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$pring cLOThHING s For men aAno govs 4â€" THONNTON & DOUGLAS § Large new stock of Men‘s and Boys‘ Ecmflflng at â€" Thornton and â€" Douglas .#or!: at Kitchenor. See big ad. on page 7. â€" ' with that ma'gnanimous courage, E:h puts the Empire‘s safety first. ie hearifelt sympathy of the comâ€" Â¥unity will be extende:d to Mr. and rg. Stewart in the loss of their twin , but they have the glofious consoâ€" m that he has paid the supreme of duty and natriotism, for how a man die botter than for freedom ind the higher life of the world. The mple of such soldicrs should have effect of causing many mores reâ€" its to take up resclutely the work such heroic young inen have left unâ€" n{shed. > :, John B. Fischer shipped two carâ€" ds of cattle to Toronto Saturday ing. Many of the shipment were Many of the shipment were did animals. There were close to 60 animals in the lot. One farmer gold 22 of the shipment for in the melghborhood of $2000. e ¢hen the meeting of the Ladies‘ Aid ociety took the form of a reception o the newly Inducted Clergyman and is wife, Mr. and Mrs.{P. N. Harding. tefreshments were served and the Fhe spirit of good christian fellowship Fevailed during the happy social hour perégt ogether. The many friends of Mrs. James Alentine will be pleased to hear that ar health is much improved, and that e was able to return to her home on fednesday last, after a term of _ six eeks spent in the K. & W. Hospital. The Board of Trustees of The Kitch rerâ€"Waterloo Hospital _ Traininc ghool for Nurses, has extended _ : ry cordial invitation to attend the /8t Saviour‘s Parish Hall was _ the sene of a very large and enthusiastic athering â€" on Thursday afternoon, KW will pay you to read Weitiqufer‘s raduating Exercises of the Class of 17, to be held at the Kitchener and aterloo Collegiate Institute_Hal, Fri y evening, May the lith, at _ cight Mr eered M peAhymmmentine B 9fi enc Ts o , Get some of our reliable and weil known Cough Syrup for Cough and Cold. Specially preâ€" ”3‘ cough syruos for children, reli¢ves Hoauencas. Cougl and Golds, Whooping Cough. â€" Ed. M. Devitt lri‘ov.‘ that we have learned of the ur brave young sons of Mr. and rs. C. W. Stewart, Queen St., N., Kitâ€" ener, who responded to the country‘s partmental Store ad. on page six this issuc. It 1& with the greatest regret and fA Red Cross tea was held at the 1~" Mrs. (Drs_ Nogcker, Friâ€" ay trnoon under the auspices of re W.CD.U. A collection was taken hich will hbe osed is Red Cross purâ€" oses. Ticket No. 492 was the winâ€" er of a handsome handâ€"painted pic« SUCCESSFUL RED CROSS TEA re The cngagement iss announced of s Ethe! May Bolduc, daughter of wand Mrs. George L. Bolduc, Albert &0 Rev. F. Carl C. Sorensen. The priage will take place some time in o came east to say goodâ€"bye to their i at Toronto, before leaving for rgGa« service, spent a few days in ,{:»u with Mr. and Mrs. S. C. ecd who accompanied them to Dunâ€" for a weekâ€"end visit. ASK FOR MINARD‘S ANO TAKE:« Ford Kumpf is a business visitor in 0 OTHER. 8t. Thomas. % ganu Lodge, 1.0.0.F. conferred t degree on two candidates at ad Unfon Lodge, Kitchener Friday. it. Following the degree work the ibers sat down to supper. he People‘s Lrug Store BIG SHIPMENT OF CATTLE ealth‘s Sake DRUCGCIST St. Waterico rhong 217 AND PERSONAL WATERLOO SCHOOL BOARD HOLD REGULAR MEETING dated April 6th, her mother was lookâ€" ing over the casualty list in a London newspaper and chanced to see under the heading "Casualties from Waterâ€" lo0," the name of Lanceâ€"Corporal Fenâ€" ner appeared as killed in action and that his parents had been notified the day before. The shock, coming as it did, completely prostrated the young wife, who is anxiously aswaiting furthâ€" er official bews from Oftawa. _ Much sympathy is felt in the community for the young widow. The monthly mecting of the Waterâ€" loo School Board was held _ Tuesday night. The business was all routine. The following were present, Chairman (. W. Snider, Dr. Noecker, C. Hempâ€" hill, A. Shantz, Dr. Weidenhammer and Secretary Devitt. tionâ€""somewhere in France"* tust week, was a cruel blow to the soldier‘s eighâ€" teenâ€"yearâ€"old wife, nee Ruby Essig, Gait, who can scarcely yet believe that the information is true as up to the present fln has received no official word of her husband‘s death, The message, it appears, was sent to the deceased soldier‘s parents in Water loo, owingto their son being married only one month before sailing. ‘The chairman and secretary were appointed a committee with instrucâ€" tions to make arrangements for the yout‘s sippity df sual. _1 -;n\_’;.h-\; Piss ford was authorized to secure the necâ€" essary seeds for the vegetable garden which is being undertaken at the school this year to help incréease proâ€" duction in Canada. The report of the secretary on the session of the Ontario Educational Association was left over until the next meeting. Accounts | amounting . to $1595.18 were passed. 'nnunu.mmqungz; poral Clayton Fenper, of the 111th talion, who was reported killed in acâ€" In régard to a communication from the K. and W. Women‘s Canadian (‘lub asking that the school work in lude the study of Confederation topâ€" ics, in this, the year of the fiftieth anâ€" niversary, a motion was passed that the board favored the idea if the Deâ€" partment of Education would include this in the curriculum. ENTERTAINING ADDRESS ON WARâ€" FARE IN FRANCE The first information Mrs. Fenner recelved of her husband‘s death was while reading a letter the postmun had Rev. Arthur Carlysle, of All Saints Church, Windsor, who spent 18 months as chaplain with the CE.F. gave a splendid â€" lecture in St. ~Saviour‘s Church Hall Friday night on his experâ€" iences among the men at the front. The hall was crowded, every availâ€" able seat being taken. Mr. Carlysle‘s talk was a vivid, word picture of the moen‘s existence in France. How they live and what they do. Rev. Percy N. Harding occupied the chair and at the end of the eloâ€" quent address thanked the HRev. Mr. Carlysle on behalf of those present Mr. Cowley favored those present with a solo before the talk. The lecture ciosed with the singing of the National Anthem. METHODIST S. S. HAD GOOD YEAR An excellent yvear was reflected in the reports presented at the annual merting of the Board of Management of the Mcthodist Sunday School held on Friday evening. There has been an increase in the average attendance over the previous year and the school is also in a satisfactory condition financially, a balance being reported in the treasury. . The efficient superinâ€" temdent, Mr. J. Hutton was reâ€"elected together with â€" an â€" excelient â€"staff â€" of officers and fteachers. For some time past special attention has been paid to the musickl portion of the service which has been under the capable diâ€" rection of Mr. D. E. Turner, the singâ€" ing being a feature of the school sesâ€" CANTATA wWAS REPEATED FOR 1. 0. D. E. BENEFIT On Tuesday evening the Methodist Choir repeated the cantata "Joan of Are which was given under the auspices of the newly organized Vimy Ridge Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire of Waterloo. Although (the weather was decidedÂ¥ inclement a good sized audience was present. stont The _ spleadid ‘effectiveness with which this meritorious choral work was again sung heighiened the first impression as to its wonderfully apâ€" pealing qualities and its _ particular appropriateness at this time evident in its stirring choruses, trios _ and duetts of a martial character. Miss Nelda Damm Was Sucâ€" cessful Competitor at The musical portion of<the program consisted of a piano solo by Master Norman Engel, a selection by the three pastors, Rev. Mr. McKeracher, Rev. Mr. Mathers and Rev. Mr. Burn, and a trio "Keep Sweet", by the Misses Bruâ€" bacher, Wegenast and Hause, all _ of which were well rendered. Meritorâ€" ious musical numbers were also furnâ€" ished by a string Quartette, comprisâ€" ing Miss Mary Werner, leader, and the Misses Beulah Eby and Lorraine and Crace uigusiie ol hitchcusrt, beiec tions were also given by Mrs. H. L. Hymmen and two daughters of Kitchâ€" ener. The judges of the contest were Rev. C. A. Sykes, Mrs. C. 8. Kerr and Miss Ziegler, all of Kitchener, The chairâ€" man of the committee, Rev. Mr. Sykes, reported the decision of the judges who awarded the gold medal to No. 4, Miss Nelda Damm, who gave the seâ€" lection ‘"The Tramp," Miss Ziegler, Principal of the Alexandra Public School, Waterloo, presented the gold medal to Miss Damm, the successful contestant, while each of the contesâ€" tants received a book in appreciation of their efforts. The elocution gold medal Contest and musical entertainment hth the Waterioo Free Library Hall, Tuesâ€" day evening under the suspicks of the W. C. T. U. provided an evening which was educative, and entertaining to a very high degrec. Despite the inclemency of the weathâ€" cer and other entertainments being held on the same evening a large audâ€" ience was in attendance which was most appreciative of the efforts . of those, who took part. The young ladies, winners of silver redals in previous contests, contested or a handsome gold medal. They all displayed talent of a high order, their rendecrings being marked by expresâ€" sive delivery and eloquent diction. ‘The contestants were:â€"Miss Marâ€" guerite Bechtel, Miss Mabel Joyce, Miss Vera Schweitzer, Miss Nelda Damm, Miss B. Gardiner. + Prof. Laury, of the Lutheran Semiâ€" nary performed the duties of Chairâ€" man in a most acceptable manner. Rev. E. Burn and Mr. G. Diebel, on beâ€" half of the W.C.T.U., tendered a hearâ€" ty vote of thanks to all those who asâ€" gisted in making the entertainment a success. MAKING APPEAL FOR OWNERS OF VACANT LOTS The Town Property Committee and the Horticultural Society have taken up the matter of intreased producâ€" tion jointly and J. Uffeltnann has been asked to send out requests to owners of vacant lots who do not intend to use them for food production asking them to turn them over to those _ in charge, who wil Isee that those who wish to use them may do so. Prof. Hall, of Gueipn, spoke at a meeting in the Town Hall, on Friday night last and those that heard him learred much and great enthusiasm was shown. This movement to get all the vacant land in the town under cultivation is one of the results. There seems little doubt but that Waterloo will do her share in increasing the outâ€" put of food this year. WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE APRIL 10°H On Wednesday Mr. Nicholas Steekâ€" enrciter of Waterloo received a tele gram from Ottawa sfating that his son, Ptc. Louis Poeter Steckenreiter. who was previously teported missing, had been killed in action. April 10th The young man who had attained his 30th birthday or the day on which he gave up his life for his country. was well known here, and was held in high esteem by numerous friends. For some years past he had been a resi dent in the west, from which so many of Canada‘s â€" stalwart â€" young men nnawoered the call of King and counâ€" try. He was unmarried and leaves <his father, one brother and three sisters. He had been engaged in farming in the west prior to his enlistment about two years ago. Union Jacks are floating from the windows of various business blocks along King street in honor of the sucâ€" cess of the French armies. HAMEL.â€"In Waterloo, on May 3rd, to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hamel, Noecker street, a son, Lo l u. aeentemene GONTEST FOR FLAGS ON DISPLAY. BORN. Delighted Large Audiâ€" énce With Joan of Arc. i in resperse to an invitation. from the Mectho:#i=t choir of Hespeler, the Waterloo 31~:h~dist choir visited that place on Tiu:=iry evening where the cantata, Joan of Arc, was given under the auspices of Hespeler choir. _ A special car, chartered for the occasion, conveyed the Waterloo choir to that GAVE CANTATA _ IN HESPELER ‘The Waterloo choir, as in its home town, created a very favorable imâ€" pression, judging by the hearty _ exâ€" pressions of appreciation and warmth of the reception received. The notâ€" able choral work "Joan of Arc", writ> ten by the celebrated English composâ€" er, Gaul, grows in public favor with frequent repetition, and has been often sung by leading choral societies, esâ€" pecially in England. !t has a peculiar appeal in this time of war and its marâ€" tial choruses stir the heart while othâ€" ers of a more subdued character, realâ€" istically reflect the spirit of sacrifice of the Maid of Orleans. The choir unâ€" der the direction of Miss A. R. Bean, gave to the composition a thoroughly adequate and most satisfying interpreâ€" tation winning frequent applause from an appreciative audience. The audience which gatheréed for the musical event was a large &nd most appreciative one, the Methodist church which accommodates about four hunâ€" dred being completely filled with musâ€" ic loving citizens of the community. Miss Essie Devitt in the role of Joan Ofâ€"Arc sang with fine taste and judgâ€" ment. Possessing a lyric sopn‘mo of a very sweet and appealing quality, she gave a most sympathetic and finished rendering to her numbers and was heard to splendid advantage. Messrs. L. R. Detenbeck, tenor and E. W. Mackengie bass, were also in excellent voice and sang with much ol ullivcaces. m â€" Miss Mary Moogk and Miss E. L. Bean presided at the organ and piano with much acceptance. Rev. F. M. Mathers, B.D., rélated the story of Joan of Arc, preceding . the singing of the cantata, giving a briew but comprehensive review of her life. The members of the visiting chorus were afterwards most hospitably _ enâ€" tertained by the Hespeler choir. Adâ€" journment was made to the basement of the church where most appetizing refreshments were served and a véry pleasant social hour enjoyed. ‘Before dispersing Mr. Panabaker, leader of the, Hespeler choir, on behalf of that organization, expressed hearty appreâ€" ciation of the visit of the\Waterloo choir and the programme furnished, moving a hearty vote of thanks to the visiting organization. WILL DEEPENâ€" _ WELL AND DRILL : ONE NEW WELL Rev. Mr. Mathers in responding for the Waterloo choir acknowledged the kind expressions of appreciation. He said the Waterloo choir was highly appreciative of the hearty réception received and hoped that in Tthe near future the Hespeler Choir would pay a returh visit to Waterloo. G. E. Harley, weil driller of _ Oil Springs, who has just completed drillâ€" ing a well at the Dominion Tire Facâ€" tory where he was successful in getâ€" ting a flow of 300,000 gallons a day at a" depth of 380 feet moved his appliances to Waterioo on Saturday to commicnce operations for the Waterâ€" loo Water and Light Commission. ‘The well at the gas works will ho deepened and one new well will be sunk. The location of the new well has not yet been definitely decided but the manager said it will in all probability be located on the waterâ€" works property MARKET OPENED AT 7 O‘CLOCK There was a good attendance at the local market on Saturday. Dul"ing!lw winter months the market has been epening | at 8 a‘clock and Saturday was the first 7 o‘clock opening for the spring and summer. * Eggs sold at 30 to 35¢ per doz. while butter brought 42 to 43 a Ib. vegeâ€" tables were in fair supply and prices continued â€" about the same as | last woek. ® FALL WHEAT CROP LOOKS VERY POOR Farmers who attended the local market ° Saturday reported the falt wheat crop in this district very poor. A number stated that they had ploughed up their fall wheat and ‘will plant spring wheat instead. The bad weather of the last two weeks has kept the farmers off the land to conâ€" siderable extent, <o lb hk cswd h h utss TWINâ€"GITY BASEâ€" BALL LEAbUE 15 DRGANIZED Four Teams Will Compete for the Honors During Summer Season. The Twin City Baseball League got away to a good start Friday night at a meeting of baseball players and fans at the Grand Union Hotel, C. Kaplin was appointed chairman for the evenâ€" ing and a strong executive was electâ€" It is expected that there will be a four team league. Although Waterâ€" loo was not represented last night those present were of the opinion that Waterloo could and : would put . a strong team in the field. The Dominâ€" ion Tire Company will have a, good team and the old Cubs are already orâ€" ganized and will have practically the same team as last year. . Another meeting will be held on Monday night when it is expected that all the teams will be represented and further arrangements niade. _ An enâ€" trance fee for each toam was considâ€" ered last night and those present seemâ€" ed to favor an entrance fee of $10 from each team as a mark of good faith. . The, league will play Saturday afterâ€" noon games but the season will likely be ushéred in with two games on May 24. Henry Sturm, who was elected secrotary tréasurer, stated that _ he would get into communication with the Park Board at once in regard to the use of the Victoria Park diamond. ed gott Honorary procidents, E. F. Seagram, W. C. Weichel, M.P.; Dr. J. F. Honsâ€" berger, C. H. Mills, M.P.P.; A. Her Presidentâ€"E. O. Ritz. Viceâ€"Pres.â€"A. Kabel.. Second Viceâ€"Pres.â€"F. H. Snyder. Third Viceâ€"Pres.â€"Bert Wismer, Secretaryâ€"Treasurer, _ Menry _ _ W. Sturm. PTE. R. LINEKER KILLED IN ACTION ‘Colder This Year. Mrs John Lincker received â€" word from England on Monday _ that her brotherâ€"inâ€"law,. _ Ti6. _ Robert Lineker, had been killed is France on April 7. Pte. Lineker lived _ in Waterloo for about three years. working at Snyder Bros., upholsicrers. . Later he. . was employed at the Preston Church and Office â€" Furnitnre C mpany. He left here about two years ago and has beon in France with the 2n! Canadian Pionâ€" cors since September ‘ast. Pie. John Lineker, brother of the doceased, who wrote friling his wife of his brother‘s death, wont overscas with the 256th Construction Battalion. There are five brothers and three broâ€" thersâ€"inâ€"Jaw of the Linekor family in the fight for world freedom fromâ€" the curse of Prussian militarism. Comparing the weathor of April this ‘yoar to the same month last year the records show that it has been colder this year. ‘The record for 1917 are: Highest 74, lowest 17, rainfall 3.06, snowfall 4 inches,. In 1916 the figures were: Highest 70, lowest 21, and rainâ€" fall 3%% inches with no snow, _ _ _ The following executive was electâ€" To Be Quality Sure Mens‘ Pants fioht _f 40 aosl < s2 nslsns s s s s m .o s +â€"§P25W§§400 Ladies‘ and Men‘s Hosiery IT ALWAYS PAYS BECHTEL BROS It is a source of satisfaction to do your buying at a store where reigns,â€"Every article in our store is sold to you with a positive or «. your money refunded. Below are a féw of our new linesâ€" In times of economy an odd pair of nice Trousers with your coat makes your Suit like new. We have a nice assortment of tweed and worsted =at In cotton, lisle andsilk, in black, white, nigger brown, champagne, nmustâ€" ard, at prices from . . . . . . . . . . â€" . ~ â€"~ 206 to $100 Try us on your next order for fresh Groceries. Our 25e Coffee is a dandy. N ONENarHEOnmmn e mm on enc en e 6 0 Deputy Speaker In Saskatâ€" chewan House Killed at Front. > J. t. SEAUFFER . DES IN AGTION ~ The Alberta Legislature has offered up its first sacrifice on the war god‘s altar. And it is a strange circumâ€" stance that the first of the 12 memâ€" bers in khaki to fall on the field was mo less a personage than the Deputy Speaker, and a man who numbered Germans among his ancestors. | "Big Joe" Stauffer they called him when he was not on the throne, hedged by all the dignity that falls to occupants of the Speaker‘s chair, and there was no more popular man in the House, no sturdier a champion of the Liberal cause in all Alberta. > Lieut. J. E. Stauffer was not _ the first member of the Alberta Parlaâ€" ment to figure in the casualty lists, but he is the first to be killed. Other“ deskâ€"mates inâ€"the khaki have beef wounded; Major R. B. Eaton, Liberal member for Sand Hills, went to hospiâ€" tal some months ago with a German bullet in his body; Col. J. 8. Stewart, Conservative member for Lethbridge, has also suffered the pain of Teuton "atraffing," and Major J. R. Lamery, Conservative from Alexandra,, was shot down while na‘rtlcipaw the glorious advance on Vimy ge. "I am going because 1 feel it to be my duty; 1 can see my way clear to enlist toâ€"day when J couldn‘t a _ year ago," said the Deputy Speaker of the sition had hurled charges at the Govâ€" ernment, and the Provincial capital was in a furot of excitement, but in the midst of it all the big .m@nber for Didsbury took his leave. There was an informal sort of a gendâ€"off in the Red Room. The resigâ€" nation of the Deputy Sfeaker was handed in, a now Deputy was appointâ€" ed, and "Joe" Staufer went down to Calgary to the training school, whore he soon fitted himseli for the commisâ€" sion which was offered him evén beâ€" fore he had qualificd. Always the Same. And Lieut. Stauffer was no differâ€" ent from the Deputy Speaker of the same â€"name. If the gallant pfficer, who now lies in a soldier‘s grave across in France, had any enemics, the one thing they would assuredly have said about him would have been tHat he was "always the same." _ It mattered not whether me was in his little, old home town of Didsbury; on the _ gubernatorial benches in the House, or in camp; "Joe" Stauffer he was in life, whether in mufti or in khaki, and "Joe" Stauffer he remained until death. Back in Alberta toâ€"day there is mourning. From one end of the Proâ€" vince to the other "Big Joe" was around, theâ€" little town of Didsbury, and there was not a section of the enâ€" tire Province where his friends were not.numbered by the score. It was not as an M.P.P: that he won his popuâ€" larity, but as a hurfble farmerâ€"memâ€" ber. He was not of that class of poliâ€" tician whose main characteristic is the ubiquitous and indiscriminate handâ€" shake around election time. .He was ‘a firm believer in the handâ€"shake and ‘the smile, but he used neither for elecâ€" tion purposes solely. Both before and after election he was the same, and to this attribute, so foreign to the maâ€" jority of those in public life, was atâ€" tributed much of his popularity. A keen debater he was, tog, a strong party man and a vigorous fighter, but no matter how keen his opposition, no matter what his object of attack, he was never acrimonious, never bitter, never guilty of a taunt or a retort that left a sting. <In the Speaker‘s ghair he was the very personification gf grace and courtesy. If interventio: was necessary he saw to it that both sides of the House were satisfied. He was just and fair in all his rulings, and he was indeod a disgruntled member who ever voiced a charge of partiality or unfairness. To Liberal and Conservaâ€" tive alike the honorable member for Didsbury was "Joe" just as be was to House no more than eleven months ago as he said "Goodâ€"bye" to his conâ€" freres while thesession was still unâ€" der way. â€" At the time, the House was in the throes of a furious debate; the Oppoâ€" his townsimen; with the Premier, the Opposition leader and the men of the rank and file, he was hailâ€"fellowâ€"wellâ€" met on all occasions. There was no more efficient or popular member in the Legislature of Alberta. The son of Canadian parents of Gerâ€" manâ€"Swiss ancestry, Joseph Emmet Stauffer was a descondant of the Von Stauffachens, of Berne Canton, Switz erland. His ancestors emigrated _ to Pennsylvania abeut 1712, and at the close of the American Revolution his greatâ€"grandfather _ and _ grandfather came to Canada as United Empire Loyalists, settling in Waterloo County, Ontario. The child, who afterwards rose to a high position in Alberta poâ€" litics, was born on October 29, 1874, at Manasas, Virginia, and came to Canada with his parents when only a boy. He lived and was educated at what is now the town of Kitchener. Gothg afterwards to the West, he enâ€" gaged in farming, and eventually enâ€" tered business in Didsbury as a real estate and commission agent, He was then appointed a Forest Ranger aml Homestead Inspector with the Doâ€" minion Government. . He was also preâ€" sident of the Didsbury Board of Trade and Principal of the Didsbury Public School. Taking him â€" all in all, physically, imentally, and politically, 5. E. Stauffter was a "big man," and by his death poâ€" litics has lost a clean exponent, CaN#@â€" da a fine citizen, and the empire . & splendid soldier, Loo o 60 ced Untif you learn if we cannot repair them. _ You would be amazed if you could see some of the footwear brought here which we make serviceable and presentable again. Why spend good money for new shoes when at a small exâ€" pense you can have your old ones made as good as ever? DON‘T THROW YOUR OLD SHOES AWAY The Quality Store WET ERLOO KINC STâ€" WATERLO® WILHELM‘S Phone 339 aom w4 ms« atmmiiil