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" Miss Blanche VanEvery was a deleâ€" m the annual meeting of _ the 3A ‘s : .Presbyterian â€" Missionary Bociety at Hamilton this week. * rs. F. G. Hughes and daughter have returned from a visit _ of ‘days with Brantford friends. n h * , Mrs, Joseph H. Seagram of _ Gold Lands, gnl., is visiting at the home of mmnu. Mr. and Mrs. G. Gies, Wilâ€" street. ... Adready, there are hints of June wedâ€" Jn the air. The afterâ€"Easter _ {wreâ€"very lovely of course, . the f ones are gay and bright, 6 râ€"ones are picturesque, but Jhge, the month of roses, is surely the ‘mouth of brides. \‘The.members of St. Saviour‘s Laâ€" *‘Aid ‘Society asembled at _ the ‘ 6. Mrs. W. F. Naylor on Wedâ€" f afternoon, when a few hours ‘ pleasantly spent in the furtherâ€" .Of the good work which these laâ€" j :?"m actively engaged in, â€" and E ell known hospitality of _ their ind hostéss was much appreciated. ‘tM¢s.Frank Haight has â€" left â€" to join herâ€" husband al Wellington, Pr. Edward Co., Ontario, where they will gw d a week visiting. friends before returning to Waterloo. .AMrs. Miller, of Toronto, accompaniâ€" é4 by several friends, . spent a few days with her sisterâ€"inâ€"law, Mrs. W. J. mflz: Princess street, during . the week. ~ MrB. Thos. O‘Donnell, John street, Â¥asâ€"the. hostess of a large and beautiâ€" IY arranged tea that wasâ€"much enâ€" d by the members of the Presâ€" Ladies‘ Aid Society and their @#~On Thursday afternoon. â€" The rooms of their handsome _ and . kept home are admirably adapted. formentertainments, giving the guests lenty of room to move about _ and t with their friends. The Presiâ€" t, Mrs. J .H: Webb, presided at a #t business meeting, | when _ the ent urgent needs of the Red Cross léty, were presented by the Viceâ€" dent of the Waterloo Woman‘s P&gé:uc League, Mrs. S .B. Bricker, z ponse to which a large number Abe ladies expressed their willingâ€" mb8k, to give further immediate assistâ€" geo in the Patriotic Rooms _ every ¢ y and Friday afternoon at four , in order to have the bales of tal supplies in course of preparaâ€" , went away as soon as possible. Mr, the:â€" business had been disposed : oon tea brought to a close §R{S® very successful meeting. geo‘ in the Patric y and Frida ‘ in order to tal supplies it , went away a er, the: business oon tea very successfi SnÂ¥ oC _ SMrs. .W. Frith i Â¥ ‘tal:!o under * t â€" ~Elio * sbeen | . engag § _Board _ to tfons ‘for ‘ instelled in §sy in , town for a ’&:u:d Mrs. C fim Eugene wisiting | at mang Schneider, § â€"Board _ to prepare plans and 1 tfons for the heating system ‘ifistalled in the Tentral School fs+in town for a few days. SMrs. _W. Frith is in the B. & W HWepitalâ€"to undergo an operation. â€"<Mids L. Groff days in Toronto ~ A. ‘MacKeracher and son : the guests _ of Toronto h ‘week, while Mrs. . Macâ€" daughter, Christine, are : rl.h. Rev. Mr. and Mrs. the same time attending k of the Presbyterâ€" Missionary Society, beâ€" ‘ in Hamilton this week. ‘Social and Personal Elliott of London who mmgaged by the Public Geo. A. iStarnamar of Verdun, Montreal the home of Ferdi Willow St. Waterloo is spending a Starnaman couple of Wm. McDougall Miss Laura Sherk returned on Friâ€" day evening â€"com cn extended trip to Dayton, Philadelphia, _ Wilkesbarre, and other points. About two hundred from Watetloo attended the dedication of the St. James Lutheran Church, Elmira, on Sunday. #* Waterloo Water and Light Commusâ€" sion and Dr. W. L. Hilliard left on Saturday to attend a waterworks convention being . held at Cincinatti this week,. ‘There died at Toronto on Sunday, Mrs. Herbert Silk, formerly of Conâ€" estogo. . Mr. Geo. Hinchelifie of Ottawa, viâ€" sited Berlin and Waterloo friends on Sunday. CAPT. LOGKHART WAS KILLED IN AGTION Lieut. Archie Lockhart of Berlin, on Monday received _ the sad intelliâ€" gence that his brother, Capt. T. D. Lockhart, the only Galt officer who went to the front, was killed in acâ€" tion during the terrible battle _ of Langemarck on Friday, April 23rd. The â€" casualty list included Capt. Lockhart‘s name as one of the woundâ€" ed officers, but since that time no inâ€" formation could be secured as to his whereabouts. _ Lieut. Lockhart, _ on behalf of the family, sent two cableâ€" grams to the British War Office enâ€" quiring for further particulars about Capt. Lockhart, but up to the preâ€" sent received no reply. This morning Lieut. Lockhart reâ€" ceived, the following letter, conveying the information that his brother had fallen in battle. It says :â€" Tuesday, April 27th, 1915., Mr. Lockhart, Berlin. Dear Mr. Lockhart :â€"I _ deeply regret to report the death of your brother Captain ‘P. D. Lockhart. on the forenoon of Friday _ 23rd inst. He was leading his platoon in a charge against the enemy over a long stretch of open counâ€" try which afforded no cover and just before reaching an old trench _ _about 600 yards from the enemy â€" he was struck â€" by a‘bullet and _ was carried into the trench where he only lived a few minutes. The â€" casualty â€" list was . very heavy and I was the only officer in your brother‘s company not seriously hurt. I am sorry I do not know youg:ct address but I I _ have heard m speak of his Miss Florence Holliway _ of Tavis ck is & gutst at the bome of Mrs. Mr. C. W. Schiedel, manager of the _ The late Capt. Lockhart was in his 35th year and was ome of the most popular military men in Galt. He took an actlive interest in the 29th Regiment and was, one of the first to enlist when _ the call to go to the front came. He was one of three ofâ€" ficers to go to Yalcartier with â€" the Galt contingent but the only one to cross the North Sea for service at the front. He was engaged in the plumbâ€" ing and stcam heating business | in Galt, which is being looked after by his brother _ here. He is unmatried, and is survived by his mother, Mrs. Lockhart, four prothers, J. R., Pemâ€" broke, Alex., _ St. Louis ; Robert, Los Angeles ; and Archie, Berlin, and two sisters, _ Nellic, in India, _ and Mrs. A. Lindsay, Party Sopnd. The friends _ of the deceased will extend their heartfelt sympathy to the famâ€" ily in fheir bereavement. Lieut. Lockbhart went to Galt this }nmrning to convey the sad news to his mother. I _ have heard "Mlom speak of his brother in Berlin. Majot Kimmins had taken your prother‘s valuables and put them in his own kit, but he next was killed, and I did not hear of it for some time being at the right of the linc. Your mothâ€" er.and yourself have, the most sinâ€" cere sympathy of officers of _ the 1st Battalion. I am yours very truly, P. W. Pick, Lieut. First Battalion **"* (Rronicleâ€"TelegrapB, Waterlod, Thursday + May 18, 1915 Page4 MRS. F. LATSGH . PASSES AWAY AT GENTREVILLE H TAE i E[ s PA o cmouer id under . the 8:“‘ ol chapter 19 vi the Revised tutes of Canada, 4 1900 w as *‘The %o-unlu t tent have been issued mss ~â€"« mm ”J&&m wrsesws: State of c-u-..irrlu date ‘::: i x . Tth day of April, 1915, Wife of Wellâ€"Known Resi A E"‘“"’“” . cairied, dent Succumbs to Parâ€" â€" Eimsa Snyder, married woman, u:‘l ‘I’.i' tul'dl’ , Jlll.fcgnu Haight, solicitor on Sa ' the Town of Waterloo, in the Proâ€" nemenges vince of Ontario ; and Clara Hendry, Freeport, May 10.â€"The death 0¢â€" married woman, and Willard Hendry,| curred at 6.20 on Saturday. evening, accountant, of the City of Toronto, at ber home at Centreville, of Mrs. in the said Province of Ontario, for| Ferdinand Latsch, who had been com the following purposes, viz:â€"(a) To fined to the house for a period of 2 carry on the business of mirers and years. Prior to that time she was warehousemen in all its branches ; to robust and bealthy, but she suffered @ manufacture, buy, sell and deal in succession of paralytic attacks andflbour and all byâ€"products produced in for a long time was completely helpâ€" the manufacture thereof, and to buy, less, being tenderly ministered to by sell and deal in grain of all kinds and the loving nsembers of ber family.all products thereof ; (b) To acquire Since last Tuesday she was entirely land by purchase, lease or otherwise, unconscious, _ blind, and unable toand to acquire, erect, construct, operâ€" move a muscle, death ensuing withâ€"ate and maintain all buildings, mills, out a struggle. She was a ‘daughter manufactories, works, plants, machinâ€" of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaactery, establishments and appliances Shantz, of Shantz Station, and basnecessary, convenient or suitable for been a resident of Centreville everthe purposes of the company; (c) To sinc> her matrriaze to Mr. Latsch,build, acquire, lease and operate eleâ€" which was blessed | with a survivingvators for the storage and handling family of four sons and two daughâ€"of grain ; (d) To acquire and underâ€" | ters: Norman, of Brush, Colorado; take the whole or any part of the Nelson, with the G. P & H. Ry. Co. business, property and liabilities . of lat. Preston; Milton, of the Dominionany person or company carrying on Tire Co., Berlin; Harvey of th¢ any business which the company | is Michipicoten Power Co., Michipicoten authorized to carry on, or possessed Ont., and the Misses Alice, of the W.of property suitable for the purposes G. & R., Berlin and Essie, at bhome. of the company ; (e) To apply for, G. & R., Berlin and Essie, at bome. of the company ; (e) To apply for, ‘The deceased was beloved by a larg®purchase or otherwise acquire . any circle of friends who, knowing h€T, patents, licenses, concessions and the were influenced + the helpful, upliftâ€"like conferring any exclusive or nonâ€" ing character, and enjoyed her Che€Tyexclusive or limited right to use â€" or companionship â€" and friendship. ll¢rany secret or other information as to demise is mourned not only by th8any invention which may seem capâ€" members of the home in which Sheaple of being used for any of the pu was a queenly wife and loving mothâ€"poses of the company, or the acquisiâ€" higharn d Ath bntaiih An eb y .i dnintnl s td aiaaiihar t thotnr ds L tdsb satls utd er, but py the community in geneTal. tion of which may seem calculated where she proved herself a £000girectly or indirectly to benefit the neishbor and helpful friend. The fUDâ€"company, and to use, exercise, develâ€" eral will be held om Tuesday at 20p or grant licenses in respect of the p.m. from. the family residence to theproperty, â€" rights or information so da Mr. Hudson â€" Strickland will, on, June 1st, enter upon his duties as asâ€" sistant chemist in the_ laboratory of the Dominion Tire Co., Berlin. Rev. M. H. Sanderson preached BDLGSE ducione Snctents |\ Imanhinery uppropriate Mother‘s Dtl.yp sermon toct‘!nm, designs, patents, machinery, a large congregation on Sunday. ~Forfa;:t and stock in trade ; (g) To the Thursday evening congregational,, or _ otherwise acquire and hold service there will be discussed, "‘Why tes in any Oth.Cl' company cartying T am _ proud of my denomination,"°"_* similar business to that of the with an address on congregationalism@O®MP4N®; 6f any business in connecâ€" by the pastor. tion with the purposes for which the ‘The Misses Ira and Jeonie Good otCOP®UN _ i8 incorporated ; (h) To Blair were the guests of Miss L. y Carty on any other business, whether Detweiler on Friday. manufacturing or otherwise, _ which eUwerler on RMIMSIA _ _ _ .2 .. may seem to the company capable of MHene aennaie s The Misses Ira and Jennie Good of _ Blair were the guests of Miss L. M.O# Detweiler on Friday. s Mr. Henty Lutz will celebrate flm:: 8®7th anniversary of his birthday on | 12th inst. His friends will regret to"° hear that he has grown quite !eeble:r during the past twelve months, pg‘ BERLIN LOCAL NEWS Officiated at Organ. l A new pipe orzan was dedicated inbpe‘ the St. Jacobs Lutheran Church in?" Hespelet on Sunday, at which Mr.:; Otto (G. Smith, organist of St. Mntâ€"ve thew‘s Laitheran Church, officiated in a very acceptaple manner. :‘; Rev. T. Albert Moore, D.D., of Toronto, was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Mclrvine, 30 Ahrens St., during his stay in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Otto G. Smith and laugbter spent Sunday with friends in HMespeler. days in vention ciety. . Mr. Walter J. Strub, of Wood was a visitor at his home here Sunday. Dr.â€" Mac\lin, of Goderich, brother. tbt Mr. F. E. Macklin of this city, pased through Berlin Sunday evenâ€" ing on his way to the front whete he will enter active service in connection with the British Army Medical Serâ€" vice Corps. . Mrs. B. S. Musselman, of Church P‘_“'_rs’ May 7.â€" The I:Ct}t Street, _ attended a family h;:unlm;Pansmn says that the Fren yestrrday _ at Conestogo in or o a us . . the anniversary of her mother. A re Parisian * says that . t;he coputm. and d'i'nner :(:; crsninoycd. TheFrench Government will inâ€" u€ I " â€" TEFC C P ce troduce a bill prohibiting f the manufacture of intoxiâ€" f cating aleoholic dringks durâ€" FamMFFAF MA APhAing the war. ‘The Lusinama is one o unc â€"uewek boats on the Cunard line being built in 1907; She was of British register, and was equipped with turbine enginâ€" es. She had a gross tonnage of 31,â€" 550 tons, was 760 feet in length, had a breadth of 87 feet, and a depth of 56 feet. When completed she was to make 25 knots an hour, put on actual tests she broke several cross Atlanâ€" tic records. The west trip she made in 4 hours, 11 minutes and 42 secâ€" onds, making an average sea speed of 25.88 knots. MINARD‘S LINIMENT LUMBLR WAN‘S FRIEND. ONE OF WORLD 5 FASTEST BOAMTS pi gan was dCCiCa . ieimamvers: i llJ)a‘::bgr Lutheran Cliurg ;:t.'y the company, wholly, or in â€" pa c on Sunday, ab which Mr.J® sln.lres, bonds, debentures or other \ @inith, prgemiet or mo. use Sonurities ol the compony s (§) "No in ixftherah Church, offciateg in fBgt monere of the comiehy uo6 (IG acceptaple manner. use or required from time to time for the aforesaid purposes of the comâ€" . tnl pany, in such manner as the company :dsl;i:;‘ g}l';:,a)f‘;,fi;‘“}‘fl;finmy 'deem advanle_lgeous to the camâ€" eler: pany.. The operations of the company to be carried on throughout the Doâ€" T. Albert Moore, D.D., prminion of â€" Canada and elsewhere by , was the guest of Rev. and the name of "The Wm Snider Milling L. Mclrvine, 30 Ahrens St_’Compauy, Limited," with a capital his stay in the city. stock of filty thousand dollars, dividâ€" zmss ed into 500 shares .of one _ hundred ‘alter J. Strub, of Woodstockdollars each, and the chief place _ of visitor at his home here overbusiness of the said company . to be . â€" at the Toewn or Watertoo, in the Proâ€" _â€"â€"__â€"_â€"_â€"â€" vince of Ontario. . E. Rudell is spending a few â€" Dated at the office of the Secretary ‘Toronto ©attending the conâ€"of State of Canada this 8th day of of the Ontario Dental Soâ€"April, 1913, 1 I _ oi To en on en n e ate o THE WILUAM SNDER MLLING CO., LIMITED being conveniently carried on in conâ€" mection with the company‘s business or calculated _ directly or indirectly to _ enhance the value of or render profitable any of the company‘s proâ€" perty or rights ; (i) To pay for any lands, _ buildings, mills, manufactorâ€" 'ies, works, plants, machinery, _ apâ€" pliances, business, patents, rights, privileges, â€" shares and other real or personal property, ta‘ken or acquired 16â€"4t PROHIBIT THE _ MANUFACTURE OF 4 INTOXICANTS AUSTRALIA‘S OFFER KNOWS Premier Fisher, replying .to the question whether in view of the fighting the Commonwealth _ inâ€" tended sending an increased numâ€" ber of men to the front, said toâ€" day: "Our offer is unlimited. We shall train and equip men to the best of our ability _ and provide means for getting them speedily to the front." Sydney, Australia, May 6.â€" The details of the operations of . the allies against the Dardanelies have been received with enthusâ€" liasm. _ Recruiting shows no sign of diminution. THOMAS MULVEY, Underâ€"Secretary of State NO LIMIT MANY NOTABLE AMERIGANS PERISHED New York, May 8.â€"Among the not. the co able Americans not included in _ the an ins published lists of survivors‘ . of _ the ‘yigke Lusitania, and therefore believed "°'monev have perished, are Alfred Vanderbilt ; ; h multiâ€"millionaire, _ Eibert â€" Hubbard, |‘® .W Charles Frohman and Charles Kiein,|SiP!® famous theatrical man; Dr. F. 8. Pear.: About son, celebrated engineer, _ identified ty 10« with Mexican and South African elecâ€" ing tq trical enterprises, and Herbert Stone, inforc prominent publisher, founder of ChaPaction, ZLook Rugs, Carpets, Window Shades, Linoleum, Oil Cloth, Lace Curâ€" tains, â€" Madras and Bungalow Nets | and if new ones are needed we would advise you to try this store which would mean (Money Saved) in many instances. Ladies Suits, Coats and Dresses Handaâ€" some WALL PAPERS WINDOW SHADES AND LINOLEUMS If you want a good choice in pretty Summer Dress Goods find your way direct to this store. Never have we siown a better variety of pretty thgn’g.‘ There is no scarcity here. Our buying facilities are such that we have a weekly supply of new things. SPIDER SILK AT . ..... PALM BE ACH RATINE at neammTina_UVAll ES at CANDY STRIPED VOILES CREPEW‘Rt...... ... .. 15:, 25:, 50c to 85c WHITE GOODS, Embroidered Voiles and Rice Cloths 95 ¢, 35¢. 5Q% 75 to <â€" > > $125 Here are some of -thc fiéfiular lines and they are handsome fabrics This is House Cleaning Time ovey yOur Summer Dress Goods . BRICKER & CO. in all our Ladies‘ Suits and Coats take effect at once. Fully one hundsed new and correct style Suits are in this sacrifice sale. Suits which are made by the best. make?s, in good materials and best fitting styles. f LADIES AND MISSES SUITS in colored materials, silk lined Coats, worth 19rmerly $10.00 to $12.00 at ... ... ... 2. c c ~~aR 5.00 LADIES AND MISSES SUITS In colored and black materials all new this season, worth from $12.50 to $15.00, at ...... * ~**" 7.50 LADIES AND MISSES SUITS in colored and black materials, Extraordinary Cut Prices Stratiord, May 5.â€"By unanimous vote the City Council toâ€"night placâ€" ed at the disposal of the Finance Committee $10,000 to pe placed in a special fund to provide for dependâ€" ents of local soldiers of the third contingent now at Guelph. Thus far the committcee has been unable to find an insurance company willing to take risks â€" on ‘soldiers‘ lives, and the money voted toâ€"night is to take care in whatever way may be found fea~ sible of the families of the men ‘About sixty of onc hundred and sixâ€" ty local volunteers at Guelply are goâ€" ing to England almost at once as re inforcements, shence toâ€"nights‘ prompt $10,000 DEVOTED FOR DEBENTURES IN STRATFORD On sale this week OKe and AfMc 35(: and 40° FLangBros time, our special cut prices on Curtains _ and Rugs is briqqinq buyers and means a big saving to all who require Curtains and Rugs, etc. wur varpel wepu. is tmns a uee mye ar inis Carpet Dept. $5, 6.50, 7.50, 8. 50 to $10 Aylmer, Ont., _ May 6.â€"Parsnip$ that had sprouted caused the . death of Mrs. Effie Andrews, wife of Geo. Andrews, last night. She partook of the parsnips for supper, was taken ill shortly afterwards, and died at midâ€" night. London, May 7.â€"The British boat Candia was torpedoed by a German submarine yvesterday _ off Waterford Ireland. _ The members of the crew BRITISH BOAT SUNK BY "SUB."! were saved. SPROUTED PARSNIPS CAUSE WOMAN‘S DEAT LADIES HANDSOME sUITS, in many novelty styles also plain tailored, worth _ from $16.50 to 1§20.00, at : i. ::iors> t« > 13.50 very smart styles, . worth from $15.00 to $18.00 at . ... 11.50 50 LADIES AND MISSES SPRING COATS in pretty styles all cut in prices, very special at and while they tast as followsâ€" E; hy 35 :i