (James Cross hus resigned his pas- held Oct. 23rd, were read and. adopt [ Pte. Jos. McFarlane, who has been । Tho deceased was well known, I Bloodshed in Moscow with one daughter, Miss Laura L. torate here. ed. particularly in the northern part of Jones, of the Collegiate in Toronto for some months, return TRAINING SHIP Institute Mr. Sullivan then addressed the At Tula we had news of trouble } The steamship Mundale, of the | ed home last Saturday and will]| the county and he was esteemed and । staff, survive. Council re the purchase of wood on in Moscow. Approaching Moscow on Munson line, about the safety of I spend the winter in Marmora. respected by a larg e number ot Members of the latter lodge at- | which there has been some anxiety, die road allowance between Lots 6 a' bright sunny afternoon we looked t Her friends will regret that Miss friends. The funeral took place on FOR KINGSTON tended the funeral on Sunday to and 7 in the 8th Concession of Sid across the low-lying meadows and ( has arrived at an Atlantic port. I1 Nina Pinner is confined to her home Tuesday afternoon, service being Cobourg Union Cemetery, at which Dr. Thomas Darlington, C.E., M.D. 1 IN CONNECTION WITH TRAINING scanned the towers and cupolas of through illness. conducted at the house by Rev. W. Rev. H. B. Kenny officiated. former health commissioner of New Moved by Chas Ketcheson, second-I OF NAVAL CADETS—AR the city for traces of the smoke of Flight Lieut. Thomas Coon of tho P. Woodger. The remain^ were in York, has been brought to Halifax to ed by J. W| Hess that S. H. Wrightj RANGEMENTS NO»1 battle. But the old capital stood Canadian Flying Corps visited at his terred in the Marmora cemetery. SOLD HIGH resist the relief committee. and W. A. Reid be a committee to out still resplendent, with no out-1 home here during the past week. MADE Bloodhounds have been employed sell tho wood on the road allowance ward signs of any war. Mrs. W. G. Mackechnie is in Tor Markel Interest (’entered on Tur ।without success in the search for a in question. Carried. On the outskirts the train stopped. onto for a couple of days. On her STOCKDALE । A despatch from Ottawa this keys. Geese and Ducks — Hide I girl named Ramsey who disappeared A communication from the Depart We heard the sound of guns and return home she will be accompan morn states that arrangements are Market Slumped. from Exmouth some days ago. ment of Highways was read asking were told that the Officers’ Training ied by Dr. Mackechnie, who will Mrs. D. Trumble has moved into being made there to open the Royal Capt. Murray, formerly harbor- the Council for sertain information School was being bombarded. Wo spend the holidays with his family Mr. H. Floud’s house. Naval College at Halifax, which was men told terrible stories of fighting Market today bore al! the feature's master of the port, of Quebec, who re Public. Highways in the Township 1 The ladies of the W.M.S. met at badly damaged by tho explosion. The of Christmas tide. Poultry was the]lost his life in the Halifax disaster, | here.—Herald. and bloodshed throughout Saturday of Sidney the home of Mrs. S. Fox on Friday offer of the Royal Military Qollege only thing that seemed to count, was buried in Quebec with full mili- and Sunday, and declared that whole The'Council instructed the clerk last, and after packing a box of bed placing their buildings at the dis It was not long after sunrise that theJary honors. ; UneA had been mown down by ma to give the desjred information as ding, clothing, etc., for tho Deacon-1 posal of the Naval College is under farmers wives began to take their An official report of the Triple La- chine guns. far as possible. ess Home, Toronto, spent the after consideration and, it is expected that At the station there was not a places in the market building and bor Alliance just issued shows that A letter was read from Thos Tay noon in prayer for our missionary in the early spring when navigation unload the precious baskets of birds th“ 972 — -—* *>. single intelligent person, and all we the 278 delegates present at lor, Engineer, soliciting the patron Mr. Bert Miller, Bethany, died on re-opens a training ship will be sent |of all classes. Soon the market on tho field and for tho success of could gather were vague rumors of Conference represented 1,28 age of the Sidney Township Coun Tuesday after a protracted illness to Kingston for the practical nautical । building was the scene of a slowly members. of consumption. The funeral will be our Allies in France. continuous fighting, of houses des cil.. The Stockdale Women’s insti education of the students. moving mass of buyers and Kinver Edge, Staffordshire, has Moved by J. VV. Hess, seconded by held at his home across the bay. troyed by artillery and fire, of thou tute were at home to the members Rear Adwiral Kingsmill visited the spectators before. , the tables wellveld been bought as a memorial to Mr. । W. A. Reid, that the communication Mrs. Wm. Kingsbury, Mrs. Wm. sands killed and wounded. The of the Wooler Institute on Wednes R.M.C. this week and was very favor laden with poultry )f every de-]and Mrs. T. G. Lee, and handed over’ be received and filed. The motion Baker, and two children of Trenton, streets near the station were lined day afternoon. A good program ably impressed with the facilities of scription. to the national trust for places of carried. left this week to spend the holidays by people listening for the sound of was furnished by the Wooler ladies. fered. Nothing definite has been re The birds offered were mostly in (historic interest. On motion by W. A. Reid, second with the later's parents, Mr. and . firing, but we were told that farther Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Wood attended ceived yet as to the coming of the an excellent condition, having been In the province of Quebec outside! ed by M. Finkle, tho following ac Mrs. Wm. Fyles, of Watertown N. Y. on the streets were empty. As the the funeral of Mr. Wood’s aunt at [Naval College, but it is generally [fattened up well. Prices were high of Montreal Island, 29,486 subscrlb- counts were ordered to be paid:—■ Messrs. Mack Bartley, Robert ( [considered that the naval students. train glided out of the station the 1 naturally for the cost of grain - is era contributed more than seventeen j DcmorestvllleDomorestville on Tuesday last. coHbiu«.«u ...... — •...... sound of a volley came up from Tho Intelligencer Co. for Printing, Fairbairn, Chas. Froste, J. V. Mrs. Field suffered a stroke on about forty in number, will be here 4 ' ------.great,ureai. but quite a number of]and a hafl million dollars to the Vic- $85.25; The Municipal World, for Farrell, Percy Bowen and Mr. sbroewlitTH ue;»i Tuesday evening and is very ill at in the spring. mtral post-1 bargaiiins were secured.. Indeed Jory Loan. Supplies, $9.63; W. H. Weese, Con Rendell went to Belleville on Tues- [poultry is not quite so high, as the Appeal the home of her daughter. The Hamilton Municipal Works stable and Truant officer account. day to appear before Mrs. R. Y. Leslie, Brighton, has Mr Percy Miss Della Maybee spent Wednci Atmosphere wa!1 at Christmas 1916. Committee showed an overdraft ol' 118.85; S. Masson, Township Sollcl- Board. Wo understand returned from visiting relatives In Die turkey seems to have a tight 54,526.22, but the fire, police and tor's account, $10 90. Bowen was oxeni pt ion day with Mrs. T. Sargent. s.nger who jolned(grip on the taste of the Belleville pail showed a surplus of fl 1,200. On motion by W. A. Reid, second- WEE DECEMBER 2 191 7 knowing it, framed a terrible The Daily Ontario German militarists for (he Other Editor's Im publixbvd It seem« possible Unit the greatest battle < oinlng right down to ciiboh, thin Hi'.'iTxiii- onui FulMitiF Opinions , unum this winter. effort. The government cannot do it ,nt. all. Tho government Ib made up Bulgaria is growing Increasingly uneasy » pul.l....ou o ... Thursday morning al German official ext I mates of Ger- flewli mid blood after all with oil the and discontented over the war situation. In the man, casualties ar<» undoubtedly too human limitations and without any BulgarianOUIgUIlUI...... Parliament the ...... Premier was charged ,...... low, and probably , tho ...... unofficial ost I- degree of clairvoyance or omnipot with sacrificing the national interests to those mates made outside or Germany. but ence- just able everyday men en of...... Germany...... „„,1and Austria,Aimtrin midami a resolution ex-!ex- b"8o‘l on Darman Information uro deavoring to load a couple of million too low. Wu know how little regard other mon romewnat leas able on the pressing want of confidence in the ministry fail the German has for human life, and leadership oven thm we have had so ed by the narrow margin of nine votes. how desperately tho German Staff far, will not accomplish much nnloso mall t Ml oflk the people do their share Individual a German maxim that a soldier Is ly, unless they are prepared to forget used only once. German attacks in rights and remember only duties. mass formation are common, and The snow floats softly There aro more Godsakers than near Cambrai 10 attacks were made, workers In Canada at present. When down, • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2G, 1917 6 In one day. At Verdun the pres the balance shifts we shall see results I Hiding scars of reeking war near a Belgian town; tige of the Crown was desperately in |In the meantime, which are you? And sitting in a dugout, beneath tho green flare rays, need of a victory, and the German Christmas Suggestions A soldier sits a-drenmlng of other Christmas days, soldiers were driven up Io the enemy We have a complete Block for you to chooso from In the be.vhag the submarines When happy laughter’s music rang, where love ilium- guns in efforts to drown out the following lines*.— Evening Slippers and Pumps, Felt Boots, logical reasons '/j/y Full well ho knows they miss him sore from bls accus-1 French defenders in a human tide, SCHOOL, MoccosIoiib, Hockey Boots, House Slippers of all kinds and a There are i On tho Plave for three weeks tho complete range of travelling goods, consisting of Wardrobe Vilen, British naval expert, 101 1 tomed place. I| Germane( have been attacking in the Owing to tho sudden death of Mr.' Trunks, Club Bags, and Fittings for Cases and Ba«8. . e subamrine menace is becoming less serious. Fond memories creep so lovingly tonight across the desperation( of what Is almost a final I Williamson, and the serious Illness Call In and see the above Linee as our Prices are Moderate \ I that there is no possibility of the Germans foam.fnnin 'effort and the probability is that the’of Mrs. MacLaurh., Principal Mac-1 and Quality the Best. dXjeasing the Allied tonnage to a state which ) Of the gentle bright-faced mother, and the inn 4®iey |casualtiescnauaities run larfar aiwvounyiumgabove anything mu.imunu,the Laurin, waswus given leave of absence German Government will admit and {for December and v. ill seriously handicap war efforts. I had nt home. the Board was According to his statement, Britain launch-! He hears again the call for aid that filled his heart with above anything the allied officers fortunate in securing for the month V ermilyea & Son "Si,.. flame, dare to estimate.—Philadelphia Ro-i.William Forrest,* B. A. M. D. lately < d as much tonnage as she lost last month, and And thrills to think that those he loved have helped cord. Science Master Of the Renfrew1 he United States has started to launch her ves Collegiate. Doctor Forrest, who him play the game; HAPPY GIFT IDEAS sels in addition to this. The latter will increase) Sad thoughts arose of pals so brave, asleep on hill and POLITICAL ART OF HOOD is an experienced Science Teacher and who was personally known to AT YOUR PRICE production monthly, and if Britain can continue1 vale, WINKING Goods the Newest >o balance her losses by production, the Ameri-I When clear the bugle call rang out: Line up! Line up Mr. J. Elliot, fully met the antici LOOK THESE OVER Thu Canadian West has a whole pation of his employers and took the . an vessels will be clear gain, except for those' for mail!’ From every dugout, billet, tent, they hurried in a stream some contempt for the Conservative i Driver ll. Thomas, 4060*1. CANADA BACKS PRAISE FOR Y.M. ,I present also at the communion ser victory beyond question and beyond vice following the meeting. dui.it ton of hostilities. At his request I write to say that HER HEROES I found him well in health. He also G.A. OVERSEAS coin tho North won tho Civil War. proved 11 remarkable restraining in expressed his interest in the Christ This war, like that of half a cen fluence to the activities of the sub- ian life and assures mo that tho CHRISTMAS tury ago, can only bo lost by those rosa agents of Germany in France good tight goes well within his own back of tho front and Canada has and tho United Kingdom. Always heart. demonstrated that behind the line In these counutrles the spies have the spirit is as unconquered and in had a fair trial, but so long as they ’h cause nt this time. domitable as In tho first line trench are found guilty they know that at PRESENTS t. George Thomas havej es of France and Belgium. 4.44 in tho cold, gray dawn, they are received tho following letterlottor from jI to you safelynmo.y and...... soon, and may backed up against a wall, blindfold ihelrson Drivernr HarrvHurry Thomas,Thonuw. who ' GodGod's’s comforting and protoctln, ed, to face a squad of soldiers who has boon at tho front almost since I care bo about him and his loved New York. Dec. 21,—Last April on tho shell scerred slopes of Vimy do not know whoso bullet ends the For Men€* Boy’s O11CS during those anxious days. |tibe boginnlug of tho war with the REGINA’S WINTER ife of the spy. Youhs most sincerely, Rldgo Canada at the front gavo proof ■Canadian Field Artillery: — John McNeill,Capt. of her courage, her devotion, her Famous Shooting • We invite you to inspectour Belgium. Nov. 17, 1917. With Canadian Y.M.C.A. in France. strength. The ‘‘Maple Leaf" planted FAIR BUILDING on one of tho great bulwarks of Ger Mention "the Tower”—tho Tower My Dour Parents; — man tyranny In Franco was a final I hope you will not be upset over or London—in the hearing of a spy, large assortment of Useful and evidence of tho attitude of one-half BURNED DOWN and he begins to feel uncomfortable. my not writing you very regularly, of North America to the Bochc as I have been terribly busy plow They have that advantage in Eng Fancy Articles, for both Men and DRIVE AUTOS threat to clvilzation. land, for on this continent there is ing along through tho mud: and Before Vimy the Canadians had when I wasn’t up the line packing 1 no place which commands so much Boys. borne their part nobly. It was sol respect as the old Tower. Interest You will find our stock was working at something else. And WITH GOAL GAS' diers of the Dominion who broke believe roe. when 1 had a few minut in the Tower is considerably increas the first weight Of the German thrust Regina, Sask., Dec. 19.-—Regina’s ed iu war time for there, as the world es to spare I really needed them for well assorted, and Prices very after the gas attack in tho second great Winter Fair building, one of knows, is the shooting range where Io try to get dried up a bit or else I battle of Ypres. Tho British Em- the finest in America, is a mass of spies go in alive and come out dead, get a wee snooze. But, taking it all Motor. Vehicles in London Present moderate. Very few articles plre will long remembei1 gratefully smouldering ruins today. Fire that and not many yards from the block around. I’m not sorry tor so much A Peculiar Sight with Their the sacrifices of tho ‘‘Little Black (started from one of the cook stoves from which rolled the heads of those work as it surely means something Balloon-like Fucd Recep Devils’* and tho "Princess Puts" on yesterday morning swept through of olden days. above Old Prices. more towards winning the beastly that blood-soaked ground about tho great building and less than an war. I have seen some sights in my tacles Now and again persons living near when the veteran army of ^our sufficed to reduce to wreckage the Tower have heard the sharp experiences over here, but tho past Britain—the old Contemptibles —||u theie structure that costcost'the the City of crack of rifles in the damp dawn__at 4hroe weeks have sure been a recordI London. Doc. 21.—Private auto- OPEN NIGHTS mobiling for pleasure, to say nothing found their glory and their grave jlegjna $140,000 to build in 1913. |four forty-four. And they imagined breaker. in October and November. 1914. I Ever— since• the outbreak■ - of..... - - r I have received several letters. of joy-riding, was abolished for tho the this was followed by a great silence We will be open every night war the Winter Fair building as they lay abed. On eleven occasions /from Aileen lately, but gee, it’s quite duration of the war some time ago has in this country. Nevertheless, motor been used to house troops. since 1914 spies have said their last up to Christmas until 10 o’clock. Impossible for me to write her as Las Of the Canadians at the front yet. She certainly is a good kid to traffic in th© service of the army, night 700 soldiers were sleeping in word within the gray walls of “the the navy, and the various Govern there was no question. They had Tower.’’ keep writing to me all th© time, and the building when the alarm was ------This will be very convenient ment departments, besides that for was. given. They lost personal effects] When this actually took place only believe me. I’m mighty glad to get seen the German thing as it purely commercial purposes and for Their comrades had been “gassed" time to shop and avoid the last same. Well, I tell you. I’m certain and equipment valued jut many thou- a knew, and their lips are sealed the carriage of the public, still fills ly glad with you all, the way you and crucified. Their fellow-Can- sands of dollars. It will probably be Even the sudden deaths which have the streets. Among such vehicles, days of rush. keep me in news, but if the weekly adians had fought cleanly and 'brave several days before an estimate of’not been heard are not told about. smart limousines and other more Still, if you stand, as the writer did, paper came along it would help some ly against a barbarism wffiich ex the loss can be given. .. Several men ulitarian autos, bearing on their pressed itself in methods and tricks were, slightly burned in escaping on Tower Hill, you may hear of the believe me. backs tops that look like baby Zeppe blindfolded spy, followed by a little I received tho box with the cig which were beneath the contempt of from the burning building. No trace lins, are a common sight here these white men, and below the level of group of men coming through a arettes. chewing tobacco, candy, etc. of panic was observed as the men days. These cars are using coal gas savages. Canada at tho front knew tough old oaken door, to face the / and jolly glad to get same. I receiv- walked out as on parade. Trumpet in place of gasoline, and the balloon the German, But what of Canada silent pquad of khaki-clad soldiers. 4 od a parcel from the Britis'. R“.d er Harvey Blair stood at attention like receptacles, wobbly in various front, three thousand The wall holds nothing picturesque Cross ladies the other night and sure behind the and sounded the alarm while smoke stages of collapse, have been filled Would that line hold’, or inspiring, and from the spot where pleased to get it. They dertainly miles away? swirled about him and the flames the shooting range is located one look after the Belleville boys O.K. at a meter. too? were almost to his feet. Not until Dad, I always looked upon ti e Well, the world has the last notes died away did he at-icaunot eveu see tlie mist hanging over the river nor the stock towers Y.M.C.A. as a very unnecessary our- now. tempt, to leave the building. lit; but dad, anything I ever said Gasoline or petrol as it is called The politician doubted. The weak Eighty-five horses were saved and ^he Tower. It Is just a plain about them I’ll take back for believe "T «cpe^»r«* Bl Hk' toga art? so ncu> fanglcd, with o——- Opinions Ion. Debts, f their I i vv mazes, must bo Workingman s tlonal wealth. We are living In times fou mustn't twist 'em that way an’ Its publication far less artificial than for a century □f tho Incredible penalties Inflicted Post a financial authority comments or more previous to tho war and we For fear you'll jolt fhdr innards or • by Austrian courtH-raartlal, which it on tho fact that tho old time method aro altogether likely to look things drivin’ wheel will break. of raising war money were rapidly more honestly In the face than has demonstrate the tipcossity of the gen ‘But the jumpin’ jack! He will loriggle approaching their end In many Euro- *)oei1 our habit In the pant. —Ottawa eral amnesty which Emperor Charles pean countries. The usual financial Citizen. proclaimed. Tho Thursday number you please; prints the following: limit In many cases and tho finan , . tern. Boltcltora " ‘Aurelia Kollk, clerk, 21 years Aladoc and Tweed An' he don't wind up an' he don’t run ciers are casting about new I, sent, her uncle, Vladimir Kollk, tb- MnlRonn Bank found every one no busy 1 could nor taxation schemes. While there Is a Next year the people of Britain rumor of repudiation In such coiin- 1and France will have to cut down brown; closed In this letter a copy of pro their food import to the barest sub He climbs the stick with a whack-ty- Iries as Britain tho fact remains that 1 clamation by the Czar and General sistence level. Evon If food supplies whack! unless some new methods are devised * Hoorah for the brave old jumpin’ jack! Rennenkampf, which had been drop the raising of war funds will become 1on this continent are available In ped by a Russian airpiano on the very dim cull, while the recovery will 'largo quantities, severe denial will He isn't quite so stylish, an’ he only Austrian troops, and which she had bo much 'retarded. The war, of have to be practised. Ships have to i costs a dime. "The Night' Before Christmas” was picked up from the floor of a hospi course, has been conducted on such be found to transport the United But he is lithe an' Umber an’ keeps published origin -Hy without the au- tal, whore she bad been to visit a a huge scale and the expenditures States armies to Europe, and the Offlc. » Campbell Bl.. Baievma ...... 1... -I’,.,.,. ’ busy all the time wounded soldier. have been so colossal as to upset, all resources of Britain and France, as A-bobbin' an’ a-noddin’ with a caper < ’hristmas, “ ‘The girl was condemned preconceived notions respecting the well as of the United States, will be an’ a hop— donth on account of this copy, The taxed to provide that accomodation. A-bQWin’ you a thank-yc when you Christmas Just lor tho delight of hla payment of debts incurred. It will PORTER, BUTLER & PAYNE, uncle copied the proclamation into be recalled' that some eighteen Premier Lloyd George contemplates । jump him to the top. own children, hat Its circulation slip- his notebook and read it aloud one Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries day to one Hlasdik, an employe, at a months ago Mr. Hillaire Belloc pre cutting down imports Into Britain by I E. Gums Porter, K.C., MLP. Ho, the jumpin’ jack! He toill jiggle mt.it for publication. ’ session of tho directors of the Land dicted that the time would arrive three million tons In order to re E. J. Butler and prance, : Loan Co. of Zrunn, and had him. when the British government would lease ships. Cba». A. Payne An’ he'll bend A IBKBALS HIVE Jr-f.AKGE MAJORITY that view there Is not (he least reason In the demand to know It In their own interest and In Paris with ills wife and had become one of the f"W6r t,ian .10 per world why they should not be taken Into the their own support. They demand also that an prominent figures In polities, he commenced to fthe repuet. if .... arc to accept The Globe’s statement cabinet and the government made truly union- end shall be put, by a mere concrete definition lllll- neglect bls wife, and ultimately she came back I, Authoritative, the Liberals will have a 1st and truly national, There is no essential of Allied war aims, to such disturbing and 1m- to America and obtained a divorce here very1 ,lv of about forty members in the Couscrlption between possible demands as that recently put forward I*"-’ or Duri. B||ver „1OBt Ac- difference, aside from quietly so as not to hi jure his political pOBl-' had belonged to her win use as u * siilt ...... of Monday's elections. the policies enunciated by .the— Unionist Gov- - for purely German territory in addition to the tlon—almost a parallel to the case of the tiino io Tlte Globe there have already bet hint eminent and by Laurier prior to the election. I retrocession of that which is rightfully French. Napoleon and Josephine. Clemenceau, who WaBhlngton, and there bu abw e et.xi ninety-one Laurier Liberals, forty-HIv<’ If Sir Wilfrid does not the policy of A on war is needed by the big display of cut glass. accept conference aims peo- at the age of 74 has taken upon himself the ilonlst Liberals and two independent Lili conscription as having been passed upon and pies of England and France, and the United An oddity, aw jt would nowaday* burden of the Government of France in the be considered, war the arrangement | als or 138 in all. The total membership of therefore out. of politics it is not expected that States to only a less degree than by the people role of premier, is, in spite of his ultra-repub e new Commons will be 235. the Lh'ia nut and of Russia.” of tho table, upon which all the dish there can be union between the Unionist licanism, a Breton noble and the most intense e» to bo nerved, Including even the rilv will therefore be forty-one. not allow! ng Laurier Liberals. la la in. ,!• additions or deductions. There are lom < < ly autocratic man in France, says the Marquis puddings and plea, wore placed at Union is needed for greater reasons The number of subscribers to the second De Fontenoy. once. that In each days rred elections. At least one of those w 11 re mere party advantage. As it stands now the wlu- loan in the United States was 9,306,000. in a Liberal Unionist. Tha would increase country is virtually arrayed in two hostile This is the largest aggregate enlisted in such beneath the weight or vlamlx. '<> Liberal majority to 43. Bel the vote <> 11 camps, with French-Canadlans on the one an operation recorded in any country. The to- An extraordinary pastorate came to an j , A” a raattor f,t cour»e, at the end when Rev. Dr. Robie died at Greenland N ,h.rl"l,n3B a» well sb oh all idlers overseas may reduce the Laurier . - side and the English-speaking Canadians on tai number of subscribers to the last British H.. in .be 96th year of his age and the 65tb fX al representation in close constituencies by the other. I war loan, which was the largest in history — i'fca-dozen seats or thereabouts. A"°wiuS The situation is full of danger lo the fu- reaching almost $5,000,000,000—was only 5,- year of his ministry in Greenland Cangrega-jhouse servant*. Two were allotted | khat contingency, the Liberals woi Id still luro of Confederation. 1289,000. The number of subscribers to the see tional Church. This was the only church of ,0 each Kuest, so that quite a duhj by a majority of thirty. There is a very large element in Canada Ond American war loan was double the num- which Dr. Robie served as pastor, and up to’ber were re<’ulre<1- ah of the eat i (These facts and circumstances may mean bent on stirring up strife and dividing this her subscribing to the first loan, the time of his death, he regularly and solely 1,6 con',6>'6-i a renrfiter Jng or they may mqan a great deal. A dominion, much the same as Mexico and Rus- i* w « met the responsibilities of the pulpit and par- huh..'.’” “r"“m ‘‘the'mXion’^wnb ber of things may happen. It Is not un- sia are now divided. , Gennany’s colonial empire has ceased to lt,h’ fIe out’ived almost all of those who had It connected l)y a covered | V that Sir Wilfrid Laurier will be invited With Bourassa on the one side, preaching be, with the surrender of her forces>rces operating'a"y vivid memory of him when he went to b’l- damnable doctrines of non-participation in in German East Africa. It is altogether likely, ?ree”1?u in Canada and duplicated by ingenious forgers to-day, with A bambrel roof in a sheltered lane Blindman’s buff and hunt the slipper mit soldiers to grow slovenly and lax, and you that before very long. It is high time some ot the single exception of the coat of chain-mail. And a laughing group therein. were not sufficiently undignified in will soon have them downhearted. Make them these fool fire-eaters took a thought to That is too expensive to imitate. One .speci The winds may bellow with might and main. the eyes of Washington to be indulg men of this armor in New York Museum con ed in. The Washington family shave and they buck up. It aids morale. It is what they were doing. And the storms may clash and din, Christmas gifts were exhibited and all a part of the scheme of discipline. There are two and a half mllR»n people in sists of more than two hundred thousand sep But it’s Christmas, Father Christmas. Nellie Custis was always called upon “The same idea is back of everything iu Canada of French extraction. They did not arate pieces of metal riveted together, and its Hath the keeping of his kin. to play on her harpsichord. r'eir organization. A layman would naturally. have the choosing of their ancestors. They are production must have required several years' A colored fiddler, one of the claves labor. on the, plantation, in picturesque Suppose that cleaning harness and washing here and here they are likely to remain. Their Outside, a traveler in the snow, plantation garb would be called in 'muddied wagons and limbers after a night out ancestors were here long in advance of the And a glad “Hello!” once more; at a certain period, and when he ,'was sheer waste of effort, when the same har-, British. There is nothing to be gained by Women who do a man’s work in United Within, a hearth fire all aglow would start some merry music the ness and wagons and limbers were due to do provoking these people to insurrection and States Government ordnance and quartermas- And a dear face at the door, young people chose partners for the The ter work should have a man’s pay,” the And it’s Christmas, Father Christmas dance. But the older ladies and the job again immediately. But the Canadians raising the standard of civil war. gentlemen preferred cards. Small don’t look at it in that light; they know that if Bourassas and Lavergnes of Quebec are not department has ruled. In suggestions to ar- Giveth greetings o’er and o’er. stakes were usually played for, bu< you ever let down you begin to slip. more dangerous to Canadian nationality senals by the Chief of Ordnance there is re- gambling for money to a consider “The transport lines of oi i brigade were than Ontario patriots of the type of Dr. Ed commended the eight-hour day for women, at The circles, wonderful circles, where able amount was always objection wards and Col. Currie. least thirty minutes’ lunch time, with two They are gathered today; able to Washington. As for Mrs close to Vimy Ridge. It had been raining for Washington, she would invariably days—there were regular downpours through What Canada needs and needs very badly ten-minute rest periods per day, the Saturday The kindness, beautiful kindness, there. enter into none of the general fee the month of August—and mud was every is a few men of the statesmanlike quality of half holiday, and it is further declared women And the welcome words they say. tivities, but would be the host to where. Wagons and limbers and horses had Sir John Macdonald and Hon. George Brown. should not be required to lift over 25 pounds in For it’s Christmas, Father Christmas, such part of htfr guests as did not been out the night before, carrying stuff to the These two far-visioned patriots sank personal any single load. Turns no prodigal away. care to indulge in either cards or animosities and united to bring into effect the —Frank Walcott Hutt in New Orleans Times- dancing. front, and they returned plastered with muck. It was at a late hour on the morn Yet by nine o’clock next morning every buckle most important act of creative legislation in The driver of an American four-mule team Democrat ing following Christmas that the and wheel was gleaming. They cleaned and Canadian history. It was indeed the act that ■ hauling ammunition to the front in the guests would take their departure oiled the leather, polished the mountings, made created Canada. dark, found himself in No Man’s Land, within • TUNING UP FOR CHRISTMAS. and the Washington household would quiet down to its ordinary routine. the wagons fit for a review, groomed the horses That gigantic accomplishment of the 200 yards of the German lines. In getting there With a whirl and a swirl and a terrible roar until their coats shone. And they were billed great men of the past bids fair to be undone by he had driven right over the American trench, It blew in at evening from an arctie shore; for another night in the rain and slime! You the little men who now seem to catch the po es, which he had mistaken for ditches. He be Traffic it blocked and the treacherous street RIGHT ARM pata’t beat that spirit.” pular ear and to mould public opinion. gan to wonder where he was when several sol Glitters and twinkles with silvery sleet. Bourassa and his Le Devoir, Willison and diers sprang out of a shell crater and ordered Dolls in armies and soldiers a-plenty WAS AMPUTATED AGITATION SHOULD END. his News are; the master incendiaries in Ca- him to halt. Gifts for kiddies and sweet and twenty. the Lieut. Vernon Crothers Severely nada today. Unless loyal Canadians awaken "Hush, hush; don’t make a sound.” Gifts for grannies and aunties and dads. While the Liberals will hold a large ma- to the danger and place such men where they men said. Wounded—Went Out With the jority of the membership of the new House at Gifts for using and losing fads! belong it will soon be too late. “Where am I?” asked the driver. Gifts for nurses and chauffeurs and cooks. Ottawa it is to be hoped they will not use their "Tn No Man’s Land,” they answered. Gifts for bookworms, who read all their books! Kingston,—Mr. and Mrs. W. J power to create needless embarrassment for President Wilson is expected to issue a This is a listening post; so keep quiet.” Gifts for sinners and sneerers and saints, Crothers received word today that the government or further political turmoil. Of proclamation at Washington requiring every “How in Sam Hill do you expect me to the wounds received by their son. Tops for spinners and pastels and paints. this we have had too much for the good of the alien enemy within the United States to regis- keep quiet when got four mules here? Lieut. Vernon Crothers, were bo Music, mechanical, mirrors or lamps, severe that ho had to have his right country. Not that an election is in itself a de ter, as a step towards ridding the country of Giddap’” Turkeys for orphans and newsboys and tramps arm amputated. plorable thing but now that the election is end- spies and sabotage. The recent increase in Then the driver coolly turned around and Gifts that are fluff and gifts Chat are grim; Lieut. Crothers, it will be remem d let us all accept the country’s verdict loyal- number of disastrous fires and indications of drove back. iered, was reported severely wound renewed operations of enemy propagandists A necklace for Jessie, a scarfpin for Jim, ud' a little over a week ago, and his There is no doubt that a very large inajori- has prompted officials to consider more radical Clemenceau, the latest of the many pre Full sets of the classics and gleaming gold parents immediately cabled to Eng land for particulars. He enlisted < <>l the people of the English-speaking sec- ! steps against German residents than the re- miers France has had since the war began, was pieces Suitable-—very—for sweet little nieces. here with the 8th C. M. R. in Jan Mps of Canada favor the idea of a Union strictions heretofore imposed barring them forced to leave France, for political reasons, uary, 1915, and went overseas in government and the idea for which the Union from a half-mile zone about munition plants while Napoleon III. was Emperor. He went to Calendars, virtuous, witty or wise, October of the same year. He was government stands-conscription of men, as'and Government property without special Gov- the United States and became a teacher of Flowers and bonbons and puddings and pies! a most popular officer and in the was outlined by the Military Service Act. There is eminent permits. । French in a girls’ school at Greenwich, Conn., Cynics there be who deride aud defy them, Royal Dragoons, to which nothing to be gained by any further agitation I w w w But we, in our dreami, even buy the ma>ntl tie ookod upon as a most officiant and where he met Miss Plummer, one of his pupils, fearless officer. against that measure and it should now be ac "All the Allied peoples wish to know, not whom he afterwards married in New York City them! i Tho news that Lieut. Crothers has cepted without question as the will of the ma in sonorous generalizations, but in reasonably Hall. While living in America he acted as cor As ever old winter, with snowdrift and sleet, (>st |,|s r|ght arm comes as a great jorityIf and the law ,of Tthe land.. (precise detail, the character of the world-ste- respondent of the Paris Temps and did oe- Transmutes I he whole town into Santa Claus shock to his many friends, and they r 1 rl Laurier and the other tlement for which they are pouring out their street! will Iiopo for his spoejjy recovery ■ casional work for the New York Tribune, un- uul return home. French-Canadian leaders patriotically accept blood," says the Manchester Cuartlian. "They der Horace Greeley. After he returned to Elizabeth Newport Hepburn. The Cuban House of Representa » TO THE POTATO to me, or else 1’1] git my dander up tives passed a resolution doclaring and squirt It on your lugs, for you So you don’t need to get stuck up, ingly merry. The Virginians of\those J knew you when I was a kid and and shoot harpoons at thee. I knew a state of war to exist between Aus ar unto my voice, for thou above1 was always troubled with some and throw on lots of style, because days, being cavaliers, made the most you when I was a kid and made pies HOW WASHINGTON tria-Hungary and the Republic of forty kinds of bugs. There ain't a you’ve got a start of me that looks of the holiday, which the grim Puri ill other things are favored In my out of mud', and then, by heck, you Cuba. bit of reason for your conceit, by most like a mile. For tilings will tans of New England practically ig-, choice. I pray thee, as In dizzy know right well we used to call you Since September last four men heck, because you’re fetehln' these Change, the time will come, you’ll norixl, says the Philadelphia Press. heights, thou soarest in the skies, to spud. You weren't of much account CELEBRATEDXMAS have died at St. Michaels’ hospital. here days about one hone a peck. grovel in the mud, and folks once Though generally serious, Wash-1 look upon my humble self from out them days, you weren’t so very fine, Toronto, as a result of drinking es Why, say, you scabby, sproutin' more will snort at you and call you It is interesting to look back upon ington could unbend considerably on' thy wonderous eyes. Now don’t go we used to take your little squibs sence of ginger. One victim had his wart, you make me good and sore, scabby spud. Ark in Guelph a Christmas day’ at Mount Vernon, such an occasion. Mount Vernon bangin’ any bluff that you don’t and toss ’em to the swine. And then, entrails entirely burned out by the but I can mid when folks who ran with the Father of His Country as was always crowded at this period, know my name, nor nothin’ of the what’s more, when I’m at this, I’ll the corner grocery store, would take host and his charming wife qs host 'and the celebration was of •? luxuri essence. village lot from whence I sprang trim youto a peak, for I don’t care Tho Dutch liner Nieuw Ainster you every bloomin' time they sent an Mr. Norman Sommerville an ess. Christmas at Mount Vernon in ous character. Tne Christinas din and came; nor don’t you get so a hoot just now if you don't care to dam was detained nt Halifax by Bril oil can out, and jam you. hb an nounced that ♦416,000,000 had been the peaceful days which followed ner was served at three o’clock in darn stuck up Ihat you won’t speak jspeak - J used to take a poison can ornament upon the oil can sprout. subscribed to the Victory Loan. ithe Revolution was always exceed-j the ’banquet hall,” and probably no isb authorities T11E WEEK! A ONTA RIO. Till 'RShAY. DECEMBER 1917 held It inside tho firebox. Then he A MARINE took out u package. I snatched It between Maine and the St. Lawrence THE NIGHT SHIFTS THE BARGAIN HUNTERS CHASE a largo package of bank bills. Oul wicked' looking for a needle in a haystack. (he amount 1 was after, lacking about $2,500, which had evidently i blood. Nothing but the defeat of $50,000 AT SHEFFIELD down by tho same process of inquiry p that machine will shako their faith. Ttie most dangerous obstacles Socialists shouted Hundreds cn girls ai 1 made Portmouth, where I learn- the success any uuler- loudest against the machine in times to come to suspect that tho money had I z taking are never the been persuaded Tho most Interesting chase I ever caps to match, tolling at lathes. Th“y the A man had come ashore to buy pro been hidden in tho firebox, and he [are making shell noses* and fuses.- of that undertaking. They aro those trU8t |n it now and ; had In nil iny experience aa a de Robertson) defenders, visions, answering to a description said that when an examination had men and women who, while Its ouslest tective officer was for Simpson, who •Men are scattered about nuperin suppressed, of Simpson. It was evident from I been made of the interned German Sheffield, Dec. -Red (lanius tending or engaged on heavier tasks ..rereIng their enthu.Umlc approval ^“echt hasIs In been had robbed tho National Bank this that ho did not suppose he was liners at Hoboken at the time the are apurtlng from tho top» of tail DaylightnayI)ght andan(1 a returnretl)rn visitvlgU to this of $50,(100 in currency. Simpson ehlmnere which loom ghoatly1 (actory „f machI „f deatb of tho object, believe that It ran be associates aro followed, or he would not have tak-jbreak was mode between the United was located in New York by tho po attained without work. They want travoi|nK to Stockholm on Imperial en the risk of going ashore unless States and Germany, he had been on through tho murklnoao. Bull glow of „nly B„r¥eK (o furlher lice, or was supposed to bo, and bls disguised. This theory turned out. furgre. furuaces uno ten, „f b.ouk- reputation without endeavor, victory or smoking with the kulser hand and had seen pieces of the problem was to got out of tho city to be wrong, us will appear later. machinery of one of the vessels tak andu of lampa uhoot acarchllght rcyc th„ 7,Ooo workerB of t , without wounds, glory without nt garden parties. with the plunder. Tho problem of 1 looked for a week among the is en from an unused furnace. nto he fumeu and vapor. Surely a „1Kht aaleep In bed. having without struggle. Uut the Bargain Hunter, like a the police was to arrest him with sacrifice. P .. 'mule with blinkers, brays and keeps lands of CaSco Bay for the Muller Tho rest of the story remained emptlng target for th. night-flying ,rooi ala ln tho ewnlp untl) Tliey want the earth and they bray|nK „wby botlier with n the funds on him. without getting any trace of her for some time a mystery. Thon one,",Hun!11"- “But,“t. no.no, the .lensedeuce pallpal! ot with„lth someBome twotw„ hourshoUrB off forfor rest anril— My being called case want It for nothing. 'grout army, when a little revolution whatever. Then one morning when of tho Simpson crow, who al tho BceI>0 Industry makes a screen food. Hard work, but the girls ena.1 arose from certain information that । wen't up from below 1 saw a boat They are the people who for two jn (;ermal-.y will do the work Just as time did not know what he was hlr-|“ BOrt ot Bk>’ camouflage, enveloping dally look healthy and rosy All are camo from Philadelphia. The chief anchored in a cove that answered and a half years said: We will talk woll?" ed for, revealed tho facts. Simpson |thc nntlre works. Overhead the earning such money as they never of police of that city gave out in to her except, that tho latter was a virtue and finally The Brute will be! Tho answer is simple and' straight. got word of the fact that we were'.Kk*ea reflect no fiery radiance. The dreamed of before. Numbers of the formation that a small steamer no' Inquiring for him during the two j brightest beams are soon stifled In raen get £4 a week mere impressed. We will stay unprepared , possibility of a re lead color, while the Muller was Mere laris draw There is no bigger than a canal boat, that had 11 ' ” -...... |"lal fort to force tho issue before America leroady. They will not buc- PROGRESSING cood, but we must bo prepared for DARING AERIAL greater ofl’ortH and greater sacri < Aevelund THOUSANDS OF SERBIAN p»"SctDll h Lydia fices. It 1 no time to cower or to TOWARD COAL falter. ESCAPADES “Great Britain's will Is as temper man and Mister of Mr. C I so SAYS LLOYD GEORGE ed steel, and will *boar al! right to of this city and Mi <>l mi: EMPIRE'S BIHDMEN. CAPTIVES HAVE DIED tho end. Thore must bo no further Callaghan of Montreal Q cordingly 71 years of age. ' This Is No Time to bd Talking of drain upon our manpower in order wan al ______HU< What the I Christmas “Waits’ Sing | lazily upon convenient lumber and re- citiCK has !»• he dined like an admiral, and then, mysterlously. He nodded decisively , garded Whistling Dick with iildis like a philosopher, annihilated the and then said aloud to Whistling Dick : guised disfavor. “waits” going about from house .*•' Whistling Dick's worst three hours of the day by a nap “Listen, sonny, to some plain tnlky I “Dia planter chap.'' Dick said, “w’ot under the trees. house? singing the familiar old talk. I’ve guar- There was some quiet but rapid Light the Christmas candles In y«»ur i When he awoke and continued his house wl’ ’in?” Christmas Stocking heglra a frosty sparkle in the air had maneuvering at Bellemeade during the oS ensuing half hour, which ended in five succeeded the drowsy warmth of the case,” said Boston. drove to Noo day, and as this portent of a chilly disgusted ami sullen trumps being cap God rest you merry, grull By O. HENRY dred hands on this plantation are ex Orleans and got it. I say. today. Want tured ami locked securely in an out night translated itself to the brain of pecting to bo paid a week’s wages to to change your mind now and come nothing you dlsnwy- Copyright by Doubleday, Page A Co. Sir Peregrine ho lengthened his stride house pending tho coming of the morn morrow morning. Tomorrow’s Christ ing and retribution. For another re-1 they will surely ring th;t„ and bethought him of shelter. T was with much caution that mas and they want to lay oft.’. Says “Naw, J was just, askin’. Wot kind suit the visiting young gentlemen had I Whistling Dick slid back the door A distant clatter In the rear quickly the boss, ‘Work from five to nine in o' team did de boss drive?” And this too: developed into the swift beat of horses' secured the unqualified worship of the of the box car, for article 5716, city the morning to get a trainload of sugar “Pair of grays.” young by their hoofs. Turning his head, he saw ap visiting ladles dlstln- ordinances, authorized (pernaps un off and I’ll pay every man cash down “Double surrey?” guished and heroic conduct. For still proaching a fine team of stylish grays constitutionally) arrest on suspicion. for the week and a day extra.’ They “Yep.” another, behold Whistling Dick, the drawing a double surrey. A stout Ami, of course. He saw no change since lire Ijist visit say: ‘Hooray for the boss! It goes.’ “Women folks along?” hero, seated at the planter's table to tills big almsgiving, long-suffering man with a white mustache occupied He drives to Noo Orleans today and “Wife and kid. Say, what morning feasting. Bethlehem.’’ city of the South, the cold weather the front seat, giving all his attention fetches back the cold dollars. Two paper are you trying to pump news The planter: vowed that the wander paradise, of the tramps. Whistling to the rigid lines in his hands. Behind thousand and seventy-four fifty is tho for?” er should wander no more, that hia Dick’s red head popped suddenly back him sat a placid, middle-aged lady and amount. I got the figures from a man Vl was just conversin' to pass de time was a goodness and an honesty that mas carol, dating from the Anglo a brilliant-looking girl, hardly arrived Into the car. A sight too Imposing and who talks too much, who got ’em from awViy. J guess dat team passed me In should be rewarded and that a debt • man days of the thirteenth <*en magnificent for his gaze had been add- at young ladyhood. The lap robe had the bookkeeper. Now, half of this de road dis evenin'. Dat’s all.” of gratitude bad been made that must ed to the scene. A vast, incomparable slipped partly from the knees of the haul goes to me and the other half the be paid, for had he not saved them Lordlings. listen to our lay_ policeman rounded a pile of rice sacks gentleman driving, and Whistling Dick rest of you may divide. Why the dif | Dinner, two hours late, was being from a doubtless imminent loss and We have come from far away and stood within 20 yards of Ilie car. saw two stout canvas bags between his ference?______I represent . the brains. It’s i served in the Bellemeade plantation maybe a groat calamity? He assured To seek Christmas. Whistling5DIck, professional tramp, feet—bags such as, while loafing In my scheme. Here's the way we’re going dining room. Whistling Dick that he might con In this mansion we arc told possessed a half friendly acquaintance cities, he had seen warily transferred to get It. There’s some company at. sup- ' The talk of the diners wastoodesul- sider himself a charge upon the honor He his yearly feasts doth hold; with this officer. They had met sev- between express wagons and bank per in the house, but they’ll leave | tory, too evanescent to follow, but at of Bellemeade, that a position suited 'Tis today! doors. The remaining space in the about nine. They have just happened last they came to the subject of the . to his powers would be found for him May joy come from God above vehicle was filled with parcels of vari In for an hour or so. If they don’t go tramp nuisance, one that had of lata, To all those who Christmas love. ous sizes and shapes. pretty soon we’ll work the scheme any vexed the plantations for many miles But now, they said, he must be This carol ends with the to^s? «>f As the surrey swept even with the how. We want all night to get away around. The planter seized the occa weary, and the immediate thing to 1those days: side-tracked. tramp, the bright-eyed good with the dollars. They’re heavy. sion to direct his good-natured fire of consider was rest and sleep. So the “Here. then. I bld you all wassail. girl, seized by some merry, madcap Im About nine o’clock Deaf Pete and raillery at the mistress, accusing her mistress spoke to a servant, and Whls- < pulse, leaned out toward him with a Bllnky ’ll go down tho road a quarter of encouraging the plague. ding Dick was conducted to a room in hail.* ” Wassail” moaning your health । sweet, dazzling smile and cried, “Mer mile beyond rhe house and set fire tc “I don’t believe they are all bad,” the wing of the house occupied by the andf “drlnkhall” being the usual and ry’ Christmas!” in a shrill, plaintive a big canefield there that the cutters she said. “We passed one this evening servants. To this room In a few mln- Edmonton Bulletin the following ©c Afondii), conveyed tho news that he count of him: loft Ottawa with hiK battalion on tor upon hln chosen profcHHlon. On JOHN CORNELIUS JCAHADA IS !W Thoughts by the Way Glirlnliuiih Day, 1477 he married was on W adn ch day admitted to iho IDnnnn L., youngeHt’ duughtor of the Albertu bur by Mr Justice Wal.-h. PASSED AWAY1, MUSICALLY FKEF | litii* John Rohh, of Trenton. Tho The Influence of tie School in Mr. Wallace Provost, toUHorlul ar Ikhuc of that marring© In thru© rlster in Alberta,took charge of tho teutonic Influences Once Hcjld lint, of Havelock, spout Sundny and nons, ail of whom survive. Hurry, duration, the • in R ural Life doffins© bl a ftuprem© Court netioii occurred on This Country. nts in town. ID' and Rohh, both of Toronto, and Cap- immediately after hIk adinlsHlon to Monday of Mr Written tor The Ontario by “Wayfarer.” Aviation Corps tain Win. A. now nerving overseas tn his residence. !2 ftAltlmid has enlisted In the bar. Tho case was that of John W\p HAS CHANGE!) THAT lor overseas service and wn fool con- Franco. .Slivinski vh. Peter Kotelkoetiil. Toronto. Mr. Cornelius tldont that his ability to “trim” will] While Trenton was yet a village, | This Ih the only incident of Its! in Belleville, Ont., 65 ye ..auglinp I’vnco that othorn, Jioth mentally and physically, more than manifest,'* ‘ itself'* " when* ~ ’ Mr. Ostrom nerved oh reeve and had kind in the annals of the Alberta came to Toronto about three years I render him resourceful, and ready ago. Ho was employed In the office I unprofitubly | tor the trials and encounters of life. much to do with the incorporation na bar.. In congratulating Mr. White, h J. J. Walsh Company just Cleanliness and order can be taught ii town. Since U Incorporation he Mr. Justice Walsh remarked that III [prior to IiIh IlIncHH, and wa« at work from a clean and attractive school has served the public faithfully and W0B seldom that a man was admitt- i here in his noisy mansion, skilled a week ago Monday room. and a love of the artistic and acceptably various offices, na jed to the bar as a barrister and an) to rule Mayor, uh a member of Council, uh n !“ solicitor ut i!ho same time. member taught his little beautiful may bp developed from the rhe Village mast r Dr. and Mrs. Publow arrived in member of the Board of Education, I Mr. Whit© wuk introduced by Mun|clpal Lodge Odd Fellows, and j interior condition of the school. I-rank Ford, K. C., and the oath was W. BeKld-.. 1iIk| hue been said that •wn from Brookville last Saturday as Secretary-Treasurer of the board Schumann llolok, the tarnotw 'I lie public school may be counted 'and will spend a few days In town. ’and for many years as Town Clerk. administered by George Henderson J,ereaved wife, Mrs. Jenny Corneliu*. Goldsmith on as a force in the social life of the McLeod of the Supreme Court. leaves on© son, Mr. W. A.| rural community. Lacking a public Lieut. Heath Morden, who has | In polities, Mr. Ostrom was a Llb- — been growing very panne ot late, 'been attached to the A. S. Corps at cral-Conservatfve aud under the Review. ■Hus. all residing at 22 Malt- ,• of child-life, and ball for entertainment and social land St. haz. more right to be a pacifist Uma The importance visited his parents this Mowat Government regime he was any other person living. She hj> Its proper dovelop- (gatherings, the schoolroom can bo Regina. The late Mr. Cornelius was a elected to the Legislature and sat two sons in tho American array and of its influence on thol:I advantageously used for those pur- wook at Toronto on his way well-known Belleville merchant. •inenv in v»«n vi ...... - uh u staunch supporter of tho oppo one lighting for the Germans. Of •to of (he community and tho world'poses and thus becomes a centre for sons. For maay years he conducted a t large, is being felt at the present (tho social life of the locality. This I Mrs. Flora McDonald Denison, of sition led by Meredith. A very pretty wedding was solem decorating business here. course it is uot likely that these Toronto, has gone as Canada's dele In religion he wuk a staunch Pres nized at 2.30 o’clock on Monday. । young men will ever fight agaltw imo as ne\er before and Is evidenced fact does not seem to bo fullys realiz- day, Dee. 17th at tho Havelock Me- hy the many organizations for the ed ns yet and the sanctity of tho gate to the National Convention be byterian, but was eve? ready to lend I one another, but this fact shows a helping hand and manifest aympa- ^hodlst church, when Rev Charles RETURNS IN PRINCE physical, mental and moral develop- church is often desecrated by social ing hold at Washington this month. i what an extraordinary position a thetie Interest in the work of other i Adams joined in wedlock Augusta EDWARD ment of the child. gatherings, implanting in tho hearts Her son, Mr. Morrill Denison, who I number of German musicians about ft year ago returned from denominations, and especially in Murrel Covert, daughter ot Mrs. Tho influence of the public of tho young, a spirit of irreveranco A rnolLaxbarg । have been, in the United Staten fc ■ a France, where ho was attached to undenominational oru, interdenomlna- '»vuu V.U1UVUU,Garneau, Mlof TrentHunt Inver,River, (IOT-,(for- ’ great many years now occupy in an J hool on tho life of tin...... child andJ on for tho houso of God. Besides, th© holding of social gatherings in the the Ambulance Corps, and where he tlonal effort for tho upbuilding and nier,X of the Htaff of Market Branch Folling I international contest. Canadians or-. ' he life of the rural community is Bank, Toronto), Division Hepburn Horsey chiefly interested in Madame Schu- school-room relieves them of the de met with,..v« a« severe accident, ----has tak- moral betterment of th© community. jof tho Standard being acknowledged. On the child en out a commission and is now with I On the 11th day of May, 1884. hela,ld J' Ray“ond Scott, only son No. 1 . .109 mann-Heink because she proved a» nominational spirit and gives a wel 28 H rself, the public school* exerts a Mr. and Mrs. John H. Scott, ot Rei .133 39 come to people of all creeds. The was ordained to the eldershlu in St. •owerful influence, an influence sur inont. intellectual life of a rural community Andrew’s church. Trenton, and has passed only by that of the home. I The bride, wearing can be kept iTom stagnation by the I frequently sat as representative el- her travelling The Sunday school, tho nursery of suit of Russian green broadcloth and wise use of the public school building jder in Presbytery and Synod and as । he church, holds a place of influen I hat of crushed strawberry, was at- for literary and debating societies la Commissioner also to the General zal importance in tho life of the i(e tended by her sister. Mrs. Harry ...... 471 aud even political Affairs. The Madoc Halifax Relief Fund Assembly. For over 30 years