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y Mn 3P 2 i tremane ite t The deatfâ€"took «place in Montreai 0: /.. Mrs. Collins and the remains wers \. brought to New Germany where tue r-,‘.»' funeral took place on Thursday mor:; _, ~‘Among those from the Twinâ€"City «l who attended the funeral of the late / Mrs. Adam E. Ratz at Tavistock on ‘Puesday afternoon were \r. and Mrs. ! :. Ratz, Mr. Jacob Kauftman, Mr. and *s :t Geo. Ratz, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ratz, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McDougall. MrC aud Mrs. A. K. Cressman, Rev. and WIBCâ€" B Burn and Mr. and Mrs. R. S. The sale of livery stock belonging to N. Schlegal was held Saturday morning. Good prices were realized udder tlg hantiner of Auctioneer Duerâ€" Iulad h. ~<~@ SOCIAL AND PERSONAL «The Boys‘ Club of the Kitchener Baptist Church ana «e Waterloo ;nitwm Church played a friendly 5 of hockey at the open air skatâ€" ‘ing rink, at the rear of Ss. Saviour‘s Weduereday evening. The visâ€" team from the neighboring city MWn in a fast and interesting match A local young man was placed under arrest on Sunday afternoon by Chiw/ Flyon charged with having severa‘ bottles of whiskey in his possess:on. ing. The late Mrs. Collins was a sisâ€" terâ€"inâ€"law of Mr. J. Ewald, of Waterloo > Th& largest number of skaters in 6 years‘ was on the ice at the Waterâ€" l'l_brllk on Wednosdaz qvening, enâ€" the favorite winter pastime. : About 200 were present. There was keen ice, and the rink band consistâ€" ing of about 10 members furnished Some of the rooms at the Central Scbool were closed Monday owâ€" ing to the rooms not being sufficieniâ€" ty heated. There is only about a week‘s supply of coal on hand and un less coal is received within the next few days the school may be forced ic cloge. .Licht. Rooney is in town on his finâ€" al lonve.of absence before lcaving for overseas. Ho states that there is no tfuth in the report that some of the boys in training were seriously ill or hgd died as a result of inoculation to guard against contagious diseases. A few of the men are ill with colds but atherwise every one is in excelâ€" lent heatlh. AMENDMENT TO CRIMINAL CODE h WAS PASSED BELGIAN AID highly interesting meeting of the aterloo Mock Parliament was heml Thursday evening in the Dominior fe Board Room, at which an A\ct \n' %end the Criminal Code was intro 1‘ dnev by the Minister of Justice. E. W . | Mackenzic. â€" After â€" considerable dis| cussion and the submission of F“""r"‘r amendmentsâ€" by the opposition wore| voted | down. the bill was given it three readings and passed. | The Delglan A\id Cinh hell a busi ness mosting at the home of the P‘resi dent. Mrsâ€" BR. E. Rechts!l on Wed!ns day. The treasnres report showed that a tofal of $424.25 had heen rajeed hy the elub for Relsian Relief during the past two years. The sam of 417810 was raised in 1917 and $246.45 in 1916. Th~ membare n* *%s ar>g=!â€"stin9 also thylo numorons articles for Rel«ina Reliof. â€" _ Vour gimeses outgrow their usefuinessâ€" come here for new i# you have NEVER worn glasses but ought toâ€" visit will wear outâ€"come here for a Expert Optician Right at the Market KITCHENER, ONT. PHONE 853 Your Eyeâ€"Class Case Arnold Jansen ON FINAL LEAVE. music throughout the evehnâ€" CLVUB MEETING iÂ¥ & W.G. T. U. SENDS _ RESOLUTION T0 PREMIER BORDEN Waterloo Branch Arranging A parfor meeting of the Waterloo branch of the W. C. T. U. was held on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. L Shirk. _ The local Union is grateful to the new Union Government for the enactment of Dominion Prohiâ€" hition. _ It was decided to forward a resolution of appreciation to Premier Borden and the Government for this forward move. After the business an educational programme was given by Mrs, Mathâ€" ers and Mrs. (Dr.) Hilliard, which consisted of the patriotic work the W. An officer of the Canadian Railway Troops writes to his mother: 1 wish ‘you and the people supplying free hot drinks could see the men coming in when they have been relieved after a big action. During an action, the men in the front lines often have no water from one to two days. . The filthy ooze in the shell holes is, . of course, undriakable. . You may imagâ€" Ine that a chap walkipg out, [ filthy, wounded, with perhaps a sixâ€"mile hike ahead of him and a thirst as big as all our doors, has his first taste _ of paradise if he stumbles roun one . of these free coffee stalls." C. T. U. is doing in coâ€"oporation with the Y. M. C. A. for the boys at the front,. in providing free â€" drinkables, tea, coffee, cocoa and hot soup, which the boys are so much in need of. The "Dugâ€"Out" Y.M.Câ€".A. to which the W.C.T.U. contributes ‘"The last sign that anybody cares," gives away ts share of 75,000 cups of tea and coffee that the Y. hands out to the boys every day. To carry on this work the Y.M.C.A. need $50,000. The Ontario W.C.T.U. have become responsible to raise $25,000 a year as long as the war lasts. To aid in raising the necessary funds the W.C.T.U. of this town will shortly hold a Silver Thimble and Trinket Day. When they will ask evâ€" ery citizen to look through their posâ€" sessions for broken useless unwanted bits of gold and silver. All these arâ€" tieles will be melted down and the proceeds used to feed the forward trenches with harmless drinks _ our boys so need. Further particulars will be announâ€" ced l}(or when the campaign for this Trinket Day is fully organized. Rov. Lautenschlager, of Kitchener who was in attendance had charge of the Scripture Lesson and gave a splendid Patriotic address pointing out God‘s purpose for the Nation and the great need of sacrifice and the fruit that is gained thereby. > An offering was received in aid of the Free D&nk Fund amounting to $23.10. The meeting closed with the singing of the National Anthem. â€" CANADIANS DEFEAT THE SPARKLERS An exciting hockey match took place at the Waterloo rink on _ Thursday night from 10 to 11 o‘clock between the Canadians and the â€" Sparklers, which resulted in a victory for the former team by 13 to 2. The teams were: Canadians. Sparklers. W. Schaefer CGoal D. Brezina J. Schweitzer L Defence A. Kutt F. Moyer R. Defence D.: Dakmer W. Schnarr Centre H. Kurchinski H. Heer L. Wing H. Pelt: J. Dahmer R. Wing _ T. Schilter C. Engel Rover F. Brezina GALT CURLERS wWON BY 3 SHOTS FROM WATERLOO Four rinks of local curlers journeyâ€" od to Galt on Wednesday evening and weore defeated hy three shots by the CGalt curlers. _ The scores follow:â€" WaterIno. Galt. L. R. Detenbeck C. Glemnie T. Snyder L. MceGill D. Forsyth i I. Shupe 1QG. HMushes sk 11 G. Taylor, sk .. 7 R. 8. Bean J. A. Ray T. A. McKeracher _ W. A. Dixon S. T. Rricker T. ®%. McLelian . Rowman. sk 11 G. W. Hogg, sk 6 C. Cuthbertson. ..J. Frager. .. ..... E. Wettianfer. ... .C. Sheppard, J. Cochrane H. Walker, J. J A Weir. sk. _5 Dr. Burnett. s. 12. I‘. W. Snider, Brown. rA. Shantz. Barrett, A E. Rudel!. Dando. 1. Miller. sk. 9. Knowles, sk. 14 Refereeâ€"â€""Dinty." Tatal Funds fo Evidence Was Heard in Police Court in Waterloo in Case Against Edward Staskopf Who Fated Two Chargesâ€" Adjournment Made for One Week. Emmanuel Meyer, Albert Fischer, Albert Litfin, and _ Aibert Dechert pleaded gullty in Police Court in Waâ€" teyloo Friday afternoon to charges of stealing whiskey from the distilery of Jos. Seagram & Son, Ltd. The dates of the thefts set forth in the charges show that the stealing ranges over a period extending from . August until November, 1917 und the amovnt of the thefts ranged from two bottles to 100 bottles stolen at a single visit of the ‘vhiskey thieves. « Edward Staskoph, charged with reâ€" colving the whiskey knowing it :o be solen and slso charged with shopâ€" wmeaking alorg with the others, pleadâ€" «; not gullty. He adtvanced as his d? ence the plea that while he recelved and paid for the whiskey in question he did not know it was stolen at the iime. W. P. Clement appeared for Emâ€" manuel Meyer, and the othera were Aitorney, prosecuted for the Crown. Attorney, prosecuted for the C:own Staskopf declared that he had engaged E. W. Mackenzie to detend him but the solicitor failed to put in an appearâ€" ance. j Four Charges. Meyer is involved in four charges of whiskey stealing. The first cites that he entered the distillery on Novyember 4 and stole 23 bottles of whiskey valâ€" ued at $23., the second that he stole 50 bottles om November 11 valued at $50, the third that he eftered the disâ€" tillery on November G and stole 100 bottles valued at $100 and â€" the fourth is that he entered the distillery on November 16 with Albert Fischer and stole 19 bottles. The only charge against Albert Fischer is contained in the charge against Meyer covering the theits of November 16. _ Separate Indictments. Albert Litfin was charged with enâ€" tering the distillery on August 27 and taking four bottles valued at $4.00. Alâ€" bert Dechert is charged with entering the distillery sometime during the months of September and October and stealing $20 worth of whiskey. Dechâ€" ert declared that he was innocent of stealing that amount of whiskey and pleaded guillty to stealing two bottles. The charge against him was amended to read $2.00 worth of whiskey and he pleade gullty. â€" Edward Staekopf was charged with receiving 23 bottles of Seagram‘s whiskey on November 4 knowing it to be stolen. Subsequent charges alleged that on November 11 he received 25 bottles knowilng them to be stolen and 100 bottles on November 25 under similar circumstances. He was also charged with bhaving broken fu1to the distillery with Meyer on November 23 when Ne was alleged to have taken 28 bottles. To all of these charges Stasâ€" kopf pleaded not guilty. After hearing witnesses in the Staskop( case Magâ€" istrate Weir adjourned until next Friâ€" day peuding the apprehension of an important witness for the Crown. FOUR PLEAD GUILTY AND ONE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SERIES OF CHARGES OF THEFT OF WHISKEY FROM DISTILLERY E. Meyer‘s Confession. .. The first withess called in the Stas | kopf case was Emmanue! Meyer. Meyâ€" j er made a clean breast of the entire afâ€" t fair and told verything he knew in f connection with the long â€" series of thefts from the distlllery. He atatedl that he worked in the bottling departâ€" ment of Seagram‘s _ distillery lut; aummer during which thine he stole : one bottle of whiskey a week. He told | that be first became acquainted with Staskopf at a dance and that Staskopf I arranged to buy from him whateyor | whiskey he would steal from the disâ€" | tillery. He emphatically declared that | Staskopf distinctly understood that the whiskey was being stolen from Seagram‘s and declared that he paid $1.00 a bottle for the stolen goodn.l When asked by the Cuowiy why he inâ€" creased his thfets asâ€"set forth in !hel charges, Meyor‘stated that he could not say but added that Staskopf sald‘ he wanted more whiskey. . He also stated that if it had not been for Stasâ€" ‘ kopf he would not have taken _ any whiskey from the distillery. j Stole on Sundays. ; Meyer gave a detailed description of | the getâ€"away he made with the, Ms~’ key on November 4. It was Sunday and | in company with a young â€"man named Walter Kirschel he entered the distilâ€" lery where he succesded in filling 23 quart bottles from the pipe line which carried the liquar to theâ€"bottling room With his companion be stored the liqâ€" vor in the basement af the distiMery until the evening. That evening be claims that he and Kirschel want m' Staskop( and told him they hbad 23 bottles of whiskoy for him and asked ' him to drive in his motor car to the rear of the distillery. Staskop( mm-l plied with their request, according to WHOLESALE WHISKEY THEFTS REVEALED Pleads Not Guilty. Meyer‘s story and the two young men delivered the whiskoy to him at that timo. He stated that Staskopf paid $23 for the liquor. Detective Williams Heard. Detective Williams stated that he quetsioned Staskop(f upon the occaâ€" sion when Mr. Winterhalt searched his rooms and learned.from him that hbe had bought 12 bottles of whiskey from Meyer and that he had made two trips to Waterloo with Meyer. It was in compliance with a request that Staskopf go along the with the detec tive to show where he stopped on the occasion of bis trips to Waterloo that ho went in the Seagram car and desâ€" ignated the spot behind warehousé No. 4 Caroline street. Bought From Staskopf. > Louis Zettol was called to the stand and he swore that he purchased two 'b:)ulo.s of whiskey from Staskop( but be declared that the defendant would lnvn tell where he got the whiskey. He |stated that the bottles were not sealâ€" ed and were not labelied: This would indicate that they were some of the stuff stolen by Moyer as they answer the description. Zettle stated that he tpald $2.00 a bottle, and that the purâ€" chase was made in Saskopf‘s rooms Other Witnesses Heard. Reginald Gushert was also called |agd claimed that he bought whiskey | from Staskopf. He stated ‘that the ;whlnkny was bought as a part of a { motor trip with Staskopf. _ He stated ‘ that the bottles were ussealed and unâ€" :hlmuml. The first three bottles were ; rye whiskey and the last three were !\vhlte wheat. Harry Von Neubronn {swore that he bought whiskey from ‘Stasknpt at his rooms and paid $2.00 la bottle for it. According to the stories told on the stand by Détective Willlams of the Thiel Agency and A. Preeco, chauffeur for Mr. E. Seagram, Staskop{ was takâ€" en in the Seagram car and asked to point out the spot where he stopped and bought the whiskey from Meyer and Kirschel. Staskopf, according to their story, atopped behind warehouse No. 4 on Ccrolina atreet. Staskopf‘s Story. . According to the story told by Stasâ€" kopf on the witness stand the ounly time he went near the distillery was on Saturday nig** Novimber 4 when ho says ho received four dozen boitles of whiskey from Kirschel and Meyer. He stated that he did not know the whiskey was stolen and that he did not know he was behind the ‘stillery when be received the goods. Staskop( declared that he asked Meyer and Kirâ€" schel and Fischer at different . times where they were getting the whiskey ard they told him th}y were buying it. . . Knew it Was Stolen, Albert Fischer on (he stand told that he first met Staskop( going to a dance when he was picked up by some friends who were in Staskopf‘s car and asked to come along.. Heoâ€"stated that he sat on the seat with Staskopf who was driving and that during the ride to Baden where the dance was to be held, Staskopf told him about the whiskey and said he was getting it from Meyer. Fischer also added in his evidence that Staskopt .plainly told him that he <knew , Meyer was stcaling the whiskey from the distilâ€" lery. t Inspector‘s ‘ Scarch. Inspector Joseph Winterbalt was called to the stand and told of searchâ€" ing Staskopf‘s : rooms @t \173 King street west but declared that he found no liquor in them nor any‘ evidence o it outside of an empty bottle on the shelf. M Denies Statements. Staskopf, speaking in his own defâ€" ence, denied the conversation _ with Fischer in connection with Fischer‘s statement which he knew .\le&ar was stealing the whiskey. Magistrate Wei in adjourning the case vatil next Friâ€" day stated that there was _ cnough evidence to convict Staskopf but ‘deâ€" clared he would give the defendent a chance to appear with counsel in his defense. Sentence will be passed on the four men who pleaded gullty next Friday at the resumption of the trial. LARGE BOX FOR | THE BELGIARSI MINARD‘S ~LINIMENT _ CURES COLDS, &e. On Friday a box containing over 106 articles consisting of chttdren‘s clotr Ing, socks, quilts; otc. ware sent to the Belgian Reliof Society offices by the Red Cross and Patriotie Committee ot Waterloo. I A: fire alarm was sounded on Q«v. j 30d at 11.25 a. m., water pressure was gx& Ibs. steam pressure 80 ibs. | â€"Fire at Mr. Atkinson‘s grocery store Cor. Mary and Union. G&s Departmentâ€"This department is running as usual with nothing sm:‘» !clul to report, although some times it !wns a question of nip and tuck to get | in sufficient material for fnaking gas. WATER AND LIGHT | GOMMISSION HOLDS FIRST SESSION The first regular meeting of the Weâ€" ter and Light Commission was held on Thursday â€" afternoon. All members were prescnt with Chairman A. Bauer presiding. Manager C. W. Schiedel presented the monthly report for Decâ€" ember 1917 which was adopted and is as follows: Water Departmentâ€"Waterp umped in December was 19,476,500 gals., this is a decrease from November of $96,â€" 000 gals. The total time of operating pumps was 630 hours or an average of 20.% hours per day. Current consumed for pumping 2. 410 K. W. November the average was 785.7 Ihs per day. 1 boiler was in use 744 hours with an average steam pressure of 77 lbs. Numper ofg als. pumped por killo watt 766.5. Coal consumed during Dec. 31,96% lbs., on an average of 1031 lbs. per day. Highest nuimber of gallons pumped in one day $83,500, this was on De. 28th when new Turhiue was used. Electric Departmentâ€"This . departâ€" ment as usual is getting along satisfacâ€" torily, with the exception of course, as you are aware, of the shortage of powâ€" or. ‘The prices at the Waterloo Market Saturday morning were the same as last week. butter selling at 42c per tb.. and eggs at 55c per dozen. chickâ€" ons brought 90¢ to $1.40 each. A good aupp‘y of vegetables was offered. Graphic meter showed a 4 minute peak of 943 H. P. this was on Dec. 6th. Street lights were burning a total of 416.1 hours, or an average of 13.4 hours per night. \ London, Jan. 13.â€""There is nothing of intereat to}cport" says toâ€"day‘s ofâ€" ficial announcement. Ouch ! ?1 ?! ! This kind of rough l talk will be heard less here in town if pâ€"ople troubled with corns will follow l the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that 2 few drops of a drug called freezone when applied | to a tender, acbing corn stops soreness | at once, and soou the corn dries up and lifts right out without pata. | He says freezone is an ether comâ€" pound which drics immediately and never inflame: or even irritates the surrounding tiseve or skin. A quarter of an ounce of freezomne will cost very little at any drug store, but is sufiâ€" cient to remove every hard or soft corpa or callus from one‘s feet. Millions of American women will welcome this annonuncement since the jnauguration of the high heels. Laugh W(I;? People Step On Your Feet Try this yourseif then pase it along to others. . it works! BECHTEL BROS. This Space Next Week for our annual Anniversary Sale Feb. 13, 14, 15, 16 WATCH M i An enthusiastic meeting of Waterâ€" loo hockey lovers was held at ‘the: I(‘Ity Hotel on Tuesday evening. It was decided to fornt a hockey league in orâ€" der to promote increaked interest in this great winter sport. A schedule js ‘being drawa up and the games will !start next week. Fonr teams have alâ€" :reud'y ‘sigunified thefr intention . of :joining the leagite ‘namely . Réxalls, | Beavers, ‘Ofaitd ‘Trumk and Wanderâ€" {ers. The schedule will not be drawn i“" for a day or two in order to give ‘ any other teams an bppoftunity | to | sign up. The following offfeets were elâ€" ected: * President â€"Albert Morgé#t Vice Presidentâ€"Thee. Waseloh. Secretaryâ€"J. H. Sifith * \_ Treasnrer Ralph Ziegter I Executive + L â€" HinschWNerger, _ W. |firmxz. J. Sehi, J. Canningham _ and |above officers. 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