The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario, Canada • 5

THETdROXTd DAILY STAB SATURDAY AUGUST 19 1916 SOME BEST SWIMMERS ROCK ON SUMMER ROOS rir nidc tth white Georgette CIVIC'GOVT ignores heavy toll of waters ft wnd nnd white leatlcr belt an ic Toronto is peak la GAINS IN SOMME IGHT CANADIAN WOUNDED CANADIAN CASUALTIES To that question a kin at 31 KILLED kin at 9 210 Bloor 773 Shaw Rosethorn kin at ROCK A SMART YOKED Band of black or brightly sports clothes idea promises faille or gros grain ribbon I one of the strongest notes Walsh kin In RANZ JOSE IS 86 Him few BRITISH ZEPPS AST HUGE AUSTRIAN LOSS Are MAUSOLEUM IN STRATORD ly 300 boys and men are trained ev in Stratford a far more appear on lost In by the the two leaders remember Is that bed the courage to enact the law of the liquor traf fn battle in a "hospital In He enlisted Jtth Battalion one Lon most to Go The reo it or The Gov cesses With a prayer for sistance and with a heart full thanks I greet my heroic forces" Dr William has been by the Cemetery City Council to Cemetery a mau ZEPP VISITED SALON1KI JUST ONCE TOO OTEN Pte Percy Whale of Says He Is Being Given Good Treatment Canadian Military Doctor Describes How Giant Airship Was Shot Down on Its Second Visit Leonard Smith of the Toronto Railway Company has juet received a letter from Pte Percy Whale post dated July SI 1916 from Pension Bon Accuril Rossinlere Suisse in which Miss Mai A and Saving of Life of all swimming instruc qualify for the saving of Hand and hand with that URPLE AND WHITE STRIPED VOILE Died Bryant Quanbury Simcoe Ont Previously reported missing now offi cially reported died while prisoner of war: 106565 Herbert Steer kin at Treeabank kin at Montreal Mounted Rifles of wounds: 405538 rederick kin In England: Lieut John "Received your long and welcome letter for which thank you Was certainly surpris ed to hear from you but it Niagara all Man KHIed Ntagara alla Ont Aug rank Thompson 1'S Victoria street was kill at the Merrick Paper Mills when a heavy timber tell on him Said to Be Less Cumbersome Than German Type London Aug 19 The Daily Ex press features an article by its naval expert on new which says: "During the past week I have watched the great British airships at work and although I am unable to make practical comparisons with the German Zeppelins our new airships certainly seem marvelously rigid and beautifully designed Mariners who with competent i a TT SiXltl i'll in assistant physical 11 YMCLA and many awards "TIW hal the courage to uc are not going to The to I one of the strongest notes of early talk and in all probability jspnrts clothes as we know them al the mcmnnt will have permanent plana in the American wardrubs Wide Drooping Brim on Mid Sum mer Hats The wide soft brimmed Bankuk Wer chcw Panama Leghorn hair or hemp hats with just a suggestion of are the favored hats of the moment These ma? be worn with sports clothes and quite as effec tively with lingerie rnd soft silk frocks The fabrics cretonne and the various striped canvts weaves are liked for sports wear combined with harmonizing coats and skirts to correct and direct the big guns show they too are hurling their ter rific defiance at the intruder As watch there comet one more terrible than any that preceded It seems to tear the heavens open and the con cussion sweeps by us with a shriek like a mighty whirlwind Something appears to be happening above The big cigar turns off to the east till the beams of the searchlight fall to hold it but only for a minute then the smaller ray from a battleship picks ft up and holds it and all the time the guns are booming But as she flies she lowers till she sinks quite out of sight We watched a little longer and then turned in I had just dozed off when heard an other shell and ran out Just in time to see a tremendous column of flams curled up and immediately die do rm to a red smoking glow and then from the rench camp and from the war ships in the bay we heard cheers that I shall never forget and we were sure that one at least of ths monsters of the skies had ceae from troubling hnd was st Everyone was openly enthusiastical ly happy Next day we off in a motor to the marsh where she lay armed with knives hammers galore so I have some souvenirswhich later I will send also phoic which will give you a real idi how she looked The spot Is about 7 miles from us and quits clwe enough for me Salonika ie pleased for this Is the same Zepp that visited us before and hit the ship that had our nurses aboard also killed quite a number of Greeks But It went once too often to the The aim bon is to life Qualification go the awards of the Royal Life Saving Society Thesere given not for the saving of hu man life but for knowing how to do It Candidates first purchase a litilo 'nanital issued bv the society in England and sold everywhere at 25 Jerts This gives full instructionsand contains pictures showing vari Ous holds and drills essential to rhe Cescuing of people from the' water After studying the manual candi dates try various examinations some or them rudimentary difficult in character mers satisfactory to swimmers whose war Swlt John McLtirg kin at Sault St Marie Ont O'Grady Winnipeg the sheer cotton afternoon dress was Those as rule are very sim ply cut and made Often a bordered material will be developed Into one of the be ruffled frocks of the mo ment with no trimming aside from its omi border which is used for cellar cuff'? sash ends and to edge the ruffles or flounces The finish! at the upper edge of the skirt is a detail hich goes far toward tnak ing the dress attractive With the striped materials especially Is this I The unoer edge of the skirt may be finished with tiny pleats since we have svtrnd a bit above the nar rdont them row belt of the same material or a give them up by any means narrow 1 ilie rrrnii Tnin ccioreu These pleated skirts when striped materials are used are often pleated so that one stripe overlaps the other presenting one solid shade on tho outride of the skirt effectively re lieved by the shade beneath with everv movement of the wearer One of the daintiest of the cotton frocks worn at dinner this same evening was a pale green organdy Micther was a soft gray voile with a Russian blouse of gray Georgette belted and trimmed with silver The various shades of green and gray are favored in these cotton dresses as well as the other pastel shades soft tones of blue pink lavender and purple An especially pretty striped voile frock in lavender and white arti of merit at ine imnteri of both rexes lrriic mns private In: bath Students of aver i ofaieaev qualify for their I ward from ix ten les psss the final vhich eertirrtf a diploma th lecncnliimi requites nd persist nt effort and only nllv comnetent ones the and women who are such stuff as eliamuions are rr can hope to qualify The only niils in Ontario diploma to day aro Beaton of the YWC Mraaret Pickard 137 The RLSR recog are Pte Percy Whale making me a lot stronger and 1 expect to be back to the old form soon Relieve me the change in food is' a good thing for us alL for they give us good food good rooms and good doctors to look after the men who are confined to bed Am glad to bear that Grant is looking well ajid that he has an swered the call They sure must have had a time at home when he arrived: I wish I liad been there: am tiring of this business of being al ways on the move with no sign of get ting back home Must closo as I have 101 letters to write" Pte Whale enlisted for overseaswith the 4Sth Highlanders and was attached to the first contingent He was seriously injured in the battle of St Julien In April 1915 was first reported missing but finally turned up In a German ncspitai wnere ne remained until January of this? year and was then interned in a German prison camp Two months ago how ever he with several others were sent Into Switzerland with the hope that their health might more rapid ly Improve In a previous letter he stat'd that he was billeted in one of the 'ist hotels and receiving the fin est of treatment by the German au thorities A brother Lieut Grant Whale at tached himself to one of the Western battalions and is now at Camp Hughes but as recently tn the city en route from Ottawa where the family held a re union The above mentioned lads are sons of Mr Albert Whale the well known north end upholsterer VOICE OPTH PHPI I THE VOGUE THE COTTON ine Memorial To Shelter Remains of the Hamilton amily Stratford Aug Hamilton of ort giv en permission Committee of the erect at Avondale soleum estimated to cost 10000 Dr I Hamilton is an old Stratford boy who has grown wealthy in ort Wil liam and desires to have a memorial vault placed in his home town with the Idea of transferring the remains of members of his family to Strat ford's cemetery YMCa 'ln the city Ninety eight lady pupils were awarded ons and certificates and seventeen won Goderich Assessment Up Goderich Aug 19 According the assessment roll of this ear derich has a population of 4S55 assessment this year shows an in crease of 42277 over last year the figures this year being 33 M)939 ALL HAVE WON PRIZES OR SWIMMING There are many aouatic artists iu Toronto and here arc some of the best known On tha left is shown Clifford Booth an amateur who at 13 years of age had won a diploma and a certificate of proficiency In teach 1 Ing from the I The centre picture at the top is of Miss Olive Beetle "for five years an exponent of fancy swimming She has mvnm fifty yards in as many seconds Arnold Reade shown in the! upper corner is Toronto's champion speed swimmer HLs record Is 50 yards in 26 3 5 seconds Below Reade is shown Miss Margaret Rickard one of the only two lady swimmers in Ontario who hold the diploma The two lower figures are William Winterburn swimming master at the Central A He has trained many champions AV Baillie Stephenson a boy who can do BO yards in 27 seconds Capt Edward Ianlz Benson 443121 Lance Corp Douglas 22990 Wm Alex Ewing Cnt 140523 628705 How Wls Major 4 6370 Gnr8re 418539 Wilfred So Many Toronto People Swim Is a Tribute to 'Ticix Own Initiative Toronto Lacks Even One Salaried Instructor to Teach the People to Swim was 'to get such good news about Low things are going in the old town Every thing Is going fine here and the walks up into the "mountains are moi good swimmers in Toronto than any other (Umaduin city tiHk fi 'pLon Tl cx tf uon i Montrcjt "oruidcring on tDc other hand the dative populaon of the two places and how much pealcr in Montreal than in Toronto tha facilities and the encaurage sncrts offered for tho learning of gvlnunlng Toronto leads the whole Pominion Three statements are sade wilh ful! concurrence of men who know and in' full knowledge cf the fact that the annua! death taken by Toronto waters because victims cannot swim gppallng total Seafaring at all times city than would HCi giOrious BUt icneo her miles or British Gain at Ginchy and Guille mont rench ip Maurepas London August 19 Last statement says: took place this afternoon (riday) over the whole 'front from Pozleres to the Somme As a result wa have captured several strong enemy positions and gained ground tow ard Ginchy and Guillemont tak ing more than 200 prisoners during the day our right the rench also made Last rench communique said: of the Somme our attack directed on a part of Maurepas oc cupied by the enabled us In the course of a brilliant assault to carry a notable portion of the village together with Calvary Hill situated to the east In this operation we took 200 unwounded prisoners Maurepas and the Somme we extended our position to the east of the Maurepas CIery road the right bank of the At euse we continued our offensive action driving the enemy from two fortified redoubts north west of the Thiau mont work taking 100 unwounded Germans including five officers and also three machine guns of the Vaux Chapitre Wood we made appreciable progress in the vicinity of the road from Vaux to the others more under exarj the sociexv Their names are then sent on io the aid country wlure medals and eer uticates are issued Many thousand wh awards have already oinc to lorouto One institution alone the Central has received 400 since its new building was quota for the city wns transit etv a ship torpedoed Gej mans Bow muy Toronto people ntinuslly for these awards cannot be stated with Rccurncy No tabulated NEW YORK Aug 19 The KT Vrtst 4 rx Al vw net ns and evenings bar charmingly the pn ent ircr cottons Earlier when the popularity At least four of Miss Eld 11 istt KT Chonr Tnct yv iison luu year for second time Miss Wilson won the Walker House Cup And now the men swimmers? Un hesitatingly Mr Winterburn already quoted names Arnold Reade 66 Madison avenue as best His record for 50 yards is 26 3 5 seconds for 1W yards 61 seconds: for 100 yards 223 1 5 and for 300 yards 4 minutes flat He holds two or three Western New York records and as a diver would make things interestirjg for the present Toronto champion Art Allan Another good ewimmer is Baillie Stephen son of the Central Only 16 years of age as yet he has gone 50 rankie College 273 sec Tiny trficketa and fine tucks inmie the sLirt Vukc 1 effects are good also and another frock In stripes noticed same evening was fashioned an awning stripe ehrer linen with yoke alcoves end sash of plain white While both Of these trocks wore unu ullf sim ple they re perfectly appropriate owing to the weather which was i vrry warm i Unusual rsedom Shoan in Dress I While a few years ago I pcrl ips have frowned upon three simple icu nn rnd jhe fcraat vogre of bright valors now favored in the ejorls clotlv nt the present nto (iinnt wo find them perfectly appro priate and becoming at all a breach of taste irst of ulL com fort and simplicity go band In hand and along with our other emanci pated ideas we have coine to the point where we dre to assert our selves In matter of dress te st? ad of following Mindly a ws have done for ages Ths bright vd cred i norta clothes which are daily becoming more popular very be coming voutbult Is Ilfs and spirit in the bright green cnassgca bluer nnd purples which are vied' skirt mt mid itt composing nine oti of ten of costumes dotting the gray mndt of the beaches and woft green sward of the country clubs and Lieut Leafs Orr CA'MSC Hospital No 5 Salonika writing to his mother Mrs Orr Grand Valley gives the following thrilling descrip tion of the capture of the TZ 85 Zeppelin at Salonika you read the papers you will have seen reports of Salonika's great night of Thursday the 4th which for eoul satisfying and dramatic thrill it would be hard to beat It needed a sight of the twisted and shattered monster lying like the skeleton of some mammoth prehistoric wizard down in the weeds and rushes of the mouth of the Vardar River My dreams of home were rudely shattered at 2 0 am by the well known crash of an exploding shell I thrust my head out of the tent to find a lot of the boys already out so stepped Into slippers and bath robe and joined tho throng The night was perfect star lit sub tropical Hi in the heavens new stars would anoear Hash and die shrap nel The thrashing of powerful en gines told us hat the trouble was hum but the roar of great whirring engines that could be held up there but by one thing Shells were screaming now from all quarters Thea up Into the sky leapt one two three a dozen Gaming flashes waving to and fro and sweeping In one great arc from water to stars searching with their tentacles of light for the monster In a minute they catch him There across the broad beam of the largest ray the huge luminous cigar Is caught and held A dozen lights con verse on him as he attempts to double and twist away But it is hopelees Shrapnel is bursting ail around but ten low but big shells with the twin pockets that used sionala as such: it rewards proficien cy only Among swimmers? ladies are tn the vast majority One Is that they have only one exclusive training place in the citv Toronto Swimming Club Considerable impetus was given to swimming in Toronto by the organ ization some twenty five years ago of the Toronto Swimming Club the only institution of its kind in the city to day According to the brief clauses of it charter of incorpora tion its purpose was encourage and teach swimming and the saving of life from or many years It had an up hill struggle but its leaders hung on and the Club survived and to day it can look back on a splendid record of achievement Training men swimmers only It has in its own way turned out some of the best professionals and amateurs in the "city Several of these have human lives to their credit No longer ago than Civic Holiday the club won the championship of Ham ilton Bay In the 100 yard and 200 vard events One of the moving spir its in the club for the past twenty years has bn Mr A Sherrard of the Western Assurance Co a man whose enthusiasm has done more for the cause of swimming than many another money Who are the best swimmers in qualified answer must be returned ThPrA fiA OOCl names are never heard in sporting circles men and women who do for pleasure what others are doing for money There are amateurs who are fit to be professionals and there are professionals who got Into the class with startling suddenness Best Swimmers Among lady swimmers Miss Mary Beaton head teacher of swim ming at the WCA holds more trophies for graceful and scientific swimming than probably any other in Ontario if not in Canada She has never gone in for rpeed records Three pupils of here who are also teachers have made names for them selves Miss Margaret Pickford previously mentioned in connection wuv xrGc Watnn as a holder of the RLJSS diploma has gone 50 1 ards in 42 seconds Close to her comes Miss Edith Hartley of Ward's Is land She is only 16 years of age and her record for 50 yards is 47 seconds Miss Olive Bettie 997 Dun das street has been for five years an exponent of fancy swimming She has made no pretence at speed re cords but has gone 50 yards in as many seconds To swim across the Bay is a favorite ambition among Toronto mermaias them have done it ridge Miss Eldridge Wllwnn nrrt MISS IN Total of 83000 Reached for June and July Alone London Aus 19 According to the elaborate calculations of Col Gab ionsky the Russian military critic the Austrian losses in June and July reached the enormous total of 830000 men Of this number he figures 400 000 ere casualties By the end of this month Col Gabionsky estimates the Austrian losses against the Russians and Ital ians will aggregate a million men have made close observations of Ger man dirigibles consider our new air ships capable of being handled more readily of finer model and altogeth er less cumbersome than the German type The British airships more over attain an amazingly high the surface of ooen waterways ba'hing beaches her islands of rest bsyond the smoke and din her Humber valley beautiful as the den of Allah make irivstibie ip nal to her adventurous and pleasure toing people and they respond with if an ng promptitude or the rich there are yachts and yachting cruises or the poor and the vast nudde tiu who can own no yachts or launches there are canoes and row bMts: there are quiet spots by the water's edge where age may dream while youth goes forth to play there ue Kew Beach and isherman Is land and the free bathing sta tions where young and old alike may d'srort on the bosom of old Ontario Ld one has only to look lake ward on i eununer holiday when the boats ire on the water and bathers by tho thoutanda are In it to know how much these privileges are appreci 11 Small wonder one might say that Toronto is a city of swimmers On the contrary the wonder is that so tn nv can swim It is a tribute to their own initiative or in spite of all pretences to the contrary there very little encouragement given to would be swimmers in the city Everything done along that line Is done by private enterprise and must paid for The city provides free bathing stations and the Street Ratl advertises them and transports the children free of charge but of i organize effort to actually teach swimming while providing all facil ities for it there is none Toronto tha Good and Enterprising maintains an efficient life saving service and spends millions of dollars to provide protected waterways and other aids to safety but has not one single sal aried instructor to teach her people especially the younger ones the rudi ments of swimming and life saving What Toronto Lacks greatest drawback to swim tnirg in Toronto at the present time ta the fact that the city has not a greater number of supervised bathsrd nl tin gee with competent In structors in charge" Wtn Ahiim rector at the Central hlmseif the holder of tor swimming and life saving present supervised stations at Sun nyside the East End and the Don epen In June and close in September short season at best When they close the people who use them join some private institution tVhen they are open liat do we tnd? The kiddies enjoy themselves ho doubt and there are inspectors ns hand to guard against accidents but the former are left almost en 'tirely tn their own derices and the ''latter are content merely to keep an eye on them and the opportunityis 'lost to teach swimming under the most advantageous conditions ima inable I say the city falls down and falls down badly in not havingcompetent instructors and baths that tr open the year Here are some comparisons inter esting if not odious Montreal the metropolis of the east has 17 pri vate swimming baths Toronto has only nine Montreal has a regular public school swimming association which teaches swimming as part of ths regular course of every pupil To ronto has nothing of the kind In Montreal all swimmers amateur and professional are grouped together in one association the MMAU affili ated with McGill University In Toronto they are scattered among half a dozen different associations Considering then that the people of Montreal have adequate swimming facilities and use them freely all the rear round it is wonderful what Toronto has already accomplished It Suggests on the part of her people sn 'aquatic aptitude foreign to the of the lower provinces and copable under more favorable cir rvn stances of producing wonderful results Austrian Commander Sends Rather Boastful Congratulations Canadian Press Despatch Vienna Aug 18 via London Aug 19 ield Marshal Archduke reder ick commander ln chief of the Aus trian army to day sent the following message of congratulation to Emper or rancis Joseph on the occasion of the 86th birthday: Majesty: We celebrate your birthdav amid the thunder of guns and in the midst of a struggle against those enemies who still cling to the hope that they will succeed by force of numbers Their day of disillusion ment will come Our forces can nev er be Emperor rancis Joseph in reply sent his thanks to the ield Marshal for his good wishes "Imbued with the knowledge of their own strength and by the con sciousness of the firm union with their allies in this severe the message said forces of Austria Hungary'stand against an enemy whose encircling assaults will be broken on our unfailing fortitude and determination for decisive sue as of Previously reported miswing' now unoffi cially reported prisoner of war: 622486 Arthur Borden kin at Kingsport NS Wounded: Lieut Stowart Slmpaon kin at Charlottetown PEI Artillery Wounded: 476798 Driver Edward Kr kin at Ottawa Ont: 909e4 ergt John Wilson 381 St James street London Ont Infantry Wounded: 430565 Sergt Major Wm Bliteh kin at Victoria BC 447982 Ernest Burleigh Calgary Alta: 79225 Lance Corp Wm rench Owen ound Ont 628674 eed Jordan Burnaby BC A28719 Allan Walker Vancouver BC Mounted Rifle Previously reported missing now un officially reported died whilst prisoner of war: 431157 Wm Gramaon kin et Har ris Sask kin at TORONTO MAN DIED flOCMB Mounted Rifles No 171632 Hughes Percy Golden avenue TORONTO MAN BELIEVED Infantry No 163534 Berkovitz Israel 89 Armstrong avenue' TORONTO MEN ENDED Infantry No 91900 Clark Thomas Briggs avenue No 405609 Clegg William street east No 405002 Brandon Bert street No 405694 Cooper Harry 70 avenue Mounted Rlflrs 171689 Stamp William82 Palmer avenue TORONTO MAN PRISONER Mounted Rifles No 109293 Darby Corp Herbert kin at 36 Burgess avenue (previously reported missing now unofficially prisoner of war) OUT TOWN CASUALTIES Infantry Killed tn action 424563 Thomej Benwell kin at Arcadia ask Previously reported missing now report ed killed in action: 467662 Thomas itzgerald kin at Edmonton Died of wounds: 101484 Arthur Ashford kin at Montreal 153392 Edwin idler I ockport Man: 81355 Chas Hau ris Vanguard Sask 24276 Sergt John Mc NaugHt Montreal capt John Westmount Que Died: 461066 Alfred reeman England Previously reported prisoners of now officially reported arrived In zeriana: Einiu 53 Grace street Lieut Wm A Man Wounded: 467050 Jonn Maynard kin at Elcho Ont: 71017 Miller Winnipeg 444523 Le Misener tanhope PE1 22830 Arthur O'Connor Quebec 72049 Sidney A Row Winnipeg 413374 Jas Stewart Montreal: 67792 John Westwood Halifax NS 151519 Donald Bain Saskatoon Sask 448020 ran cois Blanchette llaspa 602277 Robert Bowyer 53 Preston street Guelph Ont 153366 Robert Cummingn West Selkirk Man Minn Diwson Brtgdn Ont: Dunn ernle BC 193051 88 Smith avenue Hamilton James Gibson Scotland art Goodwin Antigo William Grant England: Johnstone Douglastown ITank Kelly Montreal: 61366 Lecrolx Montreal 422737 Murdo McDon ald Grunton Man 141125 rederick A Hansford 31 ullerton avenue Hamilton 41B828 Wm II Jones Montreal: 414899 Pioneer Thomas McDonald Springhill 71409 Sergt Jas Mackie Winni peg: Lieut John A McTeggert Winnipeg 101362 loyd South Grand Prairie Alta Dangwrously 111: 416119 Teleaphore Maa slcotte display most vogue of suat 4n the sci'n uf AHU for blouses and frocks was comv'mtI upon because owing to conditions abread cotton was going wasU it predicted that cotton and lin gerie frocks would take fira place for mid summer wear and the pro 1 phecy has come true dsmlyl cotton frock Ij wom tiolh for after noon and for evening Dainty Voiles on Evening Reef On of the most conservative of the roof gardens at the dinner hour an evening or so ago the ab pence of the typical evening gown was very noticeable In 10 nrrts in 27 seconds 15 and 200 yards in 230 Woods an Upper Canada Kas lina SO vrds in ends 100 in 16 100 back in 122 and 500 tn 755 4 5 He won the 100 yards and back at the Canadian In door Championship contest held at the Central last March Roy Lowndes now overseas with the CASC another coming man Only ifteen But speed records aside swimmers have equalled accom plishments of an unknown amateur Clifford A Booth son of Mr red Booth photographer 181 George street He is only 15 years old At the age of 13 he had won his diploma and 1 certificate of proficiency as a teacher of swimming from the RL SS rom his father's summer home at 636 St Denis on the Island lie frequently swims to the gap and he goes for numberless long alone in Island waters Some day if he keeps on there will be a big sur prise sprung in Toronto athletic cir cles In hny hst of Toronto champions and championships mention must not be forgotten of the teachers who have made success possible rof Corwn at High Park: Harvey Ham ilton at the West End Wm Winterburn at the Central and Walter MT at the Broadview brvtch these men and others by their skill and enthusiasm have done more to create interest and to produce results in swimming and life saving than Toronto can well repay to them Professional interests apart their attitude was well voiced bv Mr Winterbum in his parting statement to The Star: "It is my candid he said no person should be allowed on the water in a canoe Or ow boat who does not hold a certificate or award certlfj tnz that he is able to takd care of himself and another in case of accident" 7 60000 Globes of Light It is estimated that there will be 60000 globes of light used in the lighting scheme of the Canadian Na tional Exhibition this year rioi ly Wounded 114ol4 Jas Wilson kin at Eaeboumt Sask Artillery Wounded: 91893 Gunner Warren Mac Donald kin at Weymouth NS Services Gas poisoning 833 Driver Wm Broia kin at Henri Que Pte Harling Invalided Home Guelph Aug Pte Har ling who went overseas with the 71st Battalion and has been invalided home arrived in Guelph and is now visiting his family Toronto Pastor Accepts Call Port Hope Aug 19 St Paul's Presbyterian Church Port Hope ex tended a call to Rev A Eaxch man BD BA of Toronto and Mr Editor of Tho Star: The prohibt requently Tak the Plaer ol the Evening Gown to the vote they hail cast on Mon 1 Shades avored Wide Uroopiiig orinis day Allow me to express my view on Midsummer Hats me situation appears to re as io i loaa: The Hearst Government out of regard for war efficiency put on the tatuie book a prohibitory law that becomes operative next month There Is no possibility that that law We I I KA 8b Xkri 1 Mb UCHgV'a i i and every liquor shop Is closed by I the law Tho liquor Interests i years ago caused the Liberal party to be false to its temperance pledges and damned It is now trying to seize both party machines and oust both party leaders The temperance forces owe a debt of gratitude to the leader of the Conservative party and must do everything in their toWer at th! particular time to strengthen bis hands Mr Hearst after long and earnest consultation with Mr Norris says the latter Is a candidate acceptable to him Temperance pie have to take his word for invite a charge of ingratitude liquor interests defeated the trnment candidate In Perth and are out to do likewise in South West To ronto Whatever we may think of the vacillation disloyalty and treachery so pronounced in political circles Just now and of the base ap peals being made from the platform Iin me nosenee or the Vital truth to the Premier who and the patriotism for the sutmression fie while we are fighting Germany has issued a plea that Mr Noms shouldbe elected It would be a dan gerous thing to deny him that pla in order to endorse either of the two other candidates catering for liquor support each of whom ha been re pudiated by his own party organiza tion It is true that Mr Norris that three years hence when tha ref erendum is taken the propio should have a chance to say whether they would prefer light wine and beer li censes to prohibition but temper ance people have no reason to dread the result of such a vote Mr oy the late member for South West To ronto undoubtedly used and would have continued to use all his influ ence on behalf of Hauer inter ests and yet without avip) Those who know Mr Norris best speak highest of his character Mr Hearst to this day stands the Govern temperance measure and de sires the election of Mr Norris And many hundreds of niodiat drinkers est Toronto who signed the petition for prohibition because thty were ready to make some fcacri nee however small to help the Kaiser will surprise the breweries on Monday by voting with prohibi tionists for the Government candi ae PLEWMLN Hilton avenue The Bash ires In the North Editor of The Star: Seeing so many letters in tho papers in respect to the fires in this district Mill you allow me space to express by opin ion on the matter? In the first place I might say this country has settled up very fast and in so doing there are a vast number of settlers who have no Knowledge whatever in fir ing bush land and I know of a good many of them who have been per suaded by timber buyers to get rid of their timber as soon as possible or the fire would sweeo it from them The results have been that they have engaged men to slash and slather their timber through the winter ami get rid of it and in the summer they would get out on the roads to work and pay up their winter store bills When a very dry time would come and a strong wind in the right di rection for themselves they would put in without a shadow of pro tection for other people and the re sult Is that there are thousands of acras growing up again of which the ground Is fur harder to clear I was fortunate enough myself to get some knowledge in clearing and burning on my old home as I lived thirteen years in Muskoka and have lived thirteen years here one half mile from Heasllp Station and through exercising care and judgment am fortunate enough to still have about 120 acres of my timber yet which seen axe or fire Several of my neighbors have followed the sfme example and if we can succeed a few years longer our timber will be orth more than the whole lot is now It is perfectly certain to my mind that the land can be cleared here without burning up the whole country But it would require some change from allowing any person to set out fire at any time it happens to suit his convenience We very often hear poeple say and I have heard fire rangers pass the same re tnark that what this country needs is a sweeping fire or several years we had fire rangers stationed here at Heaslip and never knew but one of them who seemed to care one Iota ho' much fire there was Some of them happened to be starchy gents from town who might get their shirt soiled if they were near a fire and others again if they were near a fire would require some one to look after them and get them out of dan ger There are plenty of people liv ing here who take an interest In the country1 for more than burning it up who have had experience with fires no doubt would be of some use as fire rangers "nd would also make some difference in expense Several years ago we used to get great re ports from Government experts on the nature of soils in the clay belt I think it would be a great benefit if could get some such report now as to the extent the soil can be burnt to death as well as the people A few days before the disastrous fire I was going along the road and no ticed a great smoke near a man's house near the and NO Railway and I got there as fast as I could as 1 happened to know that the man was away just at that time Just as I arrived the woman had got the fire checked but she was all but ex hausted Had ehe not been able to hold out as she did no doubt she and the children home and all would have been gone And that was only one of several such experiences they had within a few days caused from the trains passing There is not a doubt in my mind that if the facts were known that the and trains have been the greatest cause of these fires NELSON Heaslip New Ont Aug 17 Spare Time on Mnnltion Work 1 Editor of The Star: I note a sug gestion in your paper re munition labor for and other clerks to give their evening hours I think this is good answer to the erv of shortage as I am sure thousands like myself would be willing to give three to four hour each evening if only munition plants would spend a cents In advertising It la a rare thing to tee an ad vertisement for help from the above factoriea It rh get busy if they can um spare tfme workers DAILY READER Toronto August lg Pte Hall Dies of Wound St Aug 13 Pte rank Hall who prior to h's enlistment was tn the employ of Councillor White died last week of wounds received ranca with the Nrnrn fop syjiMmrcti 1 4 Vki if imiflJUiVJt i DOES UTILE OR SWIMMING 'J I i i jl 1 (W7 wrii rjflMJMMI' naffinP' fp yl i 7 i 7 ''aw 7tf AitJ AffWfo '4auM 7 Wi I IJ 1 1 lAv iiW Sb 1 VvV ilA fflUHwKw vlW'A iIlin 1 1 Wm V) ufHml I iUwW if VjT I IJ i Bh tn fill I A I Aw fl i 11 Il Im I 1 11 i Illi a 1 I'll IvlVw Mp IN Iffl he states: I 4 if 1 I.