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Itt company with another aeatnan named l\'icPlierson they attempted to bring tivo shackles ot' chain in a motor boat from the :ichooncr Minnie. lying at the east side oi’ tlto Railway \\'liart` to the Iitteburn which was moored :tt the West side. 'l`itls chain, which would weigh probttbly more tltan livc ltutidrcd ponttds was piled up in tho how ot' the boat and put her down' cottslderahly h_v the hcatl. t‘api.. Troultolul ol` the Mlnttio ad- vised Capt. Daley to row thc boat arounti the ond ol' tho wharf. lutt the latter thought he could get along all right with the engine, There was a con.~'itlerultlo sea run- iug anti as the bout was tiff tho wes- tern end of the wharf sho got between R cross sea, and her bow being tio low in the watcr with tho weight of cltuiu site immediately filled and sank \\'ltcnE_ the wave struck her. _ 'Phe two tnen were loft strugglitn: in the ivatcr. nciilior being able to swim. r‘o1tuuatcl_\' t'or .\ici’itcrson he tnatrtg- ed to 'got hold of at piece ot' hoard itc- longing to tho ciigitio box of the mo- tor boat. which kept ltitn afloat ittttil it bout roaclicd him from tlto.scliooncr lloctor li’lc(iregor. which was lying at anchor it short dlstanct-_ from the wharf. - When the boat reacltod the spot ("aptain Daly. sud to relate. had dis- appeared front view. l‘f1t~.l’herson was exhittsted when pulled into thc boat being unable to speak. lie says that when the boat sunk he also went down and ttpon coming to the surtaco caught one momctit',tr_i' glimpse ot' Captain Daley struu,giing ltt the water and that was the last he saw of him alive. ~ The arcidcttt occurred about 8.30 in the morning.: and about nine o'cloclt a boat iviih Wnlliti, _loo and littittictlt Iilcllonald and Jolitt l.uud started grappling and after two ltours got thc hotly about. ‘.25 feet from the wharf. This is the fottrtlt l»od_\' in sttcce:=.-iott which has ltecit recovered by the hic- . ...,d\~.~,~¢.-\.t¢~,.~\v-~t -»-.»\--vv--vw It Minard's Linlment cures Neuralgia. .`l{ lf] \\' EA'I`lil‘1l{~ 'l‘El\IP.l‘lRA'l‘llRl_ 'I‘IDE. MOON. lu"I`(l TORON’l'(>, Aug. 159. ---lilotlerttto to freslt south ivc.tl anti tho t)p position petcrod out. ntttil loiv.ird that ond lltey did not t-.ren divitlt- tht~` iiottsc. 'l`lic t'anadian l’:tt:lilc l'i:ti|way is. making a strong tight. a;;.iitt:-i the at illlihilillrl of the t‘. N, lt. systttttt bw' the governtticttt. the llill will pa:-'~;, the Commons. bttt in tito i»'€~ii:itt» ill must travel it rocky road as thc cor- pn\vet'i'ul. All Panada la int:-rested in the fatc of the nieasttre as the maintenance or the (‘.N.l`t. as :t rpt'poratlott road moans an increase in trelglit rates oi' liiessrs Sifton. (’rottrcr and (ialdcr hint a freu hand to rc-organize his ('11- hlnet on either a party or Union ha-E sls. (`ahlnet. rcorgaltization will comc immctliatel_\' after prorogatloti ann will he on union basis containim: prominent Liberals l`ront both the east and the west as well as Ontario. A Dominion l"rancliiso Bill will be ittit-otlttcott in the t'otntnons on 'l`linr.=- day or l"rlda_i'_ lit will ‘give the fran- tlmes as tt warning to the vessel to; get out of the >Stettmer'n way. Wheth- er the warning watt unheeded or the Private Samuel Donovan, oi’ this t ` ' U " 7"l|‘§'|"¥r¥fl[` he Englishman said. "I un only doing city who arrived home on Monday my duty." Ha started to attend to I 'night loft here wiiit the 105th Bat- iuggan's injuries. The island sol- crow were' unable' to put the vessel about in time has not been ascertain- ed. At any rate it appears that it' collision could not be avoided and :thc Aranniore' (struck the schooner; nmirishlpc, the stean1et`s hon piercing a gaping hole in the schooner'a huil,EH so that she sank iti a few minutes. " The Vaptain and hi.-x son <-limtbedif’ a.hoard thc Amtiutorc, while the otl1e1‘|‘ tncuiher of the stvhoonet‘s crow launched a dot'y i`ront the stern ut' tho E The accident, occured near Picton E Light. The Cyrotie was u vessel oi’ about. ninetyltons register. She wan on her for Poole and Thompson, Montague. EAlilllERS PIUNIC . Al THE EARNI cltiinzt to the female ttc.“’”"" and 'even died of wottutlts tcvacuatetl br .Yustriansi accordiu' - avmmed to the stuff "E the Expen f\ " . . .....______________ .rutile tlcspattclttts to the italian cntbas- nmmdl mdl|()n "ml to um Hulwuy A most sttccesi-‘.i'ul farmers' picnic was held at the Experltnental Station yester1la_\'_ A special train from the west brought in over 900 excursion lsts, and in addition a large number of farmers and their families came, from the scatern and southern r=r:ctlon of the province. Over 1,200 it wus estimated were present on the farm, and a splendid luncheon was provided for that. numijer in the cool sliatles of the picnic copso. The day was ideal, and the visitors enjoyed themselves immensely inspecting the station and its produce. lu the af- ternoon a large number witnessed the spraying competition in the potato ilcldta and were greatly interested in the thrcc `pt'or't:si-ics shown. During the afternoon the picnic was visited hy Ilis lionour the l,iout_-Governor, Pretntor Arsenauit, the (‘.on’unissi0ncr of Agric.ulturo_ lion. Murdoch Mc liinnou. tho Director' ol’ National Ser- vice. lion. J. A. lviaciiouaid, Ex-Go vcruor Mfcliinnon. Mr. A. E. Mcliean. l\-l.l...\.. t'ol. the lion. S. ll. Jenkins. Mr. J. .-\. .\l,essct'vcy. liev, J. A. Machonald. Grand River; liov. A. J. iVlclut_i'rc. l’rot`essor Macoun_ Ottawa. l’rot'essor iliair, Canso. The Super- intcndent. l'rol'cssor J. A. t'lark wa.; director ol' ceremonies. while thc ln the course of thc afternoon tho tendent‘a rosirlettce and were atidrcss- Mr. Simpson. lt. l. officials t'or the excellent arrange |of 250 melt of the Regiment to cross t I . s Watch and got his first experience of t tallon. lie was one ot' the first draft diet' had his arm around the ‘English- 0 France from Willey Camp t He was attatlted to the First Divl» 0 ion of the 13th Canadian Black " na'n's neck. when a bullet wont hrough Huggan's arm and into the ther‘s head, killing him instantly. l lay on the field for three days and hree nights without food or water rim war at Vimy Ridge. llc went. before being picked up and carried to p to that now historic battle-grottnd the dressing station." said Hugsun. n Easter Sunday and ou the i`ollow»| ug day, April 9th, Easter liionday. at tluggan before being wounded saw good deal of fighting. He was at I was struck on the log by a bullet and vcsscl and made his way ashore. 1’ n the thick of the cottfllct was hurled aken out he was unconscious. A 1ie‘t along with ten train loads ot' British 0 IYpres. and also on the Somme. He wont the usual round of the Hoa- i' tl tihell for all hour or more. When pitals. anti received the ‘best surgical reatment. The hip bone was s0 was taken to the hospital at Etaples; badly shattered that after being set, ne leg is two inches shorter than the and German wounded, all of whom ro-i other, Huggan is only about 21 yearn way to pmnu to |(,,,d n ua,-K., of cout. ceivetl every care and attention, the enemy wounded receiving as much at- tention aa the Canadians. Private Donovan remained eighteen days at Etapios and from there was taken to Home in Epsom for five weeks and then was allowed on it rest furlough to ireland. where he visited Dublin and saw many interesting sights in that famous city. lie also visited Lon- don and saw many of the tinost build- ings in the world and various obJf‘<‘i5 of historical interest. He returned to the Canadian base at Shoreltanrliy- the-Sea where he was given his dis- charge and sailed _from Liverpool on the 16th August, making at good trip to iflalifax. There were 1,500 soldiers on the ship, including the other ls- land boys who arrived here on Satur- day and i\i`onda_v night. Pte. Donovan is still nifecteti soniewlntt from shell- shock but is making a good recovery l-ie speaks highly of the treament rious hospitals, The most badly wounded man of tho group wlto arrived homo uit Mon~ day night was Private ll. J. liutli-THIL of t‘lierry Valley. lie enlisted in No~ vetnber. 1914. in the 26th Battalion and arrived in l-‘ranch in August. iillft. it was at t‘ourcelettc on Sept. 28. 1916 that ite rcccivctl the wound whiclt compels him today to move about on <-rutcltes_ lie was one oi a party of bombers who started uttt to make a surprise attack at daybreak under cover of fog. They got close to the Germans. when suddenly the fog lifted and the enemy poured upon them tt hail of machine bullets at close range. Huggnu was crawling along the ground endeavouring to dig himself' in. when a bullet entered the inside of his leg coming out through the hip and shattering tho As he lay there ltelplcss .1 young iifrtglish soldier came up to t~tntflt-.r aid. Huggan told him to look out for hint- 'of age. _I Another wounded man who arrived ‘home on Monday night was Pte. AI- bert Heron, son of Mrs. George HBFOII. Epsom. llospital, Nottingham, Emi! itichntond street, City. He enlisted land. lie remained at the Canadian; tn _/tngtntt, 1915 in the 40th Battalion ‘of Nova Scotia. At that time he WHS engageti lti mining in Stellarton and had his certificate aa a MHIB RBSCUB :\Vorkcr. lie was subsequently draf- Itcrl in the Second Canadian Pioneers. Pte. lleron was wounded on 11th September lastat the Somme. About _ten in the morning when his com- pany were engaged in consolidating 'a captured Gertrian trench. he will 'struck on the shin and knee by shran- nel, The wound severe at tho time was rendered more serious by MD'-ic poisoning. ills company was badly 'cut up that day. the casualties being fheavy. Heron was the -only Islander in his Battalion. He wont the usual 'rounds o fthe hospitals before leaving accorded ltitu in Englnttti at the vit-'for home. - _.i Private J. J. 0'Brlen. was the only other soldier oi’ the nina who arrived on Monday to sea actual service in France, Pte. 0‘Brien who belongs to Lot 22 took part in considerable fighting and was wounded at Vimy Ridge, receiving a bullet in his foot. Another soldier who returned on Monday night was Pte. Harold Tay- lor, of the 105th Battalion who belongs to Kingshoro. ._ l °PlllitillE$S lit' iiiilliilii l i . I i'.\ltlS.--Tito French entered Ger- man trenches and took some prison- ors near Arraracourt. The British scotr'e'o‘ another victory on the Flan~ ttcrs front yesterday. .They adv8nC81i -~ - Br ! _ _.onto dtpth along n front of ov _thigh "me |1000 yards astride the St. Julien Uapeiie Road. The Germans made an attack uit the British at ln‘i/ones! t‘opse but were defeated and ‘loot ments made and (.a".ie(| OHL _self as ite was in extreme danger. but' prismters. or* (WT `._______v i. _ ., . - ..-.:-,. »,'. , _ -.f- .~<. _ .I :___ _ T_4_,_...,. _..._ _ Wilfrid: "lf you want to help C E. F. get rid of Borden and -let me handle your affalro." ,_ __ ,...».-m.-f ..m».-.» _ -o..-.--na--annum-snrvw'--~~~ ~- --- ---n ‘ Jllfh/" ' ,,. _____ __ 2. ‘at -4 _ l (Canadian Preu Dupntch.) ‘ SAtTl\‘VILLE.- A prosperous and well known young farmer of Abousha- gan Road. in tlte pariah of Sackville. is locked, tip in the countv jail cltartl ed as a desterter from tho 145th lint Behind this are steps taken by the Crown respecting a suspected murder. investigations being the result of a story or. alleged confession, made to 'his mother by a youth of some fifteen years. which- in substance is as foi- lows: The accrued. while ft member of the l4F»th battalion, returned to his homo from Valcartier the latter part of the summer of 1916 on leave. but did not return to his battalion. A military escort was sent to rtntntithim up and some others of that locality without being able to apprehend the accused. The story of the boy is that a mem- ber of the military police visited the locality to arrest accused, He on- countored accused in company with the hor 'ln fmesuon in at wood mit was shot hy the accused and buried by the accused and the boy, so the ` boy's unsupported alleged confession c . tation. - ' ~.-.,_ _»¢~.-'_.»~»..-_,_~»-»~»v~.,.~.~~,._».~.,~. _ . .. . . ~»~ -.~-»...¢c~_».~»..-v--./-.-»~»»»-- ExTtt'AoRa||iAttY. Stott . -¢Vd i Fr_oHrgi__§tcKrttLE it would appear that the absence of this military policeman did not alarm the military authorities as they acted on the supposition that he also had turned descrier. _ E V Yesterday. Deputy Sheriff Holland. in company with others. went to tho - locality where it was alleged the body was hurled but was unable to locate the body or to had anything which would suggest that a body had been buried. or to sustain the alleged con- fession. 'rim morning on ucuagti was arrested as..bo¢oro ltntod, onthe charge of bow it ammo. 1-int it- wrnoou the Sharlil"| party tg roam, lngthe search. , ,_ _. _' The community is very- much startled by these events., more e`s_p_eaillly for the reason that the accused lcotttsl of it highly respected family .aint kanji- ways borne n good reputation in.tlt'o community. The mli|tnry,D0licomnu is believed by some tio lun mm; from Suasex.__ _ _. . . 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