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KlNGSTON,-Kingston experienced its fifth fire in two years in the main business section of the city Sunday morning. when the Princess Cafe Ltd., 109 Princess street, owned by Nicholas Speal, was destroyed. It is thought that the fire started in the kitchen, resulting in damage estima- ted at $60,000, partly covered by in- surance. Civic authorities are convin- ced that the new aerial fire ladder truck recently purchased by city council, at a cost of $2,200, was the means of keeping the flames confined. George Veale, shoe merchant, west of the Princess Cafe, had some damage due to smoke, and Smithies’ Shoe INGERSOLL.â€"Severe injuries were sustained by Elmer Johnston, R. R. 2, Mount Elgin, and his young son, El- gin, aged 4‘1; years, both of whom are in Alexandra Hospital here, in a col- lision Saturday afternoon on the Cul- loden gravel road, three miles south of Ingersoll, with a car driven by Walter Wilson, Jr., of Dereham. Wilr son escaped with minor bruises. The impact occurred at the intersection of the Culloden road and the first com) cession of Dereham, on which Wilson was driving east, after he is said to' have turned to proceed north. The, Johnston car was travelling south” Johnston had his nose and ribs bro-l ken and is suffering from internal' injuries, while the child has a pos-.l sible fracture of the skull. l , . . â€" â€"' vw- - Ivlullla uc Ialu unvunvlug a HIUCH lulgt‘fl auul.: . ‘ _ its first hearing in Kitchener: lFriday, Bail was set at $5000 {01 “'5 appear ‘ : deferred granting beer authorities to ance on Decembel 16- seven Kitchener hotels until they start .operating dining-room service. This DELHI, Fire of unknown originldoes not mean that the hotels will did $22,000 damage on the farm of: have to stop selling beer immediately Walter Lecholicz, four miles north of l as their present authorities do not ex- here, Saturday night. The loss inclu-.pire until next March 31. About 56 ded tobacco valued at 318.000, a to- j hotel proprietors appeared to ask re- bacco pack barn measuring 60 by 40 newal of their authorities. The board feet. 28 kilns, a 30 by 15 feet machine reserved decision on an argument by shed, practically all the farm machin- two temperance leaders that no hotel ery, three horses and a cow. Mr. Lech- authorities should be granted in Hur- owlcz, his wife and two children on and Perth Counties. The argument were visiting a third child in Norfolk was presented by Rev. Dr. Charles W. General Hospital, and the hired man Demille, general secretary of the On- was in Delhi when the fire broke out. tario Temperance Federation, and Dr. Neighbours fought a losing battle with John Coburn, associate secretary of a high wind which carried embers evangelism and social service for the from building to building, until thel'United Church of Canada. They said arrival of Delhi Fire Department, led that two counties aproved the Canada by Fire Chief Harold Cuinngham. iTemperance Act in_1914, and that it .__x_ DELHI, --Fire of unknown origin did $22,000 damage on the farm of \Valter Lecholicz, four miles north of here, Saturday night. The loss inclu- ded tobacco valued at $18,000. a to- bacco pack barn measuring 60 by 40 feet, 28 kilns, a 30 by 15 feet machine shed, practically all the farm machin- ery, three horses and a cow. Mr. Lech- owtcz, his wife and two children were visiting a third child in Norfolk General Hospital, and the hired man was in Delhi when the fire broke out. Neighbours fought a losing battle with STRATFORDxr-Arrested at a local hotel on Friday night, after a war- rant had been issued, Harold W. Boyd, R. R. 7, St. Marys, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Ma- gistrate A .F. Cook, charged with ob- taining money under false pretences. Boyd is alleged to have obtained $150 from the Stratford branch of the Bank of Toronto. He was remanded until December 16 at the request of Crown attorney W. E. Goodwin, K. C., who intimated that further charges may be laid involving a much larger sum. Bail was set at $5,000 for his appear- ance on December 16. BRANTFORD,-John Moraski, Ann street, walking home early Sunday morning ,took a short-cut across the C. N. R. tracks in the station yards and, according to a police report, was knocked down by some shunting cars. Police information was to the effect that two box cars passed over him,‘ but evidently without touching him.: Dr R. W. Digby, attending him at the Brantford General Hospital, found he had suffered only abrasions. a 8TRA1'FORD,-â€"A car driven by Carl Schneauker, of Goderich, went out of control at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon on No. 10 highway. At the Village of Gadshill it crashed through a fence and came to rest against the front of a garage owned by Mrs. John Seip. The crash crushed the front ofZ the garage breaking the doors, but the car itself was not badly damaged. .l ! damage. ‘The fire startedâ€" ”“3315 a.m., TORONTO.â€"Jam¢3 M00" claimed, and every member of the department the upper part of his right ear was was on duty and fought the blaze for bitten on during a brawl at the Radio . several hours with seven streams of Cate, Vaughan Rd. and Eglinton Ave., 3 water. early Sunday morning. He was ttakerti; o to Western Hos tal for rea men ; before returning plliome. John Ander-' KINCARDINE,â€"Ivan Walden, Kin- son and William Lotts were arrested cardine High School student. is re- on ‘ charge of assault by York Town- sponsible for saving the life of little. 3m, police. 6 Sharon Wallace, 01 Kincardine. after] CU! (CARS! FOR 7H! PIPE CUT FINE 'OI IOlllNG YOUR OWN News of the World :,: Interesting Items Briefly Told for Busy "Readers PAGE 2 man's NO OTHER 'OIACCO 1051 UK! O'Keefe emp'loy 'V VII, “up It." 'l'ne 998, James A. Drysdale masked men; “VC Brewing Co., Ltl carrying from t] house to the mai: away. they told nickel-plated rpm "u-“ Vlluy should apply there beééJse ‘1’; is more irestrictive than present Pro ncial Li- "29 I quor laws. since Wednesday last, was made at the week-end by a Game and Fisher- ies Department tug operated by War- . den A. Brodeaur, who was accompan- ,ivd by Dr. A. J. Wright and Police :Constables Jack Ice and McWatters. I ' o l seeing any trace of the crew or an iempty dinghy which was seen 20 Emiles of Parry Sound in Georgian Bay by RAF aircraft from Port Al- bert. Heavy seas and snow made the gsearch difficult on Saturday. In calmer iwater Sunday, they ran up Batteau Channel and north to Franklin Is- .‘land. Three planes circled the Red i Rock Light area Sunday, without any ;rcsult. RAF officials reported Satur- §day that small pieces of aircraft wreckage were found washed up on ,the shore of Lake Huron near Kin- mardine, and that an investigation is under way to check the possibility were. The deceased was in his 75th year and was born in England, coming to Canada with his brother as a teen age youth. For a number of years he lived in Allenford and worked at the building trade with George Baker. He came to Hanover in the early nineties and had resided here most of his life since thcn, with the exception of a few years in New Ontario. He worked at various trades with Boettger Bros., butchers; Meades and Balls Furniture factories; farmed with James Met-i calfe on the South Line for a few' years and other trades. uu1\‘ . HANOVER,â€"-A fatal accident oc-f trlct where M13 Bowe Icurred here about 8 o’clock Thursday ---nâ€"- ;evening when a well-known resident J ‘ _ I of Hanover for upwards of half a cen- lefghngggggAS’wio jtury, Mr .James Swift, was strucklpaul.S United Chum by a car and hurled to the pavementhity Police Constable and died a short while afterwards. Mr. . , ’ ‘ I . . .Fred Dax ey early Ml ’SWlft was apparently crossnng the . t d , f . y , [at res e two men 01 County Lme at the corner of Market pation in a car theft Street when he was struck by a car ' , :midni ht. The arrests dnven by John Slockman, of Hanover, ter tv§o womm: hm, I who. bPinc blindnfl 1“: sun Innâ€"o... -£ -â€" ' County Line at the corner of M’arltet I arrested two men for alleged partici- Street when he was struck by a car, 1’8.th m a car theft here Thursday . ‘ xnndnight. The arrests were made af- driven by John Slockman, of Hanover, ter two women had been taken into custody to answer to charges of car “PP’C’aCh'K'g car could "0t see Mr.§ theft in connection with the same from him Mr Swift was hurled a ,‘car owned by R. C. Mercer, local Bell . . - . h f : gainst the curb suffering severe head, xilfighrgnecgggaggg d TRilltogurMozg': injuries, a broken leg and other in"said to be from Windsor, and Flor: juries. He was rushed to the hospital : ence M. Englehart and Kathleen Ham- ?xetreparsfifig gggzsgdlstvzfsfig :iIsrlglsrtifi ilton. Apprehension of the men fol-, year and was born in England coming, loge?) I‘GCOgnlfilon 21y Constagles Luft . . ' an avey w en t ey saw em en- ;2603233: 212:: ahlrsiuxggregfasegréefigi tering a Tillsonburg hotel, In c°.m’ TORONTO 9 car, were arrested Sunday evening in . Tillsonburg by Provincial police. The i women, who gave their names as . Florence Mary Inglehart and Kath- ’! leen Hamilton, will face car theft charges in city police court here on I Tuesday, police said. Both women are believed to be from Hamilton. Po- lice said search is continuing for one cor two men, said to have been com-* ‘ panions of the women. Last Thursday night a stolen car ran into the rear ‘of a city bus and the occupants, two ‘women and a man disappeared. In the back of the car were tools, said; by police to have been stolen from a Blenheim blacksmith shop. Four ,‘hours after the accident a car owned ' by R. A. Mercer, Bell Telephone man- ;ager, was stolen from a street. The | car has been recovered in Tillsonburg. ; KITCHENER ,â€"-The Hotel Author- ity Control Board of Ontario, holding I,r‘ ‘: “11‘ L _______ . ST. THOMAS,â€"City police said on Sunday night that two women, be- lieved to have been involved in an automobile accident here Thursday night and the subsequent theft of a she was thrown into the chill waters of a branch of the Penetangore River here when ice on which she was play- ing gave way. The little girl managed to hang onto the unbroken ice and cry for help. Her calls were heard by the student, going to school and he plunged into the water and brought her to safety. KINCARDINE,â€"Ivan Walden, Kin- cardine High School student, is re- sponsible for saving the life of little Sharon Wallace, _01 Kincardine, after _L- _ e, 107 Princess St., just east of cafe,_§uff_¢red water and smoke ),~Held up by two armed, ORILLIA,â€"â€"There’s a cat at Severn I, two clerks of O’Keefe's Bridge, north of here, that villagers ,_, Ltd., were robbed on swear has?l at least two lives. The cat ght of $1,500 they were became cli a nuisance that neigh- Im ‘LA --,_, ILA--â€"_ .._ re found washed up on Lake Huron near Kin- that an investigation is 0 check the possibility 'e parts of the missing 1. McLeod of Tordnto, d the niissing plane as Ire and McWatters. 1 pm. Saturday and pm. Sunday without of the crew or an -V vv up 1’“ POIâ€"ice. “Holding a TORONTO,â€" The Toronto Globe and Mail announced Tuesday night it doorstep. Severn River. He then trudged- sadly home_ to find it waiting for him on the be released shortly. Wilfredvmfi-ilortd; 40, of Montreal, was killed and four others injured when a taxicab collided with a streetcar in downtown Mon- treal on Sunday. ' ' LUJ»U1V l u,â€"-â€"ngnt Iatalltles were reported in eastern Canada during the week-end, four in Ontario and four in Quebec. John A. Harkins, 81, of Tor- : onto, former Winnipeg newspaperman and for many years business editor of , Toronto Saturday night, was killed on 9Saturday night when struck by an iautomobile at a downtown intersec- tion. The driver, Walter D. Piper of isuburban Mount Dennis, was held on while helping a veterinarian make a tuberculosis test. Three members of the R.A.F. transport command were killed Sunday when they dropped their Mitchell 8-2.3 plane on the St. Law- have been informed and names will nearby Lachine housetops. Next-of-kin rence River rather than crash on a manslaughter charge. Mrs. Anne Tittlebaum, 70, of Toronto, died in hospital here Sunday from injuries suffered when she was struck by an automobile eight days earlier. In Windsor, Thomas Allard, 59, died in hospital a few hours after he was found unconscious on a highway out- side the city. Police believe he was struck by a car which failed to stop. Samuel D. McClure, 65, died in a Brampton hospital Sunday from in- juries suffered Thursday when he was crushed by a yearling on his farm} a manslaughter Tittlebaum, 70, hospital here St; suffered when s automobile eight ............... - Hull“ ‘1“ ‘5, ‘1 gave up without a struggle.’ I ST. THOI‘.IAS,~Follow1ng a trail leading through wet snow into St. :Paul’s United Church, 'I‘illsonburg,' -City Police Constables Ed. Luft and! ;Fred Davey early Monday morning; . n Fractal! 4 ........ ' two of whom appeared in court Mon- 1. day charged with breaking, entry and ».theft from several Fort Erie South ' dwellings, as ,well as historic St. Paul’s , Anglican church. The pair along with two others will appear before ‘ Police Magistrate John B. Hopkins in Fort Erie Court riday. Thieves jack ias well as We spare tire. The theftl 30ccurred in the Lakeshore road dis- ‘ trlct where Mr. Bowen resides. TORQNTO,--~Eight fatalities KINGSTON,â€"Murvin Hogeboom of Amherst Island, who will be three years old next week, will spend his Christmas in hospital here with a 50-50 chance of surviving a rare kid- ney disease. He has been in the hos- pital off and on for nearly a year, with occasional brief visits home. Murvin has told his nurses that all he wants for Christmas is a tricycle. His par- FORT ERIEâ€"Fort Erie police re- covered an automobile stolen from G “7 n.._.1râ€"- ‘ - She is described as being five feet six inches tall, weighing about 140 pounds and with brown eyes and brown hair. When last seen she was wearing a gray suit and green coat. ’ SIMCOE,â€"As yet no trace has been found of Helen Chaoto, 16-year-old Naughton. car. The robbery was investigated by Detective Herbert White, Sgt. Pat Leech and Patrol Stg. James Mc- ‘Tnnnnâ€"LLAâ€" I" w wwuycrest Ave. and Edward would not publish any of its regular ’Philpott, Empress Hotelâ€"were car- Wednesday morning editions due to rying the money in two tin boxes, the impossibility of distributing papers Which also - gh snow-blocked Torono streets. [of 19 Woodycrest Ave. and Edward Philpott, Empress Hotelâ€"were car- rying the money in two tin boxes, which also contained unissued beer ration books, when they were held THE DURHAM, ONTARIO, CHRONICLE died in injuries : by an llght fe- 5c to $1.00 Store Women’s Handkerchiefs‘ fancy, in boxes 1. 25c and 49c f t Nice quality ‘00. ”W A very nice diSplay of Women’s Silk Stockings and Women’s Wool Stockings . Gray, K. c., M.P., Srééfiii his congratulations. During the day . C. Hippel paid a personal SARNIA,â€"A telegram of congratu- lations from Prime Minister W. L. Mackenze King reached Miss M. L. Lemon, Sarnia's centenarian on her one hundredth birthday Saturday. An- gther telegram was received from Shop early while we ' have variety 5c to $1.00 Store CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS! It wi very big stock of Fancy Gifts and different articles it’s impossible to mention them. C see for yourself. > A good display of Toys. Pull Toys, for Dolls, Doll’s Cradle Doll’s Crib, Hand Sleighs, Kiddie Cars, Scooters TOYS ! KEARNEY’S Durham, Ontario the R.C.A.F., Aug. 31, in Newfound- land, after another such unauthor- ized flight in a monster Liberator bomber. Before his wild sky ride over the Boundary Bay station, 20 miles er Scratch, Asmonte, Alta., was the airman who staged a sensational dis- play of aerial acrobatics in a Mitchell bomber at Boundary Bay, Wednesday. before plunging to his death. Air Force officials announced Friday. It! was a repeat performance for Sgt.’ Scratch. He had been dischgg‘se‘! “OE“; VANCOUVERâ€"Sgt- Pomld ”E"? Pull Toys, Walking Dolls, High Chairs Doll’s Crib, Fancy Horses, Fancy Cats, rs, Scooters, and Metal Toys. Canada m, M :4. 1m Read the Chaim Ads. on page 7 psi'chintrist on the court of inquiry," he said. Air Vice-Marshall Rakes said the crash could have been caused by failure of Scratch's gas supply. and Command. aaid Scratch was an offi- cer when he “and his wild ride in Newfoundland. presumably because he had not been permitted to fly as ‘ first pilot. Air Vice-Marshall Heakeg said there was not more than five persona who could have given such a display of flying as put on Wednes- day by Scratch. :‘We have included a Scratch south of Vancouver, and brieny 0m. "-_m---A- fi-fi aw‘AL L- j Mysterious union with its and Thus when wild voices SI Brightened with joy; for Iron: were heard Listened intently; and his cou I have seen A curious child, who dxu tract Of inland ground, applying The convulsions of a mu Do you remember sounds? One man ronu-m‘: child crawling under in watching the funny {wt « ups who were enjoying t Christmas games what ti: towed and shrieked undo: of a dignity forgotten. I‘ no there were sea-sheik on the cement at m from Dauphin or Tru the doors of British ( Canadians will alwa; sound of bells tinklim snow,. merry bells. We for them when we wen on Christmas Eve; and i on Christmas murnin neighbours drove mvr There is the laughter n their “Ohs-" and “At. Christmas Day; the mur- ing of paper from par: tings of wrappings, Hu- of obvious delight. Tiwr. ols and the church hulk ing of Christmas praisv ing of feet on snow «m adian Christmas Day {ix up to Zion. Or military 1: Robe 0f the Cross, whn w bout the gold of the hvrc», milk Joseph bought mm shadow of the pyramids? ,of Christmas. see the dining-00m. Inn laden with lord!) turl ding, fruit and nub. of leaves and roindmn- gleaming china and hri; mark each face and 1h chair, and gay clowns” I brows, as Christmas .w as of moonlight .shinim of a byte, where the gut {mnklncenseâ€"first Ch: One man has written \I They see the living-r0 with familiar chairs and where a spaniel Imus I pictures WhiCh first disvm young eyes the vista of di a piano, now usually uum armistice to wakvn Canadian eyes see this Christmas. some hills. green with fruit white shores of the their “tender curving foam." For very many .of hillowy clouds benea over ocean waves and tinents and islands; t the leaden seas or the onesâ€"all seven of them sailors. These Christma of them hiding death. shining in Canadian ey not really see these th' adian evergreens shrou or holly trees at the c berries among the lea snow-covered prairies hr steads and strawszacks. ces; they see good im brick houses and fine In green sleigh boxes or rt hove the snow. 1 and the world's only But the following wor on the relish of Chri: lts sensous delights, “the glad tidings offn to all people." By the sense of Ch the feel of itâ€"â€"the sil smell, and touch of 1 of the incarnation. Th whereby the Sou {Ids shining (M the gold [1 "100' nck H It l!