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Newmarket Era , January 11, 1918, p. 1

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NEW Lot you bur- Stock it bear inspection Watsons K J P v In the Long j JACKSON Editor and Proprietor A It J AN- J f IF COAL Single J t I Our Letter Of You can a room very comfortable coat one of our Oil Convenient AM Handy We can you 3 on Oil if while our present You will need it next Hummer why not buy now SAVE PULP lot of 1st Quality Ialio in While or and When Waohlnfl remember the 1800 Gravity washes clothes clean less effort than others P4 THE STORE THE PLACE TO BUY GOOD PA4NT8 AND VAilNIOHBo Phone NEWMARKET Consistent Saving systematic and con sistent saving of money is a duly which devolves upon every one of The Bank open Savings Accounts on receipt of 1 and accept thereon deposits of and I head Manager Newmarket Branch Workis mow irociiillriK on the Jon of a ship- I building plant fool of j St The plant in being by tins Toronto Harbor I for ific Domin ion Company Ltd which was recently granted provincial charter- is fiat Ihc entire plant will by next sumrnor when work will on of six freighters salt water service A Toronto citizen a very coijvenfenl way of saving the supply of coal in cellar He furnace with the ally as williout usinp a meter lie Is getting free the Jail farm Acting on the permission Of Mayor Church Id make deliveries of coal on Sunday a number the drivers made dellveiies to meet urgent re- Jlm Company the foot of was completely destroyed by a spec tacular fire Sunday night a loss of over The Leslie Marsh at Ash bridge Hay caught lire shortly after six oclock Sunday evening Fanned by the Ire spread rap idly making a spectacular scene Firemen worked at the flames for over an hour without success Upwards of a thousand of tho men called to he colors under the Military Service Act had re ported from Toronto and district at Exhibition Camp up to Satur day pi gilt An impressive service was sol emnized in IhV chapel of St Jo sephs Academy on Saturday when young ladles were re ceived into the Order Jo seph and ho veil while live sisters look the veil while five sisters took the final vows and two Ipok the vows of or der Further evidence of the changes wrought by the wa and of the growth or the BRIT 9 i a v I There are the policy SOUTH END LUMBER YARD CAR DRY BODY WOOD BEECH AND PEARSON Order Coal from John Murphy and John Draper OFFICE PHONE spirit of national unity was mau- two Of the leading churches of the city on Sunday At St James Cathedral Ihe most unusual a layman in the pulpit was witnessed and at the Metropolitan a Methodist a Pres byterian and an Anglican clergy man officiated at the same ser vice At each place the Kings proclamation appointing Sun day as special day of prayer and thanksgiving was read A fea ture of the services at both was the procession of men from the Royal Navy and St Johns Am bulance Corps bearing the flags of the and naval ensigns The preachers delivered sermons worthy of he occasion and the of the services was enhanced by the rendering of special music Before this momentous war broke out there was much con jecture among the powers of as to what part the Brit ish Colonies would take if Brit ain should become involved in war the firm belief of the Germans that the British Empire was in a stale of dis union and disloyalty The dor- man- ambassadors were convinced that Home Hale would weaken the internal strength of the Brit ish Isles by civil strife and they even went so far as to assure the that the colonies were either would re main neutral in cane of war von Bernhardt in his remarkable book Germany and hi Next War says clear indications that of colonics though not yet planning a separation fromKng- is contemplating the future prospect of doing so Canada South Africa and Australia are developing independent na tions and stales and will when their time comes claim formal independence This belief was jne ol Germanys chief consider ations deciding on a course which would inevitably lead to a war Britain That this es timate of British loyalty was wrong is proven by the way in which various parts of the Empire ranged themselves on the side of the mother country and pledged all heir resources of men money and labor Canada is one of the largest of he British colonics arid to our oiinds the most important When it was announced that Britain had declared war on Ger many the Canadian Parliament passed a resolution stating thai they should support Britain in every possible manner Pre parations for the enrollment and training of men were made and he Department of Militia and Defence was thoroughly strength ened and renovated- At the present Canada lias about Im j i hundred thousand men over scan and between nine and ten during the progress the also those which may fol low after the war is over and the world readjusts Itself the latter can only be conjectural but are none the less interesting on lhal account The natural result of a long us From Jam held Party in- Hie period of war is a great Increase Hall on Monday in the cost of living Mcnoaro which was largely attended caused much destruction la the Indian New Zealands land have rendered great service in occu pying and garrisoning these col onies taken from Germany With the Australian army they landedi in Egypt and drove the Turks from tho Suez in i then landed at in the face of terrible gun lire and defeated the Turks in and from there went to the Dardan elles and assisted in this terrible campaign lill it was found to be a failure and was abandoned At the present time- these forces are with the armies in France No part of the has prov ed itself more devoted to the British cause than India In a very emphatic manner has shown that she believes that 1 15 the Germans attacked charge her duties to The seven hundred rulers of dia were loyal to a man Many of them made large contributions to the Government some offer ing the entire resources of Ifiefr slates The people were eager to help Even the lead ers of party hostile to British institutions were converted Into loyal adherents of Britains pol icy Not only India itself but the border stales offered help So sincere was the loyalty of Ihe that many European sol diers were drawn from the out lying garrisons to go to the front and their places taken by the na tive soldiery Today there are at least two hundred and fifty thousand Hindu soldiers lighting for tho Em fro in France in Mesopotamia and on East ern front Africa has been remarkably loyal lo Britain considering thai the same man who only about 12 years ago was leading the Boers in a revolt against the British is now- Premier of the African Union and com mander of its forces Phis col ony has had a small war of its own carried on in four different taken from fields and and the resulting shortage of la bour bring its train a short age of food Take for instance Germany France and England where food is scarce lhal tho people have been put on rations Bread tickets and meal cards have been issued in an attempt to reg ulate the food shpply Canada Firstclass music Hi Smith chair Speeches Bishop ova Ar gue Bennett Chambers and The waaono of the numbers rendered hy Choir East Society elected Reuben president although- tfhe has not yet found it Jacob vice and A- J necessary to resort lo similar A resold I thousand men in her volunleei districts The first of these To- OLD serve Money Orders and Drafts und When remitting in large or email do by of the Drafts the of Toronto It to and thay are protection both teller and Branches Quebf the Wert A- LISTER Manager I THE Is bo hlust pan and willing or by letter at once Apply School of Military lietabllahed In Torontos Seat of Learning Those who have imagined fly ing lo be a sort of hazardous perhaps but still a for young men will surprised to learn that aviation more nearly approaches a profes sion To see classes of smartly uniformed Cadets notebooks it hand moving about the Toronto University Buildings gives one a heller idea of the nature of heir work Cadet is trained lo navigate Hie air in safety He taught to render useful ser vice as an aerial observer He- fore receiving his commission he knows flying lhoroughly he is also something of an expert En Meteorology Wireless Telegraphy Signalling and Engine construc tion Aerial Photography Bomb ing- and Gunnery Quite a list but nil very interest ing lo young The School of Military Aero nautics established at Toronto University by Royal Flying Corps is reputed lo he the best in the Empire The Instructors arc men who have fought Hun air men in France Many have for months in the trenches be fore entering the They arc earnest painstaking teachers who realize the vast importance to the Empire of thoroughness in training men for aerial warfare Kor about the lime in Jon Eleven bund led ami a of ammunition were destroy ed and approximately twenty persons Wvrv as Hie result of a myster ious and explosion today in a military depot In the Philadelphia Jan riots began here yesterday were frnined today when severe- hundred men women ami children raided cars mi a Pennsylvania call road siding and stole more than tons of anthra cite detiicllves were women who their Uvea vhcu attempt was made to move eight of the cars For Ihree hours the rioters carried off coal In buckets and push carls and could not be dispersed a riot cull brought a of who arrested succession has been reelecled of moud Hill by acclamation Almost every trade profes sion has newspaper or jour nal looking after special in terests There are several farm papers but only one that can be truly called Farmers Busi ness Paper That paper is The Weekly Sun Toronto Every farmer who farms for profit should be a subscriber The Sun will pay for itself many limes over during the year navy besides the forces which are slill in Canada those called out by the Military Service Act Canadian troops made heir first appearance at the Battle of St where the Princess made their noble stand It was the Canadians who at and saved the line at lhal critical time when the French were force to re treat the asphyxiating and liquid lire of the Germans Thus it was the Canadians who at this time undoubtedly saved he coast towns of France saved Britain from being invaded and Canada from being blockaded by a vast fleet of submarines In he summer of 191G the Canadi ans look part in the Battle of the Throughout this battle hey held the northern flank and it was through he Canadian lines that the Tanks appeared before the little village of The great battle in which Ihe Canadians were engaged of which we have any particulars is thai of Vimy Ridge which in hundreds of Canadian homes is remembered as the bur ial place of loved ones who have lahPdown their lives in defence of their ideals of right and jus tice In addition to the soldiers ana sailors Canada has supplied hun dreds of nurses and doctors has established military hospitals at Inane and abroad and has correspondingly large sums of money organize and these Approximately twenty- two million dollars have been giv en to the Belgian Relief Fund Red Cross work and other Patriotic Funds Other money necessary for carrying on he war has been by three great War Loans issued by the Canadian Govern ment subscribed by the Can adian people Australia and New Zealand have from Ihe beginning played heir part in this war with vigour and Australia was only colony that was able to place an efficient trained organized naval force at he disposal of the Admiralty on ho outbreak of the war a fact of which she is justly proud This navy did most important work during the year of Ihe war protected British mer chant vessels and British pos sessions in Pacific Ocean from Gorman attack protected Ihe lranspors carrying troops to Ihe main theatre of the and removed every vestige of German colonial power in The cruiser belonging to the Australian Navy destroyed he German which had Poland being French and British Colonies could not resist and was soon wrench- from Ihe grasp of our German foes The second the German was allocked from Ni geria by Ihe British The invad ers were repulsed at first but later all German resistance was broken down by an army under Major and he country was occupied by the French and Brit ish The bird district German Africa is very Important for its diamond mines also for its vast stretches of land The Germans desired to retain forestall British aggression they this territory in order to invaded the adjoining British District but were resisted by the British under General Botha Be tween August 1914 and August a rebellion led by Wet and was suppress ed and all of German West Af rica was conquered for the Brit ish The fourth and lasl divi sion of tho war in Africa was carried on in German East Africa This is one of Germanys most valuable colonies and has along its borders the three great fresh water lakes of Africa It is of peculiar interest to British because it is the only obstacle to an all British Cape to Cairo I the British several points and were at successful but later were checked The British at tacked the destroyed all shipping sank the Konigsberg and blockaded the coast In General Smuts was put in com mand of the British With the Belgians they entered German territory and captured loyn after town A few days age- it was announced that had censed lo hold any lerruory in Africa Besides the four large colonies Canada Australia India and fiouth Africa there are numerous other smaller colonies which have done their part in the war as fully and loyally as the larger ones Newfoundland Jamaica Ihe British West Indies oth ers loo numerous to mention have sent their men to light in France and have spent heir money freely in Ihe interest of Hie Empire of which they are small but impor tant parts Since Ihe various colonies of methods has been conserving all available foodstuffs and using them at borne in order that she might send those which arc not overseas to our allies So long as we are at war men and yet more men will he requir ed to make good the wastage Thus the country is being deplet ed of its best and youngest men who are cut off before they have bad a chance to show what they could do Their places arc taken by women or by old men who in some eases have had the training and in Others have not the vigor or strength for the work and who have not the same enthusiasm for it Added to this is the deep feeling of dis couragement which is felt when the long casualty lists are posted every morning WheiiAve see the names of friends and loved ones in columns beaded or Wounded life a deeper meaning for us- We are appalled at thought of the terrible sufferings reported day by day from the and we resolve lo put aside all itiej and work for one end Peace As soon as peace is declared the different nations will at once turn to reconstruction Patriots ism will reach its climax Ev ery man will be eager to do his part the realiza tion of his hopes for the develop ment and progress of country New industries vill spring up crowds of immigrants will come into the country and soon Great Britain will have colonies as powerful as herself But side by side with the many benefits which peace may bring there will be the unpleasantnesses After the armies have been disbanded there will be vasl numbers of men sent back to he country of these are maimed for life oth ers menially unbalanced and ver many of those who are still sound will be unfilled for the monotony of civil life Then again there will be the great change which has taken place in he womens sphere Wo men will gradually come to be as efficient as mm and will be able to lake heir place in alt matters on an equal fooling As a re sult of this new ideas and new methods in business and in poli tico will be introduced and worked out If women have good posi tions in business it is only natur al that hey would rather remain independent ban marry This will cause a great arid sudden de crease in population and it quite probable that in a few gen erations it may mean the extinc tion of the western civilized races Eastern races- will then come in absorb the best of the western ideas and incorporating them with their own make a new peo ple a new civilization and a new religion i was passed providing that only members of the Sooicty re- siding in the municipality ho to compete for prizes and North Gvillirn- v bury elected Isaac Marritt dent A Riddel vice and A Ego Whitchurch elect lared Lloyd president Lloyd vice and A resolution was passed allow residents of oth er municipalities to compels for prizes King Ag Society elected Norman president lledealf vice and Joseph Stokes The Newmarket Courier the title of a new paper- starlet by Mr Ml Mr Trent resignrcT Trustee of the Grammar and Mr A wan by the Council la his place During the late Mention Mr Win used certain language toward Br which he considered In jurious to his professional and he sued Mr for damages The came before- jury week and the Dr was awarded damages Bonds Drug Store at was burglarized on night and Sin cash stolon Married At the homo of Ihe bride by Row J Clarke on Jan to formal to Rogers daughter of Mr Timothy Rogers all of King Markets Butter lb eggs lie lb pota toes hag pork to per I WOMEN I Suffer terribly with corns of high but why care now Women wear high hells which buckle up their toes and they suf fer terribly from corns Women then proceed to trim these pests seeking reliefbut they hardly re alize the terrible danger from in fection says a Cincinnati author ity Corns can easily be lifted out with the flngers if you will got from any drug store a quarter of an ounce of a drug called freoz- This is sufficient to re move every hard or corn or callus from ones feet You simply apply a few drops directly upon the lender aching corn or Prom Era Jan 1CC3 Elder and daughter are Visiting in Mrs Andrew loft for Dakota on Tuesday to join her husband r J of Waterloo attended funeral of his niece Mfas Flo Rogers of Toronto who was interred here last week below zero on Tuesday morn ing The Band serenaded the elected members of the Town Council on Tuesday night Querrfe is the leader Mrs is holding forth in a series of lectures in own Hall this week The Post Office was rifled on Tuesday night and about ab stracted from the safe ho com bination lock being worked with out doing any damage was lamenting nonaiO rival of worth of which were delayed by a snow storm and arrived next morning About 35 formers wrestled with the subject of belter roads at Council Chamber Saturday The Altar On Jan by Rev J W Stewart Mr Brlllin- ger of lo Miss Topper of Whitchurch On Jan by Rev Canon Farncomb Mr Hiram of Newmarket to Miss While of On Dec 31 by J Wil kinson Mr to Mrs CatharinoVifghlmdn all of Tp On Jan by Rev J Bell Mr Alex Tate to Miss Isabella bolh of East On Jan 3rd by Rev J Maine- son Mr Donald Morrison of to Miss Mary J of a During the Great Lakes navigation season fourteen ship callus The soreness is losses at once and soon the entire Out- Jan owVo Great Britain decided on a course placed them definitely in struggle with Ihe mother land against the Central Powers Europe and by so doing took their places amongst the great demo cratic nations of the world is Ihe surrounding tissue or Tell your wife about this skin I who suffered through war Mr a naval expert says that Germany is now driving her Boats to the ut most limit The number German submarines at sea in the past weeks has been greater not amiss to consider some of than at any previous time which have taken place the war Ell For and Oil rtifrfii Ah j ARCHIVES OF TORONTO

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