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_ Thou new: Mahatma-taken “than! , of the Ct"oethde-Te%tra.tt. 1916. . Dom caught [in again at wanting The St/ Agatha fire inquiry was continued on Tuesday " ternoon and Michael Strauss, who had been put in jail for not taking the oath and refusing to speak English, gave his evidence. The hour, in jail did wonders in educating him to speak English as he spoke as good English as anyone pre- sent. He stated that on the night of the fire he was at home and that he did not hear of the fire until Tuesdav or Wednes- Considerable debris still remains from the old mung rink fire and Chief Gnerin of the local tire‘department has been compelled to keep a fireman constantly on the spot ready to play a stream on the debris at any time a blaze breaks out. The chief explained to the Telegram this morn- ing that the debris piles consist of mostly cotton and that a spontaneous combustion is liable to break out at any time. He stated that he spoke to Mr. Schreiber and Mr. Walters and that both promised to have the debris removed. It is un- derstood they are being held up by the insurance appraiser who'has delayed in inspecting what remains from the fire. Will continua investigation of . St. Agatha Iira. _ A - If you live in the area of one - of these locations and would be interested in delivering newspapers on Wednesdays after four p.m., please fill in the application form and mail to: WATERLOO CHRONICLE. Att: Carrier's Supervisor 92 King Street South ' Waterloo. Ontario. NAME . _ ADDRESK PHONE NEWSPAPER CARRIERS Attention: Boys and Girls s, Required for has ttf: NOEcKER - PEPPLER . ALBERT - EZRA . 'BRIDGEPORT - REGINA WILLOW - JOHN WESTMOUNT - NORMAN » On Wednesday evening an 'trtkrtomt'gersttemars, who was neatly attired, called at the office of Chief of Police O’Neill and asked for a night's lodging, saying that he was not a eriminaitmttttdttte-stmrtded. "t '7 _ Heappeared as though he has been drinking heavily lately and in reply to the queries of Chief O'NeiN admitted that he had "broken out" during the last few weeks, althoughhe had not been drinking for seventeen years. . The man stated that he was not feeling well and a physi- cian was called, who gave the man a laxative and he was placed in one of the police cells. Dance-a-thop to raise money for the disabl There was an unusually large attendance at the Waterloo weekly Market on Saturday morning. Butter dropped in price from 30 cents to eight cents per pound, although some was sold at the former price. The price of eggs,remained the same as last week, namely 25 cents per dozen. New garden vegetables comprising onions, lettuce etc. ' were to be had in abundance and si6td at five cents per bunch. Potatoes were offered at $2.00 per bag, fowl was decidedly scarce. a few The man gave his name as Peter Balang, and said he was a French-Canadian and that he has a son living in Toronto. About , o'clock Thursday morning he took seriously ill and was taken to Dr. Hett's office, who immediately took the man to the hospital. During the morning his condition became worse and at noon he succumbed. the cameo? death being due to' the effects of alcoholism. - . Between 60 and 80 couples are expected to be dancing the night away at WLU this AGE Largo shipment“ lino coal. Another large shipment of cattle was shipped this week from the G.T.R. freight yards. This shipment cmsisted of 132 head and were secured and shipped to Toronto by the ve teran cattle dealer, .13 Fischer of, Waterloo. Mr. Fischer stated that tlfese cattle were' the finest that have been shipped from Waterloo this season. They were all raised and' fed by the farmers in this vicinity and averaged in weight from 750 to 1300 pounds a head, therefore bringing an average price of $64 to $117 as beef is selling at nine cents per pound. . . _ . Mr. Fischer has up to the present time shipped over 800 head of cattle this season and still has over 200 onhand which will be shipped next Saturday. The direct cause of these large shipments is the immense quantities of beef used in the military carnp"throttgttmrt the country. It was stated to the Chronicle Telegraph by a member of the Army Service. Corps stationed at London, that ten thousand pounds of meat is sent to Carling Heights daily. This meat is all properly inspected before six o'clock in“ the morning. dttrafteritttad thanked. Heoitmitudtttattte Wham told Von that he would at even with W": and letters received from Strau- Iecentl'y have a threatening attitude. Thesinqxairrehteed it 1:30 pm. and in the meantime Inves- tigation will continue.- It was mentioned by Inspector Elba that everytire will be thoroughly 31:pr and that after a few of the incen- diaries'lnve been Mind, the. kind of the: will like]! 4Lseoettimte.. ' l " Took udouslnlll in etett in Dalian Large crowd at Watcrlod market weekend in an effort to raise iunds for the K-W Services for the Physically Disabled. a mm-profit organization de- dicated to helping the physi- cally handicapped in the Twin Cities and surrounding area. Paul Gagnon. a student at WLU and co-ordinator of the ii111Ef5EiC0 " EXCELLENTPLANTING MEDIUM REG. $1.29 6atanasSuueaaMtaateuttd,. SPECIAL " King St. S . Waterloo. Ontario, Canada . (519) 886-2990 OVER 80 YEARS OF GROWING SERVICE FREE PARKING IN REAR PLUS MANY OTHER IN-STORE SPECIALS There was very little excitement at Police Court this morning. The only infringer upon the peace and quiet of or- ganized society was a citizen who had partaken too freely of the upsetting liquids that flow from the ancient and evil spr- ing commonly known as "Boom". He had quenched his thirst to such an inordinate degree so as to render himself helpless. He was found by Officer Blevins in a carriage that was drawn by a horse doubtless ashamed of its load. The inebriate was fined $8 by Justice of the Peace Rohleder who acted in place of '),N'e,'ft, Weir. He was also made to settle to the extent of cents for the keep of the horse over night. "This year we decided to keep the money in the com- munity," said Mr. Gagnon. event, said the dance-a-thon marks the beginning of the university's winter car- nival. Last year the univer- sity sponsored a bed-push and funds collected went to the cancer society. chickens ottered being biieiliy diiiiGsedGt it qs-tiris-da, each. Farmers state that the heavy rains have delayed work on the land and unless the weather clears soon the harvest this year will be manv weets later than usual. ) An maxim fined st, in police court SALE FLOWS! "" " II. mun RELEASE DELIVEns .msr THE mam mourn or . summon RES. $2.29 HEB} SPECIAL Students will be knot, on doors and collecting pl - ges from the community, People who are not ap- oroached or who live in the outlying areas may phone 885-6640 or 885-3690 between 7 pm. and midnight on Sa- turday, Jan. 13 and between 9 am. and 7 p.m. on Sunday Jan. 14. . iths