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THURSDA1. OCTOBER ;, WI i ;
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Good luck to the Hurons!
A Canadian fl- eet on the Atlantic
coast would be • vet y desirable protec-
tion at the present time.
The Canadians are again making a
great record on the tiatlyfield. The
able d.epotches leer soy tributes
to their valet end fighting efficiency.
The war is costing the Canadian
Gover•tneot about one million dollars
a day. That means • sig finencirl
problem for the af tea -the-war period.
Owen Sound has a plan for • Com-
mittee of One Hundred to encourage
the eeltahliebing t:f new industries io
the town. What is Godefich doing
for industrial advancement
While the armies of Europe are
Ogbting savagely for *errs• foot of
soil, (great Hritain has quietly occupied
a territory of some 111,11151 square
mdse in the S.Ituiar. Africa is be-
coming gradually a -Hi it,.h cootineut.
If ever we had a Government that
was the fr.thful servant of corporate
and industrial monopoly it was that
which held office Iwtwern 1496 and
1911. -Toronto News.
No doubt this is why the mo-nopol
isoa defeated drat Government in 1911.
Professor H,etb- dorf bar returned to.
Canada after spending some months
in the United Stater. He claims het
was virtually driven trout Canada by
the Artie, itie0 of certain politician., in
spite of the fact that be was doing ex-
eeilent work for the Britieb and Allied
Cause
Some journals with party porpoises!
to serve declare that it is the Imminent
of the Quebec Government to stipples*
Bourassa. But it was • Federal of-
ficer. not • Provincial our, that .^tend
in the Sault Ste. Marie case. Wei
doo't care who does, it. but . somebody
ought to give Bourasw whet'. coning
to. biro. •
The Mail ani Empire says that 'load
Britain been nn well. prepared on land
as she was on sea there Would bare
been no war.'" This is a mere conjec•
Lure. 11 Britain bad a large standing
army it would mean • military dom.
ioance, just 0. Germany'. great •rmy
idoptsed militarism upon that coun-
try. The war is being fought, as we
understand it, to gat away from mil-
itarism) not to establish it more
strong') than ever.
Newspapers ale faring a serious situ.
ation concerning the supply of pews -
print -that is, the blank paper on which
newspapers are printed. There Is
w eb a -deemed ea the Ommadbw paper
tains for export orders that the home
trade is to a considerable extent neg-
lected. pliers have risen sharply. and
the Bopp!), is uncertain. One incite-
able result will be an increase in the
price of wew.papere. In fact, a great
n atty newspapers have already raised
their suborript ion rates, and others
will have to follow suit.
*NAT OTHERS ISAY.
Th. Rime 1 F.mimae.
Toronto Mal and $miM. •
Greek Minienses easy Borne •ad
but Quern Sophia eootiuue s on
job.
be
Sart Thing
Tarsiers Neu..
Germany may not be able 10 oMriu i
wool, but she irtUnsay is gr. tuts
worsted.
Still Have the Bars.
Toronto Telegram
Drunken mutorbts find ibemaelvas l
behind the bars for seven days. Quite
a urletnkr on their part to iwagtue
tbrt the bars wrte abolished.
A Goad Rocegae sedation.
• U _elph Memory.
Bouradsa throwiug the harpoon it to
Sir -Wilfrid Laurier is *boost the hest
aeden4ul that the Liberal Wailer ew
present to any !rya' cowwuoil y. �
Just One Thing After Another. 1
LL.towel Banner
With prohibition ►0 eftec', an em-
ptying of the poorhouse.. woe antici•
paled ; hut with butter for y c -rets it i
pound. milk eight cent* a glut end
Weed eight a List, all hopes sieve been
chattered. the iustitutiunw wilt b .rr
to be continued.
Farmers Should Iasere.
k a. hater•.
An amazing thing ie the number • i
farmer* throughout the county who;
have tot their barns and fain' oto k'
adequately insured. Farww.' Orr to.
surtiere is sold for the rurt•rst tnfie
and yet many fanner• will risk Mn•n-
cial ruin by not epeuding a pal:ry rum
for insurrncr.
Coasuottne and Ven:selos.
Ruchestar Rer..ld.
No matter whet Ring Constaotit e
nn y have been, hr now iroea + lateen
self as either a traitor :o Greece ;sir a
pusillanimous .:urrresgd. Hr is oar 1
or the other. and chta..e wuich horn
of the dilemma he ut.ty, 9i• p rsi• i .•e $-
not one to be envied. One Greek
statesman. and one *lone. hos never
failed to tee the situation .tilt i., an"),
he has rover f*leaned. That w:111 I0
Ven: zrlew.
rropot tonal Representation
Toronto itis
The (ioderich Signal recertly ex-
preebed surprise that proportioo•I rep-,
frontal ion had not found more flavor'
with the public. But would it not find!
plentyof favor with the public if,
affor
ed an opportunity : The truth
is that no political party. securely in
office. and no political party tint ex- I
pert. to get into Lilics% has heretofore!
offerei to forfeit the advantages that
tbe• present system alit it is
necessary for the people generally to
familiarize then'.rlves with the just
system 01 propos seprrsrntatioo
and see that the country gets it quite
regardless of any temporary incon-
venience it may $mese.* on any per -
Ocular party. Nobody can with any
eeit.ainty predict its .Hr. -t on either
(rorty, Mut that it would work out
justly- to the voting public canon: be
doubted.
A party of b.•ibese end profemioa•1
most from this Province, .umbering
about fifty, is spending • few days in
Quebec and meeting the people of that
Province in • social way. Later no •
Manilar party from Quebec is to visit
this Itreoviaee. The Ides isget ae-
goalnusd, to diseases public q Jun.
M fel y fashion. sad to endeavor
to the spirit of "antagonise
het the two Provinces which has
hem meandered by politicians and see-
tar'iete. Tbs movsa..et Is one whish
Mmerv._ arc _. If the two largest
Pfw.t ... tb.Oea/rder ties mem*
Amt dug amicably theee is poor pone
peat tier Oaaada• It M s pity that
sons of the jowewate that an esatlaw-
r! ealerbia •p ceche LW's, Ontario
. ilei Woks des d art be quietly
rapped Into the Mamas.
This, is not the time t , count •been$•
Hcee, but to act as eitozrns of a free
country .Premier Hughey..
THE WAR.
HOW SOME V. C.'s WERE WON.
A recent issue of The London
Gazette contained the names of
twenty men to wl •n the V. C. had
just ossa &Warded. The following ate
some of .he official •c-uucts which
accompany theannoune-mint of 14e
names :
••For most conspicuous bravery. Atter
an advance into the enemy's trenches,
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I HE SIGNAL GODERICH ONTARIO
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CAPITALIZATION
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Common Stock -
Total Bonds (Less Redeemed)
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Hamilton: President Eagle
Knitting Co.
J. W. Sl'TNEi1I.AND. E.'
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LL(►1VD HARRIS, Est _ Brant-
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Sir JOHN M GIBI•H)N. K.C.M
ti Hamilton : I►ir. Can. Renk
of (' .row.
.1:11•x. DIXON. Vier -totes, Ham-
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WM E. PHIN, &.q,. Hamil-
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Hamilton, Vice -Para. Hank
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of well kn.usn tusineas and Hnaneial standing: the territory
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Write Today for
F. B. McCurdy It G.
134 M. Jamas IN Montreal
Halifax. Sydney. She•tbnwokr,
St.John's. Nflei..St•Jobn. N B.
Mrttllwrs of the Montreal
Stack Exchange.
Special l'iretilar.
J. M. Italians a & Sem
30 H.•s1al sere.!, Montreal
St. John, F rt'derictrn, N. B.
M*•nlliers •.f the Montreal
Stank Exchange.
he found himself isolated with a party
of thirty wen. He niganixed hte de
fence.. detailed • hombi..g party. arM
impressed on his men that his and
their duty wee to hold the position at
411 costs. Next n'orning be drove off
40 attack by the eneW y ren.1 Ifo curd
.acme prisoners who had fallen into
the it hands. Liter two strong bootie
ing mateek• were Neaten. offs On the
following d. ' he wee relieved after
',bowing the greatr.t courage, deter-
min•tion and gond leadership during
;thirty-six hoar* tinder very trying
conditions. All this time his party
was without food and water, bavirg
,given ■11 their water to the wdtud'•d
'during the first night. Aber the re-
Iirvinit fore.. was firmly established,
the brought his party. nineteen strong,
hack to our trenches."
"For 'nowt conspicuous bravery.
While in a eoneertrarion trench and
opening a hog of leapbt f•.r distribu-
tion prior to an attack, • he hos slipped
down intra the tr.nch. which wag
crowded with men ; and two of the
salety pins fell out. Instantly real-
ising the danger to his comrades. with
herrn, eour•ge he 1111ew himself 00
Ills tap of elir bomb.. The bombs ex-
q.'ndrt, Mowing pink to pieces, hilt
ooh Mir o' her lura was wounded. He
; well knew hie danger, being himself •
1 Member, but without • moment's »esi-
tNtin,r be gave lir life fur his cow -
:ride...
1 "For n,n.t ronspii-ntws br y. On
ehr, ret u1 n from ii. successful raid, see•
ersl members of the raiding WIT were
severely wounded In 'No Mao's Land'
by shell fire. He got hack safely, and
after handing over a prisoner whom
he had hrougbt m, immediately went
oat •;iiia under very heavy *hep fire
and resisted in bringing in a wounded
roan. He then went out again, and
with • sergeant was bridging in an-
other wounded man, when his arm
was blown off by a shell and the .er-
ge.nt was rendered uneoraacious. He
then tette nod to our trenches, ob-
tained assistance and went out agsin
to look for his two wounded com-
rades."
'For most endspi+;uoue bravery. His
Melodeon was consolidating a position
after its cmptute by assault. lie was
Telephone Courtesy Is
Growing In Favor.
Newspapers mad periodicals, which public
*don, ere continually urging the the practice reflect
so weil the trend d
telephone eowtesp.
Progressive mordants are steadying its relation to their sake. tatplortees
are being trained to treat telephone callers with the sante degree of owner♦
- costside-adon that obtains in • face -to. face donvenattr
And tba Bale foe those who prinks telephone �f1+4
III • eeastant, p+dwL4 want?bes of telephone trade god good
iDallat,wsrs Cit 1 the premodsn4WD tip YOUr noft d
The- Bell Telephone Go.
OV GANADL
oedersd 'oinks an import sot memo*
wader heavy *MU and rifle 1, • ad to I
briug hack • reply set all socia 11e
woe .orpelled to cores the opea, wd
on lamming the trench was •do t almost '
1mm.dl*Mly in the beet. Me bWI• t
doming test through kis abdomen. lo
melte of thee, with bol oic Douses* sod t
sett-saseilbee, b. a.wtpeweed with bis
band the gaping wound in his abdo-
mena. delivered his msseage, staggered
bark witb ehr answer. and felldslt the
fru of the officer to whom ha deliv-
ered it. Ile gree bis lite with a
supreaw d.votluo to duty."
•••
A UERMAN V1kSW OF THE SOMME
FLOUTING.
The sorrespo priest of The Berlin
Tag.biatt, ea lbs Somme sends bis
paper an tatere.ting account of recent
fighting from which it is evident that
tie Anglo-Freoeb offensive has made
• very serious impassion oo this ole
server. Ile writes Is part :
••We do not know anything for cer-
tain as to the events of this night. All
the t.lepbooe wires have again been
Mot to pieces, and rumor is the Doty
thing we have io depend tap. One
atm ny of the Huard* bad,; to with-
.• severe attack of the French
ter lowing their machine -,tune. The
must have suffered Madly in the mud,
tut at test they gut iota • tunnel.
Wounded men brought hack confused
•ccewntp,"
The correspondent goes ors in hie
staccato style :
••Evil rad hard, and one can only
grind one's teeth and choke down
curses. The divisional general must
steel his heart. and keep the working -
room in his bead free Drum all the
anguish of these days. Outside thele
the patient trues, the heroes ! A11 day
long the enemy worked with hoary
mines (expletives?). Three or feu,
guns be played 00 doe taint. It was
like the Day of Judgment. and indeed
g rave. were bursting forth in all direc-
tions.' Even in these opened graves it
was almost impossible to obtain shel-
ter from shell splinters. The enemy
Hying -men boldly drseended anti
ewept the positions with machine -
gunk. There were no guns with which
t0 reply to them.
-Me 'oldies.' must bare' hien dull
and tired, hiding there in holes and
holding wit. Any one of threw would
gladly have exchanged this dog's life
ter a visible danger where far cooed de-
fend himself. They were hungry. but
for food of all kind. they had a loatb-
ing. They suddenly experienced an
indescribable thirst. Water! No, thee•
was not a drop of water. No water
could tie fetched, for the brave fellows
behind. between Drat and, the !)evil
could not get through witb the wider -
be -The bitter necessity of waiting !
No support could come to theta. Be-
hind them rattled the trail of the cur-
tain fire. The Uermsd artillery re-
plied with its quickest word.. They
did their best. if only those others
would tome, those over there. And
they come. Our men curse their rifles
anted with wrrd and take to the
bayonets and the hand -grenades. And
the murder begins."
W.
ACHESON
& SON
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Twenty new ones to choose from. satin Tined,
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W. ACHESON & SON
One wonders wry the field censor
permits such reports to pass. as it
sus clear they must exercise a very tiro
pr •.ling effect. And what a world of
difference between such letters, de-
scriptive of the calamities to which!
the German soldier is now exposed,
and those reports of the eatly month,.
of the war when the war correspon-
dent tickled his readers with awning
stories of British and French unpre-
paredness, and with chatty descr•p-
tions of the easy tank before the
Raiser'. armies. -The Daily Chronicle,
(London).
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