Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-22

troops are mobilizfng in every ltt,,a
.o"n along the border. The close Of
~ harvest season has brought a great
innux OF young farmers. who only tar
ried to help the home folks gather the
crops before enlisting The trolley
cars connecting the different towns ara
arequently sidetracked while special
20 ntied with raw recruits take the
right OF way. The DELAYED civilians greet
the soldiers with loud applause Won
en- reach out of the car windows 70
wave greetings and good wishes, Every
one sings God Save the King" with a
~ WI enat convinces you Canada is
Engiish to the core.
me British flag is everywhere. Each
Town seems determined to Guido every
other in patriotic decoration. The
fronts OF some of the houses are so
almost hidden. For months everv joyaI
Canaolan mas kept the Union Jack and
ene nag of the Dominion side by side
over his doorway. The trade in flags
ana bunting has doubled within a year.
Inc street cars running between the
United states and Canada have become
stage for dramatic Incidents. one
never knows when he is going to be
arrested or how long he may be de-
oaineo II ne crosses Niagara river. The
non or every passenger, and the Gus
tomhouse officials of both countries
exercise extraordinary vigilance Ex-
citement Is caused almost daily by the
arrest of strangers suspected Of being
German spies.
ihe zeal Of these officers sometimes
leads them far astray. An American
business man,
Zeal OF UmcerS who for TWEEN
Leads Them Astray. ~ years has
ing business In the American city of
Niagara, crossed over to the Canadian
town recently. He had paid his toll and
had walked few feet, when a stern
voice commanded "Haltw Two officers
came forward and placed him under ar
rest, and he was held several hours
When he told his name and business he
was contradicted and informed that he
was known and would be held He was
submitted to most rigid examination
before his captors would comply with
his request that they telephone to his
place of business for some one to come
and identify him.
Similar incidents are common IT IL
said that forty or fifty persons have
been arrested daily throughout the
summer, upon suspicion. Most of them
are released within few hours at the
most.
An arrest of this kind causes great
excitement among a carload of tourists.
Last week a number of persons, chiefly
Americans, went on an excursion to To-
ronto. Just before the car reached the
Am erican boundary on the way home
two officers came on board. They looked
over all the passengers, inquired the
names of several, and finally arrested a
quiet-looktng man with a slight for
w a har
the party throughout the day. He was
questioned by an officer, who held him
by the collar. while another went
through his pockets, looked at several
letters, and then hustled him or the
car, leaving his fate a mystery which
may never be explained.
On the American side. another officer
spoke to an English looking boy and
The boy answered, giving the number
of his home on Falls street in the
American town. You come with me
and I will call up your father to see
the reply, and another member of the
excursion party was taken off the car.
The Canadian women are bending all
their energies toward preparing luxu-
ries for the
Women Prepare oldiera
Luxuries for Troops. can n J"n
fruit. The guild houses of the churches
have been turned into canning fac
tories. Tag days have been appointed
to secure money to buy glass jars.
In some towns an extra penny Is ac-
copied by the ticket sellers of the
moving picture theaters for the bene-
at of the canning funds.
The fruit is donated by the farmers.
The great peach orchards are heavy
with furil. and the school children
gather most Of it. Sometimes a farmer
will gather 1t himself. and haul whole
wagon load up to the church room or
town hall, where a volunteer band of
women is daily engaged in putting it
up for the soldiers. Crates of empty
glass jars arrive every morning, and
by evening they have been filled with
he cooked fruit and repacked ready
% be shipped to Europe.
In Toronto last Saturday night over
10000 troops assembled for a monster
rally to obtain volunteers. Conscrip-
ton will never be needed in Canada.
Young men and old are volunteering
more rapidly than equipment can be
provided for them
The problem of equipping the new
soldiers with uniforms is a difficult one
1t present, although wooden factories
ire working overtime. In the fort at
Did St GATHERINGS a large number of
he ld-fashioned red coat uniforms,
ong since discarded by the British
army, had been slowed away. Now
hey are brought into service for the
new recruits A company of soldiers
n these Anticipated costumes, drilling
On the historic streets of st. Cath
makes one rub his eyes and
Wonder whether he has not been trans
ported back to 70. '''
Special trains for the transportation
# recruits have been provided by the
Canadian government. Several cars
illed with volunteers from Manitoba
we're placed on a siding in Toronto
asst week in order that the men might
DIN in the great rally. These new
oldiers were the guests of the city, and
men, women and children flocked down
o the cars to see them. Accompany
4 Toronto college boys appeared load.
d with boxes of Pittsburgh stogies,
which were presented to the recruits.
he irnprornptu reception ended with
God Save the King" while hundreds
4 spectators cheered and Joined in
he chorus Canada Is indeed a WAR