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e * sppnes: cmnnne o m tives: | "ot" Sigkntchote gtnaron by «x jnstead e. proposal w hinily besed on uie ‘ that the members of the Coungil in:s better position to intelligently > f]fl“m'flm st capable executive, than the: 'é"" city at large. W ncil choosing its own chairman exeuse for lack of, cooperation fale t5 Thet )n use 16 ‘the Comane Ns at the present time,‘ who elect _‘ chairmen. ‘The idea is also p line with the recent change in the ht by commission plan which rovides for the appointment (by the puncil of a city manasger who is ectly responkible to the cpuncil. xperience hbas demonstrsted that it $ unreasonable to expect the eléctors p selec the best qualified men . . for rtic offices, the better practice to allow them to choose them Sot their representative character and Wave the division of the work +6 the «> The election of the mayor by the iPouncil would doubtless tend to imâ€" fove efficiency. The only loss to off | bet this would be that the mayor ‘Would Tose the distinetion of receiving is appointment from the people. So rade,. from German farmers throughâ€" : Saskatoon. District, y ‘the United States, alleging their igenerous _ .treatment in . Canada, ice the outbreak . of the war. . I# hese letters the reports in question bceive the most emphatic and . unâ€" @duivocal denial. It is further stated .“:w German people here are not com ‘welous of any change in the public atâ€" ‘Hilude toward them . singe the oommâ€" ‘imencement of the war, and that they have absolutely nothing to complain .;:} They strongly resent the false @tatements referred to, and ask that ‘due publicity be given to their proâ€" t ag his authority and powers are 'lll- I they would not be intorfgr: ; The assyrance of the Saskatchewan Gernian is welcome, While no doubt case t persecution of German resi Hots haye occurred, yet we believe «im the whole the sttitude of Canadians ‘towards the â€" strangers within their igates © who | happehed "to ~ come Sron what. is now &n my country has been tolerant and culated to incresse pespéct for the that prevails â€" under British tions, % & ?govnnmn WILL ‘ MAKE NO COUNTY ‘oronto, uaml fimd s % diaion mate provinon tor fargâ€" gmoup HoLD UP CC o m# o AOVWTDAT 6r grants in o:uic:l::vuheoln‘ya toad uc tion lulh'w. ther %"h believe‘ it may not OBAtrakiWe this mm‘v:op&- With other portions of the 'cmm , foree by pr tion, but, w y ..,.......‘:‘.wma.o'..«; Prevailing conditions, i & be questionable whether m‘fivu"rn- anent will do anything bmoh ‘...‘ onnwm?h in Whe way of giving . i a payâ€" me !Ohtsu»d grants. |ArFingeâ€" Ents which had been previously b"'. Y o : At i )h e â€" _ ~péftato, ‘Aptit 15.â€"Toen masked ‘?‘.’:' mew : held up a New â€"York fast freight ne@r Sanmbotn, fiteen miles from here, early this . mo . unéodpled * «mâ€" le ‘trucks, bolted silk, valued at C {‘-lwflmmmn- ived by the Saskatoon Board of ELECTION OF MAYORS GERMANS IN CANAPA. WwATERLOQ, | week C o. o in aly Â¥ie goard amId wraim of bol« and stortod the emgine. > He ADVERTISER® of changes must not be in useday neoon.. .Casual adâ€" s accepted up to Wodne® in half an houn with a Cb dctectiven, M Amtinm us olank. English . snd ;JL: payâ€" . ‘The provincial suthorities, un flhmfirflt ance in ‘Waterloo Township by the toulinpg of Behneiger‘s ereek, and order be commensed forthwith & to its sbatempent, Novenp 7 the. date set : for ity in the ultimetum. + they have bee olly F‘mu,mwm that has -u-w-w-uw-mm- cll of «and the people of Reriin m-ulodwm F nuuu-u;ruuo.-q has pot attempted; tq deny: the very l.nl:.fl"lmhnb z EÂ¥ngineer . Pailyn dgmfld Board of Healith to the effect that the .Ame _ worse than 4. the city Hag its F w experience with damage claimg _ of Wateriop ‘Township farmers; . . This is not sugâ€" ; in view of the fact.that the tcu,hwnmmuw« its own engineer who states in his re port that three years ago he stronsly grease the capacity . of the disposal urged the Council of that year to im Mfikhwuuthu‘mm seriqusly qvertaxed, Jubt what ought now to be done the Council has yery wisely decided to ask the provincial aythorities to say, . It is in order for them to direct the work which is to be begun "forth ‘The report imdicates thut the . in» crease in the yolume of sewage during the past fow years has been Altogeth: er° disproportionate to the growth in population since the system was. bf. 4 thig is perhaps the.. /one: ‘the of the past few years Lo gope sewasge dis question, wmemmd; little mpre‘than doubled â€"since 1900, the increase in the yolume of sewage has been nearly ten foldâ€"from 225, 000 gailons to 2,000,000 gailons per 24 hours, _ Just how this latter figure is arrived at, in view of the fact that the total volume of water pumped by the waterworks plant is but 1,000,000 .gab tons a/‘day, is not clear, but it would indicate .that the city water supplies are being supplemented by those <of some . large private plents, . It is hardly credihle, . however, that tney Ancording to the report of Enginegr Johnson, . .the _ large. ... morease in the volume of sewage during the past few years is accounted for by inâ€" vrease in population, the taking in of the northâ€"cast and western aections of the city, formerly without sewer conâ€" nection, and connecting up with . the system of indugtries using large quanâ€" tities of water, quoh as the giue facâ€" tory, Breithgupt m&. Tire W ”‘LM W " ”‘ !l' mh the volume from alder inâ€" _such as the Labg Tannery. the dafly how from which incrojsed %fiomamzh“fim 1915, It is also to be noted â€" that ich.of this manufacturing sewage is : miost difficult to treat satistactorâ€" ; 8t the disposal plant. . .. â€" .. _ ‘The Couneil is fase to face with . a big and unexpected . problem.> R.A’ larger t?n,m the provision of system of disposal that will abate the present. ?mm It involves the proâ€" vigion of a system of management, for Beriin‘s ‘sewerage *system _ that will prevent the reaccurrence of the condiâ€" tlons the city is now ordered to yomâ€" OURANDBON OF FIRST 3 CoUNTY CLERK . utds in of ‘Haeniiton, J 2. od ie Poen: Pariie m fi.:.mc.'..-‘--mfl':";‘:" ames ly * i,de#wM, ol ‘this_county, f x.s.qun‘o- ‘who is a son ‘ of the late â€" Edward Colguohoun, has heen mentidned in the despatohes â€" for to _ receive theâ€" Military Cross â€" for &'.'-‘L"&."‘ um'm‘-.: the on unmm"m the new patk lands. MINARD‘S _ LINIMENT CURES now turns out, however ‘Thkt Mesgrs. A. Do'lqrmp: Wilfrid Urges a Thorough t mancce mang@ged for wrongâ€"doing bYy bert Borden, the Premict, i; mont. Th“woul-aw use ‘und they out af pubiig tin. * u:u'm'u'fin M‘:Ihn h"lhmllfis x lic ‘Accounts ~Committee, in relation to Goverument purchases of war gupâ€" + lf a iA â€" ‘ ‘ e es prremince. .. Nt $E râ€".n‘hh MAd®: toy "â€" Tt jg | â€" ‘ in short time. â€" Improprieties® and |C, Fored in e foud wuin M onoll e B hy on this gide of ‘the tion of express Ministerial ofders: °: fooger 45. a'mta: Ts ; Will Appoint Commission, : ‘are party men. I# it had °‘2{." ‘" Sir Robert promined, on nenail ~of helf sh WOUE . of prorogetion at tnik the Government, to do better in fuâ€" moment. â€" There subjects Ture. Ho adopted ‘the position tnktn which shbuld Bave boog dohs i:‘tw Wilitid Laurier that it vn;oiuntl:‘::ebu: 'o"‘t'dr:'t: & duty of the Department of Jusâ€" because, though we are Part : Tics, to maky afet? ndekror to _air we helleve that the one thite. whith :h rutmfionmml z'mhh oftenders. should ‘emgross our ath&‘:‘ .t' ‘ e announced > 1 ‘ mediately appoint :‘Coi'-::nnb:zn ":l ;i‘n;:‘?:-thmmwhkbwmp WARKNING IS8SUED TO PARTY »Y SIX2 ROBEBT Premier, ‘Dhere could be no igsue as{ efficiently to discharge their du:i to the action taken, however regretâ€"| to their country in a manner worâ€" table it 1.ight be,. He was â€" afrgid| thy. of their ancestors, This, for, mt the h:fgt::umm far mg‘s the moment, is our gupreme duty, merely h guriace , our ‘greatest obliggtion. We core mt"mihl“;- us + overnment f ‘ 3. coom en minemtenmemnnencmee : Nee m Th tlh‘, m OA« lized that it was not dealing with the SENTENCED TO BE 5wa«npmn.m% emâ€" | HANGED JUNE 30 ploysr, ‘"the man at the iom who 5 .,. snpeottnemeny . . was profiting by the tmmflm ,_| Port AÂ¥thur, ‘April 14.â€"This alterâ€" summm,-gmmflw.m- Amelis Palma, the 23â€"yearâ€"old‘ mnuwflmwfi-m urderer of \Â¥m. Lethinen, was senâ€" tion. . ‘This investigation a _ be to be hanged June 80, Mrs. mcvfihtwm,vlfij‘tb who, the prisoner % fair play, and the full light of ‘mwtmlm E:um{“'rm should be no â€"clo#â€"‘with money, was in court. The priâ€" of wflu-opc-dmofrmm“ took the seriteace calmiy. Later 4y. Parliament. and the Govm‘mm was afrested _ on‘ a had a stern and a real duty to m&m“mgm"dmm form if mm of ‘the â€" present Lethinen‘s mprdér. Mr. Justice Suâ€" were to to the wellâ€"being of therland intimated ghe would be tried public lite ‘in Canada. this week, She is 27 years old. . en en Ready to Eliminate Patrohage. â€"‘ YOUTH AWRESTED IN TORONTO. <With the appointment of the proâ€" posed Commission the Liberal leader was also in accord. © H@ préferred %hree Commissioners to one, and _he :saflhmy war expenditure de all contracts should be le%, u tender, dealing should be direct witl the producer and manuflacturer, : and SISTER ; READ MY FREE OFFER. bes * en m id §mu’u=: $ all P work, snmu’-’ma"z be anevil. He:was ready to do his part to get zid of it forever. It had been shown to have generated a great deal of graft and cortuption, and . it was doublyâ€"crimine} when the fate of mcuummm,vuh Bir Wilfrid referred briefly to : the ‘"‘Teason‘‘ given by Hon. Mr. Rogers for ah election, the question of the te: and. its action, and other equaliy trivial .u“‘;:‘ dm partisan * "a which exploited, he believed, thoughtlesaly. **What do these things matter?" he . devei ofthes A0. onf HMQ dificulties matter in the at the great isspes with which . we umoonha:hl il; connection w'i:: m wat 'M are mui to clfim our‘ attention and our effort. ; We are party men, but under the ° serious circumgtances â€" which confront us toâ€"day, what we should miake paramount, what we ghould insigt is that the HI;L m;figm {from us . tothe front to defend as noble :as: ; Port Arthur, ‘April 14.â€"â€"This aiterâ€" Amelis: Palma, the 23â€"yearâ€"old urderer of \ym. Lethinen, was senâ€" mmuzd June 80, Mrs. T . the act ,;: m% with money, was in court. PC Boper took the seriteace calmiy. Later Two youths, ‘oné fiftegn ‘years old, and . the a::hm years . old, who a tew ago escaped . from ?flofi&h . dh“m by. Inspector c.m. They were taken to Brantford to face a charge of\ theft. for . which brave men have ever shed mood shall be as fully. cq.:_tmtl as Canadian enterprise, an . money and Cansdian science can equip them, ‘Thus Qm shall be ,humonuly_ : efficiently to discharge their duty to their country in a mannet wor+ To monent, is ont. pupreme duty, moment, is our, gup uty, our ‘greatest obligation." Big Things to Claim Attention, logk . s plabidls Sir +4 \KOVSESA . PROROGUED | awa, _ Apeil 15.~The Aith a w Araes ie Sot We . t is e o‘gliock this evening.~" It was and the guard of honor. and the atâ€" sembled crowds before the buildings bhad waited since shortly: alter $ o‘elock in the pright sunshine of an ideal spring day for the arrival of his Royal : Highness, ‘The delay hmd been Uue to the. temporary deadjock beâ€" %ween the Senate and the Commons over the soldiets‘ vote yill, which was ip. to the _ Sonate $b i Tot in somniderntion, " ‘" * The majority .in the upper ‘Chamâ€" ber sent it Muivfio Commpons at :a.vlfimwzw m = w&'- Lord Kitchenor a to â€" <pronouncge _ on . the exâ€" ‘WM&W in the to stop ° war operations E'mnm.,umm & onnse wak, efected, and the Governmpnat consented to ‘accept the provisions for the appointment of six mmuflimmw T o o e a o e instesd of the consent of Lerd ghener the Senate agreed to suhstiâ€" Cntecil, The n yrcomes law,‘ ad C neg Andcpagess it« way, holds an election this year, Jezmwmom- ment that Ganadian soldiers haye poâ€" litics. which must be considered even in the crisis of war, Prorogat on took plase ~with ©the usual: forms â€". and ceremponial. .. His Royal Highness . was in Ficld Marâ€" shal‘s uniform, and : her Royalâ€" High ness sat beside hinm on the throme, with . the Princess â€" Patricia : nearby. w 9 t Porioeh nsttuhiong, t ts m' _Oh%‘ kients ° receiving &reatment »lly..! Private wards have been turned into ations nflormm:flng last â€" night, ‘The indications are that the Hospital Board is face to face with the. proâ€" db!m“ to . provide increased ‘ accomifoâ€" ation. % FIFTYâ€"THREE PATIENTS IN R THE HOSPITAL Be Sure About Your 6 sent of the K in Oouncil ‘‘and Varnishes Reteat GUFLPH BOY Guelph, ‘April 1g.â€"tiladstone ‘Ray, wfl; boy who has been lanâ€" 5’ in the County Jail since June 23, charged with the murder of an Italian named . John Barr, and : m.»w was 'nzmul from the.} « Amsizes, was put on before Ohieft Justice Sir W. m...i'fafl. Falâ€" | conbridge at 9.30 this morning. The ury hbad been selected : on Monday | last, from which date the trial 'i“: been adjourned, ‘until toâ€"day. M was ‘Mr. Edmund th, K.C.,; of London, while Mr. ; iC. Ts ‘the prisqnet THE MOLSONS BAN es fnbppaRra ,n‘ “-â€"-" ::‘.‘.‘ e * '..-A' -J,L en : q â€" H EVAE ic . o uie oo s kk comes ce o 7 lt 0 eeaathists g 8 g r.; sil ‘.!.‘ | SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT CAPITAL aND RESERVE $8,800,000. Cooo u0. .. S#terent allemwed at bighest current rate. $ WATERLOQ BRANCH, BERLIN BRANCH, _ Jaceb Hespeler, Mar. J. K. Kirkpatrick, Mg». SLIBERATED â€" STAMPSMA f 902 Brenches in Canada â€" j i i BANK MONEY ORrDCAs e Navy he.29+ A ns 23 enraame of this city defended m Ottawa, ‘April 16.â€"I6 : aunounced that m change has been in the war stamp regulations applying to letters.â€" Postage stamps bearing the words "war tax‘‘ may mow hbe used for prepaymert of postage» but in no case will Inland Revenue stamps he accepted: for postage. c 4A Four hundred . and forty lettars without â€"â€" war tax. were sent to f Dead <‘Letter â€" Office here yes! sixty of â€" them addressed to }I“!b States ts. In explaining its fusal tol:lnhv‘o such letters forwarded for collection of the war tax . from recipients, the department points out that it would be impossible to â€" colâ€" lect war tax on a letter sent outside the Dominion, and that it would be for domestic and another for foreign letters. As far as possihle all letters not "‘war. taxed‘" will be ‘retutned to "NM TA PAY POSTAGE bex‘s #4 x3 C