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j T I I jj I From Baldwin about middle November a White Sow Information oh to will to rewarded Greenhouse ttTRKBT UOUY OF Holly Wreaths Flowers IVIilto Roman Etc Wo lot of Vegetables and Onions A nice Spy Applet for sale Phone 135 PBRRIN NOTICE TO Light All new work he left lor any extensions made to old New Code wire bo used Meter connections to be made on lower floors of buildings in an accessible place Any fur ther particulars may be obtained from Chic Engineer at Power House who meat bo notified when work ready for Inspection p J ANDERSON 20 Town Clerk TO INVEOTIGATE Appointment of Inspector or Another Probe Toronto World Dec such serious nature were launched against officials the Ontario Hydro Commission in con nection wHh the turndown fcThoa Henry engineer lor To ronto that a motion hy Aid ler asking the commission to Investi gate anil to the city coun cil carried almost unanimously Anderson addressed the member on Henrys and told council that as a result Mr Hen ry wan now practically under the ban Ike commission And strange to say I dont think the commission a a whole will say Mr Henry In in competent ho said 12 years according to the alderman Henry bad been employed Ibo Intertran Electric Co as electrical engineer in the year applied for and appoint- to position of chief electrical engineer for the City of Toronto He was advised that bo must he accepted he hydro commission and was verbally examined by Inspector Strickland who aim was candidate for position in tho citys service After examination Strickland in formed Henry he had qualified but two months later in July ho went before Chief Engineer Gaby who told him he had not passed but would not say In what particular he failed to qualify When Henry asked what was the purpose of the examination he was told to eliminate undesir ables Aid Anderson declared that the night Henry was appointed a hy dro official Who was at the council said in the corridor Well see ho is turned down at his examination As a result of Henrys refusal by the hydro officials council had to seek another engineer and appointed James Shields who now holds the position Aid urging the investiga tion declared the City of Toronto been the victim of underhand pro ceedings on the part of officials of the power commission If the board of control had had the full information when they ap pointed Mr Shields action would have been very different declared Controller Simpson la appointed though we could not him A GERMAN HIDDEN IN A BOX Dec vigilant Cm- toms officer at yesterday made a sensational capture of a Ger man army officer whom he extracted from hiding in a huge packing case that was about to be shipped from to Rotterdam This box was going forward as ordinary merchandise on board the steamer The customs of ficer became suspicious and gave that the padlocks on the box be chiseled off This was done and whey til lid was removed his sus picions were justified A man later identified as a German officer lilted out of the box He was promptly removed to the station food and wa ter was found In the and It evident that the man was prepared foe- a long stay It believed that the officer made Ids escape from one of the intern ment In England and it is evident that must have had uplift in his effort to leave the country hidden in the It is sup posed that was endeavoring to convey information into Germany Cleveland Dec A natural gas explosion In two storey apartment house at 11616 Avenue to night killed seven persons seriously injured and- wrecked the two- Mx Jeffreys the Engineer nt a Public Meeting on Monday night stated that Current could pro bably be supplied months TWa was to come in con nection with the Hydro Hail- way hut ho to mie In advance of the Railway In the Evening Telegram at a meeting at Birch Hon Sir Adam Beck stated as follows Not one can bo turned connection with this or rail laid until such tho Dominion Govern ment furnish I onus which we toe of them at W400 mile After the vote on Radial Railways was taken on Oct lath Sir Adam Heck publicly stated that nothing could be in connection with the project until Buch time an this Do minion Government Bonus was grant ed What hope is there of the Do minion Government with Ita hands tied with expenditures for war pur pose and falling off to con sider let alone pass More especially Is this tho cane when you the fact that once the precedent established the Domin ion Government will bo expected to bonus all Electric Railways in Can ada from the Atlantic to -OOO-e- A i If the of in doubt about York proposition not working out wo urn in Hon to stale I1mt the Company is supply rent for One Year to test its flotonoy ami not ivon bind Corporation to years lore a copy of our letter to the Corn- puny and reply of tin Mnna- Newmarket Toronto A York Toronto The Newmarket Era is ions to secure some information from your Company in reference to present question of Elec tric Power and would be pleased to receive an answer to the question Can Newmarket Elec tric from the Toronto and York Hallway for a short er term than five years and if so on what conditions Yours truly Jackson At the Winter ie of Quelph two Hon James Hud it was full of promise In regard to better for exhibitors but Hon- Minister pi- Agriculture the Mercury says was as silent on this point as a cigar store Indian On the return of Premier Hearst from Ottawa last week it was given out that Ontario Government had reached an agreement with the minion Administration whereby prisoners of war will bo utilized for the opening up of country tribu tary- to the National Transcontinent al Railway A most noticeable feature of war sentiment is fact two thousand trained volunteored for sorvico with Ca nadian women of this Dominion and her mpthpr were in Aurora last Mrs of washers last week owing to the of father Misses ftykes returned home after Visiting three MIseEna the new as sistant at the post office during the holiday Mrs Rev A was in on Wednesday and gave an address to the W U Mr Mrs Brother of Aurora spent with Mrs R friends Mr Edmund Walker of and Miss Maggie town visited Mr on Sunday Miss Gertrude Cordon of Toronto spent a few days this at the home of her grandmother Mrs J HP bo as willing as men to saoriilcc their lives for of Toronto was in Empire From reported in insolvency proceedings follow ing the assignment of Mr A it appears his address is Buffalo As Globe guess he to Join Moyoft- and- Duncan ami others of the expatriated who should have remained at homo to answer questions Toronto Doc Newmarket Era Dear Sir- In answer to your letter of Dec beg to reply as follows Question Can Newmarket secure from the Toronto and York Radial Railway for a shorter term than five year and if so on what conditions Answer We can supply po immediately as our transmis sion line is now operating through Town If the Municipality of Newmarket docs not pass tho Hy dro Enabling ByLaw the Com pany will give a oneyear con- tract and supply power on same for one year pending the approval and consideration of the regular contract on the same terms and conditions as before Trusting this gives you the desired information we remain Yours truly Wilson Manager It is quite apparent lhat there is no need to he in a hurry about passing the Enabling ByLaw for Hydro Let Council accept Uo offer of the Company and give their power a trial If satisfac tory continue if not adopt the Hydro There is no doubt what ever hut that the Hydro is the most expensive The announcement cornea from Ot tawa that the Dominion Government has decided to establish an experi mental farm in Northern Ontario lo cated on the lino 6f the Transatlantic Railway employing prisoners of war for clearing pur poses A farm of the character stat ed will prove of very valuable assistance to the people of the far North along agricultural lines A press despatch from Ottawa a few days ago slates that name of Mr W K M I of Belleville is being as sociated with the vacancy on Ontario Bench caused by the re signation of Judge Mr has been a member of the Commons since and is a lending member on the Conserva tive side of the House HE THINKS OF HYDRO Kingston was quoted by Mr Ic-I- on Monday night as a place that had passed the Enabling Bylaw for Hydro following is an extract from Kingston Daily Standard and the editor is not only a strong Conserva tive IVut an oxPresident of the East ern Conservative Association He writes The power question Is an interest ing one and yet a simple one after all Mr Campbell says he will not deal direct with the HydroElectric Co This being so the only thing is for the matter t be taken up direct with the city Mr Campbell has cheap power and he is willing to it The people of the cheap power and they are not only willing to buy It but so far wo can learn they do not care a brass farthing where or from whom they get it so long as they do get Itwhether from Mr Campbell the HydroElectric Commission or anyone else we do not as a City want to make the same mistake as made in respect to the Seymour Co when that concern offered us cheap power and we could have had it un der a one year contract As will be recalled we turned down the Seymour oiler because the HydroElectric Com mission assured us we would have power from them in a few months was several years ago and to day we are apparently no nearer Hy droElectric power than we were then Of course If we want to wait and in the meantime tie our hands and refuse other offers well and good Hut It doesnt look like a commonsense thing to do It is announced that the Ontario Government lias located the Experi mental Farm in Northern Ontario upon which Austrian and German war will be placed to labor It consists of acres In extent upon tlie banks of tho River In Town ship seventy miles west of Cochrane or halfway to Hearst along the Transcontinental Railway This loca tion Is tho clay belt and is heavily Umbered Clearing portions of the farm from timber will be the work of this winter Editorial in Toronto World Conservative Hamilton and have declared with fairly plain speech that Sir James Whit ney was the strength of the Whit ney Government The lesson for the existing Cabinet must ho for the present until some other per sonality has dovelopfld and taken hold of the imagination of people that Government must establish itself and can only establish itself as Sir James Whitney himself did the adop tion of forward policies strik ing out in new directions and by consulting the wishes of the peo ple in regard to legislation Public interest still hovers around the Dundas byeelection in which the Government majori ty fell from to and which taken with the West Hamilton where the Conserva tive majority fell from to is being widely discussed as a sign that public opinion in some subtle way is running against the Gov ernment Both these reverses for the Government have occurred since Hon Mr Hearst became Prime Minister and it is rather obvious that it was Sir James Whitney who was the real strength of the Government and now lhat he is removed the Gov ernments influence is on a de cline Both In West Hamilton and in one of tho un doubted factors was a feeling not closely defined hut nevertheless real that it is lime for a change This feature has always been an important one in Canadian poli tics and it looks as if it is oper ating against the Ontario Govern ment Us Influence when once it gains momentum Is almost al ways irresistible the Christmas Service will held in King Christian Church on Sunday December Special music will be provided for the occasion Sunday School will bold their annual entertainment and Tree on Wednesday evening next at oclock A choice program and refreshments All residents of No are cordially Invited to be present Collection in aid of S funds toOOi Town yesterday on account of tho of- Me brotherinlaw Mr An drew Ego Mr and firs Lawrence of ronto spent the weekend the homo of the letters parents Mr and Mrs Geo A Thompson Hill Liberal Rev and Mrs Elliott visited Aurora and Newmarket and Mr El liott preached at Industrial Home on Sunday MfsJ HolHngahead left yes terday morning for tho Toronto Gen eral Hospital to undergo on Satur day an operation for Wo wish her speedy recovery fr Jack who volunteer- with the jverbcaB contingent arrived in Town on Wednesday Ho has been on the Signal Grey with headquarters at Mali- fax and was granted a days on furlough On his return he expects the ship will leave for Japan o An Opportunity to When the greatest tragedy of history was precipitated the perverted ambition of Prussian militarism when The Day dawned which was to nee the Anal subjugation of franco and the long hoped for humiliation of England the Kaiser and his ad visers awoke to the fact that one serious miscalculation had been made in their plans To make the quick dash on Paris which Ottawa Dec contract for the one hundred and motor trucks wanted by the Department of Milita to cost about will bo awarded to the Kellv Company of and the White and Packard companies if they wnM re duce prices twentyfive per storey building A photograph studio cent It is understood that tbe the first floor of the build- tract for 200 bicycles and motor ing and it is suppcsid escaping gas cycles has been let to the became Company of Ottawa Ralph Smith at North toy son of Smith af and MIs Cora White of a teacher from lost their lives while skat ing on Lake venturing out too far Dec Among three boys awarded St Georges by Is the son of a Warsaw engineer who carried- car tridges to the trenches in a dozen battles a German company Into village where a strong force of Rus sians captured them and gave that led to the secure ten frowning accident in the Ottawa heavy German Icy within a week was to terrorize and paralyze the French nation it was necessary to invade With Franco subdued it would he possible to concentrate on the campaign against England which was to crown the crime against civiliza tion That Belgium would offer seri ous resistance to the of the German on Paris was not conceivable to Prussian mind Not such re sistance be promptly and Belgiums small army swept aside like a cobweb but for Urn ful happy land to think of repel ling the invader would bo for her to invito misery desolation ruin and annihilation To prac tical German mind such a choice was so absurd as not to he count ed in any calculation made But Belgium made that choice She chose the bolter part she proved to a world fastsinking into the slough of materialism that man does not live and that nations do not live by bread alone It was not in ignorance that she elected death rather than dishon or She might have escaped the anguish of the months which were to follow if she could have faced the contempt of her own soul but honor was more to her than the happiness to he purchased sell ing honor With clear vision she contemplated the ruined cities- the devastated farms the home less wives the slaughtered sons the daughters worse than slaugh tered Then she gave her mandate to her king the King of the Belgians not merely the King of Belgium and deciding to fight fought as twice armed in a just quarrel compelled he admiration of the world and wrote with her blood a chapter of heroism which shall be read with quickened pulse by generations yet unborn the civilization which she has helped to preserve To British subjects the story of Liege Is an inspiration to all who call themselves true Britons brothers of these Belgians who never will be slaves it should be an incentive to generous giving to a people who have given ev erything for sake of liberty Money cannot restore the fath er slain the son mutilated the daughter ravished the home giv en to the torch But money can at least feed the hundreds of thousands who remain to face a long winter in a land laid waste it can at least convey feebly the message that hearts beat in sym pathy throughout Canada East and West people of Do minion have responded readily to appeals on behalf of Belgium but the need is so great and so press ing that efforts on behalf of sufferers must not ho allow ed to The British Admiralty pro viding vessels to relief sup plies from Canada to Rotterdam The insistent demand is for wheat with which to make flour on spot But wheat costs money Wont you If you wil send your contribution at to Hon Treasurer Belgian Relief Fund 69 St Pet er Street Montreal Miss Eva Me Andrew a school teacher at Que was drowned while skating on River this being the tenth POSTPONE YOUR BUYING DO IT A and comfortably presents she will give Instead of be- hurried and flurried as are those who wait until last moment showing ample assortments of holiday morchah for early Christmas shoppers Particular attention Is called to the lines mentioned below suitable practical of which our displays are now atthelr best FOR THE OK I i Tea Aprons at to Fancy Collars boxed separately In now Lilly Lace Collars Pique Lawn Collar and Cuff Sets Collar and Cuff at 35c to We have a very special line of travellers sample worth up The Last Rose of ummefi made Into a neat bow boxed Wow Cords selling at and each Belgian assorted colors each In endless variety to each two specials at and each GIFTS THE MEM New Neckwear In Knots Derbies boxed individually 35c and 76c each New Mufflers In fancy knit silk boxed and to Fancy to pair SPECIALS FOR THIS WEEK Ladles and Childrens Winter Coats at cost Mens and Boys Overcoats reduced Coats for Coats for Coats for Coats for 1000 Coats for 790 760 Coats for I WMMIfCET MM An at a Toy rfUe Hoi iron each and VCCl for I St Thomas Board Health to a diphtheria epidemic has closed all schools and forbidden Sun- day entertainments or mas tree gatherings LEADING Undertaking House can bur your Furniture For Casta UNDERTAKING EMBALMING A SPECIALTY Night to at residence John Millard 17 and The Cradle In Aurora on Sunday Deo 6th the wife Mr I of a Eon HOY In Newmarket Nov to Dr J and Mrs Boyd a son MARSHALL In Newmarket on Nov to Mr and Mrs Marshall a WILKINSON In Newmarket on Dec to Dr and Mrs Wilkinson a daughter Altar At the terlan Manse Sutton on Wednesday December by the Rev A Hamilton A Ida Maude daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Rae Twp to Arthur North Tomb m WINTER At the parsonage on Sunday Annie Webb mother of Mrs War ren beloved wife of the late John Winter in her Interment at Cemetery Hannibal on Friday Dec killed Dr Fred OBrien graduate of Ontario Veterinary College and second of Mr Daniel and the late Alice OBrien of Ont County York in year Deeply regretted EGO In Newmarket on Dec Andrew Ego Funeral Saturday afternoon at one oclock Interment at Newmarket MORION In Aurora on Sunday Dec Alice Morton tears beloved wife of Mr Charles Morton Of J J r I We specialize In Teas and Coffees We are still selling our Coffee at the same price 30c and lb freshly ground We would advise you to buy Tea as It Is almost certain when Parliament meets that there will be a war ax added Great Britain has added a war tax recently and Canada Is sure to follow We can give you extra good values Special Brands of our own blending at 30c lb New Currants Raisins Figs Etc have just arrived Last Seasons Raisins at 8c lb New Raisins and Currants pound New Cooking Figs 7c lb Now Table Figs 15 lb Malaga Grapes are very sweet this year Try some Special Value In Grape Fruit Pure Clover Honey In Bottles also 10 lb Tins PHONE 35 CSS I PURITY AND QUALITY OUR MOTTO Special Attention Given All Physician and Family Recipes NEWMARKET MAIN STREET Agent for Cameras and Photo SupplUa Freeh Chocolate TELEGRAPTT OFFICE Phone No 161 THOUGHT TO LOST Ottawa Dec Although no have received by the ways and Canals Department of the loss of steamer Sharon in the Atlantic the of her sinking with all her crew now of tbo crew who were all Main Worth Government employes and who lot J by Donovan All that is known the that she is over a mouth overt rumor that has us mine In the North Sea Is Alt Careful part hailed from tie Mail- and Prompt Attention- It was learned to lecture The vessel Is one used to carry supplies toSS last Summed and was to Dominion Iron and tympany M Sydney for Newport of coal and last er was ft had left Newfoundland vessel of over There were tons and cost tic week of Chris Wait for C sot Hod wire el Qui meet from read Mr Kettii Miss cry Con Moth Neil the adopt able si ice to Ihr Riven sent Wiin s I be Jfitesl I self eel its that the was commanded crew AReHIVES OF ONTARIO TORONTO