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â€" . Published every Thursday by David Bean and Soaz, Ltd. | _ , ‘President Harding of the United States _ .‘ * im e recentlyâ€"vetoed the Soldiers‘ Bonus Bill adâ€" & SUBSCRIPTION RATES vancing several reasons for his action, one of : ote Nabths 1â€".......s.......:+..., 18B for securing the required money estimated to > Three Meonths .;:................... 45 be from four to five billion dollars. The Presiâ€" Living to be 100 years of age Mrs. James Johnston iz now found to have outlived everybody mentioned in her will, a quaint document. Consideration of the question of the union of Kitchener and Waterloo is again being urgâ€" ed with a view to the amalgamation of the two municipalities. â€" Representatives of both municipalities are now working together harâ€" wmoniously on various boards where there is joint representation but when this is carried into the wider field to embrace the entire afâ€" fairs of the municipality so many considera~ tions are involved that it is necessary to careâ€" fully consider all the factors in the situation before a decision can be intelligently arrived at. In view of the difference of opinion exâ€" ‘\ pressed by the rural and urban representatives | in the County Council that body did well to: defer final action on the question of theJ amounts to be assessed for the construction and maintenance of County Roads. The inter-t val will give an opportunity of again thoroughâ€" ly canvassing the situation with a view to arâ€" 1 riving at an agreement mutually satisfactoryI to both the rural and urban municipalities. [ Representations are therefore being made to the Government that he be retained in his present position. It is hoped that the Departâ€" ment, under the regulations, will be able to arâ€" range for his continuation in the office he has so ably filled for many years. vices of so tried and efficient an official, esâ€" pecially since his health is such as to permit him to carry on indefinitely. Although over seventy years of age he is still active and energetic and members of the County Council are naturally averse to having him retire, preferring to retain the serâ€" Under the Superannuation plan of the Government Governor J. Cook, the veteran jail off.cial at the County Buildings with an unâ€" usuguy long and honorable record as a jail official, is slated for retirement owing to his having reached the age limit. The new plan, it is understood, is to go into effect on October 30th. fimfl‘: Advertising copy must reach the office not later than Monday noon to insure insertion. Occasions of distress such as the plight of the thousands of sufferers from the ravaging fires in Northern Ontario reveal the generousâ€" hearted impulses of Canadians. From the Twin City as elsewhere throughout the length and breadth of the Province and beyond, have not ounly come donations of money but of needed articles of clothing for the destitute sufferers of the North. Organizations are vying with one another in sending relief and the municiâ€" palities of Kitchener and Waterloo were among the first to take action. A commendable spirit of generosity and helpfulness is being display" ed which reflects the true heart of the Canaâ€" Generous grants of $100,000 each, from the Ontario and Dominion Governments will also greatly assist in ameliorating the condiâ€" tion of the Northern fire sufferers. BENEFICIARIES ALL DEAD. AMALGAMATION BEING DISCUSSED COUNTY COUNCIL DEFERS ACTION A GENERQUSâ€"HEARTED RESPONSE. After contract issues, no restriction as to residence. Employers may purchase for their employeesâ€"School Boards for their teachersâ€"Congregations for their Ministers. Cannot be seized or levied upon. No medical examination required. Free from Dominion Income Tax. affords an unequailed opportunity for the investment of small or E:rgm}- ':r' the purc-lu_u of an annuity of from $50 © e ce o i o e e Ety to $5 a for life, to begin immediately or at any future m%mhnfld in monthly or quarterly instalâ€" men Annuities may be purchased on a single life, or on the lives of two persons jointly. THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT GOVERNOR COOK TO RETIRE. Descriptive booklet may be obtained,by applying to the INDEPENDENCE SECURITYâ€"THE DOMINION OF CANADA The testatrix commends "my soul to Almighty God, in the hope of a blessed resurrection, and my body to the grave to be interred accordâ€" ing to my means and station in life." : Motorists and drivers of vehicles will unâ€" 1 animously agree that one of the worst crossâ€" i ings in Waterloo is that at the corner of Her ‘ bert and George Streets. One must slow up almost to the point of stopping to pass it withâ€" ; out breaking a spring or injuring a vehicle. | Could not the crossing be filled in to a reasonâ€" | able extent so as to make it more passable? | The Board of Works would do well to give their I attention to this particular crossing, In the course of the next year or two Kitchener will be able to lay claim to two magnificent structures, a new City Hall and a new Collegiate, the cost of the latter being also shared by other municipalities from which pupils attend. New homes are also going up in large numbers so that Kitchener can truly be said to be one of the most progressive and enterprising of the smaller cities of the Doâ€" minion. . ‘ The situation in England does not look any too promising for Premier Lloyd George at present. The doughty Welishman, however, has so often confounded his critics that his friends think he will again survive the politâ€" ical tempest which is raging‘ground this outâ€" standing world figure who thus far has been able to weather the storms which from time to time have sprung up. The passing of the late Dr. Stauffer reâ€" cently removes a figure who gave unsparingly of his energies, especially during the past few years, in ministering to the welfare of those with whom he came in touch and who in his work displayed a genuine human sympathy and brotherliness. His was a personality which will be sadly missed among his hosts of acâ€" quaintances. The farmer with a wood lot is a fortunate individual in these days of scarcity of coal. He need not fear the cold days ahead. Happily, nowever, it would appear from the latest re ports that there will be sufficient fuel availâ€" able to keep householders supplied with careâ€" ful rationing. It is satisfactory to note that the paving contractor, as reported at the last meeting of of the Waterloo council, will be able to comâ€" plete the program laid out earlier in the seaâ€" son. With many of the roads almost impassâ€" able the paved roadway is doubly welcome. With so many residences being erected a uniform building line would seem to be deâ€" sirable so as not to mar the appearance of the streets. The Town Planning Commission would, we are sure, have the coâ€"operation of many citizens in any action taken in the diâ€" rection of securing regulations to this end. dent also stated, in vetoing the bill, that the amount which it is proposed to vote to every exâ€"soldier was not sufficient to help much where there was real need. He further stated that to pay the vast sum involved would serâ€" iously retard the nation‘s economic recovery and he believed that the vast majority of the returned soldiers were not favorable to the proposal. ; EDITORIAL COMMENT. Notaries Are Algo Dead. The testatrix nominated as exec utors James Johnston; Alexander Mitchell, merchant; A. B. Stewart, official assignee; James Burnett, merchant, and Charles Wilkie of Quebecâ€"all since dead, As an a} ternative exetutor she named Dan She willed the residue to her hus band, long aince dead, on condition that ‘"he shall procure and furnish my son and daughter with requisite and proper apparel, board and lodging and all other necessaries of life, until their respective marriagâ€" ~Firm Now Out of Business, She willed that the present wareâ€" house and pounds, at present o6 cupled by the firm of James Johnâ€" ston & Company, St. Helen atreet, should be mortgaged to secure her legacy to her son, James, for $20, 000. In the meantime the g'm has gone out of business. She willed to her daughter, Elizabeth, $20,000 and the same property in St. Helen street was to be mortgaged to meâ€" cure it, . ‘ ontreal, bank officer, aince # The armistice c@venuon was signed at Mundania on Oct. 10th. @ ® The representatives of the Turks and of all the powers concerned ®@ affixed their signatures to the revised protocol, which General @ ® Harrington had presented for acceptance to lsmet Pasha, and @ © which the Nationalist delegate had previously forwarded to the @ @ ‘Angora Government for its decision. 4 & General Harington hbad informed Ismet Pasha that the convenâ€" @ @ tion embodies Great Britain‘s last word and\that the other powers @ ® gave their unqualified support to the terms. % ® The convention, consisting of 14 clauses, is drawn on liberal @ @ lines, showing stromgly traces of French influence on the side of @ @ the Kemalists, 4 ®@ _ Under it the Greeks will evacuate Eastern Thrace within @ ® fAifteen days and complete the transfer to the Turks in an addiâ€" @ ® tional month. The Turkish civil administration will follow @ @ closely on the heels of the departing Greek#, the entire transfer © ® being under the supervision of the Allied missions and Allied @ ® forces provisionally occupying Thrace, not exceeding weven battal # ® jons. ‘The number of Turkish gendarmerie in the province during % @ the interval is left undefined to the discretion of the Kemalists, # ® subject to the Allied approval. ~ % * The Turks, on their side, undertake‘ not «o place an army in # ® Thrace until peace is ratified, while new peutral sones will be # @ delimited by fixed .commissions. * 4 *# The protocol gives no time Mmit for withdrawal of the Turkish © @ forces from the neutral somes, it stmply specifies "with all poss ® 0 0000000000000 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 o % o * _ ARMISTICE HAS BEEN SIGNED BY ALLIES * % AND TURKS. 4 4 BALL PLAYERS GET BiG AMOUNTS. The New York Giants and Yanâ€" kees bave received their share of the world‘s series money. The Glants split $111,289 into 25 shares of 4,451 each, while the Yankees divided their total, $74,192, into 26 shares of $2,858 each, the difference between the winning and losing shares being $1,598. Twentyâ€"five players on the Yanâ€" kee roster recelved full shares, It was announced while a twentyâ€"sixth portion was divided as follows: ‘Trainer Doc Woods, a haif share, $1,426; Coach Frank Roth,$80,500; Groundkeeper Phil Schenck, $500; Mascot Eddie Bennett, $300. Manley Liewellyn, pitcher, $127. Considerations of â€" patriotism seemingly have falled to impress the native, who upparently\concnrs with the financial writer of the Kruz Zeitung in branding as a fool anyone who will still save marks, The search for dollars hag become such a pronounced #port that its devotees are deserting their former pastime of collecting stamps and other curios in the rush to buy greenbacks, FLOOD OF NEW CURRENCY. ‘The flood of new currency in Germany has literally knocked the crutches from under the bobbling mark, and in consequence of the great expansion in German money the hoarding of dollars and of othâ€" er high currencies has become the almost exclusive form of investment by all classes in Gerffreny. of its readiness to declare a stock dividend of 200 per cent. on Decemâ€" ber ist and to increase its capitalâ€" ization from $7,,000,000 to $225,000,â€" 000, in order to facilitate the cuttâ€" ing of the big "melon." Little doubt is entertained in Wall Street that the decision of the Board of Di rectors to this effect will be upheld by the sharehoide;s who will re ceive the bounty. This is the first daylight robbery in the series of bank holdâ€"ups throughout Manitoba and Saskatchâ€" ewan in recent weeks and is the most daring that has occurred since four bandits entered the Bank D‘Hochelaga, at Eli, Manitoba, last are 1,200,000. The native white stock of this big city numbers 1,165,000, and the foreign white stock counts up to.4,295,000, or a number that is larger than the entire population of Chicago, Detroit aud Boston. This will be the second stock disâ€" tribution in the history of the orâ€" ganization. ‘The first occurred on June 30,â€"1913, in the form of a 400 per cent. dividend following an inâ€" crease in capitalization from $15, 000,000 to $75,000,000. ROBBERS GET $2300. A masked robber entered the Al tonsa, Manitoba branch of the Bank of Montreal at noon, locked the manager and junior clerk in the vault, unlocked the teller‘s cage, scooped up $2,300 in cash and es caped in a waiting automobile, which was standing in a lane at the rear of the building. Three other men were in the car, which bore no license number, Altonsa is about 10 miles from the Manitobaâ€"North boundary. There are more than cight hundâ€" red thousand Italians, one hundred thousand more than the populatn of Naples. From the Hmerald Isle DECLARE 200% DIVIDED. The Standard Oil Company of New In Neow York City there are MILLION RUSSIANS 1N Ellis Jones, son of William Jones, of Alblon Township, who has been working the 9. Gamble farm, at Adjala, lost his barn, buildings and contents, together with a separator and a large quantity of alsike. He had an insurance of $1,200 on the countents and a small insurance on the barn, his loss amounting to nearly $10,000. Hugh Potter, while working in the field, found that his barn was blaz ing, and neighbors suspect a man who was seen in the vicinity when the fire was discovered. The barn buildings, hay, grain, animals and implements are a complete loss, with an insurance of $1,500. BIG BARN FIRES Three barn fires were reported near Brampton last week, with a total loss of close to $30,000, The barn belonging to Ollie Shields, Snelgrove, four miles from Bramp ton was discovered by neighbors to be on fire after midnight, and was completely destroyed, with the sumâ€" mer‘s hay and crops. The loss is about $9,000, with a partial insurâ€" ance. in the north temperate zone. Its stems, which die down every winâ€" ter, bear lanceâ€"shaped leaves with two little wings at the base of each; small purple flowers and waxy red berries, which are pofsonâ€" ous. â€" The snakeberry, also known as the "bittersweet," or "woody nightâ€" shade," is a climbing plant common The explanation that has been advanced is that they in some mapner got hold of the deadly berâ€" ries. TWICE HANGED Benny Swim, twice reprieved, was twice hanged for the murder of Mrs. Olivia Swim ‘Trenhoime, a returned goldier of Bale Verte, Westmoreland County, N. B. Two hangmen were on hand, and after one had bungled the execution, the other had to take charge. A} together more than an hour was conâ€" sumed from the time the execution was commenced until 8wim was proâ€" nounced dead. ‘The executioner, who called himâ€" self "M. A. Doyle," of Montreal, evidently failed to adjust the noose properly the first time, for the conâ€" demned man‘s neck was not broken, although he was rendered unconsâ€" clous. _ After the body had been hanging for some minuter it was taken down and taken to a cell and put upon a cot. Life was not extinct. The second man whose name given as "Gill" of Montreal, who is said to be assistant of "Doyle," was then called on by jail officials. Mr Robb stated that the response to Hon, W. 8. Fielding‘s offer was The deaths all occurred within 24 hours and the fact that all of the children woere suffering from sore throats led to the supposition that they Bad contracted black diphthâ€" eria but an analysis of their throats failed to show any trace of the diâ€" sease, to official expectations,. Cash subâ€" scriptions were not invited, the ofâ€" 1922 bonds. The deadly poison of the snakeâ€" berry is blamed for the deaths of three small children last woek at Peterboro. _ The dead are: Veon Goodwin, aged flve; her ibrother, Jack, aged twelve, and her cousin, Jimmy Peliow, aged four. â€"â€" MANY EXchaNar sonpse. _ Conversions of 1923 Victory Bonds amount to $100,000,000, This is the Hon. J. A. Robb, acting Minister of Swim was carried on the scaffold and hanged again. _ SNAKEBERRY CAUSES OEATHS and well up MILK SOLD IN CUBES In Holland milk is now made and sold in solid form, being put into <the shape of little cubes which are easly dissolved in tea, coffee or other fluids. The process is this: The milk, after the cream is re moved, is evaporated to dryness. It is then powdered and mixed with the cream, which makes it a thick paste. This paste is pressed into blocks. The advantage of these solid ‘ milk cubes over liquid milk is that they preserve their freshness for a} long time. They. can be easily éar«i ried and travellers find tha\t a supply of them is convenient. ‘ Minard‘s Liniment used by Phyâ€" sictans, Several sensational ana novel esâ€" capes were made from Northern Ontario‘s fire wave, but J. Thorp, an under@ker, thinks that he had the prize one of the lot. "I took my family, wife and seven children, aâ€" way in the â€"hearse," he said. "It was standing on Browning Street at the time and the fire came so suddenly I just packed them into it and away we went." Mr. Thorp states thal it is the sixth time he has been burnt out, and adds that be is getting used to it. "In the nationalization of railways the Canadian Government has emâ€" barked on an experiment and there is no reason why, with the right kind of administration, the experiment should mot be successful," declared Sir Henry Thornton, new head of the Canadian National Railways. "Certainly," he went on "there is every disposition on the part of those with whom I have ccme in contact to do everything to make the National Railway System a sucâ€" cess. I am coming here to serve the people of Canada to the best of my ability." RAILROADS SHOULD SUCCEED Wl Some quotations fromâ€"recent reports: "We use Long Distance extensively to call up prospects and sell." ‘"We use Long Distance to all our subâ€"agents, to keep in touch with sales." "We' depend on Long Distance to sell our vulcanizing service." ‘"We order parts in the morning by Long Distance and get them in the afternoon." ‘"We put ‘Use the Bell to Sell‘ stickers on all price lists and sales literature we send out." "Ask us about our FREE LONG DISTANCE SERVICE on new parts," a Motor Sales Co. writes outâ€"ofâ€"town mm n ESCAPED IN HEARSE "BANK"TORONTO pace with your requirem large or small, we will be glad to discuss with '{ou the advantages of a connection with this Bank. Capital $5,000,000 Reserves $7,000,000 How Garage Sales are increased by Long Distance We offer you every convenience of modern banking methods coupled> with a cordial spirit of coâ€"operation, the carnest desire of every member of our organization to help you transact business with us ple«umg and satisâ€" factorily. arise in connection with your business or personal affairs. 7 uid en We can tell you how to apply Long Distance to almost every business. WATERLOO KITCHENE KITCHENER (North Ward) Tâ€" The Bcnk"g{ T oronta is fully & 4e F C W Loo in arrmgmmmcon 111 Sept. lst.â€"We got to Auriens last night, Toâ€"day we motored over 100 miles in the Somme Battlefields We were through German trenches, dugouts, etc., etc. The guide was a returned man and took particular trouble to show us and point out places of historical interest. One village after the other in utter deâ€" solation. Out of 292 villages there were 214 totally demolished. We are leaving for Paris in the mornâ€" ing. friends here:â€" Afras, France, (On Train), August 31st 1923. ‘ Just left Donai for Aurieno. The stay at Donai was a particulanly sad stay for us. The senleâ€"noble cemetery is about 15 minute train ride. We found the gardener, Maâ€" dame and daughter. Denise (sixteen years old) very kind and sympathâ€" etic. They have Jerry‘s picture very prominent and they.,, are very proud of it. The afternoon of September 3rd, (4.30). Denise saw the aeroplanes and called to her mother and fathers. (The Germans were occupying Donai 1914â€"1918.) She saw Jerry‘s machine coming down spfnning having been shot down by the enemy air craft,. The Germans shot at him from the ground. His machine burst out in flames. ‘Then Captain Flynn jumpâ€" ed and was picked up dead. The machine wis burnt, nothing but ashes left Jerry landed on the back of his head. ‘The Germans made a note of his rank, etc., and then the gardener made a coffin and the women a shroud and he was buried by the present gardener. (Gauthier). They bave nice flowers planted on the British graves and keep them very nice and clean. The following extracts from A letter written nome by Mrs. Lilly Flynn who with her sister, Misa Florence Hilliard, are visiting England and France at present will be_ of interest to many MRS. FLYNN VISITS SON‘83 GRAVE IN FRANCE. i0 Un rgr aae