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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1916-7-27, Page 211 1'tivrsoat JULY 21. luta t - ., . ser_ ''krill—„ittislf► THE SIGNAL GODERICH t'NTARJu sbriaisional THE SIGNAL PRINTING CU.. LTA. Poausaaaa Tea M DWaIND T10 " Y p'*Irma !af raaas eat Ilt, la . . lbeieg ,meseMNorth west. ut•r• T$. ..s No.Si alarUreetTaarrs--t.. Doles Sed Tilly • ..t. Yet year: f pard .trwuy 1s advance line 11at1arwillbe.00sosd.1. smamie a tM .lied easter tM rate or uN Dollar ad Piny t.nta tereetly is sheens. aa►ertben vibe .>•Il a nest,• TVs el0M•L neruiarty by mad will make • favor by rvuaiouse the Yubll k e dtM lad Al meant' SOMA.. Warble- WMs t chases of S. dartretd. beta aid and tet sew addre- .bould be n,ea Ilemlttasee. may be made by bank dt.n. easier mosey seder. pee odlw order. w rwleared letter. asl•arlptLem may o.mmenn •1 soy eta. A. aarl.rso Tsear. -Itatee for di.play and ea.tr.rt advert r,emeste will be elven on apple cane. Legal and mbar eistbr,*vert iemeotn. too orate per boo for ant InaarUoe and four -est. per line for each wbrquent iwertioo. M.S.ured by • scala et seta asap* SII -twelve hoe. A fie mei.. astdsem a M. of .l. hose and under. rhe Dollar. per year Ad verti-e- moot. el tart. F...d. rtrr.yed."sit ora �.a.- V scant. tlltu•tioo• Wowed, Boma* for hale L r to hent, ever fur Sae w eo Irak Article. for tale. etc.. sot e.ee.duotr mita fir Twnttyt Mt'w e ot- mob tuner tort . mooLh rosy t:est.rorw Sou ,+rsueot month Larger dverti.mew. u. Wropertaua As tisane -wont. a ordtaary reindeer ts�ppse. Tea crate per line. No nottoe I. thea T'..ety• five Caw. Any .pearl redo. tree .bj.rt of which la the pecuniarybenefit of any tdivd- ueler a,.,oel.•t los. to orridered iso d v.r- teeesent rod caused aannl.agty. To t•oantcnt,.'DOpITe.-Tao ssoperation of our subscriber. and readers le oe4W17 tavlt- ed toward. tu.s*teff TVs MuN AL • weekly more of .11 local. county Leddr". tnetdeinoOen manlcation will be wised,* to sale. t: 000 tali. the name r ad adder of this writer. Dot ofcitood foot, New+w+l publication. beMould are re T' ne Stec•{. odi a Dot later "bas Waned., noon of mica week. THURSDAY, JULY V. 1916 THE MEREDITH -GUFF REPORT. — - ical heat • in camp. the pleads, it is said, are very unmet tsfar•toty This, of course, can 1e teutedied : but the failur, ot the cowuuseary depertwrot has added to the bed reputation which now attaches to the camp. The ani lier@ do not like the camp, and their comments upon it cannot but have a dierstrous effect upon re- etuiting. Fut thee, the unfortunate incidents of the first day♦ thri2 have bred a spirit int the u.eu that tends to sleek 11P1011 of discipline. As one of the men him -elf *aye, "Weare not method .ul.liers Ar when we went there. ' The lack t.f good judgment shown in tea wauy way• by the militia heads warrants a public demised for a thorough enquiry into the question of abandoning limp Barden and either re-establishing the former training cautP♦ ter tiudieg new Ones. EDITORIAL NOTES. The we•thet nom is keeping up • vigorous effensiye. No. Mabel, this nickel question you read about in tbe papers bar nothing to do with • Hve-eeot store. August tih, the second anniversary of the beginning of the war, should be ob.erved in Ht ting manner in Code' rich. No wonder people like to COMP to Goderich in the summer -time. How would you like to live these days in an inland town. without the cowling effect of the great Irk• to ease off the 1toe. The tepott of the Meredith -Duff COmwlaaton oar the Shell Committee investigation hart been, made public. It is a judicially -worded document, and while comments are made and conclusions are drawn the ultimate 1 verdict is left to ,the (' median public. The conduct of (%ol. John Wesley Allison. who shared in the million - dollar commission on the Ametican Ammunition Cu.'• eoutract, is the sub- , Jett .uf the severest comment wade throughout the report. The commis- sioners stele that Alltsou'e explanation cannot be accepted, and that, "while profematig to be acting as the friend of Gen. Hughes, and to he doing what he did solely out of friendship for him and without airy eOpectttluu tet inten- tion of receiving guy rrwuneratiuu for his eery II -es, Allmon wax Irr.truwenlal in bring.ng about a contrcct in which through bis agieeIucut with 'Yoakum!' in February, 1!I, he was pecunutily iute:tasted, with the knewlyd,te that he would be eutitled W shat. equslly with 1 ..akum in any 1. -urflt that Yo.kuw eight rtrcriv.-, either by way of cow wis..ioe tet ot !lel w ire.” Thr c•.,rime•sioyerslurther,tate that AHis..n'e conduct cannot be e'eitberI justified or excused." . The commis -loiters declare (bat l' )1.! 1 .rnegie, the Shell 1 ,uiwittee. ''expert, vier overburdened with work. and to t' condition' they .ltrihute his giving • contract il.rl lilei.rYT grataliisr at a price of gl when St wool 1 have been • fair price. It te pointed out that for lone under this coutract was not sal greet ter• i; might have Leen, for the reason that the American Au1wun- ition Co did not make d -livery wi•bin the stipidateal time and this a•uahl►dt the Impelt.il 1laoitiou- 11.card Iwhichi succeeded the old Shell Committee) to! a radius. the terws of the eo/.tia •t n A comment 1.y the cousmtseu.nerei u of 'v� be uulli o d ler d1 ..� ter t n the commission is that this i+ '•r romwun practice of prom"! -r. The people of Canada will baldly accept this easy attitude of the cnmmt...unet'. There • wee no ucc.eiiw fit ••promol connection with the..e coot reels. There was nothitig to prevent the Shell Committee Vern gettingt0I direct touch with the mauufrctoirere, and their failure ta do this meant the, addition uoriere .nt Ili- of • • milli to dollars to the contract price. It remains t•, be seen what the t.ov- ernmeut will do in the 'natter u( All-, solo ll- sun. Sir Baru Ilugheo, a member of the Cabinet. even after the PvidenceI had been taken before the Meredith - Duff t..shreiseinn. •derlar'ed that to. confidence and trust In lits friend Alli - soon were unshaken. Is the Govern- ment of ('an.dr to iso reduced to the level of the Hu4hee-Allison pact Mir Robert Borden must act, or the impression will be .traogtb.oed that he is unable to exeet hey control over his irresponsible Minister of Militia. With any other concern, failure to deliver passer would be cau.e for can- cellation of the cnntr act ; but not w with the Hydro. It h.,lds the town or thirty years, no matter how poor the service may be. The (;lobe hes a hut -weather article oar drees reform for men. And only • few days before we read of the arrest .f a party of Doukhobor' at Calgary for discarding their clothing. Hew does The (:lobe propose to settle the problr: w - _ It is estimated that $9.(I00,01zi has been spent in equipping the Canadian .oldiess with hoes rifles. Now that these rifles have been discarded for the Lee -Enfield. this nine millions can 1e added to the bungling account of the Militia Department it is now reported that the Irish Horne Rule bill is to be delayed. be- catte• of the ol'.j-ctioos of some die- hard Uuiuui.ts. The Irish Nationalists deserve better treatment then they eppeer ler be receiving at the bends of the British Government. The editor of The Signal has re- ceived. with the compliments of Sir Robert 11.rden, several copier of a collect' of catto.tna by Karinarkers. the famous Dutch cartr.00iat. Tbp pictures are rather gruesome, but they emphasise the infamy of Germany's retmtrii(g?r 'MOM 'itt+tghnff `lA • mono word. cannot dn. Rounu.nie i. talking ot entering the war on the side of the Allies She at .'.d by an 1 raw Serbia ravaged with- out stirring a hand, and now. After the Pet ioxl of danger and.. mice, t 'nary has pa.ce.1, She went' t t Some in and fret ...we of the fruits of the victory that i. in ,:,flit for the Allies. it ie to be holed she will not get much. t - Janie. Whitcomb Riley, • Hoosier poet.` died on Saturday evening et his 11,413P io lodian aperluaaa result of thee Feat. He war in his sixty-third year and had been in fes lee health for • uuuler of years. Ills dialect poems carried n heart appeal that made his name beloved all over the American continent. and •ronle of his writings have become airtime as well kaown as the'trod uct ions of climatic writer.. Mr. Thomas McMillan, of Hnllett, made • bl ief visit to town no Tuesday. Ile is a member of the National Lib- etal Advisory Council and took part in the cenferlin`s held by that body at Ottawa last week. Aa the coming seemlier for South Huron. Mr. Mc- Millan will lee able after the next election to give expression to his views on the floor of Paihament. and the agriculture! iadestry will have an able, well-informed and forceful ad- vocate. CAMP BORDEN A FAILURE. Camp Horden look. more and more like • dead lose to the people of Can - .d.. Accounts from Arany sources de- scribe tbe dust and Dead as &Mamie able. Mod the more the grounds are used the worm they become. Not only does the send make bard travelling. but the dust get. in the nostrils sad throat and mew of the men ora sotats d enseiant .aw throat. We are told ChM eaorooue slims M mosey aro being expended in the stteesr c to =eke the place fairly babiteable. het there are dight prospecte of soy great degree of •Aeneas is the use ortekirag The building of p.ruason.t resod• will set solve the mad problem. M the miss do not traits on the roads. but ea tbs pp.1.a and they my the more chili$ ta•mmlplo the mad the worse it pet, T. add N the mkneise of 1M 0441... No less than four radiating surfaces gather up almost every scrap of heat and send it through you& comfortable rooms. wc— Sunshlne Drop in some time soon and hear about McClary's special installation service that gets out of every ton of coal all the heat there is in it. pM Sold by W. R. PINDER eamployulent of soldiers after the war .t.ouhl be given to !vim nod soldier. in fl1hnlc poatu.ns in the civil eervi:r, end also for tier ilr*Justr tel and tette nice' educnt' to the returned men anxious t , to -toter the i idustrial life of the c u y. FOR PRISONERS OF WAR. i rive t : also that speel al preference Bolton Dollar Crop Expected After a thorough r•aov,w of various points throughout Western Canada, Dr ..Ic(all, of the Dominion Grein Commission. is quoted in t •Igary as saying that Alberta would have a clop as good as last year. tbst the Dominion would have • billion dollar grain crop • id that the grain crop of the three prairie Province* would he little if any behind that of last year. •'Tbe rotatory as • whole neve. looked better than it does at present:. said Dr. McGill. "The weather eras made to order, es you "night say. and 1 am of tbe opinion that this vear'• harv,,t will be another wonderful OOP. Those who contemplate going West Regulations Governing the Seodtag of Letters or Patcels to Germany. Postmasters may accept correspood- ; once for oowarl transmission to prier oners of war tet Germany under the following regulrtione : Letters, (tette!' should be left nprn) poetcerds and postal parcels should be addressed as follows :- ` I. Rank, init.slr, name. 2 Regiment. or other unit. 3. British torr Canadian. French, Belgian or Russian) prisoner of WO/. 3. Place of internment. 5. Germany Place of internment should be stated always if passable, and 'tercels cannot be accepted unless place ppf in- ternment is stated. All addfe.ses must be In ink. Communications should be limited to private and family news and to necessary husinees communications, and should not be ant too frequently No reference. to the naval, military or political situation or to natal or !military movements and org•oizatiw ate allowed Letters or postcar Is ' containing such references will net 1 e GERMANY'S IMPENDING DOOM. ,t The Fingers of Fate London. will .d0. -Roll to: Amnion bet th.it Lb mo -t fertile distrnrtw in Western Canaria are vers ed 1.y the lines u1 the C. N H. and that this reason they can travel trout the', home districts to deerinauou C'euediau Northern all the way. Arrangement, have been made whereby pa.eergeiunav travel in conduit. toloni-t and lunih cuunter ear being 1 n a feature. '' The first to these ex••areinns win be run in August : the date will be announced later. For further information apply to near..a (laradsaa Nott hero &tent, or write to H. L. Fairhsnn, lieaer1l Peseenger Agent. 1W King St. E., Toronto. The grip begins to tighten. -From John Hull, The Natioe.l Liberal Ad.i.ory Council. including in at* membership about two -soot, prominent Liberals from all parts of Canada, met at Ottawa last week and in • three days' conference took roti coonderaUo many of the problems now eonfrent- fog Canadian stat.nsusebip. It is proposed to hold Al Dloelisios Liberal oosvestfoa before the next ge.eral election. and the Council is doing some of the necessary work of invest- igation, study and deliberattoe is preparation Inc such a gathering. name, &ad ta.ation. agricultural dev.lopmeet, railway sol tr•anspnrto- tion problem., ethnical 'dimities. social reform and health l.aidaaloei were S000e Oe the subject' umber die- etsseios. A eomalttee on soldiers' welfare teeowsa.sided a Fderal bo..'d of c.p.blo tis. with misses at ear - 1 Mm metros throughout the Dominion. ttshvlmg power to odesinietse the pi...ie.see of the pension act. Mid with smprvisaen ever the suitable se - The record for a day s attendance at the Canadian National Exhibition i. 1:.i.104, leached in 1913. The grandstand at the C:enadian National Exhibition is 7S'o feet long, built of brick, steel and concrete, b.. • .e•tine rapacity of Iti.!af) people and cost 83112.0101. WC CWFCR a small block of Treasury Stock in a golf mine now tieing worked in Por- cupine I`i+trict which we consider an excellent ,peculation at 11 Car14TS Pt* SMARM If you ase iatereated and wish further particulars, write PLUMMER 6 CO - .00 SAY ST. ro.iOlefTO SPORTING SUMMER SHOES If you would be well and comfortable you must hare cool summer footwear We have the latest in Oxfords and Pumps, and our prices are most reason- able. Tessio awl Bowling Shows are sow in stock. The lei teat. nattiest. meet wearahle live of the Wetmore Wend in .tock at the lowest possible prices. Geo. Mac Vicar N.wth Ride fariiae. OOD1RICH ► delivered. - Pr.esde •of prisoners of war are wd.- vised to sent postcards in prof. -recce to letters, ax postcards are less likely to be delayed. It letters are sent, they shitild notes -:red in length two rider of a snort or um, paper and should-cont•io nothing but the sheet of note paper. On no account should the wri, tag be crawled. Letters cannot for the present be accepted fur registration. Postage need not h.• psid either nn Patters or parcels addressed to pris- Ioners of war $ I. i No letters should be enclosed in par- , cels, and newspapers must not on any ' ac•ount he sent So fat as is koowr. there is nu restriction on the con- n eo w• to .rut c ♦ t bac •t wr rl ( len.a a p y I•nd will be admitted duty free. but foodstuff. of • perishable character ' I.410tuld tent be sent. Parcele should not exceed eleven the. in weight. 1. K •mltt,ancea can be made by money order t • pi tuners of war. l neteuc- lion. a. 1., how to p•oceed can be oh - 1 sined from posrwaoters u( account. Ing 1•uetofli. es. The transwis-IJn of C .its, entree in letters or parcel-. is e=- • p-w.ly pruhtntt.d. Peered notes and bank prem vhouid not be 5P(11. It Must be understood that no guar- antee of the delivery of either parcels I or let can he given and that the Ipustonlre ar•epta no responsibility. In any care eonsider•ble delay may take piece and failure to rec,lve an acknowledgment should not necessar— ily be taken as as indication that letters and parcels .rot have not been delivered. 80 far M is known. prisoners of war in Germany w allowed to write let- ters or puateaeds from time to time ; but they may not always haws lseili- , ties for doing eo and the fare that no roawuoeiatioe ie remixed fr en them Ineed not give rise to anxiety. R. M. C.Nrtri . Deputy Puota••let-O,n.r•I A Long Pray.e- One night a traveller in the Rooth mewed aoottmmodation a1 the only dwelling in eight -the log cabin of we old negro. When bedtime came the old darky asked him to cin in the family prayers So iss knelt down with tbe meueb.ru of the household upon the bard pusch.00 andr. The negro cIo his eye/ and threw hie heed back and °peas/ his mouth Sad began. He began wirb Genesis and worked gradual) downward. When he had prayed for twenty minutes, wilhoet • panes, sad the traveller's hams were burtleg hies like the tooth- ache, be got de.p.rate. He stodge. the person Nearest to blas --a t ve- ye.r-Did boy, who bad his hood ea a ebur sad visi peacefully dogleg through the swami. "Wbut is it, hems' whispered tsm ekani.ay. waking with a .tart "Row loop M this pearee fors' ito last , • he weals - her "Mos daddy don. tock Philles ob Isreet'etoal de Red Plea yitr' ''Nat yet" "Well. doe.- be whispered Rad Ilea M' hack, MN Ms . g(t b M :••••••••••••••••••••••••• Essad Pasha Is the •• Real Ruler of Turbulent kingdom of Albania r AHMED £SSAD PASHA. the vtrtual 'ruler of Albaala and candidate of the Allies for that position against the Te u tonic William Prince of Wted, Is coming back into the public eye. He comes of a rug- ged. warlike, and liberty -loving stock. He was born at Tirana, in 1845, and his family -long associat- ed with that place -is renowned for its active services In'the cause at freedom. lt■ nickname. Toptania (signifying "(hose who fire the can- nons"), war earned by an ancestor who bombarded the palace of the no- torious Sultan Mahmoud in order to wrest from his tyrannous grasp the liberty of the people. Our new Ally In the Near East - Eased Pasha, the uncrowned King of Albania -is one of the most fascinat- ing figures In modern history. Out- side the novels of Sir Walter Stett- in which he might have tlgured as a brother chieftain to such • halt bar- baric, though not unchlvalrons, char- acter as Saladin -he sterna a person- ality too romantic to be real. Yet among the wild mountains of the Near East. where, Indeed. Rom- ance and Reality often meet. he is • force and factor of unimagined power. And there. where be has al- ready signalled his adherence to the cause of the Allies by the assistance he has rendered to the heroic liemles of Serbia, he L now reported to have ROAD PASHA. made a taore definite demonstration of his policy by the expulsion of all to o63 ialc Mod Austrian and Bulgarian subjects from Albanian territory. At the enemy consulates. It is stat- ed. Essad seized large stores of rhes and ammunition -a discovery that feeds ooior to -the atm" or ea ,At1M trian conspiracy against his regime. He is best remembered as the avenger of his brother's murder an the very teeth of the Sultan. Abdul Hamid. The murdered brother was Garai Toptant. a handsome, talented, and impudent young adventurer, whose very daring endeared him to tbe h Sultan. He Insulted his Royal muter. Abdul's retribution was swift, secret, and terrible His emis- sary mirsary shot the young Gant Toptanl dead. Eight days later the hired murderer was himself killed on the Galata Bridge -in broad daylight - and on the body was found a card bearing the bold legend: "Done by Frsad Toptanl." Too powerful a servant to be pun- ished Eased was promoted to the command of the gendarmerie at Ya - nine. And here, intolerable as ever of tyrants, the Imperious Albanian found himself in sharp conflict with the Governor of the town, Tatar Os- man Pasha, • man of notoriously ill- : controlled habits. The bosUlity between them grew to such a pitch that one day Eased, seising the opportunity afforded him by the dissipation of the Governor, raided a number of houses of 1lI-re- pute, and coming upon Tatar Osman in one of thee. publicly administer- ed to him a sound thrashing. la 110* be marched with the Toone Turks In their historic attack t ea Constantinople. The city was taken. and the deposltlo■ of the Sal - 1 tar proclaimed. But who was to take the fateful message to Abdul! 1t wag • dramatic moment for the , Toeing Turks when stead rose at the cemmtttee t>.eatiag and slowly sad stgailesaty aas.4.0ed, "I will pi to *idol Hamid " It was a still mere drsmatie me- twe&t whoa ►Iltrasd prse.at.d himself before the old Saltaa and sternly 1s- f.wm.d him "la accordance with I the fetwin Sad W the deelatos of the Nat1.ma1 Assembly thea are deposal I fresh the arose. Abdel Haaid" His straggle with the 1.diere.s poppet -raise placed me the throes .f Albaalo by the abeperor of Germany. , was sheet aml sharp. It sailed. as all tka wend k.c+e, la the bar•rte/ d.partune at the dise.mabf Prise William .t Weld. ash 1. hissed Pasha's pr. 1aesatlem of himself Y later. i His death hos beim reported ear - oral Boma. but M 11111 Ileus to rs- presost the s•plrstlea M the Alks- • W. A CtHESON & SON ; •_ • ••• • More Extra- . Even • •Bargains! • ordinary • • • • • ALL Summer Goods at prices al- • • most ridiculous. Bargains in r • the strongest sense of the word. • Choice is immense and months of • hot weather probably still coming. • tams for political freshets. Raensfing T be catty teases swim people wast a anger Is the pl. 1. to keep ether peel'(e from mites it. • • • • Dale.a are e...td.r d mere new - 1 Iskl•g Mae W ether vagata4M • • •• • t• •• • Voiles, Crepes, Dimitys, binghams • •• •• •• •• • •• •• •• • • •• •• • •• •• 0• •• • •• •• •• ACII ES.ON & . SON. 1•i•••••••••••es•••••••••••• • 100 pieces Wash Voiles, Crepes, Dimitys, Ginghams, great variety of beautiful qualities and neat designs, floral, stripes, sprays -and checks, light and dark colors, also black and white, 30 to 36 inches wide. Regular prices 15c, 20c and 5c: ,Nchoice per M yard .. lo Men's Negligee Shirts' In neat patterns, English cambrics, light and mixed colors, sizes 14+ to 16. Regular lac and 11.(4), Cn_ each �J(; Bath Towels 100 dozen pairs Turkish Bath Towels, good siyx and quality, bought by us at a forced sale _'; per cent. tinder value, per pair 2SC, 35C, 50C, 75C, $1.00 Largest size Turkish Bath Sheets, $1.50, for... $1.00 Corsets • Crompton.;, extra Corsets for hot weather. newest model and •superior light weight, C(1 and 7tic • and well made, in sizes l$ to 30, at JV1. • A La Grace Corset. Ask for new model No. 1269. It • is satin-trimtned and made of very best materials • and warranted. Sizes 20 to 30. . Regular $100 • $1.'2.1. for l/V 0 Bleached Sheetings • Plain Weave. heavy, fine, free from dre,sing. 2 — • 2 inches wide. Bargain price .Okw • Lonsdale Cambrics • • :;S inches wide. Special price • Piilow Cambric, 40 inches wide. Special price IS 13c • • Hosiery • •• Ladies' black Cotton Seamless Hose• o d dye and at oldest price, sizesto 10. Worth '.::x,. at per l;` parr • Boys' or girls' rib black " Cotton ;Hose. warranted • stainlea, dye. All sires 6 to 10. Worth -K, ls. ac • at • Tuckett s CLUBSPECIAL Cigar. FOR 2Sc • F. H. WOOD T•bacco, Cigars, Pipes, etc. Next Davey's Jewelery Store The Soya e — Goden„n eee11f��i//ii�e 'da Mos 1111 CANADDA° IN strength is motor car safety -durability econo:ny And proved in actual service, the Ford is the strongest of motor cars Many a - the first Fords are still in nae. One hundred thousand miles. is not at all a remarkable Ford performance. In practically every country Fords have established unusual records for en- durance and satisfying service, tinder the most trying conditions. Climate or roads hold for . it no terrors. it is the king of cross-country cars. The Ford's world-wide record for econom' and efficiency is in Do small part due to its un- equalled strength. W. E. KELLY O<AL<R - - 000<R.OM a ♦ z•s