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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1912-4-18, Page 2Twria$DaY. AML IS, IMtt THE SIGNAL : GODERICH, ONTARIO ionat ciODLRICB ONTARIO. UBLiSHED EVERY THURSDAY ■r THk SIONAL PRINTINO CO. hatted Telepeooe Call Ne. las. Terms of .rberreetesa $1.00 per annum mad Wane& `Jia rnooths, Oto ; three months, SM. 10 United States subrerthws. a roar strictly in adv&nesi. Subscribers who tall to receive Ta a1.r1aL r'eguinrly by mall will pouter a favor by so- uoainttug us of the fact at ss early a date as possible. When • champ of /darer te desired, nota ore nod the sew address should be given. Mee twng Rates Leg&I and other slmf far advert' .eW0nta, 100 per line for first insertion and de per line for each sabeepaent insertion. lieeeurod by a mowed soale, twelve liner to an Inch. Beninese cards of sit nee and under. f6 pt, rear. ad to nl Leet. F strayed, 111$. wide=� Vali. :WNW H ser dale • te &esti Tams far sacs y�� tor Es-NN Larger menta 1n ws.wtls . Anonp 1s' ordinaryn reading type te ante. per line. No notloe lees than Ns - Any special "Borba the object of which it the pecuniary benefit of any individual or mend A . to Le eoaddered an advertimmeot and chanced /coordinate. Rates for display and contract advertise- ments we) be given on application, Address air oom.aunbsuooa te THR 810N4IL PRINIINU CO.. Limited tioderloh Ont. toODERICII. THURSDAY. APRIL la, IN1 THE TITANIC DISASTER. It is often said and it is probably true, that steamship travel is the safest of all modes of transportation. Especially on a great ocean liner, with all its wonderful appliances and con- veniences, the traveller is made to feel that he is as safe :tnd as comfortable as in a modern hotel on terra firma. The passengers of the Titanic. speed- ing on through the night across the Atlantic on the maiden trip of the immense vessel. veritably "a floating palace." probably considered them- selves— if they thought of the matter at ail—as free from danger as at any time of their lives. Put Nature is great a,ud strong, lied terrible at time., and the creations of man, wonderful as they may be, are puny after all when they cross the path of Nature's inex- orable laws. Formed in the great, silent depths of the frozen North, and floating majestically down the ocean bidding defiance to all until conquered by the forces of Nature in another mood. icebergs are a constant menace to ocean travel, and in some way not yet explained the Titanic was allowed to come in contact with one of theee immense mountains of ice. The great ship crumpled up, and two continents are in mourning for precious lives lost. The material loss is said to be twenty millions of dupers, bel rep- resenting the cost of the vessel, and the other half the valuables carried by the passengers or otherwise disposed on hoard. Man is not easily con- quered or thwarted, but it may be that the fate of the Titanic will place a check on the rage for "hignees" in ocean steamships and divert attention -rply to the providing of further ..:autions against the dangers of the deep. A GREAT DAY FOR IRELAND. Thursday, April 11, 191.2, was a great day for Ireland. On that day Mr. As- quith, the British Prime Minister, in- troduced in the House of Commons a bill to give the Irish people powers of self-government. It is nineteen years since Mr. Gladstone introduced his last borne rule hill. On that occasion the bill passed the House of Commons but was killed by the Lords. The House of Lords has since had its teeth drawn and now has power only to de- lay the measure. There is no doubt the hill will receive the assent of the Commoua, and if the Asquith Govern- ment is maintained in power for two or three years longer the bill will be parsed over the heads of the Lords and will become effective. The exact terms of the measure will be Netter known when the Odd Country papers reach us. In the tneantime it is known that the bill is accepted by Mr. Redmond, the Nationalist leader, and his colleagues in bebalf of the great majority of the Irish people. EDITORIAL NOTES. Miss Spring is • eby young maid. The statistics say that drunkenne.s ie increasing in Ontario. The num- ber of commitments last year was 5,- 402, an increase of 757 over the record -f the previous. year. The l+lobe 184111 defying the Part - quieter General to "come on" with hie claim of ti6.0110 for extra portage. Perhaps Monsieur Pelletier l. not such • fighter as he in cracked ep to be. • change in the law makes it un- lawful for a bartender In aecapt pay cheeks as legal tender in bar trade. Two gallons of liquor is the limit that any uersnn may base In hi. poems. l a local option munwnpality. Miall a chemist or other poem es. oepted by law. Some other changes have been "Bade in the way of .treugtb- emtud the liquor law. The Provincial elections in Quebec will be held May 15. The Premier, Sir Lomer Gouin, holds'a strong pod - tion in the Province. and there 1s very little criticism of his administra- tion. In the Legislature last week Mr. Proudfoot Moved a resolution to cen- sure the Government for the delay In briugiog in a bill providing for com- pensation to injured workmen. It was voted down, of course, by the Government's big majority. Hon. Joseph Martin wants some- body to prosecute Rudyard Kipling for his latest verses, on Home Rule. But if all public nuisances were to ba corrected in this way, the Hon. "Joe" might find himself keeping company with Rudyard in some lonely corri- dor. A reciproc tl trade agreement be- tween Canada and the West Indies will come before Parliament for rati- fication at the next session. Hon. Geo. E. Foster is the Canadian spon- sor for this agreement, so that "reci- procity" will have • new flavor for Conservative politicians. Dr. Beattie Nesbitt, who has been "wanted" by the Canadian authori- ties for over a year as • result of the Farmers Bank crash. was arrested last week in Chicago. Steps are beiog taken for his extradition, sad inter- esting developments are looked for in a further probe of the affairs of the defunct bank. While the loss of life in the founder- ing of the Titanic was terrible, there is no doubt that many more persons would have perished—perhaps 'very few would have been saved—bad it not been for the wireless telegraph. Be this agency several other ocean liners were brought to the scene of the diaster. Otherwise the people in the lifeboats might soon have died of exposure. It has been decided not to col Canadian silver dollars, the "cart- wheel" being considered too cumber- some a coin. The coinage of fire and ten dollar gold pieces is to be cow. menced at the Ottawa mint nest month. The new coins will be of the same intrinsic value as the Upited States coins of similar denominations and will be exchangeable et par across the line. A Chicago reader of The Signal, and an admirer of Colonel Roosevelt, sends us the returns of the Illinois primar- ies, which gave the es -President a sweeping majority. He' hints that The Signal was a little "too soon" In concluding that the Rro.evelt boom had fallen flu. We expect to bear any day now from our friend with the news from Pennsylvania, where Roosevelt again triumphed. Ob, well! you never can tell—until afterwards. Two real live English lords, Lord Somers and Lord Hyde, are going into truck farming at Pickering, Ontario. We have always held that farming is a uoblenran's occupation, but we are not particular that it should be titled nobility. However, if Lord Somers and Lord Hyde turn out to be good farmers, not much will be said against their titles. By the way, when Eng- lish lords come to Outarlo to engage in farming, it is no time for our own boys to leave the farms and go to the cities or to the West. Farming in Ontario has good days ahead of it. An idea of the kind of man this Province has at the head of its De- partment of Education may be gained from a report of the proceedings be- fore the public accounts committee of the Legislature when Mr. J. C. Elliott, member for West Middlesex, was try- ing to elicit information about the Springer township school case. in a letter sent by the Department on May 79 it was stated that the trus- tees were personally responsible for any loss to the school section through the closing of the school. "What regulation Is it that makes the trustees nally 'responsible r asked Mr. Elliott of the Minister of Education. Dr. e—I don't know. Mr. Elliott—What regulation is it that authorises the inspector re with- hold the order for the grant when the regulation is not being complied with? Dr. ne— 1 don't know. Mr. Elliott—Who looks tatter these matters as a general rule in the De- partment P Dr. Pyne -1 don't. know, Mr. Elliott—. Wars theca lettere written on general Instructions from you or oo particular instrusgona in i W mob letter P r. to object •-.1 to the mire - ties, bet Dr. Pyne a .1.n ittsd that It wee eaoetrn. t nose. —Were these letters tis 8tten t 1 you bad co.ssf ted with Dr. Pyise--t don't n ,., -raiser. • great number of •• her quaetio.n billowed. many of which Mr. kleQarry ohj.' iaad fro, and his objections were sustained by Me. l►ergu..n, the chair mean. To no ge.st.ion did the Minister tgive any iafornint.inn to the commlt- The school in quenttim is one from white the Depiwtesent witbbeld the usual groat benne the teaebar wss not able to RMa IaMeuctipo la Two-thirds' of the ratepayers sad wo 1 thirds of the s_bool ctsII4ren In the section are Eoglbb, but the Depot 7. Minister wrote to the trusties@ statist, I that "the children of the French rats j payers must he Wooded to." The Liberal members of the Lagislatw• endeavored to obtain some further light on the msiter. but wars baulked by the ignorance or obstinacy of the Minister. In the closing hours of the aeesion of the Legislature, Sir James Whitney gave an indication of his Govern- ment's policy in relatfoo to bilingual ecboula. There is to be no new legisla- tion, for the present et least ; but ad - ditional inspection N to be provided so as to enforcer the regulatiuoa now in existence. State aid is to be conditional upon the employment of teachers cap- able of giving instruction in English. and where neocesnry further aid may be given towards the payment of such teachers. No teat -books are to he used other than those authorized by the Department of Education. lu- etruction in English is to commence at once when a child enters school, the use of French as the language of instruction and of communication to vary according Wives) conditions on the report of the supervising inspector, but i r no case to continue beyond the ertl ( the first form. The first form, it ;- vi,lained, L covered by the first two re of school lite. Mr. Rowell, tt l position leader, criticized the G.,.. .mast's proposals as inadequate. The Nig nal bas held that the matter is one of administration, and it remaips to he seen if the men at the head of the Department of Education has e the will and lbs energy to deal eller Lively with the problem along the lines set forth by the Premier. Vagabond Air. The wind is warm. the wind L tweet, The weary winter'.. done : And 1. • ragged fluter, go A.inaln• in the sun. Ob, mese folk alar for minted gold, And coos for Laine, and some Became a maiden's er'ee are blue And crooner, are come. Ah, let them sing for love or prides Their chinking ebekele run. But flubs and I will jog along. A singing In the sun! Dart Wheelwright, In April Canada ,Monthly. FROM OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Perhaps. Woodstock Sentinel-Review. -Rudyard Kipling has written a poem against home rule. It is only ' fair to say that there are in existence poems almost. as bad on the other - side. Two Dangers. Woodstock SenUnel-Review. An esteemed contemporary declares that the greatest danger to temper- ance is ft mu the adulteration of liquor by harmful ingredients. An- other danger is due to the adulteration of temperance principles by party politics. U. S. Farmers and Reciprocity. 8uatford ammo. - The grain States are going strongly against President Taft in the prim- aries for the Republican convention. The Dakotas and Minnesota have gone for La Follette, a strong oppon- ent of reciprocity, and Illinois and Ya1oe have declared for Roosevelt, recently "flopped" on reciprocity to lease the AmeriNtn farmer, who night be was getting the worst of the agreement with Canada. The lemon for the Canadian termer is obvious. A Tinhorn Sport. Ottawa Cltlsem Colonel Roosevelt, in the course of his varied activities, achieved a repu- tation a. being the Nemesis of nature fakers. Now he seems to have an ambition to pose himself .0 what is generally known among "the real thing" as a tinhorn sport. Having temporarily divested himself of the character of a highbrow statesman, he is proceeding to pose before the hos polio& as & lowbrow of the most pro- nounced type. He commenced the present campaign by shying his bea- ver into the ring ; overlooking any technical description of the jolt be received in New York State, the Oof- noel now announces that he "knocked them over the ropes" in Illinois; and be )s preparing to make them "take the count" in Pennsylvania. What effect these antics will have on his highbrow admirers remains to be seen, but the average lowbrow can diagnose the tinhorn as far as he can see or hear him. The Case of Mr. Gamey. Weekly Son. No rule of popular government could be more wholesome than that which precludes a member of Parlia- ment from taking employment from or contracting with a Government. The reason of the role i that the member's independence may bit weak- ened. The rule which has been long in force In Great Britain is now broken for the first time in Oaneda by the passage of an Act enabling ntr. Gamey, while remaining a member of the Legislators, to ,rake an eseurtlon lets new oountry to the paid leader of an expedition to study the new territory ceded to Ontario. Mt.eh has been ?-wcibly said in favor of Imposing a more rigid rule that no whet of Parliament ebonId take em*oyment from a Oorernene.t un- til had been so long nut of the Howe that his appointment to office will sot ratite a strepleion that whit* a trsernher he was carrying his appoint- ment in hi. pocket. and meekly doing as be was bid without relied to the welfare rat his n nestltursta. Par hap Mr. Oamey's enastinesste may sot bit burs. but the t.eg14et wiN not h. better for mainnnt,t, a breach d Wa cal. etar7 rule of iadspstal�eme., 1 BURR CORR ICOR WOHN'S PI0010118 Tom Reye Troost eros a oartahr .0oua Tyr, far 4 W4 s as' wessmt obs Ib. SFrbMo v tieLijitleAru tionimesplit. seen a sure $'i$ GApearlaa °RANoa T 1• It le terms timirrairtia. taking yy of eta Prim 111 yTi suacisnt far sae • rer.L- U Bays, earth aria' girt seat 1hN to any sutwisg' ANCea R. CUt1RAH. Wtnaser, Oat W. AOH�SON Q SON Carpets, Rugs and Cocoattings handsome Wad i ng Rugs recently received Interestingbeosues the deigns are of Or &.oral copy exquisitely ended. As they are both Ilgbt and dark o.iseiess you cin suit any nem. Axminster and Wilton Rugs d feat ••bar, -. ...$12.0o 7 twill beim ii t fleet sad 9 farts 9 teat. 10 feet • leeks x 1! feet 086.E 027.00 and X00 00 Tapestry Rugs 7 fest 11 blabs. x 9 feet 06 W 9 het it 19 feu 6 &Debs. 17.75 9 feet 8 incoes x 12 feet 010.00, 01100, 015.00, $18,00 Wool and Union Rugs S yards s 84 yards 0.00 sed 97.0t 9yards s4[18.00and$7.i:, Si yards x 4711e 97.00, 08.00, 1110.0u Cocoa Fibre Matting A range of qualitlee in 8/4, 4/4, 6/4, 6/4 width/. Per yd. 85c to 75. Cretonnes and Chintzes English and Holland printed cbintaee for ooverings and dr,, .. erica. Also Tapestries' and Damasks. Scotch Madras curtain materials, fifty I seem new, 45 to inches wide, a superb collection. Ranging from 190 to 76c per }aril. Linoleums For Bedroom/, Dining rooms, Kitchens, Halls. From one 1, tour yards wide. Ranging 2[6c, 415c, 50c, elk, 00c. Carefully laid at addAsset &ousted, no itional [:barge on close prior W. AOHESON SON "Wear a Semi- ready" Stand in front THE Semi -ready Styles this Season offer you the chance to test the clothes you've heard so much about. The Savings on a Suit or Over- coat will attract your interest, surely.—But the greater service and finer quality are the main advantage. Int this Semi -wadi Seal Ws the [spa that 1. Rat Semi-reaay Sults are sold here at the same prices as everywhere —"from $15 to $35, according to doth quality. McLean Bros., Goderich, Ont. There is no greater comfort than an evening with an EDISON PHONOGRAPH --the comfort of bright songs of Amberol Records, playing the comfort of the permanent &Mem Phonographs 116.50 to 1248.00 and music perfectly rendered; site cession four -and -one-half minutes instead of tel sapphire reproducing point that does sway with constant need[. -changing, sed the comfort of a subdued volume of sound, drat does not carry beyond your own little family circle. The wonderful, sensitive, wax cylinders, the silent, long-running nsotor, tie long-playing Amberol Records, the permanent sapphire reproducing point, and the means of reakimg and reproducing your own record are all exclusive Edison Phonograph features. Remember this when you make your paries. Style, comfort and excellent Nvoi manship mean Shoe -Satisfaction. In this regard ThC Hartt Shoe stands in the foreground. .Hi HART[ 8001.& SHOE CO.. (..i...'t; 7 J. H. McCLINTON { SOLE AGENT THE SQUARE GODERICH, ONT. Spedal Values In Men's Suits $15 On Saturday we put on Sale a handsome line of dark brown fancy worsted .sits. tailored in eingi►bresetea. throe -button style. good can- vas and haircloth and mohair linings. See them in ear Window. Special 1116.00. Don't forget we take spe- cial measures for "20th Cen- tury Brand of Batch Tailored Garments." You Can haw. your suit suede to order 11 you wish. Hundreds of .ample•. Two Pairs of Black Cashmere Close Free Pamsfas's fins are goatee- other tis than any d art at same pricks'. te they taNitbk and dyes aw14: pair not giv- Zed yTW0 pairs freewill be sof of Pries three pairs for 1 S01.ebsdd• Aver aims- Omega N. 1. U. IL A. A enrsMa res et Yam lllm•emda sed Seals* ea b• Ism/ as JAMES F. THOMSON'S MUSIC STORE WALTER C. PRIDHAr1 Sok 1/rM far Irina fats, %shed, Overalls. A% Innotery aefhlwa