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â€"â€"me8dâ€" still existe, there is no reason _ Aor d@ubt on this matter. Help along ,‘wlu in your delayed subscrip Pfl' to Sir George Burn, Traasurer of ‘1&\ Bav# the Children Pund, Ottawa, ~CRLSRELATE _ STORY OF TRP m There is no organization in Canada better informed on the situation in the famine stricken districts of Rusâ€" #la than the Save the Children Comâ€" mittee, and when it says that the The next day the two boys came| o see them and said that they were( ng to Winnipsg and that the girh;J to get ready to go with them.} They had alrcady heard the girls| tailk of leaving home. They motored to, Breslau, got stuck the other side} and came back as far as Breslau'§ where they took the train, the boys giving one of the girls $5 to buy their tickets. They did not travel toâ€" | gether all the way but all got off 311 arkdale. There the boys secured a| gom for the girls and then left them. The following day the girls pawned | their watches, knowing that the hoysl had litle money and believing that| the Winnipeg trip was mostly a bluff. | They saw the boys during the day.. At about seven o‘clock they were arrested by two detectives. The story of the girl from Toronto ; nesday and Thursday. = was substantially the same. She had Mrs. U. B. Shantz will welcome left her mother and stepfather in TO the visitors, Mrs. C. S. Kerr is the ronto, running away to Kitchener t0o convener of the billeting committee live with her aunt. She had been‘and Mrs. C .H, Beese is the convener lbrou;ht up here. Bhe knew that her of the literature committee. aunt would notify her parents that| This _ afternoon â€" "The _ Story she had left and that they would be‘ of the Year," will be told by Miss lookhi; for her there so had advised Helena Tasker, Band corresponding the party to get off at Parkdale, raâ€" secretary, Mrs. J. H. Rush, Circle ther than go to the Union station, (rnrrespnnding secretary, and Mrs. S. On Monday she had telephoned home but on henring her mother, had not nerve to speak and had hung up the receiver. Later she phoned a girl friend and it is likely through this phone call that the â€" girls were traced. The Kitchener girl is not quite fifteen and the Toronto girl unâ€" der seventeen. ~ Are Saving the Roy Meyers and John Cain, the two young men who were brought back from Toronto last week to face a charge of alleged abduction, apâ€" peared in court this morning. After hearing tre lengthy evidence of the two girls in the case, court was adâ€" fournod until this afternoon when he hearing was resumed. One of the girls not yet fifteen years of age, was first called. She told of going to the show with the other girl and the two boys on Satâ€" urday afternoon of April 8th. They had supper downtown and then went roller skating at Bridgeport. On reâ€" turning to the city late she and the other girl were afraid to go home so a third man secured a room for them at the Windsor House. Meyers and Cain Face a Charge of Abduction in © _ Glasses" Have them examined, and if you need giasses, wear them. Optician .‘“l t the Market Kitchener * Phone 853 it through your local comâ€" Arnold Jansen Russian Children , May‘ 18, 1988 were not so, it your of . || Monthly Report of Tester uy ; of Kitchener‘s KOW = | gerea . i Kiub. The |_ This â€" afternoon _ "The _ Story | ‘ of the Year," will be told by Miss | Helena Tasker, Band corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. H. Rush, Circle rmrresnnnding secretary, and Mrs. 8. R. Bews, corresponding secretary.‘ The financial situation will be reâ€" , viewed by Miss Gladys Green, Circle :and band treasurer, and Mrs. Grace | ‘Treleaven. treasurer. "The Ilepart-( {ment of the Stranger." will be reâ€" ported on by Mesdames A. Shultis| and W. E. Pescott, while mpssagosi from missionaries will be given by i.\lisses Cartmell, K. Morgan, Ema Black, Minnie Hind, Annie Hind,| Mary Parker, Susie Smyth, Lull i{Rouse, Francis Railton and the unâ€" veiling of the Honor Roll by Mr.-:.{ gAndrew Ross of Hamilton, The adâ€" | éress this evening will be on | "China" by Rev. R. O. Joliffe. | |_Other addresses of the conference‘ |are ‘"Busy Days at Kolokreeka" by | Miss Minnie Hind, ‘"The Power n!" |\Choice" Miss Susie Smyth of HamwJ ilton, ‘"A Peep Behind The Scenes", Mrs. E. E. Marshall of Toronto, asâ€"| 4sociate home secretary of _ Board | | managers and a pageant "Binding and Loosing of the Spirit of .\I:u-’ fions" by Mrs. J. H. Bush, Tillsonâ€"| \burg. It is expected there will be a very large attendance of outside vis { !itora for this conference. ; |Annual Convention of the| | Hamilton Conference i Branch. | | Aden Martin ... 10 | Aden Martin ... 1% | E. D. Hallman ... 6 A L. Shants .... 4 | A. L. Shants .... 6 |E. D. Haliman ... 1 Mike Detsler ... 8 A. I. Shants ... 9 Aden Martin ... 3 lA. L. Shantz ... l A. L Shantrz ... 2 I. Shoemaker .. 5 John Steckle ... 24 A. L. Shantz .... 16 A. L. Shants .... 7 J. 8. Snyder .... 10 A. B. Shantz .... 3 M. Detsler ...... 5 A B. Shantz .... 10 Aden Martin .... 5 IM. Detzler ...... 6 A. B. Shantz .... 9 The sessional indemnity is $1,400, and last year the House voted an: other $600 per amnum by way of bonus on that amount. This year it is understood there will likely be a bonus, although not quite as large a one as $600. The annual meeting of the Hamâ€" HIton Conference Branch of the Woâ€" men‘s Missionary Soclety of the Methodist church is being held at Trinity church, Kitchener, this week and a full programme of business has been arranged for toâ€"day, Wedâ€" uesday and Thursday. The Government, it is said, has had strong representation made to it as to the necessity of a substantial Three year olds 1000 ibs. milk or 35.0 lbe B. F. John Steckle .... 10 1020 30.6 Two year olde 900 lbe. milk or 3.15 lbs. B. F. Irvin Shoemaker 16 945 30.2 JOHN STECKLE, Tester. TORONTO, â€" May 15.â€"Consideraâ€" tion has and is being given by the Government to the matter of sessionâ€" al bonus to members, but no anâ€" nouncement or statement can be seâ€" cured from any minister or member as to what is contemplated or likely. W. M.S. MEET _ A* TRNITY E. D. Hallman ... 6 1440 A L. Shants .... 4 1380 A. L. Shants .... 6 1380 E. D. Haliman ... 1 1440 Mike Detsler ... 8 1410 A. I. Shants ... 9 1410 Aden Martin ... 3 1410 A. L. Shantz ... 1 1260 A. L Shants ... 2 1260 I. Shoemaker .. 5 1350 John Steckle ... 24 1560 A. L. Shantz .... 16 1140 A. L. Shants .... 7 1260 J. 8. Snyder .... 10 1200 A. B. Shantz .... 3 1425 M. Detsler ...... 5 1350 A B. Shantz .... 10 1215 Aden Martin .... 5 1200 M. Detzler .....2 6 1230 A. B. Shantz .... 9 1260 Four year olds 1100 lbs. milk 38.5 lbs. B. F. John Steckle .... 2 1590 E. D. Hallman ... 8 1200 John Steckle ... 6 1200 A. B. Shantz .... 2 1230 John Steckle .... 1 1170 J. B. Snider ...... 4 1170 The following is a list of the cows in the Kitchener Kow Klub that have equalled or exceeded the standards set for them during the . month p{f April. _ No allowanee is made for stage of lactation period. Five year olds or over, . 1,200 lbs milk or 42 lbs butter fat. Owner Cow Lbs. Libs. Cow No: 2 1590 51.9 The case of Lioyd Gordon, who adâ€" !“ 8 1200 43.2 : mitted he received â€" $600 to Ioavvi(r 6 1200 296 | Kitchener where he was to have giv.|" 2 1230 38.1 | en evidence against persors accused pi 1 1170 35.1}of being bootleggers, went to Reâ€"|‘® 4 1170 31.5 | gina and about six months afterward '”v 1000 ibs. milk or ( returned to Toronto to be reen<|*‘ | paged by the department was t\x«-’ 0 1020 30.6 i cause of considerable questioning. | : ) lbe. milk or 3.15 | Mr. Ayearst said he had not engagâ€"| | ;‘t".l Gordon when he came back bu.,h" 6 945 302‘ ‘nstead told him there would be :‘.o‘: TECKLE, Tester. | work for him around there. It was "(--1 o F. D. L. Hammond who had reer | } gaged nim. The witness understood ;:: [EET that it was to investigate charges i: |against A. Corrian. fie c.l not unâ€"4,] l gorstand why a man of Gordor‘s reâ€" “‘ | cord had been engaged. He would 1 rR!Nn'Y‘ not have done it. | " & Mevsromeionndie s nntheaminc zns ' > ntion of the}| WILL ADOPT +% onference / 312 + o NEW SYSTEM iess | (4) c Lbs. Libs Milk B.F. 1590 1200 1200 1230 1170 1170 17170 47.9 474 47.8 47.2 46.8 46.T 41.5 40.8 39.9 36.4 31.5 31.2 20.5 26 4 54.4 52.4 50.9 60.0 : f Admiralty Officers to be i Retired Not Large Thus the loss and waste incidental | to sudden change will be avoided and | the physical property of the company in these large cities will be kept | abreast by easy evolution ‘of the deâ€" | velopment of the art. The number of officers to be disâ€" pensed with !s not as large as had been expected or feared in the serâ€" vice. Of an officer strength of about 9‘450, a total of 1,835 will be retired from active service. The loss to the navy of such a number will not be as severe as the mera counting of heads ‘would indicate. One officer deâ€" scribes the reduction as a plan to in crease the efficiency of the navy by decreasing the number of officers. MONTREAL, May 13.â€"The Bell Telephone Company has decided to sdopt the automatic system. At the last meeting of the directors the reâ€" commendation of the company‘s enâ€" gineers regarding the future developâ€" ment of the system in the larger cities was considered and approved. This involved a radical change in the furnishing of telephone service. The change in policy will first be felt in Toronto, then in Montreal and later may be extended to Ottawa, Hamilâ€" ton and other cities where more than one exchange is necessary to handle the business. The admiralty was in a position to frame and enforce its own plans without bringing the proposals beâ€" LONDON, May 15.â€"All men in the naval profession are deeply inâ€" terested by an admiraity order pubâ€" lished Satuday for the retirement of officers necessitated by the decision of the Washington armament conferâ€" ence for naval reduction. Zion Y. P. A. Hold Bell Telephone Company Will Make a Radical Change. The company has decided to emâ€" ploy machine switching equipment for the extensions necessary. The programme of the company contemplates the immediate erection of two exchanges in Tororto, one in the downrtown main business district and one in the east end of the city now served by the Beach exchange. This change will not make any dimiâ€" nution in the number of operators employed, as it will probably be many years before existing manual equipment will be replaced. TORONTO, May 16.â€" Provincial Inspector J. A. Ayearst, one of the officers responsible for the enforceâ€" ment af the Ontarie Temperance Act, was the chief witness before the public accounts committee of the legislature toâ€"day. He denied that he engaged "thugs, criminals and ex convicts" as O.T.A. operators. Ne stated that he never engaged ao exâ€" convict if he knew it, excesi thit he had several years ago sugaged a man named Slavin as an operator after he had been convicted of bootâ€" legging. That was before this govâ€" erument came into power.* He deâ€" nied several portions of H H. Mcâ€" Cutcheon‘s evidence of w..ness enâ€" peging men whom he knew to have been previously convicted of oiffencâ€" The Senior Y, P. A. of Zion Evanâ€" gelical Church held a very interestâ€" ing missionary meeing last eveningâ€" The devotional exercises were led by Misses Violet Wiegand anad Laura Eby. Miss Zelda Bossenberry renâ€" dered a piano aolo. The features of the programme was a missionary baseball match beâ€" tween the Whites and the Blues. The blues won the game by a score of 59 to 6. Miss Mildred Wolfe was captain for the Whites, Miss Nora Kaufman captain for the Blues, Miss Agnes Good acted as timekeeper. Miss Mae Rieder as umpire and E. J. Capling a aqon-keepcr. AYEARST WAS son. |DIETRICHâ€"At Josephburg, to Mr | _ and Mrs. Peter Dietrich. a son (Clare Anthony). A quict wedding was solemnized at St. Mary‘s R. C. church yesterday, | Tuesday, May 9th, at 9 o‘clock when | Miss Louisa Born of this city became the wife of August Schnarr of Erbsâ€" ;’ville. The young people were attendâ€" ed by Miss Ella Sehnarr and Mr. Josâ€" peh Fritz. Rev. Father Zinger officâ€" lated. Mr. and Mrs. Schnare . will ftnkv up their residence near Erbsâ€" ‘ville. | She was the eldest child of Thomâ€" as Trussler (deceased) and Hannah | Trussler, who eurvives ner at the “ agoe of 81 years. _ She has lived with | her mother since the death of her | husband 27 years ago and was at the u-oa(«mudwntundwl MRS. ELIZABETH JOHANNES Mre. Elizabeth (Trussler) Johanâ€" mes, whose husband Fred Johannes died 27 years ago, passed away last night (Tuesday) at ten minutes to twelve o‘clock at the home of her mother, Mrs. Hannah Truseler, 51 Scott street, this city MRS. WALTER LITFIN l(- ier for a number of years where The death occurred at the family | Air. Caughtrey was altachsd Io the residence 128 Elgin Street KitCheD®T ) j;jyppener Fire Department The thia morning of Mrs. Rose Litfin, beâ€" ‘ sympathy of their many friends here loved wife of Martin Litfin. Mra. f go out to the bereaved family. Litfin was aged 73 years, 1 month â€" orpiiabties and 4 days She was a member "f# ANTHONY miNSBERGER St. Mary‘s Roman Catholic Church. | The death occurred on Wednesday Funeral arrangements will be amnâ€" at Lindiehr Santtamum, Chicago, of ounced later. | Anthony Hinsberger. a residen: of ooiiimteces \this city. The deceased has mans MRS. ELIZABETH JOHANNES |relatives and friends resident here U Plisshath ¢Trusalar} Joha».] and the remains will be bruogt to Nrs, Philip Rominger. Elmira, a son, CAREYâ€"May 6. to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. E. Carey. 37 Woeber St. W.s sen. EANDERSâ€"May 11, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sanders. Waterloo, a son, SNIDERâ€"To Mr. and Mrs. E. MW. Snider, Woolwich. Jerusalem sec tion, a son. EBYâ€" May 9th, to Mr. and Mrs. Herâ€" bert Eby, No. 2 Kitchener. a daughter, LOTZâ€"May llth to Mr. and Mrs John J. Lotz, 42 Charles St. a son. HUEHNâ€"At Conestogo, May 14, tn Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Huekhn, a Motored To Hamilton. Thursday night members of Bento>u Street Baptist and Grace Taber: acle Congregations to the number which could be carried in two trucks and 6 cars journeyed to Hamilton where they attended the services * being held there at Philpott‘s Tabernacle by Rev. Mr. Compton, the Americun Hvangeltst who conducted such sue cessful meetings at Benton > «1 Daptist church in his city recently. KNOWLTON â€" HOFFMAN â€" May 11. Miss Helen Hoffman . to M: Evan R. Knowlton, both of Pres ton. Rev. John Schmieder officia: ROMINGERâ€"â€"May 10. to â€" Mi On Wednesday night an accident occurred to an automobile in which Mr. Philip Rominger. a shoe . merâ€" chant of Elmira, was riding with the result that he sustained a compound fracture of the foot He was imâ€" mediately removed to the K.â€"W. ho pital where he is now receiving at tention and his friends will be gl.«l to learn that his condition is improyâ€" ed. Mr. Evan R. Knowlion and Miss Helen Hoffman, both of Preston, were married Thursday at St. Matthews parsonage, the Rev. John Schnieder performing the ceremony. The young couple were attended by Miss C. M. Culliton and Mr. A. Scherer. After their honeyraoon they will reside in Prestor, + Returns From Conference. Rev. W. C. South, pastor of Aima Street U. B. church, has just returnâ€" ed from Huntingdon, Ind., where the aunual meetings of several of the boards of the church were held. Mr. South attended the meetings of the Financial, Publishing and Preachers Aid boards. Life Memberships Presented. The regular business meeting of Trinity Methodist W.M.A. was held at the church Thursday when six m& memberships were presented, The recipients were: Mesdames J. C. Smith, J. Betzner, C. 8. Kerr, M. Wildfang, and Misses A. Eby and R. Turner. Quietly Married. Meets With Accident. Entertained Nurses. members of the local Nurses‘ Alumâ€" mae Association at her home, Queen St. South on Thursday. The evenirg was spent in a social way and du; ing the course of it a dainty lunchâ€" ing NEWS OF l s Â¥ % C f CITY AND % x DISTRICT | 6 rtaineg Nurses. * < s. G. Smith entéertained the bers of the local Nurses‘ Alumâ€" f Association at her home, Queen ’ WEDDINGS SCHNARRâ€"BORN OBITUARY BORN d FUNERAL HELP The funeral of the late Anthony Hinsberger, whose remains arrived here Friday morning from Chiâ€" cago, was held from the residence of Mr. Philip Moser, 10 Wilen Street West at nine o‘clock on Monday this city. The deceased has many relatives and friends resident here and the remains will be bruogt to Kitchener for burial arriving at 9.30 o‘clock Friday morning when ther will be taken to the home of Mr Philip Moser, 10 Ellen Street West. Funeral arrangements, which have not been completed, will be announcâ€" ed later, xoungest sorn of Mr. and Mrs. Gor don Caughtrey. The little lad was ag ed 1 year and five months. The family had resided in Kitech cuer for a number of years where Mr. Caughtrey was attached to th« Kitchener Fire Department. The sympathy of their many friends here go out to the bereaved family. Besides her daughter, Lydia Acn Tapping and the granison, Roy Tapâ€" ping. those who survive her are her nged mother, Mrs. Hannah Trussicr; Mrs. Joseph Woods of Winterbourne, Nirs. Lydia Martin and Mrs. Nelsor F. Thoman of this city. the three veing her sisters, and a Lbrothcr, Alâ€" "a Trussler of Carnation Alberta The Punsral will be privaie owiri to the fact that the aged mother is too feeble to leave her house. It will be held on Friday at 230 o clock at the residence with interment in Mount Hope cemetery. LAWRENCE JACKSON The death occurred in Ing April 20th of Lawrenee Jacksoi REMEMBER BALL & CO, 10 KING ST, WATERLOO, IS [fâ€" THE ADDRESS. â€" of high class dry goods, clothing, men‘s furnishings, hats and caps, millinery, hosiery, gloves, corsets, ribbons, laces, inserâ€" tions, embroideries, etc. The most stupendous price disaster for high class goods ever staged in Waterloo. Thousands have participated in this tremendous money saving event and our sales force has not been equal to the occasion, being greatly undermanned. Our selling force will be increased to take care of the big crowds that will be at the greatest of all sales during this sale, which will last until further notice â€" but don‘t delay to get your share of the big bargains in every department. t Fare refunded on every purchase of Twenty Dollars within 50 miles of Waterloo. The Whole Stock of Forty Thousand Dollars Mr. A. Ball is retiring from business and intends to remove to Toronto at an early date. | § BALL & CO. 4o | The Greatest and Only Reâ€" tiring Sale in Waterloo County Store open daily 8.30 a.m., closes 6. p.m. except Saturday. Jackson, t Ingersoll Hurston war sentenced to three years at ningston by Magistrate Gundy when convicted on a charge of breaking and entering a railroad boxr car. At the time of the convi~ tion Magistrate Gundy said that the evidence of the railroad detective, James Harris, was not as satisfacâ€" tory as it might have been. On this ground the attorney appealed to the I .B. Levin, attorney for Hurston has has succeeded in getting Hurston his freedom as the result of an apâ€" plication to the minister of Justice. WINDSOR, Ont., May 16â€"A friend ship between Cecil Smith and Don Hurston which _ sprang up at King ston Penitentiary when _ Smith was first sentenced to serve five years on a bribery charge, has resulted in Hurston securing his release from a penitentiary term of three years. The young boy was a member of St. Peter‘s Lutheran church and a general tavorite in the community where the news of his early demise will be heard with sorrow. He is survived besides his per ents by one sister, Miss Marguerits, and three brothers. Edward. George and Herbert. The funcral was held from his late home Arnold street on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o‘clock, and at the church at 230 a‘clock. Intermert was made in the Lutheran cemeâ€" tery. Much sympathy is felt for the bereaved family. Services | were â€" conducted at St Morys RC. Church atter which bur ial was made at Mt. Hope Cemetery The death occurred on Saturday May 13th, at the family residence Arnold Sireet of Percy Bertram, 17 yearâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Krel ler eph Hinsberger, Carisruhe KOEHLER â€"May 13, Percy . Koehler. aged 17 years Became Friends in Penitentiary; Secures Freedom HINSBERGERâ€"â€"In Chicago. May 11, Anthony â€" Minsberger, formerly of Detroit and Kitchener. son of Josâ€" Funeral Held. , The funeral of the last Mrs. M.! Litfin, who died on Friday last was [ held at St. Mary‘s R.C. church this‘ inorning Rev. Father Zinger conâ€"‘ diacted the serv.ces. 4 PERCY BERTRAM KRELLER Bertram HAMILTON, Ont.. May 16. â€"Lorne ‘men, who pleaded guilty to the Burkholder was sentenced to not charge of stealing an automobile twt less than six months and not more months ago, the property of Harry than two years less one day by‘J. Neal, were sentenced to servt Judge Snider yes‘day. He was found : from one to two years in the Ontaric guilty last week of a series of grave . Reformatory when brought up {0# offences, extending over a yeir|sentence before Acting â€" Magistrate against a girl who is now only 13| Ellis in Windsor police court yes years of age. Burkholder is 18 yoars‘-lerday. minister of justice who ordered Hur ston‘s release. Smith and Hurston met _ for the \ first time at Kingston Penitentiary | While there they became very frien|â€" | Iy,. reports state, and it is understood 1 that Smith put forth efforts to secure i Hurston‘s release. J _:_mllmu|ummmuuummmuumumuumm(nnumml|uuummnnmnumg GUILTY OF GRAVE CHARGE Tremendous. Bargairs in Every Line, Nothing . Reserved "hid"? Your advertisement in "The Chronicle Telegraph" would be a standing invitaâ€" tion to your store. When our readers open up their paper do they see your The Wise Shop Where They Are Invited Tssued by Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Head Office, Toronto, g:llldl. People like to buy from the store that shows its appreciation of their business, gives good value, and courteous, kindly service, with a "come again" invitation. The business man who maintains a wall of "dignified reserve" toward the buying public is just as surely retarding his own business growth. In 214 B.C., the Chinese commenced building the Great Wall, which isolated their country from the rest of the world and helped retard their national proâ€" gress. The Wall of China of age and Judge Snider told hirmg that his was an offence punishablé with fifteen or twenty years impris onment and the lash, but owing t¢ his youth and the fact that be did not seduce the girl he was given & lighter sentence. WINDSOR, Ont. May 16. â€"Wif fred Donnelly, John McCaulley ané Fred Hughes, all Windsor young men, who pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing an automobile tw¢ months ago, the property of Harry PLEADED GUILTY R se