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: i out 4t the rate of fivé ‘hundsed week, acoording to the best ‘uforâ€" ation at hand. .. As the war proâ€" d it was seen that the . maâ€" gun possessed a value Vastly beater than was at first attributed 0 for it was found in actual use "to be very effective both in ~Hensive ind defensize and a wonderful esonâ€" mizer of men. It is by the use of Cl ands upon thousands of machine % â€" that the Germans have beanJ Wble to hold the allies at bay on the Tow front, while they at the same ‘Rime becn enabled to release lerge (Rorces from the west to operitc agâ€" \minst Russia. It was found useless * o send brave men against the Gerâ€" ‘ man trenches, as they were only withâ€" V ered by the fire of large numbers ol ) th#se machine guns, and the allied armies have been forced to wait for sufficient quantities of high explosives \so as to batter down the defensives »‘before the infantry charges are made. & Mr.â€"L. F. W. A. Kendall, an Engâ€" ;%j expert says: "A Maxim perfectly mnderstood and handled by a well] ,l' team has the fire effect of a _ hundred and twenty men using zites, ‘Wand on certain occasions and . under »eertain circumstances its powers and ?t’onibilitiesmre even greater _ «han ‘5*«\“: " ‘That is to say, that well étmimd men equipped with the . inaâ€" chine gun are sixty times more effecâ€" _} Oive than the same men equipped with the rife, it taking a team of @%wo men to handle the machine gun. ?The Germans have gone so far as to * Sa, that the rifle is now obsolete, ! *and they are now equipping their arâ€" â€" mies with these new destructive weaâ€" ;;pons as fast as their gun works can _ turn them out. m hepboeae 295. cstcbnartenes _ Cedal mlmimy justified. â€" Wo cannol (til what: w of thisâ€"war may bring , and it#.our bounden duty to get &. do know that if Gerâ€" any had ‘the power she would â€" imâ€" pose a terrific tribute on this . Doâ€", ‘iminion. The cities, towns and proâ€"; . |vinces of â€"unofiending Belgium have ) . ¥éen laid under a terrible yoke ot| j tribute. If Germany . by nny| got control of the St. Lawâ€" j there is mot a question thnt‘ t city, town and county in Canâ€" would be laid under a groaning t of war tribute. Let us not assume that we are immune thatâ€"the British fleet is a Sure of ‘The Mail & Empite Germans were the first _realize .the . great . yalue. . of n gun in warfare. ‘Long this war broke out the _ the, War" Department ordered the mfacture of large quantities of arm, and when hostilities began German army was provided with, ~is competently estimated, not less in fifty thousand machine . guns. hn gun: works . are now turning A Ew;u.uumh-h- on ‘in this town for some Lime it and ~one of the onjections raised the donating of guns ‘ya% the 44¢»~ n as to whether the guns are reak . ‘The following lettor Arem mo«mum onl Kupt t as an apswer: «* and thatâ€" the British feet Works st Face the Canâ€" be fairly arm, the be diverâ€" have| ARRANGING FOR &" and & that â€" the _ aroly wn tefore the army equipped with _ % _arm,. Notwithstandi k numeérical fiw\oxah-n great bravery, . werp ten back by Germany‘s 6 in Arms. and superior armmraxttionâ€" Th description by war correspondents UÂ¥ theâ€"Galician campaign show a pitiful state of affairs. Tens of thousands of brave Russians did not even have <a rifle. ‘They waited until other Rusâ€" sians were killed to get the rifle of the fallen:. Russia failed to properly equip her men when she had _ ample time and is now suffering the penalty. lbet us put forth efforts in Canada to prepare while we have ample time.~ + ~~> It is the duty .of every one in Canâ€" ada to hit the enemy with all | his might, and ithe most telling way to hit him:fs to buy machine guns. One mwachine gun costing, $950, is, accordâ€" ing to Mr. Kendall, equal _ to 120 ‘men with rifies in the firing line. The example of the Bloor Street Business Men‘s Association should be widely followed. They contributed an averâ€" [nge ol $19 per member and bought 10 guns. There are no doubt bunâ€" dreds of such organizations in the country that could do the same. Inâ€" dividuals, clubs; business organizaâ€" tions and muhicipalities should «all get,to work. There can be no quesâ€" tion that if Canada furnished 25,000 machine guns or even double t,mg number, they could all be put i the hands of the allied forces to @o telling work. There are many calls we all know, and many duties, but lone duty transcends all others, and that is the duty to do our utmost to beat down the enemy, who, if â€" nét beaten down, wil surely . beat as down. Yours, etc. 3 CITIZEN. $ ’ O1 Friday, Mr. Frederick A. Dallyn sanitary engineer of the Provincial lhoard of Health,, and District Healté Officer, Dr. McNally, inspected _ the new beds at the Waterloo Sewage ldisposal plant.â€" They were accompanâ€" ied by Mayor Kaurmann, Chairman G. 'Shantz of the Sewer Commission,agd Engineer Moogk of Waterloo. * They expressed themselves as well pleased with _ their _ inspection __and congratulated the town of Waterloo 'on having such an upâ€"toâ€"date sewage disposal plant. â€" They â€" also amâ€" mented favorably on the three new filter beds now in course of conâ€" struction. In the old peds the drairâ€" age laterals were placed 20 ft. apart \while in the new beds they are placâ€" led 10 ft. apart. ‘The change will enâ€" | sure still greater efficiency. DALLYN COMMENTS . oN WATERLOO . *~ ‘â€"_â€" SEWER PLANT _ In the August 12th issue of the Chesley Enterprise there appears an article in reference to the item pubâ€" lished in that paper in the previous week regarding . Waterloo‘s contribuâ€" tion of men‘ to the Canadian forces. Occasion is taken to correct the erâ€" ‘roneous statements made, it being noted that in the second and third contingents twentyâ€"two from Waterâ€" loo town had donned the khaki. The Enterprise states it is glad to know the citizens of Waterloo are _ fully alive to their duty in supporting the ,cause of the Empire at this critical time in its history and a letter is also published from Captain Cunningâ€" ham setting forth the true facts as |to the number who have enlisted. |Captain Cunningham states that ten members of "D‘" Company efâ€"@; |108th Regt. have alrfl%f‘ ‘and â€"more are ~preparing 46 {feftwe ‘these being. in adidition to â€" ovner young men of the town who though not â€" connected â€" with the Regiment previously, enlisted when â€" recruiting started. PAPER GORREGTS MISLEADING STAEMENT The Lawtonberry season in tht Niagara District is about over. Af few exceilent Plumsâ€"Washington,‘ Gage ,etc., can now be had. Some. good early peaches . are ready,} Housekeepers should watch . for cor:fing important Niagara District Fruit Builetins. In the majority of the school fafr sections the meetings have been held and preparations commenced for the holding of the school fairs and other business transacted mn«nnfl the fairs. . The Dumfries school fair comâ€" 500 Each Day and Our FRUIT BULLETIN SCHOOL FAIRS #*t The Town of Waterloo will contriâ€" . bute two machine guns. At the sPeâ€"; al‘w‘-b‘:l last evening mo acâ€"| was: / by the Council to purchase gung, the meeting being . adâ€" journed ~until éleven this morning, when the am_ul‘i‘o‘u was reached. ; Th reaching this ~ decision the Cqungil} iss plgceae $s "c«"fiz t i _“lf.' & us ~ GNOnE ’"',,:’ C1UIZCDS "F. T tad Last oveim'i'(meetlu was attend‘ ed by a g1f umber of o meul yoin oite seventyâ€"five iuwntrylu to get into the Council toom. m crowd was so great that the meée adjourned to: the Town Hall Mr. Mackenzie, acting â€" ~for the Town Solicitor in the latter‘s. ; ab sence, read a letter from the Provinâ€" cial authorities regarding the lega} mittee met in the Department of Ag, On ticulture offices on the 'lv.h"qlf;\il_"c‘{‘hir ust and appointed _ committess:. tq‘gidcd look after the work. ‘The:school fair date for Galt distâ€"iâ€"t will be heldton %he 22nd of September at . the\ ‘Dicki¢ Th school. A sit odw} Rl.lh The Woolwich school fair Bboard met in Elmira on August: the 9th ‘It was decided to hold . the school fair at Winterbourne on Septembet 29 t ‘The â€" eastern section of Waterloo township school fair will be held at Kossuth on Sepfember l4th. ° Their meeting was held in Kossath â€" Augâ€" ust 10, when arrangements were made for the fair. . MWaterloo wwest school fair board met in "The Plains‘‘ school house on August 10th, and decided that their fair would be held at the Plains school, S. S. No. 3, on October 12th. London, Aug. 17.â€"The British transport Royal Edward was sunk in the Aegean Sea by an enemy submarine last Saturday morning, according to an official statement given out this morning by the War Office. According to inâ€" formation at present available the transport had on Board 32 military . offiâ€" gers and 1350 troops in addition to the ship‘s crew of 220 officers and men, The troops consisted of reinforcements being shipped for the twentyâ€"ninth division and details of the Royal Army Medical Corps. . While full informaâ€" tion has not been received it is known that about six hundred have been saved. 4 f BRITISH TRANSPORT R OYAL EDWARD SUNK IN AEGEAN SEA Considerable anxiety is felt throughout the Dominion â€" ward was formerly a Ganadian. boat before being requisitio ernment as a transport at the béginninq of the:â€"war, and the that the troops mentioned in the despatch were Capagians that 15000 Zanadians are to be despatched to the Dardane the announcement given out by Hon. T. Chase Casgrain a w Nonngked Ren GseLUEI ernMent as a HqTGPUCRCRCUY UERE T ENT AIIUIED NCA disma . 1 that the troops mentioned in the despatch were Capagians. It is . known that 15000 Zanadians are to be despatched to the Dardanelles, according to the announcement given out by Hon. T. Chase Casgrain at the banquet of the Canadian Club in Vancourer yesterday. Mr. Casgrain ‘said that he had been officially advised by the Minister of Militia that 15,000 Canadian troops would be sent to the Dardanclies. This may mean that the first division of those troops were on the Royal Edward as it has been customary with War Office announcemenis that orders announced are already in execution before any information is given out by the War ‘Office. If this were the case % is not at all unlikely that the Canadians were being transported to the Darâ€" danelles on the Canadian boat Royal Eqward. f Ottawa, Aug. 17.â€"In official circles here it is not believed that there were any Canadians on beard the Royat Edward, though thore is a possibilâ€" ity that a few may have been in R. A. Medica! Corps detachments mentioned as being on board. Auidcal 7 D in clk we n LllGL0OL 44 Afisan thausand as Demy C0 DUZTU, Militia authorities have no news of the movement of. fifteen thousand Canadians to the Dardanelles as reported in the specch of Hon. T. C. Casâ€" grain a Vancouver last night,. though it is probble the Postmaster ‘General might have obtained information direct from General Hughes. ENEMYS FIRST HEAVY SCORE. * London, Aug. 17.â€"An official ‘communication by the Admiraity contains all the facts of the sinking of the Royal al Edward yet published. . This steamer, which was requisitioned last September by the Admiralty was eviâ€" dently employed in tra_n_sportinq troops to the Dardanelles, in fact her agents understand she had matle several trips thither dresses at BELIEVED NO CANADIANS ON BOARD rade Representatives Deliver Patriotic Adâ€" ‘at Bpecial Meeting of Council in the Town Adjourned Meeti ng This Morning. ity of passing a bvâ€"law for this purâ€" Chapter 387 of Statutes of Ontarâ€" io to an ‘Act of Legislation passed in 1915, which altbough â€"not m msJRdn-w'”"'_ ed the RifK. ‘. /.. > ... m Falats . mds * When the Council me #ified the nunt ter ofim at ‘flm"&fi(wz ing,‘ they| left the be@ressions they ‘expect the Board;. 04.‘ *o make up the remaining three by private contributions. With gaod start given m _ Council‘s eolmbt:.ion mg‘: snm "no tifâ€" gulty in = raising â€" funds for several more guns. It is likely that the.Council â€" will It is likely that the.Council . will {ru debentures spread over a numâ€" of years to pay the cost, . ‘This will make the taxpavers yearly share a very light one. * On August 11th the Wilmot school fair board met at Haysville and* deâ€" cided on September the 9th for the date of their fair. . * the 5th ‘The Wellesley section met at Crossâ€" ill on August 1ith and will hold 2?.4: school fair meeting op October, LETTERS FROM THE FRONT ‘The following letters have been reâ€" ceived by Mrs. Peter Habel of Blair from her son, Harry Habel, who is serving with the First Canadian Conâ€" e Dom{nion as the Royal Edâ€" ng requisitioned by the Govâ€" war, and there is a pou_wlmy tingent in Belgium:>â€" "a Somewhere in Belgium, July,xqi"u Dear Mother,â€"I received \your ter two or three days ago but never had time to answer it till toâ€"day. Also got your papers, the only ones I ever got. Well, part of the Third Contingent reached ‘here last evenipg, but none for our battalion. They are a fine body of men. It was a real treat to â€" talk to them as they had come right from Canada. * The first division was reviewed by Majorâ€"General Sam Hughes and Sir Robert Borden. The Premier delivg{- ;t'iâ€":-;p:e;:}l“c;mfilimentin; them â€" on their splendid behaviour and the way they fight the Germans. Just at present we are country, and some fine scen seen from the tops of the One of the â€" Berlin boys who was wounded â€" in ‘~Â¥pres came back from England ard ‘was telling me he had seen Neilie Potter in one of the hosâ€" pitals. She came Across to see Willie Chivers and I think is nursing him. Well, mother, they have decided to give: the first c@ntingent passes to England for one .week. So I expéct to get mine in September or around there. & We wich the war was over as much as you do, but we will see it through before we want peace. 1 notice by the papers that there will be a new electric road to Galt from Port Dover. So I suppose that will be â€" quite a boomto Galt and Berlin as they will be able to get their freight to the other side quickâ€" er and also.to the old country,. â€"WellIâ€"haven‘tâ€"muchâ€"moreâ€"toâ€"say so will close for this time.. Hoping the rest are well, I remain, f ~ Your Son, H. HABEL. S$. B. Bricker & Co. 1 t Terms Cash. :‘ All Short Endssef |Dress Goods, Silks, Flannels, Shakers, have been measured up and marked at a price that will make quick selling. Hundreds of ends to choose from. 4 * *# en y* ct K owxofum of Snmmer Hosiery; Gloves; : Corsets; House Dresses," sols,: Underwear, Waists, Middy: Blouses, Houase Dressges," Parasols, . Unoerwear, Etc., are also marked at Remnant Prices, New Fall Goods id some fine scenery can be the tops of the hills. . Store closes at 5 p. m., ¢ Saturday. Big shipments of new Fall Goods can and Canadian materials suitable 1 them are many lines of Dress Goods, Many of the European Dress Goods centres are now entirely occ_ggied with the making of war munitions. Raw materials are also scarce and dear, but in spite of all difficulties we have secured a good supply of new Dress Goods, includâ€" ing black and all wanted Autumn colors, andjn a good variety of weaves. These are here in good choice of colors as well as black and navy, and we invite you to see them. Prices range from 25¢, 40¢, 50¢, 60¢, 75¢, 85¢, $1.00 to $1.75 New Flanneletts, Flannels, Wrapperetts, Sheetings, Cottons, Silks and Linings are also here in good choice, â€" M 42. . . French and English Serges, Gaberdines, all wool Panamas, Granites, Brilliantines and Scotch Plaids. Sheets and Books helpful. popular prices of ... ... . SsAVE MONEY BY BUYING AT 1d in a billy Ans doiWy narly Fall sawing wwill find our.. Homé . Journal . Fashion oks helpful. : New â€"Patterns hnve_ulsouflvedandpell at â€"the *% re efi o4 on uoc oc <i.. 10€ mnd 15¢ ts Â¥ukK‘s Great Corner Store x/* ‘ /.‘_ ~Belgium, July 11, 1915. * pear Mother,â€"It is just five months ago toâ€"day since we stepped off the gangâ€"way on .to the continent. It was avcold, dismal,/rainy day when we landed.â€" I dare not tell you the hame ‘of the place but it was in the south of France. ‘l‘ll‘ere are only two more of the Berlin boys here besides myself. ‘There is a little town the Huns are shelling. All we can do is to listeh to the ‘"Weary Willies" and "coal boxes" whistling pleasantly over our heads and then explode with a report thit would scare you, out of seven L‘yun growth â€" if you did not know what it was. We are. very accustomâ€" ed to them now and they don‘t bothâ€" \er us much. If they did we . would be ducking our heads all the time. ‘The weather has been tather rainy during the last. two weeks. No doubt you have heard of the death of our 2nd in Command. His death was in all the papers. We feel his death very much as he was just like one of the boys. Joined in our sports and saw to the wants q the ‘Well, we ‘hate beaten "the Quéen‘s Own in five games of baseball. But they are putting it over us this â€" alâ€" ternoon. : I got tired watching the game and so I am finishing this letâ€" ter. f ‘There is not much going on ncte just now. Theâ€"Germans are having a rest. But I think we are going to have another big scrap soon so look out for the papers. , â€"I haven‘t much to tell this time, only since we last wrote we travelâ€" ted about 50+milesâ€"orâ€"somewhere near that. Well, I will cease fire for this time and clean the breech. Hoping that colors as well as black and navy, and we invite for the Autumn season and prominent among are arriving almost dailyâ€" British, Ameriâ€" CRAND TRUKK RY. SYSTEM you are in the best main, sys NIAGARA FALLS under the auspices of Elmira â€" Musical »ociety Saturday, Aug. 14 Special Train Leaves. Elmira ... . St. ‘Jacobs Heidelberg Waterloo .. Berlin ... Breslau ... Mosboro .. Guelph ...... Hespeler ... Preston ... TICKETSâ€"FORâ€"THEâ€"CELEBRATâ€"â€"â€" ED GORGE,ROUTE Returning leaves Niagara Falls 8.00 p.m., same â€" date. All ticket., good to return «., cegulas trains, _Monâ€" day, Aug. 16th. Children over 5 and under 12 years half fares All tickets good on â€" International Railway to Queen Victoria Park and return. trfp will be sold on the train py the officers of the Society. War Tax Five Cents Extra on All Tickets Sold at More Than $1.00. . Elmira‘s 22nd. Annual Excursion to Waterloo. and Batiste, Repps, Your Son, H. HABEL $.35 6.53 7.00 Time Adult, Childâ€" + Fare ren. 6.00 _ $2.60 _ $1.30 6.10 . 2.60 . 1.30 E.15 2.60 1.30 1.20 _ 2.10 .3s %,.10 T45 210 6.25 of health, I re 45 35 0 1.16 1.05 1.05 1.05