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Newmarket Era, 7 Dec 1917, p. 1

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iiV in -w- For n and to at K I I Wadft Jovolrv Store No Paper sent out of York What tftYofr Km have Knowledge Experience Equipment- lot Member Canadian Y 71 W fl K NECKTIES EVERY HOME LAUNDRY To save Itfcor In Is of Woman who keen In her nd he models In Irons Ironing Boards Wringers TubsCloihcsBsitelseic j These ecu little some few dollars seme cents All are worth times their prices on on Ironing day Our Toronto and It Easy HARDWARE THE III Phono 2 PAINT STOKE A CLEANS POLISHES vjr every J fli iriaw and lit to a lwd f I 1 I f I dune I afti OCtii A vfith polish Ctiplul up Rett Total Astett April IS Saving for Victory facilitated by the Bank of Montreal which will receive your deposits at Interest and convert them as they accumulate into Dominion Government War Savings Certificates Chinch has called hi recent of vin far an Ik CoWqorn the real issue at lie flection is turning on Mia lion of Women aro taking fn- in Ihe and have opened in all the City Hidings Sugar a ar ticle in Toronto The Local of Women arc prohibition of its for the manufacture of expensive candy Dp Carman reported to have worth on death OOHbng about daily to the army Of those claiming exemption about weekly The total last HOST Mr Win J King who suddenly at the clone of last week was formerly a mission worker Word wan received in Toron to on Saturday thai the embargo placed by the New I way against shipments into Canada via Hock rained Thin coal meats through gateway Andrew was Sunday morning on a warrant from the Chief of Police of Par ry fiound is alleged have signed the name his em ployer while working Parry Sound 16 a cheque for and cashed it Two young boys employed by Reception Pooplo j i G Ross Manager Newmarket Brandy a store vere ar rested Saturday afternoon charged with theft and are ftus- of opening ready for delivery- The late Brock left an estate or The freshmen in dentistry were guests at a banquet given in the CarlsRite last Friday night by the members of the sopho more class in dentistry Thirty- one members of the sophomore class are overseas and fortysix in training in Canada Courts have decided to be more severe after this with motor thieves a public gathering on Friday night it was affirmed that wo men are unfitted for machine shops men have been crowded out of a job Among the returned sol diers who arrived at North To ronto on Monday were Bul lock and Lesson West and Watson of Bradford vigor- l- I SOUTH END LUMBER YARD JL THREE Canadas Food a In New York City W PEARSON Order Coat from Carters John Murphy and John Draper OFFICE PHONE L 1855 Fund vagaau2 A General Bunking fiuslness The fcuc- IOxpalcnco with and with vi4ciy and t itulhd fetlca in tsid the P A Manager of York Public is hereby given lhat King one of the candidates at the pending has appointed J of Newmarket as big official agent and J A M Armstrong other candidate appointed Morris nil of as his official agent EGO Officer West Nov Men employed in the plant of the Otis Elevator Co of New York City have been given official warning they will bo dis missed if they ridicule ho com bination trousers-hloomers-over- worn women workers in the factory More than hundred women have been em ployee in the mechanical depart ments plant- to take the places of men to the col ors and have been informed by the foremen they would lie re quired to wear the womahalls A half dozen or more promptly quit rather than obey he order The New York Herald published the following Declaring the food situation desperate and urging the press throughout the United States to stand back of their Food Admin istrator Herbert Hoover Administrator of Canada told a at the Vanderbilt Hotel today that un less every village city and person in both countries practises strict economy for the next three months the Allies and American soldiers in France will suffer from want of wheat Mr had just from Washington where he was in conference with Mr Hoover I say this Mr said that the press of the country cannot do belter than to support Herbert Hoover might and main It is impossible that they should in many cases have the reasons disclosed but nevertheless necessary that the press should support him say this with frankness and a full knowledge of the entire food situation The situation as to foods is desperate and calls for plain talk Give the people the true state of affairs and they will respond feel sure The facts of this situation call for the conserva tion of wheat beef bacon fats conservation to the limit It is not the question of the price of food but that food shall go for ward to save the men at the front The men at the front and by that I mean our soldiers and those of our allies are depend ent upon the United Stales and Canada to feed them They must be fed regardless of the cost to the people QUO J Wilson appeared before Judge Elliott last Tuesday on a charge of bigamy He re fused to plead when called upon to do so and after hearing sev eral witnesses including the clergyman who performed the marriage ceremony in Philadel phia when bo was married the second lime the Judge sentenced him to three years in Kingston Penitentiary Milton Reformer The of North York gave Hie Hoiden Prime Minister at the Dominion a great reception in Newmarket on Thursday evening of last week The local deserve great prepara tions made- for the pleasure and comfort of the audience Seats for about000 were placed in which was deco rated with- flags bunting and mottoes under the supervision of decorator the Aurora Bund was engaged and special cars were provided on the Met ropolitan both at the- close consequent ly people were present by both electric and motor cars from parts fie Hiding Those who went curly to get good seats had a long wait for it was be fore the speakers arrived Mr P W Pearson deputyreeve of Newmarket presided Home GO returned soldiers from Toronto Hospitals bad seat in- the audience In addition to Sir the meeting was addressed by the candidate J A Armstrong of Toimnto John A Patterson K of To ronto and P Parker the latter three well Liberals British sentiment alt over this country in going rise on day of December and say No We a re not going lobave FrenchCanadian domination fa Canada said Torontos former Mayor and the audience Should he continued Mr ho will be placed in power by a majority from one province from one race say thai is fraught with the greatest danger to the common weal We have statements by leading FrenchCanadians that if the Union Government is defeated they expect Canada will be out of the war or will not support any further carrying on of the war fa dictator lie is in the saddle and candidates are taking a pledge repeal the Military Service Bill and to release the conscripts which means that Canada will withdraw practically from the war Mi trqnhart said that there would he an almost solid Quebec vole against Union Government In the next House there will be or FrenchCanadians behind Wilfrid op- posed to our carrying on the war in the way it has been carried on It means we are going to have race domination in this country We are going to have Quebec domination French Canadian domination Do you think the rest of this country is going to stand for hat No Never shouted he audience No I as a Liberal as a lead er in the country first believe that all men are equal under the law I believe the great British sentiment of his country is go to rise as one man yes and one woman the 17th of De cember to say No no We are not going to have FrenchCana dian domination in this Applause Mackenzie King said Mr fiuharl was that Sir Wil frid would encourage voluntary enlistment If Sir Wilfrid Laurier has any fait in voluntary enlistment he said why didnt he start a campaign in Quebec even after conscrip tion introduced He says he A piclurcsquo feature of the welcome to the Prime Minister was the presentation by a little girl named of a the inscription you send help to my dad dy nt the front Sir Robert referred to the ap plause as an evidence that the electors of North York wore fng to bo true to their pledge to Stand by the men at llio front The Prime Minister told crowd of the formation of a Cniou and they showed emphatic approval when he declared earnestly that it was rrof only in name but in fact a Union Covernmenl The Libera fs who had entered the Government had done so entirely from patriotic motives They have not abandoned their party any more than have he de clared Sir Robert after briefly tell ing what the Union Government had done and was preparing to do in abolishing patronage lax- profits and taking effective control of the packing industry turned to Hie discussion of the supreme issue the enforcement of compulsory military service Sir Robert assured the North York erectors that the Govern- having put Hie Military Service Act Into effect would see that it was enforced fairly partially justly and consider- but firmly in every com munity district and province from the Atlantic to the Pacific The Prime Minister declared that Hie issue was now one for the people We have had re sponsibility upon us for three years and more Your re sponsibility has come now It is a responsibility you cannot get away from rests upon ev ery man and woman in this coun try It is not the responsibili ty of a moment It is the re sponsibility of a lifelime More than that it is the responsibility of a nations lifetime When the time for you to give your verdict to send a message to the gallant men at the front let it be a message of comfort and not of dismay of hope and not of despair That is my last word to you I leave he matter with you trusting that on that fateful date fateful in history of the nation do your duly as Canada would hove you do it and that you will sec lo it that the men who have fought our battles have the people of Canada at their backs in the utmost ef fort of which we are capable un til victory shall bring abiding peace to his warweary world Mr Armstrongs speech con sisted almost entirely of a per sonal attack upon his opponent Mr Mackenzie King Mr John A Peterson said the world was on lire ami they had lo help put the fire out Mr W P Parker declared free speech had been abolished in Quebec ami the Unionists had been compelled lo abandon their meetings by mandate from assa wlio held Quebec in an iron grip he feared cant see whats going on and is dull ed of hearing so that he cannot hear the cry for reinforcements LIBERAL MEETING UP IN VANCOUVER I i A Mi The above is a photo of the second son of Mr and Mrs Al bert Storks of Newmarket He is years of age was and educated in Newmarket and be fore leaving for Toronto worked at Store At the lime of his enlistment in the Artillery in Dec he was a traveller for a Toronto Whole sale Co He went overseas in and on firing line in France ever since May last He is a sturdy loyal young man and a lyptcaE Canadian of whom his native town may well proud mo in lor I si YEARS IL Prom Era Municipal election occupying considerable in this issue Boffc Harrison have the manufacture of hoots lo theirs establishment and have secured the services of Mr res I as foreman An admirable lecture on Eng lish Humorists was delivered be- fore the Mechanics Institute last Friday night by John King of Toronto i MarriedOn Dec by John Shaw Mr to Miss Sarah Jane both of Whitchurch On Dec Trinity Church John K McDonald Esq Co Treasurer to Charlotte youngest daughter of Col of Bur ford On Dec 17 at Ho tel Whitchurch by J ration Mr Amos of At the Manse Newmarket John Brown on Deo Clark to Miss Eliza both of Fast On Dec Rev Jan Roderick to Miss Catharine ftfcFadycn of King Tp Died Oh Dec j Mrs Sarah Matthews moth er of Mrs of Newmarket aged 75 years foe Potatoes bag- Pork eOOO made fifteen recruiting speeches Fifteen speeches in three and a half years Eight of Quebec and seven in Ontario where we did not need his speech es Applause I never saw eight speeches reported but those I did read were nambypamby speeches which were not likely to gel results Sir Wilfrid Laurier had the salary of Cab inet Minister and bis sessional Indemnity and he was free ex cept during the session He was a paid servant of this country Why didnt he gel out and organ ize a campaign in favor of vol untary enlistment Ho was a dominant man in that province Why didnt he go out then That was the lime for voluntary re cruiting not today In closing Mr refer red to the outrage at Berlin he refused to call it Kitchener Where will Ihe vole on election day he asked Will they support Sir Borden and the Union Government No they will vole for the other side and wo must judge men by tho company they keep Applause As Sir Borden to speak the band struck up See the Conquering Hero Comes and the- great jumped up wildly cheering They kept It up for several minutes Vancouver Deo There was plenty of excitement al a meet ing held In the Vancouver Horse Show Building last night to hear three returned soldiers who are candidates for the House of Com mons on Liberal ticket Cor poral Leightonof Cariboo Priv ate Maxwell of West Kootenay and Major Ramsay of Westmin ster Prior to the meeting about returned soldiers led by David Loughnan President of the Creal War Veterans Association look possession of the platform in the Horse Show Building and passed a resolution endorsing the three local Unionist candi dates The Liberal speakers were in terrupted freely and and some of them were unable to conclude their remarks W candidate in Van couver was able to make very little headway with bis speech and reached a climax when some one grabbed the speaker by leg as he approached the edge of the platform Mr in endeavoring to keep his balance upset the Chairmans table and almost knocked over Tay lor the Chairman London Dec Nimi attacks wore made by the Ger mans yesterday on the front near the war office announces They were all beaten off by the British who inflicted heavy on Mid New York Dec Ford a statement given to lite press says the lactones and personal organization of Ford Motor Company arc at me disposal of the United Government and its allies we have to follow any request that the US Government makes For farm ers who must reach town and professional ami business men who go lo Ihoir clients automo biles a necessity The use of the automobile has a bearing on Ihe food problem A horse consumes in oats and corn as much as several men anil his hay and fodder might pro duce milk ami meat The United States must save ils labor power In the Ford factory a man can build a car in twelve days We have worked ten years lo reduce the quantity of material and at the same time give strength Light cars save gasoline Fortylive thousand men can produce in the Ford fac tory a million cars a year Transportation for armies and supplies is a basic Heed of war lime Railroads alone can not handle the freight The Germans are reported to have moved recently an army of men from the eastern lo the western front by auto trucks The Ford plant can oneton trucks daily and ils production can he increased in a few weeks to Each truck can haul eight soldiers with full equipment During the first month our shop could furnish trucks haul an army of men thereafter for 720000 men in each month Each work man can manufacture a truck in days We are ready to furnish the vernment these trucks at shop cost without profit I will take no profit from anything produc ed for any government during the war I despise the profiteer who makes money oul of war The tractor for plowing needs immediate attention We can save ships by sending tractors to plough Ihe land in Europe to grow the crops there The women and children will help if work of plough ing is done for them by machin ery Using tractors now wil From Era Deo Gift in leach the people a great lesson for after the war HEW WINNIPEG THAWS Travel between Eastern and Western Canada is always heavy in the winter months particular ly during December with its hol iday season To meet the re quirements of the public there fore a special Daily Service be tween Toronto and Winnipeg is announced by the Canadian Northern Railway Westbound Dec 3rd to Jan 1918 only Dee 1st to Jan only Thereafter regular triweekly service will be resum ed Through Tourist Sleeping Cur will also bo operated daily between Toronto and Calgary as part of the above special service and connection will be made with regular dally Irains between Winnipeg and Edmonton See- vice between Toronto and Van couver remains triweekly leav ing Toronto Monday Wednesday and Friday as at present For further particulars see lo cal Time Table Folder or apply to Town Agent The first Convention for the of Fast was held at Albert law Thursday and Friday and van a great success Mr Wright Fogg of Queensvillc was elected Presi dent and Mr Bee Sir John Thompson has just formed a Cabinet at Ottawa villi Ministers Miss entertained a number of young folk last Friday evening A number of young people spent Wednesday evening with Uteri Winnie Pre tic The Novelty Works are crowded with orders for Hoods and all departments are working over time A J Hughes has resigned his position as Organist and Leader of the Methodist Choir wo years of successful work and Mr J Cane enter tained the Choir an Oyster Ban ger last Friday night Mr A will be the new leader Rev W Smith and wife who are leaving for St Cathar ines were taken by surprise last Monday evening at the residence of Mr J J Pearson and pre sented a purse by their many friends as a token of esteem The Royal Templars have opened a Heading two nights a week in the Temperanco Hall Efforts are being made to- establish a Cheese Factory in Newmarket The Sons of Scotland elected the following officers last Friday night Chief D Burnside Chieftain J P Hunter Munroe W Mulch Marshall Gibson Standard Bearer D Morrison J Guard Duncan Piper Jap Trustees D Geo Muir and Morri son The Altar- Al Trinity Church Aurora by i5 Mussnn on Nov Mr John Harrison Miss Mary Ann Red fern both of King Tp At the residence of Ihe father on Nov- 7 by Rev Mr West to Miss Elizabeth- The Tomb In Newmarket on Nov 2nd Lincoln of Mr Andrew Lambig in Ills year In King on Nov 1st Mrs solem in her year At Toronto Junction Nov flth the wife of Mr Geo Waters foi shoemaker of Newmarket Freight cars are running over the Quebec Bridge and car ferry service by steamy is suspended Trenton Out Nov Four workmen were killed anil two in jured not dangerously in an ex plosion in one of the buildings of the British Chemical Company here between two and three clock Ibis morning The bulbi ng was destroyed the firedhat followed The company has been very busy and the force was working in three ARCHIVES OF TORONTO A Vet and Ik

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