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tecouut The total number of emplojes un‘ 12: ‘aVerage conditions jg 2,535. The families 91. these employee are figuregi ian'y mtuljiply-ing five, which is the aficial census figure {or the average I. . hmilv ANUIHEH B. I. H. WRECK SAIUHDAY IRMNS CAME IUGHHEH NEAR KEENE On Friday last Mr. J. C. Thurston, 31 Dunsford. met With .a bad accident wile assistmg at Thurston' s elevatâ€" “I The little finger of his right hand ‘a! caught between a wagon and a board used for stepping into a car. it is a mistake to sappoao that man who is on the fence is al- iwel‘: balanced. “1‘85 Cut on. 1'injured man. “mas Ford. 01112., December lâ€"It is hard to conceive a whole city of people depending ”WWW on a single manufacturing industi‘y, yet this is true in connection with the making of Ford cars. ; ‘~ 1', force . ~w together W.tu grea WW to say they kept to the M’ only a couple of trucks-1‘98”: ‘45 “eat. The engine crews Jump- nary. The port of departure will be Halifax. If present plans are carried out. Canadafihould have, two com- plete army éivisions in the field by May lst. and a third training either at Salisbury Plains or Valcartier. Smce the Ideparture of the first conâ€" tingent 28,000 men have been re- cruited and accepted for service. Ottawa, Dec. 3â€"It is believed that the second Canadian contingent will sail for Engiand early in Jan- SEEM] Bfllfllflflflfl SAllS IN JANUARY es of the Ford p: ant, and those he concerns in Windsor and Walk lle making wheels. lamps, tops similar accessories, and which almost dependent on the Ford the I'nited States Government is al- into force the first of the month. How great will be the eflect era the Lanadian market is not yet known and buyers are lying low in conse- flow 8 at this point, a double header of empties col- M iii. 1.“ L .- A MMBS Will ME [130? IN PRIBE FINGERS TAKEN OFF the total ! Eighteen ”Pages OUR SIXTY EIGHTH YEAR Dr. Clark attended report. that lambs price; in fact «have 5 reached s that France before long BAPWN PEAHSHN flfl HHINE LINE Mr. Pearson has also received a letter from his 80!] Frank, who is at Salisbury. He expects to be in A. Pearson, who is on the firing line in France with a detachment of Ca.- nadian troops. The cérd says: "Am well. Hope you are same. Sorry I can’t send any news.‘ Censor’ ob- jects.” Mr. John Pearson, of Haliburton. was in town, today and gave the Post a call. He is in receipt of a post ’card from his son, Captain H. 1 There is a. slight down~grade at the [IOCaH‘tm Orders had been given to ‘ pick up the flaginan of the work train at CEfipbemord. and this was ’done, but it is stated that a mis- Calculation occurred over the dis- tance the work train was supposed to be ahead. The train was but twd miles east of ’Campbellford, not four, as first reports stated. From an au- thorati‘ve sourCe it has been learned that the flagman has been relieved ‘ from duty. ‘ Not a great quantity of grain of the double‘header's stock was spill- ed. only two cars being im'umd 1' Immediately after the wreck, the I‘Beneville‘fauxiliaxw arrived on the ,scene with the steam derrick for [clearing the track. It worked-all day ‘aided by the apparatus of the Lindsay auxiliary. The line is clear, and efforts will be made to replaCe the engines on the track. to be haul~ ed to Montreal for such repairs asi may be needed. J ing of the smash-up near Campbell- ford that occurred on Tuesday/ How ’1 Engineer Smith came out of the dia- ‘aster alive is a marvel to railroad- ers who viewed the wreckage. The front engine of the double-header Was Luckily there happened to he no one aboard the caboose or the work, train. No one Could have escaped. It was smashed to kindling. while a couple of cars ahead were demolish-I elated a train-man today. in :w: “One of they ave ever seen," de-j my, in ?speak- near Campbell- I Scotland still holds the {sition of having enlisted acouanu snu holds the proud po- sition of having'enlisted more men in the British Army in proportion to its population «than either of the other countries of the United King- The telephone has_been developed to such an extent in connection with this war, that Sir John French is able to speak almost from the batâ€" tle field direct. to Lord Kitchener at the British War Office. a body of recruits would be in every way an asset to the city. I Surely no arguments are required fto convince local people of the advisâ€"f ability of having the soldiers quart-5 cred here. One thousand men drillingi here would have a weekly pay roll of 5 over $8. 000 and most of this money.i would be spent in Peterborough. Thc' supp‘lies for feeding the soldiers would; be secured here and the presence of‘ any more will be a big task. Here is Peterborough’s chance. ters. Kingston, however, has already one battalion of infantry and a batâ€" tery of artillery in training there at the present time and .-to accommodate ‘ Peterboro, Dec. 4.â€"’I‘he city auth- orities are losing a chance to secure a. valuable asset for this;city if they do not exert every possible efiort to have Peterborough made one of the mobilization centres for this district. Orders will be issued immediately for the recruiting of 3,500 soldiers in this districtâ€"two battalions of infantry and one mounted battalion. In accord ance with the peace time mobiliza- tion plans these troops would train at Kingston, the divisional headquarâ€" Mr. L. McLean, who gave such splendid satisfaction as a, purchasing [agent for the government in this ‘section this summer will, it is un-’ derstood, aCt in a simiiar capacity in purchasing horses for the second. contingent. He was, with Hon. Adam Beck, in Ottawa on Wednesday con- ferring with the Government. 1 PHEBBUHH WANIS THE SflLflJfliS Thus the purchase money will go direct to the horse raisers, instead of to horse dealers or speculators, as wastrequently the case with the horses bought for Ithe first contit gent. The experienCe of the depart- ment in August and September was that dealers in all parts of the country raised the prices, and the horses cost the department from $25 to $50 more perkanimal than the fab; mer received from‘thc dealer. 1 1 Ottawa, Dec. 3â€"T1ie five or six thousand horses needed for the sec- ond Oanadian expeditionary force will be purchased direct from the farmers, under the supervision of the committee on rcmounts, and the middleman will be eliminated. Sir Adam Beck will supervise the purâ€" chasing in eaStern Canada, and Col. A. D. McRae, of Vancouver in west- iern Canada. Purchasing commissions ‘wiu be named for each district, and: on appointed days they will meet the farmers or horse owners on the open market. BUY HflflSfS DIHEBI fHflM THE MRMERS : Fenelon Falls Gazette: Mr. W. G. %()rvis, of Lindsay, Was in town this ;wcck making arrangements for a {school of agriculture to be held un- jder the auspices of the Victoria iCounty. branch of the Ontario De- Epartment of Agriculture. Mr. Orvis [informs us that these classes, which iwill commence on January 19th and ’continue for six weeks, will be gfree to all who wish to take ad- 7vantage of them. the Government hearing all expenses of the course. It’s better to be a small success than a big failure. ibfillbrook, I Hastings, Dec. Bâ€"A young man'; Suamcd Powel1, who has been work-14 !ing for Mr. Wm. Preston Norwoodi .Road, came into town on Fridayi Eand presented acheque for $180 nt ESayer’s store in payment for some igoods. Inquirie; were made as toi the validity of the cheque the young man meanwhile remaining in the .bank, and 011 it being ascertained that Mr. Preston had issued a check ’for $3. 80 and not 3180,3111! the :papcr gave every evidence of having ‘been tampered with, Constable What! me was phoned for and locked thel fyoung man up. He was committed | ifor trial and taken out to Cobourg. :We understand that his home is near a AGRICUHUHM SBHllfll M ffNflflN HUS Mr. W. H. Walsh's woollen mill; was entered on Sunday night last by {burglars who got in through’a rear window and carefully removed two panes of glass from a window in a partition separating the front from :the back shop, thus gaining access ito the cash drawer. Contrary. how- ever, to the intruders’ expectations, Mr. Walsh doe8n’t keep his currency in the cash drawer over Sunday, so [they benefitted only to the extent 'of one dollar in coppers. Mr. Walsh has agood idea as to who the ‘ culprits are, and we regret to Say they are local parties. â€" Feneloni.1 Falls GaZette. \ 1 ‘ BHEUUE HM] BEEN FAMPEHEB WHH A steer belongmg to Mr. W. Brown, of Verulam choked to death one day last week, and on making .a post mortem examimation the owner of the animal found a hand stuck in its throat. The reptile, which was hrought in to Dr. McKay, was about \six inches long and three quarters of an inch thick, of a greyish color. How it got into the steer' s throat is a mystery, as these creatures are eel- dom found except in stone mice or some concealed situationâ€"Gazette. BURGLARY M SIEEH BHUKH] FENflflN MUS BY A HIM“):g , DECEMBER 11th. 1914. ' l . ' I . ‘ ‘I__ . , ' 1e day Icterboro, Du. Mrs Phlbbs,! , post St. George street, has the honorable ‘ net of distinction of having more relatives Jck inlfighting in the rtrenches in France, ‘ h ‘wa'slthan anybody else in the city. In about} . . _ CALLED T0 MADOC I g Belleville Nov. 30-Rcv. 13‘. Best {who has just resigned from the pasâ€" ‘torate of St. Andrew' 8 church, Beav- .erton, has been unanimously invited ’and has accepted the pastoral charge of St. Peter’ s Presbyterian congre-j gation at Madoc. He will be indiict- ed at an early date. St. Peter‘s be- came vacant owing to the removal of Rev. H. 8. Graham to Mark- ham. ' l Kindly acknowledge receipt, and Mange, Mr. Watson is well known to many in Lindsay and Victoria County. 'He was at one time Reeve of Mariposa, and Warden of the County. E I understand that you are in touch 13nd giving your valuable time to this laudable work. We would like if you would kindly accept this gift. and place it in the proper channel to help the poor sufferers either to purchase food or clothing, all of which is gratuitously donated with best wishes for aspeedy and glor- ious conclusion to this barbarous war. Sea-grave, Dec. 2nd, 1914. J. D. FlaveuerEsmrLindsay, Ont. Dear Sinâ€"Find enclosed money or- der' for $20 as a. ,Christmas contri- bution. from the. children of St. An- drew's Sunday School, Sonya, for the relief of the Belgian children. v ’ g M. A. Secord, Acting Crown Attor- éney. said he had no evidence to ofier I we”. “UNAl-fl FUN] gbut asked the defendant to go on ’ gthe stand. White stated that he had i l l I . ‘not been in Galt in the past {our RESUMES ”PEHAIlflus or five years. On Oct. 19th. the day iprevious tb which he was supposed m ito have been In Galt, he said he Eras :11! Toronto demonstrating a gasoune The plant of the Toronto Wobd engine for a Lansing, Mich., firm, by Products Co. at Donald has resumâ€" whom he was employed as a travelâ€"i ed operations. The onus were going ling salesman. He then told of his f today, and a big Stafl of men Will whereabouts from that date on, havâ€" 5’ be employed, as the firm has sold ing visited Bracehridge, Parry Sound. gits output for two years. and other northern towns. On Oct. 5 -~7-â€"â€".s.â€"~._- ;31st he was in Richmond Hill, this! I ’ ’being the day he was alleged to have SUNYA ASSISIS gheen in Waterloo. AcCOUnting for the - } clothes bearing the name of W; P. SUFFERING BElG'ANS White found in a hotel in Guelph, the , 7 , .- ‘ defendant said he had left the suit m ‘with a Toronto Dresser-to sell and he Said he saw them 'later on another! Mr. J. D. Flavelle 18 in receipt otlman. In reply to a question of Mr. the following. The generous don-a- zSecord, White said he had grown 3 tion has been forwarded to the proâ€" [moustache since June and had not per channel:â€" ig,,,,,_ JAM _, ,h A. . ~--â€".u~â€"-.â€"._ w h... D‘Ithim anybody else in the city. In t f 1 addition to her son. who is with the‘ Canadian Contingent at Salisbury Plain, Mrs. Phibhs has fourteen near _ relatives, who are enduring all the ' hardships of actual fighting. “These ' include four nephews, four firetwous- ins and two' uncles. Mrs. Phibbs is; a member of a thoroughly military? (family, for not only have the menu-l fibers of it readily responded to the‘ call of the Empire in this great; crisis, but both her grandfathers fought in the Crimean War. Mr. and Mrs. Phibbs have resided éin Peterboro for the past year anda . Ihalr, having come here from Kidder- minstcr, England. o w 3 “an”..- The plant of the Toronto WoOd Products Co. at Donald has resum- ed operations. The onus were going today. and a. big stafl of men will be employed, as the firm has sold its output for .two years. EFBUBIEEN BELAHVES E IN IHE IHENEHESE Yours truly, T. ‘ H. WATSON. Supt. iwun a '1oronto presser to sell and he said he saw them 'later on another .Jt of. Imam. In reply to a question of Mr. ona- 'Secord White said he had grown a Proâ€" moustache since June and had not ishaven clean since then. .4. { Mr. Secdrd said that the crown, af-i t. 'ter making necessary enquiries had! ' found that the defendants’ story of 2 ltl'i' being in Toronto on Oct. 19th was An- correct and he had received a letter; for from Mrs. White' 3 solicitors stating: that her husband had been there on: uch that date, and while he 'left Toronto to he had telephoned her from Brace- ie if ‘bri'dge. In regard to White being at; rift. Richmoad Hill Mr. Secord Said the;' me] certificate of the sale of the ticket ’60 made to White had been Obtained and: 0f the hotelkeeper at Richmond Hill 31-; 'ith so had furnished evidence to Show? [01“ that White stayed there. l 5 1 I WEHY SM] FMAUIY NEAR HMNKUN i HflUSE BUHNHI 1W0 Cflllflflffl DEM} Franklin, Dec. 2.â€"-â€"O~n Saturt‘my 18.81 ‘a sad fatality occurred on the Mos: Road, west of this place, when the residence of Mr. Mark White wag burned. It appears that Mrs. Mark White was attending to the milking. ieaving her three children in the house. She was horrified when refium- fng 'to find the home in flames. She immediately summoned her husband, who was at a neighbor’s. and .On his The person on whom the worthless check had been passed in Galt was Gait, Dec. 5.â€"w. P. White. (wel'l known in Lindsay) who has been held here on a. charge of obtaining money under false pretences, obtained his freedom in court this morning, the evidence brought out showing it was a case of mistaken identity. W. P. WHIIE HHS H18 fHEfl'flM BIB Blflflflffi BY UNION BANK ilice of Ontario. It has only taken ithem since last June to find him. ITuesday Bowers was constable of gBancroft; toâ€"day he is a priSOner at [Toronto J ail waiting to be conveyed Ito Edmonton by Corporal J ackson. iof the Royal NorthWest Haunted Po- Nice. Bowers is alleged to have sold horses and left Alberta. I several horses on lien notes. These} notes were securities on the horses; until they were paid for, and the ani-f mals were not to be disposed of un-' til the obligations had been tum-l met. ‘ nmmm mum mm mantis" HM] lANBHflH MAN IN cusmnr WW5 Some time ago it was reported r1’~‘=eԤtha’c several changes were scheduled g atito occur {in the C.-P.R. time card 0! the s'traius going through Peterbom. Of- Cketificial confirs ation of these, changes andghas since been received by the dam- l al-gpany to the eflect that four tgaina ’hOW 2 are to be withdrawn and operated ion the Lake Shore line, the new ar- L18815 rangements to become emetive Do- W83 i camber 13th. sosBible to save the house. The brace father crushed into the burning mic. ture and got the children 0111:. Two of them, however, were terribly burn- ed. The youngest lingered until Sun. day. when death ended its We. ML- ~~~ ‘ The arriVal it was a case of getting the wrong man - He was satisfied there W38 no evi- _- dence against the man and according- l ly Magiqtrate Blake dismissed the 1 case. The prisoner left court in com- pany with his father. Mr. White is a son of Condmtor White, of LindSay. In conversation with the Post this morning he stat- ed that when word Was received of his son's arrest he felt that a salons mistake had been made. and he im- ’mediately left for Gait where he look ed after his son’s interests. He had ,ofiered bail for his release to the sum of $17. 000, but the authorities would not accept it. Naturally it was a peâ€" riod of suspense for both Mr. and Mrs. White, as well as the many _ friends 'of the accused. The wamnt was issued by the Union Bank anti: critics. and ' a serious blunder has been made. Mr. White has been put to considerable expense and inconven- ' ience, and has also received consider- 1Eable undesirable prominence owing to the bank' 3 blunder and action, it is mrStood, will be taken against the omcials by Mr. White for amt and detention. His many friends in Lindâ€" say will be pleaeed to. learn that his innocence has been established beyond the shadow of a doubt. in court and said that the man who passed it was clean shaven and had no moustache. Mr. Secord said the Waterloo and Guelph anti rifles m satisfied White was not the Ban wanted. It seemed to him that thit- second Youngest, it is FOUR TnAms WITHDRAWN ' E There promises to be a searcityzd lnuts for the Christmas season. and ias a result, the kiddjce’ stockingswm ‘contain very few of these flainflnfl. Reports from traveflers are to the effect that owing to the war ship- ments of nuts will not reach Canada. until after holidays. The popular '3- rieties of nuts are secured in Spain and France. MARRIAGES McLEANâ€"McFADYENâ€"At the Cam- bridge-st. Methodist parsonage. on Thursday, Dec. 3, 1914', by the Rev, Dr. Shorey, Alexander Mc- Pages 13 to 18 grandson of Mrs SHARE!" 0f HMS IHIS BHMSTMAS Lean to Margaret McFadyen of Hartley. was found that it DEATHS but gone be: were scheduled . time card of Peterhoro. 0:. these Changes :11 by the com- hat four trains n and operated VOL. NO. 49