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â€"CouNTER REvouution AMED _ AT_SEIZING_AVTHORTY_ M $ rEGIOn of southeast Russi * *‘l‘owl'l Hall Was Crowded to Its Capacityâ€"Splendid Part of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross. Mr. Marry Wahl acted as chairman. The following was the programme: God Save the King. Piano Trioâ€"Misses Hahn, Oswald, and Keffer, Voear} Soloâ€"Miss Alma Smith. Good Night Drillâ€"By Eight Little Girls. Piano Soloâ€"Doretta Liphardt. Vocal Soloâ€"Miss Mary Froehlich. Farceâ€" "Miss Prim‘s Kindergarten" or "A School of Toâ€"day." Given by twentyâ€"one youn«k people, members of the Luther League. Vocal Soloâ€"Louise German. Patriotic Drillâ€" Given by twenty girls with Kenneth Liphardt as drumâ€" mer. The losses to British shipping by mine or submarine the previous week comprised | fourteen â€" merchantmen of 1,600 tons or over, and seven of less than that tonnage. London, Dec. 5.â€"Sixteen British merchantmen of more than 1,600 tons were sunk by mines or submarines in the past week, according to the Admirâ€" alty statement toâ€"night. One vessel under 1,600 tons and four fishing vesâ€" sels wore also sunk. The oentertainment given under the auspices of the Luther League of St. John‘s Lutheran Church on Thursday evening was a splendid success, both in regard to the excellence of _ the prograimme and the attendance. The town hall was filled to overflowing with an appreciative audience and those taking part in the programme nequitied themselves most creditably. SIXTEEN LARGE BRITISH VESSELS SUNK DURING WEEK (Canadian Press Service.) London,. Dec. 10.â€"The counter revolution in southeastern Russia, under the leadership of Gencrais Kaledines, Dutof and Korniloff, apparently is aimed at seizing the authority in that region and in cutting off food supplies from Siberia. According to the proclamation of the Bolsheviki government, General Kaledines forces are menacing Skaterinosiav, Kharkovo and Moscow. h the province of Orenburg, the Boisheviki have been overthrown by Genâ€" eral Dutof. A feature of the programme was a farce entitled "Miss Prim‘s Kinderâ€" garten," in which Herbert Schildroth took his part particularly well. The seene was laid in Texas. The drills given were also exceedingly well done. The Lea'ue has been requested to repeat the entertainment, so well pleased were the audience with the programme. ENTERTAINMENT BY LUTHER LEAGUE RESERVE PUND _ â€" _â€" 12,000,000 *6TAL RESOURCES ovrer 11000000086 PAY>â€"UP CAPITAL â€" $ ¢,800 REekuvs runp" â€"" â€"* 1h09:008 NovaScotia The fact that this bank has been in business for the long period of 85 years, and has grown until its Total Resources have passed the hundred milâ€" conservative, and yet progresâ€" sive management on the part of directors and officials. Safe banking methods appeal both to the conservative business man and the savings bank deâ€" positor. 45 lion mark, is proof of careful, WAS SUGGESSFUL 2. Leidelburg and Winterbourne The Bank of 85 Years ‘ENEMY SUFFERS SANGUINARY REâ€" PULSE IN ITALY MEETINGS AT . wessevaent uin \â€"oNEW CERMANY Rome Dec. 11.â€"Powerful attempts made by Austroâ€"Germans to retake the Agenzia and Zuliani positions in Capoâ€" aile region of the lower Piave river were sanguinarily repulsed yesterday by «the Italians, it was announced toâ€" day by the war office. San Antino, Dec. 11.â€"Thirteen neâ€" groes were hanged at Fort Sam Housâ€" tan toâ€"day for complicity in the riots at Houston, August 23. | Conscription Issue. . The conscription issue, Mr. Euler pointed out, like the other legislation of the last parliament in its closing arose from one sourceâ€"the fact that .lho representatives of the people forâ€" got that their powers came from the people and not from themselves. He declared that the men behind the Union Government are doing thingwl the name of patriotism that are wrong and he warned his hearers not to be deccived. He pointed out that the true patriotism is that which cuts neross all party lines and _ which stands for the principle that the peoâ€" ple have the right to govern themâ€" selves. _ He declared that no man in the audience felt the same degree of freedom as of old and this because the Government, realizing inevitable deâ€" feat, had made a law disfranchising those who would vote against them ond extending the franchise to those whom they felt certain would vote for them. _ The Union Government is at present assenting to this injustice‘ and for that reason Mr. Euler declarâ€" ed the people of Canada should rise and put it down. Following a short speech by Joseph Fehrenbach the meeting adjourned with the singing of the National Anâ€" them. > THIRTEEN NEGROES HANGED TOâ€"DAY â€" In his opening remi@rks he stated that since theâ€"campaign had opened he had been called four names by his opponents. _ These, he stated, were an opportunist, an annexationist, . a proGerman and a traitor. _ He deâ€" clared that the man who called him a traitor had done so because he bad said that in the expenditure of the country‘s money under Borden Govâ€" ernment one dollar went to graft and another went to waste for every dolâ€" lar of the people‘s money that was usâ€" ed for the purpose for which it was intended. At New Germany a packed house awaited the arrival of the Laurier Libâ€" eral candidate. _ Every available seat was taken and the rear of the hall was crowded with men who _ stood throughout the meeting, which was prsided over by Simon Halter. J. A. Scellen addressed the meeting prevâ€" ious to the arrival of Mr. Euler. | He devoted his attention to the Franchise Act and flayed the Conservative Govâ€" ernment for passing it and the Union Government of acquiescing in it. The arrival of Mr. Euler was the signal for an enthusiastic reception. The candidate took the _ platform shortly after his arrival and for close to an hour he discussed the irsu> of conscription. ® Two meetings were addressed by W. D. Euler, the Laurier Liberal candiâ€" date, at Weissenberg and New | Gerâ€" many, both of which were largely atâ€" tended. At the former place the small hall at the hotel was fAlled to its capacity and the Military Service Act, Franchise Act and administraâ€" tion ofâ€"the late Conservative Governâ€" ment were criticized by the candiâ€" date and Messrs. Geo. Zettel and Ed. Lippert. ) Almost the first move made by Turkey after its entrance into the war was the campaign against Egypt across the desert of the Sinai perinsula. â€" 8 s s o e t i In spite of the changes in the Government, however, a persistent effort is being made by the Opposition to represent it as the old Borden Government. and thus to saddle it with the many sins of omission and commission of the old regime and which are rightly condemned. i But the old Borden Government is not an issue in the present election. 'lx is the platform of the new Union Government. In brief the new Governâ€" ment stands for all measures necessary to the more vigorous prosecution and speedy termination of the war. The raising of 100,000 men under the Miliâ€" tary Service Act, and of which number it is now assured more than enough ‘,\z men are available in the first class,â€"not a married man being ,neodod. is an essential part of the Government programme. A feature of ithis Act is the libera, treatment of farmers who are exempt on the ground that, as producers of food to keep the fighting men supplied, they can render (a8 good service at home as at the front. Another feature of the Act is the exâ€" emption of Mennonites and Amishmen as conscientious objectors. This exâ€" emption was granted at the request of representatives of these denominations. Those who claim exemption from Military Service. however, also furfeit the right to vote in the nre:)em warâ€"time election, a condition which the church representatives, it is understood, were pleased to accept on behalf of their people. _ _‘ ARTILLERY WAS VIOLENT IN ALSACE Paris, Dec. 10.â€"(Official) The arâ€" tillery fighting.was violent for a time COLLAPSE OF TURKISH CAMPAIGN. Apart from its connéction with the campaign being waged against Turkey by the British in Mespotamia the fall of Jerusalem marks the definite collapse of the long protracted efforts of the Turks to capture the Suez Canal and invade Egypt. â€" â€" For 673 years the Holy City has been in the undisputed ownâ€" ership of Turks, the last Christian ruler of Jerusalem being the German Emperor Frederick II., whose short lived domination lastâ€" ed from 1229 to 1242. London, Dec. 10.â€"Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of The Exâ€" chequer, announced in the House of Commons toâ€"day that Jerusaâ€" lem, after being surrounded on all sides by British troops, had surâ€" rendered. The capture of Jerusalem by British forces marke the end, with two brief intervals, of more than twelve hundred years‘ posâ€" session of the seat of Christian religion by the Mohommadens. JERUSALEM CAPTURED BY BRITISH FROM TURKS HOLY CITY SURROUNDED Mr.. W. D. Euler, Independentâ€"Liberal, has the endorsation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. In addition to his opposition to conscription, Mr. Euler is a bitter critic of graft in connection with the former administration, the Warâ€" Time Franchise Act, and the general record of the old government. Much of what he says is unfortunately true. However, these are things of the past. A Union War Government, in which Liberals have equal voice with Conservaâ€" tives, is now in office, and notwithstanding the effort that is being made to disâ€" credit it, there are strong indications that it will be returned by a big majorâ€" ity in every province in Canada except Quebec, on December 17th. It is for the electors to say on which side North Waterloo will be. . Mr. W. G. Weichel, who has represented North Waterloo during the past six years at Ottawa, is the Unionist candidate, and as auchâ€"has 4Â¥erhd@rty sup» port of Dr. Honsberger, who retired as the Liberal candidate, in his favor, following the Union Convention at Waterloo, and many other Liberals. Some features of his record in the House, we cannot endorse. He has, however, renâ€" dered excellent service to the people of the riding as a whole. As the only Ontario meimber in the House of German descent. and representing a constiâ€" tuency also largely comprised of people of German extraction, he occupied a unique position in Canada‘s parliament, even if difficult and not altogether enviable, as he himself points out, since the deglaration of war against Gerâ€" many. in the House and out of it, it must be said, he has â€"been an ardent champion of the loyalty of his constituents, and at all times, watched thoir inâ€" terests with a jealous eye. . His personal popularity gave him an entry to she offices of cabinet ministers, that enabled him to extend rural mail dePvery tor the farmer, improve the postal serviee in the towns and villagos. and secure large war orders for Waterloo county raanufactnrers. His recort in this conâ€" nection entitles him to be favorable consideration of every elector. However, his chief claim for support is as a supporter of Union Government, and on this ground alone he deserves the undivided support of the people of North Waterloo. _ _ WaATERLOO, ONTARIO, On Monday next the electors of North Waterloo will have the privilege of choosing their representative in the Canadian Parliament, which in the usâ€"! ual course of events will be for a five year period. ' Three candidates are appealing for their suffrages. ‘ W. G. Weichel, who has been the riding‘s representative for the past six years, and who is endorsed as the Unionist candidate; W. D. Euler. who. as ‘ the Independent Liberal candidate, has the endorsation of Sir Wifrid Laurâ€" ier; and Mervin Smith, who is running on the Socialist ticket. it is, however, , around the two first mentioned, candidates that the battle of the ballots will be ; waged. ‘The campaign, which is now nearing its close, has in the main been | marked by moderation in the platform utterances of the candidates who have | wisely confined themselves to the discussion of the questions of the day and | thus avoided in large measure the bitterness that indulgence in porwoumleol engenders. 4 t y THE ELECTION AND THE ISSUE. (Canadian Press Service.) pulsed smail posts south of Corbeny was reâ€" brettes. An enemy raid againgt our in Alsace and also on the right bank of the Meuse, in the region of Chamâ€" S P P d uggs +. TL Anet 14 ~ Nugaine M mc t 18, 1917 He has been a notary public since 1879, chairman of the license board of North Waterloo for 10 years and a diâ€" i rector of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Inâ€" surance Co. at the time of his death, 1ln religion he was a devoted member of the Evangelical Association, holding Y many offices in the gift of his church ‘und always actively engaged in its inâ€" | terests. Politically he was an ardent ! Liberal, having, as he often said reâ€" i ceived his first lessons in politics from ; the Hon. Wm. McDougall. In every way he has been a splendid type of ciâ€" tizen and will be long rememBared by a large circle of friends and ac@@ainâ€" tances. determined How many men actually to be called to the colors on January 3 has not yet been determined. Between 20,000 and 25,000 have been generally indicated and it is probable that this will be about the number. How the first draft will be selected from among the men in the class has also not yet been | ary 3. It was originally hoped, as stated in the proclamation calling upon lthe first class to register, to put the first draft on active service by Decemâ€" ber 10. But, on account of the fact that a very large proportion of the men in the first class postponed reâ€" porting for service or claiming exempâ€" tion until the last days of the date fixâ€" ed by the proclamation of October 13 for compliance with the law, it is found that the work of Registrars and Triâ€" bunals has not yet advanced sufficientâ€" ly to make ‘it practicable to call a draft to the colors on the date indicatâ€" of the the draft will be requested to join the depot battalions. Notice will be: sent in due course by registered mail to the men affected. Notice by Mail It would be possible it is pointed out here, to make a call about Decemâ€" ber 24 or December 25, but it is felt that the members of the draft should be accorded the opportunity of spendâ€" ing the Christmas season with their families and friends. It has, thereâ€" fore, been decided to fix January 3 as the date upon which the first members Ottawa, Dec. 8. â€"The first draft of men under the Military Service Act Will be called to the colors on Januâ€" Wfi'm isthethiefg’f : Keep yourself well thetimelyusgandhelpof JOHN L. WIDEMAN PASSES AWAY Former Clerk of Woolwick Township Dies in Bt. Jacobs. TODA Y WAS IN HIS 4TH YEAR The late Mr. Wideman was in his 84th year, being born in Markham Township, York County Dec. 27th, 18â€" 33. He came to St. Jacobs in the fall of 1852, to clerk in the store of Geo. W. Eby, and two years later he became a member of the firm, Yost,. Winkler and Wideman, general merchants. For a number of years he conducted a store and latterly a book and drug business. Mr. Wideman has always been a public spirited man, holding many positions of trust and repsonsibiâ€" lity in serving his fellowmen. He collected the taxes of Woolwich township in 1861â€"63,. In 1865 he was appointed postmaster of 8t. Jacobs reâ€" signing ofter 40 years faithful service. He became a member of the Woolwich township Council in 1866 and was deâ€" putyâ€"reeve from 1867â€"71 and appointed Township Clerk in 1873, which posiâ€" tion he held for 32 years. In 1867 he was appointed clerk for the Seventh Division Court, and after 26 years serâ€" vice he resigned. Mr. John L. Wideman, one of the pioneer residents of St. Jacobs, passed away at his home in that village on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 6, after a few weeks‘ iliness. The deceased was well ‘known and highly esteemed throughout the county, and his death will be sincerely regretted by a wide circle of friends. * _ GCOTS FMULSIO The death took place in Elmira on Thursday morning after a lingering iliness of John P. Schmitt, a well known resident of that village. The deceased was born in Kitchener put has lived in Elmira since his boyhoou. days. He was employed in the Elmira Felt Co.‘s plant for some years. He is survived by his bereaved widow. two sons and four daughters, namely, William and Occar, Mrs. August Manâ€" you will find your whole system strengthened. It will fortifty your lungs and throat and enrich your mii against rheumatizm. â€" Scott‘s is powerful * nourishment without drugs or opiates. fl Don‘t neglect taking Scott‘s â€"commance today» , © Thousands of thoughtless people neglect colds every winter, A cough follows; they get rundownâ€"then stubborn sickness sets in. This can be prevented easier than it can be cured. If you will give your system the benefit of a fewigpttles of (Published by authority of Director of Public Information, Ottawa.) Hon. Mr. Justice Duff gave judgment on December 6th, in the first test case brought before him, as Central Appeal Judge (the final court of appeal), for the exempâ€" tion of a farmer. The appeal was made by W. H. Rownâ€" tree in respect of his son, W. J. Rowntree, from the decision of Local Tribunal, Ontario, No. 421, which refused a claim for exemption. The son was stated to be an experienced farm hand, who had been working on the farm continuously for the past seven years, and ever since leaving school. He lives and works with his father, who owns a farm of 150 acres near Weston Ontario. With the exception of a younger brother, E is the only male help of the father on the farm. P father is a man of advanced years, ts ‘"The Military Service Act does not deal with the subject of the exemption of persons engaged in the agriâ€" cultural industry; and the question which it is my duty to decide is whether the applicant being and having been, as above mentioned, habitually and effectively enâ€" gaged in agriculture and in labor essential to the carty« ing on of agricultural production, ought to be exempted under the provisions of the Military Service Act. ‘"These two propositions are indisputable : 3 \__‘"(1) In order that the military power of the allies may be adequately sustained, it is essential that in this country and under the present conditions, there should be no diminution in agricultural production. â€" In granting the man exemption "until he cea be employed in agricultural labor," Mr. Justice said : #"(2) The supply of competent labor available for the purpose of agricultural production is not abundant, but actually is deficient. ‘"The proper conclusion appears to be that the apâ€" plicant, a competent person, who had been habitually and effectively engaged in labor essential to such proâ€" duction, ought not to be withdrawn from it. 3 "It is perhaps unnecessary to say that such exempâ€" tions are not granted as concessions on account of perâ€" sonal hardship, still less as a favor to a class. The sole. ground of them is that the national interest is the better served by keeping these men at home. The supreme necessity (upon the existence of which, as its preamble: shows, this policy of the Military Service Act is foundâ€" ed) that leads the State to take men by compulsion and put them in the fighting line requires that men shall be. kept at home who are engaged in work essential to enâ€" able the State to maintain the full efficiency of the comâ€" batant forces, and whose places cannot be taken by others not within the class called out." + Final Appeal Judge Gives Ruling on Exemption of Farmers Mr. Justice Duff (the Final Court of Appeal) Deâ€" clares it is Essential that there shall be No Diminution in Agricultural Production. WILL YOU BE ONE? JOHN P. SCHMITT Ottawa, Dec. 8, 1917. OBITUARY Scott & Rowne, Toronto, Ont PAGES 9 TO 16 The death took place in Woolwlel‘;“! Township on December 6th, of Susanâ€" . nah Shantz, beloved wife of John H._ Schmidt, in her 57th year. ‘The funérâ€" ; al will be held from her late home on Sunday, Dec. 9th, at 9 a. m. to St._ James‘ Church, Elmira: for service,. thence to the Mennonite Cemetery fol'1 interment. * & to, and Misses Emma, Sarah and Lauâ€" ra. The funeral will be held on Suns day afternoon at 2 o‘clock. MRS. JOHN H. SCHMIDT * .. Wlfi