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The signatures for Wednesday half holiday, five-o'cl6ck closing _and against closing were as fol- lows :---' `circulated the petitions regard- Messrs. Moore and O_tton,' whog ing the summer holidays have handed The Examiner a list or signatures, . showing the attitude of the business men towards the propositions. present. A meeting of the business men - will be held in the police nourt tomorrow (Friday) evening to consider the report of the com- mittee. L. `F. Cross will preside and it_ is hoped that every one who signed the petitions =2vill'be muom'rv Fan I-IA,LF |joI,|nAv_ i We make our first showing Ithisf_`week' of Wash Skirts, the articles that'p_romis`e `to be very much in demand this season. `There -has been an immense sale of waists, and; we look--ifora corresponding `rush for Wash Skirts now. that the real summer weather is here. Grey and White Check Skirte, `of heairier Cot- .ton material, guaranteed to wash, at - . - - . . . .. g Ell` I Q!` 33 B_(_5ys _ ash_Suiis are 1-uln tnc colorsnre guaranteed res! nobby, and the pre-war prices are much below present value. Inspection invited. White `Skirts, good Usfyle, rhacle with stylish patch pocket, at. . . . .$1.V,_25 and $1.50 White Repp Skirts. in plain Hill style".-at. .$1 Striped Sport Skirts, made of Beach, Cloth, in Blue and Green shaclings, only, - - -~-`$2.50 ,Sarieant 5` %1< Wonderful` Values in W ash %Skirts% 54th Year. % 3450 Copies Sarjeant & King 7s;s.?:;aA:;.24 s`4';o'o WOOL WANTED ` A Call and see J. W. -Gosslieng and get prices before you sell your wool. At the apple factory, der- ner Sophia `St. andVMaple Ave. 24 Speeding Motorist Ditched Travelling about forty miles an hour a green Buick racing car containing two members of the Army Service Corps from Camp Borden` was ditched on Tuesday nightat the jog in the road two` miles west of Allandale and the driver, St_,ewart.Murray, is now in the Royal Victoria Hospital suff- ering from various bruises. The driver not being familiar with the road did not slacken spe ed stiff- iciently for the sharp turn and the motor was thrown across the ditch" up against the fence and completely overturned with_ the driver pinned beneath. His com- panionwas thrown free and es- caped with a few scratches. With the assistance of some soldiers who came along` the road soon after, he succeeded in releasing Mr. Murray. The injured man did not regain consciousness for two hours. No bones were hrok- `en"nut he was badly hruised in the back, side-and one hand. turn. `J: Linn, V)ll`Jo I.Il.lu7\7- Dry Goods, Clothing and Boots and Sh0es-`-./klex. Milne & Son, R. Neill. g Butchers---J-. Bihgham & Son. 7 Miscellaneous-- Walter Scnt.t,, N. Cotter, A. J.'Tuck, E. G. Han- mer, J. J. Neelands, G. W. Raymes Any who have furnished hous- es or rooms to renfgor are pre- pared to. give board to summer visitors are requested to send full particulars as to accommo- dation and rates to the under- signed. Information is to be iiurnished in wrltlng and not per- sonally or by phone. a J. A. _MacLAREN, Chairman Publicity Committee, 22.e.o.w Barrie Board of Trade. lrl-)V1';1u;ggists--D. H. M:1cLaren. jGeo. :Monkman, H. G. R.ober~t.s0n. Misce'll_aneous---Alex. Cleland. Opposed to closing at All Groceries and Fruits --- J. S. Vair, H. C. Channen, Jno. Saso. T\...... fl...-...J,- 1 VlA.1L:--.._ -_.I `rn-_4_ v~J\ILn. B'anl;s, Offices and Dentists --I-_ Bank of Commerce, H. E. Jory, `H. D. Jamieson, Examiner, Dr. .1 'l\...-_.._.!_1_ `l\ 1 ? l ,r I I wilardwar-e--Mem-m &.' Hubbard, Estate `J. J. Coffey, H. II. Otton &. Son. - . ' /\A\nv- . -.\ n-vu--sw- Dry Goods, Clothing and Boots and Shoes Geo. Vickers, `Wm. Moore, W. C. Hunter Clothing Co. ` .... vo.-.v-nun: `Miscellaneous--`-BaI-rie Milling; .00., Singer `Mfg. Co., Barrie, Fair,| liams. A`. W. Whitby, .VV. Urry, F. VV. Woolworth Co., J. G_. Keenan, Parson s Fair. _ _ ` . "Five O'clock Daily Glosylng Groceries and Fruits --James Cheesman, W. J. Paddison, A. G. MoNahb, Hinds Bx-os., W. R. Wil- ru \ ;~. .u. . -- loan u-u--,_ a. a.uuu .:a-Julio Butcher -- A. E. Lowe, M. J. Brenn-an, ` -... . _......> W. Richardson, Dr. H. C. Greasc.I g Jewelers--- W. .1. Johnson, W. `L. Reeve, F. D. Haight, A. H. F'elt.._ 1 Harness--J. W. Mccandless, E. A. Gu`,_ Fred. Loth. V | .`l`|--1.._I.-..- "I3 1 __,_ at 1' GAR PET SQUARES in all popular sizes as. stock, many ,of them at old prices. This means a great saving on present a day `prices, They range according.to,.size:- L ' I` Tapestry, from $8.30 to $20 Bruseels, frqm $18 to $25 Velvet, from $22.50 to`$3O V Wilton, at $35 and $40 Special Sale Saturday of J apan-V ese Floor Mats at 250. & 43c. "w. c. wgus. Buainou Mango: Accommodation for Summer Visitors These ate scajce goods and have just arrived to go on sale at house cleaning time -:- -:- Ptinceljf Branud. impotted direct from New York. All the colorsare guarantpcd fast, styles are very rhnf Italic` I-n-._-Ll.:-._ .'_a_:.|.;.I _---------, % WITHMWI-HCH % ` THE BARRIE SATURDAY MORNING Sarjeant & King In a letter_ to his mother-at Ehnvale, written while in hospi- tal at Boulogne, ]i`1-ance, the late. Gui`111e1' Oscar kerr gave particu- liars of show he received` the wounds which resulted in his death a few days later. He and three others of the gun` crew were placing their guns o_n German ground that had been captured, and when coming out .01` the doorway of a, big dugout a Ger- man explosive shell `caught them. One poor fellow had his abdomen blown away,- Oscar being the next seriously wounded, with a wound in his cheek knocking out half his -teeth, a hole in his right thigh the size of a lemon and breaking the bone badly, and aihole in the left thigh the same size but miss- ing the bone. _He said he had suffered great pain but the worst. was over and hoped to be home for Christmasas well as ever. A letter from the matron` of the hospital told of his death, caused by the poison from the broken bone affecting his heart. -It was .a well equipped hospital and everything possible was done to save his life, but without avail`. cial telegram -regarding his elm, Pte. H. W. Purvis, stating that he was in Wimereaux Hospital, injuretl in the right foot and sex`- iously ill. In a letter to his `par-- ents, written on Mayv 13, Pte. Purvis `stated that a iece of shrapnel had gone through. his right foot which would lay himeup l_`-hm` some time. T I Iraigvale, received another offi- `On May -23, Albert Purvis,V Miss Lillian Wearing has re- ceived word that her brother, Norman, who went over with the *}-76th Bn;, is among the missing. (Jordon L. Bell, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bell of Oro Station, who has been studying` medicine at Toronto University, `has enlisted in the medical service |0f the British Navy and left for" overseas on Tuesday, May 22nd, in company with W. H. Miller "of `Barrie. A ` Corp. F. G. Hastings, who was killed in action on Apr. 30, was a brother 0f~Mrs. Russell Walker, Al/landale. He enlisted at Winni_ peg with the` 16th Bn. and had taken a machine gun course in England before going to the trenches. ' Word was received by Geo. A. Clark, 56 Holgate St., Allandale, that his nephew, Lance-Corporal P. T. Clark, Winnipeg Ries, died of wounds at Six Casualty Clear- ing Station, France, May 13. Banks, Offices and Dc-.ntists-- Bank of Toronto,` Union Bank, T. Beecmft, Mickie, Dyment &; Son, Boys & Murchison, Stewart &St.e .wart, Strathy & Esten, Donald Ross, A Creswicke & Bell, Barrie Gas 00., J. H. Bennett, A. F. A. Malcomson, D. J. Reburn, -James Arnold, G. S. McConkey-, `A. B. Coutts, F. A . Lett & 00.,` W. C. Thompson, Geo. Wilson, D. N. Morrison, Dr. E.VI.. Bret-eton, Dr. WITH THE MEN IN KI-IAKI BABRIE , CANADA. V-MAY 31,1917 lAI\I\nA -J4-\1 \I1 vnnu tun: 1.111.. _ Tiny" Grant was the heavy- weight, private-who made `such a pet, of the big St. Bernard dog when. here. Paddy O Connor, the little Irishman whose burlesque boxing with big Joe Withers caus- ed inuch fun at the battalion con. certs, was turned down at Havre on account of,his age-`(57 years) but insisted on going up with the boys and was shot through the brain the first night he was in the `trenches. Corp. Fitzpatrick, a well-known- transport non_'com. also was killed on his first night. Pte. Joe: Withers was In France for several months but was transferred to London to do duty as a military policeman. .Bn. Sergt. Major Marsh is now a lieu; tenant. ; ; . ~ ' ..v-.A-V... Of his brother Chuck Scales, otficially reported missing, be- lieved killed, Pte. Seales said he had not been able to nd the slightest trace. At_Gourcelette, Chuck and Ptes. Perkins and Oxford having reached the third line trenches took shelter in a shell hole but the Germans Grop- ped a mortar bomb into the hole wounding Oxford and Perkins and either burying Chuck or blowing him to atoms In search- ing for his brother s remains,` Pte. Seales came across the hod- ies- of Russ. Horseld, Hugh Sin- clair (goal tender of the 76th hockey team) and Tiny . G-rant, lying sidevby side, without a mark ontheir faces. These three were buried togetherby the stretcher hearers of the 4th Bn. LLTI",'__ II I` IJ\.1\/\IIAV n-\.rurrnuu.- All vv nsn.vIJJo He could not say denitely as to the percentage ofeasualties among the 76th Bn. but it has been very high. Of the_Privates Club` which gave dances in the Town Hall when here , E. P. Hen- derson is the only one whose name has not, appeared in the casualty list. He was 1'e,iect.ed as medically unt in England and has been doing office work in London. 16th Bn._Suffered Heavily ' Pte. T. Seales spent a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Webb during the past week_ and was heartily greeted by the friends he made during the time the _76th B11. was stationedhere. Pte. Seales, along with a large number of other 76th men, was transferred to the 1st. B11. After spending several months at Dic- kebusch, Belgium, they were moved to the Somme shortly be- fore _ the (louitcelette engagement in which so many of them fell. Though he was not wounded at .Goureelette. Pte. Seales was shortly afterwards knocked out by trench fever and has been in hospitals for several months. In- valided home to Canada, he is now being treated at the conval_ eseent hospital in Whitby. 11,. ..,...l.l .....4 `I\-- ..x.. :...-;._i_'_ G.T.R. Man Killed " In Friday s list of killed. ap- peared the name of Robert M01`- gan, Allandale. -Pte. Morgan was. a sectionman on the G.T.R. He enlisted with the 157th vBn.. in May, 1916. Twenty-_six years ago, he was born in Co. Antrim, Ire- land. _ His m0l,hR' lives at Moss- ley, Carnmoney, Ireland. His sis- fer, Mrs. Edward Hagan, Gowan St... has had nn official notice of his death and thinks tl1er'e is a possibility of it being another man. Pte. Morgan snumber was 643673 while the name in the c-,a.sua.lty list was numbered 644,-- 673. Mrs. A. V.rLindsay, who is staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Mort-en, has received word that her husband was ad- mitted to Boulogne Hospital on May 14, suffering from gas pois- oning. He wrote a few days later .that he was still in hospital hiit his condition wasnot at all ser- ious. He had been in the trenches since last October and was through all the Vimy Ridge ght.- ing without injury. ` Bz;rbers--A. Overs, 'A.VB. Wise, D. A. Tucker, E. Degeer, F. Grac- ey,` W. J. Nottingham, Fred. Gar- ner. p..s... . __ :Ij_l )*11'n.niings, I_vy', was notified onT Saturday that.h_er husband had been killed in .ac- ition. Pte. Gunnings enlisted in March, 4916, at Kerr-obert , Sask., with the 195th Bn. He was 37 years ofage and was born at Mariposa, Ont.` His wife was formerly Miss Martha Agnes Ellis of Ivy, and his family consistsof three small children. Deceased I`l11\(n n nun Al` '11 117 n__.- . . . w -- v;aAaut U11. JJUUUGDUU $21753 gun of P. W. Cunnings, Port Carling, Ont. ' "On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ben. Webb` received notice-that their son, Pte. Alvin Webb had been seriously wounded. - ' Illjhll Us ' Just before leaving England, ' ' (under new management); Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling, Sash, Doors, Frames, Blinds, Tanks, Water Troughs, Mouldings, Wood Turning, Columns, Shingl es'; Wall Board, Roofing, `etc. ` ~ g I`\..... If _ _ . ~ -.. _ .__-_,, .,,, i .lJU\d.LU, uuuuug, ULU. I Our Manager is a registered arqhitect and is prepared't_'o"draw plans and specications. Consult him on your building. pz-ob'l'ems.r v -54:34: C |n.g Ba_ll Planing Mill Co,_, l.td.| Juana: val Jvun ugxnnullnc yLUulUt]1Dn' - _<..Ph,on,o 103 0ll'ico: yaynbla 8t., Ban-'1-'l'o`,_'Oh't.`.. 1 Suppose you_ are wondering . howl am getting along. Well, I ~ will tell you from the rst. It was ' on Monday, April 9, at 5.30 in the ' morning we started our big drive _ at Vimy Ridge and I got mine a- bout 6.30 a.m. Iicrawled into a I shell hole and another fellow-was % standing near so I got him to cut my sleeve open and see if I was I hurt very badly. He took my eld A dressing from my tunic and bound my wound up. I lay there for a fewiminutes, watching the Ger- mans running across to our men with their hands up, yelling, Have mercy, Kamerads. I was _ in the bombing section and when I was hurt I had 16 bombs on me, four days rations and my rie ammunition. The bombs would weigh one lb. each and I carried them about seven miles after I was hit, as there were so many bad cases that the ambulances were full. When I got to the dressing station I had my` wound dressed and found later that it was a shrapnel ball about the size of a marble in my arm. We were pu_t on a train for Boulogne Hospital. It is a nice place. After being there for a week I was put on a stretcher and carried out to a motor ambulance that took me to the dock and put me on a boat. Had dinner about 2 o clock, sailed about 4.15 p.m. Monday evening and landed in at 6 o clock. Then two hours ride to Fulham Military Hospital in London. When I awakened next morning, after being in France, I sure thought it was a dream or that I was in Heaven, for oh, it s awful, awful, to see so much bloodshed, but we will save our country and homes. Iwas up yesterday for the first time since coming here. Some one came and asked me if I would like to go for a motor ride. and some place for tea. I said I sure would, so you may be sure I wasn t long getting out of bedand dolled up. We had about 1% mile ride to a very nice place where there ., were about twenty wounded soldiers but I was the only Canadian. We playet games outside first and then in the parlor. Then we had tea. Such a spread! Well, I cannot begin to tell you what there was, but after being in the trenches, it seemed to-o good to be true. A'.' bout 6.15 we went back to the hospital where we had some co- coa, bread and butter before go- ing to bed. Well, mother dear, do not worry. I am getting I well very fast,'yo_,u see. I am writing with mywounded arm ` and al- though it pains a little when I write it is healingquickly and I will soon be away from Blighty and back to,the war. . I - From Pte. W. Pattenden Pte. Wal`lace Pattenden, who Was wounded on April 9, writing to his mother, Mrs. Thos. Patten- den, of Minesing Station, describ- ed how he was wounded as fol- lows :- Furnitur'e-W. A. L-owe & Son, Dougall Bros. . .... . V U V . `.0 LLIJIIA ULUIJUII IUVUF Asked his opinion as to the situation on the West Front, Pte. Seales said that while the Allies were keeping the Germans` mov- ing the Huns were far from heat- en yet. He emphasized the need `of more men inorder that the continued pressure may be exert- ed upon the Germans until -they are worn down. `/ Pte. Scales `saw Lt. Tom. McMil- Ian who was aching to get back to the Front. He also learned that Lt.+'C0l. Ballantine was with the 4th Bn._ as sec-ond in com- mand. Lt. Inglis, who was woun- ded, is adjutant at Moore Bar- racks but expected soon to cross the Channel again. Capt. Ren- wick is a major in the lath Bn., Capt. Henry holds similar rank at VVest Sandling and Lt. Rossiter is a major in England. Capt. Appleton is in the Pay & Record Office, Major McKinlay is officer commanding the Canadian Casu- alty Clearing Centre at Hastings, Capt. Rogers is a quartermaster at West Sandling and Capt. F. C.' Ainsley is-a prisoner in Germany. Lt. Quinn, who won the military cross, has been in England con- valescing from trench fever. AKVIVAA R2- AA_~A- fDlIl|ls-Sh(lo Cation 3 cu. Pu anon [in ulunco] lI.5| 'Welve Pages Died After Short Illness Charles Wyman, foreman in the cuttings department at the Underhill s shoe factory for the last year, died in the R. V. Hos- pital yesterday noon from heart failure following an attack of pneumonia. He went to Toronto to spend the 24th and was taken ill with pleurisy, pneumonia dev- eloping after his arrival home. He was about forty years of age and unmarried. His home is in New Hampshire but he came to Barrie from Quebec. One sister resides in Boston. ; V - u uuuukal 11]. 111) 111C. VV [1611 1 off the train I met Capt. Grandy, who is adjutant of the camp. The scenery here is something beau- tiful. I never saw the like of it before, such a contrast, between here and Quebec. Pte. D. W. Kerr of Elmvale died and was buried at sea. He was in my platoon and I had all the funeral arrange- ments to make. I have all his personal belongings which I am sending home to his mother. We _ had a muster roll call today and a medical inspection. ' Lieuts. Magnus,_ Callighen and I are in the same-tent. I haven t received any mail since we arrived but ex- pect it any day now. We only expect to be here a few days when we will be moved to some other camp. On account of the close censoring of these letters I can only tell about one-quarter what I'd like to. Don t waste any food over there. They are ymighty strict over here about wasting eatables. One chap got fourteen days field punishment for throw- ing away a crust of bread. The tents here are pretty old, and are painted so they don t show any light. We are not very far from the channel coast. ._v vv unn- I arrived all safe and sound_in this camp last night and never felt better in my life. When I got nff fhn fr-gin Y mat 11...`; rv..........I__ Following are some extracts from a letter written at Otterpool Camp, West Sandling, on May 15, by Lt. Guthrie Bell of the 177th Bn. to his; father, J. A. Bell, New Lowell: `The phonograph itself you can have priced as low as $33.00 or ranging up to $500.00- Demonstrations of all priced machines are continually going on in thelmusic studio; where apgv information will be given. 'Walll Papzer and PaiII1Ls-;I[c)Vl1iIT1T-Z ston & Warren. ({ARE_TT S Music Store Could anything be more de- lightful than Grand Opera mus- ic in your own home? and moreover by the world's most famous artists! 1: You can hear Faust and I1 Trovatore in our music studio either in vocal, orchestra or in- strumontal solos, and the re- cords are for playing upon any instrument. These two musical classics range in price from $1.00 each upwards; and the same prices apply to the latest patriotic and other favored music. The Musical World As- sembled at GARRETT S -Grand Opera Delivered to Your Own Home A1771 !-I AT WEST SANDLING rblpcks west of ql d store. MUSIC STUDIO Dry Goods, Clothing and Boots and Shoes - Miss P. B. Armi- tage, Misses F. & H. Graig, Pow-A ell & Co., Moore & Armstrong, B. D. O Neill, Sarjeant _& King, J. Sutcliffe & Sons, Devlin & Mur- chison, ` Simmons & Co., B. A._ Stephens, Miss V. S. Brownlee, F. (1. Lower, `_J. F. Craig, -H. B. Myers,oCarey Shoe Co., S. Lipson. Ii? I SECTION 2 mass 5 TO 12 No. 22 Wednesday Half Holiday Groceries and Fruits -T Alf. Rayner, Peter Keafns, TW. C. Al- bertson, H. J, Buchanan, -T. B. Crothers, Brown & (_]0., E.`J. Arm- s-on, R. J...Gal1agher.